Deadline today for campaigns to submit exactly this. And this doesnt mean theyre necessarily calling for a recanvassing. Senator Bernie Sanders campaign on thursday said it submitted a list of about 14 discrepancies that it found when going through the numbers that the Iowa Democratic party had put out. Now, the deadline today is simply to submit documentation of those inaccuracies or discrepancies at the campaign finds. Theres a separate deadline on monday noon central time for them to actually call for a recanvassing. I know the national Democratic Party chairman of the Dnc Tom Perez said he would like a full recanvassing. But, fred, up until this point weve not seen anything thats something the campaigns themselves are interested in. According to the Iowa Democratic party chairman, it would have to come from a campaign specifically that request for them to go ahead and do a recanvassing. In fact the Sanders Campaign told my colleague ryan nobles while theyre interested in getting some of these discrepancies figured out, they dont want a full recanvassing now. Theyre ready to move on to New Hampshire. Thats interesting because Pete Buttigieg, it was his camp raising concerns here but also his camp which is narrowly in the lead. Thats true. Hes in the lead narrowly with those delegates there. Bernie sanders camp has been talking about the fact they won the popular vote here in iowa right now. Both camps again have put forth the fact when it comes to the final results, theyre ready to move on to New Hampshire but its important to get the record straight and get those numbers right when it comes to the final count after really whats been a chaotic iowa caucus. Were coming up by the time those results are going to be finalized with no one out recanvassing on a full week to get official results. Dianne gallagher, thank you very much. Keep us posted. Meanwhile, the next race for the white house is just three days away and candidates are out in full force this weekend to secure lastminute votes for the New Hampshire primary. Last night they took to the stage for the final debate before tuesdays vote, and many focused on one of the frontrunners, Pete Buttigieg seeing a onslaught of attacks following his strong showing in the Iowa Caucuses. Many candidates going after the former south bend, indiana, mayors lack of government experience. Mayor buttigieg is a great guy and real patriot. Hes a mayor of a small city whos done some good things but has not demonstrated his ability and well soon find out to get a broad scope of support across the spectrum including africanamericans and latinos. We have a newcomer in the white house, and look where it got us. I think having some experience is a good thing. We need people with experience. Thats why im worried about mayor pete. Cnns ryan nobles is in New Hampshire with more. Fred, theres no doubt there is a renewed focus on Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of south bend after his impressive performance in iowa. Buttigieg had been slowly rising up the polls for some time but really became looked at as one of the front runners after that iowa performance and subsequently strong polling here in New Hampshire. That was pretty evident on the debate stage. You had a number of these candidates training their sights on buttigieg and trying to knock him down, principally talking about his lack of experience, questioning whether or not the mayor of a midsize town is ready to become president of the United States. One person on the debate stage with plenty of experience, former Vice President joe biden, specifically zeroing in on that attack. Take a listen. Mayor buttigieg is a great guy and real patriot. Hes the mayor of a small city who has done some good things but has not demonstrated his ability and we will soon find out to get a broad scope across the spectrum, including africanamericans and latinos. The. And buttigieg wasnt just getting it from Vice President biden. Senator Amy Klobuchar making the point about lack of experience. And then senator Bernie Sanders, whos running neck in neck with buttigieg in many polls in New Hampshire, sanders going after the donor base of Pete Buttigieg, suggesting all of the many wealthy donors who have helped to fund his campaign would have undo influence on a buttigieg presidency. Buttigieg was able to push back saying this would not have an influence on his presidency and also offering a pragmatic choice offering a change from joe biden but not necessarily the radical resolution Bernie Sanders is calling for. Its the last opportunity for these candidates on a debate stage prior to the vote tuesday night. Right now, fred, the polls show a very, very close race. Ryan nobles, thank you very much for that. Senator Amy Klobuchar is hoping her strong debate performance will help her win over New Hampshire voters. Is anyone else on the stage concerned about having a democratic socialist at the top of the democratic ticket . Bernie and i Work Together all the time, but i think we are not going to be outdo the divider in chief. With just three days until the primary, will it be enough to catapult her into the top tier of candidates . Cnns kyung lah is with the senator. Theyre already seeing the performance in last nights debate pay off. Absolutely, raising more than a Million Dollars her campaign says, and counting. They anticipate that that number will rise, a figure we hope to have some time later today. It is the fastest shes ever raised money throughout her entire campaign. The senator hoping that this debate will help power her into the top tier. Lets make this happen. Lets