>> thank you, so much, alongside ayman mohyeldin. we begin with breaking news in the race for president. two people with firsthand knowledge telling craig melvin that congressman james clyburn will endorse joe biden at an event on wednesday. the highly coveted the highly coveted endorsement is a major boost for the biden camp ahead of saturday's south carolina primary which is viewed as a must win for the former vice president. this also comes with news from nevada with nearly 88% of the vote in, nbc news projecting biden will finish in second place, right now at 21%. quite a distance from senator sanders who powered to victory with a diverse coalition of voters. now at 47% as you can see there. we're going to get more on that in just a moment. more from congressman jim clyburn who spoke out before we learned he would endorse vice president joe biden, clyburn explaining what biden did wrong in the lead up to iowa and new

hampshire and why he is predicting things are going to be different when biden takes the debate stage in south carolina tomorrow. >> in the first two contests, people from south carolina, like around the country are looking at this and i've heard from a lot of people that they thought that joe biden could have done more to engage on the -- during the debates and thought he could have done more to say why he would be deserving. and so i think he suffered from that because he didn't do enough. but i do believe that a lot of that had to do with other candidates. i think that at that time you had, what, 17 or 18 people on the stage. kamala harris, i think, unnerved him a little bit with her question. >> right. >> so all of this changes when

you only have six people. so i dynamics on tuesday night will be totally different from what they were on those two contests. >> now, as we mentioned, senator bernie sanders won saturday's nevada caucuses in commanding fashion and with a broad coalition of support. he dominated among hispanics, winning 51%, more white voters than any other candidate, second only to joe biden with black voters. won 49% of voters who describe themselves as very liberal, tied with moderate and conservative. ran away with young voters. 57% voters under 45. he also dominated among voters who say they prefer a candidate who agrees on the issues. here's sanders addressing his supporters after that sweeping victory. >> trump and his friends think they are going to win this

election. they think they are going to win this election by dividing our people up based on the color of their skin or where they were or their religion or their sexual orientation. we are going to win because we are doing exactly the opposite. we're bringing our people together. >> joining us now, managing editor of the washington examiner magazine, jay caruso. great to have you with us this monday morning. let's talk about the outcome of the caucuses. interesting for joe biden. first what do you make of bernie sanders win notably with young and hispanic voters and the way the coalition looks. how does he propel this momentum going forward. >> the big thing is sanders beating the polls by 12 points.

he's got 47%. that's a huge victory for him. how much it affect going forward, i'm not really sure, especially in south carolina. let me leap ahead a little bit. it's going to be a big thing for the march 3rd, for super tuesday. that's a big deal, how much momentum he has there. if you look at a state like california, california has 495 delegates or something like that, and the way they are handed out is candidates have to get either in congressional districts or statewide 15% of the vote. if you look at the last three polls, one poll shows the only one with over 15% is bernie sanders. another one has joe biden at 16 and another has elizabeth warren at 17%. so on super tuesday, that's the big thing. he could walk away, regardless of what happens in south carolina, bernie sanders could walk away with a ton of delegates, and i think what a lot of people were concerned

about is he might not be able to expand his sport in 2020 over 2016. i think we're seeing the opposite of that. >> you think he could easily run away with this thing on super tuesday if he performs the way it's being predicted. >> it's a possibility. for everyone who thought that bernie sanders was too radical to win the nomination, we're looking at what happened with the gop, if you have a dedicated base of voters that are going to go out there in primaries when the percentage of the voting population is pretty low, it works to his advantage. >> let's talk about congressman james clyburn's endorsement of former vice president biden. how is this going to help his chances in garnering a first place finish in south carolina's primary? >> well, biden has been pretty strong in south carolina regardless. i'm one who thinks that us in the media probably pay a little more attention to endorsements than the general public. i don't know if there's anybody

