john delaney says no. john hickenlooper says no. pete buttigieg to a degree says no. amy klobuchar, the senator, says no. so they are going to have this moderate incoming. most of these moderates are in trouble. most of the moderates are struggling in the race. which one or what do we expect and which one are we looking to to be most aaggressive? >> i don't know about aggressive, but the path for a moderate in this race isn't just about attacking the folks further to their left. it's hard to see somebody really taking off in this primary with a message of we can't have nice things, we can't go that big. it can't just be a message of caution. i think pete buttigieg is instructive. he's running on a more ideologically moderate message. but there's a vision there about generational change that democrats find interesting. i think it's part of why steve bullock is really a potentially interesting figure on the debate because his profile as the governor -- the sitting governor of a deep red state where he has accomplished some moderately progressive things is sort of intere

it was some of the lower polling candidates that took some punches against among them john hickenlooper john delaney for instance essentially they were arguing that their policy proposals are on realistic but they also had problems in landing their punches and getting support from the audience racism only there was among the issues addressed in the debate we heard a couple of statements from individual candidates just a moment ago was there any consensus in this debate about races. well this is really a field where they all spoke with one voice were they an anonymous anomalously come down to president trump's recent attacks against 4 nonwhite congress women against black congress men alive cummings and the city of baltimore in recent days sensually they're arguing that president trump is stoking fears to mobilize his voter base bernie sanders called trump in this debate tonight a race is. 3 3 better texas said compared actually his statements to the times of slavery but that said president trump is actually benefiting from this whole debate his approval ratings have been going up and the democrats a

on the left side john hickenlooper, john delaney and steve bullock. the podium positions for the night of tuesday, july 30th. here's the candidates will be debating wednesday, july 31st. let's go to the left side of the screen. you can michael ben net, kirsten gillibrand, julian castro. center part of the screen, cory booker, joe biden, kamala harris, andrew yang, and on the right part of the screen, tulsi gabbard, jay inslee and bill de blasio. once again the podium positions for wednesday, july the 31st. >> so booker, biden, harris, discuss. >> i would see joe biden in between backer and harris. the two that were most aggressively complaining about his remarks about the segregationists. cory booker is what launched that after joe biden made those remarks and kamala harris followed through. there's joe biden standing right between the two that actually created a real problem for joe biden and had to respond to that. >> so if are you in joe biden's camp tonight and you're planning over the next two weeks, what is your, i mean, the pundits over here. >

williamson, tim ryan, amy klobuchar, pete buttigieg, bernie sanders, elizabeth warren, john hickenlooper, john delaneyteve bowman. here's how it is on the second night, july 31st. michael bennett, kirsten gillibrand, julian castro, joe biden, kamala harris, andrew yang, tulsa gabbard, j inslee and bill diblasio. the first democrat primary debate things were decided to for me, nbc drew names from two boxes, dnc and campaign representative there for that behind closed doors. executives reportedly decided which group would debate on the first night in which group would debate on the second. campaign officials made the decision to maximize viewership, the dnc criticized it. >> what the dnc wanted was more randomization. we wanted a little more transparency and we were clear about that. >> they drew their lineup on air mixing cards with candidates names, placing them in a box and having multiple boxes show different camera angles as hosts picked out names one by one. stakes are high, the third debate has tougher qualifications than this one. for some candidates the second debate is a last chance to make th

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john hickenlooper, john delaney and steve bullock. brianna, that is the lineup for debate night one here in these presidential democratic debates from detroit. back to you. >> we are looking forward to that, ana. thank you so much for that lovely tour. we're tracking a number of key matchups in this first of two debates tonight. arlette saenz is there. take us through some of the candidates who may be going one-on-one tonight. >> reporter: ten candidates are getting ready to battle it off and there will be major face-offs not just based on personality but also on policy. that starts off with elizabeth warren and bernie sanders. this will be the first time those two candidates are sharing debate stage. they are in sync with each other ideologically and they're also appealing to that same type of progressive voter. now, the bernie sanders and elizabeth warren camps point out that they are long-time friends and say not to expect any fireworks between the two. but you are going to hear them try to make those small policy differences clear that they have with each other. now, next up a possible matchup is mayor pete buttigieg versus former congressman beto o'rourke. beto o'rourke entered this race after the enthusiasm of his close senate race down in texas, but he's really floundered in recent weeks. so he's looking for ways to get back into the heat of this primary debate. one way he can do that is potentially going after south bend mayor pete buttigieg, who also needs to make a mark tonight. buttigieg has a lot of money, he's raised a lot of cash, but he is in the lower tier right now of the polls. so he is also looking for moments to move up. now, there's also this policy debate that you're going see play out between the moderates and progressives. one issue that is likely going to be highlighted tonight is health care and medicare for all. you're going to have candidates like amy klobuchar, johnaney, pushing back on that medicare for all argument that's being made by bernie sanders and elizabeth warren. and then finally, there's that group of candidates kind of on the outskirts of the stage who really need to have a defining moment in this debate in order to continue on in the democratic primary. so you're going to have people like marianne williamson, tim ryan, governor steve bullock, who's appearing on the debate stage for the first time. so there's so much at stake for these candidates and we'll see how all of this plays out in just a few hours. >> all right, arlette saenz in detroit, thank you. right now you're looking at live pictures coming to us from the debate hall. marianne williamson is doing her walk-through of the cnn debate stage. she's probably the candidate who has the biggest uphill climb to break through. but if the last debate is any indication, she will likely have some colorful moments. let's bring in jeff zeleny and kyung lah from detroit. let's start wit

