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Full Video: Bernie Sanders Press Conference From Burlington, Vermont (3/11/2020)

Sen. Bernie Sanders is holding a press conference in his home state of Vermont to address the presidential campaign following losses in several states on Tuesday, March 10. It is unknown what the Senator plans to discuss or announce.

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When: Wednesday, March 11
Time: 1 pm ET
Where: Burlington, Vermont

A defiant Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday vowed to continue on in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination following a string of dispiriting losses to former Vice President Joe Biden.

Sanders and Biden will square off for their first one-on-one debate of the cycle on Sunday in Arizona, and Sanders said he’d challenge Biden on a host of issues there.

The Vermont progressive acknowledged that he’s losing in the fight for delegates, saying that Democrats are worried that he’s not as electable as Biden. But Sanders is pushing on, saying he’d make the case for his progressive politics even as his losses mounted.

“We have won the ideological debate, but we are losing the debate over electability,” Sanders said from Burlington, Vt. “I cannot tell you how many people our campaign has spoken to who say they agree with us but will vote for Joe because they believe he’s the best to beat Donald Trump. Needless to say, I strongly disagree with that assertion, but that’s what millions of Democrats and independents say. On Sunday, I very much look forward to the debate.”

Biden won big victories on Tuesday night in Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi and Idaho, growing his delegate lead to about 150 over Sanders.

Read full story from TheHill.com

Full Video: President Trump Rally From Charleston, South Carolina (Feb. 28)

On the eve of the South Carolina Democratic Primary, set for Saturday, Feb. 29, President Trump will be holding a “Keep America Great” rally in North Charleston, South Carolina. Here is the complete video of the Trump event.

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What: President Trump rally in South Carolina
Date: Friday, Feb. 28, 2020
Time: 7 pm ET (6 pm CT, 5 pm MT, 4 pm PT)
Location: North Charleston Coliseum & Performing Arts Center, North Charleston, South Carolina

Reporting on the South Carolina rally tonight The Post & Courier:

It may be the Democrats’ stage, but President Donald Trump is coming to crash the show.

The president will land at the Charleston Air Force Base during the late afternoon rush hour Friday ahead of his scheduled 7 p.m. rally at the North Charleston Coliseum.

Doors open at 3 p.m. Parking is $10 per car.

The appearance — beginning exactly 12 hours before polls open for Saturday’s Democratic presidential primary — continues Trump’s trend of visiting states ahead of Democratic presidential contests.

Previous events were held in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada.

Read the full story from PostAndCourier.com

Full Video: CNN South Carolina Town Hall With Bloomberg, Biden, Klobuchar, and Warren (Feb. 26)

On Wednesday, Feb. 26, four Democratic candidates participated separately with CNN in a live Town Hall event broadcast from the Memminger Auditorium in Charleston, South Carolina. Here are the collected full videos of the event.

Related: Watch Sanders, Buttigieg, and Steyer from Feb. 24

Wednesday, February 26

Videos ordered in the order each candidate appeared on CNN.

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg:

Former Vice President Joe Biden:

CNN has not made Biden’s full video available so here is a ten-minute clip:

Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar:

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren:

Three more candidates participated in the CNN South Carolina Town Hall events on Monday, February 24:

  • Bernie Sanders
  • Pete Buttigieg
  • Tom Steyer

Full Video: CNN South Carolina Town Hall With Sanders, Buttigieg, and Steyer (Feb. 23)

On Monday, Feb. 24, three Democratic candidates participated separately with CNN in a live Town Hall event broadcast from the Memminger Auditorium in Charleston, South Carolina. Here are the collected full videos of the event.

Related: Watch Bloomberg, Biden, Klobuchar, and Warren from Feb. 26

Monday, February 24

Videos ordered in the order each candidate appeared on CNN.

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders:

Former South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg:

Businessman Tom Steyer:

Four more candidates participated in the CNN South Carolina Town Hall events on Wednesday, February 26:

  • Michael Bloomberg
  • Joe Biden
  • Amy Klobuchar
  • Elizabeth Warren

Full Video: CBS News Democratic Debate From South Carolina (Feb. 25)

Seven candidates took the stage in Charleston, South Carolina, for the tenth Democratic debate of the 2020 primary. The debate took place at the Gaillard Center and was sponsored by CBS News with the Congressional Black Caucus Institute. Here is the full video of the event which originally aired on CBS on February 25, 2020.