out there who was on the fence or thinking they were going to vote for sanders and suddenly say james clyburn was endorsing biden, that changes everything. it may help in some way in boosting support among the african-american community for biden but i think he's probably going to coast to a victory regardless. at the same time, it doesn't hurt. it is something that he can go around and say to supporters and particularly donors. that's where it's stronger for him. look who's endorsing me in south carolina. let's talk about what happened in nevada on the debate stage. elizabeth warren getting a bit of a financial boost for going against mike bloomberg. she's gotten the mayor of new york to change his policies on nondisclosures, release three women from their ndas. let's talk about previewing tuesday night's debate stage. what do you think is likely to happen with michael bloomberg to

recover from last week, and what does elizabeth warren need to do to keep the momentum from nevada. >> one of the problems of going after michael bloomberg is that he's not the guy who's in the lead. he's not the front runner but they went after him like he is the front runner. i know he's poured a ton of money in national advertising. the person they should focus their attention on is bernie sanders. i know it's more difficult to elizabeth warren because her policies almost align with sanders in a bit of a different way. bernie sanders is more the revolutionary type. warren is more of a pragmatist in that sense but still wants the same kind of policies. i think the way that bloomberg performed which really was bad, they should focus their fire on bernie sanders. that's where they have to go at this point. okay. she got the boost, the money, now is the time to focus on the front runner, not on michael bloomberg. >> jay caruso, thank you.

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welcome back, now to the president's first trip abroad since his acquittal from the senate impeachment trial. the president and first lady arrived in india for a two day visit. the president spoke to a massive crowd of about 100,000 people at a rally staged in the hometown of indian prime minister. though despite the fanfare and warm relations, the u.s. and india have been unable to resolve differences over trade. prime minister modi, and president trump are expected to announce new agreements on the purchase of u.s. military equipment and possible energy cooperation against the backdrop

of china's growing influence. prior to the trip, trump administration officials said the president is expected to address alleged human rights abuses in kashmir and relay concerns about the treatment of religious minorities in india. this is the president's first visit, and the fourth consecutive u.s. president to visit the country. >> joining us from new dehli india, white house correspondent kelly o'donnell. good to have you with us this monday morning. what did you learn from the president's speech, speaking his language about size, what did the president have to say? >> reporter: well, good to be with you ayman, and yasmin, and the president's message is one of a bond between the u.s. and india. he talked about the 4 million indian americans who are a part of u.s. culture, and business and entrepreneurship. and certainly the venue here that you pointed out is large scale, and that's something that

always attracts the attention of the president. it's notable. india someone of the country's where the president's approval rating is among its highest level. this is a welcome rooted in a lot of popularity over the way he has conducted himself in office on issues that have to deal with terrorism and business and his sort of blunt style. so the president has been received here with a kind of welcome that may surprise people at home. india also very much prepared for this visit by doing things to stir the interest in this visit to decorate, clean up, redecorate in areas that the president would see. now there isn't as much of substance in this meeting when it comes to sometimes where you have these international events where there's a big announcement being made. that isn't happening on the issue of trade where the u.s. and india have been struggling to deal with that. on military purchases they do

have an announcement to make, and that is india buying u.s. military equipment, something the president often touts in his relationship with other world leaders and that was a part of his address here a short time ago. >> i am pleased to announce that tomorrow our representatives will sign deals to sell over $3 billion in the absolute finest state of the art military helicopters and other equipment to the indian armed forces. i believe that the united states should be india's premier defense partner, and that's the way it's working out. together we will defend our sovereignty, security, and protect a free and open indo-pacific region for our children and for many many generations to come. >> and president trump's sort of push toward nationalism and

populist tones is something that's echoed by prime minister modi here. that's part of the bond they share as friends on the world stage and part of what has fueled this interest in the president's visit here. he and the first lady are expected to visit the taj mahal today before some more substantiative meetings and more of the typical business between two leaders for this first phase of the two day trip, a little bit more of the tourism side that we don't often see with president trump. >> thanks, kelly. u.s. district court judge amy berman jackson who sentenced roger stone to three years in prison rejected stone's request that she recuse herself from a new trial. jackson could not impartially evaluate the request for a new trial. stone's lawyers say to remain unbiassed and fair in the case and pointed to comments that

