but coming back, yasmin, and answer this question for us if you will. michael mentions how much unreality that kind of money buys you. 0bviously he was going to face, bloomberg, questions about his workplace culture, he was going to face questions about his police stock powers while mayor of new york. why do you think the answers were so flat—footed? was it that that money buys you an unreality where you don't listen to your advisers? yes, michael is right. you put yourself in a position, and you don't even have to have trillions or billions, and you are surrounded by yes people because nobody says to you, that is stupid, mr bloomberg, that is not going to wash. that is the problem with courts and courtiers. we have one here, we have a courtier. we'll come back to that. but do you think it is really that people don't say it or is that you don't listen because you are confident of your own...? i think people are probably worried, he is obviously a temperamental man. things he said about women, uncovered by the nda, you know, he has talked about horseâ€

yasmin, they're all available on youtube. i mean, i can't get my head around it! i have to say, some of them have been very, very effective. he hires the best. he didn't become a billionaire in media by being stupid, he hires the best. no, but it's a genuine question. it's one thing to have a presence and then use the media. but yasmin, you could say the same thing, why do people... because it's repetition. but coming back, yasmin, and answer this question for us if you will, michael mentions how much unreality that kind of money buys you. 0bviously he was going to face, bloomberg, questions about his workplace culture, he was going to face questions about his police stock powers while mayor of new york. why do you think the answers were so flat—footed? was it that that money buys you an unreality where you don't listen to your advisers? yes, michael is right. you put yourself in a position, and you don't even have to have trillions or billions, and you are surrounded by yes people because nobody says to you, "that's stupid, mr bloomberg, that's not going to was

yasmine taeb, i i want to go bak to you. you're no longer with the center for american progress but you are on the democratic national committee. you recently received a phone call from mike bloomberg. can you tell us what that was about? >> sure. of decemberthe end 2019. i ththink it was shortly after e launched his presidential campaign. he said he was calling as a courtesy to sit down with me to introduce himself to tell me why he is running, why he is able to win, and what he has done for the democratic party. i did not call h him back. simply because i wanted to avoid an uncomfortable conversation where i assumed he wanted to ask me to support him. as you noted, i am an elected dnc member, which means during a brokered convention on a second ballot, i will have a v vote to decide our next nominee. i identify as a progressive activist. i hope whoever our nominee is is able to excite the grassroots and increase voter turnout and fifight for progressive platfor. amy: so why wouldn't you want to talklk to michael bloomberg?

a lot of ups and downs, mostly downs, any relief in sight the financial crisis, yasmin. look at the speed of the correction, the market calls it a correction when it falls this way. during the great depression this happened. in terms what's happening in europe, not great, to be honest. was worst about an hour ago. there may be a chance markets return a bit closer to flat line. you mentioned. looks like major u.s. markets will open lower. more cases in germany and more cases in france and in the uk and more cases in austria makin nervous. and the boeing 737 grounded. agreed to pay engine designs, welcome news for share holders and another big u.s. corporate story closely watched by investors around walmart. vox reporting walmart has been looking for 18 months to develop a membership model a bit like amazon prime with 150 million members worldwide. not a huge amount of detail yet. the company confirms to cnbc it will be called walmart plus. >> interesting. a new aspect to this. ask you about corona a moment. it's facing backlash after a poorly placed ad. what more do you h

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian. we want to begin this hour with the results from the first in the nation primary yesterday. a definite winner, at least a projected winner we should say. 97% of precincts reporting bernie sanders to be the winner. edging out pete buttigieg by about 4,000 votes, 25.9% to 24.4%. that is a margin of about 1.5%. surprise finish for amy klobuchar, finishing third by 20%, followed by elizabeth warren at 9, and a disappointing finish for joe biden at eighth. >>> as for the coalition that helped propel bernie sanders to victory no surprise here, he dominated with voters age 18 to 29 and among those who identify as very liberal. other key groups include voters who made up their minds last year and those who say they are financially strapped. here's the senator claimg victory just last night. >> let me say tonight that this victory here is the beginning of the end for donald trump. with victories behind us,rote i victory here tonight, we're going to nevada, we're going to south carolina, we're

