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through google questions. an expert's take on what's fact and a myth. good morning, i'm lindy riser. candace and cory are off today. we begin with breaking news. the stricken screws ship off san francisco got clearance to dock in california after being held another sea for days. we'll have a live report from a moment. but first overseas, a quarter of italy's population is on lockdown, that's nearly 16 million people. the italian government is closing off the entire lombardi region. pope francis is leave streaming his traditional service instead of delivering it from his balcony. in china at least 10 people in a hotel being used as a quarantine facility collapsed. dozens are still buried. back here in the u.s., a person who attended a political

conservative conference cpac was identified with coronavirus. we have cases across 32 states, that includes the grand princess passengers. with more, we have claudia and scott clone. let's start where the people is livestreaming to avoid crowds. claudio levonda is joining us from italy. what else is the outbreak disrupting? >> well, absolutely, lindsey. milan looks like a ghost town because the government has asked everybody living in that area, the area around milan, which is a region of 10 million people,

plus 14 provinces in the north of italy including venice, that's another 6 million people, they're asking them, don't move around, in or out of those regions, not even around your areas. they say the movement should be avoided to stop the spread of coronavirus, which in the north of italy is now spiraling out of control. now the number of total people who tested positive across italy is almost 6,000. well, consider that more than half of those are in the north of italy in the region of lombardi, which is of course in lockdown. not so much here in rome, for the rest of the country there are some restrictions but not as tight as the one that has been applied to the north of italy. you can see what's happening here in rome. i'm standing right next to the coliseum. there are a few people. you will see probably more, another such beautiful sunny and sunday day here, in italy. you will notice if you live

here. but otherwise there seems to be enough people. they don't know perhaps that the government, apart from locking down the north of italy, they've also closed down archaeological sites, museums, all across the country, including the coliseum right behind me. these are extreme measures introduced to stop the virus. >> do you know whether the pope will be livestreaming his sunday service indefinitely? >> well at least until the emergency passes. this is the first time the pope does the angelus, which is the sunday prayer, recites the sunday prayer, through a streaming service. essentially the vatican is saying this is mainly to avoid the gathering of people in st. peter's square that on a sunday and midday, now usually they gather in the tens of thousands to watch him say, recite the prayer from the window. last sunday there were concerns about the pope and his health

himself, because he started coughing. he had a cold during the sunday prayer. so it's really not about him, because obviously he will recite the prayer from the window. but it's about the tens of thousands of people who come and see the sunday prayer from -- on a sunday. the same will go for the wednesday audience, also attracts tens of thousands of people to st. peter's square. that will be live streamed. we don't know how long this will last. >> thank you so very much. let's bring in correspondent scott cohen live in oakland. there are ndevelopments with th grand princess and when people will disembark. what can you tell us? >> the big new development is why we are here in oakland as opposed to in san francisco where the ship was originally supposed to dock. it will come here to the port of oakland. the plan now is to bring it in

tomorrow. the logistics alone here are daunting. there are about 3500 people on this ship, 2400 passengers, about 11 zoo err 00 crew members. it will take days to get them off the ship. the original plan was to do it today, they're now delaying until tomorrow until they get everything in place, in what the captain told passengers what was a carefully choreographed process. >> point one, guests who require acute medical treatment and hospitalization will be transported to health care facilities in california. point two, if guests don't require a cute medical care following health screenings, those who are california residents will go to a federally operated isolation facility in california for testing and

isolation. >> people who are from other states will be brought to facilities in other states. still unanswered is what happens to the international passengers. there are some 50 nationalities represented on this ship. quite the process that will unfold here in oakland over the next few days. >> with all of the news of these cruise ships and the headache that guests have had to endure, not to mention of course those who have come down with coronavirus, what's the impact to the cruise industry at large? >> the cruise industry is in quite a bit of upheaval to say the least. they are trying to come up with more procedures. vice president pence met with cruise industry leaders yet to talk about better ways of screening, better ways of dealing with outbreaks like this. but they had a situation with the princess cruise lines where there was a crew member on the grand princess who had transferred to another ship that was supposed to set sale yesterday.

