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>> i would say its more that its an anomaly. and im not surprised at all. i thought that joe biden would open headquarters in philadelphia, proximity on the surface makes some sense, because hes in wilmington and the headquarters is in philadelphia. but hes not going to be coming to the headquarters. its not like hes going to go there and punch a time clock. its all about politics. joe biden is someone who lives within the philadelphia media market. hes so well known to southeastern pennsylvania...

Looks like a big weekend ahead for the 2020 democratic hopefuls. former vice president joe biden will hold a rally in philadelphia as senator bernie sanders heads south. arlette saenz is live in washington with more. >> reporter: with the three weeks of his presidential campaign behind him, joe biden is now turning to a new phase of the campaign. and that starts in philadelphia. his campaign has announced that the headquarters for their operation will be based in the city. and tomorrow, hell be ...

So lets go to peter baker right now. we were talking last hour about a new poll out in pennsylvania in a shows joe biden up a great deal. for people in a know the samein philadelphia usually democrats take 400,000 plus votes out of there but said drft did extraordinarily well in the scranton area. thats joe bidenan yes, sir back yard why why. >> talk about the importance of pennsylvania and donald trumps challenges if he does face joe

Of inevitability. he is out on the trail and dancing around. not talking about things like the green new deal. thats problematic at this stage of the game. look at the polls he is doing so far so good. go joe go. brian: i would add this though. he also has another big advantage and thats pennsylvania. the president shocked the world by taking pennsylvania. double digital lead on the president early in pennsylvania. makes sense for him to be philadelphia. only time joe biden says wont talk bad ab...

>> when i go to ohio and new hampshire and down south, this is resonating with people. tlept to win the future and solidify the middle class again, and im the one who can do that. what do you bring to the table that joe bidin doesnt? >> as i just said, ive been living this for the last 40 years right here in youngstown, where i am. the steel mills closed. >> biden would say he has been in scranton. you say youngstown. he says scranton. >> yeah, well, ive been doing -- now today. last week. two w...

Announced philadelphia will be home to its 2020 headquarters. the numbers suggest its a great place for the former vice president to start. a quinnipiac poll shows biden holds an 11% lead over president trump among pennsylvania voters. cnn political director david chalian joins me here now. hes in pennsylvania for a reason here, and pennsylvania will be key to deciding the 2020 race. >> theres no doubt, and its why joe biden is book ending his sort of three-week rollout, his first public appeara...

President of the united states, joe biden, who came into that bar where woorp doing that show waving a red flag and saying all these democrats that are celebrating, were going to beat this guy, hes a reality show host. youre not going to beat him in the state of pennsylvania. so when you look at these spreads and you see joe biden of course of scranton, pennsylvania, up by 11 points, that 2016 election was a game of inches. in pennsylvania the spread was 45,000 votes, which can move either way. ...

>> reporter: they were new to punta gorda. had moved, recently, from scranton, pennsylvania. tara, almost grown up, told them shed stay behind, make her own life. >> she didnt wanna come down, you know. im sure it was, you know, its change, especially when youre older and -- but we had a bet going on how long it would be before she got here, because were -- we are so close. so we had a bet going, and i think she lasted three weeks? >> "im gonna stay here on my own." "no, im not." >> yeah. yes. >...

Democratic coalition that have a visceral reaction against it. hoerpd, youve got a lot of younger voters who they are obama called a socialist. its like its become a meaningless word. and when they say socialm, what they mean is they want to be able to go to college without being forever in debt like earlier generations. they want to be able to get a doctor when they get sick like their grandparents. my grandparents had medicare, why cant i have medicare? my grandparents had free or cheap colleg...

>> dagen: union workers, joe from scranton. >> harris: tell them , dagen. >> dagen: fox to them on the fox news channel kirsten gillibrand, a longtime staffer at resigns image criticisms of her office handling of a sexual harassment complaint. how will this affect gillibrands campaign, especially with women voters customer agree debate, plus house speaker nancy pelosi is still taking impeachment off the table, pushing back against progressives who say she is raising too high a bar. how divisive ...