Been confirmed worldwide, most in china, with thousands of new cases in italy, iran and south korea. Meanwhile mixed messages from the white house on the risks to the American Population as more states declare states of emergency. New reporting points to a deep rift among some in the administration on what to tell us in the public. Vooipt Vice President joe biden and Bernie Sanders are campaigning in michigan and mississippi. Six states will hold the next round of primary contests. We will check in with both campaigns. And with less than 48 hours to go until the primaries, we will consider what to watch for with 352 delegates up for grabs. Glad to be with you. Lets begin with coronavirus, spread across the country and the cautious advice from health officials. The United States could hit 500 cases before the day is out, including at least 19 deaths. At least ten states have made some sort of emergency declaration. More than 100,000 people are known to have been infected around the world. More than 60,000 have made a full recovery. Doctors here in the u. S. Say the number of cases is bound to increase. Heres what one of the governments top disease experts told chuck todd today on meet the press. Are you more optimistic today than last week . Depends on what you mean. Now that we have tests out and get a better handle, but clearly im concerned about community spread. You have to be concerned about community spread. Overseas italy has taken the extraordinary step of looking down its northern provinces. That essentially puts 16 Million People under selfquarantine. It is so strict that funerals for the victims are banned. Nbcs Shannon Pettypiece joins us. We want to play one more clip. This is of dr. Anthony fouci who we just heard from meet the press. He said something this morning on fox news that contrasts what the president said last night. Lets listen. Could you see a situation, you know, a lot of talk about seattle and whats going on there, where a city or state or region is shut down, and you basically just say, for in the case of italy, its april thererd, nobody in or out . I think what you need to do on realty basis, thats the reason we evaluate it literally every single day, you dont want to alarm people. But given the spread weve seen anything is possible. Are you saying the virus is getting closer to the white house . Im not concerned at all. No, weve done a great job. Sounds like the messages are somewhat mixed shannon, but how concerned is the administration about this if at all . They are absolutely mixed. There is an increasing concern among white house officials about this contrast in messaging. For example the president also was asked last night at that same event whether he would consider postponing or canceling any of his political rallies which can draw upwards of 15,000 people. He said no, he wasnt concerned about that and went on to compliment his administrations handling of this. But then of course another comment that tony fouci made earlier today was telling elderly and medically Vulnerable People was to avoid group gatherings, traveling, cruise ships. And we heard caution to be prepared and for the situation to get worse. It is something that is concerning administration officials. They acknowledge theres nothing they can do to change the president s messaging, so many cases weve seen conflicting accounts coming out of this white house, the president feels he is his own spokesperson, Communications Adviser. The New York Times put out a piece today that speaks to some of that disconnect between what the federal Public Health officials and the president and top esh lonz in the administration is saying. The administrations response has repeatedly matched Public Health experts against a hesitant white house where worry of panic dominates. It says, even as the government scientists and leading Health Experts raced the alarm early, they faced resistance and doubt at the white house, especially from the president , about spooking Financial Markets and inciting panic. Thats part of the reporting to the New York Times. We saw the president tweet earlier today that the failing New York Times will be out of business in a few years and blamed the fake news for being the enemy of the american people. Was there any other spoens besides that . Well, i mean, he tweeted this morning as well, saying that it was the quote, Fake News Media that was trying to make us look bad, and then complimented himself on his administrations response. Our reporting indicates that there is a lot of frustration within the administration about how they have been preparing the public for the worstCase Scenario and steps they have been cautioning people to take. I will note, i talked to one Communications Adviser outside the white house earlier this week who said the administration can be taking an approach where they overplay to some extent the risk, because then when the worst Case Scenario doesnt happen they can take credit for having prejt prevented that from happening. That is not where they are going. He is trying to downplay this and minimize. To that tweet the president sent about an hour ago, he referred to the New York Times as an embarrassment to journalism and said fake news is the enemy of the people. Thank you, shannon, thats shanon pettypiece. Passengers aboard the stranded cruise ship in San Francisco bay. The grand princess is set to dock in locland. Its a large port that does not typically take cruise ships. Point one, guests who require acute medical treatment and hospitalization will be transported to Health Care Facilities in california. Point two, if guests dont require acute medical care following health screenings, those who are california residents will go to a federally operated isolation facility within california for testing and isolation. At least 21 passengers have confirmed cases of coronavirus. Crews will take them to hospitals and Holding Facilities when they come ashore. Lets get to scott cohen who joins us from oakland. I know thats not the way people wanted their cruises to end. The ship came up on the morning talk shows today, particularly the risk they could pose from the community spread, the spread for people who dont have ties to china. Heres a little more of Anthony Fouci on meet the press. Underlying condition and particularly an elderly person, you need to think twice about getting on a plain on a long trip. Not only think twice, just dont get on a cruise ship. That cant be good news for princess cruise line owned by carnival. Have we heard any reaction from princess or carnival . Not to that per se. But was there a meeting yesterday between representatives of the cruise industry and Vice President pence, talking about new sorts of protocol, kinds of screening. Everybody seems to recognize that they cant continue to have the type of logistical situation thats going to unfold over the next few days here in oakland. Consider youve got 3500 people on this ship, 2400 passengers, 1100 crew members. Were learning more about what is going to happen to them over the next several days. People from california will be sent to Travis Air Force base in the north north, miramar in the south. They will be quarantined, undergo testing. People will go to lackland in texas or donins in georgia. And