>> tune in tonight at 6:30, a mike bloomberg town hall on fox news and post-game show tomorrow morning. >> sandra: new coronavirus cases across the country including one right here in new york city. now a second death in washington state as outbreak spreads to more than 60 countries worldwide. i'm sandra smith. >> ed: i'med henry. president trump meeting with pharmaceutical executives working on a vaccine as confirmed cases. florida and awaiting confirmation from the cdc. 80 cases confirmed in nine states. nearly 90,000 overseas sparking plans for intensive screening at u.s. airports for travelers coming to america. new details emerging as a

second man dies near seattle. >> at this point we do not know how this gentleman contracted the illness. he was in a hospital. this hospital is one where the nursing home sends patients. there are cases in the nursing home also. right now there is a large investigation going on in the nursing home and hospital, contact tracing to try to determine where that disease was introduced and how it might have spread. >> you don't know. at this point this is a community transmission, somewhere out in that community in kirk land, washington >> it is a sus peted community transmission. yes. good morning, david. >> good morning. officials here in washington and at the white house and national institutes of health in bethesda continue to hold high-level meetings as more cases come into the spotlight. vice president mike pence is the point person for the trump administration on coronavirus. he held a meeting yesterday and on saturday he led a situation room meeting with cdc officials

along with president trump. president trump you see there held a rare news conference on saturday to tell the american people that his administration has the situation under control. he was joined by the head of the cdc. >> president trump: we're doing really well. very professionally handled. our country is prepared for any circumstance. >> the risk to any average american is low from the coronavirus. the risk remains low thanks to the unprecedented actions president trump has taken. >> late yesterday new york announced its first coronavirus case. governor andrew cuomo said this morning he fully expected to see cases in new york. it wasn't a matter of if, but when. >> what the state government is doing is focusing on is mobileizing the public health system to contain the spread. that's what we're doing. we now have the ability to do

tests. we're increasing the number of test and testing capacity and it is all about containing the spread. >> then on top of all this this morning axios is reporting a lab in georgia where a coronavirus test kits are being contaminated potentially. fox news hasn't been able to confirm but reached out to cdc officials. they're investigating. president trump discussing potential vaccine options. mike pence will hold an on-camera briefing from the white house this afternoon. i'm told to expect more briefings about the president and the team about this virus. >> ed: thanks for starting us off, david. >> we have a responsibility to consider the effect of remaining in this race any further. our goal has always been to help unify americans to defeat

donald trump and to win the era for our values. so we must recognize at this point in the race the best way to keep faith with those goals and ideals is to step aside and help bring our party and country together. >> ed: and then there were sixth. pete buttigieg ended his presidential campaign last night after show biden's blow outvictory in south carolina. buttigieg candidacy ending after a fourth place finish in the palmetto state. let's go live to peter doocy live in morning in arlington, virginia, one of the big super tuesday states. good morning, peter. >> good morning, ed. a stage was literally being set for a buttigieg rally in super tuesday's texas last night but then suddenly without notice his plane changed course. >> rather than to texas i'll be making an announcement there about the future of the campaign. >> so where do buttigieg

supporters go? bernie sanders wants them behind him. >> i want to congratulate him for running a brilliant campaign. he is the first openly gay candidate for president of the united states. i think he did very well. i want to welcome all of his supporters into our movement and to urge them to joining us in the fight for real change in this country. >> elizabeth warren who once called out buttigieg for hosting a fundraiser in a wine cave saying thank you, pete buttigieg. you'll serve our country for many years to come. klobuchar, who called him out for being inexperienced said he has run an inspiring and historic campaign. i have so much respect for you, pete buttigieg and know there are great things ahead. john and i are big fans of chas

ten. he told fox last week what he would be looking for. >> by super tuesday we could be on an irreversible trajectory toward nominating senator sanders unless we come around with an alternative. we need to coalesce and make decisions who we want our nominee to be. >> buttigieg won iowa, came in second place in new hampshire, could not spot a win ahead on the electoral calendar and decided to go home. >> ed: a lot of things coming fast and furious on tuesday. >> sandra: the coronavirus and the u.s. response to the outbreak. texas congressman michael mccaul, the ranking republican on the foreign affairs committee. welcome. first how would you assess the risk that this virus poses to americans at this point? >> well, this virus is highly contagious but not as fatal as

previous epidemics we've seen. i think the president acted early on with travel bans from china. we're now screening passengers from italy and south korea. he has taken aggressive action. so i don't think it's time to politicize things at all. it's a time as americans coming together to protect americans from this virus. but to put it in perspective, there are 32 million cases of the flu this year. just up to this month. and about almost 20,000 deaths from the flu. so i think it's important to put it in perspective. however, it is an unseen threat that i think terrifies a lot of americans and we are taking action with the medical kits, with the treatment and with the vaccine. >> sandra: what needs to happen as far as further response on the part of the u.s. government and the distribution of those kits and the ability for labs to take in those kits and accurately test patients for this virus? >> well, i think the cdc

primarily responsible pushing it out to the state public health centers, 15,000 of them. they'll come up with 50,000 in the near future. and i think again i think the treatment and the vaccine is critical here. and the containment. i think homeland security, i chaired homeland for six years. they're doing a good job with passenger screening and keeping threats out of the united states. this is a threat you cannot see. it's an unseen threat. therefore i think it's -- that's what's causing some of this panic if you will. i think people should calm down, put it in perspective. we're taking preventive measures in place now. >> sandra: i want to transition to politics and what we're about to see tomorrow, super tuesday, in the state of texas, the real clear politics average in texas with the top four contenders there, bernie sanders leading the pack at 29.7% to joe biden coming off a

big victory in south carolina at 20.8% in texas. the headline in the texas tribune this morning with a large democratic field on super tuesday delegate cut-off looms large for some presidential candidates in texas. congressman to quite the texas democratic party chair, this election season has marked a night and day difference from the past. from the last. he is talking about the energy for his party in that state. what do you see happening? >> well, you know, i saw bernie sanders came to austin texas, my hometown. there were thousands of people who showed up. i think the contrast can be more stark, the difference between what bernie sanders is selling in terms of socialism versus what our party is selling in terms of results that we've achieved with the tax cuts, strong economy. we're killing terrorists. it's a safer place. stronger economy. this guy wants to go down a path i don't think most

americans are really in touch with and, you know, super tuesday is a third of the delegates. whoever comes out the winner tomorrow is most likely to be the frontrunner and nominee. >> sandra: great to get your thoughts on all that this morning. thank you. and we're off. it is going to be a busy news making week. >> ed: no doubt about it. coronavirus. the dow is up almost 200 points. maybe there is a bounceback. we'll talk about that. >> sandra: a huge swing in the markets overnight. dow was down as much as 600 plus points and swung to a 500 plus point gain. >> ed: neil cavuto and charles payne coming up soon. north korea launching itself and firing two missiles in the sea for the first time this year. details on kim jong-un's latest move. >> sandra: the super tuesday battle for delegates. could a poor showing tomorrow night knock for candidates out of the race? >> all those who have been

knocked down, counted out, left behind, this is your campaign. thanks to the heart of the democratic party in south carolina, i'm very much alive. [cheering and applause]

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during his 20 years running the company, ge became the world's most valuable company. more on his legacy at the bottom of the hour with neil cavuto. >> in november 2020, donald trump is going to learn that we are a democracy, not and we'll throw him out of office. >> sandra: bernie sanders ahead of super tuesday in california. voters going to the polls in 14 states tomorrow. more than 1300 delegates are at stake. let's bring in byron york, correspondent for "the washington examiner" and fox news contributor. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> sandra: great day to have you. tomorrow will be a big day. however, looking back you predicted that south carolina would narrow the field. here we are. what is the state of the race

today? >> well, we said it would and it did. first tom steyer left the race, last night a little bit of surprise pete buttigieg left the race. where will his support go? polls suggest it might go to several other candidates. in other words, it would not give any single candidate a big boost. but it is always possible that that's incorrect or that buttigieg might actually endorse somebody today, we don't know. that might have an effect on the race. that effect is still pretty unclear at the moment. >> sandra: as far as joe biden coming off of this big win for him. you are writing about that in your piece this morning. there is no doubt this is enormously satisfying for him and his supporters, your piece, it could set up regional showdown with bernie. how well does biden have to do tomorrow? >> well, he has to do pretty

well. he did really win huge in south carolina. in his victory speech he pretty much admitted he was next to dead beforehand. if he hadn't won here in south carolina, then no telling what would have happened. in other words, he would have likely had to leave the race. now he does face super tuesday. bernie sanders looks very strong in california with 415 delegates. by the way, we might not know the results on tuesday night from california because of the time difference and the way they count their votes. but biden has to do well. what we might see, though, is him doing well in states that kind of resemble south carolina in alabama, arkansas, tennessee, north carolina, and do well in those, get significant number of delegates but still be well behind bernie sanders. >> sandra: enter mike bloomberg and his big debut on super tuesday. what do you expect with mike

bloomberg? >> you know, we've been talking about bloomberg for so long we forget he has not been on a single ballot yet. i mean, he has been in debates in nevada and here in south carolina. but we haven't seen him perform well with the voters. he has really lost a bit of altitude because he has not performed well in those debates but still nobody has had a chance to vote for him. on the other hand, if you look at the polls, he is around that 15% level in a number of super tuesday states. that's important. the democratic party requires a candidate to get at least 15% of the vote in order to get some delegates. if he doesn't get those delegates, i think you'll hear a lot of calls for him to get out of the race and spend his hundreds of millions of dollars supporting some other candidate. >> sandra: you end your piece, biden's win in south carolina

has shown the democratic party to be divided with no unity in sight. interesting to see how that changes or doesn't change as we head into this brand-new week. byron york, thank you. tonight on fox news channel bret baier and martha maccallum will be hosting a town hall with michael bloomberg. the town hall kicking off at 6:30 p.m. eastern time. all eyes will be on that. don't miss it. >> ed: we'll be watching that and also watching the u.s./taliban peace deal hitting a roadblock hours after both sides signed that agreement. the key provision the afghanistan's president is rejecting. >> sandra: two airlines making flight cuts as new travel restrictions go into full effect in iran, south korea and italy. charles payne is on deck and will join us next hour. meet jim. for jim, comfort is king.

