all in starts now. good evening from washington, d.c. i m joy reid in for chris hayes. tonight we are learning more about who won last night s democratic presidential debate. at least according to early polling. finding that elizabeth warren was the clearest overall winner and the only candidate among the top four who emerged with more democrats considering voting for her. the polling also found mostly good news for pete buttigieg, cory booker, andrew yang, amy klobuchar and beto o rourke. who in front of the eyes of the nation and in the wake of a pair of deadly mass shootings in his home state of texas seemed to shift the terms of the gun safety debate in america. in odessa i met the mother of a 15-year-old girl who was shot by an ar-15, and that mother watched her bleed to death over the course of an hour because so many other people were shot by that ar-15 in odessa and
new tariff hikes before talks resume next month. and no thanks to gun makers who wanted to buy ads this summer. nascar rejected ads from gun makers. the nascar s move is quite controversial and already is invited to big scrutiny, the national rifle association posting its complaints on line, questioning if nascar s division will, quote, alienate its most ardent fans. nascar did not publicly explain their position here and did not comment. add another republican if you think about the race for president 2024. ted cruz says he s thinking about another presidential campaign. his run for the presidential nomination in 2016 was, quote, the most fun he s ever had and notes he came very close to winning. speaking of close, cruz acknowledges his home state of texas not nearly as red as it used to be.
a brand new national poll has senator joe biden and explore elizabeth warren in a tie for first place just one day before their first appearance together on the national stage. biden and warren both have 26% among registered voters. bernie sanders comes in third now at 16%. but that poll is an outlier. the real clear politics average has biden with an 11-point lead. garrett haake is in his home state of texas where the debate will take place in 36 hours. joe biden s advisers are pushing back on the suggestion that this should be seen as a biden versus warren event. reporter: yeah, ali, and i think they re probably right. i would expect that the moderators of this event will try to mix it up, force the former vice president and senator warren to go after each other on policy issues, as it is the first time they re appearing
hampshire. and there s also going to be the linger question of will he drop an f bomb when he spokes to the crowd. you might not be surprised because he s been doing that langley. the texas democrat using salty language on the stump. recently in describing the mass shootings in his home state of texas. the question here is, is this a way to cut through political correctness in this unique time shall we say and get to the heart of an issue, or is it a way to resonate with young and angry voters? we re back now to ask those very questions to daniel lippman, a white house reporter for politico. thanks very much for being back with me. thank you. as i mentioned there, we did hear beto drop the f bomb recently after the el paso shooting, the shooting in odessa. that, frankly, is understandable given how many people were ki killed, given the fact that it took place in his home state. how much of that salty language do you think is just the way he
how do you address the fears that the government is going to take away assault rifles as you call them if you re talking about buybacks and banning? so i want to be really clear that that s exactly what we re going to do. americans will who own ar-15s, ak-47s will have to sell them to the government. in the wake of the latest mass shooting in his home state of texas, presidential candidate beto o rourke has been out front very explicitly making the case for a mandatory purchase by the government of every military style weapon in the country, a position we should note that is supported somewhat remarkably by 46% of the country, almost half the population. in response, some conservatives have argued that you can t do that because if you try to implement that policy, law-abiding good guy with a gun gunowners will resort to violence en masse. so this is what you re calling for is civil war.