the first in the nation primary today in new hampshire. candidates redirecting their fire at the 11th hour. the first votes already cast. who has most to gain and most to lose? the deadliest day in mainland china from the coronavirus. another case confirmed in the u.s. wait until you hear about the mixup that got them released from the hospital. yikes. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "early start." i'm laura jarrett. >> and i'm christine romans. it is tuesday, february 11th, 4:00 a.m. in new york and primary day in new hampshire.

a pivotal vote in a wide open contest that could reshape the 2020 race. largely pivoting from attacking each other and turning their fire on president trump. >> keeping with tradition, the first votes were cast overnight in three small towns taking an early lead senator amy klobuchar big endorsements and strong debate performances have not so far bolted her to the top. here was her closing argument last night. >> i know we are searching in kind of an interesting time. time and time again new hampshire has surprised the nation by giving us incredible precedence. new hampshire has surprised the nation by not always going with the most famous person or the person with the biggest bank account. what new hampshire has done is given us leaders. so i'm asking you to do that for me today. >> also noteworthy in the early

voting michael bloomberg, he was not on the ballot, but he got two write ins from democrats and a republican write in as well, a twist likely to get president trump's attention this morning. cnn has full coverage of new hampshire primary day, and we're going to start this morning with brian todd. he is live for us at one of those three first voting villages dixville notch. good morning or good evening or hello primary day. good morning. >> reporter: a very exciting day here for reasons you mentioned. bloomberg, a surprise winner. he was such a surprise, christine, that they didn't even have his name up on a white board. they had a white board here for the vote tallies to write in the vote totals for each candidate. on the republican side they only listed president trump and bill weld. on the democratic side they only listed joe biden, pete buttigieg, elizabeth warren,

bernie sanders and michael bennett. they didn't even have michael bloomberg written in for a prospective vote. bernie sanders and pete buttigieg each got one vote. that rounds out the five total votes here in dixville notch so michael bloomberg a surprise write in winner here in dixville notch. a total of five voters as we said. three of them in the same family and this came close to not even occurring here in dixville notch because under state election rules you have to have a minimum of five people in a precinct to hold a vote, well, they only had four as of late last year. but one gentleman who had kind of lived here on and off for years and had moved away for a time and he was a developer and had projects elsewhere, he decided finally to mauve back here late in 2019, around december. and by doing that he basically saved the dixville notch vote. they wouldn't be here tonight

and this morning if it hadn't been for les otten, and i talked to him after the vote. >> i made my vote count and i did it with my fellow citizens, and 100% of us voted tonight and we are democracy in action. i think as a country we need to come to grips in major elections 60% of our population doesn't get involved, and we can't expect to solve our countries problems without the inprompt of our citizens. >> so les otten kind of exemplifying the passion many voters had, a very exciting day that's going to play out in the hours ahead in precincts all over new hampshire.

incidentally les otten has good reason for being here. this resort, the balsams closed down nine years ago and he is a redeveloper and hopes to get it open again in two years. >> les otten and his democratic spirit, we like that heading into primary day. all right, we'll talk to you very, very soon. thank you. all right, bernie sanders working well into the night to get the word out today. cnn ryan nobles on the campaign trail with sanders in durham, new hampshire. >> reporter: christine and laura, it's a little ironic that we are with the 78-year-old candidate for president bernie sanders and we're on a college campus with a very popular band playing behind us and a very young crowd. but that is consistently shown to be the strongest base of support for bernie sanders. a new quinnipiac poll that shows bernie sanders now in the lead nationally shows that he

overwhelmingly has the most support of people under the age of 35. and when you think about the issues sanders cares most about, medicare for all, fighting climate change, eliminating college debt, making college toition free, these are all issues that appeal to younger voters much more than they might peel to older voters and that's sanders strength. the issue for sanders is often younger voters are very unreliable. so he is hoping they come out for him on tuesday in new hampshire. >> this turn out tells me why we're going to win here in new hampshire, why we're going to win the democratic nomination, and why we are going to defeat the most dangerous president in the modern history of america, donald trump. >> reporter: his campaign is a

