Democratic debate: Protesters interrupt Joe Biden during his closing segment
10 presidential hopefuls took to the stage in Houston
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Your support makes all the difference.The leading 10 candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination took to the debating stage, bringing heavyweights in the field Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders all on to the same stage for the first time.
The presidential hopefuls tackled healthcare, gun control, education and more, with several heated clashes between the rivals.
In the last section of the debate, former Vice President Biden was interrupted when he went to answer a question about his “most significant professional setback”.
Although it was unclear what the protest was about, people in the hall have said the demonstrators chanted: “We are DACA recipients. Our lives are at risk.”
Earlier in the debate Mr Biden had been questioned about deportations under the Barack Obama administration, a question which he deftly dodged.
He came under particular fire from Julian Castro, both over who could claim the mantle of being the true successor to Barack Obama and, controversially, over Mr Biden's memory.
Beto O'Rourke focused on gun violence and said he would institute a mandatory buyback scheme for assault rifles, saying: "Hell yes, we are going to take your AR-15s."
Tonight’s candidates were: Mr Biden, Ms Warren, Mr Sanders Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Julian Castro, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Beto O’Rourke, and Andrew Yang.
Catch-up on events as they happened below.
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Warren says that "we have a Congress that is beholden to the gun industry", and says that Congress needs to roll back the filibuster.
Warren says corruption is the reason there is no movement on gun control, and calls to eliminate the filibuster.
Sanders says "What we are looking at is a corrupt political system."
He says he "will not be intimidated by the NRA".
Biden says that comparing the Obama administration to the Trump administration on immigration is "outrageous".
He says that he is "proud to have served" with Obama, citing DACA and other measures that were taken.
Biden has dodged the question on whether he is willing to say the Obama administration made a mistake by its record of deportations.
He said the president made the best choices he could. Then, when asked if he did the best he could, he said: "I am the vice president".
"He wants to take credit for Obama's work but not have to answer any questions," Castro says of Biden.
"I stand with Barack Obama all eight years. Good, bad, and indifferent," Biden says.
Yang says his father grew up as a peanut farmer in Asia in a home with no floor, and that he is now running for president. His point being that his story is the best kind of American immigrant story.
Buttigieg says that the only people who buy into Donald Trump's hatred of immigrants are people "who don't know any".
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