>> Devin: WATER AND ELECTRICITY A TERRIBLE MIX!
WE’LL UPDATE YOU ON THAT.
BUT NOW LIVE PICTURES FROM SKY4
OVER THE FABULOUS FOX THEATRE
AND THE DOORS ARE OPENING AHEAD
OF THE FIRST OF TWO BIG NIGHTS.
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IS
ACTUALLY 462 DAYS AWAY.
FROM THE LOOKS OF THINGS, YOU
WOULD THINK IT’S TOMORROW OR AT
THE VERY LEAST, THIS VOV.
>> Kim: QUITE A WAYS AWAY.
WELCOME TO OUR COVERAGE OF THE
DETROIT DEMOCRATIC DEBATES.
AND HERE WE ARE!
>> Devin: WE HAVE ABOUT 500
REPORTERS IN TOWN FOR THE NEXT
TWO NIGHTS AND THE DEBATES ARE
SPLIT INTO TWO NIGHTS BECAUSE
NOT ENOUGH TIME AND EVEN SPACE
TO GET ALL 20 CANDIDATES IN, IN
ONE EVENING.
ONE EVENING. >> Kim: FIRST UP, STEVE BULLOCK,
PETE BUTTIGIEG.
PETE BUTTIGIEG. DELANEY, AND HICKENLOOPER.
AND KLOBUCHAR.
AND KLOBUCHAR. >> Devin: AND O’ROURKE, RYAN,
BERNIE SANDERS, WARREN AND
WILLIAMSON.
WILLIAMSON. 10 CANDIDATES DOING WHAT THEY
CAN TO BREAK THROUGH THE NOISE.
>> Kim: WE HAVE ALL ANGLES
COVERED FOR YOU WITH THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE MIDWESTERN
VOTE.
VOTE. >> Devin: AND PAULA TUTMAN IS
INSIDE THE FOX WHERE THE
CANDIDATES WERE DOING THEIR
WALK-THROUGHS.
WALK-THROUGHS. >> Paula: THIS IS A DIFFERENT
KIND OF ENTERTAINMENT.
LET ME WALK YOU DOWN TO SEE WHAT
THE SET IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS NOT A
FOX YOU’VE EVER SEEN BEFORE.
INSIDE THE FOX, A WALK-THROUGH
OF THE DEBATE SET.
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS BROUGHT IN.
517 ADDITIONALS LIGHTS.
A TOTAL OF 7,000 PEOPLE IN TWO
NIGHTS WILL FILL THE SEATS TO
HEAR THE CANDIDATES.
REPORTERS FROM AROUND THE
COUNTRY WILL TELL THE STORY.
>> DEBATE NIGHT IN THE HEART OF
DETROIT.
DETROIT. >> IT’S BEEN FUN TO SEE ALL THE
NEWS TRUCKS SET UP AND A LOT OF
ENERGY IN THE AIR.
>> Paula: SOUTH OF THE FOX, A
HEALTH WORKERS UNION WILL HAVE A
TOTAL OF 1400 OR TWO WATCH
PARTIES.
PARTIES. HOW PIVOTAL IS THIS TO YOUR
MEMBERSHIP?
MEMBERSHIP? >> SO PIVOTAL BECAUSE HEALTH
CARE IS ONE OF THE TOP ISSUES
THAT POLLED WELL WITH
GUBERNATORIAL.
GUBERNATORIAL. BUT SCIU NEEDS TO BE HEARD.
WE’RE THE HOME OF LABOR.
>> Paula: AND 14,550 RESIDENTS
IN MIDTOWN.
IN MIDTOWN. RIGHT NOW, IT’S ALL ABOUT THE
NUMBERS.
NUMBERS. HERE’S AN INTERESTING
PERSPECTIVE.
PERSPECTIVE. IF ONE OF THESE CANDIDATES IN
THE NEXT TWO NIGHTS CAN CONVINCE
THE SAME AMOUNT OF NEW BLUE
VOTERS AS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
JUST INSIDE THIS DEBATE ZONE FOR
THE NEXT TWO NIGHTS ALONE, THAT
COULD SWING MICHIGAN, POSSIBLY
FROM RED TO BLUE.
AND THAT ROAD GOES THROUGH
DETROIT, UP WOODWARD, BY WAY OF
THE DEBATES, FOR THE NEXT TWO
NIGHTS.
NIGHTS. AND THE DEMOCRATS KNOW IT.
>> THE SELECTION IS ALSO GONNA
BE ONE IN THE MIDWEST.
