[cheers and applause] and thank you to our chair, ray buckley, who makes it happen every day. my great partner in the united states senate, maggie hassan and jeanne shaheen. go, jeanne. [cheers and applause] grew up out so, i in oklahoma in a paycheck-to-paycheck family. i have had the same dream since second grade. i wanted to be a public school teacher. there is. -- there it is. my path was a little bumpy. my family did not have any money. i dropped out of school at 19 and got married, but my big chance was what was then a community college that was 45 and its away and cost $50 a semester. away and cost $50 a semester. i became my dream job of a special needs teacher. [speaking korean] -- [cheers and applause] for anyone here who does not really know teachers, let me tell you two things about us. we are afraid -- we are not afraid, and we never give up. [cheers and applause] sen. warren: so, here is the fight we are in right now. we need to win in 2020. anybody here want to win in 2020? [cheers and applause] sen. warren: so, let's talk about how it's done. , we need to talk

let me begin by thanking ray buckley in the democratic party here in new hampshire for helping to movehe state into a darker and darker shade of blue. [cheers and applause] sen. sanders: you have come a long way in recent years, and i congratulate all of you for the hard work that you have done. today you are hearing from a number of candidates who want to win the democratic nomination for president, and they are all working hard to do that. but this i do know, no matter who in zip winning that nomination -- ends up winning that nomination, and needless to say, we will all come together to defeat the most dangerous president in modern american history. [cheers and applause] sen. sanders: this country, this country cannot continue to have a president who is a pathological liar, who even uses his sharpie pen to lie about the direction of a hurricane. how crazy is that? we cannot continue to have a president who is corrupt, who is using his office to enrich himself and his family. we cannot continue to have a president who is a racist, a sexist, a homophobe, a xenophobe, and a religious b

ray buckley, thanks for being with us. guest: thank you. host: live coverage gets underway 9:00 eastern time. this is the scene on elms street at the smh you arena, formally the verizon wireless arena in downtown manchester. joining us on the phone is the chair of the new hampshire republican party. we thank you for being with us this saturday morning. guest: thank you so much for having me. i appreciate it. give us a sense of what is happening on the ground with the republicans. president trump has been there. there are other candidates, including joe carney, running for the republican nomination. this point, the not running is governor wells from massachusetts. again, i will reiterate what chairman buckley said that we value the new hampshire primary, first in the nation primary. it is a very important event, not only to all citizens of new hampshire but to the entire country because i think we anyone a platform where -- you don't have to be a well fielded candidate in order to win in new hampshire. you have to be a grassroots candidate i

and thank you to ray buckley and the new hampshire democratic team were everything you are doing.nk you to joyce greg. -- joyce craig. i'm with the people of manchester, my choice is joyce. and thank you, new hampshire for you bring us the pathbreaking delegation of senator shaheen, senator has an, chris pappas and congresswoman annie kuster. we need more like them in washington. buttigieg.the most people call me mayor pete. and i am running for president. i am running for president because i think america might be running out of time. was rightpends on a now. for a new generation, not just still, note younger even old enough to vote. trusting us with their lives. the 13-year-old who asked me at an event with tears streaming down his face what we are going to do to keep his school safe because he fears for his life every time he sits down in class. the 12-year-old girl in orlando who asked me about health insurance, not because she is a policy bath, because she has type one diabetes and is worried about what will happen if her parents lose their coverage. she is 12. and this is wh

and thank you to ray buckley and the new hampshire democratic party for everything you're doing . thank you joyce craig, i'm with the people of manchester . my choice is joyce. and thank you new hampshire for getting us the pathbreaking delegation of senator shot. senator hassan, congresswoman andy kutcher,we need more like them in washington . my name is pete buttigieg, most people call me mayor and i am running forpresident . . i am running for president because i think america might be running out of time. so much depends on us right now. for a new generation. not just mine but one younger still, not even oldenough to vote . trusting us with their lives. the 13-year-old who asked me at an event with tears streaming down his face what we're going to do to keep his school say fears for his life every time you sound in class. the 12-year-old girl in orlando who asked me about health insurance not because she's a policy but, because she's got type i diabetes and she is worried about what will happen if her parents lose their coverage. she's well. and this is what she's thinking abo

