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>>> NOW TO THE FIRST DEBATE OF
THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
CYCLE.
CYCLE.
CYCLE. TONIGHT FEATURED THE FIRST 10
OUT OF THE TOP 20 DEMOCRATS
LOOKING TO CHALLENGE PRESIDENT
TRUMP NEXT YEAR.
IT ALSO GAVE MINNESOTA SENATOR
AMY KLOBUCHAR CHANCE TO MAKE
HER CASE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE.
JOHN CROMAN IS HERE TO BREAK ON
THE DEBATE.
THE DEBATE. >> Reporter: SENATOR COELHO
BASHAR HAD A FEW CHANCES TO
CREATE SOME SEPARATION BETWEEN
HERSELF AND OTHERS ON THAT
CROWDED STAGE.
CROWDED STAGE. WE WILL START WITH THAT IDEA
FOR COLLEGE TUITION FOR
EVERYONE.
EVERYONE.
EVERYONE. >> I DO GET CONCERNED ABOUT
PAYING FOR COLLEGE FOR RICH
KIDS.
KIDS.
KIDS. I
KIDS. I DO.
I DO.
I DO. BUT
I DO. BUT I THINK MY PLAN IS A GOOD
ONE IN MY PLAN WOULD BE TO
FIRST OF ALL PITT COMMUNITY
COLLEGE FREE.
COLLEGE FREE. >> THERE WAS ALSO A SHOW OF
HANDS ON MEDICARE FOR ALL
SPECIFICALLY THE IDEA OF ENDING
PRIVATE INSURANCE AND REPLACING
IT WITH A SINGLE-PAYER PLAN.
>> I AM JUST SIMPLY CONCERNED
ABOUT KICKING HALF OF AMERICA
OF OF THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE IN
4 YEARS WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT
THIS BILL SAYS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF POLITICIANS
WHO SAY OH IT'S JUST NOT
POSSIBLE WE JUST CAN'T DO IT,
WE HAVE A LOT OF POLITICAL
REASONS FOR THIS.
WHAT THEY ARE REALLY TELLING
YOU IS THEY JUST WON'T FIGHT
FOR IT.
FOR IT.
FOR IT. WHILE HEALTHCARE IS A BASIC
HUMAN RIGHT.
HUMAN RIGHT. >> ON THIS DEBATE I AM SORRY,
THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE
PROFITEERING OFF OF THE PAIN OF
PEOPLE IN AMERICA FROM
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES TO
INSURERS.
INSURERS.
INSURERS. >> THERE IS ALSO LIVELY DEBATE
OVER IMMIGRATION WHERE WE SAW
THE TWO TEXANS ON THE STAGE.
LYNN CASTRO AND BETO O'ROURKE
GO BACK AND FORTH OVER THE
QUESTION WHERE FEDERAL LAW
SHOULD BE CHANGED OR CROSSING
THE BORDER SHOULD BE A CIVIL
MATTER IS THAT OF A CRIMINAL
ONE
ONE
ONE >>
ONE >> WATCHING THAT IMAGE OF THE
AN AND HIS DAUGHTER IS
HEARTBREAKING.
HEARTBREAKING. IT SHOULD ALSO DISCUSS A WHOLE
OFF.
OFF.
OFF. >>
OFF. >> WE DID WE WOULD NOT DETAIN
THE PEOPLE FLEEING THE
DEADLIEST PLANET COUNTRIES ON
THE MANAGEMENT -- SO THEY COULD
BE CARED FOR IN THE COMMUNITY
AT A FRACTION OF THE COST AND
WE WOULD REWRITE OUR
IMMIGRATION LAWS.
IMMIGRATION LAWS. >> IMMIGRANTS, THEY DO NOT
DIMINISH AMERICA.
DIMINISH AMERICA. THEY ARE AMERICA.
I AM HAPPY TO LOOK AT HIS
PROPOSAL BUT I DO THINK YOU
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE
PROVISIONS IN PLACE THAT ALLOW
YOU TO GO AFTER TRAFFICKERS AND
ALLOW YOU TO GO AFTER PEOPLE.