they had to call off that cruise entirely just because that have one crew member who was not even supposedly exposed to the virus at all, but just out of precaution. so it gives you a sense of what this means for the crews industry as well as just the fears that people might have after a couple of high profile inzents. there's going to be a lot of rethinking to do. >> how seriously they're taking this as well. thank you. new today, president trump downplaying concerns over coronavirus after officials say an tendy at cpac where he and the vice president spoke last week tested positive. shannon, good morning. what more are you hearing from the white house on this? what might this mean for future rallies? >> well, really no change in the public posture, their stance on the rallies. to give you context about cpac and this gathering, this is one of the large ost every year of

conservatives. thousands of people from across the country come to these. the president and vice president were there and top presidential officials, jared kushner, ivanka trump, mick mulvaney, members of congress. at this time there was no indication that the president or the vice president had been in close proximity with this attendee. the white house was taking some precautions to monitor the president and they'll continue monitoring the situation going forward. but the other question when it comes to big gatherings of people as you noted, there are these political rallies that the president holds. sometimes those can be in a stadium that holds 15,000, 20,000 people, like a basketball game, rock concert-type gathering. the president was asked about that yesterday, and here's what his response was. >> we'll have tremendous rallies. we're doing very well. we've done a fantastic job with respect to that subject on the

virus. and we've had tremendous cooperation with other countries, and all over the world. we've made it very, very tough, very strong, very stringent borders. >> are you saying that the virus is getting close to the white house? >> no, i'm not concerned at all. no i'm not. we've done a good job. >> and now while there's no public change that the trump campaign is making to the rallies, i will note, there are none on the calendar at this point, which is a bit unusual. they've been holding about one rally a week, a rally every other week. so no rallies scheduled at this time. another thing i would note behind the scenes going on, that those there is some concern, hidend awareness, last week or i should say a few days ago really, the white house changed the procedures for visitors coming in asking them what countries they had visited in the 30 days presumably to give additional screening or thought to bringing in those people.

publicly not much changing, behind the scenes there are changes among those interacting close with the president and his staff. >> we just heard the president say we've taken measures, done a great job. what measures have they taken? >> well, i think the big one that's affecting the not so much people in the u.s. but coming into the u.s. the president has repeatedly talked about the closing of the borders to travel from china. and now screening they're putting in place from the most affected countries like italy. but domestically, just to tell people to take more precautions with using their hands, use common sense, is the phrase you continue to hear repeated. domestically they've tried to tamp down any concern on travel. the vice president was asked about whether the elderly people should avoid cruses. he said take common sense, use basic health precautions. that's a big thing to watch

going forward, if the u.s. is going to put any restrictions inside the u.s. >> members of congress have extra precautions taken and security situations, their jobs are serving the public. are members of congress being shielded in some ways? >> you know, it doesn't appear that way. it appears that members maybe in their personal life are washing their hands more. but there's been no public change. remember, the congress, and i know i travel a lot for this job and saw several members of congress at the airport heading back to their districts for the weekend or traveling to, there was a large rnc gathering here in florida. they continue to be doing travel. i think that's another thing to watch as an early indication for where the next steps in this may be going, if you see changes there. >> shanon petty piece, thanks for joining us now. joining me now, joseph fair. what information or messaging is critical from the government at

a point like this? and what have they done right and wrong? >> rather than pointing out what they've done wrong, i can say any key outbreak response, more than 15% is communication and over commune occasion and being speesk. how many diagnostic tests are out right now? how specifically do you get tested for the virus itself? where is it out and where is it going to be and in what timeline do you expect that to happen? those are the questions the public wants to know right now. by not having the information, you're left to come up with your own ideas about where we are in the outbreak. frankly right now without the diagnostics we have no idea. we're seeing it pop up in state by state by state. that's only going to continue to happen. if you're only having one press conference a day and are not answering key questions, it tends to breed hysteria making

the situation worse. >> how is the coronavirus outbreak different from previous ones we've seen? >> it's not dramatically different. i guess that's a part of the confusing part. ebola or covid flooint, communication and over communication is key. >> do you feel like hysteria is different with coronavirus? >> i do. it's because this is much more infectious than a respiratory virus is more spread, both through direct contact with fluids. however coughing and sneezes you could transmit it more than by blood. it's going to be more infectious so a lot more people get it. the numbers are frightening. when you hear numbers like 125,000 people globally. there's not that many in hospital beds dying from the virus. more than 80% recover. that's not to give people a

