william brangham: and what about elizabeth warren?ne of my colleagues mentioned earlier today that she dy n't do baough to get press and she didn't do well enough to get press. what happens to her in this mix? robert costa: she's in a difficult political position, because senator sanders continues to rise, raise a ton of money, and she's competitive, but she's not able to eat into his core support on the left of the democratic party at this but she does have oney, and she has a strong reputations among grassremocrats, who see her as a version of senator sanders, a left-wing ideology, but someone who camaybe win over more voters in the center. so, she's pulling from different parts of the democratic party. you cannot count her out at this point. new hampshire will be a test. it's a neighboring state to massachusetts, as well as being a neighboring state to senator sanders and his rmme state of t. william brangham: all right, bob costa of the washington post and "washington week," thank you so much. robert costa: thank you. judy: we can

william brangham: asou touched on briefly, he was charged with two things, lying to congress and witness tampering.s this gck to an investigation that the house intelligence committee was doins intoan meddling and whether what role wikileaks played in the release of those democratic e-mails dur campaign. stone was convicted of lying to those investigators for the house mmittee. he was also convicted of trying to get a witness to noify to those investigators. ed he was accf threatening that witness and threatening the witness' dog, even though that saying he didn'elte a letter threatened judgamy berman jackson, the judge who sentenced stone today, wasn't buying any of it. e id that this witness intimidation was quote "a corrupt and unlawful campaign to tamper with a witness." and, really, the judge all day today was very, verytical of

. >> woodruff: william brangham was in the courtro today, and joins me now. hello, william. you were there for this entire proceeding. first of all, remind us what were the charges against roger stone that he w found guilty of. >> he was charged with lying to congress and witness tpering. this goes back to an investigation that the house hoe intelligence committee was doing into russian meddlg and t role wikileaks played during the release of the democratic e-mails in the campaign. stone was convicd to lying to the investigators of the house committen he was also victed of trying to get a witness to not testify to thotise invtors. he was accused of threatening the witness and the witss' dog. even though the witness later wrote a letter saying he didn't threaten, jackson sn't buying any of it. she said this witness intimidation was "a corrupt and unlawful campaign to tamper with the witness." and really, the judge, all day today, was very, very crical of roger stone. she said, in particular, shei said stone tooupon himself to lie, to impede and to obstruct. to the accusation

william brangham'ste focus of report. >> brangham: wuhan, china is this city of ten m, now the epicenterthis novel coannavirus outbreak, is on indefinite quarantine. as the death toll rises every day, chine officials are facing a different crisis. public outrage is surging because of the death of dr. li wenliang. he's the local physician who helped sound the alarm about thisirus back in december. he died yesterday from the virus. but back when the 34-year-old first spoke out, police detained him and ordered him to sign a statement saying he'd made false claims. li was one of eight medical professionals who warned about the virus at the very moment the chinese government wanted to stay silent. three weeks later, china announced the outbreak hadco beme a full-scale national emergency. this young doctor's death-- and his treatment by police-- has triggered a rare public revolt against the chinese govement. to many, li is now a martyr. >> ( translated e left us when we needed him to fight the novel virus and the pneumonia. criticized and unfairly treated because of his report on the virus, s

william brangham has the lateste william: theretill many, many questions researchers have about thisk. but we do ve new information from the chinese government about the vir' mortality rate and other important concerns. dr. anony fauci is the director of the national institute for allergy and infectious diseases at the nih.i he joins me tonight from the nih campus. thank you very much for being here. chinese officials seem increasingly confident that they are able to get their hands outbreak, they thin they will contain it and seingly arguing that the number of new cases is going to plateau pretty soon. do you agree with that? >> i think we really need to wait and see if that's the case. they have been talking about the numberof cases each day being less than the previous day over the past few days in a row. i would hope that is the t ining point, beally think we need to reserve judgment on that because we still have a very na, rightroblem in c no so hopefully, that is making the turn around but i don't know that yet. william: i mentioned before we are getting a better look at the mo

the virus has now killed more an 2,000 people worldwid william brangham has the latest. >> brangham:re are still many, many questions researchers have about this viral outbreak. but, we do have new information from thehinese government about the virus' mortality rate, and other important concerns.th dr. y fauci is the director of the national institute for allergy andis infectiousses at the .ii.h., and he joins me again tonight from the. campus. in a case they will go down, so myself and other of my colleagues are figuring that it is likel1% or less when you and do a calculation for a fatality rate. >> we also know that thiss a fairly contagious virus but there has been some question as to whether or not people e contagious before they show symptoms. what do we know about that? >> well, we certainly know that there are a lot of people who are infected without symptoms. there have been anecdotal cases that i think are pretty solid, that there has bisen tranon from a person who has no symptoms to another person. i think that's going to turn ou to be a real phenomenon. the question that

william brangham takes a look at how the country is coping. >> brangham: while the vast majority of infectionss are centered in eastern-central china, in hubei province, this outbreak is increasinglyeing felt across china. for a look at how things are on the ground hundreds of miles from hubei, i'm joined by david rennie.ei he's theng bureau chief for "the economist." david, thank you very much for being here. could you just give us a sense right now, what is it lie many beijing? >> today in beijing where i am would normally be absolutely packed. it's the end of this very long extended lunar new year holiday. literally millions of migrant comings are due to be back to the big city here from their homes in the countryside where they went to see their families. factories should be starting up. shops should be starting up. h none of that ipening. it's still unbelievably quiet. this is a city of 22 million people, and most small shops are closed, restaurts are closed, schools are closed. no p kents will put theirids out on the playground or in the park. it really is a ghost towit a huge city. it's

