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worried about it. i'm kind of stressed out. i think it's better safe than sorry. i'd rather not get the virus. >> it wasn't until it really had arizona that the panic kind of set in, or the worry. >> sandra: fox team coverage con benjamin hall standing by on the globe outbreak. a beacon a steve harrigan live in atlanta where the cdc is located, how the response and with their responses the outbreak. >> the good news is over the past 24 hours there have been no new confirmed cases in the u.s. as you mentioned, that number stands at five confirmed cases of the coronavirus. one washington state, to coke in california, one in illinois, and onone in arizona. all five of these americans had previously visited wuhan, china before getting the virus. however, 110 people in 26 states in the u.s. are being investigated for possible symptoms.

health officials continued to say in the u.s., for the general public, the immediate risk is low. there have been no deaths in the u.s. from this virus, and there has been no confirmed case. they did raise the travel warning yesterday for travel to all of china to a level three. it's the highest warning, cdc saying avoid all nonessential travel to china. if you are in china, avoid animal markets, avoid sick people, and wash her hands with soap and hot water often. a number of major corporations in the u.s. now heeding that warning. not traveling in place to china. those employees already in china, they are often telling them to simply work at home. the cdc has also beefed up its presence at 20 u.s. airports. they are screening all travelers coming in from china for possible symptoms of the virus. sandra and ed, back to you.

>> sandra: a lot to take in there, thank you. >> ed: absolutely, growing concerns around the world as the number of deaths now rising to more than 100 people in china. our correspondent, benjamin hall, following the stakes around the world for us. hello, benjamin. >> good morning, ed. at this point no sign of the spread stopping. 4400 cases confirmed worldwide in 15 different countries across three different continents, and fear growing at this moment. in china, where this all began, the authorities desperately trying to contain the spread. they've cut off was access to wuhan where the virus apparently jumped from an animal to human in an illegal wildlife market. the increasingly drastic containment effort began with the suspension of plane, train, and bus links to the city of 11 million people. with more than 50 million people now under some kind of control, in some chinese villages. walls being built around them with nobody allowed in or out,

making it very hard to get an accurate picture of the spread. hong kong playing to suspend its high-speed area and fairy links with mainland china. airports around the world are monitoring all passengers flying in from china as the disease is found to have spread to 15 countries. 14 cases found in thailand, that is the most. five outside china, six in japan, as well as two and canada among others. all authorities trying to find passengers who may have flown in wuhan over the past week or so. 1700 new cases confirmed in china just yesterday, 976 people in serious condition, 106 dead. the government in china has now sent 6,000 medical workers to wuhan from across the country, including eight due to arrive on tuesday. global financial markets taking a hit, up to 2% in asian markets. 1.8% and 1.9% in some u.s. markets. manufacturing can be disrupted by this. factories are closing.

not clear when some of those will get back online. ed? >> ed: benjamin hall, we will stay on top of it. thank you. >> sandra: meanwhile, president trump's legal team ready to wrap up, ending phase one of the impeachment trial today as new claims by john bolton on ukraine add to the growing calls for new witnesses in the trial. the final day of opening arguments begins 1:00 p.m. eastern time today. we will have fox team coverage as the president's defenders rebut the arguments of house democrats. >> president trump is not removable from office just because a designing majority in the house that is represented by their managers believe that the president abused the power of his office. the constitution requires more. >> think about the manager's position that our president decided with corrupt intent to shake down, in their words, another foreign leader. the logic is flawed. >> hunter biden's decision to

join burisma raise flags almost immediately. we would prefer not to be discussing this. but the house managers have placed this squarely at issue, so we must address it. >> sandra: tom bevan from real clear politics joining us now. good morning to you, it's a new day. where does the push for witnesses go next? >> well, we'll see. mitt romney has already said he'd look for witnesses, susan collins, so those are two of the four they need on that vote to consider witnesses. people are looking at cory gardner and some other of these republicans. it looks like there might actually be witnesses. if there is a vote to consider witnesses, sandra, then the question is -- well, there will be an executive privilege battle over john bolton, which could extend this thing for a number of weeks. also the question, who will the republicans end up calling? they have been talks of hunter biden, obviously. joe biden, the whistle-blower, even adam schiff.

is talking about being a potential witness. they might consider witnesses but there's a lot to be determined here in these coming days. >> sandra: the question is, can democrats sway four of those republicans to ultimately be in favor of witnesses? what are you hearing on that front? obviously were bringing up mitt romney and susan collins, but what are we hearing about os as the trail continues today? >> lisa murkowski has said she's curious about what john bolton has to say. i mentioned cory gardner as another one. doug jones, the democrat up for reelection in a very vulnerable alabama has that he is open for witnesses. it's less of an issue for the senators than the actual acquittal vote, the final analysis. but it looks like there has been some movement toward accepting witnesses. a few days ago before the bolton stuff broke it didn't seem like there was much appetite beyond a single senator or so. now there are three or four

expressing potential openness to taking about a vote. >> sandra: there is obviously a discussion about this impeachment trial. of course if witnesses are called and it extends by weeks, the impact that would be on the president. there are also some senate republicans making the case this could hurt those democrats that are running for president. here is joni ernst on that. iowa caucuses are this next monday evening, and i am really interested to see how this discussion today informs and influences the iowa caucus voters. the democratic caucus-goers. will they be supporting vice president biden at this point? >> sandra: joe biden heard that and decided to respond in the form of a tweet. he rode this. "iowa caucus-goers, take note -- joni ernst spilled the beans. she and donald trump are scared to death i will be the nominee. on february 3rd, let's make their day." what do you think the strategy is on the part of joni ernst

there? >> [laughs] are not exact sure. obviously democrats are saying she's saying the quite are not allowed. that trumpeter republicans are scared of joe biden. biden was smart to do this and try to spin it to his benefit and say, "look, they are using this child to try and hurt me politically." it might rally a few folks to his side but not sure how much impact it will have overall on the vote. most democrats don't really think that joe biden or his son did anything wrong. it's not an issue to them. some concerns in a general election, he is carrying baggage of the candidates won't carry. we saw this with the bernie sanders folks who said -- the op-ed written last week that he's got a corruption problem. so there are some concerns within the democratic party. as far as trump goes, let me just say, center, interesting to note that in a real clear politics average, as far as the impeachment trial hurting him, he's at his highest point in the real clear politics average on his job approval since every fifth of 2017, just days after he took office. it doesn't seem to be hurting

the president. i'm not sure how it will play with democratic voters in iowa in just six days. >> sandra: we will finish up on the real clear politics average as far as iowa democratic presidential caucus-goers. sanders, 25, leading the pack they with joe biden at 22. we are now just days away from all of that. tom bevan, we appreciate your time this morning, thank you. >> thank you. >> sandra: a big show on tap this morning. we'll speak with arizona commerce and andy biggs, half past the hour. 10:00 a.m. eastern time, about 50 minutes from now, our hard-liner, marilyn senator chris van hollen. we look forward to speaking with him later on, living 30 a.m. eastern time. senator van pelt will be our guest. stay tuned for all of that. >> ed: we will be on that, the sports world still mourning the death of kobe bryant. we are learning the veteran pilot of his helicopter rapidly ascended to avoid a cloud layer just before veering off course and crashing into a california hillside killing the one on. one former pilot says that was a

big mistake. >> like driving on the road, you're going to slow down. you are not going to keep going fast. a huge amount of responsibility. when you hear about what's happening, you think about -- my son. >> ed: current liquor star lebron james is weighing in for the first time, offering his support for the family as trees pour in around the world for bryant, his daughter, and the seven other people on the helicopter. when marx lit up in purple and gold. the nba announcing at today's game between the lakers and clippers will not be postponed. >> sandra: semi different stories emerging from that day. he had his daughter attending mass and receiving communion that morning before they both passed. >> ed: i've heard this video from a few years ago where he was reflecting on how a guidance counselor told him, "stay away from basketball, you don't have a future." he said you have to pursue your

dream and keep fighting. >> sandra: the country still remembering and this morning. huge crowds lining up and camping out overnight for president trump's rally new jersey with congressman jeff van drew. tonight, will the democrat-turn-republican get a boost from the president? >> ed: coming up at noon eastern, president trump unveiling his plan for mideast peace following meetings with israeli leaders. with the plan would offer the palestinians, and the controversy brewing, ahead. >> it's something they should want. they probably won't want to initially, but i think in the end they will. what'd we decide on the flyers again? uh, "fifteen minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance." i think we're gonna swap over to "over seventy-five years of savings and service." what, we're just gonna swap over? yep. pump the breaks on this, swap it over to that. pump the breaks, and, uh, swap over? that's right. instead of all this that i've already-? yeah. what are we gonna do with these? keep it at your desk, and save it for next time. geico. over 75 years of savings and service.

>> ed: as the impeachment trial set to resume in washington t today, heading to new jersey later on for campaign rally. hundreds lined up in wildwood for the event. they camped overnight. the rally being held in the district represented by congressman jeff van drew, who of course switch parties to become a republican last month, pledged his support for the president who is now endorsing his reelection. >> nothing in the bolton revelations, even if true, would rise to the level of an abuse of power or an impeachable offense. you cannot turn conduct that is not impeachable into impeachable conduct simply by using words like "quid pro quo" and "personal benefit." >> sandra: that was

alan dershowitz they are defending the president on the senate floor, cleaning the allegations against him, even if true, are not impeachable. as the fallout intensifies over what is in john bolton's new book and whether to call him as a witness. let's bring in tom dupree, former deputy assistant earning general under george w. bush. good morning to you, always great to have you. look at that moment from islanders was on the senate floor, first of all, what did you make of that strategy on the part of the president's team? >> sandra, it's an important part of the president's legal strategy, they're obviously taking an aggressive approach. this is their first attempt to try and head off the possible significance of bolton's testimony. what professor dershowitz is saying is, "look, even if what john bolton is reported to have said is correct, even if bolton is telling the truth about the president, under the constitution that still would not be sufficient to constitute a removable offense." it's an aggressive strategy. i think dershowitz is a colorful guy to present this argument and we will see if it resonates with the u.s. senate.

