joe biden's lead has been cut to five points as kamala harris and elizabeth warren have surged following the first debates. biden has slipped to 22%. and harris at 17% and warren at 15%. bernie sanders has dropped to fourth place at 14%. no other candidates hit the 5% mark. also tonight, president trump is back from what he calls a perfect g-20 summit. and a stunning visit to north korea where he walked into the demilitarized zone for a historic meeting with kim jong-un. democrats are slamming that as nothing more than a photo op while north korea is celebrating it as a propaganda victory and "the new york times" reports that the trump administration is now weighing a nuclear freeze for north korea which would let the north koreans keep their nuclear weapons. >>> i'll speak with congressman ro khanna of the armed service committee and our correspondents and analysts will have full coverage of the day's top stories. let's begin with the breaking news. a brand-new cnn poll just out showing a significant tightening of the democratic presidential race. let's go straight to cnn political dire

kamala harris gets 41% of debate-watchers saying she did the best job. nobody else is even close. 13% for warren and 10% for biden. another good factor in this poll for kamala harris is people want to know more about her. we asked other thap the candidate you're supporting who do you want to hear more about? kamala harris scores on this front. 30% of democrats want to hear more about her and 24% for warren and 23% for buttigieg. so good news for kamala harris and that top line number concerning for joe biden. >> joe biden tried to paint himself as the front-runner as the most electable in the contest against president trump. what are the numbers mean for him now? >> well, you raise what is his calling card in this race. we asked democrats, wolf, what matters more to you, defeating donald trump or getting a candidate who agrees with you on the issues and it is not even close. six in ten democrats say that they want a candidate that could defeat trump. only 30% of democrats say they want somebody who shares their positions on the issues. and then we asked,

so does kamala harris.ht is the time to come out and say maybe medicare for all isn't the right way to go. he has to show that. >> he has made it clear. he wants to talk about health care, kamala harris, how are you going to pay for it, there will be sparks there. on the issue of race, you have a lot of african-american voters that are loyal to him. does he have something to prove? >> i think that he does. it's interesting because the african-american community increasingly is split between older black voters who are very comfortable with joe biden. they understand some of the digs in the '90s. you have a new generation of black voters. all they know is the chaos and destruction of mass incarceration. all they know is that white kids do drugs on college campuses and don't even get to the principal's office and black kids go to prison and it's wrong. and they lay it at the feet of the bidens and they put him right in the middle of that. when you dig up those old speeches, it is hard for young voters to be fo

and kamala harris and elizabeth warren doubling support, harris up nine and warren up 8 and sanders down 4 and buttigieg about even and down 1 point since may. what is behind some of biden's support, why he still holds the narrow lead? the african-american vote is still critical to him. 36% among african-americans of this poll are with biden and 24% with harris and 12% for warren, 9% for sanders. you see the battle among the white vote closer. it is this advantage among african-american voters that is keeping joe biden at the lead at moment. and i want you to see this. i think this is really interesting. we see kamala harris shooting up to that second place. but look at the issues. whether it is the economy, health care or climate, we asked democrats who do you think is best equipped to handle it and she is well below on those issues. her top tier competitors except for one issue that we tested, race relations. she's well ahead here. 29% say she's best equipped to deal with race relations compared to joe biden at 16%, sanders at 13, booker at 9% and warren at 6%, jake. >> very concerned

kamala harris hits a new high. she's in a virtual tie with joe biden in a new poll, as the primary power in the party shifts to the left, we'll ask one 2020 candigate if he's worried about the risk of a general election backlash. good evening. i'm steve kornacki in new york, in for chuck todd. we begin tonight with breaking news. we have got outrage in washington over the humanitarian crisis at the border. and a bombshell report from the inspector general this afternoon confirming, quote, dangerous overcrowding at migrant detention centers. you're looking at pictures from that report, which describes how adults and children were not allowed access to showers. it details overcrowding, prolonged detentions, and desperate attempts to escape, as border patrol agents prepared for possible riots. the inspector general also faults dhs for not taking, quote, sufficient measures to address the crisis. this report comes as house oversight committee chairman elijah cummings announced his committee wants to hold hearings with

tonight's debate will feature a rematch between joe biden and senator kpars -- senator kamala harris ook the front-runner by a sharp attack last month. and joining us lily adams from the harris campaign. thank you for coming in. >> thank you. >> a nice place we have here. >> it is beautiful. >> we saw what happened in the first debate. this is round two. the vice president is saying he's, quote, not going to be as polite this time. what do you expect? what should we expect in round two. >> well i'll say that kamala harris answered reporter questions today and said that her mother raised her to be polite so i expect she'll be very polite but i think she views this as an opportunity to talk to the american people out there looking at who do they want to take on trump. who is the toughest person to put on the stage with donald trump. who is a truly existential threat to the values that we do share. >> is she going to continue to go after him -- the former vice president on various civil rights issues? >> that is certainly not her goal. her goal is to talk about her vision for the future.

