that's big question. the office buildings are public. questions as to whether they'll shut those to the public as well. >> again, want to reiterate to everybody, we're watching live pictures of the grand princess ship docking in oakland, california, 3500 passengers onboard, waiting to disembark that cruise ship after they've been on that cruise ship for two weeks or so. 21 confirmed cases of the coronavirus. "deadline: white house" with nicolle wallace starts right now. hi, everyone. it's 4:00 in new york. widespread anxiety about the spread of coronavirus today as health officials warn the containment has failed and mitigation is the next objective. this warning comes as global financial markets were jolted today. down around 2,000 points at the close. even shutting down completely for a period this morning because of a massive 7% drop.

just after the markets opened. the selloff being attributed in part to news about the spread of the virus. the total number of cases in the united states, up to 556 and a growing number of schools and universities have cancelled classes while some businesses are urging people to work from home. new york state has surpassed washington state with the most cases at 142, the official who oversees the region's airports, bridges and bus term analysis. in the last hour, a cruise ship docking in oakland, california, that ship includes 21 people who have tested positive for coronavirus. all of the passengers will be quarantined for 14 days at military bases. when it comes to the spread of the virus, nationwide, health experts and officials acknowledging this weekend that most americans will be impacted

in one way or another. >> well, we have an endimmic under way here in the united states. we're past the point of containment. >> now we're shifting into a mitigation phase, we're helping communities understand you'll see more cases, unfortunately you're going to see more deaths. >> as donald trump stares down his first nemesis in coronavirus he's lashing out at the media. quote, the fake news media and their partner the democrat party is doing everything within it semiconsiderable power to inflame the coronavirus situation. far beyond what the facts would warrant. as the facts emerge, the picture of chaos and hesitation inside the trump administration becomes clear, "the new york times" with this reporting, quote, from the beginning the trump administration's attempts to forstall an jut break of a virus now spreading rapidly across the globe was marked by a raging internal debate about how far to go in telling americans the truth.

even as the government scientists and leading health experts raised the alarm early and pushed for aggressive they faced resistance and doubt at the white house, especially from the president. >> i think there's no confidence in the president in anything he says or does. he turns everything into what he thinks is a political benefit for himself and he's actually imploding in the process. but there's a lot of innocent bystanders who are being badly hurt and i just think -- i mean, i wish he would just be quiet. i really mean it. that's an awful thing to say about a president. be quiet. let the experts speak and acknowledge whatever they suggest to him. >> that's where we start today with some of our favorite reporters and friends.

former democratic congressman donna eberts. white house reporter for the washington post, ark leigh parker. msnbc anchor steph rhule. steph take us through this morning, the markets, a circuit breaker shut off automatically. >> it's been scary all day. yes, we saw that happened in part fueled by coronavirus. what pushed it over was this oil price war. we know oil demand is down specifically in china. by the end of the meeting, russia said we'll figure this out. saudi arabia said we'll hike up production and sup press the cost, that sent markets down in an aggressive way.

the circuit breakers on pause. the president trump responded lower prices at the pump is great for american people. back in the day when we're not oil producers. fracking is a huge business here in the u.s. those oil producers in houston were on the ropes. but broader than that, you know this better than i do, the president is still just not being honest and upfront about the impact with the spread of coronavirus. yes, the underlining economy is better than when we were facing the financial crisis. you got people in lockdown in italy. corporate america knows it's coming, we're a service-based economy and the advice around coronavirus is stay home. don't go to work. don't go to school. don't go to a big concert. you still have an administration with a president just hours ago is tweeting, look at how many

people died from the flu this isn't a big deal. it is. >> i want to play what larry kudlow and kellyanne conway are saying about the virus, stands in contradictory from the sound i just ran from our health experts. >> i'd still argue to you that this is contained. >> it's being contained and you don't think it's being contained. >> it doesn't matter what i think, kellyanne, but the former head of the fda, the country's surgeon general said the opposite. said it can no longer be contained. containment is no longer the objective. now the objective is mitigation, even though it's spreading it doesn't spread wildly. how do the markets feel about being lied to? >> not good. i just left new york stock exchange where people are

dumbfounded. what is larry kudlow doing talking like this. economic fundamentals, if you want to be an investors for the next ten years, that's a conversation to have over here. for larry and kellyanne to say this thing is contained that's a flat-out lie. remember it was two weeks the day president assigned mike pence to be in charge of this, there are 15 people it's going down to zero. it's the opposite of zero. >> steph ruhle, i have never seen you in so much demand. thank you so much, my friend. >> thank you. >> ashley parker, the realization of what may have been a longtime objective of this white house, alternative facts, here's donald trump on that ship that's pull into port about why he wanted them to stay onboard. it was all about his numbers.

