MONDAY: Sunny, mildermid 50s.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS IS YOUR LOCAL
ELECTION HEADQUARTERS.
IT'S SUPER TUESDAY.
VOTING IS WELL UNDERWAY IN
FOURTEEN STATES--
INCLUDING MASSACHUSETTS.
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TODAY'S VOTE COULD GO A LONG WAY
IN DETERMINING WHO WILL BE THE
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE--TO TAKE ON
PRESIDENT TRUMP NEXT FALL.
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SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS CAST HIS
BALLOT THIS MORNING--
IN HIS HOME STATE OF VERMONT.
HE HAS AN EDGE IN DELEGATES---
AND POLLS IN KEY STATES.
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ELIZABETH WARREN VOTED IN
CAMBRIDGE THIS MORNING.
SHE'S EXPECTED TO HEAD TO
MICHIGAN TONIGHT.
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JOE BIDEN--
WHO GOT A BOOST LAST NIGHT--
FROM THREE FORMER PRESIDENTIAL
HOPEFULS--
MADE A CAMPAIGN STOP IN OAKLAND
CALIFORNIA EARLIER.
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MIKE BLOOMBERG SPENT TODAY
CAMPAIGNING IN FLORIDA.
HE ENTERS SUPER TUESDAY AS THE
WILDCARD.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER STEPH
MACHADO IS LIVE IN NEW BEDFORD--
WITH A LOOK AT HOW VOTERS IN
SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS--
HAVE SPENT TODAY.
STEPH?
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WE ARE IN NEW BEDFORD, WHERE THE
POLLS ARE OPEN FOR ANOTHER THREE
HOURS. HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS THE
QUESTION IS WHETHER SENATOR
ELIZABETH WARREN WILL WIN HER
HOME STATE OR BE EDGED OUT BY
BERNIE SANDERS...SHE WAS IN
CAMBRIDGE THIS MORNING TO CAST
HER OWN BALLOT BUT IS NOT GOING
TO BE HERE TONIGHT AS THE
RESULTS ROLL IN, INSTEAD HEADING
TO A STATE THAT ISN'T EVEN
VOTING TODAY.
SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN
GREETING HER SUPPORTERS FROM THE
BED OF A PICKUP TRUCK AFTER
VOTING THIS MORNING IN
CAMBRIDGE.
I believe in an America we can
build together
BUT THE SECOND-TERM DEMOCRATIC
SENATOR IS NOT SPENDING SUPER
TUESDAY NIGHT IN HER HOME
STATE...
INSTEAD CAMPAIGNING IN
MICHIGAN...WHICH HOLDS ITS
PRIMARY NEXT WEEK.
It was just next on the schedule
to get out there and talk to
people, I don't think you should
read too much into it.
We'll see what happens tonight,
it could be huge, anything could
happen.
THE LATEST POLL IN THE
COMMONWEALTH -- BY THE BOSTON
GLOBE AND SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY
OVER THE WEEKEND -- HAD WARREN
AND BERNIE SANDERS IN A VIRTUAL
TIE FOR FIRST PLACE IN
MASSACHUSETTS.
I'm not worried. I am happy to
be part of this democrat
process.
THE VERMONT SENATOR CAMPAIGNED
IN SPRINGFIELD ON FRIDAY NIGHT
AND BOSTON SATURDAY MORNING
AIMING TO CAPTURE MORE BAY STATE
VOTES.
TODAY BERNIE BACK IN VERMONT TO
CAST HIS BALLOT...AND TO HOLD AN
ELECTION NIGHT EVENT IN HIS HOME
STATE.
VOTERS COMING OUT IN FALL RIVER
THIS MORNING FOR ALL THE
CANDIDATES --
I'm a Bernie Sanders fan, that's
the person I'm gonna vote for
Joe Biden. My mind was made up
from the get go.
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AND I SPOKE WITH BERNIE SANDERS'
NORTHEAST STATES DIRECTOR A
SHORT TIME AGO, WHO IS IN BOSTON
TODAY, HE SAID THEY ARE NOT
TAKING ANYTHING FOR GRANTED HERE
IN MASSACHUSETTS, SPENDING THE
DAY CAMPAIGNING FOR EVERY LAST
VOTE...
