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>>uff: the virus that quarantined whole cities in china has now spread to new countries, and fears are growing. wall street cratered today as major indexes plunged more than 3%. the dow jones industrial average lost over 1,000 points to close the nasdaq fell 35ts. 1.and the s&p 500 dropped all of this amid encouraging signs inside china. amna nawaz begins our coverage. >> reporter: some factories across shanghai were back in business monday, as cases natside the epicenter of c's coronavirus outbreak fell to the lowest number in a month. world health organization inficials say thnumber of infected people china has now peaked and leveled off. but beyond chi's borders the virus, and concerns over its spread, have picked up momentum. there are now confirmed cases in at least 32 countries.

but the new cases and deaths in south korea and italy raised new alarms today. over the weekend, shops across south korea closed their doors and workers disinfected sidewalks. and today, the country announced more than 800 confirmed coronavirus cases.rt timothy is the south korea bureau chief for "the wall street journal." >> there aren't enough doctors, nurses, investigators to follow up on individual confirmed cases affected know that they were exposed. h we've evrd of hospital staffs who quit because their families were pressured to do so. reporter: south korea took additional measures tourb the virus' spread today, closing iti parliamenting and the surrounding area. rtin says south korea is also using high-tech toolso deal with the outbreak. >> south koreans are h connected, highly updated about each corona virus case. you can travel through a region that an infected patient had been recently, and you'll get a text message saying "be on alert." there was an infected case, you

know, that might have been in e vicinity or even in so cases been at this restaurant. recorded its sixth coronavirus death over the weekend, making it europe's hardest-hit country. on the highways to milan barel any signs of life. police check the few cars that pass through. only authorized personnel can pass. cities across the country are on lockdown. sabrina castelfranco is a television news producer based in italy. >> studes who cannot go to school at the moment because schos have been closed, universities have been closed, are wondering when they can sit their exams. many of them were having exams this week and they've albeen canceled. the italian prime minister has said that the towns will remain in lockdown for however, for whatever time is needed. >> repter: across several borders, in iran the virus has killed at least 12 people. on the streets of tehran, iranians wear face masks to prevent the spread of the virus, and officials sanitize puborc

transptation. but today, w.h.o. directordr general adhanom said the virus had not yet reached pandem s levels. >> tden increase in new cases is certainly v concerning. i have spoken consistently about e need for facts not fea using the word pandemic now does not fit the facts, but it mayce ainly cause fear. this is not the time to focus ot ord we might use. that will not prevent a single life today.oday or save a single this is a time for all countries, communities, families and individuals to focus on preparing. >> reporter: for the pbs newshouri'm amna nawaz. >> woodruff: let's zero in some of the emerging concerns over the spread of covid-19 outside of china.

lawrence gostin is a professor of medicine at georgetown university, where he heads the o'neill institute for national and global health law. he's also advised the world health organization on pandemic preparedness and served on two global commissions assessing the 2015 ebola outbreak in west africa. mr. goss urn welcome bk to the newshour. so what do these new otbreaks south koreaitaly, iran tell us? >> mean one of the toustones we have all been looking for is whether or not you will hav mini epidemics that are sustained in the community, outside of china.eg that is ning to happen. so i think many of us feel that we a i on the pre pis of something-precipice of something very new where we spread and we probably are having silent transmissions in many countries and just not picking it up. oodruff: there were a couplef things in that answer

i want to pick up on.o when you saiderning the spread is happening, how is it spreading? >> well, st basically spreadk human to hum. i mean initially somebody was in contact wi soebody from china. so for example in iran, there is a lot of interchange between iran and china. the virus and thn they've beenht silently transmitting it in the community. by the time you pick it up, it's already spread quite widely. woodruff: so when you say silently transmitting, what does that reffe to. >> it r to the fact that, you know, they're not detectable. what actually makes this s tricky is that has got a low death rate but people can ansmit when they are asymptomatic. they might have mild symptoms. people don't reaze they have the coronavirus but it is hpreading a lot.

anothering, of big concern is the fact that we are seeingsp rapiead in con gre gat settings. anywhere that people gather, you might have a very large toutbreak. anat is certainly what is happening in korea and a number of oer places. >> woodruff: so we are seeing how china has handled this where it has been forbe a nof weeks. what is your assessment of how these other countries like ira like south korea, which we just heard a little bit how they are capable of handlg it. >> well, you know, sot korea, it is an enigma because it has one of the best heth systems in the world but it actually didn't handle mers, there was a big outbreak of mers tere, and now they really don't see seem to be handlinghis well. they didn't pick it up early. it spread quite widely. and there are runs on hospitals. a lot of the worried well and hospitals can't cope. and so that's not gd.

