process. lou: not a fair process by any stretch of the imagine nation. that's it for us tonight. thank you for being with us. we thank you for being with us tonight. good night f f f f f lauren: it is 5:00 a a.m. here are your top stories at this hour. moments ago passengers left a quarantined cruise ship in japan as the number of people infected with the coronavirus h -- coron. ashley: first it was hillary clinton, now democrats may be relying on another politician to take the nomination from bernie sanders in a contested convention. lauren: he has come from a galaxy far, far away, baby yoda is finally here. the new mandalorian merch hitting shelves soon. it is friday, february 21st and "fbn: a.m." starts right

now. ♪ it's friday, i'm free again. ♪ i got my motor running for a wild weekend. ♪ it's finally friday. ♪ i'm out of control. ♪ get thforget the workingbluess roll. lauren: good morning. i know. ashley: friday, friday, friday. lauren: sigh of relief. i was off yesterday. happy friday, welcome to "fbn: a.m.." i'm lauren simonetti. ashley: good morning, i'm ashley webster, in for cheryl casone. let's take a look at how your money is moving as we round out the week. let's take a look at the futures. well, more red on the screen, selloff yesterday, dow jones and the futures down 110, s&p and nasdaq down about half a percent. lauren: let's take a look at commodities this morning. the gold flight to safety is at 1636 an ounce, a gain of 1%. oil prices down about 1

and-a-half percent, 5302 a barrel. ashley: stocks in china higher after chinese officials said work is resuming in parts of the country. the rest of asia as you can he see, lower, the nikkei, hang seng and kospi in south korea a down on this friday. lauren: a rise in the coronavirus cases outside of china is certainly weighing on investors world wide this morning. the ftse is down three quarters of 1%. and as we continue to watch the threat of the coronavirus, there's a new report that says the cdc was against the 14 passengers that were infected with the virus from the diamond princess cruise ship in japan, they got on the charter flight, the cdc was against the fact that they were evacuated with healthy people and the state department made the final decision to allow them on that plane. the state department has responded, saying that the # 4 people -- 14 people were already in the process of being evacuated and they didn't test positive until they were in the air.

let's take a look at the death toll from the coronavirus, more than 2300 globally, more than 76,000 confirmed infections worldwide. ashley: this comes as a genetic engineering firm says they finished developing a coronavirus vaccine. it was completed earlier this week and it will soon move to animal testing as required by various worldwide government agencies. lauren: amazon is warning third party sellers they are removing listings that have false claims related to the coronavirus. they're in the process of removing any products they deem in violation of the rules. ashley: the president's supporters lining up in las vegas for his rally tonight. this as democrats place their final bets ahead of tomorrow's cacaucuses. lauren: griff jenkins is at the las vegas convention center with the wild west showdown. griff, what can we expect

tonight? >> reporter: what a day it's going to be. president trump at high noon coming to the convention center, behind me you can see about 200 people already lining up in the dead of night. this as all of the democratic candidates make their closing arguments of why the he voters should choose them, elizabeth warren coming off a dominating debate performance, making the case that she's ready for a comeback. we talked to her supporters who are firmly behind her. watch. >> i think it's time for a female president and i think if we're going to have one, i think she's the perfect candidate. >> we like a fighter. you know. we decided to join her in that effort to become president of the united states and we waited now to see her get the nomination and see her go up against trump. >> with the fiery attitude, i think she is -- >> reporter: an interesting development, warren disavowing super pack money in the beginning, now reversing her position, saying essentially if

all candidates would a agree to -- if all candidates won't agree to do so, than neither will she. >> i said if they all agree, no super packs for any of us, so here's where i stand. if you all the candidates want to he get rid of super pacs, count me in, i'll lead the charge. but that's how it those be. it can't be the case that a bunch of people -- >> reporter: warren has a long way to go for a comeback, sanders is out in front here and so is mayor pete buttigieg who had a great performance in iowa and new hampshire but not as strong here, he said yesterday if it comes down to a democratic socialist and billionaire from new york, the democratic party is in trouble. watch. >> in a couple weeks, we could wake up the day after super tuesday and the options in our party have been narrowed down to bernie sanders and mike