it's not that they don't like kamala harris.y will say to me, they love kamala harris, they don't think she can win by this they mean, they don't think she can win white voters. you flashback again to 2008, there were black voters who were with hillary clinton all the way and on the night that barack obama won iowa, they flipped. my mother was one of them. she was volunteering for hillary clinton when obama won iowa, she meetly switched to obama. that's kamala harris' big test, if she can catch fire among white voters, if she can, that will make electability. it seemed like she was making a play for black voters, it didn't seem to work. she was making a play for white voters as well, who were spread out among candidates, like warren, buttigieg and sanders. >> as we look at these last few days, leading into next few week's debates in detroit. we could see a few more fireworks, what do you look for in the days leading up to the debates, in terms of trying to get attention in the next few days as well? >> listen, they want to get s

this was katrina pearson on kamala harris trump campaign adviser saying kamala harris is going to get a stern talking to after the debate. can't play the race card without going all the way. obama did choose biden and no one yelled foul. obama is actually african-american, kamala harris is not. who is best to speak for the african-american community? you also had donald trump jr. tweeting something. but that is the president's son at least initially putting that out there. is this what you're seeing online right now? are you seeing any effect on your campaign right now from this? >> frankly, i think that you're seeing all the democratic candidates. you are seeing republicans even, former rnc strategist eric erickson also joining in saying this is vile and disgusting. this is the same kind of racist crap that don jr.'s dad tried to use on barack obama and it didn't work then and it's not going to work now. so i think it's important that in this moment everyone of good conscience and good will has to say this needs to stop. and the spread of information has not been slowed since 2016. p

elizabeth warren, kamala harris.body assumes you have the two progressives fighting each other and the two moderates fighting each other at the top. but some polls show that you have a lot of people who are warren and then harris is second choice. or harris and warren is second choice. so there's a fight for the heart and the love of the female vote. one thing about this thing that's very interesting, you have a lot of racial diversity on wednesday night. >> yeah. >> and you also -- you separated the texans, but you put the new yorkers together. so the two most interruptive people last time, you had gillibrand interrupting all the time and de blasio interrupting all the time. you have the two most interruptive people wednesday night. i don't know who gets to talk on wednesday night month matter who they pick. >> one thing about the tuesday lineup i think really could be important is that pete buttigieg really has the opportunity to shine on the stage for a certain segment of progressive voters that are still a little

kamala harris and lelizabeth warren right up close to joe biden. you can see there how kamala harris has made real gains. still more voters to be had there. if you're joe biden you're like, look, i'm still leading. another good sign you pointed out in terms of who the best candidate is to beat donald trump and that's something democratic voters say is very important. still overwhelmingly they say that's joe biden. he's at 43% and then everyone else is some 30 points behind him on electability basically. >> yeah, no one even comes close on this score. and as you noted more than six in ten democrats say it is much more important that a candidate who can beats trump than it is to have a candidate who agrees with him on the issues. in fact, omin our poll, only bernie sanders think the reverse. but overwhelmingly democrats want that trump slayer, if you will, and they see that at this moment still with joe biden. but that's why i think the recovery for biden in the next debate before that next large audience they'll have is so critical because if he doe

i see kamala harris has bumped up. where do you see that sport coming out of? ee the two big changes, harris up, doubling her support, tying with warren, biden down five points. i was looking inside these numbers here, to see was there a particular group that really went for harris or really left biden? honestly, i'll show you this, if you break this down by race we've been talking about joe biden doing much better with black voters than white voters. he's still doing better with white voters than black voters. this morning he's off five points with black voters, and he's off five points with white voters. same with kamala harris, up about the same amount with white voters and black voters. it's across the board. biden is just down, and harris is just up, and a lot of other folks flat. >> really interesting. very, very intrigued to see the next set of numbers that come out. nbc's steve kornacki, thank you very much. >>> the next chapter on the road to the 2020 presidential election kicks off this week in the pivotal state of iowa. nearly all of the democratic co