false sense of security. even though you yourself may be fine, you are still infectious to those in the highest risk groups. and i think it's safe to say each and every one of us knows someone in a high risk group. the key message is keep yourself safe first. if you are ill avoid getting around anyone like that. if you are in a high risk group, avoid going to events. i would avoid going a cruise if i'm in that high risk category. even though they may be healthy. >> they say knowledge is power. we are in such an interesting era of communication. how do you think social media is plague into the outbreak right now? >> good and bad. i would say probably overwhelmingly more bad just because there's so many misgivings and misconceptions of everything this is a government conspiracy to giving out the incorrect information, trying to sell products at a greater

price, that have absolutely no proven effect whatsoever in treating this virus. i think one i saw there was cloidal silver fwb you drink it you can cure your coronavirus. we don't ever recommend ingesting heavy metals. that's where i go back to the communication and overcommunication. if you leave people to think about where we are with things, in their mind they're going to go to a lot of different places. more often than not when you have that panic and hysteria, it goes to bad places leading to derivative effects. that's why you're seeing the dramatic drops in the stock market, efforts efforts. >> stick around. we'll see you later. which one will they choose? will people vote for bernie sanders or joe biden? plus, the british teenager who made meghan markle grin from

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welcome back to "msnbc live," with a shot of the charles river in boston. they've got a touch of spring there today. the temperature is supposed to get up to 54 degrees. now to your morning headlines, congressman john lewis will mark the 55th anniversary of bloody sunday with a tribute to the edmund pettus bridge. it brought 50 members of congress to birmingham. >> while we as a nation have mal miles to go, we can reflect, remember and rededicate ourselves to the causes for which the foot solders marched, prayed. >> they remembered the 16th church in burmingham, the site

where girls were killed in 1963. last night a ka seena was robbed. they ian took several people's cell phones. in the uk, duchess of sussex, meghan markle made a surprise appearance for international women's day. she invited a teenager on stage to talk about how the day is about people of all genders working for economic and social equaty. the student took the chance to greet her with a kiss on the cheek and compliment her. >> she really is beautiful. >> well done, very well said, and incredible confidence. in many societies it's easy to compartmentalize this as only being about women, but it's about all of us. >> later meghan markle and prince harry attended a concert

where they received a standing ovation. the duke and duchess will attend their last ryal duties tomorrow at a common day celebration with the queen. we have new delegate numbers in the race for the white house this morning. joe biden now has 624, and senator bernie sanders has 556 delegates. the small increase comes as california votes continue to be reported. there's still 110 left in that state to win. the three democratic candidates left in the race have a big month ahead with primaries in 11 astates and a debate on march 15th. as they travel across the country, joe biden and bernie sanders are drawing big crowds. thousands turned out in st. luis and chicago yesterday. both candidates pushed their campaign promises and took jabs at each other. >> i pondered always, is the incredible enthusiasm and excitement this campaign is

generated. folks, senator sanders likes to say he'll need a record turnout to defeat donald trump. he's right, and we're the campaign that's going to do that record turnout. >> joe biden and i have are friends. i have known him for years. but we have different records. we have a different vision. the american people will hear about it. we're going to win this election because we have the agenda that speaks to the needs of a long-neglected working class. >> as they get ready for a month full of primaries, joe biden's campaign has pushed $12 million worth of ads into key battleground states. and bernie sanders keeping up his attacks of how biden raises his money. michigan is one of those states. it has the biggest number of delegates up for grabs during the next round of primaries on tuesday. joining me now, fred yang, democratic pollster with a research group.

good morning. >> good morning. >> this poll was taken just before several candidates dropped out of the race. there's only a six-point difference between biden and sanders, 29 as opposed to 23%. how do you expect the dropouts will impact? where are bloomberg and warren voters going to go? >> i think it's too easy to say a bloomberg voter goes one direction, a warren goes to another direction. there are many factors why these candidates have the support they did. chief among them being, who can beat donald trump? i would say i think that the biggest -- the bigger impact will be actually what happened last tuesday. i notice in that michigan poll, which was taken before several candidates dropped out, it was also taken before super tuesday. i think the other thing we need to watch for obviously is whatever momentum vice president guide biden got from his victories tuesday.

