Youre watching beyond 100 days. The day after the New Hampshire primary the democrats have two front runners Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg. But wait. If only it were that simple. Amy klobuchar had a good night too and Mike Bloomberg the third man is still waiting in the wings. The candidates now head south to more diverse states where the field could well scramble again before democrats finally choose a candidate to take on trump. The white house meanwhile is scrambling american justice the department ofjustice makes a very rare intervention to reduce the sentencing of a trump ally. Also on the programme. The first case of coronavirus has been confirmed here in london. The authorities in london say they have confirmed their first case of the coronavirus, the carrier was a Chinese National who tested positive. New laws to deal with harmful content online the British Government is setting out radical new plans to put the onus on social media firms. Say cheese. One of the winning entrys in this year wildlife photographer of the year competition, was this photo of two mice battling it out for the crumbs. Well get the latest on the primaries in a second well first breaking news in london. The first case of coronavirus has been confirmed today. According to a government source. The victim is believed to be a Chinese National who was diagnosed this afternoon. The authorities are seeking to track down anyone the woman might have been in contact with while in the uk. Our Health Editor hugh pym is here. What more can you add to that . Well,
various sources have confirmed various sources have confirmed various bits of this but there is a lot of confidentiality around patient detail but we understand that she flew in from china and arrived at Londons Heathrow airport come at that stage whether showing any symptoms, would have been given information on arrival for people off of the flights, if they did to develop symptoms, the call for an helpline at nhs 111, she went on her way we think she arrived last week ora way we think she arrived last week or a matter of days ago. Then develop symptoms, called the helpline, didnt go into a credit hospital, that all of the right things, what the Public Health authorities have been advising people come and she didnt and we understand she will be treated at st. Thomas this hospital in westminster. One of the hospitals in the uk with the specialist in Infectious Diseases treatment capability. We have this case, we had a Health Centre closed out in
brighton, a prison locked down in oxfordshire, schools in sussex told to stay at home today, what do you think we are in terms of the spread of coronavirus in the uk . Weve had a lot of tests in the uk as you have had in many other countries including europe. Where you get people who have come back from certain countries in asia, they show symptoms and tested negative, some more than m00 test in the uk which have proved to be negative. The only cases so have proved to be negative. The only cases so far in the uk, to Chinese Nationals at a hospital in newcastle a few weeks ago, one man who came back from singapore to europe and it affected 11 others, and then at this case today. And actually, one source put it to me this was fairly straightforward, Contact Tracing is the key thing for sub Public Health officials are very good at doing that. They should be easy to do and some others. We had a Health Official in this week who said the uk is really good at this disease
control. People come here to learn how the uk does it. But you have a case like this, i dont want to spread panic, but you sort of understand how futile it might be if you have two or three of these and that will stretch the resources of the authorities were trying to do that contact control. While Public Health england, who have been handling things on behalf of the whole uk medical set up, they have been saying just walking into a building or somebody elses at some distance who has the virus doesnt mean you will get infected. You need to be two metres away or less for a period. What they have done is trace contact immediately, they know the patient is positive, highly trained to do that, they are very good at doing that. Suddenly in the case of the man who came over from singapore, they knew very quickly who he has spent time with and bent at alpine ski resort come he turned out that some of those who positive but they got to the very quickly and think that will be the case again
here. What this woman who has arrived in london. She probably didnt see very many people. It is not just travelling didnt see very many people. It is notjust travelling on a train. They are very insistent that when i put you at risk. It is the sustained contact they think they can quickly get to the contact, obviously changes at the whole thing turns into some sort of Global Pandemic with thousands of people getting infected and coming into the uk and other countries. Really useful update. Thank you. Really interesting there. The who just saying we dont know and they dont know whether we are at the beginning of the middle of the end of this into soon really although there has been some better news in there has been some better news in the last few days but too soon the who is saying now to say whether this has in fact stabilise or not. Lets get the latest on american politics. New hampshire has done itsjob. There are fewer democrats running to be president today after three dropped out of the race, following a poor showing in yesterdays primary. But beyond that we really still cant tell you who
