let's begin with jonathan hunt live in los angeles. know that the governor has given his press conference, what do we know about this case in california? >> well, put simply, dana, it could be the most worrying case yet. the infected woman has not traveled outside of the united states recently and has not been in contact with anyone known to be infected. meaning that there may be undiagnosed carriers unwittingly transmitting the disease within communities. the centers for disease control said in a statement "at this time the patient's exposure is unknown. it is possible this could be an instance of community spread of cobit 19. which would be the first time this has happened in the united states. the woman concerned is from northern california. she is being treated at uc davis medical center in sacramento. it was picked up through the medical health system according to the cdc by what they call acute clinicians. although doctors at uc david say that the cdc testing guidelines are simply too narrow. and cases like this one may therefore

jonathan hunt explains what the decision means for migrants in held by border patrol. >> reporter: this is one of the photographs used for evidence in this case showing migrants held in a processing facility in 2015. in conditions the migrants and advocacy groups call "inhumane." district judge david -- agreed. ruling that cbt cannot hold any migrant it detains longer than 48 hours unless cbp provides conditions of confinement that meets basic human needs. a bed with the blanket, shower, food that meets acceptable dietary standards, potable water and many medical assessments performed by a medical professional. the ruling only applies to cbp's arizona sector and also makes permanent and preliminary injunction the same the judge issued in 2016, that require cbp to obtain clean mats and clean like it's too migrants held longer than 12 hours. an attorney for the national immigration law center, one of the groups that brought the case, called the court decision "a tremendous victory for communities everywhere, fighting courageously to uphold human dignity and the rights enshrined in our con

jonathan hunt with the president in bakersfield, california, where it's on his mind as well. we begin with peter. >> michael bloomberg is not competing in nevada but he's going to be on the debate stage this evening and there's a ton of buzz. front page of the review journ journal. but being photo. we don't know exactly how he's going to get along with the other candidates on stage. we do know a little bit about the kind of opposition research that his campaign is cooking up. >> mike has went every public official should have: passion, match with principal. your legacy extends well beyond the five boroughs. >> part of the point there is that joe biden obviously had a very long record. so does michael bloomberg. >> the fact of the matter is, this guy is talking about... let's talk about his record. >> joe biden is not the man to beat according to an internal bloomberg campaign memo that we got our hands on and it concludes that the bottom line is of biden, buttigieg, and klobuchar remain in the race despite having no path to appreciably collecting delegates on super tuesday an

shannon: jonathan hunt reported from los angeles tonight.e and gianna bryant drummond 9 killed when the helicopter slammed into else i want of los angeles in fact filed on january 26th. national transportation safety board investigators said it at last moments the chopper was traveling 186 miles an hour and it emerged today vanessa bryant filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company that owned the helicopter saying it shouldn't have been flying given the weather conditions on that fateful day. tonight's midnight hero, one of the mathematicians who calculated rocket trajectories in earth orbits for nasa's early space missions has died. katherine johnson was later portrayed in the 2016 film hidden figures about pioneering black aerospace workers, president barack obama presented johnson with presidential medal of freedom in 2015. nasa administrator jim bryden stein said on twitter she died this morning but gave no cause. katherine johnson was 101 years old and tonight she is our midnight hero. join us tomorrow night with coverage on fox

chief correspondent jonathan hunt is live in los angeles with this. i remember this case. >> it's an extraordinary one. kristin smart was last seen headed to a dorm at polytechnic university on may 25, 1996, after attending an off-campus party. she was 19 years old and she was officially declared dead in 2002. but her body has never been found. her father has long talked of his need for answers. >> i would really rather have her alive and full of energy and be part of our family then not be here, but it adds some closure. >> paul florez was the last person known to have seen kristin smart alive. he was a fellow cal poly student and he said he walked her back to her dorm on the night she disappeared. he has long been identified as a person of interest and amid new action by police investigating the previously cold case, florez was detained yesterday as officers searched his home and for other locations. he was later released. neighbors didn't see seem entirely surprised at the police activity. >> if he's done something in the past he might do it again.

