Do you see the white one . Oh, yeah. The white one has a cnn font. I like it. Does it . I wonder if thats intentional. It has the cnn font. Black voices for trump. You see the one right in the middle . I like that. Isnt that in your office . Guess what, nobody says woke any more, so boy, theyre really woke. They need to wake up is what they need. Big tent. This is what weve been waiting for. This is the pivot. Hey, chris, guess what. You need to go to sleep now. Its past your bedtime. It will be welcome. Youve been woke for a long time now. Good night. Ill see you tomorrow. Have a good one. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. Ive got to tell you, these numbers really dont lie. Wall street is rattled by growing coronavirus outbreak. The dow jones dropping look at this 1200 points today. In the last six trading days, it has lost more than 3,000 points, erasing 2 trillion in value. Investors concerned about the impact coronavirus is already having on the u. S. Economy, especially in relation to doing business with china where the outbreak originated. Wall street is sending a very clear message to the Trump Administration. Get a handle on coronavirus before it gets out of control, if its really not out of control already, before it gets worse. But some of the early steps the administration has taken to combat the outbreak dont inspire tremendous confidence, really doesnt. A whistleblower at the department of health and Human Services revealing tonight that more than a dozen federal Health Workers who came in contact with the First Americans who were evacuated from wuhan, china, did not have the proper training or protective gear to deal with coronavirus. Much more on this developing story. Were going to have that in just a few moments for you right here on this program. Tonight, though, President Trump taking a victory lap for his administrations handling of the outbreak and incredibly predicting coronavirus will at some point just miraculously disappear. We have done an incredible job. Were going to continue its going to disappear one day. Its like a miracle, it will disappear. And from our shores, it could get worse before it gets better. It could maybe go away. Well see what happens. So you know this by now, right . You know in the public eye, really, really in the public eye, not just a reality tv person, you know, new york sort of figure. But as the president or person running for president for a while. Its never, ever his fault. Nothing is ever his fault. Its always somebody elses fault. So he then went on to he blamed the democrats, right. Then went on to blame the news media for overstating the outbreak which, on top of Health Officials, right, say its going to get worse before it gets better. The initial response from the white house to the outbreak was bumbling confusing contradictory. Vicepresident mike pence now in charge of the administrations Coronavirus Task force and point person on all messaging about the outbreak. The president has asked me to lead our administrations effort in response to the coronavirus. Are you leading the task force . Im leading the task force. Well continue to rely on the secretarys role as chairman of the task force and the leader of health and Human Services. But weve known each other many years and worked together very closely over the years. And the president has every confidence in the secretary as i do. There is still a lot of confusion here. If mike pence is leading the task force, why is secretary alex azar chairman . And if President Trump still has confidence in azar, why did he push him aside yesterday from leading the Coronavirus Response . Mike will be working with the professionals and doctors and everybody else thats working. The team is brilliant. I spent a lot of time with the team over the last couple of weeks, but they are totally brilliant, and were doing really well. Mike is going to be in charge, and mike will report back to me. At the end of the white house news conference, azar said this. Im still chairman of the task force. Mick mulvaney has been serving actually an invaluable role for me as acting chief of staff helping to coordinate across the government with my colleagues and the whole government approach. Having the Vice President gives me the biggest stick one could have in the government on this whole government approach. You dont feel like youre being replaced . Not in the least. When this was mentioned to me, i said i was delighted that i get to have the Vice President helping at this point. Okay. I want you to play that back. I want you dont just listen to him, but look at the body language of the president and the Vice President and look at how the president walks away when hes when alex azar is doing that. Play that back. Im still chairman of the task force. Mick mulvaney has been serving actually an invaluable role for me as acting chief of staff helping to coordinate across the government with my colleagues and the whole government approach. Having the Vice President gives me the biggest stick one could have in the government on this whole government approach. You dont feel like youre being replaced . Not in the