this is "nightline." >> tonight, party crashers. democratic presidential candidates make their last, best push in the first in the nation primary. >> now it's decision time. >> they're on a bit of a surge. >> tomorrow could begin the end of donald trump. >> but look who's grabbing some of their spotlight tonight in new hampshire. >> winning, winning, winning. >> plus, quarantine. the virus, victims, and now violence. trying to stop infections around the world. americans stuck on a cruise ship. >> it went from one person who

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good evening. thanks for joining us. i'm deborah roberts. tonight the last-minute campaign blitz by democratic presidential candidates ahead of the first primary in new hampshire. looking to steal some of their thunder, their rival candidate, the president. here's abc's david wright. >> reporter: the last full day of campaigning before the first in the nation primary. >> i'll be damned if i'm going to stand by and watch us lose this country to donald trump a second time. >> if you are tired of the extremes in our politics, you have a home with me. >> reporter: an unwieldy field. >> now it's decision time. >> hello rochester! >> it's such a pleasure to be campaigning here in new hampshire. one day before the voting starts. >> reporter: all of them hoping new hampshire's famously independent voters -- >> this is the power in our

hands. >> reporter: -- will throw their campaigns a lifeline. >> let's get up and take back this country and take it back now! >> reporter: for the democrats the 2020 campaign is off to a disastrous start. this has probably been their worst week since hillary clinton lost to donald trump. iowa was supposed to they're oet field of candidates. it didn't. >> the iowa caucuses in chaos this morning. >> reporter: after the catastrophe at the iowa caucuses new hampshire is more important than it's been in years. >> it is enormously important. >> reporter: today the candidates fanned out across the granite state, making their final appeal. >> senator sanders. >> reporter: crisscrossing the state. >> pete buttigieg is getting some of the largest crowds. >> reporter: along with our abc news colleagues. not just the democrats. >> there's no question that trump supporters are energized. >> reporter: before the rally started we talked with some of those trump voters, who told us

they're not surprised to see democrats struggling to settle on a standard bearer. the president survived impeachment. the stock market is soaring. his poll numbers are up. which democrat are you most worried about? >> none of them. >> reporter: none of them? >> none of them. trump's going to get it all the way. he's going all the way. >> there's nobody that i'm worried about. no matter who he goes up against, they're all liars. >> reporter: we just left the trump rally. now we're headed over to a bernie event in ringe, new hampshire about an hour away. after that we go to elizabeth warren. bernie sanders supporters are betting on big ideas and a return to progressive principles. [ cheers and applause ] last time around bernie sanders was the insurgent. but here in new hampshire they felt the bern. >> only bernie can beat trump because trump is so good at manipulating people, finding their weak spots, and you know,

attacking them in ugly ways. and bernie is impenetrable to any of that. >> bernie has been fighting bullies for 40 years. he'll know how to beat this one too. >> tomorrow could begin the end of donald trump. [ cheers and applause ] >> senator sanders, a new quinnipiac poll has you on top for the first time. what do you say to that? >> polls are fine but winning elections are more important. >> mayor pete says your politics frustrate people -- >> reporter: bernie's biggest competitor according to the polls -- >> thanks for coming. >> reporter: -- is the former mayor of south bend, indiana. >> he's talking about either a revolution or a status quo, and there's nothing in between. to me that leaves most of us out. >> reporter: pete buttigieg is the insurgent this time around. he was a dark horse in iowa. not anymore. >> we are reminded of the stakes in a new way every day. today, tonight, as we speak. >> reporter: the oldest candidate and the youngest, two

ends of an argument taking place right now within the democratic party about which direction the party should go and who is best equipped to defeat the president. >> this is an age-old argument that they've had. is it revolution or is it evolution? do you go big, go bold or do you try to aim for the middle? democrats have never felt more strongly that an incumbent president has to be beaten, but they've in a lot of ways never been more divide over exactly how to do that. >> reporter: sanders alone calls himself a democratic socialist. but he doesn't have that left-hand lane all to himself. on the progressive side along with senator sanders there's also senator elizabeth warren. she's passionate, she's progressive, she has ideas, but she's also in third place. >> right now i'm between warren and pete buttigieg. but again, it's electability. >> reporter: pragmatic voters are convinced that the democrats' best chance is finding a candidate who they think appeals most to the middle. joe biden had hoped to be that

