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we're taking aim frequently at senator warren and sanders. medicare for all is one of the big topics last night. how do you think they did i defending their tur? >> i think they did pretty good. la night i sawbe de bait about policies and substantive issues. it's part of the process and having a primak, and i thin they did well for themselves and i think, now, we move on to tonight and see ow that ges. >> amy, let's take a look at how people are deciding who it isua they ay want to vote for. i want to point you to something that always stands out to me.o this is m our "pbs newshour" npr marist poll. when you aselk likdemocratic voters have they made up their minds,2% say no, they have not. that is a lot of people. so if you're a dtemocratic er out there watching the debates, what are you gleaning from this kind of format right now? >> what you're really looking for right now, amna, when i talk to voters, what they're telling me is they are hoping that thege fielts narrowed because there are too many choices for them. they just get kind of int

national anthem, but all unity disappeared when a fierce debate ensued and progressives like bernie sanders clashed with more moderate candidates like john hickenlooper. but there was one thing all contenders agreed upon. trump must go. >> we have got to take on trump's racism, his sexism, xenophobia, and come together in an unprecedented grass-roots movement that not only defeats trump, but transforms our economy and our government. >> we will call his reese's amount for -- racism out for what it is and also talk about its consequences. it does not just defend -- offend our sensibilities to hear him say senenher back because she is a woman of color, a muslim american. it just does not offend ourr sensibilities when he calls them immigrants rapisists. reporter: senator elizabeth warrrren reminded d her rivals n spspite of their differences, democrats will soon have to unite to defeaeat their common enemy. >> donald trump disgraces the office of president every single day. and anyone on this stage tonight or tomorrow night would be a far better president. i p promise no matter who our candid

sanders: medicare for all is comprehensive and covers alld health care nes for senior citizens. rep. ryan: you don't know that. sen. sanders: i do know that, i wrote the damn bill. laura: theb's barbara plett-usher is in detroit. she joins us now. what is your assessment of who did well last night? barbara: the main action was this underdog group of centrist candidates who tookn the libera candidates elizabeth warren and bernie sanders. senator warren had quite a good night. she had some memorable lines about why the democrats should think big and go bold. bernie sanders, quite a solid performance, better thanhe one last month, and the two of them banded together to ward off attacks on the policies rather than pursuing their own rivalries. the young mayor pete buttigieg broke through the noise of it, making the casfor generational ange. but there was nobody else really obvious you had a breakout moment. the debate was feisty and around the ideological divisions which will shape the race. laura: what are joe biden's team saying about how he will approach tonight? heoes in as the

having bernie sanders and elizabeth warren leading, they're getting most. at the other hand, you end up having people th came from the w pragmaticing of the democratic party talking about the john keyynys,former maryland congressman and hickenlooper, the former colorado governor, pete buttigieg who came from the lemidd oer area.leftr to me this is the fundamental divide in the democratic party and will make the debate. there will be more attention with joe biden taking the stageo ght. >> let's talk about tonight. kamala harr kamala harris stole the night from joe b en ine previous round a few weeks ago. who are you watching to challenge the front-runner tonight? >> cory booker. kamala harris is going to beon side and cory booker on the other. he's beenin telegraph he wantes to go after biden's bill. as you mentioned, kamala harris, i wouldn't be sewer prized if we wouldn't d up seeing an act 2-a2. so it's not going to be easy for joe bideds he n a better debate performance tonight. but flanked by both booker and harris, he's going to haves work cut out if h

saying the republican talking points the revolutionaries of the democratic party warren and bernie sanders dominated the debate clock again and again warren went on the offensive you know i don't understand why anybody goes to all the trouble of running for president of the united states just to talk about what we really can't do and should fight for. this round of debates could dramatically narrow the field of candidates for some the race is all but over 5 candidates failed to qualify for this round of debates and of the 20 who remain less than half are expected to qualify for round 3 and for some who failed to break through into. reports are likely already drying up the debates locale in the motor city was a reminder of the democrats' failure in 2016 their supposedly solidly democratic blue wall crumbled in their former strongholds of pennsylvania wisconsin and detroit's parent state michigan what are the candidates have to do they have to spend money here they have to wake up the populous get them how to vote with another debate to go on wednesday where front runner joe biden will stand

bernie sanders actually running in second place. gene, after that first debate there was some movement i saw in polls with black voters towards kamala harris. if this was any indication, it disintegrated quickly. >> you saw voters in general sort of filter back to biden after that first debate. african-american voters are really pr really pragmatic. they really want somebody who can win. it's not just familiarity with joe biden. a lot of it is calculation as to who can beat donald trump. and, you know, i talked to a lot of folks in my home state of south carolina, where biden's numbers among black voters are continuing to be real, really high and really, really solid. >> this is his best state of the early stage right now, not iowa, new hampshire, it's south carolina. >> it's south carolina. so now if a kamala harris or a cory booker were able to demonstrate as obama did in 2008 in iowa that they can win large numbers of white votes, that they possibly could win, maybe you would see people taking another look at them as potential no

