stephanie: good afternoon. thank you so much to the kennedy institute and for everyone who is joining us this afternoon. in q2 congressman neal for being so generous with your time. my name is stephanie murray. i'm the author of the political massachusetts playbook. it is my pleasure to be here, especially to kick off this new version of the institute form as we get used to our live online. i'm glad to be here with you all today in this new way. that's enough for me. i will open it up to congressman neil if you would like to offer us some opening remarks and get us started. rep. neal: thank you, stephanie. i want to say a special word of thanks to vicki kennedy. official andigh professional regard for teddy kennedy. i have modeled part of my legislative career on his argument we were to be advocates for the people of massachusetts. and just as importantly for the people of the united states. in addition, i think we were both of the same opinion as related to sometimes complicated legislation. we were not met to

this was brought to us by supervisor stephanie and supervisor stephanie, the floor is yours. >> thank you for your scheduling this item. this is a special use district that would create 100 new homes in district 2. i'm doing everything i can to make sure my district does its fair share to provide homes for families and working people. i think a lot of people do understand the background of this special-use district and this project. when the project sponsor approached me and asked me to make a change to the original use district and allowed them to say i was less than thrilled is an understatement. i say that because the value of having inclusionary housing on item is important to all of us. this was agreed to under the initial sud and shown with the original conversation, there was ncondition, there was nopath wi. so as it stands right now, the lucky penny or the copper penny project will not be built if i don't make this change. so i want to be clear that the process that brought this project here was not typical. in general, we should be following our city-wide inclusionary zoning

he talks about it with stephanie murray. the edward kennedy institute for the united states senate posted this virtual event. our inso delighted for our girl getting to the point by zoom that we have an absolutely phenomenal first guest and it is chairman richard neal, chairman of the house ways and means committee. chairman neil is not only a great friend to this institute, he was a wonderful friend to senator kennedy, so we are thrilled to have him. he is not only involved in the covid response but through his house ways and means committee everything that touches an impact, families, and the compassionate response to the covid response, but to working families in the commonwealth and around this country. he has been working diligently on the cares act that was recently passed. aboutgoing to talk to us that today and we can't wait to hear about it. we are thrilled also to have stephanie murray here with us today. we all open our inbox and read lay book.of politico thank you for being here. i could go on and on about but i

stephanie? >> okay, but then, hans, how does that square with all of the business leaders who the president has now brought in? because let's go through some of it. if you want to talk about what they think is a priority, jamie dimon of jpmorgan who sits on nyu hospital's board, said we're going to need massive testing. you have mar benioff who as the uc san francisco benioff children's hospital. james gorman from morgan stanley. these business executives have a deep understanding of how important mass testing is. he has a sports panel on there. you know the reason adam silver called off the nba season was because he listened to the health experts. how does the president now say, i've got this corral of business leaders helping me figure out how we're going to reopen the country when their number one priority flies in the face of what he wants to do? >> the president is either going to ignore their advice or change his strategy. and that briefing yesterday, we didn't really get to press him too

stephanie? >> ron, thank you. states like new york are still under lockdown. we've got other parts of the country trying to reopen. sam brock is standing by. what's going on? >> good morning. people trying to deconstruct what's going on as the state's governor ron desantis issued a statewide lockdown two weeks ago. now he's saying it's perfectly okay to open up your beaches. you mentioned miami-dade. we're at miami beach. you see the sign says beach closed. they've not established a timeline for reopening the beaches here. the parks and golf courses are going to be coming soon but it's what's going on four, five hours north of where i'm am in the jacksonville area. the topic, florida moron was the number one trending hash tag over the weekend as people saw images like what you're seeing with surfers and sun bathers and all these folks flocking to beaches up there. it's a mixed picture because that's what the video tells us. but we are hearing from the mayor there in jacksonville and reporters on

>> good morning, stephanie.hink that the very early shelter in place was exactly what has blunted the curve here in san francisco. very brave heroic decision-making by our department of public health and the mayor of san francisco. in fact, the mayors of all of the bay area cities and counties made that decision. on the 17th of march, just a few days after the very first case and in the case of san francisco, fully eight days before the first death from covid-19. so that's social isolation early, and persistent. i think has helped blunt the curve here in san francisco. >> you arrived in san francisco in the early '80s, and your university played a major role in combating the aids crisis. talk to us about how that experience helped prepare your city, you to combat this current pandemic. >> i think many of the leaders of the public health agencies throughout the bay area were in the aids epidemic in the early '80s. they saw what a novel virus could do in the community. they reacted then heroically, and i think it