and we don't really know what is going on in iran.im buine this, st fore seeable that it could leave iran and go to sy syia, or afghanistan. and once it got into ao cuntry health system, that would really be a game changer. woodruff: because of e deficit of providing medical. >> it would be virtually impossible. you have refugee camps, ss migrations around the world. and so we need to take this seriously. but the good news is it has a relatively low fat iterate and in the united states, i don't think you should-- . a>> woodruff: i wanted k about that, what is our capacity here in the ted states to keep it from spreading an more >> i think t u.s. cdc ad state and local health departments, the best in the world, are very, verwell equipped. i do fore see some problems though. if we do have sustaid community transmission in the t.s., and the cdc said that tha

say possibility, maybe even a lickly hood at some point, ar you go totion starto see a run on hospitals andi clcs. the worried well as well as the actual illness. and so we're going to need a lot mo capacity. i really hope that congress will allocate an emergency allocation. >> woodruff: and just quickly by community transmission you mean. >> it is not travel related, and st just human to human transmission. it is here, not in china, and we are communicating it within our neighborhoods. >> woodruff: and that is what we are all watching for. dr. wrence gostin, thary you uch. >> thank you. >> woodruff: appreciate iand now to the financial fallout and for that weow >> woodruff:o the financial fallout: we turn to the advisory firm economist at thornton. back to the newshour to you. >> good to see you. >> so what is it that the financial markets have seen o today ar the last few days

that has caused what happened? >> well, you really sawe over weekend the sort of creciendo of information of it no longer beinjust a ina thing which frankly in an of itself is more major than they were giing credit for. i'm suprised the markets haven't reacted sooner to be honest give thean china has touch points to every other economy in theorld and to our own. they're very part of our global supply chain. you could shut down production in the u.s. by shutting down production in china. but what they saw over the weekend was it moved to krea and then in italy. this idea that you will have these sporadic closures of sure inareas, under clo italy. >> in italy. you are going to see parts of korea shut down. disruptions are in the month of lost in february don't come back it april. that you have lt sales in supply and demand. we have production not going and on t other side of equation you actually have sales not being made and putting

businesses, some businesses t of business entirely.ce ainly stressing profits is what you saw, that it could spres a lot of profits and the u.s. snot immune. you have multinational companies that operate in the world. >> a reminder this ecomy is obal fsm anybody doubted it. >> exactly. >> this is, you know, wt've go linkages all over the world, our financial markets are inhently tied and you can't undo the ties. we have actually got0 the g-2 meeting, saying maybe we should be more regiolly based, you can't undo, you can't put the genie back in the bottle trk sowt. >> you mentioned at the beginning people looking at what happened over the weekend. b the virus hn in the news for weeks, we have been watching china. at is it about right now that you think triggered today a >> well, you know, over the weekend you saw i think the idea it is not just a china situation. that it is global in scope. i call it an economic pan demics if it not a natural health pan demic yet.

what that mea is it will hit in all of these different places, as was laid out, that could hid in all much theerse dit places and cause massive disruption. the disruptions are not eas fixed with fiscal stimulus, giving tax cuts or cuts inst inteates. you can't recoup some of these losses. and there ng also a ing fek of the reality that something that was once a horroa movie, and w it on the screen, now is a reality check. that this can actually happen and that wilchange e behavior of businesses, there is a fear factor that will act as a tap on the global economy and in new york. people being afraid to congregate. people being afraid to go to public places. thesconferences being canceled, those all have rippled effects and can't recoup them. >> is e a sense that governments, you just said there are lits to what of theoes can do. is there anything governments can do? i mean obviously taking all the health precautions possible. >> yeah, absolutely.

and you know, there are thngs. there are some but the some lower interest rates help companies that are in a frale financial condition because of this. so it can help them, approximate you cut there rates that help but stiplmulating-- pin their homes that will not help on that front. >> woodruff: are there parts of the world or particular industries that ar particularly hurt or benefit within the health-- yeah, the pharmaceutical industry will ultimately beefit from thi they will come up with a vaccine, they are already working on one, although that wi take eight to mine months. the other side is the ones that are hurt, you saw oil stocks get really hit today that is because we are not using as much energy. all of a sudden people are measuring china's production byt he air quality is because it is improving because their production plans aren't up and running, and operating right now. so the mandiacturing sector, you also see it in travel, tourm, and international retailers.

