you know, joe, joe biden does well among women and non-whites. why is it, in your view, that he seems to appeal more to women and non-white voters, more so right now, early on, again, than, say, candidates, you know, cory booker and camikamala harr? >> listen, i think there is a myth that somehow there isn't excitement among joe bivoters a joe biden, whether college educated or non college educated voters. numbers have improved because of that. the confusion that biden has talked about in the excerpts is not being confused about why people are angry. what he's talking about is, let's not confuse anger and fight anger with only anger. why play donald trump's game? again, i think there are a lot of candidates that are -- that deserve attention here. i haven't picked a candidate. the idea that somehow that all of the energy in the party is at the far left is just not supported by the facts. the campaign -- do the campaign for the sake of finding out the answers to the questions, but i think it is wrong to say that, somehow, he doesn't have that supp

he's nervous about joe biden. he doesn't want to face joe biden. he knows that head to head polls have joe biden beating him by as much as ten points. he knows that the key to 2020 is his retaining pennsylvania and he knows that biden will give him a run for the money. that don't mean he's not nervous about others in the field. again, he sees biden on tv, he reacts to biden on tv. if for some reason we have a different frontrunner a week from now, i don't think he'll be fixating on biden, he'll be fixating on whoever is the frontrunner at that time. >> thank you, philippe. hallie jackson, safe travels back to america. >>> historic trial. the first case holding a drug maker responsible for the deadly opioid epidemic that's plaguing this country. that trial beginning right now in oklahoma. should a drug company be held criminally liable for the opioid crisis? we'll dig into that. >>> too many options? why that crowded democratic field of 2020 contenders may come down to a basic rule of retail. ke up! there's a lot that needs to get done today. small

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especially joe biden, right? but clearly he is in taking that advice, he tweeted about biden five times they peered wisely hitting such a nerve? jesse: take it from me, he is not hitting enter. i know this, i spoke to him about it. donald trump is not scared of joe biden. he would love to run against him. he said it himself. >> biden seems to have lead, i'd be very happy if it were -- sleepy joe. i think he did a bad job. you think that he is beatable? >> i just don't think you'd be a very good candidate. jesse: besides being able to run against the record -- have the time he doesn't know what he is talking about. >> china is going to -- come on man! they cannot even figure out how to deal with the fact that they have this great division between the china sea and the mountains in the east. i mean in the west. they can't figure out how they're going to deal with the corruption in the system. i mean, you know, they are not bad folks but guess what? they are not competition for us. jesse: joe, where have you been th

[applause] >> we want joe. we want joe. we want joe. [inaudible] chanting] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome carmela green to sing our national anthem. ♪ >> o say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? and the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? ♪ [applause] [crowd chanting "usa"] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the john's baptist church choir. [applause] ♪ [choir singing] ♪ [applause] ♪ >> amazing grace how sweet the sound met saved a wretch like once was lost was --nd found seeblind but now i t'was grace that taught my heart o fear and grace, my fears relieved how precious did that grace appear the hour i first believed amazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wr

listen to uncle joe biden himself back in 1993. talking about the need to dispose of entire swaths of young men. watch. >> unless we do something, about the young people, tens of thousands of them, born out of wedlock without parents, without supervision, without any structure, without any conscience developing, because they literally, they literally have not been socialized. they literally have not had an opportunity we should focus on them now. >> again, does not mean because we created them. that we somehow forgive them or do not take them out of society to protect my family and yours from them. they are beyond the pale many of those people. beyond the pale. and it's a sad commentary on society. we have no choice but to take them out of society. kennedy: wow! certainly harsh and it is not tough to figure out who he wanted to take out of society for good. joe biden has been a series of recent rationalizations about the crime bill that will not take responsibility or make amends. even former president bill clinton has been overtly

joe biden's big pitch. where he stands in the poll r polls. >>> migrant detainees, where they are and being flown to another state. >>> and bill barr facing questions about who he serves, the president or the public? >>> plus, omarosa, she's joining me to talk about equal pay and whether new abortion laws could backfire on the gop. >>> we begin with the battle for 2020, certainly a crowded day on the campaign trail. got 11 candidates, hold something to dozen events across several different states. joe biden will be keeping up momentum as the front-runner of this day, leading the field 35% in the new fox poll. now even though he announced his presidential run a few weeks ago, biden is comparing for the official campaign kickoff rally where you see it in philadelphia. in just about an hour the former vice president will fully lay out the final phase of his campaign rollout as he calls to unify the country. we're going to the big rally there and we have nbc's garrett haake, and bernie sanders is live in orange

