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The spin room. it is an opportunity for kamla harris. earlier in the evening, kamla harris, for instance, there was a question posed of who in the room supported or would replace their own insurance, their own private insurance, for a government-run program. and kamla harris, along with bernie sanders rose their hand, which caught people offguard because she had offered different positions on that specific question in the past. and so, i was able to ask her a clarifying question afterwards, in w...

Judge people on the totality of who they are, what their ideas are, what their experience is, what their record is. >> joining us now, with more from inside the spin room is nbc correspondent vaughn hillyard and brewster. what was it like in that room last night, vaughn? >> to give you an idea of what the spin room looks like, as soon as the debate is over, the candidates start rolling in. you have press corps from all over the country, all over the world, that have descended on there. you have ...

Does i h >> i do think that the generational question is a fascinating one, because all you had to do was go to a bernie sanders rally. i covered him for five or six months. the demographics of that were very different than most of the other campaigns, certainly different than donald trumps. having said that, take a look at the ages that some of the democratic candidates would be when they took office if they won. biden 78, sanders 79, elizabeth warren, 71. michael bloomberg, 78. youre looking a...

Okay? he is running. >> thats a good point. >> the three questions for democrats are going to be ideological, generational, and how to handle trump investigations. are they a big ten party or do they reject republican -- as a lot of progressives say. the generational question is one of generational leadership. donna and i were having the conversation last night about nancy pelosi becoming speaker. are democrats going to embrace leaders of the past, if you will, or are they going to look towards ...

An app -- annapolis. >> it is. and listing to brian talk about the generational question. senator mccain is so interesting because he is a veteran of the vietnam war. but to so many americans he feels as if hes almost an honorary member of the greatest generation. he seems -- a more of a world war ii type character than one from the decades past. i remember talking to him about -- it sounds as though we had a book club which we did not. but there was -- we used to talk about hemingway which he d...

And listing to brian talk about the generational question. senator mccain is so interesting because he is a veteran of the vietnam war. but to so many americans he feels as if hes almost an honorary member of the greatest generation. he seems -- a more of a world war ii type character than one from the decades past. i remember talking to him about -- it sounds as though we had a book club which we did not. but there was -- we used to talk about hemingway which he did. but we also talked about he...

Political career and joe biden will pay tribute to him. it is a democrat who will be one of the speakers and they were bound together through tragedy, through beau bidens death from the same horrible brain cancer, the glioblastoma from which john mccain eventually succumbed after this very brave heroic fight. thank you and then there will be of course a service here in washington. brian, well all be here all week covering that. as the national cathedral gathers to pay tribute to john sidney mcca...

Be accessing a see how it acts you link. and we will see about the testimony that zuckerberg is going to provide. is zuckerberg being asked to step aside? hes looking at investor phone calls and questions from major investors that might think he needs to step aside. >> i dont think were quite at that point yet. i do think a lot of facebooks competitors are delighted. its interesting. people are pretending like facebook is the only social media company on the planet. thats not true by a long shot...

Going to see will trickle up. where a kamala harris, cory booker, castro running, theyre going to have to realize that democratic party is lot bigger than supposed liberal elites. it was never entirely that party. and going to see flexibility in 2020 candidates. being deft and swift on issues is how you win the election. >> another thing is generational question. this part of pennsylvania. joe biden was campaigning. he has bond with these voters. here is guy 33 years old. born in 1984 and he car...

>> 34% of people under 50 say were still headed in a downturn. 45% of people over 50 say were headed in a downturn. lets start with you, amy. why are people not feeling these good numbers? and why are older americans feeling them worse? i mean, why is it a worse experience for them? >> the generational question is an interesting one, when you consider that young people have been having such a tough time finding jobs in an anemic job market for the past five years. but as to why so many americans...