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good morning, what do we know? everywhere. >> good morning, kristen. these new cases coming as a well goodnight. shock to every single state along the west coast. california, oregon and geico. over 75 years of savings and service. washington all seeing instances of community spread duroan virus. meaning officials don't know how these new patients were infected and two of those patients were in close contact with schools. all right, let's do a little this morning the number of cases pop start. of the coronavirus growing, the our friend joel gargulo in this disease spreading. overnight in oregon health officials making an alarming announcement. an elementary school employee has tested positive for the morning. >> we are going to get started with a record breaking contract coronavirus. >> there was no known travel exposure for this individual, so for tony romo. this is a case of community the former dallas cowboys spread of the disease. quarterback and cbs are said to >> reporter: while in seattle a have come to a broadcast deal high school student testing that would extend romo's positive as well. >> they're preparing to sanitize contract a him around a cool $17 million a season. the school's campus over the weekend and are intending to remain closed on monday. so this would make him the >> they are the third and fourth highest paid nfl analyst in tv cases of what health officials history. and just for comparison purposes call community spread contagion in the united states, meaning ed about $127 million over e their origins are unknown. >> like the california case reported two days ago our third 14 seasons averaging about 9

case did not recently travel mill i see dollar a season. overseas or have any known so an upgrade. contact with a recent traveller >> so there's 17 weeks in a year or an infected person. for the football season. that's making a million dollars a sunday. >> now health care workers that's a good thing. across the country are preparing >> i don't know if this is good time to ask for a raise. for a possible pandemic. >> any given sunday, there you >> this case does signal to us go. >> it's good. all right, well moving on that it's now time to shift how we respond to the novel after an 11-season run the coronavirus. >> in solano county, california, modern family star has filmed the nation's first case of her final episode. so with a hit show coming to an end, what's a superstar to do? community spread coronavirus we now know the answer. under increasing scrutiny, the sofia will be taking a seat at cause yet to be determined. the whistle-blower complaint the judge ps table on america's got talent. that staff didn't have proper and former judge heidi cloom is training or safety equipment. lawmakers demanding answers. coming back. union's departure of course >> how else did this illness get sparked controversy and as a result an investigation over into the community? allegations of a hostile work most likely high probability it came from it patients, the environment was launched. nbc and agt producers at the evacuees that were brought to travis air force base. time said we remain committed to >> we do not know how she got ensuring a respectful workplace her infection. i want to be very clear. for all employees and take very when one doesn't know, one seriously any questions about doesn't speculate. workplace culture. now back to sofia she will be >> this as industry giants like

amazon have announced cut backs making history with the new gig saying she's extremely proud to on domestic travel for employees be the first latin judge on the while delta airlines and all show. >> good for her. i was thinking like what are they going to do after modern reduced flights to zwjapan, family. singapore and south korea. >> not a bad follow-up. and while the olympics are still >> that's a pretty good deal. a go officials say they're i don't know it's $17 million, limiting crowds at the torch but it's a good deal. it's a good one. relay. >> meanwhile in washington and last but not least school district officials say taylor swift or as peter calls the high school where that one patient attended will be closed her tay tay, the superstar just now for three days of thorough leased her latest video for "the disinfecting. and those who came into contact with that patient will also stay home and away from others and be man." now swift is trying to monitored for symptoms for 14 illustrate the double standards days before being cleared to between men and women. return back to class. the video is full of surprises >> the community and the country including this one. >> hey, just checking was that watching those cases closely. president trump down-played last take more what you had in . fears as he spoke to supporters at a rally in south carolina. could you try to be sexier, the president claiming democrats maybe more likable this time? are politicizing coronavirus and >> that voice, of course, is calling it, quote, their new hoax. dwayne "the rock" johnson and we'll talk to the director of the government agency leading here's the thing. the charge against the virus. the rock wants to take things a