>> they'd like to have the people come off. i'd rather people to stay. i'd 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. >> ashley parker, i have never heard a president talk about that it e's wasn't other fault. a report that some passengers are very sick, there was an account that the most critical would come off first. is there any sort of accounting for the president's decision to leave sick people stuck on a boat? >> we talked about this on your show before, about the president's saying the quiet part out loud and that's exactly what he did there. he sort of publicly admitted that we have known through reporting is that that he's concerned about the numbers, the number of cases. he's concerned about the numbers. the numbers on the stock

exchange. he's concerned about the markets. he's concerned about the bad pr story. that's driving a lot of his behavior and i will say within the white house, there's a sense twofold, since vice president pence took over things haven't been perfect but they've been more organized and more streamlined and an effort to be more transparent and get more information out. people in the white house privately won't defend that comment you just played by the president. they know it's not helpful. the thing about this president also, he drives the news, his tweets, his statements, they drive the news cycle and the people managing the crisis, in a case of a global pandemic, what you want driving the news cycle is not the president's misinformation and his concern about the numbers you want the experts speaking calmly, clearly but also honestly to the american people and telling them, here's where you need to worry and here's where you don't

need to worry. this is what means long-distance learning is going to look like. the president is preventing that from happening. there's internal frustration. >> who traveled with him on friday and let him walk out before cameras at the cdc in a "keep america great" hat. >> i'm trying to remember, i think mark meadows traveled with him and that of course was when he -- i'm pretty sure, doub double-check that, i'm pretty sure meadows was on the trip and that's when the president made that announcement he'd be the next chief of staff. they knew that change was going to come. there was some frustration with acting chief of staff mick mulvaney. in part because not only was he not on that trip but he wasn't at the white house, he was sort

of off on a personal day, people can take personal days. again, for some of these people who have been working nonstop to deal with this issue there was widespread frustration that he wasn't there, wasn't working, they think that's one of the things that triggered the president's decision which had already been made. >> ben rhodes, if a foreign leader like the leader of china or italy were touring his or her nation's version of the cdc or the w.h.o. in a cap that reflected their sports' interest that would be weird. if they were wearing a hat with the slogan of their re-election campaign on it, i think it would be noted internationally, what does this look like from foreign capitals to watch this president as ashley parker said, pushing out information that reveals his insecurities about the numbers,

the markets, the numbers of patients and day after day after day after day contradicts the information coming out of our country's top scientist. >> reporter: nicolle, that's a great question. it asks us to step back and consider, what should a president be doing in this situation? number one, you want a president who values expertise and wants to be surrounded by the people who can help him manage this crisis. instead, donald trump literally shut down the office at the white house that was created to deal with global pandemics two years ago. you want a president who speaks very clearly, provides fact-based information to people so they know how to be prepared in this country and around the world. this president has been deliberately spreading misinformation about the coronavirus in order to try not to panic the markets. importantly, nicolle, a normal u.s. president would be spending a lot of their time right now because this is global pandemic

talking to foreign leaders, if president obama was in office he would be literally on video conferences with leaders all of the major countries about how to manage mitigation factors across borders so you don't have this chaotic situation where different countries are doing different things. there's a coordinated international response to what's happening. none of that is happening, nicolle. we have so little expectations in donald trump and the world has so little expectation in donald trump no one is looking to him for leadership. we're literally finding out in realtime what it's like to have not have a responsible person in the office of presidency in the midst of crisis. >> i play this sound of larry

kudlow, the president's top economic adviser and kellyanne conway talked about alternative facts, to use the very words, kudlow, i'll still argue to you that this contained. kellyanne, it's being contained. two health officials specifically said on television in their capacity as experts it cannot be contained we're moving to mitigation which has a very different meaning it's either reckless disregard for the facts or truth, mistakes no one is forcing them to clean up, where's the quality control in terms of what the public is hearing? >> well, it's interesting, nicole, when the ebola pandemic happened in 2014 we made a conscience decision out of the white house to not have ourselves be the lead

