ali velshi, thank you very much. and to our viewer, something we neglected to say at the start of our coverage, obviously we're overhearing language that most adults can handle. we apologize for being the venue for it. and i know we've received several one finger salutes since being on the air tonight. it's a -- it's an overheated environment. that should go without saying. back with us again tonight is maya wiley, former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, veteran of the new york city mayor's office who is now with the news school in new york. maya, i just need to your hear your reaction to this horrendous, horrendous scene we are seeing in one of america's finest cities that is absent one of its residents. somebody needs to answer for george floyd. >> you're absolutely right, brian. and i think what we're seeing is the community demanding an answer and demanding an answer that includes the word "justice" in it. you know, you have to wonder when you see these images that we're seeing tonig

this is "velshi." i'm ali velshi in minneapolis.his is the auto zone across the street from the police station, burned thursday night. first round of the fires. you can see, push in here, still smoke here. smoldering forever. these protests at night preventing firefighters from getting in here and so much of this area is just destroyed. the police station. two obvious city blocks, maybe three around here of buildings in this direction, and on thursday night i saw fires in four or five directions from here. a lot of rebuilding to do, but this is just symbolic. this is the symbolic rebuilding that needs to be done. the big rebuilding that needs to be done in america is trust. or maybe it's building of trust between african-americans and their police and their governments. i want to bring in mayor stephen reid of montgomery, alabama. mayor, you and i were going to talk about other things. that was on the schedule, but this is the thing now we have to talk be, at tensions across the country. one of the most amazing things of the last fe

ali velshi, thank you very much. and to our viewers, something we neglected to say at the start of our coverage. obviously we're overhearing language that most adults can handle. we apologize for being the venue for it. and i note we've received several one-finger salutes since being on the air tonight. it's an overheated environment. that should go without saying. back with us again tonight is maya wiley, former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, a veteran of the new york city mayor's office who is now with the new school in new york. maya, i just need to hear your reaction to this horrendous, horrendous scene we are seeing in one of america's finest cities that is absent one of its residents. somebody needs to answer for george floyd. >> you're absolutely right, brian, and i think what we're seeing is the community demanding an answer and demanding an answer that includes the word "justice" in it. you know, you have to wonder when you see these images that we're seeing tonight -- and i t

generally, into the direction of where we saw ali velshi moving. will be interesting to see which way those crowds go, and which way law enforcement may push them. there is much more for us to discuss tonight. this is what's happening in many cities across america. let's hand over coverage, now, to chris jansing, who will take us further. good evening, chris. >> good evening, joshua, thank you very much. and we are going to continue to watch these scenes as they unfold because it has been very dramatic. it has been dangerous. and it has been exactly what police said they were going to do. be more active at a time when nightfall is settling over minneapolis. and ahead of the 8:00 p.m. curfew, there were interstates in minneapolis and st. paul that shut down. thousands of people, still on the streets. and police, as you can see, taking action. the death of george floyd, continuing to spark another night of protests here but, elsewhere around the country but, this is, indeed, the center of it all. tensions have been flaring throughout the evening. in

"velshi" starts now. good morning. it's saturday, may 2nd. i'm ali velshi. several states are set to reopen across america. here are the facts. among ongoing criticism of the traum trump administration handling of the pandemic, the white house is banning anthony fauci for testifying. he is still set to testify before the senate health committee on may 12th. the federal government is not extending social distancing guidelines and a restless trump will travel to arizona this week. meanwhile, nbc news learned the federal government placed orders for well over 100,000 body bags to hold covid-19 victims. the biggest set of which earmarked for purchase the day after trump told the american people the projected death toll would be around 60,000. let's turn to nbc news political reporter monica alba at the white house. monica, take us inside the latest decision to block anthony fauci from testifying this week from the house to approve it to the senate. is this political or is it as the white house argues pandemic driven? >> reporter: it seems to be a bit of both, al

