hello, and a very warm welcome to this bbc news special. a good start to super tuesday forjoe biden, the former vice president has a strong showing in the southern states, predicted to win virginia, north carolina and alabama. senator bernie sanders is still very much in the runnning with predicted wins in vermont and colorado. several other states are currently toss ups between the pair. it's been a disappointing night so farfor the billionaire michael bloomberg, who's rejecting calls to leave the race, in favour ofjoe biden. my my method is simple. i am running to beat donald trump.

voting has closed in 13 of the us states taking part in the super tuesday primaries. the former vice president joe biden is projected to win virginia, alabama, north carolina and tennessee. there are some projections suggesting he has one arkansas and minnesota, that is not confirmed. senator bernie sanders is projected to win vermont, his home state and colorado. the results from massachusetts, the home state of elizabeth warren, as well as that of oklahoma are too close to call. it's the biggest single day of primaries in the process to decide who will represent the democrats in november's presidential election. the bbc‘s sophie long is at a joe biden event in los angeles california. what is the latest from there, sophie? we are still waiting

forjoe biden to arrive here in los angeles, he has been due here for quite a while, we keep on hearing that he's gonna be on hearing that he's gonna be on that stage intend in its, 15 minutes, this has been going on for a while. the atmosphere here is a very good one, and you would imagine, because what a start to this super tuesday night forjoe biden, and what a revival in his campaign. this isa man revival in his campaign. this is a man who went into this campaign asa is a man who went into this campaign as a front runner with everything to lose, less than two weeks ago it looked like he might, he had a very slow start to this primary season, a very poor showing in iowa and new hampshire. a flicker in nevada and then that resounding re in south carolina on saturday and that really was a changing point in his campaign. just in the last 2a hours or maybe just over 2a hours now, we saw two moderate candidates, pete buttigieg and amy klobuchar throw in the towel and through their support behind him.

everyone was wondering just how much that would do and whether that momentum could turn into super tuesday delegates, it seems that that might well be the case, he's already predicted to win four states, doing very well and at least two others. we are expecting to see him here in california $0011. see him here in california soon. california and texas are the biggest prizes this super tuesday, more than 400 delegates that they take to the national convention injuly available in california alone at. the polls are still open and we don't think we will get definitive results from california for some days if not weeks, they have tried to make this process as accessible as possible and the person in chargeable that say they value a ccu ra cy over chargeable that say they value accuracy over feed, but bernie sanders could still do very well here in california, he polls well amongst the latino and hispanic voters and a huge proportion of them here, about 40%. so we're still waiting to hear how things go in california but this, way you look at it, has been a very good night forjoe biden. his

campaign was said to be on life support two weeks ago, and two weeks ago he said the press are too quick to leave people for dead. whichever way you look at this, his campaign tonight is very much alive and kicking. alcoholic nick bryant was saying there is still an issue forjoe biden on the stump. he seems to have benefited from the fact that it was a very quick turnaround from south carolina, where he has had so muchjoementum carolina, where he has had so much joementum as his carolina, where he has had so muchjoementum as his camp are u nfortu nately muchjoementum as his camp are unfortunately calling it, but there is still a problem on the stump? i think what he has relied on very heavily are his support amongst african—american voters, that's what really took him to that resounding re in south carolina and he has polled very well amongst african—american voters in the states that he has one in tonight as well. of course there is a very different demographic here in california

and texas, earlier exit polls we we re and texas, earlier exit polls we were getting from texas is that bernie sanders has done much better, 45% with latina and hispanic voters thanjoe biden has done at 24%, so he has got that issue in those two states, and as you say, his campaign to date hasn't been nearly as energised as that of bernie sanders, but it is very ha rd to bernie sanders, but it is very hard to argue anything but that he is having a good night so far this super tuesday. we're just keep an eye on vermont because bernie sanders is coming up to speak, can ijust check, are we ready to go to bernie sanders? we're taking live now. (cheering). thank you

vermont! you know, it's a funny thing. 31 years ago today we woi'i thing. 31 years ago today we won the merrill race in vermont. and we won that race against all of the odds, everybody said it couldn't be done. and when we began this race for the presidency, everybody said it couldn't be done. tonight i'd tell you with absolute confidence, we are going to win the democratic nomination. and we are going to

defeat the most dangerous president in the history of this country. we are going to win bernie! bernie! bernie! bernie! we are going to defeat trump because we are putting together an unprecedented grassroots multi generational, multi racial movement. it is a movement which speaks to the working families of this country who are sick and tired of working longer hours for lower wages and seeing all new

income and wealth going to the top 1%. it is a movement which says the united states will have healthcare for all as a human right! it is a movement that says we will bring major reform in education, making sure that all of our kids can go to college without coming out in debt. now, what makes this movement unique is, we are taking on the corporate establishment. we are taking on

the greed of wall street. the greed of the drug companies who charge us the highest prices in the world. the greed of the insurance companies, and given the existential crisis of climate change, we are saying to the fossil fuel industry, we are saying to the fossil fuel industry, their short—term profits are not more important than the future of our country and the world. but we are not only taking on the corporate establishment, we are taking on the political establishment! we

are going to win because the people understand, it is our campaign, our movement which is best positioned to defeat trump. you cannot beat trump with the same old same old kind of politics. what we need is a new politics that brings working—class people into our political movement. which brings young people into our political movement. and which, in november, will create the

highest voter turnout in american political history. so, we are going to beat trump because this will become a contrast in ideas. 0ne because this will become a contrast in ideas. one of us in this race lead the opposition to the war in iraq, you're looking at him! another candidate voted for the war in iraq. boo! one of us has spent his entire life fighting against cuts in social security, and wanting to expand social security. another candidate has been on the floor of the senate, calling for cuts

to social security, medicare, medicaid. 0ne to social security, medicare, medicaid. one of us led the opposition to disastrous trade agreements which cost us millions of good paying jobs. and that's me. and another candidate voted for disastrous trade agreements. boo! one of us trade agreements. boo! one of us stood up for consumers and said we will not support a disastrous bankruptcy bill. and another candidate represented the credit card companies and voted for that disastrous bill. boo! so, here we are. we have two major goals in front of us,

and they are directly related. first, we must beat a president who apparently has never read the constitution of the united states. a president who thinks we should be and autocracy not a democracy. but second of all, we need a movement of black, white, native american, asian—american, gay and straight, of people who are making it clear every day, they will not tolerate the grotesque level of income and wealth inequality we are experiencing. we will not give tax breaks to

billionaires when a half million americans sleep out on the streets. we will not allow 49% of all new income to go to the 1% when half of all people are living paycheck to paycheck. now, idon't are living paycheck to paycheck. now, i don't know what's going to happen later tonight. we are doing well in excess right now. we won colorado. and i'm cautiously optimistic that later in the evening, we can win the largest state in this country, the state in this country, the state of california. but no matter what happens. if this campaign, and! matter what happens. if this campaign, and i don't know what will happen, but if it comes

out to be a campaign in which we have one candidate who is standing up for the working class and the middle class, we are going to win that election. and if we have another candidate who has received contributions from at least 60 billionaires, we are going to win that election. and if there is another candidate in the race who were spending hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars, we are going to tell him "in america you cannot buy elections". cheering. solam cheering. so i am excited about where we are. we have come a long, long way. and i want, once again, to

thank the great state of vermont and all of the people in the state. not only for the victory you gave al movement tonight, but for the years and years of tonight, but for the years and yea rs of love tonight, but for the years and years of love and support you have given me and my family. cheering. so, the moment, vermont, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you all very much. let's go on to the white house. thank you! cheering. senator bernie sanders their speaking live in his home state, vermont. 0ur correspondent jane 0'brien is at bernie saunders headquarters in essex junction vermont. it is very noisy behind you, a

lot of excitement. when bernie sanders talks about the road to the white house, there must be a lot of lies on california and texas, a matter great deal to him, any time, but particularly tonight —— a loss relies on. there is no mistaking this or getting around the fact that this has not been a good note for bernie sanders. it really hasn't. the enthusiasm of his supporters and his defiant speech you have just heard is clearly no match for the momentum thatjoe biden has enjoyed tonight. and what a turnaround it has been for him. it is likely sanders camp nou that at some point they would be up against one candidate who would be up against the moderate —— it is like the sanders camp nou. it was probably going to bejoe biden. what they want expecting was that it would happen so quickly and it would happen tonight on super tuesday. this is the new reality facing bernie sanders

and his campaign. joe biden is 110w and his campaign. joe biden is now the man they must be to get to the white house. that is looking increasingly difficult. we should stress it is very difficult at the moment, despite the way looks at the moment, to get a clear picture tonight, because so many people voted early in california and many voted early in california and ma ny votes voted early in california and many votes from california, that hugh state, will not be in for many days. —— future state. and we don't know how the departure of amy closer and pete buttigieg has affected the californian race —— amy klobuchar. the enthusiasm would have been there long before they made their pitch forjoe biden. we could go very well for bernie sanders. certainly thatis for bernie sanders. certainly that is what they are hoping.

he has been in the lead in the polls in california for some time. but the bottom line is thatjoe biden is projected to win arkansas. this is a state he never set foot in. he has never campaigned there. he has minimal organisation there. minimal campaign presence. this should not bejoe biden‘s night. but the one thing we are learning is that it doesn't matter how much money you have, it doesn't matter how much organisation you have, it doesn't matter how much enthusiasm you have, if you don't have momentum you're not going to get anywhere. jane, obviously it is still a long road to the democratic national convention and being certain who is the nominee, as far as you can tell, how will donald trump be looking at tonight? that's an interesting question. donald trump point afterjoe biden very early on, as we know. that was one of the triggers for the impeachment hearings and the impeachment

trial, was his attempt to find dirt onjoe biden and use that for political purposes. now, a lot of people say that that's because he feltjoe biden was the biggest threat and that he would welcome a bernie sanders nominee because bernie sanders would be easier to beat, according to donald trump, because bernie sanders has been struggling to gain the moderate vote. he has been struggling to broaden his tent to try to bring in more supporters. he has a base, he is a very strong base, a very vociferous base, but what is still struggling to prove is that he can win over moderate voters. and particularly swing voters who voted for president 0bama in 2008, president trump in 2016. those are the sort of voters that could well decide this election in november. but i think, getting back to your point, we can't predict at this stage to the nominee will be. it isa stage to the nominee will be. it is a long way ahead. of

course it is. but i think we're getting clarity tonight as to who the frontrunners are going to be. this is still a struggle for the heart and soul of the party. do you go with bernie sanders who wants to blow up the system and start all over ain? the system and start all over again? the movement, the revolution he is calling, would you go withjoe biden who wants to fix the system, is a known quantity, and is somebody who a lot of people, a lot of democrats believe can actually beat president trump. jane, stay with us for the moment. they will throw the picture for 110w they will throw the picture for now to los angeles, wherejoe biden is coming out to speak at his event they are. as he was saying, but just in his event they are. as he was saying, butjust in case people have joined saying, butjust in case people havejoined us, we understand he has won virginia, north carolina, alabama, and tennessee, he is projected to win arkansas, and minnesota, those who are uncertain. it would be a turnaround for his campaign. hello, hello, hello.

it's a good night! it's a good night! it's a good night. and it seems to be getting even better. they don't call it super tuesday for nothing. by the way, this is my little sister, valerie, and i'mjill‘s husband, no, you've switched to me. this is my wife and my sister, they've switched on me. folks... cheering. it's still early but things are looking awful, awful good. cheering. for those who be not down, counted out, left behind, this is yourcampaign! counted out, left behind, this is your campaign! cheering. just a few days ago the press and the pundits had declared the campaign dad. and then came

south carolina and they had something to say about it. now we are told when we got to super tuesday it would be over. well, it may be over for the other guy. tell that to the folks in virginia. north carolina. alabama. tennessee. 0klahoma. arkansas. minnesota! and maybe even massachusetts, it's too close to call. we're still waiting for texas and california a few other small states to come in. but looking good. so why am here to report we are very much alive. —— i am here. and make no mistake about

it, this campaign will send donald trump packing. this campaign is taking off. join us. campaign is taking off. join us. for those folks listen, go tojoe biden us. for those folks listen, go to joe biden .com, us. for those folks listen, go tojoe biden .com, signup, volunteer, contribute if you can, we need you, we want to, and there is a place for you in this campaign. people are talking about a revolution. we started a movement. we have increased turn—out. the turnout has turned out for us. that can deliver us to a moment where we can do extraordinary, extraordinary things. look, our agenda is bold, is progressive, isa agenda is bold, is progressive, is a vision, where healthcare is a vision, where healthcare is affordable and available to everybody in america. where we bring drug prices down under control with no more surprise billing, access to hospitals in rural areas as well as urban areas. access to care, a bold

vision, where we invest billions of dollars to, and a promise you, find cures for cancer, alzheimer's, and diabetes. standing up to the nra and the gun manufacturers. and leading the world to take on the existential threat of climate change. cheering. i will start by rejoining an outfit a help to put together, the paris climate accord. and we will help it along way stop a country where the quality of education will not depend on your zip code. with triple funding for low income school dresses —— ‘s districts, full—time school for three, four, five years old. an increasing exponentially the prospects of their success. free community college, providing credentials for every job in the 21st century. and