please tell joe he has to run. people have said, that they missed his statement ship, his ability to find common ground. they missed his diplomacy, and his experience working with our allies around the world. they missed his courage to confront issues that matter when no one else seems to care. like, his lifesaving work on the violence against women act. it is not just that they missed his leadership, they missed his kindness, the way he inspires us to keep believing that the best things are ahead of s. his ability to face tragedy, and never give in or up. his character, his love of our ation. again and again, people have told me, joe is the one who can move us forward. joe is the one who can bring us together. we need him. cheers and applause] you know what? i agree. i miss that feeling of hope, and optimism. you know what? today we begin to restore that feeling. [cheers and applause] this moment defines who we are. it is a moment that we need to hear your voices, a moment when we need leaders with vision, and cha

as long as donald trump is talking constantly about joe biden, joe biden looks like the democratic nominee. and that's certainly fine with the biden campaign. obviously, you know, we have a long way to go and the polls in may do not determine the outcome in the convention next summer, much less the iowa caucuses, but i can't believe that the biden campaign isn't thrilled to be constantly attacked by donald trump. that's a badge of honor in the democratic world today. and he's happy to have that. and it deprives oxygen of all of his scores of other candidates. >> you know, gloria, it's been ten days since the last biden campaign public event. he's about to speak right now. is this part of a new strategy to sort of stay on the sideline? >> well, i don't think any candidate should or can have a strategy to stay on the sideline. i think, they believe, the campaign believes that biden has the name recognition he needs, he doesn't have to go out there in the same way that, say, a senator bennett has to go out there and introduce himself to the american public. they're behind in fund-raising. the

i think joe biden is formidable. if you look at the last two presidential cycles we had a party that had a very large number of candidates, and 2016, you had front runners and folks like jeb bush but i use the term front runner loosely. it sort of fell off by the time the first debate happened and it was kind of trump in the lead from there on. i think the 2012 republican primary provides an interesting comparison. we admit romney and the in the joe biden seat but he hung in there even is a crowded field there was lots of turns, rick santorum, newt gingrich, other people picking up individual states. but mitt romney holding onto his court and slowly but surely growing it as they approach the convention and wound up hanging on. gerry: they say joe biden has been running for president since william mckinley has been present. he's been around a long time. half a century and politics. is it possible that some of the people -- democrats looking for a fresh face, who of the fresh faces is the most plausible? >> are certain

welcome come to "morning joe." we have mike barnicle, heidi pryzbyla, associate editor of "the washington post" eugene robinson and washington anchor for bbc world news america katty kay is with us. good to have you on board this morning. >> this is book fair today. everybody has a book. >> i'm so excited. >> we're going to go around the table. mika, let's start with yours and then we'll talk to willie. >> today, me, and my co-author are releasing "earn it," part of your know your value series. it's awesome. it's a guide book. you follow it along through your career and it will really help you launch properly. it's all about equal pay ultimately and women, the data shows always start a little lower than men and they never catch up. this get a firmer, stronger career started. we'll be showing more of that later. >> okay. willie, it's your turn. >> we're going all the way around the table. >> i don't have my book out today but my dad has a book out today. it's called lake of the ozarks, he's been working on it for 40

joe's ice cream as we call it, joe's, was our ice cream spot. it was my efamily's favorite spot to go. we always had joe's ice cream at all our celebrations. birthday parties, anniversaries, mother's day, easter. we had joe's ice cream. i also know that joe always hired high school students and today, sean and alice still follow that tradition of hiring local high school students from our high schools and also from students from the richmond district. my children also fondly remember joe's. it was mom can we go to joe's. i want to share with you, that one of my first dates was at joe's ice cream. it was a strawberry ice cream soda. i'm so honored today to celebrate their success here with everybody. i want to say, ice cream you scream, we all scream for ice cream especially when it's at joe's ice cream. [applause] >> seeing that our civic leaders and my family and other wonderful people behind the small business it's a dream that i could never have imagined growing in korea. i think it's a wonderful evidence that the american dream in my husband

it's harder in this social media era. >> i think joe is joe and everybody who knows him well knows he is always in your space. he connects. he connects not only by being empathetic but also by touching people. >> in a tweet, biden acknowledges social norms are changing. i understand that. and i will be more mindful about respecting personal space in the future. >> i think it will take him fully recognizing how uncomfortable this makes people in order for him to win the nomination. >> despite that, biden feels he's the true populist to rally the electorate. and dethrone president trump. >> given his experience, history with the campaign and the presidency of barack obama and given his years of service and his life story, he could be the soul of america in this campaign. i do think the moment could be right for joe biden. >> now, biden wants another chance. to show off the grit he's developed over decades in washington. and the resiliency he's shown in overcoming intense personal setbacks. >> coming up -- >> november 7th we were sitting on top of the world. december 18th our world has c

