We are asking the American Public to prepare for the expectation that this might be bad. The markets are reacting. The Trump Administration faces backlash over its response to the outbreak. He downplayed the threat during a News Conference in india. You may ask about the corona virus which is very well under control in our country. We have very few people with it. We brought in some americans, because it was really the right thing to do. I think that whole situation will start working out, a lot of talent, a lot of brain power is put behind it, 2 1 2 billion were putting in, im seeing that Chuck Schumer criticized, he thought it should be more. If i gave more, he would say it should be less. The president was responding to Chuck Schumer who called it too little too late. Schumer fired back this morning. Mr. President , you need to get your act together now. This is a crisis. We need you to act. We need this administration to finely do the right thing after weeks of dithering and exhibiting towering and dangerous incompetence. While the funding fight plays out. The corona virus is taking a toll not only on lives but on wall street as well. We enter the final hour of trading the. The dow is down big. One day after it lost 1,000 points over the worries of the virus and the global economy. The dow is not alone. The nasdaq and s p 500 are also seeing big losses today as well. We will begin with what is happening on wall street toward a final stretch of the day. For more on that, we turn to cnbcs sue herera for the latest. Good to have you with us. Almost every sector is being hit at this point. If we close at or near the lows, we willing lose them. We are at 6 in the market in just two days. We tried to rally the market earlier today. But it didnt work. The market simply moved to the down side and really took a leg down after the cdc as you mentioned earlier said, americans should prepare for this corona virus. We had a number of Companies Come out and say, theyre going to have to redo their fibl reports. United airlines pulled its entire 2020 forecast, because they have zero people going to china at this point. China is a big market for them. We have the lakes of chevron, exxon mobil, apple, google all down sharply today. So it has been a very difficult day. I thought maybe we would get a better bounce than we did, but it didnt hold. I think everyone is worried as this virus continues to spread, especially now in europe. On one hand you have the National Economic council director, the u. S. Economy has been holding up nicely. As you have been reporting and others, even apple putting out concerns about its supply chain being disrupted. Are we seeing any disruptions in the supply chain. Not just for big tech companies. But there have been questions as well for pharmaceutical companies that are getting some of those medicines from china . I would disagree with kudlow, i think there have been supply disruptions. The worry is, that those supply disruptions and the lack of purchases from china of u. S. Goods may trigger a recession here in the u. S. The other complicating factor to this is in a Interest Rates have been going to record lows. People are taking their money out of stocks, putting it in bonds. That moves Interest Rates to record lows. If we do go into a recession, that doesnt give the Federal Reserve a lot of wiggle room to cut Interest Rates when were already at record lows. Lots to watch, well see what happens tomorrow. Thank you for tracking that for us. Well see you later this hour. While china is the epicenter of the corona Virus Outbreak thats killed 2600 people, iran is fast becoming a hotspot for the virus as well. The iranian government has reported dozens of cases. The World Health Organization is reporting 8 people have died as a result of it, one of the newest cases is that of the countrys Deputy Health minister, can you see in this video right there, he appeared to be showing symptoms as he spoke during a News Conference yesterday. This is the man who is actually heading the Governments Task force in trying to contain the corona virus. Ali arouzi has been following this story for us. This has been a major concern for Health Officials from around the world. What are you hearing about the toll the corona virus is taking inside iran . Authorities in iran are saying the virus has killed 15 people so far, and theyre saying 90 confirmed cases. Now, if were going to go with those figures that puts the mortality rate much higher than anywhere else, raising questions as to whether the full number of infected people is being reported accurately in iran, an mp said 50 people had been killed in that city, but the Health Ministry in iran immediately refuted those claims, saying his account was completely wrong. Theres a lot of confusion goes on in iran, with the iranian people, and when you see the Deputy Health minister infected with corona virus at a press conference sweating away. It doesnt exactly instill confidence across the country. Finally enough, he gave an interview on state tv last night, where he was coughing all over the place, and the anchor even brought it up saying, well, youre coughing too. And he covered his mouth saying, maybe i should cover my mouth. Theres a lot of confusion going on there. At least 15 dead and 94 confirmed cases. The World Health Organization was meant to arrive in iran today, but they delayed their trip. And were not sure exactly why at this stage. One of the concerns a lot of people have, its one thing to see a virus spread. There is concern now that it has spread to parts of the middle east like iraq. The Health System is not equipped to deal with a massive outbreak. You lived in iran, you know that country better than anyone. Walk us through the Health Infrastructure of that country. Are they capable of in dealing with perhaps 1,000 cases or the numbers were seeing come out of asia for now . Probably not. Theyre already stretched as it is, and the doctors in iran are very good, but the actual Hospital System has a lot of cracks in it. Theyre always over filling, they have a shortage of supplies. Authorities are saying they can deal with it, but theyre not showing signs of being able to deal with it right now. And thats making people in the country panic. Im already hearing reports from a lot of people in the country. You cant even find Hand Sanitizer in iran at this stage. Let alone serious medication that could deal with the virus as serious as corona virus. So its already stretched as it is, and now that this is spreading at some an incredibly fast rate, its going to be hard to see how they can handle this virus adequately in the country. Live in london for us. Thank you very much. Were going to have a live report from italy. For now, joining us here on set to take a closer look at all of this, lori garrett. Let me start with you, your headline is going to have a lot of people very concerned. The cdc is wrarning of the possibility that you met the criteria for a pandemic. Were not there yet. Could be there very soon. Youre likely to get the corona virus. Walk us through this, how scared and how concerned should we be here in the u. S. There are 3,000 words after the headlines. No, of course. In this day and age, Something Like that is going to get a lot of attention. Most people may not read the 3,000 words, which they should, but walk us through. Weve gotten a lot of attention in these serious cases so far, when people are dying and have to be hospitalized. Thats when weve been