guy. today he spent some time delivering donuts to bus drivers. >> is it good? >> reporter: for months he was presumed to be the front-runner. until iowa. >> i am not going to sugar-coat it. we took a gut punch in iowa. >> reporter: biden has been frantically lowering expectations here. >> i think it's always going to be an uphill fight. >> there's a sense i've seen around joe biden that they know the end is near. and i think there's a real almost puzzlement in biden's camp and around him as to why this is so hard. >> reporter: in the closing days here in new hampshire biden launched this attack ad, contrasting their different experience. >> joe biden helped to negotiate the iran deal, and under threat of disappearing pets buttigieg negotiated lighter licensing regulations on pet chip scanners. >> now, i know some are asking, what business does the south bend mayor have seeking the highest office in the land? >> reporter: buttigieg is pushing back on biden's criticism. >> the city you're the mayor of isn't even the biggest city in

the country. it's more like manchester, new hampshire. >> reporter: some of the voters we met today believe biden has a point. >> mayor buttigieg is, you know, getting a lot of attention but i don't think he's ready. >> reporter: and this is the candidate who may be poised to have her moment here in new hampshire. moderate alternative to biden and buttigieg, senator amy klobuchar. >> so as you probably heard, we're on a bit of a surge. >> reporter: undecided voters like daniela are starting to swing her way. >> i'm here today to see amy and see what i think. i'm looking for somebody who has a big tent. i really think we have to be very careful not to alienate voters. >> interesting. what about elizabeth warren? >> i think elizabeth warren is a fantastic candidate. i like her a lot. i just don't think you can be radical on health care. >> is that opinion based on a worry about electability or an opinion about health care?

>> electability, actually. i'm a physician. so i'm all for, you know, a national health system. but i think it's an electability problem. >> reporter: my colleague mary bruce got a temperature check from klobuchar today. >> you're having a real moment. you're surging. are you ready for the attacks that come with that? >> i've already had a lot of attacks. i can deal with it. >> reporter: this may be the granite state, but people's first impressions have yet to harden into a choice. polls suggest as many as 30% may be undecided. it is a vastly different campaign after just the initial couple of votes in iowa. that mess in iowa foretells a long messy road ahead for the democrats. >> reporter: but in what might be a worrying sign of the times for democrats, tonight the biggest campaign rally in all of new hampshire wasn't for one of their candidates. >> we are going to keep on winning, winning, winning. >> reporter: it was the sellout crowd for trump. i'm david wright for "nightline" in manchester.

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we bring people together to seek pragmatic solutions. bloomberg: i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message. the latest numbers out of china tonight are worrisome to say the least. the daily death toll from the coronavirus topped 100 for the first time, and there are now more than 1,000 deaths. and caught in the middle and quarantined, american cruise ship passengers. here's abc's maggie rulli. >> the trip was awesome. we had such a great time.

>> reporter: it was supposed to be the dream honeymoon for newlyweds ma lenna basso and guy serulo. >> i was thinking of canceling the trip a little early because we were getting the coronavirus and everything like that. and they were like no, we're halfway across the world, stick it out. >> reporter: a 30-day cruise around asia on the "diamond princess," seen in all its glory in this promotional video. and it was just about to come to an end. >> what day were you supposed to disembark? >> 12 hours literally after they told us we were quarntded. >> 12 hours. you were so close. >> i tried to go get coffee. it was like a quarter to 7:00. and all the staff was like report to your room. >> reporter: now malena and guy and almost 3,700 others aboard the cruise okd docked south of tokyo are one of the largest clusters of coronavirus cases outside mainland china. the number of passengers affected doubling to 135,

including 23 americans. guests aboard the boat are being quarantined for at least 14 days. they're being asked to take their temperature every two to three hours. they only have access to the above deck for fresh air once every four days. we've been skiepg wiyping with on board to see what life is like including newly retired couple john and melanie haren who are quarantined in a cabin without windows. >> this is the first time we've been outside in the sun, and it's beautiful. >> today's day six, and we're almost over the hump. >> reporter: but on day seven of their quarantine their worst fear. the couple telling us john was burning up with a 103 degree fever. they say they're waiting for help. >> he got a great big bucket of ice, and then we're doing cold compresses on john. his fever is now 103 again. just trying to keep him cool and comfortable. he's burning up.

