this is d.w. news live from berlin results from super tuesday reveal a divided democratic party millions cast ballots in 14 states holding democratic presidential primaries what candidate joe biden puts in a strong showing across the map all senator bernie sanders calls victories in at least 4 states also coming up a show of support for greece as the e.u. faces yet another migration crisis the almost who seek to test europe's unity will be disappointed will hold the line and our unity

will prevail e.u. commission president was left on the line and promises to help greece deal with a mass of refugees greece is blocking thousands trying to cross its border from neighboring turkey. i'm told me all of it well welcome to the program. projections from the democratic super tuesday primaries in the united states shows centrist joe biden taking the lead against his rivals biden has clinched victories in 8 states so far with an especially strong showing in the south exit polls link his success to strong support from african-american older and suburban voters meanwhile senator bernie sanders is projected to win the biggest prize california as well as 3 other states

. sanders is particularly popular with younger and latino voters. earlier bernie sanders addressed a raucous crowd of his supporters in his home state of vermont and he was upbeat about his chances of becoming the democratic democratic party's presidential candidate but it's a nod nod tell you were the absolute confidence we're going to win the democratic nomination god we are going to the feet the most dangerous president in their history of this country was obdurate go nowhere in the bible. i'm not joined by william do craft here in studio and alexandra phenomena in los angeles let's

start with you alexandra ahead said senator bernie sanders rather was projected to win in california how significant is that victory for his campaign. well you just said to carly fornia the biggest and most important prize on super tuesday so of course it's very significant for bernie sanders and he's come pain but we also have to say that he was expected to win big in college for now because this state plays to his playing with the young voters with the latino voters with the white. and we also have to mention that 2 of are candidates mike bloomberg and joe biden seems to clear the 15 percent threshold of old loads and 2 will probably get candidates delegates here in california as well and we also have

to mention that what we are seeing tonight is that bernie sanders was not able to take 10 to appeal with the african american. voters at that candidacy in the swing states just like north carolina and virginia where he can pay and in a very aggressive way william bunny's. thinks he'll win the democratic nomination he said it do the results from super tuesday indicates anything of the sort. it's still too too soon to tell of course remember remember the 1st primaries and caucuses that we saw in january february were about this magic word momentum about just showing that you can perform well at the media attention get donations move into the next states now we're talking about numbers we're talking about how many delegates can these candidates rack up 1991 is the magic number that's where they need to get over 50 percent to become and to clinch the nomination at the

democratic national convention in the summer and that's where she were to say so big because so many delegates are up for grabs and bernie sanders is still making a strong showing as alex alexander in california shows the. biggest state may be many of those delegates may be going to bernie sanders and biden was expected to do well at once to judge and club which are his moderate competitors dropped out of the race after south carolina ok let's turn to do you have a front runner joe biden and let's take a listen to what he said to supporters and in just a few days ago the pressure the pundits and the credit campaign get. and then carry south carolina there should be a saver or. we're charo well we got to start with yours if you're over well i bet you're over there ever a time. and it's under the head of super tuesday moderate democrats threw their weight behind joe biden does it appear as if he has benefited

from that. yes and we have to say that he really is having a very good night tonight just remember how he was struggling only a week ago off to a very disappointing performance in iowa new hampshire. and then we so he sleeping victory in south carolina the great support of african americans voters there then we saw this very surprising news said that 2 of his rivals amec hello bush era and. dropped out and endorsed joe biden so he is having a great night tonight and apparently he has momentum. with him looking of these 2 clear frontrunners joe biden and bernie sanders what about the others do expect them to sort of step aside from this race where looking now all eyes to

michael bloomberg and elizabeth warren the 2 other candidates in this race michael bloomberg it's already been reported is going to quote reassess his campaign that's usually code for going to suspend or drop out of the race elizabeth warren has really the tough call to make again a mathematical question as as alexandra mentioned this 15 percent hurdle to be a viable candidate to be able to still be allowed to get delegates if she's met that 50 percent hurdle in enough states and enough parts of states she could make the argument to stay in and push ahead towards more states the further primaries down the road leading to the national convention where she could fight for that nomination at the convention that's a very controversial way to go if she doesn't have really the popularity as she has she shown today she doesn't have that popularity not really doing well in any state even her home state of massachusetts coming in 4th warren is now to bernie sanders what buddha judge and which i was too biden in k

