mapping chart and what it probably looks like this starts at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> seven democrats seeking the nomination for new york city mayor will be meeting in a televised debate. you can watch it live here on c- span and listen to it on c-span radio. this is the latest -- the latest in a series of debates between the candidates. the democratic primary is go to for tuesday, september 10. if no candidate -- if no candidate receives 40% of the vote, a runoff will take place.

the race continues to make national headlines and for the next hour, we will put the candidates and their campaign into perspective. joining us from new york is kate taylor. thank you for being with us. >> my pleasure. >> three weeks to go, set up this race. what are you looking at? none of the candidates get 40% and the primary, there will be a runoff between the top two candidates. you have three candidates, christine quinn, bill thompson, and de blasio in a very tight race. poll, christine were and bill de blasio tied. we will see some very intense back-and-forth. some of the issues you will see, our term limits --christine quinn made a very controversial

decision to lift the term limits. you'll also also see some discussion of new york city's police stop and frisk baptist, which was the subject of a friskl -- stop and practice, which was the subject of a federal case. the candidates all have said they will reform the practice. they have slightly different means of doing so. outher issue that will come as people's families. bill de blasio has been using his family a lot on the campaign trail. he has put his teenage son and a couple of ads. his son is mixed race. christine quinn, who is a -- who is awould lesbian, has recently brought

her wife on the campaign trail. or wasn't testy back-and-forth between the candidates that bill de blasio's wife made to "the new york times." campaign accused her of because she does not have around children, she does not understand about child-rearing. at somell take a look other elections taking place in 2013. let me asked you about the new york city campaign finance board, which is instrumental in these televised debates. or have been a series of other forums taking place across the five boroughs. what is the role of this commission? the campaign finance board y'sinisters the cit

campaign finance system candidates that participate in agree to verye to strict spending limits and all candidates have to agree to very strict contribution limits. donation, up to one hundred $50, they get a six to one match in public funds. get a six to one match in public funds. debates tos these educate new yorkers about what the options are. this is the first of two official campaign-finance board debates in the democratic primary. the polls have shown that the support for the candidates is very soft right now. none of the leading candidates have the majority of their supporters saying they will definitely vote for that candidate. the debates are being watched by a lot of people and they were be very important in determining

how the numbers shake out. >> we welcome your calls. that is our line for republicans. we do have a line set aside for those of you who live in new york city. that line is for new york city voters only. on the new york times website, a look at last weeks debate, which which took lace on channel 7. impressive ratings, viewership of 450,000 people. kate taylor, your comments are reaction? >> absolutely. it is very impressive that that many people tuned in. sense inee a lot of the numbers in the next coming weeks. the debates will be critical influencing who people decide to support. the last debate was very

intense. a lot of attacks, you saw bill de blasio and bill thompson attack christine quinn over term limits. these debates will be very important in informing new yorkers, who until recently, have not been paying a lot of attention. >> this exchange between christine quinn and anthony weiner and the recent headlines involving anthony weiner and his twitter activity. >> anthony is right. we afford a lot about his personal issues. the bigger issue is his record. i listed some of what i have accomplished at city hall. would you look at his record in congress? he was passing one piece of legislation at the request of a campaign contributor. that is not a record of results. >> since that was attacked to personal to -- was personal.

here is the profound difference. i have apologized for my personal behavior. she refuses to apologize for the slush fund scandal. that is the difference. to my personalp failings. i have a record that i am proud of. it is veryust say, clear to all new yorkers that neither me or anybody else on this stage or any new yorker should be lectured by anthony weiner about what we need to apologize for tonight or ever. >> kate taylor, we have been following this story. anthony weiner admitted that he had been using his twitter at dimity after he left the house of representatives. how is this playing out? it has put an end to speculation that he is going to prevail or even make it into the

runoffs. he was leading in the polls briefly before the revelations that he continued his activity. he is now down to about 10%. anthony weiner fatigue in the news media. there were crowds of reporters following around, but now there are only a small handful. he continues to campaign. he says he is happy not to have all of the reporters. he was defiant when people called for him to drop out of the race. i am sure he will be a lively debate or tonight, as he always is. considered aer serious contender. debated is the moderator. how is he preparing for this debate? it will run 90 minutes.

