On deck. We will take you there live. After a president ial snub at the state of the union, house speaker, nancy pelosi tore up her copy of the speech saying it shredded the truth so she shredded the speech. Fellow democrats came to her defense. As far as im concerned a shredder wasnt available and she did what she needed to do. She had the reaction many of us did. Many of us were tempted to walk out and didnt only because we still have some respect for the occasion. Well, i dont know what was in her mind. There was a lie on every page. Maybe it could have been worse. President trump used the state of the union to make his case for reelection. For democrats, the campaign trail officially started with iowa, but with a hitch, of course. We are still waiting for a final tally two days after the caucuses. Lets go live to jeff zellny, in des moines, im sure you did not expect you would still be. Tell us about this. Reporter indeed. The campaign has moved on to New Hampshire. We are still in iowa, waiting for the next batch of results. We are told there will be more results coming this afternoon. For now, there are 71 of results reporting. With that, mayor Pete Buttigieg is still narrowly leading Bernie Sanders, a little behind is Elizabeth Warren, joe biden and Amy Klobuchar. The question here is will that lead hold for Pete Buttigieg . The Sanders Campaign is expressing confidence they still believe there is enough support out in different pockets of the state he could overtake Pete Buttigieg. We will see when that comes out. So many questions about the timing and why this indeed has taken so long. We are in fact still waiting for results about 30 or so from here in des moines as well as in some other larger metro areas. We are keeping an eye on this and eagerly awaiting the next batch of results, im told coming on later on. This is whats happening behind the scenes. There have been volunteers from the Iowa Democratic party and others literally driving around the state literally picking up preference and scorecards and bringing them back to des moines and working out of a law firm to go through them one by one and verify them and count them and release these numbers. A slow process but they say they want to make it as accurate as possible. The question of the Iowa Caucuses is very much in doubt in the future. They want to get the numbers right. 71 for now and we will see how much that grows by this afternoon. Brianna. Thank you for that report from des moines. What are your takeaways from what weve seen so far . Biggest take away, this is such a bad look for the Democratic Party and democracy more generally. Its wednesday afternoon. Were still at 71 of the vote for a caucus that was monday night. Lets get into the candidates. Pete buttigieg is ahead, right . Hasnt won yet, but hes ahead. Ill note he needed that. He ideally would have liked that result monday night and not tuesday afternoon into wednesday. He is ahead. He will be in the top one or two. Hard to imagine he would slip below that. Bernie sanders has been quite close in all of this. Remember, Bernie Sanders only lost the state delegate count by. 3 to hilary clinton, bigger margin between Pete Buttigieg and sanders this time. To biden and Elizabeth Warren. Elizabeth warren, not a breakout, right, seems likely to finish third behind buttigieg and sanders, but ahead of klobuchar. Not great. New hampshire has to have a showing. Biden, we can do a whole thing on this. I tend to think damage done to biden is under reported, the sitting eight year Vice President of the united states, the frontrunner from the day he was in. I know his campaign has been down playing it. They werent expecting fourth. Hes closer to fifth, Amy Klobuchar in terms of state delegates assigned, than to third, Elizabeth Warren. Imagine Hillary Clinton finished fourth in a primary caucus, it would be a big deal. I think biden has trouble there. Last but not least, this guy, mike bloomberg, billionaire, 65. 5 billion worth, spent way up in ads already. Isnt in the first state, that includes iowa. What does he need . He needs chaos and uncertainty and weakened joe biden. He wants to step in im a moderate establishment voice, businessman, i know President Trump. He needs a weakening of joe biden. He got a lot of chaos and more weakening of joe biden. I dont think anybody thought joe biden would be running fourth right now. Its all setting up not bad for him. He can continue to spend and spend. Hes doubling his ad buys in the wake of the iowa caucus results. It was a little bit before. Hes not doubling 10,000, tens of millions of dollars, in place like texas and illinois. Hes by far spending the most in ads astronomically. Tom steyer, the other billionaire in the race wasnt in this race, he would be outspending theory candidates by a function of two or three times. Chris, thank you for taking us through that. We appreciate it. The candidates are trying to spin these partial caucus results. The top five have declared a victory any way they can to get i. T. Voters energized in spite of the caucus a mess. This is a victory. I know we have more math. And any way you cut it for folks who say had no business to get on the stage a year ago, we did something extraordinary. In iowa, we received more votes in the first and second round than any other candidate. Its