The Daily Dive

The U.S. death toll has risen to 11 people after officials reported the first death in California that was connected to a cruise ship that traveled from the U.S. to Mexico. Los Angeles has also declared a health emergency after 6 new cases were confirmed there, one of which was a worker at LAX who screens incoming flights from China. Steve Gregory, reporter for KFI News in Los Angeles joins us for the latest and also why we might all have to be practicing social distancing.

Next, after Super Tuesday and the shocking performance of Joe Biden, we now have a two way race for the Democratic nomination. Biden and Bernie Sanders are now on the hunt for the most delegates. Bloomberg got out of the race and Elizabeth Warren is reassessing what to do after a dismal performance. Max Greenwood, politics reporter at The Hill, joins us for the top takeaways from Super Tuesday.

Finally, the Pentagon is sitting on a bunch of valuable airwaves, and we don’t know exactly why. As more companies are getting ready to set up 5G networks, they will require large swaths of airwaves that live in the “mid-band” set of frequencies. But the Pentagon owns much of these airwaves and doesn’t want to let go. Bryan Bender, senior national correspondent at Politico, joins us for more.

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What do you do if you suspect you might have coronavirus? First thing you should do, is call your doctor, rather than drive down there. You don’t want to spread the virus if you can help it. For today’s update, we’ll talk to Dr. Ray Casciari, pulmonary disease expert and former chief medical officer at St. Joseph Hospital about how the virus can and cannot spread and why cotton gloves could help.

Next, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear the third major challenge to the Affordable Care Act and the timing of it all will make it a major campaign issue for the election. The Trump administration supports doing away with the ACA and oral arguments before the court could weeks or even days ahead of Election Day 2020. Caitlin Owens, healthcare reporter at Axios, joins us for more.

Finally, it can be pretty scary when your teen starts driving. The good thing however, is that parents and insurers can both track your kids with new apps that allow parents to monitor acceleration and hard braking, even when you are calling or texting. Insurers sometimes offer discounts for using the monitoring apps. Julie Jargon, family and tech columnist at the Wall Street Journal, joins us for how to track the kids without being in the car.

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This NFL off-season has the potential to be one of the wildest ones yet. There are a lot of veteran quarterbacks who might be available in free agency and it could cause a scramble for those who play the most important position in the game. But the one player who everyone has their eyes on… is Tom Brady. If he leaves the Patriots, that scramble will be intense. For more on all the talk you’ll be hearing once free agency kicks off, we will speak to Andrew Beaton, sports reporter at the Wall Street Journal.

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The outbreak of COVID-19, the coronavirus, is dominating the headlines everyday as more cases pop up around the world. In order to keep you updated on what to know we are going to do regular updates on what’s important. In the United Stated we have at least 100 confirmed cases and 6 deaths. My producer Victor Wright joins me to discuss the latest and why you need to stop buying face masks.

Next, Super Tuesday is here and we’ll tell you the top story lines to watch. Bernie Sanders is leading in the delegate count, so will he be able to keep up that momentum? Joe Biden is coming off a huge win South Carolina and picked up some key endorsements from Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar, how well will he fare? And it’s also the first time Mike Bloomberg is on the ballot, how will all that ad spending work out for him? Rebecca Klar, reporter at The Hill, joins us for more.

Finally, Clearview AI, the facial recognition app that scraped photos from social media and the internet is also developing surveillance cameras. While Clearview has said that its service is for law enforcement only, the surveillance cams are being shopped around to other industries. Caroline Haskins, tech reporter at BuzzFeed News, joins us for more on this fast rising startup.

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A woman in Georgia is crying foul saying that police detectives lied to her in order to obtain her DNA. Police then used that DNA and the relatively new investigative genetic genealogy technique to match her son to a cold case murder. Asking innocent people to voluntarily provide their DNA is known as “target testing” and when this case goes to trial in June, it could be the first to explore how police conduct investigations using genetic genealogy. Jon Schuppe, reporter for NBC News Digital, joins us for how once again the use of genetic genealogy by police is being questioned.

Next, More cases of COVID-19 are popping up in the U.S. as authorities were also investigating a possible wider spread in Washington State after the first recorded death there. Vice President Mike Pence tried to put Americans at ease over the weekend, but did acknowledge we would see more cases. Joe Biden scored a huge win in South Carolina, giving him the momentum heading into Super Tuesday. Still, Bernie Sanders leads the delegate count for now. Ginger Gibson, political reporter for Reuters, joins us to break it all down.

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This is a compilation of some of the most compelling stories of the week.

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This is a compilation of some of the most compelling stories of the week.

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Netflix has another hit in its hands with the reality dating show Love is Blind. The premise is that people will connect emotionally with each other by sitting in secluded pods and talking with one another without ever seeing each other. They fall in love on a deeper level and get engaged within a matter of days. The rest of the show is a test if their love can last in the real world, leading to their wedding a month later. Conversation about the show has taken off on social media with many thinking it’s a train wreck, but only wanting more. For more on why this crazy experiment has taken off, we will talk to Amelia Harnish, contributor to the WSJ.

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It is being called the Noah’s Ark of citrus, The Givaudan Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside in California and it has over 1,000 different citrus specimens. But one thing that could destroy it all, is the bacterial infection known as citrus greening which kills trees and produces inedible fruit. Citrus greening has caused over $2 billion in losses in Florida and worries are that it could also ruin things in California. The infection is transmitted by small insects, so the only way to keep them out is to put nets and screens around the trees. Gustavo Arellano, reporter at the LA Times, joins us for the effort to save citrus from greening.

Next, we have the first possible instance of community exposure of COVID-19 in northern California. A woman has been infected and she did not travel to the heart of the outbreak in China, or have contact with anyone that had the virus. It is concerning because it could be a sign that it is spreading in the community and it is tough to track who might have had contact with this woman. President Trump has set up a COVID-19 task force led by Mike Pence to handle the federal response but it continues to seem that coronavirus will continue its spread. Erin Allday, health writer at the San Francisco Chronicle, joins us for what to know about the latest case.

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The Hot Pocket heiress Michelle Janavs was sentenced earlier this week to five months in prison for her role in the college admissions cheating scandal. She spent $300,000 to help her two daughters cheat on exams and secure admission for one of them to USC. While parents are pleading guilty and not-guilty, what is happening to the students wrapped up in this scandal? None of them have been charged with crimes, but they also have faced consequences in other ways. Kate Taylor, reporter at the NY Times, joins us for more on how the students have been affected.

Next, Democrats have had their 10th debate so far and the last one before voting begins in South Carolina and on Super Tuesday and the debate was a mess. With candidates feeling a sense of urgency, they were talking over each other, there were attacks that were personal and also on policy, and the moderators quickly lost control. Bernie Sanders was facing the heat as the front-runner, but largely came out unscathed. Mike Bloomberg fared better in his second debate, but still has a lot of ground to make up. Maya King, 2020 Fellow at Politico, joins us for a breakdown of the latest Dem debate.

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