jackson made during stone's sentencing that jurors had served with integrity under difficult circumstances. in the six page order released last night, jackson defended her remark and said it fell short of the kind of evidence of bias that would require a judge to step aside. she wrote judges cannot be biassed and need not be disqualified if the views they express are based on what they learned doing the jon they were appointed to do. stone's motion remains pending before jackson with the defense's next filing on that issue due later today. joining us onset, msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos. thanks for coming in. what do you make of judge jackson's denial of this motion? >> no surprise at all. it was always a long shot. the motion for a new trial goes to juror bias or misconduct, that may have a better chance. this was always an ill-fated motion to try to get the judge to recuse herself. i thought she went into too much

explanation of her order. had i been the district judge, i would have responded with two or three lines. in this case, i said, well, these jurors have served with integrity, and that's it and she pointed that out just in her order. she said look it was at the end of a 90 plus page transcript. it was kind of a throw away line that i use, the judge says all kinds of nice things to the jurors because they have served weeks on end and given up part of their lives and not a lot of money. in some jurisdictions no money. you have to say nice things. to make that the basis of a motion to suggest that the judge is biassed is a bit of a stretch but as a defense attorney, you have to try virtually anything you can. >> all right. so that goes to my next question. >> yeah, i was going to say. danny cevallos always does. >> anything out of the hat.

>> see some of my motions, yes. >> how much of this do you think is a legal maneuver or how much is playing to the audience of one that we talk about from the president to seek that pardon, saying you know what, if you can create enough buzz, and taint the jinltudge, even though she no, the president saying i found the way she treated roger stone, my political ally very bad and he decides to pardon him or reduce his sentence. >> we are in such a fascinating era of e-filing with the courts and pdf documents that can be sent around the world in seconds. what you see is a trend where formally pleadings and motion would be the bare minimum necessary to accomplish what you want to accomplish. some of these indictments and motions read like press releases, whether it's mueller and his speaking indictments that educate the american people about what the russians did or it's a motion like roger

stone's. these are now written more like press releases and they know in stone's case it will filter back to the president, and it could influence his possibility for a pardon. >> 140 characters, just enough, 240 in the new twitter standard. >> re-tweet it and then have a response on twitter. >> and you know the president watches everything. danny cevallos, always a pleasure. thank you. >> good seeing you. major developments in the coronavirus as cases surge outside of china with some countries now closing their borders. we're going to have the very latest on that. does it worry me? absolutely. they are both very much hand in hand. so you should really be focusing on both and definitely at the same time. the new sensodyne sensitivity & gum gives us the dual action effect that really takes care of both our teeth sensitivity as well as our gum issues. by brushing with sensodyne sensitivity & gum at home it's giving you the relief that you need and the control that you need to take care of your oral health. and it creates a healthier environment. there's no question it's something that i would recommend.

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allegation, they should contact the company and they'll be given a release. under his tenure going forward the company would no longer offer confidentiality agreements to resolve sexual harassment claims. the must have is a reversal from the former new york city mayor's stance at last week's democratic debate where he took heat for shutting down the idea. his attempt at transparency has not impressed his fellow democratic candidates. watch this. >> it's just not good enough. michael bloomberg needs to do a blanket release so that all women who have been muzzled by nondisclosure agreements can step up and tell their side of the story. in terms of what michael bloomberg has done. >> how can you run against donald trump the ultimate philanderer and have two, five, ten, 20, whatever it is,

nondisclosure groeagreements wi people who i guess allege he harassed them, anyway, you have to be transparent. there's no option. >> let's switch gears from politics now for a quick moment. bring in nbc meteorologist bill karins with a quick check on your weather. what we like on mondays is for you to tell us what's going to happen friday, saturday and sunday. >> that far in advance, huh. >> i love the week, mondays are the best day of the week. >> early monday when the alarm goes off. that's all our favorites. >> we were discussing, we're only two weeks away from the spring forward, clocks change. >> another good moment of time. >> good news, bill. >> that's what i'm here for. >> let's get you out the door this morning. it was very mild, a warm weekend on the northeast, mid atlantic, a lot of people spent the days outdoors, blowing leaves in the northeast, and end of february it's crazy.

