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mike bloomberg dropping out of the race and endorsing him. so joe is riding high, but he has as flawed as ever. >> just a few days ago that press declare the campaign is, and we are told we go to super tuesday and it will be over. well, it may be over for the other guy. [cheers and applause] by the way, this is my little sister valerie and that is her husband. switched on me, this is my wife and my sister. they switched on me. >> jesse: meanwhile, bernie sanders is not going down without a fight. here he is today going after the establishment. >> what this campaign is increasingly about is which side are you on? there has been never a campaign in recent history which has taken on the entire political establishment. and that is an establishment which is working frantically to

try to defeat us. >> jesse: and president trump adding to the democrats division by saying the party is out to crush burning. got filled, are you surprised that happened last night? >> greg: no, i am not. i have been following the transfer of 50 years. once again, the huge vote is getting hammered and makes the loudest noise, but it has the smallest effect. it's like one of those tiny little dogs that yapped at you when you go by and walk over to it. it runs away and peas on your shoes, like me. a car careening down a narrow path on a cliff so they go off the cliff with bernie or do they stay on the road? they chose from two different wrists, right? risk of absorbing a socialist, or dealing with somebody who's got mental acuity issues. and they felt -- mean it's kind of smart over socialism, but i think it is amazing that you can

place confidence in a candidate that does not inspire confidence. and that tells you how release carried the field is when you say, i'm going to go with that, you know i'm a guy that forgets whose wife and sister is, i me mean. you have the ilhan omar vote. >> jesse: it is a wheat field. i believe everyone agrees. juan i was watching msnbc last night. >> juan: no! >> how dare you! the window with fence periods >> juan: poor dana, when he told her that, she said, i'm gone. >> jesse: so i see everybody on msnbc, not giving joe biden any credit. you know who they are giving credit? james clyburn for the endorsement in south carolina that catapulted joe throughout the country and triggered the blacks to come out and say, he is our guide. do you think that takes away from joe's big win? >> juan: i think joe had a big

win saturday night and south carolina and i think a lot of it came from clyburn standing up and saying clearly that joe biden was his candidate. he thought the best candidate for black voters. last night across the south, we saw several races and it was like plus 41 in terms of black votes for joe biden over bernie sanders. that is a big difference from a big differential, and by the way, to greg's point about age, it is amazing to me. people 45-64 plus 24 for biden and for people who were 65 and over, plus 32. so the young people feel exactly for bernie as greg was saying. but the older ones, they really come out and vote. they participate and give money. >> greg: you vote because you don't know -- >> juan: but i will say it is a two man race, wouldn't you say? biden and sanders in the second thing to say, it is biden's

nomination to lose at this juncture. so we will see how it goes. jeff weaver who is his campaign manager telling people, you know, just wait. we will do better and like the fact trade deals backed by biden in the midwest. we will see how the manufacturing sector feels. one other thing i want to say, look at the other networks we are talking about right here on those "the five" and i rode on the common hill. i said three weeks ago don't bob -- father with conventional wisdom, he's coming back and i think he did. >> jesse: i think we buried him too early, katie, a two man race, is there anything that bernie sanders can do to regain the momentum? >> katie: well, it depends on who you talk to. so if you look at the primary schedule, you have michigan coming up, you have illinois, pennsylvania. i think he can regain his momentum if joe biden starts stumbling again on the campaign trail and doesn't get the confidence he is electable. so the electability argument has been dead for a couple of weeks.

i would say about two months with joe biden. that is what got him into the race, what carried him, he started losing to bernie sanders and then after south carolina, he's able to say i'm the electable guy especially after bernie sanders talks about phil del castro in florida. no longer electable on a national stage. however joe biden keeps arguing that now bernie sanders is a socialist. i'm the real democrat, but if you actually compare the policies of what they are going for and what the voters in all of our analysis are saying, joe biden will get completely rolled by at the left if he gets the nomination. nancy pelosi couldn't handle the aoc and ill on omar and joe biden will not be able to handle it either. if you look at what they want with single payer, joe biden said he will raise taxes. he's one of the mud when it comes about what the policies will be. he will be pushed further to the left. >> jesse: he got pushed around on the stage a little bit last night. some crazy activist that rushed in. let's watch.