the two lynchpins are senator sanders and kamala harris. kamala harris right now as i said before, the money that she needs, the money is going to biden. the voters that she needs, a lot of them, she's a second choice alongside with elizabeth warren. and elizabeth warren did a good job establishing herself yesterday. harris has to keep pounding away. otherwise, she might lose ground to a resurgent warren campaign. >> neil: we're told after the debate we'll be looking at especially given the restrictions of the next debate a smaller pool of candidates to be the nominee. if that's the case, who has the advantage? we'll weigh that after this. my copd medicine... ...that's why i've got the power of 1 2 3 medicines with trelegy. the only fda-approved 3-in-1 copd treatment . ♪trelegy. ♪the power of 1-2-3. ♪trelegy 1-2-3 trelegy. with trelegy and the power of 1 2 3, i'm breathing better. trelegy works 3 ways to... ...open airways,... ...keep them open... ...and reduce inflammation... ...for 24 hours of better breathing. trelegy won't replace

national anthem but old unity disappeared when a fierce debate ensued and progressives like bernie sanders clashed with more moderate candidates like john hickenlooper. but there was one thing all contenders agreed upon trump must go. we have got to take a lot troublous racism is sexism set up phobia and come together in an unprecedented unprecedented grassroots movement to not only defeat trump but to transform our economy and how government will call his racism out for what it is and also talk about its consequences it doesn't just offend our sensibilities to hear him say send her back about and member of congress because she's a woman of color because she's a muslim american doesn't just offend our sensibilities when he calls mexican immigrants rapists and criminals senator elizabeth warren reminded of rivals that in spite of the differences democrats will soon have to unite. defeat the common enemy 5 shirts away from the one donald trump disc graces the office of presidents every single day and to have anyone on this stage tonight or tomorrow night would be a far better president i pro

>>de motes calling out bernie sanders and elizabeth warren, labeling them. >> it will turn off independent voters. >> reporter: the progressive senator. >> i get a little bitired of democrats afraid of big idea. >> standing their ground. >> you know, i don't understand why anybody goes to the trouble of running for president of the united states just to argue about what we shouldn't stand for and fight forrt >> repo: the fight tonight will include former vice president joe biden, the clear front-runner leading most contenders by double digits in mostpolls. health care, immigration,trade, climate sure to be among the issue again framing the discussion, but the question most democratic voters say they want answered is -->> you are playing into donald trump's hands. >> reporter: -- who is most suited to challenge about the incumbent. >> everybody has to show they have the stamina t toke on donald trump. >> reporter: you know, president trump has wighed in writing the democrats will lead us into an economic sinkhole. and he believes joeiden will be the ultimate nomination. >>> last night pete

wing republican talking points the revolutionaries of the democratic party warren and bernie sanders dominated the debate clock again and again warren went on the offensive you know i don't understand why anybody does to all the trouble of running for president of the united states just to talk about what we really can't do and should fight for. this round of debates could dramatically narrow the field of candidates for some the race is over 5 candidates failed to qualify for this round of debates and of the 20 who remain less than half are expected to qualify for round 3 and for some who failed to breakthrough in detroit. are likely drying up the debates locale in the motor city was a reminder of the democrats' failure in 2016 their supposedly solidly democratic blue wall crumbled in their former strongholds of pennsylvania wisconsin and detroit's parent state michigan. have to do they have to spend money here they have to wake up the populous get them how to vote with another debate to go on wednesday where front runner joe biden will stand directly between his 2 biggest critics ha

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. >> now, they sort of -- elizabeth warren and bernie sanders used the lesser known candidates as his avatar. criticizing the lack of imagination and a lack of big ideas is what one of them said it it's hard to remember who said what in terms of sanders and warren. they were this two pronged attack of this left wing agenda, particularly on medicare for all, climate change, immigration, you really saw that -- them pushing that agenda, and contrasting it, we really did see a contrast between the two major branches of the democratic party on policy last night. >> they almost had their backs together taking the incoming for everyone else on the stage. you mentioned health care. i want to play this sound bite. let's listen to some of what was said. >> for senior citizens, it will finally include dental care, hearing aids and eyeglasses. >> you don't know that, bernie. >> second of all. i do know, i wrote the bill. >> we should give everyone health care as a right, but why do we need to be the party of taking things away from people. >> we're not trying to take health care away from anyone.