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >>> hi there. i'm stephanie ruhle. it is tuesday, april 14th. here's what's happening today. after suffering through one of the toughest weeks our country has ever seen, we've got some positive news. the nationwide rate of deaths from the coronavirus appears to be slowing down. after averaging nearly 2,000 deaths a day at the end of last week, the number is closer to 1500 so far this week. of course, that is still a staggering amount. as of this morning, the number of coronavirus cases is over 583,000. more than 23,000 americans have lost their lives. at the same time, we know that the administration is seeking an aggressive strategy to reopen the country. he wants to be open for business at the beginning of next month. the president expected to unveil his new economic task force dedicated to achieving that goal later today. but on monday, two separate groups of governors, one on the east coast and one on the west coast, announced their own multistate coalitions to examine when and specifically how to lift statewide re

stephanie: tell us more about that process. heating late at night or talking on the phone to get this all hashed out. what was your role in the day-to-day to getting the phase done? rep. neal: i've had the speaker's ear in these deliberations and conversations largely because we served together for a long time. i also think the advantage republicans have and administers and have been dealing with speaker pelosi, they although she can deliver her caucus. some people say that is -- she should be able to do that. modern politics does not reward the political party system as much as it rewards individual players. many times asked me about technical questions. she spoke to me about numbers issues. i did suggest we give community banks room. they generally would be the group that would have the best working relationship with small business. and they got caught up in some of the reforms of 208. thesaid look, use intermediary to get the money out the door fast, and the speaker agreed with that, and that likely will be something that th

news. and stephanie baker from bloomberg news.elcome to both of you. and here in the studio we have the bbc‘s chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. welcome to you. let us start with the who developments. stephanie, is that defunding from president trump a symbol of american withdrawal from global leadership, or is it something else? well, it's another example of american withdrawal from global leadership, but i fear it's a more cynical political move than that. i think he's trying to shift blame for his mishandling of the crisis onto an international body, and the irony here is that trump himself praised china's handling of the crisis back in late january and praised beijing's transparency, so it's ironic that he is attacking the who for having done nothing, but the real issue is that the who needs to be strengthened at this time of global pandemic. it's a tiny organisation relative to the scale of the crisis we are facing. the budget is something like $2 billion. it really ought to be beefed up rather than undercut. but

stephanie? >> all right, erin, thank you. >>> now to a rural part of northern texas where the spread of the coronavirus has been much, much slower. garrett haake is taking us there. what kind of challenges are they facing, garrett? >> across the country there are hundreds of counties, dozens in texas alone without a single reported coronavirus case yet. here in cooke county, texas, they got their first case on friday. officials here have had two different sets of problems. part of it is limpreparing thei limited infrastructure. that means building a triage center at one of the small rural hospitals here and trying to deal with problems like how to deal with distance learning. so many people in your community don't have significant broadband access like in bigger cities. the other problems are cultural. things like convincing people to wear masks and getting rid of something like handshaking. such a part of small town life. >> this is going to sound weird but the hardest challenge is to get peopl

isabel, stephanie, lyse, i so wish we had longer, but that is it for this week.tching. we will be back same place, same time next week. goodbye. hello. although monday gets off to a fairly chilly start, temperatures are going to rebound. garden time by the afternoon. quite pleasant with plenty of sunshine out there, although you'll need to take some shelter from a brisk easterly breeze. and there is a lot of fine, dry weather to come this week. high pressure centred close to scandinavia — its influence being felt across the british isles, blocking any weather systems from coming our way. and these are your starting numbers for monday morning, then. most of us above freezing, but there will be a frost again across parts of highland scotland, but again, those temperatures are going to rebound. and while most are sunny, there is a bit more cloud around the channel islands, perhaps parts of cornwall, the isles of scilly, a shower can't be ruled out but most places will stay dry. this is a brisk easterly wind, though, especially in england and wales, average speeds gu