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>> ed: new concerns about a peace deal between the u.s. and -- our correspondent greg palkot is live in kabul. good day to you, greg. >> hi. it might be getting a little worse now. in the past hour or so a news agenty quoting the taliban spokesman is saying the taliban is assuming offensive operations with the signing of the u.s./taliban peace deal. it might be offensive against afghans, not the united states. still confirming. afghan government is rejecting

a key element of the plan to release 5,000 taliban prisoners. we spoke with a former taliban official and he confirmed the taliban wants that release and defended a taliban leader's phrase over the weekend saying it was a victory over the occupying u.s. forces. take a listen. >> we can this agreement ends in victory that the united states forces will be leaving afghanistan gradually according to the conditions that are settled here. >> the deal does, in fact, reduce the number of u.s. and nato forces here right down to zero in 14 months if the taliban abides by conditions. some analysts have been saying those conditions are just too soft. in a meeting we had with nato secretary general, he defended negotiating with the taliban but also said they would be

held accountable. take a lins. >> it is with your enemies you make peace agreements and your enemies you negotiate a peace. so because the taliban has to understand that it has a price if they don't deliver. >> that former taliban official is now part of a peace council here in kabul. he claims that the taliban has changed from its old, bad ways. well, not necessarily confirming that tonight. we'll see, ed. >> ed: thanks for staying on top of that. >> sandra: we're moments away from opening bell on wall street. bouncing back as of now from the worst week for the u.s. stock market since 2008. we're watching that for you. stay right there. we'll be right back with the opening bell. neil cavuto joining us next. being able to retire on our terms. taking care of dad. why ameriprise financial?

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>> sandra: moments away from the opening bell on wall street. investors looking for direction this morning after a brutal week for the u.s. stock market. overnight it's rough trying to look for an indication. overnight there was a 1041 swing from the down to up side. now a positive open with futures indicating a 267-point gain on the dow. anybody's guess where the day will end and why we go to neil cavuto and ed henry.

>> ed: we talked about it on friday as things were headed south. neil, you hear the opening bell. what are you looking for today? >> at the start we'll pop. we've been all over the map. i don't think i've recalled seeing such a wild swing better than 600 last night. we were up about 350 for a while. right now up about 235. it's all contingent on where this virus goes and what the world central banks might do to address it. there are a lot of rumors around they're coordinated on interest rate cuts that could come within the next 48 hours. it might be a bit of a premature leap but they're thinking of something. >> ed: when things were headed south friday morning comments from fed governors that seemed a little pessimistic about a rate cut saying we're not quite ready. the market continued to go down and the fed chair after we spoke later in the day said

maybe we're headed for that. talk about the big picture. now you're saying it might not just be the fed here but coordinated around the world. >> you don't have a lot of arrows left in the quiver here. the fact of the matter is interest rates are already very, very low. so even if the federal reserve in our country were to cut rates half a point, that only leaves another 3/4 point to cut to zero. they can do other things and that's the hope of the markets. again, market rates themselves have been anticipating this to the point that they're sharply lower. we're barely over 1% on a 10-year note. it would translate into two something mortgages. gasoline and oil prices have collapsed and that would translate to $2 something gas. that's the kind of thing when people hear that they say it's a nice back stop to add. >> ed: treasury number you just mentioned on the notes, some of the president's critics on social media suggesting that's an indicator of a recession. we've heard critics talk down

the economy before. are they right? >> it can feed on itself. psychologically sell first, ask questions later as you and i have discussed. the fear might be overblown but markets are trading particularly on the latest virus developments. the worst it looks or the more it spread to 60 plus countries and spreading faster outside china doesn't put their minds at ease. >> ed: michael bloomberg. >> wall street does not do well with uncertainty. the worst thing is, nobody knows how bad this is going to get. i can tell you in my company we're splitting in all of our big offices into two different buildings even if it is just a temporary thing. if the flu does strike and strikes our employees it won't strike all of them. we need to continue to provide a service. >> ed: he is betting big on the

idea he was a strong manager, helped build new york city as mayor after 9/11 and ran the ad as well on a couple of networks about management. the president has been pushing back, puts the vice president in charge, look like a cdc and other agencies are getting a handle on all this. add super tuesday to the mixot for the first time. >> he needs a couple of victories in states that might go his way but a long way from closing the deal. he committed to give funds to other candidates if he fails. the one thing i did agree with what he said. markets don't like uncertainty. this is an uncertain environment. a lot of people looked at what was going on in wall street and if it continues will hurt the president's reelection prospects. these guys care about money. they don't care both of the -- they want to make money and

didn't want that bill clinton impeached or this president to be forced out of office. he led a trend they love. that uncertainty is what fuels a lot of this selling. >> ed: over the weekend when you hear of the first two american deaths you could see the markets reacting in a negative way or now maybe factored in. the president and vice president said there will be deaths and more people exposed to the coronavirus. the fact that the markets are up now they're factoring in the fact the government is dealing with this crisis. >> i always caution people don't get caught up in the moment. the moment could quickly change. these are very fast market conditions that can turn on a dime if we get an indication of another unexplained illness or one that didn't go the normal route. we have had a couple of those in the united states to address. and others abroad as well. so i always tell people when you look at this, whether it's overdone or not, the fear seems to be that in that vacuum

people might be pre-disposed to sell. >> ed: dow number is a snapshot in time. someone who will have the legacy that will last a long time is jack welch. we found out he passed away. you knew him well and covered him for a long time. a big legacy. >> and a big heart. over the years -- one good thing about being a nerd and covering business i have had a chance to know some of the best and brightest in the ceo world. he is certainly up there. warren buffett called him the tiger woods of ceo's. he was. he took the stock over 4,000% game. made it a 400 billion plus company for ge. he had a vitality index that he could judge future managers. they all had the smarts but they better have it here in the heart. he was a big believer in leading by example. being passionate. had a great sense of humor,

good irish sense of humor. i called him a bob new hart with rodney dangerfield. >> ed: general electric has never been the same. >> no. right after he left he put his trust in an individual not available to deliver the goods. the stock and company have never been the same. no mistaking of his mark of the world. ceos of the world saying he was among the best whoever held a corner office. i would readily agree. >> ed: thank you for sharing your reflections. >> sandra: buckle your seat belts. the coronavirus death toll exceeding 3,000 with more than 89,000 cases confirmed worldwide. the outbreak prompting the most visited museum, the louvre in paris, to close down indefinitely. amy kellogg is live in milan,

italy, this morning. >> hi, sandra. italy is really working very hard to figure out how to get a handle on this both from a healthcare perspective and from an economic perspective. they've just reopened the cathedral today not for mass but for tourists. as you can see, there is hardly a tourist in sight. now the cases in the last 24 hours or so went up by 50%. over 1600 cases here in italy. the country has been divided into zones. milan is in the yellow zone, this is the part of the swath of italy that has been most affected. the economic powerhouse of the country. it is particularly problematic. schools are closed for another week. theaters, gyms, sporting events. you can't get out of here if you want to because american airlines and delta have canceled all flights to and from milan. there are very few cases of coronavirus in milan.

the region has a number of hot spots within it. a lot of offices -- at least half of offices in this city are using the smart working technique now. people working from home. smart working is including now pope francis who has been suffering from a cold and cough the last few days. he has declined to go on his typical lenten retreat. he is doing it via satellite, via videoconference with his priests now. this is a very difficult time obviously leading up to easter for those who want to go to church. masses in many parts of the country have been canceled. they are recommending three feet of contact between people. it's hard to do in a church. bookings are down at hotels, tourism is 13% of this country's gdp. now cases of coronavirus in other parts of europe are much lower but still they are going up. france went from 100 to 134 in the last 24 hours. and as you mentioned the louvre

is closed down today. germany has a number of cases. there is a psychological aspect to this. a friend of mine in berlin says we don't have coronavirus yet. i went to the grocery store the other day. no pasta, no rice. e.u. is saying 2,000 cases across the continent. iran, the death rate, close to 1,000 infections have been recorded. that now is reaching the elite of the country. an advisor to the supreme leader said to be infected today. back to you. >> sandra: amy kellogg in milan. >> fears forcing sports teams to play in empty stadiums. ncaa is facing pressure to hold it without an audience to protect fans and players. the national college players association saying precautions should include canceling all action you willry events like press events.

serious discussions holding competitions without an audience present. that's what they're saying this morning. everyone needs to be careful but some of this can get out of control. let's take it a day at a time. >> sandra: wherever you go now there are the crowd sizes are smaerl and people are changing their lifestyles based on that fear. all right. a key moment in the civil rights movement bringing 2020 democrats to selma, alabama. a church there sparking the wrong headlines for bloomberg. they turned their backs on him. >> ed: north korea firing up some new concerns this morning after they launched two missile more ahead. can't calculate our taxes?

