[Unidentified Male:] That's an experience that he finds extremely humiliating.
[Reporter:] His father insists that the Prince of Wales is protected at all times. But Edward defies his father's orders.
[Julilan Lord Hardinge, Grandson Of King George V's Asst Private Secretary:] At one point, he escaped from his minders and headed off to the frontline.
[Christi Paul, Cnn Anchor: "the Windsors:] INSIDE THE ROYAL DYNASTY" airs tonight at 10:00 Eastern and Pacific right here on CNN.
[Wolf Blitzer, Cnn:] CNN can now project that Bernie Sanders is the winner of the Nevada caucuses.
[Sen. Bernie Sanders , Presidential Candidate:] In Nevada, we've put together a multigenerational, multiracial coalition, which is going to not only win in Nevada, it's going to sweep this country.
[Unidentified Male:] Bernie Sanders has momentum. It is the most cherished gift in politics and he has it.
[Pete Buttigieg , Presidential Candidate:] Before we rush to nominate senator Sanders in our one shot to take on this president, let us take a sober look at what is at stake for our party, for our values and for those with the most to lose.
[Unidentified Female:] This is a real blowout that we're seeing here. It's a problem for all of these other candidates because one or more of them need to figure out who is the one to step back?
[Announcer:] This is NEW DAY WEEKEND with Victor Blackwell and Christi Paul.
[Paul:] Good morning to you on this Sunday. Senator Bernie Sanders seems to be cementing his front-runner status with a victory in Nevada. With 50 percent of precincts reporting now, CNN projects he will win the state's caucuses. Former Vice President Joe Biden, you see there, in second place, former Mayor Pete Buttigieg in third and then Elizabeth Warren rounding out the top four.
[Victor Blackwell, Cnn Anchor:] Now, Senator Sanders was in Texas as the early results came in, talking to his supporters, and assuring them that they will win across the country.
[Sanders:] In Nevada and in New Hampshire and in Iowa, what we showed is that our volunteers are prepared to knock on hundreds and hundreds of thousands of doors, that no campaign has a grassroots movement like we do, which is another reason why we're going to win this election.
[Paul:] Now, Sanders celebrates his victory, his rival candidates are piling on the attacks.
[Blackwell:] Yes, both Buttigieg and Biden are making the case why they are the only ones who can beat President Trump in November.
[Buttigieg:] I am here to make the case for a politics that invites everyone in instead of saying it's my way or the highway.
[Joe Biden , Presidential Candidate:] I ain't a socialist, I ain't a plutocrat, I'm a Democrat. I'm a Democrat. I was proud to have and run with Barack Obama. And I'm proud to still be his friend.
[Paul:] CNN correspondent Evan McMorris-Santoro is in Reno, Nevada, following the results. Evan, good to see you, I know, so early this morning. Thank you for being up for us. Talk to me about
[Evan Mcmorris-santoro, Cnn Correspondent:] Of course.
[Paul:] what voters are saying about how Sanders can broaden his appeal across the Democratic Party and turn out voters. Does this solidify that?
[Mcmorris-santoro:] Well, listen, it was really interesting listening to that sound you just played of the other candidates now really shifting their attention to Sanders for really the first time in this whole primary process. They're now really trying to go after him. What's interesting about it, what makes it a harder sell here in Nevada, this is a Democratic caucus. I mean, yes, it was open to anybody who wanted to show up. But it's a very involved thing to do. It takes a long time to caucus. It's very complicated. Only at a certain time of the day, there are very long lines sometimes. You have to really be invested in the Democratic Party to really want to come out and participate in this thing. The people who did supported Bernie. So when you hear these establishment Democrats talking more about how listen, hey, I'm establishment, look at what I can bring, this is the kind of thing that Sanders can now push back on with a victory like he got here in Nevada. And now, what he can do is move on and what he's already doing is trying to talk about how he's going to be the uniter of a Democratic Party, he's going to be you know, if he's the presumptive nominee, which of course he isn't, there's a lot of delegates to go. But the momentum that he's gotten is allowing him to talk as though he is the guy who's going to carry the party forward. And you can hear in a speech he gave right after wining here in Nevada.
