thi5 this week on the travel show... the swamp this week on the travel show...g a tinderbox. let's dehydrate their speed. freddie, to, one... where the amish go on their holidays. we have been blessed to go on a place like this. people except u5 blessed to go on a place like this. people except us and it is quite unique. plus what will the 20s bring for travellers? 0ur guru highlights the coming decade. thi5 this week we begin the swamp. this area is home to mosquitoes, ticks, poisonous rattlesnakes area is home to mosquitoes, ticks, poisonous rattlesna kes and area is home to mosquitoes, ticks, poisonous rattlesnakes and even the occasional black bear. back in the 18th century, this place was considered so bleak and indisputable, it was given a name just as unwelcoming, the great dismal swamp. it is right on the border between virginia and north carolina. back when the us was formed, it was around 1 million acres. today it is much smaller, about an eighth of his original size and it looks much different. now it is protected wildlife preserve with trouser biking

now its time for the the travel show.has been travelling across malaysia's biggest state, sarawak. he s ventured deep into the bornean rainforest. this week on the travel show, i'm in the jungles of borneo exploring malaysia's biggest state — sarawak. in the western corner of malaysian borneo, sarawak has some of the most spectacular and diverse ecosystems. but it can be overlooked by tourists drawn to the bright lights of kl and the resorts of its neighbour state sabah. so i'm going to discover for myself the sights and inhabitants of this remarkable state. along the way i will be hanging out with these guys... climbing jagged peaks... easily one of the most beautiful and one of the most difficult hikes i have done. and getting a taste of one of the world's most remote food festivals. sucking. laughs. i have to work on my snail sucking technique. yes, i love sarawak so much. everything very unique in sarawak. we have 26 ethnic groups in sarawak. sarawak mean "surrender to you" in malay. my trip starts here in sarawak‘s b

now it's the time for the travel show.avel show: the swamp that is becoming a tinderbox. let's rehydrate this peat. same time, ready? three, two, one...whoo. where the amish go on their holidays. i think we have been very blessed to have a place to go like this. people accept us and it is quite unique. plus, what will the 20s bring for travellers? our global guru runs up his highlights for the coming decade. theme music plays. this week we begin the swamp. this area is home to dark swarms of mosquitoes, blood—sucking ticks, poisonous copperheads and rattlesnakes and even the occasional black bear. back in the 18th century, this place was considered so bleak and inhospitable, it was given a name that was just as unwelcoming, the great dismal swamp. it is right on the border between virginia and north carolina. back when the us was formed, it was around i million acres. today it is much smaller, about an eighth of his original size and it looks very different. now it is protected wildlife preserve with trails for biking and

now on bbc news, the travel show. this week on the show, i am in northern spain. ready, i am northern spain. i look ready, ifeel ready, iam ready. taking northern spain. i look ready, ifeel ready, i am ready. taking to space, kind offer. i am spending a night on mars. right now, we can resemble all the conditions that we are going to find on planet mars right here on planet earth. chinese new year is fast approaching and we have some travel tips for you. this water is cold. my face is so numb! welcome in iceland. and cat is taking a dip in the technology —— tectonic plates. it is so clear down here. it is freezing. . no—one would have believed, in the last years of the 19th century, that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's. since aged g wells wrote of the martian invention in his 1887 novel wall of the world, the red planet has captured our imaginations. —— war. it is incredible to think that we can one day colonise mars. this year, virgin galactic‘s first customers hope to head into space in a 90 minute sub— orbital

now on bbc news — it's the travel show.g wells wrote of the martian invasion in his 1897 novel war of the worlds, the red planet has captured our imaginations. at over 33 million miles away, it's incredible to think we could one day colonise mars. this year, virgin galactic‘s first customers hope to head into space in a 90—minute sub—orbital flight, for a cool $250,000. but if you don't have that in the bank, but still harbour dreams of being a space explorer, there are options out there here on earth. so, for the next 2a—hours, i'll be learning how to live life like a mars colonist in spain. astroland is a project set up to see how humans would potentially cope living on mars from a psychological perspective, but to also test out potential technologies. so clearly, this is not a space shuttle but mars, for the purpose of this exercise, is going to be in a remote cave in arredondo, and i have a feeling my sci—fi fantasies are about to become unlocked. the idea is to simulate how hard it will be to survive on another planet

