i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian.at because yesterday was a voting tuesday. you have to remember it's wednesday. >> working on the fly there. >> we begin with last night's democratic primary contest as joe biden extends his lead with victories in four of the states that voted last night. of course, the key state, the state of michigan with the most delegates up for grabs, missouri and bernie sanders up by seven points with 63% of the results in so far. over in washington state which, of course, as you know, has bn

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian. we begin this half hour, this hour, excuse me, with results from super tuesday. it was a stunning night for joe biden, the former vice president swept the south. the projected winner in nine states, with landslide victories in alabama, virginia, north carolina, arkansas, tennessee and oklahoma. he also won big in minnesota. he won the delegate-rich state of texas as well. and he won elizabeth warren's home state of massachusetts, where she came in third, behind bernie sanders. sanders won his home state of vermont, as well as colorado and utah. sanders is also leading right now in california. the state with the most delegates, but the race is too early to call with 46% of the vote in. sanders has 32%. biden, 23. the state of maine, also too close to call with 91% of the vote in. biden leads in that state by about 1700 votes. now, when it comes to delegates, biden is now the front-runner, with, there it is on your screen, as of right now shg, 43 delegates, to brndz brnernie sanders' 34

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin.r with the much needed shot in the arm for the biden camp. dominating in south carolina's primary running away with 48% of the vote. bernie sanders came in a distant second place with 20%, followed by tom steyer at eleven, pete buttigieg, elizabeth warren, amy klobuchar, and tulsi gabbard are in the single digits. pinned his hopes on black voters in south carolina, and they did not let him down according to nbc exit polls. black voters made up 56% of democratic primary voters in that state in which biden took a commanding 61%. with four states behind us, biden trails sanders by seven delegates, 60-53. biden has overtaken sanders the popular vote astoundingly and following saturday's results, the democratic primary field has thinned out ahead of super tuesday with pete buttigieg and tom steyer announcing the end to their presidential campaigns. >> and amy klobuchar says she's quote not going anywhere. klobuchar's campaign expects her to win the home state of minnesota but the associated

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. we're going to begin with the latest from the super tuesday earthquake that rocked the race for the democratic presidential nomination. joe biden added a tenth state to his list of super tuesday victories after nbc news declared him the apparent winner of maine as we are awaiting the results there. the only state we haven't been able to call is california. sanders holds a nine point lead in that state as of now. of the state's massive 415 delegates, sanders has been awarded 161 so far. biden 100. the former vice president still leads the overall delegate count, 527, you see there, to 475, a difference of just 52 delegates. meanwhile, michael bloomberg's decision to end his campaign means biden now has the room to charge ahead in the moderate lane all by himself. looking ahead to next tuesday's primary, idaho, michigan, missouri, mississippi, north dakota, washington state, here's some of what biden and bloomberg had to say yesterday. >> today i am cleared eyed about our overriding obj

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian. know that because yesterday was a voting tuesday. you have to remember it's wednesday. >> working on the fly there. >> we begin with last night's democratic primary contest as joe biden extends his lead with victories in four of the states that voted last night. of course, the key state, the state of michigan with the most delegates up for grabs, missouri and bernie sanders up by seven points with 63% of the results in so far. over in washington state which, of course, as you know, has been rocked by the coronavirus, too close to call as well. sanders leads by less than 2100 votes. or 0.2 of a percentage point right now. any talk of a sanders comeback in michigan, that was blighted by sanders' double digit lead. biden awards 65 of the delegates so far. sanders gets 45 of those. 15 delegates still on the table with 7% of votes still out. >> we're also watching mississippi not because of biden's massive 81%. but because of sanders won 45 there. but it's actually 14.8. if sanders does no

i'm yasmin vossoughian. are adjusting to their new reality today, the federal government is preparing for more steps to help industries and people affected by the pandemic. nbc news obtained a copy of a new treasury department proposal to deal with the economic damage caused by the pandemic. it includes $50 billion for the airline industry, $150 billion for other hard-hit industries, two rounds of $250 billion in direct payments to you, to taxpayers on april 6th and on may 18th.

