This. Listen. Our aggressive containment strategy here in the United States has been working. And is responsible for the low levels of cases that we have so far. However, we do expect more cases. I dont think it is inevitab inevitable. There say chance it could get worse it could get fairly substantially worse. But nothing is inevitable. Nothing is inevitable. The white house is facing a lot of questions now about how prepared the country is, and we hope to ask those questions today to the white house. And put those questions to the white house. The white house poulled a plannd interview this morning for a second straight day. And were waiting for a white house response as to why. Lets get started now with where we stand at moment. John harwood is at the white house. Dan simon is in san francisco. And julia chatterley is at the New York Stock Exchange for us. Lets start with julia. What are you seeing there right now . Were seeing everything you just described, playing out in real time here. The confusion, the uncertainty, were seeing u. S. Stocks now pulling back some 10 from recent highs, were down around 2. 5 in the session. I will mention just to be cautious here, we have bounced off the lows. But it is fear, it is uncertainty, that has investors once again selling stocks today. What happens in the United States and the response, the confusion that was created once again by that press conference. Two, i think Goldman Sachs came out today and said were going to see zero Earnings Growth in 2020 in the United States. I dont want to lose you in the weeds of what that ultimately means for businesses and for workers. The key point there is theyre making an assumption the coronavirus spreads throughout the United States. We also had Big Tech Companies like microsoft such a support to these markets also saying their businesses, their expectations are going to have to be revised lower too. Cnns own gauge of investor activity swings between fear and between greed in these markets. Today, it is registering extreme fear. And i do think the risk here, the biggest risk to growth and to the outlook is perhaps more fear than the virus. We do have to remember in the United States, kate, i know youll come back to this, just 15 people at this stage infected. We have to be careful of fear. But right now, investors today are selling. It looks like it will be a rough session. Back to you. So it is all wrapped up into it. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. Out to california now, dan simon standing by. What are you learning, what more are you learning about this new case in california . Hi, kate, we appear to be entering into a new phase here in the United States. This patient did not go overseas, did not go to a foreign country where the virus has been spreading. Didnt seem to have any contact with anybody who had the virus. So at this point, the source of the infection is unknown. And the question is does that portend that the virus could spread in a more rapid fashion. I want you to listen now to the doctor at the hospital in sacramento, where the patient is being treated. Take a look. We cant say there is definitely more. But i think it is highly suggestive that if there is one, there is probably more than one. There is probably other people. That suggests that the virus is out there in the community, and that means pretty much that everybody is at risk. We dont know who might be carrying it. We dont know who we could get it from. That other person probably exposed other people and have to realize that this virus is so new that none of us have any immunity to it. So anybody who is exposed is at high risk of getting infected with this. And one thing that is concerning is that the diagnose was delayed. Raising questions about whether or not this patient exposed other people to the coronavirus. Thats because the test did not take place in an expedited fashion like the hospital wanted. The cdc has very tight restrictir restrictions in terms of administration the tests. We have 80 people so far in the United States who have the coronavirus or who have got t the majority of the cases came from that ship in japan. Well send it back to you. Exactly right. Thanks so much. Appreciate it, dan. So, john, over at the white house, what did the president know about this new case when he took to the Briefing Room yesterday . He knew in general that there was a new case. He didnt know all the details. Alex azar had signaled in hill testimony there was another case they were still trying to get to the bottom of. What we have seen over the last 24 hours or so is an administration grappling with its response in a very evident way publicly. Clearly the white house knew the happy talk from earlier had not been working. So during the day yesterday, there was speculation, is the president going to appoint a czar for this purpose to coordinate and oversea the response. The white house denied on the record in the afternoon it would do so. Then we went into the press conference and saw the president put mike pence in charge saying it is not a czar, but hes going to oversee and coordinate the response. Alex azar, who had been doing so, was pushing back to that to reporters there. The president struggling to accept the level of mortality, not arguing with our sanjay gupta over sanjays point about the higher level of mortality for the coronavirus. Uncertain about how much additional money was going to be necessary from congress, uncertain whether there was going to be Community Spread as we saw confirmed after that