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CNNW Erin Burnett OutFront February 11, 2020

Out front. Voting beginning tonight. Midnight tonight in dixville notch. It is make or break for some candidates. Which is why they have been blanketing the state using every minute they have. Elizabeth warren, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar and Vice President joe biden going on attack mode after his iowa finish which is fourth place. The person theyre all trying to beat is also in New Hampshire tonight. Couldnt resist holding his own campaign rally. Rochester, New Hampshire. Can the Democratic Candidates been campaigning. No signs of slowing down for many of them tonight. Reporter right, Amy Klobuchars event is just about to begin. This isnt even her last event of the night. Midday her campaign tacked on another event starting at 9 30 tonight eastern time. Theyre trying to jam in as many events as possible. Clo klobuchar crisscrossing the state. Closing out newspaper, Bernie Sanders argues energizing the left and his army of small donors is the best path to defeat the president. A quick swiet at Pete Buttigieg. Tomorrow you have a choice. You have a choice about Going Forward and voting for a campaign which will defeat donald trump. You are my donors. We dont go to rich peoples homes and get advice from millionaires and billionaires. Reporter sanders and buttigieg are atop the field in the granite state. Two philosophies on the ballot. Buttigieg called a primary a choice. We cannot risk alienating americans at this critical moment, and thats where i part ways with my friend, senator sanders. The revolution or the status quo is a picture where most of us dont see ourselves. Reporter buttigieg is the target of joe bidens campaign. Hes downplaying buttigiegs experience as mayor. We want to compare records, its easy to do. I get it. Hes a good guy. Hes a great mayor, but guess what, he was a mayor. Reporter as he runs fourth in iowa, biden told voters, give him another shot in New Hampshire. My names joe biden, im the democratic candidate for president. I was Vice President. Look me over, okay . Reporter hes looking beyond the democratic field and focusing on the president. Trump is going to tell us over and over again the economy is on the balance rot this year. It sure; and im going to make sure he understands its on the ballot because working class and middle class people are getting clobbered. We have one job in november, beat donald trump. Reporter Elizabeth Warren closing with a message about taking the fight. Ive been thinking about unwinnable fights. Theyre only unwinnable if you dont get in the fight and fight it reporter and Amy Klobuchar seeing her last events filled to capacity turned her debate moment into her closing ad hoping that message will turn her from underdog to contender. Surprise the country. So now whether or not she can actually pull that off when i pressed the campaign, hey, are you going to do this . Can you predict where you will end up . They wont dare go there, erin. All they will say is they want to beat expectations and stay in this. Thank you very much. If you want to know how New Hampshire will vote tomorrow, go talk to someone from the city of dover. Dover, New Hampshire, has picked the winner in the states past four president ial primaries. Dover voters have even correctly predicted the exact order of the ton four finishers. So out front now, someone who can best tell us whats going to happen in dover and what voters are thinking there. The democratic mayor of the city, bob carrier. Mayor carrier, i appreciate your time. You were born and raised there. Youre the mayor. Yes. Nobody knows the situation better than you. How does it look . Who are dover voters favoring right now . Well, ive talked to a lot of people all over the city and i think its very diversified. Ive seen some of the candidates come into the city and theyve all gotten good responses. Ive attended a few of the presentations. Theyve spoken very well. Whats your feel of the energy . Whats your feel of the energy right now, mayor . Well, i think theres two that are really on the top, and thats bernie and thats also pete. And i think the other i think amy is right behind there. Elizabeth warren is doing quite well and the other candidates, i think theyre coming up pretty good, too. Theyre all getting pretty good responses from the state. Theyre going to these venues getting anywhere from 600 to 1,000 people. Thats telling you theres a lot of people thats a lot. Undecided. Your city is 29,000. When you talk about 600 to 1,000 at rally after rally. Thats a lot of people. People take their role very seriously there. Yes. In terms of their vote. You go through bernie and pete at the top and then you said amy and then you said Elizabeth Warren. You did not say joe biden in that top group. That sort of stands out to me. Well, you know, i think joe i think he would be a very he is a very good candidate, the only thing that ive talked to some of the residents in the city is that i think hes kind of flat. I dont think hes got the the what should i say, the energy that the others have and i think thats what a lot of the millennium people are looking for. Theyre looking for somebody going out there and theyre really vibrant, theyre going after, you know, the good causes, environmental, climate change, all of the above. And i think joe biden has his points but i dont think hes got the energy that the others have. Its an interesting observation and it may, indeed, be very prescient in terms of what we see. Another thing, mayor carrier, is the sheer number of candidates. There are so many and maybe because of the chaos of iowa it seems even more unsettled. When youre talking about Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, does this feel different for you Elizabeth Warren . There doesnt seem to be an overwhelming favorite at least in terms of what youre seeing . I think its totally different. I really do. First of all, i have never seen so many candidates running for president so which is good because you get a lot of choice, but to have like four of them in the top running without a lot of decisions being made out there until they go to the voting booth, thats different. Thats definitely different. You feel like people are going to make their decision tomorrow . When you say people havent made up their minds even now . Yes. Okay. I think tomorrow honestly. I think a lot of people are waiting until the last bell rings and i think tomorrow is the day that theyll make their decision, a lot of them. All right. Its going to be pretty exciting to see then from how you describe it. Mayor carrier, thank you so much. I appreciate your time tonight. Oh, youre very welcome. Thank you. So well see if that is what pans out. 