the first batch is being sent to a new york city suburb, new rochelle, that's been hard-hit by the virus. that for us is our broadcast for this monday night as we start a new week. thank you for being here with us. good night from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. i don't know how you guys are feeling tonight, but i am staying positive -- not testing positive, just staying positive. staying positive. i believe that the bottle of purell is half full. while officials are urging calm, today wall street s & p'ed its pants. the dow fell over 2,000 points. things are worse overseas. the italian government has just quarantined the entire country. yeah. even the olive garden just

changed your slogan to when you're here, why are you here? you're going to give us coronavirus. >> colbert providing some levity there. the stock market suffers its worst day in more than a decade, but this morning, dow futures are looking up after president trump floated the idea of a payroll tax cut to offset economic damage from the coronavirus. plus, a growing number of lawmakers are quarantining themselves after a number of people tested positive for the virus. and it's another big primary day. voters in six states will head to the polls this morning. all eyes, though, on michigan where 125 delegates are up for grabs. good morning, everybody. another tuesday is here. march 10th. we begin with the latest fallout from the coronavirus. as the number of cases continues to balloon across the united states, ten days ago, there were

at least 89 confirmed cases across six states. this morning, there are at least 725 cases across 36 states and d.c. and the death toll is at 26. more than half of those cases are in just three states. washington, new york and california. more than a dozen local school districts have canceled classes and more colleges are moving to online only classes, including stanford, ohio state, likely be moved to october. the organizers will make a decision in the next day or so. >> meanwhile, boston has canceled its st. patrick's day parade which usually brings out more than a million people every year. and then there's the impact on congress itself. more republican lawmakers are in quarantine this morning after interacting with someone who

tested positive after attending a cpac conference. the president's incoming chief of staff, mark meadows and congressman doug collins who is seen here shaking the president's hand just last friday, congressman louis gomer, who may have been exposed has self-quarantine.ot he is back on the hill. >> so meanwhile, a perfect storm hit wall street y 7.8%. its worst day since the 2008 financial crisis. the s&p lost 7.6% and the nasdaq, almost 7.3%. the sell-off was so bad that a circuit breaker was triggered minutes after the opening bell the plunge in oil prices comes as saudi arabia and russia battle over market share. the demand for oil has declined because fewer people are traveling due to the

coronavirus. this morning, global markets are now trying to bounce back. you see here, dow futures are point to go a more than 800-point surge when the markets do open later this morning. and here is why markets are rebounding in response to the coronavirus outbreak. president trump has floated the idea of a payroll tax cut and other measures to help boost the u.s. economy. in a briefing yesterday, the president said that he would announce what he called the dramatic details later today, telling reporters that the american public will be taken care of. >> we're going to be meeting ith house republicans, mitch discussing a possible payroll tax cut or relief, substantial relief, very substantial relief. that's a big number. we're also going to be talking about hourly wage earners getting help. we're going to be working with companies and small companies, large companies, a lot of conditions so that they don't

get penalized for something that's not their fault, not their fault, it's not it and we handling it very well. >> now trump has long been an advocate for a payroll tax cut has a way to stimulate the economy. steve mnuchin suggested it would be a temporary move. and president trump has not been tested for the coronavirus despite two degrees of separation between him and a man who has had the virus. while leaving the white house press briefing yesterday, the president did not respond when asked if he's been tested. but white house press secretary stephanie grisham issued a statement saying this, the president has not received covid-19 testing because he has neither had prolonged contact with any covid-19 patients nor does he have any symptoms. president trump remains in excellent health and his physician will continue to closely monitor him. the cdc says doctors should base

testing decision owes a person's symptoms and territory. and the majority of americans say they are concerned about the coronavirus as the number of infected cases 49% say they disapprove of trump's response to the coronavirus outbreak. 43% approved of trump's handling. the disapproval includes 7% of republicans, half numbers pple that disapprove. meanwhile, 54% of americans say they are concerned that they or someone they know will be infected by the virus. and over half said they are worried that the coronavirus outbreak will disrupt their daily life regardless of whether or not they or someone they know is infected. >> sdpurg an interview last use it, former vice president joe biden criticized president trump's handling of the coronavirus outbreak. >> i think there's no confidence in the president. and 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 that are being badly hurt. and i just think it -- i mean, i wish he would just be quiet. i really mean it. that's an awful thing to say about the president. i wish he would be quiet. just let the experts speak and acknowledge whatever they say to him as what we should be doing. >> dave lawler, thank you for joining us this morning. about half of americans think this administration is not necessarily -- they don't have confidence with what they're doing with regard to stoppin administration here going forward. because it seems like the pressure is on as these numbers continue to go up-and-up everything single hour, really. >> right. so it's early days in terms of

