I thought she nailed, tone was perfect, personal story, knocked it out of the park. Kamala harris last night and her aggression and passion command of the stage, i think folks will be thinking about whether or not joe biden is electable. I thought Kamala Harris, she practiced that cons cyst ently for 10 days, and surprised that joe biden had not practiced. He looked like a punch fighter waiting for bell to ring and say im out of team. Crystal clear that Kamala Harris commanded the stage, this was her debate. This was Kamala Harris moment. That was a sad moment. I think Elizabeth Warren had a strong night. Spotlight was very much on her and we may be seeing the end of beto orourke candidacy. Looked like did nbc moderator challenged members of a party that has clearly lurched to the left. Spark national uproar as congress rushes to put billions in funding, is prez covering as human tragedy or indictment. Cheryl joins our discussion, star of u. S. Womens soccer team blows off National Anthem and now insulting President Trump, the media debate over megan repino, im howard kurtz and this is media buzz. Media fixated on one exchange. To hear you talk about the reputation of two United States senator who is built their reputations and career of segregation of race in this country and it was not only that but also worked with them to oppose busing. My position across the board. I did not trace racist, thats not true, number 2, if we want to have campaign litigated on who supports civil rights and whether i did or that the, im happy to do that. Join to go analyze the culture emily, sarah fisher, media reporter or axios and Fox News Contributor and now run georgetowns university politics. Lets put front page, huge picture of Kamala Harris, hope to zoom in, journalists on the left and right agree, strong moment for kamala, weak moment for biden, many of them wait to go pounce on joe biden for misstep and to talk someone like Kamala Harris who is more liberal and not a white male. This provided an opportunity for that, i agree with you theres eagerness to take that approach and rooted in misunderstanding of the Democratic Base which is over 50 over the analysis of 50, 50 selfidentified moderate or conservative, so i absolutely agree, that was fantastic moment for Kamala Harris, bad moment for joe biden. Sure. Devastated joe biden, this is the end of joe biden, this was catastrophic for joe biden, i think is wrong and i actually think it speaks to an issue with the medias perception of the Democratic Base. When biden tried to defend himself, years ago, millions of people who were not racist who hated having their kids bussed from far away schools and that included black schools, sent to schools that were not friendly towards them. Seems to me the media doesnt really care about 1970s. One i do think theres very little tolerance these days for evolution of positions, evolution of culture, right, we lose sight of nuance and Historical Context too often, look, i dont necessarily think the media was looking for an opportunity to biden down. I think the media was trying to see if anybody was trying to knock biden down a peg. The numbers have held. There have been very little thats happened in the race to shake up the dynamics of the race. First night of the debate i thought biden was the winner because no one touched him. Lauren had really good night, remarkably good night but no one touched him. The way harris went after him on night 2 was maybe the first the first moment of this entire campaign that could, not exactly but could change dynamics. This is why i think its affected by many predicted that biden would look weak and confused in the entire debate and in my view if you take those moments out he had a pretty forceful performance, got emotional and death of family members when talking about health care. I think the press looks at biden as symbolism for more moderate democrats in general, view him in upside pressure. First day. The coverage is so grate, the other thing about this all the press is saying that biden is not talking about the press, he was doing a ton of cable news afterwards, they like to put biden in stark place. I do think he could talk to the press more around playing conscious. We know from the picture she posted herself on twitter as the young girl in california who was bussed, we see it, here is the New York Times, should the democrats nominate white moderate who carries baggage or someone energizing nonwhite voters candidate like harris, father is black and mother of indian decent . Yeah, i think so, but more really its a tilt against biden, what we were discussing that joe biden has attracted a lot of negative press i think undue negative suppress especially share and polling, out of touch with the Democratic Base u hes earned since candidacy began. I think to your earlier question they saw an opening and seized on it. Politico headline, harris takedown sparks speculation of bidens black support. Too early to say. Are some in the press starting to write biden on yeah. [laughter] when i was a Campaign Communications director, one of my biggest frustrations, this isnt a new phenomena. The media tends to often live in the moment as opposed to realizing, this is the first of 12 debates and theyll be many other moments on the debate stage in iowa in new hampshire, on the campaign trail, im you know, it was a bad night for bind, it really was and has a chance to rebound, what does he do a month from now on debate stage in detroit is far more telling to me than what happened the other night. Lets turn to nbc, first night, audio problems knocked off for 10 minutes, President Trump tweeting, well the show nbc, fake news organization, couldnt resist, let me play for you some sound from the second debate because the lead moderators savannah gutffrey and Rachel Maddow. We shouldnt demonize the rich, nobody has to be punished, what did you mean by that . What is a response that nominating a socialist would reelect donald trump . No u. S. President has been prosecuted for crimes after leaving office, do you believe that President Trump could or should be the first . Well, Rachel Maddow went last, she wanted to talk about Mueller Investigation that has dominated her show for two years. Shes an opinion host, shes not used to doing down the middle coverage. Why is that okay whereas other networks, not mentioning any names might have been criticized for having opinion host who wasnt very liberal . Im not saying that it is okay, they were definitely doing to join the hyperliberal audience. Nbc had a stronger night the second night than the first. I thought it was critical. They asked bland questions, they didnt follow up, i thought on the second night with biden, pete buttigieg, kamala, they were much more aggressive. You saw chuck todd with amy klobuchar, what will you do when taking away guns. When you had Elizabeth Warren going off against the big oil