breaking overnight the first american death reported from the coronavirus. what we know this morning as we're hearing from a different american now being treated evacuated from a cruise ship with more rescued americans arriving from china. kobe's crash investigation. pictures released by the ntsb with new information on how that helicopter carrying the basketball legend, his daughter and seven others fell from the sky. royal appearance. harry and meghan in miami. their first engagement since reducing their royal roles. what it could signal about the couple's future. and ready for oscar. rolling out the red carpet for hollywood's biggest night, preps under way. we'll take you behind the scenes for all the glitz and glamour. and good morning, america. thanks for joining us on this saturday morning. let's get right to our top story here. just days before the new hampshire primary, the democratic candidates meet for a primetime debate right here on abc. >> the two candidates who led the iowa caucus feeling the heat on the debate stage. pete buttigieg facing criticism over his lack of experience while bernie sanders faced concerns about his democratic socialist label. >> so many questions coming out of the debate. who fared best? who faltered and will any of this change the fundamental dynamics in this race? we have team coverage this morning and we start with abc's rachel scott who is right there in manchester, new hampshire, where the debate went down overnight. rachel, good morning to you. >> reporter: dan, good morning. with the new hampshire primary now just days away, this is one of the final opportunities for these candidates to make their pitch. and they came out swinging. piling on the attacks on the two candidates who claimed victory out of iowa. mayor pete buttigieg and senator bernie sanders. overnight, mayor pete buttigieg and senator bernie sanders on top and under attack. taking heat after a strong finish in the iowa caucuses, both targets on the debate stage. >> it is not real, bernie, because two-thirds of the democrats in the senate are not on your bill and because it would kick 149 million americans off their current health insurance in four years. >> we need people with experience. that's why i'm worried about mayor pete. >> reporter: buttigieg who has pitched himselfs the newcomer washington needs challenged on his experience. his rivals calling his resume thin. >> we have a newcomer in the white house and look where it got us. >> we need a prospective right now that will finally allow us to leave the politics of the past in the past, turn the page and bring change to washington before it's too late. >> reporter: now just three days out from the new hampshire primary, a trailing joe biden already bracing for another gut punch. >> i took a hit in iowa and i'll probably take a hit here. >> reporter: the former vp still insisting some of his rivals are too much of a risk. a fiery clash over electability and concern over the future of the party. >> bernie's labeled himself, not me, a democratic socialist. i think that's the label that the president is going to lay on everyone running with bernie if he's the nominee. >> let me just ask is anyone else on the stage concerned about having a democratic socialist at the top of the democratic ticket? >> i'm not. >> senator klobuchar. >> bernie and i work together all the time, but i think we are not going to be able to out-divide the divider in chief, and i think we need someone to head up this ticket that actually brings people with her instead of shutting them out. >> reporter: sanders also on defense about his signature health care plan. >> how much is it going to cost? who is going to pay for it? it will cost more than the entire, the entire federal budget we spend now. >> if we do what joe wants, we'll be spending some $50 trillion on health care over the next ten years. what medicare for all will do is save the average american substantial sums of money. >> reporter: the conversation turning to race 90 minutes in. >> we have not said one word tonight about race. not one word. are you kidding me? >> reporter: buttigieg who has struggled to attract support among black supporters pressed on his record. >> how do you explain the increase in black arrests in south bend under your leadership for marijuana possession? >> and, again -- [ applause ] -- the overall rate was lower. >> no, there was an increase. the year before you were in office it was lower. >> we adopted a strategy that said that drug enforcement would be targeted in cases where there was a connection to the most violent group or gang connected to a murder. these things are all connected. but that's the point. so are all of the things that need to change in order for us to prevent violence and remove the effects of systemic racism. >> senator warren, is that a substantial answer from mayor buttigieg? >> no. >> reporter: the debate a book end to a critical week. >> we watched on wednesday as republicans all but one locked arms to protect him from impeachment. >> reporter: president trump acquitted in the senate. the impeachment trial closing as the 2020 campaign now kicks into high gear. >> we move the country forward. we don't focus on the mistakes of the leaders that are leaving office. >> reporter: and the candidates also going after a democrat who was not on the stage, billionaire michael bloomberg. the former new york state mayor is not campaigning in the state, but can possibly qualify