i'm returning to yasmin. >> don't look at me. let's turn on sports expert, yasmin vossoughian, and let's go to break. >> the game's mvp, obviously patrick mahomes from the kansas city chiefs, they captured their second super bowl title in franchise history and the first in 50 years. >> i got to work on my roman numerals there. >> the half-time expert, i'm happy to weigh in on who's done the half-time show for the next decade or so. >> making sure you were paying attention. >> i was definitely paying attention, but don't ask me about roman numerals and what super bowl number it is. >>> i have to admit, and yasmin, i missed the entire game. >> you were here even earlier than we were so. >> that's true, but. >> that's why we brought you the highlig highlight. >> now you know what happened. the chiefs making a comeback and the celebration in kansas city, it's very warm this morning overnight. we are seeing temperatures very much on the mild side with highs right now currently at 59 degrees. so going to continue to be above average fo

i'm yasmin vossoughian. ayman has the morning off. we begin with the trump administration's response to the growing fears concerning the spread of the coronavirus. amid criticism for down playing the potential of an outbreak in the united states, president trump says that he's assembling a task force which will be led by vice president mike pence, take a listen. >> when mike was governor of indiana, they have established great health care. they have a great system there. i'm going to be announcing exactly right now that i'm going to be putting our vice president mike pence in charge and mike will be working with the professionals, doctors and everybody else that's working. the team is brilliant. >> mr. president, as we've been briefed, while the threat to the american public remains low of the spread of the coronavirus, you have directed this team to take all steps necessary to continue to ensure the health and well being of the american people and the people of this country can be confident that under your

coming back, yasmin. michael mentions how much unreality that kind of money buys you. obviously he was going to face questions about his workplace culture, his police stop powers whilst mayor of new york. why do you think those answers, does it by an unreality? michael is right. you put yourself in a position, you don't even have to have trillions or billions, and you are surrounded by media because nobody says to you, thatis media because nobody says to you, that is stupid, mr bloomberg, that is not going to wash. that is the problem with courts and courtiers. we have one here, a courtier. but do you think it is really that people don't say it or is it that you don't listen because you are confident of your own? i think people are worried, he is a temperament man. things he said about women, he has talked about horse faced lesbians and ina talked about horse faced lesbians and in a sense he is the democratic face of trump. it is all a very disturbing. what i worry about and i have heard young people, you

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. we begin with president trump's first trip abroad since his acquittal from the senate impeachment trial. the president and first lady melania trump arrived in india today, the world's largest democracy, to a two-day state vis branded as namaste president trump. despite the fanfare and warm relations the u.s. and india have so far been unable to resolve their differences over trade. prime minister mody and president trump are still expected to announce new agreements on the purchase of u.s. military equipment and possible energy cooperation against the backdrop of china's growing influence. prior to the trip trump administration officials said that the president is also expected to address alleged human rights abuses in cashmere and relay concerns about the treatment of religious minorities in that country. this is president trump's first visit to india as president and fourth consecutive u.s. president to visit that country. >> joining us from new delhi, india, kelly o'donnell. good t

i'm yasmin vossoughian along with ayman mohyeldin. "morning joe" starts right now. ♪ surrounded by all the praise baby, i can see your halo ♪ pray it won't fade away ♪ halo ♪ >> that was beyonce performing at the incredible memorial remembrance of kobe bryant and his daughter gianna and the others who perished in the helicopter crash. ♪ halo >> really moving remarks by his wife vanessa as well. good morning, everyone, and welcome to "morning joe." it is tuesday february 25th. along with joe, willie and me we have national correspondent for nbc news and msnbc and author of "the red and the blue" steve kornacki. good to have you onboard this morning. and tonight is debate night again. this time in charleston, south carolina. we'll talk about the dynamics at play and a reported new strategy for michael bloomberg as more old tapes come out against him. bernie sanders is the clear