[Sanders:] If we stand together, if we fight for an agenda that works for working families and the middle class, if we get involved in the political process, if we stand for justice, if we stand for justice, if we stand for compassion, if we understand that we are all in this together, that my family has to care about your family, your family cares about my family brothers and sisters, if we stand together we will not only defeat Trump, we will transform this country and create a government and an economy that works for all of us, not wealthy campaign contributors.
[Mcmorris-santoro:] So this is not a subtle message from Senator Sanders. He's saying, listen, I just picked up a bunch of momentum, it's time for you, the Democratic Party, to think about uniting behind me. And his message is, look, the same message for a very long time. He says the same thing, talks about the same stuff. But this time he tied it to an organization that seems like it can't really be beat by anybody. I mean, the reality of winning in all these primary states that we've seen so far are really on the ground efforts that take a lot of time and a lot of people. And as he mentioned in that earlier sound we played before, we played, you know, his rivals, the organization is something to be very, very proud of. And so far in these smaller states, he's been able to activate that base and activate that base of volunteers. Now we move into Super Tuesday, it's a bigger more traditional effort with air you know, ads and other ground efforts. So, we'll see how that Bernie momentum travels into that different environment.
[Blackwell:] Three contests down, 54 to go? Evan McMorris-Santoro, thanks so much.
[Paul:] Evan is getting a vision of what he has ahead of him too, as you say that. Joining us to discuss, former Bill Clinton White House adviser, Guy Smith. Mr. Smith, thank you so much for being with us.
[Guy Smith, Former Bill Clinton White House Adviser:] Good morning.
[Paul:] Good morning to you as well. So, it seems that Bernie Sanders has tremendous support. This is a man who is a self-proclaimed socialist. With that said, what do the victories from him tell you about the Democratic Party now?
[Smith:] Well, the Democratic Party is changing, just as the Republican Party is changing. It's a fascinating time in American politics. And what I would be I would say to Democratic Democrat establishment people this morning, everybody take a deep breath. Here's what's going to go on. We're very early in this process. Unquestionably big win for Bernie last night. South Carolina is next, next week. And we'll see if Joe Biden has a lot of strength there and then Super Tuesday. And there's not a lot of attention given to Mike Bloomberg and all his money in the morning after. I mean, Bernie justifiably has momentum right now. But there's a big divide. Donald Trump is very happy about Bernie and looked like the Russians are probably happy about Bernie. And then it's going to be Bernie is going to have to move to the center. That's normal in politics.
[Paul:] How does he do that based on all of the policies that he's espoused up to this point? If he makes too big of a pivot, is he then disingenuous?
[Smith:] Well, there are a lot of people think he's disingenuous anyway. In politics, there's a lot there's a lot of disingenuity in politics.
[Paul:] True.
[Smith:] I mean, the idea, if you look at those entrance polls that you were showing in the earlier segment, it shows there's a huge number of Democrat voters whose main objective is defeating Donald Trump. Well, politics is about compromise. And what Bernie Bernie is very good at attacking Democrats. He's not all that good at attacking Republicans. He needs to get good at attacking Republicans and he needs to have a message to the Democratic establishment is I'm your guy. We're going to he said in the clip you just played, we're all in this together. Well, he's right about that. But he has to demonstrate that he's right about it. And we're going to see in South Carolina and then later in Super Tuesday, and Super Tuesday, there are a lot of states where he doesn't have the ground organization that he had in Nevada. And that's going to tell the tale. We'll see if Joe Biden can stay in. If Joe Biden falters again in South Carolina, the game is over for him.
[Paul:] Well, speaking of South Carolina, the primary again, just to remind everybody is next Saturday. That is a different procedural process. That's a true primary. People are going into a private space. They are marking the ballot for the person that they believe it should be. There isn't a lot of back and forth in trying to as in a caucus, trying to encourage someone to come over to your side. Do you see South Carolina as being very different than what we've seen up to this point?
[Smith:] Yes. The caucus process as your reporter was saying from Reno a few minutes ago, it's a very, very involved process. And the people that participate are deeply involved in the political process. Your average voter is living their life, they want to vote. So, I think, like you said, they go in the booth and they actually vote. And then they go home and they do whatever else, their job. So their perspective is much different than somebody that's really deeply involved in the process.