but first we turn to nbc's hans step further. me made a tweet online saying nichols at the white house this next we sing our du >> that is a head turner morning. >> reporter: the president accusing democrats of trying to politicize coronavirus. >> that duet he's suggesting the press and democrats are exaggerating the threat and calling it their moana ii response to the crisis their new >> thanks, joelle. next, celebrating a day that hoax. in a raucous south carolina rally president donald trump casting doubt on the coronavirus comes once every four years. outbreak in this country, and we're talking all things leap casting blame on the democrats. day. that's right after these messages woman: the deadly corona virus >> this is their new hoax. we have lost nobody to coronavirus in the united states. the press is in hysteria mode. >> the president's comments echoing his chief of staff earlier in the day claiming that criticism and coverage of the government's coronavirus response were politically motivated. >> they think this is going to be what brings down the president. >> the president using this crisis to claim that border security is health security. >> whether it's the virus we're talking about or many other

public health threats, the democrat policy of open borders is a direct threat to the health and well-being of all americans. >> reporter: after suggesting at the white house he may expand his coronavirus travel ban to more countries including italy. >> we're looking at a couple of countries, a have are a little bit high number we're going to make that decision soon. >> reporter: as the u.s. called off the summit of leaders in vegas last month the president accusing democrats and the press for overinflating the risk of the coronavirus. this comes another brutal day on wall street over the coronavirus. with the stock market having its worst week since 2008 during the officially hitting the us. height of the financial crisis man: the markets are plunging for a second straight day. dropping nearly 12%. vo: health experts warn the us is underprepared. leading the federal reserve to managing a crisis is what issue a rare statements that it mike bloomberg does. is prepared to use its tools. in the aftermath of 9-11, he steadied and rebuilt america's largest city. oversaw emergency response to

natural disasters. >> i hope the fed gets involved. upgraded hospital preparedness i'm not a big fan of the fed to manage health crises. and he's funding cutting edge they make a lot of mistakes. research to contain epidemics. i hope the fed gets involved tested. ready. >> reporter: the president is mike: i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message. also considering a tax break to stimulate the economy and using a little known korean war-era act. the defense protection act to ramp up production of equipment in the event of an outbreak. peter and kristen. >> thank you, hans. >> let's bring in dr. anthony and we are back on this saturday morning got a great fauci. he is part of the team leading the battle of the coronavirus. you will get to the government's allow us to be the first to wish response, but first, the you a happy leap day. reaction from president trump >> the day that comes once every over the political rally four years to keep the calendar he referred to fears of the in sync with the seasons calend coronavirus as a democratic hoax is this a hoax >> i can't comment on what you just asked

i can comment on what is going it's on your calendars. on and what you just showed. a day >> proud to be a leap day baby we are having now the beginning >> welcome to leap central of what is called community spread that is one of the things one >> leap central, we're here. needs to be concerned about. this is where the magic happens. when you have community spread, she's been alive for 60 years but today she's turning 15 it becomes more difficult to how does it feel to be a track down with the original teenager >> it's a lot easier this time source was around countries other than china now are having so many cases >> she's one of roughly 200,000 italy, south korea, iran americans born on the once every we will then start seeing four-year date of february 29th. individuals in the country with it's a 1 in 1,500 chance community spread in other words, no specific those long odds inspired dawn to attachment to or connection to a become the world's first leap day lady dedicating her whole known case that makes the tracing more life to one date difficult. >> you say it makes it more why do we have one leap day? >> i believe it's the most difficult, dr. fauci important date on the calendar how does that change our ability because it keeps the calendar in line with the seasons. to combat this from spreading if the calender was not in line within the united states with the seasons we'd be >> take for example when people celebrating our holidays in different seasons. >> in other words our calenders came in from china and they were would be off about 25 days immediately identified because we knew who they were before after a hundred years everything hand what you do is identify and you would be out of whack. about 25 isolate and you contact trace.

you know what the index case is. the global importance of the when you have a community letter to start the hono spread, someone appears to have society of leap day year babies. >> i wanted to find other people been infected by someone born on the same day as me to see if they went through the you don't know who that person same things i did. >> leapers like dawn faced other was. then you have to backtrack and headaches like incorrectly do all of the contact tracing to issued birth certificates, driver's licenses and work i.d.s do the isolation and to get them leading to serious complications. >> for some reason programming under an isolation protocol. computers the programmers forgot that is much more difficult when someone just appears in the about leap day, and so oftentimes february 29 isn't community and you don't know even an option what the source of that infection was. >> dr. fauci, there have been serious questions about the r y oftentimes february 29 isn't even an option. reliability of the tests >> and that's why she spends her days fighting calender confusion, enlightening the nationwide does every single state have the world why that extra day every four years is important. ability to test and identify new cases of coronavirus >> you know, it is not a nbc news, kaiser, oregon "to question of the accuracy of the test right now. there has been delay there >> those guys in college who there is the question of the said they were turning 20. availability of the test that was something that was a the driver's license said they problem that is now being were turning 5 rapidly fixed by the cdc as >> happy birthday to her >> that'll do it for us this morning. >> have a great weekday and a we're getting many more tests great weekend, everyone.

