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"out front." voting beginning tonight. midnight tonight in dixville notch. it is make or break for some candidates. which is why they have been blanketing the state using every minute they have. elizabeth warren, pete buttigieg, amy klobuchar and vice president joe biden going on attack mode after his iowa finish which is fourth place. the person they're all trying to beat is also in new hampshire tonight. couldn't resist holding his own campaign rally. rochester, new hampshire. can the democratic candidates been campaigning. no signs of slowing down for many of them tonight. >> reporter: right, amy klobuchar's event is just about to begin. this isn't even her last event of the night. midday her campaign tacked on another event starting at 9:30 tonight eastern time. they're trying to jam in as many events as possible.

clo klobuchar crisscrossing the state. closing out newspaper, bernie sanders argues energizing the left and his army of small donors is the best path to defeat the president. a quick swiet at pete buttigieg. >> tomorrow you have a choice. you have a choice about going forward and voting for a campaign which will defeat donald trump. you are my donors. we don't go to rich people's homes and get advice from millionaires and billionaires. >> reporter: sanders and buttigieg are atop the field in the granite state. two philosophies on the ballot. buttigieg called a primary a choice. >> we cannot risk alienating americans at this critical moment, and that's where i part

ways with my friend, senator sanders. the revolution or the status quo is a picture where most of us don't see ourselves. >> reporter: buttigieg is the target of joe biden's campaign. he's downplaying buttigieg's experience as mayor. >> we want to compare records, it's easy to do. i get it. he's a good guy. he's a great mayor, but guess what, he was a mayor. >> reporter: as he runs fourth in iowa, biden told voters, give him another shot in new hampshire. >> my name's joe biden, i'm the democratic candidate for president. i was vice president. look me over, okay? >> reporter: he's looking beyond the democratic field and focusing on the president. >> trump is going to tell us over and over again the economy is on the balance rot this year. it sure; and i'm going to make sure he understands it's on the ballot because working class and middle class people are getting

clobbered. >> we have one job in november, beat donald trump. >> reporter: elizabeth warren closing with a message about taking the fight. >> i've been thinking about unwinnable fights. they're only unwinnable if you don't get in the fight and fight it! >> reporter: and amy klobuchar seeing her last events filled to capacity turned her debate moment into her closing ad hoping that message will turn her from underdog to contender. >> surprise the country. so now whether or not she can actually pull that off when i pressed the campaign, hey, are you going to do this? can you predict where you will end up? they won't dare go there, erin. all they will say is they want to beat expectations and stay in this. >> thank you very much. if you want to know how new hampshire will vote tomorrow, go talk to someone from the city of dover. dover, new hampshire, has picked

the winner in the state's past four presidential primaries. dover voters have even correctly predicted the exact order of the ton four finishers. so "out front" now, someone who can best tell us what's going to happen in dover and what voters are thinking there. the democratic mayor of the city, bob carrier. mayor carrier, i appreciate your time. you were born and raised there. you're the mayor. >> yes. >> nobody knows the situation better than you. how does it look? who are dover voters favoring right now? >> well, i've talked to a lot of people all over the city and i think it's very diversified. i've seen some of the candidates come into the city and they've all gotten good responses. i've attended a few of the presentations. they've spoken very well. >> what's your feel of the energy?

what's your feel of the energy right now, mayor? >> well, i think there's two that are really on the top, and that's bernie and that's also pete. and i think the other -- i think amy is right behind there. elizabeth warren is doing quite well and the other candidates, i think they're coming up pretty good, too. they're all getting pretty good responses from the state. they're going to these venues getting anywhere from 600 to 1,000 people. that's telling you there's a lot of people -- >> that's a lot. >> undecided. >> your city is 29,000. when you talk about 600 to 1,000 at rally after rally. that's a lot of people. people take their role very seriously there. >> yes. >> in terms of their vote. you go through bernie and pete at the top and then you said amy and then you said elizabeth warren. you did not say joe biden in that top group. that sort of stands out to me. >> well, you know, i think

joe -- i think he would be a very -- he is a very good candidate, the only thing that i've talked to some of the residents in the city is that i think he's kind of flat. i don't think he's got the -- the -- what should i say, the energy that the others have and i think that's what a lot of the millennium people are looking for. they're looking for somebody going out there and they're really vibrant, they're going after, you know, the good causes, environmental, climate change, all of the above. and i think joe biden has his points but i don't think he's got the energy that the others have. >> it's an interesting observation and it may, indeed, be very prescient in terms of what we see. another thing, mayor carrier, is the sheer number of candidates. there are so many and maybe because of the chaos of iowa it seems even more unsettled.

