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CECILIA VEGA: The impeachment
of President Trump

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is sure to be a main
topic in tonight's final

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Democratic debate of the year.

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ABC's Linsey Davis is
there in Los Angeles where

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the candidates will
face off in just

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a matter of hours from now.

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But Linsey, the real headline
going into this debate

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is not gone--

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who is not going to be
on that stage tonight.

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LINSEY DAVIS: Exactly right.

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And good morning
to you, Cecilia.

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One big difference for this,
the sixth Democratic debate,

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is that you're going to have
fewer candidates on the stage,

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only seven have made the cut.

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Among the front-runners,
you have the usual suspects,

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former Vice President
Joe Biden, senators

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Elizabeth Warren, Bernie
Sanders, Mayor Pete Buttigieg.

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But one big headline, just
months ago, the Democratic

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Party had one of the most
diverse fields of candidates

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running for president,
but now Andrew Yang

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is the only minority
candidate to hit

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the DNC's threshold to
qualify for tonight's debate.

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What to watch for?

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Is Buttigieg able to connect
with nonwhite voters?

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That's something that he has
struggled to do in the past.

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Impeachment will likely
overshadow the night.

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Now, that's not something that
the candidates disagree on,

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but they'd certainly rather
focus on other issues.

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And with fewer people on stage,
Senator Amy Klobuchar, Andrew

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Yang, and billionaire
Tom Steyer,

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they may have the
opportunity to stand up.

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Of course, now there
is more at stake

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with the first primary voting
less than two weeks away.

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And while you-- two months
away, sorry about that--

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and of course, while you
have only seven candidates

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on the stage, 15 Democrats are
still running for president,

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among them former mayor
Michael Bloomberg,

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who looms large, Cecilia.

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CECILIA VEGA: Because
the Iowa caucus

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is right around the corner.

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OK, Linsey.

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Thank you.