communicators to take a backseat. who can provide this information on a daily basis at a white house press briefing. they don't have daily white house press briefings. you're left with the alarming choice between this is massive incompetence or this is willful disinformation to try and cover up that there's a growing risk of a pandemic in this country and i think what we're seeing nicolle is the outcome of people who have been able to live in a world of alternative facts, who have been able to count on a massive propaganda machine. the problem is, when you're dealing with global markets and you're dealing with coronavirus you can't control the narrative, this is science. this is something that's happening in communities all across the country and ultimately what we're seeing is what happens when that decision information and that set of alternative facts collides with

reality. >> i have never said this sentence before, i'm rooting for incompetence and not trying to lie this away. there was an interview with a scientist from the world health organization about how china got their infections to come down, they're adding fewer new cases than we are, frankly, it's -- it's possible to get on the right side of this but you don't get to the starting line until one, you get everyone on the same song sheet and two, start telling the truth. >> right. i mean, to ben's point, i think part of the disinformation is willful. what the markets are looking at is a, the president lied. i stopped this. then he went to atlanta to the cdc, everybody can get a test and the test are beautiful. which is another lie.

he doesn't want the numbers to go up. i'm worried about my political prism through i see everything. the markets are reading all of this. markets know we're late to test. once we start testing every american is going to learn that we weren't testing and the rates are going to skyrocket. it's going to be -- the markets know that this administration is not prepared. what they're also watching not only are kellyanne and larry, they're watching the surgeon general on sunday that to say the president is healthy. they saw ben carson go out and say, when we have plan for the cruise ship we'll let you know. we'll have a plan when we have a plan. then they saw hhs azar today, come out and not take questions on the health crisis saying the fundamentals of the economy are

unbelievable. what the market is seeing, what our friends and foes aboard is seeing, everyone in this government is worried about trump's mood. they also know he won't stop calling in to sean hannity and keep saying whatever he wants. what they see is more destabilization, more transmission, more escalating crises and no one at the helm -- there's no grownups anymore who can control this narrative or take care of the crisis. the grownups are worried about trump's mood. >> that's terrifying. scary as it is to think that my son's school could close, people won't be able to go to work, that small businesses could shut down because when people don't go to work, they don't go to restaurants, the idea that we don't have a baseline from which to begin the understand thesayi there aren't adequate test,

another official -- actually on our network earlier today, a doctor said, there will be a short-term boom, an explosion in cases when we start testing. where is the grownup who can intervene and get them to a baseline as a.b. said, the worst days that are ahead of us? >> here's what the markets are reading. the average american is reading is that we're not going to get that from the president. we haven't had that from the president. we shouldn't expect that from the president. we're not going to get that. it's why, you know, you look at health leaders like dr. tony fauci and others and you say they're the ones to whom we have to look for the truth about this and the reality is, i'm afraid. and the reason i'm afraid is because we know that this has not been managed so we know that there's going to be an explosion

that could have been under some control but now it's not under any control. and i think americans have a right to be afraid of what comes next. and they cannot depend on this president to get beyond himself to manage this crisis. >> ben rhodes, ashley parker, thank you both for starting us off. when we come back -- fears among members of congress grow over coronavirus, now four republicans self-quarantine after coming into contact with an individual with the virus at the conservative gathering cpac. also ahead -- joe biden racks up the endorsements of senators kamala harris and cory booker. we'll talk to the sanders' campaign about their path to the nomination. and get ready for the peak 2020 term you'll hear a lot about, manipulated media. we'll explain. all those stories coming up.

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house speaker nancy pelosi will meet with committee chairs to iron out a legislative response to the coronavirus outbreak. she and senate month jarty leader schumer are pushing free testing and improved resources for those fighting the outbreak. adding to jury essential this afternoon, two additional republican congressmen will go undergo self-quarantine. all of them seem to have come in contact with a cpac attendee who tested positive for the virus.