for the nevada debate later this month, dan. >> not on the stage but looming over the race in many ways. rachel, thank you so much. also joining us from manchester, abc news deputy political director maryalice parks. maryalice, good morning. do you think there was a winner or maybe winners in this debate? >> look, senator amy klobuchar has been strong on these debate stages, but last night was her best night yet. she clearly saw mayor pete buttigieg as her main target. she really went there. she tried to compare her record to his. she said she has been displaying leadership in washington, and accused him of taking some cheap shots back at capitol hill. i think that joe biden kind of stood himself back up, probably calmed some anxious supporters out of iowa, but i'm not sure that he gained new voters. he just talked so much about the past. i think that mayor pete buttigieg and bernie sanders probably benefited most from the night because it was clear that everyone else on the stage saw them as the two front-runners. >> yeah, and interesting what you said about amy klobuchar. this is not the first time she's done well in a debate and it does not thus far and anything could happen, does not thus far seem to have been to her benefit in the polling numbers or electoral results. let me move on now though. we're a couple of days away from new hampshire. anything that happened on that stage overnight fundamentally change the dynamic of the race, do you think? >> well, it was totally wild that joe biden in his very first answer basically threw up his hands. he said he didn't think he would do well here. he conceded the state. so that was crazy. but he did really raise the bar for bernie sanders. he reminded everyone that bernie sanders is the reigning champ here. he said that bernie sanders really should win here and so that really raised the bar. you know, i think elizabeth warren isn't going to be able to capitalize on the hometown advantage she had going into this primary. boston is only 45 minutes away. she should really do well here. but she just didn't really shine last night. she kind of retreated in some of her answers. i found her pretty underwhelming. >> we've just come out of this dumpster fire in iowa where everything fell apart. how does that impact the race going forward, do you think? >> well, there are some major trust issues right now. the national democratic party is pointing fingers back at the iowa state democratic party and that makes donors and organizers really nervous that the party just has a handle on election systems going into the next primaries and the next caucuses. remember, republicans employ top notch data and technology and democrats are worried that the party just doesn't have their ducks in a row. this is not the kind of drama that a party needs at this moment when they should be switching into high gear. >> maryalice parks, an ace from our political unit, so glad to have you on a saturday morning with your expert analysis. we really appreciate it. i do want to remind everybody, we will have continuing coverage leading up to the new hampshire primary right here on abc news and 24/7 on our abc newslive channel. that's our streaming channel available right now, breaking news and analysis around the clock. eva, over to you. turning now to the breaking news about the coronavirus, and the report of the first american to die from the illness. this comes as a cruise ship passenger diagnosed with the virus is speaking out about her ordeal. abc's will carr is in santa monica with the latest. good morning, will. >> reporter: and, eva, there's still a lot that experts don't know about this virus. we know it's spreading quickly. confined spaces like that use ship, and we know that the death toll continues to jump every single day. this morning, more than 700 people have died from the coronavirus, including an american. this morning, the first american has died from the coronavirus since the outbreak began. the u.s. embassy confirms a 60-year-old victim was being treated in wuhan, china. also this morning, for the first time we're hearing from an american infected with the virus. rebecca frasure tells abc news she's among at least a dozen others who have contracted coronavirus on board this cruise ship off the coast of japan. the ship remains quarantined. >> the only thing that i was told yesterday when i found out i was quote/unquote diagnosed was that the hospital stay would end up being 14 days instead of the initial 3. that's very concerning to me. >> reporter: so far her husband has tested negative. >> i'm concerned because my husband is still on the ship and what is he supposed to do if he's released and i'm not? >> reporter: overnight, another flight evacuating from the hot zone, carrying americans from wuhan, arriving in the u.s. this time, at a military base in nebraska. all 57 passengers will now be quarantined for at least two weeks. this as some evacuees have been split from their families. frank wucinski and his daughter are quarantined in california. frank's wife was forced to stay behind in china because she's not a u.s. citizen. he has just found out she has become infected with coronavirus. >> she had a fever. she had chest x-rays which show, you know, fluid building up. she's having problems breathing, keeping food down. >> reporter: as for that flight that came back from china to the united states overnight, that now makes more than a thousand americans who are quarantined