millions in quarantine, thousands trapped on cruise ships. and we've just gotten word that the first american has died of the coronavirus. president trump cleaning house. two crucial witnesses have been forced out of their posts. and new details about that crash that killed a basketball legend kobe bryant, what investigators say was likely not the cause. welcome, everyone. both the japan and u.s. reporting their first fatalities from the wuhan coronavirus. both victims said to be in their 60s were in the city of wuhan, the epicenter of course of the outbreak. now that brings the virus' death toll to at least 726 climbing

now so rapidly it could soon take over the sars outbreak of 2003. the infection rate going up dally. nearly 35,000 people now nearly have the virus, the vast majority still in china. well over 300 cases of the coronavirus have now been documented, though, outside of mainland china. fears of it spreading have led to the quarantine of two cruise ships. one in hong kong, the other in japan. a third ship stranded at sea after being turned away from several asian ports, and yet another ship under scrutiny docked in new jersey. but it is the ship anchored in yokohama harbor, the diamond princess, where the greatest concentration of the virus has been found outside of china. at least 64 people on the ship testing positive so far. cnn's matt riversisinyokohama for us. bring us up-to-date and tell us about these latest deaths ap, an

american and japanese citizen. >> reporter: yeah, michael, that's the late breaking news. and frankly we don't know a ton about these two individual cases other than they're relatively similar. one is an american citizen, a 60-year-old man, another being a japanese citizen in his 60s. both were in china, and both of them died. the american embassy saying they're not releasing more information on the patient due to privacy concerns for that patient. but other than saying he's a 60-year-old american krcitizen o died in wuhan in the city of this outbreak. we know there are 64 suspected cases onboard. the quarantine goes on, michael, as japanese authorities try to limit the damage this cruise ship has brought here. david turns 64 on sunday. where he'll be on that day he has no idea.

david and his wife judy left on the holland american cruise from singapore on january 16th for a dream 30-day trip. all went to plan until february 1st and a stop in hong kong, a city battling the coronavirus. passengers spent the day onshore and new passengers joined and so off they sailed. but when they tried to go to next stop manila, they were turned away and taiwan authorities banned cruise ships, too, as did authorities here in japan. everywhere the ship was supposed to go after february 1st turned it away with each place siting fears the virus may have been onboard even though so far no cases have been found. >> frustrating. no one wants us. holland america advise that they are in discussions with the

state department, u.s. navy and the dutch government trying to find a solution. and i have no idea what that will be or when it will be. >> he's frustrated with the decision not only to go to hong kong but the lack of health check and screenings at the time. he thinks the company didn't take the virus seriously enough. >> people are angry. obviously the tension is rising. everyone on this boat has lived for the last seven days under the dark shadow of a beg ringing and being told we have a virus onboard. >> reporter: the u.s. centers for disease control warning levels didn't say hong kong was unsafe at the time. they're conducting preboarding medical screenings and among other things. they'll also issue refunds.

though that may not bring much relief from folks on the westerdam. passengers just sitting and waiting with no idea where they'll go next. and so at this moment this ship is about 300 kilometers off the east coast of taiwan and still no word where it will eventually go. this is just a reminder, none of the people on that ship have the sickness at this point and thankfully there have no-no deaths and frankly everyone on that ship are aware they're better off than others. however, it's a reminder there are deaths, there are people who have this virus. but the list of people impacted by this virus extends far beyond just those who have contracted the disease. >> yeah, exactly. and explain for us and there play be a simple answer for this. it just seems odd you would keep a bunch of unaffected people in an enclosed area on that ship

with people who are infected. is there discussion why that is being done or get the healthy ones off? >> reporter: right. and that's the ongoing discussion here in yokohama with the cruise ship that is just off the coast here. you know, the people that are on the ship, they want off. the people that are healthy or at least seem healthy right now want off. but the authorities are saying the safest protocols to ensuring the health of everybody onboard but also the people here onshore is to keep those people sheltered in place until that quarantine periods end. it's frustrating for the people onboard, no doubt, michael. but authorities are sticking to that line saying they're not going to budge from this 14-day quarantine that the cruise ship here in yokohama has to deal with. >> matt rivers there in yokohama for us. as we mentioned earlier, u.s. health officials are scrutinizing a cruise ship that docked on friday near new york

