. tonight, super two-fer tuesday. biden and sanders sweeping up. >> it's a good night. it's a good night. and it seems to be getting even better. >> joe biden on a state by state surge. will bernie bag the biggest prize of the night? >> we're going to win, because the people understand it is our campaign, our movement, which is best positioned to defeat trump. >> is it a two-man race going forward? live, from new york city. >> and across the country, a special edition of "nightline." your voice, your vote. here now, juju cha evening, and

joining us. super tuesday, living up to its billing tonight, resetting the democratic race for president. former vice president joe biden making a remarkable political come back from the brink running neck and neck with vermont senator bernie sanders. biden won nine states in all with an unbeaten streak across the south, including the second biggest prize tonight, texas, along with massachusetts and minnesota. sanders won his hope stame stat vermont. and in terms of the delegate count, at this hour, biden grabbing the most delegates, sanders coming in second with warren and bloomberg far behind. the state to watch is california on the west coast, which has 416 pledged delegates and then

unpledged super delegates. eva pilgrim was at the biden campaign headquarters in california that was stunned and at times giddy with what they saw. >> reporter: joe biden taking pretty much a victory lap here tonight, and he also has alread lost tonight. the biden campaign thinking they did better than they expected. the often ga original game plan was to do well in the southeastern states, to close the margin in california and get delegates in each of the states in super tuesday. they did better than that. taking massachusetts, a state many thought would go to bernie sanders or elizabeth warren, joe biden saying this campaign is very much alive. juju? >> our thanks to eva. joining us now, rick klein, who's here with me. biden shattering all sorts of

expectations tonight, right? when you look at the landscape, what struck you? >> this flipped the whole race on its head. we went into the night thinking this was going to be a big night for bernie sanders. he was going to pad a delegate lead that maybe could never be caught. then you look up and joe biden is winning more places, more delegates and upset states. winning in a place like minnesota, in a place like massachusetts, despite the fact that elizabeth warren has that as a home state and winning texas. that is a big, diverse prize of a state. and the fact that joe biden was able to win there, i don't think anyone saw that coming. >> and in a way, that was the biggest surpriserio of endots, le b nive son beto o'rourke, that was big. >> pete buttigieg and amy klobuchar drop out, it does seem like that was decisive.

if bernie sanders is going to be beaten, he's going to be beaten by one person. and this time they seem to have done that. and caught this a little bit before bernie sanders was unstoppable. >> let's check turnout. you were seeing good and bad in the number of areas, both with the youth vote and hispanics. >> it's remarkable. democrats have made so much of the enthusiasm and diversity that they have this big field. in most of the places that turned out, they were above 2016 levels, and it's a bit ever a warning sign for democrats. they're going to need big turnout to defeat trump. >> what do mike bloomberg and elizabeth warren say in the morning? >> it is a two-person race that has them in it. they have to make tough decisions. it could be shaped by decisions

by warren and bloomberg. do they turn their firepower on the other candidates? do they stay in? or do they recognize that this is the time to rally with one or the other. it aligns pretty well. you have one on the liberal side, one on the establishment to moderate side. do they decide to go all in with that candidate or stick it out. >> and for bloomberg, that was an expensive bet. >> $23 million per delegate. when you spend half a billion dollars you're aiming higher than that. >> and the results of course this evening upending the race to challenge president trump. it's a completely different contest than it was just a week ago. >> reporter: tonight the democratic race for the presidency recast. there were two big wins. >> they don't call it super tuesday for nothing! we were told when you got to super tuesday, it would be over. well, it may be over for the

other guy! >> tonight i tell you with absolute confidence, we are going to win the democratic nomination. >> reporter: and two left with saying have to second guess yourself. cast a vote that will make you proud. >> we've gone from 1% of the polls to be ago contender for the democratic nomination for president. >> reporter: it was just a week ago when they stood on the stage in south carolina. but by saturday, joe biden had pulled off a decisive win in the palmetto state, with unprecedented support from african-american voters. >> he says a lot of the stuff we need in the country. >> reporter: and with that win the dropouts started.