the candidate is going to be. Its a tussle between the more liberal and more moderate wings of the party. Heres what we do know. Bernie sanders won the primary. Pete buttigieg came a close second with Amy Klobuchar in third place. It was a bad night for Elizabeth Warren and a terrible night forjoe biden. But now the race really changes. It moves from mainly white states to more diverse states and that could mean quite different results. But Bernie Sanders, the goal remains the same. Let me say tonight that this victory here is the beginning of the in donald trump cheering. The next bolt will be on saturday but as we saw the joe the next bolt will be on saturday but as we saw thejoe biden already moving guide to South Carolina. A crucial state if he will get traction. The former Vice President as you can see top of the polls among black voters. It is expected they will cast up to two thirds of
all ballots in South Carolina. Could be good news because mr biden has seen his National Poll numbers drop dramatically since entering iowa as the favourite. His votes h is votes have his votes have the client amongst American Voters who won a winner. Chris buckler has this report for us. Chris buckler has this report for us. That has declined. We dont have that report, im sorry. Were joined now by mayan schechter a reporter at South Carolinas the state newspaper. Quite a turnout. Joe biden did ima stay for the party. He had the ground running in South Carolina which tells you where his focus is. Did not stay. Which tells you where his focus is. Did not stay. Right. He came back to South Carolina just a few hours before even the primary results in New Hampshire trickling in for a large party here in the capital city of columbia. Former Vice President
joe biden within even expected to be in South Carolina last night was not one of his top surrogates congressman Cedric Richmond was expected to host that. But then i did and his wife, doctorjill biden, flew in. Biden is clearly hoping to spark some momentum in South Carolina. This is obviously a state that hes incredibly familiar with. He had a lot of support here. It remains to be seen what he will be doing on the ground heading into the primaries, but his campaign told reporters on a media call today that they are going to be aggressive in going to be rolling out more surrogates and bringing back the bus tour. If we see africanamerican support forjoe biden eroding, do we know where they are now placing their support . Who is benny benefiting from that the client coachella it is still very difficult to tell exactly where biden parchment black supporters. We
really havent seen that many polls here. Injust a really havent seen that many polls here. In just a few short weeks heading into the primaries. Certainly, senator Bernie Sanders has enjoyed support from the African American community, particularly Younger Voters who attend neighbourhood hbcus, and tom stier, he has been able to take advantage of the ground game here in South Carolina over the past few months while some of the other candidates including joe biden have been duking it out and iowa and New Hampshire. We have seen a fox news poll harm stier poll numbers rise and a lot of that contributed to his widespread name id in the state, he has been able to spend millions of dollars on television, digital, print, ads, so certainly those are the two camps we have seen some of the two camps we have seen some of the support leak into. Do you think that South Carolina is the last stand forjoe biden if he doesnt come out top there is an over for
his campaign . It really depends who you ask. His campaign and his surrogates on the ground here certainly feel like even if his poll numbers dont do seriously well, that will still push him over the top when he had the two super tuesday states. But it remains to be seen. Tuesday states. But it remains to be seen. It is very difficult to tell but i dont think anybody is necessarily honest own supporters are not discounting what he can do in the state right now. Really useful update on that. Thank you for that. That is the picture in South Carolina. Lets turn to democratic stategist mary anne marsh whos in manchester, New Hampshire. She stayed around for the party. She can tell us a little bit about what went on last night. We havent really talked about Amy Klobuchar, who had a good performance. Yes. She was the big surprise no question coming out of the New Hampshire primary because not only finishing third, but look at the real estate she had to come up from a week