>> sandra: why was the president so strongly denying those claims? why even go there? >> i think part of the president's defense, it's twofold. "i never said that the bolton." he immediately tweeted when those allegations first came forward that he never said he had conditioned aid on the biden investigation. so the president is attacking bolton's testimony factually. dershowitz is taking a slightly different take. he is saying, "i don't know if it's true or not, but even if it is true, doesn't rise to the level of impeachable conduct." >> sandra: what do we need to keep in mind as you see the revelations over what is in this book or not in this book, and how that is being used to sway this trial and bring over republicans in calling for witnesses? tom, what do we need to keep in mind? >> i think what we need to keep in mind, sandra, the point professor dershowitz was making is to say that, "look, you can't say just because you thought the president's conduct was less than perfect where the president did something wrong that it automatically represents an abuse of power sufficient to

remove him from office." whether you agree with president don my professor dershowitz, he is making useful argument. he is reminding the senators and the american public that the framers enacted a high standard in the constitution for removing an american president. as we hear these allegations, as we possibly argue here for witn, not to lose sight of the ball. namely, the standard, legal constitutional standard, for removing an elected president from office. >> sandra: if you're on the president's team this morning, are you preparing for the greater possibility that witnesses will be called? >> i think you have to become a center. we have certainly heard some rumblings within the republican caucus that there might be greater receptivity to the possibility of witnesses. look, any good lawyer will prepare for eventualities. i think the president's legal team is prepared and needs to be prepared for the possibility that we are going to see witnesses before this impeachment trial comes to a close. >> sandra: finally, as the legal battle that ensued, if it does happen, what are we looking

at as far as timing of this trial, tom? >> it will definitely extend it. i think the big question here, sandra, is whether the president tries to quash bolton's testimony by exerting executive privilege. if the president tries to block bolton from testifying, that is something that in all likelihood will get battled out in the court and will not be a quick resolution. on the other hand, if the president says, "look, fine, go ahead and testify," it's possible he wraps up soon but my guess is we might have some korbel z. >> sandra: great dive you this morning, thank you. >> ed: the president about to unveil his big mideast peace plan. we will be live at the white house for this at noon. >> sandra: plus the feds getting fed up with prince andrew, saying he has not been helpful in the different obscene investigation, after initially promising he would cooperate. we will have an update on that just ahead. you met on an app. delete it. why? he's the one.

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>> sandra: a high-speed chase in florida ending in a dramatic rollover crash. the van flipping twice across a busy highway there. policing the woman sped off after a traffic stop. dramatic footage later showing police approaching that vehicle, guns drawn. a 38-year-old woman was rescued from the van without major injuries and was taken into police custody.

speak with the deal of the century is the opportunity of a century. we are not going to pass it by. >> the president's peace plan is a significant and historic milestone indeed. >> we have the support of the prime minister, we have the support of the other parties, and we think we will ultimately have the support of the palestinians. >> ed: 's president trump set to unveil the mideast peace plan this afternoon following meetings with the israeli prime minister. but. benjamin netanyahu, and his chief political rival, benny gantz, yesterday. it's favored don't like expect a favor israel but the president says is a good chance all sides will get on board. retired general james carafano joins us now. good morning, james. >> good to be with you. >> ed: was her since big picture about the fact that both these men, both president trump and the prime minister, have political problems back home and would prefer to be talking about this big plan? >> well, that is one of the

reasons why the timing on this is good. there's lots of reasons to put this plan out right now. actually getting pieces of one of them. one of the most important things is that shows the united states is a strong supporter of israel. that is our mos valuable ally ie region. send the message of the arab countries that the united states is here to stay, we are not leaving. that strengthens our hand. it also puts pressure on the islamic jihad, hamas, because it is going right to the palestinian people and saying, "the problem is the people governing you. if you get rid of them he could have a much better future." when you add in the pressure we are putting on the iranians, because these guys are surrogates of the iranians, it puts a lot of pressure on them. it encompasses a lot of things but it's probably not going to lead to peace right now. >> ed: probably not lead to peace, you say. is that partly because of lack of palestinian buy-in?

we showed those two men together. the president and prime minister have forged a close relationsh relationship. there's a sense of present has a lot of political capital that will lead them to say he will support a palestinian state. what is your sense about the plan? the details have been sketchy. will president trump go as far as to say he wants a palestinian state? >> there is a path to an eventual palestinian state. here's the problem, islamic jihad, hamas, fatah, they all thrive off the word. he gives them a reason to suppress their people. it gives them a reason to be corrupt. they break the money off the top. it's like the old ira. the ira had no interest in peace because they were benefiting off the war. the celt does not calculate and change and they realize they were losing support of the people, and they turned and opted for peace.

>> ed: the united states, the president and the apartments you have talked about the nuclear threat from iran. they also talk about the threat from isis. interesting headline from the "washington examiner" saying, "a new stage in our war, isis announces it will focus on israel attacks." talk about this, is it for real or is it isis sort of gasping for relevance at this point? >> yeah, i don't know if we have a good answer for that. it doesn't take a lot of resources to mount a campaign that can kill and hurt people. isis has really become the middle east ambulance chaser. you have to show you are relevant, that you're finding, they were strong. they've lost their caliphate. the ultimate embarrassment. so they have to find ways to kill people to demonstrate they are still in the fight, so they see the news about the peace process. there is of course anger among the palestinian leadership about this. so isis seizes an opportunity. with very follow through or not, we will have to see.

they claim they will do things and they don't. they are also examples where they go and kill people. it's something officials will have to take seriously. >> ed: will watch closely. james carafano, we appreciate it. the president and might minister come out noon eastern, we will cover life. >> sandra: we will indeed. no information about the horrific crash that killed kobe bryant and eight other people on board paid with the chopper pilot did just moments before slamming into that hillside north of los angeles. >> ed: plus, new twist in the impeachment battle. democrats demand testimony from john bolton's republicans pushed to hear from hunter biden. congressman andy biggs weighs in on all of that straight ahead. >> the house managers base their entire case on the proposition that investigating corruption for burisma and concerning the bidens was baseless and a sham. that proposition is absurd. >> man: what's my safelite story?

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know markets do not like uncertainty, and the coronavirus on the spreading of that and the additional confirmed cases of it have caused a lot of uncertainty in markets. he got that big sell-off, i believe the biggest since october, u.s. stock markets, global markets have been rattled. >> ed: concerns about the impacts on oil prices, travel prices. there's other reported earnings that could be quite positive, which maria talked about yesterday. we will watch it. >> sandra: fox news alert, meanwhile we are learning the pilot carrying nba legend kobe bryant, his daughter, and seven others told air traffic controllers he was climbing to avoid clouds moments before crashing into a southern california hillside sunday morning. jonathan hunt is live near the crash scene in calabasas. jonathan? >> center and add to, good morning to you. the sun is just beginning to come up here in calabasas, california, and as soon as it is up, ntsb investigators will be back on the hillside behind me

once again, combing through the wreckage of the helicopter. they spent many hours up there yesterday. a team from the coroner's office also up there performing the grim task of removing the bodies. it is a difficult site to access, and as such, so far only three of the nine bodies have actually been removed from the crash site. we are hearing more about the last moments of all of those on board. the pilot was communicating with air traffic control. he was given permission to fly under special flight rules because of the bad weather. the dense fog. he had also asked for flight following, a tracking system that would help him avoid other aircraft. he was told by air traffic control he was at that point too low in level for flight following. in the moments after that he apparently tried to gain altitude but then came crashing

down into that hillside. i spoke to the lead ntsb investigator here on the scene a short time ago, and i asked her, given the bad weather conditions, should the helicopter even have been in the air? here is her answer. >> well, that's a great question, and that is a question for our investigators. they are going to be looking up at decision-making, whether he should have taken off that morning, whether they should have been flying. that's part of the investigative process. >> of course, kobe bryant, his 13-year-old daughter gianna, and seven other people died when the helicopter slammed into the hillside at apparently a high rate of speed, spreading debris across some 500 to 600 feet. i also asked jennifer hal of the ntsb what it's like as a human rather than an investigator to stand there looking at that scene.

she told me, "as a wife and mother, it is truly heartbreaking." sandra and ed? speed it is indeed. jonathan hunt, thank you. the university of connecticut women's best quality meanwhile paying tribute to kobe bryant 13-year-old daughter, gianna, placing a jersey with flowers on a bench in hartford. referring to her on social media as "forever ascii." gianna brandt, also known as gigi, had a passion for basketball like her father. she considered uconn her dream college and hope to play for the huskies one day. labs gone too soon. >> ed: lebron jane doe mike jim saying, "every time i start to right, i start crying." i love you, big bro. we will draw strength from his legacy." you can see the lakers trying to go on a big title run in kobe's memory because they took tonight off. they are really heartbroken.

>> sandra: heartfelt memories being shared. >> ed: absolutely. >> ed: in the meantime, this from capitol hill, impeachment trial witnesses certainly heating up. senator ted cruz fired back and said, "if they hear from anyone, should be hunter biden. >> of the house managers have presented their case, they haven't become remotely close to meeting their burden of proof. that being said, if the senate later this week when new voting witnesses decides to go down the road to additional witnesses, i think at a minimum the most important witness for the senate to hear from is now hunter biden. >> ed: let's bring in congressman andy biggs, republican member of the house judiciary committee and chairman of the freedom caucus. good morning. what about john bolton and the idea that now, if his book is coming out in march, how can the white house claim executive privilege when john bolton -- for his potential testimony -- when john bolton is about to tell the world everything?

>> i think you can claim executive privilege because he was i and advisor, and it took place and he was providing advice. i think that is covered by privilege. we'll have to see how it goes. that's one of the things that could be litigated. had the house actually done its job and actually issued the subpoena, and taken that privilege issue to court to see if that privilege should be narrowed or whether it should be obviated altogether. or whether it was appropriate. they didn't do that. so we are looking at the same issue going forward in the senate. that is something that you have to face when you are considering bringing in john bolton today. >> ed: well, that's in the past. we are where we are now. even some of john bolton's former aides, one was on laura ingraham last night saying it's time for john bolton to at least tell his story. do you also believe john bolton should come forward, do an interview, have a news conference? somehow tried out the president get past all of this by saying what he knows publicly?

