and so that's where pete buttigieg is here. he is the second candidate after tom steyer going on to television airwaves here in south carolina and i want you to hear a little bit of the ad. >> in our white house you won't have to shake your head and ask yourself whatever happened to iowa's hungry and you fed me. the hope of an american experience defined not by exclusion, but by belonging. >> reporter: hallie, these television commercials are important for pete buttigieg, because frankly, i know we're just two months away from south carolina, but he still has a lot of introduction to do here. i called ms. williams who i first met over the summer, a kind led. and i called her up. at the time she was looking at joe biden and kamala harris and i said last night over the phone, what are you looking at now. she said she's still eyeing joe biden. i asked her what about other candidates, she rolled through bernie sanders and elizabeth warren, but no mention of pete buttigieg. when i asked her about the mayor, to put it frankly, she di

pete buttigieg is currently at a vineyard. i'm told that he is currently taste testing some of the wins here. pete buttigieg doesn't have a bus like joe biden does for this swing here. so we're going to be catching the road to go track him down after this hit. but this is a swing through the south for pete buttigieg. you can see, he's leading the polls over in iowa, doing well in new hampshire. but then you look across the south here. here in south carolina, still struggling in polling, where joe biden is consistently reigned the formidable candidate here. you know, this is the pete buttigieg over the next two months, really needs to reign in support. you look at tomorrow, he's launching a $2 million tv ad buy here in south carolina. you know, i talked with a voter just yesterday who said was frankly unfamiliar with pete buttigieg. knew all the other top-tier candidates but very little about the south bend mayor. i want to play for you part of an interview yesterday from reverend william barber, at the start of this swing from

maybe it's reggie love endorsing pete buttigieg. maybe it's austan goolsbee, a very well respected obama-era alum bus. the president's body man reggie love and the president obama's chair, both endorsing pete buttigieg. joe biden is in iowa and knows he's behind. south carolikorea kentucky i south carolina is be lined them. add in a parent's natural tendency to come to the defense of their child. he let shirt, fat, got a lot of play on twitter. some people say he said facts. i listened to it closely. it was a very bad look for vice president biden in a very good state for pete buttigieg and then it's on to new hampshire where elizabeth warren has a built-in advantage from the boston media market. a lot of explanations but none of them good for vice president biden. >> one of the polls that democrats might like is one that just came out, and this was president trump's approval rating in key swing states that came out from morning consult. when you look at approve/disapprove, this doesn't mean who do you vote for blindly, you can see

. >>> today in new hampshire, pete buttigieg something. hours later, reporters asked him about it again. and he changed what he had to say, but he did not correct what was wrong. what was very, very wrong in his first statement today. we're going to take some time at the end of this hour to show you all of that because at the heart of that story is a very important political lie, a political lie that has been told by republicans for generations. well, as i was just saying to rachel, nancy pelosi did it again today. it was that moment where she stood up to donald trump. it was unscripted. it was provoked by someone else, but she seized the moment as dramatically as any fiction writer could have provided for any fictional politician in a movie scene. i am sure she got a silent cheer from some people working at fox news today when she did that. she did that after making history the first thing this morning. we begin with that history, a historic statement by the speaker of the house. she scheduled a hearing for 9:00 a.m. it was not scheduled

and hours later reporters asked pete buttigieg about it again. and he changed what he had to say, but he did not correct what was wrong. what was very, very wrong in his first statement today. we're going to take some time at the end of this hour to show you all of that because at the heart of that story is a very important political lie, a political lie that has been told by republicans for generations. well, as i was just saying to rachel, nancy pelosi did it again today. it was like that electrifying moment where she literally stood up to donald trump in the cabinet room. it was unscripted. it was provoked by someone else, but she seized the moment. as dramatically as any fiction writer could have provided for any fictional politician in a movie scene. and i am sure that she got a silent cheer from some people working at fox news today when she did that. and she did that after making history first thing this morning. and we begin tonight with that history. we begin tonight with an historic statement by the speaker of the house without any warn

mayor pete buttigieg. episcopalians may view god is optional and they do it pete buttigieg is warning everyone if god does exist, he would like pete buttigieg to be president and his extremely mad at republicans. >> it is by no means true that christian faith or any faith requires you to be republican, especially in these times. >> i don't see being honored by the administration right now. >> we stop seeing religion used as a cudgel, god belongs to a political party and if you're dead, i can't imagine it would be the one that has the current president in the white house. >> tucker: jim and tammy faye baker were great, you thought the christian right where bad, they're nothing compared to the christian left. when his and condemning republicans to the new tenth circle of, he has a new passion for supporting abortion. during a recent rally in new hampshire, he congratulated a 7-year-old girl for her precocious understanding that sometimes free markets require us to kill our own children. >> i listened to you

