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This is Judy Woodruff, I'm excited to be taking over the @NewsHour @Twitter account during tonight's #DemDebate ...here we go!

@Twitter .@BernieSanders takes on Biden's remark that Sanders' plan will cost $ 3 1/2 trillion...says people will pay one way or another..we don't need a plan that provides $100 Billion a year to the pharmaceutical industry...which will be advertising here on ABC tonight"

@Twitter @BernieSanders now it is Biden's turn to answer: "people will end up paying 4% more on their income tax"..it's not a bad idea if you like it; I don't like it"

@Twitter @BernieSanders .@JoeBiden going toe to toe with Sanders and Warren, their health care plans are too expensive.

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden other candidates finally joining health care discussion, Klobuchar and now @MayorPete "I propose Medicare for all..I trust the American people to make the right decision about their health care, why don't you?" to Sanders

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete hearing praise for @BarackObama we didn't hear in previous debates

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama target: Donald Trump, @KamalaHarris brings him up again, says no one else talking about him, lists his efforts to kill Obamacare

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris shouting, @BernieSanders talks about high cost of treating cancer, an opening for @JoeBiden "I know something about cancer" "I've been there" voice rising; shows more energy than in any of these debates

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris where is @CoryBooker?

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker addressing @JoeBiden, @JulianCastro talks up Medicare, cites his grandmother - says he wouldn't require people to opt in, but Biden would. Biden dsputes...Castro "
are you forgetting what you said 2 minutes ago?" "I'm fulfilling the legacy of Barack Obama and you're not"

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro this is why people don't watch Democratic debates -- @AndrewYang reacts

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang the El Paso, Texas shooting: @BetoORourke describes what he'd do; adds "we have a white supremacist in the White House"

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke "we have systemic racism..a criminal justice system that has more blacks incarcerated than all the slaves in 1850" @CoryBooker

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke asked why she didn't do something about the many incarcerated blacks while she was a prosecutor in CA, @KamalaHarris defends her record and "was I able to get enough done? no' and as "president of the United States, I'll know the system from the inside"

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke disputing assertion in question that she didn't do enough about police killing innocent black men, @AmyKlobuchar says "that's not my record"

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar .@JoeBiden lists all he did as public defender and as US Senator to reform criminal justice system, ready with a list of steps he's taken

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar returning to the shooting at #SandyHook elementary school in CT, moderator asks if Biden couldn't get background checks passed at the time, why should voters think he can now. Biden: "things have changed..and a lot" and compliments Beto for his reaction to El Paso

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar "well he didn't pull the trigger, but he's certainly been tweeting out the ammunition" @KamalaHarris using a line she's used on the trail about Pres Trump

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar "Hell yes, we're going to take their AR-15's" @BetoORourke, taking compliments from his competitors for how he responded to El Paso shooting

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar adding urgency, @AmyKlobuchar says we can't wait to act on guns till after the election, we need to get Mitch McConnell to move now

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar here's what our latest poll shows about public attitudes on gun legislation pbs.org/newshour/polit…

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar a different tack on the gun issue: @CoryBooker "we must awaken a more courageous empathy in this country"

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar is going after the Senate filibuster rule going to resonate with Democratic voters? @EWarren evidently thinks so; argues it's only way to get gun legislation passed

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar @ewarren no mistaking @BernieSanders message: he works big companies, the pharmaceutical industry into a question about guns

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar @ewarren .@JoeBiden ducks question on whether Pres Obama made a mistake by deporting so many immigrants "He's the President..I'm the Vice President"

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar @ewarren .@JoaquinCastro again goes after Biden: "he wants to take credit for Obama's work but not respond to any questions"

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar @ewarren @joaquincastro with stern face, @JoeBiden replies to Castro: "I stand with President Obama!"

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar @ewarren @joaquincastro would be interesting to let the candidates engage each other, have a big conversation about these big issues, rather than giving separate "bytes" answers to separate questions

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar @ewarren @joaquincastro take a look at @LisaDNews who's been tracking how many times each candidate has had a chance to speak (Biden is on top)

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar @ewarren @joaquincastro @LisaDNews and catch our @Yamiche who is highlighting big moments in the first half of the debate

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar @ewarren @joaquincastro @LisaDNews @Yamiche now to foreign policy, and US troops in Afghanistan: asked if she'd bring them home "right now," @EWarren says "yes." and "we can't bomb our way to a solution in Afghanistan"

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar @ewarren @joaquincastro @LisaDNews @Yamiche the only veteran on stage, @petebuttigieg asked about bringing troops home, repeats that "we've got to stop these endless wars" and "we've got a president who treats these troops as a prop" refers to sending Air Force flights through an air base in Scotland near a Trump hotel

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar @ewarren @joaquincastro @LisaDNews @Yamiche @PeteButtigieg .@JoeBiden shows off his long history working on foreign policy, talks of "the three countries" in Afghanistan, his long disagreement with Jt Chiefs Chair Joe Dunford over bringing troops home

