>>> good morning, i'm ali velshi.ow at least 276,335 confirmed cases of covid-19 in the united states, and 7,063 deaths. a majority of those cases are in new york. yesterday the governor andrew cuomo announced that 562 people had died from covid-19 in a 24-hour period bringing the state's total to 2,935. the state added 10,482 cases in that same time frame of which 1,427 patients are being hospitalized. 335 new yorkers are in intensive care. to make matters worse, the state is set to run out of ventilators in four days. governor cuomo described the situation and the solution with msnbc's rachel maddow. >> the one silver lining here is not every place in this country gets hit at the same time, right? why don't we devise a national strategy that moves with that rolling apex, if you will. i need roughly 30,000 ventilators, which i can't get, but i only need 30,000 ventilators for two or three weeks at the top of my curve. why don't we have a

i'm ali velshi. as the number of coronavirus cases and deaths keep climbing, so do the devastating toll that it's taking on the economy. the labor department reported today that nearly 6.7 million americans filed for first-time claims for unemployment insurance last week. that is double the 3.3 million people who filed first-time claims the week before. the labor department revised the week before number up from 3.28 million that it reported last thursday. so that means in sum total about 10 million people have filed first-time unemployment claims in the two weeks after states started issuing stay-at-home orders and telling nonessential businesses to close. for perspective, the highest number of weekly first-time claims reported during the financial crisis was 650,000. but the actual number of people out of work is much higher. state unemployment websites have been overwhelmed by the staggering number of people who are just trying to file applications. the pandemic relief law extended unemployment in

"velshi" starts now. good morning. it's saturday, april 25th. i'm ali velshi. president trump plans to pare back the press briefings according to four sources familiardeliberations. that comes during the week when trump suggested that researchers investigate about with doctors could cure kroucoronavirus by t injecting people with disinfectant. here is the topic last night. >> would it be better if the president stopped doing the dog and pony shows? >> yes. yes. he is not being constructive. we see how that he is putting lives at risk with the outrageous advice that threw gasoline on every gutter aspect of the internet with crack pot theories of how people can protect themselves or worse throwing themselves in horrible risk. >> i'll have more on that later in the show. now to the facts. the total number of fatal asiti in the united states surpassing 51,000. cases eclipsed 903,000. on friday, trump signing $484 billion relief bill to add on $310 billion to the paycheck protection program and provide aid to hospitals and testing. nbc news reporting three companies

"velshi" starts now. good morning. it is saturday, april 18th. i'm ali velshi. in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the commander in chief sowing the seeds of division as states begin the process of reopening. donald trump said liberate michigan, minnesota and virginia after anti-protest in the states after restrictions brought on by covid-19. the three governors doing their best to maintain order. as the facts show the rate of new cases and deaths continue to rise nationwide. the total fatalities climb to over 36,000. the confirmed cases in the united states surpassing 699,000. on thursday, the white house laying out a phase three approach on how to get folks back to work. ultimately the decision to get back to work to states and their governors. >> over the next very short period of time, it support to the governor, we will help them. we will work with them. it is up to the governors. i think you will see a few states open. i call it a beautiful puzzle. you have 50 pieces. all very different. when it is all done, it is a mosaic. it will be a very beautifu

"velshi" starts now. >>> good morning, i'm ali velshi. here are the facts. the total numbers of confirmed cases of covid-19 across the globe now more than 1.2 million, roughly 66,000 people have died. the coronavirus only arrived in the united states in mid january. now there are almost 310,000 confirmed cases of covid-19 here in the u.s. 8,405 people have died. new york continues to be extraordinarily hard hit, reporting 630 deaths and nearly 11,000 new cases in just one day. in total, 3,565 people have died in new york and more than 4,000 remain in intensive care. in a show of support and generosity, oregon is sending 140 ventilators to new york. it comes just in time as the state only has days left before running out. in addition, an army of volunteer health workers have descended upon new york city to help. >> in terms of staffing, we have 85,000 volunteers, 22,000 out of state volunteers. how amazing is that? 85,000 volunteers. i'm also signing an executive order to allow medical students who are slated to graduate to begin practicing. we need doctors,

