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LIVE.
>> GET IT STREAMING EVERYWHERE 
RIGHT TO YOU.
>>> TERROR FROM THE SKY.
DESTRUCTION AND DESPAIR ACROSS 
THE SOUTH.
MORE THAN TWO DOZEN DEAD AFTER A
POURFUL EIF 3.
THE CLEAN UP NOW BEGINNING WITH 
A NEW ROUND OF STORMS ON THE 
WAY.
AND THE RACE TO STOP THE SPREAD 
OF COVID-19.
THE DEATH TOLL RISING ON THE 
WEST COAST WHILE ANOTHER 
INFECTED WITH NO KNOWN SOURCE OF
EXPOSURE.
ALL THIS AS OFFICIALS RAMP UP 
TRAVEL SCREENINGS ON AIRLINE 
PASSENGERS.
THE PRESIDENT TELLING DRUGMAREKS
TO SPEED UP A VACCINE.
THISSING AS MILLIONS ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY IN 14 GO TO VOTE.
A SURGE IN MOMENTUM ON SUPER 
TUESDAY, JOE BIDEN AGAINST 
BERNIE SANDERS.
OUR REPORTERS FANNED OUT ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY.
AND OUR EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH
HILLARY CLINTON.
JOE BIDEN SAID FLAT OUT BERNIE 
SANDERS COULD NOT BEAT DONALD 
TRUMP.
DO YOU AGREE?
>> I DON'T THINK HE'D BE OUR 
STRONGEST NOMINEE, NO.
>> THE FORMER DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE
TALKS LIFE OFF THE TRAIL, GENDER
BIAS, AND HER ADVICE TO THE 
PEOPLE VYING FOR THE WHITE 
HOUSE.
>>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
I'M LINDSAY DAVIS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STREAMING 
WITH US.
WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THE DEADLY 
TORNADOES AND THE FIGHT TO STOP 
THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 IN A 
MOMENT.
>>> THE BIG STORY TONIGHT -- 
SUPER TUESDAY.
AND WE ARE GETTING OUR FIRST 
ELECTION RESULTS IN BASED ON 
ANALYSIS OF EXIT POLLS.
ABC NEWS PROJECTS THAT BERNIE 
SANDERS WILL WIN THE VERMONT 
PRIMARY.
ABC NEWS ALSO PROJECTS THAT JOE 
BIDEN WILL WIN THE VIRGINIA 
PRIMARY.
14 STATES AND ONE TERRITORY 
CASTING THEIR BOTTOM ON THE IN 
THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE.
TODAY MARKS THE SINGLE BIGGEST 
DELEGATE HAUL FROM THE ELECTION 
CYCLE FROM 1,344 DELEGATES UP 
FOR GRABS TONIGHT AFTER JOE 
BIDEN'S DOMINATING SOUTH 
CAROLINA WIN ON SATURDAY REVIVED
HIS CAMPAIGN.
THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT IS 
HOPING THOSE LAST-MINUTE 
SURPRISE ENDORSEMENTS BY HIS 
FORMER OPPONENTS WILL HELP 
RESHAPE THE RACE.
BERNIE SANDERS IS LOOKING TO 
INCREASE HIS LEAD TONIGHT.
HE'S ALREADY USING THOSE 
ENDORSEMENTS FROM BIDEN SAYING 
THE DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT IS 
LINING UP AGAINST HIM.
>>> AND A WILD CARD TONIGHT.
BILLIONAIRE MIKE BLOOMBERG IS 
FINALLY ON THE BALLOT.
HIS STRATEGY ALL ALONG WAS TO 
WAIT FOR THIS VERY DAY.
SKIPPING EARLY STATES AND 
RUNNING A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN.
SO WILL IT WORK?
ABC'S RACHEL SCOTT IS IN VERMONT
WITH THE CAMPAIGN COVERING IT 
ALL.
SHE STARTS US OFF.
WHAT'S THE REACTION FROM THE 
SANDERS CAMPAIGN?
>> Reporter: HEY, WELL, I CAN 
TELL YOU THAT THE CROWD IS 
ENTHUSIASTIC HERE.
THEY WERE JUST CHANTING "BERNIE,
BERNIE, BERNIE" AS THEY ARE 
LEARNING OF THE PROJECTIONS HERE
TONIGHT.
AND THIS HAS REALLY BECOME A 
FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
WE ARE SEEING THAT PLAY OUT.
SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS SEES THIS
AS A FIGHT AGAINST THE 
DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT.
AND THE SANDERS CAMPAIGN MAY 
HAVE BEEN CAUGHT OFFGUARD BY THE
SLEW OF ENDORSEMENTS THAT CAME 
OUT FROM FOR -- FOR FORMER VICE 
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN.
BUT BERNIE SANDERS HOLDING HIS 
OWN RALLY, TALKING TO 
SUPPORTERS.
HE HAD A VERY DIFFERENT MESSAGE 
FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT.
HE SAID NOT ONLY IS HE WRONG ON 
THE ISSUES, HE SAID HE WAS ALSO 
WRONG ON THE BUSINESS OF THE 
COUNTRY -- VISION OF THE 
COUNTRY.
TONIGHT WILL BE A TEST, WHO HAS 
THE MOMENTUM IN THIS RACE.
SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS HAS 
INVESTED HEAVILY, AND THE THREE 
STATES THAT HAVE THE MOST 
DELEGATES UP FOR GRABS TONIGHT, 
THAT IS CALIFORNIA, THAT IS 
TEXAS, THAT IS NORTH CAROLINA, 
AND CALIFORNIA, HE SAID SPENT 
MORE THAN $7 MILLION ON ADS.
COMPARED TO JOE BIDEN, ONLY 
SPENT ABOUT $300,000.
AND OF COURSE, WE ARE HERE ON 
HIS HOME TURF.
JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM WHERE HE
WON THAT CONTEST FOR MAYOR IN 
BURLINGTON, VERMONT, IN 1981.
HE WON BY JUST TEN VOTES.
TODAY I SUPPOSE HE'S GOING TO BE
HOPING FOR A MUCH LARGER WIN 
TONIGHT.
>> RACHEL SCOTT LIVE IN VERMONT.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
STICK AROUND.
>>> I WANT TO BRING IN MATT 
DOWD, OUR POLITICAL GURU.
NO SURPRISE WITH SANDERS WINNING
VERMONT.
HOW ABOUT BIDEN WITH VIRGINIA?
>> NO SURPRISE WITH SANDERS IN 
VERMONT, BUT THE QUESTION, 
THOUGH, AND WE'LL SEE AS THE 
EVENING GOES ON, DID ANYBODY 
ELSE MAKE THE THRESHOLD AND GET 
DELEGATES THERE.
I THINK ELIZABETH WARREN WANTED 
TO.
I THINK JOE BIDEN, THERE'S A 
POSSIBILITY HE DID.
VIRGINIA'S ONLY SURPRISING IN 
THAT IT WAS CALLED THERE QUICK 
WHICH MEANS JOE BIDEN'S MARGIN 
IS BIGGER THAN PEOPLE EXPECTED.
TEN DAYS AGO, VIRGINIA WAS TIED.
SO THE IDEA THAT WE CALLED IT 
THE VIRGINIA TONIGHT IS PROBABLY
A HUGE EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE 
MOMENTUM THAT MANY PEOPLE FOUGHT
BIDEN HAD COMING INTO VIRGINIA.
>> DID YOU HAVE ANY OF THE EXIT 
POLL INFORMATION ON VIRGINIA?
>> THE ONLY EXIT POLLS WE HAVE 
IS THERE WAS A LARGE NUMBER OF 
PEOPLE THAT BROKE LATE THAT 
DECIDED IN THE LAST THREE DAYS, 
AND OVERWHELMINGLY THEY BROKE 
FOR JOE BIDEN.
SO HIS SOUTH CAROLINA VICTORY 
AND THEN EVERYTHING THAT 
HAPPENED SINCE THEN, BUTTIGIEG 
ENDORSEMENT, THE AMY KLOBUCHAR 
ENDORSEMENT, THE BETO 
ENDORSEMENT, THE PARTY LINING UP
BEHIND HIM, IT SEEMS AS WE GO 
THROUGH THE STATES LOOKING AT 
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO DECIDED
IN THE LAST THREE DAYS IS GOING 
TO BE TELLING WHAT'S GOING TO 
HAPPEN.
>> WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE MONEY 
FACTOR BEFORE.
I MEAN, JUST IN THE LAST MONTH, 
IF YOU DO A COMPARISON BETWEEN 
BERNIE SANDERS, JOE BIDEN, 
BERNIE SANDERS JUST IN FEBRUARY 
ALONE RAISED $46 MILLION.
JOE BIDEN RAISED $17 MILLION.
THE BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE AD 
SPEND THAT WE HEARD FROM RACHEL 
SCOTT.
IS IT ABOUT MONEY?
>> I THINK WE'RE GOING TO LEARN 
-- ONE THING WE LEARNED IN SOUTH
CAROLINA IS THE PERSON WHO SPENT
THE MOST BY FAR, TOM STEYER, 
DIDN'T MAKE THE THRESHOLD AND 
GET DELEGATES.
JOE BIDEN SPENT $2 MILLION IN 
THE SUPER TUESDAY STATES.
>> RIGHT.
>> MIKE BLOOMBERG SPENT $200 
MILLION.
BERNIE SANDERS SPENT $18 MILLION
IN THESE STATES.
I THINK WHAT WE'RE GOING TO 
LEARN IS MONEY MATTERS SOME, BUT
WHAT MATTERS MORE IS YOUR 
PERFORMANCE IN THE DEBATES.
THAT MEASURES MUCH MORE AND WHAT
MOMENTUM YOU HAVE COMING INTO A 
CONTEST.
WE HAVE A GUY THAT SPENT ALMOST 
-- ALMOST GOING TO END UP 
SPENDING A HALF A BILLION 
DOLLARS.
WE'LL SEE HOW DELEGATES HE GETS 
TONIGHT.
THE GUY THAT SPENDS THE LOWEST 
AMOUNT OF MONEY TODAY WAS JOE 
BIDEN.
>> AND LASTLY, WHAT YOU'RE 
LOOKING FOR TONIGHT IN 
PARTICULAR.
>> I THINK THE STATE THAT I'M 
MOST PARTICULARLY -- I LIVE 
THERE, BUT I THINK IT'S THE ONE 
THAT'S VERY KEY IS TEXAS.
I THINK AS WE GO FORWARD AS 
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO TEXAS.
I THINK THE BIGGER STORY OUTSIDE
OF THAT BERNIE AND BIDEN, WE 
THINK IT'S A TWO-PERSON RACE 
EMERGING, IS DOES MICHAEL 
BLOOMBERG, HAVING SPENT ALL THAT
MONEY, DOES HE ACCUMULATE ENOUGH
DELEGATES THAT IT'S REASONABLE 
THAT HE COULD GO FORWARD.
I THINK THAT'S THE STORY.
THE GUY SPENT THIS MUCH MONEY, 
AND CAN HE MEET THE THRESHOLD 
AND GET ENOUGH DELEGATES THAT IT
MAKES SENSE.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
WE'LL BE WITH YOU ALL NIGHT LONG
UNTIL 2:00 A.M.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
>>> NOW CERTAINLY ONE THING ON 
MANY VOTERS' MINDS TODAY WAS THE
SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
MANY ARE WORKERS AT POLLING 
PLACES HAD EXTRA SANITIZER ON 
HAND TO KEEP ALL THE SHARED 
VOTING EQUIPMENT CLEAN.
THE NUMBER OF CASES RISING AND 
POPPING UP IN NEW STATES TODAY.
THE HARDEST HIT PLACE IN THE 
U.S., WASHINGTON STATE WHERE THE
DEATH TOLL CLIMBED TO NBC 5 
EARLIER TODAY -- CLIMBED TO NINE
EARLIER TODAY WITH OFFICIALS 
CONCERNED ABOUT THE LEVEL OF 
COMMUNITY SPREAD INFECTIONS 
BEYOND THE NURSING HOME WHERE 
MOST OF THE PATIENTS CONTRACTED 
THE VIRUS.
HERE IN NEW YORK WE'VE SEEN SOME
OF THE FIRST SCHOOL CLOSURES 
AFTER A FATHER OF TWO WHO 
TRAVELED RECENTLY WAS 
HOSPITALIZED AND IS NOW IN 
SERIOUS CONDITION.
THE FDA IS PLEDGING AT LEAST ONE
MILLION VIRUS TESTS TO BE 
CONDUCTEDMENT BUT WILL IT BE 
ENOUGH?
WHIT JOHNSON WITH THE LATEST 
DEVELOPMENTS.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT NEW YORK 
CITY DISINFECTING THOUSANDS OF 
TRAINS, BUSES, AND STATIONS.
THE MASSIVE CLEANING EFFORT 
FOLLOWING THE STATE'S FIRST 
SUSPECTED CASE OF COMMUNITY 
SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.
A MAN IN HIS 50s FROM WEST 
CHESTER COUNTY NOW HOSPITALIZED 
IN SERIOUS CONDITION.
>> WE'RE VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE 
OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE PREVIOUS 
RESPIRATORY CONDITION WHICH 
CREATES MORE DANGER.
>> Reporter: HE COMMUTED BY 
TRAIN TO GRAND CENTRAL STATION 
SAYING HE RECENTLY TRAVELED TO 
ISRAEL AND MIAMI.
HIS FAMILY UNDER QUARANTINE.
AND TWO SCHOOLS CLOSED CONNECTED
TO HIS SON.
IT'S NEW YORK'S SECOND CASE OF 
COVID-19 AFTER A HEALTH CARE 
WORKER TESTED POSITIVE FOLLOWING
A TRIP TO IRAN.
THE NUMBERS GROWING.
MORE THAN 110 CASES ACROSS THE 
U.S.
AT LEAST 15 STATES AFFECTED.
IN WASHINGTON STATE, THE DEATH 
TOLL JUMPING TO NINE WHERE THE 
ELDERLY HAVE BEEN HIT HARDEST AT
THIS NURSING CENTER.
OUR KAYLEE HARTUNG IS THERE.
>> Reporter: FOR A SECOND NIGHT 
IN A ROW WE'VE SEEN EMERGENCY 
VEHICLES SPEED IN.
AND NOW ANOTHER PERSON IS TAKEN 
TO THE HOSPITAL.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT WORD OF 
SEVEN MORE CASES IN THE STATE 
INCLUDING TWO MEN IN THEIR 20s.
THAT VIRUS ON THE MOVE.
A NEW CASE IN NORTH CAROLINA 
TRACED BACK TO THAT NURSING HOME
IN WASHINGTON.
TODAY MORE THAN 120 EVACUEES 
FROM THE "DIAMOND PRINCESS" 
CRUISE SHIP RELEASED FROM 
QUARANTINE AT LACHLAND AIR FORCE
BASE AND MADE IT TO THE AIRPORT.
>> WHERE YOU HEADED TO?
>> Reporter: ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE
BEEN SYMPTOM FREE FOR A FULL 14 
DAYS AFTER LOCAL OFFICIALS 
BLASTED THE CDC FOR RELEASING A 
WOMAN WHO LATER TESTED POSITIVE 
FOR COVID-19.
TONIGHT HUNDREDS OF AMERICAN 
COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE MAKING 
THEIR WAY HOME FROM STUDY ABROAD
PROGRAMS AFTER LAST NIGHT'S 
ANNOUNCEMENT.
>> THERE WILL BE 100% SCREENING,
ALL DIRECT FLIGHTS AT ALL 
AIRPORTS ACROSS ITALY AND ACROSS
SOUTH KOREA.
>> Reporter: CHLOE FRONING ON 
HER WAY HOME FROM ITALY HAD TO 
CONNECT THROUGH AMSTERDAM.
SHE TELLS US SHE WASN'T SCREENED
AT ALL.
>> AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE NOT 
EXPERIENCED ANY SORT OF EXTRA 
BASED ON ANYTHING REGARDING THE 
CORONAVIRUS.
>> Reporter: NOT EVEN A 
TEMPERATURE CHECK BEFORE 
BOARDING HER FLIGHT TO ATLANTA.
>> THE GUY ASKED ME IF I HAD 
BEEN TO IRAN OR CHINA IN THE 
LAST TWO WEEKS.
INTERESTINGLY NOT ITALY.
>> WHIT JOHNSON JOINS US FROM 
OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL IN NEW YORK
WHERE THAT PATIENT IS BEING 
TREATED.
WHIT, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE 
QUARANTINE EFFORTS RELATED TO 
HIS CASE?
>> Reporter: HEALTH OFFICIALS 
ARE TELLING ANYONE WHO CAME INTO
CONTACT RECENTLY WITH THIS 
PATIENT TO SELF-QUARANTINE.
THAT INCLUDES MEMBERS OF HIS 
CONGREGATION AT HIS SYNAGOGUE 
THROUGH AT LEAST THE END OF THE 
WEEK.
THEY'RE TOLD TO QUARANTINE 
VOLUNTARILY AT FIRST.
IF THEY DON'T COMPLY, THEY WILL 
BE MANDATED TO DO SO BY THE 
COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
>> AND WHIT, WE HEARD VICE 
PRESIDENT PENCE ANNOUNCE TRAVEL 
SCREENINGS.
WHAT'S THE LATEST ON THE 
TRANSPORTATION FRONT?
>> Reporter: WELL, WE KNOW THE 
SCREENINGS ARE ALREADY IN PLACE.
BUT AS YOU HEARD FROM THAT YOUNG
WOMAN COMING BACK FROM ITALY, 
THERE ARE STILL SOME GAPS 
ESPECIALLY WHEN PEOPLE HAVE 
CONNECTED FLIGHTS COMING BACK TO
THE UNITED STATES.
THAT SAID, VICE PRESIDENT MIKE 
PENCE IS MEETING WITH THE CEOs 
OF THE MAJOR U.S. AIR FORCE TO 
TRY TO -- AIRPORTS TO TRY TO 
COORDINATE A RESPONSE.
WE'VE SEEN THE GLOBAL IMPACT ON 
AIR TRAVEL DOWN 4.3% IN THE 
MONTH OF FEBRUARY OVER THIS TIME
LAST YEAR.
IT'S HAVING A HUGE IMPACT.
AND NOW THOSE AIRLINES ARE 
OFFERING WAIVERS FOR ANYONE 
WHO'S TRYING TO CHANGE OR CANCEL
THEIR FLIGHTS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WHIT JOHNSON, OUR THANKS TO YOU.
>>> A HORRIFIC NIGHT IN PARTS OF
THE SOUTH.
SEVERAL TORNADOES RIPPING 
THROUGH THE NIGHT.
YOU CAN SEE ONE HERE RIGHT 
THERE.
MANY OF THOSE DEADLY STORMS 
STRIKING AT THE WORST TIME, 
WHILE PEOPLE WERE ASLEEP.
THE AFTERMATH DISASTROUS.
AT LEAST 25 PEOPLE DEAD.
THE GOVERNOR DECLARING A STATE 
OF EMERGENCY.
A JUDGE IN TENNESSEE RULING 
POLLS MUST STAY OPEN LONGER 
BECAUSE OF THIS TRAGEDY.
WE HAVE MORE FROM THE GROUND ON 
THE LATEST.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT THE DEATH 
TOLL IS RISING AFTER POWERFUL 
TORNADOES REAPED DESTRUCTION IN 
AND AROUND NASHVILLE.
SIRENS SOUNDING IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE NIGHT, POWER FLASHES 
ILLUMINAING THE DARK SKY.
>> IF YOU HAVE FRIENDS, PLEASE, 
FAMILY MEMBERS, CALL THEM.
WAKE THEM UP.
>> WE HEARD THE SIRENS GO OFF.
WE HEAR THE WIND.
WE WENT IN THE BASEMENT.
20 SECONDS LATER, IT WAS DONE.
>> Reporter: TRACTOR-TRAILERS 
FLIPPED ON THEIR SIDES.
A FIRE CHIEF RESCUING THIS 
7-YEAR-OLD BOY FROM OUTSIDE HIS 
HOME.
HE WAS TRAPPED BY LIVE WIRES.
MORE THAN 150 HURT.
>> OUR HEART BREAKS FOR THOSE 
WHO -- WHOSE LIVES WERE CHANGED 
IN AN INSTANT LAST NIGHT.
>> Reporter: DOZENS OF HOMES AND
BUSINESSES FLATTENED, GEYSERS OF
WATER FROM BROKEN PIPES, CARS 
TOSSED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER, 
HANGARS AND AIRPLANES SPLINTERED
AT THE JOHN THUNE AIRPORT.
>> THE ESTIMATES FROM THE 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
INDICATE THIS DAMAGE IS FROM AN 
EF3 TORNADO WITH WINDS UP TO 165
MILES PER HOUR.
THIS IS ALL THAT'S LEFT OF THIS 
CHURCH.
AMID THE WRECKAGE, INCREDIBLE 
TALES OF SURVIVAL --
>> WE PULLED THE DOOR SHUT --
>> Reporter: KATE ROSS AND HER 
FAMILY SHELTERING IN THIS 
CLOSETS TELLING ME WHEN THE 
STORM PASSED --
>> THE WINDOWS HAD BEEN BLOWN 
OUT.
THE DOORS HAD BEEN BLOWN OPEN, 
AND OUR NEIGHBOR HAD BEEN 
EJECTED FROM HIS BACK HOUSE 
APARTMENT INTO OUR YARD.
AND HE WAS IN HERE TRYING TO 
LOOK FOR LIKE --
>> Reporter: HE SURVIVED?
>> HE'S DOING GREAT.
>> Reporter: SOME POLLING PLACES
CLOSED IN THE HARDEST HIT AREAS 
AND DELAYS FOR OTHERS.
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF HOMES AND 
BUSINESSES WITHOUT POWER.
>> AND VICTOR, A DEVASTATING 
SCENE BEHIND YOU.
IT'S ONE THING I'M SURE TO SEE 
VIDEO OF THE DESTRUCTION.
I IMAGINE IT'S A TOTALLY 
DIFFERENT STORY ALTOGETHER BEING
ON THE GROUND AS A WITNESS TO 
IT.
>> Reporter: HERE THE 
DESTRUCTION STRETCHES FOR 
BLOCKS.
CLEARLY THIS NEIGHBORHOOD TOOK 
THE BRUNT OF ONE OF THOSE 
TORNADOES.
THE GOVERNOR JUST ANNOUNCED 
THERE'S AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF 
PEOPLE WHO ARE UNACCOUNTED FOR.
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN HERE IN EAST 
NASHVILLE IS AN UNBELIEVABLE 
AMOUNT OF SUPPORT FOR THE PEOPLE
IN THIS HARD-HIT AREA.
WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER 
THE REGION COME IN AND RALLY.
AND WE JUST FOUND OUT THAT A 
WEBSITE CALLED HANDSONNASHVILLE 
HAS CRASHED THREE TIMES TODAY.
TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP 
TO VOLUNTEER.
>> ALL RIGHT.
VICTOR, OUR THANKS TO YOU FOR 
THAT.
>>> AND LET'S TURN NOW TO ROB 
MARCIANO, TRACKING THE POTENTIAL
STORM THREAT FOR TONIGHT AND THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
ROB?
>> HI, GOOD EVENING.
JUST A HORRIBLE ROUND OF EVENTS 
EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS PARTS 
OF TENNESSEE AND THE MID SOUTH.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE WEATHER 
PATTERN IS RESETTING FOR MORE 
ROUNDS OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER 
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
WE STILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS 
FRONT THAT BROUGHT THE CONCERNS 
THROUGH TENNESSEE.
THAT FRONT'S STILL SLICING 
THROUGH GEORGIA, THE CAROLINAS, 
UP HERE TO THE NORTHEAST WHERE 
WE'LL LIKELY SEE A LINE OF 
STORMS THAT MOVE THROUGH D.C., 
PHILLY, AND THE NEW YORK AREA 
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.
ALL THE WHILE, A STRONG WAVE 
MOVES INTO CENTRAL TEXAS.
OVERNIGHT ST. ANGELO, SAN 
ANTONIO, AUSTIN, MIGHT SEE 
DAMAGING STORMS DEVELOP IN THE 
EARLY MORNING THROUGH HOUSTON, 
DOWN I-10 TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
NEW ORLEANS, BILOXI, MOBIL, 
PENSACOLA.
DAMAGING WINDS.
COUPLE OF TORNADOES POSSIBLE AND
THEY'LL BE SEEING FLOODING WITH 
THIS, AS WELL.
THAT PUSHES INTO NORTH FLORIDA 
AND SOUTH GEORGIA DURING THE DAY
ON THURSDAY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT IS CERTAINLY A BUSY NIGHT 
HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE.
SO MUCH TO GET TO.
>>> THE RUSH HOUR CRASH.
A SMALL PLANE CRASHES ON TO A 
BUSY ILLINOIS HIGHWAY WITH 
DEADLY CONSEQUENCES.
>>> AND IT'S AN ISSUE THAT POPS 
UP EVERY MASS SHOOTING.
WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT GUNS.
IN VIRGINIA ONE OF THE SUPER 
TUESDAY STATES, THAT FIGHT 
PROVED CONTENTIOUS.
SEVERAL TOWNS AND SHERIFFS 
REFUSING TO ENDORSE TOUGH GUN 
LAWS.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
>>> WELCOME BACK.
WANT TO REMIND YOU AGAIN, ABC 
NEWS HAS PROJECTED BASED ON EXIT
POLL ANALYSIS THAT JOE BIDEN HAS
WON THE VIRGINIA PRIMARY, AND 
SENATOR SANDERS HAS WON THE 
VERMONT PRIMARY.
EVA PILGRIM NOW WITH THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN.
THIS RACE COMPLETELY TRAPS 
FORMED IN JUST THE LAST -- 
TRANSFORMED IN JUST THE LAST 72 
HOURS.
HOW IS THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN FEEL 
BEING THEIR CHANCES, AND WHAT 
STATES ARE THEY WATCHING MOST 
CLOSELY TONIGHT?
>> Reporter: WELL, I THINK THE 
BIDEN CAMPAIGN FEELS QUITE GOOD 
ABOUT THEIR CHANCES TONIGHT.
THEY'RE VERY OPTIMISTIC.
THEY FEEL THIS HUGE MOMENTUM 
COMING OUT OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
DO WELL IN THOSE SOUTHERN 
STATES.
THEY NEED THOSE SOUTHERN STATES 
TO -- TO GO FOR BIDEN TONIGHT.
THEY'RE ALSO WATCHING TEXAS AND 
CALIFORNIA.
THOSE TWO STATES HAVE THE MOST 
NUMBER OF DELEGATES ON THE LINE.
THEY ARE HOPEFUL THAT THEY CAN 
DO WELL IN TEXAS.
AND THEY ARE HOPEFUL THAT THEY 
CAN KEEP BERNIE SANDERS FROM 
RUNNING AWAY WITH THIS HERE IN 
CALIFORNIA.
IF THEY CAN DO THOSE THINGS, 
THEY THINK THEY WILL BE WELL 
POSITIONED GOING INTO NEXT WEEK 
WHICH IS WHERE HE WILL BE FACING
STATES THAT HE THINKS PLAY MUCH 
MORE TO HIS STRENGTHS.
>> OF COURSE WE SAW THE BIG 
ENDORSEMENTS LAST NIGHT.
IS THERE ANY CONCERN THAT 
BIDEN'S MOMENTUM MAY BE COMING 
TOO LATE GIVEN HOW MUCH TIME AND
RESOURCES SANDERS AND BLOOMBERG 
HAVE ALREADY PUT INTO SUPER 
TUESDAY?
>> Reporter: WELL, BIDEN HAS 
ACKNOWLEDGED HIMSELF THAT EARLY 
VOTING COULD BE AN ISSUE FOR HIS
CAMPAIGN.
I MEAN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT 
ESPECIALLY BIG STATES, A MILLION
PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY EARLY VOTED 
IN TEXAS GOING INTO THIS.
AND IN CALIFORNIA, PEOPLE WERE 
VOTING BEFORE THE IOWA CAUCUSES.
SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO TELL HOW 
IT WILL SHAKE OUT.
THEY ARE STAYING POSITIVE 
TONIGHT, STAYING FOCUSED, AND 
LOOKING AHEAD TO NEXT WEEK.
THEY HAVE TOLD US THAT NO MATTER
HOW THIS DAY GOES, THEY ARE 
STILL MOVING FORWARD TO NEXT 
WEEK.
>> ALL RIGHT.
EVA PILGRIM WITH THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN IN LOS ANGELES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>> SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS IS 
BACK IN HIS HOME STATE OF 
VERMONT TONIGHT WHERE HE CAST 
HIS OWN BALLOT EARLIER TODAY.
HE'S STILL IN THE DELEGATE LEAD 
AFTER THE FIRST FOUR CONTESTS.
BUT THAT NEW WAVE OF SUPPORT FOR
BIDEN HAS CERTAINLY TIGHTENED 
AGAIN.
MARTHA RADDATZ JOINS US LIVE 
WHERE THE POLLS JUST CLOSED.
SO SANDERS HAS BEEN AGGRESSIVELY
GAINING ACROSS SUPER TUESDAY 
STATES.
WHAT'S THE CAMPAIGN SAYING ABOUT
THIS LATE SURGE FOR BIDEN AND 
WHAT IT COULD MEAN TONIGHT?
>> Reporter: I THINK THEY WERE 
CAUGHT OFFGUARD WITH THE SPEED 
OF THE ENDORSEMENTS.
I THINK THEY EXPECTED THOSE 
ENDORSEMENTS EVENTUALLY, BUT 
RIGHT BEFORE SUPER TUESDAY THEY 
KNOW THAT GIVES JOE BIDEN 
MOMENTUM.
AND THEY'RE TRYING TO 
ACCOMMODATE PROGRESSIVES HERE.
THEY'RE TRYING TO TALK ABOUT THE
PROGRESSIVES WHO ARE JOINING 
THEIR CAMPAIGN AND BACKING 
BERNIE SANDERS.
BUT BERNIE SANDERS IS A REALIST.
HE KNOWS THAT JOE BIDEN IS A 
THREAT.
HIS EYES, OF COURSE, ARE ON 
CALIFORNIA TONIGHT.
AND HIS NUMBERS HAVE BEEN VERY, 
VERY STRONG THERE, ESPECIALLY 
WITH HISPANIC AND LATINO VOTERS 
IN TEXAS, AS WELL.
I THINK THAT'S A MUCH, MUCH 
TIGHTER RACE.
THEY FEEL GOOD ABOUT CALIFORNIA,
AND THAT'S THE BIG PRIZE 
TONIGHT.
A HUGE CHEER WENT UP HERE WHEN 
THE PROJECTION FOR VERMONT WAS 
ANNOUNCED.
BUT THAT WAS REALLY THE EASY 
ONE.
>> RIGHT.
THAT, OF COURSE, WAS TO BE 
EXPECTED, TO WIN THE HOME STATE.
CERTAINLY SOME INTERESTING 
RESULTS IN THE PRELIMINARY EXIT 
POLL ABOUT THE QUESTION OF 
SOCIALISM.
>> Reporter: YEAH.
THE EXIT POLLS, THIS IS 
FASCINATING BECAUSE OF COURSE 
OTHERS ARE SAYING HE'S A 
SOCIALIST, HE'S A DEMOCRATIC 
SOCIALIST, A SOCIALIST CAN'T 
WIN.
BUT LISTEN TO THESE NUMBERS -- 
SOCIALISTS' FAVORABILITY, IN 
MAINE, 62% FAVORABLE, 31 NOT 
FAVORABLE.
IN TENNESSEE, 47% FAVORABILITY 
ABOUT SOCIALISM, 47% 
UNFAVORABLE.
AND IN TEXAS, 57% FAVORABILITY 
ABOUT SOCIALISM, THEY DIDN'T 
MENTION BERNIE SANDERS IN 
PARTICULAR.
BUT THAT BODES VERY WELL FOR 
BERNIE SANDERS IF IN FACT THERE 
ARE OTHERS WHO THOUGHT HE CAN'T 
POSSIBLY WIN BECAUSE HE 
IDENTIFIES HIMSELF AS A 
SOCIALIST.
>> THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO 
SEE THOSE FIGURES, ESPECIALLY IN
TEXAS.
MARTHA RADDATZ FOR US LIVE FROM 
THE SANDERS CAMPAIGN IN VERMONT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING 
US, MARTHA.
>>> ELIZABETH WARREN IS ALSO 
BATTLING BERNIE SANDERS FOR THE 
PROGRESSIVE VOTE.
SHE'S HOPING FOR A WIN IN HER 
HOME STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS 
WHERE SHE CAST HER BALLOT 
EARLIER TODAY.
TONIGHT SHE'S IN MICHIGAN, AND 
THAT'S WHERE WE FIND OUR TERRY 
MORAN.
WHAT'S THE ELIZABETH WARREN 
CAMPAIGN SAYING ABOUT WHAT SHE 
NEEDS TO DO AND WHETHER SHE HAS 
A VIABLE PATH TO THE NOMINATION?
>> Reporter: THAT'S THE QUESTION
FOR ELIZABETH WARREN, ISN'T?
THIS COULD BE A LONG NIGHT 
BECAUSE IT LOOKS -- THEY KNOW 
IT.
A SHORT NIGHT.
SHE'S GOING TO BE HERE IN A 
MINUTE.
THE STRATEGY GOING FORWARD WE'RE
TOLD -- WE ARE TOLD THAT THE 
STRATEGY GOING FORWARD IS THAT 
TO PICK UP DELEGATES, TRY TO 
PICK UP DELEGATES WHERE SHE CAN,
LOOK FOR A BREAKOUT IN THE 
DEBATE, AND HOPE FOR A 
DEADLOCKED CONVENTION.
SHE'S GOT MONEY, SHE RAISED $49 
MILLION IN FEBRUARY ALONE.
AND JUST THIS WEEK, A BIG 
ENDORSEMENT ROLLED IN FROM THE 
PAC EMILY'S LIST.
BUT SHE HASN'T WON ANY.
SHE HASN'T GOTTEN HIGHER THAN 
THIRD ANYWHERE.
NEVERTHELESS --
[ CHEERS ]
WE'RE REMINDED ALL THE TIME, 
NEVERTHELESS, SHE'S PERSISTENT.
HERE SHE COMES.
>> WHAT A RAUCOUS CROWD BEHIND.
WE CAN SEE -- IS SHE GETTING ON 
THE STAGE RIGHT NOW?
>> Reporter: YES, INDEED.
SHE'S RIGHT UP THERE.
AND I THINK THAT IS TRUE.
SHE DOESN'T HAVE THE -- THE DEEP
PASSION AND COMMITMENT OF 
SANDERS SUPPORTERS, BUT THERE'S 
TREMENDOUS EMOTION, TREMENDOUS 
AFFECTION FOR THIS CANDIDATE 
AMONG THE PEOPLE THAT VOTE FOR 
HER.
THEY REALLY FEEL A CONNECTION.
SHE TELLS HER PERSONAL STORY 
OVER AND OVER ON THE CAMPAIGN 
TRAIL.
A SINGLE MOM, MOTHER OF TWO 
CHILDREN.
YOU KNOW, LOSING HER CHILD -- 
ALL HER STORY.
AND THEN MAKES THAT HER POLICY 
VISION TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE IN 
THE FUTURE.
SHE CONNECTS WITH PEOPLE, JUST 
NOT ENOUGH.
>> ALL RIGHT.
TERRY MORAN LIVE IN DETROIT.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO STAY 
WITH ELIZABETH WARREN ON THE 
STAGE THERE?
OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO STAY WITH 
ELIZABETH WARREN.
♪♪
A LITTLE DOLLY PARTON THAT 
THEY'RE PLAYING.
GETTING THE CROWD RILED UP AS IF
THEY NEED IT.
THIS IS ALREADY -- HERE WE GO.
ELIZABETH WARREN.
[ CHEERS ]
>> THIS IS FABULOUS --
[ CHEERS ]
MY NAME IS ELIZABETH WARREN, AND
I'M THE WOMAN WHO'S GOING TO 
BEAT DONALD TRUMP!
[ CHEERS ]
I AM ALSO GOING TO HELP TAKE 
BACK THE SENATE AND PUT MITCH 
McCONNELL OUT OF A JOB.
[ CHEERS ]
SO HERE WE ARE, MICHIGAN.
YOU'VE GOT EXACTLY ONE WEEK 
UNTIL YOU START VOTING.
AS YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW VOTING IS
GOING ON IN CALIFORNIA AND 
MASSACHUSETTS, PRETTY MUCH STILL
ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY.
I KNOW RESULTS WILL STILL KEEP 
COMING IN THROUGH THE NIGHT.
BUT WHAT I SEE HAPPENING IS A 
LOT OF FOLKS TRYING TO TURN 
VOTING INTO SOME COMPLICATED 
STRATEGY.
YOU KNOW, PUNDITS, FRIENDS, 
NEIGHBORS ARE ALL SAYING YOU 
HAVE TO SECOND-GUESS YOURSELF ON
THIS.
THEY'RE PLAYING GAMES ABOUT 
PREDICTION AND STRATEGY.
YOU KNOW, GUESS WHAT YOUR 
NEIGHBORS ARE UP TO HERE.
THE PREDICTION HAS BEEN A 
TERRIBLE BUSINESS.
AND THE PUNDITS HAVE GOTTEN IT 
WRONG OVER AND OVER.
SO HERE'S --
[ CHEERS ]
HERE'S MY ADVICE.
I'VE GOT SOME ADVICE THAT I WANT
TO START WITH TONIGHT.
SO HERE'S MY ADVICE.
CAST THE VOTE THAT WILL MAKE YOU
PROUD.
[ CHEERS ]
CAST THE VOTE FROM YOUR HEART.
[ CHEERS ]
AND VOTE FOR THE PERSON YOU 
THINK WILL MAKE THE BEST 
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 
OF AMERICA.
[ CHEERS ]
[ CHANTING ]
>> BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO THINK 
FOR A MINUTE ABOUT THIS 
DEMOCRACY.
YOU, YOU ARE THE ONES WHO GET TO
PICK THE PERSON WHO WILL BE THE 
NEXT PRESIDENT.
AND IT IS AN AWESOME THING.
YOU ARE GOING TO DO IT RIGHT 
HERE IN MICHIGAN NEXT WEEK.
PEOPLE ARE DOING IT IN 
CALIFORNIA RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE
A DEMOCRACY.
IN THIS RACE, I'M IN THIS RACE 
BECAUSE I BELIEVE I WILL MAKE 
THE BEST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
[ CHEERS ]
AND I WANT TO TELL YOU WHY.
I WAS NOT BORN A POLITICIAN, BUT
I WAS BORN A FIGHTER.
[ CHEERS ]
AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS -- I
WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS -- I GOT 
TO HAVE A LOUD VOICE HERE.
I COME BY THIS HONEST.
I THINK THAT MAYBE THE REASON 
I'VE TAUGHT ALL MY LIFE IS 
BECAUSE I LEARNED THIS FROM MY 
MOTHER.
I WANT TO TELL YOU A STORY ABOUT
ME.
I GREW UP IN OKLAHOMA.
[ CHEERS ]
OKAY, WE'LL GET A FEW OKIES 
HERE.
I GREW UP IN OKLAHOMA.
I AM THE BABY.
I HAVE THREE MUCH OLDER 
BROTHERS.
THEY ALL WENT OFF AND JOINED THE
MILITARY.
I AM WHAT USED TO BE CALLED A 
LATE-IN-LIFE BABY.
MY MOTHER ALWAYS JUST CALLED ME 
"THE SURPRISE."
YEP.
MY THREE BROTHERS ARE ALL 
RETIRED TO OKLAHOMA NOW.
TO THIS DAY THEY ARE REFERRED TO
AS "THE BOYS."
THAT'S TO DISTINGUISH THEM FROM 
"THE SURPRISE."
NOW WHEN I WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL,
ALL THREE OF THE BOYS WERE GONE 
BY THEN, AND IT WAS JUST MY MOM 
AND MY DADDY AND ME.
AND MY DADDY HAD A HEART ATTACK.
HE PULL --
>> YOU'VE BEEN LISTENING TO 
ELIZABETH WARREN TAKING THE 
STAGE IN DETROIT TELLING A CROWD
THERE I WAS NOT BORN A 
POLITICIAN, BUT I WAS BORN A 
FIGHTER.
WE STILL HAVE A LOT MORE TO GET 
TO AND A NEW PROJECTION WHEN WE 
RETURN.
>>> YOU PROBABLY HEARD OF 
SANCTUARY CITIES FOR 
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS.
HOW ABOUT SANCTUARIES FOR GUNS?
IT'S WHAT NEARLY EVERY COUNTY IN
VIRGINIA IS NOW DOING, VOWING TO
RESIST STATE LAWS THAT THEY 
CONSIDER UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
THIS COMES AS VIRGINIA DEMOCRATS
ARE SET TO ENACT SOME OF THE 
MOST STRINGENT GUN REGULATIONS 
IN A DECADE.
TONIGHT BOTH SIDES SAY THIS WILL
HAVE BIG IMPLICATIONS ON WHO 
WINS IN VIRGINIA THIS NOVEMBER.
OUR DEVIN DWYER REPORTS FROM 
BLACKSBURG.
>> Reporter: THE SLEEPY ROLLING 
HILLS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA ONCE
AGAIN AT THE CENTER OF AMERICA'S
AGE-OLD DEBATE OVER GUNS.
>> WE ARE ON THE AIR BECAUSE 
THERE HAS BEEN A SERIOUS 
SHOOTING INCIDENT ON THE 
VIRGINIA TECH CAMPUS.
>> Reporter: 13 YEARS AFTER A 
GUNMAN TERRORIZED THE CAMPUS OF 
VIRGINIA TECH KILLING 32 
STUDENTS AND FACULTY, THE HORROR
FROM THAT APRIL MORNING STILL 
FRESH.
>> LIKE EVERY FEW MINUTES THE 
BODY COUNT WOULD GO UP AND UP 
AND UP.
I SAT ON THE COUP, AND I CRIED 
AND CRIED, AND I JUST COULD NOT 
FATHOM.
>> Reporter: KATHERINE CABLE WAS
BORN AND RAISED IN BLACKSBURG, 
VIRGINIA.
HER FATHER WAS A PROFESSOR AT 
TECH IN 2007.
WHILE SHE DIDN'T LOSE ANY LOVED 
ONES THAT DAY, SHE SAYS THE 
MASSACRE WAS THE BREAKING POINT.
>> IN A DEEP WAY HOW INDEED CAN 
JUST VIOLENTLY WALK INTO YOUR 
LIFE AND JUST SHAKE IT UPSIDE 
DOWN AND JUST THE IMPACT OF IT, 
IT'S SO HUGE.
LIKE IT'S NOT JUST THE PEOPLE 
DIRECTLY AFFECTED, THE RIPPLE 
EFFECT IN THE COMMUNITY, AND THE
FEELING ABOUT IT -- IT JUST 
CHANGES THE WHOLE WAY YOU LOOK 
AT YOUR LIFE.
TO THINK THAT -- TO KNOW, TO GO 
FROM ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO 
THINKS IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE TO 
BEING ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO 
KNOWS IT DOES HAPPEN HERE.
AND BY GOD IT HAPPENS 
EVERYWHERE.
>> Reporter: AS A MOTHER OF TWO,
CABLE SPENT THE LAST DECADE 
PLEADING WITH LAWMAKERS TO DO 
SOMETHING ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE AND
WATCHED IN HORROR LAST YEAR WHEN
TRAGEDY STRUCK AGAIN IN VIRGINIA
BEACH.
>> SHOTS FIRED.
SHOTS FIRED SECOND FLOOR.
>> Reporter: WHERE A GUNMAN TOOK
12 LIVES IN A MUNICIPAL 
BUILDING.
THIS MONTH VIRGINIA'S 
DEMOCRAT-LED STATE GOVERNMENT IS
SET TO ANSWER THOSE DEMANDS, 
ENACTING THE TOUGHEST PACKAGE OF
NEW GUN LAWS IN A GENERATION, 
INCLUDING LIMITS ON HANDGUN 
PURCHASE, TIGHTER BACKGROUND 
CHECKS, AND NEW RED FLAG LAWS.
>> THIS IS THE FINAL SEA CHANGE 
OF EVERYTHING WE'VE WORKED FOR 
AND BEEN ADVOCATING FOR.
I WOULD ALMOST CALL IT A BLOOD 
PRICE.
LIKE WE PAID THE PRICE.
WE BURIED OUR DEAD.
YOU OWE US CHANGES SO WE CAN AT 
LEAST GO TO SLEEP AT NIGHT 
KNOWING IT'S LESS LIKELY AGAIN.
>> Reporter: THE STRINGENT NEW 
RESTRICTIONS ARE NOT SITTING 
WELL WITH MANY VIRGINIA GUN 
OWNERS.
>> THE PHRASE AWAKEN THE 
SLEEPING GIANT IS PROBABLY THE 
BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE THE SECOND 
AMENDMENT AND GROUP NOW.
>> Reporter: MITCHELL TYLER AND 
HIS FAMILY HAVE OWNED A GUN SHOP
IN ROANOKE FOR YEARS.
HE SAYS SALES ARE UP 
DRAMATICALLY SINCE DEMOCRATS 
BEGAN PUSHING FOR TIGHTER GUN 
LAWS.
>> GUN OWNERS ARE A THROAT 
POLITICIANS AT THE BALLOT BOX.
THAT IS WHERE WE ARE MOST 
DANGEROUS.
>> Reporter: THE SHOP HAS SIGNED
UP HUNDREDS OF CONCERNED 
CUSTOMERS FOR TOWN HALL MEETINGS
IN THE NEW RESTRICTIONS AND IS 
REGISTERING NEW VOTERS FOR 2020 
ON THE SPOT.
>> BECAUSE OF THIS GROUNDSWELL 
OF THE SANCTUARY CITIES AND 
COUNTIES, I THINK YOU'LL SEE 
VIRGINIA GO RED THIS YEAR IN THE
PRESIDENT AL ELECTION.
>> Reporter: IN JANUARY, MORE 
THAN 20,000 GUN OWNERS TURNED 
OUT IN PROTEST AT THE STATE 
CAPITOL IN RICHMOND.
>> THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE 
AWAY YOUR RIGHTS!
[ CHEERS ]
>> Reporter: AND NEARLY EVERY 
VIRGINIA COUNTY HAS VOTED TO 
DECLARE ITSELF A SECOND 
AMENDMENT SANCTUARY FOR GUNS IN 
OPPOSITION TO THE NEW LAWS.
SHERIFF HANK PARTON OF 
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, HOME TO 
VIRGINIA TECH, AND SHERIFF RICH 
AD VAUGHN OF GRAYSON COUNTY 
SUPPORT IT.
>> IT'S A STATEMENT FROM A 
JURISDICTION THAT PASSES SECOND 
AMENDMENT SANCTUARY STATUS THAT 
WE DO NOT LIKE THESE BILLS.
A LOT OF FOLKS FEEL LIKE THEIR 
DEFENSE MECHANISMS ARE BEING 
TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM.
>> WE DON'T HAVE A GUN ARE 
PROBLEM HERE IN SOUTHWEST 
VIRGINIA.
WE ALSO FEEL LIKE IT SOME OF 
THESE NEW GUN BILLS ARE GOING TO
BE INEFFECTIVE.
>> Reporter: THE SHERIFFS WON'T 
SAY WHETHER THEY'LL REFUSE TO 
ENFORCE THE NEW GUN LAWS, BUT 
MANY GUN OWNERS ARE HOPING 
THEY'LL DO JUST THAT.
>> THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE 
GOING TO SAY SANCTUARY AND I'LL 
SAY IF YOU PASS THIS, THEY WON'T
BE ABLE TO PROSECUTE US.
>> Reporter: THAT BELIEF 
CONCERNED CHRIS TUCK, A CRIMINAL
DEFENSE ATTORNEY AND FORMER 
REPUBLICAN CHAIRMAN OF THE 
MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF 
SUPERVISORS.
HE TOOK A STAND IN OPPOSITION TO
SANCTUARY STATUS.
>> WE DID NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY
TO SAY THEY WOULDN'T BE 
PROSECUTED.
GOING TO BE TRUTHFUL WITH 
PEOPLE.
UNFORTUNATELY IN THIS DAY AND 
TIME IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S 
ACCEPTABLE FOR POLITICIANS NOT 
TO BE TRUTHFUL.
>> Reporter: TUCK BROKERED A 
COMPROMISE.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY NARROWLY 
REJECTING THE SANCTUARY LABEL 
BUT FORMALLY EXPRESSING SUPPORT 
FOR GUN RIGHTS.
AT VIRGINIA TECH, WE FOUND 
STUDENTS RESPECTFUL OF EACH 
OTHER BUT DEEPLY DIVIDED.
>> I -- I STILL THINK THAT 
PEOPLE SHOULD BE AFFORDED THE 
RIGHT TO PROTECT -- PROTECT 
THEMSELVES.
>> Reporter: AN ROTC CADET AT 
TECH HEADS A GROUP PUSHING FOR 
CONCEALED CARRY RIGHTS ON 
CAMPUS.
>> IT'S LIKE A PART OF EVER 
DISTRICT ATTORNEY LIFE.
PEOPLE GROW UP WITH GUNS.
IF YOU HAVE SUCH A BIG PART OF 
YOUR LIFE TAKEN AWAY, THAT'S 
GOING TO HAVE SOME EFFECT AROUND
THE WORLD.
WHERE I'M FROM, NEARLY EVERYONE 
HAS A GUN.
SO LIKE THE IDEA TO JUST START 
TAKING THOSE AWAY IS KIND OF FAR
FETCHED TO ME.
>> NOT EVERY PERSON WHO IS 
TRYING TO ADVOCATE FOR GUN 
SAFETY IS SAYING, HEY, WE'RE 
GOING TO TAKE AWAY EVERY SINGLE 
GUN YOU HAVE.
>> Reporter: A SENIOR AT TECH 
GRADUATED FROM MARJORIE STONEMAN
DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL IN PARKLAND,
FLORIDA.
ONE YEAR BEFORE GUNMEN KILLED 17
OF HIS PEERS.
>> YOU CAN STILL BE A SUPPORTER 
OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT, AND I 
RESPECT PEOPLE WHO HAVE THOSE 
BELIEFS.
THERE'S MEASUREMENTS WE CAN TAKE
SUCH AS THE GUN SHOW LOOPHOLE 
AND UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS 
THAT CAN HELP MINIMIZE THE 
AMOUNT OF GUNS THAT ARE IN THE 
HANDS OF PEOPLE WHO SHOULDN'T 
HAVE THEM.
ONCE YOU FIND THAT MIDDLE 
GROUND, LIKE -- IT'S A LOT 
EASIER TO FIND THINGS THAT YOU 
AGREE ON OVER -- RATHER THAN THE
THINGS YOU DISAGREE ON.
>> Reporter: BUT BUILDING 
CONSENSUS ON GUNS HAS BEEN 
PAINSTAKING.
IN VIRGINIA, EVEN WITH DEMOCRATS
IN CONTROL, A LONG-SHOT BAN ON 
ASSAULT WEAPONS FAILED TO 
ADVANCE JUST LAST MONTH.
IS THERE A LESSON IN VIRGINIA?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT I WANT
TO BE THE NEXT VIRGINIA.
YOU SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO GUN 
CONTROL, BOOM, WE'RE GETTING GUN
CONTROL DONE.
YOU DO NOT BACK DOWN FROM YOUR 
PROMISES.
YOU MAKE SURE YOU KEEP FAITH 
WITH YOUR PEOPLE.
>> Reporter: THAT FORCEFUL 
POLITICAL MESSAGE FROM DEMOCRATS
IN 2020 DRAWING AN EQUALLY 
FORCEFUL RESPONSE TO PRO-GUN 
REPUBLICANS.
>> ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES.
IF THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO GET 
CONTROL AND THEY TRY TO DO 
SOMETHING ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL 
TO INCREASE THE GUN LEGISLATION,
IT'S GOING TO AFFECT ALL OF US.
THE GUN OWNERS THAT DIDN'T COME 
OUT AND VOTE LAST YEAR, THEY 
WILL BE REGISTERED.
>> YOU'RE NODDING.
YOU AGREE WITH THAT.
>> YES, SIR.
>> Reporter: YOU THINK THERE'S 
GOING TO BE A BIG WAVE?
>> I DO.
I DO BELIEVE THE GIANT'S NOT 
SLEEPING ANY LONGER.
>> Reporter: IN THIS KEY SWING 
STATE WITH THE WOUNDS STILL 
FRESH FROM UNTHINKABLE 
TRAGEDIES, MANY VOTERS FEEL 
CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
>> I THINK EITHER POSITION IS 
NOT HEALTHY.
>> Reporter: HELPING A -- HOPING
A DEEPLY DIVIDED COUNTRY CAN 
TAKE EVEN A SMALL STEP TOWARD 
COMPROMISE.
>> I'M AN AMERICAN FIRST BEFORE 
I'M A REPUBLICAN.
I'M HOPEFUL WE CAN TALK WITH 
FOLKS, AND WE WILL TAKE A STEP 
BACK FROM THE RHETORIC.
>> Reporter: FOR ABC NEWS LIVE, 
I'M DEVIN DWYER IN BLACKSBURG, 
VIRGINIA.
>> THANKS TO DEVIN.
>>> WE HAVE NEWS ON ANOTHER 
STATE BASED ON ANALYSIS OF THE 
EXIT POLL ABC NEWS PROJECTS THAT
JOE BIDEN WILL WIN THE NORTH 
CAROLINA DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.
AND THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL 
WIN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY.
ABC NEWS HAS ALSO PROJECTED 
BIDEN HAS WON THE PRIMARY IN 
VIRGINIA.
SENATOR SANDERS IS THE PROJECTED
WINNER OF HIS HOME STATE PRIMARY
IN VERMONT.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, BASED ON 100%
OF THE PRCINCTS REPORTING HAS 
WON THE AMERICAN SAMOA CAUCUS.
AND WHEN WE COME BACK, OUR SUPER
TUESDAY COVERAGE CONTINUES.
HOW WILL THE LATINA VOTE HELP 
SHAPE THE RACE FOR THE WHITE 
HOUSE?
AND THE ADVICE THAT HILLARY 
CLINTON GAVE TO THE DEMOCRATS 
VYING FOR THE DEMOCRATIC 
NOMINATION.
>> FIRST, HERE ARE SOME TRENDING
HEADLINES ON ABCNEWS.COM.
>>> THE DEATH TOLL HAS REACHED 
AT LEAST 22 AFTER A SERIES OF 
TORNADOES TORE ACROSS THE 
NASHVILLE AREA.
♪♪
>>> THE GOVERNOR DECLARING A 
STATE OF EMERGENCY AS THE DEATH 
TOLL MORE THAN DOUBLING SINCE 
THIS MORNING.
>> WE'VE BEEN THROUGH LOTS OF 
TORNADO WARNINGS AND NEVER 
THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN.
>> A NUMBER EXPECTED TO GROW AS 
MANY OTHERS STILL REMAIN 
MISSING.
>> OUR HEART BREAKS FOR THOSE 
WHO ARE -- WHOSE LIVESER CHANGED
IN AN INSTANT LAST NIGHT.
>> THOUSANDS MORE WITHOUT POWER 
AS THE POWER LINES DANGLED 
DANGEROUSLY IN THE STREETS.
>>> IT IS THE BIGGEST DAY OF THE
2020 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY RATE.
PEOPLE IN 14 STATES AND ONE U.S.
TERRITORY HEADING TO THE POLLS.
SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS LEADING 
IN DELEGATE-RICH CALIFORNIA.
BUT JOE BIDEN WITH MOMENTUM 
AFTER HIS SOUTH CAROLINA WIN AND
ENDORSEMENTS FROM THREE FORMER 
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL 
CANDIDATES.
>> FOLKS, THIS IS A TEAM.
>> Reporter: SUPER TUESDAY WILL 
ALSO BE THE FIRST TIME MIKE 
BLOOMBERG IS ON THE BALLOT.
THE BILLIONAIRE FORMER MAYOR 
MAKING IT CLEAR HE'S NOT GOING 
ANYWHERE.
>> I HAVE NO INTENTION OF 
DROPPING OUT.
WE'RE IN IT TO WIN IT.
>> Reporter: THERE ARE NOW AT 
LEAST NINE DEATHS FROM THE NOVEL
CORONAVIRUS IN THE U.S.
ALL THE FATALITIES IN WASHINGTON
STATE.
THE FIRST CORONAVIRUS CASE NOW 
REPORTED IN GEORGIA.
OFFICIALS CONFIRMING A SECOND 
REPORTED CASE IN WEST CHESTER 
COUNTY, CALLING COMMUNITY SPREAD
INEVITABLE.
>> YOU CANNOT CONTAIN THE 
SPREAD.
YOU CAN SLOW IT, YOU CAN LIMIT 
IT, BUT YOU CAN'T CONTAIN IT.
>> COVID-19 SPREAD AND CAN BE 
CONTAINED.
>> Reporter: CONGRESS SET TO 
APPROVE $WILL.5 BILLION TO FIGHT
THE OUTBREAK.
>> STATE POLICE NOW SAY THAT 
THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED WHEN A 
SMALL PLANE CRASHED.
>> IT WAS FIVE SECONDS JUST 
EXPLODED.
>> NEAR LINCOLN, ILLINOIS, THE 
PLANE CRASHED AFTER 9:00.
THE STATE POLICE SAID THE PLANE 
BURST INTO FLAMES ON IMPACT IN 
THE MEDIAN.
>>> WE'RE A LITTLE USED TO 
HEARING THIS, BUT IT'S STILL 
TRAGIC NO MATTER WHAT.
>> Reporter: IT IS NO SECRET 
THAT A BIG PART OF BERNIE 
SANDERS S' VICTORY IN NEVADA WAS
DUE TO THE LATINA VOTE.
WILL HE BE ABLE TO CARRY THE 
SAME MOMENTUM WITH THE LARGEST 
MINORITY GROUP IN THE NATION?
JOINING ME IS AMANDA RENTERIA, 
THE NATIONAL POLITICAL DIRECTOR 
FOR THE HILLARY CLINTON CAMPAIGN
IN 2016.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US
TONIGHT.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> YEAH.
CERTAINLY 2020 BRINGS A 
DIFFERENT LANDSCAPE WHEN IT 
COMES TO THE LATINO ELECTORATE.
WHAT ARE THE CHANGES BETWEEN 
2016 AND 2020 IN TERMS OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY?
>> Reporter: THE DEMOCRATIC -- 
QUITE A BIT OF CHANGES.
THERE'S ACTUALLY QUITE A BIT OF 
CHANGES THAT PEOPLE HAVE VIEWED.
NUMBER ONE, YOU'VE HAD FOUR 
YEARS OF CULTIVATION WITHIN THE 
COMMUNITIES, GROUPS GETTING 
INVOLVED IN VOTER REGISTRATION 
AND MOBILIZATION.
THE SECOND IS AN INTENSITY.
WHEN YOU GO AROUND THESE STATES,
WHETHER NEVADA OR CALIFORNIA OR 
DISTRICTS WHERE YOU HAVE A HIGH 
LATINO POPULATION, THERE IS AN 
INTENSITY BECAUSE PEOPLE FEEL 
LIKE THEY'VE BEEN UNDER ATTACK 
WITH THIS PRESIDENT.
AND THEN THE THIRD THING IS, 
YOU'RE SEEING CAMPAIGNS TREAT 
THE LATINO COMMUNITY 
DIFFERENTLY.
THEY'RE HIRING SENIOR STAFFERS, 
THEY'RE REACHING COMMUNITIES 
WHERE THEY ARE, THEY'RE BUILDING
THE KIND OF APPARATUS THAT MAKES
IT EASY FOR THE LATINO COMMUNITY
TO VOTE AND TO REALLY GROW THAT 
ELECTORATE.
AND THEN THE LAST THING I'LL 
SAY, AND THIS PARTICULAR TO 
SANDERS, IS HE STARTED OFF THIS 
CAMPAIGN TALKING ABOUT HIS OWN 
IMMIGRANT ROOTS.
WHEN HE WENT ON THAT STAGE AND 
SAID, YOU KNOW, MY DAD CAME 
HERE, NOT BEING ABLE TO SPEAK 
ENGLISH, NO MONEY IN HIS POCKET,
NOT ONLY DID IT REACH WORKING 
CLASS FAMILIES, THAT REACHED 
INTO A LOT OF IMMIGRANT LATINO 
COMMUNITIES, AS WELL.
THIS HAS BEEN A NEWS CYCLE FROM 
THE VERY, VERY BEGINNING OF 
2020.
>> WITH SO MANY OF THE WEST 
COAST LATINO STRONGHOLD CASTING 
BALLOTS TODAY, DO YOU THINK IT'S
INDICATIVE OF HOW WELL A 
CANDIDATE WILL DO ONCE EASTERN 
STATES LIKE FLORIDA OR 
PENNSYLVANIA VOTE LATER IN THE 
CYCLE?
>> Reporter: IT'S INTERESTING.
I THINK THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A 
LITTLE BIT OF A SEPARATION 
BETWEEN WEST COAST LATINOS AND 
EAST COAST LATINOS.
A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT IS 
SOCIALISM.
THE CONVERSATION ABOUT A 
DEMOCRAT SOCIALIST.
THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF 
DIFFERENT POLLS THAT WE'VE NOW 
SEEN WHERE THERE'S A -- A 
DIFFERENCE IN THE WEST COAST 
VERSUS THE EAST COAST AND HOW 
THEY SEE THAT.
BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU I HAVE 
SEEN MUCH MORE OF A UNIFICATION 
ON IMMIGRATION THAN WE SAW IN 
2016.
YOU ARE SEEING THAT -- REALLY 
THE HUMANITY AROUND IMMIGRATION 
HAS UNIFIED DIFFERENT LATINO 
COMMUNITIES THAT IN THE PAST 
MIGHT HAVE SEEN THEMSELVES 
DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON WHAT 
THEIR RULES WERE FOR THEIR 
COUNTRY.
BUT THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT IT 
FEELS MUCH MORE INTENSE AND MUCH
MORE UNIFIED AS THESE DIFFERENT 
STATES REALLY -- WE GO INTO EACH
OF THE DIFFERENT STATES.
SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE 
SOMETHING DIFFERENT THIS YEAR 
WITH THE LATINO COMMUNITY, NOT 
TO MENTION EVERY 30 SECONDS, A 
LATINO -- A LATINO PERSON 
BECOMES 18 AND REGISTERED TO 
VOTE.
THAT'S A BIG DEAL.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE THANK YOU SO MUCH, AMANDA 
RENTERIA, FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT.
>>> AND TURNPIKING NOW TO 
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG.
THE WILD CARD IN THE RACE.
HE'S TRYING TO DO SOMETHING 
THAT'S POLITICALLY NEVER BEEN 
DONE BEFORE.
HE SPENT HALF A BILLION DOLLARS 
OF HIS OWN AND SKIPPED THE EARLY
STATES AHEAD OF SUPER TUESDAY.
SO HOW WILL VOTERS RESPOND?
WE HAVE MORE FROM THE BLOOMBERG 
CAMPAIGN IN WEST PALM BEACH, 
FLORIDA.
BLOOMBERG HAS STAKED SO MUCH ON 
COMPETING ON SUPER TUESDAY.
BUT HE SEEMED TO BE PLAYING DOWN
EXPECTATION FOR TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: RIGHT.
THAT'S HOW HE HEADED INTO THE 
DAY.
OF COURSE, TODAY'S THE BIGGEST 
TEST FOR BLOOMBERG SO FAR.
WE KNOW THAT HE HAS SPENT 
MILLIONS AS YOU SAID, HALF A 
BILLION DOLLARS ON THE CAMPAIGN 
SO FAR.
BUT AS THE VOTES ARE STARTING TO
COME IN, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE 
WHETHER ALL OF THAT MONEY HE'S 
SPENT HAS PAID OFF.
AS THE DAY WAS GETTING STARTED, 
MIKE BLOOMBERG WASN'T EXACTLY 
EXUDING CONFIDENCE AS THE POLLS 
WERE OPENING IN PRIMARY STATES.
MIKE BLOOMBERG WAS IN MIAMI 
TALKING TO REPORTERS SAYING HE 
DIDN'T KNOW IF HE WAS GOING TO 
WIN ANY STATES ADDING THAT IT'S 
NOT ABOUT WINNING STATES, IT'S 
ABOUT WINNING DELEGATES.
WHEN ASKED IF HE WANTED THE 
CONVENTION, HE SAID I DON'T 
THINK I CAN WIN ANY OTHER WAY.
HE'S STILL VOWING TO FIGHT ON 
AFTER TONIGHT.
BUT NOT LONG AGO BLOOMBERG'S 
CAMPAIGN MANAGER TOOK QUESTIONS 
FROM REPORTER AND SAID, "I THINK
MIKE BLOOMBERG IS EITHER THE 
CANDIDATE FOR THE PARTY OR THE 
SINGLE MOST-IMPORTANT PERSON 
HELPING THAT CANDIDATE DEFEAT 
DONALD TRUMP."
SEEMS LIKE THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY 
TAMPING DOWN THEIR EXPECTATIONS 
FOR TONIGHT AS WE'RE JUST 
STARTING TO SEE HOW IT WILL PAN 
OUT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
REPORTING FROM THE BLOOMBERG 
CAMP TONIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING 
US.
>>> AND WE'D LIKE TO TAKE A LIVE
LOOK NOW AT JOE BIDEN WHO IS 
GREETING SOME VOTERS.
DO WE HAVE -- DO WE HAVE THOSE 
IMAGES?
THERE WE GO.
I THINK AS HE -- YOU SEE JOE 
BIDEN IN THERE.
THERE HE IS.
GREETING SOME -- IN VOTERS IN 
CALIFORNIA, TAKING SOME SELFIES 
AND SOME PICTURES THERE.
AND NOW TO OUR ABC NEWS LIVE 
EXCLUSIVE, HILLARY CLINTON IN 
HER OWN WORDS.
SHE IS ONE OF THE MOST 
POLARIZING FIGURES IN AMERICAN 
POLITICS BUT SAYS THAT SHE'S 
OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD.
WE SAT DOWN WITH THE FIRST WOMAN
TO EVER BE NOMINATED BY A MAJOR 
PARTY FOR PRESIDENT AND ASKED 
HER ABOUT LIFE AFTER HER LOSS TO
DONALD TRUMP AND HER THOUGHTS ON
THE CANDIDATES VYING TO REPLACE 
HIM IN WASHINGTON.
>> NO LONGER A POLITICIAN AND NO
LONGER MINCING ANY WORDS.
YOU TALKED ABOUT A SILVER LINING
IN LOSING THE ELECTION BEING 
THAT IT SPURRED THIS WAVE OF 
WOMEN TO RUN FOR OFFICE.
DOES THAT OFFER YOU SOME SOLACE?
>> IT REALLY DOES.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT AS GOOD AS THE 
ALTERNATIVE WOULD HAVE BEEN.
BUT YEAH.
I MEAN, THE WOMEN'S MARCH, THE 
DAY AFTER THAT REALLY DREADFUL 
INAUGURATION WITH THE VERY SMALL
CROWD THAT I SAW FROM THE PLACE 
I WAS SITTING, THROUGH THE 
ELECTIONS IN 2017 AND 2018 
PARTICULARLY TAKING BACK THE 
HOUSE, AND THE PEOPLE WHO WON, 
THESE AMAZING CANDIDATES, SO 
MANY OF THEM WOMEN RUNNING FOR 
THE FIRST TIME.
