hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom. i'm rosemary church. just ahead with coronavirus spreading globally and markets taking a hit, donald trump has assigned his vice president to handle the government response to the outbreak. bernie sanders in the crosshairs. his rivals go out to the front-runner once again, this time at the cnn town halls in south carolina. and then later we will take you to the indian capital. a city witnessing the first sectarian violence in decades.

good to have you with us. so california may have crossed a dangerous threshold in the coronavirus outbreak in the united states. the centers for disease control says a patient in sacramento could be the first u.s. case of what's called community spread. now, that means he or she had no relevant travel history or exposure to another known patient. the cdc is considering expanding airport screenings for the virus. currently the u.s. is checking only passengers flying in from china. at los angeles international airport, cleaning crews are stepping up their efforts to disinfect rest rooms and other public places. and they've installed more than 100 additional hand sanitizing

stations. >> we're disinfecting l.a.x. every hour. we're making sure those points of entry and places where we could see somebody come in and create a vector are as secure as we can possibly make them. >> meanwhile, donald trump is trying to reassure americanss the risk from coronavirus is very low. but he insists his administration is prepared. he asked vice president to lead the u.s. response. apparently that surprised health secretary alex azar who says he's still chairman of the task force. meanwhile sources say the president is worried the falling stock market will hurt his chance for re-election. >> we are very ready for this, for anything, whether it's going to be a breakout of larger proportions or whether or not we're, you know, we're at that very low level.

we were asking for $2.5 billion and we think that's a lot, but the democrats and i guess senator schumer wants us to have much more than that and normally in life i'd say we'll take it. we'll take it. if they want to give more we'll do more. we will spend whatever is appropriate. hopefully we're not going to have to spend so much because we really think we've done a great job of keeping it down to a minimum. >> have you been presented any plans that would involved quarantined cities like we saw in china and what would have to happen -- >> we have plans on a much larger scale should we need it and working with states, working with virtually every state and have plans if we need it. we don't think we're going to need it but you always have to be prepared. congress is talking to us about funding and we're getting far more than what we asked for and i guess the best thing to do is take it. we'll take it.

>> so let's talk more about the administration's response to the coronavirus outbreak with dan diamond. he writes for politico. good to have you with us. >> thanks for having me. >> so after initially saying the coronavirus was a problem that would soon go away, president trump came out wednesday evening to address fears of its spreading and this is what he said when asked if he trusted his own instincts above the advice of his own experts. let's listen. >> they've said it could be worse and i've said it could be worse too. i -- no, i don't think it's inevitable. i think that we're doing a really good job in terms of maintaining borders in terms of letting people in and in terms of checking people. >> so, dan, is this a case of the president downplaying the risk of a coronavirus outbreak to try to preserve the economy? >> rosemary, i think that's exactly what is happening. president trump is very

concerned that the coronavirus is going to pose not just a risk to the public health of americans but the biggest risk to his re-election. my colleagues at politico reported with me a few days ago on the black swan event that's how trump and his advisers are looking at the coronavirus as a potential un -- expected but major disruption to the economy and a scary moment, not just around the world but with an election looming and trump campaigning on the economy as his strongest issue. >> right. and wednesday the cnn town hall michael bloomberg reacted to what president trump said about a possible coronavirus outbreak in this country. let's listen. >> number one he fired the pandemic team two years ago. number two, he's been defunding centers for disease control so we don't have the experts in

place. i hope it doesn't come here. but the bottom line is we are not ready for this kind of thing and the president is not a scientist is a nice way to phrase it. doesn't seem to believe in science, we are as exposed to this kind of thing as we've ever been, probably more so. >> so, dan, is bloomberg right? is this country not ready for an outbreak like this? >> well, i think he's at least half right, rosemary. the president, president trump has made a lot of cuts to the u.s. public health infrastructure. his proposed cuts to the cdc, he has gotten rid of staff as mike bloomberg correctly said who dealt with pandemics. at the same time, there are still many staffers who have years of expertise working on this and there has not been major spread in the united states yet. this might be the kind of issue where in the moment it seems like the united states is okay but three weeks later we will