joe: i'm joe weisenthal. romaine: the dow jones dropped about 9/10 of a percent. the nasdaq falling about 60 points. joe: the question is, "what'd you miss?" romaine: china's threat to use its dominance of rare-earth. flight -- the pimco ceo shares the worldview in a bloomberg exclusive. retail pain continues. abercrombie, canada goose tumble on disappointing results. we will hear from the tommy hilfiger owner later this hour. joe: we begin with another risk off day for the markets. havens.s fleeing to bloomberg macro strategist, the bond market, what does it mean, the inversion, the rally in the long and. -- the long end. market traditionally has done a pre-good job of forecasting recession, but that doesn't mean that every bond -- none of the other major curves inverted. at how: when you look sustained this bond rally has been an overlay it with equities forgot to make, what do you take from the? -- from that? >> i have been stunned how much the bond market has rallied. it is almost like people are trying to talk themselves into a recession. i don't know if he a

for joe biden. i mean, he sees joe biden as going at his weakest place, which are working people who haven't gotten much from this guy. and so, i think he's probably most worried about joe. but he should be worried about a bunch of them. and i think we were talking earlier, jon and i about what's different in 2020 from 2016. the thing that's different is the unifying force that trump represents to the democratic party and to independent voters. there's just going to be a lot more people, regardless of whether or not your candidate becoming the nominee. you still are not going to stay home because you do not want donald trump in the oval office for another second. >> we know the president is pool obsessed. he's looking at these polls with joe biden with 20%, 25%. >> first of all, the lighting at that rally looks like the president was in a battle scene of "game of thrones." yes, the president we know, watches polls obsessively. people around him are most concerned with joe biden. that has not changed

joe: joe: incredible debut. this was an upside already, but pretty clear they could have done so more. caroline: people pointing out, this is a company that needed some cash, maybe could have done with more cash instead of such a rally in the share price on the first day of trading. we will speak with the ceo after the bell. sticking with us, quincy crosby of prudential. quincy, we talked about the element of ipo's here. what about sectors we are seeing? today was a story of energy underperforming. will that change as the mood changes post-fed, looking toward other data points and trade deals? quincy: one thing that will be tosistent, companies trying become more productive, bring down costs. enterprise software will be forever, almost because that is what companies do. the good news, we have seen a pickup in some data, in some corporate spending, and that is good news. for bringing focus down taxes last year for corporate america. witht has paused, uncertainty surrounding the trade deal, surrounding the governm

. >> joe is tardy. >> joe scarborough, rush chairman. nice to meet you. >> we don't want him. >> joe scarborough. glad to meet you. >> can you come sit down? >> a funny story about this jacket. >> the fireside chat. >> so larry mize very upset because i won in '87. >> sit down. >> people don't know the rest of the story. but i actually borrowed this from tiger. >> he was up so late last night because literally -- >> i got really fuzzy around 4 a.m. >> he was in a bar screaming and singing way past bedtime. >> also with us -- >> please stop. >> please stop what? >> also with us, pulitzer prize columnist and associate of "the washington post", plolitical analyst eugene robinson. >> he spent the day yesterday at iheart radio. >> and mika had this big party. >> it was for daniela's book. >> kids from all over were outside. this was like a k-pop concert. >> andre was there. >> that was a wonderful event. of course the senator came. >> i'm sure we have a picture of andre leon tally but there you go. and stephanie was there. it was so much fun.

joe: i'm joe weisenthal. caroline: president trump said he will speak with xi next month, while warning beijing against retaliation. time to cut. investors are more concerned -- convinced the fed will deliver a rate cut this year. and, collateral damage, from the u.s. consumer to big china tech, a roundup of who stands to lose the most in an all-out trade war. trade talks weighing heavily on markets today. here is what some of the biggest voices on bloomberg television had to say about the ongoing discussion. >> we hope that the u.s. and the china -- and china can settle their conflict. >> it's a high-stakes, dangerous game. it's going to directly affect the u.s. economy. >> there is nothing that has happened that can't be pulled back. i think that's something the market is missing. >> escalation of the trade conflict is bad for the whole world. >> whether we get these consumer boycotts, angry patriotic chinese targeting u.s. companies -- if that happens, it can get very ugly. they did threaten to go much fur

