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Attack the president, especially on issues like moral clarity, which i found surprising given the images of immigration and being separated from their families and pouncing on the trump administration and the policies over that over the last couple of weeks. i'm surprised that that didn't come up more. i think it showed how much the debate stage was set to draw distinction between themselves before they can pivot. >> 494 days to the election i'm being told. >> that's a blink of an eye. m.j.'s point is they treated this as a primary. they have to be different. john, they're going for it. the ot...

This morning you might say it's time for the hangover in the first 2020 debate binge. the first half of the democratic debates were last night. what did the voters think about it. we sent martin savidge to a bar, or as he likes to call it, a pub. getting people's reaction of what they thought while this was going on. >> reporter: it's true dedication on my part, john. i have to tell you, most people, democrats in south carolina are very familiar with these candidates because most of the candidates were in south carolina just a couple of days ago all speaking at the democratic state convention....

Inherited, you know, a lot of money prfrom his dad. there were a lot of talk about hard scrabble youth and i think warren did enough because i think the pressure was on her to do enough. otherwise i'd say julian castro was the most animated on the issue that seemed to captivate the crowd, which was immigration. >> john? >> i think booker had a strong night. elizabeth warren was the front-runner. those trending in the polls did themselves a favor. not just jewel yes castro. congressman ryan had a very empassioned argument rooted in personal experience about the working class and the democratic ...

On tv far more than the cross talk. >> what he did there was to prove or try to prove that this is the original moment. let's play that right there. >> watching that image of oskar and his daughter is heartbreaking. it should also piss us all off. if i were president today -- [ applause ] >> and it should spur us to action. if i were president today i would sign an executive order that gets rid of trump's zero tolerance policy, remain in mexico policy and the metering policy. the metering policy is what prompted them to make the risky swim across the way. >> he's also, john, we're talking abou...

It's not enough to say i'm going to take all of the money from the rich and take it from the poor. how? there is a reality litmus test for someone who wants to be president of the united states. >> joe biden is on stage tonight, that's going to be the huge difference. he's the front-runner. he's polling over 30% in the polls. he probably watched last night and thought, you know what, they didn't lay a finger on me. >> yeah, no, they focused on each other and on telling their own stories. if i want to pick up on john's point a little bit. i really do think that this race is kind of a risk asses...