white house took to the stage here at the fox theater across the way from me last night. the name joe biden wasn't even mentioned. but tonight the front-runner and former vice president will be right in the center of the action, literally, center stage. biden will be sandwiched between cory booker and kamala harris, two of his fiercist critics in the race. aside from the man who currently sits in the white house. round one was all about progressives versus moderates. round two may be about the past and the future of the democratic party. and where joe biden fits in if at all. for his part, the former vice president says, he's ready for the fight, vowing he will not be as polite to senator harris who just arrived for a few moments ago for a tour of the theater ahead of this evening's events. let's go to anna cabrera. >> we have keir continue gillibrand doing her

walk-through. she's really needing a breakthrough moment. she's been trying to sell herself as the best candidate. she made a controversial comment over the weekend. we have democratic candidates running for president who do not believe that it's a good idea that women work outside the home, no joke. she didn't name names, but that will be interesting to see if that is a preview for tonight. we already saw andrew yang and jay inslee, we're expecting kamala harris to be up next. she's on site waiting for her turn. she's facing big expectations following that initial appearance and that matchup with joe biden the last time around, in which she had that powerful moment, but since then, after getting an initial surge in the polls, her numbers have receded a bit, it was down eight points in the latest quinnipiac poll this week. and when it comes to black voters, joe biden has the most strength there by far.

he had 53% in that latest poll, his next closest challenger was 40 plus points behind him there. he has to do better in this debate, we're told he watched the last night's debate in his home in delaware. he's preparing for multiple attacks from challengers on stage with him tonight. not just from harris, but from cory booker and julian castro. they were not on the same stage as joe biden and kamala harris and the last round of debates last month. castro's team tells us he's been watching game tape. also on stage tonight, michael bennet, tulsi gabbard as well as bill de blasio. it's a diverse group, and they're gearing up for round two in detroit. back to you. >> we know the action starts in a couple hours, thanks for big us inside the fox theater. we'll continue to see more.

let me have a conversation with david challian, he's back with us, day two. for what you're watching for, let's begin with the guy who's standing center stage. he had a performance the last time. he has the most to lose. >> that was the technical term. >> exactly. >> what does he need to do tonight? >> this is his do over moment, you're right. more important than anything ellison to the, what democrats are looking for is his performance, he had that lackluster performance in miami. does he appear sure footed. a man of fortitude who is going to go the distance in this race, all the way to take it to donald trump, or does he seem off his game a bit again. or somewhat not prepared for the attacks coming his way. that's the impression he left last time. as you know, he took a dip in the polls. he's back. he has to 3r0e6sh tonight that his performance bounces back as well. because a lot of democrats are watching for him.

>> one of the huge conversations we've been having nationally is race, between president trump's tweets on the city of baltimore, and elijah cummings, talking about bussing, the rest between biden and harris. how will that factor in tonight? >> i think the politics of race as you noted. it's going to be front and center literally, senator booker and harris on either side of joe biden, and they both as you s d said, we left the miami debate with the issue of bussing. cory booker has been very vocal in wanting to take on joe biden on mass incarceration in this country. he clearly wants to litigate that. you rightly point out the context this will take place in.

>> how harris and booker want to draw distinctions with that, it's all playing against this context of donald trump, the president in the white house, who's putting out racist tweets and using race as a strategic tool to divide and litigate his campaign effort and so it seems to me, joe biden is going to get caught between wanting to make the case against trump. >> might he have a moment tonight to criticize kamala harris on health care? because it's taken her a little while to arrive at where she is on her own plan. >> yeah, i think harris' plan is a broad one. she's been anything but crystal clear, and exactly what you wanted until this week. and that's why. they rolled out a health care policy to give her a foundation to stand upon when the issue comes up. it's the number one issue.

so she has done a step away from medicare for all. it's not at all, medicare for all. and she has kept a role for private insurance, extended the time for transition to such a system. how she defends that is going to be a critical moment for her, it's been one of the question marks around her candidacy. >> while we listen to all the folks, you listened to her standing center stage. >> we had a 1% crowd yesterday. same thing here, there are five candidates. kirsten gillibrand who you saw do her walk-through. jay inslee, this is a do or die moment in many ways for them. the rules to get to the next debate stage. you need to be higher in the polls, more grassroots donors, and if you don't have a moment to elevate yourself that way, you are going to be left out of

