the wall of health organization has meanwhile dispatched a team of experts to china to help combat the crisis we spoke to just folks from one dr margaret had is about the organizations global response to the infections everybody is working very very hard to deal with this new virus and doing a very good job what we all need to do is to continue to do a good job and what we also need to do is to panic less so at the moment we're dealing with 2 things we're dealing with a new virus and a new virus we need to learn more about and to work together to stop but we also dealing with the info to make where people are attending to overreact a bit it's good that people listen to the advice and pay a lot of attention but really listen to the right advice have excellent hand hygiene make sure that they look after their health make sure that they do all the things that will protect themselves appropriately but not panic. simple advice straightforward and you can keep track of all of coronavirus coverage at dot com and on twitter page. at least 14 during the refugees are dead after a boat carrying t

the lowest figures since january and they suggest the epidemic could be over by april of the walled health organization says this apparent slowdown in the epidemic should be viewed with extreme caution in the outbreak could still go in any direction. meanwhile a growing number of people in china have begun to express anger at the government's handling of the situation authorities have moved to silence criticism censors have scrubbed social media posts and at least 2 outspoken citizens trying to expose the reality of what they're seeing have disappeared raising fears for their safety. these are images the chinese government doesn't want you to see a medical center and we han the epicenter of the coronavirus are break under stress short on supplies overwhelmed with patients the video is from. a lawyer who made the risky choice to become a citizen journalist and defy government efforts to control information in front of me is the virus and behind me is the legal and administrative power of china as long as i live in the city you know i will continue to report i only report what i see what i hear. you i'm

the action has been prompted by fears of all out war has taken retaliates against syria for a deadly and strike also on the program a wall health organizationraises a risk assessment of a coronavirus to the highest possible level as a pathogen crosses the globe we hear how it's already wreaking havoc on the global .

at the end of what's been the worst week of wall street since the financial crisis of 2008. this is the world health organization describes the risk as, quote, very high. quote, this is a reality check for every government on the planet. wake up, get ready. this virus may be on its way. for its part the white house is caught between hoping for a miracle and bashing the press for covering the crisis. here's donald trump lasts night. >> it's going to disappear one day, like a miracle. and from our shores t could get worse before it gets better. we'll see what happens. >> and the prt's chief of staff had advice for worried americans. >> so, you're seeing so much attention to it today is they think this is going to bring down the president. that's what this is about. i got are report from the reporter saying what are you going to do to calm the markets? what i might tell them to do is turn off their televisions for the next 24 hours. >> trump's charge is to calm rather than con. but now in his fourth year in office he lacks credibility, the sort of safety net many of his predecessors could fall back on in a moment o

at the end of what's been the worst week of wall street since the financial crisis of 2008. this is the world health organizationcribes the risk as, quote, very high. quote, this is a reality check for every government on the pl

of china. the world health organization has declared the outbreak a public health emergency but it has not met the criteria needed to be described as a pandemic. right now, wall street is said to regain some of the losses from yesterday's huge drop with growing concerns about the coronavirus leading to the worst day of the stock market in two years with the dow dropping 1000 points to 27,960 and that wiped out all the gains for the year. the nasdaq and s&p 500, big drops but all three are set to open slightly higher this morning. >>> concerns of the coronavirus have a major impact on a single buyer security conference under way in san francisco. we have that story from the moscone center. >> reporter: the rsi cybersecurity conference is on this week in san francisco. it's an economic boost to businesses but night not be as big due to the coronavirus, covid-19. major sponsors, at&t and ibm have pulled out. >> it's not as crowded as last year. they have hand sanitizers all over and even put one next to our booth and they also offered sanitation services for the booth. >> reporter: concerns over the covid-19 coronavirus lead to a devastating day on wall street m

of the economy remains strong, however coronavirus poses evolving risks. hinting at a rate cut and trying to allay the evolving fears on wall street. >> rebecca, thank you. >>> this all comes as the world health organization raises the global risk assessment to its highest level. more and more countries taking steps to stop the spread. in fact, schools in japan, hong kong and several other countries are shut down. in fact today was the last sde r least month. in italy, soccer games are being play in the completely empty stadiums pope francis sending a message on coronavirus, canceling some events, raising some alarm amid reports he now has a cold. abc's james longman tonight. >> reporter: tonight, precautions becoming more radical around the world. in lebanon, students sprayed with disinfectant testing for fever on the spot. the w.h.o. raising the global risk assessment to its highest level, a blunt warning. >> it's really not much of an excuse at this point to get caught unaware. this is a reality check for every government on the planet, wake up, get ready. >> reporter: switzerland taking drastic action, becoming the of ,0 peotry to outlaw any 12 million students ordered to stay home by the prime minist

of china. the world health organization has declared the outbreak a public health emergency but it has not met the criteria to be described as a pandemic. >>> we are keeping an eye on wall street after growing concerns about the coronavirus led to the worst day for the stock market in two years with the dow jones falling 1000 points. i don't know if i've ever said that, 1000 points on the downside. 31 points yesterday in trading and the nasdaq was down 355 and the s&p, down 500 but, basically erasing the gains of the year. >> concerns have been major for a big cybersecurity conference now under way in san francisco. we have that story from the moscone center. >> reporter: the rsa cybersecurity conference is on this week in san francisco and is an economic boost for businesses but this year not as big due to the coronavirus, covid-19 with 13 companies including major sponsors, at&t and ibm pulling out. >> it's not as crowded as last year. and they have hand sanitizers all over. they put one next to our booth and offered sanitizing services for the booth. >> reporter: concern over the covid-19 virus led to a devastating day on wall street monday with the dow losing 1000 p

public spaces in several towns the world health organization walls the window for containing the virus is closing also they are trying to cause chaos the trying of course the truth in america u.s. democratic presidential hopeful bernie sanders tell the russia to stay out of america's elections after reports that moscow.

