warren: oh, yeah.g down in houston, i found what was then a commuter college about 45 minutes away that cost $50 a semester, and for a price i could pay for on a part-time waitressing job, i finished a four-year diploma, and i became a special-needs teacher. i have lived my dream job. there it is. there it is. [cheers and applause] sen. warren: yep. so i love that we are doing -- do we have any special needs teachers here? oh, we do. we have bunches. fabulous. so, back me up on this. this is not a job. this is a calling. i loved my kids. i had four to six-year-olds, principally, and i can still remember their faces. i would probably still be doing that work today, but my story has a couple of more twists to it, and here comes the next twist. by the end of the first year, i was visibly pregnant, and the principal did what principals did in those days, wished me luck and hired someone else for my job. ok. so now i am at home. i have got a baby. i cannot get a job. what am i going to do? and the answer is

warren: i never wavered. always knew this is what i wanted to do, but by the time i graduated from high school, my family did not have money for a college application much less sending me off to the four years of university so i could be a teacher, so like many, i o not have a straight path story. mine has some twists and turns it. here is how my story goes. i graduated from high school and got a scholarship in debate. yay. then, at 19, fell in love, got married, dropped out, and got a job, not exactly the plan, but, you know, i picked it. it was my decision, but i thought it meant i would never get to teach, and then i found t. we are living down in houston at this point. oh, yeah. living down in houston, i found what was then a commuter college about 45 minutes away that cost $50 a semester, and for a price i could pay for on a part-time waitressing job, i finished a four-year diploma, and i became a special-needs teacher. i have lived my dream job. there it is. there it is. sen. warren: yes, so i love that

warren: wow! [cheers and applause] sen. warren: this is amazing. ok. thank you.ello, new hampshire democrats. [cheers and applause] sen. warren: ok. ok. thank you. this means the world to me. [cheers and applause] sen. warren: i never thought i would get into politics, but the first lesson i learned is no one does this on their own. so, thank you to every volunteer, every organizer, every doorknocker, every phone banker, every five dollars donor. thank you from the bottom of my heart. this is how we build a movement. [cheers and applause] sen. warren: and thank you to our chair, ray buckley, who makes it happen every day. and my great partner in the united states senate, maggie hassan and jeanne shaheen. go, jeanne. [cheers and applause] sen. warren: so, i grew up out in oklahoma in a paycheck-to-paycheck family. i have had the same dream since second grade. i wanted to be a public school teacher. there it is. my path was a little bumpy. my family did not have any money. i dropped out of school at 19 and got married, but my big chance was what was then a communit

warren lobbies hard for support.ly in the white house. >> she made a very strong case for why this should be a priority for president obama. and it certainly seemed that the idea was consistent with president obama's view, which is that we are there to look out for the consumer. >> obama makes it a central part of his financial reform package. >> we're proposing a new and powerful agency charged with just one job, looking out for ordinary consumers. >> while street doesn't like it, nor do many in congress. >> this is an agency that will put no in innovation. >> warren works closely with congressman barney frank who steers the reforms through the house. >> she fully understood both the political restraints and the need to work around them rather than simply stamp your foot and hold your breath and hope they go away. >> she was doing a campaign both inside and washington and beyond it. >> what i heard the president saying on the consumer financial protection agency is it's not going down. >> and in the process, charms

warren: yep. "2/10"]chanting sen. warren: here's how it works.r first $50 million, free and clear -- [cheers] sen. warren: said some of you. million and first dollar, you have to pitch in to sense, and two cents for every dollar after that. two cents. [cheers and applause] this hits the top 1/10 of 1% of great fortunes in this country. and what can we do with two cents? we could do universal childcare for every baby in this country. [cheers and applause] sen. warren: universal pre-k for every three-year-old and four-year-old in this country. who's in? [cheers and applause] of. warren: raise the wages every childcare worker in preschool teacher in this country. two cents! [cheers and applause] sen. warren: we can do all of that, and we can make technical school, community college, and four-year college free for anyone who wants an education. two cents! [cheers and applause] and we can be real about leveling the playing field. $15 billion into our historically black colleges and universities. two cents! [cheers and applause] sen. warren: and just o

these poll numbers show elizabeth warren. >> elizabeth warren inching closer to joe biden, the former vice president sits at 31% he's up five points since july warren only six points behind at 25%. vermont senator bernie sanders a distant third with 14% in this poll, and most notably perhaps senator kamala harris has fallen eight points since july. she sits in fifth place with 5% of the vote. biden reaches almost 50% support among black voters, while 28% of white voters back warren's run a third of young voters say they support sanders with warren following as a close second in that group, whereas almost 50% of voters over 65 back joe biden. liberal democratic voters overwhelmingly support the massachusetts senator's run at 36% for warren while more than 40% of moderate and conservative democrats polled say they back the former vice president. when it comes to the amount of change democratic voters want to see, a majority who want to see large scale change say they back warren's run for the white house, and of those who prefer small scale change 43% support biden. meanwhile, warren ho

