>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE "PBS NEWSHOUR"/POLITICO DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE.

FROM LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

I'M JUDY WOODRUFF.

(APPLAUSE) THANK YOU.

I'M JOINED TONIGHT BY MY FELLOW MODERATORS, POLITICO CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT TIM ALBERTA.

(APPLAUSE) "PBS NEWSHOUR" SENIOR NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT AMNA NAWAZ.

(APPLAUSE) AND "PBS NEWSHOUR" WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT YAMICHE ALCINDOR.

(APPLAUSE) AND, NOW, PLEASE GREET TONIGHT'S CANDIDATES.

THEY ARE BUSINESSMAN ANDREW YANG.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) SOUTH BEND, INDIANA MAYOR PETE BUTTIGIEG.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) HAVEVERMONT SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) MINNESOTA SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) AND BUSINESSMAN TOM TOM STEYER.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) WELCOME TO ALL, AND WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK TO BEGIN THE DEBATE.

>> LOOK WHAT'S UPHAG TO THE AMERICAN WORKERS, THEY'RE BEING STIFLED.

IT HAS TO END.

>> WE ARE THE ONLY MAJOR COUNTRY ON EARTH NOT TO GUARANTEE HEALTHCARE TO ALL PEOPLE.

>> THEY WANT WHAT IT TAKES TO BE PART OF AMERICA'S MIDDLE CLASS.

EVERYBODY DESERVES A LIVING WAGE IN THIS COUNTRY.

>> THE PROPOSALS I'M PUTTING FORWARD WOULD MAKE ME THE MOST PROGRESSIVE PRESIDENT IN MY LIFETIME.

>> IF PEOPLE ARE TIRED TO HAVE THE EXTREMES IN OUR POLITICS, THEY'VE GOT A HOME WITH ME.

>> WE HAVE A BROKEN GOVERNMENT IN WASHINGTON, D.C. >> WHAT WE NEED IS A NEW VOICE AND A NEW SET OF SOLUTIONS.

>> WELCOME BACK.

A QUICK REMINDER TO HAVE RULES FOR THIS DEBATE.

EACH CANDIDATE HAS ONE MINUTE AND 15 SECONDS TO ANSWER DIRECT QUESTIONS FROM THE MODERATORS, AND 45 SECONDS TO ANSWER REBUTTAL AND FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS.

TONIGHT'S PODIUM ORDER ON THE STAGE WAS DETERMINED BY AN AVERAGE OF RECENT POLLS.

AND LET'S BEGIN.

TO THE CANDIDATES, LAST NIGHT, AT THIS HOUR, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES VOTED FOR ONLY THE THIRD TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY TO IMPEACH A PRESIDENT.

EVERY ONE OF YOU WAS IN FAVOR OF THIS ACTION, BUT UNLIKE 1974 AND PRESIDENT NIXON, CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS HAVE, SO FAR, NOT CONVINCED A STRONG MAJORITY OF AMERICANS TO SUPPORT IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT TRUMP.

WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS, AND WHAT CAN YOU SAY OR DO DIFFERENTLY IN THE COMING WEEKS TO PERSUADE MORE AMERICANS THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO?

I WANT TO ASK ALL OF YOU TO RESPOND, BUT TO BEGIN WITH VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN.

>> YOU KNOW, JUDY, IT WAS A CONSTITUTIONAL NECESSITY FOR THE HOUSE TO ACT AS IT DID.

AND, YOU KNOW, TRUMP'S RESPONSE TO SUGGEST THAT ONLY HALF OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT TO SEE HIM THROWN OUT OF OFFICE NOW IS DUMBING DOWN THE PRESIDENCY BEYOND WHAT I EVEN THOUGHT HE WOULD DO.

IS IT ANY WONDER IF YOU LOOK AT THE INTERNATIONAL POLLING THAT THE BEEN DONET THAT THE CHINESE LEADER IS RATED ABOVE THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT OR THAT VLADIMIR PUTIN CONGRATULATED HIM SAYING, STAND FAST AND, IN FACT, IT WAS A MISTAKE TO IMPEACH HIM.

YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO RESTORE THE INTEGRITY OF THE PRESIDENCY, OF THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY, AND IT'S ABOUT TIME WE GET THAT UNDERWAY.

MY JOB AND I THINK THE JOB OF ALL OF US UP HERE IS TO, IN FACT -- WELL THAT'S NOT TRUE, SOME WILL ACTUALLY BE VOTING IN THE SENATE -- BUT MY JOB IS TO GO OUT AND MAKE THE CASE OF WHY HE DOESN'T DESERVE TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS.

>> SENATOR SANDERS, WHY DO YOU THINK MORE PEOPLE ARE NOT IN SUPPORT OF IMPEACHMENT AND WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO?

>> WELL, JUDY, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO IS A PATHOLOGICAL LIAR, WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO IS RUNNING THE MOST CORRUPT ADMINISTRATION IN THE MODERN HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY, AND WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO IS A FRAUD, AS DURING HIS CAMPAIGN, HE TOLD WORKING PEOPLE ONE THING, AND HE ENDED UP DOING SOMETHING ELSE.

I BELIEVE, AND I WILL PERSONALLY BE DOING THIS IN THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS, IS MAKING THE CASE THAT WE HAVE A PRESIDENT HO HAS SOLD OUT THE WORKING FAMILIES OF THIS COUNTRY, WHO WANTS TO CUT SOCIAL SECURITY MEDICARE AND MEDICAID AFTER HE PROMISED HE WOULD NOT DO THAT, AND WHO HAS DOCUMENTEDLY LIED THOUSANDS OF TIMES SINCE HE WAS PRESIDENT, AND THE CASE IS TO BE MADE, CERTAINLY I DISAGREE WITH TRUMP ON ALMOST ALL HIS POLICIES, BUT WHAT CONSERVATIVES, I THINK, UNDERSTAND, IS THAT WE CANNOT HAVE A PRESIDENT WITH THAT TEMPERAMENT WHO IS DISHONORING THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES.

(APPLAUSE) >> SENATOR WARREN, WHY DO YOU THINK MORE AMERICANS DON'T AGREE THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO, AND WHAT MORE CAN YOU SAY?

>> SO I SEE THIS AS A CONSTITUTIONAL MOMENT.

LAST NIGHT, THE PRESIDENT WAS IMPEACHED, AND EVERYONE NOW IN THE SENATE WHO HAS TAKEN A CONSTITUTIONAL OATH TO UPHOLD OUR CONSTITUTION -- AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN LOYALTY TO AN INDIVIDUAL, IT DOESN'T MEAN LOYALTY TO A POLITICAL PARTY, IT MEANS LOYALTY TO OUR COUNTRY -- AND THAT VOTE WILL PLAY OUT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS.

BUT THE WAY I SEE THIS IS WE'VE NOW SEEN THE IMPACT OF CORRUPTION, AND THAT'S WHAT'S CLEARLY ON THE STAGE IN 2020 IS HOW WE ARE GOING TO RUN AGAINST THE MOST CORRUPT PRESIDENT IN LIVING HISTORY.

YOU KNOW, THIS PRESIDENT HAS MADE CORRUPTION ORIGINALLY HIS ARGUMENT THAT HE WOULD DRAIN THE SWAMP, AND, YET, HE CAME TO WASHINGTON, BROKE THAT PROMISE, AND HAS DONE EVERYTHING HE CAN FOR THE WEALTHY AND THE WELL CONNECTED, FROM TAX BREAKS TO AMBASSADORSHIPS.

WE HAVE TO PROSECUTE THE CASE AGAINST HIM, AND THAT MEANS WE NEED A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT WHO CAN DRAW THE SHARPEST DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE CORRUPTION OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND A DEMOCRAT WHO IS WILLING TO GET OUT AND FIGHT NOT FOR THE WEALTHY AND WELL CONNECTED BUT TO FIGHT FOR EVERYONE ELSE.

THAT'S WHY I'M IN THIS RACE.

(APPLAUSE) >> SENATOR KLOBUCHAR, WHAT ARGUMENT CAN YOU MAKE TO PERSUADE MORE AMERICANS THIS IS THE RIGHT THING?

>> LET ME MAKE THE CASE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

AS A WISE JUDGE SAID, THE PRESIDENT IS NOT KING IN AMERICA, THE LAW IS KING, AND WHAT JAMES MADISON ONCE SAID WHEN HE WAS SPEAKING OUT AT THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION -- AND, BY THE WAY, I THINK HE'S A PRETTY GOOD SIZE FOR A PRESIDENT, HE WAS FIVE-FOOT-FOUR.

WHAT HE SAID, HE SAID THE REASON WE HAVE THESE IMPEACHMENT ARTICLES IN THE CONSTITUTION, THAT THE PROVISIONS ARE IN THERE, IS BECAUSE HE FEARED THAT A PRESIDENT WOULD BETRAY THE TRUST OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR A FOREIGN POWER.

THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED HERE.

WATERGATE, THIS IS A GLOBAL WATERGATE.

IN THE CASE OF WATERGATE A PARANOID PRESIDENT FACING ELECTION LOOKED FOR DIRT ON A POLITICAL OPPONENT, HE DID IT BY GETTING PEOPLE TO BREAK IN.

THIS PRESIDENT DID IT BY CALLING A FOREIGN LEADER TO LOOK FOR DIRT ON A POLITICAL OPPONENT, AND I WOULD MAKE THIS CASE: AS WE FACE THIS TRIAL IN THE SENATE, IF THE PRESIDENT CLAIMS THAT HE IS SO INNOCENT, THEN WHY DOESN'T HE HAVE ALL THE PRESIDENTS MEN TESTIFY?

RICHARD NIXON HAD HIS TOP PEOPLE TESTIFY.

(APPLAUSE) HE SHOULD BE HEARING FROM MULVANEY, WHO IS THE ONE UNDER OATH.

WITNESSES HAVE SAID MULVANEY IS THE ONE THAT SAID, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO WITHHOLD THIS AID TO A FLDGLING DEMOCRACY TO GET DIRT ON A POLITICAL OPPONENT.

WE SHOULD HEAR FROM BOLTEN WHO TOLD HIS OWN STAFF TO GET A LAWYER AFTER HE MET WITH THE PRESIDENT.

THAT IS THE CASE.

IF PRESIDENT TRUMP THINKS HE SHOULD NOT BE IMPEACHED, HE SHOULD NOT BE SCARED TO PUT FORWARD HIS OWN WITNESSES.

(APPLAUSE) >> MAYOR BUTTIGIEG, WHAT ADDITIONAL ARGUMENT CAN YOU MAKE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE?

>> AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS BEYOND PUBLIC OPINIONS, THIS IS BEYOND POLLS, THIS IS BEYOND POLITICS.

THE PRESIDENT LEFT THE HOUSE WITH NO CHOICE, AND I THINK A LOT OF US ARE WATCHING THIS PROCESS, WATCHING WASHINGTON GO THROUGH THE MOTIONS, AND NOT EXPECTING MUCH BUT A FOREGONE CONCLUSION WHEN IT GETS TO THE SENATE.

WE CANNOT GIVE IN TO THAT SENSE OF HELPLESSNESS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT.

THEY WANT US TO BE TAKEN IN BY THAT CYNICISM TO WHERE WE GIVE UP ON THE PROCESS ALTOGETHER.

MEANWHILE, THEIR ALLIES ARE LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK.

AS WE SEE POLICIES THAT LET GIANT CORPORATIONS, SOME OF WHICH MADE BILLIONS IN PROFITS, PAY NOT JUST ZERO, BUT AS WE'VE RECENTLY LEARNED NEGATIVE TAXES, ALL THE WHILE THEY BLOCK POLICIES THAT ACTUALLY BOOST WAGES FOR WORKING AMERICANS.

HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS -- IT'S UP TO US, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS IN THE SENATE, IT IS UP TO US IN 2020, THIS IS OUR CHANCE, TO REFUSE TO BE TAKEN IN BY THE HELPLESSNESS, TO REFUSE AND REJECT THE CYNICISM.

THAT IS WHAT THIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IS ABOUT.

IT IS WHAT MY CAMPAIGN IS ABOUT.

OUR OPPORTUNITY IN 2020, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS IN WASHINGTON, AS A COUNTRY, TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF THIS NATION FOR THE BETTER.

(APPLAUSE) >> MR.

I CAN'T THINK, WHAT MORE -- >> I'M OVER HERE.

MR.

I CAN'T YANG, WHAT MORE -- I'M SORRY, MR. STEYER.

>> LET ME REMIND EVERYONE, I STARTED THE NEED TO IMPEACH MOVEMENT OVER TWO YEARS AGO BECAUSE I -- (APPLAUSE) -- BECAUSE I BELIEVE WHAT COUNTS HERE IS ACTUALLY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE'S OPINION.

OVER 8 AND A HALF MILLION SIGNED THAT PETITION AND DRAGGED WASHINGTON INTO THE IDEA THAT, ACTUALLY, THE MOST CORRUPT PRESIDENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY, IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY, IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF POLITICAL TACTICS, IT'S A QUESTION OF RIGHT AND WRONG.

SO, NOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON, I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH SENATOR KLOBUCHAR.

THE QUESTION HERE IS IF WE WANT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON, WE NEED TO HAVE THE ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS TESTIFY ON TV SO WE CAN JUDGE.

THE COURT THAT COUNTS HERE IS THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION.

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE TO SEE THE TRUTH OF THESE ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS TESTIFYING UNDER OATH SO WE CAN MAKE UP OUR MIND.

IF WE WANT REPUBLICAN SENATORS TO DO THE RIGHT THING, WE NEED THEIR CONSTITUENTS TO SEE THE TRUTH ON TV AND TELL THEM, GET RID OF THIS GUY OR WE'LL GET RID OF YOU.

THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE IN.

I'M A BELIEVER IN THE GRASSROOTS AS AN OUTSIDER, GETTING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE'S VOICE TO COUNT, THAT'S WHO I TRUST AND THAT'S WHO I TRUST NOW.

>> MR. YANG.

IT'S CLEAR WHY AMERICANS CAN'T AGREE ON IMPEACHMENT, WE'RE GETTING NEWS FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES ANETH MAKING IT HARD TO AGREE ON BASIC FACTS.

CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL, LAST TIME ILL CHECKED, WAS SOMETHING LIKE 17%, AND AMERICANS DON'T TRUST THE MEDIA NETWORKS TO TELL THEM THE TRUTH.

THE MEDIA NETWORKS DIDN'T DO US FAVORS BY MISSING WHY DONALD TRUMP BECAME PRESIDENT IN THE FIRST PLACE.

IF YOUR TURN ON CABLE NETWORK NEWS TODAY, YOU WOULD THINK HE'S OUR PRESIDENT BECAUSE OF RUSSIA, Facebook, RACISM AND HILLARY CLINTON AND ALL MIXED TOGETHER.

WE BLASTED AWAY 4 MILLION MANUFACTURING JOBS PRIMARILY BASED IN OHIO, MICHIGAN, PENNSYLVANIA, WISCONSIN, MISSOURI.

I JUST LEFT IOWA.

WE BLASTED 40,000 MANUFACTURING JOBS THERE.

THE MORE WE ACT LIKE DONALD TRUMP IS THE CAUSE OF ALL OUR PROBLEMS, THE MORE AMERICANS LOSE TRUST THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND SOLVE THOSE PROBLEMS.

WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS WE HAVE TO STOP BEING OBSESSED OVER IMPEACHMENT, WHICH, UNFORTUNATELY, STRIKES MANY AMERICANS LIKE A BALL GAME WHERE YOU KNOW WHAT THE SCORE IS GOING TO BE, AND ACTUALLY START DIGGING IN AND SOLVING THE PROBLEMS THAT GOT DONALD TRUMP EELECTED IN THE FIRST PLACE.

WE HAVE TO TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT A NEW POSITIVE VISION FOR THE COUNTRY, A NEW WAY FORWARD TO HELP BEAT HIM IN 2020 BECAUSE, MAKE NO MISTAKE, HE WILL BE THERE AT THE BALLOT BOX FOR US TO DEFEAT.

>> THANK YOU, MR. YANG.

(APPLAUSE) LET'S TURN NOW TO AN ISSUE THAT IS ON THE MINDS OF ALL AMERICANS, AND THAT IS THE ECONOMY.

SENATOR SANDERS, TODAY, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES VOTED FOR A NEW BIPARTISAN TRADE AGREEMENT AMONG THE UNITED STATES CANADA AND MEXICO.

IT WAS SUPPORTED BY UNION-FRIENDLY LEADERS LIKE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI AND BIG LABOR GROUPS LIKE THE AFL-CIO.

THEY SAY IT IS GOING TO BE A BIG JOB CREATOR.

SENATOR, MY QUESTION IS WILL YOU SUPPORT THIS DEAL AND, IF NOT WHY NOT?

>> JUDY, YOU'RE TALKING TO SOMEBODY WHO, UNLIKE SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE, VOTED AGAINST NAFTA, VOTED AGAINST PNCR WITH CHINA, TWO AGREEMENTS THAT COST US OVER 4 MILLION DECENT PAYING JOBS.

NOW, I DON'T AGREE WITH YOUR STATEMENT THAT PEOPLE THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT JOB CREATOR.

THIS IS A MODEST IMPROVEMENT OVER WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

IT WOULD ALLOW, HOPEFULLY, MEXICAN WORKERS TO ORGANIZE INTO UNIONS, INDEPENDENT UNIONS AND BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE DECENT CONTRACTS, BUT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IN MY VIEW, IT IS NOT GOING TO STOP OUTSOURCING, IT IS NOT GOING TO STOP CORPORATIONS FROM MOVING TO MEXICO WHERE MANUFACTURING WORKERS MAKE LESS THAN $2 AN HOUR.

WHAT WE NEED IS A TRADE POLICY THAT STANDS UP FOR WORKERS, STANDS UP FOR FARMERS AND, BY THE WAY, THE WORD "CLIMATE CHANGE," TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, IS NOT DISCUSSED IN THIS NEW NAFTA AGREEMENT AT ALL, WHICH IS AN OUTRAGE.

SO, NO, I WILL NOT BE VOTING FOR THIS AGREEMENT, ALTHOUGH IT MAKES SOME MODEST IMPROVEMENTS.

>> SENATOR KLOBUCHAR.

I HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEW.

I WILL GO WITH MY FRIEND SHERROD BROWN WHO HAS VOTED AGAINST EVERY TRADE AGREEMENT THAT'S COME IN FRONT OF HIM AND HE'S VOTING FOR THIS AND I AM, TOO, AND THE REASON I AM VOTING FOR IT IS I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A CHANGE WITH THIS AGREEMENT.

I WOULD NOT HAVE VOTED FOR THE AGREEMENT THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP PUT FORWARD, BUT WE'VE GOT BETTER LABOR STANDARDS, BETTER ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS, AND A BETTER DEAL WHEN IT COMES TO THE PHARMACEUTICAL PROVISION, WHICH I ALSO OPPOSED.

95% OF OUR CUSTOMERS ARE OUTSIDE OUR BORDERS, AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE TRADE AGREEMENTS THAT ARE MORE FAIR BECAUSE, IF WE CAN ENCOURAGE WORK MADE IN AMERICA, EVERY TIME YOU HOLD SOMETHING IN YOUR HAND THAT SAYS "MADE IN AMERICA," IT IS THE INGENUITY OF OUR WORKERS, IT IS THE QUALITY OF A PRODUCT, IT IS EQUALITY OF OUR WORKERS AND THE HOPES AND DREAMS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

I THINK THIS AGREEMENT, WHILE SENATOR SANDERS IS CORRECT, THERE ARE SOME ISSUES WITH IT, IS MUCH BETTER THAN THE ONE ORIGINALLY PROPOSED, AND FOR THOSE FARMERS IN THE MIDWEST AND FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HURT BY THE FACT THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE A TRADE SEGMENT WITH MEXICO AND WITH CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES, I THINK THAT THIS IS A MUCH BETTER DEAL.

>> ALL RIGHT, I SEE SOME OTHER HANDS UP.

I WANT TO MOVE TO THE NEXT QUESTION, AND YOU CAN BRING THERE, I THINK, YOUR POINTS WITH THIS.

THIS I INITIALLY ADDRESS TO VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN AND THAT IS THE OVERALL U.S. ECONOMY RIGHT NOW LOOKS STRONG.

THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS AT HISTORIC LOWS, UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG AFRICAN-AMERICANS IS DOWN, THE MARKETS ARE BOOMING, WAGES, WHILE NOT GROWING AS MUCH AS MANY WOULD LIKE, THEY'RE STILL DOING ABOUT AS WELL AS THEY WERE IN THE OBAMA-BIDEN ERA.

MY QUESTION TO YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT, IS WHAT IS YOUR ARGUMENT TO THE VOTER WATCHING THIS DEBATE TONIGHT WHO MAY NOT LIKE EVERYTHING PRESIDENT TRUMP DOES, BUT THEY REALLY LIKE THIS ECONOMY, AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHY THEY SHOULD MAKE A CHANGE?

>> I DON'T THINK THEY REALLY DO LIKE THE ECONOMY.

GO BACK AND TALK TO TOLD NEIGHBORS IN THE MIDDLE CLASS NEIGHBORHOODS YOU GREW UP IN.

THE MIDDLE CLASS IS GETTING KILLED, THE MIDDLE CLASS IS GETTING CRUSHED.

THE WORKING CLASS HAS NO WAY UP, AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THAT.

YOU HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, FARMERS IN THE MIDWEST, 40% OF THEM COULDN'T PAY THEIR BILLS LAST YEAR.

YOU HAVE MOST AMERICANS, IF THEY'VE RECEIVED A BILL FOR $400 OR MORE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO SELL SOMETHING OR BORROW THE MONEY.

THE MIDDLE CLASS IS NOT AS BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL.

WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE AN EVEN SHOT.

WE HAVE TO ELIMINATE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF THESE GOD-AWFUL TAX CUTS THAT WERE GIVEN TO THE VERY WEALTHY, WE HAVE TO INVEST IN EDUCATION, WE HAVE TO INVEST IN HEALTHCARE, WE HAVE TO INVEST IN THOSE THINGS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF MIDDLE CLASS PEOPLE SO THEY CAN MAINTAIN THEIR STANDARD OF LIVING.

THAT'S NOT BEING DONE, AND THE IDEA THAT WE'RE GROWING, WE'RE NOT GROWING.

THE VERY WEALTHY ARE GROWING.

ORDINARY PEOPLE ARE NOT GROWING.

THEY ARE NOT HAPPY WITH WHERE THEY ARE, AND THAT'S WHY WE MUST CHANGE THIS PRESIDENCY NOW.

>> MAYOR BUTTIGIEG, IS THAT YOUR ASSESSMENT?

>> YES, WHERE I LIVE, FOLKS AREN'T MEASURING THE ECONOMY BY HOW THE DOW JONES IS LOOKING, THEY'RE MEASURING THE ECONOMY BY HOW THEY'RE DOING.

WHEN YOU'RE DOING THE BILLS AT THE END OF THE MONTH AT YOUR KITCHEN TABLE AND YOU FIND THAT EVEN IF YOUR WAGES HAVE GONE UP, IT'S NOT NEARLY GOING AS FAST AS THE COST OF HEALTH AND HOUSING.

THIS ECONOMY IS NOT WORKING FOR MOST OF US, FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS AND, I KNOW YOU'RE ONLY EVER SUPPOSED TO SAY MIDDLE CLASS AND NOT "POOR" IN POLITICS, BUT WE'VE GOT TO TALK ABOUT POVERTY IN THIS COUNTRY.

THERE IS NOT ONE COUNTY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WHERE SOMEONE WORKING FULL TIME AT THE MINIMUM WAGE CAN AFFORD A TWO-BEDROOM APARTMENT, IN MOST PLACES NOT EVEN A ONE-BEDROOM APARTMENT.

THE BIGGEST ROB IN OUR ECONOMY IS SIMPLE, PEOPLE ARE NOT GETTING PAID ENOUGH.

THAT IS NOT THE RESULT OF SOME MYSTERIOUS COSMIC FORCE, IT'S THE RESULT OF BAD POLICY, AND WE'VE GOT TO CHANGE IT BY RAISING WAGES AND EMPOWERING WORKERS.

(APPLAUSE) >> MR. YANG.

G.D.P.

AND CORPORATE PROFITS ARE AT RECORD HIGHS IN AMERICA TODAY.

ALSO AT RECORD HIGHS, DEPRESSION, FINANCIAL INSECURITY, STUDENT LOAN DEBT -- (APPLAUSE) -- EVEN SUICIDES AND DRUG OVERDOSES.

IT HAS GOTTEN SO BAD THAT OUR LIFE EXPECTANCY AS A COUNTRY HAS DECLINED FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS BECAUSE SUICIDES AND DRUG OVERDOSES HAVE OVERTAKEN VEHICLE DEATHS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

THE FACT IS THIS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AND G.D.P.

HAVE VERY LITTLE RELATIONSHIP WITH PEOPLE'S LIVED EXPERIENCE ON THE GROUND.

IF YOU ARE A RECENT COLLEGE GRADUATE, YOU HAVE A 40% CHANCE OF DOING A JOB THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE A COLLEGE DEGREE.

THAT DOESN'T SHOW UP IN THE HEADLINE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, NOR DOES ALL THE FAMILIES WORKING TWO OR THREE JOBS TO GET BY.

(APPLAUSE) >> SENATOR WARREN, YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP.

>> I DO.

AND I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

>> WELL, I WANT TO ASK THIS QUESTION.

>> GO AHEAD.

THIS IS THE PROBLEM, I'M PROUD TO STAND ON A STAGE WITH DEMOCRATS WHO UNDERSTAND THAT A RISING G.D.P., RISING CORPORATE PROFITS IS NOT BEING FELT BY MILLIONS OF FAMILIES ACROSS THIS COUNTRY.

I'M PROUD TO STAND ON A STAGE WITH PEOPLE WHO SEE THAT AMERICA'S MIDDLE CLASS IS BEING HOLLOWED OUT AND THAT WORKING FAMILIES AND POOR PEOPLE ARE BENG LEFT BEHIND.

WHAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT, THOUGH, IS WHY THAT HAS HAPPENED, AND THE ANSWER IS WE'VE GOT A GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS GREAT FOR THOSE WITH MONEY AND DOESN'T WORK FOR MUCH OF ANYONE ELSE.

WE HAVE A GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS GREAT FOR GIANT DRUG COMPANIES, JUST NOT FOR SOMEONE TRYING TO FILL A PRESCRIPTION, WORKS GREAT FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO MAKE MONEY IN PRIVATE PRISONS AND PRIVATE DETENTION CENTERS AT OUR BORDER, JUST NOT FOR THE PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES ARE TORN APART.

WORKS GREAT FOR GIANT OIL COMPANIES THAT WANT TO DRILL EVERYWHERE BUT NOT FOR THE REST OF US WHO SEE CLIMATE CHANGE BEARING DOWN UPON US.

(APPLAUSE) AND WHEN YOU SEE A GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS GREAT FOR THE WEALTHY AND THE WELL CONNECTED AND FOR NO ONE ELSE, THAT IS CORRUPTION PURE AND SIMPLE, AND WE NEED TO CALL IT OUT FOR WHAT IT IS.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) >> I WANT SENATOR SANDERS, IF YOU WOULD, A BRIEF RESPONSE, AND THEN I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.

>> LOOK, HERE'S THE RESPONSE: TRUMP GOES AROUND SAYING THE ECONOMY IS DOING GREAT.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

REAL INFLATION ACCOUNTED FOR WAGES WENT UP LAST YEAR 1.1%!

THAT AIN'T GREAT!

TONIGHT WHILE THREE PEOPLE OWN MORE WEALTH THAN THE BOTTOM HALF OF AMERICA, 500,000 AMERICANS, INCLUDING 30,000 VETERANS, ARE SLEEPING OUT ON THE STREETS.

TODAY, IN AMERICA, WE HAVE THE HIGHEST RATE OF CHILDHOOD POVERTY OF ALMOST ANY MAJOR COUNTRY ON EARTH, MORE INCOMING WEALTH AND INEQUALITY SINCE THE 1920s.

WE NEED AN ECONOMY THAT WORKS FOR WORKING FAMILIES, NOT JUST THE 1%.

THAT IS WHAT OUR CAMPAIGN IS ABOUT.

>> SENATOR WARREN, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

EVERY CANDIDATE ON THE STAGE HAS PROPOSED TAX INCREASES ON THE WEALTHY, BUT YOU HAVE ESPECIALLY AMBITIOUS PLANS THAT, APART FROM HEALTHCARE, WOULD HIKE TAXES AN ADDITIONAL $8 TRILLION OVER THE DECADE.

THE BIGGEST TAX INCREASE SINCE WORLD WAR II.

HOW DO YOU ANSWER TOP ECONOMISTS WHO SAY TAXES OF THIS MAGNITUDE WOULD STIFLE GROWTH AND INVESTMENT?

>> OH, THEY'RE JUST WRONG!

