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you, it will be you are off the ship and safely if your quarantine. thank you so very much. >> thank you. >> thanks to all of you for joining us. ac 360 start right now. >> good evening, john berman here in for anderson, for a first night that can be a long tense week for people around the country and around the world. that's because the markets suffered an unprecedented point drop if italy, a country of 60 million people effectively closed all its borders to the world. now all of that happening as passengers are finally disembarking from a cruise ship now reported in oakland. a news conference a short time ago, vice president pence said 21 were infected on the ship. however, none of them children. president trump was also there. do we say he was there briefly. we use this team to explain the outbreak was not quote our country's fault and something we were thrown and a stimulus
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packable he hopes congress will pass. then he left the room from taking any questions. we want to play you that moment. because tonight the health of the president is now a concern, several allies in congress who had recent contact announced they have self quarantined after coming in contact with someone who was infected. here is that moment after reporters ask, whether the leader of the free world has been tested. >> have you been tested? >> have you been tested? >> i have not been tested for the coronavirus. >> has the president been tested? >> he's been in contact with people in proximity who had the virus. >> let me get you the answer. i honestly don't know the answer to that question. we will get you an answer from a white house physician quickly. >> the vice president doesn't know if the president has been tested. we still haven't received and
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answer from the white house. here is what we do know at this time about the president's health. four republican members of congress have self quarantined themselves after saying they came in contact with an individual at a recent conservative political action forum who has tested positive for the virus. ted cruz, dr. paulco czar, matt gaetz and he shook is president's hand after exiting air force one in atlanta on friday after congressman collins came in contact with the infected individual. and then there's congressman matt gates of florida. today he rode with the president aboard the presidential limo as well as air force one. gates was also a dinner guest saturday evening staying the weekend with president trump at mar-a-lago. now, gates had previously app r appeared to mock coronavirus prevention. he appeared on the house floor last week in a gas mask during the vote on funding for coronavirus prevention an tweeted out a photo of himself in that same gas mask.
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by the way, all of that happened before this weekend when a constituent of his died from the coronavirus. today his office respond, quote, congressman gates expected it to affect congress and demonstrated his concern last week on the house floor. he demonstrated it, all right. interestingly, president trump attended the same seatback conference as the four congressmen who self quarantined on february 29th. nine days ago. president trump said, of the coronavirus quote everything is under control. he says it twice. boris sanchez, as we mentioned, vice president pence, he couldn't or wouldn't say if the president has still been tested. is that still the case? >> we don't have any clarity, you heard vice president make pence say he would give some clarity to the press and sort of struggled, ultimately
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acknowledging he, himself, had not been tested. he said he didn't know what the white house physician's advice to trump on that. as we saw the president quickly walked out of the room before answering questions from reporters. we should note the president of the weekend, the last few days, ignored advice for senior citizens protecting themselves from the coronavirus. he attended hundreds in attendance, shaking a lot of hands, john. >> so what more is the white house saying about the president's interactions with congressman gates and doug collins? >> not much at all, steph nanny grisham didn't send any questions, the white house maintains president trump is feign. he is health yvette. he, himself, has made clear this isn't a huge concern for him. it seems the tide is turning specifically when you watch the dow jones dropped 2,000 points in a single day.
