turning the tide former vice president joe biden wins big on super tuesday leaving front runner bruce sanders behind him but their recent become the democratic nominee to take on president trump isn't over yet for i was born and mike bloomberg it was.

bernie sanders and his unexpected message today. here's mary brucereporter: bernie sanders today with a blunt admission. >> we are losing the debate over electability. i cannot tell you how many people our campaign has spoken to who have said, and i quote, "i like what your campaign stands for. i agree with what your campaign stands for. but i'm going to vote for joe biden because i think joe is the best candidate to defeat donald trump." >> reporter: but the vermont senator is not dropping out. >> on sunday, i very much look forward to the debate in arizona with my friend joe biden. >> reporter: biden already sounding like the general election has begun. >> tonight, we are a step closer to restoring decency, dignity and honor to the white house. that's our ultimate goal. >> mary, bottom line, bernie sanders, not dropping out. but he did signal as he fights a nearly impossible task of catching up, he said he has a specific mission for sunday's debate? >> reporter: sanders says that joe biden has something to prove to his supporters. and he's going to

and the phone call that elizabeth warren had with bernie sanders today. abc's mary bruce tonight with the reshaped race for president. >> reporter: joe biden today is relishing his stunning comeback. >> look, we're going to bring together all americans and we did that and we showed that last night. >> reporter: the former vice president swept 10 out of 15 super tuesday contests, including upsets in minnesota and even texas. >> they don't call it super tuesday for nothing. >> reporter: he also won two states in bernie sanders' backyard, massachusetts and maine. >> we were told, well, when it got to super tuesday, it would over. well, it may be over for the other guy. >> is this the establishment trying to beat bernie sanders, mr. vice president? >> the establishment are all those hard working middle class people, those african-americans, those single women in suburbia, they're the establishment. >> reporter: today, the best week of biden's campaign got even better. >> and i'm glad to say i endorse joe biden and i hope you will join me in working to make him the next presid

>> senator bernie sanders has no events on his campaign schedule except for sunday's debate against biden. despite that, sa nders says he's staying in the race for now. abc's mary bruce. >> reporter: bernie sanders with a blunt admission. a blunt admission. >> we are losing the debate over electability. i cannot tell you how many people our campaign has spoken to who have said, and i quote, i like what your campaign stands for, i agree with what your campaign stands for, but i'm going to vote for joe biden because i think joe is the best candidate to defeat donald trump. >> reporter: but the vermont senator isn't dropping out. >> on sunday i very much look forward to the debate in arizona with my friend joe biden. >> reporter: biden already sounding like the general election has begun. >> tonight we are a step closer to restoring decency, dignity, and honor to the white house. that's our ultimate goal. >> reporter: joe biden and bernie sanders will be facing off on sunday in arizona, their first head-to-head debate, and sanders says joe biden has something to prove to his supporters. and he's making it clear he's going to ask the former vice president pointed questio

sanders. >> wow. >> and bruce drove me up on a saturday and we did a couple of town halls.a set of issues we've worked on, both of us, for a very, very long time. and i respect that. >> that is usually grounds for mutual trust or at least mutual understanding when you've had a relationship like that. >> i sure hope so. yeah. uh-huh. >> one of the reasons i wanted to ask you about that relationship with senator sanders is something i talked to him about last night when i was in vermont and that is there have been some really untoward attacks by senator sanders' supporters, not by him, himself, against you, particularly online. his supporters have called you a snake. they used the snake emoji for you. they've called you a traitor. they tried to organize somebody to primary you to force you out of your senate seat here in massachusetts. and the senator said last night, he responded. he said, "i condemned that." and he's distancing himself from what his supporters have done. i wanted to ask if -- if that rose to your level of consciousness, if you were aware that was going on,

user i'm sort of very- you know it if this is julius caesar face that bernie sanders a caesar caesar with their with their bruce's exile kind of going for him. and the it's not seen as as a you know that that that that that happened to receive vincenz open chancel publishing the there you go. but in any case and then lots of you to now what i have to do that we have to be to be taken to find out what that was. but in any case the point being in the roll against bernie that's the kind of the received wisdom not regard. and elizabeth warren and gets it gets it gets pumped that gets a lot of criticism for not pulling out so there's theoretically. her share of the vote will go more towards at bernie sanders warren this is an image that's meant to represent her you know this is. all the way it's going to warrantnt after taking the counselors who most shares her views and goals at so she can stay in the inner circle of the dnc for her views and goals will be accomplished was of course a lot of. accusations of the deep. i'm not as well. in any case i'll donald trump again. in part. when and- if it. warren in the- for. s