william brangham is back tonight with a look at the early economic fallout. >> brangham: you've heard about major airlines suspending flights into a out of china. but you may not know that many large companies have shut down stores and offices in the country. others are halting work at c factories withna, which can deal a serious blo the global supply chain of parts and merchandise. today, hyund motor companyil announced itsuspend vehicle production at most of its south korean factories in three days because it can't gets needed prom china. a's the first carmaker outside china to make thouncement. david lynch covers global economics for the "washington post." and he joins me now. welcome. >> thank you. >> brangham: stickin this hyundai announcement, th're basically saying, we can't keep making cars if we can't gethese parts coming out of china. is it your sense that this is a harbinger what's to come? >> well, that's the worry, that this is the care nary in the coleman, because hyundai is not alone in the auto industry or the global industries across the board in demanding upon chineo

william brangham looks at the president's powers when it comes to how justice is meted out. >> brangham: after serving about eight years of a 14 year sentence, former illinois governor rod blagojevich was due to be released today from this prison in englewood colorado. it marked perhaps the highest profile commutation that president trump has issued since >> he served eight years in jail, a long time, very far from his children, they're growing older now, ty're going to high school now and they rarely get to see their father outside of an orange uniform.at th was a tremendously powerful, riculous sentence in my opinion. >> brangham: blagojevich was found guilty in 2011 of 18 counts that included seeking tol se an appointment to president obama's old senate seat. the conviction came just m after blagojevich appeared on trump's reality show, "the apprentice." in a state often kno corruption; four of its last 10 gon;rnors have gone to priso blagojovich's sentence was the longest for an illinois polician. chicago mayor lori lightfoot >> this is a man whos theon: governor of our state.te he

citizens turning from the country william brangham looks at the effect of these moves. >> reporter: theld's second largest economy is increasingly being sealed off from the rest of the world. nearly 50 milln people in ina are essentially quarantined as the coronavirusre ou has spread to over 17,000 people worldwide. citizens from countries like turkey, the czech republic and australia have been evacuated om the epicenter of the outbreak.s. the as evacuated nearly 200 americans so far, and warned against any travel to china. this growing isolation is taking its toll on china's economy. stocks plunged at opening todays major airlave halted country, factories are facing work stoppages and companies like apple are closing its stores. china's vice minister of commerce tried to downplay the bleak scenario: >> ( translated ): all departments and local govements are also taking precise measures to help enterprises create a good business environment and help enterprises reduce their burdens while fighting the epidemic. >> reporter: in hubei province, where most of the cases have occurred, more t

william brangham gets an update on where things stand today. >> reporter: the official death toll from this coronavirus hasd more than doub the last week, now topping 1000. the official number of confirmed cases has also more than doubled. chinese officials have said foha several daysthey believe the number of new cases may be slowing, but how accurate are these official numbers? anwithout knowing that, we really know how bad this outbreak is, or how bad it might get. joining me now is lawrence gostin, a professor of global health law, and he direc the world health organization's collaborating center at georgetown university. welcome. >> thanks foephaving me. >>ter: help us understand. we know there is this surging number of cases. where do you see thisgoing? >> well, i mean, i think we have to be prepared for the asonable possibility o even likelihood that we won't contain this in the leforeseeuture. you've got more than a billion people in china with a readily transadmissible infection if it sprds in that congested population and entually the avel bans are lifted, one can just forese

william brangham reports on the latest from iowa and the final sprint to win the first primary. >> we might want the decisions of the iowa caucus before the november election. >> brangham: in manchester, new hampshire today, vermont senator bernie sanders told reporters that despite iowa's delays, he's certain he's the winner >> what i want to do today threh days late is tk the people of iowa for the very strong victory they gave us at the iowa caucuses on monday night. >> brangham: sanders expressed frustration with the entire that regardless of who got more of iowa's delegates, he got more actual voters. >> mr. buttigieg and i will end up with the same amount of tes, 11 now each, probab a little bit more. that's what will happen. it ain't gonna change. and what certainly is not gonna change is that in terms of the w popular vote, a decisive victory. >> brangham: former south bend, indiana mayor pete buttigieg is trying to ride the momentum from his strong showing in iowa. at a campaign event in merrimack, new hampshire today, he reminded supporters just how far his campaign has come

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william brangham is here with the latest addition to the "newshour" bookshelf.eporter: four years ago, susanr foas excited to start her new job as a software engineer at uber. but she says on her very first day, her manager ppositioned her. that was just the beginning of what followed, a year harassment and retaliation and lies.ft when fowler ber, she wrote a blog post about her experience. it went viral, helping trigger an investigation that eventually led to the departure of uber's cofounder and ceo travis kalanick. susan fowler is now an opinions editor at "the new york times," and she's just published a memoir. " it's callistleblower: my journey to silicon valley and fight for justice at uber." welcome to the "nehour." >> thank you so much for having me here. reporter: this is really an incredible story of your journey through this company, and your life surrounding that. but i wonder if you could just start by telling us about that first day. that must have been really an unbelievable experience.es >> so i had just gone through orientation and training.ve i