welcome to bbc news. i'm katty kay, live in new hampshire, where the polls have closed in the democratic primary. with the jane o'brien. it looks like senator burning sounders has a commanding lead. but the state is doing itsjob of winnowing the field. two candidates are out, and pete buttigieg and amy klobuchar are vying for second place. i'm lewis vaughan jones in london. our other main story: a new name, but the same threat. the death toll rises from what is now the covid—19 outbreak.

welcome to concord, new hampshire, where we are covering the results from the new hampshire primary. it looks, this early stage of the evening, also been shot for about an hour now, a couple of things are shaping up to be pretty clears —— shot. bernie sanders looks like he has a lead in the state. model results are in, at the moment it looks like he has a lead in the state, and pete buttigieg, the state, and pete buttigieg, the mayor from south the state, and pete buttigieg, the mayorfrom south bend, indiana, and amy klobuchar, seem to be pretty much neck and neck tie for second and third place. that is the main headline this evening. because amy klobuchar, before voting started knipphals, was not doing so well, somewhere in fourth or fifth place. doing so well, somewhere in fourth orfifth place. to doing so well, somewhere in fourth or fifth place. to see her surge shows how much the campaigning has been playing of

—— off. he put everything into new hampshire and it didn't work. these are candidates pulling only about two or 3%. as happens in hampshire. you start to see the field narrow. in past election cycles we have come out of new hampshire with the idea of who the top two democratic or republican candidates. i'm not sure about tonight. a more scrambled field. absolutely. for more on this, i am joined from bernie sanders' campaign rally by jon sopel. iimagine i imagine they are feeling, the story of the notice that bernie sanders is out in the lead, all of your document second or third position, but at the moment he is out on top —— all of you are talking about. and his supporters are making a lot of noise behind me. it is fascinating to compare and contrast to a year ago, a week ago we were in a hotel for the bernie sanders party, but alcohol but nothing 2—party

about because there were no results. tonight we are in a school hall where there appears to be plenty to cheer about but no alcohol. i think this people are very, very happy that bernie sanders is in front. the fa ct bernie sanders is in front. the fact that this date has been filled behind, which will be the backdrop to his speech, suggests it will not be terribly long before bernie sanders comes onstage himself, maybe to declare that he has won the new hampshire primary. his supporters will be delighted. i think establishment democrats will also look at these results and think, not the big runaway victory it was four years ago. he has been run close by two of the more centrist candidates, pete buttigieg and amy klobuchar. and so i think this race goes on for an awful lot of people yet to come. they also have a combined vote, at the moment, that is more than bernie sanders. does this mean we are actually starting to see the fight for the soul and the heart of the party? well, think

what we've seen tonight is that bernie sanders is runaway far out ahead of elizabeth warren, who is seen to be the other progressive, liberal, left—wing, make your own choice, whatever that you want to attach to them. so bernie sanders is the choice for that wing of the party. it's still open who is going to emerge as the more centrist. a few weeks ago we thought it would bejoe biden. joe biden is thinking like a stone. it's between amy klobuchar and pete buttigieg and we will see who has the longevity going into nevada, going into south carolina. only sanders supporters will be very happy that there has one, he has come through, he has one in new hampshire again. but this race has still got a long way to go. it is an old cliche, but it is true. 0k, thank you very much. we will be back with you during the course of the evening. we will be back with you during the course of the evening. for more on this, i am joined

from amy klobuchar rally by our north america correspondent, chris buckler. amy klobuchar emerging as the story of the night. we don't know if she is in second or third place. not all the results have come in. even doing as well as she is doing i imagine that has taken her headquarters, her supporters by surprise, has entered 7 headquarters, her supporters by surprise, has entered? yeah, i don't think it matters at this stage if you come second or third. the point is in the iowa caucus she was coming in in fifth place and she has leapfrogged joe biden and elizabeth warren and that is a significant moment. suddenly when you bore through some of the data coming from the exit polls, there are things here that her campaign are very, very pleased with. a short time ago one of the networks on the television to show the fact she was coming top with college—educated women. she was doing well with the over 45 ‘s in particular. and it gave you this moment where people were cheering about amy klobuchar. there is a real sense that something has happened in this campaign, here in new hampshire thatis campaign, here in new hampshire that is really... what do they