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. we begin with the president lashing outth saying he did not interfere in the justice department's decision to overrule roger stone's sentencing recommendation of up to nine years in prison. that move prompted all four prosecutors working on the case to abruptly resign. now president trump is declining to say whether or not he's considering a pardon for roger stone. nbc news white house correspondent peter alexander has more on this. >> reporter: president trump is seething,re insisting he did no interfere in the criminal prosecution of his long time ally roger stone. >> isn't your tweet political interference. >> no, not at all. >> reporter: the president complained on twitter thatl. career prosecutors recommended sentence of seven to nine years for stone wasf very unfair. >> you have murderers and drug addicts that don't get nine years. nine years for doing something that nobody can define what he d did. >> reporter: aob juryod found s guilty on seven counts, including lying to prote

yasmin has spoken, and so have we. that's it for the papers tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you — 7 days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. good evening. here's your latest sports news: liverpool captain jordan henderson has been ruled out for up to three weeks after picking up a hamstring injury during this week's champions league defeat to atletico madrid. he could miss liverpool's next three premier league matches and the fa cup tie at chelsea. it could have been worse. we all know it was a hamstring thing and we have heard of different hamstring injuries now, around in the premier league, obviously. harry kane, for example, league, obviously. harry kane, for exa m ple, stuff league, obviously. harry kane, for example, stuff like that. it is not that bad. but he will be out, i think, for three weeks or so. which is not cool. but how we see it, we are still lucky. wayne rooney's 500th appearance

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. we begin this half hour with continued uncertainty in iowa this morning. as we still don't have the full results from monday night's democratic caucus. with 71% of precincts right now, former south bend mayor pete buttigieg holds a slim lead over bernie sanders, followed by senator elizabeth warren and followed by former vice president biden. they're blaming the issue on a new app with coding that was meant to speed up the results. a statement released yesterday from tom perez, we have staff working around the clock to assist the iowa democratic party to ensure that all vote counted. it is clear that the app in question did not function adequately. as frustrating as the last 24 hours have been, let us not lose sight of our ultimate goal, to defeat donald trump to take back our democracy. >> the tech company that built the app that failed in iowa monday night the official said although it contracts with shadow for text messaging service it does not contract for the app used in the demo

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. >> still waiting for those results. >> you wake up in the morning at our job, right, the alarm goes off, especially on a big night like that, scrolling through your e-mail, who won, who came in first, who came in second. >> only to find this curve ball. >> let's start there, the confusion and frustration in iowa. we don't know who won last night's caucuses after what the iowa democratic caucuses says are inconsistencies in reporting the data following a new system that requires precincts to report two sets of totals in addition to delegate totals. caucus organizers reported trouble with the app that they're supposed to use to transmit the results. we are told the telephone system they have as a back up has been inundated with phone calls, unsurprisingly. here's the caucus secretary of a precinct in ames, iowa, speaking with msnbc just last night. >> the app that we were told to download just hasn't been working so in the handbook that we were given, we were given a hot line to call to report the results, and i've just been on hold pre

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. we begin this half hour with president trump's victory lap after his acquittal by the senate. it was a 62 minute stream of consciousness from the white house. >> quite the scene. >> east room yesterday. it certainly was, as the president lavished praise on his defenders, while lashing out at his opponents and the democrats who impeached him. nbc news who's correspondent peter alexander has more. >> reporter: calling it a celebration, president trump savoring his senate victory. >> we went through hell unfairly, did nothing wrong, but this is what the end result is. the only good headline i've ever had in the "washington post." >> reporter: the president unplugged, riffing for more than an hour. >> i never thought a word would sound so good, it's called total acquittal. >> reporter: praised a packed crowd of political allies. >> mitch mcconnell, i want to tell you, you did a fantastic job. >> reporter: both buoyant and bitter, unloading on democrats in the relentless string of investig

yasmin and benedicte will be back at half past eleven for another look at the papers, and don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you 7 days a week. and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. lam back i am back at the top of the hour where we will get the latest weather. see you in a moment. this week and we should see some sunshine. that's good news as well for flood stricken areas. but it won't be completely dry. it will be fairly u nsettled, unsettled, and there will be showers and spells of rain ‘s at time. it will be wednesday through saturday. the winds continue to pick up overnight. these weather fronts spread southwards, eventually clearing away from southern and eastern areas during saturday morning. there will be a bit of sunshine around some showers. these blustery pushing into western areas. those wind gusts, 40—50 miles an hour. 70 across northern and western scotland. lots of snow showers piling in, accumulating snow. it will be cold across scotland through the day