if elizabeth warren and bernie sanders didn't ring that bell last night, no one is. plus, you go on the trail, no one asks about impeachment. couple activists on twitter tweet about it all day, but everyone else is asking about healthcare, the border, education funding. >> dana: did that give nancy pelosi some cover last night? seeing the candidates don't want to talk about it, she doesn't want to do impeachment? >> since the mueller report, his testimony last week, how many house members have come out for it? hold on. hold on. two senators have come out. of the democrats who are running for president, half of them last night all support it. warren was the first one out of the gate. >> there's no emphasis on it. they don't talk about it. >> everyone talked about it last week. they don't hear about it on the trail, to your point. but talking about issues and getting to understand where all those candidates are on issues was time better spent, even though it was three hours. >> those 31 democrats in trump held districts do not want to have that discussion on impeachmen

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sanders had a better performance than the last debate although a third of it was on health care, his favourite topic. the moderate candidates had a tougher night. steve bullock, governor of montana, did well. they we re governor of montana, did well. they were set up as files to press these two on their left—wing policies but they came back strong and forcefully. these are the kinds of divisions at the core of what the democrats are about, they are identity and how they are going to approach the presidential election, and you will see them continue to play out over debates in future and it will probably be the frontrunner joe biden who takes on the centrist mantle. the next debate starts in about six hours. what do you expect? joe biden will be front and centre because he is the frontrunner and he had a bit of a stumble on the previous debate so now he has to show he can correct his course. we know he will probably come under attack from a number of the candidates for his past record. they have indicated as such. especially the two african—american senators, pamela harris who had

those people were bernie sanders' voters. they care about healthy foods and getting pesticides off of the food. those are bernie sanders' voters and elizabeth warren's voters. those two candidates are not talking about these issues. this left verses right thing is killing us. it is a trap. there is no way out of it. new and better where the solutions are out in if world and the federal government amplifies those. that's called leadership. >> how come republicans are not in that trap. you know for good or bad, they all seem to get in line behind president trump. >> well, they're going to be in that trap if we have a nominee that can capture people's imagination and can reframe some of the discussions. those things i just talked to you about around regenerative culture have the support of conservative republicans who think climate change is not manmade. they want to get into the soils because they are making a lot of money farming in a regenerative way. let's put androgen da togeth ag. it is not left or right, new empland bette

he watched last night, bernie sanders and elizabeth warren. they want to take away your freedoms but want to have a free-for-all of the border. before he left washington, you watched the speaker, nancy pelosi, surrender to aoc. and then just this week we watched internally the democratic congressional campaign committee, they've just fired all their top staff. they are in a spiral downward, because it's an internal battle. the other reason there's more impeachments coming forward? because the justice democrats, the socialist democrats, our primary being all the other democrats. they are this party over and they are winning. >> harris: we will get to the dccc if we have time today, and the firing there. because that is the fund-raising arm. it's interesting, opposition only, how they are in c and others in your party have been able to raise some serious cash. let's hold back for second. if they get those votes, what happens? what changes? >> they have to make a decision where they move forward. that move out of committee and take it to the floo

senator sanders? >> google says she was the most searched of the ten candidates in the debate in 49 of the 50 states all but montana, where the governor on stage, steve bullock, was tops. spiritual adviser? well she's different. >> for politicians, including my fellow candidates, who themselves have taken tens of thousands and in some cases hundreds of thousands of dollars from these same corporate donors, to think they now have the moral authority to say we're going to take them on, i don't think the democratic party should be surprised that so many americans believe yada, yada, yada. i live in gross point. what happened in flint would not have happened in gross point. if you think this wonkiness is going to deal with this dark, psychic force of the hatred that this president is bringing up in this country, then i'm afraid that the democrats are going to see some very dark days. >> so, she's interesting. she's different. she's compelling. for those who think she's just along for the ride, she was on

but sanders and warren uniting to defend their position. watch this. >> when i talk about health care, a human right. that applies to all people in this country. under medicare for all, a single-payer system, we could do that. >> this plan be offered by senator warren and senator sanders will tell those union members who gave wages in order to get good health care that they are going to lose their health care because washington is going to come in and tell them they've got a better plan. >> i think democrats win when he run on new solutions, not impossible promises. when we run on things that are workable, not ferry to. >> there is a lot at stake, and people are scared. but we can't choose a candidate that we don't believe in just because we are too scared to do anything else. >> you are playing into donald trump's hand. the challenge isn't that it's a criminal offense to cross the border. the challenge is that donald trump is president, and using this to rip families apart. >> i don't understand why anybody goes to all the trouble of runni

