walter of the cook political report along with "washington post" coumnist jonathan capehart, and eliana johnson, editor in chief of the washington freebie con and i welcome all of you to our coverage tckight. a quord first from yamiche and lisa, yamiche, what is the trump campaign hoping comes from this debate with the vice president? >> well, the vice president is going to be delivering not a more brash defense of the trump administration but she going to be divering a verydefense, a very point, poignant defense of that he is the head of the coronavirus task force so talk a lot about what they think they did right and alsgoing to be maki the point the black livestt protesters is out of hand, african-american business owners whose business was picture and destroyed during the protests after george floyd's death. >> woodruff: and, lisa, what about the biden harris what are they looking for? >> .. the biden campaign is trying to manage expectations today saying pence can be a vy smooth operator when it comes to delivery, but, you know, harris has mre recent debate experience and what the biden ca