>> that's a great point, stephanie.ook, there's always a moral deficit here when you talk about these hedge funds trying to work the system in order to get this funding. look, the idea that you should be able to anticipate and even profit from chaos in the market is caked into the very name of what hedge funds do. the idea that hedge funds would need this as much as what we normally think of as small businesses that are being ravaged on account of the pandemic is, frankly, a joke. you'd hope there would be a little bit of leadership that would step back and say, maybe if someone with a stocked pantry, i don't need to go to the food bank. but look, this plays into a larger debate if it's happening out there right now about whether or not we should bail out companies. and i think that's a very worthwhile debate. i think there are some companies that were probably set up for failure and should have better anticipated a chaotic event like this and should have been better positioned to last through it. all of that said, if y

isabel, stephanie, lyse, i so wish we had longer, but that is it for this week.watching. we will be back same place, same time next week. goodbye. hello, if you're lucky enough to have a garden, it will see plenty of sunshine this week. you will have to do the watering because it is looking dry just about across the uk. as i show you the big picture, you will not be surprised to find high pressure, that is weighted so settled in the week ahead. —— why it is. brisk easterly breeze, isobars close together, at least during the first half. may make it feel a little cooler in the sunshine than temperatures might suggest. as we take a look through the rest of the night, high cloud spilling across parts of southern england, channel islands, you may get an isolated shower. most will avoid a frost, parts of scotland, highlands, colderthan this, getting down to —5 in the coldest spots. temperatures rebound quickly in the sunshine tomorrow morning. early cloud on the far south—west, isolated showers disappearing and then sunshine just about across the board for monday. the

supervisor stephanie, my comments? >> no, i don't, thank you. >> why don't we open this item up for public comment. mr. clerk, is there any members of the public who wish to speak on this item? >> members of the public who wish to provide public comment should call the number and present 1 and 0 to line up to speak. >> please allow me to check the cue. >> no problem. >> no callers wishing to speak. >> with that, public comment is closed. i'm happy to make a motion to put this to the full board to the committee with full recommendation. can we take a role call on that motion. >> on that motion, supervisor stephanie. >> aye. >> supervisor mar. >> aye. >> chair ronen. >> aye. >> the motion passes and in matter will be recommended as the committee reports to april 14th board meeting. >> thank you so much, mr. clerk. is there any other items? >> that completes the agenda for today. >> fantastic. fastest meeting of all time. the meeting is adjourned. have a good day everyone. >> clerk, i would like to call to order today's m

and, stephanie, if you can keep fairly brief, your story of the week. story of the week. obviously, ijust think the us presidential election has been pushed to the back pages because of the coronavirus. it would be dominating news, bernie sanders endorsed joe biden this weekend is a said democrats are now completely unified behind biden. it is going to be the most important election, will determine a lot of the issues we have been discussing today in terms of the us public role in global leadership, and the reinforcement of multilateral institutions. we only have a couple of minutes left. what i hope to do isjust have a couple of minutes left. what i hope to do is just talk briefly around all of you about the economics of all of this, because it isa economics of all of this, because it is a dimension in all of the stories that you have mentioned, and it is a huge dimension of the virus story of the imf now talking about the biggest global contraction since the great depression of the 1930s. huge applications for everyone, and most of all, the poor. this

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >>> hi there. i'm stephanie ruhle. it's monday, april 6th. and here's what's happening across our country. americans must brace for one of the most difficult and painful weeks we have ever experienced. advise from president trump and his own health experts as we get closer to the peak of the coronavirus pandemic. as of this morning, there have been more than 9,600 deaths in the u.s. that number will almost certainly rise above 10,000 later today. in terms of active cases here, there are more than 337,000 of them. on sunday, we heard from multiple officials as well as president trump himself warning that it will get worse before it gets better. >> the next week is going to be our pearl harbor moment. it's going to be our 9/11 moment. it's going to be the hardest moment for many americans in their entire lives. >> things are going to get bad. we need to be prepared for that. it's going to be shocking to some. it's certainly really disturbing to see that. but that's what's going to happen before it turns around. >> i thin

stephanie: la familia univisiÓn 34 da el mÁs sentido pÉsame a la familia.ciÓn de este virus. paola: la recomendaciÓn es quedarse en casa. los migrantes deportados por estados unidos representan el 20% de los casos de coronavirus en guatemala . despuÉs de que en marzo, la administraciÓn trump decidiÓ deportar inmigrantes indocumentados por temor a contagios. el gobierno guatemalteco teme que estados unidos estÉ exportando el virus a travÉs de las deportaciones. ya que 99 migrantes al menos, recientemente deportados, han dado positivo a este nuevo virus. 11:18, despuÉs de un fin de semana caluroso quÉ podemos esperar esta nueva semana? suheily lÓpez belÉn tiene la informaciÓn. suheily: muchas gracias, temperaturas calurosas han estadoen el Área de la bahÍa, sobre todo en la regiÓn norte cerca de los 80 a 85 . un poco caluroso, fue un dÍa espectacular y con condiciones muy agradables que van a continuar predominando en nuestra Área de cobertura. las temperaturas van a descender de este jueves en adelante. maÑana podrÍa ser uno de los dÍas mÁs calurosos de la s

