WILL SEEK TO EXPLOIT AS WE HEAD INTO SUPER TUESDAY.

INTO SUPER TUESDAY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOSH.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOSH. >>> ALL RIGHT.

>>> ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE DISTRESSING NEWS TO

WE HAVE DISTRESSING NEWS TO SHARE.

SHARE. IT IS BREAKING NEWS REGARDING

IT IS BREAKING NEWS REGARDING THE CORONAVIRUS.

THE CORONAVIRUS. WE’LL GO TO NBC CORRESPONDENT

WE’LL GO TO NBC CORRESPONDENT SCOTT COHN.

SCOTT COHN. HE’S NORTH OF ME IN SACRAMENTO.

HE’S NORTH OF ME IN SACRAMENTO. YOU HAVE THIS NEWS, WHAT IS IT?

YOU HAVE THIS NEWS, WHAT IS IT? >> Reporter: THE NEWS, ALEX, IS

>> Reporter: THE NEWS, ALEX, IS THAT IN WASHINGTON STATE, THEY

THAT IN WASHINGTON STATE, THEY ARE CONFIRMING NOW THE FIRST

ARE CONFIRMING NOW THE FIRST U.S. DEATH FROM COVID 19.

U.S. DEATH FROM COVID 19. WE DO NOT KNOW WHO THE PATIENT

WE DO NOT KNOW WHO THE PATIENT IS.

IS. THIS IS STILL RAPIDLY UNFOLDING.

THIS IS STILL RAPIDLY UNFOLDING. REMEMBER THERE WAS A CASE

REMEMBER THERE WAS A CASE REPORTED YESTERDAY OF A HIGH

REPORTED YESTERDAY OF A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WHO HAD NO TRAVEL

SCHOOL STUDENT WHO HAD NO TRAVEL LINKS TO THE DISEASE, AND THEN

LINKS TO THE DISEASE, AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO A 50-YEAR-OLD

THERE WAS ALSO A 50-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WHO HAD RETURNED FROM

WOMAN WHO HAD RETURNED FROM ASIA.

ASIA. WE DO NOT KNOW YET AGAIN WHO

WE DO NOT KNOW YET AGAIN WHO THIS IS.

THIS IS. BUT THE DISEASE NOW DEADLY IN

BUT THE DISEASE NOW DEADLY IN THE U.S.

THE U.S. THIS AS THE FDA TRIES TO LOOSEN

THIS AS THE FDA TRIES TO LOOSEN SOME OF THE RESTRICTIONS ON

SOME OF THE RESTRICTIONS ON TESTING, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE

TESTING, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES OUT HERE,

BIGGEST ISSUES OUT HERE, INCLUDING THE WOMAN WHO IS

INCLUDING THE WOMAN WHO IS HOSPITALIZED BEHIND ME AT THE UC

HOSPITALIZED BEHIND ME AT THE UC DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER IN

DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER IN SACRAMENTO, WHO WENT SEVERAL

SACRAMENTO, WHO WENT SEVERAL DAYS WITHOUT BEING TESTED.

DAYS WITHOUT BEING TESTED. THE FDA LOOSENING RESTRICTIONS

THE FDA LOOSENING RESTRICTIONS ALLOWING SOME INDEPENDENT LABS

ALLOWING SOME INDEPENDENT LABS TO DEVELOP TESTS AND IMPLEMENT

TO DEVELOP TESTS AND IMPLEMENT THEM WITHOUT FDA REVIEW.

THEM WITHOUT FDA REVIEW. ONLY A RELATIVE HANDFUL OF

ONLY A RELATIVE HANDFUL OF PEOPLE IN THE U.S. HAVE BEEN

PEOPLE IN THE U.S. HAVE BEEN TESTED THUS FAR.

TESTED THUS FAR. AS COMPARED TO THOUSANDS IN

AS COMPARED TO THOUSANDS IN OTHER COUNTRIES WHERE THIS

OTHER COUNTRIES WHERE THIS DISEASE HAS BROKEN OUT.

DISEASE HAS BROKEN OUT. AGAIN, THE LATEST NEWS, THIS

AGAIN, THE LATEST NEWS, THIS EPIDEMIC OR PANDEMIC IS NOW