september. marianne williamson, tim ryan, senator amy klobuchar, john hickenlooper, john delaney and governor steve bullock. klobuchar is closest among them. she's met the polling requirements but needs more donors to get across the threshold. so the struggling candidates will be especially eager to make a mark, even though the democratic party chairman expects things will stay civil. >> i think tonight people are going to see, again, that we have a deep bench. if people are looking for chair throwing and name calling, you better turn the channel to jerry springer or something else because you're not going to see it here. >> maybe thought chair throwing or name calling, but if you're one of those candidates who some will say, oh, i didn't make the debates, i'm going to stay in the race. it's hard to raise money and climb in the polls if you can't get the national exposure of the debates. what do you do? >> you need a breakout moment, a viral moment. that's what a lot of these candidates have been practicing in their debate prep, how to