a democratic white house candidates but the biggest super tuesday prize has gone to his wife bernie saunders. how i recall more heavy showers pushing into malaysia at the moment some of the weather also making its way into southern parts of the philippines to move a lot of the showers just started to filter their way in here maybe a little further north up towards luzon could catch a little bit of wetter weather here as well a guy with a wet weather there for a good parts of borneo some lively showers to affecting java from time to time get scattering the showers as she was becoming more widespread across central and southern parts of the philippines as we go through friday not sure about into thailand but a chance of what to 2 showers coming in here now for australia was seen some very wet weather recently from the a remnants of troubles i played last and you can still see this line of cloud which extends all the way down towards the southeast in kona some really heavy rain coming across that western side of queensland outback seeing some really big downpours as we go on through the next co

head to head clash in sunday night's debate with joe biden on the front foot so after beating bernie saunders in this week's on the primaries.

head to head clash in sunday night's debate with joe biden on the front so it's off the beaten bernie saunders in this week's well defined. a very warm welcome this is the weekly opening.

if you're in fact righetti gays in the circular firing squad despite an early lead by senator bernie saunders former vice president joe biden has emerged as the front runner in the democratic race off there emerging victorious from super tuesday recent polls indicate he's also favored by a hall of registered democratic voters bawden is certainly riding on the wave of high profile endorsements from former candidates but his campaign hasn't been without a fair share of gaffes like this latest one. was 2 this my dear sister valerie and i knew it was i was shocked i mean i was this my sister they should i was in and it was innocent mistake. but it could still cause trouble if he becomes president. here's a call back number 30. 17 nope that's the word nuclear launch codes this was. one of the 1st rules of politics you never want to confuse your wife or your sister that's it all could mistake and if you are going to talk about your sister wife you should have done it sooner because then you could have won utah. yeah it was always spoke with a former u.s. state senator john william louden for his ta

and also coming out democratic presidential hopeful bernie saunders to assess his campaign after joe biden wins all 3 of choose states primaries. more than 8000 people globally and now confirmed to have died after catching car at the coronavirus number of reported cases has passed 200000 but there's growing concern over testing levels in some countries malaysia is racing to track down potential coronavirus carries after it's confirmed cases jumped to $790.00 nearly 2 thirds of those a link to a religious gathering late last month that spread the virus to at least 6 other countries a european union ban on travel us from outside the block for 30 days has now come into force as desk continues to soar in italy and spain and although many governments and else massive stimulus packages asian european and u.s. markets are fall and again well france is now on the 2nd day of a nationwide lockdown but already a video has. contriver see online it said to show paris police arresting a woman found breaking the law down rules all 67000000 residents are only allowed to leave their homes to buy groc

the the micro demographic if you will at the very top of american politics donald trump is 73 bernie saunders is 78 joe biden is 77 i mean you know run to the party convention time the cumulative ages will come out towards $250.00 he is old where is the 44 year old who is the 37 year old energized female candidate. what it says is this is where we wound up in this cycle but i do think that would erase what has happened that you pointed to earlier that is significant we have had strong women candidates who've come out in the cycle especially in 2018 for congress and then for the presidency so think about harris and where she might be 4 years from now think about elizabeth warren who won't disappear think about any club which are who was in the race until a couple days ago and i think will be a significant force going forward think about it as coming from being a small town mayor to being now a national figure think about cory booker the african-american candidate who did make a mark early on in other words there is that diversity in terms of where we were in the process even if we wound up at

sanders their speaking live in his home state, vermont. 0ur correspondent jane 0'brien is at bernie saunderss in essex junction vermont. it is very noisy behind you, a lot of excitement. when bernie sanders talks about the road to the white house, there must be a lot of lies on california and texas, a matter great deal to him, any time, but particularly tonight —— a loss relies on. there is no mistaking this or getting around the fact that this has not been a good note for bernie sanders. it really hasn't. the enthusiasm of his supporters and his defiant speech you have just heard is clearly no match for the momentum thatjoe biden has enjoyed tonight. and what a turnaround it has been for him. it is likely sanders camp nou that at some point they would be up against one candidate who would be up against the moderate —— it is like the sanders camp nou. it was probably going to bejoe biden. what they want expecting was that it would happen so quickly and it would happen tonight on super tuesday. this is the new reality facing bernie sanders and his campaign. joe biden is 110w and his campaign.

that voted yesterday or the progressive senator bernie sanders claimed for the biggest prize is california which has the most delegates up for grabs saunders appears to have won there before super tuesday got underway 2 contenders dropped out encouraging their supporters to now get behind the self-styled democratic socialist and we'll have more developments from our correspondent caleb open later in the program stay tuned for that. i suppose to be a path towards peace between the u.s. and the taliban right now but that appears to be unraveling this wednesday washington has conducted and strike against the islamist group in afghanistan's helmand province as off this series of deadly taliban attacks overnight which killed more than 20 afghan soldiers and police officers and all with the ink barely dry on a peace accord maria for national reports a historic peace deal we heard that will pave the way to peace and prosperity in afghanistan we heard it took 19 years to come to this point and of course needless to say the world expected a lot plus just hours before donald trump was on the phone call with the taliban's leader and the group's chief