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>> ed: fox news alert. north korea firing two missiles over the weekend. the first of its kind in month. the launches coming two days after leader kim jong-un supervised an artillery grill testing combat readiness. >> sandra: 2020 democrats visiting alabama ahead of super tuesday marking the 55th anniversary of selma's blood' sunday with a march across the pettis bridge. a chilly reception for michael bloomberg turning their backs as he spoke to them. let's bring in senator doug jones. welcome. >> thanks for having me today. >> what did you make of that

chilly reception for the former mayor of new york city. >> it was only a few people. there were probably 5 or 6 out of several hundred in the church that did that. the thing that came out of selma was not a chilly reception by a few people but the impassioned appearance of john lewis at the foot of that bridge where he marched 55 years ago. it was the impassioned speech of stacey abrams talking about the existence of voter suppression still today and joe biden's view for the future. where we are in this country and where we need to be going. the real headlines yesterday. >> sandra: joe biden fresh off his south carolina victory spoke at brown chapel. you have fully endorsed the former vice president and thrown your support behind him. coming off that victory. what's next for that candidate? >> i think what is next is obvious. tomorrow is a big day, super tuesday is a big day. i think joe has the wind at his

back, more votes than anybody in the race so far. as a matter of practicality. i think tomorrow there are challenges for the biden campaign certainly. but i think if you look at overall what he stands for, what he has stood for all his life, that's what i think the democratic party is looking for and what the american people are looking for. i believe he will have a very good day tomorrow and be way above what expectations were a couple of weeks ago because he has the wind at his back. >> sandra: i will throw out the real clear politics average. it doesn't have joe biden in the lead, it is bernie sanders with a lead of 29.6% now with joe biden polling 18.8% on average and bloomberg 16.4. to elizabeth warren in fourth at 11.8%. should bernie sanders get the nomination, will your party -- will there be support from the democratic party for that candidate? >> well, you know, sandra, i think it's really still early to speculate on this.

we have had four contests. we've got a bunch tomorrow and a bunch more throughout march. i think as we see this race go forward people are going to move. we've seen races -- candidates drop out. mayor pete who did an amazing job as a candidate yesterday. those votes will go to joe biden by and large. i don't think politics and polls are fully accurate. not everything has been fully vetted. we have a long way to go. instead of speculating let's see how it shakes out. people are making up their minds. >> sandra: should bernie sanders become the nominee, will your party support him? >> i think there is a lot -- bernie sanders has a lot of support. but so does a lot of others. where it goes in the next month. we can look down the road. people were asking the same questions of donald trump in 2016. i think at the end of the day people are going to look and see what will be best for this country.

they'll make a decision based on that one way or another. i can't speak for the entire party. i don't know the entire party. i know this. around the country democrats will be looking at local races. we're focused on races in the senate and house in which people are talking about the everyday issues that people face every day. kitchen table issues like healthcare, jobs, how they're doing with their wages. those are the issues that people care about and what folks will be looking at across the country come 2016 in november. >> sandra: to put that issue to rest before i move on, not speaking for your party, speaking for yourself. will you support bernie sanders if he is the nominee? >> you know, i'm going to run a doug jones race. i have to tell you, we have focused on that. i endorsed joe biden a long time ago. he has been a friend of mine for 40 years and believed he would be a great president and i still believe he will be a great president. i think that where he is headed now he is going to be a great president. the fact of the matter is regardless, we all look at our

races on an individual basis. >> sandra: i don't hear a no but not a yes that you'll support bernie sanders as the nominee. >> what you are hearing is i'll run the race that i'm going to run regardless. it doesn't matter who the nominee is. i have a record that i think is a record that reflects the people of alabama and i'm very proud of that in the 17 bills that we have made. >> sandra: you have a rehe can election campaign now. the alabama senate race. jeff sessions polling 54% against you. paired up in an election match-up with you. it has all three of those candidates beating you in that alabama senate race. how do you plan to pull ahead? >> you know, look, i don't think polls are accurate. in 2017 polls had me down the day before the election. i don't pay a lot of attention to those right now because what i pay attention to is wherever i go around the state. people talk to us about the job my office is doing and we're

doing representing people. alabama, we're representing everybody from one end of the state to the other. what you're seeing is a very divisive primary. they aren't talking about representing all the people. they're talking about us versus them. we have had enough of that in alabama. folks in the state will want someone that represents everyone in alabama and not just a segment of the people. >> sandra: if i could ask you to go on the record responding to reports about campaign funds that were spent abroad that were billed to your campaign excess of $3500 on a european trip that you went overseas to raise campaign funds from americans abroad. it's gone on the record with campaign fund records showing that you stayed at some pricey hotels. we have asked your campaign for a response. you are here this morning. can you please respond? >> it's very simple. you have to spend money to raise money. and we raised money over there.

there are democrats, americans over there and you spend money to raise money. i spend money when i go -- wherever i am in the state of alabama. wherever i go in the state of alabama. >> sandra: hope to have you back soon, senator. we'll be right back. together, we can create a kinder, more inclusive world for the millions of people on the autism spectrum. go to autismspeaks.org

>> ed: breaking news, new york governor andrew cuomo holding a news conference talking about a 39-year-old woman in new york, healthcare worker who had been to iran now testing positive for the coronavirus. the key part he just mentioned is that she was in iran and then they do not believe she was contagious on the plane back to new york. and then she took a private car to her residence. did not get on the subway or any other public transportation. they believe at least it is contained. let's listen to the governor. >> even though she has tested

positive for the virus, her spouse is with her. in general, there is no doubt that there will be more cases where we find people who test positive. we said early on it wasn't a question of if, but when. this is new york. we're a gateway to the world. you see all these cases around the world and the country, of course we're going to have it here and that's where the whole challenge is about containment of the number of people who become exposed and who become infected. our challenge now is to test as many people as you can. you are not going to eliminate the spread but you can limit the spread. and testing is very important. that's why the cdc, the federal government is now allowing us

to test is a very big deal. and it will have a dramatic effect on how quickly we can mobilize and respond. we are coordinating with private hospitals, private labs around the state. we want to get our testing capacity as high as possible. i said to the people around this table that i would like to have a goal of 1,000 tests per day capacity within one week because again, the more testing, the better. once you can test and find a person who is positive, you can isolate that person so they don't infect additional people. we'll be moving a piece of emergency legislation on the state side that will authorize an additional $40 million for additional staff and equipment. i want to make sure the

healthcare system has everything it needs. we are going to be instituting new cleaning protocols in our schools, on public transportation, etc. where they will use a disinfectant. many will use bleach, a good protocol in the flu season anyway. if it smells like bleach when you get on a bus or when a child goes to school, it is not bad cologne or perfume, it is bleach. and again, we are going to be focusing on our facilities that treat our senior citizens, debilitated people or immune-compromised people. those are the people who are most likely most affected by this virus. my last point is this.

late last night my daughter called me and i could hear in her voice that she was anxious. she had seen on the news that a person tested positive. and my daughter said what's this? i could hear in her voice she was nervous. and my daughter said don't tell me to relax. tell me why i should be relaxed. which is a very big difference there. so i want to make sure i tell the people of new york what i told my daughter. in this situation, the facts defeat fear because the reality is reassuring. it is deep breath time. first of all, this is not our first rodeo with this type of situation in new york. 1968 we had the hong kong flu,

2009 we had the swine flu where we actually closed 100 schools in new york state. avian flu, ebola, sars, mers, measles, right? we've gone through this before. 80% of the people infected with the coronavirus self-resolve. they have symptoms, the symptoms are similar to what you would have with a normal flu. and for most people, they treat themselves, over 80%, and the virus resolves that way. about 20% get ill. the mortality rate is estimated to be about 1.4%. what does that mean? the normal flu mortality rate

is about .6%. and the cdc says 1.4 but they are extrapolating from what we know from countries around the world. first, even on the 1.4%, again that is -- tends to be people who are debilitated, senior citizens, many of whom have an underlying illness. that tends to be the people who are vulnerable to this. good news, children do not appear as vulnerable to this virus. less vulnerable than to the normal flu. so that is good news. but 1.4%. that's extrapolating from china and other countries. 80% it will resolve on their own. the woman who is now tested positive, she is at home. she is not even in a hospital.

so the perspective here is important. and the facts -- once you know the facts, once you know the reality, it is reassuring. and we should relax because that's what is dictated by the reality of the situation. i get the emotion, i understand it. i understand the anxiety. i'm a native born new yorker, we live with anxiety. but the facts don't back it up here. also we're extrapolating from what happened in china and other countries. we have the best healthcare system in the world here. and excuse our arrogance as new yorkers. i speak for the mayor also on this one. we think we have the best healthcare system on the planet right here in new york.

so when you are saying what happens in other countries versus what happened here, we don't even think it will be as bad as it was in other countries. we are fully coordinated, we are fully mobilized. this is all about mobilization of a public health system. getting the testing done, getting the information out, and then having the healthcare resources to treat people who are going to need help. again, that is going to be primarily senior citizens, people who are debilitated, and we're going to have a special effort for our nursing homes, etc. congregate facilities where senior citizens are being treated. and i can't thank our partners enough. everybody is doing exactly what we need to do. >> ed: governor cuomo there.

the first case of coronavirus in new york city. new york city healthcare worker visited iran but don't believe she was contagious on the airplane. when she landed area, took a private car, no subway or bus. they believe they have it contained. they are staying on top of it. new cleaning protocols in schools, subways, buses, they'll use bleach to make sure things are clean. a big job ahead for cities and states. >> sandra: we'll continue bringing you breaking news on that. fox team coverage for you this morning. claudia cowan has the latest on the quarantined america. dan springer is live in kirkland, washington outside the hospital where two coronavirus victims have died. >> both of those patients who died were residents of a nearby nursing home where six coronavirus cases have been confirmed. they all tested positive in the last couple days. it is important to note that the people who died also had

underlying health conditions. but there is growing concern this virus has been spreading through the community for about the last six weeks ever since the first known case in the u.s. in a nearby county. dozens of residents and staff members have some flu like symptoms from this facility. six cdc workers are on site. close to 50 paramedics, police officers and nursing students who came to the facilities over the last week are being quarantined at their homes. >> i'm very concerned about the nursing home outbreak. that's a place where you can find viruses have ample opportunity to spread and because of the people that live at those types of facility, elderly and immunocompromised and other medical conditions. hard to contain and hard to deal with the severity at that level. >> at least five local schools are closed today including this high school where a student tested positive on friday. the virus he has closely

matches that original case six weeks ago which means it is likely that this has been circulating and being transmitted by people who never got tested, never knew they had it. one school districts is shutting all its schools tomorrow and using the day the train teachers on how to teach their classes remotely just in case that's necessary. and many more cases are expected as testing on the local is running a couple hundred tests a day. when they get a positive result they send it to the cdc for final confirmation. we have a news conference at the king county health department in a few hours. >> ed: some of the passengers from the diamond princess cruise ship under a 14-day quarantine in california now being released today. that's where we find our senior correspondent claudia cowan live at travis air force base in california with more details. good morning. >> a very happy day for about

