Next. Announcer this is washington we. Funding is provided by before we talk about your enves, whats new . Well, audreys expecting. Twins. Grandparent we want to put money aside for them. So change in plans. All right. Lets see what we can adjust. Wed be closer to the twins. Change plans. Om ok. Are you painting again . You could sell these. Let me guess. Change in plans . At fidelhay ae in plans is always part of a plan. Announcer additional funding is provided by the estate ornold adams and koo and patricia yuen, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. The corporation for public broadcasting, and by o your pbs ns station from viewers like you. Thank you. Once again, from washington, moderator robert costa. Robert good evening. Whaea differe week makes. Following a dramatic win last saturday in South Carolina in victories in super tuesday states, joe bidens company has newife. s jumped ahead of Bernie Sanders. And that leads to a showdown abetween biden the vermont senator. Which wing of the Democratic Party willapture the nation . The moderates or sanders and his resolute movement . Joining us tonight are two of the best Campaign Reporters in the country. Abby phillip, Political Correspondent for cnn and jonathan martin, National New York times. Ndent for the jonathan, why h the establishment since South Carolina and super tuesday rallied behind biden . Whats going on behind the scenes to prompt all that activity . A lot of it o isanic. They want to beat trump. Thats been the overriding impulse of the democratic establishment. Most democratic voters since the beginningf this campaigou talk to voters like we do all the time out tyore. Hear the same refrain. We just want to beat trump. My top issue is finding someone that can bea this guy. Weve heard it 1,000 times over the last year and a half. Thats the animated impulse. And there was great uncertainty in january a most of february about who would emerge as the mainstream democratic candidate to take on that task. And it wasnt clear for a while becaus what happened in the first states. And i think, bob, what happened is, there were a of primary voters who wanted clarity. They saw bloomberg take that hit courtesy ofenatorarren. And they saw warren then pick up steam in South Carolina and winn south caroli by a little but by almost 30 points. T i thi size of that margin and then immediately klobachar and mayor pete see on the handwriting on the wall getting out and endorsing biden, think sethe cascade of t events is what really pushed voters to ged behind on super tuesday. Activity. Some behindthscenes i spoke to harry reid who is still very active inolitics. And he had made some calls. And there was some activity. It was an organic thing, bob. Ive always said in the campaign that voters this cycle yes. N more like pundits. Where theyre looking down the down the field and trying toee, o whos going to be able to get black voters . Who going to be ablet to white voters in the midwest . And is biden actually Strong Enough to withstand this primary . When bind started to show that strength in South Carolina, it solidified something that was already there waiting for him. Vote whorseielready bd that he had a lot ofhe ingredients to be o t inevitably be the nominee. And they were looking for a reas to actually cast that vote. And theed unprecedeort of moderate consolidation that we saw with buttigi and klobachar made a huge, huge difference because they always also want to know whether the nominee will be able to unite the party after a tough t primaryether. He was able to do that. I think the buttigieg camign in particular led this off. And had he not done that, im hnot sure it woue happened the way that it did. It did. I think they weret concerned t klobachar would not get out unless he did. Thats why he went first. He did not want to be blad for biden being weakened going into super tuesday. Jonathan president obama did have a phone qual mayor pet after he got out of the race. My understanding is that he did not tellete, hey, you shod endorse biden it will be good for you career. He was more subtle than that. He said youve got maximum leverage right now. Spend your capital when its null the bank right now. Next day. Took that advice t robert speaking about president obama,an senatorrs after winning the nevada caucuses has tried now the wake of all of the biden victories to link himself toresident obama. Inside the sanders campaign, are they adjusting to the biden moment . Abby they know they need to do better with black i votersn particular. He has actually quite significant strength watho voters, which we should not dismiss. But with black votersee its a persistent weakness. In South Carolina, they thought th had aittle bit more momentum than they did. But t cliburn en clyrn endorsement cut sanders. They had a cutdown oma adhat featured him walked in the white house with president obama. And a former obama voter, a black woman saying i want ae candidho has the same kind of fire as president obama. That ad did not work in South Carolina. Andueo there are someions about whether this new strategy is going to work. But theveact that theyre going there is a reflectn that start w theyve got to to do, even a little bit better will help them keep up with biden in the statet are in the south. Its a very, very good territory for biden robert is he adjusting to his new status as the front runner this race . An hes building the plane as he takes off actually. Hes putting one wing on and the other on. You havo give credit to biden and his staff for doing an extraordinary job with little money and little organization. Even visit minnesota and massachusetts and he won both states. You have to credit him for that. He is talking to jenfer omalley who is a top obama aide to come in and help run the campaign. And that i a signal, bob, that he knows hes got to scale up and he has to do it soon. Robert the other factorre w looking at is senator Elizabeth Warren and exiting the race. Heres what she had to say after she left. If you y say,h, there was sexism in this race, eveone says whiner. And if you say theres no sexism, about a bazillion woman think what