get her this win in New Hampshire. Reporter the final push in New Hampshire. The last chance to convince the undecided. If we want to beat donald trump, we have to nominate amy. Reporter senator Amy Klobuchar, her Campaign Still trying to prove its a contender. Have to see if this is the right house. Reporter with the hours waning before this primary. Hi, how are you . I have to tell you, i love Pete Buttigieg. These people indicated they were for mayor pete but things change. Reporter Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders are the front runners out of iowa. Klobuchar is running fifth but on the heels of joe biden and shes hit double digits, better than what polls showed before the caucuses. And thats enough, say supporters, to keep her fighting for democratic votes. I would love it if we could send one candidate out of here with a ground swel, with a lot of support behind them. But were not going to. We owe it to the people of New Hampshire reporter in friday nights debate minnesotas senior senator took on buttigieg directly. I think going after every single thing that people do because its popular to say and makes you look like a cool newcomer, i just dont think thats what people want right now. We have a newcomer in the white house and look where it got us. I think having some experience is a good thing. Reporter this after a muddled Iowa Caucuses makes New Hampshire voter rod tenney nervous. Senator klobuchar would be my first choice for Vice President. Shes running for president. I understand that, but only one person can be the nominee. I think theres a little anxiety building, some concern. Not enough for people to make decisions yet but its coming. What happens if this keeps going on and on and on . I think it weakens the possibility of defeating donald trump. If they continue to sort of argue amongst themselves. Reporter on whether she might be the potential spoiler in this race . Oh, no. I dont think that at all. I think we have five candidates. I think this race is going to go on for quite a while. Is debate among these top five candidates healthy for the party . I think it is actually, because we have to continue in making the case, at least i will, that you want a president that is going to have plans and not pipe dreams that can actually get things done. And shes going to make that lastpitch case, her argument to the voters of New Hampshire. She has a full weekend of events. Each day is packed with stops across the state, fredricka. One other thing, the fact theres a lot of buzz about her after this debate certainly helps, especially since joe biden isnt being talked about quite as much. Fredricka . Kyung lah, thank you very much for that. Lets discuss this with david swirly, editor from the Washington Post and a congressional editor from the new york times. Good to see you both. Buttigieg, his campaign is submitting evidence of inconsistencies from the Iowa Caucuses, even though he was narrowly in the lead. He, of course, is leading that vote with the most support. But what do you make of his now issue that hes contesting here . Is this unusual . Does it come with great risks . I dont think its that surprising given the situation in iowa and how confused the results were and the dysfunction we saw play out there that all of the campaigns, particularly the Sanders Campaign and buttigieg campaign, would be wanting to make sure that the end result is as clear as it can possibly be. The top finishers in the caucuses do not get the kind of bump and boost that normally accrues from that kind of victory this time because of all of the inconsistencies and the fact the app was broken and confused results. It doesnt surprise me. I dont think theres much risk for him in trying to make sure the end result, his victory, if it is indeed if it does indeed stick, is as clear for people as possible. I think hes already sort of missed out on that bump, as i said, but i dont think theres any downside for him trying to make sure hes the clear winner if thats the result. David, as the top two vote getters in iowa, Peter Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders were clearly the chief targets but there were a lot of standout moments for many candidates. Are voters seeing a new fight in any of the candidates in particular in your view . Yes, i think theyre seeing the race in the field narrow so the candidates are having more time to focus on each other, not this big field of 10 or 12 or what it was a few months back. I think senator klobuchar is coming on strong. Yes, she took on mayor buttigieg last night because hes the frontrunner, as it should be. Any of these candidates, fred, i think should welcome these changes because all of these changes pale in comparison to what the eventual nominee will face from President Trump in the general election. This is practice in a sense. Senator klobuchar came after mayor buttigieg. Other people came after him because hes now seen as one of the cofront runners. I would add quickly i think shes too far behind and shes not everybodys cup of tea, but all of the candidates still in the race, klobuchar is the person who has developed as a candidate the most over the last year. Everybody else is the same person they were a year ago. Shes a different candidate. And, julie, last night speaking of some standout moments, former Vice President joe biden produced one of the most memorable moments when he urged the crowd to give a standing ovation for Lieutenant Colonel alexander vindman, war hero, diplomat, key impeachment witness who trump fired last night. This was that biden moment. Colonel