Its thursday, february 27th, 2020. Heres todays eyeopener. Your world in 90 seconds. Im going to be announcing exactly right now that im going to be putting our Vice President , mike pence, in charge. The Vice President is tapped to lead the coronavirus response. A patient in california may be the first in the country to contract the illness from unknown origins. Mass shooting at a brewery in milwaukee. The gunman was an employee who killed five workers before turning the gun on himself. This is an unthinkable tragedy for us. We have to restore the soul of america. Candidates are working overtime to win votes before the South Carolina primary. Enough is enough. Snow working through the great lakes. Its headed to the northeast. Bigtime lakeeffect snow. The mother of two missing kids is heading back to idaho. Lori vallow waived her right to an extradition hearing. Maria sharapova calling it game, set and match. Retiring from tennis. Police officer these turkeys came out of nowhere. All that matters. During ash wednesday, his address in st. Peters square, the pope suggested we give up online trolling. He says its the time to give up unless words, gossip words, speak to god on a first name basis. I will not give up the tittle tattle. In an effort to combat the coronavirus spread, the cdc is saying facial hair can interfere with face masks. Zorro, walrus and best of all, soul patch. Congratulations on your continued health. Smashmouth. Somebody once told me my beard was going to save me im pretty cool that im not dead the walrus is good to go. Smashmouth. He always has a way of putting it in perspective, but this is serious stuff. Welcome to cbs this morning. Thats where we begin. There are growing new concerns about the coronavirus right here in the United States. Because we now have the first case of no immediate link to Worldwide Travel or a related illness. California Health Officials say that patient has been isolated. Its one of 60 known cases in the u. S. More than 82,000 illnesses are reported globally. More than 40 Different Countries with some taking drastic measures to prevent the spread. This morning, saudi arabia closed all major islamic holy sites to foreigners and japan said it will close all of its schools for a month to keep coronavirus from spreading. Back here in the u. S. , carter evans is outside that hospital in sacramento where that new american patient is being treated. Carter, why is this case causing so much concern . Reporter its a big concern, because there have been only two other cases of person to person transmission of the virus here in the u. S. Both occurred after exposure to a Family Member who went to china. We dont know how this person got infected with the virus. Thats a big concern for Health Officials who are trying to stop its spread. Theres probably other cases out there in the community that we dont know about. Doctors at the Uc Davis Medical Center are concerned the patient here might just be the first of many infected by someone else in the general population. The individual was transferred here last wednesday, already intubated and on a ventilator. He or she wasnt tested for coronavirus until sunday and the results came back positive just yesterday. Its the first case of what doctors are calling community transmission. It suggests that we dont know where they got it from. So the person who exposed them probably exposed others. This is the 15th case in the u. S. Efforts to combat the highly contagious virus are growing coast to coast. Your gown goes on first. The hospital workers outside new york are being trained to protect themselves. More than 80 people are in isolation this their homes. All elements of the City Government to address this crisis. Los angeles is also taking extraordinary precautions. Were disinfecting lax every hour. Were making sure that those points much entry are as secure as we can possibly make them. Villanova university is telling its students studying abroad in italy that they need to return home now because of the increase in cases there. Also, same goes for Sacramento State with its students in south korea, telling them to come back right now. We expect to learn more about the patient here at a News Conference later today. Tony . Carter, thank you very much. The uncertainty over the spread of the coronavirus is rattle markets. The dow plunged more than 2300 points in the last five trading days. President trump says the risk of americans getting infected is low. He led an effort yesterday to show his administration is prepared. Paula reid is at the white house for us. Good morning. Whats the president s mission here . Reporter good morning, tony. This press conference came following days of conflicting messages from the administration on coronavirus. Weve learned the president is frustrated that officials were not projecting a more positive outlook each as the markets tumbled. Last night in in only his second ever White House Briefing room appearance, the president tried to reassure nervous americans. Were very, very ready for this, for anything. Flanked by Health Officials, the president said his administration has plans in place for a worse case scenario, including stockpiling protective equipment and masks. Every aspect of our society should be prepared. Mr. Trump said Vice President mike pence will head the task force responsible for monitoring the