bloomberg and i think if that's the only two options we have heading into this contest against donald trump, we're in trouble. >> reporter: now, as i mentioned, it's all eyes on the silver state here. we've got the president and all the democratic candidates. the doors opening here in several hours behind me as the crowds grow. lauren, ashley. lauren: griff jenkins, thank you very much. hundreds of workers at oracle walked off the job yesterday in protest of president trump, it was at a fundraiser hosted by the oracle ceo. bloomberg news is reporting that 300 employees at oracle's offices around the world left their desks or stopped working remotely at noon. they spent the rest of the day volunteering or doing what one worker calls civic engagement. the walkout after workers signed a petition calling on oracle and ellison to donate money to humanitarian causes and to condemn the trump ad administr

administration. ashley: elizabeth warren now says she changed her mind about accepting money from super pacs. we're learning warren's campaign took out a $3 million loan before the iowa caucuses. warren's announcement on super pacs coming one day after the nevada debate when she and other democratic candidates you attacked mike bloomberg for spending millions of his own money on his campaign. now, the former new york city mayor shelling out a record $350 million on tv and radio ads according to an ad tracking tra- tracking firm. speaking of fund racing, president trump's campaign raised $60 million in january and $14 million just this week in california. lauren: a lot of people are saying the winner of the

democratic debates is president trump. a federal judge sentencing roger stone to more than three years behind bars after the former trump advisor was found guilty of obstruction, witness tampering and making false statements to congress. ashley: now the president is weighing in on a potential pardon of his long-time ally. leland vittert has the latest. >> reporter: the obama appointee on the bench agreed that the doj prosecutors overstepped when recommending a seven to nine year sense extension for president trump's -- sentence for president trump's disgraced advisor. that puts her on the same side as the attorney general which we have seen isn't on the same side as if attorney general's boss, the president. rouge officer stone -- roger stone can't talk about his case because of a gag order. the judge spoke sternly, at times almost yelling at the trump confidant and dirty tricks

confidant. this is not campaign high jinks, roger stone will not be sentenced for who his friends are or who his enemies are. the president sees stone's prosecutions a partisan hit job. >> i want the process to play out. i think that's the best thing to do, because i would love to see roger exonerated and i'd love to see it happen because i personally think he was treated very unfairly. >> reporter: the judge compared his sentence to scooter libby who received 30 months for lying and obstructing justice. president trump pardoned libby in 2018. adam schiff foreshadowed his response to a possible pardon, tweeting to pardon stone when his crimes were committed to protect trump would be a breath taking act of corruption. >> roger stone and everybody those be treated fairly and a this has not been a fair

process. okay? >> reporter: as the president notes, there is more to play out because his attorney wants a new trial. one of their arguments centers on the jury's forewoman who didn't disclose social media posts critical of the president before being picked, the president weighed in on that saying the whole case isn't looking good for the justice department with justice in quotation marks. back to you. lauren: wells fargo may be ready to cut a deal with the federal government over the sales scandal. the new york times says settlements could be announced today. no word on how much wells fargo could end up paying. the paper said the bank set aside more than $3 billion. wells fargo was rocked after it revealed it opened perhaps millions of unauthorized bank accounts to reach unrealistic sales goals. shares are down more than 4% this year, it's only february, but stocks are up big-time. ashley: a mobile merger is

coming together. lauren: finally. tracee carrasco here with the details. tracee, happy friday. tracee: t-mobile and sprint agreed on terms for the merger. they agreed to improve the exchange ratio in the all stock deal for t-mobile's parent company, deutsche telecom ag. it will reduce shares of soft bank to 24%. sources say soft bank agreed to the change to to avoid losing e merger. iranian voters heading to the polls today as iran is expected to be black listed over the failure to address money laundering and support for terror organization. the wall street journal reports it's meant to put pressure on banks and businesses to cut ties with iran. this comes as 800 troops from the 82nd airborne that were rushed to the middle east in the aftermath of the attack on the

u.s. embassy in baghdad finally came home. it is unclear when the remaining 2700 will return. well, on the heels of naming ambassadorlambassadorlyambass ae secretary, president trump is looking to appoint congressman collins permanently. and the university of southern california will start phasing in free tuition for students with p families with an annual income of less than $80,000. they are planning to increase undergraduate aid by more than $30 million annually. the changes are scheduled to be phased in beginning with first year students entering the private university in the fall of this year and spring of next year. it is very expensive to go there, some $57,000 a year. lauren: that's it?