>> wake up. [boos] [screaming] >> jesse: okay, kennedy, it is safe to say it's just going to get crazier from here on out. >> kennedy: and he doesn't really do us a lot of favors. >> greg: amen to that, sister. we are the anti-dairy -- >> kennedy: i don't normally -- a little shocked the vice president doesn't have more security. his wife and his sister. they are the ones who had to act like the defensive line. so i think you will see that change. >> juan: wait a minute he doesn't need the secret service protection. >> jesse: i think he will now. >> juan: no, i'm just saying, yesterday, like he was saying,

hey, he doesn't have any. before i would like to say something about bernie sanders. i watch that speech and as a government person, he's making a great case way big government is running politics. and in time to have too much, they really run it. and i wish bernie sanders were my guy. i wish i had someone with that much passion who was taking aim at both parties at the same time. that is why he inspires the kind of loyalty that he does with his supporters. the problem is he lands on the absolute worst conclusion that government is so bad, therefore, we need more of it. but that message is resonating. and it wasn't young people who pushed him over the top in california, it was latinos. and they look to bernie sanders if flopping people and groups. >> jesse: he did well. kennedy is looking for a guy with passion. >> greg: and i'm right here,

baby. >> jesse: here is the issue with young voters, they are enamored, but not so much interested in waves -- waves toe them. and they like sanders, but i'm not so sure i will get up this morning and vote because the ways are more difficult than the actual dreaming of the goal. that is when you become an adult, you think about the ways and not just. >> juan: we had to wait in line for hours in texas. he did have to make an effort but one final point, guess what, donald trump the guy that he fears most on the democratic side is now in the lead. >> jesse: feel we say trump fears whoever. >> juan: i don't have to say it. >> jesse: no one is carried of anybody on the left, juan. >> jesse: up next, happy trails for mini mike. and greg breaks down how embarrassing bloomberg has one billion-dollar face plant really is. ♪ when it comes to autism,

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an island. >> in somalia, they have 100% to 40. and michael bloomberg gets votes to somalia. >> greg: congratulations, you aren't at but what a price tag. the political version of movie popcorn. he spent enough to feed everyone in the city of south bend, indiana mayor pete's home town for two years. millions for delegates to convince people he was better than trump. if you see some important dude with a toupee buying guys at the bar drinks, he is a consultant. he has lost his new porsche. lessons abound from he proves money talks, considering his persona, his cash still got him nearly to the front line. who knows if he had skipped that debate. that is the other lesson. money can buy you votes, but not a personality. ultimately, you are still stuck with this. >> i really am surprised that all of these in my fellow contestants up here, i guess, would be the right word for it, even though nobody pays attention to the clock, i'm surprised they show up because i would have thought after i did a

good job beating them last week they would be afraid to do that. you talk about 40 democrats, 21 of those were people i spent $100 million to help elect. i got them. >> we have a very few, nondisclosure agreements. let me finish. >> how many? >> none of them accused me of doing anything other than maybe they didn't like the joke i told. the three and let's not forget -- >> kennedy: can i have money? >> greg: let's not forget a unique way of eating pizza, licking each finger. i haven't penned this grossed out since i was walking on my grandparents. [laughter] then there is liz who couldn't win her own state. that's like your family going on vacation without you. and leaving her with one powwow cookbook and 365 identical black shirts. the lesson here come america's pretty good with this discerning phase. liz could not shake new deceptions and each fly a new

twist. no wonder her constituents have reservations for a woman who falsely claimed her ancestors lived on one appearance last night the dems chose a comfy sweater over identity politics, money and a socialist. could the party primly have grown up? no, all they did is reach old age. joe, juan what sucks about dropping out we will not see the bloomberg/trump matchup that we wanted because it would have been great. >> juan: it would be interesting, right? we live in a populist age as we talk about, maybe sanders is a mirror of trump. actually bloomberg would have been an mirror to trump. i don't know if the populist base of the democratic party would have taken to him the way the public face of the g.o.p. took to trump. but i will say to me, looking back on bloomberg's campaign, no one can defy the primary process. they disk decide to skip the first four contest. >> like giuliani?

