internet, it must be true. you'll be back. we'll see you tomorrow. fox news sunday, out of new l ham shire tomorrow -- new l hamw hampshire tomorrow as well. eric: off u.s. officials confm the first u.s. death from the coronavirus as cases continue to spread across the globe. the u.s. citizen died in wuhan, china. researchers are racing to develop an effective vaccine amid growing concerns about how to respond the deadly disease. welcome to america's news headquarters, i'm air sean. artheleric sean.arthel: i'm ar. neville. the number of deaths are topping 700, most are in china countries around the world enforcing

stricter measures to contain the spread. s christina coleman is tracking all of this, live in loss an lens. what do we know about the american who died. >> reporter: the first american who died from the virus was a woman with underlying health conditions. the u.s. embassy in beijing says the 60-year-old u.s. citizen diagnosed with the virus died this week. officials did not identify this person and today the world health organization released the new numbers. there's been 34,598 confirmed cases in china and 288 cases in 24 other countries. 723 people have died from this new strain of coronavirus since it was first reported on december 31st. almost all of the new fatalities were in an around wuhan and central china. in an effort to prevent a mass outbreak in the us, federal of icials have screened -- officials have screened more than 20,000 people arriveing from china. >> so far, the only place in the world this is out-of-control is still the hubay province in

the middle of china. the speed of the growth of the reported numbers is a concern to us. >> reporter: cruise passengers in japan are being quarantined amid reports of 64 people being diagnosed with the virus of. japanese officials turned another ship away. the japanese prime minister suspected some passengers on the vessel had been infected. and another ship, the royal carribean's anthem of the seas, is docked in new jersey. 27 passengers were screened, 23 of them cleared and four are currently being evaluated at an area hospital. u.s. scientists are working hard to try to develop a vaccine for the virus. but health officials say what that process could take months. u.s. officials are prepared to send up to $100 million worth of aid to china to help fight the virus. a support shipment went out this week, arthel. arthel: christina, china has finally agreed to allow international health experts in. tell us about that. >> reporter: well, that's right, arthel. as the death toll and number of

cases of the deadly virus continues to rise, and -- an international team will head to china to investigate and see what can be done to contain the deadly illness. arthel.>> the leader will be leg monday or us tuesday, that's what we're aiming at now and then the rest of experts will also follow after that. >> reporter: and as of yesterday, 72 countries implemented travel restrictions to try and stop this deadly strain of coronavirus from spreading further. arthel. arthel: we'll have more with cdc official coming up a little later. christina, thank you for tracking all the numbers. meanwhile, a dramatic shakeup in the white house is rippling through washington. president trump removed european union eu ambassador gordon sondland and alexander vinman,

this is happening days after his acquittal the president's acquittal. the two officials were key witnesses during the house impeachment hearings last year and kevin cork is live at the white house with more on this story. kevin. >> reporter: arthel, nice to be with you. you are correct, but understand this and i know you do, yo you assignments end and people move on. so the departure of alexander vinman and the eu am bar does was expect -- l ambassador. when the president calls you out on twitter and says you were reported by your supervisor that you were in subordinate or you incorrectly reported calls, that's a bridge too far for the vinman camp. so we have a statement. this is from one of the attorneys representing alexander vinman. while the most powerful man in the world continues his campaign of intimidation, while too many

manyemanyentrusted in the politl office continue to remain silent. lieutenant vinman continues his service to the country as a decorated active duty member of the military. the president's tweets made it clear he thought he should be moved from his post. although vinman's assignment was already ending, indict h as wels gordon sondland. some say it's the presidents' right to keep or move people in and out. >> look, i disagree with so many of trump's decisionses,s especially as it relates to foreign policy. i've been very outspoken in that area. ultimately, whether people like it or not, there are consequences to elections and the president has within his purview to make the decisions about who he likes serving in his cabinet.