and coming up: the travel show heads to spain's culinary capital, san sebastian, where some touristseing overcharged for the local dish. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the government has said it is "looking at all options" to help britons leave areas of china where the coronavirus has killed 56 people and infected at least 2000 more. the united states is flying its consular staff out of wuhan, where the virus first emerged. china has stepped up travel restrictions and banned the sale of wildlife, as it attempts to control the spread of the disease. 0ur correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes has sent this report. 0n the outskirts of wuhan, the race is on to beat the coronavirus. every bulldozer and excavator that can be found is being used to clear land for a 1,000—bed isolation hospital. it must be finished in two weeks. the trouble is, it's needed now. chinese officials today admitted the virus is spreading faster and that it can be passed on by people who show no symptoms. there are now growing calls for the british government to evacuate its own citizens from the city as the

and now it is time for the travel show. this week i'm in san sebastian.pain's culinary hotspot, tasting my way through all of the pinxtos, and finding out how to pay back a local. aupa! we hear about the positive effects of travel on our mental health. i am feeling on top of the world. fantastic! and rajan is in saudi arabia, exploring jeddah's historic district. san sebastian, the basque country's holiday playground, tucked away up here on the bay of biscay. it's really stunning. there are three beaches with coastal hiking trails, but what people really come here for is the food. this northern spanish city holds one of the highest numbers of michelin stars per square metre in the world and they also claim to have the most bars per person, so this place sounds right up my street! and the basque people have their own way of eating, too. it is all about pinxtos. my guide to the pinxtos scene is luis. he grew up in san sebastian and he runs pinxto food tours. so this is my first time trying pinxtos. how does it all work? pinxtos is our tradition, the way to

so do join us for that, but until then from me and the rest of the travel show team in san sebastian,ye. for many of us, another gloomy day today. overcast across too much the whole of the country. there is a change on the way. from tomorrow we are expecting some rain. it will be are expecting some rain. it will be a brief spell of rain, but it could be quite heavy. the big picture first across our neighbourhood. here is the uk and there is a big low pressure out in the atlanticjust at the south of iceland. this is a cold front approaching the uk, and we will start to see the wind freshening in the cloud increasing across the north—west of the uk on today. so the picture through the afternoon, freshening wind in some spots of rain in the western isles, but for the vast majority of the uk, it isa but for the vast majority of the uk, it is a cloudy day with a little drizzle from thicker cloud here and there. nine in london, belfast, stornoway. through tonight we see the wind increasing in the north—west, perhaps up to gale force, and here is the weatherfront being spells of rain overnig

so do join us for that, but until then from me and the rest of the travel show team and sam sebastiene. —— in san sebastian. hello. high pressure may well have kept much of the uk dry for the past week, but for the second half of the week, it's kept much of the uk cloudy, misty and murky. it's all set to change, though, but that change will come first with a spell of rain, spreading east across the uk on sunday, then after that, colder, brighter, but showery and some wintry showers in places as well. so here is what is happening. higher pressure is on the way out during saturday. by sunday, this weather front sweeps east with rain, and it's behind that we pick up the breeze, bring back some sunshine, but bring showers in that will give some snow in places, and particularly sunday night into monday morning, as we will see in a moment. but for the start of the weekend, for saturday morning, on the chilly side towards the far south of england, maybe a hint of frost in the colder spots, but mostly frost free, plenty of cloud, drizzly, misty, murky in places. something a bit brighter that

now the travel show this week on the show, i'm in northern spain.ready, ifeel ready, i'm ready. taking to space, kind of. and spending a night on mars. right now, we can resemble all the conditions that we're going to find on planet mars right here on planet earth. chinese new year is fast approaching. we have some travel tips for you. this water is cold! my face is so numb! welcome in iceland. and cat moh's taking an icy dip between the north american and eurasian tectonic plates. it's so clear down here. it's amazing. and the colours totally pop. no—one would have believed, in the last years of the 19th century, that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's. since hg wells wrote of the martian invasion in his 1897 novel war of the worlds, the red planet has captured our imaginations. at over 33 million miles away, it's incredible to think that we can one day colonise mars. this year, virgin galactic‘s first customers hope to head into space in a 90—minute, sub—orbitalflight for a cool quarter of a million

