SUE:..NOW TO JOE BIDEN'S BIG
NIGHT IN MICHIGAN.NBC NEWS
PROJECTING THAT THE FORMER V-P
HAS WON THE GREAT LAKES STATE
-- DELIVERING A POTENTIAL
KNOCKOUT BLOW TO BERNIE
SANDERS.
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BRIAN:..WE ARE LIVE WHERE
THERE WERE LONG WAITS TO VOTE
TONIGHT.WE ALSO HAVE CREWS
WITH BOTH THE SANDERS AND
BIDEN CAMPAIGNS.
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BRIAN:..FIRST -- LET'S GET
STRAIGHT TO THE NUMBERS.
POLITICAL REPORTER RICK ALBIN
IS HERE TO BREAK DOWN HOW JOE
BIDEN WON MICHIGAN TONIGHT.
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RICK:..
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RICK:..
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RICK:..
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SUE:..NOW TO THIS SCENE WE'VE
BEEN WATCHING UNFOLD ALL
EVENING.NEW RULES ALLOW YOU TO
REGISTER TO VOTE ON ELECTION
DAY -- THAT CHANGE LEADING TO
MAJOR LINES AT THE GRAND
RAPIDS AND KALAMAZOO CITY
CLERK OFFICES.
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BRIAN:..JACQUELINE FRANCIS AND
KYLE MITCHELL HAVE BEEN LIVE
ALL NIGHT SHOWING US THOSE
LINES.LET'S CHECK IN LIVE WITH
JACQUELINE IN GRAND RAPIDS.
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JACQUELINE:..-ADLIB SCENE /
CURRENT LINE-WE'VE BEEN HERE
WITH HOURS- RIGHT ALONG SIDE
SO MANY OF THESE VOTERS.. AND
HONESTLY, ATTITUDE IS
EVERYTHING AND FOR THE MOST
PART PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SO
POSITIVE, EXCITED TO VOTE AND
JUST MAKING THE BEST OF
SITUATION,
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((OSVALDO GONZALES))I
EXPECTED THE LINE TO BE LONG,
NOT WRAPPING AROUND LONG, BUT
YOU KNOW. I WAS ONLY HERE FOR
TWO HOURS, THAT'S LIKE A
MOVIE. //((BRENNA ARGUE))I'M
WATCHING THE BACHELOR LIVE
TONIGHT, IT'S THE FINAL
EPISODE AND I DIDN'T WANT TO
MISS IT SO I BROUGHT MY LAPTOP
SO I COULD WATCH IT AND I HAVE
MY YOUTUBE LIVE TV.
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JACQUELINE:..EVERYONE HERE
WILL GET A CHANCE TO REGISTER
AND CAST THEIR BALLOT.. AND
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT COME
NOVEMBER, THEYa
SKIP THIS LINE AND VOTE RIGHT
AT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD
PRECINCT. IN GR, JFR, BACK TO
YOU
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SUE:..NOW TO KALAMAZOO -- KYLE
MITCHELL WATCHING THE LONG
LINES AT THE CLERKS OFFICE
THERE.
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KYLE:..THE LINE IS NOW OUT OF
THE HALLWAY BUT THERE STILL
ARE A FEW PEOPLE INSIDE.
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NEW RULES ALLOWING VOTERS TO
REGISTER THE SAME DAY EXTENDED
THE LINE ACROSS THE WIDTH OF
KALAMAZOO CITY HALL AND EVEN
OUTSIDE AND DOWN THE RAMP.MANY
OF THE PEOPLE IN LINE WERE
STUDENT FROM WMU WHO HADN'T
UPDATED THEIR REGISTRATION TO
KALAMAZOO.THERE WERE BOXES OF
PIZZA AND WATER SENT OVER FOR
THE PEOPLE WAITING IN LINE.WE
SPOKE WITH THE LAST PERSON IN
LINE WHO IS A STUDENT AT KVCC
AND IS HERE WITH HIS SISTER.
SHE IS 18 AND VOTING FOR THE
FIRST TIME AND HAD AN ISSUE
WITH HER REGISTRATION.THEY
MADE IT IN LINE 30 SECONDS
BEFORE THE 8P.M. CUTOFF.
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ELIOT KUTTNER / VOTER04:35
"THEY HAVE BEEN DOING A REALLY
GOOD JOB ACTUALLY WITH THE
ATMOSPHERE THERE HAS BEEN A
LOT OF APPLAUSE AND EVERYTHING
PEOPLE WHO HAVE VOTED AND
THEY'VE GOT FOOD AND WATER AND
EVERYTHING SO THEY'VE BEEN
DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH
THAT. THE LINE HAS NOT BEEN
BAD. I'VE BEEN HERE ABOUT TWO
HOURS. I HEARD SOME PEOPLE SAY
THEY WERE HERE FOR ABOUT FOUR
HOURS SO IT'S NOT GREAT BUT IT
HAS BEEN KEPT JOVIAL AND
NICE."