city. cnn's pablo sandoval with our report. >> reporter: well, it was initially 27 passengers onboard this cruise ship that caught the attention of health officials who boarded it not long after it docked early friday morning. all except four were medically cleared. that family sent to a hospital will be tested for coronavirus. royal caribbean cruises they did not exhibit any coronavirus symptoms and only one tested positive for influenza during the cruise itself. so it certainly looks promising here but it would have to wait until those test results were released they could definitively say they were not exposed to the virus itself. royal caribbean implementing a series of stricter boarding protocols and they include guests holding a passport from hong kong or china denied access to their ships at least for now. also anyone traveling from mainland china will also be denied access.

and finally there would be mandatory health screenings for some of those passengers who feel sick particularly if they report returning to mainland china in the last couple of weeks. the ship itself was initially scheduled to return back to sea friday afternoon. we're now told it will be heading out on saturday. russia whose border with china is one of the longest in the world is potentially, of course, exposed to the spread of the virus and it has confirmed at least two cases. cnn's matthew chance reports on how the kremlin is handling the crisis. >> reporter: on a bleak siberian runway a frosty reception to the first russians evacuated from wuhan, china. to contain the infection sick cases are sprayed with

disinfectant on the tarmac. this is where potential exposure to coronavirus leads. two weeks under strict observation at this remote soviet era -- a virus gulag where evehicacuees are isolatedm the outside world. but now some are video broadcasting from the inside. >> what we have to do is put our old clothes in one bag. other clothes in another bag and call to reception, and they will come and take our clothes for the infection. also we had to use alcohol and clean all personal belongings. >> reporter: russia has particularly high exposure to

china including a vast land border, more than 4,000 kilometers long now closed bar a few frantic tightly controlled corridors. it also attracts nearly 2 million chinese tourists a year, but now the throngs of tour groups have been canceled. and curtailed flights directed to a single terminal in moskow where passengers are carefully screened before being allowed in. but russia also wants to protect its important relationship with china. the two countries have strengthening trade and political ties and share tensions with the united states.

it's no surprise russian state television is trying to blame the u.s. for the coronavirus outbreak. the virus is named of the coronas or crowns, donald trump placed on the heads of beauty queens this news reader claims. reports in the same bulletin alleges the virus was created by u.s. pharmaceutical firms to make money. even a global pandemic it seems can be an opportunity to take a bizarre swing at a rival. matthew chance, cnn, moskow. well, post-impeachment rage turns to action against the u.s. president's perceived enemies. the key figures donald trump is dismissing in the wake of his acquittal. that's next. it's time for the ultimate sleep number event on the sleep number 360 smart bed.

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welcome back. fresh off his impeachment acquittal in the senate the u.s. president donald trump has moved from lashing out to cleaning house. he's removing two key figures who testified in the house inquiry. alexander vindman and gordon sondland. his defenders call it a necessary move to oust those who went up against him. but his critics fear he might not stop there. katelyn collins at the white house with more. >> reporter: well, president trump has fired two of the most prominent witnesses that appeared in the impeachment inquiry against him that resulted in those two articles of impeachment which the president was acquitted of just days ago and that comes as the president had been complaining

about them privately at length. but aides had been advising the president to wait until his trial is over. and now it is and he is fired gordon sondland the ambassador to the european union who we should note at one point gave a million dollars to his inauguration but came to testify he did believe there was a quidpo quo in the president withholding that security assistance and demanding an investigation into the bidens. the president has also fired lieutenant colonel alex vindman someone we should note also came forward to testify in his uniform because he had been on that july call the president had with the ukrainian leader when he first brought up the biden and the investigations that he wanted. alex vindman was escorted off white house ground by security in addition to his brother who was an attorney for the national security council but never testified, never spoke fublly about the impeachment inquiry. but according to his attorney was also fired without any kind of explanation despite his years of service.

