The future, and i guess outer space. [ laughter ] the New York Post published a series of drinking games that viewers could play during the democratic debate, like drink every time you see someone who should drop out. [ laughter ] tonight was a night to imagine what the future could be we could have our first woman of color as president , our first openly gay president , or our First Business casual president. [ laughter ] during tonights debate, each candidate was asked which country they would most want to repair relations with. Kirsten gillibrand chose iran while Marianne Williamson chose narnia [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause an estimated 15 Million People watched last nights half of the democratic debate on television, and one person watched it from the stage. [ laughter ] according to latest analysis, senator cory booker was the candidate who spoke the most during last nights debate, but only because this picture was worth a thousand words [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause the city of boston has approved a permit for a socalled straight pride parade. Well technically its just a hollister. [ laughter ] a Texas School District has fired a substitute teacher after she allegedly made pornographic films in classrooms outside of school hours. Said pta dads, thats who she is. [ laughter and applause new york will hold its annual lgbtq pride parade this weekend and if you dont know what lgbtq stands for, those are the trains that will be out of service. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause according to newly released testimony, former secretary of state Rex Tillerson said that President Trump did not prepare at all for his 2017 meeting with russian president Vladimir Putin or for that matter, anything in his entire life. [ cheers and applause it was not an outlier. Today was National Hand shake day, said every candidate when biden went in for a hug. [ laughter ] and finally a cat in florida has reportedly gained so much weight its owner is sending it to fat camp and before you think theyre overreacting, the cat was originally a hamster [ laughter ] ladies and gentlemen, we got a great show for you tonight [ cheers and applause she is an incredible comedian and actress. You know her from snl. Shes starring in the highly anticipated new movie yesterday. Our friend Kate Mckinnon is here, everybody. How about that [ cheers and applause shes the u. S. Representative from washingtons 7th district, Pramila Jayapal is joining us as well [ cheers and applause so excited shes here. Before we get to our guests, the second group of Democratic Candidates squared off for day two of their primary debate. For more on this, its time for a closer look. [ cheers and applause seth as this debate was going on, the president was out of the country for the g20 summit where hes been weighing in with usual twitter nonsense but after he landed in alaska to meet with troops, he couldnt help but comment to reporters in person its good timing. The debate is going on this is great timing what are your expectations for the debate i think theyre all going to do very poorly seth im sorry, but why are we even asking trump for his take on this there are a million other questions you can ask him. Dont ask him man on the street stuff. Sir, you excited for the new toy story movie . [ laughter ] besides, what do you think hes gonna to say im very excited. I love Elizabeth Warren. And i think tim ryans eyes will look totally normal. [ laughter ] also you think theyre gonna do poorly be careful for what you wish for dude because judging recent history, doing poorly at debates is a pretty good indicator of future success. [ laughter ] maybe one of the democrats [ cheers and applause maybe one of the democrats should take a cue from you, and stomp the other nine around the debate stage like an extra from the walking dead. Now as we mentioned yesterday, Elizabeth Warrens rise in the polls has caught the attention of both democratic frontrunner joe biden and trump. But that hasnt stopped trump from attacking the other candidates as well like biden and Bernie Sanders as he did in an interview last week who would you prefer as an adversary . I really, you know ive been asked that question honestly you never know you never know i could comment on different ones, but i wont bother too much i think well lets talk about just a little bit Bernie Bernie looks like hes had it [ laughter ] bernie looks crazy, but he always did but he looks like a tired crazy right now. And joe biden, he looks like hes just exhausted. Seth oh im sorry, biden looks exhausted . [ light laughter ] whenever you have to stand for more than five minutes you look like youre going to tip over and fall flat on your face [ laughter ] this though this is what trump does trump projects on to other people things that are true about himself. Bernie is crazy. Bidens exhausted. Dont get me started on John Delaneys weird hair. [ laughter ] now the debates were sorted into two groups of ten by random drawing, because theres so many candidates running in fact, in total, there are 24 democrats running for president. Look at that there are so many people are on the screen you didnt notice that one of theme is mr. Bean. [ laughter and applause and hes very, very good at debates because his answers are the shortest [ laughter ] so going into last nights debate, it was basically just warren and nine other people trying to stand out. And to be fair, a few of them had their moments. But im not sure i necessarily agree with this assessment of beto orourkes performance from beto orourke. How do you think you did on the stage last night what grade would you give yourself i was really happy with how i did. Okay but what grade would you give yourself for last