for more on this roller coaster week, we'll talk to stephanie rhule, as well as dr. adal we will begin with you, doctor, as our guest this morning. this was a wild week, the way we know life in america is on pause for the moment some people are saying this is more of a anic-demic than a pandemic what do you think of those people who think it's overblown? >> reporter: it isn't overblown. this is a fast spreading virus that goes between humans it has a death rate of 1% or possibly lower we're worried how this is going to impact our hospitals. even with a 1% fatality rate, there's going to be enough people infected and sick that that we're going overburden our hospitals. that's what we're worried about. >> we've been engaging in this effort to flatten the curve, to try to make sure that the cases don't spike all at once. the president announced robust measures including spanning the travel ban we know events have been cancelled across the country, is this the appropriate response? >> we need to do as much social distancing as we can, especially for the juvulnerable popu

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>>> hi there, i am stephanie rhule. it's wednesday, march 4th and here's what's happening. the country this morning waking up to super tuesday shock. a massive win in south carolina, a few key endorsements, including two former rivals and a wave of momentum helped former vice president joe biden have a massive night. you could feel it as soon as he took the stage in los angeles last night. >> to those who have been knocked down, counted out, left behind, this is your campaign. >> the former vice president winning big in virginia, north carolina, alabama, massachusetts, oklahoma, tennessee, arkansas, minnesota. he even managed to score a win in delegate rich texas. meanwhile, bernie sanders winning colorado, utah and his home state of vermont. results are still coming in at this hour and we are keeping our eyes out for a call on the all important state of california where 415 delegates are up for grabs. as the count stands right now, former vp joe biden is leading the pack with 453 delegates. senator sanders with 373. elizabeth warren and mike bloomberg both trailing far beh

happens all the time. ♪ >>> hi there, i am stephanie rhule.h and here's what's happening. the country this morning waking up to super tuesday shock. a massive win in south carolina, a few key endorsements, including two former rivals and a wave of momentum helped former vice president joe biden have a massive night. you could feel it as soon as he took the stage in los angeles last night. >> to those who have been knocked down, counted out, left behind, this is your campaign. >> the former vice president winning big in virginia, north carolina, alabama, massachusetts, oklahoma, tennessee, arkansas, minnesota. he even managed to score a win in delegate rich

here to answer some of your questions surrounding it all, we have a team of experts nbc reporter stephanie rhulewith us. we need some smart ladies. let's talk about business, let's talk about the economy i know the market is not the economy but when you start seeing the biggest one-day drop ever on wall street, people start to freak out. >> okay. i don't want you to freak out. i want you to be concerned and i want you to be informed. that's really important. but here's some things you need to remember. this is not the financial crisis the financial crisis had a disastrous underlying economy. we're not in that situation. it was a week ago, we got a great jobs report, we got really good unemployment numbers. what we have on our hands is a public health emergency. it is impacting the economy but we're going to see brighter days again because businesses weren't doing disastrously a week ago. >> yeah, but they do have to weather this storm, and there will be some short-term pain, i imagine. especially when you're talking about whole industries being affected you're talking about airlines, events bein

john torres and stephanie rhule. the testing question we have to ask it every day if you're not testing and analyzing results you're not containing the spread of this virus. >> testing is the lynch pin to getting this under control and the director of the world health organization even said test, test and test some more. i talked to friends of mine across the country that are er doctors as well. they're telling me yesterday it's gotten better than a week ago, but there's still room for improvement. there still seems to be a delay of getting the results getting them on time would be better. >> you see new jersey, new york, san francisco taking these drastic measures and in some cases locking down the cities. you're a medical professional. if you're giving advice to cities across the country, would you say let's lock it down >> you have to look at the spectrum of what's going on. to lock down the country is a drastic move if you have outbreaks in your area, then start the measures. like the governor said, phases start