john hickenlooper, john delaney will make a point of contrast on the debate stage. and amy klobuchar is looking to draw contrast between herself as a pragmatic candidate, not directly going at warren and sanders but attacking their ideas. shaq and i wrote about this for msnbcnews.com. he views warren and sanders a one-two punch in support of and in defense of progressive policies. i will say the one thing i have learned from talking to voters over the course of the last few days is while they are looking at these debates as a point of introduction, they are looking at the contrast so they can start making preliminary decisions. the attacks and the sort of differentiations we have seen over the course of the last debate could be lasting damage to the democratic brand. and so i think there is a needle to thread for the candidates who want to dinner khaeut themselves without alienating voters who might like someone on the stage who may not be around a few months from now. >> they have come out talking about they are ready to take the gloves off tonight. >> reporter: that's right. a more medicare for all, free college. hallie, senator sanders is coming in a much weaker position than he did in the first debate. he was a clear second place contender in this very crowded field. now he is overtaken by elizabeth warren in the real clear politics average of polls. he is being lumped in the same category as kamala harris, pete pete buttigieg. we will be watching to see how he reacts to this new position. in the past couple of weeks, he has been wanting to focus on vice president biden. as aides describe a difference between a bold, progressive agenda and one of more incrementalism. vice president biden will not be on that stage. if it's hickenlooper or delayy or someone like elizabeth warren. i'm told not to expect elizabeth warren to be the focus of his attacks. but we will see now that he is in this different position. >> it has to be said this is a make or break moment for a lot of candidates on stage. we are not going to see all of them the next go round for this. what do people like beto o'rourke, who you cover, have to do here? >> reporter: o'rourke has to be a lot tougher is the bottom line, hallie. he has already qualified for the debate in september, but he can't afford to limp into it. he has been hanging on by a thread, the front page of most of the polls. no longer in the top tier but hanging on to 1%, 2%, 3% in the early states. his advisers and allies say he has been pushed around. he is a good communicator. but he can't appear to be a punching bag on the debate stage. he's not someone who is going to go out there and throw punches at other candidates. but the acknowledged he has to be tougher. he can't look like others are walking all over him. they have a bit of a tougher road. if you're anyone to the left or right of the buttigieg/beto wing of this, you're fighting to get onto the next debate stage. and you do need a moment. those folks, as ali and shaq laid out, are probably looking toward the center of the stage. in this group you have more moderate candidates. i would not be surprised in the slightest if tonight turns into a brawl for medicare for all and whether or not that is the thing that the democratic party wants to get behind. >> our road warriors out of detroit. thanks to all three of you. we will talk more about the debates coming up. we are talking about the president's pick to be vice chair of joint chiefs of staff. responding today to members of congress talking about the accusations of sexual misconduct. could it cost him confirmation? 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john hickenlooper, john delaney and steve bullock.idates will be debating wednesday july 31st. let's go to the left side of the screen. michael bennett, kirsten, julian castro, cory booker, joe biden, kamala harris, andrew yang, tulsi gabbard, jay inslee, bill de blasio. >> so discuss. >> seeing joe biden in between booker and harris. the two that were most aggressively complaining about his remarks about the segregationists. cory booker is what launched that after joe biden made those remarks and kamala harris followed through. there's joe biden standing right between two that created a real problem for joe biden and how to respond to that. ? so if you are in joe biden's camp tonight and you're planning over the next two weeks, what is your, i mean, the pundits over here. >> in full disclosure, i helped on the first debate. i'm not helping on this because it is cnn sponsored and i don't want there to be a conflict. joe biden came out and did a full apology with respect to anything he said that hurt him and it is another opportunity f