let's get into the forecast. we are watching a warm but rainy, wet period of weather in the southeast. overnight, a lot of rain through alabama, northern georgia, now heavy rain over the top of st. louis, southern indiana. keep that in mind. the only winter weather we're going to talk about this week, it looks like we're going from the squad cities, northern illinois, definitely chicago. chicago you have your chance of the biggest snow event in the winter season as we go throughout tuesday afternoon, tuesday night, wednesday morning, a possibility here someone could get 6 inches. let's get into the week ahead forecast. snowy weather in areas of the montanas to dakotas. tuesday and wednesday, still rainy in the ohio valley. looks like a damp tuesday, wednesday, mid atlantic from new york to philadelphia to d.c., the snow exiting on wednesday through michigan, and thursday and friday, everything gets quiet. winter returns as temperatures fall. it will be windy and chilly as

we end february and stare at march, not far away. >> thank you, bill. the latest from india as president trump wraps mhis speeh before a massive crowd. the big news in the race for president as we learn joe biden will get the highly coveted endorsement from congressman jim clyburn ahead of south carolina's primary. we are back in a moment. leaf b. you should be mad your neighbor always wants to hang out. and you should be mad your smart fridge is unnecessarily complicated. make ice. making ice. but you're not mad because you have e*trade which isn't complicated. their tools make trading quicker and simpler so you can take on the markets with confidence. don't get mad get e*trade and start trading commission free today.

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welcome back, everyone, i'm ayman mohyeldin, alongside yasmin vossoughian and we begin

this half hour with breaking news in the race for president, two people with firsthand knowledge tell james clyburn is set to endorse joe biden. a major boost for the biden campaign ahead of saturday's crucial south carolina primary which is viewed as a must win for the former vice president. this also comes with news from nevada with nearly 88% of the vote in that nbc projects joe biden will in fact finish in second place. right now at 21%. quite a distance, though, from bernie sanders who powered to victory with a diverse coalition of voters now at 47%. now, congressman clyburn spoke up before we learned he would endorse biden explaining what biden did wrong in the lead up to iowa and new hampshire and why he predicts things will be different when biden takes the debate stage in south carolina tomorrow evening. >> in the first two contests, people from south carolina, like around the country, were looking at this, and i've heard from a

lot of people that they thought that joe biden could have done more to engage on the -- during the debates. thought he could have done more to say why he would be deserving and so i think he suffered from that because he didn't do enough, but i do believe that a lot of that had to do with other candidates. i think that at that time he had, what, 17 or 18 people on the stage, kamala harris i think unnerved him a little bit with her question. >> right. >> so all of this changes when you only have six people so the dynamics on tuesday night will be totally different from what they were on those two contests. >> so while the goal for congressional democrats is to

defeat in november, some are expressing concern that having bernie sanders at the top of the ticket may hamper their efforts to maintain the house and win control of the senate, despite a strong showing in the primaries, some of the party say sanders policies may be too liberal for the broader electorate and they could drive away suburban voters who favor democrats in the 2018 midterms, particularly in the dwo divided districts. his political rivals have spoken out about the potential consequences of a sanders presidency. >> do you think bernie sanders is capable of beating donald trump? >> i would like whoever the democrat is to beat donald trump. >> do you think he can win. >> the answer is i don't think he can beat donald trump and keep a democratic senate or get a democratic senate and keep a democratic house. >> before we rush to nominate senator sanders in our one shot

to take on this president, let us take a sober look at what is at stake for our party, our values, and for those with the most to lose. there is so much on the line. senator sanders believes in an inflexible, ideological revolution that leaves out most democrats. >> joining us, managing editor of the washington examiner magazine, jay caruso, does the increased heats that you saw there from joe biden, pete buttigieg and others putting on senator bernie sanders rise potentially take away from the party's chances of winning in november. do you think they're essentially hurting themselves right now? >> i don't know how much it will hurt in the long run, if sanders captures the nomination, i think the rest of the party will coalesce around him. i think there is valid concerns about swing voters and even some republicans. i was having a conversation not