thank you jonathan hunt there in las vegas.oe biden love new hampshire even before the polls were closed and ended up with zero delegates last night. he's calling the first to contest the opening bell of a race that ain't over but nevertheless he jetted off to south carolina. what has he said today? >> former vice president joe biden's campaign said iowa and new hampshire don't have the same demographics as the rest of the country. the diverse states have not yet spoken and if the order was reversed with south carolina, the results and therefore the whole conversation would be different. they also released a digital ad pushing back on the notion that the race is over for joe biden. >> we have come too far from where we started. no one told me the road would be easy. you don't like what's going on in this country, there's only one thing to do. work. >> biden's camp expects long-standing support, and they started with the gospel choir and argued, nobody has won the nomination without overwhelming support from black and brown vote

we will have jonathan hunt in california. jonathan? >> harris, a new case of coronavirus here in california, and it may be the most worrying yet. the affected person has not traveled outside the united states recently has not been in contact with anyone who did. that raises disturbing new questions about how the virus may be able to spread. the centers for disease control said in a statement, "at this time, the patient's exposure is unknown. it's possible this could be an instance of community spread of covid-19, which would be the first time this has happened in the united states. the woman is from solano county in northern california. she is being treated at uc davis medical center in sacramento. the infection was picked up through the public health system. according to the cdc, by "astute clinicians," although doctors at uc davis say the cdc testing guidelines are too narrow. this patient should have been tested sooner. and they fear other cases may be slipping through. >> i really think that's just the tip of the iceberg, and we ar

she corresponded jonathan hunt reports live in beverly hills. jonathan. >> good afternoon.hould be here in beverly hills in about three hours time. his first order of business and meeting with the l.a. 20208 olympics organizing committee. the president has been a big supporter of the proposed $7 billion olympics. clearly his 4-day swing out west is not a lot less about l.a. 2028 that it is about campaign 2020. he wants to raise a lot of money and fire up his base. the money raising, he will have a fund-raiser here at the montage hotel in beverly hills. later today he will have a big fund-raiser. tomorrow at the rancho mirage, palm springs. the oracle cofounder larry ellison. he will be making appearances in arizona, colorado, nevada. every night of the trip, he's going back to las vegas. that's no coincidence perhaps that that's obviously the focus for democrats this week. their debate debate there tomorrow night and the caucus on saturday and before he left joint base andrews today, president trump was very happy to try to cause a little mischief among the democrats. liste

liz: jonathan hunt. thank you.eports coming in moderate house democrats in districts the president won are deeply worried democrats could lose control of the house according to "the hill" magazine. why? if bernie sanders becomes the nominee. the democrat establishment says unite behind a moderate. "politico" is reporting what we've been warning for two years. nancy pelosi ordering democrats, stay away pro impeachment. switch away pro impeachment towards the economy. nancy pelosi attack it that it is not as strong as the president claims. former trump 2016 campaign manager. look who is here, corey lewandoski. great to see you. >> thank you for having me. >> your reaction to the president's budget going after the safety net and roger stone sentencing does this distract from the president's economic message? >> i don't think so. we're still learning information about the roger stone sentencing that the decision was made prior to the president putting out any tweet to roger stone. in full disclosure i'm not a big roger

shannon. >> shannon: jonathan hunt in los angeles, thank you. one of the mathematicians who calculated record trajectory and earth orbits for nasa's early space missions has died. catherine johnson was later portrayed in the 2016 film "hidden figures" about pioneering black female aerospace workers. president barack obama presented johnson with the presidential medal of freedom in 2015. nasa administrator said on twitter she died this morning. no cause was given. catherine johnson was 101 years old. ahh no, come on. i saw you eating poop earlier. hey! my focus is on the road, and that's saving me cash with drivewise. who's the dummy now? whoof! whoof! so get allstate where good drivers save 40% for avoiding mayhem, like me. sorry! he's a baby! you have fast-acting power over pain, so the whole world looks different. the unbeatable strength and speed of advil liqui-gels. what pain? transitions light under control. ♪ upbeat music transitions signature gen 8, available now in 4 new style colors. transitions. >> man: what's my my truck...is my livel

