Now you launched our campaign on the path to deeffect donald trump. This campaign is take off. Brennan with 14 states up for grabs in just two days, bidens victory gives a boost to establishment democrats hoping to deny Bernie Sanders the nomination. There are a lot of states in this country. Nobody wins them all. Brennan well talk with vermont senator Bernie Sanders about the race. Plus, as the coronavirus cri prompts questions of whether or not the u. S. Is ready to handle a pandemic, the politics of preparedness becomes a big issue. I dont think its inevitable. It probably will. It possibly will. Brennan now the Trump Administration faces a crisis of its own calming and reassuring the american public. We are preparing for the worst. We are ready. We are ready. There is no reason to panic. Brennan but its been a rough week of mixed messages and attacks on familiar targets. T was was covering their hoax of the day because they thought it would bring down the president. Now the democrats are politicizing the co hax. Brennan health and Human Services secretary alex aczar and former f. D. A. Commissionegne taliban to end the war in afghanistan. Secretary of state mike pompeo is just back from that signing ceremony with the taliban, and we will talk to him. All that and more is just ahead on face the nation. Brennan good morning, and welcome to face the nation. It was a knockout win for former Vice President joe biden last night in the South Carolina primary. He got nearly half the vote coming in close to 30 points ahead over his closest competitor, senator Bernie Sanders. Cbs News Elections and surveys director Anthony Salvanto is here to tell us more. So, anthony, how did joe biden do this . Good morning, margaret. Big keys for him, first of all, am whenning support from black voters. That was key and they make up most of the electorate in South Carolina. That was really helped by an endorsement from representative jim clyburn, most influential African American politician in the state, more saying that was important than not. And then, finally, big support among those looking for electability, that somebody they feel can go on to beat donald trump in november. The question now, margaret, is can joe biden parlay that argument into super tuesday . Brennan and well ge details and forecasts on super tuesday ahead, anthony. We turn now to senator Bernie Sanders. He is on the campaign trail in norfolk, virginia. Good morning to you, senator. Good morning, margaret. Brennan is this now a twoman race . Well, all i can say is we have won the popular vote in iowa. We won the New Hampshire primary. We won the nevada caucus. We lost last night. Were looking forward to super tuesday. I think weve got a great chance to win in california, in texas, in massachusetts, and a number of states around the country. Brennan South Carolina is the First Southern state. Does that indicate anything to you about your prospects in places like virginia and North Carolina . Will joe biden really challenge you there . Well, were going to see. I mean, i think based on the polling, were doing pretty well in virginia. I think weve got a shot in North Carolina. All i can say is the issues we are talking about and that is health care as a human right, raising the minimum wa wge,ealiy with the existential threat of Climate Change those are ideas, margaret, i think areinat chance to do well on tuesday and win the democratic nomination. Brennan joe biden is blanketing the airwaves this morning. We know from your campaign you raltzed 46 million in february. Thats a significant number. What do you think that does for you going into super tuesday . What edge . Well, margaret, it is not only it is not only the amount of money that we raise and that is a phenomenal amount. It is how we raised it. We dont have a superpac like joe biden. I dont go to rich peoples homes like joe biden. I think joe has contributions from more than 40 billionaires. What we have done is received more Campaign Contributions from more americans than any candidate in the history of the United States, averaging 18. 50. This is a campaign of, whoing people and by working people, and im extraordinarily proud of that. But we have enough money now, not only to take us through super tuesday, but to take us through the entire process, fueled by the contributions of working class people all across this country. Brennan your Campaign Said that if you are the nominee, you wont accept the financial help that Michael Bloomberg has offered. He sid he would extend it to any party nominee. Do you really want to turn down his bankroll . Well, look, mr. Bloomberg is free to do anything he can with his 60 billion. And thats legal. With all i can say is at this point, we are confident that we can receive the kind of Campaign Funding thaty wo we need from working class and middleclass people, that we dont have to be beholden to any powerful special interest. Look, one of the things that upsets people brennan so you would accept it . I didnt say that. What i would say is he has the right to do anything he wants. Right now, we are confident, margaret, based on the fundraising that we are doing, is that we can beat trump. Brennan but you have a democratic socialist. You have never officially entered the democratic party. In fact, you constantly criticize democratic establishment. So how can you convince the country that you are the best candidate to unify democrats and challenge