140 american evacuees who were on that cruise ship and who know 100% for certain that they do not have the coronavirus. and after a six-week odyssey that they never expected, today they finally get to go home. and we can only imagine how they feel after their initial two-week cruise around japan and vietnam. they endured two quarantines in two countries, on the cruise ship and then here at travis air force base. several dozen evacuees tested positive for covid-19 and being cared for at bay area hospitals. most never got sick like sarah, who turned 53 during her quarantine here. to combat borden and panic she took to social media posting pictures and sharing thoughts about life and ironically how those in isolation forged lasting bonds. >> i can't even describe how

deep the bonding has been with other people i've been quarantined with. i have made friends that will last a lifetime and also a lot of people online as well. >> travis air force base is in -- the woman is recovering at uc davis medical center in sacramento but she went to a valley hospital with flu-like systems and wasn't tested for covid-19 until after she got worse and was transferred to sacramento. officials now say two healthcare workers at the valley hospital have tested positive and more than 100 nurses and other medical workers at uc davis hospital who were exposed to this patient are in quarantine. back to you. >> sandra: thanks, claudia. >> we got into this race for a

reason. we got into this race in order to defeat the current president and in order to usher in a new kind of politics. and so we must recognize that at this point in the race the best way to keep faith with those goals and ideals is to step aside and help bring your party and country together. >> sandra: former south bend indiana mayor pete buttigieg calling it quits after joe biden's win in south carolina. president trump saying the end of his campaign is the beginning of the democrat's trying to defeat sanders. >> ed: we have our a-team here. good morning, all. the president jumping in with the tweet. pete buttigieg is out. all of this super tuesday votes will go to sleepy joe biden. great timing. the real beginning of the dems taking bernie out of play. no nomination all caps again. mary anne, is that true or is

the president trying to have a little fun with the democratic field. >> donald trump made it clear he wants to run against joe biden. buttigieg split between biden, klobuchar and warren. the candidates left in the race are doing the same thing bernie sanders did in 2016. he went all the way through the convention even in the middle of the convention trying to overcome hillary clinton even though she had more than enough votes to win on the first ballot and she did. this is just politics. >> ed: mary anne says the president wants to face biden. i thought he wants to face bernie. >> yeah -- i think mary anne is right. we don't know buttigieg's vote will fracture and go various places, bernie might pick up some. this is the beginning of the consolidation. the democrats do -- the democratic establishment do want a single alternative as quickly as they can get one to try to head after bernie's

nomination and certainly keep him under a majority of the delegates before the convention. he is right about that. >> sandra: here is the "wall street journal" editorial board this morning on joe biden and south carolina victory offers a renewed challenge to sanders. so how big of a victory was that? and can he call this is a big comeback. >> let's pump the brakes for a second. he had one victory. you think about mayor pete now out, where is his 26 delegates? you think about iowa, bernie sanders was the popular vote winner in a party that wants to get rid of the electoral college. should he get all of buttigieg's delegates? new hampshire, biden didn't get a single delegate on his own. should he get the nine delegates buttigieg had in new hampshire? those 26 delegates are extremely important. and let's keep in mind all this hyperventilating about biden's comeback. we're going into super tuesday tomorrow and you have

california that has already been voting with early votes. you have texas that's been doing early votes. of which biden wasn't competitive in either one. so you have to assume big leads are going to bernie. >> sandra: biden if his own words what that victory means for him and his campaign. here is joe biden. >> i think it's a big boost. i think it starts the real comeback and i think it -- you know, we picked up a lot of delegates practically speaking and we now have amassed more popular vote. a lot of big states coming up after that. florida, georgia, pennsylvania, and michigan. a whole range of states that still are in play. >> sandra: mary anne, what's the reaction you're having there? >> reality is joe bind had his biggest win ever in presidential politics and six delegates behind bernie sanders. tomorrow, joe biden's best state with big pockets of african-american are places like alabama, north carolina,

tennessee and virginia. those four states together is 325 delegates right there. and if he won every single delegate bernie sanders could win 415 tomorrow in california if nobody else clears the 15% threshold just in california. 7 million early votes from california and texas, another state where sanders does well and you can start to see the war of attrition that will go on all the way to milwaukee. >> ed: was it a miriage for joe biden? comeback and if he gets blown out on tuesday. >> the media overhyped it. it was a significant victory for biden. it kept his campaign alive but how much of a boost on super tuesday. bernie is well positioned in california and doing well in texas and all of the other blue states, right? massachusetts, minnesota, colorado. so bernie is still

well-positioned to bring in a bunch of delegates tomorrow and have a lead coming out of super tuesday. we'll just see. the question is how big the lead is and how close biden or anyone else can get. >> the name of the game is to try to stop bernie sanders from getting the 1990 delegates you need to win on the first ballot. that's what this is all about. >> democrats are on the verge of a lose/lose situation. they either get bernie sanders as their nominee and they have to defend a democratic socialist agenda, or they take it from him with the automatic delegates in the second round and then you have the ardent sanders supporters who have to decide do we go vote now? >> ed: sanders interviewing doug jones, would you support bernie sanders if he is the nominee? i'm running my own campaign. dodged the question at least twice. there you go. >> sandra: smart man. >> that's the other problem with a bernie sanders nomination the down ballots. senate and house races, democrats are very worried

about that in places like florida where bernie praised fidel castro and other places around the country. doug jones might be in a separate category. bernie presents challenges for candidates down ballot. >> sandra: tomorrow is a big day for your party, mary anne. >> ed: overone loves a comeback story. joe biden, i'm glad he had that dai. i think we're about to learn this is all about math. not ideology or anything else. it's a math problem. >> sandra: you find agreement with your panelists. >> i'm being honest. the numbers game. the numbers are in bernie sanders' favor. >> thinking about tomorrow in massachusetts. should elizabeth warren be allowed to be nominated at the convention if he loses her home state?

>> sandra: a statement by her campaign manager. the reality of the place will be clear. no candidate will likely have a path to the majority of delegates needed and the road to the nomination. the wisconsin primary is halftime and the convention in milwaukee is the final play. >> the strategy there looking back now was always to be the alternative to bernie sanders. elizabeth warren only started in the past week and on saturday night to draw contrast between herself and bernie sanders. she is banking on he falters, disqualifies, derails and she becomes the alternative. we'll see. >> ed: nowhere does it say they think warren will win. >> if we go to a brokered convention. i don't want to think about but having to think about, anything could happen. anything. >> ed: great job. on the eve of super tuesday catch tonight's town hall meeting with michael bloomberg 6:30 p.m. eastern right here on the fox news channel.

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>> ed: fox news alert. quick look at the dow. wild week on wall street last week of course. a lot of volatility overnight before the markets opened. now up about 115 points you see right there. up a little higher earlier. sandra, we'll be watching it all morning long. >> sandra: put on your seat belts. austan goolsbee, economics professor at the university of chicago booth school of business. we need an economist to look at the situation. thanks for being here. look at what the american people see before them, the concerns -- growing concerns

about the coronavirus and so many other uncertainties out there. they see the stock market sell-off. what do we need to know about assessing risk in this situation considering so much is not known at this time? >> yeah, look. that's the key. so much is not known. let's not -- let's hope we don't have more weeks like we had last week, one of the worst week in decades. i think the thing to remember about the stock market -- two things to remember about the stock market. one, everything in the stock market they're trying to make predictions. it is all about relative to what their expectations were. much of the big drop of last week was in anticipation that the news on the coronavirus would get worse. so it is all a question of does it get even more worse than they predicted last week? >> sandra: is that fair considering we've seen supply chains cut off in certain areas? >> yeah, look, i think it is fair. they already factored that part

in. so the key element now are these question marks on the medical side. how fast does it spread? what's the mortality? and can we slow down or limit the exposure of people? and i for one am hopeful that we can maybe get it into a cycle of something that people understand better. if they understand odds like the flu, here are the ways it's different than the flu but we deal with the flu every year, then there would be a lot less fear than there is now because now people are trying to -- they're like i don't know how to wash my hands. there are a whole bunch of great fears that are being put on people, some of which are proving to be rumors that are unfounded. >> ed: people wondering whether the fed will intervene. the president tweeting a few moments ago about jerome powell

and the fed. as usual they're slow to act. germany and others are pumping money into their economies. the u.s. should have the lowest rate. we don't. putting us at a competitive disadvantage. we should be leading, not following. you can react to that but these reports this morning that maybe we'll see central banks around the world coordinating to cut rates in the next 48 hours or so because of the global impact of the coronavirus. >> look, that sounds probable to me. whenever you start to get into the borderline crisis or fear of a crisis you will see the central banks start to coordinate. you saw it at the beginning of the financial crisis 10 plus years ago. i really wish the president had not established this history of attacking the head of the fed and calling him a dope and saying he is an enemy of the state and stuff like that. the reason why i've been pained when the president did that before is i said one of these days we will end up in a crisis

and when you get to a crisis like paul volker used to tell me all the time, the only asset you have is your credibility. if the president has been undermining the credibility of the head of the fed, if it takes a step for the worse and turn into a full blown economic crisis, we are going to need the credibility for the head of the fed. we don't need to have a third of the country saying wait a minute. isn't the dope that the president said messed up everything in i wish the president wouldn't tweet. >> ed: you endorsed pete buttigieg and now he has gotten out of the race. big today tomorrow super tuesday. what is happening in your party and what do you see ahead? >> well, you know, as you say i was a fan of mayor pete and the outside of washington approach. it didn't work out for him. it feels like it will come down to bernie and one alternative to bernie. we'll see after tuesday who that is and how close the race is. but it could be a long, dragged

