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The women running for president. everyone knows more than ever before. take a look how this gender issue comes up sometimes on the trail. >> a record number of women, winning in the midterms and yet today, "the new york times" is reporting some top democrats are still asking the question, can a woman be elected president. >> are you sick of all -- >> i think joe biden would be a great running mate as vice president. he's proven he knows how to do the job. >> kamala aggressive and prosecutorial sense. i don't know if he's likable. >> democrat women felt they should vote for a man this time. wha...

He's out of here. about your party? >> announcer: this is cnn and that he is now saying, will breaking news. hurd is saying i want to help >> welcome to "the lead." change the republican party to i'm jake tapper. we begin with breaking news in the politics lead. make it look more like america. a major embarrassment and defeat how is he going to do that? for president trump. that is my big question. what do you do with this party forced to give up his choice for that is becoming more and more the next director of national white male? intelligence. >> because the gender issue is a on sunday via ...

Against german immigrants. we see that going back with the chinese exclusion act, with eastern and southern europeans. today latin americans are the face of it. you see how he's attacking these women with that immigration sub text. i would label it zeno phobia and layer on top of it the gender issue. these are young women. and finally the race issue. these are women of color. so this is something that is very powerful. it's very powerful in terms of how both sides feel that, how the democratic party feels that. and then also it is very powerful for his base because his base does not like what ...

I think she would be amazing. is this relevant to the fact that she has been sort of flat lining in the polls? >> i don't know. i think the voters get to decide whatever issue they want to determine whether this candidate is acceptable for them. in this case, i wonder if this is not some sort of gender issue because the same issue i remember when hillary clinton ran they felt she was too strong. >> the word soft is a flag. >> exactly. >> it happened in 2008 and 2016 when she decided to run as a grandmother for hillary clinton. if you look at kamala harris's record as a prosecutor she scares. j...

Doorstep. joining us now, cnn national correspondent athena jones. athena, gillibrand is now one of six women who've jumped into this 2020 race in the democratic field. how is she trying to distinguish herself when it comes to gender issues? >> she's running unabashedly on gender issue, only one of the women who's highlighted the issues so much. she's put it front and center. she made her announcement talking about herself as a young mom willing to fight for other people's kids as hard as she'll fight for her own. so she's continuing in that theme focusing on issues like equal pay, paid family...