kamala harris. they tried to get the same idea a differently way. they asked the who are you intrigued by question. this is how they phrased it. leaving aside the candidate you support or a second choice, are there other candidates you would consider supporting and want to learn more about? if yes, who would that be? the top answer is the same. kamala harris. the top line results of this poll overall, she is tied with bernie sanders behind biden and warren. there is more interest from people who are not already supporting her than any other candidate in the field. that translates to room to grow when she is already a top tier candidate in terms of polling. if she can build a campaign and run a campaign and raise it is money she needs to capitalize on that interest and reward people who come looking to find out more about her by giving them a reason to stick with her, if she can do that, she's in a good position. one of the most interesting positions and honestly the interest in senator harris right

you say kamala harris speaks to your issues. you say kamala harris speaks to your constituents unlike any other candidate that you see up on that stage, and there are 20 plus candidates up on that stage. what does she say, how does she speak to your issues that makes you want to support her? >> well, she's already put out a proposal about funding hbu schools, putting money into funding and into these communities. that's what we needs to do to motivate us because she's one of us. and the bottom line is this. last night nobody was talking about the urban issues. kamala will talk about those issues. but more importantly she's still a part of the united states and she's got to spread her wings to all the communities around the united states. >> all right, keith williams, thank you, appreciate it. >> thank you. >> so another big question about tonight is what should we watch for. for that i want to bring in nbc news senior editor beth. health care, really dominant last night. i think they spent the first 30 or 40 minutes of the debat

in february, senator kamala harris spoke to the breakfast club. is is radio host charlamagne tha god questioning harris about memes circulatining online about her. isanother meme says, kamala was african-american, she raised in canada, not the united states. >> so i was born in oakland. [laughter] in the united states except foror the years i was in high school in montrtreal, cana. look, thisis is the sameme thing they d did to barack obabama. this is not new to us. i think we know what they are trying to do. they're trying to do what has been happening over the last two years, which is powerful voices trying to sow hate and omission among us. we need to recognize when we are being played. >> i'm glad you brought up barack. what do you say people questioning the legitimacy of your blackness? >> i don't think that understand who black people are. because if you do, if you walk on hamptons campus or howard's campus were more house or spellman or fisk, you'd have a much more appreciation for the diaspora, for the diversity, for the beauty in the diver

i tell everyone that i have endorsed kamala harris.will also say that two people who are very talented at doing that is duval patrick and the other is mayor landrieu and had the ability to move others. i do expect kamala harris to do that tonight and that is an advantage for joe biden because he's proved he could do it again. >> so, joe, feel your pain. okay. the idea of health care -- health care is a metaphor because after the mortgage it is the personal security issue and taking care of your family and it is the why and not the how. i have to believe that the voters across this country are not hung up with the timing of the runway, it is about existential concern and knowing that you get that as a candidate. we have to see that tonight from biden on down. >> and we have to see it from biden because it is a -- it is his entry issue tonight to get to come back at sanders and warren and harris. the idea of abolishing private insurance is a deeply unpopular position based on the polls. it is great policy but deeply unpopular and whateve

kamala harris saying she was raised to be polite.s is and this is after joe biden says he is not as polite this round. what does that mean. >> what did you mean when you said you are not going to be as polite in the next debate? we'll see. >> well, we will see next week. biden and harris will be on center stage right next to each other. the second night of debates here onn onnen cnn .outfront now keith boykin democratic strategist of pennsylvania. and ed rendle. governor, joe biden. that was the pause. he wanted to be coy there. does he need to come out swinging? he was genteel and of course last time at times that came off as maybe not being, you know, fully ready for the circum. is this totally different this time? >> yeah, i think so. i wrote a column for the hill being published monday says let it rip, joe. by that i mean not necessarily go after kamala harris or anybody else attacking him in a negative sense. but aggressive and affirmative and proud of the record. a happy warrior. it's like he was playing not to lose in the firs

