Is speaking about the impact of this magazine cover and why she chose this time now to come forward against donald trump. But first, the state of the democratic race is summed up in a front page this morning this is on the cover of the new york times. Kamala harris stridently comfortably on to the stage, symbolizing her momentum. Despite the Technical Glitches on night one, incomes second night of the democratic primary debates brought a record setting audience. More than 18 million viewers. That is a record in terms of democratic debates in history. 18. 1 million viewers. That tops the cnn debate with Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders from 2015. Now, of course this is setting the bar very high for the debates to come. It shows that americans are tuned in, they are already enormously interested in the field of Democratic Candidates that want to take on President Trump. So this is an attention primary. Thats what vice called it the other day, saying harris won the Media Attention. Is t
your candidate is number one, she s the most searched about since the debates. mariane williams is number two, joe biden number three. how do you sustain that momentum? people like you and i are following this every moment and micromove in this race. right. but most people aren t. there was an a.p. poll last week that showed 22% of people know very little or know a lot about the positions of the candidates. two-thirds of people are barely paying attention. so on thursday night, 18 million people tuned in and keep in mind, only 30 million people voted in the democratic primary in 2016. just to show that s a very interesting pact. by the way, that doesn t count youtube or facebook or the coverage afterwards. are you surprised the numbers are as high as they were? absolutely not. i think people are excited an ready to get donald trump out of office and they want to see their options. we saw this as a huge opportunity to introduce her to the american electorate in a way that