in this particular case the facts are clear that what the trump administration and trump organization has been doing is using this to distract from the fact that they are making millions of dollars off of the taxpayers. making money off of the federal government and engaging in activity that, under normal situations, we would be getting more situate -- attention than it currently is. i don't equate the attacks and lies on hunter biden with what i think are very legitimate critiques of the trump organization in the trump administration. which have actually been covered in the press in a way that i think could be amplified more. by the way, we will. this is not going to be something we let sit on the sideline. we pointake sure that out the hypocrisy of the attacks coming from the trump organization. is this more of an anti-trump campaign that donald trump is corrupt, not fit for office or is it more defending joe biden? short term, our number one responsibility is to make sure trump is being held accountable. we have been up online advertising since july of last year. wisconsin, michiga

. >> what the trump administration did. that was very important thing we will not use that hardware in the united states of america. and impressing upon other countries around the world what the risk is. they are using any means that they can to collect the data. this really is about china's desire to collect more and more data. >> go ahead. >> i've got to ask you a question. the congresswoman talks about something that is really important. yes, we have a competition with china. we cannot adopt china's ways. we have our own this is the issue of freedom i've heard you talk about the many different time on so many different platforms. >> i think this room needs to remember what ronald reagan told us. as true as the sun rising. government expands, liberty contracts. you see that play out in contrast of the socialist system of china and the government control of people's lives. the united states and its freedom. you have to remember we have been reminded time and time again. it takes one generation to lose all of this. that is

and in a drastic sign of the times the trump administration moved the irs tax line from april 15th to july 15th. i want to brink in julia chatterley. the next unemployment report comes out next week, how raeft real -- how realistic is the number from goldman sachs. >> it is terrifying because everybody is scrambling. people are told to stay at home and the key point is most people work in small and medium size enterprises. 27 million people are on the front lines, restaurants, bars, tourism those kind of sectors and those jobs disappear overnight. we are fighting a health crisis but we're creating an economic crisis and now we have a jobs crisis overnight. >> so the trump administration is asking states to hold off an releasing early unemployment numbers and to only put out figures for official reports. do you think that is to avoid confusion, to avoid panic, to stave off bad news, why would they make that request? >> i'm sure it is logistic, quite simply processing all of these and it will create panic. but we need to be panicking here. i think congress needs to be panicking. the cri

we understand that the trump administration is planning a some pay roll tax cuts among other measures. do you think they're taking the right approach to support the u. s. economy in the face of this outbreak. well keep keep in mind the trump administration is going to propose a stimulus package in income support package by cutting payroll taxes- the congress is also working on. any tax legislation has to originate in the house ways and means committee approved by that committee and then the house and then the senate has to approve it and then has to be signed. so there's a back and forth but what we can tell so far is at least temporarily- the very rancorous political situation. the politicians are putting aside their hatred of the other party and they're saying we're facing an emergency and it looks like something will be- enacted- in pretty short order- right now the- while the trump administration has. has proposed a cut in payroll taxes which would increase- in take home pay for workers right away- democrats are looking for other- ways to. increase consumer purchasing power may be

trump administration. >> we are almost out of time but we have to us the panel in question donald trumpins reelection in november what's the first thing you want him to do in the tech competition to win one - - after reelection? >> i want him to continue the want him to continue the technology on the cell phones like five g. [applause] >> my number two thing is to try to impress upon the chinese t to be a first world country and play by the rules and exert the pressure because i see the next five years to set the tone to establish the next generation of all of these technologies. >> when the republicans take over the house ine november. >> that's right. [applause] what do you want to see congress do with it reconvenes? >> it is very important congress works with the trump administrationp with the majority in the house and the senate to set the standard to reflect american values to encourage innovation you want to make sure we continue to have startups and competitors to the big tech companies in america and not just rely on a few but have competitors in this marketplacece also i comple