thing --st in portland the most important thing, he said, he let his daughters pick out his outfit for this evening. they have tried to come up with questions that have not already been asked. and therevious debate dozens of forums that happened over the course of the last few months. have been asked a lot of questions, and i am sure they will asked asked about the hot button issues, like stop and limits, but they will also try to come up with some new ones. >> we want to thank our partners at new york 1 for allowing to show us a national audience the debate. thomases joining us from brooklyn. is joining us from

brooklyn. >> i do not think christine quinn should be mayor. what kind of the campaign had she run? >> she has run as a person most closely aligned with michael bloomberg. she is the city council speaker and has been an ally over the last several years. what she offers to new yorkers is the idea that there was the greatest continuity with the bloomberg years. that would rapidly be an asset in a general election, but it has proved to be quite complicated and challenging for her in the primaries, where some of the other candidates have tapped into some real areas of dissatisfaction with the bloomberg years about policing, rising inequality. in a recent poll, 85% of new

yorkers said they thought new york city was too expensive for people like them. that is a feeling that bill de blasio has really tapped into. some people are doing extremely well and some people are struggling to get by. christine quinn has made a greater effort to separate her record from mayor bloomberg in the last few months. she has passed some bills that he vetoed. the fact that she gave him the chance to run for a third term, she is considered the closest to him. one of the things people do in the next hour is talk about each of the candidates individually. let's begin with bill thompson, who is a former city controller. >> this is the view i grew up with in brooklyn. and holdings stood

for something special. a city of opportunity, which brought my grandparents here. i want to bring my -- that promise back to every neighborhood in new york. safe schools, safe streets, good jobs, decent rent, and respect for everybody. i am bill thompson and i will always remember where i come from and who i am standing up for. >> my mother was a new york city school teacher. i saw how she changed her students lives will stop what would she think today? teachers not respected. it is taught -- it is time to stop blaming and start changing. child a greaty education so they can build a better life. bill thompson is one of the top-tier candidates in the

amount of money that he has raised. one of the interesting things about bill thompson is that he was the democratic nominee for mayor in 2009. he ran against bloomberg. he came very close to beating bloomberg. havebill thompson seems to low name recognition with voters compared to what you would expect. het you have seen any ads, is having to reintroduce himself to voters. he is in third place now. peoplecial question that are asking is whether he is going to eventually it greater support and the black community. he is the only black candidate in the race. he is tied with bill de blasio in terms of black support. some people think he has room to grow. black voters can make up their

minds at the last minute and they will ultimately go with bill thompson. it is an important question whether reverend hall charman is going to make an endorsement. sharpton isal's shar going to make an endorsement. >> let me follow-up on that point. could you give us a broad overview overview of the makeup of the democratic primary electorate? >> absolutely. one of the interesting things about this year is a lot of people are saying it is going to minority.rity- a majority of voters will be minorities. reason some people have thought that bill thompson has a good chance of winning because if he gets some majority of the black vote and some portion of the latino vote, he

is in a strong position. a lot of the candidates, that is one reason stop and frisk has been such a big issue. another interesting thing about the turnout is that it is likely to be 60% women. that has been a key part of christine quinn's strategy, to open up the gender gap. she would be the first female mayor. so far, that gender gap has not appeared in polls. >> as the polls move around, bill de blasio, christine quinn the top-tier candidates. we do have a phone line for new york city voters. bill de blasio is the public advocate. his ads include his children, including his teenage son.