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ashley: growing concerns about the impact of the coronavirus on the global economy weighing on stocks yesterday and the market's on track to open lower this morning. how should investors respond to all this? it's pretty tough to navigate right now. pwc partner mitch roschelle joining me now to get into this. good mning to you. >> good morning. ashley: some strange aca shun on the market yesterday, we went down almost 400 points at one point. we're looking for a trigger. there was a lot of bits and pieces, news of the coronavirus. is the market that jumpy right now because towards the end of the session we came back off of the lows. >> look at europe right now.

europe is down because there's more cases of the coronavirus in south korea and the pmis came in at a multi-month high. so you would think that markets are data dependent and they got data that suggests that maybe the economy is performing better than you think but the market sold off. i think the corona headline is the headline. in one case, the market's looking for a selloff and it's a great headline for a selloff. look at yesterday and other dayings, the second there's a selloff, new money rushes back in. ashley: the fomo, the fear of missing out. >> and there is no alternative, tin a a, you look at where some of the bond yields are around the world, the u.s. stock market looks pretty good in comparison. ashley: interesting. so what are you telling your clients right now? you say there's a lot of cash on the sidelines. we don't know how much the impact of the coronavirus is going to be on the bottom line of these big multinational

firms. is that the real problem, to gauge what this is going to do for the rest of the year? >> i think it's really hard to tell, because you have retailers, you had the apples, the levis, the microsofts that close stores. you have disrupted supply chains, you have japan in recession, not because of corona alone. on the other hand you have a resilient u.s. economy. you have strong jobs numbers, you have the philly fed yesterday. it's a mixed bag of data and it's too soon to make a call on whether or not coronavirus is going to have this sweeping contagious impact on the economy. ashley: should we worry? we know the fed's got our back, right? >> they're data dependent. they're getting more net tailwind day the take. we'll see what the pmis are in the u.s. ashley: bottom line, expect

more volatility? >> i do. the vices doesn't look like it's that tumultuous. i think caution, don't overreact are my two words of advice for a friday morning. i almost said afternoon. when you're sleep deprived -- ashley: okay, caution and -- >> caution, patience and don't overreact. ashley: all the things i don't have. mitch roschelle, thanks so much. lauren: that's not true, you have patience. ashley: i try. lauren: the dows is down 93 points, s&p down 11, nasdaq down 44. more backlash for mike bloomberg following his first democratic debates. >> i'm the only one here that's ever started a business, i think, is that fair? lauren: all right. the former new york city mayor now under fire for tweeting out what we just showed you but it's heavily doctored.

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prime real estate. ashley: he can afford it. lauren: he can. ashley: wednesday night's democratic debate breaking records, drawing 19.7 million viewers, making it the most watched democratic debate in history. meanwhile, the bloomberg campaign facing criticism over anil teared video it posted-an altered video it posted. >> i'm the only one here i think that's ever started a business. is that fair? ashley: that's kind of amusing. multiple twitter users went on to point out that that video was edited to appear 20 seconds longer than it was in the actual debate. bloomberg campaign responding, saying the clip was tongue in cheek, they say, saying that there were obviously no crickets at the debate. lauren.lauren: but that stuff circulates on social media. speaking of bloomberg, politico

reporting that he is privately lobbying democratic party officials and others to back him and block bernie sanders in the event of a brokered convention. but after bloomberg had what some called his disastrous debate debut, will he get what hhe needs. let's bring in spencer kritshley and ted harvey. mayor bloomberg is plotting the second ballot support. do you thinke think he gets it? >> really hard to predict. i would imagine that all of the campaigns are working on a convention strategy in case it is a so-called brokered convention, although i think that term is a little bit misleading. it kind of evokes the old days when people met in back rooms and party leaders decided these things. it's really a much more transparent and democratic process now if it does get to that. so i imagine they're all trying to work every angle they possibly can. when you think about it, that's

their job, running a campaign, they're supposed to do everything they eticly and legally can to. lauren: do you think that's presum witpresuming of mayor bl. >> that's a whole other question and personally i feel our campaign finance system has to be dram at clif dramatically. it's the system that we have so bloomberg gets to run funding himself as tom steyer does or anybody else who can afford to do that kind of thing. it's allowed. it's legal. i just don't think we should have a sis p testimony like that. -- system like that. you should have to go out and get votes. i think the whole idea that money is speech is just false on its face and it's distorting our democracy. lauren: and here we are, right. ted, have you the nevada caucuses tomorrow. this is a make or break molt for joe biden, the -- moment for joe