and thank you to ray buckley and the new hampshire democratic party team for everything that you areoing. thank you, joyce craig. i'm with the people of manchester. my choice is joyce. and thank you, new hampshire, for giving us the path breaking delegation of senators shaheen, senator hassan, chris papas and congresswoman annie kust schlk i'm mayor pete and i'm running for president because i think america might be running out of time. so much depends on us right now for a new generation. not just mine, but one younger still, not even old enough to vote. trusting us with their lives. the 13-year-old who asked me at an event with tears streaming down his face what we're going to do to keep his school safe because he fears for his life every time he sits down in class. the 12-year-old girl in orlando, who asked me about health insurance, not because she's a policy buff, but because she's got type 1 diabetes and she's worried about what will happen if they are parents lose their coverage. she's 12. and this is what she's thinking about. and the only fair answer to kids like that is tha

thank you to ray buckley in the new hampshire democratic rte team for everything you are doing. thank you joyce craig. i am with the people of manchester. [ applause ] and thank you new hampshire for giving us the breaking delegation of sen. -- we need more like them in washington. policy buff but because she has type i diabetes and she is worried about what will happen if her parents lose their coverage. she is 12. and this is what she is thinking about and the only fair answer to kids like that is that they should not be dealing with this at all. we, all of us old enough to vote should sort that out so they don't have to. that's what we owe to them. so they can focus on being kids. and a few years from now by the time they are adults, there could be 100 million more guns on the streets emma we will cross the point of no return on climate. and a woman's right to choose won't even exist. or, we can act. not four years from now, not 10 years from now but right now, we can act. and it is not just kids, none of us can afford to ignore the problems that we have tolerated for far too

it really is and our chair, ray buckley is here today so i want to recognize him, he has a big event tomorrow. no sleep tonight. and of course, our partner in politics and eggs is the new england council, new england chamber of commerce, it is an amazing organization, many, many members and of course, a great leader, gemma brett, jim i would like to introduce and have you up for purposes of introduction. >> thank you very much, neil, i just want to think neil for all the hard work that he does here, and his great staff in new england, new hampshire institute of politics, i just spoke to the president and he told me i'm going to stop all the interviews. you are staying. you're here. so that is good news for all of us. i just want also congratulated the president for being selected to be the leader of this extraordinary college here. i'm not surprised they had to go to commonwealth of massachusetts to get him. they had, at stonehill college, another great college but we wish you much success here. a great legacy here, a great reputation and i know you will do very well here. the politi

ray buckley for being an energetic and inspiring leader of this party. i have three predictions for you. i predict that new hampshire all lead the way and put democrat back in the white house. i predict that new hampshire return jeanne shaheen to the u.s. senate. and i predict that new hampshire will send chris sununu packing. everybody, you have won because 'su have spoken to people hearts. you have spoken to working people. this is what we have to do all over this country. we have to make working people's lives better. we have to stand up for them. i am running for president to sloganrking people, my is working people first. and i can tell you that i know we can make people's lives better. in new york, we said we were going to put money back in the pockets of working people. cynical ands are they have a reason to be skeptical because they think our government is on the side of wall street. it's not supposed to be on the side of wall street, is it. thes not supposed to be for 1%, is it? but people all over the country feel it could not possibly be that

