barring new evidence the state does not plan to file charges against him for a third time in the nona dirksmeyer killing. >> that's all for this edition of "dateline." i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. first up on msnbc, battle of new hampshire. who is up and who is down in a new poll? just two days until the primary and it's getting fierce. and when parkgoers called on pete buttigieg he installed decorative lights under bridges. >> the gloves are off. joe biden's new ad takes aim at one of the front runners pete buttigieg as both are fighting for the middle ground. the latest back and forth tells an important story. and shooting rampage t went on for several hours at a popular mall and this morning authorities admit it was worse than originally thought. rising toll, there are new numbers to report on with the coronavirus today as hundreds

remain stranded on cruise ships around the world. is anybody out there? signals from deep space are a mystery this morning for one specific reason. >> do we want to know the answer? >> that's a good tease. >> i don't know that we do. >> oh, i want to know the answer. >> you do? >> absolutely. >> there are aliens out there, everybody. >> all right. kendis with the truth on this sunday morning, i'm lindsey riser alongside cori coffin. >> we will start with the breaking news, it's been ongoing for more than a month but it continues, the outbreak, the coronavirus outbreak, reaching a tragic new milestone. >> the virus has now claimed more lives than the 2003 sars epidemic in china. as of this morning 813 people have died from coronavirus, compared to the 774 who were killed after contracting sars nearly 20 years ago. >> right now there are more than an estimated 37,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus around the globe. that number is still on the rise. joining us from beijing this

morning is nbc's janis mackey fraye frayer. we're hearing it's like a ghost town there. >> this is a city of 23 million people. i grew up in a small town and it felt like there has been more traffic in my hometown than there has been here over the past several days. people are really taking this warning from the government very seriously. people have been told that if they had come from outside of beijing they have to stay at home and observe a self-quarantine for 14 days. watch for symptoms of fever, wear a mask, check their body temperatures and especially wash their hands. the concern, of course, heading into the week is that this imposed holiday by the government is going to begin to wind down and with that there will be millions of people that will come back into the city, thus creating potentially a very dangerous situation where there's crowds on public transit, crowds in office

buildings, crowds in shopping malls and that, of course, would give the opportunity for the virus to spread. so there are a number of measures that are in place across this city as well as other major cities in china and as well we're hearing more disturbing reports of some of the harsher measures in other places, cases where there are squads of people who are going door to door dragging people from their apartments because they're suspected of having some symptoms of the virus, in some cases being loaded on to buses and being taken to temporary hospitals, one of them set up at the convention center in wuhan. this of course creating concern among officials watching from the outside because to have people with even mild symptoms in a confined space can create more problems. >> janis, many people are supposed to return to work tomorrow there in china. do you get a sense that this outbreak will keep people away? >> well, people will have been filtering back quietly because,

again, there's been this quarantine period they are expected to abide by. still some people will ease back into work, there has to be some degree of economic activity that resumes here. a lot of companies, bigger companies like ten cent they are advising people to work from home. i think that that will be the case with a lot of companies across the country if there is the chance for people to work from home, they will advise them to do so until some of this anxiety can subside. the government has put a number of strict measures in place and there just isn't -- they aren't sure how much more room there is to maneuver. the world health organization is saying this this is still very, very early to try to declare that there is a peak or that they feel like there is an end in sight. so this will be a very telling week as people come back into beijing and other major cities with experts expecting a bump in the numbers. >> janis, what is the pulse right now on chinese residents

and their feelings towards the government? a "new york times" head line reads where is xi? china's leader commands coronavirus fight from safe heights. >> well, there has been a very rare in my opinion show of public frustration here. we've seen it on social media in particular since the death of dr. li that really set off a fire here. people couldn't believe or couldn't fathom or couldn't reconcile with the idea that here was this hero doctor who tries to sound the alarm bells over this strange virus that was affecting people in wuhan and not only was he silenced, he was censured and told that he shouldn't say anything else. he signed a confession admitting to that. he went back to work, contracted the virus, and died at the end of last week at the age of 34. the outpouring across china has been phenomenal and there has been a lot of anger that's been unleashed at the government that they are not doing enough, that

