bit. you're going to hear tulsi gabbard. you're going to hear beto o'rourke, maybe not in a good way, maybe yes. i say let's take a look at the different metrics and figure out who rose and who fell. we will look at elizabeth warren because you've got to treat the polls with some respect. she was supposed to deliver. did she? all right. our prime time primary politicos are going to dissect it all, and we'll bring in man who will argue he won the name. governor jay inslee is here. let's test his take. and you don't have to wonder what the president thinks. he was watching and live tweeting on his way to japan. our lucky night, or top of the morning here in new york city. let's get after it. all right. half the candidates who qualified for the first debates have made their opening statements to you, if you watched. some even made them in spanish this evening. question is, were any speaking the right language to win over democratic voters? let's get to our primetime primary with elaina plott, sabrina siddiqi, and a man named mark preston, if i have it right. again, i love the high-m

congressman tim ryan and tulsi gabbard. the hawaii congresswoman asked about america's continued presence in afghanistan, ryan stressed strategic patience. tulsi gabbard said no. she's an iraq war veteran. she said she disagrees. >> as a soldier i will tell you that answer is unacceptable. >> and they were -- >> we can't keep going to afghanistan thinking we're going to somehow squash this taliban -- >> i didn't say squash them. when we weren't in there they started flying planes into our buildings. so i'm just saying right now -- >> the taliban didn't attack us on 9/11. al qaeda did. al qaeda attacked us on 9/11. that's why i and so many other people -- >> i understand. >> -- joined the military, to go after al qaeda, not the taliban. >> one of the more feisty exchanges. my question is to what end. >> exactly right. >> but you never know. >> you never know. and you did see with some of the google analytics afterwards there was an increase in searches for tulsi gabbard. not for tim ryan. these are two people that most people don't realize are running for president and they're fig

. >> there were also moments where tulsi gabbard talked about her experience and why she doesn't believe in all these different military interventions. and she had some sparring with tim ryan or back and forth. so let's watch that for a moment. >> -- keep u.s. troops deployed to afghanistan thinking we are somehow going to squash this taliban that's going to be there -- >> i didn't say squash them. when we weren't in there, they started flying planes into our buildings. so i'm just saying right now -- >> the taliban didn't attack us on 9/11, al qaeda did. al qaeda attacked us on 9/11. that's why i and so many other people joined the military. to go after al qaeda, not the taliban. >> finish up. ten seconds. >> the taliban was protecting those people that were plotting against us. all i'm saying is if we want to go into elections and we want to say we've got to withdraw from the world, that's what president trump is saying. >> as a veteran, she can speak with a command of the issue. >> she did. i actually did think it was one of the better moments of the debate if you wanted to know where

last night's debate. julian castro, tulsi gabbard and tim ryan sparred over who was responsible for 911, while amy klobuchar got in jabs at president trump and jay inslee. elizabeth warren was there smack dab center stage, her policies reflect the party's left wing. here are the candidates in their own words. >> we can make our government. we can make our economy. we can make our country work, not just for those at the top. we can make it work for everyone. and i promise you this, i will fight for you as hard as i fight for my own family. >> title 21 and 22 already cover -- >> if we -- >> no -- >> drug traffickers. >> you said we were. >> would you replace private insurance? >> no, i think the choice is fundamental to our ability to get -- >> private insurance is not working for tens of millions of americans, when you talk about the co pays, the deductibles, the premiums, the out of pocket expenses, it's not working. >> we cannot keep u.s. troops deployed to afghanistan, thinking we're going to squash this taliban. >> i didn't say squash them. when we weren't in there, they started flyi