stephanie: en esa misma situaciÓn se encontró rober mata.n mÁs test, era el coronavirus. stephanie: aquel que lo llevÓ a estar en estado de coma por mÁs de cinco dÍas. >> me internaron el domingo y le dijeron a mi hermana queno pensaba que iba a pasar la noche. stephanie: rubÉn ahora se siente como un superhÉroe. ambos sobrevivieron a la temida pandemia. pusieron a prueba su salud y la esperanza. >> yo lo tomÉ como una gripe regular. luego me di cuenta que esto es en serio. stephanie: sin duda alguna, estos sobrevivientes son una luz de esperanza. rubÉn nos cuenta que el esperar que los doctores le den luz verde, para ayudar a otros pacientes contagiados del coronavirus. desde mi casa hasta en la suya con la esperanza de que usted estÁ en su casa, soy stephanie bradford. ramÓn: la cÁmara de comercio taiwanesa americana le donÓ 10,000 mascarillas a los trabajadores de salud en el condado de santa clara. para prepararse frente a la emergencia, el condado dispuso que se reporten los inventarios relacionados con guantes mÉdicos, mascarillas n 95

if i just may, stephanie, say this. three things that i hear from the american people, from -- by way of my constituents, but also the constituents of hundreds of members of congress. they want our first responder heroes to be protected. they know they're risking their lives to save other lives, and now they're risking their jobs. secondly, they want their check. they want their direct payment check, their unemployment check, or they want their small business -- the ppp check. they want their check. and third, they don't want any of this hundreds of billions of dollars that we're injecting into the economy that some of which goes to major corporations, any of that money to be use forward anything other than keeping people in their jobs. they don't want any buybacks, corporate, whatever, dividends, bonuses, ceo pay, the rest of that. that really angers the american people. it's sort of a hangover from the great recession. so it is important that we have oversight to see exactly how all of this is spent. not in a pointing

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. ♪ >> hi there. i'm stephanie ruhle.t is tuesday, april 21st, and here are the facts this hour. this morning, president trump is arguing the coronavirus is so dangerous that he wants to suspend u.s. immigration. but not bad enough to stop states from reopening some of their businesses. in fact, georgia's governor says they will start reopening on friday. everything from gyms to bowling alleys to hair salons and barbers. in tennessee, south carolina and maybe texas, they could start reopening businesses on monday. of course, this comes as the number of coronavirus cases and deaths continues to rise across the nation. more than 42,000 americans have died with more than 784,000 infected. but the other big story right now, is the president tweeting plans to temporarily suspend any legal u.s. immigration. a senior administration official tells nbc news an executive order could be issued later this week. we've got reporters covering every angle of these headlines all across the nation. but i must start at the white house with

stephanie bradford tiene la historia.Ía en el Área de sus pulmones. el medicamento que le estÁn poniendo no le estÁ ayudando. stephanie: su cuerpo no reacciona, pero la fe de su familia permanece intacta. >> una ayuda con el plasma. eso le puede ayudar. stephanie: el tratamiento de plasma normalmente se extrae de la sangre de los pacientes ya recuperados del coronavirus. >> nosotros usamos este plasma porque tiene anticuerpos. desde el primer paciente que ya se ha recuperado. pensamos que estos anticuerpos van a ayudar a los pacientes que ahora estÁn muy enfermos. stephanie: precisamente, la familia orantes ya se puso a la tarea de encontrar donantes para salvarle la vida a su hijo. >> tenemos siete personas que han llenado aplicaciones para donar sangre. pero el proceso es muy lento. ramÓn: casi llega el fin de semana. todo apunta a que vamos a tener temperaturas bastante agradables. nuestra meteorÓloga suheily lÓpez belÉn tiene el tiempo para los prÓximos dÍas. suheily: te saludo con muchÍsimo gusto. hay que hacernos un

presentadora: gracias, stephanie. asÍ llegamos a esta ediciÓn de "al punto" california.á se le murió muy joven. a ella la dejó de 14 años, en la mera edad c

