Early today starts right now good monday good morning im phillip mena and im Frances Rivera. We begin with the global spread of the coronavirus nearly 400 u. S. Passengers quarantined for two weeks on the diamond princess cruise ship in japan are back in america. Two chartered flights carrying the evacuees headed for the u. S. On sunday. One of those flights landed at Travis Airforce base in california moments ago the evacuations come as 40 americans on board the ship test positive for the virus but they have been left behind reporter hundreds of americans getting off the diamond princess in an evacuation involving u. S. Teams in protective suits. I understand you guys want to go back to the u. S. Is that right . Yes as long as well be safe honestly, youre much safer getting off this ship. Okay. I would not stay on this ship if i were you. Reporter paul and cheryl anxious to go. I have to put my mask on and get going. Bye reporter leaving their room after nearly two weeks of quarantine the bus will take you to the airplane the airplane takes you to the united states. And then you get transported we know youve been through a lot. Were glad were getting you home reporter getting a chartered flight back to the u. S were exhausted but were on the plane. Reporter to face another 14 days of isolation at a military base her video showing what she describes as an Isolation Chamber on board the cruise ship a high risk for exposure with another 70 casesnd and mounting concern about the westerdam, the cruise ship rejected by five countries before docking in cambodia an American Woman testing positive but hundreds of passengers were allowed to leave the ship sparking fears the virus could spread those who decided to not take the charter cant return to the u. S. Until march 4th at the earliest according to a letter from the u. S. Embassy also left behind 46 americans being treated here like john herring in isolation and cut off. I think its just the way it has to be with the virus i would hate to give this to anybody else reporter he wanted his wife to take the flight back to the u. S. Where returning passengers will be tested for the virus when they land and begin a new ordeal so what happens to americans who didnt get on the flight they will stay on the cruise ship until japanese authorities end the quarantine which should be on wednesday. But anyone wanting to leave the ship is going to have to test negative for the virus and for americans returning home to the u. S. Is going to take a bit longer janis, thank you. A desperate situation is unfolding in mississippi this morning after days of heavy rain, the state is bracing for potentially catastrophic flooding the pearl river is expected to crest today to its highest level since 1983 and residents around the capital of jackson are being urged to evacuate before its too late. Reporter potentially historic floodwaters now threatening mississippi. As we continue to monitor radar and weather reports, we do not anticipate this situation to end any time soon. Reporter forecasters expect the pearl river to crest at 38 feet, the highest level since the 1980s. Some roads and homes are already underwater a mandatory evacuation is in place for some vulnerable areas, and First Responders are working to get residents to safety we do not want to lose anyone as we respond to what is expected to continue to be historic flood levels. Reporter the governor has already declared a state of emergency, and forecasters believe it could be days before the waters start to retreat. Dan scheneman, nbc news. And theres more Severe Weather to tell you about in the uk one of the strongest storms the ndsw, atlantic has seen s england, scotland and wales. It made a challenging landing for this airpl game, no star shined brighter than the late kobe bryant. Tribute was paid to the lakers legend, his daughter gianna and the seven others killed in that Helicopter Crash chance the rapper and Jennifer Hudson dedicated their songs to him. We will never see another basketball player quite like kobe [ applause ] [ chanting ] you can hear the chants there. Lets get to the highlights between taken lebron and team yanis. The new allstar game format seemed to be a hit each winner nabbed 100,000 for their charity. Team lebon ron the first but team yanis won 5130 capping it all off with that wild halfcourt buzzer beater by star tre young. That rolled the pot over to the Fourth Quarter and then it was the 157. Team lebron down nine but edged out team yanis 157155 Kawhi Leonard scored 30 points the daytona 500 will race back into action this afternoon after a rain delay drivers only made it 20 laps before the storm forced cars off of the florida only th time in 62 years the race was pushed into a monday. They will fire up the engines again at 4 05 eastern. Despite the disappointing delays fans did get to witness some history. President trump and the first lady kicked off the race and then took a lap in the beast it is the first he is the first u. S. Leader to hit the track in a president ial limo the president also attending the wedding of one of his senior advisers, Stephen Miller last night at the Trump International hotel in d. C miller tied the knot with the Vice President s press secretary katie woldman. The 2020 race is heading out west this morning. Early