president. [saying all presidents' names] >> sandra: fox news alert on the coronavirus outbreak. hundreds of people off the cruise ship in japan. 14 have tested positive for the disease. >> ed: two state department charter planes are hauling passengers. they are expected to face two weeks of quarantine before finally being able to leave. >> we're exhausted but we're on the plane and that's a good feeling. pretty miserable wearing these

masks, though. >> five hours on a bus waiting to get off the bus. >> crazy. >> ed: claudia is live with the breaking details. >> we're just outside travis air force base about 90 minutes drive north of san francisco and this is where the first of these two charter flights landed around midnight. later another plane landed in san antonio, texas. they came off the diamond princess cruise ships. at least 14 of these people have now tested positive for the coronavirus. they were not showing any symptoms and it wasn't discovered that they had the virus until they were already haefded to the airport along with everyone else. according to the state department, these newly infebted people were moved to a

specialized area on the aircraft to keep them isolated from the others. they will be treated at a medical facility off base while everyone else will begin a new 14-day quarantine period on the base here as well as texas. despite the additional isolation period the daughter of phil and gay who posted videos about their experience said her parents are happy to be back in the united states. >> they're thrilled to be able to have access to u.s. doctors and get a handle on the whole situation. but mostly thrilled to be finally off the boat. >> the new two-week quarantine comes after the cruise ship quarantine. a number of other americans have chosen to stay on the ship

and finish the original quarantine set to end this week. it could be a while they will be allowed to return home. another cruise ship to worry about after an 83-year-old american woman tested positive for the coronavirus after she got off a holland america ship in cambodia. other parts of asia turned it away for fears the virus could spread. passenger and crew from that cruise ship are being tested. more than 1,000 people, ed. of course, they're now being carefully monitored. back to you. >> ed: big deal. thank you for that report. >> sandra: for more on all this let's bring in a family emergency medical director. i just asked you so many questions sitting here. i feel like the country is watching passengers come home and now 14 americans tested positive are on american soil. they are so happy to be home but at the same time we don't

know how long this disease lives in their system. there is so much we don't know about the transfer of the disease. >> this is amazing that we have our fellow americans back home on american soil. where they can get the medical care that they need. medical management and monitoring. that's what is critical now. we have 300 of them back. some of them tested positive. a matter of preventing the spread to other people. when it comes down to healthcare providers making sure we're wearing protective equipment, gowns, gloves, masks so we don't spread it from person to person. that's the key to preventing it from spreading. we don't know exactly how long it will be in your system. most colds a week, two weeks and you're better. coughing and sneezing and fever, chest pain, shortness of breath are the symptoms. usually when they resolve the level of contagiousness decreases. still a lot of information we don't know. that's why we must be strict in

our procedures and protocols and guidelines to do everything in our power to prevent the spread of this virus. >> sandra: some of these passengers have been brought to california. some brought down to texas. we know 14 of those americans have been tested positive for the virus. being treated, quarantined and monitored. the other americans, there will be a separation process, quarantined, monitered, tested and eventually able to go home. when i go back to the point we don't know how long the disease lives in the system. what risk will they pose to the public? >> when that he leave that 14-day quarantined the cdc will follow up with them. we will be monitored closely. phone calls, if you have any symptoms fever, cough, come in right away. they'll be closely monitored

even though discharged from the 14-day quarantined. that's very important. they could continue to spread. could it be 15 days, 7 days? a typical common cold you are contagious while you're coughing and sneezing for a week or so. they say a 14-day quarantine. we don't know the exact number of days but important to take present indications. >> sandra: i'll ask you the questions i hear parents asking themselves now. is it safe to fly and travel considering those said they traveled through the epicenter of this disease in china. there are those who are unaccounted for that we don't know where they went. did they fly home to america. could they be on buses and airplanes? >> it is safe to travel and fly. not to that part of the country. keep in mind our president put a ban. no one can fly from china, that part of the world to the united states. all those flights are banned

tem temporarily. it is safe. wash hands and clean. don't touch eyes, nose or rub your face. get a good well-balanced diet, exercise, get enough sleep. those sort of things. if you're sick, don't fly. stay away from known sick contacts. it's safe to fly but you can't fly to that part of the world. that's not safe. >> sandra: good information, doctor, thank you. >> ed: historic floods forcing hundreds of people to evacuate in mississippi. the capital city of jackson submerged in water as the pearl river rises to over 36 feet expected to crest today. state of emergency over the weekend warning residents it will be days before the floodwaters start to recede. steve harrigan is live in jackson with the latest. good morning, steve. >> this is what parts of jackson, mississippi look like especially in neighborhoods along the river. you can see about 1 to 2 feet

of water seeping through the houses here. a lot of people have tried to sandbag without success. the water going over the sandbags. the pearl river is expected to crest at a record level. as high as it has been in the past 37 years. the governor declared a state of emergency on saturday. >> this is a precarious situation that can turn at any moment. the reality is we're getting updates on water levels hourly. we'll continue to do so. >> the worst here is likely to come. they expect rain on tuesday through thursday. this could affect as many as 3,000 homes. we've seen emergency evacuations over the weekend, about 500 people asked to leave their houses, swift boat rescues in effect over the weekend. four people saved. so far no reports of any deaths or injuries but some tough days ahead for central mississippi. back to you. >> ed: we'll stay on it.

thank you. >> sandra: u.s. reaching a temporary agreement with the taliban. a step toward a broader deal. analysis from general jack keane will join us live. >> ed: biden admitted south carolina is make or break for him next week. what does he need to do to keep his hopes alive? john warren will join us live. >> sandra: mike bloomberg trading jabs with president trump over the weekend. old remarks are now coming back to haunt the former new york city mayor. what he says in those newly resurfaced comments about farmers that is sparking new outrage. >> the farm society lasted 3,000 years. i could teach people to be a

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>> ed: fox news alert from florida. president trump was at the nascar kickoff yesterday. the second president to deliver the race's iconic line. >> president trump: daytona international speedway, we love our country and it is truly an honor to be with all of you at the great american race. gentlemen, start your engines sklaims

>> ed: he also became the first sitting president to take a lap in the presidential armored limo dubbed the beast. >> sandra: what a moment. >> ed: soon after the race was postponed by rain. it will be 4:00 p.m. eastern this afternoon. >> sandra: one of our reporters was on the ground and talking to the nascar fans. they were overjoyed with the president's visit. >> ed: 200,000 people. i just want to set the record straight here. last week i said gentlemen, start your engines. you said it is ladies and gentlemen. >> sandra: i quoted the secret service. >> ed: we were told it is supposed to be driver's start your engines. i tune into fox yesterday and the commander-in-chief say what i said, gentlemen, start your engines. we'll have to clear this up once and for all. >> sandra: there are women racers, to be clear. some had to step aside for this particular race but we can

continue this conversation, ed. >> ed: i feel like we're going to all in fun. >> sandra: we'll leave it there for now. >> i can teach anybody, even people in this room, to be a farmer. it is a process. you dig a hole, put a seed in and put dirt on top, add water, up comes the corn. >> sandra: the clip of michael bloomberg going viral over the weekend. he says farming and factory jobs do not require much intelligence compared to information economy jobs. let's bring in governor john sununu former white house chief of staff to george h.w. bush. good morning to you. it is always great to see you. so a lot of reaction pouring into the former mayor of new york city's words there. what did you think when you heard them? >> well, he is trying to replace biden and he is succeeding in replacing biden as the gaffe king. the one with comments that are

coming out pointing out how incentive this guy is. he has the most racist language when he was talking about stop and frisk. it is coming out that he created a workplace that was hostile to women with his language on maternity and other things. now we're finding out he hates middle america because they're all a bunch of farmers. >> sandra: you know, the president's family and his supporters and of course his campaign is taking on those comments. they're seizing the opportunity. don junior, bloomberg wouldn't last three seconds as a farmer. he will never fight for hard working americans because he could care less about him. this get in the way of a possible mike bloomberg nomination? >> i think in particular his racist comments are getting in the way. i think that hurts him with a key component of the democrat constituency. if i were running the

president's campaign or congressional campaigns i'd ask every democrat running for office in 2012 -- in 2020 if they are willing to state that they won't take any money from this racist candidate that is running and ask them not to take any money from racist mike bloomberg. >> sandra: kellyanne conway seems to think it's his sexist comments that will get in the way. far worse than anything president trump has ever said. here is kellyanne. >> comments he has made about women and lawsuits is all fair game. >> fair game for president trump when he has made sexist comments too. ? >> please. i've worked by his side for four years. the best boss i've ever had. >> plenty of women would say the same thing about michael bloomberg. >> let they come forward. are they being paid to say it? this is far worse. by the way, that was full eye litigated that happened in october 7th. he won a month later.