>> juan: obviously, maybe somebody in the future is able to do it again with a lot of money but it did not work. >> greg: kennedy i was thinking when i was doing this, liz was really the one that took out bloomberg. >> kennedy: yes. >> greg: she pulled a carrigan if that's what you want to call it. >> kennedy: she will hurt herself with progressives if she stays in because she was there for two reasons. both of those reasons to protect joe biden. she has promised her allegiance to the democratic establishment from the beginning of the process because she has needed they were support. and she stayed in in order to poke a few more holes in bloomberg, not that that needed to happen after last night, but also, to take some votes away from bernie. so you know, how would bernie have done in massachusetts had she dropped out before super tuesday? it is pretty clear that he would have had a greater delegate hall had she and i'm wondering if no one omar sent out a nasty tweet

last night and squarely elizabeth warren and i'm wondering if she shares that victory over with more progressives who relate now want nothing to do with her. >> greg: oh, brother as i like to say. jessie, you almost forgot your name. >> jesse: jesse watters. >> greg: yes. i want to know what you are thinking now about bloomberg or liz. >> jesse: i'm thinking you buy an island, you should get to live there. [laughter] the biggest con job of all times. bloomberg campaign had seven fully paged staffers living in america's imola for three months. >> greg: really? >> jesse: i have to see that expense reports. that has to be the best junket of all time. there are 40,000 voters in somalia. they only got 175 of them to vote for mike bloomberg what the hell were they doing for three months? >> parting. >> jesse: bloomberg did not

even miss $1 billion. this has to be a huge con job. you get 70% of the ad buy. the attic i come i'm not going to say his name, made $40 million. i will not say his name, you know, ex-girlfriends or pretend family members knocking at his door with their hands out, but he could. everybody knew this guy did not have the political talent to pull this off. he can't read a prompter, he is worse than i will owl sharpton. his voice is worse than liz warren and actually worse than a sea turtle. i was watching his speech last night. ready? he read this come i want to put the united back in the united states of america. even beto o'rourke would have tossed that line out here that is not good material! [laughter] i can't believe this guy and you laugh about it. >> greg: katie, do you care to add anything? >> katie: we will never solve the box controversy. the box whether

michael bloomberg come with a box to debate president trump, but everything is making a pretty big deal out of michael bloomberg backing joe biden. congratulations, the guy who win 175 votes in somalia is backing you in the endorsing you. good luck but maybe some money will be helpful but in terms of movement, grassroots support for michael bloomberg, it does not exhibit don't exist. so do not think on that. michael bloomberg participating in the town hall with fox, he completely exposed himself as an elitist who believes he knows better than you and that he's going to tell you how you are supposed to live your life while he gets to do whatever he wants. he used to be this figure that nobody really had a moderate appeal to. i think he completely exposed himself as the opposite. and no self awareness. >> kennedy: licking his fingers and putting that happy pizza slice back in the box. finger licking video. >> juan: didn't you vote for him as a republican? >> jesse: i was not living in

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anger mess up message. certainly if there were is one clement bernie sanders is a part of it. he has been walloped in virginia and north carolina and in alabama. >> i keep saying a lot of the latte liberals are disconnected from the base of the democratic party, which is the african-american voters. >> juan: so jesse, do you think the media's against bernie? it echoed to me when people in the right said the media is against trump. now come the media against bernie. >> jesse: yeah, they are against bernie, but they are not strong like trump was. and i don't think bernie can overcome the avalanche. i think he was looking for a revolution, but he got a rude awakening last night, juan and his coalition cannot cut it. he is better as an underdog. he can't take the heat as a front runner and that's why he imploded. >> juan: hold on a second. i've got to do it, vice president pence is holding a freebie on the coronavirus.

