PBS News Hour

JUDY WOODRUFF

The 2020 presidential field keeps on growing, and many of the candidates showed up in key primary states this weekend to make their case. Lisa Desjardins reports. SEN. BERNIE SANDERS (I-VT),

Presidential Candidate

Thank you, Nevada!

LISA DESJARDINS

From Nevada, to Iowa, to Tennessee, Democratic candidates have been crisscrossing the nation in the hopes of breaking through an increasingly crowded field. New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand officially entered the 2020 race this weekend, with a campaign video that takes on income inequality, discrimination and government corruption, and pivots off "The Star-Spangled Banner"'s question about the home of the brave. SEN. KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND (D-NY),

Presidential Candidate

Will brave win? Well, it hasn't always, and it isn't right now.

LISA DESJARDINS

Meanwhile, former Texas Congressman Beto O'Rourke, near Detroit, Michigan this morning, announced an eye-popping $6.1 million raised online in a single day last week. BETO O'ROURKE (D),

Presidential Candidate

I think this is a great sign that in the first 24 hours this many people were able to come together.

LISA DESJARDINS

That's more than Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, who pulled in $5.9 million in his first day this year. O'Rourke has not yet said how many individual donors have contributed. The issue for Joe Biden this weekend was what he did say. Saturday in Delaware, the former vice president and not-yet-official candidate seemed to accidentally say he was in the presidential race. JOSEPH BIDEN,

Former Vice President of the United States

I have the most progressive record of anybody running for the -- if -- anybody who would run. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

LISA DESJARDINS

President Trump took note, tweeting this morning that Biden got tongue-tied. For his part, Mr. Trump will campaign in Michigan at the end of the month in an effort to hang onto a state that was part of his 2016 win, and where his approval rating has since lagged. For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm Lisa Desjardins.