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Big Win for Outsiders as Sanders and Trump Crush Opposition in New Hampshire; Growing Crisis in Syria; Top U.S. Spy Says ISIS Determined to Strike U.S. in 2016; Aeromexico Apologizes to Indian Actor; Supreme Court Halts Key Obama Environmental Initiative. Aired 3-4a ET
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[03:00:00] ERROL BARNETT, CNN HOST: A very big win for the outsiders. Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump crushed their competition for the White House in New Hampshire.
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DONALD TRUMP, (R) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: We are going now to South Carolina. We're going to win in South Carolina.
SEN. BERNIE SANDERS, (I-VT) DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: And now it's on to Nevada, South Carolina and beyond!
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ROSEMARY CHURCH, CNN HOST: Also a crisis in Syria. Growing fears for hundreds of thousands of people who could be trapped by a government offensive.
BARNETT: And terror fears. America's top spy says ISIS militants are determined to strike the U.S. and its allies in 2016.
CHURCH: Hello and welcome to our viewers all across the globe. I'm Rosemary Church.
BARNETT: And I'm Errol Barnett. Thanks for joining our second hour of CNN NEWSROOM.
Now, Donald Trump finished strong in New Hampshire primary just as the polls predicted he might. The billionaire businessman easily won the first U.S. primary on Tuesday night, scoring more than 35 percent of the vote.
CHURCH: John Kasich finished second in the republican race with 16 percent. And right now Ted Cruz has barely edged out Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio for third place with 12 percent of the vote.
BARNETT: Now, on the democratic side, Bernie Sanders cruised to victory over Hillary Clinton and the difference is quite large, winning 60 percent of the vote. Now, at first glance, it might seem like republican Donald Trump and
democrat Bernie Sanders have nothing in common, except that they both won their party's primaries in New Hampshire as we mentioned.
CHURCH: But the truth is, they are both outsiders. Neither one a life-long member of their party. In their victory speeches they promised big changes ahead.
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TRUMP: We are going to start winning again. And we're going to win so much. You are going to be so happy. We are going to make America so great again. Maybe greater than ever before.
SANDERS: What began last week in Iowa, what voters here in New Hampshire confirmed tonight, is nothing short of the beginning of a political revolution.
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BARNETT: For more insights on these results, CNN's Chris Frates is staying up well into the wee hours of the night and morning, joins us live from Manchester in New Hampshire.
Chris, thanks for being with us. Trump really has surprised the establishment, probably scared the republican establishment as well. And for the first time, now has a win under his belt. What's the reaction to that?
CHRIS FRATES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, I'll tell you, Errol, you know, you guys both pointed out that Sanders and Trump, outsiders. It's almost like, you know, you say you want a revolution. Both in the republican and democratic parties.
And, you know, going forward, I think Donald Trump really -- he really -- 35 percent of the vote, that was more than double Ohio Governor John Kasich, who was the establishment candidate here. And he's really kind of rewriting the rules of American politics.
New Hampshire voters for the longest time, they wanted to see the candidate. They want to make sure they had a lot of town halls. That they came here and did that one-on-one personal touch.
Donald Trump didn't do that so much. He is kind of stuck to the big rallies. In fact, last week, his jet got snowed in in New York. He didn't come to New Hampshire for a scheduled stop. He got a lot of flak for that. People saying, what, you can't stay overnight one day out of New York to campaign? It didn't seem to hurt him at all.
So, you know, this is really has the establishment worried particularly because they thought coming out of this race it would be a three-man race. It looks like it's going to be a five-man race going forward with that establishment candidate who maybe can take on Trump still not established yet.
CHURCH: And, Chris, on the other side of the political equation, Bernie Sanders had a massive win and stole the momentum from Hillary Clinton. What impact will that likely have going forward? And do Sanders' people really feel that he has a chance here?
FRATES: Well, they do. And now, certainly Hillary Clinton spent most of the week trying to manage those expectations saying that Bernie Sanders was a long-time Senator from Vermont, this was almost a home field advantage for him because New Hampshire is right next door to Vermont.
But Bernie Sanders racking up a huge win here. He needed a big W, you know, he very much came close in Iowa but didn't got the win. Now it's almost one on one. Of course, you don't count the wins here by states. It's by delegates.
And Bernie Sanders' folks are saying, that they can mount a national campaign. Now, they are going into South Carolina and Nevada, but they're looking ahead to places like Colorado, Massachusetts, Minnesota, those are places where he plays well. Let's take a listen to what he said tonight to all his big supporters.