w reporter william to craft and correspondent alexander phenomena in los angeles thank you for that. let's now take a brief look at some other stories making news around the world. powerful tornadoes have struck the u.s. state of tennessee killing at least 25 people one tornado caused severe damage in the capital nashville destroying buildings and ripping down power lines tennessee was among the states that held democratic presidential primaries on tuesday 4 catholic bishops in mexico have been referred to superiors following alleged connections to cases of sexual abuse that's according to the vatican's representative in the country it's part of the church's efforts to gather information on the possible cover up of abuse. a church in mexico city has covered the statues of female religious figures in solidarity with women protesting gender violence 2 high profile murders of a woman and

a girl spurred recent action against gender based violence. police in one dearest say they've discovered a coca plant plantation and a makeshift drugs lab that was used to produce produce cocaine they also seized 10 kilos of cocaine and dressed as a popular card of a cartels looking to shift their goods to the north. to europe now in a sign of solidarity with greece as the e.u. grapples with a new chapter of the migration crisis european union leaders have been holding emergency talks in the greek town of on the country's border with turkey greece accuses turkey of encouraging migrants to cross its borders illegally and into neighboring bulgaria which is also an e.u. state just days ago ankara said it would no longer prevent migrants from trying to leave its territory and that sparking fears of a new wave of migration into the european union.

people are still stuck on the turkish side of the border searching for any possible way to get to greece and further into europe. look just over there the greek soldiers are watching us with that they're not allowing us to enter it's just 15 to 20 meters away. but they won't let us in because i'm going to make clear we don't wait here for 4 or 5 months we are determined. we will not leave we won't give up and when they finally open the gates we will enter if they don't we will wait here have been these i don't know if this is turkey's game or europe's want but they're playing with us they put us in a miserable situation. a new leaders came to see this it. for themselves after greece asked for help to secure its land and sea entry points. europe has not been up to the task of dealing with the migration crisis i hope this crisis will

serve as a wake up call for everyone to assume the responsibility of the e.u. leaders announced 700000000 euros in assistance support from its border protection agency and patrol vessels now is the time for concerted action and cool halves and acting based on our values turkey is not an enemy and people not just means to reach a goal we would all do well to remember both in the days to come. greek authorities say they've prevented tens of thousands of people from crossing the border trucks have arrived with supplies blankets and pillows for make shift shelters those looking for a year per preparing for more days if not weeks or months camping i in no man's land. now to the coronavirus and the tough tactics some governments are using to

slow the spread of the pathogen francaise it's seizing stocks of face masks as cases of the infection saw president in manama cross says authorities will redistribute the masks to health professionals and to those already infected with the coronavirus this as the world health organization ones 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 well than 3100 patients have died with the majority of those in china meanwhile in hong kong the corona virus has forced people's either solve koren teen or work from home on instructions of their employers so we look at one family dealing with confinement at home so we have some rice we talk about 3 or 4 bags at rice hours ready for a possible walk down water you know very social you know they're 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 might. be read out for. a week or 2 critical for. schools close to the children digging into studies at large and with derek's company telling stuff to work from harm 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. to see if i was i try i thought it came at a time you know where where and why we are where we are sort of fighter you know that a couple months ago i hope that you know there's a. virus hopefully it will bring us i tried to get there but some say the quarantine conditions have strained divided families in the past before the state

can steal a state as day old and then to avoid the i like 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 within the family. the broader social impact of these measures may take longer to emerge but for now the al family is coping fine with the confinement. here's a reminder of the top story we're following view. moderate u.s. presidential candidate joe biden has taken the lead in the democratic party's super tuesday primaries he's projected to win at least 8 states while leftist bernie sanders is clinched victories in 4 including the biggest prize california voters in 14 states went to the polls to decide who should take on donald trump in the race for the white house. coming up next

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