both of them are expected to go back to the pentagon for the time being although it's still unclear what their role is going to be. and now of course gordon sondland has been recalled from his post in brussels it's unclear what he's going to do when he returns to the united states. he had been working there quietly essentially seen as someone without a lot of power for the last few weeks and was clearly on bad terms with the president. democrats are saying this is clear sign of retribution by the president trying to get retaliation because of their testimony and the question of course going forward is whether or not anymore witnesses who testified in that impeachment inquiry are also going to be fired. katelyn collins, cnn, the white house. seven of the top democratic presidential candidates facing off on friday night ahead of the new hampshire primary with pete buttigieg and bernie sanders

leading the iowa caucuses former vice president joe biden acknowledged his poor performance there heading into new hampshire. >> it's a long race. >> a long array of topics like health care, climate change but one thing is clear. the race for the white house getting pretty intense. cnn's abbey philip reports from manchester. >> reporter: here in new hampshire the stakes were high for all of these 2020 democratic presidential hopefuls, and the tensions were even higher. from the very beginning it was clear all of these candidates believed there was one person on that debate stage who was the center of attention and it was former south bend mayor pete buttigieg. from almost the very beginning he was the center from a lot of the attacks coming in from several of the other candidates. most notably from certainter bernie sanders who criticized buttigieg how he raised money.

sanders making the case he is the candidate who can unify the country and bring out new younger voters. buttigieg for his part said it was time to turn the page to a new type of politics, but it wasn't just sanders who criticized buttigieg, it was also senator amy klobuchar who called him a cool newcomer and warned there was already a newcomer in the white house saying the country couldn't risk having another one elect today to the presidency. there was also criticisms from joe biden, andrew yang and also tom steyer. so the debate stage got pretty hot here tonight. in addition pete buttigieg got some questions about his record as a former mayor in the city of south bend. there were some questions about the racial disparity and marijuana arrests in that city, and he struggled to answer some of those. but at the end of the day this debate ultimately became about new hampshire voters. there was one message that was clear from all of the candidates on the stage. they all wanted to be the candidate of unity. they all made the case that they

were the ones who could unify not just the country but the democratic party. now, given how high the tensions were tonight, it's clear a lot of these candidates believe this debate is make-or-break with just a few days before voters here in the state go to the polls. abby philips, cnn, manchester, new hampshire. >> and to break all of this down for us thomas giffe joining us. it's still such a crowded stage. there's so many candidates and even more it's about moments, more than usual, piercing through. who did that and who did it well? >> reporter: michael, i don't know if there was one stand out winner precisely because piercing through the noise can be really tough in a debate this size. new hampshire is looking more and more like a two candidate

race between sanders and buttigieg. what did stand out is sanders took some criticism, but buttigieg was unsurprisingly the main target of attack fresh off his stellar performance in iowa. so he was playing defense most of the night. they did get some jabs in on him on hid kind of lack of government experience, the usual. but i don't think anyone really landed a knock out punch. >> a lot of people thought amy klobuchar got high marks. where does she sit in this field with strength, and that dreaded word, high electability? >> klobuchar did have a strong evening. i think one of the challenges for her she's trying to occupy that centrist lane that already quite crowded with biden and buttigieg. so polling this week showed her in single digits around 8% in new hampshire. so her arguments about electability and having this proven track record of getting

things done just haven't resonated with voters to the extenlt she would like. i think she would really have to exceed expectations here in new hampshire. she wants to go onto south carolina. and if she doesn't the big question becomes where will her supporters funnel probably to biden or buttigieg which could make a differential on the margins i think. >> you touched on this and let's revisit pete buttigieg, he got that boost from iowa after beating expectations, but did take a fair bit of heat. let's have a listen. >> he's the mayor of a small city who has done some good things but has not demonstrated he has the ability and we'll soon find out to get a broad scope of support across the spectrum including african-americans and latinos. >> i think having some experience is a good thing. >> we need people with experience. that's why i'm worried about mayor pete. >> all right, so iowa and you

