Vice President Biden and pete i spoke with Vice President mike pence whos leading the we are people helping people. Buttigieg of indiana. Plus the coronavirus. Governments response effort and youll see in the the dow falling. Breaking news tonight. Show. Were going to begin with the stock market closing the the democratic race and the bik week in freefall. Fears escalating. Shakeup here. Perhaps no one had more riding very clear, if we have a global pandemic, no country is on South Carolina or has more riding on super tuesday than joe going to be without impact. Biden. The former Vice President joins welcome back. My next guest has an unusual me from a super tuesday state, President Trump insisting job, hunting viruses. Theres little to worry about. Montgomery, alabama. Hes chased ebola in africa and vice President Biden, welcome my administration has taken back to meet the press. Now his focus is the coronavirus the most aggressive action in thanks, chuck, for having me. And the dange
When he found out about the briefing. I was told it was happening. I was told a week ago. They said, you know, theyre trying to start a rumor. Its disinformation. Reporter President Trump this week ousted navy veteran Joseph Maguire as acting director of national intelligence, replacing him with u. S. Ambassador to germany richard grenell, a vocal trump supporter with no previous intelligence experience. Grenells new deputy is another trump loyalist, cash patel, who h pateen told to clean house. Just today, the fifth top official since August Announced he was leaving. If you have somebody at the top who is overly responsive to the president , youre not going to get that kind of unbiased information, and its very, very, very dangerous for national security. Reporter today, Bernie Sanders revealed that he has been briefed on russian efforts to boost his campaign, and this is nothing new. The Mueller Investigation found that the russians also worked back in 2016 to boost the theers campai
This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening and thank you so much for joining us. Were going to begin tonight with breaking news. President trump says he is commuting the prison sentence of Rod Blagojevich, freeing the former illinois governor and apprentice contestant from federal prison. Blagojevich was convicted in 2011 for trying to sell Barack Obamas senate seat to the highest bidder. And the president isnt stopping there. Hes also pardoning bernard kerik, whose spectacular fall from new York City Police commissioner and cabinet nominee ended in prison time for tax fraud and other crimes. All in all, the president issued four commutations and seven pardons, including one for 1980s junk bond king michael milken. Weijia jiang reports tonight from the white house. Rod, youre fired. Reporter former illinois governor Rod Blagojevich lost Celebrity Apprentice but won his freedom back today when President Trump commuted his 1
Igce cmunity believesat it agai, tr t year president iacampaign. Sources say the official responsible for overseeing Election Security told members of congress in a topsecret briefing that russia is actively iorking to get President Trump reelected. Now, the new intelligence is bound to open old wounds less than a year after Robert Mueller finished his investigation of russian meddling in the 2016 election. Major garrett has the new reporting tonight. Reporter sources tell cbs news President Trump was furious when he found out about the classified briefing on Russian Election interference. He was not informed the house briefing would take place, and according to one Senior Administration official, blew his stack and repeatedly used an expletive. The briefing to the House Intelligence Committee took place on february 13. The director of National Intelligences top staffer on Election Security, shelby pearson, told lawmakers russia is working to help President Trump get reelected. However
And after tuesdays votes, which candidates will survive . Joe biden and Bernie Sanders join us this morning, plus our powerhouse roundtable. And we are seeing more cases. We will see more cases. Coronavirus continues to spread. Sinking stock markets among new fears for its longterm impacts. Trump expands travel restrictions. Attacks democrats. This is their new hoax. Our guest, Health Secretary alex azar. Well break down the politics, smoke out the spin. Announcer from abc news, this its this week. Here now chief anchor george stephanopoulos. Good morning and welcome to this week. As we come on the air this morning, the new coronavirus continues to spread. Almost 90,000 cases across 60 countries and 6 continents. The first death reported in the u. S. In the state of washington, where they declared a state of emergency. Amid concern that the virus has been spreading there for weeks. Well have more on that coming up. But we begin with the race to the white house and joe bidens comeback l