very robust get out the vote effort specifically targeted at those young voters. part of the reason that he ended his campaign here on a college campus with a very big concert. all part of that momentum that he hopes pushes him to the finish line and provides him his first full win of the democratic primary season. laura and christine? >> all right, ryan, for us, thank you. bernie sanders closest competitor in new hampshire is pete buttigieg. it making multiple stops across the granite state yesterday. he says sanders is not being clear about his plan medicare for all, universal child care and eliminating college tuition. buttigieg says sanders either or approach is not what most americans want. >> he's proposed income over 29,000 being taxed for health care plans. but let's give credit where

credit is due because he's being honest ability it. there's about $50 trillion worth of spending and there's no explanation where the other $25 trillion is supposed to come for. >> i'm concerned about the idea you've got to either be for a revolution or you must be for the status quo paints a picture where most of us can't see ourselves, where most of us don't know where we can fit in. >> even if buttigieg does well in new hampshire night, his future in the race is murky. and then there's billionaire michael bloomberg with big ad buys ahead of super tuesday. >> joe biden has been trying to lower expect asians in new hampshire for the last several days. between campaign stops he spoke to supporters. jessica dean is on the trail with biden in manchester. >> former vice president joe biden closed out the last day

before the new hampshire primary talking about donald trump and why he is the person to defeat him in november 2020. incidentally donald trump just down the road where biden held his last big event less than 2 miles apart from the two men. here's what vice president biden had to say. >> guess who else is in manchester tonight? donald trump. what a coincidence. what a coincidence. i have to tell you sometimes it feels like he's following me around. you already get rid of a president who calls generals to their faces losers, dopes and babies. i know i am. are you ready to get rid of a president who calls traumatic brain injury a health care? i know i am. are you ready to get rid of a president who pins a presidential medal of freedom on rush limbaugh? are you ready to get rid of a president who has marched a

decorated war hero out of the white house for telling and truth and who has a real hero and has real courage and escorted him out? >> over the weekend we saw former vice president joe biden really sharpen his attacks against his closest rivals pete buttigieg and bernie sanders. he really hopes for a strong finish here in new hampshire but that's looking less and less likely as pete buttigieg continues to surge as a moderate there. his campaign ready to move on where there's a more diverse electorate that will be participating in the democratic nominating process. they're going to rely on african-american support there in south carolina, on hispanic support in nevada. we'll see how that all plays out for them. >> thank you for that. president trump's $4.8 trillion budget blueprint is a wish list of his priorities ahead of the election. it calls for major cuts to safety net programs like medicaid while sparing medicare. there are steep cuts for global health programs. at the very moment the world deals with the spread of

coronavirus. while democratic presidential candidates are campaigning on sweeping student loan forgiveness programs, the president wants to eliminate a program that already dpiss for public workers for the fourth year in a row. it would also pushover sight tobacco products out of the fda. its tobacco products has been under scrutiny as e-cigarettes and vaping among teens explodes. he's cited national emergency or serious economic conditions to keep those pay raises at just 1%. now, that would seem strange given his frequent claims the economy is booming. trump promised pay raises for federal workers to just below 2%. and of course he needs congress to get any kind of budget through and with the house -- with the democrats in control of the house that seems unlikely,

but it is a blueprint what the president sees as his priorities. well, what china is saying overnight as four members of the chinese military were charged in a hack that affected nearly half of the u.s. population. - do you have a box of video tapes, film reels, or photos,

that are degrading? legacybox professionally converts them to dvds, thumb drive, or the cloud. legacybox is simple and safe, with over half a million satisfied customers. visit legacybox.com today, and get 40% off.

$$9.95? no way.? $9.95? that's impossible. hi, i'm jonathan, a manager here at colonial penn life insurance company, to tell you it is possible. if you're age 50 to 85, you can get life insurance with options starting

at just $9.95 a month. okay, jonathan, i'm listening. tell me more. just $9.95 a month for colonial penn's number one most popular whole life insurance plan. there are no health questions to answer and there are no medical exams to take. your acceptance is guaranteed. guaranteed acceptance? i like guarantees. keep going. and with this plan, your rate is locked in for your lifetime, so it will never go up. sounds good to me, but at my age, i need the security of knowing it won't get cancelled as i get older. this is lifetime coverage as long as you pay your premiums. it can never be cancelled, call now for free information. you'll also get this free beneficiary planner. use this valuable guide to record your important information and give helpful direction about your final wishes to your loved ones. and it's yours free. it's our way of saying thank you just for calling. so call now.