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> do you know how much, though, do you have a price tag for all of this? >> we do. and, you know, the price tag is -- it will be substantially less than letting the current system go. i think about $30 trillion. >> just for medicare for all? >> just for medicare for all. >> a price tag for all of this? >> no, i don't. you mentioned making public colleges and -- tuition free. what we want to do. >> you know the program but don't know how much the price is. >> i can't rattle off every nickel and dime but sbre accowe for, medicare for all, options to pray poor it. >> that's the issue. threatening to pull the party apart. can challenges facing america be addresdhr

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian. we begin this half hour with the pile-on of senator bernie sanders in the democratic debate as the vermont independent defended his proposals. while candidates attack his capacity to actually lead the democratic ticket. >> let's talk about medicare for all. i'm sure you're familiar with the new study that just came out of yale university. published in lancet magazine, one of the prestigious medical journals in the world. you know what it said? medicare for all will lower health care castes in this country by $450 billion a year. and save 68,000 lives of people who otherwise would have died. what we need to do is to do what every other major country on earth does, guarantee health care to all people. not have thousands of separate insurance plans which are costing us some $500 billion a year to administer. our plan that we have laid out options all over the place. one of the options is the 7.5% payroll tax on employers which will save them substantial sums of money. >> the math does no

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. we begin this half hour with a look at new polling ahead of tomorrow's new hampshire primary and the latest "boston globe" suffolk wbz tracking poll senator bernie sanders is at 27%, 8 points ahead of former mayor pete buttigieg who is at 19%, amy klobuchar up 5 points to 14, while former vice president joe biden and elizabeth warren are tied at 12% respectively. an emerson college seven news tracking poll has sanders with a seven point advantage at 30% of support, buttigieg follows behind with 23% up 3 points since saturday and klobuchar in third place at 14%. a cnn university of new hampshire poll shows sanders seven points ahead at 28%, buttigieg stands at 21%, biden at 12, followed by warren at 9% and klobuchar at 6. in the latest cbs news yougov poll sanders with 29%, buttigieg at 25, they are in a statistical tie in the granite state, both sitting within the poll's over 4 point margin of error. >> ahead of tomorrow's primary presidential candidates are scrambling to gain an edge

of vice president of content strategy yasmine a kind of move an online video agency says anyone can go viral if their content is well made to talk talk a short snack sized content that's entertaining that's distractions that makes you feel good it's the perfect diversion during those moments when you don't have that much time but want to consume something. perfect. challenges like this emotive dance are especially popular antic talk videos with challenge hashtags often go viral mean says it isn't surprising challenge challenges are well known engagement system and people have always like comparing their performance to someone else's we want to prove ourselves to grow our audience or increasing gauge meant the nice thing about challenges is that you don't do them alone others join the wave and in the best case the wave moves on to other countries. on tech talk failure isn't shameful especially funny failed attempts are posted regularly instagram celebrates perfection but tick-tock is also present their full effect that's brought the young platform praiseful being an anxiety free space f

. >> reporter: these classes have made all the difference for yasmine, a mother of four. where did you feel the anxiety? where was it? identify it. here. it shuts your throat down. >> reporter: nightmares about the war made her seek out a psychiatrist at zatry. >> translator: she would give me a medication like sleeping pills or a sedative. i felt like it was local anesthesia, but what after the local anesthesia? i go back to feeling the same way. >> reporter: what she has learned has driven much of her anxiety away, allowing her to focus on what really matters. >> translator: what i want for myself is to be a good mother, to find my way. what i want for my children is to realize the dreams i had for myself. >> reporter: there is mental health here available to people. show your program different? >> anyone is willing to read a story. by using story we're functionally doing group therapy where you're allowing people who are living in a culture of incredible stigma against mental health an effective out where you're still talking about things by letting people talk about c

