WELCOME BACK TO BETWEEN BELLS
GUYS IT'S GETS TO MAKE A BIG OF
A TONIGHT BIG DEMOCRATIC DEBATE
IN IOWA
IS THE LAST ONE BEFORE THE
STATE'S CAUCUS ON FEBRUARY, THE
3RD AND WE'LL SEE JUST 6
CANDIDATES. TAKE
THE STAGE. NO DOUBT A FAR CRY
FROM THE DOUBLE DIGIT TOTALS
THAT WE SAW OVER THE SUMMER
JOINING US NOW JULIA MANCHESTER
POLITICAL REPORTER
OVER AT THE HILL JULIE GREAT TO
SEE YOU AS ALWAYS I WITHIN THE
LAST COUPLE WEEKS A LOT OF
SHIFT IN TRENDS IN THESE IOWA
POLLS ONE WEEK IT'S PEOPLE TO
CHECK ON TOP THE NEXT WEEK,
IT'S BERNIE SANDERS NOW ARE
SEEING JOE BIDEN ON TOP SO WHO
HAS THE MOST TO GAIN FOR
TONIGHT'S DEBATE TONIGHT.
>> NO I THINK RIGHT NOW THE
PERSON WITH THE MOST TO GAIN
MAY BE THE PERSON WHO
ARE NOW THERE'S THE MOST FOR IS
BERNIE SANDERS AT THIS POINT WE
KNOW THAT BECAME A CREW
CREDIBLY CLOSE TO WINNING IOWA
COUNTRY THE 16 HIS CAMPAIGN HAS
DEVOTED QUITE A BIT OF
RESOURCES TO THE
STATE OR ISE ING AT THE
GRASSROOTS LEVEL WE SAW THAT HE
JUST HAD
THAT AMAZING QUARTER FOR
FUNDRAISING TOTAL OF OVER
MILLION, HOWEVER BACK IN ITS
SURGE THAT I SAW
FROM HIM, YOU KNOW OF GOOD
HEADLINES AND TOUCH WAS KIND OF
STOPPED YESTERDAY WITH
THE SCENE AND REPORTS SAYING
THAT HE SAID IN 2018 DURING A
MEETING WITH MORE WITH
ELIZABETH WARREN BUT HE DID NOT
BELIEVE NOW IT WASN'T TIME
WHERE WOMAN COULD BE ELECTED
AND NOW THE SANDERS CAMPAIGN
VERY MUCH PUSHING BACK ON THAT
BUT YOU'RE SEEING OR IN
CONFIRMING THAT
STATEMENT SO OBVIOUSLY THIS IS
GOING TO BE ASKED TO BOTH OF
THESE AND IT'S YOU KNOW IT'S
INTERESTING BECAUSE YOU SEEM TO
SORT OF NOT AGGRESSION PACT
BETWEEN THEM THROUGHOUT THIS
ENTIRE CRIME AND IT SEEMS LIKE
THIS IS GOING TO COME TO AN END
IN THESE 2 CANDIDATES WHO
HAVEN'T ATTACKED EACH OTHER ON
THE DEBATE STAGE DRUG PRIMARY
ARE LIKELY GOING TO TONIGHT IT
WAS REALLY A CUSTOMER OFF
LAST NIGHT.
>> THE FISTICUFFS BETWEEN WAR I
JUST YEAH AND I EXPECT TONIGHT
AS WELL LOOK I JULIE I THINK
THAT CERTAINLY BE THE ELEPHANT
IN THE
ROOM HERE IS THAT REPORT FROM
FROM CNN ABOUT THOSE COMMENTS
THAT SENATOR SANDERS ALLEGEDLY
SAID HOW DO YOU THINK THE
DEBATE MOM THE RAIDERS ARE
GOING TO BRING IT UP AND HOW DO
YOU EXPECT SENATOR SANDERS TO
ACTUALLY HANDLE THIS IN A WAY
THAT WON'T ALIENATE. ITS
POTENTIAL SUPPORTERS
MOVING FORWARD.
>> WELL THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION
GIVEN THAT CNN IS MINE.
