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coverage. >> reporter: plenty of snow, parkas and coffee... ( cheers ) lots ocheering... ♪ ♪ and a live concert. where else but iowa in a esidential election year >> and it's the image of that first day that the sun comes up over dubuque. and for the first time, donald trump is no longer the president of the united states. >> we will, we must beat donald trump >> we are going to defeat this dangerous president. much bigger than the heart of the guy in the white house. >> i am the heaviest betting favorite to defeat donald trump in a head to head match with anyone in the field.

>> i do vey nickname i want to give him, former president donald trump. (applause) >> reporter: but this time, iowa voters say, it feels different. >> there's a whole lot more urgency this year than in previous years, co we've seen just this past week, considering what we've seen for the past three years. >> it feels like if we trump that our democracy might >> i've never, ever felt the need to replaca president as exch as i need it right now. >> reporter: iowplifies the seismic shift the nation felt with president trump's election. 31 counties-- the most of any state-- backed president obama ice and then went for mr. trump. among them: dubuque county-- a working class area in stern iowa along the mississippi river. the last republican presidential nominee to win here had be dwight eisenhower in 1956.

in their closing arguments this weekend, candidates said they could bring the area back to the democratic fold. former vice president joe biden: >> we have to unite not only the democratic party. >> reporter: that appeals to ron healey, a retired united auto workers member and vietnam veteran. >> i think that we have a candidate in joe biden, that that can help us put our country back together and put us in a president that when he speaks, we know it's the truth, thate don't have to wonder if it's some childish maneuver by ant or immature president, den, >> reporter: college professor louise kames likes biden's manyb years ofc service. >> why? experience and return government to civand, you know, follow protocol and not be a lone ranger? and again, just be civil. and, you know, i thi he can

unite people. i think he can bring independents into support the democratic candidate. >> reporter: a broad appeal is also part of the message former south bend, indiana mayor pete buttigieg is divering. >> sometimes you may get the message that we gotta choose between either a revolution or a status quo. i think there's another way. >> reporter: that speech won him the support of joanne steger. >> i went to a rally yesterday in dubuque, and i thought he was very, very convincing and very straightforward. and what he said he could do or should do what we need done. >> reporter: the last democrat virgil murray voted for? john f. kennedy. tonight,e's also going to caucusor buttigieg. >> i think he will bring the country together, i think he's young, i think he's e kind of future of america, i think we need to look forward rather than stay with the status quo. >> this is the campaign wherecl the workins of america is

going to stand up and say loud and clear, enough is enough. ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: vermont senator bernie sanders drer bri moss and rtner louie meier into political activism. in 2016.cused for the first time joined my college democrats and vot d for obama. at was about the extent of it until he said, hey, come check out this. this guy on bill maher, he's predty cool, and just snowba from there. >> reporter: this year, they are volunteer orgazers for the sanders campaign. moss is a waitress. >> i'm a type-1 diabetic and i was diagnosed when i was 12 years old, grew up with a single mom. and even though she's alys had a good union job with the good health insurance, we still struggle to afford a lot of our co-pays and things like that. so i believe that healthcare is

a human right. and senator sanders is the only person i trust to guarantee that. >> reporter: meier, who works at john deere, dubuque's biggest employer, is less concerned about defeating president trump and electing a democrat as he is about fundamentally changing the country. >> the joe biden's, you know, this idea that we have to find a spot in the center so that we can compromise to get things done. and i don't buy that at all. d 't have to compromise. we just need to organize.r: >> reporteut for a lot of iowa democrats, beating president trump is so important they're afraid to make the wrong decision. retired college professor harlo hadow wonders whether it will take a moderate or a progressive. an>> i do think about thati know that's why i'm still undecided is because i'm still wrestling with thoses. >> reporter: retired math teacher peggy magner: >> a a lot of us and iowa ar

taking great care about choosing our candidate, but we aren't sure wther what we're looking at is actually going to rk. like we say, we want someone who can beat donald trump, but thene hink, well, do we know who can beat donald trump?um is donald going to be elected anyway? from iowa's capital des moines with where a couple of cause are being held tonight. also joining us is long time wa polical reporter david yepsen, set host of the program ioa press on iowa pbs.f hello to both you, what an exciting timhn so joang, give enthe fact that there is this desire to beat president ump, tell us more about the candidate's pitches coming into voting time. >> wl, judy, it really was

electability, lech aict, lech aict. telling crowds across the state this weekend that they werthe ones, they were the candidates who with could de feet president trump in november. not sly that but o harkening back to 2016 and saying that they were the ones who could union fie the democratic party. thatlso a little bi of an indirect or gentle shot atr senarnie sanders of vermont as polls showed him getting a bounce amid the criticism resurfaced last week by hillary clinton, at he dido not do eh to union fie the party to bring the party together i1november 206. so that was the basic message across thedrstate. >> wf: so david, we just heard in john's report that a lot of iowans, a lot of iowa democrats still not decided, not sure what they're going to do. you talk to a lot of voters, wh are they telling you?