john hickenlooper, john delaney, steve bullock, they are fighting for their political lives. why? because this is the last chance they'll get with an audience like this to get some attention and traction and get their poll numbers up. if they don't, they are in danger of missing the next round of debates that start this fall. they expect a big crunch. a lot of candidates were expecting to drop out around labor day. keep an eye on those in particular. and the second night as you say is the night joe biden takes the stage. kamala harris will be right next to him. all eyes will be on those two after we saw in the first debate. keep an eye on cory booker, julian castro. they saw what happened with kamala harris when she went after joe biden in that first debate, how she got traction from that. are they going to try to take a page from her book? also, bennett, gillibrand, gabbard, inslee, de blasio, in danger of missing the next round of debates. they've got to do something to stand out as well. >> talk to me about the new nbc news poll showing joe biden maintaining a really strong lead. >> yeah. so take a look at this. this is our new nbc survey monkey. nationally 25%. sanders, warren tied for second. harris pretty much a three way tie for second you could almost say at 14% right there. what we're seeing and also i should say we added a regional poll and put a bunch of southern states together just to get a sense of how things are shaping up in the south. remember a lot of southern states going to vote on super tuesday. you can take a look at that. looks pretty similar to what you're seeing nationally. the reason biden is ahead right now though we can show you there is a racial divide here. among white voters in the democratic primary, biden and warren are one, two. it is very close. in the south. it looks similar nationally. among black voters, biden continues to have a very strong advantage. again, this is in the south but we're seeing the same thing nationally. essentially at this point, black voters are accounting for the lead that joe biden has nationally in this race. >> all right. i need to bring back -- steve, i want you to stick around but i want to bring back rick tyler and also we'll conduct another poll. rick seems to be growing his hair out. he is going to get a hair cut tomorrow. i think it looks really good like this. >> thank you. >> before he does i invite you to weigh in. before we get to your hair let's talk bernie sanders and elizabeth warren. they're on the stage right next to one another but the rest of that night is basically more moderate candidates. are these two going to be focused on knocking one another out or is it going to be the left versus the center? >> i don't see either one of them having the style of knocking each other out. they should. but here's biden's problem. biden doesn't have a lot of growth room. so if you look at all the establishment -- >> i'm going bernie sanders elizabeth warren. >> right. they're all competing for the progressive zone. he is in the establishment zone. there's a few others in the establishment zone but they're all in single digits so as those, as steve was talking about, when those people drop off, where's the lift? he's not going to have lift. as progressives drop off they start to consolidate and joe biden is, from this poll, he may be ahead. he's in real trouble. >> what do you think the game plan is going to be for elizabeth warren and bernie sanders? those two, as long as those two are staying in the race, they're splitting a vote. >> yes. >> if there's one of them, they're really giving joe biden a run for his money. >> i think they largely agree on ideology and some policies but their approach could not be more different and their messaging could not be more different. >> but their base could be -- is really similar. >> true, but i think certainly when you're talking about the black vote elizabeth warren's approach of saying i have a plan for that and here's what i'm going to do as president, that has a real appeal particularly among millennials of color. so i think while they're fighting for that same base, they have a different way to approach the policies that they're talking about as they're trying to attract those voters and i think that it could be an interesting contrast in terms of style and substance when you see the two progressives on stage. one, who frankly, talks in platitudes from time to time. and could do a better job in terms of bernie sanders, could do a better job articulating the specifics of his policy. you have another person who is pretty wonky, former teacher, who really gets down into the details. it could be an interesting contrast to see that on stage at the same time. i'm really interested in seeing that. >> i want to go back to the poll. the new nbc news monkey poll said 68% of voters said the condition of the national economy is good. we mentioned it earlier and axio's poll out saying voters are willing to overlook president trump's rhetoric and be the chaos if the economy is good. we know the economy we're living with right now is the same economy in terms of framework as we got from president obama. >> of course. >> president trump won on zoning in on the fact that it's broken, a bifurcated economy. is that what these democratic candidates should be focused on? >> what they have to do is convince everybody that this economy -- because people vote their self-interests. they vote their pocketbook, the idea that they're going to have a reliable job. they're going to have healthcare, all of these things. and trump is actually in a very advantageous position, except he is so off message all the time. he's never gotten over 48%. he should be at 60%, 70% with this kind of economy. he is not. the problem i have, i'm not a democrat so take my advice for democrats if you want or don't. if you disrupt -- if you give the voters the idea you're going to disrupt the economy like taking away their health insurance which medicare for all does. that is the bill that does do that. they may have different