jim mclaughlin, thank you for joining us. what did you think last night?was dark at times and uninspiring. i was shocked how negative the debate become among the democrats and it is still early to be that negative. they went after each other hard. heather: was there any movement in terms of the top three, the democratic front-runners, biden, worn and overworked, will anything shift? >> that poll is an outlier, that is one of the few polls that is in single digits. the other thing to look at his the quinnipiac national poll, the recent polls, iowa and new hampshire where the primary will start, the race is a statistical tie in joe biden, elizabeth warren and bernie sanders. i made the argument that elizabeth warren. heather: i was surprised they didn't go after him a little more last night. what about narrowing the field? the next debate in ohio, how quickly will this be narrowed down? who goes first? >> it is interesting. i feel bad for amy klobuchar. a lot of people, middle americans say she is a good job but the moderates don't seem to be doing well in t

jim mclaughlin is here breaking down the top 10 the count up next.her: donald trump passes victory in 2016, several battleground states from democrats. can he have a repeat performance in 2020? here to break down ten key counties the president should target is pollster jim mclaughlin. thank you for joining us, we appreciate it. let's take a look at all the counties we are talking about it there was an article in the hill that brought up specifically these counties and we want your taken we will begin with the new hanover county in north carolina. what about this one, wise at one to watch? >> a fun fact, michael jordan and lera trump were both born, it is down by the beach, part of wilmington. the interesting part, pretty solid republican over the last few years and we all know how close north carolina was last time. donald trump won it but didn't win by the margin he would have won, an important county to watch. what you have is a lot of folks, your urban core in wilmington but also a lot of folks moving from up north coming down here. a lot of retir