at this was that this is the presenter of the travel show wind men young she spoke to the southina morning post she said sorry about you know having eaten by off because something were also upset by bosch but this this took place in palau which is an island country located in the western pacific ocean. it wasn't even a video shot in japón so the amount of misinformation going around is quite shocking at this is a f. p. they're showing photographs of a markus which is in in in china where that that the virus was said to have kicked off this time round falls completely false information and be if mtv in france they have information about a false rumor and of the virus being detectives in actual die in the paris suburbs so you had one off the hospitals here tweeting about thought there's a huge amount of fake information going around no it is being combated by. organizations like the w. h. o. who are the facts at their boats it's a big battle lines and it is in dayton thank you very much of that myth busting segment on current of ours because there is a lot is not that's very accur

bbc travel show presenter and basketball player ade adepitan talking to me earlier, playing tribute towe are also learning the tragic div element that kobe bryant's13—year—old daughter was also on that helicopter that crashed. —— tragic element. we also learn that nbc news in the us is reporting that a team—mate of kobe brya nt‘s reporting that a team—mate of kobe bryant's daughter, a parent of the team—mate and the pilot were killed. that is coming from nbc news in the united states. so many tributes, so many thoughts and reactions to kobe brya nt‘s many thoughts and reactions to kobe bryant's death, many thoughts and reactions to kobe brya nt‘s death, and many thoughts and reactions to kobe bryant's death, and the news emerging in the last couple of hours, the crash happening about 10am in la. earlier — i spoke to roland lazenby, the author of the book showboat: the life of kobe bryant. he gave me his thoughts about the life of kobe bryant. kobe bryant was a very creative man, very determined, very wealthy young man. i was there the night he scored his first nba bucket. he bounced in

coming up in half hour, we travel across malaysia, venturing deep into the bornean rainforest in the travel show. good morning. welcome to bbc news. australian officials say eight people are known to have died yesterday in bushfires in the south east of the country. some of the victims were trying to protect their homes, while others were found inside burned out cars. the australian navy is sending ships to help people trapped in coastal communities. from sydney, phil mercer reports. these are extraordinary times in australia. the bushfires have brought terror into the lives of ordinary people. they are devastating and deadly. more lives have been lost. help is yet to reach some residents who've reportedly suffered burns. it was genuinely terrifying. it was like the day never happened yesterday. there was no dawn, it was just red and dark and smokey the whole day and we didn't know what was going to happen. it was very moveable and very scary. the authorities say it's been too dangerous to send in rescue teams by roads or by air. we have a very real challenge at the moment with a couple of isola

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i'll be back at the top of the hour but now on bbc news, the travel show. i'm paul carter, i'm a journalist and i have come here to tokyo to experience its culture, its sights and smells. like a lego cityscape, it doesn't look real. it's much bigger than i was expecting. a lot more, for want of a better word, gold. i have come as any other western tourist could come and do, but i have also come here as a disabled person, to experience all of those things through the eyes of someone who might have some difficulties getting over some of those problems, getting around. ifeel like i'm... ifeel like i'm done for the day already and i haven't even got anywhere yet. tokyo is one of the most densely populated cities in the world. and next year, it will play host to the olympics and paralympics. japan expects a record a0 million visitors in 2020, including many disabled travellers. so i want to find out how prepared its capital is to welcome an influx of foreign visitors, especially people like me. i was born without any lower arms or legs, as you can probably see i

so do join us for that, but until then from me and the rest of the travel show team in san sebastian,t is goodbye. hello there. if you're travelling through the first part of the morning, bear in mind wintry weather could cause one or two problems. a combination of snow and ice from wintry showers that have been falling over recent hours, particularly across the north and the west of the uk. your bbc local radio station will, of course, keep you up—to—date with travel updates where you are. more of those wintry showers to come, then, through the first part of the day, and some more persistent snowfall for some parts of southern and eastern scotland, and not only over the highest hills. so through the morning, showers continue to pass across the south—west of england, giving a covering of snow over some of the highest ground of dartmoor and bodmin moor, and also for wales, snow mixing in over the hills and mountains. a bit of snow over high ground in northern england, maybe some to lower levels. certainly some icy stretches here. similarfor northern ireland and scotland, through the ce