biden. do you think he drops out if he doesn't get the support. there is a report if he doesn't come in second in n nevada and first in south carolina, he's done, would you agree. >> he won't come in second in nevada, i would say that. he will probably come in fourth place. if he does that, that will change the dynamics in south carolina. i don't believe he will come in first place in south carolina. if that happens, i think he will drop out. i've been saying for months he won't be able to make it out of south carolina and he'll be forced to drop out. the democrats will be left with bernie sanders or bloomberg and in the end, bloomberg will out-spend bernie sanders. he already is spending $1 million a day on social media. that's where most people get their information. bloomberg is going to win the nomination and it's going to be an incredibly d divisive campain for the democrats and it

couldn't happen to a better party that is pushing socialism and normalizing social ism in america today. lauren: ted thinks bloomberg takes the nomination. what do you think? >> you know, all we can do with the future is plan for scenarios because of course the future is a constantly changing complex, dynamic system. lauren: oh, come on. >> i don't know. i just don't feel it. it's certainly plausible and that does seem to be the narrative that's emerging. lauren: do you feel sanders takes it? >> i think sanders, you know, according to the 538 model has the best chance, although i think the mo l del has him down -- model has him down to 30% odds, down from 50% the last time i checked. sanders is running a very strong campaign. he could very well take this all the way. if it gets to the convention and he had has a plurality but not a majority, i agree, this could be a tense convention.

it hope it doesn't come to that. i hope we somehow get a candidate who has majority support. i reject the idea that the party is converging on socialism. that's why there is so much anxiety about sanders. socialism doesn't represent the democratic party. >> gallup did a poll and 68% of democrats said they would vote for a socialist nominee. that's where the democrat party is right now they're so far to the left, so far out of the mainstream america that they would vote for a socialist. lauren: the party is being pushed left. that's why the he debates were so exciting and so many people viewed. we do have to leave it there. this is another topic for another day. spencer, ted, thank you. we've got to wrap. i'm up against the clock here. ashley: let's get back to the markets, look at u.s. futures, pointing to a lower open. the dow off a third of a percent, same for the s&p, same for the nasdaq. the s&p and dow already negative for the week, look like the nasdaq is headed in what that

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reform. stone was sentenced to over three years in prison for lying to congress. the legal team is calling for a new trial claiming juror bias. and overnight passengers leave a quarantined cruise ship in japan, 11 people from the diamond princess have you now tested positive for the deadly virus, more than 2200 have died from the coronavirus but there soon may be a vaccine. researchers at a firm in texas say they've completed a vaccine to fight the current outbreak. ashley: there are new fears and more questions as the number of coronavirus cases top 76,000. but the question is, can we trust china as beijing continues to change how it tracks the deadly outbreak. let's bring in dean chang, senior research fellow with the heritage foundation's asian studies center. good morning to you, dean. it does feel like we're getting some, well, mixed signals from beijing. and how difficult does that make it for the rest of the world to gauge exactly wees going on?

>> -- what's going on? >> it makes it extremely difficult. if we're going to get our arms around the coronavirus problem, we need two sets of figures. we need to know how many people have been infected and we need to he know how many people have died from the disease. the death figures are already difficult because with the constant change in how it's been defined, we don't really know whether people who might have died from the virus in, say, december, are being counted. but the bigger problem right now is what is the mortality rate which requires knowing exactly how many people have in fact been infected. when they keep changing the statistics, that's why last week we had a sudden surge of several thousand victims counted in one day. it wasn't that they were new. ashley: how much pressure is beijing under? we just had news they expelled three wall street journal reporters over a piece that a was entitled china is the real sick man of asia. it seems to me they're very much

under pressure and the expelling of these reporters is a sign of that. >> i'm actually not so sure. keep in mind that the expulsion occurred right after the u.s. also declared that a lot of the chinese media in the u.s. which is state-run are considered chinese foreign missions, meaning they're actually not journalists. so i think that that may have factored in as well. absolutely, beijing is under a lot of pressure simply because the economy is slowing down because people aren't allowed to go to work. ashley: we're getting news that china will exempt extra tariffs on 65 u.s. goods from february 28th. this situation does give the u.s. i would say some leverage as we talk about the ongoing trade war. >> i think there's a lot of thaleverage that the u.s. has. there are separate diseases running through china's pig

