Prayer there. Yeah, heres the thing. All the accusations about politics coverage, et cetera, governments around the world are clearly taking this seriously. Saudi arabia is now barring people from taking pilgrimages to mecca and medinah. Millions of people a year do that. These are islams holiest sites. Its an historic and unprecedented move. In italy, pro soccer teams playing in front of empty stadiums as fears grow over the virus. 650 people now infected in that country. 17 people have died there. They just dont want all those people in close proximity to each other. Here in the u. S. , California Health officials are worried the coronavirus is spreading after the first case of unknown origin in the u. S. Was confirmed there in california. California has 33 confirmed cases of the virus. Governor gavin newsom says more than 8,000 people who flew into california on regular domestic flights are also being monitored for any signs of infection. Lets begin this hour with stephanie elam. She joins us live from sacramento. And that is thousands of people interacting every day with the general public. How great is the concern now in terms of the potential spread of this virus there . Right, well, when you talk to officials will tell you this is something they saw coming because they know how diseases work in general. But when you take a look at the one woman here in solano county, one county over from where i am in sacramento, they are saying theyve enacted a proclamation of local emergency so they can identify anybody, screen anybody, and then keep monitoring those people. This is the same county where the planes have been coming back from china, repatriating americans from parts that were contaminated that we know had an outbreak there. So there was some concern that perhaps this woman got it through any contact with Travis Air Force base. Officials, however, are saying thats not the case. They still do not know how this woman was able to contract coronavirus. They are working very hard to figure that out. So stephanie, were hearing a number that caught our attention today. This california monitoring now hundreds of people potentially who may have come into contact with this person just to see if its gone beyond. Is there evidence its gone beyond that small group today . Well, what we do know is that she was in her community for a few days before going to the hospital in her community in vacaville for three days and traveled by ambulance to uc davis medical center. They are saying there are dozens of people who are hospital workers who came in contact with that woman but less than 100. Some of them are quarantined. Some are isolated. Some are staying at home and selfmonitoring their symptoms. Her family is also quarantined as well because she was, obviously, in close proximity with them as well. So they are concerned about looking at these people and anyone in the community that she could have come in contact before she actually went to the hospital to get help. When she started to see that her condition was getting worse, when doctors started to see that, thats when they transferred here to the uc medical center, and thats when they found out they needed to do this test. Thats when they found out she had coronavirus. Still a lot of questions there. And not getting all the clarity, but at least notifying people who did come in contact with her. Right. Stephanie elam, thank you for being there for that reporting. A whistleblower at the department of health and Human Services says more than a dozen people who were exposed to the First Americans evacuated from wuhan, china, were exposed without the protective gear or the proper training, jim. Were joined by dr. Whalid, director of infection control. Our focus here is getting the most accurate and immediate information out to our viewers here who are concerned about this. So, first, lets start with the simplest question. Where can people get the best information about the spread of this virus in their community and what they should do about it. Thank you for having me and thank you for asking this question. The best source, really, is at this time cdc, w. H. O. , the state and local Health Departments in different states actually have websites available that one can look at and find information thats more reasonable and informative for general public. With the w. H. O. , the world health organization, warning just this morning, doctor, that this has a real potential to be a pandemic, on the precipice of it, what should every parent, every person at home right now be buying, doing and not doing . So i think keeping ourselves healthy, as healthy as possible, protected as much as possible and keeping our health care up to date as much as possible is three most important things. Making sure we are vaccinated. Making sure we keep washing our hands. And making sure we if we have diabetes and others, we are optimized. What about masks . I went to three pharmacies yesterday to try to buy masks for my family, and i couldnt find them. Do i need them . Thats again, very good question. So for general public there is no benefit to using masks. There is a lot of behind using masks in health care and thats because of our close proximity to the very