now on bbc news, the travel show.carter, i'm a journalist and i've come here to tokyo to experience its culture, its sites, its smells. like a lego cityscape, its smells. like a lego cityscape, it doesn't feel real. it's much bigger than i was expecting. id say a lot more... for wa nt of expecting. id say a lot more... for want of a better word, gold! i've come as any other western tourist could come and do, but i've also come here as a disabled person to experience all those things through the highs of someone who might have some difficulties getting over some of those problems, getting around. i think ithink i'm i think i'm done for the day already andi i think i'm done for the day already and i haven't even got anywhere yet! tokyois tokyo is one of the most densely populated cities in the world. and it will play host to the olympics and paralympics. japan expects a record a0 million visitors in 2020, including many disabled travellers, so i want to find out how prepared its capital is welcome and influx of foreign

and in half an hour, the travel show looks at how tokyo is preparing to welcome disabled tourists for020 paralympics. the foreign office has warned against all travel to iraq, and all but essential travel to iran, after tensions continue to escalate in the region. it comes as washington sought to justify the killing of iran's top military commander, qasem soleimani, by saying he was plotting attacks against us targets — and was caught in the act. general soleimani was killed in an american air strike at baghdad airport on thursday night. in a televised address, mr trump said he had taken action to stop a war, not start one, and was not seeking regime change in iran. david willis reports. american officials say the air strike that killed qasem soleimani was carried out in self defence. they say the man who's been blamed for the deaths of hundreds of americans in the middle east over the years was plotting a major attack on us diplomats and military personnel. at a rally last night in florida, president trump said that threat had now been lifted. qasem soleimani has been killed and his

catch us for that if you can, but until then, from me and the rest of the travel show team here in northerny, a lot more cloud around today and much windier as well but the winds that are with us are as well but the winds that are with us are mild winds, coming all the way up from the mid—atlantic. is in that mild air where the of the winds are for the rest of today. england and wales are seeing the pick of the gas this afternoon, to 60 miles an hour. using back a little in scotla nd hour. using back a little in scotland and northern ireland but it is here where we had the wettest weather at the moment. mineral is of through the rest of the afternoon. we'll be turning wetter into the north of england. further south across the country, not a huge amount of rain. there will be some rain pushing through in the breeze, turning wet to western wales later. some limbs as a sunshine further east and temperatures be picked around lunchtime at 13 or 1a celsius. dropping a little this afternoon, or noticeably in scotland and northern ireland. that colour whether it will push into northern ireland over

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and in half an hour, the travel show looks at how tokyo is preparing to welcome disabled tourists for 2020 paralympics. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. thousands of people have gathered on the streets of baghdad for the funeral procession, of iran's most powerful military leader who was killed by a us drone strike. president trump said he ordered the attack on general qasem suleimani, to stop a war — not start one. the foreign office has warned against all travel to iraq — and all but essential travel to iran. charlotte gallagher reports. a funeral procession for qasem suleimani in baghdad. a man despised by many, but a martyr to others. crowds shout, "death to america," and, "america is the enemy of god." 0thers waved flags belonging to militia groups backed by iran. the military commander was killed in a us air strike on thursday in the iraqi capital. suleimani was one of the most powerful men in iran, arguably second only to the supreme leader. he helped prop up the syrian regime, fought the islamic state group and effectively led militia groups in iraq. the iranian preside

and coming up: the travel show heads to spain's culinary capital, san sebastian, to see how tourists being overcharged for the local dish. health officials in china say the number of people who've died as a result of the new coronavirus has risen to at least 41. state media is reporting that a doctor, who'd been working at the frontline of the outbreak in wuhan, is among the dead. the city is one of a number that have been effectively locked down by the chinese authorities, to try to stop the virus spreading. there are currently 1,287 confirmed cases across in china. most of those cases are in hubei, the province which includes wuhan, a city that remains in lockdown. as chinese new year celebrations get underway, travel restrictions have been imposed on 13 chinese cities. and major events and venues across china have been cancelled or closed, including the disney resort in shanghai. elsewhere in the world, four new cases of the virus have been confirmed in australia as well as one in france. simonjones has this report. for some, the holiday celebrations have begun. but in wuhan, the

and coming up, the travel show heads to san sebastian, where some tourists are being overcharged forhe local dish. hello, good afternoon. the president of china has said his country is facing a "grave situation" after the number of cases of coronavirus rose sharply to nearly 2000. chinese officials say the virus is infectious in its incubation period, before symptoms show, making it harder to contain. chinese state media say 56 people have now died. chinese president xijinping held a special government meeting on the lunar new year public holiday, where he warned that the spread of the virus is accelerating. a nationwide ban on the sale of wildlife has been imposed. it's believed the outbreak stemmed from the illegal sale of animals at a wuhan fish market. elsewhere, the us has announced that staff at its wuhan consulate will be evacuated on a special flight on tuesday. and here, the foreign office has warned against travel to hubei province, where the virus began, and urged britons there to leave if they can. simonjones has this report. warnings echo through wuhan, a city of 11 mill

