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>> and having that fund-raising, obviously thats a demonstration of strength in terms of your organizational capacity. practically what does that mean in terms of hiring staff or what do you plan to do with the money youre raising? >> capitalize on this momentum. staffing up. getting organizers on the ground. at the headquarters in san antonio and just the ability to compete. as you know and folks know out there, it takes money, it takes resources, and so i just see this campaign getting stronge...

Staffing up. at the headquarters in san antonio and just the ability to compete. as you know and folks know out there, it takes money, it takes resources, and so i just see this campaign getting stronger and stronger and stronger. i have always said that i dont want to be a flash in the pan candidate. i want to build a campaign that gets stronger between now and february 3rd, 2020, when iowa caucuses, and thats whats happening. >> in terms of your policy platform, you were the first candidate am...

This. and part of the reason is because this is wrong. we should not be doing this and part of the reason is we do not need for-profit companies that then come in and lobby washington to keep our broken immigration. if it comes up at the debate tonight i am glad to have a chance to talk about what ive seen here today. >> ten on the stage tonight. youre in miami anyway. immigration was going to come up, obviously, given the news weve seen, horrific image that came out tonight, issues with the det...

Castro has the same idea. >> and beto orourke likes that too. steve: leading groups today demand that 2020 hopefuls embrace this decriminalizing the border crossing and closure of detention centers. they want candidates to sign on to their free to move, free to stay policy platform and platform tells the candidates to stop using, among other things, the expression comprehensive immigration reform. they dont want people to say that anymore. they wants what they want. jedediah: elizabeth warren se...

Right. if i believe health care is a right, as i do, i can no longer support an amendment that makes that right, dependent on someones zip code. >> chris, this is a guy who spent decades thinking about being president. hes had four years to think about this run for president. and hes writing his policy platform in front of a live audience. it is also a bit insulting to the voters to not have thought this through beforehand and have your principles if you want, its fascinating for me to watch thi...

The whole field basically has come out against the hyde amendment, right? biden stands alone in his support for it. tonight he came out to reverse himself and this is how he did it. take a listen. >> we now see so many republican governors denying health care to millions of the most poorest, most vulnerable americans by refusing even medicaid expansion. i cant justify leaving millions of women without access to the care they need and the ability to exercise their constitutionally protected right...

>> i just like pastries. bill marr warning democrats they are losing the messaging battle. >> the millennial vote will not be won the tweeting or emojis or calling your budget plan fire. they can smell desperation through their phones so cut the crap and do you. >> reporter: the democratic party have a policy platform. trump the message enough? is the founder of turning point usa, charlie kirk, great to have you. im looking at this thinking to myself this is the tip of the inciting iceberg. what...

Im yasmin vossoughian. alongside nbc news white house correspondent geoff bennett. it is the bottom of the hour. lets start with the top stories. a new poll of south carolinas democratic primary has former vice president joe biden far ahead but a sizable group remains undecided. the open-ended survey saying they did not provide names. 37% said biden. 10% chose bernie sanders. 8% go to elizabeth warren. kamala harris gets 7%. buttigieg at 3%. and booker at 2%. former vice president and 2020 dem...

Communities that are been left behind. what we are doing to provide health care, to tackle prescription drugs. we have to have a positive agenda for the american people. i think thats what nancy pelosi is focused on. >> harris: so, kamala harris moving her way up to the front of the pack for democratic candidates, is also a senator in the largest state in the union. thats california. and she wants to prosecute president trump. thats a lot. >> first of all, i think it must be a delight to be a de...

Putting out a robust policy platform, whether it is taxing the rich, we saw her proposal breaking up the big tech companies. and i think this town hall is going to play to those strengths. when youve seen her campaigning in iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, at every single event she will take questions from voters. and that is what we expect to see her tonight at cnns town hall. and she really sort of thrives on that. and clearly personally enjoys getting these very wonky policy-driven questi...