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we're back live in detroit. there she is in a ball cap. do i spy l.a. dodgers? this is kamala harris. a much more casual kamala harris getting instructed where to stand, where to look. we're counting down to debate night number two. it all starts here at 8:00 eastern. let's have a chat about a ball capped kamala harris, and how she is for a great weekend ahead. josh jamerson is a political reporter for the wall street journal. he's from the d, from detroit, susan crabtree, kyung law has been following her across the country. jackie kucinich is the

washington bureau chief for the daily beast. and it feels silly, if i may, as a woman pointing out what she's wearing. you wanted to make that point because we never see her. we rarely see her. >> the thing i find really interesting about harris, she's taken all this criticism about what she wears, and stripped it out of her campaign. she wears the same thing all the time. pan the suit, usually modestly dressed. here as she walks through this is casual. this is her casual uniform. she's wearing a ball cap that is a nod to where she lives, she lives in los angeles with her husband. i guarantee she's wearing white sneakers. that is the kamala casual outfit. she's trying to project a huge add moss fear. she had a huge performance in miami. she had those moments with joe

biden, can you guys, what are you watching for her this evening. what should we expect? >> with that good performance comes with it some high expectations for tonight. she's going to have a target on herself, not only from joe biden, but you had tulsi gabbard targeting her. she's going to take a shot at kamala harris, and how she handles questions about her medicare for all plan. about her record, maybe as a prosecutor, it seems like joe biden is coming ready this time, he's not going to be caught as flat footed as we saw the last time. >> you hope not, right? >> that's what they're projecting anyway. you. >> definitely want to see some growth from him, there was talk, maybe he was a little rusty during the last debate, i think one of the things i'm going to be looking for is just how he's going to be sandwiched there in between cory booker, a critic of how he hand ems the 1994 crime

bill. and kamala harris, how does he manage that on slaught from both directions there? >> and after the medicare for all debate that focused on the central theme of last night, she has to come in strong with her own plan. >> it's taking her a while. >> yeah. >> to finally arrive at a space where she is clear on her plan. it's been a lot of digging and zagging? >> absolutely. i think she's coming across as a waffler, she's trying to cut the middle ground again and splitting the baby, maybe it's what the doctor ordered, because she doesn't want to appear like she's plunging off the liberal cliff like so many others did last time around? >> yeah. >> so i think this is going to be the true test for her, whether she can sell that health care plan tonight. >> we'll stay on these pictures of the california senator, let's rewined for a hot minute. there were incredibly -- headlines, much buzzed about moments, what were the moments that caught you guys that weren't as buzzed about, josh?

>> i thought in marianne williamson's answers. >> we have her next hour. >> it started with an out woking almost, where, she corrected him saying, it wasn't financial assistan assistance, it was pay back of a debt from slavery, i thought even in that answer which was very much about morals and where we need to be as a country, doing the right thing. even in there, she said she would only go to 500 billion even though she thought the true price was in the trillions. so even marianne williamson, a lot of morals, there was some political calculation in there. >> do you think that moment caused a lot. >> i think she was the most googled candidate during the debate. >> that could be a bad thing -- >> why are they looking her up. >> the dark psychic moment that was highly googled. are they googling her for the right reasons? they think she's going to be the nominee? >> exactly. >> it remains to be seen.

>> what else from last night that people should be talking about? >> the absence of joe biden's name. >> not mentioned once. >> 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. that's what the republicans are trying to do. >> here's the thing, this is maybe the microcosm, the quandary of the democratic party right now, have you these three various ideas on health care. government run system. private run insurance. the number three, americans have a choice to join a public or private plan or you can keep your insurance. those three are all over the map, which to me is -- what does

that signal for you for this democratic party? >> i think there's a lot of nostalgia for the obamacare plan that joe biden will be repeating tonight. and try to tap into that nostalgia. right now, i think the rest of the democratic party and the passion is on the medicare for all side. but you have to pay for it, that's been one of the moments i remember most when elizabeth warren who ran the board last night completely, was sparring with delaney. and looking very eager and salivating over the possibility of taxing his wealth. i mean, that sort of falls into the stereotype that democrats want to avoid. theyen watt to look like they're presenting a plan that is -- >> it's not going to be disruptive. >> debate is a healthy thing, right? having various ideas and pulling them all together. >> most people, if you talk to voters, like we've all grown around talked to voters in iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, they don't know what medicare for all is, once you explain what it is, then you get some of

