Transcripts For CSPAN Campaign 2020 South Carolina Democrati

Where Michael Bloomberg and senator Amy Klobuchar are nc seeg at the blue celebration event hosted by the North Carolina state Democratic Party. This is a live coverage on cspan. Terrible idea. Let us give it up for your governor, one of the best governors in the United States thankica, roy cooper you, governor. The most important thing we can do for him is to make sure he has a majority in the senate and a majority in the house. And we are going to work sidebyside with your party to make that happen because i look at what is happening the fact that you cannot expand medicaid, governor, is unconscionable. And it is because your state senate and statehouse coming your state senate has accomplished nothing. They are a donothing burger. That is what they are. And we have to move away from the donothing burger to a do something Democratic Senate under president pro tem blue and that is exactly what will happen. Congressman butterfield, congresswoman adams, they need reinforcement. And they are going to get them. I am confident of that and i am confident you have one of the the attorneys general in country and madame secretary of state, thank you for what you are doing. Folks, i come here with both sobriety and unrelenting optimism. Sobriety born out of the fact that we undeniably have the most dangerous president in the history of america and we know that. I will not belabor the point. Today, we had a death from the coronavirus. The first one in the United States. This is the same president who referred to the coronavirus as a hoax. Not my words, his words. Mr. President , we need the truth, not tweak. We need a president that can lead but it is not surprising that we do not get that leadership because after all, this was a president that warned us of the hurricane that was about to hit alabama. So the truth is a casualty all too frequently. Is on fire democracy and it is a five alarm blaze. Folks, as ive said before, that said before, i come to you with unrelenting optimism. A number of members of congress and other surrogates here today and we should welcome them all. Thank you to all of the surrogates for our wonderful candidates for president and thank you to the present the candidates themselves who are also here who we will hear from shortly. On february 25, i had the privilege of becoming your chair and we have had three novembers since Donald Trumps election and what they all have in common is democrats won at scale. New jersey and virginia in november 2017 taught us the democrats can win again. A month later, thanks to African Americans in an particular africanamerican women, the , dougne of our party jones is a United States senator. And he will continue to be a United States senator this november. 2018 was about scale. And scale it was. The last time this many governor seats flipped from red to blue was 1982. That is how long ago. Seats wentegislative in the democratic column. Eight legislative chambers and the 20172018 cycle flipped from red to blue. Understands the importance of having a democratic majority in getting things done. There were 15 democratic governors in 2017. There are 24 democratic governors today. That is a big deal. Dealust as big or a bigger. Speak of nancy pelosi the most impactful speaker in American History in my judgment. So much done. The work continues. 2019, kentucky and louisiana and again in virginia, now, donald trump put himself on the ballot in kentucky and louisiana. He went there the day before the elections and he won kentucky by 30 points and 2016. Matt bevins. He went there in 2019 and said you know what . I am on the ballot. Mr. President come you are not on the ballot. What is on the ballot is health care and education. Sound familiar . Medicaid expansion. Making sure people have access to health care. 2019 in virginia. The reason i keep talking about regina is because North Carolina will do this year what virginia did last year which is flip the senate and the house. Chair in 2017, there were 66 republicans out of 100 in the Virginia House of delegates. There are now 55 democrats and 45 republicans. The same thing is going to happen right here in the great state of North Carolina. Level, i hopenal you will and i expect you will and i know you well elect the first latino democrat to the North Carolina assembly. 63rd district. Give it up for ricky. I know you can do this. Folks, they are exactly right. We will do this and we will continue this work though we have made tremendous progress. We are now here in 2020 where our job is straightforward. To continue the work. Is as nice but 44 essential. 4 we will do. The mission is to elect democrats up and down the ballot to thee school board oval office and we will continue that work. We have a high priority with the presidency. But i am confident that we will also take the United States we willnd one senator send packing is the least popular incumbent running for reelection, tom tillis. We will elect a democrat here. We retainl make sure the Supreme Court here in North Carolina. Court. E a great elections matter. You all were a full employment act. As a civil rights lawyer at the justice department, North Carolina gave me way too much work because you had way too many republicans in control. And that is going to change when you have a working majority in your statehouse and your state senate. And so, what we are doing now, folks is we prepare and we embark on our primary journey is we are working our tails off to make sure we are building that infrastructure to enable whoever our candidate is, whoever he or she is, to 60. That is the job of the dnc. 6000 in campaigns will use our infrastructure and we have made unprecedented investments in our Data Technology infrastructure, our organizing infrastructure, our Voter Protection infrastructure. , allof this stuff is sexy of it is indispensable. That is why i am so grateful for Diane Robertson and so many other folks who havent working their tails off to make sure we move forward. Now, i know the primaries ease and is here. Fourth completed our democratic primary. Let me tell you what i know, folks. Let me first tell you what i do not know. Which is a lot. [laughter] i do not know who our nominee will be. We have four races we have now completed and they are still counting the votes in the fourth. 1991 delegates on the first ballot in order to win the nomination. We have allocated roughly 150. So, folks, i used to run marathons. Mile three or four of the marathon. We have a long way to go. Is a few days away and it is an and are mostly important day and we will allocate roughly a third of the delegates on super tuesday and North Carolinas voice will be heard and it will be heard loudly because people will come out. Knowl you something i do that we have an incredibly deep field of remarkably qualified candidates. I have had the privilege of getting to know all of them. And what they have in common far outweighs what our differences are. Every single candidate running for president wants to make sure that if you have a preexisting condition come you can heal keep your health care. Every candidate understands that we must take on the pharmaceutical industry and lower the cost of prescription drugs. Every candidate running for president understands the fierce urgency of now on Climate Change and they understand that a womans Reproductive Health is a womans business and her business alone. Every candidate running for president understands that the secretary ought to believe in Public Education and the epa administrator ought to understand something about climate. And the department of a justice and the department of justice state attorney attorney general must understand justice. Debateat was a raucous the other night. Folks, this is what i will tell you. If you think the last couple of debate have been raucous, go ask the film from the debate in 2008 with hillary clinton, barack obama, and john edwards. If you want to see alifraser, it was a spirited debate. We know what happens. At the end of the day, we all came together and that is exactly what will happen. Single candidate running for president has said i will unequivocally come into the asked it lay, and immediately support the nominee for president , whoever he or she is. They have taken that oath. They have invested in the dnc in what we call a unity fund. A fund that is necessary so we can build the battleground infrastructure. And one of our tier one battlegrounds that needs the most important, the one we are investing the most in is the great state of North Carolina because we know the opportunities that exist here. Here is Something Else that i know. Every single candidate, whoever our nominee is, will defeat donald trump this november. Thate also know, folks, unity is indeed our greatest strength. And it is Donald Trumps worst nightmare. So, we will indeed come together. We have more work to do in the primary season but we will come together because you know what, folks . Our democracy demands it. The children that have been separated from their mothers demand it. The dreamers demand it. People who are working four jobs and not able to make a living demand it. The farmers who have lost their farms because of this president it. Less policy demand we can do this, folks and i am confident we well. And i leave you with the following observation. Month, a few this we oftens activists call them the greens borough six, sat down at a lunch counter and it ignited a movement and ignited a movement. Later,leader a week they spread to raleigh and across the state and across the country. And a few weeks after that, one of my heroes, and unsung hero, ella baker helped organize the student nonviolent coordinating committee. She knew the road ahead would not be easy. And she and her fellow activists new that they would need to stay the course will matter how fiercethe winds, for the storms or how high the water. And she said we have a destined date with freedom. Well, folks come up more than half a century later, we not only carry on this civil rights work and my former boss said civil rights is the Unfinished Business of america but we too like ms. Baker have a destined date and that destined from now,8 days november 3. On november 3, we will protect our health care once and for all. On november 3, we will rip win across the board in North Carolina. On november 3, we will protect a decipher her to own body. The Union Movement brought us the middle class in this country. On november 3, we will reelect roy cooper and the North Carolina democrats across the board. On november the third, we will send tom tillis packing. We will send mr. Nothing burger into senate as a minority leader of the state senate. On november the third, we will defeat donald trump and take back our democracy. That is what we will do. The one thing i know, we will not do it alone. We have succeeded because there are serial activists in this room and across this state who have said we must continue to fight. There will be hot days in august, june, and may. On those hot days when you are thinking that maybe i will stay home. This is too hard. Let me remind you it is much harder to be an immigrant in this country and the world of donald trump. It is much harder to be a person with a preexisting condition. It is much harder to be someone that is deciding between their insulin and their rent and that is happening here in North Carolina. And it is happening needlessly because we do not have enough democrats in North Carolina in the relevant positions. When we do this together, that is how we win. Dr. King said the ark of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice. He also remembered that it never bends on its own. Let us spend it together. Adelante. Vamos a ganar. , we will do this with vigor and we will do this this november. Thank you very much. [cheering and applause] an amazing thank you, chairman perez. Thank you so much. I would like to give a great big welcome to one of North Carolinas most native most loyal native sons. He was born and raised in nashville, North Carolina before attending the university of North Carolina chapel hill where he was elected the head of the unc democrats. To the statehouse and then to the state senate where he worked to improve our Public Schools and help right North Carolinas first Childrens Health insurance initiative. In 2001, he was elected attorney general serving in that capacity as a strong champion for criminal justice reform. In 2016, he decided to run for governor and stepped in to do what was right for all north carolinians. Since then he has made us all toud working tirelessly ensure that all workingclass folks have access to quality employment and health care. Tooth and nail for better pay for our teachers and other educators instead of sweeping Corporate Tax cuts. We know he will not give up until he finally expands medicare here in North Carolina. In short, he has worked every day, every day to create a better educated, healthier, and more prosperous North Carolina. We are proud to call him governor. Lees welcome as i present our governor, roy cooper [cheers and applause] [crowd chanting four more years] gov. Cooper im ok with that. Im ok with that. Thank you, chairman goodwin. Thank you, chairman perez for that strong message to all of us tonight. It is the honor of my life to serve as governor of the greatest state in this country. [applause] grew up in i eastern North Carolina working on my dad farm with my mom as a Public School teacher. And there i learned my values. That i hold today. A deep faith in god. A charge to help others. A duty to serve. But never in my wildest dreams did i think that i would be here leading the state that i love. Governor, theas law says that you have to have a portrait done to hang in the mansion. I have never had a portrait done. That makes me a little uncomfortable. You all know the first lady, my wife kristin [applause] a goodoper she is lawyer and showed me the law and said you have to get this done. I have been putting it off. Finally she grabbed me by the elbow and said honey, it is not getting any better. [laughter] gov. Cooper so now, we have done it. On number 83y is in her business across this day and she is coming to a county near you. Here i am. A little worse for the wear. But fighting every day for everyday people. Governor, as was wayne said, i was elected attorney general for 16 years and there, we fixed our crime lab and salt cold cases to put violent criminals away and free those that were innocent. We ran payday lenders out of the state. Mortgage fraudsters and scammers and corporate polluters. We fought for people who could not fight for themselves. States ving at the as the states top Law Enforcement officer and i did not really plan to run for anything else. But then, something happened in our state. In 2010, we got a legislature who gerrymandered themselves into a republican supermajority and then in 2012, we got a republican governor who rubberstamped most every bad thing that they did. Shortchanging our Public Schools. Denying health care to half a million north carolinians. Flushing out a crazy bathroom bill. Rich andtaxes for the for corporations. Weakening laws that protect our air and water. Passing the worst Voter Suppression laws in the country discriminating against africanamericans as the court said with surgical precision. We do not have enough time to list all of the bad things that this legislature and this governor did. That i needed to step up. And you believed in me. Wontogether, in 2016, we this governors race. In a landslide. Ok, that is a joke. [laughter] of 4. 