let's listen in. >> the coronavirus tests, it has been a busy and productive day here at the white house. president donald trump has no higher priority than the safety and health of the american people. and the president has directed our task force employing for the full resources of the federal government and full partnership with state and local health authorities to make that priority a reality. as i stand before you today, we have more than 100 coronavirus cases in the united states. that is counting domestic cases and cases of coronavirus of americans that were returned from china or the diamond princess. i'm pleased to report that most of those who contracted the coronavirus are within our care and continuing to recover. but sadly, we received word

today another american has passed away and their family has our deepest condolences. with that being said, thanks to the president's strong leadership and the professionalism of all of our federal agencies, health and humans, cdc, and state and local health officials all across this country, the risk to the american public of contracting the coronavirus remains low. to be clear, if you are a healthy american, the risk of contracting the coronavirus remains low. but it is still a good idea to engage in common sense practices that are always recommended this time of year.

so as someone who has a mother who is 87 years of age and who has married kids living around the country, a brief tutorial on prevention for yourself, for your family, and for your loved ones. it is a good idea to stay home when you are sick. avoid close contact with people who are sick. avoid touching your eyes, nose, mouth. cover your cough or sneeze with tissue. through the tissue in the trash, clean and disinfect frequently and wash her hands with either a disinfect it worse soap and water for 20 seconds. and let me say again as we have said before, there is no need for americans to buy masks. and the common sense practices, what i just described, are all available at cdc.gov. today, we have a series of meetings at the white house and

capitol hill. we met with executives of the airline industry, the executives of commercial ads, nursing homes. and our team also met with a republican and democratic caucuses in the house of representatives. and we are pleased to learn that just shortly ago, the house of representatives passed a federal funding bill by virtually unanimous margin and it will now move to the senate. the legislation implements the president's vision to ensure that not only do the federal agencies have the support and resources that they need, but also, that the state and local partners have their support. my conversations with governors all the way through this afternoon, i know they are grateful for the five partisan bipartisan spirit and will continue to work through that p. has president trump said, we are all in this together. and he deployed a whole government approached him about things to the president's leadership, it has actually

developed into a whole america approach. the meetings today with industry leaders is a reflection of that. has dr. burks will indicate in just a few moments with some of the data that we are evaluating around the world, it does appear the elderly are the most vulnerable. and especially those with serious health issues. at the president's direction a result, a team of armor will describe the center for medicaid and medicare services has issued new guidelines for nursing homes nationwide. we have raised the bar regarding infectious disease control in our nursing homes, and in addition, administrator irma will explain how we are going to focus all of our inspection resources for the foreseeable future on compliance with infection control standards. generally, we monitor our

nursing homes for abuse and neglect, but at the presidents direction, we will focus exclusively on ensuring that those who are in nursing homes, people operating in nursing homes like many of the ceos we met with today are complying with the new standards to keep our elderly safe. president also met today with airline executives and i will reiterate as the president said, our profound gratitude to our partners in the airline industry. they have worked with us, as we say, flowing americans through particular airports. the screening. we are working closely with the airlines on contact information. if a person is tested positive for the coronavirus, we work with the airlines to get all the information, else was on the flight. the president and i are very grateful. as we announced yesterday, i am

pleased to report that as of yesterday morning in addition to the travel ban from china, we suspended all travel coming in from china. we suspended all travel coming in from iran and even foreign nationals who visited either one of those countries are barred from coming into this country for 14 days. but we also established a travel advisory for italy. portions of italy and portions of south korea over the weekend. but even as importantly, as of yesterday morning, we fully implemented a screening process, all direct flights from all airports in south korea and italy are now being subject to multiple screens before passengers board to come to the united states of america. the state department worked very, very vigorously to bring that about come in we are grateful for the cooperation. the governments of italy, the