hundreds of thousands of new yorkers who have never experienced stop and frisk. some day, he will be stopped. parents all over the city are having that conversation with their kids. >> the only candidate to end the stop and frisk era that targets minorities. the only one. >> i wish everyone could see through the eyes of every parent. these are all our children. >> i want you to tell you a little bit -- i want to tell you a little bit about bill de blasio. the only one who will raise taxes on the rich. he has the boldest plan to develop urban housing. will be the mayor for every new yorker. i say that -- i would say that even if you were not my dad.

at that ad, is that the sharpest attack aimed at michael bloomberg? >> absolutely. 's campaign is an attack at mayor bloomberg. dantecond ad featuring was the first ad in this to get a lot of attention. i think it was very good for de blasio, letting people know what his family looks like. the other ad has been quite controversial. all of the candidates say they many fewer stops. some of the other candidates have objected to the sad as an

accurate -- to this ad, and have asked bill de blasio to take it down. we are likely see some discussion of that ad tonight. whether he is making some inaccurate statements about where he stands on stop and frisk compared to the other candidates. race isew york mayoral cit up for grabs. thank you for being with us. city hall races you are following. a new york city race that is getting a lot of attention. what are your observations? >> it is getting a lot of attention -- it is getting a lot of attention for the wrong reasons. get enough of anthony weiner, eliot spitzer. seriousa fairly

election at the end of what has been a quarter-century of autocratic, larger-than-life republican mayors. what you are hearing from folks like bill de blasio, and across the city, is an appetite for something different. >> new york is not alone in mayoral races across the country. let's begin with boston. >> i would point to three cities that have big unformed field of candidates at this point. boston -- new york is experiencing something of a change election. austen, even more so. they have had the same mayor there since the early 1990s.

he is leaving and you see this field of candidates that represent a different kind of boston. they are all very democratic. the democratic primary will decide the election. you are seeing a racial diversity, ethnic diversity, a diversity of identities that i do not think people think of when they think of boston politics. >> what other races are you keeping an eye on? >> one is detroit. field ofthis candidates narrowed in a runoff to just two contenders for a job which is very important right now. the election itself may be less important compared to what happens after the election. how much power the mayor will even have when there is an emergency manager with sweeping authority. there is also houston.

a democratic mayor is running a republicanerm opponent. she was elected mayor of houston, it became the largest american city with an openly gay mayor. you wouldy necessarily stereotype houston, texas. texas, it is worth keeping an eye on what happens there. if you cover politics and policy in this era of budget -- >> you cover politics and policy. what can mayor is expected from washington regarding infant -- regarding infrastructure, the nuts and bolts. >> you talk to mirrors over the country -- you talk to mi

ayors and they are fed up with how little support they get from washington. certainty.ally no stimulusof ways, the that a lot of folks credit with helping give the economy a jolt back in 2009, it just deferred the fiscal problems for mayors for a couple of years. the green taxis or the supersized drinks in new york city that mayor bloomberg wanted to ban, what is the legacy that he has had in new york city and the influence he may have had on other mayors across the country? >> obviously, one of the major influences has been his health policies. the ban on big sodas did not go into effect and that was not

very popular. his policies on biking, the bike postinghe policy of calorie counts in fast food restaurants, the smoking ban, these things are all very popular among new yorkers. they have been very influential around the country and even around the world. many countries and many cities around the world have passed smoking bans. some faces you would not have expected. -- some places you would not have expected. >> the third of seven candidates in this debate, christine quinn, the new york city council speaker. she is running for the democratic nomination and she is focused on what happened with superstorm sandy. here is a portion of one of her latest web videos. >> it was like we were watching

television except it was us this time. there were some people that came home to no house whatsoever. there were folks in the flood zones who came back to ashes on the ground. who had fourople to five feet of water in their house. involvement began before the storm. she sat in this very room as we opened the emergency response centers. >> to be able to respond to the various needs we had because we had nothing. we lost everything. >> we were able to reach out to 24-7.ine we were able to asked her a question and get the