and at half past eight: transporting you to outer space in northern spain in the travel show.ood evening and welcome to bbc news. good evening and welcome to bbc news. britain's ambassador to iran has been summoned by the country's foreign ministry, and accused of attending an illegal anti—government demonstration. rob macaire was arrested yesterday in the capital tehran and detained for three hours in apparent violation of his right to diplomatic immunity. mr macaire said he was attending a vigil for 176 people who died on the passengerjet which was shot down by iran last week. today, hundreds of people gathered outside the british embassy in tehran, chanting "death to the uk" and burning the union flag. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. outside the british embassy in tehran today, an angry demonstration. men burning flags, crying, "death to the uk". an organised protest by hardline militia with links to iran's revolutionary guard, all calling for britain's ambassador to be expelled from the country. rob macaire was detained by police yesterday for what iran

an other—worldly experience, in the travel show. good morning.ed that it unintentionally shot down a ukrainian passenger jet because of human error. 176 people died in the accident, just hours after iran had fired missiles at american military bases in iraq. flight data was lost with the aircraft shortly after it took off from tehran‘s international airport on wednesday. let's take a closer look at the timeline of events that morning. we know iran fired missiles at two us bases at 2:30am local time. less than four hours later, the ukraine international airlines flight took off. within six minutes, communication had been lost with the aircraft. rich preston reports. iran had previously rejected claims it shot down ukraine international airlines flight ps 752 on wednesday. western leaders said the plane had been hit by a missile, claims iran repeatedly denied. now, iran says it was behind the crash, and blamed human error. iran's foreign ministerjavad zarif posted his message of condolence to the victims on twitter. "a sad day", he said, offering i

and the travel show heads to the united states to learn about a project to re—wet virginia's great dismalduke and duchess of sussex are able to begin establishing the details of how their new life free from royal duties will work, after the agreement announced yesterday by the queen. she was at church near sandringham this morning as the prime minister borisjohnson said he wished harry and meghan the best and was sure the royal family would find a way forward. but thomas markle the duchess‘s father has accused them of "cheapening" a great institution. here's our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. the words the queen used yesterday about harry and meghan were warm and supportive, but the deal done with them by her officials was an uncompromising one. the reputation of the royal family must be protected. it's already been battered by prince andrew's misjudgment and the family doesn't want any embarrassment from the sussexes once they're cut loose in canada. i think families are always a problem and i think she's dealt with it incredibly well. ijust think it's a shame. and it's a shame

the travel show follows shortly. first, though, time for the weather forecast, with matt taylor. will see widespread gales across the country and at at times, we could see damaging gusts to the north west. generally fairly mild for the first half of the week before it turns colder towards the end. tonight, a slight chill in eastern areas, but like last night, plenty of cloud commit light rain and drizzle, strengthening breeze in the west and temperatures holding at around eight or 9 degrees. you will notice to the west of ireland, the sign of heavy rain. it is tied into this, the first of a succession of low pressure systems, and the first one of these are iceland. but strong winds will bring widespread gales to the north and west through the day, particular tied in with the weather front, bringing heavy rain in northern ireland and spreading through scotland during the morning and early afternoon and to the afternoon, for much of wales and west in england. hefty dampers with that. shorter lived further south, but around northern and western areas, winds up to 50,60 mph in areas.

the travel show heads to america to find out about a project to re—hydrate virginia's interestingly—namedmal swamp. the chancellor has warned manufacturers that "there will not be alignment" with the eu after brexit and insists firms must "adjust" to new regulations. sajid javid has made the comments in today's financial times, where he's also written that not all businesses will benefit from brexit. he says: "there will not be alignment, we will not be a ruletaker, we will not be in the single market and we will not be in the customs union — and we will do this by the end of the year". he added, "we're talking about companies that have known since 2016 that we are leaving the eu". with less than two weeks to go until the uk leaves the eu, the government has announced that a clock will be projected onto downing street to count down to brexit on 31st january. meanwhile, a campaign to make big ben ring the moment the uk leaves has raised more than a quarter of a million pounds. our political correspondent helen catt has more. it's here that the moment of brexit itself will be marked at 11pm