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) LET'S START WITH THE WEALTH TAX.

THE IDEA OF A 2-CENT TAX ON THE GREAT FORTUNES IN THIS COUNTRY, $50 MILLION AND ABOVE.

FOR 2 CENTS, WHAT CAN WE DO?

WE CAN INVEST IN THE REST OF AMERICA, WE CAN PROVIDE UNIVERSAL CHILDCARE, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FOR EVERY BABY IN THIS COUNTRY AGE ZERO TO FIVE.

UNIVERSAL PRE-K FOR EVERY 3-YEAR-OLD AND 4-YEAR-OLD AND RAISE THE WAGINGS FOR EVERY CHILDCARE WORKER AND PRE-SCHOOL TEACHER.

WE CAN DO MORE FOR COLLEGE GRAD WANTS AND CANCEL SCHOOL LOAN DEBT.

THINK OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT.

2 CENTS WITH THE BILLIONAIRES, THEY'RE NOT EATING MORE PIZZAS, THEY'RE NOT BUYING MORE CARS.

WE INVEST THAT 2% IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CHILDCARE, THAT MEANS THOSE BABIES GET TOP-NOTCH CARE, IT MEANS THEIR MOMMAs CAN FINISH THEIR EDUCATION, IT MEANS THEIR MOMMAs AND DADDIES CAN TAKE ON REAL JOBS, HARDER JOBS, LONGER HOURS, WE CAN INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY IN THIS COUNTRY AND WE CAN START BUILDING THIS ECONOMY FROM THE GROUND UP.

THAT'S HOW WE BUILD IT IN SMALL TOWNS, THAT'S HOW WE BUILD IT IN RURAL AMERICA AND THAT'S HOW WE BUILD IT IN URBAN AMERICA, AN ECONOMY THAT WORKS -- >> BRIEF ANSWERS.

-- NOT THE WALL STREET ANSWERS.

>> BRIEF RESPONSES FROM MR. STEYER AND MR. BUTTIGIEG.

>> LET ME SAY THAT I AGREE WITH SENATOR WARREN, MUCH OF WHAT SHE SAYS.

I HAVE BEEN FOR A WEALTH TAX FOR OVER A YEAR.

I'M IN FAVOR OF UNDOING ALL THE TAX BRAKES FOR PEOPLE IN RICH CORPORATIONS THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS PUT THROUGH AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT EQUAL CELEBRATING THE TAXES ON INVESTMENT INCOME TO ALLOWS TO CUT TAXES FOR 95% OF AMERICANS BY 10%.

BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND THAT'S THIS, WE KNOW MR. TRUMP IS GOING TO RUN ON ECONOMY.

I BUILT A BUSINESS OVER 30 YEARS FROM SCRATCH.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE HIM ON ON THE ECONOMY IN TERMS OF GROWTH AS WELL AS ECONOMIC JUSTICE.

WE'LL HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT GROWTH, PERES PERT ACROSS THE BOARD FOR EVERYONE IN AMERICA.

MY EXPERIENCE, BAILGD BUSINESS, UNDERSTAND HOUGH TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN MEANS I CAN GO TOE TO TOE WITH MR. TRUMP AND TAKE HIM DOWN ON THE ECONOMY AND EXPOSE HIM AS A FRAUD AND A FAILURE, AND I THINK THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER PEOPLE ON THIS STAGE.

I THINK WE NEED A DIFFERENT, UNCONVENTIONAL WAY OF ATTACKING A DIFFERENT, UNCONVENTIONAL PRESIDENT, WHO ACTUALLY WENT AFTER -- >> MAYOR -- -- BEST PREPARED CANDIDATE IN HISTORY AND BEAT HER.

>> MAYOR BUTTIGIEG.

RIGHT NOW I THINK WE'RE OFFERED A FALSE CHOICE.

YOU EITHER HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY TO THE EXTREME OR IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL.

YES, WE MUST DELIVER BIG IDEAS AND, YES, TAXES ON WEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND ON CORPORATIONS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO UP.

WE CAN ALSO BE SMART ABOUT THE PROMISES WE'RE MAKING.

MAKE SURE THEY'RE PROMISES WE CAN KEEP WITHOUT THE KIND OF TAXATION THAT ECONOMISTS TELL US COULD HURT THE ECONOMY.

IT'S WHY, FOR EXAMPLE, I PROPOSE WE MAKE COLLEGE FREE FOR 80% OF AMERICANS, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FREE FOR THE TOP.

IF YOU'RE IN THAT TOP TEN PERCENT, HOW ABOUT YOU PAY YOUR OWN TUITION AND WE SAVE THOSE DOLLARS FOR SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE COULD SPEND THEM ON THAT COULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE, WHETHER INFRASTRUCTURE, CHILDCARE, HOUSING HEALTH, ON ISSUE AFTER ISSUE, WE'VE GOT TO BREAK OUT OF THE WASHINGTON MINDSET THAT MEASURES THE BIGNESS OF AN IDEA BY HOW MANY TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS IT ADDS TO THE BUDGET, OR THE BOLDNESS OF AN IDEA BY HOW MANY FELLOW AMERICANS IT CAN ANTAGONIZE.

>> WE'LL TAKE A SHORT BREAK AND BE BACK IN TWO MINUTES WITH QUESTIONS FROM MY FELLOW MODERATORS.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) >> WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE.

I'M JOINED BY OUR FANTASTIC PANEL OF ANALYSTS AND JOURNALISTS.

I WANT TO ASK YOU STEPHANIE SY AND AMY WALTER, WE HIT THE TWO BIG TOPICS RIGHT OFF THE TOP, PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE ECONOMY.

LET'S START WITH THE ECONOMY.

THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE FOR VOTERS HERE.

ALL OF THESE CANDIDATES WANT $15 AN HOUR MINIMUM WAGE AT LEAST EVENTUALLY.

BUT WHAT DIFFERENCES DID WE HEAR?

ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT?

>> THE DIFFERENCE IS AT THE END WITH PETE PETE BUTTIGIEG SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE PROMISES WE CAN KEEP AND GOING BACK, THIS SENSE OF BREAKING AWAY FROM ELIZABETH WARREN BY SAYING WE CAN BE BIG, BOLD, WE CAN HAVE REALLY PROGRESSIVE IDEAS, BUT IF WE LOOK LIKE WE ARE MEASURING OUR BOLDNESS JUST IN HOW HIGH -- HOW MUCH TAX WE ARE PUTTING ON AMERICANS, HOW BIG THE PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO BE, THAT'S JUST GOING TO COME BACK AND HURT THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE.

>> STEPHANIE SY.

O, FIRST OF ALL, ELIZABETH WARREN'S ANSWER TO JUDY'S QUESTION, SHE DIDN'T ANSWER IT DIRECTLY.

>> RIGHT.

SHE JUST SAID, NO, THOSE MODELS ARE WRONG.

THERE ARE DIFFERENT ECONOMIC MODELS OF WHAT IMPACT -- >> WHAT ABOUT ECONOMIC DOUBTS ABOUT YOUR PLANS, SHE SAID THEY'RE JUST WRONG.

>> YEAH, THE FACT THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAME OUT WITH A BUDGET MODEL JUST LAST WEEK AND DID SAY HER MODEL IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS COULD CONSTRAIN G.D.P.

GROWTH.

SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT MODELS OUT THERE.

SHE'S GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO EXPLAIN THAT QUESTION IF SHE MAKES IT INTO THE GENERAL ELECTION.

>> SHE HAS TO ALSO HAVE DETAILS.

THAT'S RIGHT.

LOOKS LIKE CANDIDATES MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN THEIR DRINKS OF WATER.

HOPE YOU DID, TOO, AND WE'LL GO BACK TO THE STAGE MOMENTARILY AGAIN FOR THE PBS NewsHour/POLITICO DEBATE, MANY MORE BIG ISSUES TO COME, STAY TUNED.

>> WELCOME BACK TO THE PBS NewsHour/POLITICO DEMOCRATIC DEBATE.

THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM TIM ALBERTA OF POLITICO.

>> THANKS, JUDY.

CANDIDATES, GOOD EVENING.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT CLIMATE NOW.

SENATOR KLOBUCHAR, MANY SCIENTISTS SAY THAT EVEN IF THE U.S.

REDUCED ITS CARBON FOOTPRINT TO ZERO BY THE YEAR 2050, THE DAMAGE WILL HAVE BEEN DONE, THE CLIMATE CHANGE WILL HAVE MADE CERTAIN PLACES IN THE U.S. UNLIVABLE.

SO, KNOWING THIS, WOULD YOU SUPPORT A NEW FEDERAL PROGRAM TO SUBSIDIZE THE RELOCATION OF AMERICAN FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES AWAY FROM PLACES LIKE MIAMI OR PARADISE, CALIFORNIA, PERHAPS, DAVENPORT, IOWA, BECAUSE WE KNOW THESE PLACES ARE GOING TO BE HIT TIME AND TIME AGAIN?

>> WELL, I VERY MUCH HOPE WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO RELOCATE ENTIRE CITIES, BUT WE ARE WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO RELOCATE SOME INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS, AND THE PROBLEM RIGHT NOW IS THAT THIS CLIMATE CHANGE IS AS EXISTENTIAL CRISIS AND YOU'RE SEEING IT HERE IN CALIFORNIA WITH THE FIRES THAT YOU JUST HAD, YOU SAW IT IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, AS WAS MENTIONED, WITH PARADISE, AND THE MOST MOVING VIDEO FROM THAT, TO ME, WAS A 30-SECOND VIDEO OF THAT DAD DRIVING HIS LITTLE GIRL THROUGH THE LAPPING FIRES, WITH HIS NEIGHBORHOOD BURNING BEHIND HIM AND SINGING TO HER TO CALM HER DOWN.

WE CANNOT WAIT TO ACT.

THERE'S A SAYING THAT GREAT LEADERS MAKE DECISIONS NOT FOR THIS GENERATION BUT SEVEN GENERATIONS FROM NOW.

THIS PRESIDENT DOESN'T KEEP HIS DECISIONS FOR SEVEN MINUTES.

SO WHAT I THINK WE NEED TO DO, GET BACK INTO THE INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE AGREEMENT.

I WILL DO THAT ON DAY ONE.

(APPLAUSE) ON DAY TWO, BRING BACK THE CLEAN POWER RULES.

ON DAY THREE, THE GAS MILEAGE STANDARDS.

I SEE THE GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, WHO HAS BEEN WORK SO HARD TO GET THOSE DONE, DEFIED EVERY STEP OF THE WAY BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, AND THEN INTRODUCE SWEEPING LEGISLATION TO PUT A PRICE ON CARBON AND BUILD A FRIDGE TO THE NEXT CENTURY, WHICH MEANS WE MUST UPGRADE OUR BUILDINGS AND OUR BUILDING STANDARDS.

>> THANK YOU, SENATOR KLOBUCHAR.

MR. STEYER, WOULD YOU SUPPORT SUCH A NEW FEDERAL PROGRAM, AGAIN, TO HELP SUBSIDIZE THE RELOCATION OF THESE TOWNS.

>> I'M HOPING WE WILL DO WHAT I'M SUGGESTING WHICH IS DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY ON DAY ONE OF MY PRESIDENCY.

I BELIEVE I'M THE ONLY PERSON HERE WHO WILL SAY UNEQUIVOCALLY THIS IS MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.

I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS CRISIS, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, I'VE TAKEN ON OIL COMPANIES AND BEATEN THEM ON VICE PRESIDENTIAL LAWS, I'VE PUSHED CLEAN ENERGY ACROSS THE COUNTRY, I'VE PREVENTED PIPELINES AND I'VE PREVENTED FOSSIL FUEL PLANTS.

BUT WE KNOW NOT ONLY CAN WE CLEAN UP AIR AND WATER IN THE BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES WHERE POPULATION IS CONCENTRATED, THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE LITERALLY MILLIONS OF MIDDLE CLASS UNION JOBS, WELL PAID ACROSS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

OUR BIGGEST CRISIS IS OUR BIGGEST OPPORTUNITY, AND IF WE DON'T DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY ON DAY ONE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE GO TO THE PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD TO LEAD THE COALITION THAT HAS TO HAPPEN AND THAT ONLY AMERICA CAN LEAD.

LOOK, THIS IS A GENERATIONAL QUESTION.

I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR THE PEOPLE ON THIS STAGE.

I KNOW EVERYBODY IS WORRIED ABOUT THIS, BUT, FOR INSTANCE, I WOULD CALL ON MAYOR BUTTIGIEG TO PRIORITIZE THIS HIGHER BECAUSE THE PEOPLE IN HIS GENERATION UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A CRISIS THAT WE HAVE TO GO ON RIGHT NOW -- >> THANK YOU, MR. STEYER.

-- BUT IT'S THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITY TO REBUILD AMERICA.

>> MR. BUTTIGIEG, 45 SECONDS TO RESPOND.

>> I'VE MADE CLEAR THIS WILL BE A TOPIC OF DAY-ONE ACTION.

THIS IS NOT THEORETICAL FOR ME.

I LIVE IN ONE OF THOSE RIVER CITIES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

NOT ONLY THAT, I LIVE RIGHT BY THE RIVER.

MY NEIGHBORHOOD FLOODED, IN THE SECOND OF TWO ONCE IN A MILLENNIUM FLOODS WE HAD IN TWO YEARS.

DO THE MATH ON THAT.

I KNOW WHAT'S AT STAKE, AND IT'S WHY I INSIST THAT WE ACT, WITH A CARBON TAX AND DIVIDEND, WITH MASSIVE INCREASES IN RENEWABLE RESEARCH, ON RENUMERABLE ENERGY, ENERGY STORAGE AND CARBON STORAGE, BUT, BIGGER THAN THAT, WE HAVE TO SUMMON THE ENERGIES OF THE ENTIRE COUNTRY TO DEAL WITH THIS.

I'VE SEEN POLITICIANS IN WASHINGTON SAYING THE RIGHT THING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AS LONG AS I HAVE BEEN ALIVE.

ALL THESE PLANS WE HAVE TO GET CARBON NEUTRAL BY 2050, AND I THINK MOST OR ALL OF US HAVE ONE, THEIR IMPACT IS MULTIPLIED BY ZERO UNLESS SOMETHING ACTUALLY GETS DONE.

AND THAT IS WHY I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR VISION FOR CLIMATE INCLUDES PEOPLE FROM THE AUTO WORKER DOWN THE BLOCK FROM ME IN SOUTH COBBSOUTH BEND TO A FARMER MILES AWAY SO THEY'RE PART OF THE SOLUTIONS NOT BEATING THEM OVER THE HEAD.

>> SWITCHING GEARS, VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN, THREE PRESIDENTS ENJOYED STINTS IN ECONOMIC GROWTH DUE TO OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION.

AS PRESIDENT, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO SACRIFICE SOME OF THAT GROWTH KNOWING POTENTIALLY IT COULD DISPLACE MAYBE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF BLUE COLLAR WORK, IN INTEREST TO TRANSITIONING TO THE GREENER ECONOMY?

>> THE ANSWER IS YES BECAUSE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE WORKERS TO TRANSITION TO HIGH-PAYING JOBS, AS TOM SAID, IS REAL.

WE'RE THE ONLY COUNTRY WHO HAS EVER TAKEN GREAT, GREAT CRISES AND TURNED THEM INTO ENORMOUS OPPORTUNITIES.

I'VE MET WITH THE UNION LEADERS.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE SHOULD, IN FACT, BE MAKING SURE, RIGHT NOW, THAT EVERY NEW BUILDING BUILT IS ENERGY CONTAINED, THAT IT DOESN'T LEAK ENERGY, THAT IT, IN FACT, WE SHOULD BE PROVIDING TAX CREDITS FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THEIR HOMES TURN TO SOLAR POWER WHERE THERE'S ALL KINDS OF FOLKS OUT HERE IN CALIFORNIA, WE'RE ON THE VERGE OF HAVING BATTERIES ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE TOP OF THIS PODIUM THAT YOU CAN STORE ENERGY WHEN, IN FACT, THE WIND ISN'T BLOWING AND THE SUN ISN'T SHINING.

WE HAVE ENORMOUS OPPORTUNITIES.

FOR EXAMPLE, YOU TALK ABOUT WOULD WE RELOCATE PEOPLE WHO, IN FACT, WERE IN A POSITION WHERE THEY LOST THEIR HOME, WE HAVE TO NOT REBUILD TO THE STANDARD THAT EXISTED BEFORE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE COME IN AND HELP PEOPLE, WE HAVE TO REBUILD TO THE STANDARD THAT EXISTS TODAY.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE SHOULDN'T REBUILD ANOTHER HIGHWAY IN AMERICA THAT DOESN'T HAVE CHARGING STATIONS ON IT.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT 550,000 CHARGING STATIONS, CREATING MILLIONS OF JOBS FOR PEOPLE INSTALLING THEM AS WELL AS MAKING SURE WE OWN THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE MARKET.

THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS WE CAN DO AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE EXPLAIN IT TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DISPLACED THAT THEIR SKILLS ARE GOING TO BE NEEDED FOR THE NEW OPPORTUNITIES.

>> THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN.

SENATOR SANDERS.

>> TIM, IN ALL DUE RESPECT, YOUR REQUEST MISSES THE MARK.

IT IS NOT AN ISSUE OF RELOCATING PEOPLE IN TOWNS.

THE ISSUE NOW IS WHETHER WE SAVE THE PLANET FOR OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN.

(APPLAUSE) THE ISSUE, AS YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT THE SCIENTISTS ARE TELLING US, IS THEY HAVE UNDERESTIMATED THE THREAT AND SEVERITY OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PARIS AGREEMENT, THAT'S FINE, AIN'T ENOUGH.

WE HAVE GOT TO, AND I'VE INTRODUCED LEGISLATION TO DO THIS, DECLARE A NATIONAL EMERGENCY.

THE UNITED STATES HAS GOT TO LEAD THE WORLD, AND MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, INSTEAD OF SPENDING 1.8 TRILLION A YEAR GLOBALLY ON WEAPONS OF DESTRUCTION, MAYBE A PRESIDENT, i.e.

BERNIE SANDERS, CAN LEAD THE WORLD, AND INSTEAD OF SPENDING MONEY TO KILL EACH OTHER, WE POOL OUR RESOURCES AND FIGHT A COMMON ENEMY, WHICH IS CLIMATE CHANGE.

>> THANK YOU, SENATOR SANDERS.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) SENATOR WARREN, A NEW QUESTION TO YOU, SENATOR WARREN.

MANY OF OUR WESTERN ALLIES RELY HEAVILY ON NUCLEAR ENERGY BECAUSE IT'S EFFICIENT, AFFORDABLE AND VIRTUALLY CARBON FREE AND MANY CLIMATE EXPERTS BELIEVE IT'S POSSIBLE TO REALIZE YOUR NET GOAL OF EMISSIONINGS BY 2050 WITHOUT UTILIZING NUCLEAR ENERGY.

SO CUFF IT BOTH CASE ON THIS ISSUE?

>> SO I SEE IT RIGHT NOW AS WE HAVE TO STOP PUTTING MORE CARBON INTO THE AIR, WE'VE GOT TO GET THE CARBON OUT OF THE AIR TND THE WATER AND THAT MEANS WE NEED TO KEEP SOME OF OUR NUCLEAR IN PLACE.

LY NOT BUILD MORE NUCLEAR.

I WANT TO PUT THE ENERGY, LITERALLY, AND THE MONEY AND THE RESOURCES BEHIND CLEAN ENERGY AND BY INCREASING BY TEN-FOLD WHAT WE PUT INTO SCIENCE, WHAT WE PUT INTO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE DO BEST, AND THAT IS INNOVATE OUR WAY OUT OF THIS PROBLEM AND BE A WORLD LEADER.

BUT UNDERSTAND, THE BIGGEST CLIMATE PROBLEM WE FACE IS THE POLITICIANS IN WASHINGTON WHO KEEP SAYING THE RIGHT THING BUT CONTINUE TO TAKE MONEY FROM THE OIL INDUSTRY, CONTINUE TO BOW DOWN TO THE LOBBYISTS, TO THE LAWYERS, TO THE THINK TANKS, TO THE BOUGHT AND PAID FOR EXPERTS.

AMERICA UNDERSTANDS THAT WE'VE GOT TO MAKE CHANGE THAT WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME, THAT CLIMATE CHANGE THREATENS EVERY LIVING THING ON THIS PLANET, BUT GETTING CONGRESS TO ACT, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT, AND IF WE DON'T ATTACK THE CORRUPTION FIRST, IF WE DON'T ATTACK THE CORRUPTION HEAD ON, THEN WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE CHANGES WE NEED TO MAKE ON CLIMATE, ON GUN SAFETY, ON DRUG PRICING, ON ALL OF THE BIG PROBLEMS THAT FACE US.

>> THANK YOU.

WE NEED A WASHINGTON THAT DOESN'T JUST WORK FOR THE RICH AND POWERFUL.

WE NEED ONE THAT WORKS FOR OUR FAMILIES.

>> THANK YOU, SENATOR.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) SENATOR KLOBUCHAR, AND THEN I'D LIKE TO BRING SENATOR YANG AND MR. STEYER WITH FOLLOW-UPS.

>> THE WAY WE TACKLE THIS CORRUPTION IS BY WINNING BIG IN THIS ELECTION, AND THE WAY WE TAKE ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN A BIG WAY IS BY, YES, TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE COAST, AS I JUST DID, BUT ALSO TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE MIDWEST WHERE I'M FROM.

IT'S NOT FLYOVER COUNTRY TO ME, I LIVE THERE, AND WHAT WE ARE SEEING THERE IS UNPRECEDENTED FLOODING.

WE'RE SEEING A 50% INCREASE IN HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND E WHEN WE MAKE THESE CHANGES, WE HAVE TO MAKE CLEAR TO PEOPLE THAT WHEN WE PUT A PRICE ON CARBON, THAT THAT MONEY IS GOING TO COME BACK TO THOSE AREAS WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE HURT, WHERE JOBS ARE GOING TO CHANGE AND TO MAKE THEM WHOLE WITH THEIR ENERGY BILLS.

WHEN YOU MAKE THE CASE LIKE THAT, YOU BRING IN THE MIDWESTERN VOTES, YOU WIN BIG, AND I THINK THE BEST WAY TO DO IT IS BY PUTTING SOMEONE AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET WHO'S FROM THE MIDWEST.

(APPLAUSE) >> MR. YANG, 45 SECONDS, ON TISSUE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY.

>> WELL, FIRST, WE SHOULD OBVIOUSLY BE PAYING TO RELOCATE AMERICANS AWAY FROM PLACES HITLY CLIMATE CHANGE.

WE'RE ALREADY DOING IT.

WE RELOCATED A TOWN IN LOUISIANA THAT BECAME UNINHABITABLE BECAUSE SEA LEVELS ROSE.

WE KNOWT THAT TOWN IS NOT ALONE.

THAT'S PLAYING OUT IN COASTAL AREAS AROUND THE COUNTRY.

THE QUESTION IS DO YOU LIVE THE TOWN ON ITS OWN TO FEND FOR ITSELF OR COME TOGETHER AS A COUNTRY AND SAY WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR PEOPLE FROM CLIMATE CHANGE.

PART OF MY PLANS LITERALLY CALLED MOVE PEOPLE TO HIGHER GROUND, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

IT'S LITERAL AND FIGURATIVE.

IN CALIFORNIA IT'S FOREST FIRES AND FOREST MANAGEMENT.

ON NUCLEAR POWER, I AGREE WITH THE RESEARCH.

WE NEED TO HAVE EVERYTHING ON THE TABLE IN A CRISIS SITUATION WHICH THIS IS.

OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE HAD SUCCESS WITH NUCLEAR POWER AND THE NEXT GENERATION REACTORS HAVE A WEALTH OF POTENTIAL.

THOREUM ISN'T RADIO ACTIVE THE WAY URANIUM IS, DOESN'T LAST AS LONG AND YOU CAN'T MAKE A WEAPON OUT OF IT.

>> THANK YOU.

IF WE ARE GOING TO INNOVATE OUR WAY OUT OF IT, WE HAVE TO HAVE NUCLEAR ON THE TABLE.

>> THE LAST ON CLIMATE CHANGE, MR. STEYER.

>> THE POINT ABOUT NUCLEAR POWER IS IT'S NOT AT THIS STAGE IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE IT'S COMPETITIVE ON PRICE.

IT HAS A LOT OF RISKS TO IT IN TERMS OF DISASTERS AND WE HAVE NO ABILITY TO STORE THE TOXINS THAT COME OUT OF IT AND LAST 100,000 YEARS.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY WE NEED.

IT'S CALLED WIND AND SOLAR AND BATTERIES.

SO, IN FACT, WHAT WE NEED TO DO WE CAN DO.

WE'VE GOT TO STOP TAKING A LOOK AT THIS AS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T DO BECAUSE WE CAN DO THIS AND WE CAN DO IT IN A WAY THAT CREATES, REBUILDS THIS COUNTRY ON AN ACCELERATED BASIS, CREATES MILLIONS OF UNION JOBS, AND WE COME AT IT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.

THIS IS OUR GREATEST OPPORTUNITY TO REINVENT THIS COUNTRY.

>> THANK YOU.

O ACTUALLY TAKE ON THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IN HISTORY AND SUCCEED TOGETHER.

YOU WANT TO PULL THE COUNTRY TOGETHER WITH ALL THIS PARTISANSHIP?

LET'S TAKEN TO THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IN HISTORY AND SUCCEED TOGETHER AS A NATION.

THAT'S WHAT PULLS PEOPLE TOGETHER.

>> THANK YOU, MR. STEYER.

AMNA.

>> THANK YOU, TIM.

VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN.

>> YES.

OU HAVE BEEN REASSURING VOTERS THINGS WILL RETURN TO NORMAL ONCE PRESIDENT TRUMP LEAVES OFFICE, THAT REPUBLICANS WILL HAVE WHAT YOU CALL AN EPIPHANY AND COME TOTA TABLE TO WORK WITH THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.

BUT GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE SEEN FROM CURRENT REPUBLICANS, WHAT EVIDENCE IS THERE THAT THINGS WILL CHANGE?

>> LOOK, I DIDN'T SAY RETURN TO NORMAL.

NORMAL IS NOT ENOUGH.

NORMAL, IN FACT, WE WOULD HAVE TO MOVE BEYOND NORMAL, WHETHER HEALTHCARE, THE ENVIRONMENT, WHATEVER IT IS, WE HAVE TO BUILD ON WHAT WE HAD STARTED IN OUR ADMINISTRATION, AND THAT'S BEEN INTERRUPTED VERY BADLY, NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER TWO, WITH TRUMP OUT OF THE WAY, IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE THINGS IN A FUNDAMENTAL WAY, BUT WHAT IT WILL DO IS IT WILL MEAN THAT WE'RE IN A POSITION WHERE HE'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO INTIMIDATE THE BASE -- HIS BASE IS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO INTIMIDATE THE HALF A DOZEN REPUBLICANS WE MAY NEED IN OTHER THINGS.

I REFUSE TO ACCEPT THE NOTION, AS SOME ON THIS STAGE DO, THAT WE CAN NEVER, NEVER GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE HAVE COOPERATION AGAIN.

IF THAT'S THE CASE, WE'RE DEAD AS A COUNTRY.

WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO REACH CONSENSUS, AND IF ANYONE HAS REASON TO BE ANGRY WITH THE REPUBLICANS AND NOT WANT TO COOPERATE, IT'S ME, THE WAY THEY'VE ATTACKED ME, MY SON AND MY FAMILY, I HAVE NO -- (APPLAUSE) -- NO LOVE.

BUT THE FACT IS, WE HAVE TO -- WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GET THINGS DONE, AND WHEN WE CAN'T CONVINCE THEM, WE GO OUT AND BEAT THEM, LIKE WE DID IN THE 2018 ELECTION IN RED STATES AND IN PURPLE STATES.

(APPLAUSE) >> THANK YOU, MR. BIDEN.

MR. YANG, I WANT A QUICK TOPIC, A NEW QUESTION.

THE D. J.

PARTY RELIES ON BLACK, HISPANIC AND ASIAN VOTERS, BUT YOU ARE THE ONLY CANDIDATE OF COLOR ON THE STAGE TONIGHT, AND THE ENTIRE FIELD REMAINS OVERWHELMINGLY WHITE.

WHAT MESSAGE DO YOU THINK THIS SENDS TO VOTERS OF COLOR?

>> IT'S BOTH AN HONOR AND DISAPPOINTMENT TO BE THE LONE CANDIDATE OF COLOR ON THE STAGE TONIGHT.

I MISS KAMALA AND CORY, THOUGH I THINK CORY WILL BE BACK.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) I GREW UP THE SON OF IMMIGRANTS, AND I HAD MANY RACIAL EPITHETS USED AGAINST ME AS A KID, BUT BLACK AND LATINOS HAVE SOMETHING MUCH MORE POWERFUL WORKING AGAINST THEM THAN WORDS, THEY HAVE NUMBERS.