least. When this was mentioned to me, i said i was delighted that i get to have the Vice President helping at this point. Umhmm, yeah. The president seemed to be frustrated with azars handling of the outbreak. The Washington Post reporting that azar was blindsided by the decision to give the leadership rome role to pence. Aside from internal confusion, budget cuts, Trump Administration has made the Nations Health care agencies such as the cdc, have left the Administration Short of funds to fight the coronavirus outbreak. Situation House Speaker pelosi addressed just today. Unfortunately, up until now the Trump Administration has offered an opaque and chaotic response to the outbreak. It called for slashing 700 million from the centers for disease control, and this was the budget which came out after we knew about the coronavirus threat. President trump never been one to put his own needs second, so heres a warning that hell likely Pay Attention to. Goldman sachs now saying the outbreak of coronavirus could negatively affect Economic Growth and the economy is key to this president s chances for reelection. And you know how he always touts the stock market. So, lets talk about the outbreak with chris meekins, who was assistant secretary at health and Human Services between 2017 and 2019. Chris, thank you so much for joining us. Good evening to you. Good evening. First, i want to get your response to this whistleblower complaint about workers assisting coronavirus evacuees without protective gear. How dangerous was this oversight . I think its making a lot of assumptions. As someone whos worked at the department, i can say there are policies and processes in place to ensure everyone who is responding to these types of crises are actually protected, and that theyre taken care of. I think that every whistleblower complaint should be taken seriously. But at the core you really need to look at what actually happened. So i assume that the department is having a conversation with everyone who is actually deployed and making sure that there was no threat. What ive been told is that no one at the department and no one who was deployed has been infected by this virus yet, and thats good news. Because ultimately this is all about protecting the American People whether they were overseas or bringing them home or at home here tonight. Those people have been interacting with the general public and they have not been tested. Is that a concern for you . As i understand it, that happened more than two weeks ago, which means these individuals would have shown symptoms at this point for the virus. So there wasnt a need. Additionally, theyre legitimate questions that need to be asked and answered about whether the individuals who were deployed were actually in a situation where they could have been infected. And thats a little bit in doubt based on conversation ive had with the department. So heres a quote from the report. I soon began to feel panic calls from my Leadership Team and deployed Staff Members expressing concerns with the lack of hhs communication and coordination, staff being sent into quarantine areas without personal protective equipment, training or experience in managing Public Health emergency safety protocols and potential danger to both themselves and members of the public. They come into contact, the whistleblower wrote. Not concerning . If it is true, it is concerning. But as i said, and my job is not to defend the administration. I worked previously in these areas of Public Health preparedness and response, and now i advise clients, raymond james, on whats going to happen in the markets. With that being said, i think that its important to look at the allegations of the whistleblower. There needs to be an investigation. There also needs to be an acknowledgment. No one has been sick. And the fact the whistleblower came forward after they were told that they were going to be transferred. What do you mean no ones been sick . None of the people that were deployed from the department of health and Human Services, as i understand it and whats been told to me, have actually come down with the illness. And those people were supposedly exposed more than two weeks ago, which is outside what scientists believe, dr. Fauci and the career professional at the cdc, believed to be the incubation period. You worked at hhs under President Trump. Your job was to imagine the worst case scenario. Is this administration equipped to handle a global Health Emergency . Congress has done a great job appropriating money for the area. I worked in as well as the cdc and other entities to make sure they can respond as necessary. What i will say, while i was there and i left more than a year ago, is that we took dramatic steps forward to prepare for example, the First Responders of hhs and the National Disaster medical system had stopped being trained for Infectious Diseases for taking care of people in these exact type of situations. And the assistant secretary for preparedness and response said, we need to change that, and he did. So these people have actually had training that are the First Responders deploying in this situation, which