>> stephanie, a couple data points.irst, in the 39 months of this administration, their knee-jerk response to every issue, whether it's national security or public health, is to go after immigration. first thing we need to know is illegal immigration is down to almost nothing. the standpoint invoked a little-known authority to allow the authority to push back over the southern border, even those seeking asylum. so the numbers on the southern border, when it comes to illegal immigration, are way down. now the president announced on monday i'm shutting down immigration, and before the executive order was even drafted. what he's referring to is legal immigration, and rightfully so, the business community hollered, because it affects guest workers. the important thing we need to know in the current crisis is that 16% of healthcare workers in this country are immigrants. and so i'm concerned that what the president seems to be doing is going after its -- it's attacking the wrong problem. it's a little like your basement is f

stephanie: marÍa dice, al mal tiempo hay que ponerle buena cara.oy stephanie bradford, noticias univisiÓn. paola: ¿serÁ que las temperaturas bajan un poco en los siguientes dÍas? nuestra meteorÓloga suheily lópez nos dice la respuesta. suheily: muchas gracias. ya se sienten temperaturas mÁs refrescantes en el Área de la bahÍa, pero tambiÉn la brisa fuerte estÁ aumentando en la zona. este es un atardecer desde las montaÑas hamilton en la regiÓn del condado de santa clara mirando hacia el oeste. las temperaturas esta tarde en la regiÓn de auckland en los 65, muy agradable en san josÉ con nubosidad en la zona. vientos que han estado aumentando en velocidad. en san francisco hemos tenido rÁfagas de 34 millas por hora, en la zona de concord casi 20 millas por hora, asÍ como en la regiÓn de san josÉ. vientos que van a continuar dominando hacia los prÓximos dÍas. tenemos la entrada del frente del ocÉano pacÍfico que trae aire bastante refrescante a la zona y los vientos del noroeste serÁn los responsables de que disminuya la temperatura mucho mÁs hacia el

stephanie, i am coming back to this question of a retreat from global leadership.he creation of these international organisations 75 yea rs these international organisations 75 years and it did so because it perceived that an effective multilateral system with it in the leading position was in its own interest. why do —— why are things ind iffere ntly interest. why do —— why are things indifferently know? it is the us under trump. we have seen him withdraw from international accords, the iran nuclear deal, the trans pacific partnership, he has defunded the un, he has paralysed the wto, so it is in keeping with his undermining international institutions. i think there is support in the us for these multilateral institutions and international cooperation, and will find out how big that support is in november won the election happens and whether or not trump gets re—elected. but this crisis has exposed and exacerbated a tendency for national self interest to prevail over multilateral cooperation. we have seen that in the scramble for maths —— masks, the us tried to ge

stephanie? >> indefinite restrictions.lease, let's pay attention to this as we figure out things here in the states. janis, thank you. >>> that's how it's happening overseas. let's talk about how a city does this. a city like new york and u.s. cities all over this country for that matter. how we're going to move forward after the peak and safely begin to reopen. joining us, mark levine, the chair of the council committee on health. mark, tell us what this is all about. the white house says they want to reopen but the white house didn't shut things down. governors did. mayors did. from a department of health perspective, what needs to be done to bring people back to work? you can't just turn the lights back on and say the roads are cleared. >> that's right, stephanie. it is good news that the hospitals are leveling off now. thankfully there are fewer people coming in but our hospitals remain in a state of -- and that will be true to come for weeks to come. so when i hear the president talk about already loosening restrictio

this was brought to us by supervisor stephanie and supervisor stephanie, the floor is yours. >> thankou for your scheduling this item. this is a special use district that would create 100 new homes in district 2. i'm doing everything i can to make sure my district does its fair share to provide homes for families and working people. i think a lot of people do understand the background of this special-use district and this project. when the project sponsor approached me and asked me to make a change to the original use district and allowed them to say i was less than thrilled is an understatement. i say that because the value of having inclusionary housing on item is important to all of us. this was agreed to under the initial sud and shown with the original conversation, there was ncondition, there was nopath wi. so as it stands right now, the lucky penny or the copper penny project will not be built if i don't make this change. so i want to be clear that the process that brought this project here was not typical. in general, we should be following our city-wide inclusionary zoning ru