the realities of this virus across to the american people, only to be contradicted by the administration, by trump's allies, and by the president himself. look, we woke up this morning, we're calling this a pandemic. on friday, we heard two administration officials sailing that the virus was pretty shall contained so clearly here, mixed messaging. now there is another layer which is that privately white house officials are questioning decisions that were made by these health agencies early on when coronavirus first started spreading here in the u.s., particularly surrounding the cdc and that development of adequate testing. president trump has continued to say that he's very happy with his team's response, but white house aides don't believe that is long-lived. they think that as soon as the cases continue to increase, which we know from health officials that they will, that the president might change his tone, but one other part of all this, which is a chilling conversation that is now happening outside of the white house. some republicans discussing whether or not this botched response, the initia

what it does is it messaging the primary and issues we have been raising about donald trump and his administration's ability to move away from impulsiveness and arrogance and chaos and to andally solve the problems not simply be about the politics of the election. i think we are going to be living with the consequences of this for a while, but there's no question in the short term it is fundamentally changing the way that we are running campaigns in the country. host: the president is blaming the obama administration on testing kits. is nothing new, everything good that has happened in the country is because of donald trump, and everything terrible in the country happened because of barack obama. the reality is donald trump has been president for three years. if there was an issue with the cdc, he should have solved that problem, he shouldn't have been eliminating government officials dealing with pandemics, he shouldn't be sending mixed messages. it was just a couple of days ago there were plenty of test kits, according to the administration. now there aren't enough and the reason is barack obama.

elizabeth: trump administration is really doing a big push on this.on the side of doing more. now the pentagon is out in force to battle coronavirus outbreak, deploying two enormous naval hospital ships to new york city and to the west coast to help back up local hospitals there. fox news jennifer griffin at the pentagon with more. jennifer. reporter: these are mostly symbolic gestures. the u.s. navy told me hospital ship referenced by president trump and new york governor andrew cuomo, comfort will not be ready to arrive in new york until mid-april at earliest. >> the comfort will, is intended to head to new york, in that area. on timingwise, that there is a little bit more difficult, as everyone knows, we talk about the last few days the comfort is currently in for maintenance in norfolk. they will expedite the maintenance they can and prepare it. that is not a day issue. that is weeks issue. it i will was little while. reporter: the u.s. navy only has go hospital ships, one on the east coast and the other is on the west coast in san diego. the comf

tell you beyond this administrative problem which was not our creation, was identified by the trump administration, beyond this administrative problem there are two or three things i want to say as a bottom line. first, we are determined to make sure that the workers come out at least whole if not better through this terrible experience they're going through. now, this notion that the workers would come out better is not unique to the democratic side of the aisle. the cash payment proposed by the trump administration, $1,200 per adult, $500 per child, for some will be a benefit. may even be a small but important windfall that comes their way. so be it. that working families across america would end up with this cash payment from the trump administration, i don't object to it at all. but the democrats have said that's one and done. that's an air drop of cash to people. what about the next week and the next month? that's why we brought up the unemployment insurance. now, the $600 figure we came up with was an attempt to make sure that everyone was whole at the end of the day. i will concede your poi

and the trump administration is 100% correct. at the same time recognizing the benefits already reported in the use of this drug and the drug combo that we just mentioned. by the way, hydroxychloroquine, a lot of people don't understand this, but it does not need to be approved by the fda in order to be administered by doctors for off label use. because as i said before, we don't have to go over it but it's prescribed for anti-malaria use and lupus in some cases. our physicians are already using it in our major hospitals for covid patients. they used it in some cases against sars which had a higher mortality rate. the president, as usual, has sharp instincts. he sees things that sometimes the intellectuals and academics might get lost in the details. he's pushing to get millions of doses now into the united states. >> i'm a big fan. we'll see what happens. we all understand what the doctors said is 100% correct. it's early. you know, i've seen things that are impressive. we'll see if it's effective. it's a strong drug. >> laura:

the trump administration has mightted that the vaccine be too costly for some people to afford. is that idea? get if you are rich you can the vaccine. if you are poor you cannot get the vaccine. trump companies can make their outrageous profits. not acceptable for the american people. when that vaccine is developed, and it must be developed as quickly as we can. we are working with folks all over the world. obviously it should be made free to every person in this country and every person in the world. thereof all, right now are doctors, and we will hear more discussion. there are doctors and hospitals that do not have the necessary testing kits that they need in order to determine whether or not people have the coronavirus. there are hospitals all across the country today, even before we do not haves the necessary units that they need. in issue we must focus on. every hospital in america must have the proper number of icu units and other doctors office must have the testing kits they need. i think third of all we talk about this. makeederal government must sure that doctors, nur