the approval, disapproval. those nebs break down just about how everything breaks down when it comes to president trump in terms of 49% of people thinking disapproving, 40% of people approving. going forward, there's pressure on trump on multiple fronts. one, this is a public health crisis. leadership is needed to contain it as well as the fear that comes along economically, that's the pressure point that trump is feeling most acutely. he's announcing steps today to tamp down some of those fears after a scary day on the stock markets yesterday. and then there's the political pressure that he's clearly feeling, as well. this is, you know, nobody will be surprised to hear that this is an election year. trump is running as the guy who built this great economy. if you let a democrat in, he'll screw it up. nobody wants to run for re-election under a recession and unfortunately those are the conditions people are looking at as a possibility resulting from this outbreak. >> let's take a bit of a global

look. you have it italy expanding its quarantine nationwide. how does that decision play a role, maybe even impact other countries like us here in the u.s. in terms of deciding what to do with the coronavirus? because you have china with that massive quarantine in wuhan province and elsewhere and now you have it in northern italy and all of italy to some extent. >> right. so you have countries around the world taking very different responses to this. and you're going to have other governments watching to see what works and what doesn't work. in italy, these are the most extreme steps we've seen outside of china. people are being asked not to leave their homes unless they have to. they need urgent justification if they're going to travel anywhere outside of their immediate area. all sporting events, wedding, big gatherings have been put on hold until at least april. so those are very serious steps, the kind of thing that americans might look at and think, okay, if this gets bad here, is that where we are going to be headed? israel has taken a different approach. they have only 50 cases so far,

but they're going to put everybody who comes into the country under quarantine for two weeks. so they're basically trying to minimize or at least regulate contact with the outside world to prevent a big outbreak of the kind we're seeing in israel -- or sorry, in italy, in iran, in other places. and, obviously, several countries have closed schools, are asking people to work from home. so there are different steps. it's sort of a trial and error at this point and i think policymakers in america will be watching what works and what doesn't overseas. >> you also have to wonder about a country like iran, not necessarily a lot of travel outside, but internally why they have not yet taken some of these drastic measures with having such a high number of coronavirus, as well. >> and there's lots of questions over the accuracy of reporting of those numbers inside of iran, as well. dave lawler, thank you for your time. appreciate it. still ahead, a new warning for the justice department as the demand for health and cleaning products ramps up because of the coronavirus outbreak.

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the department of justice warned yesterday it is holding businesses accountable if they violate anti-trust laws during the coronavirus outbreak. they warn against fixing prides or rigging bids for items customers may need to protect themselves. >> attorney general bi barr issued a statement yesterday writing in part this, the department of justice remains ready to make sure bad actors do not take advantage of emergency response efforts, health care providers or the american people during this crucial time. i am committed to ensuring this department is available to combat any wrongdoing and protect the public.

the new york times notes just yesterday the fda and the federal trade commission wrote to seven coronavirus saying such products were a threat to public health. >> joining us here, danny savales. always a pleasure to have you with us. what do you make of the department of justice's decision to crack down on any company that may try to capitalize off the coronavirus outbreak? and we're not talking about the people trying to sell purell bottles for hundreds of dollars on ebay. i'm talking about like in a free market society, companies have the right to adjust the prices as they want and the department of justice is saying in this case they may try to prevent that from happening. >> that's exactly right. the doj's warning seems targeted not so much as individuals who raise price in response to supply and demand, but at anti-competition, anti-trust activities. when you e price raise a price in response to

demand, that's just respond to go market forces. sherman anti-trust activity or anti-competitive activity is more about fixing a price by agreement that has nothing to do with supply, demand or scarcity. >> so all people that would provide face masks are basically getting together and saying we're going to sell these face masks at this value. >> exactly right. >> and nobody can go below that. >> that's a big difference from an individual store saying, geez, our price on our end has gone up so now we have to raise the price. but let's throw a few more bucks on there to make a little profit. that may be price gouging and it may potentially be unlawful or immoral. but anti-competition is totally different. that's when the groups get toge sherman anti-trust issue. >> so what charges could these

