Hawaii congresswoman tulsi gabbard. Washington governor jay inslee. Minnesota senator amy klobuchar. Former texas congressman beto orourke. Ohio congressman tim ryan. And massachusetts senator elizabeth warren. From nbc news, decision 2020. The Democratic Candidates debate. Live from the Adrienne Arsht performing arts center. And good evening, again, everyone. Welcome to the candidates and to our oaudience in miami in the arsht center, at home across the country. Tonight were going to take on many of the most pressing issues of the moment including immigratio were going to talk about the tensions with iran. Climate change. And, of course, well talk about the economy. Those kitchentable issues so Many Americans face every day. And some quick rules of the road. Before we begin, 20 candidates qualified for this first debate. Well hear from ten tonight and ten more tomorrow. The breakdown for each was selected at random. The candidates will have 60 seconds to answer and 30 seconds for any
Day. And that little girl was me. Do you agree today that you were wrong to oppose bussing in america . Do you agree . That is senator Kamala Harris confronting biden directly in what has become the most explosive exchange of the democratic primary yet as she becomes one of the most buzzed about candidates. One of her top aides is joining us live in just a minute. Plus, as every night two candidate signaled support for undocumented immigrants, we are getting a big announcement developing from the Supreme Court on young undocumented immigrants brought to the u. S. As children. We have a look at the 2020 field, debate fallout and many other stories during this busy our. Breaking news from the Supreme Court. Nbcs Pete Williams is there. Significant news in the last 20 minutes on the program known as daca. Whats up . Reporter right. The bottom line is the Supreme Court says it will hear the Trump Administrations appeal next term. Now, this is remember, this is the program that allowed 700,
Because she has come before congress before. Reporter thats right. They have a few key moments they plan to ask her about, one of them about the leadp to the 2016 election, those hush money payments made to silence some of those involved in trumps alleged extra marital affairs. Thats going to be of course questioning this morning, but thats not it. They also want to know about some of those key moments from the mueller report. That of course could have a lot to do with the dispute unfolding behind closed doors today between the white house and democrats on the Judiciary Committee. The firing of james comey, they want to ask her about efforts to dismiss mueller, and allegations that trump tried to curtail muellers investigation. Now, yesterday the White House Council sent a letter to the White House Judiciary Committee arguing hope hicks was immune from answering any questions about her time in the white house. It said, quote, because of this constitutional immunity and in order to prot
Mandated busing as a way to integrate Public Schools. Senator Kamala Harris exposing bidens record on this charged issue in an Unforgettable Exchange last night today biden claims he heard harris but i heard and i listened toen arespect senator harris. But you know we all know that 30 seconds to 60 seconds on a Campaign Debate exchange cant do justice to a lifetime committed to civil rights. I want to be absolutely clear about my record and position on racial justice, including busing. I never, never, never, ever opposed voluntary bussing. Never opposed. Nasa sfrong and definitive response from the former Vice President. But biden was not as clear and concise last night instead trying to parse words. Do you agree today that you were wrong to oppose busing in america then. No. Do you agree. I did not oppose put busing in america. What i opposed is busing ordered by the department of education. Thats what i opposed. I did not oppose. Its a failure of states to integrate Public Schools in
Story here in a moment. President trump was asked about these horrific condition at the border and the new border aid bill that was just passed by the house. Here is what he said. Im not happy with it. Theres no money for protection. Its like were running hospitals over there now. People are coming up. Had an people dont understand is you have separation. Separation is a terrible thing of the families and i said im going to put people together but thats going to mean more people coming up. Ellie johnson, first off, we need to fact check. He said hes putting people together. Thats not at all what happened. The president often likes to point the finger to his predecessor for things going wrong. While its true that some family separations occurred under president obama, President Trump explicitly revised this policy under the advice and guidance of his immigration adviser and steven miller. It happened under President Trump and weve often seen immigration policies become controversial whe