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that got the president's attention, going into this 2020 campaign. >> there is no question. that what he wanted to focus on this nassau conference, tomorrow he'll hold a press conference talking about economic relief. do they see it's enough? >> from what we understand the president met with aides this afternoon, going over a draft, different ideas, opinions over what an economic stimulus package would look like, the white house repeatedly said they would help to the tourism report in that regard. there has been speculation about a potential payroll tax. it would alleges not be a surprise if we see help for the energy sector as well with this price war over oil going on between saudi arabia and russia. there is less demand for oil. we may see the white house try to boost that. the big question on the horizon. we're still several steps from
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this it's an important one to keep in mind. how will democrats respond to this? are they willing to pass an economic stimulus package that might turn the tide with the way the white house handled this coronavirus and avoid a slow down going into november? >> bore his sanchez kep keep on pressing. let us know if you get answers. we want to bring in dr. sanjay gupta, what are you making of the fact that the vice president couldn't say whether or not president trump has been tested for coronavirus? >> well, you know, i was a little surprised. they didn't know, only because it's been such a topic in the news today, everybody has been talking about it, reporting on it, so that was a little surprising. the president walked out, i don't know if you saw, before he could take those questions. the vice president was surprised. at first he was being asked if he had been tested. i do want to say one thing, the
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scenario, congressman gates and collins, interacted with somebody subsequently found to be tested positive and they interacted with the president. it's not clear if they have coronavirus, themselves. i think that will be an important question. i bring it up to say, as we move forward over the next days and weeks, who should get tested i think is going to be a question that comes up. should you get tested if you came in contact with somebody who is known to have the coronavirus. the answer is no the white house doctors may say, look, we will watch you. see if you develop symptoms. we don't want to make this precedent that everybody who has second or third degree contact should go out and get tested. >> they tell us as of now, those members are asymptomatic. another big part was the cdc guidelines, are coming out. what do you make of this? i suppose any information is good, although make i maybe it's
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a little late for some of this? >> dr. fauci did discuss it as being very basic information about how to essentially protect yourself at home, at your business and restaurants, whatever it may be. we haven't seen it yet. i guess it will be coming out later tonight or tomorrow morning. i think it will be a lot of stuff that has been discussed in terms of hand washing and disinfecting and appropriate distance to stay away from somebody. how do you interact with people at a restaurant in terms of getting infected. i think are you right, john, we have been hearing about this. it's been piecemale. what they realize, dr. fauci and ambassador berks, there ought to be a more coherent way of presenting this to the entire american public. this is supposed to be for everybody. yeah, you wished they had it sooner. now we will have it in a more
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organized form. >>over a overall, what was your away? >> i was there at the first press briefing he did around this topic. i did get the sense this time around there was an acknowledgment by the president that this was a big deal. before i think it was still sort of fought necessarily recognized in that he had just come back from india. i think he was a bit surprised he had to talk about it. this time he said, look, i get it. everyone around the worked is talking about it. so he acknowledged that. you know he talked mostly about the economy. but he did bring up some specific things like helping workers who might have to stay home. maybe they can't afford to. >> right. >> acknowledgment of details like that. so i think that was good. again he spoke for a very short time. >> he did, which is notable. sanjay, thank you very much. we have a lot more coming up. first, i want to talk to a
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veteran working on an array of crises, leon pennetta. secretary pennetta, are you surprised that vice president pence couldn't say or wouldn't say whether president trump has been tested for coronavirus. given that the president interacted with people who had come in contact with someone who now has coronavirus? >> that was kind of not a smart move by the vice president. he, i think both the president and he knew that that question was coming. because of the fact that he had had contact with members of congress who have now quarantined themselves. so, i think they should have been better prepared to have responded to that question. because as the critical question. >> and then it struck me that the president after floating a payroll tax cut and some other
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wage benefits. he left. he walked out of the news conference early. i'm wondering why you think the white house, perhaps, didn't want him asking questions? >> it's the president of the united states, the commander-in-chief, if you will, whose got to stand up there and speak to the american people about what's happening and what we are doing to try to deal with it. i thought it would have been far better, frankly, not even to have the president go out there because it created the up pressing that the president was not fully knowledgeable about what is happening with the virus, did not want to speak it to. and, instead, wanted to mention the fact that he was going to meet with senators tomorrow to talk about an economic package. which is all well and good. the fact that he went out there,