>> amy klobuchar stumming tuesday. it's been a week since she dropped out and endorsed the former vice president. you were an adviser for her campaign. is there any insight into how her decision played out, how it all came together so quickly? >> she obviously ran a wonderful, terrific campaign, brought important issues, and, you know, factors to the table. i will say that she was and remains extremely popular in minnesota. we had done a very last-minute survey, and it showed that the vice president was lagging. i think her endorsement probably helped him. i'm not going to say it's the only factor. but i do think her popularity there and the exit poll on tuesday showed the snoot with favorability ratings with democrats in the mid-70s. that had to have some impact on the vice president's success. i think in terms of the general election, i'm not part of the biden campaign. they have many factors to

consider. but the one thing is senator klobuchar is very popular in minnesota in a general election, she has never lost an election there. if winnability of a state is important, and minnesota is a purple state, that's certainly one factor. >> well, what do you think the future holds for senator klobuchar's political career? what's going to happen next? >> well, i think the most important thing is a reason why she got into this race, which is to defeat president trump. she decided that vice president biden is the best candidate to do that. and look, i think anyone in politics can only look forward the next election. she has to help the vice president win the democratic nomination. and then what happens in the future happens in the future. >> all right, well in a new opinion piece in the "new york times," frank bruni writes bernie sanders has already won the democratic party. he set the tone, determined the issues, and tugged the party

toward him. bernie says biden, klobuchar and buttigieg all carved out positions to the left, and says sanders gets the most credit for that. fred, biden may be the current front-runner, but do you think the party has been reshaped by sanders? >> i think i'll let pundits and hist oernds actually decide what happened now after it happened. look, number one, you have to give senator sanders a ton of credit for the campaign he's not only running now but he ran in 2016. also, you have to give credit honestly to all the other candidates who ran for president. each of them brought different things to the table. you mentioned senator klobuchar, mayor bloomberg, senator harris, senator warren, mayor buttigieg, all of those brought important traits, issues, policies to the table. >> as a pollster you guys might not ask that specific question to voters of whether bernie

sanders has shaped the party, but from the questions you've asked, the data you've gathered, how would you say sanders has impacted the race? >> i would say he's impacted the race in generating enthusiasm with young people. it's very clear. it's not showing up in every state so far. but he has struck a chord with young voters. i think that's very important obviously for the future of our party. some of his ideas have been debated. look, i think, you know, who won the democratic primary in 2020? we don't know yet. we can say that senator sanders had a major impact on this primary. and it's not over yet. he could still emerge victorious. in terms of sort of where democrats are in issues, i would argue in some respects politicians lead the voters. sometimes voters lead the politicians. and i'm not sure you can say that on all of the issues mentioned in these articles it

was senator sanders that led. there are sometimes the voters are ahead of the politicians, and they're waiting for a leader or politician to sort of take the lead on an issue. >> interesting take. fred yang, thanks for your time this morning. >> you're welcome. hand-to-hand combat on coronavirus, a new dramatic demonstration shows us just how quickly germs spread spread. ad . (burke) at farmers insurance, een almost everything, so we know how to cover almost anything. even a "gold medal grizzly." (sports announcer) what an unlikely field in this final heat. (burke) not exactly a skinny dipper, but we covered it. at farmers, we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. so call 1-800 farmers to get a quote. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ this new samsung galaxy on verizon's 5g network is a big upgrade.