plans. but when you introduce something like that, that may -- and they can say, this is going to disrupt the economy. this is going to be -- lead to the next recession or do, that will make people nervous. and so you have to talk about the economy in a positive way. you can do it, you know, talk about the environment, creating jobs. don't talk about the environment we're all going to die in 12 years. talk about the environment can create good paying jobs. that i think there is a message there. >> we know people feel good about the economy but the economy isn't actually working that much better for many people but the president does a good job selling it. the democrats need to take a page from the president in terms of selling the economic message they have. >> i do think so and they should talk about how his policies have impacted certain communities who voted for him. like his trade policies for example. there are a lot of aspects of the economy that are not working for everyone. essentially the line from democrats, the top line message is, this economy is not working for everyone. it's only working for those at the top. that was ironically hillary clinton's top line message as well. i think in this moment when the economy is largely basking in the remnants of president obama's policies and trump is getting some residual impact of that, there are negative consequences as well. the fact that the house just passed a $15 minimum wage is a huge victory for many working class people and families in this country. it will never get through the senate. and so perhaps the democratic message is, listen. you need to put us in power because we are actually passing bills in the house. mitch mcconnell is blocking them. the bills will help american families. >> that's not a blow up the system message but let's give a new and improved tweaked version. what the president is doing is preying upon people saying they're going to blow the system up. it might not be great for you but isn't it good enough? >> well, the president is lying, right? the president is not telling the truth, right? so i think as people who focus on the facts, let's just stick to the facts. let's analyze the facts and have a debate about policy and how it impacts certain communities. that's how you have a serious political conversation. we just don't take the president at face value because he's not telling the truth. >> all right. thank you so much. weigh in, twitter. what due think? he is going to get a hair cut tomorrow. coming up supporters of president trump chanting, send her back, at his rally in north carolina. but a brand new book traces this rhetoric back to one former vice presidential nominee. can you guess who it is? of savings and service. whoa. travis in it made it. it's amazing. oh is that travis's app? it's pretty cool, isn't it? there's two of them. they're 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rhetoric. that sign was sarah palin. quote. even as democrats ran away with the election of 2008, palin's appeal was a revelation. she was connecting with portions of the electorate in ways that nobody had seen since reagan. but unlike the gipper, she was not channelling their hopes and ambitions and highest aspirations. instead, she was provoking their fears, fanning their anxieties, inciting their animosities, and it worked. tim alberta the author of "american carnage" and senior correspondent at politico back with me. tim, again, this book is stunning. i highly recommend it. karl rove says sarah palin was, quote, an early warning bell for what we're seeing now. i think many of us forgot it. then we read your pages, and it's like, wow. the trifecta joined us a decade ago. >> it is really tempting to believe donald trump materialized out of thin air and nobody saw this coming but in fact as i try to do in the book in reconstructing this past decade of republican politics, and of course i should say one could argue this goes back much further than a decade, but just looking at this decade in american politics sarah palin was a harbinger of something and obviously there is a great deal of irony in the fact that john who was arguably the most outspoken critic in the republican party of donald trump and constantly rebaking him for his rhetoric which he found to be offensive and racist and unbecoming of the highest office in the land, john mccain planted this in many ways by -- i don't want to climb inside of his head obviously but the fact of the matter is he had only spent a sum total of a couple hours with sarah palin before he chose to put her on the ticket and arguably, potentially one haefrt beat from the presidency of the united states. obviously john mccain late in his life just before he died expressed regret over picking sarah palin i think probably for that reason among others. what she did is she exposed this gulf between sort of the republican 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also on stage tonight, marianne williamson, tim ryan, amy klobuchar, pete buttigieg, john hickenlooper, john delaneyafter that fiery exchange last month, tomorrow night's lineup will feature former vice president joe biden and senator kamala harris in those two prime spots. and as we prepare to turn our attention to those democratic hopefuls, president trump has unleashed another barrage of late-night tweets pointed directly at maryland congressman elijah cummings. >> the president railed against cummings for criticizing the acting homeland security chief over conditions at migrant detention centers and he claimed billions of dollars pumped into cummings' baltimore district were stolen or wasted. >> earlier the president took aim at reverend al sharpton, calling the civil rights activist a con man, and accusing him of hating white people and police, and sharpton fired back. >> he has a particular venom for blacks and people of color. he doesn't refer to any of his other opponents or critics as infested. he never said that their districts or their states are places that no human being wants to live.