a tight threeway race at the top. We know the three of us will be dividing up most of the delegates coming out of iowa. Im feeling good as long as i come out with delegates, the last i heard they didnt have the Rural Counties counting. I was number four. Why look i look at it, im 8 from the Vice President and we still have 38 left to be counted. Pete buttigieg is emerging a winner in iowa no matter how the votes shake out. In concord, New Hampshire right now, joe biden just called out buttigieg by name, vanessa. Yeah. Hi, brianna, the mentality with the buttigieg campaign, if its not broke, dont fix it. They like what happened in iowa and will try to replicate that in New Hampshire. Buttigieg out there leading in the Iowa Caucuses, not the winner quite yet. With that leading status comes the attacks. We just heard one from joe biden. Listen to what he said. Is he really saying the Obamabiden Administration was failure. Pete, just say it out loud. I have Great Respect for mayor pete in the service of this administration. I believe it is a risk for this party to nominate someone who has never held Office Higher than mayor of the people in indiana. We reached out to people in buttigiegs campaign looking for a comment to respond to biden, but, really, theyre focused on the ground game in New Hampshire. We know after these initial results were announced last night, they had their single best hour of fundraising ever. When the full results come in, theyre hoping this will prove Pete Buttigieg is the winner. They want to come out on top. That will lead to more fundraising, and that will be helpful to Pete Buttigieg continuing to places like south carolina, places where hes not polling as well in iowa and New Hampshire. The buttigieg campaign, i want to bring in simone sanders, the Campaign Advisor for the Biden Campaign. Thank you for having me. A great day in New Hampshire. I have my gloves. Its always cold there this time of year. This is a case the Biden Campaign and joe biden need to make. What is the case he can still hold up in the general, even fourth place finish in iowa . I would point you to Vice President bidens remarks and Community Event hes wrapping up right now today. Vice President Biden said he took a punch in iowa. This is not the first time hes been knock down. For anyone wondering, hes not going anywhere. Hes going to fight, used to fighting for what he wants and believes in. This nomination is no different. I think we have a very strong case to make. I watched the state of the union last night and listening to cable News Coverage and listening to what folks have been saying in New Hampshire. It will be hard to beat donald trump but also we have to beat donald trump and means we have to get real about this election. We have to get real about the candidates in this race. You will see Vice President biden over the next week or so in New Hampshire continue to make his case he is the strongest candidate to take on donald trump. Talk about the issues. Healthcare is the most important issue facing people in this country, especially in New Hampshire. There are real differences between the candidates and we will talk about them. I think part of what the Biden Campaign wanted for positioning was on healthcare, for there to be this alternative choice between Bernie Sanders and joe biden. Thats not as much of a case that can be made right now coming out of fourth place in iowa. How do you tackle that issue, so voters in New Hampshire see it that way . No surprise, i disagree with your assessment. The reality is voters in america and New Hampshire which part . We have case on healthcare. Which part do you disagree with . I just told you, on healthcare. Because the majority of voters are where Vice President biden is on healthcare. You want to talk about big and hard fights being won and progressive vision, i give you obamacare. It was Vice President ed bien there to fight that fight. The majority of voters want to build on obamacare and fix the parts where were lagging. Thats our plan that builds on obamacare and provides for medicare like option, lowers costs and deductibles and keep their Health Insurance and very important, doesnt raise taxes on middle america. Bernie sanders doesnt have a leg to stand on when it comes to that assertion. He said his plan will raise taxes on middle class americans and it will cost 30 to 40 trillion. Now, hes saying we dont know what it will cost. That wont fly with donald trump. The last thing i will make, something many people are talking today, senator sanders branded himself as a socialist. That is a moniker he himself has embraced but not a moniker down ballot candidates will embrace and stay successful. This is about keeping the house and gaining seats in the senate and beating donald trump. You cants beat donald trump with doubletalk on healthcare and donald trump we cant beat donald trump with socialism across this country. I am curious. I have a number of other questions to ask you, just having covered Bernie Sanders and dealing with you a lot when you worked for him in 2016, it strikes me you are making a case against the very thing you were making a case for. Brianna, if i may, brianna, if i may, i was a good spokesperson in 2016 and would offer them a great spokesperson now. Our message today we are carrying and