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did not speak directly to the issue that american people are concerned about and immediately went off stage, i just thought it left me with a sense that the president for a lot of reasons does not seem to have his arms around this issue and does not feel comfortable addressing it as he should have address it at that press conference. >> what does it tell you, that you have concerns about the president of the united states participating in a news conference about coronavirus. that's pretty extraordinary. >> well, you know, it strikes me that the president for the last few weeks as we have been dealing with this crisis has tried to play down the threat of this virus. he's concerned about it impact. he's concerned about what it's
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doing to the economy. he's concerned about what it's doing to his presidency. and so as a result of that, i think he's trying to put the best face on it, without really relying on scientific facts and the medical facts that are so apparent. i appreciate the vice president and i appreciate the whole medical team that was there, because i at least have the sense that they were presenting the facts and the truth to the american miami i don't think this president has come face to face with the truth of what's happening and as long as that's the case, i have a feeling that we're not financial to see the president doing many briefings. >> and every public health expert i speak with say that in a crisis situation, the number one ingredient for public health is public trust. so i go es the question is what happens when a leader forfeits
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some element of public trust. >> well, you know, the problem is this president has had a hard time with the truth since he entered the presidency and before that. >> the american miami want to be able to trust what the president is saying to them. but in many ways, he's forfeited that trust by the fact that he continues to shade the truth. the most important thing in these crises is to present the truth to the american people. and this president so often would rather shade the truth. so that everything looks fine. when, in fact, this is a crisis that we're all a part of. all americans are a part of this effort to deal with this crisis. and he should be comfortable. not up comfortable, with telling
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the american people the truth about what's happening. >> you know, i want to ask you a question on a slightly different subject. it has to do with the crisis over oil prices. now, this has to do with two countries that the president, for whatever reason, has gone out of his what i to develop these particularly close relationships with. saudi arabia and russia. what does it tell you that he can't just get on the phone after years of building up these relationships and say, hey, fix this. isn't this exactly where you should be using the leverage he claims to have been bidding up? >> well, frank little, what concerned me more today the president tweeted out that somehow this crisis on oil prices was going to benefit the american miami with lower gas prices. the problem is it's a crisis. we've never had that much of a drop on energy prices for almost 30 years. >> and when that happens, it creates a very unpredictable
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marketplace that could impact on our way of life. because with reso dependent on that source of energy so i would have thought that the president really spoken to the danger points that we are seeing now with regards to oil and also as you say, he should have picked up the phone with saudi arabia and with russia. >> secretary leon panetta, thank you for speaking with us this evening. stay healthy. we'll talk to you soon. >> thank you. just ahead, dr. sanjay gupta joins to us take a step back, take a deep breath and answer more questions about the coronavirus and a live report from oakland, a cruise ship infected with coronavirus has just docked. the latest on the passengers when 360 returns. at fidelity, we can help you build
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clearly people in their 70s and 80s are more at risk and dr. fauci has said people of that age group with pre-existing conditions, you know, should as much as possible try and not be in large public spaces so this clearly seems to fly in the face of that no question about it. you know they also said that if it were, if the rally were happening in an area where coronavirus was not known to be spreading, perhaps it would be okay. that's what one of the other doctors said. so, look, you know, john, you know, it's been very interesting over the last few weeks, because there is hardly any precedent for some of what we are talking about here. around because the virus is so new, i think recommendations are sort of being altered and tweaked as we go alomg. yes, to your general question, i think dr. fauci and others have been very clear, the elderly, people with pre-existing conditions, hyperthings, lung disease, should not be in large
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gatherings. a rally would qualify as that. >> to be clear, both candidates in the race over 70. we will talk about that in the days and weeks ahead. i do want to ask you about the age thing in general. if the risk is great toast people 70-years-old and older, why are so many schools shutting down? high schools, colleges? what's going on? >> that's a great question. i think what the real goal of that is when you start talking about the social distancing, it does come up with acknowledgement with younger people. even though they tend to be somewhat insulateed from certainly getting very sick from this virusch even though they can become infected. the concern is they can still carry it. if you are someone who is a student and are you in school, you come home and you are spending time with someone who was elderly, even though the young person may not be sick, themselves, the concern, by being out in that situation in a crowded school where the requires may be circulating, they could then bring it home