ali velshi, thank you so much.o be watching his work from minneapolis all day tomorrow. but clearly as officials today at that press conference were calling for patience what we were hearing from people in minneapolis tonight is we have been waiting. we've been waiting for justice after a black man, after black man after black woman dies and nothing has changed. we're going to continue to talk about these very important issues. i'm chris jansing. thank you so much for watching. there is a possible news conference from the minneapolis mayor. we will carry that live when it happens. and we'll have much more live news on msnbc throughout the day tomorrow and our continuing coverage after this break. can leave you holding your breath. ♪ but bristol myers squibb is working to change things. by researching new kinds of medicines that could help you live longer. including options that are chemo-free. because we're committed to bringing new hope into lung cancer care. i don't have to worry about bthat, do i?are irritated.

ali velshi will be joining brian williams in the next hour. "the 11th hour" with brian williams is next. >>> well, good evening once again. day 1,225 of the trump administration. 159 days out from our presidential election. as you well know by now, we're keeping an eye on minneapolis tonight. a third night of protests there. now smoke is rising as well from its twin city, st. paul. all of it, of course, following the death of george floyd, the unarmed man whose death was watched on video with a knee to his neck for several minutes on end, under forcible police custody in the street. we have new video tonight showing several officers on the ground as floyd is being held down. no charges have been filed in this case, and that, to many people, is the problem. a news conference today was frustratingly news-free. we'll have much more on all of it just ahead. for the very latest from minneapolis, we want to go back now to correspondent ali velshi, who is on the ground in the middle of tonight's protest. ali, having watched your live coverage, you we

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live from minneapolis, ali velshi, host of "velshi" here on msnbc. i want to start with that question, about the activities of police. i want to start with ali, can you clarify for us what happened so that the mayor can get a chance to weigh in on it? >> so what happened is that at 8:00 our time, 9:00 eastern, that was when the curfew kicked in. moments before that, everybody who was at the entirely peaceful protest at the 5th precinct in minneapolis got up, they were sitting in many cases, that was their preparation for the possibility of mass arrests, something changed, they decided to get up and go on a march. we marched with them for an hour or to get the motivations of what was going on, see what was happening. to call it 100% peaceful would be to understate it. it was just a march. we were two thirds back to the back of the line. at some juncture, i noticed in front of us police cars flew into the intersection, splitting the group in half, maybe two-thirds went forward, we were in the back third, we were probably toward the back of that. and im

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"velshi" starts now. >>> good morning! it is sunday, may 3rd. i'm ali velshi. here are the facts. more than 66,000 americans have now died from covid-19, but president trump's plan to have multiple rapid-result testing machines installed on capitol hill for lawmakers has been flatly rejected by both speaker of the house nancy pelosi and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. in a joint statement, they write in part, "our country's testing capacities are continuing to scale up nationwide, and congress wants to keep testing -- keep directing those resources to the frontline facilities where they can do the most good the most quickly." that rejection came after it was revealed that the trump administration is blocking dr. anthony fauci from testifying before the democratically controlled house appropriations committee this wednesday, calling it "counterproductive." trump wakes up today in camp david, where he has reportedly been meeting with top aides about the economy. joining me now from the white house, nbc news political reporter monica alba. monica, as the pandemic continues ac

i about to go to ali vel velshi. we thousand how quickly things were moving. tell us what's happening since we last saw you, ali. >> reporter: so chris, the issue with what's going on here, there's all of this anger and frustration and protests. but what has happened tonight, there are no police. last night there was still a confrontation between police and the protestors. now there are no police or fire. there's no fire department to be able to come into this particular area around the third precinct and restore order. so it was becoming -- it changed flavor a little bit. it was a little more disorderly with a lot of the protestors who were there to protest the death of george floyd having left. there are -- there is authority in other parts of the city. there are reports of the national guard at the courthouse, and in other parts of the city. in fact, other parts of minneapolis. you know, people have locked down. restaurants and things -- restaurants that were open for takeoff have closed and boarded up. but other parts of the city have some calmness about t

