joe biden, i like joe biden, i was very close friends with his son beau biden. the only way she keeps her momentum going is to go through him. does she do that now or decide right now is the time to defend the progressives, partner with him to make the case against them a progressive can win? is that the strategy this time, or is it fireworks between the two of them? and i m talking about in the context of what does senator warren think. what does senator sanders think? senator sanders is struggling. so he s in the middle of the pack. he has an enormous fund-raising pack. he has a loyal group of supporters. he can be in this to the end. if you look at him vis-a-vis 2016, he s in the teens. so does he decide she is a threat? she is a threat. does he decide to air it in the debate, that s my question. to add to tuesday, there are a couple people on the stage and they are all going to want to differentiate themselves to the degree because it s make or break for somebody like a steve bul
and welcome back. you re watching the draw for the cnn democratic presidential debate and this special edition of ac 360. candidates will learn when they will be debating. they will share a stage in detroit. on the following night so far, wednesday july 31st, jay inslee, kirsten gillibrand, tulsi gabbard and bill de blasio. the question is who will debate for them. time for the second draw. we re back to wolf. all right. anderson, we re making sure the voters and the candidates can see the selection process for themselves and verify that it s open and fair. the first draw is done. now it s time for the second draw. six candidates will be assigned to a debate night in this round. we ve divided them into groups based on their rankings in recent polls. cory booker, pete buttigieg, julian castro, amy klobuchar, beto o rourke and andrew yang. let s go to victor blackwell who has the second draw. victor?
somebody is on and who else they share the stage with, how critical that can be. very critical. let s just look at what happened in the first debate in miami. kamala harris totally transformed the position that she was holding in this race in that one debate performance because she was with joe biden. she took on vice president joe biden. and recall getting to why we re sort of doing it this way as well, anderson. in the first debates, you had four of the top five candidates on one stage and you had elizabeth warren alone as a top five candidate on the other stage. so she had a night to herself in terms of top tier on the stage. that s not going to happen this time around because of the way that we re doing the three separate draws to try and ensure that as equally as possible in terms of where they stand with democratic voters right now across the country, they are evenly divided across these two nights. and it s not just who is on stage together that s going to be completel
challenged the trump administration with several lawsuits including the travel ban. he ll be debating the first night. the first draw is finished, wolf. we have two more to go. let s get a recap from you. all right, brianna. so the debate rosters are taking shape. let s recap who has been assigned to each night so far tuesday, july 30th, the first night of the debates. marianne williamson, john delaney, john hickenlooper, tim ryan and steve bullock. the second night, wednesday, july 31st, jay inslee, kirsten gillibrand, tulsi gabbard, michael bennet and bill de blasio. anderson, back to you. much more ahead as we discuss the debate lineup. second draw with victor blackwell. we ll be back in a moment. most people think a button is just a button.
hickenlooper, former colorado governor, former denver mayor. he will take the stage on tuesday, july 30th, the first night in detroit. and we are now here on our 7th name, john delaney, former maryland congressman, was once the youngest ceo on the new york stock exchange, and he is going to be on the stage the first night as well, tuesday, july 30th. eighth name that we re drawing here, kirsten gillibrand, senator from new york, initially appointed to that seat when hillary clinton vacated it to be secretary of state. she will be on the stage wednesday, july 31st. and ninth, marianne williamson, spiritual and motivational speaker and author with several best-sellers to her name. you ll see her appearing tuesday, july 30th, the first night. and that leaves us with jay inslee, washington state governor who has successfully