that's the best thing warren has is that.o do biden's work for him on warren thank you all. that's all we have for tonight we'll be back tomorrow with "meet the press daily. "the beat with ari melber" starts now >> great to have you what a big day in washington, sir. we're going to get into it talk to you soon, chuck. >>> we begin with the fallout from the democrats first impeachment probe hearing with a trump witness. house democrats calling their first official witness in this impeachment probe of potential obstruction of justice by the president of the united states, donald trump, marking today as kind of an inflection point in the battle over accountability for what democrats say are trump's crimes in office there were fireworks as corey lewandowski seized on this star turn today to battle, filibuster and at times openly taunt house democrats at this hearing.

warren's down to 10.hat's the ideological divide between these two that are in this two-point race. >> fascinating. but when it comes to enthusiasm among democratic caucusgoers, we are looking at numbers there. and what voters see as the most important quality for the winner of iowa caucuses. >> you know, alex, enthusiasm is everything, especially in an organizing state like iowa where you have to get people out on a monday night in the dead of winter. and right now warren backers are super energized. 32% of them call themselves extremely enthusiastic. that's only 22% among biden backers. then we combine everyone else, all the other supporters combined for the other candidates. and it's at 39%. it's overall an enthusiastic electorate. but warren has a clear advantage here over biden in terms of the enthusiasm that we are seeing. now you mentioned also what are democrats looking for? we've seen this in poll after poll, nationally and in io. they want somebody who has the best chance to defeat donald trump.

>> the warren part. what shows when she goes up against joe biden is her consistent unwillingness to admit that her plan, her medicare for all plan, which is actually bernie sanders' plan, would raise taxes on the middle class and she cannot say that outright. it's the reason that this debate has dominated the beginning of every single democratic debate we've had thus far. her answer is that, yes, it will raise taxes on the middle class but the net effect of you paying less for your health care means this won't be as problematic as it might seem. she has to trust americans to digest that on their own but she won't say it. >> i actually agree with both of you. first of all, i think elizabeth warren is a really good debater. i think she's poised. i think she's strong. i think she both has, she can take the fight but also, as you said, an excellent sympathizer of the progressive youth -- >> a lot smoother. >> by the way, she's a lot smoother than joe biden in these settings. i mean, kamala harris is very go

senator elizabeth warren. [applause and cheers] ♪ ♪ [applause and cheers] [chanting "warren"] thank you, maurice, and can we hear it for state senator biondi and the family woman -- and the assemblywoman? hello, new york. [applause and cheers] some of you know this. i never thought i would get in the politics, not in one million years. but when i got into this fight, i quickly found out, nobody makes it on their own. if you are going to make any kind of progress in this country, you need allies who know how to fight and more importantly, you need allies who know how to win. party hasg families been on the front lines of fighting for racial and economic justice and building a grassroots movement to elect the next iteration, and i am honored to have their support. [applause and cheers] tonight, with all of you as witnesses, i am going to make a promise. that is when i am in the white house, working families will have a champion. [applause and cheers] , and thanku, maurice you, working families party. when so man

warren and biden tied statistically but warren on top in iowa. how does that change the race? >> well, it changes the race because it confirms i think what we've seen anecdotally in the early states, the energy around warren's campaign is very real. she's not the policy wonk that i think a lot of people thought she would be. she's warm and engaging and it shows that biden as a front-runner really is fragile. it's something we've been talking about for several months and i think it is a real thing. the other thing that hasn't changed is that the people below warren and biden, with the exception of maybe bernie sanders, are really struggling to find a foothold here and time is starting to run out. we are into the fall and the caucuses are within sight and one of them is going to have to find a way to make a move. >> on the one hand, 19 weeks is a long time and on the other hand it's not a long time. you have halloween and thanksgiving and christmas and then you're going to have a blur. among those who describe themselves as very liberal voters in iowa, this is the greatest stren

