nice to have you on. thank you. tomorrow may be the third democratic debate for president but offers a first for this 2020 race. why? these two front-runners, joe biden and elizabeth warren, will be standing side by side. the podium positioning there on your screen. the former vice president showing some of his cards in these hours he d of the ten-candidate event in houston, texas. adviser saying biden will talk about we need more than plans for the nation. more than plans, who s he talking about? yeah. elizabeth warren. elizabeth warren, of course, in her known strategy having a plan for every policy issue. the massachusetts senator also gave a preview how to counter biden after asked about biden saying, we need more than plans. i think that we start with a plan, and then we get out there and fight for it. to me, that s what being president is all about. and senior political reporter
we re back here live in las vegas, i m brooke baldwin. thank you so much for being with me on such an porcimportant day these presidential candidates. when they take the stage in 2 hours, 42 minutes, 6 seconds, national security will be topic number one. at the very center of the stage when you look at the podium positioning as we do will be the front-runner, donald trump. top of mind will be trump s recent call to ban muslims from entering the united states. a short time ago in washington, president obama countered trump s stand on muslim immigration in a speech welcoming new u.s. citizens. here was the president. we must resolve to always speak out against hatred and bigotry in all of its forms. whether taunts against the child of an immigrant farm worker or threats against a muslim shop keep keeper. we are americans. standing up for each other is
nearly 60% of republicans support trump s proposal. another debate first here. texas senator ted cruz has stepped into the spotlight as republicans second choice for the nominee. as we talk so much about podium positioning on the debate stage because that s so key as well if you re looking at it trump in the middle and there you see ted cruz just next to him. polls suggest that senator ted cruz has taken over much of ben carson s support nationally and in the state with the first caucus in iowa on february 1st. ted cruz is neck and neck with donald trump there. you see trump at the top with 28% and cruz just behind him with 27%. before we dig into all these numbers, let s get the lay of the land with washington correspondent jeff celzeleny who was inside the debate hall. but let s lead with this statement that s just been released by donald trump s
i believe that gravity will bring both of those campaigns down. this is what he s saying behind closed doors. tweet from senator cruz is this. the establishment s only hope, trump and me in a cage match sorry to disappoint. real donald trump is terrific, #dealwithit. how does that play out tuesday night? i think the reason we re all so taken with this audio is because the two have played so nice with one another. and if you look at the monmouth survey in iowa. we get caught up in these national polls, they are running one and two. cruise one, trump two. how long does this last? donald trump maintains he s a counterpuncher. he never throws the first blow or so he says. i wonder if he ll continue to take that posture with ted cruz if cruz passes him in other state polls. you ve just seen from ted cruz he has no intention of going after the donald prp okay. so the those two. then you have the rest of the candidates, and we still don t know like the podium positioning which i m als