Experience Argument News Today

agenda. back here at home, dive teams are trying to rescue people after torrential downpours in the northeast. the flooding turning deadly in new york. and more cases of malaria are being found in the united states. what you need to know to stay safe. we begin with breaking news from russia where there is a surprising twist related to last months failed uprising. the kremlin says russias vladimir putin met with the head of the wagner group and its top commanders just five days af...

thank you for sharing your day with us. joe biden warns democracy is in mortal danger with ballots packed with republican election deniers, the president saying your vote is an inflection point for the american experiment. >> you must in this moment dig deep within yourself and recognize we cant take democracy for granted any longer. >> plus, the midterm map offers no safe zones for democrats. solid blue territory in california, nevada, oregon, washington state now looks, well, not so ...

Again. what do you think, was it a wash or how do you read it? >> i think it was a huge missed opportunity for him. i think he came in a lot of opportunities to go after donald trump. to me it reminds me of the pit bull that bites the wrong person and he was biting the wrong person last night. he should have stayed 100%, stayed on donald trump, criticized donald trump. im actually surprised he didnt criticize donald trump for not being here. to me, a huge missed opportunity. he swung punches wil...

Message out. to that end many of these candidates have been all across iowa in the last few days. joe biden particularly. he is wrapping up an eight-day bus tour today of iowa. heres a little bit of what they have been up to. >> hows it feel to have your friend with you? >> it feels great to have my friend with me. i cant think of anybody id rather have. >> reporter: two old friends together again as former secretary of state john kerry joins former vice president joe biden on the campaign trail...

Experience argument, the biden campaign hopes to capture the former democratic nominees come from behind magic that led to the victory in the iowa caucus. >> winner of the iowa caucus, which helps. you all know him like i do. that sounds pretty good to me. >> reporter: kerrys presence is one piece of the biden campaigns more aggressive approach to iowa this week. in the last seven days hes had events in mostly rural area. >> i need your help. thank you. >> reporter: and taking swipes at rivals q...

Maybe he wants to create biden care. this is an issue weve seen come out forcefully. this is where we see him start to drive that criticism of elizabeth warren and medicare for all, calling it gymnastics in terms of her saying that she could pay for all this without raising any facts in the middle class. that brings up a second point we should look out for as well. its a tight race in iowa, a very top tier of those candidates. will we see joe biden criticize his fellow democrats. will we see him...

. thats not a strategy, thats desperation. there were two images, by the way, on our tv screens this weekend that stand out. one was went the circus came to town for the gop debate. the other was of a thoughtful president obama on "60 minutes" last night defending his presidency. the contrast with the republicans was jarring. conservative columnist fred barnes of the weekley standard believes the big winner of republican debate so far was president obama. by the way, could mitt romney be this ye...

Republican talent will be poised to storm the national stage, including a fellow floridian by the name of marco rubio. >> precisely, marco rubio, the great rising stars of the party on the presidential ticket after being in the senate two years seems a little early. you look at the other folks who will be coming online at that time, ron johnson, chris christie, bob mcdonald, the governor of virginia, the rising talent that will be ripe so to speak right at that cycle, if you jump in, you have a ...

The daily caller reports sarah palin was the focus of interest in the hours after she was announced as john mccains running mate. jeffrey tubin of "new yorker" and cnn wrote, "what a joke. i always thought that some part of mccain doesnt want to be president and this choice proves my point." ryan avand at the time blogging for the economist and now is an editor there wrote, "i really dont think the experience argument needs to be made by the dems. instead, hammer away at the fact that she has te...

Journolist. the daily caller reports sarah palin was the focus of interest in the hours after she was announced as john mccains running mate. jeffrey tubin of "new yorker" and cnn wrote, "what a joke. i always thought that some part of mccain doesnt want to be president and this choice proves my point." ryan avand at the time blogging for the economist and now is an editor there wrote, "i really dont think the experience argument needs to be made by the dems. instead, hammer away at the fact tha...