to some extent the same with warren.the beginning, the perception has been that biden's strength is this perception that he is best positioned to defeat donald trump, and why is that? the idea is that he is more moderate, that he can appeal more in the rust belt states with middle america. he has taken some more positions on the left that has damaged that a bit, so the more he can stick out that moderate lane, there is no doubt he is in a better position come november. i thought the first part of that debate was very positive for vice president biden, when he pushed the idea, medicare for all, what is it going to cost? he kept going back to that again and again. i think the viewers were left with the impression, this guy is going to be more pragmatic, moderate, more realistic. i think that is a wise strategy for him to stick to. love tos genie knows, i talk about the midwest. generally perceived that vice president biden has something of an advantage with workers. elizabethny way that warren can appeal to these people? i

we're waiting to see if warren responds. a new cnn poll shows biden still leading the pack by a smaller margin before. his lead is largely fueled by support from black voters. >>> in other news, the trump administration announcing plans to ban the sale of most flavored e-cigarettes to curb the teen vaping e ining epidemic problem u.s. there's a lot to cover this morning. let's begin with cnn's athena jones. she's live in houston with a preview of tonight's debate. >> reporter: good morning, alisyn. well, it's debate night once again. this time it's one night only. all top ten candidates appears for the first time on the stage together. who's on that stage? klobuchar, buttigieg, biden, warren, harris, o'rourke, castro. as for what to watch. we know that biden is still going to be a top target as the clear front runner. he could find himself on defense over his gaffes, his statements, his record. but elizabeth warren is also going to be a target. we haven't seen any land any punches on her in the last two debates. but she's on

he doesn't know garrett warren.ctives kept after quiroz, they knew who ordered the hit wanted garrett dead because here's one more twist, the postmark on the note is in after the shooting, meaning it's not so much a hit note as a note explaining to someone how to go back and finish the job. >> it's a rehit if you want to call it that. >> that finish the job note started to unravel the mystery. that was really kind of what broke the case open. that was quite frankly the lifeline we had on this case. >> the one unavoidable piece of evidence that finally cracked miguel quiroz. >> finally he admits he was one of the middle men. >> miguel quiroz admits while he wasn't the shooter, he was in on the plot and he was caught by his own carelessness. >> he explained the hit note had been sent directly to him, that he had put it under the spare tire in the trunk of his car and literally he said, he had forgotten about it. >> the reason you end up finding that hit note under the spare tire in the trunk of mr. quiroz's car was th

warren clearly in second place and notably do the math here elizabeth warren closer to first place in this poll, closer to biden than she is to sanders so we have warren attaining some separation from sanders. let's see if that keeps up in other polls that come out. also, why is warren surging right now? two things there is, if you did sort of a invento ven diagram of warren and sanders support, there's been some overlap to the extent that overlap exists, warren now seems to be getting the better of it from sanders also this, kamala harris, remember earlier this summer polls had her moving up closer to 20% after that first debate, all the way down to just 5% in our new poll and warren seems to be the main beneficiary of kamala harris' slide. so that's why she's at 25% there. this, i think, an important divide to keep an eye on we talk about this a lot white voters, look at this elizabeth warren now leading, 28%-27% over biden among white voters black voters, different story. again, biden continues to be far ahead here warren now actually moving into double digits. we haven't seen her

warren a beneficiary of this in terms of is there a path forward for elizabeth warren here? give me a sense of what it looks like by doing a demographic comparison this is a racial breakdown among white democratic voters, elizabeth warren in our poll is actually if first place now. i see a point ahead of joe biden, sanders back there among 14%. among africa americans, biden, this is his source of strength two things i would draw your attention to here. number 1 is warren is in 2nd place among black voters a distant 2nd place, obviously but this is better than she has been doing we are seeing a few months ago, 3, 4, 5% for warren. now she's in double digits if that's the start of a trend for her, that would be encouraging for her. the other thing is this, katy, think of the order, think of the schedule, it's not a national priority think of the schedule of conflicts next year. it starts where? in iowa and new hampshire, two overwhelming white states. we've seen polling in iowa and new hampshire that shows warren certainly in striking distance in those states. if warren was ab

biden criticizing warren for that. we could hear tonight, saying in effect, plans are good, rhetoric is good but results is more important. warren shoot back saying, you've got to started with a plan so you know what you are fighting for. so that is certainly something we will be focused on. what's striking is, as you look at these polls, this is still a pretty night race. the latest national poll shows biden at 24%, warren at 18, and sanders within the margin of error at 17%. those are your top three. no one else polls in double digits. a lot to watch for as things get started here on a humid day in houston. >> peter alexander in a humid houston oopsz for for us. let's bring in mark leibovich and soeft professor of political science christina greer. mark, i'll start with you. are we expecting more fireworks tonight or this fresh overture of unity to continue among the democrats? >> i think -- look, it's hard to know. i think there are a number of ways this could go. this is the first debate in which there will be a si