jonathan hunt has been following the story and joins us live from los angeles. orning, julie. this is a bizarre and complex case, involves a tangled webs of adults, involves murder and unexplained deaths and most urgent now in the mind of law enforcement are two missing kids. 7-year-old j.j. vallow and 17-year-old. they haven't been seen since september. lori vallow is there mother and refused to tell police what has happened to them. vallow and her new husband disappeared from their home in idaho and in january turned up in hawaii. lori vallow ignored an order to show up in an idaho court with her children on january 30th. yesterday she was arrested in hawaii charged with two felony counts of deserted them. the grandparents were delighted at the news of the arrest. >> very happy. >> joy, joy, joy. >> we knew it was coming. we didn't know when. i know that they have put so much work into this. >> there is a lot more to learn in all this, julie. chief among it where are those kids? we may begin to get some answers at lori vallow's first court hearing. we're just h

the service is streaming live on foxnews.com, chief correspondent jonathan hunt is live outside the staplesour into what is expected to be a several long service now, it has been as he would imagine a deeply emotional occasion, the staples center factor capacity, 20,000 family friends and fans inside the arena right now. they were arriving from earlier this month, the service itself was opened by beyonce singing among other things "halo" and then the tv host jimmy kimmel was the first to speak. he was and is a very close friend of the bryant family. he was clearly struggling to contain his emotions as he spo spoke. we under the broadcast rules are not allowed to show you any clips from the service until it is over but among the things to me kimmel said as he tried find something positive from this awful tragedy, he said "it seems to me that all we can do is be grateful for the time we had with them and for the time we have left with each other. and then to thunderous applause and cheers, kobe bryant's widow vanessa walked up onto the stage. she paid tribute to gianna bryant, her 13-year-old

>> shannon: jonathan hunt, thank you.ting a dramatic increase in the number of coronavirus cases. nearly 15,000 in one day, in the province where it all began. confirming suspicions that china has been under estimating or underreporting the number of cases for weeks. officials now expanding the diagnosis criteria come also reporting additional 242 deaths. senator ben sasse says the democrats race to the left is actually great news for the g.o.p. and president trump. that's coming up. but first, where in the world? heavy rainfall in new south wales providing relief for australians. officials saying he could extinguish all remaining brushfires in the southeast region by the end of the week. at the same time, coastal regions facing new threats from stormy conditions. sydney expanding flash floods, and more than 16 inches of rainfall. pope francis electing a request for married men to be married as priests and women as deacons, the plea coming from the amazon region, facing a critical shortage of priests, unable to celebrate

jonathan hunt.r who she get tested for the virus and when they should be tested. meanwhile in california, 8400 people are being monitored at the moment. that's where senior correspondent claudia cowan picks of the story. she is live outside the uc davis medical center in sacramento. claudia. >> the first person to have contracted coronavirus from an unknown source remains isolated, getting treatment uc davis medical center while up-and-down the state people are taking steps to protect themselves from a disease that appears to be out in the community now in california. at ground zero for this virus. take a look at the numbers of the now 60-plus confirmed cases nationwide about half, 33 are from the golden state and more than 8,000 people here are being monitored. 24 of the 33 were on government flights from affected regions in asia. seven were travel-related. one case was person-to-person, the spouse of an infected person and then there's this patient here in sacramento who had not traveled outside t

