reporter: if here in new hampshire you don t come in first or even second, do you feel confident that you re candidacy can survive? fir of all, i think i m going to do better in both places than that. but let s say hypothetically. i m no the going to go there. reporter: on this day with joe biden he was relentlessly on message. i think i m better prepared at this moment than any time in my entire life to deal with the problems the next president will have to face. tune into cnn s town hall with the former vice president joe biden live tonight. erin burnett is moderating at 9:00 p.m. eastern only here on cnn. and we have breaking news on the impeachment inquiry. another transcript of testimony from a top trump official has just been released. laura cooper is this official. she was a top career pentagon official overseeing ukraine policy. i want to get straight to capitol hill. phil mattingly is there. what have you found so far? reporter: there is a couple of pieces of t
national states, especially iowa and new hampshire. how worried is he? dana bash caught up with him this weekend. if here in new hampshire you don t come in first or even second, do you feel confident that your candidacy can survive? first of all, i think i m going to do better in both places than that. let s just say hypothetically. i m not going to go there. smart not to go there. it is interesting because you do have this odd dynamic in the race with this bloomberg, i might get in the race late scenario, and you have sanders at the top nationally, and you have elizabeth warren one of the top candidates. what does it have on nevada, what does it have on south carolina? do voters see a weakened joe