night id give myself an a. Seth id definitely give you an a in freshman spanish, but i think cory booker would disagree thats the face right there you make [ laughter ] thats the face you make when you see someone trying to cram a suitcase that doesnt fit into the overhead [ laughter ] thats the face you make when a guy gets on the subway with a pet snake around his neck. Is anyone else seeing this then there was new york city mayor bill de blasio, who brought a very new york vibe to the debate by getting into confrontations with other, and shouting over the moderators during commercial breaks but he at least found some opportunities to stand out and apparently Msnbc Chris Matthews noticed because he praised de blasio after the debate are you really in this race yes, sir. I saw it tonight for the first time, im being blunt. Yeah. I thought you were in this fight for real not just one of the guys in the end of the row i believe in you tonight thank you i think you got in a fight. Seth it makes sense Chris Matthews would like a candidate who fights Chris Matthews looks like a guy who fights with a toaster in the break room give me back my bagel you silver bastard [ laughter ] dont make me put a fork in you [ laughter ] but still the striking contrast between this first debate and the 2016 g. O. P. Debates was just how civil it was of course we all remember the wwe style cage match that took place four years ago between trump and the rest of the g. O. P. Field. I would not have nominated you pushed him. You pushed him i supported him you worked with him, and you pushed him why do you lie donald, donald. Why do you lie . This little guy has lied so much about my record. You ever heard of trump steaks you ever heard of trump people look at trump steaks [ talking over each other] so far im doing better you know, you started off over here jeb youre moving over further and further. Pretty soon youre going to be off the end. Seth now, compare that to the relationship between warren and former housing secretary julian castro, who had a few of his own stand out moments last night. Heres how warren responded to castros Performance Today were also hearing this morning from both the warren and castro camp that warren sent castro a text message after last nights debate telling him that he did a good job. Seth man, its amazing how polite the first debate was compared to 2016 g. O. P. Debates. Can you imagine the text trump sent to jeb bush nerd loser. Hey loser. Respond to me loser. No seriously, i have a question jeb. What donald . Why are you such a loser [ laughter ] but the other striking thing, and its crazy that this is even notable, is how truthful the first debate was cnn reporter daniel dale, who is well known for exhaustibly cataloging and debunking trumps lies, and even wrote recently that donald trump has now said more than 5,000 false things as president , was supposed to go on cnn last night to fact check the democratic debate. But then after the debate, he tweeted, well tonights candidates were so heavily factual that i will not in fact, be going on cnn to factcheck them thats wild. Fact checking is the only field where donald trump can actually say he created more jobs [ laughter ] can you imagine what cnns gonna be like if a democrat is president . That place is gonna be like margaritaville. [ laughter ] wolf blitzers gonna do his show sitting in a hammock drinking a wine cooler. [ laughter ] now everyone had different ways of preparing for these debates coming into tonight. Biden had attracted the most attention because hes the front runner in the poles. But a lot of his past policies and senate votes are out of step with many of todays democratic primary voters and his rivals have been pouncing on those positions. So biden was supposedly trying to prepare for those attacks coming into tonight. Senator Elizabeth Warren and her 2020 democratic rivals are very busy right now. Because theyre prepping for the first pair of democratic debates which are tomorrow night and thursday night in miami. And for her part, warren has focused on boiling down her positions. Her policy positions, to try to fit the time constraints former Vice President joe biden has been studying his own record preparing for a tax on it. Seth man, its not good when you have to study your own record before a debate thats like when somebody ghosts you on tinder, and you have to go back and read your conversation to see where you blew it. [ laughter ] but we had so much fun i dont oh, i forgot. I forgot i said that about her dog. Okay, thats on me [ laughter ] cause thats definitely where it ended. Now one of the big divides coming in to tonight was between progressive candidates in favor of policies like medicare for all and the more moderate candidates like biden and former colorado governor John Hickenlooper, who has said the democrats shouldnt veer towards socialisms hickenlooper was asked tonight about that position. Governor hickenlooper, let me get you in on this youve warned that democrats will lose in 2020 if they embrace socialism, as you put it you were booed at the California Democratic convention when you said that. Only one candidate on this stage, senator sanders, identifies himself as a democratic socialist what are the policies or positions of your opponents that you think are veering towards socialism . Well i think that the bottom line is if we dont clearly define that we are not socialists, the republicans are going to come at us everywhere they can and call us socialists. Seth hey man, have you met republicans . Theyre going to call you socialists anyway. [ light laughter ] if you go out to dinner with them and tip more than 10 theyll call you a socialist [ light laughter ] where have you been for the last ten years . They called president obama