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and infect somebody who would be vulnerable. that's a good point. it doesn't change the fact that younger people don't seem to be protected by this virus. >> that's it. there were thousand, tens of thousands of schools who will be missing school and the schools are shutting down, so they don't get near grandparents sick. that's what's going on here? >> yeah, i think a lot. it really is there idea that to break the spread of transmission, you got to stop any modes of transition. we know that even though kids aren't getting sick. they can carry the virus. the schools, particularly for young kids in particular. we know the viruses, including other viruses, not just the coronavirus, transmit very easily so that seems to be the big part of it. i will say this, that in the past, going back to h1n1, which i covered extensively, there were 700 schools in 2009, 50 in
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new york where you are. there wasn't clear evidence at that point it made a huge difference. i'm sure that's data at this time for mass schools closing. >> on the discussion of kid, jeremy herd tweeted this, they are giving tours despite the fact that someone tested postive. he explained to several kid and parents with his conversation with the doctor he didn't have symptoms and he wouldn't shake hands. again i understand that we don't know yet about third person transmission from one to the other to the other. but just in terms of the public health messaging, this is a congressman who now says he came in contact with someone who had coronavirus, who is quite publicly advertising the fact that he is now going toward the capitol. >> i wouldn't do that i wouldn't do that. look, he talked to his doctor about not necessarily kneading to be in quarantine. i guess. that's what i read. the cdc doctor said he didn't
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more on our breaking news as we report at the top of the program that after staying at
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sea for several days, the grand princess cruise ship has docked in oakland, california, some people have now been allowed to leave the ship. there are at least 21 people or there were at least 21 people on board with coronavirus. cnn's nick watt joins us now live from oakland. what more do we know about who exactly is off the ship and who remains on board? >> reporter: well, john, the headline is this is going to take quite some time, 3500 people aboard that ship and everybody is going to get tested as they come up so the first priority with people with acute medical requirements, they, we believe, are now off. next up will be the 962 people aboard that ship who are california residents. there are buses waiting to take them to travis air force base where they will continue their 14-day quarantine. the oughts will head to miramar in san diego. other residents in the u.s. will
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be taken on planes to texas and georgia and also the u.s. government has been working with the brits and the canadians to get their nationals off this ship and out of this country as quickly as possible. they will be bussed onto the tarmac at local airports and put straight on charger planes back home as of the u.s. so this will probably take a couple of days so carry on for another couple hours now until it gets dark. then they say they will cease disembarkation overnight, start up in the morning, again, john, one other word we heard from a florida couple. they have already filed suit, looking for a million dollars in damages against the cruise lines, saying that the cruise lines put this ship to sea knowing that it was infected. the cruise line tells cnn the safety of the passengers and crew is always paramount to them and they won't comment on ongoing litigation. >> the majority of people that tested positive for coronavirus, they're crew members.
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will they be allowed to leave? >> reporter: right. they will not. are you right. of the 46 passengers, 21 were positive, 19 were crew. they will not be allowed off that ship will go back out to sea where the crew will serve the rest of their quarantine away from everybody else. john. >> all right. nick watt for us in oakland. thank you very much. one of the passengers aboard the grand princess is a 60-year-old woman from north dakota who has a serious medical condition, separate and apart, she is diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and is supposed to go home for treatment he and her husband planned the cruise. i spoke to carrie short by before we came to air. carrie, first of all, how are you doing? how do you feel? i see your smile s. it genuine? >> my smile's genuine right now. we've had a number of crying days this morning. i'm in a fair amount of pain and
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pretty heavy duty painkillers. we earlier were given the understanding that i wasn't going to get off today so we are actually awaiting getting off the ship any time. they passed out masks and came in and got luggage and so i have no idea where i'm going, but any place off this ship would be great. i've got, as the day goes on, the battle gets tough to bear with the pain. so, hopefully, we can hold it together long enough to get somewhere. >> so just to be clear, you have been told you are getting off shortly, within hours, but have you no idea where you are going? >> that's correct. the only person i've seen or talked to is a man at 3:00 p.m., 3:00 a.m. in a hazmat suit. he identified himself as a physician and asked me questions about my medical needs.