>> your reaction to that, governor? >> the president ran a campaign in 2016. the voters had to judge on the basis of what was out in the public domain on president trump. and now they'll have to judge mike bloomberg. and mike bloomberg's comments are terrible and i think it is going to be part of the campaign conversation as we go forward. and i think he has a real problem both on racism, on sexism, and frankly on his disdain for hard-working americans. >> sandra: to move to another topic here, some have a real problem with william barr, the attorney general's involvement in the roger stone case. now some former justice employees are urging bill barr to resign. we saw some calls for his resignation last week and they seem to be building. more from kellyanne talking to chris wallace on "fox news sunday" responding to those calls for his resignation. here is kellyanne. >> you see how the president weighs in. he weighs into the whole world.

he didn't have a conversation with bill barr he had a conversation with the whole world. >> bill barr has that kind of conversation even to the whole world undercuts his authority and makes it for bill barr to do his job. >> the president of the united states has not asked or directed his attorney general privately to do anything in any criminal matter including roger stone. >> sandra: what do you see happening next with this? >> look, i think the democrats are in trouble on it. to be honest with you. they are mischaracterizing the sequence of events. the justice department came to the conclusion to change the recommendation before the president tweeted. that's number one. number two, the democrats are trying to make this another event in their crisis of the week. and i think the american public is turning a deaf ear to them and the more they do this, the less impact they'll have in the campaign. number three, if the democrats

were sincere they would have been criticizing holder and loretta lynch when they were talking about protecting obama and being his wing man, etc. it's hypocrisy and stupidity on the part of the democrats. >> sandra: more signatures on that petition. final thoughts on a potential bloomberg/clinton ticket, governor. >> yeah. i think mike bloomberg is not very bright but i don't think he is that little bright to make that mistake. i think hillary clinton has shown she can't campaign for herself. how will she as part of that ticket be able to campaign for bloomberg. i think it was a trial balloon that went pop pretty quickly. >> sandra: always appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you. >> ed: a second arrest made over the weekend in the stabbing death of a new york city college student.

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>> ed: a texas man is on the fast track to exoneration from a life sentence for murder after a dna testing software break through points to a new suspect in that case. our correspondent casey stiegel is live in dallas with the details. good morning. >> this program, the software was created by this pittsburgh-based company and it was designed to analyze dna samples of unidentified victims of the terror attacks of september 11th.

but it uses computer algorithms to search vast dna databases better than using an actual laboratory technician. in other words, when a person is involved, there is potential room for error. but the computer essentially eliminates that. so mr. grant's case has been at the center of this spotlight because this new program was used and it re-examineed his case and the new dna tests pointed to a different suspect all together. a man in georgia, who is now in custody and police say he confessed to the crime that lydell was doing time for. a victory for him and his family who claimed his innocence. he was released from jail in november. >> tremendous blessing to be home with my family. >> now, grant was convicted of

first degree murder back in 2010 for the death of a man outside of a houston bar. he spent about 10 years in jail but with these new revelations, in december a judge recommended that texas's high criminal court vacate grant's conviction. so his attorneys are now hopeful that ruling could come in the next few weeks. now this naturally raises the question of what this dna database and others and this new software could mean for hundreds of people sitting in jail around the country, fighting their convictions. >> ed: thank you. >> sandra: the nation is saying goodbye to a pearl harbor hero. donald straten was one of the last living survivor of the uss arizona. he was 19 years old on the day of the attack december 7, 194 16789 he was badly burned but returned to service once

recovered. straten and other survivors met with president trump at the white house in 2017. he died peacefully in his sleep surrounded by his family at his colorado home. donald straten was 97 years old. our goodbye to him and thank you to him and his family for his service. >> ed: we are losing those heroes from world war ii every day. in the meantime more than a dozen americans evacuated from a quarantined cruise ship now testing positive for the coronavirus. the latest on the drastic measures being taken to contain that deadly disease. >> sandra: south carolina could prove a make or break moment for the joe biden campaign. what does he need to do to win the palmetto state? big question. former candidate john warren weighs in on that next. >> i got involved. i was viewed as the frontrunner. had a target on my back, put

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>> sandra: we're five days away dpr the nevada caucuses 2020 democrats crisscrossing the state to get last-minute support. with a more diverse population it could serve as the first true chance for democrats to appeal to their base. ellison barber is live in las vegas, nevada with more on that.

>> nevada is an important state for many reasons. it is the first state to vote in the west. it is also as you said really the first indication that we will get of how candidates will do among minority voters. new hampshire and iowa, over 90% of their population are white. nevada has a large hispanic population, looking like the rest of america. early voting started in this state yesterday. bernie sanders or on saturday, excuse me. i will go for four days. bernie sanders and pete buttigieg held rallies and sanders walked with some supporters to a nearby polling locations. buttigieg lined up around a building in las vegas waiting in line for more than an hour to get inside for a get out the vote early rally and hear from the former south bend mayor. one of the campaign staffers told me they're focused on early voting. something that new hampshire and iowa did not have.

if they can get people out early. people will tell their friends and have a larger turnout on saturday when the caucuses take place. there are again four days of early voting in nevada according to the state party as of the end of the first day of that over 18,000 nevada democrats voted. sandra. >> sandra: all right. also what are you hearing on the ground there as far as reaction to michael bloomberg's past comments about farmers? >> mike bloomberg made a whole lot of headlines this weekend despite the fact he isn't even campaigning in the state of nevada. a lot of people were talking about him. he made headlines on a number of different fronts. one of the things is the video from 2016 where he was talking about farmers, about a minute clip of it was posted on twitter. it spread very quickly. a lot of people were angry and called it belittling. elitist, out of touch. inartful at best. listen here.

>> it's a process. you dig a hole, put a seed in and put dirt on top and add water up comes the corn. the information economy is different. it is built around replacing people with technology and the skill sets that you have to learn are how to think and analyze. and that is a whole degree level different. >> bloomberg made those comments in 2016 during a distinguished speaker seminar to oxford business school. one of the biggest criticisms that people have said they don't think bloomberg understands farming now. it is physically and intellectually demanding as well. >> ed: meantime next week south carolina primary could prove to be make or break for the remaining 2020 hopefuls.

the piece from the hill says the palmetto promise. south carolina will decide the race emphasizing how minority voters are the political nerve center for the democratic party. >> of course it is extremely important to earn support from voters across the board. i think for so many voters and certainly a lot of voters of color that i talk to across latino, black and other communities making sure that we get this right. >> ed: john warren is a former south carolina gubernatorial candidate and he joins us live. thank you for coming in. good to see you. now that we've seen the president ahead of iowa and new hampshire and go into nevada, into the cities and states and hold big rallies ahead of the primaries and caucuses. i'm sure there is something being cooked up for the palmetto state. if the president heads there as democrats get ready to go there what's the economic climate now in terms of among minority,

unemployment rate and all that? >> i think through president trump the economy in south carolina is humming and doing great overall throughout the country. in south carolina it's even better. unemployment here is 2.6%. so i think the democrats have a big challenge coming here and saying that the president isn't doing a great job. >> ed: what about the fact you just heard ellison's report about michael bloomberg who may be rising in the polls for democrats making a comment to what hillary clinton said about deplore abls back in 2016. >> if you look how the democratic party has become, they're elitist and socialist and don't represent the everyday man especially in south carolina. i predict you'll see a lot of minorities and african-americans voting for president trump. black unemployment is at an all-time low. the economy is humming. stock market is up. and in january president trump

created 225,000 jobs due to his economic policies. so i think the democrats are in really big trouble. >> joe biden would push back hard and says he believes he will do well with minority voters. south carolina has been his firewall. i want to get your take on that. first listen to what joe biden said on "meet the press" yesterday whether or not he was lowering expectations. watch. >> south carolina is it, isn't it? you have to win that? >> i think i have to do really well. >> what's really well? is there such a thing as doing well without winning? >> i think so but look. i'll be -- look, right after that within -- march 4th we go into all the states with the polling data showing me doing incredibly well. >> ed: we've had biden officials coming out of new hampshire saying we didn't do well in iowa and new hampshire. south carolina, they'll do great. yesterday he said i have to do really well. he didn't say i need to win.

>> biden's firewall in south carolina is on fire burning and likely to the ground. a few weeks ago he was and 6. he may win south carolina but he will come out of here limping. i think people will rally behind president trump. president trump has been able to bring people together in the sense of the economy is humming. things are going well, and the democrats don't have a message other than president trump is bad and i don't think that will be enough. >> ed: final point on that. you mention the polling. let's look at the real clear politics average in your home state of south carolina. joe biden two weeks ago was 31%. dipping to 26. sanders rising, warren holding. buttigieg coming up slightly. one thing that stands out for me there is biden comes down, sanders picking up a little bit of steam in south carolina.

talk about the prospects of a socialist democrat getting this nomination. >> it shows you where the democratic party has gone. it's a race to socialism on the side of the left. it is funny the time that nancy pelosi has become a moderate is today. and i don't think that will play well with the american public. i think that's why the democrats are trying to steal the election from bernie sanders like you saw in iowa. >> ed: john warren. thank you for your views today. >> sandra: basketball's best pulling out all the stops at the nba all-star game in chicago last night. the greats honoring a lost legend. ♪ i came, i went -- >> sandra: that was the rapper there before and others paying special tribute to kobe bryant and his daughter before the game. they were among nine people killed in a helicopter crash in

los angeles just last month. then came tip-off with team lebron facing off against team giannis. 157-155 for team lebron. the clippers star leonard took home the mvp award renamed in honor of kobe bryant. did you catch that? >> i had to get to bed early. watching it was remarkable seeing the tributes. it is important that you mentioned everybody on the helicopter crash, not just kobe and his daughter. so many lives lost. remarkable night. in the meantime the u.s. and taliban reaching what could be the first step toward ending america's longest war. can the militant group be trusted? retired four-star general fox news senior military strategic analyst jack keane weighs in on that next. i suffered with psoriasis for so long.

