when things that previously have been done in the dark are forced in the light, that makes stuff happen. there is something about the effect of sunlight. with the number of coronavirus cases in the united states on the rise, there's mixed messaging coming from the trump administration. the president doesn't appear to be on the same page as some of his team. plus, dow futures are already deep in the red as oil prices plunge. and voters in six more states will focus on joe biden and bernie sanders is racking up more endorsements. good morning, everyone.

it is monday, march 89th. we want to begin with the surging number of coronavirus cases right here in the u.s. to 535 new cases this morning. the virus is now in 34 out of the 50 states as well as the district of columbia which reported its first case on saturday. the virus is now at a point of rapid acceleration here in the united states despite the claim from the president's top political appointees that the virus is contained. >> i will still argue to you that this is contained. but it can't be air tight. >> it is being contained. do you not think it is being contained? >> we have an epidemic under way here in the united states. there's a large outbreak in seattle, that's the one we know

about. and so we have to implement broad mitigation strategies. >> now we're shifting into a mitigation phase, which means we're helping communities understand you're going to see more cases. >> so after vice president mike pence confirmed on friday that 21 people aboard a cruise ship being held off the coast of california, the los angeles times reports the ship is expected to dock today at the port of oakland with nearly all of the 3,000 passengers set to be quarantined for 14 days at military installations mean wile, ben carson refused to talk about the plan to deal with the passengers on board. >> the vice president met with the ceos of the major cruise ship company yesterday. they are coming up with a plan

within 72 hours of that meeting. >> the ship is dock tomorrow. >> the plan will be in place by that time. but i don't want to preview the plan right now. >> shouldn't you be able to do that? i think it needs to all come from a solitary source. we shouldn't have 16 people saying what the plan is, particularly when it hasn't been fully formulated. >> and as the coronavirus rapidly increases among that chooseship, the president had a very different idea, leave the infected passengers on board, which would help keep the number on of u.s. coronavirus cases as low as possible. >> they would like to have the people come off. i'd rather have the people stay, but i told them to make the final decision. i would rather -- because i like

the numbers being where they are. i don't need to have the numbers double because of one ship. that wasn't our fault. >> president trump visited the cdc on friday after the white house initially said the trip had been cancel dollars. while visiting the cdc, trump insisted that anyone concerned about the virus would be able to get tested, but that seemed to contradict what vice president mike pence said just the day before. >> anybody that needs a test, they're there. they have the test. >> we don't have enough tests today to meet what we anticipate will be the demand going forward. >> the tests are beautiful. anybody that needs a tests gets a test. >> as more americans need this,

we want to make sure that they have access to the test, as well. >> anybody that needs a test. that's the important thing. and the tests are perfect. like the letter was perfection. the transcription is perfect. this is not as perfect as that, but pretty good. >> so just a day after the president made those comments, his hhs secretary alex azar had to clarify telling reporters you may not get a test unless a doctor or public health official prieps a test. they got off topic by discussing the ratings of a fox news town hall he participated in. he appeared to brag about his ability to understand science and medicine. >> as of the time i left the plane with you, we had 240 cases. that's at least what was on a very fine network known as fox

news. how was the show last night, did it get good ratings, by the way? oh, really? i heard it broke all ratings. i don't know. that's what they told me. >> i like this stuff. my uncle was a great person. he taught at m.i.t. for like a record number on of years. dr. john trump. i like this stuff. i really get it. people are surprised that i understand it. every one of these doctors said how do you know so much about this? maybe i have a natural ability. >> it's all about the uncle, i guess. hhs secretary alex azar and steven hahn were unable to say how many americans had been tested for the coronavirus. the only figures they had were

from the cdc and public health labs. nearly 6000 people have been tested if you compare their tests with hub health tests. south korea has been testing 10,000 people per day. >> can you tell us how many people have been tested in the united states? >> the numbers are tough. here is what people should know about the testing. we have 75,000 tests available right now for folks by early next week, tomorrow, we should have over 2 million tests available. >> you can't give me even a rough number of how many americans have been tested? you don't know? >> the numbers change so rapidly. i don't know. >> they took it off the website

how about people have been tested. >> this administration is in a bit of a chaotic situation the way they're talking about the coronavirus. what does this reveal about how the trump administration is handling the outbreak? >> i think what we're seeing is the adds administration trying to figure out how to handle this. "the washington post" reported last night that the president was actually just two degrees of separation away from coming into contact with the coronavirus.

