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>> WELCOME TO THE ELECTION DESK.
DESK.
DESK. WE
DESK. WE ARE EXPECTING NUMBERS TO
COME IN FROM THE SECRETARY OF
STATES OFFICE AT ANY MINUTE.
WE DO KNOW THAT MORE THAN 1
MILLION BALLOTS WERE FILED
STATEWIDE FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
WE NOW HAVE IN MY EAR, THEY
TELL ME THE RESULTS OUT OF KING
COUNTY WHERE WE KNOW THAT
450,000 BALLOTS WERE GOING TO
BE COUNTED TODAY.
YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS ON YOUR
SCREEN.
SCREEN.
SCREEN. AGAIN, KING COUNTY NUMBERS
ONLY.
ONLY.
ONLY. THE
ONLY. THE PEOPLE WHO FILLED OUT AND
CHECK THE BOX AS DEMOCRAT
BERNIE SANDERS WITH A SLIGHT
LEAD AT 33.6% OVER JOE BIDEN AT
32.5.
32.5.
32.5. REMEMBER, ELIZABETH WARREN
DROPPED OUT AFTER THE BALLOTS
WERE MAILED OUT ALONG WITH
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG. YOU CAN SEE THEY REGISTERED.
15.2% FOR WARREN, MICHAEL
BLOOMBERG JUST UNDER 9%.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE KING COUNTY
NUMBERS ONLY.
NUMBERS ONLY. WE ARE EXPECTING MORE NUMBERS
TO POUR IN FROM THE STATE.
THERE YOU HAVE IT.
OUR FIRST NUMBERS FROM
WASHINGTON STATE.
WASHINGTON STATE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT
THOSE AS THEY POUR IN
THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE
HOUR.
HOUR.
HOUR. WE
HOUR. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WHAT
WE HAVE SEEN ON A NATIONAL
LEVEL.
LEVEL.
LEVEL. THERE IS A LOT OF FOCUS ON
MICHIGAN TODAY.
MICHIGAN TODAY. WHAT IS YOUR PRIMARY TAKE?
>> THIS IS A ANOTHER IGNITE FOR
JOE BIDEN.
JOE BIDEN. JUST LIKE IT WAS ON SUPER
TUESDAY.
TUESDAY.
TUESDAY. TO HEAR WHAT JOE BIDEN WAS JUST
SAYING WHEN HE WAS SPEAKING HE
IS TRYING TO REACH OUT TO
SANDERS SUPPORTERS NOW.
SANDERS CAMPAIGN HAS SAID HE IS
NOT GOING TO BE SPEAKING
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. THAT IS VERY TELLING.
THAT TELLS ME THAT HE IS GOING
IN TO TALK TO HIS ADVISORS
ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT STEP IS FOR
HIS CAMPAIGN.
HIS CAMPAIGN. IS THERE A STEP FORWARD?
WHY WOULD YOU CONTINUE IF THERE
IS NOT?
IS NOT?
IS NOT? A
IS NOT? A BIG STEP FOR JOE BIDEN.
IT IS CLOSED IN THE EARLY
NUMBERS IN WASHINGTON.
YOU HAVE WORN AND BLOOMBERG
GETTING A SIGNIFICANT CHUNK
FROM THE EARLY VOTE.
AS THE VOTES COME IN WE WILL
SEE WHERE THINGS AND THAT.
>> RON, YOU ARE A FORMER KING
COUNTY EXECUTIVE.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE. YOU KNOW KING COUNTY WELL.
THOSE ARE KING COUNTY NUMBERS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE
MARGIN?
MARGIN?
MARGIN? >> I AM SURPRISED IT WAS SO
SMALL.
SMALL.
SMALL. IN
SMALL. IN KING COUNTY YOU WOULD EXPECT
PEOPLE TO MOVE MORE TOWARD THE
CANDIDATE THAT IS THE MORE
LIBERAL.
LIBERAL.
LIBERAL. IT IS A REALLY TIGHT RACE
BETWEEN SANDERS AND BIDEN.
I AM NOT SURPRISED.
KING COUNTY HAS PEOPLE WHO ARE
RUMORS.
RUMORS.
RUMORS. THEY ARE MILLENNIAL'S.
IT IS A GOOD MIX.
PEOPLE HAVE A STRONG PASSION.
I DIDN'T EXPECT IT TO BE ONE
CANDIDATE OR THE OTHER.
I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE
VERY CLOSE.
VERY CLOSE. >> ONE THING, WE JUST WENT
THROUGH THE NUMBERS IN MICHIGAN
AND MISSOURI, THEY HAVE BEEN
CALLED FOR JOE BIDEN.
AS YOU LOOK AT THE KING COUNTY
NUMBERS ON THE WASHINGTON SIDE,
IN MISSISSIPPI THERE IS A
QUESTION AT THIS HOUR IF BERNIE
SANDERS WILL MEET THE 15%
THRESHOLD.
THRESHOLD. IT COULD BE AN ALL OR NOTHING
SITUATION FOR JOE BIDEN IN
TERMS OF GETTING ALL OF THE
DELEGATES OUT OF MISSISSIPPI.
HE IS PERFORMING EXTREMELY
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. ROUGHLY 85% OF THE BALLOTS HAVE
BEEN COUNTED IN MISSISSIPPI.
THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS ARE
ALMOST TWO TO ONE IN EARLY
VOTING.
VOTING.
VOTING. THAT WILL BE SOMETHING TO
CONTINUE TO WATCH.
DO YOU HAVE ANY FINAL THOUGHTS
AS WE TALKED ABOUT WASHINGTON
STATE NUMBERS?
STATE NUMBERS? >> I THINK THAT THE POLLING
LAST FRIDAY SHOWED THAT IT WAS
NECK AND NECK.
WHAT YOU SAW IN MICHIGAN
TONIGHT IT LOOKS LIKE SOME OF
THE WARREN SUPPORTERS ARE GOING
TO JOE BIDEN.
THE PARTY SEEMS TO BE
COALESCING.
COALESCING. I THINK THE EARLY NUMBERS DO
SEND AN INDICATION THAT IT
MIGHT BE A GOOD NIGHT FOR JOE
BIDEN IN WASHINGTON STATE.
>> ONE QUICK QUESTION, IS IT
ALSO NOT A GOOD NIGHT FOR
PRESIDENT TRUMP?
PRESIDENT TRUMP? MORE THAN 600,000 PEOPLE
CASTING THEIR BALLOTS FOR
PRESIDENT TRUMP, CORRECT?
>> ONE WOULD EXPECT THAT IN A
STATE LIKE THIS.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
REPUBLICANS.
REPUBLICANS. I'M NOT SURPRISED THAT THERE
WERE 600,000 VOTES CAST FOR
DONALD TRUMP.
DONALD TRUMP. >> ONE THING TO POINT OUT TO
JOYCE'S QUESTION, AS OF
YESTERDAY WITH THE SECRETARY OF
STATES OFFICE THE NUMBERS WERE
TRENDING HEAVILY ON THE
DEMOCRATIC SIDE.
DEMOCRATIC SIDE. WHETHER YOU FILL OUT THE
DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN BOX.
IT WAS ABOUT NUMBER TWO TO
NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER ONE. THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WE WILL WATCH.
>> HOUSE AND SENATE, GOVERNOR,
ALL OF