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"velshi" starts now. good morning. it's saturday, april 25th. i'm ali velshi.s briefings according to four sources familiardeliberations. that comes during the week when trump suggested that researchers investigate about with doctors could cure kroucoronavirus by t injecting people with disinfectant. here is the topic last night. >> would it be better if the president stopped doing the dog and pony

i'm ali velshi.mber of coronavirus cases and deaths keep climbing, so do the devastating toll that it's taking on the economy. the labor department reported today that nearly 6.7 million americans filed for first-time claims for unemployment insurance last week. that is double the 3.3 million people who filed first-time claims the week before. the labor department revised the week before number up from 3.28 million that it reported last thursday. so that means in sum total about 10 million people have filed first-time unemployment claims in the two weeks after states started issuing stay-at-home orders and telling nonessential businesses to close. for perspective, the highest number of weekly

i'm ali velshi. a new nbc news wall stre"wall s journal" poll reveals how americans think president trump is is handling the pandemic. a majority of americans disapprove of trump's approach. 44% us approving and that is down slightly from last month. americans are also saying they don't trust trump when it comes to the pandemic. 52% saying they don't trump trust the president's statements about the coronavirus. when it comes to the 2020 race, more more thanes think joe biden is better equipped to hnd the a crisis. >> he says i take no responsibility for that. it's not my fault. it's somebody ls's fault. he's doing the exact -- i know this sounds strange, but he's doing the exact thing we teach our kids not to do. blame somebody else. not me, the other guy. not me, the other guy. i mean, this is the president of the united states. >> meanwhile, 45% of americans now view the economy as poor. that's a big jump from the end of march when the pan dem you can was really starting to take hold. that was 22%

. >>> welcome back, i'm ali velshi. we are nearing a new milestone, almost 700,000 americans have been diagnosed with covid-19 in the united states, almost 36,700 have died by our count here at nbc news all in a three-month period. in fact, on thursday, more americans died of covid-19 than in the entire iraqi war. in the last month, 22 million americans have filed for unemployment insurance wiping out nearly all of the job gains since the financial crisis. president trump who's not known for his patience continues to become more eager to open the country by the minute, while the experts urge extreme caution. >> this new opening up, which has that requirement of early case diagnosis and isolation and contact tracings is really embedded as you'll see in the phases but still maintaining that personal vigilance, that personal mitigation so that we can continue to limit and protect the vulnerable in this nation. so it's important not to let up at all but do this in a prudent, gradual way. >> as was the case last weekend, pre

"velshi" starts now. >>> good morning. it is april 11th. i'm ali velshi. the world reached a new milestone surpassing 100,000 deaths from covid-19. here in the united states there are now more than 496,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus, and 18,651 deaths. new york is now the covid-19 capital of the world. new york state has more confirmed cases of the virus than all countries reporting positive test results. and new york's death toll stands at 7,844. >> in the past two weeks i've probably seen as much death as i've seen in the past three years. it's bad. it's really sad. i feel at this point everybody we intubate, it's terminal. i don't -- it almost feels futile. >> almost feels futile. as you can see from this map, there are many more hot spots kindling at various degrees across the country. one of those places is now philadelphia. a city that the white house is calling a hot spot of particular concern. it has almost 5,800 confirmed cases of covid-19 and has had 137 deaths. joining me now from outside the university of pennsylvania medical center in phil