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other than that, through this ordeal i have talked or heard from no one. >> so that person in a hazmat suit is the some person that's aware of your serious medical condition. correct? >> he's -- i believe they were notified by senator cramer's office and various other ways. but on the ship, the only person i talked to is the man in the hazmat suit at 3:00 a.m. . >> and the doctors back in north dakota, your doctors, what are they telling you now about your treatment? will it start when you are in quarantine, wherever that might be? >> we have no real idea. we sure hope that's the plan. it's imperative i get both my radiation and my chemo therapy started as soon as possible. we know the cancer is growing. we are told to go ahead and go on the cruise by everybody,
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including my palliative care physicians. you know, when you have a chronic serious condition like i have, we're always weighing the risks versus what's right for our family and what's right for, you know, everyone else. i know there's lots of folks on they all have a good story. and i don't expect to have preferential treatment. but i do expect that our story gets told, too. and hows i feed to get this treatment. >> what have you been doing the last few days to get through this? this trip was supposed to have been the one that took your mind off your problems. how have you been working through these the last few days? and how is your family holding up? >> we are holdings up well. we have two grown daughters who are manning the dog and at home. they are, of course, frightened. but we are very faith-filled
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family. we believe that good will come out of this and somehow we will trust in god and something good will happen. right now, it isn't terribly evident what that is. but we are hoping that if we get some clarity to that soon. >> i can tell with you that smile, i know something good will happen. we wish you the best of luck and the best of health, wherever you may go. i hope you find out where that is soon. >> we do, too. it's a little unnerving, but it's forward progress and that all we're asking for. >> good luck. thanks so much for speaking with us. >> thank you. >> so you heard carrie say they were hoping to get off the ship at any time. well, we got word moments ago, she was able to disembark the grand princess. we will try to find out where she is headed. i'm sure she is trying to find out too,. we will update you on her progress and still more breaking news straight ahead. reaction to the alarming drop in the stockmarket today. why it happened and what might
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. markets took a major dive today on the 11th anniversary of the longest bull market in history. it was the single big it point drop on the dow in history. let's get two takes. cnn's richard quest, anchor of quest means business and former executive at morgan stanley, she is also ceo of gen youth dedicated to helping child health and wellness. richard, just in some, this was what a cocktail of concerns over oil prices, coronavirus, and competence? >> the house was on fire already because of coronavirus. gasoline was poured on the flames by the sautd dis who said they owe owe saudis will pump oil until the cows come home and will push down the price. the market should see no way out. all it sees is troubles, woes and misery. that's why we came pretty close today. i think almost to capitulation.
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>> capitulation. >> and the degree of uncertainty. you came in flowing the market is unstable just with what we know about the coronavirus. but add to it the decision by russia to opt out and the saudis to cut prices, everyone wakes up this morning, oil prices are down 30%. we haven't seen this since the gulf war 30 years ago. that caused a shock to the market. >> you add in concern key shocks, caribbean, royal caribbean, norwegian cruises, they employ thousands of people. the stock went down 25%. united airlines down 10%. the banks were down. this is a broad-based route of a market that you've not arrested will lead to a recession. >> just to be clear, the president said today it's good for the consumer the gasoline prices are going down. >> well, because the reduction in oil prices right now, if you look at about the 25% sell-off.
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what that translates into, in the next couple weeks, we will probably see gasoline prices at $2 a gallon. so there will be a positive effect on the consumer. the issue is, is that because of containment, what we say to folks is don't travel, right? it's like we're the levers, we can really put in place to help the market and the economy right now? and that frankly is the thing that's rattling folks in the market. i had conversations with about a dozen different ceos. what they say across the board is alexis, we have been dealing with contingency processes, we shut down non-essential travel. we are getting everything we need from the cdc, but factories starting to come back online in china, it's going to take time. things that have happened in february, we will see the ripple effects in march and april. whether it's imports coming in, whether in l.a. or some of the largest docks in the country.
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we need this to work through the system. the question is what are the levers that government can put in place right now other than cutting interest rates, adding fiscal stimulus, loan forbearance, things like that? will we help small businesses? 60 million people have maul businesses. >> richard is it enough? because we think what the chances of recession are 50-50? >> look. people in the markets, i talked to are being very polite, when you ask them what they think the chance of recession. i asked the chief economist what the chance of this a u.s. recession. they talk about it's potentially more likely. 50-50 is being generous. if we continue with this disruption, it really goes the other way. >> here's the thing about this. a recession is defined as two consecutive quarters of declines in quarters and gdp.