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[03:05:05] SANDERS: The people of New Hampshire have sent a profound message to the political establishment, to the economic establishment and, by the way, to the media establishment.
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What the people here have said is that given the enormous crises facing our country, it is just too late for the same old, same old establishment politics, and establishment economics, the people want real change.
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FRATES: So, there you have Bernie Sanders talking about how he's taking on the establishment. As much the same way Donald Trump has. What's been so interesting to watch when Hillary Clinton was leading nationally and Bernie Sanders was way behind in the polls, remember, he was losing by 50 percent when he got in. He was barely registering on the polls.
So, this has been a huge comeback for Bernie Sanders. But Donald Trump used to talk about how he would love to take on Hillary Clinton. And as Sanders has gained in the polls, he's starting to set his sights on Sanders as well. Let's take a listen to what Donald Trump had to say about Bernie Sanders tonight.
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TRUMP: He wants to give away our country, folks. He wants to give away -- we're not going to let it happen. We're not going to let it happen. I don't know where it's going with Bernie. We wish him a lot of luck. But we are going to make America great again but we're going to do it the old-fashioned way.
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FRATES: So, there you have Donald Trump taking a hit at large republican critique of Bernie Sanders, which is that, you know, he wants to give away everything. Whether that's free tuition or free universal health care for all and making that republican argument, that's not the American way. So, it's very fun to watch how these race dynamics are changing as voters start to weigh in, guys.
BARNETT: And incredible to think Trump and Sanders, both sons of New York, not far away from each other from where they're born, on opposite sides of the ideal spectrum coming out of New Hampshire both with a win.
Chris Frates joins us from Manchester. You can now get some sleep, Chris. Just past 3 a.m. there. Thanks you for your time today.
FRATES: Thank you.
CHURCH: So, Hillary Clinton won the New Hampshire primary back in 2008, but she got thrashed in Tuesday's vote there.
BARNETT: In her concession speech, Clinton told her supporters she'd keep trying to earn their vote.
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HILLARY CLINTON, (D) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I know I have some work to do, particularly with young people, but I will repeat again what I have said this week.
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Even -- even if they are not supporting me now, I support them.
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CHURCH: And an overjoyed John Kasich thanked supporters for his second-place finish in New Hampshire. The Ohio Governor had staked his presidential hopes on a higher finish there. He credited some of his success to positive campaigning.
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GOV. JOHN KASICH, (R-OH) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Maybe, just maybe we're turning the page on a dark part of American politics because tonight, the light overcame the darkness of negative campaigning.
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And you made it happen. You made it happen.
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BARNETT: And Governor Jeb Bush who last year was considered the frontrunner of this race, he's now battling from runner-ups status within the party. Bush, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio, all fighting for third place in New Hampshire republican race. Though, Cruz has a slight advantage at this moment. However, Bush started optimistic as he addressed his supporters.
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JEB BUSH, (R) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: The pundits had it all figured out last Monday night when the Iowa caucuses were complete. They said that the race was now a three-person race between two freshmen senators and a reality TV star.
And while the reality TV star is still doing well, it looks like you all have reset the race. And for that, I am really grateful.
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CHURCH: And now for his second place win, John Kasich is not wasting any time. He has already left New Hampshire for the next battleground.
BARNETT: And that is the State of South Carolina. The governor is hoping momentum from New Hampshire will help him defy expectations and win there.
Sara Murray has details.
SARA MURRAY, CNN POLITICAL REPORTER: John Kasich may have won the tightest race in New Hampshire last night, the race for second place. Even though the Ohio Governor came in second to Donald Trump, he still beat expectations.
And more importantly, he beat out the other establishment candidates in the race, like Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, and Chris Christie. That all but ensures he will head on to South Carolina and maybe to a number of states past that, further muddying the field going forward.
During his speech last night, he thanked his supporters and says he plans on carrying his positive message on to South Carolina.
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[03:10:00] KASICH: How can any man be so lucky, huh, to have all of you, to be so happy about life and family and the fact that the lord's blessed me.
We are at the beginning of this campaign season. Tonight, we head to South Carolina and we will move through South Carolina all across this country and will end up in the Midwest. And you just wait. Let me tell you.
There's so much going to happen. If you don't have a seat belt, go get one.
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We're going to shape this country from top to bottom. Thank you all very much. And God bless you.
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MURRAY: And John Kasich what's he's been kidding about taking up in South Carolina, he took an overnight flight there, something none of his rivals did. And he'll be on the campaign trail starting today.
Back to you, guys.