>> well, it very much is electability. more so thanver before. l the caucuses covered, this issue of electability is iowa democrats havn told so often they are importantthat and they know st a close election. this campaign started the day after donald trump was elected. and they want to find a candidate who can get t 270 electoral votes. a lot of criticism of iowa being a bad place start this process. atypical state. but it is a rural state and if democrats are going to beat donald trump, these activht democratre understand they have to do better in rural areas of america.wi onsin, michigan, pennsylvania, florida. miefned that this isn't just about a local contest here. is about a national contest and getting a nominee who can carry votes rural america. >> woodruff: and john, i know are you also talking to vote who are still not ge

sided-- decided. what are you hearing from them?e >> well,hing that struck me, judy, and sender david has spoken to manery more votthan i have. but the thing that struck me were voters that said it wasn't so much what the candidates were saying, it was the feeling they gave. we talked to dave and his wife karen who we mett a bernie sanders rally in cedar rapids. they'rboth republicans, disaffected republicans. they said it wasn't so much whao they werng to hear, it is what they were going to feel from the candidate. they wanted to pic candidate who was going to energize voters, who could make a connection wh voters, who could et voters out to the polls in november. that was the thg that we hed from a lot of other iowa voter it wasn't so of the policies, it wasn't so much theosition it was the emotion, the excitement that they could generate. >> and david, i've known you a long time, you covered a lotf these elections, a lot of these

caucuses over the years, what is different this year? >> well, just the size of this thing, judy. it has lasted longer. the crowds are bigger. yo know, they estimate it will be close to 300,000 people. it's a long way from those small intimate days in somebody's kitchen table taling to a presidential candidate. this s full blown campaign, a couple thousand media people, caucus tourists coming in from other states to watch the campaign. it's just much larger. maybe too bi. we'll have to se. >> and john, i want to come ba back to you on this question of voters feeling pressure get it right. how are they demonstrating that when you talk tohem? >> a lot of it, judy s that they just haven't decided or hadn't decided when wealked to them this woke end. they were still holding on. they wand to hear one more rally, one more speech to make sure that the feeling that they

had. that their judgment of the candidates was accurate. and as you you heard in that piece there are so many vot who are worrying about making this right decisn. t as someoneink david said it earlier in a conversation off high exepgs for yr kids, thee get get sowored abo meeting those expectations that they sort of freeze up. think a lot of people hey head into these caucuses tonight are still struggling, will they pick the right candidate who ca beat donump especially because they're the first ones. they are sort of setting the tone for this contest. >> woodruff: and david, this is no it as wa isn't used to having the eyes of the nation on it is it? >> no, it did a process that is likely to keep going, already the 2024 campaign on the republican side has started,

vice president pence is on a bus tour in western iowa earlier. so it never ends in this state. an interesting thing to watch, judy, is with these candidates, many of them wone 't makit very much farther but they have el grate-- elevated themlves in the national stature and i think one of the patterns we see ine iowa, mau don't win but you sure make yourself a player on the nationaystage. maybu run again. >> woodruff: fascinating, fascinating, david yepsen, john we can't wait until tonight. >> woodruff: in the day's other news: the final arguments have a co gone in the impeachment trial of president trump. the u.s. senate-- acting as thet jury-- heaay from both gedes. now, the senatorto speak their minds, ahead of a wednesday vote on acqu we'll get all the details, after

the news summary. thstviral outbreak in china keeps getting worse-- mo than a 414 deat 20,000 cases. those numbers came today as a new hospital opened in wuhan,ic ter of the outbreak. it was built in just ten days to treat victims of the virus. meanwhile, in geneva, the head of the "world healthon organizawarned against panic, and appealed for unity. >> the only way we would defeat this outbreak is for all countries to work together in a spirit of solidarity and cooperation. we're all in this together, and we can only stop it together. so theule of the game is solidarity, solidarity, solidarity. >> woodruff: we'll hear from the u.s. secretary of health and human services, alex azar, later in the program. in northwestern syria fighting erupted today between turkish and syrian forces.

