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well, donald trump is writing his prescription to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus in the united states and the effort will be led by vice president mike pence. the president is trying to reassure americans the risk is very low. but he insists his administration is working with congress on funding and is prepared. meanwhile sources say privately the president is worried the falling stock market will hurt his chance for re-election. >> we're very, very ready for this, for anything, whether it's going to be a breakout of larger proportions or whether or not 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. we'll take it. we'll take it. if they want to give more, we'll do more. we're going to spend whatever is appropriate. i think we've done a great job in keeping it down to a minimum. >> meanwhile, another new dangerous development with centers for disease control saying a patient in sacramento could pea the first u.s. case of what's called community spread. dr. sanjay gupta explained what that means and why it's a concern. >> reporter: it's unclear why that person got coronavirus. it could represent the first example of community transmission. that's something we've been

talking about for some time. this idea you haven't travel there had, haven't come in contact with a known infected person and yet still have the coronavirus. that's an indication it's here and starting to spread in communities. it's unclear if that patient represents the first area of community spread. maybe we don't have any community spread at all, which has been at odds with what we're hearing from the cdc who has been saying it's not a question of if community spread will happen, it's a question of when. so that's why so much attention is going to be paid to that one patient. i also want you to listen closy to an exchange i had with the president. >> this has a fatality rate of 1

to 3%. >> we don't know exactly. and the flu is higher than that. >> there's more people who get the flu but this is spreading -- >> it may. >> does that worry you? >> no because we're ready for it. >> the reason we were talk bougt this is because the president has been comparing this new coronavirus to the flu virus. and in some cases understandably so. they go humen to human and seems to spread pretty easily. but you're looking at a potential outbreak, you want to look at transmiscibility and how lethal it is. flu, .31% people will die.

coronavirus, is 20 times higher. if fatality ratio is significantly higher, you can see the problem there and that's why the public health community is so focussed on this. they're planning for a pandemic, hoping it doesn't happen but planning nonetheless. and an infectious disease specialist with us, joining us from the australian national university and he comes to us via skype. thank soz so much for being with us. so, let's start by talking about this new case in sacramento, california. this person has no history of traveling abroad and no contact with anyone who's been infect said. yet, he or she is infected with the coronavirus.

what does that signal to you? >> hi, roseinariy. it is lovely to be here. when u.s. and australia have cases with a clear link to china, we've been comforted in no local transmission. we found the person and isolated them and their contact. but in this case this person has contracted it from someone without leaving the u.s. there is clearly local transmission. what's important is to fienld how this person got infected. hopefully it's someone who went to a country which has coronavirus tin. if they can't crase it back, then it suggest sests there moilg be a lot of casess going

around and that's a signal we could be close to a pandemic? >> i think we are close to a pandemic but in pralctical term, i don't know if it should make a difference. there's a wonderful catchphrase, which is prepare, not declare. even if it's not declared this week or next month, that all nations will make sure pandemic planning is in place in case this tips over into a pandemic. >> and we know u.s. president donald trump has been trying to down play the risk of a outbreak across the united states, despite what he's being told by his own experts. a number of critics think it's to preserve the economy. whatever the reason, how

prepared do you think folks are p along with all the other kwuntrikwun countries involved here. >> it's important to provide accurate information. what was your question again, rosemary? >> giving us an idea how prepared you think the united states is and what it should be doing right now as well as these other countries. >> so, i think it's very important to excavate. australia has just actvated a the pandemic plan. we've had sars, ebola, swine flu that have given us an opportunity to prepare for an

eventuality of a possible pandemic across the globe. so, making sure we have supplies in place in case. >> we have the mortality rate appears to be around the 2% mark. and wroer seeing it as high as 14%. what do you think is behind that? >> you're quite correct. so far from confirmed cases we've seen a case fatality rate of 2%. it is possible the true rate is much lower than that because there may well be a number of cases who have been very mild or not having symptoms, so inactual case is lower. and why does iran have such a high mortality rate? i suspect tlk are a lot more