vindman got thrown out of the white house today, walked out. I think at the same time he should be pinning a medal on vindman and not on rush limbaugh. And i think what we should be doing now i think we should all stand and give colonel vindman a show of how much we support him. Stand up and clap for vindman. Get up there, who we are thats what we are we are not what trump is so biden admitted he might take a hit in New Hampshire primary. He may not fair that well. But, you know, julie, was this bidens way of making it clear who his opponent is, its donald trump, the man currently in the white house . Yeah, i think it was a way of doing that. I think davids right. For the most part what we saw in that debate last night were the candidates starting to take aim at each other and make the case for themselves in contrast to their democratic rivals. What we saw from joe biden was something a little different. He,ing 0, took on his rivals but we did see him pivoting as well to remind people this is going to be a case against the democratic nominee and donald trump and try to play at that contrast between himself and the president , and also show he can go toe to toe. I think the issue here is that democrats still have a choice to make who they think is going to be their best contender. The trump versus democrat contrast is important but right now they have really vital choices to make in the next few nominating contests and joe biden needs to have a bounce in order to come back to be a contender there. And then, david, there was the taking on the candidate who was conspicuously absent. That was michael bloomberg. Listen. I dont think anyone ought to be able to buy their way into a nomination or to be president of the United States. I dont think any billionaire ought to be able to do it. There are millions of people who can desire to run for office, but i guess if youre worth 60 billion and you can spend several hundred million on commercials, you have a slight advantage. That is nonsense. I cant stand the big money in politics. I just simply think people dont look at the guy in the white house and say, can we get someone richer . I dont think they think that. So, david, is this evidence that bloomberg is a threat or they feel hes a threat . Yeah, i think it is. And i think on the one hand it is definitely fair to say it looks fishy that the Democratic Party has tweaked the rules now that are going to enable Mike Bloomberg to get into the debates, possibly in nevada, because now you dont have to have the threshold of individual donors. People are right to point that out. That being said i think bloomberg looks pretty smart for having laid back, seen how this went, seen that the modern lane of the Democratic Party still had some juice in it, let Howard Schultz go out there a year ago and take all of the slings and arrows for the billionaires and now hes in the race. These candidates should be saying, yeah, get on the stage with us and tell us what you think about these issues. I dont think theyre going about this in the right way. We will leave it there for now. David hirschfield, julie, thank you very much. We are now learning of the first person to die from the coronavirus outbreak. This as the number of cases soars and thousands of people on several cruise ships around the world are now quarantined. Were live next. Plus, President Trump cleans out just days after his acquittal, firing key figures who testified against him during the impeachment inquiry. Was this retaliation . In one week. A lot will happen in your life. Wrinkles just wont. 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Just months before their most important sporting event in decades, the olympics, this country has the highest concentration of coronavirus cases anywhere in the world outside of mainland china. Of course, china is the epicenter of the outbreak, the city of wuhan where the coronavirus is believed to have originated from. It is in that city where chinese Authorities Say a u. S. Citizen, an american of do chinese descent died. He died earlier this week. They said hes a man in his 60s. We knew when it comes to coronavirus, the vast majority of deaths have been over the age of 60. He certainly felt in the highrisk group. China sending condolences to the United States. We know a lot of passengers on board the diamond princess, which is a couple of miles out to sea, but a lot of those passengers are also over the age of 60. Thats what a number of passengers we have been speaking to on the ship have been telling us. And there was a operation over the past few hours to bring medication on board for some of the passengers who have been running out because theyve been under quarantine for days. Also we know there were coronavirus test kits taken off the ship by the japanese military. Part of the reason is they dont want any risk of the virus spreading onshore. But if more passengers do test positive, and we could get the results in the coming hours, that means the isolation clock starts all over again and those 3,700 people who are on the ship will have to continue quarantine for 14 days and that clock could keep resetting with more positive test results, fred. Thank you very much, will. Polo sandoval is with us from new york. Police screened 26 passengers from the ship in new jersey and four were actually removed. We understand it will be allowed to leave port now . Yes, fred. As a matter of fact the ship they were traveling on yesterday was cleared to depart yesterday but officials with the Royal Caribbean cruise line saying out of an abundance of caution it is simply to reassure