YOU KNOW, THAT DID GIVE ME A LOT
OF HOPE BECAUSE I AM 
FUNDAMENTALLY OPTIMISTIC.
I REALLY BELIEVE IN THIS 
COUNTRY, OUR VALUES, AND I LOVE 
IT.
AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT PERFECT.
WE'VE GOT WORK TO DO.
SO YEAH, I THINK THERE'S A 
SILVER LINING IF IT WAKES PEOPLE
UP AND GETS PEOPLE ENERGIZED, 
AND WE REALLY KNOW WHAT'S AT 
STAKE IN THE ELECTION IN 
NOVEMBER.
>> Reporter: FOR THE LAST TWO 
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES --
>> ALTHOUGH WE WEREN'T ABLE TO 
SHATTER THAT HIGHEST HARDEST 
GLASS CEILING THIS TIME, THANKS 
TO YOU IT'S GOT ABOUT 18 MILLION
CRACKS IN IT.
[ CHEERS ]
>> Reporter: HILLARY CLINTON HAS
BEEN FRONT AND CENTER.
>> THANKS TO YOU WE'VE REACHED A
MILESTONE.
FIRST TIME IN OUR NATION'S 
HISTORY THAT A WOMAN WILL BE A 
MAJOR PARTY NOMINEE.
[ CHEERS ]
>> NOW ON THE SIDELINES BUT FAR 
FROM SILENT.
>> CURIOUS TO GET YOUR RESPONSE 
TO HEARING WHAT BERNIE SANDERS 
SAID IF HE MAKES IT TO THE 
CONVENTION WITH THE MOST PLEDGED
DELEGATES THAT HE SHOULD BE THE 
NOMINEE.
THAT'S QUITE A BIT OF A CHANGE 
FROM 2016.
YOUR REACTION?
>> WELL, MY REACTION IS LET'S 
FOLLOW THE RULES.
WE'VE GOT RULES.
WE HAD RULES LAST TIME, AND WE 
HAVE RULES THIS TIME.
>> IN THE DOCUMENTARY YOU TALK 
ABOUT HIS CAMPAIGN FROM 2016.
YOU CALL IT, QUOTE, JUST 
BALONEY.
AND I FEEL SO BAD THAT PEOPLE 
GOT SUCKED INTO IT.
DO YOU STILL FEEL THAT WAY NOW?
>> SURE, YEAH.
I MEAN, THAT WAS MY AUTHENTIC 
OPINION THEN.
IT'S MY AUTHENTIC OPINION NOW.
>> Reporter: THE NEW FOUR-HOUR 
DOCUSERIES "HILLARY" IS A 
PRIVATE LOOK AT THE VERY PUBLIC 
LIFE OF HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON.
>> PEOPLE SAY I'M NOT AUTHENTIC,
WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET.
I MEAN, I'M SORRY IF I'M NOT, 
YOU KNOW, BRILLIANTLY 
CHARISMATIC ON TV.
BUT I AM THE SAME PERSON I'VE 
ALWAYS BEEN.
AND GOING THROUGH THIS GAUNTLET 
OF UNBELIEVABLE OBSTACLES, YOU 
KNOW, YEAH, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, 
YOU GET SCARRED UP A LITTLE BIT.
>> THERE'S A QUOTE EARLY ON THAT
SAYS YOU WERE ONE OF THE MOST 
ADMIRED AND VILIFIED WOMEN IN 
AMERICAN HISTORY.
DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT?
AND IS PART OF YOUR HOPE DOING 
THIS DOCUMENTARY THAT MIGHT 
CHANGE PEOPLE'S PERCEPTIONS 
ABOUT YOU?
>> WHAT I HOPE IS THAT PEOPLE 
WILL SEE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE 
VIEW OF ME AND NOT A SNIPPET 
HERE OR SNIPPET THERE OR SOME 
RUMOR OR SOME WILD CONSPIRACY 
THEORY BECAUSE I CAME OF AGE, 
AND I CERTAINLY CAME INTO THE 
PUBLIC EYE, AT A TIME WHEN THERE
WAS SO MUCH CHANGE GOING ON IN 
AMERICA.
CIVIL RIGHTS, WOMEN'S RIGHTS, 
GAY RIGHTS.
I WAS THRUST INTO THE ROLE OF 
FIRST LADY.
THERE HAD NEVER BEEN ANYBODY 
WITH AN EDUCATION LIKE MINE, 
WITH A CAREER LIKE MINE.
SO I WAS PUT INTO A KIND OF 
POSITION THAT NOBODY HAD EVER 
BEEN BEFORE.
THERE WAS NO GUIDEBOOK LIKE HOW 
DO YOU DEAL WITH THIS.
I HOPE THAT PEOPLE NOT ONLY 
LEARN ABOUT ME BUT MAYBE REFLECT
A LITTLE ABOUT THEIR OWN LIVES 
OR THEIR MOTHERS' LIVES, THEIR 
GRANDMOTHERS' LIVES, WHAT'S 
HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY TODAY.
>> Reporter: WHAT'S HAPPENING IN
OUR COUNTRY ON THIS PARTICULAR 
DAY, SUPER TUESDAY, WILL NO 
DOUBT SHAPE THE FUTURE.
SOMETHING HILLARY CLINTON SAYS 
SHE'S STILL VERY CONCERNED 
ABOUT.
>> TODAY OBVIOUSLY IS A BIG DAY.
SO I'M JUST WATCHING AND HOPING 
THAT WE UNEMPLOYMENT WHOEVER IS 
THE STRONGEST CANDIDATE TO TAKE 
OUT THE CURRENT INCUMBENT.
THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT 
REALLY MATTERS AT THE END OF THE
DAY BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE AT A 
REAL TURNING POINT IN OUR 
COUNTRY.
I FEAR FOR OUR FUTURE IF WE 
DON'T HAVE A DEMOCRAT IN THE 
WHITE HOUSE AND HOPEFULLY A 
DEMOCRATIC SENATE, AS WELL AS 
THE HOUSE.
BECAUSE IT'S JUST OUTRAGEOUS TO 
ME TO SEE HOW CORRUPT AND 
BACKWARD AND MEAN SPIRITED THIS 
ADMINISTRATION AND THEIR ALLIES 
IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAVE 
BECOME.
I DON'T THINK THAT REPRESENTS 
EVEN MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO 
VOTED FOR TRUMP.
SO I DO THINK -- I'M GOING TO 
REMAIN AS ACTIVE AND OUTSPOKEN 
AS I CAN.
>> BACK IN SEPTEMBER, YOU WERE 
ASKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF 
FOUR MORE YEARS OF TRUMP.
YOU RESPONDED SAYING, "I DON'T 
ACCEPT THAT, I DON'T BELIEVE 
THAT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN.
I BELIEVE THERE WERE MANY THINGS
THAT HAPPENED IN MY ELECTION 
THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN."
ARE YOU STILL JUST AS CONFIDENT 
AT THIS POINT TODAY THAT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP WON'T WIN AGAIN?
>> YES.
THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY.
I'M VERY CONFIDENT IT'S GOING TO
BE HARD.
BUT I AM ALSO CONFIDENT AND 
OPTIMISTIC THAT OUR COUNTRY WILL
NOT RENEW THE CONTRACT OF 
SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN SO 
DIVISIVE, SO DESTRUCTIVE, 
UNDERMINING THE RULE OF LAW, 
DESTROYING OUR INSTITUTIONS, 
ENGAGING IN THE POLITICS OF 
INSULT.
SO NO.
I THINK FOUR YEARS OF HIM IS 
GOING TO LEAD DAMAGE.
BUT IT CAN BE REPAIRED.
FOUR MORE YEARS.
I DON'T THINK WE WOULD RECOGNIZE
OUR COUNTRY.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK BACK, WOULD IT 
HAVE BEEN MORE EASY TO HANDLE 
LOSING OUTRIGHT THAN TO REALLY 
HAVE WON BUT STILL LOST?
>> THAT WAS REALLY TOUGH.
IT WAS NOT ONLY WINNING BY THREE
MILLION VOTES AND -- AND HAVING 
ALL THE WEIRD THINGS HAPPEN AT 
THE END THAT INTERFERED WITH MY 
VOTES, BUT IT WAS ALSO WHO I 
LOST TO.
I MEAN, IF I'D LOST TO A NORMAL 
REPUBLICAN, SOMEBODY WHO I MIGHT
DISAGREE WITH ON HEALTH CARE OR 
CLIMATE BUT WHO I DIDN'T THINK 
WAS OUT TO DESTROY OUR 
GOVERNMENT AND SELF-AGGRANDIZE 
HIMSELF, HIS FAMILY, HIS 
BUSINESSES, IN A REALLY CORRUPT 
WAY, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN 
DISAPPOINTING.
BUT I WOULDN'T HAVE WORRIED 
ABOUT MY COUNTRY.
I WOULD HAVE SLEPT BETTER.
>> WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO
A CHALLENGER NOW?
SOMETHING THAT YOU PERHAPS 
LEARNED THAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE 
TO BENEFIT FROM?
>> I THINK WHOEVER THE CANDIDATE
IS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A VERY 
CLEAR, POSITIVE MESSAGE ABOUT 
WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AND HOW 
YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE AMERICA 
FORWARD AND BE MORE INCLUSIVE 
AND BE OUT THERE STANDING UP TO 
ALL THE FORCES THAT ARE RIGHT 
AGAINST PROGRESS.
YOU ALSO CAN'T JUST TAKE HIS 
ATTACKS AND ABSORB THEM WHICH IS
WHAT I MOSTLY DID.
I THINK YOU'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO
FIGHT BACK.
YOU NEED A REALLY STRONG ONLINE 
PRESENCE, TOO.
>> SEVERAL CANDIDATES HAVE 
REPORTEDLY GONE TO YOU FOR 
ADVICE.
WITHOUT NAMING NAMES, CAN YOU 
GIVE A SENSE OF ADVICE YOU'VE 
GIVEN.
>> MY ADVICE IS SIMPLE.
ONE, HAVE FUN.
GET OUT THERE, IT'S APE GREAT 
COUNTRY.
YOU'RE GOING TO MEET WONDERFUL 
PEOPLE.
BUT EVEN IF YOU RUN THE BEST 
CAMPAIGN AND YOU ARE THE 
NOMINEE, YOU'VE GOT TO PAY 
ATTENTION TO WHAT I RAN UP 
AGAINST.
VOTER SUPPRESSION, WE HAVE TO 
KEEP FIGHTING IT.
IT IS UN-AMERICAN, IT IS WRONG 
IN EVERY WAY.
PROPAGANDA ON THE INTERNET.
TOTALLY BOGUS STORIES, 
CONSPIRACY THEORIES, AND THEN, 
OF COURSE, MAKE SURE THE 
ELECTIONS ARE FREE AND FAIR.
AND WE DON'T HAVE PROBLEMS IN 
OUR MACHINES AND VOTES NOT 
COUNTED AND ALL THE OTHER ISSUES
THAT WE'VE RUN INTO.
>> JOE BIDEN HAS SAID FLAT OUT 
BERNIE SANDERS COULD NOT GREAT 
DONALD TRUMP.
DO YOU AGREE?
>> I DON'T THINK HE'D BE OUR 
STRONGEST NOMINEE, NO.
AND -- AND THAT'S WHAT THIS 
PRIMARY PROCESS IS ABOUT.
LET'S SEE WHO EMERGES, BUT FOR 
EVERYBODY VOTING TODAY OR IN ANY
OF THE CONTESTS AHEAD OF TIME, 
THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE IS WHO 
IS DEFEAT DONALD TRUMP.
HE'S GOING TO HAVE ALL THE MONEY
IN THE WORLD.
HE'S GOING TO HAVE A 
TREMENDOUSLY SOPHISTICATED 
ONLINE CAMPAIGN.
HE'S GOING TO BE DRIVING THE 
SAME DIVISIVE MESSAGES.
SO WHO CAN DEMONSTRATE THE KIND 
OF FUTURE WE WANT AGAIN FOR OUR 
CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN, 
AND GET PEOPLE TO FEEL REASSURED
AND CONFIDENT IN THEIR VOTE 
AGAINST HIM.
>> SO THE DOCUMENTARY TALKS 
EXTENSIVELY ABOUT YOUR POLITICAL
LIFE, PERSONAL LIFE.
IF POLITICS WERE TO BE LIKE GOLF
AND YOU COULD CALL A MULLIGAN 
AND HAVE ONE DO-OVER, WHAT WOULD
IT BE?
>> WOW.
YOU KNOW, I'VE PROBABLY MADE A 
LOT MORE BAD SHOTS THAN JUST 
ONE.
I COULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB 
COMBATING THE CRAZY STORIES THAT
WERE OUT THERE ABOUT ME.
YOU KNOW, I'M SOMEBODY WHO 
THINKS, OKAY, YOU SHOULD BE 
JUDGED ON RESULTS.
IF YOU GET IT DONE AND IT HELPS 
PEOPLE, THAT SHOULD BE THE WAY 
WE'RE LOOKED AT IN POLITICS.
AND I -- I DON'T THINK I WAS AS 
ALERT TO THE CHANGES IN THE WAY 
CAMPAIGNS ARE GOING TO BE RUN 
AND COVERED BECAUSE OF THE 
INTERNET PRIMARILY.
>> THE ACTIVIST TURNED LAWYER 
AND LAW PROFESSOR/FIRST LADY OF 
ARKANSAS, THEN SENATOR, LATER 
SECRETARY OF STATE, ULTIMATELY 
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES IS NOW 
READY TO ADD ANOTHER TITLE -- 
ARE YOU GOING TO TURN THE TABLES
AND BE ASKING THE QUESTIONS AT 
THIS POINT.
STARTING YOUR OWN PODCAST.
>> YES, RIGHT.
>> TELL US ABOUT THAT.
AND ALSO IS IT TRUE THAT HOWARD 
STERN HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH 
INSPIRING YOU TO HAVE YOUR OWN 
SHOW?
>> IT IS TRUE BECAUSE I DID THE 
"HOWARD STERN SHOW."
>> WHAT DOES GUTSY MEAN, TO BE A
GUTSY WOMAN?
>> IT MEANS HAVING THAT 
DETERMINATION, THAT PERSISTENCE 
TO NOT ONLY ACHIEVE SOMETHING 
FOR YOURSELF BUT ALSO TO MAKE A 
POSITIVE DIFFERENCE FOR OTHERS.
I LOVED THAT LONG FORMATMENT I 
HOPE THAT THROUGH THE PODCAST 
I'M DOING I CAN INTRODUCE LISTEN
FORCE NEW PEOPLE, NEW IDEAS.
KIND OF MIX IT UP A LITTLE.
CAUSE SOME CONTROVERSY ABOUT 
THINGS THAT I THINK ARE 
IMPORTANT THAT MAYBE ARE 
OVERLOOKED.
SOY I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.
>> AT ONE POINT YOU SAY 
SOMETHING TO THE POINT OF, YOU 
KNOW, I LOVED AND I'VE BEEN 
LOVED, AND THE REST IS JUST 
BACKGROUND MUSIC.
I HAVE NO REGRETS.
>> RIGHT.
>> THAT TRUE?
NO REGRETS?
>> I HAVE NO REGRETS.
NO REGRETS.
LOOK, THAT DOESN'T MEAN LIFE HAS
BEEN EASY, IT HASN'T BEEN.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF EVIDENCE OF
THAT IN THE DOCUMENTARY THAT 
VIEWERS WILL SEE.
BUT WHEN I LOOK BACK AT THE 
TOTALITY OF MY LIFE, I'M A VERY 
GRATEFUL AND VERY LUCKY PERSON.
I MEAN, THERE'S ALWAYS THINGS 
YOU CAN DO BETTER IN A LIFE.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO 
CONSTANTLY BE ASKING YOURSELF 
THAT.
BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, I 
FEEL, YOU KNOW, VERY -- VERY 
FULFILLED AND VERY GRATEFUL.
>> WE'LL BE BACK IN A MOMENT 
WITH WHAT'S AT STAKE TONIGHT.
>>> BEFORE WE GO TONIGHT, A 
REMINDER OF WHAT IS AT STAKE.
14 STATES AND ONE TERRITORY ARE 
CASTING THEIR VOTES TONIGHT.
1,344 PLEDGE DELEGATES UP FOR 
GRABS.
A FULL ONE-THIRD TO SECURE THE 
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION.
SENATOR SANDERS HAS THE DELEGATE
LEAD BUT JOE BIDEN NOT FAR 
BEHIND.
THERE IS THE BEGINNING OF OUR 
HOURS' LONG SUPER TUESDAY 
COVERAGE.
>>> THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR TONIGHT.
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TOP STORIES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STREAMING 
WITH US.
>>> IT'S SUPER TUESDAY.
BIGGEST NIGHT OF THIS POLITICAL 
YEAR.
THE POLLS HAVE CLOSED IN EIGHT 
RACES AND THE RESULTS COMING IN 
RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS AN ABC NEWS SPECIAL.
HIGH DRAMA AND HUGE SHIFT AND 
THAT IS JUST OVER THE LAST 72 
HOURS.
WITH BERNIE SANDERS IN THE LEAD,
JOE BIDEN COMING OFF A BIG WIN.
MAYOR PETE OUT.
AMY KLOBUCHAR OUT.
AND ELIZABETH WARREN AND MIKE 
BLOOMBERG GEARING UP FOR THE 
FIGHT.
WHO STANDS TO SEIZE THE MOMENT?
THE STAKES COULDN'T BE HIGHER 
AND TONIGHT, THE BIG QUESTION --
WHO WILL EMERGE AND TAKE A GIANT
LEAP FORWARD TO FACING OFF WITH 
PRESIDENT TRUMP?
RIGHT NOW WITH SO MUCH ON THE 
LINE.
THIS IS "ABC SUPER TUESDAY."
NOW REPORTING CHIEF ANCHOR 
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS. 
>> THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL NIGHT 
OF THIS PRIMARY SO FAR.
AT STAKE MORE 1300 DELEGATES FOR
THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL 
CONVENTION.
THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A NATIONAL 
PRIMARY.
THE RICE LIKELY TO TAKE A WHOLE 
NEW SHAPE AFTER THE VOTES ARE 
COUNTED TONIGHT.
JUST LOOK HOW MUCH HAS CHANGED 
IN THE LAST THREE DAYS.
JOE BIDEN IN SOUTH CAROLINA THE 
FIELD IS SHRINKING AND SPLIT.
MODERATES ON ONE AND 
PROGRESSIVES ON THE OTHER AND 
THREE BIG QUESTIONS NOW ON THE 
TABLE.
IS A SURGE OF SUPPORT FOR JOE 
BIDEN SINCE SOUTH CAROLINA ABOUT
TO MAKE HIM THE FRONT-RUNNER 
AGAIN OR WILL THE LOYAL BALS OF 
BERNIE SANDERS COME THROUGH AND 
BUILD HIS DELEGATE LEAD?
CAN ELIZABETH WARREN AND MICHAEL
BLOOMBERG DO WELL ENOUGH TO STAY
IN THIS RACE?
I'M HERE IN OUR ELECTION 
HEADQUARTERS WITH OUR WHOLE 
POLITICAL TEAM ALL THROUGH THE 
NIGHT.
WE WILL BE TAKING IN THE RESULTS
AND ANALYZING WHAT THEY MEAN FOR
THE DEMOCRATS AS THEY MOVE 
TOWARD WHAT COULD BE A CONTESTED
CONVENTION IN MILWAUKEE AND LOOK
AHEAD TO THE BATTLE AGAINST 
PRESIDENT TRUMP THIS FALL.
WE ALSO HAVE CORRESPONDENTS 
FANNED OUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN
KEY STATES AND WITH THE 
CANDIDATES.
THE POLLS HAVE NOW CLOSED IN 
EIGHT RACES AND WE ALREADY HAVE 
RESULTS.
IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA, JOE 
BIDEN IS GOING TO WIN THERE 
SHOWING UP IN SELMA ON SUNDAY 
AFTER THE 50th ANNIVERSARY.
HE HAS ALSO WON THE STATE OF 
NORTH CAROLINA.
THE THIRD BIGGEST PRIZE TONIGHT 
BEHIND TEXAS AND CALIFORNIA.
AND HE HAS WON THE STATE OF 
VIRGINIA.
GETTING AN ENDORSEMENT THIS FROM
THE GOVERNOR THERE TERRY 
McAULIFFE.
UP IN THE NORTHEAST BERNIE 
SANDERS WILL WIN HIS HOME STATE 
OF VERMONT.
HE WAS BORN IN BROOKLYN BUT 
BECAME MAYOR OF BURLINGTON IN 
1981 AND SERVED A MEMBER OF THE 
HOUSE OR SENATE AS AN 
INDEPENDENT FROM VERMONT SINCE 
1991.
WE ALSO HAVE RESULTS
AMERICAN SAMOYA AND MIKE 
BLOOMBERG IS EXPECTED TO WIN.
WE HAVE A SENSE WHAT IS ON THEIR
MIND AS THEY LEAVE THE POLLING 
BOOTHS.
WE KNOW THEY ARE FOCUSED ON WHO 
IS IN THE BEST POSITION TO BEAT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
>> THE ALL IMPORTANT STATE OF 
VIRGINIA, LOOK AT THAT QUESTION.
VOTERS WERE ASKED WHEN THEY 
SHOWED UP TO THE POLLS TODAY A 
PRIORITY FOR DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE 
TO BE ABLE TO BEAT PRESIDENT 
TRUMP.
59% SAID THAT IS WHY THEY WERE 
SHOWING UP AT THE POLLS.
37% SAID A CANDIDATE MUST AGREE 
WITH ME ON THE ISSUES.
LOOK AT HOW THAT BROKE DOWN.
YOU LOOK AT THE VIRGINIA 
CANDIDATES WHEN ELECTABILITY IS 
MOST IMPORTANT 64% OF THE VOTERS
SAID JOE BIDEN TODAY.
WE LOOK WHEN DID YOU DECIDE IN 
49% IN VIRGINIA SAID THE LAST 
FEW DAYS.
THE BREAKDOWN OF THOSE WHO 
DECIDED LATE GOING INTO SUPER 
TUESDAY, 60% WENT WITH JOE BIDEN
IN VIRGINIA. 
>> SHOWS THE POWER OF THAT WIN 
IN SOUTH CAROLINA ON SATURDAY 
NIGHT.
LINDSEY DAVIS, YOU WERE DOWN IN 
SOUTH CAROLINA LAST WEEK.
WE SAW THE RESULTS OF SOUTH 
CAROLINA.
WE SEE THEM IN ALABAMA AND NORTH
CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTE HAS 
COME HOME FOR JOE BIDEN. 
>> YEAH.
THEY ARE TURNING UP AND TURNING 
OUT.
A MESSAGE I KEPT HEARING WHEN I 
WAS LISTENING TO THE RADIO 
DRIVING ALONG IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
THE BLACK COMMUNITY HAS SHOWED 
UP AND SHOWN OUT AT THIS POINT 
FOR JOE BIDEN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
LOOK.
WE HAD 61% HE WON OF THE BLACK 
VOTE IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
IN THOSE THREE STATES YOU 
MENTIONED ALABAMA, VIRGINIA, 
NORTH CAROLINA ALL OF THEM AT 
THIS POINT THE BLACK VOTE IS 
EVEN HIGHER THAN IN SOUTH 
CAROLINA AND THEY TURNED -- 
THERE WAS A BIG SHOWING, OF 
COURSE, IN SOUTH CAROLINA WHERE 
YOU HAD THE VOTER TURNOUT THAT 
SURPASSED THAT AND WHAT WE SAW 
IN 2008.
STILL KEEPING AN EYE IN 
PARTICULAR ON TENNESSEE AND 
TEXAS AND THE BLACK VOTE THERE. 
>> THAT IS COMING IN.
OUR CHIEF CONGRESSIONAL 
CORRESPONDENT MARY IS HERE AND 
JIM CLYBURN THE NUMBER THREE 
RANKING MEMBER IN THE HOUSE IN 
NEITHER CAROLINA ENDORSED JOE 
BIDEN LAST WEEK AND A HUGE 
DIFFERENCE AND WAVE OF 
ENDORSEMENTS FOR BIDEN THE LAST 
FEW DAYS. 
>> THE LAST 24 HOURS WE HAVE 
SEEN CASCADE OF CRITICAL 
ENDORSEMENTS COMING TO BACK JOE 
BIDEN WHAT IS AMOUNTING TO A 
RAPID RESET IN THIS RACE.
THE LAST DAY 125 ENDORSEMENTS.
FORMER COMPETITORS ARE ALSO NOW 
RUSHING TO JOIN BIDEN'S 
COALITION.
AMY KLOBUCHAR AND PETE BUTTIGIEG
AND BETO O'ROURKE AND HARRY REID
A PART OF THE SURGE.
THE PARTY ESTABLISHMENT 
COALESCING AROUND JOE BIDEN IN 
THEIR EFFORT TO TRY TO STUMP 
BERNIE SANDERS' MOMENTUM.
BERNIE SANDERS MAY BE DEFIANT 
BUT WHAT WE HAVE SEEN THESE 
ENDORSEMENTS AND COMPETITORS 
COMING TO HIS SIDE CAN CLEARLY 
MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 
>> JOHN CARL IS ALSO HERE, WE 
HAVEN'T SEEN A ENDORSEMENT FROM 
PRESIDENT OBAMA BUT HE HAS 
ALREADY MADE A DIFFERENCE IN 
THIS RACE AS WELL. 
>> WHAT WE MAY SEE TONIGHT, 
GEORGE, THIS IS STILL BARACK 
OBAMA'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
AMONG THAT STAMPEDE OF 
ENDORSEMENT IS OBAMA'S NATIONAL 
SECURITY ADVISER, HISTORY U.N. 
AMBASSADOR AND HIS CHIEF OF 
STAFF.
MORE DEMOCRATS WANT TO RETURN TO
OBAMA'S POLICIES THAN MORE 
LIBERAL POLICIES.
IF THAT HOLDS LOOKS LIKE A GOOD 
NIGHT FOR JOE BIDEN. 
>> WE SAW PRESIDENT OBAMA ALSO 
CALLED JOE BIDEN ON SATURDAY 
AFTER SOUTH CAROLINA, LET IT BE 
KNOWN. 
>> HE LET IT BE KNOWN.
HE ALSO LET IT BE KNOWN THAT WAS
THE ONLY VICTOR HE CALLED TO 
CONGRATULATE IN THE FIRST FOUR 
CONTESTS, ONLY JOE BIDEN. 
>> ONLY A SMALL NUMBER HAVE BEEN
ALLOCATED SO FAR AND WANT TO 
SHOW THAT RIGHT NOW.
THESE ARE THE CUMULATIVE TOTAL 
OF DELEGATES AFTER THE CONTESTS 
COMING IN TONIGHT.
JOE BIDEN AHEAD WITH 94 
DELEGATES AND WON FOUR STATES 
OVERALL.
BERNIE SANDERS 69.
HE HAS WON THREE STATES OVERALL 
AND EIGHT DELEGATES FOR 
ELIZABETH WARREN AND FOUR 
DIFFICULTIES FOR MICHAEL 
BLOOMBERG.
HERE IS THE NUMBER THEY NEED TO 
WIN TO WIN AT THE DEMOCRATIC 
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
YOU'VE WITHIN LAYING OUT 
FORECAST WHAT YOU EXPECT THE 
CANDIDATES TO HAVE TONIGHT?
>> WE HAVE SEEN BIG SHIFTS 
BEFORE TONIGHT.
STARTING IN SOUTH CAROLINA WITH 
THE ENDORSEMENTS OF PEOPLE 
DROPPING OUT, BIDEN ALREADY 
MOVED FROM NUMBER TWO TO NUMBER 
ONE.
HE IS NOT -- NOT A FAVOR FOR THE
MAJORITY YET. 
>> THE END OF THE PRIMARY?
>> SO THE VIRGIN ISLANDS IN 
JUNE.
MOST LIKELY OUTCOME INTO TONIGHT
WAS NO MAJORITY.
BIDEN WHO IS BEHIND BERNIE SINCE
IOWA MOVED AHEAD OF HIM 
OVERNIGHT.
MORE POLLS AT 3:00 A.M.
WHEN I WOKE UP BERNIE HAD FALLEN
INTO SECOND PLACE. 
>> TO GIVE PERSPECTIVE FROM A 
WEEK AGO THIS HAS BEEN A FLIP.
YOU HAD BERNIE SANDERS AS MORE 
LIKELY THAN JOE BIDEN?
>> AFTER HE WON NEVADA HE WON 
TWO AND A HALF OF THE FIRST 
THREE STATES AND THINGS LOOKING 
PRETTY GOOD.
BUT HAVE YOU A TSUNAMI YOU MIGHT
CALL IT ALMOST FOR JOE BIDEN 
STARTING WITH THE CLYBURN 
ENDORSEMENT AND 30-POINT WIN IN 
SOUTH CAROLINA AND PEOPLE 
DROPPING OUT AND ENDORSING HIM 
AND REMINDS ME OF JOHN KERRY IN 
2004 AFTER HE WAS BY LARGER THAN
EXPECTED MARGIN AND THEN THE 
PARTY CAME BEHIND HIM.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN A SURGE IN THE 
POLLS THIS BIG SINCE IOWA FOR 
KERRY IN 2004. 
>> ANOTHER BIG NUMBER WE ARE 
WATCHING IN THE STATES AND 
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS NUMBER 
15.
EXPLAIN THAT. 
>> FOR OUR VIEWERS AT HOME 
YOU'LL HEAR A LOT OF NUMBERS 
TONIGHT AND WE WILL MAKE IT 
SIMPLE FOR YOU.
WE WILL DO THE MATH.
A NUMBER YOU WANT TO FOCUS ON IS
15% TO BE EXACT.
LOOK AT VIRGINIA.
JOE BIDEN HAS WON THE NIGHT.
TAKE A CLOSER LOOK.
YOU GOT TO HIT 15% IF YOU WANT 
TO GET DELEGATES BOTH AT THE 
STATE LEVEL AND DISTRICT LEVEL.
ELIZABETH WARREN, RIGHT NOW, 
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG ARE NOT 
HITTING 15% AND GOOD CHANCE THEY
WON'T GET ANY DELEGATES FROM THE
STATE OF VIRGINIA TONIGHT AND 
HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE.
YOU MENTIONED IT EARLIER, 
GEORGE, JOE BIDEN HAVING A BIG 
NIGHT ON THE EAST COAST, IN THE 
SOUTH BUT BERNIE SANDERS HOPES 
TO SLOW DOWN THAT AS WE HEAD 
WEST.
TEXAS WHERE EAST MEETS WEST I'M 
WATCHING TEXAS A LOT AND A BIG 
STATE AND WE WILL WATCH WHO CAN 
BREAK 15% OUTSIDE OF BIDEN AND 
SANDERS TO SEE HOW THEY BREAK UP
THOSE DELEGATES. 
>> WE SHOULD REMIND EVERYBODY 
THE BIGGEST DELEGATE PRIZE IS 
CALIFORNIA AND THOSE VOTES COULD
BE COUNTED FOR SEVERAL DAYS?
>> WE ARE ON UNTIL 2:00 A.M. SO 
WE WILL AS CLOSE AS WE CAN TO 
THAT. 
>> TOM, THANKS.
WE ARE JOINED BY OUR TEAM OF 
ANALYSTS TONIGHT.
OUR CHIEF POLITICAL ANDREW 
MATTHEW IS HERE.
WHAT ARE THEY TELLING YOU?
>> FIVE WEEKS WE HAVE HAD FIVE 
CHANGES WHO WAS THE 
FRONT-RUNNER.
BIDEN AS THE FRONTS RUNNER, THEN
NO FRONT-RUNNER THEN BERNIE AND 
NO FRONT RUNNER AND SEE AT THE 
ENDS OF TONIGHT WHO IS THE 
FRONT-RUNNER.
A LIGHT CHANGE THE LAST 24 HOURS
AS NATE SAID.
THREE DAYS AGO, ONE THING TO 
KEEP IN MIND NORTH CAROLINA AND 
VIRGINIA WERE SUPPOSED TO BE 
COMPETITIVE STATES.
BOTH OF THOSE STATES -- THEY 
BOTH BEEN CALLED FOR -- FOR -- 
FOR JOE BIDEN.
THE SECOND THING TO THINK ABOUT 
IS THREE THINGS ARE TESTED I 
THINK TONIGHT.
WHAT IS YOUR MACHINE?
WHAT IS YOUR MONEY?
AND WHAT IS YOUR MOMENTUM?
AND AS WE SO FAR WE HAVE SEEN IN
THE FIRST 30 MINUTES OF THIS, IT
LOOKS LIKE THE MORE POWERFUL 
THING IS MOMENTUM BECAUSE 
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG SPENT 18 
MILLION DOLLARS IN VIRGINIA AND 
HE MAY NOT GET A DELEGATE.
>> 500,000 OVERALL.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE SAW IS THE 
DEMOCRATS WAITING FOR SIGNALS AT
THE LAST MINUTE. 
>> WITHOUT A DOUBT.
I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, 
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TRADITIONALLY
THINK MONEY, ORGANIZATION.
JOE BIDEN HAD NONE OF THAT.
JOE BIDEN WENT LIMPING IN TO 
SOUTH CAROLINA AND SURGED AFTER 
SOUTH CAROLINA AND I THINK WHAT 
YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IS 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY, THE 
TRADITIONAL FDR DEMOCRATIC PARTY
COMING TO THE POLLS AND 
BASICALLY SAYING WE WANT SOMEONE
WHO IS GOING TO REPRESENT OUR 
VALUES, WE WANT SOMEONE WHO IS 
GOING TO BEAT DONALD TRUMP AND I
THINK THEY MADE THE JUDGMENT 
THAT IS JOE BIDEN. 
>> YOUR ORGANIZATION ENDORSED 
BERNIE SANDERS YESTERDAY.
HE HAS GOT A LOT OF FIGHT LEFT 
IN HIM.
A LOT OF LOYAL SUPPORTERS. 
>> ABSOLUTELY.
SO ET ESTABLISHMENT VERY QUICKLY
COALESCED AROUND BIDEN.
I SUSPECT ONCE WE GET SUPER 
TUESDAY WE MIGHT SEE MORE 
AGGRESSIVE ORGANIZATIONS AND 
MOVEMENTS COALESCING AROUND 
BERNIE SANDERS. 
>> HOPEFULLY, SHIFT FOR HIM IN 
THE LATER STAGE. 
>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE SAW ON 
THE ESTABLISHMENT SIDE IS THE 
ENDORSEMENTS COME OUT THE LAST 
SEVERAL DAYS AND SAW PETE 
BUTTIGIEG AND AMY KLOBUCHAR DROP
OUT AHEAD OF SUPER TUESDAY.
PRESSURE ON ELIZABETH WARREN TO 
DO THE SAME?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
ELIZABETH WARREN HAS HER OWN 
BASE AND OWN SUPPORT AND NO ONE 
WILL ASK A WOMAN TO STEP OUT OF 
THIS RACE AND PARTICULARLY THE 
LAST WOMAN.
I BELIEVE SHE HAS A A LOT OF 
PROGRESSIVE SUPPORTERS AND IF 
SHE DOES, AND IF SHE DOES SHE 
ENDORSES BERNIE SANDERS. 
>> YOU EXPECT SHE WILL?
>> THAT IS OUR HOPE.
SHE HAS A LOT OF PROGRESSIVE 
SUPPORT AND A LOT OF FOLKS 
SUPPORTING HER NOW HAVE BERNIE 
SANDERS AS NUMBER TWO.
THE HOPE IF SHE DOESN'T ENDORSE 
I AM THAT A LOT OF SUPPORT WILL 
GO TO BERNIE SANDERS.
WE WILL SEE. 
>> RAHM EMMANUEL.
YOUR THOUGHTS?
>> I THINK DIRECT RELATIONSHIP 
BETWEEN THE ENDORSEMENTS OF 
FORMER SENATORS OR FORMER 
COMPETITORS IN THE MOMENTUM 
YOU'RE BUILDING.
I ACTUALLY THINK LONG-TERM WHEN 
I'M DONE WITH THIS I WILL BE 
INTERESTED IN NEWSPAPER 
ENDORSEMENTS AND OFFICIAL 
ENDORSEMENTS AND WHAT PRODUCED A
VOTE.
WHAT HAS BEEN CONSISTENT SINCE 
THE SNOWS OF IOWA AND RAIN AT 
THE BEGINNING OF SPRING 
BASICALLY IS THE NUMBER ONE 
THING DEMOCRATS CARE ABOUT, BLOW
AWAY ALL OF THE ISSUES AND 
POLICY, CAN YOU BEAT DONALD 
TRUMP?
IF THEY THINK THAT'S A YES, 
BOOM. 
>> NUMBER ONE QUESTION ALL 
THROUGH THIS RACE. 
>> CONSISTENT.
I DO ALSO THINK WHEN YOU ADD IT 
UP, I MEAN, JOE BIDEN HAS TAKEN 
ALMOST BERNIE 2-1 IN A NUMBER OF
THESE STATES.
THEY SAY THE PARTY IS MOVING TO 
THE LEFT.
OVER 60% IS BASICALLY A MODERATE
VOTE LOOKING AT VIABILITY AND 
ELECT ABILITY AND KEY FACTORS. 
>> WE ARE WAITING ON TEXAS AND 
CALIFORNIA, VERY BIG STATES.
A FORMER REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR OF 
NEW JERSEY IS JOINING US AND 
ALLY OF PRESIDENT TRUMP, CHRIS 
CHRISTIE.
WE KNOW THE PRESIDENT IS A 
NONTRADITIONAL PRESIDENT IN SO 
MANY WAYS.
HE HAS BEEN SUCH AN ACTIVE 
PLAYER IN THIS DEMOCRATIC 
PRIMARY. 
>> WELL, LISTEN.
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE PRESIDENT
IS THAT HE WANTS TO BE AT THE 
CENTER OF EVERYTHING.
AND, RIGHT NOW, HE HAS NO RACE.
HE IS A RACE HORSE WHO WANTS A 
RACE.
AND SO HE WANTS TO GET INTO THIS
AND TRY TO MOVE IT FROM 
DAY-TO-DAY IN THE AREA HE WANTS.
SOME DAYS HE IS PUMPING UP 
SANDERS.
SOME DAYS HE IS PUMPING UP 
BIDEN.
>> SOMETIMES IT'S JUST HIS MOOD,
ISN'T IT?
BEFORE WE CAME ON THE AIR 
TONIGHT HE STILL SEEMS TO BE 
TWEETING MOST ABOUT MICHAEL 
BLOOMBERG WHO DOESN'T APPEAR TO 
BE SET FOR A VERY BIG NIGHT. 
>> I THINK STRATEGY THERE THEY 
DON'T WANT HIM TO HAVE A BIG 
NIGHT.
LISTEN.
IF YOU'RE THE TRUMP FOLKS AND 
LOOKING LONG TERM THE ONE THING 
YOU CAN'T CONTROL IN THIS WHOLE 
THING IS BLOOMBERG'S MONEY, 
RIGHT?
MIKE BLOOMBERG SAID HE WILL 
SPEND $3 BILLION IF HE IS THE 
GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATES AREA
YOU'RE DONALD TRUMP AND YOU SAY,
LISTEN.
I DON'T KNOW.
WE HAVE NEVER SEEN THAT IN 
AMERICAN POLITICS BEFORE IN A 
GENERAL ELECTION.
SO I THINK PART OF THE TRUMP 
STRATEGY IS LET'S FINISH 
BLOOMBERG OFF.
I'LL DEAL WITH BIDEN OR SANDERS 
AND TAKE MY CHANCES.
LET'S FINISH BLOOMBERG OFF SO WE
GET THAT MONEY AT LEAST NOT 
DIRECTLY INCENTIVIZED BY HAVING 
A CHANCE TO WIN THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> IT SEEMS TO ME THAT ACTUALLY 
HE HAS BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT.
HE WANTS BERNIE SANDERS.
IF HE DOESN'T GET BERNIE 
SANDERS, WHAT TRUMP AND THE 
TRUMP CAMPAIGN WANTS IS A DEEPLY
DIVIDED DEMOCRATIC PARTY WHERE 
THOSE WHO SUPPORTED BERNIE 
SANDERS ARE BITTER AND ANGRY AND
FEELING THAT THE NOMINATION TAKE
TAKEN AWAY FROM HIM. 
>> MARY BRUCE, WHAT WE SAW 
THROUGH THE IMPEACHMENT HE 
DIDN'T WANT JOE BIDEN, WHAT THE 
WHOLE UKRAINE STORY WAS ABOUT. 
>> NO.
HE IS EAGER TO GO UP AGAINST 
BERNIE SANDERS AND THE PARTY 
COALESCE AROUND JOE BIDEN.
INTERESTING TO SEE HOW MUCH OF 
THE IMPEACHMENT GETS BROUGHT UP 
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
I'M SURE THE PRESIDENT WILL 
HAMMER THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT
ON THOSE CONCERNS. 
>> WE HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK.
RESULTS ARE IN.
JOE BIDEN HAS WON THREE STATES 
AND BERNIE SANDERS ONE, AND 
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG HAS WON ONE.
>>> THIS IS AN ABC NEWS ELECTION
UPDATE.
>> GOOD EVENING.
WELCOME TO ABC NEWS LIVE.
WE ARE JUST MOMENTS AWAY FROM 
REJOINING GEORGE AND THE POWER 
HOUSE POLITICAL TEAM TONIGHT ON 
THIS CRUCIAL SUPER TUESDAY.
FIRST, LET'S RUN THROUGH SOME OF
THE POLLS THAT HAVE ALREADY 
CLOSED AND BASED ON ANALYSIS OF 
THE EXIT POLL, ABC NEWS PROJECTS
THAT BERNIE SANDERS WILL WIN HIS
HOME STATE OF VERMONT.
ABC NEWS ALSO PROJECTS THAT JOE 
BIDEN WILL WIN THE VIRGINIA 
PRIMARY.
THAT IS A BIG HEADLINE TONIGHT.
THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT IS 
PROJECTED TO WIN NORTH CAROLINA 
AS WELL AS ALABAMA IN THE DEEP 
SOUTH, PART OF HIS SOUTHERN 
STRATEGY.
WE CAN TELL YOU THAT FORMER 
MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG ON THE 
BALLOT FOR THE FIRST TIME 
TONIGHT AND INTERESTING TO SEE 
HIS RESULTS.
BASED ON 100% OF PRECINCTS 
REPORTING, ABC NEWS CAN SAY THAT
MAYOR BLOOMBERG HAS WON THE 
AMERICAN SAMOA CAUCUS.
IN THE NORTHEAST BASED ON EXIT 
POLLS MAINE IS LOOKING LIKE A 
TWO-HEARN RACE BETWEEN BIDEN AND
SANDERS.
MASSACHUSETTS, HOME STATE OF 
ELIZABETH WARREN, IT'S LOOKING 
LIKE A THREE-PERSON RACE BETWEEN
BIDEN, SANDERS, AND WARREN.
WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE AHEAD.
LET'S GO TO GEORGE. 
>> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME 
BACK TO SUPER TUESDAY 2020.
LET'S LOOK AT WHERE THE 
DELEGATES STAND RIGHT NOW.
JOE BIDEN IN THE LEAD.
100 DELEGATES AFTER WINNING FOUR
STATES IN THIS PRIMARY SEASON.
PULLING AHEAD OF BERNIE SANDERS.
HE WON THOROUGH STATES VERMONT 
TONIGHT COMING OUT OF NEW 
HAMPSHIRE AND NEVADA.
69 DELEGATES.
EIGHT DELEGATES FOR ELIZABETH 
WARREN AND FOUR DELEGATES FOR 
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG OUT OF 
AMERICAN SAMOA.
RIGHT NOW FORMER VICE PRESIDENT 
JOE BIDEN IS THE FRONT-RUNNER.
EVA?
>> Reporter: THIS IS GOING 
ACCORDING TO THEIR GAME PLAN, 
GEORGE.
THEY SAID THEY NEEDED TO DO WELL
IN THE SOUTH.
SO FAR, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT IS 
HAPPENING.
VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA, 
ALABAMA ALREADY IN THE FORMER 
VICE PRESIDENT'S CORNER AND THEY
ARE WATCHING THOSE OTHER STATES 
STILL VOTING TONIGHT.
ARKANSAS AND TENNESSEE.
EARLIER WHEN WE TALKED TO JOE 
BIDEN, HE SAID HE ACTUALLY FEELS
PRETTY GOOD ABOUT TEXAS AND EVEN
CALIFORNIA, DESPITE THE FACT 
THAT THEY WERE LATE GETTING INTO
THE GAME HERE, GEORGE. 
>> EVA, I LOVE YOU CALL IT THEIR
GAME PLAN.
A WEEK AGO, THEIR GAME PLAN WAS 
TO SURVIVE IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND
HOPE IT WOULD ALL WORK OUT. 
>> Reporter: IT SEEMS TO HAVE 
WORKED OUT REALLY WELL.
YOU KNOW, FROM THE BEGINNING, 
JOE BIDEN AND HIS ENTIRE TEAM 
HAS SAID, SOUTH CAROLINA.
THEY KEPT SAYING IT OVER AND 
OVER AGAIN.
AND PEOPLE WERE STARTING TO POKE
HOLES INTO IT AS HE WASN'T DOING
WELL.
YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THE NIGHT OF 
THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY, HE 
MADE THE GREAT ESCAPE TO SOUTH 
CAROLINA AND THAT, I THINK, 
BASED ON WHAT WE SAW, IS WHEN WE
REALLY STARTED TO FEEL THE 
DIFFERENCE IN HIS CAMPAIGN AND 
THE DIFFERENCE IN HIS -- IT WAS 
JUST A DIFFERENT TONE IN THE 
ROOM.
THAT NOW AFTER SOUTH CAROLINA 
WITH THAT BIG CONVINCING WIN, WE
ARE SEEING LONG LINES AT AN 
EVENT FOR JOE BIDEN AND 
SOMETHING WE DEFINITELY DIDN'T 
SEE IN IOWA OR NEW HAMPSHIRE, AN
EXCITEMENT IN THE CROWD AND 
DIVERSITY IN THE CROWD, YOUNG 
AND OLD, GEORGE. 
>> WE WILL CHECK IN WITH YOU 
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.
MARTHA IS IN VERMONT WITH BERNIE
SANDERS TONIGHT.
MARTHA, IT APPEARS THE BERNIE 
SANDERS TEAM WAS BLINDSIDED BY 
THIS WAVE OF ENDORSEMENT FOR JOE
BIDEN IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS
AND THE MOMENTUM HE HAS BUT THEY
ARE PREPARING FOR THE FIGHT 
AHEAD. 
>> Reporter: THEY DEFINITELY 
ARE, GEORGE.
THEY ARE ALREADY SAYING TONIGHT 
THE NIGHT IS STILL YOUNG AND 
THEY ARE LOOKING AHEAD, 
OBVIOUSLY, TO CALIFORNIA.
THEY HAVE THEIR EYE ON TEXAS TOO
BUT THERE HAS TO BE SOME 
DISAPPOINTMENT, ESPECIALLY ABOUT
NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA.
BERNIE SANDERS SPENT A LOT OF 
TIME IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS 
IN VIRGINIA.
I WAS OUTSIDE A RALLY IN 
NORTHERN VIRGINIA AND THERE WERE
MORE THAN 10 THOUSAND PEOPLE 
THERE.
HE KNOWS HE HAS TO GET PAST JOE 
BIDEN TO WIN THIS NOMINATION AND
HE CERTAINLY DOESN'T WANT TO 
LOSE THAT MOMENTUM TONIGHT 
BECAUSE THAT MOMENTUM IS SO 
IMPORTANT.
THE VOTERS WE TALKED TO TODAY 
ARE STRONG SUPPORTERS.
WE ARE IN VERMONT, STRONG 
SUPPORTERS WITH BERNIE SANDERS 
SAYING THEY WILL STAND BY HIM NO
MATTER WHAT.
I ASKED ALL OF THEM IF HE LOSES 
THE NOMINATION, WILL THEY 
SUPPORT THE NOMINEE?
THEY SAID, ABSOLUTELY THEY 
WOULD. 
>> THAT IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS 
GOING FORWARD FOR ALL OF THE 
DEMOCRATS.
THE NIGHT IS YOUNG.
POLLS CLOSE AT 8:30 AS WELL IN 
THE STATE OF ARKANSAS.
WE WILL BE HERE ALL NIGHT LONG.
SO FAR, JOE BIDEN WON THREE 
STATES AND BERNIE SANDERS HAS 
WON ONE.
STAY WITH US.
>>> BACK WITH OUR COVERAGE OF 
SUPER TUESDAY.
TAKING ON THE BACK OF THIS 
CORONAVIRUS VIRUS AND ITS IMPACT
ON OUR ECONOMY.
REBECCA JARVIS IS HERE WITH 
MORE.
EMERGENCY RATE CUT, IT APPEARS 
TO HAVE BACK-FIRED?
>> IT SPOOKED THE MARKET TODAY, 
GEORGE.
INVESTORS ARE LOOKING AT THIS 
MOVE AND UNEXPECTED 
UNPRECEDENTED MOVE FROM THE FED 
AND THE LAST TIME WAS IN 2008.
THE POTENTIAL PAIN AND ECONOMIC 
FEELING AHEAD.
WALL STREET KNOWS THAT THE 
CORONAVIRUS WILL HAVE AN 
ECONOMIC IMPACT.
THE QUESTION IS HOW SEVERE THAT 
IMPACT WILL BE.
WE HAVE SEEN THIS COME IN WAVES 
SO FAR.
THE REACTION ON WALL STREET A 
WEEK AGO WAS TO THE FACT THAT A 
NUMBER OF U.S. BUSINESSES WERE 
SEEING FACTORIES SHUT AND 
MANUFACTURING SHUT DOWN IN CHINA
AND THAT WAS GOING TO IMPACT 
BUSINESS AND WARNINGS CAME OUT 
THERE.
NOW AS THE VIRUS MAKES ITS WAY 
HERE TO THE UNITED STATES, THE 
CONCERN TURNS TO U.S. BUSINESS, 
HOW WILL THEY BEHAVE HERE AND 
HOW WILL CONSUMERS BEHAVE?
WE ARE A CONSUMER-DRIVEN 
ECONOMY. 
>> ON THAT, WHAT ARE WE SEEING 
SO FAR IN THE REAL ECONOMY?
>> SO FAR IN THE REAL ECONOMY, 
WE HAVEN'T SEEN A GIGANTIC 
IMPACT BUT A LOT OF MAJOR 
COMPANIES MAKING BIG 
CANCELLATIONS.
TWITTER, AMAZON, FACEBOOK, 
JPMORGAN HAVE TOLD THEIR 
COMPANIES DON'T TRAVEL UNLESS 
IT'S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY AND 
COMPANIES PLAYING WITH THE IDEA 
OF PEOPLE WORKING FROM HOME 
INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE OFFICE 
AND THERE WILL BE A RIPPLE 
EFFECT FROM THOSE MOVES. 
>> CHRIS CHRISTIE IS HERE WITH 
MORE ON THIS.
WE HEARD THE PRESIDENT TALKING 
ABOUT THE STOCK MARKET A MONTH 
AND A HALF AGO AND ONE OF HIS 
POINTS OF PRIDE.
THEY WERE PLANNING ON RUNNING ON
THE ECONOMY.
THIS HAS SPOOKED THE PRESIDENT A
LITTLE BIT AS WELL. 
>> THIS MATTERS MORE THAN 
ANYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING HERE 
TONIGHT TO THE PRESIDENT, 
BECAUSE KNOWS THAT THE BEDROCK 
OF HIS SUPPORT AND HE GETS FROM 
AROUND THE COUNTRY IS BASED UPON
THE ECONOMIC RESULTS OF WHAT 
HAPPENED THE LAST THREE YEARS.
SO THAT IS WHY I THINK YOU'RE 
SEEING HIM REACTING THE WAY HE 
IS TO THE FED. 
>> HE IS PUSHING THE FED SO 
HARD. 
>> TYPICAL, GEORGE.
A FEW MONTHS BACK HE WAS SAYING 
AND SAME THING A YEAR AGO.
WHENEVER HE FEELS LIKE THE 
ECONOMY IS EVEN A LITTLE BIT AT 
RISK, HE IS GOING TO WANT TO 
PUSH TO GET SOMETHING DONE AND 
YOU HEAR THEM NOW TALKING ABOUT 
POTENTIALLY INFRASTRUCTURE 
SPENDING AS WELL TO TRY TO BOOST
THE ECONOMY.
SO THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS OUT 
THERE.
WHAT WE KNOW IS THE ONE THING 
DONALD TRUMP WILL ALWAYS REMAIN 
FOCUSED ON IS WHAT IS THE 
ECONOMY LOOKING LIKE BECAUSE HE 
KNOWS THAT IS THE WAY -- 
>> RUN FOR RE-ELECTION.
WHAT ARE WE HEARING FROM THE 
VOTERS?
>> IN VIRGINIA DIG DOWN ON THE 
ECONOMY QUESTION AND WHETHER OR 
NOT YOU WANT FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE 
THAT BERNIE SANDERS AND 
ELIZABETH WARREN HAS BEEN 
TALKING ABOUT OR THE MORE 
MODERATE DEMOCRATS WHO SAID 
MINOR CHANGES.
LOOK AT THIS BREAKDOWN IN 
VIRGINIA.
45% OF THE CANDIDATES OR RATHER 
VOTERS TODAY SAID WE NEED MINOR 
CHANGES.
42% NEED A COMPLETE OVERHAUL.
IF YOU LOOK DOWN ALABAMA COMING 
IN TONIGHT, PRESIDENTIAL AGENDA 
LOOK AT THIS.
54% WANTED TO RETURN TO OBAMA 
ERA POLICIES, THAT COMPARES TO 
27% MORE LIBERAL POLICIES WHICH 
MIGHT EXPLAIN WHY JOE BIDEN IS 
HAVING A GOOD NIGHT SO FAR AS WE
HEAD TO THE SOUTH. 
>> THAT IS SOMETHING WE SAW PLAY
OUT IN THE DEBATE THE 
FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 
BERNIE SANDERS AND JOE BIDEN. 
>> FOR SURE.
WITH BERNIE SANDERS, I THINK ONE
THING IS I WANT TO BRING UP 
ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE ELECTORATE 
TONIGHT I THINK IS DISCUSSED BUT
REALLY PINPOINT IT, YOU KNOW, 
YOU HAVE NONWHITE VOTERS FOR THE
FIRST TIME MAKING UP A THIRD OF 
THE ELECTORATE.
FOR THE FIRST TIME LATINO VOTERS
ARE PASSING AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
VOTERS, 32 MILLION ELIGIBLE 
LATINO VOTERS COMPARED TO 30 
MILLION ELIGIBLE BLACK VOTERS.
I THINK WE ARE -- 
>> WE ARE.
WE SAW THAT IN NEVADA AND AGAIN 
IN TEXAS AND CALIFORNIA LATER.
WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.
WE WILL TAKE A BREAK.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO SUPER 
TUESDAY 2020.
THERE YOU SEE THE DELEGATION WON
SO FAR IN THIS RACE.
JOE BIDEN IN THE LEAD WITH 100 
DELEGATES AFTER WINNING FOUR 
STATES AND THREE TONIGHT OFF 
THAT SOUTH CAROLINA WIN ON 
SATURDAY.
BERNIE SANDERS IN SECOND AT 69 
AND WON THREE STATES THE COURSE 
OF THESE PRIMARIES AND FOLLOWED 
BY ELIZABETH WARREN WITH EIGHT 
DELEGATES AND MICHAEL BLOOMBERG 
WITH FOUR AND A LOT OF RESULTS 
COMING IN TONIGHT AND RECAP WHAT
HAPPENED SO FAR TONIGHT.
JOE BIDEN HAS WON THE STATE OF 
ALABAMA AND STATE OF NORTH 
CAROLINA, THE THIRD BIGGEST 
PRIZE TONIGHT BETWEEN TEXAS AND 
CALIFORNIA.
HE HAS WON THE STATE OF VIRGINIA
CLEANING UP IN THE SOUTH TONIGHT
FOR JOE BIDEN COMING OFF THAT 
WIN IN SOUTH CAROLINA LAST WEEK.
YOU SEE IN VIRGINIA, IT IS A 
EASY WIN THERE FOR JOE BIDEN.
THE RAW VOTE COMING IN OVER 30 
POINTS ABOVE BERNIE SANDERS.
BERNIE SANDERS WINNING HIS HOME 
STATE OF VERMONT HANDILY.
AND CHECK IT OUT.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG HAS WON 
AMERICAN SAMOA, A HANDFUL OF 
DELEGATES THERE.
RESULTS FROM MAINE AND 
MASSACHUSETTS.
TOO EARLY TO MAKE A PROJECTION 
BUT WE THINK IT'S BETWEEN JOE 
BIDEN AND BERNIE SANDERS IN 
STATE OF MAINE.
IN MASSACHUSETTS A THREE-PERSON 
RACE BETWEEN BIDEN, SANDERS, AND
ELIZABETH WARREN.
THEY ARE FIGHTING IT OUT RIGHT 
NOW.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG IN WEST PALM 
BEACH AND IS STARTING TO SPEAK.
LET'S LISTEN IN. 
>> IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE IN THIS
BEAUTIFUL STATE.
I KNOW YOU'RE NOT USED TO SEEING
A NEW YORKER IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA
IN LATE WINTER!
BUT UNLIKE THE PRESIDENT, I 
DIDN'T COME HERE TO GOLF!
OR TO REVEAL CLASSIFIED 
INFORMATION TO MAR-A-LAGO 
MEMBERS.
I CAME HERE BECAUSE WINNING IN 
NOVEMBER STARTS WITH FLORIDA.
AND IF I'M THE NOMINEE, LET ME 
MAKE YOU THIS PROMISE -- WE WILL
BEAT DONALD TRUMP HERE IN 
FLORIDA AND SWING STATES AROUND 
THE COUNTRY.
NOW TONIGHT, THE POLLS ARE STILL
OPEN IN A NUMBER OF SUPER 
TUESDAY STATES.
AND AS THE RESULTS COME IN, HERE
IS WHAT IS CLEAR -- NO MATTER 
HOW MANY DELEGATES WE WIN 
TONIGHT, WE HAVE DONE SOMETHING 
NO ONE ELSE THOUGHT WAS 
POSSIBLE.
IN JUST THREE MONTHS, WE HAVE 
GONE FROM 1% OF THE POLLS TO 
BEING A CONTENDER FOR THE 
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR 
PRESIDENT.
ENTHUSIASM, THEY DON'T LACK.
ALL ACROSS AMERICA, I'VE BEEN 
TALKING WITH VOTERS AND MY 
MESSAGE IS SIMPLE -- I AM 
RUNNING TO BEAT DONALD TRUMP!
AND TO START REBUILDING OUR 
COUNTRY AND TO START GETTING 
THINGS DONE.
AND I MEAN BIG IMPORTANT THINGS 
LIKE STOPPING GUN VIOLENCE AND 
FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE AND 
FINALLY ACHIEVING AFFORDABLE 
HEALTH COVERAGE FOR ALL 
AMERICANS.
THIS IS A CAMPAIGN FOR CHANGE.
A CAMPAIGN FOR SANITY, FOR 
HONESTY.
A CAMPAIGN FOR INCLUSION, 
COMPASSION, COMPETENCE AND A 
CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN BEING 
DECENCY.
AND THIS IS A CAMPAIGN TO BRING 
OUR COUNTRY BACK TOGETHER AND 
PUT THE UNITED BACK IN THE 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
THAT IS THE MESSAGE I'VE BEEN 
DELIVERING, NOT ONLY TO 
DEMOCRATS, BUT ALSO TO SWING 
VOTERS WHO WILL ACTUALLY DECIDE 
WHO WILL BE OUR NEXT PRESIDENT.
AND, TONIGHT, WE HAVE PROVED 
SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE PROVED WE CAN WIN THE 
VOTERS WHO WILL DECIDE THE 
GENERAL ELECTION AND ISN'T THAT 
WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT?
NOW, WHAT MY FELLOW CANDIDATES 
SPENT A YEAR FOCUSING ON THE 
FIRST FOUR STATES.
I WAS OUT CAMPAIGNING AGAINST 
DONALD TRUMP IN THE STATES WHERE
THE ELECTION WILL ACTUALLY BE 
DECIDED, LIKE WISCONSIN AND 
MICHIGAN AND PITTSBURGH AND OHIO
AND NORTH CAROLINA AND, OF 
COURSE, FLORIDA.
PRESIDENT OBAMA PROVED THAT A 
DEMOCRAT CAN WIN ALL OF THOSE 
STATES, BUT IN 2016, WE LOST 
THEM ALL.
WELL, I'M RUNNING TO WIN THEM 
BACK.
AND, TOGETHER, AND TOGETHER WE 
ARE GOING TO GET IT DONE.
NOW WE ALL KNOW TRUMP'S 
STRATEGY -- ATTACK DEMOCRATS, 
MAKE THEIR PLANS LOOK 
UNREALISTIC, UNAFFORDABLE, AND 
UNDOABLE.
THAT WON'T WORK AGAINST US.
OUR PLANS ARE SENSIBLE, 
WORKABLE, AND ACHIEVABLE AND WE 
HAVE THE RECORD AND THE 
RESOURCES TO DEFEAT TRUMP IN 
SWING STATES THAT DEMOCRATS LOST
IN 2016 LIKE FLORIDA.
I KNOW WE CAN DO IT AND YOU KNOW
WHO ELSE KNOWS IT?
DONALD TRUMP!
AND THAT IS WHY HE KEEPS 
ATTACKING US ON TWITTER.
TODAY, HE SENT A TWEET OUT 
URGING PEOPLE NOT TO VOTE. 
>> THERE YOU HAVE UP-BEAT 
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG SPEAKING IN 
WEST PALM BEACH.
HE IS UPBEAT RIGHT NOW TALKING 
ABOUT DONALD TRUMP BUT THIS IS 
NOT THE NIGHT THEY WERE 
EXPECTING BEFORE THAT DEBATE A 
COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO IN LAS VEGAS
WHERE THEY JUST SAW THEIR POLL 
NUMBERS START TO TANK. 
>> EXACTLY.
I SPENT THE DAY WITH THE 
CANDIDATES HERE IN FLORIDA AND I
GOT TO TELL YOU, HE IS 
DOWNPLAYING EXPECTATIONS COMING 
IN TONIGHT AS HAS HIS CAMPAIGN 
STAFF.
FRANKLY, THE CAMPAIGN CHAIR TOLD
REPORTERS A FEW MINUTES AGO 
BEFORE BLOOMBERG TOOK THE STAGE 
THAT THEY WILL SOON FIND OUT IF 
BLOOMBERG WILL BE THE CANDIDATE 
OR THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON, 
WHOMEVER THE CANDIDATE IS, THEY 
SAY HE IS NOT DROPPING OUT 
TONIGHT, GEORGE, BUT THEN THE 
CAMPAIGN HERE ALSO SAID THAT HE 
EXPECTS BIDEN OR BLOOMBERG TO BE
THE NOMINEE SO THEY KNOW WHAT 
THEY ARE ENTER FOR TONIGHT.
THEY ARE BEING PRETTY FRANK 
ABOUT THE EXPECTATIONS GAME 
HERE. 
>> I AM TO BRING RAHM EMANUEL IN
ON THAT.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG GOT INTO THIS 
RACE WHEN IT LOOKED LIKE 
OTHER -- HE HAS FACED A FAIR 
AMOUNT OF PRESSURE FROM HIS 
ALLIES IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
TO GET OUT OF THIS RACE AND 
CLEAR THE PATH FOR BIDEN. 
>> HE IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO 
GET THAT PRESSURE.
HE SAID HE IS NOT -- WHAT I'M 
GOING TO WATCH FOR IS WHAT KIND 
OF AMPTSING HE DOES.
IF -- ADVERTISING HE DOES.
I THINK THE ADVERTISING WILL 
TELL YOU A LOT MORE OF WHERE HIS
HEAD IS.
IF HE STARTS TO GO AFTER BERNIE,
IT'S A BANK SHOT KNOWING HE 
CAN'T WIN BUT HE -- HE WILL NOT 
GET OUT BUT HE IS GOING TO MAKE 
SURE HIS RESOURCES GO TO JOE 
BIDEN.
I WOULD WATCH THE ADVERTISING 
THE NEXT 48 HOURS THAT WILL TELL
YOU WHERE HE IS GOING. 
>> IF HE, INDEED, STAYS IN.
YOU HAVE EXIT POLLS ON THIS 
WHOLE QUESTION OF THAT MESSAGE 
WE SAW THERE I'M HERE TO BEAT 
DONALD TRUMP.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG NOT SCORING SO
HIGH?
>> THE BIGGEST CHEER IN FLORIDA 
DOESN'T GO TWO WEEKS.
LOOK AT THIS.
STATE-BY-STATE.
IN VIRGINIA MIKE BLOOMBERG DEAD 
LAST AND 9% SAID HE WAS BEST 
EQUIPPED TO BEAT DONALD TRUMP 
AFTER ALL HE HAS SPENT AND 
STARTING IN VIRGINIA.
NORTH CAROLINA, LOOK.
12% FOR MIKE BLOOMBERG AND 47% 
SAY JOE BIDEN BEST EQUIPPED TO 
BEAT DONALD TRUMP.
OKLAHOMA THE ONLY STATE MIKE 
BLOOMBERG BARELY EDGES OUT 
ELIZABETH WARN BUT 46% SAYING 
JOE BIDEN TONIGHT. 
>> JOHN, MICHAEL BLOOMBERG WAS 
OPEN WHEN HE CAME IN EVEN IF HE 
DIDN'T RUN, SPEND HUNDREDS OF 
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ALL THROUGH 
NOVEMBER IN ORDER TO HELP DEFEAT
DONALD TRUMP. 
>> WHICH IS WHY THIS FORMATION 
IS INTERESTING.
HE WILL EITHER BE THE NOMINEE 
THEY SAY OR THE MOST IMPORTANT 
PERSON TO THE NOMINEE.
HERE IS THE THING.
THE ONLY PERSON THAT HE CAN BE 
IMPORTANT TO WHO IS LEFT IS JOE 
BIDEN.
HE WON'T BE CAMPAIGNING AND 
SUPPORTING BERNIE SANDERS.
HE IS ALREADY ON RECORD SAYING 
BERNIE SANDERS CANNOT BEAT 
DONALD TRUMP.
SO HE IS CLEARLY POSITIONING 
HIMSELF TO BE VERY HELPFUL AND 
VERY SUPPORTIVE TO JOE BIDEN. 
>> RESULTS COMING IN FROM THE 
STATE OF OKLAHOMA.
POLLS HAVE CLOSED THERE IN THE 
STATE OF OKLAHOMA.
A TIGHT RACE BETWEEN JOE BIDEN 
AND MICHAEL BLOOMBERG.
BERNIE SANDERS AND ELIZABETH 
WARREN HOLDING THEIR OWN.
FROM THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA NOT 
QUITE CRACKING THE 15% YET.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN PULL UP 
OKLAHOMA THERE AND TAKE A LOOK 
AT WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN THAT 
THAT STATE AS THE RESULTS COME 
IN. 
>> INTERESTING THING ABOUT 
OKLAHOMA, SOMETIMES IT'S 
CONTRARIAN.