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amy klobuchar, john delaney, john hickenlooper. unlike the miami debate, these candidates will have a chance to give opening and closing remarks. we'll be watching closely the matchup between elizabeth warren and bernie sanders. they're friends and they've signaled they're not likely to go after each other in an aggressive way, but we know they're going to have to draw out the contrast between themselves so they can win over voters. they're trying to win over pretty much the same block of voters, and we know the moderators will be able to make sure they dry out those contrasts. they're also going to have to contend with the moderates on stage, buttigieg and o'rourke who want to show their vision is more practical, more pragmatic, less custly than the proposals being put forth by sanders and warren. and the other question is what are we going to see from the other candidates? folks like klobuchar and steve bullock will they have a stand out moment? remember this is the last chance for a lot of these candidates to catch fire and gain

the people who say no include the governor of montana, the former congressman john delaney, john hickenlooper klobuchar. they are among those that say we share your goals but you're trying to do way too much, way too fast and it costs way too much. so will warren and sanders in an odd way be allies fending that off? >> probably, right? that seems to be the big debate on capitol hill where you have the squad debating nancy pelosi. right now democrats are trying to decide do they want to go with their heart, do they want to go with their mind? can they find someone to bridge that divide? it will be interesting to see do warren and bernie clash or are they on the same team for this debate and going after the more moderate and centrist democrats. >> let's move to night two which i'm not sure joe biden is happy with the draw last night because he had a bad night in the first round of debates so maybe he wants the rematch so he can show he can rebound. we saw the fireworks between then front-runner, now you have to call him the leader. he's come down in the polls since the first debate. senator har

the center right, including former colorado governor john hickenlooper and millionaire, former congressman john delaneycism of the party's, quote, democratic socialist

john hickenlooper and millionaire, former congressman john delaney. both men have made criticism of the party's, quote, democratic socialist flank, a key part of their campaigns. of course, the elephant not in the room will be joe biden. the former vice president who debates tomorrow night has regained nearly all of the ground he lost after his rocky performance in the first debate. it's going to be incumbent upon the other candidates to justify why they should be the first choice for primary voters eager to defeat president trump. and this is particularly true for candidates like sanders and warren who are decidedly to biden's left. so our big question today is, which version of the democratic party will prevail in tonight's debate? joining me now, nbc news rogue warriors, ali vitaly and shaquille brewster, jim messina and republican strategist and political analyst susan del persio. aly, let me start with you on the trail in detroit. you've been following these candidates closely. what's your sense of how this might unfold? do we think that elizabeth warren and bernie sanders are going to pull their punches at each other and instead face off against the rest of the stage? is that a strategy that can sustain? >> well, i think you're right on the first part of your question where the way i'm seeing it shake out, and shaq and i have a piece on nbc news.com out from yesterday previewing this debate. it's probably going to be elizabeth warren and bernie sanders against the rest of the stage versus elizabeth warren against bernie sanders because they have a lot of very similar policies. as you laid out in your intro, they are to the left of a lot of this field representing certain ideas, like medicare for all, the way in which they'd go about canceling student loan debt. and a lot of those ideas are at the center of the party's debate in this primary. i asked elizabeth warren over the weekend in new hampshire, are you ready to defend your agenda, which is sweeping progressive change? and she said, yeah, basically bring it on. one of the people she may be bringing it on against is john hickenlooper. he tweeted at her yesterday saying he wants to talk about her big ideas and the big cost associated with them. she's someone really ready to get on the debate stage and defend that record. one of the strategists shaq and i talked to for our story said he expects that elizabeth warren and bernie sanders will be something of a democratic progressive one-two punch in defense of that set of an agenda on the debate stage tonight. >> shaq, i'm curious. you've been covering bernie's campaign and there has been something of a reported truce between the two. they are said to get along in the senate. they held a meeting to talk to each other about how this was all going to unfold. but at the same time, bernie sanders sometimes, you know, he takes credit for where the party is now and warren has followed him on issues like medicare for all in the last debate. she stated very clearly i'm with bernie. is he going to be able to resist potentially punching at her if he feels as though