health organization issuing a new warning. is there anywhere to stop the spread. those details ahead. >>> wall street tail spin, the ripple effects of the coronavirus hitting financial markets hard. this morning, assessing the fallout from a week of turbulence. >>> the battle of south carolina, decision day for democrats in the state. the big question, could a good showing be the spring board for

public spaces in several towns the world health organization walls the window for containing the virus is closing also they are trying to cause chaos the trying of course the truth in america u.s. democratic presidential hopeful bernie sanders tells russia to stay out of america's elections after reports that moscow is meddling in the campaign. and a 7 day truce between the u.s. and the taliban goes into effect in afghanistan paving the way for a peace deal to be signed next week. and vote counting begins in iran's parliamentary election with conservative expected to hold on to power after a moderate and reformist candidates were excluded. hello welcome to the news the number of new coronavirus cases in china dropped on friday the government says it recorded almost 400 new infections that's a fall of more than half from the previous day but numbers are on the rise in other countries italy has confirmed its 1st death from the virus public spaces have been shut down in 10 towns in lombardy province after 15 new cases were found there south korea has the most cases outside of china and they've had their largest spike in infections over half of thos

wall street as the number of cases goes up. >> and monitoring all this. the dollars and cents. >> it started overnight. we saw the stocks drop across asia and europe in here to wall street and the world health organizationthe outbreak in italy and iran deeply concerning. the dow jones dropped 900 points right when the opening bell rang this morning. and, held steady pretty much at that level. and recovered a little bit. but, taking you live here, it has been high. volume has been high. customers experiencing technical difficulties. there is a doubt. down to 3%. 28,000. the s&p 500 down about 3% as well. the nasdaq is slipping as well. almost 4%. 92-32. and, many people who are not members here. and, the inexpensive hotdogs, and the signs are up today. now, they will have to be members there to let you there. this has been in effect for years. but rarely before. >>> joining the plant-based trend, according to bloomberg, chipolte is adding cauliflower. they are also experimenting with making more things out of plant. >>> in the videogame arena. nerd street gamers plans to open more than 100 e sports venues. one is scheduled for the los angeles area is going to be the biggest on the west coast opening by t

of cases come with 60,000 plus confirmed cases now, over 1300 confirmed deaths. "the wall street journal" has a front-page story today about the world health organization now comingre, questions about whether they trusted china too much. what are your thoughts on that? >> it is less an issue of trust rather than testing so what happens is you have to do is sophisticated test. what's going now as they are inundated with cases so they are using less strict criteria on clinical symptoms to be enough to count as a case. we know that there are many more cases because they are not testing mild cases. what they are testing our people to go to the health care facilities so they know there is a sea of people with mild cases similar to the common cold and how many people are really affected is much larger than what we are hearing about. to my predicting an outbreak here in the united states, what are we currently doing to prepare for that? as far as the ability to take in these patients and treat them, what we need to do to be prepared for that? >> we need to get hospitals to dust off their pandemic influenza plans and update them, so that may look at icu bed capacity, sup

health organization. worldwide over 83,000 cases and over 2,800 deaths of the coronavirus have been confirmed. the impact on wall street continues as the dow and s&p are on pace for their worst weekly performance since 2008. down more than 10.5% on the week. yesterday the dow experienced its single worst day point drop in history plunging nearly 1,200 points while both the zps&p 500 closed. and in strong contrast to success earlier this month. the dow closed on a record high february 12th and it only took the s&p 500 six days to fall from an all-time high to correction levels marking the fastest drop of that magnitude. this morning the dow futures eae pointing to an opening loss of more than 600 points while the s&p and nasdaq also point to lower openings. the effects of coronavirus is already wide-ranging as major business events take significant precautionary measures. so far the walt disney company closed tokyo disneyland until mid-march. the k-pop boy band bts canceled several concerts and the band green day canceled tours in asia, tech giants, facebook and microsoft along with epic games pulled out of a gam

walls, preventing individuals and experts from the centers for disease control and prevention from going into china and it's just recently that finally an advanced team of experts from the world health organization left for beijing, that china has finally stepped up to approve that visit of experts. but why now? this has been -- this virus erupted in december and we're you now in february. again, it's the communist mentality of trying to keep the rest of the world out and preventing people who might help and might save lives there and around the world from being on the ground and helping investigate and prevent the spread of this virus. maria: i don't want to create any speculation about where this started. i think we all agree that this started in an open market, where people were eating bats and there were lots of animals in an open market. next to the open markets i'm being told there was a clan labd there was conversation and i don't know if the ambassador to china addressed this on one of the sunday shows this weekend but there was some speculation that there was a research lab developing biological weapons. i just throw that out there because this is part of the conversation. we think we k

health organization issuing a new warning. is there anywhere to stop the spread. those details ahead. >>> wall street tail spin, the ripple effects of the coronavirus hitting financial markets hard. this morning, assessing the fallout from a week of turbulence. >>> the battle of south carolina, decision day for democrats in the state. the big question, could a good showing be the spring board for super tuesday? msnbc's lindsey reiser is there speaking with voters and key political figures. it's all next. good morning to you on this saturday, february 29th. i'm corey coffin. >> i'm kendis gibson, lindsey reiser is there in columbia, south carolina, covering the primaries, of course. >> reporter: good morning, polls open in just an hour. this is the last early contest before super attitude. former vice president joe biden poised to do very well here. i'm going to talk about john allen to talk about why it may not be a sweeping victory for him coming up. >>> let's get to the breaking news concerning the coronavirus this morning. and you may have heard new cases popping up overnight, three states out west, some of the cases of unknown o