Good morning, everyone, it is friday, february 28th. Im Ayman Mohyeldin alongside Yasmin Vossoughian and were going to get to that story in syria in a moment. We begin with concerns over the Trump Administrations response to the growing coronavirus. A whistleblower complaint reported by the Washington Post claims more than a dozen federal employees were potentially exposed to the virus after being sent to work with americans who were evacuated from wuhan, china, the epicenter of the outbreak. According to the post the complaint alleges the workers had facetoface contact with the returning passengers three times without proper training or protective gear. In some instances, the teams were working alongside personnel from the cdc in full gown, gloves and hazmat attire. The complaint which was also reported by the wall street journal and the New York Times claims that workers were then allowed to return home on commercial airlines. The hhs workers were from the administration of children
And several democratic president ial candidates. Their presence here a testament to just how critical the black vote is to the modern Democratic Party and its president s. Last night in South Carolina joe bidens campaign was reinvigorated largely by black voters in this state. Nbc news projecting him the resounding winner of the South Carolina primary at 48 ahead of Bernie Sanders at 20 and tom steyer now out of the race at 11 . Biden picks up 38 delegates. He now sits at second in delegate count, seven behind sanders. Of course, in the two days, the diversity of nearly the entire nation will be engaged by the candidates. We start off tonight looking ahead to super tuesday as the map expands and the race constricts. Joining me is 2020mental candidate senator Amy Klobuchar of minnesota. Senator, thank you. Thank you for marching. Thank you. It was an honor to be marching there with you, thank you. Tell us, as we get into super tuesday and the race, how important you heard the speakers t
Youre too smart and you live too close. Were doing all right. Were lucky. You and i, were lucky people. We have healthy families. Weve got means. Our jobs are intact. We have places to be and people who can take care of us. Were lucky. Yeah. A lot of people have been checking in, and ive been checking in with a lot of folks. It means a lot in this time. When someone says how you doing, i think you should stop and listen and instead of it just being a throwoff. Hey, how you doing . That doesnt mean the same thing anymore. Youre right. I should have put you on the american list too. You and tim. Its not for what youre doing. Thats a great outfit. Everybody is helping their own community, right . So don and i live close together out on long island. And he is helping out. My buddy hilton runs this place. Its a big food pantry and clothing pantry for all our community on the east end. And youre raising money for them with your fiancee. Its a beautiful thing youre doing. Its mostly tim. And
They say ride it like a cowboy. Just ride it, ride that sucker right through. Thats where the 2. 2 Million People come in. Would have died maybe, but it would have been 1. 6 to 2. 2. And thats not acceptable. But there are a lot of people that said, i thought about it. I said, maybe we should ride it through. You always hear about the flu. I talk about it all the time. We had a bad flu season. Were in the midst of a bad flu season. You know we had a bad season last year as an example, a bad flu season. And you have 35, 36, 37,000 people die, sometimes more, sometimes less. But this is different. And part of this is the unknown and part of it also is the viciousness of it. I had a friend who went to a hospital the other day. Hes a little older and hes heavy, but hes a tough person. And he went to the hospital and a day later hes in a coma. I call. Hows he doing . Sir, hes in a coma. Hes unconscious. Hes not doing well. The speed and the viciousness, especially if it gets the right perso
Hello to our viewers to the United States, i am john king in washington, this is cnn, we are closing a big workweek as america is reopening. Well hear from the president on a topic of concerns to all of us here around the world and the United States, the race to find a vaccine. The president is introducing his team what the white house calls operation war speed. He predicts a vaccine by the start of next year. His own experts say that would be a miracle pace. You can see the daily reminder of how urgently the world needs the vaccine. 1. 7 cases here in the United States. Soon to be 86,000 americans dead. New warnings of the virus and the Counter Measures in place to guide the 50 states reopening experience. The fda says the abbott lab tests, the one being used by the white house should not be trusted. Where ever you are watching, unlocking is happening outside your door. Maralago, the president s resort will open this weekend. As we told you any moment well hear from the president of t