>> AND THE DEBATE THIS WAS
THERE
REPORTING FROM A POLITICAL
REPORTER MJ LEE I WOULD IMAGINE
THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS VERY
VERY FOR AND CENTER AND THEY
WILL GET TO THAT WANT TO GET TO
THE BOTTOM 2 I WOULD BE
SURPRISED IF THAT'S THE FIRST
QUESTION OR ONE OF THE FIRST
QUESTIONS THAT ARE ASKED.
>> YOU KNOW I THINK SANDERS
DOES HAVE A LOT TO LOSE YOU
KNOW TO AND THEY HAVE HOW HE
HANDLES THIS QUESTION. THE AS
WE KNOW THAT THE
SANDERS CAMPAIGN HAS STRUGGLED
WITH YOU ON ISSUES REGARDING
SEXISM IN THE PAST WE KNOW
THAT SANDERS, IT'S A CO
SPONSORED THE PAYCHECK FAIRNESS
ACT HE'S BEEN A LONG SUPPORTER
OF THE EQUAL RIGHT AND YOU KNOW
THIS ISN'T ABOUT
HIS PERSON POLICE BUT WE'VE
SEEN THERE BUT ALLEGATIONS OF
MISTREATMENT OF WOMEN STAFF
DURING THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION.
WE SAW LAST YEAR THAT REPORT
KIND OF RISE UP AND NEW YORK
TIMES YOU SEE OBVIOUSLY THERE
ARE ALLEGATIONS THAT SENATOR
SANDERS SUPPORTERS HAVE BEEN
VERY VOCALLY SACHS S YOU KNOW
YOU HEAR ABOUT AND BERNIE BROS
NOT BUY ACCIDENT SO I THINK
THIS IS SOMETHING HIS CAMPAIGN
DEFINITELY NEED TO CONFRONT
ESPECIALLY IN A STATE LIKE
IOWA. REMEMBER I AM JUST
2 YEARS AGO ELECTED THE FIRST 2
WOMEN TO EYE AND CONGRESS ON
ABBEY THINKING I OUR AND
CINDY ACTUALLY WE SAW THAT ON
THE REPUBLICAN SIDE THEY LEFT
IT CAME AROUND IT'S THE FIRST
FEMALE
GOVERNOR SO CLEARLY THIS IS AN
ISSUE THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND
I WAS WELLS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY BUT HIS CAMPAIGN WILL
NEED TO SETTLE THIS, BUT YOU
KNOW YOU'RE HEARING A LOT OF
CRITICISM OF THE WARREN
CAMPAIGN THERE'S A LOT OF
SUSPICION
OF THAT TIMING OF THIS REPORT
THAT CAME OUT IN THE TIMING OF
YOUR HER SHOW IN THE POLLS MAY
BE STRUGGLING
AND FUNDRAISERS. SO YOU'RE
GOING TO SEE THEM BOTH VERY
MUCH PRESS ON THIS SHOW JULIET
ON WITH THE REPUBLICAN.
>> CAUCUS IN IOWA, THE
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS IN IOWA.
I HAS PREDICTABLY
CHOSEN THAT NOMINEE EVERY
SINGLE YEAR EXCEPT FOR 1992,
WHICH HE PRETTY BEEN SPOT ON
EVERY
SINGLE TIME IS THERE ANY
INDICATION THAT THIS YEAR MIGHT
BE DIFFERENT THAT I WOULD
CHOOSE IS A PERSON THAT IS
MIGHT NOT BE THE EVENTUAL
NOMINEE AT THE END OF THE DAY.
>> I THINK WE LIVE IN A VERY
DIFFERENT POLITICAL CLIMATE AND
WE THEN WE'VE SEEN HIM PAST
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES AND YOU
HAVE DONALD TRUMP AS PRESIDENT
ON THE
REPUBLICAN SIDE THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT IS VERY MUCH
UNITED DEMOCRATS SAYING THEY
NEED TO ELECT SOMEONE WHO
OBVIOUSLY GET RID OF DONALD
TRUMP'S ELECTABILITY AT VERY
MUCH THE TOP OF THAT TO DO LESS
FOR DEMOCRATS.