significant reduction in the cost of going to college and your student debt. if you volunteer you pay nothing. folks, we can do this! but let's get something straight. wall street didn't build this country. you built this country. you built this country. the middle class built this country. and unions built the middle—class. in the neighbourhoods we come from... interjections. chanting: let's gojoe! look,

interjections. chanting: let's go joe! look, the interjections. chanting: let's gojoe! look, the middle—class getting clobbered. the middle class is getting clobbered, too many people, neighbours that jilland many people, neighbours that jill and eyedrop with, getting hurt, badly hurt, and guess what, the places we come from many of you come from. it is where we were raised. the people, they are the reason why i'm running, they are the reason i am a democrat in the first place. these are people who built our bridges and roads and keep your watersafe, and key —— teach our kids. her race into burning buildings to protect other people grow our food, build our cars, pick up our garbage, veterans, dreamers, single mums. and, by the way, every dreamer, have hope, because i'm coming and you're not going anywhere! cheering. and we're going to provide a pathway for 11 million citizens. it other guy voted

for the... why don't you get in there. we will get going. the ironworkers, the steel workers, the boilermakers, the plumbers, the boilermakers, the plumbers, the electrical... these are the people who have been forgotten. they agree with you, man. look, the people donald trump forgot, the people donald trump forgot, the people donald trump forgot, the people i'd neverforgot and will always remember. folks, thatis will always remember. folks, that is where we need an economy that rewards work are not just wealth, re—establishes the middle—class, and this time brings everybody along, everybody. regardless of their race, their ethnicity, whether their gender, their disability, democrats, republicans, independence, every stripe. like we did in south carolina, like we did across america today, like we will do all the way to the white house. that's why i was so proud yesterday being embraced by amy klobuchar. we won minnesota because amy klobuchar. and we

are doing well in texas because of beto 0'rourke. and that's why, that's why i'm so proud, so incredibly proud to have mayor pete's endorsement as well. a man of character and courage. well. a man of character and courage. and, by the way, i was proud to be endorsed byjim. he is something else. look, our campaign is something else. look, our ca m pa ig n reflects is something else. look, our campaign reflects the diversity of this party and this nation. and that's how it should be. because we need to bring everybody along, everybody. we wa nt everybody along, everybody. we want a nominee who will beat donald trump. but, also, also keep nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house. wing—back the states senate. if that's what you want, join us —— when back. and we want a nominee who is a democrat. a lifelong democrat. a proud democrat. and 0bama

biden democrat. join us! look, this all starts with the revival of decency and honour and character. trump has fanned the flames of hate and sought to divide us. he has insulted, demonised, and actually just. .. the way he talks about people. he has not a single sense of empathy. he doesn't have any compassion. no regard for the values that made this country who they are. not the way you we re who they are. not the way you were raised by your mums and dads. head looks at honesty and decency and respect and sees it asa sign decency and respect and sees it as a sign of decency. he does not believe that we are part of something bigger than ourselves. that is why i said the moment i announced for this

candidacy, we are fighting for the sole of america. winning means uniting america, not sewing seeds of division. we have to beat donald trump but we cannot become like him. we need a president who can fight but make no mistake about it, i can fight but we need is badly someone can fight but we need is badly someone who can heal. look, just like that what we did when we passed 0bamacare, when we saved the automobile industry, but that was not enough, this was just a start. we did a president who can heal the country well and that is what i will do as your president, i promise you. it is about delivering results for you,

yourfamily, your delivering results for you, your family, your community. it is not about me orjill or valerie, it is about you and yourfamily. to valerie, it is about you and your family. to paraphrase valerie, it is about you and yourfamily. to paraphrase the great pro robert brown, our reach should exceed our grasp. and there is no doubt in my mind we can grasp what we reach for. ladies and gentlemen, i quoted an english poet but let me quite a real poet now, and irish poet, seamus haney, this is what he says and i believe this to the bottom of my being. he said history says do not hope on this side of the grave but hope the tidal wave of justice rises up and hope and history rhyme. we can make hope and history rhyme! there is nothing we cannot do. this is about the future, it is not about the future, it is not about the future, it is not about the past. it is about our children and our grandchildren, it is about leaving this

country and leading the world once again. folks, wejust country and leading the world once again. folks, we just have to remember who we. my lord, this is the united states of america excavation make it is time for america to get back up and once again fight the proposition that we hold these truths to be self—evident that all men and women are created equal with certain rights. we have never lived up to those words but up to this president we have never walked away from them. i believe with every fibre of my being that is who we. we are a decent, brave, resilient people. we can believe again. we are better than this moment. we are better than this moment. we are better than this moment. we are better than this president. so get back up and take back this country! the united states of america, there is not a single

thing we cannot do. god bless you and may god protect our troops. thank you, thank you, thank you. joe biden in los angeles. an extraordinary turnaround forjoe biden, one word springs out, energy. this is not a lacklustre campaign anymore. no, not anymore and i have to say i saw him at multiple events, in new hampshire, he looked like a beaten man, very low energy, in his rallies no—one was really cheering, it seemed like there was nowhere to go in his campaign in here, after seeing him in south carolina, multiple stops and this victory rally in los angeles, he is a different candidate and he is thriving under the energy these victories have given him. seven states to joe victories have given him. seven states tojoe biden, the most recent minnesota. minnesota is

very interesting because a lot of people thought bernie sanders when that state once amy klobuchar dropped out but joe biden showing he can win there, he is notjust winning in the deep south with strong support from the african—americans support from the african—america ns but if support from the african—americans but if he's winning in the states like minnesota, maine, massachusetts, this is a momentous victory for him. and arkansas, where he did not even campaign orset arkansas, where he did not even campaign or set forward. this is not about states as you have been reminding us, it is about delegates. the two states with the most delegates have not been called yet, texas and california and in california the polls have not even close. it could be some time before they figure out how many candidates go to each candidate because there is a large early mail vote. bernie sanders has a

slightly but projections show that that state is a tossup. we have early delegate projection putting joe biden ahead of bernie sanders for the moment, it takes 1000 900 delegates and change to win and there are over 400 and california. the final tally has to wait until the dust settles in that state. what is your feeling about how donald trump will be looking at it with a view to november. joe biden is a 76, he is younger than bernie sanders and three yea rs than bernie sanders and three years older than donald trump. donald trump has been mocking joe biden for his viable stu m bles joe biden for his viable stumbles and in debates. i imagine you will see more and more of that ifjoe biden

becomes the nominee. donald trump has been talking about how bernie sanders has been cheated out of this nomination because the establishment in the democratic party has rallied around joe biden and this is somehow a conspiracy to subvert people who were backing bernie sanders and you can read into that and that donald trump once a face—off with bernie sanders, a candidate further to the left, a democratic socialist. donald trump has been attacking joe biden, going so far as asking the ukrainian government to look into him. perhaps joe biden might government to look into him. perhaszoe biden might be a formidable opponent come november. the reality is that if you look at the polls, joe biden and bernie sanders are both competitive against donald trump. come november, it will

bea trump. come november, it will be a close election no matter who the democratic nominee is going to be. thank you very much for that. let's go back to los angeles, california. very differentjoe biden from lacklustre campaign that we saw earlier. very much on the morning although at one point he introduced his wife as his sister and his sister as his wife. a confusing start. too noisy to value a question, sophie. tell us how it is going. joe biden left the stage. still among the people signing autographs. he came onto the stage to huge chairs. it has been a good night tojoe biden. lots of supporters gathering for him in los angeles. he said it is early days but it is looking good, it is looking awful, awful good.

he listed the states he has one tonight. it has been a good start to super tuesday forjoe biden. he did say it is early days. there are still too little states we have not heard from— texas and california. the polls just closing in california. postal vote to count. but what he also did on the stage tonight, he thanked amy klobuchar, he talked about the support for pete buttigieg and also how well they were doing in texas due to beto 0'rourke. the moderate gathering behind joe biden. his campaign has taken on a new lease on life since his resounding win in south carolina. that was only on saturday. it was only last night that amy klobuchar and pete buttigieg threw in the

towel. at the moment and it is early days, it is looking very good. we have not heard from the western states. we had from utah and that has gone to 20 sanders. texas also looking good for bernie sanders. he bodes well amongst spanish and latino voters. bernie sanders is doing much better in texas with 45% compared tojoe biden 24%. that might be the story in california as well. more than 400 delegates up for grabs here. i was at a rally earlier with younger latinos and each one said they voted with bernie sanders because he is the only one that has addressed them. it isa one that has addressed them. it is a good night forjoe biden but bernie sanders still very much in the running and it does look like this primary contest

is becoming a two horse race. lot of excitement behind you and a lot of noise. it is clear that democratic voters are split between the principles on the one hand and that word, electability. who can beat donald trump? that is a right and the early states thatjoe biden one tonight, virginia, north carolina, he will play into his argument that he is a man to beat donald trump and that it shows bernie sanders would struggle in states like that. joe biden polling well with african—american voters. that is what his message is that they need to unify behind him. he called himself a democrat, and 0bama democrat and he is the man who can beat donald trump at the polls. he says they are on their way to the white house. he said to the people gathered, this is not my

campaign it is your campaign and we are going to send donald trump backing. many in the democrat party have come out and/or sinkjoe biden in the past 24—48 hours. a real sense that bernie sanders is too far left and while he has a great grassroots particularly amongst the young, they feel his policy, he is a self described social democrat, that he will be too far left to be donald trump in november and that is what the democratic of course it needs to do. just to be clear, for anyonejustjoining us, the picture of tonight really could change quite a bit with so many results to come from texas and california? that is right. there is a brilliant atmosphere here, as you can imagine, this is joe atmosphere here, as you can imagine, this isjoe biden's campaign. he referred to it, it was only a few days ago that the press is saying his

campaign was dad but the feeling here is that his campaign is very much alive and kicking. —— dead. but we do not have all the results. some of the state much more liberal leading. the polls in california have onlyjust close and we may not get the results for days if not weeks to come. people running the election here said they value accuracy over speed so that we will not expect any definitive results from california. texas is also a big state, 200 delegates and more. and it is notjust about getting the votes but the delegates. the nomination will be made but a long way to go in

super tuesday and it is primary contest, all the way through to june. sophie long in la with the joe june. sophie long in la with thejoe biden june. sophie long in la with the joe biden campaign. june. sophie long in la with thejoe biden campaign. these projections from medicine research. i should stress we have partial results only from ten super states projections by dinner to ten super states projections by dinnerto win 99 ten super states projections by dinner to win 99 delegates, sanders 49, bloomberg seven, warrant four. jane 0'brien is in essex junction in warrant four. jane 0'brien is in essexjunction in vermont. of course this is bernie sanders home estate but all eyes on texas and california. the voting numbers might not be clear up for days? that's right and bernie sanders himselfjust and bernie sanders himselfjust a few moments ago said he was confident that he would not only win california but would

win the nomination. take a look at the scene behind me, this was supposed to be a victory party. bernie sanders spoke really quite briefly and it was all about trying to maintain the enthusiasm among his supporters who i think have been pretty stunned by tonight's events. they thought thatjoe biden might do better than expected, especially because klobuchar and buttigieg dropped out of the race, thereby clearing a path for him and nominated him through their support find him. but i don't think they expected his rebound to be this dramatic and this faster. thinking about minnesota, this is a state that bernie sanders in 2016 in the primary against hillary clinton won by 23 percentage points. tonight, its projected thatjoe biden has won it. this is a turnaround and i know we keep stressing that this is early days, it's all about the delegates and these are states that, a lot of them haven't

even, the positive enclosed. i think what is becoming clear tonight is that the two sides of the democratic party, the left, the revolutionaries, the blow it up and started again brigade of bernie sanders, is now clearly pitting itself againstjoe biden. he is the man who at the moment seems to be representing the moderate vote. a blessing tonight, i think, is a democratic party establishment asserting itself on this campaign in a way that the republican party in 2016 failed to do with the donald trump. i think that is the lesson that the democrats, many democrats in the establishment, in the party elite will have learned from a 2016. if you don't want a candidate that is not to your taste, you have to do something. no block of voters is monolithic and we currently generalise, but broadly speaking, it is clear that bernie sanders is not connecting with african—american voters in the way thatjoe biden can?

