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They didn't even get to trump really until halfway through. and those eight candidates on the debate stage really hoping that it was their moment to break through. >> the race for the white house takes flight. >> reporter: eight republican presidential hopefuls taking the national stage in milwaukee in their first primary debate. in the absence of former president trump, the party frontrunner, the fight for air time was on. >> we need to send joe biden back to his basement. >> the truth is that biden didn't do this to us. >> i'm the best prepared, the most tested, the most qualified and proven...

After doing his sean hannity interview, blew off the spin room which i thought was odd. chris christie did not show up. to me he didn't have the perfect night but he had a lot of big nights, big hits, remember when he hit vivek ramaswamy because vivek came out and said i have an odd name and skinny arms and i know it's hard to say and he goes here's who i am. the last person who said that was barack obama, the crowd loved it, called me ai candidate. but i don't know why he did not show up in the spin room. i thought governor ron desantis had to be solid and he was. he'll be joining us live in ...

E elephant in the in the room. he's going to turn himself in for his fourth indictment in the last several months, these eight candidates on stage polling behind him, the close st by som 20 points, were hoping this was their breakout moment. eight republican hopefuls taking the stage in milwaukee in their first primary debate. in the absence of former president trump, the party front runner, the fight air time was on. >> we need to send joe biden back to his basement. >> the truth is that biden didn't do this to us. >> i'm best prepared, the most tested, the most qualified and proven conservat...

It was another reminder that even for some republicans who young voters clearly, whether they're republicans, democrats or independents are really galvanized by this issue of climate change, and yet for the older echelons of the party that are running on this stage, they are still very much in the state of if not outright denying that it's happening, then certainly trying to ignore the issue altogether. >> nobody raised their hand when she said raise your hand if you think humans have something to do with climate change, and of course you saw desantis just take it and try to dismiss that. than...

Pledge. sophia kai, i think the question i have, what i talk about with my sources is, what is the impact of trump not being on the stage? >> i mean, i think it's huge. now, instead of attacking him to his face, and he can respond, they are attacking him with the air time that he might have otherwise gotten. >> yeah. >> this is huge for some of the other candidates, and it really gives voters a chance to hear what, you know, these other candidates have to say. >> yeah. it also means that trump doesn't have to respond to those attacks in real time. he's right, they can go up -- he can go up a p...