front-runner joe biden. set the stage for us. >> reporter: well, john, joe biden is going to be arriving here at the community event, a pizza restaurant here in manchester, new hampshire. people are waiting over by the doors to see him walk in, but as you mentioned, he's here on his first trip to new hampshire as the clear front-runner in the democratic field. we have a poll that came out last week that showed biden above his democratic rivals coming in at 36% followed by bernie sanders and a few others behind him, but biden is going to be here making his pitch to voters in this first in the nation primary state, and this event has the potential to be a little bit different than his previous events in states like iowa and south carolina where he stood on the stage and delivers remarks and hasn't really engaged in voter question and answered and here at this small restaurant he's expecting to take a few questions from voters at the end. biden and his campaign are very aware of trying to maintain that authenti

joe, what do you think? >> well, i don't really understand -- i don't understand, first of all, why you would say that the missiles cause you no concern when you're actually in a country, one of our closest allies, that these missiles pose a direct threat to. that's, of course, disturbing. i'm going to ask richard haass about that. secondly, of course, we talk about donald trump shattering the norms of the presidency, shattering the norms of democratic values, of american values as a leader. what is more shattering of those norms than when you have the president of the united states actually saying that he was smiling at the fact that the communist dictator of a country that's long been an enemy of the united states of america has sending him a secret signal by attacking a domestic political opponent. that is, of course, that shatters democratic norms, it's also very dangerous and it's what he did four years ago when he tried to talk directly to russia and told them to try to get hillary clinton's emails. ri

veer man or joe biden? >> ten seconds on the board. >> i mean i don't think it is spartacus i don't think it is sleepy joe. i don't know who verman worn hats in the past. go with berman. you don't know his name but guessing him. >>s what he described himself s a friendly fascist. yes. >> you've got it. final question. er>> i'm ready. are you ready -- or apparently not at the billboard music awards how was reality star and country singer julianne hough injured during a performance? she was hit in the throat by paula abdul cast got tang nld a dance scar is of and fell or camera hit her in the leg. >> you got what you wanted i have no idea -- this is a music question -- >> you didn't tune in i guess. i have no clue about award so this is a country music singer? >> julianne hough i gave you information that you deserve. julianne hough a video went around. >> go with camera jib hit her. you have taken out on the five -- that's what happens with with my nose is crooked. [laughter] >> camera hit her in the leg is

joe? >> mika, that reminds me about when donald trump wrote about bleeding badly from a facelift or calls me psycho joe. people are like how do you do it? we don't care. you have to see it as sort of a carnival or a side show. some candidates get so jum supsd enraged. mook barnicle, in those two answers he responded in the most powerful way anyone can respond to donald trump, not by fear, not by being angry, which we do from time to time, but by laughing at him. it's grotesque, it's a side show, i don't care. let's get on with the business of getting working americans back to work and getting them good jobs with good pay. >> you know, joe, if we were running, if you and i were running pete's campaign, mayor pete's campaign for president, you might be tempted to tell him just to show those clips repeatedly, the ones that we just showed because they show a calm, direct, composed delivery common sense to voters. and the reaction with the crowd was clearly obvious. and that's one of the reason

joe: i and joe weisenthal. caroline: another day of losses, but -- joe: the question is, "what'd you miss" caroline: the threat of higher trade talks -- of trade talks hanging over the market. be considering ipo pricing around the bottom of the range. facebook cofounder chris hughes says it is time to break up the company. ighing in.are we let's return to trade. it looks good on paper. president trump told reporters a letter fromed xi jinping that might lead to a phone call, and signaled we may know more. >> our country is doing great. we will find out about china tonight. i think in the end you will be very impressed with the kind of things that we are doing. juliane: joining us now, emanuel. a "beautiful letter" wasn't enough to support the markets. how do you set yourself up for this element of volatility? >> the name of the show, "what'd you miss" is incredibly appropriate today. we had headlines from north korea, from iran. joe: it seems like a long time ago. it has been a long day. [laughter] >> that is t

joe: thanks, the market team. scarlet: we have breaking news on applied materials, and i mention this because semiconductors had such a down day. applied materials coming out with numbers that meet analyst estimates. analysts were looking for just under $3.5 billion. $3.4 billion was the number. aboutd materials up by 3.6% right now in after-hours trading, and of course, nvidia will be the one we watch for next. caroline: pinterest coming out right now, the first public numbers since becoming a public company. than expected, $38.4 million, so that is a beat. the $200ahead of million they were expecting. full-year revenue, they say -- at one point $.6 billion or $.8 billion. we are keeping an eye on how many people are still using the social media company. it was more than 250 million, which surprised me when they went public. joe: unlike some of these ipo's that have not done well, pinterest has had a pretty good market, but obviously, markets not liking what they see. most likely, it's that revenue growth. when y

