A look at tonights highlights. Joe by ken defended himself more forcefully than during the first debate but struggled to effectively attack one have his biggest competitors, greatest weaknesses. Kamala harris record as attorney general of california. He was more effective in attacking her Healthcare Plan but harris had a response ready. The senator has had several plans so far. Any time some one tells you youre going to get something good in ten years you wonder why it takes ten years. You cant beat President Trump with double talk on this plan. Your plan does not cover everyone in america. In 2019 in america, for a democrat to be running for president , with a plan that does not cover everyone is without excuse. And it wasnt just harris going after the frontrunner for being out of touch. Almost over they are candidate did as well. Listen to this exchange between biden and Julian Castro over the issue of decriminalizing illegal border crossings. If you cross the border illegally, you should be able to be sent back, its a crime. One of us has learned the less ochblgt past and one of us hasnt. We need policies that can have guts on this issue. I have guts enough to say this plan doesnt make sense. One of bidens best defenses came when Kirsten Gillibrand attacked his record on women. Listen. What did you mean when you said when a woman works the outside the home its resulting in, quote, deet tierration of family. This p the beginning my deceased wife worked, my present wife has worked raising children. You came to Syracuse University with me and said it was one thing im passionate about the concern, making sure women are treated equally. I dont know what happened but youre running for president. Plenty of other crossfire. Tulsi gabbard made an effective argument attacking Kamala Harris record as attorney general of california saying that shes not the progressive prosecutor she claims to be. In the case much those on death row, innocent people, you actually blocked effort from being revealed that would have freed them. So were you forced until you were forced to do so. Theres no excuse to do that and the people who suffered under your reign as prosecutor you owe them an apology. My entire could rear i have been personally opposed to the death penalty. Thats my background, my work. I am proud of it. Gabbards argument was the argument that biden tried but struggled to make. The question is did the former Vice President do enough tonight to convince voters, convince those democratic primary voters hes ready to go toetotoe against President Trump. Shannon . Shannon well questions about that on the stage tonight. Kristen, we will have actually is dpab bard with us shortly later in the hour. Thank you for the wrapup. Chief political anchor, the anchor of special report, bret baier, for his key moments of the night. Brett, another eventful night and a lot of times for the Vice President in the crosshairs. What stood out to you . Youre right, good evening, shannon. Joe biden was under attack for a 4r0689 time. This started with a handshake, with Kamala Harris when she came on stage. He said the microphones were on, go easy on me, kid. She did not. Really neither did anyone else. Bill deblasio went after Vice President biden on deportations under the Obama Administration. Finally ended up that the Vice President said he wasnt going to say what he told president obama sort of blaming president obama for deet importanttations even though most other times he claims president owe bam and says his name again and again and again to link with him. I had three different moments shannon. And i think some one who had a good night tonight was cory booker. He attacked Vice President we biden a number of different times. Specifically on criminal Justice Reform and his record. The person thats enjoying this debate most right now is donald trump as we pit democrats against each other i was raised by civil rights parents who said always keep your eyes on the prize. Mr. Vice president you cant have it both ways, inskroek president obama, you cant do it when its convenient and dodge it when its not. If you want to compare records and im shocked that you do, im happy to do that. All of the problems that he is talking about, that he created, youre drinking the koolaid and you dont even know the flavor. Koolaid came out with a tweet say being know the flavor. But cory booker had a really good night, a strong night, for him and was the joe biden antagonist. Second moment, Tulsi Gabbard had a strong night, attacking Kamala Harris but other moments where she talked about pulling u. S. Troops home. This is not about arbitrary deadlines, this is about leadership, the leadership i will bring to do the right thing to bring our troops home within the first year in office. They shouldnt have been there this long. For too long we have had leaders who have been arbitrating Foreign Policy from ivory towers in washington. Without any idea about thest could and the consequence, the toll that it takes on our service members. We have to do the right thing. And end these wasteful e regime wars and bring our people home. We