thats has rattled some white house officials who had been frustrated with the president's public response that has down played the effects of the potential epidemic. but there are mixed messaging on the health aspect of this and the economic aspect. the feds jerome powell and the white house are at a bit of a stand still on how to handle the fallout of this economically. and then top officials said yesterday we are past the point of containment. we need to mitigate the virus. the president said look, don't be concerned, but still is continuing to hold 15,000 public person rallies and try to contain this in a political public matter.

the president has expressed his concerns about the virus and his own management of it from a political stance. he doesn't want this to hurt the economy because then that would hurt his election prospects come november. so the white house is scrambling here. you heard dr. fauchi of the cdc come out and say vulnerable populations, older people, should practice social distancing, probably not travel, stay off of cruises. the state department issued guidance, as well, saying people should not get on cruise ships right now. so you see different parts of the government responding in more aggressive measures while the president maintains this public stance that is, you know, just trying to calm the public and doesn't necessarily, i think, acknowledge the full

extent of the crisis we're heading into now. >> trying to evoke calm, yet being misleading. still ahead, senator mitt romney now says that he'll support a republican effort to subpoena public efforts and testimony relating to joe biden's son, hunter. plus, new issues in congress about the coronavirus. at least two lawmakers are self-quarantining. those stories and a check off your weather when we come back. your weather when we come back i don't add up the years.

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welcome back. former vice president joe biden's campaign may have resurrected after super tuesday, but it also renewed an urgency for the trump campaign to launch attacks against him. in the past, trump has questioned biden's meant ewe cuety and physical stamina, but now republicans are signaling that they will ramp up an ongoing investigation into the former vice president, his son,

hunter, and burisma. mitt romney announced on friday that he would vote to subpoena former ukrainian embassy officials for work with brisma. the committee is set to vote on the subpoena on wednesday. >> danny, what do you make of mitt romney's reversal and this motion that a senate investigation cannot become a spectacle and that's the guarantee that he was given that this would not be some sort of public spectacle? >> on the one hand, to some, mitt romney must seem incredibly

indecisive. he's not afraid of being controversial with his own republicans. what is curious here is he spent the last week saying, well, this investigation looks a little too political to me and then at the end, he's throwing in with the republicans and agreesing to a subpoena in this case. only time will tell as the investigation plays out. >> how far, danny, do you think this thing is actually going to go? the question on people's minds is will hunter binden be subpoenaed in this investigation if they go all the way? >> the investigation itself, much of the facts are already known by the american public. they came out during the

impeachment investigation. if you look back just to the hillary clinton campaign, the emails alone arguably derailed her campaign at the last minute. this investigation -- >> but it's also about the timing of jim comey talking about the closure of the investigation and all those sorts of things. it was all about timing, too, not necessarily just about the context of what -- >> also what the benghazi investigation was admittedly to drive down hillary clinton's poll numbers. >> exactly. but as we plot forward towards november of this year, this is a senate investigation with yeah say criminal-type implications because it is a corruption investigation at its core. and this is something that could end up being a liability and it's something that the gop is going to use to their advantage as we head into the home

stretch. >> tim o'brien said if the republicans go down this road of interviewing and trying to subpoena hunter biden, then it's going to be open season on the trump kids that nowhere else -- more or less that it's going be scorched earth on investigations being launched into their alleged drifting, if you want to call it that. >> that's right. and i think that's what we can expect as we approach november is that both sides are going to start broadsiding each other. and the real question is to what extent they will use government process including senate investigations. >> and as this as we're dealing with a presidential election and a outbreak. still ahead, what senator bernie sanders is saying about his super tuesday losses and how he plans to obtain more delegates as voters head to the polls. e delegates as voters head to the polls. you can cook foods that are crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside.

