Found themselves on the defensive. But with six months until the iowa caucuses, its unclear whether the debates changed the dynamic in the crowded field. Joininme now to discuss this are the president of democracin color and founder of she the people, aimee allison, and joinngg us via phone from loses, la times Staff Reporter tyrone beason. Thanks t of you. Beason youre welcome. Lagos so, tyrone, i want to start with you. Youve been in michigan. Weve now seen two rounds of debates, 20 candidates. Where do you thinkgs stand w after this most recent round . Beason i think more uncertainty. The democrats spent a lot of time onstag both tuesday and wednesday nights tryidefine the Democratic Party and, obviously, trying to chip away a little bit at joe bidens frontrunner status. But a lot of the discussion focused on of those core issues healthcare, immigration, how to restore the middle class but im not so sure that it settled anything. Think joe biden comes out of it still in the lead, mo
Amy from new york, this is democracy now the biggest threat to the security of the United States is donald trump. The greatest threat we face is the fact we are at a greater risk of nuclear war. Our existential threat is Climate Change. Climate change. Climate change. And Climate Change. Amy in the first president ial debate of the 2020 election, 10 Democratic Candidates sparred over issues from immigration to health care to gun reform and the war in afghanistan. Another 10 Democratic Candidates will debate tonight post up the debates are being held in miami, less than an hour away from homes that florida, where more than 2000 unaccompanied migrant minors are incarcerated in a forprofit Detention Center run by caliburn. President trumps former chief of staff general john kelly sits on the board. We will air highlights from the debate and host a roundtable discussion. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. 10
Amy from new york, this is democracy now the biggest threat to the security of the United States is donald trump. The greatest threat we face is the fact we are at a greater risk of nuclear war. Our existential threat is Climate Change. Climate change. Climate change. And Climate Change. Amy in the first president ial debate of the 2020 election, 10 Democratic Candidates sparred over issues from immigration to health care to gun reform and the war in afghanistan. Another 10 Democratic Candidates will debate tonight post up the debates are being held in miami, less than an hour away from homes that florida, where more than 2000 unaccompanied migrant minors are incarcerated in a forprofit Detention Center run by caliburn. President trumps former chief of staff general john kelly sits on the board. We will air highlights from the debate and host a roundtable discussion. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. 10
Will determine whether the democrats will wrest control in the senate. We have so much at stake. But what we found is that our politics need to evolve. That our political system how campaigns are run, who are the prime voters, what are the issues, how do we talk about and talk to our voters, how do we strategize to win as a Progressive Movement, all of those things are directly influenced by how dramatically our demographics have changed. And the fact that, elect orally andtorally speaking we saw that in the book brown is the new white by Steve Phillips that we actually have the numbers to win. We have the electoral majority, comprised of those who reelected president obama in 2012. And those who continue to move to the United States into a country that is majority people of color. That is the reality in seven states and will be the reality, in just a couple of decades, across the country. This new american majority, this multiracial, Progressive Electoral majority, will need new strat
His daughter has already been vaccinated with it. Here at home, the virus continues its alarming spread with more than 5 million confirmed cases. That means the u. S. Now makes up more than 25 of total cases on the planet as the latest grim worldwide total now surpasses 20 million cases. Meanwhile, the nations top Infectious Disease expert, dr. Anthony fauci again making his case in the ongoing debate over reopening schools with a recommendation thats in stark contrast to what weve heard from the president and what weve seen from many governors. I feel that universal wearing of mask is one of five or six things that are very important in preventing the upsurge of infection. But we begin in washington where the Trump Administration has a new proposal to battle this harsh reality of growing cases. There are now new outbreaks in reportedly nearly 20 states. These new reports today that the Trump Administration is considering temporarily blocking americans from returning to the u. S. If th