comprehensive. and i have to admit it is a revolutionary plan. if you want to go and get a higher education in this country, you will be able to do that not only with free tuition at public colleges and universities. it will be debt free. and for beto o rourke, it s pitching a war tax to help care for veterans after they return from battle. to me the most interesting idea was the concept of a war tax. that will turn heads when people hear that phrase. what did was that mean to you? i want to make sure before we go into the next war that we set aside a veteran s trust fund that will pay for the care of those who have bourn the battle in those wars. it ensures we fulfill commitments and two it might make america pause before we enter the next war because we ll realize the cost of waging those wars. even with the spotlight burning brighter on some candidates than others, debates often serve as the stress test for any presidential campaign. who will shine this week?
the candidate with the ideas? or is it all about that big break out viral moment? who will fall victim to their vulnerabilities, and who will overcome them? our big question today is what s the best strategy for 2020 democrats looking to stand out on that debate stage? joining me now is msnbc correspondent garrett haake in tampa, jennifer palmer ri, and former aide to jeb bush and mitt romney. we re going to start with you on the road. you re with the o rourke campaign today. what are they up to? how are they preparing for the big debate this week? reporter: jeff, o rourke is rolling out his plan to help veterans. this is from during his time when he served on the veterans affairs committee. the plan talks about setting up a trust fund to make sure we are spreading out the cost of going to war. we spoke about decisions he would make as commander in chief, how to take america into
money can buy, black box voting, ballot tampering in the 21st century , imperial hubris and obama s war. does this tell us anything about bin laden and his organization? i m joined by the senator from maine who sits on the intelligence committee. what did you make of this wealth of stuff taken from basically what became the tomb of osama bin laden, senator? well, i think it s fascinating, although, chris, i can t imagine that one of your books wasn t there. i don t know about you. he wasn t a believer in american democracy like i am. anyway. how did he miss that? it is fascinating to get that insight. and as you know, this is really the first bunch of this material that is going to be released. and there is going to be more i think as we see the contents of the computers and the hard drives. this is really the kind of the tip of the iceberg, i think. but clearly, one of the things that came through was, a, he wanted to attack us here at home. and b, he was becoming sort of d
we know now to have been con infected by mr. cheney himself. saddam hussein possessed nuclear weapons. he convinced the skeptics that we had no choice but to invade concur and occupy a country that had no nuclear weapons or a role in 9/11. how do we know this? the deputy director of the cia never once said that it possessed nuclear weapons. never once. he made that clear here last night. the next time someone says that we made a mistake going into iraq. please correct that person, say yes, yes, some of us made a mistake believing dick cheney, and the rest, and some of us believed him when the president said saddam hussein had nuclear weapons. i guess we weren t smart enough to believe he would make something up like that to go into a war. the next time he says going into a war was based on bad intelligence. i don t believe a word you say. you took us into a war that
infected by mr. cheney himself. saddam hussein possessed nuclear weapons. he convinced the skeptics that we had no choice but to invade concur and occupy a country that had no nuclear weapons or a role in 9/11. how do we know this? the deputy director of the cia never once said that it possessed nuclear weapons. never once. he made that clear here last night. the next time someone says that we made a mistake going into iraq. please correct that person say yes, yes, some of us made a mistake believing dick cheney and the rest and some of us believed him when the president said saddam hussein had nuclear weapons. i guess we weren t smart enough to believe he would make something up like that to go into a war. the next time he says going into a war was based on bad