, warren, warren, warren warren, warren, warren, warren >> 2020 is about the direction our america goes just for four years, but for generations to come. and yeah, there's a lot at stake in this election and i know, people are scared. but we can't choose a candidate we don't believe in just because we're too scared to do anything else and democrats can't win if we're scared and looking backward. we win when we meet the moment we win when we stand up for what is right we win when we get out there and fight. i am not afraid. and you can't be afraid either so if you're ready to fight, then join me >> senator warren last night at the biggest campaign event of her campaign thus far. joining us now for the interview is senator warren. senator, great to see you. >> it's good to be here. >> i keep expecting you to be hoarse. >> no. >> you're fine. >> no, i'm fine. >> i have to ask you about the selfie line. i realize you stay afterwards and take pictures with everybody that wants a picture taken with you. last night at that event it was like four hours? >> yep, a little over. >> i assume this i

but the warren piece of it, dana basically saying warren is going to be warren. to my eye, warren is probably the best debater in this field. she's got a game plan going in, always. she sticks to her plans. she's quick on her feet. she has snappy one-liners. so listen, biden, if you want it with warren you better be able to bring it. you better be able to be as quick on your feet in a snappy and as knowledgeable about your plans and her plans and be able to articulate them in a synced way. >> it's a mishegas, no matter what. there is not a lot of time, and there is a bunch of folks on that stage who this may be the last time they're on that stage, and they want to stay. >> definitely if you're one of the people who aren't in the top tier, you're going to want to go after somebody in the top tier to try to get into some sort of viral moment with them. but i do think what you just brought up is what i'm thinking about is this idea of biden going after warren and jeff zeleny reported earlier that he has been studying her plans. and i was thinking i don't know if tha

warren: i never wavered.lways knew this is what i wanted to do, but by the time i graduated from high school, my family did not have money for a college application much less sending me off to the four years of university so i could be a teacher, so like many, i do not have a straight path story. mine has some twists and turns it. here is how my story goes. i graduated from high school and got a scholarship in debate. yay. then, at 19, fell in love, got married, dropped out, and got a , but,ot exactly the plan you know, i picked it. it was my decision, but i thought it meant i would never get to teach, and then i found it. we are living down in houston at this point. oh, yeah. living down in houston, i found what was then a commuter college about 45 minutes away that cost $50 a semester, and for a price i could pay for on a part-time waitressing job, i finished a four-year diploma, and i became a special needs teacher. i have lived my dream job. there it is. there it is. [cheers and applause] love thatn: yes,

white voters, warren and biden are splitting it 23% for warren, 21% for biden and sanders at 15%.o those african-american voters are critical for joe biden. >> we've seen democratic polls that electability is more important than find aig candidate they agree with on most issues. what does this poll show about who do they think is most electable. >> that is a majority position for democrats. 55% if you look here of democrats say the strong chance of beating donald trump is what they're looking for in a candidate. just 39% say they're looking for somebody who shares their position on the issues. among that 55%, the ones who want a trump defeater, if you will, take a look at this. elizabeth warren on the rise. last month among this group she was at 15%. now she's all the way up to 21%. you see joe biden is on the decline here and bernie sanders a little bit on the decline. this is really important. elizabeth warren making some strides, jake, on the electability score. and one other note about voter enthusiasm. look at this. 45% of democrats now tell us they are extremelyin -- extreme

it's biden, warren and sanders. there's no one breaking out of single digits. >> that was congressman seth boulton after he dropped out of race for the white house last month. 20 candidates still in the race. our new poll show the top three breaking away from the pack. a political headline earlier this week declared it's now biden, warren, sanders and everyone else. we asked 538 ea's nates's nate t nlsenobody is voting until febr. if you're poling in the low single digits right now, i have bad news for you. you are probably toast. according to our analysis in the past 40 years jimmy carter in 1976 was the only candidate to be polling at less than 5% and win the nomination. for kamala harris and pete buttigieg things are more viable. harris has raised a fair amount of money. she has the second most endorsements in the field after joe biden. if biden were to lose support among black voters, she might capitalize. for buttigieg, he has a big war chest and strong favorability ratings. don't forget john kerry and bill cli

he says warren is a hypocrite. yes, in this campaign she's decided to swear off big money, but in the past she's taken and loved that money. former governor of big state, big biden surrogate. is he speaking for the candidate when he says warren is a hypocrite? >> is biden going to use that information? and on the other hand, is elizabeth warren going to attack biden because of what reynolds said and the time they had. just to the earlier point as to whether there will be fireworks between them, i think there's no question there will be somehow. also from other candidates. frankly, warren has been so much on the rise, somebody has to put a stop to it. people are running out of money. >> she's been shielded from that criticism from other candidates so far. that hasn't really been their method of attack yet. they haven't focused in on her. that could happen tonight not just from joe biden but other candidates on the stage. what will be interesting is howie lizbeho how elizabeth warren and bernie sanders handle it. the