china's consumers are pretty bis ers everywhere, in france they're saying 30 to ho% reduction in toimple. those are big numbers. >> and you mentioned just quickly that mexico may benefit. >> mexico can benefit because it was in the nafta region and the-- so we have a trade agreement with them and that means more they luke to be able to track it closer to home rather than china. so people will bell pug out of china and actually moving to mexico. >> they not necessarily to the u.s. but keeps it within the north arican trade group. >> woodruff: a lot of moving parts. >> yes. >> woodruff: keeping an eye on it, doan swonk, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> woodruff: >> woodruff: in the day's other news, the one-time hollywood studio boss harvey weinstein was found guilty of rape and sexual assault against two women.

he could get 29 years in prison, but he was acquitted on two counts that carried sentences of up to life in prison. the case had galvanized the "me too" movement, and prosecutors hailed the outcome. >> this is the new landscape for survivors of sexual assaulin america, i believe, and this ia w day. it's a new day because harveyei weinhas finally been held accountable for crimes he committed. the women who came forward made that happen.at risk >> woodruff: we'll get much more on all of this, after the news summary. a man in germany crashed his car today, injuring around 30rade people-- including children. it happened in volkmarsen, a town about 174 miles southwest of berlice poay the 29-year-old driver deliberely drove into the revelers. some were seriously hurt and taken to hospitals. the suspect is in custody.

in india, presidenp beganery. a state visit, and addressed a mass rally of more than 100,000 people, declaring "america loves india." there were also protests in several indian cities agait the visit, and against a citizenship law that excludes muslims. we'll take a closer look later in the program. malaysia is in the grips of a political crisis tonight, after the prime minister abruptly resigned. supporters of 94-year-old mahathir mohamad had abandoned his party to block a transition of power to his designated successor, anwar ibrahim. but anwar sounded optimistic, after meeting with the oprgoing e minister today. >> ( anslated ): i cannot speak at lengtabout this. suffice to say that the meeting was very good, and i am impressed with his position on the changes that were to be made, and to not bow to groupsze that want to sower without an agenda for change. >> woodruff: for now, malaysia's

king has appointed mr as interim leader. azlamic jihad militants in have announced a cease-fire with israel. fighting erupted sunday whenis eli forces killed a militant allegedly trying to plant a bomb.la c jihad fired rockets in retaliation on sunday and again early today. the israelis answered with air strikes, before the militants announced a halt. appeals court in snciscofederal upheld a ban on letting family planning clinics refer women for abortions. olthe trump administrationy applies to clinics that receive federal fund three lower courts struck down the policy, but the ninth circuit court of appeals overturned those rulings today. former "empire" actor jussie smollet pled not guilty to charges that he faked a racist and homophobic attack on himself. smollett's court appearance in chicago came after a special prosutor brought six new

counts against him. he was initially charged last dropped.t that case was late and, a passi of note: trail-blazing nasa mathematician ntherine johnson has died newport news, virginia. she was a black woman in a fielt almostely white, male and segregated, but her work wrl critical to space missions. decades later, johnson received e presidential medal of freedom. that led to "hidden figures," the book that became an oscar- johnson was portrayed by actress taraji phenson.th kaerine johnson was 101 years old. still toome on the "newshour," what harvey weinstein's convictions means for the "me too" movement; amy walter and as he claims the mtle ofanders frontrunner, plus much more.

>> woodruff: there are many ways the "me too" movement began before the allegationsbout harvey weinstein were revealed in 2017, but there's no questiot th weinstein investigation was a milestone moment for what movement.ome an international and as amna nawaz tells us,we stein's conviction today on two felony sex counts is seen at r important milestone. >> nawaz: judy, six women testified during the trial that weinstein assaulted them, but the jury of seven men and five sexual assault, involving two of those women: jessica mann, a former actress; and miriam haley, a former production assistant. the jury of seven men and five women found him guilty on the charges of rape and criminal

sexual assault he was acquitted of the most rious charges, including predatory sexual assault. elizabeth wagmeister was in the courtroom today and has been throughout the triie for "v." she joins me now. welcome to the newshour, you were in that room, court room from the outside. when the verdict was read, what specifically from harhe room and we-- harvey weinstein. >> you ow, it's interesting because after covering this eince january 6th, it has obviously been ay long trial, everyone that has been in that court room every day hasng been waior this moment. and when the moment finally came it almost seemed surreal. i'm telling you, there were no loud audible gases, there was no screaming, it felt like nobody in there was breathing when they were just wating to hear wh the verdict was. now i looked directly at harveyn ein as i had done throughout this entire trial and his face looked just stone cold. it looked like there was no reaction really whatsoever. but i have got to be honest, it