turkey said eight of its syrian shelling in idlibied in province. the turks killed at least 13 syrian tros in response. it started after turkey sent a military convoy into idlib, andi today, t president recepss tayyip erdogand a warning. >> ( translated ): we are determined to continue our operations for the sy of our country, our people and our brothers in idlib.on those who quesur determination will soon understand that they have made a mistake. >> woodruff: erdogan says in idlib has driven one millions new refugees to the turkish brde u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo warned today that a peace deal in afghanistan depends on "demonstrable evidence" that the taliban will curtail attacks. pompeo spokeuring a visit to neighboring uzkistan. he said an afghan agreement is close, but the taliban must show

it is serious. british prime minister johnson is vowing to keep terrorists in prison after a sunday stabbing attack. an islamic extremist wounded two people in london before being killed by police. he had been released early from prison. in a speech today, johnson promised action. >> why was there no syem of scrutiny, parole system to check whether he was really a suitable candidate for automatic early release? and that is a very complex legal question. a anyou know, we're bringing forward legislation to stop the system of automatic earlier release.di but thiculty is how to apply that. >> woodruff: sunday's stabbing s attack was tond in london back in this countenths. defense in the harvey weinstein trial grilled an aress who says he raped her in 2013. in nework, weinstein's lawyers asked jessica mann why she stayed in touch with theaf

hollywood mogurward. mann said she had to protect herself professionally. >> and complained of a panic attack, her testimony resumes tomorrow. n corvative are conservative radio host rush limbaugh has announced he has lung cancer. he told listeners today that the illness is advand, but he gave no details. he said he will take stime off to get more tests and determine treatment. on wall street today stocks recovered a bit of friday's losses.ne the dow industrial average gained 143 points to close near 28,400. and the s&p 500 added 23. and kansas city chiefs fans today e celebrating their first super bowl win in 50 years. the chiefs beat the san francisco 49'ers 31-20 in miami, last night. that set off a fireworks show over downtown kansasity, and

fans partied into the night. a championship parade is set fo wednesdamorning. still to closing arguments in the trump.hment trial of president politics monday breaks down what to expect from the iowa caucuses. the head of health and human services on the u.s. responae to the cororus and an anonymous donor to woman artists steps into the spotlight at last. >> woodruff: the president'sla ers and the house impeachment managers have had now, the united stenate has to render a verdict. amna nawaz reports on this day's proceedings. >> reporter: with the end of thm impet trial of president

donald trump in sight... >> oh lord, as we enter the final arguments phase. >> reporter: ...house managers r ok to the senate floor one last time, in thosing arguments to senators who will vote mr. trump's fate on wednesday. >> the evidence was presented to you-- that was presented to yous amning, chilling, disturbing, and disgraceful.ou >>name will be tied to his your place will be tmong the davit took on goliath if only you say, enough.ti >> absent conv and removal, how can we be assured that this president will not do it again? >> reporter: but the president's fate, many believe, is already decided, after republican senators voted friday to block witness testimony. >> the yeas are 49, the nays are 51. the motion is not agreed to. >> reporte alexander of tennessee, one of alw republicans democrats hoped would join theirfor

witnesses. ultimately did not. he explained why, sunday on c: >> well, i mean, if you have eight witnesses who say someone left the scene of an accident, why do you need nine? >> reporter: alexanderand other republicans, echo an argument made by mr. trump's attorneys: that while the president did withhold aid to ukraine, in a pressure campaign to investigate former vice president joe biden and his son hunter, what the presint did was inappropriate, but not impeachable. especially not in an election year. >> i think he shouldn't have done it. i think it was wrong. inappropriate. crossing the line. and then the only questi is, who decides what to do about it? >> who decides? >> the people. the people. >> reporter: on capitol hill today, repubcans breathed a sigh of relief. like senator john kennedy of louisiana: w n i counmy blessings, ima count alexander twice. li reporter: but democrats jon tester of montana, warned

