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this hour. right now election battles are underway in two of the biggest states. these are really important primaries happening today in new york and in florida. they are out voting. reporters are fanned out in each of those states. bryan llenas is here in new york city. phil keating is on board in florida this afternoon in the sunshine state. brian, what's going on in new york? >> martha, good afternoon. all eyes are on new york's we drawn 12th congressional district which pits two democratic leaders against one another and what has been a personal and nasty clash between once frien...

About how another democratic candidate for president just couldn't win. he was unelectable. do you remember that guy? what's his name? oh, it's president obama. >> reporter: sanders presented himself as a principled progressive, drawing a sharp contrast to clinton's votes on iraq, gay rights and wall street reform. >> i will not abandon any segment of american society just because it is politically expedient at a given time. ♪ >> reporter: former maryland governor martin o'malley said it was time for a new generation to lead. >> new leadership or the same old battles of our past? actions or ...