IT WENT FOR BERNIE FOUR YEARS 
AGO.
BEFORE THAT CLINTON AGAINST 
OBAMA.
IT WENT FOR GENERAL WESLEY CLARK
FOUR YEARS AGO.
THE IMPORTANT VOTE, WE DON'T 
HAVE OKLAHOMA CITY OR NORMAN, 
OKLAHOMA CITY.
THE GREEN IS JOE BIDEN.
HE HAS PICKED UP A FEW COUNTIES 
IN HERE BUT ONLY 5% OF THE VOTE 
SO FAR REPORTED.
37 DELEGATES.
WE HAVE TO WAIT ON THIS ONE. 
>> STAY AT THE BOARD THERE AND 
TULL UP STATE OF TENNESSEE.
SOME OF THE POLLS HAVE TO STAY 
OPEN LATER THERE.
SOME ARE OPEN AT 11:00 BECAUSE 
OF THAT HORRIBLE TORNADO THAT 
TORE THROUGH NASHVILLE. 
>> SO FAR ONLY A FEW COUNTIES 
REPORTING.
BERNIE SANDERS HAS THE LEAD 
RIGHT NOW.
HE IS TIED WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS
TIED WITH MICHAEL BLOOMBERG.
YOU SEE THE ORANGE ON THE BOARD 
AS WELL.
THE BIG VOTE AREAS MEMPHIS, 
SHELBY COUNTY AND NASHVILLE AS 
WELL IS WHERE THE TORNADO THAT 
CAME RIGHT THROUGH HERE, GEORGE.
THAT IS WHY THE POLLS ARE OPEN 
AND KNOXVILLE IS OUT AS WELL.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS RIGHT 
HERE.
YOU LOOK AT THE STATE AND YOU 
SEE SORT OF THE EFFECT OF SOUTH 
CAROLINA.
LOOK AT THIS.
ALL OF THESE STATES THAT JOE 
BIDEN IS WINNING, IT WAS A 
POLITICAL EARTHQUAKE, THAT WIN 
IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
WE ARE SEEING THE AFTER SHOCKS 
IN VIRGINIA, ALABAMA AND WAITING
ON TENNESSEE TO SEE WHAT 
HAPPENS. 
>> DON'T LEAVE THE BOARD AND GO 
TO MASSACHUSETTS.
PULL UP MASSACHUSETTS. 
>> YOU GOT IT. 
>> AS WELL. 
>> ALL RIGHT.
LET'S SEE WHAT WE HAVE UP HERE.
THAT IS ELIZABETH WARREN'S 
STATE.
JOE BIDEN IS ON TOP.
ELIZABETH WARREN AT 22%.
SEE HOW MUCH OF THE BOSTON IN 
BOSTON, SUFFOLK COUNTY.
ONLY 2% OF BOSTON.
WHEN IT COMES TO MASSACHUSETTS, 
ABOUT 90% OF THE VOTE WILL COME 
THROUGH HERE.
WORCESTER, EAST OF BOSTON AND 
SUFFOLK COUNTY, ALL OF THOSE 
AREAS.
STILL A LOT OF THE VOTE OUT 
THERE.
BIDEN AND SANDERS LOOK LIKE THEY
SPLIT IT AND BOSTON IS A GREAT 
AREA TO LOOK AT.
IT'S BASICALLY 25% 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND 25% 
HISPANICS AND INTERESTING TO SEE
WHO PULLS OUT ON TOP OVER THERE.
>> THANK YOU.
WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM 
ELIZABETH WARREN TONIGHT?
>> WELL, SHE MADE IT A VERY 
EARLY NIGHT BECAUSE IT LOOKS 
LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG 
NIGHT FOR HER IN THE VOTING 
ITSELF.
SHE HAS COME AND GONE AND MADE A
SPEECH AND DIDN'T EVEN STAY FOR 
THE SELFIES WHICH SHE OFTEN 
DOES.
SHE IS HERE IN MICHIGAN BECAUSE 
SHE IS MAKING A STATEMENT.
SHE IS IN IT.
WHILE SHE HAS NOT FINISHED THIRD
ANYWHERE, HIGHER THAN THIRD 
ANYWHERE SO FAR, SHE DOES HAVE 
MONEY AND RAISED 29 MILLION 
DOLLARS IN FEBRUARY AND A BIG 
ENDORSEMENT FROM THE POWERFUL 
PRO WOMEN EMILY'S LIST AND SHE 
HAS MADE THE POINT NOT ONLY IS 
SHE THE LAST WOMAN IN THE RACE 
BUT THE YOUNGEST PERSON AT 70 
YEARS OLD IN THE RACE.
THERE IS NO QUESTION SHE HAS GOT
TO FIND A BREAKOUT AND WHAT WE 
ARE HEARING FROM THE CAMPAIGN IS
THAT SHE IS LOOKING FOR PICK UP 
SOME DELEGATES AND SHE WANTS TO 
BE ON THAT DEBATE STAGE AND 
HOPES FOR A BREAKOUT THERE AT 
THE END OF THE DAY SHE IS HOPING
FOR A BROKERED CONVENTION AND 
SOMEHOW MAKING IT THROUGH THAT 
WAY.
SHE IS FULL OF FIRE.
WHAT SHE IS TELLING VOTERS, 
DON'T BE A PUNDIT.
DON'T VOTE FOR THE PERSON YOU 
THINK IS GOING TO WIN.
CAST A VOTE WITH YOUR HEART, SHE
SAID.
AND IF YOU DO THAT, YOU'LL COME 
WITH ME. 
>> LET ME BRING HEIDI IN.
YOU SERVED WITH ELIZABETH 
WARREN.
THIS DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS SO 
DIVERSE IN SO MANY WAYS AND WE 
STARTED OUT WITH 23 CANDIDATES 
AND THE LEADING CANDIDATES ARE 
TWO WHITE MEN OVER THE AGE OF 
75. 
>> I HAVE TO TELL YOU I'M A 
LITTLE BIT SURPRISED.
I PREDICTED THAT ELIZABETH WOULD
HAVE A BETTER NIGHT WITH AMY 
GETTING OUT.
I THINK IT'S BEEN HARD FOR HER.
SHE HAS BEEN THE FRONT-RUNNER 
TWICE.
SHE WENT UP, SHE CAME DOWN AND 
WENT BACK UP.
I THINK SHE KNOWS THIS IS A BIG 
ROLLER COASTER AND SHE IS RIDING
THROUGH. 
>> DO YOU AGREE YOU THINK SHE IS
MORE LIKELY TO ENDORSE BERNIE 
SANDERS?
IS THAT AN OPEN QUESTION?
>> TO ME, I THINK THAT YOU 
SHOULD NOT TAKE THAT FOR 
GRANTED.
I THINK THAT DUST-UP SHE HAD 
WITH SENATOR SANDERS, I THINK 
THAT WAS REAL AND I THINK THAT 
IT WAS A REAL CRACK IN THEIR 
RELATIONSHIP AND I DON'T KNOW IF
SHE WILL REPAIR THAT AND SEE A 
BETTER PROSPECT FOR BERNIE OR 
WHETHER SHE WILL JUST START 
DOING WHAT SHE DOES WHICH IS 
FIGHTING AND STAYING OUT OF THAT
RACE IN THE TOP. 
>> WE WILL TAKE ANOTHER QUICK 
BREAK.
OUR COVERAGE OF SUPER TUESDAY 
2020 CONTINUES.
>>> THIS IS AN ABC NEWS ELECTION
UPDATE.
>> WELCOME TO ABC NEWS LIVE.
WE ARE ABOUT TO HEAD BACK TO 
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS AND POWER 
HOUSE POLITICAL CREW ON THIS 
HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SUPER 
TUESDAY.
FIRST, LET'S GO TO MY COLLEAGUE 
RACHEL SCOTT WITH THE SANDERS 
CAMP IN VERMONT.
YOU CRISSCROSSED THE COUNTRY 
COVERING SANDERS.
WHAT IS THE MOOD IN THE ROOM 
TONIGHT?
>> THE CROWD IS ECSTATIC.
THERE IS A MESSAGE FROM THE 
CAMPAIGN TONIGHT IS THAT THE 
NIGHT IS YOUNG.
THEY SAY THEY HAVE THEIR EYES ON
TEXAS AND CALIFORNIA THAT HAS 
THE MOST DELEGATES ON SUPER 
TUESDAY BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE 
RESULTS IN JUST YET.
SENATOR SANDERS HAS INVESTED 
HEAVILY IN THOSE STATES AND 
ESPECIALLY IN CALIFORNIA.
HE HAS TRAVELED TO THAT STATE 
MORE THAN ANY OTHER SUPER 
TUESDAY STATE AND SPENDING MORE 
THAN 8 MILLION IN ADS AND 
LOOKING TO GET AHEAD THERE. 
>> HOW IS THE CAMP RESPONDING TO
EARLY RESULTS, ESPECIALLY OUT OF
THE SOUTH AND THE GAME CHANGING 
SURGE THAT BIDEN HAS BEEN 
ENJOYING EVER SINCE SOUTH 
CAROLINA ON SATURDAY?
>> Reporter: YEAH.
SPECIFICALLY SOUTH CAROLINA.
THEY DO THAT WITH A SPEED BUMP 
IN THIS PRIMARY.
SENATOR SANDERS CAMPAIGN WILL 
TELL US THAT, LISTEN, HE WON THE
POPULAR VOTE THE FIRST THREE 
CONTESTS.
HE PULLED AHEAD IN NEVADA AND 
ABLE TO BRING IN LATINOS AND 
ALSO YOUNG VOTERS.
TONIGHT HE IS DEPENDING ON THEM 
TO TURN OUT. 
>> THANK YOU, RACHEL SCOTT.
SO MUCH AHEAD ON THIS MARATHON 
SUPER TUESDAY NIGHT.
LET'S SEND IT BACK TO GEORGE.
♪♪
>> BACK ON SUPER TUESDAY 2020.
JOE BIDEN IN THE LEAD WITH 112 
DELEGATES AFTER WINNING FOUR 
STATES.
BERNIE SANDERS AT 80.
ELIZABETH WARREN AND MICHAEL 
BLOOMBERG TRAILING.
LET'S GO BACK TO THE BLOOMBERG 
CAMPAIGN AND HE STOPPED SPEAKING
SO YOU CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT 
MORE FREELY.
WHAT IS A YOUR SENSE OF SPENDING
THE DAY WITH BLOOMBERG AND HIS 
TEAM IN FLORIDA TODAY?
>> Reporter: HE MADE A NUMBER 
STOPS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS HERE 
IN FLORIDA.
I'VE COVERED A FEW DIFFERENT 
CAMPAIGNS.
I'VE GOT TO SAY I'VE NEVER SEEN 
ANY CAMPAIGN QUITE LIKE THIS 
ONE.
YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT THE NUMBER, 
THE MONEY HE HAS SPENT HIS ONLY 
PERSONAL FORTUNE MORE THAN 
500,000 DOLLARS POURED INTO THIS
CAMPAIGN OF HIS OWN MONEY.
WE WERE ON A PRIVATE JET.
I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT THIS EARLY 
IN THE CAMPAIGN STAGE WITH A 
HANDSFUL OF REPORTERS AND 
STAFFERS.
THEY ARE FEEDING THE SUPPORTERS 
WHO HAVE SHOWN UP HERE.
THERE IS WINE FLOWING AND FOOD 
FLOWING.
THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF MONEY IN
THIS CAMPAIGN.
HE HAS SPENT, GEORGE, MORE THAN 
176,000 DOLLARS ON AS PER 
DELEGATE UP FOR GRABS ON THIS 
SUPER TUESDAY.
THIS MONEY IS JUST UNLIKE 
ANYTHING WE HAVE EVER SEEN 
BEFORE.
AND THIS STRATEGY, YOU GUYS HAVE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS TONIGHT,
IS COMPLETELY UNTESTED.
SKIPPING THESE EARLY STATES, 
BANKING IT ALL ON SUPER TUESDAY.
POURING HIS OWN MONEY INTO A 
RACE LIKE THIS.
I GUESS WE WILL FIND OUT TONIGHT
WHETHER THIS IS A STRATEGY THAT 
WORKS AND WHETHER VOTERS ARE 
BUYING IT. 
>> THANK YOU.
LINDSEY DAVIS ON THE ISSUE OF 
MONEY HERE.
BLOOMBERG IS HIS OWN CATEGORY.
ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WE HAVE 
SEEN ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE IS 
THIS REVOLUTION IN GRASSROOTS 
FUND-RAISING HAS FUELED SANDERS 
AND WARREN. 
>> PIGGYBACK ON WHAT CECELIA WAS
SAYING.
56.2 BILLION DOLLARS IS WHAT HE 
ASK WORTH AND A LOT MORE WHERE 
THAT CAME FROM AND HE HAS A LOT 
OF STAYING POWER.
LOOK AT NUMBERS AS FAR AS 903 
MILLION DOLLARS SPENT ON ADS SO 
FAR BY ALL OF THE CANDIDATES AND
510 MILLION OF THAT WAS FROM 
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG.
THE ONLY CANDIDATE AT THIS POINT
HAS BOUGHT ADS IN EVERY SUPER 
TUESDAY STATE AND HE OUTSPENT 
THE CANDIDATES BY TEN TIMES AS 
MUCH. 
>> I WANT TO BRING MATTHEW DOWD 
IN ON THIS.
BECAUSE THIS MIGHT BE A TREND WE
HAVE BEEN SEEING IN POLITICS 
GROWING SOMETIME.
THE DIMINISHING IMPORTANCE OF 
PAID MEDIA ON TELEVISION 
COMPARED TO WHAT THEY EARN JUST 
BY HOW THEY DO IN THE BASE AND 
IN PRIMARIES?
>> WE SAW THIS WHEN I WAS DOING 
BUSH CAMPAIGN IN 2004, WE TESTED
THIS PROPOSITION AND WE HAVE 
DISCOVERED THAT ADS HAVE 
DIMINISHED EFFECT OVER TIME 
ESPECIALLY IN A PRESIDENTIAL 
RACE.
ADS ARE DIFFERENT IN A 
GOVERNOR'S RACE OR A U.S. SENATE
RACE.
WE HAVE SEEN EVIDENCE FROM SOUTH
CAROLINA WHERE THE PERSON SPENT 
THE MOST GOT OUT OF THE RACE, 
TOM STEYER SPENT THE MOST SO 
FAR.
JOE BIDEN OUTSPENT 8-1 BY BERNIE
STANDARDS AND 100-1 IN MICHAEL 
BLOOMBERG.
IF THE ONLY STATE HE WINS 
TONIGHT IS AMERICAN SAMOA WHERE 
HE -- 
>> WHICH IS MOST LIKELY. 
>> THERE IS A THING IN THERE 
CALLED THE SUNK COST FALLACY.
THAT HAPPENED IN VIETNAM AND 
IRAQ.
YOU PUT SO MUCH MONEY AND 
RESOURCES IN, HAVE YOU A HARD 
TIME BACKING OUT.
PEOPLE TELL YOU TO KEEP SPECKED 
 -- SPENDING.
HE HAS INVESTED SO MUCH.
CAN HE MAKE THE DECISION HE NO 
LONGER NEEDS TO SPEND MONEY 
AND -- 
>> AND TURN IT AROUND.
NATE SILVER I WANT TO BRING YOU 
IN ON THIS.
YOU TRY TO MAKE YOUR FORECAST 
WITH A SPECIAL ALGORITHM. 
>> MONEY STARTS WHEN YOU RECEIVE
IT FROM DONORS LIKE BERNIE 
SANDERS AND ELIZABETH WARREN.
THE HISTORY OF CAMPAIGNS TRYING 
TO CARPET BOMB THEIR WAY TO THE 
PRESIDENCY SPENDING $100 MILLION
DOLLARS LIKE JEB BUSH IS NOT TOO
GOOD.
THERE WAS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY 
THERE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE ATTENTION WE 
GIVE TO CAMPAIGNS IS USUALLY 
MORE IMPORTANT THAN PAID MEDIA 
AND MONEY RAISED FROM SMALL 
DONORS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN 
MONEY YOU RAISE YOURSELF. 
>> THIS YEAR, WE ARE SEEING THAT
THE DEBATES UP UNTIL NOW DID 
MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
>> YOU HAVE POINTS IN THE 
CAMPAIGN AND ALL OF A SUDDEN 
FIVE OR SIX THINGS WE THINK ARE 
IMPORTANT AND TURN OUT NOT TO 
BE.
WHEN YOU HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF 
THINGS HAPPENING AT ONCE.
SOUTH CAROLINA AND ENDORSEMENTS 
PEOPLE DROPPING OUT AND VOTERS 
SAYING MAYBE I HAVE RESERVATIONS
ABOUT BERNIE AND THE TIMING 
LINES UP PERFECTLY FOR BIDEN.
IT IS ABOUT TIMING OF THIS 
CONTEST SO FAR. 
>> JOHN, LET ME BRING YOU IN ON 
THIS AND ESPECIALLY ON THE ADS.
SETTING ASIDE THE TELEVISION 
THAT BLOOMBERG IS PAYING FOR HE 
HAS ALSO BEEN ACTIVE ON SOCIAL 
MEDIA.
IT SEEMS LIKE THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN
AND BLOOMBERG CAMPAIGN ARE 
LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER AND 
COMPETEING IN THAT SPACE. 
>> NO QUESTION.
LOOK.
BLOOMBERG DID PUT HIMSELF IN A 
POSITION TO COMPETE.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW WOULD HE HAVE 
DONE IF HE DOES NOT HAVE A 
DISASTROUS FIRST DEBATE.
HE WAS MOVING UP IN ALL OF THE 
POLLS AND KEY SUPER TUESDAY 
STATES AND THEN HE RAN INTO THAT
DEBATE.
IF HE HAD A GOOD DEBATE, MAYBE 
WE WOULD BE HAVING A DIFFERENT 
DISCUSSION.
WHAT IS UNIQUE HERE, THOUGH, IS 
THE BIDEN PROPOSITION.
BIDEN HAS BASICALLY SPENT 
NOTHING.
HE HAS SPENT ONE-TENTH, ABOUT 
ONE-TENTH OF WHAT BERNIE SANDERS
HAS SPENT.
WE ARE SEEING HIM WINNING AND 
DOING VERY WELL IN STATES THAT 
HE DID NOT SPEND A DIME IN, THAT
HE DID NOT VISIT.
HE NO STAFF IN AND THIS IS -- 
THAT IS A NEW PHENOMENON.
WE HAVE SEEN BIG MONEY 
CANDIDATES FAIL.
BUT TO SEE SOMEBODY HAVE NO 
ORGANIZATION, NO SPENDING, NO 
CAMPAIGN EFFORT AND STILL WIN 
STATES IS SOMETHING NEW. 
>> THAT IS ONE OF THE BIG 
QUESTIONS ABOUT TONIGHT.
GIVEN THE FACT THAT JOE BIDEN 
PUT SO MUCH ENERGY AND FOCUS 
INTO THE STATES HE KNEW HE HAD 
TO DO WELL IN.
IN SOUTH CAROLINA HE SPENT A LOT
OF TIME AND MONEY IN NEVADA AS 
WELL.
WOULD HE SIMPLY SURVIVE ON HIS 
MOMENTUM AND NOW THE POWER OF 
THESE ENDORSEMENTS?
YOU'RE SEEING THAT PLAY OUT AT 
LEAST IN SOME OF THESE EARLY 
RESULTS SO FAR.
BEING ON THE GROUND MAY NOT HAVE
MATTERED AS MUCH AS IT DID TO 
SOME OF HIS OPPONENTS. 
>> FINISH YOUR POINT. 
>> ONE INTERESTING THING ABOUT 
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG PART OF THE 
REASON HE DID SO POORLY ANY THE 
DEBATES HE WAS HAMMERED OVER AND
OVER AGAIN AND HE SAID YOU CAN'T
BUY AN ELECTION.
EARLY PRELIMINARY EXIT POLLING 
SHOWING A LOT OF PEOPLE AGREE IT
WAS UNFAIR TO SPEND UNLIMITED 
AMOUNTS OF MONEY. 
>> BACK TO THE TABLE ON THIS.
I WAS WITH MOST OF YOU ON NEW 
HAMPSHIRE, SPENT THE NIGHT IN 
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
IT SEEMED LIKE THE CONSENSUS WAS
THAT SOUTH CAROLINA WOULD KEY 
OFF NEW HAMPSHIRE IN THE 
OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND NOT 
SUPPORT JOE BIDEN.
ANYBODY WANT TO TAKE THE 
QUESTION AS A JUMP BALL?
WHAT HAPPENED?
HOW DID HE HOLD ON TO THAT 
SUPPORT?
>> HE -- CLYBURN, CONGRESSMAN 
CLYBURN WAS AN ENORMOUS FACTOR 
IN THE STATE AND ALWAYS HAS 
BEEN.
WE SAW ALL ALONG THAT JOE BIDEN 
HAD HUGE SUPPORT IN THE 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND THE 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY 
TURNED OUT IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND
TURNED OUT LOYALLY FOR HIM.
ONE THING ABOUT BLOOMBERG, TOO.
WHAT YOU'RE SEWING -- WE CAN 
TALK ABOUT THE INFLUENCE OF 
MONEY.
MONEY IS STILL INCREDIBLY 
IMPORTANT BUT IT'S NOT MORE 
IMPORTANT THAN YOUR PERFORMANCE.
IF YOU STINK ON THE STAGE, YOU 
STINK.
THERE IS NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO 
TAKE THAT STINK AWAY.
HE WAS SO BAD THAT YOU -- 500 
MILLION -- 
>> I WANT TO OAK ECHO THAT THE 
CLYBURN HAD A HUGE EFFECT.
THE MACHINE HE HAD IN SOUTH 
CAROLINA, FOLKS WHO WANTED OBAMA
BACK.
YOU CAN SEE BIDEN TALKING ABOUT 
OBAMA THIRD TERM, BLACK FOLKS IN
SOUTH CAROLINA WANT OBAMA BACK 
AND SO THAT IS A BIG IMPACT. 
>> I THINK ONE OF THE 
EXPLANATIONS FOR THIS THIS IS 
THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE SEEN 
MOMENTUM AT WORK IN THIS RACE.
BECAUSE OF THE MES -- 
>> HOLD THAT THOUGHT.
>>> THIS IS AN ABC NEWS ELECTION
UPDATE.
>>> WELCOME BACK.
GEORGE AND OUR POLITICALLY TEAM 
WILL BE BACK IN A FEW MINUTES.
JANAY, I KNOW IT'S EARLY BUT IT 
HASN'T BEEN A STRONG NIGHT FOR 
BLOOMBERG SO FAR.
WHAT IS HIS MESSAGE TO HIS 
SUPPORTERS TONIGHT?
>> Reporter: WELL, HE WAS OUT 
HERE TALKING WITH SUPPORTERS WHO
CLEARED OUT PRETTY QUICKLY AFTER
HE WRAPPED UP.
BUT HE CAME OUT FOCUSED ON THE 
FIGHT TO DEFEAT PRESIDENT TRUMP.
HE, RIGHT AWAY, TOOK AIM AT THE 
PRESIDENT SAYING I DIDN'T COME 
HERE TO FAULT, UNLIKE THE 
PRESIDENT, AND I DIDN'T COME TO 
REVEAL CLASSIFIED INFORMATION TO
MAR-A-LAGO MEMBERS.
HE SAID I CAME HERE TO FLORIDA 
BECAUSE WINNING IN NOVEMBER 
STARTS IN FLORIDA.
HE TOLD THE CROWD OF SUPPORTERS 
IN FLORIDA IN NOVEMBER WE WILL 
BEAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IN FLORIDA 
AND A NUMBER OF SWING STATES 
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
HE SOUNDED OPTIMISTIC AS IF HE 
HE IS LOOKING BEYOND THE NIGHT. 
>> WE SAW HE WAS PEPPERED WITH 
QUESTIONS TO DROP OUT OF THE 
RACE IF BIDEN CONTINUES TO HAVE 
SUCH A STRONG NIGHT.
WHAT IS THE REACTION IN THE 
BLOOMBERG CAMP?
>> Reporter: EARLIER TODAY WHEN 
HE WAS ASKED THAT QUESTION, HE 
KIND OF FLIPPED IT AROUND AND 
SAID IT'S NOT ABOUT BLOOMBERG 
TAKING VOTES FROM BIDEN.
HE SAID BIDEN IS TAKING VOTES 
AWAY FROM ME.
THAT GOES BOTH WAYS.
HE SAID HE IS NOT SURE HE'LL WIN
ANYTHING TODAY BUT IT'S NOT 
WINNING STATES, IT'S ABOUT 
WINNING DELEGATES.
AT THIS POINT, WE ARE STARTING 
TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THE 
PROJECTIONS COME IN AND VOTES 
TRICKLING IN AND WE ARE SEEING 
HOW THAT MONEY WILL SHAPE UP FOR
HIM AND WHETHER HE WILL WALK 
AWAY WITH HOW MANY DELEGATES. 
>> THANK YOU.
>>> LIVE FROM NEW YORK CITY AND 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IN IS SUPER 
TUESDAY.
NOW REPORTING, CHIEF ANCHOR 
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS. 
>> THE BOLS HAVE NOW CLOSED IN 
13 OUT OF 15 CONTESTS.
THERE YOU SEE THE DELEGATES 
RIGHT THERE, JOE BIDEN AHEAD.
112 DELEGATES AFTER WINNING FOUR
STATES.
BERNIE SANDERS 86-3.
ELIZABETH WARREN AND MICHAEL 
BLOOMBERG TRAILING.
LET'S GO THROUGH QUICKLY WHAT 
WE'VE SEEN SO FAR TONIGHT.
THERE YOU SEE IN THE STATE OF 
NORTH CAROLINA JOE BIDEN HAS WON
TONIGHT.
HE'S ALSO WON IN THE STATE OF 
VIRGINIA AND THE STATE OF 
ALABAMA ON THE STRONG 
PERFORMANCE AMONG 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS TONIGHT.
BERNIE SANDERS WINS IN HIS HOME 
STATE OF VERMONT.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG PICKS UP SOME 
DELEGATES IN AMERICAN SAMOA.
NOW WE WANT TO TUNE IN 
ESPECIALLY TO ONE OF THE BIG 
PRIZES TONIGHT, THE STATE OF 
TEXAS.
THE RAW VOTE IS COMING IN.
NOT READY TO PROJECT ANYTHING SO
FAR.
RIGHT NOW A CLOSE RACE BETWEEN 
BERNIE SANDERS AND JOE BIDEN.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG SO FAR THE RAW
VOTE ABOVE THE 15 PERCENT 
THRESHOLD.
TOM LLAMAS, TELL US WHAT WE'RE 
SEEING SO FAR. 
>> TALKING ABOUT TEXAS, THIS IS 
THE BIG STATE TO WATCH FOR, 
WHERE EAT MEETS WEST.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A BATTLE 
BETWEEN BERNIE AND JOE BIDEN.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE 15% 
THRESHOLD.
RIGHT NOW EVERYONE HAS HIT THAT 
THRESHOLD.
THE BIG CITIES, COUNTIES WE HAVE
DALLAS COUNTY REPORTING IN, 
BIDEN ON TOP.
A VERY CLOSE RACE, ONLY 5% 
REPORTING.
TARRANT COUNTY, FT. WORTH AT 33%
REPORTING.
SANDERS ON TOP THERE.
AUSTIN, IT LOOKS LIKE SANDERS IS
GOING TO RUN AWAY WITH THIS.
GEORGE, FOUR YEARS AGO HE WON 
TRAVIS COUNTY.
THE KEY TO WINNING TEXAS, YOU 
HAVE TO WIN THE CITIES AND THE 
RING COUNTIES AROUND HERE, 
HOUSTON, DALLAS, SAN ANTONIO.
THESE ARE CITIES WHERE 
MINORITIES ARE THE MAJORITY.
ANOTHER REMINDER, YOU DON'T HAVE
TO WIN THE BIG CITIES.
LAST TIME AROUND ESPECIALLY IN 
THE GENERAL ELECTION, DONALD 
TRUMP WAS ABLE TO WIN TEXAS 
WITHOUT WINNING THE BIG CITIES, 
BUT HE WON THE SUBURBS.
>> THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NUMBER 
15, BASED ON WHAT WE'RE SEEING 
RIGHT NOW, AND THIS COULD CHANGE
AS THE VOTES ARE COUNTED, THE 
DELEGATES COULD BE SPLIT FOUR 
WAYS. 
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
228 AND DIVIDE PROPORTION NAL 
NATALIE.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG WHO SPENT SO 
MUCH MONEY HERE -- I ACTUALLY 
WROTE IT DOWN.
THIS IS INTERESTING.
I THINK FROM THE NUMBERS WE 
HAVE, MICHAEL BLOOMBERG SPENT 
$52 MILLION HERE COMPARED TO JOE
BIDEN WHO SPENT AROUND $500,000.
TALK ABOUT ROI, RETURN ON 
INVESTMENT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT MICHAEL 
BLOOMBERG IS THINKING, HE COULD 
GET DELEGATES. 
>> ONE POINT ON THAT, IF THAT 
HOLDS, IF ANYTHING LIKE THAT 
HOLDS, YOU CAN SEE A SITUATION 
WHERE WHAT MICHAEL BLOOMBERG HAS
DONE TONIGHT, THE ONE THING HE 
MAY HAVE ENDED UP ACCOMPLISHING 
IS HANDING A VICTORY TO BERNIE 
SANDERS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
IF YOU LOOK AND COMBINE THOSE 
BIDEN AND BLOOMBERG NUMBERS, FAR
SURPASSES WHERE YOU ARE FOR 
SANDERS. 
>> THE FLIP SIDE IS HOLDING DOWN
THE BERNIE SANDERS DELEGATE 
COUNT BY GETTING ABOVE 15.
>> TRUE.
LOOK AT THIS.
HE DID NOT GET INTO THIS RACE TO
HELP BERNIE SANDERS WIN THE 
STATE OF TEXAS. 
>> NO QUESTION.
>> ALMOST ALL OF THAT IS EARLY 
VOTE.
TEXAS HAS TO WAIT 17 DAYS TO 
VOTE BEFORE ELECTION DAY.
ALMOST ALL OF FIRST REPORTING 
NUMBERS ARE EARLY BOAT.
A LOT OF THIS VOTE IS BEFORE THE
SOUTH CAROLINA WIN.
A LOT OF THAT TEXAS IS BEFORE 
THE SOUTH CAROLINA VOTE. 
>> THE EXIT POLLS, DAVID. 
>> ALL THE TALK ABOUT MONEY, $52
MILLION SPENT BY BLOOMBERG.
HOW MUCH WAS IT WORTH HAVING AMY
KLOBUCHAR ON THE STAGE IN DALLAS
SAYING I'M WITH YOU, JOE.
JOE CAN FEEL YOUR PAIN.
NOT TO MENTION PETE BUTTIGIEG 
EARLIER THAN BETO O'ROURKE 
JUMPING UP ON THE STAGE.
22%, A FAIRLY SMALL NUMBER, 
DECIDING WITHIN THE LAST FEW 
DAYS.
WHEN YOU BREAK IT DOWN, GEORGE, 
LOOK.
OF THE 22% WHO WERE LATE 
DECIDERS, 49% WENT WITH JOE 
BIDEN TO 21% FOR BERNIE.
>> I WANT TO GO TO MARCUS MOORE 
IN DALLAS WHERE WE SAW ALL THOSE
RALLIES FOR JOE BIDEN LAST 
NIGHT.
YOU SAW AMY KLOBUCHAR.
A DIFFERENT EVENT WHERE PETE 
BUTTIGIEG ENDORSED HIM AS WELL, 
PLUS BETO O'ROURKE. 
>> THAT'S RIGHT, GEORGE.
A HUGE NIGHT HERE IN TEXAS AND A
SURPRISING NIGHT FOR A NUMBER OF
THE PETE BUTTIGIEG AND AMY 
KLOBUCHAR SUPPORTERS WHO I MET 
HERE TONIGHT.
OF COURSE, AS YOU KNOW, TEXAS IS
HIGHLY COVETED AMONG THESE 
CANDIDATES.
THEY HAVE CONCENTRATED A LOT OF 
THEIR RESOURCES ON THIS STATE 
AND THOSE DELEGATES.
YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT MICHAEL 
BLOOMBERG AND HOW MUCH MONEY HE 
HAS SPENT, 50-PLUS MILLION 
ON TV, RADIO AND ALSO DIGITAL 
ADS HERE, REALLY HOPING TO 
CAPITALIZES ON THE YOUNG VOTERS 
HERE IN THIS AREA.
BECAUSE TEXAS, AS YOU KNOW, IS A
VERY DIVERSE AND VERY LARGE 
STATE, BUT ONE THAT HAS A LOT OF
NEW VOTERS COMING IN AND WHO ARE
YOUNGER VOTERS.
MANY OF THEM NON-WHITE.
THAT'S WHO ALL OF THESE 
CANDIDATES ARE TRYING TO 
CAPITALIZES ONMENT WHEN WE TALK 
ABOUT BLOOMBERG AND THE MONEY HE
SPENT ON ADS AND HOW QUICK HIS 
TEAM HAS BEEN, GEORGE, THEY HAVE
BEEN SO QUICK IN CAPITALIZING ON
THE NEWS OF THE DAY.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE CORONAVIRUS.
JUST A SHORT TIME AGO WE SAW AN 
AD TOUTING HIS CRISIS 
MANAGEMENT.
HIS TEAM HAS BEEN SO QUICK ON 
TRYING TO SHOW HIM AS A STRONG 
CANDIDATE HERE, BUT AS WE'VE 
SEEN IN THE EARLY NUMBERS, THE 
MONEY MAY NOT BE PAYING OFF AT 
LEAST SO FAR IN THE EARLY VOTES 
THAT HAVE COME IN.
RIGHT NOW IT SEEMS LIKE A VERY 
CLOSE RACE BETWEEN BERNIE 
SANDERS AND JOE BIDEN.
ALL OF THESE TEAMS REALLY 
EMPLOYING AND DEPLOYING A VERY 
ROBUST GROUND GAME HERE, NOT 
ONLY FOCUSING, AS YOU SAID, ON 
THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES OF 
THESE CITIES, BUT ALSO THE 
CITIES THEMSELVES THAT 
HISTORICALLY HAVE BEEN VERY 
STRONG FOR DEMOCRATS AS THEY 
LOOK FORWARD INTO THE GENERAL 
ELECTION THAT IS JUST SOME 
MONTHS AWAY.
BUT CERTAINLY IT HAS BEEN A BIG 
NIGHT HERE IN TEXAS, LAST NIGHT 
AND ANOTHER ONE HERE TONIGHT AS 
WE WATCH THE RESULTS COME IN.
A LOT OF DELEGATES UP FOR GRABS 
IN TEXAS. 
>> SECOND BIGGEST PRIZE TONIGHT,
MARCUS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LINDSEY DAVIS, I WANT TO BRING 
YOU IN.
MARCUS MENTIONED THE LATINO 
VOTE.
THAT'S BEEN A STRONG BASE OF 
BERNIE SANDERS.
WE SAW IT COME THROUGH IN THE 
STATE OF NEVADA.
ONE OF THE THINGS HE'S BANKING 
ON. 
>> EXACTLY.
ONE-THIRD OF THE ELECTORATE IN 
TEXAS IS LATINO, 5.6 MILLION 
ELIGIBLE VOTERS THERE ARE 
LATINO.
AT THIS POINT SANDERS HAS 
DOUBLED THE SUPPORT IN THE 
LATINO COMMUNITY.
BIDEN AND SANDERS GETTING 45% OF
THE LATINO VOTE.
LIKE YOU SAID SPECIFICALLY IN 
NEVADA HE WAS ABLE TO GET 51% OF
THE LATINO SUPPORT.
A NUMBER OF REASONS THAT THAT 
IS.
HE WAS ABLE TO LASER FOCUS IN ON
MAKING THE INROADS WITH THE 
LATINO VOTERS.
ACCORDING TO POLLS, THE NUMBER 
ONE CONCERN IS HEALTH CARE AND 
THEY LIKE HIS MEDICARE FOR ALL.
>> WE'RE JOINED BY CHAIR OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, 
TOM PEREZ.
THROUGH FOR JOINING US.
WHAT'S YOUR READ ON THE NIGHT SO
FAR?
>> TURNOUT IS OFF THE CHARTS.
LET ME GIVE YOU ONE DATA POINT.
IN VIRGINIA, 1.1 MILLION PEOPLE 
VOTED AND THERE'S STILL 10% OF 
THE VOTE ROUGHLY TO BE COUNTED.
IN 2008 WHEN BARACK OBAMA WAS ON
THE BALLOT THERE WERE 986,000 
PEOPLE WHO VOTED.
JUST LIKE NEW HAMPSHIRE, JUST 
LIKE SOUTH CAROLINA, TURNOUT IS 
RECORD.
VOTERS ARE VERY ENTHUSIASTIC.
THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE STAKES 
ARE AND I'M VERY PLEASED THAT 
THE MOMENTUM THAT WE HAD IN 
2017, '18 AND '19 IN TURNOUT IS 
CONTINUING TONIGHT ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY FRANKLY. 
>> TAKE US BEHIND THE SCENES A 
LITTLE BIT, BEHIND THE SURGE OF 
ENDORSEMENTS WE SAW FROM THE 
DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT OVER 
THE LAST FEW DAYS, SINCE JOE 
BIDEN WON IN THE STATE OF SOUTH 
CAROLINA.
HOW MUCH DID YOU HAVE TO DO WITH
THAT?
>> THAT'S NOT MY JOB TO 
FACILITATE ENDORSEMENTS.
MY JOB IS TO RUN A FAIR PROCESS,
TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY GETS
A FAIR SHAKE.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE 
DONE.
1991, GEORGE, IS THE MAGIC 
NUMBER.
THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS REMIND 
PEOPLE OF.
THAT'S 50% PLUS ONE.
ONE THING I LEARNED AND I KNOW 
YOU KNOW IT FROM YOUR 
EXPERIENCE, POLITICS IS ABOUT 
MOMENTUM AND MATH AS IT RELATES 
TO PRESIDENTIALS.
YOU CAN HAVE MASSIVE MOMENTUM 
SWINGS.
WE'VE GOT 14 STATES THAT ARE UP 
TONIGHT.
WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM 
CALIFORNIA, HAVEN'T HEARD FROM A
NUMBER IN THE WEST.
SO THERE'S A LONG WAY TO GO THIS
EVENING.
BUT I'M HURTING BY THE FACT THAT
VOTERS ARE SO ENTHUSIASTIC.
YOU SEE IN THE POLLING AND YOU 
SAW THIS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, THAT 
THE LEVEL OF ANGER AT THIS 
PRESIDENT IS VERY, VERY REAL.
ANGER TRANSLATES INTO TURNOUT.
TURNOUT TRANSLATES INTO VICTORY.
WE'RE EXPANDING THE ELECTORATE.
THE OTHER SIDE IS SHRINKING 
THEIR ELECTORATE. 
>> YOU'RE STILL FACING THE 
PROSPECT, AT LEAST THE 
POSSIBILITY OF NO ONE, NONE OF 
YOUR CANDIDATES HAVING 1,991 
DELEGATES AS YOU HEAD INTO 
MILWAUKEE IN JULY WHICH IS GOING
TO COMPLICATE YOUR LIFE A BIT.
>> GEORGE, I WAS LOOKING AT 
HEADLINES FROM 2008, FEBRUARY 
AND MARCH OF 2008 WHERE THEY 
SAID HILLARY CLINTON AND BARACK 
OBAMA ARE HEADED FOR A CONTESTED
CONVENTION.
DIDN'T QUITE HAPPEN.
HASN'T HAPPENED SINCE 1952.
IF IT DOES HAPPEN, WE'LL BE 
PREPARED.
I THINK -- I DON'T KNOW WHO THE 
VICTOR IS GOING TO BE.
WHAT I DO KNOW IS WE'RE GOING TO
SUPPORT THAT VICTOR WITH 
ENTHUSIASM AND I KNOW EVERYONE 
WILL COME TOGETHER IN MILWAUKEE 
AROUND OUR STANDARD-BEARER. 
>> WHAT DO YOU MAKE FROM THE 
ARGUMENT YOU HEARD FROM SENATOR 
SANDERS AT LEAST COMING IN TO 
TONIGHT THAT IF A CANDIDATE HAS 
A PLURALITY AND IS CLOSE, THAT 
THAT SHOULDN'T BE OVERTURNED BY 
THE DELEGATES IN MILWAUKEE?
>> SENATOR SANDERS' TEAM WAS 
VERY MUCH PART OF THE RULE 
MAKING THAT WE UNDERTOOK IN 2017
AND 2018, AND THEY PLAYED A 
REALLY CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE.
THE RULES WE CREATED ARE CLEAR, 
YOU HAVE TO HAVE 50% PLUS ONE TO
WIN THE NOMINATION.
THAT MEANS 1,991 DELEGATES ON 
THE FIRST BALLOT.
THE 50% PLUS ONE RULE HAS BEEN 
PART OF THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY 
PROCESS SINCE 1936, AND IT'S 
PART OF THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY 
PROCESS IN 2020 AS WELL.
AGAIN, THIS WAS A VERY INCLUSIVE
PROCESS.
WE REDUCED THE ROLE OF 
SUPERDELEGATES.
I THINK THAT WAS THE RIGHT THING
TO DO.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE THAT, 
THE RULES WE PUT IN PLACE IN 
2018 AND 2020.
THOSE RULES I THINK ARE VERY 
FAIR, VERY TRANSPARENT.
PEOPLE HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THEM FOR
A WHILE.
THAT'S WHAT WE WILL BE ABIDING 
BY IN THE CONVENTION. 
>> TOM PEREZ, THANKS FOR YOUR 
TIME. 
>> ALWAYS A PLEASURE. 
>> MARY BRUCE, LET ME BRING YOU 
IN.
TEXAS IS ONE OF THE STATES WHERE
YOU'RE SEEING IMPORTANT RACE, 
NOT JUST THE PRESIDENT, BUT 
SENATE PRIMARIES AND THE HOUSE 
RACES AS WELL. 
>> IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE 
STATEWIDE A DEMOCRATIC HASN'T 
WON IN TEXAS SINCE 1994.
IT'S NOT A STATE AT THE TOP OF 
THE DEMOCRATIC TARGET LIST.
BUT THEY'RE VERY ENCOURAGED BY 
BETO O'ROURKE'S NEAR MISS, 
HOPING TO FIND A CANDIDATE WITH 
STRONG APPEAL, LIKE THE JOHN 
CORNYN SEAT.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF HOUSE 
RACES, YOU HAVE REPRESENTATIVE 
CORE YAR, A PRO LIFE, PRO GUN 
DEMOCRATIC, BUT ALSO HAD A LOT 
OF SUPPORT FROM NANCY PELOSI.
HE'S UP AGAINST A 26-YEAR-OLD 
IMMIGRATION LAWYER WHO HAS THE 
BACKING AND A LOT OF MONEY FROM 
THE PROGRESSIVE WING OF THE 
PARTY.
YOU HAVE PIERCE BUSH, THE 
GRANDSON OF H.W. BUSH, ALSO 
RONNIE JACKSON WHO IS THE 
PRESIDENT'S PERSONAL PHYSICIAN.
FOR A BRIEF TIME UP FOR VA 
SECRETARY.
A CROWDED FIELD.
15 DOWN ON THE BALLOT.
HE DID GET A LITTLE BOOST.
THE PRESIDENT DID ENDORSE HIM ON
FRIDAY.
WE'LL SEE IF THAT'S ENOUGH.
>> NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
RONNIE JACKSON, WHAT A 
CHARACTER.
FIRST OF ALL, HE WAS ALSO BARACK
OBAMA'S PERSONAL PHYSICIAN.
HE HAS AN UPHILL BATTLE IN THAT 
PRIMARY.
>> WE'LL TAKE ANOTHER BREAK 
RIGHT NOW.
SUPER TUESDAY 2020, OUR COVERAGE
CONTINUES.
NEWS ELECTION UPDATE.
GEORGE AND THE GANG WILL BE 
RIGHT BACK.
FIRST LET'S GO TO MY COLLEAGUE 
DEVIN DWYER DIGGING INTO THE 
EXIT POLL.
TELL US ABOUT THE INTERESTING 
SPLIT YOU'RE SEEING AMONG 
DEMOCRATIC VOTERS OF COLOR?
>> STARK DIVIDE BETWEEN 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS AND 
LATINX VOTERS.
LET'S LOOK AT THE STATE OF 
ALABAMA.
JOE BIDEN CONSOLIDATING THE 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTE THERE LIKE
WE SAW IN SOUTH CAROLINA, A 
60-POINT LEAD OVER BERNIE 
SANDERS AMONG AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
VOTERS.
THAT'S A GOOD SIGN FOR JOE 
BIDEN.
PART OF THE REASON WE SEE HIM 
LIFTED ACROSS THE SOUTH TONIGHT.
TAKE A LOOK AT HISPANIC VOTERS.
THESE ARE THE NUMBERS, EARLY 
PRELIMINARY DATA FROM TEXAS 
TONIGHT.
LOOK AT BERNIE SANDERS.
THIS IS WHAT HE DID IN NEVADA, 
BACK IN THE NEVADA CAUCUSES A 
FEW WEEKS AGO.
A MUCH DIFFERENT PICTURE FOR 
HIM.
WE SEE THAT PLAYING OUT IN SOME 
OF THE OTHER DATA COMING IN 
TONIGHT, JUJU.
SO A TOUGH ARGUMENT FOR THESE 
CANDIDATES TO SAY THEY'RE 
COALITION BUILDERS WHEN YOU HAVE
THE TWO GROUPS GOING IN 
DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
. 
>> NOW LET'S TURN TO TERRY 
MORAN.
>> IT'S A LONG NIGHT FOR 
ELIZABETH WARREN AT THE POLLS.
SHE'S NOT GOING TO WIN ANY STATE
TONIGHT, NOT EVEN HER HOME STATE
OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SO SHE CAME HERE TO MICHIGAN TO 
MAKE A STATEMENT.
SHE'S IN IT GOING FORWARD.
THIS PRIMARY NEXT TUESDAY.
A LOT OF MONEY, BIG 
ENDORSEMENTS.
REALLY THE ARGUMENT SHE'S MAKING
NOW, NOT HAVING FINISHED ABOVE 
THIRD PLACE, CAST THE VOTE WITH 
YOUR HEART, DON'T BE A PUNDIT. 
>> TERRY MORAN FROM THE WARREN 
FOLKS IN MICHIGAN.
KEEP IT RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS 
LIVE.
THIS IS THE SINGLE BIGGEST 
PRIMARY NIGHT OF THE 2020 RACE.
RIGHT NOW LET'S SEND IT BACK TO 
GEORGE IN THE STUDIO WITH THE 
POWERHOUSE POLITICAL TEAM.
STAY WITH US.
IT'S A MARATHON NIGHT AHEAD.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO OUR COVERAGE
OF SUPER TUESDAY 2020.
LET'S TURN OVER TO WHAT'S 
HAPPENING ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE
AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAP OF 
THE STATES THAT HAS HAS WON.
HE'S WON TEN STATES.
OF COURSE, A CLEAN SWEEP 
THROUGHOUT THESE PRIMARIES.
JOHN CARL, ONE OF THE THINGS 
WE'VE SEEN, THE PRESIDENT HAS 
LAID OFF THE LAST DEMOCRATS AND 
HAD A SERIES OF TWEETS THANKING 
EVERY STATE THAT BROUGHT HIM A 
VICTORY. 
>> ABSOLUTELY.
HE CLEARED THE FIELD.
SOME STATES THERE ARE NO 
REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES, BUT NO 
SURPRISE HE HAS COMPLETE AND 
TOTAL CONTROL OVER HIS PARTY. 
>> CHRIS CHRISTY, WHAT A 
DIFFERENCE FOUR YEARS MAKES.
FOUR YEARS AGO YOU RAN AGAINST 
PRESIDENT TRUMP IN THE 
PRIMARIES.
TED CRUZ AND JOHN KASICH HELD ON
FOR A LONG TIME AS WELL.
THERE WAS EVEN TALK THEM, I WAS 
REMINDED OF IT AS I WAS TALKING 
TO TOM PEREZ THAT THERE WOULD BE
A STOP TRUMP MOVEMENT AT THE 
CONVENTION.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE WE'VE SEEN, 
COMPLETE COMBINATION OF THE 
PARTY. 
>> I THINK THERE'S TWO THINGS.
MOST PRESIDENTS, AS YOU KNOW, 
COME TO COMPLETELY DOMINATE 
THEIR PARTY UNLESS TIMES GET 
REALLY, REALLY BAD ECONOMICALLY 
IN THE COUNTRY.
THAT WAS BUSH 41.
THE SECOND THING IS, THE POWER 
OF DONALD TRUMP'S PERSONALITY.
HE BROOKS NO DESCENT.
OTHER PRESIDENTS LET PARTY 
MEMBERS GO OFF ON CERTAIN 
ISSUES.
IF YOU'RE NOT SINGING OUT OF THE
SAME HYMNAL EVERY DAY AND 
SOMETIMES EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY 
DAY, HE'S GOING TO LET YOU KNOW 
ABOUT IT.
THAT'S SOMEHOW SOCIAL MEDIA HAS 
CHANGED THINGS.
PRESIDENTS MAY NOT WANT TO GO TO
THE BRIEFING ROOM TO SAY 
SOMETHING, BUT IF HE CAN SEND A 
TWEET OUT THAT WILL GO OUT TO EF
73 MILLION PEOPLE, IT'S GOING TO
BE EASIER.
>> HE HAD A LOT OF COUNSEL FROM 
OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE AS WELL,
STOP TWEETING.
WE JUST WISH YOU WOULD STOP 
TWEETING.
THAT WAS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN.
HE'S CONVINCED THAT'S THE SECRET
OF HIS STRENGTH. 
>> NO DOUBT HE'S CONVINCED THIS 
IS THE WAY HE GETS AROUND EVERY 
MODE OF COMMUNICATION AND 
EVERYBODY ELSE'S INTERPRETATION.
>> WE HAVE A RESULT RIGHT THERE.
YOU HEARD THAT CHIME.
STATE OF TENNESSEE, ABC NEWS CAN
PROJECT THAT JOE BIDEN WILL WIN 
THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.
YOU SEE ALL THAT GREEN ON THE 
MAP RIGHT THERE, JOE BIDEN 
SWEEPING ACROSS THE SOUTH 
TONIGHT AFTER THE WIN IN SOUTH 
CAROLINA ON SATURDAY, WINNING 
VIRGINIA, WINNING NORTH 
CAROLINA, WINNING ALABAMA, ALSO 
WINNING THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.
TOM LLAMAS, WALK UP TO YOUR MAP 
AND SHOW THE POCKETS OF STRENGTH
FOR VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN.
>> GEORGE, OUR VIEWERS MAY BE 
WATCHING THIS AND SAYING HOW 
EXACTLY DO THEY FIGURE THIS OUT,
THERE'S ONLY 29% REPORTED IN.
WE CALLED IT FOR JOE BIDEN.
TWO BIG REASONS, NASHVILLE AND 
MEMPHIS ARE STILL OUT.
THESE ARE BIG CITIES, BIG 
COUNTIES.
DAVIDSON COUNTY IS WHERE 
NASHVILLE IS THAT HAVE HIGH, 
LARGE GROUPS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN
GROUPS THERE.
WITH THAT VOTE STILL OUT, WE CAN
SEE ALL THIS GREEN.
GREEN THE JOE BIDEN, BLUE IS 
BERNIE SANDERS.
REMEMBER, GEORGE, TALKING ABOUT 
THE 15% ALL NIGHT.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG RIGHT THERE 
WITH 19%.
BLOOMBERG SPENT HEAVILY IN 
TENNESSEE AS WELL.
I DON'T KNOW IT'S WORTH THE 
AMOUNT OF MONEY HE SPENT.
HE'S TRICKLING ALONG, PICKING UP
DELEGATES.
ELIZABETH WARREN, ANOTHER ROUGH 
STATE, PICKING UP NO DELEGATES 
AT LEAST AT THIS POINT RIGHT 
NOW. 
>> HOW IS THIS ALL TRACKING WITH
THE KIND OF FORECAST YOU'RE 
MAKING COMING IN AND WHERE YOU 
EXPECT IT TO END UP?
>> TENNESSEE IS MAYBE THE MOST 
IMPORTANT CALL SO FAR.
WE KNEW BIDEN WOULD DO WELL WITH
BLACK VOTERS LIKE VIRGINIA AND 
NORTH CAROLINA.
TENNESSEE HAS A LOT OF SOUTHERN 
WHITES OBVIOUSLY AND MIGHT HAVE 
HAD HIM AS A FAVORITE, BUT NOT 
THAT BIG OF A FAVORITE.
THAT'S A NICE WIN FOR JOE BIDEN.
>> THE ELECTABILITY QUESTION.
60% IN TENNESSEE.
YOU SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF 49% 
WITH JOE BIDEN COMPARED TO 21% 
FOR BERNIE SANDERS AND THEN DOWN
THE LIST.
THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE IN 
TENNESSEE, WE'VE SEEN THIS IN 
MANY OTHER STATES TONIGHT, 45% 
SAID HEALTH CARE.
THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING WHEN 
YOU DIG DOWN.
44% SAID THEY WOULD RATHER 
RETURN OR PROTECT THE OBAMA CARE
OR POLICY OF PRESIDENT OBAMA 
INSTEAD OF MEDICARE FOR ALL WITH
BERNIE SANDERS AND ELSE.
WE'VE SEEN IT IN NORTH CAROLINA 
AND VIRGINIA AS WELL.
MODERATE DEMOCRATS HAVING A 
VOICE ON KEY ISSUES. 
>> I WANT TO BRING IN RAHM 
EMANUEL IN BECAUSE IT'S THE 
BIGGEST ISSUE IN THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY.
UNDERSTATEMENT MAYBE.
ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS THEY SEE 
IT AS THE BIGGEST ADVANTAGE 
AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP GOING 
INTO THE FALL, BUT THEY'RE STUCK
IN THIS FIGHT OVER MEDICARE FOR 
ALL. 
>> MY GUESS IS AFTER TONIGHT IN 
ANY FUTURE DEBATE, IT'S GOING TO
PLAY A SMALLER AND SMALLER ROLE 
IN THAT DEBATE.
HERE IS THE BASIC PROBLEM WITH 
MEDICARE FOR ALL, BEYOND THAT IT
WON'T PASS, YOU'RE BASICALLY 
ADOPTING DONALD TRUMP'S STRATEGY
OF REPEAL AND REPLACE.
IT BASICALLY SAYS WE'RE GOING TO
THROW THE ACA AWAY AND START ALL
OVER AGAIN RATHER THAN TAKE THE 
ACA, AND NOW THAT IT'S EVEN 
UNDER COURT THREAT, BUILD OFF OF
IT AND TAKE A PUBLIC OPTION, 
ALLOW EARLY RETIREES TO BUY IN, 
THAT'S HOW SOCIAL SECURITY, 
MEDICARE, MEDICAID THEY'VE BEEN 
DEVELOPED.
THE IDEA OF MEDICARE FOR ALL I 
THINK THE NUMBERS ARE CLEAR, THE
ELECTION IS CLEAR.
PEOPLE WILL WANT AN IMPROVEMENT 
AND ADAPT SOMETHING NEW ON THAT.
I WANT TO MAKE ONE COMMENT WHILE
I HAVE TEN SECONDS ON THE FLOOR.
WHILE WE'LL FOCUS ON CALIFORNIA 
AND TEXAS, I'M VERY INTERESTED 
IN WHAT HAPPENS IN MASSACHUSETTS
FOR JOE BIDEN, BERNIE SANDERS 
AND ELIZABETH WARREN.
THAT'S HER HOME STATE.
IF JOE BIDEN PUTS SOMETHING UP 
IN THE NORTH, THAT'S GOING TO BE
A BIG STATEMENT BECAUSE OF THE 
SYMBOLISM OF ELIZABETH WARREN 
NOT WINNING HER HOME STATE. 
>> ON THAT QUESTION, HOW CAN 
ELIZABETH WARREN GO ON THE SHE 
DOESN'T WIN HER HOME STATE?
>> SHE CAN GO ON AS LONG AS SHE 
WANTS TO GO ON.
SHOULD SHE GO ON IS THE QUESTION
PEOPLE HAVE TO ASK.
IN A PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT, 
ORGANIZATIONS STANDING WITH HER 
HAVE TO ASK WHETHER THEY'LL 
CONTINUE TO STAND WITH HER IF 
SHE CONTINUES TO GO ON. 
>> WE HAVE ANOTHER RESULT FROM 
THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA.
ABC NEWS CAN PROJECT THAT JOE 
BIDEN IS GOING TO WIN THE STATE 
OF OKLAHOMA.
HE'S EXCEEDING BERNIE SANDERS 
THERE IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG IS THIRD, 
ELIZABETH WARREN ONE OF HER HOME
STATES THERE, IN FOURTH RIGHT 
NOW.
TOM, WHY DON'T YOU GO UP AGAIN 
TO YOUR BOARD AND SHOW WHAT'S 
HAPPENING IN OKLAHOMA. 
>> JUST REAL QUICK BECAUSE I'M 
SORT OF OBSESSED WITH THIS 
POINT.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, AGAIN, IT IS 
ONLY HIS MONEY.
HE SPENT $3.8 MILLION.
JOE BIDEN SPENT $60,000, 
BASICALLY TWO CAMPAIGN MINIVANS 
AND ENDS UP GETTING OKLAHOMA 
CITY, OKLAHOMA.
HE'S THE WINNER TONIGHT. 
>> ANOTHER WIN FOR JOE BIDEN.
WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
>>> THIS IS AN ABC NEWS ELECTION
UPDATE.
WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS 
COVERAGE OF TONIGHT'S TUESDAY 
CONTEST.
I'M JUJU TANG.
LET'S GO TO HEIDI HEITCAMP WHO 
IS HERE TONIGHT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE 
PROJECTIONS.
FIRST OF ALL, TENNESSEE, THIS 
JUST CAME IN.
ABC NEWS IS NOW PROJECTING A 
WINNER IN THAT CASE, JOE BIDEN, 
WHO SPENT A LOT OF TIME NOT 
GOING TO TENNESSEE.
WE ALSO WANT TO PROJECT IN FAVOR
OF OKLAHOMA WHERE JOE BIDEN IS 
ALSO PROJECTED TO BE THE WINNER.
I KNOW, HEIDI, AS A FORMER 
SENATOR, YOU HAVE A LOT OF 
INSIGHTS INTO THIS PARTICULAR 
RACE.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT IS, WELL, JOE
HAS THIS MOMENTUM.
AND I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND 
THAT JOE BIDEN SINCE HE LEFT THE
VICE PRESIDENCY HAS BEEN A HUGE 
FACTOR IN ALL OF THESE STATES.
HE GETS ON AN AIRPLANE, HE COMES
AND DOES A SPEECH, HE RALLIES 
THE TROOPS, GIVES HUGS ON THE 
ROPE LINE, AND PEOPLE KNOW HIM 
IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY.
THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT 
OKLAHOMA IS BERNIE BEAT HILLARY 
THERE FOUR YEARS AGO.
SO THIS HAS NOT BEEN A GOOD 
NIGHT I DON'T THINK FOR SENATOR 
SANDERS. 
>> TELL ME ABOUT HOW MAYOR 
BLOOMBERG FITS INTO THIS.
THIS IS THE FIRST NIGHT HE'S ON 
THE BALLOT IN THESE STATES.
HOW DO YOU THINK HE'S SPENT HIS 
$500 MILLION?
>> HE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY.
WHAT WAS INTERESTING -- IF YOU 
THINK ABOUT WHAT PROPELS A 
CANDIDATE FORWARD, IT'S NOT JUST
MONEY.
SO WHEN HE GOT IN, PEOPLE 
THOUGHT BIDEN WAS BAITING.
THEY NEEDED A MODERATE 
ALTERNATIVE.
THEY WERE ENTICED BY THE MONEY.
THEY THOUGHT LET'S GIVE HIM A 
SHOT.
HIS POLLING NUMBERS WERE REALLY 
VERY GOOD AND PROJECTED TO GO 
HIGHER.
THEN HE HAD A DISASTROUS DEBATE 
PERFORMANCE AND PEOPLE THOUGHT, 
NO, HE'S MOTT THE 
STANDARD-BEARER FOR OUR PARTY. 
>> YOU ALSO SAID YOU'RE 
INTERESTED IN THE RESULTS IN 
MASSACHUSETTS.
WHAT PIQUES YOUR INTEREST THERE?
>> THE FACT THAT JOE BIDEN IS 
LEADING.
THAT'S HUGE.
NO ONE THOUGHT THAT ANYONE OTHER
THAN BERNIE OR ELIZABETH WOULD 
WIN ONE OF THE NORTHEASTERN 
STATES.
JOE HAS DONE VERY WELL.
IT SPEAKS TO WHAT I CALL THE OLD
FDR DEMOCRATS WHO ARE COMING OUT
TONIGHT, OLDER DEMOCRATS COMING 
OUT TONIGHT SAYING WE STILL LOVE
JOE BIDEN.
>> THAT IS ELIZABETH WARREN'S 
HOME STATE.
LET'S GO TO MY COLLEAGUE EVA 
PILGRIM IN LOS ANGELES WITH THE 
BIDEN CAMPAIGN.
EVA, A WEEK AGO THE CAMPAIGN WAS
ON FUMES.
THEY MUST BE THRILLED WITH THE 
EARLY RESULTS TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: JUJU, THIS IS EXACT
LOT WHAT THEY WERE PREDICTING 
WOULD HAPPEN TONIGHT.
THEY TOLD ME JUST LAST NIGHT 
WHEN I WAS TALKING TO THEM, THEY
NEEDED TO DO WELL IN THE 
SOUTHEAST.
WE'RE SEEING THAT.
VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA, 
ALABAMA, NOW TENNESSEE.
OKLAHOMA, THIS IS LIKE ICING ON 
THE CAKE FOR THEM.
THEY WEREN'T EXPECTING TO WIN 
OKLAHOMA.
THEY HOPED TO GET DELEGATES IN 
EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF 
THESE STATES, SO TO ACTUALLY WIN
OKLAHOMA IS EXTRA FOR THEM.
EARLIER TONIGHT TALKING TO THE 
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT, HE SAID 
HE'S ACTUALLY REALLY OPTIMISTIC 
ABOUT TEXAS AND CALIFORNIA AS 
WELL, DESPITE THE FACT HE GOT 
INTO THE GROUND GAME IN THOSE 
STATES LATE.
JUJU, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT 
TO POINT OUT ABOUT WHAT THEY 
HAVE DONE RECENTLY THAT'S 
CHANGED SINCE HE GOT THAT 
MOMENTUM IN SOUTH CAROLINA, HE 
DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY THAT THE 
OTHER CANDIDATES HAD.
HIS CAMPAIGN WAS LITERALLY 
RUBBING PENNIES TOGETHER TO MAKE
ENDS MEET.
THEY COULDN'T AFFORD THE ADS 
THAT YOU SAW THE OTHER 
CANDIDATES SPEND IN BIG STATES 
LIKE TEXAS AND CALIFORNIA.
WHAT THEY DID INSTEAD, THEY 
STARTED MAKING HIM AVAILABLE.
HE WAS MAKING NEWS.
EVERY CHANCE HE HAD HE WAS DOING
INTERVIEWS, WITH THE LOCAL 
AFFILIATES, THE DIFFERENT 
NETWORKS.
HE WAS SPEAKING ONE-ON-ONE WITH 
CORRESPONDENTS AND REPORTERS.
THAT EARNED MEDIA APPEARS TO BE 
PAYING OFF TONIGHT. 
>> IT SEEMS AS THOUGH HE HAD NO 
GROUND GAME, NO ADVERTISING IN 
THE SUPER TUESDAY STATES --
>>> WHAT'S THE MOOD TONIGHT?
>> THE CROWD JUJU IS ANXIOUS.
THEY'RE READY TO HEAR FROM 
SENATOR SANDERS.
THEY'VE BEEN CHANTING HIS NAME, 
WATCHING THESE PROJECTIONS COME 
THROUGH AND CHEERING AS THEY GET
IT.
THE CAMPAIGN THINKS THEY'RE 
GOING TO DO WELL IN TWO STATES, 
TEXAS AND CALIFORNIA.
THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE FAZED BY 
THE EARLY RESULTS BECAUSE THEY 
KNOW THOSE TWO STATES HAVE THE 
MOST DELEGATES UP FOR GRABS ON 
SUPER TUESDAY.
SENATOR SANDERS AND HIS CAMPAIGN
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MOBILIZE YOUNG
VOTERS AND ALSO LATINO VOTERS.
CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS ARE TWO 
STATES THAT HAVE A VERY LARGE 
LATINO POPULATION.
THEY'LL BE BETTING ON THOSE 
LATINO VOTERS TO TURN OUT FOR 
THE SENATOR TONIGHT.
I ALSO WANT TO MAKE A MENTION 
HERE THAT WE NEED TO KEEP AN EYE
ON MASSACHUSETTS.
THIS IS ALSO GOING TO BE A 
BATTLE OVER WHO IS THE MOST 
PROGRESSIVE DOMINANT CANDIDATE.
SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS MADE A 
PLAY FOR SENATOR ELIZABETH 
WARREN'S HOME STATE OF 
MASSACHUSETTS.
HAD A RALLY THERE BRINGING OUT 
MORE THAN 13,000 IN BOSTON OVER 
THE WEEKEND.
>> WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE 
DELEGATE-RICH STATES IN TEXAS 
AND CALIFORNIA, WE'RE LOOKING AT
A SPLIT WITH VOTERS OF COLOR.
TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE 
BETWEEN BLACK DEMOCRATIC VOTERS 
TONIGHT AND HISPANICS.
>> Reporter: WELL, SOMETHING 
THAT IS NOTABLE HERE FOR THE 
SANDERS CAMPAIGN IS HOW MUCH 
THEY HAVE STRUGGLED TO REALLY 
DRIVE TURNOUT AMONG 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN, BLACK VOTERS.
WE SAW IT VERY CLEARLY IN NEVADA
EVEN THOUGH SENATOR SANDERS HAD 
A STRONG FINISH IN THAT STATE, 
HE STILL FELL SHARPLY BEHIND 
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN 
WHO HAS WON OVER BLACK VOTERS 
WHO ARE THE BEDROCK OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
IF SENATOR SANDERS IS GOING TO 
BE THE NOMINEE, HE'S NOT ONLY 
GOING TO BRING OVER LATINO 
VOTERS AND YOUNG VOTERS, HE'S 
ALSO GOING TO NEED BLACK VOTERS 
AS WELL. 
>> THANKS, RACHEL, WITH BERNIE 
SANDERS IN VERMONT.
LET'S GO TO MY COLLEAGUE TERRY 
MORAN WITH THE WARREN CAMP.
EVEN THOUGH SHE CALLED IT AN 
EARLY NIGHT, RIGHT, TERRY?
>> SHE SURE DID.
AN EARLY NIGHT BECAUSE IT'S A 
LONG NIGHT FOR HER.
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE SHE'S GOING
TO WIN ANYTHING HERE, NOT EVEN 
HER HOME STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS.
THAT DOESN'T DAUNT HER AT ALL.
WHAT DID MITCH McCONNELL 
INFAMOUSLY SAY ABOUT HER, 
NEVERTHELESS, SHE PERSISTED.