what they're doing isn't going to do what's needed to contain the virus, but most of all not giving people the opportunity to express themselves in what is a crisis across the country. >> it is so rare to hear that sort of outcry at least on the mainland in china there. nbc's janis mackey frayer, thank you. new and more alarming numbers coming in overnight after a soldier's shooting rampage in thailand this weekend. >> a soldier, a sergeant, actually, in the military there opening fire at a military barracks then taking off in a military vehicle and shooting once again in several locations north of bangkok. >> all of this came to an end at a shopping mall where he killed 16 people before he was shot and killed by police. in total 26 people dead, 57 others hurt. joining us live is nbc foreign correspondent matt bradley. we're hearing that this happened over that ten-hour time period, can you break down the timeline for us? >> that deadly shooting spree

ended, that's the end of the timeline, but i will take you back to the beginning. police shot and killed this 32-year-old thai army sergeant. that was about 9:00 a.m. thailand time this morning. so it was about nine hours ago, and it was in a hail of gunfire that followed an all nightstandoff because the gunman had holed himself up at a busy shopping mall for more than ten hours firing a lot actually throughout that time. he had taken a lot of weapons from the army base where he was posted and that's why he was so heavily armed. this rampage sent hundreds of shoppers scrambling for safety but he also did something chilling that's become increasingly common during mass murders like this one, the shooter sent regular updates on social media throughout this 12-hour rampage. so this morning we're just starting to piece together what happened and why. thailand's prime minister said the gunman who was identified as jakrapanth thomma was angry

about a dispute over land. it's unclear whether any of the victims were actually involved in the gunman's financial dispute or whether those were just shots, people that he picked at random, but police acknowledge they were slow to act, they waited hours before sending in security forces to free the hundreds of people who were trapped inside and then after they had secured most of the upper floors of the shopping mall they finally located the gunman in the mall's basement. so the shooting spree began at a military base outside the city. that's where thomma killed his senior officer and two others and he then stole weapons, quite a lot of weapons an an army humvee and then he basically for through the city on a rampage. he fired at several sites including a buddhist temple where he killed a number of people and even fired outside of a school, this according to local media and police and then he entered that crowded mall and that's where he reached his final stop. throughout this massacre he was posting those updates on facebook. >> including taking some selfies from some of the reports, matt

bradley there in london for us. no doubt this will be an embarrassment for thailand, which is in essence ruled by the military there. ten hours. >> ten hours and it really is unfortunate that this is an increasing trend that we see people posting this kind of violence online. >> thanks, matt. police in jacksonville, florida, this morning are investigating why a man rammed his van through a republican party tent at a walmart parking lot on saturday where volunteers were registering people to vote. >> local officials saying this incident could have been a lot worse than it turned out. >> president trump is also reacting to this. nbc's monica alba has that for us. monica, what's the president saying and any updates here on the motive? >> hey there, guys, good morning. yes, actually we learned overnight that a suspect has been arrested and charged with at least two counts of aggravated assault and i can tell you the president sort of tweeting overnight forecasting this incident. the president actually was the first to really raise this to

the public's awareness in a large way saying that law enforcement had been notified and be careful, quote, tough guys, who you play with. so to go back and set the scene a little bit. these were campaign and republican party volunteers who were trying to register voters ahead of the election. as mentioned there, luckily nobody was hurt but senator rick scott is saying that this appears to be a politically motivated attack. now, we don't have more details or information on that, but we're hoping to learn a little bit more about that today, but he's echoing what so many are saying is that it is lucky nobody was hit because this van did apparently tear through this tent and you can see in those photos some of the things scattered, but everybody was luckily able to get away, but what's interesting is the van also sped away, they were not able to get anybody on scene. it took hours, but overnight as we mentioned somebody is in custody so we hope to learn more in the coming days. but the campaign for its part saying they are only going to redouble their efforts to

register republicans and that they will not be intimidated by what they call this act of violence, guys. >> i also want to ask you about a new report suggesting that the president faced push back from republican senators amid a decision to fire a key impeachment witness gordon sondland. what can you tell us about this report? >> sure. "the new york times" reporting overnight there were senators who tried to get in touch with the president and tell him it would not be a good look essentially to fire these key impeachment witnesses just hours after being acquitted and in particular they were concerned about the eu ambassador gordon sondland, saying that if the president made this move it would appear to be what democrats are calling a friday night massacre because we saw it wasn't just sondland, it was also lieutenant colonel vindman and his twin brother who were removed and escorted from the white house, all of this happening sort of after dark on friday, raising a lot of questions about who else could be dismissed and what could come next. but we're learning more details about which senators were making

