| By Dan Donahue, NBC Nightly News | |
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| Good Wednesday afternoon. Here's what's in our Nightly Rundown tonight. | |
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Trump to hold news conference on U.S. coronavirus response | |
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- Attacking news coverage: Trump blamed the media for making the coronavirus emergency “look as bad as possible” and for “panicking the markets.” The Dow fell again today, plummeting more than 2,000 points over the last three days.
- CDC’s dire warning: “USA in great shape!” Trump tweeted, after declaring on Tuesday that the coronavirus was “very well under control in our country.” Trump’s assurances, however, clash with the stark messages from public health officials. The CDC said on Tuesday that it’s just a matter of time before the U.S. is hit with an outbreak, and warned Americans should expect significant disruptions that could include school closings. Business were also advised to consider letting employees work from home.
- Response under fire: The Trump administration has requested $2.5 billion to battle the coronavirus — a response that Democrats have criticized as too little, too late. Trump tweeted that “no matter how well we do,” the Democrats will say “we’re doing very badly.” Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told CNBC today the $2.5 billion figure is a “start” and a “down payment,” but said there will “certainly be additional requirements.”
- New travel alerts: The U.S. raised travel advisories today for Italy, Iran and Mongolia. The State Department says Americans should exercise “increased caution” if traveling to Italy, the country with the largest outbreak in Europe. Americans should also exercise “increased caution” in Iran, which has been accused by the U.S. of covering up the severity of the outbreak. Mongolia has not reported any cases, but Americans should “reconsider travel” there because the epicenter of the outbreak is in neighboring China.
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| CDC warns Americans of coronavirus outbreak |
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2020 Democratic candidates court black vote after South Carolina slugfest | |
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| Most of the Democratic presidential candidates appeared today at a breakfast hosted by Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, hours after they piled on frontrunner Bernie Sanders in last night’s contentious debate. | |
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| The candidates are making their appeals to black voters with just three days left until Saturday's primary in South Carolina, where African-Americans make up more than 60 percent of the Democratic electorate. | |
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| Sanders told the crowd at the breakfast, "I have been active in the civil rights movement for my entire adult life." The Vermont senator also evoked the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and spoke about the time he was arrested during a protest against housing segregation when he was a college student in the 1960s. | |
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| South Carolina is a must-win for Joe Biden, who has seen his lead diminished in the state by Sanders in recent polls. Biden, after speaking at the breakfast, got a boost with a key endorsement from South Carolina's Jim Clyburn, the highest-ranking African-American lawmaker in Congress. | |
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| "I can think of no one with the integrity, no one more committed to the fundamental principles that make this country what it is than my good friend," Clyburn said. | |
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| Biden also took new aim at Sanders in an interview with Craig Melvin, saying Sanders won't be able to deliver the kind of enthusiasm that Barack Obama once did among younger voters. "He's not going to come anywhere near generating the kind of participation of young folks that Barack did in 2008," Biden said. "There's no evidence of that yet." | |
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| Of the seven Democratic candidates who were on stage in last night's debate, only Michael Bloomberg did not attend the breakfast. Bloomberg is not on the ballot in South Carolina, and has instead focused on next week's Super Tuesday, when 14 states will hold primaries. | |
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| Kristen Welker is on the campaign trail in Charleston tonight. | |
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| Watch highlights of the South Carolina Democratic debate in 5 minutes |
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Grandfather to change plea to guilty in toddler's cruise ship death | |
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| The grandfather charged in the death of his 18-month-old granddaughter on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship in Puerto Rico said he plans to change his plea to guilty in a move his lawyer says is designed to avoid jail time. | |
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| "I took a plea deal today to try to help end part of this nightmare for my family, if possible," Salvatore Anello said in a statement. | |
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| Anello had initially pleaded not guilty to a charge of negligent homicide, after his granddaughter Chloe Wiegand fell from his arms to her death through an open window on the cruise ship in July. Anello has said that he believed the window was enclosed with glass, and didn't realize it was open. | |
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| "I wasn't drinking and I wasn't dangling her out of a window. I just wanted to knock on the glass with her as we did together so many times before," Anello said in the statement. "I was just so horribly wrong about our surroundings." | |
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| The family is suing Royal Caribbean for wrongful death. The company placed the blame on Anello, and has not commented on his plea change. | |
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| Kerry Sanders has been following this story and will have much more on this surprise turn tonight. | |
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NHL star speaks out after heart scare on the ice | |
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| A veteran NHL player spoke out publicly today for the first time since he collapsed on the ice during a game earlier this month. | |
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| "It was a scary thing, but it's been going pretty good lately. And we'll continue to evaluate things as it goes," said Jay Bouwmeester, defenseman for the St. Louis Blues. "I'm at the point now where I feel pretty good." | |
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| Blues General Manager Doug Armstrong said during the news conference that Bouwmeester will not play for the rest of the season. | |
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| Bouwmeester suffered a cardiac episode during a game against the Anaheim Ducks on Feb. 11. He underwent a successful procedure to have an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator placed in his chest. The device monitors his heart and can deliver shocks to correct abnormal heart rhythms. | |
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| Kevin Tibbles will have more on Bouwmeester's recovery tonight. | |
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| Watch us this evening at 6:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. CT on NBC, or check your local NBC station listing. After the broadcast, access Nightly News video on NBCNightlyNews.com or the NBC News app. | |
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