deadly new virus that s killed dozens of people and infected thousands is getting more contagious health authorities around the world of racing to prevent a pandemic after the corona virus strain which originated in central china spread to other countries china s health minister says the virus can now spread between people before symptoms show which can take up to 14 days at least 56 people have died in the chinese mainland and more than 2000 others are infected but the mayor of one han which was the epicenter of the outbreak says he expects another 1000 new patients in the city at least 48 cases have now been reported in 10 other countries along with the territories of hong kong macau and taiwan also the world health the head of the world health organization is now heading to beijing to meet chinese of far as he s got hydro ports to us from china s capital. yet more measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus outbreak everyone entering the beijing subway system is checked
the president will outline his spending agenda on the campus of george washington university. we will begin with a couple of stores related to the president s speech. one from the washington post, is the president losing some of his political base? [unintelligible] the numbers are on the bottom of the screen. you can join the conversation by a sending us an e-mail. journal@cspan.org. let s begin with some of the headlines. pressure on debt. from the chicago sun-times, why you will hardly feel those big cuts in spending. it is just 1% of what the government will lay out this year. that is on what will take place tomorrow. first in the house of representatives, then the u.s. senate. congress eric cantor delaying it by one day to allow members to the 72-hour rule to review the legislation. the of land a constitution- journal. then there s there is this front-page in the washington post. obama is risking losing liberals, saying that he is facing a growing rebellion on the
wicked wind, gusts that are stronger than some tropical storm storms causing damage, bringing down trees and power lines in our area. it could get worse as the day goes along. i m joe krebs. i m eun yang. it s friday, february 26, 2010. mother nature is really kicking up the wind this morning. let s take a live look outside. crews are working on power lines out there. this is tropical storm fce winds already. tens of thousands without power and further north the situation is even worse. new york city they are calling this a snow kang. three deaths are being blamed on the storm. power companies are working overtime. flying to the big apple is not an opening. thousands of flights that have been cancelled. more snow is expected over the weekend. some places are getting two feet of snow. let s get the latest on the forecast and these gusty winds from tom kierein in the storm center. all of this is coming from that same massive powerful storm that s pounding new york city
he s back in the situation room next week. i m suzanne malveaux in the situation room. up next, erica hill and cnn tonight. tonight. erica? captions by vitac www.vitac.com suzanne, thanks. i was wondering where he was, too. just ahead tiger woods the most possibly famous athlete on the planet out of the hospital after a car crash earlier this morning. how serious are his injuries and will the episode have any effect on his career? plus a party crashing for the ages but it is no laughing matter. one media-hungry couple sneaks into a white house party and they could face federal criminal charges for the stunt but still we want to know how did they pull it off and how was security so easily breached? also new details tonight about the northwest pilots who flew over 100 miles past their destination. the cockpit recordings just released were the pilots really just distracted or is there more to tell here? those stories and much more on cnn tonight. we begin with t