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bernie sanders is not far behind. mary bruce is tracking all the latest.possible with the party establishment coming together behind him in a wave of african-american support, this morning, joe biden is back. >> they don't call it super tuesday for nothing. >> reporter: the night belonged to joe biden. >> for those who have been knocked down, counted out, left behind, this is your campaign. >> reporter: the former vice president with a massive comeback on the biggest night of the primary so far. >> and we're told when we got to super tuesday it would be over. so i'm here to report we are very much alive! >> reporter: breaking just moments ago michael bloomberg announcing he's suspending his campaign. after spending over half a billion dollars the former new york city mayor is now bowing out after a disappointing night. bloomberg says he's backing biden and will work to make him the next president. biden capturing 9 of the 15 contests and gaining more than 300 delegates. surprise wins in massachusetts, minnesota and texas where strong support from black vot

sanders and joe biden. and hillary clinton making news tonight, as well. what she said about biden. here's abc's mary bruce. >> reporter: closing out her campaign, elizabeth warren today spoke her mind, but revealed very little about whether she'll endorse one of her rivals. >> not today. not today. i need some space around this. and want to take a little time to think a little more. >> reporter: progressives are urging her to back bernie sanders, but warren made clear she and her supporters won't be boxed in. >> you know, i was told at the beginning of this whole undertaking that there are two lanes. a progressive lane that bernie sanders is the incumbent for and a moderate lane that joe biden is the incumbent for. and there's no room for anyone else in this. i thought that wasn't right, but evidently, i was wrong. >> reporter: joe biden and bernie sanders are both now courting her supporters. >> and today, i would simply say to her supporters out there, of whom there are millions, we are opening the door to you. we'd love you to come onboard. >> reporter: sanders spoke to warren today. and so did joe bid

both joe biden and bernie sanders hoping to get her endorsement. mary bruce is in washington with the latest. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, george. well, senator elizabeth warren billed herself as a progressive candidate with a plan for everything but now that she's dropped out of this race, the big question this morning, what's her plan for what comes next? this morning, elizabeth warren's endorsement is up for grabs. >> well, let's take a deep breath and spend a little time on that. we don't have to decide that this minute. >> reporter: overnight bernie sanders courted warren's supporters. >> tonight we invite senator warren's supporters into our campaign. >> reporter: progressives are hoping she'll back bernie sanders. he needs a boost after joe biden's super tuesday surge, but warren is making it clear it's not that simple. >> i was told at the beginning of this whole undertaking that there are two lanes, a progressive lane that bernie sanders is the incumbent for and a moderate lane that joe biden is the incumbent for and there's no room

both bernie sanders and joe biden want her support, but she's in no rush to make a decision. abc's mary brucele about whether she'll endorse one of her rivals. >> not today, not today. i need some space around this. and i want to take a little time to think a little more. >> reporter: progressives are urging her to back bernie sanders, but warren made clear she and her supporters won't be boxed in. >> you know, i was told at the beginning of this whole undertaking that there are two lanes, a progressive lane that bernie sanders is the incumbent for, and a moderate lane that joe biden is the incumbent for. and there's no room for anyone else in this. i thought that wasn't right. but evidently i was wrong. >> reporter: joe biden and bernie sanders are both now courting her supporters. >> and tonight i would simply say to her supporters out there, of whom there are millions, we are opening the door to you. we'd love you to come on board. >> reporter: sanders spoke to warren, and so did biden, who's now racking up endorsements. hillary clinton hasn't made it official but she's sounding close. >>