they took control not with bernie sanders candidates and bernie sanders districts. they took it over in tim ryan districts. >> correct. >> klobuchar districts. neil: 32 of the 40 were moderate. >> that moderate democrat approach, as much as conservative i am, does work with voters. if they do that can work. >> i don't think one of the 40 democrats won the house flipped supporting impeachment. you look at dynamics there. neil: very good point. >> if you run for president, you want to win, michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin, places we talked about, democrats did better in 18. president is concerned about that. democrats focus there if you want to win. neil: more after this. your daily dashboard from fidelity. a visual snapshot of your investments. key portfolio events. all in one place. because when it's decision time... you need decision tech. only from fidelity. neil: over trade, undertrade, apple in and out of that monolithic level on better than expected revenues and earnings report, out of the, i guess we call it electronic retail giant. it is much more than just

that is senator elizabeth warren and bernie sanders. they have largely become the policy pulse of the democratic party. every other candidate in the field is having to respond on issues pertaining to wall street regulations, medicare for all. they are not talking to executives, they are talking to union workers who make up general motors headquarters here in detroit, michigan, a key battleground for the 2020 cycle. that has become the fight for the future of the democratic party on full display. david: does a they are not taking this seriously is an understatement. elizabeth warren and bernie sanders, their policy positions are similar. when you come to joe biden or kamala harris or cory booker, will they be seeing how they can distinguish themselves from that formally embrace the policy position? kevin: they will have to distance themselves. yesterday candidate after here in the center where i am also trying to distance themselves from senator warren and senator sanders. this is where ideas matter. the political test -- you talk about

now, credit bernie sanders, our colleague from vermont. he's honest enough to acknowledge that he's going to have to raise taxes on the middle class to pay for that. but $32 trillion is a lot of money, especially when our current debt exceeds $20 trillion already and is growing. well, when it comes to how they would pay for it, the only answer that we hear from everybody other than bernie sanders is let's just tax the rich. well, this is part of their usual talking points and part of the democratic party's incredible sprint to the left. and their shocking embrace of a socialist agenda. we saw the start of their move toward socialized medicine in 2009 with obamacare. we famously recall president obama trying to reassure people that if you like your health care plan, you can keep it. if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor, none of which proved to be true. and now democrats want to make these extravagant promises about medicare for all which we know that they cannot keep. so it's clear that obamacare was just the beginning and medi

. >> bernie sanders ca out swinging defending his medicare for all. >> i wrote the damn bill. >> but mid of the road democrats argue against getting rid of all private insurance. >> it will turn off independent voters and get trump reelected. >> opponents callenged progressive ideas like the green new deal. >> that's a disaster. you might as well fedex the electiono donald trump. >> free college. >> they literally would pay for wall street kids to go to college. >> wiping out student loan debt. >> i almosthy wonder w you're democrats. you seem to think there's something wrong about using help prneople. >> pete buttigieg is backing a ban on assault weapons. >> high school is hard enough without worrying if you're going to get shot. >> split for i am granlts. >> you are playing sbro donald trump's hands. >> reducingenalties for illegally crossing the border. >> if you want to come into the country, you should at least ring the doorbell. >> we reserve the rightalrecutem >> they agree on calling out racism. >> we need to call white premacy for what it is, terrorism. >> and beating donald

followed by bernie sanders with eight dimensions. you go to politico, they have a story on some of the items of data. offermber 35 is what they and that's how many times the candidates tried to interrupt each other and with that, despite warnings their time would be reduced, elizabeth warren accounted for many of the interruptions with numerous introductions -- interjections of i would like to respond. twitter had the amount of people who followed the candidates after last night's debate, topping that list was marianne williamson with 8005 twitter followers. warren following up with an additional 5700. that followed by mayor pete 4553. bernie sanders rounding out that list with 2321 followers. nightone moment from last making headlines. this exchange between john hickenlooper, the former governor of colorado and bernie sanders. >> i'm saying the policy, this notion you will take private insurance away from 180 million americans, who many of them don't want to get rid of it. green are going to -- the new deal make sure that every amer

this is video from last night's debate, with ten candidates, warren and sanders stood out. health care the runaway big topic, though newcomer montana governor steve bullock got some attention by saying he'd be willing to use nuclear weapons in a first strike. that would be a huge change in u.s. policy. >> i wouldn't want to take that off the table. i think america's strength we have to be able to say that. look, never i hope, certainly in my term or anyone else would we really even get close to pulling that trigger. >> there's another set of debates tonight. ten more candidates but three are really worth talking about. obviously you got biden and harris, they're standouts. remember biden didn't do that well at the previous debate in miami. heulian castro got a big boost from his first debate appearance. he's there tonight, worth watching as well. other things worth watching today, the fed and interest rates. president trump's been pressuring the fed to lower rates, and on wednesday, the president sat down for an interview with c-span where he defended recent tweets and said