>> harris: jonathan hunt, thank you very much.isor roger stone is sentenced to more than three years in prison after being convicted of lying to congress, obstruction of justice, and witness tampering during the mueller investigation. the question now is, will president trump pardon roger stone? here is the president on that yesterday. >> i'm not going to do anything in terms of the great powers bestowed upon a president of the united states. i want the process to play out. i think that's the best thing to do. because i would love to see roger exonerated. and i would love to see it happen, because i personally think he was treated very unfairly. >> harris: and 2020 candidate tom steyer is reacting to all of this on social media by tweeting, "roger stone try to establish a back channel with wikileaks because the trump campaign wanted him to. he lied about it to protect the president, got caught, and sentenced to jail. pardoning stone would be straightforward corruption." join me now, former whitewater independent counsel robert ray

jonathan hunt, live in l.a.here is a big 2020 news at this hour, mike bloomberg has just released some brand-new information about this health. we will get that story in a moment. and a new report says that many democratic leaders are willing to risk damaging the party to stop bernie sanders. so how would that work? it is a make or break moment for joe biden in south carolina, why the african-american vote is key to winning there. we will talk to tim scott live about that coming up next. >> no democrat has ever won the presidency without overwhelming support from number one, the african-american community. of the most loyal support that exist in the democratic party. and i do not take it for granted. ♪ ♪ ♪wild thing, you make my heart sing.♪ ♪you make everything... groovy...♪ done yet? yeah, yeah, sorry, sorry. you sure? hmm.mmm. ♪come on, come on, wild thing. if you ride, you get it. geico motorcycle. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. i have moderate to severe pnow, there's skyrizi. ♪ thin

>> shannon: right you are, jonathan hunt. thank you.r when senator elizabeth warren accused senator ernie sanders of saying a woman cannot be president. sanders insists warren was lying about that. well, now warren is accusing mayor mike bloomberg of peddling racial demagoguery. >> michael bloomberg is saying, in effect, that the 2008 financial crash was caused because the banks weren't permitted to discriminate against black and brown people. that crisis would not have been averted if the banks have been able to be bigger racist. and anyone who thinks that should not be the leader of our party. >> shannon: how will that criticism be received? for tonight's 2020 election alert, let's bring in former sanders national staffer, tezlyn figaro. democratic strategist kevin walling come in former assistant to president george w. bush, brad blakeman. welcome to you all. thank you for spending your valentines with us. >> hi, shannon. >> thank you. >> shannon: jonathan weston, a warren ally, executive director of new york communities for change,

jonathan hunt in the middle of that.abe stuff, william barr, from the new york times, cited outside prosecutor scrutinized the criminal case against michael flynn. we were discussing that earlier about how it is andrew mccabe could be let off for lying to congress and michael flynn for essentially not getting penalized for lying to congress. they are looking for ways to limit that jail time. the review is highly unusual and could consider trigger more conditions of political interference by top justice department officials. it adds fuel to the fire. whether it has anything to do with the escalating, probably not. the situation with the justice department whose investigations are valid, who is doing bidding for the president and who is not, they are starting all over again. i have the power to lower my blood sugar and a1c. because i can still make my own insulin. and trulicity activates my body to release it like it's supposed to. trulicity is for people with type 2 diabetes. it's not insulin. i take it once a week. it st

jonathan hunt explains what the judges decisions mean. >> this is one of the photographs used in evidencethis case, showing migrants being held in a u.s. customs and border detection processing facility in 2015. in conditions the migrants and advocacy groups call inhumane. district court judge david barry agreed, ruling that cdp cannot hold any migrant it attains longer than 48 hours, unless cbp provides conditions of confinement that meet basic human needs for sleeping in a bed with a blanket, a shower, food that meets acceptable dietary standards, water, and medical assessments performed by a medical professional. the ruling only of plies to cbp's arizona sector and makes it a preliminary injunction, the same issued in 2016 that requires cbp to provide a clean massive blankets to migrants held longer than 12 hours. an attorney for the national immigration law center, one of the groups that brought the case call the court decision a tremendous victory for communities everywhere. fighting courageously to uphold human dignity and the rights enshrined in our constitution. government lawyers