BARNETT: So, a lot of moving pieces here. What should we make of everything? Well, CNN political commentator and conservative radio host, Ben Ferguson joins us now from Dallas to figure it all out.
Ben, I know that you've not been a Trump fan or Trumpeter, as Sarah Palin would say but he is now a primary winner. This non-politician who said plenty of offensive things is a solidified republican frontrunner. Are you losing your mind today?
BEN FERGUSON, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: No, not losing my mind. I mean, if there's any place Donald Trump should do well, it would be New Hampshire. This fit his demographics. This fit his, you know, the obvious support that he has among his supporters is very consistent and strong.
And when you have a field that as big as this one was in New Hampshire, with as many people being in double digits, barely, you have him in a solid first place. That is not surprising to me at all. The big question is moving forward, will he be able to do this in other states?
Remember, New Hampshire is a place where it's predominantly white. They're not that many minorities there. So, this is abnormal electoral map, especially compared to the rest of the country.
I also will say this, if you remember, John McCain did very well in 2000 in New Hampshire. He went on to lose badly to then-Governor Bush, who became President Bush. This is far from over.
CHURCH: And, Ben, of course, we knew who was going to come in first. We didn't know who would come in second. John Kasich surprised everyone with his second-place in New Hampshire. This will be a real shot in the arm for him, but he needs some financial support. How quickly will that come now? Of course, he's now trying to claim the establishment crown.
FERGUSON: Well, he certainly needs to be able to raise money off this very quickly. I mean, if there's anything you can remember from Rick Santorum the last election was that he was not able to capitalize on some of his early victories when it came to raising money against Mitt Romney.
And I think that if Kasich is going to be very smart about this and makes sure he goes out there and asks people for money directly in the days moving forward towards South Carolina. But ultimately, this was a big showing for him.
This is a hard work paying off. He spent a lot of time, had a lot of town halls. More than 100 of them in New Hampshire. And that paid off for him. And that's going to, I think, pay big dividends moving forward.
Plus, you had the implosion of Marco Rubio. make no mistake about it tonight, it's a terrible night for Rubio and it's going to be very hard for him to recover from this, especially after the beating he took in the debate the other night before, you know, at the hands of Chris Christie. He really exposed him in his weakest debate thus far.
BARNETT: Well, let's talk about the rest of the field here. You have Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush, as well as Marco Rubio all walking away with just over 10 percent of the vote each. It seems as though, Ted Cruz is leading among them. And he will likely do well in South Carolina. So, with Rubio having a bad day, explain why Ted Cruz is still in this thing.
FERGUSON: Well, I think Ted Cruz is definitely a candidate that was not going to do well in New Hampshire. The fact that he can finish in the top three or four is certainly a victory for him. One of the main reasons why as many of the people voting, the majority of them, more than 70 percent, did not identify as Evangelical Christians.
Where you compare that to New Hampshire -- or excuse me, Iowa, there's a big difference here. So, for him to just have a solid showing going to South Carolina, that is going to be a big show down there. He obviously has got a solid ground game in South Carolina. And that's going to be important.
CHURCH: And, Ben, further down the food chain, what should happen next? Chris Christie has said he will hit home. Take a deep breath. We heard that before. Marco Rubio, as you said, had a bad night. He's disappointed. So, should Christie, Carly Fiorina, and Ben Carson, all three struggling now at the bottom dish, should they bail out and leave it to the others?
FERGUSON: I think definitely Carly Fiorina and Ben Carson, it's time for them to hang it up. The longest they stay at this time, I think it's just for their own personal, you know, gravitas, I guess you could say. I've always said when you know that you're not a viable candidate that is when you need to allow your supporters to go somewhere else.
What's interesting about Christie and I guess you could say the big asterisk next to his name right now is, he had an incredible debate the o the night, and it brought down Marco Rubio. To see him drop out now would just be a little bit odd. But at the same time I think he knows, he had to have a good night here.
[03:15:00] He does not have near the ground game that I think he needs in South Carolina. And I think that he is also a realist and I think he understands that, look, you got to take a big, deep breath after this. Really reassess. Talk to your donors. A lot of this is going back to your donors and saying, are you willing to support me for the next two primaries? And if they say, no, then you might see all three of them, you know, drop out of this.
CHURCH: Yes. And it will be interesting to see who they pick after that.
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FERGUSON: Definitely. It's a weird election. Think about tonight, we're talking about Donald Trump winning and Bernie Sanders winning. Those are two non-establishment people that have had big nights in New Hampshire.
You got to be excited about that if you're an outsider liking this and wanting this, but you've to put a big asterisk next to both of them. This is not reality. New Hampshire is not reality of how this is going to get moving forward.