this spells great news for elizabeth warren.ast week, we were talking just last sunday about how elizabeth warren received the biggest round of applause at the cbc and the cbc phoenix awards dinner has been a gauge for me for the last number of years when it comes to presidential candidates and the black community. she has got the black community supporting her but joe biden wasn't there. now let's see how the nation reacts and see if this is a continuation. we need to talk about joe biden. his numbers are slipping. last week the biden camp is saying but he is winning, he is winning. no matter the gaffes and could be taking a toll. for elizabeth warren to be up over joe biden right now say a lot. elizabeth warren is now the person that they are going to be swiping out and more attacks on her. there is blood in the water for joe biden but there is also going to be attack now on elizabeth warren more so than ever before. >> let's turn to this discussion over impeachment. congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez tweeted this, one of

where there's been overlap, warren seems to be getting the better of sanders.nother reason warren has been able to do this, right here kamala harris, falling all the way back to 5% 5% for kamala harris in this remember after that first debate a couple of months ago, there were national polls that had kamala harris moving up to striking distance of joe biden right now. she's all the way back to 5% warren it appears has been a major beneficiary of harris's slide back you've got biden in the lead you've got warren in 2nd you've only got three candidates in double digits, a couple of major divides. number one, it continues to be race white voters take a look at this elizabeth warren in first place among joe biden with white voters if you break that down further, white college educated, warren running away with it noncollege, biden's biggest source of strength continues to be african-american voters warren, though, that has not always been this high. double digits for warren be black voters that's not always the case age is a major divide. sanders in first, andrew y

of warren and sanders. they are surprisingly different coalitions when you look at the demographics but there has been some overlap and it looks like the warren is getting the better of sanders when it comes to that. the other thing, it's kamala harris, kamala harris sliding all the way back to 5% after she had that moment in the first debate her poll numbers seemed to start taking off after that. here we are, back down to 5% warren appears to be the big beneficiary of that. there's also a race divide here, racial divide. warren now leading in this poll among white voters she is a point ahead of joe biden among white voters on the democratic side. it continues to be african-american voters who are biden's biggest source of strength he leads with 49%. notably, by the way, warren is in second place, a very distant second place but warren was back in single digits, 3%, 4%, 5% with black voters now she's at 13, in double digits if that's the start of the trend, that could be important it's the age gap, we've be

are you guys nearly that parish are in warren? --bearish on warren? >> i think that they run a smart campaign. i think she is an awkward candidate, i agree without all of the name-calling that jeff has done. is coming into her -- comfortable in her skin a lot more. a lot of her stuff that she did was craft, contrived and awkward, but it is better. it is better and at the end of the day, americans want to elect a president they feel like they can have a beer with and identify with. if you look back historically, it is always the candidate that is more relatable, even neither one of them are relatable. hillary clinton was more awkward than donald trump. if you wanted someone over at europe house he wanted the crazy guy. she was, who is she? her problem is going to be at the end of the day, can she be more relatable? and comfortable in her own skin and trump, i do not think the blowout thing. do nots and demographics line up for 40 states anymore. they just do not. tim: i want to get to you on this. these guys have both talked style and handicapping warr

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other proposals are elizabeth warren's private equity tax.onight at the debate you will hear a lot of proposals and they will have to be ready for it. david: it is interesting when you talk about the debate tonight, it is interesting why bernie sanders and elizabeth warren want to say why they want to have this tax. what democrat will stand up and say that is not a good idea? kirsten: we are seeing the democrats divide into two camps. a vocal progressive camp. joe biden might be on the other side, more moderate. he seems to be espousing a more pragmatic proposal, recognizing the country is very divided. we are seeing the democrats splintering off into two camps. david: is a fascinating and important issue. and presciently bringing it to us. that is kirsten wegner. still ahead, smile direct club goes public. investors do not have reason to smile. why the dental company opened lower. that is next and this is bloomberg. ♪ david: you are watching "balance of power." i am david westin. time for the stock of the hour, smile direct club. it opened l