when you're talking about bernie sanders, pete buttigieg, amy klobuchar, does this feel different for you elizabeth warren? there doesn't seem to be an overwhelming favorite at least in terms of what you're seeing? >> i think it's totally different. i really do. first of all, i have never seen so many candidates running for president so -- which is good because you get a lot of choice, but to have like four of them in the top running without a lot of decisions being made out there until they go to the voting booth, that's different. that's definitely different. >> you feel like people are going to make their decision tomorrow? when you say people haven't made up their minds even now? >> yes. >> okay. >> i think tomorrow honestly. i think a lot of people are waiting until the last bell rings and i think tomorrow is the day that they'll make their decision, a lot of them. >> all right. it's going to be pretty exciting

to see then from how you describe it. mayor carrier, thank you so much. i appreciate your time tonight. >> oh, you're very welcome. thank you. >> so we'll see if that is what pans out. next we're going to talk about the voting block, which pete buttigieg believes is crucial. could be his secret weapon. future former republicans, soon to be former republicans. >> so could that do it for him tomorrow? plus, trump's impeachment revenge? he's targeting senator doug jones who comes from a red state calling him a light weight and a do-nothing. jones responds "out front." elizabeth warren, who will be her mike pence. her answer tonight now making headlines. man: can i find an investment firm that has a truly long-term view? it begins by being privately owned.

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>> reporter: it's a pitch pete buttigieg makes at nearly every campaign stop. >> i think we are going to defeat this president by inviting everybody to be at our side and get this done together. >> reporter: and it's aimed at new hampshire's famously independent voters like jeffrey and katheryn potsden who make up democratic voters in 2016. >> we've probably received 10 to 15 calls a day from campaigns. >> reporter: four years ago bernie sanders massive victory over hillary clinton happened. but this year others are competing for their support. >> i add to that being able to bring in independents like you have in this state as well as moderate republicans because there are so many of them out there that are looking for a candidate. >> reporter: the granite state's unique primary means undeclared

can either vote in the republican or democratic primary. the action is expected to be with the democrats. >> at this point i won't vote republican probably for a long, long, long time. democrats have me right now. >> reporter: they'll have company joined by what buttigieg calls -- >> future former republicans. >> soon soon to be former republicans. i see a few acknowledging right here. we are glad you are here and you are welcome to be at our side. >> reporter: in iowa buttigieg did well in areas that flipped from trump. and here they're following up with former republican voters who express openness to his message like rick melon, a lifelong republican who is now a registered independent in search of a candidate. >> a few want to get them back

together. a calmer, more sensible sort of direction. >> reporter: and with undecided independents like kathy bachelor who after three years of trump are looking for a change of tone. >> i want to think positive. i need positivity in my life. >> reporter: abby, it's interesting to hear them reach out to that group. you showed how important independents were when it came to bernie sanders victory last time. what role will independents play tomorrow? >> reporter: erin, the question is will bernie sanders have the same appeal as last time? there are differences this time around. a lot of these voters split their vote last cycle. some voted on the republican side maybe to put a thumb on the scale opposing trump. others were not even democrats in 2016 and it seems based on what we have learned from talking to these voters that many of them are looking for a more moderate voice. they're looking for a unifier.

it seems to suggest that perhaps bernie sanders may not be as strong as he once was but, again, some real questions about exactly how big this universe really is of potentially new independent minded voters who might play tomorrow night in new hampshire's primary. that's one of the big wild cards going into tomorrow night, erin. >> thank you very much, abby. an important question to ask overall. independents are this huge chunk, the biggest chunk but are they? "out front," lisa lair. she is in manchester, new hampshire tonight and mark preston. lisa, in new hampshire what kaine of turnout are you expecting to see from independents tomorrow from all of the reporting and rallies you've been at? is this going to be a big part of tomorrow? >> well, independents are typically a big part of the primary here in new hampshire, particularly this year with president trump running essentially unopposed. all of the action is going to be