50,000 votes out islion but, hey, hey, that four votes per precinct. Four votes per precinct. Who says, every vote doesnt count . We know it does. Ship. Started writing the righting the ship. We reached out across the aisle pushing them to get a lot of things done. We repealed the bathroom bill. We got funding for hurricane victims. We installed a better way to build roads and finance them. We made progress on the Opioid Crisis reducing the rate of deaths in our state. But we remained unflinching in investmentsfor more in Public Education and closing the Health Care Coverage gap. And despite republican hostility , we stood up to this president on offshore drilling. [applause] gov. Cooper not off our coast, you dont. Thousands of students get better paying jobs with our finish line grants and our Community Colleges. Something the legislature would not fund and we found federal funds to get it done. I ordered paid parental leave for our state employees. Stopped firms from going to organizations that promote socalled conversion therapy hurts our lgbtq youth. I ordered a Clean Energy Plan to get us to zero Michael Bloomberg<\/a> and senator Amy Klobuchar<\/a> are nc seeg at the blue celebration event hosted by the North Carolina<\/a> state Democratic Party<\/a>. This is a live coverage on cspan. Terrible idea. Let us give it up for your governor, one of the best governors in the United States<\/a> thankica, roy cooper you, governor. The most important thing we can do for him is to make sure he has a majority in the senate and a majority in the house. And we are going to work sidebyside with your party to make that happen because i look at what is happening the fact that you cannot expand medicaid, governor, is unconscionable. And it is because your state senate and statehouse coming your state senate has accomplished nothing. They are a donothing burger. That is what they are. And we have to move away from the donothing burger to a do something Democratic Senate<\/a> under president pro tem blue and that is exactly what will happen. Congressman butterfield, congresswoman adams, they need reinforcement. And they are going to get them. I am confident of that and i am confident you have one of the the attorneys general in country and madame secretary of state, thank you for what you are doing. Folks, i come here with both sobriety and unrelenting optimism. Sobriety born out of the fact that we undeniably have the most dangerous president in the history of america and we know that. I will not belabor the point. Today, we had a death from the coronavirus. The first one in the United States<\/a>. This is the same president who referred to the coronavirus as a hoax. Not my words, his words. Mr. President , we need the truth, not tweak. We need a president that can lead but it is not surprising that we do not get that leadership because after all, this was a president that warned us of the hurricane that was about to hit alabama. So the truth is a casualty all too frequently. Is on fire democracy and it is a five alarm blaze. Folks, as ive said before, that said before, i come to you with unrelenting optimism. A number of members of congress and other surrogates here today and we should welcome them all. Thank you to all of the surrogates for our wonderful candidates for president and thank you to the present the candidates themselves who are also here who we will hear from shortly. On february 25, i had the privilege of becoming your chair and we have had three novembers since Donald Trumps<\/a> election and what they all have in common is democrats won at scale. New jersey and virginia in november 2017 taught us the democrats can win again. A month later, thanks to African Americans<\/a> in an particular africanamerican women, the , dougne of our party jones is a United States<\/a> senator. And he will continue to be a United States<\/a> senator this november. 2018 was about scale. And scale it was. The last time this many governor seats flipped from red to blue was 1982. That is how long ago. Seats wentegislative in the democratic column. Eight legislative chambers and the 20172018 cycle flipped from red to blue. Understands the importance of having a democratic majority in getting things done. There were 15 democratic governors in 2017. There are 24 democratic governors today. That is a big deal. Dealust as big or a bigger. Speak of nancy pelosi the most impactful speaker in American History<\/a> in my judgment. So much done. The work continues. 2019, kentucky and louisiana and again in virginia, now, donald trump put himself on the ballot in kentucky and louisiana. He went there the day before the elections and he won kentucky by 30 points and 2016. Matt bevins. He went there in 2019 and said you know what . I am on the ballot. Mr. President come you are not on the ballot. What is on the ballot is health care and education. Sound familiar . Medicaid expansion. Making sure people have access to health care. 2019 in virginia. The reason i keep talking about regina is because North Carolina<\/a> will do this year what virginia did last year which is flip the senate and the house. Chair in 2017, there were 66 republicans out of 100 in the Virginia House<\/a> of delegates. There are now 55 democrats and 45 republicans. The same thing is going to happen right here in the great state of North Carolina<\/a>. Level, i hopenal you will and i expect you will and i know you well elect the first latino democrat to the North Carolina<\/a> assembly. 63rd district. Give it up for ricky. I know you can do this. Folks, they are exactly right. We will do this and we will continue this work though we have made tremendous progress. We are now here in 2020 where our job is straightforward. To continue the work. Is as nice but 44 essential. 4 we will do. The mission is to elect democrats up and down the ballot to thee school board oval office and we will continue that work. We have a high priority with the presidency. But i am confident that we will also take the United States<\/a> we willnd one senator send packing is the least popular incumbent running for reelection, tom tillis. We will elect a democrat here. We retainl make sure the Supreme Court<\/a> here in North Carolina<\/a>. Court. E a great elections matter. You all were a full employment act. As a civil rights lawyer at the justice department, North Carolina<\/a> gave me way too much work because you had way too many republicans in control. And that is going to change when you have a working majority in your statehouse and your state senate. And so, what we are doing now, folks is we prepare and we embark on our primary journey is we are working our tails off to make sure we are building that infrastructure to enable whoever our candidate is, whoever he or she is, to 60. That is the job of the dnc. 6000 in campaigns will use our infrastructure and we have made unprecedented investments in our Data Technology<\/a> infrastructure, our organizing infrastructure, our Voter Protection<\/a> infrastructure. , allof this stuff is sexy of it is indispensable. That is why i am so grateful for Diane Robertson<\/a> and so many other folks who havent working their tails off to make sure we move forward. Now, i know the primaries ease and is here. Fourth completed our democratic primary. Let me tell you what i know, folks. Let me first tell you what i do not know. Which is a lot. [laughter] i do not know who our nominee will be. We have four races we have now completed and they are still counting the votes in the fourth. 1991 delegates on the first ballot in order to win the nomination. We have allocated roughly 150. So, folks, i used to run marathons. Mile three or four of the marathon. We have a long way to go. Is a few days away and it is an and are mostly important day and we will allocate roughly a third of the delegates on super tuesday and North Carolina<\/a>s voice will be heard and it will be heard loudly because people will come out. Knowl you something i do that we have an incredibly deep field of remarkably qualified candidates. I have had the privilege of getting to know all of them. And what they have in common far outweighs what our differences are. Every single candidate running for president wants to make sure that if you have a preexisting condition come you can heal keep your health care. Every candidate understands that we must take on the pharmaceutical industry and lower the cost of prescription drugs. Every candidate running for president understands the fierce urgency of now on Climate Change<\/a> and they understand that a womans Reproductive Health<\/a> is a womans business and her business alone. Every candidate running for president understands that the secretary ought to believe in Public Education<\/a> and the epa administrator ought to understand something about climate. And the department of a justice and the department of justice state attorney attorney general must understand justice. Debateat was a raucous the other night. Folks, this is what i will tell you. If you think the last couple of debate have been raucous, go ask the film from the debate in 2008 with hillary clinton, barack obama, and john edwards. If you want to see alifraser, it was a spirited debate. We know what happens. At the end of the day, we all came together and that is exactly what will happen. Single candidate running for president has said i will unequivocally come into the asked it lay, and immediately support the nominee for president , whoever he or she is. They have taken that oath. They have invested in the dnc in what we call a unity fund. A fund that is necessary so we can build the battleground infrastructure. And one of our tier one battlegrounds that needs the most important, the one we are investing the most in is the great state of North Carolina<\/a> because we know the opportunities that exist here. Here is Something Else<\/a> that i know. Every single candidate, whoever our nominee is, will defeat donald trump this november. Thate also know, folks, unity is indeed our greatest strength. And it is Donald Trumps<\/a> worst nightmare. So, we will indeed come together. We have more work to do in the primary season but we will come together because you know what, folks . Our democracy demands it. The children that have been separated from their mothers demand it. The dreamers demand it. People who are working four jobs and not able to make a living demand it. The farmers who have lost their farms because of this president it. Less policy demand we can do this, folks and i am confident we well. And i leave you with the following observation. Month, a few this we oftens activists call them the greens borough six, sat down at a lunch counter and it ignited a movement and ignited a movement. Later,leader a week they spread to raleigh and across the state and across the country. And a few weeks after that, one of my heroes, and unsung hero, ella baker helped organize the student nonviolent coordinating committee. She knew the road ahead would not be easy. And she and her fellow activists new that they would need to stay the course will matter how fiercethe winds, for the storms or how high the water. And she said we have a destined date with freedom. Well, folks come up more than half a century later, we not only carry on this civil rights work and my former boss said civil rights is the Unfinished Business<\/a> of america but we too like ms. Baker have a destined date and that destined from now,8 days november 3. On november 3, we will protect our health care once and for all. On november 3, we will rip win across the board in North Carolina<\/a>. On november 3, we will protect a decipher her to own body. The Union Movement<\/a> brought us the middle class in this country. On november 3, we will reelect roy cooper and the North Carolina<\/a> democrats across the board. On november the third, we will send tom tillis packing. We will send mr. Nothing burger into senate as a minority leader of the state senate. On november the third, we will defeat donald trump and take back our democracy. That is what we will do. The one thing i know, we will not do it alone. We have succeeded because there are serial activists in this room and across this state who have said we must continue to fight. There will be hot days in august, june, and may. On those hot days when you are thinking that maybe i will stay home. This is too hard. Let me remind you it is much harder to be an immigrant in this country and the world of donald trump. It is much harder to be a person with a preexisting condition. It is much harder to be someone that is deciding between their insulin and their rent and that is happening here in North Carolina<\/a>. And it is happening needlessly because we do not have enough democrats in North Carolina<\/a> in the relevant positions. When we do this together, that is how we win. Dr. King said the ark of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice. He also remembered that it never bends on its own. Let us spend it together. Adelante. Vamos a ganar. , we will do this with vigor and we will do this this november. Thank you very much. [cheering and applause] an amazing thank you, chairman perez. Thank you so much. I would like to give a great big welcome to one of North Carolina<\/a>s most native most loyal native sons. He was born and raised in nashville, North Carolina<\/a> before attending the university of North Carolina<\/a> chapel hill where he was elected the head of the unc democrats. To the statehouse and then to the state senate where he worked to improve our Public Schools<\/a> and help right North Carolina<\/a>s first Childrens Health<\/a> insurance initiative. In 2001, he was elected attorney general serving in that capacity as a strong champion for criminal justice reform. In 2016, he decided to run for governor and stepped in to do what was right for all north carolinians. Since then he has made us all toud working tirelessly ensure that all workingclass folks have access to quality employment and health care. Tooth and nail for better pay for our teachers and other educators instead of sweeping Corporate Tax<\/a> cuts. We know he will not give up until he finally expands medicare here in North Carolina<\/a>. In short, he has worked every day, every day to create a better educated, healthier, and more prosperous North Carolina<\/a>. We are proud to call him governor. Lees welcome as i present our governor, roy cooper [cheers and applause] [crowd chanting four more years] gov. Cooper im ok with that. Im ok with that. Thank you, chairman goodwin. Thank you, chairman perez for that strong message to all of us tonight. It is the honor of my life to serve as governor of the greatest state in this country. [applause] grew up in i eastern North Carolina<\/a> working on my dad farm with my mom as a Public School<\/a> teacher. And there i learned my values. That i hold today. A deep faith in god. A charge to help others. A duty to serve. But never in my wildest dreams did i think that i would be here leading the state that i love. Governor, theas law says that you have to have a portrait done to hang in the mansion. I have never had a portrait done. That makes me a little uncomfortable. You all know the first lady, my wife kristin [applause] a goodoper she is lawyer and showed me the law and said you have to get this done. I have been putting it off. Finally she grabbed me by the elbow and said honey, it is not getting any better. [laughter] gov. Cooper so now, we have done it. On number 83y is in her business across this day and she is coming to a county near you. Here i am. A little worse for the wear. But fighting every day for everyday people. Governor, as was wayne said, i was elected attorney general for 16 years and there, we fixed our crime lab and salt cold cases to put violent criminals away and free those that were innocent. We ran payday lenders out of the state. Mortgage fraudsters and scammers and corporate polluters. We fought for people who could not fight for themselves. States ving at the as the states top Law Enforcement<\/a> officer and i did not really plan to run for anything else. But then, something happened in our state. In 2010, we got a legislature who gerrymandered themselves into a republican supermajority and then in 2012, we got a republican governor who rubberstamped most every bad thing that they did. Shortchanging our Public Schools<\/a>. Denying health care to half a million north carolinians. Flushing out a crazy bathroom bill. Rich andtaxes for the for corporations. Weakening laws that protect our air and water. Passing the worst Voter Suppression<\/a> laws in the country discriminating against africanamericans as the court said with surgical precision. We do not have enough time to list all of the bad things that this legislature and this governor did. That i needed to step up. And you believed in me. Wontogether, in 2016, we this governors race. In a landslide. Ok, that is a joke. [laughter] of 4. 