on military bases across the country. whit? >> incredible what they're going through. will carr for us, thank you. we do want to bring in abc news chief medical correspondent dr. jennifer ashton joining us from massachusetts this morning. dr. ashton, you've been following all of this very closely. first i know you've also been speaking with officials at the national institutes of health, and i understand you're learning more about the numbers being reported here. >> exactly, whit, and it's important when we hear the numbers, we have to pay attention to the numbers in china and then distinguish that from the numbers here in the u.s. the concern about the numbers in china is that not all people who may be infected or even sick with this novel coronavirus may be able to be tested so when we hear that number go up, 30,000, 32,000, remember, there are 11 million people in wuhan and obviously the chinese do not have the ability right now to test everyone in that area. so we have to interpret those numbers with caution because they may or may not be accurate. >> and aside from the uncertainty about the numbers, what are the other challenging aspects of this global health emergency and specifically the ability of countries to work together on this? >> the biggest thing right now, whit, is that the cdc has not been allowed inside china and on the ground to evaluate the data and assess the clinical response. we're hoping that will happen any day now but, again, in terms of the response, especially here, the ability to identify and then isolate with quarantine and travel restrictions while it may not be convenient is key to containing this outbreak. >> absolutely, dr. ashton for us, thank you so much. we appreciate it. dan, over to you. >> thanks, whit. thanks, jen. now to the fallout from impeachment. president trump retaliating, firing two men who testified in those house impeachment hearings. abc's kyra phillips is at the white house with more on this story. kyra, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dan. well, still riding his post-acquittal high and taking questions from us for the first time since being cleared of the charges leveled against him, i asked the president about political revenge. his response, ominous. as the day unfolded it became very clear crossing the president has its consequences. two of the key figures who testified in the house impeachment trial now out of a job. overnight eu ambassador gordon sondland recalled from his post, effective immediately. that came as lieutenant colonel alexander vindman, the national security aide who testified at trump's impeachment trial, was escorted out of the white house fired from his role in the national security council and it was just hours earlier i asked the president about political revenge. his response, ominous. >> your press secretary said your political opponents should pay. who should pay and how will they pay? >> well, you'll see. we'll see what happens. >> reporter: vindman's lawyer issuing this statement, there is no question in the mind of any american why this man's job is over, why this country now has one less soldier serving it at the white house. while vindman, a decorated soldier, was thrown out of the white house, his bravery was front and center on the debate stage. >> stand up and clap for vindman. get up there. [ applause ] who we are. that's who we are. we are not what trump is. >> reporter: emboldened by his acquittal i asked the president if he still wants ukraine to investigate his political rivals. you have been acquitted. do you still want the ukrainian president to dig up dirt on your political rivals like joe biden? >> no. >> reporter: however it was just this week the president's personal attorney rudy giuliani told npr he has not been called off the case. >> let me frame it a different way. are you still investigating? >> he hasn't told me not to do it. he hasn't told me not to do it. >> reporter: well, vindman's twin brother also an army lieutenant colonel was too serving at the nsc as a lawyer focused on ethics. he was also fired suddenly and with no explanation according to his lawyer. now, all of this raising the essential questions, eva, as we move forward, who else could be in the president's crosshairs? sources close to the president telling us, quote, he's housecleaning all of those he sees as being disloyal to him. eva. >> we'll have to keep watching to see who else is pushed out. thanks, kyra. now to the investigation into that deadly helicopter int crash that claimed the life of seven other people. the ntsb releasing its preliminary report on the accident, but not listing a cause for the crash. abc's zachary kiesch joins us with what we know about this investigation so far. good morning, zachary. >> reporter: eva, good morning to you as well. still surreal on many level, kobe bryant traveled by helicopter on a regular basis. one of the first questions that so many people had after the crash was what happened? investigators now say evidence suggests there were no signs that the engine or rotors failed. as investigators piece together what's buried in the wreckage overnight new details released by the ntsb. officials now say there were no signs that rotors or engines failed adding they appeared to be operating at the time of the crash. >> i just heard a helicopter go over me. it went over my head. it's thick in clouds and i just heard a pop and it immediately stopped. >> reporter: the helicopter carrying