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tuesday, just a few days away. this morning joe biden banking on the first southern primary . good morning, i'm marianne state to deliver him his first favro. presidential primary win in his coming up next on "today in the bay" a new case of the three runs for the white house. coronavirus in the bay area. how the way it was transmitted >> send me out of here with a is shifting the way santa clara victory that's significant, then i think i'm going to be the next county responds. plus, it's a rush to find a nominee of the united states. cure, but one east bay lab is >> reporter: polls show biden with a significant lead here. taking a different approach. fighting to hold off any late why it's producing copies of the charge from the other candidates blitzing the state including coronavirus. and after a warm week in the bay area, we're tracking a form cooldown and windy forecast former south bend mayor pete buttigieg. >> happy warren. >> fighting back is an act of patriotism. >> reporter: and the billionaire tom steyer who invested heavily here. >> win, lose or draw i fell in love with the people of south carolina. >> reporter: but all of the candidates are chasing the national front-runner, senator bernie sanders who held one last rally in columbia friday. >> we're so appreciative of the hospitality and the support we've been getting, so thank you, south carolina.

>> reporter: before jetting off to massachusetts, a critical super tuesday state. >> why with great pleasure we're going to beat trump. >> reporter: on tuesday the race goes national with massive states like texas and california among the 14 battlegrounds in play. polls showing sanders leading in many of them. back in south carolina the president conducting a poll of his own. asking supporters at a rally who they would prefer to see him face in november. >> so who is easier to beat? crazy bernie? or sleepy joe? they think bernie's easier to beat. >> that was president trump last night. gair garrett, let's talk about the democratic nomination for a second. right now, senator sanders has the lead but to secure the nomination, a candidate needs more than 1,900 delegates. only 4% of delegates have been up for grabs so far. that means everything changes on

super tuesday. another 34% will be awarded then. so simply looking at the magth here, could bernie sanders have an insurmountable lead after tuesday? >> maybe not insurmountable but delegates give out proportionately. they have no beat him not just by a little by by a lot with fewer and fewer big states in play. it will be a challenge if sanders has a big night tuesday. >> garrett, thanks very much and by the way, we will be talking to the mayor former pete buttigieg coming up in our next half hour. >> also, representatives for the u.s. and taliban are putting their sig suggest on a landmark peace deal that will hopefully pave the way for an end to america's longest war. secretary of state mike pompeo, arriving in doha, qatar, earlier today to witness the signing of the historic deal. the agreement to lead to a partial drawdown of u.s. troops in afghanistan. in return, the taliban have

promised to reduce violence, reject al qaeda, fight isis, and enter into a possible power sharing agreement with the afghan government. the deal comes as part of president trump's campaign promise to end the 18-year war. >> now, to take a look at a incredible scene in western new york. homes became thanks to lake effect snow. right? the ice is believed to be ahead. anywhere from one to three feet good saturday morning. it is 7:00. here is a live look outside deep. residents who are used to cold and snow in the area say they looking at the bay bridge from the embarcadero in san francisco. isn't that serene? have never seen anything like this. dave taking a look at the absolutely beautiful. good morning, thank you for forecast in for dylan. joining us. i'm marianne favro in for. dave, that is quite a picture. >> >> yeah. it is. right out there, ft. drum and with approximate good reason. still looking on lake effect. but totals actually above that three-foot mark. close to four feet in some locations. and more moist air and cold air coming down as far as the carolinas into kentucky and

virginia where we have advisories and warnings in effect. let's walk over and take a look at cold air in through the northeast back through the midwest. single-digit wind chill to below zero. as we walk on over here, the good news is a warmup is on the way. we will talk more about that we're off to a mild start, 50 degrees right now in san jose. san martin 49, oakland 53, santa rosa 40 degrees. we're going to get a combination of sun and clouds, but the temperatures will be noticeably cooler this afternoon. 52 degrees by about 8:00 a.m. we'll remain in the 50s for san francisco. we're going to start off this cooling trend, but we're also going to see the winds take up tonight and sunday as well. temperatures will top out in the low 60s and the interior valleys topping out into the mid-60s. >> a and that's a quick look at

your weather, folks. >> for sure. >> we appreciate that. still to come right here, much more on today's south carolina primary as the democratic presidential candidates duke it out. as we said, we will talk live to the former mayor pete buttigieg about what his campaign has to do in south carolina and ahead of super tuesday. >> we're back after these messages. vo: don't fall for negative,