>> i'm not sure what john bolton is going to say or what he isn't going to say. if we are looking at the rumors that are there, they don't help the democrats at all, of what john bolton was going to say. the question you're asking me is should he come forward and tell all? well, i don't know what he's going to say. frankly, in many instances, it's irrelevant what he's going to say. the case has been presented. the democrats, if they are so hot on this, they should have done something on it. they want to do it now. they had 17 witnesses. republicans have none. they want to make it 18-0 going forward because they think boats and will help them. frankly, i don't know what he's going to say and i don't know that they know what he's going to say. >> ed: let's look at what ted cruz is pushing for coming republican colleague in the senate, "if you open the door to john bolton and potentially other specifying it's time to call hunter biden." what is your case when democrats say he's relevant to this? because the trials about the president? what is your answer to this? >> they are the ones that made

hunter biden relevant, because they went based on the transcript and said that it opened it up. this was the quid pro quo, because of hunter biden. they said president trump had no business even talking about hunter biden to president zelensky. if that's the case, then we need to get in and find out what hunter biden did, why president trump was so concerned, and thus he becomes relevant. >> ed: what do you anticipate in terms of the potential for at least four more moderate republican saying, "we want to hear from john bolton." how strong will to push me to make sure hunter biden -- that there is a 1 for 1 there? >> you at least have to have 1 for 1. i think it's going to be real strong push, ed. that is the essence of the question. i think they will be a real strong push but it should be more than one for one. we will be able to bling doe mike bring in the whistle-blower. we will be able to bring in some of the people who have firsthand knowledge about what

president zelensky thought. and the way this all boils down to the allegation that the democrats have made. and the reality is, i'm not sure you're going to get there. because i don't think anybody wants to go another two months of this. >> ed: very last question, the president's critics believe yesterday was a turning point in the case for the president is more complicate it. do you believe he's going to be acquitted? >> oh, yeah. absolutely. this doesn't change anything. it doesn't actually prove the democrats' case. it doesn't give the hardened substance of their allegations. alan dershowitz and pam bondi were both devastating yesterday to their case. >> ed: congressman andy biggs, we appreciate you coming in. >> sandra: senator bernie sanders brightening a surge in the polls just days before the iowa caucuses. could record turnout in the first contents does not contest of the presidential race reshuffled the 2020 leaderboard? and a reminder, we will be going on the road starting this friday with a split show. ed will be anchoring live from

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>> i think getting that information first hand will be really important for us. my encouragement would be of john bolton has something to say, there's plenty of microphones all over the country that he should step forward and start talking about it right now. >> sandra: republican senator james lankford they're saying he wants to hear what john bolton has to say about the bombshell "new york times" report on his book. governor john sununu is a former white house chief of staff to president george h.w. bush and joins us now. governor, good morning to you. >> good morning, sandra.

>> martha: good morning. john bolton's publishers there adamantly denying they coordinated with the media on this story. that leaves one big question, where did it come from? >> i'm not sure where it came from, but let me give this some context. there is absolutely nothing wrong and certainly no one should be surprised that there were conversations in the white house about eight to ukraine, and i in the conversatn people talked about how to encourage ukraine to clean up corruption. there is nothing wrong and no one should be surprised if, in that conversation, burisma came up. what is a problem is that somebody -- john bolton has written a kiss and tell book. when you do that, publishers push you to make the most extreme framing of conversations in the white house. they will take a conversation in which someone said, "we should do that?" and converted into a context where it sounds like "we should

do that." and that's the problem with taking quotes out of a kiss and tell book written while the president is still in office. space they put out a statement denying the coordination with the media. it's important to note, governor -- governor, neither bolton nor his publishers are disputing the contact don my content of the story. sorry i cut you off, go ahead. >> they are not disputing the words. that's the point i'm trying to make. a, there's nothing wrong, even if it was as described. b, i suspect this has been put in a context to sell books. the important point is what alan dershowitz said last night. even if, in fact, there was quid pro quo, much less only conversations in the white house, that doesn't rise to the level of impeachment. what makes that important is that mitt romney and the other soft republicans should understand the game the democrats are playing. this is not going to change, no

matter what john bolton says. it will not change the fact that democrats are trying to push as impeachable is not an impeachable act. >> sandra: a response, "not only does it they say it is important because of the person use on your screen there, that was mitt romney. one of our capitol hill producers just had an off-camera moment with mitt romney and asked him, "would you be satisfied with seeing john bolton's manuscript instead of having witnesses?" mitt romney responded, "i would like to hear from mr. bolton." already has indicated he would move in that direction as a republican joining the democrats call for witnesses. what does that tell you, governor? >> it's disappointing, because i think mitt romney is clearly letting his personal dislike of the president influence him.

we do not need a 2-month impeachment trial that we know the answer to. i think mitt really ought to get it together and understand that he is not doing the country a service by going that route. >> sandra: 's "the wall street journal" took on this morning. john bolton reported their advice is for mr. trump's former national security advisor told the public now what he says in his book. that brings us to -- >> sandra, nothing he can tell them is going to change the fact that it's not an impeachable act. that's the important point for mitt and the other republicans to understand. >> sandra: we heard from the president's defense yesterday. we'll continue today. governor, thank you. >> thanks, sandra. >> ed: potentially more trouble for britain's prince andrew. why hasn't he cooperated yet with federal prosecutors in the jeffrey epstein sex trafficking investigation after promising to do so? the fbi has some questions. we are live next.e

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>> ed: federal prosecutors overseeing the jeffrey epstein case says prince andrew has offered "zero cooperation" in their investigation. bryan llenas' live in our studio with more. good morning, bryan. >> ed, good morning. the lead prosecutor speaking

outside of epstein's new york city mega-mansion monday. he said the investigation by his office and the fbi into epstein's coconspirators is moving forward, but so far without any help from the british royal prince andrew, a friend of epstein who himself is accused of sexually abusing a 17-year-old girl. >> the southern district of new york and the fbi have contacted prince andrew's attorneys and requested to interview prince andrew. today, prince andrew has provided zero cooperation. >> prince andrew is now accused of stonewalling the obscene investigation even though h he said in november that he would cooperate. "of course i am willing to help and the appropriate law enforcement agency with their investigation, if required." virginia giuffre suggests he flew around the world to be sexually abused by older men, including three times by prince andrew, accusations he

denies. an attorney for accuser says, "prince andrew's refusal to cooperate after freely acknowledging he would be prepared to increase raises more questions about the role he played in the international sex trafficking ring the jeffrey epstein and others operated." the queen fired prince andrew, relieving him of his duties. buckinghabuckingham palace willr be speaking about this issue. >> ed: bryan, thank you. >> sandra: the u.s. government warning about traveling to china as the deadly coronavirus spreads around the world. the newest warning. an update, coming up.

>> sandra: fox news alert, president trump's legal team set to wrap its opening arguments today as pressure grows for a new witness testimony. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom." it's tuesday morning. i'm sandra smith. >> ed: i'm ed henry. the bombshell news story on john bolton's manuscript indicating he wrote president trump directly tied ukraine to announcement about investigations into the bidens. a claim the present denies. republican congressman andy biggs sounding off on that a little earlier. >> well, i'm not sure what john bolton is going to say or what he isn't going to say. i would say if we are looking at the rumors that are there, they don't help the democrats at all. the case has been presented. if the democrats are so hot on

this, they could have done something on it. >> martha: have brand-new reaction to the preceding so far, for my headliner this morning, democratic senator chris van hollen will join us. we begin our coverage with chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel joining us live on capitol hill this morning. hey, mike. >> sandra, ed, good morning to you. the defense team is expected wrap of its case in the afternoon. they are back on center stage in three hours. >> we deal with transcript evidence, we deal with publicly-available information. we do not deal with speculation, allegations that are not based on evidentiary standards at all. >> the john bolton manuscript leaked to "the new york times" has renewed the call for witnesses by some senators. it also blindsided many republicans. utah's mitt romney and maine's susan collins have expressed interest in having bolton testify but they need four

republican senators on board. two others to watch, lisa murkowski of alaska and lamar alexander of tennessee, who could support witnesses. some would suggest that could bail out the and petri managers. >> the articles impeachment on thnot alleging impeachable offenses, remember the adam schiff did not issue a subpoena john bolton any point during the process. the prosecutorial misconduct is a problem. >> pennsylvania senator pat toomey floated idea of one for one, they get a witness in bolton, they get a witness, as will paid similar to what ted cruz has been patching in terms of witness reciprocity. a democrat poured cold water on that kind of dealing. >> we are not traded baseball cards. we are not kid sitting around picking favorites and putting them in the middle of the circle. we are talking about our relevant material witnesses. we have asked for our four people who work for the president. we don't know what they're going to say. they have not been deposed in a

way that we can anticipate their testimony. >> but giving democrats a witness without having the president's side anyone would seem highly unlikely. expect this to be a hot topic at the lunch of this morning. >> ed: let's bring in our atlanta, democratic senator chris van hollen of maryland. good morning, senator. >> good morning, ed and sandra, good to be with you. >> ed: we are glad to have you. yesterday, with this report about john bolton, do you see that as a turning point in this trial that will now mean the doors open to witnesses? >> idea, because it really becomes impossible for any senators who say they are seeking the truth in this trial to not call john bolton as a witness. i think that is also true of mick mulvaney, who president trump himself said back in december that he wanted to have at to as a witness

at the trail. i think all the momentum is in favor of calling relevant fact witnesses, because the purpose of a trial is to get to the truth about what happened. >> sandra: are you hearing any growing calls from some of your republican colleagues in the senate that they would be willing to call up new witness witnesses? >> well, we have heard from two. senator romney and senator susan collins. others have now expressed the view that it would be important to get these fact witnesses before the senate as part of a trial. again, we will see. but this is a major test of whether or not people want to have an impartial trial, because everyone in america knows that when you have a trial and it's a fair trial people get to call relevant fact witnesses and get relevant documents. >> sandra: senator, could you expand on that a little bit? could you share names of colleagues that have shared in that thinking with you or possibly even numbers?