THE AVERAGE NET WORTH OF A BLACK HOUSEHOLD IS ONLY 10% OF THAT OF A WHITE HOWELLS, IF YOU'RE A BLACK WOMAN, YOU'RE 23% MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM COMPLICATIONS IN CHILDBIRTH.

THESE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT DEFINE RACE IN OUR COUNTRY.

THE QUESTION IS WHY AM I THE LONE CANDIDATE OF COLOR ON THIS STAGE?

FEWER THAN 5% OF AMERICANS DONATE TO POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS.

YOU KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO DONATE TO POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS?

DISPOSABLE INCOME.

(APPLAUSE) THE WAY WE FIX THIS IS WE TAKE MARTIN LUTHER KING'S MESSAGE OF A GUARANTEED MINIMUM INCOME, A FREEDOM DIVIDEND OF $1,000 A MONTH FOR ALL AMERICANS, I GUARANTEE IF WE HAD A FREEDOM DIVIDEND OF $1,000 A MONTH I WOULD NOT BE THE ONLY CANDIDATE OF COLOR ON THIS STAGE TONIGHT.

>> THANK YOU, MR. YANG.

SENATOR SARNTIONDZ I WANT TO PUT THE SAME QUESTION TO YOU.

>> I'LL ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT I WANTED TO GET BACK TO THE ISSUE OF CLIMATE CHANGE FOR A MOMENT, BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THIS IS THE EXISTENTIAL ISSUE.

>> SENATOR, WITH ALL RESPECT, THIS QUESTION IS ABOUT RACE.

CAN YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION AS WAS ASKED?

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) >> I CERTAINLY CAN.

BECAUSE PEOPLE OF COLOR, IN FACT, ARE GOING TO BE THE PEOPLE SUFFERING MOST IF WE DO NOT DEAL WITH CLIMATE CHANGE.

(APPLAUSE) AND, BY THE WAY, WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION UP HERE, IF THERE ARE NOT ANY OF OUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS UP HERE, TO SPEAK ABOUT AN ECONOMY IN WHICH AFRICAN-AMERICANS ARE EXPLOITED, WHERE BLACK WOMEN DIE THREE TIMES AT HIGHER RATES THAN WHITE WOMEN, WHERE WE HAVE A CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM WHICH IS RACIST AND BROKEN, DISPROPORTIONATELY MADE UP OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND LATINOS AND NATIVE AMERICANS WHO ARE IN JAIL.

SO WE NEED AN ECONOMY THAT FOCUSES ON THE NEEDS OF OPPRESSED, EXPLOITED PEOPLE, AND THAT IS THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

>> THANK YOU, SENATOR.

YAMICHE.

>> THANK YOU, AMNA.

SENATOR KLOBUCHAR, HERE IN CALIFORNIA PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS HISPANIC, BLACK OR MOMENT RACIAL REPRESENT A MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION OUTNUMBERING WHITE AMERICANS, THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION IS EXPECTED TO BE NONWHITE IN THE COMING GENERATIONS.

WHAT DO YOU SAY TO PEOPLE WHO ARE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH BECOMING A RACIAL MINORITY.

>> THIS IS AMERICA AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT.

WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUCCEED IN THE WORLD IF WE DO NOT INCITE EVERYONE TO BE PART OF OUR ECONOMY.

OUR CONSTITUTION SAYS THAT WE STRIVE FOR A MORE PERFECT UNION.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW, AND, TO ME, THAT MEANS, ONE,ER THAT EVERYONE CAN VOTE, AND THAT INCLUDES OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.

THIS ACTION THAT'S BEEN TAKEN BY THIS PRESIDENT AND HIS PEOPLE AND HIS GOVERNORS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY IS WRONG.

THEY HAVE MADE IT HARDER FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS TO VOTE, AS ONE COURT SAID DISCRIMINATED WITH SURGICAL PRECISION.

WHAT WOULD I DO AS ONE OF THE LEADERS ON VOTING IN THE U.S. SENATE?

ONE, STOP THE PURGING.

STACEY ABRAMS SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU DO NOT STOP HAVING YOUR RIGHT TO ASSEM FBL YOU DON'T GO TO A MEETING FOR A YEAR.

BECAUSE YOU DON'T GO TO A CHURCH OR SYNAGOGUE OR MOSQUE FOR THREE MONTHS, YOU DON'T LOSE YOUR RIGHT TO WORSHIP, YOU SHOULDN'T LOSE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE.

(APPLAUSE) I WOULD PASS AS PRESIDENT MY BILL TO REGISTER EVERY KID IN THIS COUNTRY, WHEN THEY TURN 18, TO VOTE.

THAT WOULD MAKE ALL THESE DISCRIMINATORY ACTIONS IN THESE STATES GO AWAY AND I WOULD STOP THE GERRYMANDERING.

IN ADDITION TO THE AGENDA OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE, AS MARTIN LUTHER KING SAID, WHAT GOOD IS IT TO INTEGRATE A LUNCH COUNTER IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD A HAMBURGER?

>> THANK YOU, SENATOR.

LET'S TURN TO THE ISSUE OF FOREIGN POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

SENATOR SANDERS, SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO RECENTLY DECLARED THAT THE UNITED STATES BELIEVES ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS IN THE WEST BANK DO NOT VIOLATE INTERNATIONAL LAW.

THAT BROKE DECADES-LONG U.S.

PRECEDENT.

HOW WOULD YOU RESPOND TO ISRAELII EXPANSION OF SETTLEMENTS?

WOULD YOU LINK THAT TO FOREIGN AID TO ISRAEL?

>> ISRAEL HAS -- AND I SAY THIS AS SOMEBODY WHO LIVED IN ISRAEL AS A KID, PROUDLY JEWISH, ISRAEL HAS THE RIGHT NOT ONLY TO EXIST BUT TO EXIST IN PEACE AND SECURITY, BUT WHAT U.S. FOREIGN POLICY MUST BE ABOUT IS NOT JUST BEING PRO ISRAEL, WE MUST BE PRO-PALESTINIAN AS WELL.

(APPLAUSE) AND WHETHER, IN MY VIEW, WE MUST UNDERSTAND THAT, RIGHT NOW IN ISRAEL, WE HAVE LEADERSHIP UNDER NETANYAHU WHO HAS RECENTLY, AS YOU KNOW, BEEN INDICTED FOR BRIBERY, WHO, IN MY VIEW, IS A RACIST.

WHAT WE NEED IS A LEVEL-PLAYING FIELD IN THE TERMS OF THE MIDDLE EAST WHICH ADDRESSES THE TERRIBLE CRISIS IN GAZA, WHERE 60% OR 70% OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE UNEMPLOYED.

SO WHAT MY FOREIGN POLICY WILL BE ABOUT IS HUMAN RIGHTS, IS DEMOCRACY, IS BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER IN A PEACEFUL WAY, TRYING TO NEGOTIATE AGREEMENTS, NOT ENDLESS WARS WITH TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF EXPENSES.

>>EXPENSES.

THANK YOU, SENATOR.

MAYOR BUTTIGIEG.

>> WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND AROUND THE WORLD ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS PRESIDENT'S FAIRLY, THIS PRESIDENT'S REFUSAL TO LEAD.

ETH PARTICULARLY DISTURBING IN THE CASE OF ISRAEL BECAUSE HE HAS INFUSED DOMESTIC POLITICS, MAKING U.S. FOREIGN POLICY CHOICES IN ORDER TO EFFECTIVELY INTERFERE IN ISRAELI DOMESTIC POLITICS, ACTING AS THAT SOMEHOW MAKES HIM PRO-ISRAEL AND PRO-JEWISH WHILE WELCOMING WHITE NATIONALISTS INTO THE WHITE HOUSE.

BUT IT'S NOT ONLY IN THE MIDDLE EAST THAT WE SEE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE DISAPPEARANCE OF U.S.

LEADERSHIP.

WE SEE AMONG OUR ALLIES AND AMONG OUR ADVERSARIES CASE AFTER CASE WHERE THE WORLD IS MAKING PLANS ON WHAT TO DO, IGNORING THE UNITED STATES, BECAUSE WE'RE NO LONGER CONSIDERED RELIABLE.

IT'S NOT JUST THE MOCKERY AT A COCKTAIL PARTY ON THE SIDELINES OF A CONFERENCE, IT'S THE LOOKS ON THE FACES OF THE LEADERS AT THE U.N. AS THEY LOOKED AT THE UNITED STATES PRESIDENT WITH A MIXTURE OF CONTEMPT AND PITY.

AS AN AMERICAN, I NEVER AGAIN WANT TO SEE THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT LOOKED AT THAT WAY BY THE LEADERS OF THE WORLD.

THE WORLD NEEDS AMERICA RIGHT NOW BUT IT CAN'T BE JUST ANY AMERICA, IT HAS TO BE ONE THAT IS ACTUALLY LIVING UP TO THE VALUES THAT MAKE US WHO WE ARE, SUPPORTING PEACE, SUPPORTING DEMOCRACY, SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS, AND SUPPORTING STABILITY AROUND THE WORLD.

(APPLAUSE) >> THANK YOU, MAYOR BUTTIGIEG.

SENATOR WARREN, PRESIDENT OBAMA PLEDGED TO CLOSE THE DETENTION CAMP AT GUANTANAMO BAY BUT COULD NOT.

40 PRISONERS REMAIN THERE.

LAST YEAR U.S. TAXPAYERS PAID $540 MILLION TO KEEP GUANTANAMO OPEN.

WOULD YOU PLEDGE TO FINALLY CLOSE A DETENTION FACILITY AND IF ELECTED HOW WILL YOU DO IT?

>> YES, IT'S TIME TO CLOSE THIS DETENTION FACILITY.

IT NOT ONLY COSTS US MONEY, IT IS AN INTERNATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT.

WE HAVE TO BE AN AMERICA THAT LIVES OUR VALUES EVERY SINGLE DAY.

WE CAN'T BE AN AMERICA THAT STANDS UP AND ASKS PEOPLE TO FIGHT ALONGSIDE US, AS WE DID WITH THE KURDS IN FIGHTING I.S.I.S., AND THEN TURN AROUND IN THE BLINK OF A TWEET AND SAY THAT WE'RE TURNING OUR BACKS ON THE PEOPLE WHO STOOD BESIDE US.

AFTER THAT, WHO WANTS TO BE AN ALLY OF THE UNITED STATES?

WE HAVE TO BE AN AMERICA THAT UPS THE DIFFERENCE AND -- THAT UNDERSTANDS THE DIFFERENCE AND RECOGNIZES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR ALLIES, THE PEOPLE WHO WILL WORK ALONGSIDE US AND THE DICTATORS WHO WOULD DO US HARM, AND WE NEED TO TREAT OUR ALLIES BETTER THAN WE TREAT THE DICTATORS.

THAT NEEDS TO BE OUR JOB AS AN AMERICA.

(APPLAUSE) WE HAVE THE FINEST MILITARY ON EARTH.

ALL THREE OF MY BROTHERS SERVE.

WE HAVE PEOPLE ON THIS STAGE WHO HAVE SERVED, AND I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

OUR MILITARY IS STRONG AND IMPORTANT, BUT WE NEED TO BE AN AMERICA THAT RELIES ON OUR STATE DEPARTMENT, THAT RELIES ON DIPLOMASY, THAT RELIES ON OUR ECONOMIC POWER AND RELIES ON WORKING WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD TO BUILD A WORLD THAT IS SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTALLY AND ECONOMICALLY FOR EVERYONE.

>> THANK YOU, SENATOR WARREN.

VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN, WHY COULDN'T YOU CLOSE GUANTANAMO BAY?

WHY COULDN'T THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION CLOSE IT.

>> WE ATTEMPTED BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE NAIL AUTHORITY TO DO IT -- TO HAVE CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORITY TO DO IT.

IT IS AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR CREATING TERROR.

WHAT WE HAVE DONE AROUND THE WORLD IN TERMS OF KEEPING GUANTANAMO OPEN OR WHAT TRUMP HAS DONE BY NO LONGER BEING AN ANONYMOUS BROKER IN ISRAEL, THERE'S NO SOLUTION FOR ISRAEL OTHER THAN A TWO-STATE SOLUTION.

IT'S NOT POSSIBLE, AND HE HAS PLAYED TO ALL THE SAME FEARS AND ALL THE PREJUDICES THAT EXIST IN THIS COUNTRY AND IN ISRAEL.

BIBI NETANYAHU AND I KNOW ONE ANOTHER WELL.

HE KNOWS I THINK WHAT HE'S DOING IS OUTRAGEOUS.

WHAT WE DO IS WE HAVE TO PUT PRESSURE CONSTANTLY ON THE ISRAELIS TO MOVE TO A TWO-STATE SOLUTION, NOT WITHDRAW PHYSICAL AID FROM THEM IN TERMS OF THEIR SECURITY AND, LASTLY, I THINK SENATOR WARREN IS CORRECT, WE HAVE LED BY NOT AN EXAMPLE OF OUR POWER BUT THE POWER OF OUR EXAMPLE, AND THE EXAMPLE WE'RE DEMONSTRATING IS HORRIBLE, IT'S HURTING US BADLY.

>> THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN.

JUDY.

>> I WANT TO TURN TO ANOTHER PART OF THE WORLD, AND THAT'S CHINA.

MAYOR BUTTIGIEG, YOU HAVE SAID THAT YOU THINK CHINA PRESENTS MORE OF A CHALLENGE THAN DO YOUR NARROWLY CANDIDATES BELIEVE.

THE U.S. CLEARLY WANTS CHINA'S COOPERATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, ON CLIMATE CHANGE, ON NORTH KOREA, ON TERRORISM, AND, YET, AMERICANS ARE APPALLED BY CHINA'S RECORD ON HUMAN RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE DETENTION OF OVER A MILLION MUSLIM UIGHURS.

SHOULD THE U.S., IS MY QUESTION, DO MORE THAN PROTEST AND ISSUE SANCTIONS?

SHOULD THE U.S., FOR EXAMPLE, BOYCOTT THE 2022 BEIJING OLYMPICS?

>> I THINK THAT ANY TOOL OUGHT TO BE ON THE TABLE, ESPECIALLY DIPLOMATIC, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL TOOLS LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING.

LOOK, FOR THE PRESIDENT TO LET IT BE KNOWN THAT HIS SILENCE, WHETHER ON THE ROUNDING UP OF MUSLIM UIGHURS IN XI XINJIANG, PUTTING THEM IN CAMPS, HIS SILENCE IS TRASHING AMERICAN VALUES.

THE REALITY IS THERE'S A LOT MORE TO THE RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA THAN WHO'S SELLING MORE DISHWASHERS.

YES, WE NEED A MUCH SMARTER TRADE POLICY, WE ALSO HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT'S GOING ON OVER THERE, THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR THE PERFECTION OF DICTATORSHIP.

THAT IS GOING TO REQUIRE A STRONGER THAN EVER RESPONSE FROM THE U.S.

IN DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACY.

BUT WHEN FOLKS STANDING UP FOR DEMOCRACY HEAR NOT A PEEP FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, WHAT MESSAGE IS THAT SENDING TO THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY?

THE MESSAGE I WILL SEND IS IF THEY PERPETRATE A REPEAT OF ANYTHING LIKE TIN MINIMUM SQUARE WHEN IT COMES TO HONG KONG THEY WILL BE ISOLATED FROM THE FREE WORLD AND WE WILL LEAD THAT ISOLATION DIPLOMATICALLY AND ECONOMICALLY.

(APPLAUSE) >> MR. STEYER, MANY AMERICANS HAVE BEEN MOVED IN THE LAST MONTHS BY THE PROTESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.

IT IS CHINESE TERRITORY, BUT COULD YOU, WOULD YOU DO AS PRESIDENT IF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT MOVED IN MILITARILY?

>> LOOK, THERE IS A TEMPTATION, PARTICULARLY FOR THIS PRESIDENT, TO TRY AND ANSWER THAT ON A BILATERAL -- IN A BILATERAL WAY.

THE WAY THE UNITED STATES SHOULD BE REACTING IN HONG KONG IS BY GATHERING OUR COALITION OF DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM-LOVING PARTNERS AND ALLIES TO PUSH BACK.

IN FACT, WHEN WE'RE MAKING MORAL STATEMENTS AROUND THE WORLD, IT SHOULD NOT BE US THREATENING AND TRYING TO BE THE WORLD'S POLICEMAN, IT SHOULD BE US LEADING ON A VALUE-DRIVEN BASIS WITH THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO SHARE OUR VALUES AND WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD.

WE ACTUALLY CAN'T ISOLATE OURSELVES FROM CHINA.

IN FACT, WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THEM AS A FRENEMY, PEOPLE WHO DISTURB US, WHO WE DISAGREE WITH BUT WHO, IN EFFECT, WE ARE LINKED TO IN A WORLD THAT IS EVER GETTING CLOSER AND, IN FACT, IF WE ARE GOING TO TREAT CLIMATE AS THE THREAT THAT IT IS, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PARTNER WITH THE CHINESE, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO COME ALONG WITH US, TRUST US AND, TOGETHER, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM, SO -- >> THANK YOU, MR. STEYER.

-- WE NEED A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK WITH THEM GOING FORWARD UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES.

>> THANK YOU, MR. STEYER.

VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN, ON CHINA, WE NOW KNOW THAT CHINA IS ENGAGED IN AN UNPRECEDENTED MILITARY BUILDUP.

THEY HAVE LAUNCHED A NEW AIRCRAFT CARRIER.

NEW SIGNS OF A DISTURBING ESPIONAGE CAMPAIGN HERE INSIDE THE UNITED STATES, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DISTURBING SIGNS FROM THE CHINESE.

NATIONAL SECURITY SCHOLARS LONG WARNED ABOUT THE HISTORICAL PRECEDENT THAT WHEN THERE'S A RULING POWER AND RISING POWER, THERE'S LIKELY TO BE A WAR.

IS THE U.S. ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH CHINA?

WHAT STEPS WOULD YOU TAKE AS PRESIDENT.

>> IT'S ON A CLINGS COURSE WITH CHINA BUT NOT FOR WAR.

WHAT WE HAVE TO MAKE CLEAR IS WE IN FACT ARE NOT GOING TO ABIDE BY WHAT THEY'VE DONE.

A MILLION UIGHURS, AS YOU POINTED OUT, MUSLIMS ARE IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS, THAT'S WHERE THEY ARE NOW, BEING ABUSED IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS.

WHAT WE STARTED IN OUR ADMINISTRATION, TRUMP STOPPED, WE SHOULD BE MOVING 60% OF OUR SEA POWER TO THAT AREA OF THE WORLD TO LET, IN FACT, THE CHINESE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO ANY FURTHER, WE ARE GOING TO BE THERE TO PROTECT OTHER FOLKS.

SECONDLY, WE, IN FACT, SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE BEGIN TO REBUILD OUR ALLIANCES WHICH TRUMP HAS DEMOLISHED WITH JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA, AUSTRALIA AND INDONESIA.

WE, IN FACT, NEED TO HAVE ALLIES WHO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE GOING TO STOP THE CHINESE FROM THEIR ACTIONS.

WE SHOULD HAVE GONE TO THE U.N. MIDDLE EAST AND SOUGHT SANCTIONS AGAINST THEM IN THE UNITED NATIONS FOR WHAT THEY DID.

WE HAVE TO BE FIRM.

WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO WAR, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE IT CLEAR, THIS IS AS FAR AS YOU GO, CHINA.

AND IN TERMS OF THEIR MILITARY BUILDUP, IT'S REAL, BUT IT WOULD TAKE THEM ABOUT 17 YEARS TO BUILD UP TO WHERE WHICH ARE.

WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A WAR, BUT WE'VE GOT TO MAKE CLEAR WE ARE A PACIFIC POWER AND WE ARE NOT AWAY.

>> MR. YANG, AND THEN SENATOR KLOBUCHAR.

>> I HAVE FAMILY IN HONG KONG.

I SPENT FOUR MONTHS THERE, AND SEEING WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE STREETS, IT'S SHOCKING.

THEY BANNED FACE MASKS IN HONG KONG.

WHY?

BECAUSE THEY HAVE A.I.

TECHNOLOGY NOW USING FACIAL RECOGNITION TO IDENTIFY PROTESTERS IF THEY SO MUCH AS DO ANYTHING ON THE STREET, SO THEY CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THEM AND DETAIN THEM LATER.

THIS IS THE RIVALRY THAT WE HAVE TO WIN WHERE CHINA'S CONCERNED.

THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF LEAPFROGGING US IN A.I.BECAUSE THEY HAVE MORE DATA THAN WE DO, AND THEIR GOVERNMENT IS SUBSIDIZING IT TO THE TUNES OF TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARSS.

I HAVE SAT WITH OUR LEADING TECHNOLOGISTS AND THEY SAY THEY CANNOT MATCH THE CHINESE RESOURCES.

CHINA JUST PRODUCED THE FIRST MAJOR SMARTPHONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE GOOGLE APPS AND IS TRYING TO EXPORT THEIR TECHNOLOGY TO THE REST OF THE WORLD.

WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS BUILD AN INTERNATIONAL COALITION TO SET TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS, AND THEN YOU CAN BRING THE CHINESE TO THE TABLE IN A VERY REAL WAY, BECAUSE THIS IS THEIR TOP PRIORITY AND THIS IS WHERE WE NEED TO OUT-COMPETE THEM AND WIN.

>> SENATOR KLOBUCHAR.

( APPLAUSE ).

>> WHEN IT COMES TO FOREIGN POLICY, I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP OUR PROMISES AND KEEP OUR THREATS.

AND THIS PRESIDENT HAS DONE NEITHER.

AND A COUNTRY LIKE CHINA, THEIR LEADERS, THEY WATCH THAT, AND THEY KNOW.

HE HAS STOOD WITH DICTATORS OVER INNOCENCE.

HE HAS STOOD WITH TYRANTS OVER FREE LEADERS.

HE DOES IT ALL THE TIME.

AND I HAVE A LITTLE DIFFERENT TAKE THAN SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT CONFERENCE WITH NATO.

YEAH, THEY WERE MAKING FUN OF HIM, SOME OF THE FOREIGN LEADERS.

I HAVE HEARD SENATORS MAKE MORE FUN OF OTHER SENATORS THAN THAT.

THE POINT OF IT WAS THAT HE COULDN'T EVEN TOLERATE IT.

HE IS SO THIN-SKINNED, THAT HE WALKED.

HE QUIT.

AMERICA DOESN'T QUIT.

SO IF WE WANT TO SEND A MESSAGE TO THE CHINESE, WE STAND WITH OUR ALLIES.

WE STAND WITH THEM FIRMLY.

WE HAVE A VERY CLEAR AND COHERENT FOREIGN POLICY WHEN IT COMES TO HUMAN RIGHTS.

CHECK OUT MY WEBSITE AMYKLOBUCHAR.COM.

I HAVE THE FIRE "R"s OF OUR FOREIGN POLICY, ABOUT REASSERTING OUR VALUES, REJOINING THE INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS LIKE THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR AGREEMENT.

BUT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO ONE "R--" RETURNING TO SANITY.

( APPLAUSE ) >> MAJOR BUTTIGIEG, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK.

>> I'M HONESTLY NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S BAD SENSE OF HUMOR WHEN IT COMES TO BEING MADE FUN OF.

I'M WORRIED ABOUT FACT THAT HE IS ECHOING THE VOCABULARY OF DICTATORS AROUND THE WORLD.

WHEN THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT REFERS TO UNFAVORABLE PRESS COVERAGE AS THE PRODUCT OF THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, DEMOCRACY AROUND THE WORLD GETS WEAKER.

FREEDOM OF THE PRESS NOT JUST HERE AT HOME BUT AROUND THE WORLD GETS WEAKER.

IT'S ONE MORE REMINDER OF WHAT IS AT STAKE-- NOT JUST HERE AT HOME BUT FOR WORLD HISTORY, AND THE IMPERATIVE THAT WE WIN THIS ELECTION.

>> CAN I RESPOND?

>> THIS IS OUR CHANCE.

>> VERY BRIEF, VERY BRIEF.

>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR, MAYOR, THAT THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS IS DEEP IN MY HEART.

MY DAD WAS A NEWSPAPERMAN, AND I'M THE ONE THAT ASKED EVERY ATTORNEY GENERAL CANDIDATE WE'VE HAD UNDER DONALD TRUMP, BOTH OF WHOM I OPPOSED, ABOUT THEIR RESPECT FOR THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

AND THEY HAVE REFUSED-- THEY HAVE REFUSED TO FOLLOW THE RULES THAT ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDER PUT IN PLACE WHEN IT CAME TO PROTECTING OUR JOURNALISTS.

THEY WOULD NOT COMMIT THAT THEY WOULDN'T PUT A JOURNALIST IN JAIL FOR DOING THEIR JOB.

SO THIS IS NOT JUST TALKING POINTS TO ME.

THIS IS THE REAL WORLD.

AND I THINK THAT EXPERIENCE THAT I WILL BRING TO THE WHITE HOUSE WITH PROTECTING THE FIRST AMENDMENT IS WORTH MORE THAN ANY TALKING POINTS.

>> WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK, AND WE WILL BE-- WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE QUESTIONS.

( APPLAUSE ) >> WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE.

THIS IS LISA DESJARDINS, OF THE PBS NEWSHOUR.

AGAIN, I'M HERE WITH THE GANG FOR THIS DEMOCRATIC DEBATE TONIGHT IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

BEFORE WE COME TO YOU, I WANT TO SHOW VIEWERS SOMETHING THEY'RE GOING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT LATER AS WELL,HICH IS THE OTHER MAJOR FACILITY INVOLVED IN THIS DEBATE.

IT'S THE SPIN ROOM.

THIS IS IN ANOTHER BUILDING HERE ON THE CAMPUS OF LOYOLA MARYMOUNT.

YOU CAN LOOK AT THE SPIN ROOM RIGHT NOW.

IT'S COMPLETELY EMPTY.

THAT'S BECAUSE REPORTERS ARE AT THEIR DESKS.

WHAT YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IS ACTUALLY THE DEBATE HALL.

BUT THERE IS A SPIN ROOM IN THE NEXT BUILDING OVER.

ANYWAY, THE POINT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE, GUYS, YOU KNOW, THE POINT IS THAT WE HAVE ABOUT 500 MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA HERE, SOME 450.

AND AS MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA, WHAT STOOD OUT SO FAR?

WHAT WERE THE KEY MOMENTS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THIS DEBATE?

I THINK IT'S BEEN FAIRLY INTERESTING.

WHO HAS SOMETHING?

RYAN LIZZA OF POLITICO.

>> I THINK IT'S SUBSTANTIVE, A LOT OF ISSUES WE HAVE NOT SEEN IN OTHER DEBATES, REALLY INTERESTING DISCUSSION ON NUCLEAR-- BIG QUESTION ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEIR CLIMATE PLANS, WHICH REALLY HASN'T BEEN ADDRESSED IN PREVIOUS DEBATES.

ELIZABETH WARREN AND YANG DISAGREED ON THIS.

ELIZABETH WARREN WOULD NOT ADD NEW NUCLEAR CAPACITY TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE.

A LOT OF SCIENTISTS SUGGEST THAT PERHAPS YOU CAN'T REACH THE CARBON-REDUCTION TARGETS THAT SHE HAS PUT FORWARD WITHOUT NUCLEAR.

JOHNANDREW YANG WHO LIKES TO THINK OF HIMSELF AS A MAN OF SCIENCE, IS OKAY WITH NUCLEAR.

HE IS NOT WORRIED ABOUT SAFETY ISSUES.

>> I LIKE THAT YOU START WITH THE NUCLEAR DIFFERENCE.

IT'S-- >> BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD DEBATES WHERE THE CLIMATE-- MOST PEOPLE THEY'RE THE SAME ON CLIMATE.

WE DREW SOME INTERESTING ISSUES THERE.

ON RELOCATION, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, IN A CLIMATE FUTURE IS GOING TO BE A SERIOUS ISSUE.

BIDEN SAID, YES, HE'D SPEND MONEY ON RELOCATING-- >> THE ONLY DEFINITIVE ANSWER I HEARD ON THAT.

>> YES.

BERNIE SANDERS JUST OBJECTED TO THE PREMISE.

>> YANG ALSO SAID HIS PLAN LITERALLY IS MOVED TO HIGHER GROUND AND HE DID ANSWER THAT QUESTION DIRECTLY AS WELL.

>> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT ELIZABETH WARREN.

SHE-- SHE TOOK TWO KIND OF DETAILED QUESTIONS THAT I DIDN'T HEAR ANSWERS FROM HER ON.

ONE ABOUT HOW STEPHANIE BROUGHT UP EARLIER DURING A BREAK, HOW SHE ANSWERS ECONOMISTS WHO SAY HER TAX PLAN COULD ACTUALLY MEAN A VERY LARGE LOSS OF JOBS.

SHE SAID SIMPLY, "THEY'RE WRONG."