realize that we didn't have enough staffing, enough resources, enough surveillance to prevent a potential outbreak and in my reporting the idea that the president has made these cuts and now we're as one source told me pray and see moment to determine if they'll pay for the cuts and decisions that have been made in the past couple of year. >> also, how concerned should we all be about vice president mike pence being selected by the president to lead the charge against preparing for a possible coronavirus outbreak given he has no medical background and when he was indiana's governor he chose prayer over any action to fight an hiv outbreak. >> so, vp pence in some ways is a very good person to lead a response effort because he has more authority than anyone in the federal government other than president trump and if mike pence wants something to be done a certain way, that will happen. he will be able to put the power

of the government behind him. but you are correct, the critics of mike pence are right. when he was in charge of indiana's public health system, there were many public health problems in indiana that did not get fixed. the needle sharing problem that led to hiv, opioid epidemic, there were some positive public health steps but many efforts that slid backwards. i'm not sure that a public health expert needs to lead this response, though. in 2014 joe biden's longtime adviser was put in charge of the u.s. ebola outbreak response. ron klain is a well-known political official. i've talked to him many times. he is not someone who had health care experience going into that role. you need someone who can get things done and coordinate across the government and make tough decisions. mike pence may be able to do that, he may not be able to do that. i guess we have to wait and see. >> i guess we will. dan, thanks so much for talking with us.

appreciate it. >> thank you, rosemary. well, the virus has now spread from china to every continent except antarctica and on wednesday for the first time since the outbreak began, there were more new cases reported outside mainland china than inside. in south korea the number of infections has jumped to almost 1600. now the u.s. and south korea are postponing joint military exercises until further notice so let's go live to soul with cnn's paula hancock. paula, as a sign of just how seriously south korea is taking this outbreak it is now canceling these joint drills with the u.s. what more are you learning about that? >> reporter: well, rosemary it appeared as though it were the south koreans who requested these drills be postponed. we heard from u.s. officials just 24 hours ago they were trying to work out how they could be scaled back as opposed

to not happen at all but have been postponed until further notice. it's really unclear whether they will be carried out. but they have said that it's simply not possible to hold them at this point. when you consider that the u.s. forces here in korea have had their first case of coronavirus, a 23-year-old male on a military base in daegu itself and was staying on a military base close by and then when you look at the south korean military they have 20 confirmed cases. across the board in the navy, the army, the marine corps, the air force, so they're certainly concerned and trying to contain this. if you consider the way that many soldiers will be living and staying, i mean it's a conscript army in south korea. they will be living in bar racks in close quarters so it is something that the defense ministry is trying to crack down on very carefully. it also comes at the same time that the u.s. state department has decided to increase its

alert level for south koreans so it's gone up to level 3, the second highest level it can be which is telling americans that they should reconsider travel to south korea at this point, rosemary. >> all right, paula hancocks bringing us the latest from seoul, many thanks to you. and iran is quickly emerging as the epicenter of the outbreak in the middle east. it now has 139 confirmed case as and at least 19 deaths and there's growing concern about the risk of it spreading to neighboring countries. for more, we have a report from istanbul. gentlem what are you learning about the confirmed cases and why is the mortality rate in iran so much higher than elsewhere? do we know? >> well, rosemary, that is the big question, you know, we don't really know what is going on in iran.

keeping in mind this is a country where information is tightly controlled. one of the main concerns. as you mentioned the mortality rate. we're looking at figures as of yesterday, 139 confirmed cases and then 19 deaths. if you look at the mortality rate from the virus at this point it's anywhere between 13 to 15% in iran over the past few days. that is significantly higher than any other country in the world. significantly higher than the global average that's anywhere between 1% to 2%. and the question is why is that? and, you know, one possibility here, a strong possibility is there's an underreporting of the number of confirmed cases in iran. we just don't know why that is. is it an issue with screening, you know, keeping in mind the health care in that country is really impacted by the sanctions

