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Has heatstroke? >> no, look, i think that the donald trump phenomenon now has lasted for several months. you cant deny theres an underlying and constant message there. one is we dont like politics as usual. we want an outsider. we want somebody that does not represent the dysfunction of washington. and two is we are worried, we are frustrated, theres a lot of dysfunction, we feel angst, anger. i think both things need to be taken into consideration by every candidate who is running. lets also re...

Clinton and bernie sanders on the same stage in the first democratic debate. this is a very important moment for the vermont senator. what do you think voters want to see from sanders on tuesday? >> if he can hold his own, what his policies are, if he can beat a general election, and also if he can create enthusiasm. is he capable of having a sense of humor? who is bernie sanders? i think for a lot of us he is a senator from a small state. for a lot of us were just now beginning to get a taste o...

Marbles. and it makes all the sense in the world for both jeb and marco to highlight what they bring. jeb brings experience. marco brings a new generation. youre going to see both make those arguments. >> lets turn to the democrats now. there was a surprise appearance by vice president joe biden, peter, at a fundraiser for the latino victory project last night. and he really went off on republicans and hispanics. take a listen. >> in everybodys face. people walked in like literally down because ...

The reagan presidential library. were back with republican strategist kevin madden and ana navarro along with peter binard of atlantic media. kevin, break it down for us. jeb bush this was critically important last night. how did he do? >> he decided to go on offense with donald trump. i think early on he seemed a little tentative. he wasnt that comfortable, you know wielding the blade against donald trump. but he had one particular showdown that the bush campaign today is using as a highlight o...

[ applause ] thats true. >> im in favor of vaccines. do them over a longer period of time same amount. >> thank you. >> just in little sections. >> dr. carson you just heard his medical take. >> hes an okay doctor. [ applause ] >> what would you want your secret service code name to be? >> everready. its very high energy donald. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> mr. trump? >> humble. >> thats a good one. >> very good stuff. im joined now by three of our cnn political contributors kevin mad...

Peter binard joining us. also he writes for the atlantic media. guys standby. i want to take a quick break. we want to discuss what we just saw. lots of political news coming up reaction to the debate last night. stay with us. you tuck here... you tuck there. if youre a toe tucker... because of toenail fungus, ask your doctor now about prescription kerydin. used daily, kerydin drops may kill the fungus at the site of infection and get to the root of your toe tucking. kerydin may cause irritation...

Candidates. peter, you dont necessarily think bush had such a great night, do you? >> no i dont think so. i dont think bush was competing with the bush of the previous debate. i think he was competing with the people on that stage. carly fiorina was very effective against donald trump. george w. bush -- i mean jeb bush did get better later on in the evening, but i think in the critical early moments he went after trump on the question of casino gambling in florida. i dont think he won that excha...

And that africa stopped being this proxy battleground between communism and capitalism, moscow and washington. sometimes i think the problem when someone looks back at the dead hand of history makes what happened look inevitable. but i remember covering it at the time and none of it felt inevitable at all. and mandela himself took enormous risks when he was moved out of robin island where he started talking on his own, secretly to the architects of apartheid to see if he could broker a deal. tha...

Foreign correspondent and author. peter binard is an associate professor of journalism. if i may start with you, you pointed out that mandela was always different, even in prison, you say everybody else wore rumbled clothes, he took pains to iron his clothes, he stood ramrod straight, he had a kind of imperial bearing. your foundation tried to train leaders in mandelas wake. do you think that the dropoff was inevitable or has south africa taken a particular by bad spiral downward after nelson ma...

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