stephanie? >> interesting, interesting. besides walmart and target, no one in the fashion or retail industry, not one ceo there. , surprising given how hard that industry has been hit. >>> let's move on. california's governor gavin newsom has laid out a blueprint for how he wants to reopen his state, gadi schwartz is in los angeles. walk us through this. >> reporter: hey, how's it going, steph? yeah, so right now i think california is really processing this glimpse of the future the governor laid out. he said basically social distancing is working here, do not expect things to go back to normal, asking people to imagine where you go to a restaurant where your temperature is taken before you are a loyed to eat, where all the waiters are waters gloves and the menus are disposable. there's a list of things that could happen. first tracking and tracing. those who have covid-19, making sure they're isolated. protection of vulnerable populations. also increasing the surge capability at hospitals, which we have seen happen here in

stephanie: la pandemia del covid-19 sigue avanzando. el nÚmero de muertes aumenta a diario.a, la exposiciÓn al tabaco dificulta la capacidad del organismo de combatir las infecciones. >> tiene mucha mÁs propensiÓn a ser hospitalizados. tiene complicaciones y puede llegar a fallecer. stephanie: en muchos paÍses donde el virus se ha preparado rÁpidamente, los fumadores fueron mucho mÁs susceptibles al contagio. >> en paÍses como china, en italia. la tasa de mortalidad en hombres fumadores es mucho mÁs alta que las mujeres que no fuman. stephanie: por ello, la oms insta a las personas a dejar de fumar para minimizar los riesgos asociados con la actual pandemia del coronavirus. >> el covid-19 impacta el sistema respiratorio. cualquier comportamiento que impacte la salud de los pulmones, se debe evitar. ramÓn: el tiempo vuela. ya es mitad de semana. quÉ podemos esperar del tiempo para los prÓximos dÍas? suheily lÓpez nos tiene el tiempo. suheily: buenas noches, amigos del Área de la bahÍa. hemos tenido un dÍa de nubosidad en gran parte de la regiÓn. les tengo listo ese pronÓstico

stephanie? >> matt, thank you so much. >>> now i want to turn to the economy and markets, which is down big time before the opening bell. rent and bills across the board due today. it is april 1st. so let's go to dom chu. the dow just finished the worst quarter in its history. we're about to get whacked with bad jobs numbers. >> they could get even worse in the coming months, just because of the timing of when some of these numbers are taken in. you mentioned we could see real pain with regard to the real estate market, this is a tragically simple story. because of timing of the nature of travel restrictions and shelter in place orders last month, much of the real estate market had been sheltered from what had been happening, meaning rent had alreadying paid, leases had will be been paid, mortgages had already been paid, this time with the number of family whose unemployed, some of those people may not be able to make those payments. that leads to landlords not making their mortgage payments on

stephanie bradford nos presenta la impactante historia de la enfermera carol vargas. ♪ stephanie: llega la convivencia con sus hijas de siete meses y cuatro aÑos de edad ha cambiado drÁsticamente. >> no he podido abrazarlas, ni estar cerca de ellas. lo Único que hemos podido hacer es hablar por el celular, por la cÁmara o por nuestra puerta de vidrio. stephanie: carol y su esposo cÉsar han decidido separar la familia para evitar la propagaciÓn del virus. >> decidimos que por los riesgosque estÁ pasando la comunidad ahorita, dormir afuera de mi garaje. stephanie: caro llevaba una semana durmiendo en esta carpa aislada, lejos de los que mÁs ama . su esposo es ahora al mando de su casa y al cuidado de sus hijas. >> es frustrante que estÉ expuesta, no sé cÓmo va a estar todo. stephanie: estÁ la situaciÓn de mÉdicos que salen al campo de batalla para combatir el coronavirus, arriesgando sus vidas a diario para controlar la pandemia. >> por favor permanezcan en casa si no necesitan salir, ramÓn: tremenda labor la que realizan doctores, enfermeras y toda esta gente que labora. muchas gracias p

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >>> hi there. i'm stephanie ruhle. it's thursday, april 2nd, and here's what's happening. we begin with new and sobering numbers and an indication that while the other countries have managed to bend the health curve on the coronavirus, the numbers here in the united states are going straight up. as of this morning, there are 216,000 cases in america. more than 4,800 americans have lost their lives. that's nearly double -- double the number of deaths in just three days. early or "today," they compared it with the trajectory in italy. >> italy got hit very hard, and it's very clear that we're getting hit very hard. right now, the epicenter of it in the united states is new york city. but as you see, it's not going to be confined to new york city. we're going to be seeing this kind of thing in other large cities. it's a very difficult situation as was predicted. this is going to get worse before it gets better for sure. >> i know. it's a lot. take a breath. with that in mind, new stay-at-home orders are being issued acros