cases in iran that haven't been identified. >> thank you so much for joining us from the australia international university. well, the virus has now spread from china to every continent except antarctica. and for the first time on wednesday there were more new cases outside mainland china than inside. the world health organization counted nearly 460 everywhere else. . for in south korea almost 1600 people are now nufected. the majority are in the city of daigu. and onmarecon teacher described what life is like in the heart of the outbreak. >> everyone, for the most part

is taking the quarantine seriously. but everyone's wearing masks. i live near a market and those are still open. convenience stores are still open. it will blow over. everyone is taking advice very seriously. everyone is stay nothing doors, kpoept for except for a few people that need to run errands. i really enjoy living here. i was getting medical from home and i said no. >> so nar virus has inspelkted one american soldier station said in the country. now they've decided to post pone joint military exerciseicize until further notice.

officials say they're prioritizing the health and safety of their personnel. so, paula, this indicates how seriously south korea is take thg outbreak across the country. talk to us about the latest on this. >> i have an update on figures for you. we know the 25 south korean military purses nel can be held as having the virus. it's in every unit, so to speak. in the navy, in the army. the marine corps and in the air force. so, there's a great deal of concern and we saw this by the fact the south korean side say they are the ones that raised this with the u.s. forces. they are the ones that wanted to post pone the military drills. many of the soldiers on the

south korean side would be in pairics. frrgs so tlrm has been one case inside the u.s. military who was from a because about twunt kilometers to daigu. it's ground zero for the coronavirus increase in cases add the moment. we have travelled to a base within and now he's at 24 head quarters. and the military is trying to trace his steps, which is so key to contain any outbreak. and we know from the state department they have changed their alurd leveling. they have raised it to level three. which means they're saying to

amare dnzsl and you don't care. well, cases of the kro coronavirus are rising throughout the middle east. pakistan, lebanon and israel have reported cases in an effort to slow the spread, pakistan and iraq are closing schools and saudi arabia is keeping religious -- from entering the country. we talk about iran because it's seen as the epicenter of this outbreak in the middle east. let's start there and look at the problem. >> well, you know, at this point we don't know how widespread the disease is in iran. there are concerns about how transparent officials are being about this.

if you look at the figures, they don't make sense. you've got 139 confirmed cases in iran, 19 deaths. looking at a mortality rate around 13 to 14%. that is significantly higher than the mortality rate in other countries, the global average. so, there are lots of questions about why that is. is this an issue of how they're screening the cases? considering the health care infrastructure in the country that's been impacted by u.s. sangss. is there an issue how tair reporting the cases and letting themselves -- or are we looking at a case basically where the iranian regime is trying to down

play the severity of the situation? certainly this is the message you get when you hear officials speaking. the president reassuring people yesterday that the situation is under control and not to listen to rumors. slamming the united states for spreadling fear and panic among the population. but they are taking measures. one extraordinary measure we've heard is they're not going to be holding prayers pin city where there's been an ought [. and they've not mate a desilgds to quarantine any cities. this is raising a lot of concern in this region. putting pressure on them to try

and contain the spread and the outbreak. rosemary. >> bringing this very latest from her vantage point in istanbul, turkey. still to come. ♪all strength, we ain't stoppin' believe me♪ ♪go straight till the morning look like we♪ ♪won't wait, we're taking everything we wanted we can do it♪ ♪all strength, no sweat