ray buckley, the party chair there, is masterful at pulling off these kinds of things. >> okay. >> youese candidates in there. they're fighting it out, but their supporters are going to come. it's going to be 11,000, 12,000 people, and he's raised more money. the democratic party in new hampshire has raised more -- 36 times what the republican party in new hampshire has raised. >> i got to get rick in. rick, vice president's biden campaign, they're working to downplay expectations for iowa and new hampshire, saying neither state is a must-win. do you agree with that? >> look, i think joe biden's got a lot of name i.d. i think joe is right that new hampshire is consequential and important. but biden has a lot of name i.d. he doesn't have to play by exactly the same rulebook that every other democrat does. he's focused a lot of effort in south carolina from what we can see on the ground. look, you have to perform at a certain level, and in new hampshire it is right in front of you. it is right in your face. it is very much one to one, and that's a state where i think that individual conn

ray buckley, the party chair there, is masterful at pulling off these kinds of things.of these candidates there, they're fighting it out, but their supporters are going to come. it will be 11, 12,000 people. he's raised more money. the democratic party in new hampshire has raised more than 36 times of the republicans. >> vice president biden's campaign is downplaying iowa and new hampshire saying neither state is a must-win. do you agree with that? >> i think joe biden has a lot of name i.d. it's consequential and important, but biden has a lot of name i.d. he doesn't have to play by exactly the same rule book as every other democrat. he's focused a lot in south carolina which you can see on the ground. you have to perform at a certain level. in new hampshire, it is right in front of you. it is right in your face. it is very much one to one. that's a state where i think that individual connection and individual performance is going to be very important. >> so, listen, joe, you say that the state-by-state polls are more significant, i should say, than national polls. i w

i also want to say thanks to my friend ray buckley. we served as vice chairs of the dnc together and grateful for the leadership you are continuing to provide. especially during this very busy democratic primary. we have before us. i will start with aloha, because he opens the conversation with it. i think it's a very relevant word to deal with what we are facing in this country. how many of you been to hawaii before? good. almost half of you. you're familiar with the word aloha. a lot of people don't know it means a lot more than just hello and goodbye. is ieal meaning of aloha, come to you with respect, i come andou with an open heart care and compassion, a recognition that we are all connected that we are all children of god and connected regardless , of where we come from, race, religion and orientation, all of the things in this current political climate are unfortunately too often used as wedges to divide us. it's really disheartening. this hyper-partisanship and hyper divisive politics is undermining the values and principles we

you heard the advice from ray buckley, he's the chairman of the new hampshire democratic party earlier with stephanie ruhle. he said the activists here who are attending that convention want a forward-looking and positive message from these democratic candidates. they'll have a chance to shrug it out next week. but they want to see the next president of the united states on this stage. that's an important opportunity. there are a lot of endorsements up for grabs. so many of these key players have yet to make endorsements in this race. we saw joe biden getting some endorsements. two former state party chairmen bringing his number to three. i talked about the manpower as well. tomorrow say show of force for a lot of these candidates. you'll see on the streets of manchester even in a little bit of rain an attempt to show that there's real enthusiasm behind their kans candidacy. the ground games that these campaigns have been building up for months will be on full display. and for the guy i cover, joe biden, that's where that endorsement from the firefighters union is so important. they're

ray buckley is here today. he's got a big event tomorrow. no sleep tonight. of course our partner in politics and eggs is new england's chamber of commerce, an amazing organization, many members, and of course a great leader, jim. . would like to have you up >> thank you for all the hard work he does here and is great staff. i just spoke to the president. stop alle i'm going to the interviews. good news for all of us. congratulate the president for being the leader of this extraordinary college. we wish you much success here, a great legacy. eggs, all of them around the room. just remember the banners that are here. they are good corporate citizens of new hampshire. thank you for allowing us to have this wonderful series here. we have a couple of events coming up. senator angus king of maine will be speaking to the new england council. we will host the speaker of the british house of commons. be a very will interesting session in light of what is going on. host senator chris -- in of connecticut and what is called the capital conversation series. finally we h

