Governor bill weld gets tonights last word. Coming up on msnbc this independence day, the democratic debates. Both nights in their entirety. Thats next. Good evening, everyone, im lester holt, and welcome to the first democratic debate in the race for president. Hi, im savannah guthrie. Tonight its our first chance to see these candidates go head to head on stage together. Well be joined in our questioning tonight by our colleagues, jose diart. What sets them apart and which of these president ial hopefuls has what it takes. Well, now its time to find out. Tonight, round 1. New jersey senator cory booker, former housing secretary julian castro, New York City mayor, bill de blasio, former maryland congressman john delaney, hawaii
congresswoman tulsi gabbard, 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 Performing Arts Center in mia
that the president of the united states holds in her hand is used in a way that is about reflecting the values of our country and not about locking children up, separating them from their parents. when you have got a government and an economy that does great for those with money and isn t doing great for everyone else, that is corruption pure and simple. we need to call it out. the american people understand that trump is a phony, that trump is a pathological liar and a racist and that he lied to the american people during his campaign. for a party that associates itself with christianity, to say that it is okay to suggest that god would smile on the division of families at the hands of federal agents, that god would condone putting children in cages has lost all claim to ever use religious language again. donald trump wants us to
that the president of the united states holes in her hand is used in a way that is about reflecting the values of our country and not about locking children up, separating them from their parents. when you have got a government and an economy that does great for those with money and isn t doing great for everyone else, that is corruption pure and simple. we need to call it out. the american people understand that trump is a phony, that trump is a pathological liar and a racist and that he lied to the american people during his campaign. for a party that associates itself with christianity, to say that it is okay to suggest that god would smile on the division of families at the hands of federal agents, that god would condone putting children in cages has lost all claim to ever use religious language again.
democrats. what do you say to those who worry this kind of significant change could be risky to the economy? i think of it this way. who is this economy really working for. it s doing great for a thinner and thinner slice at the top. it s doing great for giant drug companies. it s doing great for people who want to invest in private prisons. not for the families whose lives are destroyed and whose communities are ruined. it s doing great for giant oil companies that want to drill everywhere. just not for the rest of us who are watching climate change bear down upon us. when you ve got a government, when you ve got an economy that does great for those with money and isn t doing great for everyone else that is corruption pure and simple.
companies. it s just not doing great for people who are trying to get a prescription filled. it s doing great for people who want to investor in private prisons, just not for the african-americans and latin whose families are torn apart and lives are destroyed and whose communities are ruined. it s doing great for giant oil companies that want to drink everywhere, just not for the rest of us who are watching climate change bear down upon us. when you ve got a government, when you ve got an autonomy that does great for those with money and isn t doing great for everyone else, that is corruption pure and simple. it seems like a long time ago now, but one of the stars from night one of the debate, senator elizabeth warren, she didn t have the opportunity to directly attack the other candidates at the top of the polls but she laid out her policy proposals. still with me howard dean, she the people president amy allison and community change dorian warren. howard, one thing i thought