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number 24 is retired "early today" starts right now good morning i'm frances rivera. >> i'm phillip mena. that breaking news, the sho nightmare vacation now over for show". this is the first tonight show hundreds of americans who were aboard a cruise ship in japan broadcast from new york in over 40 years l because of a coronavirus outbreak the scheduled flight for today welcome. i'm jimmy fallon, and i'll be has landed in the u.s. your host for now. it was carrying nearly 400 >> still there though that was jimmy fallon alluding to the people, but not everybody late night shuffle of conan onboard has a clean bill of o'brien and jay leno who were health more than 40 americans have tested positive for the virus. previous hosts of "the tonight let's go to bill neely show." it was six years ago he took has the government said how they over the reins. >> i remember that day very plan to protect the citizens who were not infected? well. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, this viral video is going phillip. the straight answer is that contagious for a sweet reason. nearly 400 americans on twhoes his son was born ten weeks flights will spend the next 14 days in quarantine and only premature. it spread like wildfire after that, assuming they are still testing negative, will providing hope for parents they be allowed to go back home. >> reporter: this firefighter is

the second of those lack land d going viral for his dance moves racking up more than 4 million views. for over a month now, he has been hosting daily videos on the at travis air force base in popular social app tick california just under 400 americans finally back on u.s. soil, but not quite tock, from busting a move with home yet a difficult flight fellow firefighters to dancing it's a converted cargo plane with the ucs mascot. the videos have been a huge hit. and as you say, on the flight >> i'm did a silly thing just to were 14 americans who two or do it, see what happened i woke up the next morning and three days ago had tested had 500 views on it. positive for the virus but were >> reporter: chris isn't dancing not showing any symptoms for fun. he's dancing for purpose, this they were put in an isolation guy, his premature son dylan area that had been fitted into who's fighting for his leaf in both of those planes, kept separate from all the the ne-onatal care unit passengers the passengers wore heavy-duty face masks, respiratory masks. his wife was suffering from the crew and officials were unurse, they're in hazma complications and the doctors delivered dylan tewes early quarantine just one other which is pretty startling 99 more cases of the virus have

at just four pounds. been detected on the ship, >> i was scared. bringing the total to 454, which i could tell everyone was scared too. >> reporter: chris posted the means that that ship is an views to tick tock and with incubator for the virus, so the millions of views, thousands of quarantine that was meant to, you know, help confine the virus comments, messages from across to the ship hasn't really the globe. worked the virus has just spread like >> your nicu ad is hard but wildfire around that ship. attitude is uplifting. so i'm sure for the americans hope you get home healthy and who are back home, it's a great happy soon from all of us here, relief that they're now on u.s. leila, adam, and our sweet soil. >> it sure is. but those 99 more cases as you angel. >> this is why chris keeps on mention, quite a disturbing stat bill neely in hong kong for us dancing. not for himself, but for the thousands of others who share his pain and his hope. bill, thanks the 2020 race is heading out >> these people are telling me west this morning. early for the nevada caucus, but i'm making them happier, so if i can do that to somebody, just one person, i'll just keep candidates aren't done to win going, keep making something silly. over fighting voters >> and baby dylan is getting wednesday could shake things up. stronger by the day. the doctors are hoping he can tracie possible joins us from d.c. with the very latest. finally go home in about two weeks. one of the days he'll be up

tracie, we could see a new there dancing with his dad too. candidate on the debate stage. >> can't wait to see that >> yeah. posted michael bloomberg is hoping to just ahead, why your trash and recyclables may end up in qualify to be on that stage. if that's the case, there will the same place. plus, "sonic the hedge hogg" be six rather thanfire races to a opening at the box the debate happening first some of the democrat is office entresto is a heart failure medicine prescribed by most cardiologists. candidates already starting to turn on one another. it was proven superior at helping people stay alive most of nevada's 48 delegates and out of the hospital. will be decided in saturday's caucuses heart failure can change the structure of your heart, earlyvoting is going to be so it may not work as well. entresto helps improve your heart's ability under way. to pump blood to the body. pete buttigieg slamming people and with a healthier heart, there's no telling where life may take you. against gay marriage. don't take entresto if pregnant; >> i'm proud of my husband it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. >> health care is huge here. buttigieg sides with union workers who want to keep their or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. private plans while senator elizabeth warren explains how to the most serious side effects are angioedema, pay for medicare for all.

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