was not the case in the previous administration. So, theyve had training, but does that training include what is in this, the whistleblowers account, in your estimation, what you have been trained to do and what you experienced under when you were in this position, is that part of the training . The National Disaster medical system, which are the front line responders, emts, doctors, other type nurses, these are the people who go out when theres a disaster and try to care for folks. They have other day jobs. Theyre doctors in hospitals. But when their country calls on them, when theres a disaster, they step forward and they go out as federal employees to do this. Those individuals have been trained. There is a question about whether separate staff, who deal more with the social services side, have received the training they needed and there is an open dispute about whether that was the case there, and we really need to get to the bottom of it. Thats my question. Im sure congress will, too. I want to make sure people who are out there, whether theyre volunteers or whatever they are, are they being trained properly, and are they being kept safe, whether theyre volunteer, alternate staff or whoever they are, are they being kept safe. Are they safe while theyre doing that job . As i said, i can only speak to what i did in my area at the department of Human Services which were really the frontline responders. They were not being trained before we got there. They were trained when we were there. Theyre now capable of executing this mission. With regards to other parts of the department, we had policies in place for it, but youve got to make sure theyre followed. What do you think needs to be done to improve what needs to be done to what needs to be done to make sure that the coronavirus is not spread beyond what is happening now . How can the department be improved in this situation, in your estimation . Thats a really good question, don, and i think thats the core question most people are worried about right now. And the answer is, first, the cdc had to make a change in who was allowed to be tested. They did that late today. Ive been critical and said they should have done that weeks ago to allow people in other areas that were impacted and infected to actually be tested when they come back to the United States and we probably wouldnt have the issue we have now in china. They need to make sure screenings are occurring at the airports and they need to really engage with the local Public Health professionals who are on the frontline of what we need here in the country. What we have funded and congress decided to, in a notable level that they have the tools they need to track people who come back with illnesses. And there are basic steps as we, all americans need to do, make sure you wash your hands for 20 seconds, not ten. Make sure you dont touch your face. Ive been paying attention not to touch my face. Its amazing how many times you do it, to scratch something here or there. Its important to take those activities. If people do that, well be payable to navigate that as a potential threat and we can move on. All right, chris, thank you. Appreciate it. Thanks, don. Count down to the democratic primary in South Carolina, candidates vying for the important africanamerican vote. Up next, mayor Pete Buttigieg joins me live from the campaign trail. Oh, hi, samantha. You look more like a heather. Do you ever get that . Its nice to finally meet you in person. Youre pete nocchio . Oh, the pic . That was actually a professional headshot. Im sure thats it, yeah. I, uh, i think ive lost a few pounds recently too. Im actually doing a juice cleanse. Wait you dont. glass breaking gasp ah oh. with geico, the savings keep on going. Just like this sequel. 15 minutes could save you 15 or more on car insurance. I spend a lot of time sin my truck. Y . Its my livelihood. Rock music man so im not taking any chances when something happens to it. So when my windshield cracked. My friend recommended safelite autoglass. 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Now for the state of the race, with the pressure mounting, Democratic Candidates are making their last push to persuade South Carolina voters before saturdays primary. While senator Bernie Sanders leads the race so far, South Carolina in the upcoming super tuesday races are critical contests for the rest of the candidates looking to jump out ahead. Joining me is former mayor of south bend, pete buttiegieg. Thank you for joining me. Appreciate it. Good to see you again. You were mayor of south bend while vicepresident pence was the governor of indiana when he was criticized for his controversial handling of the hiv crisis there. Hes now spearheading the task force on coronavirus. I want you to listen to what he said on hannity a few moments ago. We did have a small town in indiana a rise in incidence of hiv aids. It was all directly coming from people sharing needles and intravenous drug use. We worked the problem early in the year from a Law Enforcement standpoint, from a health standpoint. I dont believe in Needle Exchanges as a way to combat drug abuse, but