and just have prayers for him. >> we know not just with coronavirus but many respiratory infections have a higher likelihood of spread with people in close quarters. >> reporter: across china, where it's believed the outbreak began, chilling scenes. a man collapsed on the street. quarantine teams seen dragging a couple from their apartment after they reportedly refused to self-quarantine. ground zero of the epidemic, wuhan, china, where the virus was traced to an animal market. now the city of 11 million is like a ghost town. the world health organization issuing a warning about the virus's spread. >> the detection of this small number of cases could be the spark that becomes a bigger fire. >> reporter: officials say more than 40,000 people worldwide have been confirmed with the new coronavirus. nearly all in mainland china. most cases have been mild. but more than 1,000 people have died. the death toll surpassion the sars outbreak of 2002.

>> sars was a type of coronavirus. mers was also a type of coronavirus. they got a lot of attention because they spread from their country of origin and had very high fatality, mortality rates. >> reporter: experts say the novel coronavirus typically causes flu-like symptoms of fever and cough. >> once it was determined that the transmission of this virus could go person to person, it upped the ante, if you will, in terms of its likelihood of becoming a pandemic. >> reporter: with global concern growing, the chinese government expanding its efforts to contain the virus. state tv documented the construction of two hospitals in just over a week. and a convention center converted toneconvert ed into a massive quarantine center for thousands. on friday the 34-year-old chinese doctor who raised the alarm about the coronavirus died from the outbreak he warned the world about. only one american is known to have died from the coronavirus, and that was in china. still, the question remains whether the virus poses a

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finally tonight, the tv sitcom using dialogue as fresh as today's headlines. here's abc's adrienne bankert. >> so austin's your boyfriend? how come you didn't tell me? >> i don't know. i guess he's my boyfriend. >> reporter: "the conners" are famous for bringing tough topics and everyday conversations to light. >> i don't like the way you got here. you broke the law, and you could be putting me in a bad situation. >> what i like about this show is it doesn't gloss over the real moments. it hangs on to them. >> reporter: now tv's most outspoken family is making history. the newest episode airs live on

abc this tuesday, incorporating into the script the real-life results of the new hampshire primaries. >> we're hoping that maybe people who wouldn't be watching the results might because it's integrated into an entertainment program. >> it's like kind of giving them a spoonful of sugar to help the medicine go down. >> yeah. >> ace mcnamara who plays teenager mark-s watching the results of the democratic primary for a homework assignment. >> i do think that kids my age have a lot of opinions about what is happening. so the adults have to vote because we can't. >> reporter: but with the show going live, unedited, airing on both the east and west coasts, those real moments will only be partially scripted as the cast responds to the polling in real time. >> if something goes down, if there's some surprises, people are going to find out about it on the show and they're going to hear the family talk about it. >> we're going to have a television here that actually is showing the footage of the new hampshire primary. >> reporter: lacy gorenson who fans have come to love and know

as becky showed some of the tricks they'll have to pull off to make this episode run smoothly. >> i have to run across lanford to casita bonita. that means we end here without a commercial break. run, run, run. and then make my entrance here. >> reporter: even veteran actor john goodman says it's a lot more pressure to get it right. >> do you have any nerves? >> i'm channeling them into excitement. it's -- yeah. i want to make this fun. i want to make this unique and have a ball with it. >> reporter: for "nightline" i'm adrienne bankert in los angeles. >> the live episode of "the conners" airs tomorrow evening 8:00/7:00 central. and throughout the night abc news of course will have the latest results from the new hampshire primary. that's "nightline" for tonight. thanks for watching. have a good night.

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