"velshi" starts now. >>> welcome back, i'm ali velshi. it has been five months since the novel coronavirus, which causes covid-19 was first transmitted to humans, and since then more than 102,000 people have died of the disease. new york is now the covid capital of the world. the state itself has more confirmed cases of the disease than any other country reporting positive test results. the death toll in new york now stands at 7,844. here's how several er residents at new york city's st. barnabas hospital described the situation. >> i've into -- intubated more patients in the last week and a half than six months before this all started. we're seeing the worst of the worse. we're seeing the 20-year-olds, the 30-year-olds j it looks like a war zone. >> our emergency department has turned into an icu. essentially the hospital is turning into an icu. what normally goes into like a small area of the hospital comparatively to the rest of the hospital is now essentially the entire hospital. >> joining me now live from new york city's billie jean

i'm ali velshi, and here are the facts. more than 53,000 americans have lost their lives from covid-19 and we are approaching 1 million confirmed cases of covid-19 in the united states. now the white house is considering scaling back president trump's participation in the coronavirus task force briefings due to increased concern about the political impact. the move comes as trump receives continued criticism for suggesting that americans could ingest household disinfectants to kill the virus. republicans are also increasingly worried that his remarks may have an effect on the senate come november. for his part, trump tweeted yesterday that the briefings and news conferences, which are meant to update the public are, quote, not worth the time and effort. a sentiment i'm sure some of you watching right now share. it all comes as the white house is reportedly looking to replace the health and human services secretary, alex azar. there was no coronavirus task force briefing yesterday and there isn't one scheduled for today, eit

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"velshi" starts now. >>> good morning. it is sunday, april 19th. of our country. even as covid-19 continues to spread across the nation. here are the facts. there are now more than 728,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the united states. more than 38,000 people have died. yesterday at the

i'm ali velshi. you are watching msnbc.g you the very latest on the coronavirus pandemic. fatalities in the united states are now the highest in the world with a little more than 20,000 people dead. there are now more than half a million confirmed cases across the country and for the first time in american history, all 50 states are now under a major disaster declaration. in new york city or new york

i'll ali velshi.here are 310,000 con frmed cases of covid-19 here in the united states. 8,405 have died. new york continues to be the hardest hit. reporting 630 deaths. and nearly 11,000 new cases in just 1 day. in total, 3,565 people have died in new york and more than 4,000 remain in intensive care. yesterday, with four days to go before new york reasons out of ventilator, oregon came to new york's aid with a massive gift of generosity. 140 ventilators. >> which is -- i tell you, just a -- astonishing and unexpected. and i want to thank governor brown. i want to thank all of the people in the state of o oregon for their thoughtfulness. this is unsolicited. at first it was a kind gesture. i know governor brown and she's a kind person, but it is also smart from the point of view of oregon. why? because we're all in the same battle here. >> in new york city, there are 69,606 confirmed cases of covid-19. joining me nbc news correspondent cory coffin at the field hospital in central park. it is a surreal

i'm ali velshi. here's where things stand right now.an 930,000 confirmed cases in the united states. nbc has learned he might be scaling them back. that comes after

i'm ali velshi.all stre"wall s journal" poll reveals how americans think president trump is is handling the pandemic. a majority of americans disapprove of trump's approach. 44% us approving and that is down slightly from last month. americans are also saying they don't trust trump when it comes to the pandemic. 52% saying they don't trump trust the president's statements about the coronavirus. when it comes to the 2020 race, more more thanes think joe biden is better equipped to hnd the a crisis.

i'm ali velshi. i'll see you back here tomorrow morning on "velshi," with a special guest, suze orman. le. >>> another programming note, sunday night, richard engel, on sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. "the 11th hour" with brian williams begins now. >>> the manhattan bridge, the new york skyline of another stay-at-home week in new york city and elsewhere. good evening once again. day 1,177 of the trump administration. 200 days to go until the presidential election. the current president started this day wishing all americans a happy good friday. perhaps because of "the new york times" story last night saying republicans were trying to get the president to talk less every day, today's white house briefing went on for over two hours. the president said some of the coverage is fake news. he said today flatly, everyone has the ventilators they need. he said, we're in great shape in every way. he said at a certain point, it will be gone. it will be gone, he said, and it won't be much longer. he

