Democratic debates: 2020 candidates set to go head to head in first test of primaries - live
(The Guardian United States)

Ten Democrats will debate each other tonight - will they attack the party´s frontrunner, Joe Biden, or sell their own vision for the future?Sign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective 12.26am BST It´s a real hotbed of activism in Miami right now. As we´ve heard, people have gathered to protest the climate crisis and the situation in Puerto Rico. There´s also a cohort here who are protesting one man: Bill de Blasio.The New York City mayor, who takes to the debate stage tonight, has faced some opposition from the city´s residents since he announced his 2020 presidential run earlier this year, and unluckily for him, a few of his most vocal critics have followed him to Miami. .@nycpba labor coalition firing up the chants for @BilldeBlasio as we wait for candidates to arrive for #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/3h6Y8Gowgr 12.11am BST The First Democratic debate is still more that two hours away but it´s already generating watch parties and rallies across downtown Miami. I´m under a beautiful southern oak tree near Biscayne Bay where about 30 Puerto Rican activists have gathered to dance and sing traditional island songs and press the cause of their stricken island on tonight´s 10 candidates. `I want to hear from the Democrats what they are going to do about the crumbling health system in Puerto Rico,` said Clarissa Caban. She´s a psychiatrist from the US territory who lives and works in Miami. Tonight´s Dem debate is being marked by a host of rallies across Miami. Here a climate crisis protest outside Miami Dade college - plenty of Bernie Sanders posters among the crowd pic.twitter.com/9rYigUtj0o Continue reading...