BARNETT: I'm going to miss the crowded republican field on that debate stage. Like a reality show. I've loved to all this men.
FERGUSON: So, you're the guy that was watching all those undercard debates. I knew I was going to be.
BARNETT: Exactly. All right. Well, Ben Ferguson, you are our favorite TV star. Thanks for giving us your insight.
FERGUSON: Thanks, Errol.
BARNETT: Our CNN political commentator and conservative radio host joining us from Dallas.
CHURCH: Thanks, Ben.
BARNETT: But, hey, maybe some of you are obsessed with this topic as well. You can see the full results and complete coverage of the New Hampshire primary on our web site at cnn.com/politics.
CHURCH: A short break here. But still to come, a warning from the U.N. as a Syrian rebel stronghold comes under relentless attacks. We have an exclusive report from inside the City of Aleppo.
BARNETT: And the U.S. intelligence chief spells out the upcoming threat from ISIS.
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CHURCH: The U.N. Security Council will hold a closed-door meeting on Wednesday on the humanitarian crisis in Syria. That as government and rebel forces wage what could be a defining battle in Syria's five-year Civil War. They're fighting over the northern City of Aleppo, a key rebel stronghold.
BARNETT: Now the combat has been fierce with President Bashar al- Assad's forces tightening their grip on the eastern half of the city and blocking key supply lines as well.
The U.N. fears hundreds of thousands of people will be cut off if government troops surround the city. As you see here, thousands are already fleeing toward the Turkish border.
CHURCH: And our own Frederik Pleitgen is inside Aleppo in an area controlled by the Syrian government. He sent this exclusive report.
FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: We are right in the heart of Aleppo. This is the al-Malia area and it's actually fairly close to the frontline. But it's also one of the main places held by the Syrian government.
Now as you can see in this area, there are a lot of products that are actually available. Food, a lot of other products as well.
However, the people here, it is very, very difficult for them. There's almost no electricity. Most of it comes from generators. And of course, because we're so close to the frontline, there is also shelling here. And it's quite dangerous for the folks who live here.
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"I believe we've already endured about 80 percent of the hardship," this man says, "and I hope the remaining 20 percent will end soon." "The situation is very tough right now," he adds, "but we are steadfast and we believe the power will be on the correct side."
And this man says, "We have had very tough times, but thanks to the victory of the army, we have survived these hard times."
Aleppo is currently the key battleground in Syria's Civil War. The Syrian government under President Bashar al-Assad has started a brutal offensive in this part of the country, also of course, backed by Russian air power and pro-Iranian militias as well.
And they believe that if they're able to deal a crushing blow to the rebels in this part of Syria, that they could decide the Syrian Civil War for themselves. Of course, that still is unclear.
They don't know how solid their gains are at this point or whether or not the rebels might try to launch a counterattack, but at this point in time, Aleppo is certainly one of the toughest battle grounds in the Civil War that's been going on for about five years.
Fred Pleitgen, CNN, Aleppo.
BARNETT: A controversial proposal to strip French citizenship from people convicted of terrorism narrowly passed its first hurdle in the French parliament, and the next votes will take place in the coming hours.
CHURCH: The measure to amend the Constitution was introduced in the wake of the attacks in Paris last November. Islamic extremist killed 130 people.
BARNETT: Lawmakers also voted to give the state increased security powers and to extend the state of emergency for another three months.
Top U.S. intelligence officials project ISIS will probably try to launch a direct attack on the U.S. in the coming year. The director of national intelligence said, ISIS in its eight branches are the number one terrorist threat. Though, Al Qaeda is also positioned to make gains.
CHURCH: James Clapper told a Senate committee the militants are infiltrating refugee groups, trying to escape the fighting in Iraq and Syria.
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JAMES CLAPPER, U.S. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR: ISIL's leaders are determined to strike the U.S. homeland. Beyond inspiring homegrown violent extremist attacks, although the U.S. is a much harder target than Europe, ISIL external operations remain a critical factor in our threat assessment for 2016.
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CHURCH: And Clapper also said North Korea has expanded a uranium enrichment facility and restarted a plutonium reactor. He said Pyongyang is committed to developing a long-range nuclear armed missile that's capable of threatening the United States.
BARNETT: Powerful winds across parts of Europe are creating some dangerous conditions.
CHURCH: And our meteorologist Pedram Javaheri joins us now from the International Weather Center with all the details on this. Pedram.