velshi starts now. >>> welcome back. i'm ali velshi. we begin this sad new milestone in the covid-19 pandemic. the united states is the first reported country to have more than 20,000 deaths linked to the coronavirus. nearly 20,500 americans have now died after contracting the virus and more than half a million have tested positive for covid-19. all 50 states, washington, d.c. and four u.s. territories are now under major disaster declarations. more than half of all u.s. deaths have been in three states, michigan, new jersey and new york with new york having more confirmed cases than any other country. there are hot spots continuing to pop up across the country. it isn't all doom and gloom. it's actually a festive time of year. many families who celebrate passover held seder over zoom while others are today preparing to go into a more old school direction, drive-in easter services. joining me live from walnut port, pennsylvania, marra bar rhett. what's it been like seeing the setup for a service in the midst of social distancing? >> rep

i'm ali velshi. the total number of confirmed cases here in the united states has now surpassed 300,000 and more than 8,000 have died. we saw a stark contrast tone between dr. anthony fauci and president trump. dr. fauci saying social distancing is the best weapon against the virus. president trump expressed his desire to see americans go back to work. here are two comments about one minute apart. >> every place, everybody should be doing some degree of this physical separation. if we do that, again, i have confidence what we'll see is the turning around of the curve. >> and mitigation does work, but, again, we're not going to destroy our country. we have to get back because, you know, at a certain point you lose more people this way through all of the problems caused than you will with what we're doing right now. we cannot let this continue. so at a certain point some hard decisions are going to have to be made. >> it's like whiplash watching him. meanwhile new york governor andrew cuomo is warning

"velshi" starts now. >>> good morning. it is sunday, april the 12th. happy easter. i'm ali velshi. the united states has reached a grim milestone. more americans have now died of covid-19 than in any other country. nearly 20,500 americans have now died from the disease, and more than half a million are infected. 44 days after president trump called the situation a democratic hoax that was under control. all 50 states are now under major disaster declarations for covid-19 as is the direct of columbia and four u.s. territories. more than half of all u.s. deaths are in three states, michigan, new jersey and new york. with new york itself having more confirmed cases on its own than any other country. 783 more new yorkers died of covid-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to over 8,600. governor andrew cuomo said new york's daily death toll appears to have leveled out, however it's done so at a very high level. >> you can see that the numbers somewhat are stabilizing but it's stabling at a horrific rate. 783, 777, 799, these are just incredible numbers depicting incredible loss a

you can tweet us and use #velshi. that's the way we can sort out you're trying to get an answer to a check as opposed to just sending me a regular insult on twitter. the end of the show and every day we'll answer your questions. let's start with this florida stay-at-home order. nbc's kerry sanders is with us in ft. lauderdale. kerry, everything in florida has been slower to come an everyone else. they were slower to shut down beaches, slower to recommend social distancing. they have not dealt with this issue of use ships which i can see one behind you. now finally they're issuing a stay-at-home order. >> reporter: very slow, off the mark. a lot of criticism from around the country to the florida governor ron desantis. matter of fact, he issued his order about 90 minutes before a judge in the state capital in tallahassee was having a hearing with lawyers who filed a suit to try to bring about a statewide mandate for stay-at-home. those lawyers saying he believes this was the governor's response to their lawsuit. the de

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i'm ali velshi, and here are the facts.3,000 americans have lost their lives from covid-19 and we are approaching 1 million confirmed cases of covid-19 in the united states. now the white house is considering scaling back president trump's participation in the coronavirus task force briefings due to increased concern about the political

"velshi" starts now. >>> good morning. welcome back. i'm ali velshi. a grim milestone in the coronavirus pandemic. let's get trigt the facts as we know them at this hour. worldwide covid-19 death toll climbed above 200,000, a staggering number as some countries debate how to reopen and others fight to overcome the outbreak. here in the united states, confirmed cases reached at least 935,000 as states aggressively push to increase testing capacity but president trump's inability to stick to the facts on the science behind the pandemic may have led to white house officials weighing whether to scale back on the daily coronavirus briefings. this comes after ongoing criticism of trump's comments on thursday which he now says were sarcastic. >> i would like you to speak to the medical doctors to see if there's any way to apply light and heat to cure. you know? if you can. maybe you can, maybe you can't. i'm not a doctor. i'm a person that has a good -- you know what. >> you're in -- >> have you ever heard of that? the heat and the light relative to certain v