planet do you live on . We were never going elect a black man until we elect a black man. And were never going to elect a woman until we elect a woman. Robert a reckoning agenda for the Democratic Party. Abby its been a long time ming. Had a similar conversation when Kamala Harris got out of the race asking what is sexism in the race . But for women, this cycle has been a lotut more a the hardest problems with gender and politics. For a long y time, know, we focused a lot about how, you know, people critiqued what women worend how they spoke. And all of those things are important too. I think what th election has revealed is that there are deeper buyses against women who are at play. Voters say they dont want to want to vote for women because they dont perceive them to be leaders. They do perceive them to be shrill. Connotations associated with women. Its not just men. Its also women voters as well. This is the hardest part. There wasnt a whole lot of talk out what people were wearing t this cycle, b gender buys was underneath th sface. Thats where we are. Sanders canceled his rally in mississippi to go to detroit where v. P. Biden is ahead. Joining us is beth leblanc. Thanks beth for being with us oh friday night. Beth thanks for having me. Robert what are you seeing and hearing among democratic sources in your state . Beth so, t earlis week, biden was ahead about seven points ahead of sanders. But that was before super tuday when biden arguably gained a lot of momentum. It was before theovernor of michigan endorsed biden and his National Campaign chairs. So arguably hes ahead even more now going into tuesday. But sandersas a pretty Aggressive Campaign schedule this weekend. Hes goi to make four stops in hchigan probably more on monday. S not out of the race. And, you know, sanders did tane michigan 2016 over clinton. He has some supporters among progressive democrats. Ho so itd be interesting to see how it shakes out on tuesday. Robert when you look at the sanders map from 2016 and his coalition this time around, where where are the thehe areas intate that matter beth i think hes really going to be looking at college campuseshe in coming days. One of his stops on sunday is at the universityic ofgan in ann arbor. Hes also got a lot of work to do in the detroit area. You know, biden has a pretty long history with detroit that sanders needs to compete with in that sense. And its not clearhether he is yet. Robert is Vice President biden puttinaajor emphasis on the auto bailouts from the Obama Administration . Beth honestly, weve heard a lot from h surrogates about that bailout. Weve heard about a lot of the time help spent in detroit as troit was going through this bankruptcy and some of the help he provided for federal grants for, you know, housing demolition or transit. Theyve really been emphasizing that here i detroit chiefly the mayor who has been with him kind of since he announced his Campaign Last year. Be beth, stay with us. Jonathan, how sigficant is michigan if sanders loses michigan, what does that mean to his campaign . Jonathan its an enormous blow to h campaign in part buzz he won in 2016. Look, president im sorry, biden has de well in the south. Bernie has done well in the west. Its clear that t going to be decided in the midwest. Thats the battleground. If sanders cannot do well in michigan, whats he going to do in illinois and wisconsin . I was looking at that poll digging into it earlier today, heres a bigeveal in that poll. The second choice preference for bloomberg voters, ill give you one guess what it says, is biden by a mile. T robert bout senator warren . Will she endorse . Abby i dont know that she will or she has to. She has a voter base that is not clearly inne camp or the other. If she were to endorse theres her people th will go to Sanders O Biden it might be better for her told on to her endorsement and potentially play a kind of ifying role as we get closer nominee is. Ion no bhe she could play that role. Shes got these welleducated voters. Many of them women who are looking to see what she does. And and t i thit both biden and Bernie Sanders would benefit from someone who can ing those people along. Robert beth, whats the outlook in the Labor Community so importantan in mich beth yeah, i know a lot of people have beend looking tow that community especially since trump in 2016 took took a lot of the blu collar vote pecially in mccomb and oakland counties. A lot of people have been looking how recepti people have beenooking at medicare for all because they spent a lot of time negotiating for their private healthcare here in michigan. Sanders was here when they were pickeding. Picketting. Biden partipated in some of those strikes but not in michigan. So there might not be as much as great a memory of that as it was for sanders. Robert thank you, beth for your reporting. Lets now turn to the mounting fear over coronavirus and how that is challenging leaders in washingtg spark economic turbulence and changing the face ofhe 2020 campaign. Re tensionsvident inside the trump administration. President trump and dr. Anthony fauci met with executives. And he did not echo the president on an available vaccine. Were looking to develop a vaccine. But if youre talking a three to four months in a couple cases a a year in other cases, wouldnt you say, doctor . Would that be about right . A vaccine that you Start Testing in a year is not a vaccine thats deployabl hes askin the question, when is it going to be deployable . And thats going to be at the earliest a year to a year and a half. RobertPresident Trump signed an 8 billion Emergency Fund before heading to atlanta to visit the centers for disease control. Joining us now is yasmeen abutal reporter for the washington post. Where are the cracks inside the top ranks of this administration as they deal wh the crisis . I think yheve seen president downplay the risk of the virus even as weve seen the number o cases in the u. S. Climb and pop up in more than a dozen states. T nk Vice President pence and the Health Officials who are bbriefing the public havn pretty clear that they expect to see more cases, but they sti t believ risk to the