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>> we have on the table now a reduction in violence proposed that was negotiated between our ambassador and the taliban. it looks very promising. we have to give peace a chance that the best if not only way forward in afghanistan is through a political agreement. that means taking some risk. >> ed: defense secretary marks per expressing optimism between the u.s. and taliban. if the truce is successful it could lead to the withdrawal of american troops from afghanistan. mike tobin is following the story live from our mideast newsroom. good to see you. >> there was an agreement for a reduction of violence but the violence continues. since the agreement in principle went public taliban commanders said they'll continue attacking until they

get fresh instructions from their superiors. representatives agreed to a seven-day period to ralt rocket attacks and suicide bombs. u.s. defense secretary says such an agreement is fragile and risky but necessary to arrive at diplomacy. >> we have to give peace a chance. the best if not only way forward in afghanistan is through a political agreement. and that means taking some risk. that means enabling our diplomats. >> that could lead to afghan negotiations. the taliban needed to stop harboring fugitives and allow for elections. >> the critical test is going to be will they -- will the taliban accept an election as the mechanism, the crucial mechanism of referring to their people or do they have a view

of conquerors. >> projected day for a truce to be signed is february 29th. it could ultimately lead to a reduction of u.s. troop presence in afghanistan. but in order for that to happen these taliban commanders need to get their orders and live up to it at least seven days ahead of that. >> ed: thank you, mike tobin. >> sandra: for more on this let's bring in general jack keane chairman for the institute for the study of war. always great to get you here. first your reaction this morning. i know that last week you called for a healthy dose of skepticism in the days that followed this temporary agreement. where do you stand now? >> well, let's take a look at the seven-day reduction in violence. this is about a test of good intentions, sandra. it would have been far better if it was a cease-fire for a month. that would really be a stress test that makes some sense. but the taliban don't want that for a couple of reasons.

one, a cease-fire because their hard core will not abide by it. a percentage they don't control. a month, many of their fighters, an open secret. are weary and tired and they would go home to their families for a month they won't go back to the battlefield and why we have a reduction in violence. interesting enough it comes at a time when it's the winter season and there is usually a reduction in violence in any way because the taliban is preparing for the spring offensive. >> sandra: based on that, general, how would you describe the progress made since this deal was made. >> first of all, listen, this is going to be a long and challenging process. and certainly peace is desirable. the american people deserve that, the afghan people deserve that. but it is also going to be very difficult to achieve. why is that? because the taliban military commission, which oversees the taliban, they have never given up on their ultimate objective and that is to topple the

government of afghanistan and take it over. they'll say anything and they will do anything to get the united states forces completely out of afghanistan so then they will have their will with the afghan government. that's what this is about. and we will test how serious they are at negotiations if the reduction in force succeeds, reduction in violence succeeds, there will be another agreement to have negotiations with the afghan government and members of civil society. that's a good thing and a big deal. they will also be as i understand an agreement to release 5,000 taliban prisoners at the beginning of negotiations makes no sense to me if that's in the deal. that should only be done if there is a peace settlement which would be normal at the end of hostilities. they will also renounce the al qaeda publicly. that will be humiliating for them but rest assured, sandra, quietly behind the scenes they

will tell the al qaeda ignore that, we're still your brothers. and also there is a possibility of the beginning of the reduction of u.s. forces down to 8600. >> sandra: i know you testified before congress on that very point last week, general. i wanted to play a little bit for our audience and i'll get your thoughts out of it. >> general has been working on the force reduction for some time based on the assessment he had more forces he needed to meet the mission requirement. and i believe that given the fact that negotiations were taking place, the administration made a logical decision not to unilaterally conduct that reduction and use that as leverage in the negotiations. >> sandra: so it sounds like we're waiting for the right timing for that potential u.s. troop withdrawal. what are you seeing is the likelihood of that happening, general? >> well, i think it has to do with one is the reduction in

violence successful? if we can't do that in seven days we really have some problems. it is only seven days. number two, at the beginning of negotiations -- remember, the taliban -- you heard the afghan president's comments. behind the scenes he is very concerned. he knows full well the taliban don't want to accept a political system of a constitutional democracy that that's elections. why? over 80% of the people reject the taliban every year. they could never win anything politically. that's a major political obstacle to successful negotiations. >> sandra: it is going to be a long and complicated process as you just laid out. appreciate your time this morning. thank you. >> good talking to you, sandra. >> ed: new york police department officials are saying this morning they're confident they have the person in custody who stabbed a college student

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>> ed: fox news alert. a second teen has been charged in the murder of barnard college student. tessa majors was stabbed to death inside a busy park last december. david miller is in the new york city newsroom with more. david. >> the boy who we aren't naming because of his age was taken into custody friday night without incident and charged as an adult with second degree murder and robbery. the police commissioner described the investigation as a long, deliberate process telling reporters we're confident we have the person in custody who stabbed her. for many new yorkers majors' murder was a reminder of the city's past problems and

soaring crime rate. the latest arrest is a sigh of relief not only on the campus where she went to school but throughout the city. hundreds of pieces of evidence linked the boy to tessa major's death. the prosecutor says the criminal complaint filed by his office indicates a strong case. >> it paints a picture of the video evidence, the blood evidence, the smartphone evidence, the icloud evidence, witness identification and defendant's own statements that were rigorously collected and examined prior to this arrest and indictment. >> according to court documents the 14-year-old was recorded telling someone, quote, she was hanging onto her phone and that's when he hit majors with a knife. the documents also say they found the defendant's dna under major's fingernail clippings. already in custody is a 13-year-old who allegedly took part in the crime and being charged in family court. a third suspect in this case is still on the loose.

the 14-year-old is due to be arraigned on wednesday. he faces life in prison if convicted. according to a witness quoted in the court documents, moments before her death, majors cried out help me, i'm being robbed. >> ed: chilling, david lee, thank you. >> sandra: hundreds of americans returning home after being evacuated from the coronavirus hit cruise ship amid growing fears the disease could become a global pandemic. the bloomberg campaign floating the idea of hillary clinton as a running mate? could that actually happen? our a-team will take that up on top of a brand-new hour.

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>> sandra: fox news alert on the fast spreading coronavirus, 340 americans evacuated from the quarantine cruise ship at japan now back on american soil where they'll spend the next two weeks quarantined. 14 have tested positive for the deadly disease but have yet to show symptoms. 40 other americans from that cruise who do show symptoms reportedly taken to tokyo hospitals. they were not brought home. the virus has now killed 1700 people and infected at least 71,000 patients worldwide. lots more on that in just a moment.

new reports that democratic presidential candidate michael bloomberg is considering -- wait for it -- hillary clinton for his running mate. yes, that's out there. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom," monday morning. ifm owe sandra smith. >> ed: i'm ed henry. could it happen? hillary clinton would consider it saying she wants back in. bloomberg firing back as 2020 rivals put a target squaurly on his back. >> they talk about helping public schools. i raised graduation rates by more than 40%. they talk about helping healthcare. in new york i cut the uninsured by 40%. >> ed: our a-team is standing by with fresh analysis. first we're in washington with the details with mark. >> michael bloomberg is

considering hillary clinton as a potential running mate. fox asked bloomberg campaign about it. they didn't confirm it or dismiss it. they told us we are focused on the primary and debate. not vp speculation. a potential bloomberg/clinton ticket is getting a lot of reaction, some smiles, eye rolls, even clinton was asked about the possibility of being a vp candidate not specific to bloomberg a few days ago and what she told ellen degeneres. >> if someone asks you to be vice president would you do it? >> well, that's not going to happen. but no. i never say never because i do believe in serving my country but it's not going to happen. >> ed: we spoke to a former aide of secretary clinton saying she wouldn't be interested in the job. it is important she play a role in this 2020 race. >> bloomberg campaign is smart to be hugging hillary clinton. something that other democrats

particularly bernie should learn from because she was the previous nominee. she got 17 million votes in the primary. there are a lot of people who still like hillary clinton. >> the timing of the story is raising eyebrows. there was a long history of alleged sexist comments run about bloomberg. this has a lot of people talking. >> ed: let's bring in david avella, jessica tarlov and connell mcshane. good morning all. hope you had a wonderful weekend. jessica, start with you as a democrat. hillary clinton with bloomberg yes or no? >> no. >> ed: that's that. >> move on. these stories pop up all the time. bloomberg had a terrible weekend and no coincidence he dropped the story he is considering hillary as his vp and going after bernie sanders.

he doesn't want to talk about the investigative reporting, about what went on at his company with women and personal comments he has made himself. i see it as a distraction away from that. hillary loves to fan the flames. never say never and there are a lot of people who are big fans of hillary clinton, myself included. she is well aware her time has passed. >> sandra: michael goodwin says bloomberg vp hillary could get revenge against trump. clinton is desperate to get revenge on d.t. and certainly seize another chance at the white house even if it means being relegated to stand by equipment. >> ed: if you take the names out of the story for a minute. we always overdo these speculative stories this early on who is the running mate. maybe you guys disagree. for the most part as long as you don't pick the wrong

person, maybe john mccain did that in 2008 with sarah palin. it is a wash anyway. most people go to 1960. we're talking about with someone who has a one in four chance of being the nominee. >> sandra: all right, david. >> one of the few times that jessica and many democrats will be for the electoral college because of the 14th amendment -- 12th amendment which doesn't allow presidentials to elect someone from the same -- they have to vote for someone outside their state. if you want to take new york off the map certainly democrats could elect someone from the same state. doesn't prohibit them from doing that but they aren't going to do that. hillary clinton, as much as people say donald trump can't go past a grievance without airing it. no one holds a grudge better than hillary clinton and you see it in the cycle. the two times she has been involved. go after tulsi gabbard and

bernie sanders. >> she has been right about everything, important to point out. actually yes. if you watch the clip attacking the frontrunner nothing she said about bernie sanders that is inaccurate. he doesn't have a ton of friends on the hill. former first lady, secretary of state of state. her criticisms of people, whether it's smart or not to get into that. i do think it hurts democratic unity. the substance of what she has been has not been inaccurate. for people who like her it speaks to us. right now in the field a lot of people are running away from someone like a hillary clinton and pushing her to the side when we're a huge constituency of voters pumped to go and vote again and what a great nominee she was and what she contributed to this country and right about the things she said in 2016 in the debates.