on the democratic side. i think the broader question is how big turnout is going to be overall for democrats. new hampshire officials have gotten all kinds of record-breaking turnouts. it was close to 2016 and it fell short of expectations and also short of where it was in 2008 when democrats really turned out in force. so that's a question that everybody will be watching very closely tomorrow. >> it's a pretty important point. if we see turnout flat like in iowa, i think you're going to have a lot of people starting to ask serious questions. when it comes to bernie sanders, he won by 50 points and overall by 20 percentage points in 2016. does that set a bar that he needs a run away win for a solid victory? he eeks it out by a couple of points, is that a victory for bernie sanders or not? >> i think certainly in this state of the campaign a victory is a victory is a victory.

with bernie sanders, i would add this. back in october most people left him for dead. he had a heart attack on the campaign trail. politically people didn't think he could come back from it. he comes roaring back. he gets the endorsement of aoc and other young leaders or future leaders of the democratic party and look where we are right now. a win is a win out of new hampshire, but if it is an overall win where he comes out cleanly, that's going to spell trouble for the rest of the candidates. >> lisa, elizabeth warren is in massachusetts. he was putting her in the top four. she was the fourth out of four. can she afford to finish third or fourth? what kind of finish does she need to really get the momentum that she really does need to keep going from here? >> i think fourth would be a really hard finish for her. she hasn't quite settled on where her lane is in this race. what you see is all of these

other candidates biting into her support. you have bernie sanders and pete buttigieg. you even have amy klobuchar coming in and taking away some people who might want to see the first female president. so she's in a really tough spot here and i think she needs as strong a finish as she can possibly manage or she may start to see some of the enthusiasm drain away, some of the money drain away and it will get harder and harder to continue in the race. >> former vice president joe biden is campaigning now. this is a live picture. he's called this fourth place a gut punch. downplaying the finish in new hampshire. indicating it could happen again. >> i think anybody coming out of new hampshire it will be very difficult coming out in fourth place and trying to move forward from that. however, in the case of joe

biden they try to write the headline after that debate. they basically try to get that out of the way. as you noted, lower expectations with the idea that they can get into south carolina, that they can build this fire wall and it will open up the south for them. we know from polling and from past electoral experience joe biden is going to do well with american voters. having said that, if he comes out of new hampshire and he's really, really hurt, then we'll look at south carolina, nevada, we'll start to see if there's any slippage amongst african-americans in the south and hispanic voters out in nevada. he can still do well and turn this around. by the end of february, erin, there are only 4% of delegates apportioned. we know that isn't how the game is necessarily played but that's the game the biden campaign is playing. >> thank you both very much. next, is president trump getting even with key impeachment witnesses? >> they are not the only ones who have left recently. they are not the only ones who are expected to leave in short

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tonight kellyanne conway rolling out more government officials losing their jobs. >> they are not the only ones who have left recently and not the only ones who are expected to leave in short order. >> in short order. caitlyn collins is "out front." she's at the president's rally in manchester, new hampshire, where he has chosen to be on the eve of the democratic primary. when you hear kellyanne conway in short order, is president trump's retaliation only beginning? >> officials close to him say it's not officials specifically he'll target. whether he'll fire anybody else. those firings on friday, erin, were not retaliation when you

see all signs essentially point to it was. the president will not deny that it was. we also have some new reporting from cnn tonight that does indicate exactly how the president did want to get paid back because two officials who were fired on friday, vindman and sondland, sources tell us were both quietly planning their own exits after the impeachment trial wrapped up. people told the president that they would likely leave after the trial was over. let them go kwie lquietly, they. because then the president would be spared from what it looked like. the president didn't want that. he didn't want them to be able to leave the administration quietly and that's why you saw him fire them so abruptly on friday. now clearly impeachment is something that's very much on the president's mind. he's here in new hampshire since he's been acquitted. within minutes of the speech beginning he brought up speaker pelosi complaining she was

talking over his shoulder during the state of the union. he described her as mumbling and angry. it is going to be something the president uses according to campaign officials as a corner stone in his 2020 pitch to voters. >> thank you very much, caitlyn. president trump is also targeting some other senators who voted to remove him from office. he's targeting mitt romney, of course, more today and then also tweeting, so good to see that republicans will be winning the great seat of alabama back now that light weight gordon jones voted. senator doug jones is "out front." light weight do nothing stiff. your response, sir? >> i think that said it all. i complemented him. thanking him for complementing me on my weight. i thanked him for signing into law the 17 bills that i co-sponsored that are going to help the people of alabama.