>> reporter: representative tulsi gabbard from the beautiful state of hawaii. joe manchin is in the president's cross hairs. usually the president gets support from the west virginia democratic senator but that wasn't the case when he voted to have the president removed from office with the other democrats in the senate. the president tweeting about that today. he said this, i was very surprised and disappointed that senator joe manchin voted against me on the democrats' totally part tote partisan -- ty partisan impeachment hoax. he adds this. every republican senator except romney, many highly religious people, all very smart, voted against the impeachment hoax. senator cabot was all in, great person. i was told by many that man chin was just a puppet for schumer and pelosi. that's all he is. the on again, off again support of joe manchin frustrating the president obviously, arthel.

arthel: kevin, thank you. thank you, kevin. eric: the 2020 democrats are gearing up for new hampshire's primary on tuesday. the candidates are hoping for a clean winner after the debacle in iowa. now, senator bernie sanders and pete buttigieg are in a visiter l wall tie in -- virtual tie in iowa. both candidates claiming victory there. last night the stakes were high as the presidential hopefuls debated in new hampshire. al son barber is -- allison barber is braving the cold in new hampshire with the latest. >> reporter: eric, eight candidates appeared here in concord at a forum focused on reproductive rights. former mayor pete buttigieg spoke first, then andrew yang, tom stier, bernie sanders, amy klobuchar and elizabeth warren and duvall patrick. there was a lot of talk about

the courts and the role they play in regards to these issues. there was also talk about lessons to be learned from republicans. here's senator bernie sanders. >> you have a fed ar federalist society, a well funded right wing group who works with young lawyers, i nurtures them, takes them along. we've got to do the same thing. we have to take a look at good young legal minds all over this country and cultivate them through the courts. we can learns loss sense from what the right wing is doing in this country. >> reporter: with three days to go, it seems pete buttigieg is getting more popular in new hampshire. in a tracking poll that looks at support of primary voters, buttigieg has gone up 2 points in just two days. san terse's support is -- sanders' support is holding steady. he won new hampshire in the 2016 primaries. he has a massive ground game and

a good chunk of change. they raised $25 million in january. one of the senio senior cam camn advisors is downplaying buttigieg's success. it makes sense if the sanders campaign is not seeing the same immediate bump in the polls and they say sustaining support is what really matters. buttigieg's campaign said they rearaised $2.7 million in the ds after the iowa caucus. amy klobuchar's campaign said they pulled in $2 million after last night's debate. it's said to be her best fund raising haul after any of the debates. arthel: meanwhile, former vice president joe biden is trying to regain his momentum in new hampshire. this is after his disappointing showing in the iowa caucuses of. early polls show mr. biden is

trailing behind bernie sanders, pete buttigieg and elizabeth elh warren in the granite state. we havhave molly line on the gr, we'll get you back to her a little later. in the meantime we'll talk about tom steyer, he's calling out joe biden on the debate stage. he's asking him to condemn one of his campaign surrogates, accused of a racist tweet. >> three days ago one of the leaders of joe biden's south carolina campaign racist remarks about someone associated with our campaign. joe, i'm asking you to come with me and the legislative black caucus and disavow dick karpulian and what he had to say. it was wrong. >> i am asking for you to join me and join me in the support from the overwhelming support

from the black caucus. i have double what you have or anybody else. eric: this as the pressure is on the former vice president after the fourth place finish in iowa. polls show him trailing in new hampshire. it was pretty sharp last night. it gets down to the african american vote. >> yeah. and this was politics on the part of steyer. people have to go back and read what this is about. this is a state legislator who is black and now supports steyer and is on steyer's campaign's payroll, is receiving money from it. so a criticism of that was that racist, was it not, it's up to the public to decide. it's a little bit of political -- eric: they said mr. moneybags come in and gets the support. >> it's hard to hear whatever steyer is suggesting is racist about that.

that sounded like blunt-edged politics. eric: what if all of this does start to whittle down biden's lead. >> that's what he's after in south carolina. he wants to get the african american vote which is solidly behind biden at this point. biden's got to worry about this because not a great showing in iowa. he's talking down expectations in new hampshire. he's already kind of talking that down. what is this? is this the electorate, the democratic electorate not liking an older candidate? bernie sanders did pretty well in iowa. it might just be, guess what, biden's campaign style, which has never been great in national elections. eric: he's run before and got asterisked. so what's going on with him? how does this -- can he get his mojo back? >> we'll find out. iowa, new hampshire, not exactly demographically an example of america. he's counting on south carolina to do that.

