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Yes, shes going to fight for things, but how realistic is it that the promises shes making? are they phoney or are they real? and the last thing in the world that you can get away with right now is running for president, making a lot of promises that frankly arent realistic. like free college for everyone or like doing away with private insurance in the workplace. so elizabeths going to have to take that into consideration and figure out how she goes forward with the progressive mantle, but bein...

Were wrong to oppose bussing in america? >> reporter: biden does not take the stage until tomorrow, but he is already bracing for new attacks. >> as long as youre leading youre a target. but im looking forward to it. >> reporter: another big question, who will grab the progressive mantle, elizabeth warren and bernie sanders will be on stage together for the first time >> im not against anyone. bernie and i have been friends for ever >> reporter: and perhaps the biggest question for democrats, wh...

President biden. he believes he has that kind of progressive mantle that he thinks the vice president lack. >> yang is close. an interesting candidate. gabbard, trying to be the anti-war but different democrat, hasnt found traction. >> hasnt found traction, focus on policy. yang has a following out there. one person were not talking about, eric swalwell, of course, has already left us. he tried to go after biden in the first debate and fell flat. a warning sign to the gillibrands of the world, c...

The 2020 progressive mantle. warren and sanders are set to face-off center stage at cnns presidential debate showdown as risen. the candidates making a similar pitch on some of the major issues in the race. >> im not in washington to work for billionaires. >> one of the great problems facing american society today is that we have a billionaire class. >> reporter: voters in the early states taking notice of the senators and similar appeal. >> i think they have a fair number of similar policy posi...

What does this mean for the democratic field? >> first, just a little bit of new news. yesterday, you said i was up in massachusetts and we talked a little bit about how quickly we would see elizabeth warren moving to those states. she is indeed going to be in iowa this weekend. she has events planned in four cities. what you see here is this effort by elizabeth warren to really get ahead of the rest of the field. she wants to claim the mantle of the leader of the progressive wing. as you point ...

Is under tremendous pressure in terms of salaries being held down, some inflation, tremendous job insecurity, high unemployment, housing problems with the home values of most people below their mortgage, all the pressures you can think of from elderly to take care of to kids who have failed to launch. think of all the problems, weve got them, and the middle class has them the worst. >> mm-hmm, hes very good at identifying problems. i think it was not a bad idea to wrap himself in the mantle of t...

Everyone seems to be saying he is testing the re-election. the strength of the middle class is under tremendous pressure in terms of salaries being held down, some inflation, tremendous job insecurity, high unemployment, housing problems with the home values of most people below their mortgage, all the pressures you can think of from elderly to take care of to kids who have failed to launch. think of all the problems, weve got them, and the middle class has them the worst. >> mm-hmm, hes very go...