information, get some help. she was hands-on meeting with people. what can i do to help you? she showed her compassion. she showed her devotion. >> i saw firsthand her concern when she met an individual out on the street in front of his building. it was not anything that was made up. concern for what that person was going through. that is a quality a lot of people do not have. >> kate taylor, as you look at that video by the christine quinn campaign, what impact is that having on the electorate? >> it has had a substantial impact on the conversation. all of the candidates have talked about what their plans

are to make the city more prepared for the next storm. that tapped into what the major argument of the campaign has been. seeing -- been challenged by other candidates, she has said she is the only candidate who has gotten things done, done things that it helps people in the city. strength and her greatest liability is that she has been in the most powerful and visible position of any of these candidates. she hascouncil speaker, had to determine the fate of a lot of bills over the past few years. she claims she has been the most effective and she has made the most difference in people's lives. at the same time, it has opened up a lot of areas of vulnerability has she made the decision on term limits. she was on the spot in terms of a bill to provide paid sick days

for workers. that earned her some ire. to theition compared less powerful position of other candidates is both a strength and a weakness. >> the debate gets underway way at the top of the hour. it is a 90 minute debate and we will have it for you live on c- span. spanou're listening on c- radio, we are joined by kate taylor. she is covering this story for "the new york times." these are the numbers -- tony is on the phone from brooklyn. democrat.registered i am 52 years old. be ancandidate seems to

empty suit. there does not seem any -- there does not seem to be anybody to vote for. me go to alexander burns for your observation. anyone broken through? >> we have seen the movement of the polls. de blasio has something going for him. that reflects to a great degree what town was just talking about. this is a set of candidates who are not interesting biographical he. with the exception of -- via graphically.-- bio graphical it it is worth remembering that if someone

looks like an empty suit, that is not different from what people thought about haeckel bloomberg back in 2000. -- about michael bloomberg back in 2000. >> peter is joining us from florida. being a native new yorker and the democrats, i think it is imperative for this country, no matter what the race, and no matter what the occasion might be, that we stick to our democratic candidates. nobody can be perfect. there will always be flaws in the democratic party. it is very important that we keep the democratic line nationally and statewide. have provedans

their tactics are self-serving. they have been stalling the progress of this country. antiquated institutions that need to be changed and modified. change is necessary. the republicans have stood firm in stagnation, rigidity. it is important that we move forward. democrats may be, they are the best right now as far as i'm concerned. >> ok, peter, we will leave it there. there will be a republican candidate for mayor of new york city. there are three republican candidates right now.

they are getting much less attention than the democratic candidates. the city is 61 democratic. e democratic. they will not have a runoff, most likely, because there are so few of them. and then we will see who the democratic is going to face. even though new york city is mostly democratic town, it has a tendency to elect republican mayors. i have not elected a democratic mayor in 20 years -- they have not elected a democratic mayor in 20 years. >> as other debates unfolds, we will bring those to you as well on c-span. alexander burns, let's talk about anthony weiner. he began his career here in washington working for chuck schumer and went on to run for the seat.

what influence did he have in washington in congress? >> they would give you a range of not so diplomatic answers to the questions. substantive market that anthony weiner left anin d.c. passed,s legislation he as far as what he accomplished in terms of shaping legislation, people will look back to the role he played in health care debate as emblematic of that. when the push for the affordable care act was at its low point, anthony weiner said, i am not sure we should settle for something that does not have a public option. that kind of said it all.

>> let's look at the latest ads from the anthony weiner campaign. >> i am focused on fighting for the middle class. of newut two books ideas, 125 of them, in fact. powerful voices of made it clear they did not want me to win. this is not about what they want. they have had their way for far too long. i will fight for you and your family. >> kate taylor, as you look at that ad, it is reminiscent of bill clinton when he was trying to inch his way back in 1992 following the gennifer flowers story. class.us on the middle >> absolutely. anthony weiner, when you first

started the race, he attracted a lot of support. it was evidence that he was a fighter and he would also fight for them. even afterg that this new information came out about the fact that he continued the sexting relationships after he resigned. not a quitter, that is not how we roll in new york. i am standing up against this pressure and that is how i will fight for you. , that10% of likely voters is resonating. >> you wrote a piece to like 29th with this headline -- july -- this headline. "why did he do it?" did you find an answer?