about the future. in an interview with judy woodruff: >> i'm very fearful of this. this is-- elections are really foundational to r country and to our democracy, and it's just really, really unfornate. i don't know where this stuff ends, if he is found innocent, if he is acquied on these charges. the president's team appealed to senators to reject the articles effort, they argued, based only on policy differences.te >> p the integrity of the u.s. senate, stand firm today and protect the office of the president, stand firm today and protect the constitution, stand firm today and protect the will of the american people and their vote, stand firm a protect our nation, and i ask that this partisan impeachnt come to an end. >> reporter: even as formal impeachment arments came to a close, lawmakers signaled that the battle over some of the same issues that defined the trial will continue in the months

ahead. senator lindsay grahamthis sunday, on fox news: >> we're gonna get to the bottom of this to make sure this never happens again. intel, senate intel, will deal with the whistleblower, senate foreign relations will deal wit den's conflictof interests. >> reporter: on cbs, lead house manager adam schiff was asked if he'd continue to seek the testimony of president's trump's former national security advisor. >> i don't want to comment at this point on what our plans may or may not be with respect to john bolton, but i will say this: whether it's in testimony book or it's in one form or his another, the truth will continum toout. >> reporter: president trump, who spent the weekend at his mar-a-lago home in florida, was wholly dismissive en asked about the trial in a fox news interview. >> your reaction to all of it? >> well, it's beenery unfair. from the day i won. it's been a very, very unfair process, um. the mueller report, russia, russia, russia.

as you say, which was total nonsense. it was all nonsense. the whole thing was nonsense. >> reporter: the predent will stsd before the same lawmak litigating his future in office, when he delirs the state of e union address tomorrow. for the pbs newshour, i'm amna nawaz. >> woodruff: now to give us thea st, our own lisa desjardins and yamiche alcindor. so gosee you in person, rather than reporting from the capitol. >> i know, amazing. >> woodruff: so much to ask you about, but lisa, let me start with you. hive us a sedgesz of the core of the argumentt the house managers were making today. they seem to be coming from several different directions. >> they did have a few different arguments they were making. let's look quickly at graphic, to make it very clear, the number one argument from house democrats is that theresident abused his power and obstructed congress. those are the charges agains the president. but they're going beyond that. they're also saying if he is unchecked, if he is not removed

from the office, this president will do it again.ha they sayis a threat to national security and the 2020 election. they also are making this argument we heard from representative schiff in tha story that history will judge the senate. they are makling a histori argument as well. judy, however, some democrats are making another proposal tonight, senator joe mansion is proposing not removal but instead sen sure of the president. we have his short resolution to that effect. this is not the first time this has happened in 1999 wit clinton, senator fine stein proposed a sen sure also as an-- currentsure also as an alternative, that did not go very far. i haven't heard a huge appetite for censure except for a few snares so far. >> woodruff: interesting. yamiche, how do they feel at the white house as this is unfolding. the facect thasure is a proposal and the fact that staift the union tomorrow night. >> first of all the white house and president feel very

confident in the argument that the white house leader made before the senate. they don't like the timing of this. the preside wanted to be acquitted before the state of the yeurn but that said the way the legal team suspended it, they were echoing things he was saying defending himself on social media in an interview before the senate trial, let's walk through what the white house team said. they saithat the democrats have long wanted to impeach the president. they said basically since 2016 democrats have had it out for president trump and were angry at him and impeeved him because they didn't like him. they said foreign policy includes politics. this is the argument that the president is going to have political differences with people, people that work for him and essentially his policy differences are what makes foreign policy. that it is okay to talk aboutn politics foreign policy. means defending democracy.l this also goes to the idea of history. ldey say the president sh not have to deal with his national security advisor an other people being called up to the hill to testify about personal conversation they had with the president. e other thing when it comes to

censure, the white house acknowledges that the censtheur argument might be something they have to deal with later but they think that will fail. president thinks hwill be exonerated, acquitted and that will be the big thing he will bo able to talk. >> woodruff: speaking of that, this argument that some republicans have mad like lamar alexander said well, what the president did in reaching out to ukraine's president,m asking ho investigate a political rival was wrong, but it's notchmple. how is the white house dealing with that sth. >> well, the president has said over andinver agahat his call was perfect. but the president's only legal team and republicans who are likely going to vote to acquit him, they are not making that argument. the president, lear is what the president was saying on twitter. he said i hope the republicans and american people realize that the totally impeachment hoax is that, a hoax, read the transcript. read what they president ank president ofaine said, no pleasure. >> the president's legal team is