african—american voters in the way that joe biden can? no, he isn't and he always knew that was his weakness. he has connected with latino voters but his main voting block, putting it broadly, is millennial ‘s. it is the working class, blue—collar workers, and young people who are energised, particularly by his policies on climate change and forgiving student debt. he has managed to tap into a millennial axed that the american dream is just millennial axed that the american dream isjust not working for the next generation. and he's managed to corral that and that has been one of the big, motivating factors of his campaign. and what is interesting is that what is interesting is that what those voters will do because the ones i been speaking to over the past several months up here in vermont, new hampshire, and the early states, has been that if they don't get a candidate who

actually will do something, then they might as well not bother voting but i think that is going to be the next challenge forjoe biden and the other candidates going forward, is if bernie sanders does not look like he's going to maintain momentum or doesn't windows nomination, where those supporters go in november when the election is against donald trump does what it is also clear isn't it thatjoe biden is doing a lot of bernie sanders... saying that we need a lot of energy and policies and using that quintessential bernie sanders word, movement. movement indeed. this is something that bernie sanders has made his catchphrase. this isa has made his catchphrase. this is a movement and in fact, his wife came out just is a movement and in fact, his wife came outjust before bernie sanders spoke, and said this isn't about winning, it is about transforming the country. well, the problem is, that to a lot of democrats, it is all about winning, that's all they

ca re about winning, that's all they care about. they want less transformation, not so interested in the specifics of policies that they are about picking a candidate who can be donald trump. when thatjoe biden talks about a movement, that's certainly what he is feeling tonight, that he's got the momentum and that's something that he's going to try and maintain as this primary season continues. but yes, he at the moment, the message seems to be from the voters that we had from so far tonight is that they believe more and more thatjoe biden is the man who can unite the party and actually stands the better chance of beating donald trump. thank you so much, jane berry in vermont. now to washington we re in vermont. now to washington were speaking to anthony. how is it working better anthony?” think as jane was saying, it's looking like a very good night forjoe biden, a very bad night forjoe biden, a very bad night for michael bloomberg and the

jury for michael bloomberg and the jury is still out for bernie sanders because of those two states that are still out there, texas and california. elizabeth warren also not looking good, it appears she will finish third in her home state of massachusetts. she is not going to win any of the states on the board and i think she's going to have to have a long think about where her campaign goes from here. i do wa nt to campaign goes from here. i do want to say something interesting about bernie sanders, watching him in his speech earlier this evening, he made direct reference tojoe biden's voting record in the senate. not mentioning biden by name but by saying that another candidate and then went on to talk about joe candidate and then went on to talk aboutjoe biden's vote in favour of the iraq war was not joe biden's vote in favour of trade deals, his support of harsh criminaljustice reforms that took place in the early 2000 ‘s. joe biden's vote on financial reform and reforming ba n kru ptcy financial reform and reforming bankruptcy law, all of those

things i think are very out of step with a lot of the democratic members of the party, particularly on the left. i think that you may be seen now left. i think that you may be seen now is bernie sanders realising that he is going head to head withjoe biden and he's going to have to get much more aggressive in his attacks on joe biden's record if he wants to win the nomination. that was not something that we have seen much from bernie sanders in the past. the way things are falling forjoe biden tonight, anthony, does seem like a lot of democratic voters and it should be a surprise i guess, really focusing on electability, who is best perhaps to beat donald trump in november. what is the turnout and the gender breakdown of the turnout telling you at the moment? it's interesting. in virginia, which was the very first state to be called, turnout was up dramatically over the past couple of primaries. however, the turnout was largely among moderates in the suburbs, people who are supporters ofjoe biden. you

listen to bernie sanders and his campaign talk about the way they're going to win in november is by boosting the turnout across the board, getting people who hadn't voted in the past to show up and start voting in these elections, getting younger voters to turn up and get two in much larger numbers than they have in the past. if you look at the youth voter turnout, it is still in the teens compared to older voters who vote, 40, 50% of the electorate comes out for them in primaries. if the bernie sanders campaign is counting on a surge of young voters over to help him win the nomination or if he does win the nomination, to help him win the presidency, doesn't seem to be much evidence of that, at least so far in the turnout numbers we are seeing. what it does seem to be more interest, generally, among democrats, participating in this primary is. it doesn't seem in this primary is. it doesn't seem to be focused in anyone candidate in particular and thatis, candidate in particular and that is, does cut against the

rationale that bernie sanders has had for his campaign up against —— until now. has had for his campaign up against -- until now. how much does endorsements matter? joe biden give a lot of credit to klobuchar a buttigieg in his speech and with that, knights of the future, might be interested to see where mike bloomberg's and elizabeth warren's vote scope. studies say that endorsements don't matter a whole lot but however, we can look atjames clyde byrne, the congressman from south carolina, his endorsement ofjoe biden are just last week, a few days before the south carolina primary has really supercharged joe biden's turnout and performance among the african—american vote in the african—american vote in the state, helping joe biden post a victory bear that has translated into very well momentum across the board. i think that amy klobuchar‘s endorsement ofjoe biden in minnesota probably helped him considerably and that he won

state when you look that pulse before that klobuchar was a little bit ahead of bernie sanders, perhaps everyone thought bernie sanders was going to win at that state once klobuchar dropped out. you see joe biden doing well in texas, performing very competitively with bernie sanders. peter walker just endorsed with bernie sanders. peter walkerjust endorsed him yesterday and it probably helps. will have to see how pete could sue endorsement helps joe pete could sue endorsement helszoe biden pete could sue endorsement helps joe biden but pete could sue endorsement helszoe biden but it certainly pointing to that being a key pickup. they will being a key pickup. they will be out on the road campaigning for him and there is a benefit to having people who have been on the campaign trail who have the habit and experience of going out there and meeting voting two voters and have been in the public ‘s eye for a year now and serving as surrogates forjoe biden. all of a sudden, he has a much bigger stable of sorry get campaign people to go out there and help him in states where he may not be able to get pictures to voters, that he may not be able to directly appeal to. i think in this case

that studies have shown in the past that its health nothing in this case it did ——joe biden did benefit greatly from that. you had about a minute to sum this up. it is president trump happier or less happy looking tonight? he's been spiking the football and michael bloomberg ——at michael bloomberg's had for most of the evening on twitter tonight. i goes back to the time in new york. he is happy to see bloomberg out but i think he is less happy that bilbo will properly spend all of his hundreds of millions of dollars directly campaigning and targeting donald trump even if he isn't in the race. i think trump and the trump people are concerned about biden if he becomes the nominee because he seems to be doing well and head—to—head against the president. thank you so much for that. we lost bits of our special programme because the weather in washington, dc. we were on the rooftop for a while unlucky iam nice the rooftop for a while unlucky i am nice here in a nice warm

studio in london. thank you so much for watching. more on the bbc website for goodbye for now. hello. we know, of course, it was a very wet winter. now the met office says it was the uk's third least frosty winter on record. and we're going to start wednesday with a widespread frost. but there's more rain on the way as the weather fronts head in and particularly into parts of england and wales. still some uncertainty about how far north that ran was spread. northern ireland will stay dry but scotland will be a few showers in the west. in terms of the feel of the weather first thing, most of us saying that fast but temperatures haven't gone down too far in south—west england because this is where we are starting the day with loud and abrasive rain. this pushes very gradually north and east across the rest of southern england, wales and into the midlands.

some uncertainty still about how much of this rain is going to filterfor how much of this rain is going to filter for northern england. the further south you are, could turn it wetter, further north you are, because they dry. much of northern ireland could stay dry as well apart from a few showers of cloud increasing. showers increasing for western scotland, drain estimates colin. if it is cooler, could see some hill snow before it gradually pulls away wednesday night into thursday morning. clear spells in scotland, northern ireland, overnight into thursday morning and perhaps developing into northern england subsequently to another frost owing into first they were elsewhere there is some cloud and temperatures hold up. on thursday, the potential for some soaking rain in the channel islands, southern counties of england, strong winds too but a lot to play for in how far the rain here is going to get on thursday. showers in north—west scotla nd thursday. showers in north—west scotland on thursday. elsewhere, looks mainly dry. fairly quiet on friday that there is a work weather system moving east across the uk on

friday which will bring at least some cloud but also some of us will see some patchy rain and hill snow out of that. a stronger weather system on the way into the weekend. the deeper area of low pressure will come away and will take a look at the bigger picture. here it is heading in from the atlantic. it does mean windier conditions developing again as we go into the weekend. this band of weather will sink south of the further south are coming when i see too much rain from a hours, and then once that is out of the way, past two on the weekend on sunday, it is sunshine and also lost three showers. that is your forecast.

this is bbc news. our top stories: a good start to super tuesday forjoe biden — the former vice president has predicted wins in seven states, including virginia, north carolina, tennessee and alabama. we are very much alive! and make no mistake about it, this campaign will send donald trump packing. senator bernie sanders is still very much in the runnning with wins in vermont and colorado and a predicted win in utah.

he is also said to have a slight edge in california. tonight i tell you with absolute confidence, we are going to win the democratic nomination! it's been a disappointing night so farfor the billionaire, michael bloomberg, who's rejecting calls to leave the race, in favour ofjoe biden. my my message is simple, i am running to beat donald trump. the race to chose a democratic nominee to take on donald trump in november is entering a new and possibly final stage. voting has now closed in all 14 us states taking part in the super tuesday primaries. the former vice president joe biden is currently in the lead, with results showing him ahead in seven states including virginia

and north carolina. alabama, arkansas, minnesota. senator bernie sanders is projected to win vermont, his home state, colorado and utah. the results from massachusetts, the home state of elizabeth warren, is too close to call. we knowjoe biden is ahead in massachusetts. but all eyes are on the largest states, texas and california and we may not get those results for a while. we are waiting still for those results. this is not about who wins but about proportional representation in those states and how many delegates you get. let's translate what we just told you into what that means in terms of getting delegates. according to a projectionjoe biden now has 318 and bernie sanders 215. it has been a

disappointing night for mike bloomberg who only has 13. 1000 999 delegates needed to win the democratic candidacy. we have been hearing from the two frontrunners. here'sjoe biden speaking in los angeles. iam here i am here to report we are very much alive! cheering and applause and make no mistake about it, this campaign will send donald trump packing! bernie sanders has also been speaking, in the last hour, in vermont. let's hear what he had to say. tonight, i tell you with absolute confidence, we are going to win the democratic nomination. cheering and applause. and we are going to

defeat the most dangerous president in the history of this country. the polls have just close in california and we are awaiting results for texas as well. let me introduce you to two people who have been following events all night for us. aquatic a nalysts all night for us. aquatic analysts and a republican a nalyst. analysts and a republican analyst. —— democratic. ron christie and mary anne marsh are here. a week ago joe a week agojoe biden was a long way behind bernie sanders and tonight he has taken eight states so far. and he will be dubbed the frontrunner. joe biden came back to life in south carolina and he hasjim clyburn two thanks. it is african—american voters who

launched him on this pad but whistle it was also women in the suburbs as well. and that is almost putting back together the 0bama coalition. is almost putting back together the obama coalition. before we count bernie sanders out of tonight. let's remember the risk california still to coal and projections are he ahead in california. we still have not called texas. if a bernie sanders does well in those and given some of these races are close, we could still get to the end of the night where we have a 2—person race. the end of the night where we have a 2-person race. it is not over by a long shot and the two biggest prizes tonight, california and texas, we still do not know how that will shake out. bernie sanders, if you can get a majority of the votes in california and texas, this puts it into a 2—person race. if you are elizabeth warren and running third in your homestay, what is your rationale for

running? then we will see a fight from the establishment against sanders. we have been through this narrative before. i think the bernie voters will feel he has to go have to go out and supporting because i have a sense the last election was stolen from them. if you look at the result tonight, that argument ways then because this is not the establishment that has defeated bernie sanders but working—class voters, african american voters, african american voters, this is the rank and file of the democratic party. suburban working women. that is of the coalition. it did not work for bernie sanders in 2016. if he's going to try and prevail he has to come up with a better argument but more importantly he has to rack up

delegates. i do believe it will bea delegates. i do believe it will be a much closer race early next week when california is counted and we see 33, 34, 31, they are basically splitting they are basically splitting the candidates and sometimes with a third party. we are in for a slug fest. the two states that are left have 700 delegates and that does not get you to 1991. we are nowhere close to a tonight. it could be april, may, and hello milwaukee. we have been saying what a good night has been for joe biden. let's flip it around. it has not given bernie sanders the nomination. it is still a race but who would have thought a week ago joe biden will be getting good percentages of african—americans and women to

vote for. if i have elizabeth warren, michael bloomberg aims to get what is the rationale for staying in the race. the two frontrunners are not the two frontrunners are not the two folks we would have anticipated, joe biden and bernie sanders. one of the exit polls, 61% of voters said they wa nted polls, 61% of voters said they wanted someone to bring the country together, someone with empathy and passion. joe biden wears his heart on his asleep and that is the bestjoe biden. if he's to prevail and be the nominee that has to be thejoe biden. that is the only way he would be the nominee and beat donald trump. voters do not only want to have someone who can beat donald trump the antithesis of donald trump. the exact opposite. and part of thatis exact opposite. and part of that is being compassionate and

caring and being kind to people and all the things we have heard him talk about, but also his personal stories. he is putting his package together. the challenge forjoe biden is he has to be consistent. he cannot right of the sugar high. two words, consistent and joe biden. from south carolina, a new energy and enthusiasm. let's go out to california. the bbc‘s sophie long is at a joe biden event in los angeles california. iam sure i am sure the roof blew off wentjoe biden gave his speech. do you think it is possible now? he has to stay on message and be disciplined. he has to

get the maximum out of tonight and the momentum he has got. can he do it? i mean, he looked great. as you can imagine, it has been a great night forjoe biden but, as you say, he has to maintain that momentum. you see what he has done since saturday, when he had that resounding win in south carolina people were wondering whether he could capitalise on it and turn it into super tuesday delegates and it seems he is doing that. he came onto the stage to huge cheers from supporters who had gathered. he says it is early days but he said it has been an awful good night but he did joke about the fa ct night but he did joke about the fact that we still have to wait from too little states, referring to california and texas where bernie sanders pulse very, very well. massive hispanic and latino population and that is what bernie sanders does very well with. but even when we talk about california

tonight and bernie sanders having a slight edge, isn't it amazing that only a couple of days ago we were talking about bernie sanders potentially having a good pool here because he was poling about 50% that you need to get in order to get the statewide delegate. that has been a massive change in the race over the last 24 hours andi the race over the last 24 hours and i think the endorsements thatjoe biden has had over the past 48 hours have been very important. when he was standing on stage he said thank you so much to amy klobuchar, he said we would not have done so well in minnesota without her. he also thanked pete buttigieg saying we are doing very well in texas because of beto 0'rourke. i think we are now seeing those making a real difference in the moderate camp. on a side issue. there