too long ago about people who say they would vote for joe biden in the general election but won't go anywhere near bernie sanders because of some of the policies that he has. and people are saying there are others who are warning, well, you know, if sanders gets elected he won't be able to do what he wants because congress won't allow it. in an era of presidents who exerted a lot of executive authority, that's a possibility, and there's reports of sanders and his team drafting executive action they would take. there's that concern as well. it's interesting to watch this. at the same time, we'll see what happens when -- if sanders emerges as a victor in terms of getting the nomination, democrats will still rally around him enough. the question, again, goes back to what pete buttigieg was saying, will it be enough for other democrats and swing voters, will he set them off, i don't know. >> jay, let's address his reports about russia looking to interfere in the 2020 election

and boost specifically senator sanders campaign. we heard senator sanders as we have played throughout the show, addressing the press and the people on the tarmac basically saying, if i'm talking to president vladimir putin right now, i'm going to tell him you're not going to interfere in these elections especially on my behalf but let's talk about the plan from the sanders campaign specifically to combat some of these reports with regards to russian interference. what are they doing? >> well, i think bernie sanders statement, he pretty much excoriated russia. it was a good response. there's a lot of reports coming out saying russia is interfering. we don't know the specifics of what they're doing. we just know they are interfering. they have a preference or they have a preference for sanders and where sanders helped himself was coming out and saying, look, i'm a posed to this. i don't want this kind of help, and if i'm the president, we're going to stop it. whereas trump still doubts the intelligence or they say, well,

it could be russia, it could be other countries as well, so sanders was smart to sit there and take this head on and basically just kind of reject any efforts that russia would have on his behalf. i think that he has to speak out as well overall because what russia is really trying to do is sow discord amongst the electorate. it's not a preference for one candidate or the other but to make people think that. they're having success doing that. sanders may want to go a step further. >> i think saying some success is putting it lightly considering what has consumed us for the last three years or so. jay caruso, appreciate it. joining us from charleston, south carolina, vaughn hillyard, following pete buttigieg's campaign. good morning, good to talk to you on this. before we get to south carolina, let's talk first about nevada, third place finish for former may

mayor pete buttigieg. his campaign raising questions about the results of the caucus. what is the latest on this? >> reporter: exactly. yesterday the campaign, the pete buttigieg campaign was pushing back on irregularities on voter data that was coming back into nevada democratic party state headquarters. and while nbc news has verified there were some reporting errors, at this point, i think it's important to note that late last night that nbc declared that joe biden will finish in second place above pete buttigieg and that that margin between those two is not close enough to suggest that pete buttigieg will be able to take that second slot. and why is this a big deal? well, in large part because pete buttigieg, you even heard it in his speech there in nevada on saturday night, he wanted to walk away from nevada with this being a two-man race. bernie sanders and him is the counter to sanders. he went on a six-minute riff going directly at sanders, never

mentioning biden or the other candidates. what you're looking at is joe biden walking into south carolina suggesting that he could be the best equipped if in fact he beats buttigieg in south carolina as well. >> so let's turn our sights a little bit to his performance there in nevada, assuming he finishes third as nbc is projecting he will, very bad showing with african-americans, turning his attention to south carolina. it's a bit ironic he's criticizing bernie sanders for not having a broad coalition and mobile i mobilizing a broader base, what is his plan to gain support among african-american voters in south carolina? >> reporter: the hard part for pete buttigieg is that he has been doing this for more than a year now, and he was hoping that nevada would prove to folks in south carolina where about 60% of the democratic electorate is african-american that he would be able to win over voters of color. when you looked at the last exit polling, he only earned a few percentage point from african-americans and latinos which made up about 25% of the

electorate in nevada. he won just about 10%. that's difficult coming to south carolina. this is the fascinating part of politics, to what extent do people trust you, to what extent do people know you. just four years ago, hillary clinton earned about 84% of african-american support over bernie sanders in south carolina. and what you have seen from the vermont senator was a methodical effort over the last four years to really inject himself into more diverse communities and be there as a voice as he would say that listened and heard them out. now what you're seeing is suddenly him going toe to toe with joe biden taking his share of support in the state. this is a difficult time for pete buttigieg. his closing message in las vegas is perhaps i didn't always get it right in south bend, but i have tried to listen and i have tried to take away and better understand these more diverse communities. whether that's able to hold up and allow himself to stay in the ball game in south carolina next