[Paul:] Second to Bernie Sanders was, of course, Joe Biden. It's the best showing in a contest he's had thus far. He was fourth in Iowa, he was fifth in New Hampshire. Is Nevada proof that he's gaining some momentum or is it representative of maybe the makeup of that state?
[Smith:] Well, it's both, I think. I think it's both. I mean, he clearly has momentum. He certainly has the media momentum and it's justifiable. He did very well in Nevada and it required a lot of organization, a lot of people on the ground, and in a complicated process. The caucus process, like you said, it different than going into a voting booth. But Joe Biden has a long time history, lots of support in South Carolina and then the Super Tuesday states, the establishment wing of the Democratic Party is going to come into play, we think. We'll see. But you got to remember, the Democrats, remember what the humorist Will Rogers said about the Democratic Party? He said, I never been a member of an organized political party. I'm a Democrat. Well, he that's kind of funny and it is funny but it's also true. You think back, you know, the Republicans went through a similar kind of thing. They had a zillion candidates and Donald Trump, you know
[Paul:] That's true.
[Smith:] Yes.
[Paul:] That's true. Guy Smith, always appreciate you taking the time for us. Thank you, sir.
[Smith:] Thanks for having me.
[Paul:] Of course. And with the days counting down until the South Carolina primary, six candidates take voter questions in a special two-night CNN town hall event. This is live from Charleston, all starting tomorrow night at 8:00 Eastern, only here on CNN. The National Security Advisor, Robert O'Brien is contradicting a top official who said that Russia was attempting to interfere in U.S. elections.
[Blackwell:] O'Brien says he's not seen any evidence to support that claim, despite warnings from the intel community. Now, on Friday, Senator Sanders told his campaign was briefed about Russia's effort to his run for the White House. But now, a senior national security official tells CNN that Russia has no preference. CNN's Kristen Holmes is following the latest. This is a lot to to unpack, to decipher. Help people at home understand what's going on here.
[Kristen Holmes, Cnn National Correspondent:] Good morning, Victor and Christi. That's right. Let's start at the beginning so we can really break it down. All of this is surrounding something that happened earlier this month. A top intelligence official briefed lawmakers on Russian interference in the 2020 election. Now, sources say that this was a comprehensive briefing and that this top intelligence official said twice that the Kremlin has a preference for President Trump. Now, of course, as you say, the national security adviser, Robert O'Brien, is pushing back on that notion saying there's no evidence of that. Take a listen to what he said during an interview.
[Robert O'brien, U.s. National Security Advisor:] Well, I have not seen the finding. I think what he's referring to and what folks are talking about is a briefing that took place last week at the House Intelligence Committee that was leaked to the press. And I have not seen that report and from what I understand about the report is that there was no again, I get this secondhand, but from Republican congressmen that were in the committee, there was no intelligence behind it. I haven't seen any intelligence to support the reports that were leaked out of the House. But it's just hard to comment on that because again, I wasn't there. And these are leaks that were coming from a House Intel Committee hearing. I haven't seen any intelligence that would back up what I'm reading in the papers.
[Holmes:] OK. So what exactly is going on here? Well, we spoke to sources who are both in the briefing and those familiar with what happened. They gave us a little bit of clarity. These sources say it wasn't so cut and dry. It wasn't just Russians like Trump. And that wasn't the narrative that the intelligence community wanted to come out of this briefing. But that instead this top intelligence official was peppered with questions by lawmakers who are really trying to pin her down on who the Kremlin preferred. And that is when she eventually relented and gave her view of where that was. So, that gives you an idea here of when it comes to Russia, when it comes to the 2020 election, it is very clear that just as in 2016, this is going to be a big part of that election narrative as we inch towards November.
[Paul:] All righty. Kristen, thank you for breaking it down for us. Good to see you.
[Blackwell:] She's there at the White House, and let's stay at the White House. Live look here in short period. President Trump is going to leave Washington for a two-day trip to India, his first trip to the country as president. We've got a live report from Delhi.
[Paul:] Also, the number of coronavirus cases across the U.S. is climbing this morning. Why the government is facing backlash over the evacuation of some patients.