pretty good record for a freshman senator, erin. >> look, kudos to you for not responding in kind. let me ask you, senator. he's called your colleague joe manchin who he thought would vote with him on impeachment weak and pathetic. that's a quote. and he told the governor of utah today he could keep mitt romney and he said plenty of nasty things about mitt romney over the last few days. are you afraid the attacks may be effective politically? >> no, i don't think they are at all. in fact, i think it's just the opposite. i think people are getting really tired of this, erin. people want to see a president with character and class and he's not showing that right now. i think the people are getting really -- there's a lot of fatigue about this in his tweets. if the american people had their way they would take his phone away from him right now and let him try to govern this country

and not tweet every 30 seconds. >> jeff sessions, now supporting him, running to take his seat back in november. he tweeted today that you're controlled by the socialist left. you know, again, these are m monikers people are throwing out. are you controlled by the socialist left? >> you follow my record. the people of alabama followed my record. those are laughable. anybody that knows my record knows i'm working on health care. i'm trying to keep people with health care coverage that have pre-existing conditions. we've been working to eliminate the widow's tax. everything we have done we have affected and done such positive things for a cross section of alabama. that's what's important. where they come out, they're not looking at my record, they're just talking -- it's talking points from senator mcconnell and others just trying to attack me. you know, we can address all of that. i'm not too concerned about that. if that's the best they've got,

we're going to be in great shape come november. >> so president trump, as you know, got rid of two impeachment witnesses, gordon sondland who was a political appointee and million dollar donor. nonetheless, he came out and testified and he's gone. vindman, career servant in every sense of the word, also gone. kellyanne conway said this about colonel vindman and his twin brother who worked in the white house and also is gone. he and his brother escorted out of the white house by security on friday. here's kellyanne. >> they are not the only ones who have left recently and not the only ones who are expected to leave in short order. >> is that a threat as you hear it, senator? is there anything you can do about it? >> you know, i don't think there is. i mean, the president has a lot of authority. look, let's say this. let's call that what it was, erin. that was not an escort. that was a perp walk that they had. it disrespected our military and

all of the great people that wear the uniform and have the medals like lieutenant colonel vindman did. we expect more. i don't think anybody is surprised. those people who had said the president had learned his lesson, i think they were wishing upon a star because they said that when donald trump was running for president and he -- you know, they thought when he got elected he would be more presidential. he wasn't. after the mueller report they thought he had learned his lesson. he hadn't. donald trump is who he is. you can't change the stripes. people love him or they dislike him. i fully expect more heads to roll as many as possible for him. anybody that opposes him and i don't know if there's much we can do except call attention to it. >> you're a member of the armed services committee. this is something also important to call attention to. we have learned now that more than 100 u.s. service members have been diagnosed with a range

of traumatic brain injuries after that iranian missile attack on the al assad military base in iraq. initially the president said there were no service members injured or killed. it turned out that was not true. the president said when he was at davos that some of them have in his word, quote, headaches. what is your reaction to what we are learning now more than 100? >> two things, first of all, i think the department of defense and military is taking this very seriously. they're doing all of the appropriate things for these service men and women. that's the most important thing right now. the president can downplay it all he wants. anybody that's been in the military and has had service-related injuries know that those traumatic brain injuries can be very, very serious and life threatening over the long haul. really, i'm not going to focus on what the president does. he's doing it for political reason trying to minimize this. this is very serious. military is doing it correctly. following procedures as best i can tell.

hopefully there's not going to be more, but as we go forward, these are the kind of things that are going to manifest itself for some time to come. i think the department of defense will stay on top of it regardless of what the president may say. >> thank you very much, senator jones. i appreciate it. >> my pleasure, erin. tonight in the house, jerry nadler is demanding answers about what he is calling a back channel and that back channel goes between rudy giuliani and the department of justice. this is coming after the attorney general, william barr, confirmed that the department of justice is evaluating information that giuliani has gathered from ukraine, right, in that shadow foreign policy. we know, of course, that giuliani was focused on getting dirt on joe biden. manu raju is "out front" on capitol hill. tell us about it. it's raising a lot of questions now. >> reporter: this is what lindsey graham revealed. he said he had a phone call with the attorney general yesterday morning and said that on that phone call that the attorney