THE OTHER WAS ON GUANTANAMO BAY.

SHE SAID RIGHT AWAY, DEFINITIVELY, SHE WANTS TO CLOSE IT.

BUT THE QUESTION WAS HOW?

THERE I CEEND OF THOUGHT, SHE'S SO PREPARED, SHE HAS SO MANY DETAILS, BUT HE SHE WENT TO LARGER TALK ON FOREIGN POLICY.

DOES IT MATTER WHETHER A CANDIDATE SUPPLIES DIRECT AND DETAILS TO THESE QUESTIONS?

OR DO VOTERS, AMY WALTER, WANT THIS BIG VISION AND SORT OF LOFTY RHETORIC?

>> VOTERS WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE VALUE SYSTEM OF THESE CANDIDATES.

THEY AREN'T GETTING INTO THE WEEDS ON THESE ISSUES IN THE WAY THAT THESE CANDIDATES DO.

THEY WANT TO FEEL LIKE THOSE CANDIDATES HAVE THOUGHT THROUGH THIS.

THAT THEY DO UNDERSTAND THE ELEMENTS OF THE ISSUE IN FRONT OF THEM.

BUT, REALLY WHAT THEY NEED TO DELIVER-- AND THIS IS THE CHALLENGE FOR CANDIDATES AT THIS STAGE OF THE PROCESS, BUT THIS SORT OF OPTIMISTIC, FORWARD-LOOKING, A VISION, A NARRATIVE, WHO WE ARE AS A COUNTRY, WHO WE CAN BE AS A COUNTRY, AND THAT THE REST OF THE POLICIES FIT INTO THAT.

ELIZABETH WARREN HAS A VERY CLEAR NARRATIVE.

THE UNDERLYING CHALLENGE IN OUR COUNTRY, SHE SAYS, IS THE CORRUPTION.

IT'S THE MONEY THAT FUELS OUR POLITICS, THAT COMES FROM BIG CORPORATIONS AND OTHER WEALTHY INDIVIDUALS, THAT KEEP US IN THIS CYCLE THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S-- THAT'S HER BIGGER, BROADER NARRATIVE, THAT SHE HAS BEEN MAKING NOW SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE CAMPAIGN.

>> LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ.

>> AND I THINK WARREN, ALSO, HAS BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE IN PAST DEBATES AND THIS DEBATE, AS YOU SAID, AMY, CIRCLING HER QUESTIONS BACK TO HER CORE MESSAGE, WHICH IS ABOUT CORRUPTION.

AND SO-- AND, ALSO, HER DIRECT ANSWER, I THINK, IS WHAT VOTERS ARE LOOKING FOR, WHETHER IT'S ABOUT GUANTANAMO OR THE OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE COMING UP.

THEY WANT TON EXACTLY WHERE THAT CANDIDATE STANDS.

AND THEN THEY UNDERSTAND THAT MATTER LATER ON THEY'LL FIGURE OUT THE PLAN FOR IT.

I THINK THAT, ALSO, WE'VE BEEN DIVING MORE INTO FOREIGN POLICY IN THIS DEBATE THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST.

IT GIVES CANDIDATES LIKE BIDEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE SOME OF HIS STRENGTHS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT HE'S BEEN DOING ALL ALONG ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.

HE TALKS ABOUT FOREIGN POLICY A LOT THERE.

HE ALSO TALKS ABOUT HOW HE'S BEING ATTACKED BY TRUMP, AND THAT, LIKE TRUMP, PUTIN ALSO DOESN'T WANT HIM TO BE PRESIDENT.

SO THIS IS GIVING HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THAT A LOT MORE.

I'D ALSO SAY THAT TOM STEYER SEEMS TO BE HAVING SOMEWHAT OF A STRONG NIGHT SO FAR.

>> THIS IS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS.

TO ME THIS IS ONE OF THE DIFFERENCES IN THE DEBATE.

WITH FEWER CANDIDATES I FEEL LIKE I'VE GOTTEN MORE OF A PRESENCE OF TOM STEYER AND ANDREW YANG.

THEY'RE GETTING MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK.

TOM STEYER SAID VERY CLEARLY HE THOUGHT CLIMATE CHANGE IS WHAT HE WOULD PRIORITIZE WITH CHINA, ESSENTIALLY OVER HONG KONG.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THOSE TWO CANDIDATES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE STAGE?

RIAN.

>> IT SHOWS IF YOU CAN SURVIVE TO THE FINAL ROUND OF THIS KIND OF DEBATE PROCESS, WHICH REALLY IS ABOUT WINNOWING THE FIELD, RIGHT, EVERY MONTH.

YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.

NOW, STEYER HAS, YOU KNOW, IN THE EARLY STATES, STEYER HAS STRUGGLED TO BUILD A MOMENTUM.

BUT A CANDIDATE LIKE AMY KLOBUCHAR, WHO ENTERED THIS RACE AS A REAL UNDERDOG BUT IS STILL ON THAT STAGE TICKING UP IN IOWA, THIS SMALLER STAGE GIVES SOMEONE LIKE THAT AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET A SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH LOOK FROM A BIG CHUNK OF VOTERS.

>> SHE'S HAD HER HAND RAISED SEVERAL TIMES.

VIEWERS CAN'T ALWAYS SEE THAT.

HER HAND GOES UP A LOT.

STEPHANIE, WHAT STOOD OUT TO YOU?

>> ID SAY THE MIDWESTERN VIEW OF CLIMATE CHANGE FROM BUTTIGIEG AND KLOBUCHAR FELT FRESH TO ME WITHIN THAT DEBATE.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BIDEN, I AGREE WITH WHAT LAURA SAID, HE WAS ABLE TO PLAY TO SOME OF HIS STRENGTHS, WHEN IT COMES, ESPECIALLY TO CHINA, TALKING ABOUT OBAMA'S POLICY OF THE ASIA PIVOT.

HE TALKED ABOUT MOVING 60% OF THE U.S. MILITARY PROJECTED FORCE INTO THE ASIA PACIFIC.

THAT'S A CONTINUATION OF AN OBAMA POLICY.

I THINK WE'LL SEE THAT AS A THEME FOR BIDEN THROUGHOUT THIS CAMPAIGN IS THAT CONTINUATION.

ALSO WITH BIDEN, AT THAT MOMENT, WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT THE EPIPHANY, AND HE SAID I CAN'T IMAGINE A PLACE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE COOPERATION AGAIN.

I THINK THAT WILL ALSO COME UP AGAIN.

>> ALL RIGHT, YOU'RE GETTING A LOT OF SUBSTANCE AND A LOT OF FOREIGN POLICY.

AND WE'RE GOING TO NOW TURN BACK TO THE PBS NEWSHOUR/POLITICO DEMOCRATIC DEBATE.

>> LIVE FROM LOS ANGELES, THE PBS NEWSHOUR POLITICO DEMOCRATIC DEBATE CONTINUES.

ONCE AGAIN, JUDY WOODRUFF.

>> WELCOME BACK TO THE PBS NEWSHOUR POLITICO DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE.

I'M JUDY WOODRUFF.

JOINED BY MY PBS NEWSHOUR COLLEAGUES, AMNA NAWAZ, AND YAMICHE ALCINDOR.

BY TIM ALBERTA OF POLITICO.

NOW, LET'S TURN TO THE NEXT QUESTION FROM TIM.

>> THANK YOU, JUDY.

CANDIDATES, LET'S MAKE THINGS INTERESTING.

FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID THIS WEEK WHEN ASKED, "WHO SHOULD BE RUNNING COUNTRIES?"

THAT IF WOMEN WERE IN CHARGE, YOU'D SEE A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT ON JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.

( APPLAUSE ) HE ALSO SAID "IF YOU LOOK AT THE WORLD AND LOOK AT THE PROBLEMS, IT'S USUALLY OLD PEOPLE, USUALLY OLD MEN, NOT GETTING OUT OF THE WAY."

( APPLAUSE ) SENATOR SANDERS, YOU ARE THE OLDEST CANDIDATE ON STAGE THIS EVENING.

>> AND I'M WHITE AS WELL!

YES.

>> HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO WHAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAS TO SAY.

>> WELL, I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR BARACK OBAMA.

I THINK I DISAGREE WITH HIM ON THIS ONE.

( LAUGHTER ) MAYBE A LITTLE SELF-SERVING, BUT I DO DISAGREE.

HERE IS THE ISSUE: THE ISSUE IS WHERE POWER RESIDES IN AMERICA.

AND IT'S NOT WHITE OR BLACK OR MALE OR FEMALE.

WE ARE LIVING IN A NATION INCREASINGLY BECOMING AN OLIGARCHY, WHERE YOU HAVE A HAND FULL OF BILLIONAIRES WHO SPENT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BUYING ELECTIONS AND POLITICIANS.

YOU HAVE MORE INCOME AND WEALTH INEQUALITY THAN AT ANY TIME SINCE THE 1920 PPS WE ARE THE ONLY MAJOR COUNTRY ON EARTH NOT TO GUARANTEE HEALTH CARE FOR ALL PEOPLE, WHICH IS WHY WE NEED MEDICARE FOR ALL.

WE ARE FACING AN EXISTENTIAL CRISIS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

THE ISSUE IS NOT OLD OR YOUNG; MALE OR FEMALE.

THE ISSUE IS WORKING PEOPLE STANDING UP, TAKING ON THE BILLIONAIRE CLASS, AND CREATING A GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMY THAT WORKS FOR ALL, NOT JUST THE 1%.

>> THANK YOU, SENATOR SANDERS.

( APPLAUSE ) VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN, I'M GOING TO GUESS THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA DID NOT CLEAR THAT REMARK THROUGH YOUR CAMPAIGN AHEAD OF TIME.

>> AND I'M GOING TO GUESS HE WASN'T TALKING ABOUT ME, EITHER.

>> OKAY.

( LAUGHTER ) >> NUMBER ONE.

LOOK, I'M RUNNING-- I'M RUNNING BECAUSE I'VE BEEN AROUND, MY EXPERIENCE.

WITH EXPERIENCE HOPEFULLY COMES JUDGMENT AND A LITTLE BIT OF WISDOM.

THE FACT IS, WE'RE IN A POSITION NOW, THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS GOING TO INHERIT TWO THINGS: AN ECONOMY THAT IS OUT OF KILTER AND A DOMESTIC POLICY THAT WE HAVE TO UNITE AMERICA, AND A FOREIGN POLICY THAT REQUIRES SOMEBODY TO BE ABLE ON DAY ONE STAND UP, LOOK OUT AT THE ENTIRE WORLD, KNOW WHO THAT PERSON IS, KNOW WHAT THEY STAND FOR, AND KNOW THEY KNOW THEM.

THAT'S REASON I'M RUNNING.

I HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE DOING THAT THAN ANYBODY ON THIS STAGE.

>> JUST TO FOLLOW UP, IF ELECTED YOU WOULD BE TURNING 82.

YOU WOULD BE THE OLDEST PRESIDENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

>> PRESIDENT CHURCHILL.

>> AMERICAN HISTORY.

>> OH, AMERICAN.

I WAS JOKING.

THAT WAS A JOKE.

>> OH, OKAY.

( LAUGHTER ) I APPRECIATE IT.

>> POLITICO DOESN'T HAVE MUCH OF A SENSE OF HUMOR.

>> OH, WE'VE GOT A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR.

THEY WOULDN'T HAVE PUT ME ON STAGE OTHERWISE.

ARE YOU WILLING TO COMMIT TONIGHT TO RUNNING FOR A SECOND TERM IF YOU'RE ELECTED NEXT NOVEMBER?

>> NO, I'M NOT WILLING TO COMMIT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

HERE'S THE DEAL-- I'M NOT EVEN ELECTED ONE TERM YET, AND LET'S SEE WHERE WE ARE.

LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

( APPLAUSE ) IT'S A NICE THOUGHT.

>> SENATOR KLOBUCHAR, YOU HAD YOUR HAND RAISED.

>> THANK YOU FOR ASKING A WOMAN THIS QUESTION.

I THINK-- ( APPLAUSE ) FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE NOT HAD ENOUGH WOMEN IN OUR GOVERNMENT.

WHEN I WAS ON TREVOR NOAH'S SHOW ONCE, I EXPLAINED HOW IN THE HISTORY OF THE SENATE, THERE WAS SOMETHING LIKE 2,000 MEN AND ONLY 50 WOMEN IN THE WHOLE HISTORY.

AND HE SAID IF A NIGHTCLUB HAD NUMBERS THAT BAD, THEY WOULD SHUT IT DOWN.

( LAUGHTER ) HOWEVER, IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT NUMBERS.

IT'S ABOUT WHAT YOU GET DONE.

AND THAT IS MY ARGUMENT.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE POLL, THE STATE THAT KNOWS ME BEST, AND THAT IS THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, IT SHOWED IN THE STATE THAT HILARY HAD HER LOWEST MARGIN OF VICTORY, IT SHOWED THAT I BEAT DONALD TRUMP BY 18 POINTS.

I BEAT HIM WITH MEN MORE THAN ANYONE ON THIS STAGE.

SO I THINK WHAT MATTERS IN THIS ELECTION IS CAN YOU BRING IN THOSE RURAL AND SUBURBAN AREAS, PARTICULARLY IN THE MIDWEST.

AND, NUMBER TWO, WHAT WILL YOU DO WHEN YOU GET THERE?

I AM SOMEONE THAT HAS PASSED OVER 100 BILLS, WITH MEN AND WOMEN, WITH REPUBLICANS AND WITH DEMOCRATS, INCLUDING CHANGING THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAWS FOR THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS, A BILL I LED SO TAXPAYERS ARE NO LONGER GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR PEOPLE THAT HARASS OTHER PEOPLE.

>> SENATOR WARREN-- >> I PASSED THE LAW FOR DRUG SHORTAGES.

I HAVE DONE WORK IN OUR RURAL AREAS.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT MOST MATTERS TO PEOPLE.

I WOULD BE SO PROUD TO BE THE FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT.

BUT MOSTLY, I WANT TO BE A PRESIDENT THAT GETS THINGS DONE AND IMPROVES PEOPLE'S LIVES.

>> THANK YOU, KLOBUCHAR.

( APPLAUSE ) SENATOR WARREN, YOU WOULD BE THE OLDEST PRESIDENT EVER INAUGURATED.

I'D LIKE TO YOU WEIGH IN AS WELL.

>> I'D ALSO BE THE YOUNGEST WOMAN EVER INAUGURATED.

( APPLAUSE ) ( CHEERS ) I BELIEVE THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS TALKING ABOUT WHO HAS POWER IN AMERICA, WHOSE VOICES GET HEARD.

I BELIEVE HE'S TALKING ABOUT WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR AND TRANS PEOPLE AND PEOPLE WHOSE VOICES JUST SO OFTEN GET SHOVED OUT.

AND FOR ME, THE BEST WAY TO UNDERSTAND THAT IS TO LOOK AT HOW PEOPLE ARE RUNNING THEIR CAMPAIGNS IN 2020.

YOU KNOW, I MADE THE DECISION WHEN I DECIDED TO RUN NOT TO DO BUSINESS AS USUAL.

AND NOW, I'M CROWDING IN ON 100,000 SELFIES.

THAT'S 100,000 HUGS AND HANDSHAKES AND STORIES, STORIES FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH STUDENT LOAN DEBT, STORIES FROM PEOPLE WHO CAN'T PAY THEIR MEDICAL BILLS, STORIES FROM PEOPLE WHO CAN'T FIND CHILD CARE.

NOW, MOST OF THE PEOPLE ON THIS STAGE RUN A TRADITIONAL CAMPAIGN.

AND THAT MEANS GOING BACK AND FORTH FROM COAST TO COAST TO RICH PEOPLE, AND PEOPLE WHO CAN PUT UP 5,000 BUCKS OR MORE IN ORDER TO HAVE A PICTURE TAKEN, IN ORDER TO HAVE A CONVERSATION, AND IN ORDER MAYBE TO BE CONSIDERED TO BE AN AMBASSADOR.

>> THANK YOU, SENATOR WARREN.

>> THOSE SELFIES-- NO, I WANT TO FINISH THIS.

THOSE SELFIES COST NOBODY ANYTHING.

AND I GET IT.

IN A DEMOCRACY, WE ALL HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW AND EVERYBODY GETS ONE VOTE.

BUT HERE'S THE THING-- PEOPLE WHO CAN PUT DOWN $5,000 TO HAVE A PICTURE TAKEN DON'T HAVE THE SAME PRIORITIES AS PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH STUDENT LOAN DEBT OR STRUGGLING TO PAY OFF MEDICAL DEBT.

I WANT-- I'M RUNNING A CAMPAIGN WHERE PEOPLE WHOSE VOICES GET HEARD.

WE CAN'T HAVE-- >> THANK YOU, SENATOR WARREN, WE'RE-- >> WE CAN'T HAVE PEOPLE WHO CAN PUT DOWN $5,000 FOR A CHECK, DROWN OUT THE VOICES OF EVERYONE ELSE.

>> THANK YOU, SENATOR WARREN.

>> THEY DON'T IN MY CAMPAIGN, AND THEY WON'T IN MY WHITE HOUSE.

>> MAYOR BUTTIGIEG, YOU HAD YOUR HAND RAISED.

( APPLAUSE ) >> WELL, CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN DIRECTED AT ME.

AND HERE'S THE THING-- WE'RE IN THE FEIST OUR LIVES RIGHT NOW.

DONALD TRUMP AND HIS ALLIES HAVE MADE IT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT THEY WILL STOP AT NOTHING, NOT EVEN FOREIGN INTERFERENCE, TO HOLD ON TO POWER.

THEY HAVE ALREADY PUT TOGETHER MORE THAN $300 MILLION.

THIS IS OUR CHANCE.

THIS IS OUR ONLY CHANCE TO DEFEAT DONALD TRUMP.

AND WE SHOULDN'T TRY TO DO IT WITH ONE HAND TIED BEHIND OUR BACK.

THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO WIN IS TO BRING EVERYBODY TO OUR SIDE IN THIS FIGHT.

AND IF THAT MEANS THAT YOU'RE A GRAD STUDENT DIGGING DEEP TO GO ONLINE TO PETEFORAMERICA.COM AND CHIP IN 10 BUCKS, THAT'S GREAT.

AND IF YOU CAN DROP $1,000 WITHOUT BLINKING, THAT'S GREAT, TOO.

WE NEED EVERYBODY'S HELP IN THIS FIGHT.

I'M NOT GOING TO TURN AWAY ANYONE WHO WANTS TO HELP US DEFEAT DONALD TRUMP.

WE NEED DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE BEEN WITH US ALL ALONG, YES, BUT WE ALSO NEED INDEPENDENTS WORRIED ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF THE COUNTRY.

IF YOU ARE A REPUBLICAN DISGUSTED WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR OWN PARTY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO AGREE ON EVERYTHING, BUT WE NEED YOU IN THIS FIGHT, AND I WILL WELCOME YOU TO OUR SIDE.

>> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

( APPLAUSE ) SENATOR WARREN, 45 SECONDS TO RESPOND.

>> SO THE MAYOR JUST RECENTLY HAD A FUND-RAISER THAT WAS HELD IN A ONE CAVE FULL OF CRYSTALS AND SERVED CAPITOL HILL 900-A-BOTTLE WINE.

THINK ABOUT WHO COMES TO THAT.

HE HAD PROMISED EVERY FUND-RAISER HE WOULD DO WOULD BE OPEN DOOR, BUT THIS ONE WAS CLOSED DOOR.

WE MADE THE DECISION MANY YEARS AGO THAT RICH PEOPLE IN SMOKE-FILLED ROOMS WOULD NOT PICK THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

( APPLAUSE ) BILLIONAIRE IN WINE CAVES SHOULD NOT PICK THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

>> MR. MAYOR, YOUR RESPONSE.

>> YOU KNOW, ACCORDING TO "FORBES" MAGAZINE I'M LITERALLY THE ONLY PERSON ON THIS STAGE WHO IS NOT A MILLIONAIRE OR A BILLIONAIRE.

( APPLAUSE ) SO IF-- THIS IS IMPORTANT.

THIS IS THE PROBLEM WITH ISSUING PURITY TESTS YOU CANNOT YOURSELF PASS.

( APPLAUSE ) IF I PLEDGE-- IF I PLEDGE NEVER TO BE IN THE COMPANY OF A PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATIC DONOR, I COULDN'T BE UP HERE.

SENATOR, YOUR NET WORTH IS 100 TIMES MINE.

NOW, SUPPOSING YOU WENT HOME FEELING THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT-- I KNOW THIS ISN'T LIKELY BUT STAY WITH ME-- AND DECIDED TO GO ON TO PETEFORAMERICA.COM, AND GIVE THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE BY LAW, $2,800.

WOULD THAT POLLUTE MY CAMPAIGN BECAUSE IT CAME FROM A WEALTHY PERSON?

NO, I WOULD BE DPLALD TO HAVE THAT SUPPORT.

WE NEED THE SUPPORT FROM EVERYBODY WHO IS COMMITTED TO DEFEATING DONALD TRUMP.

( APPLAUSE ) >> WE WOULD-- WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING IN EVERYONE, BUT, OBVIOUSLY, SENATOR WARREN, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO RESPOND.

>> I DO NOT SELL ACCESS TO MY TIME.

I DON'T DO CALL TIME-- >> HOLD ON A SECOND.

>> WITH MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES.

>> AS OF WHEN, SENATOR.

>>Y DON'T MEET BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WITH BIG-DONOR DONORS.

LOOK, I'M TAKING ONE THAT OUGHT TO BE AN EASY STEP FOR EVERYONE HERE.

I'VE SAID TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO DONATE TO ME, IF YOU WANT TO DONATE TO ME, THAT'S FINE.

BUT DON'T COME AROUND LATER EXPECTING TO BE NAMED AMBASSADOR, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT GOES ON IN THESE HIGH-DOLLAR FUNDRAISERS.

I SAID NO, AND I ASKED EVERYBODY ON THIS STAGE TO JOIN ME.

THIS OUGHT TO BE AN EASY STEP.

AND HERE'S THE PROBLEM-- IF YOU CAN'T STAND UP AND TAKE THE STEPS THAT ARE RELATIVELY EASY, CAN'T STAND UP TO THE WEALTHY AND WELL-CONNECTED WHEN IT'S RELATIVELY EASY WHEN YOU'RE A CANDIDATE, THEN HOW CAN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BELIEVE YOU'RE GOING TO STAND UP TO THE WEALTHY AND WELL-CONNECTED WHEN YOU'RE PRESIDENT AND IT'S REALLY HARD?

( APPLAUSE ).

>> JUDY, JUDY-- >> SENATOR, I'VE GOT TO RESPOND.

>> FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU ONE MORE CHANCE TO RESPOND.

>> ...THEN YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS RUNNING FOR OFFICE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

BUT, ALSO, SENATOR, YOUR PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN RIGHT NOW, AS WE SPEAK, IS FUNDED IN PART BY MONEY YOU TRANSFERRED, HAVING RAISED IT AT THOSE EXACT SAME BIG-TICKET FUNDRAISERS YOU NOW DENOUNCE.

DID IT CORRUPT YOU, SENATOR?

OF COURSE NOT.

SO TO DENOUNCE THE SAME KIND OF FUND-RAISING GUIDELINES THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA WENT BY, THAT SPEAKER PELOSI GOES BY, THAT YOU, YOURSELF, WENT BY UNTIL NOT LONG AGO, IN ORDER TO BUILD THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND BUILD A CAMPAIGN READY FOR THE FIGHT OF OUR LIVES, THESE PURITY TESTS SHRINK THE STAKES OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION-- >> JUDY-- >> WE'D LIKE TO BRING EVERYONE IN.

>> NO-- HE ADDRESSED ME DIRECTLY.

>> I DID NOT-- >> SENATOR KLOBUCHAR HAD HER HAND UP FIRST.

I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ON YOU.

>> ...COME HERE TO LISTEN TO THIS ARGUMENT.

I CAME HERE TO MAKE A CASE FOR PROGRESS.

AND I HAVE NEVER EVEN BEEN TO A WINE CAVE.

I'VE BEEN TO THE WIND CAVE IN SOUTH DAKOTA, WHICH I SUGGEST GUTO.

SO WHAT IS MAKING A CASE FOR PROGRESS ABOUT?

THAT IS WHAT UNITES US UP HERE INSTEAD OF WHAT DIVIDES US, WHICH IS CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM.

THAT MEANS PASSING A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO OVERTURN "CITIZENS UNITED."

IT MEANS MAKING THE FIRST BILL WE PASS WHEN I AM PRESIDENT WILL BE HR 1, WHICH IS THE ETHICS REFORM PASSED IN THE HOUSE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY SITTING ON MITCH McCONNELL'S DESK, ALONG WITH 400 BILLS.

AND IF YOU DON'T THINK WE CAN GET THIS DONE, WELL, WE CAN.

BUT ONLY IF WE WIN THIS ELECTION BIG, NOT BY ARGUING WITH EACH OTHER, BUT BY FINDING WHAT UNITES US AND GETTING IT DONE.

I CAME TO MAKE A CASE FOR PROGRESS!

( APPLAUSE ) >> THANK YOU, SENATOR KLOBUCHAR.

SENATOR SANDERS.

>> I AM RATHER PROUD, MAYBE-- I DON'T KNOW-- THE ONLY CANDIDATE UP HERE THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY BILLIONAIRE CONTRIBUTIONS.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I DO HAVE?

WE HAVE RECEIVED MORE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM MORE INDIVIDUALS THAN ANY CANDIDATE IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AT THIS POINT IN AN ELECTION, AVERAGING $18 APIECE.

NOW, THERE'S A REAL COMPETITION GOING ON UP HERE.

MY GOOD FRIEND JOE-- AND HE IS A GOOD FRIEND-- HE'S RECEIVED CONTRIBUTIONS FROM 44 BILLIONAIRES.

PETE, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS TRAILING, PETE.

YOU ONLY GOT 39 BILLIONAIRES CONTRIBUTING!

SO, PETE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU.

I KNOW YOU'RE AN ENERGETIC GUY, AND A COMPETITIVE GUY, TO SEE IF YOU CAN TAKE ON JOE ON THAT ISSUE.

BUT WHAT IS NOT-- WHAT IS NOT A LAUGHING MATTER, MY FRIENDS, THIS IS WHY THREE PEOPLE OWN MORE WEALTH THAN THE BOTTOM HALF.

THIS IS WHY AMAZON AND OTHER MAJOR CORPORATIONS PAY ZERO IN FEDERAL TAXES.

WE NEED TO GET MONEY OUT OF POLITICS.

WE SHOULD RUN OUR CAMPAIGNS ON THAT BASIS.

>> THANK YOU SENATOR.

VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN.

45 SECONDS TO RESPOND.

>> MY AVERAGE CONTRIBUTION IS $43.

NUMBER ONE.

THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER TWO, THE IDEA THAT WE'RE-- THAT THE SENATOR SUGGESTED THAT I AM IN THE POCKET OF BILLIONAIRES WHEN IN FACT, I THEY OPPOSE EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE EVER DONE AND CONTINUE TO DO.

I HAVE MADE SURE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING EVERYONE OF MY FUNDRAISERS IS OPEN TO THE PRESS, EVERY SINGLE SOLITARY ONE.

NOT ONE SINGLE TIME.

PERIOD.

AND I HAVE MADE SURE THAT YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHERE ALL IT'S LARGEST CONTRIBUTION I'VE ACCEPTED IS $2800, WHICH IS ALLOWED UNDER LAW.

AND I AM THE FIRST PERSON TO INTRODUCE THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS NO-- ALL PUBLIC FUNDING OF ELECTIONS.

END ALL PRIVATE FUNDING.

AND WE ALL SHOULD TAKE A COMMITMENT-- MAKE A COMMITMENT TO THAT RIGHT NOW ON THIS STAGE.

IN THE MEANTIME, YOU'VE GOT TO FUND A CAMPAIGN.

AND WE, IN FACT, HAVE FUND A CAMPAIGN, AVERAGE CONTRIBUTION $43.

>> THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT.

MR. STEYER, I WOULD LIKE IT BRING YOU IN.

>> CAN I-- >> LISTEN, I'M RUNNING BECAUSE THIS GOVERNMENT IS BROKEN, BECAUSE IT'S PURCHASED BY CORPORATIONS.

AND I'VE SPENT 10 YEARS FIGHTING THOSE CORPORATIONS AND BEATING THEM AND BUILDING GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS TO PUSH POWER DOWN TO THE PEOPLE.

THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING FOR A DECADE.

BUT LET ME SAY THIS: THERE'S SOMEONE WHO IS LOVING THIS CONVERSATION, AND HIS NAME IS DONALD TRUMP.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> WE KNOW HOW HE'S GOING TO RUN.

HE'S TOLD US LAST WEEK, HE LOOKED AT A GROUP OF AMERICANS AND SAID, "I DON'T LIKE YOU.

YOU DON'T LIKE ME.

IT DOESN'T MATTER.

