Progressive vote there and they will pick up delegates there. And texas is a nailbiter and this could go late into the morning in terms of the vote there. A twoperson race at the top. Maine, and biden it is too close to call there, and we dont have a result there. And sanders is scoring a trio of victories, first in utah a commanding lead over Mike Bloomberg right now, and in vermont, sanders, and sorry, colorado, sanders is the projected winner as well as vermont, his home state. And looking at the night that joe biden has had and it is a big one, winning in North Carolina, virginia, minnesota, tennessee, oklahoma and arkansas and so he is sweeping the south and posting huge margins there which is going to make him rack up the delegates and it is all about the delegates tonight and not about the states that you win, but how many delegates that you go home with, and biden is leading in that regard. As we reset here at 8 00 p. M. Pacific time and california polls are just closing, but that is clearly, chuck, what sanders is hoping is the firewall and the question is will it be . Well, it has to be and we have done the projections of what we think that the delegates will look like for all of the states not named california. This is semi conservative, but we have biden going into california assuming the way it is playing tout same way with about 100 delegate lead going into california. So three scenarios to watch for as the number comes in from california, first of all, how many candidates will meet the threshold. We expect biden and sanders to meet the threshold and if you are Bernie Sanders, you dont want anybody else in the threshold. If it is two, he is possibly going to come out with 150 to 200 delegate or Something Big like that, and he can grab the delegate lead, and narrowly, but grab it back from biden, but right now, Elizabeth Warren is looking like she is close on the threshold, and she meets the threshold, it is going to bring the sanders number down, and that is the possibility of the biden, mait may not matter what happens with the delegate lead in california if you have a threeway race as we are seeing it, and sanders is held under 40 . It is a good time to redefene the terms when you are saying meeting threshold. 15 . You to get to 15 to get to any delegates at all, and if senator warren can get above 15 in california, that would diminish the number for Bernie Sanders. And the news is that i think that we will know everything in california by the end of the month. And unfortunately, but i have to say that we will watch it come in, and watch the vote come n but it is going to take forever. Lester, you have been a california native and you mail in the ballot, and it can be days later they count it. It takes a while. And andrea, something that came up in the debate that we did recently this idea of whoever has the most delegates leading up to the convention, and it was it is interesting fact here. And it is sanders who said that the one with the most delegates. And chuck todd asked the question of all of the candidates in nevada if you will all pledge that you will follow the rules at the convention and support the nominee who goes through the numbers and it is only Bernie Sanders who said that he would not, and only support the plurality of the votes. He was speaking as the frontrunner. Yes, and exactly the opposite of what he was arguing when Hillary Clinton was in front. And if people dont understand, this is having to do with the question of how many votes you have when you go into the convention whether you should be the nominee, and if you dont have the majority, but more votes than anybody else, and the socalled plurality. Yes, and the rule is that you have to have 1,991 votes or it goes to the second ballot and that is when the members of congress and governors and pejoratively known as super delegates with weigh in. You are right, senator clyburn does not like that. And the only time that super is not a good word to be associated with. And i would think that you want a delegate with more power. And joe biden said understating that it is a good night. Let es go to Kristen Welker. This is a fired up joe biden who took the podium earlier tonight and energized the crowd touting the results which have exceeded his expectations in this campaign, and expectations, and he is trying to make the case tonight that he is the candidate to bring out a more diverse electorate, and to frankly get people excited and energize and enthused about this election. Take a listen to what he had to say to the audience tonight. Just a few days ago, the press and the pundits had declared the campaign dead. And then came South Carolina, and they had something to say about it. And so when i got to super tuesday, i was told it is over. But maybe it is over for the other guy. And so tell that to the folks who from virginia. North carolina. Alabama. Tennessee. Oklahoma. Arkansas. Minnesota. And maybe even massachusetts, because it is too close the call. So, we are still waiting for texas and california and a few other small states to come in. But it is looking good. So i am here to report that we are very much alive. Reporter now we should mention that bidens speech was briefly interrupted by a few protesters who took the stage and quickly ushered off of the stage, and no incident and no one was harmed, but i spoke to reporters about the reaction of what they heard from the former Vice President joe biden and they said they liked the energy and the passion that he showed tonight and they