before and i will when she was way down. So she made the most of her debate performance last night my lot of New Hampshire voters almost 50 of New Hampshire voters almost 50 of them decided at the very end and the debate performance by Amy Klobuchar made all the difference, since that debate performance, she has raised 5 million online. And a third place went. And delegates. Which is all that matters. Not to rumble, but i think we do have christian on tape saying Amy Klobuchar wasnt going to go anywhere after i will. We now have these three candidates in the middle lane, we have Pete Buttigieg, amy and the prospect of might bloom by jumping into that lane as well. How important it is it for the democrats that fairly soon it is one of those moderates who emerges . Mike bloomberg. It would be great, but it will not happen. We are now in a war
of attrition for delegates. So on the delegate count which is all that matters, Pete Buttigieg is the front runner. Two more delegates to Bernie Sanders. But it is a little bit more complicated. We have four candidates right now who are cannibalizing one another when it comes to support. That is before bloomberg gets in. Elizabeth warren cutting into Bernie Sanders on the progressive side. Even though she finished 9 last night. Pete buttigieg cutting into the youth and Younger Voters support our Bernie Sanders, you saw that and all of the college town. That cut his margin. Then Amy Klobuchar cutting into buttigieg of the matter aside and that probably cost buttigieg a first place win last night. Moderate side. Now you throw when michael bloomberg, who is living out there with the likes we have no idea what kind of effect that will be and we wont know until super tuesday, but from already come you have four candidates cutting into one another all trying to be the alternative that emerges from that and i dont think that will happen now and until well after super tuesday. Lets talk a little
bit about Mike Bloomberg. You said it was a war of attrition. I was told yesterday so far because of the money he has, he is been able to make his own message and tell the voters what he wants. It is not. People havent been looking very closely at his record. And his record in office in the yard. Stop and frisk for instance was a big issue for Mike Bloomberg. In the year. What has emerged, the war of attrition we are talking about, a new tape with some of his private thoughts on what went on in new york was a private lesson. Have a listen. When you talk about a place likeSouth Carolina and in some of the Southern States were the minority vote will count, that will be playing again and again no doubt. No question. Here is the mistake Mike Bloomberg made. He clearly that it would be better to skip the four forest contest but as a result he was not vetted. Nobody bats candidates better than New Hampshire. The rest of the country knows that. He will pay a price for that. But when it comes to the African American vote, nobody, including Mike Bloomberg and the remaining top four candidates and joe biden, have a perfect record with the African American constituency. Joe biden has the best one but as katie referenced earlier come his support is already thinking. But african American Voters are very savvy. They want the same thing every democrat wants what that which is to be donald trump. They will support the person they believe, even if they are less than perfect and they all are in that matter, who can be donald trump. I think african American Voters are going to forgive or overlook some of Mike Bloombergs lost just like going to forgive or overlook some of Mike Bloombergs lostjust like Amy Klobuchar has as a prosecutor,Elizabeth Warren has, Bernie Sanders has never enjoyed great African American support, and Pete Buttigieg record as mayor is well known on that front. So i think it is one thing that you know unifies everybody on the democratic side is beating donald trump and that will beating donald trump and that will be the true measure at the end of this race. Thank you forjoining us. Im glad im inside and poor marion is outside. Thank you for that. This is outside. Thank you for that. This isa is outside. Thank you for that. This is a interesting point she raises. African American Voters are not a monolithic block. Of course there area monolithic block. Of course there are a lot of different points of view there and some are more socially conservative and more liberal and economically liberal. But there is and seems to be one unifying theme in this election whether you are African American and white or hispanic or democrats want to be donald trump. They want a candidate who can be donald trump and that has to be a candidate who can win. Joe biden hasnt won anything yet. That is why you see his numbers file amongst
african American Voters. Can ijust tell you my stat at the day come he has run for president three times, joe biden, he has yet to finish than fourth in primary or caucus. South carolina is make a break. Yes. Make or break. In order forjustice to be fair, it is important, in a democracy, that everyone is equal under the law and seen to be equal under the law. But that premise is under some scrutiny in washington today. Four prosecutors resigned last night after Thejustice Department decided to reduce the sentence of 7 9 years they had recommended for roger stone an ally of president trump. Mr stone was convicted last year of witness tamp