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been focussing on tomorrow's democratic primary in michigan. sanders focused on michigan and stepped up his attacks against the front-runner joe biden, blasting the former vice president for his position on free trade. in detroit, senator sanders stressed to reporters, the important of winning the great lakes state. >> we are in the midst of a very difficult primary process. joe has a few more delegates than we have. we'll see what ends up happening in california where we won. but every state is terribly important and i think come tuesday, maybe michigan is the most important state. so i think you're reminding me that the polling four years ago had me, what, 20 points down on election day and it turned out not to be the case. so, you know, polls are polls. all i can say is that we are going to work as hard as we can to win here in michigan and i

think we have the message. >> and on meet the press, senator sanders told chuck todd that he would have won the primaries in maine, massachusetts and minnesota if amy klobuchar and pete buttigieg had not dropped out of the race and endorsed the vice president ahead of super tuesday. >> on super tuesday where we saw spikes of turnout, it was joe biden that did well. you saw spikes of turnout of african-american voters. we didn't see the spikes of turnout in enough places of your voters. what is your explanation? >> the establishment put a great deal of pressure on pete buttigieg, on amy klobuchar who ran really aggressive campaigns. i know both of them. they worked really, really hard. but right before super tuesday, these announced their withdraw. if they had not announced their withdraw, i suspect we would have won in minnesota, we would

have won in maine, we would have won in massachusetts. the turnout would have been a little different. >> let's take a first look at your forecast. bill carin joins us now. >> it's good to get a piece of good news in the show, right? >> exactly. >> i was just thinking, doing stuff outdoors, good weather -- >> it's so interesting that you bring that up because yesterday as i was outside in new york city and it was 60 degrees, sunny, beautiful, and i thought to myself the exact same thing where at least people are outdoors and the -- >> families hiking, stuff like that. >> exactly. so you're not indoors any more with all those germs around. >> going winter, it would be a different story. >> so let's get into this forecast for today. there is some great weather. there will always be some spots with not why had ideal

conditions. there it is a raining morning for you in kansas city, it's headed towards st. louis, peoria, chicago is going to have a morning rush hour, too. eventually, some of this rain will move up into areas of the ohio valley later today and tomorrow up through the northeast. it will get weaker. if you're in the green here, that is a quarter of an inch of rain. we're going to get a little bit of rain in areas like new york, boston, philly, d.c. tomorrow, but it's not heavy. it's very light. so keep that in mind. today, the heavier rain is areas of northern missouri and also in illinois. today will be extremely warm for this time of the year. we're already at 50 in pittsburgh, charleston is at 46. and today is going to be 68 in new york city. almost record highs. 69 in boston. but as we look at the week ahead forecast, as i mentioned, a little bit of this wet stuff heads to the east on wednesday. tuesday, light rain in the south.

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welcome back, everyone. we begin this half hour with the fear and confusion surrounding the united states coronavirus outbreak. there were 230 cases on friday. now there are at least 546 cases or 45, i believe. the virus is now in 34 states and the district of columbia. the death toll is 22. and while health experts say the virus is now at a point of rapid acceleration in the united states, the message from the administration has been muddled.

you have to realist iicly be concerned about the spread. >> so we actually feel pretty good that some parts of the country have contained it. >> you know, you don't want to alarm people, but given the spread we see, anything is possible. that's the reason why we have to be prepared to take whatever action is appropriate to contain and mitigate the outbreak. >> adding to the confusion, dr. ben carson claiming that the administration has a plan for the grand princess. >> the plan will be in place by that time. >> we shouldn't have 16 people saying what the plan is, particularly when it hasn't been fully formulated. >> and president trump taking to twitter that he has a pe feshthly coordinated and fine tuned plan for our attack on coronavirus and him saying that he was not worried about the

coronavirus coming to the white house, but blasting the "new york times" as an embarrassment to journalism after it published a story that described internal white house debates on how to confront the virus. with the surgeon general acknowledging the challenge of accurately informing the public. >> and the messaging, quite frankly, is hard. >> our thanks to hans nichols for that report. coronavirus concerns have now shifted to capitol hill as lawmakers ponders next steps in keeping themselves safe in the deadly joud break going as far as possibly adding a few weeks of recess. lawmakers are very nervous that they could bring the disease home and are concerned about