YOU'RE GOING TO SUPPORT ME BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATS WILL DESTROY THE ECONOMY IN 15 MINUTES."

WE NEED TO GO AFTER THIS GUY.

HE'S A DIFFERENT BREED OF CAT, AND WE NEED TO BEAT HIM.

AND WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT PROSPERITY.

AND I SPENT 25 YEARS BUILDING A BUSINESS.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE HIM ON, ON THE ECONOMY, NOT HAVE THESE KINDS OF CONVERSATIONS AND TEAR EACH OTHER DOWN, BUT ACTUALLY GO AFTER THIS CORRUPT PRESIDENT AND BEAT HIM ON THE ECONOMY WHERE HE THINKS HE'S KING AND WHERE, IN FACT, HE'S A FRAUD AND A FAILURE.

>> THANK YOU, MR. STEYER.

WE'RE GOING TO END IT THERE.

>> I WANT TO TURN NOW TO AN ISSUE THAT'S BEEN IN THE HEADLINES QUITE A BIT, AND THAT IS IMMIGRATION.

MR. YANG, WE HAVE A QUESTION HERE FROM A PROFESSOR RIGHT HERE AT LOYOLA MARYMOUNT.

THERE ARE NEARLY 200,000 DACA RESIMULATES, SO-CALLED DREAMERS, SNAIFT CALIFORNIA, MORE THAN ANY OTHER STATE, INCLUDING SEVERAL STUDENTS RIGHT HERE AT LMU.

IF YOU WIN AND REINSTATE DACA, ANOTHER PRESIDENT COULD OVERTURN IT AGAIN.

WILL YOU MOVE ON A PERMANENT LEGISLATIVE FIX FOR DREAMERS IN YOUR FIRST 100 DAYS IF ELECTED?

>> OF COURSE, I WOULD.

I'M THE SON OF IMMIGRANTS MYSELF, AND I KNOW THAT DREAMERS ESSENTIALLY AMERICANS IN EVERYTHING BUT THIS LEGAL CLASSIFICATION.

( APPLAUSE ) I JUST WANT TO RETURN TO THIS CONVERSATION, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S CORE.

OUR COUNTRY IS DEEPLY MISOGYNIST, AND MOST ALL OF US KNOW THAT.

MONEY AND MEN ARE TIED TOGETHER.

THAT'S WHERE I THOUGHT ELIZABETH WAS TAKING THE CONVERSATION.

THE FACT IS STRONG SOCIETIES WOULD ELECT MORE FEMALE LEADERS.

STRONG MEN TREAT WOMEN WELL FOR THE SAME REASONS.

I'M ON THE RECORD SAYING THAT YOU NEED BOTH STRONG MEN AND FEMALE LEADERS IN GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THE FACT IS IF YOU GET TOO MANY MEN ALONE AND LEAVE US ALONE FOR A WHILE, WE KIND OF BECOME MORONS.

( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) SO IT'S RELATED TO OUR CAMPAIGN FINANCE RULES, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THE FACT IS WE RUN IN A FUNDAMENTALLY ANTIWOMAN MARKETPLACE, AND THAT INCLUDES THE MARKETPLACE FOR POLITICIANS.

IF WE WERE TO PUT 100 DEMOCRACY DOLLARS IN THE HANDS OF EVERY AMERICAN VOTER, INSTEAD OF 5% CONTRIBUTING YOU WOULD SEE THE RATE SCIECTING TO 50% OR STICT%, AND YOU WOULD HAVE MANY, MANY MORE WOMEN RUNNING FOR OFFICE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO SHAKE THE MONEY TREE IN THE WINE CAVE.

>> I'D LIKE TO FOLLOW UP, THE QUESTION, AGAIN, MR. YANG, WAS ABOUT DREAMERS.

YOU PLEDGE TO MOVE ON A PERMANENT LEGISLATIVE FIX IN YOUR FIRST 100 DAYS.

DREAMERS SAY THAT THEY ARE FRUSTRATED BY DEMOCRATS' FAILURE TO PRIORITIZE THEIR STATUS IN DEAL AFTER DEAL.

WHY SHOULD DREAMERS TRUST DEMOCRATS NOW?

>> I BELIEVE EVERYONE ON THIS STAGE WOULD DO THE RIGHT THING BY DREAMERS IN THE FIRST 100 DAYS.

I WOULD MAKE IT A TOP PRIORITY.

I'M THE SON OF IMMIGRANTS MYSELF.

THE FACT, IS ALMOST HALF OF FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES WERE STARTED BY IMMIGRANTS OR CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS.

IMMIGRANTS MAKE OUR COUNTRY STRONGER AND MORE DYNAMIC.

AND IMMIGRANTS ARE BEING SCAPEGOATED FOR ISSUES THEY HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH.

IF YOU GO TO THE FACTORY IN MICHIGAN, IT'S NOT WALL TO WALL IMMIGRANTS.

IT'S WALL TO WALL ROBOT ARMS AND MACHINES.

WE HAVE TO SEND THE OPPOSITE MESSAGE OF THIS ADMINISTRATION.

AND AS YOUR PRESIDENT, I THINK I COULD SEND A VERY CLEAR MESSAGE, IF YOU'RE CONSIDERING IMMIGRATING TO THIS COUNTRY, AND I'M THE PRESIDENT, YOU WOULD REALIZE MY SON OR DAUGHTER COULD BECOME PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

THAT'S THE OPPOSITE OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, AND THAT'S MESSAGE I WOULD LOVE TO SEND TO THE WORLD.

>> THANK YOU, MR. YANG.

SENATOR SANDERS, A RELATED QUESTION FOR YOU.

SENATOR SANDERS, I HAVE A NEW QUESTION.

>> I CAN'T RESPOND TO THE IMMIGRATION QUESTION.

>> THIS IS RELATED, SIR.

BUT THERE ARE ESTIMATED TO BE AS MANY AS 12 MILLION UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS IN THE U.S., MORE THAN TWO MILLION RIGHT HERE IN CALIFORNIA.

IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO FORGE A BIPARTISAN IMGRAIKS REFORM PLAN, WOULD YOU INSIST ON A PATH TO CITIZENSHIP FOR ALL 12 MILLION, OR JUST A SEGMENT OF THAT POPULATION?

>> THIS IS WHAT I WOULD DO.

DAY ONE, EXECUTIVE ORDER: RESTORE THE LEGAL STATUS OF 1.8 MILLION YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE DACA PROGRAM.

( APPLAUSE ) THEYDAY ONE, WE CHANGE BORDER POLICY SO THAT FEDERAL AGENTS WILL NEVER SNATCH BABYES FROM THE ARMS OF THEIR MOTHERS.

( APPLAUSE ) DAY ONE, DAY ONE, WE INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION WHICH WILL IN FACT BE COMPREHENSIVE, WHICH WILL RESULT IN A PATH TOWARD CITIZENSHIP FOR ALL OF THE 11 MILLION WHO ARE UNDOCUMENTED.

THAT IS WHAT THE PEOPLE OF OUR COUNTRY WANT.

TRUMP THINKS, MISTAKENLY, THAT HE IS GOING TO WIN RE-ELECTION BY DIVIDING US UP.

WE ARE GOING TO WIN THIS ELECTION BY BRINGING OUR PEOPLE TOGETHER, BLACK AND WHITE AND LATINO, NATIVE AMERICAN, ASIAN AMERICAN.

THAT'S WHAT THIS CAMPAIGN IS ABOUT.

THAT'S WHAT AMERICA MUST BE ABOUT.

>> SENATOR KLOBUCHAR.

( APPLAUSE ) >> I STARTED MY DAY TODAY WITH A GROUP OF IMMIGRANTS WHO WERE THERE TALKING TO ME ABOUT HOUSING.

AND I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS PRESIDENT AND WHAT HE'S DONE.

HE HAS USED OUR IMMIGRANTS AS POLITICAL PAWNS.

EVERY SINGLE DAY, HE TRIES TO DRAW A WEDGE.

I WILL BE A DIFFERENT PRESIDENT.

MY VIEW ON THIS COMES FROM EXPERIENCE.

WHEN I GOT TO THE SENATE, SENATOR KENNEDY ASKED ME TO BE ONE OF THE TWO NEW SENATORS THAT WAS IN THE GROUP TO, WITH ON THE IMMIGRATION REFORM PACKAGE.

WE GOT SO CLOSE TO PASSING THAT.

I VOTED FOR IT.

NOT EVERYONE DID, BUT MOST OF THE DEMOCRATS DID.

THEN I WAS ON THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS PRESIDENT, AND WE WORKED VERY HARD ON THAT IMMIGRATION REFORM.

WE ACTUALLY PASSED THAT WITH REPUBLICAN VOTES.

THEN I WAS IN THE SMALL GROUP THAT WORKED ON THE COMPROMISE ON THE DREAMERS THAT WOULD HAVE SOLVED THAT PROBLEM.

WE DIDN'T GET THAT DONE BECAUSE THIS PRESIDENT GOT PUNCHED US.

>> THANK YOU, SENATOR.

>> I WILL TAKE MY VIEWS.

I WILL TAKE THIS EXPERIENCE.

I WILL GET THIS DONE.

BECAUSE IMMIGRANTS DON'T DIMINISH AMERICA.

THEY ARE AMERICA.

>> THANK YOU, SENATOR.

MR. STEYER, QUICKLY, A RESPONSE.

>> LISTEN, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS PRESIDENT IS NOT AGAINST IMMIGRATION.

HE'S AGAINST IMMIGRATION BY NON-WHITE PEOPLE.

>> YES.

>> ( APPLAUSE ) >> THIS IS HIS ATTEMPT TO DIVIDE US, AS SENATOR SANDERS SAID, ON RACE.

AND THAT'S WHAT HE'S BEEN DOING SINCE THE VERY FIRST DAY HE STARTED RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.

HE'S BEEN VILIFYING NON-WHITE PEOPLE.

HE'S BEEN TRYING TO INFLAME HIS BASE AND SCARE THEM THAT IF IN FACT, WHITE PEOPLE LOSE CONTROL OF THIS COUNTRY, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE CONTROL OF THEIR LIVES.

AND AS SOMEBODY WHO LIVES IN A MAJORITY-MINORITY STATE, WHICH IS CALIFORNIA, WHAT HE'S DOING IS SO WRONG ON SO MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS, I AGREE WITH SENATOR SANDERS.

WE HAVE TO REPHRASE-- REFRAME THIS ARGUMENT COMPLETELY.

WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE IDEA THAT EVERY AMERICAN IS WORTH BEING A FULL HUMAN BEING ON EVERY RIGHT.

THIS IS A RACIAL ARGUMENT BY A RACIST PRESIDENT WHO'S TRYING TO DIVIDE US, AND WHO IS VILIFYING PEOPLE.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY WRONG, AND IT'S LED HIM TO BREAK THE LAWS OF HUMANITY IN OUR NAME.

>> THANK YOU, MR. STEYER.

( APPLAUSE ) MAYOR BUTTIGIEG, A NEW QUESTION TO YOU, MR. MAYOR.

YOU SAID LAST MONTH THAT THE U.S.

OWES COMPENSATION TO CHILDREN SEPARATED FROM THEIR FAMILIES AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER.

THE CONSENSUS AMONG CHILD WELFARE EXPERTS IS THAT THOSE THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN WILL LIKELY SUFFER LIFELONG TRAUMA AS A RESULT OF THAT SEPARATION.

ARE YOU COMMITTING, AS PRESIDENT, TO FINANCIAL COMPENSATION FOR THOSE THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN?

>> YES, AND THEY SHOULD HAVE A FAST TRACK TO CITIZENSHIP, BECAUSE WHAT THE UNITED STATES DID UNDER THIS PRESIDENT TO THEM WAS WRONG.

WE HAVE A MORAL OBLIGATION TO MAKE RIGHT WHAT WAS BROKEN.

AND ON THE LARGER ISSUE OF IMMIGRATION, MY UNDERSTANDING OF THIS ISSUE IT'S THEORETICAL.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING I FORMED IN COMMITTEE ROOMS IN WASHINGTON.

IT BEGINS WITH THE FACT THAT MY HOUSEHOLD, MY FAMILY, CAME FROM ABROAD.

MY FATHER IMMIGRATED TO THIS COUNTRY AND BECAME A U.S. CITIZEN.

IT COMES FROM THE FACT THAT I'M THE MAYOR OF A CITY WHERE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE LEFT FOR DYING ARE NOW COMING BACK TO LIFE, LARGELY BECAUSE OF THE CONTRIUTIONS, MAINLY OF LATINO IMMIGRANTS.

AND I'VE SEEN THOSE SAME NEIGHBORHOODS SHUT DOWN, FAMILIES HUDDLING IN CHURCH, PANICKING JUST BECAUSE OF THE RUMOR OF AN ICE RAID.

THAT DOES NOT MAKE OUR COUNTRY SAFE.

>> I CAN RESPOND.

>> TO LOOK INTO THE EYES OF AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD BOY WHOSE FATHER WAS DEPORTED, EVEN THOUGH HE HAD NOTHING SO MUCH AS A TRAFFIC TICKET AGAINST HIS NAME, AND TRY TO THINK OF SOMETHING TO TELL THAT BOY BECAUSE I COULDN'T TELL HIM WHAT HE MOST WANTED TO HEAR, WHICH IS JUST THAT HE WAS GOING TO HAVE HIS DAD BACK.

HOW COULD HARMING THAT YOUNG MAN POSSIBLY MAKE AMERICA SAFE?

>> MR. MAYOR-- >> WHEN I'M PRESIDENT, BASED ON THOSE EXPERIENCES, I WILL MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A COUNTRY OF LAWS AND OF VALUES, AND THAT MEANS NOT ONLY ENDING THESE UNSPEAKABLE, CRUEL PRACTICES AT THE BORDER BUT FINALLY AND TRULY FIXING THE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM THAT HAS NEEDED A FULL OVERHAUL SINCE THE 1980s.

WE CANNOT WAIT FOUR YEARS, 10 YEARS.

WE CANNOT WAIT ANY MORE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.

>> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, JUST TO FOLLOW UP, SINCE YOU DO SUPPORT COMPENSATION FOR THOSE FAMILIES, SHOULD THE U.S. ALSO COMPENSATE DESCENDANTS OF ENSLAVED PEOPLE?

DO YOU SUPPORT REPARATIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS.

>> I SUPPORT HR40, THE BILL PROPOSED IN CONGRESS TO ESTABLISH A COMMISSION TO LOOK AT REPARATION.

BUT WE SHOULDN'T WAIT FOR THAT COMMISSION TO DO ITS WORK, TO DO THINGS THAT ARE IMPERATIVE.

REMEMBER, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A GIFT TO ANYBODY.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MENDING WHAT WAS BROKEN.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE GENERATIONAL THEFT OF THE WEALTH OF GENERATIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS.

AND JUST CROSSING OUT A RACIST POLICY AND REPLACING IT WITH A NEUTRAL ONE IS NOT ENOUGH TO DELIVER EQUALITY.

HARMS COMPOUND.

JUST LIKE A DOLLAR SAVED IN ITS VALUE COMPOUNDS OVER TIME, SO DOES THE VALUE OF A DOLLAR STOLEN.

AND THAT IS WHY THE UNITED STATES MUST ACT IMMEDIATELY, WITH INVESTMENTS IN MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES, WITH INVESTMENTS IN HEALTH EQUITY, WITH INVESTMENTS IN THE HPCUs, AND ON THE LONGER TERM, LOOK AT REPARATIONS SO WE CAN MEND WHAT HAS BEEN BROKEN.

>> VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN, DO YOU SUPPORT REPARATIONS.

>> NUMBER WORN THE REASON WE'RE THE COUNTRY WE ARE IS BECAUSE OF IMMIGRATION.

WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CHERRY PICK THE BEST FROM EVERY SINGLE COPTINENT.

THE PEOPLE WHO COME HERE HAVE DETERMINATION, RESILIENCE.

THEY ARE READY TO STAND UP AND WORK LIKE THE DEVIL.

WE HAVE ONE OF EVERY 100 CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOLS TODAY IS HISPANIC.

THE IDEA THAT WE WILL WALK AWAY AND NOT PROVIDE EVERY OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY STUPID AND IMMORAL, BUT IT'S BAD FOR AMERICA.

THEY'RE THE FUTURE OF AMERICA.

AND WE SHOULD INVEST IN THEM.

EVERYBODY WILL BENEFIT FROM IT, EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN.

AND YOU SHOULD GET USED TO IT.

THIS IS A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS.

THAT'S WHO WE ARE.

THAT'S WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT, AND WE SHOULD INVEST IN THEM.

>> THANK YOU, MR. BIDEN.

SENATOR KLOBUCHAR, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP.

>> I WAS HARKENING BACK, MY MADE MY CASE ON IMMIGRATION TO WHAT THE MAYOR SAID ABOUT WASHINGTON, SO I LOOK AT THIS A DIFFERENT WAY.

WHEN WE WERE IN THE LAST DEBATE, MAYOR, YOU BASICALLY MOCKED THE 100 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE ON THE STAGE.

AND WHAT DO I SEE ON THIS STAGE?

I SEE ELIZABETH'S WORK STARTING THE CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU, AND HELPING 29 MILLION PEOPLE.

I SEE THE VICE PRESIDENT'S WORK IN GETTING $2 BILLION FOR HIS CANCER MOONSHOT.

I SEE SENATOR SANDERS' WORK, WORKING TO GET THE VETERANS BILL PASSED ACROSS THE AISLE.

AND I SEE WHAT I'VE DONE, WHICH IS TO NEGOTIATE THREE FARM BILLS AND BE SOMEONE THAT ACTUALLY HAD MAJOR PROVISIONS PUT IN THOSE BILLS.

SO WHILE YOU CAN DISMISS COMMITTEE HEARINGS, I THINK THIS EXPERIENCE WORKS.

AND I HAVE NOT DENIGRATED YOUR EXPERIENCE AS A LOCAL OFFICIAL.

I HAVE BEEN ONE.

I JUST THINK YOU SHOULD RESPECT OUR EXPERIENCE WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW YOU EVALUATE SOMEONE WHO CAN GET THINGS DONE.

>> THANK YOU, SENATOR.

MR. MAYOR, I'LL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO RESPOND.

( APPLAUSE ) >> YOU ACTUALLY DID DENIGRATE MY EXPERIENCE, SENATOR, AND IT WAS BEFORE THEREAK, AND I WAS GOING TO LET IT GO BECAUSE WE'VE GOT BIGGER FISH TO FRY HERE.

BUT-- >> I DON'T THINK WE HAVE BIGGER FISH TO FRY THAN PICK A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

( APPLAUSE ).

>> YOU'RE RIGHT.

AND BEFORE THE BREAK, YOU SEEMED TO IMPLY THAT MY RELATIONSHIP TO THE FIRST AMENDMENT WAS A TALKING POINT, AS IF ANYONE UP HERE HAS ANY MORE OR LESS COMMITMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION THAN ANYBODY ELSE UP HERE.

LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY RELATIONSHIP TO THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

IT IS PART OF THE CONSTITUTION THAT I RAISED MY RIGHT-HAND AND SWER TO DEFEND WITH MY LIFE.

THAT IS MY EXPERIENCE.

AND IT MAY NOT BE THE SAME AS YOURS, BUT IT COUNTS, SENATOR, IT COUNTS.

>> THANK YOU MMAYOR.

SENATOR KLOBUCHAR, YOU HAVE 45 SECONDS TO RESPOND.

>> I CERTAINLY RESPECT YOUR MILITARY EXPERIENCE.

THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.

THIS IS ABOUT CHOOSING A PRESIDENT.

AND I KNOW MY VIEW OF THIS IS I KNOW YOU RAN TO BE CHAIR OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE.

THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I WANTED TO DO.

I WANT TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

AND THE POINT IS WE SHOULD HAVE SOMEONE HEADING UP THIS TICKET THAT HAS ACTUALLY WON AND BEEN ABLE TO SHOW THAT THEY CAN GATHER THE SUPPORT THAT YOU TALK ABOUT OF MODERATE REPUBLICANS AND INDEPENDENTS, AS WELL AS A FIRED UP DEMOCRATIC BASE.

AND NOT JUST DONE IT ONCE.

I HAVE DONE IT THREE TIMES.

I THINK WINNING MATTERS.

I THINK A TRACK RECORD OF GETTING THINGS DONE MATTERS.

AND I ALSO THINK SHOWING OUR PARTY THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY BRING PEOPLE WITH US, HAVE A WIDER TENT, HAVE A BIGGER COALITION, AND, YES, LONGER COATTAILS, THAT MATTERS.

>> THANK YOU, SENATOR.

YAMICHE.

>> I HAVE TO RESPOND TO THAT.

I HAVE TO RESPOND TO THAT.

SENATOR, I KNOW THAT IF YOU JUST GO BY VOTE TOTALS, MAYBE WHAT GOES ON IN MY CITY SEEMS SMALL TO YOU.

IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE CAPACITY TO WIN, TRY PUTTING TOGETHER A COALITION TO BRING YOU BACK TO OFFICE WITH 80% OF THE VOTE AS A GAY DUDE IN MIKE PENCE'S INDIANA.

( APPLAUSE ) >> AGAIN, I WOULD-- MAYOR, IF YOU-- IF YOU HAD WON IN INDIANA, THAT WOULD BE ONE THING.

YOU TRIED, AND YOU LOST BY 20 POINTS.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT-- EXCUSE ME, LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW WE WIN AN ELECTION, WHICH IS SOMETHING EVERYBODY HERE WANTS TO DO IN TERMS OF DEFEATING THE MOST DANGEROUS PRESIDENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

SO LET ME TELL YOU HOW YOU WIN IT.

YOU HAVE THE LARGEST VOTER TURNOUT IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICA.

( APPLAUSE ) AND YOU DON'T HAVE-- YOU DON'T HAVE THE LARGEST VOTER TURNOUT UNLESS YOU CREATE ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT.

AND YOU DON'T CREATE ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT, UNLESS YOU ARE PREPARED TO TAKE ON THE PEOPLE WHO OWN AMERICA AND ARE PREPARED TO SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING IN AMERICA.

WE NEED A PROGRESSIVE AGENDA-- MEDICARE FOR ALL.

RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE TO A LIVING WAGE.

LEADING THE WORLD IN COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE.

MAKING PUBLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AVAILABLE TO ALL BECAUSE WE HAVE FREE TUITION.

AND CANCELLING ALL STUDENT DEBT IN THIS COUNTRY.

>> THANK YOU, SENATOR SANDERS.

I'D LIKE TO TURN TO A NEW SUBJECT AND THAT IS, OF COURSE, EDUCATION.

SENATOR WARREN, YOU PROPOSE FREE PUBLIC COLLEGE TUITION AND STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR MOST FAMILIES.

WHY SHOULD WEALTHY FAMILIES BE ABLE TO SEND THEIR KIDS TO PUBLIC COLLEGE FOR FREE?

WHY NOT CONCENTRATE THAT GOVERNMENT HELP ON THOSE MOST IN NEED?

>> SO AS I'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, I HAVE A TWO-CENT WEALTH TAX PROPOSED FOR MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES, AND THAT GIVES US ENOUGH MONEY TO INVEST IN ALL OF OUR BABIES, AGE 0-5, TO PUT AN HISTORIC $800 BILLION INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS K-12.

AND THAT WILL PERMIT US TO OFFER TECHNICAL SCHOOL, TWO-YEAR COLLEGE, FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO WANTS AN EDUCATION, CANCEL STUDENT LOAN DEBT FOR 50-- PUT A $50 BILLION INVESTMENT IN OUR HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, AND CANCEL STUDENT LOAN DEBT FOR 43 MILLION AMERICANS.

LOOK, THIS IS ABOUT MONEY, BUT THIS IS ALSO ABOUT VALUES.

WE NEED TO MAKE AN INVESTMENT IN OUR FUTURE, AND THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS LET'S INVEST IN THE PUBLIC EDUCATION OF OUR CHILDREN.

THAT STARTS WHEN THEY'RE BABIES, AND IT GOES LONG AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.

WE WANT TO HAVE FAMILIES-- I MEET FAMILIES EVERY DAY IN THE SELFIE LINES WHO TALK ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE CRUFNED BY STUDENT LOAN DEBT.

THAT'S WHY I HAVE A PROPOSAL, POPULAR AMONG DEMOCRATS, POPULAR AMONG REPUBLICANS, POPULAR AMONG INDEPENDENTS, TO ASK THOSE AT THE TOP TO PAY A LITTLE MORE SO SOMEBODY CAN GET RID OF THAT STUDENT LOAN DEBT SO THEY CAN MAKE AN INVESTMENT IN THEMSELVES, START A SMALL BUSINESS, BUY A CAR, CREATE A FUTURE FOR THEMSELVES AND FOR THIS COUNTRY.

>> THANK YOU, SENATOR.

I SEE SOME HANDS, BUT I WANT TO GO TO MAYOR BUTTIGIEG.

MAYOR BUTTIGIEG, YOUR PLAN OFFERS FREE OR DISCOUNTED PUBLIC COLLEGE ONLY TO FAMILIES MAKING UP TO $150,000 A YEAR.

IF YOU THINK SENATOR WARREN'S PLAN OFFERS FREE COLLEGE TO TOO MANY FAMILIES?

>> I DO THINK IF YOU'RE IN THAT LUCKY TOP 10%-- I STILL WISH YOU WELL, DON'T GET ME WRONG.

I JUST WANT YOU TO GO AHEAD AND PAY YOUR OWN TUITION.

NOW WE CAN STILL HAVE PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR THOSE WHO GO INTO LOWER INCOME FIELDS.

BUT IF YOU'RE NOT TOP 10%, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE FOR THE MOST PART, OKAY.

AND THERE IS A VERY REAL CHOICE ON WHERE EVERY ONE OF THESE TAX DOLLARS GO.

I VERY MUCH AGREE WITH SENATOR WAR OWN RAISING MORE TAX REVENUE FROM MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES.

I JUST DON'T AGREE ON THE PART ABOUT SPENDING IT ON MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR COLLEGE EDUCATION.

>> I'M GOING TO LET YOU RESPOND.

>> HE MENTIONED ME BY NAME.

LOOK, THE MAYOR WANTS BILLIONAIRES TO PAY ONE TUITION FOR THEIR OWN KIDS.

I WANT A BILLIONAIRE TO PAY ENOUGH TO COVER TUITION FOR ALL OF OUR KIDS.

BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE BUILD A FUTURE.

THE OTHER PART IS WE'VE GOT TO DEAL WITH STUDENT LOAN DEBT.

AND RIGHT NOW, MOST OF THE PEOPLE ON THIS STAGE ARE NIBBLING AROUND THE EDGES OF A HUGE STUDENT LOAN DEBT BURDEN THAT DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS PEOPLE OF COLOR.

AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE TO BORROW MONEY TO GO TO SCHOOL, MORE LIKELY TO BORROW MORE MONEY WHILE THEY'RE IN SCHOOL, AND HAVE A HARDER TIME PAYING IT OFF.

WE WANT TO MAKE AN INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE, THEN OPEN UP EDUCATION FOR ALL OF OUR KIDS.

THAT'S HOW WE BUILD A FUTURE.

>> THANK YOU, SENATOR.

SENATOR SANDERS.

>> COULD I RESPOND?

>> WE BELIEVE-- I BELIEVE IN THE CONCEPT OF UNIVERSALITY.

AND ONE OF THE CRISES IN AMERICA TODAY IS PEOPLE ARE SICK AND TIRED OF FILLING OUT FORMS.

SO YOU ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM TODAY BECAUSE YOU'RE AT 150, BUT YOU LOST YOUR JOB YOU'RE ELIGIBLE, YOU GET A BETTER JOB YOU'RE ELIGIBLE.

I THINK WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS WHAT WE DO WITH SOCIAL SECURITY, WHAT WE DO WITH PUBLIC EDUCATION-- DONALD TRUMP'S KIDS CAN GO TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL.

THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL.

WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW IS A REVOLUTION IN EDUCATION.

WE HAVE GOT TO END THE DYSFUNCTIONAL CHILD CARE SYSTEM AND MAKE SURE EVERY WORKING CLASS PERSON IN THIS COUNTRY CAN FIND HIGH-QUALITY, AFFORDABLE CHILD CARE.

WE NEED TO MAKE PUBLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES TUITION-FREE.

AND BY TAXING BILLIONAIRES AND BY TAXING WALL STREET, WE WILL CANCEL ALL STUDENT DEBT IN THIS COUNTRY.

>> THANK YOU, SENATOR SANDERS.

TIM.

>> SWITCHING GEARS HERE, MR. STEYER, EARLIER THIS YEAR, IN IOWA, I MET A FATHER, AND HIS SON, KYLE,.

KYLE IS A YOUNG ADULT WITH SIGNIFICANT DISABILITIES.

THOUGH HE HAS BEEN EMPLOYED FOR FIVE YEARS, THE FUTURE IS BLEAK FOR HIS FUTURE.