the next wave of passengers and waiting for the cdc comes back with the results. And they dont believe they were infected with coronavirus. You may ask why, the cruise officials are saying they did not describe any symptoms with the coronavirus and they also traveled to china, however, that was late last month. And also one of them tested positive for influenza. So they dont have any reason to believe it could be anything else. In the meantime not only nor region cruise line but this cruise line in question are sticking to protocols to nonboarding of any chinese passport or anybody whos traveled to mainland china. Lets talk further with a democratic member of the House Foreign Affairs committee and is a medical doctor. Good to see you, congressman. You chaired hearings wednesday on the coronavirus. A lot has changed even since then. What have you learned in the hearings versus what youre hearing from doctors and scientists worldwide . This is a very fluent situation. What we learned in the hearing we had a couple expert epidemiologists, while it is good to and warrants a travel ban, it will probably not be effective. Is this virus has spread globally and its hard to contain at this moment. The best things we can do is urge the chinese to allow our cdc officials into china to work at the epicenter and get ahead and know everything we can about this virus so we can ultimately come up with a vaccine and best protocols. Thus far youre saying china will not allow cdc officials to come in who are volunteering to take a look at things, to bring their own research . You know, its been about a month that cdcs been requesting to go. We do have some personnel that are going in with the world health organization. But weve got to get more of our folks out there. Weve got the best epidemiologists, the best scientists in the world. Weve got to figure out exactly what happened with this virus, how its spreading. There may be a difference between whats happening in china because youre seeing many more deaths and much more morbidity and illness in china than you are in the cases around the world. One of the things you talked about in hearings was the dangers of misinformation. We know now, china suppressed a lot of information, perhaps even colored it a different way based on what the real picture is now. So how concerned are you that you might not be able to make an impact as it pertains to what information or misinformation might be out there . Very much. Thats the reality of the 21st century now, misinformation with social media, with the internet. Whats true and whats not true . We dont want to panic moments. Again, the risk in the United States is relatively low right now but we do want to be vigilant and want to make sure people get accurate information. Look what happens when the Antivaccine Movement with misinformation. One person in wuhan has died. What are your concerns about how adequately prepared the United States is . You know, in a bad flu season, our hospitals get overwhelmed. So were in the middle of flu season right now. You slap coronavirus on top of that, in fact, if it does spread in the United States, it will be it will overwhelm our Health System fairly quickly. Thats why weve also congress has asked the administration what they need in terms of emergency funding, et cetera, to make sure that doesnt happen. I want to turn now to the race for the white house. You have endorsed joe biden for the president ial nomination. And he came in fourth in the iowa caucus. Are you at all concerned even the Vice President even said last night, i may not do so well in New Hampshire. How concerned or are you concerned at all about his potential showing in the races to come . You know, i was in nevada earlier this week. Im campaigning for the Vice President. I was in iowa a few weeks ago and theres a stark difference between the population in iowa and New Hampshire, which are overwhelmingly caucasian. But in nevada you see the diversity of folks. Vice president bidens broad base of support comes from that diverse coalition. So i think if he does okay in New Hampshire, hopefully he comes in the top there, but when it comes to the South Carolina whats the top to you . The top to me would be somewhere in the top four. Maybe even the top two. Okay. And he apparently in his campaign is spending a lot of time concentrating efforts on nevada. What does that say to you . Is that smart long game or does that say theres some dismissing of his potential to do well in New Hampshire . Well, senator sanders has the Natural Advantage in New Hampshire because its right next to his home state. Elizabeth warren has a Natural Advantage. Joe biden placed his individual strength because of the broad division of folks and in South Carolina he always performs pretty strongly. You hit super tuesday and you have a lot of southern states, a broad, diverse number of states. I think the Vice President will do very well on super tuesday. Congressman, thank you for being with us this saturday. Appreciate it. Thank you, have a great day. You too. Next two key witnesses in the impeachment of President Trump have been given their walking papers. What message is the president sending . Wow thats ensure max protein, with high protein and 1 gram sugar. Its a situp, banana bend at the waist im tryin keep it up. Youll get there. Whoahoahoa 30 grams of protein, and one gram of sugar. Ensure max protein. But one blows them all out of the water. 