. >> tonight, ali velshi and dr. ezekiel emanuel on how testing is key to the balance between economic health and public health. could this lead to unnecessary deaths? >> there is a danger of a rebound. >> and the scientific race for answers. a vaccine may be far off, but what are we learning today about a cure for covid? >> people who have the antibodies can donate blood for the convalescent plasma, which is probably one of the best therapeutics that show promise. >> and the lessons overseas. classes back in session for some schools in europe. what does it mean for our students here? this is a special edition of "the last word: life in the time of coronavirus." >> welcome to another night of "life in the time of coronavirus virus." we have come to a moment of growing restlessness in the united states. as some people begin to protest what they see as oppressive, unnecessary closures of businesses and schools and others are protesting what they see as inaction and a lack of straight talk by the administration. doctors

i'm ali velshi.back here tomorrow morning on "velshi," with a special guest, suze orman. le. >>> another programming note, sunday night, richard engel, on sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. "the 11th hour" with brian williams begins now. >>> the manhattan bridge, the new york skyline of another stay-at-home week in new york city and elsewhere. good evening once again. day 1,177 of the trump administration. 200 days to go until the presidential election. the current president started this day wishing all americans a happy good friday. perhaps because of "the new york times" story last night saying republicans were trying to get the president to talk less every day, today's white house brfi w

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i'm ali velshi. you are watching msnbc. we're bringing you the very latest on the coronavirus pandemic. fatalities in the united states are now the highest in the world with a little more than 20,000 people dead. there are now more than half a million confirmed cases across the country and for the first time in american history, all 50 states are now under a major disaster declaration. in new york city or new york state, epicenter of the u.s. outbreak, more than 8,600 deaths and more than 180,000 confirmed cases. new york city mayor bill de blasio and the state's governor andrew cuomo today seemingly at odds over plans to close city schools for the remainder of the academic year. the mayor telling msnbc a short time ago he stands by his decisi decision. >> i have to do what i think is right to stop the coronavirus from holding this city in its grip, to fight it back and to make sure that we get out of this horrible moment in our history and move forward and the only way we're going to do that is by being vigilant and smart

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. >>> let's bring in my friend and colleague ali velshi. this is staggering.s hard to get your head around it. the job losses so far, here are the unemployment rate expected to exceed the 2008 recession. there's the chart. >> yeah. >> pennsylvania, ohio, kentucky, michigan among the state with the highest job losses but that's just for now. florida, all these states are going to get devastated. is 47 million unemployed a number that to you sounds realistic? >> look, it's the st. louis fed. it's one of the branches of the federal reserve. in fact the congressional budget office has a number that's about 12%, a lot of main stream private economists say 15, 18%. the recession got us 10%. the great depression got us 25%. we're talking about 32% unemployment. we have never seen anything in our lives or before that like that, so i -- i mean, this isn't -- there's no ax to grind here, these numbers could be real and think of the knock on effects. this is not a normal slowdown where some bars are open and some restaurants are open and some shops are open. in places li

i'm ali velshi. here's where things stand right now. there are more than 930,000 confirmed cases in the united states. nbc has learned he might be scaling them back. that comes after intense backlash to his comments about injecting disinfectants on thursday. instead he's using twitter to push the idea he's not holding briefings because members of the media only ask hostile questions. he continues to push the idea inu.s. is testing more people than any other nation. the reality is we're still lagging far behind where we need to be. that's what governor cuomo of new york referred to as the dream earlier today. >> testing is what we are compulsively obsessively focused on now, both diagnostic testing which is positive-negative, the antibody testing. we do about 20,000 tests per day. the more testing we have the more we will open eligibility. hopefully one day we get to the point where anybody who wants a test can walk in and get a test, right? that was the dream. >> meanwhile in georgia businesses like nail salons, barbershops, gyms and bo

