to treat that as a civil violation. steve: so they were talking about the humanitarian crisis on the border. but it s very clear, you know, if you were just turning in to see if anybody had a great idea how to fix it, you heard a lot of same things you heard in the past. and rather than kind of the hopeful vision for the future. it was focused more on the grim challenges that face the country, for instance. global warming, corporate power, things like that. lisa: and on the debate around immigration the thing that was lacking was the word illegal. when we are talking about these border crossings we are not talking about imgramght grants who came to the country lawfully. we are talking about illegal immigrants taking advantage of the system. you have julian castro straight out advocating for no borders. advocating for decriminalizing illegal immigration. to me what s the point of being a sovereign nation if we don t have borders. brian: writing big checks to central american countries
Candidates at the first of 12 democratic debates in the race to the white house is now officially on. half of the democratic field squaring off in miami last night trying to set themselves apart before round two tonight. brian: absolutely. far left talking points and attacking, you saw a lot of that and attacking president trump also part of it. that dominated the stage early and often. lisa: we have team coverage in miami. todd piro is talking to diners this morning to get their reaction. but we begin with griff jenkins live outside of debate hall. griff? griff: good morning, lisa, brian and steve. dom nateed by get to know you. you got john delaney, tim ryan, tulsi gabbard. so there was a chance for them to get to know them. the frontrunner was senator elizabeth warren. she stood out in a big way. what dominated in conversationwise was talk of a government run healthcare and economy that they all perceived to be favoring the
What are they going to invest to grow jobs and build an economy to employ people? steve: it s a powerful message. brian: take 7 out of $10. steve: a let of people who think that s fair. lisa: whether you have a strong economy, it s a lot mormore difficult to. if the economy wasn t doing so strong easier to say we need a change in leadership. we need to change the trajectory is headed on. when the economy is strong, it s tough. i think we saw that in the arguments the democratic candidates made last night about the economy. i don t think they are very strong. brian: john delaney when he came out early on i talked to hospitals and i asked hospitals how would you feel about being fully funded by medicare if it s medicare for all. we would all shut our doors there is a businessman. is he not going to get the nomination or highly unlikely, way out on the left. probably not going to qualify for the next one.
Change but as a doctor that talk of single payer worried you, why? i find single payer to be anticompetitive and eliminate a lot of the health plans which people enjoy. what s necessary to extend coverage for those who don t have insurance which is about 75 to 150 million americans. todd: that s it for now. send it back to new york. steve: a lot of points of view. thank you very much for that. brian: jillian mele prom missioned to do the news all morning long. and so far she has kept her promise. jillian: overnight police searching a home in connection with to the missing utah college student. detectives won t say if they found any evidence or if anyone is under arrest. mckenzie lueck took annual iewb attorney a park. the last person to have contact her is cooperating
Griff: it was a fight for time evenly split tulsi gabbard s sister believes elizabeth warren got most of the time. if you look over my left shoulder here can you see biden s supporters have already turned out here. they have been here since early this morning. i asked them what do you hope to hear from joe biden tonight on the stage when the second group of the candidates take over. they said they want to hear more how these candidates, in particular joe biden will reunite the country. they said they didn t hear enough of that last night. guys? steve: griff jenkins, thank you very much. lisa: thanks, griff. steve: he joe biden can t do what he has done a number of times. he will say well i m for it and i will have further details later. lisa: we need the details. brian: is he always teasing the next segment. lisa: maybe it s smart. steve: maybe. brian: one thing is pretty clear. i have my fingers drossed there might be bu bye bicameral