mostly by sanders and warren, who commanded the most air time of any of the candidates coming in third was south bend mayor pete buttigieg, who said that he wasn't as concerned about triangulating different political parties and public interests to try to get policy done he just wanted to find something that worked. >> if we embrace a far left agenda, they are going to say we are a bunch of crazy socialists. if we embrace a conservative agenda they are going to say we are a bunch of crazy socialists. let's stand up for the right policy, go out there and defend it. >> reporter: who is they of course, the republican party. president trump himself was name-checked 34 times. someone not mentioned at all in last night's debate was frontrunner joe biden. the former vice president who has a lead over elizabeth warren of as high as 19 points earlier this week. he takes the stage tonight with senators kamala harris and cory booker as well as seven other candidates guys. >> kayla, thank you. >>> looking ahead to the fed this afternoon, a potentially historic decision in less than four hours do w

>>leading liberal senators, bernie sanders and elizabeth warren attack for the progressive positions, this is an example of wish list economics this notion that you're going to take. >>private insurance away from a 180 million americans live law fedex election to donald trump we are the democrats we are not about trying to take away health care from any want. >>one of the state to access experience in the healthcare business with all due respect i don't think my colleagues understand the business cop shot just great. >>we are more worried about winning an argument than winning an election. >>i was wonder why are democrats you seem to think there's something wrong. >>the generational divide also highlighted but do think it matters that we have a new generation of leaders stepping up around the world as candidates tout ways to defeat president trump. there's a new battleground state texas tonight and more candidates sharing the stage. the big draw former vice president joe biden are facing off against senator kamala harris. their clash over race became the most closely watched moment of

. >> reporter: bernie sanders came out swinging, defending his signature health plan, medicare for all. >> you don't know that, bernie. we'll come to you in a second. >> i do know. i wrote the damned bill. >> reporter: middle of the row democrats argue against getting rid of all private insurance. >> it will turn off independent voters and get trump reelected. >> reporter: opponents challenged progressive ideals like the green new deal. >> that is a disaster you might as well fedex the election to donald trump. >> reporter: free college. >> they literally would pay for wealthy kids, for wall street kids to go to college. >> reporter: and wiping out student loan debt. >> i almost wonder why you're democrats. you think there's something wrong about using the instruments of government to help people. >> reporter: pete buttigieg backing a ban on assault we bones. >> high school is hard now without worrying whether or not you're going to get shot. >> reporter: candidates split on free health care for immigrants. >> you are playing into donald trump's hand. >> reporter: and reducing penaltie

bernie sanders came to win. he came out there and that was his fight, i believe, against elizabeth warren. yes, they were friends but he dominated. but i did like elizabeth warren when she talked about hbcus. she was very clear about adding money for hbcus. but my mvp as we go back to channelling -- >> how you get two winners? >> i have a win and i have an mvp. because i'm april ryan. >> okay. okay! all right. >> my mavp was marianne williamson. she came to play. she did not do the girlfriend shtick we shaugt she wthought s to do. she was inspirational and aspirational. and she put on the table general sherman's -- >> special order number 50. >> yes. talking that abraham lincoln signed off on. but it never was kept. the promise was never kept. 40 acres and a yumule. what is the calculation today? >> her math was off. for her to say do the math and had the wrong math, she had me up until that. >> i think bernie sanders and everyone who knows me knows i'm not a big bernie sanders fan, bernie sanders came last nigh

that's what the republicans are trying to do. >> reporter: ohio congressm tim ryan pressing sanders on whether his plan would be bettei than health care plans. >> you don't knowthat, bernie. >> i do. i wrote the damn bill. >> reporter: there were heated moments on immigration. >> i expected people who come here to follow our laws, and we reserve the right to criminally prosecute them. >> repter: to gun control. when steve bullock, who didn't qualify for the first debate, struck a personal note. >> 11-year-old nephew, jeremy, shot and killed on a playground. we need to start looking at this as a public health issue, not a political issue. >> repter: in the crowded field, many candidates hoping for abreakout moment. author marianne williamson gon >> if you think this will be the taste this president is bringing up in this country, i'm afraid the democrats are going to see very dark days. >> reporter: also on display, the generational divide. 37-year-old buttigieg arguing age doesn't matter. >> we can have great presidents at any age. what i will say is we need the kind of vision that wil

sanders: president trump is a fraud and a phony, and we are going to expose him for what he is. david: i watched as much of that as i could because of my schedule, but it was fascinating. it was really a fight about the middle. you saw bernie sanders and elizabeth warren sticking out, particularly on health care, a progressive left position. other people saying we got to be realistic. you are not being realistic here. alix: i wonder if this is where the republican party was elected. that gave rise to the tea party, which siphoned off one area of the republican party and in essence helped elect president trump. david: you may well be right. you also have to distinct what happens in the primary and what happens in the general. clearly at this point, the people making the biggest splash , particularly elizabeth warren, said i don't know why someone would run for president if you are not going to go for a big idea. she has very big ideas, a lot of policies out there. but you had people like mr. delaney saying it is totally unrealistic. at one point, bernie sanders just went after hi

