40M people, and yet remarkably low numbers of cases and deaths. What can we learn from California? Tonight on @NBCNightlyNews I’ll report on the decisiveness, preparation and good luck that seems to have gotten the nation’s most populous state ahead of the pandemic.

Big thanks to producer @CASottile, who convinced medical staff on the front lines to share not only the remarkably sustainable situation inside many hospitals here, but the inexplicable guilt they feel watching so much suffering elsewhere in the country.