50,000 votes out islion but, hey, hey, that four votes per precinct. Four votes per precinct. Who says, every vote doesnt count . We know it does. Ship. Started writing the righting the ship. We reached out across the aisle pushing them to get a lot of things done. We repealed the bathroom bill. We got funding for hurricane victims. We installed a better way to build roads and finance them. We made progress on the Opioid Crisis<\/a> reducing the rate of deaths in our state. But we remained unflinching in investmentsfor more in Public Education<\/a> and closing the Health Care Coverage<\/a> gap. And despite republican hostility , we stood up to this president on offshore drilling. [applause] gov. Cooper not off our coast, you dont. Thousands of students get better paying jobs with our finish line grants and our Community College<\/a>s. Something the legislature would not fund and we found federal funds to get it done. I ordered paid parental leave for our state employees. Stopped firms from going to organizations that promote socalled conversion therapy hurts our lgbtq youth. I ordered a Clean Energy Plan<\/a> to get us to zero Carbon Emissions<\/a> in North Carolina<\/a>. Because we are going to fight Climate Change<\/a> here and we have to create good hey income clean energy jobs. I appointed by far the most qualified and most diverse cabinet in the history of our state. Believe that government should look like the people it serves and protects. Smart, diverse, and independent judges all across North Carolina<\/a> include the first black woman as chief justice our state Supreme Court<\/a> in beasley. All of our judges, stand up. All of our judges, stand up. And our candidates for judges. We need to help them. We helped create tens of thousands of jobs in North Carolina<\/a> because we focus on workforce and we sent a message of across the world that North Carolina<\/a> values diversity and we are open for business. You know, the Republican Legislature<\/a> likes to take credit for our pretty good economy in North Carolina<\/a> and i beg to differ. Forbes magazine for the last 14 years has ranked the best states for business in the country and i dont and out of those 14 years, three years North Carolina<\/a> has been the number one state in the country for business. 2018, and 2019. And i have loved reading your governor for 2017, 2018, and 2019. But we did not stop there. We beat them in court when they tried to take away the state court of elections from the governors control. And we succeeded in having their declaredgerrymandering unconstitutional under our state constitution. Majorityoke the super in the state legislature. Hey, my veto worked they passed the bill that attacked a womans right to choose, we said no and when they passed the discriminatory and unconstitutional immigration and whenaid no cut passed a bill that Corporate Tax<\/a>es instead of investing in teacher pay we said no. And when they passed a budget that refused to expand medicaid, we said no. Warriorscognize those who are standing behind my veto. Let us let these legislators stand and give them a big hand again. What a great job [cheers and applause] gov. Cooper and we are to get more of them. We have done a great job so far but i am not satisfied. Are you . I will not be satisfied until teachers and other educators get the real raises they deserve. Until not be satisfied all of our students are in a quality classroom and out of trailers. And i wont be satisfied until we close that Health Care Coverage<\/a> gap in North Carolina<\/a> and Lower Health Care<\/a> costs. Pence, when he was governor of indiana, expanded medicaid. It is time to do it in North Carolina<\/a>. Right, these primaries will soon be done. And it will be time for us to all come together. We need to be positive. After was on the coast hurricane florence, i met a woman in a shelter who was sitting on a cot surrounded by a few things which were all that she had left. A firefighter had bravely rescued her as her waters were rising and said you just need to grab a few things and go. Saidhe told me her story i to her, i am so sorry. And you know what she said to me . I amaid, i think god alive. I thank god for all of the volunteers in this shelter some of whom had their own homes flooded and they are here helping me. And i thank god for that firefighter who saved me from my home and from the floods. Do you know what . I am going to make it. That is the North Carolina<\/a> spirit. That is the positive attitude that we need going into november. Us to go. For go knock doors. Go make calls. Go on social media. This is the most important election of our lifetime. We have to be in it from the courthouse to the statehouse to. He white house we must win the very foundation of our republic is at stake. To tell myt want children and my grandchildren that we did not do everything we could to win in 2020. So, it is time to go, go, go and win thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you, guys. [cheers and applause] four moreting years] tom tillis. I will travel to North Carolina<\/a> making sure that we are listening, really listening. Building bridges. Carolinall you a north story about how we need to make sure that we put North Carolina<\/a> first. I am here to tell you that you will see my name on the ballot and when you see my name, you are seeking health care. When you see my name on the ballot, youre seeing education. Taking on the risk of gun violence. Taking on the problem of Climate Change<\/a>. Working together we will beat tom tillis. Not just because he is a bad senator but because North Carolina<\/a> deserves better. Thank you very much. [applause] hello, everyone. I am state senator Erika D Smith<\/a> and im working extremely hard. I want to become North Carolina<\/a>s next United States<\/a> senator. We want a fighter in washington, d. C. Someone that will take on economic edge Economic Opportunity<\/a> and higher wages for all. Of theanding the fight court. I am a fighter. I am the only candidate in the race who has worked her way up to any level in the party. [indiscernible] i am fighting for you. Do you want the most qualified, competent, the one that can defeat tom tillis i am the only candidate that can defeat tom tillisl. My questions are for you. Do you want a North Carolina<\/a> that [indiscernible] do you want an america that is respected again . An america with integrity again . Withoutot spell america erica. I am ready to fight. [applause] thank you, Governor Cooper<\/a> for your rousing remarks a moment ago. Next up, we have a successful businessman and entrepreneur whose innovative ideas have andaped news, radio, advertising. As the mayor of new york city, he guided the city through the 2008 recession, reduced new yorks Carbon Footprint<\/a> and expanded Health Care Coverage<\/a>. Since then, his work on gun and Climate Change<\/a> have helped forge the path for a safer america. And now, he is running for president on a platform of putting progress in front of partisanship and reforming our political system and economy to work for all americans. Please join me in welcoming president ial candidate, mayor Mike Bloomberg<\/a> [cheers and applause] mr. Bloomberg thank you. Thank you. First thing, before i start. You guys have got to help me. A coach for,o get perez and the governor. They have got to learn to be enthusiastic. And thank you, chairman good win for the kind introduction and thank you for saying it exactly as i wrote it. You have done a great job leading the North Carolina<\/a> Democratic Party<\/a>. And the big crowd here tonight is proof here it is clear that North Carolina<\/a> democrats know how to put the party in party dinner. Speaking of the Democratic Party<\/a>, i have to acknowledge chair, tom perez is not just enthusiastic. He knows what he is talking about and if you listen to him, we can all pull together and we have to change who is sitting at 1600 pennsylvania avenue and he can help. And Governor Cooper<\/a> and the jackson and the rest of the North Carolina<\/a> delegation, thank you for having me here tonight. This is the fourth city i have been in today. After this, i am going to go get some sleep. Goingyou, all we are to Work Together<\/a> to turn North Carolina<\/a> blue. , i am always glad to be in charlotte and in no small part because the city is named after my mother. Charlotte bloomberg. Just telling you. I know it is. She lived until 102 years old. She died in 2011. She lived well over a third the length of time that america has been in existence. So has charlotte. They have that in common. I spoke to her when she was at home and i was in new york. I called her every day and to this day, if you want to talk to my mother, she is still on the answering machine of the house i grew up in. She willan call certainly say hello. Anyway, i think it is great to remember my mother. She used to say to me, dont let it go to your head. It is not going to my head that i am able to come to a place like this. I did not grow up where i could speak to a big crowd. If you take a look, none of my fellow candidates with the exception of amy are in carolina tonight. They have been afraid to come and talk to you and tell you the truth about a critical issue. I am just going to say it mustard is not barbecue sauce. [laughter] [applause] ourbloomberg one of Campaign Chairs<\/a> is the mayor of columbia, South Carolina<\/a>, and he may never forgive me for saying that. Needless to say, im happy to be in North Carolina<\/a>, where you really know barbecue. I dont want to start a rivalry between new york and North Carolina<\/a>, but i want to point out that some of your famous icons have new york roots. Michael jordan, born in brooklyn. The battleship North Carolina<\/a>, built in brooklyn. Uscar ok, youve got there. I have been in North Carolina<\/a> for times since we launched our campaign, i think that is more than any of the candidates, and the reason is simple if we are going to beat donald trump in november, we have to take him on in swing states like North Carolina<\/a> and we cannot wait until the primary is over to start campaigning here. [applause] mr. Bloomberg our work starts now. We built a Great Campaign<\/a> team here. I have 124 staff on the ground in the state, everyone is working hard and early voting is in full swing and we are only two days away from super tuesday. I know we can beat donald trump here. Why thek again, we saw selection is so important. Right now we have a leadership vacuum in the white house and it could not have come at a worse time. The coronavirus has already arrived in america and make no mistake, the white house is endangering lives and hurting our economy, and the fact is, President Trump<\/a> was briefed on the virus two months ago but he buried his head in the sand. Thatat time, a virus originated in a port city in china has exploded into a Global Pandemic<\/a> and thousands of people have died. His failure to not prepare us for the ability to respond, that is the problem we have, he is not leading, he is not reacting, he is doing anything he is doing much too late. He even said he thought it was a democratic hoax. [booing] mr. Bloomberg we know the president is not a scientist, he doesnt even believe in science, and his incompetence puts us all at risk. Last night at one of his rallies where he called it a hoax, it was a time when he should be putting politics aside and rallying the American People<\/a> behind him. He continues to try to divide us by playing partisan politics. This week, we all know the stock market has plunged out of fear, it also because investors have no confidence this president is capable of managing a crisis. Know hehat we fired scientists, try to cut and ing for the cdc, tri situations like this, it is important that the government provide clear and honest answers and trump has done the opposite. Devoted a lot of life to protecting Public Health<\/a> . Yeah right. Itave done that, i did through philanthropy and as mayor and i also run a business. We spend a lot of time even in our company worrying about the virus. I understand the economic damage of bad policies, and right now the market is pricing in the president s incompetence and we will have to pay a heavy toancial cost in additional the serious costs. The Democratic Party<\/a> is the answer, we need strong, competent people in washington. [applause] mr. Bloomberg we need someone who has lead during a crisis, believes in science, invests in prevention and preparation, and listens to experts. We need a president who will make protecting the health of the American People<\/a> the number one priority at all times. I can promise you, that is the kind of president i will be. [applause] mr. Bloomberg but first, we have to win an election, and i need your help. Help ourl of you will North Carolina<\/a> team get out the vote here. I hope you will tell your friends and family and neighbors how important their votes are. If they ask what my campaign is about, just tell them this i am running to defeat donald trump. [applause] mr. Bloomberg i am running a campaign for change, for sanity, a campaign for honesty, a campaign for inclusion, a campaign for compassion, and a campaign for human decency. [applause] mr. Bloomberg and i am running to restore honor to our government and to build a country that we can be