mike: democratic presidential contenders are getting ready for a second round of debates, but tonight they are getting a look at senator kamala harris plan for universal health care coverage without a big middle-class tax hike. correspondent peter doocy tells us how it is a vision not everyone can see clearly. to try and stop her from stealing the show at the second debate like she did at the first, rival campaigns are coming for kamala harris. it will work out. today the california democrat is being called out for distancing herself from this. who here would abolish the private us health care insurance in favor of a government run plan? even though she raised her hand to get rid of private insurance, her new health care plan lets keep private insurance or buy into medicare. people don t want government
responded saying mcconnell has not done enough to help protect u.s. elections. utah republican congressman rob bishop says he will retire at the end of his current term. he is the for the republican to announce he will not be running for reelection over the past two weeks alone. he joins paul mitchell of michigan, pete olson of texas and martha roby of alabama. democratic presidential contenders are getting ready for a second round of debates this week in detroit. tonight they re getting a look at senator kamala harris plan for universal health coverage without a big middle-class tax hike. correspondent peter doocy tells us from detroit it is a vision not everyone can see clearly. to try and stop her from stealing the show at the second debate lectured at the first, rival campaigns are coming for kamala harris. today the california democrat is being called out for distancing herself from this.
at the end, she was still the front runner on this stage. she was stil in the top tier and because she was so strong in the first part of the debate, she made a lot of points out of her campaign stump speech she just rammed home in the first half an hour to 45 minutes. she walks out of here in better place than she started the night and in a better position to be the nominee. i always am talking to a bunch of former obama communicators and people on rival campaigns, a dozen and a a half people over the course of the night, everyone said elizabeth warren had a great night. no dispute whatsoever. i saw and i ll take it to adrian. but i saw some really great things for women happening with elizabeth warren last night. because she was aggressive, she was pissed off, she was clear
just a month ago. the globe s editorial board argued that warren s moment had passed and that she should step aside for a less divisive figure. the globe wrote while warren is an effective and impactful senator with an important voice nationally, she has become a divisive figure, a unifying voice is what the country needs right now after the polarizing politics of donald trump. even her own inner circle may know that it s over before it s begun. warren s long time adviser and 2010 campaign myers was reportedly speaking to several rival campaigns and had planned to meet with beto o rourke back in december. so what do they all know that maybe she doesn t? here s the deal. elizabeth warren may have been a democratic star at one point, going from her humble harvard professor roots to leader of the anti-banker posse, taking credit at one point for the quote intellectual foundation of the occupy wall street movement. yes, that s how she talks.
describes opposition research and complimentary intelligence activities about mrs. clinton and people close to her. a third proposal sketched out a months-long plan to help mr. trump by using social media, to help expose or amplify division among rival campaigns and factions. the times tonight reports that those are the proposals that were sent to the trump campaign by the israeli firm offering their services. the paper says the correspondence was conducted in secret with code names for trump s republican rivals. donald trump was code named lion, ted cruz was bear. in addition to the times, the documents were also obtained by one special counsel robert mueller. quote, investigators working for robert mueller have obtained copies of the proposal and questioned psy-group employees. according to people familiar with those interviews. the times identifies deputy