figure out if i'm a democrat where do i fall with these more progressive ideas of people like bernie sanders. you just heard him talking about his signature health plan medicare for all and elizabeth warren both of them center stage. or are you a little more conservative as a democrat, a little more to the moderate side we heard it all last night and it clearly seemed that there were two sides of this party that haven't quite figured out yet which one is going to be most competitive against donald trump. >> i don't understand why anybody goes to all the trouble of running for president of the united states just to talk about what we really can't do and shouldn't fight for. [ cheers and applause >> i think democrats win when we run on real solutions, not impossible promises. when we run on things that are workable, not fairy tale economics. >> reporter: so if you're looking for a substantive debate, a lot of issues came out last night you just heard about health care gun control. pete buttigieg talk about an assault weapons ban. a lot on immigration again, with the candidates splitting on som

caller: bernie sanders. bernie sanders. listen to what he is saying. deal.medicare, green new we are going to have no ice caps in 2029, 11 years. host: you bring up medicare for all, this was discussed and debated last night. take a look at this exchange andeen congressman tim ryan senator sanders. [video clip] >> here we are in detroit and we have all our union friends. this plan being offered will tell those union members who gave away wages in order to get good health care that they are going to lose their health care because washington will come in and tell them they have a better plan. a new and better is move medicare down the 50, allow people to buy in. kaiser permanente said if 60,000 people did that, they will see a 40% reduction in health care cost. >> let's talk about that. if medicare for all is enacted, there are more than 600,000 union members who would be forced to give up private health care plans. i understand it would provide universal coverage, but can you guarantee those union members the benefits will be as good as the benefits the

bernie sanders woke up. and we'll see what happens. and elizabeth warren, she's two for two, and the moderates as well, i think hickenlooper did very very well. hey, i was a governor, come on, get real. i said it like chris matthews there. get real. yamiche, what are you looking for tonight? is it joe biden against the world? joe versus kamala. what do you look for tonight? >> i'm in ohio where there are voters here who are so receptive to president trump's really putting culture and divisions at the center of his campaign, so i'm looking for democrats to see which one is going to be talking specifically and plainly about race. last night what we saw were democrats not trying to pull any punches on saying what president trump was doing, so i think all eyes are going to be on that, and of course this is joe biden and senator harris part two, so i want to see how they interact, whether or not she goes after him again and again points out their differences, whether or not joe biden comes more prepared. last time he said that he was not pr

the bernie sanders campaign was fast. at 10:05 last night, with 38 minutes left in the debate, ran a bit over, at 10:05, the bernie sanders campaign blasted out a fundraising e-mail, asking you, offering you a sticker and the sticker said with bernie with the megaphone said "i wrote the damn bill". >> a signature moment last night. >> clapping back in an instant classic when someone was trying to critique him on medicare for all. >> i got to say, i was incredibly aware of the fact that that debate last night ran long because we were watching it, and i knew i had to get up early for the show. >> every minute counts for us. >> i figured it would be over at 10:00 p.m., and 10:00 p.m. came and went, and i'm like for god sakes, i got to go to bed. who do you think were the big winners? >> in addition to sanders and warren, we have seen great clips from mayor pete. they are talking about for republican members how that ultimately will be written. that's certainly going to be a very memorable night, and he got huge applause for

. >> reporter: bernie sanders came out swinging defending his signature health plan medicare for all. >> you don't know that >> i do know it. i wrote the damn bill. >> reporter: but middle of the road democrats argued against getting rid of all private insurance. >> will turn off eninvoindepend voters. >>> owe popponents challenged n ideas like the green new deal. >> that will be a disaster at the ball loss box. >> reporter: free college. >> they would pay for wall street kids, wealthy kids to go to college >> reporter: pete buttigieg is backing a ban on assault weapons. >> high school is hard enough without worrying about whether you will get shot. >> reporter: candidates split on free healthcare for immigrants >> you are playing into donald trump's hands. >> reporter: and reducing penalties for illegally crossing the border >> if you want to come into the country you should ring the doorbell. >> reporter: they agree on two things, calling out racism >> we need to call out white supremacy for what it is, domestic terrorism. >> reporter: and beating donald trump. >> now one word you d