was a moment when two protesters got onto the stage and up notice this in north carolina, very little security around the former vice president and you could see that jill his president and you could see thatjill his wife and his sister were pretty shook up. with that be a concern and something they relook it?” think they will probably look at it. this protesters came out of nowhere. behind me there is a small stage and not a huge amount of security. two protesters were able to run onto the stage. i have to say, they were removed quite weakly and he continued. —— quite quickly. he got straight back on with his speech and he did not seem too perturbed by that but it clearly is a situation they will be thinking about. there will be many, many more rallies and primaries to take place. it is certainly

something they would want to think about. so philon in california. with pointing out that former presidents get security for the rest of their lives, vice president for six months. —— sophie long. there is little security have been to rallies, your bag is not checked, anybody could login carrying anything. it happened up carrying anything. it happened up in new hampshire and it was jill biden who stepped up. they go down the line, they pose for selfies and get close to people. but you could check them before they go in. it is remarkable that they can go in without having your bag checked. 0ur correspondentjane 0'brien is at bernie saunders headquarters in essex junction, vermont. not such a good night for

bernie sanders. we came into night wondering whether he was going to be the candidate who merged from super tuesday with an insurmountable lead. we have not had the result from california and texas and those are the caveats but it does not look like the night 20 sanders was hoping for. this was supposed to be a victory party and, as you can see, it is pretty much over. they are shocked. the mood among supporters is one of absolute amazement that joe supporters is one of absolute amazement thatjoe biden could have turned his campaign around so quickly and gain so much momentum in such a short space of time. bernie sanders really believed, i think, of time. bernie sanders really believed, ithink, that of time. bernie sanders really believed, i think, that with the forces dragging joe biden back that he could really capitalise on this fractured moderate vote and what has been made clear tonight is that now

cannot rely on that. this is becoming a 2—man race and, if nothing else is clear, we will nothing else is clear, we will not have a winner tonight, we probably will not know who the nominee is going to be as a result of tonight but we do know that the race is between joe biden and bernie sanders and that is what tonight has abroad. this is now a 2—man race, with some other candidates willing away some of those but it is clear these two factions of the party represent the progressive left and the moderate more centrist person who most democrats tonight, at least, seem to think can actually beat donald trump. when you look at what he is donein when you look at what he is done in texas so far and they're still counting the votes there, he has 45% of the votes there, he has 45% of the vote and only 24% of that has gone tojoe vote and only 24% of that has gone to joe biden. vote and only 24% of that has gone tojoe biden. what he is not doing and that must be a

concern for his campaign is getting the african—american vote. he is not and he's never been particularly popular among the african—american vote at all. it really raises the question for bernie sanders is has he hit his feelings? because the honour his supporters are incredibly enthusiastic. —— ceiling. he has a very solid base for the challenge for him throughout this campaign has been widening the base. we talked about it very openly. he is a tent and he needs other democrats to come in. they have not been showing much side of actually doing that and when you listen to his speech tonight again, he keeps talking about a movement, revolution, transforming the he doesn't talk about so much about winning and i think what's becoming clear and what's becoming clear and what's been crystallised tonight is that that's democrats, more than anything else, want to win. and they are seeing joe biden as perhaps the

man who can deliver that.” wonder if there was always something mutually exclusive about those two ideas. broadening the tent of bernie sanders while keeping the purity that his supporters so desire. i spoken to the diehard sanderston supporters and said, listen, if he hadn't talked about castro in the way that he did, he would've more support in florida. if he didn't call himself a socialist or even a democratic socialist, he wouldn't turn people off in the suburbs. and their reaction is, that he wouldn't be bernie sanders. we wouldn't be the person who i support. in a sense in american politics, either you have to expand pie, you got to bring in more people, you've got to deal with the pie that you have and more of them and that's what he's failed to do. he's not enough new voters to come out and turn out to the polls in order to be able to say, right, i don't need the old rump of the democratic party, those

reliable, suburban voters. those reliable african—american voters. he's not doing either one man that is the problem for him isn't it also but maybe he couldn't, maybe he couldn't be that purists revolutionary different candidate and appeal to the moderate wing of the democratic party or the american electorate. that's a lwa ys american electorate. that's always been his challenge. how do you combine those two things, those who have max competing factions? i would say with the caveat that what he has done is brought in a lot of younger voters who still allude joe biden. there's a lot of millennial ‘s and his managed to channel their banks that that perhaps the american dream isn't real and not serving the new generation at all about something else does have to happen. when i speak to his younger supporters, people who are voting for the first time or have really campaigned hard for him, they talk about the environment, they talk about student that commonly talk

about healthcare. student that commonly talk about healthca re. for them, student that commonly talk about healthcare. forthem, it is very issue lead and when i passed them up, if danny does not get the nomination, who will you vote for? they shrug their shoulders and say what is their shoulders and say what is the point? and i think that is the point? and i think that is the problem conversely forjoe biden. if he gets the nomination, a lot of burlee supporters will say, what is the point? we get that a lot in north carolina at a college we nt north carolina at a college went to north carolina state. if they say, when not letting % of them are not but if anyone else. breaking news, 13% of 18 to 29 —year—olds came out to vote. 13% of all voters were between 18 and 29. theyjust don't vote. and that is the problem. let's let's speak to the bbc‘s anthony zurcher in washington. you've been looking at some of the figures, what are you pulling out of the results tonight? i think the first thing we been talking about a

lot in texas is it's becoming increasingly clear that texas is going to be a dead heat between bernie sanders and joe biden with michael bloomberg and elizabeth warren trailing a bit behind but close to or over 1596. bit behind but close to or over 15%. that means as much as we say texas is a delicate rich state, that that is going to be divided up proportionally when all those candidates. no—one is going to come away with the lion ‘s share of all of those delegates. texas, socially at this point, with a third of the vote in, is wholly going to be awash. california might be different for bernie sanders, he might rack up a lot of delegates there. joe biden is winning comfortably and a lot of other states. the more you look at the way things could shake out tonight, the results are, no—one is running away with this. joe biden and bernie sanders both doing well enough that they look at this as being a long, hard slog to the democratic national convention. and just remember, bernie sanders has a lot more money thanjoe

sanders has a lot more money than joe biden analogue organisation. joe biden is going to have to ramp up really quickly to be able to complete a state by state with him. can we dig into this a little bit more, bernie sanders's ability to expand the democratic tent the sub are we seeing more evidence, tonight... we spoke ina evidence, tonight... we spoke in a little bit about young voters, they made up a small slice of the total number of people who actually voted today. what about hispanics because that is the other group that we look at? can he get enough hispanics out to vote to make up for where he is losing in other areas of support?” saw a figurejust in other areas of support?” saw a figure just decided that in california exit polls, they show that 84% of hispanics under 30, 80 4% voted for bernie sanders. that is a remarkable number and if you look four years ago when hillary clinton rattigan ‘s bernie sanders, clinton was the one who was doing very well among hispanic voters. she won

california and texas co nsta ntly. california and texas constantly. this is the one thing that has clearly changed this time round. you saw it in nevada, you're seeing it in california, you've seen it in texas, where he has been able to appeal to hispanic voters. i think part of the reason is because the hispanic vote is... tends to be younger than a lot of the rest of the vote in this country. in places, particularly like california, that plays right into bernie sanders's straps. if there is an area where he is doing better... an area where he is doing better. . . crosstalk an area where he is doing better... crosstalk the question is not what percentage of hispanics but how many more hispanics he gets to come out and vote. yes, he's getting a large percentage the hispanics who devote what is he getting the total number of hispanics who are voting up a lot because thatis who are voting up a lot because that is what he needs to do. and it is the question for young people, yes, he's getting a lot of the young people. but still, young people, people under the age of 30 only making up under the age of 30 only making up 13% of the electorate. they just aren't enough young people voting. and that's the thing,

going to have to wait and see. exit polls tell us what percentage of the total electorate is doing well but we have to wait for the post a comment to actually see whether the turnout is higher or less than past years. how many hispanics actually are voting compared to the total figure. if you look at a place like virginia and mind you, it is not a large hispanic population, in virginia, turnout was up considerably over past primaries. the thing is, joe biden won virginia by a lot. people, the new people who are showing up and voting in the democratic primary at least it were not people who were inclined to vote for bernie sanders. i think they may have been a moderate suburban voters, some of who may have even been republicans at some point and switching over to vote and now this time round forjoe biden. the people have been moving to virginia are voting for the moderates. thank you very much anthony.

we talked a lot about bernie sanders and joe biden but let's talk about two of the other candidates who didn't perform so well this evening. michael bloomberg who spent 250 million in this... at least. at least that are nothing to show for it. itjust shows you that money cannot buy you love also but it meant to be peppy here but it meant to be peppy here but i think voters are looking at this election for authenticity. if you look at bernie sanders and you look at his populist movement, people look at him and they believe him. and say, bernie speaking truth to power. a look at michael bloomberg and say, we have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to get yourself on the ballot, to get yourself on the ballot, to get yourself on the debate stated what you have to show for it? and by the way, you're announcing all of the policies and positions you had as the mayor of new york city. he is not authentic and i think thatis he is not authentic and i think that is what we have seen tonight that he's getting punished for that. does it about tomorrow marianne? punished for that. does it about tomorrow marianne ?m seems like he's going to reassess his campaign and i think the campaign is waiting for data but we have the data

tonight. doesn't matter, the company have run thus far in the money they have spent hasn't yielded them anything. and quickly, elizabeth warren 30 massachusetts. what we know todayis 30 massachusetts. what we know today is that voters saw 30 massachusetts. what we know today is that voters sanoe biden as a fighter and the person best placed to take on donald trump. elizabeth warren has yet to demonstrate that in a presidential race and that is why massachusetts went with wide and like everyone else there because they haven't seen her perform that weight the way her perform that weight the way he did in south carolina. can bloomberg still play a role in this general election if he is not a candidate, the nominee? at the bus while he could play is to use his vast wealth to fund the co—ordinated campaign of the democratic party to run tickets in all 50 states. we ta ke tickets in all 50 states. we take the time of the ticket, however the nominee is, take the time of the ticket, howeverthe nominee is, biden or sanders, way down to state senators and legislatures because we are coming out of the census and retrying these congressional districts. this would be the best thing that michael bloomberg could do. you said he's going to put an awful lot of money into the campaign.

$1 billion potentially. let's see if they can make a big difference. the conclusion of tonight is this, it goes along stop there are still a lot more primaries to go but thank you for watching. hello. we know, of course, it was a very wet winter. now the met office says it was the uk's third least frosty winter on record. and we're going to start wednesday with a widespread frost. but there's more rain on the way as the weather fronts head in and particularly into parts of england and wales. still some uncertainty about how far north that rain will spread. northern ireland will stay dry but scotland will have a few showers in the west. in terms of the feel of the weather first—thing, most of us seeing that frost but temperatures haven't gone down too far in south—west england because this is where we are starting the day with cloud and outbreaks of rain. this pushes very gradually north and east across the rest of southern england, wales and into the midlands.

some uncertainty still about how much of this rain is going to filter through northern england. the further south you are, could turn wetter, further north you are, could well stay dry. much of northern ireland could stay dry as well apart from a few showers and clouds going to increasing. showers for western scotland, dry with some sunshine across eastern scotland. it'll feel a bit cooler. could see some hill snow in snowdonia, peak districts out of this before it gradually pulls away wednesday night into thursday morning. clear spells in scotland, northern ireland, overnight into thursday morning and perhaps developing into northern england, could well lead to another frost going into thursday but elsewhere there is some cloud and temperatures hold up. on thursday, the potential for some soaking rain in the channel islands, southern counties of england, strong winds too but a lot to play for in how far north the rain here is going to get on thursday. so watch this space. showers in north—west scotland on thursday. elsewhere, looks mainly dry. fairly quiet on friday though there is a weak weather system moving east across the uk on friday which will bring at least some cloud but also some of us will see some patchy rain and hill snow out of that. there is a stronger weather system on the way into the weekend.

the deeper area of low pressure will come away and we'll take a look at the bigger picture. here it is heading in from the atlantic. it does mean windier conditions developing again as we go into the weekend. this band of wet weather will sink south on saturday. the further south you are, you may not see too much rain from it during daylight hours, and then once that is out of the way for part two of the weekend on sunday — it's sunshine but also blustery showers. that's your forecast.

apologies. we have some problems in the washington studio. let's bring you up—to—date. a good start to super tuesday forjoe biden — the former vp has predicted wins in seven of the fourteen states, including virginia, north carolina, tennessee and alabama. we are very much alive! and make no mistake about it, this campaign will send donald trump packing. senator bernie sanders is still very much in the runnning

with projected wins in vermont, colorado and utah. he's also said to have a slight edge in california. tonight, i tell you with absolute confidence, we are going to win the democratic nomination! it's been a disappointing night so far for the billionaire michael bloomberg, picking up very few delegates. the race to chose a democratic nominee to take on donald trump in november is entering a new stage. voting has now closed in all 14 us states taking part in the super tuesday primaries. the former vice president joe biden is currently

in the lead, with results showing him ahead in seven states — virginia, north carolina, alabama, arkansas, tennessee, oklahoma and minnesota. senator bernie sanders is projected to win vermont, his home state — no surprise there — and colorado and utah. the results from massachusetts, the home state of elizabeth warren, and maine are too close to call. but all eyes are on the largest states, texas and california and we may not get those results for a while. let's take a look at what all this means in terms of delegates. according to our projections, joe biden has 318 delegates. bernie sanders has 215 and elizabeth warren has 17. it's been a dissapointing night for mike bloomberg who has only thirteen delegates so far. remember — 1,991 delegates are needed to win the nomination. so still some way to go. we've heard from the two front runners in the last couple of hours. here'sjoe biden speaking in los angeles.