this idea of, well, maybe i'll do this, maybe i'll do that, people are confused. no one really knows when we listen to all these three options, what are they talking about? i guarantee most people have no idea. >> then there's this divide between what is possible. you do have to work with the congress on something as big as health care, and for those of us who covered the health care debate the last time, know how hard the littlest details are to get across the finish line. sunshine and unicorns, ain't always easy. >> there was criticism from -- you have to pay for it, the other democratic iic candidates aren't being straight. elizabeth warren was salivating over the john delaney and wealth tax argument, she dodged completely when asked about middle class. >> yeah, she said, over all their costs would go down, she wouldn't say that they're taxed. >> yes, and the problem with that is, the taxes will go up

and the costs may go down. but when republicans are concerned that if they give democrats an ability to raise taxes, they will never come down, they'll keep going up and up an up. that's the republican argument. >> on that note, thank you so much. we're all looking at the screen, i think i see tulsi gabbard up on. she's -- as you were mentioning earlier, she's been critical of kamala harris, we'll see how quickly she can get a jab in this evening up on the stage at fox theater. the federal reserve just cut interest rates for the first time since the financial crisis. cnn politics and business correspondent christina aherb she is with me now. this is major news, how does the u.s. economy. how much does the economy really need a rate cut right now? >> that's the question, brooke, you hit it on the head. this is the federal reserve signaling that interest rates, lower interest rates are not necessary -- are not entirely

necessary, they're just nice to have, not a need to have, but a nice to have. now, let me take you through some nerdy numbers here, in 2008, the federal reserve cut interest rates. that was the last time it did so. the economy was growing at negative 8.4%. unemployment was at 7.3%. today an entirely different picture. the economy is growing at 2.1%. that's why economists are calling this an insurance cut with the federal reserve is trying to do is extend the economic growth that we've seen over the last 10 years, and potentially provide some protective padding around the economy if it hits a rough patch. politically, this is a big win for trump, because it helps is

stain the kmeeconomic recovery we've seen. he can tout the message that the economy is strong, brooke. >> thank you very much. in the meantime, we talked to many of these really important issues. climate crisis is a massive focus for these democratic debates here, last night we heard about a plan to ban gas powered cars by the year 2040. i'll talk to governor jay insl e inslee, the gov of washington about that, and how he would sell his clean energy plan on the stage this evening. just released recordings of president ronald reagan making racist comments. we'll play the comments for you. you'll hear exactly what he had to say. and we'll talk to the man who got them released. if your gums bleed when you brush, you may have gingivitis. and the clock could be ticking towards bad breath, receding gums, and possibly...

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we're back here live in detroit, i'm brooke baldwin. night two of the democratic debates is hours away. among the candidates on stage tonight. jay inzly, governor, a pleasure to have you on. the cornerstone of your campaign i want to play a clip, this is from last night, because senator bernie sanders and congressman tim ryan really got into it, specifically on cars and reliance on gasoline. sanders thinks they should be avoided -- >> what do you do with an industry that knowingly for billions of dollars in short term profits is destroying this

planet? i say that is criminal activity. >> i didn't say we couldn't get there until 2040, bernie, you don't have to yell. all i'm saying is, we have to invent our way out of this thing. if we're waiting until 2040 for a ban to come in on vehicles, we're screwed. >> people are paying attention in detroit, epicenter of the u.s. auto industry. how quickly can the industry get to gasless cars. >> i have said we need to start selling clean cars 10 years from now, there's no reason to sell cars that have fossil fuel usage, new cars anyway, after 10 years from now, i'm glad to be here in michigan, this is where my bolt was made with uaw union members, we want these jobs to be in the united states. this technology is now appropriate. and don't tell me we can't do this this fast. >> so ten years.

>> i'll give you an example. in 1940 we made 70 jeeps in the united states. by 1945 we made 640,000 jeeps. we are capable of providing american americans very clean cars. i think we need a requirement to do that. the auto industry has responded. >> this super pack now on climate, is going to be pushing out this tv ad arguing they have not made a priority for them. what is it you think that you get that they're missing? >> well, i think several things. number one, i believe this has to be the first priority of the united states. the reason is, if it is not job one, it simply will not get done. we need a full mobilization of the united states to achieve a clean energy economy within the time line set by science. to do that, we have to make it the number one priority of the

united states. i'm the only candidate who's saying that. >> can i ask you, just jumping in. there are folks admiring you, who are thinking, democracy is being eroded by the man in the white house. we all appreciate the globe, why should this really be priority number one? >> our survival depends on it. when your house is on fire, the first priority is the house on fire. our towns are burning down, our fields are flooded. when i was in miami, we landed in miami. the everglades were on fire, when your swamp is on fire, have you a problem. so look, we've done a lot of things i'd like to do as president. we have the first public health option in our state. the best teacher pay increase. the best gender pay equity. we understand those things to be moot. >> you bring up health care, on medicare for all. do you think the candidates who

