Lets get your global exchange, where we bring you todays market moving news from all around the world. From hong kong to munich to paris washington to sarasota, florida and new york, our bloomberg voices are on the ground with todays top stories. There are questions about transparency for china. Rishaad salamat joins us from hong kong. Walk us through some of the latest. Now with63,000 cases the death toll up by 121, but the inconsistency in the numbers has led to a lot of questions. Some of them are not being answered, and that has led to people thinking that this disease is not really going away at the moment. We had some optimism a couple of days ago, but that has receded somewhat. Weve also got bickering between washington and beijing. The u. S. Saying they have been denied that. On a microeconomic level, weve got companies such as Fiat Chrysler halting production in one of its plants in serbia. They cant get enough parts out of china. If you want to buy a barbie doll in the future
Overnight, china expands the mass roundup of anyone suspected of being sick with the coronavirus. And back at home, we go to the cdcs war room in atlanta as another american turns up sick. Those stories, plus, swing and a miss. Im really sorry about the choices that were made. Houston astros players finally address the teams cheating scandal, but is sorry enough . Today exclusive. Craig with four nba legends on the loss of kobe bryant. I started crying when i got the news. Their fascinating conversation, just ahead. And love is in the air. We go big on valentines day. A surprise proposal live on the rock center rink. How romantic. Today, friday, february 14th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody. Welcome to today. And it is so nice to have you with us on a friday morning, valentines day. We love you. I love you. I love you. And by the way, this proposal on the rink is going to be epic
This case has been going on for almost two years. There was a criminal referral from the Inspector General as part of the in respect generals investigation into parts of the whole russia investigation. What the inspector jr. Said at the time when this report came out in april of 2018 is that andy mccabe, quote, lacked candor including under oath on multiple occasions. This all tied to an inquiry into an unauthorized disclosure of information to a newspaper reporter regarding a Clinton Foundation investigation. This goes back the origins of this go back to 2016. Wasnt that always viewed as not a strong case . Is there a big surprise about how this is all coming to be . It was not necessarily a huge surprise that andy mccabe would be demoted which he was. It was a little bit of a surprise that he was fired particularly in the way it happened, 26 hours before his retirement was set to take effect. But folks understood it given what he said again, theres been a lot of controversy about tha
In a signed letter, the former federal prosecutors and other top ranking doj officials write that no one should be, quote, given special treatment in a criminal prosecution because they are close political ally of the president. And warning governments that use their power to punish enemies or reward their allies are autocracies. Growing increasingly worried about all this, the New York Times reporting that many wonder whether trump was undermining the departments treasured reputation for upholding the law, and whether barr was able or willing to protect it. Now as House Democrats grapple with whether to launch new investigations into trump over his alleged abuse of power, the white house is playing defense. I dont think that its impossible to do this job. I think that attorney general barr is doing a great job. I think he has a lot of confidence inside the white house. The president of the United States has not asked or directed his attorney general privately to do anything at any cri
Up. People are now staying in the United States, spending their money in the u. S. And i like that. The head of the World Health Organization in geneva, and donald trump on fox news. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It is friday, march 6th along with joe, willie and me we have donny deutsch. Republican strategist and msnbc political analyst susan del percio and associate editor of the Washington Post and msnbc political analyst eugene robinson. Great to have you all on board on this friday morning. What a week. What a week its been. We can start, of course, willie, with american politics. Which, i think, has seen one of the most dramatic changes for any candidate or even actually a president ial primary in one weeks time that weve ever seen. It was a week ago that joe biden was still considered to be on the ropes, a guy out of money, a guy with no organization to speak of, who had no offices in many of the key states. He was considered to be on his last leg. One week later he i