a new u.s. case of coronavirus has been confirmed in california bringing the number of u.s. cases to 13. that new patient was one of the first u.s. evacuees from china and in a bizarre twist they were mistakenly released from the hospital in san diego. an initial test showed no infection, but further testing confirmed the diagnosis. the person has now returned to the hospital and is in isolation. the death toll in mainland china alone now surpassing a thousand. at least 108 of those deaths reported yesterday. the deadliest day so far. cnn's steven jiang is live ipbeijing for us. steven, what more can you tell us?

>> reporter: well, laura, heads already rolled as the fall out of this outbreak started to show. two senior officials in hubei province were sacked saturday not long after president xi jinping reemerged in state media after not being seen for almost two weeks. mr. xi was seen wearing a mask touring a hospital and videoconferencing with the medical workers from the front line. these images really meant to address the question and speculation during his absence about his role in the government's containment effort sweld power dynamic within the ruling party actually. now he has reappeared and sounding confident and determined. all this of course meant to reinforce the notion mr. xi is in control and cares about the people. until he shows up in wuhan which is about 600 miles from beijing a lot of skeptics will remain at

the epicenter. laura. >> president trump keeps making this claim about how the virus could slow down. and it's getting a lot of attention. take a listen. >> the virus, working hard and by april when it gets a little warmer it miraculously goes away. that's true. >> he says i hope that's true. steven, is there any truth to that? >> reporter: well, presumably he got his information from authoritative figures maybe even president xi. the two did talk a few days ago, but experts here also did say this virus does like cold weather much better than warm weather and it cannot survive a temperature of 132 degrees fahrenheit and sars the other coronavirus back in 2003, that epidemic peaked and waned when weather became warm. there's no garn tee this

happened this time around and when you look at a map the two countries outside mainland china are thailand and singapore both tropical. >> well, if the temperature shoots up to 132 degrees i think we have more problems ahead. steven, thank you so much. >> all right, four members of china's military indicted in the u.s. for hacking compromised social security, birth dates, home addresses of more than 147 million americans. guys, this is nearly half of the american population. the attorney general bill barr called the breach a deliberate and sweeping intrusion. it puts chinese intellectual property theft back at the trump agenda. and comes just weeks after the signing of the phase one trade deal. so far no comment from china. a spokesman from the china's foreign government says --

>> the transfer took place in light rain mostly in silence except for the crying of family members there. 28-year-old sergeant javier gutierrez and 28-year-old antonio -- died on saturday. six other u.s. soldiers were wounded. and then my kids asked me why my body was rocking back and forth. my doctor said i have tardive dyskinesia, which may be related to important medications i take for my schizophrenia. i also felt my tongue darting and pushing against my cheeks. i was worried what others would think. td can affect different parts of the body, and it may also affect people who take medications for depression and bipolar disorder. i know i shouldn't change or stop my medication so i was relieved there are

treatment options for td. - if this sounds like you or someone you know, visit talkabouttd.com to sign up to receive a personalized doctor discussion guide to help start a conversation with you doctor about td. you'll also be able to access videos and a free brochure that show the different movements of td. visit talkabouttd.com - i was glad to learn there are treatments for td. learn more at talkabouttd.com. they use stamps.com all the services of the post office only cheaper get a 4-week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again.

get a 4-week trial (sensethe lack of control when iover my businessai, made me a little intense. but now quickbooks helps me get paid, manage cash flow, and run payroll. and now i'm back on top... with koala kai. (vo) save over 40 hours a month with intuit quickbooks.