American Public is low. And then you have President Trump who has sought to say thac ane will be available sooner than ty fauci has said it will be. And that hes even questioned the mortality re that the w. H. O. Has put out about the virus based on what woe know s far and the cases that we know of. Robert what do you make Vice President pences handling of it so far . What are your reviews with your top sources . Even from some democrats, Vice President pence h gotten pretty good reviews. They feel the government is trying to give themhe best information. The are some people who wish that a medical and scientific professionalike debra burks who does report to Vice President pence was running the whole response and was ae to overcome bureaucratic hurdles and make the decisions necessary, but so far the government has ramped upts response in the last week, week and a half, you know i, really start to prepare and the outbres that were starting to see around the country. Robert talk about the talking about the governments response works drove that 8 billion deal . Who made it come together so quickly . I think there wk pretty qu bipartisan agreement that more money was needed to fight this and you know, lawmakers and the public have beenth watching virus sort of pop up all over the world over the last several weeks. Tu know, not a secret that its a very contagious disease that it presents mild lip and that makes it harder toontain. You saw quickly when the administration requested for 2. 5 million that law makers said that was too low. Lets putou the res we need forward. You saw both sides come togethek pretty q as soon as that supplemental was rolled out saying we need more money and lets make sure were putting tallesources we need forward. Robert stay with us. Were taping this live on friday night. An talking about the washington response, jonathan, as were taping this program live. President tmp has announced that mark meadows the North Carolina congrsman wille his new chief of staff. You see the president as he deals with this crisis is bringing in a political loyalist many mark meadows,ne som on capitol hill as he navigates this all. Jonathan shakeup during a Public Health crisis one that we saw coming while ago. Theres been speculation that meadows was going to leave congress to become thet presid chief of staff. Itoes show the difficulty of this preside inetaining personnel. By this is his fourth chief of staff. Jonathto more dir than ive got fingers on both hands and a number of other staffers have gone through the merrygoround. And i think its not clear how meadows will differ from mulvaney. Conservative hard liners from capitol hill who offer the president reassurance. Hes not somebody who would challenge this president. Abby i think the o way in which they diver differ is that mulvaney lost the president s confidence. To the extent that mark meadows has a better relationship with President Trump that moment, i think that will probably improve the dynamic within t white house. But i mean, on the one hand, this is an incredible amount of turnt a time when theres a lot of need for stability. But on the other hand, an impotent chief of staff is a huge problem for this white house. The president needso effectively manage his staff. So if meadows can do that, that moment. The best thing for the nathan the two key words, abby, he has the trust of the president right now. Robert and it has a political hand at the president s se. And t president has been lashing out at washington governor jay o inslee ander democrats as he deals with coronavirus. What does meadows entry mean to you . Weve known that there are some of the president advisor who are reallyorried about what this outbreak means not just as a Public Health crisis but as a political crisis and esnt suppose an existential threat to the president s reelection. Reported that with vice over, theyre insisting on ing discipline with Public Health and professionals as well to make sure theyre speaking with on voice while trying to be as transparent with the public as and i think that shows that, you know, they are really concerned about the politichi risk could fose the president. And they want to make sure, you know, that theyve got an eye on reelection while trying to manage this crisis at the same time. Bert what does it mean for the democratic race when they look at what yasmeen just mentioned, the president putting all his chips on the stock market . Does it mean theyll move to President Biden . Abby it could potentially mean just that that democrats will bo nervous to put someone up as their nominee who theyre not confident has the experience to deal with a crisis like thi the reason this is going become potentially a existential political crisis because the economic consequencelly and the United States are going to be severe. I mean, were seeing already an ormous amount of disruption. And its not just the stock it is, you know, Hotel Workers and airline industries. An thats a real concrete problem. Its not just a political one. Its one that the president will face. But the democrac nominee is going to have to answer questions. Can they steady the sp . Some people have likened it to the post 9 11 world or th 2008 financial crisis in the way that theyre going to have to say, yes, i can come in here and right the shi at a very precarious time for the country. Expecting to see more ou restrictions on domestic and International Travel for american citizens . You know, p vicesident pence said Domestic Travel is safe. I think there is concern abo hurting the economy too much. Bu theres a lot of fear. Were sing a lot of events around the country get cancelled. We havent heard further restrictions planned at this time. Decisions are made quickly based on information thats ailable. So it doesnt mean that will change. Ere are pretty restrictive travel restrictions. This could change as it evolves and officials learn about how this is spreading and where potential hot spots are. Robert back to the meadows pick, does it mean olitical war . This is a fighter inside the house of representatives cing inside. 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