>> whether she is right about everything, jessica's larger point i understand is that she represents an establishment viewpoint of democrats that is going to be a huge story in this election. already is. the bernie sanders lane versus everybody else. by her talking about senator sanders the way she has and representing certain views the way she has she does accurately represent the thinking i think of many people in the -- >> ed: upended in the republican party by donald trump. now the democratic establishment up for grabs. you have all of a sudden michael bloomberg wanting to spend all this money and democrats aren't happy about it. we have a montage of the attacks this weekend. let's hear that. >> $60 billion can buy you a lot of advertising but it can't erase your record. there is a lot to talk about michael bloomberg. >> in a democracy no one should be able to buy an election. if you want to run for office do it the hard way. meet people, shake hands.

ask them to make $5-$10 contributions. >> news for mr. bloomberg. the american people are sick and tired of billionaires buying elections. >> ed: you made an important point, jessica, talking hillary clinton was this speculation to throw it off from all the horrifying stories from bloomberg about treatment of women, past comments. we played another about farmers and what he is saying. now democrats are also keying in on him trying to buy the election. where are we in all this? >> until we hear from the voters of nevada and south carolina we have no idea where we are. michael bloomberg is way further ahead than he thought he would be. doing well in south carolina for a while he and tom steyer were the only people on the airwaves and bought themselves a lot of attention. we have a narrative going from iowa and new hampshire where we heard from white liberal democratic voters and we should wait until we hear from people of color, backbone of our party.

>> sandra: could your party rally behind michael bloomberg? >> a lot of important figures seem to think we can. >> sandra: we have reached out to the bloomberg campaign for response throughout the morning and they haven't responded. bernie sanders. the truth is that mayor bloomberg will not create the excitement and energy we need to defeat donald trump. bloomberg responded tweeting we need to unite to defeat trump in november. this type of energy is not going to get us there. >> the single biggest donor to the democratic party and their causes is michael bloomberg. he has already said and bought democratic establishment support by saying i'll keep my billion dollar grassroots operation all the way up to november. for a party that is getting out raised substantially. the republican national versus the democratic national committee. the fact that bloomberg is willing to keep his operation in line will be very appealing to a lot of delegates. let's also talk about where we

are in this race. the people's choice bernie sanders is 2-0 in the popular vote in new hampshire and iowa and it is the electoral college person pete buttigieg who has won more delegates. >> to your point bloomberg will spend the money and he will spend it whether he is the nominee or not. he still hasn't passed the debate test. the biggest test of his candidacy. he might be in a debate wednesday. >> everybody agrees who watched him over the years. running his company or public life being a mayor of new york for three terms his biggest challenge is being challenged publicly and having to respond on his feet and you can't -- in a commercial. he has made great ads from the time he was mayor and running for president. that's fine. you have to pass that test at some point. >> debate rules got changed for one person in the democratic party.

michael bloomberg because of the money he is spending. everybody else had to play by the same rules. michael bloomberg gets in they decide to change the rules, getting rid of the grassroots threshold for money. he is self-funding. michael bloomberg is changing the rules because of his money. >> some of those democrats claim they're angry. my sense now the other candidates are more than happy to see him on the stage. they want to get him in the arena. >> you are right. he doesn't like to be publicly criticized to his face. he will double down on stop and frisk or comments he made about the central park five. if you look at his ad work it is unrelated to the viewpoints. diametrically opposed. it is important if he will be a big contender to see him on the debate stage. i feel terrible for cory booker and julian castro who were penalized by the rules.

>> sandra: pete buttigieg defended his marriage over the weekend. he has received a lot of criticism. here he is. >> i am in a faithful, loving, committed marriage. i'm proud of my marriage. and i'm proud of my husband. and i'm not going to be lectured on family values from the likes of rush limbaugh or anybody who supports donald j. trump as the moral as well as political leader of the united states. >> sandra: he was responding to rush limbaugh's criticism that his same-sex marriage and his age could be an obstacle for voters in the election. >> if you think about the fact that pete buttigieg did well in new hampshire because republican areas and republican voters turned out and suggested that maybe he won those votes so there is certainly much range of where republicans think about buttigieg. his challenge is that now there will be a series of states where republicans don't get to come in and help him win.

as super tuesday in particular he and amy klobuchar would do anything to get the kind of attention that bloomberg is getting with his money and sanders has because he has already run once before. >> notice the republican on the panel doesn't want to talk about the substance of the criticism. a homophobic comment made by rush limbaugh there. interesting to me as someone who is an open advocate for same-sex marriage, the law of the land thankfully. a lot of work by joe biden to do that. you get the criticism from the right and not consistent going from bill barr saying progressives or the secular left are responsible for the moral declay on the husband. you see buttigieg and his husband showing what is possible. someone in a same sex relationship can do this as well in an election and torn down by rush limbaugh married

four times. trump married three times. >> sandra: we could say what it is that rush limbaugh says so it's fair. he said a gay guy 37 years old loves kissing his husband on debate stages, can you see trump have fun with that? >> it's an intolerant comment. at worst a homophobic but i would say from a political point of view the age factor, the experience factor is more likely to hurt mayor buttigieg than sexual orientation. i would say this. if the sexual orientation will become an issue in the campaign i don't think it will necessarily. it is more of an issue to me as a primary issue than the general election. someone who would vote against someone voting against -- when you notice in talking to primary voters some will say stuff things like well, you know, i don't care about this but i'm worried about him going against donald trump and we

polled it at fox last month. 47% of democratic primary voters asked thought that being gay made it tougher to win. not that they wouldn't vote against the person or for the person but tougher to win against trump. if it's an issue maybe more of a primary issue. >> it is remarkable it hasn't been a focus. >> it is a primary. the democratic party is embracing people who live all lifestyles and colors and races and ethnicity and why i'm proud to be a democrat. it could be an issue in a general election. when you're talking about it you say he is kissing his husband on stage. did you say anything when all the other people who run for office gave their wife a kiss after they won? and we don't know how tough it will be. we had a bunch of white guys do it and one really special african-american man manage to pull it off. part of the concern about women as well. something in the democratic

electorate we're worried a woman can't win this office. ip don't want to see homophobic comments and i think pete buttigieg handled it masterfully this weekend. >> sandra: the u.s. trying to keep americans safe from the coronavirus as it continues to spread overseas. >> i want to commend the president for shutting down travel from china. the most important step we could have taken. >> sandra: china's roll in slowing down or not slowing down the spread of the disease and americans tested positive flown back home from the cruise ship off the coast of japan. >> ed: warnings of possible catastrophic flooding in mississippi as a river keeps on rising in the state capital after days and days of torrential rain. >> a couple of neighbors already evacuated out. i'm talking to my husband if this is something we might think about doing.