he's going to have to show he very well in south carolina. to the side of this, bloomberg is looking at this and he's counting on this happening. right. the moderate center of the road candidate, biden beginning to flag. and sort of left wing candidates coming up, makes a bloomberg candidacy that much more aa track testify to thed moderates -- attractive to the moderates. eric: that seems to be his strategy on super tuesday, that he could get a divided field coming into super tuesday and the take ustatus quo of the pare looking at bernie and clearly don't want him. >> they're worried bernie in a national election against trump won't be able to draw the centrist voters in the democratic party and the moderate republicans who turned out in 2018 to shift so many republican seats democratic. what's going on in the white house, they voted democrat. can you do that with a more left wing candidate, with sanders? the democratic establishment worries about this. they got something else to worry

about, eric. the turnout in iowa is not all that great. it was slightly better than 2016 for democrats, but less than in 2008 and they're expecting fewer hey from the democrats. eric: the enthusiasm factor. in terms of south carolina and biden, he's got the high expectations. even if he wins, you know what the critics are going to say, it wasn't by what he should have. >> right. he has got to win by what he should have and by a little bit more to recapture momentum. it is a big and varied field still. there are left wing candidates, plenty of moderate options for democrats. biden doesn't have this season up because he was -- sewn up because he was formally the vice president. he may have gone into it overly confident. his particular style is notenner jizzing, it's -- energizing, it's just him in retail politics. he's not the best seller. eric: this is the national poll, he is still way ahead in

the national poll, 27%, bernie sanders, 21, 14. you can see those there. in the national polls, he's way up there. we'll have to see what happens after tuesday and then after south carolina. good to see you. arthel: thank you. disgraced former baseball player, pete rose, making an appeal to get reinstated. so, does the all-time hit king have a chance and if so, should he be considered for the hall of fame? we'll talk about that, next.

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arthel: baseball legend pete rose is raising new questions as he fights his lifetime ban from the sport. rose, you may remember, was punished back in 1989 for placing bets on his team while serving as manager for the cincinnati reds. rose argues the punishment he received is disproportionate sparecompared to punishment's hd down to the houston astros who were caught illegally stealing signs. his lawyer writes, saying, quote, in recent years intentional and covert acts by current and past owners altered the you outcomes of numerous games including the world series.

it has never been suggested, let alone established, that any of mr. rose's actions influenced the outcome of any game or the performance of any player. end quote. let's bring in the man who knows it all, jim gray, he's a sports caster and fox news contributor. jim, good to see you. so jumping right in, does rose have a- >> good to be with you. arthel: does rose have a valid point and is his case different from the astros and should any of that matter? >> no, it shouldn't matter. yes, it is different. yes, it may be disproportionate compared to what the commissioner handed out and hasn't handed out to the players involved in this. but just because they're wrong and the commissioner has elected for whatever the reason, because of his union deal, not to do anything with the astros' players doesn't mean in any way, shape or form that what pete rose did -- he signed away his own banishment -- somehow makes that right or more tolerable. arthel: my mom always told me,

two wrongs don't mak make a rig. >> all of our moms said that. arthel: i want to show a statement from tom koshweseer, the manager of the astros. it says, quote, the system, our dark arts, sign stealing department has been less productive in the second half as the leagues has become aware of our reputation and now most clubs change their signs a dozen times per game. so that's that. across the spectrum, though, the mlb spectrum, jim, how is this playing and who is paying close aa tension to the -- attention to the play by play? >> cheating is cheating. and it should not be in any way, shape or form condoned and it should not be tolerated. once the game is not on an even

playing field, why would the public have an interest in this? are we trying to reduce this to professional wrestling where the outcome is predetermined. cheating is wrong. the general manager and manager have been suspended. the astros and what they have done is reprehensible, it's bad on all levels. if you're cheating and you're caught, you must suffer the consequence. right now, i don't think the commissioner hads has put enough of the onus on the people who were involved. there needs to be further consequences. i think it's going to reach much, much further. but baseball now just wants to shove this under the rug, get rid of it, say it's been discussed, the punishment's been disseminated and do away with it. if they keep digging into this -- what they're doing now by not suspending players is asking journalists and other players who left the teams who might be disgruntled to come forward and

it's not going to be pretty. in fact, it will probably get worse. i don't know what the mow does on presbyteriamodusoperandi is e commissioner of baseball to not step in and take a firm, harsh stance against everybody who was involved. arthel: good points you raise there. pete rose and his chances that his lifetime ban will be lifted and a ultimately his chances of being inducted into the hall of fame? >> well, i don't think his lifetime ban will be lifted. i think that as long as those two issues are coupled together when he signed his banishment, he gave up the right to get into the hall of fame. perhaps they should not be coupled. his accomplishments and achievements are jus just that. that should probably be recognized. but when he said i'm banishing myself and agreeing to the terms of this, he has the right to apply, reapply for reinstatement with the commissioner. but as long as they're coupled together, he's not getting in. i don't believe that the

commissioner will take any steps of to undo the penalty which rose agreed to. arthel: that is the final word on this. at least for now. jim gray -- >> i don't know if it's the final word, but it's my opinion. arthel: i said at least for now. i let you off the hook, saying you don't have the final say. all right. jim, thank you. >> good to see you. arthel: orson bean was hit and killed by a car while crossing a busy street in los angeles, this happened last night. he was 91 years old. he stepped off a cross-walk in la and struck by a vehicle and then a second car hit him. he was a familiar face on tv game shows for decades. he was frequently on the tonight show with johnny carson. most recently he was known for making appearances on shows like grace and frankie and received a tony award nomination in 1961 for best featured actor. he is survived by his wife and

four children, among his daughter, susanna who was married to jason breitbart. he was 91 years old. can my side be firm?

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coronavirus. this as hundreds of americans have been evacuated from china. they arrived at military bases in our country yesterday. they will be quarantined for 14 days to protect against the possible spread of the disease. there are 12 confirmed cases now in six states. lucas tomlinson with the latest on all of this. >> reporter: health care officials across the united states are distributing coronavirus test kits to help with early detection. they warn cases in the u.s. will rise. >> we expect to he see additional cases of this novel coronavirus in the united states from returning passengers. >> reporter: americans will not be included in the world health organization team going to china early next week. a member of president trump's coronavirus task force accused china of not being honest. >> i think there are clearly more infections there than we are seeing being reported. the thing we would really like to do and we've been asking this

for some time is to become part of the who team that goes to china, thus far we've not been able to do that. >> reporter: just yesterday, president trump praised china's efforts to combat the virus. >> i had a very good talk with president xi and we talked about mostly about the coronavirus. they're working really hard and i think they're doing a very professional job. we're working together but world health is working with them. cdc is working with them. >> reporter: a chartered plane carrying hundreds of americans landed in san diego on friday. in a statement, the state department said it evacuated over 800 americans from china as the outbreak grows. the pentagon says they will make more bases available if necessary. eric: thanks so much. arthel: for more on this we're going to bring in dr. chris braeden, he is the deputy director of the national center

for emerging and infectious diseases at the cdc. thank you very much for being here with us as we want to get some information to our viewers, people are very concerned. i want to start out there, near san diego. i understand that there's approximately 232 people quarantined in miramar. how are you streeting and screening them and what percentage do you have that situation under control with 100% being completely under control? >> thank you for the question. i really want to emphasize to your viewers the fact that we have literally hundreds of people working on this response. there's over 100 right here on the base that are federal workers on this. and then you add in all the contractors that are providing the wrap-around care and all of the people at headquarters for a number of agencies, that it's quite extraordinary response. all this is really to make sure that not only are we caring and

protecting our fellow americans who have evacuated from china but we're doing that for the community here on the base, r around san diego and across the country and of course this is being repeated at a number of base as we speak. arthel: absolutely. >> what i would say is that -- arthel: go ahead, sir. >> go ahead. arthel: no, no, pardon me. >> what i would say is that we have really processed and we are screening these people as they come into the country. they were screened as they left china for any health problems that may be consistent with coronavirus and then monitoring them while they're here, twice a day, for symptoms and any fever and so forth. so that we can catch any sign that there might be coronavirus illness among these folks very early and then get them the right care and isolation that they need so that they are treated and there's no further

spread to other people. so you might know that we've had seven instances in which some people have had fairly minor symptoms but we're very conservative in this. we transport them to health care facilities that can isolate them appropriately. this puts the communities around us and the communities across the united states at very low risk of any community transmission of this virus as we speak. arthel: an.arthel: you mentiok being done by the medical workers. how are you protecting the staff working on that mission? >> yeah, well, we wear appropriate personal protective equipment. again, when we're going into these areas, there's nobody in there that's symptomatic, nobody that has the coronavirus disease that's spreading. for instance, when i go and speak to the evacuees that come here, there's 232 at this base, i hold outside town halls with

them, each day. i actually don't wear a mask or goggles or gloves, gowns or so forth. i keep a distance from them. i know they're asymptomatic. others are doing the same thing. if there's anybody that needs to go in, if there is somebody that's symptomatic, provide health care and so forth, of course we would wear masks, goggles, gloves, gowns and so forth in that situation. but for the most part, if i'm not going to be taking care of those in a medical way, getting close to them, i'm perfectly comfortable with going in and talking, maintaining about six feet distance without personal protection equipment. but those who need it, have it. arthel: very good to hear, sir. i wanted to ask you if you know anything about the -- we have thousands of others stranded including about 3,700 passengers and crew on the diamond princess cruise ships that's marooned at sea near tokyo. i understand there are 61