proud of, and to start getting things done, and to start putting the united back in United States<\/a> of america. [applause] mr. Bloomberg some of you may inember back in philadelphia 2016, i spoke at the Democratic Convention<\/a> and warned that donald trump was not fit for office. Help hold worked to him accountable by supporting candidates who flipped 21 seats in the house. That made nancy pelosi speaker and allowed us to begin Holding Donald<\/a> trump accountable through the impeachment process. [applause] mr. Bloomberg now, this year we all know the trump strategy attack democrats, make their plans look unrealistic, unaffordable, and undoable. That will not work against you and me, because we have the record and resources to defeat him in the swing states the democrats lost in 2016. I know we can do it, but to get it done, we have to nominate someone at the top of the ticket who can build a broad coalition, who rallies democrats and attracts independents and moderate republicans, because that is the only way we will win. I did that in new york in three races, i won in the most populous, large city in the u. S. , and i know i am not a typical politician. Inave never worked washington before, i dont make pieinthesky promises. As you have seen in the debates, i dont just yell slogans even when they are not troopue. Toneed a leader who is ready be commanderinchief, not college debater in chief. If you want someone who talks turkey and has a record of accomplishment on the big issues facing our country and has the resources to beat trump, that is me. If you want a debater, youve got the wrong guy. I give virtually all of my Company Profits<\/a> to charity and there is no better investment i can make in the future of our country than spending to get donald trump out of 1600 pennsylvania avenue. [cheers and applause] mr. Bloomberg if you think my campaign is expensive, imagine what four more years of donald trump will cost our country. Somebody the other day said to me, you are spending a lot of money. I said, yes i am. Im spending money to get rid of donald trump. The guy said, spend more. [laughter] mr. Bloomberg it would be a catastrophe if this race ends with donald trump in the white house. Even though we are both from new york, we could be more different. You might say i am the untrump. He breaks promises, i keep them, he divides people, i unite them, he is a climate denier, i am an engineer. I actually believe in science. He tweets, i follow facts and respected data and tell the truth. He looks out for people who inherited their wealth. I started out with my parents teaching me hard work and ethical behavior and i tell you i will raise taxes on the wealthy including me to get the revenue we need to fight income inequality and paying for infrastructure and investing and Emergency Preparedness<\/a> and extending health care and improving education, and all of the other things we need to strengthen our great country. My whole career has been as a doer and i believe we need less talk, less partisanship, less division, less tweeting in fact, when i get to the white house, no more tweeting from the oval office ever again. [cheers and applause] mr. Bloomberg in all fairness, it is easy for me to say since i cannot spell, but neither can donald. [laughter] mr. Bloomberg i have been pretty blessed in my life and there is nothing that donald trump can do or say that can hurt you and me if we Work Together<\/a>. But he has heard a lot of people and that is why i am running. Stand up for every american who has lost a job or their insurance or cannot pay their college tuition. You have all heard the slogan, mike will get it done. Let me tell you what the it is. In means winning in november and sending donald trump back to maralago from nelly permanetly. It means finally providing Health Insurance<\/a> to everyone who lacks it and lowering it for everyone else. It means passing commonsense gun safety laws to protect children and communities. Makingting it done means america a Global Leader<\/a> in the fight against Climate Change<\/a>. It means creating good jobs with higher wages. It means addressing inequality. On and it means finally fixing our broken immigration system and creating a path to citizenship for 11 Million People<\/a> living in the shadows. [applause] mr. Bloomberg and getting it done means protecting a womans right to choose and appointing judges who will defend that right. [applause] mr. Bloomberg it wont be easy but i know we can do it, because unlike other candidates, i dont just talk about doing things, i have a record of reaching across the aisle and getting them done. Give you some quick examples. Other candidates talk about raising teacher salaries. We raised teacher salaries 43 . For theraised salaries firefighters, the sanitation workers, the police officers, and all of the people who work in the city. If you want good government, you have to pay a good wage so people can focus on their jobs. People talk about improving Public Schools<\/a>, i can tell you that we raise Graduation Rates<\/a> by more than 40 when i was in office. They talk about improving health care, in new york we cut the number of uninsured by 40 , providing care for mothers and babies, and raised a Life Expectancy<\/a> in new york city by three whole years. If you want to live longer, you could move to new york or just vote for me. [applause] others talk about fighting Climate Change<\/a>, in new york we cut our Carbon Footprint<\/a> 13 and we replace coalfired power grounds power plants. Others talk about stopping gun violence. In new york, we created a Gun Safety Group<\/a> with 6 million members across the country, including moms deserve action, and are working to pass commonsense gun laws in states across the country. 20 statesve 27 that have those laws. I bring people together to solve problems. Weeks afterd seven the devastating terror attacks of 9 11, our city was in tatters and the economy in recession. But i brought people together in the city and we created nearly 500,000 new jobs, 175,000 units of affordable housing, reduced 40 , street homeless by created programs for alcohol and opioid. Over the last two decades we have taken on the toughest haves and won, and we taken on donald trump many times and we are ready to do it again. Let me finish by telling you, i cannot do it alone, North Carolina<\/a>. If you want quality Health Insurance<\/a> for everyone, not empty promises, if you want to combat inequality with fairer taxes and better jobs, if you support my commitment to quality Public Education<\/a> no matter what zip code you live in, if you share my belief and opportunity for all and not just a few, if you are ready to protect and defend the constitution of the United States<\/a> of america, and if you are ready to clean out the oval office get things done, i would be honored to have your support, your hope, your help, and yes, your vote. Thank you for having me. Good night. [applause] cspans live coverage on this night of the South Carolina<\/a> primary continues. You heard a moment ago from Michael Bloomberg<\/a> in North Carolina<\/a>. This is a view of columbia, South Carolina<\/a>, where former Vice President<\/a> joe biden is this evening after a substantial win in the palmetto state. With 31 reporting, the former Vice President<\/a> with nearly 51 of the vote. Senator Bernie Sanders<\/a> at 18. 5 percent and tom steyer at 11. 6 , spending a lot of money, the stier campaign, in South Carolina<\/a>. Pete buttigieg at 7. 5 percent, and anywarren at 6. 7 , klobuchar at 3. 7 . 15 is the threshold to get delegates we are going to take you live to the university of South Carolina<\/a>, where jim clyburn, who endorsed joe biden is. You do not have to be bombastic in order to get your point across. Youll have to call people names. Names in order to have your positions understood. You do not have to tell falsehoods in order to make about your proposals. Manave as our candidate a who understands what it is like to be in america. Applause]d none of us have had the same experiences. All of us are the sum total of our experiences. And all of our experiences have not been pleasant. But all of our experiences, in one form or another, have been blessings. And we are blessed with a candidate who understands what it is to restore the goodness that exists in this great country. He will get us away [cheers and applause] ladies and gentlemen, you really did not come here to hear me. [laughter] and i did not come here to speak. Introduce and present to you a good man. [cheers and applause] a man who understands the fundamental fairness upon which this democracy is built, a man who restored the goodness of this business and took us to where this country can be. Ladies and gentlemen, my good friend, one who i know, who you [indiscernible] applause]and mr. Biden thank you, thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you, South Carolina<\/a> [cheers and applause] clyburn, my buddy jim you brought me back. [applause] mr. Biden that is a man of enormous integrity. Been of you who have knocked down, counted out, left behind, this is your campaign. [applause] mr. Biden just days ago, the press and pundits had declared this candidacy dead. You, theks to all of heart of the Democratic Party<\/a>, won bigwon and because of you. [cheers and applause] mr. Biden and we are very much alive. Chanting] yall you i told could launch the candidacy. You launched bill clinton and barack obama, and now you launched our campaign on the path to defeating donald trump. This campaign is taking off. Com,in us, go to joebiden volunteer and contribute if you can, we need you and want you, and there is a place for you in this campaign. [applause] as weden folks, celebrate tonight here in columbia, let me talk directly to democrats across america. Those voting on super tuesday. This is the moment to choose the path forward for our party. This is the moment, and it has arrived, maybe sooner than anyone guessed it would, but it is here. Makehe decisions democrats across america in the next few days will determine what this party stands for, what we believe, and what will get done. Nominate me, i believe we can be donald trump. [cheers and applause] mr. Biden keep nancy pelosi in the house of representatives as the speaker, and take back the senate. [cheers and applause] mr. Biden so join us, my fellow democrats across america, join us. The democrats want to nominate someone who will build on obamacare, not scrap it. Not protect gun manufacturers. Gives up or a fighting chance and let the middleclass get restored, not raise their taxes. We will keep the promises we make. Join us. The democrats want a nominee who is a democrat. [cheers and applause] mr. Biden a lifelong democrat. [cheers and applause] mr. Biden a proud democrat an obamabiden democrat [cheers and applause] mr. Biden join us. We have the option of winning big or losing big, that is the choice. Coalition,build on a the legacy of the most successful president of our lifetime, barack obama. [cheers and applause] mr. Biden and the way we do this is by bringing americans together of every race, ethnicity, gender, economic station, democrats, republicans, independents, people of every stripe. Just like we did here in South Carolina<\/a>. [cheers and applause] can doen and like we across the entire country on tuesday and beyond. Folks, when big or lose, that is the choice. Most americans dont want the promise of revolution, they want more than promises. They want results. Want to give all americans access to real opportunity, to have Affordable Health<\/a> care for all americans, and environment was clean air and clean water, and funding for our schools. Make Community College<\/a> free. A nation that will stand up to and beat the nra. [cheers and applause] reform the criminal justice system, root out institutional racism, mobilize the world against Climate Change<\/a>. ,nd an economy that works rewards work and not just wealth. My dad used to say, your job is more than a paycheck, it is about your dignity, decency, respect. Its about your place in the community, being able to look your kid in the eye and say honey, it will be ok. For all of our families, for all of our communities. Because that is the right thing to do. That is what makes us democrats. Talk is cheap. False promises are deceptive. Andtalk about revolution changing anyones life, we need real changes right now. [cheers and applause] mr. Biden something i have done my whole career. And i will do as president. Is not a battle for the soul of the Democratic Party<\/a>, this is a battle for the soul of United States<\/a> of america. Winning means uniting america, not selling more division and anger, it means not only fighting, but healing the country. We have to beat donald trump into the republican party, but we cant become like them. We cant become like them. We cant have a never ending war. Above all, it is time for americans to get back up. The country is so ready, so ready. For thein, fight proposition that we hold these truths to be selfevident, that all men and women were created equal and endowed by our greater with certain unalienable rights. We havet all the time, not always lived up to it but we have never before this president walked away from it. Thats the reason why all of us are in this. I believe with every fiber of my being that all men and women are created equal. You know, i saw it a few days ago and it townhall in charleston, i spoke with reverend anthony thompson, whose wife myra was studying the words of her bible with eight other parishioners at mother emanuel for a half years ago. It was a weekly routine, reading scripture and finding purpose in faith and god and each other. And hate, vengeance, White Supremacy<\/a> pierced that faith and they are lost forever. You know what i found the most remarkable thing in my career thus far . Reverend thompson and the families of the nine, through all of that pain and grief, they forgave. Theirres the deal in forgiveness, they brought more change to South Carolina<\/a> than any that has occurred over the previous 100 years. [cheers and applause] mr. Biden think about it. The Confederate Flag<\/a> came down. [cheers and applause]. Biden real change after, we the sunday came back to mother emanuel for services after the funeral of the victims. Six weeks earlier, we had lost our son and we needed to be healed, too. It,ally mean this, we need whatever they were exuding. With every season that has passed, they have gotten up and found purpose to live a life worthy of the ones they lost, worthy of the blessings to live this remarkable country. , having arrived in overwhelming pain, thinking, we can do this. We can get through this. , it is noto tell you small reason i am in this race. People like you here tonight and all around the country. The days of Donald Trumps<\/a> divisiveness will soon be over. [cheers and applause] ,r. Biden jim was right america cannot survive in less we focus on our give dennis our goodness. We can build a more Perfect Union<\/a> because the American People<\/a> in the last 3. 