support medicare for all, i won't tax the middle class, are they being truthful? >> i'll let the voters decide. >> do you think they're being truthful. >> they're plans i haven't read in great detail. i'll tell you what we have done in the state of washington. we've moved forward in the state of washington. adopted the first public option in united states history. that's important because it's a great step toward universal coverage. we've also done something that we have not talked enough about, and that is long term care. we adopted the first long term care plan for our seniors. we have an epidemic of de men shah coming our way. in two important ways, we've had the most innovative way to keep drug prices down by dealing with the pharmaceutical industry, and we've moved forward on mental health. those are all things that i think are unique, and a good template for the nation. >> what about on slavery reparations? >> this came up last night.

ma marianne williamson mentioned paying as much as $5 billion on slavery reparations. >> is the market 500 billion? >> no, this is premature to put numbers on any consideration. we need to have a consideration on this. >> do you think she was premature in saying 500 billion. >> i'm not saying that, anything that disagrees with me is premature. i think it's important, this environmental justice issue, the racial disparity we've had, we can deal with that at the same time we're fighting the climate crisis. i was at one of the most polluted places in michigan this morning. and this is a community. it's predominantly a black community. next to a refinery. they're breathing this toxic material. black americans are breathing 50% more pollutants than other americans. we have to attract -- we have to fight this racial disparity at

the same time we're fighting the climate crisis. i have a plan to do that, and i'm very proud of it, i hope it will be implemented. >> how about on immigration, we're watching sanders and warren last night, saying they would legalize border crossings, and sanders took it a step further saying, let's get health care to undocumented immigrants in this country. do you think that goes too far? >> well, i think we need to have a border, and it needs to be a legal border, and we can use civil methods to make sure people are not illegally coming into the country. i believe people have a right to health care who are our neighbors, who are working. and we need comprehensive immigration reform so folks can become citizens. >> before becoming citizens, folks come over here legally, would you allow to provide them health care? >> we're providing health care in our state, in a variety of ways. in early -- for infants in that regard. >> critics would say, isn't that encouraging more folks to come

over illegally? >> not when they're citizens. the root of this problem is dysfunction in washington, d.c., the root of this problem is not passing comprehensive immigration reform. when we do that and those people become citizens, there's no distinguishing factor between us and them, there is no other. we have to remove a man from the white house who continually talks about the other. when we do that it's going to be a better country. >> i understand, but on the question, let me just ask it again. does that go too far before someone even becomes a citizen, if someone crosses over. would you give them health care? >> today that's the law of the united states. when a person comes into an emergency room, the laws of the united states, they get treatment. if a person's having a heart attack, they don't wheel them out into the parking lot, that's the law today, and i believe we now need a leader who will help unite us, rather than one who is a belate an the racist, who every time he turns around, tries to fan the flames of racism. when we have a leader like that,

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we're back, quick pike inside that fox theater. we spy bill de blasio getting walked around, he'll be shown his podium before this big debate. we're expecting an intense showdown, specifically on racial issues and criminal justice. between joe biden who will be there center stage, and on either side of him, kamala harris and cory booker. what can tonight's democratic hopefuls learn from last night's debate? mark alexander is the former debate coach for president obama and former adviser on cory booker's mayoral campaign. thank you for being on with me. before we look ahead to tonight. let's look back at last night. who is the biggest winner on style and substance in your opinion. >> i can't say there's only one winner. the american people got to see 10 candidates, each had a chance to show off their own skills. there's a lot of one on one, they can compare people as

debate and engage. frankly the viewers got to see a lot of what was going on. each candidate had a chance to shine. >> who's shown the most last night? >> i got to tell you, i don't think there is one person, i know it's very popular to say there's one winner. >> really? >> no, absolutely, i think each person had their moment, they showed their best stuff. i think you can get a sense for who they were. >> what was the most memorable moment for you? >> the most? >> i just think the cutting in, the back and forth was most memorable. i got to say, i think sometimes the one liners are least impressive to me. i think it's how the candidates conduct themselves in the longer conversations and how they defend their positions. that to me is really impressive. >> how about tonight. you know, a lot of people will be looking at the center stage. the former vice president will certainly come prepared.