we can make hope and history rhyme because there is nothing we can do. this is about the future, it is not about the past, it is about our children and grandchildren, it is about leaving this country and leading the world once again. folks, we just have to remember who we. my lord, this is of the it is time for america to get back up and once again fight for the proposition that we hold these truths to be self—evident that all men and women are created equal. with certain annual rights. how profound it is. we have never lived up to those words but up to this president we have never walked away from them. i

believe that is who we. we are decent, brave, resilient people. we can believe again. we are better than this moment. we are better than this moment. we are better than this moment. we are better than this president. so get back up and ta ke president. so get back up and take back this country, the united states of america. there is not a single thing you cannot do. god bless you and may god protect our troops. thank you, thank you thank you. bernie sanders has also been speaking in the last hour in vermont. let's hear what he had to say. so here we are, we have two major goals in front of us and they are directly related. first, we must beat a president who apparently has never read the constitution of the united states. a president who thinks we should be and autocracy, not

a democracy. crowd b00|ng. but second of all, we need a movement and are developing a movement, a black, white, latino, latin american, gay and straight, indigenous american, people are making it clear every day that they will not tolerate the grotesque level of income and wealth inequality we are experiencing. we will not give tax breaks to billionaires when a half million americans sleep out on the street. we will not allow 49% of all income go to the 1% when half of our people live paycheck to

paycheck. that is it for the studio in london. we have had some issues with the connection in washington. the weather and the audio gremlins have been against us. let's hand you back to the capable hands of cathy and christian. so nicely put, mike. so diplomatic. bernie sanders has had a good night according to bernie sanders. the count in california might even the count in california might eve n ta ke the count in california might even take until next week but certainly bernie sanders is ahead and that is a very good news for him but also, as we have been saying all night, joe biden, a very good night for him. he has one eight of the 13 states, some big ones, north carolina, virginia, tennessee and they are still counting in

texas. ron christie and mary anne marsh are here. when you look at the social and ethnic group is joe when you look at the social and ethnic group isjoe biden has managed to pull together, particularly of working—class american, what do you see in what he is gathering behind his campaign? it does look again like the 0bama bowling. an it also looks a lot like the 2018 election when democrats took the house back which was filled with women, suburban women and voters of colour and more moderate voters and candidates. when you put those two pieces together, you see thejoe biden campaign we saw in the last few days. his viable turned into spontaneous combustion. it was not organised. he did not have the money. he hasjust taken off and now he has to sustain it. but the other thing we heard tonight and jane spoke

about it earlier, i think we had that bernie sanders has a ceiling and he may have hit it. the results may look closer in the next handful of days but bernie sanders has yet to bring in all those voters he said he would. the two highest turnouts where was thatjoe biden one. and i think bernie sanders was the beneficiary of the anti— hillary clinton vote. in a multicandidate field which is smaller now but he does not have a hillary clinton. and maybe joe biden was the anti— bernie sanders vote. he could also be the anti— donald trump vote. 57% of people in exit polls are saying to pollsters, our priority is to get rid of donald trump whereas only 28% are saying actually it is somebody with support for the

issues. american democrats this season, that laser focus is issues. american democrats this season, that laserfocus is on getting rid of donald trump and they think this is joe getting rid of donald trump and they think this isjoe biden and not bernie sanders. 10096. the democrats are galvanising thinking who can we put up there to take donald trump out. can bernie win? can he have a viable path to the nomination and the presidency? i think a lot of democrats in the us and we have seen a tonight where joe biden has one that sang, no, joe biden is the same candidate and he can go toe to toe with the president and actually do well in the debate stays with them. joe biden did well with the african—america ns in south carolina but bernie sanders may have said things in the last few days that have also damaged his changes. the interview on cbs, 60 minutes, where he praised fidel castro. look at florida and you're

going to praised fidel castro and the proportion who vote who are cuban—americans who do not like castro one beat and democrats got nervous. i think this is a guy who will not compromise enough to win florida. his ban on fracking of national gas could potentially lose the democrats pennsylvania. they have been very strategic. those two states kharkviv. democrats in florida who tried to walk away from what bernie sanders had to say which dialect the message and again, pennsylvania, another key swing state that was integral for president trump winning and talking about anti— fracking, are you kidding me? bernie sanders has been making these gaffes... me? bernie sanders has been making these gaffes. . ” me? bernie sanders has been making these gaffes... i did not think he sees as gaffes. he cannot do both things. they see this as integral to his purity, to him sticking to what he has a lwa ys

to him sticking to what he has always done and if he was to change his pattern on that, to change his pattern on that, to change his pattern on that, to change his tune on fidel castro and natural gas, then he would just be another politician and he would lose the support of the young people so excited about him. it may be lost on some of our viewers around the world but a lot of primaries going on. also senate races. we we re going on. also senate races. we were in north carolina talking toa were in north carolina talking to a state senator and he had laserlike focus on the state contest that he will be campaign again and contesting and he did not want 20 sanders at the top of the ticket and that has been a concern for democrats particularly in the purple states. they are really worried that someone who could be tagged as a socialite is going damage their chances. taking back the senate runs all the way back to north carolina. if the democrats are going to ta ke if the democrats are going to take the senate back, they have

to win that setback and you had even last week, a number of men and women who won that first races in 2018 in states like virginia, pennsylvania, 0hio and in kansas and parts of texas and california saying when they thought only sanders was going to be the nominee, they were just was going to be the nominee, they werejust going was going to be the nominee, they were just going to run their own race and not with the top of the ticket and that is ha rd to top of the ticket and that is hard to do but that is how democrats took back the house and you have to look at that to understand that to lose the white house, lose the senate and is the house for democrats is the apocalypse and that is why people are so focused... laughter. it is, literally. and the supreme court. it is very serious for democrats. if you had all four branches of power, donald trump could do a lot of things. in that respect bernie sanders is kind of a right to say, the establishment is against us because of the

establishment of the democratic party was terrified of a bernie sanders candidacy. it was not a conspiracy to get pete buttigieg and amy klobuchar to drop out and endorsejoe biden. it is not a conspiracy but it is true that the centre, the establishment of the democratic party are very scared of bernie sanders getting the nomination. they did not want him in 2016 and they do not want him now. it is vital for the democrats to say who is going to be out candidate? to say who is going to be out candidate ? donald to say who is going to be out candidate? donald trump will be formidable to beat. he has a lot of money, he has not been beaten, he is going around doing his rallies and his thing. he won in 2016 and now he is the incumbent, with all of the trappings, the white house behind him and it is that much harder to defeat him once he is president. we are talking

tonight about the good night thatjoe biden has had. anthony, i have started seeing tweets and comments from republicans up on capitol hill bringing up the name charisma. i have not heard the day seemed. does the attack onjoe biden start tomorrow morning? absolutely. —— burisma. as you mentioned, it is going to be very clear to them at this point that they are going to do something to go afterjoe biden again. there were reports in the senate that one of the investigatory committees will start issuing subpoenas and start issuing subpoenas and start requesting documents to look intojoe

start requesting documents to look into joe biden's start requesting documents to look intojoe biden's son, hunter biden, and his ties to ukraine. all the stuff that led up ukraine. all the stuff that led up to the impeachment and was a focus of the impeachment trial for weeks on end and mums going by two december, it is going to come back again with a fury and it may remind democratic voters why they may have had unease with the vulnerability ofjoe biden. on monday, after south carolina, supported saying what he has to do on super tuesday is stay in the slipstream of a bernie sanders, stay as close to him as you can. when you look at what happened, is that what he has achieved and how does it look from here to the convention is make the big races coming up after super tuesday? everyone felt like only sanders was going to come out of tonight with somewhere between a moderate to large delicate lead. the question

was, would be so big it would impossible forjoe biden to catch up. now, becausejoe biden has done so well in a lot of these southern states, posting double—digit victories, he will get a lot of delegates out of there. texas, for a while, it looked like a bernie sanders went. it will essentially be a draw between the two of them with the delegates pretty evenly divided no matter who works out on top. biden, who for a while did not look like he would get many delegates at all will be above 1596 delegates at all will be above 15% across the board and he will come share of delegates as well in other states. if they wa nted well in other states. if they wanted to stay within striking distance of bernie sanders, close enough to go state by state from here, i think that is going to be mission accomplished forjoe biden which means looking ahead we have states like michigan, and washington next week, florida and illinois coming up the week

after that. new york, a big important state coming up after that. each one of those weeks will be a new battleground and a new chance one candidate or another to chip away or move further ahead. the different in one of the reasons why donald trump did so well and pulled away from the rest was because away from the rest was because a lot of the republican races we re a lot of the republican races were winner take all. there are no winner take all on the democratic side. it is all proportional as long as you are over 15%. this will stretch out a long time because he will not be able to rack up big candidate names. everything will be percentages and looking at it state—by—state all the way up tojune when this all and we start looking ahead to the democratic convention in july. don't you also think that

the democrats have looked to 2016 and said we don't want that playbook to be our playbook. picking up on what anthony was saying, they looked at what happened then and decided were actually going to get out of the race and we had klobuchar a buttigieg getting out of the race very specifically so that joe biden could have a chance of taking this middle road. not only that, i would say that democrats of the will of the republicans in 2016 when he had 16,17 republicans in 2016 when he had 16, 17 people republicans in 2016 when he had 16,17 people and said we don't wa nt 16,17 people and said we don't want to do this in the democratic side. we want to coalesce around a centrist, someone coalesce around a centrist, someone like joe biden, coalesce around a centrist, someone likejoe biden, clear the field and get out of the way so the field and get out of the way so we can raise the field and get out of the way so we can raise the attention. of course, that's only nowjust attention. of course, that's only now just seemingly happening. under fascinating that the democrats should have learned from our mistakes, but they got so many people in the race you're sucking money, energy, time away the voters and rather than having run or two people. i think that's been a error on their part and i think that trying to make up for it. when you look at the vendor diagram that there is now, you got warren and sanders

overlapping in concentric circles and you've got bloomberg and biden. you told us limburg may reassess tomorrow. i think that helps biden. is warren saying in the race hurting sanders? she is taking progressive votes from him but not that many at this point. i think there is less pressure on her to drop out versus michael bloomberg. her issue will be, does she continue to raise money. she had her best month in february, raising $29 million in 20 days. she's got the resources to continue but the reason now we see this week, especially in massachusetts, i've gotten a lot of questions from reporters about it tonight, was why did you come inferred? she has yet to demonstrate that she could ta ke to demonstrate that she could take on donald trump by other winning a state or winning delegates. she has to perform on in this race. massachusetts knows her well, nocera is a fighter but she had to do it in this race and has yet to do it. that's the difference between her face tonight and what joe biden did on saturday that delivered him tonight. and is

not always as straightforward as to all that they have similarly progressive policies, people have been supporting elizabeth warren will necessarily go to bernie sanders because some of them we re sanders because some of them were supporting elizabeth warren for other reasons. they like the fact that there was a woman still as a candidate. they like the way she delivered her speeches. it's not as if people are binary in the whether they choose candidates. it is an emotional reaction they have to the candidate and there have been polls that have just suggested it quite recently that elizabeth warren's second most supported candidate was not bernie sanders byjoe biden. candidate was not bernie sanders by joe biden. what is also important is momentum and what really shocked me today was when i saw the chart about spending in the 14 super tuesday states and there is bloomberg at 234 million already done to buttigieg at 2.5 million. biden is not even on the chart. he couldn't even spend into the top five because he had no money because he was drying up before south carolina. i think that shows

the power of not only retail politics but owned media. that news coverage get you far more with voters than it does with paid advertising. he would have liked to have done it, no question, but his comeback in south carolina got him the kind of coverage you cannot buy. you couldn't have bought as many as that would have been as effective as the news coverage of this comeback story and adding to tonight, he's going to have a very good week or two. what does joe biden do now in terms of money? does this good showing tonight automatically bring a big injection of cash for him?” think it will. you know, south carolina was the beginning of that. if michael bloomberg was in fact going to pull himself out of the race and we don't know that yet, but certainly that was a major blow to his presidential hopes, that a lot of the financiers who are looking at bloomberg as an establishment alternative are going to turn back to joe biden. i think pete buttigieg

throwing his support behind joe biden. buttigieg, as we saw, with a fundraising powerhouse remote of 2019. a lot of his donors may look at biden as well. it's not going to happen instantly. it's going to take time for him to miss it and go back up to a fully funded campaign. it is going to turn around for him. the reality, however, is that bernie sanders isa however, is that bernie sanders is a fundraising machine. he has a much bigger head start. organisationally and moneywise, he's going to be able to outspend joe biden at least in the near to moderate future. it's a good point you make about bernie sanders because we've seen that the energy at his rallies and i was with a student on saturday who was broke laughs and he was coughing up $24 for bernie sanders's campaign. these are the little donors right across america that are to quite a lot. yes, i am on bernie sanders's e—mail lists