I'M WONDERING AS PRESIDENT, ARE THERE SPECIFIC STEPS THAT YOU WOULD TAKE TO HELP PEOPLE LIKE KYLE BECOME MORE INTEGRATED INTO THE WORKFORCE, AND INTO THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES?

>> LOOK, THE UNITED STATES HAS MADE A COMMITMENT TO TREAT EVERYBODY EQUALLY, AND THAT MEANS SUPPORTING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, BOTH IN TERMS OF EDUCATION AND LATER WHEN THEY'RE PART OF THE WORKFORCE.

THAT MEANS BRINGING THE RESOURCES TO BEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TREATING THEM FAIRLY IN SCHOOL AND AFTER SCHOOL TO TRY AND INTEGRATE THEM FULLY, AND TO MAKE THEM HAVE AS FULL A LIFE AS POSSIBLE.

THE QUESTION WE'VE GET HERE ACROSS THE BOARD IS CAN WE AFFORD TO DO THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT SENATOR SANDERS AND SENATOR WARREN ARE PUSHING?

AND THE ANSWER IS YES.

IN FACT, WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS TO UNDO THE TAX BREAKS THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN FOR TWO GENERATIONS TO RICH AMERICANS AND BIG CORPORATIONS.

LAST YEAR, THE TOP 400 CORPORATIONS PAID AN 11% TAX.

THAT IS ABSOLUTELY LUDICROUS.

>> COULD I ANSWER THE QUESTION.

>> SO THE ANSWER ON DISABILITIES SAY QUESTION OF FOCUS AND MONEY, AS SO MANY OF THESE QUESTIONS ARE.

WE HAVE A COUNTRY WHERE THE GOVERNMENT IS BROKEN BECAUSE CORPORATIONS HAVE BOUGHT IT, THEY'RE GETTING THEIR WAY, AND FOR US TO GET BACK TO GOVERNMENT OF, BY, AND FOR THE PEOPLE THAT SERVES AMERICANS, INCLUDING AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE THAT BACK.

>> MR. YANG, I DIDN'T HEAR A SPECIFIC ANSWER FROM MR. STEYER.

CAN YOU OUTLINE SPECIFIC STEPS THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD TAKE TO HELP INTEGRATE THESE YOUNG PEOPLE INTO THE WORKFORCE AND INTO THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES?

>> I WOULD LOVE IT.

I HAVE A SON WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

AND TO ME, SPECIAL NEEDS IS WANT NEW NORMAL IN THIS COUNTRY.

HOW MANY OF YOU ALL HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER OR A FRIEND OR A NEIGHBOR WITH SPECIAL NEEDS OR AUTISM?

( APPLAUSE ) IF YOU LOOK AROUND, MOST HANDS WENT UP.

THE FACT IS RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO DO MORE FOR KYLE.

SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN ARE GOING TO BECOME SPECIAL NEEDS ADULTS IN MANY CASES.

AND HERE'S THE CHALLENGE WE GO TO EMPLOYERS AND SAY THIS SPECIAL NEEDS PERSON CAN BE A CONTRIBUTOR IN YOUR WORKPLACE.

WHICH MAY BE CORRECT, BUT THAT'S NOT THE POINT.

WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SAY TO OUR KIDS AND KYLE, THAT YOU HAVE INTRINSIC VALUE BECAUSE YOU'RE AN AMERICAN AND YOU'RE A HUMAN BEING.

WE'RE GOING TO PUT A FREEDOM DIVIDEND OF $1,000 IN EVERYONE'S HANDS, WHICH IS GOING TO HELP FAMILIES AROUND THE COUNTRY ADAPT.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS BURDEN OFF OF THE COMMUNITIES AND OFF OF THE SCHOOLS WHO DO NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO SUPPORT KIDS LIKE MY SON, AND MAKE IT A FEDERAL PRIORITY, NOT A LOCAL ONE, SO THEY'RE NOT ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL.

>> THANK YOU, MR. YANG, WE HAVE TO MOVE ON JUDY.

>> NO, NO, COME ON.

>> SENATOR WARREN, 45 SECONDS, PLEASE.

>> SO I WAS A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER, AND I LOVED THAT WORK.

BECAUSE IT GAVE ME A CHANCE TO WORK STRAIGHT OUT WITH PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE THE WORK OF EVERY HUMAN BEING.

I HAD FOUR- TO SIX-YEAR-OLDS WHO WERE IN SPECIAL ED.

WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO?

THAT'S HAVE WHY I HAVE A PLAN TO FULLY FUND IDEA.

SO EVERY CHILD CAN DISABILITIES WILL GET THE FULL EDUCATION THEY NEED.

MY HOUSING PLAN IS ABOUT INVESTING IN MORE HOUSING ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, IN RURAL AMERICA, IN URBAN AMERICA NSMALL-TOWN AMERICA.

BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY, PEOPLE WHO HAVE DISABILITIES WILL HAVE HOUSING AVAILABLE TO THEM.

I MAKE A PART OF MY JOBS BILL THAT WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURES PRESIDENT, I WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BID ON FEDERAL CONTRACTS ARE TREATING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES FAIRLY AND PAYING THEM FAIRLY.

YOU'VE GOT TO GO AT IT AT EVERY PART OF WHAT WE DO.

BECAUSE AS A NATION, THIS IS TRULY A MEASURE OF WHO WE ARE.

WE BELIEVE IN TREATING THESE, THE LEAST OF THY BRETHREN, AS PEOPLE OF VALUE, AND THAT IS HOW WE MAKE A BETTER AMERICA.

>> THANK YOU, SENATOR WARREN.

THANK YOU, SENATOR WARREN.

JUDY.

>> I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF HANDS UP.

WE HAVE SO MANY IMPORTANT TOPICKICS TO DISCUSS.

I WANTED TO COME TO YOU, SENATOR KLOBUCHAR, ON THE QUESTION OF JUDGES.

PRESIDENT TRUMP AS WE KNOW HAS SUPPORTED TWO SUPREME COURT JUSTICES, BUT HE ALSO HAS CONFIRMED NEARLY 200 FEDERAL JUDGES, MOST OF WHOM ARE YOUNG AND COULD SHAPE AMERICAN LAW FOR DECADES TO COME.

SOME OF THEM YOU VOTED FOR IN THE SENATE, INCLUDING ONE WHO JUST YESTERDAY JOINED A RULING TO STRIKE DOWN A KEY PART OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.

WOULD PRESIDENT TRUMP'S APPOINTEES-- MY QUESTION IS-- MAKE IT HARDER FOR YOU AS PRESIDENT, FOR ANY OF YOU ON THIS STAGE, TO ENACT YOUR AGENDA?

>> OF COURSE.

AND I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR, THAT I HAVE OPPOSED MANY, MANY JUDGES.

AND I THINK EVERYONE WILL REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED AT THE KAVANAUGH HEARING WHEN THAT NOMINEE WENT AFTER ME.

I STOOD MY GROUND, AND HE HAD TO APOLOGIZE.

SO I HAVE BEEN VERY STRONG ON THESE JUDGES.

AS FOR THE JUDGE YOU JUST REFERRED TO, THERE WAS ACTUALLY THE JUDGE THAT WROTE THE OPINION WAS A JUDGE THAT WENT THROUGH THE SENATE UNANIMOUSLY, WITH SUPPORT BY SENATOR SANDERS, WITH SUPPORT BY PRESIDENT OBAMA, WITH SUPPORT BY THEN-SENATOR KENNEDY.

SO I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE JUDGES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE SOME OF THESE JUDGES THAT YOU THINK ARE GOING TO BE OKAY, AND THEY AREN'T.

BUT WHAT WOULD I DO AS PRESIDENT?

I WOULD APPOINT JUDGES THAT ARE IN THE VAIN OF PEOPLE LIKE ELENA KAGAN, AND JUSTICE BRYER, AND SONIA SOTOMAYOR, AND LET'S NOT FORGET THE NOTORIOUS R.G.B.

THAT'S WHAT I WOULD DO.

IF YOU LOOK AT MY RECORD AS A LAWYER AND A MEMBER OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, LOOK AT THE JUDGES I RECOMMENDED TO PRESIDENT OBAMA, PEOPLE LIKE MIMI WRITING, WHO SISUPERSTAR.

SUSAN RICHARD NELSON.

LOOK WHO I PUT IN AS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MARSHAL IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.

I DID THAT BECAUSE I KNEW THEY WERE QUALIFIED PEOPLE TO TAKE THOSE JOBS.

AND YOU NEED TO DO IT NOT ONLY WITH THE RIGHT JUDGES AND HAVE THAT KNOW-HOW, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO DO IT RIGHT AWAY.

THAT IS ONE THING THAT WE ALL LEARNED FROM WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS IN.

AND THAT WAS THAT HE WAS DEALING WITH AN ECONOMIC CRISIS, AND IT WAS HARD TO DO IT RIGHT AWAY.

BUT WE HAVE TO IMMEDIATELY START PUTTING JUDGES ON THE BENCH TO FILL VACANCIES SO THAT WE CAN REVERSE THE HORRIFIC NATURE OF THESE TRUMP JUDGES.

( APPLAUSE ).

>> A FOLLOW-UP TO MAYOR BUTTIGIEG.

BEYOND A PLEDGE NOT TO OVERTURN "ROE VERSUS WADE" WHICH I BELIEVE ALL OF YOU HAVE SAID WOULD BE PART OF YOUR DECISION MAKING AND CHOOSING A NOMINEE TO THE COURT, ARE THERE OTHER LITMUS TESTS THAT YOU WOULD APPLY IN CHOOSING FEDERAL JUDGES?

>> THE SUPREME COURT IS VERY PERSONAL FOR ME.

BECAUSE MY HOUSEHOLD, MOI MARRIAGE EXISTS BY THE GRACE OF A SINGLE VOTE ON THAT BODY.

AND, YES, IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE HAVE JUSTICES WHO UNDERSTAND THAT AMERICAN FREEDOM INCLUDES REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AND REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM.

BUT THAT'S NOT ALL.

I EXPECT AN KNOW UNDERSTANDING THAT VOTING RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS.

I EXPECT AN UNDERSTANDING THAT EQUALITY IS REQUIRED OF US ALL.

AND I EXPECT A LEVEL OF RESPECT FOR THE RULE OF LAW THAT PREVENTS THIS BODY FROM COMING TO BE VIEWED AS JUST ONE MORE PARTISAN BATTLEFIELD, WHICH IS WHY I WILL NOT ONLY APPOINT JUDGES AND JUSTICES WHO REFLECT THIS WORLD VIEW, BUT ALSO BEGIN MOVING TO REFORM THE BODY ITSELF.

AS OUR COUNTRY HAS DONE AT LEAST HALF A DOZEN TIMES IN ITS HISTORY.

SO THAT IT IS NOT ONE MORE POLITICAL BATTLEFIELD EVERY SINGLE TIME A VACANCY COMPROMISE UP.

( APPLAUSE ) >> YAMICHE.

>> SENATOR SANDERS, AT LEAST 22 TRANSGENDER PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THE UNITED STATES THIS YEAR.

MOST OF THEM TRANSGENDER WOMEN OF COLOR.

EACH OF YOU HAS SAID YOU WOULD PUSH FOR THE PASSAGE OF THE EQUALITY ACT, A EXPRENSIVE L.G.B.T.Q.

CIVIL RIGHTS BILL.

IF ELECTED, WHAT MORE WOULD DO YOU TO STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST TRANSGENDER PEOPLE?

WE NEED MORAL LEADERSHIP IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO WILL DO EVERYTHING HUMANLY POSSIBLE TO END ALL FORMED OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY, AGAINST THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY, AGAINST THE LATINO COMMUNITY, AND AGAINST ALL MINORITIES IN THIS COUNTRY.

BUT ABOVE AND BEYOND PROVIEGD THE MORAL LEADERSHIP OF TRYING TO BRING OUR PEOPLE TOGETHER, WHAT WE ALSO NEED FOR THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT HEALTH CARE IS AVAILABLE TO EVERY PERSON IN THIS COUNTRY, REGARDLESS OF THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR THEIR NEEDS.

AND THAT IS WHY I STRONGLY SUPPORT AND HAVE HELPED LEAD THE EFFORT FOR A MEDICARE FOR ALL SINGLE-PAYER PROGRAM, WHICH WILL PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE TO ALL PEOPLE, INCLUDING, CERTAINLY, THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY.

( APPLAUSE ).

>> THANK YOU, SENATOR SANDERS.

SENATOR WARREN.

>> THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY HAS BEEN MARGINALIZED IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE.

AND ONE THING THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES CAN DO IS LIFT UP ATTENTION, LIFT UP THEIR VOICES, LIFT UP THEIR LIVES.

HERE'S A PROMISE I MAKE: I WILL GO TO THE ROSE GARDEN ONCE EVERY YEAR TO READ THE NAMES OF TRANSGENDER WOMEN, OF PEOPLE OFz OF COLOR, WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE PAST YEAR.

I WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE READ THEIR NAMES SO THAT AS A NATION WE ARE FORCED TO ADDRESS THE PARTICULAR VULNERABILITY ON HOMELESSNESS.

I WILL CHANGE THE RULES NOW TO THAT PUT PEOPLE IN PRISON BASED ON THEIR BIRTH SEX IDENTIFICATION RATHER THAN THEIR CURRENT IDENTIFICATION.

I WILL DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN AMERICA, THAT LEAVES NO ONE BEHIND.

>> THANK YOU, SENATOR WARREN.

AMNA.

>> VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN, LET'S TURN NOW TO AFGHANISTAN.

CONFIDENTIALAL DOCUMENTS PUBLISHED LAST WEEK BY "THE WASHINGTON POST" REVEAL THAT FOR YEARS U.S. OFFICIALS MISLEAD THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE WAR IN AV TBAN STAND.

>> WHAT DID YOU KNOW.

>> AS VICE PRESIDENT, WHAT DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THE STATE OF THE WAR AND DO YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU WERE HONEST WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT IT?

>> THE IT IS WELL-KNOWN THAT FOLLOW THIS, MY VIEW, I WAS SENT BY THE PRESIDENT BEFORE WE GOT SWORN INTO AFGHANISTAN, I SAID THERE WAS NO COMPREHENSIVE POLICY AVAILABLE AND THEN I GOT IN A BIG FIGHT FOR A LONG TIME WITH THE PENTAGON BECAUSE I STRONGLY OPPOSE THE NATION BUILDING NOTION.

REBUILDING THAT COUNTRY AS A WHOLE NATION IS RESPOND-- I ARGUED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A POLICY THAT WAS BASED ON AN ANTITERRORISM POLICY WITH A SMALL FOOTPRINT THAT ONLY HAD SPECIAL FORCES TO DEAL WITH POTENTIAL-- FROM THAT TERRITORY TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

THE FIRS THING I WOULD DO AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS MAKE SURE THAT WE BROUGHT ALL COMBAT TROOPS HOME, ENTERED INTO A NEGOTIATION WITH THE TALIBAN, BUT I WOULD LEAVE BEHIND SPECIAL FORCES IN SMALL NUMBERS TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH A POTENTIAL THREAT UNLESS WE GOT A REAL GOOD NEGOTIATION ACCOMPLISHED TO DEAL WITH TERRORISM THAT HAS BEEN MY POSITION FROM THE BEGINNING.

THAT'S WHY I GATES AND SOME MEMBERS WEREN'T HAPPY WITH ME.

>> MY QUESTION WAS YOUR TIME IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

>> IN THAT REPORT THERE A SENIOR SECURITY OFFICIAL WHO SAID THERE WAS CONSTANT PRESSURE FROM THE OBAMA WHITE HOUSE TO PRODUCE FIGURES SHOWING THE TROOP SURGE WAS WORKING AND I'M QUOTING FROM THE REPORT HERE, DESPITE HARD EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY.

WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT.

>> IN 200 THE, GO BACK AND LOOK.

I WAS ON THE OPPOSIE SIDE OF THAT, WITH THE PENTAGON.

THE ONLY WAY I CAN SPEAK TO IT NOW IS BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN PUB LUSHED THOROUGHLY.

I'M THE GUY, FROM THE BEGINNING WHO ARGUED THAT IT WAS A BIG, BIG PIS TAKE TO SURGE FORCES TO AFGHANISTAN.

PERIOD.

WE SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE IT AND I ARGUED IT AGAINST IT CONSTANTLY.

>> SENATOR SANDERS YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP.

>> WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO MY, TO JOE.

JOE, YOU ARE ALSO THE GUY WHO HELPED LEAD US INTO THE DISASTROUS WAR IN IRAQ.

WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS, I THINK, RETHINK AND THE WASH UPON-- "WASHINGTON POST" PIECE WAS VERY EDUCATIONAL.

BUT WHAT NEED TO RETHINK IS THE ENTIRE WAR ON TERROR.

WE HAVE LOST THOUSANDS OF OUR OWN MEN AND WOMEN, BRAVE SOLDIERS, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IF NOT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED ABROAD, WHO ARE FORCED TO LEAVE THEIR COUNTRY.

IT IS TIME RIGHT NOW THAT WE BRING THIS WORLD TOGETHER TO TRY TO END THESE ENDLESS WARS AND ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES WHICH ARE CAUSING THESE WARS.

>> SENATOR SANDERS, YOU DO OFTEN POINT TO YOUR VOTE AGAINST THE WAR IN IRAQ AS EVIDENCE OF YOUR JUDGMENT ON FOREIGN POLICY BUT YOU DID VOTE FOR THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN AND AS RECENTLY AS 2015, YOU SAID YOU SUPPORTED A CONTINUED U.S. TROOP PRESENCE THERE.

WAS THAT SUPPORT A MISTAKE.

>> ONLY ONE PERSON, PIE GOOD FRIEND BARBARA LEE WAS RIGHT ON THAT.

SHE WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE HOUSE TO VOTE AGAINST THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN.

SHE WAS RIGHT, I WAS WRONG.

SO WAS EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE HOUSE.

BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I DONE THINK YOU DO WHAT TRUMP DOES AND MAKE FORENCE POLICY DECISIONS BASED ON A TWEET AT THREE A.M.

IN THE MORNING, AND DESERT YOUR LONG TIME ALLIES LIKE THE KURDS.

I THINK YOU WORK WITH THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.

YOU REMOVE ALL TROOPS OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, WITHIN ONE YEAR.

>> THANK YOU, SENATOR.

MAYOR BUTTIGIEG YOU SERVED IN THIS WAR YOU ABOUT I WANT TO ASK ABOUT YOUR DECISION MAKING IF YOU WERE ELECTED COMMANDER IN CHIEF.

YOU HAVE PLEDGED TO WITHDRAW ALL U.S.

TROOPS FROM AFGHANISTAN WITHIN YOUR FIRST YEAR AS PRESIDENT.

BUT THE TALIBAN TODAY CONTROL OR CONTEST MORE THAN HALF THE COUNTRY.

SO SHOULD YOU AS PRESIDENT STILL WITHDRAW ALL THOSE U.S.

TROOPS IF THE COUNTRY COULD ONCE AGAIN BECOME A HAVEN POR TERRORISTS.

>> WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

THE QUESTION IS TO MAKE SURE WE DO IT WELL AND NOT POORLY.

AN OF COURSE THAT HAS TO RESPOND TO THE CONDITIONS ON THE GROUND AND A NEED FOR A POLITICAL SETTLE AM.

BUT YOU KNOW, THE OTHER DAY I WAS REUNITED WITH SOMEBODY THAT I SERVED WITH OVER THERE.

AND THE THING WE WERE MARVELING AT IS HOW LONG IT HAS BEEN SINCE WE LEFT.

I THOUGHT I WAS ONE OF THE LAST TROOPS TURNING OUT THE LIGHTS.

WHEN I LEFT YEARS AGO.

AND WE'RE STILL THERE.

THERE MAY NEED TO BE SOME KIND OF LIMITED SPECIAL OPERATIONS AND INTELLIGENCE CAPACITY.

THE EXACT SAME KIND OF THING, BY THE WAY, THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD IN SYRIA HOLDING THE LINE BEFORE THE PRESIDENT YANKED IT OUT LEADING TO THE ROAD TO CHAOS.

BUT WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT WE CANNOT GO ON WITH THESE ENDLESS WARS.

AND I'M GLAD THAT THE NAME OF BARBARA LEE WAS MENTIONED.

NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF WHAT SHE TALKED ABOUT YEARS AGO, I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO GO TO AFGHANISTAN AFTER 9/11 BUT RIGHT NOW, SHE IS ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE EFFORT TO REPEAL AND REPLACE THE AUTHORIZEATION FOR THE USE OF MILITARY FORCE AND THE FOLKS THAT I SERVE WITH DESERVE THAT.

THEY DESERVE THE CLARITY OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS BEING ABLE TO SUMMON THE COURAGE TO TAKE AN UP OR DOWN VOTE ON WHETHER THEY OUGHT TO BE THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

AN WHEN I AM PRESIDENT, ANY TIME, IF I AM FORCED TO DEPLOY TROOPS INTO WAR, ANY TIME WE SEEK AN AUTHORIZEATION, IT WILL HAVE A THREE YEAR SUNSET, SO THAT IF THERE REALLY DOES HAVE TO BE A CONVERSATION ABOUT EXTENDING IT, IT HAS TO BE BROUGHT TO CONGRESS, BROUGHT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, AND THOSE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS HAVE TO TAKE THAT TOUGH UP OR DOWN VOTE.

>> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

TIM?

>> MOVING TO HEALTH CARE, AN ISSUE THAT VOTERS TELL US EVERY DAY IS STILL THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FOR THEM, SENATOR SANDERS, YOU SPENT PLENTY OF TIME DISCUSSING AND DE FENDING THE MERITS OF YOUR MEDICARE FOR ALL, PLAN.

BUT THE REALITY IS IF REPUBLICANS RETAIN CONTROL OF THE U.S. SENATE OR EVEN IF DEMOCRATS WIN BACK A NAR LOW SENATE MAJORITY YOUR PLAN IF CONSTITUTED WOULD NOT HAVE THE VOTES TO PASS KRONG.

SO THE QUESTION SENATOR IS, IF CONGRESS REJECTS YOUR PLAN AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO YOU FOR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE, ARE THERE SMALLER, SPECIFIC MEASURES THAT YOU WOULD TAKE IMMEDIATELY TO EXPAND COVERAGE AND DE CREASE COSTS.

>> WELL, TIM, AT A TIME WHEN WE ARE SPENDING TWICE AS MUCH PER ARE CAPITA ON HEALTH CARE AS ANY OTHER NATION, WHEN 87 MILLION PEOPLE ARE UNINSURED OR UNDER INSURED, WHEN 30,000 PEOPLE ARE DYING EACH YEAR IF THEY DON'T GET TO A DOCTOR WHEN THEY SHOULD, AND WHEN HALF A MILLION PEOPLE ARE GOING BANKRUPT BECAUSE OF THE DISFUNCTIONAL AND CRUEL SYSTEM THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, YOU KNOW WHAT, I THINK WE WILL PASS A MEDICARE FOR ALL SINGLE PAYOR SYSTEM.

AND I WILL INTRODUCE THAT LEGISLATION IN MY FIRST WEEK IN OFFICE.

NOW TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I THINK WHEN WE GO OUT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND TELL THEM THAT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE GOT TO TAKE ON THE GREED AND CORRUPTION OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY, FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH IN SOME CASES CHARGES US TEN TIMES MORE FOR THE SAME EXACT DRUGS AS IS CHARGED IN THIS COUNTRY, WHEN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT MEDICARE FOR ALL EXPANDS MEDICARE TO COVER HOME HEALTH CARE, DENTAL CARE, EYEGLASSES AND HEARING AIDS AND DOES IT AT A COST FAR, FAR LOWER THAN WHAT SOME OF MY OPPONENTS ARE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BEHIND US.

WE WILL HAVE CONGRESS BEHIND US.

>> THANK YOU, SENATOR SANDERS.

VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING YOU IN.

YOU SPENT AN AWFUL LOT OF TIME TEN YEARS AGO TRYING TO PASS A BILL A LOT LESS AMBITIOUS THAN WHAT SENATOR SANDERS IS TALKING ABOUT HERE, IS HE BEING REALISTIC.

>> I DONE THINK IT IS REALISTIC.

LET ME EXPLAIN WHY.

I INTRODUCED A PLAN TO BUILD ON OBAMA CARE.

LET'S REMIND EVERYBODY.

20 MILLION PEOPLE GOT INSURANCE THAT DIDN'T HAVE IT BEFORE.

ALL PEOPLE WITH PREEXISTING CONDITIONS WERE COVERED, I COULD GO ON.

WE DIDN'T GET ALL THAT WE WANTED.

BUT NOW THAT IT IS EXPOSED, THAT TAKING IT AWAY IS SUCH DIRE CONSEQUENCES, I HAVE ADDED TO THE O BMA CARE PLAN, THE BIDEN INITIATIVE WHICH IS A PUBLIC OPTION, MEDICARE IF YOU WANT TO HAVE MEDICARE, BUT REDUCING THE SIGNIFICANTLY THE PRICE OF DRUGS, THE DEDUCTIBLES, ET CETERA, MADE BY UNDERWRITING THE PLAN TO A TUNE OF ABOUT $750 BILLION.

AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO COVER EVERYONE WHO IS, IN FACT, ABLE TO BE COVERED.

PUT YOUR HAND DOWN FOR A SECOND, BERNIE, OKAY.

>> JUST WAVING TO YOU, JOE.

>> I KNOW, I KNOW.

>> SAYING HELLO.

>> SO LOOK, IT COVERS EVERYBODY.

IT IS REALISTIC.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY IT LETS YOU CHOOSE WHAT YOU WANT.

HERE YOU HAVE 160 MILLION PEOPLE NEGOTIATED THEIR HEALTH-CARE PLAN WITH THEIR EMPLOYER.

LIKE MANY OF YOU HAVE.

YOU MAY OR MAY NOT LIKE IT.

IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, YOU CAN MOVE IN TO THE PUBLIC OPTION THAT I PROPOSE IN PIE PLAN BUT IF YOU LIKE IT, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE WASHINGTON DICTATING TO YOU, YOU CANNOT KEEP THE PLAN YOU HAVE.

>> THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN.

SENATOR SANDERS, 45 SECONDS TO RESPOND.

>> UNDER JOE'S PLAN ESSENTIALLY WE RETAIN THE STATUS QUO.

>> THAT'S NOT TRUE.

>> NO, THAT'S NOT RIGHT.

>> THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT.

THANK YOU, AND BY THE WAY, JOE, ON YOUR PLAN YOU ASK HOW ARE WE GOING TO PAY FOR T UNDER YOUR PLAN I TELL HOW WE PAY IT RIGHT NOW.

THE AVERAGE WORKER IN AMERICA, THEIR FAMILY MAKES $60,000 A YEAR, THAT FAMILY IS NOW PAYING $12,000 A YEAR FOR HEALTH CARE, 20% OF THEIR INCOME.

UNDER MEDICARE FOR ALL, THAT FAMILY WILL BE PAYING $1200 A YEAR BECAUSE WE'RE ELIMINATING THE PROFITEERING OF THE DRUG COMPANY AND THE INSURANCE COMPANIES AND ENDING THIS BIZ AN TEEN AND COMPLEX ADMINISTRATION OF THOUSANDS OF SEPARATE HEALTH-CARE PLANS.

>> MY NAME WAS MENTIONED.

>> I WILL COME TO YOU FOR 45 SECONDS.

>> I'M THE ONLY GUY THAT IS NOT INTERRUPTING.

AND I WILL INTERRUPT NOW.

IT COST $30 TRILLION, LET'S GET THAT STRAIGHT, $30 TRILLION OVER TEN YEARS.

SOME SAY IT COSTS $20 TRILLION.

SOME SAY IT COSTS 40.

THE IDEA THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAVE THAT PERSON MAKING $60,000 A YEAR ON MEDICARE FOR ALL, IS ABSOLUTELY PREPOS TRUS.

16% OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC IS ON MEDICARE NOW AND EVERYBODY HAS A TAX TAKEN OUT OF THEIR PAYCHECK NOW.

TELL ME, ARE YOU GOING TO ADD 84% MORE AND IT IS NOT GOING TO BE HIGHER TAXES?

AT LEAST BEFORE HE WAS HONEST ABOUT IT, IT HAS BEEN INCREASED PERSONAL TAXES.

>> THAT'S RIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO INCREASE PERSONAL TAXES BUT WE ARE ELIMINATING PREMIUMS.

WE'RE ELIMINATING COPAYMENTS.

WE'RE ELIMINATING DEDUCTIBLES.

WE'RE ELIMINATING ALL OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES AND NO FAMILY IN AMERICA WILL SPEND MORE THAN $200 A YEAR ON PRESCRIPTION DRUG.

>> SENATOR KLOBUCHAR.

>> WE WILL SAVE THE AVERAGE WORKER.

>> SENATOR KLOBUCHAR, WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

>> SENATOR KLOBUCHAR.