WELL, SHE DOES.
SHE SAID VERY SIMPLY WHY.
SHE SAID YOU SHOULD CAST A VOTE 
FOR WHO YOU THINK THE BEST 
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 
WOULD BE.
AND I THINK I WOULD BE THE BEST 
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
PEOPLE HERE CHEERED LOUDLY.
WARREN'S SUPPORTERS HAVE A 
POIGNANT FUTURE IN FRONT OF 
THEM.
THEY CAN FEEL IT SLIPPING AWAY.
THEY HAVE A DEEP EMOTIONAL 
ATTACHMENT TO HER.
SHE SAYS DON'T CAST A VOTE LIKE 
A PUNDIT, CAST WITH YOUR HEART.
IF YOU DO YOU'LL VOTE FOR ME. 
>> HOW DOES SHE CARVE A PATH 
FORWARD AFTER SUPER TUESDAY IF 
SHE'S NOT GETTING ON THE 
DELEGATE BOARD?
>> SHE MIGHT GET A FEW 
DELEGATES.
IF YOU LISTEN TO THE CAMPAIGN, 
THEY'VE GOT ENOUGH MONEY TO GO 
FOR A FEW MORE WEEKS.
MAYBE THEY'LL PICK UP DELEGATES,
MAYBE A DEADLOCKED CONVENTION.
SHE NEEDS A BREAKOUT MOMENT.
SHE NEEDS TO CHANGE, AS JOE 
BIDEN DID, THE DISCUSSION AROUND
HER.
THIS IS A CAMPAIGN THAT IS 
CLEARLY SINKING, AND IT IS WHAT 
MAKES HER RALLY SO POIGNANT.
THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT HERE 
AREN'T SUPPORTING HER BECAUSE 
THEY THINK SHE'S ELECTABLE.
THEY SUPPORT HER BECAUSE THEY 
LOVE HER.
YOU CAN FEEL THAT IN THE ROOM 
AROUND HER.
SHE NEEDS WINS.
IT'S A LONG WAY FROM SEEING 
WHERE SHE'S GOING TO GET THOSE.
SHE DOES HAVE THE MONEY, SHE 
DOES HAVE THE ENDORSEMENTS AND 
DOES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OVER 
THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS TO MAKE
A DIFFERENCE IF SHE CAN.
>> TERRY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 
LANDSCAPE, THE EARLY RETURNS 
TONIGHT FROM VIRGINIA, NORTH 
CAROLINA, ALABAMA AND YOU SEE 
THESE EARLY CALLS FOR JOE BIDEN,
HOW CONVINCING IS THIS 
CONSOLIDATION OF THE MODERATE 
LANE OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY?
>> IT'S REMARKABLE.
IN SOME WAYS IT COMES DOWN TO 
CONGRESSMAN JIM CLYBURN AND HIS 
ENDORSEMENT.
I GREW UP IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO
BACK WHEN THE OLD MAYOR DALY WAS
MAYOR.
IT WAS ALMOST LIKE THAT KIND OF 
MACHINE THAT MAKES THE 
DIFFERENCE IN ELECTIONS.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING LIKE 
THAT.
IT JUST LIT UP VOTERS ACROSS THE
SOUTH AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS, OLDER 
VOTERS WHO SAID, OKAY, HE'S OUR 
GUY, HE CAN WIN.
IT DOES LOOK LIKE THAT IS 
SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING FOR 
JOE BIDEN.
ELIZABETH WARREN, SHE MAY HAVE 
MADE A STRATEGIC MISTAKE.
HER PATH TO PROGRESSIVE -- TO 
THE PROGRESSIVE PART OF THE 
PARTY WAS THROUGH BERNIE 
SANDERS.
SHE DIDN'T TAKE HIM ON.
NOW JOE BIDEN IS SAILING AHEAD 
AND SHE'S LAGGING BEHIND.
JUJU. 
>> TERRY MORAN WITH THE WARREN 
CAMP IN MICHIGAN, THANKS.
WE'LL GO BACK NOW TO GEORGE WHO 
HAS A PROJECTION TONIGHT.
>> WE'RE WORKING OUT THE 
TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
WE HAVE A NEW PROJECTION FROM 
THE STATE OF COLORADO, BERNIE 
SANDERS.
ABC NEWS CAN PROJECT BERNIE 
SANDERS HAS WON THE STATE OF 
COLORADO, 67 DELEGATES IN PLAY 
THERE.
HE DEFEATED HILLARY CLINTON 
THERE FOUR YEARS AGO, DEFEATED 
JOE BIDEN THERE TONIGHT.
SO FAR IT'S BEEN A GOOD NIGHT, 
EARLY NIGHT FOR JOE BIDEN.
HE'S WON THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA.
HE HAS WON THE STATE OF 
TENNESSEE.
HE HAS WON THE STATE OF NORTH 
CAROLINA, THE STATE OF VIRGINIA 
AND THE STATE OF ALABAMA.
SO FAR TONIGHT BERNIE SANDERS 
WINNING HIS HOME STATE OF 
VERMONT.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG PUTTING SOME 
POINTS ON THE BOARD TONIGHT FROM
AMERICAN SAMOA TONIGHT AS WE'RE 
GOING THROUGH THE STACKS RIGHT 
THERE.
BERNIE SANDERS THERE IN VERMONT.
SO FAR IT HAS BEEN A VERY GOOD 
NIGHT FOR JOE BIDEN.
BERNIE SANDERS PICKING UP MORE 
DELEGATES IN THE STATE OF 
COLORADO.
TOM LLAMAS, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT
WHERE THE DELEGATES STAND AS 
WE'RE COMING INTO TONIGHT, HOW 
CLOSE THE CANDIDATES ARE TO THAT
MAJORITY THEY NEED.
>> THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT.
JOE BIDEN HAS 133 DELEGATES, 
BERNIE SANDERS AT 93.
THIS IS ABOUT 48% OF THE 
DELEGATES DOLLED OUT SO FAR, 
BERNIE SANDERS WITH 34%.
IF YOU DO THE MATH -- JOE BIDEN 
STAYS WITH 48% OF THE DELEGATES 
GOING INTO MILWAUKEE, HE SHOWS 
UP IN THE SUMMER WITH ABOUT 
1,911 DELEGATES.
HE ALMOST REACHES THAT 
THRESHOLD.
BERNIE SANDERS COMES IN WITH 
ABOUT 1,353, ABOUT 600 SHY OF 
WHERE HE NEEDS TO BE.
THE BIG UNKNOWN IS CALIFORNIA.
THIS INCLUDES CALIFORNIA AT THIS
PACE.
THIS RACE COULD COMPLETELY 
CHANGE WITH CALIFORNIA.
IT COULD ALSO GROW INCREDIBLY 
TIGHT, TOO. 
>> BERNIE SANDERS HAD THE 
BIGGEST ORGANIZATION IN THE 
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, SPENT THE 
MOST TIME THERE AND DRAWING HUGE
CROWDS THERE AS WELL. 
>> THE MOST DELEGATES.
ALSO ORGANIZED ALL OVER AT THE 
STATE.
HE'LL GET THE SHARE OF THE 
DELEGATES.
WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR CALIFORNIA. 
>> WHAT'S THE BIGGEST SURPRISES 
YOU'RE SEEING OUT THERE?
>> I THINK THE MARGIN FOR BIDEN 
SO FAR IN VIRGINIA, 30 POINTS.
VIRGINIA IS ALL ELECTION DAY 
VOTING, VERY LITTLE EARLY 
VOTING.
IN COLORADO, IT'S ALL VOTE BY 
MAIL.
IF YOU HAD A LATE SURGE, THAT'S 
A BAD PLACE TO TRY TO COME BACK.
>> TOM, I WANT YOU TO GO TO THE 
BOARD AND PULL UP THE STATE OF 
MINNESOTA.
THAT WAS AMY KLOBUCHAR'S STATE.
SHE WAS IN THIS RACE UNTIL LAST 
NIGHT.
SHE CAME OUT AND ENDORSED JOE 
BIDEN.
WHAT DO WE SEE HAPPENING THERE?
>> WE HAVEN'T CALLED MINNESOTA 
QUITE YET.
WE HAVE 30% OF THE VOTE RIGHT 
NOW.
ELIZABETH WARREN BREAKING THAT 
15% THRESHOLD.
LOOK AT JOE BIDEN.
HE'S DOING PRETTY GOOD.
YOU SEE A LOT OF GREEN ON THE 
BOARD RIGHT HERE.
YOU SEE GREEN AROUND HERE, THIS 
IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
THE SUBURBS AROUND THE TWIN 
CITIES.
THAT'S A GREAT SIGN FOR JOE 
BIDEN.
YOU'RE NOT SEEING A LOT OF 
SANDERS.
SANDERS DID REALLY WELL IN THIS 
STATE FOUR YEARS AGO.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT SEEING THAT.
AGAIN, ONLY 30% REPORTING IN.
AMY KLOBUCHAR'S ENDORSEMENT OF 
JOE BIDEN MAY HAVE PLAYED A ROLE
HERE.
BUT JOE BIDEN HAS GOT TO BE 
HAPPY WHEN HE SEES THIS, HE DOES
SEE COUNTIES TURNING HIS WAY.
LET ME DIG A LITTLE DEEPER IN 
SOME OF THE SUBURBS TO SEE HOW 
IT'S GOING.
GEORGE, THIS IS A GOOD NUMBER.
THIS IS A SMALL COUNTY, ANOKA 
COUNTY, BIDEN AND SANDERS 
SEPARATED BY DOUBLE DIGITS.
THAT'S 91% REPORTING.
HE'S PROBABLY GOING TO WIN 
THERE.
WASHINGTON COUNTY, BIDEN AGAIN, 
UP DOUBLE DIGITS.
THOSE ARE GOOD SIGNS.
THE MOMENTUM IS HEADING HIS WAY.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR FORMER 
COLLEAGUE, AMY KLOBUCHAR.
SHE HAD GOOD DEBATES THAT JOE 
BIDEN SAID LAST NIGHT.
IT ALSO APPEARS SHE MADE A VERY 
WELL-TIMED ENDORSEMENT. 
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT 
THESE NUMBE THANK AMY 
KLOBUCHAR.
AMY DID EVERYTHING SHE COULD TO 
LIFT HIM AND BRING HIM ACROSS 
THE FINISH LINE IN STATES HE'S 
DOING WELL IN.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT PETE BUTTIGIEG 
AND AMY, THEY HAVE A POLITICAL 
FUTURE AHEAD OF THEM, UNLIKE 
ELIZABETH WHO IS IN HER 70s.
IT MAKES SENSE THESE GUYS GET 
OUT, TRY TO PICK THE WINNER, 
THEY'RE NEXT IN LINE. 
>> YOU MAKE ME SMILE AS I HEAR 
THAT.
THEY'RE AWARE OF THAT AS WELL 
WHICH IS PROBABLY WHY THEY HAD 
TO HAVE SEPARATE EVENTS WITH JOE
BIDEN.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK IT WAS SMART ON THEIR 
PART TO GET OUT, PICK A WINNER, 
HELP ELEVATE THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY AND THAT BODES WELL FOR 
THEM IN FOUR YEARS OR EIGHT 
YEARS. 
>> JOHN KARL, MINNESOTA IS ONE 
OF THE STATES, WHEN YOU TALK TO 
THE TRUMP PEOPLE, THEY DIDN'T 
WIN LAST NIGHT, THEY THEY THINK 
THEY MIGHT HAVE A CHANCE IN 
NOVEMBER. 
>> THEY THINK IT'S PERHAPS A 
CHANCE TO WIN A STATE THEY 
DIDN'T WIN LAST TIME.
IN TERMS OF BIDEN, HE SPENT LESS
THAN $10,000 THERE.
HE DIDN'T VISIT MINNESOTA, 
DIDN'T HAVE ANY STAFF THERE.
SANDERS DID A NUMBER OF CAMPAIGN
EVENTS, SPEND A LOT OF MONEY.
BLOOMBERG SPENT ALMOST $13 
MILLION IN MINNESOTA.
SO THE IDEA THAT HE -- STILL 
ONLY 30% IN.
THE IDEA HE COULD REALLY -- 
>> I HAVE TO BRING RAHM EMANUEL 
IN.
YOU AND I WERE BOTH PART OF THE 
CLINTON CAMPAIGN, CALLING 
HIMSELF THE COMEBACK KID IN NEW 
HAMPSHIRE.
>> THAT WAS FINISHING SECOND. 
>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE 
SEEING TONIGHT IS, IF THIS PACE 
CONTINUES, EVEN UP TO THE POINT 
SO FAR, ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING 
POLITICAL COMEBACKS WE'VE SEEN 
IN THE PRIMARY. 
>> WITHOUT A DOUBT.
IT'S ATTRIBUTED TO A SINGULAR 
QUESTION.
WHO IS THE BEST TO BEAT DONALD 
TRUMP.
AND ONCE YOU MAKE THAT DECISION 
WHICH IS OVERWHELMINGLY 
REGIONALLY, MINNESOTA HOLDS ON, 
JOE BIDEN IS NOT BOUND BY JUST 
SOUTHERN STATES.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 
DEMOGRAPHICS IN MINNESOTA, THAT 
BREAKS OUT OF THAT DEMOGRAPHIC 
MOLD HE'S HAD.
THAT TELLS YOU, IF YOU CAN 
ANSWER THAT QUESTION WITH 
CLARITY WHICH IS WHAT JOE BIDEN 
DID WITH SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE 
ENDORSEMENTS IMMEDIATELY, THAT 
CLEARS THE FIELD BECAUSE WE WANT
A CANDIDATE WHO IS GOING TO BE A
STANDARD-BEARER WHO CAN TAKE IT 
TO DONALD TRUMP.
JOE BIDEN'S ANSWERED THAT 
QUESTION BETTER THAN ANYBODY.
>> IF YOU COMBINE THOSE TWO 
IDEAS OF LATE DECIDERS, THAT 
SEEMS TO BE JOE BIDEN'S 
TERRITORY AND AMY KLOBUCHAR.
THE POWER OF THOSE TWO THINGS IN
MINNESOTA ARE BEARING OUT.
WHEN DID YOU DECIDE IN 
MINNESOTA, 54% DECIDED IN THE 
LAST FEW DAYS.
WHEN YOU BREAK IT DOWN, 49% WENT
WITH JOE BIDEN COMPARED TO 21% 
WITH BERNIE SANDERS.
ELECTABILITY QUESTION THAT THE 
MAYOR WAS TALKING ABOUT, 66% IN 
MINNESOTA SAYING WE WANT 
SOMEBODY WHO CAN BEAT DONALD 
TRUMP RATHER THAN SOMEONE WHO 
AGREES WITH US ON ALL THE 
ISSUES.
THE BREAKDOWN, 44% FOR JOOID.
I DON'T WANT TO GLOSS OVER 
BERNIE SANDERS'S VICTORY IN 
COLORADO.
EVEN IN COLORADO THEY BELIEVE 
BERNIE SANDERS CAN BEST TAKE ON 
PRESIDENT TRUMP. 
>> WE'LL TAKE ANOTHER QUICK 
BREAK AND BE RIGHT BACK.
>>> SO FAR IT'S BEEN A GOOD 
NIGHT FOR JOE BIDEN.
THE STATES IN GREEN ARE THE 
STATES HE'S WON.
THE BLUE STATES ARE STATES 
BERNIE SANDERS HAS WON.
135 DELEGATES FOR JOE BIDEN.
I WANT TO GO TO MARTHA RADDITZ 
IN BURLINGTON WITH THE SANDERS 
CAMPAIGN.
TODAY THIS IS NOT THE NIGHT THEY
HOPED FOR.
BUT THEY'RE SAYING IT'S NOT OVER
YET.
>> THEY'RE SAYING IT'S NOT OVER 
SAYING IT'S A LONG NIGHT AHEAD.
BASICALLY THE CAMPAIGN IS 
SAYING, IF YOU TURN OFF THE 
TELEVISION AT 10:00 P.M., IT 
WILL BE AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT 
STORY IN THE MORNING.
THEY ARE BANKING ON CALIFORNIA.
THEY'RE BANKING ON THE LARGER 
STATES AND THE LARGEST NUMBER OF
DELEGATES.
BERNIE SANDERS HAS A VERY GOOD 
SHOT THERE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE 
HISPANIC AND LATINO VOTE, ABOUT 
40% IN CALIFORNIA.
HE HAS DONE WELL SO FAR WITH 
HISPANIC VOTERS.
HIS WIFE JANE JUST CAME OUT A 
SHORT TIME AGO AND TALKED TO THE
CROWD.
ONE OF HIS CAMPAIGN MEMBERS CAME
OUT AND SAID BERNIE SANDERS 
WOULD BE OUT LATER.
SPECIAL GUESTS WOULD BE OUT 
LATER.
THEY'RE STILL WAITING AND HOPING
THEY GET ANOTHER WIN BEFORE 
BERNIE SANDERS TALKS.
>> MARTHA, LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF
THE STATES WE'RE WAITING TO COME
IN.
LET'S START OUT WITH THE STATE 
OF TEXAS RIGHT THERE.
THERE YOU SEE THE VOTE COMING IN
RIGHT NOW.
BERNIE SANDERS IS AHEAD OF JOE 
BIDEN RIGHT NOW.
BLOOMBERG AND WARREN RIGHT 
BEHIND.
TOM, GO UP TO THE MAP AND STAKE 
A LITTLE BIT OF A DEEPER DIVE 
WITH TEXAS WITH ABOUT 31% OF THE
VOTE INSOFAR. 
>> MATT MADE THE POINT EARLIER 
THAT WE KNOW A MILLION DEMOCRATS
VOTED EARLY.
WE'RE NOT EVEN AT THAT NUMBER 
YET.
THEY'RE STILL COUNTING THAT 
VOTE.
SOME OF THE BIG CITIES AND AREAS
WE'VE SEEN SO FAR, BERNIE 
SANDERS ON TON, 31-25, THAT'S A 
NICE LEAD.
RIGHT NEXT DOOR IN DALLAS AND 
DALLAS COUNTY, BIDEN IS ON TOP.
REALLY CLOSE RIGHT THERE, ONLY 
SEPARATED BY 2,000 VOTES AND 
ONLY 5% REPORTING.
HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, A HUGE 
AREA FOR BOTH BIDEN AND SANDERS.
LARGE AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
POPULATION, LARGE HISPANIC 
POPULATION.
THE SAME WITH SAN ANTONIO.
HISPANICS WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE
HERE IN TEXAS AND WE'LL SEE WHAT
HAPPENS IN EL PASO.
ALONG THE BORDER, BETO O'ROURKE 
WITH THE BIG ENDORSEMENT 
 OF JOE
BIDEN.
>> HOW MUCH THE STATE IS 
CHANGING, WHETHER IT'S CHANGING 
FAST ENOUGH FOR THE DEMOCRATS 
AND WHAT THE TRENDS ARE. 
>> SOMEBODY SAID THE LAST TIME A
DEMOCRATIC WON IN TEXAS WAS 
1994.
I RAN THAT GUY'S CAMPAIGN.
THAT'S HOW I MET GEORGE W. BUSH 
IN THE COURSE OF THIS.
TEXAS HAS GONE FROM A BLUE STATE
TO A RED STATE.
IT'S NOW LIGHT RED.
OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO YEARS 
IT'S TRENDING TO PURPLE.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'RE
SEEING IN TEXAS WHICH IS PLAYING
OUT EVERYWHERE, WHICH IS THE 
CHANGING DYNAMIC IN TEXAS AND 
WHY A LOT OF DEMOCRATS DID WELL 
IN THE MIDTERMS WAS THE SUBURBS.
THE SUBURBS IS WHAT'S DRIVING A 
LOT OF THE TURNOUT AROUND THE 
COUNTRY.
BUT IT'S WHAT'S DRIVING THE 
FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE, BESIDES THE 
GROWTH OF THE LATINO POPULATION,
THE FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE IS 
SUBURBS. 
>> RAHM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE 
SAW IN THE 2018 MIDTERMS, 
POWERED BY SUBURBAN VOTERS.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IS CAN 
PRESIDENT TRUMP WIN ANY OF THOSE
BACK IN NOVEMBER?
>> YOU'RE SEEING THE INCREASES 
THAT CHAIRMAN PEREZ WAS TALKING 
ABOUT IS COMING BECAUSE OF THE 
SUBURBAN VOTE.
2018 IS A PRECURSOR TO 2020 IN 
THE WAY THE '06 MIDTERM TOLD YOU
WHAT WAS COMING IN '08.
IN '78 TOLD YOU WHAT WAS GOING 
TO HAPPEN IN 1980 WITH RONALD 
REAGAN.
THE SUBURB VOTE COMING BACK TO 
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
OUR GOAL IS TO PUT AN URBAN 
SUBURBAN COALITION, THE SURGE 
FOR DEMOCRATS IN '18 AND '19 
CAME OUT OF THE SUBURBS.
THESE ARE GOOD SIGNS -- 
>> THAT'S GOT TO BE ONE OF THE 
BIG QUESTIONS FOR THE PRESIDENT.
CAN HE GET BEYOND HIS BASE AND 
WIN BACK SOME OF THE SUBURBAN 
VOTERS, HE HELD A SLIVER OF THEM
IN 2016, LOST THEM IN 2018.
CAN HE GET THEM BACK?
>> I THINK THERE'S A STRATEGY 
FOR THE PRESIDENT TO GET SOME OF
THEM BACK.
I THINK YOU SAW WITH HIS SUPER 
BOWL COMMERCIAL, HE STARTED TO 
TRY TO SEND THE SIGNAL -- ON 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE THINGS 
HE'S GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT.
ONE OTHER THING ABOUT TONIGHT, 
WE STILL HAVE TEXAS AND 
CALIFORNIA OUT THERE, THE TWO 
BIGGEST ONES.
SANDERS IS WINNING IN TEXAS.
IF HE WERE TO WIN TEXAS AND 
CALIFORNIA, TO ME THAT CHANGES 
THE ENTIRE NARRATIVE OF THE 
EVENING.
IT'S GOING TO CHANGE THE 
DELEGATE COUNT WE HAVE.
THE KEY TO SANDERS IS HE WANTS 
TO REMAIN AHEAD.
HE WANTS TO GET BACK IN FRONT OF
THE LEAD HERE, GET AHEAD AND GET
ON TO THE NEXT STATE.
IT'S MUCH TOO EARLY -- IT'S A 
GOOD NIGHT FOR VICE PRESIDENT 
BIDEN, NO QUESTION.
DOING MUCH MORE THAN ANYBODY 
THOUGHT HE WOULD BE DOING WHEN 
WE LEFT NEW HAMPSHIRE.
IF SANDERS WINS TEXAS AND 
CALIFORNIA, THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR
BIDEN. 
>> HALF OF THE DELEGATES TONIGHT
COME FROM THOSE TWO STATES.
WE EXPECT BERNIE SANDERS TO DO 
VERY WELL IN BOTH OF THOSE 
STATES.
AS I SAID, THE MARCH FROM EAST 
TO WEST COAST IS GOING TO 
PROBABLY FAVOR BERNIE SANDERS.
I THINK NOT ONLY SUBURBAN 
VOTERS, BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
RISE OF VOTERS OF COLOR.
WE TALKED ABOUT LATINO VOTERS 
COMING OUT, YOUNGER BLACK VOTERS
WHO TEND TO SHIFT TOWARDS 
BERNIE.
HE DOESN'T YET HAVE THE OLDER 
VOTE YET.
I THINK BIDEN IS TAKING A LOT OF
THIS.
THIS RESURGENCE IS -- 
>> IN TEXAS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT 
ONE OF THE KEY CONSTITUENCIES, 
31% OF THE VOTERS WHO TURNED OUT
TODAY WERE HISPANIC LATINO 
VOTERS.
LOOK AT THE BREAKDOWN, A 
REMINDER OF WHAT WE SAW WITH THE
NEVADA CAUCUSES, 35% WENT WITH 
BERNIE SANDERS, NEARLY DOUBLING 
WHAT JOE BIDEN HAS BEEN ABLE TO 
GET AMONG HISPANICS IN TEXAS.
>> YOUNGER VOTERS, LINDSEY, 
REALLY THE CORE OF BERNIE 
SANDERS. 
>> AND ANOTHER INTERESTING EXIT 
POLL COMING OUT OF TEXAS, YOU'RE
SEEING PEOPLE WHO ARE LATINO 
SAYING I IDENTIFY WITH SANDERS.
I THINK HE UNDERSTANDS RACIAL 
AND ETHNIC MINORITIES BETTER.
BLACK PEOPLE ARE SAYING THE 
EXACT SAME THING ABOUT BIDEN.
IF YOU REMEMBER, THERE WAS A 
NOVEMBER DEBATE WHERE BIDEN SAYS
I COME OUT OF THE BLACK 
COMMUNITY.
THAT'S BEARING OUT.
PEOPLE THINK HE'S A SYMPATHIZER,
HE UNDERSTANDS, HE CAN RELATE.
BLACK VOTERS HAVE SAID 57% OF 
THE TIME THEY'RE VOTING FOR THE 
PERSON THEY FEEL COULD BEAT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT FOR THEIR 
ISSUES.
LATINOS, IT'S DIFFERENT -- 
>> ESPECIALLY ON THE ISSUE OF 
HEALTH CARE WITH VA LEAN KNOW 
VOTERS.
ANOTHER STATE COMING IN RIGHT 
NOW, MASSACHUSETTS, STILL NO 
WINNER RIGHT NOW.
TOM LLAMAS, TAKE US UP TO 
MASSACHUSETTS.
WE'RE STILL SEEING JOE BIDEN 
HOLDING ON.
STILL A LOT OF VOTES COMING IN. 
>> GEORGE, I REMIND YOU, THIS 
CHANGED A LOT OVER THE LAST 30 
MINUTES.
THE LAST TIME WE LOOKED AT THIS,
THERE WASN'T THIS MUCH GREEN ON 
THE BOARD.
GREEN IS FOR JOE BIDEN, BLUE IS 
FOR SANDERS.
LIGHTER BLUE IS ELIZABETH 
WARREN, THE CURRENT SENATOR OF 
MASSACHUSETTS.
SHE WAS A PROFESSOR ALSO AT 
HARVARD IN BOSTON.
WE CAN DIG DEEPER INTO THE 
COUNTY DATA.
IT BREAKS UP DIFFERENTLY IN NEW 
ENGLAND.
AN HOUR AGO WARREN WAS ON TOP IN
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
NOW BIDEN IS ON TOP THERE.
SUFFOLK COUNTY, BIDEN ON TOP AS 
WELL.
BOSTON IS AN AREA, THE ENTIRE 
METROPOLITAN REGION, HALF OF IT 
IS MINORITY, 25% 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN, 25% HISPANIC.
THIS IS A GOOD SPOT TO SEE HOW 
BOTH CANDIDATES, SANDERS AND 
BIDEN CAN PLAY IN A STATE LIKE 
THIS.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, HE'S FROM 
MEDFORD, A BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD, 
HE'S UNDER 12% RIGHT NOW.
>> LET'S PULL UP MAUN BEFORE YOU
GO AS WELL.
STILL IN PLAY. 
>> LET'S LOOK AT MAINE.
>> BERNIE SANDERS WON THAT FOUR 
YEARS AGO. 
>> HE DID.
CAUCUS FOUR YEARS AGO, PROBLEMS 
SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW IN IOWA.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE SEEING, WOW, A 
VERY TIGHT RACE FOR THE CORE OF 
THE VOTE IN.
ELIZABETH WARREN HAS THE 15% 
THRESHOLD RIGHT NOW.
A LOT OF GREEN, A LOT OF BLUE ON
THE MAP.
JOE BIDEN IS PERFORMING IN AREAS
OF LOW POPULATION, COUNTIES THAT
DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE.
BERNIE SANDERS SEEMS TO BE DOING
BETTER IN THE CITIES, BANGOR, 
LEWISTON, PORTLAND.
IT'S DEAD EVEN RIGHT NOW, ONLY 
TALKING 14,000 VOTES. 
>> THIS IS ONE OF THE STATES IN 
NOVEMBER WHERE DONALD TRUMP GOT 
AN ELECTORAL VOTE OUT OF THE 
STATE OF MAINE.
ALSO A STATE WHERE SENATOR SUSAN
COLLINS IS RUNNING FOR 
RE-ELECTION, REALLY GETTING HIT 
BY BOTH SIDES. 
>> 100% BECAUSE OF THE WAY SHE 
HANDLED IMPEACHMENT.
SHE TRIED TO HAVE IT BOTH WAYS 
BY TAKING A STAND ON THE 
QUESTION OF WITNESSES, SAYING 
SHE SUPPORTED A CALL FOR 
ADDITIONAL WITNESSES.
ULTIMATELY FALLING IN LINE WITH 
THE REST OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
AND VOTING NOT TO CONVICT THE 
PRESIDENT.
SHE IS PAYING A HEFTY, HEFTY 
PRICE FOR IT.
SHE KNEW SHE WAS GOING TO PAY A 
HEFTY PRICE FOR IT. 
>> JOHN KARL, I KNOW YOU PAID 
ATTENTION TO IT.
THAT ONE ELECTORAL VOTE COULD BE
SIGNIFICANT. 
>> NO QUESTION.
WHERE IT BREAKS DOWN TO 269 
ELECTORAL VOTES, IT WOULD LIKELY
BE BECAUSE OF THAT ONE DELEGATE,
THAT ONE VOTE IN NORTHERN MAINE 
WHICH IS CONSERVATIVE COMPARED 
TO THE REST.
>> WE'VE GOT TO TAKE ANOTHER 
QUICK BREAK.
WE'LL BE BACK IN JUST A MINUTE.
>>> THIS IS AN ABC NEWS ELECTION
UPDATE.
>> WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS 
LIVE.
I'M JUJU CHANG.
WE'RE GOING TO HEAD BACK TO 
GEORGE AND THE POLITICS TEAM, 
BUT FIRST LET'S GO TO DEVON 
DWYER DIGGING INTO THE EXIT POLL
ANALYSIS.
TELL US WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN 
TEXAS, THAT TREASURE TROVE OF 
DELEGATES WHERE HE AND HIS 
FORMER RIVALS GAVE HIM A BIG 
BOOST. 
>> TEXAS IS THE SECOND BIGGEST 
PRIZE ON THE MAP.
TAKE A LOOK HOW CLOSE THIS IS.
THIS IS SURPRISING A LOT OF 
PEOPLE RIGHT NOW.
BERNIE SANDERS, 28% OF JOE 
BIDEN, 23, BLOOMBERG WITH 31% OF
THE VOTE REPORTING.
PART OF THE REASON BERNIE 
SANDERS IS BEING LIFTED IN TEXAS
TONIGHT IS BECAUSE OF HIS 
PERFORMANCE AMONG INDEPENDENTS.
THAT'S WHAT HELPED HIM UP IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE HAVE THAT HUGE 
RESOUNDING WIN THERE.
YOU SEE HE'S UP ALMOST 20 POINTS
AMONG JOE BIDEN AMONG 
INDEPENDENTS AND ESPECIALLY 
AMONG VERY LIBERAL VOTERS.
YOU WOULD EXPECT THEM TO BACK 
BERNIE SANDERS.
HERE IT IS.
LOOK AT THAT RESOUNDINGLY IN 
FAVOR OF BERNIE SANDERS TONIGHT.
ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS 
ABOUT VERY LIBERAL VOTERS IN 
TEXAS, JUJU, THERE ARE A LOT 
MORE OF THEM THAN THERE WERE 
FOUR YEARS AGO AND FEWER 
MODERATES.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS SBRNS 
AHEAD.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE VIEW ON 
SOCIALISM IN TEXAS AS WELL.
THIS IS A BIT OF A STUNNER.
TO ME WE THINK ABOUT DEEP RED 
TEXAS, A VERY FAVORABLE VIEW 
AMONG TEXAS DEMOCRATS OF THE 
SOCIALISM, BERNIE SANDERS, OF 
COURSE, THE DEMOCRATIC 
SOCIALIST.
THIS IS WHY BERNIE SANDERS IS 
PERFORMING WELL TONIGHT.
WHY IS JOE BIDEN SO CLOSE?
TAKE A LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS 
RIGHT NOW.
THESE ARE THE LATE DECIDERS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF LATE DECIDERS
IN THE LAST FEW DAYS IN TEXAS 
AND JOE BIDEN WINS MORE THAN 
HALF OF THEM.
RIDING THE WAVE OUT OF SOUTH 
CAROLINA TONIGHT, THAT'S WHAT'S 
LIFTING HIM IN TEXAS.
ONE OF THE REASONS THIS RACE IS 
SO CLOSE, THE SECOND BIGGEST 
PRIZE TONIGHT, IT'S STILL EARLY.
BUT ONE REASON A LOT OF US ARE 
KEEPING AN EXTRA CLOSE EYE ON 
THE LONE STAR STATE. 
>> ESPECIALLY SINCE PRESIDENT 
TRUMP IS ATTACKING THE IDEA OF 
SOCIALISM ON THE DEMOCRATIC 
TICKET.
DEVIN DWYER, YOU'VE SPENT A LOT 
OF TIME IN VIRGINIA.
RIGHT NOW WE'LL GO BACK TO 
GEORGE AND THE POWERHOUSE 
POLITICAL TEAM.
STAY WITH US.
IT'S SUPER TUESDAY MARATHON 
COVERAGE.
>> Announcer: LIVE FROM NEW YORK
CITY AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THIS IS SUPER TUESDAY.
NOW REPORTING, CHIEF ANCHOR 
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS.
>> WELCOME TO OUR SUPER TUESDAY 
COVERAGE, IT'S 10:00 IN THE 
EAST.
JOE BIDEN HAS WON SIX STATES 
OVERALL, FIVE TONIGHT, 137 
DELEGATES, AHEAD OF BERNIE 
SANDERS WITH 100 DELEGATES.
HE'S WON FOUR STATES OVERALL.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG AND ELIZABETH 
WARREN ARE TRAILING BEHIND.
COLORADO GOES TO BERNIE SANDERS.
HE WON IT IN 2016.
HE HAS WON IT AGAIN THIS YEAR AS
WELL WITH 77% OF THE VOTE COMING
UP.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG PULLING AHEAD 
OF JOE BIDEN.
WE'LL SEE IF THAT HOLDS FOR 
TONIGHT.
IN OKLAHOMA, JOE BIDEN HAS WON 
OVER BERNIE SANDERS.
AND MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, WHO MIGHT
GET A COUPLE OF DELEGATES OUT 
THERE IF HE STAYS ABOVE THAT 
15%.
ELIZABETH WARREN'S HOME STATE OF
OKLAHOMA WHEN SHE WAS GROWING 
BUT SO FAR SHE'S NOT MEETING 
THAT 15% THRESHOLD TO GET A 
DELEGATE.
TENNESSEE, JOE BIDEN WINNING 
HANDILY OVER BERNIE SANDERS, A 
LITTLE OVER HALF THE VOTE IS IN 
SO FAR.
ANOTHER BIG ONE FOR JOE BIDEN IN
THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
AND YOU SEE HIM THERE OVER 
SANDERS.
NO ONE ELSE IS LIKELY TO GET 
DELEGATES.
THEY STILL HAVE A CHANCE WITH 
MIKE BLOOMBERG THERE.
AND IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, 
JOE BIDEN WINS THERE, A BIG, BIG
WIN OVER BERNIE SANDERS.
YOU SEE ALMOST ALL THE VOTE IS 
IN AND HE'S GOT A 30-POINT LEAD 
REPLICATING THE RESULTS IN SOUTH
CAROLINA WHERE HIS MOMENTUM 
STARTED TO TAKE OFF SATURDAY 
NIGHT.
HE'S WON ALABAMA.
YOU SEE ACROSS THE SOUTH FOR JOE
BIDEN TONIGHT, BERNIE SANDERS 
WINNING HIS HOME STATE OF HAVE 
THE STATE OF VERMONT.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG WILL PICK UP 
SOME DELEGATES TONIGHT IN 
AMERICAN SAMOA.
THAT IS THE STAGE THAT WE'RE 
SEEING SO FORTH TONIGHT AS WE 
HEAD TO THE 10:00 HOUR, 14 OUT 
OF 15 RACES HAVE CLOSED, THE 
POLLS HAVE CLOSED IN 14 OUT OF 
15 RACES SO FAR.
I WANT TO BRING IN TOM, TEXAS IS
THE SECOND BIGGEST PRIZE 
TONIGHT.
>> WE HAVE 35% OF THE VOTE IN.
WHAT WE'RE SEEING SLIGHTLY, 
AGAIN, I STILL THINK THEY'RE 
COUNTING THE EARLY VOTE BECAUSE 
THEY HAD A MILLION EARLY VOTES 
FOR DEMOCRATS IN THIS PRIMARY.
WE'RE SEEING BERNIE SANDERS POP 
UP.
WE KNOW, AS MATT DOWD WAS 
TALKING ABOUT, TRAVIS COUNTY, 
HE'S WINNING THERE BY DOUBLE 
DIGITS, WINNING A COUNTY JUST 
BELOW IT, HE'S DOING WELL THERE.
FT. WORTH, TARRANT COUNTY, HE'S 
ON TOP THERE.
DALLAS, WE HAVE JOE BIDEN UP.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG AT 19%, HE HAS
BROKEN THAT 15% THRESHOLD AT 
THIS POINT.
AGAIN, THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE 
OF THE GREAT EQUALIZERS OF THE 
NIGHT, GEORGE.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE STATE MAP 
AND THE ENTIRE COUNTRY RIGHT 
NOW, AND I MADE THIS POINT 
EARLIER, WE HAD THAT EARTHQUAKE 
WITH JOE BIDEN WINNING SOUTH 
CAROLINA AND WE SEE THE REVERY 
BAD REVERBERATIONS HERE.
WHAT HAPPENS IN TEXAS?
DOES THAT MOMENTUM CARRY TO 
TEXAS OR IS THIS BERNIE SANDERS'
FIREWALL, WITH THE HISPANIC 
VOTE, WITH THE MOBILIZATION, 
DOES HE STOP JOE BIDEN IN TEXAS?
>> WHAT ARE THE VARIOUS PATHS 
THAT ARE POSSIBLE GIVEN WHAT 
WE'VE SEEN TONIGHT?
>> WE'RE KIND OF WAITING FOR 
ANOTHER SHOE TO DROP FOR BERNIE,
FOR EXAMPLE.
IF FOR EXAMPLE BIDEN WERE TO WIN
MINNESOTA, A STATE WHERE HE WAS 
AHEAD WITH A THIRD OF THE VOTE 
COUNT IN, HE WOULD GO TO 1,944.
>> VERY CLOSE TO THE 1,991.
>> REMEMBER, BIDEN HAS NOT WON 
ANY STATES IN THE NORTH.
HE LOST IOWA BADLY, HE LOST NEW 
HAMPSHIRE.
SHOWING HE COULD WIN IN 
MINNESOTA WOULD BE A BIG UPSET 
AND REALLY PUT BERNIE ON HIS 
HEELS WHERE HE WAS SUPPOSED TO 
WIN.
>> TALK ABOUT MASSACHUSETTS, 
ANOTHER NORTHERN STATE, A HOME 
STATE FOR ELIZABETH WARREN.
THAT WOULD BE A BIG WIN IF JOE 
BIDEN COULD HOLD ON.
>> BECAUSE IT SHOWS THE GROWTH 
FOR BIDEN.
9% OF THE VOTE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE,
NEIGHBORING STATE, 
MASSACHUSETTS, IF HE WINS IN 
MASSACHUSETTS IT WILL SHOW 
THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE LAST 
MONTH, THAT WOULD BE A BIG DEAL 
FOR HIM ALSO.
>> IF THE NIGHT ENDED RIGHT NOW,
THE MOMENTUM WOULD BE WITH JOE 
BIDEN.
WHAT KIND OF AN EFFECT WOULD 
THAT HAVE GOING FORWARD?
>> THAT'S THE GOOD THING, BERNIE
HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK
NEXT WEEK IN MICHIGAN, FOR 
EXAMPLE, WHERE HE DID VERY WELL 
IN 2016.
SO FAR BIDEN ALREADY WON 
OKLAHOMA WHICH BERNIE WON IN 
2016.
HE MIGHT WIN MASSACHUSETTS, 
MAINE, ALL WHERE BERNIE WON IN 
2016.
SO FAR BERNIE IS PLAYING 
DEFENSE, NOT ENTIRELY LIKE THE 
TRUMP/CLINTON MAP WHERE CLINTON 
WAS PLAYING DEFENSE, NOT WINNING
ANY STATES ROMNEY HAD WON FOUR 
YEARS EARLIER.
>> MINNESOTA, JOE BIDEN STILL 
HOLDING A LEAD ABOVE BERNIE 
SANDERS.
WE'RE HEARING THAT BERNIE 
SANDERS IS COMING ONTO THE STAGE
IN BURLINGTON, VERMONT.
LET'S TUNE IN FOR SENATOR 
SANDERS.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU, VERMONT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A FUNNY THING, 31
YEARS AGO TODAY, WE WON THE 
MAYORAL RACE IN BURLINGTON, 
VERMONT.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
AND WE WON THAT RACE AGAINST ALL
OF THE ODDS.
EVERYBODY SAID IT COULDN'T BE 
DONE.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
AND WHEN WE BEGAN THIS RACE FOR 
THE PRESIDENCY, EVERYBODY SAID 
IT COULDN'T BE DONE.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
BUT TONIGHT I TELL YOU WITH 
ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE WE'RE GOING 
TO WIN THE DEMOCRATIC 
NOMINATION.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
AND WE ARE GOING TO DEFEAT THE 
MOST DANGEROUS PRESIDENT IN THE 
HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
WE ARE GOING TO WIN.
WE ARE GOING TO DEFEAT TRUMP 
BECAUSE WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER 
AN UNPRECEDENTED GRASSROOTS, 
MULTIGENERATIONAL, MULTIRACIAL 
MOVEMENT.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
IT IS A MUFLT WHICH SPEAKS 
MOVEMENT WHICH SPEAKS TO THE 
WORKING FAMILIES OF THIS COUNTRY
WHO ARE SICK AND TIRED OF 
WORKING LONGER HOURS FOR LOWER 
WAGES AND SEEING ALL INCOME AND 
WEALTH GOING TO THE TOP 1%.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
IT IS A MOVEMENT WHICH SAYS THE 
UNITED STATES WILL HAVE HEALTH 
CARE FOR ALL AS A HUMAN RIGHT.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
IT IS A MOVEMENT THAT SAYS WE 
WILL BRING MAJOR REFORMS IN 
EDUCATION, MAKING SURE THAT ALL 
OF OUR KIDS CAN GO TO COLLEGE 
WITHOUT COMING OUT IN DEBT.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
NOW, WHAT MAKES THIS MOVEMENT 
UNIQUE IS WE ARE TAKING ON THE 
CORPORATE ESTABLISHMENT.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
WE ARE TAKING ON THEHE GREED OF 
WALL STREET.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
THE GREED OF THE DRUG COMPANIES 
WHO CHARGE US THE HIGHEST PRICES
IN THE WORLD.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
THE GREED OF THE INSURANCE 
COMPANIES.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
AND GIVEN THE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS
OF CLIMATE CHANGE, WE ARE SAYING
TO THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY -- 
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
-- WE ARE SAYING TO THE FOSSIL 
FUEL INDUSTRY, THEIR SHORT TERM 
PROFITS ARE NOT MORE IMPORTANT 
THAN THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY 
AND THE WORLD.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
BUT WE ARE NOT ONLY TAKING ON 
THE CORPORATE ESTABLISHMENT.
WE'RE TAKING ON THE POLITICAL 
ESTABLISHMENT.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
WE'RE GOING TO WIN BECAUSE THE 
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND IT IS OUR 
CAMPAIGN, OUR MOVEMENT, WHICH IS
BEST POSITIONED TO DEFEAT TRUMP.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
YOU CANNOT BEAT TRUMP WITH THE 
SAME OLD SAME OLD KIND OF 
Y
POLITICS.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
WHAT WE NEED IS A NEW POLITICS 
THAT BRINGS WORKING CLASS PEOPLE
INTO OUR POLITICAL MOVEMENT.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
WHICH BRINGS YOUNG PEOPLE INTO 
OUR POLITICAL MOVEMENT.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
AND WHICH IN NOVEMBER WILL 
CREATE THE HIGHEST VOTER TURNOUT
IN AMERICAN POLITICAL HISTORY.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
WE'RE GOING TO BEAT TRUMP 
BECAUSE THIS WILL BECOME A 
CONTRAST IN IDEAS.
ONE OF US IN THIS RACE LED THE 
OPPOSITION TO THE WAR IN IRAQ.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT HIM.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
ANOTHER CANDIDATE VOTED FOR THE 
WAR IN IRAQ.
[ AUDIENCE REACTS ]
ONE OF US HAS SPENT HIS ENTIRE 
LIFE FIGHTING AGAINST CUTS IN 
SOCIAL SECURITY, FIGHTING TO 
EXPAND SOCIAL SECURITY.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
ANOTHER CANDIDATE HAS BEEN ON 
THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE CALLING 
FOR CUTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY, 
MEDICARE, MEDICAID, AND VETERANS
PROGRAMS.
[ AUDIENCE REACTS ]
ONE OF US LED THE OPPOSITION TO 
DISASTROUS TRADE AGREEMENTS 
WHICH COST US MILLIONS OF GOOD 
PAYING JOBS.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
AND THAT'S ME.
AND ANOTHER CANDIDATE VOTED FOR 
DISASTROUS TRADE AGREEMENTS.
[ AUDIENCE REACTS ]
ONE OF US STOOD UP FOR CONSUMERS
AND SAID WE WILL NOT SUPPORT A 
DISASTROUS BANKRUPTCY BILL.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
AND ANOTHER CANDIDATE 
REPRESENTED THE CREDIT CARD 
COMPANIES AND VOTED FOR THAT 
DISASTROUS BILL.
[ AUDIENCE REACTS ]
SO HERE WE ARE.
WE HAVE TWO MAJOR GOALS IN FRONT
OF US AND THEY ARE DIRECTLY 
RELATED.
FIRST, WE MUST BEAT A PRESIDENT 
WHO APPARENTLY HAS NEVER READ 
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED 
STATES.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
A PRESIDENT WHO THINKS WE SHOULD
BE AN AUTOCRACY, NOT A 
DEMOCRACY.
[ AUDIENCE REACTS ]
BUT SECOND OF ALL, WE NEED A 
MOVEMENT AND ARE DEVELOPING A 
MOVEMENT, OF BLACK, WHITE, 
LATINO, NATIVE AMERICAN, 
ASIAN-AMERICAN, GAY AND 
STRAIGHT.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
OF PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING IT 
CLEAR EVERY DAY, THEY WILL NOT 
TOLERATE THE GROTESQUE LEVEL OF 
INCOME AND WEALTH INEQUALITY WE 
ARE EXPERIENCING.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
WE WILL NOT GIVE TAX BREAKS TO 
BILLIONAIRES WHEN A HALF A 
MILLION AMERICANS SLEEP OUT ON 
THE STREET.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
WE WILL NOT ALLOW 49% OF ALL NEW
INCOME TO GO TO THE 1% WHEN HALF
OF OUR PEOPLE ARE LIVING 
PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING 
TO HAPPEN LATER TONIGHT.
WE'RE DOING WELL IN TEXAS RIGHT 
NOW.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
WE WON COLORADO.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
AND I'M CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC 
THAT LATER IN THE EVENING, WE 
CAN WIN THE LARGEST STATE IN 
THIS COUNTRY, THE STATE OF 
CALIFORNIA.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
BUT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, IF 
THIS CAMPAIGN, AND I DON'T KNOW 
WHAT WILL HAPPEN, BUT IF IT 
COMES OUT TO BE A CAMPAIGN IN 
WHICH WE HAVE ONE CANDIDATE WHO 
IS STANDING UP FOR THE WORKING 
CLASS AND THE MIDDLE CLASS, 
WE'RE GOING TO WIN THAT 
ELECTION.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> BERNIE SANDERS SAYING HE IS 
GOING TO WIN MORE STATES 
TONIGHT, WIN THE NOMINATION, AND
THEN DEFEAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IN 
THE FALL, PROJECTING CONFIDENCE 
THERE IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.
BUT AS HE IS SPEAKING, WE HAVE 
ANOTHER PROJECTION, IT COMES 
FROM THE STATE OF ARKANSAS.
JOE BIDEN HAS WON THE STATE OF 
ARKANSAS, LOOK AT THAT BETWEEN 
UP ON THE BOARD TONIGHT, JOE 
BIDEN SWEEPING ACROSS THE SOUTH,
THE ONLY SOUTHERN STATE HE HAS 
NOT WON IS THE STATE OF TEXAS.
TONIGHT JOE BIDEN HAS WON SEVEN 
STATES SO FAR, BERNIE SANDERS 
HAS WON TWO.
SOME DIG STATES LEFT TO COME, 
TEXAS, CALIFORNIA, MAINE, 
MASSACHUSETTS, AND UTAH.
A LOT MORE RESULTS COMING IN.
STAY WITH US.
>>> WELCOME TO ABC NEWS LIVE, 
I'M JUJU CHANG.
WE'LL HEAD BACK TO GEORGE AND 
OUR POLITICS TEAM IN A MINUTE 
BUT FIRST LET'S GO TO RACHEL 
SCOTT WITH THE SANDERS CAMPAIGN 
IN VERMONT.
RACHEL, WHAT'S SANDERS SAYING 
ABOUT CALIFORNIA AND BEYOND?
HE MUST BE SPOOKED.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT THE MESSAGE
FROM SENATOR SANDERS HIMSELF IS 
THAT HE IS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT 
CALIFORNIA.
HE SAID HE IS HOPEFUL AND THE 
SANDERS CAMPAIGN TELLS US THAT 
IF YOU TURN OFF THE TV RIGHT NOW
AND YOU TUNE BACK IN AFTER 10:00
P.M., THIS WILL BE A COMPLETELY 
DIFFERENT RACE.
THEY HAVE THEIR BEST OUT FOR 
CALIFORNIA.
AGAIN, THAT IS THE LARGEST 
AMOUNT OF DELEGATES UP FOR GRABS
HERE ON SUPER TUESDAY IN THAT 
STATE.
HE HAS VISITED THAT STATE MORE 
THAN EVERY OTHER SUPER TUESDAY 
STATE.
HE'S MADE 11 VISITS THERE AND 
BROUGHT OUT MASSIVE CROWDS.
AGAIN, HE'S REALLY BETTING ON 
LATINOS AND YOUNG VOTERS TO TURN
OUT FOR HIM IN THAT STATE.
BUT SANDERS TONIGHT IS 
OPTIMISTIC.
HE CELEBRATED THE WINS HE'S 
ALREADY GOTTEN TONIGHT, THE 
PROJECTED WINS.
THE CROWD HERE RALLYING BEHIND 
HIM.
HE'S VERY OPTIMISTIC THAT THINGS
WILL BE IN HIS FAVOR AS THE 
NIGHT CONTINUES.
>> THE EXIT POLLING SEEMS TO 
SUGGEST YOU'RE RIGHT ON THAT 
ONE.
WE'VE SEEN BERNIE SANDERS REALLY
RAMP UP HIS RHETORIC AND HIS 
SHARP CONTRASTS WITH JOE BIDEN 
IN RECENT DAYS.
WHAT'S HIS STRATEGY GOING 
FORWARD?
>> Reporter: EXACTLY, AND WE SAW
THAT AGAIN HERE TONIGHT, TAKING 
THESE VEILED JABS AT THE FORMER 
VICE PRESIDENT.
BUT WE'VE SEEN HIM STEP UP HIS 
ATTACKS ON THE FORMER VICE 
PRESIDENT, THE DAYS LEADING INTO
SUPER TUESDAY, HE'S SAID HE'S 
NOT ONLY WRONG ON THE ISSUES BUT
MADE IT CLEAR HE HAS THE WRONG 
VISION FOR THE COUNTRY GOING 
FORWARD.
HE ATTACKED HIM ON THE IRAQ WAR 
AND HIS RECORD ON SOCIAL 
SECURITY, JUJU.
>> THANKS, RACHEL SCOTT, WHO IS 
WITH BERNIE SANDERS IN VERMONT.
STAY WITH US ALL EVENING.
ABC NEWS LIVE IS A MARATHON 
SUPER TUESDAY, THE ALL CRUCIAL 
EVENT OF THE PRIMARIES.
LET'S SEND IT BACK TO GEORGE AND
THE POWERHOUSE POLITICAL TEAM, 
FULL ANALYSIS STRAIGHT AHEAD.
>> WELCOME BACK TO OUR COVERAGE 
OF SUPER TUESDAY 2020.
THAT IS THE MAP SO FAR IN THE 
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY RACE.
THE RESULTS TONIGHT SO FAR, JOE 
BIDEN HAS WON SEVEN STATES 
OVERALL.
SIX TONIGHT PLUS THE STATE OF 
SOUTH CAROLINA ON SATURDAY.
HE'S LEADING THE RACE RIGHT NOW 
WITH 148 DELEGATES FOLLOWED BY 
BERNIE SANDERS WITH 109, FOUR 
STATES WON, ELIZABETH WARREN AND
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG TRAILING 
FURTHER BEHIND RIGHT NOW.
WE ALSO WANT TO LOOK AT SOME OF 
THE STATES THAT ARE STILL 
WAITING TO COME IN TONIGHT.
SIX STATES HAVE NOT YET BEEN 
DECIDED.
STARTING WITH THE STATE OF 
MAINE, YOU SEE IT RIGHT THERE.
RIGHT NOW WITH 36% OF THE VOTE 
IN, JOE BIDEN AND BERNIE SANDERS
ARE TIED FOLLOWED BY ELIZABETH 
WARREN AND BLOOMBERG.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, ALSO IN 
THE NORTHEAST, JOE BIDEN AHEAD 
EVEN THOUGH THAT'S ELIZABETH 
WARREN'S HOME STATE, SHE'S THE 
SENIOR SENATOR.
BERNIE SANDERS IN SECOND.
WARREN IN THIRD RIGHT NOW.
MINNESOTA, JOE BIDEN AHEAD THERE
AS WELL, AHEAD OF BERNIE SANDERS
AND ELIZABETH WARREN, PERHAPS 
CAPITALIZING ON THE ENDORSEMENT 
OF AMY KLOBUCHAR WHO GOT OUT OF 
THE RACE YESTERDAY.
NOW IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AS 
WELL, WE'RE SEEING 40% OF THE 
VOTE COME IN, BERNIE SANDERS 
HOLDING ON TO A LEAD OVER BIDEN.
AND BLOOMBERG THERE IN THIRD.
TOM, WHY DON'T YOU GO TO THE 
BOARD AGAIN AND LET'S TAKE A 
DEEPER DIVE ONE MORE TIME ON 
TEXAS.
>> GEORGE, SO FAR WE HAVE 40% OF
THE VOTE IN RIGHT NOW.
SO JOE BIDEN IS STARTING TO POP 
UP IN SOME OF THE MORE RURAL 
COUNTIES AS WE MOVE FROM EAST TO
WEST.
BERNIE SANDERS ALSO, IT LOOKS 
LIKE HE'S LOCKED UP AUSTIN.
THIS WAS EXPECTED.
TARRANT COUNTY, THIS IS SORT OF 
HIS BREAD AND BUTTER.
U.T. IN AUSTIN.
TWO OF THE SMALL COUNTIES THAT 
SURROUND AUSTIN, WE'VE TALKED 
ABOUT THOSE RING COUNTIES THAT 
SURROUND THE BIGGER CITIES.
YOU'VE GOT TO WIN THOSE.
AS WE MOVE FURTHER NORTH, FT. 
WORTH AND DALLAS.
THEY'RE SPLITTING THE VOTE.
SO MUCH OF THE VOTE WILL COME 
FROM HOUSTON.
WHEN YOU BREAK DOWN TEXAS YOU 
REALLY WANT TO LOOK AT THE BIG 
CITIES HERE.
DALLAS, FT. WORTH, THE RING 
COUNTIES, ALSO SAN ANTONIO.
OF COURSE A LOT OF HISPANICS IN 
SAN ANTONIO, THEY'RE THE 
MAJORITY THERE IN VOTING.
WE'LL SEE IF THE CASTRO 
BROTHERS, JOAQUIN CASTRO, HAVE 
ANY EFFECT ON THE VOTE.
BETO O'ROURKE ENDORSED JOE BIDEN
YESTERDAY.
WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THOSE 
AREAS.
>> GEORGE, TWO MAJOR BREAKDOWNS.
ON RACIAL ISSUES, 60% OF BLACKS 
SAID BIDEN BETTER UNDERSTOOD 
RACIAL MINORITIES.
HISPANICS VOTED FOR SANDERS.
BIDEN LEADS WITH THOSE WHO CARE 
ABOUT UNITING THE COUNTRY, TEXAS
AND WE'RE SEEING A LITTLE BIT 
THAT HAVE IN MINNESOTA TOO.
>> MARY ELLEN PARKS, WE DID SEE 
A HARD EDGE FROM SENATOR SANDERS
IN THE VICTORY SPEECH IN 
VERMONT.
>> TWO THINGS REALLY STUCK OUT, 
ONE, THOSE COMPARISONS WITH 
BIDEN.
HIS TEAM HAS SAID THEY'RE 
ABSOLUTELY GOING TO DOUBLE DOWN 
ON HIS VOTE ON THE IRAQ WAR.
THEY'VE STARTED DOING NEW 
MESSAGING ON THAT ONLINE, THEY 
SAY THAT'S A WINNING MESSAGE FOR
THEM.
YOU SAW HIS CONVERSATION ABOUT 
TRADE.
THERE ARE VOTERS ESPECIALLY IN 
THE MIDWEST THAT HAVE BEEN 
SKEPTICAL OF TRADE DEALS BUT 
FINE WITH TAXES, CUT TRADE, 
DON'T CUT TAXES.
THEY'RE NOT FOR THE TPP OR NAFTA
BUT THEY WANT TO PROTECT SOCIAL 
SECURITY.
THOSE ARE THE KIND OF VOTERS 
BERNIE THINKS HE DOES WELL IN.
>> SENATOR SANDERS HAS BEEN 
TRYING TO MAKE THIS ARGUMENT 
STICK AGAINST FORMER VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN FOR MONTHS IN 
AND OUT OF. 
>> RIGHT.
HE ALSO SAID A MULTIGENERATIONAL
MOVEMENT.
THAT WAS ASPIRATIONAL.
WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY EVIDENCE OF
THAT.
HE RUNS AWAY WITH THE YOUTH VOTE
BUT HAS STILL STRUGGLED WITH THE
OLDER VOTE.
>> WE'LL TAKE ANOTHER QUICK 
BREAK.
SOME OF YOU WILL BE GOING TO 
LOCAL NEWS RIGHT NOW.
OUR COVERAGE CONTINUES.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS 
COVERAGE OF TONIGHT'S MOMENTOUS 
SUPER TUESDAY CONTEST.
I'M JUJU CHANG.
GEORGE AND OUR TEAM OF POLITICAL
EXPERTS WILL BE BACK.
FIRST, WE'RE LOOKING ESPECIALLY 
AT VIRGINIA.
IT ILLUSTRATES IN MANY WAYS THE 
TURNAROUND FOR BIDEN, BIG 
ENDORSEMENTS FROM TIM KAINE, 
FORMER GOVERNOR TERRY McAULIFFE.
>> HE SNAGGED THE FOURTH LARGEST
PRIZE.
IT WAS A RESOUNDING WIN IN 
VIRGINIA FOR JOE BIDEN TONIGHT.
53% TO 23% OVER BERNIE SANDERS 
WITH MOST OF THE VOTE COMING IN.
IT DIDN'T SEEM THAT WAY A FEW 
DAYS AGO IN PART BECAUSE, TAKE A
LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, THE LATE 
BREAKERS CAME IN JOE BIDEN'S 
FAVOR IN A VERY BIG WAY.
I WAS OUT IN VIRGINIA OVER THE 
WEEKEND.
BERNIE SANDERS DREW A CROWD OF 
10,000 OUT THERE.
3,000 IN NORFOLK.
BUT JOE BIDEN COMING IN, BECAUSE
SO MANY PEOPLE SAW THOSE RESULTS
IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND CHANGED 
THEIR MINDS.
AND TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT VIRGINIA
VOTERS, WHO TEND TO BE MORE 
MODERATE, HAD TO SAY ABOUT A 
DESIRE TO RETURN TO PRESIDENT 
OBAMA'S POLICIES.
48% OF THOSE IN VIRGINIA, 
DEMOCRATS, SAID THEY WANT THAT.
28% SAID THEY FAVORED MORE 
LIBERAL POLICIES.
IT'S A TREND WE'VE SEEN ACROSS 
THE NIGHT.
AND OF COURSE BLACK VOTERS, 27% 
OF VIRGINIA'S VOTING POPULATION 
IS BLACK, HEAVILY FOR JOE BIDEN.
THAT'S HOW HE GOT THAT WIN THAT 
KICKED OFF WHAT SEEMS TO BE A 
VERY GOOD NIGHT FOR HIM.
>> I WANT TO BRING IN NOW YVETTE
SIMPSON, CEO OF DEMOCRACY FOR 
AMERICA, A RAIN OF SUNSHINE IN 
YOUR YELLOW TONIGHT, THANKS FOR 
JOINING US.
IF THE HEADLINE TONIGHT IS THE 
CONSOLIDATION OF THE MODERATE 
RING, HOW DO YOU PROGRESSIVES 
RESPOND?
>> WE START MEETING TOMORROW.
WE HAVEN'T PUT A DOLLAR OF 
RESOURCES TO SUPPORT BERNIE 
SANDERS YET, THAT WILL CHANGE 
AFTER TOMORROW.
A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS 
SUPPORTING SENATOR WARREN RIGHT 
NOW WILL HAVE TO MAKE A TOUGH 
CHOICE TOO.
WILL WE CONSOLIDATE SUPPORT, 
EVEN THOUGH SHE'S STILL IN THE 
RACE, TO PUT RESOURCES ON THE 
GROUND FOR SENATOR SANDERS.
>> SANDERS' MESSAGE TO 
SUPPORTERS IS KEEP WATCH ON 
CALIFORNIA.
>> HALF OF THE DELEGATES TONIGHT
WILL COME FROM TEXAS AND 
CALIFORNIA.
>> PART OF WHAT HE IS 
ANTICIPATING TONIGHT, THE WEST, 
MORE LIBERAL YOUTH VOTE COMING 
OUT IN HIS FAVOR.
WE'LL LOOK AT THAT DEVELOPMENT.
HOW DO YOU SEE CALIFORNIA 
BREAKING FOR BERNIE TONIGHT?
>> I EXPECT BERNIE TO DO REALLY 
WELL.
HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME THERE.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF LIBERAL 
VOTERS, A LOT OF YOUNG DIVERSE 
VOTERS WHO WANT CHANGE, AND THEY
SEE BERNIE SANDERS HAS THAT 
CHANGE.
WE EXPECT A BIG WIN OUT OF 
CALIFORNIA FOR SURE, THAT'S THE 
BIGGEST STATE, THAT'S WHERE MOST
OF THE DELEGATES ARE GOING TO 
COME FROM.
WE EXPECT IT TO CHANGE A LOT AND
TOMORROW MORNING WILL LOOK VERY 
DIFFERENT.
>> TEXAS IS STILL VERY MUCH IN 
PLAY.
>> IT IS.
WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF LATINO 
VOTERS TRENDING FOR BERNIE 
SANDERS AND WE EXPECT THAT TO BE
A GOOD RESULT FOR US AS WELL.
>> EXCELLENT, THANKS, YVETTE, SO
MUCH FOR JOINING US.
WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE AHEAD ON 
THIS MARATHON NIGHT.
SUPER TUESDAY.
LET'S SEND IT BACK TO GEORGE WHO
HAS A PROJECTION TO ADD.
STAY WITH US.
WE'VE GOT SO MUCH COMING UP 
RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK WITH OUR 
POWERHOUSE POLITICAL TEAM.
FULL IN DEPTH ANALYSIS OF 
TONIGHT'S RESULTS.
>>> 10:30 IN THE EAST ON SUPER 
TUESDAY AND WE HAVE MORE RESULTS
COMING IN RIGHT NOW.
ABC NEWS CAN PROJECT THAT BERNIE
SANDERS IS GOING TO WIN THE 
STATE OF UTAH.
BERNIE SANDERS IS WINNING THE 
STATE OF UTAH.
HE CLOBBERED HILLARY CLINTON 
THERE FOUR YEARS AGO.
HE'LL WIN OVER JOE BIDEN THERE 
TONIGHT.
IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, THIS 
IS SOMETHING OF A SURPRISE, JOE 
BIDEN HAS WON THE STATE OF 
MINNESOTA, OF COURSE THAT WAS 
SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR'S HOME 
STATE, SHE DROPPED OUT OF THE 
RACE YESTERDAY AND ENDORSED JOE 
BIDEN AND HE HAS WON THE STATE 
OF MINNESOTA.
NATE SILVER, YOU SAID THIS IS A 
BIG ONE.
>> BY FAR THE BIGGEST UPSET SO 
FAR, SANDERS LOSING A STATE HE 
WON IN 2016, A STATE THAT 
NEIGHBORS WISCONSIN, A KEY 
PRIMARY DOWN THE ROAD.
NO GOOD NEWS HERE AT ALL FOR 
BERNIE.
>> RAHM EMANUEL, THIS IS LIKELY 
TO CONTINUE THE DYNAMIC WE SAW 
SINCE SOUTH CAROLINA, THE 
DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT AT 
LEAST ROUNDING THE WAGONS AROUND
JOE BIDEN.
>> LET ME ADD ONE OTHER FACT.
MINNESOTA DOES NOT HAVE A BIG OR
SIGNIFICANT AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
VOTE.
SO FOR JOE BIDEN TO WIN UP HERE 
WITHOUT A CORE PIECE OF HIS 
COALITION IS A BIG STATEMENT.
AND AGAIN, IT BORDERS, AS NOTED,
WISCONSIN.
WITHOUT A DOUBT I THINK WHAT 
YOU'LL SEE IN THE NEXT WEEK IS 
THE ESTABLISHMENT SAYING WE 
DON'T WANT A MESS IN MILWAUKEE, 
LET'S MOVE QUICKLY, AND THEY'LL 
COALESCE AROUND JOE BIDEN.
>> THE QUESTION WE'RE GOING TO 
SEE THERE THEN, DOES IT CREATE A
BACKLASH AMONG BERNIE SANDERS 
SUPPORTERS?
>> I THINK, ONE, WE HAVE NOT 
SEEN YET BERNIE TAKE ON BIDEN 
DIRECTLY.
HE'S BEEN VERY KIND.
>> WE JUST SAW -- 
>> AND MORE OF THAT TO COME.
HE'S BEEN TAKING ON ALL THESE 
FOLKS.
THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT'S 
BEEN SPENT BY MODERATES AGAINST 
BERNIE SANDERS, WHICH I DIDN'T 
GO TO TO SAY THAT, FROM THE 
MODERATE WING OF THE PARTY.
140 PROGRESSIVE ORGANIZATIONS 
HAVE NOT YET WEIGHED IN ON THIS 
RACE THAT WILL CONSOLIDATE THE 
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
THAT FORCE IS GOING TO COME DOWN
PERHAPS ON THE SIDE OF BERNIE 
SANDERS.