companies face if they are caught fixing prices here or rigging bids? >> the sherman anti-trust act prevents penalties up to ten years. those are statutory maximums. but, again, the crimes targeted are just that collusive activity. remember that word conclusion? it has a home in anti-trust law. the idea of collusion market participants getting together and either fixing the bid where we all submit the bid and plan on one of us getting the bid or fixing prices, getting together and artificially raising a price that doesn't respond to market forces. >> there is, as you probably know, a lot of speculation about who may have coronavirus, who may be tested for coronavirus, certainly when it involves some high profile people including politicians in our country, some who are under quarantine. but you tweeted out something yesterday saying falsely stating

someone has coronavirus is lible. >> defamation is a false statement that causes harm. and a plaintiff has to prove that harm. but there is a smallordshat are awful that the law says, well, they're so bad you don't need to prove that they actually caused you harm. we're going to presume that they caused you harm. traditionally, one of those categories was falsely stating that someone has a,quote, loathsome disease. but the law has struggled over time to discovery what a loathsome disease is. back in 1920 witness sta, lepro inherited. now i don't know that leprosy today would be considered the

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but separate inauguration ceremonies in afghan's capital. >> that's not a good sign. >> not a good sign. >> last month, u.s. and taliban leaders agreed to a deal where the u.s. said it would withdraw all troops in exchangeor ft wou allow terrorist groups such as al qaeda to use african territory to plot attacks against the u.s. and its allies. but over the weekend, american officials told nbc news that the u.s. had persuasive intelligence that the taliban does not intend to honor the terms of their agreement with the united states. reporting on what the u.s. intelligence had to say about the deal.

pompeo said that he welcomed president ghani's announcement which was expected today. quite a development there when you see the development. he's facing some internal political rivalry. the u.s. says we're going to back you. he turns around and says i'll release the prisoners. >> i think we should all be cautious about what is happening in afghanistan especially about hearing with regards to this trool fallout. >> for your first look at your forecast, let's go to meteorologist bill karins. >> hi, bill. >> what a day yesterday. >> you want a repeat, huh? >> i will take that every night of the year. >> tonight i will tell you you do not leave in san diego. >> maybe i should move to san diego. yesterday was a san diego day in

the northeast. >> it's actual san diego. >> my bad. >> so the rain is moving into areas of the east along with the clouds. it's not going to be beautiful like yesterday, but it still will be warm. this morning, the heaviest rains are in cincinnati. it's not going to pour all day. it's just a light rain event and a lot of the precipitation is going to be less than about a quartory a half an inch. we have primary day today. the weather looks decent in most of them. north dakota, mixed clouds and sun. in problems in missouri. gorgeous day for you. michigan had the rain yesterday and a little bit this morning so it's clearing out. there will be a few showers and storms in areas like mississippi. as far as the timing, i mentioned the early morning rain in areas like ohio and through tennessee. as we head through the evening rush hour, we will be stopping at 5:00. still dry for the most part. d.c., philly and new york, the areas from the capital district north wards and up into northern

new england, we'll get the big bulk of the rain. i don't think we'll have many issues for turnout. >> we've been talking about the weather impacting the voting. i'm generallyny factor in people's calculation as to whether or not -- >> avoiding crowds? >> yeah. in places like texas, i'm not saying these going the happen -- >> i'd say typically if you look at the people that vote, the elderly vote in the largest numbers and those are the people being told to stay away from crowds. >> and if you see the kind of lines we saw in texas, people standing in line for six, seven hours -- >> even more rain for more early voting and online voting if we ever can develop the technology. >> you think so. >> if we can ever develop the technology, which is -- >> that's trustworthy. >> key to what you just said. thank you, bill. still ahead, we are breaking down the primaries to watch today as voters in six states go ahead -- go to the polls. got it out.

