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JUDY WOODRUFF: Now we turn to 
the race for the Democratic 
presidential nomination.

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Our Lisa Desjardins is in 
South Carolina, and reports 
on the push to win over voters

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there before the stakes 
climb on Super Tuesday.

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LISA DESJARDINS: The Democratic 
march toward a nominee is now 
a multistate sprint, starting

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in South Carolina, which votes 
Saturday, and where billionaire 
businessman Tom Steyer today

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focused on rural votes.

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TOM STEYER (D), Presidential 
Candidate: Honestly, this whole 
state couldn't have been nicer.

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LISA DESJARDINS: A new Monmouth 
University poll shows Steyer 
virtually tied for second

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place in the state with Vermont 
Senator Bernie Sanders in the 
state, but both are well behind

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former Vice President Joe Biden.

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Tatanshia Palmer told me 
why it's Steyer for her.

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TATANSHIA PALMER, South Carolina 
Voter: I think that Tom, 
with his economic policies,

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I feel like that he could 
actually grow this community.

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LISA DESJARDINS: Also storming 
the Palmetto State today, former 
South Bend, Indiana, Mayor

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Pete Buttigieg.

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CROWD: Let's go Joe!

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LISA DESJARDINS: But Biden 
is seen as the leader here, 
stressing his health care vision

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as an extension of 
President Obama's.

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JOSEPH BIDEN (D), Presidential 
Candidate: I'm not suggesting 
we start from scratch or

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something new. I'm running to 
protect it and to build on it.

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LISA DESJARDINS: Last night, at 
a CNN town hall in Charleston, 
Senator Elizabeth Warren

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said she's ready to fight all 
the way to the convention, 
even if someone else has more

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delegates.

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SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN (D-MA), 
Presidential Candidate: As 
long as they want me to stay

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in this race, I'm staying in 
this race. That, and I have done 
a lot of pinkie promises out

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there, so I got to stay 
in this. I have told 
little girls, we persist.

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(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

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LISA DESJARDINS: Otherwise, 
though, the pack is spending 
more time on the 14 states that

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vote on Super Tuesday, like 
North Carolina, where Sanders 
made a get-out-the-vote pitch

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to his strongest 
supporters, the young.

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SEN. BERNIE SANDERS 
(I-VT), Presidential 
Candidate: On Tuesday, Super 
Tuesday, you are going to

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be voting here in 
North Carolina.

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I'm here today to ask not only 
for your support, but to ask 
you to bring out your friends,

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and your family and 
your co-workers.

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(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

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SEN. BERNIE SANDERS: I'm asking 
you to help create the largest 
voter turnout in the history

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of the North Carolina primary.

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(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

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LISA DESJARDINS: And 1,000 
miles away in the Super Tuesday 
state of Texas, former New York

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City Mayor Mike Bloomberg is 
fighting the Sanders' hold.

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MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, Presidential 
Candidate: If you want 
somebody who has the resources

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to beat Trump, that's me.

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(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

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LISA DESJARDINS: Indeed, 
Bloomberg voter Rodney 
Shipp told "NewsHour" 
he thinks Sanders' ideas

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are unrealistic.

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RODNEY SHIPP, Texas Voter: I 
get that, when Bernie comes 
and says all these things that

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he's going to do, get rid of 
college debt, and free health 
care, and free college, and

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I don't know if all 
that is practical.

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LISA DESJARDINS: Minnesota 
Senator Amy Klobuchar 
held events in both 
North and South Carolina

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Thursday, including a voting 
rights roundtable in Greensboro.

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SEN. AMY KLOBUCHAR (D-MN), 
Presidential Candidate: 
We should be making 
it easier to vote. We

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should have national reforms.

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LISA DESJARDINS: Time 
is getting sort, and the 
candidates still are many.

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For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm Lisa 
Desjardins in South Carolina.