these appeals and these are sole vulnerable republicans who are worried about what this might mean for them in their reelection, one of them is senator susan collins of maine who of course had expressed a lot of her disappointment with the president and said she opened he would learn his lesson from this, but she had to kind of walk those comments back after all of this and we haven't heard from her as recently to see what she might say, but she was concerned about this and we've heard that from others. we will just have to say whether in the coming days whether any other officials are dismissed who were key in the inquiry. >> and martha mcsally in arizona, ron johnson of wisconsin among the reported group of senators also pushing back on that. >> exactly. >> monica alba for us, thank you. let's turn to the race for the white house. two days until new hampshire voters head to the polls. their primary on tuesday of course. and the latest polls show it will be a tight race. bernie sanders has the lead, slightly, with 24%, within the margin of error pete buttigieg who has 22% of the vote right

now. >> as most candidates focus their time on new hampshire today it's buttigieg who has become a focus of some of the moderate debate candidates, rather. joe biden has a new ad targeting the former mayor. >> both vice president biden and former mayor buttigieg have taken on tough fights. under threat of a nuclear iran, joe biden helped to negotiate the iran deal and under threat of disappearing pets buttigieg negotiated lighter licensing regulations on pet chip scanners. both vice president and biden -- >> well, the video goes on for almost two minutes comparing biden's time as vice president with buttigieg's mayoral record. >> it is the most direct hit he has taken so far. >> take on the pets? the licensing of the pets? >> come on, the pets? >> for her part senator amy klobuchar doubled down on her debate night criticism of buttigieg saying she was the one that pointed this out first and that he's just not qualified. >> i'm the first one that rang the bells on this repeatedly in

the debate because i think that it's really two things, one is that experience of being able to get things done and it seems delightful sometimes for people to have a newcomer that doesn't have a record. well, i think this time having experience of getting things done matters. >> all right. pete buttigieg for his own part addressed the criticisms to his record and turned them into a campaign point at a rally in manchester last night. take a listen. >> that is very much the point, because americans in small rural towns, in industrial communities and, yes, in pockets of our done friday's biggest cities are tired of being reduced to a punch line by washington politicians and ready for somebody to take their voice to the american capitol. >> you saw some of the bernie signs there in the background as you can see it was a dinner that was attended by most of the

candidates. in the meantime the other democratic candidates continue to push their own messages at that rally with a focus on beating president trump. >> there are a lot of people right now who are worried that this fight against donald trump may not be winnable, but i've been winning unwinnable fights pretty much all my life. >> let's make america think harder and move this country forward on tuesday. let's give our kids a future we will actually be proud to leave to them. >> i know that i speak for every candidate is that no matter who wins the democratic nomination, we are going to come together to defeat the most dangerous president in the history of this country. >> we should only nominate someone who can kick his ass on the economy and i can do it and we've got to pull together this

fantastic diverse party and i can do it. >> all right. joining us now from manchester, new hampshire, nbc news election analyst priscilla thompson and amanda golden. priscilla, what's the latest in this buttigieg/biden feud? >> good morning. what we've seen over the past 24 hours is a number of mayors coming out in support of pete buttigieg, taking to twitter to talk about the importance of local government and former vp joe biden for his part some of his surrogates have come out to clarify that in that ad he wasn't talking about local government in general, but he was talking about pete buttigieg's record specifically and what he has managed to accomplish in south bend. now, the buttigieg campaign did release a statement about that ad and i want to take a look at that last line and what they had to say there. they said, the vice president's decision to run this ad speaks more to where he currently stands in the race than it does about pete's perspective as a

mayor and a veteran. and so if we remember pre iowa it was pete buttigieg who came out sort of explaining contrast between himself and joe biden, naming him directly in his stump speech, but now as buttigieg comes out of iowa on top, it is former vice president joe biden who is on the a fact against him. and he was asked about this yesterday saying was this ad an act of desperation because of a slip in the polls? take a listen to what joe biden had to say. >> hillary clinton said you don't have the experience -- barack obama doesn't have the experience to be president. is this an act of desperation by your campaign? >> this guy is not a barack obama. barack obama made united states senator of a really large state, barack obama had laid out a clear vision what he thought the international society should look like and what the order should be.

