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Transcripts for CNN Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer 20190820 22:33:00

Than joe is, but you have to look at who s going to win this election. and maybe you have to swallow a little bit and say okay, i sort of personally like so-and-so better. but your bottom line has to be that we have to beat trump. the electability push comes as a new cnn national poll shows the majority of democratic voters want a candidate with the best chance of beating president trump. while 39% say it s more important for a candidate to share their views on issues. in the overall race, the new cnn survey has biden now with a double-digit lead over his closest rivals. as bernie sanders and elizabeth warren battle it out for second place. pete buttigieg and kamala harris both coming in at 5%, marking a 12-point dip for the california senator since june. warren today honing in on the issue of criminal justice. releasing a plan that would repeal the 1994 crime bill. a measure biden helped to write. ....

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Transcripts for CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper 20190820 20:16:00

Have to look at what who is going to win this election and maybe you have to swallow a little bit and say i personally like so and so better, but your bottom line has to be that we have to beat trump. reporter: the electability push comes as a new cnn national poll shows that the majority of democratic voters want a candidate with the best chance of beating president trump. while 39% say it is more important for a candidate to share their views on issues. in the overall race, the new cnn survey has biden maintaining his perch at the top of the democratic field. the former vice president with a double-digit lead over his rivals. as bernie sanders and elizabeth warren battle it out for second place. pete buttigieg and kamala harris both coming in at 5%. marking a 12-point dip for the california senator since june. warren today honing in on the issue of criminal justice, releasing a plan that would repeal the 1994 crime bill. ....

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Transcripts for CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper 20190820 20:22:00

Fascinating in this poll is we saw kamala harris dip 12 points between june and this most recent polling in august after the last debate. warren and sanders stayed steady. it shows how soft her support is. it is diffused and nowhere. there wasn t one candidate that went up so much because of kamala harris. you ve seen that little bit with bernie and elizabeth warren. the support kind of teeter-totter between the two of them. she had that moment but it doesn t have a staying power because it is early. and she s not someone that voters know it says in the poll she s one of i think the top two candidates that voters want to know more about. so there is still time and room but surely she didn t solidify that support behind her after the debate performance. stick around. we re going to tackle isis next. president trump claiming isis is totally defeated. you heard him say it. up next, why his secretary of state now says it s complicated. ....

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