the presidential candidates criticized the trump administration's response to the coronavirus and outlined the role he would take. later he took questions from the audience. >> let me just very briefly introduce some of our panelists before we begin. andfirst dr. is a physician epidemiologist and public health expert and former health commissioner of the city of detroit. formerly professor at columbia university's department of epidemiology and director of the columbia university's program. dr. allison bovani is director of the yale center for disease monitoring. she is the youngest recipient of an endowed chair in the history of yale school of medicine. ey is atoria doul board-certified family medicine physician and health-care advocate, and has worked very hard to make sure that all people in michigan receive health care as a human right. is the national itses united president and is the largest nurses in union in the country. she is on of the country's top nursing leaders and an outspoken advocate for health care for all. n is the former assistant secretary of defense for nuclear, biolo

the trump administration severely cut back the cdc budget, cut back on this program of overseas. we shouldn't point fingers from the past to the present. one thing everybody should know is that the president is focused on one thing, not name calling or blame placing, but how are we going to make sure we prevent the spread of this virus in. we need to take care of our health workers before people get seriously ill. experts have said there are probably many people walking around with the virus now, that it has been transmitted in many places in the country already. many of them will not get sick, so we've got ton sure we are prepared to take care of those that are really sick. >> anotherly. ump secretary fl. >> what's more important is what does africa and their government think of the deal? they were cut out of negotiations immediately after it was signed between the united states and the taliban in doha. a the afghan government, which has been elected to help the american people, said they did not agree with a piece that was in the agreement. there was supposed to be a cessation

germany increases measures to try to stop the spread of the corona virus also on the show the trump administration has its sights on a future coronavirus vaccine looking for exclusive access to a promising to toss of the lifesaving drugs before it's even been developed. and the shutdown continues to tighten across europe bars and terrorist serve their last drinks as france orders all non-essential businesses to close and spain goes a step further telling residents to remain inside their home. omarion evanston thanks for joining us europe's open borders are closing germany joins a growing list of countries to at least partially shut out its neighbors according to german media reports authorities plan to close boundaries with switzerland and austria added restrictions are also being imposed on the french german boundary those measures are expected to begin on monday in germany itself authorities have not yet imposed the kind of strict nationwide measures seen in other european countries but authorities are urging people to take precautions. to slow the spread of coronavirus shops have been busy as p

amy: governor cuomo has slammed the trump administration for inaction. he said new york has only ababot 4000 ventilators -- critical tools in keeping patients with severe respiratory problems alive. a government t task force warnrd new york could be short by some 16,000 ventilators at the peak of the crisis. cuomo said that peak will occur in about 45 days. >> they are expecting as many as 55,000 to 110 thousand hospital beds will be needed at that point. amy: new york currently has just 53,000 hospital beds. new york city's metropolitan transportation authority, the largest public transit system in the u.s., asked the federal government for a $4 billion bailout as ridership plummeted. a resident of a new york city homeless shelter tested positive for coronavirus, and an employee at sing sing prison north of new york city tested positive. in colorado prisoners at the , 10 for-profit aurora immigration detention center were put into quarantine over covid-19 fears and are awaiting test results. this comes as "the los angeles times" reports ice agents equip

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>>the us supreme court will hear the case supported by the trump administration to strike down the affordable care act if the trump lawsuit is successful. >>20 million americans will lose their health care coverage, leslie dock chairman of protect our care says 135 million people would also lose protections for preexisting conditions the case argues that once the individual mandate was eliminated by congress the ac a became invalid every reasonable. >>legal scholars said this case has no merit. >>last week lawmakers passed health and human services secretary alex azar about how the trump administration plans to replace a ca it struck down. >>we're always considering different options, but it will depend on the nature of any ultimate kenneth thorpe with the partnership to fight chronic disease says the administration is also trying to chip away at the ac a in other ways hhs is considering a new rule to limit the use of drug manufacturer coupons what they're looking at is. >>not allowing those coupons to apply towards the deductible the rule would also and auto re enrollment for some these are

within the united own homencluding in my county, and its death toll grow.ues to while the trump administration has repeatedly demonstrated a to understand public health needs, congress is acting with the seriousness and sense the coronavirus threat demands. of the emergency supplemental is product of thoughtful bipartisan cooperation. provides $8.3 billion in keep ly new funding to americans safe, including more than $3 billion for research and development of vaccines, diagnostics.and $300 million for the government to purchase vaccines at a fair price.sonable $2.2 billion in public health for prevention, preparedness, and response. $950 million of which is to and local health agencies. for medical lion supplies, health care reparedness, community health enters, and medical surge capacity. and $1.2 billion to address the helps irus abroad, which keep americans safe here at home. loans to affected sma small businesses to cushion the of this public health emergency. other important provisions have been included to will allow seniors access telemedicine services for coronavirus treatment, require

administration. trumpediately perks up and says can you write me a memo lacks he writes a memo critical and hands it back to the white house. all of a sudden, trump who remember had already decided on his own to fight your comey grabs the memo and says this is the reason he must be fired and the white house press corps said the justice department insisted that comey be fired because of the way that he handled the clinton investigation and then trump called rosenstein as i want you to do a press conference and say you were the one who insisted that he be fired because of clinton's. at thithis time he's in total sk because he knew this was completely false. it isn't because of the clintons trump wants to fight your comey and it wasn't his idea and to his credit, he refused. trump have to ge give sessions o pressure him and he said that as a false narrative and we are not going to put it out. days later, rosenstein called andrew mccabe who did the fbi director since comey was fired and i want to read a brief

the trump administration is signaling to the iranians that the only deal that is acceptable is a dealthat would come at the cost of the islamic republic's survival and that will never happen. it does not matter who is in charge into run. as long as they believe that they cannot get into a mutually beneficial deal with the trump administration, i do not think there's a serious prospect for diplomacy. on the question of external help. the iranians have proven over the years that they've had some help from the outside for ballistic missile programs. they had help from syria, north korea. they have some cooperation with russia. some transfers from china. but overall, this is a nation of 80 million. it has top notch universities. and it actually has been able -- necessity has no rule. it has been forced to develop some indigenous capabilities. again, that has created some degree of deterrence. you talk to israeli officials for instance after the attack on saudi aramco. when there was some rethinking we on the balance of deterrence in the region. this technique of using low flying cruise mi

this brings to the point about the views of the united states, in particular the trump administration. as many of you know, australia along with japan have been the most robust supporters of a tougher or more disruptive trump foreign policy in our part of the region. i use that word disruption deliberately because from our point of view, because china had in the sense normalized its coercive activities, any country is going to be disruptive. if you can't handle disruption or if you're not prepared for disruption, there can be no countering of chinese activities. from that point of view, it's not that we like disruption. we felt disruption was necessary. patrick mentioned that a lot of the strategic thinking and operational thinking occurred before the trump administration chl . i think that's absolutely correct. where i give it credit is we have an administration that is prepared psychologically to tolerate risk of action in countering china which at the top, which i don't attribute to the previous administration, so i remember my time in government, we had great conversations with th

this is in the context of the trump administration. president who calls the media the enemy of the people. we have learned since julian was arrested that the obama administration had taken a decision not to prosecute under the espionage act because of what the so-called new york times problem. that is that you cannot distinguish between the actions of wikileaks and "the new york times" receiving a publishing this information. we also say beyond the political nature of the offense and the political context in which he would be charged, the u.s. prosecution seemed to try to argue this past week that what wikileaks did and julian did in publishing this information was not a political act. we heard evidence in the court well-knownn's political views that we heard with respect to wikileaks and the aims and why wikileaks was created by him. we heard with respect to the erect or logs, wikileaks -- julian sang with the release lies can start a war, then truth can stop them. we heard work crimes, both respect to collateral murder commodes was e