>> HEIDI, THEN JOHN.
>> I THINK MINNESOTA MIGHT BE 
THE FIRST STATE WHERE YOU SEE A 
LARGE AMOUNT OF ORGANIZED LABOR 
VOTERS.
ORGANIZED LABOR VOTERS ARE A BIG
PART OF THE ELECTORATE.
WILL THAT SHIFT THROUGH TO 
WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN, INTO THE 
NORTH, THE OLD INDUSTRIAL 
NORTHWEST?
THAT'S A BIG POINT.
>> MATT, ONE OF YOUR OTHER HOME 
STATES.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY HOME STATES.
>> WE THOUGHT WE SAW BERNIE 
SANDERS REALLY MAKING THE PITCH 
TO THE STATE OF MICHIGAN IN MANY
WAYS WITH THAT SPEECH HE WAS 
GIVING IN BURLINGTON.
>> NOT TO PROJECT FURTHER AHEAD 
BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE A FEW MORE
STATES AND ADDING UP DELEGATE, 
THERE'S FOUR OR FIVE STATES NEXT
WEEK, ANOTHER SERIES OF STATES.
MICHIGAN WAS A STATE THAT WAS 
VERY, VERY CLOSE IN 2016, 
EXCEEDINGLY CLOSE.
IT'S A STATE RURAL AND URBAN, 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN, WHITE, SMALLER
LATINO POPULATION.
THAT TO ME IS THE NEXT HUGE 
BATTLEGROUND BETWEEN JOE BIDEN 
AND BERNIE SANDERS.
>> JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS.
ON MINNESOTA, I THINK THIS IS 
THE BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE 
NIGHT.
IF YOU HAD ASKED THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN WHERE THEY THOUGHT THEY
WERE GOING TO WIN, I DON'T THINK
MINNESOTA WAS VERY HIGH.
>> CERTAINLY NOT BEFORE SUNDAY.
>> THE OTHER THING IS, I STILL 
SEE A BIT OF THE HIDDEN HAND OF 
BARACK OBAMA HERE.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THE 
AMY KLOBUCHAR ENDORSEMENT WAS.
BUT HERE'S SOMETHING, GEORGE.
BARACK OBAMA SPOKE TO BOTH AMY 
KLOBUCHAR AND PETE BUTTIGIEG 
WHEN THEY GOT OUT.
AND THEY BOTH MOVED VERY QUICKLY
TO ENDORSE JOE BIDEN.
NOW, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT
HE WENT AND TOLD THEM, LOOK, YOU
GOT TO DO THIS NOW.
BUT THOSE FACTS ARE UNDENIABLE.
HE SPOKE TO BOTH OF THEM AS THEY
GOT OUT AND THEY VERY QUICKLY 
MOVED TO GET BEHIND JOE BIDEN.
AND I SEE THE HIDDEN HAND OF 
BARACK OBAMA.
>> IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE POWER 
OF THOSE ENDORSEMENTS NOW 
PLAYING OUT TONIGHT, IT IS 
REMARKABLE, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
THE FACT THAT JOE BIDEN HAS NOT 
SPENT A LOT OF TIME IF ANY IN 
SOME OF THESE STATES THAT HE IS 
NOW WINNING, UP UNTIL A FEW DAYS
AGO, HE HASN'T BEEN IN A SUPER 
TUESDAY STATE IN MORE THAN A 
MONTH.
PERHAPS THAT'S A STRATEGY FOR 
DOING WELL.
BUT IT'S JUST REMARKABLE, 
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER HOW
MUCH MONEY AND TIME BLOOMBERG 
SPENT BUILDING OPERATIONS IN 
THESE PLACES.
>> JOE BIDEN IS IN THE STATE OF 
CALIFORNIA TONIGHT.
LET'S LISTEN IN.
>> HELLO, HELLO, HELLO, HELLO!
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
IT'S A GOOD NIGHT.
IT'S A GOOD NIGHT.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
AND IT SEEMS TO BE GETTING EVEN 
BETTER.
THEY DON'T CALL IT SUPER TUESDAY
FOR NOTHING.
BY THE WAY, THIS IS MY LITTLE 
SISTER VALERIE, AND I'M JILL'S 
HUSBAND.
YOU SWITCHED ON ME.
THIS IS MY WIFE, THIS IS MY 
SISTER.
THEY SWITCHED ON ME.
FOLKS, IT'S STILL EARLY, BUT 
THINGS ARE LOOKING AWFUL, AWFUL 
GOOD.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN KNOCKED 
DOWN, COUNTED OUT, LEFT BEHIND, 
THIS IS YOUR CAMPAIGN.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
 
DOWN, COUNTED OUT, L
THE PUNDITS DECLARED THE 
CAMPAIGN DEAD.
AND THEN CAME SOUTH CAROLINA, 
THEY HAD SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT 
IT.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
AND WE WERE TOLD WHEN WE GOT TO 
SUPER TUESDAY, IT WOULD BE OVER.
WELL, IT MAY BE OVER FOR THE 
OTHER GUY.
TELL THAT TO THE FOLKS IN 
VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA, 
ALABAMA, TENNESSEE, OKLAHOMA, 
ARKANSAS, MINNESOTA.
AND MAYBE EVEN MASSACHUSETTS, 
IT'S TOO CLOSE TO CALL.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR TEXAS 
AND CALIFORNIA AND A FEW OTHER 
SMALL STATES TO COME IN.
BUT IT'S LOOKING GOOD.
I'M HERE TO REPORT WE ARE VERY 
MUCH ALIVE.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
AND MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT.
THIS CAMPAIGN WILL SEND DONALD 
TRUMP PACKING.
THIS CAMPAIGN IS TAKING OFF.
JOIN US.
GO TO JOEBIDEN.COM.
SIGN UP, VOLUNTEER, CONTRIBUTE 
IF YOU CAN, WE NEED YOU, WE WANT
YOU, AND THERE'S A PLACE FOR YOU
IN THIS CAMPAIGN.
PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT A 
REVOLUTION.
WE STARTED A MOVEMENT.
WE'VE INCREASED TURNOUT.
THE TURNOUT TURNED OUT FOR US.
THAT CAN DELIVER US TO A MOMENT 
WHERE WE CAN DO EXTRAORDINARY, 
EXTRAORDINARY THINGS.
LOOK, OUR AGENDA IS BOLD, IT'S 
PROGRESSIVE, IT'S A VISION WHERE
HEALTH CARE IS AFFORDABLE AND 
AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY IN 
AMERICA.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
WE'LL BRING DRUG PRICES DOWN 
UNDER CONTROL WITH NO MORE 
SURPRISE BILLING.
ACCESS TO HOSPITALS IN RURAL 
AREAS.
ACCESS TO CARE.
A BOLD VISION.
WE'LL SPEND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 
TO FIND, I PROMISE YOU, CURES 
FOR CANCER, ALZHEIMER'S AND 
DIABETES.
STANDING UP TO THE NRA AND THE 
GUN MANUFACTURERS.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
AND LEADING THE WORLD TO TAKE ON
THE EXISTENTIAL THREAT OF 
CLIMATE CHANGE.
I'M GOING TO START BY REJOINING 
AN OUTFIT I HELPED PUT TOGETHER,
THE PARIS CLIMATE ACCORDS, AND 
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE IT A LONG 
WAY.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
A COUNTRY WHERE THE QUALITY OF 
EDUCATION WILL NOT DEPEND ON 
YOUR ZIP CODE.
FUNDING FOR LOW INCOME SCHOOL 
DISTRICTS, PROVIDING RAISES FOR 
TEACHERS, FULL-TIME SCHOOL FOR 
3, 4, AND 5 YEARS OLD, AND 
INCREASING EXPONENTIALLY THE 
PROSPECTS OF THEIR SUCCESS.
FREE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, 
PROVIDING CREDENTIALS FOR THE 
AVERAGE JOB OF THE 21st CENTURY.
>> YOU HAVE A FIRED-UP JOE BIDEN
SAYING HE'S THE ONE INCREASING 
TURNOUT, WON SEVEN STATES SO FAR
TONIGHT, SOMETHING WE COULD NOT 
HAVE IMAGINED A WEEK AGO.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG HAVING A FAR 
WORSE NIGHT THAN HE APPARENTLY 
PAID FOR, OVER A HALF BILLION 
DOLLARS SPENT SO FAR IN THIS 
CAMPAIGN.
WE'RE GETTING SOME NEWS OUT OF 
THE BLOOMBERG CAMPAIGN TONIGHT.
>> GEORGE, IN THIS EMPTY ROOM 
BEHIND ME, PERHAPS AN INDICATION
OF WHAT'S TO COME, THE MOOD 
INSIDE THE CAMPAIGN RIGHT NOW.
THE TRUMP TEAM -- PARDON ME, THE
BLOOMBERG TEAM IS SAYING THAT HE
WILL ASSESS TONIGHT, HE WILL 
ASSESS TOMORROW, HE WILL ASSESS 
GOING FORWARD GIVEN THESE 
NUMBERS THAT ARE COMING IN ON 
HIS PART THIS EVENING.
AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT 
THIS TONIGHT, BLOOMBERG REALLY 
DOWNPLAYED EXPECTATIONS FOR HIS 
PERFORMANCE THIS EVENING.
BLOOMBERG TOLD ME WHEN I ASKED 
HIM EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT
THE PRESSURE ON HIS CAMPAIGN TO 
DROP OUT, HE SAID HE WAS NOT 
DROPPING OUT, THAT HE WAS IN IT 
TO WIN IT BUT HE ALSO SAID HE 
DIDN'T PLAN TO WIN BIG STATES 
TONIGHT, BUT THAT HE WAS IN IT 
TO WIN THE DELEGATES.
IT DOES NOT APPEAR EARLY AT THIS
POINT THAT HE'S WINNING MANY OF 
THOSE AT THIS POINT.
HE SAID HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD 
TO GOING TO A CONTESTED 
CONVENTION BASED ON THE 
DELEGATES HE WAS HOPING TO WIN 
THIS EVENING.
YOU REMEMBER THAT HE SPENT MORE 
THAN A HALF BILLION DOLLARS OF 
HIS OWN MONEY IN AN 
UNPRECEDENTED ATTACK ON THIS 
CAMPAIGN WHEN HE LAUNCHED, 
SKIPPING THOSE EARLY STATES.
HIS TEAM IS NOW SAYING IF IT'S 
NOT HIM, HE WILL LIKELY GET 
BEHIND JOE BIDEN.
THEY SAY HE'S NOT GETTING OUT 
YET, "YET" BEING THE OPERATIVE 
WORD, GEORGE.
THE CAMPAIGN IS A SAYING HE WILL
KEEP BATTLEGROUND OFFICES OPEN, 
HE IS PLEDGING TO HELP WHOEVER 
THE NOMINEE IS IF NOT HIM.
THE PRESIDENT, TRUMP HIMSELF, IS
WEIGHING IN ON MIKE BLOOMBERG, 
RELENTLESS ATTACKS ON HIM IN THE
DAYS LEADING UP TO TONIGHT AND 
CERTAINLY TONIGHT, SAYING HE GOT
NOTHING FOR IT BUT THE NICKNAME 
MINI MIKE, WHICH IS OF COURSE 
THE NICKNAME DONALD TRUMP GAVE 
HIM.
>> THE POINT LINDSEY WAS MAKING 
EARLIER, WE SHOULD PUT HIS 
SPENDING IN PERSPECTIVE, IF HE 
SPENT A HALF BILLION DOLLARS, 
HIS MONEY PROBABLY MADE MORE 
THAN THAT IN THE TIME HE SPENT 
ON THIS CAMPAIGN.
JON KARL, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE 
BEGINNING OF THE BLOOMBERG 
CAMPAIGN, THEY ALWAYS TALKED 
ABOUT THE TWO DIFFERENT 
OUTCOMES.
EITHER THIS IS GOING TO BE A 
SURPRISE WIN OR THE BIGGEST 
SUPER PAC FOR THE DEMOCRATS IN 
HISTORY.
THE QUESTION NOW IS WILL HE MAKE
GOOD ON THAT SECOND PROMISE.
>> EXACTLY.
AND ALSO REMEMBER, THE REASON HE
GOT IN, HE GOT IN LATE, WAS THAT
IT LOOKED LIKE BIDEN WAS REALLY 
TANKING.
IT LOOKED LIKE BIDEN WAS WEAK, 
HE WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE IT AND 
THERE WOULDN'T BE SOMEBODY IN 
THAT CENTRIST MOLD.
>> AND WARREN AND SANDERS -- 
>> WERE SURGING.
NOW YOU HAVE A SITUATION WHERE 
BIDEN IS CLEARLY ASCENDANT, HE 
MAY WIN THE NIGHT WITH MORE 
DELEGATES OVERALL THAN BERNIE 
SANDERS.
THIS IS THE CHANCE, THIS IS 
BLOOMBERG'S CHANCE TO BE THAT 
SUPER PAC, TO HELP JOE BIDEN 
ULTIMATELY CAPTURE THE 
NOMINATION AND BEAT DONALD 
TRUMP.
>> THIS IS MONEY THE DEMOCRATS, 
MARY BRUCE, WILL NEED.
>> ABSOLUTELY, THEY'LL NEED AS 
MUCH MONEY AS THEY CAN POSSIBLY 
GET, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU SEE, 
JOE BIDEN RIGHT NOW NEEDS A LOT 
OF CASH, HE NEEDS AN INFLUX OF 
CASH.
IF MICHAEL BLOOMBERG WANTS TO 
USE HIS MONEY TO HELP, WHETHER 
IT'S JOE BIDEN, TO WIN, THAT 
WOULD CERTAINLY BE WELCOMED.
NO MATTER WHAT, IT'S CLEAR 
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG IS GOING TO 
USE THAT FUNDING TO ONE WAY OR 
ANOTHER BLUDGEON DONALD TRUMP AS
BEST HE CAN.
>> WE'LL SEE IF HE USES IT 
AGAINST BERNIE SANDERS OR IF HE 
LOOKS AHEAD TO THE NOVEMBER 
ELECTION.
WE'LL TAKE ANOTHER QUICK BREAK.
MANY OF YOU IN THE EAST AND 
CENTRAL TIME ZONES WILL BE GOING
NOW TO YOUR LOCAL NEWS BUT OUR 
COVERAGE CONTINUES.
>>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME 
BACK TO ABC NEWS COVERAGE OF 
TONIGHT'S SUPER TUESDAY 
COVERAGE.
I'M JUJU CHANG.
GEORGE AND OUR POLITICAL TEAM 
WILL BE RIGHT BACK.
FIRST, WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT 
FOUR STATES WHICH REMAIN TO BE 
PROJECTED TONIGHT OF THE 14 
STATES.
FIRST IN MAINE, WITH 45% OF 
EXPECTED VOTERS REPORTING, WE 
HAVE SANDERS IN THE FRONT, 34%.
IF WE MOVE ON, TAKE A LOOK AT 
MASSACHUSETTS, WE HAVE 44% OF 
EXPECTED VOTES REPORTING AND 
BIDEN SEEMS TO BE HAVING A LEAD 
AT 33% BUT STILL TALLYING.
THEN WE MOVE ON TO TEXAS, THE 
NUMBER TWO DELEGATE-RICH STATE, 
42% OF EXPECTED VOTES IN, BERNIE
SANDERS IN FRONT WITH 29%, AND 
FINALLY CALIFORNIA, THE BIG 
PRIZE OF TONIGHT, STILL WITH 415
DELEGATES, NO NUMBERS YET.
BUT NOW LET'S GO TO MY COLLEAGUE
WHO IS WITH THE BLOOMBERG 
CAMPAIGN, HE'S CLEARLY HAVING A 
DISAPPOINTING NIGHT, FOR SURE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE IDEA THAT 
MONEY CAN'T BUY YOU LOVE, AFTER 
SAYING HE'S IN IT TO WIN IT, IT 
SOUNDS AS THOUGH THERE'S A 
CHANGE OF TONE FROM THE 
BLOOMBERG EXAMPLE TONIGHT.
>> RIGHT, THE ROOM HAS PRETTY 
MUCH CLEARED OUT HERE, THERE WAS
A BIG CROWD FOR MIKE BLOOMBERG 
EARLIER THIS EVENING.
REALLY THE BLOOMBERG CAMPAIGN, 
AT THIS POINT THE CAMPAIGN 
MANAGER IS SAYING THEY WOULD 
MAKE AN ASSESSMENT ANY TIME 
THERE'S BEEN VOTES, THEY'LL PLAN
TO MAKE AN ASSESSMENT.
AS YOU SAID, IT'S BEEN WHAT 
LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY 
DISAPPOINTING RETURN ON SUCH A 
BIG INVESTMENT, SPECIFICALLY 
TARGETING THE SUPER TUESDAY 
STATES.
I MEAN, BLOOMBERG WON THE 
AMERICAN SAMOA CAUCUS BUT REALLY
HASN'T DONE WELL THROUGHOUT THE 
REST OF THE RACE AS WE'VE BEEN 
WATCHING TONIGHT.
HIS CAMPAIGN MANAGER SAID 
EARLIER TODAY I THINK WE'LL FIND
OUT HOW SUCCESSFUL MIKE HAS BEEN
TODAY OR HOW SUCCESSFUL THE VICE
PRESIDENT HAS BEEN.
AND I EXPECT ONE OF THEM TO BE 
THE NOMINEE, THE OTHER ONE TO BE
SUPPORTING THAT PERSON.
CERTAINLY IT LOOKS LIKE FORMER 
VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS MORE
SUCCESSFUL TONIGHT.
WE'LL SEE WHAT THE CAMPAIGN DOES
NEXT, JUJU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, TONIGHT 
SEEMS TO BE A CONTEST BETWEEN 
MONEY AND MOMENTUM.
STAY WITH US ON THIS CRUCIAL 
SUPER TUESDAY.
LET'S SEND IT BACK TO GEORGE AND
THE POWERHOUSE POLITICAL TEAM.
STAY WITH US.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO OUR COVERAGE
OF SUPER TUESDAY.
COMING UP ON 11:00 IN THE EAST.
AND WE HAVE SO MANY RESULTS IN 
SO FAR TONIGHT, JOE BIDEN HAS 
WON SEVEN STATES, BERNIE SANDERS
HAS WON THREE, MICHAEL BLOOMBERG
WON THE TERRITORY OF AMERICAN 
SAMOA, FOUR STATES STILL 
OUTSTANDING TONIGHT.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF 
THEM INCLUDING THE STATE OF 
TEXAS, TWO OF THE BIGGEST 
PRIZES, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, 
YOU SEE 40% OF THE VOTE IN AND 
BERNIE SANDERS AHEAD OF JOE 
BIDEN, 29 TO 24, WITH 42% OF THE
VOTE IN.
STATE OF MAINE STILL NOT CALLED 
YET.
AND WE HAVE ALMOST HALF THE VOTE
IN AND IT IS TIED, BERNIE 
SANDERS AND JOE BIDEN.
THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, YOU 
SEE JOE BIDEN AHEAD THERE OF 
BERNIE SANDERS AND ELIZABETH 
WARREN, THE SENIOR SENATOR FROM 
MASSACHUSETTS.
ONE OF THE BIG SURPRISES SO FAR 
TONIGHT, THE STATE OF MINNESOTA 
UP THERE IN THE NORTH, AMY 
KLOBUCHAR'S HOME STATE, THE 
SENATOR FROM MINNESOTA, SHE 
DROPPED OUT OF THE RACE AND JOE 
BIDEN HAS WON THE STATE OF 
MINNESOTA.
DAVID MUIR, YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING 
AT THE EXIT POLLS IN THAT STATE.
>> IF YOU GO BACK TO WHAT JON 
KARL SAID A MOMENT AGO, NOT SURE
WHAT THE EFFECT OF AMY 
KLOBUCHAR'S ENDORSEMENT WAS 
GOING TO BE, BUT WHEN YOU DRILL 
DOWN, MINNESOTA, WHEN DID YOU 
DECIDE, 55% SAID IN THE LAST FEW
DAYS.
THE LATE DECIDERS, 53% WENT WITH
JOE BIDEN.
THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT AMY 
KLOBUCHAR BECAUSE SHE WAS 
RUNNING AS OF TWO DAYS AGO.
THE OPINION OF AMY KLOBUCHAR IN 
MINNESOTA, 76% FAVORABLE RATING.
OF THOSE VOTERS TODAY, 48% WENT 
WITH JOE BIDEN, NO QUESTION.
AND YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT TO 
WONDER, DID HE THANK HER YET?
AT THE BIDEN HEADQUARTERS 
TONIGHT, IN MINNESOTA, REPORTS, 
THEY TWEETED THIS OUT FROM THE 
BIDEN CAMPAIGN, THEY STARTED 
CHANTING "AMY, AMY" WHEN 
MINNESOTA WAS CALLED FOR JOE 
BIDEN.
A TRIAL, PERHAPS, FOR A VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL ROLE ON THE TICKET,
SAYING THERE WAS A LONE MAN 
WAITING AS THEY BROUGHT FDR'S 
BODY PAST HIM, THAT WAS HER 
ARGUMENT FOR JOE BIDEN LAST 
NIGHT.
IT WOULD SEEM AT LEAST IN HER 
HOME STATE THEY WERE CERTAINLY 
LISTENING.
>> THAT WAS A DEBATE THAT KEPT 
HER IN THE RACE FOR A COUPLE OF 
MORE WEEKS.
WE'RE ALSO SEEING SOMETHING OF A
TWIST IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA.
>> IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES THERE
IS A LITTLE UPTICK, BIDEN WAS 
LOSING THE BLACK VOTE.
HE NOW HAS GOTTEN 47%, SANDERS 
GETTING 43 OF THE BLACK VOTE, 
THE MOST HE'S HAD FROM ANY OF 
THE STATES AT THIS POINT.
BUT THEY SPLIT PRETTY EVENLY.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 6% OF THE 
POPULATION THERE IS BLACK.
BUT THEY SPLIT IT PRETTY MUCH 
EVENLY, 50/50 WITH BIDEN GETTING
THE OLDER BLACK VOTERS AND 
SANDERS GETTING THE YOUNG BLACK 
VOTERS.
>> TOM, WHY DON'T YOU GO UP AND 
LET'S SEE WHAT MORE WE CAN PULL 
OUT FROM THERE IN THE STATE OF 
MINNESOTA THEN I WANT TO LOOK AT
THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS.
>> FOUR YEARS AGO, BERNIE 
SANDERS WON EVERY COUNTY FOUR 
YEARS AGO IN MINNESOTA.
IT WAS A CAUCUS, IT WAS A 
DIFFERENT RACE, BUT HE WON EVERY
COUNTY.
LOOK AT THE MAP TODAY.
JOE BIDEN NOT ONLY WINS THE BIG 
CITIES, THE TWIN CITIES, AND I 
WANT TO REMIND YOU, 
REPRESENTATIVE OMAR OF THE SQUAD
ACTUALLY ENDORSED BERNIE 
SANDERS.
WE HAVE BERNIE LOSING THE TWIN 
CITIES.
BIDEN WON THE TWIN CITIES, THE 
SUBURBS, EVEN DULUTH.
WE SPOKE TO POLITICAL SCIENTISTS
AND ASKED WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN 
MINNESOTA.
A LOT OF THEM PREDICTED 
YESTERDAY THAT BERNIE SANDERS 
WOULD WIN.
A LOT OF THESE COUNTIES WERE THE
SAME ONES THAT DONALD TRUMP WON,
OF COURSE HE LOSS BY 2%.
THIS GOES TO THE ARGUMENT CAN 
JOE BIDEN WIN IN A GENERAL 
ELECTION.
THEY'LL POINT TO MINNESOTA.
>> CAN YOU PULL UP THE STATE OF 
ALABAMA AND SEE WHAT'S COMING IN
RIGHT THERE?
WE'VE ALREADY CALLED IT.
>> WE'VE CALLED ALABAMA, YES.
>> FOR BIDEN.
WHERE IS THE VOTE COMING IN?
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE SEEING 
THERE IS THAT BERNIE SANDERS IS 
GETTING CLOSE TO THAT 15% LINE.
>> YEAH, BERNIE SANDERS HAS 
CROSSED 15%, HE HAS 16% RIGHT 
NOW.
HEAL GET SOME OF THE DELEGATES 
THERE.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG IS UNDER, HE'S
AT 11%.
HE GOT THE BACKING OF AN 
INFLUENTIAL BLACK DEMOCRATIC 
GROUP, IT DIDN'T HELP HIM THERE.
THE THREE BIGGEST CITIES, YOU 
HAVE ALMOST ENTIRELY ALL OF THE 
VOTE THERE.
THERE'S A SECTION OF ALABAMA 
THEY CALL THE BLACK BELT BECAUSE
OF THE RICH BLACK SOIL.
IT'S ALSO COUNTIES THAT HAVE 
LOTS OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS, HE 
WINS ACROSS THOSE COUNTIES AS 
WELL.
THIS WAS A BIG STATE FOR HIM AND
A BIG WIN.
HE GETS 16% SO BERNIE SANDERS 
WILL GET SOME DELEGATES.
>> AND WE'VE GOT FOUR STATES 
OUTSTANDING.
WHAT DOES THAT TELL ABOUT YOU 
WHAT YOUR POSSIBLE PATHS ARE 
RIGHT NOW?
>> RIGHT NOW, MASSACHUSETTS HAS 
A FAIR AMOUNT OF VOTE IN.
YOU CAN SEE, IF WE WERE TO CALL,
OUR NETWORK, MASSACHUSETTS FOR 
BIDEN, HE'S LEADING THERE NOW, 
HE WOULD POP OVER 1991, BARELY.
THERE ARE A LOT OF STATES LEFT, 
IN MICHIGAN, MISSOURI AND SO 
FORTH.
THIS IS NOW AT THE VERY WORST 
LIKE A B PLUS NIGHT FOR JOE 
BIDEN.
THE QUESTION IS CAN IT BE AN "A"
OR AN A-PLUS IF HE WINS 
MASSACHUSETTS AND TEXAS?
B-PLUS OR BETTER.
>> WHY DON'T YOU BRING UP 
MASSACHUSETTS AND LET'S SEE 
WHAT'S HAPPENING.
>> GEORGE, WE SEE THAT BERNIE IS
NOW TAKING SUFFOLK COUNTY.
HE LOOKS TO BE ON TOP RIGHT 
THERE.
GEORGE, LOOK AT THIS, THIS IS 
STILL REALLY CLOSE, 41% 
REPORTING, THEY'RE SEPARATED BY 
LESS THAN A THOUSAND VOTES.
IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS, THE 
BERKSHIRES, BERNIE SANDERS NEEDS
TO BE DOING BETTER HERE.
HE DID BETTER HERE FOUR YEARS 
AGO IN PLACES LIKE SPRINGFIELD 
COUNTY RIGHT HERE.
LET ME SEE WHERE HE'S AT.
BIDEN IS UP THERE.
IT'S CLOSE, HE'S UP BY 4% OF THE
VOTE.
AGAIN, THIS IS ELIZABETH 
WARREN'S HOME STATE, SHE'S THE 
SENATOR FROM THERE, SHE'S AT 
21%, SHE COULD GET SOME 
DELEGATES.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG IS FROM 
MEDFORD, THE BOSTON AREA, HE'S 
INVESTED $11 MILLION IN 
MASSACHUSETTS.
WE LOOKED INTO IT, JOE BIDEN I 
THINK SPENT -- 
>> ZERO.
>> ZERO.
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN JUST A LITTLE
BIT MORE THAN THAT, BUT IT'S 
AROUND ZERO COMPARED TO $11 
MILLION, AND HE MAY END UP 
WINNING THE STATE, WHICH WOULD 
BE HUGE, IF HE ALSO PLAYS IN THE
NORTHEAST AS WELL.
>> MARY ALICE, YOU SPENT A LOT 
OF TIME WITH THE WARREN CAMPAIGN
AS WELL.
>> THEY WERE HOPING TO GET 
WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE HERE IN
MASSACHUSETTS.
THIS ONE IS GOING TO HURT AND 
IT'S GOING TO REALLY HURT FOR 
BERNIE SANDERS IF THESE NUMBERS 
HOLD.
JUST THIS WEEKEND HE HELD THESE 
HUGE RALLIES IN BOSTON.
HE HAS GONE BACK TO BOSTON 
REPEATEDLY FOR THOSE VISUALS 
THAT ARE KEY TO HIS CAMPAIGN, 
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF YOUNG 
PEOPLE OUT.
PEOPLE CRITICIZED HIM FOR KIND 
OF SPIKING THE FOOTBALL EARLY 
THERE, TRYING TO RUN YOU WANT 
SCORE IN WARREN'S HOME STATE.
IF THESE NUMBERS HOLD, THIS ONE 
IS GOING TO HURT.
>> EVA PILGRIM IN LOS ANGELES IS
DEALING WITH THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN.
WE SAW THE EXCITEMENT IN THE 
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT'S VOICE AS
HE WAS GIVING THAT SPEECH.
WHAT ARE THEY LAYING OUT FOR THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS?
>> GEORGE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS 
PART OF THEIR GAME PLAN.
THEY WANTED TO WIN SOUTHEASTERN 
STATES, THEY WANTED TO PICK UP 
DELEGATES IN EACH OF THE OTHER 
STATES AS WELL.
IF THEY'RE ABLE TO COME AWAY 
WITH THIS KIND OF SHOWING IN 
MASSACHUSETTS, THAT'S BETTER 
THAN THEY EXPECTED, TO BE ABLE 
TO WIN MINNESOTA, THAT'S BETTER 
THAN THEY EXPECTED.
OKLAHOMA, THESE ARE ALL ICING ON
THE CAKE TYPE OF WINS FOR JOE 
BIDEN TONIGHT.
HIS PLAN WAS TO DO WELL ENOUGH 
TO KEEP WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE
OF BERNIE SANDERS SO THAT THEY 
COULD GET TO NEXT WEEK, STATES 
THAT HE THINKS HE WILL PLAY 
BETTER IN, AND HE HAS MORE TIME 
TO CAMPAIGN IN THOSE STATES.
AND NOW HE ACTUALLY HAS SOME 
MONEY HE CAN SPEND IN THOSE 
STATES.
>> RAHM EMANUEL, ONE OF THE 
THINGS WE HEARD FROM JIM CLYBURN
AFTER HE MADE THAT ENDORSEMENT 
OF THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN IS THEY 
HAVE TO TIGHTEN THINGS UP IN THE
CAMPAIGN.
AND WHAT KIND OF CHANGES, IF 
ANY, DO YOU EXPECT TO SEE?
>> LET ME EXTRAPOLATE THAT A 
LITTLE MORE.
JOE BIDEN RAN IN 1988, RAN IN 
2008, AND HE RAN THIS YEAR.
WHEN HE WON SOUTH CAROLINA, THAT
WAS THE FIRST STATE HE'S EVER 
RUN IN THREE PRESIDENTIAL RUNS.
THIS IS THE MOST HE'S WON EVER 
IN ANY PROCESS.
I THINK WHAT JIM IS TALKING 
ABOUT THERE IS THE FACT THAT THE
CAMPAIGN IS AN OPERATION.
WHEN YOU GET RETURN ON VOTES FOR
MONEY SPENT, JOE IS DOING REALLY
WELL, BUT HE DOESN'T HAVE A REAL
CAMPAIGN OPERATION.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE ON 
DONALD TRUMP, WHO'S BEEN WAITING
IN THE WEEDS, DOING FOCUS 
GROUPS, GETTING DATA, YOU'RE 
GOING TO NEED A CAMPAIGN 
OPERATION.
THIS IS A HAIL MARY THAT'S 
TURNED OUT GREAT.
THIS IS NOT A GENERAL ELECTION 
CAMPAIGN INTERNALLY.
AND WHAT I DO KNOW ABOUT JOE 
BIDEN IS HE KNOWS THAT AND HE'S 
GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE IT TO A 
LEVEL HE HAS NOT DONE IN ANY ONE
OF THE THREE RACES HE'S EVER 
RON.
>> WE SAW BERNIE SANDERS 
TELEGRAPHED HIS STRATEGY RIGHT 
THERE, PRETTY MUCH GOING RIGHT 
AT JOE BIDEN.
DOES BIDEN KEEP THE FOCUS ON 
PRESIDENT TRUMP, SORT OF TRY TO 
RIDE ABOVE THE PRIMARY OR DOES 
HE STILL HAVE TO HOLD DOWN 
BERNIE SANDERS, HOW DIRECTLY 
DOES HE TAKE IT ON?
>> KEEP IN MIND JOE BIDEN HAS 
HAD ONE GOOD WEEK OF HIS 
CAMPAIGN.
EVERY OTHER WEEK OF HIS CAMPAIGN
WAS BASICALLY BAD.
HE DID BADLY LEADING UP TO THE 
PRIMARIES.
HE DID BAD IN A SERIES OF 
DEBATES.
HE HAD A GOOD DEBATE.
IT SHOWS HOW VOLATILE THIS RACE 
IS.
HE HAS TO HAVE A SERIES OF GOOD 
WEEKS ALL IN A ROW.
HE HAS TO DO WELL NEXT WEEK.
HE HAS TO DO WELL IN THAT NEXT 
DEBATE THAT'S BEFORE THE NEXT 
SERIES OF DELEGATES THAT ARE 
CHOSEN IN THIS PROCESS.
SO I THINK HE NEEDS MORE TIME 
AND HE HAS MORE MONEY AND HE'S 
PREPARED.
BUT WE HAVE NOT SEEN JOE BIDEN 
BE CONSISTENTLY GOOD IN A 
CAMPAIGN OTHER THAN FOR THIS 
WEEK, WHICH WAS THE BEST WEEK 
FOR HIM TO BE GOOD IN.
>> IT CAME AT THE RIGHT CRISTIE 
PRESIDENT LAY OFF JOE BIDEN IN 
THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.
>> HE SAW EVERYTHING EVERYBODY 
ELSE SAW WHICH IT LOOKED LIKE 
THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN WAS GOING 
NOWHERE.
I THINK YOU'LL SEE THE PRESIDENT
NOW GEAR UP AND START FOCUSING 
ON JOE BIDEN AGAIN.
AND ALSO TRYING TO DO WHAT JOHN 
WAS TALKING ABOUT BEFORE, WHICH 
IS FOMENT THE SUPPORTERS OF 
BERNIE SANDERS SO THAT HE WANTS 
TO DO TWO THINGS.
HE WANTS TO WIN EITHER WAY, HE 
EITHER WANTS SANDERS TO BE THE 
NOMINEE OR IF NOT, HE WANTS TO 
DIVIDE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY SO 
BADLY.
>> THAT ARGUMENT WORKS BETTER, 
JON KARL, IF BERNIE SANDERS 
ACTUALLY HAS A DELEGATE LEAD.
IT'S HARDER TO MAKE IF JOE BIDEN
HAS THE LEAD COMING OUT OF 
TONIGHT.
>> CONSISTENTLY WHAT BERNIE 
SANDERS HAS SAID, WHOEVER HAS 
THE MOST DELEGATES SHOULD BE THE
NOMINEE, IT WILL BE INTERESTING 
TO SEE IF HE CHANGES HIS TUNE ON
THAT.
>> DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS TO 
CALIFORNIA, BERNIE SANDERS MAY 
COME OUT OF TONIGHT WITH MORE 
DELEGATES THAN JOE BIDEN.
REALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE 
NUMBERS, 42 BEHIND BIDEN RIGHT 
NOW.
IN CALIFORNIA -- 
>> 415 DELEGATES.
>> RIGHT.
HE COULD HAVE A HUGE NUMBER AND 
BE RIGHT BACK TO THAT POINT.
>> I ALSO WANT TO SAY IN STATES 
LIKE MINNESOTA AND MASSACHUSETTS
IN PARTICULAR, THE SPLIT IN THE 
PROGRESSIVE PARTY HAS HELPED 
BIDEN.
THAT MAY NOT CONTINUE AFTER 
TONIGHT.
>> WE'LL SEE IF IT DOES 
CONTINUE.
>>> THIS IS AN ABC NEWS SPECIAL.
HIGH DRAMA JUST OVER THE LAST 72
HOURS WITH BERNIE SANDERS IN THE
LEAD, JOE BIDEN COMING OFF A BIG
WIN.
MAYOR PETE OUT.
AMY KLOBUCHAR OUT.
AND ELIZABETH WARREN AND MIKE 
BLOOMBERG GEARING UP FOR THE 
FIGHT.
WHO STANDS TO SEIZE THE MOMENT?
THE STAKES COULDN'T BE HIGHER.
AND TONIGHT THE BIG QUESTION: 
WHO WILL EMERGE AND TAKE A GIANT
LEAP FORWARD TO FACING OFF WITH 
PRESIDENT TRUMP?
RIGHT NOW WITH SO MUCH ON THE 
LINE, THIS IS ABC SUPER TUESDAY.
NOW REPORTING CHIEF ANCHOR 
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS.
>> WELCOME TO 2020, THE BIGGEST 
NIGHT IN THE PRIMARY SO FAR.
THE POLLS HAVE CLOSED IN EVERY 
CONTEST ACROSS AMERICA.
AND WE HAVE RESULTS.
SO FAR TONIGHT JOE BIDEN HAS WON
SEVEN STATES.
TONIGHT HE IS LEADING IN THE 
DELEGATES.
SO FAR TONIGHT BERNIE SANDERS 
HAS THREE STATES, VERMONT, 
COLORADO, AND UTAH.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG HAS WON THE 
TERRITORY OF AMERICA SAMOA, A 
VERY DISAPPOINTING NIGHT FOR 
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG.
AND ELIZABETH WARREN PICKING UP 
SOME DELEGATES TONIGHT BUT NOT 
YET WON ANY STATES.
STILL FOUR STATES ARE LEFT RIGHT
NOW.
AND WE HAVE THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO FAR ABOUT 43% OF THE RAW VOTE
IS IN.
BERNIE SANDERS IS LEADING THERE 
OVER JOE BIDEN.
THE STATE OF MAINE RIGHT NOW 
VERY, VERY CLOSE, ALMOST 60% OF 
THE VOTE IS IN.
JOE BIDEN WITH A VERY NARROW 
LEAD OVER BERNIE SANDERS IN THAT
NORTH EASTERN STATE.
AND THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS 
RIGHT THERE, OVER 50% OF THE 
VOTE IS IN RIGHT NOW AND JOE 
BIDEN HOLDING ON TO LEAD OVER 
BOTH BERNIE SANDERS AND 
ELIZABETH WARREN.
OF COURSE SHE'S THE SENIOR 
SENATOR FOR THE STATE OF 
MASSACHUSETTS.
THE POLLS JUST CLOSED IN THE 
STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
SO, THE VOTE HAS NOT BEEN COMING
IN YET.
SO, BEFORE WE LEAVE THAT STATE, 
TOM LLAMAS, WHY DON'T YOU GO UP 
TO THE BOARD AND TALK ABOUT THE 
IMPORTANCE OF CALIFORNIA 
TONIGHT, 415 DELEGATES AT STAKE.
>> SO MANY DELEGATES AT STAKE.
BUT ALSO REMEMBER WE'VE BEEN 
TALKING ABOUT THIS TONIGHT.
YOU HAVE TO HIT THE THRESHOLD 
FOR 15%.
WE HAVE NO DATA COMING IN YET 
BECAUSE IT'S SO EARLY OUT IN THE
WEST.
BUT YOU HAVE TO PLAY THE ENTIRE 
STATE.
50% OF THE VOTE IN CALIFORNIA 
WILL COME FROM LOS ANGELES 
COUNTY SOUTH TO SAN DIEGO.
SO, IT'S IMPORTANT TO PLAY 
THERE.
IT'S ALSO THE MOST EXPENSIVE 
MEDIA MARKET, SO YOU HAVE TO 
HAVE MONEY.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG HAD MONEY, 
BERNIE SANDERS HAD A LITTLE BIT 
OF MONEY, JOE BIDEN DID NOT.
THE BIGGEST TALLY OF THE NIGHT, 
MORE THAN 400 DELEGATES.
BERNIE SANDERS LOST THE STATE 
FOUR YEARS AGO, SO POLITICAL 
SCIENCE EXPERTS SAY MAYBE THE 
MOTIVATION FOR THE SANDERS 
SUPPORTERS IS SOFTER, THE 
STRENGTH WASN'T THERE BECAUSE 
THEY THOUGHT HILLARY CLINTON WAS
GOING TO BE THE NOMINEE.
HE'S ORGANIZED.
HE'S BANKING ON CALIFORNIA 
TONIGHT.
WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE.
>> WE'RE JOINED BY DEPUTY 
CAMPAIGN MANAGER FOR JOE BIDEN.
SEVEN STATES TONIGHT.
CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.
TRUTH SERUM, ROLL BACK A WEEK 
AGO, DID YOU IMAGINE JOE BIDEN 
WOULD WIN SEVEN STATES TONIGHT?
>> LOOK, I THINK THIS IS 
PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST COME
BACKS IN AMERICAN POLITICAL 
HISTORY.
JOE BIDEN IS A FIGHTER AND 
PEOPLE WANT TO BE FOR HIM.
I THINK WE SAID FROM THE START 
OF THIS CAMPAIGN THAT HE WAS THE
CANDIDATE TO TAKE ON DONALD 
TRUMP AND BEAT HIM.
AND TONIGHT DEMOCRATIC VOTERS 
AGREED.
ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
JOE BIDEN WAS THE ENTHUSIASM 
CANDIDATE.
WE HAD TURN OUT IN VIRGINIA AND 
NORTH CAROLINA THAT WAS HIGHER 
TONIGHT THAN IT WAS PRIMARY 
NIGHT IN 2016.
SO, YOU HAD INCREDIBLE 
ENTHUSIASM.
JOE BIDEN WON THE 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTE.
HE DID INCREDIBLY WELL IN THE 
SUBURBS WHICH BY THE WAY IS THE 
CORE OF THE DEMOCRATIC 
ELECTORATE THAT MADE NANCY 
PELOSI THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE 
IN 2018.
HE SHOWED TONIGHT THAT HE IS THE
ONLY CANDIDATE IN THIS RACE THAT
CAN PUT TOGETHER THE OBAMA/BIDEN
COALITION AND WE SAW THAT 
TONIGHT.
>> HOW GRATEFUL IS HE TO AMY 
KLOBUCHAR TONIGHT?
>> INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL.
GRATEFUL TO AMY KLOBUCHAR.
GRATEFUL TO BETO O'ROURKE, PETE 
BUTTIGIEG, JIM CLYBURN, TIM 
KAINE, TO SO MANY PEOPLE WHO 
CAME OUT AND SAID WE KNOW JOE, 
WE KNOW HIS HEART, WE KNOW HIS 
RECORD, WE BELIEVE HE'S THE 
PERSON WHO SHOULD PRESIDENT OF 
THE UNITED STATES.
THAT WAS INCREDIBLE IMPORTANT 
AND HELPFUL TO US.
>> ABC CAN NOW PROJECT THAT JOE 
BIDEN HAS WON THE STATE OF 
MASSACHUSETTS.
THIS IS A SURPRISE.
NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
THIS IS IN THE NORTHEAST RIGHT 
NEXT TO NEW HAMPSHIRE WHERE 
BERNIE SANDERS WON THE PRIMARY 
JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND 
THE HOME STATE OF ELIZABETH 
WARREN.
YOUR REACTION, KATE?
>> THAT IS THE KIND OF NEWS I DO
NOT MIND REACTING TO LIVE ON 
AIR.
AGAIN, WE HAVE SEEN ALL ACROSS 
THE COUNTRY TODAY THAT PEOPLE 
HAVE RESPONDED TO JOE BIDEN'S 
MESSAGE.
THEY KNOW WHO HE IS.
THEY BELIEVE HE'S THE CANDIDATE 
TO BEAT DONALD TRUMP.
AND WE'VE SEEN THAT HE WAS THE 
CANDIDATE IN ENTHUSIASM.
HE BROUGHT PEOPLE OUT TO THE 
POLLS AT LEVELS THAT THEY DIDN'T
TURN OUT IN 2016.
THAT'S GOING TO BE INCREDIBLY 
IMPORTANT IF WE'RE GOING TO BEAT
DONALD TRUMP THIS FALL.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HAD 
INCREDIBLE MOMENTUM OVER THE 
LAST, GOSH, WHAT, SINCE 
SATURDAY.
WE RAISED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
MONEY.
ANYBODY WHO'S WATCHING, WANTING 
TO JOIN THE CAMPAIGN, GO TO 
JOEBIDEN.COM, CHIP IN $5 OR $10.
WE'RE GOING TO BEAT DONALD TRUMP
IN NOVEMBER.
>> YOU MAY HAVE HAD THE BEST 
FOUR DAYS A CAMPAIGN HAS EVER 
HAD.
HOW ABOUT THE REMARKS OF JIM 
CLYBURN AFTER YOUR WIN IN SOUTH 
CAROLINA?
HE WAS MAKING THE OBSERVATION 
YOUR CAMPAIGN IS GOING TO HAVE 
TO MAKE SOME CHANGES.
IT IS GOING TO HAVE TO TIGHTEN 
UP.
HOW MUCH DO YOU EXPECT TO CHANGE
IN THE COMING DAYS AND WEEKS?
>> WELL, HE ALSO SAID TONIGHT 
THAT THE CAMPAIGN HAD EXECUTED 
FLAWLESSLY OVER THE LAST WEEK, 
SO THERE'S THE THAT.
ANY CAMPAIGN IS AN ADDITIVE 
PROCESS.
A SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN IS A 
GROWING CAMPAIGN.
AS WE MOVE FURTHER INTO THIS 
PROCESS WE HOPE TO BRING ON MORE
TALENTED PEOPLE THAT WANT TO 
WORK FOR JOE BIDEN AND WE WOULD 
EXPECT THE CAMPAIGN WOULD GROW.
WE SAW TONIGHT A RESOUNDING 
VICTORY FOR JOE BIDEN ALL ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
PEOPLE CLEARLY ARE RESPONDING TO
HIS MESSAGE.
THEY'RE RESPONDING TO, YOU KNOW,
THE FACT THAT HE IS THE PERSON 
WHO CAN RESTORE THE DIGNITY AND 
THE EMPATHY THAT IS SO LACKING 
IN OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT IN THIS
WHITE HOUSE.
SO, WE ARE THRILLED WITH 
TONIGHT'S OUTCOME AND EXCITED BY
THE ENTHUSIASM THAT WE SEE FOR 
JOE BIDEN ALL ACROSS THE 
COUNTRY.
>> EIGHT WINS TONIGHT OUT OF 15 
CONTESTS.
CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> WHAT ARE WE SEEING IN THE 
EXIT POLLS?
>> THIS HAS GOT TO STING FOR NOT
ONLY ELIZABETH WARREN BUT FOR 
BERNIE SANDERS FROM NEIGHBORING 
VERMONT RIGHT THERE IN NEW 
ENGLAND AFTER HIS WIN IN NEW 
HAMPSHIRE.
BUT MORE THAN HALF OF THE VOTERS
TURNED OUT IN MASSACHUSETTS 
TODAY DECIDED JUST IN THE LAST 
FEW DAYS THE MOMENTUM WE SAW 
SINCE THE SOUTH CAROLINA 
VICTORY, SINCE THE ENDORSEMENTS 
FROM AMY KLOBUCHAR, PETE 
BUTTIGIEG, AND BETO O'ROURKE.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE 
BEEN ABLE TO DO AN AGGREGATE OF 
ALL THE SUPER TUESDAY STATES 
TONIGHT.
48% OF LATE DECIDERS TODAY WENT 
TO JOE BIDEN.
THAT COMPARES TO 21% FOR BERNIE 
SANDERS.
IT KIND OF EXPLAINS THE STORY 
LINE OF THE NIGHT.
>> INCREDIBLE MOMENTUM FOR HIM.
LET ME BRING IN NATE FOR MORE.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT 
MASSACHUSETTS AND MINNESOTA 
BEFORE.
LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE 
DELEGATE PATHS FOR JOE BIDEN.
>> THAT IS WHAT MASSACHUSETTS, 
THAT'S WHAT WE JUST PROJECTED.
FOR BERNIE NOW IT'S CAN YOU GET 
A BIG MARGIN IN CALIFORNIA.
TEXAS IS GOING TO BE CLOSE 
EITHER WAY.
BUT FOR THE DELEGATE MATH, 
BERNIE HAS TO WIN CALIFORNIA 
PRETTY BIG.
THE EXIT POLLS SHOW HIM DOING 
PRETTY WELL THERE BUT EXIT POLLS
SOMETIMES ARE ACCURATE, 
SOMETIMES NOT.
>> HE'S LEADING IN CALIFORNIA.
IT HA Z NOT BEEN CALLED YET.
HOW MANY DELEGATES HE WINS, 
WHO 
ELSE GETS TO 15%, ALL THAT WILL 
FACTOR.
>> IT WILL TAKE TIME FOR THE 
VOTES TO BE COUNTED.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE SEEN 
TONIGHT IS NOW IT'S VERY CLEAR 
THAT JOE BIDEN IS NOT A REGIONAL
CANDIDATE AFTER TONIGHT.
>> NO, I THINK WHEN THE DUST ET 
SLS AND WE GET A LITTLE SLEEP, 
IF I CAN, ONE OF THE THINGS 
THAT'S FASCINATING TO ME IS THE 
FORMER MAYOR OF A BIG CITY, NOTE
ON THIS IS THE DIVERGENCE OF 
BLACK AND HISPANIC VOTERS.
REALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 
VOTE, UNBELIEVABLY WELL WITH 
HISPANIC VOTERS.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN, MAINLY OLDER, 
ARE GOING WITH JOE BIDEN.
WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE 
BLACK-BROWN COALITION, THAT IS 
NOT PLAYING OUT IN THE PRIMARY.
UNDERSTANDING WHAT MOTIVATED 
BESIDES ORGANIZING AND BERNIE 
SANDERS HAS DONE THAT.
THAT'S A FASCINATING THING ABOUT
WHAT DOES IT MEAN GOING FORWARD.
BIDEN OUTPERFORMED IN THE 
SUBURBS AND THAT'S A BIG DEAL 
FOR WHAT HE NEEDS IN NOVEMBER.
BUT THAT SPLIT AMONG MINORITY 
VOTERS, VERY TELLING GOING 
FORWARD.
>> WE ALSO HAD TELLING NUMBERS 
GOING IN, IT'S ABOUT THE 
IMPORTANCE OF CALIFORNIA.
IT SHOWS NOW THE POLLS CLOSED IN
CALIFORNIA AND SOME OF THE VOTE 
IS COMING IN.
BERNIE SANDERS IS LEADING IN THE
DELEGATES TONIGHT.
THAT'S A REMINDER THAT COMING --
IF YOU JUST FOCUS ON THE 
EVENING, AT THE END OF THE NIGHT
THESE GUYS ARE GOING TO BE VERY 
CLOSE.
>> THEY ARE AND THAT'S 
IMPORTANT.
SO, WE TALKED TABT MARCH FROM 
EAST TO WEST COAST AND THE FACT 
THAT HALF THE DELEGATES ARE 
COMING FROM TEXAS AND 
CALIFORNIA.
WE DON'T KNOW YET WHAT TEXAS IS 
GOING TO BE, BUT CALIFORNIA WE 
EXPECTED A BIG WIN AND THE FACT 
THAT A LOT OF THOSE BALLOTS ARE 
GOING TO BE POSTMARKED TODAY AND
THEY'RE GOING TO BE COUNTED IN 
THE LAYER DAYS TO COME.
>> THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS 
FOR BERNIE SANDERS BECAUSE THE 
LATE ZE DECIDERS HAVE BEEN 
COMING IN FOR JOE BIDEN.
PEOPLE COULD HOLD MAIL IN 
BALLOTS UNTIL TODAY AND WE'RE 
NOT SURE HOW THAT'S GOING TO 
COME OUT.
>> WE HOPE SOME OF THOSE ARE FOR
BERNIE, FOLKS THAT MAYBE CIRCLED
THE BUBBLE BUT DIDN'T GET IT IN 
THE MAIL.
>> YOU WEREN'T READY TO SAY THIS
EARLIER IN THE EVENING BUT NOW 
THAT THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS 
HAS BEEN CALLED, IS IT TIME FOR 
ELIZABETH WARREN TO GET OUT OF 
THE RACE?
>> I THINK SHE'S GOING TO HAVE 
TO MAKE A DECISION, BUT IT IS 
REALLY HARD TO SEE A PATH 
FORWARD FOR HOW SHE CAN STAY IN.
AND I THINK A LOT OF HER 
SUPPORTERS WILL BE CALLING HER 
AND SAYING OKAY, YOU REALLY NOW 
HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD.
YOU HAVE TO KIND OF RESTRUCTURE.
BUT I THINK THIS IDEA THAT ALL 
OF HER SUPPORT GOES TO SENATOR 
SANDERS I THINK IS NOT CORRECT.
I THINK A LOT OF HER SUPPORT IS 
OLDER, HIGHLY EDUCATED WHITE 
VOTERS THAT WE KNOW ARE PART OF 
THE DEMOCRATIC BASE NOW.
AND I THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING 
TO SPLIT.
I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING TO 
ALL GO TO BERNIE.
>> I DON'T THINK WE GET THEM 
ALL, BUT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER 
THAT THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT IS
STILL REALLY SPLIT BETWEEN THE 
TWO OF THEM.
WHEN I LOOK AT STATES LIKE 
MASSACHUSETTS AND STATES LIKE 
MINNESOTA WHERE WE HAVE COME 
TOGETHER THE WAY THAT THE 
ESTABLISHMENT CAME TOGETHER WE 
MIGHT HAVE SEEN A DIFFERENT 
RESULT IN THOSE TWO STATES.
>> I LIKE TO NOTE I REPRESENTED 
THE ESTABLISHMENT AND ICAHN 
VASSED THERE.
>> GEORGE, THIS IS PRETTY SIMPLE
POLITICS I THINK.
IF A DEMOCRATIC SENATOR IN A 
DEMOCRATIC STATE LOSES HER OWN 
STATE, IT'S TIME TO GO HOME AND 
TEND TO THE HOME FIRES.
SHE SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT 
GETTING REELECTED SENATOR THERE 
AND NOT CONTINUE TO PLAY IN THE 
PRESIDENTIAL RACE.
>> GEORGE, SHE CAME IN THIRD 
AMONG WOMEN IN MASSACHUSETTS 
ACCORDING TO THE EXIT POLLS.
ELIZABETH WARREN CAME IN THIRD 
AMONG WOMEN, BEHIND BOTH BIDEN 
AND BERNIE SANDERS.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT'S 
REMARKABLE ABOUT BIDEN, NOT ONLY
DID HE BEAT THE HOME STATE 
SENATOR.
I MEAN, VERMONT BORDERS 
MASSACHUSETTS.
SO, HE -- I MEAN, HE WENT IN -- 
HE WAS UP AGAINST TWO NEW 
ENGLANDERS AND HE WON.
>> KENNY IS IN THE STATE OF 
MICHIGAN.
ARE WE HEARING ANYTHING FROM THE
CAMPAIGN?
>> Reporter: WELL, WHAT WE'VE 
HEARD IS THAT THEY SENT OUT A 
FUNDRAISING LETTER SAYING WE ARE
MOVING FORWARD.
WE WANT YOUR ASSISTANCE.
THE RESULTS ARE NOT ALL IN.
HE IS NOT EITHER HERE TONIGHT IN
WHAT SHE SAID AND NOW WHAT IS A 
CLOSED CALL SHE WAS IN OR IN 
THIS FUNDRAISING EVEN 
ACKNOWLEDGED THAT SHE DIDN'T WIN
ANYTHING.
AND AS YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN 
TALKING ABOUT, LOST HER HOME 
STATE WHICH HAS GOT TO BE 
DEVASTATING TO HER.
THREE WORDS THAT COME TO MIND 
WATCHING ELIZABETH WARREN HERE 
TONIGHT, NEVERTHELESS SHE 
PERSISTED.
AND THAT IS WHO SHE IS.
THERE'S A REASON FOR IT TOO.
SHE BASICALLY TOLD US IN THE 
SPEECH, SHE SAID DON'T VOTE LIKE
A PUNDIT.
DON'T VOTE BECAUSE YOU THINK 
SOMEBODY'S GOING TO WIN AND 
SOMEBODY IS NOT AS GOOD TO WIN.
A VOTE WITH YOUR HEART, SHE 
SAID, I VOTE.
WHEN I VOTE, I CAST MY VOTE FOR 
WHO I THINK THE BEST PRESIDENT 
OF THE UNITED STATES WOULD BE 
AND I THINK I WOULD BE THE BEST 
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
SHE SAID IT WITH CONVICTION.
>> SHE SAID IT WITH CONVICTION.
SO FAR THE VOTERS DISAGREE.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER 
QUICK BREAK.
>>> THIS IS AN ABC NEWS ELECTION
UPDATE.
>> WELCOME BACK TO ABC COVERAGE 
OF TONIGHT'S MOMENTOUS SUPER 
TUESDAY COVERAGE.
GEORGE AND OUR POLITICAL TEAM 
WILL BE RIGHT BACK.
FIRST LET'S GO TO DEVAN DWYER 
WHO'S BEEN DOING A DEEP DIVE ALL
NIGHT.
TELL US ABOUT WOMEN AND HOW 
THEY'RE VOTING TONIGHT.
WE KNOW IN THE 2018 MIDTERM, 
COLLEGE EDUCATED WOMEN REALLY 
LIFTED DEMOCRATS.
>> WOMEN ON THE WHOLE HAVE 
TURNED OUT IN FORCE ON THIS 
SUPER TUESDAY, OUTNUMBERING MEN 
AT THE BALLOT BOX.
LET'S DO A DIVE INTO THE COLLEGE
EDUCATED CONSTITUENCY AND HOW 
THAT'S PLAYING TONIGHT IN 
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
ABOUT HALF THE WOMEN WHO TURNED 
OUT TO VOTE TONIGHT ARE COLLEGE 
EDUCATED.
HERE'S HOW THEY VOTED IN 
DIFFERENT REGIONS OF THE 
COUNTRY.
LET'S TAKE MINNESOTA UP IN THE 
MIDWEST.
YOU SEE THERE THEY WENT HEAVILY 
FOR JOE BIDEN OVER ELIZABETH 
WARREN, SUPPORTING HIM.
WE SAW A SIMILAR BREAKDOWN IN 
THE SOUTH IN ALABAMA IF WE CAN 
PULL THAT ONE UP NEXT.
YOU SEE JOE BIDEN WON ALABAMA 
TONIGHT, CARRIED WOMEN, 
COLLEGE-EDUCATED WOMEN IN 
ALABAMA WHICH ARE A LITTLE BELOW
THE NATIONAL AVERAGE WITH 60% OF
THE VOTE.
SAME PICTURE IN TEXAS, THE 
SOUTHWEST.
LOOK AT THIS.
JOE BIDEN.
LITTLE BIT CLOSER WITH BERNIE 
SANDERS ON COLLEGE EDUCATED 
WOMEN.
BUT UP IN VIRGINIA AND THAT'S 
WHERE WE GET TO THE MIDTERM 
ELECTIONS AND THE 2016 CAMPAIGN 
WHERE THEY WERE SO DECISIVE, JOE
BIDEN DRIVING OUT IN FORCE THE 
SUBURBAN MOM WHO ARE VERY 
ENGAGED, CONCERNED ABOUT HOW 
MUCH THINGS COST, LOOKING FOR A 
LITTLE BIT OF COMPROMISE.
WE SEE JOE BIDEN IS WINNING 
THOSE WOMEN RESOUNDINGLY IN ALL 
THESE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE 
COUNTRY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH DEVAN.
SUCH INSIGHTS.
ALSO THE STORY OF ELIZABETH 
WARREN, THAT THOSE COLLEGE 
EDUCATED WOMEN ARE BREAKING FOR 
JOE BIDEN.
THANKS FOR YOUR INSIGHTS AND 
KEEP IT ON ABC LIVE TONIGHT ON 
THIS CRITICAL SUPER TUESDAY 
PRIMARY NIGHT.
RIGHT NOW LET'S GET READY TO 
SEND IT BACK TO GEORGE 
STEPHANOPOULOS AND THE POWER 
HOUSE POLITICAL TEAM.
IT'S A MARATHON NIGHT OF SUPER 
TUESDAY COVERAGE.
STAY WITH US.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO SUPER 
TUESDAY 2020.
YOU SEE A TWEET SENT OUT BY JOE 
BIDEN, A QUESTION I ASKED A FEW 
MINUTES AGO.
HE LOST TONIGHT, DONALD TRUMP, 
WE ARE BETTER THAN YOU.
COME NOVEMBER WE ARE GOING TO 
BEAT YOU.
THAT HAS BEEN HIS CALLING CARD.
>> OF COURSE NOT THAT LONG AGO 
WE SAW BERNIE SANDERS STEPPING 
UP HIS ATTACKS AGAINST JOE 
BIDEN.
IT CLEAR GOING FORWARD THAT JOE 
BIDEN IS GOING TO BE AIMED 
SQUARELY AT DONALD TRUMP IN 
NOVEMBER.
>> UP UNTIL HE FELL APART IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE, NOW HE'S COME BACK 
FROM THAT, HE CONSISTENTLY LED 
IN PRESIDENT IN POLLING IN THE 
GENERAL ELECTION AND WE'RE 
SEEING THE VOTERS TONIGHT TALK 
ABOUT ELECTABILITY AND CLEARLY 
FAVOR FORMER VICE PRESIDENT 
BIDEN.
>> THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT 
THAT.
THERE'S BEEN A SWING WITH JOE 
BIDEN ON TWO FRONTS TONIGHT, ON 
THE ELECTABILITY QUESTION WHICH 
HAS BEEN CENTRAL ACROSS ALL 
THESE STATES JOE BIDEN HAS WON 
TONIGHT.
WHEN YOU COMBINE THAT WITH THE 
LATE DECIDERS WHICH IS BASED IN 
SOUTH CAROLINA AND ENDORSEMENTS 
WHICH I THINK THERE'S GOING TO 
BE A DEBATE ABOUT.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT AN 
ENDORSEMENT IS WORTH.
THESE WERE KEY ENDORSEMENTS, AT 
THE LAST MINUTE, AND AGAINST 
PEOPLE THAT JUST WATCHED JOE 
BIDEN, I FEEL LIKE WE HAD TWO 
DOZEN DEBATES.
I KNOW WE'RE NOT THERE YET.
BUT I THINK THOSE ENDORSEMENTS 
MATTERED.
IT MADE A DIFFERENCE FOR JOE 
BIDEN.
>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE 
DELEGATES.
SUCH A CLOSE RACE, BERNIE 
SANDERS HAS WON 192 DELEGATES.
TONIGHT JOE BIDEN 187.
YOU SEE ELIZABETH WARREN WITH 
12, MICHAEL BLOOMBERG AT 7.
THIS ANSWERS ANOTHER QUESTION I 
POSE TED BEGINNING OF THE 
EVENING, WHETHER OR NOT 
ELIZABETH WARREN STAYING IN, HOW
LONG MICHAEL BLOOMBERG STAYS IN.
THIS IS A TWO PERSON RACE.
>> WE THOUGHT IT WAS A 2 1/2 
PERSON RACE COMING IN.
IT'S A TWO PERSON RACE.
ONE THING I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE
SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND IS EVEN 
AS THOSE DELEGATE NUMBERS WE 
POSTED, THERE'S STILL A THOUSAND
DELEGATES UNALLOCATED FROM 
TONIGHT THAT ARE STILL NOT 
ALLOCATED INTO THOSE NUMBERS 
THAT WE HAVE.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN TOLD.
SO, WE'RE A LONG WAY FROM 
KNOWING THAT.
I THINK ALSO THE OTHER PART OF 
THIS IS THE EXPECTATIONS THAT 
JOE BIDEN WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY
BEHIND TONIGHT WAS HUGE.
AND THE FACT THAT IT'S GOING TO 
BE THIS CLOSE, AND WE WILL SEE 
WHERE THE LEAD IS A HUGE THING 
FOR JOE BIDEN TO HAVE DONE IN 
LESS THAN 72 HOURS.
>> IT'S SOMETHING -- IT'S 
INTERESTING ALSO THE WAY THE 
DEMOCRATS GO THROUGH THE 
PRIMARIES AND REPUBLICANS GO 
THROUGH THE PRIMARIES.
THE PRESIDENT WAS IN A SIMILAR 
SITUATION FOUR YEARS AGO.
BUT ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE THE 
PRIMARY WINNER CLOSED IT OUT.
>> YOU CAN SEE THE RESULTS FOR 
TONIGHT IF THEY'RE A WINNER TAKE
ALL.
THAT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT.
ONCE DONALD TRUMP FOUR YEARS AGO
HAD HIS STEAM OUT OF NEW 
HAMPSHIRE AND THEN NEVADA, MADE 
IT DIFFICULT FOR ANYBODY ELSE TO
MAKE THE CASE THEY COULD EVER 
CATCH HIM.
SO, ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE, IF 
YOU GET GOOD MOMENTUM EARLY, IT 
REALLY FINISHES IT.
>> YOU ALSO MADE THIS FOUR YEARS
AGO, THE DECISION MADE BY PETE 
BUTTIGIEG AND AMY KLOBUCHAR LAST
NIGHT.
YOU DECIDED TO COME OUT AFTER 
GETTING DEFEATED AND ENDORSE HIM
QUICKLY.
TALK ABOUT THE CALCULATIONS AND 
WHAT YOU GET FROM IT.
>> THE CALCULATION WAS SIMPLE.
AFTER HE WON SOUTH CAROLINA BY 
DOUBLE DIGITS, I SAID THIS GUY'S
THE NOMINEE.
I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYBODY SAYS.
I DON'T CARE WHAT EVERYBODY 
SAYS, NEVER TRUMP AND ALL THAT, 
HE'S THE NOMINEE.
NOW MY GOAL WAS I DIDN'T WANT 
HILLARY CLINTON TO BE PRESIDENT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I RAN 
IN THE FIRST PLACE.
I SAID I'VE GOT TO MAKE HIM A 
BETTER CANDIDATE AND BRING 
ESTABLISHMENT FIGURES BEHIND HIM
AND CONVINCE THEM THAT IT'S OKAY
TO COME OVER HERE.
THAT'S THE CALCULATION.
WHAT DID WE GET OUT OF IT?
IN THE END WE GOT A SLIGHTLY 
BETTER CANDIDATE THAN WE WOULD 
HAVE HAD OTHERWISE, STRONGER, 
SOONER, AND ULTIMATELY THE 
WINNER.
>> THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN MANAGER 
SAYS JOE BIDEN IS JUST AS 
TERRIBLE A CANDIDATE RIGHT NOW 
AS HE WAS A FEW DAYS AGO.
THEY GO ON TO SAY THE DEMOCRATS 
HAVE GAINED UP TO TRY TO DENY 
BERNIE SANDERS THE NOMINATION.
>> I WANT TO BRING IN RICK CLINE
RIGHT NOW.
HE SAID IT'S THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN 
TALKING ABOUT THE TOUCH ON THE 
SPEECH.
THEY KEEP TALKING ABOUT HE'S THE
ONLY ONE WHO CAN PUT TOGETHER A 
BROAD WINNING COALITION FOR 
DEMOCRATS.
>> WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A 
BIDEN COALITION.
THE ARGUMENT IS THAT THE PARTY 
ISN'T THAT DIFFERENT THAN IT HAS
BEEN IN THE PAST AND IT'S NOT AS
FAR AWAY FROM THE OBAMA 
COALITION AS BERNIE SANDERS 
WOULD SAY.