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Ambassador to the European Union who testified that there was a quid pro quo between President Trump and the ukraine president about investigations into the biden family. Everyone was in the loop. It was not secret. Everyone was informed via email on july 19th, days before the president ial call. Colonel vindman, his lawyer, said his client was escorted out of the white house. The decorated war hero and purple heart recipient drew applause during his impeachment testimony when he talked about how his family fled the soviet union when he was a child, and how he assured his father he would not get into trouble for telling the truth. He would warn if youre putting yourself up against the president of the United States . He deeply worried about it because in his context, there was it was the ultimate risk. Why do you have confidence you can do that, and tell your dad not to worry . Congressman, because this is america. This is the country i have served and defended, that all of my brothers have served and here right matters. Thank you, sir. I yield back. Cnns Marshal Cohen is joining us now. What more can you tell us about these dismissals, vindman being escorted out you of the white house, and along with his brother, right . Thats right, fred. People are talking about a friday night massacre here in d. C. It looks like trump is cleaning house, taking pretty startling steps to remove these people who did speak up under oath implicating him in that pressure campaign. So lets be completely clear, donald trump is the president. He has the power to decide who works in his white house. He appointed Gordon Sondland as ambassador to the eu. He can remove him any time he places. But people are noting, of course, this comes a few days after that blockbuster vote in the senate, the acquittal, where democrats had been warning, if you let him off the hook now, what is he going to do next . And its looking like some of that is starting. So Lieutenant Colonel vindman, his brother, who is also in the military, they were reassigned, removed from their positions at the white house. Theyre not out of a job. They still work have pentagon jobs and theyre still in the military. Their fut chure is unclear. And their lawyer has come out and said this is blatant retaliation. Its not exactly sure what the next steps are. But, fred, these two people are just really the tip of the iceberg. A lot of other key players in this investigation are not where they were at the beginning of the investigation. Folks like the ambassador to ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, and her replacement bill taylor. Theres been a lot of shuffling around. People have either retired on their own accord, been fired like Gordon Sondland, reassigned like the vindmans. Its a messy picture. And democrats have been saying ever since the news broke that its its highly outrageous. Marshall cohen, thank you so much. Thanks, fred. With me now, samantha vinograd. She believes its highly outrageous. Shes a cnn National Security analyst and former adviser under president obama. I say that because you wrote an opinion piece on cnn. Com where you describe these firings as trumps friday night massacre. You called the dismissal dangerous, especially the removal of vindman. So explain your feelings. Well, fred, when see no evil, hear no evil, is a prerequisite for employment in an administration, that is incredibly dangerous. In the first instance the president s actions really indicate that anybody that goes through legally protected channels to voice concerns about the president behavior will suffer retribution. That is likely to have a Chilling Effect on others speaking up through legally protective channels, upholding their own and constitution and separation of powers. My concern is if there are further abuses by the president or members of his inner circle, people will be unlikely to step forward because the cost of doing so now include professional retaliation or retribution. And as a former nsc director, i often think about this from the respektive of personnel recruitment and retention. It is clear that President Trump is not looking for nsc policy experts. Hes looking for henchmen and yesmen and likely to fill his ranks with people who tell him only what he wants to hear and likely going to miss out on retaining and recruiting people who have the policy expertise required to do the job in front of them. The defender has a lot of defenders. We heard from them throughout the week on a matter of things, but on this, the firing of vindman, senator marco rubio sent out this tweet saying colonel vindman wasnt fired. Hes still an army officer. He was assigned to nsc to serve the president , who has a right to have people he trusts on his staff. Sondland was a political appointee. No point in having a political appointee who no longer has the president s confidence. So yes, these people serve at the pleasure of the president , but, sam, you see it as much bigger than that. I do. Republicans are playing the semantics game here. Don jr. , donald trump jr. Tweeted lieutenant current vindman was in fact fired where senator rubio and others are saying he was reassigned back to the pentagon. The fact of the matter is lurnt colonel vindman suffered professional retribution because he went through legally protected channels to voice concerns about the president. Nsc director serve specific terms. Theyre there at the pleasure of the president , and it is true the president should have people around him that he trusts. The issue is that President Trump only keeps people around who are willing to blindly follow orders. With Gordon Sondland, President Trump was really loy to hill, did not speak out against him, kept