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Nik wallenda pulls off his most daring high wire act yet over an active volcano what hes saying about those deathdefying steps today, thursday, march 5th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza good morning everybody welcome to today. Nice to have you with us on a thursday morning hoda is on the mend, feeling a little better from the flu, but shes got to stay home and recover. Our thoughts are with her. Its a tough one. Our top story on this thursday morning, the growing concerns over the coronavirus. The first death in california has led officials there to declare a state of emergency the man became sick on a cruise, and that ship is now being held off the california coast until everyone on board can be screened meanwhile officials in king county, washington, that includes seattle as well as tech giants, amazon, microsoft, facebook, theyre now urging anybody who can to work from home theyre encouraging the postponement of all large gatherings. Also this morning, Major Airlines have announced plans to drastically cut flights inside the United States and internationally in response to the outbreak there are a lot of moving pieces this morning. We have it all covered lets start with nbcs tom costello hes at Reagan National this morning. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. A Major Development out of the uk that is, a carrier there called fly be, a lowcost carrier, going under because of the coronavirus. While here at home, united and jetblue are slashing their flights. We have a major School District in the seattle area closing to children as the coast guard rushes test kits to a quarantined ship off the california coast this morning, a cruise shi returning to california from hawaii is being held off the coast of San Francisco we have a number of passengers and crew members that have developed symptoms on this cruise ship. Reporter it comes amid suspected links of two coronavirus cases, one of them fatal. Both of those passengers were on that same ship, the grand princess, but during a previous cruise now, 11 passengers and 10 crew members are exhibiting symptoms on board that number may significantly understate, it may indeed be abundance of caution because we dont have the benefit of how they are selfidentifying. Reporter earlier a Health Screener at l. A. X. Airport tested positive for the virus. Its not clear if he or she may have exposed others. On the east coast, 1,000 people have been asked to self quarantine in new york, including hundreds who are potentially exposed at a synagogue last month. Its inevitable it will continue to spread. Reporter while experts maintain the risk of contracting the coronavirus is low, many are skipping travel plans. With business plummeting, unit United Airlines slashing domestic flights by 10 next month and scaling back International Flights by 20 jetblue also cutting flights President Trump met with Airline Chiefs on wednesday at the white house to discuss the crisis. On Capitol Hill Health experts were discussing the risks of flying for the airplane, which colleagues were asking about, how long can the virus material last on a surface . The virus can last hours to a day. Up to a whole day yes, maam. Reporter later today Vice President pence will travel to Washington State where ten people have died. We understand the anxiety this is creating in the whole community, and were going to be going out just to make sure they have everything they need and all the support they need. Reporter officials in king county, which includes seattle are recommending but not mandating that residents at higher risk stay home and avoid crowds theyre also urging businesses to find ways to allow employees to work remotely amazon responding by telling its seattle staff to work at home for the rest of the month. Tech giant microsoft taking similar steps with its employees in both seattle and San Francisco. While one of seattles most iconic companies, starbucks, doing its part to prevent the spread of the virus, temporarily suspending the use of personal cups at its stores nationwide. Also this morning, word th outbreak is forcing the first major delay from hollywood the worldwide rollout of the latest james bond movie pushed back from april until november its extraordinary to think about a major metropolitan area like the seattle area encouraging folks to stay home and work there if they can what should you take into account, and whats the government taking into account in whether to do an order, make a decision like that reporter i think right now this is really also coming down to the company level, right . Employer level if theyre telling their employees stay home, and a lot of factors go into that. Is anybody sick, for example what kind of close contact has that employee had with others . How much travel history and exposure might there be from people maybe coming in and out of the company and having traveled domestically or abroad . To what extent is the proximity of the office location, seattle, San Francisco, whatever the case may be, is that in and of itself a risk factor . Some companies now in the seattle area have decided, in fact, it is. Tom, really quickly here, what are for folks watching and listening who are rightfully worried, what are some of the most important things people should be doing to avoid getting the virus altogether reporter ive got to say, my email has blown up from even colleagues over the last few