President Trump . Well, two points. Im a member of the democratic leadership. Ive been in the Democratic Caucus from virtually my first day back in congress 30 years ago. And in the state of vermont, where i live, im supported by democrats. Ive won the democratic primary. But we will win because we have an agenda that speaks to independents, to democrats, and to more than a few republicans. Look, we are living in a time when the American People are sick and tired of the kind of income and wealth inequality that exists in america. All over this country, margaret and i have been all over this country you have millions of people working 11, 12 bucks an hour. They cant afford child care, they cant afford health care. Theyre scared to death of their retirement. They want a government that represents them, glowft Billionaire Campaign contributors. Thats how you win. You put together that coalition, multigenerational, multiracial. That is what were doing. No campaign out there has a strong are Grassroots Movement than we do. Thats how you beat trump. And by the way, almost all of the National Polls out there, last 70 polls, 65 of them, i think, have us beating trump. Were beating him in battleground states like pennsylvania, wois, and michigan. We can beat trump. Brennan you have rallies planned out in california. There is very much a concern about the spread of the coronavirus on the west coast. Is it safe for you . You have spoken to any government officials about whether people can really appear at your rally and not worry about their own health . Well, actually, we have. I mean, thats a very fair question, and my campaign has spoken to Public Health officials on that issue. And right now, we are planning to do rallies, not only in california, but in utah, minnesota, and other states around the country. Brennan youve been sparring with the proisrael lobby, known as apac. You said it gives a program fora swipe at Prime Minister netanyahu. Today the u. N. Ambassador says of you youre not welcome in that country, and anybody who calls our Prime Minister a racist is either a liar, an ignorant fool, or both. Do you see a political cost in taking on the proisrael lobby in this way . Yeah, i do. I mean, they have a lot of money. They have a lot of power. Look, im jewish, and im very proud of my jewish heritage. As a kid i spent time in april. I am not into antiisrael. I will do everything i can to protect the security and freedom of israeli people. But what we need this this country is a Foreign Policy that on the only protects israel but deals with the suffering of the Palestinian People as well. Youve got 70 youth unemployment in gaza. People cant even leave that district, that area. Major, major crises. It is not sustainable. There will be continued conflict in the middle east until the United States develops an evanhanded policy. I am proisrael. I am propalestinian. I want to bring people together to finally achieve peace in that region. Brennan i want to ask you on Foreign Policy, the president just authorized a deal with the taliban. What do you think of that . Because if youre commander in chief, you would either follow through with it or awf s. Tros . I dont have enough details in that peace agreement. Needless to say, its going to have to go through the afghan government. One of the difficulties to be very honest, margaret, in dealing with trump, its very hard to believe anything that he says, whether its the coronavirus, whether it whats going on in afghanistan. But it is my view that the United States and i speak as somebody who helped lead the opposition to getting us into the war in iraq it is my view that weve got to end endless wars, that when we have 500,000 people in america sleeping out to the street and people cant afford health care, we have to invest in this country, not in endless wars. Brennan all right, senator sanders, thank you for joining us. Former new york mayor Michael Bloomberg has not yet appeared on a ballot, but that will change tuesday. He sat down with our scott pelley yesterday in an in previ. Reporter how do you view this emergency . I find it incomprehensible that the president would do somethinga inane as calling it a hoax, which he did last night in South Carolina. Reporter he said the democratting making so much of it is a democratic hoax, not that the virus was a hoax. This is up to the scientists and the doctors as to whether there is a problem. They all around the world say that it is in some place placesd has enormous potential to become one elsewheres. And it is just ignorant and irresponsible to not stand up and be the leader and say, we dont know, but we have to prepare for the fact that if it is, we have the medicines and the structure, and the knoeaer with mayor bloomberg will air tonight on 60 minutes. Face the nation will be back in one minute. Stay with us. Brennan we want to take a closer look at the growing fears over covid19, commonly referred to as the coronavirus. Last week, the World Health Organization said the global risk of the virus spreading is now very high. Here in the u. S. , there are now 71 cases of coronavirus, and worldwide, the death toll isgle. Here in the u. S. , the stock market took its biggest hit last week since the 2008 financial crisis. We begin today with health and Human Services secretary alex azar. Good to have you here. Glad to be here. Thank you for having me. Brennan so we just had the First American death