nearly 30 candidates is down to just 2 serious contenders senator bernie sanders and former vice president joe biden biden leads saunders by about 90 delegates in the race for the nomination and to rival president donald trump november's general election 6 states vote on tuesday and the most closely watched will be michigan where the largest total of $125.00 delegates will be selected let's hear now from gabriel elizondo has the latest from detroit. this is a state with 125 delegates up for grabs on tuesday there are 5 other states that are also going to be voting but they don't have nearly as many delegates as this state michigan has and this is what it's all timidly come down to now a race for those nearly $1100.00 delegates that are needed to secure the democratic nomination joe biden has several more than bernie sanders at this point but that is why so much attention is being put on michigan also it's come down to essentially the final 2 candidates for the most part and these are the signs of the 2 candidates you're seeing all over the state of michigan joe biden and bernie sanders but it's not only their signs you

while progressive senator bernie tsongas has topped the polls in 3 the biggest prize is california which has the most delegates up for grabs voting still underway there with saunders currently leading before super tuesday got underway 2 contenders drops out encouraging their supporters to now get behind joe biden. i am ending my campaign and you are saying. i am looking for a president who will draw out what is best in each of us and i'm encouraging everybody who's part of my campaign to join me because we have found a leader in vice president soon to be president joe biden march 3rd 2020. i will be casting my ballot for joe biden. a common thread throughout the scramble so far to get the democratic nomination is for the rivals to take a bunny saunders' more pain breaks down aspects of the campaign. it's been a long winter for the democrats they've been feeling the cold burn oh you know we know you believe. in god you know here you're her in the lobby. it was but now as the spring rolls in the party has descended into panic i think it's a little late to stop and i think that's the problem the game it is pretty much over reading last night about the fall of france

bernie sanders. and on the on the side of it there are there are signs that the so called never trump republicans. would prefer to vote for a bite and i've a bunny saunders. at but but there are concerns about the centrist candidates went on there- then the number of gaps in the number of- moments where he seems to have forgotten what he was saying he's forgot. forgot necklines. if you were about his mental. for the job. well i wouldn't say his mental fitness i you know i think- you know joe biden's always been known to have. you know stumble occasionally when speaking but you know i think for some people that's part of his appeal he's like an average guy he's a real guy he's- he's- he's- not polished and- you know i think certainly when we look at the current president who- has been. aggressively lying who misspelled words in his tweets- who doesn't seem to- you know be able to. tell which which st city of kansas city is and- most recently- you know i think people will be pretty forgiving on that front. and what about bernie sanders okay and then that he is the candidate to fire up people up to get them out and vote because he- has this kind of. enthusi

saunders his supporters son joe biden party leaders only have themselves to blame. there is a sizable faction and always has been all for the last 2 elections who supported bernie sanders who don't like the fact that bernie sanders has been shown he's been moved out of the way for the 2nd time in a row now they're being told listen shut up vote for the party vote for us vote for vote how you're told to listen to your elders and what they're doing is they're saying wait a minute this is not my idea of voting remember the lesser of 2 evils is still evil they know they're going to get screwed again and then you have other pundits who somehow have established themselves as being the voice to be the progressive activism or democrats who are saying no if you don't vote for joe biden you were levi a lady hero and they're saying down with your old i'm voting my way that's what's happening. to the heads of the virus talking apps sold to help people keep infections a bank they turn a program we have concerns that that also perhaps covering a little too much private data. joining me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics small

virginia bernie sanders won the state with the most delegates though california he also won one in utah colorado and his home state of vermont while biden has the most delegates so far saunders is not far behind it followed by elizabeth warren and with mike bloomberg no longer in the race saunders remains full of confidence of everybody in this room thought that a year ago we began our care paid about a year ago. that a campaign that was taken on wall street and the drug companies and the insurance companies and the fossil fuel industry and the military industrial complex and the president just real complex and most of the one percent of anybody here thought that a year would come and go and we would be even hard for 1st a few votes up a few votes down delegates up with them that is a pretty amazing achievement. and joe biden was speaking just a few minutes ago said that his campaign was building momentum. welcome all those who want to join us all those who want to join us and to build a movement and this is a movement we are building it is a move and we need that movement to beat donald trump and to build a future we all know is possible you know i'm especially proud of our

bernie sanders won the state with the most delicate sets california he also since uta colorado and his home state all for moans about all this means is that while biden has the most delegates saunders is not that far behind while brand holds reports ny from los angeles. in the joe biden surged out of the blocks from the very 1st result winning north carolina virginia and alabama in quick succession as the evening wore on he maintained the momentum from his massive victory in south carolina of you days ago and this appeared to be boosted even further by the support of 2 candidates who had dropped out of the rates the endorsements by people who judge and amy close which are a huge injection of energy into a campaign that it falters at the start were true only got to start reducing your word well it may be over the other guy was. no regular folks reject you're. worth a larger. her. admission i was. sure. showed her was biden also won in texas the 2nd large. just state to vote on super tuesday and his a standing victory in massachusetts was a massive setback for elizabeth warren who represents the state in the senate she made clear though her battle is far from over so here's my advice