ali velshi is back before a camera. ali, tell us, you're near the fifth precinct, and i'm told a whole lot of people are now over there. is that the same underpass you showed us earlier? >> reporter: yes. yeah, i'm on top of the underpass now and i'm not getting in the shot because i want you to shall able to see what we're seeing. on the left, just where those traffic lights are, is the precinct. now, that's got barriers and fencing and there are police in there. at least we saw police in there about an hour ago. but if you see just beyond it, the crowd -- there's a crowd converging. they're no light on them at the moment, so you can't see them. but there are several hundred people. in fact, i saw what appeared to be several hundred people just joined that crowd. so we've probably got more than 1,000 people just beyond the precinct and more streaming in. now, this has not been closed off to traffic unlike south minneapolis. they haven't put those jersey barriers in. so you've still got cars going in. you can see the st

ali velshi, host of "velshi" here on saturdays and sundays on msnbc. thank you so much. i want to go over to retired nypd detective and director of public relations for the black law enforcement alliance marq claxton. mr. claxton, thanks for being here tonight. give us the perspective of police tonight. there is a sense of, i will say, siege that the black community feels at the hands of police. police are now out here in cities across the country attempting to protect cities and businesses and properties, et cetera, but, you know, how are average police officers thinking about what happened to mr. floyd? >> i can hear you -- i think joy's asking me questions. >> oh, i don't think that he can hear me. i don't think marq claxton can hear me. can you hear me, marq? >> i can hear you now, joy. i'm sorry. >> you can hear me. great. listen, it's live television in the midst of a pandemic on top of this that we're seeing now. so i'm going to ask again. there is a sense of siege that the black community feels, a sense of exhaustion, a sense of fear of police, a sense of helples

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ali velshi, let me start in minneapolis. it's been a couple hours since derek chauvin was charged with murder. what do you see? we are getting closer as the afternoon bleeds into evening there. are you starting to see protesters gear up? >> reporter: yeah. you're starting to see behind us a gathering here. we're three blocks from the third precinct police station which is over that way and there is still a fire burning between us and them but as you can see it is a very strong police presence here and national guard. state police and national guard. we've also got the jersey barriers that have been put in. they've pushed the perimeter back by several blocks from the center of gravity over the last couple of nights. most importantly is what you mentioned and that is that the mayor has announced a curfew going into place from 8:00 p.m. local times, 9:00 p.m. eastern until 6:00 a.m. local time, tonight, tomorrow night, and on monday morning. now, that is important because these protests have developed as the sun has gone down a

i'm ali velshi.ontact tracing in the west wing as the trump administration confirms a second case of coronavirus overnight at the white house. the first was the president's personal valet who serves his meals. then yesterday the vice president's press secretary katie miller. married to the aide stephen miller. trump said the concept of tests is not great. he is satisfied with the procedures in place to protect him and his top aides. this is just wrong. it shows the virus can't be kept out of the white house which is the best protected place in america and the office of the special counsel found evidence of the removal of the whistleblower from the health and human services was retaliatory and should be stayed while the investigation plays out. here is

this is ali velshi here. i am in midtown minneapolis. my colleague is joining me in new york for our coverage this morning. look at the situation. this is after last night's protest in minneapolis. a popeyes that's burned down. you have fire engines under the escort of members of the national guard here for protection. they were not able to fight the fires overnight because of the protesters around the city. this is a city that has just been lifted from curfew. curfew went into place at 8:00 p.m. local time. 9:00 p.m. eastern time. it was lifted at 7:00 a.m. for all intents and purposes, there was no curfew. people were all over the place all night. fires were burning and fires continue to be burning. this is not the only city where this is happening. there are fires and protests and violence in cities across america. let me give you a taste of what those are where there were protests. protests in new york. in the 88th precinct. in brooklyn. protesters tossed rocks and bottles and eggs at police. 100 people were arrested there. in los an

