Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton's campaigns throw barbs over proposed NY debate

Apr 04, 2016, 02:02

Clinton had proposed the pair face off Monday night, the night of April 14 or the morning of April 15, possibly on ABC's "Good Morning America." . Sanders would need to win more than twice that amount of delegates - 67 percent of the remaining 2,042 - to be the party's standard bearer. Bernie Sanders, an independent, and former New York Sen. and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. According to Fallon, in the past week, the Clinton campaign offered the night of April 4, the night of April 14 and the morning of April 15 as potential dates to meet for a debate. We were told that the Sanders campaign rejected this date because they wanted the debate to be held after the Wisconsin primary and would make themselves available on any date between Wisconsin and NY.

New York Daily News Sanders' visit to the Daily News, during which he said he wants the opportunity to debate Clinton in New York, made the front page of the Daily News.

In a result that most people did not see coming, Bernie Sanders came out of the Clark County convention on Saturday night with more delegates than Hillary Clinton, essentially flipping the results of the Nevada caucus from February.

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Despite an escalation in tone and finger-pointing between the two campaigns over the weekend, Sanders told ABC's George Stephanopoulos he thought both sides would reach an agreement on a time and date.

Sanders, who has energized young Democrats, is trying to dispel the notion that Clinton is a better candidate for defeating Trump in the general election in November. Ted Cruz as often as she did Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, a sign of Cruz's strong support in Wisconsin, where the Tuesday primary will go a long way to deciding whether the party's nomination is decided at the July national convention. Clinton touted her efforts during her time as a senator from NY to get away from fossil fuels and rely more on clean energy.

Clinton hopes that victories in NY and five Northeastern states a week later would allow her to wrap up the nomination by the end of the month. Also unsurprisingly, Trump supporters are far and above the most likely to say immigrants are a burden, at 69 percent. With the momentum in Sanders' camp, tensions are starting to rise between him and Clinton.

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Hillary Clinton said Sunday she has not yet been contacted by the FBI in the investigation surrounding her use of a private email server while she served as secretary of State. We don't say we'll pay the legal fees of people who punch other Americans, who are protesting, attending an event.

A lot of debating about a Democratic debate before New Yorkers vote in the presidential primary on April 19.

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