57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new. To beyou. Im annemarie green. Tonights democratic president ial debate will give Bernie Sanders challengers another opportunity to slow down his campaign juggernaut. Seven president ial candidates square off tonight in South Carolina. Its their final chance to make their pitch on a National Stage ahead of saturdays critical state primary, and its the last debate before voters hit the polls on super tuesday. Danya bacchus is in charleston. How critical is this debate for the candidates . Reporter this debate is extremely critical. Political experts say if a candidate does not do well in this state it will be hard to see how their campaign moves forward. South carolina is the first opportunity for voters to see how candidates do in a state where the electorate is primarily africanamerican. This week the world is watching South Carolina reporter seven democrats take the debate stage tonight, the last before South Carolina voters lead to the pol
His daughter gianna brings heartfelt tributes from the worlds of entertainment and basketball. Its tuesday, february 25th, 2020. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Unchecked capitalism in the United States of america has failed. The solution is not a government takeover. Reporter democrats hammer senator sanders ahead of tonights debate. I dont want to be explaining why our nominee is encouraging people to look on the bright side of the castro regime. Reporter a jury convicts disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein of Sexual Assault and rape. Justice has been a long time coming, but its finally here. And its not the end. Reporter wall street is hoping for a rebound. Stocks plunged as the number of coronavirus cases surged. Reporter President Trump is wrapping up a twoday visit to india. The citizens of your home state showed us a profound expression of strength and of real love. Reporter a pioneering mathematician who broke barriers at nasa has died. Katherine johnson
Here in new york. Im annemarie green. All eyes are turning to South Carolina. The next battleground state in the race for the democratic president ial nomination. Seven candidates hoping to unseat President Trump in november are gearing up for another debate. Mike bloomberg, Pete Buttigieg, joe biden, tom steyer, senators amy klobuchar, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders will take the stage tomorrow night in charleston. Saturdays South Carolina primary looks different heading in to its final week than it did last fall. Biden led the field by a whopping 28 points. According to the latest cbs news poll, biden has only a slight lead with 28 . Bernie sanders is right behind him at 23 followed by tom steyer in third. How critical is it for biden to do well in this upcoming debate . Reporter experts here in South Carolina say biden has staked his entire campaign on doing well in the state and if he doesnt do well here they say they dont see how hell move forward. Democratic president ial ho
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They say russia is again meddling in the president ial election. In a top secret briefing last week house members were told no doubt russia is interfering in the 2020 campaign. A source who attended the meeting confirmed that the goal is to get President Trump reelected. Major garrett reports from washington. Reporter sources tells cbs news President Trump was furious when he found out about the classified briefing on russia election interference. He was not informed the house briefing would take place and according to one Senior Administration official blew his stack and repeatedly used an expletive. The briefing took place on february 13th. The director of National Intelligences top staffer on Election Security told lawmakers russia is working to help President Trump get reelected. Sources say there was intense bipartisan push back on her assertions and questions about the strength of the evidence. The Intelligence Community concluded in 2016 russia meddled in the election and its be