also saying tight that they are happy with the idea that senators are saying maybe this call was problematic but it's not impeachable robert ray told that to our white house producer. i also talked to alan dershowitz who said he is okay with that because there were moralle pr with the call. the president is not acknowledging that at all. he is just pointing to the fact that he is going to be acquitted. he esn't want to think about that too much. internls of what we are going to looat in the future, the president feels emboldened.e hes like i can talk to china, to endsia, about what nirt they might have on ber c.e.o. sande or joe biden because republicans say is okd . >> dubt soke he's going to come around to the idea that he did something wrong. >> not at al. pl so lisa, did a little bit-- dig more dif you will into the senator's thinking, there is so much pressure on almost every one of them calling from all directions >> yamiche and i spent a lot of time in that nate chamber over the pass.t few day i think we agree that today you could see senators had men taltly already moved on, as if

they made their decisions a few days ago. it willound a little nuts but it was almost like watching a large meal having to listen to a lecture at the dmv. eike they were all really mor or less tuned out. even the biggest note takers. >> woodruff: with allme comps. >> with all compliments to the dmv, thank you for my license, i'm happy for the privilege to drive. but you could tell it seeme like senators, the big moment of drama had seemed to come and pass. buthat said, there is still an open question, at least about three democratic senators who we're watching caefully. these three senators in particular were watching to see if they voty e not guiong with republicans, senator joe manchon said he sun decided. now doug jones is an interesting one because he is up for re-election this year. -- and senator from arizona are folks who have indicated sometimes at least in cooperation to some more conservative ideas, is

still questions but it felt like the senate was ready for this to move on. we are getting those announcements tonight and tomorrow. >> woodruff: and the vows wednesday. lisa desjardins, yamiche alcior, thank you. >> you'relcome. >> woodruff: tonight's "first in the nation" caucuses in iowa: the democrats' presidentialto nominating process this year, jam-packed week of political events. john yang is back, and he picks it up there. >>eporter: judy, that's th iowa causes, a "state of the union" address, and a senate trial verdict for a sitting president on wednesday. here to help us take stock of it all, amy walter of thecook political report," and host of

"politics with amy walter" on "wnyc radio," and o. kay henderson, she's news director at radio iowa. welcome, kay, great to you ha with us in person. amy, caucuses are so different from prmaries, from primary nlections, what does at mea in terms of expectations, of selling what is going to happen >> we hacouple of things going on. we have a very grounded field, of course. and we have seen inprevious pollings there are at least four if not five candidates who are all jockeying for the top stop. or could be conceivably that top candidate, this weekend is traditionally whether we get the des moibs reg-- des moines register poll f did not come out this weekend.es thith a technical snafu, and so that poll does also help to set expectationca >> be it is measuring literally in the last moments of the caucus campaigning who hasme the moum. and it helps to sort of set some of theti expec game for

journalists and also for voters. the other peoe to understand is how, st a very fluid time already. we have many undecided voters which is not all that surprising. with you in a caucus it is a very public cess. this is not like a traditional process where you go in, you close the curtain behind you, push a button and you leave. instead, you show up, 7 p.m. at a gym or some other commute center with lots of people ofaround you, man you you probably know, they may be your neighbors or friends and you publicly declare who you are suorting. ertalked to a a lot of vo and heard from a lot of voters who were undecided who were saying they will make up their mind as they get into the caucus place. so the energy of that caucus, the eing people that they know, standing with the reprentative from one campaign or another may sway them, just the feeling that th are going to get when they go into that teulg room may be movinem

from where they are right now to another candidate. so it is incredibly volatile, fluid. >> you know the politics of this state. you know the voters of this state. how different does this cycle feel from freef years? >> it feryls veimilar to the 2004 cycle.s democrre choosing someone to run gens the sitting republican president. anthey wervery nervous. and at the very end two candidates sort ofade a big surge, john kerry and john edwards. john kerry came up ontop by just a whisker. in this instance i think that democrats are just almost frozen because they see what is the president says on twier. they hear what the president says on the media that they their friends on facebook making posts about it. they are constantly inundated with the idea of donald trump being the person that eir nominee will go against. so they are making that evaluation. the other thing that is really interestg as we sit here right now on the drake university