kobe bryant, his daughter gigi and seven others fell from the sky outside of los angeles killing everyone on >> they'll have to dig deeper and look at other parts of the helicopter but as of now, the airplane was functioning normally right up to impact. >> reporter: according to the report, this is a photo of helicopter disappearing into the sunday morning fog and clouds. investigators are trying to determine whether that heavy fog played a role. the pilot radioed in to air traffic control saying he was going to climb above the bad weather. the helicopter climbs but this image also shows the helicopter quick descent into the calabasas hillside. >> was it because the pilot was disoriented, didn't know which way was up, or was there mechanic malfunction that caused a loss of control and doomed the helicopter? >> following the crash lawmakers in california have proposed added safety systems on commercial helicopters. right now terrain awareness systems are not required but again they're moving in that direction. >> zachary kiesch, thank you very much on a saturday mornin >> thank you guys. let's switch gears and check the weather. over to rob. you got a big storm. one moving out and one coming in. >> this one went coast to coast and had high impact wi a lot of wind and snow and we have a couple more down the pipeline. this is central new york. utica right smack in the middle of the state. ten inches there slowing traffic down having to dig things out and wind was an issue as well. here's dennis port with the flag flapping and the tries down. power lines down as well. 80-mile-an-hour gust on the cape yesterday and winds gusting to 60 miles an hour all the way down to south carolina. weather advisories out in the winter variety, cincinnati, louisville, and north georgia out with a winter storm warning now.d see two to four inches of snow really above about a thousand or so feet, but that's georgia and that's a slick go of it for sure. blizzard warnings for parts of the west, including high wind watches and warnings for parts of california with this. a couple systems coming through. snows coming into to la crosse, wisconsin, and rochester, minnesota, could see six to eight inches of snow there, and we'll get into the northeast monday with rain stalling out across parts of the south. that's a check of what's happening good saturday morning. i'm lisa argen you can see the fog over the city. it's dense in spots from the peninsula to the east bay and the north bay. through about 9:00. then we look for cooler day today, strong gusty winds developing tonight, pretty much everywhere through sunday into early monday. and the dry pattern is going to continue. it will be breezy to windy on the coast today. 58 san francisco. 60 oakland, san mateo. 65 in sanitytiti here we are, the weekend after the super bowl. what to do next? >> can we not talk about that, please? >> you still have that san >> he didn't even watch the game with the rest of us. >> you were the only one going for chiefs. >> he watched it by himself. >> i watched it by myself. painful and meanwhile, dan still won his fantasy football league so it's a weird thing. >> weird you bring it up. i have a mug said champions sent to me by a viewer. i might start drinking from that. anyway, switching gears. janai norman is here with a sweet sendoff. whit, what did you say? >> i said you are in your own fantasy world. let's move onto something more important. >> that is actually accurate. so a sweet sendoff for an officer. this is a really nice story. >> yeah, all right, we'll get back on the rails here, guys. not many people retire after seven years but that's an impressive 49-year career for this k-9. so what better way to say thank you and good-bye to this vetera bring in close to a million dollars worth of narcotics and always had his partner's back and with a sweet treat and a few kind words. >> this transmission is for k-9 bruno. he finished his last shift on duty, and is now headed for retirement. thank you for your seven years of service and hard work. you can chase rabbits instead of bad guys. officers from the department will miss you. enjoy your retirement. >> very sweet. >> is that an ice cream sandwich? >> yes, it is. bruno is living the life. >> look at his eyeballs. >> so excited. that's how you know he loves it. >> he left the department in good hands, and we're told k-9 officers justin and diesel will be taking over his duties. that is hilarious freeze frame. >> a little gray on the snout. >> rough seven years for him. >> he's got a lot of life left in him, though. >> these k-9s do a lot of valuable work. >> they really do. >> proper send-off. >> thanks so much. still ahead here on "gma," dismiss all charges. that's the request from a district attorney in a sex assault case against a doctor and his girlfriend that made national headlines, but why the judge says he's holding off on a decision. plus, a ceo is fired after a confrontation with an uber driver is caught on tape. the racist comments that cost this ceo his job. harry and meghan making their first appearance together since stepping down as senior members of the royal family. we'll be right back. 