outbreak and coordinating with local officials across the country on their response to the virus. I look forward, mr. President , to serving in this role. Health officials agreed with the president that the aggressive strategy so far had been working. But were cautious about the future. We can expect to see more cases in the United States. Moments later, the president contradicted that. I dont think its inevitable. There were other discrepancies on how soon a vaccine may be available. The vaccine is coming along well. In speaking to the doctors, we think this is something we can develop fairly rapidly. Although this is the fastest weve ever gone from a sequence of a virus to a trial, it still would not be any applicable to the epidemic unless we wait a year to a year and a half. Health Officials Say prevention is crucial. We dont have a vaccine and we dont have ant virals to treat this. Prevention is the cure. The administration is criticized for cutting funding for coordinating government responses to Public Health crises. What hes doing is late, too late, anemic. Hopefully, we can make up for the loss of time. The president fired back at Speaker Pelosi calling her incompetent. But saying they have to be on the same team. The president says the travel restrictions that he imposed early on in this outbreak worked and he is open to adding additional travel restrictions, but now he said is not the right time. Gayle . Paula, thanks very much. Cbs news Frances Townsend is here. Handling a flu pandemic. Fran gd moing to you. Maybcan so of some of this out for us. The cdc says its inevitable. The president says its not. What do you make of the mixed messages. Everybody agrees its a Public Health emergency. It certainly is. I think the president is trying to tell the american public, people are understandably frightened and concerned. The cdc is also trying to prepare people. I think the answer is somewhere in the middle, right . We are likely to see more cases reported. There are 50 in the United States. Doctor at uc davis, he expects more in the United States that havent been reported yet that will be reported. Look, we dont know where the woman in california was infected. Its likely what people havent talked about is people can be totally asymptomatic. You can be infected with the coronavirus and have no symptoms and that means you can infect others not even know you have it. That may be part of the answer to this woman this woman or man in california. How does the coronavirus compare to the flu pandemic that you prepared for during the Bush Administration . To give you a sense, anthony, the flu has a morbidity rate, a death rate an ofrj of. 1 . A really bad flu is a. 5 death rate. This we believe is a 2 death rate. So its much worse. We dont know if thats right because we dont know if there are more cases than we realize. It remains to be seen. But thats part of what makes this so dangerous. So thats why public Health Officials declared the emergency because they want to get theyre trying to get ahead of this in preparation. From what youve seen so far, is the Trump Administration doing enough to control an outbreak . I think we have to understand, the federal government really supports and got to get the preparations right for the local response, right . Part of the reason you appoint pence, a governor, to oversee the response is because in the end, governors and mayors are the people on the frontlines of this who will have to do it. You see in the budget request for example, theyre looking for masks and ventilators. Theyre looking to get the sort of equipment the Public Health workers are going to be on the frontlines are going to need. Those are the people who are going to have to man the response. People sitting here watching you today, whats your best advice . Should we fly, not fly, wear a mask, not wear a mask . Where do we get the answers . First and foremost, listen to the doctor who has been around for 40 years. I would go to the cdc website. If you see its a travelfree warning country, dont go. Thats china and south korea. If its a travel to warning country, defer any nonessential travel. Hook at the cdc website. Im curious about traveling in the United States. You want to look at there are no travel restrictions in the United States. You want to look at where the nodes of outbreaks are. Do you need to travel to those places . Where are those infections right now . It never hurts. Washing your hands in warm water and soap 20 seconds. Get your flu shot. If you get the flu shot and then get symptoms, at least you help the doctors rule out what its not. Fran townsend, thanks so much. Good to see you. The investigation into the deadly mass shooting at one of the nations largest breweries is now focused on a home on milwaukees north side. A heavlice pe reported there overnight. Police say a 51yearold employee killed five coworkers before taking his own life. S. W. A. T. Teams quickly responded to the sprawling molson coors complex yesterday after receiving emergency calls. Dean reynolds has more from milwaukee. Confirmed active shooter. Shooter till at large. Reporter at 2 08 yesterday. Police and fire rescue rushed to the molson coors plant following reports of an active shooter. Wearing bulletproof vests and heavily armed, they, fbi and atf agents stormed the campus searching for the gunman. We do not have the shooter