it is wednesday, march 18th, i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian.begin with the very latest on the coronavirus with confirmed cases now reported in all 50 states after west virginia reported its first case yesterday. the reported u.s. death toll from the virus has now passed 100 as the number of confirmed cases soared to 6200, with new reports coming in by the hour. the number of known cases in new york city alone jumped by 100, just yesterday. it is now more than 900. and now, there is confusion over whether the country's most populated city is considering a shelter in place order, after mayor bill de blasio said it is being considered. governor andrew cuomo's office put a statement saying, quote, any blanket quarantine or shelter in place policy would require state action and as the governor has said there's no consideration of that for any locality at this time. here's how the mayor responded to that last night. >> this is moving very fast. we should all be very concerned about how we find a way to slow down the trajectory of this virus. the idea

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i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian.e begin this half hour with super tuesday. 14 states hold primaries today from california to maine, plus a caucus in american samoa. 1,300 delegates are up for grabs, a third of the total available in the race for the democratic presidential nomination. 1,991 are needed to secure that nomination. california, as you can imagine, the largest prize with 415 delegates followed by texas with 228, north carolina with 110, rounding out the top three. it is also a big test for michael bloomberg who will be on the ballot for the very first time after skipping the first four contests. >> joe biden's momentum is surging after several high profile endorsements, three of his former rivals for the democratic nomination all came out in support of the former vice president just yesterday. pete buttigieg, amy klobuchar, and beto o'rourke just a day after ending his presidential bid, buttigieg appeared at a campaign stop with biden where he announced his endorsement. later in the evening, senator amy kl

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian. we want to begin with a series of fast moving new developments on the deadly coronavirus that is unfolding here in the united states. first on the west coast, and this dramatic new video from the california air national guard, hovering over a cruise ship that is now being held off the coast of california. these are troopers dropping off test kits after several passengers showed symptoms and officials learned that a patient who died in california earlier this week had recently traveled on that same ship. more than 3,500 passengers and crew are on board. we are told 45 people have now been tested. results are expected later today. >> got to be a lot of anxiety on that ship right now. meanwhile, officials with the new york city department of health say they are keeping an eye on more than 2,700 residents who are currently under quarantine. that comes as the number of confirmed cases doubled in new york state thursday from 11 to 22. colorado announcing its first two cases, maryland announ

because it's... ...simple, easy, awesome. [ barking ] >>> and that is it for me for this hour, yasmin vossoughianngs up right now, hi, yasmin. >> hi, katy. good afternoon, everybody. i'm yasmin vossoughian, it's 3:00 p.m. on the east coast. officials are operating in full force to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus here in the united states. just minutes ago, washington state reporting a surge in its number of coronavirus case which is now stands at 74. as you can see, the number of cases has increased across the country from coast to coast. as testing becomes more widely available. so far, 11 deaths have been blamed on the virus, ten in washington state. one in california, just this hour, we're going to take a deep dive into what exactly local and federal officials are doing to control the spread. and our communities. we're going to talk to the person leading all public schools in washington state with plans to shut down some facilities there. then on the federal level, vice president mike pence, you see right there, just leaving for tacoma washington where h

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian.e begin this half hour, this hour, excuse me, with results from super tuesday. it was a stunning night for joe biden, the former vice president swept the south. the projected winner in nine states, with landslide victories in alabama, virginia, north carolina, arkansas, tennessee and oklahoma. he also won big in minnesota. he won the delegate-rich state of texas as well. and he won elizabeth warren's home state of massachusetts, where she came in third, behind bernie sanders. sanders won his home state of vermont, as well as colorado and utah. sanders is also leading right