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for this afternoon in san francisco. we're going to remain in those 50s. now, this is going to be after a couple of days where we manage to break a couple of daily record high temperatures in through the city. if you're going to be further inland for fremont, expect mid-60s. i'll talk about the winds, how gusty it's going to be coming up of course at 7:00 a.m. >> sounds good. we begin this morning with a third confirmed kroocoronavirus case. this is different from the two previous cases. ed patient has not traveled or come in contact with an infected person. we've been told the woman has chronic health conditions and was hospitalized for a respiratory illness. her doctor requested a coronavirus test. health officials say the new case shows there's evidence of community transmission. the woman is now in isolation. the county says all of its acute care hospitals are equipped with isolation rooms.

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and oregon each announced one person in their state has contracted the virus the patients had not travel overseas or come in contact with a recent traveller or infected person the news is sparking fears about the strength and origin of the coronavirus as health care workers prepare for a possible, possible pandemic. president trump has nominated a new director of national intelligence. the president announcing friday he is picking texas congressman intelligence community. he was one of the president's most john ratcliffe to head the u.s. intelligence community he was one of the president's most vocal defenders during the impeachment hearings the president had previously named ratcliffe to the job last year but withdrew the nomination after some democrats and republicans after revelations he had inflated his résume and to stunning video of police officers chasing a stolen ambulance through the streets of philadelphia leading police on a wild pursuit for more than an hour and hitting several cars at one point the driver stopped and appeared to get out of the vehicle as police d drove off.

the sparks flying and he was eventually stopped and dragged out of the ambulance yikes. police handcuffed him and took him into custody wild video carolina. the democratic presidential candidates are appealing to voters in that state. >> as we mentioned today it is primary day in south carolina. the democratic presidential candidates are appealing to voters in that state former south bend, indiana mayor pete buttigieg in that state thanks for being here. >> good morning, thanks for having me. >> mr. mayor, we'll talk about south carolina but first your reaction to the administration's handling of this coronavirus situation right now given this spread of the virus in not just california but oregon and washington state as well are you satisfied with the government's response and what would you be doing differently >> well, i'm very concerned with lives on the line and a huge impact coming to our economy it's critically important that the administration and the white house handle this in a way that's based on science and not

based on politics. president recently in talking about this issue our lives depend on the wisdom and the judgment of the ld be s not only a reliance on science and an insistence on moving politics away from this but the kind of coordination that is uniquely the leadership role of the white house. that's here in the united states coordinating the public and private sector to make sure that screening, treatment and eventually a vaccine become available, and it's international coordination look, this virus doesn't care what country it's in it doesn't respect borders it's not going to be stopped by a wall this is one of those moments where those international relationships are so important unfortunately, those relationships have been compromised. >> mayor buttigieg, we do want to get to south carolina as well polls show former vice president joe biden has a commanding lead there. commanding lead he said last night if he wins

big he will be the nominee do you agree with that assessment >> no, i believe that we are positioned to become the nominee, but, you know, ce we're expecting a competitive finish here in south carolina, and then onto super tuesday where it's literally a coast to coast race so we're working hard and we've got organizers in every state. >> mayor, if it isn't you who should be the nominee? >> obviously we're campaigning on the idea my vision is the right one. i know senator sanders is in the lead right now i respect him. i respect his ideals but this is i respect his ideals but this a moment we need to bring as many people together as possible i think that's how we're going to build the majority that will defeat donald trump. you don't have to be a die hard democrat to be disturbed by the actions and behavior of this president and to want things to change in this country i'm offering the chance to turn the page and move out of just the chaotic and divisive tone we're experiencing in our

politics right now because we had to right vision and right message volunteers emerging to be part of this effort people contributing on peteforamerica.com i'm urging anyone who supports this campaign to do so right no. i believe that message is going to continue to carry us onto nomination and to win in november and donald trump's presidency >> mr. mayor, as you know right now moderates in the race are sort of dividing up the moderate part of the democratic party right now. many democrats say that split is basically giving this election, giving the nomination to bernie sanders going forward. so is your staying in this race ultimately helping bernie sanders? >> well, let me put it this way. why would you step aside from a race to accommodate people who are behind you right now i have the most delegates besides bernie sanders, the most votes -- >> but he's way ahead of the polls in all the super tuesday states

