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I mean, you actually got them debating about issues beyond the subtleties in a universal health care plan. >> well thank you, joe. i official set out to really try to have a substantive exchange between the candidates and think we got that. in this case, the feeling going into this debate was that senator warren and mayor pete buttigieg, they were going to go at it. they had been trading back and forth about whether or not elizabeth warren was demonizing the private sector work and pete buttigie...

Pent-up feeling. i agree with you. after the break, wine caves and purity tests. last nights democratic debates. highlights next. c debates. highlights next. important right, because if he could beat americas biggest gun lobby, helping pass background check laws and defeat nra backed politicians across this country, beat big coal, helping shut down hundreds of polluting plants and beat big tobacco, helping pass laws to save the next generation from addiction. all against big odds you can beat hi...

To put our national security and our country over party. >> our politics has become so tribal now. think, you have a democratic member of congress who is now going to switch parties. and it may be simply because he couldnt politically survive in the democratic party by opposing impeachment. is that -- what does that tell you? should the democratic party be a big enough tent that you can vote against impeachment and stay a good standing member of the democratic party or not? >> well, i do think w...

Seen strength with biden. no the because -- not because he has this great idea but because voters feel like he could beat president be-- president bush -i mean president trump. >> history in the last -- go on. [ laughter ] >> that is how long shes been around. >> 1988. >> well yeah, but i think -- so i think that is what this is coming down to. when you have people choosing between buttigieg and warren, these are two totally different candidates. so theyre not just looking at policy there. >> yo...

Fundraisers. he should release his bundling. >> i certainly think it would be a good idea for her to release tax returns as i have covering your entire career in the private sector. ainsley: well, now both campaigns are responding. mayor pete buttigieg pete naming the clients he worked for while warren revealed she made $2 million over three decades as a bankruptcy lawyer. brian: overall about 5 million. will these so-called democrats purity tests backfire. lets ask ceo of peebles corporation tw...

Cigarettes. the former trump national security adviser john bolton tweeting today hes been forced to stay silent on twitter in recent weeks. bolton in his first two tweets claiming his quote was acted, quote, unfairly. we should also note that bolton, now that hes tweeting again, has refused to appear thus far as a witness in the impeachment inquiry. president obama weighing in on the 2020 campaign. he has a message for democrats. chill out. anyone who is nervous about the field of democrati...

Better word. i want to do a dramatic reading from an essay that appears on cnn.com this morning. and i quote. lets be clear, democratic voters in lexington, kentucky, are not the voters in the bronx. if democrats are serious about expanding our lead in the u.s. hows and flipping the u.s. senate, we must understand the purity test making sure the candidates ideology lines up perfectly with their partys do not work. that was written by bakari sellers. >> oh, my goodness. so i wholeheartedly agree ...

Have to as doug was saying, we cant fall prey to these purity tests. thats what i wrote on cnn.com. we cannot fall bray to these purity tests. while we had a unpopular president in donald trump, yes, it was a rebuke against him, we had amazing candidates last night run on issues that mattered to their electorate. an anna beshear did not run through kentucky i can be further left than anyone else, he ran on issued to kentuckians, what works in the bronx doesnt mean it will work in paducah or loui...

Joined by one of his senior advisers in the white house, valerie jarrett. shes also author of the book "finding my voice: my journey to the west wing and the path forward." ms. jared, thank you for being with us. i was as some of the old ladies in church, overjoyed when i heard the president say that. because isnt it a dangerous pattern and even slightly arrogant when some on the left are giving purity tests and not moving forward and not trying to do things in a way that will benefit americans ...

Then i can sit back and feel good about myself. you see how woke i was. i called you out. get on tv. watch my show. watch grownish. you know, thats not activism. thats not bringing about change. >> whos that message for, is that a message for democrats right there? >> i think in part and people running. but certainly for the party. i think at times the reaction to donald trump has been to kind of put out these purity tests that say if you dont meet these bars, if youre not with me on every singl...