[applause] buckley forank ray being an energetic and inspiring leader of this party. i have three predictions for you. i predict that new hampshire will lead the way in putting a democrat back in the white house. [applause] hampshirethat new senateturn to the u.s. with jeanne shaheen. will protect that they .end chris sununu packing everybody, you have one because you have spoken to people, to their hearts. you have spoken to working people. ais is what we have to do is party all over this country. we have to show we will make working people's lives better. we have to stand up for them. i am running for president to help working people, working people first. [applause] i can tell you that i know we can make people's lives better because i've seen great changes where i lead in new york. we said we would put money in the pockets of working people, so many folks are cynical and they have reason to be, they are skeptical because they think the government is on the side of wall street. not supposed to be on the side of the 1%. government is not supposed to be of and by and

begin by thanking ray buckley and the democratic party here in new hampshire for intong to move thisarker and darker shade of blue. you have come a long way in recent years and i congratulate all of you for the hard work you have done. today, you are hearing from a who want tondidates win the democratic nomination for president, and they are all that.g hard to do but this i do know. no matter who it is up winning that nomination, and needless to say, i hope it is us -- [cheering and applause] will all comewe together to dictate the most dangerous president in modern american history. cannot continue to have a president who is a , who even usesar a sharpie pen to lie about the direction of a hurricane. how crazy is that? we cannot continue to have a president who was corrupt, who is using his office to enrich himself and his family. we cannot continue to have a who is a racist, homophobe, and the religious bigot. that is not what america is about. we will make donald trump a one term president. frankly, it is not enough just to defeat trump. we must do much, much more. we must finally

i want to thank your chairman ray buckley for organizing this nice meet and greet this morning for usr theank wonderful welcome you have given me and my family as we have traveled around your state over the last several years. thank you very much. important thaty the next president of the united states understand how connected everything is. several weeks ago, we watched in , ther as the amazon burned lungs of the world. why did this happen? it happened because farmers in brazil burned trees to clearfield to grow soybeans. why did they want to grow soybeans? the largest buyer of soybeans in the world, china, is no longer buying soybeans from the largest seller of soybeans in the world, the united states of america. stupid trade war, which is destroying farmers all around affectedtry has also our ability to deal with global warming. it is interconnected. this week, we watched as the deal with brexit, something that has grown out of protectionism and that will certainly destabilize the european union. you know who is happy about that? trump and putin. that is right. hou at home, we watc

brian rap, secretary might treat tahiti, secretary buddy lessie, martha polder clark and chairman ray buckleyuse] ♪ [applause] >> good morning. [applause] round for another mayor clegg -- mayor craig and all of our officers at the convention. [applause] are you ready for a great day? [applause] are you ready to win in 2020? [applause] 2020? ready to win in [applause] you know, if 2018 got you to quote this song, you ain't seen nothing yet. let's get this party started. i want to apologize. two weeks ago donald trump was here. we did our best to get the sulfur smell out of here. i apologize if there is a lingering scent. the good news, when everyone is inside, you are not going to see an empty seat like we saw with donald trump. once again new hampshire democrats [indiscernible] [applause] i hereby call the convention to order. [laughter] and ask our phenomenal first vice chair, the senate president pro tem, for the credentials to be recorded. [applause] chairman, i am so proud to announce that we do have a quorum here today. 1227.mber is [applause] outstanding. [applause] mr. buckley: now the

i want to thank your chairman, your incomparable chairman, ray buckley.or organizing this nice meet and greet this morning for us all. and i want to thank you for the wonderful welcome you have given me and my family and my four daughters and my wife april as we have traveled around your stay in the last several years and made over 20 trips. so, thank you very much. so, it is incredibly important that the next president of the united states understand how connected everything is. you know, several weeks ago, we watched in horror as the amazon burned. the lungs of the world. why did this happen? it happened because farmers in brazil burned trees to clear fields to grow soybeans. why did they want to grow soybeans? well, because the larger buyer of soybeans in the world, china, is no longer buying soybeans from the largest seller of soybeans in the world, the united dates of america. stupid tradeump's war, which is destroying farmers all around this country, is also affecting our ability to deal with global warming. it is interconnected. this week we watche