look, kamala harris had a terrific night. she articulates a vision of a pluralistic america very well and she's a compelling candidate. she's a serious contender that we should make sure that the republicans don't resort to those kind of attacks. >> let's turn, congressman, to the president's historic steps into north korea. the first american president to do so. you say the president should be applauded for his latest meeting with kim jong-un. what does president trump have to show for all of this? >> well, he has to show that we at least aren't having an escalation of threats. you remember when we were having the bloody nose theory. largely of his own making, at least that has calmed down. but i think there are two things that we could have happen moving forward, first let's have a peace agreement and move past the 1953 armistice and then insist on denuclearization. and i think if we have the first, the north koreans would be willing to do the second. >> you think the north koreans would be willing to give up their stockpil

you notion that kamala harris will detract from joe biden. she -- you know they have you know probably had their own evolution on these issues. that kamala harris attacking him will take away from his base of support. misunderstand the appeal that joe biden has with the voters. kennedy: too much appeal, his lead has grown. in the new "quinnipiac poll." i think needs to happen, when what didn't happen in 2016 with republican candidates, they are too dumb to make alliances, kamala harris and cory booker have to make a deal on night two, they will do whatever it takes to tag team joe biden make it seem like a triple threat match. >> maybe, i don't know if people notice alliances, they both attack biden. kennedy: ge get him out. >> i don't know if they can. kennedy: they have too. >> the next debate set up for joe biden. he is where he wants to be, everyone acted like he did so badly, he is down on the canvass. kennedy: woe onno one left thatg jobe jeb has such command and wherewithal, she was slurry and sleepy. >> but still in the lead. kennedy:

biden still in the lead and kamala harris is up there in second. dig in a little deeper and you will see biden's lead has narrowed to just five points. the 22% is down ten points for may. harris who took on biden at the democratic debate is surging up nine points from may. while harris is making significant strides with democratic voters, she is behind biden among one key segment of democratic voters right now, african-american voters trailing him by 12 points in this poll when it comes to support there. and this is despite harris being seen as the top candidate to handle race relations right now. biden is leading on issues like economy and the environment. like our new survey also shows, it's still a real race. and the candidates are seeing an opening. listen to cory booker. >> you have one destiny in this nation and right now the vice president to me is not doing a good job at bringing folks together and is causing a lot of frustration and pain with his words. >> jeff zeleny is outfront live in washington. put it all in perspective for everyone. w

kyung lah is outfront. >> kamala harris. >> kamala harris makes her first swing through iowa since thetic debate. and she works the crowd her breakout debate moment with joe biden comes up again and again. >> after the debates, i really confirmed my support for her. i love joe biden. i think he is a wonderful guy. but i think we need new ideas. we need new younger people. >> 30 new harris workers started this week to capitalize on the latest iowa poll showing her in second place behind biden and catch up with the organizations built in the state by rivals elizabeth warren and cory booker. >> i think she is quite frankly maybe the only one that can beat the [ bleep ] the white house. >> but chris remains skeptical. >> she needs to pay more attention to iowa. we are the first caucus. and that's where she needs to be. >> what happens if she continues this way? >> people snub her. you know, they'll just think that she just don't care. >> she is talking about the emphasize harris put into iowa. harris has made five visits to iowa, holding fewer events that bernie sanders was cory book are a

people are upset with kamala harris for going after joe biden. but joe biden was unprepared. >> this is the real last story. she telegraphed attack earlier. she had seven days. we told you in advance how we were coming for you and you still weren't ready. >> i'm stepping off that one. >>> going to court to get taxes, the breaking news on that legal front as democrats sue for transparency. >>> also ahead, the crisis at the border, the congressional delegation gets inside detention centers and reports and migrant camps and where children are held and whether border patrol agents are spreading racist and hateful contents on their facebook pages. >>> donald trump orders up tanks and a flyover for his open extravaganza, an unprecedented political dimension of the nation's fourth of july celebration. stay with us! h us >>> do you have any idea what -- there's no order here. news breaking this afternoon with the congressional investigations around trump with the means and ways committee have taken trump to court. in federal court they're seeking access

kamala harris. then they tried to get it at, same sort of idea, a different way. they basically asked the, who are you intrigued by question. this is how they phrased it. leaving aside the candidate you support of your second choice, are there any other democratic candidates who you would consider supporting and want to learn more about? if yes, who would that be? and again, the top answer is the same. kamala harris. so, i mean, the top line results of this poll, overall, she's tied with bernie sanders for third place, behind biden and warren, but senator harris is getting more second looks, more interest from people who aren't already supporting her than any other candidate in the field right now. and that translates to room to grow, when she is already a top tier candidate in terms of polling. so, i mean, if she can build a capab campaign, if she can run a campaign and raise the money she needs to and capitalize on that interest and reward people that come looking to find out more about her, by giv