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oakland and ali velshi who has oakland and ali velshi who has t.erizon is the most reliable network in america and puts first responders first. giving their calls priority 24/7. we built it for interoperability. because during an emergency, sharing critical information should never be limited by your choice of network. and we're the number-one network for public safety. which is much more than a statistic when you're talking about people who dedicate their lives to saving lives. for us, we're in the reliability business. like we always have been. 365 days a year. we do what we do best, so they can too. >>> brian, thank you so much. really appreciate it. and really thank you as well for joining us this hour. aand, as we come on the air tonight, we are following protests that are taking place all across this nation after the death of george floyd. and this nation continues to react to that death, an unarmed black man who died after pleading for his life while in the custody of police. and tonight the twin cities of minneapolis and st. paul are under

i'm ali velshi. contact tracing in the west wing as the trump administration confirms a second case of coronavirus overnight at the white house. the first was the president's personal valet who serves his meals. then yesterday the vice president's press secretary katie miller. married to the aide stephen miller. trump said the concept of tests is not great. he is satisfied with the procedures in place to protect him and his top aides. this is just wrong. it shows the virus can't be kept out of the white house which is the best protected place in america and the office of the special counsel found evidence of the removal of the whistleblower from the health and human services was retaliatory and should be stayed while the investigation plays out. here is what dr. bright told cbs news. >> i'm frustrated at the lack of leadership. i'm frustrated at the lack of urgency to get a head start on developing life-saving tools for americans. i'm frustrated at our inability to be heard as scientists. we see too

i'm ali velshi. we begin with breaking news overnight.is post as watch dog at the pentagon. no specific reason given for the sudden removal other than quote he no longer had the full confidence of the president. we'll have more on this in just a few minutes. >>> also overnight, the

velshi starts now. >>> good morning. it is sunday, may 17th, i'm ali velshi.rack obama barack obama, for the second time in a little more than a week, calling out the administration officials for a lack of leadership during the coronavirus outbreak. >> more than

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. >>> welcome back, i'm ali velshi, and the numbers tell the story. almost 4 million more americans filed for unemployment last week for the first time. a mind boggling 30 million americans have lost their jobs in the last six weeks. florida now has the highest number of jobless claims in the country overtaking california as the jobless claims capital of america. florida is set to begin reopening on monday which has more to do with the economics than the fact that the state continued to set new daily death toll records last week. florida is among several states set to either reopen or planning to reopen in the coming days despite still being in the throws of the pandemic. joining me now from the seasonal opening of the callingswood new jersey farmers market, it's a typical american spring saturday activity. it's got great weather. going to the farmers market, but times have changed as people are trying to get back to typical or normal. how does it look to you over there? >> reporter: good morning, ali. now, farmers markets have been considered essenti

velshi starts now. >>> good morning. it is sunday, may 17th, i'm ali velshi. we begin with former president barack obama barack obama, for the second time in a little more than a week, calling out the administration officials for a lack of leadership during the coronavirus outbreak. >> more than anything, this pandemic is fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they're doing. a lot of them aren't even pretending to be in charge. if the world's going to get better, it's going to be up to you. >> his comments are part of a national ceremony honoring high school graduates from the class of 2020. we're going to have much more on that story in just a bit, but first, we've got new details about yet another federal watchdog, fired amid the pandemic by the trump administration. top democrats including house foreign affairs committee chairman eliot engel and senator bob menendez are launching an investigation. it comes after friday's late-night ouster of state department inspector general steve lenick, this man. ac

this is a scotts yard. >>> all right, back is ali velshi in minneapolis. is new york city near union square. i want to give a shout out to my colleague katie tur. that is not brooklyn match that is manhattan and it is union square. it does appear to be the same group of protesters who had moved over the brooklyn bridge from brooklyn into the city, and that has been a source of remarkable tension between police and protesters in the last 24 hours. a lot of arrests made in new york. there are arrests and protests goes goi going on across the country. this is the scene downtown philadelphia. we saw some smoke a little while ago. we don't know what's going on. but philadelphia is under curfew right now. the curfew went into effect at 8:00 p.m. eastern. as you can see like the case in minneapolis the cuff few is not all that effective. there's the smoke. you can see there's smoke somewhere downtown. just trying to get a handle on where that is in downtown philadelphia. this is center city philadelphia, and that is a city that's also under curfew. we have violen

