Download the my account app to manage your appointments making todays Xfinity Customer Service simple, easy, awesome. Ill pass. Good morning, im ali velshi. An impressive victory overnight in South Carolina for joe biden who hopes his projected primary win will reignite his bid. This comes just hours before the allimportant super tuesday vote. Well get to that in a moment. But, first, this sunday morning. New coronavirus related fears in the United States as Washington State reports the first Death Associated with the global illness in the United States. A man in his 50s with Underlying Health concerns has died. Officials say he had no history of traveling abroad or contact with anyone he knew to have the disease. Health officials in seattle are now concerned over a potential of Community Spread or community infection. A number of other people at a Washington State longterm care facility are ill with respiratory symptoms or pneumonia after two women tested positive at the same location. What were seeing is the tip of the iceberg. Were seeing the most critically ill individuals. Usually that means a significant percentage of individuals of less severe illness floating around out there. And, yes, so, in all likelihood, there is ongoing low level transmission. We dont have the epidemiologic link to figure out exactly how these individuals were if hadfected. On saturday the Trump Administration announcing additional travel restrictions affecting iran, italy and south Korea Related to the coronavirus outbreak. Heres mike pence. The man in charge of the Coronavirus Response this morning with my colleague chuck todd. Were leaning in to this effort. Its all hands on deck. Because our effort here is to do Everything Possible to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the United States. This is better safe than sorry. So, if a School Superintendent says, you know what, we should shut down the School System for a week. Youre not going to question that . I think the president would respect any decisions that are made at the state and local level. Joining us now thomas is a senior fellow with the counsel on Foreign Relations and author of plagues and the paradox and also with us dr. Angela rathmuc rathmucin. Two people who i have relied upon in the last couple weeks for good information on this. Thomas, ill start with you. The Vice President told chuck todd its all hands on deck. Im mostly worried about the chief deck hand in this case, the Vice President of the United States, who has a history of implementing policy without a reasonable understanding or getting good advice on health care both in 2000 in a blog in which he wrote about smoking not causing cancer, but much more seriously and to the point was in 2015 in scott county, indiana, where there was an outbreak of hiv being spread by needles and he was hesitant to implement a Needle Exchange because he just didnt think that was the right thing to do. Yeah. So i right now the Vice President has a terrific group of advisers to advice him at the nih and at the cdc. People like ambassador deborah burkes, tony fou, he should rel them. His job as a coordinator is to coordinate. He should really be drawing on the scientific expertise. The response that we have gotten so far which is still heavily emphasizing travel restrictions. And its hard to know exactly how wide spread that Community Spread is in washington that you describe, but it does suggest that there may be significant number or some number of unreported cases. This focus on the threat from abroad cant be distracting from the threat here at home. He was asked about that, the president was asked about would you impose Domestic Travel restrictions . A lot of Health Experts say the travel restrictions is less important than inadequate testing. There may be lots more people with coronavirus than we think and the emphasis on testing and maybe isolation of people who have the infection. Thats correct. Some data came out last night suggesting that the cases in washington are all derived from the initial patient that came to seattle on january 19th, which is very bad. It suggests that Community Transmission has been occurring for the past six weeks. If thats the case, then we are probably looking at a number of unreported cases across the country, in which case travel restrictions domestic or international will do very little to stop the spread. The incubation for this is 14 days in which a person can be asymptommatic and even with the infection some people will show mild to zero symptoms. Thats correct. The vast majority of people, 80 , according to the most recent data from china, suggests that people will have mild or asymptomatic disease. Thomas, some conversation, a reporter was actually asked tony with whom we have been talking to him for years and years and years one of the foremost experts on the spread of infection and disease both from formally at the cdc and now at the nih about being silenced or being muzzled. There was some conversation about the Vice President saying we have to control the message on this one. Talk to me about this because i know you have been thinking about this for the last few days. I was pleased, actually, to see both dr. Redfield and tony