5 years, have seen the alternative. Really think about it. They have seen so utterly mean, selfish, lack of any sense of empathy or concern for anybody president who not only has horrible policies, but the way he mocks and makes fun of other people. You here in South Carolina<\/a>, and especially jim clyburn, my friend, who lifted me and this campaign on his shoulders thats right [cheers and applause] mr. Biden but i need all of you. I dont have time to name all of you. I, our daughter hunter has been on the phone. My brother and sisters, my two brothers, my sister, my five grandchildren, my four granddaughters have been on the campaign trail. We will never forget what you have done for us. [cheers and applause] we can say without fear of contradiction that the bidens love you guys, man. The bidens love you and that is real. [cheers and applause] mr. Biden now we need to stand iehind Jimmy Harrison<\/a> jam harrison. We need to send Joe Cunningham<\/a> back to the house of representatives. [cheers and applause] mr. Biden all of us, all the bidens thank you for everything you have done for us. Here is the deal, lets get back up we are decent, brave, resilient people we can believe again, we are better than this president get up, take back our country, this is the United States<\/a> of america, there is nothing beyond our capacity if we do it together god bless you all, and may god protect our troops thank you, thank you. [cheers and applause] coverage from the South Carolina<\/a> primary continues, as the crowd of reporters is lining up, former Vice President<\/a> joe saying hishis campaign is taking off. The numbers to call are on your screen. We are continuing to monitor all the candidates speaking tonight, including senator Bernie Sanders<\/a>, we will have a moment of that in a moment, he is an Virginia Beach<\/a>, virginia, one of the States Holding<\/a> a primary on super tuesday. Right now with 53 of the vote in from South Carolina<\/a>, or Vice President<\/a> joe biden owning onto a lead at nearly 50 of the vote, 130,000 votes compared to Bernie Sanders<\/a> at just over 50,000. That translates to about 19. 3 . Spent 22. 3 million in advertising in South Carolina<\/a> a vote alone, at 11. 5 . That is followed by Pete Buttigieg<\/a> and Amy Klobuchar<\/a>, a distant sixth. As we said earlier, the phone lines are open. Former Vice President<\/a> biden is in columbia, South Carolina<\/a> and is back on the campaign trail tomorrow, including events and alabama. Earlier tonight in Virginia Beach<\/a>, virginia, here is senator Bernie Sanders<\/a>. Sanders i am very proud that in the campaign so far, we have won the popular vote in iowa, we have one the New Hampshire<\/a> primary, we have won but youda caucus, cannot win them all. [laughter] sen. Senders there are a lot of states out there, and tonight we did not win in South Carolina<\/a>. [booing] sen. Senders that will not be the only defeat, there are a lot of states and nobody wins them all. I want to congratulate joe biden on his victory tonight. [applause] we had tors and now, super tuesday in virginia. [cheers and applause] sen. Senders and i believe very strongly that the people of this country on super tuesday and after are going to support our campaign because we are more than a campaign, we are a movement. Host that was senator Bernie Sanders<\/a> in Virginia Beach<\/a>, virginia tonight. He will be in san jose, california tomorrow, crisscrossing the country. We will have live coverage of the Sanders Campaign<\/a> at about 4 30 eastern time, give or take. 14 states are competing for just over 1300 delegates on super tuesday. Get to your phone calls, we expect to hear from tom steyer in about 10 minutes, at about 9 15 eastern time. He will be introduced by his wife. Courtney from lynchburg, virginia, go ahead. Caller hello, im calling from lynchburg, and i have to say as a former south carolinian, i am not really impressed with Bernie Sanders<\/a> or with joe biden. Host who is your candidate . Caller i dont have a candidate at this point. Host thank you for the call. Tonight ine earlier North Carolina<\/a>, in charlotte, North Carolina<\/a>, a speech by Michael Bloomberg<\/a>. We also expect to hear from senator Amy Klobuchar<\/a>. The speech is also being streamed cspan. Org. We go to renda in goose creek, South Carolina<\/a>. Did you vote in todays primary . Vote, i ament in my a photo from South Carolina<\/a> and i helped in the primaries today. Won very happy that biden in South Carolina<\/a>, he is the man for the job and there is no other. I am just as happy as i can be, because trump has got to go. He has done his damage long enough. Voter. Oud to be a it is my privilege to vote, and won glad biden has South Carolina<\/a>, and i hope you will win other states and i hope he will win other states and become president of United States<\/a>. Host thank you. Lets again look at the result, joe biden declared though winter shortly after polls closed, aced on exit polling. You can see why it was an easy call, the former Vice President<\/a> calling South Carolina<\/a> his firewall state, holding onto about 50 of the vote with nearly 130,000 votes. In. Is with 53 senator sanders in a distant second, tom steyer at 11. 5 , spinning over 22 million in advertising. Pete buttigieg had hoped to be in the top three but does not get any delegates because you need 15 of the vote to qualify for delegates. He is at 7. 7 . Senator warren, 6. 6 . Amy klobuchar, a distant sixth at 3 . This tweet from President Trump<\/a> shortly after polls closed and joe biden was to clear the winner, saying sleepy joe bidens victory in the South Carolina<\/a> democrat primary should be the end of Mike Bloomberg<\/a> stroke of a campaign after the worst debate performance in the history of president ial debates. Upi mike now has biden split his few voters, taking many away. Lets go to mike on the line from massachusetts. I am a even though bernie supporter, i am happy for mr. Biden. I think it is the boost he needed. It is still a long way off. Shows the demise of i think its the end for Elizabeth Warren<\/a>. Think 20 and a Southern State<\/a> for a socialist is pretty good. In some ways, you can look at it that he is doing quite well. It will probably be a brokered convention and a tough one, but the main thing is we have to stick together as democrats because thats the only way to beat trump. Host can you stay on the line . I have two questions what is your view of senator warren as a senator from your home state . Caller i hate to say this, but she has that kind of image, i cant speak for massachusetts, but around the country, it is kind of like hillary. Too aggressive, too strident, and i think that is the end of her campaign pew host campaign. Host senator warren is in texas trying to weave together some delegates for super tuesday. I want to ask you, if she loses massachusetts on tuesday, does that and her campaign . Caller i think it does, and if it turns out bernie is ahead 1 in massachusetts. We had a big relic, 13,000 people came out for bernie today a big rally, 13,000 people came out for bernie today. I think shes going to lose massachusetts or not do as well as she should, and if she does, i think its the end for Elizabeth Warren<\/a>. Host thank you. You are looking at live pictures of senator warren in houston, texas. We are streaming all of the speeches live tonight. We showed you Mike Bloomberg<\/a> in North Carolina<\/a>, Amy Klobuchar<\/a> is running behind schedule. We are waiting for tom steyer, who was third in the South Carolina<\/a> primary, spinning the most time and most money. He is set to speak at about 9 15 eastern. Earlier tonight in her remarks, senator warren with this on joe bidens victory in South Carolina<\/a>. Warren results are coming in and i want to say congratulations to Vice President<\/a> biden. I will be the first to say that the first four contests did not go as i hoped. If you want to change the outcome in the next contest, go to Elizabeth Warren<\/a>. Com, super tuesday is three days away. [applause] sen. Warren we want to gain as many delegates to the convention as we can from california to right here in texas. [cheers and applause] it may take days or even longer to know the full results from super tuesday, but they will be critical. Critical in sorting out who our nominee will be this year. My campaign is built for the long haul and we are looking forward to these big contests. With we will have more senator warren, her speech and its entirety as our coverage continues. Want to get your phone calls. We are awaiting a speech by tom steyer to find out his path forward after spending so much time and money in South Carolina<\/a>. Also some endorsements, he learned that congressman bobby rush endorsing joe biden ahead of tuesdays primary, and senator tim kaine last week endorsed joe biden. Cnn Terry Mcauliffe<\/a> said he thinks that joe biden has the best chance of winning virginia in the general election. One of 14 states with primaries on tuesday, including the virginia primary. The states include california, utah, colorado, texas, oklahoma, minnesota, arkansas, alabama, tennessee, North Carolina<\/a>, virginia, massachusetts, maine, and vermont. As we are tonight with speeches and result, we are back live on tuesday evening, youre one place to hear from all of the candidates, all of the speeches, and their reaction speed joe in sioux falls, south dakota, thank you for waiting. Caller good evening. I had a question. You looked at Elizabeth Warren<\/a>. She sort of wears the same thing every day, if you look at it, that black undershirt with a colored coat. The media has not commented on that. I dont know what the reason for that is, but it is a remarkable thing and should be covered. Host thank you. There is Elizabeth Warren<\/a> in another selfie line, she has taken by her own account over 100,000 selfie on the campaign trail this year. As expected,t losing the New Hampshire<\/a> primary and some polling has her behind senator Bernie Sanders<\/a> and her home state of massachusetts. The voting there is on tuesday. Lily and st. Louis, the democrats line. Go ahead. Caller hi. , i had Elizabeth Warren<\/a> some ladies come to my door today working for her. I really was for her until she got on stage the other night and went too far. I am not for her anymore. Far, when you say went too you are referring to caller she just went on and on. I did not like that. She went too far. She just went on and on. She just tried to destroy this man all the way about everything. I just think she went too far. And when they came here today they were for her and i id i am not voting for her. His is st. Louis ,hey want Bernie Sanders<\/a> to win all these young folks think they will get free insurance, he is not going to get it because it has to pass the house and they will not vote for it. He is not going to win. Win,iden has a chance to to beat the president , and that is all. This president with this disease going around, he knew this week ago and would not tell anybody and all of a sudden a out on him. Host thank you for the call. The photographer moved out of the camera shot so we can show you former Vice President<\/a> joe biden, savoring his victory tonight with his win in the south calendar. This is from Philip Rucker<\/a> from the Washington Post<\/a>, biden is on pace to pass centers in the overall raw popular vote from the first four contests combined. Steyerreporting that tom is expected to drop out. We are waiting for that speech. He is also in South Carolina<\/a>. Keep in mind he has spent more time in South Carolina<\/a> than any other candidate, also the most money. Spending 22. 5 million. The Biden Campaign<\/a> in advertising, 890,000. A big difference. A huge win for the Biden Campaign<\/a> tonight. Zack from eureka, california, democrats line. Caller good evening. , i have to supporter say, it is pretty disappointing in southn won carolina. For the life of me, i dont get it. I dont see the draw to biden. It is just beyond me that medicare for all, he is against it. College loans, free college, he is against it. It is business as usual. He voted for terrible trade deals. It is the same old thing. I dont get it. If somebody could please explain , and me, the draw of biden how the heck he is going to be trump, because it aint going to happen. We need real change and biden is business as usual. For the life of me, if you could shed some light on it, i would appreciate it. Host thank you for the call. We can shed light on one thing, the former Vice President<\/a> , former senators jill biden, has launched three campaigns, in 1988, 2008 and again in 2020. In all of those campaigns, this is his first primary or caucus win. The results are coming in quickly. 66 of the vote in from South Carolina<\/a>, the former Vice President<\/a> hovering at about 50 of the vote, that translates to 135,000 votes. Bernie sanders at 19. 3 . Tom steyer who is expected to drop out, his speeches coming up , followed by Pete Buttigieg<\/a>, who got 21,000 votes. Aboutr Elizabeth Warren<\/a>, 18,000 votes, and Amy Klobuchar<\/a>, distant sixth, 3. 1 . These results from the Associated Press<\/a> come up with more than half the votes in from the palmetto state. Tom steyer is in libya, South Carolina<\/a>. Will berks, he introduced by his wife, and then his expected withdrawal from the 2020 president ial race. He started the need to impeach campaign, withdrawing tonight. We will have it lives. If you are listing on cspan madison,mes in wisconsin, good evening. Caller im calling from wisconsin, home of the Democratic Convention<\/a>. Host we will be there. Caller a couple of things, i was amused [indiscernible] republican [indiscernible] is there not also a territory voting . Host 14 states and to u. S. Territories, including american samoa, correct. Caller you never hear those, and what about the other two . The next thing is this, you always [indiscernible] that Amy Klobuchar<\/a> is a distant sixth. Not Tulsi Gabbard<\/a> on the ballot and did any votes go to Michael Bloomberg<\/a> . Host Michael Bloomberg<\/a> was not on the ballot and Tulsi Gabbard<\/a> did not qualify in many states to be on the ballot. Michael bloomberg is on the ballot in the super tuesday states, so it will be a test for his campaign. We are getting a two minute warning for the Tom Steyer Campaign<\/a> in columbia, South Carolina<\/a>, so we will go to that in a moment. First we hear from jj in ohio. Quick comment . Caller yes, i am in my early 60s, a widow, and i want to vote for somebody who will keep andal security and medicare obamacare. Host thank you. The onlyoe biden is candidate i know that will do it. Host thank you. This is the whaley Street Event Center<\/a> and columbia, South Carolina<\/a>, where tom stier will be introduced by his tom steyer will be introduced by his cat. E, oh my god, i have lived in the south long enough to say hey yall. [applause] i am so proud of everyone in this room, everyone on the campaign, my kids who leaned in on the campaign, all four of them, two of them working full time. I am so proud of my husband, tom steyer. [cheers and applause] win, lose or, draw, we are all fighting for racial and Economic Justice<\/a> and a solution to Climate Change<\/a> now. [cheers and applause] for we are always what our situation hands us, it is either sadness or euphoria. It is euphoria now i give you my husband, tom steyer [cheers and applause] let me say this we love you [cheers and applause] i got into this race for really good reasons, because i thought people were not adequately addressing Racial Injustice<\/a> in this country, and it is true. It is true. Are at risk as a country in terms of client climate and that expressed itself in terms of environmental injustice and we have seen that and that is true. And that we live in a country that is deeply unjust economically, where rich people have been profiting at the expense of everybody else. And that is really true. And my family and i have been working on those things for decades. I did not get into this race and Start Talking<\/a> about things to try and get votes. I was in this race to talk about things i care the most about and that i continue to care the most about. Let me just say this i think the team we have, more than half people of color, more than half lgbtq. 