Officially qualified for the democratic debate tomorrow night in nevada. This is thanks to a just released npr Maris National Poll in which bloomberg got 19 . Okay. That is just behind the front runner senator Bernie Sanders. Bloomberg is now in a battle for second place with former Vice President joe biden. Sanders, though, has a double digit lead with 31 . Both men are up since this poll was last taken in december. Bloomberg is up 15 Percentage Points and sanders is up 9 points. Now bloomberg and sanders are going after each other directly. And bloomberg spent about ten times as much none as sanders at this point. We have several developments in the coronavirus outbreak. 13 americans who were evacuated from a quarantined cruise ship in japan had been moved to omaha, nebraska, for treatment. Dozens of evacuees who came home from wuhan on february 5th are said to be released from violation. All this as apple warns investors that the coronavirus outbreak will cause it to miss revenue pr
Lets go to christine alesci who is following the campaign and arlette saenz. How significant to see him there . This new National Poll isnt just showing us that Michael Bloomberg will be on the debate stage tomorrow but its also showing major gains for both Michael Bloomberg and Bernie Sanders. And if you take a look at this same poll compared to when they released a poll in december, Bernie Sanders is up nine points, far and away leading the pack right now. Then he is followed by Michael Bloomberg who is up 15 points since this poll was conducted back in december. Youre seeing joe biden in third place. Hes dropped nine points. Elizabeth warren has also dropped a little bit, and mayor Pete Buttigieg has also dropped five points while klobuchar has gained. So youre seeing quite a bit of movement within the democratic field on the National Scale right now. But then if you also take a look at headtohead matchups betweens the democratic contenders and President Trump. Right now joe biden i
As you can see on your screen there. Six democrats debating tomorrow night on stage. Thats going to be a fiery debate. Bloomberg has not been on a detate stage for 11 years. Hes spent weeks preparing for this moment as he poured nearly half a billion dollars of his own money into ads across the country. His focus has been on super tuesday states hoping to score a big share of the delegates for the democratic nomination. Cnn politicals writer and analyst harry enten joins us here. A big bump for bloomberg. It say big bump for bloomberg. Lets point out what were dealing with, with this poll. Look at this. Bernie sanders up to 31 here. But a new person right near the top of the field, Michael Bloomberg at 19 . Joe biden dropping down to 15 . But i want to point out these other candidates as well. Pete buttigieg, of course, did really, really well in iowa and New Hampshire. New hampshire came in a close second. Iowa a tie for first with Bernie Sanders. Hes down here at the bottom at 8 . El
Public. The American People should know the risk for the average american remains low. Announcer this is new day weekend with victor black well and christi paul. Good morning. Its good to have you with us here from the u. S. And around the world. We begin this hour with new concerns regarding the coronavirus here in the u. S. Health officials in the state of washington investigating now a possible outbreak at a longterm nursing facility. Two people have tested positive there. More than 50 residents and staff have symptoms and will be tested. The state of washington also confirmed the first patient to die after being infected with the virus in the u. S. In this country, there are now at least 71 confirmed or presumptive cases of coronavirus, including a third case in illinois. In total, the cdc says 24 coronavirus cases originated here in the u. S. Cnns omar jimenez is in washington. Lets start with the first known patient to die of coronavirus in the u. S. What do you know . Reporter y
Case on the east coast, so Christina Coleman has been tracking this outbreak from the very beginning and she joins us live. Hi, kristin, well, the World Health Organizations latest number show 1700 new cases of coronavirus globally within the past 24 hours and federal officials are preparing for more people to get sick here in the u. S. So today more than 15,000 test kits are being sent out to Health Departments across the u. S. Test for the virus, this comes after problems with one of the three components of an initial test that was sent out is that states and complaints that some places like california simply didnt have enough tests to adequately handle a possible growing number of cases. Rhode island is now reporting its first presumptive positive case of coronavirus. This in addition to new cases in illinois and in Santa Clara County. Here in california the Santa Clara County case is the countys fourth case and the woman infected is direct contact of case officials announced on fri