amy: we will speak with order bob hennelly. he covered bloomberg's three terms as mayor of new york city and says bloomberg is lying about releasing his taxes. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention is warning americans to prepare for an outbreak of the coronavirus that's rocked china and hammered the global economy, saying it's not question of "if" but "when" the virus will come to the united states. the warning came as new coronavirus cases spread far beyond china's hubei province, the epicenter of the outbreak, where more than 50 million people remain on lockdown. overnight, more deaths were reported in china, italy, japan, and south korea, where a u.s. soldier has been quarantined after contracting coronavirus. in iran, where the public health system has been decimated by the u.s.-led sanctions, a lawmaker says 50 people have died of coronavirus infection in the city of qom alone. elsewhere, alg

when we come back, we will speak with reporter bob hennelly.ay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, i'm amy goodman. our next guest says billionaire michael bloomberg lied during last night's democratic presidential debate when he claimed he released his taxes while he was mayor of new york city. >> i got into this race only 10 or 12 weeks ago. we have been working on tax returns. i said they will be out, probably have another couple weeks ago. we have complied with every single requirement for disclosure. and when i was mayor of new york, we had tax returns out 12 years in a row and we will do that in the white house. amy: that was michael bloomberg speaking last night in charleston. he made this same claim during last week's democratic debate in las vegas, saying he had put out his tax return every year for 12 years in city hall. well, our next guest says he has the proverbial receipts to prove this is not true. bob hennelly is an award-winning reporter for the chief-leader. he covered billionaire michael bloomberg during his