to answer your question, pete buttigieg is the one that took the direct hits. not only from elizabeth warren, but also amy klobuchar. joe biden, the front runner largely went unscathed. but pete buttigieg has been recently leading in iowa polling and was hit as you heard from elizabeth warren. he pushed back. over the last week and a half he has had 18 fundraisers, while elizabeth warren is not holding the fundraisers. pete buttigieg said listen, the trump organization has already raised over $150 million. but amy klobuchar really taking him on about his experience. we talked to a large number of voe voters in iowa, they say they like pete buttigieg, but also mentioned amy klobuchar. she brought attention to everyone about the one time pete buttigieg ran statewide in which she pointed out and i want to let you hear part of my interview with pete buttigieg when i asked him about amy klobuchar bringing up the 2010 race. >> what evidence can you actually suggest that you would be able to actually win there in the midwest. >> 2010 was one of the worst years for dem

that's not the case with mayor pete buttigieg. at the democratic primary debate last night, buttigieg blew past mike dukakis land and landed in leon trotsky-ville. we have the tape, buttigieg promised to give reparations to illegal aliens. take taxpayer money and send it to people who have no right to be here in the first place. he said that out loud. watch this. t >> you said last month that the u.s. owes compensation to people separated from their families at the southern border. are you committing as president to financial compensation for those thousands of children? >> yes, and they should have a fast track to citizenship. we have a moral obligation to make right what was broken.avl >> tucker: we are going to buy each one of them a new car! i'm like... what's the level of public support for what pete buttigieg just did? could you even poll a number that small? that's, like, the faculty lounge at wesleyan, like, two zip codes in manhattan, one in brooklyn, t and maybe add tiny census track in north california. they are for it

that's not the case with mayor pete buttigieg. at the democratic primary debate last night, buttigieg blew past mike dukakis land and landed in leon trotsky-ville. we have the tape, buttigieg promised to give reparations to illegal aliens. take taxpayer money and send it to people who have no right to be here in the first place but he said that out loud. watch this. >> you said last month that the u.s. owes compensation to people separated from their families at the southern border. are you committing as president to financial compensation for those thousands of children? >> yes, and they should have a fast track to citizenship. we have a moral obligation to make right what was broken. >> tucker: we are going to buy each one of them a new car! i'm like... what's the level of public support for what pete buttigieg just did? could you even poll a number that small? that's, like, the faculty lounge at wesley and andy, like, two zip codes in manhattan, one in brooklyn, and maybe add tiny sensors track in north california. they are for

buttigieg, 3 of them are now running for the presidency and pete buttigieg is one of them. he has great political skills, he's very glib and in our time if you have one foot in politics which he has as mayor of south bend, you're in is game. paul: you know, jason, democrats fall in love with the outsider candidates and they're done pretty well with them, jimmy carter, the american public doesn't know much about them, bill clinton out of arkansas, barack obama first-term senator and they fall in love and, you know, and pete buttigieg is really in that mold. >> he is again except for the fact that he doesn't have a lot of minority support, paul, he has the same problem we were discussing earlier about michael bloomberg and that's a problem in the democratic party today if you want to be the nominee, the new york times had a story that joe biden had 150 endorsements from black and hispanic leaders, pete buttigieg has about 6, that's a problem and it's going to be very hard for him to win not only in places like south carolina but even when you get to super tuesday, you have bi

joe biden, pete buttigieg, how about amy klobuchar? joining us now with what iowa voters b want or what we think they want, we have cnn commentator hillary rosen, and bakari sellers, he endorsed kamala harris before she dropped out of the race. great to see both of you this morning. okay. so do iowans want a moderate? and the reason i ask is because donald trump -- it's often seen as a purple state, but donald trump won by ten points, so what does that tell you about what they're looking for this time around? >> iowa's unique in so many ways. every single democrat in the country should move to iowa at some point in their life to experience the presidential campaign in iowa. as we just saw from jeff's piece, it is so personal, these, you know, citizens get to spend more time with these candidates than in virtually any other state in the country, but i think right now this race is sort of broken down, you kind of have the top four where, you know, it's sanders and warren and buttigieg and biden and any one of them really could -- is posi