news conference. And when we saw the dow futures dropping, during the news conference, that was a sign that the message was not inspiring confidence, we have seen that from the market today. And the danger is that if you get this fear that julia talked about escalating, you could have as we move toward a the potential for global pandemic, you could have the risk, heightened risk of recession that would make President Trump the first president since jimmy carter in 1980 if in fact we tip into recession this year. Mark zandi, the independent economist told me today, the odds of that now are 50 50. Yikes. A lot needs to happen, but a lot of things are happening quickly. Thats the whole thing about this whole situation. Joining me to talk about this, dr. Arborio for the National Security council during the trump administration. Also a former official with the food and Drug Administration and joining us dr. Lena wen of baltimore and visiting professor at gw school of Public Health. Thank you for being here. We have a million questions. We want to get to some viewer questions if we have time, which i hope we do. You have been talking about how Public Health officials have needed to be prepared for a wider outbreak. What is your big take than from this new case out of california . Good morning. This case in california, we have been expecting this to happen for the last few weeks, given the features of this virus. It is highly transmissible, it presents very similarly to other Infectious Diseases that affect the respiratory tract. So we always believe that we if were looking for the cases, we would find them. Now we did. One area that seems to be a big concern or where there is a glaring shortage in the immediate is the availability of testing kits for this specific virus. The last reporting coming from the government was that there were only 12 states and localities that can test samples for coronavirus now. That leaves the vast majority of states where . Thats right. Thats been a major source of frustration and a gap in our ability to do adequate surveillance and respond to this emerging pandemic. I think that every individual involved in the developing this diagnostic tests is frustrated with the situation. I spoke to individuals who are working on these tests recently and i believe that we are very close to having commercially available tests in clinics and hospitals, very close, but it is important to understand that it does take time to do the proper validation of these tests. They need the cdc needs to grow the virus, needs to propagate the virus, distribute the virus to developers in safe in a safe manner, so that process does take some time. False positive, falls negative do not help anybody. Dr. Win, a big part of successfully dealing with any Public Health crisis is trust. I was really struck that you started writing about this very thing in late january. What do you make of the administrations response so far . Well, youre right. Public Health Depends on public trust. It depends on the public believing that the government has their best interest at heart. And that the government is telling the truth. You know, i heard the press conference yesterday, and i think President Trump was trying to paint a rosy picture of what was going on. Thats not what we expect from the commander in chief. We want the commander in chief to be telling us the truth, to be open and transparent with us. The u. S. Response has been very strong so far, it has been effective. But this is a global problem. And there are now more than 40 countries where coronavirus is spreading. We are only have 15 cases in the u. S. Now. But we expect for the numbers to go up. We are ready, we are prepared and here is what were going to do about it. That actually projects the strength and the confidence that he needs as our commander in chief. But also gives the truth, which is also what the American People deserve. And dr. Borouboreio, some criticism out of the white house is theyre theyre cutting funding of the your position has not been filled since you left in 2018. Are you concerned that this is impacting the response . So i have to say that it gives me great confidence that our response at its heart is really conducted by career individuals, physicians, scientists, some of whom with the president yesterday, and the briefing, who have a wealth of expertise and decades of experience in managing these types of situations. This is a very serious situation. Nobody can be fully prepared to counter it. It is very challenging. What i want the American People to know is that there are incredibly experienced individuals at the cdc, at the nih, at the fda, and throughout government who are extraordinarily dedicated to this issue and are supported by dozens and dozens of experts with wealth experience. I am confident in our ability to address this challenge. Do you think the administration, the white house will be better served if they had someone, look a dr. Boreio in the position you held . I think every white house needs to organize its house the way it sees fit, and each it is difficult to draw, you know, a conclusions from prior experiences because each epidemic is very unique. But, again, my job there was actually made much easier because of the type of experts that i was able to rely on, day in, day out, as i did my job. So dr. Wen, let me get to some of our viewer questions. We have been getting thousands, tons of questions coming in from our audience. Wapt i want to tick through some of them. Here is one we heard a lot about, should