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >>> hi there. i'm stephanie ruhle. it's wednesday, april 8th. here is what's happening now. >>> just a few hours ago the united states hit a new milestone in the fight against the coronavirus. more than 400,000 americans have in and out officially contracted the virus, roughly double what it was one week ago. nearly 13,000 americans have died. across the country, several states are seeing the worst of this outbreak right now. surges have been reported in michigan, pennsylvania and contract contract. for all of them, tuesday was the deadliest day yet. in new york city, 731 people died yesterday alone, pushing the death toll to more than 5,000 people. we have a great team of reporters spread out across this country covering every angle, so let's begin in new york where my colleague gabe gheutierrez is aa medical in new york. thank you are for your coverage. what is it like in new york? death toll in new york is graeter than the reported numbers in china. how are people holding up? >> reporter: good morning, stephanie. ce

stephanie? >> thank you.to weigh in, former deputy labor secretary and senior fellow at the university of virginia, and long time retail analyst and ceo and chief research adviser. d dayna, no surprise, consumer confidence is down. people aren't making money, they're scared. as these stores tastart to reop, do you think people are going to leave their homes, spend money and get the economy going again? >> i think they're going to work to get it started. i think they're going to digitally engage with their customer to try to bring them back in stores. everyone is taking the safety and health measures. but do consumers have the dollars to spend now? i think it's all across the board and you have to get people back to work in order to get them comfortable spending. i think it will be a slow go to ramp up and this will be a new normal where everything is being retooled. >> chris, these gdp numbers are obviously upsetting, but they're not a surprise. we asked everyone to stay home and shut down. it's not that the

stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >>> hi there. i'm stephanie ruhle. it's thursday, april 23rd. here are the facts at this important hour. we start with another stunning indication of how coronavirus is cutting the heart out of the united states economy. forcing another 4.4 million americans to file for unemployment. that number is now over 26 million since march. that comes in addition to the toll the pandemic is taking on, of course, american lives. the latest figures show more than 47,000 americans have died from coronavirus. more than 840,000 have been infected. as officials try to balance the need for safety and the need to get our economy working again, president trump now changing courses saying it is too soon for states like georgia to start reopening their businesses. despite that, georgia is still set to lift some restrictions beginning tomorrow. with states like south carolina, tennessee, ohio, mississippi and oklahoma expected to follow suit in the coming days. and finally, the doctor, the doctor who has been leading government efforts to f

i'm stephanie ruhle. it's tuesday, april 28th, and here are the facts this hour. the white house has unveiled a new blueprint for coronavirus test with the states doing most of the heavy lifting while the federal government a backstop providing guidance and technical assistance. president trump says the goal is to get states to the point they can test 2% of their population every month. the focus on testing comes as the number of coronavirus cases in america takes closer to 1 million. more than 56,000 americans have died. at least nine states have now seen their businesses start to reopen and several governors are laying out specific plans to get people back to work in the next few weeks. different states have plans. tex as will see shopping malls, theaters and restaurants open on friday but at just 25% capacity. in iowa, fitness centers, retail stores and malls can reopen friday with a capacity at 50%. and in colorado, nonessential businesses can begin reopening but with just half the staff. in ohio, hea

. >>> this is stephanie ruhle. small business owners still trying to apply for forgivable loans are being turned away because the government's paycheck protection program is out of money after a chaotic start, more than 14 years worth of loans were processed in less than 14 days, but it wasn't enough before the economy was in free fall, these small business owners were already worried. >> it's hard stuff. >> it's painful for me to think about these families that i'm responsible for. >> we're down about 80%. >> my fear is that these doors won't open and people won't come through. >> reporter: that's exactly what happened when stay-at-home orders went into effect now with the $350 billion exhausted, the push to add 250 billion is stalled in congress democrats insisting on new wording after criticism those who needed the loans most were not prioritized. still, to meet the full demand, experts say the price tag will be significantly higher danny owns a shop in new york he has 28 employees. >> it's devastating. i was ac

stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. >> so tough. we ask so much of them and as doctors and nurses fight this battle, there is more urgent alarm tonight about what's really left in the national stockpile of life-saving equipment and supplies and questions about why governors are apparently forced to compete with each other and the federal government to buy what they desperately need here is jeff bennett. >> reporter: tonight, with the demand for emergency supplies surging, the federal government's reserves are running thin "the washington post" reporting the national stockpile of personal protective equipment is nearly empty despite assurances from the white house. >> the u.s. stockpile nearly depleted of ppe. is that the case >> it is because we're sending it directly to hospitals. we don't send it to the stockpile because then we have to bring it to state. >> reporter: it is dealing with the cascading coronavirus crisis has some state governors raising red flags. >> it's just a mad house out there. >> reporter: they are calling for