number one, amy klobuchar really clothes pete buttigieg. that came out clearly. she was waiting for this moment. she came prepped with her status. youlogs by 20 points -- she came prepared. he lost by 25 points in indiana, actually. the second thing we learned is the democrats need to run a muslim for president because i'll tell you what, trevor, you won't find me near a wine cave. i don't even know what a wine cave is. that's the solution to the wine cave issue. >> trevor: that's an interesting issue people were arguing about. do you take money from rich people, big corporations, wealthy donors in that class? that was an interesting argument within the party, with buttigieg saying we need everything we can to beat donald trump, he has a lot of money, he's raised a lot of money from big donors, we've seen this, so if you don't have enough money, you can't compete. elizabeth warren says, no, the money becomes part of the problem, so where do you think the argument ended on the night? >> i'm team warren and sanders on this. it's very clear if you take money from ri

pete buttigieg is the perfect iowa candidate. he talks so well, he's so reasonable, he's so moderate, he comes back from these attacks so beautifully. even though i am never going to forget the wine cave, and sometimes, you know -- >> it was trending nationally. >> it's the new skinny latte vente at starbucks, to characterize a certain group of people. it has a bit of truth to it because even though it was open to the press, there is a -- it signals billionaires with time on their hands. and couldn't you have found $100 bottles of wine for your fundraisers? >> the other thing that mayor pete and amy klobuchar mixed it up over his, quote, lack of experience, he would argue with that characterization, but she went at him also because this is, as we say, her chance to try to score in iowa, and if she's going to score, she has to score against him, at least place somewhere in the top three. this was the this exchange between the two of them. >> i want to be president of the united states. and the point is, we should have someone head

part of pete buttigieg's late push to expand his reach. you see him continually over the last month and a half sit atop iowa polling and doing well in new hampshire. when you look beyond, very much, south bend mayor, really making his play and trying to introduce himself to the rest of the country. >> vaughn hilliard joining us and ali vitali, suburbs of iowa city. honest, not real wine unless it's in a box. thanks, guys. >>> full circle. two investigations into controversial hand gestures seen on air during the army/navy game that found students playing the so-called circle game. not flashing signals associated with white supremacy. both the u.s. naval and military academies conducted investigations after cadets and midshipmen were seen making this gesture. at first glance resembles an awkward okay sign. the anti-defamation league says the gesture recently emerged as a white power signal claiming it represented the letters w.p. for white power. in contrast, the circle game is a game people tend to trick each other into looking into an oka

mike on pete buttigieg's worries. first trace gallagher with former vice-president joe biden's testy moments on the campaign trail. >> former vice-president joe biden has been able to avoid talking about hunters sitting on the board of barisma. it was front and center today when an 83-year-old man challenged the candidate saying biden was too hold to be president and accused him of sending his son to get a job at a gas company where he had no experience. >> you are selling access to the president. >> you are a damn liar. >> biden defended his age saying he's been around long enough to know more than most people and defended his fitness level and his son. >> let's do pushups together. let's do whatever you want to do. >> [cheers and applause]. >> no one has said my son has done anything wrong. i did not and no one ever said it. >> there was controversy over whether joe biden called the man fat. listen and decide for yourself. >> [muffled audio]. here's the deal. >> biden's campaign pushed back. any assertion biden said

pete buttigieg. amy klobuchar. amy klobuchar is looking to take some -- they like to both call themselves the pragmatic candidates in this race. it's trying to take some support away from buttigieg. >> talk to me about what klobuchar got out of that because she is not in the top-ranking list of candidates. but she's not in the bottom group either. she's sort of somewhere in the middle. and has to make fairly major inroads to get into the top tier. >> ever since the candidate from minnesota, ali, launched her bid in iowa back over after launching minneapolis, she first went to mason city. and you consistently here across iowa folks say the name amy klobuchar as being bone of the candidates they are really taking into consideration. but at what point do folks believe she is actually worthy of them caucusing for? what you saw last night was her trying to draw that contrast with buttigieg. and i asked buttigieg, you know, she brought up his 2010 race was the only time in which he has run statewide. and it was in that 2

pete buttigieg is leading the polls in iowa and they want to stop them. we saw that clashing going on and pete buttigieg defending himself and pushing back and particularly on klobachar, a real fight among those three that's been brewing for a while and exploded on stage last night. we remember one of the earlier debate, kamala harris went after joe biden, looks like she gained a lot out of that. joe biden continues in the number one spot, bernie sanders continues in the number two spot. warren is still up there in the top few and pete buttigieg has been makiing great end roads. based on what those top candidates needed to do, what did they achieve? >> well, i think in terms of that question of pete buttigieg and whether there is an effective argument against him, number one, i think he did a pretty good job of pairing and showing that he can defend himself. on the other hand, there were some weaknesses that exposes there that he has to deal with long-term. kamala harris went after joe biden for bussing issue, that was a 40 years old issue. with pete butt