CBS News South Carolina Democratic Debate (10th Debate)
Date: 
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Aired On:
CBS and BET
Location: 
The Gaillard Center in Charleston, South Carolina
Sponsors: 
CBS News, Congressional Black Caucus Institute, Twitter
Moderators: 
Norah O’Donnell, Gayle King, Margaret Brennan, Major Garrett, Bill Whitaker

Debate Candidates

Here is the list of candidates that took the stage for the South Carolina Democratic Debate:

  • Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders
  • Former Vice President Joe Biden
  • Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren
  • Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar
  • Former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg
  • Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg
  • Businessman Tom Steyer

Follow the full 2020 Debate Schedule and 2020 Primary Schedule.

Full Video: NBC/MSNBC Democratic Debate From Las Vegas, Nevada (Feb 19)

Six Democratic candidates, including former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, took the stage at the Paris Theater in Las Vegas for a debate sponsored by NBC News, MSNBC, and The Nevada Independent. Here is the full video of the debate which aired on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020.

Alternate Video Link: NBCNews.com

NBC News/MSNBC Nevada Democratic Debate (9th Debate)
Date: 
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Location: 
Paris Theater Las Vegas, Nevada
Sponsors: 
The Nevada Independent, NBC News
Moderators: 
Lester Holt, Chuck Todd, Hallie Jackson, Vanessa Hauc, and Jon Ralston

Debate Candidates

The rules have been changed for the Nevada debate with the donor requirements being lifted leaving only polling thresholds for candidates to meet. Here is the list of qualified candidates that will be on the stage tonight in Las Vegas:

  • Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders
  • Former Vice President Joe Biden
  • Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren
  • Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar
  • Former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg
  • Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg

Follow the full 2020 Debate Schedule and 2020 Primary Schedule.

Full Video: President Trump Rally From Phoenix, Arizona (Feb 19)

On the same night at the same time that former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will, for the first time this primary, step foot on a debate stage in Nevada, President Trump will be holding a “Keep America Great” rally in Phoenix, Arizona. Here are the rally details including the full video of the President’s remarks.

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What: President Trump rally in Phoenix, Arizona
Date: Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020
Time: 9 pm ET (8 pm CT, 7 pm MT, 6 pm PT)
Location: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix, Arizona

Reporting on the Arizona rally tonight from CBS News:

President Trump is rallying supporters in Phoenix, Arizona, on Wednesday night, while former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg takes his first shot on the Democratic debate stage. The president is on the second day of his West Coast swing through California, Nevada, Colorado and Arizona ahead of major primaries.

Mr. Trump has been bashing Bloomberg on Twitter as the Democrat rises in the polls, thanks in large part to the hundreds of millions of dollars he’s spending on television ads.

“What Mini Mike is doing is nothing less than a large scale illegal campaign contribution. He is ‘spreading’ money all over the place, only to have recipients of his cash payments, many former opponents, happily joining or supporting his campaign. Isn’t that called a payoff?” the president posed on Twitter Tuesday afternoon.

Read the full story from CBSNews.com

Full Video: CNN Nevada Town Hall With Sanders, Buttigieg, and Klobuchar (Feb. 18)

On Tuesday, Feb. 18, three Democratic candidates participated separately with CNN in a live Town Hall event broadcast from Las Vegas, Nevada. Here are the collected full videos of the event.

Tuesday, February 18

Videos ordered in the order each candidate appeared on CNN.

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders:

Former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNDvqLGSd5c

Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar:

CNN has not yet made the full video available for Klobuchar’s town hall but we are working on sourcing a copy of it. Until then, here is a 10-minute segment of Klobuchar speaking on gun violence.

There will be two more candidates appearing on Thursday, February 20:

  • Joe Biden
  • Elizabeth Warren

Watch the Biden and Warren town hall videos here.

Watch: Can Nevada Avoid Another Caucus Meltdown?

CBS News reporter Tanya Rivero speaks with Steve Sebelius, Politics and Government editor for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, about whether the Nevada Caucuses risk the same kind of results meltdown and delays that plagued the Iowa Caucuses earlier this month.

Video Transcript

Tanya Rivero: All eyes may be on New Hampshire but the next Democratic caucus is happening February 22 in Nevada. Following what happened in Iowa, Nevada is hoping for a smoother run later this month. Let’s bring in Steve Sebelius, he’s the Politics and Government editor for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Steve, welcome.

So, the Nevada Democratic Party said it would not use the same app or vendor that caused all that confusion and delay in Iowa. Are people in Nevada feeling confident about caucusing after what the saw unfold in Iowa?