just to keep an eye on how he fundraisers and he asked for $2 ata time. fundraisers and he asked for $2 at a time. he does it with a sense of urgency however. the establishment is out to get me, we are trying to spend more money in their states but were not sure we can make it unless we get your help. it is this kind of community fundraising, this machine that he has turned on since 2016 and the reality is, the list that he built in 2016 with his movement, with his campaign then, it is still there. he nurtured it, belted, grew it over the ensuing years between when he conceded 2016 and now to the point where a lot of his donors, if you look at them, they're not tapped out. haven't donated the maximum amount so out. haven't donated the maximum amount so he can go back to them for these little increments time increments time and time again. that allows him to bea and time again. that allows him to be a fundraising force throughout the length of the campaign as much as he needs it. my first fundraising message from the bernie sanders

campaign came in at 9:32pm at that bernie sanders needs you now more than ever. we won colorado and vermont and to be a long night as we wait for more results. the most important thing you can do is contribute $27. when i was a student, it was spaghetti bolognese every night. i was not coughing up to a political campaign. how good have the polls been? if you look at what has been happening tonight, we talk a lot about the polls after 2016, are you confident the polls got it right? they are worse. in the first four contests, they were not run public poll that called the race right in the first four states. anyone that was right was the wonder not released by the des moines register in iowa about concerns of the poll which got it right. at the end of this, the delicate appropriation, however it is done but i don't think anyone expected biden to do what he did tonight and i saw no poll that showed that. on that issue in virginia, people were asked whether coronavirus affected

into their thinking and of course, they said yes, because been everywhere on the news. it meant a roster question. there isa meant a roster question. there is a serious point here, it spells trouble for donald trump if he does not get a grip of it. i think it does. if he does not get a grip of it. ithink it does. looking if he does not get a grip of it. i think it does. looking at the bush administration and hurricane katrina for us, but the slow response. they reckon people want the president to project confidence and competence. if donald trump cannot find a way to let his experts come out, his experts explain, here is where we are, here where we're going, this is the party knows that government needs to take to protect you. if they can't get a handle on this narrative pretty soon, this narrative pretty soon, this is going to turn from a sleepy issue for the 2020 campaign into what i believe will be major issue in the campaign. if i'm a democrat in this race, i'm going to say, do you want competence or do you wa nt you want competence or do you want what was seen it thus far from the white house? thank you very much. they with us and will have more on the top of the hour as we start assessing all of this in the latest races but it's been a very exciting night here on super tuesday. joe biden doing well. we will

have more after this quick break. hello. we know, of course, it was a very wet winter. now the met office says it was the uk's third least frosty winter on record. and we're going to start wednesday with a widespread frost. but there's more rain on the way as the weather fronts head in and particularly into parts of england and wales. so even where you start with some sunshine you're going to see cloud increasing and the chance of seeing some rain pushing north, but a lot of uncertainty about how far north that rain will get. may not see too much for northern ireland and northern england and much of scotland staying dry. this is how it looks temperature wise. first thing, that widespread frost. but notice we're not cold towards south—west england. that's because here4 we're starting the day with cloud and outbreaks of rain. and this very gradually spreads

further north across the rest of southern england, wales, into the midlands during the day. but it's a slow process and you may not see too much rain towards northern england and northern ireland. though cloud will slowly increase and you may get a few showers starting to break out. showers, too, for western scotland, whereas to the east it's mainly dry. you have a bit of sunshine as well. it will feel a bit cooler. the chance of seeing a bit of hill snow into snowdonia, perhaps the peak district, especially as this begins to pull away on a wednesday night. and then skies will clear — northern ireland, scotland, northern england, in particular, for a chance of frost again going into thursday morning. so for some of us it will be a cold start on thursday, but the frost isn't as widespread as elsewhere, temperatures hold up underneath cloud. and then the potential on thursday for seeing some soaking rain into the channel islands, perhaps also southern counties of england, with quite strong winds as well. though there's a lot to play for in how far north any rain here will get on thursday. so watch this space. showers into north—west

scotland, wintry on hills, elsewhere a fair amount of dry weather on thursday. and then into friday we're going tojust to bring a weak weather system east across the uk, just pick out some thicker cloud here and the chance for seeing some patchy rain and perhaps some hill snow out of that. not amounting to too much. and it's fairly quiet at the moment on friday. but, unfortunately, that is not going to last. because we have a stronger weather system, a deeper area of low pressure heading our way into the weekend. here it is. and that means the weather at the weekend will get windier again and this weather front will take rain southwards on saturday. the further south you are you may not see too much rain during daylight hours. and then on sunday, once this weather system begins to pull away, it's sunshine and blustery showers. that's your latest forecast.

this is bbc news. i'm katty kay. iam i am with christian fraser in washington. our top stories: a good start to super tuesday forjoe biden — the former vp has predicted wins in eight of the 14 states, including virginia, north carolina, tennessee and most recently, massachusetts. (cheering) we are very much alive! (cheering) and make no mistake about it, this campaign will send donald trump packing. senator bernie sanders is still very much in the running with projected wins in vermont,

colorado and utah. he's also said to have a slight edge in california. tonight, i tell you with absolute confidence, we are going to win the democratic nomination! but it's been a disappointing night so far for the billionaire michael bloomberg, who is picking up very few delegates. the race to chose a democratic nominee to take on donald trump in november is entering a new and possibly even a final stage. voting has now closed in all 14 us states taking part in the super tuesday primaries. the former vice president joe biden is currently in the lead, with results

showing him ahead in over half of the 14 states, including north carolina, alabama, and virginia. in the past hour he's also been projected to have won in massachusetts, the home state of elizabeth warren. but, and it's a big but, senator bernie sanders is predicted to win vermont, his home state — no surprise there, and colorado and utah. but all eyes are on the largest states, texas and california and while we may not get those results for a while, senator sanders is said to be ahead in california. let's take a look at what all this means in terms of delegates. i must stress that we are still waiting for texas and california. according to our projections, joe biden has 318 delegates. bernie sanders has 215 and elizabeth warren has 17. it's been a dissapointing night for mike bloomberg who has only 13 delegates so far.

remember, the magic number to take the nomination — 1,991. that's the number of delegates needed to win the nomination. so, still some way to go. we've heard from the two front runners in the last few hours. here'sjoe biden speaking in los angeles. i'm here to report we are very much alive! and make no mistake about it, we will send donald trump packing! bernie sanders has also been speaking in vermont, here is what he had to say. i can tell you with absolute confidence we are going to win the democratic

nomination and we are going to defeat the most dangerous president in the history of this country. let's go straight to california, which is where of course there are the majority of these delegates up for grabs. tonight, the bigger state in the country and because number of delegates there. —— and of course. peter bowes is in los angeles. bernie sanders seems to have one california, he was projected to win, but what about the portion of delegates he might get? we don't know yet by how much and you are absolutely right, this is the proportion of delegates he has managed to achieve that is so important, it isn't really about a important, it isn't really abouta win, important, it isn't really about a win, of course a win is significant because it will give him his bragging rights for california, which is all important in this race. but it is the proportion of the 400

plus delegates that california has on offer. that's why it is crucially important at this stage for bernie sanders and why his campaign here has actually filed an emergency injunction to extend the voting hours there. there have been extremely, unusually long queues here outside voting stations, especially in los angeles county. there is a new electronic system which is taking longer than usual to get people to the polling places. i am in hollywood, hundreds of people at 9pm still waiting to vote. those people, as long as they were in line before 8pm, are being told they can definitely vote but it has put a lot of pressure on this new system. there has been a lot of momentum behind the joe system. there has been a lot of momentum behind thejoe biden campaign elsewhere in the country, peter. but of course there has been early voting in california, early voting before joe biden won in south

carolina. do you think that might make the difference for bernie sanders? i think it might. it was interesting. when i went to my polling place earlier today again, there was a long line therejust earlier today again, there was a long line there just to look at the list of names, several of those candidates who are no longer in the running, their names were still on the ballot. that would apply to those people who voted early as well. and i heard quite a few disgruntled voters, who may have voted for pete buttigieg only a week ago only to find out he is not in the running anymore. but it could be a positive for bernie sanders simply because he has had the momentum in this state for quite a long time now. peter, to pick up on what you are saying about the voting machines, we have been hearing stories from taxes as well, austin, texas, people waiting in lines for three hours to cast their votes —— stories from taxes was that we saw in

virginia there was a record high turnout in this primary, larger than 2016 and 2008, i'm right if that is what i'm thinking, do we know if the long lines that people have seen are long lines that people have seen are to do with these voting machines and problems with the speed, or is it because there is a very high turnout in california ? because there is a very high turnout in california? do we know which it is? we haven't had a categorical ruling on that on whether it is either, orare, buti that on whether it is either, or are, but i sense it is a bit of both. the process earlier in the day was simply taking much longer. every individual boater was being told by one of the officials how to use these new machines —— individual voter. but the sense i got from people talking outside was there was simplya talking outside was there was simply a lot of enthusiasm for turning up to vote at this election. a lot of people are very engaged. so i suspect when we get the statistics at the

end of the day it may reflect both of those issues. ok, peter, thank you. high turnout is good news for democrats. ron christie and mary anne marsh are here. if you are looking at the turnout we have seen, if you are looking at texas and virginia, can you extrapolate that forwards in november?” think it's helpful democrats are getting primary is with this kind of level of turnout because the republicans on jump's behalf did not have so many primaries. we may have a messy primary process here but it is great to organise and get people out there. my biggest concern about the selection is election security, frankly. there were problems we saw tonight, yes it is great people are turning out and they are voting but it isn't being done right or well. you have to ask, why hasn't this been done better? we have done nothing about our election security when we know full well russia and perhaps others are once

again trying to interfere in this election. whatever it is, there is no excuse in this country. people have to stand for three hours. three hours to vote. voting isn't getting any better, and that is the biggest problem. when you look at some of these results tonight and across the country, obviously joe biden is in the majority of the states, what does that mean to the race? people turning into night, we now down to a two horse race tonight? basically. california is interesting now because we don't know the results but it looks like three people will clear the 15% and biden is in third there. so i think in terms of the delegates, the only people coming out of tonight with hundreds of delegates is both bernie sanders and joe biden. and that isa sanders and joe biden. and that is a long way from 1991 ballots you need on that first ballot,

but blumberg and warren aren't even close, they aren't even at 28. so that puts the race in perspective —— bloomberg was that he was the frontrunner? joe biden had such a great night and joe biden had such a great nightandi joe biden had such a great night and i think this is how it is going to be covered but i think that will be how it goes forward with bernie sanders. first and foremost, i think what we need to do now is protect her —— whoever the two front runners are. the president has the power to give secret service protection. we need to make sure these democrat candidates are protected. would that be standard procedure? i'm thinking back to 2016 when donald trump got protection. was it when he was the candidate or the frontrunner?

what usually happens is you are the frontrunner, then the party nominee, however, in cases such as barack 0bama, when he ran for president there were death threats associated with his campaign and e—cigarettes —— and the secret service stepped in. there were protesters who got onto the stage in la behind the vice president. the secret service will say that this can't happen. we need to make sure the two democratic candidates are protected. to answer your question, christian, i think it would be very interesting. we saw christian, i think it would be very interesting. we sanoe biden do very, very well in states with high african—american and let you know populations was looking at illinois, new york state and other states to the north and in the uppermid other states to the north and in the upper mid west. states the democrats have to win, wisconsin, 0hio, the democrats have to win,

wisconsin, ohio, pennsylvania. so it will be interesting to see, moving away from super tuesday where you have 40% of the delegates, what will these big states in the weeks and months to go shake out in this race? in the mid terms what we saw that made the difference in the democrats was the turnout of women. looking at some of the results tonight, it isn't an overwhelming majority for joe biden, but he certainly is on top in massachusetts and across those states as a whole. and i will continue to grow over him. the biggest part of voters up for grabs our women voters up for grabs our women voters was that donald trump is doing abysmally with women. they have decided the last five american elections. they do. so i think democrats will do well with women voters. i thinkjoe biden will do better with women voters as time goes on. in many ways, this is only day four or five that he has been part of the race again. so i think that

will continue to increase. bernie sanders has never done that well with women. why? well, it starts with the top stop every campaign well, it starts with the top stop every ca m pa ig n follows well, it starts with the top stop every campaign follows the candidate. that campaign has never been that female friendly, especially given how they treated hillary clinton in they treated hillary clinton in the last rays, biting her all the last rays, biting her all the way through the convention even though she had one more delegates. she had over 2200 delegates. she had over 2200 delegates to win on the first ballot, she needed no pledge delegates but bernie sanders stayed in their. we know the treatment of that came by the sanders campaign —— we know the treatment of that campaign by the centres campaign continues to this day. -- bernie sanders campaign. joe biden talks about repeatedly in his issue as well theissue repeatedly in his issue as well the issue of tone and civility and a plight in politics. it isn't unity, it is the words