like the -- it was fun to watch. sinchtsds i think biden could learn from tulsi gabbard's on answer about lgbtq warriors, and i would die for them. that's something that biden should look at as he's trying to repent for past transgressions. thengd talk more about the fact they can beat trump. i enjoyed the debate. it was a lot about issues, but if you look at polls, democrat voters actually want to hear how you can beat trump. for that reason i think amy klobuchar's closing was quite strong. >> take a look at our count of notable names. candidates only mentioned trump 19 times in two hours. that's not a lot. mcconnell's name came up four times. joe biden's name not mentioned at all. should they we pressen the case more against trump? >> i think they will tonight. this is joe biden's case is very simple -- i can beat donald trump. the rest of this crowd has to earn the right to get where i am right now. in a lane that's small in the progressive democrats of today, but at the same time he's making this electability case which frankly has gone on far longer. i would tell you tonight jo

moment between you and tulsi gabbard. it talks about the need of the keep a check on the taliban. >> when we wept in there, they started flying planes into our buildings. i have to say -- >> al qaeda attacked us on 9/11. that's why i and so many other people joined the military to go after al qaeda. >> the taliban was protecting those people plotting against us. >> just wanted to give you a chance to clarify. did you make a mistake there? >> no. no, not at all. the taliban was housing al qaeda. that's where osama bin laden was. that is where they organized the attack against the united states. look, i was against the war in iraq. had been during my first congressional election. i have not been for expanding. i think we should try to reduce to the extent we can our troop presence. you cannot leave large swaths of land open to terrorists plotting to do harm against the united states. again, it needs to be a multilateral approach. i have been on the defense committee for 12 years. i know who the taliban is and i know who al qaeda is. i know what is happening in the middle east. more

be bill de blasio, julian castro, beto o'rourke, tulsi gabbard, john delaney. all of them will be trying to make an impression that can either help them sustain their momentum in the case of a candidate like elizabeth warren who has the highest poll numbers in this first group. or it can give them a boost in polls and fund raising. now, the format of the debate tonight, 60 seconds to answer, 30 seconds to respond to follow-u follow-ups. could present a challenge to these candidates. also the number of people on stage. this is where practice and preparation come in. we know elizabeth warren has been working to boil down her policy proposals into bite sized pieces given the time constraints. she will be ready to talk about those. we know beto o'rourke has talked about the need to give short answers. he says the town halls he's been doing are his preparation. and we know klobuchar has been watching a 2016 primary debate to get clues how to stand out on a stage with a lot of people on it. when it comes to the issues likely to be discussed tonight, we can expect immigration to come up

won, i'm not sure that's how we pick the best person. tulsi gabbard served in iraq as well, right? >> my experience being a platoon commander in the infantry on the ground, in the fight on the front lines is just different, but i think that this is experience that matters in a race like this. i think it's a good thing the first time i have to make a decision involving the lives of young americans, and live with the consequences of that decision, wolf, won't be when i'm sitting in the situation room at the white house your party has clearly become more significantly progressive on issues from health care for immigration to free college. is the democratic party moving too far to the left? >> they're definitely playoff to the left. that's a problem for our party if we stand to win this election. i think it's just going to make it a lot more difficult to defeat donald trump. i don't think trump is going to be as easy to beat as many democrats think. if we choose policies out of touch with the mainstream, out of touch with middle america, out of touch with the districts that we need to

. look at wide swaths of the country, tulsi gabbard who wide swaths of the country searched for. >> who knows why? >> after the first debate. cory booker in the southeast. after the second debate, you look at the second debate. here we have kamala harris in major parts of the country there. also pete buttigieg too. maryann williamson. >> the mitten state, michigan. >> do we take anything from this? or people are curious? >> i think it's curiosity. we don't know what sparks of interest in gabbard. was it her stance on foreign policy? she talked mostly about foreign policy. best-selling author from 1992. oprah's bff. i think er book was "return to love." yeah, she had interesting moments where she said democrats won't win on white papers, they will win on a slogan. at least in her assessment -- >> and we will see if she makes it into the second. >> up next, reporters share from their notebooks, including the supreme court scheduling where it is sure to be a momentous election year decision-making. and you should be mad at people who take unnecessary risks. how dare you, he's my emotional

