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>> the record is pretty clear, right? this is a guy whos number for president a number of times. my colleague zack carter wrote a piece headlined joe biden is bad at politics and its just true. i would say in a somewhat more limited sense he seems to be really bad at winning primaries. when it came to the general election, i think he did a really good job in his debates both in 08 and 2012. but joe biden has an amazing, spectacular record at really flopping at running for president. its extraord...

>> jonathan martin of "the new york times" has swooped in to join the discussion. >> he doesnt want to mess this. >> youve been writing about this, that there has been a leftward shift in the framing, the entire framing of the discussion on the democratic side. >> so striking, yeah. just in ten years, john, going back to the oa 08 primary, where youre gaufb got a major democratic candidate on the field raising her hand saying, yes, she would in fact scrap the entire health care system in america...

And your prep, weve got to be ready. youve got to have your answers. i wouldnt fall for the trap of answering someones questions or trying to tailor your answer to a challenge from someone else. youve got to keep it on your own turf. >> dana: kenna debate change someones mind at this stage? >> i believe so. for the unknowns, and there are a lot of unknowns, as i said, there will be an opportunity to make hopefully from their point of view a positive impression. that will result in people saying ...

>> the most confusing one actually was an 08 because there were these nine... >> dana: we might have lost you again. bob barnett, were going to let you go. we love your expertise. we will have you back. thank you so much. the white house issuing a veto threat if congress gets ready to vote on a spending bill to address the growing military crisis at the southern border. meanwhile, house democrats divided over certain amendments to the bill which the ministrations is will make the country less sa...

Fine. we were talking about the strategy going into a big debate. how do you prep? >> we staffers have to design a system that meets the needs of the candidate. let me give an example. when we worked to prepare geraldine ferraro in 1984, the first woman i national ticket, not to debate george herbert walker bush, she was a three term congressman from queens and had never encountered so many of the issues that were likely to come up. he started a certain level. on the other hand, when we prepared...

This weekend we were in south carolina for the famous jim clyburn fish fry. he may not read the briefing books but i guarantee you he knew the lineup of what was happening at the convention. you had kamala harris and elizabeth warren speaking. before kamala harris could get four words out he does a press conference about nothing, but he knows that the medias tick is we have to go and listen to him. look at me, look at me. so hes really good at that. and i think the main reason that donald trump ...

Spell trouble for the president in his reelection campaign? >> i think the articles are selective in their choice of where they look. there are a lot of counties that went for hillary that have done really well that are going to flip over to trump. when you look at the balance here, the u.s. economy has done really, really well. that will fit donald trump enormously. under obama, they didnt do well. hillary didnt do well on that, obviously. and i think trumps economy is doing really great. >> sa...

Oh, look how great i am. the people that took it 85 yards are lousy. i mean, the question is, could trump have a 6.5, 7 year record of economic growth? well never find out, but i doubt it. >> its worse than that, because trump is actually on the verge of taking the ball and throwing it into the grand stand. the economy is getting very weaker as we sit here today. you see manufacturing starting to go down. you see things weakening all over the economy and its directly really attributable to the t...

Discussion. im thrilled youre doing this. >> thank you for having me. im pleased to be here. >> its great to have you. you are the guy. and before i play some of these amazing moments that you have insights on, walk us through what it means for these candidates to prepare for such a large debate field. >> ive had the opportunity to work on multi-candidate debates, particularly in 08, when we had the democratic side starting with nine, 10, 11 candidates. in 16 when we started originally with five...

Preconditions. bernie sanders later today, will have a proposal two days before the big debates down in miami. he is talking about eliminating $1.6 trillion worth of student debt. it would impact 45 million americans. it would pay for, the way they would pay for it is, he would levy .5% tax on wall street stock exchanges. they say it could raise $2 trillion over 10 years. rachel: free, free, free. steve: free, free. brian: here is his tweet. bernie sanders finds himself he looks at polls he ge...