[ fast-paced drumming ] the fake profile that helped actress lori loughlin's daughter

olivia get admitted to usc claimed she was a two time gold medal winning crew -- that profile has just been released to a legal filing. it cites her awareness, direction and steering. the document also claims she won two gold medals in the san diego crew classic in 2014 and 2016 and participated in boston head of the charles regatta. prosecutors say all of this is false and she never actually competed in crew. the assassination of malcolm x is being reinvestigated after a netflix series reinvestigated if the killers were actually caught. days after the netflix docu series the head of the da's office agreed there was enough

information to reexamine the case. one of the alleged killers was released on parole in 1985 and he's still trying to clear his name. it is primary day in new hampshire. the first votes already cast. cnn live in new hampshire. ♪

let's get down to business. the business of atlanta on monday... ... cincinnati on tuesday. ...philly on wednesday. ...and thursday back to cincinnati . modernized comfort inns and suites have been refreshed because when your business keeps going, our business is you. get the lowest price guaranteed on all choice hotels when you book direct at choicehotels.com.

the first in the nation primary today in new hampshire. candidates redirecting their fire at the 11th hour and the

first votes already cast. who has the most to gain and the most to lose? the deadliest day in mainland china from the coronavirus. another confirmed case in the u.s. wait until you hear about the mixup that got them released from the hospital. welcome back to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> and i'm laura jarrett. 31 minutes past the hour here in new york. it's primary day in new hampshire. a pivotal vote in a wide open contest that could reshape the 2020 race. democratic candidates make final appeals across the state monday largely pivoting from attacking each and every and turning their fire on president trump. >> keeping with tradition the first votes were cast overnight in three small towns taking an early lead senator amy klobuchar. big endorsements and a strong debate performance have not so far vaulted her to the top. here was her closing argument last night. >> i know we are searching at

kind of an interesting time. time and time again new hampshire has surprised the nation by giving us incredible precedent. new hampshire has surprised the nation by not always going with the most famous person. or the person with the biggest bank account. what new hampshire has done is given us leaders, so i'm asking you to do that for me today. >> also noteworthy in the early voting so far michael bloomberg, he wasn't even on the ballot but he got two write ins from democrats and a republican write in as well, a twist likely to get under president trump's skin this morning. cnn has full coverage of new hampshire primary day. we're starting this morning with brian todd live in one of those three first voting villages, dixville notch. brian? >> reporter: it was interesting throughout the evening and morning here with michael bloomberg coming on top. we're going to talk about that result in a moment.

what we also have to talk about here is the fact they came very close to not being able to hold the vote here in dixville notch which would have been a shame because it's been a tradition here for 60 years. every presidential cycle they've had the vote at midnight but this year they almost didn't have it. because under state rules you have to have at least five people in a precinct, five voters in order to hold a vote. they only had four up until about december. when a gentleman named les otten who's a developer he moved away because he had projects elsewhere. he decided to move back in late 2019 after speaking with some of the local people here. they basically told him, hey, if you don't come back we probably can't have a vote. so he decided to come back, he established his presidency and he basically saved the day for dixville notch by moving back in late 2019. we spoke to him just moments after the vote just past

midnight and he talked about what's important to him about dixville notch. sits not so much the fact they're the first votes in the first in the nation primary but they're sending a signal about voter turn out. take a listen. >> i made my vote count, and i did it with my fellow citizens, and 100% of us voted tonight and we are democracy in action. i think as a country we need to come to grips with the fact in a major election over 50% of our population doesn't get involve. and we can't expect to solve our country's problems without the involvement up our citizens. >> reporter: and les otten is here because he's a developer. he hopes to have it back up and running in about two years and that would be great because it's a beautiful place in a beautiful setting here in dixville notch and good luck to him. we did speak about the results here. michael bloomberg as you mentioned the surprise surge winner here came out of nowhere

in write-in votes to take dixville notch with three votes. one on the democratic side, two on the republican side. they didn't even have him on the white board they laid out in the results when the evening started. they had about five democrats, and he was not one them. they had to write-in michael bloomberg each time and he ends up winning dixville notch. >> 100% voter turn out with five people. >> bernie sanders working late into the night to get the vote out today. he trailed the delegate race. cnn ryan nobles on the campaign trail with sanders in durham, new hampshire. >> reporter: christine and laura, it's a little ironic that we are with the 78-year-old candidate for president bernie sanders and we're on a college campus with a very popular band playing behind us and a very young crowd, but that is consistently shown to be the strongest base of support for