bruce. senator elizabeth warren, she came in fifth place in south carolina. let's put up the latest wbur poll showing her standing in her home state of massachusetts. senator sandersesting her here by 8 points. i mean, the calculation she has to make now, her best performance has been third place. does she want to lose at home and if she's out, do all of the delegates essentially or most of them go to sanders. what's going through the campaign management calculations where she is? >> weshlll, i think she has a mr decision to make. whether or not she makes it before tuesday, i really can't say. but i will say this. the same goes for klobuchar as well. if a candidate cannot win and win convincingly, in my opinion, in their home state, then that is going to be the death nail of that campaign because the people who know you best do not support you, then why should others? >> you consider that these are also two sitting senators, klobuchar in minnesota and warren in massachusetts. >> so they run statewide, obviously. >>> thanks both of you for being with us this morning. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>. >>> still ahead, we have the first death in the u.s. from coronavir

bruce, i wonder if you could walk us through one of the takeaways. there can be too much money in politics and there's a question of how to regulate that. if bernie sandersbiden are doing better while spending less than bloomberg, that seems to speak to their strength but in addition what concerns you about the influx of spending? >> i think if you have the flux uncontrolled and unchecked, that becomes corrupting. i think you have a concern about wealthy individuals coming in and dominating. i think we've seen many small donors in this race. i think when you look at corporate money coming in, that's where you have serious problems because it's dominate at that level. >> does it concern you if someone can throw so many dollars at race or does south carolina, with the example of steyer, does that actually show whether people would like less money in politics or not, the limit. spending 3,000 to get a vote compared to biden's 190 does show the limits of the impact. >> you know a candidate has to have a message. the candidate has to be able to resonate and connect with voters. tom steyer wasn't. same thing with bernie sanders connecting with voters because o

sanders. you people are killing me with your crap. host: let's go to bruceho is calling from kalamazoo, michigan. caller: how are you? host: just fine, go ahead. caller: the stock market does not make america great. america makes the stock market great. we are doing the same thing that happened in the 1920's where everybody gave people money and loaned money and it is going to crash again. they are going to say, bail us out. it is just a gambling scheme. if everybody looked at it that way, they would be better off. host: what are you doing for retirement? how are you planning for retirement? caller: i have always been suspicious so i just got 1.3% interest which seems insane to me because if you go to borrow money, they want more than that. i don't like the way the banks tried to back up the stock market because it bleeds to the gambling on the stock market. story in cnbc a this morning about what is happening with americans who are nearing retirement. i want to read a little bit from the story. retirementnearing among the many fear the market affects of the

bruce is tracking the latest from washington. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, robin. this was a massive night for joe biden. bernie sandersad high hopes, to blunt biden's rise, but instead the former vice president dominated the night and this morning he's now closing in on the nomination. taking the biggest prize of the night, joe biden this morning says he's unstoppable. >> tonight, we are a step closer to restoring decency, dignity and honor to the white house. that's our ultimate goal. [ applause ] >> reporter: the former vice president celebrating his decisive victory in the key state of michigan. also winning mississippi, missouri and idaho. bernie sanders picking up just one state, north dakota. this morning washington is still close to call. the night a major blow to sanders. at home in vermont, he skipped making a public address. with biden's delegate lead now virtually insurmountable, his supporters like jim clyburn says it's game over. >> i think it is time for us to shut this primary down. it's time for us to cancel the rest of these debates. >> reporter: biden and sanders' first one-on-one debate matchup is s

sanders who is also leading in california. but biden now has the endorsement of mike bloomberg and his machine and elizabeth warren expected to leave the race next. mary bruce is tracking all the latest. good morning, mary. >> good morning, george. joe biden continues to rack up the endorsements and it is clear he has the momentum in this race. the question now, can he keep it going? this morning, joe biden is looking to build on his super tuesday comeback. >> we welcome all those who want to join us. all those who want to join us and to build a movement. >> reporter: biden wednesday picking up another key endorsement with the exit of michael bloomberg. >> i'm glad to say i endorse joe biden. >> reporter: bloomberg is vowing his support and big checkbook to help biden take down president trump. >> our campaign for a better america, a stronger america, a more just america, a more equal america and a more united america continues. and together we will get it done. >> reporter: biden is fending off accusations that his backers are ganging up on bernie sanders. >> is the establishment trying to beat bernie sanders, mr. vice president? >> the establishment are a