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Theres a big event talking about the largest number of candidates on the stage in ohio. will they unite behind biden against the president or join the republicans in attacking? joining me now from westerville, ohio, "washington post" chief correspondent dan balls. and back in washington, mark murray. dan, what are you looking for tonight, what friction or what special lines are you looking to write about? >> im looking for a couple things. one, obviously, there will be a focus on vice president ...

A kohler walk-in bath provides independence with peace of mind. welcome back. panel is here. former republican governor of north carolina, pat mccrory. former democratic governor from missouri, claire mccaskill. hallie jackson, and huh lain cooper, pentagon correspondent for "the new york times." i want to start with this headline. actually, well call it a series of headlines. dan balls analysis piece. for most of the night, bidens time to shine. and then at some point, "the washington post" d...

Political commentator. ax, dan balls, the dean of political reporters in america, writes this morning that joe biden had the kind of debate that supporters have been waiting for. >> yeah, i think thats half true. i think for the first hour, he was very, very strong. and he was, you know, he was more engaged than he had been. the first debate was a disaster. second was better. this was even better than that. he did flag at the end of the debate. what i would say about presidential politics is it ...

You have the farmers, very patriotic, and they are not being let in on the deal and thats a big, big problem for the president. >> dan, what is your sense of where the country is on these questions? are they -- do they care about whether this president is focused on governing as you outlined, or whether hes off on the various tangents? >> i think most people screen out the tweets and, you know, i think we have all had conversations with trump supporters that would say i wish he would get rid of ...

Within a short period of time they would work something out that is good for everybody. i really believe that. >> dan, i think the president read your column where you called into question his ability to answer some of the questions. >> i suspect the tweet he sent out last week saying what he said here, which is that i think if president xi would sit down, everything would work out fine. i think that got the attention of the people around him, and this was a little more nuanced tonight in the wa...

Other options will be. i think after this next series of debates, people will realize they will not be at the big dance that i think they start to take a second look at their own careers. >> dan, how much of this is about how serving in the u.s. senate has changed as a job and as the institution as evolved? >> well, i think thats a part of it. and certainly for anybody who has been a governor, you know, a john h. who i actually think probably will end up running for senate. >> yeah. >> thats goi...

Record with elton john. he has brought into focus something fundamental about him, he has little understanding of what it means to govern, and he would rather tweet from the bleachers. alexi, you talked to trump administration officials consistently for your reporting. how does this play out on a daily basis, and it was underscored, the president is all over the place, and to dans point, yes, in some cases its because he is trying to gin up his base because its aimed at his re-election. >> yeah,...

A remark pbl remarkable moment would show great weakness, they hate israel and all jewish people. you will find in the "washington post," president trump is following the same limited playbook that got him to the president see, whether the tactics have the same potency they once had is the question that will determine his and the countrys future. meanwhile serious problems are in front of him, and hes struggling to find the answers. dan also writes, quote, meanwhile the president is talking abou...

>> well, greenland, it got released somehow and its something we talked about. denmark essentially owns it, and we are good allies with denmark and we protect denmark like we protect large portions of the world, and i said strategically we would be interested and i will talk to them, and its not number one on the burner, i can tell you that. here this hour is the correspondents and dan, lets start with you. we will read more of your piece in a second, but you are obviously somebody who has chron...

>> we can come up on the forum coming up on climate change. >> love to be there. i hope people want to be there in the next debate, and we are just a few thousand short, and to make sure i get that threshold that that would be good. >> in our next hour, i am joined by a veteran journalist by dan balls who writes, trump has one playbook and very few plays left in it. bernie sanders holds a basketball tournament, and some of the most after month, the clock is ticking on irreversible joint damage. ...