>> BUT AT THE SAME TIME YOU'RE
ALSO SEEING A MUCH MORE DEFINED
SLICK WITHIN THE PARTY, YOU
HAVE PEOPLE TO JUDGE AND JOE
BIDEN ON THE SUNTRUST SIDE OF
THE PARTY IN THE ELIZABETH
WARREN AND BERNIE SANDERS ON
THE MORE PROGRESSIVE SIDE OUT
OF THE
PARTY SO YOU KNOW WE CAN SEE
THESE DIFFERENT PRIMARIES PLAY
OUT IN DIFFERENT WAYS WHILE JOE
BIDEN MAY NOT PERFORM AS WELL
IN IOWA OR
NEW HAMPSHIRE. POLLS YOU SHOW
HIM VERY MUCH
STILL MAINTAINING HIS LEAD IN
SOUTH CAROLINA. YOU ALSO HAVE
MIKE BLOOMBERG SOMEONE
CONVENTIONAL WISDOM TELLS US HE
WON'T GET TO KNOW A NATION
HOWEVER HE'S PLAYING IT THEY
ROLLED THOSE LATER SUPER
TUESDAY STATES WHICH COULD SHUT
OFF SOME VOTES FROM A NUMBER OF
THE CANDIDATES, I WOULD PRESUME
FOR MORE TO CENTRIST CANDIDATE.
SO WE LIVE IN A COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT
WITH THIS RIFT WITHIN THE PARTY
SO YOU KNOW I THINK PEOPLE WILL
DEFINITELY BE
LOOKING AT I WAS A BIT OF A
BELLWETHER, HOWEVER THAT
ENVIRONMENT IS DEFINITELY
DIFFERENT FROM LAST YEAR.
>> I WANT TO IMPEACH ME HERE
BECAUSE I JUST EARLIER TODAY,
HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI
ANNOUNCED THAT SHE'S GOING HOLD
A VOTE TOMORROW TO SEND THE
ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT TO
THE SENATE THAT WILL CERTAINLY
KICK OFF AN IMPEACHMENT TRIAL
NOW CORY BOOKER DID CITE THE
UPCOMING IN
HIS STATEMENT WHEN HE ANNOUNCED
HE WAS SUSPENDING HIS CAMPAIGN
SO HOW DO YOU EXPECTED TO
AFFECT THE OTHER 2020 DEMOCRATS
WHO ARE SENATORS.
>> ABSOLUTELY I MEAN I THINK
IT'S GOING TO
IMPACT SENATE ELIZABETH WARREN
BERNIE SANDERS AND THE CLOTHES
ARE MAYBE TO A LESSER EXTENT.
MICHAEL BENNETT IS NOT VERY
MUCH POLLING VERY WELL. YOU
HAVE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
THE SENATORS HAD I WILL HAVE TO
GO BACK TO POTENTIALLY UP TO GO
BACK TO
THE CAPITAL PRESIDE OVER
SOMETHING THAT IS SEEN AS A
VERY WASHINGTON
CENTRIC ISSUE REMEMBER
IMPEACHMENT IS NOT A BIG PART
OF THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
RIGHT NOW SO HERE VOTERS
TALKING ABOUT ISSUES LIKE
HEALTH CARE AND THE ECONOMY SO
I THINK A LOT OF THESE CAN
IT'S ARE VERY MUCH GOING TO BE
RELIED AS MUCH AS THEY CAN ON
THEIR SURROGATES. BUT AT THE
SAME TIME I THINK YOU'RE GOING
TO SEE THAT VERY MUCH DURING
THE MIDNIGHT WHILE IN TRYING TO
GET BACK TO IOWA, NEW HAMPSHIRE
AS MUCH AS THEY CAN DURING THE
TRIAL WHETHER THAT'S FOR
EVENING EVENT IF A TRIAL YOU
KNOW GET TO GET OUT IN THE
AFTERNOON OR THEY GO ON THE
WEEKEND SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
A LOT OF HARD WORK FROM THE
SENATORS BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING
TO BE AWAY FROM THE CAMPAIGN
TRAIL AWAY FROM TALKING ABOUT
THOSE ISSUES THAT WHOLE SHOW
REALLY MATTER
TO VOTERS.
>> WELL, I KNOW YOU'LL BE
BURNING THE MIDNIGHT OIL
TONIGHT WATCHING THAT TODAY
JULIA MANCHESTER
POLITICAL RING PORTER AT THE
HILL, THANKS SO MUCH FOR
JOINING