being home to be in their districts to help handle the crisis. senator ted cruz will be self-quarantining after shaking hands with a person at cpac who has now tested positive for the virus. boeblth senators say they feel healthy and are asymptomatic, but are doing this as an extra precautionary measure. the average age of the house is 57.6, so many members are concerned, particularly a number on when have conditions that make them more susceptible, one source told nbc. >> so as president trump continues to down play the

threat of the virus, the biden campaign released a statement over the weekend writing that they will, quote, continue to closely follow guidance offered by federal and local public health officials on the types of events we hold and how we execute them. in contrast with our current president, who not only doesn't amplify the guidance that the experts offer. vice president biden and our team will lead by example in following expert advice in comply, reasonable risk mitigation. the sanders camp said they will continue on with their plan to hold campaign rallies, but as short supporters, they are in contact with health officials, as well. >> we are in communication with public health officials everywhere we go. we will not endanger the health of anybody in this country. we are watching this thing very, very carefully. what is most important is the health of the american people

and we are in contact constant with health officials and getting their advice. >> and as the three candidates for president are all in their 70s, it is best to pullback. >> a new poll shows a majority of likely democratic voters support joe biden's presidential run. according to the latest morning consult poll, 54% of likely democratic voters say they would vote for joe biden. the former vice president is 16 points ahead of senator bernie sanders who sits at 18% and congressman tulsi gabbard coming in third. a poll shows more than half of likely democratic voters say biden is the most electable democratic candidate. biden is up 34 points since polling conducted the day after nevada's caucuses. >> and senator camala harris has endorsed joe biden making her announcement on twitter.

>> i just wanted you guys to know that i am with great enthusiasm going to endorse joe biden for president of the united states. i believe in joe. i really believe in him and i have known him for a long time. one of the things that we need right now is we need a leader who really does care about the people and who can therefore unify the people. and i believe joe can do that. >> harris, who ended her white house bid in december, is expected to join biden at a campaign event later today. the california senator becomes the latest rival to back the president including duval patrick who endorsed biden on friday. biden received the nod of former congressman and former secretary of aural mike epsy. he said we need a leader who ignites us, someone who can not only win, but can also usher in

down aisle facilities. >> meanwhile, the reverend jess he jackson looks to increase his support among voters. jackson joined sanders to rally michigan voters. joining us now, power up jackie alamenie. let's talk about this race. how was senator bernie sanders looking to pivot his campaign after his super tuesday performances into get something momentum behind it. >> yeah. we saw a schedule change in senator sanders campaign trail travels last week. he canceled the mississippi rally and instead headed straight to michigan. michigan is a state that senator sanders beat hillary clinton in the last time around in 2016, but it's not a guarantee on tuesday. even though it is, you know, as tensebly a state that represents

his base. it could be problematic for him especially as biden consolidates african-american voters and white suburbanites who typically gravitated towards republicans or didn't necessarily turn out as much. but in these previous contests, have typically turned out. michigan will be a big test for senator sanders and indicates that he is pivotal towards the industrial midwest. if sanders is not able to pull out a win on tuesday with his base, with, you know, the people that he's promised to turn out thus far, that could be problematic for him down the

line, especially as biden has pulled ahead with delegates. >> reverend jesse jackson endorsed sanders, a major endorsement for him, and senator kamala harris endorsing the former vice president. and we saw the boost that the former vice president got from senator amy clob char and pete buttigieg. what do you expect to happen here? >>. >> yeah. these are two important validaters. in the case of senator kamala harris, it's not the most politically daring endorsement she's made. it was very clear that biden, after south carolina, was going and post super tuesday was going to be the front-runner. but it's still an important voice because kamala harris notably sparred with joe biden about his record on criminal justice reform and, you know,

his efforts to desegregate in the 70s and 80s. so having kamala come out and be a voice for him in michigan could be a differencemaker. as we saw last week, those voices who consolidated around him, they've made a difference. >> jackie, thank you so much. always a pleasure. still ahead, mick mulvaney ousted as white house chief of staff. who president trump has tapped for his replacement, next. s tapd for his replacement, next.