something changed according to ali velshi tonight. he said a strategic change. he had a crowd that was much less agitated but a much larger crowd of police who were very quick to engage. what do you make of what you saw? >> quite obviously and based on just information that's been released in minneapolis there's been a dramatic increase in man power and resource, so what they're doing is utilizing that additional increase in man power and resources to redeploy to some critical infrastructure targets perhaps. clearly they want to really take back certain sections or certain sectors of the area there. they want to absolutely be more assertive and proactive. they don't want to be caught in the heel as has been the case in the past several days. part of the reason they say that -- i think what they're doing is making a clear statement and taking back certain areas and commit to defending critical infrastructures. they don't want to lose another precinct. they don't want to be retreating constantly. they decided to be proactive and start to move forward and re-claim

i'm ali velshi. three top u.s. health officials in a state of quarantine this morning after being exposed to white house staffers who tested positive for covid-19. all three are members of the coronavirus task force. dr. anthony fauci, director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases, dr. robert redfield who oversees the cdc and dr. stephechphen hal in a self-imposed quarantine 14 days. dr. fauci plans to testify in person next week before the senate. hahn and redfield also will testify but via video conference. >>> more details surfacing in an unusual break in character by former president barack obama, as he gets real about his successor's handling of the current health crisis. it all took place during a phone call with his former aides originally indented as a support initiative for joe biden. here's a clip obtained by yahoo! news. >> it would have been bad even buy the best of governments, it has been an absolute chaotic disaster when that mind-set of what's in it for me, and, to heck with

something changed according to ali velshi tonight. he said a strategic change. he had a crowd that was much less agitated but a much larger crowd of police who were very quick to engage. what do you make of what you saw? >> quite obviously and based on just information that's been released in minneapolis, there's been a dramatic increase in manpower and resources. so what they're doing is utilizing that additional increase in manpower and resources to redeploy to some critical infrastructure targets perhaps. clearly they want to really take back certain sections or certain sectors of the area there. they want to absolutely be more assertive and proactive. they don't want to get caught on their heels as has been the case the past several days. part of the reason they say they've been caught on their heels because they were underresourced. so what i think they're doing is making a clear statement and taking back certain areas and commit to defending critical infrastructures. they don't want to lose another precinct. they don't want to appear to be retreating const

ali velshi, thank you so much. i want to go over to retired nypd detective and director of public relations for the black law enforcement alliance, marq claxton. mr. claxton, thanks for being here tonight. give us the perspective of police tonight. there is a sense of, i will say, siege that the black community feels at the hands of police. police are now out here in cities across the country, attempting to protect cities and businesses and properties, et cetera. but, you know, how are average police officers thinking about what happened to mr. floyd? >> i can't hear you. i think joy's asking me questions. >> oh, i don't think that he can hear me. i don't think marq claxton can hear me. can you hear me, marq? >> i can hear you now, joy. i'm sorry. >> okay. great. listen, it's live television in the midst of a pandemic on top of this that we're seeing now. so i'm going to ask again. there is a sense of siege that the black community feels, a sense of exhaustion, a sense of fear of police, a sense of helplessness in

. >>> "velshi" starts now. >>> good morning. it is may 24th. memorial day sunday. i'm ali velshi. the "new york times" is honoring the nearly 100,000 americans who have died so far from covid-19 on its front page. a stark and dramatic visual when you recall that this time last year even six months ago most people had never heard of coronavirus. a sobering reminder even as we try to get to a new normal, many americans are still dealing with terrible loss and pain, and as americans prepare for the most unusual memorial day in decades, it's important to remember that a resurgence lurks around the corner. case in point. north carolina. which after ending its lockdown two weeks ago entered phase two of its reopening on friday. yesterday, north carolina's health department reported its largest one-day spike in new covid-19 cases. nonetheless, americans are eager to get out this holiday weekend. >> today is just my husband and i. so it's a small group for just us, but, yeah. seems like everybody is thankful to finally be able to get out and do more stuff. >> like, hey, do you be afraid o

