WEBVTT 00:02.066 --> 00:05.200 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: When President Trump won Michigan by fewer than 11,000 votes in 2016, it marked 00:06.833 --> 00:11.133 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% the first win in three decades by a Republican presidential candidate. 00:11.133 --> 00:16.133 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% The state is among Democrats' top targets in 2020 and the Democratic National Committee's 00:17.533 --> 00:21.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% choice for this next round of candidate debates. 00:21.566 --> 00:26.566 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% They have come to Detroit this week on a mission, 10 candidates tonight, and 10 more tomorrow 00:28.600 --> 00:33.600 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% night, all wanting a boost out of this second set of Democratic presidential debates. 00:35.700 --> 00:39.566 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Two progressive stalwarts are standing center stage tonight, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders 00:41.366 --> 00:44.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren. 00:44.433 --> 00:49.400 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% On either side of them are two of the field's youngest candidates, Mayor Pete Buttigieg 00:51.300 --> 00:55.100 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% of South Bend, Indiana, and former Texas Congressman Beto O'Rourke. 00:57.600 --> 01:00.300 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% Farther out on the wings are many of the field's more moderate candidates, Minnesota Senator 01:02.733 --> 01:05.866 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% Amy Klobuchar and Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan, plus former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper 01:08.666 --> 01:13.666 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% and former Maryland Congressman John Delaney, and at each end, author Marianne Williamson 01:15.700 --> 01:20.700 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% and Montana Governor Steve Bullock, another moderate who missed out on the previous debates. 01:22.633 --> 01:27.100 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% While those 10 hopefuls are on stage, some of the other candidates are looking to catch 01:27.100 --> 01:29.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% attention on other fronts. 01:29.133 --> 01:34.000 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% A super PAC backing Washington Governor Jay Inslee, who is debating Wednesday, bought 01:35.866 --> 01:40.100 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% airtime for a TV ad criticizing the five candidates topping national opinion polls. 01:42.066 --> 01:45.433 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% NARRATOR: Democrats aren't making climate change the number one issue. 01:45.433 --> 01:50.366 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: Meanwhile, a political group founded by billionaire philanthropist Tom 01:50.366 --> 01:55.333 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Steyer, who didn't qualify for the debate stage, is out with an ad whose focus is special 01:56.733 --> 01:59.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% counsel Robert Mueller, President Trump and impeachment. 01:59.933 --> 02:02.033 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% REP. 02:02.033 --> 02:03.466 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% KEN BUCK (R-CO): You believe that you could charge the president of the United States 02:03.466 --> 02:04.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% with obstruction of justice after he left office? 02:04.900 --> 02:06.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% ROBERT MUELLER, Russia Probe Special Counsel: Yes. 02:06.900 --> 02:11.000 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: That ad is part of a push by candidates to highlight specific issues ahead 02:11.733 --> 02:14.266 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% of this week's debates. 02:14.266 --> 02:19.200 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% California Senator Kamala Harris was in Detroit yesterday defending the health care plan she 02:20.600 --> 02:23.266 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% rolled out ahead of her Wednesday debate. 02:23.266 --> 02:25.366 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% SEN. 02:25.366 --> 02:26.833 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% KAMALA HARRIS (D-CA), Presidential Candidate: My Medicare for all plan will allow private 02:26.833 --> 02:29.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% insurers to be a part of our plan if they play by the rules. 02:29.966 --> 02:31.600 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% But let's be clear about the rules. 02:31.600 --> 02:34.266 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% The rules are that they're not going to get to do business as usual. 02:34.266 --> 02:38.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: But some of her rivals pounced immediately. 02:38.233 --> 02:43.233 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Senator Bernie Sanders, who's in tonight's debate, told CNN this in a phone interview: 02:43.700 --> 02:45.233 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% SEN. 02:45.233 --> 02:46.200 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% BERNIE SANDERS (I-VT), Presidential Candidate: I like Kamala. 02:46.200 --> 02:48.033 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% She's a friend of mine. 02:48.033 --> 02:50.866 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% But her plan is not Medicare for all. 02:50.866 --> 02:55.833 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: A campaign spokeswoman for former Vice President Joe Biden also criticized 02:57.733 --> 03:01.333 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% the Harris approach, saying it pushes the extremely challenging implementation of this 03:02.833 --> 03:05.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% plan 10 years into the future. 03:05.466 --> 03:09.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Biden and Harris will meet again at Wednesday's debate. 03:09.200 --> 03:14.200 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% He has made his own contribution to the current rush of policy rollouts, a criminal justice 03:15.066 --> 03:17.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% plan he announced last week. 03:17.133 --> 03:19.566 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% JOSEPH BIDEN (D), Presidential Candidate: I think we need to shift the whole focus from 03:19.566 --> 03:22.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% what we're doing in terms of incarceration to rehabilitation. 03:22.733 --> 03:27.333 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: But Biden's announcement drew criticism from another rival he will debate 03:27.333 --> 03:32.333 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% on Wednesday, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, who's targeted Biden's history on these issues. 03:33.533 --> 03:35.500 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% SEN. 03:35.500 --> 03:37.533 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% CORY BOOKER (D-NJ), Presidential Candidate: I'm disappointed that it's taken Joe Biden 03:37.533 --> 03:39.666 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% years and years, until he was running for president, to actually say that he made a 03:39.666 --> 03:41.800 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% mistake. 03:41.800 --> 03:44.833 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: The new trade proposals from Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren are 03:44.833 --> 03:49.833 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% among the other policy ideas unveiled by the 2020 candidates over the past week-and-a-half. 03:51.900 --> 03:56.400 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Of the other debaters tonight, Klobuchar and O'Rourke rolled out plans on housing and K-12 03:58.566 --> 04:00.900 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% education, respectively. 04:00.900 --> 04:05.900 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Delaney wants to build a program around a mandatory year of service for young Americans. 04:07.833 --> 04:12.633 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% And Williamson proposes a Cabinet-level agency to focus on policies affecting children. 04:14.700 --> 04:19.333 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who debates tomorrow, has released her own sweeping plan 04:20.200 --> 04:22.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% to combat climate change. 04:22.600 --> 04:27.600 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% For many of these Democrats, this week's debates may truly be make-or-break. 04:30.100 --> 04:32.933 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% They have to reach a higher threshold in public polling and donations to qualify for the debates 04:34.533 --> 04:35.200 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% this fall.