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MINNESOTA.
RIGHT NOW, THE FIRST VOTES IN
CAMPAIGN 2020 ARE BEING TALLIED
SLOWLY.
THE IOWA CAUCUS POLLS ARE
CLOSE.
SO FAR NONE OF THE PRECINCTS
HAVE REPORTED RESULTS.
WE PUT THE TOP CANDIDATES IN
ALPHABETICAL ORDER.
AS YOU SEE, NO VOTES OR
DELEGATES HAVE BEEN TOTALED.
OFFICIALS IN IOWA EXPLAINED THE
DELAY SAYING THEY ARE DOING
ACCURACY CHECKS.
ESME MURPHY IS THERE WITH THE
AMY KLOBUCHAR CAMPAIGN.
SHE JOINS US.
THIS IS A FIRST.
Reporter: IT IS A FIRST.
I TELL YOU WE ARE HERE AT
SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR'S POCKETS
HEADQUARTERS.
THE RESULTS ARE SLOW TO COME
IN.
THE IOWA DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS
RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING
THIS INVOLVES QUALITY CONTROLS
AND IT ALSO INVOLVES THE FACT
THEY HAVE CHANGED THE WAY THEY
ARE REPORTING THE RESULTS.
THEY ARE REPORTING THREE
DIFFERENT SETS OF RESULTS.
THE FIRST RESULTS, FINAL
RESULTS, AND ALSO THE ALLOTMENT
OF DELEGATES.
THEY NEVER HAD THREE SETS OF
RESULTS REPORTED BEFORE.
THAT OBVIOUSLY IS TAKING
LONGER.
WE HAVE NO RESULTS RIGHT YET.
WE ARE EXPECTING SENATOR
KLOBUCHAR TO COME HERE AND TALK
TO HER SUPPORTERS WHEN THERE
ARE RESULTS.
WE DID CATCH UP WITH THE
SENATOR EARLIER THIS EVENING.
[ CHEERS ]
Reporter: AFTER SPENDING THE
DAY AT THE IMPEACHMENT CLOSING
ARGUMENTS, SENATOR KLOBUCHAR
CAME BACK FOR CHEERS FROM VOTERS
AT THIS CAUCUS.
WE WILL BUILD A BEAUTIFUL
BLUE WALL, A DEMOCRATIC WALL OF
VOTES AROUND OUR STATE.
WE WILL MAKE DONALD TRUMP PAY
FOR IT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
Reporter: SHE ASKED FOR
VOTES.
SHE APPEALED FOR DEMOCRATIC
PARTY UNITY.
IF WE HAVE THIS TURNOUT, WE
WILL WIN STATEWIDE IN IOWA IN
THE FALL.
Reporter: THE MINNESOTA
SENATE ARE HEDGED ON HOW WELL
SHE MUST DO IN I WANT TO CREATE
MOMENTUM IN OTHER STATES WHERE
SHE HAS FAR LESS SUPPORT AND
ORGANIZATION.
I THINK I SPENT AT LEAST ON
TV OF ALL THE TOP A CANDIDATES
OR SO IN THE RACE, AND THE
FACT, WE HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY
IN THE TOP FIVE AND DOUBLE
DIGITS, I THINK THAT IS A REAL
WIN FOR ME.
Reporter: AT THE SUBURBAN
CAUCUS SHE VISITED, BASHAR
STRUGGLED TO MEET THE 15%
THRESHOLD FOR SUPPORT.
MAYOR PETE, 78.
Reporter: ONE CANDIDATE NOT
HAVING THAT PROBLEM, PETE
BUTTIGIEG, WHO EASILY WON THIS
PRECINCT.
IT IS ASTONISHING.
HE IS CRISSCROSSING IOWA.
TALKING TO DIFFERENT VOTERS.
ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO SWITCHED
FROM OBAMA TO TRUMP.
NOW WE SEE PETE AS THE NUMBER 1
CANDIDATE AT THIS PRECINCT.
AMAZING.
Reporter: NOW, SENATOR AMY
KLOBUCHAR DID VISIT ANOTHER
CAUCUS IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SHE ENDED UP WINNING THAT CAUCUS
DECISIVELY.
