Morning Joe 3/11/21

Morning Joe

Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, MS NOW, Willie Geist

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3.9 • 8.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

The House gave final passage Wednesday to a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package that will deliver $1,400 stimulus checks to millions of Americans, extend enhanced unemployment benefits and boost funding to ramp up vaccine distribution and reopen schools.

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0:00.0	There are now more than 1,000 cases in 38 states in Washington, D.C.
0:05.9	The largest cluster in the country.
0:07.4	It's happening in the New York City suburb of New Rochelle.
0:10.4	The National Guard has been called in.
0:12.3	New states of emergency have been declared in Colorado, Massachusetts, and Michigan.
0:16.9	We will see more cases and things will get worse than they are right now.
0:22.3	Bottom line, it's going to get worse.
0:24.6	We have therefore made the assessment that COVID-19 can be characterized as a pandemic.
0:32.8	We have already lost 24 of our citizens.
0:37.1	We're heading towards an epidemic in the United States,
0:39.3	and the question is what the scope of that is going to be.
0:41.5	Tom Hanks and his wife, the actress Rita Wilson,
0:44.1	have announced that they have both tested positive for coronavirus.
0:48.0	To keep new cases from entering our shores,
0:51.0	we will be suspending all travel from Europe to the United States for the next 30 days.
0:58.1	All right, exactly one year ago today, when the country began to feel the full effects of the
1:04.7	coronavirus, March 11th, 2020, was the day the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic.
1:13.4	And in the U.S., shutdowns kicked in.
1:16.5	Cities began limiting, gathering.
1:18.7	Schools began to close, and major sports leagues started to halt play.
1:24.3	Everything seemed to stop.
1:25.9	Can you believe it's been a year, Joe?
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