but they won't. when the rain stops starts march 20th on w. . this is d.w. news live from berlin in the united states a super tuesday showdown millions have been casting ballots in 14 states holding democratic presidential primaries projections show moderate candidate joe biden opening up and lead over his rivals also coming up as the corona virus continues to spread around the world will meet

a hong kong family that's been told to solve quarantine or find out how they and others like them to dealing with deep isolation. i'm told me a lot of well welcome to the program forecasts from the democratic super tuesday primaries in the united states shows centrist joe biden opening up an early lead against his rivals biden is projected to win the delegate rich state of virginia and north carolina as well as alabama in the deep south sanders is expected to come in 1st in his home state of vermont. correspondent alexander of naaman is in los angeles reporter william do craft is here in studio with me with him bunny is projected to comfortably win his home state of vermont no surprises there but what about the other projections seen so far what do they tell us you

know a lot of these are going more or less according to as polls were showing projected delegate counts were going a lot of these a lot of these vote counts are still very very low percentage in the state so they could change they could fluctuate a little bit but we're seeing that where is specially where there have been large where there are large black populations a lot of black voters are coming out strongly for biden what we saw already in south carolina seems to be holding true at least in vermont and north carolina for mom bernie sanders home state is clearly his he's giving elizabeth warren a run for her money in her home state massachusetts we're going to be interesting to see not a lot of delegates up for grabs there but it's interesting if elizabeth warren can even win her own state and then we move further west into texas that's where it gets a lot more contested texas tennessee and of course later in the day california but it should be really important to know this is not just about winning and losing who gets how many delegates for the democratic national convention in the summer which

determines who becomes the democratic candidate for president is very complicated it's not just winner takes all it's about how much each of these candidates are winning the states by and how many of these candidates are are viable in these states will determine who's getting how many delegates and who has a fighting chance and the billionaire businessman michael bloomberg bet everything on super tuesday he spoke just a short while ago let's take a listen to what he had to say. that night the polls are still open the number of super tuesday states and as the results coming in here's what is clear no matter how many delegates we win tonight we have done something no one else thought was possible in just. 3 months we've gone from one percent of opposed to being a contender for the democratic nomination for bradley. no bloomberg has spent all this money close to $500000000.00 and has this super

tuesday paid off. we were manged to be seen again it depends how much how many votes bloomberg takes he's he might not come in 1st place or even 2nd place but if you make strong 3rd place showings he may still have a shot at least contesting the delegate count come the convention. but he didn't sound too resoundingly positive there to go from one percent to a contender we don't know exactly what that means a bloomberg not even in a super tuesday state right now he's in florida looking ahead to the next primary elections coming up so bloomberg really is the wild card in this race ok alexandra let's turn to you in california you're in the state where the most delegates are up for grabs q explain what's at stake for those candidates that. california the most populous us state moved its primary from june to super tuesday to have a big say in who gets the only nation and we're talking here about 450 delegates

so there is a lot at stake and the candidates know about that we are here at an event where joe biden is expected to speak maybe in an hour or so but he is not considered the front runner here and. it is senator bernie sanders who has been a price for. pressing the issues that are it's important to the people in california like affordable housing like care and he has also been praised for. reaching cowards to ask an american to you know. and they are a force to be reckoned with and this. primary in california i spoke with some latino voters here in los angeles let's have a listen to but they had still say. a minimum it on the air with amanda why you have a producer who can tell you k.w.

a latino radio station in los angeles sports not politics is his passion but this tuesday armando assess many latinos just like team are eager to get out and. they're looking for a good leader they're looking for somebody that they're going to give you confidence they're going to give them. p s 4 or day on leaving a latino as we leave check to paycheck to paycheck. president down home trumps policies and treachery disturb many that he says they all are hoping for a candidate who can fix late. as soon as california moved its primary to super tuesday it was clear latinos would be crucial in choosing the democrats' presidential nominee they represent roughly a 3rd of the state's eligible voters and their influence is growing. a rally in

