panel, msnbc s kristin whelchel, washington post ashley parker, much more aggressive. it seems to me that they didn t break much new ground. they delivered their stump speeches, and they all agreed that donald trump is a horrible president. they are for day care and against climate change. shannon: okay. with that in mind, pete buttigieg went into this thing is a front-runner tonight. you think you got tough questions are not? let me play a little bi bit of t andrea mitchell asked him and then we ll get your analysis. why should democrats take the risk of betting on you? because i have the right experience to take on donald trump. shannon: how he went on from there to make his case, lay out his resume. what did you make of his performance? i thought it was a reasonably good question to say you had only 11,000 roads in writing as mayor of south bend. all appointments said that because he had surgeon a diverse place, he would take a lot of flak, he would be on the hot seat. a
never told him to do this, butt this is how we put two and two and four together. i think it may not have been a make a bombshell that some of the media have portrayed his testimony as being but i also think that he kind of give a gift to the democrats today in the hearings. shannon: both sides are celebrating and finding things they think are positive based on what they heard and with the afternoon witnesses as well. let s also talk about tonight what you saw, what stood out to you as for i guess it s around five of the latest democratic debates. this was the lowest energy democratic debate of this season.es very few fireworks, very few sparks, lots of talking points. i looked at the questions people like rachel maddow network s ultraliberal post, her very first question to elizabeth warren was, will you try to convince your republican colleagues to vote yes on impeachment. andrew mitchell going to elizabeth warren, do you need to bring the country together to achieve your goals