campus is that we already have some ing ling about what-- inkling about what the campaign strategy s theres with a small caucus, a satellite caucus. ey met early on the campus just a block from here. and the sanders people did very well on a college campus. and i think that is really a key how well he does in college towns with younger voters. the other thing weaw with an early caucuses with an early afternoon caucus in the community of-- it bas mostly people who worked at a plant. the they were organized by sanders campaign. and he did very well there. so those are two target areas. people who really respond to the the sanders fight for 15 mess se. and collegudents who really respond to sort of the wholebr thed of the standards-- sanders message. >> there arewo things that kay brought that are important. the first is the fact we are getting so much of this information, this is what makes this different from 2004 or

quite frankly any other campaig is we are going to get numbers. we can go through that in a secretary. but now that we have twitter ane socialia, this stuff is getting out into the blood caucuses begin.he off think about.important thing to and i think when we look at why sloaters are so undecided this late in the game it goes back to something kay said about just sort of paralyzed with thi worry that they are going to pick the wrong candidate. of disem krats.hear from a i don't know who the candidate b t setting up against donald trump, bernie sanders supporters love bernie sadgedders, they are unlikely tn move tther candidate, the undecided are those trying to decide how can iind the best candidate. >> amy, you mentioned we're getting numbers.th we're gettine numbers tonight. that likely to have or coulds that have? >> it has a lot. popular vote, electoral colle vote is basically what is happening in iowa tonight.

so it is possible that one candidate will get the popular vote, will win the most total votes but will not get the highest number of delegates simply because their voters aren't spread out, they are disproportional leith con sn operate-- concentrated not spad out especially so w could have multiple winners one candidate says of course i won, t i got the mosvotes, another says that is not how it works, this is about the fight for delicate a shall-- delegates, i won the delegate race. and i think we will expect to see the candidates continuing to fight over this. >> kay, how much of what has been going on, there h beeso much nationwide, st not getting a lot of attention because the a nationention is really on the impeachment trial. voters here are focused on what is going on in iowa. but how has that affecd what is going on. >> what is most surg to m about this caucus is that there really hasn't been a moment since its 2018 elction that there was any letdown. the intensity has still been

there amon voters. and you would think okay, i'm they won't have much of a crowd. >> they still draw a crowd. people ae still interested in hearing from these candidates an still evaluating whether therty f ge that gut feeling that this is the person i want to goh. wit and to be the nominee of the party. because remember, al gore, johnc kerry, baobama, hillary clinton, they all won iowa and they all became the ninee of the democratic party. >> and because there is so much other redengs-- retentions, how much of the momentum and ingshot affect you get out of iowa, is that going to afcted. >> inthere are multiple winers or this is really, really close, there is snot the big winner, that could mpen it a little bit and of course we have had impeachment and the state of the union which are also crowding out some of the political oxygen. >> amy walter, kay henderson, thank you so much. >>

>> woodruff: governments around the world are ramping up their response to the viral outbre that's emerged from china, and they're increasingly tightening access tthe country. the u.s. government has declared its own public health emergency. st a handful of american airports can now accept flights from china. and the first federally mandated tine in 50 years has tak effect for u.s. citizens william brangham looks at the effect of these moves. >> reporter: the world's second largest economy is increasinglyf being sealed om the rest of the world. nearly 50 million people in china are essentially outbreak has spread to overrus citizens from countries like turkey, the czauh republic and ralia have been evacuated from the epicenter of the outbreak. the u.s. has evacuated nearly

200 americans so fai, and warned this growing isolas taking its toll on china's econom stocks plunged at opening today. major airlines have halted flights in and out of the country, facries are facing work stoppages and companies like apple are closing its stores. china's vice mister of commerce tried to downplay the bleak scenario in beijing: >> ( translated ): all departments and local gornments are also taking precise measures to help enterprises create a good business envirment and help enterprises reduce their burdens while combating with the epidemic. >> reporter: in hubei province, where most of the cases have occurred, more than 8,000 medical workers arrived this weekend.il manyhead to this newly- built hospital, constructed in just ten days. reports in both "the new york times" and "the washington poste this w detailed how early missteps and excessive secrecyic

by chinese ols made it easier for the virus to spread. t today, the w.h.o.'s top official said china's efforts are helping. >> if it weren't for china's efforts, the number of cases outside china would have been very much gher. and it could still be, but we have t opportunity now to work aggressively to prevent that h frpening. >> reporter: for now, more and more countries are increasing their restrictions on business in or travel to china. the u.s. government announced friday it is denying entry to foreign citizens who have traveled anywhere in china withinhe past 14 days. today the chinese government criticized a number of the u.s.'s disions, calling the travel bans and partial evacuation of americans from china an "overreaction" that will "create and spread fe." alex azar is the secretary of the u.s health and human services and is overseeing the