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KYLE:..THE WORK CONTINUES NOW
TO MAKE SURE ALL THESE BALLOTS
ARE TABULATED.WE'LL HAVE THOSE
LATEST NUMBERS TOMORROW ON
DAYBREAK.LIVE IN KALAMAZOO,
KYLE MITCHELL, NEWS 8.
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BRIAN:..SECRETARY OF STATE
JOCELYN BENSON SAYS GRAND
RAPIDS AND KALAMAZOO WERE NOT
ALONE IN THIS.THEY WERE TWO OF
FIVE COMMUNITIES ACROSS OUR
STATE TO SEE A HUGE TURNOUT OF
NEW VOTERS.SHE SAYS THEY ARE
ALREADY WORKING ON A PLAN TO
FIX IT FOR NOVEMBER.
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SUE:..EAST LANSING, ANN ARBOR
AND DEARBORN ALSO SAW LONG
WAIT TIMES.BENSON'S OFFICE
SAYS MORE THAN 13-THOUSAND
PEOPLE REGISTERED TODAY -- AND
NEARLY HALF OF THOSE PEOPLE
SHOWED UP AT CLERK'S OFFICES
AFTER 4-30 THIS AFTERNOON.
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((JOCELYN BENSON//MICHIGAN
SECRETARY OF STATE))"THE FACT
THAT THESE CITIZENS WERE
BOTTLENECKED INTO ONE LOCATION
IN EACH OF THEIR COMMUNITIES.
THEY ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO
REGISTER AND VOTE IN ONE
LOCATION: THEIR CLERK'S
OFFICE. THAT MEANT THE
INFRASTRUCTURE SET UP TO
HANDLE MAYBE 10 OR 20 OR 30
REGISTRATIONS AND BALLOTS CAST
IN A DAY NOW HAD TO GRAPPLE
WITH HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
SHOWING
UP."
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SUE:..HER HOPE IS TO OPEN
ADDITONAL SATELLITE LOCATIONS
IN COMMUNITIES THAT SAW A
MASSIVE TURNOUT TODAY SO
PEOPLE CAN REGISTER QUICKLY --
AND LEGALLY.
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SUE:..OUR TEAM COVERAGE
CONTINUES NOW.WE'RE GETTING
REACTION FROM BOTH JOE BIDEN
AND BERNIE SANDERS SUPPORTERS.
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BRIAN:..LEON HENDRIX IS WITH
SANDERS SUPPORTERS IN GRAND
RAPIDS.FIRST TO DETROIT --
HEATHER WALKER IS WITH BIDEN
SUPPORTERS IN THE MOTOR CITY.
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HEATHER:..
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(( 22:50:03 TO ALL THOSE WHO
HAVE BEEN KNOCKED DOWN... NOW
WE ARE VERY MUCH ALIVE.
(APPLAUSE) 22:50:26 ))
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BRIAN:..NOW TO THE OTHER SIDE
OF THIS RACE... LEON HENDRIX
IS WITH SANDERS SUPPORTERS IN
GRAND RAPIDS.
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LEON:..A LOT OF LONG FACES,
UPSET, AND FRUSTRATION HERE AT
THE BERNIE SANDERS WATCH PARTY
AS THEY GOT THE NEWS THEY DID
NOT WANT....
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A FEW DOZEN PEOPLE GATHERED AT
THE VITALE'S SPORTS BAR ON THE
NORTHEAST SIDE OF GRAND
RAPIDS.... THEY WATCHED AS THE
RESULTS CAME IN.... THEY
WATCHED BIG BLOWS TO THE
VIABILITY OF BERNIE SANDERS
CAMPAIGN..... SOME WERE
BROUGHT TO TEARS IN
RECOGNITION OF THE NARROWING
PATH FORWARD FOR VERMONT
SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS....
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MICHELLE TRUSKOWSKI / BERNIE
SANDERS SUPPORTER / IT'S A
VERY HARD DAY. I'M 68 YEARS
OLD.AND I BEEN DOING THIS FOR
A LONG TIME AND I'M JUST SICK
OF IT. I'M JUST SICK OF IT. I
HAD ALL MY HOPES HERE. AND I
LOVE BERNIE SANDERS AND ALL
THOSE
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PEOPLE IN THERE DO TOO. THIS
IS ALL ORCHESTRATED BY
SOMEBODY.
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LEON:..NOW THE QUESTION IS -
WILL THE BERNIE SANDERS JOIN
THE DEMOCRAT NOMINEE.... A BIG
GROUP THAT THE DEMOCRATS
NEED.... OR WILL THIS DEFEAT
CAUSE THEM TO SIT OUT THE VOTE
OR SUPPORT PRESIDENT TRUMP....
THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN....
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