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Bernie Sanders holds Brooklyn rally ahead of New York primary – campaign live	Bernie Sanders holds Brooklyn rally ahead of New York primary – campaign live
2016-04-08 21:10:07 UTC	2016-04-08 21:45:06 UTC (35 minutes later)
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	Barack Obama: ‘Mr. Trump is not succeeding me’
	Just in case you weren’t sure about Barack Obama’s feelings on billionaire Republican frontrunner and onetime birther kingpin Donald Trump, the president made them crystal clear during a fundraiser in Santa Monica, California, telling attendees that “Mr. Trump is not succeeding me.”
	“I recognize that there is a deep obsession right now about Mr. Trump,” Obama told told the assembled supporters at a fundraiser for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee last night, according to Politico. “And one of you pulled me aside and squeezed me hard and said, ‘Tell me that Mr. Trump is not succeeding you.’ And I said, ‘Mr. Trump is not succeeding me.’”
	Obama has refrained from fully entering the fray of the primary campaign (on either side), although his criticism of specific statements and platforms of his would-be successors in the Republican field have become more pronounced of late - as well as his apparent satisfaction with the disarray being experienced by the opposition party in selecting its nominee.
	“I have been blamed by Republicans for a lot of things, but being blamed for their primaries and who they’re selecting for their party is novel,” Obama said with a laugh during a news conference at the White House last month. “I don’t think that I was the one to prompt questions about my birth certificate, for example,” he continued. “I don’t remember saying: ‘Hey, why don’t you ask me about that?’ Or ‘Why don’t you question whether I’m American, or whether I’m loyal, or whether I have America’s best interests at heart?’ Those aren’t things that were prompted by any actions of mine.”
	“And so what you’re seeing within the Republican party is, to some degree, all those efforts over a course of time creating an environment where somebody like a Donald Trump can thrive. He’s just doing more of what has been done for the last seven and a half years.”
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Megan Carpentier	Megan Carpentier
Bernie Sanders returned to where it all began for him on Friday afternoon. In a last-minute campaign rally, he took to a windy podium in the middle of the street outside his childhood home off Kings Highway in Brooklyn to address supporters.	Bernie Sanders returned to where it all began for him on Friday afternoon. In a last-minute campaign rally, he took to a windy podium in the middle of the street outside his childhood home off Kings Highway in Brooklyn to address supporters.
“All over this state and all over this country, there is a movement developing that says it is too late for establishment politics and establishment economics,” he told an adoring crowd.	“All over this state and all over this country, there is a movement developing that says it is too late for establishment politics and establishment economics,” he told an adoring crowd.
As the building’s current residents peered down from open windows, Sanders declared that income inequality in America and the current campaign finance system was “unacceptable” – and received shouts of “Unacceptable!” from the crowd in response.	As the building’s current residents peered down from open windows, Sanders declared that income inequality in America and the current campaign finance system was “unacceptable” – and received shouts of “Unacceptable!” from the crowd in response.
From there, he touched on all of his campaign’s main policy initiatives, from the “broken criminal justice system” to the $15 minimum wage, tuition free public colleges and universities, and from student loan interest rates to the need to “rebuild our crumbling infrastructure”. But it was when he declared “climate change is real and climate change is caused by human activity” that he got an “Amen!” from deep in the crowd.	From there, he touched on all of his campaign’s main policy initiatives, from the “broken criminal justice system” to the $15 minimum wage, tuition free public colleges and universities, and from student loan interest rates to the need to “rebuild our crumbling infrastructure”. But it was when he declared “climate change is real and climate change is caused by human activity” that he got an “Amen!” from deep in the crowd.
Sanders wrapped up his first of three New York City appearances planned for Friday and Saturday with appeals to his electability, declaring that momentum was in his favor and it was he, not Hillary Clinton, who could beat Republicans in November. And with one last appeal to the assembled voters, he descended off the stage and attended to the crowd at the rope line – which was made of the NYPD’s ubiquitous metal barriers.	Sanders wrapped up his first of three New York City appearances planned for Friday and Saturday with appeals to his electability, declaring that momentum was in his favor and it was he, not Hillary Clinton, who could beat Republicans in November. And with one last appeal to the assembled voters, he descended off the stage and attended to the crowd at the rope line – which was made of the NYPD’s ubiquitous metal barriers.