face masks be used or are there better ways to protect ones self if the virus becomes widespread in the United States . Dr. Wen . Great question. Face masks are effective and should be used by healthcare workers. But there is no evidence showing that theyre useful for everyday people. Actually what is much better as a preventive mechanism for every person is hand washing, wash your hands well with warm soap or warm water and soap. That will reduce 50 to 60 of infections. And dr. Wen, also this, here is another one we heard a lot from folks, do people who got the flu shot this year have any better chance of not getting coronavirus than those who didnt get a flu shot, in addition, if youre currently sick, does this make you more vulnerable to the virus . The flu, influenza is a separate virus from coronavirus. And so getting the flu shot does not protect you from getting coronavirus, but it does protect you from getting the flu. Which is important because there have been tens of thousands of deaths from influenza this season in the u. S. It is not too late to get the flu vaccine. Get it now if you have not already. If youre older, have chronic conditions, also get the pneumonia vaccine as well. It is true that you are more likely to get sick in general if you have other illnesses too. So if you are already sick with the flu, maybe you could have a higher chance of getting coronavirus and vice versa, thats why it is important for all of us to protect ourselves and our families do basic things like hand washing, stay home when youre sick, dont be aarou around others. It seems everyone is looking for something new to protect themselves from something new but it is getting back to the basics. Dr. Wen, dr. Borio, thank you for coming in. Coming up for us, a new warning coming from Goldman Sachs about the longterm impact potentially of the coronavirus on the year ahead. Well bring that to you as we continue to watch the dow. And later, Elizabeth Warren makes it very clear, shes in the democratic primary until the bitter end. What does her new message mean for the race. At todays best western, stay two nights and get a free night for your next stay. 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Today, right now, the dow is down more than 400 points at the moment. It is the sixth drop in a row for u. S. Market s amid rising fears over the coronavirus. Joining me now, with much needed perspective on this, rana faruhar. I want to start with the warning from Goldman Sachs, putting out a warning to investors today that u. S. Companies are going to generate zero no Profit Growth this year due to the disruption of the coronavirus. What does that mean . Thats very bad news, because it Means Companies are not going to grow profits, not going to hire people, theyre hunkering down. When Goldman Sacks puts out a warning like this, they dont do it lightly. A lot of people including goldman are saying, look, this could be the thing that tips the economy into a recession, not just an market event, but an Overall Economic event and this is happening in advance of november when it really matters. It is really wild timing because as you mentioned, in the report, it also says a more severe pandemic and more prolonged disruption could lead to a recession. We have been talking about signs and signals of a coming recession or correction for a long time. How much of a game changer is this virus, is this Public Health crisis . It is interesting. This is almost the tailwind that the markets needed. They were already so jittery, ready to tip. It could have been anything. Could have been more conflict with china, could have been recession in europe, it could have been a terror event. But it was a pandemic. We didnt know that was going to happen. I think what makes this really severe is not just the fact we dont know how bad it is going to be yet. This is much more infectious than sars, higher death rate, were not sure changing rapidly. Changing rapidly. The president didnt calm the markets by saying everything is fine. Thats not what Health Experts are saying. The markets are reacting to that. It is also emanating from china and now in the u. S. And the u. S. china relationship is the most important Global Economic relationship. This is something im keying in on, and you have spent a lot of time covering the chinese economy and the economic relationship between the United States and china. And the fda said on tuesday that the outbreak will quote unquote likely affect the medical market supply chain. Things ive been looking into this morning, according to the fda, china ranked second among countries that exported drugs and biologics to the United States and first for medical devices. The supply chain is a real concern for critical things. How serious is this . This is so serious. This is the mid to longterm story. I think that if there is a Lasting Impact here, aside from recession, it will be decoupling. We have been talking for a long time about how the u. S. And china are going in Different Directions economically. We had a trade deal. A lot of companies in the mitts of this virus have been moving production to vietnam, to mexico. Now i think youre going to see that speed up. The problem is that those countries cant take all the overlap from china. China has been the there is not a shortterm fix to this. Which means more costs. For a small, small perspective on what were talking about here, i say drugs and biologics, according to the Commerce Department in 2018, china accounted for 95 of u. S. Imports of ibuprofen. Thats advil. 