As Democrats prepare for the debate stage, the immigration debate surges over a heartbreaking photograph. It's Ashley. Here’s the news you need to know Wednesday.

But first, call shotgun: Buying a car gets you a Bible, an American flag and a 12-gauge at this dealership's "God, Guns and Freedom" sale.

A father and daughter drowned. Will anything change?

Will harrowing photos of a drowned migrant father and his nearly 2-year-old daughter who tried who tried to cross the Rio Grande help change immigration laws? Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that she hoped so. "This is a manifestation of behavior that is outside the circle of civilized human behavior," The House speaker said the U.S. has ignored its “obligations to humanity.” The images have renewed outrage over immigration – and sparked debate over the nature of the photo. (Warning: This graphic image is obviously difficult to look at.)

'See you on the other side'

"Dog the Bounty Hunter" star Beth Chapman died after battling Stage 4 lung cancer, her husband and TV show co-star, Duane, announced Wednesday. She was 51. "We all love you, Beth. See you on the other side," he tweeted. Chapman was placed in a medically induced coma over the weekend at a hospital in Hawaii. She was originally diagnosed with Stage 2 throat cancer in 2017; it returned later as Stage 4 lung cancer.

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Prince William: If my kid's gay, that’s OK

Prince William let the world know he'd be perfectly happy if one of his children was gay. When asked how he'd react if one if his kids came out as LGBTQ he said, "I think you really don't start thinking about that until you are a parent," he said, "and I think – obviously, absolutely fine by me." The prince noted he would be worried as a parent because of the "hateful words, persecution, all that and discrimination that might come" if one of his children came out as LGBTQ.

'It ain't right': A prison puts gang leaders in charge

The prison was brimming with violence, awash in weapons – and severely short on guards to patrol it. Like a growing number of prisons, Mississippi’s Wilkinson County Correctional Facility had trouble finding people for dangerous, low-paying guard jobs (the yearly turnover for them was close to 90%). The prison’s warden turned to gang leaders to keep the inmates under control. Using gangs this way is just how Mississippi prisons operate, the warden said: “It ain’t right, but it’s the truth.”

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Dems gear up for (verbal) war

Ten Democratic candidates will step on stage Wednesday for the first debate of the 2020 presidential race. It's a two-hour event in which candidates will define their campaigns – or severely hinder them. Here is what to know before tonight:

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