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how to prepare when your opponent plays fast and loose with the facts. top of the hour with a good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we begin with extreme weather, with more than 90 million americans under heat alerts as temperatures reach triple digits in some areas. at the columbus, ohio zoo, workers are working around the clock to keep those animals cool. our polar bears have a cool pool. they also have access to an air-conditioned building. are red pandas have boxes and they have air-conditioning in them, and we allow that has many choices and options as possible, so they can use the environment to alleviate themselves from the seat. meanwhile, people are flocking to the beach today from some relief from the sweltering temperatures. we have several reporters in place covering all these developers for us. we will begin with nbc s george sully s outside a hospital in philadelphia. i hope it is n ....
Tapper and chris cuomo. hello, everyone. i m jake tapper in ohio tonight a shift in the dynamic on stage. whatever democratic voters out there might think. it seemed clear who the democratic presidential candidates think is the front runner. senator warren. she was the one taking most of the incoming fire this evening. as all of the candidates made their case on healthcare and foreign policy. and impeachment and who among them can beat donald trump. i m here with chris cuomo. we ll be joined by several candidates. let s bring in the team of great political mind and get thoughts. john king. your take away? i agree the candidates on the stage clearly thought it was in ....
Distressed. that there were disagreements going on on stage. and people were saying things that could be used against the nominee. how much did that thought come across your head? i thought it was an excellent debate. it was a cordial debate. with 12 people go. people were warm to each other and have disagreements on policy. that s what this is about. do i wish we would have focussed more on economic issues? sure. talk about education. there will be other times. what we have to remember is that if we re going to bring people in and win big, we have to focus on the things that matter to them. take the case to donald trump. and also understand that there s not just one way of doing business. and just because you think something different. i don t want to kick 149 million americans off health insurance in four years. that doesn t mean that my ideas aren t good. ....
Delawa blasio seemed a bit thir. he tried to pull the party to the left in interesting ways, but overall, i like that trump was not at the center of the debate. i like the fact that this democratic field decided to double down on substance. that what we are living in is a moment where there s an assault on seriousness. we have to deal with the white house every sing is tle day. so we had people on stage going through substantive policy is issues. not only talking substantiative policy is, but also making it a very boring night for fact checkers who haven t slept for two and a half years. i mean, seriously, the fact checkers last night that s a good point. they had had the night off. there was a line that was going to be fact checked, which was that terrorists in gitmo have better health care policy than refugees. ....
Important aspect of immigration policy that would make sure, guarantee we end family separations. that s why i wanted to make clear, not just for beto, but as you recall, i challenged every other candidate in this race to join me in calling for the repeal of section 1325. beto was on stage last night. i will say, we re going through these debates. i think with the voter it does make a difference as to whether somebody is on the stage with you or not. because if somebody is not on the stage with you, people wonder, well, why are you talking about somebody that s not on the stage. they are not there to defend themselves. so i wanted to focus on the people that were there on the stage. so there s this debate going on in the party, we saw it on the stage last night between the left and the right. left and the center, not the left and the right. where do you fit in this? you re hud secretary, where do ....