voting is already underway for the nevada caucus. But candidates arent done fighting to win over voters. Right now Bernie Sanders is leading in the polls but the next debate on wednesday night could shake things up. Nbcs Garrett Haake is on the trail in vegas reporter good morning. Early voting is well underway here in nevada and the candidates are refining their closing pitches going after each other and president trump. Thank you, carson city reporter the Democratic Candidates descending on nevada. Mayor Pete Buttigieg in las vegas hoping to keep his early state hot streak going how do you keep the momentum going . What i see now is a tremendous amount of energy and an opportunity to reach out to voters reporter on meet the press health care, a key issue in the silver state hes been talking about health care, medicare for all, universal health care for 35 years. Nothings happened reporter across the state more than 12,000 nevadans cast their vote campaigns and voters anxious to avoid a chaotic or consing caucus process next saturday are you confident that the caucus process will go off without a hitch here we definitely dont want the iowa 2. 0 i feel so bad for those people reporter michael bloomberger, the former new york city mayor spending millions of dollars on ads he has to answer questions. He thinks he can buy this election well, i got news for mr. Bloomberg, and that is the American People are sick and tired of billionaires buying elections reporter bloomberg wont be on the ballot in nevada betting on the super tuesday states instead, and so far with a laser focus solely on president trump. Hes not going to bully me, and i wont let him bully you either [ applause ] reporter as for michael bloomberg, he needs one more poll before tuesday night in hes going to qualify for this debate all the candidates are hoping they can have a night like Amy Klobuchar had a few weeks ago helping lift her into third place in New Hampshire to help close the deal for them here in nevada you can watch thedemocratic debate right here on nbc thatll be this wednesday night at 9 00 p. M. Eastern lets check in with nbc meteorologist janessa webb and see how were looking. We have the wettest record in the south for flooding right now. Were going to continue to see this moisture flood in across the pearl river. Third highest crest in a hundred years. And unfortunately were going to continue to see the moisture flow for the south and southeast. Today i do think that river starts to recede by tomorrow afternoon storms are going to pick up once ut of the area pretty quickly, even for the southwest. 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Some Police Officers in utah are going viral this morning for going above and beyond to help a desperate mother in need this mother of five said she called 911 about 2 00 in the morning because she was home alone and needed formula after she wasnt able to nurse i have no formula and i have no idea how i can get formula to her. And ive been calling neighbors and no one will answer some officers responded to the call and picked up a gallon of milk. Once the the baby was too young for regular milk, they headed back out for formula. E lone police dt praised the officer saying so very proud of our officers a Good Samaritan is being credited for his good thinking after he helped police nab a suspected thief. The incident happened in a parking lot in the walmart in georgia. The suspect appeared to run past a guy with a shopping cart the bypasser pushed his cart in front of the suspects path which then allowed the officers to catch up with him and arrest him. The suspect was charged with felony shoplifting and obstruction. The teenage boy says he is alive today thanks to his apple watch. It alerted him to a potentially deadly heart problem so how accurate are those hightech wearable devices nbcs Erin Mcloughlin reports. Reporter a smart watch warning saving a teens life this helps monitor workouts and count calories but for this teenager, it helped diagnose a rare and serious heart condition. The then 13yearold was sitting in his class when his apple watch sent an unexpected alert his heart rate skyrocketed to 190 beats her mite hes an athlete why is my childs heart rate going up reporter his mom rushed him to the hospital. He was diagnosed with a condition called svt it causes rapid heart beat his heart rate got up to 280 in the middle of the night reporter he was in surgery for eight hours, one of a growing number of people detected the symptoms of deadly disease including blood clots, kidney failure and heart arrhythmia this is a good screening tool but its not something should depend on all the time for everything reporter the tech is getting more and more sophisticated. The fitbit inspire monitors your heart 24 7 the apple watch 4 series has a feature that allows you to give yourself an electrocardiogram. It depends how you are wearing it, if youre sweating, possibly even your skin color. Reporter doctors now keep tabs on hit using an internal monitor, more sophisticated than the smart watch. His future now possible thanks to new technology. How lucky was he that he had that and were hearing so many versions of stories about those apple watches now helping people out. 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