governments of south korea, as well as the airline partners in making that a reality. finally, with regard to testing, we had a meeting today that gave us great hope for great progress in the near future on the expanding testing across the country. we have ways to go yet and i'm pleased to report we have been able to convey to state government, governors around the country is that thanks to the good work of the fda and dr. steve hawn who is with me today coming out all state laboratories, all university laboratories at the state level can conduct coronavirus tests. without any additional assets or resources from the federal government, they have the fda approved tests. they can conduct the test all across the country in all the states. beyond that, as we announced through the efforts of hhs, 2500

kids of tests are going out this week. 2500 kids, including roughly 1.5 million of the test available this week and we will continue to build on that number. but most significantly thanks to dr. burks effort and leadership. we brought together at the white house, the leaders of all of the largest commercial laboratories in this country, companies that elect quest and fast logistics and testing capabilities. and we are pleased to report today that they have created consortium to share information and share resources and literally have told us that as they go through what is the validation process on testing, that by next week, individual companies will be able to do as they said to me, thousands of tests of coronavirus if they

were needed in required. and many, many multiples in the not distant future. our objective here as dr. burks raised with the task force, we've got hospitals in affected areas and those requesting that have kits. universities and state labs that can perform the test on a requested basis. our objective, ultimately, and quickly as possible is to have tests made through these commercial laboratories and commercial providers that your local doctor, your cds, your med check is able to have a coronavirus test. and that isn't there yet. we are working to make that a reality. but again, one more example. it's not just a whole government approached but a whole america approach. this nursing home industry, the airline industry, whether it be commercial laboratories, i can speak on behalf of president trump and our entire task force when i say we are

profoundly grateful for the spirit that is being reflected by companies all across the united states of america. grateful for the leadership at the state level. and the american people should be confident. that spirit of partnership is going to continue to drive this at every level as we work our way through dealing with a coronavirus in the united states. with that, i will recognize dr. deborah burks. >> thank you, mr. vice president. good evening. over the last 12 hours, we have been able to receive information from both south korea and italy adding to our information. just as we thought, the elderly and pre-existing conditions have a more serious illness when confronted with the coronavirus. we assuredly and south korea, no one has died hundred 30. this is reassuring to us in the media age and italy was 81 of

those who succumb to. those who became ill, the median age was 60. so we find the data reassuring, but it also has caused us to focus on the americans who might be most vulnerable. so we are focusing resources, tension and all of our capacity to ensure those who have pre-existing conditions and those who are elderly have access to the best prevention and treatment options. the prevention options flow through all of us to ensure that we have the protective hygiene for our elderly clients around the globe. thank you. >> thank you. as you heard, because of the risk for our nation's seniors, we are doubling down on our efforts. today we put out three memos, one to hospitals about triaging and placement with sector coronavirus. we also put out information to

nursing homes about limiting visitors to nursing homes, monitoring staff and then finally we put out information to our state surveyors who will be surveying the nations nursing homes and hospitals around infection control. all of that information went out this morning. >> very good, thank you. cdc. >> thank you mr. vice president i think what i would like to highlight today, the vice president started with when he was given the american people the advice that he did as he went through and listed out on the cdc website, cdc.gov. it really is very important, very pragmatic about washing your hands 20 seconds of soap and water or using other disinfectants. obviously, training yourself to

cover your sneeze or cough either in your elbow or with a kleenex that you will dispose of. i think it is a very important thing, working hard not to touch your face. i think the most important thing for many of those individuals that might be a little type. if you get sick, stay home. you are not helping your colleagues by going to work sick. and again, these are very pragmatic. we have listed them and they are actually no different than what we asked the american public to do for flu. the second thing i would like to do is continue to get the help from you to get those messages out. the one that is the most important that the vice president also talked about is the role of masts. we need these later in-95 mask for the workers taking care of the patients. we do not recommend them to be used by the general public. you all if you tell the stories

