The fear of coronavirus is how we battle this including ways it can spread. Now that worry has come to sacramento. Might be the first example of whats known as Community Spread. Thats where the patient had no known contact with someone known to have the virus. Heres an Infectious Disease specialist from the hospital. We cant say theres definitely more, but i think its highly suggestive that if theres one theres probably more than one, theres probably other people. And that means pretty much everybodys at risk. We dont know who might be carrying. It we dont know who we could get it from. President trump announcing at the White House Briefing the first one in months hes putting Vice President mike pence in charge of the coronavirus response. That raised immediate concern that the politics are coming ahead of Public Health. Its also more than a little ironic back in 2014 mr. Trump tweeted it was a total joke, president obama had named on ebola czar with zero experience. And pence didnt ha
Anger for some of them, democrats especially is growing. One frustrated lawmaker in particular is joining us live as the number of new cases also ticks up. Everyone is still insisting this shouldnt be politicized. Even as the president s right hand man seems to dive into the thinking this morning saying the media is now covering coronavirus because they think it will bring down the president. But were focused on nervous south koreans. Lined up for hours at a Department Store to try to get their hands on face masks. A stark illustration of whats gripping the global community. By the way, do the face masks help . We have key questions about the coronavirus from our medical expert. And ron klain will be here, who served as president obamas ebola czar. Lets start with the coronavirus and wall street. We have a lot of developments this morning. First of all, a Northern California woman is on a ventilator. She didnt travel to china, she had no known exposure to anybody with the virus in the
President is trying to control the messaging on coronavirus as the president continues to say the threat is being overblown. Its going to disappear, one day, its like a miracle, it will disappear. From our shores, it could get worse before it gets better. It could maybe go away. Well see what happens. Nobody really knows. And southern charm, its all on the line for joe biden in tomorrows South Carolina primary. Can a big win in the state save him on super tuesday . South carolina is the trajectory to winning the democratic nomination. Thank you. [ applause ] its good to see you. Im Geoff Bennett in for andrea. Global coronavirus fears extend a miserable week for the markets. Take a look at that, its persisting today with the dow falling more than 1,000 points at session lows. The uncertainty forcing governments and major corporations too to act. United airlines announcing more flight cancelations to china and to japan. And switzerland taking an unprecedented step, canceling all Public
Frontrunner. And the former president , barack obama, shares a reminder that the longest expansion began on his watch. We have a solid economy here. The economy is doing great. If you lived through the obama years, which everybody watching this show did, they remember what it was like. Its a good economy now. Its a great economy now. All im asking you, wasnt it a good economy then as well . Thats all im asking you. No, it wasnt. It was a poor economy during the obama years. Back to that a little bit later, but we begin the hour with a slightly more crowded debate stage in nevada. This morning the former new york city mayor Michael Bloomberg qualifying for his first democratic debate. The poll Shows Bloomberg second only to Bernie Sanders. Tomorrow night is a key test for bloomberg, his first debate in this campaign. He is expected to be asked about womens issues, race and his time as mayor. He said, our crowds continue to grow and our coalition continue to broaden. Theres a desire in e
Some questions. Lets play it. Here it is. Vice president biden, how do you see this impacting your campaign . How do you see this impacting your campaign, the delays . How you feeling . Great. All right, leyla joins us now live. Not many answers to your questions. How do you feel, great. Wasnt in a very talkative mood. No, we just arrived. We saw his Campaign Staffers making their way and saw Vice President biden. Who by the way as he was closing his speech and his supporters in iowa the last thing he said was onto New Hampshire. He is here. How he will move forward in campaigning here in New Hampshire after iowa a very long night in iowa yesterday. Its hard to make sense of what day it is. Its been such a long night. Well have to wait and see, but he is not the only one arriving tonight. We expect Amy Klobuchar will be arriving soon. Weve already seen some of her supporters that are here waiting for her with signs and we expect liz baegt warren to also be making her way in the next fe