detecting the virus. Weve not been widely screening people who have mild cold symptoms. There are early case reports of it being possible for the virus. It has some experts predicting were only testing for the severe disease. Do we know enough about the virus to say we know its spreading quite rapidly. Do we know whether or not the symptoms of the virus show themselves at a time that it can still be stopped . Or is it by that time too late . That remains an open question. There seems to be a long period before people develop severe disease, which is not good. Some people dont develop severe disease. Like h1n1 or sars. People got extremely sick, they were able to be identified. They were not out Walking Around going to work. With this. You could have this whole mix. This is not a concern right here. How ready, how capable, how competent. Its not only just the administration the hospitals, and the private sector in dealing with an outbreak like this. What is your reading, your assessment of how capable we are as a country to deal with an outbreak. I think were in very deep trouble. Why . We had a whole system of training. We had a vast infrastructure of trying to get hospitals prepared. Individual doctors and nurses prepared. And to have institutional coordination across from homeland security, to cdc, to hhs, all the alphabet soup of federal agencies. That entire infrastructure, that whole bench of protection was eliminated by the Trump Administration in 2018 including shutting down the Office Inside the National Security council. 25 cuts across cdc. Virtually eliminating their capacity to be a global player. Here we are. I mean, you just look at the testimony on capitol hill, you have contradictory statements coming from different cabinet level officials to members of congress yesterday and today. If you add to this, the whole question of hubris. Its so huge here. Americans think we are superior beings. We think we have a superior system. We have the best health care system, blah blah blah, none of that is actually true, of course. And when challenged, what were already seeing, nobody wants to take the quarantined travelers. California kicked them out, alabama said no, we dont have. We have a legal construct that allows each individual county within each individual state to say, not in my backyard. And you will see states putp barricades against other states. You will see a disintegration of our union. So the system is not necessarily designed to work with one another to try to contain these issues. What is for your opinion, the worst Case Scenario in the United States, if corona virus becomes a pandemic. I see no reason to think that in the United States we would somehow have a better capacity to stave off this virus than has italy, than has south korea, than has japan or frankly than has china. Very scary assessment there, guys. Were going to have a live report from italy as well. Thanks for joining us. Appreciate it. Coming up, a bombshell report says attorneys for wiki leaks founder Julian Assange are planning to introduce damning new evidence. And it involves president trumps new intelligence chief. Well bring you the details later in the hour. Is South Carolina joe bidens land stand . Hes banking on support from the states flynn American Voters to keep his campaign afloat. A key representative supporting biden joins me next. You diet. Exercise. But if youre also taking fish oil supplements. You should know. They are not fda approved. 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Here you can see joe biden main taken a lead at 27 . Tom steyer is in third place. Leading every other candidate. The monthly was conducted before last weeks nevada caucus. Its a race thats still up for grabs. Shaquille bruce sister. Its pretty clear these two guys are going to be front and center of whatever happens tonight. Not just because hes the frontrunner, but because Michael Bloomberg seems to have put his sights on Bernie Sanders. It will be defense tonight for Bernie Sanders after he commended Fidel Castros literacy program. How is his campaign responding to that. Hes ready for the attacks hes going to face. Theres a closing window as they see it for many of these other candidates on stage with him, to be able to confront him with this big national audience. As far as that situation with cuba. His Campaign Manager was on with msnbc. People throwing political barbs. This is senator sanders speaking his mind. Its him shooting straight with people, you have other candidates saying, that is the point. His opinions, his debate thats what hes going to talk about. Were trying to get ahead of some of the other attacks weve been hearing. One of those is that his big ideas. Medicare for all. College for all. That his big ideas arent paid for. Hes not being straight with the american people. The campaign released a list of his ideas. Its nothing new. Weve seen ideas before, weve seen these paid fors before. He put them on one sheet of paper and expects senator sanders to be able to point to that and say, hey, im detailing how i plan to pay for many ideas, this is for the public to see. Stay with us. Mike bloomberg took a lot of heat in the last debate. Hes coming under some controversy with his own. Kind of playing around with him a little bit. He faced a lot of criticism for how he dealt with the ndas. What is he going to try to do to recover from these attacks . Part of it is about having better answers to questions they know are inevitably going do am could up during these debates. Campaign officials ive been spiking with, know he cant get the same kind ofind of answer h before, aboutiscompany. Dismissing them as a bad joke that he told that people didnt like. Part of this is about putting out an answer ahead of time that he can draw on. This morning, the Campaign Running an ad that we saw, showing women who have worked for bloomberg in the past, attesting to him treating women with respect respect, elevating him within the company. Bloomberg hoping hell be able in this debate tonight to talk about topics that are real strengths for him, he did not or could not bring up during the past debates. Such as his record on gun control. Part of this is the best defense being a good offense. Thats where bloomberg really plans to try to make the focus not on him, but on Bernie Sanders. All day today as weve been here, weve seen his surrogates starting to tease out some of the new Opposition Research and attacks that Bernie Sanders may have used this evening. Thank you both for joining us from South Carolina. Former Vice President joe biden is banking on a big victory in South Carolina on saturday. The states been referred to as his firewall. Youve probably heard that before. One that will give his campaign a much needed surge of momentum. Biden has been moving the goal post when is it comes to what to expect from him in this critical early state. I think ill do well in nevada. And i think i have a real firewall in South Carolina. Weve been talking about South Carolina as your firewall. If it feels like the whole campaign. What is it about this state that makes you so confident about it . Look, im not going to call it a firewall, you have, you all have. Ive had support from the Africanamerican Community my entire career. Joining me now, david mackey, supporting the former Vice President in the race for the white house, thank you very much for joining me. Let me begin if i can. And as we mentioned earlier, joe biden is still in first place in the latest