COMING UP NEW AT 6 WE TALK TO
THE MAYOR OF NEW BEDFORD -- A
WARREN SUPPORTER -- FOR HIS TAKE
ON HER CAMPAIGN.
LIVE IN NEW BEDFORD STEPH
COM AND THE WPRI-12 NEWS APP.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS IS YOUR LOCAL
ELECTION HEADQUARTERS --
TRACKING THE BIGGEST DAY OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
*YET:
SUPER TUESDAY.
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MILLIONS OF AMERICANS GOING TO
THE POLLS FROM---- COAST TO
COAST...
INCLUDING MASSACHUSETTS VOTERS
HERE IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS ----POLITICS
EDITOR TED NESI WILL BE HERE ALL
NIGHT---- AS THE SUPER TUESDAY
RESULTS COME IN.
HE JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.
TED... REMIND EVERYONE WHY TODAY
IS SUCH A BIG DEAL IN THE
PRIMARY PROCESS.
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I THINK THIS MAP SAYS IT ALL.
MASSACHUSETTS IS ONE OF *14*
STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY VOTING
TODAY...
BY TONIGHT ONE IN THREE
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION DELEGATES
WILL BE PLEDGED TO A CANDIDATE.
WITH SO MANY ON THE LINE,
ANY CANDIDATE WHO GETS A BIG
ADVANTAGE TODAY WILL BE ABLE TO
START PULLING AWAY FROM THE
OTHERS AND COMING CLOSER TO
WINNING THE NOMINATION.
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LET'S TALK ABOUT THE TWO
FRONTRUNNERS.
THERE IS A LOT ON THE LINE TODAY
FOR BERNIE SANDERS *AND* JOE
BIDEN.
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DEFINITELY.
LET'S START WITH JOE BIDEN.
POLITICAL WATCHERS LIKE MYSELF
HAVE BEEN I'D SAY PRETTY
ASTOUNDED THE LAST FEW DAYS BEY
THE REVERSAL IN HIS FORTUNES.
A WEEK AGO SOME PEOPLE WONDERED
WHETHER HE'D BE ON THE VERGE OF
DROPPING OUT BY NOW,
BUT SINCE THEN HE WON HIS
LANDSLIDE VICTORY IN SOUTH
CAROLINA, GOT TWO RIVALS TO
ENDORSE HIM, AND SURGED IN THE
FINAL POLLS...
AND ALL THAT IS COMPLICATING
THINGS FOR BERNIE *SANDERS.
HIS TEAM HAD HOPED A DIVIDED
FIELD WOULD LET HIM COME OUT ON
TOP WITH A LOW PERCENTAGE OF THE
VOTE....
AND HE'D BEEN SEEN AS THE
FRONTRUNNER A WEEK AGO WITH THE
POTENTIAL TOT BUILD UP AN
INSURMOUNTABLE LEAD TONIGHT.
NOW IT'S NOT AS CLEAR IF SANDERS
WILL GET THAT TURBOCHARGE HE
WANTED.
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AND HOW ABOUT THE LOCAL
CANDIDATE IN THE RACE --
MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR ELIZABETH
WARREN?
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WELL... THE WARREN CAMPAIGN NO
LONGER AGUES SHE CAN WIN
OUTRIGHT IN PRIMARIES.
THEY HOPE IF SHE WINS SOME
DELEGATES SHE COULD BE A
CONENSUS ALTERNATIVE AT A
BROKERED CONVENTION. BUT THAT'S
VERY MUCH A LONG SHOT.
FRANKLY... IT'S VERY MUCH UP IN
THE AIR WHETHER WARREN WILL EVEN
WIN HER HOME STATE OF
MASSACHUSETTS *TONIGHT, SO
THAT'S SOMETHING TO WATCH.
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AND TED WHEN DO YOU EXPECT
RESULTS?
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THE FIRST STATES CLOSE AT 7 P-M
OUR TIME SO WE COULD HAVE SOME
RESULTS PRETTY EARLY...
MASSACHUSETTS CLOSES AT 8...