people use about each other. joe biden, ithink people use about each other. joe biden, i think appeals to people who might be looking for that in this country, perhaps two women who are looking for the whole tone to calm down about politics, to be a bit frenzied, aggressive and combative we have seen in the la st combative we have seen in the last — notjust three years — but last eight years, really. looking back three weeks ago to new hampshire, joe biden lives and goes to south carolina and people thought dead man walking. leaving michael bloomberg, perhaps he could be that person who could change the atmosphere in washington, dc- the atmosphere in washington, dc - but the atmosphere in washington, dc — but what we saw tonight was joe dc — but what we saw tonight wasjoe biden at his best. unclejoe, wasjoe biden at his best. uncle joe, the common wasjoe biden at his best. unclejoe, the common guide, the person who can connect with people with colour, women, younger people, he can connect a wide variety of demographics. i think the democrats have been long looking for him but he hasn't projected. he did well tonight. it will be interesting tonight. it will be interesting to me going forward, either

going to say that is what we wa nt going to say that is what we want to change the tone? having said that, what worries a lot of people is that he was the one to go forward and face donald trump, and there are good us to put it delicately — some senior good us to put it delicately — some senior moments good us to put it delicately — some senior moments where he forgets what he was saying. tonight he got onto the stage any turns to his wife and he business is there any terms there any dance to assist any says this is my wife. and he has had some pretty bad debate moments. donald trump is a formidable campaigner. donald trump has had those moments as well. stringing what together does not come naturally to him so we are does not come naturally to him so we are dealing with two guys in their705... so we are dealing with two guys in their 70s... we have not even mention that. so much for the changed elections. white men in their 70s. this was the

most diverse sphere now we have a couple of white guys. what it says about the countries i do not know but let's look at the delegates. mike bloomberg way down of there and not a very good night for him. also hoping for better is senator elizabeth warren. a quick reminder, a public service announcement, 1,991 needed to win the nomination. let's speak to the bbc‘s anthony zurcher in washington. the amount of money spent but he is staffed all of these

states all the way to november. 125 stuff on the pay box and one of them is that i have never been paid as well in all my life. it is remarkable. new stories about how some of the othercampaigns, stories about how some of the other campaigns, local and state campaigns were annoyed at michael bloomberg because he was stealing all the good remaining talent and paying them so handsomely they had no choice but to start working for michael bloomberg rather than working hand to mouth for some of the smaller, local races. whether michael bloomberg decides to use this machine he has built up and tended to, say, supportjoe has built up and tended to, say, support joe biden has built up and tended to, say, supportjoe biden going forward or whoever the democratic nominee is, is an open question but when you have unlimited resources, that is kind of the unconventional option you have. what different does it back, the stage at which michael bloomberg pulls out of this race, if he is

going to. it is a quantifiably difficult this week or a month down the road? it depends a lot on what he does. if you continue to pour money into these races, if he goes up to michigan and competes hard on sticks around for two weeks and compete in florida, where polls show he is running neck and neck withjoe show he is running neck and neck with joe biden and show he is running neck and neck withjoe biden and bernie sanders well behind. that could hurtjoe biden. sanders well behind. that could hurt joe biden. if sanders well behind. that could hurtjoe biden. if you look at texas, 16% for blomberg. he would be dominating that race if you assume that blomberg's people would naturally gravitate to joe biden so people would naturally gravitate tojoe biden sol thinkjoe biden gravitate tojoe biden sol think joe biden and gravitate tojoe biden sol thinkjoe biden and his supporters have a real interest in what michael bloomberg does from here and if he sticks around and actively contests these races even though he does not have quite the same amount of support he did a few days

ago. he was asked this question ago. he was asked this question a few days ago about whether he was hurting joe biden. he said he was taken from bernie sanders as well. i do not think there is any evidence of that at all. if you look at the type of people michael bloomberg appeals to, they seem different to those bernie sanders appeals. tomorrow, he will look at what the goals of his campaign have been and he says he wants to beat donald trump and keep bernie sanders from getting the nomination. a numbers game you can getting the nomination. a numbers game you can look at the numbers and see that his stay in the race would not reach either of those two goals. but his money staying in the race could help. we have been talking all night without correspondence have been at the different rallies for the super

tuesday events and of course, also with sophie long at the joe biden rally. as you can imagine it has been a great note for joe biden imagine it has been a great note forjoe biden but, as you say, he has to maintain that momentum. you see what he has done since saturday, when he had that resounding win in south carolina and people wondered if he could turned that into super tuesday delegates and it seems like he's doing that. he came onto the stage two huge chairs. it seems like a good night, and offer good night, he said. he did joke about the fact that they were still waiting to hear from too little states, of course referring to texas and california. both have huge super tuesday prizes. massive islamic and latino populations and that is what bernie sanders does well with. but even when

you talk about california and bernie sanders having a slight edge, isn't it amazing that a couple of days ago we were talking about bernie sanders potentially having a huge paul here because he was holding the 1596 here because he was holding the 15% to get the statewide delegates. a massive change in this race in the past 48 hours andl this race in the past 48 hours and i think what is important is the endorsement joe and i think what is important is the endorsementjoe biden has had. this was supposed to bea has had. this was supposed to be a victory party and it is pretty much over. the mood about supporters is one of absolute amazement that joe biden could have turned his campaign around so quickly and gain so much momentum in such a short space of time. bonus unders really believed that with the forces dragging joe biden back that he could really capitalise on this fractured,

moderate vote on what has been made clear tonight is that he now cannot rely on that and this is becoming a 2—man race and, if nothing else is clear, we will not have a winner tonight, we probably will not know who the nominees is eventually going to be as a result of tonight but we do know that the races between joe biden and bernie sanders and thatis biden and bernie sanders and that is what tonight has brought. this is now a 2—man race with some other candidates winning whittling away at some of those but it is now clear these two represent these two factions of the party we have been talking about for so long, the progressive left and the moderate more centrist person who most democrats tonight, at least, seem to think can beat donald trump. this was a night that mike bloomberg thought would totally transform the race. his big gamble that you could come in super tuesday,

spent a ton of money, with television advertisements and you could not joe television advertisements and you could notjoe biden out of the race. that was the idea that he would become of the moderate candidate, the centrist candidate, the candidate around which the moderates coalesced and that has not happened. joe biden has emerged as the centrist moderate candidate. bloomberg's play has failed. it is likely spent the night in the casino and spenta spent the night in the casino and spent a ton of money on blackjack, unrelated, failed with every single one and on the way out he got a couple of quarters out of the slot machine for american survivor and it is hard to see a viable cause despite him saying he will battle on. the rationale for his candidacy was a take joe biden out because he did not want bernie sanders to be a nominee but if he stays in, he becomes a spoiler forjoe biden

and helps bernie sanders. a lot of the thinking for mike blomberg but he does say something which usually forces felt candidates out of the race and that is money. he could dig deeper into his pockets. elizabeth warren, we see her actually right now projecting to be in third place in her own state of massachusetts which is really a worst—case scenario. we saw bernie sanders aiming for that sort of kill shot. if you cannot win there, we can she went. upwards of 10,000 people at a rally but now all ofa people at a rally but now all of a sudden out of elizabeth warren could finish the night that way. it shows the power of momentum and endorsement from people as they drop out. the power that winning south carolina and proving that he is the most capable candidate to

winning the black vote here. here in detroit, elizabeth warren gave mostly a standard stump speech at town hall. she was pretty much on message. it was pretty much on message. it was odd only that she was not giving a speech that was more resetting expectations after tonight but really what she was doing was acting as though nothing was out of the ordinary and she is pushing forward and we still do not know the results in a lot of the western states which are the ones that have the delegates she needs for a path forward. we want to thank you forjoining us all evening. we have had fun. thank you forjoining us for the super tuesday coverage. a great note forjoe biden. they will still be a lot more american politics coming your way. a lot more. as we get to pick the

democratic nominee to go against donald trump in november. thank you forjoining us. hello. we know, of course, it was a very wet winter. now the met office says it was the uk's third least frosty winter on record. and we're going to start wednesday with a widespread frost. but there's more rain on the way as the weather fronts head in and particularly into parts of england and wales. but there's more rain on the way as the weather still some uncertainty about how far north that rain will spread. northern ireland will stay dry but scotland will have a few showers in the west. in terms of the feel of the weather first—thing, most of us seeing that frost but temperatures haven't gone down too far in south—west england because this is where we are starting the day with cloud and outbreaks of rain. this pushes very gradually north and east across the rest of southern england, wales and into the midlands. some uncertainty still

about how much of this rain is going to filter through northern england. the further south you are, could turn wetter, further north you are, could well stay dry. much of northern ireland could stay dry as well apart from a few showers and clouds going to increasing. showers for western scotland, dry with some sunshine across eastern scotland. it'll feel a bit cooler. could see some hill snow in snowdonia, peak districts into thursday morning. clear spells in scotland, northern ireland, overnight into thursday morning and perhaps developing into northern england, could well lead to another frost going into thursday but elsewhere there is some cloud and temperatures hold up. on thursday, the potential for some soaking rain in the channel islands, southern counties of england, strong winds too but a lot to play for in how far north the rain here is going to get on thursday. so watch this space. showers in north—west scotland on thursday. elsewhere, looks mainly dry. fairly quiet on friday though there is a weak weather system moving east across the uk on friday which will bring at least some cloud but also some of us will see some patchy rain and hill snow out of that. there is a stronger weather system on the way into the weekend.

the deeper area of low pressure will come away and we'll take a look at the bigger picture. here it is heading in from the atlantic. it does mean windier conditions developing again as we go into the weekend. this band of wet weather will sink south on saturday. the further south you are, you may not see too much rain from it during daylight hours, and then once that is out of the way for part two of the weekend on sunday — it's sunshine but also blustery showers. that's your forecast.

this is bbc news. i'm sally bundock. our top stories: a good start to super tuesday forjoe biden — the former vp has predicted wins in eight of the 14 states, including virginia, north carolina, tennessee and most recently, massachusetts. we are very much alive! (cheering) and make no mistake about it, this campaign will send donald trump packing. (cheering) senator bernie sanders is still very much in the runnning with projected wins in vermont, colorado and utah. he's also said to have a slight edge in california. tonight, i tell you with absolute confidence, we are going to win

the democratic nomination! it's been a disappointing night so farfor the billionaire michael bloomberg, picking up very few delegates. welcome as we continue our special coverage of super tuesday. joe biden is currently ahead in these primaries, with polls showing he is projected to win eight of the 14 states. mr biden did particularly well in southern states but also well in minnesota, in the north and massachusetts, the home state of another contender, elizabeth warren. senator bernie sanders one in vermont,

colorado and utah, he also won the biggest prize of the night, california. well, we've heard from the two front runners in the last few hours. here isjoe biden speaking in los angeles. we can make hope and history ryan, there is nothing we can't do! this is about the future, it's not about the passed, it is about our future and grandchildren. it's about leaving this country and leading the world once again. folks, we just have to remember who we are. this is the united states of america! it is time for america to get back up and once again fight for the proposition that we hold these truths to be self—evident, that old man and women are created equal. we are often in school we don't realise how profound it is. we never lived up those words but in seal —— but until

this president we had never walked away from it. let's get back our stop we are decent, brave resilient people. we can believe again. we are better than this. we are better than this president. so get back up and take back this country! united states of america, there isn't a single thing we can't do. god bless you and may god protect our troops. thank you, thank you, thank you. a very energised joe biden there. bernie sanders has also been speaking in the last hour in vermont. let's have a listen to what he had to say. so here we are, we have two major goals in front of us and they are directly related. first, we must beat a president who apparently has never read the constitution of the united states. a president who thinks

we should be an autocracy, not a democracy. crowd booing but second of all, we need a movement and are developing a movement, a black, white, latino, indigenous american, gay and straight, people are making it clear every day that they will not tolerate the grotesque level of income and wealth inequality we are experiencing. we will not give tax breaks to billionaires when a half million americans sleep out on the streets. we will not allow 49% of all income go to the 1% when half of our people live

paycheck to paycheck. let's update you on what the number of delegates have been won so far. we will explain in a while while this is important. joe biden has 396 delegates, bernie sanders has 318, michael bloomberg is much further down with 31. not a great night at all for him. also hoping for better was elizabeth warren, she has 19 delegates. this is why it is important, 1991 delegates is what is needed to win the nomination. so there is still some way to go. well, let's talk this through with anthony zurcher, our respondent based in washington. anthony, it's interesting to see how this knight has developed. and for joe biden, well, what a night for him. absolutely. joe biden

was hoping his win in south carolina on saturday night would translate into some momentum heading into these 14 super tuesday states. early polls had indicated that might be happening but he has over performed those polls. he has been winning in states that we re been winning in states that were thought of as a long shot until today, minnesota and possibly even texas where he has won a head. across south, arkansas, 0klahoma, alabama, tennessee, even massachusetts, elizabeth warren's home state which everyone thought was a dogfight between warren and bernie sanders. so his strength on the back of african—american voting, on the back of older voters, and moderate voters and on the back of people who made up on the back of people who made up their mind only in the past couple of days has carried him through to a performance that, while it won't pull him away from bernie sanders in the delegate count and won't secure the nomination for him, is

going to put him on equal footing with bernie sanders going forward in what will be a long, hard —fought state going forward in what will be a long, hard—fought state based date slog in the weeks and months ahead. so, is it now a two horse race? by all accounts it will be. michael bloomberg hopefully underperformed where he was looking to in polls even a couple of weeks ago. his campaign will be re—evaluating itself tomorrow going forward, so there could be — michael bloomberg might not be around for too much longer, same with elizabeth warren. we had all of these other candidates drop out in the past couple of days. looking at the results tonight, with bernie sanders doing very well in california, that will get him a lot of delegates and joe biden is doing very well in almost every place else. those are the two campaigns that are pulling apart from the field. they represent two different strains of the democratic party. the progressive,