i agree with everything kamala harris said.t i was disappointed about the debates is you didn't see democrats go that hard against the president. the first night -- >> barely mentioned. >> first night barely mentioned. second night was about the internal conflict. democrats need to prosecute this case against the president in a way that i think kamala did there. we hear it on the trail more. but you didn't see it in the debate. we had 17 million, 18 million people watching thighs debates and this was a great opportunity for democrats to define what this race is going to be about and what this president is about. i think we missed that opportunity unfortunately. >> garrett haake, i appreciate you joining us from iowa. you and i spent a lot of time there a few years ago, 2012? been a while now. >>> when we come back, president trump's new plan to drown out robert mueller with a political spectacle of his own. we're back in a moment. i felt i couldn't be at my best wifor my family. c, in only 8 weeks with mavyret, i was cured and

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, sh

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media hail kamala harris, dominant story, really the only story of the first democratic debate. >> she would bus to school every day and that little girl was me. >> i thought she nailed, tone was perfect, personal story, knocked it out of the park. >> kamala harris last night and her aggression and passion command of the stage, i think folks will be thinking about whether or not joe biden is electable. >> i thought kamala harris, she practiced that cons cyst ently for 10 days, and surprised that joe biden had not practiced. he looked like a punch fighter waiting for bell to ring and say i'm out of team. >> crystal clear that kamala harris commanded the stage, this was her debate. this was kamala harris' moment. >> that was a sad moment. >> i think elizabeth warren had a strong night. spotlight was very much on her and we may be seeing the end of beto o'rourke candidacy. >> looked like -- >> did nbc moderator challenged members of a party that has clearly lurched to the left. spark national uproar as congress rushes to put billions in funding, is prez covering as human tragedy or indict

is it kamala harris? is cory booker going to come out swinging. number four as you alluded to, all the one percenters or below, people like jay inslee, michael bennett, tulsi gabbard. if they want to have a breakout performance this is their team to do so. >> for the others that you've just mentioned, i mean, they could be -- if biden starts faltering, people are going to start to take a much closer look at bullock and ryan from last night, delaney and now these others you've mentioned tonight. certain certainly. >> joe biden, every time he's between 20% and 25% of the vote, there isn't a lot of movement or opportunity for anyone else. the only way those kind of candidates -- if you're a beto o'rourke or pete buttigieg to go up more, this is true for joe biden, elizabeth warren and bernie sanders as well. to be able to get into that 25% to 40% that joe biden -- i do think if biden has a performance that calms a lot of nerves in his orbit, all of a sudden you see how he might have a lock on that and taking that into iowa and new hampshire. >> chris

liz, kamala harris and marianne williamson will be the secretary of love. >> [laughing]. >> kamala harrissafe. biden hit trump as anti-minority. now trump can hit kamala harris as anti-minority. the circle of love in politics. you put a lot of low-level drug arrests for a long period of time. she will get the bitter taste of medicine for him. >> my gosh, this is too much. >> the 2020 democrats are doubling down on healthcare for illegal immigrants next. you have to see it on "the five." >> ♪ 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 multiplying. no, guys, its me. see, i'm real. i'm real! he thinks he's real. geico. over 75 years of savings and service. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> the 2020 democrats keep reaching new extremes on illegal immigration. beto o'rourke trying to tie the issue to climate change. >> you have to remember that they are fleeing the deadliest countries on the face of the planet today. compounded by droughts caused not by god, not by mother nature but by us. our actions. whe

why is kamala harris a target and why is birtherism a target? >> when he entered the political arena in 2011, he used birtherism. one of the things that came out of that which i remember very well is obama released his long-form birth certificate, which was a win, which was a win of donald trump. and i remember when it happened. i think there was a feeling like this had to happen. we were going into re-election. that was a major, major win. and so he took that and he went into 2015, and we know that happened after that. so in his mind i think it's like, okay, birtherism 2.0. next kamala harris is clearly what we saw the performance from last week, she is rising and they are thinking it will work again. and, you know, there are a couple of things too. we were talking about how campaigns need to really step up and they should not rely on the party. i think that's really true. the other part of this that's really concerning is donald trump has raised more than $100 million in a quarter. so he is more of a functioning campaign. he has an operation.