>> well, as you have just reported, you have some republican senators now floating the idea of having john bolton, if you have -- i don't know, the bidens. i haven't heard specifically of all the people they are talking about. this is exactly why, on the very first day of the trial, i proposed an amendment that says the chief justice of the united states, who was nominated by a republican president, should in the first instance make the ruling for requests for documents and relevant witness witnesses. as to whether or not it will provide material evidence to get to the truth in the trial. i was very disappointed when republicans voted that down, but i may renew that motion at this point in the trial because it provides a way to address the issue and make sure it's dealt with impartially. >> ed: you mentioned dr. biden a moment ago. he is your republican

colleague, ted cruz, making the case for why hunter biden should be a witness. watch. >> in my view, additional witnesses are not necessary. that being said, if the senate later this week when we vote on witnesses decides to go down the road to additional witnesses, i think at a minimum the most important witness for the senate to hear from is now under biden. >> ed: senator, a moment ago you talked about fact witnesses. there was testimony in the house intelligence committee by several officials that, back in 2015, there were a conflict of interest questions raised about hunter biden's role with burisma, the energy company, while his father was overseeing policy. >> so, this is the sideshow of this trial. this is exactly what lay behind president trump's entire scheme to pressure the government of ukraine to open these political investigations and use

taxpayer-funded assistance to ukraine to do it. >> ed: but senator, pardon me, did you see any entity ever investigate whether or not hunter biden receiving over $80,000 a month was aboveboard while his father, again, officially was overseeing ukraine policy? you call it a sideshow, but has that ever been looked at? >> so, first of all, with respect to taking a position on the board, hunter biden has conceded that was a mistake. but there has been zero evidence of any legal wrongdoing, and certainly no evidence that vice president biden acted inappropriately here. so, to launch an investigation based on no evidence is very different than having an investigation at a trial based on considerable evidence. it gets me back to the point, let's let the chief justice make that ruling in the initial instance, just like we do in courtrooms every day. if ted cruz wants to make the argument as to why a biden maybe

a relevant factor is here, he could do that. and the chief justice will make the decision just like judges do every day. that is the fair way to adjudicate these witness questions. >> sandra: senator, there are so much to circle back on. first, if i could circle back on my initial question. you suggested that beyond mitt romney and susan collins you were hearing from other republican colleagues in the senate, of their willingness now calling new witnesses. is that a couple, is it a few? >> again, i don't want to exaggerate this point. what i know is that a number of senate republicans have talked about it. some of them in the context you just mentioned. bringing in another witness that they want to call. again, the way to resolve this, the way you do in courtrooms every day, is to release those decisions to the judge. in this case that is the chief justice of the united states. >> sandra: alan dershowitz, a

member of the president's legal team, made his case on the bolton claims not changing anything when it comes to congress'. here is alan dershowitz on the senate floor yesterday. >> let me repeat, nothing in the bolton revelations, even if true, would rise to the level of an abuse of power or an impeachable offense. that is clear from the history and the language of the constitution. speech that is the case the president's team is making. how do you counter that, senator? >> this argument of course is different than the main argument. they spend most of their time trying to claim that the facts don't support the charges i in e house impeachment claims, which is exactly why it's important to have someone like a john bolton and a mick mulvaney. as you indicate, they have also taken the position -- and this is the third different standard

alan dershowitz has applied to impeachment, the grounds for impeachment, over a period of years -- they are now claiming that even if all of this is true, it's not impeachable conduct. which leads to some very absurd conclusions, including one from alan dershowitz himself, which is that a president of the united states could say to rochelle, "hey, look, we're going to give you back alaska." and the president would say, "okay, we'll give it back to you in exchange for some political figures that will benefit me in the campaign." i think most americans would agree intuitively and instinctively that that constitutes an impeachable abuse of power. but alan dershowitz says, hey, that's okay. what if the president said to putin, "go ahead and occupy all of ukraine. we won't contest that." in exchange for doing political favors. again, there is no technical crime committed, it may not even

meet alan dershowitz's standard of criminal-like conduct. really? you can't impeach a president for that kind of conduct? that is absurd. so the dershowitz position leads to terrible potential precedent for the united states. >> ed: let's push this forward as a last question. the white house will get their chance, the president's legal team, to make their final push to date in terms of their defense. then you have a question. period and potential votes on witnesses. do you think this is a trial that is going to have witnesses and will drag on for at least a couple more weeks? >> number one, it should have fact witnesses. look, if the goal of the trial is to get to the truth, which is what trials are supposed to be all about, then when you have the president's lawyers claiming that john bolton is making this up, the way you deal with that is you swear him in.

you put him under penalty of perjury, so that if he lies to the congress he is subject to imprisonment. that is why we have people testify under penalty of perjury. as for dragging it out, you got the chief justice of the united states there. he can quickly adjudicate questions of executive privilege, and decide what testimony is allowable and which isn't. and the same goes for all the documents that have been requested. again, this administration has denied access to any document, not a single document, throughout the federal government regardless of what federal agency it's in. so that's unprecedented. that's why they need to resolve -- >> sandra: senator, republicans make the case there was hours and hours and hours of hearings held in the house before it was ultimately taken up for a vote. >> yeah, but the witnesses that we focused on our old witnesses that the president ordered not to testify. three of them were subpoenaed, and he told them not to testify.

again, you can't sort of obstruct justice and investigation to protect yourself against serious allegations of wrongdoing that rise to the level of impeachment. that's why the house is doing this. this is not an appellate court. this is not appellate court. this is a trial. in every presidential impeachment in history the senate has heard from witnesses, in the entered johnson case, many. in the clinton proceeding, three. >> ed: senator chris van hollen, we appreciate you being here today. >> sandra: thank you, senator. >> thank you. >> they probably won't want it initially, but i think in the end they will. in the end they are going to want it. it's very good for them. in fact, is overly good for them. we'll see what happens. >> sandra: palestinians already rejecting president trump's middle east peace plan, which he plans to roll out at noon eastern time today along with israeli

prime minister benjamin netanyahu. trey yingst is live from the west bank this morning. trey? >> sandra, ed, good morning. less than two hours from now president trump will release his long-awaited deal of the century mideast peace plan. tell city leaders in the west bank and gaza strip have told fox news this week they are rejecting the deal. it was described to me by one official as "dead on arrival." palestinian leadership concern that president trump will expand settlements as part of this plan. and also give up key parts of the west bank. i do want you to take a look at what the scene was like earlier today here in ramallah. what is taking place in the streets of ramallah, tear gas and rubber bullets being fired by the israelis as palestinians throw stones and light fires in the streets. it's just a taste of what could happen if the trump administration 'steals the sentries implemented. that, according to palestinian leadership in both the west bank and gaza. at the same time the deal is

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>> sandra: fox news alert, cdc officials will be holding a news conference just about one hour from now. secretary of health and human services alex azar will be leading that update. we will carry that for you live right here. all of this after raising the travel warning due to the spread of that deadly coronavirus, telling americans to avoid all nonessential travel to china. so far over 4400 confirmed cases with five right here at home in the united states. at least 106 people dead worldwide. all in china. >> ed: let's go to fox team coverage, charles payne will break down the impact on the economy. we will begin with wretch edson live from the state department good morning, rich. >> the suit murmured advising americans to reconsider traveling to

china. state department also ordering state brought officials say the u.s. has arranged for a chartered flight to leave tomorrow morning. officials say they will screen all the passengers before they leave for california. the government is also offering available space on that flight to american citizens, though they will have to reimburse the state department for the cost. as countries around the world are also working to get their citizens out of wuhan. >> the global risk assessment is high, the regional level is high, and for china it's very high. >> france, japan, sri lanka, thailand, and others are working to get the residence outcome as well. mongolia has closed its border with china. malaysia says it's banning visitors from wuhan. so is hong kong, which has also suspended high-speed rail service between hong kong and mainland china and cut the number of flights in half. back to you guys.

so each thank you. meanwhile, investigators hoping for a rebound after the dow dropped more than four to 50 points yesterday amid fears over the coronavirus prayed let's brn charles payne, host of "making money" on the fox business network. we are due this morning, you said of course markets don't like uncertainty and there is a lot we still don't know about this. >> this is why the cdc presser will be very important. yesterday they were able to take some of the edge off. we were down 550 points in the dow. we learned there were no new confirmed cases overnight. a low probability of this becoming some sort of major health issue in the united states, 110 people under observation. there was a sort of sense of, "okay, that's better, and i we will continue to wait for these daily updates for a while." it will be part of trading for a little bit of time until of course china gets a handle on it and we all can breathe a sigh of relief. >> ed: serious threat, obviously. as you know better than anyone, this market has faced one headwind after another.

the tariffs with china, that it would blow things up. that we were going to have a recession. it seems to have batted away one challenge after another. >> it really has, which is why in an interesting way the market didn't go down even more. 450 points is a lot, it's not what he used to be, though. 1.5%. there was a time where it would have been much larger in magnitude. there is a sense that it maybe -- obviously other things are happening "after the bell" today we get apple's earnings per that probably dictates where this market goes for the next couple of weeks. how important a company is. it will give us insight into what's happening with china and the chinese consumer. we had a big run in the market, some folks might have been looking for a reason to get out. it's worrisome. you don't know, it's -- the sorriest thing had major economic damage to china's economy. we don't want their economy to falter. we want all the global economy's to come back online. there were signs that was happening. you don't want to be derailed. >> sandra: there are also concerns for apple and its

iphone production. a lot of which comes from china. >> the good news this morning is there is a report out they told their suppliers to up their production 10%. in other words come out of anticipation. we are talking like 80 million phones. that's why the stock is up today, reports after the close. wall street can deal with a short-term pickup. if you didn't buy a tractor today, maybe you will buy it next week. there are some industries that can never get back with a loss. if you send out an empty cruise ship, you never get that revenue back. if you send out an airplane of abcs, you never get that revenue back. there are stocks and industries that will take it on the chin a lot longer. >> sandra: we saw that so often, the stock market yesterday. gold hit its highest level in seven years, so they are kind of looking for the safe havens. >> a ton of money has gone back into the bond market. in fact, if they keep going like this, we will hear about them inverting the yield curve again in the recession again.

let's hope that cooler heads prevail and that this thing -- that they get a handle on it. i think that's all wall street is looking for. >> sandra: so you are still optimistic? >> i really am, absolutely. >> ed: our moneyman. 2:00 p.m. eastern on fox business. new details surrounding the manuscript of john bolton's new book. bolton reportedly claiming he sounded the alarm's about president trump's dealings with foreign leaders, as well. but the justice department says that is just not our a-team leaves and next. >> if john bolton has something to say, there are plenty of microphones all over the country that he should step forward and start talking about it right now. all the time. (vo) everyone in your family is different. these two are always gaming and this one is always on facetime. (vo) so verizon has plans to mix and match starting at $35. and up to $700 off the latest iphone. the network more people rely on, gives you more. americans come to lendingtree.com to compare and save on loans, credit cards and more! but with the new lending tree app you can see your full financial health, monitor your