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republicans to vote against a bill. part of a package introduced by democratic governor. >> sandra: general motors is leaving australia, new zealand and thailand saying it's a cost-cutting move in underperforming markets. it could mean hundreds of layoffs. >> ed: more flight cancellations and delays at europe's busiest airport. >> sandra: fox news alert. hundreds of americans evacuated off the cruise ship from tokyo arriving overnight at military bases in california and texas quarantined for two more weeks. 14 tested positive for coronavirus. the global death toll is now at least 1770. nearly all of them in china. u.s. lawmakers calling out beijing's handling of this outbreak. >> we don't know where it originated but we know we have to get to the bottom of that

and know that just a few miles away from that food market is china's only biosafety level four super laboratory that researches human infectious diseases. we don't have evidence this disease originated there but because of china's duplicity and dishonesty from the beginning, we need to at least ask the question to see what the evidence says and china right now is not giving any evidence on that question at all. >> sandra: jonathan serrie is on it from atlanta for us this morning with the latest. good morning. >> good morning, sandra and ed. as for the 14 infected americans, health officials received the positive test results while the evacuation was already underway. the americans more than 300 of them taken off the ship already on their way to that airport in japan to board chartered state department flights. u.s. officials made the decision to allow these 14 infected passengers to return to the u.s. but moved them to a

specialized containment area on the evacuation aircraft to keep them separated from the other passengers. the first plane landed at travis air force base in california. the second landed at lackland air force base in texas, passengers who test positive or show symptoms will be isolated and evaluated at nearby hospitals. the others will remain in housing on u.s. military basis for a 14-day federal quarantine that began when they boarded the flights regardless of how much time they were quarantined in japan. passengers aboard another cruise ship who disembarked in cambodia after being turned away from other ports are undergoing additional health screening after an 83-year-old american woman tested positive for the coronavirus after disembarking the ship and traveling to malaysia. there was the death of an

80-year-old person from china. he tested positive for the virus in late january. this is the first coronavirus fatality outside of asia. two other coronavirus deaths report evidence outside china, one in the philippines and one in japan. france's health minister said the chinese patient's daughter also tested positive for the virus and she is being treated at the same hospital but is doing much better and expected to make a full recovery. >> sandra: thankful for that. continuing news on that story. thank you. >> ed: mississippi bracing for the possibility of catastrophic flooding. >> sandra: as the pearl river keeps rising in and around the state capital of jackson with more rain on the way this week. state officials fear the worst is yet to come. >> assuming we get to 37 1/2 to 38 feet this will be the third

highest the pearl river has ever been in mississippi. >> ed: fox news senior meteorologist janice dean joins us now with the details. good morning. >> unfortunately every year around this time as we get into the springtime we see the potential for flooding along the mississippi river watershed. these are the rivers and tributaries that feed into the mississippi river when we get flooding north of this region it fun else toward the mississippi river. more rain in the forecast for these swollen rivers including the pearl river. the past 24 hours we have a little bit of respite here over the next 12 hours but you can see we still have flood warnings all in effect. all of this water is pushing downstream and that will be the scenario not only this week but several weeks as we get the snow melt and springtime. unfortunately we'll talk about the mississippi river for the

next few months. future radar along the lower portion of the mississippi river valley where we have more rain in the forecast. this on top of the inches of rain we've seen over the last couple weeks especially downstream towards portions of louisiana, mississippi, alabama. these are the areas we'll watch and when you see the rainfall that falls across the ohio and tennessee river valley it will move downward. today's forecast. we get a little drying out period. as we get into the afternoon, evening and tomorrow we'll still see not the deluge of rain but still potential for showers and thunderstorms in the forecast. something we'll have to watch over the next couple of days. if i could, i know there was a big race scheduled yesterday the daytona 500. they had to delay it. what is the forecast going to be today? we do have some showers in the area but i believe around race time at 4:00 p.m. skies should clear and we have a good looking forecast for the race. gentlemen, start your engines.

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>> ed: nevada kicking off early voting over the weekend for its 2020 democratic caucuses coming this saturday. the state democratic parties say more than 18,000 democrats took part on the first day of voting ranking their top three choices on a paper ballot. >> it was daunting but we always vote and we always try to vote the first day. >> the line is wrapped all the way around multiple hallways. and they kept making announcements about how there was a shortage in volunteers. >> ed: there are growing concerns the state could turn into another iowa with volunteers at polling sites reporting some technical issues. state officials are blaming high turnout and say they remain optimistic. >> sandra: but there are reports that some campaigns are sounding the alarm. they are still waiting for

explanations many of them say as to how everything is supposed to work. in the week of early voting could make things more complicated than in iowa. joining us now is nevada congresswoman dina titus. she endorsed joe biden and spent part of the weekend campaigning with them. we'll get to your endorsement in a moment. have campaigns received simple explanations on how to process will go? >> they have. at first there was some concern but there have been several briefings and they are putting some of those fears to rest. very high turnout. it shows the enthusiasm of democrats in nevada. we added the early vote days for the first time this year to expand access. it takes a little longer to count. i think it's worth it. people don't really seem to mind. i visited those sites and handed out donuts. there was a little grousing. but too much is at stake to get mad or go home.

>> sandra: i'm quoting a democratic presidential aide in the "washington post" this morning speaking on condition of anonymity. doesn't appear that concerns have been put to rest saying it feels like the state party is making it up as they go along. >> well, we have had to make some changes. originally we were going to vote online and the dnc canceled that because of fear of hacking. we learned from iowa. we're not using the same app. in some places we're using pen and paper and that seems to be the most simple way to do it. i don't think there will be a serious problem. we know that we have got to do better than iowa because we're trying to be number one, not number three. >> ed: when you say pen and paper used in some places we saw coin tosses in iowa that happened in 2016 and repeated in 2020. and look, with all due respect sandra and i were on the ground in des moines. democratic party officials were telling us before the iowa caucuses don't worry, we have this under control. how can you assure your party

this morning everything is going to be fine this weekend? >> well, nevada is not iowa. we have learned from iowa. we've been working very hard. the campaigns have more people on the ground who came from iowa. and so we know that all of the eyes are on us and we have to pull this off. i'm confident we will. we've been doing this for a while and know what it takes and we are going to do it. >> sandra: next stop bernie sanders had a good showing in new hampshire. there is concern over his medicare for all plan. now nevada's top union is saying they don't like it. >> well, that's true. many of the unions here have negotiated over the years for quality or cadillac health plans and in doing so they have given up other benefits including salary increases. so they don't want to see a plan go into effect that throws all that effort out the window. >> sandra: what does it do for his chances? they issued a statement on the

medicare for all plan saying workers should have the right to choose and went on strike for. it's disappointing that sanders supporters have -- so is the bernie sanders camp listening? >> i can't speak for the bernie camp. i've been riding with biden. his proposal which is an expansion of obamacare. he was there with obama when we passed it would include a public option and allow those plans to stay in place. you had ibw and iron workers and firefighters endorse joe biden. >> ed: you mention that you are with joe biden. so let's put that on the table. but there have been sharp criticism of the reaction to the culinary union from bernie

sanders' supporters. as you know there are two women at the top of that union and they have gotten threatening calls. families attacked by the so-called bernie supporters, strong male supporters of bernie sanders. has bernie sanders done enough to speak out about some of these attacks on the women at the culinary union? >> some of bernie supporters get quite carried away. you go after the culinary members they won't appreciate it and put out a letter saying they don't support bernie's approach. >> ed: should he speak out more? you are a female member of congress. we hear these kinds of attacks on social media. it is despicable and it seems like bernie sanders has done very little to stop it. >> well, he says that he can't control all his followers. i'm sure that's true. once again i'm not in the middle of that campaign. i can speak to what we're doing in the biden campaign.

we aren't insulting people or sending out nasty threats. i think the most that the vice president has done on the debate stage is to say that he has a plan that expands on obamacare and that he can kick off from day one. doesn't need on the job training and he has been vice president and senator which is much greater than just being a mayor of a small town. that's as harsh as it gets. >> sandra: he had harsh criticism for bernie sanders and the medicare for all plan. >> he never got anything done. he has been talking about healthcare, medicare for all, universal healthcare for 35 years. nothing has happened. i helped get passed obamacare. i helped move it forward. i got the votes. >> sandra: all right. so here is the real clear politics average heading into nevada now showing that bernie sanders has the lead 21 1/2% to the man that you are endorsing joe biden he is several points behind at 18.5%.

after what we saw happen in new hampshire and iowa, what's the future for joe bide nen that state and in the campaign? >> well, that's a poll that has been off throughout the years. i think joe biden has put together a broad coalition. he brought the house down in our first of the west dinner. he was swarmed by culinary workers. large hispanic population and asian population, military families and labor unions. that's the coalition he puts together and why i think he will do really well in nevada. we are the face of the nation. >> sandra: it was the real clear politics average polling we showed on the screen. >> i misunderstood. >> ed: if he does not win nevada and south carolina is the campaign over for joe biden? >> i think he will do very well here and it will give him a

boost into south carolina where he has consistently been ahead in the polls and you come up on super tuesday. he will be ready for it. >> sandra: what's a very good performance in nevada? first, second? >> i don't have a number but i think it will be at the top. >> ed: all right. congresswoman, we appreciate you coming in. >> sandra: thank you. >> ed: well, the reclining seat controversy could be heading to court. >> sandra: everyone has an opinion. >> ed: american airlines passenger posted this video punching the back of her reclined seat. now she wants to sue him and she is asking the airline to finally identify him. our correspondent matt finn has flown on a lot of planes and live from chicago this morning. good morning. >> good morning. wendy williams said the man hitting the back of her seat

should be charged. the airline attendant who didn't help her should be fired and spoke to an aviation attorney about a potential law firms. she was returning from a conference on a flight from new orleans to charlotte. she reclined her seat. the man behind her asked her to put it back up because he was eating. she agreed and waited until he finished eating and reclined again. williams said the passenger behind her started violently punching her seat. >> he started full on punching the back of myz. i was trying to get flight attendant's attention. she wasn't responding. all i could think to do was to video the guy and maybe i thought that would stop him. >> she said the man stopped punching the seat but continued to tap and push it. she alerted the airline attendant. the attendant did not try to

intervene and asked her to delete her video instead. >> it kept on coming from the guy, then the flight attendant when she finally did come around she didn't -- she had an attitude with me and said what. i said the guy behind me is repeatedly hearing me. she went back to him and changed personalities and was the kindest person in the world and said are you okay? it is tight back here, i'm sorry. >> this morning american airlines tells fox news it might have started over a drink spilled accidentally. the male passenger became more agitated by williams recording him. he might have stopped hitting it if she stopped the video. american airlines claims she was already seeking compensation. it was an american eagle flight operated by republic air. it is looking into it.