was hard to see harvey because he was surrounded by a swarm of court officers. of course every day there are officers inside the court room but the second that that bell rang and they said the jury has reached a verdict, double the usually in there came and they surrounded harvey. now he didn't do anything that would signal that he needed the court officers to be there. but of course it's typical that they do surround the defendant. and they certainly did today. fowngd guin those twoe was counts related to the cases involving two men whose testimony you heard in great detail, jessica manand meriu hailey. we haven't heard from jurors decided the way they did.ey but from what you heard in the court room who do you think was ling in their testimony that may have lead to those guilty charges? >> you know what isll r interesting, and particularly with jess can-- jessica mann, she had a grueling testimony, three days, had to be tken off

the stand numerous times because she was crying. at one point we yefer heard her in the court room she felt like she was having a panic attack. there was a lot of conversation abouhow complex her testimony was. would rors believe her. the defense brought up a lot of evidence of phone records, texts, emails from these women t particularly jessica mann she had about fie years ofco unication with harvey wean steen. she admitted on the stand, she id yes, part of this relationship was consensual but it was complex, he was abusive and that does nt change that he raped me on the day, in march 2013. so that is really the most surprising part of the juror's verdict-- jury's verdict that they did decide to convict harvey on rape in the thigrrd which came from jessica mann, so i would imagine that very compelling to them. maybe actually what his defense was thinking wouldot be credible with her, the fact that it was so complex, that could have acually worked in her

favor, that the jurors said this is clearly so complex thathere is something here. we believe this woman, she seemed so creble even though she almost seems. >> this is the thing everyone is wondering, we may not know innt this mobut it is what this moment now means. you were in there everyay watching the testimony, hearing what people are to say, hearing the defense atto do you think you can say okay, this is the significancerif this verdict t now. what is your biggest take away from the trial? >> i think te biggeke away is that harvey certainly is and was emblematic of a big powerful figure, certainly in hollywood. but also this stretchescross to numerous different industries. now this is something that hisup defense broughrom day one why this trial isn't fair.s is is he harvey weinstein, he hasbe the poster boy basically of a whole movement. that is why this isn't fair and that iwhy he should b found not guilty. clearly that is not what the

ry came to. i think that is the big takeaway, that is the significants. that for a certainly in hollywood which is the industry that i c, at harvey wine stiern has been seen as a big powerful quig that canb never, ev taken down, so to speak. and now it is shown in a court of law, that women can be heard. these are allegatioev. yone is innocent until proven guilty but today we saw he was fou guilty on two different charges. >> elizabeth wagmeister reports from variety, joining us tonight. thank you. let's look now at the >> nawaz: let's look at the significance of the t now, not just for the weinstein case, but the larger questions around assault, the law and the "me too" movemenav fatima goss is the president and c.e.o. of the national women's law cente the center has been involved in efforts to change the law and make it easi for women t come forward. welcome to the newshour. >> thanks for yving me. >> su issued a statement after the verdict that read in part that the statement, the verdict day rather delivers what you call a measure of justice. not full, undeniable justice but

a measure of justice. what did you mean that? >> my thought was the silence breakers generally today, and it wasn't every cou wnt. but whknow is that there was some justice. and i hope it begins to bring them some healing. you know, they did not find him guilty on the charge that really that he had.e pattern of and for the silence breakers who came forward in spite of all of the risk and had to sit in tht court room as the defense really brought up every sort of-- imaginable i really hope the verdict gives them some sort of feeling of justice an healing, and relief. >> it is worth reminding people, i think more than 80 people havr come fowith some kind of allegations against harvey wean steen snce 2017 but this trial was based on the testimonies of six women. oi do want to asku.