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for now, the level of violence. but the level of violence was the highest that had been seen for many, many years in the capitol. this is what it looked liked on the ground. >> reporter: a flag bearing the simian image of the hindu god of power. it's calculated to insult and inflame. the mosque itself torched on the third day of communal violence that killed others and wounded many more. i asked how will you make a living now? he said when there is nothing left, how will we earn? we will steal and then drink poison and die. he told me a mob attacked a mosque in his mostly hindu neighborhood 24 hours earlier. they went to smash homes and the toilet has been smashed, the

shower rendered useless. this is what communal violence really looks like. after a powerful hindu politician published a video demanding the antigovernment protests be stopped. he warned if the police did not stop the demonstrations, we will take to the streets. soon rival mobs across deli and victims ended up size by side in the local mam and she said people came from behind and were shouting hail lord rahm. then we got an anonymous call. >> do you think the policies of mr. modi have contributed to this? >> that's true.

but the law is right from his perspective. he is the prime minister and people shouldn't writhe like this. >> reporter: the blood lettic looks far from over. the national security advisor has been on the street, having the chief minister, he has called for control of the police neglect, placed the the city authorities and eveen inmilitary, the armed forces should be on the ground. it has dialled down. but the issue now is the scars and resentments from this murder on a massive scale by new delhi standards, how much more energy will that give the communal confrontation attuate is called

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cnn hosted four back-to-back u.s. presidential town halls in charleston. former new york mayor, michael bloomberg, and former vice president, joe biden. senators amy klobuchar and elizabeth warren were there answering questions on coronavirus, stop and frisk and other key issues. >> you continued to defend the policy for years. just five years after you were married, quote, it was a technique that was appropriate at the time to a lot of people. it seems you only had a change of heart when you decided to run for president. >> that's not true. we made a mistake. we did too much of the and i cutback to almost zero and we're not doing it again. >> other candidates are being asked to account for past programs and choices they regret. what do you say to the female

voters who are still unhappy how you handled the conformation of clarence thomas? >> i publicly apologized, apologized then and i was able -- we owe her. we owe anita hill a lot because what she did by coming forward, she gave me the ability to pass the violence against women act. we owe her a great deal of credit. >> we can go back and forth on issues but bernie, elizabeth and i are all in leadership together at the u.s. senate. 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'm going to be introducing a plan to take every dime the president is spending on his racist wall at our southern boarder and divert it to work on

the coronavirus. we need someone who's not actively disqualified from doing that the way the vice president is. do keep in mind this vice president has dealt with a publ publ public health emergency below. he let a serious virus expand in his state and cost people lives. >> joining me now is a political science professor at the university of denver. >> so, after all that unruly shooting on tuesday's debris about policy. which dominated, do you thing? >> it was striems how different this was from the debate. it was much more calm and

measured. i thought tonight biden had some of the strongest performances. you saw him speak effectively about policy and make an emotional connection with a number of his -- the people asking him questions. in many ways they dade substantially better job. >> michael bloomberg seemed to be at home. and able to lay out considerable details. >> what tet you think of the journey made on the firs debate pop if the and show much moviab is he now look sng. >> he addressed that a lilt tonight. he was talking about how much he

was struck on the debate stage about how pugnatious everyone was. which had me watching haven't you been watching all the other debates. he only jumped in at the end of november. whereas most of nem have been doingtle at least a year. he has haut to tharlgts and being drilled about some of their past spaing. stances. krks onlythemderm bates stage spa amand it was the looet ladest voice in the room that won the day, wasn't it?

and even so i biden pointed that out. andthem polls show joe biden in a commanding lead before the the south carolina primary. we apreev thoom revive his chances of going forward. >> i think so. tonight i was thinking if i s see -- and if they're fairly well run, people are shouting a lot and trying to get as much information th information as they can across and-they have time to connect with the audience, that's

something where biden has a considerable set of skills. he's got chance. he's going into south carolina, where polls have been favorable for him for some time. he's got important endorsements there. and he's looking good in a number of other southern states. he may not be the frontpruner but should not be counted out and their game is too make the yaek ho >> for the candidates we saw tonight, i think so. it's difficult for any of them to cut into bernie sanders' area of strength. he has maybe 25 or 30% of democratic voters in various

states pretty strongly committed to him. bernie fans tend to be strong bernie fans. they're all really competing for the rest of the family. so, they're all fighting with each other for that. he has a chance. >> thank you so much for talking with us. we do appreciate it. >> thanks for having me on. and another mass shooting in the united states with five people dead after a gunman opened fire at a brewery. the company's president called it an unthink lk tragedy. no motive released.