you might remember, congressman gaetz made light of the virus last week by wearing a gas mask on the house floor before one of his constituents died of the disease over the weekend. chairman of the group that hosts cpac matt sclapp said he's also interacted with the person infected. sclapp's potential exposure might put donald trump two degrees of separation away from the virus. we do know that matt shook donald trump's hand at the conference. joining our conversation is dr. frank esper. i think what people want more than anything is information. take us through the understanding of where this stands in terms of spreading in communities? >> you know, we're still under

gaining a better grip of how much spread we're seeing within the communities. right now, you know, the early stages it was all about whether or not people traveled abroad. in the last two weeks, every area seems to have some evidence of community spread, spread within the united states. through travel to conferences, et cetera. we still don't know exactly where we stand as a country as a whole. but as the testing ramps up we do expect to see more and more cases and the more that we see the more we'll find. we don't know how prevalent it's within the communities. we'll have a much better idea of where we are in the next couple of weeks. >> when you're asked -- i'm sure your phone is ringing off the hook not only from people from the media but people from your life, what should we do? >> i think the first thing

they're asking me, they're saying, what am i supposed to do about my upcoming trip? spring break? what should i do for my father who's supposed to go on a trip? at this point in time, you know, a lot of businesses are talking about business travel, about holding back business travel to only that to which is absolutely necessary or stopping it al together. we as people also need to take a good look at our travel, to say whether or not what is it that's really, really needed or something that can be delayed? everybody has to make that decision for themselves, though. it's not something that we can make a broad blanket statement no one should travel. that's not true. things are changing day by day. things may be different tomorrow or next week. but you have to think about yourself, your family and your needs. >> let me ask you about testing,

there was a doctor on craig melvin's program, my colleague who anchors at 11:00 a.m. who talked about the potential of seeing an explosion in the numbers of people who have the virus once testing is more readily available. can you explain that dynamic? >> certainly it's all about our capacity and right now, our capacity has been held back by the number of tests, most of which in the beginning part was based on state testing or local health department testing so you couldn't really get tests done at the community hospital level or at the academic hospital level and last week, the fda relaxed those restrictions and so now we're going to see an explosion of testing not only because we're seeing more and more tests coming out from the cdc and they are being passed across the united states. but also, every institution is

now developing their own test. also labcorpa large testing third-party testing facility in the united states they have their own test and they'll be able to accept samples from across the country to test. and you'll be as a private physician or as an emergency department, if the state doesn't have enough tests they'll be able to order tests, but it will happen, you'll see a huge push as more and more people are being tested more and more people are going to be identified. >> as those numbers go up, will they misrepresent the idea that there's been this massive jump? >> i think it's going to be a little bit startling at the beginning as we start to see, you know, dozens if not more people coming back positive each

and every day if not by the hour and i think that's not to say that the disease is spreading much, much more rapidly it's a recognition now of where we stand. we'll be able to tell where the tests are as we go over the next few weeks, once we get that capacity up we'll see what the trajectory of this infection is. >> dr. frank esper, thank you so much. we're really grateful. >> very good to be here. donna, those are the questions that i had. they have nothing to do when you come down on the trump question. it confounds me that there's been sand in the dpeers around the tests. >> part of it starts out because when the cdc first issued their tests they were faulty, they had to go back to the drawing board and it means we're really behind the 8 ball when it comes to testing, we're probably a couple of months behind, which means you also can't get all of the

tests out into i would describe the broader marketplace. and i think this is what is difficult as well for policymakers because it's hard to figure out like then what do you do? what are the solutions? what kinds of mitigation activities do we need to have engaged at the policy level? because we don't have a handle yet on how the disease, how the virus is spreading. >> to look at the self-quarantines around this individual that was at cpac and to look at the population that makes up most members of congress, there's certainly overlap with who you read about being vulnerable the terms of age. >> lot of people are moaning and groaning about members of congress having their own paid sick leave. i feel that they come into

contact with way too many people and way too many germs. they work really hard, they fly all the time. it might make sense to take a pause. >> matt gaetz was on air force one today with donald trump. >> and doug collins, the congressman among the cpac attendees self-quarantining was in the cdc in the room with the president on friday when he was having his unhinged ramble for the cameras. so he shook donald trump's hand on friday. >> donald trump's been exposed. matt schlapp is separating. >> the smallest of inner circles at cpac. that's why matt gaetz and doug collins and congressman gosar decided to self-quarantine and ted cruz. there might be more. i also think as we look at the

pressure on congress to come up with some kind of plan, targeted tax relief, paid sick leave, all these things that could help, worsening economic damage, i'm actually in favor of them -- if not quarantining themselves not coming back to washington and spreading more germs around. >> it would be helpful for them to get a package together, the underreported story here last week is that when they team up with that $8.3 billion emergency package, it came together quickly, strong bipartisan support. i think that's an indication that whatever they need to do it's something that could happen more quickly than we would think. congress is coming up on a recess anyway, and as a former member i don't know how many hands i shook and how many hugs and all of that stuff, it's

really pretty intense and if you already have a couple of members who have been exposed no need to expose all 435 of them. with joe biden's super tuesday surge lifting him to double-digit lead over sanders in michigan. we'll talk to the senator sanders' campaign about their path to the nomination. that's next. i had always heard stories about my great grandfather,

