To defeat President Trump come november. Ellison barber is live in mississippi. Ellison . Hey, jon, former Vice President joe biden just stopped speaking to a room that was filled with supporters here in mississippi. He warned those in the room that this is a battle, this election is a battle for the soul of america. He said that this country can survive four years of president donald trump, but warned eight years is a different story. Listen here. We must beat donald trump in the Republican Party but we cannot become like them. We have to heal our divisions, repair this democracy. Guess what . Our children are watching. Biden started today by adding another name to his list of rivals turned supporters, senator kamala harris. We need a leader who really does care about the people and who can therefore unify the people, and i believe joe can do that. I am supporting joe because i believe that he is a man who has lived his life with great dignity. He is a Public Servant who has always worked for the best of who we are as a nation, and we need that right now. One of harriss most memorable campaign moments was when she called biden out on the debate stage and criticized his record on school bussing. Harris is going to campaign for biden in michigan tomorrow night. Senator Amy Klobuchar has been there this weekend campaigning on bidens behalf. Six states vote on tuesday, idaho, michigan, mississippi, missouri, north dakota and washington. Michigan has the most delegates to give. Senator Bernie Sanders narrowly won michigan back in the 2016 primary, but based on what we saw super tuesday, joe biden is in a position to do well there. Biden has done well in the south. Sanders has done well in the west. Michigan is a battleground, and the two frontrunners are fighting hard to win it. Sanders told Fox News Sunday he thinks the momentum is moving in his direction and he could beat biden in michigan. Hes also trying to draw stark contrasts between himself and the former Vice President. Now that it is a twoway race, it is important for the voters of this country to ask themselves two questions. Number one, which candidate is stronger in terms of being able to defeat trump . And number two, what are the differences in the record . I think sometimes joe is taking a little bit of credit as Vice President for initiatives that were led by president obama and by many members of the congress. Reverend Jesse Jackson endorsed Bernie Sanders at one of his rallies in grand rapids, michigan, earlier today. Former Vice President joe biden is set to head to michigan for events in that state tomorrow. Hes then expected to go to ohio on tuesday. Jon . Jon ellison barber, thank you. The coronavirus epidemic disrupting daily life around the world forcing the cancellation of some big events and public gatherings. Global infections now top 100,000, with more than 3500 deaths. Here in the u. S. , there are more than 400 confirmed cases. The death toll now reaching at least 21. We have Fox Team Coverage on the latest u. S. International response. But we begin with Christina Coleman who is reporting from our west coast newsroom. Hi, jon. As of today, here in the u. S. , theres been more than 400 cases throughout 26 states and the district of columbia, and theres been 21 coronavirus fatalities. California, new york and washington remain the hardesthit states. Washington leads the nation with 123 cases of coronavirus and 18 fatalities. California is second with 114 cases and one death. And new york had a recent jump in covid 19 with 105 cases at this point, and that includes an uber driver from queens who likely had contact with multiple people. As Health Officials try to fight this outbreak, globally, a controversial study out of china suggests two similar strains of covid 19 have emerged. Western scientists are cautious and advise that random mutations are common. Meantime, work is well underway to develop a vaccine. I think people need to appreciate the difference between a vaccine that you have proven works. Thats going to take a year to a year and a half. When you can get it scaled up, and thats the reason why weve met with the pharmaceutical companies because once you show it works you have to scale it up hundreds of millions of doses. We are talking at least a year to year and a half, at least at best. Over 1 million coronavirus test kits have been shipped to nonpublic health labs. As of friday night the first batch is going to states with many cases like covid 19 Like Washington in california. Dr. Ben carson said on sunday morning futures that the government is closely monitoring the clusters of this virus as the outbreak continues to spread in the u. S. But it certainly has the potential to be severe, and thats one of the reasons that, you know, the task force meets every day. Were in communication with a lot of experts around the country. In terms of the best ways to contain this. Obviously if we dont use best practices to contain this spread, then we will have a horrendous situation. But were very cognizant of that. We meet on a daily basis. We evaluate the information, and we make recommendations based on the evidence. And right now here in california about 10,250 people are being monitored for the virus in 49 Health Jurisdictions and that doesnt include people who have been screened from commercial flights or evacuated from cruise ships. Jon . Jon Christina Coleman, thank you. Moments ago Vice President mike pence leading a Coronavirus Task force meeting at the white house. It comes after we learned an attendee at the cpac conference in maryland last week, where the president