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gdp was north of 10%. have you some economists, leading economists, come out and said the second and third quarter we may not even grow at all. now the question for everyone i have talked to is the size and length, what everyone is talking about is the uncertainty around the time horizon and what the long longer-term consequences will be. but i can tell you that with every ceo. i'm talking i have spoken to the largest companies in the world today what they're all saying is they have created 90-day contingency plans. they are well into q2 in terms of preparation, how they are addressing. they are factoring their work force. what they're saying is we are over communicating, staying calm. i will tell you one other thing, the entire tech sector came out, apple, microsoft, you name it, all the tech guys came out and said they're going to step up and pay hourly workers to stay home. the healthcare industry said they're going to step up and
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make sure that they are paying for the coronavirus tests for the uninsured. so, corporate america is looking for ways to step up and help at this moment in time. >> i know i will see you right and early tomorrow morning on "new day." one of the people that will get sleep tonight. investors certainly weren't, we have just learned of president trump's incoming staff. you know his staff has gone into self quarantine. details next.
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more breaking news to report. a fifth republican at that conservative forum now says he is in self-quarantine and this one is the president's incoming chief of staff. congressman mark meadow's office is in quarantine as a protective
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measure. he's doing this out of an abundance of caution and testing for him came back negative. let's talk to chris. >> god bless meadows, may he be healthy. concerns about the president are real, if he came into contact with them, he should be tested. this a really dicey time, my brother. so often in the news we're trying to decide how to make things sound important so people can care and now we're in a process to be a reality check daily. we got bernie sanders on tonight. this is arguably the biggest night of his campaign. he's got to make the case, it's got to pay off for him tomorrow. he was on fox tonight doing a town hall. i want to talk to him about coronavirus. he's a risk, too. we got to stay true to reality and stay together. just like you and i are.
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michigan is critical for the former vice president and senator bernie sanders. jeff zeleny takes us inside the fight for michigan. >> reporter: bernie sanders is looking to michigan for a campaign comeback. >> tuesday is a very, very important day and michigan is the most important state coming you on tuesday. >> reporter: it's not only the biggest prize on tuesday with 125 delegates at stake. the primary is seen as a trial run for november as democrats weigh who has the best chance of defeating president trump. democrats have neither forgotten nor forgiven what happened here four years ago as their blue wall of michigan, wisconsin and pennsylvania collapsed. trump is the first republican presidential candidate to win michigan since 1988, carrying the state by only 10,704 votes. >> four years ago you supported
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bernie sanders. what changed? >> the first thing is joe biden is in the race. he wasn't in the race in 2016. someone that has the records, results and relationships here in michigan, i didn't have that choice in front of me before. >> carlin is the state's first black lieutenant governor. >> and if we win here in michigan. >> today he's trying to rekindle that spirit. yet conversations with many loyal sanders supporters are taking a turn. >> we're going to go as far as we can with the biden train but if it comes down to it, we'bidel go biden. >> it's a real struggle.
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>> do you think biden has a better chance in a general election? >> he's more moderate. he can get a lot of those kind of middle of the vote voters and bernie's going to have a harder time. >> reporter: here in michigan the same coalition is key, winning convincingly in the stit of detroit and showing strength across the sprawling sub suburbs. lori goldman has been organizing voters in the battleground of her county. she liked elizabeth warren but now is all in to are biden. >> tuesday will be a bellwether. if biden wins, i can breathe a small sigh of relief. if he does not, have i to worry how michigan is going to perform. >> on the eve of the michigan primary, that biden bandwagon is growing. cory booker has just taken the stage here for his first endo e
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endorsement appearance with joe biden. john, there is a sense here, the biden campaign looking for a strong finish here to try and close this down. they do believe mathematically and plolitically speaking if bernie sanders loses, it will be michigan. >> we will be watching very closely, jeff zeleny. thank you very much. the news continues so we'll hand it over to chris for "cuomo prime time." >> i am chris cuomo. welcome to "primetime." the white house will not say if our president has been tested. this is no time for games. this isn't about showing weakness. getting tested is strength. we've got one president. be safe. america needs its leaders, especially now. the unknown fed by