well John voting is underway as you can
see here behind me we're not expecting
any of the chaos that we saw in Iowa
last week they're not introducing any
new technology here fingers crossed
the big hope is that they managed to
drastically whittle down the number of
candidates from the five main contenders
still in the race that is unusual even
at these early stages of the Democratic
race incidentally one of those
candidates the former Vice President Joe
Biden who was at one stage slated to
even win here has already packed up his
bags and gone home so surety that he is
going to fare badly this evening that is
of course terrible news for him but it's
great news for Donald Trump who sees the
demise of strong candidates like mr.
Biden and the rise potentially of more
left-wing candidates like the senator
Bernie Sanders as playing straight into
his hands and that really encapsulate
the agony for the Democrats here the
idea that they are trying to unify
around a single candidate who is best
placed to beat Donald Trump in November
make sure you feel steady you don't feel
off balance the White Mountains of New
Hampshire and locals in search of inner
peace soap your left palm over and reach
it up reverse your warrior drowning out
the noise to focus on the moment the
Democrats here are seeking their own
enlightenment ending up relax your legs
relax your arms in angst is this when it
comes to picking a candidate to beat
Donald Trump do they vote with their
heart or with their head exhale hands
down to heart nice but it's gonna come
down to me personally is I have the
challenge of voting for who I like
versus who I feel can beat Trump in the
fall and that to me is is the dilemma
find your breath I am also in the camp
of anyone that will beat Trump so if it
looks like someone's coming out you know
in the front and they've got the good
chance that I'm going that way
the problem is last week's voting
debacle in Iowa didn't deliver an
overwhelming winner at least five
candidates are still competing for that
leading edge but one man is gaining
surprised traction
I am definitely voting for mayor Pete I
love his platform and he's got my vote I
love a smart man and you just sit there
and listen to him and he has a way of
talking to you it's like taking a valium
it's like Big Buddha says is a 38 year
old former mayor from Indiana who was
unheard of here a year ago and polling
at zero don't let anybody tell you you
got to choose between listening to your
head and listening to your heart but he
upended the democratic norms too
narrowly squeak a shock victory in Iowa
he's now hoping his message of
generational change will make him the
undisputed winner here so that we win so
big that we not only bring an end to the
trump presidency but we put trumpism in
the dustbin of history with it to do
that mayor Peake will need to overcome
the perception he's weak among
african-american voters and that the
u.s. simply isn't ready to elect a gay
man as president I don't think it really
has anything to do with his choice of a
partner or his choice of living is his
choice on what he values for this
country no prizes for me guessing who
you're supporting in this contest or he
would have never guessed it would you
know I've heard him speak about eleven
times and I could just sit there I'm
riveted every time he speaks meanwhile
an hour away they're chanting for Amy
Klobuchar the senator from Minnesota who
left Iowa a distant fifth but one
stonking TV debate later and she's the
golden girl of New Hampshire New
Hampshire for Amy pins two dollars-three
four after raising an extra three
million dollars overnight senator is
America ready to elect a female
president they're more than ready
because they can beat Donald Trump I'm
tough enough to do it I'm how confident
are you very confident we are here in
New Hampshire and we are surging
momentum here is everything and the
polls showed this affable Midwestern er
jumped into third place ahead even of
the former Vice President Joe Biden we
are going to build a beautiful blue wall
of votes around these states and we're
gonna make Donald Trump pay for it
[Applause]
the rapturous applause here but can she
convince the nation that now is the time
to put a woman in the White House oh god
yes let me tell you she is really up
there first time voting for you do you
know who you're voting for
yes we're voting for Amy yeah but could
she or anyone do enough to catch up with
radical Bernie I plan on a campaign of
radical transparency senator Bernie
Sanders may be the butt of our jokes
here Donald Trump is - it was a perfect
call it was one of the greatest calls
I've ever made but Bernie's no joke in
the polls out front at least five points
ahead of mayor Pete perhaps sensing a
socialist insurgency the real Donald
Trump came to town to hold a rally right
in the Democrats faces this president
has gotten done more than most
presidents combined people feel secure
in our country because we know we have a
strong able powerful leader and we need
another four years maybe even another
four years after that Donald Trump lost
New Hampshire to Hillary Clinton in 2016
but only just
and a win here this time would be
seismic
that's why Democratic voters are still
searching for that moment of clarity
when the clouds lift and boaters finally
settle on the candidate they believe can
make it all the way to the White House
well John the voting is expected to
close here and across New Hampshire
around 8 o'clock we are expected all
things being smooth together winner
announced some time by 10:00 or 11:00
well as you mentioned there are those
candidates there but there is one more
yet to come
the billionaire former mayor of New York
Mayor Bloomberg what effect might he
have well John that's right the
billionaire Michael Bloomberg hasn't
taken part either here or in Iowa last
week but he is strangely managing to
poll the latest polls at least say about
third nationally and that's because he's
spending hundreds of millions more than
300 million pounds on these
heavy-hitting advertising campaigns the
first time he will appear on voters
ballots though will be in California
where he is expecting where he is hoping
very much to shake up the race and go
head-to-head of course with the other
billionaire in this race Donald Trump