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global crisis. as stocks in the u.s. are in virtual freefall, the dow dropping another 1200 on thursday, down 3200 for the week, as the worldwide ripple effect of the coronavirus is taking a toll. the terrifying moment for parents and toddlers a car crashes into a day care center the storm before the calm. as lake-effect snow should soon give way to a nice weekend ahead for most george clooney speaking out as the> are you game to spend a
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night two at the jersey shore inside you can rent it for the right price. "early today" starts right now good friday morning. >> we begin with the threat of the coronavirus, here at home. a seriously ill patient in california has experts concerned. she is perhaps the first u.s. case that is community spread, meaning doctors don't know how or where she got sick. >> that suggests that the virus is out there in the community, and that means pretty much that everybody is at risk we don't know who might be carrying it or who we could get it from. >> the uncertainty has been rocking the tom. our reporter has more. >> reporter: a dramatic drop, nearly 1200 points, the most ever in a single day for the dow. in coronavirus crash mode. on pace for its worst week since 2008 just ugly, ugly all around
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janet yellen warning of a potential recession, adding -- >> there is risk, but basically i think the u.s. outlook looks pretty good. >> reporter: vice president pence with a show of force at the health depth >> we want all hands on deck >> reporter: he's leading the administration's response after critics accused the white house of mixed messaging and confusing contradicti contradictions >> the risk to the person people remains very low >> the degree of risk has the potential to change quickly. >> we do expect more cases >> it may get a little bigger or not at all we'll see what happens >> reporter: one top doctor, anthony fauci, told associates he's been instructed not to say anything else without clearance. the vice president has come under fire for how he handled a spike in hiv cases in indiana in 2015 when he was governor, opposing a needle exchange
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program before backing one that slowed the outbreak weeks later. >> what was his approach it was to put politics over science, and let a serious virus expand in his state. >> he obviously has learned from that, and arguably would maybe be in the best spot to know how you deal with this based upon what happened back in indiana. >> reporter: and in a sign the administration is watching the potential economic impact of the coronavirus, the president's top advisers on that issue, including the treasury secretary, have been added to the task force handling the response >> thank you this outbreak is disrupting daily life around the world. more than 83,000 cases have been confirmed on six continents. cities now trying to restrict public gatherings. no fans were allowed at this soccer game in italy we're joined now in london
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good morning so we are seeing more drastic measures being taken here all over the world >> reporter: good morning. that's right, dramatic steps being taken because of the coronavirus all over the world, causing a lot of disruption. top tier football matches are being played in empty stadiums in korea and italy, where people are fanatic about their teams and the sports also in south korea, concerts have been canceled, korean air won't allow passengers with a temperature higher than 99.5 degrees to fly to the united states in japan, the tokyo disney resort is closed until the 15th of march and tokyo 2020 olympic organizers will announce at some point next week how they're planning to told the torch relay. saudi arabia has closed off the holiest sites in islam to foreign pilgrims over the coronavirus disrupting travel
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for thousands of muslims heading to the kingdom iran has canceled friday prayers for the first time since the revolution four decades ago. so disruption all over the world, phillip >> we should all be prepared for a disruption in our lives, too voters will head to the polls for the south carolina primary tomorrow it is a critical contest for joe biden. the former vice president is hoping to gain some much-needed momentum going into super tuesday. >> would a biden victory in south carolina be enough to shake up the race and shake out some of the competition? nbc's kristen welker has more. >> reporter: joe biden facing a make or break moment for his campaign getting a boost. a new poll showing him leading in south carolina by 20 points, and now he's taking new shots at bernie sanders >> senator sanders' medicare for all push will be a long, long expensive slog
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it will cost over $35 trillion and the patients can't afford to wait >> reporter: joe biden looking to knock out other alternatives to sanders, like mayor pete buttigieg. joe biden has a convincing win here, is this a two-person race between biden and sanders? >> i don't think so. for those looking for an alternative to bernie sanders, i'm offering a different way forward. >> reporter: but sanders insisting he's the democrat's best bet >> don't tell me bernie can't beat trump we're going to beat him here and all over this country. >> reporter: but looming over everyone, billionaire and former new york mayor michael bloomberg, already pouring a stunning $172 million into ads in super tuesday states, saying he's poised to go to the convention >> are you committed to staying in through that entire process >> as long as you have a chance of winning, absolutely i'm going to stay to the bitter
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end as long as i have a chance >> are you in this race to the end? >> we're in it to win it >> reporter: joe biden is counting on strong support among african-american voters here to win big. but the question is, is it too late to stop bernie sanders' momentum heading into super tuesday? >> and the war of words rages on between president trump and michael bloomberg. the president saying "mini michael bloomberg performed so poorly in the two debates, he's thinking about dropping out of the democratic primary." bloomberg said the president is incapable of confronting large problems like the coronavirus. a community in philadelphia is shaken after a car crashed into a day care with kids inside the car plunged into the building injuring several injure as they were napping authorities are investigating how this could have happened >> reporter: at a pennsylvania day care center, the picture of danger >> i heard a car hit the
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building, so we had to come get our child. >> reporter: a bmw barreling into a classroom with 1 children inside authorities say four children were injured, one seriouslily after the car crashed into an area where the 3 and 4-year-olds take snaps the woman driving the car was hospitalized with minor injuries parents were stuned. amanda relieved her twin boys aren't hurt. >> yeah, they're okay. i'm the one scared >> reporter: many parents holding their children just a little tighter sam brock, nbc news. as police in milwaukee continue to search for a motive for that deadly shooting, a prayer vigil was held. they all worked at molson coors. >> reporter: milwaukee is a community in mourning, grieving