farms and caterpillar that's eating its way through china's farm fields in the south. whether it's agricultural products, whether it's exports to the united states, whether it's human talent transiting across the pacific, the chinese are under a lot of pressure. ashley: we talked about the difficulty of getting the true sense of what's going on with the coronavirus. the same could be said for the economy in china. we know as you just pointed out it's going to to have an impact. we may not get a true sense because beijing puts out numbers that we all question. >> absolutely. and i suspect that part of the uptick you may be seeing over here is companiese companies lan supplies and parts so their just in time delivery can work out of american warehouses rather than flying a across the pacific from chinese factories. ashley: thank you for joining us this morning. appreciate it. lauren: good news for americans with flu season well under way, the cdc says this year's flu shot is more effective than last

year's. 45%. the cdc evaluates the shot based on whether it prevents illness that could send someone to the doctor or the hospital. experts caution other strains of the flu can develop and change the overall effectiveness. doctors still recommending you get it. this is the first year i have not gotten it. ashley: it's not too late. lauren: it's not chicken and waffles, but check this out, chicken and donuts, kfc's latest creation is going national. you can get a piece of chicken in between two glazed donuts. we don't know how many calories are in it and we don't care. ashley: about 10 you thousand. lauren: you think? baby yoda is coming, the toys are here, set to make their debut on monday at the new york toy fair. you can see the plush toys like the one you're looking at, that's $60. but also action figures, lego sets, t-shirts, board games and

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ashley: this is not good, dangerous driving conditions in the southeast, a winter storm dropping heavy snow in north carolina overnight, causing power outages, school cancellations and flight delays. lauren: where is the snow in the northeast? let's go to adam klotz, he has the friday forecast. good morning, adam.

>> it's staying in the south, but it's cold everywhere. talking about snow in the carolinas, it must be cold you across the country. these are wind chill temperatures, what it feels like outside, 10 degrees in new york city, 3 degrees in chicago, 6 in kansas city, in the 20s in areas in texas. it is absolutely freezing out there. you get a big system sweeping a across the southeast, the backside of it, that's snowfalling. it will run offshore. it's not a snow system that will work the way up the coast. in this area, you're sealing snow falling early this morning, from the coast, the outer banks, up into areas of virginia, also. we've got winter storm watches and warnings across this area, everything in the pink, that's a winter storm warning here. early this morning, snow continues to fall as far north at norfolk. this will run offshore but it stays cold. this is the future forecast. as this works its way off the coast, the temperatures through today stay in the 20s and 30s. it doesn't warm back up, especially across the south,

until late saturday. so it is feeling like winter out there, guys, definitely this morning. lauren: i just feel a chill in the air. i did. i wore the wrong coat today. adam, thank you. new york city is a nice place to visit for some. but just how expensive is it to live here? ashley: very. tracee carrasco has the details. lauren: she knows more than anybody. tracee: it is very expensive. the high cost of living taking a whitbite of the big apple as it consistently tops the list of the most expensive cities in america. the average of home price, about $1 million. and this year is no different. that's according to investapedia. new york city is number one, followed by san francisco, honolulu, washington, d.c. and boston. well, as the jury decides his fate, harvey weinstein's lawyer has a few things to say. the lead attorney commenting during a 60 minutes australia interview, that women who,

quote, swipe right, know what they're getting into. she is doubling down on her argument that the three women you accusing weinstein of rape and sexual assault are not victims. some hard feelings possibly simmering between nfl owners and the players association. houston texans star jj watt saying he's not happy with the leagued proposed collective bargaining deal vote ped on yesterday. -- voted on yesterday. it includes a 17 year regular season, reduced preseason games and an immediate expansion to 14 playoff teams. that is according to the new york post. the owners stressing this is the final offer before the start of the new league on march 18th. hot glue guns, step aside. one design house is going old school. french fashion brand mazon margella offering a unique pair of sneakers with what appears to be candle wax bling. the shoes cost about $1,400 a

pair. the leather mesh sneakers being billed as the fashion-forward must-have. are they a must-have? lauren: no. a musts pass. ashley: if they heat up, they just melt. lauren: they're disgusting. ashley: $1,500 for the privilege. lauren: she wears nice sneakers and wouldn't wear. ashley: taking a look at u.s. futures, they're down ahead of the open. the s&p and nasdaq are down about half a percent. coming up, everyone could use a little extra money, right? but a new survey showing that the surprising number of people are failing to do one thing that could earn them a little more. lauren: we were talking about candles. do you love mcdonald's quarter pounders but don't want the calories. now you can experience the scent of one with just the light of a match. we'll explain when "fbn: a.m." returns. ♪ hi guys. this is the chevy silverado