ill. But for general public, Wearing Masks is not going to be beneficial. Secondarily when were taking the mask off, were contaminating our hands. Washing our hands is important. Like so many issues now, people are attempting to politicize it and say that information is coming from corners of the society, et cetera. I want you to focus on what we know. The president is saying its going to disappear. Do we know that . So, we dont know if its going to disappear or if it is not going to disappear. We have seen seasonalities in illnesses, including coronavirus, so there is a hope if you will, that it might. But we are going to be prepared if it doesnt. Dr. Waleed javad, thanks for coming in. Were going to focus on bringing you the best information we have as soon as we have it. Lets look now at the Global Economic effects of this because those are becoming very real. Im sure you at home have been watching your 401 k , this morning. U. S. Stocks on track for the worst week since the 2008 financial crise chis which is ry a remarkable comparison. Minutes from now the markets set to open and markets set to fall again. This follows the worst single day point drop in history. Point drop, not percentage drop. Lets get to christine romans. What are you looking at here for the end of the week. Struggling still. This has been a really ugly week for investors. And you still see unease around the globe. Asian markets closed the week sharply lower. European markets opened up sharply lower. You have stock intendex futures still down. So its still this same feeling in the markets. And i have to say, the magnitude of the move lower, the velocity of this move lower has really caught a lot of people by surprise. In just six days, you have a correction in the s p 500. Thats the fastest correction in Something Like 70 years. So usually it doesnt happen so quickly. Youve got basically seven months of gains for the dow wiped out in just a few days here. Some 3,200 points. So you are seeing remember when the coronavirus began as a story, you still had stocks hitting record highs. So investors are just now coming to grips that companies are saying, this is real. This matters. Its going to affect their business. Its going to affect their earnings. And thats what were seeing here. Thats the thing i want to focus on. This is not a feeling certainly feeling, sentiment factors into the markets, but markets are looking at hard data, are they not . Slowdown in the economy in china. The second largest in the world. And then slowdown in earnings for u. S. Companies as a result. And even as it looks like maybe the infection rate in china may have peaked it is now spreading around the rest of the world. Mfrkts microsoft, united airlines, the owner of british airways. The companies who have withdrawn their guidance saying, i cant even tell investors what kind of money were going to have to make this year, what clarity well have because we dont know whats going to happen. Or theyre already outright warning on hits to their sales and supply chains. This is a very globalized supply system around the world. China out of the game, even partially for a few weeks, has ripple effects that could last until christmas. Yeah, youve noticed this, poppy noticed this. 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The best people in the world to deal with this crisis work for the United States government. And the fact that its now being coordinated by the Vice President out of the white house, i happen to think is a good thing. Even though the president stepped all over the message the other day. I dont know what it is about politicians. They have to get in front of the camera and he said something the opposite of what scientists have said. It will spread. Theres no question about that. And we have the capacity to put people into the hospitals, to put them in isolation, if necessary. Many people will be isolated in their own homes. But theres no question that its going to spread. Okay. Were trying to get our tests in place. Were making sure that in the budget that were working on with the republicans were going to have the resources that these scientists need. So youre saying that despite the somewhat muddied message from the white house, in terms of actual action and resources, you say the administration is doing whats necessary . Well, with the congress. The congress is going to provide the administration with resources. Remember, the administration cut the budgets of cdc and hhs. Were not going to just restore those budgets, but were going to give them the kind of supplemental budgets they need to handle this crisis. But thats the problem. We the problem is that every time we have a crisis, we have to give them supplemental resources as opposed to building this infrastructure so its sustained over a long period of time. Okay. Lets get to that because i want to show on the screen some of the proposed cuts by this administration to the cdc. Around the world reduction in the budget. Cut to hospital preparedness program. Cut to staff as well. Now youre saying, and again, these are proposed cuts. Youre saying theres bipartisan agreement in congress to stand in the way of those cuts in effect and get the money where it needs to be . Theres bipartisan agreement were not going to accept those cuts, and were going to put supplemental money in to handle the crisis. Look, weve got to get over these criticisms and pull together because this crisis requires both democrats and republicans to stand together and to fund our governments. And i mean state and local governments appropriately. You heard the president , and you referenced them to some degree, just quickly here, that the president will in his words, disappear, putting a, you might say rosy, a rosy spin on the situation now. Is that a helpful message in the midst of the response . The problem is, its not accurate. We have to have a balanced message, and its got to be carefully accord nated. The administration is just starting to do that. Im a big fan of the deputy that they just appointed, debora deborah birx. Shes been running the pepfar program for three previous administrations. Shes first rate. Theyll pull things together. I think we have to be supportive of any administration that has to deal with anything this large. And we can criticize their budgets, but, frankly, we just have to fix it. Yeah, and pepfar, enormous effect, u. S. Investment abroad that saved folks credit it for saving millions of lives. I want to get on the 2020 race. Something you know well given your district in florida here. You are familiar with Bernie Sanders comments praising fidel castro. You called on sanders to, quote, talk to your constituents before praising a murderous tyrant. Do comments like that from sanders threaten democrats ability to win florida in 2020 . Absolutely. Its not only his comments on the castro regime, but also on maduro in venezuela. He seems totally insensitive. Its not just about politics. Its about the accuracy of statements, about murderous dictators and while he tried to offset it a little bit, it puts it not only puts us at risk, but it puts the whole country at risk when we have a president ial candidate that has good things to say about me murderous dictators. Ive been to cuba a few times. Spoken to those who challenged the government. Doesnt end well for them. Donna shalala, great to have you on the program. Great voice to hear from. Its interesting. You and i have spoken to democratic lawmakers over the last several days. A consistent message there saying, weve got to Work Together as a country, as parties, and a deliberate effort, it seems, not to take shots at the president. Its notable. Which is different than a number of the democrats running for president taking shots at him and the administrations efforts on this and well get into it more later. But the importance between proposed budget cuts to nih and cdc versus an actuality of what happened or didnt happen is also important in all of this. Lets dig deeper on the 2020 race for the white house. Democrats making their final push before their next critical test in South Carolina primary. Lets bring in joseph. You were there at Bernie Sanders rally in spartanburg. Tell me about the vibe there because he just he had a disastrous performance in the primary there when he was running against hillary clinton. And it just seems so different this time. Yeah, his crowd last night was more than 1900 people. It was packed. They were loud. They were cheering for him all night long when he was speaking for about 45 minutes. It was the upstate part of South Carolina. Its a place that is a little more white, so its a part of the state that may be more supportive of him. And also near North Carolina which votes on super tuesday. Sure. South carolina is important. Well get a lot of the information out of how voters go tomorrow, particularly on joe bidens candidacy, but very soon after, youll have super tuesday. And joe biden, despite his strength in South Carolina, has something of an interesting strategy because he is not invested much in those super tuesday states. Kind of relying on a Strong Performance in South Carolina to lift, you know, lift the tide, the biden tide on the super tuesday states. Is that a workable strategy . Well, i dont know if id call it a strategy as much as a necessity. The reality is he doesnt have the money to invest in those big super tuesday states like california and texas where it takes a heck of a lot of resources to be able to buy air time on television, radio. So hes got to have a big bounce out of South Carolina in order to propel him into the super tuesday states. But those are only a few days away. Those are on tuesday. And South Carolina is on saturday. So the question is whether even if biden does really well, will it be enough to sort of break through and give him momentum in just a few days time. And joseph, keith made the point earlier and just to build on what he said about why its so important for joe bidens camp that he doesnt only win but that he wins big time, right . And we heard clyburn congressman clyburn say that to wolf blitzer as well. He wants to see not just a 10 or 11point win but a 15 or 16point win to propel him, right . Is it not just a win joe biden needs . I think he may they may be looking for a result similar to what Bernie Sanders got in nevada because with some of those super tuesday states, there are many Southern States in those that w