. >> ed: jonathan hunt is up early. the latest from los angeles. good morning, jonathan. >> good morning to both of you. two major developments here in california that make the state the center of focus for the fight to contain the virus. at uc davis medical center in sacramento doctors continue to treat the woman with coronavirus but no known recent travel to china and no known contact with anyone who had been there. questions also being raised about why the woman wasn't tested sooner at the first hospital she went to. she apparently didn't meet the cdc's guidelines for testing. the guidelines have now been changed. the location of this unknown origin infection is interesting. she was admitted to a hospital a short distance from travis air force base where americans evacuated from china and diamond princess cruise ship landed when they were brought back to the u.s. a government whistleblower alleged that federal workers sent to meet those evacuees and others sent to deal with other evacuees did not have the necessary protective gear or training whe

here is jonathan hunt. >> reporter: bernie sanders hold a solid lead ahead of the nevada caucus.ccording to a new poll by the las vegas review journal and conducted by republican leaning intelligence sanders, 25% among likely caucus goers, 7 point lead over joe biden with elizabeth warren running third. but it is michael bloomberg who is getting a lot of attention from his fellow democrats, worried about his national surge and seemingly unlimited funds. >> michael bloomberg on the billionaire plan, just by your self the nomination. >> reporter: bloomberg apologize for prior comments on the racially sensitive policy of stop and frisk and mortgage lending discrimination but he largely ignored criticism from fellow democrats and kept his eye are aimed squarely at donald trump. >> donald trump is an essential threat to our country and our values. he is a disgrace to the oval office. >> reporter: candidates on the ballot in nevada are doing their level best for the decisive union vote. amy klobuchar tour the union health center today. >> i'm running for president because of unions, be

jonathan hunt is there with the latest. last night may have been the state of nevada. suddenly being showered with attention by candidates who want to separate themselves from the pack. senator amy klobuchar announcing a million-dollar tv ad spend immediately after the results came through in new hampshire. she's competing for the moderate wing of the democratic party, in block with mayor pete buttigieg. both of them trailed senator bernie sanders in new hampshire. he is confident he can come here to nevada and solidify his status as the front runner, far behind them is the former vice president joe biden. clearly struggling to get any momentum but hoping that here in nevada with his strong and long-standing appeal to minorities and his strong and long-standing connections with unions, which are strong in nevada, he can create a comeback. we will find out february 22nd, when we stage here in nevada the first caucus since the disaster of iowa. nevada democrats have been sending out very complex guidelines for how this caucus

jonathan hunt with details. good to see you, jonathan. reporter: good to see you too, liz.resident trump will land at international airport flown out of joint base andrews a few hours ago. he will head straight here to beverly hills. his first order of business to meet with the los angeles 2028 olympics organizing committee but this swing through the west of course is not about l.a. 2028. it is about campaign 2020. the president will have a couple of events here in california. a lot of them firing up the base. a lot of them raising money. he has a fund-raiser here at the montage hotel in beverly hills later tonight. he will have another one at rancho mirage estate of oracle cofounder larry ellison tomorrow. he will be in colorado this week, in arizona and perhaps most significantly in nevada where he will in fact spend every night. no coincidence of course. that the democrats are debating in las vegas tomorrow and they hold their caucus in nevada on saturday. the president not shy about inserting himself into the democratic party race accusing former new york mayor mike blo

jonathan hunt is following other trouble tonight for the next state. >> opportunity and hope. >> amyar wasted no time in new hampshire and getting on tv in nevada where she hopes she might be able to overtake pete buttigieg, currently the standard bear of the moderate wing of the democratic party. >> our campaign moves on to nevada, to south carolina in communities across the country. >> bernie sanders has a lock on the progressive wing and heads to nevada clearly confident. >> on to nevada and onto south carolina, on to win to the debt win the democratic nomination. >> joe biden needs to win big in the nation's capital to get his campaign back on track and he is betting on his strength among a diverse electorate. nevada has a large latino population and is 40% nonwhite. >> to show that we are appealing to america. >> biden will look to a union supporter that is significant in nevada with a powerful culinary union already warning members of bernie sanders's medicare for all plan. the voting process may play a part. nevada will be the first caucus since the iowa disaster and to scrap