>> and as a reminder pete buttigieg and joe biden have treaded very lightly on the attacks against one another because they do share a similar base. so it will be interesting to see what impact, if any, this has on voters here in new hampshire who are going to be heading to the polls on tuesday. >> thank you, priscilla. it's too bad it doesn't look too cold where you guys are, by the way. >> it's not bad at all. >> not bad at all. all right. cool. amanda, to you, let's pivot to senator amy klobuchar, she's been knocking buttigieg's record. she's the first one she says to point out -- what do you think is the reason behind all of this for her? >> yes, she's really been leaning into their own experience and trying to knock buttigieg as being a political newcomer, someone who is getting away with a lot of momentum and enthusiasm but doesn't have a huge record to show for t you heard her also on the debate stage leaning into her own experience and in previous

debates going into how women are held to a different standard and what experience they bring to the table. she's been honing in on new hampshire-focused issues and the enthusiasm she's getting from that debate performance the other night. take a listen to what she had to say yesterday. >> we are coming on strong, theres no doubt about it, these rallies, huge, huge turnout right now, out the door, with a lot of people saying they would change their vote. i'm just not going to stop. this time i'm not bolted to a desk and i can go to every diner and every place we can find to meet with people and that's what i'm going to keep doing for the next three days. >> so as she told ali vitali she's trying to barn storm the state in new hampshire, has added a bunch of additional stops trying to stop by diners and pfaff fayes, meeting voters where they are in new hampshire and hoping to draw the parallels she brings from her own experience in minnesota. >> do you think any of this negative attention is going to have an affect for voters when it comes to thinking about

buttigieg? >> you know, i spoke to a number of voters yesterday as this story was sort of unfolding and it really didn't seem to be having any impact on how they felt about the candidate and a lot of them are still eyeing both buttigieg and biden. i think to buttigieg to his part he has faced criticism like this before from his opponents and it hasn't really had an impact. so, i mean, it will remain to be seen as sort of the criticism is ratcheted up, but at this point voters don't seem to -- it doesn't seem to be registering with voters just yet. >> and this question could be for either of you. new hampshire officials saying there's going to be record turnout on tuesday, of course, the same was said in iowa and that was not seen. what is driving potentially record numbers to show up? >> yeah, so according to the new hampshire secretary of state voters are upticked by 34,000 compared to the 2016 primary and it's noteworthy that the largest

share of the electorate in new hampshire is actually undeclared or independent voters. at 42% compared to 38% in 2016. a lot of that is due to a change from registered republicans into that independent undeclared category, 16,000 people. it will be interesting to see if that large electorate is more towards a moderate candidate, biden or buttigieg or klobuchar or leaning more towards a progressive democratic leaning candidate that's here campaigning in this state with two days left until the primary. >> rain and snow expected in new hampshire tuesday with a high of 39. they are used to that. it's 6 degrees right now. >> it will be balmy. >> and we cannot thank both of you enough. priscilla thompson and amanda golden getting up dark and early and in the cold to report all of this for us. thank you both. stay with msnbc weekends we will have live coverage from manchester, new hampshire, all day long and every day as we count down to tuesday's primary. coming up, a manhunt underway for a person who

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welcome back to msnbc world headquarters in new york, i'm lindsey riser. we are taking a look at chi town this sunday morning, almost 5:30 this sunday morning, forecast calls for a mix of snow and rain

and a high of 37 degrees. let's get to your morning headlines now. the u.s. military is investigating an attack on u.s. troops in afghanistan. two troops were killed, six others were hurt saturday while conducting a joint operation with afghan soldiers, an individual wearing an afghan uniform opened fire with a machine gun, so far six american service members have been killed in 2020. new york city police are searching for a man who shot an officer in the face and neck in his patrol van. the incident happened last night in the bronx. here is mayor bill de blasio's news conference last night. >> i have to say there is just too much hatred out there right now, there's too much hatred in general, too much hatred being directed at our officers and it has to end. tonight, thank god, our officers are safe, thank god they will go home to their families. >> and officials released images of the suspects, they are asking for the public's help in identifying him. contractors are blasting a sacred native american burial site in arizona to make way for

