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Nights ten democratic candidates will face-off in the debate in detroit. back in 2016 president trump won michigan by a slim margin just nearly 11,000 votes more than hillary clinton and more than 75,000 voters in the state refused to cast a ballot for any presidential candidate. our randi kaye went to michigan to see what voters had to say about the candidate and talked with ten undecided voters, two republicans. three democrat and five independent. here is what they had to say. >> i really wis...

Candidate is tough. >> i think bernie sanders has been saying the same thing for the last 30 years and truth really matters today. >> who else is leaning, frank? >> castro. i like his executive experience. san antonio is a bustling city and i like his marshall plan as a way to address immigration issues. >> this democrat likes elizabeth warren but more interested in kamala harris. >> im looking for someone who has an agenda for african americans and has something with meat behind it and camillka...

Last 40 years average americans havent had a pay increase in real terms, weve got to focus on how to make everybodys lives better. >> when it comes to the presidential race heres what you told politico. you said maybe all the rules are gone. maybe every single rule is gone. tell me what you mean by that. >> well, i just think, look, this president between his lies and misstatements dividing us by race, by gender, by geography. i mean everything we would expect is normalized is changing a lot. wh...

Increase in real terms. we have focus on how to make everybodys lives better not divide us. and give everybody a fair shot at a better future. >> when it comes to the presidential race. you said maybe all the rules are gone. maybe every rule is gone. what do you mean? >> i think this president between his lies and misstatements, dividing us by race and gender, geography. everyone that we would expect as normalized is changing and you look at we are now in the age of celebrity. obama is a first t...

Secretary castro, does who pays for the mitigation to climate, whether its building seawalls, for people that are perhaps living in places that they shouldnt be living, is this a federal government issue that needs to do that? do they have to move these people? what do you do about that where maybe theyre building a house some place that isnt safe. who pays to build that house, and how much should the government be bailing them out? >> well, i dont think that represents the vast majority of the ...

Essence of joe biden which is that hes got all of this experience, it can become a distraction, and it can become a burden. i would urge him, if i were on his team, i would urge him to say less about that frankly, or if theres going to be a foreign policy question, pivot immediately to the chaos thats happening at the border. to the fact that what he talks about, being able to rally the nations, lead the free world, and develop policies that will support a safer and more secure world are not bei...

Always have their favorite assortment of cliches and bromides to choose from. >> we need to make sure everyone has a living wage. >> immigrants, they do not diminish america, they are america. >> diversity is a strength. >> equal pay for equal work in this country. >> laura: okay, whether they acknowledge it publicly or not, the dams now know, and everyone on stage knew that most americans think president trump has accomplished a heck of a lot in his first two and a half years, from trade deals ...

This race with executive experience and a track record of getting things done. when i was mayor of antonio, we moved and shifted from coal-fired plants to solar and other renewables and also created more than 800 jobs doing that. when i was hud secretary, we worked on the national disaster resilience competition to try to rebuild from natural disasters in a sustainable way. thats the way to make sure we are all safer in the years to come and we combat climate change. the first thing i would do l...

Border. we have planes approximate helicopters. boets and guns and security cameras. well maintain a secure border. we wont engage in the cruelty we have seen on display with the trump administration. >> i want to mention, you spiked 2400% in the google debate. how you take this forward? you have momentum tonight. how do you move forward? >> first of all i hope folks go to my web site. and help me move it forward. contributing $5, $10 to the campaign. i had to sneak that in. also its true that p...

Discussion wrong. when was the democratic party strong, for decades when we were clearly the party of working people, and we did bold things to change peoples lives. things i talk about, what ive done in new york i want to do for the country. pre-k for all children free. paid sick leave for working people. $15 minimum wage. these are things that improve peoples lives. when they hear those ideas, theyre like wait, thats about me, about my family, thats what i need. that presents democrats as the ...