float to the top and that just puts a target on your chest. how do you think he's positioned now and more broadly where do see the dynamics? what is the momentum? >> he feels if he can match that performance in new hampshire he's really poised to compete nationally and i think that's absolutely the case. i still think that sanders has it be seen as the favorite in new hampshire simply because he did really well there in the primary in 2016. he beat hillary clinton about 60% of the vote. he comes from the neighboring state of vermont, so he's got a lot of built in advantages. people know him. he's got a really strong ground game in new hampshire, and he also appeals to a lot of independent minded democrats which is important in new hampshire. >> that's a very good point and, you know, the democratic establishment often fires against bernie because they worry about his electability, but he is someone who has a very broad and extremely enthusiastic

base and a very diverse one as well. a lot of the polling in the primaries to come has him in front. i mean, he gets ignored in some ways, but he's got to be a front-runner for sure. >> well, you certainly can't discount bernie sanders. i mean the criticism on him is that perhaps his support has a ceiling and so the question is are americans ready to elect someone who self-styles himself as a socialist? certainly he motivates the base and as you said he just has a very strong swath of supporters who are going to support him, you know, through thick and thin. so we'll see if he can ride that wave. >> yeah, from here on out the good get better and the bad go down. and joe biden's got a hill or a ditch to climb out of going forward. got to leave it there, though. thank you so much.

appreciate it. >> thank you, michael. while candidates are throwing plenty of jabs at one another in the debate they did agree on how president trump handled the impeachment. at one point former vice president joe biden recognizing lieutenant colonel alexander vinldman the top ukraine expert at the national security council who of course testified and was moved out of the white house. >> colonel vindman was thrown out of the white house. i think at the same time he should be pinning a medal on vindman and not on rush limbaugh. i think we should all stand to give colonel vindman a show of how much we supported him. stand up and clap for vindman. get up there. that's who we are. we are not what trump is. >> the house democrats who

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and welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm michael holmes. you're watching "cnn newsroom." time to check the stop stories for you this hour. the u.s. government confirming an american in wuhan, china, has now died of the coronavirus. the first death of a u.s. citizen from the illness. japan also reporting one of its citizens has died in the city believed also to be a result of the coronavirus.

seven u.s. democratic presidential candidates taking to the stage friday night just days ahead of the new hampshire primary. candidates clashing over health care, foreign policy and climate change, many targeting pete buttigieg as he and bernie sanders remain the front runners out of the iowa caucuses. but of course the main target still president donald trump. and mr. trump cleaning house as it were after his impeachment acquittal. removing lieutenant colonel alexander vindman from his role at the national security council, also removing his twin brother, by the way. and also recalling gordon sondland from his post as ambassador to the eu. both provided testimony in the inquiry that led to the articles of impeachment against the president. and the brother of vindman is a national security council attorney. he had nothing to do with the investigation. he's out as well. not everyone was as forthcoming in the impeachment proceedings.

perhaps the most notable absence of the former national security advisor john bolton. he never testified despite being asked and despite being a key figure with direct knowledge of the president's ukraine dealings. anderson cooper second degree the lead impeachment manager about that in an exclusive interview. >> john bolton, i'm wonder what you all think of the way john bolton has handled this. >> we reached out to john bolton was counsel after the senators voted down his testimony to see whether he would be willing to submit an affidavit under oath that would still be valuable during the trial. >> even if he wasn't coming to testify, a sworn affidavit. >> a sworn affidavit, and he refused. now, he will have to explain at some point why he is willing to put this in a book not in an affidavit under oath. >> he's making the speeches as well which he drops sort of

comments as well. >> yes, it is fairly inexplicable but frankly it's more inexplicable when he was willing to come forward before the senate the senators didn't want to hear what he had to say. there are a few who say basically the house proved the president guilty even without him and wooergs let the voters decide. they could not explain why they don't want the voters to know the whole facts. >> did bolton's attorneys explain why? >> not that i'm aware of, no. nor why he should distinguish testimony in the house versus the senate. >> was it mistake not subpoena him? he had indicated he would not respond to -- >> here's the thing, anderson, and the answer is no. if we subpoenaed john bolton we'd be in the same place with him nine months from now that we are with don mcgahn today.