ok, stephanie, thank you so much for your time, stephanie flanders of bloomberg, also, a "wall street contributor. by the way, "wall street week" will return this weekend. coming up next, we will have jack lew, former treasury secretary, telling us what we need to do for our economy. this is "balance of power," on bloomberg television and radio. ♪ david: this is "balance of power " on bloomberg television and radio. i am david westin. we all know the u.s. economy is heading for some rough times ahead, and the federal government is doing what it can to help cushion that low. we welcome someone who knows the economy backwards and forward to it served as treasury secretary under president barack obama. he is now a professor at columbia here and he is jack lew. give us your sense of where the economy is headed to. we know it is going to be a very ugly second quarter. hopes ofve any something rebounding in the second half? sec. lew: good to be with you, david. we know the economy is taking a very serious hit from this health rises. what we know is the economic impact will linger, even afte

that's his job >> reporter: stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york >> a battle so many are fighting >>> upext for us the new portrait of american families on the front porch. >>> finally, etus shlet us show you the new twist on the family photos >> reporter: portraits of families together in a pandemic. >> hopefully they're going to remember this as the day they could take a picture together because something bad happened so that's the good thing out of it. >> jackie bravo is one of many photographers snapping parents, kids and pets from the safe confines of their porch often stopping on walks to shoot folks in chicago she's never met free of charge >> just it's a gift really >> reporter: like friend izzy and eric >> kindness and hope and we're going to be okay >> reporter: kris was supposed to be on vacation in florida. what does the photo do for you? >> it brings back a memory we were doing the best we could in these times. >> rorter: kpsakes of when we all made the best of it >> one two, three! >> reporter: kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. >> picture that. that's "nightly news." i'm le

business relief but there are concerns that the money still won't go to those who badly need it stephanie ruhle with who to know if you're applying. >> reporter: the $310 billion injection of hope comes with overwhelming fear and uncertainty about whether that's enough to save them. >> the government is trying everything they can, but they missed the little guys. >> reporter: cecal who owns fire house auto repair in north carolina was not approved in the first round of the paycheck protection program. >> the money was gone. it was already over. >> reporter: this time the government is carving out $60 billion for smaller lenders hoping to reach the smallest borrowers. hundreds of thousands of small businesses were squeezed out by larger companies who received millions because of an exception allowing businesses with fewer than 500 employees per location to qualify. >> i'm really worried that this money is not going to last long. in fact, it probably will be gone by the end of the week. >> reporter: of the nearly 1.7 million loans approved, fewer than 9,000 were in nevada steve patterson is

this was brought to us by supervisor stephanie and supervisor stephanie, the floor is yours. >> thank you for your scheduling this item. this is a special use district that would create 100 new homes in district 2. i'm doing everything i can to make sure my district does its fair share to provide homes for families and working people. i think a lot of people do understand the background of this special-use district and this project. when the project sponsor approached me and asked me to make a change to the original use district and allowed them to say i was less than thrilled is an understatement. i say that because the value of having inclusionary housing on item is important to all of us. this was agreed to under the initial sud and shown with the original conversation, there was ncondition, there was nopath wi. so as it stands right now, the lucky penny or the copper penny project will not be built if i don't make this change. so i want to be clear that the process that brought this project here was not typical. in general, we should be following our city-wide inclusionary zoning

i'm stephanie ruhle. it's friday, april 24th. and here are the facts this hour.t noon today, the president of the united states is expected to sign a nearly half trillion-dollar relief package into law. it will include roughly $380 billion to help small businesses with the rest of the money going to hospitals and very important testing. this comes on a day when we will hit a milestone in the u.s. deaths from the coronavirus. that number is going to pass 50,000. with the pace of new fatalities, president trump said his administration may extend social distancing guidelines into early summer or even later. current guidelines are set to expire next thursday. despite all of that, the states of georgia and oklahoma are taking the first steps towards reopening today. multiple states are expected to begin reopening businesses next week. let's go first to blayne alexander in atlanta, georgia. blayne, today is the day. what is the mood there? what's actually happening? >> today is the day, stephanie. depends on who you ask. a couple of businesses are ready to go. this hai