and minneapolis is where we find msnbc weekend anchor ali velshi, who has been here throughout. and, ali, what an escalation we have seen play out over the last couple of hours, and even the last couple of minutes. what's going on where you are, ali? >> chris, we were walking with a group that had been assembled in front of the 5th precinct. they started marching as soon as the -- the curfew was imposed. and entirely 100% peaceful march. we walked several miles with them. we were toward the back of the group. we weren't in the front of the group. and, suddenly, in an intersection in front of us, with about two-thirds of the group in front of us, and about a third including us behind, state police and a number of cars, supported by national guard, moved into the intersection, got out, and began firing, entirely unprovoked, at the group. they started firing teargas and projectiles. i took -- i took one of them to my leg. what appeared to be a rubber bullet. but it -- it -- they were shooting at people. they were shooting teargas out there. the crowd has now gone the other directio

ali velshi spoke to the mayor. >> we have a contract with the rnc to host this convention. we also have a commitment to our community that we will keep their safe and well. that's where we're focused. that will be our focus no matter what time of year it is. >> how might this work itself out? >> it might work itself out because it will get cancelled. we'll see in south carolina and other place a resurgence of this coronavirus. i hope whoever has the contract with the convention center has a refundable deposit. otherwise we'll have some big trouble. we have to play it by the book in terms of keeping people say no matter what else happens. >> stick around. we'll see you later in the program to answer questions about coronavirus. >>> there is more scrutiny now of president trump's late night firing of another inspector general. we are getting a slightly clearer picture of what the state department's watchdog was investigating before his removal. >>> a white house official tells nbc news that the department ig was removed at the recommendation of the secretary of state, mike po

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>>> good morning, i'm ali velshi. the memorial day holiday weekend is underway. the unofficial kickoff to summer, and this year it looks unlike any other in recent memory. parts of all 50 states are now open for business right in time for people to head to the beach, hold barbecues and congregate in ways that they haven't in months, but are they doing so too soon? a new report from "the washington post" warns the coronavirus may still be spreading at epidemic rates in 24 states, particularly in the south and the midwest, according to new research that highlights the risk of a second wave of infections in places that reopen too quickly or without sufficient precautions. the united states is on the cusp of 100,000 coronavirus deaths. it's a number that public health officials always knew we would surpass but one that just weeks ago trump was still suggesting we would avoid. and less than three months ago, he said the virus would disappear. he wanted the country open by that america would be back to normal by memorial day. >> we're seeing tremendous evidence that af

that's where ali velshi got caught in the middle. >> watch it, guys. we have gas here. back up, back up, back up. the gentleman next to us got hit. >> they're all okay. the increased police presence on the streets of chicago. chicago was a mess. most of yesterday, protesters clashing with police for several hours. arkansas police used flash grenades to scatter crowds of protesters in little rock. salt lake city, not immune to this. police cracking down and leading to several arrests. >> it's hard to understand the scope of these protests. to give us a sense of all this, steve patterson, live in minneapolis. we knew that state officials said they were going to be activating national guard, the largest presence in the history of the state. were the protests last night as rowdy as the last several nights? >> no. before we start, i just want to make the point that, that is not to say there weren't clashes between protesters and police. not to say there weren't a dozen arrests, that items weren't lit on fire, that protesters didn't hurl things at police. there were flash poi

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. >> ali velshi, on the ground as he has been for days. you and what was peaceful crowd were fired on, saw the clip, with tear gas a while ago. what's the situation now and how had did it all unfold? >> reporter: very unusual. that's where the fifth precinct was, peaceful protests held all day. thousands of people. 8:00 p.m. our time, 9:00 p.m. eastern, curfew went into effect. everybody started walking, marching peacefully through down. no incident, violence, looting. nothing going on. then at some point, half to 2/3 of the way back, not close to the front. we saw police cars suddenly move into the intersection, no warning, split the group. group in front went running forward. group behind we were in were in front of the police line and they opened fire within seconds of getting on the street with tear gas as you saw and then flash bangs and other projectiles. got one of them in my leg, must have have ricochetted off something and hit me but we were doing nothing. just trying to get out of there. you and i talked shortly thereafter, they