norly 1,000 people were working there at the time. >> stock markets in asia try to shake off the coronavirus. vo: he had already taken the giving pledge

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welcome back everyone. thursday could be a rough fried stocks. as investors continue to worry about the coronavirus. they're trading about 2% lower right now. meantime, u.s. stock futures are down across the board. and not as kpapds. and they've just finished mixed with the day. for more live from turkey. good to see you.

look at the numbers across asian mark said. >> it's not as nervous as we've seen in the last two or three trading sessions. coun faum fawn and build b low the 22,000 markedess. weaker in the rest of the region. and nervousness prevailed, and pay pecontinue toosz spread throughout the world. and this saying hay have to lower lair guidance for this year. you have people from new zealand coming. particularly when you consider 25% of the exparts are head said

to the teaming smoem ease marked. inspesers wraupt to shun themselves. and >> and they fear. the fallout is yet to come. a lot of corporations every dre saying they want their employees to stay at home. you're seeing heightens anxiety in cities nay had cleser outbreaks. and we still -- you still don't have a lot of visibility on how corporates are dialing with the supply chain issue. wore seeing continued weakness stock mark lgts and fifth day running for the oil markets. prices continuing to gain and the field hit record lows. not nearly as we've seen but

still inyishau, roseinariy. >>. well, medical experts in japan admit their quarantine was almost expejt said to fail. cnn's blalk jien said me with more on toek you. but now they have. auts next and what does this mean? >> that skull was hard and they'll question quarantine for days, weeks, months. it all came dawn do. to logistics. and here on land. voe, they teltds them on the

thielt. that time frame critical to preventing the further spread of the virus in japan. i did just speak to japanese health experts who said the fund raising from the good ginning is like flu. frotects isolation gauze continuing togo dope tee >> and. >> plooeld squeal and even through the end days of the quarantine, no detail was too small making sure guests were well cared for. >> reporter: a consideration for the passengers which the government's own advisors admit wasn't extekder tended to the crew.

>> they have already infected. they have to deliver the meals. so, that may have caused some contact, workers and passenger. >> should the crew members have continueds to work? is it fair to have continued to expose them to contraction of the virus? >> reporter: from the started he admits it was a flew said quarantine. so, the view continues to work untail the strars curdisembark said. by the time the crew were the

ones receiving the crew from the shore, more than 150. endsed up testing positive for the coronavirus. >> i'm very sorry what happened here because there was a limitation in terms of facilities and structure. >> there was there an tauchgds or did you say you have to go? >>. >> a killingness for many and away from the quarantine. year extremely scared. a rekwesz, he says, to separate the crew from the infected. finally, after weeks of oncertainty, for the crew

members on board who tested negative, it's on to dry land. where the only journey left is the one home. >> reporter: japanese helgs officials and advisers are sympathetic to all over the world. they said the passengers and ship had to be maintained. >> i think they'll be reassessing the way they approach this. many thanks to you. and time now for a short break. ahead he's been a tv staple over 30 years. back in a moment. $9.95 at my age?

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it is lent, the christian season of fasting and reflection. and pope francis wants catholics around the world to give up something.

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an alarming new development for coronavirus on u.s. soil. a new case with no known source. the president trying to ease concerns about the virus by blaming democrats. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "early start." i'm laura jarrett. >> and i'm christine romans. it is thursday february, 27th. it is 4:00 a.m. in new york and the president's surprised there's a flu that kills 20,000 to 30,000 people a year. the president telling america he did not know there's a flu that's an annual killer. not inspiring confidence as we battle