melissa: bryan llenas, thank you. that s why i will never give up my description to the post. they always get it. freedom does not belong to one political party. patriotism does not belong to one political party. as everybody here knows, god does not belong to a political party in this country. [applause] it is flat out false that christian faith or any faith compares us to support or condone what is going on in this white house today. melissa: that is mayor pete in atlanta today. 1 of 3 presidential candidates speaking at the black church presidential candidate conversation series. as some 2020 democrats have started to reach out to religious voters on the campaign trail. but 80% of evangelicals supported president trump in 2016. joining us now is michael ware, former faith advisor to president obama. thank you so much for joining u us. hey, great to be with you.
terrorist. it is filled with white nationalist language and racist hatred, specifically toward immigrants and latinos. texas governor greg abbott says the incident is being investigated as a hate crime. state, local and federal authorities areel paso, texas, the people of dayton, ohio, unquote. the el paso shooting is the eighth deadliest. five of the top ten have occurred since 2016. joining me now from el paso, texas, is mayor dee margo. our deepest condolences to your community and the city of el paso. what can you tell us about this investigation and the survivors? jake, it s ongoing. they re processing the victims at the crime scene and verifying their next of kin and then
12%. pete buttigien take buttigieg w. no other democratic rises out of single digits with african-american voters who made up a quarterle of the democrati primaryth electorate in 2016. joining us right now is nile. let s bring up the first poll that ayman was talking about where we see gains for joe biden. it s interesting because when you look back after that first debate onok nbc and msnbc, you e joe biden is gaining ground with 34% and elizabeth and bernie sanders in steady fourth place at 11% and seeing some dropping there. so, what do you make of these
john and i are here in detroit, michigan, for the big cnn democratic debates this week. democrats are desperate to win michigan voters back after they went for donald trump narrowly in 2016. joining me now is democratic senator from michigan who has ideas how to do that. senator, great to have you here. good morning. welcome to detroit. thank you. we re having a great time already. i know you ve been advising 2020 candidates, what are you telling them about how to get michigan voters back. first of all in michigan we re hard workers and make things and grow things and we love the great lakes. so i tell folks to focus on that. the great news is every single person on your stage for two nights are people has care about health care. they want to increase and lower
welcome back. i m stephanie ruhle. we are just a few days away from the second democratic debate and two of the front-runners are waking up to very positive numbers. early this morning elizabeth warren announced a major fundraising milestone. her 1 millionth donor. joe biden seems to be cementing his front-runner status with new poll numbers showing he has returned to predebate levels. a quinnipiac university poll of ohio voters has joe biden as the only democratic contender leading president trump. let s remember, president trump won that key swing state by eight points in 2016. joining mae now msnbc road warri warrior vaughn hillyard, professor at the university of texas and back with me my dear friend. victoria, to you first.