saw the battle between the progressives and the more centrist last night. I think senator michael ben it from colorado played the role of john delaney or governor bullock from last night but nod had an impassioned moment. Key moment for him, talking about schools and race. This is the fourth debate that we have had and the second time we have been debating what people did 50 years ago with bussing. When our schools are as segregated today as they were 50 years ago. We need a conversation about what is happening now. And when theres a group of kids in the country that dont get preschool through no fault of their own and another group does, equal isnt equal. We have a group of k12 schools that are good, families can spend a million bucks. And you have the detroit public schools, segregated as they were, equal is not equal. Education a big issue for him. Ran the School System in colorado. If biden, shannon, falls down it is possible that some one like michael ben it could rise up in a flight for safety for one of the sentist or moderate choices. My final point is that last night we had the most searched member of the stage beak maryanne williamson. I think you will see andrew yang get a bunch of searchs tonight. He has a lot of donors, a lot of attention. But he was concise, focused, personal. I would expect that hes going to make that third debate stage. Shannon . Shannon and he made a plea for that, as they all did tonight. Hes one that talked about universal basic income for everyone and tried to talk about that in the context of michigan and you a automation thats making away a lot of jobs and he fears thats going to go across all of american industry. Yeah, a breakout night for him, weve seen cory booker and others doing well as well. Bret thanks for being with us for special analysis. You bet. Shannon okay, from the Green New Deal for medicare for all, take listen to what america would look like under these democratic candidates. We need to be honest about whats in the plan. It bans employer based insurance and taxes the middle class. You cannot keep with the republican talking points on this. You have to stop. Everything must be subly mated to the challenge and the crisis that is existential, dealing with the climate threat. There will still be consequences if some one crosses the border, its a civil action. Shannon tonight in contrast to the america we see right now. Its in contrast there from what weve heard from the candidates tonight versus what weve seen under the policies of President Trump. Now under President Trump. Lets bring in the House Minority leader from california, Kevin Mccarthy. He will be standing by, we dont have him yet. But lets go to peter doocy checking in with the candidates getting the readout of everybody seeing how they did tonight. Peter what is the latest . Well, shannon the latest is in the spin room, not far away from where you are, its cozy today. There seems to be a lot more interest among the members of the international traveling press in the candidates debating tonight. Forgive me for look around, im trying to figure out where these candidates are. Im actually going to use my long arm here to try and reach in and get a question in for secretary castro. Ill trade places are you coming out . Im going to trade places with this gentleman. Get a little closer, excuse me. Were only going to do that if we speak to the issues people, of families who have been suffering because of police violence, of the people in puerto rico, they wonder whether those of us up there on that stage care about the fact they had to get out there in the streets and protest a corrupt administration, are we going to maybe sure if they cover recover from Hurricane Maria we support them. I want to make sure that we bring in everybody into this debate. Secretary castro, were live, secretary you were talking about Vice President biden, the obama legacy, you challenged him, you said you havent evolved. Talk about what went through, because youre saying that youve vol vd from the obama immigration legacy and the Vice President hasnt. Why did you have to say that . I said that ive learned the lessons of the past. We have to acknowledge that trump is so much worse on this issue. Shannon, okay, we are going to continue reaching in to find some candidates who just left the stage, and we will bring you back whatever we get. Shannon peter doocy, good you are as tall as are you, you can see over the crowd see, the hot spots. Well check back as soon as you corner another candidate. Now the House Minority leader republican congressman from california Kevin Mccarthy for reaction. Its oh great to have you with us, mr. Leader. I want to ask you to react, and peter was just there, with former secretary Julian Castro, pointing the fingers at congress on the issue of immigration and said there are things in the law that need to be changed to do things like stopping family separations. Continually pointed at lawmakers and said a lot has to be cleaned up by you guys but you arent willing to do it. How do you respond . Well, its correct that Congress Needs to fix the law but its not