with me are yasmin alibhai—brown, the author and columnist, and benedicte paviot, anglo—french broadcaster and correspondent for france 24. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the ft reports that hmrc has created a secretive unit to crack down on the use of investment companies by wealthy families. the i leads with 0fsted research which, the newspaper says, reveals a debt crisis and deep cutbacks at schools. the mail says the veteran broadcaster, david dimbleby, has criticised borisjohnson amid the row over the bbc licence fee. the mirror leads with an emotional tribute from rugby star danny cipriani, to his ex—girlfriend caroline flack, who took her own life last weekend. and the telegraph carries an investigation, which suggests people trying to offset their emissions risks could be doing more harm than good. so, a varied set of front pages — let's see what our reviewers make of it all. let's start off with the guardian. do you want to kick us off? so this isa do you want to kick us off? so this is a big warning that has been given to teachers and doctors over any kind of

. ♪ >>> good morning, everyone, it is monday, february 3rd, i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian. we want to begin with the caucuses in iowa. the first contest of the 2020 shall primary season getting under way while president trump is expected to cruise past his two challengers, the democratic contest far less certain, adding to the uncertainty of it all the highly anticipated des moines register poll, iowa's marquis survey was shelved at the last minute after pete buttigieg may have been left off the list of candidates to choose from. that leaves the emerson college poll conducted from last thursday through yesterday as the final indicator of where things stand. it is senator bernie sanders who remains on top with 28%, joe biden places second with 21, pete buttigieg and elizabeth warren are in statistical ties for third place. buttigieg with 15, warren with 14. despite today being the day things are still a bit fluid 34% of democratic caucusgoers say there is still a chance they can change their mind, however, bernie sanders appears to have the first or the firmest footing, 74%

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside alisa menendez in for yasmin. there's new video overnight as former illinois governor rod blagojevich arrives back home to chicago after being sprung from prison by president trump. all right. hello there, everyone. as the president ramps up his criticism of federal prosecutions, trump yesterday hosted commutations, wiping away the crime of a dozen. rod blagojevich a one-time contestant on trump's apprenti" and the seat that was vacated by barack obama. trump yesterday was particularly critical of blagojevich's sentence. >> we have commuted the sentence of rod blagojevich. he searched eight years in jail. it's a long time. i watched his wife on television. i don't know him very well. i've met him a couple times. he was on a short while "the apprentice." seems like a very nice person. i don't know him. he served eight years in jail. he's a democrat, he's not a republican. it was a prosecution by the same people, comey, fitzpatrick, the same group. very far from his children. they're growing older. they're going to

i'm ayman mohyeldin, alongside alicia menendez in for yasmin. we begin this hour with breaking news, the new poll that qualifies michael bloomberg for the first debate of the democratic primary. the npr maris poll showed second place, now at 19% among democrats and left leaning independents. bernie sanders took the top spot at 31%, up 9 points. joe biden is in third place but dropped 9 points since december. now at 15% followed by elizabeth warren at 12, and amy klobuchar at 9. pete buttigieg at 8%. we reported earlier how tensions between michael bloomberg and bernie sanders began boiling over yesterday, well, with sanders accusing bloomberg of trying to buy the election, and bloomberg accusing sanders of using trump's tactics to smear him. last night, sanders addressed a fired up crowd in california and issued this warning amid the flurry of reports that the democratic establishment is worried sanders might win the nomination. >> now, the corporate elites, all you got to do is turn on the tv, corporate elite, wall street and the drug companies

alongside yasmin vossoughian. we begin this half hour with that stunning new national poll that shows bernie sanders taking the top spot and michael bloomberg surging as well with the help of black voters. the quinnipiac university poll puts sanders at 25%, up 4 points since the poll was taken about two weeks ago. joe biden dropping 9 points, now at 17%. here's a surprise for a lot of folks, michael bloomberg surging 7 points, now at 15%. even surpassing elizabeth warren who is at 14 and mayor pete buttigieg who's been at 10. they have been in it a lot longer than bloomberg has. biden plummeted among black voters a stunning 22% drop over the last two weeks. not a good sign for his campaign. now hovering at 27%. bloomberg, though, he picked up about 15 points among black voters. he's bumped up to 22%. senator bernie sanders tops joe biden among democrats nationally in the latest quinnipiac university poll. sanders with 25% of support is up 4 points since last month and 8 points ahead of biden nationally. the former