correspondent jonathan hunt in nevada this evening. >> bernie sanders holds a solid lead according to new poll published by the las vegas review journal and conducted by revoked and leaning wpa intelligence. sanders scored a 25% among likely caucus goers, a seven-point lead over joe biden, with elizabeth warren running third. but it is michael bloomberg not even on the nevada ballot getting a lot of attention from his fellow democrats. worried about bloomberg's national surge and seemingly unlimited funds. >> michael bloomberg came in... [boos] on the billionaire plan. just buy years of a nomination. >> has been forced this week for prior comments on the racially insensitive policy of stop and frisk and mortgage lending discrimination. but he has largely ignored criticism from fellow democrats and kept his fire aimed squarely at president trump. >> president trump is an extensional threat to our country and our values. he is a disgrace to the oval office. >> the candidates on the ballot in nevada are doing their level beds to get the union vote. senator amy klobuchar touring a union h

jonathan hunt is in las vegas with all of the latest odds and betting. jonathan.he big winner in a sense last night after the results came in from new hampshire because the field is really split now between the progressive wing of the democratic party and the moderate wing. that means nevada is getting a lot of attention, a lot of ad dollars coming in. most significantly from senator amy klobuchar. she is splitting the moderate vote right now with mayor pete buttigieg. clearly if she puts a lot of money rand time in nevada shoo he can get ahead of pete buttigieg. both of them for the moment trailing senator bernie sanders who won as you know in new hampshire and believes that he can do very well here in nevada. trailing all of them by a very long way of course former vice president joe biden. his campaign essentially on life-support but he believes he can do well here because nevada is a far more diverse state than either new hampshire or iowa. listen here. >> i think it does look like america, right? not only matters winning in nevada because it is the third stat

correspondent jonathan hunt in las vegas tonight. >> senator amy klobuchar wasted no time postponingnew hampshire getting ads on tv in nevada where she hopes she might be able to overtake mayor pete buttigieg, currently the standard bearer for the moderate wing of the democratic party. >> now our campaign moves on to nevada, to south carolina, to communities across our country. lock on theernie sanders progressive wing and heads to nevada clearly confident. >> it's on to nevada, it's on to south carolina, it's on to win the democratic nomination. >> joe biden desperately needs to win being in a nation's gambling capital to get his campaign back on track and he's betting on what he claims is his strength amongst a diverse electorate. nevada has a very large latino population and is more than 40% nonwhite. >> it's important for campaigns to show we are appealing to america. >> biden will look for union support, always significant in nevada with a power culinary union already warning members warming up members of bernie sanders medicare for all plan. the first caucus since the iowa disa

i want to bring in jonathan hunt as well as a criminal defense attorney, talking more about this. because the prosecutor said, go back, we want you to keep deliberating. the defense said, no, we are ready. we will take the verdict as is. >> you know why, because counts 2, 4, and 5 are the underlying crimes. this could be a guilty verdict. >> trace: we don't know that. >> i'm speculating based on how it is sensed here by the jury. if he is not guilty of 2, 4, ane on 1 and 3. 1 and 3 is an enhancement that attaches only if he is guilty of the underlying crimes. as to why the defensive saying, we are okay with just the 2, 4, 5, because he is spending less time on the 2, 4, 5. he is facing probation until four years on the third degree rape. >> trace: you mentioned that the accounts are redundant, because one is rape in the third degree, one is rape in the first degree. >> correct. it is either with force or without consent. >> trace: what happens is he has to come back to california and take charges. even if he is guilty and reprimanded to the prison, he has to come back to californi