>> i did hear some interesting theories from psychiatrists. he wasory is that sending these images to this women who were basically strangers. one psychiatrist suggested that this implied some insecurity about his body image and about his masculinity. he needed his masculinity to be admired. people observed this demonstrated a real lack of control at moments that could be indicative that he has moved and moments where he has every strong desires and impulses that he is not able to control and not able to exercise judgment. that is something one could reasonably conclude from watching a politician whose reputation depends on his not

doing things like this doing is nonetheless, even as if he is planning -- even when he is planning a comeback. >> we want to share with our audience, the wife of anthony weiner. and atook a lot of work whole lot of therapy to get to a place where i could stay with anthony. choice in anyeasy way. that it wasecision worth staying in this marriage. that was the decision i made for me, for our son, and for our family. i did not know how it would work out. i do know that i wanted to give it a try. anthony has made some horrible

mistakes. both before he resigned from congress, and after. but i strongly believe in our marriage. we discussed all of this before anthony decided to run for mayor. him i want to say is i love , i have forgiven him, i believe in him. we are moving forward. >> alexander burns, your observation on that moment? think it would be pretty surprising if her testimony was able to get him in the top two on primary day. when you see these scandals, there is always a dividing line between folks who view the spouse as a validator and a

credible defender of their meandering partner. and viewing the spouse as an enabler, someone who's trying to help their politician husband. that is the line that anthony weiner and huma have traipsed back and forth across. this,e really moved past this is all behind us and then find out not that long prior to that, he was still engaging in these kinds of relationships. i think voters in new york clearly do not have patience for that. >> the headline as you look at all of these other races around the country, what is your general observation as to what to expect in this fall campaign? >> i think it is a generational shift.

you had a long time like michael bloomberg -- incumbent like michael bloomberg. in chicago a couple of years ago, or in detroit, a real conversation about how the cities will have to operate differently. >> alexander burns, joining us from the newsroom, thank you for joining us. republican line from chicago. good evening. >> good evening. i would like to make this statement. have made a great contribution to society, but i have learned that louis farrakhan is the answer to our problems. we need to simply turn to louis

farrakhan and we will find truth. >> rahm emanuel is the current mayor of chicago. part of that generational change is mayor daley step down after a long legacy in chicago. there have been a lot of parallels between what it chicago is dealing with and what michael bloomberg has been able to do in new york. what is the difference? if bloomberg and his police commissioner would say their ability to use stop and frisk has been a major element in reducing crime, the democratic candidates and many of the critics would say that is not the case. there are more complicated factors that have led to the continued decline in crime. one of the interesting things about the poll about bloomberg's only a minority of

voters believe that crime has gone down under mayor bloomberg. even though, in fact, it has. it may be contributing to the debate over stop and frisk and the fact that the republican candidates or somebody or arguingg are doing -- that pulling back from stop and frisk will increase crime. that is running up against this reality that people do not think crime has gone down. the complicated interactions between what has happened and how it is interpreted by the public and how the mayor communicates that is creating a complicated situation. >> the current new york city comptroller is john liu. he focuses on his immigrant roots. >> he has kept that promise as new york city comptroller.