during this time, yasmin also set up events to destigmatize mental health in lgbtq-plus communities, latin, black and immigrant communities as well. she has since shifted from working in clinical environments to the peer professional environment. she believes in the power of peefers -- peers with similar lived experiences, particularly from within marginalized communities and works to train and support them in using their own experience with mental health in order to guide and support others. she has passion about breaking the mental health stigma that leaves people suffering alone and uses her experience as a suicide survivor living with ptsd and disassociatetive disorder to help others. her nonprofit, peer support space, has helped over 2,500 individuals with free services during its inaugural year and they have recently opened central florida's very first peer respite in my district. nd for that, misyasmin flasterstein, we honor you. in honor of women's history month, i would like to recognize catherine hayes. originally from indiana, catherine now lives in orlando, florida. she i

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i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. we begin with the u.s. senate voting to acquit the president on the two articles of impeachment against him. it wasn't the bipartisan acquittal that he was hoping for. abuse of power, republican mitt romney crossed party line with y vote to convict. the first time in american history a senator has voted to remove a president of his own party. article ii, obstruction of congress was a straight party line vote, meaning three key democrats from swing states trump won also voted to convict. doug jones currently in a tough reelection battle in alabama, and joe manchin of west virginia and kyrsten sinema of arizona. >> the white house released the following statement, the sham impeachment attempt concocted by democrats ended in the full vindication and exoneration of president donald j. trump. asen we have said all along, hes not guilty. the senate voted to reject the baseless, and one failed republican presidential candidate voted for the manufactured impeachment articles. house speaker nancy pelosi said this, p

our guests joining me tonight are yasmin alibhai—brown, a left—wing author and columnist, and benedicte paviot, anglo—french broadcaster and correspondent for france 24. a woman who supported the banned islamic state terror group has admitted plotting to blow herself up in an attack on st paul's cathedral. safiyya shaikh — a 36—year—old muslim convert from hayes in west london — pleaded guilty to preparing an act of terrorism, by asking an undercover police officer to supply bombs. our home affairs correspondent, dominic casciani, has been following the case at the old bailey. this case on the face of it may seem almost physical but the idea of blowing up an entire cathedral. but in her words this morning, safiyya shaikh in it that was exactly her intention, that was exactly her plan, and the evidence as we understand it she went as far she possibly could and meeting some undercover police officers to acquire a undercover police officers to acquirea bomb, undercover police officers to acquire a bomb, to quite the reload up acquire a bomb, to quite the reload up under the dome

my guests today are political commentator yasmin alibhai—brown, arab affairs analyst abdel bari atwan, michael goldfarb of the podcast first rough draft of history and portugese writer eunice goes. "who's the other one?" retorted michael bloomberg when asked whether the united states wanted a presidential race between two new york billionaires. but the former mayor of new york has to win the democratic nomination before he can focus full—time on trolling donald trump. this week saw his first debate. and the other big new story in the election race is russia, again. the's start with bloomberg. michael, i wanted to ask you, he obviously presents himself in his own very expensive advertising campaign as the formidable opponent to slate donald trump in the presidential race but he is going to have to get better at dealing with questions he doesn't like. well, he

be taking an in—depth look at the papers, with our reviewers — the left—wing author and columnist, yasmin alibhai—brown, and benedicte paviot, anglo—french broadcaster and correspondent for france 24. stay with us for that. good evening. welcome to bbc news. dozens of british citizens have finally been allowed to leave a cruise ship, where they'd been held in quarantine injapan for more than two weeks, due to the coronavirus. they've disembarked from the diamond princess, after being confined mainly to their cabins. it's thought about 35 of the 78 britons will be flown back to the uk overnight, and on arrival probably in wiltshire, they'll head for quarantine to arrowe park hospital on the wirral. 0ur correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes is in tokyo, where a plane is standing by to bring the britons home. but large aircraft you can probably see over my shoulder is a one supposed to be taking the 35 britons back to the uk. it was supposed to ta ke back to the uk. it was supposed to take off half—an—hour ago and why it has not so far we do not know. a lot of evacuations apply to t

i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. we begin with president trump's first trip abroad since his acquittal from the senate impeachment trial. the president and first lady melania trump arrived in india today, the world's largest democracy, to a two-day state vis branded as namaste president trump. despite the fanfare and warm ti