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this debt. mortgages are climbing high. student loans that are climbing higher, car loans, credit card debt. those are part of the reason why we're seeing the debt grow. some of the drivers for that debt growth is the fact that like you mentioned, you have this really robust economy. low unemployment that we haven't seen since 1969. low interest rates which are encouraging people to take out more and more mortgages. mortgages on a 30-year mortgage right now the rate is less than 4%. you have all of these factors encouraging people and consumer sentiment, we're feeling good about ourselves, we have jobs, making money and doing well. it is pushing us to take out more debt. >> sandra: i thought something that was telling was the fourth quarter debt, $46 billion. the holiday shopping period. if people were feeling good about their finances and the economy, they were out shopping wracking up credit card debt. >> one of the part of the study

was concerning was youth. we're always insulting and blaming millennials. younger generations that aren't paying their credit card debt after 90 days. the average 24-year-old has $2,000 worth of debt. 24-year-old. that's gen z, not millennials. >> ed: mike bloomberg is pushing a $15 an hour wage. >> the labor plan he puts forward, 12 weeks of paid family leave. seven days of paid sick leaves. strengthening unions. that will hit a lot of farmers is the farm workers and domestic workers would get minimum wage even undocumented. part of his plan and i'm interviewing a farmer on fox business. this kind of idea is already hurting him. he can't afford to keep paying his farm workers more and more

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>> ed: after all the fuss over meat-free impossible burgers a burger and beer chain is mixing up a vegan milk shake. black cap. it looks good but sets you back a lot of money. joining us now is jackie deangelis, good morning. >> let's start with the price. $18 milk shake. remember it feeds a small village. it's a very big dessert that the whole table could share.

what the milk shake is the plant-based food trend. black tap is your typical burger joint in new york city and wanted to be it inclusive for everyone. they have vegan burgers and cake shake. two years in the making. they tried and tried and tested and tested. you aren't using dairy, butter, eggs here and wanted to make sure they were able to preserve the integrity of a cake shake but also make it vegan at the same time. i was able to try it. i will tell you i thought it was pretty good. i didn't have to share it with anybody which was amazing. the food trend is here to stay. the market is anticipated to be 4 1/2 billion. expected to grow to more than 26 billion in the next six years. more and more restaurants, food retailers are saying they have to serve these products to make sure they get consumers coming in the door. think about beyond me, the ipo

of that, $25 and trading well over $100. >> sandra: how many calories? >> i didn't ask that. [laughter] >> sandra: i had a vegan queso over the weekend. fox alert, more than 300 americans off the cruise ship in japan. they are back in the states. the coverage of the coronavirus continues. we'll have it at the top of the hour. with va mortgage rates suddenly

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coronavirus crisis with hundreds of u.s. evacuees back on american soil this morning but their quarantine nightmare not over yet. welcome back to a new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm ed henry. >> sandra: a long wait for a lot of these people. ifm owe sandra smith. two state department chartered flights touching down overnight carrying passengers from the diamond princess cruise ship quarantined in japan. 14 passengers have been isolated with symptoms. other evacuees are facing more of the same. two weeks in quarantine. we're live in california where the first of the flights landed with the latest there. >> travis air force base behind me, relief for some 340 americans who are finally back on u.s. soil. but also more anxiety amid word that 14 passengers have tested positive for the coronavirus.

they didn't show any symptoms and it wasn't clear they even had the infection with this virus until after they had boarded the buses in japan and headed to the airport escorted by japanese health worker in full hazmat gear. why the 14 people were allowed to board is unclear. they were kept isolated on the aircraft and treated at medical facilities off base. for everyone else another two-week quarantine on base begins today. two evacuees are ready to put this nightmare vacation behind them. >> we are oef exhausted but we're on the plane and that's a good feeling. pretty miserable wearing these masks, though. everybody had to go to the bathroom on the bus. >> five hours on the bus waiting to get off the bus. >> crazy. >> then a nine-plus hour flight

on a plane with patients who might be contagious. the reason some passengers decided not to take the state department up on its offer to take one of these charter flights home this weekend. their original two-week quarantine in japan is set to end any day but it could be a few more weeks before they're allowed to return home. canada and hong kong have chartered flights to evacuate their citizen passengers from the diamond princess which has been called a hot spot for the virus with the biggest cluster of cases outside of china. back here at travis air force base the cruise ship evacuees will be housed in a location separate from several hundred other americans evacuated from wuhan, china, earlier this month. their two-week quarantine is set to end this week. >> sandra: we'll be watching it closely. thank you. >> ed: a new controversy for

michael bloomberg. another conversation from his past comes back to haunt him. the 2016 comments are about farmers. take a listen. >> think bit. the agrarian -- i can teach anybody in the room to be a farmer. >> ed: ed rollins and marianne marsh. is this deplorables 2.0. >> not quite yet. the farmer is not bloomberg's base. middle america is an important part for democrats to get back. so my sense is it's early. a long ways to go. come fast and furious. >> ed: no doubt about it. mary anne who are your thoughts not just on these comments but in a context where there has

been a series of questionable comments at a time when michael bloomberg is seen by some as a savior in your party. >> even more people paying attention. michael bloomberg made the decision to run a transactional campaign and skipped the first four contests where he would have been vetted and retail politics is required instead using his wealth to try to buy support and buy the nomination essentially but that money hasn't been able to stop these revelations especially about his poor treatment of women and voters and people of color who are the cornerstone of the democratic party and the engine that has been driving it since 2016. that's the problem for michael bloomberg. but the problem for democrats is if he looks like he is the best bet at the end of this process to beat donald trump, will democrats make a bargain to support michael bloomberg who is as bad as he may be with women and people of color would still be better than donald trump. that's a terrible choice to have to make in 2020.

>> ed: would they be sacrificing the principles because they want a candidate who they think will win? john sununu weighed in earlier. >> he is trying to replace biden and he is succeeding in replacing biden as the gaffe king. the one with comments that are coming out pointing out how insensitive this guy is. i would be asking every democrat running for office in 2020 if they are willing to state that they won't take any money from this racist candidate that is running. >> ed: on that point given the amount of time that democrats have spent questioning president trump on race you just heard mary anne talking about that. questioning on donald trump on his past comments and issues with women. all of a sudden you see this major "washington post" story break over the weekend about lawsuits and other matters involving michael bloomberg and his handling of women in terms of in the workplace, sexist

comments and the like. where are we in all this? >> i knew all these stories. i live in new york and known the mayor for a long time. the truth of the matter is we've never had anybody ever have the ability to spend the kind of money he is spending. i initially thought he would be knocked out early. he still may be knocked out. at the end of the day it may come down to him and bernie sanders, to diametrically opposed human beings but one will have billions of dollars to spend and television is important as we saw the last time when donald trump was able to take free media and basically swamp everybody else who had pay media. this time bloomberg has more money than anyone ten fold, 20 fold for paid media. he can tell a different story. >> ed: mary anne, there is a piece in the hill with candidates with their ties to barack obama and whether he has sort of a shadow over this campaign. it quotes the democratic strategist. you can talk a lot about obama

but you aren't obama. he was a fantastic orator. no matter how much you praise him it doesn't give you is innate talents. if i put on a bulls jersey it doesn't make me michael jordan. timely where michael jordan played. we've heard pete buttigieg and others deal with this in the race about whether or not they're the next obama and joe biden who was the one-time frontrunner who hasn't had barack obama speaking up for him. >> you may not have barack obama and you want his endorsement. he hasn't given to anyone including joe biden. when there is a nominee he will be involved. i think that matters a lot because he had to land the plane in 2016 when bernie sanders refused to get out of the race. the meeting with barack obama that finally got him to step aside. now, the stakes are even higher in 2020 and argue that barack obama has more responsibility

to step up this election and fight for democrats and fight to beat donald trump even more than he did in 2016. when i think he could have done more than he did. so i think everyone is looking to him. the one who is hurt right now without the endorsement is joe biden. the good news is with all these democrats who have a relationship running ads it reminds america of the no drama obama instead of the trump years. >> ed: we have something else we want to jump into first. more than 1,000 former justice department officials are calling on attorney general william barr this morning to resign. accusing him of doing president trump's pefrnl bidding. >> sandra: after the department lowered the sentencing for roger stone. >> the attorney general william barr still in the hot seat over his recommendation to reduce the sentencing guidelines for roger stone in his upcoming

sentencing on the 20th. a group of 1100 former d.o.j. officials who were employed both in republican and democratic administrations sending a letter to barr urging him to step down and condemning in strongest terms what they call as the interference in the fair administration of justice by attorney general barr and the president of the united states. part of what the letter reads. mr. barr's actions doing the president's personal bidding unfortunately speak louder than his words. those actions and the damage they've done to the department of justice's reputation for integrity and rule of law require mr. barr to resign. democratic lawmakers saying they do not expect that barr will step down but they do think it should be looked into. here is senator amy klobuchar of minnesota. >> i would be glad if he resigned. i don't think that's realistic. i would also like him to come to the senate so we can probe him on the role of the president in trying to influence decisions in the

department of justice. >> fox news has confirmed that the new interim u.s. attorney for the district of columbia tim shay thought the sentencing recommendation was excessive. five of the seven to nine years recommended were enhancements to the sentencing guidelines. officials say that shea gave in when the four line prosecutors in the case threatened to withdraw. the ball was already rolling to reduce the recommendation when the president tweeted about it that made it look like a d.o.j. was doing his bidding. senator john kennedy suggested that president should have held back. listen here. >> just because -- does the president have a right to tweet about a case? of course. just because you can sing, though, doesn't mean you should sing. this is a case where tweeting less would not cause brain damage. >> the white house continuing to defend the tweet saying it was not a message to bill barr or the department of justice. it was a message to everyone.