dispute between elizabeth warren and pete buttigieg. this moment, i knew the second it happened it would go viral. one of those relatable things you can do on the debate stage. who hasn't been there? you miss your mouth and this is what happens. pete buttigieg, didn't get caught on camera but alas, it did. there you go. i'm sure if he's watching at home he is thinking please stop that video. >> getting in trouble with a water bottle or drinking the water. >> a category of two with marco rubio. >> appreciate it. congratulations. "fox and friends first" continues right now. jillian: it is friday, december 20th and this is a fox news alert. investigators making a gruesome discovery in the search for missing mom and her infant daughter. rob: the very latest on this plot twist unfolding in texas. the 2020 democrats out from under the cloud of impeachment to go head to head in sunny california. >> we have to stop being obsessed over impeachment. >> the mayor had a fundraiser that was

certainly moderate thousand 20 raise, pete buttigieg and the dems? >> i hope not. i am for law and order. i'm a former prosecutor. i have seen the ravages of meth and cocaine they leave on communities of violence that rises when people become addicted to these substances and are desperate to get them no matter what it takes, burglaries, assaults, murderers. i don't understand anyone who says decriminalizing drugs will lead to a decrease in crime. i feel like the opposite will happen. carley: let's listen to pete buttigieg laying on his plan. >> incarceration should not be a response to drug position. >> meth or coke or any drugs, incarceration. >> this is a big deal because he's considered one of the moderate candidates and you look at san francisco that have decriminalized apps possession and things like that you have to wonder why pete buttigieg would think this is a good idea when we see cities like san francisco and the homeless crisis and the drug issue taking place over there. >> if you want to equate it to child exploitation or child pornography do we want t

but this is pete buttigieg. you know, you look at those polls in iowa for the last month and a half, he's sat atonigp th polls. but when you look beyond, that's where buttigieg, the mayor of south bend, indiana, has continued to see a need to expand his reach. you go around to a lot of parts of this country and folks have maybe never even heard of buttigieg. or there are a couple folks waiting to eat at the restaurant here behind me. they're still struggling to pronounce his name. so this is the type of campaign pete buttigieg, sure he's got his name in the likes iof iowa and new hampshire. >> ali, as we mentioned, warren really targeted buttigieg sharply at the debate thursday. we've, you know, seen the headlines as mayor pete continues surging in iowa. does the warren campaign see him as their biggest threat? >> look. you've got a race right now where there are four people who are consistently atop the polls, all of them jockeying both in state polls and nationally. so as we saw in the debate stage, this is th

the work that mckenzie, pete pete buttigieg did with mckenzie, there was an explosive expose found mckinly was tied to a tune of $2 million. it is not small. when you start getting and peeling it apart. yes, people don't want to know about their financial. you actually understand what i am trying to figure out day in and day out right before i go to bed. do you understand it right now, something is amiss in america. the dream that was promised is not reachable. people want to know are you aligned of corporations or the peop american people. >> what does it say about the apparatus that we know and the process as we know. you have senator booker and kamala harris and you have bloomberg waging in on this national campaign. are we at a moment the democratic electric and party is going to have to reckon. >> this is donald trump came out of the blue and poured all this money and saw and understood the party was at a good route to the president. i would take in that regard, bloomberg is right now at 4% in the polls. it is interesting in part because sanders has a core of constituency and neither

mayor pete buttigieg use the birth of christ to make a political point of tweeting "today, i joined millions around the world and celebrating the arrival of divinity on earth came into this world not enriches, but in poverty not as a citizen or as a refugee. in frequently deploys faith as a weapon on the campaign trail. very confident that republicans are evil and also that abortion is biblically okay, perhaps until birth. >> you go through the new testament and every other word that comes out of the mouth of christ is about dislike helping those in need and you have a republican party dedicated to the opposite. they will be a reckoning over that. right now, they hold everybody in line with this one kind of piece of doctoring about abortion. which is obviously a tough issue for a lot of people to think through morelli. then again, as a lot of parts of the bible to talk about how life begins with breath, so even that is something we can interpret differently. >> mark: i think that's in reference to god's creation of adam which is probably not the most typical scenario. in but just following t