featured in the president s press conference last week. That seems like a positive step. Tony who really has been leading the u. S. Government response epidemic since hiv in the 1980s is just a tremendous asset. So, i was pleased to hear that he was feeling that he was, that said, were receiving an enormous number of questions from state and local officials thatt are still looking for guidance on how to respond to this my concern with the threat from abroad and were overlearning the lessons from china. Were learning the wrong lessons from what countries have done to address this outbreak. In fact, most of the stuff that the president was talking about relating to what he calls the success of the american response was about restrictions on travel. I want to just bring up one thing. I want to talk about the number of total cases in the United States. 71. This was confusing to a lot of people yesterday. Lets do the other one that shows the number of cases in the u. S. The president kept talking about 22. Now, about 45 cases are people who were brought here either off of cruise ships or wherever the case is. How are we supposed to think about this . What the administration is telling you is that there are a whole bunch of people you shouldnt worry about that are infected with coronavirus. How do you as a scientist thing about this . Im not alarmed. Im continuing to take the precautions that i was taking before. I am flying to seattle on tuesday. I think 71 is probably a major underestimate. As you pointed out, there have been major problems with testing. Those tests are now supposedly being rolled out to Public Health departments around the country. That should improve our understanding of what the prevalence actually is. But until we know that, its very difficult to say how concerned we should be about the people all around us and about our own communities. I think thats fair to say whether its 22 or 71. But it is a fairly serious issue with testing or undertesting. Everybody i talked to said that is the problem. A protocol problem that hospitals had to consult with the cdc whether they would be tested. The protocol is being changed and there will be apparently by the end of this coming week hundreds and hundreds of places where people can be tested. Thats a welcomed development. But as my colleague there said, there is some evidence that came out overnight that the Washington State outbreak may have already been spreading for six weeks. That cases may number from 200 to 1,500. From one estimate that has come out from a genetic analysis that mutation that has happened in this virus subsequently. Were seeing the testing coming out is great. A good step that we ruled out. We really need to start preparing our state and local officials and supporting them with whats coming. The fact that this current outbreak happened at a Residential Home for the elderly. Thats a lesson we should be drawing from china. This is a virus that disproportionately affects the elderly and the sick. Proactively get ahead of this with whatever time we have. This is an ongoing and serious matter that requires some sober thinking about it so that panic is not induced and people know exactly what they need to do. Thomas, we appreciate the time you continue to make for us. Senior fellow with the counsel on Foreign Relations and the author of plagues and paradox of progress. And dr. Angela rasmussen at columbia university. Well continue to be calling on you a lot throughout this crisis. The bloomberg camp purchasing time addressing the coronavirus. Here is part of the threeminute ad that will be featured. I know this has been a very worrisome week for many americans. The coronavirus is spreading and the economy is taking a hit. Markets have fallen because of uncertainty. At times like this, its the job of the president to reassure the public that he or she is taking all the necessary steps to protect the health and well being of every citizen. Joining us now democratic mayor of columbia, South Carolina, steve benjamin. Mike bloomberg for president cochair of the national campaign. Mayor, good to see you. Thank you for being with us. Ali, always great to see you, brother. Mayor, this is the moment in which Mike Bloomberg can bring to bear the very specific experience hes had as the major, the mayor of a major city in which there were crises on his watch. The actual mechanics of what a response to a crisis looks like, which as you just heard my discussion, the federal government seems not to have ruled out. Its, obviously, the leadership and the lack of leadership of President Trump on this issue, this major issue has been disconcerting at best. Mike is going to get an opportunity tonight to share his experience and leading in tough times. He, of course, led new york city post9 11, led through the swine flu, hurricanes and just major issues, west nile virus. He has experience in leading through pandemics and tonight hell have an opportunity to show people exactly what stability and having a president that actually believes in facts and science and believes in comprehensively addressing a global Public Health crises. What that looks like. Mike has experience. And america is going to be able to see that tonight. Mayor, talk