out contest and look, maybe you guys are right, maybe it goes all the way to the convention. if more and more candidates drop out it becomes a two-person race that feels unlikely. >> sandra: a few seconds left if i could circle back. previous attacks on jerome powell aside is the president right? should the fed step in to do something for the economy? is there some sort of shot in the arm or stimulus that the fed could step in and cut rates and boost an otherwise ailing economic outlook when it comes to what happens next? the stock market, throw it up there, the five-day drop last week went from 28,400. we lost a couple thousand points. you see the drop on the screen. can the fed do something? >> the fed can do some things. i'm historically not a big fan of the fed basing its monetary policy decisions just on the stock market. if the stock market threatens

to bridge into some financial crisis or the economy starts turning down, i think the fed should act. we're kind of limited ammunition. and the part -- so partly the president's content is right. partly aspiring to have negative interest rates like what they have in europe i think is a little weird. the europeans only have negative rates because their economies have been suffering in a somewhat self-inflicted bad way. >> ed: thank you for coming in. >> sandra: fox news alert. south korea accusing its neighbor to the north of firing an unknown projectile. what it means for relations between the u.s. and pyongyang. >> after a year of going everywhere and seeking every vote. the truth is that the path has narrowed to a for our candidacy. >> pete buttigieg calling it

quits. the white house press secretary stephanie grisham is our headliner and joins us on that and the coronavirus and a whole lot more.

>> we know that there will be many more cases but we continue to remain hopeful that because of the vigilance of our local health officials, because of the efforts of state leaders and cdc and hhs that we'll be

able to mitigate the spread of that. >> ed: the vice president, mike pence on the trump administration's response to the coronavirus. 80 confirmed cases so far in america. >> sandra: white house press secretary stephanie grisham joining us. welcome. what is the president's plan to calm fears about the virus spreading on american soil. >> he has been speaking to the american people almost daily since this began and over the weekend i'm sure you guys saw he held a press conference where he spoke a little more about the whole of government approach and what we're doing. as of this morning he has been briefed and we've had some phone calls about this week and next steps and working closely with state and local officials as well as the cdc, hhs and dhs on everything we can development i want to tell everybody the risk to americans is still very low because of

the unprecedented aggressive and early steps that the president took. everybody needs to remember that he called for a public health emergency on january 31st. we started having task force meetings weeks and weeks ago. we're very prepared and we'll continue to meet with and work with all of our counterparts to make sure the safety of the american people is the first priority. >> ed: you see others on the campaign trail and democrats in congress critical of how the president and administration handled it. we have one confirmed cases in new york. the governor said we think we have it contained. a healthcare worker traveled to iran, came back, not contagious on the airplane and did not take public transportation. on one hand you have criticism and local and state officials seem to be getting a handle on it on the other hand. >> those people care about their communities and know it is not the time to politicize anything and a time to comfort people and let people know the

facts. the risk to american lives remains low. it is really unfortunate and the president mentioned this over the weekend. this is not the time to politicize something. this is not the time for media outlets to be using this for clips and headlines. for "the new york times" to call this is trump virus or for schumer and warren to falsely claim there was no plan at all when the cdc had a 52-page plan in place, and then michael bloomberg using this as a political tool with commercials. it is really disappointing and lack of leadership and shows what the white house is doing and the focus the white house and this president has. >> sandra: we all want to get the facts straight. hhs secretary alex azar chose to push back on the president's own suggestion that some of this could get better with weather. here is alex azar. >> no, we don't know that. the normal coronavirus, the annual cold as well as flu and

other respiratory, the virus doesn't survive in a warmer atmosphere but we do not know as to this novel coronavirus how it will interact. the sars, for instance, which was a novel coronavirus. >> sandra: how can the white house assure the people that experts and government are all getting on the same page on this, stephanie? >> as i said earlier, we're having morning phone calls, the president is being briefed daily and we're having afternoon meetings. the president today is meeting with ceos of pharmaceutical companies. we're all on the same page and working hand in hand. the whole of government approach is what we are doing and expanding to work really closing with state and local officials all across the country to see how they are doing, what we as the federal government can do to support them. >> ed: we're also keeping a close eye on the markets.

the dow sup and been bouncing around. we had us a us a tan goals bee on. >> the key element are the key elements on the medical sie.d how fast does it spread? what's the mortality? can we slow down or limit the exposure of people? and i for one am hopeful that we could maybe get it into a cycle of something that people unde >> ed: he was sharply critical at is your response?eting about >> the president has always made clear how he feels about the fed chairman so i think his tweet speaks for itself. the economy is fundamentally sound and the president addressed this over the weekend. the market will rebound. our focus now is the coronavirus. he knows that the market will rebound under this president. our economy has been booming. it will rebound. >> sandra: what is the timing

suggestion of all that by the president? markets can take a couple days to rebound at this point, they could take a couple months or years. what is his timeline for that? >> if only we had a crystal ball for something like that. we hope it's sooner rather than later. that's really not the focus. the focus is now making sure the american people know that the risk to them remains low and that the safety of the people in this country is the president's priority. >> ed: the president will be back on the campaign trail tonight. a rally in north carolina. he has been shadow boxing with the democrats as they get ready around the country for various primaries and caucuses. he has been getting ahead of that and active on twitter and elsewhere in saying he thinks the democratic party is trying to take this away from bernie sanders. what's the white house view this morning where we are in this race? >> as you guys know i can't really get into that. hatch act violations abound when i talk about it. the president made it clear over the weekend. i think it is clear the democratic party is trying to

stack it against one particular candidate so we'll see what happens. >> sandra: the president weighed in on buttigieg -- he said this is the real beginning of the dems taking bernie out of play. no nomination again. what is the president saying about the state of the race? >> you read it there. it is clear it is his opinion and a lot of us agree they're trying to take bernie sanders out. i would be not surprised if pete buttigieg had some kind of a phone call and got offered something. we'll see what happens. super tuesday is just around the corner. i think the president has made his opinion very clear. >> ed: shifting gears to international affairs. news out of north korea suggesting there were a couple of rockets fired. what does the white house know and what's the response? >> we are aware of the reports

and monitoring it closely. we're definitely monitoring things very closely. >> ed: thank you. u.s. health officials trying to allay people's fears with the coronavirus.

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>> i want americans to understand there are things you can do to stay safe. you can clean your hands frequently for 15 to 20 seconds. you can cover your cough when you are sneezing and social precautions, staying home when you are sick or staying away from people who are sick are important ways to prevent you being exposed. >> ed: the surgeon generals trying to put the public at ease when it comes to the coronavirus outbreak. the number of confirmed cases in america has reached 80. virus may have spread undetected here for several weeks. joining us now is dr. marc

siegel. professor of medicine and fox news contributor. welcome. where are we in this? >> starting where the surgeon general was, i like what he said. disinfebting common surfaces and staying well hydrated. that's all rest pri tear viruses. we're in the heart of flu season. if we learn how to protect ourselves against viruses we'll decrease the amount of people that get sick and die. in terms of the coronavirus where we are and this is what's getting people more wound up is that it looks like it is starting to spread in the united states and in communities without coming from travel. that's -- there are becoming pockets of spread. it's concerning us. if we can't trace exactly where people got it, then we can't stop its spread here. >> sandra: so many people are talking about this over the weekend. talking to family members, colleagues, everybody is compare this to the flu and want to know the real facts

behind that. the comparison of the number of flu cases in the united states, 9 to 45 million cases annually. compare that to 80 coronavirus. what is the accurate comparison and the fatality rates of the two? >> this is a little more contagious than the flu and one of the reasons we're concerned. i've been following contagions for a long time. in terms of the death rate from this virus we don't know yet. there is probably many mild cases out there where people who don't get sick at all who we aren't counting. looks like it's a little more deadly than the flu. probably in the same range. the symptoms are different. that can help people know. the flu makes you fatigued and gives you muscle ache. >> sandra: you came out of the nebraska facility that took in 14 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and then released them. what did you learn there about -- you said it was the symptoms

your eyes were open to symptoms. >> they studied these cases and they said the most prominent symptom is high fever. higher than the flu. 103, 4 or 5. prominent cough. shortness of breath. people elderly or compromised and have chronic conditions. i mean 70 to 80 years old. may get more severe complications including pneumonia. the kind of pneumonia is drubl some and what requires a lot of support, oxygen and maybe a respirator. >> ed: the president meeting with pharmaceutical executives to talk about the push for a vaccine. the headline caught our eye. big drug makers warn about coronavirus impact on business and companies started looking for alternative sources of drug ingredients. industry officials say a lot of our drugs coming from china, supply chains have been hit. >> enormous problems. 150 major drugs involved in

this. i'm talking almost all antibiotics are made in china blood pressure medicines. a lot of intravenous medications that we use to save lives. 90% made in china or part of the production is made in china. that's very scary. we have got to start to move back towards the united states in terms of drug manufacturing. that's part of what the president will be discussing. >> sandra: great stuff out there in nebraska by the way. >> amazing people. great heroes on the front lines. >> sandra: thank you. the ink is barely dry on the u.s./taliban peace deal and already big questions over it. what will it mean ultimately for the war in afghanistan? new york congressman max rose, afghan war veteran, will join us straight ahead. i use rakuten to get cash back in-store and online.