PEDRAM JAVAHERI, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Hi, guys. It's been a little headache for some people across parts of Western Europe at least. You know, this is out of Southwestern France, some of the images we're showing you the immediate coast. Hurricane-force wind gusts is what we're observing across this region from Monday into Tuesday, some 15,000 properties without power across this region.
Several dozen flights also disrupted. But you notice the wind gusts in excess of 151 kilometers per hour. That is impressive to say the least across the northern portion of France there. And you work your way farther to the south, still seeing observations well over 100 kilometers per hour as far as wind gusts are concerned.
And unfortunately, there's been severe injuries in parts of town, in Paris in particular, we had a billboard that collapsed on a person and the person was actually is now in a coma because of the injuries she's sustained from the wind gusts that occurred even in the City of Paris itself.
[03:25:08] But at this point, the storm system responsible for the mass has begun to push off farther to the east as it does. Cold air settles in and back behind it. And certainly, we expect in the month of February across portions of Europe, at least with colder air are beginning to come in. And similar story happening on the eastern side of the United States.
Look at this wind chills down to minus 10, minus 10 Celsius. That's about 15 degrees Fahrenheit for the City of Atlanta outside of CNN center. Way your way up towards Chicago, minus 20.
In places like the Northeastern United States, it will get colder come this Saturday into Sunday. In fact, the single coldest temperature in places, you know, about in 100 years, where for at least Valentine's Day in particular.
We'll show you what's happened. The cold air they're filtered as far as south of Miami, temperatures there down below 20 degrees. While on the opposite end of the spectrum, across the Northwestern United States, the City of Forks, for example, which is comparable in latitude to say, Paris into the mid-20s at 23 degrees.
That was the high temperature on Tuesday. But again, New York City, the big story, minus 17 is what they're expected to drop to you from Saturday night into Sunday. In fact, you take a look at this, the last time New York City got this cold, the coldest temperature observed on day of love, Valentine's Day was also minus 17 in the year 1916, exactly 100 years ago. So, again, an impressive cold spell across parts of the U.S.
BARNETT: I was wondering what that Cupid character was all about here. Trying to sneak that?
JAVAHERI: Yes.
BARNETT: Good stuff. Always pay attention during Pedram...
JAVAHERI: I love it.
BARNETT: Good stuff for them. Thanks, man.
CHURCH: Thank you.
JAVAHERI: Thank you.
BARNETT: The U.S. presidential candidates are regrouping now after the second big contest of the 2016 race. Ahead, much more on the rejoicing and the resolve coming out of New Hampshire.
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TRUMP: This is something very special.
CLINTON: I know, I've had a blessed life. But I also know what it's like to stumble and fall. And so many people across America know that feeling. And we've learned, it's not whether you get knocked down that matters. It's whether you get back up!
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BARNETT: A warm welcome back to those of you watching all around the world. This is CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Errol Barnett.
CHURCH: And I'm Rosemary Church.
Time to check the main stories we've been following this hour. Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are celebrating victory in the New Hampshire primaries. More than 90 percent of the votes counted on both sides.
Trump has won 35 percent of the republican vote. Bernie Sanders defeated Hillary Clinton with 60 percent of the democratic vote.
BARNETT: The U.N. is warning up to 300,000 Syrian civilians could be cut off if government forces are able to surround the government-held part of Aleppo. The U.N. Security Council will discuss the humanitarian crisis in a closed-door meeting on Wednesday.
CHURCH: The U.S. Supreme Court has halted one of President Obama's key environmental initiatives. They moved on Tuesday to temporarily block his administration's rules to limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.
More than two dozen states sued to prevent the rules from moving forward while they were challenged in court.
BARNETT: Now, what we've witness happened in New Hampshire is quite significant for the republicans anyway. Donald Trump picked up about a third of the republican votes there in what was a field of eight candidates.
CHURCH: The real estate tycoon credited an army of volunteers who drummed up support there.
Jim Acosta has more on Trump's New Hampshire campaign and the candidate's next big move.
JIM ACOSTA, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Donald Trump is celebrating after a huge victory in the New Hampshire primary. Trump thanked a massive crowd in Manchester that was so big the campaign had to lock the doors because the venue was packed to capacity.
Trump vowed to keep fighting for the issues that's earn him a loyal following from building wall in the Mexican border to escalating the war on (VIDEO GAP) celebrating his double-digit victory in New Hampshire with a day full of campaign events.
CNN's Brianna Keilar was at the Sanders' victory party.
BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: This win in New Hampshire so important for Bernie Sanders to build some momentum, even though his campaign knows it has its work cut out for them in the days ahead.
