Also, the u. S. Closing off the borders be at lets take a look where the markets are. Asia, gains in the u. S. And europe, that surge overnight, the best day in six weeks, european stocks doing their best in two months, vaccine optimism boosting investor sentiment. The csi 300 is up. If you take a look at chinas oil demand, which is set to be back at precrisis levels of consumption, it is said to be fully open as factories open and drivers are back on the road. Rebounding, the benchmark opening the door for , whiches of alibaba could prove to be a boost for investors we have the kospi higher by about 2 for investors. We have the kospi higher by about 2 . And in southeast asia, we are keeping a close eye on the jakarta composite index, currently trading higher. Indonesia, the governor is expected to cut the benchmark rate by about 25 basis points. Gains pretty much across the board for singapore, as well as malaysia. Rish . Rishaad haslinda, more on donald trump here, escalating his thr
This week all up front were tackling 2 big political dramas in the us the battle between Bernie Sanders and joe biden to be the democratic nominee for president and take on donald trump while in malaysia a new Prime Minister taking office in a backroom deal and controversially pushing aside in the process. Super tuesday the biggest day in the u. S. Electoral calendar so far resulted in a big win for former Vice President joe biden and the establishment wing of the Democratic Party that he represents biden carried 10 out of the 14 states in play while independent senator Bernie Sanders who was the front runner going into super tuesday is on track to win the other 4 including the state with the most Democratic Delegates california so with the contest for the democratic nomination now essentially a 2 horse race which of these 2 men has the best chance of defeating donald trump in november to debate this im joined from new york by linda saw saw national surrogate for the Bernie Sanders cam
Democratic party that he represents biden carried 10 out of the 14 states in play while independent vermont senator Bernie Sanders who was the front runner going into super tuesday is on track to win the other 4 including the state with the most Democratic Delegates california so with the contest for the democratic nomination now essentially a 2 horse race which of these 2 men has the best chance of defeating donald trump in november to debate this im joined from new york by linda saw saw national surrogate for the Bernie Sanders campaign and author of a new memoir we are not here to be bystanders and here in the studio by linda lee a Democratic Delegate count that a member of joe bidens policy and Outreach Team thank you both for joining me in the arena thank you so much linda let me start with you just a week ago or even i could say just a few days ago Bernie Sanders was going to be the runaway winner on super tuesday he was the front runner in the race for the democratic nomination
Brown the bottom line on u. S. Politics and policies and their effect on the world. This week on upfront were tackling 2 big political dramas in the us the battle between Bernie Sanders and joe biden to be the democratic nominee for president and take on donald trump while in malaysia a new Prime Minister taking office in a backroom deal and controversially pushing aside Mahathir Mohamad in the process. Of. Super tuesday the biggest day in the u. S. Electoral calendar so far resulted in a big win for former Vice President joe biden and the establishment wing of the Democratic Party that he represents biden carried 10 out of the 14 states in play while independent senator Bernie Sanders who was the front runner going into super tuesday is on track to win the other 4 including the state with the most Democratic Delegates california so with the contest for the democratic nomination now essentially a 2 horse race which of these 2 men has the best chance of defeating donald trump in novembe
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 t