Of alabama just to make it clear thats all on the east coast of the United States and early results show that former Vice President joe biden has taken the state of virginia lets go a little bit up further to vermont right there of that is for Bernie Sanders is the sitting senator since 2007 been a member of caught represented in Congress Since 1901 yes he is also going to win his home state so by this projected to win at least 16 of the 99 delegates that are up for grabs in virginia you win a state but you dont get all of the delegates allocated proportionately so right now this is where the number stand joe biden is leading with 69 delegates actually ahead of Bernie Sanders this may or may not last but thats actually the 1st time this has happened since we all began this a few weeks ago Bernie Sanders and 68 and the senator from massachusetts Elizabeth Warren right now its 8 delegates the magic number they need to get to is 1991 not tonight there are still many more contests but over
Host joe mcquaid, longtime publisher and editor at large of the New Hampshire union leader. We will spend an hour talking but the history of the New Hampshire primary. Thats all . Host before we get into history, lets talk with the current one. Michael bloomberg is not competing in iowa or New Hampshire in the early primaries and committing lots of money later on in the process. What does that do to the relevance of your primary . Guest there are all these questions about the relevance of the New Hampshire primary, dating back to its mundane beginnings. People are not going to campaign, they are going to campaign, they are going to spend a lot of money or they are not. The short answer is i dont know. There are 10 or 11 serious candidates for the democratic nomination, and he is blowing by the early ones and thinks he can get street cred by buying it, which i think is probably not going to work for him. He said recently that even if he does not win the nomination, he will spend money t
Donation rates in europe and today Parliament Debates a controversial new law designed to make Organ Donations easier but critics say it poses and Fund President in violation of individual rights to talk about the ethical dimensions. And the speaker of the house nancy pelosi signs articles of impeachment against president from it was unbeliever to the senate where the trial will take place only the 3rd such trial in american history. Also coming up russias government resigns the surprise move coming as president putin calls for reforms that could keep him in power well beyond the end of his term to get the details from moscow. Our brian thomas great to have you with us scientists are worn. That more extreme weather events like wildfires and flooding are on the horizon after the warmest decade ever recorded as australia continues to burn asked berts have calculated the effect that the massive bushfires will have on the Global Climate well talk to a veteran firefighter about that 1st we
Agreement with china, and the night, mexico, canada, agreement, the two biggest trade deals ever made. These agreements represent a new model of trade for the 21st century. A time for skepticism is over. People are flowing back into our country. Companies are coming back. The United States is by far the strongest economic power in the world. It is not even close. Neil blake burman at the white house. The president is half a world away. He is cognizant what is going on in washington, d. C. Blake . Reporter indeed. This was part victory lap you heard from the president , neil, at the World Economic forum in davos, still ongoing by the way. Also part sales pitch from the president touting economic successes as he has seen it, taken place in the u. S. Over the last three years. Of his administration. The president today, for example, highlighting two big trade deals in the headlines last week. Along with record low unemployment and economic growth. Listen here. Investment is pouring into o
What do you remember about what happened and how all of this transpired over the next month . Alexis the senate trial was fascinating because of the idea that it is called a trial, but it is not a legal proceeding and is at its heart very political. But it had so many interesting, dynamic characters involved in it. Robert byrd, senator byrd of west virginia, a stalwart constitutional scholar and not a supporter or friend of bill clinton in any particular way, he ended up at one point just throwing up his hands and saying that this should not even have happened, that the trial was misguided. He even told his colleagues that he was going to introduce a motion to dismiss the whole thing. Different senators played different roles. The house managers were fascinating to listen to. The president s legal team was really interesting. He had a strong array of legal representation there. And he also tried to sort of, what would you say, to try to add, to put some english on the ball. His legalen