Sanders was introduced first by a singer, who chose America the Beautiful instead of the national anthem to lead off the rally. He then led the crowd – who did really sing along – in a new verse that ended: “We’ve got your back / No Super PACs / We feel the bern, Bernie!”	Sanders was introduced first by a singer, who chose America the Beautiful instead of the national anthem to lead off the rally. He then led the crowd – who did really sing along – in a new verse that ended: “We’ve got your back / No Super PACs / We feel the bern, Bernie!”
Actor and Sanders supporter Mark Ruffalo was up next, encouraging the crowd to talk to friends and relatives who were not ready to voter for Sanders. “They’re just scared,” he said, explaining that it was the job of Sanders supporters to encourage everyone to embrace their dreams.	Actor and Sanders supporter Mark Ruffalo was up next, encouraging the crowd to talk to friends and relatives who were not ready to voter for Sanders. “They’re just scared,” he said, explaining that it was the job of Sanders supporters to encourage everyone to embrace their dreams.
“Incrementalism is dead,” Ruffalo declared – an obvious reference to Hillary Clinton’s supposedly more pragmatic policy platform.	“Incrementalism is dead,” Ruffalo declared – an obvious reference to Hillary Clinton’s supposedly more pragmatic policy platform.
The crowd in attendance was as eclectic as modern Brooklyn itself: a hijabi-clad woman kept an eye on her little girl as she played with a slightly older boy in a yarmulke, looking for a good spot to catch a glimpse of Sanders. So many attendees carried expensive DSLR cameras that it was difficult to tell photojournalists from supporters. An elderly woman in cheap knit pants leaned against a slim tree as a volunteer of South Asia descent led two African American supporters and their son through the crowd, telling them there was more room to stand on the other side of the press riser. People shouted in support at inopportune times during Sanders’ speech, high school kids fresh out of class giggled in packs and everyone pressed forwards towards the rope line the second his speech ended, hoping to get a selfie or even just a snap with their candidate.	The crowd in attendance was as eclectic as modern Brooklyn itself: a hijabi-clad woman kept an eye on her little girl as she played with a slightly older boy in a yarmulke, looking for a good spot to catch a glimpse of Sanders. So many attendees carried expensive DSLR cameras that it was difficult to tell photojournalists from supporters. An elderly woman in cheap knit pants leaned against a slim tree as a volunteer of South Asia descent led two African American supporters and their son through the crowd, telling them there was more room to stand on the other side of the press riser. People shouted in support at inopportune times during Sanders’ speech, high school kids fresh out of class giggled in packs and everyone pressed forwards towards the rope line the second his speech ended, hoping to get a selfie or even just a snap with their candidate.
Those who did emerged from a pack of humanity grinning, to show their friends (or even just their followers on social media) and then started the long, cold walk back to the subway.	Those who did emerged from a pack of humanity grinning, to show their friends (or even just their followers on social media) and then started the long, cold walk back to the subway.
Watching the crowd from the other side of the barriers was Kiaza Dozorets, a 78-year-old current resident of Sanders’ childhood building. Through a translator, she explained that she’d only lived there for 24 years, and thus had not overlapped with Sanders.	Watching the crowd from the other side of the barriers was Kiaza Dozorets, a 78-year-old current resident of Sanders’ childhood building. Through a translator, she explained that she’d only lived there for 24 years, and thus had not overlapped with Sanders.
She said that although she liked Sanders, she could not vote for him: despite being a citizen, she had never registered to vote.	She said that although she liked Sanders, she could not vote for him: despite being a citizen, she had never registered to vote.
Though it is too late to register for New York’s primary on 19 April, when told she could register and vote in the November general election, she nodded. “Yes, maybe,” she said, watching the last of the Bernie supporters leave her block.	Though it is too late to register for New York’s primary on 19 April, when told she could register and vote in the November general election, she nodded. “Yes, maybe,” she said, watching the last of the Bernie supporters leave her block.
