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Polls over the past 48 hours. one of them bringing into question whether it was wise to make an electability argument as a cornerstone of his campaign. nbc road warrior mike has been tracking the campaign throughout but hes on capitol hill right now. mike, first lets start with this new ad because we have heard joe biden tell these stories before. he told them actually at one of the debates so far. but why this ad? why now? >> reporter: yeah, chris. weve seen a lot of discussion in the last few ...

This man mouth poll is actually correct and sort of have questions about it. it is showing a trend that people are getting more excited about elizabeth warren who has a lot of policy proposals and is really taking off even as the electability argument that joe biden has made is declining and hes pivoting to the personal message to maybe try something new. >> final thought before we go. >> real quick, yirpg thats why we see divides in the democratic race. biden is very weak with young voters, but...

>> i cant fathom what would have happened if the insurance companies had said for the last six months of his life youre on your own. the fact of the matter is, health care is personal to me. >> and is this an outlier or a trend? a new poll from monmouth university shows bidens lead slipping, has him virtually tied at the top with elizabeth warren and bernie sanders. cnns own polling still shows him with a large lead. is this a new strategy by biden in this ad going very personal on an issue that...

African-american. and i think until the other candidates can cut into that number, again, i think it bolsters him than some of the numbers might appear. beating trump is a priority for democrat voters and independent voters who have moved away from the republican party since he took office. >> there are some republicans who are jumping out, too. rachel, go ahead. >> the electability argument, you draw parallels between now and 2016. that was the argument for hillary clinton, but it really didnt ...

That im best positioned to beat donald trump. that was a major part of the first ad that arlette mentioned that the biden campaign put out. i think that they are feeling some pressure to go beyond that. to say what would you do, what is your forward-looking vision for the country. not just i want to defeat donald trump next november and thats the end of it. what would you do if you won, what would you do in office? and part of bidens challenge is to both continue to hammer this electability argu...

10 or 11 points. if that leaves or dissipates to some degree, what happens? >> i think the interesting thing to me, as jeff pointed out, this is the type of ad you normally see in the closing weeks, maybe months or six weeks of the campaign. the electability argument is something you hear come much later in the process than it has for joe biden. its currently his central argument. i think his strategy is to stay to the extent that he can as strong as he has been in the field while sanders and wa...

Democratic party. joe, the mainstay, viewed now as a moderate although he would argue that he has been progressive and is paid compared to the rest of the field, is that where primary voters go connector they go for the left? it seems like with the white house wants is that contrast. you heard the vice president theyre talking about crushing the economy if you go that route. the five are not a democratic primary voter, but i do know the electability argument has fallen apart for both republicans...

Crowds, right? >> and bernies vote from a pretty formidable. >> dana: at that point she can make the electability argument as well. amy, bill, thank you for being here. actress lori loughlin and her husband due in to date with massive college bribery scandal. we are live outside of the court room next. plus federal prosecutors closing in on a decision whether to indict former fbi director andrew mccabe. thets latest on that ahead. ♪ daddy, its pink! but hey. a new house its a blank canvas. and...

Sanders. >> well, certainly its important to note that. a lot of political strategists say at this point in the campaign, it is far too early to actually tell who could beat donald trump in a hypothetical general election matchup in a general election of 2020. however, the biden campaign has really been seizing on a number of the polls that suggest that he is better positioned that was actually featured in his first campaign out of the cycle released last week in iowa. so theyre really leaning h...

President bidens role in helping to pass obamacare. i think these are the two arguments that the biden camp is going to make. the electability argument and im part of the obama/biden years. i made these ads, theyre very purposeful. and the imagery that they use, i think this is an effective spot. i imagine youll see more appeals from the biden camp. >> steve, the deadline is tomorrow. break down the field, whos going to make it, whos not going to make it? >> yeah, every poll that comes in, not e...