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meadows of north carolina. in a tweet yesterday, trump wrote in part, i am pleased to announce that congressman mark meadows will become white house chief of staff. i want to thank acting dhooef mick mulvaney for having served the administration so well. he will become the united states special envoy for northern ireland. thank you. a person familiar with the discussion said that this week trump had been calling around to lawmakers asking how they thought mulvaney was doing and the response was far less positive. they also said meadows was offered the job thursday, but mulvaney, bhod been traveling for most of the week did not find out until friday. another source said mulvaney was given a heads up before trump's tweet was posted. so not necessarily fired by tweet, but close. >> also he says he was told before the tweet, but you don't know how far in advance. in about four minutes, you're going to see a tweet from the

president that you're fired, so here is your heads up. let's get a check on your weather now with nbc meteorologist bill karins. in about one minute, bill, you're going to receive an email. so i would say start packing now. let's take a look at this forecast. it is going to be beautiful out there this morning. temperatures are exceptionally warm and above average. today, we're going to be almost up to 70 degrees. boston, 68. albany, 68. this is about 25 degrees warmer than it should be for this time of year. pittsburgh, 64. d.c. could be mid 70s this afternoon. so, yeah, leave the jacket at home today. tomorrow is still warm throughout many areas of the northeast and the ohio valley, but tlhere will be more clouds around. atlanta will be beautiful in the upper 60s. dallas is going to be 80 degrees

by wednesday. the only troublesome weather we have out there today, light rain from kansas city through areas of missouri. watch out in chicago for light rain and travel delays later on today. as i mentioned, tomorrow some of this mess comes to the east. it dissipates a lot of it. for today's forecast, guys, this is as nice a march day as you're going to see up and down the east coast. it's spring. last week, i said hopefully winter is gone. >> hopefully it gets better. >> it won't stay this warm, but -- >> come on, bill. >> it's flowers. by the way, have you met the new meteorologist -- >> i'll check any twitter account. >> still about 20 seconds left. >> you'll enjoy the day today, actually. >> it's a day to get fired, today would be it. >> just make sure when you're out and about to greet people with your elbows. still ahead, investors continue to brace for the economic fallout from the coronavirus and an all-out oil

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noises rushing for trains out of milan. 16 million people are now quarantined, a can leave or ent. hospitals are being overwhelmed by the virus, said the prime minister. it is an emergency. milan looked deserted. italy now the worst-hit country in the world. 133 new deaths in just one day. 366 now in all. more than 1,400 new infections. >> that was nbc news chief global correspondent bill neely reporting last night. it just shows the drastic measures certain countries are taking to prevent the spread of this thing. it shows also that there is not a unified response across the globe as to how to approach it. >> what is the threshold when you get a country like china that thsays 2,500 people are on

lockdown, and then wuhan. what's the chance we'll see something like this happen in the united states? it is now affecting the entire country. there's also big, new developments on oil prices, which plunged by 30% globally after opec, in particular saudi arabia, said it was increasing outputs? we go live to london with the development. this is a significant development. a lot of people have been tracking it. a lot of friends overseas have been watching this this morning and saying it's very nerve-racking, to say the least. >> yeah, absolutely. what really is interesting is how it is tied into what has been going on with coronavirus. the concern was that the situation in countries like china would reduce demand for oil. so the members of opec last week tried to agree on continuing supply cuts. they continue to pump less oil than they were able to. they were trying to get the

russians to agree to that on friday, but the russians said, no, they're not going to do this. over the weekend, the saudis said, if that's the case, come the end of march when our current agreement runs out, we will pump as much oil as we need to. though it is a few weeks out, traders get nervous about it. they try and sell down oil. you see this price plunge dramatically. that seems to have translated into the financial markets over the course of the day so far. we've seen mark itets in sydney tokyo, hong kong, and now major european capitals plunging, some as much as 7%. what that means, of course, elsewhere is that when you look at that u.s. government debt i was talking to you about a couple times last week, the ten-year treasurtreasury, the y what you can earn on buying u.s. government debt is a record low, 0.4%. extraordinary situation. that will then continue to keep people concerned about the long-term economic consequences of the virus in particular.