. tulsi gabbard was second. beto o'rourke is third. then down at sixth, a lot of people thought julian castro had a good debate. google made sure to point out to us that searches on julian castro spiked 4,000%, m.j., 4,000% over the course of the debate. if you are looking about improvement, it's hard to argue julian castro did not have a huge improvement during that debate. >> well, i mean, if you look at someone like julian castro, i think he was one of the candidates going into this debate with so much at stake because his candidacy has failed to take off so far, right? he has not had any momentum in the polls. he is not getting probably the kind of coverage that his campaign would like him to get. i think the fact that he seized on the issue of immigration to really make this forceful and powerful impression on voters who might be actually tuning in to exactly who he is for probably the first time last night, i think that was a really important moment for him. and, guys, one of the biggest take aways for me latz night watching this debate was just actually how far away the general

congresswoman tulsi gabbard slamming on policy. >> we cannot keep u.s. troops deployed to afghanistan thinking we're somehow going to squash this taliban that have been there that every other country that's tried it failed. >> when we weren't in there, they started flying planes into our buildings. so i'm just saying -- >> the taliban didn't attack us on 9/11. al qaeda did. al qaeda attacked us on 9/11. that's why i and so many others went into the military. to go after al qaeda. not the taliban. >> reporter: amy klobuchar receiving a roaring round of applause after jay inslee said this. >> we have one candidate that's advanced the ball. and we got to have access for everyone. i've done it in public office. >> senator, senator, senator klobuchar, i want to -- >> that's a false claim. >> i'm fascinated by this. senator? >> i just want to say there's three women up here that have fought pretty hard for a woman's right to choose. i'll start with that. >> reporter: klobuchar winning over the crowd once again delivering this one liner about president trump's handling of iran. >> this presi

. tulsi gabbard is also running for the democrats. she said biden has misrepresented his message to get key votes. there needs to be civility in washington and the country. in order for congress to work with the american people, we need to find common ground with each other. when asked about the comments, congressman and icon john lewis forcefully defended joe biden. >> i don't think the remarks are offensive. during the height of the civil action movement, we worked with people and got to know people. there was members of the klan, people who opposed us, even people who beat us, arrested us and jailed us. we never gave up on our fellow human being. and i would not give up on any human being. >> well, stay with us, because as the 2020 hopefuls make their case in south carolina to voters there, we're going to break down the headlines and catch up with the major contenders throughout the day. >>> also coming up, in less than 24 hours, i.c.e. will begin arresting and deporting hundreds of undocumented immigrants in 10 major cities. 2. unlimited data. use as much as you want, when you want.

hawaii this is the most tragic air incident that we've had. >> tulsi gabbard who is also running for president tweeted about this today sending prayers to the friends and family involved there and spoke to the friends who know people on that flight. they say the skydiving community is very tight knit and this is a huge loss for them right now, ana. >> natasha chen, thanks for that report. >>> he's been called president trump's shadow chief of staff, but we are getting new insight into how fox news host sean hannity advised during the special counsel's investigation. details just ahead. plus did another tv news host have a hand about changed the president's mind about striking u ran? 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. woman 1: i had no symptoms of hepatitis c. man 1: mine... man 1: ...caused liver damage. vo: epclusa treats all main types of chronic hep c. vo: whatever your typ

bit. you're going to hear tulsi gabbard. you're going to hear beto o'rourke, maybe not in a good way, maybe yes. i say let's take a look at the different metrics and figure out who rose and who fell. we will look at elizabeth warren because you've got to treat the

representative tulsi gabbard, a combat vet wherein, she earns respect in this state with strong military ties. >> she's lesser known but if you look at the other candidates she's poised and presidential. i think saying a little less and saying it well might be more in the end. >> most of the crowd didn't stay for the full two hours, only a handful hung onto the bitter end. >> i think a lot of good ideas bringing back the country to civility, to truth. >> reporter: and for these democrats round one didn't provide any knock outs or clear-cut winners, only more to ponder. >> i think it helped me better understand overall the candidates, not just the general ideas of what they stand for but the actual policies they're going to implement. >> reporter: there was a lot of excitement i mean by many of the democrats here. they truly know this is different phase of the election process here, less scripted and a little more less pretickable. most people here are not trying to find the one. they're trying to just narrow the list, whittle it down to maybe their top five. whether last night helped, i don't