downtown los angeles county fornia super tuesday speaker price with its $415.00 delegates no wonder the candidates are complaining to them that last night these are the centers he seems to be the most successful candidate in reaching out to latino voters. i think you just talked to a lot of people that are like the guy building the franchise by the. big corporations and special interests whether it's big oil big pharma the gun industry and are essentially creating our policy with their money and what briefly understeering is trying to get the power away from the big corporations and giving back. people like god's people are struggling right now people are falling into homelessness for the 1st time in their lives because rents are too high. housing homes guarantee candidate like center centers and i believe that we need to invest in mass public housing after the rally at the neos taco truck

a popular place in the neighborhood we need christian a run up poll to see directed at the latino community foundation whose goal it is to make sure that every single latino can vote he's hoping for a high turnout on super tuesday latinos have been traumatized living under the top administration. you know if you look at the child separation crisis he tried to end the doco program i feel like latinos in this particular action ours are seeing this as a moment to really fight back and actually stand up to what's happening in our country today. and super tuesday seems like an important 1st step to bring about change. so it's under could the latino voters be the ones to decide the results of this super tuesday. i'm going to show you they alone can decide to vote on super tuesday here in california but the bigger the higher the turnout the

bigger their influence and that is something that they are everywhere all and so we are talking here about 7700000 latino voters here and probably throwing out and try and find 5000000 voters that's you know voters here in texas out so they are definitely have force to be reckoned with. ok alexandra phenomena in los angeles and willing to cross here in studio thank you for. letting now take a brief look at some other stories making headlines around the world. powerful tornadoes have struck the u.s. state of tennessee killing at least 22 people one of them caused severe damage in the capital nashville destroying buildings and ripping down pollens tennessee is one of 14 states set to hold democratic presidential primary elections on tuesday. residents in several neighborhoods of rio de janeiro are cleaning up after

a rainfall triggered flash flooding 4 people died and thousands of forced to abandon their homes during the storm water and mud levels rose above one meter in many homes. the world health organization says it's controlling and ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo it's reporting a shop below a number of new cases and the disease has now been confined to one province the w.h.o. credits a new isolation facility for high risk patients for the diminished numbers of new infections. let's now turn to the corona virus and the tough tactics some governments are using to slow down the spread of the pathogen france says it's still it's seizing stocks of facemasks as cases of infection saw president menem across says authorities will redistribute the masks to health professionals and those already infected with the coronavirus this as the world health organization

warns that protective gear supplies used in fighting the corona virus are running out globally worldwide the total number of cases is now over 92000 although over half of those have since recovered more than 3100 patients have died with the majority of those in china meanwhile the in hong kong the corona virus has forced people to either self corinth or work from home on instructions of their employers we look at one family dealing with confinement at home so we have some rice we stock about 3 or 4 bags that rise during hours ready for a possible walk down water you know very central to our family have been spending a lot of time indoors as the city battles to contain the coronavirus parents have a battle with boredom on their hands while my. 4. with schools closed to the children digging into studies alone and with derek's

company telling staff to work from home the kitchen table has become a co-working space hong kong is still free to go outside though the viruses of rival brought an abrupt end to large gatherings like the months of political protests that gripped this city in recent months. this violence utter i thought. you know where where. you know. a couple months ago i hope that you know there's a. virus. but some say the quarantine conditions have strained divided families in the past because they can still like stay out day out and into the corals with the family members but these days they have to stay at home and without any choice is the they have to like days like this situation or somehow it will also create more tension family. the broader

social impact of these measures it may take longer to emerge but for now the al family is coping fine with the confinement. international olympic committee president thomas bash remains confident the tokyo games will be a success despite concerns of the coronavirus disrupting the event japan's olympics minister says the country could postpone the event until the end of the year tokyo's contract stipulates that the i.o.c. holds the rights to cancel the games if they aren't held this year but japan japan argued that the contract could be interpreted as allowing a postponement interpretation aside japan's government remains committed to hosting the games beginning july 24th. and i.o.c. president thomas back to say is for now it will be business as usual. the

organizing. the whole city of tokyo. the world health organization really remain very confident with regard to the success of these games. i would like to encourage lead to their preparation for the olympic games. with great. force of steam. in the german cup finals on cheese day night defending champions by an munich defeated host shall go one nil to advance in the days of the fixture f c's up who can became the 1st ever 4th division side to advance to the semifinals off to beating fortunate decile golf $76.00 on penalties the draw for the semi's will be held on march 8th and the remaining quarter final fixtures will be played later on wednesday coming up next ots and culture news with

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