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The final Democratic presidential debate before voting begins quickly turned personal Sunday as Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton traded barbs on gun control and health care.

Clinton slammed Sanders for voting "With the NRA, with the gun lobby numerous times."

But Sanders hit back hard, arguing that he had a D-minus voting rating from the National Rifle Association, and rejected her list of charges.

"I think that Secretary Clinton knows that what she says is very disingenuous," Sanders said. Ref. CNN.

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Clinton campaign claims narrow victory over Sanders

Hillary Clinton's campaign said early Tuesday that it won a slim victory over Bernie Sanders in the Iowa caucuses. However, Sanders' campaign said the results were not settled and that there were questions about the results in several counties. The Iowa Democratic Party said the results were the closest in Iowa democratic caucus history, with Clinton so far awarded 699.57 state delegate equivalents and Sanders awarded 695.49 state delegate equivalents. The tally in one precinct, worth 2.28 state delegate equivalents, remained outstanding. The winner has not been officially declared. Ref. USAToday.

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Among likely Democratic primary voters, 58% back Bernie Sanders, well ahead of 35% for Clinton, in the latest CNN/WMUR New Hampshire tracking poll. Still, Sanders believes Tuesday's primary will be a close one.

"We think it's gonna be a close election, we're working really hard," the senator from Vermont told CNN's Jake Tapper.

See Tapper's full interview with Sanders in a special commercial-free "State of the Union" today at 9 a.m. ET. The show also will feature interviews with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Chris Christie and John Kasich. Ref. CNN.

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Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders would both beat GOP front-runner Donald Trump in hypothetical general election matchups, a new CNN/ORC poll finds.

Clinton tops Trump 52% to 44% among registered voters, while Sanders does even better, beating Trump 55% to 43%. Clinton doesn’t do as well against Marco Rubio or Ted Cruz, however.

Sanders tops all three Republicans by wide margins: 57% to 40% against Cruz, 55% to 43% against Trump, and 53% to 45% against Rubio. Ref. CNN.

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Democratic results:

Hillary Clinton -- Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia -- plus American Samoa

Bernie Sanders -- Colorado, Minnesota, Oklahoma and his home state of Vermont. Ref. CNN.

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Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders clashed over auto industry bailouts, guns and ties to Wall Street, as underlying tensions in the Democratic presidential race burst into the open at an impassioned CNN debate in Flint, Michigan.

The forum quickly turned into a heated philosophical argument about an economy that Sanders said is weighted against the middle and working classes and is abetted, he said, by close ties between politicians, such as Clinton, and Wall Street financiers.

Sanders accused Clinton of supporting "Disastrous" trade policies that contributed to corporate America's decision to move manufacturing from cities like Flint to low-wage economies in Central America and Asia. But she in turn said that Sanders had refused to vote for a bailout for the auto industry.

Clinton also pressed Sanders on guns and accused him of being too close to the National Rifle Association. Sanders replied that Clinton's arguments would amount to a ban on the manufacture of guns. Ref. CNN.

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Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders quarreled over the 2008 bailouts of Wall Street and the auto industry, the costs of his health care plan and immigration during a debate simulcast on CNN and sponsored by Univision and The Washington Post.

Clinton returned to her attack on Sanders for failing to vote for the Wall Street bailout bill that was used to rescue the auto industry. Sanders in turn accused her of voting to protect her Wall Street constituents when she was senator from the state of New York.

Univision hosts questioned both Democratic candidates closely about whether they would deport immigrants if elected. In one memorable moment, the candidates addressed a mother who said her husband had been deported, leaving her and their five children in the U.S. Clinton and Sanders both said they would do what they could to reunite similarly separated families – and Sanders said that if Congress didn’t act, he would use executive action to “do what has to be done” on immigration.

Clinton also reiterated her stance that an investigation into emails sent and received by her and her aides will not bear any fruit. When asked directly whether she would pull out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination if she is indicted over the messages, she said no such indictment would happen.

Sanders also said he thought Clinton should release the transcripts of speeches she gave to Wall Street banks so the American people can determine whether she said the same things during those speeches as she says publicly now. Ref. CNN.

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In a CNN-TV One town hall, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton strongly criticized GOP front-runner Donald Trump.

Sanders described the mogul as “a pathological liar” who is inciting violence at his rallies. Clinton said Trump is committing “political arson” and trafficking in hate and fear. She also said that some foreign leaders have been so alarmed by Trump’s rhetoric that they have offered her endorsements.

The candidates also addressed concerns about college costs, taxes, foreign policy, the death penalty and poverty.

Sanders said that if he becomes president, it will be because of a significant increase in voter turnout – and that the turnout would mean Democrats could recapture the U.S. Senate and gain a significant number of seats in the House.

He also said small-business owners would benefit from his health care and tax plans because their expenses would be significantly reduced if they didn’t have to pay for health care for themselves and their employees.

In response to a question from an Ohioan who had spent several decades on death row, Clinton said she thought the death penalty should be reserved for a very narrow category of federal cases: Those involving terror attacks.

She said she also would work with Congress to lower the costs of health care.

On Tuesday, Democratic voters will choose between Sanders and Clinton in contests in Florida, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio.

Clinton currently leads the race with 1,244 delegates. Sanders has 574 delegates. Ref. CNN.