70 of u. S. Imports of acetaminophen. Thats tylenol. These critical things that we take for granted in everyday life, china is where it is coming from. It is so important. And i think it is something a wonky thing, supply chains. Ive been focused on it for decades. Were going to talk about it for the next few months. This is going to be a big deal, big political decisions have to be made, once the virus passes, do we go back to the status quo or do we say we need to move back critical lines of production to the u. S. The military has been talking about this for a couple of years now. Interesting. And also again, another facet of just how troubling this really is, especially if china completely shuts down. Economic story, foreign policy, health, everything. A mess. Thank you. Still ahead for us, Elizabeth Warrens big pitch to voters is she has a plan for everything. Now shes revealing she has a plan for the democratic convention. What she said last night about how far shes willing to go in this race. Managing lipids like very high triglycerides, can be tough. You diet. Exercise. But if youre also taking fish oil supplements. You should know. They are not fda approved. They may have saturated fat and may even raise bad cholesterol. 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We also learned all Public Schools in japan will close for a month according to the prime minister, starting on monday. And, of course, a lot of focus in china, especially with warnings of what a severe impact on everyday life we could be seeing in the United States if the coronavirus spreads. We wanted to show you, david culver who was there, took a look at what it looks like in the country most hard hit. Watch. Reporter you are looking at the new normal for many fast food restaurants in china. Customers entering this kfc passing through the now standard temperature checks. Walking up to a giant screen. They either transfer their order from their smartphones, thus avoiding touching the surface or type it in. As soon as they step away an employee swoops in to disinfect, some stores like this starbucks take away only. The goal, keep people from gathering. This as the corporate side to stopping the spread of the novel coronavirus. We have been having daily crisis meetings since the end of january. We sat down with joey watt, her company runs some of most popular food brands in china, including kfc, taco bell and pizza hut. What sbeft wis the best way with adversity, stay couple, protect yourself. Reporter that protection continues outside the restaurant. Food delivery and keeping your space. They leave is there, he tells me i can go, and i move in, and pick up the food, and head home to eat. And as soon as you get your food, youll notice on top of the receipt is this little card. It has two different types of readings on it, the temperature reading of the person who prepared your food, along with their name, and the name and temperature reading of the person who delivered your food it is about being as Health Conscious and giving customers comfort. It is part of the responsibility to make sure our staff and their families will continue to have the jobs and the money to. Feud on the table. So therefore we always make sure that we have enough cash to prepare for challenges like that. Reporter this challenge is real. At the onset of the outbreak, cant closed more than a third of its roughly 9200 restaurants and the ones that stayed open saw a 40 to 50 drop in sales compared with the same time last year. Yet wat stresses keeping restaurants open does not always mean turning a profit. We reopen, six restaurants, just to serve the food for the medical staff. Send enough meals to feed doctors, nurses and others working at the epicenter of the outbreak. Every Great Company has a soul inside. We need to learn how to make money. But at the same time, in a moment like this, we need to learn how to not make money sometimes. Reporter she says she often reflects on her time as a young factory worker and waitress before ridesi inrising the lanko her current leadership role. It inspired her for these difficult moments. 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Listen to warren at her cnn town hall last night. The way i see this, you write the rules before you know where everybody stands, and then you stick with those rules. To be clear, would you continue your fight for the democratic nomination even if another candidate arrived ahead of you in the delegate count . Yes. You would continue, why . A lot of people made 5 contributions to my campaign to keep me in it. Just as they all continue this final sprint to South Carolinas primary on saturday, here with me for some answers, real answers, angela wry and bakari sellers. Angela, what does this declaration from Elizabeth Warren, what does it mean for the race . Shes it is an answer. It is an answer. I think it is a good one heres why. It is not just for the folks who donated 5 to her campaign, it is folks that want to see a real contest. For too long, democrats have been used to deciding who the presumptive nominee should be. And things fall out accordingly. I have a lot of friends who are super delegates. The people had to follow the will of the super delegates instead of the other way around. And i think also it is still really early. Even after South Carolina, this weekend, it is still very early, we still have super tuesday and a bunch of other contests, and to put this in perspective, democrats need 1,191 delegates to win the nomination and right