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>> ed: the president is in the oval office meeting with the columbian president. press pool has gone in. the president is talking about the coronavirus. talking about working hard with the cdc and other officials reaching out to allies around the world. the president later today will meet with pharmaceutical executives talking about the push for vaccine to deal with the coronavirus. as soon as we get tape from the

oval office we'll turn it around and play it for you. the president commenting on the coronavirus and other matters. we'll get to it in a moment. >> sandra: fox news alert. two americans dead. we'll have that story coming up for you. by the way on the news the president is commenting on that and reading notes. we'll have the tape turned around as ed mentioned in a moment. fox business alert as u.s. airlines are cutting service to countries outside of asia. the coronavirus outbreak prompting both delta and american airlines to suspend flies to milan, italy, throughout at least late april. for more let's bring in charles payne host of making money on the fox business network. markets turning around this morning up 422. >> the markets have been see-sawing back and forth before the trading. a pre-trading ritual that goes on and there has been 1,000 points between the dow up and down all morning long. the big early report was that

global central banks around the world may coordinate with each other and find ways of creating more lick i had tee in the markets. cutting interest rates and things like that. what's interesting about that critics will say it's not going to stop someone from getting the coronavirus. but there are a couple of things we have to be concerned about right now. it's one that how human beings behave particularly americans. we don't want people to -- everyone to stay at home for the next three weeks and overreact. part of that also is wealth effect. there is one thing i'm not going to go to the mall but i'm also not going to go to the mall if i feel like my wealth is down. that thing i was going to buy and that movie i was going to see, let's wait a little bit. so that's the part where the federal reserve can actually have an influence on main street via trying to help out the stock market. >> ed: a psychological effect. >> they call it the wealth

effect when people feel better about themselves and they feel good. when the market is up and the value of their home is up it becomes self-fulfilling. they may do things that make it more likely they'll keep a job. wages will stay high and that there will be more jobs. >> ed: now you hear from conferences being canceled. that means less travel, less money spent at restaurants and hotels. that has an effect. >> those areas there is nothing you can do. that's why you just started off talking about not going to milan. the airline industry, there is a little etf that only has travel-related mostly airlines called jets. southwest, americans, delta, united. year-to-date it is down 20%. year-to-date. that gives you an idea just in the last five days it's down 20%. how bad it will hurt that particular industry. in the industry where you can't get the money back. if you go out with a cruise

ship, a small japan cruise ship. if you park a ship, you never get that money back. >> sandra: we can watch you at 2:00. >> if we get something from the federal reserve today i wouldn't be surprised if the dow were up 1,000 points. >> ed: we're expecting to hear any minute from the president. he is discussing the coronavirus behind closed doors in the oval office, meeting with the president of columbia. we're hearing the tape may be coming out in about two minutes. the president who over the last few days going back to last week as the markets started taking a hit he wanted to reassure the public. got vice president mike pence to be the lead point person here. as we heard from stephanie grisham earlier this hour. remember, way back a couple months ago he appointed this task force to show that he is on top of it. >> sandra: he will talk about

the coronavirus, talk about a range of issues with the columbian president talking borders, trade. unfortunately talking about drugs as well. reading straight from the pool notes from the oval office and talking about that rally tonight. there will be thousands in attendance there. on the coronavirus the president says they're working very hard with the cdc. working with other countries on the unknown. some additional reports coming in. so he got an update as you heard from stephanie grisham this morning and he received a briefing and have a big meeting with the pharmaceutical companies and ceos later today. more information to come. >> ed: that's important because we have this push now to try to get a vaccine to deal with coronavirus. but as dr. siegel mentioned a moment ago another big picture issue, so many of the drugs that americans use high blood pressure and other medication they need they are produced in at least parts of it produced in china and the supply chains are impacted. this is having an impact on

people around the country and the world. >> sandra: on the pharmaceutical companies he said the meeting was set up before to talk about drug pricing. want to talk about a vaccine, coronavirus, how they're doing on that. the progress being made. he says that we have asked them to accelerate. so we should hear from the president on that. he was also asked about the taliban. good meetings with the taliban, he says, we want to get out. here is the president of the united states. >> president trump: you'll have to spray. if you don't spray you won't get rid of them. you have to spray with regard to the drugs in columbia, yeah. >> let me say something that is very important. we have to combine all the elements that we have. usually precision spraying but the record highs we reached on eradication and dismantling the drug cartels. we have to be very strong against that crime. that is hurting our people and

people everywhere. we need to work jointly in the effort as we've been doing so far. >> what is the next steps? >> president trump: one of the things we're talking about the venezuela. big subject for us. they're treating the people of venezuela unbelievably badly. they don't have water, they don't have food, they don't have anything. and we are talking about that. that's a big topic of discussion. >> it is very important that we are stronger on sanctions against a dictatorship in venezuela. venezuela is running out at the seams. they have destroyed all their healthcare system. so we have to in this year work together jointly so there is political and democratic transition that is effective in venezuela. >> what do you want to hear from pharmaceutical executives about the vaccine? >> president trump: this meeting was except up before, a long time all with regard to drug pricing. the meeting was about drug pricing because we brought the numbers down last year.

first time in 51 years that the drug prices, prescription have come down and i have a meeting scheduled on drug prices but now we are going to make another subject. it will be probably the first subject to do with the vaccine. how are they doing? >> is it possible -- >> president trump: we'll know that. we've asked them to accelerate whatever they're doing in terms of vaccine. >> is it safe to be holding rallies? >> president trump: these were set up a long time ago and others are? you can ask that of the democrats. they're all having rallies. that's what they're doing. they're campaigning. >> are you worried at all? >> president trump: i think it's very safe. >> do you think the talks -- do you think that the interactive talks are going to start as planned on -- >> president trump: we'll find out. we are getting out. we had good meetings with the

taliban and we are going to be leaving and we'll be bringing our soldiers back home. we have been there for almost 20 years, a long time. we've done a great job in terms of getting rid of terrorists. now it's up to other countries to get rid of those terrorists. we have discussions to go. but we've made a lot of progress. thank you all very much. >> ed: progress in those talks. the agreement with the taliban to end the war in afghanistan though it is now hitting some hurdles for sure right now. bulk of the comments about the coronavirus and the fight to contain it and the efforts now this afternoon the president meeting with pharmaceutical executives >> sandra: he said that meeting was set up beforehand to talk about drug pricing and says he will be asking them to accelerate the vaccine for the coronavirus. we should be getting an update from the white house later on today on that. but that was the president as far as this morning. >> ed: talk to the

pharmaceutical executives about the supply chains from china and other drugs. high blood pressure medication and other things that dr. siegel was talking about that we could have shortages soon. the president wants to get on top of that. he was talking trade and other matters as well with the columbian president. coronavirus front and center since he put the task force together a couple months ago and last week he put the vice president of the united states mike pence in charge of overseeing the entire federal effort. >> sandra: as far as 2020 and the big rally tonight he said he expects thousands to be there. more on 2020 and the race to the white house. >> ed: the question from a reporter says if the president thinks it's safe to have a rally at a time there are fears of the coronavirus. the president says it is confident it is okay. >> sandra: the dow jones average, on market watch this morning. huge swing overnight after the turbulent week last week. over an 1100 point swing, up

more than 600 points, down 500 points and then it opened higher and stayed there. the dow briefly turned negative but now up 331 points. stephanie grisham from the white house on earlier. the president is looking to calm fears out there. he held that press availability from the more from the white house. >> ed: central banks around the world may coordinate over the next 48 hours rate cuts to bring more stability to the markets around the world. >> sandra: stability is needed at a time of great uncertainty. that's what rattles markets is the unknown. great unknown around the coronavirus and how it spreads. dr. siegel saying how much he learned at that nebraska facility. he says it is more contagious than the flu and right now as far as they know it is slightly more fatal than the flu. that could all change, he said. but that's what they know at this time. >> ed: he was trying to bring a

measured approach it to. very helpful when you think where we started this morning. there are two deaths over the weekend and let's remember in new york city this morning we have our first confirmed case, the governor of new york state saying a healthcare worker, they believe they have it contained. she didn't take public transportation. local and state governments are working with the federal government. we have our correspondent kristin fisher taking a look at what the president is doing to stay on top of this. >> president trump has a meeting slated later today with pharmaceutical executives where he is planning on discussing a timeline for vaccine for the coronavirus and then he is going to be meeting with the coronavirus task force. after that the vice president is going to be holding a briefing in the briefing room updating the press and american public about where everything stands.

and then later tonight president trump is going to be heading to a rally in north carolina ahead of super tuesday. it is very interesting. when the press pool was allowed into the oval office somebody asked president trump in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak do you think it's safe to hold a rally when you have thousands and thousands of people coming inside an auditorium or big arena gathering in close proximity given the fact that we're seeing more and more cases of the coronavirus spread and president trump just said yes. i think it is very safe for us to continue to hold these rallies and so that is what he is going to be doing tonight. now, over the weekend we heard president trump give another press conference on saturday in which he announced new travel restrictions to help fight the spread of the coronavirus here in the united states. and this would be on top of the travel restrictions that were already put in place since the very beginning of the outbreak. some of the new things that the trump administration is doing

is they're banning any foreign national who visited iran within the last 14 days from entering the united states and increasing the travel advisory for countries like italy and south korea to level four. the very highest level so the trump administration is now advising americans to not travel to certain regions in italy and south korea where the coronavirus is -- the outbreak is particularly bad. there has even been talk of restricting travel between the united states and mexico. president trump said on saturday yes, we are thinking about the southern border. we've received a lot of talk about that and we're looking at that very strongly. so those are all questions that will likely come up when vice president mike pence steps up behind the podium in the briefing room a little bit later today, ed. this will be the fourth press briefing by a senior administration official, fourth

one in five days. that briefing room getting a little dusty. not so much anymore. >> ed: kristen fisher, thank you for getting to the camera and kicking us off this hour. nearly 90,000 cases of coronavirus worldwide. more than 3,000 deaths including two right here in the u.s. >> sandra: and at least 80 people are infected there sparking new travel restrictions and screening procedures at airports. here is alex azar. >> community transmission is concerning. we have been clearing from the outset and more cases in the united states despite of the aggressive efforts at containment. we'll see some forms of community spreading. the risk to any individual american remains low thanks to the efforts the president has taken. they stay low. we're working to keep it that way. things can change rapidly. we have the best public health system in the world looking out for them.