do any of this stuff. she might listen better than any democrat you come across tonight. tulsi gabbard also written off. now you're an a march with iran, the young veteran, does she have a break out moment? there's so much, pan. >> it's like the wide world of sports open here. >> except for the two times in a race where you have an opportunity to really run the dial and announce. so for the ryans, de blasios which most of america has never heard of this is a chance -- >> can i raise the provincial point here? why are there five moderators? >> they'll be swapping it out. they'll be exhausted by all the candidates. >> it's the baby-sitter rule. you can only have so many kids with one baby-sitter. >> jeffrey, you're not a terribly excitable person. are you as excited as these guys are tonight? >> i'm super excited. i'm like a kid in a political candy store. i thought john avalon's report earlier where he talked about these famous moments, we are now in a political universe where basically almost all the famous moments from campaigns are in debates. whether it was donald trump deba

. some like congressman o'rourke have not. >> and that of course came as elizabeth warren tulsi gabbard med kir for all the rally crying. montana governor steve bullock. governor, i appreciate your time. i want to gifl first of all a chance for you to react to what's happening here at least the right, the poll from the progress he was to pull everybody left. what would you have said last night if you were attacksed as bet o'rourke was bill de blasio. >> i've been able to get froggive things done with a 60% republican legislature. we need to to make government to work impact people's livers. what you hear time and time and again. not a one could answer the question what if you actually had to get something done if and the republicans didn't agree with you? >> and they could -- but on issue like medicare for all do you say okay fine jump onboard and say it or do you try to say okay we need big changes but that in might be not the right solution or is that too scary in the exactic party. >> i think we do need big changes but it touting to be medicare for anyone that wants it. a pub

,away, beto o'rourke, senator amy klobuchar, tulsi gabbard, governor jay inslee and former congressman john delaney on the first night of the two-night debate event. ken law takes us behind the saeps into the last-minute debate preparations. >> the first main event of the 2020 race. ten democratic presidential candidates facing off on this stage for the first time, in the senator elizabeth warren, the only one of the top five contenders on tonight. she'll be flanked by cory booker and beto o'rourke. >> well, it's going to be tough, right. we have 60 seconds to respond to some of the biggest questions that are on the minds of american people right now. >> reporter: warren also practicing drilling down on her plans to short answers. amy klobuchar is watching the 2016 debates marked but unpredictable exchanges and the divide among democrats will be front and center. warren and others might seek challenge from others. >> medicare for all may sound good, but actually not good policy, nor is it good politics. i'm telling you. i'm telling you. >> reporter: julian castro and beto o'rourke are

in the middle, 70, oldest candidate on stage, tulsi gabbard, youngest woman on stage tonight. how have they served, where have they served in government? mayor deblasio, former governor, former member of the house, several members of the house, former cabinet secretary in the obama administration. diversity in public service as well. watch it play out a little more, what do you notice here? of this group tonight elizabeth warren is the only one doing well in the polls, at 15% and this one poll consistent if you look at the other national polls. these other candidates have been struggling at the lower end of the pack, looking for a break dls through moment tonight, looking for something to help them raise more money, get more attention to move those numbers more up closer to her. elizabeth warren center stage tonight, put policy number one in her campaign, visiting a detention center today in florida, the site of the debate. she says she's hoping very much that a lot of the conversation among these ten tonight is about immigration. >> i put out a plan to end the private incarcerati

