and in des moines, iowa rick klein, abc news political director, joins us again. st major contest in the presidential election. and we have this delay in results. so what's next? rick, my first question to you, what's the latest there in des moines and what do we know about the delay in the results? >> well, we know that the iowa democratic party has at least partial results but they've decided not to release them right now because they're concerned about guaranteeing the integrity of that. in fact, at least one of the campaigns, joe biden's campaign, has warned they don't want to see the results released until they have a chance to review it. we're in a bit of a holding pattern. we also know there are a whole bunch of pieces of the results that have not even made it into headquarters. we're told there are screen shots being texted, in some cases they're actually driving over handwritten notes to get them accepted at headquarters. but we don't know if it's all being compiled. 1600 pieces of information the party has to put together and right now still nothing has c

rick klein of abc news.ernie sanders had a campaign rally last night and said we are the strongest campaign to defeat trump. not to say we are the only campaign. if we don't win, we will support the winners and i know every other candidate will do the same. that is from rick klein at abc news. tom kaplan looking at the money in the campaign from the start of january. excluding self funders, bernie sanders. pete buttigieg, $14.5 million. elizabeth moran, $13.7 million. , vice president liam, $8.9 million. amy klobuchar, $5 million. andrew yang, $3.7 million. tulsi gabbard, $2.8 million. $500,000.nnet, now onto your phone calls. pat from broken arrow, oklahoma. good afternoon. are you with us? we will try former time for pat. don in columbia, south carolina. are you with us? we may have a problem with the phone lines. reginald, are you with us? the calls are not coming through. we do have other campaign coverage coming up, including michael bloomberg who was here in washington, d.c. to deliver a speech and get

kenneth and mona. >> rick klein there in charleston, south carolina. stay with abc news for coverage of the south carolina primary and then on super tuesday our live coverage begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >>> we turn to the new warning about the coronavirus. the cdc now saying, quote, this might be bad. >> officials say there's a strong chance of a serious outbreak in the u.s. and americans should be prepared for significant disruptions to their lives. overnight we learned a member of the u.s. military in south korea has tested positive for the virus and a flight attendant on korean air has reportedly been diagnosed after working on a flight to los angeles. this morning, the first u.s. military service member added to the list of americans infected with the new coronavirus. the soldier is stationed in south korea and was under self-quarantine when he tested positive. and now the cdc says it's not a question of if the virus will spread in the u.s., but a matter of when. >> we are asking the american public to work with us to prepare and the expectation t

rick klein, our political director, called this a complete meltdown of the process after the party hadat it's never used before. >> reporter: right, and they changed how they were doing the reporting this year. they were planning to release three different numbers. it was a very ambitious effort under way here. and it didn't work out. so i'm sure there is a lot of frustration, there are a lot of questions that are going to have to be answered. and it does raise the question of what will happen four years from now? will they do a caucus again in iowa? there will definitely be some changes on the horizon, yet to be seen what those will be. >> on to new hampshire, and you are right about that, marci, thank you so much reporting there live in des moines. >>> president trump is poised to deliver his state of the union address tonight on the eve of his expected acquittal. >> in closing arguments of the impeachment trial, democrats depicted the president's actions as part of a pattern of corrupt behavior. but defense attorneys insisted he did nothing wrong, and the voters should decide his fa

let's bring in abc news political director rick klein who's in washington this morning. rick, this news about bloomberg releasing women from their ndas, is that going to help him make the story go away or amplify it? >> this had to be done, dan. he was torched on that debate stage and with another coming up in just a couple of days in south carolina he needed to move past this issue and have a good answer. the big questions from here, do any of these women come forward, get out of these nondisclosure agreements, what do they say and is this it? the bloomberg campaign says there's only three people covered under this narrow category but there are lots of other people who had lots of other separation agreements for lots of reasons. there could be more to the story. bloomberg though needs to put this in the rearview mirror and and he's trying to do that. >> let's talk about the big political story of this day, the results coming in later today from the caucuses in nevada. bloomberg not on the menu there. how pivotal is this state? >> yeah, mark this day down. not only is it

we now turn to political director rick klein. what do you make of tonight's results? >> byron, we have a clear winner in new hampshire, but no more clarity in the democrat race. bernie sanders gets the win, the most votes for the second week in a row. he's able to declare victory for the second election cycle in a row. but pete buttigieg walking away with just as many delegates, meanwhile, big disappointments for elisabeth warren and mike bloomberg is waiting with all of his millions. right now, there are a number of different paths that have opened up in the democratic field for different candidates, but there really is no more clarity about where this race is headed. we're looking at a whole lot of unformed paths and maybe a lot of anxiety among democrats about this nomination as the contest ends. >> thank you, rick. we now turn to abc's david wright who's been on the ground in new hampshire documenting the lead up and aftermath of tonight's high-stakes political showdown. >> reporter: tonight in new hampshire, the thrill of victory. >> we're going to nevada. we're