bernie sanders. a new quinnipiac poll that shows bernie sanldsers in the lead nationally shows he overwhelmingly has the most support of people under the age of 35. and when you think about the issues sanders cares the most about, medicare for all, fighting climate change eliminating college debt, making college tuition free, these are all issues that appeal to younger voters much more than they might appeal to older voters. the issue for sanders is often younger voters are very unreliable. he's hoping they come out for him on tuesday here in new hampshire. >> this turn out tells me why we're going to win here in new hampshire. why we're going to win the democratic nomination, and why we are going to defeat the most dangerous president in the

modern history of america, donald trump. >> his campaign is a very robust get out the vote effort specifically targeted at those young voters. part of the reason that he ended his campaign here on a college campus with a very big concert. all part of that momentum that he hopes pushes him to the finish line and provides for him his first full win of the democratic primary season. and laura and christine? >> all right, ryan nobles, thanks so much. well, bernie sanders' closest competitor in new hampshire is pete buttigieg. the former south bend mayor making multiple stops across the granite state yesterday. he said sanders is not being clear about the cost of his plans which include medicare for all, the green new deal, universal child care and eliminating public college tuition. buttigieg says sanders' all or nothing approach is not what most americans want. >> he's proposed income over $29,000 being taxed to pay for

health care plans, but on that at least let's give credit where credit is due because he's being honest about it. but here's the problem, there's $50 trillion worth of spending so about half of it is unaccounted for, and there's no explanation where the other $25 trillion is supposed to come for. >> i'm concerned the idea you've got to either be for a revolution or you must be for the status quo, paints a picture where most of us can't see ourselves, where most of us don't know where we fit in. >> so even though buttigieg does well in new hampshire tonight, his future in the race st. still murky. he may have a hard time drawing minority support in upcoming states, and then there's billionaire michael bloomberg lurking with big ad buys ahead of super tuesday. >> president trump looking to draw attention away with a raucous rally of his own in new hampshire. thousands of supporters packing the president's first rally since his impeachment acquittal. the president combining standard

jabs with fresh attacks reinforces the perception he's been emboldened by acquittal. cnn's katelyn collins is in manchester. >> laura and christine, this is the president's first rally since that acquittal vote happened, and you can really sense the president's anger but also his joy of being acquitted. it was something he brought up within minutes of being on stage here tonight talking about that vote in the senate which prompted him to bring up senator mitt romney, the one republican to vote with democrats on voting to convict the president on that first article of impeachment charge. but before the president could even get mitt romney's name out of his mouth you heard this entire room break out into these loud boos for the utah senator. breaking with his party in a bit awkward moment where the president was later thanking the rnc chair and mitt romney's niece. the president also went after the house speaker nancy pelosi saying she was mumbling angrily behind his shoulder during the

"state of the union." you can watch and see her reaction as the president was speaking. it's something he clearly picked up on. we should note two people the president didn't mention were to impeachment witnesses that he fired last friday that many critics have said is a sign of retaliation they went and testified under oath in front of capitol hill. of course that is gordon sondland and lieutenant colonel alex vindman. two people the president did not mention by name here tonight. his sources say he has been talking about them frequently, privately. >> thanks so much, kaitlyn. are the russians tailing the u.s. in space? hi! we're glad you came in, what's on your mind?