the state department is working with the foreign nationals, about 50 countries represented on this cruise, to get them repatriated to where they are. Remember that the president had initially said he didnt want to let the people off the ship because of what it would do to the numbers. Dr. Fouci and the other Health Professionals have reasoned that that is not the way to go. Theyre looking at the situation aboard the diamond princess in japan where everyone was quarantined and ultimately seven people died. They know they have to get these people into treatment, get them tested approximate tested. All of them will be. The 19 passengers and two crew members will be a priority. Thats nbc scott cohen in oakland. Thanks. Politics, were two days from the next round of primaries that could make the democratic field. Again, remember with when we had dozens of candidates, super tuesday left us with three, joe biden, Bernie Sanders, and tulsi gabbard. The next debate is a week from today. Based on the criteria it is extremely unlikely that gabbard will qualify. Bernie sanders is rallying in michigan with the support of jessy jackson. Hes back in the south with a new endorsement from Kamala Harris. And then in the last hour here on msnbc, we learned of another big backer for the former Vice President. We at brady are very proud to endorse joe biden as the next president of the United States. We know joe very well. Weve had a 30year history with joe biden. That was the president of brady, the Organization Formerly known as the Brady Campaign to prevent gun violence. Bernie sanders also received an endorsement. Just the last few minutes one was announced. Lets get the latest starting with mike memoli in tuba lu mississippi where joe biden will hold an event with vivica fox. How is the campaign with these new endorsements . Reporter well, since the super tuesday surprise victories for joe biden, he were expecting Bernie Sanders to come out as the leader with joe bidens goal to keep him from building an insurmountable lead. Joe biden finds himself the leader now. Hes looking to build on that advantage. Of all the contests on the ballots tuesday hes focused on three states. Yesterday you saw him with two events in missouri. Today doing a pair in mississippi. And on his way to michigan tomorrow. He was introduced this morning sunday in the south, he was at church, by congressman benny thompson, introduced him as the comeback kid. He said to the extent his campaign has shown a bounceback from the depths after iowa and New Hampshire it is because of africanamerican voters. Michigan is the biggest delegate prize tuesday. But for the Biden Campaign its about showing their continued strength with africanamerican voters. Its possible based on 2016 that joe biden could win more delegates and take a further lead because of mississippi and running up a lopsided victory here than whatever we expect to be a close margin in michigan. Thats why we see joe biden joined by actress vivica fox. Hes also joined by another who dropped out. The focus on Kamala Harris joining him on the campaign trail in michigan. In addition to that endorsement. Ill send it up to Garrett Haake whos on the campaign trail. Reporter Bernie Sanders has been just about all in on michigan. He was back and forth between the great lake state and chicago yesterday. Today its michigan. Hes got alexandria ocasiocortez rallying with him in michigan and an arbor. That should be huge. But the endorsement theyre talking about in sanders world today is reverend jesse jackson. Hes been struggling and getting the first africanamerican candidate to run a serious president ial campaign who oh by the way, won in michigan back in 1988 when the state was a caucus state, is something theyre proud of. He talked efusively on taj. Reverend jackson was here. One name we didnt hear was joe biden. It was a departure from yesterday where he went after his record on the iraq war and trade. Today he was more circumspect, not going after biden but talking about the issues he shares in common with the reverend jackson. Ill be curious to see if this is broader topic shift or just for this rally. Can sanders turn around his fortunes more broadly starting in michigan, the state he needs the most and one of the few places where hes really in the mix i should say to pick up a win on tuesday. He campaigned heavily in Washington State earlier. Thats a state significant with early mail in votes. Well be watching michigan close tuesday. I hear you in terms of strategy shifts. Before i let i go, how is coronavirus plague into the campaigns, both with policy messaging and with holding rallies. Mike, you first . Reporter well, we just got a great example of that. Just in the last half hour joe biden in between church and the rally hes about to hold her at tugalo college, stopped in for lunch. He ordered spaghetti marinara and rub perrule on his hands. Theres no one who enjoys more of the retail politics than joe biden, shaking hands, taking selfies, giving hugs. I asked him about that this last week. How much is this going to affect . He said were taking the advice from the oh perts. Weve seen a forum between Bernie Sanders and joe biden canceled because of fears. Garret . Yeah, josh, for a campaign who depends so much on mega rallies, no significant change. Im looking out in the crowd, a lot more handsantizing stations. Sanders when he mentions it, mentions it as another example of this administrations income tones and general antiscience posture. He says one of the radical ideas is he wants to bring science into how the government responds to that. It seems to be a pretty good applause line for him. Gentlemen, thank you both. Much more to discuss. Coming up, well dig into President Trumps messaging, from coronavirus to the campaign trail. What he says often differs from what his administration says. Why the discrepancies . And how do we know who to believe . Plus its one of the top issues, the perennial curse of long, long lines. 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According to the washington post, the administrations efforts has been undermined by mixed messages, contradictions and falsehoods, many of them emanating from the president himself. Now, this morning dr. Anthony fouci was asked about those inconsistencies. There have also been contradictions about when and how many people can get tested. Take a look at that. Anybody that needs a test, theyre there, they have the tests, and the tests are beautiful. Anybody that needs a test gets a test. We dont have enough tests today to meet what we anticipate will be the demand going forward. Can anybody who needs a test get a test now . The fact is the tests are out there. There was a misstep early on with regard to the test, a technical difficulty. But right now about 1. 1 million tests are out there now. Theyll be an additional about 640,000 on lets say monday. Joining us now is philippe reinus, cohost of unredacted and a former spokesman for hillary clinton. Also with us shermichael singleton. Gentlemen, thank you for being with us and helping me break the tie requirements for television. Im glad we are doing notie sunday. Thank you thank you thank you. But phillipe, let me start with you. Im not sure if all of this inconsistenc