president trump's southern border fence. arizona central reports builders are clearing land on monument hill, part of the oregon pipe cactus national mon document in roosevelt reservation. preparations for construction began last year, some cacti here were transplanted in october. the site is considered sacred to the tohono o'odham nation. >> now to the breaking news, thousands of americans are evacuating china as the coronavirus death toll surges to more than 800. >> right now there are more than 37,000 confirmed cases of the virus including 12 cases across six states in the u.s. anyone who reenters the u.s. from china will have to undergo a 14-day hold to make sure they haven't contracted the virus. >> our next guest is currently being held under quarantine in california with his three-year-old daughter. he joins us on the phone from

san diego. frank, we want to thank you for coming on with us to tell us what your experience has been like. you just returned from wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak. what is it like right now for you? >> right now we're doing pretty good. we're at miramar base, the people here are very friendly, very helpful. they're giving us everything that we need. so, you know, compared to what we were living through in wuhan, you know, not being able to leave the house, not being able to, you know, do daily shopping, getting things that we need, now we can -- it's great. there is a park here, a children's park, so my daughter can go out and play, which we haven't been outside for about a month, so things are looking up for us here. >> about a month. wow. >> yeah. you're under quarantine there, but we're some news about your

father-in-law. >> yeah, i mean, my wife and my father-in-law are both in -- still in wuhan. we couldn't -- my wife is a chinese citizen, she has a ten-year tourist visa, but she wasn't allowed on the evacuation flight and she has to stay -- had to stay in wuhan to take care of her father as well. >> did your father-in-law contract -- yeah, go ahead. >> yeah, unfortunately they both contracted the coronavirus. his condition doctors have told us is not good. he's dying. and my wife, she's -- her condition is not as bad, but she's getting worse. >> frank, we are so sorry to hear that. we know that you're trying to remain positive for your little girl. what was your experience like when you both reentered the u.s.? >> it was -- started off at the

airport, they told us to arrive at 6:00 p.m. we sat there for about 12 hours or so and then got on an airplane. it was about a 15-hour flight. we arrived at first miramar base, where they gave us a questionnaire and because one of the questions was do you have contact -- or have you had contact with anybody confirmed to have the virus and we had, so they took rady's children's hospital where we were in isolation for a few days. that was a bit difficult but, again, the staff there were very friendly, they loved anabelle and brought her all sorts of toys to keep her occupied. i spent my base, you know, talking to people back home, talking to my wife. it's a bit difficult because it's a 12-hour difference, time

difference, but, you know, just trying to keep things as normal for anabelle as i can. >> yeah, i can imagine that's really difficult considering your father-in-law is in critical condition or his condition is deteriorating as well as your wife. frank, we appreciate your time, especially this early on a sunday morning from san diego. >> sure. >> we're thinking of you guys and we wish you well. >> all right. thank you. all right. the stakes for the democrats in the new hampshire primary may be even greater than you think. >> yeah, we're going to take a look at what the primary means for the 2020 field and the democratic party. ry means for the 2020 field and the democratic party i like liberty mutual. they get that no two people are alike and customize your car

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morning's must read editorials. first with the hp primary two days away "washington post" contributor donna edwards says the state gives democrats a chance to reboot. is she right? she writes, quote, it's been a slow messy start, but it's finally a start at winnowing the field and finding a no, ma'am me who can get everyone into the big tent to beat trump. let's face it, running in a contested primary is the worst. these are people you know with narrow differences and shared

values. >> the "wall street journal's" kimberley strassel writes a piece on the state of the democrats, she says the split between the progressives and moderates could sink the party in november. >> i've got a must read for you, this is new analysis piece from nbc's i don't know than allen saying buttigieg flaws show under spotlight of new hampshire debate. so he points out that buttigieg has held him seft out as the candidate who can best bridge the divide between the progressive and centrist wings of his own party and between the republican and democratic parties. running on a unity message makes it harder for him to punch back a certificate tifl when he comes and you fire and that makes him look less ready to go to war with president donald trump. so joining us now is jonathan allen, national political reporter with nbc news.com. good morning. jonathan, it feels like a no win scenario for any candidate, convincing voters you can work across the aisle to get things done while appearing aggressive enough to take on president