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>> sandra: fox news alert, new reaction from the justice department to a "new york times" report on former national security advisor john bolton's book manuscript. the time saying bolton claims he raised concerns when attorney general william barr, over president trump, granting personal favors to the leaders of china on turkey. with the doj shooting down that report this morning. >> ed: robert wolf, seo 32 advisors, former economic advisor. lose peak, matt gorman. good morning. republican senator john kennedy says everybody u ought to pop a zoloft, take your meds come and wait for everything to finish up. >> i think in the last way for hours it's clear to me that

bolton should be testifying. i think the stuff you mentioned about "the wall street journal" editorial, that we need him to become public on what he knows. i don't think it actually changes the end result. we want to know fact and fiction. a bunch of days of testimony. the person in the room was bolton and we should hear from him. >> sandra: would releasing the transcript helped? that is the question this morning. lindsey graham treated this out a few moments ago, "i totally support senator lankford's proposal that the bolton manuscript be made available to the senate. if possible, and classified setting for each editor has the opportunity to review the manuscript and make their own determination." without a fly with some of the democrats? >> i think we would like to have that happen. we have to take a step back and say, what does this really change? bolton is making certain accusations. given my "the new york times" hasn't seen the manuscript, they are going on what is reportedly

in the main script from anonymous sources. no one ever mentions that but we haven't seen within this book yet. in any event that would probably call their appetite. it is they don't really want witnesses. that want to get into a tit for tat. "oh, he has will have john bolton but we have to have hunter biden." that will recruit democrats. the democrats running for president want to get out of there. i'm skeptical this will go a long and have witnesses. i don't think it serves anybody. >> you also don't write a book under oath. i have this feeling we are all getting played by john bolton here, entirely. he could come on, sandra and ed would love to interview him. >> ed: let's do it. >> exactly. when these things come out, the announcement had been willing to testify came after pelosi said she would transfer the articles had set up a before they voted on witnesses. and now when the republicans seemed to have the number of

senators locked up to prevent witnesses, he comes out again with the leaked transcript. >> i find it interesting that the dem here is the one supporting bolton. not because of a witness but maybe he heard the people that worked for him testify, and maybe this guy that all the conservative republicans loved for decades wants to speak truth to power. now nobody wants to hear from him? it's absurd. that someone is putting this to the forefront of what was considered to be the perfect call, and no no one wants to hear about it. it's a trial, it's ridiculous. >> ed: on that point, how can republicans consider to say the president could invoke executive privilege? this was the key advisor. when he publishes this in march, we are told, until the whole world what he knows. >> that's a great point. i think that's what really comes down to i can get 51 votes. even mitt romney said he wants something of a deal. it's not going to be just solely bolton. it has to get 51 votes. with its hundred biden don't act

hunter biden or somebody else. with this reminds me a lot of respects of is the end of the camp kavanaugh hearings. there were guardrails on it but there is momentum. they won't lose it by one vote. if he sees the votes going the other way, he will to control the process, strike a deal. >> sandra: there is the notion that john bolton could tell everybody knows without testifying. "wall street journal" takes that on the piece this morning, "the former nsc advisor should tell the public what he knows." they write, "with the news of what's in the book already public, mr. bolton can help everyone including himself by erasing any doubt about what he knows. he can tell the american public what he wrote now before the senate votes on witnesses. lay it all out, put to rest the cover up talking point. this doesn't require testifying to the senate." >> i think it makes all the sense of the world. why does the issue a public

statement? unless this is about boosting his book. i think john bolton is better than that. i certainly hope he's better than that. i think that would lay to rest a lot of concerns. at the end of the day, the thing that doesn't change is that trump is going to deny what bolton says. so it's a he said, he said situation. there are no recordings of this. at least as far as we know. john bolton can say, "this is what the president said." if there's no one else to go forward and saying it is with the president said -- >> i would disagree with you, liz. there is a big difference between what john bolton may say on the present. one is under oath. he is going to be under oath -- >> not if he says it without -- >> he will be under oath. so we are saying he's going to lie under oath? i think there is an important part john bolton should testify. listen, i think the president's lawyers did and made to service yesterday, because i think the best thing for the president would have said maybe it wasn't the perfect call and his lawyer

said, "but that's not impeachable." i think we would have moved past a lot of this, in my opinion. >> you made that case before and i actually think that's pretty smart. it still remains to be shown that this is an impeachable offense. i think most americans would say there is pressure often brought into these foreign policy negotiations with a foreign country, particularly when hundreds of billions of dollars are at stake. >> ed: there seems to be momentum building on the side of the table for some sort of a deal here. [laughter] >> we can do this! [laughs] >> that's exactly what the editorial said in "the wall street journal." that it was an impeachable offense. reckless judgment, but not impeachable. i think you're right, i think that possibly -- that strain a message and could possibly infiltrate. that might look very different when it comes to a deal on witnesses. speed to the doj has shot down what it heard. there was no discussion of personal favors or undue influence on investigations, nor

did attorney general barr state the president's conversations with foreign leaders was improper." that was a spokeswoman trying to clear the air on that. that change anything? >> you know, we haven't heard from bolton. we have heard on a manuscript. i don't think it really changes anything, because i am not as concerned about what he is referring to on china and erdogan. that's not what the case is about. it's about, did the president do something against congressional approval by holding the money back? was a perfect? we know not. i think the way this is going it feels more like a cover it. if they said it wasn't the perfect call, i actually think he will not be impeached and we will say, "it wasn't a perfect call, but --" >> they have gone so far down the road saying there was nothing wrong here. can they adjust strategy midstream? >> if anyone, a lawyer could, certainly.

that was the original line of messaging among republicans in both the house and the senate. but word came down, "we can't go that far on it." i think it's tough to adjust midstream when that shift is pretty far. >> the fact that the story has now got to this whole thing with xi jinping and erdogan, it shows what a political process this is. it's about slamming the president. he was trying to arrange a treaty with xi jinping. over two years, you make certain concessions to bring the back of the table. whatever. that i think is completely -- robert is right. >> ed: i think the agreement is coming apart here. >> i'm with liz. i don't think this is about what he says to xi jinping or erdogan. i've been in meetings with erdogan during the export council. you are trying to move toward a deal. speech they are talking about a deal, so where should democrats fall on the witness for a witness? >> i heard you this morning, i

agree with senator durbin. this is not trade in baseball cards. it's not a witness for a witness. it's only witnesses who actually mean something to the impeachment process. >> sandra: do you agree on that? >> no, i don't. of course not. [laughter] >> our agreement was chopped liver! >> as long as we've heard that all of that information about corruption, but ukrainian officials supporting hillary clinton, it's been discredited. whoever discredited it? i think there's room for negotiation because as i possibly think that should be looked into. >> ed: matt, last word on hundred biden? >> democrats have no interest in destroying the bidens. that's why i think there is mutually shared destruction in all of this. the age that's the a team for tuesday morning. a week away now, can you believe it? the iowa caucuses, as candidates continue their full-court press with voters. could read her turn out to shake up the rate? >> ed: former dnc interim

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>> sandra: we are less than a week out from the iowa caucuses, and the campaigns are preparing to capitalize on projections of record high voter turnout. let's bring in former dnc interim chair and fox news contributor donna brazile. good morning to you. >> good morning, sandra. good morning, ed. >> sandra: what does the potential record high voter turnout mean for the individual candidates? >> as you recall, back in 2008 we had a huge turnout. over 240,000 iowans. i suspect we will have a much larger turnout. i know the state democratic party is paying for that. in addition to the caucus, the

precinct caucuses author of the state, we have satellite caucuses as you all know across the united states and even in places all over the world. so this is going to be a tremendous night. we will be looking out, of course, the raw totals. as you all know, it is the delegates that matter. 41 delegates. >> ed: donna, on that point, the real clear politics average right now, what's happening on the ground in iowa shows bernie sanders at 25% and joe biden very closely behind at 22%. pete buttigieg, 17%. more income of 15.5%. klobuchar, 8.5%. with bernie sanders leading by double digits in some new hampshire polls. are you growing wary? i heard this from senior democrats that maybe a socialist democrat and bernie sanders could take iowa and new hampshire. >> you know, senator sanders did very well in iowa. he lost by just a few percentage points. not even one.

he got to new hampshire, the neighboring state, where they know i'm very well. he had an incredible organization and he blew out secretary clinton who went on to win back the democratic nomination and won by more than 4 million votes. i suspect we are going to get free results out of iowa. of course the one who gets the popular vote, who wins all of those raw totals that come in, the second place winner will get the delegates and maybe it's the same person. but there's an old saying, three tickets out of iowa, we may even have four. bernie sanders is closing well. but you know what? don't count out the other candidates. this race is too fluid. speech like joe biden, joni ernst is making the point that impeachment might hurt hime than some may anticipate. here's joni ernst. we will get your reaction. >> iowa caucuses are this next monday evening, and i am really interested to see how this discussion today informs and

influences the iowa caucus voters. the democratic caucus-goers. will they be supporting as president biden at this point? >> sandra: donna, to you. could the ongoing impeachment trial hurt joe biden? >> you know, joe biden responded last night. i want to paraphrase him, he says "she spilled the beans." i want to say she opened up the burrito. we all know that the trump campaign is afraid of joe biden. they are afraid, they are attacking him like he is trash, but he is using these attacks to tell democrats -- he's saying, "the trump folks are scared of me. look at them, they are scared of me." i think everything is forgives and politics. she opens up for reelection. she's going to have an incredible opponent in iowa. while she spilled the beans, and now the burrito exit exposed, there is still some guacamole on the side. [laughter] >> sandra: i will end by rephrasing the question i always

ask at the end of these interviews. who should president trump and his team. the most as far as candidates? >> i really believe they should fear the voters who came out last time for him that allowed him to break the blue wall in those three states and win the electoral college about a little less than 78,000 votes. they should fear voter apathy. they should fear the candidate with the most enthusiasm who wins the democratic nomination. as you well know, i am excited to be going out to iowa. i am excited be part of the fox news coverage. we are going to have a good time in iowa. [laughter] i'm going to rock the hawkeye state, baby. i'm going to rocket. >> ed: normally she's bringing the gumbo from new orleans. now maybe it's guacamole. we will see it. >> bring the chips! [laughter] >> ed: on an even known for celebration, a somber moment at super bowl media night. players still coming to grips with the sad death of nba legend kobe bryant.

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>> the work ethic and the authenticity had to be great every single day. i still watch videos on youtube and just listen to them talk, how he puts anything in perspective of being great. >> he was a friend of mine, he was a mentor. he meant a lot to this world and he made a positive impact. >> ed: the death of nba legend kobe bryant looming large over media day at the super bowl. he was more now, jerry max from fox news headlines 24/7. general 115 under sirius xm device. normally they are talking about who is the better quit about, talk about the defense. kobe bryant front and center. >> front and center last night. the reach is not only here in

the united states without biggest sporting event, but even overseas. italian soccer matches, they are honoring kobe today. at the australian open, super bullies to be called media day. opening night. one of the comments that caught me the most was the tight end of the 49ers who set off the bat, "i started playing sports because of kobe bryant. i use to emulate his shot." his attention to detail, the love for his craft, that winning meant everything. being the best at what you can be. others saw that. if you're an athlete, a baseball player, hockey, basketball, football, whatever it is. soccer player. kobe bryant and severity because of his killer instinct on the basketball court. what meant more than anything was winning and being the best, kobe brought it pretty see the champions of sport saying how they had fo friendships within. they would reach out to him for advice. this is uncharted ground for us. it never covered a story quite

like this, a superstar of kobe's eyes going so young. and what happened when we learned also about his daughter, gianna, it just turned the story into something so devastating. we've all been in touch with -- this is tough whether you are a kobe bryant fan, basketball or not. it brings us all in touch with mortality and our own. it's a sad story bringing us together. speech beautiful stories about his relationship with his daughter and how he was inspiring and next generation of female basketball players. meanwhile, katie sauers, she is talking about what it means to her to be one of the first women to coach at the super bowl. >> first one. you have eight women who were coaching the national football league and four who are full-time coaches. she's great with helping the 49ers off with their offense of planning there skimming for the game, their preparation. she worked with the head coach kyle shanahan back when he was off it's of grenada. it'll be a great game sunday, i think. >> sandra: 's jared, thank you very much.

fox news alert now as we await an update on the corona virus outbreak. that's happening shortly, from health secretary alex azar. we will have an update on the spread of the deadly disease for you, next hour.