can you help keep these guys protected online? easy, connect to the xfi gateway. what about internet speeds that keep up with my gaming? let's hook you up with the fastest internet from xfinity. what about wireless data options for the family? of course, you can customize and save. can you save me from this conversation? that we can't do, but come in and see what we can do. we're here to make life simple. easy. awesome. ask. shop. discover. at your local xfinity store today. i don't use some waxy cover up. i use herpecín l, it penetrates deep to treat. it soothes moisturizes and creates a spf 30 barrier

to protect against flare ups caused by the sun. herpecín l. it does more for a cold sore. i don't use some waxy cover up. i use herpecín l, it penetrates deep to treat. it soothes moisturizes and creates a spf 30 barrier to protect against flare ups caused by the sun. herpecín l. it does more for a cold sore. a new u.s. case of coronavirus has been confirmed in california bringing the number of u.s. cases to 13. that new patient was one of the first evacuees from china, and in bizarre twist the patient was

mistakenly released from the hospital in san diego. an initial test showed no infection, but further testing confirmed the diagnosis. the person has now returned to the hospital and is in isolation. the death toll in mainland china alone now surpassing 1,000. at least 108 of those deaths reported yesterday, the deadliest day so far. cnn's steven jiang live in beijing for us. steven, what's the latest? >> reporter: well, laura, heads began to roll as we started to see the political fall out, this expanding outbreak. overnight two senior provincial officials were sacked. that happened not long after the reemergence of mr. xi jinping in state media. he'd not been seen for the past two weeks and raising a lot of questions and speculations in the government's role in the

containment effort. now he's reappeared wearing a mask, visit a hospital and videoconferences with workers on the front line also sounding confident and determined. so all these images meant to put to rest all the speculations and questions and basically reinforcing the notion he's very much in control of the government's response and also cares about the people. but the thing is, laura, until he goes to wuhan which is 600 miles away from beijing, there's still going to be a lot of skeptics when it comes to the government's strategy and effectiveness at the epicenter. >> steven, president trump keeps making this claim about how the virus could actually slow down in the coming months. take a listen. >> the virus, they're working hard. looks like by april in theory when it gets a little warmer when it miracerously goes away.

i hope that's true. >> is that true, steven? >> i hope the president learns his information from authoritative figures maybe even xi. experts did say this virus thrives in cold weather and not so much in warm weather. they also pointed to the 2003 sars epidemic which of course was caused by another coronavirus. that epidemic peaked and waned when the weather became warm. but of course the thing is there's no guarantee this is going to happen again this time around. when you look at a map, laura, the two countries with the most confirmed cases outside of mainland china are two tropical countries singapore and tilpd. china's trying to get back to work but for many big companies it's far from business as usual. on monday huawei reopened its companiesmism staff worked from home monday and they will

continue working at home for at least another week. toyota and general motors factories are still closed. the outbreak also causing the world's largest mobile event to lose some of its biggest names. there could could also be a delay in popular consumer items. they're reportedly extending disrupting the supply chain for am's best selling products. and the maker of lol surprise toys has said it's disrupted shipments significantly. this means the toys could be hard to find by the end of the year. 109 u.s. troops have now been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries from iran's missile attack on a base last month. the pentagon confirms 45 since the end of january when it reported 64 injuries. we're now told 70% of the

injured service members have returned to duty. president trump initially said there were no injuries and then he insisted the potential brain injuries which he called headaches were not as serious as physical combat wounds. >> it's not unusual for russian spies to tail american agents but how many russian spy satellites following u.s. satellites in orbit? russia says its inspector satellites are assessing the technical condition of domestic meaning russian satellites. space isn't buying it. russia's actions place it among the nations gnat have turned space into a war fighting domain. all right, the numbers are in. was hollywood's biggest night a raving success or a flop? cnn business next. (janine) i used to be a little cranky.

dealing with our finances really haunted me. thankfully, i got quickbooks, and a live bookkeeper's helping customize it for our business. (live bookkeeper) you're all set up! (janine) great! (vo) get set up right with a live bookkeeper with intuit quickbooks.

they have businesses to grow customers to care for lives to get home to they use stamps.com print discounted postage for any letter any package any time right from your computer all the amazing services of the post office only cheaper get our special tv offer a 4-week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again!