now the top contender is Bernie Sanders and he has 45. I want to make sure people have that kind of understanding. Not 1,445. Thats our reality. Speaking of Bernie Sanders, he shared a similar position four years ago you hear from Elizabeth Warren. Now hes big on plural ty rather than majority when it comes to the delegate count. Biden knows that he needs to win South Carolina. Youre on the ground there. He very well may win South Carolina. But with that in mind, i want to read what he said last night about others in the race and where things stand at the moment. He said, how do you stay in if you have demonstrated you cant get any africanamerican support . How do you stay in if you dont get support in South Carolina . You have warren saying shes taking this all the way to the convention. That is not what joe biden is very clearly saying here. Which is more likely to play out . Well, i actually agree with joe biden. I think that he was talking directly to Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg and not necessarily Elizabeth Warren. Really . You cant build a coalition, and that coalition consists of africanamerican voters, and you have to be able to do that and show that in South Carolina, then really what are you doing . I think it is time that we get serious about who is going to be the nominee. It is very clear that these lanes are closing in and although we have a long way to go, i think we are starting to see it is a joe biden versus Bernie Sanders race. Elizabeth warren and everyone, they have every right to stay in, now should they or is this someone ego trip . Thats a question they have to be responsive to. I make no hesitation about it. Pete buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar if they get between 0 and 2 or 3 of the african vote, no need for them to continue. You cannot be the democratic nominee without showing you can actually have some africanamerican support. I cant in good conscience put Amy Klobuchar with Pete Buttigieg. And the reason for that is, Pete Buttigieg at least has double digits in the delegate count. While Amy Klobuchar does not and so i think that this is the danger in a primary. This is not me being biased so one candidate over the other, though i will clearly say on here, im not an Amy Klobuchar fan. And i think the reality of it is there are some people who are. And they should have the right to vote for people who theyre interested in. Thats what a primary contest is about. And whether democrats who are, you know, party beholden or not, see that. It is so important for us to engage a new generation of voters by being honest about what democracy really is and the best people to reflect what democracy really is probably have some democrats in the name. There is a thought. Let me play for you joe biden clearly as hes going and as he moves forward is clearly trying to din the frontrunner, Bernie Sanders. Here is the pitch he made last night. Listen to this. It is not about a revolution. It is about results. It is about results. Bernie is a great guy. But bernie and hes tricked the conscienceness of the country, it is really important. But bernie and all the time hes been in the United States senate, i think hes made hes passed seven or eight bills. That is very similar to what Elizabeth Warren, the argument she made on the debate stage. Are you hearing that that is convincing because that seems to be a reoccurring theme in terms of the hit on Bernie Sanders now. Well, i think now this is the first time and people forget, Bernie Sanders has been running for president for, you know, four, five, six years, people forget this is the first time that Bernie Sanders is the frontrunner. So hes now taking all of this incoming from all sides. And now hes going to have to deal with that, explain his record. Joe biden had his time in the barrel and now it is Bernie Sanders a time in the barrel. A lot of the issues coming up, whether he was an effective legislator are issues that are going to resonate with various voters. Near South Carolina, it is trust factor. With black voters particularly, we know the value and we worked extremely hard to achieve some semblance of success in this country and some rights we had to fight and believe for, we are not going to risk losing that on ineffectiveness. We will see. Lets leave it there. Neith none of us have to make a prediction. Coming up, President Trump says mike pence is the right person to lead the Coronavirus Task force. A look at pences record on Public Health issues, Public Health crises, is raising serious questions. I remember thinking about things i did and wondering if that was the last time i was going to do that thing. I thought im not letting anything take me away from my family that loves me and needs me without a fight. When i came to Cancer Treatment centers of america, it felt so different from any other hospital wed ever been to. Whether it be spiritual, physical, emotional, they take it all into consideration in healing you. Infusion, imaging, everything is here. I dont have to go anywhere else. They create a treatment plan thats for you. They cared about my victories. They cared about me as a person beyond just being a cancer patient. Theyre my second family. Get care like no other. Call us at Cancer Treatment centers of america. VoMike Bloomberg has a recordgue of doing something. As mayor, he protected womens reproductive rights. Expanded Health Coverage to 700,000 new yorkers. And decreased infantmortality rates to historic lows. As president , hell build on obamacare, cap