Coronavirus outbreak with california representative nanette berrigan, a member of the Homeland Security committee. At 9 a. M. , reid wilson previews todays primary contests in six states. The primary contest in 6 states. Host good morning. It is tuesday, march 10. Senior Administration Officials will head to capitol hill to discuss the package of emergency economic measures aimed at blunting a slowdown over fears of the coronavirus and plunging oil prices. Major stock markets tumbled more than 7 with the dow jones shedding 2000 points in the largest oneday point drop in history. We are opening our phone lines to ask if you believe fiscal stimulus is needed to respond to the coronavirus. Phone lines split up regionally. Eastern and central time zones, it is 2027488001. In amount or pacific time zones, 2027488001. You can send us a text. That number, 2027488003. If you do, include your name and where you are from. Otherwise, catch up with us on social media. N twitter it is cspanwj on fa
Those results are not in yet but some of them are so lets tell you what we have right now early results show that former Vice President joe biden has won the state of North Carolina if you move up just a little the next state in blue is virginia bernie. Lets say joe biden has also won the state of virginia Bernie Sanders as one has helm state vermont so this is not a winner take all the delegate count is awarded proportionally right so some of that we dont know yet but we do know as we said that joe biden has taken the lead in the delegate count 116 coming into the night Bernie Sanders had led the 1st had not won all 4 contests but as a result of the 1st 4 contests in the 1st 4 states he had been leading the delegate count but as you can see Vice President joe biden has taken over so hes at 116 senator Bernie Sanders at 80 and Elizabeth Warren senator from massachusetts as is at 8 there 1991 is the number needed to get the nomination approximately a 3rd of the number that is needed is
Outbreak. Lets start with the less scary of the topics, six more states hold the democratic primaries today. What are the story lines use still trying to digest super tuesday from last week . Im glad you said super tuesday to make because someone said many super tuesday and thats just tuesday. River number of states up tonight. The most critical one for both of the campaigns as they spent the last couple days is in michigan. Its a state Bernie Sanders one bat back in 2016. Discover largest delegates, when hundred 25 up for grabs and its a state that appears to be tilting towards former Vice President joe biden. Hes got the support of not just his former rival cory booker and, hares but also the governor of the state budget what brca1 her race back in 2018. The mayor of detroit, the lieutenant governors of young dynamic up and. Establishment if you will in that state of the newly elected establishment seems to be going behind former Vice President biden. Biden is almost certainly going
Middle east and into europe. Bernie sanders will be the target of the democratic debate just hours away. We have all angles covered for you. Deirdre bolton on the floor of the new york stock exchange. Edward lawrence on capitol hill. Lets start with edward. A lost action, edward. Reporter centers for Disease Control warning americans be prepared for possible sustained spread of coronavirus. President donald trump has been briefed on this. Today on capitol hill the administration trying to get in front of this, asking for 2 1 2 billion dollars for them to contain the coronavirus. Health and Human Services secretary alex azar says they need the money to remain more aggressive but we will see more case. We cannot hermetically seal the United States off the virus. We need life goes on in some forms. Well have more cases in the United States and weve been very transparent about that and we will then work to mitigate the impact of those. Azar says the extra money would be used to expand surv
What are the storylines . What should they be watching for this week . Glad you said super tuesday 2. Most critical one for both the campaigns right now is a state that Bernie Sanders won in 2016. Largest delegate hall and appears to be tilting towards joe biden. Hes gotten the support of not just cory booker and Kamala Harris but also the governor of the state gretchen witmer. The mayor of detroit who was a young dynamic up and comer. Seems to behment going behind former Vice President biden. Tois almost certainly going win mississippi by a pretty handy margin tonight. That similars estates that joe biden one last week won last week. Up tonight,e thats missouri looks like its going to go for joe biden as well. The really fascinating three states that im going to watch tonight are washington, idaho and north dakota. There are three states that went for Bernie Sanders years ago but there have been some changes in the way they conduct their elections. Those states held caucuses for years