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lauren: when looking for a new job, a lot of factors are considered including hours, benefits and of course your salary. but there's a new survey, it says that only half of workers tried to negotiate a higher salary when offered their last job. let's bring in the president and ceo of the job creators network, alfredo ortez. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. appreciate it. lauren: what's up with this, only half of people are negotiating higher pay? >> you know what, there's no greater negotiator than a booming economy, when you have 7 million unfilled jobs, the economy is basically negotiating these great paying jobs for workers overall. this is a workers' economy, really. but i always tell people, it doesn't hurt to ask. i would say let's get that

number up higher. lauren: why aren't 100% of people asking for higher pay. >> i say ask for a bigger number, why not. the worst thing that could happen is they say no. that's what my mother always told me, ask the question, they could say no. honestly, the numbers are so high in terms of employment, employees should feel empowered to ask for better wages. i will say one thing. we have to remember that small business owners in particular, where two-thirds of new job growth exists, are feeling great about the economy and feeling great about the position. they're not only offering greater wages but also other benefits, in some cases small businesses offer benefits that large businesses can't offer. lauren: like? >> flexibility in terms of hours, working from home, flexibility of schedules. so it's more than just the wages. there is actually even a difference between genders. so for example, men tend to ask for higher wages and women ask for more benefits some there's also that interest as well. lauren: we're looking at a full

screen right now. it shows average hourly earnings from january 2017 until last month and they're up 9.4%. that's pretty good numbers. what industries, what sort of companies are more inclined to say you know what, you want higher pay, you're getting it? >> you know what, i mean, it really is across the board. like i said, we represent -- there are 30 million small businesses out there. we rep sent all the -- represent all the industries. we see wage growth across every industry. it's unbelievable. what you need to do to get labor is unbelievable. and so we actually say go for any job, any time you're there, ask for the greater wages, ask for more benefits. small business owners are really offering them now. they feel great about it because they did get great benefits overall from the tax cut. so they're able to offer higher wages. they're able to offer more benefits and again, so i'd love to see that number go up higher. i love the fact that the bottom half of our working economy is

really doing well and seeing great job growth numbers and wage growth numbers. lauren: thank you very much. i think you just convinced me and ashley over here to maybe knock on some doors today. ashley: why not. lauren: we're in the negotiating mood. >> i'll get a commission off of that. lauren: you can get a cut. have a good weekend. crickets. cribbincrickets. ashley: coming up next, a star is born in the subway, how a commuter is going viral this morning. it's amazing. ♪ i'll never leave the ground. ♪ we made usaa insurance for members like kate. a former army medic, made of the flexibility to handle whatever monday has in store and tackle four things at once. so when her car got hit, she didn't worry. she simply filed a claim on her usaa app and said... i got this. usaa insurance is made the way kate needs it - easy. she can even pick her payment plan so it's easy on her budget and her life.

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mcdonalds quarter pounder -- >> come to my apartment. [laughter] >> mcdonalds is selling their quarter-pounded scented candles right now. lauren: why? >> apparently there's die-hard fans out there. it's all individual ingredients, one that's going to be the beef, tickles, onion scented candles. put them all together. lauren: big mac is iconic for mcdonalds. >> the big mac has the special sauce. ashley: i would be like bugs bunny smelling gravy. [laughter] ashley: there you go. >> on a friday, everybody. lauren: thank you for joining us on fbn:am. mornings with maria start now.

maria: happy friday, tgif, friday february 21st, president trump on the campaign trial firing up his base last night in colorado, commander in chief taking aim at 2020 democrats brutal debate performance and then there's this, china reporting decline in coronavirus cases as 11 americans aboard the diamond princess cruise ship tested positive for the deadly virus, virus rattling investors this morning. nasdaq futures down 41 and s&p lower by 12. brutal snowstorm said to slam the southeast, millions of americans warned to stay off of the streets. in the running president trump considering tapping georgia congressman doug collins as new director of national

intelligence, congressman's first reaction this morning. he will join me live, 7:00 a.m. eastern, congressman doug collins, the mother of missing idaho children, arrested yesterday on multiple charges following disappearance of 3 children, she's hours away from facing a judge. one illinois mayor turned down amazon distribution center. remember the cabbage patch craze of the 80's? today toys of 2020 that you need to get your hands on. ♪ ♪