said, look, they saw it in South Carolina, and they want it to keep it going, and they believe this is the way to not only win the nomination, but to ultimately beat President Trump, and while we are resetting the terms here, a reminder that this is coming after biden had the big victory in South Carolina over the weekend and exceeding the expectations and driving tout africanamerican voters in the campaign and making the case that he is the candidate that he can bring together a more diverse electorate, and then the coalescing of candidates and buttigieg dropping out and amy kobuchar and then quickly endorsing him. So it is a coalescing of the modern branch of the Democratic Party that we have not seen so quickly and completely before. To know how energetic and confident biden is feeling . His campaign added a event right here in los angeles and he is going to speak and try the capitalize on the momentum. Kristen welker in california, thank you. And over the kasie hunt who is in vermont and not tonight they were looking for, but looking to california to make up the deficit, and so what are you hearing behind the scenes . It has in fact been a rough night so far for Bernie Sanders. His Campaign Aides are acknowledging that they were disappointed with the results on the east coast and particularly in North Carolina which is the state that Bernie Sanders had put a lot of effort and energy into. So, a notable loss for them, and the thoroughness of which joe biden has swept to victory here is something that does not necessarily bode well for them going forward. With that said, they are Still Holding out for the critical large states, texas and especially california. They really need that to come in big for them. So, it is clear that this is a twoperson race and that is how Bernie Sanders framed it when he talked to his supporters tonight. He did not necessarily say the name, but he was going after joe biden. And it is our campaign, our movement which is best positioned to defeat trump. You cannot beat trump with the same old, same old kind of politics. What we need is a new politics that brings working class people into our political movement. Which brings young people into our political movement. Reporter it is pretty clear that while Bernie Sanders is counting on a huge turnout of young voters, it does not seem to be enough at this point to take him over the line to show that he is expanding his coalition. One question that i have going forward, all of the candidates except for Bernie Sanders have been on the record saying that the Democratic National convention in milwaukee should play by the rules it wrote which means that if no candidate had an outright majority, it would potentially go to the second ballot and anybody who did not come out of the pledged delegate pile could win the nomination, but Bernie Sanders is the only one who said, no, whoever comes out with the plurality of the delegates could sho be t s shou, and that is because they viewed him to be in the scenario, and now with this closing, and joe biden potentially finishing ahead of Bernie Sanders in the delegate race tonight, i am interested to know if those words come back to haunt Bernie Sanders. Savannah and lester. Yes, we were talking about that, kasie, and to see how it plays out with the shoe on the other foot potentially. The polls closed in california about 11 minutes ago, and there are lines still, joe friar from l. A. County . Yes, that is right. So the polls may be closed, but it is not looking like it. I am in southern part of l. A. County, and this is the front of the line here in the gymnasium and how long does it go . Well, it is stretching here and just before 8 00, the line went actually outside of the door here and extended outside, but at 8 00, all of the people outside were brought in, and why is that . Because the registrar said that if you were in line and showed up to the Voting Center by 8 00, youd be able to vote. So they bought all of the people in, and how many people are there . Well, the line is wrapping around the gymnasium here all around the corner. You can see that it is the end of the line wrapping around here. It is hard to know how long the people will wait to vote, and i would guess at least an hour and half if not longer. Long lines have been a story here in l. A. , and the reason why is that in l. A. County they have touch screen computer voting. They like them, but there are issues that have slowed it down. You take a look here, and we have 15 voting booths and most of them are empty right now, and it is looking like that, and you may see five, or six or seven people filling the voting booths at any time. So it is a slow go today, and here where we are in other parts of l. A. County, we have reports of people going two hours or longer, and the polls have been closed for 12 minutes. So we have a long line of people and if they are waiting in line, they will be able to cast their votes, but they could be waiting for a while. Back to you. Insight into the election, and thank you, joe. We knew it would take a long time to count the votes in california, but looking at those lines, even longer. Lets go to our correspondent Cynthia Mcfadden and looking at that technology that joe was talking about that you have covered. Yes, there were problems with the Voting Machines a couple of months ago when they went through the paces, the machines clogged up in the printer five times more than allowed in california. So some of the problem is apparently with the new Voting System which