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velshi. thank you for joining us for this special report, "coronavirus: into the red zone."ible documentary from our partner, sky news, in london. it is comprehensive and it is compelling. sky news special correspondent stuart ramsay shows us the devastating impact of coronavirus on the people of the hardest-hit city in the hardest-hit country in the world, bergamo, italy. more than 15,000 deaths so far in italy alone. now there are signs of a possible plateau in new infections. but this fight is far from over.

velshi. thank you for joining us for this special report, "coronavirus: into the red zone." documentary from our partner, sky news, in london. it is comprehensive and it is compelling. sky news special correspondent stuart ramsay shows us the devastating impact of

i'm ali velshi, presidential candidate and vermont senator bernie sanders will join me in just a moment>>> but first, the coronavirus updates at this hour. johns hopkins university says there are just over a million cases worldwide. nearly 6,762 americans have die. the white house is expected to urge americans in areas with high virus transmission rates to wear face koefrgs, the nation's top infectious disease expert says the move is necessary. >> it's become clear that even when you try to do that, with certain necessities of life, going out to get food, going to a pharmacy to get your medications you may inadvertently come into closer contact and because of that recent information that the virus can be spread even when people just speak as opposed to coughing and sneezing the better part of vol lar is when you're out and you can't maintain that six-foot distance to wear some sort of facial covering. >> now, the government urges more people to cover their faces. we're learning more about the economic damage caused by pandemic. . the labor department this morning reported companies shed

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for "velshi." "the 11th hour" with brian williams begins right now. >>> and good evening once again. day 1,170 of the trump administration. 214 days to go now until our presidential election. our country set a new record for deaths today, and tonight we have learned the president has settled another score dating back to impeachment with another firing. we'll have more on that in a moment. >>> in case you missed today's white house briefing, again mostly good news from the president unless, that is, you live in one of the states. the president said just today we have states, a lot of states, territories too. the problem is he's not happy with the states. he took a swing at governors for not being thankful enough. he thinks the states should have been prepared for this pandemic even though he seemed upbeat on the pandemic. just today he said, it's not going to be long. this is ending. this will end. you'll see some bad things and you'll see some very good things. we're healing, he said. we're getting

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you can see more of my interview with senator bernie sanders tomorrow morning on "velshi" at 8:00 a.m he's not getting medicare for all. he knows joe biden won't embrace it, but he's talking about lowering the age for medicare to 55 and covering all the children. so he's trying to broaden the base of people covered by health care in the united states. >> yeah. you know, i agree with lots of stuff that bernie said. we do need universal coverage, and covid-19 has made it clear we need universal coverage. second, it's also made clear we probably shouldn't tie health care insurance to employment, which a lot of economists, mainstream economists, have said for years. but that doesn't get you to we need universal coverage. i mean that doesn't get you to we need medicare for all. it gets you to we need a plan for universal coverage, and there are many, many different ways we can get there. one way, as bernie sanders said, is we can expand medicare down. we can guarantee all children have health care. we still have about 4 million children in this country, 4 million to 5 million children in t

for "velshi."ner picks up with a look across the country to see how they're coping with the real and growing threat of coronavirus. i've always been fascinated by what's next. and still going for my best, even though i live with a higher risk of stroke due to afib not caused by a heart valve problem. so if there's a better treatment than warfarin... i want that too. eliquis. eliquis is proven to reduce stroke risk better than warfarin. plus has significantly less major bleeding than warfarin. eliquis is fda-approved and has both. what's next? reeling in a nice one. don't stop taking eliquis unless your doctor tells you to, as stopping increases your risk of having a stroke. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. don't take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. while taking eliquis, you may bruise more easily and it may take longer than usual for any bleeding to stop. seek immediate medical care for sudden signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. e