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GOOD EVENING, I'M KRISTINE
JOHNSON.
WELCOME BACK.
I'M MAURICE DUBOIS.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES,
NEW YORK'S PRESIDENTIAL
PRIMARIES ARE SET TO HAVE A
MAJOR IMPACT ON THE RACES IN
BOTH PARTIES.
IT COULD SEAL THE DEAL FOR
THE FRONT-RUNNERS, OR TRIP THEM
UP.
CBS 2 POLITICAL REPORTER MARCIA
KRAMER JOINS US NOW WITH MORE
DETAILS ON THIS.
MARCIA?
Reporter: CHRISTINE AND
MAURICE, THREE WEEKS FROM
TODAY, NEW YORK VOTERS WILL
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAVE
THEIR IMPRINT ON CAMPAIGN 2016.
IN A VERY BIG WAY.
TEACHING ALL OF THEM THE
MEANING OF SOME TYPICALLY NEW
YORK EXPRESSIONS, HUGE, IF THEY
WIN, FORGET ABOUT IT, IF THEY
DON'T.
I CAN TELL YOU ONE THING,
VOTERS HERE ARE EXCITED.
ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE?
ABSOLUTELY.
ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE?
YES.
THE NEW YORK PRIMARY IS IN
THREE WEEKS.
ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE?
ABSOLUTELY.
NEW YORKERS ARE ALL FIRED
UP.
EXCITED THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME
SINCE 1988, NONE OF THE
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES,
DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN HAVE THE
NOMINATION SEWN UP.
AND THEIR VOTES MATTER.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT
HAVING YOUR VOTE MATTER?
IN IS THE NEW HAMPSHIRE MOMENT.
THIS IS WHEN IT MAKES A
DIFFERENCE.
BUT THE DIFFERENCE WITH NEW
HAMPSHIRE IS WE HAVE DELEGATES,
THEY DON'T AND WE ARE A BIG
MOMENTUM BUILDER.
IN NEW YORK, 95 DELEGATES UP
FOR GRABS, A SOUGHT-AFTER
TREASURE CROAIVE FOR DONALD
TRUMP, TED CRUZ AND JOHN
KASICH.
64% FOR TRUMP AND 12% FOR CRUZ
AND KASICH ONE.
AND THINGS CAN CHANGE WHEN THE
CANDIDATES CAMPAIGN HERE IN
EARNEST.
SAME THING FOR THE CANDIDATES,
HILLARY CLINTON AND BERNIE
SANDERS.
VYING FOR 291 DELEGATES.
THE EMERSON POLL GIVES CLINTON
71%, SANDERS 23.
BILL CUNNINGHAM SAYS THE
RESULTS OF PRIMARIES IN
CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND,
WHICH COME BEFORE NEW YORK,
COULD HELP BERNIE SANDERS.
IF HE WERE TO WIN BOTH
CONNECTICUT AND RHODE ISLAND,
AND CUT THE MARGINS IN SOME OF
THE OTHER STATES BEFORE NEW
YORK, THEN THAT MIGHT OPEN UP
SOME EYES HERE, AND ENERGIZE
THE TYPES OF VOTERS THAT HE HAS
BEEN GETTING ELSEWHERE.
AN UNSCIENTIFIC SAMPLE OF
NEW YORKERS SHOWS A PREFERENCE
FOR CANDIDATES WITH A NEW YORK
CONNECTION.
HILLARY.
BECAUSE?
BECAUSE I THINK SHE IS THE
ONLY ONE THAT CAN DO A
REASONABLE JOB.
BERNIE.
BECAUSE?
BECAUSE HE SEEMS NORMAL
COMPARED TO EVERYBODY ELSE.
DONALD TRUMP.
WHY?
I THINK HE CAN DO GREAT
THINGS FOR THIS COUNTRY.
WELL, TO PAIR PHASE THE
LYRICS TO NEW YORK, NEW YORK,
IF YOU CAN MAKE IT HERE, YOU
CAN MAKE IT ANYWHERE.
A SONG THAT TAKES ON NEW
MEANING THIS ELECTION YEAR FOR
ALL OF THE CANDIDATES.
MAURICE, KRISTINE JOHNSON?
IT WILL BE A NICE CHANGE, TO
COUNT. FOR ONCE.
YES.
IT WILL BE NICE FOR NEW
YORKERS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
YES.
THANK YOU, MARCIA.
GUN ADVOCATES WON'T BE ABLE
TO PRACTICE WHAT THEY PREACH AT
THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IN
CLEVELAND.
THE SECRET SERVICE IS BANNING
PEOPLE FROM PACKING HEAT.
A PETITION TO ALLOW GUNS AT THE
GATHERING GOT OVER 45,000
SIGNATURES.
BUT THE SECRET SERVICE SAYS