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🗓️ 4 March 2020

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Today on Post Reports, Philip Bump talks through the Super Tuesday results and the narrowing field of Democratic candidates. Heather Long explains the Federal Reserve’s decision to cut interest rates in response to the coronavirus outbreak. And the proper way to wash your hands, according to a microbiologist.

The Democrats’ race for the nomination is reshaped after Joe Biden’s surge on Super Tuesday.

The Federal Reserve is cutting interest rates in response to the coronavirus. One economist says it’s like putting a Band-Aid on your arm to cure a headache.

The right way to wash your hands, according to an expert.

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0:00.0	This episode of Post Report is brought to you by AT&T Business.
0:03.7	Get ready for the next leap in wireless technology with AT&T 5G.
0:11.5	From the newsroom of the Washington Post.
0:15.0	I am Martin Powers.
0:27.5	It's Wednesday, March 4.
0:31.0	Today, Biden's surprising surge.
0:35.0	The Federal Reserve responds to the coronavirus.
0:38.0	And while we're all doing a bad job of washing our hands.
0:45.0	So who ended up winning or a quote-unquote winning on Super Tuesday?
0:50.0	Well, there's winning in two senses. There's winning in the sense of how many delegates were accrued.
0:56.0	That is to be determined some extent.
1:00.0	14 states, each individual congressional district and all those states, American Samoa.
1:04.0	All of those contests will yield delegates based on how people did in each of those contests.
1:09.0	And as such, the winner of each of those 180 plus contests is to be determined.
1:14.0	But the real winners, Joe Biden.
1:17.0	They'll call Super Tuesday for nothing.
1:20.0	Those, those have been knocked down.
1:23.0	Count it out. Let's be high. This is your campaign.
1:26.0	Joe Biden was the winner on Tuesday.
1:28.0	Simply by virtue of the fact that he won more states.
1:31.0	But particularly because he won more states when everyone a week ago figured his campaign had maybe a couple more days to go.
1:37.0	Just a few days ago, the press and the punters declared the campaign did.
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