and Vice President both spoke, has tested positive for the disease. Kevin cork is live at the president s maralago estate in West Palm Beach florida. He has the latest. The complications for white house officials is trying to balance this circumstance where you look for calm in the public. You want to make sure that people dont overreact. At the same time, you want to feverishly work to keep pace with a quickly spreading virus. Events like cpac will certainly continue. While there is a risk for some who attend events like cpac, the fact, is even though there was an attendee at this years gathering doesnt mean that the president or Vice President both of whom attended was exposed. I can verify that he had no contact with either the president or the Vice President , and i can tell you when the president was on site at cpac, he lives by what he tells us because i saw him scrub down his hands and clean his hands, more than once while he was on the premises. I did the same, by the way. We have these Hand Sanitizer stations everywhere. The chair of cpac there, after the president s popular America Great rallies often attended by more than 10,000 people, political rivals of the president have suggested he stop holding them because of the possibility of spreading the virus, but Administration Officials dont think thats necessary. Again, going to a rally, if youre a healthy individual, and youre taking the precautions that have been placed out there, theres no reason that you shouldnt go. However, if you belong to one of those categories of high risk, obviously you need to think twice about that. Dr. Ben carson there. The president meanwhile continues a vigorous schedule, a working dinner with the president of brazil last night. That following stops in georgia and tennessee on friday. As how concerned he was about the virus reaching the nations capit capital, which it has, the president said no im not concerned at all. Tomorrow morning, house lawmakers, jon, will set up a special to prepare infrastructure for teleworks scenarios as capitol hill becomes the latest front in the fight to contain the spread of the virus. I should also point out that weve just heard from campaign officials, no changes as far as the Trump Campaign is concerned with respect to rallies and getting out there in the public. They just had a fundraiser and at least for right now were told business as usual moving forward. Jon . Jon kevin cork from West Palm Beach, thank you. Some relief for Cruise Ship Passengers stuck for days now on the grand princess, sitting off the Northern California coast. Oakland has agreed to allow the coronavirus hit vessel to dock there. Dan springer in our Seattle Bureau now with details on what lies ahead for more than 3500 people on board. The cruise ship will be allowed to dock in oakland tomorrow which will be a big relief for the 3500 people on board. Its been kept off the coast while authorities came up with a game plan. 21 people tested positive for the coronavirus on friday, 19 of them are crewmembers. Now the plan is to get the infected people to local hospitals on monday. All the california residents will be taken to either Travis Air Force base or a naval station for a 14 day quarantine period. All other passengers will be taken to military bases in texas or georgia for quarantine, and the crew will go back out to sea and be isolated there for two two weeks. There were tense moments on a cruise ship docked in long beach, california. A passenger on the ship got sick and was tested for the virus. That test came back negative last night, allowing passengers to disembark this morning. And today, the state department issued its new travel advisory saying u. S. Citizens especially those with underlying conditions should not travel by cruise ship. The covid 19 death toll has gone up again in washington state. Test results on two elderly people, who died earlier in the week, came back positive. So now there have been 18 deaths in the state. 16 of them connected to this nursing home in kirkland, washington, just north of seattle. Dozens of other residents and staff are either hospitalized or also dealing with symptoms. More than 20 paramedics who were spotted to the Life Care Center are moving to a motel in kent washington, the newest Quarantine Center in the state. King county bought the property and anchored city leaders and many residents in kent. We were blindsided by this decision that they would pick this site in our city. Governor jay inslee says hes considering a number of measures aimed at keeping people from large gatherings with a goal to slow the spread of the virus. Jon . Jon dan springer from seattle, thank you. Meantime, the u. S. Army has suspended travel to and from italy and south korea for soldiers and their families because of the outbreak, as authorities confirm a marine assigned to virginia has tested positive for the virus. That brings the number of u. S. Servicemembers infected to three. Mark meredith is in washington with more. Good evening. The pentagon says it is working hard to ensure troops worldwide are kept safe as the coronavirus spreads. As you mentioned, the three servicemembers are reportedly infected with the virus and that includes a marine, currently being treated in the u. S. The marine is being monitored at a fort 20 miles southwest of washington, d. C. Officials say the marine became sick in mid february but was hospitalized only a few days ago. This is an instance we believe of travel associated covid infection, not locally transmitted. He did come home and did not report symptoms until he was home a couple days. Officials