i m trying to think of how many were on the debate stands, 14 to 16 is going to be my wild guess. there were a lot in the beginning. welcome back. if you can t remember the entire 2020 democratic presidential primary field you re not alone. we ve got people who don t remember how candidates there were. we re going to talk to some of the candidates but we want to talk to them through the frame of the current state of the democratic party. fittingly, the first candidate who announced his presidential run back in july of 2017, former maryland democratic congressman john delanie. it s good to see you. thanks for coming. thanks for having me, chuck. i warned to it s fitting to start with you because your entire mem is was dismissed early on by many. you talk about trying to create a broader democratic coalition, the need for bipartisanship
house democrats in 2017. he is going to be debating on the first night, tuesday, july 30th. as we get to the second half hereof our ten, our 6th name in this first draw, john 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 delanie, former maryland congressman, was once the youngest c.e.o. on the new york stock exchange, and he is going to be on the stage the first night as well, tuesday, july 30th. 8th name that we re drawing here, kirsten gillibrand, senator from new york, initially appointed to the seat swh hillary clinton vacated it to be secretary of state. she will be on the stage wednesday, july 31st. and 9th, maryann williamson, spiritual and motivational speaker and author with several best sellers to her name.
andrew yang, cory booker, tulsi gabbard, michael bennett, and bill de blasio. there s one more piece of this puzzle. that s the last to be decided. coming up we re going to reveal how the candidates will be positioned on stage each night. right now back to anderson. all right, wolf, thanks very much. john king, david chalian was talking tuesday night, the first night being moderate night. not so much, but it does after the calculation. is it these two, warren and sanders against the moderates, or just because they re sharing these two, senator warren are close friends are they actually close friends? a y yes, they are. they are close. they re holding 30% of the democratic vote. do they defend medicare for all and other things against john delanie? john delanie says it s a bad idea. john hickenlooper says it s a bad idea.
you ll see her appearing tuesday, july 30th, the first night. that leaves us with jay ensley, washington state governor who has challenged the trump administration with successful lawsuits. 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. maryann williamson, john delanie, john hickenlooper, tim ryan and steve bullock. the second night, wednesday, july 31st, jay ensley, kiersten gillibrand, tulsi gabbard, michael bennett and bill de blasio. anderson, back to you a. much more ahead as we discuss the debate lineup. second draw with victor blackwell. we ll be back in a moment.
castro, andrew yang, cory booker join gillibrand, bennett and de blasio. cooper, back to you. the panel draw is going to be extremely important because it s really those candidates that a lot of these, the first draw candidates and the second draw candidates are gunning for. yeah, and what is shaping up here, if you look at tuesday night, it s like moderate night. you re going to have a real ideological difference will be on display between the two nights of these debates in detroit. i mean, klobuchar, bullock, ryan, hickenlooper, delanie, o rourke, buttigieg. this is a night that s going to show one side ideological of this party, centri side. so far. so far. castro, yang, booker, de blasio, gabbard, ensley, colorado, has a