trump. how are buttigieg and the rest of the candidates navigating this fine line? >> it's particularly difficult for the candidates who are between the polls in the party, that is to say between bz on the left and joe biden in the center. we've seen that with a series of candidates, whether that's kamala harris or elizabeth warren, now pete buttigieg because when they take fire from the right in the party or the center in the party or the left in the party, then they kind of have to push back in both directions. that makes them a fighter. while they're trying to be a unifier of the two wings. or they don't do that and they look weak. it's basically puts them in the position of opposing their own message we're seeing a little bit about buttigieg right now and particularly in new hampshire, you know, this isn't iowa. in new hampshire you've got to be ready for a bar fight. >> a bar fight. >> i just don't understand why unity became such a nasty word. when did unity become a bad

word? >> queen latifah used to love u-n-i-t-y. you would think they would be down with it. >> sometimes you need to marshall your forces and every once in awhile and i'm not saying the democrats need to do this right now but every once in awhile you need to have a strong leader that is able to get people to follow them and that doesn't always require singing kumbaya. >> you make a good point. >> it is tough. you do get a sense, jonathan, that you had the progressive wing of the democratic party versus the moderate wing and coming to a tie when it comes to iowa. looking forward, where do you see that all playing out? >> i mean, this has been the issue for the democrats, you know, for a long time, the centrist wing had warned about the liberals, about the progressives and said, look, if you nominate a progressive you're going to go downhill, they said look at what happened

to the party in 1972, nominated george mcgovern and there was a complete disaster after that and that warning was heeded. the progressives got tired of hearing that, they saw the party nominate centrists repeatedly and lose anyway. you've seen, i think, a rise of the progressive wing and it's as powerful if not more powerful than the centrist wing now. i think, you know, kimberley strassel writing for the "wall street journal" does not have the best interests of the democrats in mind there, but she makes an astute observation. they're going to have to figure out who they are, they're going to figure out who their leader is and they're lucky that they're having this fight in february, not in november. >> nbc's jonathan allen who first gave us the nickname brio trio. >> priscilla and amanda were there 20 minutes ago, they said it's not cold at all. >> i mean, it's very warm for them, i think. no, it's cold outside. you know, guys, the production

crew here is muscling it out, i have a little bit of a heater so it's not that tough for me, but the crew here, they're killing it. >> props to you guys. i know that you're looking forward to south carolina in a couple of weeks where it's a lot warmer. >> absolutely. >> all right. thanks, man. all right. let's check in on what's trending now. scientists at cornell university have picked up the very first radio wave burst from space that come at regular intervals. researchers using a radio telescope in canada picked up the signals every 16 days over a year-long period. the bright millisecond long signals are called fast radio bursts and are originating from 500 million light years away. >> what does it all mean? >> that's the big question. this weekend take a moment to look up at the first super moon of the decade. it was its brightest early in morning and it's dubbed the snow moon because of the season which it falls in february. if you are lucky enough you can catch it early and experience

the moon inn pollution where the moon looks larger compared to things like this plane, buildings, trees on the horizon. it's really neat. and a historic first on "saturday night live," rupaul became the first drag queen to host the show last night but a moment in the cold open got the internet talking. take a listen. >> i know big business controls too much of washington. i know democrats don't want another candidate with massive corporate donors and i know that i sound like a bot that has studied human behavior by watching 100 hours of obama's speeches. so let's get white obama trending and, please, please not ironically. >> and they did get it trending. >> it did trend and it reminds me of deep fakes out there, too. justin bieber joined in as a musical guest, he sang his new song "yummy." rupaul took the chance to end the show with his iconic wisdom, he said, quote, if you don't love yourself how in the hell are you going to love somebody