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>> ed: high anticipation head of a major announcement at the white house coming up, president trump revealing his long-awaited plan for peace in the middle east paid welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom," and head injury. >> sandra: i'm sandra smith a busy hour coming up, the president clinton brought a speech thepresent revealing details wih israelis per minister less than. here is what he said yesterday. >> piece in the middle east has been long-sought, for many years and decades and centuries. this is an opportunity. we'll see what happens. whatever it is, it is.

if it works, that'll be great. if it doesn't, we .i think we have a chance. >> ed: john roberts with fresh reporting all of this live on the north long. good morning, john. >> good morning to you. as you know, every president in recent history has tried to particular mideast peace plan they have been thwarted in their efforts. this is not going to be the sort of grand bargain that bill clinton sought a couple of times 20 years ago that fell apart. this will be the opening steps in a plan that will play out over years. from the 3,000-foot level, here is the broad brush strokes. it gives israel security control over the jordan valley in the eastern part of the west bank. it also gives israel sovereignty over west bank settlements. the president saying yesterday that other countries in the region like saudi arabia, egypt, and jordan all approved. listen here. >> i will say many of the arab nations have agreed to it. they like it. they think it's great, they think it's a big start. i think it's a big start, too.

i think it's a fantastic thing if we can pull it off. they say it's probably the most difficult deal anywhere and of any kind to make. >> so what's in it for the palestinians? the plan would offer limited autonomy for palestinians in the west bank and east jerusalem. that autonomy would grow over years if they adhere to the plan, undertake new political measures, renounce violence, and engage in further negotiations with israel. the president predicted a negative reaction for the palestinians to the announcement today. at least, he says, their initial reaction. but it could change. listen here. >> i think in the end they are going to want it. it's very good for them. in fact, it's overly good for them. we will see what happens. without them we don't do the deal and that's okay. they are not living well. as you know, we cut off aid to the palestinians, something i don't like to do, but we did that. >> benjamin netanyahu, the current prime minister of israel, and benny gantz, the leader of the blue and white party would like to unseat him

in the upcoming israeli elections come over here at the white house yesterday. benny gantz saying he is fully on board with this plan. listen here. >> th the presidents peace plans a significant and historic milestone indeed. president trump and i also discussed the importance of dialogue with the palestinians and the king of jordan. >> prime minister netanyahu would not talk about the framework of the plan but did think president trump for all he has done for israel. listen here. >> think you for everything you've done for israel. for recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital, for moving her embassy there, for recognizing our sovereign rights. for recognizing the heartland of our biblical homeland. for the unprecedented security and intelligence cooperation. >> this plan does lean in

israel's favor, but i am told that it gives the palestinians more than has been reported. very importantly, both benjamin netanyahu and benny gantz, regardless of the outcome of the upcoming election, have both agreed that they would implement this. this is a guarantee that if they want to come to the negotiating table there will be an israeli leader ready and willing to meet them. one other thing we should point out we will see at noon, when this is all announced, there a map. >> ed: will get into those details. john roberts, we appreciate that report. see eight investigators returned to the crash scene this morning where a helicopter went down killing kobe bryant, his daughter, and seven others. the ntsb revealing the pilot had been trying to climb above a cloud layer before slamming into a california hillside killing everyone on board. tributes pouring in for the nba superstar with fans outside the staples center shedding tears and sharing hugs.

>> ed: jonathan hunt live near the scene in calabasas right now. good morning, jonathan. >> ed and sandra, good morning to both of you. those ntsb investigators are expected to return to the crash site on the hillside behind me very shortly now. they've spent many hours, of course, up there yesterday. among the grim tasks, removing the bodies of the nine people who were killed in the helicopter crash. we are also learning more about the last moments with the pilot communicating with air traffic control. he was told he had permission to fly under what are called "special visual frightene fligh" given the dense fog. he asked for a flight following to help avoid other aircraft. he was told he was at too low a level four flight following. he then said that he was ascending to try and get above the clouds, and then lost contact. i asked the leader of the ntsb

team here earlier today whether, given those conditions, the helicopter should have even been in the air. here is her answer. >> that's a great answer, and it's a question for our investigators. they are going to be looking at that decision making. whether he should have taken off that morning, whether they should have been flying. that's part of the investigative process. >> the helicopter slammed into the hillside at something like 118 miles per hour, killing kobe bryant, his daughter, gianna, and seven other people. i asked the leader of the ntsb team what it is like to stand at that crash site knowing so many people lost their lives. listen here. >> i am a wife and a mother. for me, obviously i am a safety professional. i look at that in one lens. as a wife and a mother i find it truly heartbreaking.

>> the tributes to kobe, one of the latest from lebron james, posted several pictures of he and kobe on instagram and a lengthy moving post in which he said, in part, "i literally just heard your voice sunday morning before i left philly to head back to l.a. i didn't think for one bit in a million years that would be the last conversation we do have." obviously a tough time for lebron james and the lakers team for that reason the nba has postpone the scheduled game between the lakers and the clippers. they will be getting together today at their practice facility for lunch and a light practice. it'll obviously be a very emotional time for them as they get together once again. sandra? 's ph attributes still pouring

in this morning. jonathan hunt, thank you. >> ed: meanwhile on capitol hill the pressure mounting to call john bolton to testify in president trump president trump's impeachment trial after "the new york times" published a preview of what might be in bolton's book preacher and enemy and i live, republican senator rand paul, who serves on the foreign relations committee. good morning. >> glad to be here. >> ed: senator, is that john bolton is an "disgruntled, angry man who got fired and want to make money on a book." tell us what you really think. >> [laughs] it's tough to take with a grain of salt anything someone says who is a mercantile reason to get people to ricin don michaelson. he didn't want to testify in the house a month ago. why cannot they be his book wasn't finished. now it's finished, he wants to testify. you should take with a grain of salt anything he wants to say. for his whole adult life he's been productive presidential privilege not divulge conversations with employees prayer that would have been in his opinion. >> ed: on that point, you've

been consistently opposed to john bolton because of his push for wars around the world. that something you've been consistent. other republican colleagues have been very supportive. he's been a loyal republican for many years. how can the white house and a republican colleagues attacked john bolton? >> the thing is he has a reason, monetary reason, to live. i also think it goes against most things in his adult life he says he has four. why has he said he is for? he's always been for executive privilege and the conversations of the president are private. an ice coming out and saying, "but the president told me this and this and i'm eager to tell everyone as long as they buy my book for $29.99." >> ed: you've had your essay, i hope you will stick with us if you can. as you see now, chuck schumer. we will get you to react. >> by the president to consider freezing until your aid to ukraine until it was announced the political investigations he was seeking. the details from ambassador bolton gives the very

heart of the first article of impeachment. the same "new york times" story places mick mulvaney at the center of this plot. he is a more important witness, probably, than bolton. in the emails from duffey and blair, the two other witnesses we seek, are even more relevant as this information comes out. so i understand why it mcconnell and president trump wanted a very short, incredibly rushed trial. because the longer it goes on, the more likely that new evidence and more new evidence will come out that further implicates the president. now, just look at the other "new york times" report last night about ambassador bolton's book. several members of the administration had concerns about the president's dealings with autocrats, particularly xi

of china and erdogan of turkey. did he have financial interests at stake when he talked to them, or others? maybe his kids had some economic interests at stake. did impact our nation nation's n policies? those questions are not subject to the impeachment trial, but this report should be a warning sign to any republican in the senate. if you vote with the white house to suppress and cover up evidence, the odds are strong but the truth -- the truth -- will eventually come out. in a few weeks or a few months, do my republican colleagues want to pick up the paper and read one of the witnesses they blocked had crucial information about the president's miscondu misconduct? but the documents they voted to hide turned out to shed real damming light on the truth?

at this point, how can senate republicans not vote for the witnesses and documents we are seeking? the president flatly denies ambassador bolton's account. maybe my republican colleagues will grasp that the president's denial is a reason we don't need to hear from bolton. let me repeat, president trump and ambassador bolton said diametrically opposed things. only one of them is willing to testify under oath. who do you believe? would only bolton is willing to testify under oath, and trump isn't, who is right? who do we think is right? who do most republicans think is right? >> ed: you been listening to democratic minority leader chuck schumer. he's been out every day trying to get ahead of what we are going to be hearing -- he seemed to expand his attacks on the president thereby talking about bolton's book, specifically now going after the president's children. i believe we still have

republican senator rand paul. i want to bring you been, because when you hear chuck schumer saying this talk in the bolton book about maybe the president was too friendly to china, chuck schumer singh maybe we need to take a look at whether the president's children profited from that. what is your reaction to that and what it means for your push for hunter biden coming in as a witness? >> you know, i am offended and shocked that schumer would be so scurrilous as to accuse the president and his children off of making money off of politics when the only people we know have made money off of this have been under biden and joe biden. so under bed makes a million dollars a year, that is documented, but schumer simply creates and makes up and says, "maybe the president's kids are making money." john bolton is making money as we speak. he has probably already gotten the several million dollar advance for this book. he's making money by testifying against the present. the only people we know who have actually made money? hunter biden and now john bolton. john bolton has not objected in any way nobody's cashing million

dollar checks. to have schumer come up and say out of the blue, "maybe the president's kids are making money," with no evidence at all, that's defamation and they ought to sue him. >> ed: i hear the anger in your voice. you think this is a misstep for senator schumer to bring the president's children into this? >> it's a transference. we've been talking all along about -- the president asked that corruption be investigated in ukraine and the evidence is out there that hunter biden is getting a million dollars while his dad was busy firing the prosecutor that was going after hunter biden's company. that is all in the record. there is nothing in the record about the president's kids. schumer has just created this whole thing out of -- "when we go after the president's kids yet? we don't know whether the dealings have something to do with the trumps making money." he completely made up. that's defamation of character and he ought to go to court and be sued for it. >> ed: last hour, sandra and i pressed democratic senator chris van hollen on the fact that you and other

