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She said initially lets have that conversation and later tried to clean it up. how convinced are you that kamala harris has staying power? >> she appears to have it, but again, this is a snapshot. lets see what happens when she has her records scrubbed over. she has not gone through the scrutiny yet that biden has over time, and that bernie sanders did last year. this is her first time at the rodeo, if you will. and theres a lot she has to show that she can stand up to whatever criticism comes, ...

Hes not delivered on the economy, and i think the best person to do that is someone like me thats from those areas. >> when you look at the movement that kamala harris has gotten in the polls since that debate. the positive movement for her, and the negative movement for joe biden, do you attribute that to the issues, the issues that she stressed there? there are some folks that are saying, it would push the party to the left. do you think thats where democratic voters are responding to? or the ...

Kamala harris rising now. you saw those answers the candidates gave on stage. that idea the democratic party is moving to the left. what do you make of it? >> i think that theres a lot at play here. quite obviously. i guess that doesnt need to be said. but im saying it. a lot at play here. i think one of the aspects of joe biden, he came out of the gates and he said im the guy who can beat donald trump. im going to focus on donald trump. look at me, talking about donald trump, with the presumpti...

Documented by these lawyers, they actually denied all of it. they didnt acknowledge a single bit of it, even though the lawyers had so, so detailed these toddlers running around in shirts that had not been washed, full of snot and tears. they denied all of it. in fact, they pointed to the toothbrushes and said they were there. it was blaming the children. they werent using those toothbrushes. >> just to be clear what youre saying, are you saying that the folks managing and running the facility, ...

Economically viable system. i want our country -- >> to be clear -- when you say be firm, does that mean youre against the idea of decriminalizing it, and shifting to a civil penalty for border crossings? are you against that, is that what youre saying by firm? if you are a criminal, if youre trying to come to this country and sell drugs, if youre here for some nefarious purpose, those should be tried as criminal acts through the immigration laws, period end of story. >> folks who -- thats not t...

Next year in the democratic primaries will be by black voters. if kamala harris can put together african-americans and white liberals, we have seen that coalition work in a democratic primary before. you can ask barack obama about it, because its what got him the nomination back in 2008. also, a gender gap in this poll a bit for kamala harris. among men, shes at 14%. among women, she leads. shes at 24%. biden, 22% in both of them, and one other poll to tell you about today. this one out of iowa....

Idea that we have to put them somewhere, and the trump administration is doing all that it can. its really incumbent upon us as democrats to really be forceful about the message and the narrative there. >> basil, susan, and philip are sticking around because theres new polling out on 2020. we have to talk about it. but first, heading to the big board. back after this. er this. -keith used to be great to road-trip with. but since he bought his house... are you going 45? -uh, yes. 55 is a suggesti...

Care of them, but under u.s. law, theyre not allowed to be that childs guardian, so they have to be sent to another facility. >> okay, julia, thank you for taking a few minutes. appreciate that. and democratic congresswoman judy chu from california was in that group of lawmakers who got a look inside some of these migrant detention centers down in texas. she joins me now. congresswoman, thank you for taking a few minutes. the conditions you saw, we gave folks a sense of what you and your deleg...

>> as you can see, the democratic lawmakers are angry, and just a few hours ago, the chairman of the house judiciary committee advocated for criminal charges against the administration. >> all the people in the administration who have done this, who have permitted it, are guilty of child abuse. which is a crime. we ought to prosecute. >> the administration right now is defending the work of these border agencies. in some cases theyre saying theyre doing the best they can given the surge in borde...

Are people in the democratic party who are much more progressive than joe biden, who see him as out of touch, and who dont really are thrilled about voting for him, but they want to see trump lose. if they have the sense of biden has to do it, and kamala harris coming at him so hard and effectively, made people wonder is that how hes going to handle the campaign. >> kamala harris is getting her moment in the spotlight. polling right here is going to keep this attention going for a while. i think...