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welcome back. we begin this half hour with another big primary day as voters in six states head to the poll these morning. today, there are 352 delegates up for grabs.

michigan being the biggest prize of them all with about 125 delegates. senator bernie sanders near rowly won that state back in 2016. if he wins michigan today, it could reshape the race in his favor. but joe biden has the momentum heading into today's contests and right now, biden has 664 delegates to sanders' 573. ahead of today's primary battle in michigan, joe biden leads bernie sandsers by at least 15 points in the state. biden shown at 51% followed by sanders at 36%. the latest detroit free press has biden at 51% ahead by 24 points. >> and fresh off of endorsements, former joe biden for president, kamala harris and cory booker joined him ahead of today's crucial primary. >> i believe in e. you know, one of the things that is so reflective of his personality is when he says there is room for everyone.

that's -- because that's who he is. that's really who he is. he is an individual who has lived a life of incredible service to others. >> he is the best one to heal the soul of america. he is the best one to bring dignity back to that office. he is the best one to stand up for all of us in america and that person is one person. that person's name is joe biden. >> i view myself as a bridge, not as anything else. there's an entire generation of leaders you saw stand behind me. they are the future of this country. >> at a fox news town hall in detroit, senator bernie sanders was repeatedly asked about former vice president joe biden's response.

>> hi, senator sanders. some of joe biden's answers don't make sense. do you think it's acceptable for a presidential candidate to respond to questions like joe biden does? >> but all i would say is -- i'm not here to criticize joe, but to say that i think the american people in this incredibly complemented and difficult moment in our history are we fa. >> senator, this isn't a personal attack, but it gets to nina's question and the question of joe biden's mental acuity is not something that just comes up anywhere. democrats have brought this up, including senator cory booker who endorsed joe biden today. >> i'm not going to go at that e to decide. all i can say is joe and i have very significant political differences. and i'm not going to be making personal attacks on joe. that's not what i do. >> now, after a string of primary wins, joe biden holds a

nearly 20-point lead over the rest of the democratic field according to a quinn pea act university poll. biden sits now at 54%, up 37 points since last month. the former vice president is 19 points ahead of senator bernie sanders who has 35 points, up 10 points. congresswoman tulsi gabbard sits at 2%. let's turn to wall street. markets are trying to rebound this morning after yesterday's massive -- >> brutal day. >> -- losses. quite astounding to see that board yesterday. let's get into this a bit. managing editor for bloomberg, peggy collins. we saw the biggest drop yesterday with regard to oil since coronavirus? >> i think it was the combination. so i think over the weekend, we saw more news coming out about the coronavirus spreading around

the world, more cases in the u.s., that intensified fears among people here, but at the same time, there was this new tension that rose in the economy, global economy of an all-out price war around oil. so that essentially combined to really rattle investors coming into the week on monday. and as you saw, markets plummeted at the open yesterday to the point that they actually had to halt trading, which is incredibly rare. >> some of us are old enough to remember the financial crisis of 2008, but a lot of us are waking up saying are we on the eve of a bear market? from where you sit and what you see on a daily basis, what is your analysis? >> what we're seeing is in terms of a bear market, a 20% price drop dipped there a bit overnight. so we are looking at, you know, on the precipice of thaneres of things that the markets have

really been waiting for. some type of bold or coordinated move among governments, the central bankers, and also health experts to say we're all working together here to try to stem this crisis. and so markets overnight, futures were trading up on that news that we might see something like a payroll tax cut or some other stimulus for small businesses or even people on sick leave who don't get paid. >> so let's talk a little bit about that because we've talked a lot about the macro level of all this and the markets and that sort of thing, but there are people that are going to be affected because they're not able to go to their jobs. these wage earns that have to stay home because schools have been closed, there's an idea of paid sick leave as you brought up. how can that help turn things around if at all on these types of things? there's talk of paying $1,000 to each individual to help them get through this tough time. >> that's right. i think what most people are hoping for is that this public healthrm. but in that short-term, it's a question of getting cash to people who may be out of work

and don't have jobs, maybe th r they're hourly wage earns. getting them some cash if they have to go on paid sick leave or they have to be quarantined, how do we get cash to them and also small businesses if they're under a crunch. >> stephanie made the point that this has transitioned to a service based economy as opposed to a manufacturing based economy when you have these types of vulnerabilities as a result. peggy, thank you for your time. appreciate you being up early for us today. >> we know it's tough. still ahead, coronavirus anxiety continues to plague capitol hill as two more lawmakers announce they are entering self-quarantine. one of them just hours after a flight with the president. your first look at "morning joe" is back in a moment. is back in a mom

