Joe biden has cemented his frontrunner status in the democratic race for the u. S. Presidency hes won the big prize of michigan and the latest primaries build a super tuesday to the home of Vice President also took mississippi and missouri 3 more states are being counted its opposed to biden whos extended his lead of of the month senator Bernie Sanders is only speak to you from philadelphia where we announced turkey in p. At the front we didnt find. All those who have been knocked down all those have been counted lets be sure this is your Campaign Just over a week ago many of the pundits declared that too this can be seized. Now were very much in line. I was on a has more now from detroit michigan black voters here in the state of michigan came out in overwhelming support for joe biden that was very clear he also based on exit polls seem to want a lot of working class white voters in michigan as well which is pretty cool if you add all of that up and thats what you saw with this pretty dominant window by joe biden here in the state of michigan its been a terrible night for Bernie Sanders this where were at right now was supposed to be a Bernie Sanders sanders Victory Party it clearly turned into nothing like that a lot of dejected people here that were his supporters and volunteers this was supposed to be the night that Bernie Sanders revived his campaign and regained momentum neither happened of course speaking to some of his Bernie Sanders supporters here they werent in much of a mood at this juncture to talk about supporting joe biden they still some of them say that they still want to continue on there waiting to hear from Bernie Sanders to see whats happening in the future what hes going to do bottom line though i think its going to be hard at least initially for joe biden to win over a lot of Bernie Sanders supporters but listen its still its still very raw at this point the results are still coming in but bottom line this was an absolutely terrible night for Bernie Sanders on her going to be is an associate professor of Political Science at Emory University and she joins us live from Atlanta Georgia thank you for your time im saying a sentence may not even pass the threshold in mississippi its very close i think its 14. 9 percent right now is this sand is out of the race. Hes probably in that out just yet but this certainly puts him at a severe disadvantage there were only about a quarter of the delegates available tonight as there were last week but joe bidens commanding performance in the 1st 3 states and the fact that hes actually roughly even with sanders and Washington State which sanders may ultimately win suggests that biden is going to widen his lead which is going to make it harder for sanders to catch up and in subsequent weeks as weve been saying michigan is important not just in terms of the number of delegates awarded there but also it was that historically Democratic State that voted for trump and 2016 what does that mean that biden won this primary given that context there are a number of issues here 1st it was a big psychological blow to Bernie Sanders sanders beat Hillary Clinton in the state it was one of the states that made him very competitive and 2016 so he wanted to repeat that and he was unable to do so but the other thing thats really important is that bidens victory in South Carolina could have been easily dismissed as him doing well in a part of the country that wont do well for the Democratic Party in the general election because the south once you add white voters into the mix becomes a solidly kind of republican region in the country and the fact that biden did well in the rust belt suggests that he has staying power and that hes putting together a coalition that doesnt just include africanamericans but that includes nonblack voters from other parts of the country and so it actually shows a strength that im not sure people were quite aware that he had about a week and a half ago just how important have africanamerican voters been for biden and why do they support him. Well i mean there are a number of reasons why africanamerican voters are so important one they make up anywhere from a 5th to a quarter of the Democratic Party base so they are the most loyal voting bloc in the United States and they go for the Democratic Party they are especially important in the south where they make up a majority of the democratic primary voters and how they go often determines who the eventual Democratic Party nominee is biden has won their support for a number of reasons one theres a certain level of familiarity with them that was certainly enhanced by his service as Barack ObamasVice President also many africanamerican voters unlike the rest of the Democratic Party are more moderate in their ideological leanings and so they would probably gravitate towards a more moderate candidate as opposed to a more progressive candidate and then theres just the element of pragmatism so sanders was espousing new ideas and change and maybe some of the voters are not sure that thats actually what could be donald trump in a general election and so theyve opted to go for a choice that you know is more tested more proven and maybe actually be safer and have a broader appeal in the general election really gets talked to thats