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Have any policy positions. And 125 Miles Per Hour winds, huge waves. The nightmare finally over for thousands of vacationers. But the storm just beginning for the cruz company. That guy should be thrown in jail right now. Thrown in jail. Lets talk. Live in the cnn newsroom. And good morning, im carol costello. Thank you so much for joique me. We are now 12 hours away from what could be the most important democratic debate yet. Hillary clinton considered the shoe in months ago now scrambling to regain momentum. Both facing off for the First Time Since the primary there and both ramping up their efforts to win African American support. In just a couple of hours clinton will receive a key endorsement from the political arm of the Congressional Black Caucus and sanders ramping up his efforts to court African American leaders as the first primary soft the south looms next week. First lets focus on the debate. Cnns Brianna Keeler live in milwaukee this morning. Good morningment. Reporter good morning. Right now the narrative is that Hillary Clinton lost the New Hampshire primary and Bernie Sanders is really soaring high on the victory there. So the goal for Hillary Clinton is to turn around that narrative and the goal for Bernie Sanders is to keep it going with momentum going into the nevada caucuses and the South Carolina primary. Well see them debate tonight. We expect Bernie Sanders to be pressing his economic message as he has on whats really been a bit of a whirlwind tour. Hillary clinton has been painting Bernie Sanders proposals for medicare for all, for Free Public College as unrealistic. But i think were also expecting that shes going to focus a little more on issues that are tailored towards African American voters and hispanic voters as she looks to key constituencies into the South Carolina and nevada. Tonight you will see in the pbs news hour democratic president ial debate, the sixth time Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have faced off. This is going to take 95 minutes where they meet and debate here at the university of wisconsin. Milwaukee. They will have a couple of quick breaks. But they are really going to be battling this out trying to keep the narrative or shift the narrative where they want it to be, carol. And i should also mention you can watch this debate. Were going to be airing it on cnn and you can also watch on your local pbs channel to see who comes out on top. Very important debate. Live from milwaukee this morning. Both clinton and sanders as i said are fighting for minority voters, especially from the African American community. Clinton already has a strong edge in that competition and in a couple of hours it gets even stronger. Joe johns with a closer look at that. The Congressional Black Caucus Political Action committee is endorsing Hillary Clinton at this time. She has strong ties to members of the caucus. In fact she served in congress with many of them. And the head of the Congressional Black Caucus Political Action committee is from new york. So he says that endorsement is coming today. But not all of the members of the Congressional Black Caucus proper have endorsed her as of yet. All of this drama against the backdrop of this debate occurring in wisconsin and the move to South Carolina as the primary approaches. Bernie sanders raising over 6 million after polls closed in New Hampshire. Gaining momentum before tonights crucial debate. Descending on new york city in a victory lap, celebrating his sweeping win in tuesdays primary, bringing his antiestablishment message to the late show with Stephen Colbert. Our Campaign Finance system, our election system, and our economy is essentially owned and controlled by a relatively small number of people, whose agreed in my view is really reeking havoc with the middle class of this country. And the daytimetalker, the view. This is is supposed to be a notion of fairness and were not seeing that fairness. And Hillary Clinton laying low after her defeat. No longer the undisputed front runner, tonights debate could help her get her campaign back on track. The former secretary of state already making change, promising a more aggressive edge. The challenge for sanders Going Forward will be capturing the African American vote. A key piece of the democratic electorate and the pivotal South Carolina primary later this month. Courting the African American vote sanders took his campaign to harlem tuesday meeting with civil rights leader al sharpton. One of the members of the Congressional Black Caucus who has not said who hes endorsing yet is james clyburn, the third Ranking Member in the house of representatives. Hes Still Holding off. We also have to report this morning that to the rutherford the South Carolina House Minority leader is also endorsing Hillary Clinton. So people very much coming together for her. Those are establishment politicians carol. It will be interesting to see what happens on the ground. Yeah. And by the way representative grego grego gregory neeks will be joining us in a minute. And her biggest challenge may be the Actual Foundation of the campaign. Her staff now in a rush to rethink and retool her message. In an effort to recapture the fire that once had her on a track straight to the white house. Im joined by robert wolf. A Hillary Clinton sporter and three time president ial appointee and outside advisor to president obama. Welcome. Nice to see you. Really glad you are here. We heard the clinton camp is calling donors to try to call them down. Have you got an call. No i think the media has taken the victory and really has run with it. I think people have to remember we still have 48 state tots go and bernie ran a Great Campaign in New Hampshire. But even he was surprised by the large margin. You cant take away the results. He did a real good job and the voters came out and that is good for overall Democratic Party. Having more voter turnout. But as you know im close to the president. Eight years ago we got the call New Hampshire that he lost to secretary clinton when he was up seven points that day and lost by eight. So nothing is ever a Straight Line and there is going to be bumps in the road. Do you think that Hillary Clinton should retool her message . Because Bernie Sanders is so