conversation about bipartisanship, but i want to remind folks, alisyn. that in 2018, folks across america sent democrats to be in charge of the house of representatives. why? because they wanted to put a check on this president and they wanted to get something done. and we waent into red places. biden was in great demand in a lot of places. and so folks want people who can work across the aisle. according to npr, 63% of americans want a president who can get something done, who can work across the aisle. so you can hear you can bet you ll hear vice president biden hit on a bit of that tonight. okay. we look forward to hearing it. you are wonderful for standing outside in the miami humidity with mosquitoes for us. thank you for being on new day. talk to you soon. thank you so much. great conversation there. so he is in charge of setting up these debates. we re going to ask dnc chair tom perez what went well and not so well last night.
and welcome back to miami as we countdown to tonight s big debate. the democratic party and the voters tonight begin to try to thin out the largest field of candidates in history. the key to the candidates the on stage is to standout from the crowd. tom perez is the chairman of the democratic national committee and joins me now. tom, too much of a good thing? you have too many candidates. well, we have a deep bench. i say it often, andrea, i hope that you will fall in love. i hope that you will speed date and fall in love with multiple people, and then fall in line when we get the nominee. we have an embarrassment of riches. and what do you say to the democratic voters that you have a lot of people on stage and some of whom are not well known, and they don t have long experience and they don t really have the credentials to be, let s say the commander in chief, and how do you persuade the voters that any one of these people is better than the
affordable care act, what they had in common is that the republicans called them socialism. they want capitalism to allow the rich to get richer, and democrats are about making capitalism work for everybody, and that is what these debates are going to be about. do you hope that the debates will thin the field out? well, that is up to the voters. our job is to make sure that everybody gets a fair shake on the stage tonight and tomorrow and beyond the communicate their vision, and then we have another debate with the same criteria, and in september we will raise the criteria, and we gave everybody ample notice, because over time, you have to demonstrate progress, and we are still keeping the criteria very do-able, but again, i think that candidates need to show progress they have to prove themselves. tom perez, democratic national
and this is the primary purpose of bringing him in. congressman adam schiff, great to see you and thank you so much for taking time with us today. appreciate it. thank you. and party time for the oversized field. democratic national committee chair tom perez is joining me right here next. stay with us for andrea mitchell reports live from the debate hall here in miami. deba. so chantix can help you quit slow turkey.rkey. along with support, chantix is proven to help you quit.
to put this in the playbook to attempt to deflect people from the reality. here s what democrats are fighting for results. want to make sure this economy works for everyone. not just the few at the top. harris: dnc chair tom perez denying that democrats of the party of socialism. self-described socialist bernie sanders outraised his rivals by a long shot, bringing in nearly $6,000,000.24 hours after he launched his campaign. the power panel now. noelle nikpour, republican strategist. leslie marshall, syndicated radio host. so, bernie sanders tim craddick socialist running under the democratic banner. leslie? he s an independent running as a democratic socialist. he has certainly brought the democratic party to the left, because now some things he pioneered like the fight for $15 as minimum wage paid also, medicare for all, universal health care. they are being towed by everybody. but it s a large field, harris.