confirmed cases of coronavirus on-board. what's the cdc's plan of attack to you assist in getting that ship docked and passengers cleared because there's some americans on-board. yeah, that's a difficult situation and i'm not going to be able to answer specifics about what is being planned for those specific passengers. but i know that the coronavirus has circulated among a number of those passengers. so the application of basic public health principles apply. we want to detect and contain and so the best that we can do to do that, implement that tie of strategy, that's what we'll do. arthel: i understand. that is a ways away. and you have your hands full right there where you are at the moment, you're out there near san diego. at this juncture, dr. braeden, what is top priority and the most pressing problem for the

cdc? >> well, actually, probably the most stressful time that we had was getting these folks in off the planes, getting them screened appropriately, making sure that anybody needs -- that needs to leave the base under isolation, that happens, until we can rule out the coronavirus is involved and get them situated. he wee pretty much have done that. now we're in a maintenance and operation mode and we're trying to make them comfortable, we're trying to make sure that we do the appropriate monitoring and as i said, if there's any symptoms detect it as early as possible. so we're really in now a maintenance and operation for that 14 day quarantine period and i think things are calming down actually a little bit. arthel: dr. braeden, i have about 30 seconds. i don't want to alarm the public but i don't want to give them a false sense safety and security

if that's not the case. how would you assess the situation in terms of possible spread of the coronavirus here in the united states? >> yeah, so you mentioned before that there are 12 confirmed cases in the united states. and in all those cases, they've been identified. only the proper isolation so they don't spread to others. if there were contacts, those people are identified and monitored. so i think as it stands now, we've done a very good job to be able to detect and contain and like i said before, communities across the united states are at very low risk of community transmission. arthel: doctor, thank you very much. we'll let you go back and take care of that tenuous situation there in the coast of california. thank you, sir. eric. what?

eric: a soldier a accused of that deadly shooting rampage in thailand, killing at least 20 people and wounding dozens more. the suspect has been holed up inside a popular shopping l sho. we are following this development in london. >> reporter: the police and army have stormed the shopping mall, just within the last hour. that's where of course this shooting spree has been taking place. that's where the police now say at least 20 people have been killed. at least 31 more injured. does this mean the end of this saga? we don't just know. we don't know just yet. we're still waiting to hear more from the police. they have not said that the assailant that the gunman has been apprehended at this point. what we know for sure is that this started about three hours outside of bangkok, the capital of thailand in a city called nakhon ratchasima, better known as korat.

it started on a military base on the outskirts of the city when a soldier shot his commanding officer, another soldier, and a 63-year-old woman. then jumped into a humvee, drove into town and stopped at a buddhist temple where he resumed firing and then got in his car and went to a shopping center. you can see people running from the shooting. the killer was reportedly indiscriminately opening fire on unarmed people as they ran away and he was posting pictures of himself on facebook and other social media while he was at it. the thai police have the last few hours put up a wanted poster for him on facebook, his name is jakraphanth thomma and he's 32 years old and facebook has also said that they have taken down his page and they've issued their condolences in a statement where they say that facebook will not tolerate people using the platform to telegraph

attacks like this. of course, that's been a big issue. we're waiting to hear more information about the status of the gunman. eric: we'll bring you up-to-date and of course if indeed they do capture him. thank you. arthel: a decision by the u.k. to allow chinese tech company huawei to take part in the 5g network, it's sparking some concern in the u.s. could it threaten trade talks between washington and britain? or washington and china? what the white house is saying, coming up next. (announcer) carvana's had a lot of firsts.

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consistent with the security or privacy interest of the u.k., of the united states, and it remains a real issue between our two countries. eric: that's vice president mike pence with a strong message to the united kingdom, suggesting the decision to partner with the chinese firm huawei to built part of the 5g network that could potentially affect trade talks with the u.s. and the u.k. it was one of boris johnson's top priorities post brexit. let's bring in dave weinstein, former chief technology new jersey, now a security officer at clarity. so huawei, first of all, keep on hearing chinese possibly a threat. how much of a threat, how dangerous potentially i poe ten- potentially is huawei, if at all. >> huawei absolutely is a security risk. there's two dimensions of this