clear. Hes got one strong message. Hillary clinton seems to be all over the place. You know, i wouldnt necessarily agree with that. Certainly bernies message on being this incredible progressive and income inequality is resonating and it should by the way. But i dont think the debate is on whos more progressive . The debate has to be on who is better for the economy . Who is better on Foreign Policy . And is whoes going to make sure we have the next Supreme Court justices. As the guy whos been in the market for 30 years the market is trading down big. The fed is nervous. Jobs are slow, growth is slow. I think we should go back to what the people are really going to care about. Thats going to be about the economy, jobs, wage, infrastructure. Thats Bernie Sanders message. Thats not his message no disrespect to bernie but his policies add up to a 17 trillion dollar spend. That is not happening. It is not applausable. I think at the end of the day i think we also have to understand that there is something going on where people are listening to the rhetoric but not really the practicality of it. So im hopeful at the end of the day as we continue to go through these primary times that people are listening to the detail of the policy and it is much more broad based. President obama leaning towards Hillary Clinton, he clearly favors her although he has not endorsed her or any other candidate. Will he endorse her at some point . My gut tells me it is highly unlikely hell endorse anyone until if the primary is finished. But he did pick her as his secretary of state. And that was immediately after choosing his vice president. So listen, he obviously has a lot of respect for her. They have a very strong relationship. They have worked together. But i also think that for him it is incredibly important that a democrats elected and that his legacy continues and they continue. Would you like to see him perhaps say say more outwardly favorable thing about Hillary Clinton . Would that help her . Well listen, certainly as the hillary supporter id love to hear him say im supporting hillary. But i dont think that is going to happen with the president. And he was very clear that if you are not for gun reform he will not support you. There is no question who is much more forceful when it comes to gun reform. And that is important to me. My wife actually works at sandy hook. I look at those issues and ive been with the president and he says that was his worst day in all of his time as being president was newtown. So you have to look at some of the vibes hes saying but i dont think hes going come out. Lets talk about young voters for a second because i talked to one young feminist, young woman who said Hillary Clinton is just an old white rich person, why should i listen to her . And that sounds really harsh but young people are gravitating around Bernie Sanders because they like his ideals. Hes doing well and getting out the vote and popular and it works. In the sense heres Free Education and free healthcare. I think at the end of the day though weve only been in two states. Yes hes done a good job with the young. And i think that is a good thing by the way. For us to win as the Democratic Party we actually need the young voter turnout. With the president it was inkroebl important. I also think she will also get the young turnout. 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Reporter only one candidate is clearly leading a shrinking field of gop contenders. Im your guy. Reporter marching on to South Carolina. Now it is up to South Carolina to pick a president. Reporter donald trump riding high after his huge New Hampshire win seemed to switch his Campaign Tactics wednesday night, choosing not to go after most of his gop rivals. This whacky socialist guy bernie. Reporter this time hitting his democratic opponents hard, sounding more like a general election candidate. This guy sanders is rant like a lunatic. Hillary clinton. Terrible. Look at the damage she did. But the front runner couldnt resist taking a jab at his most vocal gop attacker jeb bush. Hes a low energy person. I said no i said hes a stiff. And i said if he was in the private sector he wouldnt be able to get a job. Whats left of the gop field now has a target squarely on the brash billionaires back. You imagine donald trump as president of the United States . Well be worse off than now. The hard thing about domd in the shortterm is he doesnt have any policy positions. The only way to beat donald trump is hyal highlight the simple truth of his record. Reporter rubio is taking the high road addressing Chris Christies decision to drop out of race. I think he was somebody who concluded somehow attacking me would help him in his campaign. Obviously it didnt work. Hes very talent and would i think he has a future if Public Service beyond what hes doing now in new jersey. I had a chance to catch up with the Trump Campaign manager last night at this event here in South Carolina. And he noted the fact that nine days before the South Carolina primary, that is forever that is a lifetime in politics. But they are pretty confident in their strategy. They are not changing it one bit. They are going to continue to jump ahead to these states that are looming ahead on the campaign calendar. That includes louisiana and florida. Trump is going to be in louisiana today. Florida tomorrow. So they are not worried about taking time away from South Carolina to go to the other states ahead on the calendar. They basically did that very same thing when all of those candidates were scrapping and fighting in iowa and then New Hampshire. Trump was jumping ahead and setting the table essentially for these later contests. And feels like they are very well prepared, very well adjusted for this battle coming ahead. Jim acosta live from greenville South Carolina. South carolina is known for its nasty politics. So much so the charleston post and courier has launched a website encouraging readers to contact the paper if they receive offensive mailings or row bow calls. And john kasich is about to find out just how nasty it can get in that state. The Ohio Governor also facing attacks after surging to second place in New Hampshire. He talked about that and more with cnn. You said fasten your seat belt. And you have exceeded expectations. But n