He's already on his victory lap today. He is planning to be on The View, on the late show with Stephen Colbert and he'll be meeting with Reverend Al Sharpton as he tries to secure endorsements from prominent African-Americans. With an eye especially to South Carolina where the black vote is so very important. And before a very energized crowd here in New Hampshire, Bernie
Sanders declaring that this is now a national campaign.
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SANDERS: Together, we have sent the message that we'll echo from Wall Street to Washington, from Maine to California.
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And that is that the government of our great country belongs to all of the people...
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... and not just a handful of wealthy campaign contributors and their super PACs.
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KEILAR: I spoke with Bernie Sanders' campaign manager, Jeff Weaver about the challenges ahead, as the terrain really does change going into Nevada and South Carolina. He said he's confident that Sanders' message is going to resonate with key constituencies, African- Americans, Hispanic voters.
[03:35:06] But he knows that he has his work cut out for him. I ask him, are we going to win Nevada? And he says, we are going to try. He knows it's going to be tough.
BARNETT: And I was just noting there, even the font Bernie Sanders used appears to evoke Barack Obama's font of change from back in 2008.
Now, meanwhile, Hillary Clinton vows to keep fighting as she moves forward after losing in New Hampshire.
CNN's Jeff Zeleny has more.
JEFF ZELENY, CNN SENIOR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT: It was a humbling and stinging defeat for Hillary Clinton. Bernie Sanders getting the best of her by a wide, wide margin in New Hampshire.
And when she addressed her supporters on Tuesday night in Hooksett, New Hampshire, she tried to put her best face forward on this. She tried to say the biggest part of this race is yet to come.
And in a sense, it is the biggest part of the delegate fight comes in March. But this race tonight, shows that Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are going to be locked in a delegate fight for months and months to come.
Now, Hillary Clinton as we saw in her last campaign for the presidency is often at her best when she is up against a wall, when she is facing a tough competitor. Listen to what she said about her willingness to fight.
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CLINTON: I know, I've had a blessed life. But I also know what it's like to stumble and fall. And so many people across America know that feeling. And we've learned, it's not whether you get knocked down that matters, it's whether you get back up!
(APPLAUSE)
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ZELENY: No question by the tone in her voice, she is ready to get back up. She has no choice. Her campaign is moving on to Nevada, South Carolina, and then to the contest as it spreads across the country here.
But there is a question about the message in her campaign. There is a question about the strategy going forward. She addressed one of the key challenges about the anger that is welling out there in the electorate.
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CLINTON: Now people -- people have every right to be angry. But they're also hungry. They're hungry for solutions. What are we going to do?
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ZELENY: The Clinton campaign never imagined what a tough opponent Bernie Sanders would be. They're about to find out just how tough he is. He is expected to raise considerable money online, fund-raising never a challenge for the Clintons is soon to be one of their biggest worries.
Jeff Zeleny, CNN, Hooksett, New Hampshire.
CHURCH: And CNN political commentator and democratic strategist, Maria Cardona joins us now. So, as we heard from Hillary Clinton there, she is going to fight on and she's going to fight for every vote.
MARIA CARDONA, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: That's right.
CHURCH: But of course this must have taken the wind out of her sails. I know you are particularly a supporter of Hillary. How is she going to win back the youth vote from Bernie and particularly from young women who have abandoned her?
CARDONA: Well, I'll say a couple things. The first one is congratulations to Bernie Sanders. This was a terrific win for him. I can't take that away. But I will also say that from the very beginning when the Clinton campaign knew that Bernie Sanders was going to run, they gathered a bunch of their supporters, and I was one of them, and they said, New Hampshire is going to be very tough for us and most likely Bernie Sanders will win.
So, they knew from the very beginning that the terrain was not going to be in her favor. He's as close as New Hampshire can come to a favorite son with him being from the neighboring State, Vermont. They have been seeing him for decades, right, because they're in the same media market.
And tonight, interestingly enough, the makeup of the electorate also favored him a lot. As you knew a lot of independents could go in and right then and there register as democrats.
The electorate for the -- for the -- on the democratic side was more liberal than it normally is for New Hampshire. And that definitely helps Bernie Sanders.
Moving forward, though, what the campaign is going to do and this is what Senator -- Senator -- Secretary Clinton was alluding to, is that you go on to the rest of the states that actually are more representative of the country as a whole.
She will be going into states where you have large electorates of African-Americans, larger electorates of Latinos. And I think that is where you're going to see her strength really show. These are communities where she has been working for decades and she has deep and robust relationships with a lot of the voters in those communities.