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the south bay, the east bay i should say. you can see upper 30s. so it's a chilly start. looking at a quarter mile visibility in the north bay. and 50s, cooler today in the ci -class continues to struggle. that's what happens when billionaires are able to control the political system. our campaign is funded and those are the people that i will represent. no more tax breaks for billionaires. we are going to guarantee health care to all people and create up to 20 million good paying jobs to save this planet. i'm bernie sanders and i approve this message because we need an economy that works for all of us, not just wealthy campaign contributors. another try. press goes in, sixth straight. >> oh, yes. welcome back to "gma" on this saturday morning. the u.s. women's national soccer team is headed to the tokyo olympics. the world cup champs beating mexico 4-0 in the semifinal match of the -- or the seminal match of the women's olympic qualifying. no doubt they were going to mak get knocked down the quarterfinals in rio, which was a disappointment for the team, but then they won the world cup, so pressure is on the u.s. to do well this time around. that's for sure. go, usa. first though we do want to come to our other stories. happening right now, under attack after a split victory in the iowa caucuses, mayor pete buttigieg and senator bernie sanders the main targets on the new hampshire debate stage. buttigieg facing criticism about his lack of experience while sanders faced concerns about his democratic socialist label. the candidates speaking about unifying the democratic party and defeating donald trump. also right now, guilty plea. one of the two teenage shooters who opened fire at a school in colorado in may of 2019 killing one student, injuring many others pleading guilty to numerous charges including murder. 16-year-old alec mckinney facing the mandatory minimum sentence of life with the possibility of parole. and this is a really cool story. honoring a veteran, hundreds of strangers stood in the freezing colorado cold to honor a korean war air force veteran. they never met. staff sergeant clyde henry baldwin had no family when he passed away, so grateful americans fr passed away, so grateful americans from all over the state gathered to thank him for his service. >> powerful moment. >> especially at a time when we're at each other's throats in this country. beautiful to see something like that. >> absolutely. we do start this half hour with the judge's surprise move in the case of a reality tv doctor and his girlfriend accused of sexually assaulting multiple women. the judge was expected to dismiss the charges, but that's not what happened. abc's kayna whitworth has more. >> reporter: newport beach surgeon grant robicheaux and girlfriend cerissa riley walked into court thinking they were going to be vindicated. robicheaux, who appeared on the bravo reality show "online dating rituals of the american male," was accused alongside his girlfriend, cerissa riley, in 2018 of drugging and sexually assaulting multiple women going back as far as two decades. just days after the district attorney announced he would seek the dismissal of all charges -- >> oh, my god. >> thank you. >> reporter: but the judge shocking the defendants delaying that request saying politics had infected this case. a huge development for the alleged victims. their powerful impact statements read in court. jane doe number one describing the moment she found out charges were being brought against robicheaux. the man that raped me was in the news for raping others, and i didn't stop him when i could. but these words never heard by robicheaux. the fact that grant left the room during the victim impact statements, what does that mean? >> despicable. it's despicable. i mean, whether he feels he's innocent or not, these are women that were victimized or at least that felt victimized. in their heart of hearts, they were raped. >> reporr: the couple spending the last two years in exile away from their home and swinger lifestyle maintaining their innocence, and in an exclusive women was too inebriated to really give consent? >> it wasn't ever a question. >> never, never a question. >> an unconscious woman is not very fun to have a party with. >> as more women started to com think in your own mind, did we cross the line at some point? >> no. >> absolutely not. >> never. never, never, never. >> absolutely not. not even close. >> ever. >> reporter: kayna whitworth, abc news, orange county, california. >> thank you, kayna. moving on now. a racist slur costs a ceo his job. he was caught on camera arguing with an uber driver when things turned especially ugly. abc's stephanie ramos is here with more on that, stephanie, good morning. >> reporter: dan, good morning. this exchange took only a matter of seconds, but has had a life-changing impact on both the life of the uber driver and that ceo. this ceo is out of a job after his racist slur against an uber driver was caught on camera. >> are you [ bleep ] serious with me? >> no, i don't like when people sit in the front, period. >> reporter: it happened last friday night in scottsdale, arizona. hans berglund wanted to sit in the front seat of his uber driver's car. randy clark refused, offering to cancel and refund him the trip. but berglund got in anyway. >> honestly i'm here. i'm sitting in the backseat. >> please leave my vehicle. >> is that because i'm white? >> no, sir. >> you're a [ bleep ]. you're a [ bleep ]. >> i was in shock and i shamelessly felt like laughing be >> reporter: ber video has ruined his life. he's since apologized but tells abc affiliate knxv he was fired from the company he started over this candid exchange. >> so blown out of