so it might impact the capabilities in the hospitals. are people showing symptoms being tested? are people going to hospitals or are we looking at a case here where the iranian regime is basically trying to downplay the severity of the situation and, you know, we've heard from official there is including the president hassan rouhani trying to reassure people telling them it's all under control then, you know, also slamming the u.s. saying that they are trying to create panic and fear amongst the population so there's a lot of concern about how transparent the authorities are being there and how seriously they are taking this and tackling this issue. you know, they have put some measures in place, you know, disinfecting public transport, cleaning up mosques and other places, they've closed some schools and theaters in tehran

and even announced the extraordinary measure, rosemary, on friday of suspending, they're not going to be having friday prayers in cities where there is confirmed outbreak of the coronavirus. but the question is, are they doing enough? and that is the big concern, especially when you look at the e epicenter of the outbreak, that is the city which is the holy shia city in iran. its religious capital pretty much. what we're hearing is shrine there is are still open to visitors. they have not been shut down. officials there trying to project this image where the situation is normal and everything is under control and also another concerning development is what we heard from the president yesterday saying at this point they have not made a decision and not considering quarantining any iranian cities. >> real concern there, indeed.

jomana karadsheh bringing us the latest in istanbul, turkey, many thanks. the u.s. state of wisconsin is in mourning as it comes to grips with yet another tragedy. five people were killed when an employee opened fire on wednesday at a moulson coors brewery complex in milwaukee. omar jiminez has more now. >> reporter: the mayor in milwaukee describing it as an unspeakable tragedy. six people killed in total including the shooter. five people who went to work today thinking it was just like any other day, thinking that they would be able to come home just like again any other day but, of course, that reality tragically cut short. now, when police responded just after 2:00 in the afternoon local time they say they found a 51-year-old man dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound and say that man was the shooter. dead from that wound but not

before taking five of his co-workers with him according to police. they say when they responded it was in those initial moments that some text messages went out to employees telling them to shelter in place. even one text message showing where the shots were originating from across this wide campus that is part of the moulson coors complex here. now moving forward, they are going to be trying to work toward a specific motive in this but to give some perspective, lieutenant governor in the state says this is now the 11th mass shooting to happen in wisconsin since 2004 but, again, as this investigation continues, the governor said that instead our thoughts should be with the families. omar jiminez, cnn, milwaukee, wisconsin. >> just days before south carolina goes to the polls, four back-to-back u.s. democratic presidential town halls on cnn. what the candidates had to say. that's next.

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back-to-back u.s. democratic presidential town halls in charleston. former new york mayor michael bloomberg, former vice president joe biden, senators amy klobuchar and elizabeth warren were there answering questions on everything from gun control to health care. senator bernie sanders was on the town hall stage monday night, wednesday he was back on the campaign trail and clearly on the minds of the candidates who all took turns taking a shot at him. >> bernie has put forward a medicare for all plan. it is great central idea. we do need universal health care in this country, no one should go broke just because they get sick. health care is a basic human right. but getting from here to there, that's going to be hard. it's going to be hard. and bernie's plan doesn't explain how you get from here to there. it doesn't explain how we bring

in the extra allies that we're going to need. how we build the coalitions that we need and it doesn't explain how we're going to pay for it. >> you recently tweeted about senator sanders. you said he's beholden to the gun lobby. i know he voted against the brady bill five types and voted to block lawsuits against -- >> if that's not the nra in his pocket, i don't know what it is. >> he said the vote was wrong and wants to expand background checks. >> i don't wish him ill. if he changed his mind to do the right thing -- >> do you believe he's beholden. >> i do know he voted against background check which we've been for five times in a row and also voted for a bill that gives the gun manufacturers protection against you suing them for misuse of their product. it's the only industry in america that is protected. the only one and he was the sponsor of that piece of legislation.