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great deal of pressure on pete buttigieg, on amy klobuchar who ran really aggressive campaigns, they both worked really hard, suddenly before super tuesday they announced their withdrawal. we would have won in minnesota, maine and massachusetts, the turnout may have been different. >> what kind of pressure did you feel from the establishment? >> i felt the pressure of voters, making a decision. >> the establishment didn't pressure you to get out? >> no. the kind of people who run for president of the united states they make their own decisions. it was my own decision. >> the war with the democratic establishment that sanders might be banking on to galvanize his voters with the message that he as an outsider will look out for their interests. sanders has been taking that

fight to michigan all weekend. one of six states voting tomorrow, where a win for him is crucial following his surprise win in the 2016 primary there, he needs to show his support in the battle ground state is still solid. the polling out from michigan, biden with 15-point lead. ari, thank you for joins us. i've been on winning campaigns, campaigns that were losing and went on to win. what is your path to the nomination? >> well, it's not brave when i have such faith in my candidate, when i know when the american people hear his message, when i know you compare his message to that of his joe biden's. electability message here in michigan, one candidate who stood against the trade agreements that have bankrupted

communities across the state and one candidate who continued to advocate for them. the choice becomes clear. >> what's your path, though, what states -- i what will add up to a night that gets you back into more of a dog fight, delegates speaking in. >> i'll leave the punditry to the pundits. the math is, we'll perform very well in michigan, first of all -- >> do you need to win? >> i don't think we need to win, i think we need to perform well but i do think we'll win michigan. but there's a math going forward that involves, michigan, washington state, but look, i think democratic voters deserve to see bernie sanders and joe biden debating on the 15th. and then, voters across this country will be able to have that clear contrast and make a very clear choice. >> whose the establishment that called pete buttigieg and amy

klobuchar. >> look, you're referring to my boss' quote from the sunday shows. i think you have a lot of pressure on these candidates to consolidate. there was pressure on moderates to consolidate. pete buttigieg came in second very closely in iowa and new hampshire. everybody got blown away by sanders in nevada and joe biden did well in south carolina. a candidate that came in second in the first two primaries felt he had no path that without outside thinking. i don't know how you get there. >> i'm not really that great math. it's not a feeling. if the numbers don't add up they don't add up. i take mayor pete at his word he couldn't get enough delegates to overtake your boss or joe biden. >> sure. we can take mayor pete's word. i don't think mayor pete's word

is contradictory to bernie sanders' word. but when you look at what happened, a candidate came in second in iowa and new hampshire, everyone got blown out in nevada, joe biden did very well in south carolina and then that candidate who came in second in the first two states decides there's no path. it's just very strange to me. >> take me through what happens after tomorrow, i know you have your sights of getting to that one-on-one debate the contrast of ideas, your candidate sharpening his messages around trade, what is your sort of your four-week trajectory for your candidate? >> we'll keep campaigning aggressively around the current. we had a great rally in chicago. we'll look at illinois as a great state for us. we'll look at arizona a great state for us. we'll look at ohio as a great state where our message works and we'll continue to campaign aggressively across this country. because of our average contribution of $18 the american

people have given us the resources to continue this fight and we'll continue this fight. >> ari ux it's not the job of the candidates it's usually the job of the campaign officials to look over your shoulder to look ahead, do you look over your shoulder and feel you wasted any of those days after the huge victory after nevada? >> look, we didn't litigate, the media litigated it. i was willing to talk about a number of issues, i'd come on and the press would want to talk about castro. we talked about health care as human right. college education as a right in this country. we were talking about those issues. what the media chose to litigate is what the media chose to litigate. >> your candidate was the one who put that into the water, have you urged your candidate to leave discussions about fidel castro behind and focus on trade

in. >> the great thing about bernie sanders is his message has been clear for 40 years so i don't have to urge bernie sanders on what to say on anything. >> fair enough. ari, thank you so much. thank you for spending some time with us. >> thank you, nicolle. the panel is ready to jump in. don't go anywhere. we'll be right back. we'll be right back. i don't add up the years. and i don't count the wrinkles. but what i do count on is boost high protein. and now, introducing new boost women... with key nutrients to help support