we'll tell you what's happening. >> tucker: pete buttigieg, they may view him as ochgsal, but buttigieg is wondering if god does exist he would like pete buttigieg to be president and he's extremely mad at republicans. >> it's by no means true -- especially in these times. >> there is a lot about the stewardship of creation. >> i don't see it being honored by the administration. >> if he did, i can't imagine it would be the one that sent the current president into the white house. >> tucker: if you thought the christian right was bad nothing compared to the christian left. if you're in for real self-righteousness, that's where you will find it. >> when he isn't condemning republicans, father buttigieg has another passion, promoting abortion. buttigieg congratulate add 7-year-old girl for her precocious understanding that sometimes free markets require to us kill our own children. >> i listened to you in the debates and learned something about you and that you believe in a woman's right to choose about her own body. >> i agree with that. >> you sound pretty sophisticated for a child. how

buttigieg, and look what happened. >> why are you talking about pete buttigieg? this is a farce. >> pete buttigieg. >> tucker: what was that? >> those were black lives matter is protesters who were at an event for african-americans for pete buttigieg, the campaign is distancing themselves from the event despite the fact that sent out a press release mentioning the event, numerous staffers at the event including pete buttigieg own campaign manager but nonetheless, comes on the heels of getting a lot of heat from african-american voters which is a challenge because if you look at a state like south carolina where he was this past week, he is at 0% with the black voters there who make up over 60% of the primary electorate in the state to this is actually a real challenge pete buttigieg is facing. he is doing well in iowa and new hampshire where you have white liberal voters but has challenges in nevada as well as south carolina. >> tucker: that was one of the weirdest tapes i've seen in a long time. the white guy was the black lives matter protester, correct? >> tha

what pete buttigieg has done is absolutely amazing. to be an lgbt, mayor of a small town of south bend, indiana, and go toe-to-toe, people literally twice his age, that should be commended and putting a wall of entry to a run for office rather than simply running on principles and then depending on other people to see the value of your campaign and reach out to donate. we have campaign finance laws on the books. as long as buttigieg is operating within those, he needs to fund raise however possible, because without them, he will not be able to go toe-to-toe with someone like elizabeth warren. >> mark: just quickly, are you offended by wine caves, or is that not a priority for you this electoral cycle?hi >> my priorities are fixing the health care system, our schools, thingsxi o on the a kitchen tabe that americans care about. i don't care with the funding is coming from as long as it is in the law. >> mark: thank you for that, robert. pete buttigieg, as you mentioned, is supposed to be ae moderate, but he is now advocating noo jail tim

but in iowa, mayor pete buttigieg is now on top. a setting up a clash between joe biden as the two are courting similar voters in the heartland. let's bring in philip wegmann, national politics correspondent for real clear politics. so winning iowa, we know, we talk about this every election cycle. it is never a guarantee of anything. but who do you believe? whose message is freshly made in most? >> right now according to the real clear politics average, it is clearly mayor pete. he has a slight three-point lead, that is enough to convince other candidates that they have to take him serious. he is an electoral threat. we saw this at the last democratic debate when it seemed like everybody was getting in each other's way trying to take a swipe at this guy, but like you noted, senator bernie sanders is in a close second place. and he was one who was more than willing to take a shot at mayor pete buttigieg. and that's something that i think should keep the pete buttigieg campaign awake at night is a "des moines register" poll from earl

this is pete buttigieg. you look at the polls the last month and a half and has continued to do well in new hampshire. when you look beyond, that's where buttigieg, the mayor of south bend, indiana, sees a need to expand his reach. you go around to a lot of parts of this country and folks you never even heard of pete buttigieg or folks waiting to eat behind me are struggling to pronounce his name. this is the type of campaign where he has his name, i.d. out there in the likes of iowa and new hampshire and he is trying to do that in other places, including here in nevada. >> makes you memorable. ali, as we mentioned, warren targeted buttigieg sharply. we've seen the headlines as mayor pete continues surging in iowa. does the warren campaign see him as their biggest threat? >> look, you've got a race right now where there are four people consistently atop the polls all jockying in state polls and nationally. so, as we saw in the debate stan stage, this is the season where they start mixing it up. on that quest