john hickenlooper? what is the point of john delaney? why are they there on stage? it is irrelevant.is a complete waste of time. they werere there to be kind of right wing foils for sandeders d warren. eleni is pulling at something poe 0.7% -- d delaney is lling 0.7%. it was absurd. i find this whole framing of the debate, where you have people asking -- hickenenlooper is bere sanders too extreme. we have all internalized them as moderate. what is moderate about an out of touch millionaire like john delaney? sanders, when you look at the polling, bernie sanders and elizabeth warren are more in line with mainstream america, on health care, tax cuts for the rich, climate change, immigration reform than any of those candidates who are ling at 1%.oli amy: you are right. i want to turn to the issue of nuclear weapons policy. this is ththe debate moderator,j jake tapper. >> senator warren, you want to make a u.s. policy that the u.s. never uses a nuclear weapon unless another country uses one first. president obama considered that policy but decided against it. why should the u.s. tie its

they will be joined by steve bullock assessment john delaney former governor john hickenlooper senator amy klobuchar. o'rourke. congressman tim ryan and marianne williamson. on the second night senator kamala harris and former vice president joe biden will meet on the stage once again. they will face off with senators michael bennett and cory booker. julian castro. bill deblasio. tulsa gabbard. kiersten labrang. jay inslee. entrepreneur andrew yang. the debates will be split across 2 nights on july 30 and 31st. >>> democratic congresswoman at the center of a political firestorm that a warm welcome in minneapolis.>>> supporters cheered congresswoman omar. they ask chanted send her back. that chance happened during a rally for president trump was a reference to the presidents tweets over the weekend. today the president said he was not happy about the chance.>>> i would say i was not happy with it. i disagree with it. but again i didn't think i didn't say that they did.>>> we are inspiring people to dream about a country. that recognizes the dignity.>>> house democrats say they are discu

country tonight on steve governor steve bullock south bend mayor pete british judge john delaney and john hickenlooper. >>any closure are beto o'rourke tim ryan and marianne williamson, as well as progressive candidates and front runners elizabeth warren and bernie sanders we'll go head to head fon the first time i do not attack. my fellow democrat. >>vision of what we can do come 2020. >>and that more and sanders matchup is one you won't want to miss keep this in mind not only do these 2 candidates on the similar stance on the multiple issues, but they're also very good friends was going to be interesting to see how exactly they didn't differentiate themselves from one another with. reporting in detroit and kristen holmes back to you. >>we get to see what questions come up, considering the panel it'll be on stage joining us with what we might expect during tonight's debate, we have political analyst michael yaki joining via skype mister yaki so we have again round 2 if you will for the debates broken up into 2 rounds themselves. field in really shrink much between the last debates and tonight. >>well

country tonight on steve governor steve bullock south bend mayor pete british judge john delaney and john hickenlooper>>any closure are beto o'rourke tim ryan and marianne williamson, as well as progressive candidates and front runners elizabeth warren and bernie sanders we'll go head to head for the first time i do not attack. my fellow democrat. >>vision of what we can do come 2020. >>now that is one matchup to watch very closely keep in mind both warren and sanders have very similar stances on so many issues and on top of that their friends so how are they going to differentiate themselves from one another without attacking each other. another person watching closely beto o'rourke who had a very shaky first round debate, this is a chance for him to really build up that momentum to prove himself get some of that energy back that we saw earlier on in the campaign. reporting from detroit, i'm kristen holmes back to you. >>all right, thank you chris and and here's a quick reminder to watch kron 4 news tonight at 8.30 that's when inside barry politics, host katharine hayden we'll be joined by roundtable

country tonight on steve governor steve bullock south bend mayor pete british judge john delaney and john hickenlooperclosure are beto o'rourke tim ryan and marianne williamson, as well as progressive candidates and front runners elizabeth warren and bernie sanders we'll go head to head for the first time i do not tack. my fellow democrat. >>vision of what we can do com 2020. >>now that is one matchup to watch very closely keep in mind both warren and sanders have very similar stances on so many issues and on top of that are friends so how are they going to differentiate themselves from one another without attacking each other. another person watching closely beto o'rourke who had a very shaky first round debate, this is a chance for him to really build up that momentum to prove himself get some of that energy back that we saw earlier on in the campaign. reporting from detroit, i'm kristen holmes back to you. >>and be sure to watch kron 4 news tonight at 8.30 as inside barrier politics, host catherine hainan we'll be joined by roundtable of political analysts and the breakdown. tonight's debate again

john delaney? >> i think that's jay inslee. >> jinkies, are you sure that's not john hickenlooper?meone named hickenlooper running? >> it could be tim ryan. >> who? >> i think it's michael bennet. >> roo? >> if you just let me to talk, i'll tell you. om no, this is what we do. we want to solve the mystery. >> wait, it's seth moulton. >> is that a real person? >> joe sestak, maybe. >> is that tom steyer? >> who? >> there's, like, too many ge