here is kellyanne conway. >> he didn't have a conversation with bill barr about the roger stone case but the whole world. he cuts out the middleman. the middle men don't like that. he tells everybody what he thinks on any number of issues including the stone case. >> the d.o.j. is referring to the judge in the case judge amy berman jackson to come up with the appropriate sentence for stone on the 20th. what's ironic. tomorrow judge jackson will be receiving briefs from both sides on stone's request for a retrial. stone's attorneys claiming that the jury forewoman in his first trial was biased against him. a couple of big things in that case happening this week. >> sandra: we'll watch all of it. thank you. >> ed: let's bring back our panel. when you hear john's report there that even the acting u.s. attorney on his own was saying this is too harsh of a sentence for roger stone the attorney general was headed in that

direction before the president tweeted. might it have been better for the president to stay out? they were already going to stand up for roger stone. >> i'm not a fan of rogers in any way, shape or form. he backed himself into this indictment and conviction. the judge is very capable. she will basically issue her decision this week. the idea send him to jail for seven to 10 years is ridiculous for what he did and that's what got the president worked up. let the judicial process take its place. the judge will give him the sentence she thinks is fair. you can argue whatever you want after that. >> ed: mary anne, you saw amy klobuchar and other democrats on the campaign trying to make political hay of this going after the president and attorney general. to ed's point, when we've heard again and again there are rapists in the country who spend less time in jail than that 7 to 9 years wasn't there some disparity here? >> i think the real point here, ed, is when bill barr served as

attorney general under george h.w. bush he proved he had a long record of interfering in investigations and helping presidents pardon those who have par advertise pateed in scandal. he ran interference for bush and christmas eve made sure six got pardons, the former secretary of defense on christmas eve. he never had to go to trial. that's why the late columnist william sapphire called him general cover-up and why donald trump hired him. this is the barr playbook from george h.w. bush and iran-contra that ed remembers well. the fact that people don't remember that is disturbing because if you don't know history you are condemned to repeat it. we're watching it live in front of our eyes right now. it shouldn't surprise anybody. it should be put to a stop. >> ed: although last week what william barr was doing was

asserting his independence by pushing back against the president. >> i think that's very naive. to believe that's what he was doing is not facing the fact. the reality is bill barr is executing this very playbook for donald trump that he did with george h.w. bush and it's concerning to everyone. congress threatened to impeach bill barr the last time. then he interfered with the welsh investigation and here we are again. >> ed: appreciate it. >> sandra: new york city police announcing a major development in the tessa majors murder investigation. >> long, deliberate process from december 11th when tessa majors was murdered until today. we're confident we have the person in custody who stabbed her. >> sandra: a 14-year-old boy has been arrested. the charges he faces and what evidence prosecutors say they have to convict him. >> ed: 14 americans evacuated

from the diamond princess cruise ship off the coast of japan testing positive for the coronavirus. what's next in trying to contain its spread? >> sandra: the airline passenger who recorded a man punching her reclined seats now says she wants to press charges. does she have a case? >> about 10 minutes later he was done and i put my seat back down at which point he started full on punching the back of my seat really hard that i was flying forward. as a struggling actor,

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>> we've reached a major milestone with this arrest and filing of the criminal complaint but we're not here today, of course, to celebrate that. the killing of 18-year-old tessa majors was a heartbreaking tragedy that brought unimaginable loss to her family and friends. >> sandra: manhattan district attorney announce than the arrest of a 14-year-old boy for the murder of an 18-year-old barnard student tessa majors. he will be charged as an adult we're learning and arraigned on wednesday. he is the second teenager charged in her stabbing death on december 11th inside morningside park in manhattan. let's bring in criminal defense

attorney david bruno joining us now. good morning. we've followed this case together. take us back to what happened and then to what we're learning now. >> tessa majors was 18 and she was stabbed to death in a park in new york. and in december they arrested a 13-year-old. we reported on that and i talked about that then. where the 13-year-old was detained. and we knew that there was a 14-year-old out there that was the possible stabber. what police did. they did an excellent job putting together this case with video evidence and dna evidence because the 14-year-old was just charged with murder and felony murder and treating him as an adult. why? he is the one responsible they are alleging at least. the complaint shows that there is a witness in the park that heard her scream. they also heard one of the juveniles say give me your phone, a theft, a robbery. dna evidence of this 14-year-old under the fingernails of the victim. the 14-year-old gave a statement and said that she was

hanging on to her phone and that he hit her with a knife, okay? also what we learned from this arrest is these three individuals robbed somebody four days prior in the same place for the same phone and they did it at knife point. they know this because of the video evidence around the park. >> sandra: we'll get to that in a second. 18-year-old cutting through the park and wrapping up her first semester at college. a tragic story. the d.a. on the large amounts of evidence they say that they have. >> the complaint paints a picture of the video evidence, the blood evidence, the smartphone evidence, the icloud evidence and witness identification and the defendant's own statements that were rigorously collected and examined prior to this arrest

and indictment. >> sandra: horrible for her family and what they must be going through. the defendants are 13 and 14 years old. teenagers. how will this play in front of a jury? >> i'm a former homicide prosecutor and i successfully convicted a 15-year-old of murder. they have to make it about the facts that we just heard and not the age because these are individuals that are not acting as 13 and 14-year-olds. this is a horrible murder. that's what the prosecutor should do. frame it as the facts of the case. the 14-year-old, because he is being charged as an adult will be exposed to possibly up to life in prison on this. it's a gruesome case and for prosecutors make it about the facts of the case, the screams of the victim, the video evidence and the eyewitness testimony that should be able to convict this 14-year-old. >> sandra: at the end of that news conference the investigation into other suspects' involvement in the case is ongoing. we could learn that there are more.

>> there are three juveniles on video. the 13-year-old has already been charged and he is detained and in custody. the 14-year-old has been arrested and he is being tried as an adult. there is another 14-year-old out there. i would imagine that's probably the individual that the prosecutor is talking about to what level -- it doesn't make sense why the third person isn't charged right now given what we know. if there was a conspiracy to commit robbery that's all they'll need for the top count, the felony murder. when you are robbing someone and if a death occurs during the course of the robbery, it goes from robbery up to felony murder. it's a second degree in the state of new york. it's the same as an intentional murder. >> sandra: tragic case. thank you for joining us. >> ed: thank you. fox news alert on hundreds of american evacuees at this hour now back in america amid the coronavirus outbreak. what one quarantine cruise ship passenger refused to join them.

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recent rain is causing the pearl river to rise in and around mississippi's capital causing historic flooding forcing hundreds to evacuate their homes. steve harrigan is joining us live from jackson with the latest on the ground there. >> this is what it looks like in some parts of jackson, mississippi. really heavy rain for the past several weeks has caused the pearl river to crest at a 37-year-old record high. that means neighborhoods like this are under mandatory evacuation. when you look around it's like a ghost town. almost no one is here. for those people still packing up their belongings at the last minute they say they're afraid of what could be ahead. >> the thought of losing and having to move and just losing everything, just losing our home, that's the scariest part about it. knowing if we'll have a home to come back to. >> the bad news is that more rain is expected later on this week so the situation could get

even worse. as many as 3,000 homes could be affected. the governor has declared a state of emergency and carried out several emergency rescues over the weekend. so far no casualties, but the property damage is going to be significant and likely to get worse in the days ahead. back to you. >> sandra: we were also getting word now there will be an update by the governor. he will be in pearl, mississippi providing a briefing for the press on the ongoing situation there. we'll bring that to our viewers when it begins. that's expected 15 minutes from now. steve harrigan, thank you. >> ed: another fox news alert. 14 passengers aboard that cruise ship quarantined in japan tested positive for the coronavirus before they boarded two state department chartered flights back to america along with hundreds of other evacuees from that ship. my next guest refused to get on those planes. matthew smith joins us now via

skype. matthew, good to see you, sir. >> thank you, ed. >> ed: you're an american lawyer, been on the cruise ship for weeks now with your wife kathryn. first of all, what is her condition and how are you both? >> we're both well. we have no symptoms of the virus. no cough, no fever and we're feeling fine. >> ed: as i understand it you refused to ship because first of all you believe that you are doing well as you just said and that you've tested negative for the coronavirus and you are worried about getting on these buses with other people who maybe have not been tested and transported on the buses and then onto the planes and you were worried it was more likely then that you and your wife could get the coronavirus, is that right? >> that's essentially true, yeah. we have been tested. we haven't received results yet. we have no reason to expect we're infected. it is true we didn't believe