. >> yasmin, thank you very much. writes for the "washington post," excellent reporting. thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> let's get more on the growing financial fallout from the coronavirus outbreak. our business editor at large richard quest is joining us. richard, this was a huge hit for the markets not only today, but over the last several days. >> more than 3,000 points over the course of the week. 4.5% just alone today. look at the way the selling accelerated during the afternoon. that's the largest points fall in history. what you have here are concerns, fears, worries and deep uncertainties about what's likely to happen next. that's the core of why the market is falling. and the accelerate rants and flames that go on top of that are things like microsoft, which announced that it can no longer rely on its guidance to the market of last week. microsoft was down 7% so far today. if you look at companies in northern california where this community spread may have taken place shs the mere thought that the california economy may be shut down or people couldn't go to

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside yasmin vossoughian. we want to begin this hour with the results from the first in the nation primary yesterday. a definite winner, at least a projected winner we should say. 97% of precincts reporting bernie sanders to be the winner. edging out pete buttigieg by about 4,000 votes, 25.9% to 24.4%. that is a margin of about 1.5%. surprise finish for amy klobucr,

yasmin. >>> the establishment's line lately is oh, bernie, he can't beat donald trump. can't beat trump. well you know what? we are the strongest campaign to defeat donald trump. take a look at the last 50 national polls. bernie beats him 47 out of 50. >> that was bernie sanders moments ago in winston-salem, north carolina, one of 14 states holding primaries super tuesday. sanders' momentum as members of the democratic establishment concern party officials, telling "new york times" they're worried sanders would lose to president trump and drag down moderate congressional candidates in swing states, but speaker nancy pelosi dismissed reports of division amongst democrats. >> the presidential is its own race and contrary to what you may be hearing or writing, we are not getting -- we are all unified, whoever the nominee is of our party, we will wholeheartedly support. our gospel is one of unity, unity, unity. >> joining me, donna edwards, and rick tyler. welcome to you both. donna, start with you on this one. what is the fear here with senator bernie sanders because he is

i'm yasmin vossoughian, alongside ayman mohyeldin. and our microphones are up and running. >> take two. >> we begin with big news from the white house. a senior official telling nbc news that hope hicks the former white house communications director and top press aide to president trump's 2016 presidential campaign, she's back at the white house to work with trump's son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner. a former white house official familiar with the decision saying hicks' title is expected to be counselor to the president and her new responsibilities will include the 2020 reelection campaign. hicks resigned back in 2018 just one day before testifying before the house intelligence committee in its investigation into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. also back at the white house, john mcinti, according to the press secretary is personal aide to the president according to two law enforcement officials. he was originally fired from the white house in march of 2018 and was under investigation for serious finan

out with a brand-new book "old school love" here for valentine's day and we're joined by msnbc anchor yasmin, friend of the show and you might have seen here right here -- look at that -- on "the beat." happy valentine's day. >> happy valentine's day to everybody. >> i love what you guys are doing. we love the positivity and i'm curious what is on your fallback list. >> bread crumbing. first it was ghosting and now bread crumbing. and first you disappear and now they hit you with the tit-for-tat. here is something. i kind of like you think. it's just sad to pull somebody in a little bit and then, you know, just kind of disappear. so it is more painful than ghosting. >> do you think part of that comes from people's struggling to be vulnerable, which is to be intimate to say, hey, when you want someone you're putting yourself out there? >> i thought they were just messing with their head, like just being mean. like i don't really like you. but i want to pull you in. and then that is how it feels to me. they're just trying to make people hurt people. it is just a really weird generation. >> but

