President ial candidates are in place. The Iowa Caucuses are 20 days away. Before we begin, a reminder of the ground rules. Youll each receive 75 seconds to answer questions, 45 seconds for responses and rebuttals, and 15 seconds for clarifications. Please refrain from interrupting your fellow candidates as that will count against your time. All right. So lets begin right now. Just this month, the United States and iran were on the brink of war, which has reignited the debate over americas role in the world. And which of you is best prepared to be commander in chief . So lets have the debate right now. Senator sanders, why are you best prepared the best prepared person on this stage to be commander in chief . Yes, i think my record speaks to that, wolf. In 2002, when the congress was debating whether or not we go into a war in iraq, invade iraq, i got up on the floor of the house and i said that would be a disaster. It would lead to unprecedented levels of chaos in the region. And i no
National security. Ill bring real leadership and experience to the white house. Congresswoman the American People understand that the political system we have today is corrupt. And it is not just Voter Suppression which cost the Democratic Party a governorship here in this state. Not just denying black people and people of color the right to vote, but we also have a system through Citizens United which allows billionaires to buy elections. So what we need to do, simple and straightforward. In every state in this country through the federal government, if you are 18 you have a right to vote. End of discussion. We have to overturn Citizens United. We need to move toward public funding of elections. On this last point, mr. Steyer. I agree exactly with what bernie said. But i want to talk about how were going to win in 2020. I dont mean to change the subject but i think its sort of important that the Democratic Party not only beat donald trump in 2020 but have a sweeping victory across the
Were seem flashing a possible hate symbol at the Football Game. Was it racist or innocent . Well explain the controversy. First less than 48 hours away from impeachment. President trump is defending Rudy Giuliani trip to ukraine where he continued working smearing the bidens. Hes a great person who loves our country. And does this out of the love. He sees whats goes on and whats happening. He sees all of the hoax that happens when they talk about impeachment. The russian collusion delusion. And sees it and hes a great gentlemen and he was again the greatest mayor in new york. And probably the greatest crime fighter in the last 50 years. Had knows what hes doing. Joining me now. Frank bruni, max boot and aman da carpenter. Good evening. You say giuliani ukraine escapade is birtherism all over again. With impeachment looming is he turning to his bag of gaslighting tricks . Absolutely. Everything you need to understand about trump you can learn from birtherism. The same thing. Like fake i
Stop it. The u. S. Military and vaal academy launching internal investigations after students were seem flashing a possible hate symbol at the Football Game. Was it racist or innocent . Well explain the controversy. First less than 48 hours away from impeachment. President trump is defending Rudy Giuliani trip to ukraine where he continued working smearing the bidens. Hes a great person who loves our country. And does this out of the love. He sees whats goes on and whats happening. He sees all of the hoax that happens when they talk about impeachment. The russian collusion delusion. And sees it and hes a great gentlemen and he was again the greatest mayor in new york. And probably the greatest crime fighter in the last 50 years. Had knows what hes doing. Joining me now. Frank bruni, max boot and amanda carpenter. Good evening. You say giuliani ukraine escapade is birtherism all over again. With impeachment looming is he turning to his bag of gaslighting tricks . Absolutely. Everything
[ applause ] senator klobuchar. the nation was riveted this week by the testimony in washington. one of the people we heard from yesterday was lieutenant colonel vindman. and what he said was he spoke to his immigrant father, and he said in this country, you can tell the truth, and it s going to be fine. it reminded me of army counsel years and years ago in the mccarthy hearings, someone from iowa actually, mr. welch, who said, have you no sense of decency, sir? i want us to remember that this election is, yes, an economic check on this president. and i have bold ideas that we can do to go forward as a country to make college more affordable and bring down the cost of health care, yes. but this is also a patriotism check, a value check, a decency check. and when you look at the people that turned out in kentucky and turned out in virginia, people