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booker, one of two big endorsements. the former vice president picked up just today. booker and former 2020 candidate kamala harris both came out in support of joe biden today and they'll join him tonight at an event in detroit. >> i see a difference between joe biden today and just a month ago is extraordinary. >> has it been a month? two weeks. >> eight days since south carolina. >> but if you look in early february the polls were saying that joe biden was a goner, he was no longer had front-runner status and now here we are, today. and i think when you look at joe biden, he does feel like he's getting stronger and more confident as a candidate and i think it's helpful to him to have all of those quote, unquote establishment figures endorsing him. they're members of the democratic party and they're

sporting him for the president of the united states. and on the other hand i think for bernie, i think he still has to demonstrate that he can win the base of the democratic party. win black voters and that hasn't happened yet and so we still have a long way to go in this primary season. clearly, senator sanders and joe biden will go all the way until the end. at the end of the day, voters get to make this decision, not some sort of boogeyman hanging out in the trenches. >> the reason i pressed ari on this idea of establishment. to the degree they're establishment figures, bernie sanders would very like the establishment endorsement of one senator elizabeth warren, so this idea that's an establishment, arm on the scale, it just seems -- it may be the result of those wins but not the cause of those wins. >> for all practical purposes,

the dnc changed its rules asked it to? barack obama who won't endorse in this run? a bunch of donors probably which he doesn't need and look at pet >> and could raise more money without them in sanders' case. it wasn't the establishment that beat bernie sanders on super tuesday, it was black church ladies. it was voters coming out and supporting biden. and they are all making the same calculation, the other candidates, the church ladies, the voters, everyone is deciding who can win and they could be right and they could be wrong, but i think that is the uppermost concern, who can beat trump. >> abby? >> i do think that ari made it clear that the senator from vermont intends to drag this out as long as possible, he can't wait for that debate next sunday, i was sort of hoping it wasn't going to happen, don't want to watch another one, but that he wants to scrape up every last delegate he can in a fight because he wants to be at the table, he is a revolutionary,

it's not about the democratic party which he is not a member, it's about bernie. so expect this to be long and bloody, but i think the significance of former rans who criticized joe biden pretty strongly coming in and saying that they will endorse him just tells more voters, look, we wanted to win but we know he is the most electable and we want to win in november and it really helps not just because there are super delegates also but because it tells the voters joe biden is the good housekeeping seal of approval, he is the best bet. i think that the primary has been very long and i think voters are feeling -- i think that, look, bernie could do well in michigan, he really could. >> and washington state. >> but i think the party has decided and even proportionately at the end biden will have more delegates and he will be the nominee. bernie can make it as long and painful as he wants to but he is not going to make it. >> i think it's so interesting that the attacks he is launching against biden are the same ones he launched against hillary clinton. they are not sticking, nick. >> it's a playbook. for someone in his position you

have to have the establishment as a device to rally your people around and everyone is against you becomes part of the establishment, but, look, i would just say like in michigan that was a big state for him in 2016, it was a come back state, it was when it became clear that it would not be a cake walk for hillary clinton. >> right. >> he outperformed in the polls, he could do it again, we could be surprised. i haven't foreclosed anything in this race and michigan has been sanders territory. >> all right. wise words. we are going to sneak in a break. we will be right back. we are going to sneak in a break. we will be right back. i saw you move in, and i wanted to welcome you to the neighborhood with some homemade biscuits! >>oh, that's so nice! and a little tip, geico could help you save on homeowners insurance. >>hmm! >>cookies! uhh, biscuits. >>mmmm, is there a little nutmeg in there? oh it's my mum's secret recipe. >>you can tell me. it's a secret. >>is it cinnamon? it's my mum's secret recipe. call geico and see how easy saving on homeowners and condo insurance can be. i'll come back for the plate.

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an extra thanks today to nick, a.b., donna and all of you for watching. that does it for our hour. "mtp daily" with the fabulous katy tur in for chuck starts now. ♪ welcome to monday, it is "meet the press" daily, good evening, i'm katy tur in new york in for chuck todd. on a day of bleak headlines connected to the