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside alisa menendez in for yasmin. there's new video overnight as former illinois governor rod blagojevich arrives back home to chicago after being sprung from prison by president trump. all right. hello there, everyone. as the president ramps up his criticism of federal prosecutions, trump yesterday hosted commutations, wiping away the crime o

i'm ayman mohyeldin alongside alex in for yasmin. amazing we made it through the week with everything that happened. >> and the nevada caucuses are tomorrow. >> and south carolina after that. and super tuesday right after that. buckle up. >> it never ends. >>> we begin with new information on why the president is replacing the nation's top spy chief, a career loyalist, acting director of national intelligence joseph maguire who was under consideration to be the permanent dni was pushed aside because the president was angry that lawmakers were briefed on russia's plans to help him get reelected. news of the briefing which was held last thursday was first reported by "the new york times." in fact, sources tell both the "times" and "the washington post" that the president erupted at maguire the next day, concerned the democrats would use the information against him. a former official tells nbc news that the office of the director of national intelligence is nearing a melt down over maguire's removal and the reasons behind it. as ken dil

yasmin, senior editor at national defense magazine. in luke kennedy, senior director of communications and partnerships at the mccain institute. i would also like to acknowledge the members of our headliners team responsible for organizing today's luncheon, coleaders of stanton communications and once again, of dc media strategies as well as national press clubs staff liaison lindsay underwood, chef susan dubberly, an executive director bill mccarron, i thanks to our head table, and thee team that put today's lunch together. [applause]. u.s. army faces many challenges here and abroad. in addition to ongoing operations, and afghanistan, and the security and stability around the world,un keeping pace with adversaries including russia and china, the army is confronting domestic issues including highis rated suicide. of our military help under the defense health agency, and quality of life for our military families. president trump's fiscal 2021 budget request submitteded to congress on february 10th, lifted his fist spending essentially f

yasmin, senior editor at national defense magazine. and luke the senior director of , communications and partnerships at the mccain institute. i would also like to knowledge -- i would also like to acknowledge the members of our headliners team responsible for organizing today's luncheon. and leaders, laurie russo once again donald of d.c. media strategies. as well as lindsay underwood. susan delbert. executive director, bill. our thanks to our head table and the team that put today's lunch together. [applause] >> the u.s. army faces myriad challenges here and abroad. in addition to ongoing operations in iraq and afghanistan, maintaining security and stability around the world, and keeping pace with adversaries, including russia and china, the army is confronting domestic issues including a high rate of suicide. a merger of military health facilities. under the defense health agency. and quality of life for our military families. president trump's budget request submitted to congress on february 10 left defense spending essentially fla

i'm ayman mohyeldin, alongside elise ya menendez in for i can't say -- yasmin this week. according to the post, there have been several lawsuits filed over the years, alleging that women were discriminated against at bloomberg's information company, including case brought by a federal agency, and one filed by a former employee who blamed bloomberg for a culture of degradation. alleging workplace discrimination. she alleged bloomberg told her to kill it when he learned she was pregnant. bloomberg has denied her allegation under oath and reached a confidential settlement with the saleswoman. allegations about bloomberg's comments and treatment of women have received notice over the years, a review by the post of thousands of pages of court documents, depositions and interviews with witnesses underscores how bloomberg and his company fought the claims. >> a number of cases have been settled, dismissed in bloomberg's favor or closed because of a failure to meet filing deadlines. according to the post, they do not involve accusations of inappropriate sexual contact. it has abo

engaging with my government on the ways in which we can ensure that the parties a serious about peace ok yasmine circa will have to leave it there are a great to get your thoughts thank you so much indeed for joining us. with the u.n. commission on human rights for south sudan thank you well in neighboring sudan the army has closed off several roads in the capital khartoum to stop protesters from getting close to its headquarters demonstrators are wrangling over the military's decisions it's a smith a number of soldiers those sacks include officers who protected civilians during a cracked and last year and several people were killed they've been placed on an early retirement scheme. lots more still to come on this news on including the city's prime minister is set to be charged with the murder of his 2nd wife plus. i'm simona fulton in iraq's southern city of nasiriya or demonstrators have refused to give in despite growing pressure from other parties join us here on al-jazeera to learn why the city has played a key role in our presidents past and present. and a former top official is charged wi