think it is, chris, what do they think it is that has happened is yellow i think it is, truthfully, that her m essa 9 es is, truthfully, that her messages getting through. and i think they really look at that, the debate that took place on friday, the democratic debate when they were all onstage in new hampshire, and she was giving this message of trying to bring the party together, saying it shouldn't be a... i think, viewers, we are showing you pictures of elizabeth warren. we will get back to talking about amy klobuchar, chris. elizabeth warren, to be fair, it is quite good you can see... part of the same story. exactly. to be honest with you, there is a dangerfor exactly. to be honest with you, there is a danger for elizabeth warren that amy klobuchar steals some people from her, still some voters who would go for elizabeth warren because she is a strong female in this contest she is a strong female in this co ntest a nd she is a strong female in this contest and actually amy klobuchar is doing better with college—educated women and that really matters. to get back to the point, actually, she is doing really well in the

democratic debate on friday, she got the message of unity out that she could be a moderate candidate, that really worked for the supporters of donald trump who really lent him their support in 2016 and she could bring them back to the democratic party... well, we shall see. this has been a big moment. indeed. chris buckler, thank you very for that. interestingly, elizabeth warren, when she started speaking, jane, the first thing she came up on stage and says, look, you can never count a woman out, all those women who counted out a woman, well done, amy klobuchar. that was a good moment. a rare moment in what i think will be a very divisive campaign as we go on. we will go over to nick bryant who is with the pete buttigieg camp. another celebration going on there. he has done well in iowa and is doing extremely well in new hampshire. jane, it's funny how expectations are kind of handicapping the race. six

months ago pete buttigieg would have been delighted to come in second or third in new hampshire. but after result last week in iowa, he of course claimed victory in the iowa caucus, they hoped that would create a wave of momentum, having come out of iowa and it would surge into new hampshire and actually managed to topple bernie sanders who, of course, would have been expected to win this race, as it looks like he's going to do. but they are celebrating a second place, but obviously they see those numbers and they see amy klobuchar nipping at their heels, a moderate against a moderate. it is interesting, amy klobuchar, new hampshire is the kind of state that likes her. she is the senator who works across the aisle, she is a moderate, a pragmatist... nick, i'm going tojump in, we should bring you the news that cbs, our partners in america, are now reporting that bernie sanders is leading this race,

that pete buttigieg is in second place, and amy klobuchar is in third place. if there we re is in third place. if there were any pete buttigieg supporters nervous about that ranking at his headquarters, able imagine they will be relieved hear that. yeah, think they will. it is worth pointing out, you win the nomination by winning primary. so we shouldn't downplay what looks like a fairly clear—cut rectory for bernie sanders here tonight. but as you have been reporting all night, we have seen reporting all night, we have seen the winnowing of the field as well. joe biden is headed south. he thinks south carolina is more favour terrain. but he has dropped like a stone. he just looks like a candidate who has done his dash. another candidate who dropped out tonight and did unexpectedly well is andrew young. he has dropped out tonight. and michael bennett, too. let's keep talking about the ones who haven't dropped out. we have pete buttigieg heading into a

rather more tricky area for him with south carolina and nevada. south carolina, particularly, is his achievement in new hampshire and his win in iowa enough to give him momentum to break through with african—american voters in particular? look, there is an ironclad rule of democratic politics, you don't win the nomination unless you do really well with african american voters. i no ironclad rules tend to be broken these days of the new political world. but clearly he does have a big problem with african—american voters. pa rt of problem with african—american voters. part of it stems from his time as mayor in indiana. some of the policing issues. he sucked african—american police chief, for example. there has been a question hanging over his candidacy, canny appeal to african—americans. his candidacy, canny appeal to african—america ns. they tend his candidacy, canny appeal to african—americans. they tend to be very liberal and economic issues, but some of them are church—goers who can be quite socially conservative. his homosexuality might be an issue

as he has south. the south, you know, the more conservative pa rt know, the more conservative part of the united states of america. that's a big question as this race has south into south carolina over the coming weeks. 0k, nick, is matt -- if pete buttigieg emerges from new hampshire in second place, came out of iowa in first place, and is basically kinda flipped with bernie sanders, do we then say, coming out of new hampshire, we have our two front runners and it will either be bernie sanders or pete buttigieg or do we start looking down the track and say there is the shadow of mike bloomberg, the former mayor of new york, hanging over all of this and ready to scramble the race once again? what the first races often brings clarity. we have clarity now on the left. bernie sanders is clearly the candidate of the left wing of the democratic party, no question. another big