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former vice president joe biden is brushing off mayor pete buttigieg's lead in iowa. >> we are still beating him significantly but in terms of iowa he has had good organization if you've been around long enough you know that you still have over 65% of the people that haven't made up their mind and you still have them saying the single most important thing they need in next nominee is someone who can beat donald trump. rob: all right, but as the south bend mayor continue to climbs nationally in the polls should biden be worried because he's climbing those polls, sasha burns and mark meckler, sasha i want to start with you, pete buttigieg is the hot candidate but biden is still the leader, what do you make of all of this? >> pete buttigieg is really rising in you eye, he's a great candidate, i think what is -- what shows with both of them with biden nationally and pete buttigieg in iowa and other places is they are both center left and that's what we need. i'd be happy with either one of them and their center-left policy. >> they are similar, mark, in a lot of ways, you're a tea-party

not surprising the debate became a progressive purity test between elizabeth warren and pete buttigieg, socialist bernie sanders joined in and targeted joe biden, check it out. >> he received contributions from 44 billionaires. pete on the other hand is trailing, only got 39 billionaires. >> i have made sure from the beginning every one of my fundraisers is open to the press. >> cohost of the 5 on fox news, juan williams and karl rove. welcome to you both. any initial thoughts from you. there's a lot of jockeying about i'm not a millionaire, i'm not a billionaire, i'm not taking big donations, they are running away from success and anyone who has a higher tax bracket they don't want to be associated. >> pete buttigieg was the target and this wine gave thing is going to be something that sticks to him going forward but the point here is how do democrats raise money and donald trump is done very well in the fundraising department, so has the republican national committee in the cycle and you have a sense among democrats anxiety over pete buttigieg has gone to the idea i am raising money

for the first time, south bend, indiana, mayor, pete buttigieg was a target after his rise in the polls in iowa. and elizabeth warren, slamming him for his big-dollar fund-raiser, causing the term wine cave to trend on twitter. the senate candidates had heated discussions over health care and experience. we'll bring you the biggest moments from last night, in a moment. >>> also, we know the president has been impeached. we don't know when or if the senate will put him on trial. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says, fine with me, if house democrats never transmit the articles of impeachment to the senate. mcconnell claims he feels no need to force the start of the senate trial. but the new and potentially big problem is that the president is not fine with it, which might be the button that house speaker nancy pelosi was pushing all along. the president is angry about the delay. and stated overnight he wants an immediate trial. >>> another major development overnight, a crack in the most solid base of the president's support. an evangelical magazine, founded by billy graham himself

why not back pete buttigieg? why not pete buttigieg? >> first of all if you're talking about iowa, i am the one who negotiated three farm bills. it's not just talking points to me. i've actually gotten things done. >> are they talking points for pete buttigieg? >> ask him. the second thing, 46 days left, that's a long time in politics. when you look who is ahead right now before the iowa caucus it wasn't barack obama, it wasn't jimmy carter, it was not bill clinton. all of them ended up being our president. and so i think it is really important to realize i may not have as much money as he does. okay, fine, but we have a grass roots operation like no other. we are doubling our staff to the contributions we're getting in, and i know how to win. people need to know me more. i'm beating him big time, trump in minnesota. that's because they know me more than the vice president, more than pete buttigieg in a big way. once they know me, maybe they should call everyone they know in minnesota. not everyone voted for me, but they're going to tel

is pete buttigieg openly gay? sure. the fact of the matter is they don't have very strong standings within the african american community, and i think that's a problem. joe biden obviously is the one polling the highest. when we're looking at as his piece reviews, is like you know, we have to have candidates that actually talk about the issues that can meet the change in diversity of the country, and they don't right now. and i think that it's a problem that from july when we started, we were all cheering for how diverse the democratic field was in comparison to the republicans and then here we are a couple months later, and i'm like what happened. we should be concerned if it turns off people of color from voting and their enthusiasm which we need. >> that said, we've had about five debates this. we've had people of color on the debate stage, and i think it was only one debate that the issues that actually came up involving minority groups. so does it really matter having the representation there on the stage? >> that'

she mentioned pete buttigieg. we will hear him and elizabeth warren spar over who pays for -gate, youates, wine might say. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: "crossbones style" by cat power. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the wawar and peace report. i'm amamy goodman. as we spend d e hour on n the democratic presidential debate in los angeles thursday night, the last one of the year. one of the most heated exchanges of the evening came when senator elizabeth warren criticized south bend mayor pete buttigieg for holding a closed-door fundraiser in what she called a wine cave. >> the mayor just recently had a fundraiser that was held in a wine cave full of crystals and served $900 a bottle wine. think about who comes to that. >> according to forbes magazine, i am literally the only person on this stage who is not a millionaire or a billionaire. is important. thisis important. this is the problem with issuing purity tests you cannot yourself pass. >> i do not sell access to my timeme. amy: i want to brin