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big business news this week, the iconic macy's department store preparing to shut 125 stores and 2,000 workers are expected to lose their jobs. this coming amid a better than expected jobs report from january. >> joining us now is yahoo finance reporter sibile marcellus. thank you for being here with us. i was at a mall just in december, just before christmas, it was empty. macy's now expected to lose nearly a fifth of its stores. is this the sign that the economy or at least the retail economy is failing? >> yes, the retail sector is struggling a lot and it continues to lose thousands of jobs. so we're seeing with macy's is that they did this strategy before back in 2016, they announced they were closing about 100 stores and cutting 10,000 jobs. now, here we are a couple years later and they are closing even more stores, at least 125 over

the next three years, and they are cutting another 2,000 jobs. so, yes, the retail sector is definitely struggling, but it's definitely winner take all. when you talk about giants like target, walmart, amazon, they continue to push the envelope, trying to be more convenient for consumers and proving their websites, getting items that you ordered online to you within an hour. they keep pushing down prices and retailers were not able to keep up like macy's, they're really falling behind and struggling. >> so with those online sales becoming more and more popular, it's so easy to just order something and get two-day shipping and not just from amazon anymore. do sales actually top brick and mortar sales from online? >> we're seeing the big winners like amazon, walmart and target they are both focusing on e-commerce and online sales and in-store sales, it's a combination of both. in terms of macy's why they're struggling so much is because they don't have that kind of a

strategy. they have to figure out how to improve their e-commerce so more people feel like they can either go to the store and pick up items or stay at the store and shop for more items. that's really what's at play right now. >> and macy's is also trying to revamp and ad new marketplace macy's with food and drinks, department stores are trying to make it more of an experience. quickly, the january jobs report shows 225,000 jobs added, what are these new jobs? >> yes, so thanks to the mild winter we've been having construction has been leading the way. so the construction sector added 44,000 jobs, leisure and pos by at that time added 36,000 jobs, manufacturing lost 12,000 jobs. unemployment rate also ticked up from 3.5% the 50-year low to 3.6% but that's not necessarily a bad thing. that means more americans who were left out of the workforce thanks to the strong labor market have been able to find jobs and join the labor force as employers have felt more confident about hiring people.

>> as sibile has said before, now all we need to do is get wages to raise more in line with the economy. sibile marcellus, thank you so much for joining us this morning. >> the last time you were at a mall was december, we are almost mid-february. >> and it was by accident. i needed an outfit. i went to three different malls they were all desolate, even aunty ann's which pumps out the most amazing smell ever was desolate. that was when i realized retail is dying. winners and losers the biggest favorites to take home academy awards at the big show tonight. >> why the best director nomination created some controversy. t director nomination created some controversy. of snow day closings due to inclement weather... all two-wheel drive cross-overs should close for the day. wannabe suvs should close for the day. regular four door sedans should close for the foreseeable future. all jeep 4x4 vehicles will remain open-

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this year is another no host show. which is like a trial without witnesses. >> i-never heard of such a thing. >> it's much faster but not quite the result you want. >> that was oscar host billy crystal talking about the academy awards.

today the theater is already prepared for its close up. >> joining us is staff writer hunter harris. renee zellweger is on your list. you're choosing judy. ♪ somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue ♪ ♪ and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true ♪ >> chilling. who else should win? >> i think tonight we'll see joaquin phoenix take home his first oscar for "joker." brad pitt and lauren dern.

>> we saw renee zellweger there in that performance. lisa says i adopt know her. what's behind that controversy there in hollywood? >> no one can have control over who makes a biopick. i think liza was not consulted on the judy project. but renee is great in this movie. it doesn't entirely work. and i think she would be proud. >> best director nomination controversial. no female directors nominated. many are saying gretta gerwig was snubbed. >> they are voted on within the category. but i was surprised because there were so many good movies this year directed by women. but i think that it is very frustrated for audiences to see movies directored by women and

not see that represented in the nominations and a woman won't win tonight. >> the perfect shade during the nomination process. congratulations to all those then men. there's a writer that said the academy awards keep show business afloat. we think a number of award shows have had low ratings. is this one of those as well? >> yeah, definitely. i don't expect for it to be a ratings boom. it never is. but the academy awards sort of matter. executives care, studios care and i think audiences like to see what won and lost. >> and to also find out about the movies for the first time. >> i guess i need to see that. does it help? it keeps the business afloat. does it help them make money? >> it does. we have seen movies that win g

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