and the other thing i would say is had we done what the president would have you believe, and it's a hard argument for them to make that the house should have gone to court when they were in the courts saying the house is not allowed to come to court. but nonetheless had we taken a year or two years to go to court to try to force this testimony, the senators, the republican senators made it all too clear it wouldn't matter to them. they already believed the president guilty. we have proved already with the evidence we have today. if we proved it a year and a half from now with different evidence there's no indication that would have made any difference. but we had we would have the risk of going forward without the country knowing of the president's misconduct or without some effort being made to protect the integrity of our elections. so i feel very comfortable with the decision we've made and the fact we were able to prove the case even without these additional witnesses because the testimony we already had is pretty overwhelming. >> the explosive growth of the

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welcome back. when the coronavirus first surfaced in wuhan, china, two months ago doctors immediately recognized it was similar to the sars virus from 17 years earlier. chinese officials were quick to tamp down fears of another sars-like outbreak, but that is not the way it is playing out. the first case in wuhan was documented in mid-december. now there are nearly 35,000 confirmed cases. the first death was just a month ago. now at least 726 people have died. compare that to the slower moving sars outbreak.

it infected about 8,000 people worldwide over an 8-month period. 774 of them died. about half in china. the other virus often reference is the mers outbreak in 2012 and it was much deadler. it killed 858. now, the city of wuhan remains the epicenter of the crisis. it has been pretty much shutdown and under quarantine for more than three weeks. that means 11 million people are now feeling the strain when it comes to finding even necessary supplies. cnn's david colver spoke to some of them and asked how they're coping. >> reporter: within the epicenter of the deadly coronavirus, an eerie silence. the streets of wuhan, china, a city 11 million people call home mostly empty. but even in self-quarantine

locals like wu chen keep moving. the start of day 21 when we chatted with wu. he's only left his place three times. >> translator: i don't really have any difficulties in daily life right now except i'm extremely bored being confined at home. >> reporter: most of his time spent in his apartment with his cat. >> translator: i stopped going out about january 13th because i feel the epidemic is quite serious and it is relatively safer to stay home. >> reporter: from cooking to practicing good hygiene the 26-year-old graphic designer records videos to keep entertained. his cat made several appearances. having friends over really isn't an option. but wu wishes the rest of the country was a bit more undering.

zbltd the epidemic is under no one's control. plus the government didn't resolve problems in time. although it was a small number of people who flew out of wuhan and spread the epidemic all the wuhan citizens are now carrying the blame. i don't think that's sensible. >> as you guys can see starting to get pretty cleared out so i'm going to grab some food while i've got the chance. >> reporter: an american teacher gives us some perspective. he and many others here becoming at home health safety experts. >> basically what i want to do i want to take eye protection. while i don't have a pair of medical safety goggles i do have my handy-dandy eye shades which i really like these. >> reporter: back inside a daily temperature check followed by a game of hide and go seek with his cat. >> translator: i believe the

epidemic will pass and for us ordinary people all we can do is take care of ourselves. >> reporter: day 22 is still hours away. david colver, cnn, beijing. >> joining me now is a professor of political science at the university of chicago and great to have you on, professor. i wondered if i could get you to speak to the central leadership's handling of this crisis overall. what do you read on how central government has handled this? >> reporter: well, in fact the imposition of the quarantine it's been a very decisive response. the entire country and all the provinces and of course outside

of hubei there are many people who didn't have serious symptoms who are now actually being tested and so on. so the numbers cheerily are escalating. as test kits have become more available and more testing personnel have been sent. >> i'm wondering -- the death toll now is approaching what was the death toll for sars after eight months, so it's a much faster rate of the death toll. i'm wondering that politically, domestically at what point does it become a problem for president xi, a crisis for him given that he's engineered the situation where he's essentially leader for life. are people more likely to hold him accountable for what's been done or hasn't been done or what's been done poorly?