>> sandra: we're live in washington, d.c. with the latest. >> governor andrew cuomo of new york confirmed that the first person in new york who has coronavirus is a woman. the woman's condition is mild. she is home. she is not hospitalized. that's the good news. we learned this woman is a healthcare worker who was in iran, came back to new york. she did not take any public transportation other than the plane flight. iran, coronavirus is concentrated there. it doesn't appear she was contagious on the flight. but officials will contact other people on the flight. he told fellow new yorkers, pay attention but do not panic. >> we should relax because that's what's dictated by the reality of the situation. i get the emotion. i understand it. i understand the anxiety.

i'm a native-born new yorker, we live in anxiety. but the facts don't back it up here. >> he praised its own testing. what several states are looking for. he says it gives his state more control. health officials, including those at the centers for disease control in atlanta and national institutes of health in bethesda, maryland, are looking to find a vaccine. a man in his 50s with prior medical issues passed away from coronavirus over the weekend. >> we're seeing the beginning of community spread which as you mentioned is quite concerning because when you have community spread you don't know the real source, the index case of where it's coming from which makes the idea and the concept and the implementation of contact tracing much more difficult. >> it may seem like mixed messages to hear governor cuomo

say relax and this doctor saying community spread is concerning. from the health officials who came out to talk about it. it is not necessary to panic. wash hands, don't touch your face, ears, eyes, mouth. if you feel off call to get checked out. all good information. >> sandra: the 2020 field shrinking. pete buttigieg dropping out. tom steyer also ending his campaign over the weekend ahead of super tuesday contests. that's happening tomorrow in 14 dates. hard to believe, peter doocy is live in virginia with the latest on the race. >> pete buttigieg spent his sunday on the campaign trail. he was marching in selma, having breakfast with jimmy carter and on his way to a big rally in texas we thought. then this happened. >> headed to south bend rather than texas. we'll make an announcement

there about the future of the campaign. >> now there is a big fight for the support of buttigieg backers who did not vote early. >> i want to congratulate him for running a brilliant campaign. he is the first openly gay candidate for president of the united states. tonight i want to welcome all of his supporters into our movement and to urge them to joining us in the fight for real change in this country. >> buttigieg won iowa and dropped out within a month before elizabeth warren, who hasn't won anything. she is staying in and she is tweeting thank you, pete buttigieg. i know you will continue giving back and serving our country for many years to come. buttigieg now says he will do whatever he can to make sure there is a democratic president. but just last week he told fox he was best positioned as a bernie alternative.

>> by super tuesday we could be on an irreversible trajectory for nominating senator sanders unless we have an alternative. i'm the only one who has beaten him anywhere and we need to coalesce and make decisions who we want our nominee to be. >> now that buttigieg is out, the youngest man on the democratic side running for president is joe biden. sandra. >> sandra: that is a fact. peter doocy, thank you. >> ed: jessica tarlov, fox news contributor and katie pavlich and fox news contributor. jessica, you heard from peter doocy, joe biden is the youngest male in the race. >> exciting. he has bloomberg beat by a few months both born in 1942. we're the youthful party i guess. speaking of someone who enthusiastically supports having a moderate nominee

against donald trump i'm thrilled with what happened with joe biden in south carolina on saturday night and with pete buttigieg's responsible decision to step out of this race. i hope that democrats will be having more thoughtful discussions about having iowa go first, the fact that the winner of the iowa caucuses is out just weeks later shows it is irrelevant and not representative of our party. we really need to be thinking deep about that. it was also just released that tammy duckworth will be endorsing joe biden. pete buttigieg spoke to joe biden and barack obama last night. i hope his endorsement will come saofnlt he will be in the moderate lane. amy klobuchar. may be time to get out of here, pete has made that choice. >> ed: not mincing any words. the message for all kinds of candidates this morning. >> just want to get it out there. >> ed: maybe that's a rosie view of the notion that the moderate lane will clear for joe biden. on the other hand a man named

michael bloomberg waiting with a big checkbook on super tuesday. how is it playing out? >> it's true michael bloomberg has enormous resources and has bought up all the airwaves and been able to drop a ton of money in places he has a chance. there are a couple of things at play here that show that this is far from over when it comes to joe biden just somehow getting the nomination as a result of winning one south carolina primary. the number two choice for people who voted for buttigieg was bernie sanders. biden comes in after him. the idea that all of a sudden all of the voters who were supporting these so-called moderate candidates will flock to joe biden just doesn't pan out. that will be a problem for joe biden. however, you are seeing that he has momentum. he has raised $10 million in two days. more money than he raised the entire month of january. so people are hoping that he

can somehow take this momentum into super tuesday. california has already been voting. bernie sanders is way ahead there. colorado the same situation. even in texas bernie sanders is catching up to joe biden. it is far from over for joe biden to clear the way simply because he won a single primary throughout this process of running for president three separate times. >> ed: the media narrative seemed to suddenly shift to the biden comeback and all of a sudden he can pull it all together. however, as katie points out, in states like california people have been voting for weeks now. it looks like sanders has a big advantage. quickly i'll put on the screen the real clear politics average for the top four nationally. sanders still with a big lead. biden and bloomberg in the middle. warren at 11%. isn't sanders in a solid position for super tuesday? >> 100%. they're walking on air and every reason to.

massachusetts, in senator warren's home state where bernie has a commanding lead is a feather in their cap. he should take california. what is shifting if you look at the polling coming out at least partially after joe biden's south carolina win. you see him rising in texas and in california there. he is becoming a viable second choice. it is not as if joe biden will win it but it is proportional delegates, right? if he can get a bigger share of them or if these other candidates can deny bernie some of those delegates, we'll get closer and closer to the possibility that biden could take a majority of delegates or at least a strong plurality and have a stronger case for his candidacy come the convention. >> ed: the establishment in the democratic party rooting for the idea of this biden comeback. on the other hand you noted that biden raised a lot of money over the weekend. sanders revealed he raised $46 million in february. 350,000 new donors who hadn't

given money before pouring money in. small donations. go back to them, get $20 or $30. talk about the sanders camp >> the biden comeback story is wishful thinking at this point despite him raising more money over the past couple of weeks. there is no longer real estate to buy when it comes to going into super tuesday and changing people's minds. bernie sanders has a movement behind him and has the energy. he isn't desperately calling donors to try to get donations ahead of a race to keep a life support campaign to move forward. bernie sanders is roaring and ready tofmgt he has the money, resources and movement to continue barreling through super tuesday. >> ed: we're 24 hours away from that and watch it closely. katie and jessica, appreciate you both coming in. >> sandra: new information on the fast spreading coronavirus. the number of cases in creases

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>> ed: super tuesday now hours away. both joe biden and bernie sanders focusing on the key battleground of north carolina where we find our correspondent ellison barber live in raleigh. >> if the polls are right, north carolina is a three-way race right now with senator bernie sanders and former vice president joe biden jockeying for first place. sanders and biden are two points apart. in the poll sanders and biden are tied for first place. mike bloomberg is behind them in third. south carolina was make or break for the biden campaign. you could argue among the southern states north carolina is close to that for the bloomberg campaign. by the campaign's own account bloomberg is heavily

prioritizing this state. they have over 125 staffers on the ground. eight offices. the largest campaign presence in the state of any presidential candidate so far this cycle. bloomberg wants to win north carolina. endorsements from the mayors of raleigh and charlotte. joe biden wants to win as well. he made his pitch to voters in raleigh this weekend. >> i'm hear heart and soul to earn every one of your votes. i promise you this, if north carolina stands with us on tuesday, there will be no stopping us from there to the nomination. [cheering and applause] >> tomorrow 10 delegates are up for grabs in north carolina. >> sandra: for more on that the chair of the north carolina democratic party is here. we got teed up with that report there. wayne, what do you expect to happen in your state?

>> a tremendous level of enthusiasm among democrats and unaffiliated voters. there is tremendous excitement for the three candidates that you've mentioned. ultimately the voters will desie.d i'm looking forward to the results tomorrow night. >> sandra: three-way race if you look back at that nbc poll. just saw it a moment ago. sanders polling 26%, tied with joe biden at 24%, bloomberg 15%. you said you are hearing a lot of excitement for the candidates there. who is garnering the most? >> well, just depends on the community and which part of the state you're in. no matter who wins north carolina and becomes the democratic nominee, they will be unified behind fighting for protecting pre-existing conditions and affordable healthcare and better jobs for more people and investments in public education. i'm pleased we have so much excitement. at the end of the day the fact we have record levels of

turnout for early vote in north carolina. same in south carolina, nevada, new hampshire can mean only great things. when you have more people express their will at the ballot box that's good for democracy. >> sandra: the raleigh news and observer headline is this morning nearly 800,000 early voters in north carolina mainly democrats already had their election day. so to back up your point senator lindsey graham talking about the race in north carolina and he made a prediction on this network earlier this morning. >> i think joe biden will do well in the south. north carolina places where you have large bok either of african-american voters. this is bernie's nomination to lose. they're scared to death bernie is going to win and they'll pull out all the stops to stop bernie. i think it will split the party right down the middle. >> sandra: should bernie sanders win the nomination will your party unite around him? >> to matter who the party nominee is for the democrats,

that person will be hands down better than president trump. we need someone in there not misogynist and not having hateful rhetoric and unite behind whoever the nominee is. i don't always listen to lindsey graham. he says a lot of things different than he used to today. i know north carolina voters will get behind someone who will fight for them and president trump is not fighting for opportunities for all. we need a democrat who is fighting for the pocketbook issues that north carolina families talk about each and every day and not divisive rhetoric like we see out of the white house. >> sandra: i heard agreement with lindsey graham. you were agreeing with his point joe biden will do well in the south. he points ot north carolina and large pockets of african-american. he went on to say as you just heard they are scared to death bernie is going to win and they'll pull out all the stops to stop bernie.