>> YO, GUYS, HEY.

>> FIRST TIME I DID THIS.

>> OKAY, THAT'S TRUE.

I WILL SAY THIS.

FIRST OF ALL, BERNIE, I PROMISE WHEN I AM YOUR PRESIDENT, I WILL GET OUR PHARMACEUTICAL BILLS DONE.

AND WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER ON THIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

AND I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT.

BUT WHERE I DISAGREE IS I JUST DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS THE MONOPOLY ON BOLD IDEAS.

I THINK YOU CAN BE PROGRESSIVE AND PRACTICAL AT THE SAME TIME.

THAT IS WHY I FAVOR A PUBLIC OPTION WHICH IS A NONPROFIT OPTION TO BRING THE COSTS DOWN.

AND YES, IT DOES BRING THE COSTS DOWN IMMEDIATELY FOR 13 MILLION PEOPLE.

AND THEN WILL EXPAND COVERAGE TO 12 MILLION PEOPLE.

BUT HERE'S THE POLITICAL PROBLEM.

THIS FIELT THAT YOU GUYS ARE HAVING ISN'T REAL.

YOUR FIGHT, BERNIE, IS NOT WITH ME OR WITH VICE PRESIENT BIDEN.

IT IS WITH ALL THOSE BUNCH OF THOSE NEW HOUSE MEMBERS, NOT EVERYONE, BY ANY MEANS, THAT GOT ELECTED IN THAT LAST ELECTION IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY STVMENT WITH THE NEW GOVERNOR DISEM KRATTIC GOVERNOR OF KENTUCKY THAT WANTS TO BUILD ON OBAMA CARE.

AND THE WAY I LOOK AT IT, IF YOU WANT TO BRIDGE, IF YOU WANT TO CROSS A RIVER, OVER SOME TROUBLED WATERS, YOU BUILD A BRIDGE, YOU DON'T BLOW ONE UP.

>> OKAY.

>> AND I THINK WE SHOULD BUILD ON THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.

>> SENATOR WARREN, WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING YOU IN.

>> SHE TOOK MY NAME IS VEIN.

SHE HURT MY FEELINGS.

>> I WOULD NEVER DO THAT.

>> 45 SECONDS.

>> ALL RIGHT, MY FIGHT, AMY IS NOT WITH THE GOVERNOR OF KENTUCKY.

MY FIGHT AND ALL OF OUR FIGHTS MUST BE WITH THE GREED AND CORRUPTION OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY, WITH THE GREED ANCHOR RUPTION OF THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY.

THESE GUYS LAST YEAR MADE $100 BILLION IN PROFIT AND TENS OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS CANNOT AFFORD TO GO TO A DOCTOR TONIGHT.

THE DAY HAS GOT TO COME AND JOE IS NOT TALKING ABOUT IT, AMY IS NOT TALKING ABOUT IT, THE DAY HAS GOT TO COME, AND I WILL BRING THAT DAY ABOUT WHEN WE FINALLY SAY THAT THE DRUG COMPANIES AND THE INSURANCE COMPANIES, THE FUNCTION OF HEALTH CARE, IS TO PROVIDE IT FOR ALL OF OUR PEOPLE IN A COST-EFFECTIVE WAY, NOT TO MAKE MASSIVE PROFITS FOR THE DRUG COMPANIES AND THE INSURANCE COMPANIES.

>> THANK YOU, SENATOR, SENATOR WARREN, WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING YOU INTO THIS DISCUSSION.

THE SAME QUESTION TO YOU THAT I POSED TO SENATOR SANDERS.

IF CONGRESS REJECTS A MEDICARE FOR-- MEDICARE FOR ALL PROPOSAL AND YOU ARE THE PRESIDENT, ARE THERE SMALLER SIGNIFICANT MEASURES THAT YOU COULD PURSUE WITH BIPARTISANSON AND DE CREASED COST.

>> THIS IS ABOUT COST, ABOUT COSTS ON MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES.

LAST YEAR 36 MILLION AMERICANS DIDN'T HAVE PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T AFFORD IT.

THOSE ARE PEOPLE WITH HEALTH INSURANCE, AS WELL.

PEOPLE WHO CAN'T DO THE COPAYSK PEOPLE WITHOUT CAN'T DO THE DEDUCTIBLES.

PEOPLE FIND OUT THAT THE DRUG IS NOT COVERED.

SO HERE IS MY APPROACH TO THIS.

I WANT TO DO THE MOST THAT I CAN FOR THE MOST PEOPLE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

ON DAY ONE, I AM GOING TO ATTACK THE PRICES ON COMMONLY USED DRUGS LIKE EPI PENS AND INSULIN AND BRING DOWN THOSE PRICES.

THE PRESIDENT CAN DO THAT.

WHILE I'M SAYING THIS, ALL BY HERSELF.

AND I WILL DO IT.

THAT IS GOING TO SAVE FAMILIES HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

AND THEN IN THE FIRST HUNDRED DAYS, BECAUSE I FOUND A WAY TO PAY FOR FULL HEALTH-CARE COVERAGE FOR EVERYONE WITHOUT RAISING TAXES ON MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES, I AM GOING TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE FOR A FULL HEALTH-CARE COVERAGE, FOR 135 MILLION PEOPLE IT WILL BE AT NO COST AT ALL.

AND THEY CAN OPT INTO THAT SYSTEM.

>> THANK YOU, SENATOR.

>> FOR OTHERS IT WILL BE AT A LOW COST.

WE HAVE GOT TO START MOVEK AND MOVE FAST.

WE CAN DO THAT.

>> WE HAVE TO MOVE ON.

>> WE CAN DO THAT ON 50 VOTES.

>> THANK YOU, SENATOR.

>> JUDIES.

>> WE ARE COME TOGETHER END OF OUR TIME, A LOT OF HANDS UP.

WE APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

BUT IN THE SPIRIT OF THE SEASON I WOULD LIKE TO ASK EACH ONE OF YOU, IS WILL SOMEONE ELSE AMONG THESE CANDIDATES THAT YOU WOULD-- YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS, ONE, A CANDIDATE FROM WHOM YOU WOULD ASK FORGIVENESS FOR SOMETHING MAYBE THAT WAS SAID TONIGHT OR ANOTHER TIME, OR, OR, A CANDIDATE WHO TO WHOM YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A GIFT AND I WILL START WITH YOU, MR. YANG.

>> WOW.

(LAUGHTER) (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) >> WE CAN DO A LABOR ACTION AND JUST ALL GO ON STRIKE ON THIS ONE, ANDREW.

>> I DON'T THINK HAVE I MUCH TO ASK FORGIVENESS FOR.

YOU ALL CAN TRUST ME ON THIS.

IN TERMS OF A GIFT, ELIZABETH HAS DONE ME THE HONOR OF STARTING TO READ MY BOOK.

I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE EACH OF YOU A COPY OF MY BOOK.

(APPLAUSE) IT IS ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE GREATEST ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION IN OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY, THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION STVMENT GRINDING UP OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND D.C. IS OUT TO LUNCH ON THIS, OUR MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS ARE NOT COVERING IT ADEQUATELY.

I WROTE A BOOK ON IT.

AND IF YOU LIKE DATA, THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU, THIS IS FOR THE PEOPLE AT HOME TOO, IF YOU LIKE DATA AND BOOKS.

>> MAYOR BUTTIGIEG-- MAYOR BUTTIGIEG, ASK FORGIVENESS OR GIVE A GIFT.

>> FIRST OF ALL I LOVE DATA AND BOOKS SO I THINK WE SHOULD ALL BE EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

AND COME TO THINK OF IT, I SHOULD PROBABLY SEND MY BOOK AROUND MORE TOO.

LOOK, I THINK ALL OF US WANT THE SAME THING AT THE END OF THE DAY.

WE KNOW WHAT A GIFT IT WOULD BE TO THE FUTURE AND TO THE COUNTRY FOR LITERALLY ANYBODY UP HERE TO BECOME PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAVE GOT.

(APPLAUSE) AND WE GOT TO REMEMBER I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY NOW, WE ARE UP TO 25 SOMETHING HAVE RUN FOR PRESIDENT IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

THE MOMENT WE GOT A NOMINATION, THE 24 WHO AREN'T THAT NOMINEE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO RALLY AROUND THE ONE WITHOUT DOES.

LET'S MAKE SURE THERE IS NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR FORGIVENESS FOR BY THE TIME THAT DAY COMES.

(APPLAUSE) >> SENATOR WARREN.

>> I WILL ASK FOR FORGIVENESS.

I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES I GET REALLY WORKED UP.

AND SOMETIMES I GET A LITTLE HOT.

I DON'T REALLY MEAN TO.

WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN YOU DO 100,000-- PEOPLE YOU HEAR ENOUGH STORIES ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY DOWN TO THEIR LAST MOMENT.

YOU KNOW, I MET SOMEONE JUST LAST WEEK IN NEVADA WHO SAID THAT SHE HAS DIABETES.

AND THAT HE HAS ACCESS TO A PRESCRIPTION BECAUSE HE IS A VETERANMENT BUT HIS SISTER HAS DIABETES AND HIS DAUGHTER HAS DIABETES AND THEY SIMPLY CAN'T AFFORD INSULIN.

SO THE THREE OF THEM SPEND ALL OF THEIR TIME FIGURING OUT HOW TO STRETCH ONE INSULIN PRESCRIPTION AMONG THREE PEOPLE.

WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHAT WE COULD DO, IF WE GET A MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE, A MAJORITY IN THE SENATE AND GET BACK THE WHITE HOUSE, WE COULD MAKE THIS COUNTRY WORK FOR PEOPLE LIKE THAT MAN.

AND THAT'S WHY I AM IN THIS FIGHT.

(APPLAUSE) >> VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN.

>> I THINK EVERYONE UP HERE ON THE STAGE KNOWS THEY ARE NOT ON THE STAGE TO-- THEY ARE-- ARE YOU NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT GOES TO-- HAVE I DONE THOUSANDS OF THEM.

AND THE CREW THAT FOLLOWS ME CAN TELL YOU THERE IS NOT ONE LINE I GO THROUGH THAT DON'T HAVE AT LEAST HALF A DOZEN PEOPLE COME UP AN HUG ME AND SAY YOU CAN HELP ME.

I JUST LOST MY DAUGHTER TEN DAYS AGO, YOU CAN HELP ME, TELL ME I'M GOING TO BE OKAY.

CAN YOU HELP ME.

I GET LOST THE.

THEY LAY OUT, MY WIFE AND HAVE I A CALL SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 20 AND A HUNDRED PEOPLE THAT WE CALL AT LEAST EVERY WEEK OR EVERY MONTH TO TELL THEM I'M HERE.

I GIVE THEM MY PRIVATE PHONE NUMBERS.

THEY KEEP IN TOUCH WITH ME.

THE LITTLE KID WHO SAYS I CAN'T TALK, WHAT DO I DO.

I HAVE SCORES OF THESE YOUNG WOMEN AND MEN WHO I KEEP IN CONTACT WITH.

AND THE REASON I GIVE EVERYONE HERE A GIFT IS THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING LIKE I DO, IN MAKING THEIR LIVES BETTER, BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HURTING VERY, VERY, VERY BADLY.

>> SENATOR SENATOR SANDERS FORGIVENESS OR A GIFT.

>> WELL, I CAN GIVE OUT ANY ONE OF FOUR BOOKS THAT I WROTE.

BUT I THINK THE GIFT THAT ALL OF US NEED TO GIVE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IS A VERY, VERY DIFFERENT VISION OF THE REALITY OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

AND THE VISION THAT WE NEED TO BRING FORTH IS TO CREATE A GOVERNMENT AND A NATION BASED ON LOVE AND COMPASSION, NOT GREED AND HATRED.

WE NEED A VISION THAT SAYS THAT IN OUR GREAT COUNTRY, ALL OF OUR PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO EARN A DECENT STANDARD OF LIVING, HAVE HEALTH CARE, HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEND THEIR KIDS TO COLLEGE REGARDLESS OF THEIR INCOME.

SO WE NEED A NEW VISION WHICH BRINGS OUR PEOPLE TOGETHER, AROUND AN AGENDA THAT WORKS FOR ALL, NOT THE TRUMP VISION OF DIVIDING US UP TO BENEFIT THE BILLIONAIRE CLASS.

THAT'S MY VISION.

>> SENATOR KLOBUCHAR.

>> WELL, I WOULD ASK FOR FORGIVENESS ANY TIME ANY OF YOU GET MAD AT ME.

I CAN BE BLUNT.

BUT I AM DOING THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO PICK THE RIGHT CANDIDATE HERE.

I DO.

I THINK WHEN YOU SEE WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND THE COUNTRY, YES, IT'S THE ECONOMIC CHECK THAT ELIZABETH AND BERNIE SO WELLPOINTED OUT ON THIS STAGE.

BUT THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON HERE.

AND IT IS A DECENCY CHECK.

ST A VALUES CHECK.

IT IS A PATRIOTISM CHECK.

WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE AND WE'VE ALL HAD THIS HAPPEN, THAT COME TO OUR MEETINGS AND SAY YOU KNOW, YEAH, I VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP BUT I DON'T WANT TO DO IT AGAIN BECAUSE I WANT MY KIDS TO BE ABLE TO WATCH THE PRESIDENT ON TV AND NOT MUTE THE TV.

WE HAVE TO REMEMBER AS DEMOCRATS, AND IF I GET WORKED UP ABOUT THIS, IT IS BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT SO MUCH IN MY HEART, THAT WE HAVE TO BRING PEOPLE WITH US AND NOT SHUT THEM OUT.

THAT IS THE GIFT THAT WE CAN GIVE AMERICA IN THIS ELECTION.

>> MR. STEYER.

>> SO LOOK, THIS IS THE HOLIDAY SEASON.

AND WHAT I AM HEARING FROM EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE CANDIDATES IS THAT THEY'VE GONE AROUND THE UNITED STATES AND WHAT THEY HAVE SEEN FROM THIS ADMINISTRATION AND WHAT THEY HAVE SEEN FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS CRUELTY TOWARDS THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITIED STATES FOR MONEY.

SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE GIFT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE, AND I HAVE SEEN THAT TOO, I MEAN I THINK IT STARTS WITH CRUELTY WHEN CHILDREN ARE BORN AND IT GOES RIGHT THROUGH LIFE INTO PRE-K, EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE, A LIVING WAGE.

THERE IS KREELT TO WORKING PEOPLE, AND SO THE GIFT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE EVERYONE ON THERE STAGE, WAS THE ORIGINAL QUESTION, IS THE GIFT OF TEAMWORK.

BECAUSE THE QUESTION UP HERE IS HOW ARE WE TOGETHER GOING TO CHANGE THIS FRAMEWORK.

HOW ARE WE TOGETHER GOING TO BEAT THIS CORRUPT AND CRIMINAL PRESIDENT.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO STAND UP FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES TOGETHER.

NOT BY TEARING EACH OTHER DOWN BUT BY SUPPORTING EACH OTHER AND BY REALIZING THAT WHAT WE STAND FOR IS THE TRUE VALUE OF AMERICA.

AND AS A TEAM, THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AND AS AMERICANS WE'RE GOING TO COME TOGETHER TO STAND UP FOR THE ORIGINAL VALUES, FREEDOM, EQUALITY, JUSTICE, TEAMWORK.

>> THAT-- WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A VERY SHORT BREAK, THAT DOES CONCLUDE OUR QUESTIONS TONIGHT HERE AT LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY.

WE'LL BE BACK IN JUST TWO MINUTES TO HEAR THE CANDIDATE'S CLOSING STATEMENTS.

WELCOME BACKK I'M HERE WITH OUR PEANL AND THE MODERATORS JUST GAVE EVERYONE THE GIFT OF A WATER BREAK.

BUT WE HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT, RYAN LIZZA, LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ.

I ANT TO TALK ABOUT TWO MAJOR CONFRONTATIONS WE SAW ONE BETWEEN AMY KLOBUCHAR AND PETE BUTTIGIEG, NOT REALLY ABOUT ISSUES AND ONE THAT WAS ABOUT ISSUES BETWEEN FORMER VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN AND SENATOR SANDERS.

WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF EITHER ONE OF THOSE.

>> SO THE ONE BETWEEN KLOBUCHAR AND BUTTIGIEG IS VERY INTERESTING.

SHE CALLED HIM OUT FOR PRETTY MUCH MOCKING AND SAYING THAT HE WAS AN OUTSIDER AND THAT THE COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCE OF ALL OF THE SENATORS ON THE STAGE AS WELL AS JOE BIDEN WAS SOMETHING THAT WASHINGTON DIDN'T NEED ANY MORE.

AND SO SHE SAID THAT SHE THOUGHT HE SHOULD RESPECT THEIR EXPERIENCE.

I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING THAT SHE DREW THAT CONTRAST.

KIND OF DRAWING MORE ATTENTION TO HIS YOUNG AGE, HE'S 37 YEARS OLD, I BELIEVE THE YOUNGEST IN-- YOUNGEST IN THE RACE AND SOMETHING I THINK INCREASINGLY THESE CANDIDATES MIGHT TRY TO POINT TO.

>> RYAN?

>> YEAH, I THINK TOO BIG VULLER IN AUTOMOBILES FOR PETE BUTTIGIEG WERE TESTED ON THAT STAGE TONIGHT.

ONE WAS THE CLASH EARLIER WHEN ELIZABETH WARREN REALLY WENT AT HIM QUITE AGGRESSIVELY ON THE ISSUE OF THE WINE WAVE.

HE HAD THIS FUNDRAISER RECENTLY, SOME KIND OF PHOTOS CAME OUT OF IT.

SO HE IS GOING TO HAVE TO ANSWER THAT, I NOTICE, SOME E MAIM DHAIN CHAINS THAT THE WARREN CAMPAIGN IS STENGD OUT IS EVEN MORE-- AND HIS EXPERIENCE IS THE BIGGEST LIABILITY.

CAN THIS YOUNG MAYOR, NO STATEWIDE OFFICE BECOME PRESIDENT.

SO BUTTIGIEG IN THE CROSSHAIRS TONIGHT.

>> WE'LL STEE WHAT THEY SAY AFTER THIS DEBATE.

I WILL BE STEPPING OUT TO THE SPIN ROOM AND HANDING IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE STAFFEE SY.

STAY WITH US AFTERWARDS BUT NOW LET'S STAY WITH THE PBS "POLITICO" DEBATE FOR CLOSING STATEMENTS.

>> THE PBS NEWSHOUR "POLITICO" DEBATE CONTINUES LIVE FROM LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY.

ONCE AGAIN, JUDY WOODRUFF.

>> WELCOME BACK TO THE PBS NEWSHOUR DEMOCRATIC DEBATE WITH "POLITICO" AND NOW IT IS TIME FOR CLOSING STATEMENTS YOU EACH HAVE 60 SECONDS, BEGINNING WITH MR. STEYER.

>> I'M DIFFERENT FROM EVERYBODY ELSE ON THIS STAGE.

AND HERE'S WHY.

I AM RUNNING BECAUSE CORPORATIONS HAVE BOUGHT OUR GOVERNMENT AND WE NEED TO RETURN TO TOWER TO THE PEOPLE.

AND FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING, TAKING ON UNCHECKED CORPORATE POWER.

THAT IS WHY I AM FOR TERM LIMITS BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE BOLD CHANGE, THEN WE NEED NEW PEOPLE IN CHARGE AND NEW IDEAS.

MI THE ONLY PERSON ON THIS STAGE WHO HAS BUILT A LARGE MULTIBILLION DOLLAR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS.

I KNOW HOW TO GROW PROSPERITY.

I CAN TAKE ON MR. TRUMP ON THE ECONOMY, AND BEAT HIM.

I AM THE ONLY ONE ON THIS STAGE WHO SAID CLIMATE IS MY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.

IT IS A CRISIS WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH BUT IT IS ALSO OUR GREATEST OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE MILLIONS OF GOOD PAYING UNION JOBS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND CLEAN UP THE AIR AND WATER IN THE BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES WHERE IT IS SO ESSENTIAL.

SO IF YOU WANT TO BREAK THE CORPORATE STRANGEEL HOLD, BEAT MR. TRUMP ON THE ECONOMY AND SOLVE OUR CLIMATE CRISIS, CAN I DELIVER.

>> AND I ASK YOU FOR YOUR VOTE.

>> MR. YANG, SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING.

MR. YANG.

>> I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE THINKING, AMERICA, HOW AM I STILL ON THE STAGE WITH THEM.

(LAUGHTER) OUR CAMPAIGN IS GROWING ALL THE TIME BECAUSE WE ARE LAISESSER FOCUSED ON SOLVING THE REAL PROBLEMS THAT GOT DONALD TRUMP ELECTED IN THE FIRST PLACEMENT I SPENT SEVEN YEARS HELPING CREATE THOUSANDS OF JOBS IN DETROIT, BALTIMORE, NEW ORLEANS AND OTHER CITIES, SERVING AS AN AMBASSADOR OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA AND I SAW FIRST HAND WHAT MANY OF YOU ALREADY KNOW, OUR COUNTRY IS FALLING APART.

OUR SENIOR CITIZENS ARE WORKING UNTIL THE DAY THEY DIE.

OUR KIDS ARE ADDICTED TO SMARTPHONES OR DRUGS.

WE'RE SEEING RECORD HIGH LEVELS OF DEPRESSION, SUICIDE, OVERDOSES, OUR COMPANIES ARE RECORDING RECORD PROFITS WHILE OUR PEOPLE ARE LITERALLY DYING YOUNGER.

OUR WAY OF LIFE IS CHANGING FASTER THAN EVER AND THE SIMPLE FACT IS THIS.

OUR POLITICIANS IN D.C.

SUCCEED WHETHER WE THE PEOPLE SUCCEED OR FAIL.

WASHINGTON D.C. TODAY IS THE RICHEST CITY IN OUR COUNTRY.

WHAT DO THEY PRODUCE?

BAD DECISIONS?

WE NEED TO GET THE MONEY OUT OF D.C. AND INTO YOUR HANDS, THE HANDS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

JOIN US AT YANG 2020.COM AND HELP US HE WRITE THE RULES OF THE 20th CENTURY ECONOMY TO WORK FOR US.

>> THANK YOU, SENATOR.

(APPLAUSE) SENATOR KLOBUCHAR.

>> WE HAVE HAD QUITE A DEBATE TONIGHT.

BUT I WANT TO DEBATE DONALD TRUMP.

THIS PRIMARY COMES DOWN TO SOME SIMPLE QUESTIONS.

WHO HAS THE BEST IDEAS, THE BEST EXPERIENCE, MOSTLY WHO CAN BEAT DONALD TRUMP AND HOW WILL SHE DO IT.

SO DONALD TRUMP BUILT HIS FORTUNE ON OVER TIME OVER $413 MILLION THAT HE GOT FROM HIS DAD.

MY GRANDPA WAS AN IRON-ORE MINOR, A UNION MEMBER, WORKED 1500 FEET UNDERGROUND AND SAVED MONEY IN A COFFEE CAN IN THE BASEMENT TO SEND MY DAD TO A COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

THAT IS MY FAMILY TRUST.

AND I FIGURE IF YOU ARE GIVEN OPPORTUNITY, YOU DON'T GO INTO THE WORLD WITH A SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT, YOU GO INTO IT WITH A SENSE OF OBLIGATION.

AND OBLIGATIONS TO LIFT PEOPLE UP INSTEAD OF HOARDING WHAT YOU HAVE FOR YOUR EF.

-- YOURSELF.

OUR POLITICS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF DONALD TRUMP ARE TOXIC.

WE NEED A LEADER WHO CAN BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND WHO CAN WIN THAT WAY.

BUT WITH IF YOU ARE TIRED OF THE EXTREMES IN OUR POLITICS AND THE NOISES AND THE NONSENSE, YOU HAVE A HOME WITH ME.

IF YOU WANT A BIGGER TENT AND WIDER COALITION AND LONGER COAT TAILS, JOIN ME.

WE WILL WIN AT AMY KLOBUCHAR.COM.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR BUTTIGIEG.

>> SO THE NOMINEE IS GOING TO HAVE TO DO TWO THINGS.

DEFEAT DONALD TRUMP AND UNIT THE COUNTRY AS PRESIDENT.

TALL ORDER.

AND IN ORDER TO DO IT, WE'RE GOING TO NEED A NOMINEE AND A PRESIDENT WITHOUT CAN RESPOND TO THE CRISIS OF BELONGINGS THAT IS GRIPPING OUR NATION TODAY.

THAT MEANS BUILDING UP A POLITICS THAT IS DE FINED NOT BY WHO WE EXCLUDE, NOT BY WHO WE REJECT, BUT BY HOW MANY PEOPLE WE CAN CALL TO THIS SIDE.

I'VE SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE, CAPABLE OF FORMING THAT MULTIRAISE, MULTIGENERATIONAL COALITION.

AND I AM SEEING MORE ANMORE PEOPLE WHO MAY BE HAVE NOT FELT WELCOME IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY BEFORE, BUT BELONG HERE NOW BECAUSE THEY'RE DEFINITELY NOT ON BOARD ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE.

I AM ASKING YOU TO JOIN ME, TO VOTE FOR ME, TO CAUCUS FOR ME AND TO HELP US BUILD THAT FUTURE, TO FIND NOT BY EXCLUSION BUT BY BELONGING.

>> SENATOR WARREN.

>> DID YOU CALL MY NAME?

>> THIS IS A DARK MOMENT IN AMERICA.

AND YET I COME HERE TONIGHT WITH A HEART-FILLED WITH HOPE.

ALL THREE OF MY BROTHERS SERVED IN THE MILITARY.

THEY ARE ALL RETIRED.

THEY ARE ALL BACK IN OKLAHOMA.

ONE IS A DEMOCRAT, TWO ARE REPUBLICANS.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT UNITS MY THREE BROTHERS, AMAZON.

THEY ARE FURIOUS THAT AMAZON REPORTED $10 BILLION IN PROFITS AND PAID ZERO IN TAXES.

MY BROTHERS ARE PART OF WHY AMERICA IS READY TO ROOT OUT CORRUPTION AND FIGHT BACK.

AND THAT'S A BASE TO WORK FROM.

AMERICA IS READY, TOR EYE 2 CENT WEALTH TAX SUPPORTED BY REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS AND INDEPENDENTS.

AND IT LETTINGS US INVEST IN ALL OF OUR CHILDREN.

AMERICA IS READY TO EXPAND SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS AND DISABILITY PAYMENTS BY $200 A MONTH.

AND WE CAN DO IT.

YOU KNOW SOMEONE ASKED WHAT DOES IT MEAN.

YOU JUST GIVE SOMEBODY $200 A MONTH, THEY ASKED ME THIS IN A TOWNHALL.

AND A LADY WHO WANTED IT SAID YOU KNOW WHAT IT WILL MEAN TO ME, IT WILL MEAN I CAN GET A PRESCRIPTION FILLED AND I CAN STILL BUY TOILET PAPER THE SAME WEEK.

THAT IS WHERE AMERICANS ARE RIGHT NOW.

I AM NOT WORKING FOR MILLIONARES AND BILLIONAIRES.

I AM HERE TO WORK FOR THE TENS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ACROSS THIS DRI WHO ARE READY TO BUILD AN AMERICA THAT WON'T JUST WORK FOR THOSE AT THE TOP BUT THAT WILL WORK FOR EVERYONE.

>> THANK YOU, SENATOR.

SENATOR SANDERS.

>> 45 YEARS AMERICANS HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO GREAT SPEECHES.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE AVERAGE AMERICAN WORKER IS NOT MAKING A NICKEL MORE THAN HE OR SHE DID IN REAL WAGES OVER THOSE 45 YEARS.

BUT TRUTH IS THAT REAL CHANGE ALWAYS TAKES PLACE, REAL CHANGE ALWAYS TAKES PLACE FROM THE BOTTOM ON UP, NEVER FROM THE TOP ON DOWN.

AND THAT IS WHY IN THIS CAMPAIGN, MI SO PROUD THAT WE HAVE OVER A MILLION VOLUNTEERS.

WE HAVE SOME OF THE STRONGEST GRASS ROOTS ORGANIZATIONS.

WE HAVE RAISED MORE INDEPENDENT CONTRIBUTIONS THAN ANY CANDIDATE IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

PLEASE JOIN THE POLITICAL REVOLUTION AT BERNIE SANDERS.COM.

LET DEFEAT TRUMP, LET'S TRANSFORM THIS COUNTRY.

THANK YOU.

(APPLAUSE) >> AND FINALLY VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN.

>> I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR LISTENING, SEVEN DAYS OUT FROM CHRISTMAS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE ALL HAVE BIG PROGRESSIVE PLANS.

AND THE QUESTION IS WHO CAN DELIVER ON THOSE PLANS.

IT SEEMS TO ME WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVE TWO QUESTIONS STRAIGHT UP AND HONEST.