general said that they had -- they were getting information from rudy giuliani to determine whether or not that information was legit as it relates to ukraine. graham warned against simply trusting those sources of information. they did confirm today that he, in fact, was part of the -- has established this channel but he also suggested that they were looking at it and may not act any further on it. democrats have a lot of questions on this, whether or not it is another back channel effort by rudy giuliani to go after the president's political rival at the behest of the president himself. jerry nadler sent a list of questions to the attorney general and wants the questions answered. they have not complied with a lot of those requests.

they defended their efforts when they are pursuing this. >> so, manu, i know i've had a chance to speak with more republicans and have a lot more information and reaction to what we've seen, right? the firings of people who testified under oath in the impeachment proceedings. vi vindman, sondsondland. very few willing to criticize the president. lamar alexander criticized the president's conduct i asked him

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tonight joe biden continuing his attack on pete buttigieg. take a look at this ad saying buttigieg doesn't have the experience to be president. >> joe biden helped save the auto industry, which revitalized the economy of the midwest. pete buttigieg revitalized the sidewalks of south bend by laying out decorative brick.

>> "out front" now steve adler the democratic mayor of austin, texas, who supports mayor pete buttigieg. you're friends with him. you've worked with him. what do you think when you see that biden ad demeaning and diminishing his experience as the mayor of south bend. >> it seems like you have a typical kind of campaign attack. what i know is that mayors on the ground are doing great things in cities. i only wish that washington worked like our best run cities. it is a little demeaning and it's disappointing. you know, folks in cities like south bend, my own, we take local issues pretty seriously. having somebody actually on the ground in a place like a mayor having to get things done, changing cities in ways that pete has been able to do and in south bend shows pretty considerable leadership. so i see an ad like that and it doesn't -- it's inaccurate.

>> so biden is not alone in his line of attack, right? they're trying to say, buttigieg, he doesn't have the experience. he hasn't been around long enough. here are two more rivals for the white house. >> while he is a beautiful speaker and he has profound experience with the military on behalf of our country, i just think you don't need another newcomer in the white house. >> we need people with experience. that's why i'm worried about mayor pete. >> why are they wrong? >> because i think the experience that mayor pete brings is the experience that we need. i mean, you're talking about somebody who took over leadersh leadership, executive leadership. moving an entire city that is dying and the ability to actually move a people. they begin to think about themselves and their city and community. his great leadership.

he was able to do smart city and smart technological solutions in his city well beyond other cities moving forward. he showed with his military experience what he could do. frankly, when you hear him speak, there's a poise that he has, a grace that he has that i think everyone can see. >> and certainly amy klobuchar did reference that. that's undeniable. your home state of texas votes on tuesday. michael bloomberg is trying to be a blplayer. he spent $30 million in texas, how big of a factor is mayor bloomberg in your state? >> well, i think ultimately this isn't a position people should be able to buy. mayor pete represents generational change.

he brings a policy that people can unify and bring people together and get things done. that's what pete stands for and that's what the country wants. if we look at the democrats last four times we've actually elected someone president it's been somebody who has been young and represented generational change. >> i appreciate your time, mayor adler. thank you very much. >> thank you. next, an american author trapped on that cruise ship ravaged by the coronavirus. i'm going to speak to her live from her cabin. plus, jeannie on who will be her mike pence. >> i already have a dog.

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"outfront" now on the phone, an american quarantined on the "diamond princess." also, of course, an author, and gay, i appreciate your time. i am just -- terrible talking to you under these circumstances. where you are -- i know you're in your stateroom right now. the number of people diagnosed on the ship where you are with that virus double overnight. you have been quarantined for six days. i want to show people some pictures you sent of just even what your meals are like right now. what you're dealing with. what is it like onboard. >> well, you know, we have not been out of our cabin at all, except we're lucky we can go out on a balcony. we wake up every morning and you can look out the window and see what level of "b" disaster move we're in. and this morning, about an hour ago, there were just some taxis on the docks, so i was feeling pretty optimistic. i took a shower and now there

must be 40 or more ambulances and emergency vehicles, some military vehicles. they have fire trucks lined up along the gangway where people are taken out to ambulances. and the fire truck seems to be there to block the view of the media. of course, that doesn't block my view from the balcony right above, what's going on. so you know, we're a little later -- a day later here in japan. and so the 135 figures is from yesterday for us. and, from the ambulances i see, i have the first clue there's more cases. >> so you're saying it looks like it has gone up by a decent, pretty big number, from what you can see? >> that's only a guess based on the number of ambulances. and every time we see a lot more ambulances, it means that in a couple of hours, we'll find out that there's more. >> gay, i mean, it must be --