the conditions were safe to break the japanese quarantine and put us all together in those conditions. in fact, now having learned that they put 14 infected persons on the planes we're all the more glad that we remained. >> ed: we appreciate this. it's midnight there in japan. tell me about the conditions on the ship. a lot of people are wondering is there still proper food, is it sanitary? what's happening? >> oh sure, no. princess has done a wonderful job of providing the conditions for a quarantine. we have been in our cabin for two weeks but we are fed three meals a day and additional food beyond that. fresh linens and towels upon request. the condition inside the cabin is no different than it was during the cruise. there is no option to get outside the cabin. >> ed: you might be getting stir crazy at certain points. how are you passing the time

and how often are you getting to see a doctor to make sure that you are doing okay? >> we haven't had any medical issues that required a doctor. they were able to provide us with medication kathryn normally takes quickly so there was no interruption in that. as far as what we do, frankly, the boredom is the least of our problems because from within a few days of the quarantine beginning i reactivated my dormant twitter account and my days are filled with communicating with friends and talking to journalists all over the world. so we've been anything but bored during this time of the quarantine. >> ed: you are staying active. that's great. final question on this. since you appear to be safe, your wife as well, we're reporting about these 14 americans who did get the coronavirus, what are you hearing about how many people on the ship were infected and what has been happening with

others? >> it is strange because at some point the captain stopped updating us on the figures. he just advises us that the people diagnosed are being removed from the ship. what we've known the number of people infected just from the press and we look at that. but conditions have remained essentially the same on the ship. whether the new diagnoses are attributeable to secondary infections or traceable to this quarantine. >> ed: we hope you and your wife kathryn stay well and get back to america safely. we'll see you soon. >> sandra: our best to them as they make their way back. to the raging debate that's taking place in the skies and beyond after an airline passenger filmed a man behind her repeatedly punching her reclined seat.

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>> i am just consulting with an attorney. i've spoken to him. he is an aviation lawyer and he and i are going to sit down this week and decide what we want to do. i just feel like i have been -- the hits kept on coming from the guy. >> sandra: the american airlines passenger there who complained about the man behind her punching her seat over and over again because she had the nerve to recline during flight.

speaking out now as she considers pressing charges and possibly suing american airlines. go beyond the headlines and dig deeper into the headlines that has gone viral. we're discussing it with joe piscopo. do you recline your seat? if you do, do you ask permission first? >> i'm a worry wart. this lady is going to get a lawyer? michael avenatti may be available. i'm not sure. really? this is all we have to worry about. >> sandra: she said initially he said hold on, can i eat first and then can you recline? she said in the interview and she said i will oblige. >> there are so many more problems to worry about. you're worried about the seat? i always ask, i never move. the driver -- >> sandra: you ask? >> are you kidding me? i'm so courteous like that. do you mind if i -- can i

possibly. and my driver told me he said someone very large that took up two seats. he didn't complain nicely to the flight attendant. is there a seat? they gave him a seat in front of the plane. you are and are talking before we went on the air. the answer to all this is jumping on ed henry's private jet i'm just saying. >> ed: i can't believe you aren't calling out the guy, though, for punching the seat. maybe it is not worth a lawsuit. the guy wasn't acting well. >> sandra: the delta ceo is weighing in. he decided to answer the question is it okay to drop your seat without asking? here is how he responded. >> the proper thing to do is if you are going to recline into somebody you asked if it's okay first. i never recline because i don't think it's something that since i'm the ceo of the airline i should be reclining my seat and i never say anything if someone reclines it. >> sandra: when he flies coach

he always asks and suggests others should do so as well. two inches is etiquette. do you understand how they treat us on airlines? the flight attendants, pilots, people on the ground are all great like that. the guy should have never hit back. then you will have a problem. >> sandra: she is not going after him so much as the flight attendant who she said was rude. >> everybody has to stop. >> sandra: here is more from the passenger williams. listen. >> when she finally did come around she didn't -- she had an attitude with me and said what? i said the guy behind me is repeatedly hitting me. she went back to him like changed personality and was the kindest person in the world and said oh, are you okay? it's really tight back here, i'm sorry. she taid to me delete the video. >> sandra: i know you're saying there are bigger problems in the world. when you are in the moment she

could have paid excessive price for that ticket. bought it last second or whatever. people's emotions are running high when you are traveling, you're exhausted. >> i was sitting across from a person. she complained i'm in the middle seat. i don't like the middle seat. all of us on the plane wanted to say just stop. everybody has to stand down. not only on the plane. politics as well. my mantra forever. >> sandra: we have all gotten to know, you are just a sweet, nice, carry person and you want people to be happy. >> yeah. by the way i'm to the point where if the seat is here and you are trying -- you can't breathe like that i will not complain. >> sandra: show ed henry your cuff link. >> presidential. they were designed by ronald reagan. a little presidential thing. >> sandra: we the people tie. >> i have to compete with ed

with the pocket square. happy president's day. don't complain. put the seat in your face, it's okay. >> sandra: thank you, joe. >> ed: all right, guys, meanwhile active shooting drills in schools all across america. are students being needlessly traumatized? we'll check into that. i have huge money saving news for veterans. mortgage rates just dropped to near 50-year lows. one call to newday usa can save you $2,000 every year.

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>> sandra: governor reeves with an update on flooding this mississippi. >> we'll close that shelter by noon today. at the jackson shelter at the jackson police academy we had a count of 24 people stayed there overnight and therefore we have a little over 100 spaces

available that will remain open for the foreseeable future. i do want you to know that if you have experienced damage to your property, residents can self-report damage to county emas through mema's self-reporting tool. the link for each county that can be found on their website at www.mseba.org. we continue to make door to make notifications. >> sandra: governor reeves giving an update on the historic flooding situation happening with the pearl river in mississippi. we'll continue to give you updates and monitor it for you. >> ed: the two largest teachers unions are calling for an end to surprise active shooter

drills. the life-like simulations meant to prepare for the worst but leave many students terrified and traumatized. we have a child psychologist here. what are your thoughts on whether or not these kind of active shooter drills should be used in schools? they can be quite graphic but kids need to know what to do in an emergency situation obviously. >> well, number one is we want our kids to be safe but we're now looking at that 95% of teachers unions are saying these drills we're currently using are traumatizing kids. those teachers are the first responders so we need to listen to them. number two there is a white paper that just came out looking and tracking all the past school shooters and they're saying maybe some of the drills we're doing now aren't as effective as they could be. the third thing we're looking at while talking to kids, i finished with 100 kids across the u.s. they say they're scaring the pants off of them. why?

first the drills need to continue but we need to warn kids ahead of time or particularly their parents that a drill is coming up. because younger children don't realize that things that are going on right now aren't the real thing. they don't have that cognitive ability. second of all we need to also help our kids -- they don't have to be so graphic. it's like you start a fire to do a fire alarm. it doesn't work. we're also looking at many of our kids are saying that they really are scaring the pants off of them because, for instance, number one is they do videos using the students in the school to be victims. the kids said that we just went home crying and sobbing and couldn't think about what was going on. so that's the first thing is let's not make them quite so graphic. >> ed: maybe there is a way to tone it down. stipulations from the union. don't include simulations that mimic an actual incident.

give parents -- create age-appropriate versions. you don't want to traumatize them. a couple drills with trauma-informed approaches and finally track data about drills' effects. let me drill down on one of them. giving parents advance notice about this. i've got a daughter in high school. if they told us in advance and we say this will be coming, god forbid there is a real situation. you won't have that kind of advance notice. don't we want our kids regardless of age to know what to do? they won't have advance notice god forbid something happens. >> here is the thing. we want them to know what to do. we don't stop the drill. but we rethink the way we're doing them. the second thing to keep in mind. the majority of school shooters are students on the campus. you give that kid information on what to do, where kids will hide, and that's not necessarily the smartest element to do on this. >> ed: very important story to keep our kids safe.

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in afghanistan looks very promising as a u.s. and caliban reach a temporary reduction violence agreement. >> so far, the taliban have fallen short in terms of delivering the backbone of this agreement, taliban fighters and at least one province attacked afghan government targets, according to reuters they killed 19. they have not received fresh orders from their superiors to stop attacking so until they get the order they will continue to strike. caliban representatives agreed with the u.s. for that seven-day temporary reduction in violent demand violence and that means they would halt the rocket and bomb attacks for a week. the u.s. defense secretary says such an agreement is fragile and risky but necessary to arrive at a truth truths. >> a peace deal that would involve very soon afterwards and enter afghan negotiation.

>> inter-afghan negotiations would mean the taliban would need to agree to a countrywide cease-fire and ultimately the taliban would need to abandon their totalitarian principles and offer an election. >> the critical test is going to be, will the taliban accept an election as the crucial mechanism of referring to their people. >> a taliban spokesman says truces could be signed february the 29th and that could lead t to a drawdown of u.s. forces in afghanistan but in order for that to happen, the orders have to be passed down to the taliban commanders and individual provinces and they have to live up to it at least a week ahead of time. >> sandra: thank you. that does it for us this morning. >> ed: that's a big campaign promise for the president, said he's going to end these endless wars but the bottom line is he's

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