IT WILL BE WON IN STATES LIKE
MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN, OHIO,
INDIANA, AND A LOT OF TIMES
CANDIDATES TALK ABOUT ISSUES ON
THE COASTS, INCLUDING FLORIDA,
TEXAS, NEW YORK, CALIFORNIA.
THEY NEED TO COME TO THE HEART
OF THIS COUNTRY AND TALK ABOUT
ISSUES THAT MATTER TO WORKING
MEN AND WOMEN.
>> Paula: SO TAKE A LOOK OUTSIDE
THE FOX.
THE FOX. THE CROWD IS STARTING TO GATHER.
SECURITY IS VERY, VERY TIGHT.
TICKETS ARE BEING CHECKED ON
PHONES AND PASSES.
AND THEN MOVE TO THE RIGHT AND
SEE THEY HAVE A GALLERY RIGHT
THERE FOR SUPPORTERS, FOR THE
VARIOUS CANDIDATES AND THE
NATIONAL MEDIA, SOME 500
JOURNALISTS HERE TONIGHT.
A LOT OF HEAVY LIFTING FOR THE
CANDIDATES.
CANDIDATES. WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO IS
DISTINGUISH THEMSELVES.
DISTINGUISH THEMSELVES. WE’RE HEARING FROM VOTERS THEY
WANT IT NARROWED DOWN TO THE
THREE STRONGEST SO THEY CAN
START MAKING THEIR DECISIONS.
RIGHT ABOUT OVER THERE.
>> Devin: INDEED WE ARE.
AND THIS WILL BE NARROWING THE
FIELD AND WON’T HAVE 20
CANDIDATES THE NEXT TIME THE
DEBATE ROLLS AROUND.
>> Kim: MARA MACDONALD IS WITH
US TONIGHT.
US TONIGHT. >> Mara: HI, GUYS!
>> Kim: HI, MARA!
[LAUGHTER]
[LAUGHTER] >> Kim: YOU TALKED ABOUT THE
MIDWESTERNERS TAKING THE STAGE.
IS MIDWESTERN CANDIDATES, THAT’S
WHAT WE’LL SEE TONIGHT.
>> Mara: BUTTIGIEG, KLOBUCHAR,
AS WELL AS WILLIAMSON.
YOU’RE IN A POSITION WHERE THE
REST OF THEM HAD BEST START
MAKING WAVES TONIGHT.
HOW DO YOU DO THAT?
YOU HAVE TO START APPEALING TO
THE CENTER AND TALKING ABOUT
MORE THAN OPEN BORDERS AND
THINGS THAT PERHAPS APPEAL TO
THE LIBERAL WING OF THE PARTY.
>> Devin: THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT.
WE’LL LOOK NOW.
IF YOU’RE WONDERING, ONE OF THE
CANDIDATES WHO COULD USE A
BREAK, WE FOUND HIM PREPARING
FOR THE DEBATE GIVING US INSIGHT
INTO WHAT IT MEANS TO RUN FOR
OFFICE.
OFFICE. >> Kim: I LIKE THAT BEYOND
WORDS.
WORDS. LOOK AT THE VIDEO OF BETO
O’ROURKE RUNNING ALONG THE
DETROIT RIVERFRONT.
DETROIT RIVERFRONT. HE WAS ASKED WHAT HE’S DOING TO
PREPARE FOR TONIGHT.
HIS ANSWER WAS SHORT AND
SWEET... RUNNING.
SWEET... RUNNING. >> Devin: AND HE COULD USE A
BREAKTHROUGH MOMENT, RIGHT?
>> Mara: IF HE DIDN’T, HERE’S
THE THING: EVERY NUMBERS
CRUNCHER HAS LOOKED AT WHERE
THIS 2020 GOES.
AND RIGHT NOW, ALL THINGS BEING
EQUAL, THEY WILL TELL YOU WHAT
HAPPENS IN DETROIT AND WHAT
HAPPENS IN MILWAUKEE IS GONNA
WIN ALL THE MARBLES.
SO IF THESE PEOPLE ARE SMART,
THEY’LL START APPEALING TO
CENTRIST VOTERS IN THE MIDWEST.
>> Devin: AND ONE EXCITING THING
TO WATCH TONIGHT AMONG MANY
OTHER THINGS, IS MARA’S COVERAGE
THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.
AND OUR COVERAGE JUST GETTING
STARTED HERE ON LOCAL 4.
WE’VE GOT MUCH MORE AHEAD OVER
THIS VERY PACKED 90 MINUTES OF