days, asking to reiterate this lets go through this one more time it bears repeating the number one thing to avoid getting sick is simply to wash your hands regularly, wash your hands for a good 20 seconds or so avoid touching your face we all have a tendency to want to scratch our face or whatever the case may be. As soon as you do that, if you have a contaminant on your hand, you can spread it to you eyes, your nose or your mouth. Thats a problem avoid close contact with people who might be sick. Of course, if you, yourself, are sick, try to stay home theres also now this recommendation maybe avoid shaking hands and hugs and kisses that was a recommendation yesterday from Health Authorities on the west coast, and try to stay away from people six feet away from people if you think they may be sick as well common sense is really where we are right now. Tom costello from Reagan National, thanks it makes for awkward social interactions lately. You dont know if you should shake. Elbow. Exactly there are a lot of questions out there. Just ahead, were going to try to answer them, about coronavirus, how to protect your family, include whag ying what to look for, particularly in Hand Sanitizers and disinfect t disinfectants. Well get a panel of doctors. Team of experts first, another big story this morning, the race for the white house and the growing momentum for joe biden in the wake of his historic super tuesday comeback this morning as the democratic field narrows even further, his campaign is picking up new endorsements in a moment well have savannahs exclusive conversation with the former Vice President first, nbc senior washington correspondent Andrea Mitchell has the very latest. Andrea, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, craig. Joe biden winning 10 out of 14 super tuesday states now faced with trying to use the momentum from his historic turnaround to dramatically expand his Campaign Organization and his fundraising operations what he would need to do to be able to defeat Bernie Sanders decisively, to reunite the party and then take on the biggest challenge of all, President Trump. Joe biden still basking in the glow of his super tuesday surge. Were going to take this fight all across america, to rebuild the middle class. Reporter boosted by an endorsement from michael bloomberg, who spent more than 500 million on his president ial campaign, now abandoning the race, but not his quest to defeat President Trump. Ive always believed that defeating donald trump starts with uniting behind the candidate with the best shot to do it. And after yesterdays vote, it is clear that candidate is my friend and a great american, joe biden. Reporter the two men talked wednesday morning with the billionaire former new york city mayor offering his help. Campaign finance laws prohibit bloomberg from donating more than 2,800 to piedbiden, but ha be a oneman super pack, providing boots on the ground in battleground states, Data Analytics to help biden target voters on social media and tv ads, and help biden improve his Online Fundraising it is the latest turning point in the unpredictable democratic race with biden and sanders locked in a battle for delegates and another round of big primaries next week, many in states favorable to biden now were dealing with one candidate and i feel good about that. Reporter in an exclusive interview with msnbcs rachel maddow. Joe biden is a strong opponent hell have all the corporate world behind him, the political world behind him whats important for us is to contrast our record, our vision for the future with joes. Reporter and sanders who has railed against the democratic establishment and failed to make inroads on super tuesday with africanamerican voters, releasing this ad, touting praise from former president obama. I want somebody who will fight for them theyll find it in bernie. Feel the burn. That new sanders ads under fire for using parts of speeches dating back to 2006. Taking obamas words out of context. Meanwhile the other progressive in the field, elizabeth warren, is now reassessing her campaign according to aides after her disappointed showing on tuesday. Warrens next move could be decisive in the outcome of the race if she drops out and endorses sanders, it would create a pitch battle within the party all the way to the convention and beyond savannah and craig Andrea Mitchell in washington, thank you. That ad she was just talking about with president obama is one of the things we addressed in our exclusive interview with jon joe biden. We began the conversation by asking the former Vice President to react to that big comeback in the race if someone had told you even a week ago that you would do so well on super tuesday, that you would be outright winning states you never even set foot in, be honest, would you have believed them yes, we believe we would. I was certain wed win virginia. I was certain wed win North Carolina i was certain wed win alabama, certain wed win other states. As big as it was, i was surprised about massachusetts. I was surprised about minnesota. And i was hopeful about texas. Lets talk about mr. Sanders. Hes been talking about your victory. He said joe is running a campaign which is obviously heavily supported by the corporate establishment. What do you think about that argument its ridiculous its ridiculous. Bernie, you got beaten by overwhelming support i have in the africanamerican community, bernie you got beaten because of suburb women, bernie. You got beaten