coronavirus truths and misinformation this morning we'll cut through the clutter and give you the latest stats plus, how you can protect yourself from being taken advantage of during a run on supplies after dropping out of the race from the white house elizabeth warren speaks on who she will endorse and taylor swift joining the relief effort in a big way get ready for the big royal farewell of harry and meghan in london here's young eve in 117 mile

per hour winds you might just take the early "early today" starts right now good morning i'm frances rivera >> and i'm phillip mena. we begin with the latest on the coronavirus emeround the world more than 96,000 people have been sickened and at least 3,300 have died, mostly in mainland china. palestinian territories have declared a 30-day state of emergency after four cases were suspected in bethlehem schools have been shut down, and all tourist and religious areas are closed outside of china, south korea had one of the largest outbreaks. overnight 500 more cases were reported there that brings the total to more than 6,000 royal caribbean has announced that people who have recently traveled to south korea will be barred from boarding their cruise ships that restriction also applies to italy and iran officials in washington state are reporting two more deaths from the virus which brings the total there to 13 and the national total to 14

vice president mike pence traveled to washington state to meet with governor jay inslee. for more on the u.s. response, here's nbc's alice barr. >> reporter: an escalating response to the coronavirus in the u.s. as the number of cases grows in more than a dozen states across the country. >> the yeas are 96 the yeas are none. >> reporter: the senate passing an $8 billion emergency funding bill to combat the spread. a minnesota facility that makes masks and all protect give gear. before heading to washington state after a state of emergency. so is california where another cruise ship linked to at least two confirmed cases was ordered to remain off the coast. and in new york state, cases doubling to 22 new york city's mayor imploring the federal government to send more test kits the trump administration says they're working on it. >> we don't have enough tests today to meet what we anticipate

will be the demand >> by the end of the week we believe we will have shipped enough for 75,000 people to be tested >> reporter: as health officials urgently warn people showing symptoms to stay home from work, president trump stirred controversy by saying this on fox news about mild cases. >> some of them go to work but they get better. >> reporter: also saying he has a hunch the death rate is lower than the world health organization is reporting as the w.h.o. warns against underestimating the threat >> this is not a drill this is a time for pulling out all the stops. >> reporter: the dow taking another dive as airlines slash flights and businesses take precautions. amazon mock those telling employees to work from home. starbucks saying customers can't bring in their own personal cups alice barr, nbc news washington. concerns over the virus have led to a run on supplies all over the country some people are taking advantage

of the high demand and preying on worried americans nbc's jolene kent has this report >> reporter: states across the country cracking down on coronavirus price gouging. >> we are now starting to see scam artists trying to profit off of the fear of the coronavirus. >> reporter: as fears grow, products like masks and hand sanitizer are selling out in stores and online. prices on amazon, walmart, and facebook marketplace from third-party sellers are skyrocketing $220 for a box of ten masks on amazon 11 times the regular price for a bottle of hand sanitizer on walmart.com, $48, normally less than $4 amazon tells nbc news it removed more than 1 million products they're also working to take down overpriced items. but a quick amazon search of hand sanitizer still turns up bottles that are more than twice the regular price. however, the listings of those

price-gouged bottles are fewer but any price gouging during a declared state of emergency in california is illegal. >> buyer beware and buyer keep a record help us help you if you believe you're being exploited, help us prove that. >> keep that receipt >> keep the receipt. >> reporter: with hand sanitizer selling out, you may have come across recipes for making it yourself with vodka. but major brands like tito's warn their product does not work there is not enough alcohol in it to meet the cdc standard for hand sanitizer a former frontrunner in the race for 2020 is bowing out. senator elizabeth warren announcing that she is ending her presidential campaign. and as the last prominent woman in the primary, it's now down to the last man standing, literally. the senator spoke to rachel maddow last night. >> one of the hardest parts

about this, all those pinky promises to all those little girls i was going to do this it's just going to be a little longer before we're able to have a woman in the white house but it doesn't mean it's not going to happen. it doesn't mean it's not going to happen soon >> warren's exit could help bernie sanders, though she's not making any endorsements just yet. nbc's andrea mitchell has more >> reporter: senator elizabeth warren after losing her home state of massachusetts on super tuesday ending her campaign. >> but i guarantee i will stay in the fight >> reporter: a field that began with six women, warren is the last leading woman to bow out. >> one of the hardest parts of this is all those pinky promises and all those little girls who are going to have to wait four more years >> reporter: her departure leaving the race to two white men in their late 70s. did gender play a role >> that is the question for

every woman. if you say, yeah, there was sexism in this race, everyone says whiner. and if you say no there was no sexism, about a bazillion women think what planet do you live on >> reporter: briefly leading in the polls last fall, warren says she needs time to think before endorsing anyone a rm forrer law professor, the iconic progressive was never short on ideas >> and i got a plan for that >> reporter: but she faltered when challenged to explain how she would pay for medicare for all. a fierce debater warren took down michael bloomberg >> a billionaire who calls women fat broads and horse-faced lesbians >> reporter: and famously was caught on an open mic confronting bernie sanders >> i think you called me a liar on national tv >> reporter: while slamming joe biden just this week >> nominating someone who wants to restore the world before

donald trump is a big risk for our party and for our country. >> reporter: biden and sanders both thanked warren for what she brought to the race while both actively seeking her endorsement. even if she does not endorse sanders, like exit is likely to give him an immediate boost since he is the last progressive candidate in the race. facebook is pulling misleading new ads from president trump's re-election campaign the post asks users to fill out an official 2020 congressional district census. but then redirects to a fundraising page for the trump campaign top democrats blasted the ads warning that it could lead to an inaccurate count when the real census goes out in mid-march >> facebook has something that is an official document of donald trump as saying fill this out, this is a census when it is not. it is an absolute lie. >> facebook removed the ads after house speaker nancy pelosi's remarks saying there are policies in place to prevent