risk. and it's both a technical issue as well as a legal issue. independent security researchers have hacked away at huawei's technology and found it to be riddled with bugs. but that's not necessarily unique with huawei. right. all technology is inherently vulnerable in some respects. the bigger issue here is the legal issue, the fact that huawei in so many respects is beholden to the chinese state, it's the laws and the governance model under which the chinese communist party rules its companies, its state enterprises. so this is what led the u.k. to actually concede that huawei is indeed a high risk vendor, nevertheless they decided to proceed with using their infrastructure, at least on the periphery. eric: why do you think they did that? was it a wise decision by the

brits? >> personally, i don't think it was a wise decision. the way i look at this, they're in a tough spot where they had to consider the near term cost versus the strategic cost, right, because the strategic costs are extremely high. at the end of the day, huawei's position in the u.k. infrastructure and potentially elsewhere gives it the ability to hold tell p come telecom infe at risk, to a degree that it's never been held at risk before. what 5g does, it brings telecom infrastructure into our day lives, into our communities and critical infrastructure, particularly in the united states. that's what gives the white house and many on a bipartisan basis pause about leveraging huawei for our infrastructure because in fact 5g is going to connect our factories, it's what could ultimately give the u.s. an edge over other markets,

increasing the efficiency and productivity of manufacturing facilities. eric: they could flip a switch and turn us off. the government is looking to buy up nokia or erickson to combat huawei with our own 5g. here is the attorney general, william barr, about administration's concerns. >> the he question is whether within this window the united states and our allies can mount sufficient competition to huawei to retain and capture enough market share to sustain the kind of long-term and robust competitive position necessary to avoid surrendering dominance to china. it's all very well to tell our friends and allies that they shouldn't install huaweis, but whose infrastructure are they going to install. eric: that's the question. david, what should we do? >> this is a classic case of competition breeding disruptive

innovation. what we should do and what it appears we are doing is u.s. companies and select others abroad are teaming together to develop open coding standards so 5g code can run on a whole host of manufacturers, not just huawei. at the end of the day, this us is what hurts them longer term. eric: dave, on huawei, we'll see what happens with the brits when we get up and running. arthel: right now we're going to take you live to washington, secretary of state mike pompeo is speaking at the national governor's association winter meeting, happening at our nation's capital. the event brings together of governors from 55 states and territories, secretary pompeo is delivering the keynote address today. house speaker nancy pelosi is set to attend a forum there tomorrow and of course we're going to monitor mr. pompeo's remarks and bring you any updates that we feel you need to know about. in the meantime, we'll be right back with more news. [ applause ] thank you.

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eric: a rising floodwaters led to helicopter he rescues in northeastern oregon, high water closing off an interstate and forcing evacuations. it's not the only state experiencing intense weather this weekend. lauren green keeping track of it all for us. >> the winter weather, this

february, it's looking more like march madness with floods and snowstorms and even tornadoes. a state of emergency in oregon as fast-moving floodwaters forced evacuations and those who didn't get out, officials are telling to hunker in place. rising waters from fast melting snow cut off roadways, stranding cars and cows. rushing waters in washington, as the state's governor issued an emergency proclamation as more rain is predicted for the weekend. the past 30 days the state has seen double the typical rainfall. around the nation's capitol, five tornadoes touched down around dc. fierce winds leveled huge trees and ripped off roofs, downing power lines and severe damage throughout the area. >> a gentleman's in a wheelchair, on the second floor, all his windows got blown out, chill you any blown down.

>> it's hard to see. i'm still taking it in. just trying to clean up a little bit, glad everybody's okay. >> reporter: oregon and washington will get some respite from the rain. officials predict drier weather is ahead. eric: that's the most important thing that everyone's okay as a they always say. arthel: that is important. i tell you what, that kind of catastrophe profoundly impacts their lives. that is going to do it for us. we will be back again right at 4:00 eastern. eric: 4:00 p.m. eastern. arthel: will you be here with me? e i will, as always. arthel and i will be back. but first, "the journal editorial report," after this. i'm tryin'! keep it up. you'll get there. whoa-hoa-hoa! 30 grams of protein, and one gram of sugar. ensure max protein.

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paul: welcome to "the journal editorial report." i'm paul gigot. all eyes are on new hampshire this weekend as democrats make the closing arguments to voters there ahead of tuesday's primary. seven candidates squared off in manchester friday night in theth democratic presidential debate and pete buttigieg received the frontrunner treatment following the strong finish in iowa with amy klobuchar targeting the former south bend mayor for his lack of washington experience. >> it is easy to go after washington because that's a popular thing to do. i think this going after every single thing that people do because it's popular