going to be there an associate professor of Political Science at Emory University. Thank you. U. S. National guard troops are being deployed to a suburb of a new york city now thought to be the epicenter of a major corona Virus Outbreak new rochelle has been sealed off and has the largest known cluster of cases in the u. S. Troops will be certain to help disinfect areas and to quarantine people in the u. K. A Health Minister has become the 1st british politician to test positive for corona virus the dean doris is now in isolation its reported she met hundreds of people in Parliament Last week and attended an event with Prime MinisterAbbas Johnson at his residence meanwhile the slowdown of cases continues in china who by province the epicenter of the outbreak reporting just 13 new cases there as well and jordan has more now on the situation in new york state. New a shell is one of the many suburbs just outside new york city and many of the people who live there or work or go to school in cite new york city it also happens to be the epicenter at least here on the east coast of the United States of the corona Virus Outbreak at least 100 cases have been diagnosed as of tuesday its very likely that number is going to go up on wednesday when the reporters next meet with the Governor Andrew Cuomo mr cuomo declared on tuesday that there would now be a 14 day period where basically people who live in a 3 columns 3 square kilometer area of new rochelle will not be able to go to massive gathering places for the public namely Public Schools houses of worship sporting stadiums and that the National Guard would be brought in to make certain that people comply with that order over the 2 week period following theres going to be a massive scrub down as it were and disinfection of the Public Places all in an effort to try to stop what has become a very rapid spread of the coral a virus in that Bedroom Community of new york now for more on the situation in china where coronavirus case is dropping lets cross live to sara clockers in Hong Kong Sara chinas local transmission writes a slowing down its now keeping an eye on cases imported from elsewhere what more can you tell us. That is the case the numbers certainly look to be stabilizing across milan china and the downward trend of not just in fiction but death numbers that continues on choose day national the National Health commission or chinas Health Commission reported 22 deaths and 24 new cases of the crown of ice infections and all those new infections 10 of those cases were important and there were travelers confirmed to be arriving in china from italy and the United States are the biggest concern now is certainly the focus from china is looking at the importation of the crowd a virus and certainly that theyre increasing or tightening the arrival regulations quarantine restrictions for travelers coming into milan china now the ongoing impact of the implications of the downward trend in the number of cases in china as saying a number of the corn tain facilities in the temporary hospitals in the who by province shut down as a result simply because the numbers are not there anymore certainly as they were at the beginning when the epidemic broke the outbreak in china and on tuesday we had chinas president xi jinping he went to han for the 1st time to visit some of the hospitals and meet some of the people or the Health Authorities in the medical staff on the front line and the message to them was certainly that there is victory in sight for chinas handling of the coronavirus epidemic so i guess judging being is keen to show that everything is under control of that is the case that we are likely to see a return to normal life in the original epicenter any time soon. Well certainly the moment the governor is considering rolling out what its considering a mobile Monitoring System which will look to touch relief that the lockdown thats been in place in the who by province for some time we have 60000000 people in that province 11000000 people in hand and theyve been locked in their homes for quite some time now one member of the family is allowed to leave every 2 or 3 days to get key supplies but the moment the government is considering testing the health of all the residents across the province and looking at their Health Status and what say that Health Status is assessed they will be put in a category of the low risk people will be allowed to travel so that partial lockdown could be lifted now in another element of news which is just broke in the last half an hour were looking at Cathay Pacific and this is one of asias Biggest International airlines its announced its Financial Results for 2019 in the last hour or so its actually that the profits have plunged but theyve actually reported a 45000000. 00 profit now this is much higher than many had expected but they were warning the finances and the industry that certainly given the scenario that were seeing at the moment with regards to a drop a massive drop in travel demand in flying they do expect substantial losses by june this year thank you for that sarah clarke there live from hong kong. Iran reported 54. 00 new chrono virus deaths on tuesday thats the highest single day toll since they operate started there around as one of the worst had countries outside china with 291. 