>> we can go back and forth on issues but elizabeth and bernie and i are in leadership together at the u.s. senate. i bet you wish you were in those meetings and we have worked together on many, many issues and i admire both of them. i don't agree with their bill on medicare for all. i think it's better to build on the affordable care act with a public option. >> i think bernie is a decent honorable man who means what he says but i think it's going -- it's not enough just to win, beat the president. the next president has to be able to win back democratic senate. as they say, ask yourself the question, you're running for the united states senate in georgia where we can win and north carolina, here in this state, in pennsylvania, in arizona, do you think it helps you or hurts you to have a self-proclaimed socialist at the top of the

ticket? >> with me now from palo alto in california, thomas giff. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> after lots of shouting and one-upmanship at the debate, cnn's town hall offered more detail on health care, gun reform and other issues. out of the candidates we heard from there, who do you think came out on top and the most presidential, do you think? >> well, that's difficult to say but i actually do think that bloomberg struck me as more at ea ease and for the first time able to articulate the case for his candidacy. unlike in the debates where he spent most of his time fending off criticism this format gave him more of an opportunity to project a forward-looking agenda. he worked cooperatively to get

legislation passed including lobbying the state legislature to legalize same-sex marriage and reform education and spoke passionately about gun control which is a key issue for him and so maybe this was just a function of lowered expectations after the debate but i think that he had quite a nice evening. >> so you felt he was the one that really came out on top out of the four of them. >> i think that he did. although i have to say i think all of the candidates had their moments and, of course, i think one of the most memorable moments for me was joe biden, when he was speaking to the reverend whose wife had died in the charleston shooting and for all the interparty wrangling in primary campaigns sometimes we see a filmer of humanity, that was one of them. it was really touching with the biden reach out to this individual. biden himself who lost a wife, a

son and a daughter and reflected the kind of empathy he's phone for and i think that's why a lot of voters in south carolina do support joe biden. i also think that he had a very solid evening. >> right, of course, you mentioned michael bloomberg. he clearly bombed at that first debate for the 2020 presidential race. he didn't seem prepared at all. he's clearly done his homework this time and went into considerable detail. of course, it's a very different setting, isn't it, these town halls allow you time to go into this detail so does this put him back in the race? does he have any chance, though, of ever getting nominated? do you think that's possible. >> that's a good question. i have to say at this point out of the centrist candidates you still have to look at joe biden as more of a central contender. i certainly wouldn't rule out michael bloomberg simply because he has lots of money to burn, of course, which he certainly will

and he is trying to occupy that center lane. i think if we see some candidates drop out particularly after super tuesday, because they're not viable, given that fund-raising dollars are drying up perhaps we could see mike bloomberg emerging as more of a central contender both as well as biden and sanders. >> of course, joe biden is well positioned to win the south carolina primary. that is, of course, according to various recent polls. and he really needs to do well, doesn't he, to continue on this journey? could the results of those polls and, of course, what happens at the south carolina primary and his performance at this town hall help revive his chances because a lot of people were thinking, wow, we thought he was the guy but he seems to have lost it. >> absolutely, rosemary. biden is really confronting the test of his political career in south carolina. i think you would acknowledge that. a poll that was taken showed

numbers that were good, up 18 percentage points, the highest i've seen and increased substantially in recent days. if he can win in a convincing fashion, i think he'll re-energize his campaign and emerge at the most viable part. it could change the psychology by encouraging some democrats to rethink their assumptions about whether a sanders nomination is inevitable. at the same time it is still very much an uphill battle especially if some of the other candidates stay in the race and split that moderate vote. >> thomas gift, many thanks. appreciate it. >> thank you. well, try as they might the world's stock markets can't shake off the coronavirus. we will check the asian markets and look at what's to come on wall street. that's ahead. i love the new myww program, because it's tailored to you!

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>> i think it took a hit maybe for two reasons. they look at the people you watch debating and say if there's a possibility it can happen i think it takes a hit because of that and certainly took a hit because of this. >> and for more on how the outbreak is affecting global markets we are joined by tokyo. carey, how are numbers looking right now and what are investors most worried about at this point? >> well, the equity markets across asia are looking still weak again today with the exception of shanghai. the tokyo market, one of the biggest in the region ended down 477 points. that's more than 2%. it takes losses to more than 1500 points over the last couple of trading sessions and below the critical 22,000 mark. a fairly steep drop again for tokyo. oil is continuing to slide as