And I think -- you're right. She has a challenge with the younger voters and she has a challenge with the younger women. But if -- you can say anything about Hillary Clinton is that she does not shy from a challenge. And I think that's one of the things that she was alluding to there as well, which is that she is going to work harder than ever to earn those votes.
To let those women know that she is going to be for them, that she is going to fighting for them. She's going to talk about her record. I think a lot of it is, a lot of these voters are young and they don't necessarily know that she's been working on all of these issues for more than four decades.
BARNETT: The fact is, Bernie Sanders, having this huge night, in his words. If I hear one more huge joke, I'm going to lose my mind. But he's going to be working just as hard.
[03:40:01] He's right -- riding this anti-establishment wave but he's vulnerable for two very important reasons. He's got this great support from young people but they don't historically vote.
CARDONA: Right.
BARNETT: Will turn out in the numbers the older people do and his support base is not as diverse.
CARDONA: That's right.
BARNETT: How can he shore up those holes quickly as we move into these next primaries?
CARDONA: Well, I will say that he's done a terrific job in the last several months in reaching out to minority communities. Because I think his campaign understands deeply that that is a big challenge for Senator Sanders because he hasn't had the kind of deep relationships or history with these communities.
He hasn't really had to. He comes from Vermont. It's a 95 percent white voter state, right? And so, they acknowledge that and they have had some success. They had recently Ben Jealous come out, a former president of the NAACP and support him and endorse him. I think that's terrific for Bernie Sanders.
I think the question, though, is even though he is doing a lot to get to know these communities in a way that he really hadn't in past years, is it going to be enough and is it going to be in time?
BARNETT: Right.
CARDONA: Because he's going to have to do this very quickly. And these are communities where the one-on-one relationship and the trust that you have with the person that you're going to give your vote to is incredibly important.
As a Latina, I can tell you, that Latinos all over the country are very excited about Hillary. Latina woman are very excited about Hillary and she has a great and long and robust relationship with Latinos. And that's what she's going to be underscoring moving forward.
CHURCH: All right. We'll be watching very closely to see what happens. It is a tight race indeed.
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CARDONA: Very exciting.
CHURCH: Indeed. Maria Cardona...
BARNETT: And you'll have to come back. Great to have you here.
CARDONA: Yes. I would love to. Thank you. Absolutely. Thank you so much.
BARNETT: Now I want to bring you an update on the breaking news we brought you at about this time yesterday. Officials at a German train company say they just cannot understand how two of their trains crashed directly into one another.
Coming up, a look at where the investigation stands now.
CHURCH: Plus, hear from a popular Sikh actor who says he was blocked from a flight because he refused to remove his turban.
(Inaudible) and more. We're back in a moment.
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BARNETT: An Indian-American actor whose plane ticket was canceled because he refused to remove his turban has accepted an apology from Aeromexico.
CHURCH: The airline says it's, quote, "proud of the diversity of its passengers" and apologized to Waris Ahluwalia for Monday's incident. But Ahluwalia who is Sikh says he won't fly home from Mexico City until further steps are taken by the airline.
BARNETT: Now executives at a German train company say they have no clue how a deadly head-on train collision could have happened since there are systems in place to prevent this type of thing.
CHURCH: Yes. Ten people were killed and dozens more wounded in Tuesday's crash.
CNN's Atika Shubert has more on where things stand now.
ATIKA SHUBERT, CNN CHIEF INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: The mangled wreckage of the commuter trains both completely derailed in the head- on collision. It happened just before 7 a.m. during rush hour. The trains were traveling at a top speed of 120 kilometers an hour. Transport officials say drivers on both trains were unable to see the other as they traveled around a bend on a single track light.
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ALEXANDER DOBRINDT, GERMAN TRANSPORT MINISTER (TRANSLATED): It is shocking how the two trains became wedged. One of the trains drilled into the other one and the cab of the second train was totally torn apart.
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SHUBERT: Police arrived within three minutes of getting the emergency call. The wooded, mountainous area on the Austrian-German border was difficult to reach. More than a dozen helicopters were needed to air lift survivors out.
This was the first accident for private train operator Meridian. Investigators will comb through the data recorders from the train looking at two lines of inquiry, whether it was an issue on board the trains, human error, or with the state-run rail infrastructure, a possible signal failure.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Usually there is an automatic system that automatically stops the train when you pass by a wrecked signal. That's why we don't know what happened. We assume that those signals weren't green but we don't know yet.
On our trains there have been two train drivers each. We had a train driver plus a train driver instructor on the train. So, usually not two people miss a red light. And then there's the automatic braking system that will work, so we really don't know exactly yet what has happened. SHUBERT: This is the worst train accident in Germany in many years.