. >>> i'm yasmin vossoughian next to ayman mohyeldin.rning joe" starts now. >>> do you consider america to be on wartime footing fighting the virus? s >> i do. if it got out of control -- early on, we did a stoppage of people coming in. could be very, very affected. a lot of people, including profess aa profess aa aal -- professionals didn't want us to do it. i see it as a wartime president. it is a tough situation. you have to do things, you have to close parts of an economy that, six weeks ago, were the best they've ever been. we had the best economy we've ever had. one day, you have to close it down in order to defeat this enemy. but we're doing it, and we're doing it well. i'll tell you, the american people have been incredible. for the most part, they've been really

i'm yasmin vossoughian. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> anybody right now and

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin.ng joe" starts now. >>> a state as large as ours, nation state, is many parts. at the end of the day, we're one body. there is a mutuality and there is a recognition of our interdependence that requires of this moment that we direct a statewide order for people to stay at home. that directive goes into force and effect this evening, and we were confident, we are confident, that the people of the state of california will abide by it. >> california governor gavin newsom announcing last night a statewide stay at home order, the first full state to do so. saying that he expects more than half of his state's 40 million residents will become infected with the coronavirus. the number of confirmed cases in the u.s. has now passed 14,000, and the number of deaths, more than 200. the state of new york is now reporting five times as many cases as california, more than 5,700. the number of confirmed cases exploding as more people get tested. new york is not yet ordering residents to stay home, but

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin.ow. >>> my administration is recommending that all americans, including the young and healthy, work to engage in schooling from home when possible. avoid gathering in groups of more than ten people. avoid discretionary travel. avoid eating and drinking at bars, restaurants, and public food courts. if everyone makes this change or these critical changes and sacrifices now, we will rally together as one nation, and we will defeat the virus. >> a dramatic shift in tone from president trump yesterday as the white house releases new guidelines for the nation to combat the coronavirus. good morning and welcome to "morning joe." it is tuesday, march 17th. along with joe, willie, and me, we have national security expert, columnist at "usa today," and author of "the death of expertise," tom nichols. historian, author of "the soul of america," and roger's professor of the presidency at vanderbilt, john meacham. nbc news and

i'm yasmin vossoughian. "morning joe" starts now. >>> finding very little problem.t this like the flu. >> this is the most aggressive and comprehensive effort to confront a foreign virus in modern history. it'll disappear. one day, it'll disappear. we will be suspending all travel from europe to the united states for the next 30 days. we have thousands or hundreds of thousands of people that get better just by, you know, sitting around and even going to work. some of them go to work. if you are sick or not feeling well, stay home. the democrats are

>>> i am yasmin vossoughian. the senate finally reached a compromise on a $2 trillion economic stimulus. there are nearly 60,000 cases in the united states. more than 780 people died nationwide, the senate is set to pass their stimulus compromise, following days of partisan negotiations. watch this. >> the senate is going to stand together, act together, and pass this historic relief package today. >> help is on the way, big help, quick help. >> this relief bill that moves to the house which is currently in recess, house speaker nancy pelosi spoke positively of the plan in a statement today, but there's no clear time line when her chamber may actually take action. there are growing concerns whether the bill sets aside enough funding for states hard hit like new york. >> new york city only gets $1.3 billion from this package. that is a drop in the bucket as to need. i spoke to our house delegation, congressional delegation this morning. i said to them this doesn't do it. you know, i understand the senate theory an

i'm yasmin vossoughian. while americans are adjusting to their new reality today, the federal government is preparing for more steps to help industries and people affected by the pandemic. nbc news obtained a copy of a new treasury department proposal to deal with the economic damage caused by the pandemic. it includes $50 billion for the airline industry, $150 billion for other hard-hit industries, two rounds of $250 billion in direct payments to you, to taxpayers on april 6th and on may 18th. the payment level would be based on income level and on family size. a $300 billion small business interruption loan program. here is what the president had to say about this effort. >> we are looking at different numbers. we're looking at timing that would be different, splitting the time, splitting the payments. looking at a lot of different things. hasn't been determined yet. it will shortly be determined. people want to go big -- everybody seems to want to go big and they want to get to the recovery. >> so the pre

