Before we rush to nominate senator sanders in our one shot to take on this president , let us take a sober look at what is at stake for our party, for our values and for those with the most to lose. This is a real blowout that were seeing here. Its a problem for all of these other candidates because one or more of them need to figure out who is the one to step back . Announcer this is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. Good morning to you on this sunday. Senator Bernie Sanders seems to be cementing his frontrunner status with a victory in nevada with 50 of precincts reporting now. Cnn projects he will win the states caucuses. Former Vice President joe biden in second place, former mayor Pete Buttigieg in third and then Elizabeth Warren rounding out the top four. Bernie sanders was in texas assuring them they will win across the country. In nevada and in New Hampshire and in iowa, what we showed is that our volunteers are prepared to knock on hundreds and hundreds of thousands of doors. That no campaign has a Grassroots Movement like we do, which is another reason why were going to win this election. Sanders, his rival candidates are piling on the attacks. Both buttigieg and biden are making the case why they are the only ones who can beat President Trump in november. I am here to make the case for a politics that invites everyone in instead of saying its my way or the highway. I aint a plutocrat, im a democrat. I was proud to have and run with barack obama. Im proud to still be his friend. Cnn correspondent evan mcmorrissantoro in reno, nevada, following the results. Good to see you, i know, so early this morning. Thank you for being up for us. Talk to me about of course. What voters are saying about how sanders can broaden his appeal and turn out voters. Does this solidify that . It was really interesting listening to that sound you just played of the other candidates now really shifting their attention to sanders for really the first time in this whole primary process. Theyre now really trying to go after him. What makes it a harder sell in nevada, this is a democratic caucus. If there was anybody who wanted to show up. Its a very involved thing to do. It takes a long time to caucus. Its complicated. Only at a certain time of the day, there are long lines sometimes. You have to really be invested in the Democratic Party to really want to come out and participate in this thing. The people who did supported bernie. So when you hear these establishment democrats talking more about how hey im establishment, look at what i can bring, this is the kind of thing that sanders can now push back on with a victory like he got here in nevada. Now what he can do is move on and what hes already doing is talking about how hes going to be the uniter of a Democratic Party. If hes the presumptive nominee. Which of course he isnt. Theres a lot of delegates to go. It allows him to talk as though he is the guy carrying the party forward. You can hear his speech Going Forward from nevada. If we stand together, if we fight for an agenda that works for working families and the middle class, if we get involved in the political process, if we stand for justice, if we stand for compassion, if we understand we are all in this together, that my family has to care about your family, your family cares about my family, brothers and sisters, if we stand together we will not only defeat trump, we will transform this country and create a government and an economy that works for all of us, not wilt campaign contributors. So this is not a subtle message from senator sanders. Hes saying, listen, i just picked up a bunch of momentum, its time for you, the Democratic Party, to think about uniting behind me. His message is, look, the same message for a very long time. He says the same thing, talks about the same stuff. This time he tied it to an organization that seems like it cant really be beat by anybody. I mean, the reality of winning in all these primary states so far are really on the ground efforts that take a lot of time and people. As he mentioned in that earlier sound we played before we played his rivals, the organization is something to be very, very proud of. So far these smaller states, hes trying to activate that base of volunteers. Now we move into super tuesday, its a bigger more traditional effort with ads and other ground efforts. So well see how that bernie momentum travels into that different environment. Three contests down. 54 to go . Evan mcmorrissantoro, thanks so much. Evan is getting a vision of what he has ahead of him too. Joining us to discuss former bill Clinton White house adviser guy smith. Thanks for being with us, mr. Smith. Good morning. Good morning to you as well. It seems that Bernie Sanders has tremendous support. This is a man who is a selfproclaimed socialist. With that said, what do the victories from him tell you about the Democratic Party now . Well, the Democratic Party is changing. Just as the Republican Party is changing. Its a fascinating time in american politics. And what i would be i would say to democratic democrat establishment people this morning, everybody take a deep breath. Heres whats going to go on. Were very early in this process. Unquestionably big win for bernie last night. South carolina is next. Next week. Well see if joe biden has a lot of strength there and then super tuesday. And theres not a lot of attention given to Mike Bloomberg and all his money in the morning after. I mean, bernie justifiably has momentum right now. But theres a big divide. Donald trump is very happy about bernie and looked like the russians are probably happy about bernie. And then its going to be bernie is going to have to move to the center. How does he do that based on all of the policies that hes espoused up to this point . If he makes too big of a pivot, is he then disingenuous . Well, there are a lot of people think hes disingenuous anyway. Theres a lot of that in politics. True. I mean, the idea, if you look at those entrance polls that you were showing in the earlier segment, it shows theres a huge number of democrat voters whose Main Objective is defeating donald trump. Politics is about compromise. What Bernie Bernie is very good at attacking democrats. Hes not all that good at attacking republicans. He needs to get good at attacking republicans and he needs to have a message to the democratic establishment is im your guy. Were going to he said in the clip you just played, were all in this together. Well, hes right about that. But he has to demonstrate that hes