Vice President biden forcefully delivered in New Hampshire we have to get real about this reelection. Sure. I hear you. We also have plans that can get done. Thats on healthcare. Were waiting, and our viewers can see this, the iowa results, not totally in right now. Your campaign has raised questions about the legitimacy of the process, granded, right, we have seen this has been a total debacle. The party says the raw data is correct, just back in issue. Kate bettingfield was raising concerns about the legitimacy of the results. Is that a concern you have . I would stand by kates comments and underscore the integrity of this process is important. Simone, this is very important. Brianna, if i may, if you would let me finish. We are running out of time. The results we are seeing. You are not let answering my questions. I am saying the results we are seeing are partial results. We do not have all the data. We are moving for ward. The data that you have, are you putting that into doubt . This is important. Simone, apples to apples, because i want to pin you down on this, this is very important, yes, i already said that, the data is partial, but that said, thats not what we heard from Kate Bettingfield, she wont saying this is partial, saying this process threw into question the legitimacy of the data, as we have seen it. Is that true . Should we doubt, in your view, in the campaigns view let me finish, simone. I let you finish, let me finish. You didnt actually, but go ahead. I did before, multiple times. Go ahead, brianna. Are you saying we should doubt the results that we see . Are you saying we should doubt the numbers we see . I am saying on monday night in iowa, there were failures across the process when it came to the Iowa Caucuses. Do believe the results . Do you believe the data we are seeing. We know that. We understand. Do you believe the data is correct . People were waiting for two hours. Why wont you say if the data is correct or incorrect. At the democratic headquarters, they were unable is this correct what were seeing. The president ial preference cards are very important. All our campaign has said and what Kate Bettingfield simone, im going to interrupt you when youre not answering the question. Is this data correct . In your view, is it correct . Look, brianna, i have not analyzed the back end of the data. What we are saying and implored to the Iowa Democratic party, one, we have to make sure were getting it right. Getting it right means checking and triple checking, making sure there is a paper trail, president ial preference cards. Dont paint this as were saying this is a conspiracy. Simone simone im repeating what your Communications Director is saying, no, no. Trying to preserve simone, stop. Were going to roll the sound byte. Roll the sound byte right now. What we think you have a process you cant be confident the results being reported are reflective of the votes people cast last night in the process, thats a real concern. Simone, for detractors thats a real concern. Im speaking now, for detractors of President Trump, including you and democrats, one of their Major Concerns is he throws into question the legitimacy of institutions not the least of which is the election process. That appears to be what you are currently doing now by saying youre not trusting the numbers were seeing. Im looking for clarity in your question. Are you equating us raising legitimate concerns about a process where the app broke down and the phone cards, are you equating us raising legitimate questions what we could see monday night donald trump and his campaign are doing . Let me clarify. Im asking. Please clarify. Yes. I am asking, and this is my question, do you believe the numbers you see coming in right now are correct . And, brianna, what i am saying is we have asked the Iowa Democratic party to check, check again and triple check. Nos numbers coming in are correct those numbers coming in are correct, the partial data is correct, they say. Do you not believe them . I guess we have to take the Iowa Democratic party at their word. Were moving forward and the questions are legitimate questions. This just makes all the more case about why we have to take our time, democrats have to make sure we get things right. We are looking forward to a primary in New Hampshire. The next caucus is in nevada. The nevada Democratic Party already said they are taking steps to insure the failures that happened in iowa dont happen in nevada. We feel good about whats going on. Vice President Biden delivered a very forceful defense and case for his campaign today. I know he will be on the stage with Anderson Cooper tonight at the cnn town hall. We hope people tune in. This election is too important. This is a battle for the soul of this nation and Vice President biden is the president in this case that can get it done. Thank you so much. I wish we could have spoken more about this. Those questions back and forth are exhausting. Thank you. I know. I need coffee now. Theres still questions at this point for the remaining candidates, democratic candidates. Cnn hosts the last president ial town hall before the democratic primary, a special two night live event. The town halls are starting tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. 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