>> incredibly troubling developments. we'll be watching the markets throughout the day, when the markets open here. >> thanks. >> live from london, thank you, willem. up next, a look at axios' one big thing. on "morning joe," more coronavirus cases in the united states, as experts say the sickness is at a rapid spread. the administration is sending mixed messages of the response to the threat. kamala harris is the latest presidential candidate to endorse the former vice president. pete buttigieg is our guest. "morning joe" is moments away. get 'em while they're hot. applebee's 25 cent boneless wings are back in your choice of three sauces. applebee's 25 cenif you have moderate to severe psoriasis, little things can become your big moment. that's why there's otezla.

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thank you. there was something in the road ... it's okay. you're safe now. welcome back, everyone. joining us now from washington, d.c. with a look at axios a.m., political recorder for axios, editor in chief, mr. nicholas johnston. good to have you with us. what is the one big thing this morning?

>> it's the economic virus. we touched earlier on what's happening in markets today, about the freak out over the coronavirus, driven by the news over the weekend. a lot of new things happening. italy's major economic region closed down. spread of cases in the united states, including two in the united states. and members of congress self-quarantining. it is driving economic fear. something more interesting is looking at the long-term economic impact. that's a global infectious outbreak. brian walsh wrote a book about the end of the word. one of the chap terters was on pandemics, how to view these things in the long-term. things i learned this week end is the black death in europe in the 14th century led to the end of futilism. and the 2003 sars outbreak grew the economic engine in china, leading to the move to ecommerce. what are the trends we're looking at economics to come out of the coronavirus outbreak? big is telework and remote working. we'll learn a lot about u.s. policies and how companies are able to deal with offices and

remote workers when offices are closed for weeks at a time. this isn't a snow day work from home. this could go on for two, three weeks. and policies we've been implementing on remote work, we'll learn how it works. the other thing is supply chains in china. the outbreak in china led companies to question a lot of the just-in-time manufacturing they do, centered on being able to manufacture and ship goods from china. this is a trend that started with donald trump's trade wars, leading some companies to think about moving production elsewhere. it's been excel braaexceaexceac. will companies bring work out of china or bring work back to the united states? we see how the supply chains can be affected by a global pandemic. >> let's talk about axios. i know you guys sat down with donald trump jr. what is he saying about joe biden's son? >> we have news from axios and hbo yesterday. my boss sat down with hunter

biden. >> you moderate a debate between hunter biden and myself. come on. let's do it. seriously. >> promising to sit down with hunter biden with my boss moderating it. donald trump jr. said he'd release tax returns if hunter does. they'd go line by line to see who is benefitting more from their father. what donald trump emphasized is they've always been international businessmen. he benefits from the trump name but not the trump job. the key point, this is a line of attack they'll see a lot in the fall. donald trump campaign is very much going to be zeroing in on hunter biden. hunter biden's role with the foreign business entanglements. it is spreading to the senate, where we may have a subpoena for records before committees. >> nicholas johnston, live in washington, d.c., appreciate i. we'll be reading axios a.m. in a

little bit. that does it for us. "morning joe" starts right now. it is being contained. do you not think it is being contained? >> there are at least 546 cases. the virus is now in 34 states and the district of columbia. the death toll is 22. >> it is being contained. >> 100 countries are now reporting countries. >> it is being contained. >> the demand on health care providers is surging. >> it is being contained. >> we'll see a complete overwhelming of the entire medical system. >> it is being contained. >> there is no vaccine, and a delay getting those test kits. >> it is being contained. >> we don't want to alarm people, but given the spread we've seen, anything is possible. >> it is being contained. and do you not think it is being contained? >> well, if the white house can't be trusted, at least we have public servants in congress. like florida's matt gates who, for example, had so much fun mocking the coronavirus outbreak

by wearing a gas mask