>> every dollar does something. as cityy tenure comptroller, i am proud we have produced more than $3 billion in cost savings. that money goes to schools, libraries, hospitals, to you. notion thatis crazy a fair shot starts with a fair wage and he intends to do something about it. >> there are hundreds of thousands of new yorkers who work, but still live in poverty. we need to have the current to pay all new yorkers a livable minimum wage. >> when you go after the rich go afterful, they will you. but that is ok.

an immigrant up son searching for a better life. he will keep fighting for a better future. taylor, is he breaking through among democratic party voters? >> no, i think it is fair to say that he is not. asly on, john liu was seen having a significant chance of making it into the runoff or even getting the nomination. he talked a lot about his immigrant background. onis furthest to the left several issues. he is the only candidate that says he would completely ban the practice of stop and frisk. bywas really seen as a hero the asian american voting community because he was the first asian-american elected to citywide office. for the last couple of years, he

has been dogged by questions and investigations into his campaign fundraising. one of his fundraisers and his former campaign treasurer were arrested and convicted of being involved in a scheme to illegally raise money. the campaign-finance board denied him matching funds. money thanmuch less the other candidates to get his message out. he has been discredited in the eyes of a lot of the voters. >> there are three statewide races as well taking shape. .n new jersey, two of them that will take place in october. two gubernatorial races in new jersey and virginia. the democratic candidate terry mcauliffe is ahead by six percentage points over ken cuccinelli.

joining us live on the phone is aaron blake. begin in the commonwealth of virginia. give us an overview of this race. terry mcauliffe is ahead. voters are not too happy about either of the candidates. >> that is correct. you mentioned the races in new jersey. this is the one that national republicans and democrats are going to look at and look for clues about the future. a race that is expected to be close throughout. pollss one of the few that have shown a candidate with a lead outside the margin of error. this racehing about is what people are recognizing,

these are two candidates running up against each other who both have their flaws. terry mcauliffe is a political newcomer. campaignvery strong four years ago. there are some ethical questions with him. and there are with ken cuccinelli, who democrats are going to attack for being too extreme. the poll reinforces the fact that both of these guys have liabilities. for now, terry mcauliffe does show a small lead, but it is very early. ofxpect there to be a lot attention on this campaign. >> we were talking about the role of michael bloomberg. in virginia, there is the one term governor in virginia. republican,l, a talked about earlier as a potential national candidate in

2016. we have been following the ethics investigation into the governor and his wife. what kind of a role or influence will that have among the electorate in the fall? not help the republican party to have their governor, under these allegations and scrutiny. i do not think it damages ken cuccinelli. i do not think their political brands are tied together. they were elected separately. there is some kind of connection between the donor at the center of the bob mcdonnell situation and ken cuccinelli. the democrats are really pressing. --h this race to write now, with this race right now, there are ethical questions. i'm not sure people know the difference between the scandals

between the governor and the two candidates for governor. i think all of them are a mixed jumble at this point. ,s election day gets closer these will be very significant issues that people will be watching. jerseys christie in new with a potential i 48 2016 -- a 2016 race.ye for a he does have to get reelected. he is one of the most popular governors in the country. nationally, hend is just as popular among democrats as he is among republicans. holes hard to find a in his political resume. >> how does the democratic nominee --

tie chrisategy is to christie to a national party. he vetoed a bill that would have restricted the kinds of guns people can use. there are some other things like his clash with the teachers union. given his reputation right now, it is very hard to argue that he is a standard issue republican. the polls showed he is personally popular. he will need to step in something for something to change in the next three months. thank you for being with us. taylor, let's talk about the final two candidates. a former new york city councilmember is also

participating in tonight's debate. he remains low in the polls. one of the latest ads on the air. was a pretty tough neighborhood in those days. gang activity. all kinds of problems in the area, but it was still a good place to grow up. a sense of community. lots of activities for kids to play ball and what have you. lots of great food. the bread was out of this world. i spent my summer vacations in south brooklyn plank softball -- playing softball. my sneakersar out and my mother would be very upset because we did not have a lot of money. i used to put cardboard in my sneakers. i then went on to college and became a schoolteacher, taught