are able to be great communicators of that. so that the american public's accurate information and gets good guidance from experts that you will reach out to for your stories. so that is what i would ask you to do. i will reiterate what the vice president said at the beginning, although we are continuing to see new community cases in this nation, the overall risk to the american public at this time still remains low. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> thank you mr. vice president. just to reiterate by some of our colleagues here, we make policy recommendations and analysis of what we will recommend based on accumulation of data. data is very important. what dr. burks just told you, underscore some of the things we have been telling you. when you talk about risk, risk is something that is vague to people and we have said many times you can talk about risk of infection throughout the country, a low risk. if you talk about someone who is

infected, and we do have infected people in the country. you have heard that from dr. redfield. you understand the situation we have in seattle. if you do get infected and if you are infected taking seattle as the microcosm of that, it is exactly what dr. birx said. the risk of getting into difficulties is very heavily avoided with people with underlying conditions and people with the elderly. the young people, and there will be an exception here and there the same weight you see with influenza. but the risk for a young person to get into trouble is really low paste on a lot of data that is coming out of foreign countries, particularly out of china. >> great, thank you doctor. >> dr dr. ohmic >> i want to thk the vice president and president for careful leadership. i was involved throughout my surgical career with very complex cases. and to help a lot of renowned

physicians, but i must say the people on this task force extremely impressive. they have been considering all of the various different possibilities, outlining scenarios for all the possibilities that can occur. and it is very comforting and recognizing that the risk to healthy adult still remains quite low, largely because of the aggressive actions that have been taken and are continuing to be taken every day. and just one last point, and that is, the pharmaceuticals who normally are rivals have worked together voluntarily. wouldn't that be a great lesson for the politicians? >> quick informational announcement come i will be traveling with many members of the task force to minnesota tomorrow. we will be visiting 3:00 a.m., which is poised to literally

begin manufacturing millions more masks for health care workers. and then we will be traveling on to washington state. and we will meet with governor inslee and the health team to ensure that the full resources of the federal government are being brought to bear support of their efforts to protect the health of people across the seattle area. so with that, let me start right here. >> vice president pence, what about washington and then what about florida? i will start with washington. can you tell us a little bit more how that meeting came to be with secretary ohmic sacred heart ohmic secretary a czar and the governor asked you to come there? vice president mack i have spoken to governor inslee who i know well from our time in congress together. several times since being kept to lead the white house on the coronavirus a week ago and he

been providing strong leadership for the state of washington and they have outstanding health department, but after meeting with members of the senate and the house particularly, those from washington state delegation, we thought it would be important to bring the team out and to meet with their team on the ground. to make sure they have the full support. our hearts go out to those who have been infected with the disease in the seattle area, but also, we understand the anxiety is that this is creating in a full community. we are going to be going out just to make sure and with the governor and make sure they have everything they need and all the support they need to see the health of their people. >> you will have a meeting this afternoon, is that correct with the cruise liners? which companies are coming to that meeting? what is the goal of the meeting? is there something you would like to see them do differently that they are not doing now?

>> vice president pence: we will talk about just that. obviously, the diamond princess issue, there are unique challenges that our experts tell us in a closed environment of the cruise liner. we will talk about those practices, and we feel like it is time to spend time with people in that industry and meeting with others around the country. okay, right there, please, sure. >> quick question, i have been looking online, and so, the there is some where these prices skyrocketed. what is your advice to america with open waters and the hand sanitizer who can't afford it at this point or can't find it? >> vice president pence: i will see d.c. to respond to that because there are clear guidelines. >> thank you mr. vice president. i want to make it clear come i don't think soap and water,