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turning back to the breaking news, the number of coronavirus in new york state is on the rise. 89 people are infected. you're taking a live look right now over manhattan. that's more than a dozen higher than governor andrew cuomo announced less than 24 hours ago. he declared a state of emergency and stressed the important of

self-quarantine. >> there's been some reports that people on voluntary kwaurn tooern are not following the voluntary quarantine. when we say you are on predaugsly quarantine, that is a serious situation. we are assuming you will act in good faith and that you will be following the rules of voluntary quarantine. people who are on voluntary quarantine are issued specific rules. violating those rules is first i think disrespectful to members of the community. it doesn't honor your responsibility as si citizen. and you can be putting people in danger. so even though it's called precautionary quarantine, that is a serious situation. we expect you to comply with it. if you do not comply with it and we know that people are not complying with voluntary quarantine, there are other measures that we could take. >> preventing the spread of

germs is key to controlling coronavirus and illnesses like colds and the flu. dr. john torres shows us just how tough it can be. >> good morning, everyone. >> good morning, miss sajdara. >> at soaring heights shorter school in new jersey, they're cracking down on coronavirus. >> today we are going to talk about hand washing. >> this nurse is teaching the fourth graders how to protect themselves against germs and other things that can lead to colds and flu. >> drying. >> the school keeping staff and students safe. not easy. we went to mrs. regina's class to demonstrate how fast germs can spread. we put a non-toxic powered on their hands, simulating the spread of germs, by shining a lit. then we left them alone for just one har to see how often they

touched their faces, school equipment and even each other. >> let's see what we've got here. you can see fingerprints here. it's tough not to touch these things. this just shows you how this little bit of powder can spread all over the place. >> those glowing spots represent germs everywhere. >> can you see this? >> in their ears, on noses, and every surface they touch, tables, computers, pens and pencils, even on the teach -- all over here. >> do i have it in my hair? >> a little bit. >> how surprised were you? >> i didn't even realize how much i spread it around the room. >> according to a recent study, in a normal day we touch our face more than 20 times an hour. mrs. robinson's class has learned the best way to prevent spread. do you guys want to wash your

hands now? >> yes. >> how many second do you have to. >> 20. >> and what's the best way to tell 20 seconds? >> sing a happy birthday song twice. >> wow, they now their stuff. that was dr. john torres reporting. with infections on the rise in the u.s. and around the world, questions are mounteding. and google is tracking a top question americans are searched for the last week. most have come from service in the seattle and san francisco bay areas. rejoining me now to try to get answers, we've got medical and science contributor joseph fair. we want to mention what governor cuomo said about that. >> we're telling everyone to quarantine. our federal message is to self-quarantines. that's without thinking through the logistics of that. if you're living paycheck to paycheck, if you're a small business and lose those

employees, telling them to self-quarantine without any supplemental to pay groceries or rent, for the business to stay open and not die itself from the virus, not literally but to die as a business, it's not feasible. without some kind of a declairgs of a national disaster and some kind of supplemental not included in the money from congress, it's not going to happen. >> how did the coronavirus get started? >> it started in a wet market where you would keep wildlife and humans in close proximity. those are the breeding grounds of epidemics, africa, south america, asia, where that practice is common, the epidemics typically arise from those environments. if it can come from wildlife it can go to the human or to life

stock and into the human. that's a recipe for a pandemic. >> how is coronavirus spread? >> this particular -- coronaviruses in general and this one is spread through direct contract when you cough or sneeze, liquid droplets come out of your mouth. if you've seen one in slow motion, it travels from three to six feet. direct contact with mouth, nose or eyes. or you have been contaminated yourself, your hands, touching a surface like a desk or your keyboard like we saw with the kids, and then you go back and touch your eyes, nose or mouth. >> and probably more we're even thinking about it and obsessed with it. how to prepare for coronavirus? >> that's difficult. the only one i can say is it's not a bad idea to have a few days of supplies. and i've been through a number of national disasters. i would recommend that on a normal day to have a few days worth of food and supplies.