kamala harris tweeted simply horrific. i'm grateful to the first responders who were on the scene in gilroy and my thoughts are with that community tonight. our country has a gun violence epidemic that we cannot tolerate. and bernie sanders tweets this is sickening to wake up to. when our children are being shot in places that should be safest, let's get serious about gun control. much like the first debate in miami, we can expect the events of the day to shape the conversation on shape a couple of nights ago. in miami it had to do with immigration, the father and his young daughter who died crossing the border. and now it's going to be giving the candidates a chance to talk about their thoughts on gun control. there is broad support for things like universal background checks, banning assault weapons and we know that gun control is important to democratic voters. you may remember a few months ago there was a compelling emotional moment where beto o'rourke was visiting a classroom and he heard from a young student who was

>> i thinve evenight we're seeing kamala harris has a little bit of spike. fund-raising has spiked for julian castro. i think warren is going to be definitely helped by this. i think biden, you're going to see that big lead he has whittl downnd down and then the narrative becomes biden's losing his lead and that kind of stuff feeds on itself. you know, who knows. >> we're going to leave it there. thank you both for being here. >> thank you. >>> now to immigration. a team of lawyers revealed shocking conditions at a border facility in texas they visited last week where hundreds of migrant children have been detained for weeks on the lawyers interviewed dozens of children there. they reported seeing up to 50 children confined in a single room withed ed ttoddlers being for by older children. many of them hadn't bathed and were wearing dirty clothes. also yesterday the house passed a $4.6llion border aid bill backed by the senate despite objectio from some democr democ who say lacked protections for migrants held in shelters. joih you both for joining me. bill,

live pictures right now outside fox theater where senator kamala harris is soon going to arrive for herugh ahead of the second night where ten candidates will take the stage in this cnn debate. harris is set for a rematch with joe biden, former vice president. this will follow their heated clash over race and bussing, bussing for desegregation at the first democratic debates last month. michigan is an important place. this is a must-win state for democrats if they want to take back the white house. not only was it one of the few states that ended up tipping the scale for donald trump in 2016, but it just barely did so. fewer than 11,000 votes separated hillary clinton there between -- as you can see. and on top of that, more than 200,000 michigan voters cast a ballot for third party candidates. turnout normally a reliable voting group was significantly down. it was this perfect storm that we saw that delivered that state for donald trump. i'm here now with lieutenant governor michigan garland gilchrist. thank you for being with us. >> thank you so much for having me. >> election night w

and kamala harris the most dangerous challenger now? what does debate tells about the direction of the democratic party as it gears up to take on president trump next year? we'll discuss this with the finest minds in democratic party politics. but first i want to say is worth noticing there were two very different debates this week. the first and was it was a sober affair.policy heavy as candidates led by elizabeth warren, dug politely into the issues, economy, immigration and healthcare. but at the first was a little like a policy seminar in a classroom for left-wing intellectuals, the second of those was more like a brawl than a student -- the tone, noisy and combative, was set early on. it was a senator from california that immediately seized the opportunity to shine. >> senator harris -- [multiple speakers] >> we will let you all speak. senator harris. >> hey, guys you know what? america does not want to witness a food fight. they want to know how we will put food on their table. gerry: commentators quickly agreed that senator harri

basically standing up for kamala harris.ere's the way joe biden responded. the same forces of hatred rooted in birther irm that questioned barack obama's american citizenship are being used against kamala harris. it's disgusting. racism has noplace in america. >> as far as i could discern, each of the presidential candidates had some sort of comment about that in response to what don, jr. did. that was a disturbing story behind the troll farm that created that moment. >> that strikes me as donald trump, jr. manages to unite all of the democratic candidates after a debate. who else could do that? >> it's true. we will call on him often once we get to the general election. >> we will squeeze in a break and we will continue with more of the information in the polls and some new and positive information for the buttigieg campaign. that's next. campaign that's next. hmm. exactly. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. nice. but, uh... what's up with your... partner? not again. limu that's

harris. i noted in the cnn poll, kamala went up 9 and warren went up 8 with both warren and harris. noted in the cnn poll, kamala went up 9 and warren went up 8 and the 17 points came from white men. i suspect that maybe that suspect for women might be more durable because it's contested more. >> this electability issue which voters have been talking about a lot. the "huffington post" post still shows joe biden at the top in electability. but it's a drop for him on that score. an increase for senator warren and senator harris and bernie sanders staying about the same. pete buttigieg staying about the same and a drop for beto o'rourke. now you have senator warren and harris climbing up in a territory close to where joe biden is now on that electability issue. >> that's right and it's a considerable drop for vice president biden and it has to be noted. for all of the historic candidates, once viewers and voters and activists see them on stage and see them compete and see their visions put forward in an exciting and clear and specific way, folks are reacting to them. that's part of what