11 years. my first job was at my alma mater. in a way, i am a true new york city story. [no audio] salate taylor, that is from banese's campaign. why is he running? 19 87.an in he has been out of elected office. he is much less well known. he has brought some interesting issues to the debate. he has proposed variable tolls on bridges based on the time of day. he has also been much for your reer at attacking

the other candidates. issues that asome more mainstream candidate might not have been comfortable raising. >> jimmy is joining us from massachusetts on our line for democrats. good evening to you, sir. are you with us? you are on the air. >> it is a disgrace that anthony weiner would even be allowed to run. it is a disgrace for the democrats. the only thing that is a bigger mrs. weiner, trying to follow in hillary clinton's footsteps. is a lot ofar there negative feeling about anthony weiner.

of voters in new york city found that he had a 75% negative, unfavorable rating. that was the highest negative opinion the poll had ever gotten for any candidate. yorkers are angry. he came back and said, i have changed, that is in the past. we are a normal family. it turned out that it was not nearly as much in the past as he said. people feel like they were lied to. >> there will be a seven candidate participating in this debate. erick salgado. can you explain who he is? >> erick salgado is the only latino candidates among the democrats. ministerevangelical

and radio host. substantialher support from church followers. he has brought up issues of immigration. proposed that new york city should issue id cards to undocumented immigrants. it turned out that since then, this issue came out. the three leading candidates all said they supported this idea. it was really suggested first by erick salgado. >> can you recall how much money like a bloomberg -- how much money michael bloomberg spent? >> it was something like $100 million. a lot more than any of these candidates are going to spend. but a very different race. -- >> a very different race.

>> absolutely. they will see a lot fewer ads. these candidates are limited to spending roughly $6 million in the primary. they have limited opportunities. what really matters is the free media. gettinge a challenge in their names out there and distinguishing themselves. one of the things about this field is that they are all democrats. their positions are not that different on a lot of issues. that is why you see some of these attacks happening. that is why you see them punching each other over term limits. families in whether someone insulted someone else, because that is the way they can distinguish themselves. >> we are five minutes away from our coverage of this debate in new york city. randy is joining us from

kentucky. >> thank you. i believe our problem today is polarized news coverage. i would take information from both types of news media, whether it be conservative or liberal. no longer do i do that. if i am listening to the opposition, i am breaking down their story. because of my own politics. i believe they are hurting themselves because the same news.will happen to fox >> thank you for the call. let me asking about the coverage of this race. what are your observations, kate taylor? >> it is a different situation in new york from what i think he is alluding to nationally. since the city is overwhelmingly democratic, much of the focus is

on the democratic primary. the policy differences between these candidates are relatively small. a lot of it is about mayor bloomberg and how much they would distinguish themselves from mayor bloomberg. was originally elected as a republican, and now he is independent. you do not have the same democratic--liberal, republican debate. is this going to be the year when the trend changes in new york city elect the democrat? ,s something going to happen despite the odds, a better kate taylor, we have just about a minute or two left to give our viewers a sense of

what to look for tonight. what will you be writing about tonight and tomorrow? forefinitely watch policing, stop and frisk. there will be a lot of argument about policing. christine quinn said that any future mayor would be lucky to have the current police commissioner stay on. that will be brought up by bill de blasio. we might see the issue of hospital closings. bill de blasio has criticized christine quinn for not doing enough to stop the closing of a hospital in her district. she argues that she did very help put in ao 24-hour emergency facility in its place. andill see term limits, some discussion about the candidates personal lives and families. bill de blasio's family has

played a very important role in his campaign. bill thompson has wrought his wife -- brought his wife out on the campaign trail. christine quinn has brought her wife recently. we will see some recent -- some discussions about those issues. >> michael bloomberg, will he endorse anyone? >> that is unclear at this point. it is assumed that christine tacit support. he had a little bit of a wandering eye. he joked that hillary clinton should run for mayor. his endorsement would not help any of the candidates in the democratic primary. in the general election, it might. >> kate taylor joining us from new york. her byline can be seen tomorrow

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