we saw elizabeth warren and bernie sanders there in the middle the stage. the progressive candidates and then several of the more moderate or middle of the road candidatest who were forcing things like medicare for all or free college for e.everyon we even saw distinctions on immigration. >> tracie, who is on the stage n tonight what should we be looking for in night two? >> right. so tonight we have jn bide and kamala harrs, that much-anticipated rematch after she went after him in miami. the biden campaign says gloves off, that he's not going to be the nice guy in this debate, if someone comes after him. you can see the rest there, a number of candidates who are going to be lining up. this may be the last night on stage for some of them because the next debate in september has more stringent requirements to u ify. >> all right,tt tracie po live on capitol hill for us. tracie, thanks for that. >>> and a reminder, tune in for news 4 at 11 tonight after the debate for a look at how the candidates did. you can alsoad downlo the nbc washington app for coverage

we've got bernie sanders is going to be debateing without pants! there you go! there you go! ( laughter ) have more fun! now, cnn selection and their show may have been weird but even more weird is the fact that every democratic debate now comes with commentary from o.j. simpson. the guy who used to star in the commercials, allegedly? and just like with the debates in june, o.j. simpson was on twitter sharing thoughts on the primary race. >> as far as the debates are concerned, i saw where one of the people actually put out a plan, something for them to debate the merits of tonight. now, they always should do that. it's easy to say, oh, we should fix global warming, oh, we should have an affordable healthcare plan, we should have a chicken in every pot. all that sounds good, the question is how are you going to do it? >> trevor: o.j. simpson is saying thesetimes just can't show up to the debate without a plan, they've got to premeditate this thing. but enough with the preamble. let's get to tonight's debate and its preamble because instead of jumping straight into the debate,

we saw elizabeth warren and you heard bernie sanders thhee. t progressives in the middle and more moderate democratic candidates flanking them talking aboutngs like free college, not everyone agreed with that. dicare for all, you heard that debate. even tmmigrationere were distinctions among these candidates with some saying that donald fump would win i they were too lax on immigration and border policy.if soyou're a democrat and you're watching this debate, there was a clear area where you could see the democratic party separating. some of these democrats separating from the mdle with people like elizabeth warren and bernie sanders much further to the left than some of the other candidates. >> and tracie, who is on the stage tonight an what should we be looking out for in round tw>> yeah. we have the other ten tonight. by the way, impeachment never came up in that debate. we have the other ten tonight including joe biden and kamala harris. that will be an interesting and much anticipated rematch after what happened in miami. cory booker and y

the national anthem but old unity disappeared when a fierce debate ensued and progressive like bernie sanders clashed with more moderate candidates like john hickenlooper not going to go you know but there was one thing all contenders agreed upon trump must go but we have got to take a lot troublous racism is sexism settle phobia and come together and it on president one president that grassroots movement to not only defeat trump but to transform our economy and i'll go up that will call his racism out for what it is and also talk about its consequences it doesn't. just offend our sensibilities to hear him say send her back about a member of congress because she's a woman of color because she's a muslim american doesn't just offend our sensibilities when he calls mexican immigrants rapists and criminals it's senator elizabeth warren reminders of rivals that in spite of the differences democrats will soon have to unite to defeat their common enemy 5 shirts away from a 100 donald trump disc graces the office of presidents every single day and anyone on this stage tonight or tomorrow night would

and every other candidate is reactionary to senator sanders and warren. that is the calculus joe biden is waking up to as he tries to send off cory booker and kamala harris, but the ideological shift in the debate. i would note the differences on trade policy. andsuries secretary mnuchin representative lighthizer are heading back from china, but in detroit, this is ground zero of the trade debate. justal motors headquarters a few blocks from where i am standing. and on trade, the populist streak runs rampant on whether or not they would use tariffs. sensitive warren did not say whether she would use tariffs for negotiating. , take a listen to what he told me last night about negotiating with china. >> that reality is, we have to do something with china. they steal our intellectual property. i have watched it happen. on steel and aluminum and other issues. what is the big strategy? this is a tactical move. one is the grand strategy? he doesn't have one. kevin: congressman tim ryan is with senator warren on trade policy but differentiates himself on medicar

or focus on joe biden or do a different thing >> i think sanders and warren are more likely to team up against some of the more moderate candidates on stage >> seth: they should team up, like a wrestling duo warren could give a lengthy explanation for her plans for a wealth tax on assets over $50 million and bernie could hit a billionaire over the head with a chair and then there was the rest of the field. everyone was looking for their moment to stand out. there were big questions for each of them questions like who the hell are these guys would beto bust out his spanish again? and since cory cooker wasn't on stain, would he make this face at home? would tim ryan get could touring the stage again looking like a pledge and would mary ann williamson explode into a million butterflies that spell out the word love? while some candidates had big fan bases, others got more muted reactions. >> senator bernie sanders. [ cheers and applause senator elizabeth warren [ cheers and applause mayor pete buttigieg [ cheers and applause former congressman john delaney [ cheers and applause >> oh, m