people don't know elizabeth warren. drive theshould do is policy piece on the socialism, left of center, extreme aspect of her agenda and the impact it will have. blue-collar workers in those states, michigan, pennsylvania and wisconsin. i think they will have a helluva time winning wisconsin. andally think michigan pennsylvania, if they can do that effectively, the mathematics for them improved tremendously. campaigns matter. they've got more money, they are doing more voter contact. she is going to need to walk in and remake the democratic party overnight to run the grassroots operation necessary to win when we already have one foot in the door in my opinion. >> i want to talk about those states and warns appeal. i think there is a bit of a disconnect. on the one hand, she is a liberal college professor and that's how she has been painted by republicans over the years. >> she is viewed that's the way she -- she is. that's the way she sells herself. she is for socialized medicine and is a college professor. >> but she

warren, biden, sanders. so the issue there is if you are biden and don't win iowa and lose it to sanders. or lose is to warren, you are in danger of going 0 for 2. with the exception of bill clinton in '92, that's a big exception. because iowa didn't really count that year, no democratic nominee has ever gotten the nomination without winning one of the first two. continue that, nevada also not a guarantee. back to you, brian. >> all right. >> steve -- >> >> you know what happens, then your -- older african-american voters are watching. there is not a lot of trust among a lot of african-americans. they're waiting to see who wins the two states. if biden loses one of those, that support is paper thin. >> we have chris matthews standing by. you had a physical reaction to steve kornacki's question. i'll let you get on the record. >> i just think this idea -- everyone is just going on and on. if biden collapses, when biden collapses, all of this stuff. he has been the one in the cross hairs from the beginning of

news, elizabeth warren will be so funny. you know what will happen. >> it will be awesome. kennedy: elizabeth warren will could nominee, and lose and stand over this huge pile of trash that is democrat party, and you see one tear. just one tear. >> when is hillary clinton not old news. she cannot wait for elizabeth warren to lose. kennedy: all right. thank you panel, nice to see you, michael, doug, great work. >> and chris. >> 2020 fun does not stop, most polls show joe biden with a strong lead over his fellow democrats, but that does not mean he is comfortable, sleepo joe's allies are growing nervous. of elizabeth warren, and her campaign has a lot of enthusiasm and biden's electability taking a bit, one person biden is not worried about dumb cory booker. booker is in 4 place, and his home state of new jersey. so doesed by ven reason to worry? when are wanna-bees going to bow out. with we new tom bevin is back. >> held low. kennedy: what do the -- averages show you. >> biden has lead, september 14 his lead slipped under 10

are you guys nearly that parish are in warren? --bearish on warren? >> i think that they run a smart campaign. i think she is an awkward candidate, i agree without all of the name-calling that jeff has done. is coming into her -- comfortable in her skin a lot more. a lot of her stuff that she did was craft, contrived and awkward, but it is better. it is better and at the end of the day, americans want to elect a president they feel like they can have a beer with and identify with. if you look back historically, it is always the candidate that is more relatable, even neither one of them are relatable. hillary clinton was more awkward than donald trump. if you wanted someone over at europe house he wanted the crazy guy. she was, who is she? her problem is going to be at the end of the day, can she be more relatable? and comfortable in her own skin and trump, i do not think the blowout thing. do nots and demographics line up for 40 states anymore. they just do not. tim: i want to get to you on this. these guys have both talked style and handicapping warr

because warren is now on the steady rise.oned, not only is biden paying i paying attention to her, also because a lot of the people around him feel as though those to weather, she's been very aggressive in addressing it. it lipg ngers a bit, but it doet come up on the trail. a lot of voters don't mention it as something that bothers them, at least in the democratic primary. >> i'm not so sure that if she continues to rise, some of her opponents bring it up as well. it gets dirty as the campaign gets tighter. there's a big debate tomorrow night. it's the first time you'll have just one stage. elizabeth warren and joe biden together for the first time. the "new york times," they meet at last. it is important. she has been the rising candidate over the summer. biden stabilized after a shaky first debate. he's at the top of the race. if you look at the early state polls he's gettable. are we overhyping this matchup or is it important? >> i think it is important. you have the establishment candidate in biden who's been resilient d

they have seen warren kleiman the polls. -- warren climb in the polls. but i would say this is mostly concerning for bernie sanders. this is where he should be polling well and doing well with these white progressives but he's falling behind warren, he's makinging traction or pathways into the more diverse side. sanders for a while was seen as the runner-up in this race. host: and this is a headline, the d&c set to squeeze the dem debate stage again. here are the details, as the head -- presidential candidates still into fall, they are looking for the most important events of the campaign, as they brace for another round of strict new debate criteria from the d&c which has already -- dnc which has already have the list and could trinket drastically within weeks, even a month in november could spell the end of a number of campaigns hanging onto the debate stage. we saw bill de blasio drop out this past week. guest: this is what tom perez really wanted to see happen over , that there would not be a large number of democratic candidates polling near the ver