we are waiting to see what the defense-- what they had to say, they put out a statement in response to the ve they will appeal. they also said there are issues in the trial they said were tremely troubling and they prejudice mr. weinstein's ability to have this case fairly fairly judged from th defense attorneys. but the de femps-- -- at the fence hsted in part on tis idea that if someone raped you why would you ever be in touch with that person. why would you remain in contact with that person.s and thateally what they went after jessica mann with in cross examination. it complicated the prosecutor's case. how did you look at that moment? >> i actually looked at it as the lifecycle of a survivor is not at all what they were describing iis very common not to come forward right away. it is very common especially if this isa person who in the same business as u to see that person. and so what happened in that out every sort of rape myth that is so scky in our culture and

the jury clearly rejected it. they instead relied on what is far more typical survivor behavior. i think that that is an important thing for that courted ro, that it aclly monstrates that praption we had some real progress in th last two years that people really understanding what violence looks-- silence looks like in the country. >> there was another part i want to get your take, this is not what you may believe to be true about this man but what you can prove to be true in a court of law. with rape cases, with sexual assault cases, we are talking about what happened between two people typicallyhen they are alone. how do you balance that when you are talking about accountability and the burden of prof in a court of law. and reconcile that with thisnd rallying cryhe messagef believing women in this moment of time. >> there are lots of ways to judge credibility of witnesses, not just in sexual violence and thare often no witnesses to particular crimes but it is only in the issue of sexuavoi lens where we start with this

narrative that the person is likely lying. things that we had to disrupt. and the defense attorneys continue to put that myth out there, that they are likely lying. td did so no just in the court room but in op eds and einterviews outside of t court room as well. >> there was this big question when these six women came forward and tk the stand and shared their stories, will it er. will powerful men like harvey weinstein be held accountable some way. you know, it took dozens of storie it took "the new york times" breaking stories. it took all of these women coming forward t took years and years and years for this one man be held accountable it is not necessarily inspiring for a lot of women to look at that and say i could go through that too. what do you tnk. >> what is inspiring, were you totally right that we had to have two different investigatns, detailing the

allegations, prosecutors bringing it but have i been inspired by the fact that so many people did come forward, not just about allegations around harvey wean steenut allegations about their own personal abuse.o a ss sector. >> for the last few years people have been telling their stories. theyehaveen upending institutions, they have been proming states to inroduce and pass laws. we have had over 200 laws, 200t bills duced, and over ten states have passed laws tot improvir harassment, the way harassment works in the state that is just in recent years, that is just the last two years. we have seeneal progress. we are not done, right. we won't be done until everyone can tell their story and know it will be seen and taken seriously and something important will happen.

>> fatima goss graves of the national women's center.an for being here. >> thanks fo having me. >> woodruff: stay with us. coming up on the "newshour," president trump makes his rst official visit to the world's largest democracy, and thousands ntrn out in los angeles to rememberobe br now to the latest twists on the road to the ite house, as the democratic presidential candidates set their sights on soh carolina. lisa desjardins begins with a look at how the focus is centerg on one candidate to beat. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: the democratic race for president is now operating essentially on bernie sanders' time. ( cheers and applause ) following his massive win iny, nevada saturhe vermont senator is setting the pace to beat. here he was in texas over the weekend, with a big crowd and big energy. >> in vada, we have just put

together a multi-generational, multi-racial coalition, which is gonna not only win in nevada, it's going to sweep this country. ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: sanders is ahead in national polls, just as the race is about to shift into supersonic mode. next up: 54 delegates will be da stake in sats primary in south carolina. but then-- just three days later-- 1,344 delegates will be up for grabs on super tuesday, when the primary race goes semi- national. 14 states vote that day, along with american samoa and democrats abroad. the result: each campaign hasti limited -- and their own plan to tackle bernie. for former vice president joe biden it's about one key state: south carolina, where he visited a church yesterday, and hopes to be the first conteer to beat sanders in popular vote. he singled out sanders over a recent report from the

"atlantic" that sanders considered running against president barack obama in 2012. >> bernie waed a primary, barack, you know, in 2012. you know, i've had his back the whole time. hbernie wanted to primary. go wide.ter: another tactic? former south bend, indiana mayor, pete buttigieg spent thek d first in colorado, then in virginia, challenging the tone from sanders and those backing him online. t i respect my friend senator sanders, i belie ideals he share.about are ideals we all buyi also believe that the we will build the movement to defeat donald trump is to callr people into outent, not to call them names online. >> reporter: today in sohih carolina, ng for a higher minimum wage outside a mcdonalds, buttigiegaced a sharp challenge himself. protesters followed him to his

car and chanted about his record as mayor. even massachusetts senator elizabeth warren, in colorado, is now taking on sanders-- a change from days of stressing camaraderie with him. her approach? in denvr, senate process.>> eople ask about the difference between bernie and me. there's a lot of places where we age on what we want to fig for, but here's a big difference: bernie supports the filibuster, i'going to get rid of the filibuster. (eers and applause ) >> reporter: then there is the northern campaign, taken byes mia senator amy klobuchar-- focusing on her home state and nearby north dakota this weekend. as they race around the country, democrats are also competing for key groups. result? some are still launching big policy ideas.s, sandho dominates with the young, is speaking to families-r this mornieasing a sweeping plan to guarantee free,