saturday, that's a big question mark over the next five days. >> that's a real test to show that he could get a diverse coalition of support, and he certainly didn't succeed in nevada. aside from the primaries, you look a lot warmer and more comfortable than you did in iowa, and new hampshire, so congratulations to that. >> this jacket is only slightly necessary at this point so it's a good start. >> he's still recovering from las vegas. we're not going to ask about that. >> what happens in vegas, stays in vegas. msnbc's vaughan hin hillyard, t you, good talking to you. the new spy chief that could leave the acting director of national intelligence vulnerable to blackmail. supreme court justice sonia sotomayor accuses her colleagues of bias in favor of the trump administration. your first look at "morning joe" is back in a moment. ♪

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acting intelligence director richard grenell used to do consulting work for a foreign politician that the united states accused of corruption. grenell used to do consulting work on behalf of an eastern european ol european oligarch who is a fugitive and was barred from entering the united states, imposed last month by the state department. back in 2016, grenell wrote several articles defending the moldovan politician. he did not register under the foreign agents registration act which requires people to disclose work in the unite on behalf of foreign politicians. an attorney for grenell declined to say what grenell's paid consulting work involved but did say he did not have to register under the act quote because he was not working on the direction of a foreign power. that act is the same law that trump's former campaign manager, by the way, paul manafort and

former deputy campaign manager rick gates were convicted of violating. supreme court justice sonia sotomayor has accused her colleagues of buys y bias, in t case of wolf versus cook county, illinois to up hold the government to move forward with the controversial public charge rule. the policy which critics call a wealth test for immigrants makes it more difficult for them to obtain green cards if they use public benefits such as a medicaid or food stamp aid. in her dissent, justice wrote that the quote decision follows a now familiar pattern. it is hard to say what is more troubling that the government would seek this extraordinary relief seemingly as a matter of course or that the court would grant it addressing her conservative colleagues, the justice added quote perhaps most troubleingly, the court's most recent behavior on stay applications has benefitted one

litigant over all others. let's get a check of weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. hi, bill. >> umbrella day for a lot of people. let's get you out the door. heavy rain on i-70 from st. louis to indianapolis. as far as the forecast goes, beautiful weather day, areas from washington, d.c. to philly to new york all the way to boston. look at boston, 62 degrees that's not much cooler than areas in the southeast. that's even warmer than atlanta today who's going to be cloudy and 55 with rain. chicago today you have rainy weather, but things are going to change. the one spot that's probably going to have the worst weather as far as winter weather goes, chicago, central michigan and areas around quad cities. as we go throughout the day today, we watch the rain pushing through. then as we go through tuesday morning, this band of snow develops on the backside. chicago evening rush hour on tuesday could be rough, snow throughout the night tuesday evening and wednesday morning, and all the rainy weather heads to the east after that.

not a lot of winter weather but the lot of umbrella weather and rainy weather for the east coast throughout the week. a lot of nervousness as cases of the coronavirus spike outside mainland china, you see it on the screen, global stocks tanking and a look at u.s. futures now, the dow set to drop more than 700 points. we are going to get a live report next. do you realize how many different taxes we pay? sales tax, different p-o-s systems in all seven countries. and online sales? that's a whole other system... and different regulations. therere'realal eate e crits,s, . and we have no way to integrate all that? no... but bdo does. peopopleho k kno knonow o.

we are bark with breaking news. financial markets are taking a beating at this hour. >> quite a beating. >> cases of the coronavirus outside of china spread rapidly. dow futures see it on the screen. down more than 700 points. >> 800 points there. >> and as of right now. let's go straight to london and cnbc's reporter join us live from there. explain what we're seeing happen in realtime. first with europe and asia, certainly in the united states at 9:30 eastern?

