Now they will be senators. But that is not even the biggest news. Just a few hours ago, biden officials informed us that after almost 65 years of working to build a nuclear weapon, the nation of iran may be just weeks away from getting a bomb. After 65 years of trying. What a coincidence. You all ready know how that story is going to end. Another pointless foreign war. Trillions spent, many dead. The United States gaining g nothing. We have seen that a lot and itt happening again. Joe biden just sent american troops to syria. You didnt know that . Yep. Hours after he became president , american soldiers crossed into the nation of syria. Sending them to syria was one of the first things joe bidenti di. The media forgot to even mention that. In their defense, as noted, theres a lot going on in the news, including a lot of troop mobilization. Syria is not the only place. Washington, d. C. , looks like occupied sarajevo. A small City Overflowing with soldiers. Tens of thousands of troops,
The big day is here in the United States. Super tuesday. Can joe biden continue challenging Bernie Sanders . Will Michael Bloomberg or Elizabeth Warren claim their first date . First, more first state . First, more coronavirus cases in the u. S. Two employees in china contracted the virus, or cases in south korea, iran. The fed jumping in but u. S. Stocks still tumbling. What are you watching ahead of the open . Paul the u. S. Reaction really setting us up for wednesday. New zealand, already open and already weaker by half of 1 . Up day on monday no, a big update on tuesday, a down day on monday. Futures here in sydney are off by 1. 3 . The market up by almost three quarters of 1 yesterday. Nikkei futures pointing south by more than 2. 5 . We look at currencies, the aussie dollar actually gained amid all of this, knocking on the door of . 66. Gdp for australia a little later on for the Fourth Quarter. Those numbers are expected to be healthy but they are of course backward looking. The
Craig melvin take the polar plunge, well tell you why early today starts right now good morning im phillip mena. And im frances rivera. Wee coronavirus which is having a greater impact here at home the virus has arrived in new york city. Officials say a woman in her 30s is quarantined in manhattan. She contracted the illness while traveling in iran. Governor andrew cuomo says she has been in a, quote, controlled situation since arriving in new york meanwhile there has now been a second death reported in Washington State, and the cdc is investigating a nursing home there over concerns of a possible outbreak. Were joined now by nbcs tracie potts in d. C tracie, what can you tell us about the u. S. Response to this . I can tell you the president wants to change it a bit he now wants to screen people when they enter the united states, even if theyve already been screened before they got on the plane. And then drugmakers to try to get them to fast track a vaccine Washington State announced
The spread of this disease on a mass scale. Now both chavez praised varily for stepping up to start this program. Varily will be announcing more details about the program tomorrow. Its important to emphasize again that this testing site, this pilot program, is by appointment only. You cannot just come here and get tested. You have to go through the website or through your doctor in order to get seen here and tested. Robert, thank you. Thats what gov nor newsom was talking about, these mobile testing sites which is so vital in our fight against covid19. This is a live look at the governor talking. This is a live stream trying to set the tone in what to expect in terms of social distancing. We were listening to the News Conference for the past 20 or so minutes during the ellen broadcast, essentially the governor calling for more hospital beds during this crisis. We can see the need for 4,000 additional beds. You get up to 20 , youre closer to 19,000, 20,000 additional beds. So, running t
Lanes blocked by an overnight crash and jammed up toward aza and jammed at popular and then lanes closed toward highway 92. As we mentioned, it was a Good Samaritan. Bob, someone died as a result of the crash. They werent even in the car. Why was someone standing on the freeway out there . Reporter they were trying to help the person who was in the initial accident and that is a Good Samaritan. And he was hit and killed by a hitandrun driver. Well have more on that. His shoes are out here in the nidal of southbound 101 and if you pan up and tilt up, you could see that blue scion van, that was the initial vehicle. That driver has been taken to the hospital with major injuries. That driver bounced off the side wall and ended up here in the southbound direction of 101. A couple of other cars hit him. The Good Samaritan pulled up in his bmw and saw what was happening and trying to help the diver but when the Good Samaritan got out of the car another driver in a blue or gray scion sadly sim