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. >> and this was a result of the trump administration's airport screenings for travelers from europe. hoards of people crammed together in the types of crowds we have been told to avoid. that brings us to europe, the uk and ireland where added to the president's travel bans, italy and france recorded their highest death tools for a single day. france, 29. italy a staggering 368 people dead. italy recorded the most number of cases in one day, 3,590. that is in a single day. spain and france have now joined italy in banning people from leaving their homes for nonessential purposes. here is the top infectious disease doctor in this country, anthony fauci, when asked if the u.s. should be taking such drastic measures. >> would you prefer a 14-day just sort of national shutdown to slow this thing -- >> you know, i would prefer as much as we possibly could. i think we should be overly aggressive and get criticized for overreacting. >> should more americans be prepared to hunker down at their house? >> i think americans should be prepared that they're going to have to hunker down significan

the trump administration would rather you not hear those numbers. remember when the president, the cdc, talking about taking those people off a ship. he liked the numbers where they were. he didn't want the numbers to double. it's the numbers. by now it is clear there must be and will be some sort of enormous federal rescue package to stem some of the economic destruction we're currently undergoing. there's no shortage of ideas floating around. president trump for one seems focused on bailing out big industries including hotels, a type of property he himself owns. senate republicans unvauleiled plan for trillion dollars of payments. with less money for the bottom 70 million tax filers. here to talk about what we need out after i rescue package in scale and details, former labor secretary robert reich. let's start with this news. the trump administration asking state officials to hold back their numbers right now. that strikes me as not a great idea. we need to know what's going on. >> well, chris every time the administration has tried to withhold n

the trump administration killed that early on in their administration.e on the job of training our front-line workers and helping them get the equipment they need. they are shorthanded. most of the protective equipment in this country that is stockpiled is too short and is antiquated. we are far behind the curve of most countries. we need to catch up, and we are not because of the conscious decisions that have been made. david: you mentioned the trump administration a few times. you must be talking with people at the white house. what is the discussion you are having? are they listening to you? richard: yesterday there was a series of negotiations that went on where we tried to get a temporary safety standard in place. they absolutely blocked that. that safety standard would have required employers to provide adequate safety equipment to front-line workers that are jeopardized and they blocked that. they blocked it and blocked it and blocked it. they put everything in front of the well-being of america's workers and i can tell you that is unconscionable.

he needs to do more and breaking tonight, further evidence of missed opportunities by the trump administration. politico reporting that the trump team was briefed about the need for pandemic planning all the way back before they took office in early 2017. one of the people in that meeting joins me now. white house cabinet secretary under president obama and former deputy of secretary of labor chris liu. this is a training exercise during the transition for incoming staff members of the trump administration run by the obama administration. what was it? >> this is about the continuity of government and we did an exercise in 2009 where we took over from the bush people and a chance for the outgoing team to sit down with the incoming team and go through kind of a table top exercise, some role-playing about some different scenarios. so the bush people had done this for us in 2009. we did it for the trump people in 2017. so there are about 30 different trump officials there with 30 of us from the obama administration, and we went through three possible domestic incidents they might face. a hurricane

lou: joining us tonight to take up this latest action by the trump administration, dr. ian lipkin, the director of the center for foreign infection and immunity at columbia university. invited by the chinese government to study the coronavirus and help them tackle the outbreak in their country. i have never seen a president in my career talk about a partnership with private companies and the medical community and government, then demonstrate it as he did today. a remarkable moment. >> this is an extraordinary moment. i agree. it's pivotal. it's a turning point. the fact that we'll be able to recognize who is infected. this will enable isolation and we hope will contain the outbreak. lou: to see a number of people in the public health agencies hearing governors starting to talk about how well the federal government is responding. this is -- we are starting to see this country get in line with leadership and to deal with what is now we realized a very serious, serious challenge to the country, a great threat. >> there have been people making projections that are extraordi

getting a mixed bag and you're hearing a lot of mixed messaging from officials inside the trump administration. it wasn't just the latest misstatement from yesterday, but it was during that televised prime time address to the american people when president trump appeared to leave some major facts out of his european travel ban which i think in the immediate future after that speech took americans off guard. so i think a lot of officials and those around the trump administration are concerned about the misinformation coming out because it could lead and it's leading to quite a bit of confusi confusion among the american people. >> these reports of obviously this infighting that is happening inside the white house, folks that are not necessarily happy with the fact that they think the president is misleading the american public on certain things when it comes to the coronavirus. what type of impact is that having overall. >> well, it's not a good look for the administration right now. remember, this is a time of crisis for this country and we know that during times of crises, the american people