the city of los angeles paid 300 million for. And another issue is that los angeles went from the neighborhood voting station, the polling station to these big vote centers. And the bigger vote centers that have had real problems, they promised in l. A. County alone 1,000 of them, but as of friday, there were 244 of them up and running and added a whole lot over the weekend, but there have been e normous backups, because the Voting Centers were not equipped to handle the volume coming in. In addition, it is kind of interesting, because the other big state tonight, texas, they have also had tremendous lines. And also, on of the jurisdictions that has had large lines went to the same vote center that may be something to look at as we are going into the general in the fall. You know, it is worth pointing out that the department of Homeland Security briefed reporters the night, and as you know, they are in charge of the security system, and they said that things were going essentially well. When it came to cybersecurity, there were no incidents of major significance reported across the country, and that is good news. These long lines are not good news. It is a way of disen reasfranci the voters if you have to stand in lines for two to three more hours, and we have had reports from Los Angeles County and around texas that people are standing in line for two to three hours, and this is just next to the ucla campus at the hammer. At the hammer gallery, and two to threehour line wait which s was taken a few hours ago. We can hope in eight months they get it together. In eight months the people will get to the front of the line. And we have not ever seen california so early in the political calendar, and not a part of the super tuesday. They put the super in the super tuesday. And onethird of the delegates will be awarded from delegate and usually attend of the primary season, and tonight, really playing a role to count those votes. Yes. And we have eight states in the biden column and three for sanders, but the two big ones that we are talking about texas and california, we have not called them yet. We will continue to dive deep we will continue to dive deep into the numb when the murrays head to work. Their dog michelangelo gets to work, too. Todays job . Own. The. Bed. Stinkeee. Good thing they use new gain ultraflings with two times the oxi boost and febreze, for ultrabig, ultrastinky loads. Fresh again. Gain. Seriously good scent. And if you love gain flings, youve gotta try the dish soap. [sneeare you ok . Fles] yah, its just a cold. 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The calming scent of lavender by downy infusions calm. Laundry isnt done until its done with downy. It is 20 minutes after 8 00 on the west coast and here is the overview of what has happened so far on this super tuesday. Joe biden cleaning up so far. He got a big delegate lead over Bernie Sanders and we await the votes to be counted in california. We could be waiting a while, because it is too early to call the race and however, nbc is projecting that sanders is leading the race at the moment. You can see bloomberg who has put a lot of money, time, organization into this state is paying off at the moment. He is looking to be above the threshold of viability as does joe biden. We are watching texas closely where almost half of the vote is in and we are characterizing this race as too close the call. Sanders and biden are duking it out there in maine. Also looks like 65 of that vote is and 1,300 vote difference. And biden is leading by a percentage point, and that is just part of the i mean, he was nowhere in maine, and maine was a twoperson race between sanders and warren. He is winning in places that he did not visit. At all. To go back to california for a second, and sanders istonight, we are watching all night long and we are confident that biden is going to get viability, and what you want to watch all night long is bloomberg and warren in particular. I mean, right now, it is early votes and buttigieg may pop in some places here or there, but, keep an eye on those numbers 15 , because and this is biden who needs et a s it and if warr bloomberg hits viability, it is going to put a damper on the sanders delegate hall and mean that biden would win tonight on delegates. BloMike Bloomberg is not hav a great viability, but america samoa and we will go to Gabe Gutierrez of what is the thinking of the bloomberg camp as they are watching the numbers. Gabe . Hi, lester. The convention here have cleared out and the lights have gone out after an extremely disappointing night for Michael Bloomberg, and the candidate himself is headed to new york. The Officials Say that they will reassess whether to stay in the campaign tomorrow once all of the data is in. Again, an extremely disappointing night, and the big question is what will Michael Bloomberg do after the campaign spent more than 500 million over the last few months and a barrage of the tv ads and as you mentioned, the only decisive victory tonight was america samoa. Lester. Thank you, gabe. His campaign, you could argue turned on the debates, bloomberg. Absolutely. It is one of those things that is remarkable, and we were wondering about the great political experiment that a lot of the academic friends of mine wondered if you have all of the money in the world and run a campaign, and all of the polling and the get out the vote and the early vote and the tv advertising, but no good how is . And the product was at the debate. Look, he spent 200 million