john delaney, john hickenlooper, steve bullock, moderates all, but absolutely no breakthrough.standout moment for moderate tim ryan came when he failed to put his hand over his heart during the national anthem. is he now in the kaepernick wing of the party? the debate tonight is make-or-break for the moderates, because joe biden is on deck. he is the great hope. widely criticized for lackluster performance in the first debate, he will again be the prime target. in kamala harris can repeat her success, joe is in deep trouble. you can be sure radicals, kristin gillly brand, bill de blasio, cory booker, julian castro their breakthrough depends on scoring points against joe. i know it is early, 15 months before the election, the far left is running the party and the moderates are not. the second hour of "varney & company" is about to begin. ♪ >> two things, they will be better because "medicare for all" is comprehensive, it covers all health care needs for senior citizens. it will finally include dental care, hearing aids and eye glasses. >> climate crisis is the existential crisis

conversation about the more moderate policy that, say, former congressman john delaney tried to raise in those debates or john hickenlooperink it's a social media phenomenon? >> i absolutely do. paul: is that because of fundraising or the energy they provide or that there's a reinforcing message? if jason's right, if those aren't going to be the people that decide the primary if, that's a bad bet. >> pete buttigieg raised $24 million in the last quarter, a lot of it's being done with social media, small donors. the big democratic donors are sitting on the sidelines at the moment. maybe if they get back in the game, you can get more of a conversation about moderate democratic policy. paul: all right, thank you all. still ahead, trump doctrine. the president's brand of diplomacy was on full display in asia, but can the president use that same strategy to engage with an increasingly aggressive iran? >> they know what they're doing, they know what they're playing with, and i think they're playing with fire. if you have moderate to severe psoriasis, little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not a cr

john delaney? >> i think that's jay inslee. >> jinkies, are you sure that's not john hickenlooper?there's someone named hickenlooper running? >> it could be tim ryan. >> who? >> i think it's michael bennet. >> roo? >> if you just let me to talk, i'll tell you. om no, this is what we do. we want to solve the mystery. >> wait, it's seth moulton. >> is that a real person? >> joe sestak, maybe. >> is that tom steyer? >> who? >> there's, like, too many ryneric middle-aged white guys, man. >> this is humiliating. ont me just tell you. >> no, no, no. we will get this before the credits roll. >> is it steve bulloc-- >> it's "the late show with stephen colbert." plus, stephen welcomes jeff daniels and katy tur and jacob soboroff featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: wooo! live, baby! >> stephen: wooo! thank you, my friend. hello! hello, all my dear friend. good to see you out there. jon, good to see you. how is it going, sparkles? you doing good? thank you for being

. >> john delaney, steve bullock, john hickenlooper. for anybody who's wondering why were we doing that? it's because this is a very serious divide in the party right now. >> right. >> with joe biden is really the ringleader of the moderate party -- of the moderate lane, and also saying if you elect these people, we're going to lose. >> a divide among voters, among democratic voters. >> that's what i mean by in the party. >> exactly. that really is -- it is the fundamental right now. >> this private insurance piece is going to be dispositive on the issue. they have to figure out how to tell people -- let's be honest, you can say it was fair or unfair, president obama, you can keep your doctor, and you didn't. if that had touch a stain, such a legacy, what will "you can keep your plan, we'll figure it out," then the plan gets taken away, how ominous that would be for people. >> kamala harris is trying to split the difference. >> i think one of the most potent examples of that was when jake asked about unions and about the fact that they

likes of congressman john delaney and centrists who say that medicare for all ought not to be the platform for democratic ideology. talked to john delaney last night, hickenlooperuld be a political disaster to campaign on. fox got thehow branding of the cnn debate last night behind you, the fox theater of detroit, one of the jewels left in america. kevin cirilli ready for night two. ira jersey with us and meredith sumpter also. spence,o go to jonathan definitive on china in his wonderful book. he says managing the foreigners. we saw the american political process. doesn't china just wait out this foolishness in detroit and washington? meredith: it seems that president trump has been catching on to the patient's strategy -- patience strategy. it is critical to understand that the chinese approach fundamentally changed in may following the placement of huawei on the u.s. entity list. that changed the game for beijing. when you look at chinese press leading up to those negotiations in may, there was intensity and sincerity trying to get to a deal, even if beijing was looking to negotiate a deal in line with its version of success rather than washington. following

