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But it can't be where it ends. i want to say to michael's point, as well, when he's talking about 60% of people agreeing with the hyde amendment, if you ask the question, if you say, you know, should women who are poor, women of low income have access to reproductive health care, should have access to reproductive rights, they will overwhelmingly say yes. that's in battleground states they'll say yes. it depends on how you ask the question. i think the american people are more where the democrats are on this issue than -- than the position that he's describing. >> you want to weigh in on that?...

Time, you got ten candidates on stage, you have a brief amount of time to make the case for why you. this is the moment to do that. so you need to be ready to make that case effectively. it has to feel authentic. it has to come from where you are, and you have to do it in fronts. a whole lot -- in front of a whole lot of people. >> i think you effectively made your case there. thanks to julie, jake, and michael. please stick around, by the way. we're 17 days, as i mentioned, from the first presidential debate of the election cycle. june 26th, june 27th, in miami. primetime event will be broa...

Leverage in this situation brilliantly. >> brilliantly, michael? your thoughts? >> yeah. i think that's sloikt right. as a -- salt lake rigthat's ex-. i think he's the president of the narrative, saw a bod bad story and wanted to change it. whether it was supporters saying they wouldn't have been agreed to if it weren't for the president's focus on removing border security, from the president's point of view, we're talking about his efforts to improve border security and protect the american people from this threat. i think it's a win for the president in terms of controlling the narrative and...

This while he was in europe. he wasn't even a part of it. the big question for the administration officials was, if they reached this deal, would it be enough for the president to accept it given his hard-line rhetoric on this topic. and eventually, you know, it appears, you know, looking at what was agreed to, this is stuff that was talking about, the administration had been talking about for months, and it seems like the president chose to save face here considering how much blow back he was getting from capitol hill, the business community, and decided to take the easy way out for now. but ...

>> and we are told that the -- that biden plans to be there on tuesday. he will make it to the hawkeye state after all. right in the middle of it all. let's break down where the race stands now and what we can glean from the poll numbers. here with me is michael stooefl, former spokesperson for house speaker john bany, the democratic political consultant, and former obama administration official. we'll start in studio 3a with julia. you see the poll numbers. what do you glean from that? >> i glean from that that name vision paramount this early on. but i would say to joe biden, if he wants to ...