full-time childcare or pre-k for ngl infants and kids too y for school. for biden, relying on minority pport, it's housing. his new plan would spend $640 millioto address racial discrimination and increase affordability. and warren-- who appeals most to middle-aged democrats-- is hitting a hot topic with theun marijua. stressing she wants to deyiminalize pot, including yecutive action, if necessary. what of former nk mayor mike bloomberg? his biggest push remains in the media. he was not on the ballot in neva, but surely caucus goer and tourists who can vote in the future saw his anti-trump campaign billboards on the las vegas strip. twitter users, however, may no longer see some pro-bloomberg tweets. the "losngeles times" reported that the company is suspending 70 pro-bloomberg accounts for manipulating the platform. but his campaign's media

operation also went after sanders today, for the "n.r.a.'s" long-ago support of sanders for a u.s. house st. the candidates will have one other rival on stage with them at their south carolina debate tomorrow: activist and billionaire tom steyer made the polling threshold, thanks to the palmetto state, where he is in the top three. and that brings us to politics monday. i'm re with amy walter of th "cook political report" and public radio's "politics with npr and co-host ofprara keith of politics podcast. ladies, let's talk about bernie sanders. and i think a very fras naturing debate. on the one hand there are some who say he is not the most electable, maybe the leas electable of the democrats and point to things like his "60 minutes" interview this weekend. let's play a clip. this is what senator sanders said about the cubans communist lead are fidel castro. >> it isfair to simply say everything ised ba, you know,

when fidel castro came into office, you know what he did. he had a massive literacy program ssm that a bad thing. even though fidel castro did it. >> now on the other hand, there are those who say he may be the most electable democrat and point to things like polling of him against donald trumpso especially ie swing states. let's look at pennsylvania and michigan. sanders beating trump in n e case, beating trump, michigan, more ty other desm krattic candidate. amy walters, solve this riddle for us. bernie sanders is he the most or least electable democrats. >> right now this race is a referendum on dofn ald trump. most voters are not keyed into the democratic primary even thoughe are obously spending a lot of time there. but how people feel about donald trump is how tary say they e voting at this moment in time. you like donald trump? you are gong to vote for him fsm you don't like donald trump you will vote for a democrat or say you are undecided. they don't have a sense yet of whthese democrats are. eventually they will. and if you democrats, you want the race against donald trump to look a lot like the race in

2018-- 2018 did in the mid term electief. make it aerendum on donald trump and his policies, on what the administration has done or not done on health care, on the tax cuts, thoses were very effective for democrats. between donald trump and fill in the blank candidate, it bcomes much more challenging for somebody li bernnie saders who has positions on issues that we know are unpopular. the cook report and the kaiser foundation went in to a lot of thoses states that you mentioned, the mid western states and we ased the question how do voters feel about things like a ban on fckrag which bernie sanders supports, medicare for all including no private insurance, swing voters in those states, those are very unpopular positions. soe know wht that looks like. candidates on the ballot in the districts who ran in 2018, are nof membersngress, democrats, are not aligning with

beheie sanders eitbecause they know the voters in the district spent all of 2018 watching republicans trying to tie them unsuccessfully to socialism, and medicare for all. with bernie sanders, it is a lot easier to te them. >> electability has always been sort of an amorphous thing and democratic voters. >> you can get it wrong. >> and you can g it wrong. there is a history of democratic voters sometimes going for the john carrey who is notte like president-- john kerry who is not president of the u.s. and never was. or president obama at the tie s seen as the risky particular for a little while until he wasn't any more and the paty consolidated behind him. so in some ways it is hard to. kn you know, a lot of the sanders supporters and even othere eople who arnning against him would argue that no matter which of them ends upunning against president trump they are going to say that democrat is a communist. whether i is bern ye sanders or

someone else even though sanders is a democratic socialist. >> right. >> it is interesting you bring this up. because we do have five other democratic candidates still. six actually is the right number but we have about five minut left which i why i am thinking of that number.o so i want ink about their potential path, what they might need to do amy former vice president biden, do he have to win in a?south carol if he does win in south carolina, does he have enough to go next. uthyes, he needs to win in carolina and you look at the states coming up on supertuesday, a lot of them do have a demographic makeup that looks a lot like uth carolina where african-american voters make up significant chunks of the electorate, tex, about 27 percent, arkansas, north carolina, tennessee, virginia. but he did not do as well in nevada with latino voter they also make up a significant portion of the vote in places like california or colorado, and