WHO HAS THE BEST CHANCE, THE MOST LIKELY CHANCE OF DEFEATING DONALD TRUMP.

WHO IS THE ONE WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO DO THAT.

NUMBER TWO, WHO CAN HELP ELECT DEMOCRATS TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE IN STATES LIKE NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA AND ARIZONA AND OTHER STATES.

AND THIRDLY, WHO CAN DELIVER LEGISLATIVELY.

THAT REQUIRES YOU LOOK AT OUR RECORDS.

I HAVE A SIGNIFICANT RECORD OF GETTING SIGNIFICANT THINGS DONE FROM THE CONSUMER ACT TO THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS TREATY, TO FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC POLICY ALIKE.

SO I THINK ASKING THOSE QUESTIONS, I BELIEVE AS YOU EXPECT, THAT I AM THE MOST QUALIFIED TO ANSWER THOSE THREE QUESTIONS.

BUT MOST OF ALL, WE HAVE TO LEVEL WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, DON'T PLAY GAMES.

TELL THEM THE TRUTH AND BE AUTHENTIC.

GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND MAY YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT GREAT HOLIDAY SEASON.

AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR DOING THIS.

>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND THAT CONCLUDES THE PBS FUSHOUR "POLITICO" DEBATE.

I DO WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES HERE AT THE MODERATOR TABLE, TIM ALBERTA OF "POLITICO," AMNA NAWAZ AND YAMICHE ALCINDOR FROM THE PBS NEWSHOUR.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

PLEASE STICK AROUND AND WATCH PBS FOR SOME ANALYSIS.

THANK YOU TO THE CANDIDATES.

#R. >> WELCOME TO THE PBS NEWSHOUR "POLITICO" DEBATE POST SHOW.

ST JUST AFTER 7:30 PACIFIC TIME, 10:37 EASTERN TIME, AND THE DEBATE HAS JUST WRAPPED UP WITH THE CANDIDATES CLOSING STATEMENTS.

GOOD EVENING, I'M STEPHANIE SY WITH THE PBS NEWSHOUR.

JOINING ME TO DISCUSS TONIGHT'S DEBATE, A DISTINGUISHED PANEL OF MY COLLEAGUES FROM "POLITICO" AND PBS NEWSHOUR.

BUT FIRST I WANT TO CHECK IN WITH OUR LISA DESJARDINS WHO IS JUST ACROSS THE WAY IN ANOTHER BUILDING IN THE SO CALLED SPIN ROOM.

THIS IS A LOT OF TIMES WHERE WE SEE CANDIDATES AND THAIFER REPRESENTATIVES AND STAFF, WELL, LISA, I IMAGINE YOU ARE GOING TO SEE SOME SPIN.

>> RIGHT.

>> YEAH, I THINK SO.

THE SPIN ROOM IS A MODERN TRADITION, SOMETIMES GOOD, SOMETIMES PAINFUL BUT WE WILL TRY AND GET SUBSTANTIVE ANSWERS WHILE WE ARE HERE.

YOU SEE BEHIND ME THE MEMBERS OF THE PRESS CORPORATION.

MY FELLOW ARDENT DANT REPORTERS WAITING FOR THE CANDIDATES TO COME THROUGH WHAT CAN IS CALLED THE CHUTE AND TALK TO THEM.

SOME WILL HAVE SUR GATES, SOME THE CANDIDATES.

WE WILL BE WAITING HERE TO ASK FOLLOWUP QUESTIONS AFTER THE DEBATE, WE WILL BE HERE FOR AS LONG AS WE CAN BE.

>> ALL RIGHT, LISA, SO SINCE I HAVE YOU, AND YOU ARE A CRACK POLITICAL REPORTER, GIVE ME THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT YOU PERCEIVED TONIGHT.

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS A SUB SAN TIFF DEBATE BUT I THINK WHAT WE SAW WERE UNDERSTANDABLE POLITICAL TENSIONS RIGHT NOW AT THIS CRITICAL MOMENT IN A CAMPAIGN.

YOU SAW TWO MODERATES, PETE BUTTIGIEG, FORMER MAYOR OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA AND AMY KLOBUCHAR, SENATOR FROM MINNESOTA,FACING OFF NOT OVER ISSUES BUT SORT OF OUT OF RESPECT.

AND ACTUALLY IT LOOKS LIKE WE MAY START HAVING CANDIDATES COME US TO SOON.

LET ME SEND IT BACK TO YOU AND WE WILL GET SET UP, I THINK PERHAPS SENATOR KLOBUCHAR WILL BE HERE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES BUT LET ME SEND IT BACK TO YOU AND THE PANEL.

>> AS SOON AS YOU GET SENATOR KLOBUCHAR I WILL GO BACK TO YOU IN THE SPIN ROOM, THERE LISA DESJARDINS, LET ME INTRODUCE OUR PANEL.

WILL YOU RECOGNIZE A NEW FACE HERE, DANIEL BUSCH, SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER AT PBS NEWSHOUR.

DAN, WELCOME.

AMY WALTER OF THE COOK POLITICAL REPORT, RYAN LIZZA AND LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ, NATIONAL POLITICAL REPORTER, "POLITICO."

OKAY, GUYS, WANT TO PLAY SORT OF I THINK ONE OF THE BIG MOMENTS OF THIS NIGHT.

THIS WAS A CLASH BETWEEN SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS AND FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ABOUT THEIR PRICE OF THEIR HEALTH-CARE PLANS.

LET'S TAKE A LISTEN.

>> 16 PERCENT OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC IS ON MEDICARE NOW.

AND EVERYBODY HAS A TAX TAKEN OUT OF THEIR PAYCHECK NOW.

TELL ME, YOU ARE GOING TO ADD 84 PERSZ MORE AND THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE HIGHER TAXES?

AT LEAST BEFORE HE WAS HONEST ABOUT IT.

>> JOE.

>> IT HAS BEEN INCREASED PERSONAL TAXES.

>> THAT'S RIGHT, WE GOING TO INCREASE PERSONAL TAXES BUT WE ARE ELIMINATING PREMIUM.

WE'RE ELIMINATING COPAYMENTS.

WE'RE ELIMINATING DEDUCTIBLES.

WE'RE ELIMINATING ALL OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES AND NO FAMILY IN AMERICA WILL SPEND MORE THAN $200 A YEAR ON PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

>> OKAY.

>> OKAY, BIPOLARRING THESE ARE THE TWO FRONTRUNNERS, THEETION ARE THE GUYS TO BEAT RIGHT NOW AND THISES WITH A SUBSTANTIVE DEBATE.

THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS THAT EXEMPLIFIED THAT.

DID WE SEE SOMETHING NEW TONIGHT?

DO YOU THINK THERE WAS A GAME-CHANGING MOMENT?

>> NOT ON THIS-- THIS IS THE DEBATE THAT THE TWO-OF-THEM HAVE BEEN HAVING AND QUITE FRANKLY THE TWO SIDES OF THE DEMG KRATTIC PRIMARY DEBATE HAS BEEN HAVING FOR MONTHS NOW ABOUT WHETHER TO GO ALL IN FOR MEDICARE FOR ALL OR WHETHER TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS BUILDING ON OBAMA CARE LIKE A PUBLIC OPTION.

WHAT I THINK IS INTERESTING, THE ONE PERSON AND RYAN HAD BROUGHT THIS UP EARLIER, ELIZABETH WARREN HAD TRIMMED HER SAILS A LITTLE BIT ON THIS ISSUE BY SAYING WE'RE GOING TO GIVE AN OPTION TO VOTERS, A PUBLIC OPTION WHEN I'M PRESIDENT, SHE SAYS.

YOU CAN BE PART OF A PUBLIC OPTION IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, OR YOU CAN KEEP YOUR OWN PRIVATE INSURANCE, BUT BY YEAR THREE OF MY ADMINISTRATION, EVERYONE GOES INTO MEDICARE FOR ALL.

BASICALLY SAYING I UNDERSTAND THAT MAYBE MEDICARE FOR ALL ON THIS ISSUE OF ASKING THOSE PEOPLE WITH PRIVATE INSURANCE TO NO LONGER BE ABLE TO KEEP THAT PRIVATE INSURANCE COULD BE PROBLEMATIC POLITICALLY IN A CAMPAIGN AS THE DEMOCRAT YOU CAN NOMINEE.

BERNIE SANDERS, HE WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY BY THE MODERATOR TO SAY WOULD YOU, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD DO, ANYTHING YOU WOULD DO TO JUST MAYBE SCALE THIS BACK A LITTLE BIT SO THAT IT COULD PASS CONGRESS, OR THAT YOU COULD GET SOMETHING DONE RATHER THAN GOING ALL IN AND GETTING NOTHING.

AND HIS ANSWER AS IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN IS NOPE, I'M GOING TO MAKE THIS THE SENATOR PIECE OF MY ELECTION.

AND I THINK BY MAKING SUCH A COMMITMENT TO THIS, GRASS ROOTS, PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN THIS, ARE GOING TO RALLY AROUND IT AND FORCE CONGRESS TO BACK ME.

AND THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE REALLY BETWEEN THE WARREN AND THE SANDERS VISION AND VERSION OF NOT ONLY HOW TO GOVERN BUT ALSO HOW TO WIN THIS DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.

I MEAN RYAN, THERE WERE DIRECT QUESTIONS FOR ELIZABETH WARREN AS WELL AS REGARDS-- REGARDS TO COST.

AND A LOT OF THIS DOES COME DOWN TO TAXES.

AND THE TAX QUESTION WHICH I THINK A LOT OF AMERICANS HEAR THAT WORD AND THEY ASSOCIATE IT, PERHAPS, WITH THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THAT IS WHERE I THINK WHEN I WAS SPEAKING O VOTERS EARLIER THIS WEEK, I HEARD THEM LISTENING TO THESE DETAILS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK AMY MAKES THE TERRIFIC POINT HERE ABOUT WHAT SANDERS REPRESENTS.

IT REALLY IS ALMOST ALWAYS THE MAX MALICE POSITION.

THE QUESTION HE POINTED OUT WAS WOULD YOU TAKE HALF A LOAD OR EVEN A SLICE OF BREAD.

>> AND DID HE NOT.

>> HE DIDN'T QUITE ANSWER BUT HE BASICALLY SAID NO.

BECAUSE WE'RE IN A CRISIS, I'M GOING TO START A POLITICAL REVOLUTION AND GET IT ALL.

SIMILARLY ON THE TRADE DEAL, SANDERS, INTERESTINGLY, CAME AT YOU, IS HE AGAINST THIS TRADE DEAL THAT IS BEFORE CONGRESS WHERE WE HAVE THE HEAD OF THE AFL-CIO, IMPORTANT UNION MEMBERS WILL TAKE THIS TRADE DEAL.

A LOT OF DEMOCRATS SAYING, SANDERS IS STICKING TO A MAX MALICE ISSUE ON EVERY ALMOST ISSUE.

WARREN HAS SHOWN IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS A WILLINGNESS TO ADJUST HER POSITION ON MEDICARE FOR ALL.

THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

AND I THINK A LOT OF HER CAMPAIGN GOING FORWARD WHETHER REST ON HOW VOTER PROS SES THAT.

DO THEY SEE THAT AS OKAY, GOOD, I LIKE THIS BECAUSE THIS WAS GETTING UNPOPULAR AND I JUST WANT TO BEAT TRUMP.

SO I AM GLAD ELIZABETH WARREN HAS TAKEN THE MID CAMPAIGN CORRECTION AND MOVED CLOSER TO WHERE THE SENATOR OF GRAVITY IS OUT THERE.

OR DO THEY SAY OH, YOU KNOW, SHE IS FLIPFLOPPED.

SHE HAS CHANGED HER MIND ON THIS POSITION.

AND I THINK THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION FOR THE WARREN CAMPAIGN GOING FORWARD.

SHE'S GOT ENOUGH TIME.

A GREAT INFRASTRUCTURE AND A LOT OF MONEY.

SHE IS CERTAINLY PRIMED AND POISED FOR A POTENTIAL COMEBACK BUT IT IS ON THAT QUESTION AND WHETHER SHE HAS FINALLY GOT IT RIGHT THAT I THINK HER FATE DEPENDS.

>> I WANT TO PLAY ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT FROM THE DEBATE.

THIS WAS ANOTHER FISSURE THAT I THINK REPRESENTS A DEBATE WE SAW ABOUT MONEY AND POLITICS AND POT WE ARE OF HEALTHY DONORS.

AND THIS WAS AN EXCHANGE BETWEEN SENATOR WAR RETURN AND THE MAYOR OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, PETE BUTTIGIEG, LET'S LISTEN.

>> THE MAYOR JUST RECENTLY HAD A FUNDRAISER THAT WITHHELD-- WAS HELD IN A WINE CAVE FULL OF CRYSTALS AND SERVED $900 A BOTTLE WINE UP, THINK ABOUT WHO COMES TO THAT.

HE HAS PROMISED THAT EVERY FUNDRAISER HE WOULD DO WOULD BE OPEN DOOR.

BUT THIS ONE WAS CLOSED DOOR.

WE MADE THE DECISION MANY YEARS AGO THAT RICH PEOPLE IN SMOKE-FILLED ROOMS WOULD NOT PICK THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

>> THIS IS THE PROBLEM WITH ISSUING PURITY TESTS YOU CANNOT YOURSELF PASS.

>> IF I PLEDGE, IF I PLEDGED NEVER TO BE IN THE COMPANY OF A PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATIC DONOR, I COULDN'T BE UP HERE.

SENATOR, YOUR NET WORTH IS 100 TIMES MINE.

>> OKAY, I WANT TO GO BACK TO SPEAKING TO OUR PANEL ABOUT THAT MOMENT.

BUT FIRST I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE SPIN ROOM WHERE OUR LISA DESJARDINS IS WITH TOM STEYER, THE BILLIONAIRE INVESTOR ON THE DEBATE STAGE TONIGHT.

LISA.

>> THANK YOU FOR JOIN UG US, MR. STEYER, FIRST OF ALL STHT SMALLEST DEBATE THAT WE HAVE SEEN.

WAS THAT A FACTOR, DO YOU FEEL LIKE THAT HELPED.

AND HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT YOUR PERFORMANCE YEFER ALL.

>> LOOK, TO ME THE QUESTION IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY TONIGHT AND GOING FORWARD IS HOW DO WE BEAT DONALD TRUMP.

THE QUESTION TO ME IS DID WE TALK ENOUGH ABOUT WHAT HE IS DEFINITELY GOING TO RUN ON WHICH IS THE ECONOMY.

HE SAID LAST WEEK EXACTLY WHAT HE IS GOING TO RUN ON.

WHICH IS I MAY NOT LIKE YOU AND YOU MAY NOT LIKE ME BUT THE DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO DESTROY THE ECONOMY.

AND I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE BE ABLE TO TAKE HIM DOWN, GO RIGHT AT HIS STRENGTHS AND EXEXPOSE HIM AS A FAKE.

AND HE HAS BEEN TERRIBLE FOR AMERICANS ON THE ECONOMY.

SO AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, MY 30 YEAR HISTORY OF WORKING IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND KNOWING HOW TO BUILD PROSPERITY IS THE WAY TO TAKE HIM DOWN.

THAT IS WHAT I THINK WAS REALLY, YOU KNOW, THE POINT OF TONIGHT FOR ME.

>> THIS I BELIEVE WAS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DEBATE ON FOREIGN POLICY THAT WE'VE HAD YET.

YOU WERE ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT CHINA AND HONG KONG.

AND I WANT TO GET A CLARIFICATION OF WHAT YOU MENTD TO SAY, HE WHAT I GOT FROM YOUR ANSWER WAS THAT YOU FELT THAT THE PRIORITY WITH CHINA IS MAKING SURE THAT THEY TAKE BOLD STEPS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE.

AND I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WERE SAYING THAT WOULD MEAN FOR YOUR POLICY FOR HONG KONG.

IS THAT LESS OF A PRIORITY.

>> WHAT I SAID ABOUT HONG KONG IS WE NEED TO LEAD A COALITION OF DEMOCRACY AND FREE DONE DO-- SHALL FREEDOM-LOVING COUNTRYING TO SHOW CHINA THEY CAN'T DO WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

BUT I WAS ALSO RESPONDING TO THE MAYOR BUTTIGIEG'S STATEMENT THAT WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO CUT OFF RELATIONS WITH THEM.

WE CAN'T CUT OFF RELATIONS RELATIONS WITH A.

IN FACT, THEY ARE FRIEND MES OF OURS, WE-- FRIENDEMMIES OF THEM W VE HUGE ECONOMIC INTERESTING TO, GIGANTIC NEED TO WORK TOGETHER ON CLIMATE.

WE CAN'T SAY OKAY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT.

THAT IS NOT AN OPTION.

>> OKAY.

>> SO WE HAVE TO PUSHBACK.

WE HAVE TO DE FEND OUR RIGHTS ECONOMICALLY.

WE HAVE TO STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY ALONG WITH EVERYBODY ELSE IN ITS ROOM.

BUT IN ADDITION, WE ABSOLUTELY, CHINA IS THE BIGGEST PRODUCER OF GREENHOUSE GASES IN THE WORLD, TWICE AS BIG AS US.

WE ABSOLUTELY NEED THEIR CORPORATION AND NEED TO LEAD THE COALITION A AROUND THE WORLD.

AND TO CUT OFF RELATIONS WOULD BE DISASTROUS.

>> AN DREE YANG WAS ASKED AND POINTED OUT HIMSELF, HE WAS THE ONLY PERSON OF COLOR ON STAGE DON'T.

DO YOU FEEL THE THEY HAVE TO HAVE SOMEONE BE O THE TICKET WHO IS A PERSON OF COLOR.

>> LOOK, AS SOON AS KAMALA HARRIS WITHDRAW, I PUT OUT A STATEMENT TO THE DNC PUBLICLY ASKING THEM TO CHANGE THE CRITERIA TO MAKE SURE WE HAD A MORE DIVERSE GROUP OF CANDIDATES ON THE STAGE.

I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE IN DIVERSITY.

I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE WE NEED A DIVERSE TICKETnd ALL CIRCUMSTANCES.

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY THAT THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IN ANY OTHER WAY.

>> THANK YOU, TOM STEYER FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

>> I WILL SEND IT BACK TO YOU ALL THERE IN THE DEBATE HALL, STEPHANIE.

>> OKAY, THANK YOU, LISA.

SO I WARRANT TO GO BACK WITH LAURA BARRON ABOUT, LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ ABOUT THAT MOMENT THAT WAS ABOUT MONEY AND POLITICS.

HOW DO YOU THINK THAT CONVERSATION IS LANDING WITH VOTERS?

>> WELL, I THINK IT IS A BIG CONVERSATION, WARREN WAS EFFECTIVE IN CIRCLING BACK TO CORRUPTION WHICH IS THE KEY PILAR OR KEY MESSAGE FROM HER CAMPAIGN.

BUT SO MANY VOTERS DO TALK ABOUT CITIZENS UNITED, THE SUPREME COURT DECISION AND HOW THEY ARE TIRED.

FACT THAT THAT OPENED UP THE FLOODGATES FOR CORPORATIONS AND OUTSIDE GROUPS TO JUST FILTER DARK MONEY INTO U.S.

POLITICS.

AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BECOME KEY IN THIS DEBATE BETWEEN WARREN AND BUTTIGIEG AS WELL AS WARREN AND SANDERS, BETWEEN THEM AND BIDEN.

SO IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO ME THAT THEY FINALLY GOT INTO THIS ARES-- AGGRESSIVE BACK AND FORTH WHICH WE WERE, I THINK, ALL WAITING FOR T HAD BEEN FORECASTED IN THE DAYS UP TO THE DEBATE.

ONE THING ON THE ADDED CONTEXT THERE WAS THAT WHEN BUTTIGIEG SAYS ARE YOU WORTH A HUNDRED TIMES MORE THAN I AM, IS THAT WARREN AND SANDERS AND BIDEN ACTUALLY CAME FROM LESS MONEY THAN BUTTIGIEG DID.

SO YES, THEY ARE NOW MILLIONARES IN THEIR OWN RIGHT, BUT SHE DIDN'T EARN THAT UNTIL HER 40S.

>> INTERESTING POINT.

>> PAM BUSH I WANT TO BRING YOU INTO THIS CONVERSATION.

DO YOU THINK THE DEBATE MOVED THINGS AT ALL TONIGHT.

>> IT IS INTERESTING.

AS YOU SAID, LAURA T WAS AN AGGRESSIVE EXCHANGE.

WE SAW THE GLOVES COME OFF, WE WERE WAITING FOR THAT AND THAT REALLY DID TODAY, ARGUABLY THE MOST TENSE EXCHANGE CHAS SO FAR IN THESE DEBATES BUT WHAT IS STRIKING IS THIS THE 6th DEBATE OF THE YEAR.

WE TALKED ABOUT HEALTH CARE EVERY TIME, ABOUT FUNDRAISING.

BUT IN MANY WAYS THE ELECTORATE, THE PRIMARY ELECTORATE SEEMS TO BE EXACTLY WHERE IT WAS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

THE BIGGEST SORT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR ARE STILL UNANSWERED TODAY.

DO DEMOCRATS THINK IT IS BETTER OFF TO NOMINATE A MODERATE OR A PROGRESSIVE, A MAN OR A WOMAN, AND WHAT THAT SAYS TO ME IS AFTER A YEAR, AFTER SIX DEBATEDS, AFTER COUNTLESS TOWNHALLS AND RALLIES, DEMOCRATIC VOTERS ARE STILL PRETTY ANXIOUS ABOUT THE ELECTION AND WHAT ABOUT THEIR BEST OPTIONS ARE TO BEAT PRESIDENT TRUMP.

>> ONE THING WERE YOU LOOKING FOR WAS WHETHER WE WOULD CONTINUE TO SEE THAT SORT OF DETENANT HOLDING FIRE AGAINST WARREN AND SANDERS.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PROGRESSIVE VOTERS IN A STATE LIKE CALIFORNIA AND YOU WONDER IF THAT VOTE WILL CONTINUE TO BE SPLIT.

IF THAT WILL BENEFIT A CANDIDATE LIKE BUTTIGIEG OR BIDEN.

I DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF FIRE BETWEEN THOSE TWO TODAY.

>> YOU DIDN'T.

I SUPPOSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT MAKES SENSE THAT BIDEN AND BERNIE SANDERS HAD A BIT OF A CLASH.

AND THAT WARREN AND BUTTIGIEG HAD QUITE A DRAMATIC CLASH.

YOU KNOW, ACCORDING TO THE POLLING, THOSE PAIRS ARE FIGHTING OVER THE SAME KINDS OF VOTERS.

SO THEY ARE IN A REAL STRUGGLE, BUTTIGIEG IS CLEARLY IN ELIZABETH WARREN'S PATH HERE.

SHE NEEDS TO RAISE SOME DOUBTS ABOUT HIM.

AND SHE WENT AFTER THE FUNDRAISING PIECE OF THIS WHICH HAS BEEN IN THE NEWS RECENTLY.

AMY KLOBUCHAR WHO I THOUGHT HAD A REALLY EFFECTIVE NIGHT JUST CAME HERE WITH A DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE ON THAT STAGE.

>> SHE SAID YOU CAN BE PROGRESSIVE AND PRAGMATIC.

ALL RIGHT, I WANT TO GO BACK TO LISS-- LISA IN THE SPIN ROOM.

BUSINESSMAN ANDREW YANG, LISA.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

ANDREW YANG, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, BRIEFLY I WANT TO ASK YOU, THIS WAS THE SMALLEST DEBATE, I ASKED THIS OF TOM STEYER ALSO, DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU GOT MORE TIME IN THIS DEBATE OR NO.

DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WERE ABLE TO DO MORE?

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT YOUR PERFORMANCE?

>> I DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE I GOT MORE OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, SO THAT WAS GREAT.

I STILL WANT MORE.

STILL BELIEVE THERE IS A LOT TO MY PLATFORM THAT PEOPLE HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT.

MY VISION FOR THE COUNTRY AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS FUNDAMENTAL ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS CERTAINLY AN UPGRADE FROM PREVIOUS DEBATES.

>> OKAY, THANK YOU, I WISH WE HAD MORE TIME.

>> THIS IS YOUR-- PBS IS GEAT, WATCH IT YOU WILL THE TIME, DON'T WATCH ANY OTHER NETWORK, VUS PBS.

>> THANK YOU, AN OPEN SHOUTOUT FOR, BS.

JOINING YOU BACK IN THE STUDIO.

>> THANK YOU, LISA AND MR. YANG FOR THE PLUG.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S PICK UP ON THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT THE DYNAMICS.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT JOE BIDEN.

AMY, HE SEEMS TO HAVE A VERY STRONG DEBATE PERFORMANCE TONIGHT, MAYBE THE STRONGEST J I THINK HE ABSOLUTELY DID THE FIRST COUNSEL ELF DEBATES OVER THE SUMMER WHERE HE REALLY STRUGGLED, HE DID NOT LOOK QUICK ON HIS FEETS O THIS CASE HE WAS PUSHED BOTH ON HEALTH CARE AND AFGHANISTAN AND I THINK HE HANDLED BOTH OF THOSE VERY, VERY WELL.

HE SEEMED CONFIDENCE AND REALLY MUCH MORE IN THE MOMENT THAN IN OTHER DEBATES.

I ALSO THINK THAT AMY KLOBUCHAR DEFINITELY HAD NOT ONLY A GOOD DEBATE BUT SHE IS ALSO SOMEBODY BUTTIGIEG, WARREN, QULOAB CHAR ALL LOOKING FOR IOWA TO BE THEIR TICKET TO THE NEXT PART OF THIS CAMPAIGN.

ALL OF THEM NEED TO HAVE EITHER A WIN WHICH I WOULD ARGUE WARREN AND BUTTIGIEG ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE LEAD, AND FOR AMY TO HAVE JUST DRK DSH IN THE VERY CLEES TO HAVE A GOOD SHOWING IN THAT STATE, ALL COUNTING ON THAT TO AS I SAID SORT OF SLINGSHOT THEM THROUGH TO NEW HAMPSHIRE AND FOR THE NEXT UPCOMING PRIMARIES.

>> I WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT ESSENTIAL QUESTION FOR SO MANY DEMOCRATIC VOTERS WHICH IS ELECTABILITY AND WHO CAN BEAT TRUMP.

DAN, DID YOU SEE ANYONE EMERGE FROM THE DEBATE STAGE THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND A GROUP OF VOTERS BEHIND HIM OR HER THAT FEEL STRONGLY?

I MEAN I FEEL LIKE THERE IS STILL A LOT OF UNKNOWNS HERE.

>> THEY THE FIELD IS VERY UNSETTLED.

I THOUGHT IT WAS A PARTICULARLY GOOD PERFORMANCE FOR BIDEN.

HE STRUGGLED EARLY ON IN THE FIRST DEBATES.

UNSURE.

HE WAS MUCH MORE CONFIDENT.

HE KNEW WHEN TO JUMP IN, WHEN TO STAY OUT.

AND LOOK AT THIS POINT HE IS STILL ADOPT ATOP THE POLLS IN NATIONAL POLLS.

HE SLIPPED TO THIRD OR FOURTH IN IOWA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM.

BUT THERE IS A CONCEIVABLE PATH WHEREAS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, HE MIGHT LOSE THOSE FIRST TWO STATES BUT STILL GO ON TO WIN THE NOMINATION.

AND NO OTHER CANDIDATE STILL IS CHALLENGING HIM IN DETERMINE IN TERMS OF SUPPORT WITH AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS, WITH LATINOS.

HAD IS A GOOD NIGHT FOR HIM, MAYBE PERHAPS SORT OF QUIETING THE DOUBTS OF SOME DEMOCRATS WERE A LITTLE ANXIOUS ABOUT HIS PERFORMANCE.

>> LAURA, QUICKLY, DO YOU FEEL LIKE THE CONCERNS OF MINORITY VOTERS WERE ADDRESSED ON STAGE TOIGHT?

>> I THINK THAT WE HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF CANDIDATES THAT MENTIONED MINORITY VOTERS, MENTIONED AFRICAN-AMERICANS, LATINOS.

BUT THERE WERE A FEW KEY ELEMENTS THAT WERE MISSING THAT WERE ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT UP BY CANDIDATES LIKE BOOKER AND HARRIS AND JULIAN CASTRO THAT WE DIDN'T HEAR TONIGHT.

>> ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR PANEL, THANK YOU TO LISA DESJARDINS WHO IS STILL, I'M SURE, REPORTING FROM THE SPIN ROOM.

AND YOU CAN CONTINUE TO FOLLOW PBS NEWSHOUR FOR HER REPORTINGS.

I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR JOINING THIS DEBATE SHOW.

THIS WAS THE FINAL DEMOCRATIC DEBATE OF 2019.

A SUBSTANTIVE ONE IN WHICH WE HEARD FROM SEVEN OF THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.

I'M STEPHANIE SY, ANCHOR PBS NEWSHOUR WEST COAST PROGRAM AND AGAIN HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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