medical costs, and will always protect a womans right to choose. Mike bloomberg a record on Health Care Nobody can argue about. Mike im Mike Bloomberg and i approve this message. As the first possible case of Community Spread of coronavirus is found in the United States, President Trump has appointed Vice President mike pence to lead the Coronavirus Task force. And now with that in mind, the Vice President s track record on Public Health issues is under scrutiny and being questioned. Cnns senior political analyst jon avalon joins me now. Hes looking into this. Jon, one of the things folks are looking into now that they might not have known about is that Vice President pence doesnt have a good track record when it comes to health crises. The worst state of pandemic illness happened in my home state of indiana. What do you say . There was a place shut down that was the only place for hiv testing and it was shut down because mike pence shut it down. You had people shooting up drugs, and mike pence didnt want to make the call that needles shouldnt be exchanged. It was about the worst response you could have. Prayer didnt work, other aspects of things didnt work. What really worked is once they finally conceded you need to get on the ground, politics can be heard with socialism. Public health requires more than playing to the base. Thats an interesting point. I didnt know about this one. Mike pence in a commentary he wrote about smoking, what are we talking about . Mike pence, former radio guy, he always likes these short columns. He wrote one that didnt age terribly well from when he was a member of congress, saying, in part, despite the hysteria from the Political Class and the media, smoking doesnt kill. In fact, two out of every three smokers dont die from a smoking related illness and nine out of ten smokers do not contract lung cancer. Hes quick to say, smoking isnt good for you, but a reality check saying smoking doesnt kill didnt go over too well, because its wrong. When was that . 2000 . 2001. Old enough to know better. This isnt just about mike pence. The administration, there have been examples of the administration where they have not taken the advice or expert advice of scientists in their own administration. We have seen that time and time again. Its a consistent theme. This administration has a war on science, often for political reasons. It is really gutted expertise, and particularly on the issue of Public Health. President obama put together a special task force on the National Security council to deal with these kind of pandemics when it looked like ebola was coming to our shores. Ztz y uhhuh. That group of folks has been summarily dismissed. There was a Climate Change issue where Climate Change denial has been part of public policy. And cuts, including the cdc, cutting 84 of its budget to deal with pandemics before they begin, including pulling folks out of china. This is part of a legacy they created, and now they have a responsibility. Those two things are in conflict, but it means were vulnerable in a way we didnt need to be, and now they have to play catchup. Can i just say, when it comes to mike pence leading this, so far he just got the gig, if you will, but we havent seen pence is resisting guidance from cdc experts or other medical Health Experts in the administration that are advising them, but this clearly just shows that this is something folks are going to closely, closely watch. And they should because this is a responsibility of the government. However, health and Services Secretary said he wasnt going to take the lead. This is on the Vice President s plate. 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Reporter a growing number of democrats are concerned that Bernie Sanders at the top could ruin the race. No one is backing him as a president ial candidate. Also a number of democrats are warning that the agenda Bernie Sanders is pushing would stand no chance of passing congress. I havent seen senator sanders pay for medicare for all, for free college education, for all of the things he suggested. Theyre all great, aspirational goals. You have to be realistic you can actually achieve things, not just claim that these are things you want to try to achieve. Reporter also, nancy pelosi, the house speaker, spoke about this a moment ago. She was asked about concerns Bernie Sanders could have down the ticket. She said the party would ultimately be unified, but said House Democrats run on a different agenda than the president ial candidate. They are not running on a menacing agenda, they will be pushing their own issue. She said the president ial race will be one thing, House Democrats will push for another thing. Well see if they can do just that. You can bet this will be fuel to the Bernie SandersCampaign Message coming out of capitol hill. Its good to see you, manu. I really appreciate it. Thank you so much. Thank you so much for joining me today. Inside politics with john king starts right now. Thank you, kate, and welcome to inside politics. Im john king. Thank you for sharing your day with us. Financial markets plummet again as the spread of the coronavirus sparks fears of a global recession. Vice president pence takes charge of the white house response, a move that alarms Many Democrats but is fueled quite positively by a very nervous business community. Plus three points, five points, or 20 points . A new poll shows joe biden with a giant South Carolina lead. Others had a much smaller gap. Democrats wave their power. Some worry that Bernie Sanders on a