Tonight’s debate is the final one before the South Carolina primary on Saturday — and before voters in 16 states and territories go to the polls on Super Tuesday, March 3. Source

Joe Biden enters South Carolina debate with a slim lead over frontrunner Bernie Sanders; Charleston coffee shop empowers special needs people with jobs Source

Erin McPike, national spokesperson for the Bloomberg 2020 campaign, spoke to CBSN’s Elaine Quijano about comments made by Diana Taylor, longtime partner of Michael Bloomberg, about Bloomberg’s non-disclosure agreements. Source

Warren told CBS News after the tenth Democratic debate that her track record demonstrates why she should be the progressive candidate to win the party’s presidential nomination. Source

Bernie Sanders was also pressed about his comments on “60 Minutes” about Fidel Castro, saying “Cuba is a dictatorship. I’ve said that 8 million times.” Source

Seven Democratic candidates met on stage in South Carolina for the last debate before the state’s primary and Super Tuesday. Source

Senator Elizabeth Warren went after former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg over his record of funding Republican candidates in past Senate races. “The core of the Democratic party will never trust him,” Warren said at the CBS News debate in South Carolina. Source

Senator Bernie Sanders defended the cost of his health plan and a heated exchanged ensued at the CBS News Democratic debate in Charleston, South Carolina. Source

Democrats vying for the presidential nomination said they would boost federal funding for the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institutes of Health and improve relations with U.S. allies. Source

But almost no candidate was unscathed in the debate, which took place just four days before the pivotal South Carolina primary and one week ahead of Super Tuesday. Source