him in his post up until Gordon Sondland spoke his truth under oath in front of the u. S. Congress. At this point its clear what it takes to stay on President Trumps designated survivor list is not a willingness to uphold the constitution or to really engage in policy making, but a willingness to do whatever the president says and to wear blind folds and earmuffs when it comes to reporting concerns about his behavior. The president has been tweeting, defending his firing or letting go of vindman. And he attacks vindman for being insubordinate. And he questions his judgment as justification for the firing. And also follows a trend of the president and his allies who smear those who stand up or question the president. And echoing that sentiment is bill taylor, the former top diplomat in ukraine who also testified in the impeachment inquiry, reacting to the personal attacks in this exclusive interview with our jake tapper. Does it bother you when you see like how Rudy Giuliani was out there smearing yovanovitch and the dual loyalty smears against current vindman whom you know and i assume you respect. I do. It must bother you to see that. Of course it bothers me any time i see someone like Marie Yovanovitch or alisex vindman unfairly attacked. Anyone unfairly attacked. Certainly it does. Sam, what are the signals being sent to career diplomats, members of the military, those who are serving under this administration . Well, President Trumps tweet about colonel vindman being insubordinate really speaks to his mindset. Lieutenant colonel vindman went through legally protected channels and testified under oath in front of the u. S. Congress. The constitution, trumps trump and colonel vindman upheld his constitutional duty to testify in front of the u. S. Congress. With respect to political appointees like Gordon Sondland, the message is clear, if you speak the truth and report on abuse by the president , youll be out of a job. And this threatens to fill the ranks of the u. S. Government with people who are willing to toe the line for the president to matter how illegal or how dangerous from a National Security perspective. Samantha vinograd, we will leave it there for now. Thank you very much. Straight ahead the ntsb has released its first findings into the investigation into the crash that killed nba legend kobe bryant, his daughter and seven others. What officials have now ruled out about the crash. Because the tempurbreeze transfers heat away from your body. So you feel cool, night after night. During our president s day event, save up to 500 on tempurpedic. Find a retailer today at tempurpedic. Com. 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Take a listen to his initial reactions. If there were concerns about the equipment or anything else, it would be mentioned. In this case they focused in on the weather, they focused in on the pilots interaction with air traffic control, and in the end im afraid the spotlights going to be on the pilot and his decision making. Reporter the report also details the condition of the helicopter, saying there were no Outstanding Air worthiness directives or limited equipment list items and all inspections were up to date. The pilot, age 50, had worked at the island express about ten years. No issues with his record either. There was focus on the weather, photographs one showing taken from a security camera, showing the helicopter flying in heavy fog. Some eyewitness testimony, one line of videos and photos taken by the public in the area of the accident also depicked fog and low clouds obscuring the hilltops. We now also know the last contact with controllers, the pilot said he was planning to climb to 4,000 feet to avoid cloud. He only got to 2,300 feet before making a left turn, descending and crashing into that hillside. A full report might take more than a year to come out. In the meantime, we now know there will be a memorial for kobe bryant at Staples Center here in Los Angeles Nick watt, cnn, los angeles. Different folks have different strokes. [ distant band playing ] have you ever wondered what the motorcade driver drives when theyre not in a motorcade . [ upbeat music starts ] [ engine revving ] this one drives a volkswagen passat. Americans come to lendingtree. Com to compare and save on loans, credit cards and more but with the new lending tree app you can see your full financial health, monitor your credit score, see your cash flow and find out how you can cut your monthly bills. Download it now to see how much you can save. Yes yes. Yes. Yeah sure. Yes yes. 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The defense brought out the relationships with the two main accusers, there were consensual relationships involved, before and after the alleged assault. Now we are in the middle of the defense case, proceeding this next week. They put a memory witness on the stand and also a friend, long time friend of Harvey Weinstein who testified he never believed and does not believe harvey could have done any of this. But on cross examination, sort of an excited utterance, he did say it was my understanding that for a long time harvey was a sex addict. Jean casarez, cnn, new york. Just as Pete Buttigieg submits what he says is evidence of inconsistency in Iowa Caucuses, where the candidates stand in the next race. Live to New Hampshire in minutes. paul do you get confused by Wireless Network claims . I dont blame you. The most reliable. The most awarded. The best, the fastest, the best and the fastest. Its too much. Sprints doing things differently. 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