pete buttigieg is taking both sides from the party. mayor pete is just not experienced enough for the white house. overseas, north korea expanded a factory associated with the production of nuclear missiles according to the analysis of photos provided to nbc. the revelation is fuelling concer concerns. we'll begin today with the latest on the impeachment inquiry. here is what's happening now. the office of management and budget advised the pentagon to holdup aid to ukraine on the same day president trump asked ukrainian president zelensky to do us a favor, investigate the 2016 elections and former vice president joe biden and his son hunter. rudy giuliani is promoting baseless conspiracy theories, debunked storied otherwise known as lies about joe biden. and ambassador yovanovitch committing perjury. mitch mcconnell says he hopes nancy pelosi will send impeachment articles to the senate asap, he does not appear to be particular to hold an actual trial. >> we can't take up the matter we don't have and so hopefully they'll be on the way

biden is also competing with mayor pete buttigieg in that lane. buttigieg has seen a surge here in iowa. klobuchar, though, trying to make her case with a sort of retail politics effort throughout the state here. she's almost hit all 99 county es. bragging rights go along with that the fact that's the way you try to win in states lie iowa, gigi. >> thank you, ali vitali. >>> talk about buttigieg seemed to have a target on his back during that debate and campaigning with that since he's had the serge in iowa. do you think it's changed the way he's doing things? >> reporter: he has. you can even tell from the energy in the room here and other places as we await pete buttigieg. the people are coming to see a front-runner. a different type of energy than in the part and talking to voters here about what they think about the fact pete buttigieg is getting so much attacked from sorry many different sides. meet ryan sirber an undecided voter. what do you make of the fact so many candidates are training their fire on pete buttigieg? >> yeah. i guess the w

pete buttigieg has and we know how he's done. it feels like biden will be here by default. >> people can make inroads. can they replace biden? i don't think that's the case. i think what a lot of black voters are doing is making themselves more familiar with the candidate options they have, even if they're not going to back them. what's really interesting is how early people have been talking about who they would like to see as vice president. before even some of the debates were happening, or who they even want to see in the cabinet. so we've seen people on the ground paying attention to candidates but are they going to be their first choice more than biden? probably not. >> if biden starts floating things like stacey abrams, does that come across as desperate, or is that a smart strategy? >> i think it depends on the timing and where. if you're a presidential candidate, especially if you're the frontrunner, you never want to make it seem like you've got to have a certain person for your vp to propel you forward and keep that fr

senator bernie sanders and pete buttigieg. vaughn hillyard is in the suburb of clive, iowa, and you have bernie sanders expected to meet with voters in an event expected to start any minute now. what do you expect to hear from him. >> reporter: i don't know if it is what we expect to hear from him today as opposed to tomorrow night, bernie sanders tomorrow night is having a new years eve rally with a band that formerly backed prince but this is a several day string of events for bernie sanders. he's appearing at a brunch here in dallas county. when you look at polling here in iowa, it is up and down but where is bernie sanders consistently stayed at, at about the number two position. and when you look at this primary contest, most of the states are going to be handing out delegates proportionately. so it is not like whoever wins iowa walks away on caucus day with all of the delegates out of iowa and that is where the bernie sanders campaign believe they have a viable path toward winning the nomination. this is a room on a cold

joe biden, mike bloomberg, pete buttigieg or amy klobuchar. we are just looking for a beacon of hope that might still speak to us. >> julie: i think one of the reasons he tries to move a little left as he wants to take supporters away from sanders and warren who are kind of cultivating this further left with medicare for all of our example program. i don't find buying it. i don't know if voters are buying it. >> katie: he's also trying to shore up support so if he gets the nomination he can bring the party together. pete buttigieg speaks in a moderate tone and comes off very reasonable but if you look at his policies, he's all for costing the economy millions of jobs, for a federal minimum wage that would also cost jobs, medicare for all system which would kill the private health insurance system even though he's not willing to admit that he would eliminate private insurance and joe biden in the last debate said he was willing to completely get rid of a number of blue-collar jobs in favor of green jobs, whatever that actually means. so yes, th