because of middle class, hardworking folks out there, bernie. Youve raised a lot more money than i have, bernie. The president has been watching the democratic primary closely, and hes been weighing in on behalf of Bernie Sanders he says the system is rigged against sanders that the democrats are, quote, staging a coup against him. Do you think the president is rooting for sanders . I think what the president doesnt want to do from the very beginning is face me, because i can beat him period period he has done everything in his power, even risked his presidency because he doesnt want to face me. A rhetorical question. Have you ever, ever seen a sitting president get so involved in a democratic primary and focus so much attention on not wanting a single person, me, to become the nominee . The president does not want me to be the nominee. You mentioned the president has gone after you we know hes obviously hoping that theres more investigation of your son, of burisma, the Energy Company that he served on the board of do you think as it rises, hes coming after you more . Of course theres nothing there. Donald trump has taken the soul of the country donald trump has pummeled the middle class, has embraced dictators and poked his thumb in the eye of our allies. Donald trump is a disaster he knows it. He knows im going to be able to point it out i can hardly, hardly wait to debate him first you have to get through the democratic primary turning to that, Bernie Sanders released an ad today ill play a portion. I think you may recognize the voice youre about to hear i think people are ready for a call to action they want honest leadership who cares about them they want somebody who is going to find for them, and they wil find it in bernie. Thats right, feel the bern. President obama has not endorsed anyone in the democratic primary do you think the ad is misleading is that before or after bernie said the president should be primaried in his second term . I cant recall which one that was. Look, it is not at all surprising everybody is bembracing barack he was a great president , a wonderful guy. He said a lot of nice things about a lot of people. The idea that Bernie Sanders was a great supporter of the president of the United States and shares his views, i mean come on. Anyway, it doesnt matter. It doesnt matter much. Is it time for president obama to get off the sideline and make an endorsement and put his finger on the scale . No. I dont think so imagine having endorsed me and we won as big as we did yesterday. Youd all be saying i won because of barack. Im winning because of me. Im going to earn this on my own. Lets talk about mike bloomberg. He dropped out of the race hes supporting you now. What kind of help will he give to your campaign what do you expect what do you hope he talked about my character, talked about why he supported me, and he talked about why hed be enthusiastic about it that by itself is a gigantic help senator sanders has been hitting you hard on some of your past decisions, some of your record, in particular. Hes talking about your vote in favor of the iraq war. He also said you voted for trade agreements that will make it difficult for you in some of the rust belt states that will be voting in the next few weeks does he have a point about aspects of your record coming back to haunt you . No. My record has been so thoroughly investigated you guys rightly looked at it, every vote ive ever taken now lets go to michigan, bernie, and see if thats true im the guy that helped bail out the automobile industry. What did you do, old buddy come on. This idea that my record is a problem this is a guy that voted against the brady bill five times for background checks on people. I welcome the competition, bernie lets talk about your votes. Lets talk about my votes. Lets see what the American People say there was a scary moment on stage the other night when a protester rushed the stage and your wife, dr. Jill biden and one of your senior advisers, symone sanders, rushed to the rescue they make for good security, but does that raise, in your mind, the question of whether you should have u. S. Secret Service Protection and whether the other candidates in the race should . I think thats something that outrageous some of this becomes. Was that scary . I tell you, my wife is something else, isnt she . Yes she had your back for sure. I wasnt worried for me i was worried for jill i love her she is incredible. She did the same thing in another event in New Hampshire when a guy i didnt see him coming behind me approached she runs up and grabs him. She and my daughter have more courage than i think anyway, thats what i worry about. I worry about jill. Does it feel like that kind of protection is necessary well, i think its becoming increasingly so. I dont like to pull the trump routine of, you know, someone stands up, protests, throw them out, kick the bum out. I dont do that. I do think the idea of jumping on a stage is just not permissible. The last thing we need is anybody hurt. Do you feel confident you can sew up this nomination before the convention, or do you think this is a battle that will go all the way to milwaukee well go from the dakotas to michigan, places i think i can do well. If i do that, it piles up more support, more momentum thats my hope, my expectation im not looking all the way down the road to the convention. Mr. Vice president , thank you for being with us. 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