YOU SEE HIM HOLDING THE SOUTH.
THAT'S STABLE STAKES FOR HIM.
WHEN YOU SEE HIM EXTEND TO 
PLACES LIKE MINNESOTA AND 
MASSACHUSETTS AND OKLAHOMA HE'S 
DOING THINGS DEMOGRAPHICALLY.
HE CAN BEGIN TO MAKE AN ARGUMENT
ABOUT A GENERAL ELECTION 
CANDIDACY WHEN HE DOES WELL IN 
THESE BATTLEGROUND STATES.
IT'S WEIRD TO SAY FOR A GUY ON 
THE POLITICAL SCENE FOR 32 
YEARS, JOE BIDEN HAS ARRIVED 
TONIGHT IN A MAJOR WAY AND SHOWN
HE CAN GET THIS ARGUMENT ACROSS 
THE FINISH LINE.
THAT'S A HUGE TURN OF EVENTS 
THAT CHANGES THE TRAJECTORY OF 
THE RACE.
>> IT'S NOT SOMETHING HE WAS 
EXPECTING AT ALL.
MAINE, TEXAS, AND CALIFORNIA 
STILL OUT THERE.
>> I WANT TO MAKE ONE POINT 
BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 
GROUND GAME AND SPENDING IN 
TEXAS AND CALIFORNIA.
BUT JOE BIDEN NEVER VISITED 
MINNESOTA, OKLAHOMA, OR ARKANSAS
ACCORDING TO OUR DATA AND HE WON
ALL THREE STATES.
HE ALSO SPENT VERY LITTLE IN 
THOSE THREE STATES.
AS WE LOOK AT TEXAS RIGHT NOW, 
LET'S SEE WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT 
NOW.
WE MADE THIS POINT, ME AND MATT 
DAOUD, YOU DON'T NEED THE BIG 
CITIES.
YOU CAN WIN WITH THE COALITION 
OF SMALLER CITIES.
SAN ANTONIO, FOR INSTANCE, STILL
OUT, BUT WE CAN SEE WINNING THE 
NEIGHBORING COUNTIES AROUND 
HERE.
THAT'S IMPORTANT.
>> WE HAVE TO TAKE ANOTHER QUICK
BREAK.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
>>> THIS IS AN ABC NEWS ELECTION
UPDATE.
>> WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS 
COVERAGE OF SUPER TUESDAY.
GEORGE AND TEAM WILL BE BACK IN 
A FEW MOMENTS.
BUT JOINING ME MATT DAOUD ABC 
NEWS POLITICAL GURU AND TEXAN 
WHICH IS IMPORTANT.
BIDEN IS NOT JUST DEFYING 
EXPECTATIONS.
HE IS SHATTERING THEM.
AND BECAUSE YOU'RE A TEXAN, 
LET'S DIG INTO TEXAS A LITTLE 
BIT.
EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT THE 
TRIO OF ENDORSEMENTS THAT GAVE 
HIM THIS TIDAL WAVE OF SUPPORT.
>> FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND 
TEXAS, THEY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND 
THAT TEXAS IS PART SOUTHERN 
STATE LIKE ALABAMA, LOUISIANA, 
MISSISSIPPI AND IT'S PART 
WESTERN STATE LIKE COLORADO AND 
NEW MEXICO.
THAT'S WHY IT'S SO CLOSE BECAUSE
PARTS OF BERNIE SUPPORT, PARTS 
OF JOE BIDEN SUPPORT.
BUT I THINK THE BIGGEST QUESTION
FOR JOE BIDEN WAS A MILLION 
VOTES WERE CAST BEFORE SOUTH 
CAROLINA, BEFORE HE GOT HIS 
MOMENTUM WHICH IS WHY THE STATE,
I THINK, IS AS CLOSE AS IT IS.
HE'S WINNING ELECTION DAY, 
BERNIE SANDERS IS WINNING EARLY 
VOTE.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO GO 
LATE FIGURING OUT WHO WON.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT 
MASSACHUSETTS OR MINNESOTA, ONE 
COULD ARGUE AMY KLOBUCHAR HANDED
THAT TO HIM.
BUT THIS IS A SURPRISE NIGHT FOR
HIM.
>> THAT'S A HUGE NIGHT.
I DID NOT EXPECT JOE BIDEN -- I 
EXPECTED JOE BIDEN TO CONTINUE 
SOME MOMENTUM BUT NOT DO AS WELL
AS HE DID.
I THOUGHT HE WOULD BE 100 
DELEGATES BEHIND BY THE END OF 
TONIGHT.
HE MAY LEAD BY THE TIME THE 
NIGHT'S OVER.
I THINK BERNIE SANDERS AND HIS 
CAMPAIGN MADE A MISTAKE BY 
STEPPING ON A POPULAR SENATOR IN
MINNESOTA WHEN THEY WENT AND DID
THAT VISIT THIS WEEK AND 
STEPPING ON ANOTHER POPULAR 
SENATOR IN MASSACHUSETTS, BOTH 
TRIPS HE DID IN THE LAST 48 
HOURS, BOTH STATES HE LOST.
>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE DELEGATE 
NUMBERS, CLEARLY LOOKING MORE 
LIKE A TWO-MAN RACE.
TALK ABOUT MAYOR BLOOMBERG.
I MEAN, $500 MILLION, SEVEN 
DELEGATES, THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY 
SAY ON WALL STREET IS A GOOD 
RETURN ON INVESTMENT.
>> $171 MILLION PER DELEGATE.
HE SPENT $200 MILLION IN JUST 
THESE JURISDICTIONS.
OUTSPENT EVERYBODY.
OUTSPENT JOE BIDEN 100 TO 1 IN 
THIS AND JOE BIDEN LOOKS LIKE 
THE ONE THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO
BE THE VICTOR FROM TONIGHT.
SO, I THINK HE HAS TO ASK 
HIMSELF SOME SERIOUS QUESTIONS 
ABOUT WHETHER HE CONTINUES TO 
SPEND ON THIS.
I MENTIONED ON AIR THERE'S A 
THING CALLED THE CROSS BALLOT 
WHICH IS YOU KEEP SPENDING 
BECAUSE YOU HAVE SPENT SO MUCH 
LIKE WHAT HAPPENED IN VIETNAM OR
IRAQ WAR.
YOU'VE LOST, SO YOU KEEP DOING 
IT.
HE HAS TO ASK HIMSELF DOES HE 
KEEP THROWING GOOD MONEY AFTER 
BAD.
>> AND WHEN IT COMES TO 
ELIZABETH WARREN, WHEN YOU PLACE
THIRD IN YOUR HOME STATE, THAT'S
NOT A GOOD SIGN.
>> NO, A AGREE WITH SOMETHING 
CHRIS CHRISTIE SAID.
SHE NEEDS TO TEND TO BUSINESS 
BACK HOME.
WHEN SHE ONLY GETS 21, 22% OF 
THE VOTE AMONG DEMOCRATIC VOTERS
IN HER HOME STATE, SHE HAS TO 
ASK HERSELF CAN I REALLY GO ON.
>> WE WILL ALL STAY TUNED 
BECAUSE CALIFORNIA IS YET AHEAD,
THE NUMBER ONE DELEGATE STATE.
THANKS SO MUCH.
DO WE HAVE A MINUTE TO GO?
45 SECONDS.
SO, YOU HAVE 45 SECONDS TO TELL 
US WHAT YOU THINK IS GOING TO 
HAPPEN IN CALIFORNIA.
>> I THINK BERNIE WILL WIN IT.
THAT QUESTION IS THE MARGIN AND 
HOW MUCH NET DELEGATES THEY 
GATHER.
WE HAVEN'T CALLED MAINE WHICH 
RIGHT NOW JOE BIDEN IS AHEAD.
IF JOE BIDEN WAS TO WIN MAINE 
AND PULL OUT TEXAS, THIS GOES 
FROM AN A NIGHT TO AN A PLUS 
PLUS NIGHT.
>> YOU CAN SEE THE BIDEN CAMP 
GIDDY.
>> IT WAS FASCINATING.
A VICTORY WAS CALLED WHILE THEY 
WERE THERE.
>> SEEING IT PLAY OUT IN REAL 
TIME IS FASCINATING.
WHAT AN INTERESTING NIGHT IN 
POLITICS.
STAY HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE.
GEORGE AND THE POWER HOUSE 
POLITICAL TEAM WILL BE RIGHT 
BACK.
THANK YOU MATT.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME.
>>> LIVE FROM NEW YORK CITY AND 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THIS IS 
SUPER TUESDAY.
HERE AGAIN, GEORGE 
STEPHANOPOULOS.
>> AND WELCOME BACK TO OUR 
COVERAGE, 11:30 IN THE EAST, 
8:30 IN THE WEST.
RIGHT NOW THE POLLS HAVE CLOSED 
IN ALL 15 CONTESTS.
HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR.
JOE BIDEN HAS WON EIGHT STATES 
TONIGHT.
BERNIE SANDERS HAS WON THREE.
YOU SEE THE GREEN AND THE BLUE 
RIGHT THERE.
OF COURSE YOU HAVE THE STATES 
THEY WON BEFORE, SOUTH CAROLINA 
FOR JOE BIDEN, NEVADA AND NEW 
HAMPSHIRE FOR BERNIE SANDERS.
 MICHAEL BLOOMBERG HAS ONE 
VICTORY IN AMERICAN SAMOA.
WE HAVE TEXAS, YOU'VE GOT HALF 
THE VOTE COMING IN, BERNIE 
SANDERS HOLDING A LEAD THERE 
OVER JOE BIDEN.
THE STATE OF MAINE ALSO TONIGHT,
WE'RE WAITING FOR THE REPORTS 
FROM THE STATE OF MAINE.
RIGHT NOW YOU SEE 65% OF THE 
VOTE IN AND IT'S A DEAD TIE 
RIGHT NOW BETWEEN BERNIE SANDERS
AND JOE BIDEN.
OF COURSE THE BIG PRIZE TONIGHT,
415 DELEGATES IN THE STATE OF 
CALIFORNIA.
LET ME PULL THAT UP RIGHT NOW AS
WELL.
AND ONLY 8% OF THE VOTE IS IN 
RIGHT NOW.
BUT BERNIE SANDERS HAS THE LEAD.
WE CAN SAY HE'S LEADING RIGHT 
THERE.
I WANT TO GO TO MARTHA RADDATZ.
THE BERNIE SANDERS CAMPAIGN HAS 
FILED AN INJUNCTION IN THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA TO KEEP THE POLLS 
OPEN.
>> EXACTLY.
THEY WANT TO KEEP THE POLLS OPEN
BECAUSE THE LINES HAVE BEEN SO 
LONG AND THEY WERE VERY LONG, UP
TO FOUR HOURS WAIT.
AND THEY ALSO SAY THERE ARE SOME
ISSUES WITH VOTING MACHINES 
THERE WITH SOME OF THE 
TECHNOLOGY.
THEY'RE NOT SAYING 
IRREGULARITIES BUT THEY'RE 
SAYING ISSUES WITH THE NEW 
TECHNOLOGY.
JUST QUICKLY AS I CAN AS I LOOK 
AROUND THE VERY, VERY EMPTY 
STADIUM HERE FILLED WITH PEOPLE 
JUST ABOUT AN HOUR AGO, BUT ONCE
BERNIE SANDERS GAVE HIS SPEECH, 
THEY PILED OUT OF HERE AS 
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
WE TALKED TO A COUPLE OF THEM, 
ASKED THEM ABOUT THE NIGHT.
THEY SAID THEY'RE NOT WORRIED 
ABOUT IT.
BUT CLEARLY BERNIE SANDERS MUST 
BE WORRIED AND I HAVE TO SAY 
BECAUSE OF MINNESOTA AND 
OKLAHOMA, HE WON THOSE STATES IN
2016, AND MASSACHUSETTS PROBABLY
A PRETTY CRUSHING DEFEAT FOR HIM
TONIGHT.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, MARTHA.
THANKS VERY MUCH.
LET'S GO TO EVA PILGRIM WITH THE
BIDEN CAMPAIGN IN CALIFORNIA.
A LONG LINE STILL IN CALIFORNIA 
PERHAPS HARDENING TO THEM AS 
WELL BECAUSE THE LATE VOTERS 
HAVE BEEN VOTING FOR THEM AS 
WE'VE SEEN OVER THE COURSE OF 
THIS EVENING.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, GEORGE.
AND THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN KNEW THEY
WERE OUTORGANIZED AND OUTSPENT 
IN CALIFORNIA.
WE SPOKE WITH AN ADVISER EARLIER
IN THE DAY WHO SAID YOU HAVE NO 
KNOW WHERE YOUR DELEGATES ARE.
THEY WERE STRATEGIC GOING TO 
AREAS THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD 
PICK UP DELEGATES PLAYING AWE 
LITTLE BIT OF DELEGATE PICK UP, 
HOPING THEY CAN CLOSE THAT 
MARGIN.
THE GOAL IS NOT TO WIN 
CALIFORNIA BUT IT IS TO MINIMIZE
THE LEAD THAT BERNIE SANDERS HAS
COMING AS HE GETS CALIFORNIA 
WHICH IS WHAT THEY SEEM TO THINK
WILL LIKELY HAPPEN.
THAT WAS ALSO THE GOAL FOR THEM 
IN TEXAS.
THAT SAID, THEY DID A LOT BETTER
TONIGHT THAN THEY EVEN HAD 
PLANNED, TAKING STATES THAT THEY
DIDN'T EXPECT TO WIN AND GETTING
DELEGATES IN A LOT OF PLACES AS 
WE'RE WAITING TO SEE THE FULL 
COUNTS THEY GET.
OVERALL, JOE BIDEN TAKING A 
VICTORY LAP TWEETING AT DONALD 
TRUMP, YOU LOST TONIGHT.
HE'S CELEBRATING TONIGHT.
>> MUCH BETTER NIGHT THAN HE 
EXPECTED.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF THE VOTE 
IN, ONLY 8%, BUT YOU'VE SEEN 
EXIT POLLS.
>> THIS IS THE QUESTION EVA WAS 
TALKING ABOUT WHRKS THEY WERE 
TRYING TO DO DELEGATE PICK UP IF
YOU WILL.
18% IN CALIFORNIA.
THIS IS A MUCH LOWER NUMBER.
>> BUT SO MUCH EARLY.
>> OF COURSE, OF COURSE.
WE WANT TO SEE HOW IT BREAKS 
DOWN.
BERNIE SANDERS IS THE EARLY 
VOTE, THERE 42%, JOE BIDEN 17%.
WE FLIP THAT, LATE DECIDERS, 
KEEP IN MIND WE KNOW THERE ARE 
FAR FEWER LATE DECIDERS THE 
CALIFORNIA, JOE BIDEN WAS ABLE 
TO TURN THAT AROUND 41-30.
SO, AS A MATTER OF HOW MUCH CAN 
HE CATCH UP AND HOW QUICKLY.
>> HOW QUICKLY AND HOW LONG IT 
TAKES TO COUNT THE VOTES AS 
WELL.
AND TOM, PICKING UP ANYTHING 
ELSE?
>> WE HAVE SAN DIEGO COUNTY, 99%
REPORTING IN, MORE CONSERVATIVE 
PART OF THE STATE, BUT BERNIE 
SANDERS IS ON TOP 27% TO 
BLOOMBERG'S 18%.
BERNIE SANDERS LOST CALIFORNIA 
FOUR YEARS AGO.
HE LOST THIS COUNTY AS WELL.
WE'RE GOING TO BE WATCHING FOR 
CALIFORNIA, THE I 5 RIGHT HERE, 
THE CENTRAL VALLEY.
BERNIE SANDERS HAD A TOUGH TIME 
THERE FOUR YEARS AGO.
AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, ABOUT 
50% OF THE VOTE WILL COME FROM 
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, AN 
EXTENSIVE MEDIA MARKET.
I THINK IT WAS 1.5 MILLION EARLY
VOTES FROM CALIFORNIA FOR THE 
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY THERE.
THEY'RE STILL COUNTING SOME OF 
THAT.
BUT IN SAN DIEGO, BERNIE SANDERS
IS THE WINNER.
AND BLOOMBERG, 18%.
HE'S HAVING AN EFFECT THERE.
>> WE'LL SEE IF HE PICKS UP 
DELEGATES THERE.
WE'LL SEE WHERE YOU ARE IN 
TEXAS.
>> GEORGE, I WAS CHECKING THIS 
OUT BEFORE WE CAME ON.
WE'RE ALMOST AT 50% RIGHT NOW 
FOR TEXAS.
ESSENTIAL WITHOUT HOUSTON AND 
SAN ANTONIO, BEAR COUNTY AND 
HARRIS COUNTY.
WE HAVE NO DATA.
THAT'S THE REST OF THE 50%.
YOU CAN SEE WHAT BIDEN HAS IS A 
COALITION OF THE SMALLER 
COUNTIES.
BERNIE SANDERS DOING WELL.
HE WON AUSTIN FOUR YEARS AGO, 
WINS IT AGAIN.
HE PICKS UP FT. WORTH AND THE 
RING COUNTIES AROUND DALLAS FT. 
WORTH, BUT HALF THE VOTE STILL 
OUT AND WE SEE BERNIE SANDERS IN
BETO O'ROURKE'S DISTRICT, EL 
PASO.
ONLY 9% IN THOUGH.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT ANOTHER
THING.
WE'RE SEEING SOME OF THESE 
ORANGE COUNTIES FOR MICHAEL 
BLOOMBERG.
HE'S BEEN NORTH OF 50 MILLION.
THERE'S ONLY 18 VOTES HERE.
HE'LL WIN THAT COUNTY BUT ONLY 
18 PEOPLE VOTED THERE, SO MAYBE 
THEY'LL HAVE MORE VOTES.
I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.
>> ONLY 18.
>> YEAH.
>> WHILE YOU'RE HERE, LET'S LOOK
AHEAD TO THE CONTEST COMING UP 
AS BERNIE SANDERS AND VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN SEEM TO BE GOING
HEAD TO HEAD.
>> I THINK MICHIGAN I IS 
CRITICAL.
THIS IS A STATE WITH BIG 
SYMBOLIC VALUE FOR THE 
CANDIDATE.
GEORGIA IS A BIG STATE FOR JOE 
BIDEN BASED ON HOW HE'S DONE FOR
OTHER STATES.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A PITCH
BATTLE BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM.
I THINK A LOT OF IT DEPENDS ON 
WHAT THE OTHER CANDIDATES DO.
WE'VE SEEN UNIQUE STRENGTHS FROM
THE CANDIDATES.
I THINK JOE BIDEN IS GOING TO 
HAVE SOMETHING HE DIDN'T HAVE 
BEFORE WHICH IS CASH.
THE MONEY IS GOING TO BE ROLLING
IN.
HE'S GOING TO HAVE THE ABILITY 
TO INVEST IN PLACES.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S 
REMARKABLE IS HE'S WINNING IN A 
PLACE HE WON AND DIDN'T SPEND AT
ALL.
IT'S AN INCREDIBLE FEAT.
HE CAN GO COMPETITIVE WITH 
BERNIE SANDERS.
>> I GO BACK ONCE MORE TO 
MINNESOTA BECAUSE OF THE 
IMPORTANCE OF MICHIGAN NEXT 
WEEK.
THEY ARE FAIRLY SIMILAR STATES.
I'M FROM MICHIGAN.
THAT'S A STATE WHERE BERNIE CAME
FROM WAY BEHIND IN THE POLLS TO 
REVERSE HIS MOMENTUM IN 2016.
SO, I THINK IF BIDEN -- LET'S 
SAY HE DOESN'T WIN TEXAS OR 
BERNIE DOESN'T WIN TEXAS, HE 
MIGHT LEAD MICHIGAN FOR A COME 
BACK.
THERE ARE SEVERAL COME BACKS.
>> MICHIGAN IS ALWAYS AN 
IMPORTANT STATE.
>> WE'LL SEE.
BIDEN USED MOMENTUM AND 
ENDORSEMENTS TO WIN.
THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE TRUE 
GOING FORWARD.
MICHIGAN IS AN ANTIESTABLISHMENT
STATE.
THERE'S GOING TO BE REACTION 
THAT IF ALL THE ESTABLISHMENT 
TRIES TO PLAY THE SAME CARD A 
SECOND WEEK IN A ROW.
>> HAPPENED IN DEMOCRATIC 
PRIMARIES.
>> EXACTLY.
IF JOE BIDEN WANTS TO DO WELL IN
MICHIGAN I DON'T THINK IT'S 
SIMILAR TO MINNESOTA BASED ON 
RACE AND A WHOLE OTHER SET OF 
DEMOGRAPHICS, HE'S NOT GOING TO 
BE ABLE TO SAY HERE ARE MY 
ENDORSEMENTS.
HE'S GOING TO HAVE A MESSAGE, A 
CANDY.
GIVEN HE'S FROM SCRANTON, HE HAS
A NATURAL CULTURAL AFFILIATION 
TO DO THAT.
BUT IF HE THINKS HE CAN DO IN 
MICHIGAN WHAT HE DID THIS WEEK 
AND NOT WIN ANOTHER CHAPTER, 
HE'S GOING TO LOSE MICHIGAN 
BECAUSE IT'S ANTIESTABLISHMENT.
>> PROGRESSIVES ARE GOING TO BE 
RALLYING IN MICHIGAN.
WE'VE IDENTIFIED MICHIGAN AS AN 
IMPORTANT STATE LIKE 
PENNSYLVANIA, LIKE OHIO TO WIN 
NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT 
IN NOVEMBER BUT TO SET THE STAGE
FOR THE FACT THAT BERNIE SANDERS
CAN WIN IN THE MIDWEST IF WE CAN
WIN IN MICHIGAN AND PENNSYLVANIA
AND OHIO, THAT MEANS HE CAN WIN 
IN NOVEMBER.
>> HERE'S THE DANGER FOR THE 
BIDEN CAMPAIGN.
YOU SAW THE DEPUTY CAMPAIGN 
MANAGER.
AFTER THE RESULTS LIKE THIS, 
THINKING MAYBE WE WERE RIGHT.
MAYBE WE WERE DOING EVERYTHING 
OKAY.
LOOK AT THIS RESULT AND THINGS 
THAT OTHERS WERE SAYING ABOUT 
LITTLE MONEY SPENT, ORGANIZATION
ON THE GROUND.
EVERYONE THOUGHT THAT JOE BIDEN 
WAS DEAD.
AND SO NO ONE WAS PAYING ANY 
ATTENTION TO HIM.
HE WAS BEING LARGELY IGNORED 
EVEN IN THE DEBATES ON THE 
STAGE.
HE WAS COMPLAINING IN ONE OF THE
DEBATES WHEN DO I GET A CHANCE 
TO SPEAK.
I THINK THIS IS GOING TO TURN 
AGAIN AND BIDEN'S GOT TO BE 
READY.
HE'S GOING TO BE WORKING TONIGHT
ON TRYING TO BUILD THAT 
ORGANIZATION, GET SOME OF THE 
PEOPLE BUTTIGIEG HAD, GET.
SO PEOPLE KLOBUCHAR HAD, THEIR 
BEST OPERATIVES AND GET THEM 
WORKING FOR HIM NOW.
>> IF I WERE JOE BIDEN AND I 
WANTED TO WIN MICHIGAN AT THIS 
POINT IN TIME, 
ANTIESTABLISHMENT, IT'S THAT 
WHAT IS GOVERNOR WHITMORE GOING 
TO DO?
HE'S SHE'S BRAND-NEW POPULAR IN 
MICHIGAN, DONE A LOT, VERY 
POPULAR.
I WOULD GO UP TO SOUTH BEND, 
INDIANA TO PETE BUTTIGIEG WHO 
WAS POLLING WELL IN MICHIGAN 
BEFORE THIS AND SAY PETE, YOU 
DON'T NEED TO GO ANYWHERE ELSE, 
JUST OVER THE BORDER AND SPEND A
BUNCH OF TIME IN MICHIGAN.
>> YOU'RE IN MICHIGAN TONIGHT.
MATTHEW DAOUD JUST MENTIONED THE
GOVERNOR, SHE HAD THE LINE FIX 
THE ROADS.
IT'S GOING TO BE A MEAT AND 
POTATOES CAMPAIGN IN THE STATE 
OF MICHIGAN.
>> ABSOLUTELY MEAT AND POTATOES.
AND I THINK WHAT SHE SAYS, WHAT 
SHE CAPTURES IN SAYING THAT WAY,
HE'S GOT THAT OLD PASSIONED 
LUNCH PALE DEMOCRAT ATTITUDE.
BERNIE SANDERS OFFS A SET OF 
POLICIES AND VISION THAT AKT 
TRAS PEOPLE HERE, WORKING PEOPLE
AND PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR 
CHANGE.
BIDEN IS KIND OF THAT OLD 
FASHIONED MICHIGAN DEMOCRAT.
A LOT OF THE REAGAN DEMOCRATS.
HE DOES SO NOT JUST IN TERMS OF 
WHAT HE'S SAYING BUT HOW HE SAYS
IT.
I THINK HE'S COUNTING ON HIS 
ABILITY TO RELATE TO PEOPLE AT 
THE SAME LEVEL THAT GOVERNOR 
WHITMORE DID.
WE'LL SEE BECAUSE THIS IS THE 
STATE THAT HAS GONE INCREASINGLY
MORE LIBERAL IN MANY WAYS.
HE HAS A STRONG ORGANIZATION 
HERE.
BIDEN IS ON A ROLL HERE AND 
WINNERS WIN.
THERE WERE A LOT OF DEMOCRATS 
WHO WERE AS THE DEPUTY CAMPAIGN 
SAID THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A 
REASON TO VOTE FOR HIM.
THEY WANT TO VOTE FOR HIM.
IT SEEMS AS SOON AS THEY SAW HE 
HAD A PULSE IN CALIFORNIA, THEY 
CAME WITH HIM.
>> THIS IS GOING TO RAISE A LOT 
OF QUESTIONS FOR THE CAMPAIGN 
COMING FORWARD.
I'LL BRING THIS TO HEIDI HIDE 
CAMP.
MADE ME THINK OF THE WORD TO 
DESCRIBE JOE BIDEN WAS OLD 
FASHIONED.
THAT CAN CUT BOTH WAYS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
A KEY CONSTITUENCY WE HAVEN'T 
TALKED ABOUT MUCH TONIGHT HAS 
BEEN UNION WORKING CLASS WHITE 
MALE VOTERS.
AND TONIGHT OR IN MICHIGAN, 
BIDEN CAN PROVE THAT HE CAN 
BRING SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE BACK 
TO THE POLLS THAT TRUMP SO 
EFFECTIVELY PEELED OFF IN 
WISCONSIN, IN MICHIGAN, AND IN 
PENNSYLVANIA, THERE'S A HUGE 
CASE FOR JOE BIDEN BEING THE 
NOMINEE BECAUSE HE COULD SPEAK 
TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT WE LOST IN 
2016.
>> HERE'S THE BIG FIGHT FOR 
SANDERS IN MICHIGAN.
THOSE UNIONIZED WORKERS SHE'S 
TALKING ABOUT ARE GOING TO LOVE 
HIM ON TRADE AND THEY'RE GOING 
TO NOT LIKE HIM ON HEALTH CARE.
THOSE TRADE WORKERS HAVE GOOD 
HEALTH CARE PLANS THEY BARGAINED
FOR AND IN PART PAID FOR AND 
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WANT THAT 
TAKEN AWAY.
IF I WERE HIM, I WOULD NOT BE 
TALKING IN MICHIGAN ABOUT 
MEDICARE FOR ALL.
IT WOULD ALL BE A BAD TRADE 
DEAL.
>> WE HAVE TO TAKE ANOTHER QUICK
BREAK.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO OUR COVERAGE
OF SUPER TUESDAY.
THERE YOU SEE THE LINES IN 
CALIFORNIA.
PEOPLE STILL VOTING TONIGHT, 
BERNIE SANDERS FILED INJUNCTION 
TO KEEP THE POLLS OPEN.
PEOPLE ARE STILL VOTING IN 
TEXAS.
THERE'S THREE STATES STILL TO BE
DECIDED TONIGHT.
OF COURSE THE FIRST ONE IS THE 
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THE BIGGEST
PRIZE OUT THERE TONIGHT.
AND RIGHT NOW WE SEE ABOUT 13% 
OF THE VOTE IN, BERNIE SANDERS, 
MIKE BLOOMBERG, AND JOE BIDEN.
STATE OF MAINE STILL HASN'T BEEN
CALLED WAY UP THERE IN THE 
NORTHEAST.
ALMOST 70% OF THE VOTE IN AND 
LOOK AT THAT, 33 FOR BERNIE 
SANDERS, 33 FOR JOE BIDEN, 
ELIZABETH WARREN TRAILING THERE.
AND THEN THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE
SECOND BIGGEST PRIZE OF THE 
NIGHT, A LITTLE OVER HALF OF THE
VOTE AND IT IS GETTING AS CLOSE 
AS IT HAS BEEN ALL NIGHT LONG, 
28 FOR BERNIE SANDERS, 27 FOR 
JOE BIDEN.
THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS THAT 
THERE COULD BE SOME REAL BIDEN 
VOTE OUT THERE.
>> GEORGE, WE JUST GOT THIS IN 
RIGHT NOW.
HARRIS COUNTY, HOUSTON, THIS IS 
ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE VOTE 
SOMETIMES AND THE SURROUNDING 
SUBURBS WITH 80% REPORTING, JOE 
BIDEN HAS 30% OF THE VOTE 
COMPARED TO BERNIE SANDERS WITH 
26% OF THE VOTE, BLOOMBERG 
BREAKING THE 15% THRESHOLD.
BUT THAT'S A HUGE NUMBER FOR JOE
BIDEN RIGHT NOW BECAUSE HE HAS 
THE COALITION OF SMALLER 
COUNTIES, BUT HE'S WINNING 
HARRIS COUNTY RIGHT NOW AND THE 
SUBURBS AROUND HOUSTON.
THAT'S A GOOD SIGN FOR HIM.
WE'VE LEARNED FROM THE DECISION 
DESK THAT 50% OF THE VOTE LOOKS 
50/50 RIGHT NOW.
50% EARLY VOTE, 50% ELECTION 
DAY, BERNIE SANDERS IS LEADING 
IN THE EARLY VOTING, JOE BIDEN 
DOING BETTER ON ELECTION DAY.
THAT MOMENTUM MAY HELP ON 
ELECTION DAY.
>> TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF 
A CLOSE OUTCOME IN TEXAS.
>> FROM A DELEGATE STANDPOINT IT
MAY EFFECT FIVE DELEGATES EITHER
WAY.
IN TERMS OF THE EVENING IT MAY 
BE A DIFFERENT STORY.
WE SAW PLACES SANDERS LOST, HE 
WON IN 2016.
HE IS MUCH STRONGER WITH HIS 
VOTERS THAN HE WAS FOUR YEARS 
EARLIER.
SO, IT'S A BIG NIGHT FOR HIM AS 
FAR AS MOMENTUM GOES, AS FAR AS 
KEEPING ENTHUSIASM UP AMONG HIS 
SUPPORTERS.
>> LET'S GO TO MARCUS MOORE WHO 
IS IN TEXAS.
WE ARE GETTING REPORTS OF LONG 
LINES IN TEXAS AS WELL.
WHAT ARE YOU HEARING?
>> THAT'S RIGHT, GEORGE.
WE'VE HEARD THAT THERE HAVE BEEN
PEOPLE HERE IN TEXAS WHO HAVE 
WAITED SEVERAL HOURS JUST TO 
VOTE.
IN FACT, AS I SEE NOW THERE ARE 
ABOUT 100 PEOPLE WE UNDERSTAND 
FROM OUR LOCAL STATION IN 
HOUSTON STILL WAITING TO CAST 
THEIR VOTE IN HARRIS COUNTY IN 
HOUSTON WHICH IS A CRITICAL 
POINT IN THIS RACE FOR THE OTHER
PRIMARY HERE.
STILL ABOUT 100 PEOPLE WAITING 
AT TSU, TEXAS SOUTHERN 
UNIVERSITY, WHICH AS YOU KNOW 
WAS THE SITE OF ONE OF OUR 
DEBATES.
SO, CERTAINLY A KEY AREA HERE 
AND AN AREA THAT COULD BODE WELL
FOR JOE BIDEN AS WELL AS BERNIE 
SANDERS.
WE HAVE SEEN EVEN HERE IN DALLAS
THEY BOTH HAVE VERY STRONG 
FOLLOWINGS.
AND IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO 
SEE ONCE THOSE VOTES ARE COUNTED
WHAT DEVELOPS IN TERMS OF WHO 
COMES OUT IN THE LEAD AS THEY 
VIE FOR THE DELEGATES.
>> WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR VOTE 
IN TEXAS.
IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO BRING
IN THE CHIEF JUSTICE 
CORRESPONDENT PIERRE THOMAS.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'VE BEEN 
COVERING ARE CONCERNING ABOUT 
ELECTION INTERFERENCE, ALSO 
CONCERNS ABOUT BALLOT.
WE SEE LONG LINES TONIGHT BUT 
NOT TOO MANY REPORTS OF ANY KIND
OF INTERFERENCE.
>> THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS TONIGHT.
ALL OUR SOURCES FROM THE LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AND INTELLIGENCE 
COMMUNITY SAY NO MALICIOUS 
ACTIVITY OF NOTE.
AND NO REAL DISINFORMATION IN 
TERMS OF A SPIKE THAT THEY HAD 
BEEN LOOKING FOR.
THEY HAVE NOT SEEN IT TODAY.
>> SORT OF EXTRAORDINARY WARNING
THOUGH FROM INTELLIGENCE AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AHEAD OF 
THIS PRIMARY ABOUT THE 
POSSIBILITIES OF INTERFERENCE.
THAT'S GOING TO BE A DRUM BEAT 
WE HEAR ALL THROUGH THIS 
ELECTION.
>> YOU WILL, GEORGE.
YESTERDAY THE FBI, JUSTICE 
DEPARTMENT, SAID YOU MIGHT HAVE 
POTENTIAL FOR DISINFORMATION.
THEY WERE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR 
IT.
THEY DID NOT SEE IT.
A LOT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICIALS I TALKED TO SAID THEY 
DIDN'T REALLY EXPECT TO SEE THAT
MUCH IN THE SUPER TUESDAY 
PRIMARIES IN PART BECAUSE THEY 
DON'T THINK THAT THE FOREIGN 
PLAYERS WANT TO SHOW THEIR HAND 
JUST YET.
>> JUST YET ALTHOUGH WE HAVE 
SEEN EARLIER REPORTS OF RUSSIAN 
INTERFERENCE.
BOTH BERNIE SANDERS HAS BEEN 
BRIEFED AND THE PRESIDENT AS 
WELL.
>> THEY HAVE.
BUT THE LEVEL HAS BEEN PRETTY 
EVEN KEEL.
THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A SPIKE IN
THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE SUPER
PRIMARY TODAY.
THEY DID NOT SEE IT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT TOM
LLAMAS WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT, 
IN TEXAS IN PARTICULAR, THE 
NUMBER OF DECIDING IN THE LAST 
FEW DAYS IS LOWER THAN WHAT 
WE'VE SEEN IN A LOT OF THE OTHER
STATES.
WHEN YOU BRAENG DOWN OF THE 22% 
WHO DECIDED IN THE FINAL DAYS 
HERE, OVERWHELMINGLY WENT TO JOE
BIDEN.
HE MORE THAN DOUBLED BERNIE 
SANDERS ON THAT METRIC.
ELECTABILITY, BEATING DONALD 
TRUMP AGAIN.
THIS IS A SLIGHTLY LOWER NUMBER 
THAN WE'VE SEEN IN SOME OF THE 
OTHER STATES, STILL MORE THAN 
HALF, AND THE BREAKDOWN GOES TO 
JOE BIDEN.
MUCH CLOSER THAN OTHER STATES, 
39 TO 26.
IF JOE BIDEN IS GOING TO BUILD A
COALITION TO MOVE FORWARD AFTER 
TONIGHT AND OF COURSE WE SAW 
TEXAS AND CALIFORNIA OUT THERE.
BUT LOOK AT THIS.
BERNIE SANDERS -- AND WE KNOW 
THAT JOE BIDEN HAS DONE MUCH 
BETTER AMONG OLDER VOTERS.
BUT THIS POINTS OUT THAT JOE 
BIDEN STILL HAS A LOT OF WORK TO
DO AMONG YOUNG VOTERS.
>> THAT'S ONE OF THE STORIES OF 
THE WHOLE CAMPAIGN, BERNIE 
SANDERS SURPRISING STRENGTH 
AMONG YOUNG VOTERS.
HE KEEPS PROMISING THEY'RE GOING
TO COME OUT IN RECORD NUMBERS.
>> THAT'S WHY CALIFORNIA WOULD 
BE INTERESTING, IN PARTICULAR 
TEXAS AS WELL WHERE YOU HAVE THE
LARGE LATINO POPULATION BECAUSE 
THE AVERAGE MEDIAN AGE OF LATINO
ELIGIBLE VOTER IS 29.
SO, THEY TEND TO HAVE THE 
YOUNGER VOTERS.
SO, THOSE TWO STATES IN 
PARTICULAR ARE PAYING A LOT OF 
ATTENTION.
>> THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO 
LOOK AT FOR THE FALL AS WELL.
JOHN, YOU LOOK AT THE LATINO 
VOTE.
DONALD TRUMP DOES BETTER THAN 
YOU THINK.
>> BETTER THAN MITT ROMNEY DID.
I MEAN, IT'S REMARKABLE.
BUT LOOK, HE HAS NOT DONE 
ANYTHING TO COURT THE LATINO 
VOTE TO SAY THE LEAST.
HE'S DONE, YOU WOULD THINK, 
THINGS TO AGGRESSIVELY ALIENATE 
THE LATINO VOTE.
BUT WHERE HE PICKS UP MOMENTUM 
IS ON THE ECONOMY.
>> YEAH, IT WILL BE INTERESTING 
TO SEE ESPECIALLY AS DONALD 
TRUMP OFTEN RAMPS UP CERTAIN 
RHETORIC AS WE HEAD CLOSER TO AN
ELECTION DAY, IT'LL BE 
INTERESTING TO SEE IF HE HOLDS 
THAT SAME KIND OF SUPPORT WITH 
LATINO VOTERS.
ONE THING I CAN MENTION, AN 
INTERESTING TWEET COMING OUT 
FROM ILHAN OMAR, REPRESENTATIVE 
FROM MINNESOTA, ONE OF THE 
SQUAD, OF COURSE A PROGRESSIVE.
SHE CLEARLY IS NOT HAPPY I DON'T
THINK WITH THE WAY THE STATE 
WENT TONIGHT, GOING FOR JOE 
BIDEN.
SHE TWEETED IMAGINE IF THE 
PROGRESSIVES CONSOLIDATED LAST 
NIGHT LIKE THE MODERATES 
CONSOLIDATED.
WHO WOULD HAVE WON.
THAT IS A VERY CLEAR SHOT AT 
ELIZABETH WARREN.
>> AS I SAID, I THINK TOMORROW 
IS GOING TO BE A NEW DAY.
I THINK THE BERNIE CAMP IS 
PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE 
CONVERSATIONS HOPEFULLY WITH 
FOLKS ON WARREN'S CAMP AND I 
THINK FOLKS ON PROGRESSIVE 
ORGANIZATIONS ARE GOING TO HAVE 
IMPORTANT DECISIONS TO MAKE.
WE SAW THAT IN MASSACHUSETTS AND
PROBABLY MAINE AS WELL.
ONCE THE PROGRESSIVES 
CONSOLIDATE, WE COULD OVERTAKE 
JOE BIDEN GOING FORWARD.
>> LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT 
THE MAP RIGHT THERE.
222 DELEGATES SO FAR FOR JOE 
BIDEN, 208 FOR BERNIE SANDERS, 
ELIZABETH WARREN AND MICHAEL 
BLOOMBERG VERY FAR BEHIND RIGHT 
NOW.
AND OF COURSE WE STILL HAVE JUST
A FEW STATES LEFT ON THE MAP 
TONIGHT.
12 STATES HAVE BEEN CALLED.
THREE STATES LEFT.
MAINE, TEXAS, AND CALIFORNIA 
TONIGHT.
LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT MAINE
RIGHT NOW BECAUSE YOU HAVE MORE 
VOTE COMING IN.
75% OF THE VOTE, STILL TIED, 33 
TO 33, BERNIE SANDERS AND JOE 
BIDEN.
IF THIS ONE CAME IN FOR BIDEN IT
WOULD BE ANOTHER SURPRISE, 
ANOTHER UPSET.
>> THIS IS KIND OF PART OF 
BERNIE'S FIREWALL.
YOU HAVE TO WIN SOMEWHERE LIKE 
TEXAS.
IF YOU SEE THE EARLY VOTE, 
SANDERS DID VERY WELL IN THE 
EARLY VOTE BUT ELECTION NIGHT 
THE LOOKING TOUGHER FOR HIM.
THERE'S STILL PEOPLE VOTING 
THERE.
IT'S GOING TO BE VERY CLOSE.
>> AND SO FAR TONIGHT, 
MASSACHUSETTS AND MINNESOTA, THE
BIG SURPRISES, THEY'VE DONE WHAT
YOU'VE SEEN.
>> ONE WAY TO PUT THE QUESTION 
AROUND THE DEBATE IS THE PLACES 
BERNIE IS DOING WELL CAME IN 
BEFORE THE BIDEN SURGE.
THE SAME THING IN UTAH.
HE DID WELL EARLY ON IN 
CALIFORNIA.
SO, HE IS LUCKY THAT STATES HAVE
EARLY VOTING.
WITHOUT THAT, IT COULD BE A 
REALLY BIG BERNIE WIPEOUT 
TONIGHT.
>> THAT IS -- AND ONE OF THE 
QUESTIONS GOING FORWARD, RON -- 
WE ONLY HAVE 30 SECONDS HERE.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE CONTRAST IN 
TEMPERAMENT BETWEEN JOE BIDEN 
AND BERNIE SANDERS GOING 
FORWARD.
>> OH, I WOULD ALSO A 
PHENOMENAL.
JOE BIDEN IS GOING TO BE LOOKING
AT DONALD TRUMP AND BERNIE 
SANDERS IS GOING TO BE LOOKING 
AT JOE BIDEN AND THEY'RE NOT 
GOING TO BE TALKING IN THE SAME 
ARENA ABOUT THE SAME SUBJECT.
I THINK BIDEN HAS A REAL EFFORT 
HERE.
TAKE A LOOK.
TEXAS IS ONLY 5,000 VOTES AWAY, 
30 VOTES IN MAINE.
IT REALLY TELLS YOU WHAT 
HAPPENED BETWEEN THE ELECTION 
NIGHT VERSUS EARLY VOTES.
>> TIME TO TAKE ANOTHER BREAK.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
>>> THIS IS AN ABC NEWS ELECTION
UPDATE.
>> IT'S BEEN QUITE A NIGHT.
WELCOME BACK TO SUPER TUESDAY 
COVERAGE.
GEORGE AND OUR TEAM WILL BE 
RIGHT BACK IN MOMENTS.
LET'S GO TO DEVAN DWYER WHO'S 
BEEN TRACKING THE EXIT POLLING 
DATA TONIGHT AND LOOKING AT THE 
ISSUES VOTERS SAY THEY CARE THE 
MOST ABOUT.
STARTING WITH THE IT'S THE 
ECONOMY STUPID.
>> IT IS.
A LOT OF DEMOCRATS IN CALIFORNIA
WANT TO OVERHAUL THE ECONOMY, OF
COURSE CALIFORNIA ONE OF THE 
STATE WERS WAITING TO HEAR FROM 
TONIGHT.
LOOK AT THIS.
IN CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC VOTERS 
TEND TO BE A LITTLE MORE LIBERAL
THAN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY.
THEY FAVOR A COMPLETE OVERHAUL 
OF THE NATION'S ECONOMY BY 52%, 
JUST 38% SAY THEY NEED MINOR 
CHANGES.
IT GOES FROM THERE.
THESE ARE ALL VOTERS THAT 
SUPPORT BERNIE SANDERS.
THEY LIKE THINGS LIKE FREE 
COLLEGE TUITION.
THEY SUPPORT A PROGRAM FOR THAT.
HERE ARE THE NUMBERS THERE.
WIDESPREAD SUPPORT IN CALIFORNIA
FOR PUBLIC TUITION, 76%.
WE SAW SIMILAR SUPPORT FOR 
SINGLE PAYER HEALTH CARE IN 
CALIFORNIA.
BY THE SAME NUMBERS, LOOK AT 
THAT, 57%.
AND OF COURSE HEALTH CARE IN 
CALIFORNIA WAS THE TOP ISSUE ON 
THE VOTERS' MINDS TOPPING INCOME
INEQUALITY, EVEN RACE RELATIONS.
THAT IS BERNIE SANDERS' BREAD 
AND BUTTER.
THAT'S WHY WE EXPECT HIM TO 
CLEAN UP TONIGHT, 400 DELEGATES 
ON THE LINE IN CALIFORNIA.
THE CLOSER RACE IN TEXAS.
HEALTH CARE IS A TOP ISSUE 
THERE, BUT IT'S MUCH CLOSER WITH
JOE BIDEN IN TEXAS BECAUSE A LOT
OF SKEPTICISM IN TEXAS TO 
MEDICARE FOR ALL.
>> THOSE ARE THE TWO STATES 
WE'RE LOOKING AT, TEXAS AND 
CALIFORNIA.
THANKS SO MUCH, DEVAN.
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>>> LIVE FROM NEW YORK CITY AND 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THIS IS 
SUPER TUESDAY.
NOW REPORTING, CHIEF ANCHOR 
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS.
>> AND WELCOME BACK TO OUR 
COVERAGE OF SUPER TUESDAY 2020, 
MIDNIGHT IN THE EAST, 9:00 P.M. 
IN THE WEST.
AND THERE YOU SEE THE DELEGATES 
WON SO FAR IN THIS PRIMARY 
CAMPAIGN.
JOE BIDEN IN THE LEAD RIGHT NOW.
222 DELEGATES.
HE'S WON EIGHT STATES TONIGHT 
PLUS SOUTH CAROLINA FOR NINE 
TOTAL.
BERNIE SANDERS RIGHT BEHIND WITH
208 DELEGATES.
FIVE STATES WON OVERALL.
TRAILING, ELIZABETH WARREN AND 
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG.
LET'S ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT THE 
STATES PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS WON 
TONIGHT.
IT'S BEEN A CLEAN SWEEP FOR HIM.
YOU SEE THE RED.
HE BASICALLY DOES NOT HAVE ANY 
OPPOSITION LEFT.
HE HAS WON EVERY PRIMARY TONIGHT
AND ALL THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
WE HAVE THREE STATES STILL 
OUTSTANDING TONIGHT ON THE 
DEMOCRATIC SIDE.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THEM.
OF COURSE THE BIG ONE IS THE 
STATE OF CALIFORNIA WHERE WE 
STILL SEE LINES GROWING TONIGHT 
IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
24% OF THE VOTE HAS COME IN.
BERNIE SANDERS IS LEADING OVER 
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG AND JOE BIDEN.
YOU SEE MANY STILL WAITING TO 
VOTE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
THE STATE OF MAINE STILL 
OUTSTANDING RIGHT NOW.
AND LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
THE STATE OF MAINE COMING UP.
80% OF THE VOTE.
A TIE BETWEEN JOE BIDEN AND 
BERNIE SANDERS.
ALSO INCREASINGLY CLOSE IN THE 
BIG STATE OF TEXAS.
THE SECOND BIGGEST PRIZE.
THERE YOU SEE IT.
29 FOR JOE BIDEN, 29 FOR BERNIE 
SANDERS.
TOM LLAMAS, THIS ONE IS RAZOR, 
RAZOR THIN.
?
THIS ONE IS SO CLOSE.
I WANT THOUGH YOU A COUPLE 
THINGS.
WE HAVE HARRIS COUNTY, HOUSTON 
IN.
JOE BIDEN HAS ABOUT AN 
8,000-VOTE LEAD HERE.
PP IN DALLAS HE HAS ABOUT A 
10,000-VOTE LEAD.
BUT THE BIGGER NOTE AT THIS HOUR
IS SAN ANTONIO, FAIR COUNTY.
WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT IT 
LOOKS LIKE IN SAN ANTONIO.
THAT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 10% OF 
THE VOTE WE THINK.
60% OF SAN ANTONIANS ARE 
HISPANIC.
THAT COULD BE GOOD NEWS FOR 
BERNIE SANDERS.
BUT THIS RACE IS GETTING CLOSER 
AND CLOSER.
I'M SURE MATT DOWD COULD TALK 
ABOUT TEXAS BETTER THAN I CAN.
BUT YOU'RE SEEING A LOT OF 
GREEN, THE SMALL COUNTIES AND 
JOE BIDEN WINNING THE CITIES AS 
WELL.
THAT'S A GOOD SIGN FOR HIM.
YOU SEE MICHAEL BLOOMBERG 
BREAKING THE 15% THRESHOLD.
THIS COULD BE JOE BIDEN'S NIGHT 
IF BLOOMBERG WASN'T IN THE RACE,
BUT HE IS AND HE MAY GET 
DELEGATES OUT OF TEXAS.
BUT IT'S REALLY, REALLY CLOSE 
AND IF IT STAYS THIS CLOSE YOU 
KNOW THEY'LL END UP SPLITTING 
THOSE DELEGATES AND THEN THE 
RACE MOVES TO CALIFORNIA.
>> TALK ABOUT TEXAS.
>> TO ME THE FASCINATING THING 
ABOUT TEXAS AND AND THE REASON I
THINK IT'S SO CLOSE IS BECAUSE 
PART OF TEXAS IS LIKE 
MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA AND 
SOUTH CAROLINA.
THE EAST PART OF TEXAS.
THE OTHER PART OF TEXAS IS LIKE 
COLORADO AND UTAH.
IT'S LIKE A WESTERN STATE AND A 
SOUTHERN STATE.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THESE URBAN 
CORES, A HUGE LATINO POPULATION,
20% OF THE VOTE THAT CAME IN 
FROM OUR TWO POLLS WAS 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN.
IT'S SPLITTING ON ALL THESE 
DIVIDES.
WHICH IS WHY IT'S SO CLOSE.
I THINK WE COULD BE LATE INTO 
THE MORNING BEFORE WE KNOW THE 
ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION.
>> TALK ABOUT THAT DIVERSITY.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
TEXAS IS A HUGELY DIVERSE STATE,
MUCH LIKE CALIFORNIA.
AND WE TALK ABOUT THE SOUTH.
THE WEST, EL PASO ALL THE WAY 
DOWN TO BROWNSVILLE.
AND THAT INCLUDES THE MAJOR CITY
OF SAN ANTONIO.
A LARGE HISPANIC POPULATION 
THERE.
AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE 
CHANGING DEMOGRAPHIC HERE IN 
TEXAS WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE 
SPANISH SPEAKERS WHO ARE PART OF
THIS MASSIVE NEW POPULATION, NEW
VOTING POPULATION HERE IN TEXAS.
AND AS YOU ALL HAVE MENTIONED 
TONIGHT A MAJORITY OF THEM YOUNG
VOTERS WHO GRAVITATE TOWARD 
SANDERS AS WE'VE SEEN IN A 
NUMBER OF THESE POLLS.
WE CANNOT, GEORGE, FORGET ABOUT 
THE FACT THAT BETO O'ROURKE IS A
HUGE FACTOR HERE AND HIM COMING 
OUT IN SUPPORT OF JOE BIDEN LAST
NIGHT WAS HUGE FOR HIM 
POTENTIALLY.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THESE 
COUNTIES IN THE SOUTHWESTERN 
PART OF THE STATE.
AND OF COURSE AS WE MENTIONED 
EARLIER THIS EVENING ABOUT HOW 
THERE ARE STILL SO MANY PEOPLE 
AND A NUMBER OF POLLING STATIONS
IN HOUSTON THAT THEY ARE STILL 
WAITING TO CAST THEIR BALLOT.
AND OF COURSE THAT ALSO COULD 
BODE VERY WELL FOR JOE BIDEN AS 
HE LOOKS TO CLAIM THOSE 
DELEGATES FROM TEXAS TONIGHT.
>> EVA PILGRIM, YOU'RE WITH THE 
BIDEN CAMPAIGN.
PERHAPS THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN SAW 
THIS COMING WHICH IS WHY THEY 
DECIDED TO MAKE THEIR CLOSING 
NIGHT IN DALLAS.
THAT'S WHERE THEY WANTED TO GET 
ALL THESE BIG ENDORSEMENTS.
>> JUST EARLIER TODAY, GEORGE, 
JOE BIDEN HIMSELF SAID HE 
DOESN'T LIKE TO PLAY PUNDIT BUT 
HE DID SAY HE THOUGHT THAT HE 
COULD POSSIBLY WIN TEXAS.
THEY HAD SOME OF THEIR OWN 
INTERNAL INFORMATION THAT MADE 
THEM THINK THAT WAS A 
POSSIBILITY FOR THEM AND 
SOMETHING POSITIVE COULD COME 
FROM THE NIGHT.
LET'S ALSO NOT FORGET WHAT 
HAPPENED JUST LESS THAN 24 HOURS
AGO.
HE HELD THIS MASSIVE EVENT 
THERE.
THOSE HUGE ENDORSEMENTS ALL ON A
STAGE IN DALLAS, TEXAS.
THE CROWD CHEERING.
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LINED UP, 
THAT'S THE LONGEST LINE I'VE 
SEEN GOING INTO A JOE BIDEN 
EVENT YET.
THEY WERE LINED UP SEVERAL 
BLOCKS, WAITING TO GET IN.
AND THE AREA THEY HAD ROPED OFF 
FOR THOSE PEOPLE, THERE WASN'T 
EVEN ENOUGH SPACE.
THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO PUSH THE 
OTHER AREA BACK SO THEY COULD 
SQUEEZE MORE PEOPLE INTO THE 
ROOM LAST NIGHT.
SO THEY COULD BE THERE TO 
WITNESS THAT SPECIAL MOMENT WITH
AMY KLOBUCHAR AND BETO O'ROURKE 
THERE.
AND PEOPLE WERE ALL TALKING 
ABOUT PETE BUTTIGIEG ENDORSING 
HIM.
DEFINITELY THE MOMENTUM BEING 
TALKED ABOUT ON THE GROUND THERE
IN TEXAS.
AND I WANT TO POINT BACK TO WHAT
HIS CAMPAIGN ADVISERS TOLD US 
EARLIER TODAY.
KNOW WHERE YOUR DELEGATES ARE.
THEY HAVE NOT HAD THE MONEY, 
THEY HAVE HAD NOT THE GROUND 
GAME, BUT THEY WERE VERY 
SPECIFIC ABOUT WHERE THEY WENT 
IN TEXAS AND IN CALIFORNIA IN 
HOPES OF PICKING UP THOSE 
DELEGATES.
>> OKAY, EVA.
THE BLOOMBERG CAMPAIGN IN 
FLORIDA.
THAT'S TWO WEEKS FROM NOW.
WE'LL SEE IF BLOOMBERG IS STILL 
IN THE CAMPAIGN RIGHT NOW.
BUT THEY DID SPEND A LOT OF TIME
IN TEXAS.
>> OH, GEORGE, THEY SPENT A TON 
OF ANYTIME TTEXAS.
19 OFFICE AS CROSS THE STATE, 
158 STAFFERS.
THIS WAS A HUGELY IMPORTANT 
STATE FOR HIM THEY REALLY HAD 
THEIR EYES ON, BUT AGAIN WE 
HEARD MICHAEL BLOOMBERG COMING 
IN TODAY DOWNPLAYING 
EXPECTATIONS SAYING HE WASN'T 
EXPECTING TO WIN STATES, HE WAS 
HOPING TO WIN DELEGATES.
LOOKING AHEAD TO A CONTESTED 
CONVENTION.
HE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY IN TEXAS
ON ADS.
ALL OF THE SUPER TUESDAY STATES 
FRANKLY.
BUT REALLY HE WAS FOCUSED ON 
THOSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, SPANISH 
LANGUAGE ADS, HOPING TO TAP INTO
THE LATINO VOTE.
AND I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, 
GEORGE, COMING INTO TONIGHT 
THERE WERE CONCERNS AMONG VOTERS
OF COLOR, PARTICULARLY 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS, WHICH 
IS A HUGE POPULATION IN PARTS OF
TEXAS AS WELL, OVER HIS STOP AND
FRISK POLICY WHICH HE ENDED UP 
APOLOGIZING FOR BEFORE HE 
LAUNCHED HIS CAMPAIGN.
BUT HE NEW COMING IN AND THE 
CAMPAIGN FRANKLY KNEW COMING IN 
THIS WAS GOING TO BE A HUGE 
HURDLE HE WOULD HAVE TO GET 
OVER, WINNING OVER VOTERS OF 
COLOR.
AND IT APPEARS THEY DID NOT DO 
VERY WELL TONIGHT.
>> CECILIA, THANK YOU.
THE CAMPAIGN SAYING THE 
BLOOMBERG CAMPAIGN IS GOING TO 
REASSESS TOMORROW.
BUT THE MAYOR HIMSELF STRUCK AN 
UPBEAT NOTE EARLIER THIS 
EVENING.
>> I CAME HERE BECAUSE WINNING 
IN NOVEMBER STARTS WITH FLORIDA.
AND IF I'M THE NOMINEE, LET ME 
MAKE YOU THIS PROMISE.
WE WILL BEAT DONALD TRUMP HERE 
IN FLORIDA AND SWING STATES 
AROUND THE COUNTRY.
NOW, TONIGHT THE POLLS ARE STILL
OPEN IN A NUMBER OF SUPER 
TUESDAY STATES.
AND AS THE RESULTS COME IN, 
HERE'S WHAT IS CLEAR.
NO MATTER HOW MANY DELEGATES WE 
WIN TONIGHT, WE HAVE DONE 
SOMETHING ELSE NO ONE ELSE 
THOUGHT WAS POSSIBLE.
IN JUST THREE MONTHS WE'VE GONE 
FROM 1% OF THE POLLS TO BEING A 
CONTENDER FOR THE DEMOCRATIC 
NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
ENTHUSIASM THEY DON'T LACK.
ALL ACROSS AMERICA I'VE BEEN 
TALKING WITH VOTERS.
AND MY MESSAGE IS SIMPLE.
I AM RUNNING TO BEAT DONALD 
TRUMP.
AND TO START REBUILDING OUR 
COUNTRY AND TO START GETTING 
THINGS DONE.
AND I MEAN BIG IMPORTANT THINGS.
LIKE STOPPING GUN VIOLENCE.
AND FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND FINALLY ACHIEVING AFFORDABLE
HEALTH COVERAGE FOR ALL 
AMERICANS.
THIS IS A CAMPAIGN FOR CHANGE.
A CAMPAIGN FOR SANITY.
FOR HONESTY.
A CAMPAIGN FOR INCLUSION, 
COMPASSION, COMPETENCE, AND A 
CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN DECENCY.
AND THIS IS A CAMPAIGN TO BRING 
OUR COUNTRY BACK TOGETHER AND 
PUT THE UNITED BACK IN THE 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
>> MICHAEL BLOOMBERG EARLIER 
THIS EVENING.
SO FAR TONIGHT HE HAS ONLY EIGHT
DELEGATES WON.
LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE 
HE WILL GAT TOTALS SO FAR COMING
IN.
YOU SEE JOE BIDEN.
228 DELEGATES RIGHT NOW.
BERNIE SANDERS, 213.
ELIZABETH WARREN AT 13.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG AT 8.
THREE STATES OUTSTANDING.
LET'S START WITH THE STATE OF 
MAINE, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S 
COMING IN FROM THE STATE OF 
MAINE.
84% OF THE VOTE IS NOW IN.
VERY, VERY CLOSE.
34% FOR JOE BIDEN.
33% FOR BERNIE SANDERS.
AND DAVID MUIR, YOU'RE SEEING 
THAT REFLECTED IN THE POLLS AS 
WELL.
>> YEAH, THAT'S SPLIT, 34, 33%.
AND WHEN YOU GO TO MAINE 
ELECTABILITY, PRIORITY TO BEAT 
DONALD TRUMP.
66% SAY THEY WANT A CANDIDATE 
WHO CAN BEAT TRUMP.
JOE BIDEN WINS THAT BY 11 POINTS
THERE.
NOW, WHEN YOU BREAK IT DOWN TO 
HEALTH CARE, WE KNOW THAT'S BEEN
THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE IN SEVERAL 
OF THE STATES WHERE WE'VE SEEN 
THE EXIT POLLING REFLECTED 
TONIGHT.
IT'S INTERESTING.
IN MAINE THEY WANT TO REPLACE 
PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE WITH A 
SINGLE GOVERNMENT PLAN.
71% OF THE VOTERS TODAY SUPPORT 
THAT IDEA.
AND OF THOSE VOTERS 
OVERWHELMINGLY WENT WITH BERNIE 
SANDERS.
ELECTABILITY WENT WITH JOE BIDEN
BUT ON THE ISSUE THAT'S MOST 
IMPORTANT TO THE DEMOCRATS IN 
THAT STATE, HEALTH CARE, THEY 
TURNED TO BERNIE SANDERS.
>> IN THE STATE OF MAINE.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE STATE 
OF CALIFORNIA.
PEOPLE STILL TRYING TO VOTE IN 
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
ABOUT 25% OF THE VOTE HAS BEEN 
REPORTED SO FAR AND YOU SEE 
BERNIE SANDERS THERE LEADING 
OVER MIKE BLOOMBERG AND JOE 
BIDEN.
THEY'RE STILL VOTING.
AND TOM LLAMAS, LET'S TAKE A 
DEEPER DIVE.
>> IT'S STILL REALLY EARLY IN 
THE NIGHT FOR CALIFORNIA BUT I 
DO WANT TO SHOW YOU A TRENT 
WE'RE NOTICING RIGHT NOW.
LET'S GO FROM THE SOUTH UP TO 
THE NORTH.
SAN DIEGO MICHAEL BLOOMBERG IN 
SECOND PLACE.
LOS ANGELES RIGHT NOW EARLY IN 
THE NIGHT BUT MICHAEL BLOOMBERG 
IN SECOND PLACE.
SAN JOSE SAME THING.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG IN SECOND 
PLACE.
AND SACRAMENTO WITH 96 OF 
SACRAMENTO, THAT COUNTY 
REPORTING, MICHAEL BLOOMBERG IS 
IN SECOND PLACE.
THIS IS GOING TO HAVE A HUGE 
EFFECT ON JOE BIDEN.
HE'S CLEARLY PAST THE 15% 
THRESHOLD.
NOW THE CONVERSATION GOES TO JOE
BIDEN.
WILL HE BREAK THAT 15% THRESHOLD
IN CALIFORNIA?
SO MANY DELEGATES AT STAKE.
THIS COULD BE A HUGE, HUGE NIGHT
FOR BERNIE SANDERS.
GEORGE, HE'S DOING REALLY WELL 
ALONG THE CENTRAL VALLEY IN THE 
MIDDLE OF THE STATE.
HE'S ALSO DOING WELL IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA.
RIGHT NOW CALIFORNIA'S LOOKING 
PRETTY GOOD FOR BERNIE BUT IT'S 
REALLY, REALLY EARLY.
>> TOM LLAMAS, THANKS VERY MUCH.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER 
BREAK.
>>> THIS IS AN ABC NEWS ELECTION
UPDATE.
>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME BACK
TO ABC NEWS COVERAGE OF 
TONIGHT'S MOMENTOUS SUPER 
TUESDAY.
I'M JUJU CHANG.
FIRST LET'S GO THROUGH SOME OF 
THE REMAINING STATES THAT ARE 
STILL OUT.
MAINE BEING ONE OF THEM.
YOU SEE THAT JOE BIDEN'S TAKEN A
BIT OF A LEAD WITH 85% OF VOTES 
EXPECTED ALREADY REPORTING.
THIS IS A BIT OF A SURPRISE.
IF JOE BIDEN PULLS IT OUT IT 
WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WAS 
TOTALLY UNEXPECTED A WEEK AGO.
IF WE TAKE A LOOK AT TEXAS, THE 
SECOND MOST DELEGATE-RICH STATE 
ON THE DOCKET TONIGHT, JOE BIDEN
SEEMS TO HAVE TAKEN A LITTLE BIT
OF A LEAD WITH 59% OF THE VOTES 
IN.
AND FROM TEXAS, AN INCREDIBLY 
CRUCIAL STATE, WE'RE GOING TO GO
TO MARCUS MOORE WHO'S AT A WATCH
PARTY IN DALLAS, TEXAS EARLIER.
MARCUS, GIVE ME THE SENSE YOU 
HAVE OBVIOUSLY THE HISPANICS AND
THE YOUNG VOTE TURNING OUT FOR 
BERNIE AND YET ON THE OTHER HAND
THIS ENDORSEMENT JUGGERNAUT LED 
BY NATIVE SON BETTO O'ROURKE.
>> THAT WAS HUGE FOR JOE BIDEN.
THAT HAPPENING LAST NIGHT HERE 
IN DALLAS.
AND YOU ALSO HAD PETE BUTTIGIEG 
AND ALSO AMY KLOBUCHAR LENDING 
THEIR SUPPORT TO JOE BIDEN IN 
THIS RACE.
IT CERTAINLY WAS A SURPRISE FOR 
A LOT OF PEOPLE I MET TONIGHT.
WE WERE AT THE WATCH PARTY HERE 
IN DALLAS AS THESE VOTES WERE 
COMING IN.
AND CERTAINLY NOW THEY ARE 
WATCHING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
AS I SPEAK TO YOU NOW, THERE ARE
STILL DOZENS OF PEOPLE I 
UNDERSTAND WAITING TO CAST THEIR
BALLOTS NOT ONLY HERE IN DALLAS 
BUT ALSO SEVERAL HOURS TO THE 
SOUTH IN HOUSTON.
HARRIS COUNTY AT THE TSU, TEXAS 
SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, 
JUST MOMENTS AGO THERE WERE 
ABOUT 100 PEOPLE STILL WAITING 
TO VOTE THERE.
AND TSU ALSO THE PLACE WHERE YOU
HOSTED A DEBATE.
COULD BE A HUGE PLACE FOR JOE 
BIDEN IF HE GETS THE DELEGATES.
>> MARCUS MOORE, THANKS FOR THAT
UPDATE.
KEEP WITH US AT ABC NEWS LIVE.
WE'RE HEADING BACK TO GEORGE AND
THE GANG ON SUPER TUESDAY.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO OUR COVERAGE
OF SUPER TUESDAY 2020.
THERE YOU SEE THE DELEGATES 
TALLY SO FAR.
JOE BIDEN 228, BERNIE SANDERS 
213.
VERY CLOSE RIGHT NOW.
NINE STATES WON BY JOE BIDEN, 
FIVE FOR BERNIE SANDERS.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT 
THE LINES STILL AT TEXAS 
SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY THERE, WHERE
WE HAD OUR DEBATE THERE BACK IN 
SEPTEMBER.
AND YOU SEE PEOPLE STILL TRYING 
TO VOTE THREE HOURS AFTER THE 
POLLS WERE SUPPOSED TO CLOSE 
THERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
AND LET'S TAKE A LOOK AUGHT HOW 
CLOSE IT IS IN THAT STATE.
LOOK AT THAT.