john delaney, tulsi gabbard of hawaii, senator kirsten gillibrand of new york. kamala harris, the senator from california. former colorado governor john hickenlooper.hington state governor jay inslee. senator from minnesota apy klobuchar and beto o'rourke, tim ryan, the congressman from ohio, bernie sanders, senator from vermont. elizabeth warren from massachusetts. marion williamson the author and andrew yang the businessman. those are the 20 candidates who have qualified for this next round of debating. >> and ten of them will debate on the first night and ten will debate on the second night in detroit. tell us more about who made the stage for the first time and who didn't make it. >> right. so 20 candidates debated in miami a few weeks back in june in the first series of debates. there is one big change on that screen and that is montana governor steve bullock. he has now going to be participating in these debates in detroit. he was -- he had not made the debate stage in miami. eric swalwell, as you know, the congressman from california, has dropped out. there was some question looking at the public polls available if indeed bullock may have kn

john delaney, former maryland congressman. tulsi gabbard, hawaii congresswoman. kirsten gillibrand from new york, a senator. we're halfway there, don. california senator kamala harris. former colorado governor john hickenloopere. senator amy klobuchar. vermont senator bernie sanders. massachusetts senator elizabeth warren, spiritual adviser marianne williamson and technologist and businessman andrew yang. that's all 20, don. >> and that's all we have time for. i'm kidding. boy, that is a lot. so you said we'd talk more later. so tell us about who did and didn't make the cut. >> sure. so 20 is the number that the dnc has said. so we have 20 in the first set of debates and 20 in this two set of debates. there is one change. as i mentioned, montana governor steve bullock, he is now in. he is included in these debates. eric swalwell, a california congressman, he has dropped out of the race. he is out. so we have one in, bullock, and one out, swalwell. other than that, the other 18 were on the stage in the first set of debates. >> got it. so tomorrow night, 8:00 p.m. that's the time. cnn will conduct a live random drawing to conduct the candidate lineup for each night. how does that work? >> oh, man, the draw. ok

john hickenlooper told me after the debate those progressives were playing into trump's hands and just because an idea is bold doesn't mean it's good. former congressman john delaney, who was actually the first candidate to get into the race but has really struggled in the polls, had a good night for himself. he showed an aptitude for tough policy talk. mayor pete buttigieg managed to stay above the fray several times and return the conversations to him versus trump. former vice president joe biden was not mentioned on the debate stage but obviously he'll be front and center on tonight's stage. >> we did see those ideological divides when it came to health care and immigration throughout the debate. it will be interesting to see if we also see that tomorrow night -- tonight. >> a good breakdown from mary alice there. people who had a good night, they're saying bernie sanders, elizabeth warren, who the experts thought they were going to go after each other, but it appeared they teamed up. and in fact it was almost like a tag team situation. people were talking about johng that he had some good moments in there. even though there were some zingers that were thrown at him as well that are all over social media. and marianne williamson. she was the most-searched candidate on that stage on google searches. except in montana where bullock, after he made his debate debut last night, he was the most-searched there. marianne williamson getting a lot of talk. >> look at you giving us the social media breakdown. kenneth was a part of our digital coverage last night. >> i'm bringing that knowledge over to "world news now." >> you are and we appreciate it. >>> north korea conducting its second weapons test in less than a week. >> south korea says the north fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea, each traveling about 150 miles. the launches came hours after president trump insisted he has a good relationship with kim jong-un. >> the move is widely seen as an attempt to pressure the u.s. into making concessions as the two countries work on resuming n

you had, of all people, john delaney was sort of the lead-off guy posed as the moderate to go after elizabeth warren's plans, to go after bernie sanders' plans. then john hickenloopereconomics. this was the pushback of moderates against elizabeth warren and bernie sanders and a pushback over some of the concerns the moderates have over the direction of this party and the direction this primary is heading. we'll see if we see more of that tonight. >> what's interesting, mike barnacle, is you did have that give and take, you did have the back and forth, and i think a lot of people have -- i can't say they've forgotten, but perhaps it's been pushed to the back of their mind, and maybe we remember it because we talked about it every day, it seemed like, for two years, the battle over obamacare. >> uh-huh. >> and the fight, the struggle just to get it to where it was. i think they ended up with 50 votes and the vice president had to break that vote. but it was the toughest battle democrats lost. let's think about this. over the next six years, democrats lost a thousand legislative seats across the nation after obamacare passed. in part because of the political fight the