>> we should probably consolidate around an alternative. that's right so if you're looking for somebody other than senator sanders look he's very much in the lead, but most democrats are looking for somebody else. and ours is the leading campaign for those looking for that alternative. i'm offering real bold, meaningful progressive change, but a way to do that it can actually gather together and energize rather than polarize that american majority that wants to see workers empowered, see wages go up, believes in providing health care to everybody without forcing one ge that's america's agenda and i believe my campaign has the best potential to deliver that, to defeat trump with a different kind of voice from the heart of the country, somebody who served in uniform, somebody who's calling out to people with a message of faith that god does not belong to any political party. i believe this is how we gather together the majority not just to beat donald trump but we send

trumpism and everything associated with it into the history books for good >> we appreciate your time continue to stay safe on the trail. >> thank you good being with you. >> good to see you, mayor. let's turn now for another check on the weather dave price is out on the plaza we've got a good crowd out there despite the fact it's pretty chilly still >> it's very chilly out here an. >> it's very chilly out we've got a great crowd of leap day birthday folks here. how are you and happy birthday nice to see you. so if i'd asked you last year on the 28th how old you were, what would you have said? >> 75. >> and march 1st last year, what would you have said? >> 75. >> so this year you're going to celebrate 19 because it's a leap year said? >> 75. >> so this year you're going to celebrate 19 becaus happy birthday to the leap year babies let's see what's happening all across the country got another storm system rolling in the pacific northwest that's going to begin to push on in and spread some snow at the higher elevations as we roll through the next 24 hours. all of that begins to push on in

and towards the mountains lake tahoe you could see 2 to 4 inches of snow watch in wyoming, utah and colorado, slick mountain travel. that's a look at our national maps here's an early look at what's good saturday morning, a live look over san francisco. 50 degrees, wind speeds at 14 miles per hour. current temperatures throughout the bay area fairly mild up through napa, 46, san jose 50. today's big story is going to be the drop in temperatures. we are in a cooling trend in through the weekend, we're also going to notice the winds picking up. daytime highs in the mid-60s. this after we've had a pretty warm week throughout the bay area. expect gusty conditions to pick up as we head into sunday and monday as well for the interior valleys. >> that's a quick look at your weather. we'll send it back inside to you. >> you don't look a day past 20. >> staying young. just ahead, from stocking up on groceries to getting extra

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closings, interrupted work and possibly quarantines. >> we're grateful to have every week our friend nbc's medical contributor dr. natalie azar, especially this week. so let's get right to their questions. >> okay, first question i think everyone has whether it's coronavirus or some other type of disruption, how can families, how can people make sure they're prepared, have what they need in their home in. >> this is just about what's called disruption or pandemic preparedness. this doesn't mean necessarily the germs are going to come to your community, but in case they do just some practical tips to keep in mind. the dhs is recommending to have at least a two week supply of food, nonperishables and water. now, what does that mean for you practically? cans of soup, that kind of thing. just keep that in mind. when it comes to medications i think a 30 day supply, possibly skg your doctor for a 90-day supply might not be unreasonable especially if it's lifesaving

medicines you need to have around. >> a lot of families have having a reality check, hey do i stay home from work at some point. >> that's something you want to discuss with your local department and take guidance from them. that's not insomething you necessarily want to do on your own. >> how do you stay healthy? >> the masks don't work. the surgical masks you see people walking around with do not filter the viral particles. the n-95 respirators health care workers have, those are the ones that could technically work but it's not recommended for it average person. covering your mouth or nose if you cough or sneeze, stay home if you're sick and also get your flu shot, because if you do end up with the flu you are more likely or susettabceptible to b sickened by the coronavirus.

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