texas. so yes doing well ther if he wins it means it is because he did well among african-american voters but just how well.d e really blow the doors off or did he squeak by, i think that will ll us something the time thing about biden, remember, he doesn't have a whole lot of money, at te e of january, only did $7 million in the bank. we know he spent aot of money since then, does he have the juice to go into the supertuesday states that by the way arelready voting, many of these states have early votek. >> a greategue. >> quickly a couple things could prevent him from blowing t doors off and completely dominating the african-american vote in south carolina. one is tom steyer who is also really bet his campaign on winning over african-american a voters in south carold put a lot of money and a lot of work in. an sthe other is bernianders who in nevada showed that he actually performed pretty welwi black voters. and cut into what in theory should have been je biden's

lock on that part of the electorate. >> you were talking about money. let's talk about thcandidate with the money. michael bloomberg has not been on any ballots yet, doesn't havl a sig vote. what is his path exactly. >> and in your package leading inas this, he wot a moving picture. he was a still photo because he's been preparing for this orrowdebate which is tom night. and he needed to prepare for this debate because the last debate was pretty bad. i think universally viewed as pretty catastrophically bad. so he and bernie sanders are e only two candidates who truly have the resourceto compete in every single supertuesday staten you have the oation on the growfned, sanders obviously is, his organization is mre organic, it comes from small dollar donations and bloomberg comes from, you know, he just keepspending money. >> do or die for supertuesday. >> and so his pitch i al these other guys don't have the resources to compete against bernie nders or done all

trump. sow has to actually win some stuff and show himself to be truly competitive. otherwise after supertuesday this has been a wonderful adventurof spending as much money, he has already spent as much money as president obama ent ins entire re-election on the air. >> amazing. i want to look asome picture from this weekend and two other first elizabeth wn in seattle, washington, drawing huge crowds, some 7,000 there,yo see. she seems to be having a moment with some of her spoanforters ad pete buttigieg in virginia, also thousands of people, my question we have over a minute left to say, talk about warren, buttigieg, everyone else here in the race. >> so we are going into the most diverse states now, and those candidates lookt nevada, the most diverse state they have been in so far only elizabeth warren broke into double digits with african-american voters. the rest klobuchar, buttigieg were only able to get single

digits in these ates whe dre you haverse electorates. it will be really hard for them to wet traction. re in a moment of a collective action problem wheree every one of tampaigns has put out memos saying wow, those other candidates in the mooed rate lane should really drop out. those other nonsanders campaigns, gosh, that candidate should go. none of them want to go. none of them see themselves as part of the problem.le but they can come together and figure out one standard bearer, then bernie sanders is going to be able to continue racking up more delegates than the rest of them. >> amy walter and tamara keith e don't want to her. but our time is over. thank you so much for joining us. >> you're welcome. >> woodruff: now to american politics abroad. president trump in india is receivg a warm welcome from the prime minister and crowds in

a packed stadium. but as special correspondent neha poonia reports from dehli, that embrace is also met with prests. >> reporter: president trump got a hug from indian prime minister narendra modi as he de-planed-- eness both men hoped to project during mr. trump's first official visit to india.of throngs people lined the streets in ahmedabad as the presidential morcade passed billboards that showed a smiling mr. trump and touted the >> donald trump!ip. >> reporter: the day's centerpiece was a rally with more than 100,000 people inmo ra stadium, the world's largest cricket groundru >> namaste t. >> reporter: greeted by raucous cheers at the event called "namaste-- or welcome-- trump," the presidenheaped praise on his host. >> let me begin by expressing my profound gratitude to an exceptional leader, a great

champion of india, a man who works night and day for his call my true friend. proud to prime minister modi. ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: he drew loud l applause when d india's anti-terrorism efforts. >> the united states and indiaml are also funited in our thon clad resolve to defend our citizens from that of radical islamic terr ( cheers and applause ) >> ror with pageantry, but president trump hinted a trade agreement between the two countries is immine. >> and i am eased to announce representatives will sign deals to sell over $3-billi in the absolute finest state of the art military helicopters and other equipment to the indian armed forces. ( cheers and applause )te >> rep like the president, prime minister modi has built his base on populism and- nationalisd he had warm