he is the front-runner, how would you advise him on style and substance. >> i think for all of them, they need to be themselves, being yourself is what carries you forward most impressively, i think certainly with joe biden he has a track record, the reality is, he should own it, he was in the trenches for decades, he was barack obama's vice president in the context of obama being in so many people's eyes, the only president they really know well. and still very popular among democrats. i think he has to define himself for a great career. and talk about the work he did to help president obama. >> how about having a huge moment in miami at the last debate. senator kamala harris. >> yeah, i think she did very well obviously in the first debate, i think she has a great ability. her background as a prosecutor and certainly now as a politician, i think showing how she can be quick on her feet, be insightful and show her own

feelings and also her own policy chops, i think she's going to continue to do that? >> what about former newark mayor, cory booker this is the first time he's shared a stage with both former vice president and senator harris, what -- knowing him, what's his sweet spot and what's his challenge in. >> his sweet pot is, he is genuine. he deeply cares about what he talks about. and the more he can speak about who he is and what he cares about the stronger he will be he is someone who does not need talking points or one liners. when he is his genuineself, he is expelling, and i think that's what he's got to do. the flip side of that to your question is, what he shouldn't do, is he shouldn't try to have a one liner to try to impress the world, he is very bright, very talented and i think can do a very good job being himself, he's trained for a very long time for this moment, and i

think he just has to take the opportunity to show the world who he is. >> finally, mark, what about these lower teer candidates, in order for them to surviveny need a standout moment. who will you be watching for them to stand out. >> the problem is going to be really hard to stand out. they may have a moment where they have a one liner. i think the problem for all of them is the field at the top, we're talking harris and biden and booker tonight we had warren and sanders. we have so many strong candidates who are well backed financially. buttigieg, all these candidates, there's not much room for one of the bottom half candidates to stand up. they have to do that, they have to say, this is my essence in one line, the reality it's going

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on the heels of president trump describing african

nations. new tapes have been revealed with some similar words being said by ronald reagan. reagan referred to leaders of african nations as monkeys, and then president nixon gets in his own dig. here you go. >> last night i tell you, you watch that thing on television. >> yeah. >> to see those african countries. they're still uncomfortable wearing shoes. [ laughter ] >> and then the tail wags the dog there, doesn't it? >> yeah. >> the tail wags the dog. >> the presidential historian and former director of the nixon presidential library. there's a lot to get through here. what's the back story. how did you get your hands on this tape? >> well, the national archives

have been reviewing nixon tapes since the 1980s, richard nixon sued the national arc iverson for control of his case. that lead to a court case, a whole different review. i've become director of the nixon library in 2007, by that the point the review had gotten to 1972, and by court order, we were supposed to go in chronological order. the chronological review ended in 2013. national arc iverson then did -- i was no longer there. i had a sense of what was done. the national archives went to preservation work on the tapes. digitized them, and then they started a review, they went back to the redactions, the withdrawn parts from the earliest tapes. and i learned again, now, as a private researcher, that private research researchers could request certain conversations. when i was at the national arc iverson, i heard there was a

racist conversation between ronald reagan which was a surprise, and richard nixon, which was not a srp. i didn't hear the conversation, it wasn't part of my job to go back and listen to it, i made a point to find out if someone had requested it, no one had requested it, and so i requested -- i didn't know exactly which one it would be, i requested the ronald reagan, richard nixon conversations last year, just after i heard that the national arc iverson was doing these reviews, and they released them this summer, and they released them at a very interesting time. it's a coincidence, given our national conversation about presidential racism, i think this conversation is really important for americans to listen to. it raises uncomfortable questions. >> among those uncomfortable questions, questions about this president's -- president reagan's legacy. this is from the reagan foundation, this is what they tweeted out today, we can preserve the dream of america, we need all our people, young

and old, individuals of every race to be happy, healthy and hole, and that is what our job is all about. how do you think this will affect the legacy of ronald reagan? >> i want to raise two points. it's very important that the reagan foundation endorses that view of this country. what is troubling is, at some time our political leaders privately do not believe their public rhetoric. i am not a reagan specialist, i've written about him. i leave it to the reagan by og rahher if -- by iographers. i'm not looking to raise up certain leaders and bring others down, what i'm worried about is the poison of racism shaping

american policy, shaping the way in which we deal with ourselves. and given the concerns today about the not -- the racially tinged, some of it, but racist language some of it too of our head of state, i think these are questions we have to ask. because in nixon's time, he allowed his views of african-americans to shape his policies at home and abroad. and that was bad for this country. and i worry that our current head of state is doing the same. >> we'll leave it as you said to the reagan biographers, all those who have admiration for this president, you have the tape. thanks for sharing it. >> thank you, brooke. ahead here in detroit, i will speak live with a candidate who got the most google searches last night, marianne williamson.

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