The trains, however, were not as full as they normally would be due to a school holiday and the annual carnival celebration.
Atika Shubert, CNN, Berlin.
CHURCH: We'll take a short break here. But still to come, the U.S. presidential candidates are moving on to the state in the race for the White House.
BARNETT: And the war of words is already on.
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SANDERS: We will all come together to say loudly and clearly that the government of our great nation belongs to all of us, not just a few wealthy campaign contributors.
KASICH: I know the networks want to go, you know, Bernie talked so long, I thought he was going to hit his 77th birthday before he got off the stage.
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SEN. TED CRUZ, (R-TX) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Together we have done what the pundits and the media said could not be done.
BUSH: This campaign is not dead. We're going on to South Carolina.
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SEN. MARCO RUBIO, (R-FL) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I did not do well on Saturday night, so listen to this. That will never happen again.
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BARNETT: The U.S. republican presidential candidates, as you heard there, are already shifting their focus to the next primary contest in South Carolina.
CHURCH: But in New Hampshire, the most intense battle leading up to Tuesday's republican primary was who would come in second place. And in the end, it was Ohio Governor John Kasich.
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RUBIO: New Hampshire, we will see you in the morning.
RUBIO: I'm got -- getting on a plane in about an hour and flying all night to New Hampshire. TRUMP: OK, New Hampshire, we love New Hampshire.
GOV. CHRIS CHRISTIE, (R-NJ) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Do you know who the boy in the bubble is up here who never answers your questions.
RUBIO: I give us the best chance. My candidacy gives us the best chance to nominate a real conservative.
CRUZ: So, not one like Marco Rubio, very talented guy. But has already demonstrated that he's willing to break his word to the voters.
BUSH: Marco doesn't have it. He's gifted.
RUBIO: Let's start once and for all with this fiction that Barack Obama doesn't know what he's doing. He knows exactly what he's doing. But I would add this, let's dispel with this fiction that Obama doesn't know what he's doing. He knows exactly what he's doing.
CHRIS: You see, everybody, I want the people at home to think about this. That's what Washington, D.C. does. The drive-by shot at the beginning with incorrect and incomplete information and then the memorized 25-second speech that is exactly what his advisers gave him.
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RUBIO: So, those are the facts. Here's the bottom line, this notion that Barack Obama doesn't know what he's doing is just not true.
CHRISTIE: There it is.
RUBIO: He knows exactly what he's doing.
CHRISTIE: There is it is, the memorized 25-second speech.
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You know there was a march among some of the chattering class to anoint Senator Rubio. I think you have to -- last night, that's over.
And he has a great future but it's just not now. And he's not ready. He doesn't have the depth or the substance.
RUBIO: I did not do well on Saturday night. So listen to this. That will never happen again.
BUSH: What Donald Trump did was use eminent domain to try to take the property of an elderly woman on the strip in Atlantic City. That is public service.
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[03:55:04] American heroes, calling them losers, Donald Trump, you're the loser.
I expect to do well. I can't decide -- you know, I'm not in charge of saying what well is, but we're going to do fine. I feel good about it.
We've knocked on over 100,000 doors. There's no luck. It's just, be grateful for being a candidate.
And while the reality TV star is still doing well, it looks like you all have reset the race. And for that, I am really grateful.
KASICH: The campaigns are spending $4 million of negative ads against me.
I believe we're going to do very well here in New Hampshire. Why? Because we're going to do more than 100 town hall meetings.
Tonight, the light overcame the darkness of negative campaigning.
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If you want to see what we have, you come on down to South Carolina. Do you hear me? You all come, you all come, because we're going to be changing some snowshoes for some flip-flops and we're going to go from tried clams to jambalaya.
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CHURCH: Very happy Kasich there, right?
BARNETT: I'm going to miss the show when it's over.
CHURCH: Absolutely. Well, there are still a lot of presidential candidates in the running, but which one might be right for you?
BARNETT: Yes. Even if you're not in the U.S., you can play this game. Head to cnn.com/politics. Look for the 2016 candidate matchmaker test.
If you want some questions and see which candidate is your most -- as most in line with your thinking. When you're done, read about your match and all sorts of other stuff. cnn.com/politics.
CHURCH: Go on, do it. And thanks for your company. I'm Rosemary Church.
BARNETT: I'm Errol Barnett.
Connect with us online. We'll see you tomorrow.
CHURCH: Yes. And another edition of CNN NEWSROOM is straight ahead.
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