59% OF THE VOTE HAS BEEN 
REPORTED AND JOE BIDEN PULLING 
AHEAD THERE OF BERNIE SANDERS IN
THE STATE OF TEXAS.
TOM LLAMAS, LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
>> THE BIGGEST DEVELOPMENT WE'VE
SEEN IS WHAT HAPPENED IN FORT 
WORTH TARRANT COUNTY.
ALL NIGHT BERNIE SANDERS HAS 
BEEN TOP HERE.
BUT LOOK AT, THIS THE 
SEPARATION, IT'S ABOUT 50 VOTES.
SO IF BIDEN KEEPS PICKING UP 
VOTES THERE HE COULD PICK UP A 
WIN IN TARRANT COUNTY.
THAT COULD GIVE HIM WINS IN 
TARRANT, DALLAS, AND HOUSTON.
HARRIS COUNTY AS WELL.
A REMINDER IN HOUSTON AND DALLAS
THERE ARE MORE HIPANICS AND 
AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN THOSE 
CITIES.
I DON'T HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF WHO 
VOTED TONIGHT BUT JUST A 
REMINDER AS WE GO FORWARD, THE 
BIGGER NUMBER, AND THIS COULD BE
THE DIFFERENCE FOR BERNIE 
SANDERS, IS SAN ANTONIO.
60% HISPANIC.
THE VOTE IN BEXAR COUNTY IS 
STILL OUT.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY DATA YET.
AS WE COME BACK TO TEXAS WE'LL 
SEE MORE AND MORE GREEN ON THE 
MAP.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG SPENT NORTH OF
$50 MILLION.
HE HAS BROKEN THAT 15% 
THRESHOLD.
WE'RE STILL WAITING ON 40% OF 
THE VOTE HERE IN TEXAS.
BUT IT'S GETTING CLOSER AND 
CLOSER.
BUT AS WE COME BACK TO TEXAS THE
TREND IS LOOKING A LITTLE BIT 
BETTER FOR BIDEN BUT IT'S VERY 
SMALL, GEORGE.
TOO EARLY.
AND I WANT TO BRING NATE SILVER 
IN ON THIS BECAUSE YOUR MODEL 
STARTED TO PICK THIS UP 
YESTERDAY AND THE DAY BEFORE.
A FEW POLLS THAT WERE COMING IN 
IN SOUTH CAROLINA SHOWING BIDEN 
RISING.
IT SEEMED TO RISE THROUGHOUT THE
DAY TODAY.
HE SEEMS TO HAVE OUTPERFORMED 
HIS POLLING IN JUST ABOUT EVERY 
STATE.
>> YEAH, HE HAS.
EXCEPT THE STATES WITH A LOT OF 
EARLY VOTE.
AND TEXAS HAS SOME EARLY VOTE.
BUT YOU SEE OVER THE COURSE OF 
THE NIGHT WE'VE GONE FROM BERNIE
BEING AHEAD FIVE INITIALLY NOW 
TO BIDEN UP ONE OR TWO POINTS IN
THE CURRENT COUNT.
THERE ARE COUNTIES WHERE BERNIE 
SHOULD DO WELL.
FOR EXAMPLE, STHOENT.
SAN ANTONIO.
BUT THAT'S THE STORY.
THE LATE VOTE WENT 
OVERWHELMINGLY FOR BIDEN IN 
EVERY STATE.
IF IT WAS ALL LATE VOTE LIKE 
VIRGINIA BIDEN WINS BY 30.
IN TEXAS LOOKS LIKE HE MIGHT GET
TO THE FINISH LINE.
IN CALIFORNIA WE'LL SEE.
PROBABLY GOING TO LOSE BY SOME 
MARGIN.
BUT TIMING IS EVERYTHING IS KIND
OF MY THEME OF TONIGHT.
>> AND RICK KLEIN, WE'VE SEEN 
JOE BIDEN TALK ABOUT IT, WE SAW 
TOM PEREZ TALK ABOUT IT, WE SAW 
BERNIE SANDERS TALK ABOUT IT, 
DEMOCRATIC TURNOUT.
>> IT'S A BIG STORY.
IT GOT OFF TO A BAD START IN 
IOWA, TURNOUT SEEMED TO BE DOWN 
BUT SINCE THEN IT SEEMS TO BE 
UP.
WE'VE SEEN IN VIRGINIA THEY'RE 
ON TRACK TO BASICALLY DOUBLE 
TURNOUT FROM ANY RECORD THEY'VE 
HAD IN THE PAST MAINLY BECAUSE 
THERE'S NO REPUBLICAN PRIMARY IN
THAT STATE.
BIG, BIG TURNOUT.
WE SAW IT IN THE EARLY VOTE IN 
TEXAS THEY'RE GOING TO SET 
RECORDS THERE.
CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN FORECASTING 
RECORDS AS WELL.
WE LOOK AT THE BIGGEST STATES ON
THE MAP AND SOME OF THE BIGGEST 
BATTLEGROUNDS, DEMOCRATS ARE 
GOING TO FEEL GOOD ABOUT GETTING
PEOPLE OUT, GETTING EEM 
ENERGIZED, GETTING PEOPLE 
EXCITED.
I THINK HALF A DOZEN OR MORE 
STATES ARE GOING TO HAVE RECORDS
BY THE END OF THE NIGHT.
>> ONE OF THE IRONIES IS THE 
STATES WHERE THE DEMOCRATS SPENT
THE MOST TIME, IOWA, DID NOT SEE
THAT HUGE TURNOUT.
>> DID NOT SEE THE HUGE TURNOUT.
AND ALSO DIDN'T SEE THE HUGE 
TURNOUT ON THIS RACE.
MAYOR PETE BUTTIGIEG, HE'S NO 
LONGER AROUND.
IOWA, NEW HAMPSHIRE DID NOT PLAY
THE ROLES.
THREE TICKETS OUT OF IOWA, MAYBE
TWO TICKETS OUT OF NEW 
HAMPSHIRE.
WHERE DID BIDEN FINISH?
BIDEN WAS NOWHERE IN EITHER 
STATE.
>> IF BIDEN ENDS UP GETTING THE 
NOMINATION, HE'D BE THE FIRST TO
DO IT WITH THOSE KINDS OF 
FINISHES AT THE BEGINNING.
RAHM EMANUEL.
>> IT WOULD BE A HERETICAL IDEA 
FOR DEMOCRATS, WHICH WAS THE 
TURNOUT IN PRIMARIES NOT GOOD 
WHEN THE IMPEACHMENT PROCESS WAS
GOING ON.
IT'S LIFTED BACK UP AGAIN GOING 
BACK TO WHERE IT WAS IN 2018, 
2019.
I THINK THE IMPEACHMENT, WHILE 
APPROPRIATE FROM A LEGAL, 
CONSTITUTIONAL, POLITICALLY YOU 
LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN IOWA 
AND NEW HAMPSHIRE IT WAS A 
DEPRESSANT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET
WHAT WE WANTED FROM THE RESULTS.
>> WE WERE SAYING ALL ALONG -- 
>> DO ME A FAVOR, DON'T AGREE 
WITH ME.
>> TAKE THE OTHER SIDE.
>> RAHM IS WRONG.
RAHM IS WRONG.
BUT IMPEACHMENT DID DEPRESS 
ATTENTION TO THE DEMOCRATIC 
PROCESS IN THE PRIMARY PROCESS.
PEOPLE WERE NOT PAYING ATTENTION
TO THAT.
THEY WERE PAYING ATTENTION TO 
IMPEACHMENT.
AND IN THE END, IN THE END 
BECAUSE ALL ALONG EVERYONE KNEW 
HE WASN'T GOING TO BE CONVICTED 
BY THE SENATE, IT WAS A DUMB 
POLITICAL MOVE BY NANCY PELOSI.
SHE GOT MUSCLED BY A BUNCH OF 
AMATEURS IN THE HOUSE.
THE SQUAD AND THESE NEWLY 
ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE WHO
ARE AMATEURS.
AND THE PRO ALLOWED THE AMATEURS
TO MESS WITH IT.
>> WE'RE SEEING BIG HEAD SHAKES.
>> SOMETIMES YOU'VE JUST GOT TO 
DOT RIGHT THING.
IMAGINE THIS PRESIDENT BEING 
ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH EVERYTHING
CAN HE'S DONE UNCHECKED.
AND I DO THINK AFTER THE 
IMPEACHMENT VOTE HE USED A LOT 
OF HIS ENERGY TOO.
WE WERE LUCKY TO HAVE HIM FOCUS 
ON THAT AND NOT DOING BAD 
THINGS.
I THINK THE BIG MESSAGE OF THIS 
ELECTION IS A FEAR FACTOR.
WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF PEOPLE 
REACT TO FEAR.
WHO YOU THINK CAN BEAT TRUMP.
THOSE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE FEARFUL
OF ANOTHER ELECTION.
THEY'RE NOT VOTING WITH THEIR 
HEART.
THEY'RE NOT VOTING BASED ON WHAT
THEY BELIEVE ON ISSUES.
THEY'RE VOTING BASED ON FEAR.
THAT'S WHERE WE GET INTO THIS 
ELECTABILITY ARGUMENT, WHO DO WE
THINK IS BEST POSITIONED.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S A GOOD 
POSITION FOR US GOING INTO 
NOVEMBER.
I THINK IT MAKES MORE SENSE FOR 
PEOPLE TO RALLY BEHIND THE 
PERSON THEY THINK IS WITH THEM 
ON THE ISSUES WHO CAN INSPIRE 
CHANGE.
AND WE'LL SEE HOW IT TURNS OUT.
ZBLVG YOUR ORGANIZATION HAS 
ENDORSED BERNIE SANDERS.
>> IF WE JUST LOOK AT THE DATA, 
IMPEACHMENT DIDN'T HURT THE 
DEMOCRATS VIS-A-VIS DONALD TRUMP
OR THE BALLOT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE DATA TODAY, 
AND THIS IS WHAT I THINK THE 
PRESIDENT AND HIS TEAM 
UNDERSTAND, WHICH IS WHY I THINK
HE'S TRYING TO PLAY IN THE 
PRIMARY.
THE DATA TODAY SEES A 43% 
APPROVAL RATING.
EXACTLY WHERE HE WAS WHEN HE 
LOST A HISTORIC MIDTERM.
THE DEMOCRATS ARE A SEVEN-POINT 
ADVANTAGE ON GENERIC BALLOT.
EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS WHEN THE 
REPUBLICANS LOST A HISTORIC 
MIDTERM.
TO ALL OF THE IMPEACHMENT AND 
ALL OF THE PROCESS I THINK THE 
PRESIDENT UNDERSTANDS 
FUNDAMENTALLY THAT HE WANTS 
SOMEBODY THAT'S FLAWED TO RUN 
AGAINST BECAUSE THE GENERIC 
NUMBERS THAT ARE IN PLACE TODAY 
TELL US RIGHT NOW THAT THIS 
COULD BE A REPEAT OF THE 2018 
MIDTERM.
>> HEIDI HEITKAMP.
>> THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT 
ARE A FACTOR HERE.
ONE IS THE CORONAVIRUS.
IT WAS SIX YEARS AGO WE LOST ON 
EBOLA.
PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IT, WE LOST
A LOT OF SENATE RACES BECAUSE 
THE REPUBLICANS WERE ABLE TO 
PERSUADE THE VOTERS THAT HEY, 
THE DEMOCRATS CAN'T REALLY 
MANAGE A PAN DEMMIC AND YOU'RE 
GOING TO GET IT AND YOU NEED 
ADULTS IN THE ROOM.
NOW WE'VE GOT THE CORONAVIRUS.
PLUS IT IS GIVING A HUGE HIT TO 
THE ECONOMY.
SO TRUMP'S MAJOR ARGUMENT COULD 
IN FACT EVAPORATE IN THE NEXT 
FOUR MONTHS.
>> I WONDER WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT 
THE ECONOMY, I WONDER ABOUT THE 
WORLD ECONOMY, IF THE CHINESE 
ECONOMY CONTINUES TO TANK AND 
THEY CAN'T PURCHASE AS MUCH 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURE AS THEY 
PROMISED IN THE TRADE 
AGLEERNLTHS COULD HAVE AN IMPACT
AS WELL.
>> WHICH IS A POINT I WANT TO 
MAKE, WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE THE
GREEN IS, YOU LOOK AT THE 
POCKETS OF BLUE, LET ME TELL 
YOU, BIDEN'S DOING BETTER IN 
RURAL AMERICA.
>> ANOTHER BREAK IS COMING UP.
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO LOCAL NEWS 
IN MANY OF OUR STATIONS AND 
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
>>> THIS IS AN ABC NEWS ELECTION
UPDATE.
>> AND WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS 
SUPER TUESDAY COVERAGE.
I'M JUJU CHANG.
GEORGE AND OUR TEAM WILL BE BACK
IN MOMENTS.
BUT FIRST LET'S BRING IN OUR ABC
NEWS POLITICAL DIRECTOR, MY 
FRIEND RICK KLEIN.
THERE'S SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT, 
RICK, BUT LET'S LOOK AT THE 
DELEGATE MAP.
THE NUMBERS ARE PRETTY STARK.
THIS IS NOT THE WAY YOU SAW THIS
PLAYING OUT TONIGHT.
>> THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 
BERNIE SANDERS' BIG NIGHT.
IT'S THE OPPOSITE.
IT'S JOE BIDEN'S BIG NIGHT.
LOOK AT THAT.
A 15-DELEGATE LEAD HE'S SITTING 
ON RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S NOT OVERWHELMING.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS MAP THAT 
HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR BERNIE 
SANDERS, PEOPLE WERE TALKING 
ABOUT A 200, 300-DELEGATE RANG, 
IT'S VERY POSSIBLE JOE BIDEN HAS
A NUMERIC LEAD AT THE END OF THE
NIGHT AND IT'S GOING TO MEAN 
MISSED OPPORTUNITIES FOR BERNIE 
SANDERS.
>> LET'S REMEMBER THAT 
CALIFORNIA IS STILL AHEAD AND 
THERE ARE SOME INTERESTING 
THINGS HAPPENING THERE IN TERMS 
OF THE 15% THRESHOLD AND WHETHER
OR NOT BIDEN WILL HIT THAT.
>> HERE'S THE THING.
EVERY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 
GIVES YOU DELEGATES, AND IN 
CALIFORNIA IT'S 53.
THAT MEANS YOU HAVE TO BE 
COMPETITIVE EVERYWHERE.
THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN WHEN 
THE FIELD WAS A LITTLE BIT 
BIGGER ABOUT JOE BIDEN'S 
CAPACITY TO COMPETE IN EVERY 
SINGLE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
PETE BUTTIGIEG AND AMY KLOBUCHAR
DROPPING OUT AND ENDORSING HIM.
YOU'VE GOT TO WATCH MIKE 
BLOOMBERG.
IN A LOT OF THOSE PLACES HE WAS 
THE ONLY CANDIDATE TO BE ON THE 
AIR, MAYBE THE ONLY CANDIDATE TO
HAVE A OFFICE SET UP.
WE'RE SEEING IN A COUPLE OF 
PLACE AS ROUND THE COUNTRY WHERE
HE MAY NOT HIT 15% STATEWIDE BUT
HE'S STEALING A COUPLE OF 
DELEGATES.
>> THERE ARE SOME STATES, 
CALIFORNIA BEING THE BIG 
ENCHILADA ON THAT ONE.
EARLY VOTING.
YOU COULD MAIL IN YOUR BALLOT UP
TO TODAY AND STILL CAST IN 
CALIFORNIA.
HOW DOES THAT PLAY OUT IN THE 
WAY THAT THE VOTES ARE BREAKING?
>> THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S
HAPPENED IN THE LAST MONTH AND A
HALF.
IF YOU VOTE AID MONTH AGO AS YOU
COULD IN CALIFORNIA YOU WERE 
ROOKING AT CANDIDATES WHO ARE 
LONG GONE FROM THIS RACE.
YOU COULD HAVE VOTED FOR ANDREW 
YANG, TOM STEYER, TO SAY NOTHING
OF KLOBUCHAR AND BUTTIGIEG, WHO 
JUST DROPPED OUT.
I THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO 
RE-EXAMINE WHAT EVERYBODY MEANS 
GIVEN HOW THIS HAS BROKEN.
ONE OF THE STARKEST DIVIDES 
WE'VE SEEN IN THE EXIT POLLS 
TODAY, JUJU, IS THE DIFFERENCE 
BETWEEN PEOPLE THAT DECIDED MORE
THAIN FEW DAYS AGO AND IN THE 
LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
THE PEOPLE THAT DECIDED VERY 
RECENTLY, THEY BROKE 
OVERWHELMINGLY FOR JOE BIDEN.
BERNIE SANDERS HAD HIS SUPPORT 
FROM A WHILE BACK BUT IF YOU 
WATCHED THE DEVELOPMENTS 
STARTING SATURDAY FROM SOUTH 
CAROLINA ONLY 72 HOURS AGO, 
THINGS HAVE MOVED SO FAST IN 
THIS DIRECTION AND SO MANY LATE 
BREAKERS ENDED UP CASTING THEIR 
VOTES FOR BIDEN.
>> IF YOU LOOK AT MIKE 
BLOOMBERG'S NUMBERS IN 
CALIFORNIA THERE'S AN ARGUMENT 
HE'S SIMPLY PLAYING SPOILER 
THERE AS OPPOSED TO RACKING UP 
REAL DELEGATES COUNTS.
>> AND THERE'S AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT
IN BLOOMBERG'S CAMP THEY DON'T 
WANT TO DO THAT.
YOU SAW HIS CAMPAIGN MANAGER 
TONIGHT SAYING AT THE END OF THE
NIGHT WE'LL KNOW IF THERE'S A 
PATH OR IF HE'S GOING TO BE THE 
MOST IMPORTANT PERSON FOR THE 
PERSON WHO WILL BE THE NOMINEE.
TO ME THAT'S EASING HIS WAY OUT.
WHETHER HE DOES IT IMMEDIATELY 
OR AFTER THE NEXT CONTEST IS UP 
TO HIM.
>> WHAT YOU'RE SEEING TONIGHT, 
THE DYNAMICS, HOW DOES THAT PLAY
OUT GOING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE 
STATES?
>> RIGHT NOW ALL EYES ARE GOING 
TO TURN TO ANOTHER SET OF STATES
WHERE YOU CAN'T REPLICATE.
I THINK MICHIGAN IN PARTICULAR A
WEEK FROM NOW, IT'S GOING TO BE 
VERY HARD FOR JOE BIDEN TO KEEP 
THE SAME KIND OF MAGIC WHERE 
HE'S WINNING PLACES HE DIDN'T 
VISIT, HE HAD NO MONEY.
HE'S NOW GOING TO HAVE MONEY BUT
HE'S ALSO GOING TO BE UNDER 
PRESSURE TO BE THERE AND TO 
CONNECT WITH VOTERS IN A 
DIFFERENT WAY AND KNOW THAT HE'S
UP AGAINST A VERY FORMIDABLE 
MACHINE IN BERNIE SANDERS.
>> AND IS THIS A BATTLE ROYALE 
BETWEEN PROGRESSIVES AND 
MODERATES THAT PLAYS OUT ALL THE
WAY TO THE CONVENTION?
>> IT'S A TWO-WAY FIGHT AND I 
THINK YOU CAN BREAK IT A FEW 
DIFFERENT WAYS DEPENDING HOW 
ELIZABETH WARREN AND MIKE 
BLOOMBERG PLAY THIS.
IF THEY DECIDE TO GET OUT AND 
ENDORSE THE OTHER CANDIDATES, 
MAYBE THAT BREAKS DIFFERENTLY.
TONIGHT AT LEAST THERE'S A PATH 
FOR SOMEONE TO GET TO 1991 THE 
MAGIC NUMBER.
THE FEWER CANDIDATES THERE ARE 
THE EASIER THE MATH.
WHETHER IT TAKES THROUGH THE END
OF APRIL OR JUNE OR JULY THAT'S 
STILL TO BE DETERMINED.
>> AND AS OF TONIGHT, 40% OF 
DELEGATES WILL BE PLEDGED.
RICK KLEIN, WE SHOULD CHANGE 
YOUR TITLE TO FONT OF ALL 
WISDOM.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
POLITICAL DIRECTOR RICK KLEIN.
KEEP IT RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS 
LIVE ON THE SINGLE BIGGEST 
PRIMARY NIGHT KNOWN AS SUPER 
TUESDAY.
GEORGE AND THE POWERHOUSE 
POLITICAL CREW WILL BE RIGHT 
BACK.
STAY WITH US FOR A COMPLETE 
WRAP-UP.
AND CALIFORNIA'S RESULTS ARE YET
TO COME.
AS ARE TEXAS.
>>> SUPER TUESDAY.
HERE AGAIN, GEORGE 
STEPHANOPOULOS.
>> WELCOME BACK TO OUR COVERAGE 
OF SUPER TUESDAY 2020.
THE POLLS WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE 
CLOSED IN ALL 14 CONTESTS 
TONIGHT.
BUT LOOK AT THAT.
LONG LINES IN CALIFORNIA.
BERNIE SANDERS' CAMPAIGN IS 
FOLLOWING THE INJUNCTION TO KEEP
THE POLLS OPEN TONIGHT BECAUSE 
THEY ARE STILL VOTING THERE IN 
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
REPORTS THEY'RE STILL VOTING IN 
THE STATE OF TEXAS AS WELL.
AND THERE YOU SEE THE RESULTS 
COMING IN.
SO FAR FROM CALIFORNIA 27% OF 
THE VOTE IS IN.
BERNIE SANDERS LEADING OVER 
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG FOR NOW IN 
SECOND PLACE.
TOM LLAMAS LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT 
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CALIFORNIA 
RIGHT NOW.
>> IT'S STILL PRETTY EARLY WHEN 
IT COMES TO CALIFORNIA.
BERNIE IS JUST ROMPING.
HE'S DOING REALLY WELL IN 
CALIFORNIA HERE.
I'M GOING TO MOVE UP THIS A 
LITTLE BIT BECAUSE SOUTHERN 
CALIFORNIA IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT 
PART OF THE STATE.
50% OF THE VOTE'S GOING TO COME 
OUT OF HERE.
AND WHEN WE LOOK AT A COUNTY 
LIKE LOS ANGELES, THE BIGGEST 
COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA, SANDERS IS
UP 32%.
BLOOMBERG'S IN SECOND AT 18.
HIS MARGINS, GEORGE, ARE JUST SO
MUCH BIGGER THAN EVERYONE PEMS 
ONE GOOD SIGN FOR JOE BIDEN, IN 
SAN JOSE JOE BIDEN HAS PULLED 
AHEAD.
IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A COUNTY 
BUT IT'S STILL VERY IMPORTANT.
HE'S TIED UP WITH SANDERS.
HE WAS IN THIRD PLACE EARLIER.
EASE MOVED UP TO FIRST.
>> AND LINSEY DAVIS ONE OF THE 
THINGS YOU'VE SEEN IS HOW HE 
DOES WITH YOUNGER VOTERS.
>> IT SEEMS TO BE A REAL 
VULNERABILITY FOR BIDEN.
IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT TEXAS 
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UNDER 45, 
BIDEN HAS 16% OF THE
YOU CAN SEE THAT 55% WHITE.
HISPANIC MAKING UP A HUGE PART 
OF THAT, MORE THAN A QUARTER.
55% OF THE LATINO POPULATION FOR
BERNIE SANDERS, 21% FOR JOE 
BIDEN.
A LOT OF ROOM TO MAKE UP.
ELECTABILITY, 64% WANT THEM TO 
BEAT DONALD TRUMP THE CANDIDATE 
AND BERNIE SANDERS, THIS IS SORT
OF A RARITY TONIGHT, HE HOLDS 
THE EDGE IN CALIFORNIA.
>> SUCH A BIG STATE FOR BERNIE 
SANDERS.
HE HAD 23 OFFICES IN THE STATE 
OF CALIFORNIA LAST WEEK.
JOE BIDEN HAD ONE.
LET'S LOOK AT THE OTHER STATES 
STILL OUTSTANDING.
LET'S LOOK AT MAINE.
90% OF THE VOTE IS IN RIGHT NOW 
AND JOE BIDEN RIGHT THERE, 
59,000 VOTES.
ALMOST 3,000 AHEAD OF BERNIE 
SANDERS.
OF COURSE THAT'S HOME TERRITORY 
FOR BERNIE SANDERS.
TOM LLAMAS.
>> YOU HAVE BERNIE SANDERS DOING
WELL IN THE TWO BIG CITIES, 
PORTLAND AND BANGOR.
SEPARATED BY 1,000 NOTES THERE.
THE REST OF THE MAP IN MAINE, 
YOU KNOW, NORTHEAST IS JOE 
BIDEN.
HE'S AHEAD RIGHT NOW 90% AS YOU 
MENTIONED.
IT'S ONLY A FEW THOUSAND VOTES 
THAT HE'S AHEAD.
BUT THIS IS PRETTY SURPRISING.
THIS IS A STATE THAT BERNIE 
SANDERS WON FOUR YEARS AGO.
IT WAS A CAUCUS.
IT WAS A DIFFERENT RACE.
BUT BERNIE SANDERS HAS TO BE 
WONDERING WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
AND ELIZABETH WARREN SHE BROKE 
THE 15% THRESHOLD, BUT THIS IS 
NOT FAR FROM MASSACHUSETTS AND 
SHE'S IN THIRD PLACE TONIGHT.
>> JOE BIDEN SHOWING SURPRISING 
STRENGTH IN PASS MASSACHUSETTS 
AND ALSO MAINE.
LET'S BRING UP MASSACHUSETTS 
WHICH IS A DOG FIGHT RIGHT NOW.
>> IT'S STILL RAZOR THIN.
WE ARE GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF 
REPORTING FROM SAN ANTONIO.
MATT DOWD WAS JUST TALKING RIGHT
BEFORE I CAME UP HERE AND MATT, 
YOU SAID 50% OF SAN ANTONIO WAS 
IN SO FAR?
>> ALL THE EARLY VOTE, WHICH IS 
ABOUT HALF THE VOTE.
>> IF THAT HOLDS -- I'M SORRY.
FOR JOE BIDE FEB THAT HOLDS, AND
SAN ANTONIO, IT'S NOT A HUGE 
MARGIN BERNIE SANDERS WINS.
IF BIDEN WINS OUTRIGHT, THAT'S 
GOING TO BE HUGE FOR TEXAS.
GEORGE, AS WE'VE BEEN SAYING ALL
NIGHT, BIDEN WINS HOUSTON, HE 
WINS DALLAS, IT IS RAZOR TIGHT 
RIGHT NOW IN TARRANT COUNTY, 
FORT WORTH.
THEY'RE ONLY SEPARATED BY ABOUT 
50 VOTES RIGHT THERE.
JOE BIDEN WINNING THE SMALL 
COUNTIES.
WE'RE GOING TO WAIT ON SAN 
ANTONIO, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S 
TRENDING IN A GOOD DIRECTION.
>> LET'S PUT THIS IN 
PERSPECTIVE.
RIGHT NOW JOE BIDEN HAS WON 
EIGHT STATES.
8 OUT OF THE 15 CONTESTS.
HE'S IN CONTENTION IN MAINE AND 
TEXAS.
THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF BEING 
VERY CLOSE OR WINNING 10 OUT OF 
THE POSSIBLE STATES.
NO ONE COULD HAVE IMAGINED THIS 
A WEEK AGO.
>> WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO JOHN 
KERRY IN 2004 TO FIND SUCH A 
LARGE BOUNCE.
WHEN YOU HAVE 13 STATES VOTE AT 
ONCE THE BEST POSSIBLE TIMING 
FOR BIDEN.
WE NOW HAVE UP TO THAT A-MINUS, 
MAYBE A-PLUS RANGE FOR BIDEN.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY -- 
>> I'M OPEN FOR IT.
>> YOU ARE TOUGH.
>> AT 12:30 AT NIGHT.
>> IF WE COULD LOOK AT MAINE 
AGAIN FOR A SECOND, THIS SHOWS 
THE DIFFERENCE IN THE LAST WEEK 
BETWEEN THE DISCIPLINE OF THE 
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY AND THE LACK OF 
E
DISCIPLINE.
BECAUSE THE ESTABLISHMENT GOT 
RID OF BUTTIGIEG, GOT RID OF 
KLOBUCHAR, AND WON STATES.
THERE IS NO REASON ELIZABETH 
WARREN SHOULD STILL BE IN THIS 
RACE TONIGHT.
SHE'S DONE NOTHING THE ENTIRE 
SEASON TO SHOW THAT SHE SHOULD 
BE ABLE TO BE IN THIS RACE.
AND YOU LOOK AT MAINE TONIGHT, 
30,000 VOTES SHE'S GOT AND 
BERNIE SANDERS IS LOSING BY 
3,000 VOTES.
BERNIE SANDERS WINS MAINE 
WITHOUT ELIZABETH WARREN.
AND YOU COULD SEE THAT IN A 
NUMBER OF OTHER STATES WHERE HE 
WOULD HAVE A MUCH BETTER 
SHOWING.
NO DISCIPLINE AMONG THE 
PROGRESSIVES.
REAL DISCIPLINE AMONG THE 
ESTABLISHMENT.
AND THE PRRSIVES ARE GOING TO 
LOOK BACK ON THIS.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO REGRET IT.
>> WE'VE HAD LIKE THREE DAYS.
GIVE US A COUPLE MORE.
>> THE ESTABLISHMENT.
THEY PUSHED HIM OUT.
>> THAT'S TRUE.
BUT IT WAS MORE CLEAR THAT AMY 
KLOBUCHAR AND PETE BUTTIGIEG 
SHOULD DROP OUT BECAUSE THEY HAD
NO SUPPORT AMONG BLACK OR BROWN 
VOTERS AND THERE WAS NO CHANCE 
THEY WERE -- 
>> BUTTIGIEG WON SOMETHING.
WARREN NEVER CAME IN HIGHER THAN
THIRD.
>> DIFFERENCE IS PEOPLE FEARED 
BERNIE SANDERS, THEY DON'T HAVE 
THAT RELATIONSHIP ABOUT JOE 
BIDEN.
ONE THING I WOULD SAY ABOUT JOE 
BIDEN, MASSACHUSETTS, MINNESOTA,
MAINE AND IF HE DOES TEXAS, 
WHICH IS A SOUTHWEST STATE, 
HE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE DONE ALL THE
REGIONS.
>> IT WOULD BE A HUGE WIN IF IN 
FACT THAT HAPPENS.
RIGHT NOW JOE BIDEN AT 237 
DELEGATES, 221 FOR BERNIE 
SANDERS.
WE'RE GOING TO PAUSE FOR A FEW 
STATIONS TO LET STATIONS IN THE 
EAST AND CENTRAL TIME ZONES JOIN
US.
>> Announcer: LIVE FROM NEW YORK
CITY AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY, 
THIS IS SUPER TUESDAY.
NOW REPORTING, CHIEF ANCHOR 
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS.
>> AND WELCOME BACK.
WE WANT TO WELCOME BACK OUR 
VIEWERS IN THE EAST COAST WHO 
ARE JOINING US NOW AFTER JIMMY 
KIMMEL, WHICH AIRED LIVE 
TONIGHT.
AND THAT'S THE TALLY OF THE 
DELEGATES SO FAR.
237 DELEGATES FOR JOE BIDEN.
HE'S WON NINE STATES.
221 DELEGATES FOR BERNIE 
SANDERS.
HE'S WON FIVE STATES OVERALL IN 
THESE PRIMARIES.
FAR BEHIND, ELIZABETH WARREN AND
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG.
IT'S NECK AND NECK ON THE 
DELEGATES FOR JOE BIDEN AND 
BERNIE SANDERS BUT JOE BIDEN HAS
WON EIGHT STATES SO FAR TONIGHT.
THREE FOR BERNIE SANDERS.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG WON IN 
AMERICAN SAMOA.
TOM LLAMAS, LET'S BRING UP MAINE
AGAIN AND TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE 
THAT STANDS.
>> YEAH, GEORGE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE SURPRISES OF 
THE NIGHT.
WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS.
YOU'D THINK MAINE WOULD PLAY 
PERFECTLY TO BERNIE SANDERS, 
WHO'S JUST ONE STATE AWAY.
ELIZABETH WARREN.
AND YET IT'S JOE BIDEN WE'RE 
TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.
BERNIE SANDERS DID WELL IN THE 
TWO BIG CITIES, PORTLAND AND 
BANGOR.
LEWISTON ALSO ANOTHER BIG CITY 
IN MAINE, THAT GOES FOR JOE 
BIDEN.
FOUR YEARS AGO BERNIE SANDERS 
WON HERE.
IT WAS A CAUCUS.
IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
BUT THIS IS A STATE YOU WOULD 
THINK FOR SURE WOULD BE IN THE 
WIN COLUMN FOR BERNIE SANDERS.
IT'S NOT.
ELIZABETH WARREN GETS 17%.
SO SHE WILL GET SOME OF THE 
DELEGATES TONIGHT IF THAT STAYS.
>> EARLIER WE HAD SOME HEALTH 
CARE EXIT POLLS.
WHAT ELSE DO WE SEE?
>> IT'S INTERESTING.
I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THIS 
NUMBER HERE.
JOE BIDEN SPENT ZERO IN MAINE, 
SPENT ZERO IN MASSACHUSETTS, 
SPENT ZERO IN MINNESOTA.
AND IT LOOK KS LIKE IT COULD BE 
ANOTHER GOOD NIGHT IN MAINE AS 
WE ADD THAT TO THE LIST.
WHEN YOU BREAK DOWN FOR THE 
CANDIDATES WHAT MATTERS MOST, 
WHO CAN BRING CHANGE IN MAINE, 
THIS IS WHERE THEY GO WITH 
BERNIE SANDERS 48%.
YOU SORT OF SEE THE SPLIT, 
GEORGE.
WITH HEALTH CARE WENT WITH 
BERNIE SANDERS.
ON ELECTABILITY THEY WENT WITH 
JOE BIDEN.
AND LATE DECIDERS WENT WITH JOE 
BIDEN.
>> ANOTHER CLOSE RACE RIGHT NOW.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE STATE 
OF TEXAS.
63% OF THE VOTE IN SO FAR.
AND WE SEE JOE BIDEN RIGHT NOW 
31%, BERNIE SANDERS AT 28%.
I WANT TO BRING THIS BACK TO 
RAHM EMMANUEL AS WELL.
THIS WOULD BE BRAGGING RIGHTS.
HE'S ALREADY HAD A GOOD NIGHT.
BUT IF JOE BIDEN WERE ABLE TO 
PULL THIS OUT AND WIN IN TEXAS, 
YOU'D SEE A LOT OF DEMOCRATS 
SAYING THIS IS -- OR SHOULD BE 
OVER.
>> TEXAS IS -- I MEAN, HE HAS A 
GREAT NIGHT.
NOT AN A-MINUS BUT AN A, A FULL 
A.
YOU'VE GOT TEXAS YOU GET THE 
SUMMER OFF, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO
BACK TO SUMMER SCHOOL.
>> WITHOUT A DOUBT.
>> THIS IS A BIG DEAL BECAUSE 
TEXAS IS A BIG STATE WITH A LOT 
OF REDISTRICTING AND IT SHOWS 
HE'S WINNING THE CITIES, HE'S 
WINNING RURAL AREAS, HE'S 
WINNING SUBURBS.
AND HE'S ALSO GOT DEPTH AS I 
SAID EARLIER, THE BREADTH AND 
THE DEPTH.
IT'S A SOUTHWEST STATE, WHERE 
BERNIE HAS BEEN DOING WELL.
>> RAHM MENTIONED REDISTRICTING.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF DOWN BALLOT 
RACE THERE'S.
>> AND THAT IS A POINT THAT JOE 
BIDEN'S TEAM HAS BEEN HAMMERING 
AND HIS SUPPORTERS HAVE BEEN 
HAMMERING IN TEXAS, THEY BELIEVE
THAT BERNIE SANDERS WILL DO HARM
TO THE DOWN BALLOT RACES TO HAVE
A DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST AT THE 
TOP OF THE TICKET.
YOU ALSO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE
IMPACT OF BETO O'ROURKE.
THAT IS SOMEONE WHO -- HE'S A 
PROGRESSIVE.
TO HAVE HIM COME OUT AND ALL OF 
A SUDDEN SAY HE'S GOING TO BACK 
JOE BIDEN IS A HUGE THING FOR 
BERNIE SANDERS.
>> I'VE GOT TO SAY, GEORGE, THE 
SEA CHANGE THAT WE HAVE SEEN 
OVER THE PAST WEEK IS 3450I7BD 
BLOEG.
IF YOU WENT BACK A WEEK AGO, 
BERNIE SANDERS LOOKED LIKE HE 
COULD HAVE WON ALL THE SUPER 
TUESDAY STATES.
HE WAS UP IN THE POLLS ALMOST 
ACROSS THE BOARD.
ONE THING THAT HAPPENED, 
OBVIOUSLY SOUTH CAROLINA 
HAPPENED BUT ALSO YOU HAD BERNIE
SANDERS, THE SPECTER OF BERNIE 
SANDERS COMING OUT AND ACTUALLY 
PRAISING FIDEL CASTRO.
NOT ACROSS THE BOARD.
HE SAID FIDEL WAS A BAD GUY IN A
LOT OF WAYS BUT HE HAD A GREAT 
LITERACY PROGRAM.
I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE 
MOMENTS THAT CRYSTALLIZED IN THE
MINDS OF A LOT OF DEMOCRATS WAIT
A MINUTE, WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH
A DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST BUT ALSO 
A DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST THAT HAS 
GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT FIDEL 
CASTRO.
>> I'LL BRING THAT TO MATTHEW 
DOWD BECAUSE IT DID FEEL LIKE, 
IF YOU SAW THIS OVER THE LAST 
FIVE DAYS, THE FIRST DEMOCRATS 
WHO CAME ON BOARD BEHIND JOE 
BIDEN SEEMED TO BE DOING IT OUT 
OF FEAR, OUT OF FEAR OF BERNIE 
SANDERS, AND THEN AS THE WEEK 
PROGRESSED IT BECAME MORE 
ENTHUSIASM, GET ON, GET ON THE 
BANDWAGON.
HE'S GOING TO BECOME THE 
FRONT-RUNNER.
>> WELL, TO ME THE WHOLE THING 
STARTED ABOUT TEN DAYS AGO, 
WHICH WAS THIS WHOLE MOVEMENT OF
DO WE WANT BERNIE SANDERS 
LEADING THE TICKET.
AT THIS POINT JOE BIDEN HADN'T 
HAD HIS GOOD DEBATE.
THEY WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT 
WHO SHOULD WE GO WITH?
CAN AMY SURVIVE?
CAN BEAT DO IT?
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN JOE HAS 
THIS DEBATE, GOOD DEBATE.
HIS NUMBERS STARTED MOVING 
BEFORE THE PRIMARY IN SOUTH 
CAROLINA.
THE REASON HE GOT 50% OF THE 
VOTE IN SOUTH CAROLINA, BECAUSE 
HE WAS ALREADY GAINING MOMENTUM.
THAT ADDED 340E789UM.
THEN A SERIES OF ENDORSEMENTS 
ADDED MOMENTUM.
THEN HE'S MADE A NUMBER OF 
APPEARANCES THAT WENT VIRAL, GOT
MOMENTUM.
I THINK WHAT HAPPENED, AND THIS 
IS SUCH A LESSON TO BE LEARNED.
IF SOMEONE GAVE YOU A CHOICE 
BETWEEN MOMENTUM, MONEY AND 
MACHINE TAKE MOMENTUM ANY DAY OF
THE WEEK.
>> THE DATE FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE 
AND WHAT THAT DID FOR AMY 
KLOBUCHAR IN THAT ONE STATE.
THIS ELECTION HAS BEEN UNIQUE.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WAITING TILL 
THE LAST MINUTE TO MAKE THEIR 
DECISION.
MAKING THEIR DECISION ON THE 
LAST THING THEY HEARD, THE LAST 
THING THEY SAW.
VERY UNUSUAL.
IT'S DISCONCERTING BECAUSE WE'D 
LIKE THIS TO BE ABOUT 
ORGANIZING, ABOUT GRASSROOTS, AT
LEAST I DO, AND THE FACT PEOPLE 
ARE MAKING THEIR DECISION BASED 
ON THE LAST THING THEY HEARD.
I WOULD SAY THAT NEXT DEBATE IS 
GOING TO BE REALLY, REALLY 
CRITICAL FOR JOE BIDEN AND 
WHETHER HE CAN HOLD IT TOGETHER.
WE SAW DURING HIS SPEECH HE 
WASN'T SURE WHERE HIS WIFE WAS, 
WHERE HIS SISTER WAS.
CAN HE HOLD IT TOGETHER WITH 
JUST HIM AND BERNIE SANDERS ON 
THE DEBATE STAGE?
>> THE QUESTION, WHAT IS THE 
LAST THING THEY HEARD.
THAT'S TRUE EXCEPT GOING BACK TO
WHERE THEY WERE AT THE 
BEGINNING.
BUT JOE MORAN, OUT THERE IN 
MICHIGAN TONIGHT, I THINK YOU 
CAN SEE BERNIE SANDERS MIGHT 
HAVE BEEN FEELING IT AS WELL.
HE WAS STARTING TO SHARPEN HIS 
ARGUMENT AGAINST THE DEMOCRATIC 
ESTABLISHMENT IN THE LAST FEW 
DAYS AS WELL.
>> HE SURELY WAS.
HE WAS TRYING TO PICK UP ON WHAT
CHRIS CHRISTIE WAS SAYING, THEY 
MAY HAVE PERSUADED OR MUSCLED 
PETE BUTTIGIEG AND AMY KLOBUCHAR
OUT OF THE RACE AND HE FELT -- 
AND HIS SUPPORTERS FEEL THE 
DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT IS 
GANGING UP ON BERNIE SANDERS.
AND THERE IS SOME TRUTH IN THAT.
BUT SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENED.
VOTERS HAPPENED.
IT WAS THE VOTERS OF SOUTH 
CAROLINA THAT DID THIS ON THE 
RECOMMENDATION OF A PERSON THEY 
TRUST, JIM CLYBURN.
BUT THEY DID IT AND REALLY 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY TONIGHT THAT 
IS WHY IT'S SURPRISING, BECAUSE 
IT WASN'T SO MUCH THE 
ESTABLISHMENT.
BY ONE MEASURE IT WAS BERNIE 
THAT HAD ALL THE MONEY, IT WAS 
BERNIE THAT HAD ALL THE ADS ON 
THE AIR.
BIDEN HAD NO MONEY.
HE WASN'T EVEN ON THE AIR IN 
MOST SUPER TUESDAY STATES.
AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS 
THAT HIS SUCCESS IS SHOWING THAT
FOR THOSE DEMOCRATS WHO SUPPORT 
HIM IN STATE AFTER STATE, THEY 
AREN'T LOOKING FOR A REVOLUTION 
SO MUCH AS A RESTORATION.
PERHAPS.
OF THE VALUES THAT OBAMA -- THAT
BIDEN EMBODIES.
PRACTICING MA 'TIS SXM GRADUAL 
CHANGE RATHER THAN RADICAL 
CHANGE.
THAT COULD BE HIS ARGUMENT TO A 
COUNTRY, MANY OF WHOSE VOTERS 
ARE EXHAUST BID DONALD TRUMP.
THAT MAY BE TRUMP'S ACHILLES 
HEEL.
THAT RESTORATION MAY SOUND GOOD 
TO A LOT OF VOTERS.
>> JOE BIDEN GROT INTO THIS RACE
ALMOST A YEAR AGO.
TERRY, THANKS.
WE'LL TAKE ANOTHER QUICK BREAK.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO OUR COVERAGE
OF SUPER TUESDAY 2020.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE
SEEING SO FAR IN THE DEEGATE 
RACES.
THERE YOU SEE JOE BIDEN IS HEAD 
RIGHT NOW, 251 DELEGATES TO 229 
FOR BERNIE SANDERS.
ELIZABETH WARREN AND MICHAEL 
BLOOMBERG SO FAR BEHIND.
I WANT TO BRING BACK MARY PARKS 
WHO'S COVERED THE CAMPAIGN FOR 
US.
I WONDER FROM YOUR CONTEXT WHAT 
LESSON THE SANDERS CAMPAIGN IS 
GOING TO TAKE AWAY FROM TONIGHT.
>> HE'S NOT ONE TO TAKE A LOT OF
LESSONS.
RIGHT?
HE DOESN'T CHANGE HOW HE TALKS 
ABOUT THINGS.
BUT HIS TEAM IN THE LAST FEW 
DAYS HAS SAID THEY WERE 
EXPECTING THIS.
THEY JUST WEREN'T EXPECTING IT 
THIS FAST.
THEY ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT THE 
PARTY WAS GOING TO PUNCH BACK.
HE RUNS AS AN ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT
CANDIDATE.
AND HE DOES WELL BECAUSE OF 
THAT.
PEOPLE VOTE FOR HIM BECAUSE OF 
THAT, NOT IN SPITE OF IT.
BUT I THINK THEY WERE SURPRISED 
IT HAPPENED THIS FAST OF COURSE.
>> RICK KLEIN, THE QUESTION IS 
WHERE IS THE PARTY RIGHT NOW?
YOU HEARD BOTH JOE BIDEN SAYING 
HE'S THE ONE WHO BROUGHT THE NEW
TURNOUT AND HE SORT OF BROUGHT 
PEOPLE BACK INTO THE SYSTEM UP 
AGAINST THE PROGRESSIVES.
>> AGE OLD ARGUMENT FOR 
DEMOCRATS, BUT IT'S BEING 
REJOINED TONIGHT BECAUSE NOW JOE
BIDEN IS ESTABLISHING THAT HE 
CAN DO IT TOO, IT IS NOT JUST 
BERNIE SANDERS WHO CAN PUT THIS 
TOGETHER.
THE DYNAMICS WILL CHANGE 
IMMEASURABLY WITH THESE OTHER 
TWO CANDIDATES.
THIS IS A TWO-PERSON RACE RIGHT 
NOW.
>> THERE ARE TWO OTHER PEOPLE 
WHO ARE INCONVENIENTLY SORT OF 
STILL IN IT.
IF ELIZABETH WARREN DROPS OUT OR
ALL THE SUPPORT COALESCE AS 
ROUND BERNIE SANDERS THAT'S ONE 
DYNAMIC.
IF MICHAEL BLOOMBERG DECIDES TO 
SUPPORT JOE BIDEN USES HIS MONEY
FOR THAT THAT'S ANOTHER DINE 
MING WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE SAME
THING REPLICATE ITSELF A WEEK IF
NOW.
THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A TWO-PERSON
RACE.
>> TAKING A LOOK AT THE IMPACT 
BLOOMBERG, WHO SEEMS TO BE DOING
A LITTLE BETTER IN CALIFORNIA, 
THE IMPACT OF THAT.
>> IF HE STAYS ABOVE 15% HE GETS
STATEWIDE DELEGATES, THAT WILL 
EAT INTO BERNIE'S SHARE.
BERNIE WILL PROBABLY IN MY VIEW 
WIN CALIFORNIA.
THAT MEANS HE TAKES MORE 
DELEGATES FROM BERNIE THAN FROM 
BIDEN.
>> RIGHT.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE SEEING 28 
FOR BERNIE SANDERS.
19 FOR BLOOMBERG.
AND 18 FOR BIDEN.
AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IS 
GOING TO BE IF BLOOMBERG DOES 
INDEED GET OUT WHAT HE DOES WITH
THOSE DELEGATES HE ENDS UP 
PICKING UP.
>> SOME ARE AUTOMATICALLY 
REALLOCATED.
BUT REMEMBER, YOU CAN STRIKE 
DEALS BEFORE THE CONVENTION.
BLOOMBERG CAN SAY BIDEN'S AT 
48%, HE NEEDS TO GET TO 50, I'M 
GOING TO TELL MY DELEGATES TO 
VOTE FOR BIDEN.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO BUT THEY'RE 
USUALLY PRETTY LOYAL TO YOU.
>> THIS BRINGS US BACK TO THE 
QUESTION WE'RE FACED WITH WITH 
BERNIE SANDERS.
FIVE DAYS AGO WHEN I WAS 
THINKING ABOUT TONIGHT ONE OF 
THE QUESTIONS I WAS ASKING, IS 
HE GOING TO HAVE AN 
INSURMOUNTABLE LEAD COMING OUT 
OF TONIGHT?
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN HE WAS 
CONTINUING TO MAKE THAT 
ARGUMENT, WHOEVER HAS THE LEAD 
GOING INTO THE CONVENTION SHOULD
BE THE NOMINEE.
HE MIGHT HAVE TO DROP THAT 
TALKING POINT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THEY WERE BANKING ON PEOPLE 
WAKING UP TOMORROW AND SEEING 
HIM AHEAD ON THE SCOREBOARD.
THEY REMEMBER WHAT A DIFFERENCE 
IT MADE IN 2016 WHEN THROUGH THE
ENTIRE PRIMARY HILLARY CLINTON 
JUST HAD THE DELEGATES, IT 
SHOWED UP ON EVERY TV SCREEN, IT
HAD A PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT ON 
VOTERS.
THEY WANTED THE SAME THING IN 
REVERSE.
SO IF HE DOESN'T PULL AHEAD, IT 
WOULD NOT ONLY BE A SHOCK TO HIS
CAMPAIGN BUT THEY'D HAVE TO 
RETHINK HIS ENTIRE STRATEGY.
>> THERE'S ONE THING COMING 
TOGETHER TONIGHT THAT I THINK 
THE BERNIE SANDERS TEAM IS GOING
TO APPRECIATE GOING INTO THE 
REST EVENING.
WE DID THIS A LITTLE EARLIER.
ELECTABILITY ACROSS THE COUNTRY 
TONIGHT.
WHEN THAT QUESTION WAS ASKED, 
30% OF THE VOTERS WHO WENT OUT 
TODAY, 37% SAID JOE BIDEN IS THE
MOST ELECTABLE UP AGAINST 
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
25% SAID BERNIE SANDERS.
BUT LOOK AT, THIS EVEN GIVEN HOW
WELL JOE BIDEN HAS DONE TONIGHT,
ON THE ISSUES ACROSS THE BOARD 
44% OF THE VOTERS SAID THEY'D 
THAT BERNIE SANDERS MORE ALIGNS 
WITH THEIR ISSUES.
24% SAID JOE BIDEN.
I THINK THAT'S SOMEWHAT TELLING 
ABOUT WHAT THE OVERARCHING 
QUESTION IN THEIR MIND WAS 
TODAY.
WHO CAN BEAT PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS
MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE ISSUES 
AND I THINK THE BERNIE SANDERS 
CAMPAIGN IS GOING TO SAY LOOK, 
WE'RE ON THE RIGHT SIDE WHEN IT 
COMES TO THE ISSUES AND THEY'RE 
GOING TO KEEP POUNDING THAT 
HOME.
>> YEAH, THEY'RE GOING TO POUND 
IT HOME AND THEY'RE GOING TO SAY
JOE BIDEN CAN'T JUST RUN THE 
REST OF THIS RACE ON BEING 
AGAINST US.
HE WAS ABLE TO COALESCE PEOPLE 
BEHIND HIM, BUT IT'S NOT A 
WINNING MESSAGE TO BE AGAINST 
BERNIE, IT'S NOT A WINNING 
MESSAGE TO BE AGAINST TRUMP.
IT MIGHT BE IN THIS ELECTION 
THAT THAT'S TWHAR GOING TO SAY.
THEY'RE GOING TO SAY YOU NEED TO
STAND FOR SOMETHING ON YOUR OWN.
>> THAT GETS TO THE WHOLE 
QUESTION OF WHETHER HE'S GOING 
TO RUN AGAINST TRUMP AT ALL -- I
MEAN I SHOULD SAY BERNIE SANDERS
AT ALL OR GO STRAIGHT TO DONALD 
TRUMP.
RACHEL SCOTT IS WITH THE SANDERS
CAMPAIGN NOW IN BURLINGTON.
RACHEL.
>> YEAH, EXACTLY, GEORGE.
THAT'S ONE THING THAT SENATOR 
SANDERS MADE CLEAR TONIGHT, IS 
THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS HAVE A 
CHANCE TO CHOOSE TO OPTIONS 
HERE.
TWO DIFFERENT PATHS AHEAD OF 
HIM.
AND WE'VE ALREADY SEEN HIM RAMP 
UP HIS ATTACKS ON THE FORMER 
VICE PRESIDENT IN THE RECENT 
DAYS AS JOE BIDEN WAS GETTING 
ALL OF THOSE ENDORSEMENTS IN 
TEXAS.
SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS WAS ABOUT
800 MILES AWAY AND HE HAD A VERY
DIFFERENT MESSAGE FOR THE FORMER
VICE PRESIDENT.
HE SAID THAN ONLY IS HE WRONG ON
THE ISSUES, HE'S WRONG ON THE 
FUTURE OF THE COUNTRY.
TONIGHT HE MADE THAT CLEAR 
AGAIN, ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT NAME 
HIM.
HE SAID HE WAS TAKING THOSE 
VEILED JABS AT THE FORMER VICE 
PRESIDENT, ATTACKING HIS RECORD 
ON THE IRAQ WAR AND ALSO ON 
SOCIAL SECURITY, GEORGE.
>> I WONDER HOW MUCH PRESSURE 
BERNIE SANDERS -- HE'S 
IMPERVIOUS TO A LOT OF PRESSURE.
NOT TO GO TOO NEGATIVE ON JOE 
BIDEN GIVEN THE IMPERTIVE FOR 
DEMOCRATS TO UNIFY.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS HE'S BEEN 
CAREFUL OF IS NOT ATTACKING 
BIDEN ON HIS PERSONALITY OR WHO 
ELSE BUT ON THE ISSUES.
AND HE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
IT WILL BE VERY, VERY CLEAR THAT
HE HAS THE VISION.
I DON'T SEE HIM SAYING BIDEN IS 
OLD OR BIDEN CAN'T HOLD UP OR 
ANY OF THAT.
HE DOESN'T HAVE TO DO THAT.
AND IN FACT, ALIEN YATES A LOT 
OF PEOPLE IF HE DOES THAT.
I SEE HIM SAYING OKAY, WHAT IS 
YOUR PLAN, JOE?
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE REAL 
CHANGE?
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT JOE BIDEN 
HAS ANSWERS TO THAT.
THAT WILL BE THE REAL TEST.
>> CHRIS CHRISTIE.
>> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THIS 
RACE BERNIE SANDERS NEEDS A 
DEBATE.
THE NEXT ONE'S NOT FOR 12 DAYS.
THAT MAY JUST BE TOO FAR AWAY 
FOR SANDERS.
BUT SANDERS WILL HAVE BE TO GO 
ON THE ATTACK FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN A MEANINGFUL WAY.
SQULE HASN'T HELD BACK.
HE JUST HASN'T -- 
>> NO, HE HASN'T GONE AFTER ANY 
ONE PERSON IN PARTICULAR.
HE'S JUST SAYING HIS VIEWS.
WHAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO HAPPEN 
THIS TIME NOW IS GOING TO BE 
FASCINATING TO ME BECAUSE 
SANDERS WILL HAVE TO GO ON THE 
ATTACK AND BIDEN FOR THE FIRST 
TIME SINCE THE FIRST DEBATE IS 
GOING TO BE THE TARGET.
AND I THINK WHAT'S REALLY 
INTERESTING TO SEE IS DOES JOE 
BIDEN STAND UP TO THAT OR NOT 
. 
>> THAT IS A BIG QUESTION COMING
UP.
OUR COVERAGE CONTINUES.
>> Announcer: THIS IS AN ABC 
NEWS ELECTION UPDATE.
>>> WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS 
COVERAGE OF SUPER TUESDAY.
I'M JUJU CHANG.
GEORGE AND OUR POLITICAL TEAM 
WILL BE RIGHT BACK.
BUT FIRST LET'S BRING IN FORMER 
NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR CHRIS 
CHRISTIE.
YOU KNOW, CHRIS, THERE'S A LOT 
OF BICKERING GOING ON BETWEEN 
THE PROGRESSIVES AND THE 
MODERATES.
AND YET CAN EITHER OF THESE 
CANDIDATES, BIDEN OR BERNIE, 
TAKE ON PRESIDENT TRUMP AND WHO 
IS PERHAPS BETTER SUITED?
>> I'VE ALWAYS FELT THAT BIDEN 
IS THE BETTER SUITED CANDIDATE 
TO TAKE ON THE PRESIDENT.
PREDOMINANTLY BECAUSE MICHIGAN, 
WISCONSIN, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA.
FOUR KEY STATES.
WORKING-CLASS STATES WITH 
WORKING-CLASS WHITE VOTERS.
FOLKS WHO MADE THE DIFFERENCE 
FOR THE PRESIDENT IN 2016.
AND I THINK BIDEN IS JUST MORE 
NATURALLY ATTRACTIVE TO THOSE 
PEOPLE THAN SANDERS.
SO I THINK BIDEN GIVES THEM THE 
BEST CHANCE, BUT I THINK EITHER 
ONE OF THEM WILL BE UNDERDOGS TO
THE PRESIDENT.
>> WHICH MAY BE WHY PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S CAMP WAS TWEETING OUT 
EARLIER DISPARAGING BIDEN 
CALLING HIM A TERRIBLE 
CANDIDATE, CHEERING ON A 
BROKERED CONVENTION.
PERHAPS PUTTING THEIR THUMB ON 
THE SCALE AGAINST BIDEN.
>> SURE.
I THINK THE PRESIDENT'S MADE IT 
REALLY CLEAR HE'D LIKE TO RUN 
AGAINST SANDERS.
HE'S ALSO SENDING TWEETS OUT 
SAYING POOR BERNIE SANDERS, 
THEY'RE TRYING TO STEAL IT FROM 
HIM.
RIGHT?
THE PRESIDENT'S HEART IS ON HIS 
SLEEVE MOST OF THE TIME.
YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HE'S 
THINKING.
THAT'S PART OF WHAT MAKES HIM 
ATTRACTIVE TO SUPPORTERS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ SMOKE 
SIGNALS OR TEA LEAVES WITH 
DONALD TRUMP.
HE PUTS IT OUT THERE.
>> THERE'S NO SUBTEXT.
YET WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 
LANDSCAPE TONIGHT WE'RE TALKING 
ABOUT EXPECTATIONS THAT WERE 
SHATTERED TONIGHT.
WHAT STANDS OUT IN YOUR MIND?
>> JOE BIDEN RODE THE MOMENT 
FRUM A BIG SOUTH CAROLINA WIN 
ALL THE WAY TO PERHAPS 10 OR 11 
WINS TONIGHT.
NO ONE WAS PREDICTING THAT.
I CERTAINLY DIDN'T THINK THAT 
WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
I THOUGHT HE'D HAVE A GOOD NIGHT
BUT NOT A GREAT NIGHT.
>> WE HAVE A VERY BRIEF AMOUNT 
OF TIME LEFT.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF MAYOR 
BLOOMBERG MOVING FORWARD?
>> IT'S OVER.
AND HE SHOULD TAKE HIS MONEY AND
SPEND IT ON SOMETHING MORE 
USEFUL.
>> CHRIS CHRISTIE THANKS ALWAYS 
FOR YOUR INSIGHTS.
AND STAY RIGHT HERE WITH US AT 
ABC NEWS LIVE.
TONIGHT'S SUPER TUESDAY 
COVERAGE.
GEORGE AND THE TEAM WILL BE 
RIGHT BACK.
>>> LIVE FROM NEW YORK CITY AND 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THIS IS 
SUPER TUESDAY.
NOW REPORTING CHIEF ANCHOR, 
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS.
>> WELCOME BACK TO OUR SUPER 
TUESDAY COVERAGE.
THERE'S THE DELEGATE COUNT RIGHT
THERE.
ELIZABETH WARREN AND MIKE 
BLOOMBERG FAR BEHIND.
WE HAVE EIGHT STATES WON BY THE 
VICE PRESIDENT, THREE FOR BERNIE
SANDERS.
AND ONE, AMERICAN SAMOA STATE OR
TERRITORY FOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG.
THREE STATES ARE STILL OUT 
THERE.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THEM RIGHT 
NOW.
STARTING WITH THE STATE OF MAINE
WHERE YOU HAVE 97% OF THE VOTE 
REPORTED NOW AND JOE BIDEN NOW 
34%, BERNIE SANDERS 32%.
STATE OF TEXAS, CLOSE RACE DOWN 
THERE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, 
SECOND BIGGEST PRIZE TONIGHT AS 
WELL.
31-29 JOE BIDEN OVER BERNIE 
SANDERS.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA WHERE THE 
LINES ARE STILL LONG, BERNIE 
SANDERS LEADING OVER JOE BIDEN 
PULLING AHEAD OF MICHAEL 
BLOOMBERG.
>> THE BIG THING THAT'S CHANGED 
SINCE THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE IS 
THAT JOE BIDEN HAS CAUGHT UP BUT
DIDN'T CATCH UP TO BERNIE 
SANDERS.
HE CAUGHT UP TO MICHAEL 
BLOOMBERG.
HE'S IN SECOND PLACE.
HE'S DOING WELL BUT NOT IN ALL 
COUNTIES.
YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE PRETTY 
CLOSE.
BIDEN AND BLOOMBERG.
BIDEN IS DOING BETTER AND 
BETTER.
THE MARGINS FOR SANDERS ARE 
LARGE AS WE GO ACROSS THE STATE,
THE CAPITAL SACRAMENTO.
EVERYBODY IS PRETTY MUCH TIED 
WITH JOE BIDEN.
AS WE LOOK AT SAN JOSE, JOE 
BIDEN IS ON TOP.
THIS IS 44% REPORTING.
THEY'RE TIED RIGHT THERE.
THE INLAND EMPIRE, REALLY GOOD 
FOR BERNIE SANDERS.
HE'S ON TOP IN BOTH COUNTIES.
LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT 
OF A HICCUP, BACK TO LOS 
ANGELES.
THIS IS THE BIGGEST COUNTY, MOST
SPENT IN THE MEDIA MARKET.
THE QUESTION I HAVE AS WE LOOK 
AT THE MAP, WE TALK ABOUT TEXAS 
AND CALIFORNIA, WE'RE TALKING 
ABOUT HOW CLOSE THIS RACE IS IN 
TEXAS.
IT'S TRENDING TOWARDS JOE BIDEN.
IT'S LOOKING GOOD FOR JOE BIDEN.
THE PROBLEM IS THEY'RE SO CLOSE 
HERE, IF BERNIE PULLS AWAY IN 
CALIFORNIA, HE HAS A WIDER 
MARGIN, WHAT DOES THAT DO TO THE
DELEGATE COUNT.
EVEN IF JOE BIDEN WINS TEXAS, 
HE'S SO CLOSE TO BERNIE SANDERS,
YOU WONDER HOW THAT AFFECTS THE 
DELEGATE RACE.
>> OF COURSE.
LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 
IT.
YOU CAME AT THE END OF THE NIGHT
TALKING ABOUT HOW EACH CANDIDATE
COULD GET TO THE 1,991 THEY 
NEED.
>> AND BIDEN HAS THAT PATH.
HE'S WON THESE STATES.
HE MIGHT GET A FURTHER BOOST TO 
SEE HOW MUCH THAT HELPS HIM OR 
NOT GIVEN THE REVERSALS OF 
MOMENTUM.
HE NEEDS TO KEEP THE CALIFORNIA 
MARGIN FOR BERNIE DOWN, WITHIN 
SINGLE DIGITS WOULD HELP HIM 
QUITE A BIT.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW WHAT 
THAT COUNT IS FOR SEVERAL DAYS 
TO BE HONEST.
>> ALSO, IF BOTH JOE BIDEN AND 
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG STAY ABOVE 
15%, THAT'S GOING TO HOLD BERNIE
SANDERS DOWN AS WELL.
>> BERNIE IS GOING TO RISE 
PROBABLY WITH LATE RETURNS 
BECAUSE YOUNG PEOPLE VOTE LATE.
BUT BIDEN HAD A SURGE THAT WAS 
LATE IN LATE RETURNS.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE BLOOMBERG 
DECLINE AND THOSE TWO RISE.
HOW THEY RISE RELATIVE TO ONE 
ANOTHER IS A BIT UNPREDICTABLE.
>> YOU NOTICE ANOTHER NUMBER 
COMING IN SO FAR TONIGHT THAT'S 
REMARKABLE.
>> THIS IS REMARKABLE.
THE OVERALL POPULAR VOTE IN ALL 
THESE VOTES AS RICK CLINE WAS 
POINTING OUT EARLIER, YOU HAVE 
JOE BIDEN WITH ABOUT 900,000 
VOTE LEAD OVER BERNIE SANDERS IN
THE OVERALL POPULAR VOTE IN THE 
STATES THAT VOTED TODAY.
SO, ONE OF THE MAJOR BIDEN -- 
SANDERS TALKING POINTS COMING 
OUT OF IOWA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 
NEVADA WAS THAT HE WAS THE 
POPULAR VOTE WINNER EVERYWHERE 
UNTIL HE HIT SOUTH CAROLINA.
NOT THE CASE HERE AT ALL.
>> AND THAT REINFORCES -- LET ME
RING RAHM EMANUEL IN ON THIS.
AFTER IOWA THEY COULDN'T FIGURE 
OUT HOW TO COUNT THE VOTE AT THE
CAUCUSES.
AFTER JOE BIDEN WON IN SOUTH 
CAROLINA ON SATURDAY NIGHT HE 
WAS LEADING THE POPULAR VOTE 
OVERALL AS WELL.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE A LOT OF 
VOICES SAYING AFTER THIS 
CAMPAIGN WE'VE GOT TO REPLACE 
IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE AT THE 
TOP.
>> BUT WE DO THAT EVERY FOUR 
YEARS.
THAT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN AND MAYBE
A MONTH LATER EVERYBODY WILL SAY
LET'S HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE AND 
FORGET ABOUT IT.
WHAT I WILL SAY ABOUT TONIGHT, I
THINK JOE BIDEN'S GOING TO WIN 
TEXAS AND HE HAS A LOT OF 
BRAGGING RIGHTS, 10 OUT OF 15.
HE RAN ON OBAMA, ELECTABILITY 
AGAINST TRUMP.
HE'S GOT MOMENTUM.
ME HAS GOT TO GET A MESSAGE 
GOING INTO THE REST OF THE 
STATES.
HE CANNOT USE THE SAME PLAYBOOK.
IT WORKED TO THIS POINT.
HE'S GOT A LEASE ON LIFE USING 
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA TO TODAY.
BUT GOING INTO MICHIGAN AND ALL 
THE OTHER STATES, HE HAS GOT TO 
DEVELOP A MESSAGE AROUND ISSUES 
THAT MATTER TO PEOPLE, AND IT'S 
NOT ABOUT ME, JOE BIDEN, 
ELECTABILITY, MY PARTNERSHIP 
WITH OBAMA.
IT'S ABOUT WHAT I CAN DO FOR 
YOU.
IF HE DOESN'T DO THAT, THIS IS 
GOING TO BE A ONE-WEEK FLASH IN 
THE PAST.
>> HE'S GOING TO BECOME A TARGET
AGAIN.
>> NOW THAT HE'S RECLAIMED THE 
FRONT RUNNER STATUS, HE'S GOING 
TO GET THE FRONT RUNNER 
SCRUTINY.
I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 
STATES FOR THE NEXT DEBATE WHICH
IS MORE THAN A WEEK AWAY.