00 deaths and more than 8000 confirmed cases. Still ahead on aljazeera police and venezuela used tear gas against protesters trying to oust president Nicolas Maduro. Is stepping up efforts to tackle a disease thats a victim tens of thousands of people and its not coronavirus. Theres been plenty of dust blowing around recently with the strong winds and particularly in egypt you got to get the impression from the speed of that trial that the air is drifting around quite a lot but drifting would be a better word now for the most part in iraq but thats not true further west in libya you just see on the edge of your chart there the northerly breeze the cloud in the shower right now its developing area of low pressure spreading eastwards into egypt sticks a horrible day to be honest to stay in a good part of northern egypt with the wind the clouds and the rain so flooding seems quite likely its all going to move news general direction hasnt got the yet so 27 entire hard and quiet weather 30 in baghdad in what looked like increasingly cloudy skies and most of iran is looking quiet with still potential for rain or snow up in afghanistan. In Central Africa tropical after the showers are getting big and drifting slowly north but the still potential of Developmental Systems around madagascar remarkably tropical soccer name for example still in the season over land that the showers are pretty well scattered from like victoria westwards the congo and angola seem to be good focuses but more d. R. Congo than anywhere else this is exactly as it should be for this time of year. But. I was raised in france and these are my grandparents. These are my parents and this is mean. Fighting both isis and as of. This 2nd of a 2 part epic tale of a remarkable family. The father the son and the jihad. Team on aljazeera. Youre watching aljazeera reminder of our top stories a Sol Joe Biden has cemented his frontrunner status in the democratic race for the u. S. Presidency the former Vice President has won the big prize of the night michigan as well as mississippi missouri and idaho but a day of primaries in 6 states. U. S. National guard troops are being deployed to a suburb of new york city to help combat coronavirus rachele now has the largest cost of cases in the u. S. At least 29 people have died nationwide with more than 800 infections. And e. U. Leaders have pledged to set up a 28000000000. 00 Investment Fund to protect the blocks economy from the corona Virus Outbreak is at the forefront of the crisis and has its whole population of 60000000 on lockdown. Security forces in venezuela have dispersed antigovernment mobs led by Opposition Leader he called on his supporters to revive the campaign to oust president Nicolas Maduro man while at a paddle has the details. Police fired tear gas of demonstrators and get back as on tuesday the demonstration was organized by venezuelan Opposition Leader of one who i dont know. Why do all attempted to negotiate with police who blocked demonstrators from marching to Venezuelas National Assembly building actually got a mobilization social action symbolic acts of protest overwhelming protest actions with everyone united today in the fight for a free venezuela this is ben as well as moment thousands attended the demonstration in the venezuelan capital to protest against worsening Economic Conditions in the country then on. Saturday well basically we want the whole world to see whats happening in venezuela which is a very critical situation without production without food without medicines the country totally paralyzed and all the countrys economic sectors. At the United Nations in geneva the un high commissioner for human rights michel said the situation in venezuela has worsened in recent months. Since my last update on the human rights situation in venezuela political tensions and acts of violence by Security Forces and government supporters against opposition parliamentarians have continued. A separate rally was convened in downtown can act as in support of venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro. The latest political tensions in the south american nations stem from a growing violence against members of the as well as political opposition including the arrest of several Parliament Members according to the latest updates from the un some 4900000 people have fled venezuela as a result of the prices went up a little. 3 human rights activists in malawi have been arrested for organizing antigovernment demonstrations some of which turned violent the protesters have been calling for new elections after the Constitutional Court nullified the results of last years disputed paul barbara and go purports. Up to 5000. 00 people marched in solidarity with timothy a separate pair to hand himself to police in the long term believes the Human Rights Defenders Coalition which is organized and to government protests since last years disputed elections some have turned violent people recent decided to dispense to the old things with jack actually this is this something that just distanced our police from the people this time to this day here in case people did go in there with police have been looking from the time since sunday when 2 other activists were arrested in blantyre. Mcdonalds and give