, gay, straight, set the agenda. >> you had a heated exchange with tulsi gabbard, over u.s. troops in afghanistan. for our viewers, let me play it. >> we cannot send to afghanistan thinking we'll squash this taliban that have been there, every other country and failed. >> squash them when they weren't in, flying planes into our buildings. i'm just saying right now. >> they didn't attack us on 9/11. al qaeda did. >> do you wish you had that moment over? >> not at all. the taliban and al qaeda in afghanistan because we weren't there. i'm not saying we need 14,000 troops there and i think we can take some troops out but the question was, do we leave those areas open? >> do you think that was a cheap shot coming from gabbard on fact checking you on the taliban? >> yeah, clearly, dwewe didn't e enough time to get into the details but she was trying to score points. i think whoever got that question on afghanistan, she was going to go after and quite frankly, she doesn't have very good judgment on a lot of these issues. she was actually meeting with assad not long after he was gassing child

are back out campaigning after their first presidential debates. >> today we've got tulsi gabbard, amy klobuchar elizabeth warren at the rainbow push convention in chicago. in the meantime, julian castro will be at a detention center in clint, texas, after joining a protest outside a similar facility in south florida, yesterday. >> natasha chen joins us now. today castro will visit one of the facilities where migrant children were reportedly being held in some pretty poor conditions. what do we know about his visit? >> reporter: victor, we're talking about a trickle of several politicians coming to this clint facility in the coming days, starting with castro. julian castro is going to begin later this morning at an el paso community college holding a round table about the trump administration's family separation policy, and then he is going to come here to try and tour this facility. now, it's unclear whether he will actually be admitted because he did say that he and other presidential candidates were denied entry into the homestead facility earlier this week, and so we're not sure if

. congress must assert its constitutional authority and stop trump from going to war. tulsi gabbard, war is likely unless he returns to the nuclear agreement he tore up. i'm afraid he won't put the interests of the country ahead of his own pride and personal political interests. jay inslee saying this is governori governing by chaos. you can see more of these tweets. my question here is you can make the intellectual argument as the democrats do, trump caused the turmoil by pulling out of the jcpoa. however, even if trump is to blame for the uncertainty, that doesn't excuse iran from shooting down a drone if it in fact was in international airspace and from attaching mines to tankers to disrupt oil traffic. what would -- the democrats have not answered what would they do about it? >> and they're in a fix about it about how to answer that. so you're right, they're just criticizing trump and his response and his pulling out of the iran deal. but it's like immigration too. they criticize what he's doing but without necessarily offering an alternative about what they might do. this opens up s

in last night's debate. julian castro, tulsi gabbard and tim ryan sparred over who was responsible for 911, while amy klobuchar got in jabs at president trump and jay inslee. elizabeth warren was there smack dab center

is the most tragic aircraft incident that we had. >> we also have congresswoman tulsi gabbard quoting the fire chief. we are talking to people that knew folks on the plane. >> what are they saying? >> one of them is part of a professional sky diving team that travels the country, performing. he says this sky diving community is so tight knit. so everybody knows everyone. this is really hitting them hard now. all of them wonder what happened here. a significant loss, especially for some of those instructors that are veteran sky divers that were eager, passionate about sharing the sport with people that wanted to try it the first time. >> and there were family members that watched a lot of this happen. >> yes, some of the family members of people on the plane didn't go on the trip, so potentially they were watching their relatives go on this sky diving trip. i can't imagine what it is like to see it crash like that in that moment. >> thank you so much. >>> they're talking to voters, courting support in key primary states. we'll talk with one of them, jay i believe so lee next. -- inslee

bottom third looking at the likes of tim ryan and tulsi gabbard and folks at the 1% on the stage tonight unless they have a moment that can go virile in the next couple days thises a tough night for them. >> right, because obviously joan it's make or break for some people. lesser known candidates you get to the next round this could be single elimination. it's money, polls all of these things. >> it's donors, exactly. i think it's a tough place for these other people to be in because yes you want the viral moment process. but the electorate right now, the democratic electorate don't want a nasty race, people tearing each other done. the idea you go after elizabeth warren because she is a front runner it's tough to do. we'll see if anybody does it. and what you do other than that to distinguish yourself we're going to see. >> karen what do you tell them to do in because to get a viral moment it's hard to have that be alone? it comes from playing off of against someone there is a villain hero sort of angle. how do you get a moment without being civil. >> in my view view debates are