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not going to be discussing anything in good faith. >> what happened to the optimism of the trump administrationhat the deal could be done? >> i think north koreans, president trump gave kim jong-un an opportunity to reciprocate a gesture of friendship which was on our part not enforcing the sanctions as tough as we had before. he wanted president trump wanted to have the north koreans have a sense that they can feel secure, kim jong-un is not returning the gesture, i think eventually the trump administration will pivot back to a more vigorous policy, that would be a good thing because that could force the north koreans back to the table to talk in a meaningful way. >> instead of firing off test missiles. which they do routinely regardless. >> great to see a thank you very much. coming up next, chuck schumer is still under fire tonight for his outrageous threats toward two trump supreme justices. we have thoughts on that, he ♪ it's surprising how the bigger a city gets... the smaller it starts to feel. which makes it even more surprising, how big it feels in here. with sliding rear seats... and

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but this is not the approach of the trump administration. the federal, state, and local agencies have taken. a recent survey of nurses conducted by us across the board shows that a majority of our health facilities are nowhere near prepared to handle this virus safely. they don't have the equipment. they don't have the stockpiles. they don't have the isolation rooms. they don't have the procedures and they aren't communicating with their staff. they have no plan. instead of relaxing standards and efforts which some agencies have urged, we need to be stepping it up. national nurses united has petitioned osha and the cdc and many agencies in california at the epicenter of the disease here in the united states to do just that. we look forward to helping them implement our regulations and, again, thank you, senator sanders, for this important event. i am very happy to be part of the discussion and answer any questions. >> thank you very much, deborah. greg whitten is the former special assistant for nuclear chemical and biological defense progra

caitlin this travel warning represents a very major step from the trump administration. >> reporter: yeah, washington, it certainly does. this is as high as it gets, there is something normally designated for war zones. now they are urging americans abroad to think careful carefully. they are doing that at the white house. the president did not comment on that earlier while it was still in discussions before it became formal and was on the state department's website. instead, he was focused on possible treatments for coronavirus, teasing that they could be happening soon. though the fda quickly thereafter was urging caution about that time table. >> i'd shake his hand, but i'm not supposed to do that get in a lot of from you believe if i did. >> reporter: tonight president trump says hissed a many instraition is fast-tracking anti-viral treatments for the coronavirus. >> i think it's going to be very exciting. i think it could be a game changer and maybe not. >> reporter: the president claimed the drug currently used as an anti-ma larrial could be used almost immediately, almost late

the trump administration asking state officials to hold back their numbers.to know what's going on. >> well, chris, every time the administration has tried to withhold numbers or withhold information, in a sacrifice in public trust is extraordinarily large and very dangerous because particularly in a time like this when people need to get information and need to trust the government, we've discovered that we can't do either one. we can't get the information we need and we can't trust the government. the trump administration has got to stop trying to cook the books and cook the numbers. >> so, today mitch mcconnell outlined the plan from the senate. and i thought it was interesting. there was a lot of talk about this idea of sort of a universal cash assistance. and there were some democrats who were saying, well, we should means-test at the higher end, which is that we don't need to send people making a million dollars a year a check. and some other people said, well, just make it universal. you can tax me back. and the senate republicans seemed to do somethin

the trump administration has made huge strides, and after eight years of weakness, this administration's foreign policy has made it clear to our adversaries that the united states of america is not going to be pushed around. but the american people also know we must remain vigilant. as long as russia and other nations seek to meddle, we need to be ready. election security is critically important for our nation, and it can only be handled right if it is handled with good faith and bipartisanship. but washington democrats used this particular topic as a platform for demonizing the other side or for pushing tangential policy proposals which the left has sought many years, many years before 2016, everyone can see right through it. it only signals unseriousness. so i encourage all my colleagues to attend the bipartisan briefing today, and then let's preserve that bipartisan spirit and that unity. let's focus on fighting against foreign interference, not fighting each other. we should not just snap right back into tired old partisanship. we should not let putin or anyone else bait americans in

