WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=MPEGTS:900000, LOCAL:00:00:00.000 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.030 align:middle line:90% 00:00:00.030 --> 00:00:01.630 align:middle line:84% CECILIA VEGA: The impeachment of President Trump 00:00:01.630 --> 00:00:03.210 align:middle line:84% is sure to be a main topic in tonight's final 00:00:03.210 --> 00:00:05.080 align:middle line:90% Democratic debate of the year. 00:00:05.080 --> 00:00:07.350 align:middle line:84% ABC's Linsey Davis is there in Los Angeles where 00:00:07.350 --> 00:00:08.820 align:middle line:84% the candidates will face off in just 00:00:08.820 --> 00:00:10.020 align:middle line:90% a matter of hours from now. 00:00:10.020 --> 00:00:12.450 align:middle line:84% But Linsey, the real headline going into this debate 00:00:12.450 --> 00:00:13.680 align:middle line:90% is not gone-- 00:00:13.680 --> 00:00:17.421 align:middle line:84% who is not going to be on that stage tonight. 00:00:17.421 --> 00:00:18.540 align:middle line:90% LINSEY DAVIS: Exactly right. 00:00:18.540 --> 00:00:19.950 align:middle line:84% And good morning to you, Cecilia. 00:00:19.950 --> 00:00:22.763 align:middle line:84% One big difference for this, the sixth Democratic debate, 00:00:22.763 --> 00:00:24.730 align:middle line:84% is that you're going to have fewer candidates on the stage, 00:00:24.730 --> 00:00:26.850 align:middle line:90% only seven have made the cut. 00:00:26.850 --> 00:00:29.040 align:middle line:84% Among the front-runners, you have the usual suspects, 00:00:29.040 --> 00:00:31.410 align:middle line:84% former Vice President Joe Biden, senators 00:00:31.410 --> 00:00:34.800 align:middle line:84% Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Mayor Pete Buttigieg. 00:00:34.800 --> 00:00:37.980 align:middle line:84% But one big headline, just months ago, the Democratic 00:00:37.980 --> 00:00:40.410 align:middle line:84% Party had one of the most diverse fields of candidates 00:00:40.410 --> 00:00:42.990 align:middle line:84% running for president, but now Andrew Yang 00:00:42.990 --> 00:00:45.270 align:middle line:84% is the only minority candidate to hit 00:00:45.270 --> 00:00:48.390 align:middle line:84% the DNC's threshold to qualify for tonight's debate. 00:00:48.390 --> 00:00:49.490 align:middle line:90% What to watch for? 00:00:49.490 --> 00:00:51.970 align:middle line:84% Is Buttigieg able to connect with nonwhite voters? 00:00:51.970 --> 00:00:54.660 align:middle line:84% That's something that he has struggled to do in the past. 00:00:54.660 --> 00:00:56.710 align:middle line:84% Impeachment will likely overshadow the night. 00:00:56.710 --> 00:00:58.680 align:middle line:84% Now, that's not something that the candidates disagree on, 00:00:58.680 --> 00:01:01.110 align:middle line:84% but they'd certainly rather focus on other issues. 00:01:01.110 --> 00:01:03.750 align:middle line:84% And with fewer people on stage, Senator Amy Klobuchar, Andrew 00:01:03.750 --> 00:01:05.430 align:middle line:84% Yang, and billionaire Tom Steyer, 00:01:05.430 --> 00:01:08.220 align:middle line:84% they may have the opportunity to stand up. 00:01:08.220 --> 00:01:10.380 align:middle line:84% Of course, now there is more at stake 00:01:10.380 --> 00:01:13.210 align:middle line:84% with the first primary voting less than two weeks away. 00:01:13.210 --> 00:01:15.840 align:middle line:84% And while you-- two months away, sorry about that-- 00:01:15.840 --> 00:01:18.150 align:middle line:84% and of course, while you have only seven candidates 00:01:18.150 --> 00:01:21.420 align:middle line:84% on the stage, 15 Democrats are still running for president, 00:01:21.420 --> 00:01:23.460 align:middle line:84% among them former mayor Michael Bloomberg, 00:01:23.460 --> 00:01:24.293 align:middle line:90% who looms large, Cecilia. 00:01:24.293 --> 00:01:25.527 align:middle line:84% CECILIA VEGA: Because the Iowa caucus 00:01:25.527 --> 00:01:26.460 align:middle line:90% is right around the corner. 00:01:26.460 --> 00:01:27.260 align:middle line:90% OK, Linsey. 00:01:27.260 --> 00:01:28.550 align:middle line:90% Thank you.