down. There is an additional victim at this point. Reporter nearby schools and businesses were placed on lockdown as dozens of officers cleared each building on a campus where around 1,000 people work. Were all pretty scared much i mean, we were watching the live streams on tv trying to see what was going on outside because we couldnt see anything. Reporter about five hours after the shooting began, investigators confirmed the gunman killed five people before turning the gun on himself. This is an unspeakable tragedy for our city. This is a community tragedy. As we grieve for these families, we must remember the sacrifices that they made. Reporter as police cleared the scene, employees on the campus were allowed to leave one by one to reunite with their families. If i wouldnt have gone to talk to this guy was relieving me, i would be one of them guys. I know that for a fact. Because i would have walked right in what was going on. Randy chenoweth worked at the plant for 42 years. He says he was in an office just 15 to 20 feet away from the gunshots during the shift change. I know some of the victims. I really feel for the families. I pray for you. Thats all i can really do. Dean reynolds reporting from milwaukee for us. Thank you very much. We have an update on a bizarre story. A mother arrested in hawaii on charges linked to the disappearance of her two children. Shes awaiting extradition back to idaho. Lori vallow appeared in a court yesterday where a judge denied a request to reduce her bail. Errol barnett is following the story for us. Good morning. What happened during the hearing . This story gives you chills. This was her second time in court in less than a week. Her attorneys asked a hawaii judge to lower her 5 million bail. That request quickly denied. Prosecutors arguing shes now a flight risk and the bail amount is appropriate. She waived her right to an extradition hearing so she will be transported back to idaho to answer for the serious charges against her. The 47yearold was arrested last week on an idaho warrant facing multiple charges, including felony child abandonment. For those of you maybe not following closely, 7yearold joshua j. J. And kylie had been missing since september. The kids may be in danger or worse. Cbs news confirmed that investigators are considering searching Yellowstone National park for tiely once the snow melts there. Phone records show the teenager was there with her mother and brother on september 8th. Police say vallow and her new husband have repeatedly lied about the childrens whereabouts. Her husband chad has not been charged in connection with the childrens disappearance. A judge set a status hearing to next week in idaho. Gayle . Errol, thank you very much. The president candidates are kicking it up a notch when it comes to campaigning ahead of saturdays South Carolina primary. Next weeks super tuesday contest in 14 different states. Senator Bernie Sanders, the democratic frontrunner is trailing former Vice President joe biden in South Carolina. Ed okeefe is covering the race there. Ed, good to see you. What can we expect in the next few days . The clock is ticking. Reporter it sure is, gayle. Good morning. Candidates are desperate to cover as much ground as possible in South Carolina and in the 14 states voting next week when nearly 1400 delegates are up for grabs. Got to bring people together. We share a common humanity. Frontrunner, Bernie Sanders, campaigned in the super tuesday state of north carolina. In the coming days, candidates are fanning out across the country with events from boston to raleigh, nashville, little rock, selma and san diego. The hope is to pick up as many of the more than 1300 delegates up for grabs that day as they can. Thats more than a third of whats needed to win the democratic nomination. The supersized primary day is set to stretch the campaign thin. Only sanders, former new york mayor Michael Bloomberg have the resources to compete in all 14 states. Bloomberg is spending at least 153 million running tv ads back books like this one. Health experts warn the west is underprepared. But sanders continues to benefit from unrivalled enthusiasm. People like leslie klein from orlando have come to South Carolina to volunteer. I feel like this is probably our last chance for a victory to get an honest man in the white house that can make a revolution. Reporter ahead of saturdays South Carolina primary, sanders is trailing joe biden who picked up a key endorsement from an emotional congressman jim clyburn, a palmetto state power broker. Important for joe biden and South Carolina, voting for joe biden. Reporter attorneys for former president obama are calling on South Carolina tv stations to pull down a super pac ad supportive of President Trump that mischaracterizes comments from one of his books and makes it sound as if hes critical of former Vice President bidens support of the black community. The former president isnt expected to endorse anyone yet, but his spokeswoman says in a statement that in the interest of truth in advertising, the ad should come down. Tony . Ed, thank you very much. Lawyers for Lori Loughlin and her husband say new evidence proves theyre innocent in the College Admissions scandal. Ahead, what the admitted good thursday morning to you. Another repeat performance of yesterday. 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