Steve Sebelius: Well, I think there’s a good bit of trepidation, Tanya, to be honest with you, because that happened just three weeks before our caucus. We’re doing early voting for the first time ever, any caucus state doing early voting. So how those votes, how they’re going to be counted, how they’re going to be transmitted to the caucus sites, precinct sites on caucus day, is still an open question. So, I think there’s a good deal of concern. The party says it’s working very hard to resolve these things so that they’ll have a smooth caucus. But it would be a lie to say people are calm and getting a lot of sleep right now.

Rivero: What have you specifically learned from officials about what they may be doing to make sure what happened in Iowa does not happen in your state?

Sebelius: Well, first they’ve scrapped the caucus day app and they have scrapped the app for early voting, so that is not going to be used at all. What they’re doing instead is rolling out what they’re calling a “tool” which will be loaded onto iPads, it’s supposedly going to count those early votes to be able to have those tabulated and ready to go at caucus sites and on caucus day.

Now, who made the tool, what it actually is, that’s still up in the air. The party has been very circumspect about revealing the details of that, but I still think there’s a lot of concern about how those votes are going to be counted and whether or not caucus day is going to go smoothly here in Nevada.

Rivero: And Steve, in an opinion column for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, you write, quote, “it’s time to retire the presidential caucus.” Why do you think that?

Sebelius: Well, for a number of reasons. First, what we saw in Iowa, the counting process, that needs to be done. A lot of people are not familiar with it. Nevada is a place that a lot of people come to from other states. Most states don’t use this. Just about four states left that actually use a caucus and some U.S. territories out in the pacific.

It’s cumbersome, it’s somewhat chaotic, everybody understands voting day. You go into your polling place, you cast your vote, and you leave. That’s something that can be much easier. The party, however, disagrees with me completely and shows no signs of abandoning the caucus because they know it builds party. It builds databases, it builds their volunteers. It gets people engaged in the process and they certainly don’t want to give that up.

Rivero: Do you think the average voter, though, might be a little intimidated if they feel like they don’t fully understand the process and just stay home?

Sebelius: Well, I don’t know if they’ll just stay home but I definitely think they’re going to be intimidated by the process especially if you’ve never done it before. Now, we have that early voting option where you can go in and you can rank your choices one through five. You have to do three, you can do up to five. Then go home and say you’ve done your duty.

If you go on caucus day, it is very intimidating. There’s loud groups of people. They’re shouting, they’re yelling, they’re campaigning for their candidates. It can be very overwhelming for somebody from a primary state who’s never seen a caucus before. I don’t know if that’s going to keep anybody home and out of the process, I think, because the early voting process exists. But, it is going to be very intimidating, especially for first-timers.

Rivero: And, finally, Steve, which candidates are voters in Nevada watching most closely do you think?

Sebelius: Well, I think after the “results” from Iowa, and what’s going to happen tomorrow in New Hampshire, all eyes are on Bernie Sanders to see how well he’s going to do. Whether or not he’s going to have momentum coming out of New Hampshire coming toward Nevada. Joe Biden has polled very well here, he’s been on top of the polls, he may need Nevada as a comeback if he doesn’t do well in New Hampshire as is predicted. So, I think those two candidates. Mayor Pete Buttigieg is also on the radar here, and Tom Steyer, who has blanketed, I mean blanketed the state with ads. On every horizontal and vertical surface in the entire state of Nevada, there’s a Tom Steyer ad, so he’s in the public mind here as well.

Rivero: Alright, a lot of folks still in the running there. Steve Sebelius, thank you so much.

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Full Video: President Trump Rally From Manchester, New Hampshire (Feb 10)

President Trump speaks in Manchester, New Hampshire, for a “Keep America Great” campaign rally just one day before the 2020 Democratic New Hampshire primary.

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Date: Monday, February 10, 2020
Time: 7 pm ET
Location: SNHU Arena, Manchester

Reporting on the rally tonight from CBS News:

President Trump travels to New Hampshire for a rally on the eve of the New Hampshire primaries Tuesday, where CBS News’ latest poll shows a close race between Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg, the candidates who finished at the top of the Iowa caucuses last week.

In the CBS News Battleground Tracker poll released Sunday, Sanders had 29% support, compared to Buttigieg’s 25%. The former South Bend, Indiana mayor’s support has shot up since January — his numbers are 12 points higher going into the primary.

Mr. Trump will be on the GOP primary ballot, facing former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld and former Illinois Congressman Joe Walsh, although Walsh dropped his presidential bid last week. In 2016, he won the GOP New Hampshire primary, although he lost the state to Hillary Clinton in November.

Mr. Trump rallied in New Hampshire in August, attracting a large crowd at Southern New Hampshire University. As was the case in August, Mr. Trump is likely to tout the strength of the economy one of the primary arguments for his reelection.

Read full story from CBSNews.com