which elizabeth warren and bernie sanders do but obviously in their own ways.hink they might be out there, katy. >> i think it's one of the most interesting story lines of the 2020 campaign, hands-down, so far, at least. another interesting story line but not so interesting to me, but interesting is the spat between beto o'rourke and pete buttigieg about how far to go on guns, pete buttigieg thinks beto as gone too far. it's bad policy to stay you should buy back all of the guns. >> there's two issues, first the underlying concept between energizing progressives and trying to appeal to the middle. and pete buttigieg says let's appeal to the middle and bring in voters that we lost in 2016. beto is taking a different attack. that's certainly the dynamic here. but this particular issue stems from last thursday's debate in which beto o'rourke says, yes, we're going to take that and using this process of essentially buying and making people sell their guns to the government. the fascinating thing, it actually polls fairly well, t"te washington post" and abc poll tha

you've got warren in second. you've only got three candidates in double digits we can show you a couple of the major divides in this race number one, it continues to be race white voters, take a look at this elizabeth warren now in first place over joe biden among white voters if you break that down even further, white college-educated, warren running away with it. biden doing a little better non-college. biden's biggest source of strength continues to be african-american voters. warren, though, she has not always been this high. double digits for warren with black voters that's not always been the case. age continues to be a major divide as well look at this under 35 years ld, youngest group, sanders in first. andrew yang ahead of joe biden more voters under 35 supporting andrew yang than the former vice president. but why is biden still ahead overall? look at this older voters, particularly 65-plus, he's running away with it there major divides on race. major divides on age biden still ahead, but warren got to

we've got senator warren here tonight. to ask senator warren tonight after her very, very, very large rally in new york city last night this was quite possibly the biggest rally of the democratic campaign so far this year. senator warren will be joining us here in studio momentito. she's joining us on a day when she's joining us on a day when the democratic-controlled congress held its first hearing setting off the parameters of its impeachment inquiry into president trump which makes today a particularly good day to

john bolton is out trump's approval rating is down and elizabeth warren is now tied with joe biden for the democratic nomination in a newly released poll the political panel weighs in on this edition of. going to politicking on matthew cook in for larry king on tuesday president trump announced via twitter that he was firing the national security adviser john bolton for his part mr bolton claims he quit this plays out as a newly released poll shows donald trump's approval ratings down since mid-summer what path might mr trump take in the coming months to try to improve those numbers and another poll shows senator elizabeth warren climbing into a virtual tie with former vice president joe biden for 1st place in the battle for the 2020 democratic nomination can she maintain her momentum let's turn to the political panel for analysis they are amy holmes political columnist and michael tobin democratic strategist and former senior aide to senator chuck schumer they're both in new york city welcome to the program that pleasure to be with you so let's jump right in and talk about this econom

now we'll see biden and warren going head-to-head.sh between the progressive vision that elizabeth warren and bernie sanders are pushing. and the more pragmatic return to normalcy vision that joe biden is selling. we expect that biden is going to argue that democrats need more than plans to win. they need someone who can get things done and who has proven they can do so by pointing to accomplishments. that more than plans line is seen as a swipe at warren who has made a name for herself as someone who has a plan for everything. we'll also be watching to see if the two progressives on stage, warren and bernie sanders, clash at all or try to differentiate themselves. they've been amicable in the last two debates. and we'll be watching what happens with the middle tier candidates. folks like kamala harris and cory booker, whether they can have a moment. >> and another plan, athena, from elizabeth warren, the thinking is you just lay it out that biden will go over just having a bunch of plans. a new one this morning on a big issue, entitl

elizabeth warren is still trying to get past the pocahontas and the d.n.a. and all this other stuff. campaigns have bad moments. the next question is what are you offering the people? donald trump is going to say all the things about the democratic nominee. the question is: what are you offering people that they want to be out there and be for and they're going to go and rally behind you because of that despite whatever mistakes it is that you've made. i think people are still waiting to hear from kamala harris a concise message about what those things are. >> brennan: michael crowley, sharpie gate? >> thank you for asking. >> brennan: what do we make of it? >> we know the details by now. the president taking a sharpie to his hurricane map and on some level it's a total theater of the absurd. on another, i think it's, you know, encapsulates american politics right now. the president essentially tried to disport facts. he got the facts wrong, then he tried to retd ro actively distorted them. it looks like he enlisted government officials to back him up. would