be an address tonight and we want your thoughts in advance for context. >>> coming up, the trump administration is trying to classify and keep secret briefings about public health that the public may want to know. we'll also look at what trump will say tonight with governor dean an others. >>> meanwhile, bernie sanders came out today defiant even after losing some big states last night. >>> and very excited to tell you we will speak to voters in queens as part of our special series on this primary race. i'm ari melber. you're watching "the beat" on msnbc. sleep this amazing? that's a zzzquil pure zzzs sleep. our gummies contain a unique botanical blend, while an optimal melatonin level means no next-day grogginess. zzzquil pure zzzs. naturally superior sleep. dimitri's on it. eating right... ...and getting those steps in? on it! dimitri thinks he's doing all he can to manage his type 2 diabetes and heart disease, but is his treatment doing enough to lower his heart risk? maybe not jardiance can reduce the risk of cardiovascular death for adults who also have known heart disease. so it could hel

not only within the trump administration but in the democratic party? >> absolutely.uomo briefings are becoming must-see tv. hebut d doesn't undersell it ei. i have talked to a lot of people in states fary from new york c who are watching for that very reason. getting back to the issue that statesre going to be facing here is the fact that unemployment benefits go out from the states, outate pockets and we'vestm seen f unemploymentim crise by 1,000%kver the past w alone. so we know that that is going to be a big issue f the states and that's one of the things that senator are wrangling over right now is how do you create a mechanism to get additional money to the states so that they can boost their unemployment benefits and how big shoulde th unemployment benefits be? robert: is the preside giving the governors leeway to decide shelter in place orders in their state? times epping back at from having sweeping declarations? yamiche: it seems that w and it seems as though, again, the white house is using this idea thatar republicans in partic believe that the federal gov

the trump administration is suggesting up to $2 million -- $1 trillion, the number of u.s. nearly 6000 and the death toll has reached 100. [inaudible] >> the message is this is something that happened. and it take care of it won't take that long. >> the president wants to emphasize this is a situation where we have requested that many people stay home so we don't spread this disease. has determined that you can think of this as business interruption money. >> there are going to be a lot of questions around this massive package being offers -- offered. >> we know they wanted to do it. , but the big issue is what is that going to look like. they wanted to give to americans and the other issue is the trump administration they want to see billions and billions of dollars and democrats are saying absolutely not. -- they want to do something, but how they do that, they are on.ly far part -- far apart >> one of the key things is the speed at which this can happen. it looks like this will not be a rubberstamp deal. .> they will have to figure out your -- the house increased -- rele

. >>> trump administration continues to take heat for sending mixed messages about the risk of coronavirust elderly and those with underlying conditions need to take steps to protect themselves. >> if you get infected, risk of getting into trouble is considerable, it's our responsibility to protect the vulnerable. i mean right now, not wait until things get worse. say no large crowds, no long trips and above all, don't get on a cruise ship. >> president also told reporters last night he was not concerned about the virus getting closer to the white house and does not plan to change his behavior. if you have questions, we have answers. tomorrow nbc bay area news special report "understanding coronavirus," look at outbreak and how it reached bay area. or watch it now on nbcbayarea.com. >>> number of ships hitting and killing whales off the california coast could land the trump administration in court. after our report that exposed what is happening. >> reporter: whales washing up dead in california are having a ripple effect that leads all the way to the white house. >> today we lodged a laws

day 1142 of the trump administration and 242 days to go now until the presidential election. the number of countries with reported cases of the coronavirus has now risen to at least 90 and there are now reports of 100,000 cases worldwide. today one of the scientists tracking the global spread of the virus noted this key development during a briefing for congressional staff. >> we've recently passed the point during which we we have more cases outside china than inside china on a daily basis, which i think is a critical shift in this situation. >> in the united states there are now more than 300 cases in almost half the states, and at least 15 deaths with the latest death being reported tonight out of florida. there are still not enough coronavirus tests to meet the national demand adding to the fear that the real extend of the outbreak may not be fully understood in the united states. the trump administration has been taking a lot of heat for how it has responded to the spread of the virus, and there have been concerns about the president's messaging when he has spoken in pub