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jeff greenfield.se, there was a second debate that was far more civilized and showed the spol se policy differences f both of these men in a much clearer light. it is a significant moment in campaign, that history will remem perhaps not kindly. jeff greenfield, thank you for that. >> woodruff: i'm judy woodruff, welcome back to our 2020.it is now 11:00 pm in . polls have now closed in four more states and we can call some winners. joe biden is call the winner in the state of california, the golden state with the golden prize of 55 electoral votes. not a surprise at all but reassuring to the democrats they didn't have much of a contest in the state of california. in idaho where the pos have also just closed, we are calling innald trump the wr in idaho, the ge get state. that was -- gem state. won in 2016. four electoral votes going to president trump. the oregon the beaver state joe biden the winner. hillary clinton won in 2016 by 11 points. so again not a suprise. oregon is a democratic state. and in

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learn mo at consumercellular.tv >> i'm back with jeff greenfield and we're looking at key moments in the presidential campaign. jeff, soon after biden became the presumptive non-knee, he made promise -- nominee, he made a promise listen me. >> i will in fact appoint a, pick a woman to be vice president. there are a number of women who are qualified to be president tomorrow, i will pick a woman to be my vi president. >> so after months of vetting he selects california senator h kamaris to be his running mate. she was a rival of his during the primary. but jeff what was the strgya behind biden announcing he would share the ticket with woman. >> the democratic party has known for sometime the only way to win elections is with women votes. there's a gender gap over the last couple decad that's now the side of the grand canyon. so the idea of two men on the ticket was just politically a non-starter for the democrats and that i think explain whyo he'se something most nominees don't do. they like to leave that wide open. biden has been telling from the on the ticket.ing to be a woman when y

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jeff greenfield, thank you as well.presidents, this morning, i'm going to be talking about my new book "saving freedom: truman, the cold war and fight for civilization" during today's digital salt talks that kicks off around 11:00 a.m. on wednesday, i'm going to be with the commonwealth club at 3:00 p.m. eastern. find out more information at our site joe.msnbc.com. >>> elise jordan, i am curious, elise, what your thoughts are on what joe biden can learn from eisenhower or what joe biden can learn from some of the people that you've worked with in the white house. >> well, as evan pointed out, eisenhower had self-confidence. he had won world war ii. he didn't need to prove himself. he didn't need to win over the media and court the media's every mood and whim. and joe biden would be well served to also take some of that attitude of working to practice himself what needs to be done versus listening to the -- and abiding by the outside chorus, really in direct contrast to donald trump listening and taking his cues from fox

i remember jeff greenfield saying, brian, there is something worse than a lie. there is a delusion.e lying, you know it. when you are delusional, you don't. he wanted to remind me there is something more dangerous than a liar. someone who is delusional. what do you see happening with the trump white house? is it delusion? is that what's happening? my next guest says that the president's behavior, the out going's attacks against the election integrity are attacks on reality itself. jonathan rasch wrote this in 2018. he called it the constitution of knowledge. he is now turning it into a book. he joins me now, senior fellow at the brookings institution. jonathan, delusion, i have been afraid -- not afraid. i have been sensitive about using that word, cautious about using that word in the trump years, not wanting to assume i know what's going on in the president's head. what could ydo you see? is delusion a fair word for these election lies? >> no, actually, i don't think it is. it's hard to know, brian, what's going on in the mind of the president, but you don't really need to. what y

people -- you know, we -- there's a clip in the new reagan documentary where jeff greenfield suggests day joe biden might be president of the united states, and walter cronkite responds by laughing and says, well, okay, enough there. well, you look at harry truman. this is a guy that was -- when he came to washington, d.c., was dismissed as a strange little man by historian and the top political columnist. when he was selected by fdr to be vice president, it was mocked as a second missouri compromise. "time" magazine called him a mousey little man from missouri. "the new york times" called him a rube and the insults continued even after he was president. to err is truman is something that democrats and republicans alike said. and it's so funny. you talk about your aunt who loved harry truman. i write in the book about my family who were southern democrats. they got through the great depression in rural georgia, in dalton, georgia, because of fdr and the new deal. they worshipped fdr. and i remember asking my mom what she thought of harry truman when i started -- after i visited the tr