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i'm ali velshi. the united states now has more than 1.3 million cases of covid-19, the number of fatalities surfacing 79,000. some states across the country are continuing with their planned reopenings as president trump emphasizes the need to restart the economy. new numbers out yesterday show the united states lost a record 20 million jobs in the month of april. the unemployment rate surged to 14.7%, the highest level since the great depression. in the last hour the president has been meeting with senior military officials and his national security team. meanwhile, there are new safety procedures at the white house, as two staffers in the west wing have tested positive for the coronavirus. meanwhile, the 44th president, barack obama, criticizing the trump administration's response to the pandemic, reportedly calling it a chaotic disaster. let's begin at the white house this evening where the trump administration has confirmed a second case of coronavirus in the west wing. the first individual diagn

ali velshi, thank you very much. you're doing a great job, thank you. >>> joining me now is andrea jenkins vice president of the minneapolis city council. i want to ask you the same question. if we're at the point where journalists are being arrested that means that the public is not being allowed to know what's going on. what is your comment about that arrest? >> well, hi, joy. how are you? thanks for having me on your show tonight. that -- that arrest was really interesting because just moments prior to mr. jimenez being arrested, they spoke with a white journalist from cnn and they let him go on about his business and then they encountered mr. jimenez and he was arrested. so i think that arrest -- i don't think it's about journalists at all. i think it's all about race and you might be aware, joy, that, you know, i have called for a -- a resolution declaring racism as a public health issue, a public health crisis and that's what i think about that arrest this morning. i thought it was so ironic that it happened on

i'm ali velshi. we begin with breaking news overnight. state department inspector general steve linick has been fired from his post as watch dog at the pentagon. no specific reason given for the sudden removal other than quote he no longer had the full confidence of the president. we'll have more on this in just a few minutes. >>> also overnight, the house of representatives passing a new $3 trillion heroes aid relief package aimed at struggling taxpayers and states and local governments. the president calling it dead on arrival. instead, touting a new white house initiative pushing the possibility of a coronavirus vaccine that contradicts the timeline of scientific experts. >> it's called operation warp speed. that means big and it means fast. a massive scientific industrial and logistical endeavor unlike anything our country has seen since the manhattan project. its objective is to finish developing and manufacture and distribute a proven coronavirus vaccine as fast as possible. we love to see if we could do it prior to the end of the y

i'm ali velshi picking up msnbc's continuing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. let's begin with the numbers. there are now more than 1.1 million confirmed cases across the united states. more than 66,000 americans have died, and this comes as parts of the country are starting to reopen. more than half the nation's governors are beginning to lax restrictions in their states despite warnings from experts that more testing is needed before we reopen safely. and the state of the economy is growing more dire each day. more than 30 million americans have filed for unemployment benefits for the past 6 weeks. senior advisor to the president kevin hasitt joins me in a few minutes. meanwhile there are glimmers of good news to report. the fda has rightsed an emergency use authorization for the anti-virus drug remdesivir for patients hospitalized with severe cases of covid-19. and nbc news reports the number of potential vaccines under development has been whittled down from 93 to 14 as part of the administration's efforts to fast track one for use as early as january. join

i'm ali velshi. catch me tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. eastern. >>> more than anything, this pandemic is fully finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they're doing. a lot of them aren't even pretending to be in charge. if the world's going to get better, it's going to be up to you. with everything suddenly feeling like it's up for grabs. this is your time to seize the initiative. >> good evening and welcome to a special edition of what we like to call p.m. joy. if you've been watching donald trump's twitter feed, you know there's still no one who angers, enranges, and triggers trump and his followers more than former president barack obama. after addressing hbcu college graduates earlier today, he's about to take over practically every television network, including this one. in our next hour, president obama will deliver a virtual commencement speech to the graduating high school class of 2020. his address will be part of a star-studded event called "graduate together" which will feature ed