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the loss of five employees of the molson coors beverage company, killed by a co-worker who took his own life. >> they were husbands, fathers, and they were friends. they were part of the fabric of our company and our community, and we will miss them terribly >> the tragic shooting erupted wednesday. the gunman was 51-year-old anthony farrell. >> he was a current employee at the time of the incident reasons for this is still under investigation. >> reporter: police descended on the suspect's home looking for answers. neighbors are shocked and saddened >> this has never been anything i would have thought would happen around here >> reporter: police and tactical units rushed to secure the complex, which includes over 20 buildings. the facility, known as the old miller brewery, is a staple of milwaukee, where the community
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is coming together >> it's shock and disbelief at first. then it was, you know, what can we do to help and support? >> reporter: support for a grief stricken community, reeling in the wake of tragedy. an emotional fair wl for a new york city firefighter daniel foley. he died on saturday of 9/11 related pancreatic cancer. his brother, tom, was also a firefighter killed at ground zero parts of western new york have been slammed by blizzard conditions brutal conditions like these are expected to continue today some areas are buried in multiple feet of snow, as you can see, it can be very dangerous to travel. this storm is delivering blasts of strong winds. the person who shared this video from new york says those gusts were reaching 50 to 60 miles per
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hour >> good morning, bill. >> thankfully it's only a small percentage of people seeing that winter weather we have wind chills at 26 in mobile that's cold for anyone and in green bay, negative numbers. buffalo at 5 right now so the good news is there's not a lot of snow or rain out there. a lot of travel area also be perfect today. atlanta not bad. new york, breezy and chilly. 41 for the afternoon as far as the weekend does, saturday morning is chilly a new storm in the northwest on saturday sunday, it headsd there's that beginning. look at rapid city up to 50
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har harry. they are obligated to provide security assistance because they're recognized as internationally protected persons. but once they step down as members of the royal family march 31, the services will cease. the mother of two missing idaho kids was denied a bail reduction. she's currently being held on $5 million bail she decided not to fight extradition to idaho where she will face charges of desertion and nonsupport of children her kids, joshua and tily, have been missing since september george clooney is speaking out, he says he's saddened about child labor claims against coffee giant es poso >> reporter: george clooney has been the face of the company of espres espresso now he's saying he's surprised
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and saddened the british tv show dispatch says it filmed children working in grueling conditions in guatemala to pick beans that supply starbucks and espresso. nbc news has not seen or verified the report, but clooney is responding, saying he's on the sustainability advisory board, and that progress has been made. but clearly this board and company still have work to do, and that work will be done espresso says it's not verified the allegations, but in a video statement, the company's ceo says he's concerned and they're investigating. >> child labor has no place in our supply chain >> reporter: starbucks says it's also investigating, and the company did not purchase coffee from the farms in question, adding tar bucks has zero
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his first album tied a record when it spent 50 weeks at number one and gave him seven consecutive number one songs not bad for a fie who first picked up a guy itar just eight years ago. that's on sunday today catch us in the morning or set that dvr and watch us any time you like for now, back to you and i'll see you on sunday morning. >> thank you, willie >> picked up a guitar eight years ago? >> never too late. the epic lake-effect snow band still coming off lake ontario. even some lightning strikes with this in the last hour or two we could get another two pete in the next 24 hours with those heavy bands.
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the tech boom is reversing a trend that dates back over a hundred years, driving black entrepreneurs to new opportunities in the south >> reporter: in atlanta, one of the fastest growing cities in the country. tech start-ups are helping to fuel the boom. tristan walker's business is part of it, making health and beauty products for people of color. last year, of a multi-million dollar merger, he moved to the peach tree state you never saw yourself settling in the south
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>> no. >> reporter: for tristan and many others, the south was just a place to visit relatives this is where you would see your grandparents starting in 1915, desperate to escape jim crow laws, and the horrors of the segregated south, about 6 million black people migrated north >> it's one of the biggest migration patterns that this country has ever witnessed >> reporter: for many, it was a gateway into the middle class. >> you can get a job at a steel mill and make a decent living. >> reporter: by the 1970s, broken neighborhoods sparked a new search, the great migration in reverse, attracting retires and young professionals. >> you have an correct? >> all across the city, you can see examples of people that have achieved at the highest levels >> reporter: now tristan is raising his children where his ancestors started. >> i can live now, right
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i mean, live and afford to live, and that opens up an opportunity for us to seek opportunity, right? that we might not have sought otherwise. >> reporter: history reversing itself, offering new hope to a new generation >> companies are celebrating tomorrow krispy kreme will delivery free donuts to hospitals. and if leap day is your birthday, post a comment to win a free bag of chips. >> i always thought it was tough to have a birthday every four years. now to a unique airbnb vacation rental. lucy the elephantraction on the
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and now you can stay inside for $138 proceeds go to the save lucy committee. she was built in 1881, making her older than the statue of liberty. >> just major bragging rights. thanks for watching. woman: the deadly corona virus officially hitting the us. man: the markets are plunging for a second straight day. vo: health experts warn the us is underprepared. managing a crisis is what mike bloomberg does. in the aftermath of 9-11, he steadied and rebuilt america's largest city. oversaw emergency response to natural disasters. upgraded hospital preparedness to manage health crises. and he's funding cutting edge research to contain epidemics. tested. ready. mike: i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message.
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friday morning, february 28th. take a peek outside. gorgeous look at the golden gate bridge. an iconic landmark not only in the bay area but across the world. nice start to our friday morning. >> you match it. >> i do. good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. yesterday was amazing. weather. i was enjoying the day, windows down. >> we reach a record yesterday,
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