. ♪ >> neil: here is how smart our jonathan hunt is. until next saturday. not tomorrow, next saturday and he's already camped out there. he joins us right now from vegas, baby. jonathan? good to see you, my friend. speak up we got a fascinating new poll from the las vegas review journal conducted by the republican leaning wpa intelligence organization. it shows senator bernie sanders with a coachable lead, pulling around 25% amongst likely caucus goers. he's followed by joe biden interestingly in 18%. then elizabeth warren and the rest for the union vote may be decisive here. the powerful color culinary union has not endorsed a candidate so they are all trying to get you you candidates to vote for them. at a union run health care center today, she said, i'm basically running because of the unions. that's the message they are all saying. caucus date is very 22nd. >> neil: in the meantime, the acting homeland security secretary along with the attorney general matthew whitaker team to look at what's going now. >> dana: hello, everyone, i'm

jonathan hunt now just having wrapped up the big breakfast buffet, doesn't have an ounce of fat on himng but nevertheless, he can preview what's at stake. jonathan. reporter: neil, you know, as we gear up for the nevada caucus, which takes place on february 22nd, a candidate who isn't even on the ballot here is grabbing the headlines today. that is former new york mayor mike bloomberg. it all started as so much political does these days, with a tweet from president trump, a series of tweets, in fact, in which the president attacked mike bloomberg, saying among other things quote, mini mike bloomberg is a loser, all caps, by the way, who has money but can't debate and has zero presence. you will see. bloomberg hit back in equally mature fashion, calling president trump on twitter a quote, carnival barking clown and then campaigning in north carolina, where he is today, he told an audience there that he knows exactly why the president is attacking him. listen here. >> thank you very much, donald. he sees our poll numbers and i think it's fair to say he's scared because he knows i have a

jonathan hunt on that. i guess whether any of this stuff will be coming up, i suspect it might.st? reporter: i'm sure it will be coming up, neil. the president, he was due to leave a short time ago from joint base andrews. he appears to be running a little late. either way, he's due to land here in l.a. around 3:00 p.m. local time, 6:00 p.m. eastern, then he will head pretty much straight here to beverly hills. first order of business for the president, when he gets here, is a meeting with the l.a.2028 olympics organizing committee. that, as you might know, is a nearly $7 billion project. the president has been a big supporter of getting the olympics here to l.a. that's going to include that sum, by the way, around $2 billion in security funding. a lot of that will come from the federal government. president trump will be discussing all of those issues. but this is a big west coast swing he's doing this week, neil, and the bigger purpose of it is firing up his base and raising millions of dollars for the 2020 campaign. to that end, he will be having a fundraising dinner with sup

jonathan hunt is on the ground in las vegas with the preview. morning, eddie. former mayor mike bloomberg isn't on the ballot here in nevada but his surgeon national polling means he is getting a lot of attention both from his opponent and of course from president trump's attack on twitter. they are firing back at the president. listen here. >> president trump is an existential threat to our company and our values. he is a disgrace until the oval office and it's up to all of us here to remove him from office this november. on every important issue he does the same thing, why, blame others and do nothing. he's all talk talk and no acti action. >> bloomberg's democratic nomination opponents that do not like the way that bloomberg is playing the nomination game, avoiding the early states and pouring millions of dollars into tv ads and states that will vote on super tuesday. listen here to senator elizabeth warren. >> michael bloomberg came in on the billionaire plan. just by yourself nomination. >> senator bernie sanders remains the front runner her

jonathan hunt is live in l.a. with all the details. >> good morning.orting actor is traditionally the first award presented on oscar night. brad pitt was a lock for the award and given his series of humorous speeches so far this awards season, few would have expected him to start with a swipe at the lack of witnesses during president trump's impeachment trial. >> thank the academy for this honor of honors. i only have 45 seconds up here which is 45 seconds more than the senate gave john bolton this week. [applause] >> phoenix winning the best actor was the best bet for a political speech. president trump was probably braced for it. probably already had a responding tweet written but phoenix didn't go after the president. he left immigration alone. he didn't mention impeachment. his passion and outrage reserved instead for milk. >> we feel entitled to artificially inseminate a cow and when she gives birth we steal her baby even though her cries of anguish are unmistakable and then we take her milk intended for her calf and put it in our coffee and cerea

jonathan hunt is live in the west coast hub and what we're learning. >> the new case of coronavirus here may be the most worrying yet. the infected person has not traveled outside the united states recently and has not been in contact with anyone who did. that, of course, raises disturbing new questions about how the virus may be able to spread. centers for disease control said in a statement, quote, at this time the patient's exposure is unknown. it is possible this could be an instance of community spread of covid-19 which would be the first time this has happened in the united states. now the person is from northern california and is being treated at uc davis medical center near sacramento. the infection was picked up through the public health system according to the cdc but, quote, astute clinicians although doctors at uc davis say the cdc testing guidelines are too narrow and cases may therefore be slipping through. >> i really think it's just the tip of the iceberg and we're even missing a lot of cases because we aren't testing milder or more asymptomatic patients. >> across the gl