AND THE LAST STATE TO CLOSE IS
CALIFORNIA AT 11 PM OUR TIME.
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NOW, YOUR LOCAL ELECTION
HEADQUARTERS ----
COVERING SUPER TUESDAY.
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MORE THAN 13-HUNDRED DEMOCRATIC
DELEGATES ARE UP FOR GRABS, FROM
FOURTEEN STATES -- INCLUDING
MASSACHUSETTS.
JOE BIDEN IS HOPING TO CONTINUE
THE MOMENT HE GOT FROM WINNING
SOUTH CAROLINA --- WHILE MIKE
BLOOMBERG WILL OFFICIALLY BE
APPEARING ON MANY BALLOTS FOR
THE FIRST TIME.
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AND IN MASSACHUSETTS ----
ELIZABETH WARREN IS HOPING FOR A
WIN IN HER HOME STATE, OVER
BERNIE SANDERS --- WITH RECENT
POLLS SHOWING THEM PRACTICALLY
TIED.
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER STEPH
MACHADO CONTINUES OUR ELECTION
COVERAGE, LIVE FROM NEW BEDFORD.
THERE ARE TWO HOURS LEFT TO VOTE
HERE IN MASSACHUSETTS...WE'RE IN
NEW BEDFORD WHERE A STEADY
STREAM OF VOTERS HAVE BEEN GOING
IN AND OUT OF THE POLLS...
ELIZABETH WARREN WON BRISTOL
COUNTY IN HER LAST SENATE RACE
IN 2018 WITH 52% OF THE VOTE...
WE'LL SEE TONIGHT WHETHER VOTERS
HERE PICK HER FOR PRESIDENT,
TOO.
thank you all
ELIZABETH WARREN BACK AT HOME
FOR SUPER TUESDAY MORNING TO
CAST HER BALLOT IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY...
Today is just part of getting
out and talking to people across
this country and hearing from
democracy. Were gonna have 40%
of our delegates up for grabs
today
WARREN AND VERMONT SENATOR
BERNIE SANDERS BATTLING IT OUT
FOR FIRST PLACE IN
MASSACHUSETTS, ACCORDING TO
RECENT POLLING..
WARREN HAS THE BACKING OF NEW
BEDFORD MAYOR JON MITCHELL.
I think she has not been
dogmatic in her approach overall
and I think she has a really
clear understanding of the
issues in my view that will make
her an effective president.
Steph: What do you think of the
fact that she won't be taking in
the results in her home state
tonight, she'll be in michigan?
Mitchell: This is just such a
rapid fire process, you don't
get to savor the victory at any
given point, you just have to
continue to move on
WARREN IS IN MICHIGAN
TONIGHT...WHICH HOLDS ITS
PRIMARY NEXT WEEK.
Warren: it was just next on the
schedule to get out there and
talk to people, I don't think
you should read anything special
into it
BERNIE SANDERS MEANWHILE MAKING
AN ALL-OUT PUSH FOR
MASSACHUSETTS...HE CAMPAIGNED IN
SPRINGFIELD AND BOSTON OVER THE
WEEKEND...
Sot from Springfield Friday:
This Tuesday, Super Tuesday very
important day, maybe the most
important day in the whole
primary process. We are here to
ask your help to win here in
Massachusetts.
TONIGHT BERNIE BACK IN VERMONT
-- TO CELEBRATE AN EXPECTED
VICTORY IN HIS HOME STATE WITH
HIS CONSTITUENTS.
BERNIE'S NORTHEAST STATES
DIRECTOR IS HERE IN
MASSACHUSETTS TONIGHT HE SAYS
THEY'RE LEAVING NO STONE
UNTURNED IN THEIR FIGHT TO WIN
THE STATE...BERNIE AND JOE BIDEN
EXPECTED TO WIN THE MOST
DELEGATES TONIGHT ACROSS 14
STATES...BUT THERE IS STILL
PLENTY OF UNCERTAINTY..
WARREN'S TEAM MEANWHILE OF
COURSE HOPING TO WIN
MASSACHUSETTS AND PICK UP
DELEGATES IN OTHER STATES SO
THAT SHE CAN STAY COMPETITIVE IN