CHRIS JANSING LOOKS BACK ON THIS
HISTORIC YEAR IN POLITICS.
>> THE YEAR IN POLITICS NO ONE
SAW COMING.
>> WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT
YEAR.
>> Reporter: IT STARTED OUT SO
NORMAL.
>> TODAY I’M SUSPENDING MY
CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT.
>> Reporter: A HUGE DEMOCRATIC
FIELD NARROWING WITH A DIVERSION
FROM THE TRAIL TO THE TRIAL OF
AN IMPEACHED PRESIDENT.
>> THE PRESIDENT ACQUITTED OF
ABUSING POWER AND OBSTRUCTING
CONGRESS.
>> NOT PURPOSELY BUT I’VE DONE
SOME THINGS WRONG.
THIS IS WHAT THE END RESULT IT.
>> Reporter: FEBRUARY IS ALL
ABOUT RESULTS KICKING OFF WITH A
CAUCUS.
>> OF THE IOWA CAUCUSES.
>> IOWA.
>> IOWA CAUCUS.
>> IOWA!
>> Reporter: THE SNOWY
SATURDAYS, ENDLESS SELFIES
FAMILIAR EN ROUTE TO AN
UNFAMILIAR FINISH.
>> ZERO PERCENT AFTER 10:00 ON
THE EAST COAST.
>> CHAOS AND CONFUSION IN THE
STATE OF IOWA AS TECHNICAL
ISSUES OVERSHADOW THE FIRST
VOTES OF THE PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION.
>> Reporter: THE LOSERS WERE
CLEAR.
>> I AM NOT GOING TO SUGAR COAT
IT.
WE TOOK A GUT PUNCH IN IOWA.
>> Reporter: WINNERS NOT SO
MUCH.
THE CAMPAIGN TRUDGED ON.
>> NO OFFENSE IOWA BUT IT’S BEEN
COOL TONIGHT TO SEE HOW PEOPLE
VOTED FOR.
>> THANK YOU, NEW HAMPSHIRE!
>> Reporter: JOE BIDEN’S
CAMPAIGN LOOKING ALL BUT DONE.
>> THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT THE
GUY WHO LED THE NATIONAL POLLS
FOR ALL OF 2019 INTO 2020 FIFTH
PLACE, 8%.
>> Reporter: WHILE EVEN MORE
CANDIDATES ARE DONE.
BUT THEN JIM CLYBURN CHANGED
EVERYTHING.
>> SOUTH CAROLINA SHOULD BE
VOTING FOR JOE BIDEN.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK
YOU, SOUTH CAROLINA!
>> Reporter: BIDEN ROLLS AND THE
COMPETITION GETS ROLLED OVER.
>> JUST ONE DOMINANT WIN AFTER
ANOTHER.
>> JUST A MONTH AGO HE WAS ALL
BUT GONE IN THE RACE.
>> Reporter: MIKE BLOOMBERG OUT
AFTER SPENDING $1 BILLION FOR
ONE WIN.
>> THERE IS YOUR PROJECTED
WINNER AN AMERICAN SAMOA.
>> Reporter: THE INCUMBENT
BETTING HIS CAMPAIGN AN
MINIMIZING A PANDEMIC.
>> WHEN YOU HAVE 15 POEMEOPLE AN
THE 15 WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS
IS DOWN CLOSE TO ZERO.
>> Reporter: RALLIES ARE
CANCELED, PRIMARIES DELAYED AND
THE STATES BECOME BATTLEGROUND.
>> NONESSENTIAL PEOPLE SHOULD
STAY AT HOME.
>> WE WILL GET PAST THIS.
WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS.
>> I THINK THERE’S A LOT OF FEAR
OUT THERE.
>> Reporter: DEBATES OVER MASKS,
RESTAURANTS, SCHOOLS AS THE
VIRUS RESHAPES AMERICAN LIFE AND
THE CAMPAIGN.
>> SUPPOSING WE HIT THE BODY
WITH A TREMENDOUS, WHETHER IT’S
ULTRA VIOLET OR JUST VERY
POWERFUL LIGHT.
>> Reporter: BY APRIL, BERNIE
SANDERS IS OUT, AND IN MAY -- A
HORRIFIC DEATH.