washing your hands for 20 seconds is what the american public needs to do. if they want to use the hand sanitizer, that is another option. but i don't want people to think it is inferior to what we recommended for decades, which is vigorous washing of your hands with soap and water for 20 seconds. >> vice president pence: another one, go ahead. >> talk about support, other places will be able to have, how far are you in that goal, and how soon should america see -- >> i will ask dr. birx to address that. just so you know, there are three levels. number one, we do have about 1.5 million test kits going out as we speak to hospitals, particularly hospitals and areas that have seen the coronavirus cases. in addition to that, thanks to the good work of the fda have

the change the president trump authorize this week, every state health lab and university lab can conduct a coronavirus test. that expands the capacity. but ultimately, as dr. birx will explain, our objective is in addition to those tests being available, we want to get to a place where any american who has a concern is able to go to their doctor, is able to go to a medical clinic and know that there is a coronavirus available. we think we can get there in a matter of weeks and in partnership with the commercial labs. we are challenging them to do just that. dr. birx. >> thank you, mr. vice president. just briefly because i think you are interested also in cost. what we heard from cms and from hhs, this will be an essential lab tests and fully reimbursable. but we talked about with the

commercial laboratories is exactly your question. and we ask them, and they are in validation this week. some thought they would have a test available on friday and the rest on monday. i have asked them to prioritize the areas where we have had these clusters so that people can be reassured in those areas where there is, where we have identified the virus has been circulating. in those cases, they will have it available at the doctor's office and all of our pediatric offices that would need it. and they will transport it through a logistics network to make sure that it can be run. >> vice president pence: with regard to the cost, let me be very clear. hhs has designated the coronavirus test as an essential health benefits. that means by definition, it is covered in the private health insurance of every american as well as covered by medicare and medicaid. and so, but we are working with

members of congress and we will be monitoring the cost very carefully. please. >> are you considering imposing more restrictions? >> vice president pence: come i will ask the doctor to speak to that. at this time they are not recommending that the president impose additional travel advisories or restrictions, but as a doctor can explain, we will follow the data on that very closely and follow the cases. >> so this is something that is really evaluated in real-time. you can't make a decision now that you will project what is going to be. you are just basing it on the data. it became clear the situation in northern italy and korea was actually unique compared to what we were seeing in several of the other countries. that is why that was done. we reevaluate this, literally, every single day. >> vice president pence: we do, we do. right there. >no, right here.

right here, please. >> thank you. so what sort of progress with meeting with the airlines today, coordinating the collection of passenger data, and also there has been reports that cdc is investigating a cluster of cases from a cruise ship in california. that could be linked to the state's first death. can you confirm that? how many people might they be investigating in that case? >> vice president pence: i will let cdc respond to your second question. the first question, i know the president was also very moved by the level of commitment from our airlines for customer's health and safety as well as the cruise. health and safety, they described their activities and cleaning the aircraft and sanitizing the aircraft. and we believe as president trump said today, it is safe to fly. it is safe to fly in america and it is safe to fly

internationally apart from the national advisories available to the public. with that being said, it is a work in progress about having contact information. but we were assured today by the airlines that they will continue to work very closely with us to provide manifest passengers on an individual flight in the event of a coronavirus infection. the cooperation is just what the american people would expect from our airlines. but let me let cdc speak to the other issue. >> thank you, mr. vice president. so we are working in support of the california health department that is in the process of evaluating another cruise ship where they do have confirmed cases. we are at the very beginning of that looking at the manifest to make sure we understand who has gotten off of the cruise, and where they got off of the cruise. and we are really involved in

that entire contact follow up as we speak right now. >> last question periods pico right here. >> thank you very much. a question for dr. birx, regarding being safe to fly, spring break coming along, a lot of grandparents might be coming to family members to help watch over kids, older adults, is it safe, is it unnecessary travel and should they still hopped on a plane and travel? >> that is why we were talking about the common sense approach. if you have pre-existing medical conditions where you are of the elderly and frail, that is something they need to take into context. that is why we are clear about providing that information. because we really want everyone to know what we know. we receive this new data and we have gone through it carefully. it does look like there is significant, greater risk of serious illness as you become older and if you have other medical conditions. now, what i talked about also