in this case we came to the conclusion that we had a Public Health emergency, and so i took executive action to make a limited Needle Exchange available. So he sounds like hes taking credit for taking action. What is the truth here . What do you think . You know, that small town hes talking about is in scott county where my mother grew up. Ive been to the Needle Exchange where it was authorized. He was dragged kicking and screaming. Had he acted earlier, i believe the worst parts of the hiv epidemic could have been avoided. The resistance was completely ideological. This is a time we have to put science first. Lives depend on paying attention to the advice of Public Health officials and paying attention to what science can tell us. And, you know, the hiv outbreak is a good example. Needle programs are effective and proved to be effective when he was more or less forced to authorize one in stopping the spread of hiv. Ive been to that Needle Exchange. Theyre saving lives. This is an example of why its so important to have leaders who take science and facts seriously. So i was a little bit alarmed when the word came that he was being tapped to lead the Coronavirus Response. It sounds now like there is a career person in charge. The bottom line is this cant be about politics. Weve got to have leadership that puts the input of Public Health experts first. And this is lives are on the line and time is of the essence. I dont know where the president got the idea that this is something that could just take care of itself when it got warmer. This is going to take sustained coordination both within and across the federal government and the inter agency, between the federal government and the private sector as there is a race to find new therapies and perhaps a vaccine. And internationally among all of the different authorities and countries that must be tightly coordinating the response to this issue. Lets talk about the race. I want to talk about South Carolina. You made a concerted effort to appeal to black voters. Youre still polling around 2 with black voters. Thats according to a monmouth poll that was out today. Why do you think you havent been able to close that gap, mayor . Well, the candidates who are doing best with black voters here have one of two things going for them. Years or decades of exposure to gain trust, or billions of dollars to run tons of advertising to make up for not having those years. I dont have that, and yet i still believe that i can make these kinds of inroads and outreach, recognizing that its also asking for a lot. Look, black voters have felt taken for granted again and again and again, and have been let down by politics again and again and again. So i understand as a new face, as a white politician and as somebody who as mayor of south bend was mayor of a city with a past, where we have a lot that were proud of and a lot that didnt go well that we have to make sure that i explain and share and demonstrate how that has made me more motivated than ever to use the powers of the presidency to deliver racial justice. I recognize that thats a tall order, but i also welcome that challenge because its part of whats at stake in this nominating contest and ultimately in the president ial election. Listen, i know that you have people of color in your life. One of my mentors is a friend of yours. You actually interned for her at the same station i worked at, rene ferguson. So having said that, is there is there a time when you got policy advice from a person of color and implemented that advice . Can you tell me more about that . Sure. All of the time, especially when i was mayor, and especially when i thought i had the answers and realized that i hadnt been asking all of the right questions. When i first took office, i was very focused on technical fixes, making sure we got through the legalities of issues ranging from policing to housing and felt convinced we had it right, only to learn the more i took input from people who were asking me to consider it another way, the better our responses became. That was true when we had an initiative to deal with vacant and abandoned housing, the point of which was to support neighborhoods and communities of color. Where we learned to adjust the program so it didnt create more problems for lowincome residents. All the way through to policing where i found that things ultimately only got better when i invited some of my harshest critics to the table to look at how we could reshape poll cities and run things better. The Overall Results are we have a lot to be proud of. We were nationally recognized for race informed work on creating economic opportunity. We were able to drive down black poverty and black unemployment in our city, but also a lot of work to do, Unfinished Business when it comes to justice and policing. Its the knowledge of being humbled how difficult it is getting these things right and listening to people who pull me aside and tell me, heres how this policy looks to me or feels to my neighbors. Being able to listen to that has helped us shape the fredrik douglas plan my campaign has put forward to address systemic racism and it will