story tonight is obviously the poor performance of elizabeth warren in new hampshire, enables her home state of massachusetts. in the middle lane, in the battle for who will be the standard for moderate democrats, we haven't got clarity. i mean, pete buttigieg clearly is ahead on that front, but amy klobuchar, as we have seen, is nipping at his heels, and then we have michael bloomberg as well, waiting in the wings, ready to come in on super tuesday. so we haven't got clarity on that front. and i think... nick bryant. clarity on the left, not in the moderates. and clarity not on the stage behind you quite yet. nick bryant, you will keep us posted as to when pete buttigieg comes out on stage. we have had elizabeth warren speaking, joe biden is in south carolina, he will speak to his supporters, andrew yang dropping out, mike bennett dropping out. we should expect

to hear during the course of this evening, fairly soon, from bernie sanders and from pete buttigieg and amy klobuchar. bernie sanders and from pete buttigieg and amy klobucharlj am very interested in the person we are not hearing from at all at the moment, and that is michael bloomberg, nick minchin just is michael bloomberg, nick minchinjust there. is michael bloomberg, nick minchin just there. because they have been hearing a lot of anecdotal evidence, a lot of anecdotes that people are writing him in on this ballot, even though he is not on the ballot they are still interested enough to write him in. andi interested enough to write him in. and i wonder how much that could impact the race here in new hampshire. and he has been swamping the airwaves. they have been watching his ads in new hampshire, even though he is not on the ballot, and on social media he has a massive campaign going on. every day bringing out a new ad. he runs a media company. his ads are slick, well produced, clearly getting a lot of attention. the other reason we are talking about michael bloomberg, not

just because of hearing new hampshire, a policy mounted a showing that mike bloomberg, nationally, is in third place. national polls at this stage in an american election don't mean much, because actually is like a series of little elections in different states and you have got to win those days in order to win the nomination. but even the fact that mike bloomberg who has not competed in iowa or here in new hampshire is getting the kind of attention nationally is interesting, right? that shows what money can do. if only we had $34 million to spend in california what could we do in the national polls? i suppose the big issue is will that visibility and those polls actually translate into votes? and that is what is not yet clear. and we will have to see as we head into south carolina and super tuesday. we go to elizabeth warren's campaign. we have zak hudak, of our partners cbs news. thank you forjoining the programme. elizabeth warren clearly not giving a concession

speech. she hasn't done well here in new hampshire, has she? it looks like we have, these are the members of live television. we have lost that live feed from warren's campaign. she gave a speech earlier thanking her supporters and said she wasn't dropping out of the race. she will go into south carolina definitely still in the top four. definitely and we are saying that rice is still wide open and only having to look at the lower tier and the votes they are whittling away from the top tier to realise that once the field narrows further, than we will see perhaps some of those votes translating upwards and elizabeth warren could do well. i think bernie sanders is about to ta ke i think bernie sanders is about to take the stage. his campaign is getting ready for him to ta ke is getting ready for him to take the stage and we will... there is, you can see the people there covering and waiting for bernie. you can never quite know when they're going to talk. we're going to try one more time to speak to

zach who is at elizabeth warren's campaign. it was interesting watching warren, to the stage, how are her supporters feeling as i? you know, i think she rolled them up know, i think she rolled them up with her speech but there is no question that this is a dull, kind of sad night for elizabeth warren. suddenly in new hampshire, she is not on track to get a single delegate was obviously boring state in massachusetts for a place she gets huge crowds coming in from boston, the place where the media covers her arguably more than anyone else. this finisher is low expectations and i think, supporters are hopeful for the future but feeling pretty down tonight. do you think she peaked too early because there were a, a few months ago, she was actually leading against bernie sanders? you know, ithink leading against bernie sanders? you know, i think there is something to that but you could also say that any of these leading candidates may be aside

from a klobuchar, could be the case was abide in without a head for a long time, four months. warren, the buttigieg, and sanders, and having to some extent, when you hit the rollercoaster neutered at the right time. there is no question at this point that we are seeing the support for sanders and the support for buttigieg starting to spread beyond the early states that be a problem for her, especially in south carolina wherejoe biden has huge support. was there a particular policy issues... she has had some question marks over her position on healthcare, whether she supported universal healthcare, however she didn't support universal healthcare. we know in the cycle, electing somebody who can beat donald trump is the primary concern but when you look at the issues that democrats are concerned about, they are concerned about healthcare and about, they are concerned about healthca re and the about, they are concerned about healthcare and the cost of healthcare and the cost of healthcare in the country. did that turn out to be a weakness or that turn out to be a weakness ora that turn out to be a weakness or a stream for elizabeth warren? -- strength. it is