was protecting the elderly. and protecting those with other medical conditions. i want to be clear of the other medical conditions include people recovering from cancer. so just as she would protect them when they have their chemotherapy, and their responses are lower, you would do that with careful hand washing again and ensuring if you have children in the household, that they are following those same procedures. i have a 9-month-old and a 2-year-old grandchild. the 2-year-old has learned to wash her hands carefully. and i think these are just things we need to ensure her happening every every day in households. >> you have any hesitation of traveling tomorrow with your own personal health? and are you trying to send a message that it is safe to fly? >> vice president pence: no come i have no hesitation at all. i can tell you that the job washington state has done in confronting the coronavirus

infections in the seattle area has been really inspiring. an outstanding health facility. outstanding health department, and we will be sitting down with all of their health officials. but i'm a real believer just as the president is in sitting down, sitting nose to nose as the president had today with executives. and asking the questions, and making sure the american people expect nothing less. they expect us to be there for that community and we will be bringing the task force to make sure that washington state has all the support that they need. and that is the purpose of the trip. >last one. >> in light of what dr. birx said yesterday about how quickly this virus has been spreading, what needs to happen specifically for you to declare this a national emergency? what is the threshold? will it be the number of deaths? will it be the number of cases? >> juan: that is the briefing

at the white house on the coronavirus. dr. vice president pence, dr. birx all giving the latest information. katie, clearly, they say it is safe to fly but what do you think? >> katie: i will listen to what the experts say. they have been briefing us with a lot of new information. and it sounds like the high-risk for people when it comes to fatalities or people who are older, elderly and frail. the doctor said underlying medical conditions. we should go about our daily lives and wash her hands with soap and water. they stress you do not need hand sanitizer to be safe and clean to fight this virus and to avoid it. so soap and hot water will do periods where think just listening to their advice is a good thing and not panicking and moving forward is also a good thing periods >> juan: the vice president is going out to minnesota, manufacturing and then washington state where there's been a center of the outbreak. >> greg: what katie is correct. divert the focus away from like

schools and planes and look more at nursing homes and hospitals because that is where the vulnerable are concentrated. i think we are seeing a lot of optimistic research coming out based on the cruise liner. i urge everybody to go to google, google jeremy faust, he has a piece and probably the most comprehensive debate of today and people trying to are s no sense to me. i think that you will look back and it will be >> jesse: what is your toilet paper safeguard, what is your move, greg? >> greg: when you are ordering food, asked for extra napkins. >> kennedy: and extra water. that always. >> katie: you should be prepared for anything. we know that living here in new york city. you know that living near d.c. anything can happen so it is good to be prepared.

it is always bad to panic. and having more facts come in, that is what these doctors think. we have more data. we have a clear picture how the virus is doing the most damage and greg is absolutely right, that is where they should be committing resources. >> juan: what we see, jesse, they are only limiting travel from certain areas, italy, korea, but even there they say the senior citizens senior -- and vulnerable populations, people six, diabetes, high blood pressure and the rest. >> jesse: this country is finally starting to get a handle on things. people are more competent the more they learn. i did water's world shoot downtown and i asked about two things, super tuesday and the coronavirus. no one had a clue what happened on super tuesday. everybody knows about krone and what to do, wash her hands, and everything else, so it does seem like that information is breaking through to people that don't know about super tuesday.

>> it it's okay to shame people when they sneeze. >> juan: i like the foot shake. that is it for us. set your dvr and never miss an episode of "the five." of course not answer "special report with bret baier" nxt. ♪ >> good evening fox news world headquarters in new york, breaking tonight, we are following three major stories. vice president pence has you just saw saying he has great hope for great progress in expanding coronavirus testing throughout the country. the vice president just finishing briefing the media and white house briefing room in the house has approved emergency spending bill as two more americans die from the virus. we will have details shortly. and the presidential race, you