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Tuesday, February 25, 2020: Debate Night in South Carolina

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President trump brushes off the public health and economic threat posed by the coronavirus and gets angry at democrats who say he's asleep at the wheel.

Plus, a high stakes debate night for the 2020 Democrats. It's the final showdown before South Carolina and Super Tuesday.

Front-runner Bernie Sanders will be the main target, but other candidates have a ton riding on their performance tonight.

And the other billionaire's big moment. Michael Bloomberg isn't on the ballot until next week. But Tom Steyer has spent heavily in South Carolina and is third in the polls. What impact will Steyer have in the Palmetto State?

Today's panel: Lisa Lerer with the New York Times, Toluse Olorunnipa with the Washington Post, Heather Caygle with POLITICO, and TIME's Molly Ball.

Also on the show today: CNN's Jeff Zeleny, Abby Phillip, Phil Mattingly, and Sanjay Gupta

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