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no. no. >> what about coronavirus? >> you hear i said no. >> so you're not going to change the schedule at all? >> at this time, there is no reason to do so. but it's not decision. it's the security and the health decision and we'll be depending on -- >> at this time, she said. so that was house speaker nancy pelosi saying there are no plans to close the capital or change the congressional schedule. although seven members of congress have been potentially exposed to the coronavirus, six of whom are now under self-quarantine. the members including julia brownlee of california along with six republican lawmakers exposed to an attendee with a political action committee who has tested positive. and president trump had contact with at least two republican lawmakers before they announced yesterday thewey exp the coronavirus.

according to the "new york times," gates boarded the plane steps behind the president in orlando only to learn shortly after takeoff that he had, in fact, been in contact with an infected person. he then essentially quarantined himself in the air sitting alone in a compartment of the plane. and on friday, congressman doug collins of florida met trump on a tarmac in atlanta where the two exchanged a handshake. you see it there before the president's individual to the cdc, which is in atlanta. according to usa today, there is zero indication that the president has been exposed to the virus itself and both lawmakers say they have no symptoms and are isolating themselves out of an abundance of caution. reporters yesterday pressed the vice president mike pence on whether he or the president had been tested for the virus. pence said that he had not been tested, but couldn't answer for trump. meanwhile, in a tweeted to

the virus but will not self-quarantine. congressman mark meadows tested negative for the coronavirus, but will remain in quarantine until tomorrow following his february 22nd interaction with a person who had been diagnosed with coronavirus. ted cruz has not exhibited any symptoms, but will stay at home until a full 14 days has passed. giving you a sense of how quickly this thing can spread, it is knnot exclusive to one ra, party, no discrimination. let's get to today's weather. >> if we're going to getny damage done, it would be in southern california. they have been very dry during this rainy season.

but they finally have r t of no. and much needed. again, this sa drop in the bucket, but it's pouring from san diego up to palm springs and raining in las vegas. as we go throughout the day, if we have any airport problems, it will be in l.a. because of rain and wind and in san diego. it's not often we get weather delays out of those airports, but that's the case as we go through the day today. as far as the primary forecast for today, obviously the rain in california. they voted last week, so that is fine. idaho will be clear and nice. we will see in late day rain in the pacific northwest. north dakota looks great. missouri is fantastic. we are going to see michigan with clearing conditions and a really nice afternoon. no problems there. we'll have a few showers and storms in mississippi, but it's not going to be severe-type storms. it will mostly be passing showers. and we have spring-like temperatures out there. yesterday was incredibly warm in

many areas of the country. today, 15 degrees warmer than it should be in new york. it's funny how you kansas city. still 71 in raleigh. it cools off late this week, but not how it should be. this time of year, we could still get snow storms. >> but we are marching towards spring. >> did you throw marching in there purposely? >> we're on a path. >> i was going to say, two years ago, there was a blizzard exactly this week. >> you must have one of those desktop calendars -- >> flow, my daughter was born this week and i remember she was born in a blizzard. so it's always there in my mind. >> a blizzard in the hospital room as well as a blizzard outside. >> always something going on. >> happy birthday to her. >> thank you. i appreciate it, bill. still ahead, the entire country of italy is on lockdown in an effort to contain the coronavirus. a live report from rome, coming up next. a live report from rome, coming up next.

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in what is being described by some as its greatest crisis since world war ii, italy has locked down the entire country in a drastic effort to contain the coronavirus. yesterday, the italian prime minister announced that the country would be restricting its 60 million people from traveling freely, encouraging them to stay home. italian citizens who would like to travel must now request permission and would need a valid work or family reason. the new restriction measures forbid anyone from gathering in public as well as suspending a sporting events. last week, the country closed all schools which will remain closed until at least april 3rd. conte said we all must give something up for the sake of italy. italy has seen a widespread outbreak of the coronavirus, more than any other country besides china. and yesterday, t staggering 100 people bringing the new total to

463. >> so let's go to rome with that nbc news reporter claudio is joining us from rome. thank you so much for joining us. give us a sense of what is happening on the ground and how italians are feeling in the midst of all of this. of this. >> reporter: good morning, yasmin. i'll give you -- just take a look behind me. i don't know whether you can see, we are at the coliseum. there are so very few people walking around. this place is one of the most crowded not only in rome but in the whole of italy usually, especially on a beautiful day like this. it is a beautiful, sunny day. instead, what you see is just a few brave tourists, mostly, because italians are staying home. first of all, coliseum is closed, and it has been closed for a while how because of the containment measures. secondly, because both tourists and italian can't quite understand what they can do and what they can't do. it has been explained by the prime minister, as you said, last night during the dramatic