that's a problem for him and i think's disoriented him. >> beth, who worries more about kamala harrisascendancy, is it the biden camp or the trump camp? >> great question. initially it's going to be biden. but harris' rise in these polls speaks to biden's fragile positioning more than specifically her strength. kamala harris is very good at moments, seizing and creating a moment. she had a moment when she got into the race initially, back in oakland, she had that huge rally. she had a moment when she was grilling brett kavanaugh in his supreme court hearings. and briling bill barr about the mueller report. the problem is kamala harris is she tends to have the moments and everything sort of drops away. she doesn't know how to keep that momentum going. she's definitely stolen the spotlight. she showed how biden has got perhaps a glass jaw in a lot of ways, particularly around issues of race and kind of what things were like back in the '70s when he seems to sort of feel nostalgic about the past. but does that then sort of become a source of strength for her, that she's going to go to io

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the question is, what does kamala harris do tonight? she told us this week that she intends to continue to paint contrast with not only joe biden but the other candidates where appropriate. she said not only do democrats, but americans deserve that. and think what you should expect tonight is her to argue that she is the candidate in this race that fights for progressive values yet at the same time is a pragmatist, is a realist. you saw last night on the debate stage, it was sanders and warren along with those other eight candidates that were arguing that they were more pragmatic. i think what you are going to expect to hear from harris tonight is say, look, i released a healthcare plan this week that, yes, it's medicare for all. everybody has the opportunity to go on to a government public option yet at the same time people can choose to buy into a private health insurance option. she also painted in that healthcare plan that she put forward bernie sanders said that he wants to go to a medicare for all system in four years. kamala harr

seeming more and more possible in 2020 a female democratic presidential nominee after senator kamala harris's standdown debate performance and senator elizabeth warren's steady rise. in the past month, former vice president biden has gone down 10 points in the democratic polling, while harris has gone up 9 points. her rival for the liberal left, senator bernie sanders, has gone down by 4 points. in harris's iowa wing this weekend, the prosecutor in chief took on donald trump. >> i prosecuted the big banks when they preyed on homeowners. i've prosecuted the pharmaceutical companies. i know predators. and we have a predator living in the white house. >> he has predator instincts and a predatory nature. predators are cowards. and we don't need a predator in the white house. >> and she also said that voters that want a woman in the white house should be excited in 2020. >> we are going to win this, guys. we're going to win this. it will not be easy. it will not be easy. it will not be easy. but let's just be really clear. this is not 2016, this is 2020. and people are woke. >> people are woke, ja

there was round condemnation for kamala harris. >> talk to me about what kamala harris does about this she's enjoying the supporter of her fella candidates. she established a strong position on race. is there anything we are expecting her beyond this or letting it play out? >> i am not sure. she always has a big moment on stage saying she was the little girl on the receiving end coming ready with that attack with joe biden and ready to highlight herself on the debate stage. she got the pop out of that. she was one of the names or if not the only names that's talked about in the hours after the debate. solidifying herself in the minds of voters. i am interested to see if they do anything here and as we try to put race back in kamala harris' own turn. >> ali, good to see you, ali vitali for us. >> coming up next, on poor conditions of migrants at the borders. the trump administration knew how bad the situation was as early as may with some border agents even arming themselves against possible riots. you are watching "velshi & ruhle," live on msnbc. you are watching "velshi & ruhle," live

we have two comparative polls, one from nbc and one from quinnipiac, abc showing kamala harris in secondquinnipiac poll shows it is very tight between biden and harris. >> at this point kamala harris is the front runner. i think the polls are going to lag behind voter enthusiasm at this point and i think again if you look at the media interest in her, her strength, her ability to command the stage was so impressive. until someone else can recapture that momentum kamala harris is in the lead. >> thanks for joining us. leland: a new video places jussie smollett at the scene of the crime the night of the alleged assault against the actor. why does he want this moved to federal court? we will be right back. leland: a judge reviewing jussie smollett that request to move the site of the lawsuit against him to federal court is new surveillance video obtained by fox news places the actor and the two men who allegedly attacked him at the scene of the alleged hoax the night in question. good to see you, my friends. any idea why he wants to move this to federal court. >> there is a stink, a taint o