30 rideis the team i want to into battle with. That is the crew i want on my side. Let me say this, i have never worked with a better group of people who have worked harder or in a more dedicated way. The endorsers from South Carolina<\/a> are some of [cheers and applause] mr. Steyer i want to say, some of the most outstanding human beings i have ever met, standing up for what is right. I am so proud to be with them. And the group of people in South Carolina<\/a>, im looking at some of them right now, are a team of people who i am people use these words, but i am humbled to be working sidebyside with those guys. I am humbled to be working sidebyside with some of the women from South Carolina<\/a>. [cheers and applause] mr. Steyer and honestly, the people who have endorsed me have orod up in a very red state, i have seen things honestly that have broken my heart, because as much as i have loved the people here and i have sent, i am not leaving, you might want me out of here but i am not leaving. We are already figuring out ways to make sure that we stay in South Carolina<\/a>. [cheers and applause] mr. Steyer i have loved the people and i feel as if their fight is my fight and i want to make sure that is true going forward. Todayere is no question that this campaign, we were disappointed with where we came out. I think we got one or two delegates from congressional districts, which i think South Carolina<\/a> for, and the people. But i said if i did not see a path to winning, i would end my campaign. And honestly, i cannot see a path where i can win the presidency. So am i going to continue to work on every single one of these issues . Yes, of course i am, because i never stopped. That is what i am here for. To let me say, i kept trying say this during the campaign i am a huge grassroots person. I am a turnout, registered, engaged person, young people, black people, latinos, people who are overlooked, thats make sure their votes are counted. I will promise i will do that because i have been doing that. [cheers and applause] iteyer let me say this of course will be supporting, i have said from the beginning, every democrat is a million times better than trump. Trump is a disaster. [cheers and applause] mr. Steyer and let me say this we are in South Carolina<\/a>, Lindsey Graham<\/a> is a disaster. He is a disaster for the people here. Of course i will be working on that. Me say one last thing when the lord closes a door, he opens a window. [cheers and applause] thatteyer i will find window and crawl through it with you, promise you that. [cheers and applause] mr. Steyer i love you very much. This is been a great experience and i have zero regrets. Meeting you and the rest of the American People<\/a> is the highlight of my life. I love you right back. I love you right back. Host from the stier campaign we wereampaign, showing you the hugs and emotion as he drops out of the race. Cspan, youre one place to hear from all of the candidates. Fix the 5 of the vote in from the pal mado state palmetto state. 49. 7 ,en first with Bernie Sanders<\/a> with 19. 3 , tom steyer drops out after spending more time and more money, suspending his campaign. He came in third at 11. 5 present. Pete buttigieg, who hoped to come in about 15 , comes in with half of that at 7. 8 . Elizabeth warren, who is in Houston Texas<\/a> at about 7 . 3 for senator Amy Klobuchar<\/a>. Want to share with you this tweet from the Associated Press<\/a>. Takeaways from the primary tonight. A muchneeded win for biden, you will have to broaden his appeal to keep winning. Senator sanders hoping to show continuous strength. And stttigieg, warren, eyer stay in the race . Joe biden with an impressive win tonight. Clyburn,sement of jim the senior democrat in South Carolina<\/a> and number three in the house representatives. We will show you more of the speeches, including that of senator Bernie Sanders<\/a>, who is in Virginia Beach<\/a> with and i am super tuesday. There are 1334 delegates at stake on super tuesday. Josh in illinois, republican line, good evening. I was just curious i am with you. To the campaign, they are talking about contributions and everything. Correct me if im wrong, if South Carolina<\/a> is not a 2. 3 Unemployment Rate<\/a> on jobs trump areprovided to them, they wanting trump money to provide for the campaign. Go to linda in ohio on the democrats line. I heardi want to say this some months ago. She decided she was spending too much time picking out her clothes so she got a bunch of black tshirts and black pants, some shirts and jackets to wear over them. She gets dressed in six minutes now. Host where did you hear that . Caller ive been trying to remember. It must have been on public radio. I dont remember seeing anything but i remember the words. I did not know that but that may explain it. Caller it may not be true but that is what i heard. I feel bad Amy Klobuchar<\/a> is not doing better. She was my favorite. I will vote for anybody that gets to the trop and is top and is the nominee. Host there is senator Elizabeth Warren<\/a>, continuing in houston, texas. Texas is one of the 14 states that will be voting on super tuesday. Heres a look at the map. California, utah, colorado, texas, oklahoma, arkansas, tennessee, virginia, North Carolina<\/a>. Keep in mind, minnesota, the home state of senator klobuchar, massachusetts the home state of Elizabeth Warren<\/a> along with maine and the home state of Bernie Sanders<\/a>, vermont. Jimmy from North Carolina<\/a>, did you vote today . Are you with us . We will try one more time, we will go to tim in michigan. Democrats line. Anyway, i mam all in with bernie. Theve to agree with woman ahead of me. Listen to his campaign song. And talking about the devil whatsure Pontius Pilate<\/a> are these republican christians thinking . That is his campaign song. Im all in with bernie and love elizabeth. I was flirting with the idea of backing her. We need her in the senate. That guy in california had it. Im tired of the democrat milquetoast candidate, bernie is the man. He could save the Democratic Party<\/a>. Not only that but restore it to its core mission. Sticking up for the working guys. Sticking up for unions. Host thank you for the call from michigan. Senator sanders is heading out west to california. More than 400 delegates at stake. The Biden Campaign<\/a> hoping to get a portion of that. 15 is the threshold. The Campaign Rally<\/a> will have live coverage at 4 30 eastern, 1 30 west coast time in san jose, california. The Biden Campaign<\/a> is heading to alabama tomorrow morning and tomorrow late in the afternoon and early evening hours we will be in norfolk, virginia. Live coverage at that event. Formerct that the democratic governor and likely running again in 2021 will throw his support to joe biden. He did so earlier tonight on cnn. Looking at the former Vice President<\/a> , who was in columbia, South Carolina<\/a>. Earlier tonight he declared victory in the South Carolina<\/a> primary. Mr. Biden South Carolina<\/a>. [applause] my buddy, jim clyburn, you brought me back. A man of enormous integrity. For all of those who have been knocked down, counted out, left behind. This is your campaign. Ago, pundits declare this candidacy dead. You, theks to all of heart of the Democratic Party<\/a>, we just won and we won big. [applause] we are very much alive. [crowd chanting lets go joe ] biden bill clinton and barack obama to the candidacy area now you launch our campaign on the path to beating donald trump. This campaign is taking off. Join us, go to joebiden. Com. We need you, we want you, there is a place for you in this campaign. Host that from former Vice President<\/a> joe biden earlier tonight in South Carolina<\/a>. We carried the speech live. It is available on our website. All the speeches are being streamed at cspan. Org. With tom steyers exit, that leaves no californians in the running. Others have tried and failed over the past two decades including Kamala Harris<\/a>, eric hunter senior,n p wilson, jerry brown, and alan cranston. One of the storylines we will be seniorng, a number of virginia democrats endorsing joe biden, including senator tim we heardbby rush, and from former governor Terry Mcauliffe<\/a> endorsing joe biden. That is expect it tomorrow. We will have live coverage tomorrow Late Afternoon<\/a> or early evening. The Trump Campaign<\/a> manager saying once again, President Trump<\/a> is declared winner because not one of these candidates has a chance of beating him in november. The president will be running on his record of achievement for all americans and will wipe the floor with whichever democrat is unlucky enough to emerge. Provecarolina results what a hot mess the democratic primaries are. The field once again descends into chaos heading into super tuesday. We dont know who the nominee will be but they are all the same. Governmental big socialist policies will be on the ballot in november, no matter what. That again from the Trump Campaign<\/a> manager. The president in South Carolina<\/a> urging supporters to support Bernie Sanders<\/a> because he felt Bernie Sanders<\/a> would be the weakest candidate. We let you listen to senator sanders in Virginia Beach<\/a> with 74 of the vote in. Vote compared to senator Bernie Sanders<\/a>, 19. 5 . Tom steyer, who withdrew from the race with 11 point 5 . Pete buttigieg, Elizabeth Warren<\/a>, and any klobuchar rounding out the positions. Earlier tonight in Virginia Beach<\/a>, virginia, this from the Bernie Sanders<\/a> campaign. The vermont senator was second in the South Carolina<\/a> primary. Sen. Sanders thank you. Whoa. Thank you. You, Virginia Beach<\/a> and norfolk. [applause] let me start off by thanking herb jones. [applause] have taken veterans in this country for granted. We have sent them off to wars. Warsften, those wars are that should never have been fought. [applause] after they put their lives on the line and come home, sometimes injured in body and spirit, and we have forgot about them. As the formerherb chairman of Veterans Affairs<\/a> committee, our administration will never forget the veterans. [applause] neverministration will put the men and women in the armed forces in wars that should not be fought. [applause] tonight because we are determined that donald trump will be a one term president. [applause] the American People<\/a>, no matter what their political views may be, they do not want a president in office who is a pathological liar. Who is running a corrupt administration. Apparently has never read the constitution of the United States<\/a>. Day, there is a tax on the media, judiciary, congress, it is undermining american democracy. Veterans like herb and millions of others have put their lives on the line to defend our democracy and our constitution and donald trump will not undermine american democracy. I am very proud that in this campaign so far we have won the popular vote in iowa. We have won the New Hampshire<\/a> primary. We have won the nevada caucus. You cannot win them all. There states out tonight we did not win in South Carolina<\/a>. Be the onlyt defeat. There are a lot of states in this country, nobody wins them all. I want to congratulate joe biden on his victory tonight. Now we had to super tuesday. [applause] believe very strongly that the people of this country that the people of this country will campaign. R we are more than a campaign, we are a movement. We are a multi generational movement. We have some old people too. We are a multiracial movement. We are a movement of millions of people who demand Economic Justice<\/a> in this country. Justice and the end of racism. Who demands Environmental Justice<\/a> as well. We are a movement of millions of people who are sick and tired of the grotesque levels of income and wealth inequality in america. We are tired of a handful of billionaires controlling the economic and political life of the station this nation. We will create an economy and government that works for all of us, not just the 1 . [applause] what this campaign is about. Understands that in order to defeat donald trump, we have to be very clear about it. Arerder to defeat trump, we going to need the largest voter turnout in the history of this country. [applause] view, oldfashioned politics, the same old type of politics that doesnt excite anybody, it doesnt energize anybody. This is not going to be the campaign that beats trump. [applause] what we to beat trump, are going to have to do is speak to millions of workingclass people who today are working two or three jobs. Theyre worried about kids, worried about retirement, they cannot afford health care. They are saying who cares about me . Who was worried about me . I have seen candidates go to billionaires homes to raise money, does anybody worry about me and my kids . [applause] together is to reach out to those working people and say we do care about you. Join us. [applause] out to have got to reach the young people in this country. The young people in america ,oday and im proud to say this they are the most progressive generation of young people at the history. This is a generation that is strongly antiracist. Antisexist, antihomophobia, this isigious bigotry, a generation that believes in the need to deal with the crisis of Climate Change<\/a>. This is also a generation and does not vote in the numbers that they need to vote. Our job if we are going to beat trump is to say to those millions of young people if you cannot afford to go to college or you are leaving School Deeply<\/a> in debt, join us. If you are worried about the future of this planet and Climate Change<\/a>, join us. If you are earning less money as the Younger Generation<\/a> is then your parents and you think you are entitled to a decent standard of living, join us. Tired ofe sick and trying to pay off your student debt, join us. Our job is to grow the voter turnout in america. I cannot do it alone. I need everyone of you to reach friendsn youre moan and groan about this and that, tell them complaining is not good enough. They have to get into the political process, stand up, and fight for justice. [applause] noticed, theavent political and economical establishment of this country is getting very nervous about their campaign. I just read an article the other day that the lobbyist for the military Industrial Complex<\/a> is very worried. Theyre worried they may not continue spending more money on the military then the next 11 countries combined. Not are worried that we are going to allow military