something that for a while, seems to help bernie sanders. three and a half., she was asked repeatedly, do you want medicare for, how are you pay for it? would the taxes go up? and he would if i cost won't go up. sanders would just say outright that he would raise middle—class taxes and that seems to play better. she was betrayed more as someone being defective and not... being dishonest with that and at the end of the day, she had a much more complicated and furrow planned but it up saying, have a way to do this, actually without raising taxes for the middle class. despite all that common sense to hurt her much more than him and for him, a strong suit. it is premature and she is still in the race but were elizabeth warren to drop out of the race in the course of the next couple of primaries, is it to simplistic to suggest that her supporters of her policies, perhaps more in line of bernie sanders,

mindy leff of the democratic parties. would be too simplistic to suggest that her supporters would go to bernie sanders or is that not clear? it seems likely that for a lot of them. she has and for most of them. she has and for most of them. she has and for most of the campaign and a political career stayed in the progressive lane of the democratic party. she sanders longtime friend is in fact. that said, she is, this point, pushing for a unity message. talking about dividing the party and that is a stark contrast with sanders which is saying that why we can't elect someone like buttigieg. lately, she been saying stop fighting with each other democrats if we beat donald trump. thank you zach. joining us therefrom elizabeth warren's campaign with the latest there on the candidate. it is interesting because you might think right, you've got a moderate lane and you've got a moderate lane and you've got a more progressive lane and all of the supporters in the progressive lane like

those candidates and other moderate ones like that candidate but it is actually not true. people support candidates for very different reasons. they might support them because they like their policies on healthcare, they might support them because they think they are a good person. they might support them because they like the way that perform in debates. it is a much more emotional choice than it is just a hard, hardheaded rational choice. and this is the problem the democrats are going to happen they have because republicans, their supporters, don't have that confusion. we saw that last night when president trump rolled into town with his rally. there was nobody there saying, i wonder if there's anybody else. it was president trump of the white stop his campaign has started. we do understand from our cbs partners, just before we hand back to london that the klobuchar campaign will be expanding the number of its staff and its operations in the state of nevada. that is the next caucus too, in this race. they are clearly feeling good about tonight and thinking they need to expand into future races. but is it for the moment

from us in new hampshire and back to you lewis. we'll be back to new hampshire over the course of the next few hours and fascinating coming from there. let's move onto the other news and the number of deaths from the new coronavirus has now passed the 1,100 mark. the world health organization says the disease will now be called covid—19, and warned it could be 18 months before the first vaccine becomes available. in the british seaside resort of brighton a businessman who's thought to have infected 11 people is recovering. catherine burns reports. steve walsh is still in hospital — he says it'sjust a precaution now. but brighton is dealing with the after—effects of his infection, with two gp surgeries being closed to patients. today, mr walsh has been named and has explained that he did everything by the book. he says: but in the roughly two weeks between being infected and diagnosed, it was life

as normal, including a trip to the pub. it's still open — five staff have gone into isolation. but the pub says it's worked with public health england and that there's a minimal ongoing risk of infection. mr walsh picked up the coronavirus at a conference in singapore. on his way back to the uk, he stopped off for several days at a ski chalet in france, where he passed the virus on to 11 other people. five of those infected remain in france, and one man returned to majorca. mr walsh and the other five british people came back to the uk. two of them are gps, and two surgeries have been temporarily closed. mr walsh's neighbours are baffled by all the attention. his wife's told me on the phone that really he's not that ill. she thinks it's a complete, basically a load of rubbish, and that it's no worse than flu, probably not as bad. it's just five days now since steve walsh was officially

diagnosed, and he says he's well recovered. that is generally true for this virus. most people tend to only get mild symptoms. catherine burns, bbc news. the prince of wales and duchess of cornwall have carried out a rare joint of cornwall have carried out a rarejoint engagement of cornwall have carried out a rare joint engagement with the duke and duchess of cambridge. before, the royals went on a visit to a military rehabilitation centre in leicestershi re rehabilitation centre in leicestershire and it came on the date it was announced that the date it was announced that the queen's grandson peter phillips and automata to divorce. our royal correspondent reports. it was a show of family unity on a rare, joint public engagement. the prince of wales and duchess of cornwall and the duke and duchess of cambridge. with no megan and harry, this four some was now the public working face of the royal family alongside