we go to rick klein. >> any swagger that mike bloomberg might have had coming into the debate faded on his wealth, on treatment of women. yes, he defended himself, fwhu is but this is by far the spiciest debate. senator sanders looks like he has the most to go forward. byron? >> thank you, rick. we turn to david wright, on the highlights, with the front runner facing heat from some of his supporters, accused of bad behavior. >> reporter: tonight in las vegas, a new contender right in the line of fire. >> democrats take a huge risk if we just substitute one arrogant billionaire for another. >> i don't think you look at donald trump and say we need someone richer in the white house. >> reporter: for the first time, billionaire businessman mike bloomberg was on stage at this nbc debate, dodging the incoming. >> the mayor says he has a great record. he has not managed his city i have, very well when he was there. >> reporter: bloomberg has been rising in the polls, having spent more than $400 million of his own money mostly on advertising. that makes him a formidable player. >> they've bee

more insight from our political director rick klein. >> kenneth and elizabeth, an utter meltdown in des moines. what was supposed to be a joyous kickoff to the process is instead a meltdown of epic proportions for a party that right now is grappling with a whole series of issues, now no clarity at all out of iowa. no information coming from the iowa democratic party after a series of technical snafus delayed calling into question the results. now even joe biden's campaign saying they're not sure they can trust the numbers. multiple campaigns are now declaring victory over partial sets of numbers, and all of the campaigns are decamping to new hampshire for the next round without knowing really anything of what happened in the first state. the country that's been reeling with questions around election security now has a new one to grapple with with president trump stirring the pot of this turmoil inside the democratic party, really a worst case scenario for the democrats here in iowa. kenneth and elizabeth. >> rick, thank you. we will have much more analysis of the chaos in iowa and where

we asked our political director rick klein. >> kenneth and kimberly, this was by far the feistiest debate we've seen in the election cycle. it was mike bloomberg's debut and he was attacked viciously by his opponents over his wealth, over his treatment of women. over his running of a company and of the city of new york. all of those things coming into the open. and i think reflecting the reality that all of the democrats recognize that this could be a two-person race very quickly. bloomberg's positioned well and so is senator bernie sanders. he was attacked, self-described democratic socialist having what the other candidates view as unrealistic plans and all of it came out. simply unloading, elizabeth warren scattershot. pete buttigieg also attacking. it seemed like none of the candidates wanted to leave anything on the table and all recognize from here the pace of the campaign picks up. it is going to be hard to catch a candidate who gets an early lead and all that could happen quickly. kenneth and kimberly. >> what a night. thank you, rick, and we'll have more coverage and analysis of

. >> for more insight we turn to abc news political director rick klein. reporter: kenneth and kimberly, this was by far the fiestiest debate we've seen by the democrats. it was mike bloomberg's debut and he was attacked viciously by his opponents. over his wealth, over his treatment of women. over his running of a company and the city of new york. all of those things coming into the open and i think reflecting the reality all the democrats recognize this could be a two-person race very quickly. bloomberg is positioned well, so is senator bernie sanders. he was attacked as a self-described democratic socialist, having what the other candidates view as unrealistic plans. elizabeth warren scattershot among all the different candidates. pete buttigieg also attacking. they all recognize from here, the pace of the campaign picks up. it is going to be hard to catch a candidate who gets an early lead, and all of that could happen very, very quickly. >> all right, rick, thank you, we appreciate it. >>> in other news the pentagon's number three official has resigne

rick klein has more. reporter: kenneth and kimberly, we have a clear winner but no real clarity in the democratic race as a result of this election. senator bernie sanders is the winner. turns out pete buttigieg is going to have just as many delegates out of the state of new hampshire. and amy klobuchar's going to be very close. her finish, around 20% of the vote, that's the big surprise of the night. she put herself into contention suddenly and very quickly, coming out of that abc news debate friday night. no one thought she had a real chance, now she's right back. another big storyline, the fade of elizabeth warren from a neighboring state and joe biden who left the state early rather than suffer the consequences of a very lackluster performance. now we wait to see how this shakes out. the voting becomes very intense later this month and into super tuesday with michael bloomberg and his billions waiting on the other side. democrats recognize that they have these stars, they have their winners, but they