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Thats tonights last word. The 11th Hour starts now. Youre really in the final stretch until election day. There is so much happening in the world thats bringing the selection into relief for so many of the american people. Breaking economic news. This Jobs Report was released. The company much higher than analysts expected. J. D. Vance showed up tonight to sort of Put A Smoother Sheen On from his him. You blame Donald Trump. Who has been the Vice President for the last four years . The answer is...

Good evening. Im Alicia Menendez here with symone Sanders Townsend and michael steele. As of this minute, we are 34 days from Election Day 2024. A short time ago, democratic governor Tim Walz of minnesota and republican senator j. D. Vance of ohio faced over the first and only Vice President ial debate this cycle. Folks, lets be clear. The debate might have seemed normal but must nothing was normal on what happened on that stage. J. D. Vance tried to rewrite swaths of Terms Policy positions. Fla...

Of them getting power? thats what its all about. >> let me play devils advocate. senator manchin is being viewed as standing in the way, but can you picture a time when democrats could thank joe manchin, too, for more years -- >> oh, yes. >> if republicans take back control of congress and, thereby, they would have use of the filibuster and the like. >> well, listen, joe manchin was a crucial part in terms of saving obamacare, the affordable care act. you know, had he not supported that effort, ...

Doesnt have much of an option. vice president biden was one of the chief architects of obamacare, he helped usher this through congress. he helped pass it into law. its very difficult for him to go back, you know, eight years later and say never mind, im actually supporting medicare for all. i want to completely scratch obamacare and start from zero. at the same time, morgan, its also important to keep in mind that when democratic party voters look at the fact that medicare for all, which is ove...

Single payer system is more popular. as you look at the field right now, you have joe biden, beto orourke, amy klobuchar who support a system like this, pete buttigieg, i should add, a medicare for those who should want it, and bernie sanders and elizabeth warren on the other side of it. this will be an ongoing fight in this primary. >> garrett headachaake joining m des moines, iowa. and former aide to jeb bush and mitt romney, matt gorman, and former senior adviser to hillary clintons campaig...

The other side, matt, because biden is rejecting the most liberal of positions on health care but is embracing the existing one, leaving the door open for a public option. is that something that conservative voters might be able to get behind? >> i think its going to be a risk, certainly in the general election and as adrian points out, he risks the wrath of elizabeth warren and bernie sanders in the primary. i think he might fall into two traps. he famously mocked rudy giuliani in 2008, saying ...

That it means getting rid of obamacare, and im not for that. >> this is notable because bidens embrace of obamacare strikes a contrast with his democratic opponentins, most of whom support medicare for all plans. joining me from iowa, garrett haake. tell me more about vice president bidens plan. what are the details. >> reporter: the vice president starts with the skeleton of aca and builds on top of it. you mentioned that public option here, the idea would be for folks that are unhappy with the...

Texas, for example, that have not expanded medicaid to get into that medicare like public option, you would otherwise be eligible for medicaid. theres a lot to build on here, but of course it does not go as far as medicare for all, which a lot of the former vice presidents other poenopponents pushing in the primary. theres some political cost there. >> this does draw a sharp line in the sand between biden and his opponents, especially bernie sanders. is the biden camp at all concerned that this ...

He is tweeting about this decision saying as i predicted all along, obamacare has been struck down as an unconstitutional disaster. now congress must pass a strong law that providers great healthcare and protects pre-existing conditions. mitch and nancy must get it done. is he putting the ball in the democrats court. republicans have a responsibility to govern. is he president. what comes next? nancy pelosi is no now going to be in control of the house. pete: nancy wants to do what bernie wants ...

In terms of their offices. heres something in terms of an impact i want to get into. an estimated 400,000 essential employees of the federal government would work without pay, basically furloughed and around 350,000 would be furloughed all tolled. so you have got some active duty military folks. they are still going to have to report to work. but their paychecks are going to be interrupted. they will get the money eventually thats a real impact on families. >> people think this saves us money ha...