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar @ewarren @joaquincastro @LisaDNews @Yamiche @PeteButtigieg bringing up his disagreement with Biden over pulling troops out of #Iraq, @BernieSanders says "I never believed Cheney and Bush" #DemDebate

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar @ewarren @joaquincastro @LisaDNews @Yamiche @PeteButtigieg "what the American people want is someone who will make the right decisions about putting their young people in harm's way" @AndrewYang the only non-politician on stage asked why he's best qualified to be Cdr in Chief #DemDebate

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar @ewarren @joaquincastro @LisaDNews @Yamiche @PeteButtigieg grinning @BernieSanders turns fiery, to moderator question about how his Democratic Socialism is different from socialism in #Venezuela - "to equate what goes on in Venezuela with what I believe is unfair" #DemDebate

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar @ewarren @joaquincastro @LisaDNews @Yamiche @PeteButtigieg here's a new one: @CoryBooker asked if his vegan diet is something he wants all Americans to try: "Let me answer in Spanish: NO"

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar @ewarren @joaquincastro @LisaDNews @Yamiche @PeteButtigieg "yes we will follow through (on environmental pledges) regardless of political consequences" @BetoORourke who has signed a pledge not take contributions from oil companies #Demdebate

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar @ewarren @joaquincastro @LisaDNews @Yamiche @PeteButtigieg one doesn't get the sense the landscape of the Democratic race will change as a result of the first 2 hours of #DemDebate

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar @ewarren @joaquincastro @LisaDNews @Yamiche @PeteButtigieg we can all agree with this: "a good teacher is worth her weight in gold" @AndrewYang @Demdebate

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar @ewarren @joaquincastro @LisaDNews @Yamiche @PeteButtigieg @DemDebate "I'm the only one on this stage who has been a public school teacher" @EWarren to applause; after @PeteButtigieg underlines he's for public schools #Demdebate

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar @ewarren @joaquincastro @LisaDNews @Yamiche @PeteButtigieg @DemDebate raising race in discussing schools, @KamalaHarris "if a black child has a black teacher before 3rd grade, she is more likely to go to college" #DemDebate

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar @ewarren @joaquincastro @LisaDNews @Yamiche @PeteButtigieg @DemDebate is @BernieSanders right that the U.S. has the highest child poverty rate on earth? #Demdebate

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar @ewarren @joaquincastro @LisaDNews @Yamiche @PeteButtigieg @DemDebate "we're in the racial mess we are in right now not because of slavery hundreds of years ago..." but because of policies today that leave black people behind in education, housing, criminal justice...@CoryBooker #Demdebate

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar @ewarren @joaquincastro @LisaDNews @Yamiche @PeteButtigieg @DemDebate asked what the worst professional setback he ever had was, Biden turns to the personal, losing his first wife, his son, "for me, the way I've dealt with it, is finding purpose" and "people who've had it a lot worse than I have, they put one foot in front of the other" #demdebate

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar @ewarren @joaquincastro @LisaDNews @Yamiche @PeteButtigieg @DemDebate .@EWarren recalls losing her job as a teacher when she became pregnant with her first child "I got back up, I fought back, I want to be in the fight to fix what's broken"

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar @ewarren @joaquincastro @LisaDNews @Yamiche @PeteButtigieg @DemDebate .@BernieSanders "what resilience means to me is I've taken on every powerful influence in this country..whether wall Street, insurance industry, pharmaceutical industry, a military industrial complex or a prison industrial complex..I will be able to take on..the corporate elite"

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar @ewarren @joaquincastro @LisaDNews @Yamiche @PeteButtigieg @DemDebate .@KamalaHarris on what was her worst professional setback, recalls her mother's advice "don't let anyone ever tell you who you are" brings applause at @TexasSouthern

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar @ewarren @joaquincastro @LisaDNews @Yamiche @PeteButtigieg @DemDebate @TexasSouthern .@PeteButtigieg cites his decision to come out as a gay man, in the conservative state of Indiana, while he was running for re-election as Mayor of South Bend #DemDebate

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar @ewarren @joaquincastro @LisaDNews @Yamiche @PeteButtigieg @DemDebate @TexasSouthern .@BetoOrourke returns to the El Paso shooting, says victims exemplify resilience to him, "the example El Paso has set" #DemDebate

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar @ewarren @joaquincastro @LisaDNews @Yamiche @PeteButtigieg @DemDebate @TexasSouthern with the third debate behind us, the shape of the race doesn't feel different after tonight: @JoeBiden showed more energy, more fight; but no one had a bad night #Demdebate

@Twitter @BernieSanders @JoeBiden @MayorPete @BarackObama @KamalaHarris @CoryBooker @JulianCastro @AndrewYang @BetoORourke @amyklobuchar @ewarren @joaquincastro @LisaDNews @Yamiche @PeteButtigieg @DemDebate @TexasSouthern turning the @NewsHour account back over to my terrific colleagues; thank you for following!