Governor bill weld gets tonights last word. Coming up on msnbc this independence day, the democratic debates. Both nights in their entirety. Thats next. Good evening, everyone, im lester holt, and welcome to the first democratic debate in the race for president. Hi, im savannah guthrie. Tonight its our first chance to see these candidates go head to head on stage together. Well be joined in our questioning tonight by our colleagues, jose diart. What sets them apart and which of these president ial hopefuls has what it takes. Well, now its time to find out. Tonight, round 1. New jersey senator cory booker, former housing secretary julian castro, New York City mayor, bill de blasio, former maryland congressman john delaney, hawaii
congresswoman tulsi gabbard, amy klobuchar, former texas congressman beto orourke. Ohio congressman tim ryan, and massachusetts senator elizabeth warren. From nbc news, decision 2020, the Democratic Candidates debate, live from the Performing Arts Center in mia
as a member of congress, i helped to introduce legislation that would ensure that we don t criminalize those who are seeking asylum and refuge in this country. if you re fleeing in desperation, i want to make sure i want everybody else to treat everybody with respect. you re looking at one small part of this. i m talking about a comprehensive re-write of our immigration laws. that s not true. and if we do that, i don t think it is asking too much for people to follow our laws when they come to this country. we re talking about millions of folks, a lot of folks who are coming are not seeking asylum, a lot of them are undocumented immigrants, and you said recently, that the reason you didn t want to repeal section 1325 was because you were concerned about human trafficking, and drug trafficking, but let me tell you what. section 18, title 18 of the u.s. code, title 21 and title 22 already cover if we have a known smuggler or drug trafficker, we want to make sure they
comprehe comprehend sifr comprehensive of our laws. i am talking about millions of folks. a lot of folks that are coming are not seekinging sigh asylum. you said you were concerned of human trafficking and drug trafficking. section 18, title 18 of the u.s. code, title 21 and title 22 already covered human practice. i think you should do your homework. it is one thing to know your stuff on policies, it is not thing to know your opponent s record and be able to quote it back to them in a way that former housing castro had that big moment on night one. dang, who s that guy? and on the second debate we saw that same conferenidence again.
ways that made everyone do a double take. the reasons they are celebrati separating little children which they are using the act to incarcerate the parents and separate them. some of us on this stage have called to end that session and terminate it. some like beto o rourke have not. i want to challenge all the candidates to do that. i think it is a mistake beto, if you want to change the system then we got to repeal that section. if not, let me respond to this briefly. as a member of congress, i help to introduce legislation to ensure we won t criminalize those seeking asylum. i am still talking about everybody else. i am talking about a
because you were concerned about human trafficking and drug trafficking. let me tell you why, title 18 of the u.s. code, title 21 and title 22 already cover. i think you should do your homework on this issue. if you did your homework on this issue, you could repeal this section. it is one thing to know your stuff on policy. it is another thing to know your opponents record and to be able to quote it back to them in a way that former housing secretary julian castro had that big moment on night one. people were like, damage, wng, that guy? here he was debate two engaging on the issue of impeachment. he s asked about the republican impeachment of clinton in the 90s, shouldn t that be a cautionary tale about trump? but watch the last line he gets in and then the smile. i think that too many folks