Taking the stage with the CNN Democratic presidential debates only days away which

candidates will convince voters there the party's future.

I think we got a straight path to victory in this country.

I'll speak exclusively with presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders next

impeachment escalation. House Democrats take a major step towards

possible impeachment. We must make the strongest possible case both to our colleagues and to the American

public. Are Democrats inching closer to an impeachment vote? I'll speak with the

Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Congressman Jerry Nadler next. Plus, Battle Ground Divide. Michigan narrowly swung

for President Trump in 2016. It's a great state. We won Michigan. Now, as Democratic

candidates arrived to make their pitches to voters,

the president is hoping personal attacks on his opponents

will help keep the state in his column.

Detroit Congresswoman Rashida Talib joins me exclusively in moments.

Hello I'm Jake Tapper in Detroit, Michigan, where the state of our union is counting down

until the debates.

We are live outside the Fox Theater in downtown Detroit.

We're in just days 20 Democratic presidential candidates will meet on stage for the

CNN Democratic presidential debates as the candidates prepared to take the

stage here in Michigan, a state president Trump narrowly won in 2016.

Democrats are signaling their disagreements

over issues that could shape the future of the party and of the country.

Now for his part President Trump is continuing to use divisive even racist attacks on Democratic members of Congress who are members of minority groups, a campaign tactic that he signaled two weeks ago he would make the foundation of his re-election campaign when he told four minority members of Congress to go back to the countries

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