confusion around the official u.s. census, and this is an example of those being enforced. the trump campaign has not responded for comment. some of country music's biggest stars use their celebrity for good in an effort to help victims of the deadly tennessee tornados kid rock, dave haywood and gavin degraw led a helping hand for a telethon in nashville. their efforts helped raise more than $385,000. money that will help survivors and recovery efforts here's nbc's stan brock. >> reporter: digging out from unthinkable devastation. >> i don't think that our brains are built to process this kind of destruction >> reporter: after an ef4 tornado ripped through central tennessee, images that defy imagination unless you've experienced the chaos first hand like johnny wilson >> i was holding onto him and

holding onto the do are and just praying to god that it was going to be over soon. >> reporter: just days before the tornado they moved their bedroom to another area of the house. >> had moved to this room here very thankfully so >> reporter: likely saving their lives. across the street his co-worker was killed along with her 4-year-old son, two of the 24 victims. >> i see her face in everyone that i see that survived i see her. >> reporter: but faith after this tragedy restored. >> please make your donations. >> reporter: in nashville, a telethon raising money as celebrities step up like taylor swift who donated a million dollars and from volunteers, hundreds of them like kelsey carter who's been driving hours every day to help. >> i came here and did search and rescue yesterday then today we're just doing whatever we can. >> reporter: but she's offering more than that >> just praying for people that's the biggest thing you can do there are people that lost things that you can't put back

and i think prayers are what this area needs. >> reporter: sam brock, nbc news, cookeville, tennessee. in other news here, there was an intern at the mount washington observatory in new hampshire who took some wild winds head on, winds reaching 117 miles an hour whooshed by her as she tries to walk against the gales. gusts were over 130 miles an hour that is the windiest the mountain has been all winter >> we'll bring it down >> a lot >> and temperatures. >> so let's talk about, it's going to be windy up there with this next storm too, especially on saturday. we have a little bit of sweat snow coming down in areas of indiana and ohio and michigan. it's not sticking too much the snow forecast not exceptional. a little bit near cleveland. buffalo to rochester, elmyra

could get a little bit too and then higher terrain than the appalachians could get more significant snow, as far as west virginia we will have some minor impacts in travel today. delays are possible.a big ocean storm developing during the day today, just a weak one going through the southern great lakes will head for the northeast today. and of course don't forget before you go to sleep saturday night, we flip the clocks an hour ahead lose that hour of sleep. >> all right thank you. it was a blast from the past michael j. fox and christopher lloyd had a "back to the future" reunion at the annual poker

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want it tell you kavanaugh, you have released the whirl wind and you will pay the price you won't know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions. >> reporter: that sparked a rare rebuke from chief justice john roberts writing, quote, threatening statements of this sort from the highest levels of government are not only inappropriate, they are dangerous. president trump piling on. >> it was a terrible thing he said if that were a republican, you would see really bad things happening. >> reporter: in 2018 president trump earned his own rebuke from the chief justice after he labeled a federal judge who ruled against his administration a, quote, obama judge. house speaker nancy pelosi weighing in on schumer's remarks. were those commence appropriate? >> it wasn't right for anybody to do it and chuck recognizes that >> reporter: some republicans are calling on the senate to censor schummor, but aides here tell me that's unlikely to

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politics this weekend on "sunday today. for now i'll send it back to you, frances and phillip and we'll see you on sunday morning. >> willie, thank you now to a royal farewell. prince harry and meghan markle are back in the uk to make their last appearances before they step back from royal duties. here is nbc's molly hunter >> reporter: meghan and harry all smiles at their royal farewell tour in high gear meghan back in the uk for the first time since the couple's dramatic decision to step down as senior working royals and the pair in public together for the first time in months >> it's very nice to be back >> reporter: one of their last appearances before they give up their royal title. >> being able to serve queen and country is something that we're all rightly proud of and it never leaves us. >> reporter: on sunday harry meeting with the queen to ease what's seen as a family rift >> they are going to with the queen who's had to oversee this

whole departure. >> reporter: but the queen will not get a baby archie sighting her great grandson staying behind in canada, his new home and no one knows exactly what comes back but queen elizabeth has been very clear that those palace gates remain at least partially open should her grandson harry and meghan ever want to return molly hunter, nbc news, london >> and now to the other brother. that's when he showed off some impressive juggling skills his wife kate and crowds cheered him on and he had a good streak going the royals were three days into their ireland visit which also marks a decade since queen elizabeth made the first historic visit by a reigning british monarch. >> i think prince william is showing off now. he's like not only am i your favorite grandson here i can also juggle. and i'll eventually be king.

>> who knows when that will be thank you so much for waking up with this on this friday >> coming up on "today," a group of trailblazing women visit the plaza to celebrate the international women's day. we've got more new

. we are tracking the latest developments in the coronavirus outbreak. dozens of cruise ship passengers, more than that, have been tested and results are just in. the white house said president trump will not travel to the cdc now in atlanta. said the president does not want to interfere with the agency's critical work. good morning. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. so let's talk about that weather for today. a lot of people possibly want to get outside and joy the fresh air. >> but it is cooler air because we had a cold front move through and today our temperatures are at least 10 degrees lower than yesterday.

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