republicans have been talking about hunter biden as a witness. it could be material here, because the fact that there was testimony in the house intelligence committee by various officials like mr. kent, that in 2015 there were obama officials are raising questions about whether there was a conflict of interest for hunter biden. what is your case for hunter biden coming in as a witness? >> the law that granted foreign aid to ukraine said that you have to certify that they are doing better on corruption. hunter biden is accused of corruption, so is joe biden and ukraine. they are material, they are relevant. of the present wasn't just getting corruption in the biden's were corrupt, he was doing his job. if there is no evidence that the biden's were corrupt, not one scintilla, as the democrats say, let's have a full airing of that. he began yesterday, we had interesting testimony yesterday that showed john kerry's stepson was involved, that hunter biden was involved, and they showed that they actually notified the state department. john kerry's son-in-law -- or,

stepson -- said he was concerned he wanted nothing to do with what hunter biden -- >> ed: senator, real quick, are we heading for a long trial now with witnesses on both sides? yes or no? >> i think there are 50 votes to have no witnesses and one in the balance. we will see where it goes. >> ed: we appreciate you coming in. >> sandra: the trump reelection campaign planning a full court press and i were for the caucuses. will it give president trump a leg up there in november? are panels here to take that one up. >> ed: investigator scouring that crashing in california were kobe bryant and eight other people including his daughter died. are they close to any exactly what causes the helicopter did go down? and aviation analyst is here on that, coming up. >> it was not a big inflation er it was a big flood. my heart sank and i thought to myself, "oh, my god, " as possible about newday's va streamline refi.

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speech breaking now, an update from the cdc and hhs secretary alex azar on the deadly coronavirus. let's listen together. >> for their own safety. this is a very fast-moving, constantly changing situation. dr. redfield and dr. fauci will walk through more details of the current situation and response. part of the risk we face right now is that we don't yet know everything we need to know about this virus. i want to emphasize, that does not prevent us from preparing and responding. we have the experience of responding to two earlier coronavirus' that emerged to cause serious illness in people. sars, and mers. we have experience responding to bird flu outbreaks in asia. one challenge is that with an emerging virus like this, our current assessments are based on an uncertain denominator. our denominator is the 4500 plus cases that have been identified

in china as well as more than 60 cases in other countries. but these early cases are naturally the most severe cases because patients presented themselves to health care providers. how does this skew our understanding of the virus? first, we are still determining the real speed of spread of this disease, which is represented by a number known as -- is the average number of additional people interacted by a given person with the disease. one paper found estimates for this virus ranging from 1.5 to 3.5, as compared with, say, and number of 12 to 18 for measles. we are also still learning about the severity of the virus. currently, china is reporting more than 100 deaths from the more than 4500 cases. that is a high rate.

the cases that have been identified skew to the severe, including other illnesses. the mortality rate may drop over time as we identify a broader set of cases. where are also working to understand the incubation period. this number varies for coronavirus' with extremes being anywhere from two to 14 days. that number could be higher or lower for this virus. finally, we are working to determine whether there is symptomatic transition. we see more viral shedding and were transition when a person is more symptomatic. china has reported there maybe evidence of asymptomatic transmission. all of these questions must and will be answered in order to provide a proper risk assessment. but they are not stopping us from focusing on applying tried and true public health methods in the meantime. the playbook for responding to

an infectious disease outbreak is relatively simple and multitiered. you identify cases, isolate people, diagnose them, and treat them. then you track all the contacts of the affected person and you do the same with those people and the same with contacts of contacts if necessary. that approach is how public health departments and health care providers working with the cdc, are handling the case here in the united states. i'm very grateful to the hard work they are all doing togeth together. this is also how we answer the questions i described earlier. on january the 6th we offered to send a cdc team to china that could assist with these public health efforts. i reiterated that offer it when spoke to china's minister of health on monday and it was reiterated again via the world health organization's leadership today in beijing.

transparency is the most important step you can take toward a more effective respon response. beyond that, all options dealing with infectious disease spread have to be on the table, including travel restrictions. diseases are not terribly good at respecting orders. we would have to assess carefully whether the evidence recommends any steps beyond the thoroughly tested methods i just described. i know this playbook well because i was in the same building here in the 2000s serving as general counsel and deputy secretary along some of these very fine public health officials when he responded to the sars outbreak, monkeypox, anthrax attacks, pandemic flu preparedness, and a number of other infectious threats. that has given me a deep appreciation for some of the institutions that oversee our response. the united states has the world's finest public health system. we have been monitoring this virus and preparing a response

since back in december. it's more than that. preparing for these kinds of outbreaks is part of the daily life at hhs, and for america's public health professionals. preparedness is a day job around here. we are constantly making investments, training personnel at all levels, carrying out simulations and exercises, and sharing information. this goes straight to the top. the president and i have been speaking regularly about this outbreak, and i have been speaking with the senior officials at hhs and the white house multiple times each day since the outbreak began to represent at international travel. the president is highly engaged in this response and closely monitoring the work we are doing to keep americans safe. i will give you a brief sense of the work being done across hhs beyond the cdc activities i've mentioned. our emergency response arm, the assistant secretary for preparedness and response is assessing the level of preparedness we have with the

strategic national stockpile, which includes pharmaceuticals and other necessary medical supplies. hhs's at administration for children and families is working with the state department to assist any americans who will need assistance being repatriated to the united states. nih, asper, and fdr pursuing research into assessing the possibilities for vaccines, diagnostics, and therapeutics, which is necessarily longer-term project. their basic precautions all americans can take. health care provider should be on the lookout for patients with travel history to china, especially hubei province, and relevant symptoms. this higher level of light means that americans should reconsider or postpone travel to any part . the state department has also maintained what they call a

level 4 warning for hubei, meaning americans should not travel day. in closing, i will remind the american people one more time, we are working hard to keep you safe. we are constantly preparing for the possibility that the situation could worsen and your health and safety has been and will be our top priority. to discuss more about the current state of the epidemiology and cdc's work, i will now hand things over to cdc's director, dr. robert redfield. thank you. >> thank you, mr. secretary. thank all of you for joining us here today as we discuss the latest developments that are involved in this situation. it is a rapidly-changing situation in the united states and throughout the global community. right now we know of 18 international locations that have identified cases of this new virus, including the united states. to better protect the health of the american public during the

emergence of this novel coronavirus, and based on the evolving information from china, cdc has reassessed its entry strategy and decided to expand to screening travelers from the five airports originally to 20 airports in the united states. my thoughts and prayers are with all the health care providers and frontline responders that are handling this public health threat, as well as the people of china. i know that many americans may be worried about the virus, and i want to let them know a few things that they can do. everyone has a role to play in helping contain the spread of this virus. cdc, in conjunction with the state department, has updated our travel guidance and now recommends that travelers avoid unnecessary travel to china. it is currently the flu season, and respiratory disease season, and there's a lot of respiratory

disease out in our nation. we recommend washing of the hands, covering your mouth when you cough, staying at home if you are sick. for health care providers, we ask them to be on the lookout for people with a travel industry from china, especially hubei province, if they develop fever and respiratory symptoms. if you are a health care provider caring for a confirmed patient, we ask you to follow the recommended infection control procedures. for all people that may have this infection, we ask you to follow the cdc guidance on how to reduce the risk of spreading your illness to others. and for people who may have had close contact with someone who is a confirmed patient, we asked them also to follow that guidance. if you have symptoms, to contact your health care provider. right now there is no spread of this virus in our communities here at home. this is why our current assessment is that the immediate

health risk of this new virus to the general public is low in our nation. the coming days and weeks are likely to bring more confirmed cases here and around the world, including the possibility of some person to person spread. but our goal of the ongoing u.s. public health responses to contain this outbreak and prevent sustained spread of the virus in our country. i would like to turn over this briefing to dr. nancy musson yeh, director of the national center for immunization and respiratory diseases. >> thank you, dr. redfield. i want to take a few minutes and let you know what the cdc teams on the ground in arizona, california, illinois, and washington state have been doing to assist the state and local public health departments contact investigations. contact investigation means tracing everyone who comes in direct contact with the

confirmed case of this new virus. it is essential that we detect illness among contacts in order to make sure that if these contacts are infected to get the best and most appropriate care, and they understand what steps they must take to prevent the spreading of the illness to others. contacts are watch for signs of illness for multiple days after their contact with the patients. if the contact develops a fever or respiratory symptoms, they will be tested to see if they are also infected. right now, we have only a handful of patients with this new virus in the united states. we are conducting contact tracing for every one of those patients, because we still think the strategy will allow us to contain the outbreak. i want to think of the patients here in the u.s. that have this new virus, as well as their post contacts, for their cooperation during these investigations. i want to also take a minute to thank our public health collects

of the state and local level as well as all the health care staff that have been caring for these patients. our ability to coordinate and react as quickly is entirely dependent on those collaborations. the "we" here is not cdc annihilation, but our state, local, and territorial partners as well as federal agencies. as dr. redfield says, right now we think the rest of the general public in the united states is low. risk is dependent on exposure, and while the vast majority of americans will not have any exposure, some people will. they will be at greater risk of infection. for example, health care workers caring for patients with confirmed infection and other close contacts. they need to be vigilant, and the people around them need to be vigilant. as the secretary said, there is much we need to learn. every day we learn more and every day reassessed to see if our guidance or a response can be improved. as the response evolves, cdc

will continue its aggressive public health response strategy, working to protect the health and safety of the american public. i will now turn it over to dr. fauci. >> thank you, mr. secretary, nancy. i will give you a brief snapshot of the countermeasures in the form of diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines that are being investigated and pursued by the nih, by our contractors, and by our collaborators in industry. first, with regard to diagnostics. the cdc has rapidly developed a diagnostic based on the published sequence of the virus. the nih together with the cdc will work on next-generation diagnostics that are more .- of-care so we can get them or distributed to people throughoun the world. next is therapeutics. there is no proven therapy for coronavirus infection. yet, there are now ongoing