right about it. Were going to see in South Carolina and then later in super tuesday, and super tuesday, there are a lot of states where he doesnt have the Ground Organization that he had in nevada. Thats going to tell the tale. Well see if joe biden can stay in. If joe biden falters again in South Carolina, the game is over for him. Speaking of South Carolina, the primary again, just to remind everybody is next saturday. That is a different procedural proce process. Thats a true primary. People are going into a private space and marking the ballot for the person that they believe it should be. There isnt a lot of back and forth, as in a caucus, trying to en kushlg someone to come to your side. Do you see South Carolina being very different than what weve seen so far . Yes. The caucus process as your reporter was saying from reno a few minutes ago, its a very, very involved process. The people that participate are deeply involved in the political process. Your average voter is living their life, they want to vote. Like you said, they go in the booth and they actually vote. And then they go home and they do whatever else, their job. So their perspective is much different than somebody thats really deeply involved in the process. Second to Bernie Sanders was, of course, joe biden. Fourth in iowa, fifth in New Hampshire. Is nevada representative of the makeup of that state or that hes making momentum. Its both. He clearly has momentum. He has the media momentum. Its justifiable. He did very well in nevada and it required a lot of organization. A lot of people on the ground. In a complicated process. The caucus process, like you said, it different than going into a voting booth. But joe biden has a long time history, lots of support in South Carolina and then the super tuesday states the establishment wing of the Democratic Party is going to come into play, we think. Well see. But you got to remember, the democrats, remember what the humerus will rogers said about the Democratic Party. He said, i never been a member of an organized political party. Im a democrat. Well, thats kind of funny and it is funny but its also true. You think back, you know, the republicans went through a similar kind of thing. They had a zillion candidates and donald trump thats true. Guy smith, always appreciate you taking the time for us. Thank you, sir. Thanks for having me. Of course. With the days counting down until the South Carolina primary, six candidates take voter questions in a special twonight cnn town hall. It starts tomorrow night at 8 00 eastern only here on cnn. National security adviser obrien is contradicting a top official who said that russia was attempting to interfere in u. S. Elections. Obrien said hes not seen any evidence to support that claim despite warnings from the intel community. On friday, senator sanders told his campaign that for now, Senior Management of surt official tells cnn that russia has no preference. Kristen holmes is following the latest. This is a lot to to unpack, to decipher. Help people at home understand whats going on here. Good morning, victor and christi. Thats right. Lets start at the beginning. All of this is surrounding something that happened earlier this month. A top intelligence official briefed them on the 2020 election. Sources say that this was a comprehensive briefing and that this top intelligence official said twice that the kremlin has a preference for President Trump. Now, of course, as you say, the National Security adviser, Robert Obrien is pushing back on that notion saying theres no evidence of that. Take a listen to what he said during an interview. Well, i have not seen the finding. What hes referring to and what folks are talking about is a briefing that took place at the House Intelligence Committee that was leaked to the press. And i have not seen that report and from what i understand about the report is that there was no again, i get this secondhand. But from republicans, congressmen in the committee. There was no intelligence behind it. I havent seen any intelligence to support the reports leaked out of the house. Its hard to comment on that. Again, i wasnt there. These are leaks that were coming from a House Intel Committee hearing. I havent seen any intelligence that would back up what im reading in the papers. Okay. So what exactly is going on here . More votes in the briefing and those familiar with what happened. They gave us a little bit of clarity. These sources say it wasnt so cut and dry. It wasnt just russians like trump. That wasnt the narrative that the Intelligence Community wanted to come out of this briefing. But that instead this top intelligence official was peppered with questions by lawmakers who are really trying to pin her down on who the kremlin preferred. That is when she eventually relented and gave her view of where that was. That gives you an idea here of when it comes to russia, when it comes to the 2020 election, it is very clear that just as in 2016, this is going to be a big part of that election narrative as we inch towards november. All righty. Kristen, thank you for breaking it down for us. Good to see you. Lets stay at the white house. Live look here in short period. President trump is going to leave washington for a twoday trip to india. His first trip to the country as president. Weve got a live report from delhi. The number of coronavirus cases is climbing this morning. Why the government is facing backlash over the evacuation of some patients. Be stronger. With nicorette coated ice mint. Layered with flavor. Its the first and only coated nicotine lozenge. 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Reporter well, donald trump himself has tweeted or said that he expects to see ten Million People turn out to welcome him when he arrives in modis hometown where the indian Prime Minister used to be the chief minister, probably knock a couple of zeros off that. Wishful thinking even by Donald Trumps crowd control. Probably greeted by hundreds of thousands. He is popular here in india. His Approval Rating sits at 53 . Any president ial candidate in the United States would be pretty happy with those sorts of ratin ratings. Nonetheless, mr. Trump is coming here to pay his respects to his indian guru. Mr. Modi pioneered the sort of populous politics that mr. Trump rode to the presidency. He has campaigned successfully in last years parliamentary recollections to give him an overwhelming control over indias political life. Unashamed hindu nationalist platform. 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