contractors to give us massive cuts. They are very worried that we are not going to be involved in endless wars. Are right to be worried. It turns out the folks on wall street are getting worried as well. [applause] worried that we are going to break up these very large banks that got us into an economic crisis 12 years ago. They should be worried. The Drug Companies<\/a> are really worried. We are catching on to the reality that they are ripping in ane American People<\/a> unseemly way. In some cases they are charging us 10 times more for the same exact drug they sell in other countries. The Insurance Companies<\/a> are getting just a little bit nervous. Are going to end the absurdity of the United States<\/a> being the only major country not to guarantee health care. What the establishment is saying, the lobbyists, political pundits, Bernie Sanders<\/a> cannot beat trump. [crowd booing[ ] take a look at the last 70 national polls. Trump 65 out of the 70 votes. At recent polls in michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin, and other battleground states, we beat trump. We are going to beat trump here in virginia as well. [applause] the reason we are going to win is two fold. We have the strongest Grassroots Movement<\/a> of any campaign in the modern history. Campaign has already knocked on millions of dollars from maine to california. All, our Grassroots Campaign<\/a> does not have a super pac. We dont want a super pac. When you start taking money from billionaires and millionaires, what you end up doing is serving their needs. Campaign i want everybody here to be really proud of this. We have received more Campaign Contributions<\/a> from more americans as of today ban any. Ampaign in the History Campaign<\/a> receives its funding from the workingclass and middleclass of this country. I say this as a son of the american working class, this is a campaign of the working class, by the workingclass, for the working class. [applause] for too long, the American People<\/a> have looked at a government which receives members of the senate and the house, who receives huge amounts of Campaign Contributions<\/a> from the rich. The result of that is we have not raise the minimum wage for 10 years. We have given tax breaks to billionaires. That is we have not dealt in any effective way with Climate Change<\/a>. We have given tens of billions of dollars in subsidies in tax breaks. Time for a change. It is trying time to end corporate welfare in america. It is time to start paying attention to the working families of this country. [applause] that is what our campaign is about. Our Campaign Says<\/a> that if you are working 40 hours a week in america, you should not be living in poverty. We will raise the minimum ways to 15 an hour. Our Campaign Says<\/a> that women should not be earning eight cents on the dollar compared to men. [applause] we believe in equal pay for equal work. [applause] our campaign believes in a time when millions of workers want to join unions, we should make it easier, not harder. Believes in the wealthiest country in the history of the world, our infrastructure should not be crumbling. Goode are entitled to roads, public transportation, a first class rail system. [applause] in a time when half a Million People<\/a> are homeless tonight, we can build 10 Million Units<\/a> of low income and affordable housing. Our campaign is asking people to think outside of the box. To ask questions that are not asked on television or in congress. Questions like everybody here knows that education is so very , to ourt to all of us place in the world and ability to make it in the middle class. In the wealthiest country on earth, we have an educational system that is failing working families from coasttocoast. Believe in we universal, highquality affordable childcare. To triple fundg so income title i schools, all kids, regardless of the zip code in which they live get equal education. Because we believe in education, we believe in teachers. Are going towe fight to make sure no teacher in america earns less than 60,000 a year. Why we believe in education, we understand we have to rethink Public Education<\/a> in america. It is no longer good enough for free Public Education<\/a> to go from kindergarten through 12th. We have to make public colleges and universities tuition free. What we think outside the box, we have questions, we say how come 12 years ago congress was able to bailout the crooks on wall street who nearly destroyed our economy . Come at a time of massive income and wealth inequality two years ago, trump and his friends gave 1 trillion in tax breaks to the top 1 and large . Orporations like amazon which last year didnt pay a nickel in income taxes. It seems to me that if we can give tax breaks to billionaires and large corporations, you know what else we can do . We could cancel all student debt. When we begin to think outside of the box and we ask questions that members of congress we ask a simple question, how does it happen that America Today<\/a> is the only major country on earth not to guarantee health care to all people as a human right . Spend twice as much per person on health care as do the people of any other country 87 millionhave americans uninsured or underinsured . Pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs . That in it happen at least year this is a conservative number, at least 30,000 people died because they didnt get to a doctor when they should have because they had no health . Nsurance when you want to think about accrual Health Care System<\/a> , ask yourself, how does it happen that last year half a Million People<\/a> went bankrupt because of medically related debt . [crowd booing] sen. Sanders there are people all over this country that are struggling with cancer, heart disease, alzheimers, other terrible diseases. They are fighting for their lives. They go bankrupt because they cannot afford to pay outrageous medical bills. System. A cruel it is incredibly wasteful in bureaucratic. It is a system that needs to change. Well over 100 years ago with Teddy Roosevelt<\/a> as president of the United States<\/a>, all the way up to barack obama, president s talked about the need for universal health care. View, the time for talk is over. The time for action is now. [applause] let us stand together and tell the Drug Companies<\/a> and Insurance Companies<\/a> that we will not tolerate sending 100 billion in profits when so many are underinsured or uninsured. Whether they like it or not, we will move to a medicare for all singlepayer program. [applause] when we talk about the major issues facing this country, we cannot ignore the existential crisis of Climate Change<\/a>. I could tell you dont worry about it, we will build a few more solar panels and a few more wind turbines. That would not be honest. What the scientists are now telling us is that the Climate Change<\/a> crisis is much worse than they previously anticipated. Polarized caps are melting. Oceans are warming. Seas are rising at a faster rate. We are seeing more droughts, more extreme weather disturbances. What the United Nations<\/a> is telling us is that if we do not get our act together by the end of the century, there will be hundreds of millions of climate refugees. People no longer able to stay in their communities because there is no water to drink, no land to grow crops. To tell theime fossil fuel industry that their shortterm projects are not more important than the future of this planet. [applause] time to move forward with a Green New Deal<\/a>. A Green New Deal<\/a> that will create up to 20 million good ourng jobs as we transform Energy System<\/a> away from fossil fuels to Energy Efficiency<\/a> and sustainable energy. [applause] issues do talk about that have to be dealt with, cannot be swept under the rug, we have to include acknowledge that today we have a broken and racist criminal justice system. [applause] this is america. [applause] we should not have more people in jail than any other country on earth, including china. [applause] together is do invest heavily in jobtraining and education for our young people. Not more jail and incarceration. It costs less money to send a person to the university of virginia then to put people in jail. Together we will end prisons and private prisons. We dont believe corporations locking up profits fellow americans. Have an end to the socalled war on drugs. It turns out that through executive order, a president and legalized marijuana in every state. [crowd chanting bernie ] sanders in addition to making marijuana legal in all the states, what we have to do is expunge the records of those arrested for it. When we talk about broken systems, we need to undertake major reform of our immigration systems. Day one, we will restore the legal status of the 1. 8 million aca. Le eligible for d under our administration, federal agents will never go about snatching babies from the arms of mothers. Will putistration legislationartisan for comprehensive Immigration Reform<\/a> and a path toward citizenship. Issues talk about the that the American People<\/a> are is howlingout, there all over this country about the level of gun violence we see. Let me simply say this to you. We will bring about the most farreaching gun safety legislation in the history of this country. Trump and the Republican Leadership<\/a> are intimidated by the nra, our administration will not be intimidated. We will bring about universal background checks. We will end the gun show loophole. We will do something that should have been done along time ago. As a United States<\/a> senator, i listen to a lot of speeches on from myr of the senate right wing republican colleagues. That theyra is believe in small government and getting the government off the backs of the American People<\/a>. That is what they say. Hypocrites [applause] in getting the government off the backs of the American People<\/a>, understand it is women who have a right to control their own body. [applause] not the government. [applause] to my right wing republican colleagues, dont tell me you believe in getting the government off the backs of the American People<\/a> when you are telling every woman in america what she can or cannot do with her body. [applause] tuesday, here in virginia and across this country, there will be important primary elections. Tonight to ask for your support. [applause] ask youe tonight to to bring your friends and family and collegues to vote. [applause] have to change the political culture and mindset in this nation. We cannot have the lowest voter turnout of almost any country on earth. We have to have the highest voter turnout. Complain,sit back and we have to get active and vote. [applause] win here in virginia and with your help, i think we can. Wintand a great chance to the democratic nomination. Democratiche nomination, we will eat donald trump and beat him badly beat donald trump and beat him badly. [applause] let me interupt you. Bernie,est it uis not it is us all. Campaignow, with this is about is us, not me. We are trying to understand that all of us are in this together. [applause] itsy family in america has problems. It is important that my family be there for your family, your family be there for my family. Turn our back when other people are in pain. Us not me means Something Else<\/a>. It means we understand that no president alone can do what has to be done. Changerstand that real in American History<\/a>, whether it is the labor movement, civil rights movement, womens ,ovement, gayrights movement all of those changes took place by millions of people standing up for justice. That is where we are right now. We are the richest country in the history of the world. We demand justice for all of our people. Whether wall street likes it or companies,surance fossil fuel industries, militaryIndustrial Complex<\/a>, whether they like it or not we all want to create an economy and government that works for us, not just the 1 . Let us go forward together. Lets win on tuesday. Let us win the democratic nomination. Let us defeat trump. Let us transform this country. Thank you all. [applause] [crowd chanting bernie ] from the convocation hall on the campus of virginia wesleyan university, senator Bernie Sanders<\/a> conceding the race in South Carolina<\/a> with an eye on super tuesday. Speechesr, all of the are being streamed on the web at cspan. Org. Paul findingglobe senator sanders and senator locked in arren, statistical tie in the baystate. 14 primaries and caucuses on tuesday. 1344 delegates on tuesday. The headline is the big winner, former Vice President<\/a> joe biden now with 90 of the vote reported. The former Vice President<\/a> at 48. 7 of the vote. Overing around the 50 mark the polls closed just after 7 00 eastern time. Senator sanders, a distant second at about 20 . You could see the vote difference, almost 225,000 votes for the former Vice President<\/a>. Of steyer, who dropped out the race tonight with 11. 4 . You need 15 to qualify for delegates in South Carolina<\/a>. Pete buttigieg, who hoped to reach that mark did not. He got a percent of the vote, followed by senator warren and senator klobuchar. Senator warren is in houston, texas. Selfiestill doing the line. In massachusetts and minnesota, the home state of Amy Klobuchar<\/a> and of course vermont as well. Again,e results now in, former Vice President<\/a> joe biden thanking jim clyburn now that his campaign is back on track. He will have about 45 delegates in total. Senator Bernie Sanders<\/a> is the leader. Heres what joe biden told reporters earlier tonight. Biden South Carolina<\/a>, my buddy jim clyburn, you brought me back. [applause] a man of enormous integrity. Those of you have been knocked down, counted out, left behind, this is your campaign. Just days ago, pundits declare d this candidacy dead. Now, thanks to all of you, the heart of the Democratic Party<\/a>, we just won and we won big. [applause] we are very much alive. [crowd chanting lets go joe ] biden you launched bill clinton and barack obama to the candidacy area now you launch our campaign on the path to beating donald trump. This campaign is taking off. Join us, go to joebiden. Com. Sign up, volunteer, contribute. We need you, we want you, there is a place for you in this campaign. Host the former Vice President<\/a> in columbia, South Carolina<\/a>. We carried his speech live. It is available on our website. A chance to see it later again in the evening as we show you all of the speeches and all of the candidates from the South Carolina<\/a> primary. We are back live on tuesday evening with the results from the super tuesday states. Tom steyer is dropping out after spending 22. 5 million in South Carolina<\/a>. More time and money than anybody else coming in a distant third. An nbc News Reporter<\/a> pointed out 50 years after he first ran for county counsel, joe biden has won his first president ial primary. This is the first time he has won after running into thousand eight and again in 1988. Not winning any primaries or caucuses in those respective years. Case againsthe senator Bernie Sanders<\/a>, this from the Washington Post<\/a> biden win potentially reshaping the democratic race. The l. A. Times with assembler headline. California with one of the states going on super tuesday. Politico with biden romps to victory in South Carolina<\/a>. Our guest joins us live on the phone. She has been covering this race for politico. Com. Thanks for being with us. A lot of storylines to come out of South Carolina<\/a>. First, the role jim clyburn played in the Biden Campaign<\/a>, how big was it . Guest exit polls showed about endorsed it while casting the vote. That is huge. Particularly as democratic machines, democratic establishment, many places in the country. The seize victory against prominent member of the democratic establishment. Jim clyburn shows it carries a lot of weight in this country. 