words for his american counterpart. >> president trump's visit to india with his family ing the india-u.s. relations an identity with sweetness and cle ties as in a family. >> reporter: today's visit comes after present trump hosted modi in houston, last september. 50,000 people filled a football stadium for the event, dubbed "howdy modi." now, the indian leer is returning the favor at a time when his hindu nationalist par is under fire for alleged discrimination against non- hindus. a new citizenship law passed in december opens new citizenship annels for nonuslims from neighboring countries, but excludes muslims. it has touched off months of protests and violenc with dozens killed. and there were new clashes today. but outside the rally in ahmedabad, excitement over president trump's visit ran high. et>> the crowd, we are allng crazy and we are all very excited and, uh, i feel like

this will improve our international ties. >> this meeting is like a god is coming into our country. >> reporter: meahile, in new delhi, supporters of modi staged a separate event, also in praise of the trump visit. this is a sight more commonly seen in temples across ind, but in this case it's a special prayer meet organized in hor of the american president donald trump. we've got several priests here who say they've been praying for otter indo-u.s. ties and also for the reelectidonald trump in the upcoming american polls. the group that's organized this prayer meet calls itself the "hindu sena," or "the army of hindus," and they refer to donald trump as their hero, becausthey think he is the savior of all mankind. >> in india, we believe our guests are as good as god and to us donald trump is god. so we prayed that trump gets more power to fight radical islam and for modi and trump to become closer allies.

>> reporter: across the country, the welcome was not as warm. in new delhi, protesters with the communist party of india held signs saying "fascist trump go back." and in kolkata, protesters burned an effigy of mr. trump. in the evening, the president and first la toured the taj hal in agra. they returned to new delhi for the night, before meetin tomorrow and the possible announcement of a trade deal. for the "pbs newshr," i'm neha poonia in delhi. >> woodruff: finally tonight, the city of los angeles, t kers, the sport of basketball and fans worldwide said goodbye to kobe bryant and his daughter today. they and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash last month. john yang has this look at an eotional cereony.

>> reporter: 2, 2420 los angeles comes together to mourn its iconic number 24, the late l.a. laker kobe bryant, and his daughter gianna, w wore uniform number 2. more than 20,000 pple, a sea of purple and gold, at the staples center-- known as "the house that kobe built." >> i'm here because i love kobe. >> reporter: the event-- which bryant's family wanted to be as much a celebration as a memorial-- began with a tribute from beyonce.♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ o >> reporter: of the most powerful moments: remarks from vnessa bryant, kobe's wife and the mother of gianna, who was known as gigi. >> god knew they couldn't be on this earth without each other. he had to bring them home to babe, you take care of our gigi.

we love and miss you. may you both rest in peace and have fun in heaven until we both meet again one day. >> reporter: speakers included star athletes and celebrities.t >> now he's ... another crying meme for the net. ( laughter ) >> reporter: basketball great michael jordan. >> i promise you i will live with the memories of knowing that i had a little brother i tried to help in every way i could. please rest in peace little brothe >> reporter: bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, a rising basketball player in her own right, died in a january helicopter crash. the w. diana taurasi. rcury's

passion ognized in kobe, obviously gigi inherited, her blill was undenat an early age, i mean who has a straight away jumper at 11. lebron barely gt it today. >> also on its hicopter >> reporter: also on the helicopter that day: two of gigi's basketball teammates and their parents, one of their coaches and the pilot. today, vanessa bryant filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the helicopter operator. kobeecame a laker at just 17 during 20 years on the team, he brought home five n.b.a. championships and an m.v.p. title. h whretired in 2016, he was number three in career points. former teammate shaquille o'neal. day kobe an i pushed one another to play some of the greatest basketball of all time and i'mot proud that ner team has accomplished what the three-peat qakers have done since the sha and kobe lakers did. but make no mistake even when folks thought we were on bad

terms, when the cam cameras were turned off we would throw a wine at each and say let's go much >> reporter: his career was tarnished by a 2003 rape charge volving a woman in colorado. the criminal charges were dismissed and a civil case was settled out of court. bryant initially said thewa encounteconsensual, but later issued a statement apologizing to the woman and acknowledging that she "did no n and do view this incident the same way i did." in retirement, bryant ors a vocal sur for women's arenas, including .d into new he wrote and narrated "dear basketball," which won the 2018 oscar r best animated short film. today, it closed for the ceremony ♪ ♪ for the "pbs newshour," i'm john yang. >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. join us on-line and again here tomorrow evening.of for als at the "pbs newshour," thank you and see

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