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Particular question which has been a vulnerability. he can feel good about how solid hes been in his lead and among african-americans, but the narrowing of that should be concerning. >> david, looking ahead to tomorrows debate, this is the first time were going to see biden and warren sharing the stage at the same time. does that -- i mean do they -- obviously they have to kind of game this out, play it out. what do you think their strategies are for that? >> look, i think bidens strategy from t...

Warren actually does quite well, i think, among younger african-americans in south carolina. so the numbers have a little bit of a breakdown. i will say that other number in addition to those demographic breakdowns that i think is a little bit problematic for biden is this closing of the gap on this question of who is the best candidate to beat donald trump. and he had a 20-point lead on that number in front of warren back in april. now he only has a five-point gap. that shows warren, shes been ...

Say in case anyone has forgotten how much warren talks about the at sleeleast some very strong w. plans and how central she is as a candidate and just listen to this just came up, unfortunately. >> it didnt just come up. her for a second. >> ive got a plan for that. that statement was made days >> ive got a plan for that. after alabama was ruled out by ive got a lot of plans. i do plans. noaa as a potential target for >> we have all heard that she dorian. trump not only wouldnt just say does pla...

>> well, thats the trump we know, without a doubt. hes the liar. i think that he made a big deal out of this particular instance because at first he didnt care, just, you know, he said alabama. i wondered if he had a reason for that, whether it was someone he was talking to in alabama, he wants to make unhappy, but he didnt care that he was caught because he figured like everything else, but i think with the sharpie gate, he really looked so bad, that i think he might have thought my base thinks...

Showed narrowing in the percentage of people who prioritize somebody they know can beat trump versus those policy positions and actually seeing more and more people care about those policy positions. so if that continues that means this electability argument while still bidens strength potentially wont be in a few months, right? >> the word i hear all the time is comfort. comfort, comfort, comfort. biden is the comfort zone. they call him a statesman. with bernie sanders and elizabeth warren the...

Band. he didnt like his voice at all. and i fought for jason. i said no, give him a chance. >> i absolutely 100% never wanted jason out of the band. i wanted him in the band. and in my recollection he was my pick and i brought him to the guys. thats what i recall. i cant believe they would say i didnt want jason in the band. its just ludicrous. ♪ take me as i am ♪ put your hand in mine >> coming into something that had been together for so long, this is a family, this is awesome, this is us ...

Of the vote through this whole thing. especially if youre one of the candidates who is in the lower tier and amy klobuchar, somebody like that. paul: you think biden has to fall before they can rise and therefore theyll focus on biden? >> that seems to be the dynamic thats at at play here. i mean, theyre pitching their ideas to some of the same voters. the tricky thing is, klobuchar, for example, has focused most of her fire throughout the campaign on donald trump, even when in previous debates ...

Washington. mark maine divot, thanks so much. -- meredith. we pick up where mark left off in a minute. gillian? gillian: new data shows trade e between the u.s. and china is contracting, its shrinking. this as the tariff war between the worlds two largest economies to continues to intensify. chinas trade surplus with the u.s. narrowing to just under $27 billion in august. thats down $31 billion from a year earlier. chinese imports of u.s. goods, meanwhile, falling to $10.3 billion in august, tha...

Attack that killed 12 people near the u.s. embassy near kabul bookers go? the debate, which well have in and resulted in the death of an a couple of days, will be so american serviceman was reason key. i can see, im crystal enough to call it off. balancing, it may be narrowing and various reports that ashraf down to biden and warren. abgani who was invited and he is >> the poll also looked at the president of afghanistan was enthusiasm. democrats in those early states, upset about the meeting. h...

>> well, i actually, i have spent most of this month at home in missouri, and i think this whole sharpie thing is way being overplayed. i dont think it will matter election day. i dont think it matters to most people -- >> but are you credibility of the words of the president of the united states has been eroded? >> no. >> okay. senator roy blunt, republican from missouri, member of leadership, thanks for coming on. good to see you. >> democratic candidates are in manchester for the democratic s...