i'm yasmin vossoughian, it's 3:00 p.m. on the east coast. officials are operating in full force to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus here in the united states. just minutes ago, washington state reporting a surge in its number of coronavirus case which is now stands at 74. as you can see, the number of cases has increased across the country from coast to coast. as testing becomes more widely available. so far, 11 deaths have been blamed on the virus, ten in washington state. one in california, just this hour, we're going to take a deep dive into what exactly local and federal officials are doing to control the spread. and our communities. we're going to talk to the person leading all public schools in washington state with plans to shut down some facilities there. then on the federal level, vice president mike pence, you see right there, just leaving for tacoma washington where he's going to meet with governor jayencen jayence ansley. we're going to head to capitol hill, with a massive some of spending bill. we're going to talk to se

i'm yasmin vossoughian.in the united states and the potential for this virus to get out of control. if we do things together well, almost perfectly, we could get in the range of 100,000 to 200,000 fatalities. >> so if we do things almost perfectly, 200,000 americans could still die from the coronavirus. already, the death toll stands at 3,003, more than the number of lives lost on 9/11. >> so we keep getting to these grim milestones, willie. yesterday, more americans had died by the coronavirus than died in the afghanistan war. american troops over, gosh, the past two decades. by the end of

i'm yasmin vossoughian in new york. breaking news developments on the coronavirus pandemic. house speaker nancy pelosi saying lawmakers are near a bipartisan agreement. wall street rebounding on the news of a potential deal. dr. anthony fauci saying the country's testing capacity for the virus is failing. confirmed u.s. cases now around 1,700 as well. let's go overseas for a moment. italy reporting more than 1,000 related deaths. doctors now confronting decisions about who to treat as hospitals are being overrun. and disturbing new pictures from iran. satellite images showing burial pits so large, they're now visible from space. that's raising questions about the number of deaths there with the government reporting a little more than 500 deaths. while in china, the number of new infections is at its lowest point yet. let's get into all of this. joining me now dr. natalie azar. thank you for joining me. let's talk, first, through some of your personal experiences. i know you experienced something personally with with reg

it is wednesday, march 11th, i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian.night's democratic primary contest as joe biden extends his delegate lead with victories in at least four of the six states that voted last night. the key state, of course, being michigan, as well as missouri, mississippi and idaho. the north dakota caucuses too early to call as of 4:00 a.m. eastern time.

i'm yasmin vossoughian. "morning joe" starts now. >>> finding very little problem. very little problem. treat this like the flu. >> this is the most aggressive and comprehensive effort to confront a foreign virus in modern history. it'll disappear. one day, it'll disappear. we will be suspending all travel from europe to the united states for the next 30 days. we have thousands or hundreds of thousands of people that get better just by, you know, sitting around and even going to work. some of them go to work. if you are sick or not feeling well, stay home. the democrats are politicizing the coronavirus. this is their new hoax. we must put politics aside, stop the partisanship, and unify together as one nation. >> and the whiplash doesn't stop there. minutes after the president said last night that cargo would be restricted from europe, causing the markets to quiver, the white house said, actually, no, no, no, cargo will not actually be restricted. good morning. welcome to "morning joe." it is thursday, march 12th. along with joe, whil lillie, an we have mike barnicl

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin, "morning joe" starts right now. >>> in 2003 in december wesley clark was winning polls. >> come on. be fair. okay? i've been consistent in leading in the polls after taking all the hits. ego down, and everybody that's hit me is out. you all declare me -- not you, editorially and abroad declare me dead and guess what? i ain't dead. >> nope. he was definitely right about that. >> that's what you call political prophecy by joe biden on december 16th, 2019 and he proved that this past week. >> yeah. when it came to his political prot pe prospects nearly three months ago when joe biden told the "morning times that. i ain't dead. along with myself and joe and willie we have steve rattner, professor at princeton university eddie glaude jr. and from the super tuesday earthquake that rocked the race for the democratic nomination are still being felt this morning. joe biden added a tenth state to his list of super victories after nbc news declared him the apparent winner of maine. >> wow. >> the only race we haven't been able to call is california.

