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CLAIMING SUCCESS FROM THE IOWA CAUCUSES. ADAM WE ARE COVERING CANDIDATES ALL AROUND THE STATE BUT THIS WILL BE THE EPICENTER TOMORROW NIGHT OF THE POLITICAL UNIVERSE AS THIS HIGH-STAKES DEBATE HAS EVEN MORE RIDING ON IT AFTER THE DEBACLE IN IOWA. AFTER WHAT HAPPENED THERE AND WHAT HAPPENS ON THE STAGE THEY WILL ALL COME HERE TO THE SPIN ROOM. MONICA: YOU ARE SEEING THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM. ALL THESE EMPTY CHAIRS WILL BE FILLED THIS TIME TOMORROW NIGHT BY MORE THAN 400 MEDIA OUTLETS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD. ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, THE CANDIDATES ARE REALLY GETTING THAT HARD, TRYING TO EARN EVERY VOTE POSSIBLE. ADAM: TWO EMERGING FRONT RUNNERS, ONE OF THEM BERNIE SANDERS. WE WERE WITH HIM EARLIER IN MANCHESTER. HE DECLARED VICTORY IN THE IOWA CAUCUSES. HE SAYS WHEN THE FINAL TALLY COMES OUT HE EXPECTS TO BE IN THE LEAD IN TERMS OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CAUCUS-GOERS SUPPORTING HIM BY A MARGIN OF 6000. THAT’S A DIFFERENT METRIC THAN THE ONE BEING USED BY BUTTIGIEG, WHO DECLARED VICTORY BASED ON THE NUMBER OF STATE DELEGATES THAT HE WON. BUT THAT’S YOUR EMERGING TOP TWO RIGHT NOW. AND TODAY WHEN WE SPOKE WITH SENATOR SANDERS ONE ON ONE HE PREVIEWED A LINE OF ATTACK WE MIGHT HEAR HIM USE ON THE DEBA STAGE AGAINST THE FORMER SOUTH BEND MAYOR. >> YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME CANDIDATES OUT THERE WHO ARE BUSY RUNNING AROUND TO WEALTHY PEOPLES’ HOMES OR THEY HAVE SUPERPACS RAISING MONEY FROM THE RICH AND THE POWERFUL. YOU DON’T BRING THE KIND OF CHANGE THAT WE NEED IN THIS COUNTRY WHEN YOU GO OUT RAISING MONEY FROM BILLIONAIRES. MONICA: AND WHILE THE FORMER SOUTH BEND MAYOR PETE BUTTIGIEG IS CLAIMING VICTORY IN IOWA, HE KNOWS THAT MAY NOT MEAN MUCH HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THAT IS WHY HE IS SPEAKING WITH VOTERS TODAY HERE IN MERRIMACK. HE COMMENDED GRANITE STATER’S WERE TAKING THEIR ROLE SO SERIOUSLY, AND PROMISED TO KEEP FIGHTING FOR VOTES ALL THE WAY UP TO PRIMARY DAY. >> KNOWING THAT NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS THAT, THAT THUMB ON THE SCALE, AS A STATE SO EARLY IN THE PROCESS. I SEE IT. I HAVE SEEN IT IN YOUR FACES FROM THOSE FIRST VISITS WHEN I CAME THROUGH, AND AT THE END YOU WOULD SAY THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW THAT WAS A PRETTY GOOD TALK I THINK YOU ARE IN MY TOP SEVEN NOW. ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THESE LAST FEW DAYS THAT ARE BRINGING US TO DECISION TIME. AND THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE READY TO WIN, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE READY TO LEAD ONCE WE DO. MONICA: OF COURSE WE WILL HEAR MORE FROM PETE BUTTIGIEG TOMORROW NIGHT DURING THAT DEBATE. AND AFTERWARD WHEN ALL THE CANDIDATES COME HERE TO THE SPIN ROOM TO SPEAK WITH WMUR AND VARIOUS MEDIA FROM AROUND THE WORLD. ADAM: SEVEN CAN

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