Bill Clinton Accuses Sanders Supporters of Launching "Sexist" Attacks; Sanders Speech in New Hampshire; Sanders Responds to Bill Clinton's "Sexist" Comments
BLITZER: Bernie Sanders speaking at a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire. I want to listen in quickly as well.</s>BERNIE SANDERS, (I), VERMONT & DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: When we talk about the economy, we cannot ignore the elephant in the room, which is the greed, recklessness, and illegal behavior on Wall Street.</s>SANDERS: Now, there are a lot of people who would prefer not to talk about it, I will. I was in the House of Representatives, representing Vermont. I was on the House Banking Committee, and I saw the billions of dollar coming in from Wall Street in campaign contributions and lobbying to deregulate Wall Street. I helped lead the opposition against that deregulation. Was not successful. Wall Street got the government off of their backs. They were free to do what they wanted do. And we all know what the results of that freedom were.</s>SANDERS: I wouldn't phrase it exactly like that.</s>BLITZER: Bernie Sanders delivering his stump speech in these, the final hours before the New Hampshire primary. As you know, Bill Clinton is accusing some of Bernie Sanders' backers of what he described as "sexist" attacks against Hillary Clinton. The Sanders campaign calling Bill Clinton's remarks, quote, "disappointing." Jeff Weaver is Bernie Sanders' campaign manager and joins us live from Manchester now. Give us your reaction to Bill Clinton's comments, what he said yesterday, and what he's saying today.</s>JEFF WEAVER, CAMPAIGN MANAGER, BERNIE SANDERS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN: Wolf, this has been a hard-fought campaign in New Hampshire. We've tried to keep this focused on the important issues facing the people of New Hampshire. A rigged economy held up by a corrupt system of campaign finance, the need make college affordable for people, the need to make sure that people have health care. These are the issues. This is why Senator Sanders is ahead in New Hampshire. Unfortunately, the Clinton campaign, now that they find themselves behind, have really tried to turn this into a much nastier kind of conversation. And it's unfortunate in these final hours of the New Hampshire primary that they've sort of gone down this road.</s>BLITZER: They're blaming you guys. You know, you heard what she said at the debate last week that Bernie Sanders' campaign was engaged in artful smear in all of this. And they also are suggesting -- and you heard this from the former president, Bill Clinton -- that the Senator is being hypocritical on the Wall Street issue. We did some checking -- when we did some checking -- CNN checked that Bernie Sanders as a Senator hosted the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee for retreats for top Democratic Party donors who gave more than $30,000 a year. And among those donors were those associated with Goldman Sachs and other banks, Wall Street banks, and investment houses. What do you say to that?</s>WEAVER: Well, what you mean to say is that the DSCC, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, hosted these events at Martha's Vineyard. They do it ever year. He showed up as a Democratic Senator. He never solicited money from Wall Street people or made any calls to Wall Street people. I can guarantee you that. Look, this is a distraction. The truth of the matter is that Bernie Sanders is the only one who does not have a super PAC in this race. He's not a wall street-funded candidate. He's not taken millions of dollars from financial interests in speaking fees. And you know, this is really a distraction, Wolf, from the real issues facing this country.</s>BLITZER: He was not --</s>WEAVER: It's just unfortunate.</s>BLITZER: I want to be precise. That Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, events on Martha's Vineyard, he wasn't listed as a host sponsor of the event?</s>WEAVER: He -- he may have been listed on some materials. Let me tell you, that's an event that is organized by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee every year. It's an annual thing. They ask Democratic Senators to show up. And so he has done that in the past.</s>BLITZER: What's your expectation for tomorrow?</s>WEAVER: You know, we are slightly ahead here. It is a hard-fought campaign. You know, the secretary has been on TV here since August. As you know, she won this state eight years ago. This is really the fourth Clinton primary election here. President Clinton had two here. This is Secretary Clinton's second. We expect a hard- fought campaign. It's snowing out here in New Hampshire. We don't know what that means. We hope to prevail by turning out the thousands and thousands of people who are rallying to Bernie's call to transform America.</s>BLITZER: Jeff Weaver, the Bernie Sanders campaign manager. Jeff, thank you very much for joining us.</s>WEAVER: Happy to be here, Wolf. Thanks.</s>BLITZER: Thank you. Coming up, the first female secretary of state tries to elect the first female president of the United States. Will words get in the way? What Madeleine Albright is saying and how the Clinton campaign is responding.