JOE BIDEN HASN'T BEEN A STRONG 
DEBATER FOR THE MOST PART 
ESPECIALLY WHEN HE'S ON THE 
RECEIVING END OF THE MOST 
ATTACKS.
BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE 
DEBATE, POTENTIALLY YOU HAVE 
OTHER CANDIDATES POSSIBLY 
DROPPING OUT, JOE BIDEN IS GOING
TO HAVE TO STEP IT UP AND NOT 
JUST RUN ON THE ARGUMENT OF 
ELECTABILITY WHICH HAS BEEN 
REVIVED.
BUT YOU HAVE TO GO FURTHER THAN 
THAT.
>> I WONDER ON THE FLIP SIDE IF 
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE 
PRESIDENT CAN GO BACK TO HUNTER 
BIDEN, AFTER SEVEN MONTHS OF 
UKRAINE IMPEACHMENT.
>> THEY WILL.
BUT THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO GO 
OUT -- LET'S FACE IT, BIDEN'S 
HAD SHAKY MOMENTS ON THE 
CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
WE SAW ONE TONIGHT IN THE 
VICTORY SPEECH WHEN HE 
MOMENTARILY GOT MIXED UP AS TO 
WHERE HIS WIFE WAS AND HIS 
SISTER WAS.
THE PRESIDENT ALREADY RETWEETED 
A VIDEO OF THAT MOMENT.
THEY WILL BE PLAYING UP THOSE 
MOMENTS WHERE HE HAS LOOKED LESS
THAN SHARP, AND YES, THEY WILL 
GO AFTER HUNTER BIDEN OVER AND 
OVER AGAIN.
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF 
REPUBLICANS ON THE HILL WHO ARE 
CHAMPING AT THE BIT TO GET 
ANOTHER STAB AT THAT.
I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF YOU 
ALL OF A SUDDEN SEE INCREASED 
CALLS FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION 
FROM CAPITOL HILL ON THAT 
MATTER.
>> RIGHT NOW THEY'RE STILL 
COUNTING VOTES IN CALIFORNIA.
LET'S PUT CALIFORNIA UP AGAIN.
AS WE SAID, WE NOW SEE BERNIE 
SANDERS AT 29, JOE BIDEN NOW IN 
SECOND PLACE, MIKE BLOOMBERG IN 
THIRD, EVA PILGRIM IN LOS 
ANGELES WHERE THE VICE PRESIDENT
WAS TONIGHT.
EVA.
>> Reporter: THE VICE PRESIDENT 
WAS BASICALLY DOING HIS VICTORY 
LAP HERE IN CALIFORNIA MAKING NO
MINCED WORDS ABOUT THE FACT THAT
THEY PERFORMED MUCH BETTER THAN 
HIS CAMPAIGN EXPECTED TO DO 
TONIGHT, WINNING STATES THAT 
THEY DIDN'T EXPECT TO WIN.
YOU KNOW, WITH HAD THEY STARTED 
OFF THIS DAY, THEIR HOPE WAS TO 
GET AT LEAST A DELEGATE IN EVERY
STATE.
NOW THEY'RE WALKING AWAY WITH 
MANY DELEGATES IN STATES THEY 
DIDN'T THINK WAS EVEN POSSIBLE 
TO WIN, MINNESOTA, TO WIN 
MASSACHUSETTS.
THAT'S HUGE.
AND TO BE IN THIS TIGHT RACE FOR
MAINE, THAT IS BETTER.
NOW, THE VICE PRESIDENT DID 
MENTION THAT HE THOUGHT IT WAS 
POSSIBLE THAT THEY COULD WIN IN 
TEXAS.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK 
THEY ARE PROBABLY VERY CLOSELY 
WATCHING TONIGHT.
THEY NEED TO KEEP THAT MARGIN 
FOR BERNIE SANDERS AS SMALL AS 
POSSIBLE.
AND HE HAS TOLD US REPEATEDLY 
THAT HE THINKS NEXT WEEK THOSE 
STATES PLAY TO HIS STRENGTHS, 
AND HE THINKS THAT HE CAN KEEP 
THE MARGIN SMALL.
HE WILL BE ABLE TO START MAKING 
UP THAT DIFFERENCE NEXT WEEK, 
GEORGE.
>> LET'S LOOK AHEAD AT THAT 
RIGHT NOW.
LET'S BRING UP THE -- WE WANT TO
SHOW THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, 
WHERE THEY'RE COMING UP.
NEXT WEEK, MARCH 10, 250 
DELEGATES AT STAKE, MISSISSIPPI,
MISSOURI, NORTH DAKOTA, IDAHO, 
AND MICHIGAN ON MARCH 17th A 
BIG, BIG NIGHT, 577 DELEGATES, 
OHIO, FLORIDA, ILLINOIS, AND 
ARIZONA.
AND LET'S FIRST TALK ABOUT MARCH
10th.
WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT 
MICHIGAN.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS MATTHEW 
DAOUD YOU'LL ALSO SEE, YOU'LL 
HAVE A COUPLE OF STATES SEEM 
LIKE HOME TERRITORY NOW FOR JOE 
BIDEN, MISSISSIPPI AND MISSOURI.
VERY GOOD STATES LATE IN THE 
NIGHT FOR BERNIE SANDERS, IDAHO,
WASHINGTON, AND HEIDI HIDE 
CAMP'S HOME STATE.
>> THERE'S GOING TO BE PRETTY 
GUARANTEED WINS WHICH THEN LEAD 
YOU RIGHT BACK TO THE CIRCLE IN 
THE MIDDLE WHICH IS MICHIGAN 
BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAY OKAY, WE'LL
SEE THOSE STATES TO BIDEN, THOSE
STATES TO BERNIE.
THE FIGHT OVER THAT DAY, IT'S 
GOING TO BE A DELEGATE FIGHT.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT DAY, 
BERNIE'S IN A DIFFERENT POSITION
THAN HE WAS YESTERDAY WHICH IS 
BERNIE WAS GOING INTO TONIGHT 
WANTED TO SLOWLY LET BIDEN TRY 
TO GRAB DELEGATES FROM ME AND 
PICK OFF ONE AT A TIME.
NOW HE'S IN THAT POSITION.
NOW HE'S IN THE POSITION IF WE 
END TONIGHT IN THE WAY IT GOES 
TONIGHT, HE DOESN'T HAVE A LEAD.
IT'S TIED OR BIDEN HAS A LEAD.
BERNIE SANDERS HAS TO FIGURE OUT
HOW DOES HE START PICKING OFF 
DELEGATES THAT HE DIDN'T THINK 
HE HAD TO WIN BEFORE.
GO AHEAD, HEIDI.
>> THINK ABOUT WASHINGTON.
IF BIDEN CAN WIN IN WASHINGTON, 
THIS SEEMS LIKE IT'S OVER 
BECAUSE BERNIE WON IN WASHINGTON
FOUR YEARS AGO.
BUT THINK ABOUT THIS.
THINK ABOUT THE EFFECT OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS.
THAT'S GROUND ZERO FOR THE 
CORONAVIRUS.
THAT'S NOT GOING TO DISSIPATE.
ARE PEOPLE GOING TO COME OUT AND
VOTE?
WHAT IS THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE 
KIND OF GOING FORWARD?
AND I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT 
THIS NEXT TRAUNCH, YOU'VE GOT TO
LOOK AT WHAT DEMOCRAT VOTERS ARE
LOOKING AT.
CAN YOU WIN MICHIGAN?
HOW WILL YOU DO IN MICHIGAN?
EVERYBODY KNOWS WE'RE GOING TO 
WIN CALIFORNIA.
WE'RE GOING TO WIN WASHINGTON.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO WIN 
MISSISSIPPI.
BIDEN'S GOING TO PICK UP VOTES 
THERE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO WIN MISSOURI.
SO, IT'S GROUND ZERO ON 
MICHIGAN.
AND IF BIDEN CAN WIN MICHIGAN, 
THAT WILL SAY A LOT ABOUT 
WHETHER IN FACT HE SHOULD BE THE
NOMINEE FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
>> THE STATE OF FLORIDA ALWAYS 
SO KEY.
>> YEAH.
THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD STATE FOR
BIDEN.
THE ONE THING THAT BERNIE DOES 
HAVE WITH PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF
60, A LOT OF RETIREES AND 
SENIORS IN FLORIDA.
THAT'S PROBABLY A BIDEN STATE.
>> THIS GOES BACK, EVETTE 
SIMPSON, BERNIE SANDERS GOT IN 
TROUBLE WITH HIS COMMENTS ABOUT 
CASTRO.
HE DOESN'T SEEM LIKE HE'S GOING 
TO WALK AWAY FROM ANY OF HIS 
PAST POSITIONS EVEN WHEN THEY 
CAUSE HIM TROUBLE.
>> I DON'T -- I MEAN, I DON'T 
KNOW THAT HE'S NOT BEYOND 
CHANGING.
HE WAS VERY, VERY CLEAR ABOUT 
THE FACT THAT NOT ONLY WAS HE 
NOT PRAISING HIM FOR HIS 
AUTHORITARIAN HISTORY.
HE WAS ONLY PRAISING HIM FOR THE
LITERACY AND ALSO THAT OBAMA 
MADE THE SAME COMMENT.
I THINK THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO 
HAPPEN IS ON THE GROUND.
HE HAS A LOT OF CREDIBILITY WITH
LATINO VOTERS.
HE NEEDS TO BE ON THE GROUND 
EXPLAINING TO THEM, REASSURING 
THEM, AND THAT'S WHAT I EXPECT 
HIM TO DO.
>> HOW DOES HE CONVINCE JEWISH 
VOTERS TO VOTE FOR HIM?
HUGE VOTING BLOCK IN FLORIDA, 
AND BERNIE'S IN TROUBLE WITH 
JEWISH VOTERS, ESPECIALLY VERY 
PRO-ISRAEL JEWISH VOTERS.
>> I THINK ONE THING WE SHOULD 
TAKE AS A LESSON FROM TONIGHT 
AND LAST WEEK, LATINO VOTERS ARE
NOT MONOLITHIC AND WHITE VOTERS 
ARE NOT MONOLITHIC.
>> SHE'S IN FLORIDA TONIGHT AND 
LATINO POPULATION, LARGELY 
CUBAN, COLOMBIAN, VENEZUELAN, 
VERY DIFFERENT THAN TEXAS AND 
CALIFORNIA.
>> COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, GEORGE,
TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT 
POPULATIONS, TWO COMPLETELY 
DIFFERENT IMMIGRATION STORIES, 
TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT 
IMMIGRATION EXPERIENCES LIVING 
IN THE UNITED STATES, 
PARTICULARLY THE CUBANS HERE IN 
FLORIDA, CUBAN AMERICANS 
COMPARED TO SAY THE MEXICANS AND
CENTRAL AMERICANS WHO LIVE ON 
THE WEST COAST.
AND I FOUND THAT IN INTERVIEWING
PEOPLE HERE WHO WERE FOLLOWING 
THE BLOOMBERG CAMPAIGN TODAY.
PEOPLE WHO TOLD ME, LATINOS WHO 
TOLD ME THEY ARE TIRED OF WHAT 
THEY ARE HEARING COMING OUT OF 
THE WASHINGTON.
THEY ARE TIRED OF TONE AND AT 
THE KNORR.
PEOPLE USED THE WORD RACISM TO 
ME IN CONVERSATION TODAY.
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR AN ADULT IN
THE ROOM AND SOMEONE WHO CAN GET
SOMETHING DONE WHICH IS WHY THE 
VOTERS I WAS SPEAKING TO TODAY 
WERE AT THE BLOOMBERG CAMPAIGN 
BECAUSE THEY WERE FOLLOWING HIM 
THERE.
JUST TO BRING IT BACK TO 
BLOOMBERG IN FLORIDA BECAUSE A 
LOT OF PEOPLE WERE ASKING WHY IS
BLOOMBERG IN FLORIDA RIGHT NOW 
GIVEN THAT THE VOTE IS STILL TWO
WEEKS OUT AND THIS IS NOT A 
SUPER TUESDAY STATE.
HE WAS LOOKING FOR A LARGE 
DELEGATE HAUL OUT OF THIS STATE 
AND WAS HOPING TO GET ONE.
THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN 
OBVIOUSLY.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU I WAS IN HIS
MIAMI CAMPAIGN OFFICE EARLIER 
THIS MORNING WHERE WE STARTED 
OUR DAY, REALLY EARLY THIS 
MORNING, AND THERE WAS A 
CALENDAR ON THE WALL THAT HAD 
EVENTS MARKED THROUGH TODAY HERE
IN MIAMI AND NOTHING ELSE ON THE
CALENDAR AFTER THAT.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT THAT THE 
BLOOMBERG CAMPAIGN IS 
REASSESSING THEIR STATUS TONIGHT
AND HEADING INTO TOMORROW.
SO, I THINK TIME WILL TELL HOW 
MUCH LONGER THEY'RE GOING TO 
STAY IN THE RACE.
>> WE WILL CHECK IN WITH THEM TO
SEE.
WE'LL TAKE ANOTHER BREAK.
>>> THIS IS AN ABC NEWS ELECTION
UPDATE.
>> WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS KORJ
OF TONIGHT'S SUPER TUESDAY 
CONTEST.
I'M JUJU CHANG.
GEORGE AND OUR POWER HOUSE TEAM 
WILL BE BACK IN A FEW MINUTES.
LET'S GO TO THE COLLEAGUE WHO'S 
BEEN TRACKING THE EXIT POLLING 
DATA ALL NIGHT FOCUSING IN ON 
THE LGBTQ VOTE BREAKING FOR 
SANDERS.
>> YEAH, JUJU.
THERE WAS SO EXCITEMENT IN THIS 
PRIMARY CAMPAIGN FOR PETE 
BUTTIGIEG, THE FIRST EVER GAY 
CANDIDATE ON THE BALLOT.
OF COURSE HE GOT OUT ON MONDAY.
WHERE DID THOSE VOTERS GO?
WHERE DID VOTERS VOTE ON SUPER 
TUESDAY?
LET'S LOOK AT THE UNDECIDED 
STATES STARTING IN CALIFORNIA.
THAT'S BERNIE SANDERS CLEANING 
UP AMONG LGBT VOTERS, PRIMARY 
VOTERS IN CALIFORNIA.
OVER IN MAINE, THE NUMBERS WERE 
EQUALLY FOR SANDERS, CLEANED UP 
EVEN BIGGER.
50% FOR SANDERS.
LOOK AT THIS, JOE BIDEN DOWN 
HERE 30 POINTS BELOW BERNIE 
SANDERS.
AND IN TEXAS, BERNIE SANDERS 
DOES IT AGAIN OVER JOE BIDEN.
A BIT SURPRISING BECAUSE JOE 
BIDEN HAS BEEN SO OUT FRONT, OF 
COURSE WAS IN FRONT OF BARACK 
OBAMA COMING OUT IN FAVOR OF 
SAME SEX MARRIAGE AND PETE 
BUTTIGIEG ENDORSED JOE BIDEN 
THIS WEEK.
BUT THERE YOU HAVE IT, A SMALL 
BUT SIGNIFICANT FRAGMENT OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC COALITION BREAKING 
FOR BERNIE SANDERS TONIGHT IN 
THESE SUPER TUESDAY STATES, 
JUJU.
>> AND THERE MERITS A LATE 
BREAKING DECISION MAKER IN MANY 
OF THOSE STATES, ALSO THOSE WHO 
WENT MORE PROGRESSIVE IN THE WAY
THAT THEY CHOSE TONIGHT.
IT'S A FASCINATING LOOK AT THE 
NUMBERS DEVIN DWYER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AS ALWAYS FOR 
YOUR INSIGHTS WECHLT HAVE MORE 
COMING UP TONIGHT ON THIS SUPER 
TUESDAY NIGHT.
KEEP IT RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS 
LIVE.
WE HAVE MUCH MORE ON SUPER 
TUESDAY.
LET'S GO BACK TO GEORGE AND THE 
POWER HOUSE POLITICAL TEAM.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
STAY WITH US.
>>> AND WELCOME BACK TO OUR 
COVERAGE OF SUPER TUESDAY 2020.
PEOPLE STILL TRYING TO VOTE IN 
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA RIGHT 
NOW.
BUT WE HAVE SEEN RESULTS COMING 
IN SO FAR TONIGHT.
SO FAR JOE BIDEN LEADING IN 
DELEGATES.
HE'S GOT 296 DELEGATES SO FAR 
BUT BERNIE SANDERS AT 236.
ELIZABETH WARREN AND MICHAEL 
BLOOMBERG VERY FAR BEHIND.
THE VOTES STILL BEING COUNTED IN
CALIFORNIA.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT STATE 
RIGHT NOW.
YOU SEE BERNIE SANDERS IS 
LEADING WITH ABOUT 35% OF THE 
VOTE IN ABOVE JOE BIDEN AND 
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG.
IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, IT IS A 
TIGHT ONE RIGHT NOW.
YOU SEE ALMOST 75% OF THE VOTE 
IS IN AND JOE BIDEN LEADING 
BERNIE SANDERS RIGHT NOW 32-29%.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG STILL VIABLE 
THERE AT 16%.
AND IN THE STATE OF MAINE RIGHT 
NOW 34 FOR JOE BIDEN, 32 FOR 
BERNIE SANDERS.
LET'S START IN MAINE RIGHT NOW 
AND TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT'S
HAPPENING THERE BECAUSE YOU'VE 
GOT OVER 90% OF THE VOTE IN.
>> 91% OF THE VOTE TO BE EXACT.
I THINK ONE OF THE BIG SURPRISES
OF THE NIGHT WHEN YOU HAD BERNIE
SANDERS WHO WON HERE FOUR YEARS 
AGO, ELIZABETH WARREN NOT FAR 
AWAY FROM HER HOME STATE.
IT LOOKS LIKE ELIZABETH WARREN 
WILL GET THE DELEGATES TONIGHT, 
SHE BREAKS THE 15% THRESHOLD.
JOE BIDEN DOING SO WELL AROUND 
THE STATE.
BERNIE SANDERS WINS IN THE BIG 
CITIES BUT JOE BIDEN PICKS UP 
THE THIRD BIGGEST CITY IN MAINE 
AND DOES PRETTY WELL THERE.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE 
GOING TO LOOK AT THIS MAP AND 
SAY BERNIE SANDERS ROMPED IN 
VERM AND NEW HAMPSHIRE, HE 
COULDN'T PULL OFF MASSACHUSETTS 
OR MAINE SO FAR.
>> STILL CLOSE IN TEXAS RIGHT 
NOW.
MEANTIME, A STATE CALLED 
PROJECTED FOR JOE BIDEN, STATE 
OF ALABAMA.
INTERESTING SENATE RACE DOWN 
THERE, MARY BRUCE.
WE HAVE A RUN OFF ON THE 
REPUBLICAN SIDE.
>> THIS IS A BATTLE FOR THE 
PRESIDENT'S APPROVAL.
YOU HAVE JEFF SESSIONS, THE 
FORMER SENATOR FROM ALABAMA 
FIGHTING TO CLAIM A STATE HE HAD
FOR 20 YEAR, SOMEONE WHO WAS 
ONCE THE MOST POPULAR LAWMAKER.
NOW CLEARLY BADLY BRUISED BY HIS
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PRESIDENT.
THE PRESIDENT MADE JEFF SESSIONS
HIS PUNCHING BAG SAYING IT WAS 
THE BIGGEST MISTAKE HE MADE 
BECAUSE HE REFUSED TO DO THE 
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION.
NOW HE'S IN A RUN OFF WITH TOM 
MY TUBERVILLE, FORMER COACH OF 
AUBURN FOOTBALL.
>> IT'S RATHER AMAZING THAT THE 
PRESIDENT'S FORMER ATTORNEY 
GENERAL, THE GUY WHO WAS THE 
FIRST MEMBER OF THE SENATE TO 
ENDORSE HIM, CLEARLY THE MOST 
IMPORTANT ENDORSEMENT OF THE 
REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES FOR HIM 
COULDN'T GET THE PRESIDENT'S 
ENDORSEMENT IN TRYING TO GET HIS
OLD SENATE SEAT BACK.
BUT REALLY THE ACCOMPLISHMENT 
HERE WAS IF SOMEHOW THE 
PRESIDENT ADVISERS KEPT THE 
PRESIDENT FROM ATTACKING HIS 
FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL ON 
TWITTER.
WHAT I WONDER NOW AS THIS GETS 
TO A RUN OFF IS DOES THE 
PRESIDENT STILL REMAIN ON THE 
SIDELINES.
>> THAT WAS THE QUESTION I WAS 
JUST ABOUT TO BRING TO CHRIS 
CHRISTIE.
REMARKABLE RESTRAINT, 
UNCHARACTERISTIC RESTRAINT.
>> YEAH.
I THINK REMEMBER THE PRESIDENT 
WAS BURNED IN ALABAMA.
HE GOT INTO A PRIMARY, CONTESTED
PRIMARY THERE, WENT WITH THE 
APPOINTED INCUMBENT WHO FILLED 
OUT JEFF SESSIONS' TERM 
TEMPORARILY, WOUND UP LOSING THE
PRIMARY TO ROY MOORE AND LOST IN
THE GENERAL AFTER HE GOT BEHIND 
ROY MOORE.
THIS PRESIDENT REMEMBERS THOSE 
TYPE OF BURNS.
AND THE LAST THING HE WOULD 
WANT -- INSTINCTIVELY HE WANT TO
ENDORSE TUBERVILLE.
BUT THE LAST THING HE WANTS IS 
TO LOSE TO JEFF SESSIONS -- 
>> AND GO 0 FOR 3.
>> RIGHT.
0 FOR 3, BUT WORSE YET LOSE TO 
THE GUY HE HAS CALLED HIS WORSE 
CABINET SELECTION OF HIS FIRST 
TERM.
I THINK HE'S GOING TO LAY LOW 
FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
>> ROB.
>> YEAH, YOU LOOK AT THIS MAP, 
IF WE WERE ALL HONEST ABOUT A 
WEEK AGO AND WROTE DOWN HOW WE 
THOUGHT THE NIGHT WAS GOING TO 
TURN OUT, THIS IS A NIGHT OF 
UPSETTING AND TURNING OVER 
ASSUMPTIONS AND PRESUMPTIONS.
I NEVER THOUGHT THAT BERNIE 
SANDERS WOULD BE UNDER 30 OR 35 
IN CALIFORNIA AND THAT JOE BIDEN
WOULD BE DOING THIS WELL IN THIS
GEOGRAPHY.
AND THIS IS BASICALLY BLOWING 
AWAY EVERYBODY'S EXPECTATIONS OR
ASSUMPTIONS GOING INTO THIS 
EVENING.
>> I WANT TO BRING THAT TO 
MATTHEW.
ISN'T THAT THE STORY OF MODERN 
POLITICS NOW, NOTHING TURNS OUT 
AS YOU EXPECT.
>> IT'S SOMETHING WE LEARNED IN 
A SIMILAR SECT TO THIS IN 
NOVEMBER OF 2016.
MANY OF US THOUGHT THAT DONALD 
TRUMP WAS GOING TO WIN AND 
HILLARY CLINTON WOULD BE 
PRESIDENT.
I THINK WE'RE IN -- IF YOU TAKE 
A LOOK AT THE BROAD COUNTRY, 
WE'RE IN A VOLATILE ECONOMY.
WE'RE IN A VOLATILE TIME OF 
GENERATIONAL CHANGE.
WE'RE IN A VOLATILE TIME OF 
POLITICS, AND I THINK WE'RE IN A
TRANSFORMATIONAL MOMENT.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS 
FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORMED BY 
DONALD TRUMP.
IT'S NO LONGER THE PARTY OF 
EISENHOWER OR SMIB ELSE.
I THINK THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN 
THIS MOMENT IS FIGURING OUT WHO 
THEY ARE IN THIS.
OBVIOUSLY IT PROVIDES TREMENDOUS
CHANGE IN THIS.
I THINK PART OF THE PROCESS IS 
THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE 
OUT WHO IS THE PERSON TO LEAD 
THEM IN THAT CHANGE.
AS OF TONIGHT AS YOU LOOK AT 
THIS, I THINK THEY'RE SETTLING 
ON SOMEBODY MORE LIKE JOE BIDEN 
IN THAT MOMENT.
>> THE WORD RESTORATION HAS COME
UP TONIGHT.
BUT JON KARL, WHEN YOU THINK 
ABOUT BARACK OBAMA AND THINK 
ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE DOMINATED
THE PARTY FOR SO MANY YEARS AND 
BASICALLY PREVENTED A FARM TEAM 
FROM DEVELOPING, IT'S KIND OF 
BROUGHT HOME BY THE FACT THAT 
THE TWO CANDIDATES TONIGHT ARE 
BERNIE SANDERS AND JOE BIDEN, 
BOTH PUSHING 80.
>> YOU KNOW, BARACK OBAMA DID A 
GREAT JOB OF GETTING ELECTED AND
GETTING REELECTED AND THEN GETS 
TROUNCED, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
GETTING TROUNCED IN THE MIDTERM 
ELECTIONS AT EVERY LEVEL.
EXACTLY RIGHT.
HERE YOU HAVE TWO OLD SCHOOL 
DEMOCRATS AND NO RISING STAR 
BATTLING IT OUT.
>> TAKE ANOTHER BREAK.
>>> THIS IS AN ABC NEWS ELECTION
UPDATE.
>> WELCOME BACK TO ABC'S 
COVERAGE OF TONIGHT'S MOMENTOUS 
SUPER TUESDAY COVERAGE.
LET'S BRING IN ABC POLITICAL 
DIRECTOR MARY ALICE PARK WHO HAS
CLOSELY COVERED THE SANDERS 
CAMPAIGN AND THE PROGRESSIVE 
MOVEMENT.
WE SAW THE SURGE FOR BIDEN AND 
MODERATES BUT SANDERS IS CLEARLY
GOING TO DOUBLE DOWN ON THE 
PROGRESSIVES.
>> THEY STILL FEEL GOOD THAT 
THEY ARE WINNING ON THE ISSUES 
IN A NUMBER OF STATES, EVEN ONES
THAT BERNIE SANDERS LOST, MORE 
DEMOCRATS SAY THEY SUPPORTED 
MEDICARE FOR ALL.
THEY SAY THAT HEALTH CARE AND 
CLIMATE CHANGE ARE ISSUES THAT 
MATTER MOST TO THEM.
SO, THEY STILL FEEL LIKE THOSE 
ARE WINNING ISSUES FOR BERNIE 
SANDERS, AND JOE BIDEN'S GOING 
TO HAVE TO ANSWER FOR HOW HE 
FEELS IN THAT PART OF THE PARTY.
>> THERE'S BICKERING BREAKING 
OUT IN THE PROGRESSIVE WING.
ILHAN OMAR TWEETING THAT PERHAPS
THE PROGRESSIVES SHOULD HAVE 
CONSOLIDATED IN THE SAME WAY 
THAT THE MODERATES HAVE, 
BASICALLY SAYING ELIZABETH 
WARREN SHOULD HAVE DROPPED OUT.
>> IT'S HARD FOR PROGRESSIVES.
THERE'S A LOT OF GROUPS THAT DO 
NOT WANT TO LOOK LIKE THEY'RE 
ASKING ONE OF THE ONLY WOMEN 
LEFT IN THE RACE TO DROP OUT, 
ESPECIALLY A WOMAN THAT'S MADE 
INROADS IN REALLY BLUE STATES.
ELIZABETH WARREN'S INCREDIBLY 
POPULAR IN CALIFORNIA, 
WASHINGTON STATE.
IT'S HARD TO ASK SOMEONE LIKE 
THAT TO DROP OUT.
>> YOU'VE ALSO BEEN TRACKING 
CLOSELY BERNIE'S STRONG HOLDS OF
YOUTH VOTES AND NON-EDUCATED 
VOTERS AND SEEING SOMETHING 
DIFFERENT.
>> YEAH, EXACTLY.
THERE'S TWO BIG DIVIDES THAT I 
THINK BERNIE SANDERS WAS HOPING 
HE COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF GOING
INTO TONIGHT.
ONE IS THE AGE DIVIDE.
AND HE IS STILL TAKING ADVANTAGE
OF THAT.
HE DOES REALLY POORLY WITH OLDER
VOTERS BUT INCREDIBLY WELL WITH 
YOUNGER VOTERS.
IN THE EARLY STATES HE DID WELL 
ON A CLASS DIVIDE.
HE DID VERY WELL WITH VOTERS WHO
DIDN'T HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE, 
OFTEN THE LOWEST INCOME VOTER.
AND WE'RE SEEING TONIGHT THAT 
JOE BIDEN GIVES HIM A RUN FOR 
THE MONEY IN THOSE PARTS OF THE 
PARTY.
>> WHAT'S FASCINATING TO ME ARE 
THE TWO BIG REMAINING STATES OF 
CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS WHERE 
THEY'RE BOTH BIG LATINO 
POPULATIONS, HOW THEY'RE 
BREAKING FOR BERNIE AND HOW THE 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTE IS 
DIVERGING AS WELL.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A BLACK AND 
BROWN COALITION THAT'S 
FRACTURING.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND BOTH SIDES ARE GOING TO HAVE
TO EXPLAIN THAT.
A DEMOCRAT WANTS TO WIN ALL 
MINORITY VOTERS.
BOTH SIDES ARE THE BREAD AND 
BUTTER OF A DEMOCRATIC 
COALITION, SO THEY'RE GOING TO 
HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BRING 
PEOPLE TOGETHER.
JOE BIDEN'S BEEN ABLE TO RELY ON
A LOT OF HIS RELATIONSHIPS IN 
THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
I WAS IN SOUTH CAROLINA 
CONSTANTLY TALKING TO VOTERS 
THAT SAID I KNOW JOE BIDEN AND 
THEY MEANT IT LITERALLY.
LIKE THEY PERSONALLY HAD HAD 
EXPERIENCES WITH JOE BIDEN.
AND THAT MEANT SOMETHING TO 
THEM.
ON THE OTHER HAND, BERNIE 
SANDERS HAS SPENT A TON OF TIME 
AND A TON OF HIS BROWN GAME 
FOCUSED ON LATINO VOTERS.
AND HE THINKS HIS MESSAGE ABOUT 
PAID FAMILY LEAVE AND SICK LEAVE
IS RESONATING WITH THEM.
>> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF JOE 
BIDEN'S TWEET TO DONALD TRUMP 
SAYING YOU LOST TONIGHT?
>> YEAH, HE WANTS TO PIVOT THIS 
AND HAVE IT LOOK LIKE A GENERAL 
ELECTION.
HE'S GOING TO WANT TO KEEP 
TALKING ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP 
BECAUSE IT MAKES HIM LOOK LIKE 
HE'S ALREADY CLINCHED THIS 
THING.
ON THE OTHER HAND HE'S GOING TO 
HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO UNITE 
THE PARTY.
>> KEEP IT RIGHT HERE ON ABC 
NEWS LIVE TONIGHT ON THIS SUPER 
TUESDAY.
STILL MORE TO COME.
GEORGE AND THE ABC NEWS 
POLITICAL TEAM WILL BE BACK 
STILL WAITING FOR RESULTS FROM 
CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS AND MAINE.
STAY WITH US.
>>> SUPER TUESDAY, HERE AGAIN, 
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS.
IT'S 1:30 IN THE EAST AND 10:30 
IN THE WEST.
JOE BIDEN HAS 296 DELEGATES 
AFTER WINNING EIGHT STATES 
TONIGHT PLUS SOUTH CAROLINA 
GIVES HIM A TOTAL OF 9.
BERNIE SANDERS HAS WON FIVE 
STATES OVERALL IN THE SEASON.
ELIZABETH WARREN HAS 17 
DELEGATES.
WE STILL HAVE THE VOTES BEING 
COUNTED IN THREE STATES RIGHT 
NOW STARTING WITH THE STATE OF 
MAINE.
VERY CLOSE RACE RIGHT THERE.
YOU SEE JOE BIDEN LEADING BERNIE
SANDERS 34-32 THERE IN THE STATE
OF MAINE.
ALSO VERY CLOSE IN THE STATE OF 
TEXAS RIGHT NOW.
32 FOR JOE BIDEN, 29 FOR BERNIE 
SANDERS.
YOU'VE GOT ABOUT 77% OF THE VOTE
IS IN.
VOTES WILL BE GOING FOR SOME 
TIME IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
BUT BERNIE SANDERS IS LEADING 
THERE RIGHT NOW.
THAT COULD GO ON FOR DAYS.
I WANT TO BRING IN RICK CLINE, 
OUR POLITICAL DIRECTOR BACK IN 
RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT TURNOUT
TONIGHT AND THE SPECIFIC NUMBERS
SHOW THE MAGNITUDE OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC TURNOUT.
>> AND I'LL CALL SOME OF THEM 
RIGHT NOW SO I HAVE SOME OF IT 
IN FRONT OF ME.
YOU CAN SEE IN ALABAMA WE'RE 
ALREADY SEEING TURNOUT WELL 
ABOVE THE 2016 LEVEL.
ALABAMA OF COURSE IS NOT A CORE 
STATE FOR DEMOCRATS, NOT A PLACE
THEY'RE OFTEN ACTIVATED.
BUT THEY'RE WELL ON THEIR WAY.
THERE'S A GENERAL ELECTION THIS 
FALL WHERE THEY HAVE A SENATE 
SEAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO KEEP, SO
NUMBERS LIKE THIS ARE GOOD FOR 
THEM.
IN TENNESSEE THEY'RE ABOUT ON 
THE WAY TO DOUBLING THE TURNOUT 
FROM 2016.
MASSACHUSETTS, THAT'S A BIG 
DEMOCRATIC STATE, KIND OF A 
MEASURE OF ENTHUSIASM, WELL 
ABOVE 2016 LEVEL.
SAME THING IN ARKANSAS.
SO, IF THE DEMOCRATS ARE LOOKING
FOR WINNING GAUGES IN THE PARTY,
THEY ARE SEEING ENTHUSIASM ABOVE
2016 LEVELS.
THEY AREN'T NECESSARILY GETTING 
BACK TO 2008 THOUGH AND I THINK 
THAT'S ANOTHER MEASUREMENT THAT 
DEMOCRATS HAVE TO LOOK FOR THAT 
THAT WAS THE YEAR OF THE 
HISTORIC OBAMA VERSUS CLINTON 
AND JOHN EDWARDS PRIMARY.
THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT GOT SO 
MANY OFF THE SIDELINES.
TO BEAT DONALD TRUMP YOU HAVE TO
GET BACK TO THOSE LEVELS.
>> ONE OF THE CONCERNS THE 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAVE IS WILL 
THE PARTY COME TOGETHER.
THE EXIT POLLS SEEM TO SUGGEST 
THEY WILL.
>> THEY DO.
87% OF BIDEN VOTERS SAID YES, WE
WILL VOTE WHOEVER THE DEMOCRATIC
NOMINEE IS REGARDLESS OF WHO 
THAT PERSON IS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT SANDERS, 83% OF
THE SANDERS SUPPORTERS SAID THEY
WILL VOTE FOR THE NOMINEE.
THAT COMES FOUR YEARS AFTER A 
CRITIQUE THAT SOME OF THE 
SANDERS VOTERS DID NOT VOTE FOR 
HILLARY CLINTON AT THE ELECTION.
>> MICHAEL BLOOMBERG GETTING IN 
THE RACE TO BLOCK BERNIE 
SANDERS, WOULD THAT CAUSE 
SANDERS VOTERS TO DEFECT IF THEY
DIDN'T GET THE NOMINATION?
>> I THINK IT WOULD HAVE 
ABSOLUTELY.
BLOOMBERG IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT
STORY.
BUT LOOK, BERNIE SANDERS HIMSELF
HAS BEEN DIFFERENT ON THIS 
CAMPAIGN.
HE SAID FROM THE VERY BEGINNING 
THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS
BEATING PRESIDENT TRUMP.
HE DOESN'T SEE HIS CAMPAIGN AS A
PROTEST MOVEMENT THIS TIME.
HE WAS IN IT TO WIN IT AND HE'S 
IN IT TO BEAT PRESIDENT TRUMP.
I THINK HIS MESSAGING HAS REALLY
IMPACTED HIS VOTERS' MESSAGING 
ON THIS.
>> YOU WERE SPEAKING WITH 
HILLARY CLINTON THIS MORNING, 
QUITE EARLY THIS MORNING, IT'S 
BEEN A LONG DAY.
SHE WAS RELATIVELY CAREFUL, 
LITTLE MORE CAREFUL THAN SHE'S 
BEEN IN THE DOCUMENTARY THAT'S 
COMING OUT.
BUT IT'S SO CLEAR HOW MUCH SHE 
DISLIKES, DISTRUSTS, AND 
DISRESPECTS BERNIE SANDERS.
>> STILL CERTAINLY SHARP ELBOWS.
I ASKED HER POINT BLANK VICE 
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SAYS HE DOES
NOT BELIEVE BERNIE SANDERS COULD
BEAT DONALD TRUMP.
DO YOU AGREE.
AND SHE SAID ESSENTIALLY YES.
SHE DOESN'T THINK HE'S AS STRONG
A CANDIDATE TO BEAT DONALD 
TRUMP.
AGAIN FROM THE DOCUMENTARY I 
ASKED HER ABOUT A COMMENT WHEN 
SHE TALKED ABOUT BERNIE'S 
CAMPAIGN IN 2016 SAYING THAT IT 
WAS THE BOLOGNA AND SHE WAS 
SORRY PEOPLE GOT SUCKED IN.
SHE SAID THAT'S MY AUTHENTIC 
ANSWER THEN.
IT'S MY AUTHENTIC ANSWER NOW.
>> THE IMPERATIVE WILL BE FOR 
DEMOCRATS TO UNIFY.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT TOUGHER, 
AND I'LL START WITH YOU EVETTE, 
IF THESE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS AND 
MONTHS ARE BASICALLY BOTH 
CANDIDATES IN EACH OTHERS' 
FACES.
>> YOU KNOW, I THINK -- I DON'T 
KNOW THAT THAT'S TRUE.
I LOVE THE IDEA THAT WE'RE 
ACTIVATING ALL SIDES OF THE 
PARTY, RIGHT?
WE CANNOT WIN THIS WITHOUT YOUNG
DIVERSE VOTERS.
WE'VE GOT TO GET THEM EXCITED, 
GOT TO BRING THEM TO THE TABLE.
IF THEY'RE DISENGAGED, THEY 
WON'T SHOW UP IN NOVEMBER.
SAME WITH THE MODERATE SIDE OF 
THE PARTY.
THEY'VE GOT TO SHOW UP.
THE QUESTION IS HOW DO WE THEN 
COME TOGETHER.
THE ISSUES, AS WE SAW EARLIER 
WITH DAVID'S STAT, FOLKS WITH 
BERNIE SANDERS ON THE ISSUES, 
THEY TRUST AT THIS POINT BIDEN 
TO BEAT TRUMP.
HOW DO WE BRING THIS ALL 
TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE WE 
ACTUALLY WIN.
THAT'S THE QUESTION.
>> WILL IT HAPPEN?
>> HONESTLY IT'S BETTER TO HAVE 
THIS FIGHT NOW THAN IN JUNE OR 
AFTER JUNE.
IT'S BETTER TO GET THE AIR 
CLEARED, GET A CLEAR WINNER 
GOING INTO THE CONVENTION SO 
THAT WE CAN BEGIN THE PROCESS.
AND WE'VE GOT SOMETHING WE 
DIDN'T HAVE IN '16 AND IT'S 
DONALD TRUMP.
AND INEVITABLY HE'S GOING TO DO 
SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO JUST 
ABSOLUTELY LIKE A MAGNET BRING 
DEMOCRATS BACK TOGETHER.
HE'S GOING TO MAKE A STATEMENT.
HE'S GOING TO ENGAGE IN SOME 
KIND OF BEHAVIOR.
I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY 
WHAT'S MOTIVATING DEMOCRATS IS 
NOT NECESSARILY JUST SUPPORTING 
YOUR CANDIDATE.
IT'S WINNING AND MAKING SURE 
WE -- 
>> AND RAHM, THAT IS GOING TO BE
THE BIG QUESTION.
WILL THE DEMOCRATS SEE THE KIND 
OF TURNOUT EQUIVALENT THAT THEY 
SAW IN 2018 WHICH SET RECORD FRS
A MIDTERM.
WILL THEY BE SETTING RECORDS FOR
A GENERAL ELECTION?
>> YES.
I MEAN FIRST OF ALL, I THINK 
BOTH SIDES ARE GOING TO DO IT.
I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE 
ABOUT 30 MORE MILLION VOTERS 
THAN IN YOU DID IN 2016 COME OUT
IN 2020.
I THINK NOT ONLY DEMOCRATS GET 
UNIFIED, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A
VERY GOOD TURNOUT AND IT'S GOING
TO BE BECAUSE THE SENATE'S GOING
TO BECOME A BIGGER PLAY AND 
BIGGER FOCUS.
DONALD TRUMP HAS THE ABILITY FOR
DEMOCRATS, LIKE A WHISTLE, WILL 
BE LASER LIKE FOCUS.
THIS IS WAY PAST MY BEDTIME SO 
I'M JUST GOING TO CALL TEXAS FOR
ALL OF US.
I'M LIKE THIS IS WAY PAST MY 
BEDTIME.
I'M GOING TO GO OUT ON A LIMB 
AND SAY BIDEN, TEXAS.
THAT'S IT.
I'M DONE.
>> I WANT TO PICK UP ON A POINT 
I WAS MAKING BEFORE.
>> FOUR YEARS AGO, DEMOCRATS 
UNITED IN NOT WANTING DONALD 
TRUMP.
BUT THERE'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE 
WHICH IS IT'S NOW A REALITY.
THEY THOUGHT HE COULDN'T WIN 
LAST TIME AND THAT EPT CAN A LOT
OF DEMOCRATS AT HOME.
THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN NOW.
SO I THINK YOU WILL SEE 
DEMOCRATS INCREDIBLY MOTIVATED.
ONE OF THE BIG CHALLENGES HERE I
THINK FOR JOE BIDEN IF HE'S ABLE
TO TURN THIS INTO A -- IF HE'S 
ABLE TO CARRY THIS TO VICTORY IS
WHAT DOES HE DO TO YOUNG VOTERS.
AGAIN ONE OF THE STRIKING THINGS
IN THIS STATE AFTER STATE AFTER 
STATE IS YOU SEE BERNIE SANDERS 
WINNING YOUNG VOTERS IN SOME 
PLACES BY 50 OR MORE PERCENT 
OVER JOE BIDEN.
NOW, IN A LOT OF THOSE STATES 
YOUNG VOTERS DIDN'T TURN OUT IN 
HUGE NUMBERS BUT THEY TURNED OUT
SIGNIFICANTLY.
AND THERE ARE -- YOU KNOW, HE'S 
GOING TO NEED TO FIND A WYE TO 
TAP INTO THAT ELEMENT OF THAT 
BERNIE COALITION.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
BERNIE SANDERS HAS BEEN 
ATTRACTING THOSE YOUNG VOTERS.
>> HE'S 79.
>> NEVER SAY NEVER ANYMORE IN 
POLITICS.
BUT I THINK IT'S UNLIKELY THAT 
IF JOE BIDEN GETS THE NOMINATION
HE CAN CHOOSE BERNIE SANDERS.
 AS HIS RUNNING MATE.
>> THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING.
WHO COULD IT BE TOER IN 
APOLOGIZE THE YOUNG VOTERS.
>> WE HAVE LARGE BERNIE SANDERS 
RALLIES.
THERE ARE INCREDIBLY LOYAL 
FOLLOWERS WHO ARE DEEPLY 
SKEPTICAL OF THE ESTABLISHMENT 
WHEN THEY RALLY AROUND JOE BIDEN
LIKE THIS.
HOW ARE THEY GOING TO CONVINCE 
THEM IF JOE BIDEN IS HEADED 
TOWARDS BEING THE NOMINEE, HOW 
DO YOU CONVINCE THEM TO GET ON 
BOARD WITH THAT.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE 
BERNIE SANDERS TWEAK THE 
CONVENTION.
HE SAYS A PLURALITY WOULD BE 
ENOUGH.
HE SAYS WHOEVER HAS THE MOST 
DELEGATES SHOULD WIN THE 
NOMINATION.
HE SAYS THE PROCESS HAS TO BE 
DEMOCRATIC.
>> ASIDE FROM DONALD TRUMP, WHAT
IS THE GLUE THAT HOLDS THE TWO 
WINGS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY 
TOGETHER RIGHT NOW?
>> DID YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S 
A GOOD QUESTION.
DONALD TRUMP IS PROBABLY THE 
THING THAT MOTIVATES US THE 
MOST.
I DO THINK 2016 WAS A YEAR WHERE
WE REALLY DID REALIZE THAT WE 
COULD LOSE THIS THING IF WE 
DON'T COME TOGETHER.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT ELSE.
>> I THINK THERE'S TWO ISSUES: 
GUNS AND CLIMATE.
AND I THINK AS LONG AS JOE BIDEN
IS VERY CLEAR ON WHAT HE'S GOING
TO DO ON CLIMATE WHICH IS AN 
EXISTENTIAL ISSUE FOR YOUNG 
PEOPLE, WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO ON
GUNS, I THINK THAT THAT WILL 
BRING THEM TO THE DEMOCRATIC 
PARTY.
>> THERE'S A REAL C CHANGE IN 
POLITICS OVER THE LAST FIVE 
YEARS.
A FORMER SENATOR FROM NORTH 
DAKOTA WOULD BE SAYING THAT GUNS
ARE A UNIFYING ISSUE.
>> YOU WON'T WIN IN NORTH 
DAKOTA.
OR ANY OF THOSE RED STATES.
BUT THE SUBURBAN WOMEN, THIS IS 
A HUGE ISSUE.
IT'S A HUGE ISSUE FOR YOUNG 
KIDS.
>> I WANT TO GIVE A FOREWARNING 
BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HOW THE 
PARTY IS GOING TO UNITE AND TAKE
ON DONALD TRUMP AND ALL THAT.
THERE'S FIVE OR SIX STATES.
JOE BIDEN, I MEAN JOE BIDEN HAD 
A REALLY GOOD NIGHT AND JOE 
BIDEN MIGHT MAKE IT REALLY 
BETTER.
BUT JOE BIDEN HAS BEEN KNOWN NOT
TO HAVE A LONG PERIOD OF TIME 
WHERE HE DOESN'T DO SOMETHING OR
HAS A BAD DEBATE.
SO, HE HAS TO GET THROUGH NEXT 
WEEK.
HE HAS TO GET THROUGH THE DEBATE
AND GET THROUGH THE WEEKS AHEAD.
>> I THINK THERE'S ZERO QUESTION
ABOUT THAT.
BUT I THINK IT LEADS TO A 
QUESTION OF WE START TO SEE WHAT
HAPPENS IN MAINE, STOP TO SEE 
WHAT HAPPENS IN TEXAS.
IT LOOKS LIKE BERNIE SANDERS IS 
GOING TO WIN CALIFORNIA.
BUT FUNDAMENTALLY WAS THIS A 
VOTE FOR JOE BIDEN OR AGAINST 
BERNIE SANDERS?
>> MUCH MORE FOR JOE BIDEN.
IT STARTED EARLIER IN THE WEEK 
LAST WEEK TO FIGURE OUT BERNIE 
SANDERS BECAUSE EVERYBODY SAW IT
AS AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT.
AS IT MOVED CLOSER AND CLOSER 
BECAME PRO-JOE BIDEN.
THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME 
YOU'LL SEE PEOPLE IN THE '70s.
THIS GENERATION IS OUT.
NEVER AGAIN ANOTHER ELECTION 
LIKE THIS.
WE COULD ALWAYS SURPRISE PEOPLE.
BUT HERE'S THE THING.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY CHANGED IN 
2016.
NEVER GOING BACK TO THE ERA OF 
GEORGE BUSH, RONALD REAGAN, 
RICHARD NIXON.
NOT HAPPENING.
WE'RE HOLDING THAT OFF THIS ONE 
TIME.
WE'RE GOING THROUGH OUR OWN 
RESHUFFLING OF THE COALITION AND
THE ASCENDING PIECE IS THE 
PROGRESSIVE PIECE OF THE PARTY.
I DO STILL THINK THAT 60% IS 
MORE MODERATE, ET CETERA.
BUT THERE'S A RESHUFFLING IN OUR
PARTY THAT WE'RE NOT FULLY DONE 
WITH THAT DEBATE.
THIS WILL BE THE LAST ELECTION 
LIKE THIS.
>> WE HAVE TO TAKE ANOTHER 
BREAK.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
>>> AND WELCOME BACK TO OUR 
COVERAGE OF SUPER TUESDAY 2020, 
NOW 1:45 IN THE EAST, 10:45 IN 
THE WEST.
MOST OF THE STATES HAVE BEEN 
DECIDED.
JOE BIDEN HAS WON EIGHT STATES 
TONIGHT.
LET'S LOOK AT THE DELEGATE BOARD
RIGHT NOW.
300 DELEGATES FOR JOE BIDEN 
RIGHT NOW.
TO 239 FOR BERNIE SANDERS.
HE'S WON THREE STATES SO FAR 
TONIGHT.
AND WE HAVE ELIZABETH WARREN AND
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG FAR BEHIND.
THREE STATES STILL BEING COUNTED
RIGHT NOW.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THOSE 
RIGHT NOW STARTING WITH THE 
STATE OF MAINE.
THERE YOU SEE WITH JUST OVER 90%
OF THE VOTE IN 34 FOR JOE BIDEN,
32 FOR BERNIE SANDERS.
IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THAT
COUNTING IS GOING TO TAKE TIME.
35% OF THE VOTE IS IN, BUT 
BERNIE SANDERS IS LEADING RIGHT 
NOW OVER JOE BIDEN AND MICHAEL 
BLOOMBERG IS A CLOSE RACE.
IN THE SECOND LARGEST PRIZE OF 
THE NIGHT, STATE OF TEXAS RIGHT 
NOW.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHERE 
THINGS STAND.
NOW JOE BIDEN ACTUALLY WIDEN HIS
LEAD OVER BERNIE SANDERS.
TOM LLAMAS, LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
>> IN THE LAST HOUR AS YOU 
MENTIONED JOE BIDEN WIDENED HIS 
LEAD IN THE LONE STAR STATE.
LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK RIGHT 
NOW.
IT'S ABOUT A 60,000 VOTE 
DIFFERENCE.
WHAT HAPPENED WITH SAN ANTONIO.
SAN ANTONIO FINALLY CAME IN.
THERE'S ABOUT AN 8,000 VOTE 
DIFFERENCE RIGHT HERE.
THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A BIG 
COUNTY FOR BERNIE SANDERS.
ROM EMANUEL WANTED TO CALL TEXAS
FOR JOE BIDEN.
HE'S UP BY 60,000 VOTES.
HE JUST FLIPPED FT. WORTH.
THE TREND IS GOING FOR JOE BIDEN
RIGHT NOW.
MAYBE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF 
HOURS THE HEADLINES ARE GOING TO
BE WRITTEN AND THEY'RE GOING TO 
SAY JOE BIDEN POSSIBLY WON 
TEXAS.
IF HE WINS ALL THOSE EASTERN 
STATES PLUS TEXAS, THAT'S A GOOD
NIGHT FOR JOE BIDEN.
IF YOU LOSE A DAY OF HEADLINES 
AND BERNIE SANDERS WILL WITH 
CALIFORNIA, IT'S NOT THE BEST 
THING TO WAKE UP IN THE MORNING 
AND NOT HAVE THAT GREAT HEADLINE
FOR YOUR CANDIDATE.
>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT TEXAS.
22% SAID THEY DECIDED IN THE 
LAST FEW DAYS.
IT LOOKS LIKE JOE BIDEN IS 
EXPANDING HIS LEAD.
49% OF THE LATE DECIDERS WENT 
WITH JOE BIDEN, MORE THAN 
DOUBLING BERNIE SANDERS.
GEORGE, LOOK AT THIS, ACROSS ALL
THE STATES THIS SUPER TUESDAY 
EVENING, 42% OF LATE DECIDERS 
WENT WITH JOE BIDEN.
S THAT THE UNDERLYING STORY LINE
OF THE NIGHT.
>> RAHM YOU ALREADY CALLED TEXAS
EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN'T COUNT.
>> HE'S LEADING RIGHT NOW.
HE'S LEADING IN MAINE.
THE POSSIBILITY THAT JOE BIDEN 
WOULD WIN 10 OUT OF THE 15 
CONTESTS STILL HASN'T BEEN DONE 
YET BUT IS A POSSIBILITY IS 
REMARKABLE.
>> SIX DAYS AGO NOBODY WOULD 
HAVE SAW THIS HAPPENING.
IT'S A REMARKABLE TURN AROUND 
FOR A NUMBER OF THESE STATES HE 
NEVER VISITED, PUT NO MONEY IN, 
DOESN'T HAVE AN OFFICE.
THAT TELLS YOU MOMENTUM.
HE'S ONE DEBATE PERFORMANCE AWAY
FROM MESSING IT ALL UP.
HE'S GOT TO FIGURE OUT HAVING 
RUN AS VICE PRESIDENT'S OBAMA, 
I'M THE MOST ELECT ABLE, HE'S 
GOT TO GET A MESSAGE THEME 
BIGGER THAN THOSE TWO PILLARS 
AND HE DOESN'T DONE IT YET.
THAT'S THE TEST FOR HIM.
>> CHRIS CHRISTIE, WE WERE 
TALKING ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S 
RESTRAINT BY STAYING OUT OF THE 
ALABAMA SENATE RACE.
I'LL PAUSE FOR THIS QUESTION.
PROBABLY THE BEST THING THAT CAN
HAPPEN FOR JOE BIDEN IN THE 
FINAL WEEKS AND MONTHS OF THIS 
PRIMARY IS IF DONALD TRUMP 
ATTACKS HIM EVERY DAY AND HE 
BECOMES THE PRIME TARGET OF 
DONALD TRUMP.
DOES THE PRESIDENT UNDERSTAND 
THAT?
>> YEAH, I THINK HE DOES.
I THINK HE UNDERSTANDS IT.
NOW, THE QUESTION IS GOING TO BE
IF HE BELIEVES BIDEN HAS BECOME 
INEVITABLE, THEN HE'S JUST GOING
TO START THE ATTACK AND IT'S NOT
GOING TO STOP UNTIL ELECTION 
DAY.
REALLY I THINK THE DECISION 
TRIGGER WILL BE IF HE BELIEVES 
BIDEN IS UNSTOPPABLE NOW IN THIS
PRIMARY AND HE'S GOING TO BE MY 
OPPONENT I'M GOING TO START ON 
HIM NOW AND NEVER LET UP.
I SAY ONE OTHER THING IN 
REACTION TO WHAT WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT IN THE LAST SEGMENT.
IT'S TRUE THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE 
BEEN MOTIVATED BY DONALD TRUMP.
HE GOT CAUGHT NAPPING FOUR YEARS
AGO.
BUT REMEMBER TOO THAT 
REPUBLICANS, MANY REPUBLICANS, 
SIT HERE AND THINK THAT THE 
DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN HORRIBLY 
HARSHLY PARTISAN TO THE 
PRESIDENT BUT THE MEDIA'S BEEN 
HARSHLY PARTISAN TO THE 
PRESIDENT AND IT'S GOING TO 
MOTIVATE THEM TOO.
I THINK RAHM'S RIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE ENORMOUS 
TURNOUT IN NOVEMBER.
IT'S GOING TO COME DOWN TO 
WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN, OHIO, 
PENNSYLVANIA -- 
>> ARIZONA.
>> WELL, I'LL HOLD THE PHONE ON 
ARIZONA.
THOSE FOUR IT'S GOING TO COME 
DOWN TO AGAIN I THINK.
>> LET'S GO TO MICHIGAN RIGHT 
NOW.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE SEEING BOTH 
CANDIDATES IN THAT STATE.
YOU'LL SEE BERNIE SANDERS AND 
JOE BIDEN IN JUST THE NEXT DAY 
OR TWO.
>> AND ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT 
I THINK WE LEARNED IS THAT THE 
CANDIDATES MATTER.
I THINK TONIGHT MONEY LOST, 
RIGHT, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF 
DAYS.
TOM STEYER SPENT $170 MILLION 
FOR A GOOSE EGG OF DELEGATES, 
MIKE BLOOMBERG HALF A BILLION 
FOR A HANDFUL AND A LOT OF 
EMBARRASSMENT.
BERNIE SANDERS WAS ALL OVER THE 
AIR ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND IT 
WAS THE CANDIDATES THAT VOTED 
AND EVENTS THAT MATTERED.
A GOOD DEBATE, A VIRAL MOMENT, A
PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE.
AND I DON'T THINK WE CAN 
UNDERESTIMATE THAT AS THE 
COUNTRY GOES FORWARD TO RESPOND 
TO THE LOOMING THREAT OF A 
PANDEMIC, THAT CHANGES VOTERS 
MINDS.
ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE LOOKING 
FOR SOMETHING ELSE PERHAPS IN 
CANDIDATES.
THEY MAY NOT BE LOOKING FOR 
REVOLUTION SO MUCH AS 
EXPERIENCE, STEADY HAND.
I THINK MAYBE THAT WOULD HAVE 
BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR PETE 
BUTTIGIEG, A 37-YEAR-OLD FACING 
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
IT MAY MAKE PRESIDENT TRUMP LOOK
LIKE A VERY DIFFERENT CANDIDATE 
INDEED.
AS CHRIS CHRISTIE SAID EARLIER, 
IT'S GOING TO MAKE HOLDING 
ELECTION DIFFICULT.
>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO 
ASK YOU ABOUT.
WE ALL FOLLOW THIS ON OUR EMAIL 
AND TWITTER ALL DAY, ALL THESE 
KINDS OF EVENTS BEING CANCELLED 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY ALL THE TIME.
IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO EFFECT THE
CAMPAIGNING GOING FORWARD.
>> IT WILL FOR CANDIDATES WHO 
ARE -- THERE ARE PROFESSIONAL 
POLITICIANS.
THEY'RE PEOPLE PEOPLE.
THEY GET CLOSE TO PEOPLE.
THEY GET UP TO THEM.
BIDEN IS A TOUCHER FAMOUSLY AND 
INFAMOUSLY.
ALL THAT HAS TO CHANGE AT A TIME
OF SOCIAL DISTANCING TO HELP 
EACH OTHER AND IT MUST BE NOTED 
THAT ALL THREE CANDIDATES ARE IN
THEIR 70s.
THIS IS A FAIRLY MORE DANGEROUS 
CONTAGION TO PEOPLE OF THAT AGE 
AND OLDER.
BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS 
GOING TO CHANGE VOTERS' MINDS 
AND THE WAY WE CAMPAIGN AND HOLD
ELECTIONS AS WELL.
>> DAVID MUIR, YOU'VE BEEN 
TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT PEOPLE ARE
SAYING ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS.
>> WE'LL BRING UP THE 
CORONAVIRUS QUESTION.
THEY DID EXIT POLLING IN FIVE 
STATES ON THIS, IMPORTANCE OF 
CORONAVIRUS IN YOUR VOTE.
55% SAID IT WAS IMPORTANT AND OF
THOSE WHO SAID IT WAS IMPORTANT,
43% WENT WITH JOE BIDEN TO LEAD 
US THROUGH A CORONAVIRUS IF THAT
IS STILL AN ISSUE COME ELECTION 
DAY.
BUT THAT'S HOW THEY BROKE DOWN 
TONIGHT.
THEY THINK CORONAVIRUS IS 
IMPORTANT AND I THINK YOU MAKE A
GREAT POINT.
HE DID BRING UP BLOOMBERG AND 
HALF A BILLION DOLLARS SPENT.
I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS 
TONIGHT.
DIDN'T BUY HIM LOVE.
58% HAS AN UNFAVORABLE VIEW OF 
BLOOMBERG IN CALIFORNIA, 52% 
UNFAVORABLE IN COLORADO.
HE SPENT A LOT MORE THAN BIDEN 
IN A LOT OF THOSE STATES.
>> NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
LET'S GO TO RACHEL SCOTT WITH 
THE BERNIE SANDERS CAMPAIGN.
 WHAT HAVE THEY TOLD YOU ABOUT 
THE NEXT FEW DAYS?
>> WELL, WE KNOW THEY'RE GOING 
TO BE KEEPING AN EYE VERY 
CLOSELY ON CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS 
AS THESE RESULTS CONTINUE TO 
TRICKLE IN HERE.
THOSE ARE TWO STATES WHERE 
SENATOR SANDERS REALLY INVESTED 
A LOT OF HIS TIME, BOTH IN TEXAS
AND IN CALIFORNIA, CALIFORNIA 
SPECIFICALLY MAKING THE MOST 
STOP THERE IS OUT OF ANY SUPER 
TUESDAY STATE.
ALSO INVESTING THE MOST MONEY IN
TERMS OF AD WHEN IT CAMS TO HOW 
MUCH MONEY HE WAS SPENDING IN 
THE SUPER TUESDAY STATES AS 
WELL.
SENATOR SANDERS MADE CLEAR HE'S 
GOING TO STEP UP HIS ATTACK ON 
JOE BIDEN.
ALSO HE'S GOING TO BE LOOKING TO
BROADEN HIS SUPPORT.
HE TALKS ABOUT HAVING THE 
MULTIRACIAL, MULTIGENERATIONAL 
COALITION HERE.
TWO GROUPS HE IS REALLY 
STRUGGLING WITH IS 
AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS AND ALSO
OLDER VOTERS, GEORGE.
>> THANKS VERY MUCH.
I KNOW YOU CAN'T MAKE A FORMAL 
CHANGE TO YOUR FORECAST RIGHT 
NOW.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE OF 
DAYS FOR THAT OR AT LEAST 
SEVERAL HOURS.
IS IT FAIR TO CONCLUDE OR NOT 
THAT JOE BIDEN IS THE FRONT 
RUNNER NOW?
>> HE IS.
I THINK PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT MICHIGAN, THE POSSIBILITY 
FOR A COME BACK.
NOT EVERY NOMINATION LASTS UNTIL
THE BITTER END.
BERNIE SANDERS LOST ALL THE KIND
OF DEMOCRATIC SWING STATES 
TONIGHT BASICALLY, RIGHT?
THERE'S ALREADY POLLING IN 
MICHIGAN LAST TIME SHOWING 
SANDERS BEHIND THERE.
IT MAY JUST BE THAT VOTERS DON'T
WANT ANOTHER LONG AND DROWN OUT 
NOMINATION PROCESS.
THEY WANT TO BE A LITTLE 
CONTRARIAN AND SAY MAYBE IT WILL
BE KIND OF EASY FOR BIDEN.
WHO KNOWS.
THAT'S A POSSIBILITY TOO.
>> EASY FOR BIDEN.
NOTHING IN THIS RACE HAS BEEN 
EASY.
HE DID MAKE TONIGHT LOOK EASY TO
FAR.
LET'S TAKE ONE LAST LOOK BEFORE 
WE GO AT WHAT THE STATES THAT 
ARE STILL BEING COUNTED RIGHT 
NOW.
THAT IS THE STATE OF TEXAS, NOW 
82% OF THE VOTE NOW IN, TOM.
AND JOE BIDEN CONTINUING TO HOLD
THAT LEAD, ACTUALLY EXPANDING 
IT.
>> NOW HE'S UP 70,000.
WHAT THIS SHOWS IS JOE BIDEN AT 
LEAST TONIGHT BECAUSE IT IS THE 
STORY OF THE NIGHT, HE WON IN 
CITIES, SUBURBS, RURAL AREAS.
THE ONLY PLACE HE DIDN'T WIN IN 
TEXAS RIGHT NOW LOOKS LIKE IS 
ALONG THE BORDER.
HE DID WIN IN CITIES LIKE 
HOUSTON AND DALLAS THAT HAVE 
LARGE HISPANIC POPULATIONS.
THIS WAS A GOOD NIGHT NO DOUBT 
FOR JOE BIDEN.
BUT OF COURSE THE MAMMOTH STATE,
CALIFORNIA, STILL A LOT OF THE 
VOTE LEFT OUT.
BERNIE SANDERS IS AT 30%.
THE BIG QUESTION, GEORGE, AND 
WE'LL KNOW IN A COUPLE OF DAYS, 
HOW BIG WAS HIS VICTORY HERE.
HOW MANY DELEGATES IS HE GOING 
TO PULL AND WHERE THAT PUTS HIM 
IN THE HEADLINE WAR FOR JOE 
BIDEN.
>> LET'S TAKE ONE LAST LOOK AT 
THE STATE OF MAINE.
>> CAN'T FORGET ABOUT MAINE.
ANOTHER BIG SURPRISE.
SEPARATION BY ABOUT 3,000 VOTES.
2 PERCENTAGE POINTS.
WE'LL PROBABLY FIND OUT ABOUT 
THIS MAYBE TOMORROW.
BUT JUST A BIG SURPRISE, GEORGE.
WHO THOUGHT JOE BIDEN FOUR DAYS 
AGO WAS GOING TO WIN MAINE?
ELIZABETH WARREN BREAKS THE 
THRESHOLD AT 17%.
SHE'LL GET SOME DELEGATES THERE,
BUT WITH BERNIE WINNING HIS HOME
STATE THEN NEW HAMPSHIRE, YOU 
WOULD THINK THAT WOULD CONTINUE 
INTO MAINE BUT VOTERS IN MAUN 
MAIN WENT FOR JOE BIDEN.
THEY MAY SPLIT THE DELEGATES.
>> MARY BRUCE, YOU COVER CAPITOL
HILL EVERY DAY.
NANCY PELOSI IS UNLIKELY TO COME
OUT BY AFORMAL ENDORSEMENT.
>> I SUSPECT YOU ARE GOING TO 
SEE A LOT MORE ENDORSEMENTS.
SHE HAS WAYS TO SEND STRONG 
SIGNALS IF SHE WANTS TO.
YOU COULD SEE OTHER DEMOCRATIC 
LEADERS AND MEMBERS OF 
LEADERSHIP COMING OUT AND 
ENDORSING.
BUT I THINK GIVEN THE CLEAR 
IMPACT OF THESE ENDORSEMENTS 
OVER THE LAST TWO AND THREE DAYS
THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO TRY TO 
KEEP THAT UP, THE BIDEN 
CAMPAIGN, THEY'RE GOING TO WANT 
TO HAVE MORE ENDORSEMENTS.
>> THE PRESIDENT MIGHT BE ASLEEP
RIGHT NOW.
BUT HE WAKES UP EARLY.
WHEN WE GET UP TOMORROW, WHO'S 
THE FIRST TWEET ABOUT?
>> HE MAY DANCE ON BLOOMBERG'S 
GRAVE A LITTLE BIT BEFORE HE 
GOES AT JOE BIDEN.
BUT I THINK HE'S GOT A FEW MORE 
SHOTS LEFT AT BLOOMBERG.
>> CHRIS CHRISTIE IS NODDING HIS
HEAD, AND THAT IS ALL FOR US 
TONIGHT.
WE'RE WRAPPING UP OUR COVERAGE 
OF SUPER TUESDAY.
BIG NIGHT FOR JOE BIDEN.
HE'S WON AT LEAST EIGHT STATES 
TONIGHT, THREE FOR BERNIE 
SANDERS TONIGHT.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG WINS AMERICAN 
SAMOA AFTER SPENDING HALF A 
BILLION DOLLARS IN THIS 
CAMPAI