>> well, certainly there are -- at this point a lot of the anger is directed at the local leaders in particular because of some of the deles and spaegs because the local leader -- when the virus was spreading earlier in january in particular. so in that sense there is a lot of blame and people are asking questions also. so the new numbers are actually leveling off then rest of the country. but in hubei cheerily there's a lot of pent-up anger. >> we've seen some remarkable blow back following the death of

that doctor, dr. lee, the whistle-blower if you like. the one who tried to raise the alarm. and that's in many ways galvanized the nation because of a sense of he was one of us. what's your -- what's your take on how that's been handled and how the public reaction has been to that, how he was treated? >> at the same time he was reprimanded by the police and so on so as a result also people felt very clearly connected to him in a sense that he's more like us. nagt, he didn't try to challenge the government.

and you're absolutely right he's almost like the anti-hero but precisely because of that many people felt and especially for the hundreds of -- the millions of families who have been cooped up at home for the last nearly two weeks now, in the end the authorities tried to manage essentially the death and as a result at the same time they did allow quite a bit of outpouring of sentiment including criticism of local leaders and so on. >> all right, the professor of political science at the university of chicago, appreciate your time. thanks so much. >> you're most welcome.

kobe bryant's widow offering his fans a chance to celebrate the basketball star's life. vanessa bryant announcing plans for a public memorial on february 24th. it will be at the staples center where of course he played his entire career for the los angeles lakers. the legendary player was killed last month when the helicopter he was flying in with his daughter and seven others crashed into a hill side. cnn's nick watt with more. >> reporter: the ntsb is calling this an investigation update. this is not analysis, these are not conclusions. this is report of the facts they've gathered so far. but experts say it does give an indication, a road map where the investigation is going. and one line in particular stands out and that is viewable

secks of t sections of the engines showed no evidence of a catastrophic failure. which suggests engine failure has pretty much been ruled out. a manager director at the ntsb, take a listen to his initial reactions. >> if there were concerns about either the equipment or anything else it would be mentioned. in this case they focused in on the weather, they focused in on the pilot's interaction with air-traffic control. and in the end i'm afraid the spotlight's going to be on the pilot and his decision making. >> reporter: the report also details the condition of that helicopter and says there were no outstanding air worthiness directives or minimum equipment list items and all inspections were up-to-date. the pilot age 50 worked at that island express for about ten years, no issues with his record either. there was focus on the weather,

photographs. one showing, one taken from a security camera showing the helicopter flying in heavy fog. some eyewitness testimony. video and photos taken of the accident also depict low fog obscuring the hilltops. and last contact with the, the pilot said he was clymeriimbing 40,000 feet and only got to 3,000 feet before crashing into that hill side. a full report might take more than a year to come out. and in the meantime we now know there will be a memorial for kobe bryant at the staples center here in los angeles, monday, february 24th. nick watt, cnn, los angeles. soe your occasional digestive upsets 24/7. so where you go the pro goes. go with align, the pros in digestive health.

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welcome back. we're just one day away from hollywood's biggest night. but this year's oscar parties will feature something new on the menu. it is sustainability. there has been a big push for it during the awards season this year. cnn's lynda kinkade explains how

the oscars are going green. >> reporter: he's the actor of the moment sweeping hollywood's performance season with "the joker" and joaquin phoenix is using his time in the spotlight to spread a message of sustainability throughout hollywood by encouraging organizers to feature plant based menus. >> i think now consuming animal products is no longer just a personal choice, it is having a drastic and vast consequence on the rest of the world. >> reporter: so far the golden globes, the screen actors gild and the critics choice awards has served vegan meals to their attendees. and this weekend nearly three quarters of the menu at the academy awards after party will be plant based dishes with the option of adding meat. >> everything in moderation for me is the most important part,

you know? if we eat smaller portions of of red meat, for example, we have to raise less cattle. >> reporter: some are welcoming the changes saying it's a small step in the right direction. >> in terms of the vegan menu, yeah, i think anything any time anyone can contribute. it's helpful, right? >> reporter: others see it as a call to action. >> i plan to change a great deal in my diet. i'm certainly not taking any private jets, i'll tell you that. >> reporter: the duchess of cambridge wearing a dress previously worn on a visit to malaysia. joaquin phoenix says he's worn the same tuxedo to each awards show and plans to do the same on oscar night where the big win could be for the environment if more people in hollywood use their star power in the real life drama of protecting the planet. lynda kinkade, cnn. fear of the coronavirus isn't stopping thousands of couples from getting married. tens of thousands have flocked

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