i'm yasmin vossoughian along side ayman mohyeldin. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> i told you all if you can launch a candidacy, you launched bill clinton, barack obama to the presidency, and now you launched our campaign on the path to defeating donald trump! [ cheers and applause ] >> we have won the popular vote in iowa. [ cheers ] we have won the new hampshire primary. [ cheers ] we have won the nevada caucus. [ cheers ] but -- you cannot win them all. >> honestly, i can't see a path where i can win the presidency. so am i going to continue to work on every single one of these issues? yes, of course i am, because i've never stopped. >> the two most important words that need to be written about the trump administration. you know what they are? "the end." but "you're fired" would work fine. >> then they thought i wouldn't make it through the summer, and that i wouldn't make it to the debates, but here i am headed into super tuesday. >> my campaign is built for the long haul, and we are looking forward to these big contests. [ ch

>>> i'm yasmin vossoughian next to ayman mohyeldin. "morning joe" starts now. >>> do you consider america to be on wartime footing fighting the virus? s >> i do. if it got out of control -- early on, we did a stoppage of people coming in. could be very, very affected. a lot of people, including profess aa profess aa aal -- professionals didn't want us to do it. i see it as a wartime president. it is a tough situation. you have to do things, you have to close parts of an economy that, six weeks ago, were the best they've ever been. we had the best economy we've ever had. one day, you have to close it down in order to defeat this enemy. but we're doing it, and we're doing it well. i'll tell you, the american people have been incredible. for the most part, they've been really incredible. >> good morning. welcome to "morning joe." it is thursday, march 19th. along with joe, willie, and me, we have white house reporter for the "associated press," jonathan lemire. former treasury official and "morning joe" economic analyst, steve rattner is

i'm yasmin vossoughian. "morning joe" starts right now. >> we're very worried about every city in the united states and the potential for this virus to get out of control. if we do things together well, almost perfectly, we could get in the range of 100,000 to 200,000 fatalities. >> so if we do things almost perfectly, 200,000 americans could still die from the coronavirus. already, the death toll stands at 3,003, more than the number of lives lost on 9/11. >> so we keep getting to these grim milestones, willie. yesterday, more americans had died by the coronavirus than died in the afghanistan war. american troops over, gosh, the past two decades. by the end of today, more people will have died than died from terrorist attacks on september 11th. you've seen that, as the doctor said yesterday, we can expect it if we do everything right. >> best-care scenario. >> best-case scenario. if we do everything right, then maybe 200,000 americans will die. if we do everything right. that, obviously, is more people than

. >>> that does it for us, i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> i can think of no one with the integrity, no one more committed to the fundamental principles that make this country what it is that my good friend, my late wife's great friend, joe biden. i know joe. we know joe. but most importantly joe knows us. >> you know, mika, you can take the hundreds of millions of dollars, you can take the organizations that all the political pros talk about, you can take the millions of tweets, you can take all the facebook ads, you can take everything that is talked about every day on how to build a winning campaign and all those combined are not as powerful as one man's words. jim clyburn, king maker. >> that was one of the most pivotal moments of the 2020 presidential race so far, the endorsement from south carolina congressman jim clyburn last week helped catapult joe biden to a huge win in south carolina, which then let to a stunning super tuesday for the former vice president. biden swept the south, the projected wi

i'm yasmin vossoughian. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> anybody right now and yesterday, anybody that needs a test gets a test. they're there. they have the tests. >> the president said that anybody who wants a test can get a testing. is that consistent with what you heard? >> no, it is not consistent right now. that's the goal, to get testing for everybody who wants testing, to be able to get it, and get it in multiple locations. that's not accurate right now. >> should he stop saying that? >> yeah. people should not say if you want a test, go get a test right now. >> a republican senator would like the president to stop lying about a national crisis. the top expert on diseases, meanwhile, is calling the government's response by its proper name. >> the system does not -- is not really geared to what we need right now. what you are asking for. that is a failing. >> a failing? >> it is a failing. let's admit it. the idea of anybody getting it easily, the way people in other countries are doing it, we're n