>> i have zero regrets. >> the truth is that the path has narrowed to a close. >> i cannot think of a better way to end my campaign than joining his. because -- [cheers and applause] >> reporter: three former rivals, amy klobuchar, pete buttigieg and beto o'rourke making a point to endorse biden in texas. >> dallas, i will be casting my ballot for joe biden! >> reporter: that big win in south carolina lifted biden to a southern sweep tonight. but sanders is leading in the race for the biggest prize, california, dismissive of his rivals' endorsements against him. >> we're going to win, because the people understand it is our campaign. our movement, which is best positioned to defeat trump.

[cheers and applause] >> reporter: for his part, sanders was able to capitalize on appeal to hispanics and young people. >> i am voting for bernie sanders. i love his movement. i think so many young people are inspired to come out and vote. >> reporter: but some women like this one in vermont. >> i was hopeful for a woman in the position of presidential candidate. and i don't thi >> reporter: for michael bloomberg who shelled out $215 million on tv and radio ads alone. >> america is at its best when we work together. >> reporter: a potentially campaign-ending night. >> his team says they are reassessing right now, that they will reassess into the evening. they will reassess tomorrow and reassess heading into the future. >> thank you, thank you. thank you. >> reporter: now eyes ahead to next week where six states will

vote. elizabeth warren adamant that she's looking ahead to michigan. >> prediction has been a terrible business, and the pundits have gotten it wrong over and over. michigan, you've got exactly one week until you start voting. >> and up next, who's best positioned to take on president trump? stay with us.

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and welcome back to this special edition of "nightline." tonight was not at all what bernie supporters were hoping for. i'm joined by deputy political director mary alice parks who's covered sanders extensively. are you hearing about a change in strange goitegy going forwar?

>> they're going to have to go after joe biden directly. they're going to draw contrast with him on his vote with the iraq war, also his legacy with trade deals during the obama administration. but look, pick picture, this is not the night they were hoping to have. they imagined a scenario where democrats woke up in the morning and he had a delegate lead. they knew the party was never going to be on his side, but they thought more voters would be on his side and if the numbers and score board were in their favor it would change hearts and minds of party leaders that were skeptical. >> and do you see consolidation on the progressive side as well? when you dig into the exit poll analysis it looks like hope foro progressives. >> they know they have to regroup and restrategize in a big way. they're looking for a path to

make sure joe biden is not the nominee. when we look at the exit polls, fascinate being numbers. six states show they favor bernie's health care plan. 60% of the vote in places. so that says that voters are keeping a lot in their heads at once. they might have a gut sense that joe biden is a safer bet in a general election, but that doesn't mean they're with him on all of the issues. >> thanks, mary alice, for the insights. and i spoke to chris christie. i asked him if either of the two democratic front runners had a better chance against the main competition, president trump. >> listen, i've always thought that biden is the better suited candidate to take on the president, predominantly, because michigan, wisconsin, ohio, ohio, pennsylvania. four key states, work being class states where white voters were the difference for the president in 2016. and i think biden is jus

naturally attractive to those people than sanders. so i think if bidenes t the best chance, but i think either one of them will be underdogs to the president. >> which may be why president trump's camp was cheering on a brokered convention, perhaps putting their thumb on the scale against biden? >> sure. i think president's made it really clear, he'd like to run against sanders, and he's also sending tweets out saying poor bernie sanders, they're trying to steal it from him, right? so the president's heart is on his sleeve most of the time. you know exactly what he's thinking, and that's part of what makes him attractive to supporters is that you don't have to raid smoke signals or tea leaves with donald trump. he puts it out there. >> right, there's no sub text, and yet when you look at the landscape tonight, we were talking about how expectations were shattered tonight. what stands out in your mind?

>> well, that joe biden rode the momentum from a big south carolina win all the way to perhaps ten or 11 wins tonight. no one was predicting that, i didn't think that would happen. i thought he would have a good night but not a great night. >> right, we have a very brief amount of time left. what do you make of mayor bloomberg moving forward? >> it's over, and he should take his money and spend it on something more useful. >> blunt analysis as always from chris christie, the former governor of new jersey, and of course we'll be right back with more. stay with us.

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there are 415 delegates up for grabs in