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In western pennsylvania today is talking about shale and what that does from a job creation perspective contrasts very well, particularly with elizabeth warren and the no fracking ban. concurrent with that, i think joe biden being in scranton is a great pivot from elizabeth warren with the political argument being i can beat trump in pennsylvania. im not so sure elizabeth warren can, which is something that i would agree with. >> when you look at the democrats that are in this field right now, w...

Theyre seeing signs from the kurds saying we love you, westi you, the u.s. troops did, but your president betrayed us. so they are seeing this as theyre leaving what should have been a proud successful mission. and theyre leaving their friends behind to run to camps and to bury their dead. >> it is an unbelievable situation on the ground there where you are. peter alexander over at the white house. were going to be watching and waiting to see what the president has to say in just a little bit. h...

The general election argument goes like this. donald trump has turned his back on middle class voters, then well get to some of the data here about manufacturing jobs. but he promised voters in this swing state that he would bring manufacturing jobs back and he hasnt delivered on that. joe biden is going to talk almost in a biographical way about his upbringing, he was born in scranton and knows the experience of having to have a family move away. that the middle class that he grew up with here ...

Pennsylvania back next year after president trump in 2016 became the first republican to win there in nearly 30 years. i want to bring in nbas senior business reporter who has new and fascinating analysis on the state of the economy and former republican congressman ryan costello of pennsylvania is with us as well. matt, let me start with you. we expect to see joe biden on the stage at that podium any second, right? talk through what hes expected to say and this dynamic of both the former vn and...

That wraps us up this hour. im stephanie ruhl. coming up right now, h hallie jackson. >> an unexpected statement from the white house on syria with a new deadline to pull u.s. troops out of the region. im told the president wants to communicate his message to the american people. and well find out what exactly that message is in less than 60 minutes. but that statement, by the way, set for just before the president heads to pennsylvania in a keystone showdown with joe biden. he is taking the sta...

Welcome back to "velshi & ruhle." there are new concerns that a manufacturing recession could be under way in some very vulnerable swing states. an nbc news analysis of the latest employment data shows that out of the 22 states with manufacturing job losses so far this year the biggest percentage declines are specifically in states where president trump won by less than five points like wisconsin, north carolina, and especially in pennsylvania, where more than 8,000 jobs have been lost so far. t...

Unveiled one yesterday on environmental justice, and another one this morning securing lgbtq+ rights and equality, joe biden telling them that we are not electing a planner, saying no one has a stronger record of passing important consequential legislation then i have prayed for months polling has put in my head over all of the 2020 hopefuls, but elizabeth warren has narrowed the gap since the end of september, she has been ahead of joe biden and earlier this week for the first time ever, she pa...

Those gaffes have cost him to lo lose a double-digit lead he had. elizabeth warren is beating him out in others. joe biden has pull it together and be gaffe-free. donald trump is street. joe biden im a guy from scranton and you know me. if he can take one donald trump he has to go toe for toe. there is blood in the water for jo biden. kamala harris came after him and julio castro and they magazinive these flaws that he has. now donald trump is going to take it to the stratosphere and magnify all...

President trump ran on fixing details of the conversation on the challenges of the middle the phone today but we have creative ideas to bridge the class and did not deliver on differences. they have put creative ideas out that. joe biden has never forgotten there. well see if we can come to a conclusion quickly. where he was from, scranton, >> how can you with all due respect to the president, but to pennsylvania. the process, how do you trust he can actually solve the problems facing our countr...

Of the woods when donald trump was running. i was in scranton to give a talk. and i was stunned at how many trump signs there were, even though people were saying donald trump is not going to win pennsylvania. if you travel the country, you can feel momentum in politics, and who has it and who doesnt. the key now for warren is to keep it up. because if she starts getting smaller crowd sizes, media is going to comment on it. and can they draw crowds, or bernie in places like south carolina, which...