and that person is senator kamala harris. >> so you believe that, that kamala harris is the best betor the democrats to win the presidency. would you change your mind, everybody should know, but bobby is a democrat from illinois, would you change your mind if president barack obama came out and said i think joe biden is the best one? >> i am absolutely 100% behind senator kamala harris. i think that she has what it takes to beat trump. and that's -- i'm going to be working very, very hard for her in illinois and throughout the midwest. i think that she is the one. i think this is an opportunity to really come -- gather around the candidate and really take this nomination and kick this guy out of the white house. >> i'm going to put up the numbers. everything is subject to changes. you've been studying polls for decades. they're just a suggestion of where we are at a moment in time. best chance to beat trump, kamala harris doesn't have the numbers. she's moving up. the senator seems to struggle on the most important issue for democrats which is health care. she keeps going back and fo

california senator kamala harris wants to change that by creating a $100 billion government-administered fund to provide grants up to $25,000 to assist with downpayments and closing costs. harris says this will benefit up to 4 million families and individuals who buy homes in historically red-lined communities, low-income or minority communities where banks generally avoiding lending money. her campaign says eliminating racial disparities in home ownership could increase the median wealth of black families by more than $32,000 per household. that's a big deal. and the median wealth of hispanic families by just over $29,000 per household. joining me now to talk about this is lance freeman. he is also the author of the new book. >> thanks for having me. >> the idea of increasing home ownership amongst african-americans is interesting. but kamala harris is not posing the as that. in other words, the plan she's proposing in theory could benefit anybody. >> that's correct. by targeting neighborhoods that were red-lined in the past, the will disproportionately benefit african-americans because

some of it with kamala harris in second. some with harris in the top tier. what we need to watch with regard to these polls, is that real and lasting or something of a sugar high off the debate? you could ask the o'rourke or buttigieg campaign what it feels like to bump up into second or third quickly and watch numbers tailback off. we will see a little bit more of biden in the next couple of days. we could see soonerer rather than later is his fund-raising numbers. that would stop the bad news cycle. biden spent a lot of time on the fund-raising circuit. i wouldn't be surprised to see that before folks tune out for the holiday weekend. >> another one is elizabeth warren related to the plans and policies that she talks about so often on the campaign trail. >> reporter: you're exactly right. it seems like all of my friends are hanging out in iowa without me. i'm out in las vegas. the thing top of mind was the plans. she talked about health care, immigration, gun control. among the voters that i talked to, they liked the fact that she is talking about policy a

kamala harris' voters, young white affluent voters. one of them tweeted that harris' life story doesn't bear much resemblance to most african americans. donald trump jr. retweeted that observation. for that, cnn denounced him as a terrifying racist. >> don jr. is facing big backlash about kamala harris's race. >> donald trump jr. tweet add racist lie. >> this is a constant theme with the president. implied racism. i don't have a racist bone in my body but the muscles are bigoted. >> a strategy that republicans have used, divide and conquer on race. >> it's a horrible form of black racism that has been harnessed to be a voter suppression tool. >> this is an attempt to divide the black community and attack a black candidate not on policy but xenophobia and racism. >> tucker: sure. it's a racist lie. turns out that no less authority than don lemon also of cnn said virtually exactly the same thing just a few months ago. this tape has been floating around washington. don lemon has been calling other anchors and asking them not to replay it b

booker not really moving, but kamala harris and elizabeth warren really seem to have a little traction, a lot of traction according to the real clear politics poll which i have on the screen. harris is up to number two at 15.2%. warren, 13.8%. bernie sanders somewhere in the middle. how do you handicap the race right now and what effect will this have on this president? >> i certainly think there's a long way to go, obviously, in the election. going back to what senator booker stated regarding baby bonds, which essentially is government funding savings account for children. he talked about having access to capital. if you don't understand how the utilize capital and is the resources r it doesn't matter. we have to focus on a more comprehensive plan in terms of educating financial literacy. >> are you suggesting that black and brown entrepreneurs don't know what to do with capital? >> that's not what i'm saying. he's not talking about entrepreneurs. he's talking about everyday americans, all individuals. >> the question was in response to what i questioned him on having access to capita