this is not just about him and senator warren. this is about senator sanders and everybody else on that stage who, again, they did not have the courage in 2016. he did. so that consistency, courage, and commitment will continue to rain through tonight. >> he did run in 2016. he got about 40% of the democratic vote. why do you think he's not polling higher? >> 13 million votes, won 22 contests. news flash, when you're candidate is up, you're happy. when your candidate is not up, you dismiss the polls. every candidate is going up and down at some point, but sanders has been polling skinlts as the person who can beat the corrupt president that we have occupying the oval office right now, president donald trump. somebody that understands the cries, fears, needs, and the dreams of the american people in this country. hello, green new deal. hello, college for all, canceling student debt. he is the one. something else that is vitally important to this is our campaign is about to hit the 1 million donor threshold. that is making more hist

warren, the vice president biden and sanders. he didn't say anything bombastic like he might on twitter. just gave the conventional wisdom to say he's aware of the debate but i'm giving a speech tonight. maybe you want to tune in to that too. we'll see. i think the debate is a bigger draw than another trump speech that everybody heard a million times. >> he said he imagines that biden will get the nomination if he doesn't make any major mistakes. >> he also said he respects all of the candidates which prompted the reporter to say all of them. here is a president who doesn't believe in polls but does follow polls the way the rest of the media and the country does and to be clear, the top three candidates are the ones he selected. that is vice president biden, elizabeth warren and bernie sanders. it's going to be interesting the see how they focus their night and time on that stage. remember biden's theory going into this election was it's about getting president trump out of office. that he is unfit to be president of the yiunited

so let's start with elizabeth warren.sachusetts senator and mom who knows all the two letter words in scrabble. ( applause ) over the past few months her rally crowds have been growing steadily and, last night, she brought her show to new york. >> so, overnight, senator elizabeth warren drawing one of her biggest crowds of her campaign today. thousands filled new york's washington square park last night to hear her speak. >> dramatically the speech was at anti-corruption, warren hitting president trump as being corruption in the flesh. >> no one is above the law, not even the united states president. impeachment is our constitutional duty. >> after that enormous event in new york city, warren spent almost four hours taking selfies with supporters. >> trevor: that's right. after her speech, elizabeth warren spent four hours taking selfies with her supporters. it took three hours to get most of the crowd and then an extra hour for that one annoying person who's never satisfied. oh, no, wait, i look weird. do it again. let's

elizabeth warren got emotional.buchar got emotional about getting kicked out of the hospital after giving birth. >> i think it humanized basically all of them. it also showed the diversity of this -- of this primary, right. you had two women -- three women on the stage. you had two african americans. you had a latino, an asian man. it was great to hear their different perspectives. and that's what hit me when i was kind of listening to that, the diversity of this -- of this field is just amazing. and you've you got to hear that from that question. >> i was thinking too, these were things that -- i never heard before most of what they're talking about. and then you think of this grievance obsessed president who never wins will run against. >> it's interesting. because so many of their stories, they were asked to talk about overcoming adversity, but the sort of up from nothing stories of you know elizabeth warren has a compelling story of dropping out of school and getting married early and everything. and andrew yang

warren and biden will beside by side for the first time. warren's candidacy is rising. signature plans facing a new test. >> well, i think that we start with a plan and then we get out there and fight for it. to me, that's what being president is all about. >> above all, biden is still banking on his electability argument. >> everyone underestimated him the last time about president trump. the place he's most comfortable is in the gutter arguing. >> a new washington post/abc news poll shows biden is leading trump by 15 points while sanders has a nine-point edge and warren holds a seven-point advantage in a hypothetical match with the president. biden's staying power stands as a warning sign to his democratic rivals who have done their own campaigns little good in their attempts to dislodge him as front-runner. >> do you agree today that you were wrong to oppose bussing in williams begin paying closer attention with the race and they're weighing one question above all, what exactly makes the candidate most electable? >> i think that it would be fair to say that biden is

people coming over to the warren side. that's giving warren a boost. we have seen ab increase in the numb of democrats that think live live can peat donald trutp >> what is happening in the critical early states like new hampshire? >> we are starting to see warren's campaigning up there is paying off. she's now in the lead in our polling in new hampshire. up by a point over biden and over sanders. effectively, a three-way race up there. and also look out in invest. another early contest where we see joe biden trailing bernie sanders by a couple points th e there. all of which described a race where there's a clear three-way top tier with biden and warren and sanders heading into 2020. >> anthony, thank you very much. >>> a third republican south carolina governor mark sanford announced he will mount a long shot primary challenge to president trump. the trump campaign's response to the news. irrelevant, opportunitusy winds stop pope francis for saying mass for 1 million people today. many showed up early to get a place. some even kafred out days ahead.