umerican response for the administration. he joins me now. >> could you just give us a sense, the modeling that we havc seen ines this is likely going to become a true global pan dem do you believe that that is true or do you think it too early to make that cll? >> i think it is very dangerous to make predurks about the future course of an unknown virus. we can tell you where we are and where we have been, but there are so many unknowns abouthis novel coronavirus, that is what we look forward to working with china to get to theottom of it, how transmissible is it, what is the severity profile, do we see asymptomatic transmission, questions like that are the type of questio we have to get to the bottom to that will help us understand the curve that we' going to see on this infection. are accurate and wtart toodels see a greater spread not just in china but elsewhere, perhaps even in the u.s. isout yr sense that our emergency response capacity, hospitals doctors, nurses, that those

facilities are prepared for that type of outbreak? >> well, we're proactively prepening. wee borking on pan demic preparedness for a couple of decades now. so we have a very robust, the best public health system in the world here. we have been identifying casesh in united states because of that health system. we have educated oudoctors, our nurses, our health-care providers to look for symptoms and thask people questions. that is how we have found the 11 cases that we have here in the united states. and it is going to be that good old-fashioned basic blocking and multilayered approach, look for symptoms, isolate, diagnose, treat and do the contact treys treysing oothers, we know what we have been doing. we have the best, mosten exped team. i myself was here for 9/11, anthrax, small poks preparedness, sar, ebola, monkey pox, hurricane katri, so we have a team that knows what it is doing here. >> let's talk a little bit abe t nouncement on friday about

the new travel bans and quarantines. inamericans who have be china with a few exceptions will largely be excluded from the country. americans who have been in mainland china will be screened when they arrive at one of those 11 pai arpirports. maybe quarantined if they show symptoms. americans who have been in wuhan will automatically be put ia two week quarantine. maybe on military basis. b es. some public officials argue quarantines and travel bans may not be the besproach. can you make the case as to why you think it is the right approach? >> sure, right now for every day americans oe risk is quitew for this virus or any infection spread. ep itob is to try to ke that way. what we want to do is focus our limiblic health resources where they matter most. so right now we keep bringing americanback from the impacted areas of hubai province. those individuals do need to be quarantined for up to 14 days. and that is actually consistent with what other major powers are doing with their own citizens

when they are bringing them back. that is the incatubn period. we have to focus resources there. as for other americans coming back on commercial craft from china, sa thing, a very riskat tid individual approach. asking those people who have been in main land china to self-isolate so they will have 14 days from when they last were in china until the point that they would expose their family members or community at risk. we see greatompliance on th measures. he with ebola we sa 98% compliance on volume tea measures like that. we are trying to be very mporary, tie traited, measured and incremental in this approach because the risk again is low, we want to keep it that way. >> as you know guantee is something we haven't done in the united states for decades. is it yur sense that people will comply with this and let's just sayoe transmission s continue and you need to guarantee more americans, it could be very big number of people who are basically being

locked up for two weeks, dyou think people would be okay with that? >> again, these measures arery ailored to individuals coming from the epicenter of this qulowt break-- outbreak. 57% of the known cases in chna are from this one province. we're talking about the very rican number of ame citizens who have been in that province in the last 14 days. china stopped people being able to exit on january 21s. so we are almostactually at 14 days at this point. so a vey small segment of people. and then as to china, the broader mainland china, restrictions we have are really volume tear asking people for your own protection, protection of your family and your community, just ay at home. please isolate, call your public health department as you experience any type of symptoms likeodemperate, or by aches or re-- respiratory symptoms. these are things people want to do to protect themselves. they are cognizant of this. we think we'll all be able to do this all together it shouldn't

be a major inconvenience for people. and we can hopefully slow any potential spread while we workp in partnersth the chinese government. china has taken extreme measures. they have isolated 50 million ople as you said in your opening segment there. we're working inconcert with that, it's almost a complimentary approach. if china can contain ths virus within a portion of china and ten within chinand we in other countries can keep further spread, that show this can eventually be brought down, hopefully. >> secretary of health and human services, alexyo azar, thanu very mh for your time. >> thank you. >> woodruff: the work of women artists makes up just 3%-%5 of e permanent collections in major museums in the united states and europe-- and many have struggled economically while making their art. susan unterberg is an artist trying to change that.

she worked in the shadows forca s as an anonymous benefactor. jeffrey brown went to neyork city recently to finout why nte decided it was importa to finally put a public face to her philanthropy. , 's part of our ongoing arts and culture ser"canvas." >> reporter: a large gathering of artists in new york's madison square park, to share something and someone they had in common: all had benefited from a grant given anonymously for more than 20 years. and last summer now, they had the opportunitto meet the woman behind it: a fellow artist named susan unterberg. since 1996, unterberg has helped support 240 women artists with grants totaling $6 million, money she inherited when her father died in 1992.

