This is Brian Lehrer's Daily Politics Podcast from WNYC Studios.

It's Tuesday, March 10th.

I'm I'm Ily Amherst, a reporter from the WNYC Newsroom and the co-host of the Trump, Inc.

podcast filling in today for Brian.

And in case you're worried, he's fine, he's healthy. But he worked a very long day yesterday.

And tonight he's hosting a national call-in show about the mid-March primaries. So he's taking a few hours off this morning and should be back in your podcast feed tomorrow.

For now, let's hit the campaign trail. Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders face off again today in primary elections in six states,

Missouri, Washington, Michigan, North Dakota, Mississippi, and Idaho as the last two men standing in the race for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, Biden is trying to cement his lead in the delegate count, which he established on Super Tuesday. Sanders needs to reverse what for him was a disappointing performance and show that he is still a contender. And though six states are

voting today, one state is really considered the big prize here, and that's Michigan. So let's

talk about the race now and what's at stake with Holly Bailey, Washington Post National Political

Reporter, and Stephen Henderson, host of Detroit Today from Detroit Public Radio.

Holly, Stephen, welcome to WNYC.

Hey.

Good morning.

Holly, I want to start with you.

I know you're in Arizona now, but you were just in Michigan and you're a national political

reporter.

Why is Michigan considered the big prize today?

Michigan was a important state for Bernie Sanders in 2016. He surprised everybody and defeated Clinton there with help from white working

class voters, a lot of supporters in Western Michigan. Tonight there's a hundred and it's the biggest prize on the table tonight at 125 delegates,

and it's really going to test if Sanders can deliver on everything.

He's been saying he can, that he can expand the electorate with African American voters,

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