>> you must be quite -- i mean, i don't want to, you know, put feelings on you, but it feels like you must be quite frightened and i know you haven't been able to leave your room, except for 90 minutes a day. you're essentially trapped there. >> no, we don't leave the room at all. we have permission to go up on deck for about 30 minutes a day, but the people in the inside cabins without windows, all of that, they get the priority, as they should. we just go on our balcony. but it's -- it's -- you know, the whole situation is worrisome. they've stepped up the food and i think my personal hero right now is the pastry chef. he even brought creme brulee without the crust, but that was absolutely delicious. and nobody's counting calories in this situation. >> i just can't even imagine what it's like. i mean, how do you feel about --

i mean, what the plan is. do you have any idea what the plan is? i know the quarantine is supposed to end, but then more and more people get sick, the quarantine keeps getting extended. do you even know what the plan is for when you would get off the ship? how they're taking care of you? >> the japanese government says if we're healthy, we get off the 19th, but i don't -- i'm not going to trust that statement, because so many more are getting sick. i don't know what they're going to do with us. our wish, our fervent hope is that the united states government is working on a plan to get the 400 americans out of here. we've been told by our medical people at a pretty high level that quarantining well people with sick people is a crazy idea and you never do it. now, even though we're segregated in the room here, we have not been tested. so, for instance, i don't know if i'm positive and my husband's

negative. and i don't know if any contact with people we've had, people we ate dinner with, any of those people have been positive. i realize that one of our friends is a smoker and she goes into the smoking room, which is a tiny, crowded room with -- keeping the smoke inside, so, you know, did she get infected in the smoking room and bring it back to our table? i'm having all of these nightmares about it. and -- >> okay. >> and i look outside at people running around in hazardous material suits of different colors and it's like i've landed in a "b" movie and i can't wake up. >> well, gay, we are -- i am thinking of you. i feel terrible. and i think anyone watching feels terrible, just the uncertainty and the not knowing and the feeling of being trapped. my goodness. my thoughts are with you. i hope that you are okay, that you stay okay, and that you can get off soon. thank you very much. >> well, i think we're at the

higher level of american government and the will to do it. >> all right. >> so, that's -- that's what we need at this point. >> all right, gay. >> you know, send the marines. >> thank you very much. we'll be talking to you. and i thank you. and jeanne is next. obama: he's been a leader throughout the country for the past twelve years, mr. michael bloomberg is here. vo: leadership in action. mayor bloomberg and president obama worked together in the fight for gun safety laws, to improve education, and to develop innovative ways to help

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here's jeanne. >> reporter: we're not sure if joe biden won over the polar bear demo, but he did shake bear's paw and seemed to touch his nose. and that's not even the wackiest joe biden campaign moment. this is when a student asked about his poor showing in iowa, he jokingly bantered. >> ever been to a caucus? no, you're a lying dog face pony soldier. >> lying dog faced what? it was a joke insult unknown in these parts, any parts. a 1953 john wayne movie called -- >> "hondo". >> reporter: was cited as the origin. >> and on top of that, you smell

like a movie. >> or maybe it was this movie. does john relate to hondo. speaking of dogs, someone asked elizabeth warren if she ever pondered -- >> who is going to be my mike pen pence? who is going to look at me with adoring eyes? >> i already have a dog. >> reporter: though bailey, famous for posing for selfies, is also known for sleeping while his owner speaks. something president trump would never let his vp do. it's unlikely the democratic contenders would swear like the president. >> bull [ bleep ]. >> reporter: okay. bs may be too much for the democrats. but as the race tightens, they are loosening their tongues. >> i would have been so damned angry, i don't know what i would have done. >> i'll be damned if i stand by and lose this election to this man. >> reporter: but with tom steyer, the damns broke. >> so many darned times. >> so many darned times we've

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