proportion and it's ruined my life. it's ruined my company. >> i don't want his life to be ruined, but this man should not be in a position of power. >> uber says they've launched an investigation and have banned berglund from using its service. now, berglund's former business says his actions are not coflective of who they are as a now we can all agree that this is clearly a blatant act of racism, but who sits in the front seat of their uber, you know? >> pretty rare and especially to let it blow up like that. >> exactly. >> that's the bigger issue >> unnecessary. >> stephanie, thank you very much. appreciate it. let's turn to rob with weather. >> hey, guys. again, let's go west coast. the northwest, they've had extremely wet want to say spring but not there yet, winter. here is video out of walla walla, washington. >> say it again. >> i worked nearby. >> really? >> yeah, kennewick, washington. >> walla walla, a usually place so nice they named it twice but this is what it looks like in the similar scenes playing out in umatilla, and if you have not evacuated yet shelter in place for up to three weeks because this water is not going anywhere any time too soon, and more in the way of a storm and 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>> reporter: good morning, eva. this is very much the start of a new chapter for harry and meghan and them working in a very different way. they're now autonomously by themselves doing their own thing, and that means the palace is no longer involved in any decisions they have to make and no longer constrained to the protocol that sort of dogged them for such a long period of time, and this is them doing things very much their way. >> can this at all indicative of the things to come, the types of events the couple will do going forward? >> reporter: well, harry and meghan started the year by talking about this desire for financial independence, and of course, for that to happen, they have to work, and so for them to pick clever engagements like this which was of course, a discreet, blue chip gathering. they were in front of 4 had -- 400 or so investors, young and old. it's a great start for them and great way to say to north america, hey, we're here to do business and this is how we work. >> so did this event give us any insight into how harry and meghan will work together in the future? 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>> reporter: winners and nominees alike will attend the governors ball. the academy's official post-oscar celebration. the feast is catered once again by wolfgang puck and his team of chefs. similar to the golden globes dinner meals will be 70% plant based. our kayna whitworth came early for a preview. >> wolfgang, was it harder to be creative with the more plant-based menu? >> no. we do so many plant-based items in our restaurant all the time. >> reporter: among the colorful and delectable desserts, a favorite treat, the signature chocolate oscar statues covered in 24-karat gold. you know, viola davis was such a pleasure to talk to. you'll hear more about our conversation in the coming weeks and months but i got to tell you when i was talking to her about winning that award, as always, she was very deep and emotional and passionate and poetic and she said, you know, an award doesn't define you but you do likely get paid a little more for the jobs you're offered after you win an oscar. guys. >> good point. >> i like that. >> yeah. >> not bad. not bad at all. >> making us hungry with wolfgang puck there in the kitchen. >> no snacks delivered to set? >> reporter: i know you guys are eating something there. >> we will eventually. >> the food segment coming up. >> love your red carpet outfit, adrienne. >> reporter: thank you so much. this is a really festive outfit. i thought it was a nice way -- pants suits are one of the big fashion trends this year for women on the red carpet so i thought i would give a little nod to the fashion, you know. >> you are always glamorous, a.b., no question bit. we will talk to you soon. thank you so much. >> rob and i are going to wear pants suits >> i hope you wear pants suits. >> overall. >> we're happy you're wearing pants today, dan. don't forget, tune into abc for the big pre-show coverage leading up to the oscars this sunday 8:00 p.m. eastern on abc and please join us on monday morning for our "gma" oscars after party live from hollywood. >> he always wears pants on saturday. >> that's right. it's the sundays. we'll be back with "play of the day." we'll be bac because there are options. like an "unjection™". xeljanz xr, a once-daily pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well enough. xeljanz xr can reduce pain, swelling and further joint damage, even without methotrexate. xeljanz can lower your ability to fight infections like tb;fec. taking a higher than recommended dose of xeljanz for ra can increase risk of death. cancers including lymphoma, and blood clots have happened. as have tears in the stomach or intestines, serious allergic reactions, and changes in lab results. tell your doctor if you've been somewhere fungal infections are common, or if you've had tb, hepatitis b or c, or are prone to infections. needles. fine for some. but for you, one pill a day may provide symptom relief. ask your doctor about xeljanz xr. an "unjection™". once you take that bite, you can't go back to breakfast like this... kid: what is that smell? 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