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>> and having that fund-raising, obviously that's 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 you're 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 stronger and stronger and stronger. i have always said that i don't want to be a flash in the pan candida...

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 don't 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 that's what's happening. >> in terms of your policy platform, you were the first candidate among all the myriad of democratic candidates to put out a full immigration proposal. it's part of ...

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 i've seen here today. >> ten on the stage tonight. you're in miami anyway. immigration was going to come up, obviously, given the news we've seen, horrific image that came out tonight, issues with the detention centers. it comes at a time, did you reporting on this in politico, where progressive grou...

Castro has the same idea. >> and beto o'rourke 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 don't want people to say that anymore. they wants what they want. jedediah: elizabeth warren setting the tonal for what this debate will look like. rails to the left. she is telling you off the...

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 someone's zip code. >> chris, this is a guy who spent decades thinking about being president. he's had four years to think about this run for president. and he's 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, it's fascinating for me to watch this kind of no. i will say, i think the voters don't pun issue that much for flopping toward them....