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developing this morning, new reports giving insight on how the white house is handling coronavirus. "the new york times" says debate raged within the administration over what to tell the public. even as the government's scientists and leading health experts raised the alarms early and pushed for aggressive action, they faced resistance and doubt from the white house especially from the president because of spooking the financial market. joining me now, good morning to you. what does this say about the president trump administration and what are the optics for americans across the country? >> i think, you know, there is an argument to be made about calm leadership in the face of a crisis.

but what we're seeing from this administration is donald trump emerging as one of the chief agents of misinformation. i think trying to downplay this and not giving the american people a real sense as to precautions that they should be taking and the real kind of severity of what we're dealing is a major problem. as much as there might be these other officials within the administration who are properly responding to this or trying to set up protocols, the chief problem we have is the fact that the president of the united states is not really matching that messaging when he's speaking to the american people. he's trying to downplay this. when we look at what's happened in other countries, this is going to get worse. we would benefit from a president addressing the threat as is it should be. >> "the washington post" giving a look at squandered time, how the trump administration lost control of the coronavirus crisis. according to interviews with 16 current and former administration officials, state health officials and outside experts, trump and many of his

aides were keptcal of how serious the coronavirus was. the president often seemed uninterested as long as the virus was abroad. it also paints a picture of a president that was distracted as signs of the impending virus loomed. where would we be under different circumstances if things were treated incredibly seriously from the beginning? >> i think in a better position. if we had addressed this earlier, laid out protocols, particularly around testing. one of the big issues right now is we still are pretty unaware as to how many americans have this, who has been infected. given that it's difficult to plan a response. i think one of the issues is the delays in testing, the delays with faulty tests. really trying to understand the scope of this, you know, issue here in the united states has been delayed. we really don't know where things are right now today, which, you know, obviously spells trouble and portends problems moving forward in the

future. >> the first coronavirus case has now been confirmed in washington, d.c. we've now learned that a person at the political conference where president trump and vice president pence were at. let's listen. >> are you saying that the virus is getting close to the white house? >> i'm not concerned. no, we've done a great job. >> so should he be more concerned? should we be feeling more urgency from the white house? >> yeah, absolutely. i think there should be concern coming from the president. again, i think there is an argument to be made that he should be calm and shouldn't be making fears worse. but there's a difference between being a leader and having a calm leadership hold on things, versus, you know, ignoring a problem and ignoring the threat. because i think the american people are, you know, getting a disservice every time the president tries to downplay this threat or act as though it's not going to come to the united states, particularly when we've

seen what we saw in china, south korea, and italy with the news over last night in terms of the millions quarantined there. i think the american people would be served by a president who was addressing it with concern. it doesn't mean going into hist airkz and cause a wider-spread panic, but a president should be telling the american people about the risks and what they should be doing. >> how would a greater level of urgency help public health? >> when you're looking at something like the fact that an atendy at cpac has been diagnosed, tested positive for coronavirus, you're looking at more people are aware of what the symptoms of this are, what they should be doing. if you are feeling sick don't go to a large conference full of thousands of people. i think that's one of the issues. public health would be better served if people are aware of how this is spread, and sort of what they should be doing if they're not feeling great, stay home, talk to their bosses and

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disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein is set to the sentenced this week after being found guilty on charges of rape and sexual assault. prosecutors sent a letter to the judge showing a lifetime of abuse urging him to impose a sentence that reflects the seriousness, the total lack of remorse, and the need to deter him and others. joining me now, msnbc, katy, good morning. tell us about this letter the prosecuto prosecutors sent to the judge. >> it was a strong statement from the prosecutor herself who

did that, 11 pages of compelling information, three continuous full pages of a history of prior bad acts going far back -- as far back as 1978, documenting his sexual abuse and harassment of women across the country if not across the globe. and then three pages of bullying, threatening and tactics he would employ in his work environment. and the idea that you need to send a message to deter other sexual predators like him from doing this to other people. we're also finding out that the actual victims of the case, lindsey, jessica mann and merriam haley will be submitting their own impact statements. i expect this judge will give a huge sentence to harvey weinstein on wednesday. >> let's talk about what he's potentially facing. he's had a heart procedure since his conviction. will his health play a role? >> of course.

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that will do it for me. i'm lindsey riser. stay with us for velshi. 62% of all democratic delegates remain for the taking. but is it the soul of the party that's really up for grabs? only 29% of american workers can actually do their work from home. so what do the rest of us do in the face of a highly contagious outbreak? and 26% of american workers are black and latino. if you think you know how they vote, you're wrong. velshi starts now. ♪ good morning. it's sunday, march 8th, international women's day and daylight savings time. the novel coronavirus continues to spread. there are 19 confirmed deaths in the united states,