>> I CAN’T BREATHE.
>> Reporter: THAT BECOMES AN
INTERNATIONAL RALLYING CRY.
AND AGAIN, SHAKES UP THE RACE
FOR PRESIDENT.
VIOLENCE AGAINST PEACEFUL
PROTESTERS CLEARS A PATH FOR A
PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO OP.
AND CALLS FOR JUSTICE CONTINUE
INTO JULY, WHEN THE CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT LOSES AN ICON.
>> LIKE JOHN, WE’VE GOT TO KEEP
GETTING INTO THAT GOOD TROUBLE.
>> Reporter: ANOTHER CAPITOL
HILL FAREWELL FOR JUSTICE RUTH
BADER GINSBURG, AND WITH
CORONAVIRUS DEATHS RISING, SO IS
CONTROVERSY OVER WHAT TO DO
ABOUT IT.
>> YOU CAN TEST TOO MUCH.
YOU DO KNOW THAT.
>> Reporter: WHO SAYS THAT?
>> READ THE MANUALS, READ THE
BOOKS.
>> Reporter: WHAT MANUALS?
>> READ THE BOOKS.
>> Reporter: WHAT BOOKS?
>> Reporter: BOTH PARTIES
REWRITE THE BOOK HOLDING
UNCONVENTIONAL CONVENTIONS.
>> THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
ELECTION IN THE HISTORY OF OUR
COUNTRY.
>> THIS WILL DETERMINE WHAT
AMERICA IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE
FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
>> Reporter: THEIR FIRST DEBATE
A CHAOTIC MESS.
>> RADICAL LEFT.
>> WILL YOU SHUT UP, MAN?
>> WHO IS ON YOUR LIST, JOE?
ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF LAW AND
ORDER?
>> YES, I AM.
>> YOU ASKED HIM A QUESTION.
LET HIM FINISH.
>> PROUD BOYS, STAND BACK AND
STAND BY.
>> Reporter: A SECOND DEBATE
CANCELED
CANCELED.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP FLOWN TO
WALTER REED HOSPITAL AS A
PRECAUTION AFTER BOTH HE AND THE
FIRST LADY TESTED POSITIVE FOR
THE CORONAVIRUS.
>> Reporter: TWO DAYS LATER A
DRIVE-BY FOR SUPPORTERS AHEAD OF
A RETURN TO THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
>> I WENT THROUGH IT.
NOW THEY SAY I’M IMMUNE.
I FEEL SO POWERFUL.
>> Reporter: THE POWER OF A
REPUBLICAN SENATE CEMENTS A
CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY ON THE
SUPREME COURT AFTER A NEARLY
MASKLESS NOMINATION IN THE ROSE
GARDEN.
>> THE DATA SPEAK FOR
THEMSELVES.
WE HAD A SUPERSPREADER EVENT IN
THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> Reporter: WITH THE WHITE
HOUSE AS THE PRIZE, VOTERS TURN
OUT IN RECORD NUMBERS UNDETERRED
BY A PANDEMIC, COURT CASES OR
EVEN DISAPPEARING MAILBOXES AND
AFTER NEARLY FOUR AGONIZING AND
METICULOUS DAYS OF COUNTING.
>> WE HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO
MAKE, JOE BIDEN IS
PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
>> Reporter: DEMOCRATS CELEBRATE
A 7 MILLION VOTE WIN AND A GLASS
CEILING BEING BROKEN.
>> THE PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER TO
BUILD A BETTER FUTURE.
>> THEY DELIVERED US A CLEAR
VICTORY, A CONVINCING VICTORY.
>> BUT THEY CHEATED AND THEY
RIGGED OUR PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION, BUT WE WILL STILL WIN
IT.
>> Reporter: A WIN UNALTERED BY
CONSTANT DENIALS, BIZARRE PRESS
CONFERENCES AND LOSING LAWSUITS.
THEN, ONE MORE UNDENIABLE
VICTORY DELIVERED BY SCIENCE.
A VACCINE THAT WILL SHAPE 2021,
ALONG WITH A NEW PRESIDENT, A
DIVERSE CABINET, AND THE ANSWER
TO THE TANTALIZING QUESTION
STILL OUT THERE, GEORGIA, WHO