a socialist despite the fact that he is definitely not a socialist. I mean look at him you cant be a socialist when you look like youre in a model in an ad for tag hero watches. [ laughter ] he looks like hes auditioning for a remake of jerry mcguire. [ laughter ] and then colorado senator Michael Bennett also tried to take on bernie with a dig at his medicare for all plan. Bernie mentioned that the taxes that we would have to pay, because of those taxes, vermont rejected medicare for all. Seth its amazing how bernie can respond to something with just a face. [ light laughter ] like when you take your ipad out at the dinner table, and your grandpa goes, oh, no, no, no the only pads well be using are brillo pads. When he we wash the dishes the oldfashioned way. Then the moderators asked a question they also asked yesterday. Who would abolish private Health Insurance. Bernie and senator Kamala Harris raised their hands, and then it seemed like biden maybe didnt know whether he was suppose to raise his hand or not. Who here would abolish their private Health Insurance in favor of a governmentrun plan all right. [ cheers and applause Kirsten Gillibrand senator gillibrand [ laughter ] seth definition of centrist right there. [ laughter ] whats up with him sort of halfway raising his hand thats like in phys ed when the teacher is divvying up the class, and you want to be on a team with your friends [ laughter ] he was also slow to raise his hand later when the moderators asked whos Health Care Plans would cover undocumented immigrants prompting some confusion. Raise your hand if gover if your government plan would provide coverage for undocumented immigrants. [ cheers and applause okay. Vice President Biden i believe you said that your Health Care Plan would not cover undocumented immigrants. Could you explain your position. Im sorry, i beg your pardon. I believe at the show of hands, you did not raise your hand did you raise your hand . No, i did okay, sorry, sorry. Seth did you raise your hand uh, if i had the right answer i did. [ laughter ] what was your answer what was the question . Then the issue of age came up when california congressman Eric Swalwell took a dig at biden using an old quote from biden himself. I was six years old when a president ial candidate came to the California Democratic convention and said its time to pass the torch to a new generation of americans. That candidate was thensenator joe biden. Joe biden was right when he said it was time to pass the torch to a new generation of americans 32 years ago he is still right today. If were gonna solve the issues of automation, pass the torch. Seth damn. Youre bringing a biden quote to take down biden . Come on. [ laughter ] if anyones gonna take down joe biden with a joe biden quote, its joe biden. [ laughter ] also, look look at that smile. [ laughter ] joe biden uses his teeth the way wonder woman uses her bracelets. That zinger just bounced right off that pearly white wall and by the way, just in case you were wondering after last nights debate, another candidate got chance to bust out some spanish again and it was southbend mayor, Pete Buttigieg i want to say hello and good evening. [ speaking spanish ] to mayor buttigieg [ speaking Foreign Language seth when he did that, nbc took a live shot of cory booker at home. [ laughter ] now the question of health care was obviously a hot topic as were many questions which led to a lot of over talking and yelling at the beginning at this issue we have to think about how this effects [ overlapping speakers ] senator harris, im so sorry. Part of joes generation. [ overlapping speakers ] seth good lord, it sounds like the audience at a cock fight. And im sorry, you guys think you can win a scream fight with Bernie Sanders youre bringing a kazoo to a bull horn fight. [ laughter ] they didnt even turn on bernies mic because it would blow out the speaker [ laughter ] but then harris jumped in with a line that got raucous applause and quieted everyone else down senator harris. We cant afford to wait for evolution on these issues. Okay, guys. You know what . America does not want to witness a food fight they want to know how were gonna put food on their table. [ cheers and applause seth damn. Look at how sheepish everyone was after she said she embarrassed them so badly John Hickenlooper had to go stand in the corner. [ laughter ] then there were the lesser known candidates like former tech executive andrew yang. Alright andrew, you havent gotten a lot of coverage you need to break through. You got to nail it this is your big moment. So im sure, you were ready. Mr. Yang, your signature policy is to give every adult in the United States 1,000 a month no questions asked thats right. I think thats like 3. 2 trillion a year how would you do that . Sorry [ laughter ] seth just forget it. Forget it. Move on. How are you not ready . Its like a back up on golden state who finally gets put in a game, and then just chucks the ball into the stands the minute he gets it [ laughter ] but then one of the biggest moments came when harris confronted biden about his record on race in recent comments about working with segregationist senators. Weve also heard, and im gonna now direct this at Vice President biden i do not believe you are a racist and i agree with you when you commit yourself to the importance of finding Common Ground but i also believe, and its personal, and i was actually very it was hurtful to hear you talk about the reputations of two United States senators who built their reputations and career on the segregation of race in this country it cannot be an intellectual debate among democrats we have to take it seriously we have to act swiftly as attorney general of california i was very proud to put in place a requirement that