shape my Administration Just as it has my campaign. You, biden, klobuchar, bloomberg, a number of moderate candidates preventing voters from coalescing around one standard bearer. Do you feel that you are doing that from that wing of the party that youre doing that . I dont think its all ideological, but i do recognize that there are a number of candidates competing to be the alternative to senator sanders. My case to be the alternative that i hope more will gather around is that ive got the most delegates besides senator sanders. Ive got the most votes so far besides senator sanders. Im the only one to beat him anywhere in the country so far on the map this year. Look, on the one hand he is clearly the front runner right now. On the other hand the majority of democrats are looking for something else. I represent something else. A way to get real, bold, meaningful progressive change through, but do it in a way that unifies the country. Because i dont think we can take certainly four more years of this president. Another political cycle by shouting and toxicity that is tearing this country apart. We can be meaningfully progressive and at the same time have a focus on unifying first the party and then the country. Thats the focus of my campaign. I have a quick question for you if you can give me a quick answer, mayor. A super pac is spending 9 million on ads for Elizabeth Warren in super tuesday states. She said she wouldnt do that. She was highly critical of you for a fundraiser you held in the socalled wine cave in california. What do you think of her reversal, what does that say about her candidacy . Ill let her speak to that. What ill say is i continue to believe we should seek help everywhere in order to make sure we build the campaign and the movement thats going to defeat donald trump. And, you know, for us, the focus is on our own grassroots support. Thats why im depending on people to go to pete for america. Com, chip in a few bucks so we can fund our program for super tuesday. Thats why well continue to define my campaign not by whose help we reject, but who we can bring into the tent. Fellow die hard democrats and as much as possible independents and even some republicans who wont agree with me on everything, but are as sickened by some of whats going on in this white house as i am and are ready for a change. I was wondering if you were going to somehow manage to get that in. Thank you, mayor. Its my job. Thanks so much. President trump says there is a very low risk of coronavirus for americans. As the former head of the cdc warns a pandemic is inevitable, is the president downplaying the outbreak and sending a dangerous message to americans . John kasich has strong opinions about that. Hes next. Demand more from longwear. Infallible up to 24hr fresh wear. By loreal paris. Excellent coverage with no weigh down. A breathable formula for fresh skin hour after hour. Defies transfer, no excess. Infallible up to 24hr fresh wear. By loreal paris. I am totally blind. And non24 can make me show up too early. Or too late. Or make me feel like im not really there. 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President trump tonight boasting about how he is handling the coronavirus, contradicting federal Health Officials about how serious the outbreak may get. Financial markets rattled, taking a nose dive. Lets discuss. Cnns senior commentator, john kasich, former ohio governor. Hello, sir, how are you doing . Hello, don. Boy, i can tell you you ran for president. Id be nervous out there shaking all those hands, meet all those people. You have to do it, you know. You have to stay healthy, i tell you, don, throughout my campaign i think the lord must have kept me healthy and i used a lot of hand sanitizer, so he made it through. Lets talk about the subject at hand. President out there downplaying the coronavirus again tonight after he did so last night. Here it is. Listen to this real quick. The risk to the American People remains very low. I dont think its inevitable. I gave a press conference yesterday that was really a, a very good press conference. Its going to disappear one day. Its like a miracle. It will disappear. The greater experts have spoken, nobody really knows. So, youve dealt with a lot of crises as governor of ohio. Yeah, potentially ebola. Is that the right way to handle an epidemic . Overpromise, under deliver . No. Heres the thing, don. When i mention to Health Professionals this is a chaotic response, they say thats an understatement. Look, when you have a crisis like this, you have to be in charge. You cant say, well, i think there will be a miracle, it will disappear, maybe it will get worse. Thats not the way to lead. If you are the president the way to handle this, okay, im going to put some people in charge, theyre smart people, this is who they are, this is their background. But i want you to know theyre going to report to me every day and every day im going to have something to say about where we are. Were going to mobilize all the hospitals, mobilize all the Health Professionals, were going to get all the people who will be involved delivering care. Thats what we did