to me because you are a mayor of when i have spoken to public Health Experts about the fact, boy, half of this is science and i want to talk to people like dr. Rasmussen and half of this is psychology. I want to know that my leaders are in charge of things and in a lot of cases they said youre going to hear more from your governors and more importantly from your mayors and local emergency authorities because theyve got the infrastructure to be able to deal with what kind of reaction there will be. If youre in columbia, South Carolina, and you start getting an outbreak or people with these symptoms, what are the kind of things we can learn from mayors and bloomberg about how to respond to this in a way that we have not seen in the last week from the federal government . Its real, ali. Mayors on the ground. I tell people every day when i engage with constituents i dont have the luxury of running to washington, d. C. And hiding. I see them at the Grocery Store and traffic light. There is a level of trust. I was on email last night around midnight communicating with our local officials and Law Enforcement officials and the response team. Its so important. We have a president who has defunded global Public Health efforts, not supported the efforts at the cdc. These are the times when you need stable leadership. Stable leadership that articulates a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of what these Public Health crises mean. A mayor does play the role in stability and making sure that you use the power of convening authority and bringing people together and all the best minds from everywhere. Mike has experience in doing that. We do that at the local level every single day and that will come through in tonights address. Mayor, quick question for you. Last time you were on and viewers complaining that you and i were fighting. We never fight, just having a hearty debate. However, your campaign or at least bloombergs campaign has been focused on laser focused really on why hes a better alternative than Bernie Sanders. Does the massive victory of joe biden in South Carolina last night cause you to have to pivot a little bit and open up on two fronts . No, absolutely. I want to congratulate the Vice President on a great win. What it also says is that South Carolina does not only really, really like jim clyburn, we love our congressman jim clyburn and his endorsement meant a whole lot. We are focused on the long haul. Super tuesday and the other twothirds are going to be a portion over the next two months. Were focused like a laser beam and build an unparallel organization that is ready to compete. Ali, i know were going to run out of time and i have to say this to my sweet niece clark solomon 9yearold tom steyer supporter. I want her to understand that not only Mike Bloomberg, but all the candidates at the end of this process will be focused like a laser beam on taking out donald trump. Thats our collective goal. I love you have a 9yearold niece in the game and its understandable. A lot of people enjoyed tom steyer in the race. I thought he brought something very valuable to the conversation. Thank you for joining me, mayor steve benjamin. Joe biden what his momentum heading into super tuesday when velshi continues. 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Now he can recognize a great price. True car. Buy smarter. Drive happier. We have won the popular vote in iowa. We have won the New Hampshire primary. We have won the nevada caucus. But you cannot win them all. Bernie sanders is projected to come in second in the South Carolina primary. Former Vice President joe biden is the projected winner. We have 99 of the votes in right now. As things stand right now, biden will boost his delegate count by 36. Sanders secured 12 delegates. Six have yet to be allocated. Last night steyer thought he might get one. Sanders is still the delegate leader at this time and only 3. 9 of the total number of delegates that have been up for grabs so far in the first four contests. You see the top corner there. You need 1,999 to win. Now comes the behemoth that is super tuesday with 16 contests and 1,357 delegates available and while biden may not be in the lead in some of the polls in several super tuesday states. This morning the former Vice President tells Nbcs Chuck Todd that in the last 24 hours his campaign has raised 5 million. That is the biggest 24hour online haul for his campaign, which will influence it a lot. This guy has not been running ads like some of his opponents have. Joining me now from philadelphia, former pennsylvania governor and former philadelphia mayor ed rendell backing joe biden for president. Here in new york, britney cunningham, the cofounder of the Campaign Zero and a black lives matter activist. Shes also the cohost of pod save the people and contributor for msnbc and Danielle Moody mills the host of woke and the founder who i mostly like but booked just so i can say that. Thank you to all three of you for being here this morning. Britney, i just want to ask you about this. Weve been talking about black voters, black voters, black voters, older black voters, but, boy, they came. Yes, indeed. Always a good time to talk about black voters because bla