Today (NBC) - 1984-02-21 (partial)
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[0:00] concerned about youth and drug and
[0:01] alcohol abuse. Watch Friday night at 7
[0:04] on channel 4.
[0:07] >> Across this state,
[0:10] in living rooms, in churches, in cour
[0:13] houses, nearly a 100,000
[0:17] Ians stood up to be counted.
[0:21] >> Good morning. Walter Montdale, as
[0:23] expected, the big winner here in Iowa.
[0:25] But Senator Gary Hart is smiling this
[0:27] morning. He finished second in the
[0:28] preference vote. giving his campaign a
[0:30] big shot in the arm today, Tuesday,
[0:32] February the 21st, 1984.
[0:38] >> From NBC News, this is Today with Bryant
[0:43] Gumble and substituting for Jane Paulie,
[0:46] Connie Chung.
[0:48] >> And good morning. Welcome to the Today
[0:49] program for this Tuesday morning. Glad
[0:51] you could join us for what promises to
[0:53] be a special edition of today
[0:55] concentrating on what happened here last
[0:57] night in the state of Iowa where the
[0:59] Democratic caucuses were held. I'm
[1:01] coming to you from De Mo Iowa and
[1:02] Democratic caucus headquarters. We'll
[1:04] try right now to give you an update on
[1:06] the late overnight returns. There were
[1:07] an estimated 85,000 Iowa Democrats who
[1:10] attended the party caucuses. They had
[1:12] eight candidates to choose from. Their
[1:14] initial preferences break down this way.
[1:16] Walter Montdale resounding victory 45%.
[1:19] Gary Hart a surprise at 15%. George
[1:22] McGovern 13%. Alan Cranston 9%. 7% of
[1:27] the Democrats who went into the caucuses
[1:28] came out uncommitted. John Glenn a
[1:30] disappointing 5%. We'll be talking to
[1:33] him shortly. Ruben Ascu and Jesse
[1:35] Jackson 3% each. Ernest Hollings, no
[1:37] measurable percentage. Iowa sends 58
[1:40] delegates to the Democratic National
[1:42] Convent