50 of the voters saying it played a role in their vote. That is huge. Host in going through some of the exit polls, first in nevada, Pete Buttigieg<\/a> getting about 10 of the hispanic vote. In South Carolina<\/a>, getting 2 of the africanamerican vote. Compare that to joe biden who got 60 . The is the path forward for former mayor of south bend, indiana . He won the most delegates in iowa, did well in New Hampshire<\/a> but now seems to be faltering . Pete polls have shown buttigieg had a problem with africanamerican voters for months now. Inh impressive performances iowa and New Hampshire<\/a> giving him momentum and opportunity to introduce himself to black voters in South Carolina<\/a>. That did not pan out here. His finish was extremely disappointing. In terms of a path forward, it is very difficult. We are a few days away from super tuesday. There are a lot of diverse states in super tuesday. Better be able to show a performance among black and latino voters . I dont know. He hasnt shown an ability to do that yet. That makes it really tough to move forward. Right now, it looks like joe biden is the candidate who could attract diverse support. Getting more money tonight we heard. He is moving into super tuesday with more momentum. Hes moving into these more diverse states with momentum. A lot of moderates are going to look at him as the person to rally around. As opposed to Pete Buttigieg<\/a>, who has not been able to shove he has appeal among diverse voters. Host Brian Schwartz<\/a> pointing out joe biden seeing a huge surge from new bigmoney donors after his win in South Carolina<\/a>. Many of the donors are coming from the camps of Pete Buttigieg<\/a> and Amy Klobuchar<\/a>. A big financial boost going into super tuesday. Is it too little, too late . It is saturday evening, the voting takes place on tuesday. The ads had to be in by late last week. Youre absolutely right. This makes it difficult. Also, even though he is raising money, is he raising enough to make a difference . I dont know, it will be very difficult. On the other hand, there are states that will show that this momentum could make a difference. A state like North Carolina<\/a>, very close race polls show between him and sanders. Texas is a similar situation. If these victory tonight can give him the momentum to potentially win some of those which could close the margin with Bernie Sanders<\/a>, that starts to make a difference. Host the other candidate in this race in the first time we will see if his campaign has any traction is that of Mike Bloomberg<\/a>. He is in North Carolina<\/a> tonight for Democratic Party<\/a> dinner. Commenteynman had this saying holly yeah, so, like i said earlier, now that biden has had such an impressive finish in South Carolina<\/a> and showed such strength among black voters, the most loyal voters of the Democratic Party<\/a>, it calls into question what Mike Bloomberg<\/a> is doing. He now looks like he is going to be a spoiler on super tuesday instead of the moderate here to save moderate send other from a Bernie Sanders<\/a> nomination, now it looks like he might help create a Bernie Sanders<\/a> nomination, so weve already seen people online, glass grassroots supporters saying bloomberg should drop out. They understand he is an impediment to joe bidens nomination, so the Bloomberg Campaign<\/a> actually put out a statement saying that according m, if he dropped out, it would help sanders. They are feeling the critiques biden supporters and others are putting out there saying he is a spoiler. Steve what happened between what we saw a week ago in nevada, biting coming in a distant second, to what we saw in South Carolina<\/a> and a poor showing by the former Vice President<\/a> in New Hampshire<\/a> . Holly . A few things. This was always the firewall. That is what he called it. Hes always shown enormous strength among africanamerican voters in South Carolina<\/a>. That never changed, even as the race got tighter. Here are according to polls as he performed poorly in iowa and New Hampshire<\/a>. Another thing i noticed is he told the state, South Carolina<\/a>, how important it was to his campaign. Firewall. It his he said this is the state that is going to give me power to move forward. Thats different from how we saw can talk to voters in iowa and New Hampshire<\/a> where he performed poorly. In New Hampshire<\/a>, he left the state the day of the primary, flew to New Hampshire<\/a> flew to South Carolina<\/a>, underlining its importance, which upset some of his supporters in New Hampshire<\/a> and iowa. There were a few times he actually got on the news, the local news because he told voters who disagreed with him or asked tough questions to vote for somebody else. The way he interacted with voters in those first two states versus the way he interacted with voters in South Carolina<\/a> was very different and might have made a difference. The other thing is the clyburn affect. It just shows how critical that endorsement was to joe biden. I was at Bernie Sanders<\/a> watch party in South Carolina<\/a>, the surrogates were here and one of his supporters, the state representative basically said joe biden better think jim clyburn tonight because if it wasnt for that endorsement and he stopped and said thats all ill say about that. The sanders also believes the clyburn endorsement was a huge part of bidens victory tonight. Steve listeners on cspan radio, we are talking to holly otterbein, covering the race for politico and in South Carolina<\/a> tonight. Is theer story today first coronavirus death in the u. S. ,he headline on politico. Com the president warnings against panic amid that news, but this is another big story for the administration. Not only the health side, but the stock market with a 12 drop this past week. How does that reset the campaign, if, in fact, it does . Weve already seen some of the Democratic Candidates<\/a> talk about this and use it as an issue in the campaign, but Bernie Sanders<\/a> is who i follow. He has started bringing this up on the campaign trail, using it in part to push for his medicare for all policy, pointing out that people who are dealing with it are racking up bills and that sort of thing. Mike bloomberg is going to do a big ad about it. Speechth warren had a about the coronavirus and has put out a plan to address the situation, so the democrats clearly see this unfortunate pandemic as an opportunity and to be blunt, for their campaigns. A lot of theshows problems with the Trump Administration<\/a> and health care is an issue that voters tend to trust democrats on. Health care was a big part of the reason they were able to take back the house in 2018 so i think this is going to continue to make health care a huge issue in the campaign. Final point. Are you hearing any endorsements . In particular, there had been speculation about what senator Kamala Harris<\/a> would do in california in advance of super tuesday . Holly i have not heard anything new about Kamala Harris<\/a> and her endorsement. We heard she was thinking about maybe endorsing joe biden a while ago. Happening. End up now we are a few days away from when thursday, california votes, and she could make a big difference for joe biden, particularly if Bernie Sanders<\/a> is in the leading california. Many polls show him quite up quite a bit. As the onlyhow him candidate with the 15 statewide delegate. Harris endorsement could really change that and change the race at the same time. It is a tough decision for her to make because sanders is clearly so popular in that state. If she endorses biden, does that upset some of her voters . , joininglly otterbein us from South Carolina<\/a>, keeping track of the candidates and Bernie Sanders<\/a>. Her work available at polito ico. Com. Joe bidentonight is romping to victory in South Carolina<\/a>. It is Available Online<\/a> at politico. Com. Thank you for joining us. Holly thank you for having me. Steve the other big story, tom steyer dropping out of the race. Two other candidates we covered, both in North Carolina<\/a>, raleigh, North Carolina<\/a>, Pete Buttigieg<\/a> the first, senator Amy Klobuchar<\/a> at the Democratic Party<\/a> dinner in charlotte. I wanted to start out by congratulating the Vice President<\/a> on South Carolina<\/a>, and now, we know that all eyes are on North Carolina<\/a>. I am proud of the votes we earned and im determined to earn every vote on the road ahead. [applause] i want to sloot salute all our competitors and i congratulate Vice President<\/a> biden on his victory tonight in South Carolina<\/a>. I want to think the voters of South Carolina<\/a>, especially black voters who showed that famous Southern Hospitality<\/a> over the last year, welcoming us into their homes and churches and neighborhoods and businesses. I want to thank our entire team. Every supporter of this effort and yes, everyone who has gone a. Com to help us come up with that 13 million that is going to help. Steve 91 of the vote reported, joe biden with 48. 5 of the vote followed by Bernie Sanders<\/a> at 20 . Tom steyer at 11. 5 , does not qualify for any delegates. He dropped out of the race. You heard from Pete Buttigieg<\/a> who was in raleigh, North Carolina<\/a>, and 8 of the vote, and getting only 2 of the africanamerican vote in South Carolina<\/a>. Senator warren at 7 , and senator klobuchar at 3. 1 . This, from President Trump<\/a> who tweeted following earlier tonight. Sleepy joe bidens victory in the South Carolina<\/a> primary should be the end of many Mike Bloomberg<\/a>s joke of the campaign after the worst debate performance in the history of president ial debates. Asi mike has biden split up many voters, taking many away. Thanks for taking my call. Steve thank you for waiting. Thank god for cspan because we get the whole thing, no moderator cutting in and giving comments. About Elizabeth Warren<\/a>, i wrote a letter to the editor of the at heraper and remarked age, she should know First Impressions<\/a> count and in the debate, it looked like she was dressed for coming to a picnic. The other thing i wanted to jewelry, nomen like little bracelet, not a wristwatch. I thought i couldnt imagine her meeting the queen of england or heads of countries when she dressed the way she looked. Steve dayton, ohio, good evening, charles. Hears, im really happy to and joe biden won tonight he launchedhat as his campaign that he will talk more about health care, social security, medicare, medicaid, free education, at least four years in college, higher paying, 15 or 20 an hour, infrastructure and energy, and other important issues that mean something to the people in this great country of ours. Steve charles, thanks for the call. Busy day tomorrow with politics and cspan. In addition to the candidates traveling to selma, alabama, we will have before you tomorrow and hear from senator sanders. He is in san jose, california with two california stops. San jose, he will also be in los angeles. We will cover the event in san jose 4 30 eastern time and in virginia, norfolk, a speech and Campaign Rally<\/a> with former Vice President<\/a> joe biden on the heels of his victory tonight. At the event, we expect to her from senator tim kaine who endorsed the Vice President<\/a> and the endorsement that came on cnn of Terry Mcauliffe<\/a>, the former governor and former chair of the dnc. Rocky is next in alabama, republican line, one of 14 states with primaries on tuesday. I dont like none of that bunch and im tired of them all bashing trump. Is the only president weve had who has tried to keep his promises that the democrats have tried to slap his hands ever since he has been in their and biden, he hasnt got any sense. Hes too old. Bernie sanders is a mad scientist. Hes got unrealistic ideas, and windmill woman, pocahontas, all she does is waive her arms and promised off. Cant none of them come across with anything they promise. Steve thank you for the call. All the speeches on our website at cspan. Org and coming, the speeches by senator klobuchar, she was in charlotte, people disease was in raleigh, texas. The other headline, tom steyer. After spending millions in south hislina, suspending campaign tonight. He did so in columbia, South Carolina<\/a>. There is no question today that this campaign, we were disappointed with where we came out. Or two we got one delegates from congressional districts, which i think South Carolina<\/a> for, and the people, but i said if i didnt see a path to winning that i would suspend my campaign. And honestly, i cant see a path were i can win the presidency, so i might continue going to continue to work on every single one of these issues . Yes, of course i am because i never stopped. [applause] thats what im here for, and let me say, im a huge grassroots person. Im a turnout, registered engaged turnout person, young people, black people, latinos, people who are overlooked. Lets make sure their voices are heard, the votes are counted and i promise i am going to do that because ive been doing that. [applause] and let me say this. Supportingi will be every democrat is a million times better than trump. Trump is a disaster. [applause] and let me say this. We are in South Carolina<\/a>. Lindsey graham is a disaster. Hes a disaster for the people here, so of course ill be working on that and let me say one last thing. Door, helord closes a opens a window. I will find that window and crawl through it with you. I promise you that. Steve tom steyer with his signature, announcing he is suspending his campaign. Shortly after 7 00 in the evening when the polls closed, the networks the clearing joe biden the winner. You can see why. He has had a commanding lead all night, now with 227,000 votes and counting. Cap averages to about 48. 5 of the vote. Distant second is Bernie Sanders<\/a> at about 93,000 votes or 20 . Tom steyer at 11. 4 . Pete buttigieg, Elizabeth Warren<\/a>, and Amy Klobuchar<\/a>, all in the single digits. They are all back on the campaign trail tomorrow with an eye on the super tuesday states from california to new england and down south. More than 1344 delegates will be at stake on super tuesday. Reminder, we will have the results on cspan. Org and all the speeches tonight and throughout campaign 2020. That cspan. Org campaign2020. Tomorrow morning live at 7 00 on the west, 4 00 coast, your results from South Carolina<\/a> and a look at those still in the race and what it means for super tuesday, march 3, all part of cspans campaign 2020 coverage. And cspan continues to be one place where you can see all the speeches. We are at South Carolina<\/a> including columbia, where tonight we heard from two of the candidates. 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