when we thought we could have ebola. You have to mobilize the doctors, get hold of the nurses, the ems people. You have to be in charge. You cant be, well, maybe this will disappear. When i first heard the criticism of him, the thought maybe theyre being tough. Then i dug into it. The fact is we dont know who is running the task force. One guy says hes in charge, pence says hes in charge. That is not the way to do these things. The public needs a clear leader and a clear answer. Dont be projecting. Just say were doing everything we can do. Im glad you said that, because the one thing that i do respect about you one of the things. I said that wrong. I respect about you thank you. The buck stops with you, okay. The president yes. Blaming, blaming the media, blaming democrats for the market drop. I know. This is on course for the worst week since the financial crisis. Is he worried more about his best case for reelection than the reel health threat, the Public Health threat . I think the truth, the truth is going to emerge, don. Either we are prepared or we are not. Right now from my opinion rg from what i can see what ive listened to, were behind the curve. And weve got to be up to get ahead of the curve here and weve got to do it shortly. Weve got to be really moving in a direction and i dont think there is any room for partisanship, attack in the media. Look, people in the country are nervous. We dont have to be hysterical. We have to be calm, but we have to be deliberate. We have to be prepared. That is not what im getting here. The other thing i heard today is that all the people who were supposed to talk have to go through the vicepresident s office. When we got the head of the cdc thats got to go to the vice prove their talking points, first it wont work because people are going to talk. If theyre not talking, people who were in those positions will talk. One voice that says something clearly that lets people know that we are going to do everything we can. We dont know how this is all going to affect us. Were going to stay calm, were going to be deliberate. Were going to take action and were going to be in charge. The buck stops with me is what the president should say. Lets talk about 2020. The former Vice President , joe biden, has vowed that hes going to win South Carolina. A new monmouth poll shows him with a 20point lead. Just one poll. But if he comes up with a big victory, how does that change the dynamics of the race . Does it change . You know, don, i think it does. Look, i am not here to try to look, im not here to try to bash anybody because they happen to be, you know, a hard left. Im not here to do that. I am here to tell you i dont agree with them, but im here to tell you as ive been telling you from the beginning that the public would want somebody who is center, centerleft. Joe biden is a guy, he can relate to blue collar people. Hes more moderate than any of these than Bernie Sanders. If he does well there, its going to give him some light. Then the question gets to be how much money does he have . Then the other question gets to be what is the i am path of Michael Bloombergs money . Was Bernie Sanders hurt in the last debate . Now hes starting to get under fire. And i know that all the establishment democrats, many of whom i talk to, are willing to throw their bodies in front of bernie, not because they hate bernie. Its because they dont think he can deliver good for the democrat well for the democrats and he thinks it will affect their majority in the house, United States house and even in the senate. Thats what it boils down to to me. I think i get that. Its not that Bernie Sanders is a bad guy. You can understand that with with common sense, you get it. Its not to say that you dont you dislike Bernie Sanders, but i understand what people are saying. Listen, i dont have a horse in the race here. And its also that one word that is sort of that one word bothers people and thats socialist. Even though its not a traditional socialist in the traditional sense and i understand that as well, but that one word really gets people don, its not just the one word. Look, when bernie was in the house i was in the house he came before the Budget Committee when i was chairman. I treated him with respect, okay. But i dont agree with virtually any of what bernie has to say in terms of his policy prescriptions. Its not just the fact about socialism, its kind of praising castro. Look, he taught people how to read. Im not sure thats even accurate what he said about him. But that extreme, im going to take your health care away, give you a government program. That unearths people. Think about your mother. Your mother wants somebody who is going to bring people together, not radical. John, i have to go, listen, ive got to say there are people who are passionate about Bernie Sanders. God bless them. They like his policy and they want a change in the country. And god bless them, thats what they want. There you go. And we have to respect them. It doesnt mean we have to agree with them, but we need to respect them. Thanks, don. Thank you. Love your suit. Thank you. All right, buy. Jcpenney, like it. Anthony scaramucci is here right after the break. You have the support of a probiotic and the gastroenterologists who developed it. Align naturally helps to soothe your occasional digestive upsets 24 7. So where you go the pro goes. Go with align, the pros in digestive health. This is a stodream. 