the justice department filing a trio of losses claiming officials are making it more difficult to enforce federal immigration laws. attorney general bill barr is targeting new jersey, california, and king county, washington which includes seattle. the suits are widely viewed as retaliation against communities. >> last week giving a similar explanation the trump administration barred new yorkers for registering for trusted traveller programs. now, the state of new york is suing the administration. >> the president's crusade against new york is not only an inconvenience to new yorkers but also poses a direct threat to one of the world's largest economies and the nation's third largest economy. >> new york state's green light law prevents federal agencies from accessing department of

motor vehicles databases. access is needed to vet applicants for the traveller programs. troubling charges against two officials in higher education. it dean at georgia's state university keith walters arrested for alleged sex crimes. walters was one of 14 people caught in an undercover sting targeting child predators. jackson state university's president has resigned after his weekend arrest in a prostitution sting. william -- jr. was among 17 people arrested in a sting at a hotel in clinton, mississippi. he's been president since 2017. now comment yet from an attorney by either walters or bynum. he's asking for the astros to forfeit roughly $31 million in bonuses from their 2017 world

series title with the money going to childrens charities and a fund for needy retired players. he was with the blue jays in august 2017 when houston lit him up for four runs in the third of an evening. the poor relief appearance essentially end his big career. the houston astros are not commenting. in washington state mud slides and flooding has cut off access to mount runear national park indefinitely. heavy rains triggered several mud slides. officials say it's not yet possible for crews to remove the debris because it could trigger more mud slides. let's get a check on cnn business this morning. take a look at global markets. moving mostly higher here around the world with the exception of tokyo closing down on wall street. stocks bounced back monday as some businesses in china reopened after their extended shutdowns because of coronavirus. the tech heavy nasdaq hit a record high.

the s&p 500 also closed at an all-time high. sprint stock soaring almost 70% after hours after reports a judge will rule in favor of its merger with t-mobile. an interesting note about the s&p 500 and its record here the five largest companies in the s&p 500 are tech companies. they kaekt for nearly 20% of the market value for the entire index. just a few names driving things here at record highs. amazon is still fighting the defense department over a 10 billion cloud computer contract. it wants president trump to testify. amazon wants to ask the president about his involvement with the jedi program. statements on amazon and with its owner jeff bazos and former defense secretary james mattis. amazon argues the pentagon's explanation for why it awarded the contract to microsoft left out critical information and details that led to this flawed and potentially detrimental decision regarding dod's future

cloud infrastructure. hollywood's biggest nate brought in very low ratings. 26.3 million viewers tuned in sunday night, the latest in viewers history. the show ran 33 minutes longer than scheduled. other critics were not sold on the show not having a host for the second year in a row. other awards show like the grammys and emmys have also taken viewership hits recently. and some have talked about how it starts so late for east coasters, right? >> well, it starts too late for us. waking up at 1:30 in the morning. >> while you were sleeping late night stephen colbert was also gearing up for primary day in new hampshire. >> to make sure there's not a repeat of iowa democrats have hired a new election consultant to tabulate the votes. >> one, two, three. >> one poll in new hampshire said new hampshire democrats

would prefer an extinction causing meteor over trump re-election. this explains why they've changed the state motto from live free and die to please let us die. >> got to love the jokes about the election. we're just getting started. thanks so much to our international viewers for joining us. have a great rest of your day, everyone. for our usa viewers "early start" continues right now. the first in the nation primary today in new hampshire, candidates redirecting their fire at the 11th hour. the first votes already cast. who has the most to gain and the most to lose? >> the deadliest day in mainland china frm the coronavirus. another case confirmed in the u.s. wait until you hear about the mixup that sent the patient home from the hospital. >> good morning, welcome to

"early start." i'm christine romans. >> and i'm laura jarrett. it's tuesday, february 11th, 5:00 a.m. in the east. it's primary day in new hampshire. a pivotal vote in a wide open contest that could reshape the 2020 race. democratic candidates made their final appeals across the state wednesday largely pivoting from attacking each other and turning their fire on president trump. >> keeping tradition the first votes were cast overnight in three small towns. taking an early lead in this very small sampling senator amy klobuchar. big endorsements and strong debate performances that so far have vaulted her to the top nationally. here was her closing argument last night. >> i know we are searching at kind of an interesting time. time and time again new hampshire has surprised the nation by giving us incredible precedence. new hampshire has surprised the nation by not always going with the most famous person. or the person with the