>> reporter: well, we are seeing a substantial sell-off in global markets. in the asia session we saw particular sell-off in the south korean markets with investors selling those stocks as we saw a spike in the reported cases of coronavirus outside china over the weekend. so what's really got investors worried across the globe is not the number of cases reported in china, but outside china. south korea joined iran and italy in reporting a spike in the number of cases. that brings me to what's going on in europe this morning. a major selloff under way here as well. the stock 600, the main equity market, a benchmark in europe, down significantly more than $300 billion, wiped off that index in just the first few hours of trade. italy now home to the largest coronavirus outbreak outside of china. this is in northern italy in two areas that are actually relatively rural.

they account for 30% of italy's gdp. a substantial part of italy's economy. more broadly, driving concern among the investment community this could turn into a full scale pandemic. seeing markets sell off in europe and asia, as mentioned, and dow indicating now an 800 point drop at the outset. nettivety filters through to the u.s. as well. gripping investors today as they continue to as the situation. >> and couple that with reports coming out of big companies like apple saying they will also be affected by coronavirus. you get a sense why the markets are jittery and nervous. >> ask the question, how are markets able to stabilize amidst sense this is heading towards being a global pandemic. >> live from london. thanks. >> appreciate it. up next a look at axios' "one big thing" and a major endorsement for former vice president joe biden on "morning joe." what it means heading into the

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welcome back. joining us from washington with a look at axios a.m. national political reporter for axios jonathan swan. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> talk to us about axios' "one big thing" today? >> so we have obtained memos, lists, of disloyal officials. quote/unquote, disloyal offic l official, defined for president trump. never trumpers, people disloyal to him, but what hasn't been reported is the extent of this effort, and the extent to which trump has been amassing material over the past year that has been supporting his suspicions. so one recent memo that i was briefed on is called "the jesse

liu memo" remember earlier this month president trump surprised a lot of people when he withdrew the nomination he'd already made of a woman named jesse lui, former u.s. attorney for d.c. involved in the prosecution of roger stone. put up for a seen jnior job. trump withdraws is. a memo given that he perused and misdeeds in the eyes of a conservative activist dealing with the president including the fact she did not indict andrew mccabe, the deputy fbi director and the fact she had signed a sentencing filing for general michael flynn. so you get a sense of what's happening. it's not just the people that they want to get rid of, it's also people they want to come in, one of the names that stood out to me in the lists given to

him, dan bongino, may have seen him on fox news, on sean hannity's show. recommended. a list that the wife of clarence thomas handed this list to president trump. the list recommends dan bongino for senior counter sayterrorism a senior white house security council role. >> and talk about the inner workings on this administration. the notion that a sitting president of the united states would have some kind of political hit list to remove adversaries or people who don't agree with him from office raises a lot of serious ethical questions about how our government functions. i'm curious to get your thoughts from your reporting. do you know if any of these individuals that have been targeted by the president tend to fight back in any way, shape or form? have you spoken to them about what their next steps are in the names mentioned maybe on that list? >> i'm not getting into any

conversations i may or may not have had with people on the list but i'll tell you that's unusual about this is with, apart from the fact the list exists, three years into a presidency and most of these people are political appointees. meaning president trump appointed them. he allowed his cabinet secretaries or his presidential personnel office to appoint them. he calls them the deep state, but many of these people are the state that were put in by the people that trump entrusted and appointed and now he's reviewing lists of people who, again, to underscore again, administratio quote/unquote, disloyal. the striking thing about this. >> remarkable. jonathan swan, great reporting. thanks for bringing light to this important subject. we'll read axios in a bitened sign up at signup.axios.com. that does it for us on this

monday morning. i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. "morning joe" starts right now. do you know how much, though, do you have a price tag for all of this? >> we do. and, you know, the price tag is -- it will be substantially less than letting the current system go. i think about $30 trillion. >> just for medicare for all? >> just for medicare for all. >> a price tag for all of this? >> no, i don't. you mentioned making public colleges and -- tuition free. what we want to do. >> you know the program but don't know how much the price is. >> i can't rattle off every nickel and dime but sbre accowe for, medicare for all, options to pray poor it. >> that's the issue. threatening to pull the party apart. can challenges facing america be addresdhr