well and the biggest fear, there are two fear, one, of course, is the contagion, how much further and farther this virus is going to spread and the second for investors is, of course, the economic fall out. you're seeing basically a paralysis in the manufacturing sector in the world's second largest economy, china, for the last month and having ripple effect and governments and companies are trying to gauge the extent of that. you had south korea come out and say today that they expect slower economic growth this year as a result of the virus. you had new zealand come out earlier on and say they probably may have to take emergency measures because exports to china account for about 25% of the country's total exports, and you add on top of that different layers, for example, companies every day seem to be telling their employees don't go to work, stay at home. so it raises the productivity issue. you have big concerts and events being canceled every day as well

and have a consumption issue and on top of that you have these clusters of outbreaks still continuing in various communities and schools are starting to shut down, things that continue to raise anxiety and fear and i think all of those combined investors are saying, we're just going to head to what feels safe and right now that seems to be the u.s. treasury market and we're continuing to see gains there in the yields on the government bonds continue to sink so the picture is generally similar to what we saw earlier on this week but as you mentioned not nearly as jumpy as we saw this week. i think what we're going to -- investors will start focusing on is next week because we'll get real numbers from corporations about what the damage has been in the month of february and i think that may compound some of the concerns people have particularly on the supply chain side of thing. >> we'll watch to see what happens next week.

kaori, thanks. president trump says the risk of the coronavirus to the american people remains very low, however, the centers for disease control warns it's not a matter of if but when the virus will spread in the united states. cnn's brian todd looks at what you can do. >> reporter: top american health officials say they expect to see more cases of coronavirus in the u.s. they're not sure how much the virus may spread inside the u.s., but they say americans' everyday lives could be impacted and need to prepare for the worst. what does that mean. >> that may include canceling mass gatherings, having people work from home as much as possible. >> reporter: possible school closures. but they stress that all may occur only in certain areas where there could be some community spreading of the virus, not all across the country. so what can the average american do to prepare or fend off

coronavirus? experts say there are some very simple but important steps. >> those include items like washing your hands for 20 second, most people do it less than five to ten. including not touching your face, not touching your eyes if you haven't washed your hands recently. >> fist or elbow bumps would be good alternatives to shaking hands while the outbreak is at its height. use knuckles or elbows to touch elevator buttons and doorknobs, stay home if sick. what about wearing masks as we see people do so often in asia? experts say americans don't need to wear them on a widespread basis. one reason they don't always work perfectly. >> that could be more harmful to you than not wearing a mask. you'll fumble with it and touching your face which is the number one way you're going to get diseased, unclean hands touching your face. >> longer term preparation americans are being advised to make. experts say think of it like an approaching hurricane.

>> having maybe two weeks' worth of food at home in terms of dry goods, canned goods in case there were to be some quarantine instituted and most importantly having a good supply of prescription medications on hand. >> reporter: what americans should not do, experts say is panic. the transmission and fatality rates are extremely low. in the u.s., most people who get it will survive. as far as things we enjoy and do every day like going to restaurants -- >> people should continue to go out to eat. i'm continuing to eat out and i'm not worried. my job in the government was to be worried about the worst possible things that could happen. >> reporter: what about everyday travel for americans on subways and buses? experts say we should not refrain from taking subways and buses to work. just create a few more inches of space between you and those close to you if you can. same for air travel, they say. don't change plans or stop traveling unless there's a

significant spread of coronavirus inside the united states and there's a large cluster in a particular city. then maybe look at adjusting travel there. brian todd, cnn, washington. >> stay calm and prepare. that's the key. a short break here. still to come, days of sectarian violence in new delhi leave destruction in the streets and a death toll that keeps climbing. back with that in a moment. adventure. to reconnect and be together. and once we did that, we realized his greatest adventure is just beginning. (vo) welcome to the most adventurous outback ever. the all-new subaru outback. go where love takes you.