the queen. together, they taught the defence medical rehabilitation centre just outside of lumber. for william, the wheelchair basketball was a challenge. today, that was on hand to help him improve his game. applause although the expert view was harsh. he clearly hasn't played basketball for a while. it is a bit nerve wracking in front of everybody but dad gave him moral support there. and he managed to get in on the second attempt up a little push. there is no question that these have been turbulent months for the royal family. but today's event here with two future kings front and centre shows the importance of family places on stability and continuity. and there's no better example of that than the queen who came back to london this afternoon by train after her winter at sandringham. she returned to confirmation of the news that her grandson peter phillips and his canadian wife or tom are to

divorce after 12 years of marriage. there is spokesperson said the decision was sad but amicable. according to reports that autumn phillips wanted to return to canada, he said, both autumn and peter will remain in gloucestershire to bring up their two children where they have been settled for a number of years. have been settled for a number of yea rs. every have been settled for a number of years. every family has its own share of dramas to navigate. today's joint public appearance was a reminder that this is a royalfamily appearance was a reminder that this is a royal family trying to work together and move forward after some very public difficulties. just a reminder, justa reminder, it just a reminder, it is a very busy evening in new hampshire in the us where democratic party is deciding a beginning the process of choosing who the candidate will be to take on donald trump in our 2020 election. this is new hampshire and if you can read the sign there in the middle, it says only that is because is bernie sanders who we are expecting to come out and give a speech

shortly, he has done very well and topping the poll there in new hampshire. get in touch with me on twitter. i am lewis vaughan—jones and this is bbc news. hello there. there really is an awful lot of weather getting thrown our way over the next few days. eventually we'll get into something milder and wetter from the atlantic. right now it's cold air and a cold wind driving across the uk and that's putting in all these shower clouds answer more to come, mainly for the northern half of the uk where, earlier on, of course, it was particularly treacherous across parts of southern scotland. now the winds are easing down a little bit, allowing temperatures to fall away close to if not below freezing. ice more likely across scotland, northern ireland, and north—west england. this is where we are seeing showers continuing overnight and into the morning. and again, snow, even to low levels for a while. gradually through the day we will see the winds easing down a bit. we will also see the showers become fewer, more places turning dry, particularly northern ireland and much

of england and wales during the afternoon. some sunshine around here. temperatures similar to what we had on tuesday, but because it won't be as windy it probably won't feel as cold. now towards the south—west we will see some changes later on in the day as the cloud thickens and we start to see some showers coming in here. that's ahead of this main rainband that sweeps its way eastwards, heading northwards it then meets the cold air and slows down. so we will find a mixture of rain and some snow, even to lower levels for a while overnight before lifting onto the hills as that wetter weather peters out. to the south will have some showers, gales running through the english channel, temperatures may make double figures across the southernmost parts of england. but if you are stuck under that cold, wet weather in the north—east of england and temperatures only four degrees at best. it should be drying off overnight and by the time we get to early friday may well be some ice, some frost, and a few pockets of mist and fog, too. it won't be as cold though for northern ireland, because here winds will be picking up by the morning and we will have some rain, too.

the stronger winds will push the rain eastward, snow more likely of the mountains of scotland this time. the rain turning later as it runs across england and wales. but because it's a southerly wind those temperatures will be higher. it will be turning milder everywhere. probably not much rain for eastern england until the evening is that weak weather front move through. and then we look out into the atlantic, deepening area of low pressure heading towards iceland. this is storm dennis. probably not quite as severe as storm ciara was last weekend, but this weekend we are expecting some widespread gales, the winds could be still gusting, 60—70 mph, the biggest impact is likely to be across england and wales from the strength of the wind and some more rain, which will be heavy at times, and that will lead to some more flooding.

this is bbc news. the headlines: votes are being counted after the us democratic party primary in the state of new hampshire. exit polls suggest a tight three—way race between the left—wing senator bernie sanders and the more centrist contenders, senator amy klobuchar and the former mayor of south bend, indiana, pete buttigieg. the former vice—presidentjoe biden, who's languishing in the polls, has already flown to campaign in south carolina. and the technology entrepreneur andrew yang has dropped out of the race for the democratic nomination. the eventual winner will take on donald trump in november's presidential election. the director—general of the world health organization has called on the international community to fight the new coronavirus as aggressively as possible. he said there was still a realistic chance of containing the disease, which has now named covid—19, if enough resources were devoted to the fight.