i think it will split the party right down the middle. respond to that. >> he has a biased opinion on that. nothing would be better for president trump and for senator graham. >> sandra: what is your opinion? >> my opinion we'll unite behind our nominee and that we have democrats that are excited behind particularly behind the three candidates both biden as well as sanders and bloomberg and i think with vice president biden he has a long, strong established record and connections with african-american community here. we have senator sanders who has support in various parts of the state and mayor bloomberg -- >> sandra: we're running out of time. i spoke with doug jones from alabama earlier and pressed him three times whether he would support bernie sanders should he be the nominee. he endorsed joe biden for the nomination. and he wouldn't answer me. so it is not all members of the democratic party that say they will unite around bernie as the candidate. final thoughts. >> this is still too early to

call. we've only had four states that have weighed in. tuesday on super tuesday, tomorrow, i believe things will be much clearer for all of us. not only for me as the state party chair here, but for you and voters. so let's see when the smoke clears tomorrow night, i think i'll be better able to answer the question for you. >> sandra: we should know a lot more as the day concludes tomorrow. wayne, thank you for your time this morning. >> sandra: thank you. >> ed: the taliban ruling out a new round of peace talks unless thousands of prisoners are released. fresh reaction from a purple heart veteran of america's longest war, congressman max rose straight ahead. whatever monday has in store and tackle four things at once. so when her car got hit, she didn't worry. she simply filed a claim on her usaa app and said... i got this. usaa insurance is made the way kate needs it - easy.

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official. taliban now says it won't go forward with those new talks unless the release happens. listen to his take on this. >> what is agreed upon in the agreement there will be abided by that and they will fulfill all these conditions. >> including the release of these prisoners? >> yeah. we're talking about that side. >> taliban also could be holding fire because the u.s. agreed in the deal to reduce the number of its and nato troops to zero in 14 months only if, however, the taliban abides by the conditions of the deal. nato secretary general warned us of trouble like this but told us also it is the only way forward, diplomacy. take a listen. >> i don't believe this will be easy. it is going to be difficult. it is going to be disappointments on the way. but at the same time there is

no other solution to the crisis in afghanistan. >> a joint u.s./afghan statement released a short time ago said they would look into the feasibility of releasing taliban prisoners. they didn't give a number or time frame. it all continues here. >> sandra: greg palkot reporting from kabul for us this morning. >> ed: for more let's go to congressman max rose, a purple heart veteran served in afghanistan. endorsed michael bloomberg for the nomination and a democratic lawmaker. thank you for coming in. we appreciate your service to our country, especially in afghanistan. you have a view of this from someone who was actually on the ground serving america, even though you are a democrat it sounds to me like you think the president is making a good move here. >> yes. let me be absolutely simple unequivocal. the president of the united states donald trump is doing the right thing.

first of all let me say this as well. so many years ago it was the right decision for us to invade afghanistan. it was the right decision for us to take it to the taliban, take it to al qaeda. exact revenge for those who did us so much harm on 9/11 and prevent something like that from happening again. but now here we are, nearly 20 years later soldiers enlisting in the united states military who were not born when we sent our first soldier to afghanistan. i've got friends who i served with in afghanistan who have deployed there three, four, five, six times. we have to be sensible and rational and we have got to bring america's longest-standing war to a conclusion. this path we're taking now is difficult. it will be windy, it will not be perfect. but the president of the united states is doing the right thing and this is a historic moment and we should all be rallying behind this making it a

bipartisan solution, putting the country first. >> ed: we'll watch to see if your fellow democrats have that same kind of spirit of bipartisanship. >> let me make a point actually to that. because i'm perpetually concerned that the democrats' foreign policy is just being opposed to whatever the president does. now, there has been times when the president has done something and i've opposed it and continued to hold him accountable as i would any president. but this is the correct move. democrats cannot just be opposed to this blindly. if you look at the statements that they are issuing, it is rather subtle in nature and they are not standing as strong as they should. >> ed: strong words from congressman max rose there. the president talked about the balance that he is trying to strike here in terms of whether or not we can really trust the taliban. here is the president over the weekend. >> president trump: pretty complicated deal, i have to be honest. but in exchange for the

taliban's action against al qaeda and other terrorists who could threaten us we're prepared to begin those forced withdrawals and if the taliban and afghan government live up to their commitments. they may or may not. i think we have a lot of reason why i think they will. >> ed: you talked about some of your fellow democrats who may be skeptical. the president has people in his own party like liz cheney saying she is concerned about the 5,000 taliban prisoners released. there are folks on both sides. what's the bottom line in terms of whether or not we can trust the taliban moving forward? >> the bottom line is we do not have another option here. the taliban is a land-holding entity. they aren't going away. i don't want to see another generation of soldiers sent to a war that doesn't necessarily have to be conducted. but that does not equate to isolationism. we have to maintain the capacity to go after and kill

terrorists wherever they may be. afghanistan included. and we have to maintain the military capacity to go back into afghanistan if the taliban or any other entity makes the same mistake that they made decades ago when they hosted al qaeda. but we have to work with the world as it stands. we can't be utopian or can't put on blindfolds and we shouldn't unnecessarily be wasting blood and treasure. >> ed: we appreciate your time this morning. thank you, sir. >> thank you so much for having me again. >> sandra: now a ruling against top immigration official ken cuccinelli. what a federal judge finding he was unlawfully appointed. he is reacting to that as judge napolitano weighs in. >> ed: plus several nations now taking drastic measures to contain the coronavirus including closing down popular tourist attractions around the world. we're live with some details next. these are real people,

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government is now prepared to boost spending to help the fragile economy. finance ministers will discuss how to help limit the impact on global economic growth. in paris the louvre has closed its doors as numerous other churches, museums, events, schools and conferences all over the world. anywhere that people gather. many officials are warning citizens to prepare for large outbreaks. in south korea the national tally is over 4300 and the death toll 26. the government is now having murder charges the leaders of a sect that many of the traces have traced back to. they kneeled in forgiveness on television. elsewhere life goes on and so must politics. germany merkel is no longer shaking hands with politicians having been rebuffed herself. israel, special voting tents are being set up for people quarantined. iran the regime has already been hit. a key advisor to the supreme

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me in my current position. this ruling is really something of an outlier. a methodology used in the past and been thought of us a legal on a pretty broadly. so you can expect an appeal and we'll take intermediate steps to avoid any challenges but it doesn't affect anything we're doing going forward. >> sandra: top immigration official ken cuccinelli reacting to a federal judge's ruling he was unlawfully appointed to his post. the decision stemming from a decades-old law on filling federal vacancies which says a senior government position can only be filled if the senate approves that person first. joining us now is judge andrew napolitano. fox news senior judicial analyst and host of the liberty file on fox nation. good morning to you. you very in detail take us through exactly what happened here. first off cuccinelli appointed to the new

it was created for cuccinelli. >> correct to number two in the department. >> sandra: to the null created position. >> mcaleenan got fired and a new boss was appointed for cuccinelli without senate approval. and there is an exception to the senate approval. that is has this person ever been approved by the senate in their career. you may recall when jeff sessions was fired for attorney general. the number two person was matt whitaker. he was not confirmed by the senate but had been confirmed by the senate for a federal prosecutor job earlier in his career and he was able to have the job. ken cuccinelli was never a federal employee and never approved by the u.s. senate for anything. for as long as he held this job all the things he did, including making a lot of changes in rules at the border,

are invalidated and we revert back to the old rules. anticipating this ruling that came down last night, the administration gave him yet a third job. so when the tape you just ran when he said it doesn't affect my job today he is correct. he no longer has the job from which he has been removed which when he had it he wrote all these changes and all the changes are invalidated. >> sandra: you make the point in the second appointment he was in charge of all asylum matters at the u.s. border. i want to dig deeper into what cuccinelli said in the interview and have you break it down. here is cuccinelli. >> there is not a problem with me in my current position. this ruling is really something of an outlier, this is a methodology that has been used in the past. it has been thought of as legal on a pretty broadly. so you can expect an appeal and we'll take intermediate steps to avoid any challenges but it

doesn't affect anything we're doing going forward. >> sandra: his defense is an outlier, methodology used in the past and thought of as legal pretty broadly. >> before 1996 it was thought of as legal. in 1996, 25 years ago -- 20 years ago, the congress changed the law to make sure that the people changing the rules in the federal government had been approved by the senate. so is he going to lose his present job? no. they moved him to a third job in dhs. the rules that he changed, he shortened the time at the border when you are seeking asylum. reduced the time you can speak to an american lawyer at the border. all those changes he made now go back to the old rules and if the trump administration wants to change them they have to change them properly manifesting the change through somebody who has been confirmed by the senate. does the person who has that job now, has that person been

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>> the dow in session highs right now. 733-point gain on the dow, that's the highest of the session, coming up the worst week for stock since 2008. there is a lot of talk about a federated cut. the market is pricing at a 75% chance of a rate cut. we will see what the future holds for the market, it is anybody's guess at this point. >> some of that is being tempered, do you think we can gain it back? >> gets what, markets lost that point total in a week, they can

gain that a point total in a week. lots of volatility we are saying this morning. >> we will be right back at it tomorrow morning, see you then. >> fox news alert, knows her reaction is the second u.s. patient with coronavirus dies in washington state amid reports the virus may have spread undetected there for weeks. there are now at least 80 confirmed cases in at least nine states across the u.s. new york and rhode island confirming their first confirmed cases over the weekend. president trump is said to me today with pharmaceutical executives to discuss work on a vaccine as secretary alex azar says the u.s. is ramping up testing. >> in terms of testing kits, we've already tested over 3600 people for the virus. we have capability in the field the test 75,000 people. within the next week or two we