figure out if i'm a democrat where do i fall with these more progressive ideas of people like bernie sanders. you just heard him talking about his signature health plan medicare for all and elizabethth warren bo of them center stage. or are you a little more conservative as a democrat, a little morto the moderate side we heard it all last night and it clearly seemed that there were two sides of this party that haven't quite figured out yet which one is going to be most competitive against donald trump. >>wh i don't understand y anybody goes to all the trouble of running for president of the united states just to talk about what we really can't d shouldn't fight for. [ cheers and applause >> i think democrats winhen we run on real solutions, not impossible promises. when we run on things that are workle, not fairy tale economics. >> reporter: so if you're looking for a substantive debate, a lot of issues came out last night you just heard about healt care gun control. pete buttigieg talk about an assault weapons ban. a lot on immigration again, with the candidates splitting on some issues lik

is that your way of convincing voters you might be a safer choice and senator sanders? >> it is my way of talking about i know how to fight and i know how to win. >> the issue of likability is one of the most important issues, which candidates beat donald trump, all the candidates gave their own answers tonight but peter buttigieg gave an answer that really stood out. listen here. >> nominate me and you get to see the president of the united states stand next to an american war veteran and explain why he chose to pretend to be disabled when it was his chance to serve. >> one candidate who really needed a moment tonight was former congressman beto o'rourke from texas. he needed that after a somewhat poor performance in the first debate and that did not happen tonight. tomorrow night we are looking ahead. the issue of electability going to be front and center. you have joe biden, kamala harris, cory booker all sharing center stage tomorrow night. >> we will be back for that. let's get chief political correspondent and host of special report bret baer for the biggest momen

moderate policies however tonight was the night of the progressive front runners and those are bernie sanders and elizabeth warren and it was essentially them against the rest of the rather a moderate candidate both scott roaring applause for their policy proposals and among them are free health care free education and of course a decriminalization of immigration and it will some of the lower polling candidates took some punches against the among them john hickenlooper john delaney for instance essentially they were arguing that their policy proposals are on realistic but they also had problems in landing their punches and getting support from the audience racism earlier was among the issues addressed in the debate we heard a couple of statements from individual candidates just a moment ago was there any consensus in this debate about racism. well this is really a field where they all spoke with one voice were the. anomalously come down to president trump's recent attacks against foreign on what congress women against black congress men alive cummings and the city of baltimore in recent days

could you back sanders? would you vote for sanders? >> yes, i'll support the democrat. we have a lawless president. >> sanders is the democrat. >> he's going to running as a democrat. i'll work hard to change his mind. i'll win. so i don't worry about that. >> thank you. delaney. big fight tonight. >> all right. thank you. joy reid, there's the debate. take any or all. >> first of all, that was the first time tonight i heard the word socialist used. if john delaney's goal was come onto the stage and paint sanders as a socialist, which he's a democratic socialist. he gave speech talking about socialism. which is his biggest challenge. that would be if that was hit with that in the general election. it would be true. >> right. >> that would be the frame around him. >> he never did it. why did he take the shot now after the debate is over? rather than turn to him and say senator sanders, what -- if he thinks it's socialism. ask him that. that's a wasted moment on his part. it's all about framing. right? warren has the advantage of being really good at explaining things at

are you saying senatorter sanders is too extreme to beat president trump? >> i'm saying the policy of of this notion your are going to take private insurance away from 180 million americans who many do want to get rid of it but many don't or the green new deal, make sure every american is guaranteed a government job they want, that is a disaster at the ballot box. i think we got to focus on where donald trump is failing. the word malpractice. negligent, improper, illegal activity for doctors, lawyers or public officials. donald trump is malpractice personified. why it is it soy bean farmers need ten good years to get back where they were two years ago? why wr are the manufacturing jobs that were supposed to come back? why are we lurching from one crisis after another? we got to focuses on that and economy and jobs and training so we can prom asfuture everybody wants to invest in. >> senator sanders. >> every poll i have seen has me beating donald trump including the battleground states of michigan, where i won the democratic party, wisconsin where i won the

they are arguing that president trump is still configured to mobilize his voter base bernie sanders called all trump in this debate tonight a race is. better texas said compared to actually his statements to the times of slavery but that said president trump is actually benefiting from this whole debate his approval ratings have been going up and the democrats are struggling to find a way against it there were 10 democratic hopefuls on stage there tuesday night another group of 10 would be debating wednesday night how is this long process of debates was so many candidates supposed to help the democrats be true was not necessarily making it easier because we're now having a record number of 20 presidential candidates participating in this t.v. debate they had to meet a minimum threshold of one percent and paul's to participate in of course the overall number is even bigger in addition to that the democratic party is struggling to find out what the ideal political direction would be and on top of that it will take another year until the a presidential candidate will be nominated so lots of r