Coming hours. He doidnt directly impeachment in the state of the union, a speech that at tiles resembled a Campaign Rally. To those watching at home tonight, i want you to know we will never let socialism destroy American Health care. And the president spoke boosted by his highest Approval Rating yet, 49 . All of this this morning triggers enough anxiety for democrats as they still wait for the final results from iowa, believe it or not. So far the results were seeing raise concerns from a lot of experts. Entrance polls show a dip in firsttime participants. That is raising questions about voter enthusiasm. And this headline from the Washington Post bluntly sums up where things stand as of today. The democratic fivealarm fire has begun. But we want to start with all of this on capitol hill where one by one senators are taking to the floor to explain how they plan to vote on impeachment. This afternoon we expect a big announcement from senator mitt romney at around 2 p. M. Eastern time.
The republican president ial nomination from former Massachusetts Governor bill well. Lets begin with the lastminute efforts by democrats to get voter do voters on their side ahead of the primary. Its led to friction between the two campaigns in the closing hours of the campaign. Joining me is political reporter Shaquille Brewster with the Sanders Campaign and Vaughn Hilliard with the Buttigieg Campaign. Shaq, lets talk to you about Bernie Sanders and his attacks on Pete Buttigieg as we get into the final hours. He is really focusing on Pete Buttigiegs support which comes from wealthy people, associated wit the billionairess and hoping that the supporters of buttigieg make that association, Pete Buttigieg equals billionaires. Reporter you nailed it. This is a attack that surfaced after iowa. They were raising the expectations and then they kind of came out of iowa with the tie and senator sanders bringing up the headlines, the narrative that mayor pete gets a lot of support from billio
Bl boston globe overnight. Bernie sanders leading with 27 . Pete buttigieg, 19 , down a few points after sitting neck and neck with sanders in the day following iowa. Amy klobuchar picked up the most ground, now at 14 . Behind her joe biden and Elizabeth Warren both at 12 . Here is the number that may be most important to this race. 38 of likely voters say they might chase their mind before checking the ballot. An extraordinarily high number. Thats adding more volatility to the field and raising stakes of candidates as they meet with voters all over the state. Let me bring in to star, two of nbcs road warriors, shaquill brewster following the Sanders Campaign and Vaughn Hillyard about 60 miles north of us in plymouth with the buttigieg campaign. Shaq, this area is senator sanders back yard. How confident ask he and are they concerned both with the shifts were seeing and the undecideds were seeing in the polls . Reporter ill take that first question first. The campaign seems very confid
Check out this poll. At the top with 27 , Bernie Sanders followed by Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, joe biden, Elizabeth Warren. But take a look more closely for the numbers of buttigieg and klobuchar. They have seen an eight point surge, but biden is down six. Keep in mind as always the grain of salt caveat. This poll missed on iowa but when you factor in the mar error, sanders and buttigieg are up top and then a close race for third. Shaq, if youre Bernie Sanders kicking off one of the four events here today, you have to feel good. Thats right. It seems like hes really feeling good right now and hes starting an event right now. That is not him. Helps not on stage, you see ben and jerry, some of his surrogates warming up the crowd. But he will be on the stage at any minute now. You can get the sense that senator sanders is feeling good. He was out with his family this weekend. Hes been having plenty of events. Hell continue having the events and talking to the Sanders Campaign you can
Headquarters in new york. We begin with former joe bidens projected win in the South Carolina primary last night and while it was expected, his huge margin of victory was a surprise for some. He pulled in nearly half of the vote. Bernie sanders is projected to finish a distict second and tom steyer is projected to be third and just below the delegate threshold. He dropped out of the race last night as the results came in. Pete buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren are projected to finish fourth and fifth respectively. You can see Amy Klobuchar a distant sixth. Exit polling showed he dominated the demographic with 60 of the black vote and so far biden has won 36 of the 54 delegates available in South Carolina. Sanders has secured 12. Six remain to be allocated. While sanders remains the delegate leader at this time, biden has gained ground. What it means, he discussed what it means at his boisterous Victory Party last night. Those of you who have been knocked down, counted out and left behind.