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With, go completely crazy. how big is the constituency in america for open the bordering, decriminalizing illegal entry and offering healthcare for everyone who arrives. how many people support that, would you say? >> this is the problem with the debate format. the raise your hand if you do this or that doesnt allow for nuance or discussion about what you are talking about. this is a gotcha style of politics. so ill call fake news on that and say we need a substantive discussion of how it exists...

Bordering, decriminalizing illegal entry and offering healthcare for everyone who arrives. how many people support that, would you say? >> this is the problem with the debate format. the raise your hand if you do this or that doesnt allow for nuance or discussion about what you are talking about. this is a gotcha style of politics. so ill call fake news on that and say we need a sub stative discussion of -- substantive discussion of how it exists. if you have a debate with ten people it doesnt l...

Incredibly effective. she has been making the case that she can prosecute trump. yesterday she demonstrated that she can prosecute trump. >> listen to what joe biden said today about what he and the obama administration did in areas of concern. the kind of thing you would have expected him to try to say last night. he was talking about with the differently justice did during their time. lets listen to this. >> our department of justice investigated abuse, including ferguson. the obama-biden comm...

Differently justice did during their time. lets listen to this. >> our department of justice investigated abuse, including ferguson. the obama-biden commuted more sentences than the 13 previous presidents combined. we passed the support -- >> i think we can now see that the prepared speech is going to be joe bidens strength in this campaign and who knows what his future is in the debate format. >> it was interesting. the debate was interesting because he didnt bring up as much energy as i expect...

Policy. he doepts like that scripted debate format. as far as pete buttigieg, were told anyway didnt do practicing where there are nine people standing right next to him. that he was practicing in other ways. and we did hear from a kamala harris, her camp. they sayy he she has been doing debate prep. we dont have details about that. but she did watch the debate last night and did take note and they are making slight adjustment because of the format not the content is changed in what she presents...

Candidates on each stage, a crowded debate stage, only a minute for the candidates to answer the questions posed to them by the moderators. for elizabeth warren, her campaign has been based around detailed policy proposals so she has been trying to boil them down to a bite-sized version for the debate, and earlier this month, joe biden talked about the debate format. take a listen. >> a little bit of an exaggeration to call it a debate because theres no much time. its like a lightning round. its...

Circumstance so biden and warren are best in position for this process. >> is there an element of warren being left out? with and her team hoping to give her the stage with the top banana so she could show her metal and stand up to biden on a debate stage? >> if i was elizabeth warren, here is why. she gets an opportunity to shine in a way where she could not only other stage. lets be clear this is not going to be a true debate. this will be a quick for him, too many people are participating and...

>> thats the kind of supreme court justice you want. to answer your question to me would be the perfect stump speech to win a democratic nomination. whoever gives that stump speech will be -- i hope its barnacle running. he can win with new hampshire until they find his high school yearbook. youre right, kasie. that type of message will be opposed by a democrat. >> 2016, look how trump ran those debates. you got to have somebody who can stand up and go toe to toe in that debate format. weve seen...

I want to be -- is the president of the united states allowed to come into the debate format -- you probably have 25 people watching -- is he allowed to sit in the front row watching lou barletta destroy in the debate bob casey? am i allowed to do that? if i am, i will be there. i will be there. that will be great entertainmen entertainment. that will be great entertainment. ive seen this one before. hes tough. so, i want to thank republican leadership, because america is winning again. [cheers ...

>> i will play devils advocate for a second here. so in order to get on this bill, there is something called a motion to proceed which is a simple majority. 51 votes to get back to restart debate that kind of fell apart last time. the question is, if republicans, if john mccain votes for that, if they get 51 republicans to vote for that, can they resolve some of these differences, some of the senators problems in an amendment, a debate format, a debate structure. i would say no. my inclination i...