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The Daily

The Latest: The South Carolina Debate

The Daily

The New York Times

Daily News, News

4.4102.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2020

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

On the debate stage in Charleston, candidates went after Senator Bernie Sanders, painting his potential nomination as dangerous for the party and questioning his chances of winning against President Trump. “The Latest,” from the team behind “The Daily,” brings you the most important developments on today’s biggest news stories. You can find more information about it here.

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0:00.0

Senator Bernie Sanders won the primary last night and will take that momentum into Nevada.

0:07.0

And now I'm delighted to bring you some pretty good news.

0:13.4

We have now won the Nevada Caucus.

0:19.4

Well all eyes are turning to South Carolina.

0:21.7

The next battleground state in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

0:25.8

Bernie Sanders is the undisputed frontrunner among Democratic presidential candidates

0:30.5

hoping to challenge Donald Trump.

0:35.7

Hey it's Alex Burns in New York.

0:37.6

So last week in Nevada we saw the candidates start going after each other more intensely

0:41.2

than ever before.

0:42.2

Days before the caucus is there as Bernie Sanders was emerging as a progressive frontrunner.

0:47.5

With none of the more moderate candidates willing to drop out and Mike Bloomberg fragmenting

0:51.4

the vote even further.

0:53.3

Good evening and welcome the Democratic presidential primary here in South Carolina.

0:57.8

The first primary in the South is just four days away.

1:01.4

And Super Tuesday is just a week away and this is the biggest primary day of the year.

1:07.4

As voters in 14 states cast ballots and many of them tell us they have not actually made

1:12.3

of their mind.

1:13.3

So this week with days to go until the South Carolina primary and signs that Sanders

1:17.9

is gaining among African American voters.

1:20.5

Those were even more wild and the debate moderators totally failed to keep control of the event

1:25.0

which didn't help.

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