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Joining me to discuss, Anthony Scaramucci, former white house director for communications. Thank you for having me. Goldman sachs, this was interesting. Coronavirus has a big impact on the u. S. Economic growth, it may increase, is the quote, the likelihood of Democratic Victory in the 2020 election. Thats whats gotten him worried. First of all, the press conference last night was unfortunately for the president and for the country and the Market Participants a disaster because that was a 1 1 2 trillion dollar press conference. What does that mean . Okay. He was repeating a series of lies. Hes doubled and tripled down on the force of his personality since they acquitted him. Thats a re very big danger because hes a selfdestructive guy. He was coming to the conference locked and loaded with lies contradicting all the Health Officials. Market participants are not that partisan. Theyre very, very objective. They look at the situation clear eyed. Like governor kasich said, country is not ready for the crisis, but worse than that, even if the country is ready for the crisis, the leader is going to obfuscate the facts related to the crisis the result of which you have to get into cash. Thats whats going on. The futures are down again tonight and unless they change strategy from the white house from a Communications Point of view, open things up to the cdc, make things a little bit more unfiltered, if you will, its going to continue to hurt the market. But its not uncommon for the president to try to project confidence and to he wants to be calming for the markets. But youre saying they see right through it . Did that look calming to you . No, it looked unhinged and irrational and it looked like, you know hes got a combination of these going on. Jet lag from the trip. He wants to curve the reality to what hes saying and the reality is not that. He would have been way better served if he got up there and said, okay, look, there is a problem, here are five or six things you can do to protect yourself and your family. Heres a reason why we think its going to be contained. But ill tell you what im going to do, im going to leave it to the experts in the field. We have arguably some of the best medical research in human history. Im going to leave it to them. He didnt do that. He tried to dominate the conversation and he inserted himself in a way that Market Participants, don, objective Market Participants look at that and say, ive got to lighten up, get the cash and get into a more defensive position because if this thing goes out of control lets stipulate probably a mild wait, hold on. Its not ebola. People at home are saying, what is Anthony Scaramucci know, he was White House Communications director for a short time. Can you tell people why this is your business, this is what you do. Ive been a Market Participant 31 years. When i left Harvard Law School i worked at goldman sachs. I went on, 10 billion under management. Ive been a Market Participant 31 years. This is the most defensive position i have been in in 31 years. Theres another thing going on in the market that Market Participants know. Theres no liquidity in the market. The volker rule evacuated about a half a trillion dollars of Balance Sheet capital from the commercial banks around the world and so now we have a lot of all algorithymic traders. He took a weight from the scale and dropped it. Now what . I think president markets will correct back. I think the president has to change his communication strategy. I think he has to layoff the messaging onto the cdc and those experts. So what happens and if he does that, i think people will calm down. Quickly, though, what happens if more people start to get sick . Youre going to see the market further correct. Remember its trading at 17 1 2 times earnings. Thats a historical high, down from 20 times earnings, but a more normal market environment given whats going on, the slow down in growth its about 14 times which is another 15 correction in the market. Other than that im having a great day because im with you. Everything else is good. You know this. You know this stuff, thats why we have you here. Ive been doing it 31 years. They have to get their acts together. Get the messaging and know theyre not going in the right direction. Thank you, anthony. Appreciate it. Joe biden speaking tonight to cnn as the South Carolina primary looms on saturday. He talks about the importance of this race and super tuesday next week. Should some of the candidates think about dropping out . Well hear what he says. Off to school, i got you this brita. Dad. I just got a zerowater. But weve always used brita. Its two stagefilter. Doesnt compare to zerowaters 5stage. This meter shows how much stuff, or dissolved solids, gets left behind. 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