meanwhile, mayor pete buttigieg soared. so what is it you think allows pete buttigieg to get so much appeal and traction? >> well, first and foremost, he's running a really great campaign with a really strong organization. but you know, iowa voters like to be excited. they like to be inspired. and pete buttigieg is an inspiring candidate. he does represent that sort of generational transformational change that inspires a lot of people. and he came out of nowhere, right? very much like barack obama did in 2008. pretty much written off when he was -- when he first entered the race. but he spent a lot of time doing that retail campaigning that iowa loves. and he made a huge impact talking about like i said generational change. and he's just a smart guy. he has an answer for everything. and you combine that with a really strong on the ground organization and you, you know, jump in the polls by ten points. >> all right. patti solis doyle. we'll leave it there for now. and have a great rest of your holiday weekend. >> thanks so m

buttigieg. he's about to meet with voters and supporters at a town hall meeting. this is live coverage on c-span. >> again, we're live in grinnell, iowa, where j just a few means presidential candidate pete buttigieg is going to hold a town hall meeting with voters and supporters. we'll brick you comments -- bring you comments when that gets under way. until then, a look at today's "washington journal." investigations may continue and i don't know if that would be the purview of the judiciary mmittee on the three committees that had initially been involved. biggs, representative biggs and perry impeachment inquiry shows deep state continues to undermine trump. you say if we have learned anything from the last two weeks, it is the reality of the deep state or swamp democrats have been relentlessly attacking president trump since the election and they have been joined by the washington establishment. a cadre of career diplomats have come to the intelligence committee to testify against president t

buttigieg, they're not polling as well there so they need the state, you can see pete here, they're making the pitch to voters, mayor pete buttigieg has another event in iowa later today and we will follow him from that one. eric. eric: all right, ellison, thanks so much. arthel. arthel: north korea says it has conducted a major rocket engine test as president trump warns kim jong un that pyongyang has, quote, everything to lose by acting aggressively. more on that right after this. do you have concerns about mild memory loss related to aging? prevagen is the number one pharmacist-recommended memory support brand. you can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. >> this will be a signature for our movement after 6 months in show the carrie lam as well as the world people are fighting for democracy. eric: hundreds of thousands of demonstrators marched in hong kong again, largest protest in recent months, today marks 6 months of antigovernment protests began, protestors took to the streets over now abandoned bill that would have allowe

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the former vice president appeared in command, as did pete buttigieg. the south indiana mayor more of a target with a sizable war chest and a front-runner in most iowa polls. this will go down as the debate that made wine caves a political football. >> billionaires in wine caves should not pick the next president. >> i have never even been to a wine cave. i've been to the wind cave in south dakota. >> they don't have to go shake the money tree in the wine cave. >> having lived in south dakota, they're both lovely. jeff zeleny in los angeles with more. >> reporter: christine and dave, the last democratic presidential debate of the year ends with joe biden standing strong at the center of the stage, certainly one of his strongest debate performances that he has had all year long. he struggled with debates throughout the summer and the fall. but appearing at ease, appearing strong. >> i refuse to accept the notion, as some on this stage do, that we can never, never get to a place where we have cooperation again. if anyone has reason to be angry with the re

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pete buttigieg is trying to have it both ways occupying the space. >> i think one of the interesting things it is obvious that warren and pete buttigieg are competing for the white gentry liberal vote, the ann arbor, massachusetts, ames iowa liberals. and pete buttigieg is gain is not just competing with bernie for the left vote, she is worried about what he is doing to her support. >> absolutely. i would classify elizabeth warren as a loser of thursday night, she had a rough run because of the way she changed around her medicare for all pl plan, scaling that back made her look less strong and she's fallen in the polls because of pete buttigieg rise and she needed a big night and did not get it. she came back and seemed very defensive on her tax plan, how you pay for and combated and made her look angry. i don't think she got what she needed out of the debate. >> i think amy klobuchar could have something of a rise in iowa in the next month. anybody disagree? >> i think she can but i think it was a good move going after pete buttigieg how he lost in the landslide when he ran statewid

you have pete buttigieg three hours away. and really, yesterday, he took an explosive shot there at the former vice president over his iraq war vote. i want to let you hear from buttigieg himself. >> i certainly respect the vice president. but this is an example of why years in washington is not always the same thing as judgment. he supported the worst foreign policy decision made by the united states in my lifetime, which was the decision to invade iraq. >> now, vice president biden just this morning we should note, david, responded to buttigieg's remarks. and said that he is willing to take his career of foreign service diplomacy up against any individual. and buttigieg can point out one vote. but he said it takes much more. it takes decades of work. and that's what democratic voters here in the state of iowa should be looking at on february 3rd. >> we're going to hear from that candidate he's targeting in just a sec. vaughn hillyard with what looks like a whole hockey team. des moines with vaughn hillyard. appreciate the t