studies that have been initiated with the previous experience we had with sars and with mers. for example, back event and between those outbreaks and the current one, a number of antiviral drugs have been tested in vitro, in some animal models, and even in the field anecdotally with historic controls. one of them is the antiviral linda severe, which some of you may remember was one of the elements in the clinical trial against ebola. the other one that is now being used on a compassionate basis by some in china is kaletra, which is a combination of two anti-retroviral drugs. i must emphasize there is no proven efficacy of this, but they are being pursued together with the screening of a number of other drugs. i might point out that is why it is so important that we get

isolates of the virus, which we will soon have, particularly from individuals in the country have now been affected. the other is antibodies. when we were dealing with sars we developed antibodies as potential therapeutics. again, no proven therapy, because they were not used. they were only used in in vitro and animal models. given the somewhat close homology between sars and the new novel coronavirus, there could be some cross-reactivity there that could be utilized. however, what we are really trying to do and what we will have soon, as we get specimens from individuals that were infected, we will be able to clone and make antibodies against the novel coronavirus. finally and most important lay, vaccines. we have already started at the

nih and with many of our collaborators on developing a vaccine. the one at the nih that i will just mention very briefly is in collaboration with a company, and the platform is a messenger rna platform. when the chinese isolated the virus, they put on the public database the sequence. given the technology of the 21st century, we were able to use that sequence, pull out the genes for the protein spike of the particular coronavirus, and make that the immunogen to be used in the vaccine. right now that is being prepared. i anticipate with some cautious optimism that we will be in a phase one trial within the next three months. i want to emphasize, because it is sometimes confused, going into a phase one trial does not mean that you have a vaccine that is ready for deployment. it'll take three months to get into the trial, three months to

get safety data, then you move into phase two. what we do from that point on will be determined by what has happened with the outbreak over those months. remember, we made a phase one trial with sars and we never had to use a vaccine. nonetheless, we are proceeding as if we will have to deploy a vaccine. in other words, we're looking looking at the worst scenario that this becomes a bigger outbreak. in summary, there are three types of interventions we are working on. diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines, and we will keep you vote down i posted as we make progress in each of these. thank you. >> thank you very much, fauci, dr. redfield, dr. messonnier. we have time for questions if you want to get us started. if you wait a second just because of the live streaming, to get a microphone before you ask your question. thank you. >> ricardo alonso saldivar with

ap. my question, could you please update us on what is known about the asymptomatic transmission? and other words, people catching it from somebody who doesn't show symptoms. and could you also tell us how long after a person is exposed does it take for the testing to pick up the virus? >> let me ask dr. messonnier to take that. >> sure, those are really important questions. there have been isolated reports of asymptomatic infection from several countries -- >> martha: you been listening to an update there from the cdc and hhs secretary alex azar. administering a level 3 travel warning now, meaning if you have scheduled travel to china, reconsider or postpone that travel. avoid all nonessential travel to

china was the message there. talking about the innovation. period still questions over that. they are giving a range of 2-14 days now. the question over speed of travel. five confirmed cases. sorry, five confirmed deadly case so far, all in china. china is still reporting over 4500 cases of the coronavirus. alex azar saying that the mortality rate may drop over time, and they are assessing the possibility of the vaccine. dr. redfield of the cdc ended by saying that we will keep you posted when it comes to a vaccine. five confirmed cases in the united states so far in china, still dealing with a very severe situation there. a level three warning come avoid all nonessential travel to chin. we will continue watching that situation for you as it develops. meanwhile, this. >> if there was fog, you're

going to slow down. he won't keep going fast. it's a huge amount of responsibility. and we hear about this happening, you think about -- thinking about my son. >> if former pilot there for kobe bryant getting emotional discussing that helicopter crash that killed bryant, his 13 yeard seven others on sunday. investigators coming over the wreckage in a large debris field trying to determine exactly what caused the crash. mike boyd is an aviation analyst and president of the boyd group international. good morning to you and thank you for being here. what you keep reading over and over again is just how strong and tough this type of helicopter is, and that this doesn't happen very often. what do you think about what you are learning so far? >> it looks like it could have been plain pilot error. we really don't know.

it just appears that he might have gotten disorientated. unfortunately, as long as we allow humans to fly airplanes and write on them, will have these things happen. but the ntsb will have a pretty good idea probably within a couple of days and in a couple of months we will know for sure. >> sandra: how often would a pilot take this sort of matter into his own hands rather than relying on the computers in front of him trying to navigate above that cloud layer? >> yeah, we don't know but really happened and said the crock-pot cockpit with the pilot. he might have gotten disorientated and made some bad judgments, but it looks like it was controlled flight terrain. that is probably going to be the answer, probably. it's one of those things -- we would love to find something where we can say this is the solution to the future. that may not be the case in this case. >> sandra: how fast would something like this happen? you look at the wreckage, it's a horrific crash site there, mike.

>> it is. it hit and kept on going as you will come and disintegrated. the issue as it probably was instantaneous for the people inside the airplane, the aircraft. and it probably was something that -- they could not -- >> martha: be lost end. we appreciate his insight and analysis on that. more on that coming up. >> ed: singh on it. meanwhile, the mother and stepfather of two auto siblings have been found. for thousands of miles away. as a court makes a new demand for the mother. nancy grace breaks it all down next. >> where are your kids? no comment connected been missing for four months. you have nothing to say? am at n is helping more veterans refinance than ever. the newday va streamline refi is the reason why. it lets you shortcut the loan process and refinance with no income verification,

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>> sandra: time to go beyond the headlines. authorities finding the mother and stepfather of those to come up missing idaho children who

have been missing since september. police finding the couple in hawaii. that is the moment caught on camera here. joining us, nancy grace, host of "crime stories with nancy grace" on fox nation pay grade to have you here this morning. first, can we listen to that video where that reporter catches them on camera in hawaii? >> where are your kids? >> no comment. >> no comment? they've been missing for four months, you have nothing to say? >> i've got a problem with that. you just asked me about my twins, i was telling you about their scout career. a new comet response when you ask a mother, "where your children cannot" and a response is no comment, i have a problem with that. is it a crime? no, it is not. what concerns me is these two left the idaho home, when the cops came looking for security welfare check at the behest of the grandparents, the children weren't there. tylee and j.j. the next day the tucked on that cops go back,

she's gone. she has gone to idaho. now her new husband, chad daybell, they leave from there and they are found finally in hawaii. still no sign of the children. in hawaii, there is a search on where they are staying in a gated community. no sign of the children there. they have been ordered to produce the children in an idaho work done at courtroom this thursday, count on starting now. >> sandra: what can authorities do? they have to physically produce the two children to the idaho department of health and welfare in rexburg. within five days or what? what happens then? >> i assume they will be held in contempt. he goes to a much bigger problem. i have looked at some of the documents filed in her divorce, with the second dead husband. one dead husband died of heart attack, last name ryan. he's been cremated so he cannot be exhumed.

the next husband, dead, was shot by her brother. then her brother is dead. now we have his, daybell's wife, dead in her sleep. where are the children? >> sandra: a lot of questions there. we will keep following that one. two other things before he let you go, the nypd, the nobel laws. you have been hot on this, calling on the governor to act. what is your message? >> i have, we've already had one repeat offender get out, rape and murder a 92-year-old woman. my mother is 89 and i don't take kindly to some convicted felon sticking his foot or window with my mom at home. i just don't understand how the establishment can turn the other way when this is such a danger, a real and present danger, for our citizens. >> sandra: harvey weinstein back in court come by the way. final thoughts on that as now a woman is going to testify that she was

raped? >> another woman, you mean. you know there were about 90 woman don't like women who claimed he assaulted them or harass them. other victims, similar transactions. if he's convicted on these counts he can go to jail for life. they are taking a really hard beating on cross examination. >> sandra: agreed to have you here on all three of those. they are ongoing. a lot of questions on all three cases. thank you. and you will soon be able to catch more of nancy grace as the host of "crime stories with nancy grace," will she will take a deep dive into some of the shocking crimes. that starts airing in march on fox nation. we look forward to that. >> ed: both teams in the sunday super bowl have storied histories, but coming up we took a closer look at the kansas city chiefs and the owner looking for his team's first super bowl win in 50 years.

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>> ed: kickoff to super bowl liv just days away when the san francisco 49ers take on the kansas city chiefs. from the fox business network, we take a look at the billionaire team owners. >> we are still deciding who to root for, ed! let me tell you a little something about the hunt family. >> not only are the kansas city chiefs and the super bowl, they also named it. legendary chiefs owner lamar hunt coined the term back in 1966 after overseeing the creation of today's nfl. but the hunt family hasn't always been about football. their initial claim to fame was oil, and the empire eventually expanded. hotels, real estate, even basketball. the family was so iconic, it is widely believed as he hunts with the inspiration behind the 1960s

19 tvdrama "dallas." they are the richest in the world, a fortune evaluated at $50 billion. >> i want to thank lamar hunt, norma hunt, and clark hunt for taking a chance on me. i appreciate you guys. >> lamar left legendary shoes to fill when he died in 2006, but his son clark has been up to the challenge. >> for clark, it's on an asset, it's a family. that's the way they treat everyone, from the person that is the highest paid in the organization to the person that may clean up around the building. >> he is very influential on the league. he is one of the brightest guys i've ever spoken to. but he's also one of the most humble people that i've ever spoken to. >> the chiefs are now set to play in their first super bowl in 50 years. the last one was super bowl iv, the one and only title. his wife norma was there.

>> she's been to every last super bowl, and she will keep her streak alive. it's pretty amazing. >> while the hunts clearly love football, they also love their community, opening a chapel inside arrowhead stadium so fans can attend sunday service without missing a game. >> kansas city as a family atmosphere, the organization as a family atmosphere. the hunt family are ingrained in kansas city, through and through. >> ed: use all the joy when they finally won back the afc championship, the pent up demand in kansas city for the title. >> that trophy was named after lamar hunt, and his wife, norma, kissed it into the video. she's been to every single super bowl. >> ed: looking out the 49ers next. thank you. speech president trump unveiling his peace plan for the middle east just months from now, live from the white house will bring you his joint remarks with israeli's prime minister as soon begin.

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>> bill: what's going to be the lead story tomorrow?

impeachment? >> sandra: don't know, a lot of news this morning. "outnumbered" starts right now. >> we begin with serious news here, fox news alert, we are awaiting president trump at the white house where he is set to unveil a long-awaited middle east peace plan. we are also less than an hour away from the president's defense team wrapping up opening statements in the impeachment trial. the president will be joined by israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu for today's big announcement. the proposal, we know ahead of it, calls for a two state solution, if the palestinians reach certain benchmarks. however, palestinian leaders already say they are objecting to the plan, and around and around we go. you are watching "outnumbered" i'm harris faulkner, here today melissa francis, katie pavlich,