>> IN HER WRAPUP REMARKS CLUB
AT CHURCH TOUCHED ON HER RECORD
OF PASSING BILLS AND WINNING
ELECTIONS IN A PURPLE STATE IN
HER STRATEGY TO APPEAL TO
MIDWESTERN STATES THAT WENT TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP IN 2016.
BACK TO YOU.
>>> UNIVERSITY MINNESOTA
POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR
CATHERINE PEARSON WAS WATCHING
THE DEBATE WITH US TONIGHT.
SHE JOINS US WITH OUR TOP
TAKEAWAYS FROM EVENING.
WAS YOUR OVERALL IMPRESSION?
>> MY OVERALL IMPRESSION, THIS
IS A NIGHT THAT IS EARLY IN THE
NOMINATING CONTEST.
NOMINATING CONTEST. THE FIRST CAUCUS IN PRIMARIES
WILL BE NOT TILL FEBRUARY.
THESE CANDIDATES BY A LARGER AT
LEAST THE TOP FIVE OF THEM
REALLY SHOWED THAT THEY HAVE A
FAIR AMOUNT OF POLICY EXPERTISE
AND ALSO SOME PRETTY BIG POLICY
DIFFERENCES.
DIFFERENCES. GET THEY WERE NOT CRITICIZING
ONE ANOTHER.
ONE ANOTHER. THEY SAVED BY A LARGE THE
CRITICISM FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP
AND REALLY FOCUSED ON THEIR
POLICY SPECIFICS AND WHY THEY
ARE ELECTABLE BECAUSE THEY
BRING DIFFERENT STRATEGIES AND
DIFFERENT EXPERTISE.
DIFFERENT EXPERTISE. >> DESPITE THE FACT THAT THERE
WAS SOME CONCERN ABOUT HOW MANY
PEOPLE WERE GOING TO BE ON
STAGE IN THE BREVITY OF THEIR
ANSWERS, THERE REALLY WAS A LOT
OF SUBSTANCE COVERED IN THIS
DEBATE TONIGHT.
DEBATE TONIGHT. >> ACTUALLY SURPRISINGLY SO.
ALL OF THE CANDIDATES, WILL
MANY OF THE CANDIDATES WERE
WELL PREPARED.
WELL PREPARED. CERTAINLY SENATOR CORY BOOKER
ELIZABETH WARREN AMY KLOBUCHAR
WILLIAM CASTRO, THEY REALLY ALL
EMERGED SORT OF GIVING PEOPLE
WHO WERE CHECKING THEM OUT A
LOT TO ANALYZE AND A LOT TO
LIKE FOR DEMOCRATS IN THIS
CONTEST.
CONTEST.
CONTEST. >> WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME LEFT
BUT IF YOU COULD NAME TWO OR
THREE PEOPLE TONIGHT THAT YOU
REALLY THINK DID WELL, WHO WITH
AMY?
AMY?
AMY? >>
AMY? >> ELIZABETH WARREN OF THIS
GROUP, NOT OF THE ENTIRE GROUP
BUT OF THE SCRIPT WAS THE FRONT
ONE OR.
ONE OR.
ONE OR. I
ONE OR. I THINK SHE STILL DID WELL IN
TERMS OF HER RESPONSES BOTH
STRATEGICALLY AND IN TERMS OF
THE SUBSTANCE BUT ALSO THE
SENATORS ADJUSTMENTS AND.
I THINK IT WAS A GOOD NIGHT FOR
BOOKER LOW BASHAR AND CASTRO IN
TERMS OF GIVING DEMOCRATIC
VOTERS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
THEM REALLY INTRODUCING
THEMSELVES TO THE PEOPLE
OUTSIDE THEIR OWN STATES WHO
MAY NOT KNOW THEM AS WELL.
>> WILL LET'S DO IT AGAIN
TOMORROW NIGHT, AROUND TWO
COMING OUT.
COMING OUT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME