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Cnns alexandra field live with the latest. this is pretty interesting. >> this is really happening. look, the democratic primary is the race you watch in new york city as you well know. its two weeks away. this is a candidate whos made so much about the fact that hes a real new yorker that now hes feeling the pressure to actually prove it. >> this is my personal bathroom. and downstairs is where my bed is. >> reporter: democrat eric adams, a leading contender in new yorks mayoral race insisting ...

New york city voters casting ballots this month in the primary election to pick a new mayor. key issues in the race, rising crime, especially hate crimes. getting the citys economy back up and running after the pandemic shutdown. but one, big issue has come up that you probably wouldnt expect. where leading candidate, eric adams, where he lives. cnns alexandra field has the details for us. >> this is bathroom. and downstairs is where my bed is. >> reporter: democrat eric adams, a leading contend...

Stage and take hits tonight. if youre following the race at that moment, you chuckled because in fact, kamala harris was not a top-tier candidate. not then, not ever. not until the day she was actually announced. on paper, she seems like a very serious contender, a united states senator, a former prosecutor who enjoyed it nearly universal support among washington post supporters. why wouldnt it work? the problem was actual voters found her repellent. we dont need to guess about this, we have the...

Welcome to "the lead." president biden stepping on foreign soil for the first time as president and he just delivered a message to putin ahead of their meeting. plus, does a leading contender in the mayoral race even live in new york? eric adams trying to put questions over where he lays his head at night to bed. and leading this hour, the first attempts at bipartisan infrastructure talks have collapsed between president biden and congressional republicans so now biden is moves on to a different...

Approach. hes also tough on other candidates, especially when it comes to time spent in new york, launching repeated attacks on andrew yang who admitted leaving the city during the pandemic. >> so why should we trust you now? you may flee again during a difficult time. >> yang firing back with his own questions for adams like, why would anyone vote for a candidate who cant even be honest about where he lives? and these more pointed questions from progressive candidate maya wiley, wtf and wtf aga...

Its a key question for his candidacy. cnns alexandra field follows the clues to figure out where in the world is eric adams. >> this is my bathroom, and downstairs is where -- >> reporter: democratic eric adams, a leading contender in new york citys mayoral race today insisting he really does live in new york. adams currently serves as the brooklyn borough president giving an emotional press conference and taking reporters on a tour of his brooklyn pad after a politico piece raised questions abo...

You know, because her staff has been laboring to say her portfolio is the northern triangle and diplomacy, not the crisis at the border, two things pretty inextricable she is really struggling to come through with a message here and not sound offensive and shes going to have to figure that out because shes going to work on these for years to come and whether she will be a potential contender for the white house again will hinge on her success this this, jake. >> i didnt really understand why she...

If youre following the race at that moment, you chuckled because in fact, kamala harris was not a top-tier candidate. not then, not ever. not until the day she was actually announced. on paper, she seems like a very serious contender, a united states senator, a former prosecutor who enjoyed it nearly universal support among washington post supporters. why wouldnt it work? the problem was actual voters found her repellent. we dont need to guess about this, we have the numbers. at the more kamala ...

But he was certainly a fighter who appears to have lost a step a little bit, and if youre a republican interested contender, i think you saw that, and i think you might be readying yourself for iowa and new hampshire in 2024. lastly, i would say, he can still get you five in the third, so thats a dangerous contender. democrats would be silly to write him off like we did in the fall of 2015. >> it could be that those giant pants have cost him a step along the way. matthew, i have yet to have a ch...

Of right. we should not dismiss him as a non factor electorally. but what i saw and watching that speech, he was certainly of fighter who appears to have lost the step just a little bit and if youre able republican interested contender i think you saw that and i think you might be readying yourself for iowa and new hampshire in 2024 lastly i would say you can still get you five in the third and thats a pretty dangerous contender and democrats will be really silly to write him off like we did in ...