Biden and Harris set for rematch hours from now; Guest entering now; Awaiting arrival of candidates

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

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3.2 • 865 Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Biden and Harris set for rematch hours from now; Campaign: Biden prepared for "Flat-out lies and distortions"; Campaign: Biden's "Primary Goal" is to take on Trump; CNN debates last chance for some democrats to break through; Debates highlight split between progressives and moderates; Democrats divided on how to address economy, health care, climate; Guest entering now; Awaiting arrival of candidates; Booker, Biden likely to spar over policing, criminal justice;To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Wolf Blitzer and you're in the situation room live tonight from the Historic
0:09.3	Fox Theater here in Detroit where we're just hours away from the second of our two
0:14.3	CNN Democratic presidential debates tonight ten more candidates take the
0:18.4	stage including the front-runner Joe Biden will be flanked by two of his
0:22.3	sharpest critics among the 20-20 field,
0:25.0	Kamala Harris and Corey Booker.
0:27.0	And I'm Chris Cuomo here with the Captain Wolf Blitzer outside the Fox Theater where the excitement for tonight's
0:33.9	showdown may be even bigger than last nights and we know the fireworks have to be coming
0:39.7	because everybody wants what Joe Biden has which is the lead in the polls.
0:44.5	Corey Booker has already said he plans to go after Biden on his role in the 94
0:49.2	crime bill. Is that good for Booker? Is that good for the party?
0:53.0	We'll see.
0:54.0	Harris will be looking to repeat her breakout moment from the last debate when she attacked
0:58.6	Biden on busing.
1:00.0	The question is, will she be taking fire as well?
1:02.8	There are seven other candidates.
1:04.5	For some of them, this is likely the last chance
1:07.5	to get the traction they need to stay in the race.
1:10.5	So let's begin our coverage.
1:12.4	We have political experts standing by tonight
1:14.6	are excellents. But first let's go to CNN congressional correspondent Phil
1:19.1	Mattingly inside the debate hall. Phil, how you see it. Well, Chris, the doors are about to swing open for the audience to come in.
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