press conference that they should stay home unless they have a real reason. could be a work reason or a medical emergency. you can still go out, if you really want to. because everything is closed. if you do, you need to bring with you a form which states who you are, where you're coming from, where you're going, and why. if you break that rule, you may be liable for a fine of $250, or even up to three months in prison, yasmin. >> wow. >> claudio, a lot of people here in the united states have been very critical of the united states' ability to respond to this with issues of testing and having accurate numbers. in italy, explain to us, why has the rise of the coronavirus caused such a spike in deaths? have they been able to test people adequately there? how do you explain this sudden explosion that we are seeing there? >> reporter: well, we asked that question to the medical professionals, of course. they can't quite answer the

question why italy and not anywhere else. why has italy had so many cases of coronavirus and more than the rest of europe and the rest of the world? they can't anxious that. wh what they can answer is how the virus spreads. how it spreads is very easy, by sneezing, but contact, by kissing on cheeks, all that, of course, to which italians are exposed. and why the number of high deaths? that is also maybe because in italy, there is a very wide aging population. there's a lot of old people here, and old people are the ones that are the most exposed to the coronavirus and its deadly effects. >> claudio reporting live from rome. thank you. stay safe, as well. coming up next, axios' one big thing. on "morning joe," anothers x states head to the polls with

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welcome back. joining us from washington with a look at axios a.m., co-founder of axios, mike allen. good morning to you. >> morning. >> talk to us about axios' one big thing today. >> it is dominos lining up for a recession. a number of countries around the world have been pushed into recession by the virus. there's more and more signs, beyond that market collapse, that the 11-year party in the u.s. is over. the way my colleagues put it in a story, at the top of axios today, the u.s. economy was a h haystack waiting for a natmatch. the virus is a match. look what has been going on.

growth has been declining. we've been adding lots of jobs, but a lot of them are in the service sector. a lot are hourly jobs, don't come with a lot of benefits. then again, we see surveys of people saying that it is hard to live. earlier in the show, you were mentioning the recession of eight, the economic collapse. the difference between then and now is worrisome. that was mainly confined to wall street and insurers. look at the ripple effects it had. this time, the virus is hitting all businesses, from the fortune ten down to your mom and pop's. >> mike, let me get your thoughts really quickly about the politics of all of this. how has the coronavirus crisis -- excuse me -- split politicians among party lines? >> this is so terrible. in the overnight note i sent to your producers with this graphic, i said, two versions of this sad, scary chart. look at this data from

surveymonkey. they polled people about whether or not they trust what the media is telling them about the virus. 2/3 of republicans have doubts about what they're seeing. only 1/3 of democrats do. there was a similar poll yesterday from quinnipiac telling us the same story, about not agreeing on shared facts. there's something very similar. 2/3 of democrats saying they're very seriously worried about the virus. only 1/3 of republicans saying they're worried about the virus. 80% dems disapproving of trump's handling. 80% some of republicans approving of it. 50/50 country is extending into the one event that you'd think might have brought us together or collapsed some of those divisions. >> amidst all of this, this is still a primary tuesday. let's talk michigan here. are there any warning signs for

the president currently in michigan today as voters there are heading to the polls? >> no. i think you're right about that. here's a reason to watch michigan tonight. here's why michigan matters and super tuesday two or super tuesday 2.0. as you know, the president won because of michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania. understanding those states is very important to looking ahead to what's going to happen in november. what do those three states have in common now? led by michigan, they're all dependent on manufacturing, and they're all still an industrial decline. we've been watching michigan because that's the place that joe biden can basically finish the job, if he does super well there and is up in polls after being a bernie state. he could run the tables from there. look at these underlying factors in michigan, where wages used to be very strong. now, they're weak.

michigan manufacturing jobs off. the big question as we look down the road is will people in michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania, say preside say pp has done enough on manufacturing? will they blame him there is still a decline? next month, we have primaries in pennsylvania and wisconsin. >> big test there, as well. mike allen in d.c. always pleasure. thanks. we'll be reading axios a.m. in a little bit. sign up at signup.axios.com. that does it for us on this tuesday morning. "morning joe" starts right now. good morning. welcome to "morning joe." it is tuesday, march 10th. along with joe, willie, and me, we have former treasury official and "morning joe" economic analyst, steve rattner. after a big day in the markets yesterday, joe, coronavirus i