have not said which country the marine was working in when he became infected. His family is being quarantined as a precaution. They are working with the pentagon to try to figure out who else the marine may have been come in contact with. Mark esper says his department is working hard to prepare for disruptions the virus may cause. That includes ensuring the pentagon can carry out its operations in any scenario. Fully confident that we can continue to perform the functions that the pentagon needs to perform if we have some type of outbreak in the building. Again, we dont have that yet, knock wood. The military is not taking any chances with some troops stationed overseas this weekend. The army amounnounced it will n allow its servicemembers or family members to leave or travel to south korea. The departments response to lawmakers last week. We have implemented our pandemic expansion plans or response plans in every installation, Emergency Preparedness and were even p going as far as worse Case Scenarios on expansion plans. We are taking a holistic approach of prevent, detect and treat as an army. Military researchers are also helping other Government Agencies in the development of a potential vaccine for the virus. Jon . Jon Mark Meredith in washington, thank you. France is now banning public gatherings of more than a thousand people as the coronavirus rapidly spreads across europe and taking a cue from china, the Italian Government announced a sweeping quarantine for its northern regions, putting millions of citizens under lockdown, as that country faces a growing death toll. Amy kellogg in florence, italy with more. Jon, the number of Coronavirus Infections in italy now surpasses the total number recorded in south korea, making this the second country after china, which is now managing to stave the spread of the virus. Thats perhaps why italy has chosen to take a similarly drastic measure by putting much of the north of the country under lockdown. At this point, actively there are over 6,300 infections, 344 deaths. The death rate at about 5 . Authorities are very firm in pointing out that 80 of the fatalities are people who have at least or have had at least two serious other health conditions. Now, just about the time word started to get out about this quarantine, there was a frenzy movement, a rush to train stations. People are not to leave or enter milan and 14 other provinces until at least the 3rd of april. In that period of time, they are encouraged to stay at home as much as they can. Here in one place that has been quarantined since the very beginning of the outbreak, in italy, that was already a socalled red zone, people in that area did their best today to mark what is International Womens day, but many expressed their despair. They had thought that their quarantine was just about to be ending this weekend. Instead its been extended. The museums have been closing everywhere in the country, shutting down exhibits, such as, the blockbuster rafaels in rome. Here was the Prime Minister on the decision to take todays drastic measures. Translator protecting our health, the health of our beloved ones, the health of our parents, but mainly the health of our grandparents. And pope francis is now streaming mass live from a library inside the vatican instead of going to the window of the palace where he usually appears and draws crowds. All large gatherings are being banned or at least discouraged until further notice. Jon, here in florence, not in the quarantine zone, life in theory goes on as usual, but it is very quiet. Nothing like it would normally be in the period leading up to easter. People are very concerned about the effects not only on the health of the country, but on the economy, as tourism is way down, as you can imagine. Jon . Jon yeah, i can imagine. Amy kellogg, thank you. With more than 95,000 confirmed cases, countries in asia make up the bulk of the worlds Coronavirus Infections. And in the middle east, iran reporting 49 new deaths overnight, while the city of bethlehem is on lockdown with its first cases. We are in tel aviv israel with more on that. Jon, good evening. As the global number of coronavirus cases continues to rise, countries outside the u. S. Are taking some extreme measures to keep their civilians safe. The west bank town of bethlehem is now completely locked down, after 19 cases were confirmed there. The closures affecting a group of 13 american tourists who are being told to selfquarantine in a nearby hotel. That hotel is reportedly being guarded by security forces. There is extensive coordination between the israelis and palestinians on this issue, as new checkpoints are being implemented and mosques are being closed. Much further east in the country of iran, the death toll from coronavirus is nearing 200. Yesterday alone 49 deaths were reported there as authorities confirm more than 6,000 positive cases. And in china, millions remain under quarantine. Yesterday a Chinese Hotel was housing people under observation collapsed. The incident killed at least ten people as rescuers continue to search through the rubble for survivors. Here in israel, 25 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed with more than 100,000 residents in selfquarantine imposed by the israeli government. Jon . Jon thanks, trey. So we will be right back with more on the virus and politics. Frequent heartburn waking her up. Now, that dream. Is her reality. Nexium 24hr stops acid before it starts, for allday, allnight protection. Can you imagine 24 hours without heartburn . 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