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Reporter its a pitch Pete Buttigieg makes at nearly every campaign stop. I think we are going to defeat this president by inviting everybody to be at our side and get this done together. Reporter and its aimed at New Hampshires famously independent voters like jeffrey and katheryn potsden who make up democratic voters in 2016. Weve probably received 10 to 15 calls a day from campaigns. Reporter four years ago Bernie Sanders massive victory over Hillary Clinton happened. But this year others are competing for their support. I add to that being able to bring in independents like you have in this state as well as moderate republicans because there are so many of them out there that are looking for a candidate. Reporter the granite states unique primary means undeclared can either vote in the republican or democratic primary. The action is expected to be with the democrats. At this point i wont vote republican probably for a long, long, long time. Democrats have me right now. Reporter theyll have company joined by what buttigieg calls future former republicans. Soon soon to be former republicans. I see a few acknowledging right here. We are glad you are here and you are welcome to be at our side. Reporter in iowa buttigieg did well in areas that flipped from trump. And here theyre following up with former Republican Voters who express openness to his message like rick melon, a lifelong republican who is now a registered independent in search of a candidate. A few want to get them back together. A calmer, more sensible sort of direction. Reporter and with undecided independents like kathy bachelor who after three years of trump are looking for a change of tone. I want to think positive. I need positivity in my life. Reporter abby, its interesting to hear them reach out to that group. You showed how important independents were when it came to Bernie Sanders victory last time. What role will independents play tomorrow . Reporter erin, the question is will Bernie Sanders have the same appeal as last time . There are differences this time around. A lot of these voters split their vote last cycle. Some voted on the republican side maybe to put a thumb on the scale opposing trump. Others were not even democrats in 2016 and it seems based on what we have learned from talking to these voters that many of them are looking for a more moderate voice. Theyre looking for a unifier. It seems to suggest that perhaps Bernie Sanders may not be as strong as he once was but, again, some real questions about exactly how big this universe really is of potentially new independent minded voters who might play tomorrow night in New Hampshires primary. Thats one of the big wild cards going into tomorrow night, erin. Thank you very much, abby. An important question to ask overall. Independents are this huge chunk, the biggest chunk but are they . Out front, lisa lair. She is in manchester, New Hampshire tonight and mark preston. Lisa, in New Hampshire what kaine of turnout are you expecting to see from independents tomorrow from all of the reporting and rallies youve been at . Is this going to be a big part of tomorrow . Well, independents are typically a big part of the primary here in New Hampshire, particularly this year with President Trump running essentially unopposed. All of the action is going to be on the democratic side. I think the broader question is how big turnout is going to be overall for democrats. New hampshire officials have gotten all kinds of recordbreaking turnouts. It was close to 2016 and it fell short of expectations and also short of where it was in 2008 when democrats really turned out in force. So thats a question that everybody will be watching very closely tomorrow. Its a pretty important point. If we see turnout flat like in iowa, i think youre going to have a lot of people starting to ask serious questions. When it comes to Bernie Sanders, he won by 50 points and overall by 20 Percentage Points in 2016. Does that set a bar that he needs a run away win for a solid victory . He eeks it out by a couple of points, is that a victory for Bernie Sanders or not . I think certainly in this state of the campaign a victory is a victory is a victory. With Bernie Sanders, i would add this. Back in october most people left him for dead. He had a heart attack on the campaign trail. Politically people didnt think he could come back from it. He comes roaring back. He gets the endorsement of aoc and other Young Leaders or future leaders of the Democratic Party and look where we are right now. A win is a win out of New Hampshire, but if it is an overall win where he comes out cleanly, thats going to spell trouble for the rest of the candidates. Lisa, Elizabeth Warren is in massachusetts. He was putting her in the top four. She was the fourth out of four. Can she afford to finish third or fourth . What kind of finish does she need to really get the momentum that she really does need to keep going from here . I think fourth would be a really hard finish for her. She hasnt quite settled on where her lane is in this race. What you see is all of these other candidates biting into her support. You have Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg. You even have Amy Klobuchar coming in and taking away some people who might want to see the first female president. So shes in a really tough spot here and i think she needs as strong a finish as she can possibly manage or she may start to see some of the enthusiasm drain away, some of the money drain away and it will get harder and harder to continue in the race. Former Vice President joe biden is campaigning now. This is a live picture. Hes called this fourth place a gut punch. Downplaying the finish in New Hampshire. Indicating it could happen again. I think anybody coming out of New Hampshire it will be very difficult coming out in fourth place and trying to move forward from that. However, in the case of joe biden they try to write the headline after that debate. They basically try to get that out of the way. As you noted, lower expectations with the idea that they can get into south carolina, that they can build this fire wall and it will open up the south for them. We know from polling and from past electoral experience joe biden is going to do well with american voters. Having said that, if he comes out of New Hampshire and hes really, really hurt, then well look at south carolina, nevada, well start to see if theres any slippage amongst africanamericans in the south and hispanic voters out in nevada. He can still do well and turn this around. By the end of february, erin, there are only 4 of delegates apportioned. We know that isnt how the game is necessarily played but thats the game the Biden Campaign is playing. Thank you both very much. Next, is President Trump getting even with key impeachment witnesses . They are not the only ones who have left recently. They are not the only ones who are expected to leave in short order. In short order. Plus, quarantined on a cruise ship. Im going to speak to an american author. Shes been trapped for six days. T

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