>> changed my life. >> reporter: the award is aimed at women in mid-career, over age 40, when as unterberg had seen herself, opportunities for women artists have historically grown sparse. >> i knew firsthand that there was a huge need for support in this middle range of women artists because there was a real when they are starting out, fresh out of graduate school, they might get picked up immediately by gleries and they had a bit of fame.th and now older artists are getting picked up, but much older. but the mid-career is almost like a desert. >> reporter: why do yothink that is? >> it's not sexy or see. >> reporter: unterberg experienced early success as a photographer. she wanted her later work to be judged on its own merits-- and decided to keeher philanthropy a secret. she called the grant program"

anonymous was a woman," a line from virginia woolf's bo, "a room of one's own," about how women artists througory had gone unacknowledged. buenot putting her name to grant also suited her. >> i avery proud of this grant but i still like the lhad, which was one of anonymity. >> reporter: anonymous was you. >> absolutely. >> reporter: one newly-named recipient, elia alba, told us her reaction to winning the grant. >> i started to cry. >> reporter: cry? >> yeah, i started to cry because of the nature of this grant. it really honors women and i'm in super great company. so many artists i admire.en f course i said, "but elia, it's $25,000, so that was really great!" >> reporter: alba, whose family comes from the dominicanpu ic, creates work, like these dolls, that examine race, gender, and the sense of

belonging in america. part of her income comes from an administrative job in a legal the art is done moightspractice. and weekends in her studio ints this large artpace in the bronx. the grant, she says, will allow her to buy equipment and hire ae assistant to ded prep work. but, it offers even more:he >> for me, awards are a validation, that says, keep on working. keep on working. there's ageism in the art world, i think you're kind of ignoredca e people are coming up. i find myself questioning, "am i doing the right thing?"or it may sound. it gives me hope. a lot of hope. >> reporter: amie siegel, base in brooklyn, is another of the artists from the recently- announced "class" of awardees.

>>t's so moving to know th there was a woman who began this award in our era of lf promotion not to call attention to herself, but to call tention to others. it's lovely. right now, i'm working on a piece that was partially filmed in the desert of the emirates. it's more a layering of ideas > reporter: she sees her work-- photography, sculpture, performance and painting-- as revealing hidden meanings and histories in the things all around us. exhibitions and prestigious fellowships. but for her, too, the grant was something special. i thought maybe this is it! maybe this is the "anonymous was a woman." it's wonderfully affirming to know that a group of artists, a group of arts professionals, sally took a deep look at your work and wanted that you're on the right track and you're doing well.

everyone has the moments of oually working alone, no matter how much supportave with galleries and curators and museums. it really doesn't matter who you are. you alys carry that with you. >> reporter: the life of an artist involves plenty of self- questioning, siegel says, as well as taking risks with ideas and finances. aye'll use this money to p collaborators who'd gone without pay or traded services when she was low on funds. and to reinvest in materials to fuel the next series of pieces. that kind of invtment-- in both materials and hope-- is exactly what susan unterberg intended when she began anonymous was a woman.im there have beeovements for women in the art world, she says, but not enough. and speaking out publicly seemed like a necessary next step. >> only 11% of art that's bought by museums is by women artists. now that's pretty shocking

because we think women are doing better and perhaps in some ways, they are. a but itime where women need to speak out and we need to be heard and i need to have a voice in this conversation. lt reporter: at 78, her own work examines a diffiresent-- the impact of climate change, an administration whose policies she opposes. and her hopes for women artists inhe future? that these gatherings will be just as boisrous-- even as the need for her grant won't be as great. for the pbs newshouri'm jeffrey brown in new york. newshour for now.that's the but join us at 11:00 pm eastern for special live coverage of the iowa caucuses. i'm judy woodruff. stay with us on-line for the latest results throughout the

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