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Lauren Gambino	Lauren Gambino
It was a homecoming of sorts for Hillary Clinton as she returned to western New York to once again ask the voters who helped launch her Senate career for their support.	It was a homecoming of sorts for Hillary Clinton as she returned to western New York to once again ask the voters who helped launch her Senate career for their support.
“I have just felt a connection to this city and to western New York,” Clinton said, taking the stage for a rally in downtown Buffalo on Friday. “It’s been one of the great honors of my life to see … the transformation that has taken place since my first trip here.”	“I have just felt a connection to this city and to western New York,” Clinton said, taking the stage for a rally in downtown Buffalo on Friday. “It’s been one of the great honors of my life to see … the transformation that has taken place since my first trip here.”
Clinton is locked into an increasingly toxic primary race in New York, which is both her adopted home state and her rival Bernie Sanders birthplace. An escalating war of words over whether the candidates are qualified to be president culminated in a reversal by Sanders on Friday morning.	Clinton is locked into an increasingly toxic primary race in New York, which is both her adopted home state and her rival Bernie Sanders birthplace. An escalating war of words over whether the candidates are qualified to be president culminated in a reversal by Sanders on Friday morning.
“You may have heard that senator Sanders said I was unqualified to be president,” Clinton said during the rally as the crowd booed. “Well, seriously I’ve been called a lot of things over the years but unqualified has not been one of them. This morning he finally acknowledged that of course he doesn’t really believe that.”	“You may have heard that senator Sanders said I was unqualified to be president,” Clinton said during the rally as the crowd booed. “Well, seriously I’ve been called a lot of things over the years but unqualified has not been one of them. This morning he finally acknowledged that of course he doesn’t really believe that.”
Asked on NBC’s Today Show, Sanders said “of course” Clinton was qualified to be president.	Asked on NBC’s Today Show, Sanders said “of course” Clinton was qualified to be president.
“On her worst day, she would be an infinitely better president than either of the Republican candidates,” the Vermont senator said.	“On her worst day, she would be an infinitely better president than either of the Republican candidates,” the Vermont senator said.
Clinton also trained her fire on the other New Yorker in the race: Donald Trump. She argued that the Republican candidates should be taken at their word.	Clinton also trained her fire on the other New Yorker in the race: Donald Trump. She argued that the Republican candidates should be taken at their word.
“When Donald Trump says women and doctors should be punished, it raises really serious questions that people have to pay attention to,” Clinton said. “Don’t just ignore it. It could be a very real threat.”	“When Donald Trump says women and doctors should be punished, it raises really serious questions that people have to pay attention to,” Clinton said. “Don’t just ignore it. It could be a very real threat.”
Earlier in the day, Clinton toured a vascular institute at the Jacobs Institute in Buffalo, where she was treated to a demonstration on how to treat an aneurism. She then participated in a roundtable on expanding economic growth in urban areas in western New York and around the country.	Earlier in the day, Clinton toured a vascular institute at the Jacobs Institute in Buffalo, where she was treated to a demonstration on how to treat an aneurism. She then participated in a roundtable on expanding economic growth in urban areas in western New York and around the country.
During the roundtable she committed to dedicating federal dollars in research to encourage innovation and discover and promoted the revitalization of urban cities through investment in the arts and small businesses.	During the roundtable she committed to dedicating federal dollars in research to encourage innovation and discover and promoted the revitalization of urban cities through investment in the arts and small businesses.
Later at the Pierce Arrow Museum in downtown Buffalo, Clinton received a jubilant reception from her former constituents. Outside the venue a group of protesters carried signs that read: Remember Benghazi. The clash was reflective of a new AP-GfK poll that showed 55% of Americans have a negative opinion of the Democratic frontrunner.	Later at the Pierce Arrow Museum in downtown Buffalo, Clinton received a jubilant reception from her former constituents. Outside the venue a group of protesters carried signs that read: Remember Benghazi. The clash was reflective of a new AP-GfK poll that showed 55% of Americans have a negative opinion of the Democratic frontrunner.