and big banks and big tech, no follow up about what are you going to do about the policies, i think the second night was much stronger, if they had had the second night to first, nbc was pander to go progressive it is whole light. My next question, which is i think the larger story here, one debate exchange, one or two debates in campaign, b is that mainstream reporters, i have to give credit here, New York Times today are acknowledging that free college to medicare for all, second debate all 10 candidates raising their hands, provide Health Services to undocumented immigrants which i think many would have said 4 years ago, this party has left sharply to the left in 2016 and thats a larger story here. Yeah, thats something that primary cycles were put on display especially when conservatives are running in post tea party and talked about how far right the party moved, this is a farleft, clear display over both nights, savannah guttfrey did not let Bernie Sanders off the hook, she got him to admit that the plan would indeed raise taxes on the middle class, if the press can push that and really interrogate candidates thats a big moment for the democratic party. Kamala harris tried to walk certain details, basically she signed onto bernies medicare for all and in favor of doing away with private insurance. Elizabeth warren same thing, moderators didnt follow up. Isnt this the kind of thing maybe the press isnt focused on now but Kamala Harris has had to answer this question repeatedly, multiple media on this issue and shes caught flak from the media. The challenge with the debate structure especially this, my hats off to the dnc for turing in a way that tried to create some control, you know, organize some chaos, you cant really dive too deep into any questions when you got 10 people on stage and give balance time. Hard to follow up. Want to get to last sound bite emily, excuse me, sarah, Chris Matthews was doing post game interviews basically, take a look at some of those. I think you got into a fight. Stay in it. I think you won tonight. I thought that you had a consistent even relentless message of populism, pure american populism. Is biden finished after tonight . No, i dont think so. No. Pretty friendly what you say . Cozing up to top runners. That was over the top. Seemed to be endorsing a couple of them. Chris christie took a real whack at one of the moderators, here he is on colbert. Please, god, can we say goodbye to chuck todd. Wow. I mean, the most the most pretentious know it all on network news, the guy is just a complete ass. Does not like chuck todd, he was actually the most aggressive questioner, he knows how the frame questions aggressively which is what we do in cable, when we come back, President Trump seizing control, the media with lastminute meeting in dmz, the president was too cautious reporting on 25yearold Sexual Assault allegation against the president , is that true. Between north and south and took steps into the north. We went and met at the line and meeting at the line i said would you like me to come across and he said i would be so honored. The president took a swipe at the press for coverage of fiery mess before he took office. You dont report accurately, thats okay, some day history will report accurately. Meted for an hour and agreed to get stalled nuclear talks. Made dmz last night, shes a heck of a showman. Right, reflected in coverage. It was acknowledged as made for tv moment and i didnt see objectionable in news coverage, the the chorus of pundits were negative. I think the balance is way off, a lot of room for acknowledging the historical nature, so, again, i think pundits is drags the coverage and balanced direction. Many of them are still waking up. They didnt know till we got up. Washington post willed story, trump scores biggest live show yet in north korea, i sense grudging admiration for skills. Favorite photoop, he likes to look big for shorter kim jong un. Not from that angle. Twitter and facebook, comments were referring to Otto Warmbier, historical moment and questions where is Otto Warmbier. Yet media says it was glorified photoop. No progress since the unsuccessful second summit in hanoi. The coverage actually particularly the establishment has pointed that out, this is historic and made for tv moment, establishing sort of what he likes through the lens to have camera but has the president overstated some of the progress so far considering that north korea has not stopped its nuclear buildup, it has not stopped testing Ballistic Missiles that, you know, while he today touted that they were returning hostages, there was the Otto Warmbier situation. The pentagon itself said we stoled talks on hostage release, theres been factchecking thats going on with the media while still acknowledging the historic nature of the event. Terror that question, sit possible that the press has understated the valedictorians of what President Trump has done, possibly overstate the progress and press understated the potential of value. If progress starts being made, this could be turning point, another handshake in front of the cameras in Historic Place obviously, very little progress in north korea, i said to my staff a couple of weeks ago, the president will do something to regain, to come near and dear to news cycle, dominated by the two nights of democratic debates and by the news that Robert Mueller is going to testify for a couple of house committees on july 17th, there was a huge buildup over that and its going to be a massive tv spectacle, of course, but what surprised me about all the media is mueller made very clear, he said in one appearance he will not go beyond whats actually in his report, he will try to be dull and bureaucratic as former fbi director, liberals have a sense that if you read through report that would be a game changer because most people havent read the report. Having Robert Mueller sitting there on camera answering questions even if he answers them the way he has answered them a million times before, it is an image that the American People have not seen or internalized yet and thats powerful just as the president standing up there shaking hands with north korea. When he came to press release, press conference first time that we heard from him, we did see media bounce of that, we could see that again. Could turn out to be disappoint with all the press buildup, thanks very much for coming by this sunday ahead the white house has new press secretary, how will stephanie deal with reporters and later, the media highlighted awful conditions of children at the border, some outlets going into add have been cri. What . What . . What . laughing what . . What . what . [crash] what . haha, it happens. And if youve got cutrate car insurance, paying for this could feel like getting robbed twice. So get allstate. And be better protected from mayhem. 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