people boarding planes traveling showing no symptoms.is deer warning spelled out in an opinion piece in the hill. this is china's chernobyl, basically covering up. that is the allegation. let's bring in retired u.s. army colonel lieutenant james carafano of the heritage foundation. your reaction to this? >> i think the u.s. and other developed countries are in pretty good shape. it is called ring containment. if you have a case, outbreak, isolate them i think you can do a relatively competent job keeping them contained. here is the real problem scenario. the chinese have workers all over the world. say you go to a place without a really developed health care system and good infrastructure like sudan. if it gets there, it will get everywhere. that is the real problem. liz: that is an important point. it took sars up to three months to come close to the fatalities reporting from the coronavirus in less than one month. cases in china are exploding higher than haven't all number of cases in sars last decade. in the end sars head 17 countries

talented or dwarf tom thumb, the an yellic swedish soprano jenny lend and dozens of other acts and traveling shows. less well known today is that he was also a best selling author, an inspiration aleckturer on temperance and success in business and in life. a real estate developer, a builder, a banker, a state legislator, the mayor of the city of bridgeport, near or in which he lived for most of his adult life. he was even a candidate for congress, losing a bare knuckle contest to a cousin also named barnum. in all of these endeavors, he was a promoter and self-promoter without peer. a relentless advertiser and an unfailingly imaginative con concocter of events to draw the interest, often the feverish interest, of potential patrons. i'm goingng to read one other jt paragraph in a preliminary way just to sort of get you situated with barnum. some of the things that come later. central to barnum's philosophy and success was the relationship to his audience that he developed during his decades as a showman. that relationship centered on the single word most associated with barnum in his lifetime, hum

78 minutes during a match — he's now fully recovered. and adi adepitan — presenter of the bbc‘s travel showhim, what was he like? for me, he was so friendly. to meet a guy at the top of the game and this was in 2012. the usa basketball tea m and this was in 2012. the usa basketball team were practising in manchester arena. i was kind of invited by the coach to come and see how they train and everything. you know, i was given this privileged access to see these guys going through a work—out. at the end, everybody shook my hand but he was the only one left and we had a conversation for a few minutes. for me, it speaks volumes about the guy at the tributes he has been getting from all over the world, is nothing but amazing. he was an amazing person and that five minutes stayed with me for ever. how much did you adore him? massively so. i was in paris this weekend for the nba europe game, the annual game held in europe. i got the news on the way back at the airport. having seen the current crop of nba pros in the flesh, to then read that one of the legends who had inspired all of these players.

show. >> we have our expert with us here this evening. >> i called it a traveling freak show and it really freak was howard no question about that. >> the tension between the two of them made for the kind of the thing that you wanted to see every week. >> professional football is rapidly growing into a very big business. >> you understand football. our football, not what they call football in europe. >> i like to watch it. i don't understand too much about it. >> would you look to learn more about it? >> we were on a mission that took us very close to saying, screw the football fan because he's going to come anyway. what we needed to do is appeal to women. we needed to appeal to the casual football fan. that's why we started telling stories that humanized the mayors. >> joe namath one of the greatest of all-time. unfortunately his legs do not go with that arm. >> the things that people associate with. >> recognize this fellow? >> what's been your view of this american professional football season? >> it is an amazing event, sight. it makes rock concerts look like tea parties. >> i'd like t

. >> reporter: the chicago woman who traveled through o'hare showed no symptoms of having the coronavirus when she flew home. doctors say she felt sick days after arriving from wuhan, china, was hospitalized, placed in isolation, and is now in stable condition. the public health risk is low, but serious. >> whenever there is a rapidly-emerging virus, i'm concerned we know that this virus can be transm't really understand how easily it is transmitted. >> reporter: with two confirmed cases of coronavirus in the united states, the cdc is watching some 50 patients for symptoms in 22 states at universities in texas, wisconsine campuses doctors call the spread of the coronavirus a rapidly-evolving situation. the president tweeting today, it will all l rk out well. advisory for the wuhan region, its highest, the same as war-torn syria, and tonight, every measure is being taken to keep the virus out of the united states as it hits home again. miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >>> i'm janis mackey frayer across china tonight, an expanding lockdown to contain an epidemic travel bans in over a