on u. S. Soil out in Washington State. What do we know about how the virus was contracted and how much it has spread . So, this individual and we just want to express our sympathy, certainly, for his family and for all who are suffering from the coronavirus this individual was in the hospital out in california out in washington. We do not know how he contracted the virus yet. And so thats why we and the state of washington are deployed out there to try to trace who he had contact with and how he might have gotten the virus. Thats why we call it right now a potential community case, meaning we dont have a discernible connection to any nca intct with anyone. Pacted ae he just showed up sick at the hospital . We have no evidence so far that establishes a connection to somebody who traveled to an impacted area, and so we do not know how he contracted the virus. Thats the basic blocking and tackling right now of Public Health is were going to trace the people that he had contact with. Were going to trace the other cases. Theres a nursing home that sends parties to this hospital, and there are cases in that nursing home. But who spread to whom, we do not know yet. Brennan the president yesterday when he was speaking referred to this fatality as a woman. It is a man. It is. Brennan how is i mistake like that made because people are very nervous right now, and getting some of these basic facts right affects public trust. Well, i understand that. Its a very fastmoving situation. Our centers for Disease Control and prevention were up late at night, very early in the morning, working with the Washington StatePublic Health d inaccuraty recoed that the inofdividufialce was a feal. Thats what the president was briefed on. Theyve apologized for incorrectly briefing on that. But its a very fastmoving situation. Obviously, we regret the brennan given that it is so fast moving, what are your projections now . How Many Americans do you expect to come down with this virus . So what your viows the risk e americans remains low. We are working to keep it low. We will see more transmission of cases in the United States. Weve got the finest Public Health system in the world here. This is when we do. We cannot make predictions as to how many cases well have, but we will have more, and we will have more community cases. Its simply just a matter of math. Brennan well, you have to have a number youre working with in order to make sure you have adequate supply, things like testing kits, right . How far are we on shortages . You may not want to tell me the number but you have one in your head. No, we dont. We do not use because it is an unknown, the epidemiological sprepped of this virus in a highly developed Health Care System with the most aggressive containment measures in the history of the United States, it is unknown how that will spread. In terms of testing kits, weve already tested over 3600 people for the virus. We now have 70 the capability in the field to test 75,000 people, and within the next week or two, well have a radical expans brennan in Washington State, in places that have declared emergencies, even shutting down schools, i mean, they are projecting numbers themselves. They might make projections of numbers themselves, but we are not. Well take aggressive Public Health measures. Its what we Call Community mitigation steps. So depending on the name of the disease, and depending on what we learn from these inthefield investigations, the state and local government will take measures appropriate to contain the spread of the disease. Brennan so in france, they shut downthe louvre museum. Theyre telling people dont kiss. Dont shake hands. In japan theyre closing schools for months. Canadas Health Minister told their people to start stockpiling food. In the u. S. As we just said, closures in washington and oregon. And the c. D. C. Said this week disruption to everyday lif mighbe severe. Ght, miht. s dohata ad they are concerned. Theres about a 2 fatality rate. And i appreciate that people are concerned, nd that is why were being radically transparent ght be, but also might not be with aggressive containment and mitigation steps. Right now, its important for people to understand, were not advising any types of particular measures in the United States like travel restrictions or closures. State or local Public Health offices, which are the front lines of response, might make their own decisions to do that. But at this point, we do not have sufficient spread in the United States that would indicate those measures, but were not taking any of them off the table. The full range of options will always remain on the table. Brennan in a crisis, you need public trust. Uhhuh. Brennan and the Inspector General announced this week that they are looking into this complaint by a whistleblower that your agency did not provide adequate training or equipment to those workers who went to receive and welcome back americans who had been evacuated from wuhan, china, and those workers were not tested for the virus after they had that contact. Have you personally looked into thesllegations. Im personally involved in doing so. Brennan so can you say this wasnt something that tipped off the spread on the west coast . That is absolutely not the case. So, first, we take the protection of our employees very seriously. Second, we want to make sure isolation and quarantine procedures are followed as appropriate. Third, we appreciate