Welcome to a Special Edition of Words Matter – Joe previews the first Democratic debates held this week on MSNBC in Miami. 20 candidates, 5 moderators, 4 hours total. The Moderators will be Lester Holt, Savannah Guthrie, Chuck Todd, Rachel Maddow and José Díaz-Balart.  The first group of 10 appearing on Wednesday: ·      Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey ·      Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts ·      Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke of Texas ·      Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota ·      Former Rep. John Delaney of Maryland ·      Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii ·      Former Housing Secretary Julián Castro ·      Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio ·      New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio ·      Washington Gov. Jay Inslee The second group of 10 appearing on Thursday: ·      Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont ·      Sen. Kamala Harris of California ·      Former Vice President Joe Biden ·      Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana ·      Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado ·      Author Marianne Williamson ·      Rep. Eric Swalwell of California ·      Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York ·      Entrepreneur Andrew Yang ·      Gov. John Hickenlooper of Colorado. To qualify, candidates had to receive more than 65,000 individual donations — including from 200 unique donors per state in at least 20 states — or at least 1 percent in three polls approved by the Democratic National Committee. More than a dozen candidates crossed both thresholds, with at least 20 hitting at least one of them.