. >> julie: jonathan hunt, thank you. >> it was like reality television, it was a sordid, ugly affairre vendettas, personal attacks, insults, it was a real garbage situation. >> ed: that of course was fox news politics editor chris stirewalt not talking about the bachelor, blasting last night's democratic presidential debate as garbage tv so joining me now, dnc communications director, she is live and of course from las vegas. thank you for coming in. >> so great to be with you. when becky was not talking about the bachelor's let's give a fair chance, how did it play out? >> i have a lot of respect for chris but i disagree with him here. i will say there's a lot at stake for these candidates. you are heading into the nevada caucus on saturday and the south carolina primary the week after that. almost a week away from super tuesday. so you saw a clear contrast between the candidates and that is to be expected. you've seen this in previous primaries before, surprised that it took so long for the candidates to contrast with each other but the reality is every single candidate understands

kasie hunt and the ap's jonathan lemire along with joe, willie and me, msnbc contributor mike barnicle. msnbc national affairs analyst and co-host of showtime the "the circus" and editor of the recount, john heilemann and former director of strategic communications for hillary clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, adrienne elrod is here with us. so -- >> all right. >> one day left. >> one day left, mika, and obviously still a lot of movement going on. whether it's bernie, you've got, of course, at the top right now you've got bernie and mayor people fighting each other. >> yeah. >> of course, you've got sort of second here, if you believe the polls, joe biden and elizabeth warren battles out there but somewhere in the middle amy klobuchar. >> something's happening. >> if you look at some polls, willie that have come out, man, it's -- she has made a late move. >> she has. we've got amy klobuchar on the show this morning. look at that latest "boston globe" tracking poll showing bernie sanders puppi inpullingy from democratic rivals and pete buttigieg and amy klobuchar making a move up fi

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hunt for a vaccine. this as experts warned the next three weeks are critical to preventing an even bigger outbreak. jonathanom atlanta where the centers for disease control and prevention are headquartered. >> japanese health a authorities are allowing passengers to leave the diamond princess cruise ship after they spent a 14 day quarantine on board. however, americans onboard the ship have been informed they must wait an additional 14 days before they will even be allowed back in the u.s., because of the risk of exposure to the covid-19 virus. many of the passengers and crew have tested positive for the coronavirus. >> it would be very important to study this particular event and see what issues have led to transmission, to the people who have been on that ship. >> earlier this week the state department evacuated more than 300 american passengers from the cruise ship and brought them to multiple quarantine sites in the u.s. as a precaution they are being kept separate from the people evacuated earlier from wuhan, china. yesterday 346 evacuees from that earlier group were cleared to leave their quarantines

chief correspondent jonathan hunt is live in las vegas with what we're hearing. athan. >> good morning to you both. nevada was certainly a winner last night. the third in the nation contest now becoming even more significant. it appears to be boiling down to a battle between the progressive wing led by bernie sanders and the moderate wing of the democratic party currently led by mayor pete buttigieg. listen here. >> on to nevada. it's on to south carolina. it's on to win the democratic nomination. and together i have no doubt that we will defeat donald trump. >> now our campaign moves on to nevada, to south carolina. the communities across our country and we will welcome new allies to our movement at every step. we'll go will be hoping to overhaul mayor buttigieg to show that she can carry the moderate banner while joe biden's campaign will head to nevada essentially on life support. he desperately needs to prove, as he has previously claimed, that his great strength is in winning states that look more like america. iowa and new hampshire overwhelmingly white. nev