the republicans fault, its the democrats who havent done anything, denying theres a crisis. You listen to the debate, the person that was attackedted most wasnt there, former president obama. Think about what the people said, shows that the Democratic Party is the socialist Democratic Party. They all claim open borders, its in longer illegal to cross illegally into america. They want to guarantee an income for those who are able to work but are just unwilling. Interesting part, if theres one person who won the night, id give to it tulsi. Kamala harris didnt see it coming. She thought she was always on the offensive but she got on the defensive. I dont think joe biden survives there. Because survives this, the attacks on the former president , even from his own cabinet member castro. Shannon he did get certainly a lot of applause here, but he was clearly the target of those standing on the stage tonight. We talked about in the first debate how there was such fighting in the center, by snar harris, seemed like tonight everyone else wanted to get in on the game maybe with the exception of congresswoman gabbard, shell be our guest m a few minutes. You mention socialism, its something that Pete Buttigieg brought up on night one last night, he said no matter what we propose from the stage whether it lanes left or right, the democrats the republicans in the white house and this report going to try to call us social interests whether its accurate or not, it scares voters out there. How do you respond to him . Well, listen to the policies. Theyre for open border, theyre for taking away any private Health Insurance so you can only have it from government, they want to guarantee an income even if youre able to work but unwilling to work. That is the prime definition for socialism. The Green New Deal, dictating from your house whether we can have a dairy, whether you can fly. Remember castro, remember what castro was saying there, all of them agreed, they ee for an open border. This is socialism at its best. The interesting part, remember, theres the latest poll out there for the most requested endorsement for the democrat performance, democratic. The number one after that is aoc. And aoc calls herself a socialist democrat. Thats why this party has passed joe biden by and the socialism continues to rise and taken over the party. Before we left the house the Speaker Nancy Pelosi surrendered to the social interest wing of the party. Shannon we saw a heated discussion back and forth between the various candidates on the stage about whether the border would be handled in civil court or civil court. But the one thing that cory booker tried to warn about, going back to the idea that the person loving the debates tonight the most was the president because they are dividing and conquering and hoping to sort out a vision. The roeflt debate, republican or democrat, is to look for the differences in the candidates tonight. Do you see those areas of differences or do you think theyre monday on lethic in trying to move to the left . Theyre guaranteed moving further to the left. Im not sure if cory understands what a debate is, you debate ideas. There was a common deno nay for, they believe in the open border, necessity believe in guaranteed income. In the places where theyre going want government to be the answer for all of their problems. And they have moved so far to the left, im not sure they can bring all of the old democrats with them. Thats why i dont think joe biden survives. Think about the turmoil in the last week. Nancy pelosi surrendering to the socialism, you watch two debates that only talked about socialism, and you watch the arm of the Democratic Campaign committee five the top five people. Theyre in a spiral down, not knowing where to end up. 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The moderators didnt have to work as hard as last night, these democrats came ready to rumble. The heated debate it was heated for much of the night turned on the kouchbter punching and personal attacks. The moderators made a decision to give a lot of time to joe biden and Kamala Harris to continue the slugfest, saw a much more energized and prepared joe biden. That was the right decision, they are the top two contenders on the stage. Heres dana bash with pointed questions for senator harris and the former v. P. Vice president bidens Campaign Calls your plan, quote, a have it every which way approach and says its just part of a confusing pattern of equivocating about your medical stance. He said in the past democrats who want to deep keep the private Insurance Industry are defending a Healthcare System that is not working. It was sorts of like waving a red flag, then the bulls came charging, then they took each other on, what you want to see the debate, shouldnt be just the moderators questions. Shannon and they talked about immigration among other things, healthcare the big first focus. They got into issues of bussing and racism, and the economy. They covered a lot of ground tonight. Yeah, some of the questioning came from the liberal opinion host, don lemmon, who was ripped on twitter by P