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Union, the united federation of teachers. hes just one of several democrats who are busy on the campaign trail this weekend as they are making their case to voters across the country. garrett tenney is live in washington with whos where and what theyre doing. first off, impeaching president trump has been the top of the agenda for the contenders, and theyre talking about that again this morning. >> reporter: yeah, eric, theres a lot of sport among the democratic -- support among the democratic p...

Ive heard from being in the hbcu community, theyre like i dont know yet. youve got a lot of greeks, i dont know yet. and those are -- thats their base. and thats what i just -- im just not getting it yet. >> and i appreciate that. i think that this is where i would -- i definitely agree with you. i think that there is a clear gap. when you look at that graphic again, if they can pull it back up. with kamala harris cash on hand -- thank you very much. >> look at that. >> ask and you shall be give...

But it does make me wonder if these people see the forest for the trees. you know, theyre, like, talking about, i can keep this one, youre going to lose that one, this one is incremental, might be mine is buying, in yours they have to opt in. the other guy, holding an ax, youre a socialist bum, mine will be better. >> kamala harris, she hadnt brought up donald trump in that respect, up until that point it was as though every democrat on that stage was running against each other an there was no g...

Welcome back. tonight im obsessed with something from president trumps speech at the house gop retreat in baltimore last night. it was up against the debate, if you recall. not so much what i heard but actually what i did not hear. there certainly were plenty of applause lines. take a listen. >> two great supreme court justices. take a look. right to try is something weve done a great job with. republicans believe our cities should should be sanctuaries for law-abiding americans. youre going to ...

And how he has a strategy of divisiveness as far as the washington post. everything we hold dear, trump trumps up divisive wars. you pointed out plastic straws. that doesnt really matter. just straws. but do you think its a bigger message? youre trying to change everything in our way of life for things that wont necessarily have the impacts that they say. >> talking about plastic straws are missing the forest through the trees. its about political correctness, about tone. theyre trying to create...

Through, you know, the culture and technology, but you also point to president trump. one of the biggest applause lines from joe biden was president trump has more in common with george wallace than george washington. as he pointed out, and so did you, this violence, these mass shootings didnt start with president trump. >> no, they did not. 20 years ago we are talking about columbine. this has been going on. i think its a collision of many things. people talk about mental health, accessibility ...

Corporations and rich people. biden of course something of a hes out to decimate the surrogate. after the debate eric holder, of course the former attorney general under obama, he tweeted medicaid problem and destroy the the following. affordable care act. when we get to those issues in be wary of attacking the obama the general election joe biden is ready and come with a fight record, expand on it. but theres little to be gained every day. by attacking a very successful >> lets talk about healt...

Some of the best debaters in the democratic party, they certainly were not holding back in attacking him and coming at him from every direction and he fended those attacks off. most importantly, he turned the conversation to donald trump. he made a clear and concise case against trump. i think one of the biggest applause lines of the nature was his opening nature where he said directly to the president were not going to leave it to you. and he made a really strong kies for a biden presidency, wh...

Second, congressman. >> i wrote the damn bill. >> a couple big applause lines there. joining us now, cnns phil mattingly, whos inside the debate hall. warren and sanders ready for the criticism, aligned in lock step last night. at the end of the day, theyre splitting the progressive vote. its not something that can last practically. >> yeah, one of the big questions going into the night was given the fact that they are so ideologically aligned, would they start to draw contrast with one another....

Asking elizabeth warren about the cost of government run medicare for all. >> are you with bernie on medicare for all when it comes to raising taxes on middle-class americans? >> giant corporations and billionaires are going to pay more. >> a point of clarification, 15 extra seconds. would you raise taxes on the middle class to pay for medicare for all? >> costs will go up for billionaires and go up for corporations, for middle-class families costs will go down. >> she still didnt answer for tha...