liberal, big government, bold kind of agenda on the left and then the pragmatic, moderate democrat establishment embodied injoe biden. democrat establishment embodied in joe biden. and democrat establishment embodied injoe biden. and democrats going forward in the states are going forward in the states are going to have a very real choice in what direction they wa nt to ta ke choice in what direction they want to take the party. do you think because it does come to this point, bernie sanders verse joe this point, bernie sanders versejoe biden, this point, bernie sanders verse joe biden, it this point, bernie sanders versejoe biden, it will be down to, in the end, who they see as most delectable against donald trump? when you talk to democratic voters, and i have been talking to them for more than a year now, time and time again that is the main thing you hear. they like to hear them talk about the issues, they like to hear them talk about healthcare they like to hear them talk about healthca re and they like to hear them talk about healthcare and the environment and education, but when it comes down to picking the nominee, they want someone who can beat donald trump. they desperately need to find someone desperately need to find someone who can beat donald trump. both candidates are making different cases for how thatis making different cases for how that is possible. if you listen to bernie sanders, he says what

you need is someone who can energise and excite the democratic base, bring in new voters and get them to turn out at the polls who can offer a bold programme that people can rally behind. joe biden's plan is to cast a wide net, and appealed to republicans who are disaffected with donald trump and suburbanites that voted for donald trump in the mid—term elections two years ago. those are two very different path to beat donald trump and they will make that case against each other. anthony zurcher, watching all of that in washington for us in our studio. let's talk to our correspondent in los angeles. peter bowes joins us from there. peter, we don't have a result yet, but couldn't go in the direction of bernie sanders? it looks like it is going to go in the direction of bernie sanders and that has

been speculated about were now many weeks. he has traditionally been strong in this state and especially the major cities in california, san francisco, los angeles. the liberal wing of the party, the progressive wing of the party, there is a very large hispanic community of course in california where bernie sanders has traditionally done well. also, early voting in california and that may well have benefited bernie sanders because a lot of people will have voted before for him before the surge in interest in joe biden. as you say, the results aren't in you, it is looking reasonably positive —— results aren't in yet, it isn't just about a win, though, it is about the proportion of delegates he manages to pick up from this date. he gets quite a few from california, doesn't he? it is a good one to get. it

is good if he gets most of them, but it is a proportional representation system, so it isn't winner takes all. ifjoe biden does 0k isn't winner takes all. ifjoe biden does ok or moderately well he will get a bunch of those delegates as well. what bernie sanders is hoping for is traditional support in this state to give him the bulk of the 400 plus delegates that are at stake. we will watch this space. peter bowes in california. we are still awaiting on the results. we have been talking all night with our correspondents, but first sophie long who has been in los angeles as well at the joe biden valley. it has been a great night forjoe biden but as you said, he has to maintain that momentum. you see what he has done since saturday, that was when he had a resounding win in south carolina and people were wondering whether he could capitalise on it and turnit he could capitalise on it and turn it into super tuesday

delegates. it seems like he is doing that. he came on the stage here huge tiers from the supporters who had gathered. it —— huge cheers, it seems like a great night. still waiting to hear from two little states, he joked, california and texas, both huge super tuesday prizes with a massive hispanic population. even when we talk about california tonight and bernie sanders having a slight edge, isn't it amazing only a couple of days ago we were talking about bernie sanders potentially having a huge haul hear her because he was the only person pulling above that 1596 only person pulling above that 15% you would need in order to get those delegates —— huge haul here. what i think is

really important is the endorsementsjoe biden really important is the endorsements joe biden had really important is the endorsementsjoe biden had over the past 48 hours. this was supposed to be a victory party and as you can see it is pretty much over. they are shocked. the mood among supporters here is one of absolute amazement thatjoe biden is one of absolute amazement that joe biden couldn't is one of absolute amazement thatjoe biden couldn't have turned his campaign around so quickly and gained so much momentum in such a short space of time. bernie sanders really, i think, believed that with the forces dragging joe biden bark, that he could really capitalise on this fractured moderate vote —— draggingjoe on this fractured moderate vote —— dragging joe biden on this fractured moderate vote —— draggingjoe biden back, and it has become clear he can't rely on that. it is becoming a two—man race. if nothing else is clear, we won't have a winner tonight, we probably won't know who the nominee is going to eventually be because of tonight stopped but we do know the race betweenjoe biden

and ernie sanders. that is what the night has brought. this is now a two—man race with some other candidates winnowing away with some votes. but it is now clear these two candidates represent these two factions in the party we have been talking about for so long. the progressive left and the more moderate, centrist arm. this was a night michael bloomberg thought would totally transform the race. that you could come in on super tuesday, spend a ton of money, carve it wrong, the states that were up to grabs does make up for grabs and not —— up for grabs are not joe biden out of the race. he would be this interest candidate —— centrist candidate of which moderates would coalesce around. that hasn't emerged. michael bloomberg's

bay has failed. it's like he spent the night in the casino, spend a ton of money on blackjack and roulette, failed with every single one, on the way out he got a couple of quarters from slot machines from american samoa and someone to say he would have his parking validated. it's hard to see a viable course from here despite him saying he will battle on. the rationale for his candidacy was to take joe biden out, become the centrist candidate because he didn't wa nt candidate because he didn't want bernie sanders to be the nominee. but if he stays in, he becomes a spoiler forjoe biden, he helps bernie sanders. soa biden, he helps bernie sanders. so a lot of deep thinking for michael bloomberg to do. although he does have something that usually forces our candidates out of the race, and thatis candidates out of the race, and that is money. you willjust dig deeper in his pockets if he wants to do that. elizabeth warren was not having the early showing she would like to see. we were seeing her projected in third place in her home state

of massachusetts, which is really the worst—case scenario. then we saw bernie sanders aiming forthat then we saw bernie sanders aiming for that sort of kill site and say if you can't win there, we can she win —— that shot. now all of a suddenjoe biden is in the mixture ahead of elizabeth warren. what that really shows is the power of momentum and the power of all of the endorsements from people as they dropped out thatjoe biden was raking in yesterday. winning south carolina and proving that he is the most capable democrat of winning the black vote here is also helping him with momentum. elizabeth warren was pretty much on message. it was odd that she was not giving a speech that was more resetting expectations after tonight. she was acting as though nothing was acting as though nothing was out of the ordinary and she

is pushing forward and we still do not know the results in a lot of the western states which have a lot of the delegates she needs to push forward. that gives you a taste of super tuesday. we will talk about that in a little bit more detail ina that in a little bit more detail in a moment. but let's have a look at some of the stories making headlines in the media around the world. the front page of the financial times, once again it is all about coronavirus. it is looking at it could cut global growth in half. the central bank for the us has pushed a rate cut. the issue of panic buying is being highlighted in the daily mail. empty shelves after shoppers clear styles of provisions such as pastor, bottled water, toilet roll as well. the independent leaves on

the super tuesday. of course, this is all over social media and on line. the latest stage in the race, as we havejust been telling you, to take on donald trump in november's presidential election. and the growing migrantand presidential election. and the growing migrant and diplomatic crisis going on between greece and turkey after reports that offence accused the turkish president of being a people smuggler. the daily mirror is looking at the 70s and 80s rock band, genesis. they are reforming after 13 years, after their last live event. this has prompted the question, is it wise, after a long spread, to turnit wise, after a long spread, to turn it on again. that is phil collins, of course. kathleen brooks is with us today. good morning, lovely to see you. it

cannot be avoided, the story about coronavirus and the financial times is looking at the emergency actions on the pa rt the emergency actions on the part of the us federal reserve which delivered a rate cut. in between meetings which has not been seen since the middle of the global financial crisis. they are taking this very, very seriously. we saw us stock market fall quite sharply however. interestingly the same thing happened in 2008. it suggests the market are not expecting the federal reserve to be able to deal with a medical issue and of course they cannot. 0r medical issue and of course they cannot. or they may put more pressure on the federal reserve who were meeting again and they may cut again. it was interesting, the federal reserve acted on their own with the ecb and the bank of england here taking a more cautious

approach. we will wait and see but not act right now. this move, the financial times discusses the twists and turns, and it follows the conference call between central bankers and g7 finance ministers. everybody seems to be meeting up everybody seems to be meeting up via conference calls. no flying around the world and no handshakes. 0bserving flying around the world and no handshakes. observing and coming out with strong statement saying we are ready and poised to help if necessary from the central bank. if the federal reserve does not work the back if they cannot come thanks do not it is notjust about coming markets but lending being more available and cheaper and boosting the economy in that sense. and that has an impact particularly when you get further down the line and you see people not shopping, staying indoors, not

expanding. right now it is more ofa expanding. right now it is more of a supply shock was not getting things in the store because obviously of the chinese manufacturing shutdown. the fact the right $12 billion available for the world bank for developing countries to help them through this crisis. in the daily mail, it says do not panic? shoppers clear the stalls. i have to say, i went to my local supermarket yesterday afternoon just to get a few bits. the meat i was empty, the pastor i was empty. —— pasta but i was really surprised. it is interesting how we are reacting to theirs. especially since the chief medical officer said the big of

the crisis may not be until next month and may not recede until the middle of the year so these empty shelves could be something we see for quite a while. the supermarkets have stood up and said we will continue to bring things in. we do not have any problems with the supply chain. share prices in uk stock markets have soared this week and they have been the best performers because these empty files are good for their profits. toilet rolls, hand sanitiser, long life milk, pasta. i guess in a way, does it surprise as we see the reaction on the day the uk government announces special measures in place and what it could look like if it is worse—case scenario. definitely. the independent has a picture of bernie sanders and if you look at that live

pageant we have a similar offering on bbc on line, as i was talking to our correspondent in washington, it really looks like it is a two horse race and i was saying to you, joe biden is 77, bernie sanders is 78, donald trump 73. the octogenarians are going to be in the white house come what may. it does look like a two horse rate. a moderatejoe biden... horse rate. a moderatejoe biden. .. he horse rate. a moderatejoe biden... he could become an octogenarian if he does go into the white house. but it is very interesting to see what the issues are and what the democrat voters are thinking about when they go and make their choices. it is interesting to see michael bloomberg, elizabeth warren falling by the wayside.”

bloomberg, elizabeth warren falling by the wayside. i think michael bloomberg has been the disappointment of the night. he spent the most money and has got nothing for it. i think trump is relevant in it as well. being a billionaire self—made businessman, he had a similar offering in terms of skills that et cetera but a very, very different man and leader to donald trump and that was his edge. he was a draconian style as mayor of new york but new york is so different to the rest of america and you need a different skill set... maybe if borisjohnson different skill set... maybe if boris johnson can do different skill set... maybe if borisjohnson can do it, so can i. borisjohnson can do it, so can i, mayor of london of course. the mudslinging between turkey and greece as they grapple with and greece as they grapple with an absolute humanitarian crisis on the border. millions on the turkish side, thousands going across into greece and it is how it is all being handling. president recep tayyip erdogan is meeting with president putin and that is so important. it

will be important. it has the chance to ignite issues further because the enter organisation between the eu and russia. —— antagonising aspect. ultimately that's right to get some form of eu membership down the line of eu membership down the line of thought turkey. turkey does have over 3 million refugees and potentially they could be more coming. a huge influx into greece. cyprus is well and that will put pressure on the eu to act. you have mudslinging on both sides but there are still so many displaced people. the issue with syria is not going away. this is in its fifth, sixth issue. no issue on the international stage to help and it shows a massive black in international diplomacy. the mirror says on a breakfast show

this morning, phil collins and the other two members of genesis, they could be returning. are you excited about that? i mean, i quite like that music but it is a great way to get a boost to your pension potty. some fantastic tunes. they had an album out in 1997. 207 40th anniversary tour. —— 2007. album out in 1997. 207 40th anniversary tour. -- 2007. what do you think? should theyjust call it a day and remember the good times and not try to reignite our excitement? there is an element of that but also bans really have to work for their money, they do not make their money, they do not make their money, they do not make their money on royalty so they have to travel. they want to

make my money, they have to go out and perform on tour. thank you for being with us. a shortened version of the briefing today. thank you for your company. i will see you soon. hello. we know, of course, it was a very wet winter. now the met office says it was the uk's third least frosty winter on record. and we're going to start wednesday with a widespread frost. it spreads further north and east. some uncertainty as to how much rain gets into northern england forced hours to western scotland to the east and stays dry. mostly hill snow, the system then gradually pulls away this was as we go into wednesday night and into thursday morning. it does mean a lot of cloud through england and wales overnight but perhaps clear enough for a frost in northern england, northern ireland and scotland into

thursday morning. potentialfor some heavy rain over the channel islands and southern counties of england on thursday with strong winds so a lot to play for. how far north any rain will get four on thursday not sure stop elsewhere mainly dry.

good morning welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today: the government launches a campaign with the message that washing your hands regularly is the most important thing to do in the fight against the virus. super tuesday — the biggest day in the us presidential election campaign so far seesjoe biden and bernie sanders as the front runners to stand against donald trump. liverpool are out of the fa cup. a mistake from goalkeeper adrian helps chelsea to a 2—0 win at stamford bridge. what i did, i did for the fellas who never came back. we go to buckingham palace with harry, the d—day veteran