Today. Here is the latest nbc news poll of South Carolina voters. Joe biden still in first place with 27 of the vote. Bernie sanders behind him down by 4. That is within the margin of error. And for his part, sanders is now undergoing the kind of skrut intdy typical of any frontrunner in this stage of the race. Sanders facing a wave of critism over his comments about fidel castro. Comments sanders reupped overnight in a trumpian display of doubling down on what critics say might hurt him politically. When fidel castro first came to power which was when . 59. 59 or 60, he initiated a Literacy Program. There are a lot of folks in cuba at that point who were ill litt litterat and they helped people learn to read and write. You know what, i think teaching people to read and write is a good thing. Those comments have inviting protests from cubes community and competitors for the nomination all of whom he faces off against in a few hours. Mike bloomberg tweeted this, fidel castro left a dark
Also were also hearing that the Vice President will be joining the president as well in addition to the corona task force. So well have these questions obviously about the czar, well ask the questions about funding Going Forward, the planning Going Forward, but the czar question is a big one and clear that that would offer a lot of help. What is the risk as far as you can tell right now to americans from this virus tonight . I think the risk is still low. I mean, we know of i think 60 people now, there was somebody else who was just confirmed over the past couple of hours. But look, for the vast majority of people who have any kind of symptoms, it will be more are likely a cold or the flu. Not likely to be the coronavirus. But what were hearing from cdc and to be fair what weve been hearing all along from Public Health officials is that the strategies that have been in place in china, these travel restrictions, all these different things, were to slow down the progression of this outbr
H. W. Bush, delivered a half dozen Oval Office Addresses, his first was on the night of the 9 11 attacks. Since President Trump has been in office, he has spoken from the oval office only once before. And that was looking back at it, kind of hard to see that it deserved it, a Government Shutdown over funding for a wall on the mexican border. Tonights address comes amid a cascade of closures. Again, these are decisions that have largely been made, as chris was saying, at the state and local level, as those officials are making their own decisions about what ought to be shut down, what schools ought to be closed, and when, and what workplaces ought to be closed and when, what events ought to be stopped and when. This all happening as fears about the coronavirus, fears about the economy, have begun to take hold. The president will address those fears next. My fellow americans, tonight i want to speak with you about our nations unprecedented response to the coronavirus outbreak that starte
Governor in just a few moments. Also today several more states finally doing what most scientists have been suggesting for sometime, announcing stay at home orders today. Floridas republican Governor Ron Desantis issued one finally carving out an exception for houses of worship. Just a day ago the governor was holding out from declaring an order citing there was no guidance from the white house then yesterday painted a stark picture of 100 to 240,000 people dying. That was if their social distancing guidelines were followed nationally which they are currently not. After floridas declaration, similar one from georgia and mississippi. Tennessee, though, they are taking the opposite approach. Its governor said he will not issue a stay at home order. Im quoting governor bill lee. Quote, there is a wide range of efforts across the country none of which has given real data or evidence of what is most effective in social distancing. Health officials have said the opposite. The Scientific Comm
Of days coronavirus cases worldwide will top 1 million, with 50,000 deaths globally. Cnns erica hill has more on the increasingly dire situation in new york, the current epicenter in the United States, as well as other states ramping up their efforts across the country. Reporter on the front lines, the need never seems to end. Everyone requires oxygen. Everyone is borderline critical. Reporter in new york, as the numbers grow, so does the warning. 16,000 deaths in new york. That means youre going to have tens of thousands of deaths outside of new york. Its a new york problem today. Tomorrow its a kansas problem and a texas problem and a new mexico problem. Reporter more than 30 states now have statewide stayathome orders. The latest, florida. The countrys third most populous state. The governor there reversing course today amid mounting pressure. At this point i think even though theres a lot of places in florida that have very low infection rates, it makes sense to make this move now.