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well, days of sectarian battles have reduced parts of new delhi to smoked out rubble. at least 30 people have been killed in protests that exploded into violence sunday. demonstrations began in december over a law that fast tracks indian citizenship for refugees from neighboring countries but only for non-muslims.

our sam kylie is there and joins us live. what's india's government doing about this? >> reporter: well, the latest death toll is now up to 30, rosemary. those are the people who have been killed or have died of their wounds from the violence that flared over three days starting mostly saturday going through sunday. monday, coincident with the visit of donald trump, not the sort of thing that narendra modi would like to see out on the streets when praised for the religious tolerance india used to be most famous for. that's certainly not what we discovered on the ground. this is what we saw. ri ri rioters here and it's calculated to insult and inflame here. the mosque itself torched on the third day of communal violence. it killed dozens and injured

many more. this is what remains of this area. how will you make a living now, i asked. he said, when there is nothing left how will we earn? we will steal and then drink poison and die. he told me that it was attacked in this hindu neighborhood mostly and moved on to smash and burn muslim homes around it. this has been not only burned but the toil lit smashed. the shower rendered useless. this is what communal violence really looks like. violence erupted after a powerful hindu politician from the ruling party published a video demanding anti-government protests be stopped. he warned if the police did not stop the demonstrations we will take to the streets. soon rival mobs clashed in riots that spread across the northeast of delhi. victims from both communities ended up side by side in the

local morgue. yasmeen waits for the release of her brother-in-law's body. she said people came from behind and were shouting, hail, lord ram. they took him away then we got an anonymous call that he had been set on fire. do you think the policies of mr. modi have contributed to this? "that is true, if they didn't make is this law that would not have happened but the law is right from his perspective. he is our prime minister and people shouldn't riot like this." the indian pm 5 peopleddd -- appealed for calm and the bloodletting looks far from over. now, rosemary, a lot of the people out on the street there in the muslim community directly blame prime minister modi for this and point to his tenure as

chief minister. 15 years ago when he presided over a state where there was a great deal of communal bloodletting in at least a thousand muslims were killed back then. he is seen as deeply anti-muslim by many secular or more moderate hindus within india, but he has appealed for calm. the national security adviser to the prime minister has been out on the streets. the street here in the capital has been flooded with police now in an effort to bring an end to this communal violence. hit a large number of communities in the northeast. so for now it has gone quiet. very quiet, indeed, but the resentments, of course, will last and this is definitely not the last we've seen of this violence, i don't think. rosemary. >> sam kiley with his live report from new delhi, many thanks. well, ants are creatures

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degree. >> the main reason i want to get deep in science is because i want not just tell the people the importance of the ants but also solve problems and also help in terms of conservation of these species. >> reporter: she hopes that through research like hers, we can preserve and conserve the ecosystem while being an inspiration for many young innovators in her community and around the world. >> i'm really proud to be a scientist using science. we cannot just discover a new species, not just discover habitats but also you can understand how entire ecosystem works. what's going on? it's the 3pm slump. should have had a p3. oh yeah. should have had a p3.

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well, it is lent, the christian season of fasting and reflection. and pope francis wants catholics around the world to give up something, not chocolate or french fries or soda. instead asking people to quit insulting others on social media. he said lent is a time to give

up useless words, gossip, rumors, tittle thattal and speak to god on a first-name basis. greated a vie great advice for all of us. every parents knows how hard it can be to get a child to eat vegetables. but what if that child is the president of the united states known for his love of fast food? >> reporter: what do you get when you sneak cauliflower into mashed potatoes? a sneak peek at the presidential diet, thanks to white house doctor, ronny jackson. remember the physician that gave the president such a gloiing report >> it's my opinion that the president's got a rockin' bod with the perfect amount of ku s cushion for the pushen. >> to push back on this --

>> reporter: but what caused an uprising on social media is what he said about president trump losing weight, the exercise stuff never took off like i wanted to to. but year working on his diet, making ice cream less accessible. we were putting cauliflower into the mashed potatoes. >> the hard part was getting the mashed potatoes into his bacon chee cheese burger. >> reporter: someone posted actual video of trump having cauliflower mashed potatoes. did he pretend the spoon was an airplane coming in for a landing? and with the president's love for fast food >> we have 300 hamburgers, many, many french fries. >> reporter: no wonder cauliflower required covert

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