THESE ARE ONLY TWO OF 1700
RECENT CAUCUSES AROUND THE
STATE OF IOWA.
THE RESULTS AGAIN ARE SLOW IN
COMING IN.
NOT KEEP THE KEYS IN YOUR CAR.
TOMORROW ON WCCO THIS MORNING,
KIM'S DOCTOR TALKS ABOUT
CREATIVE WAYS TO GET THE EXTRA
HOUR OF SLEEP.
RIGHT NOW WE HEAD BACK TO
DES MOINES, WHERE A
IS TAKING TO SUPPORTERS AT
HER CAUCUS WHAT PARTY.
LET'S LISTEN IN.
[ CHEERS ] WE ARE BRINGING
THIS TICKET TO NEW HAMPSHIRE.
SO, EVEN IN A CROWDED FIELD OF
CANDIDATES, EVEN DURING THE
WELL-EARNED IMPEACHMENT HEARING
OF DONALD J TRUMP, WHICH KEPT
ME BOLTED TO MY SENATE DESK FOR
THE LAST TWO WEEKS, WE KEPT
FIGHTING.
AND YOU KEPT FIGHTING FOR ME.
[ APPLAUSE ]
WE HAVE STARTED IN A LIZARD
BLIZZARD.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DID NOT PREDICT
I WOULD FINISH THAT SPEECH.
HOW CAN SHE DO IT?
IN THE SUMMER, THEY KEPT
SAYING, WILL SHE MAKE IT
THROUGH THE SUMMER?
AND DEBATE AFTER DEBATE AFTER
DEBATE.
ALL I CAN SAY IS WE ARE HERE AND
WE ARE STRONG.
[ APPLAUSE ]
WITH THAT SAME GREAT THAT
GOD IS THROUGH THAT BLIZZARD,
THAT SAME GRIT THAT GOT US
THROUGH THAT BLIZZARD, WE ARE
STRONG.
YOU HAVE BEATEN THE ODDS EVERY
STEP OF THE WAY.
WE DID IT ON THE MERITS.
WITH IDEAS.
WITH HARD WORK.
THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ]
WE KNOW IN OUR HEARTS THAT,
IN A DEMOCRACY, IT IS NOT ABOUT
THE LOUDEST VOICE OR THE
BIGGEST BANK ACCOUNT.
IT IS ABOUT THE BEST IDEA, AND
IT IS ABOUT THE PERSON WHO CAN
TURN THOSE IDEAS INTO ACTION.
WE KNOW THAT OUR PARTY CANNOT
WIN BIG BY TRYING TO OUT DIVIDE
THE DIVIDER IN CHIEF.
WE KNOW THAT WE WIN BY BRINGING
PEOPLE WITH US, INSTEAD OF
SHUTTING THEM OUT.
DONALD TRUMP'S'S WORST
NIGHTMARE IS THAT THE PEOPLE IN
THE MIDDLE WHO HAVE HAD ENOUGH
OF THE NAME CALLING AND THE
MUDSLINGING HAVE A CANDIDATE TO
VOTE FOR IN THE MEMBER.
DONALD TRUMP'S WORST NIGHTMARE
IS THAT FIRED UP DEMOCRATS WILL
MARCH TO THREE, ALONGSIDE A BIG
COALITION OF INDEPENDENTS AND
MODERATE REPUBLICANS THAT SEE
THIS ELECTION JUST AS WE DO.
THAT THIS ELECTION IS AN
ECONOMIC CHECK.
IT ALSO IS A PATRIOTIC CHECK.
IT IS A DECENCY CHECK.
IT IS A SIMPLE IDEA.
IT IS A SIMPLE IDEA, THAT THE
HEART OF AMERICA IS SO MUCH
BIGGER THAN THE HEART OF THIS
GUY IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
AMY KLOBUCHAR SPEAKING
TONIGHT.
THE STRANGE THING ABOUT THE
CAUCUSES, WE HAVE NO RESULTS
YET.
THEY CHANGED SOME THINGS WITH
THEIR PROCEDURES AND VOTE
COUNTING.
NO ONE KNOWS WHO IS AHEAD RIGHT
NOW.