i have loved joe biden. i'm waiting to see what he comes through with some more ideas and how he thinks he will pull everybody together. >> joining me now by phone because joe biden is just about taking the stage at the event in new hampshire is nbc news political reporter. jeff mason reuters white house correspondent. there has been so much talk about this. can biden run a clean campaign? are they doing anything differently in this third run to avoid controversial moments? >> it's interesting. joe biden just taking the stage as we speak for the first event here. this is a full circle moment for me. the first time i covered joe biden he was a senator from delaware and trailing in the polls here in new hampshire. back then as you would expect for a candidate not in the front runner position, he was very available to voters and reporters. he entered as the front runner showing him with a very clear lead over the field. what you are seeing is a front runner strategy. he is limiting his engagement with the publi

they want joe biden back. he's going to make him wear those comments for as long as joe biden is in the race. it's a smart strategy. the fact that president trump is an america first candidate and he is unabashedly so. >> martha: what to say to the story from politico about the 17 states' internal polling from the trump campaign, it shows joe biden is ahead in pennsylvania, ahead in michigan and ahead in wisconsin. >> i think it's early and i think those polls are sort of meeting was at this point. i think over the long run -- joe biden has run for president at least three times literally and many other times beyond that. i think ultimately his gaffes and his fake folks eunice winds up wearing off on people and it only reminds people where you have a guy like donald trump, when he says stuff, he doesn't really take gaffes. he says things politicians aren't supposed to same but that juxtaposition i think makes joe biden look a whole lot figure. >> martha: when you look at look at pete buttigieg's town hall over

joe biden's biggest challenge is joe biden. if he stays on script, if he continues to do the sort of things he does. he's been doing over the past couple week, it's going and yeah, it's early. we'll say it. it's going to be difficult to catch a guy with a 20-point lead. he's got to give the rest of the field help. >> look, i don't mean to be like the contrary to the table. i think biden's idea is obviously the case and if he performs well and doesn't make mistakes and everything stays as now. in 2008 barack obama was behind in every poll by more than this later in the race. she was ahead by 30 points around labor day, so one of the issues is that for a lot of these candidates there's eight who are above 1%. for a lot of those candidates most democratic voters do not know who they have. they have not been next to each other on a stage. bernie sanders and joe biden is who everyone knows. itis not surprising they would be this far ahead and there's no doubt that people look at biden and say that's a guy who can take on trump but i

i mean we know that joe biden -- joe biden's going to defend obama care. he wants a public option as part of this. politico is saying biden is heavy on emotion and light on policy. kelly ann conway saying is biden for medicare for all? because that means obama care didn't work. do they have a point there? >> yeah, yeah, i think they have a point. it's just -- it's so scattered. it's hard to grab hold of anything they are talking about because it's this way. it's that way. it's trump. it's not. it's crazy. elizabeth: you know the other thing too, ernie, the congressional budget office out with a new report that got virtually zero coverage. we're giving it to you now. the cbo saying that medicare for all, bernie sanders plan, the democrats, the medicare for all, will cost -- it would be really expensive, 3.5 trillion dollars a year, the cbo says. it would wipe out all government spending on other programs and, yes, government imposed wait times to see a doctor would rise dramatically. your take on that, ernie? >> i agree. look at the various countries that h

joe: i am joe weisenthal. joe:scarlet: here is how stocks closed today, they edged higher than volume. joe: what did you miss? scarlet: theresa may heading for the exit. her party could have a new leader by the end of july and all options are back on the table. result five months on the job and already talk of resignation or impeachment for giant bolsonaro. nashville the home of country music and bourbon is booming, but this is causing a costly fuel crunch for airlines and truckers trying to keep up. after three years of failing to bridge the divide in her conservative party over how to leave, theresa may said she will announced -- she will step down june 7. >> her majesty the queen has asked me to form a new government and i accept it. do we have a plan for brexit? we do. the united kingdom's permanent representative to the e.u. handed a letter on my behalf to the president of the european council to invoke article 50 on the treaty. brexit means brexit. brexit.oes mean there should be no general election unti

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he'll be joe biden. i don't know that you can compare the sort of loose ends quality of joe biden versus ultimater ca utter chaos of donald trump. there's a contrast there, we'll see. >> karine i want to ask you about biden facing, start point of interaction with voters we'll see today. headlines about smaller crowds others are getting. i invite garrett to jump in about anything he's seen and coverage how they are not putting him out there all day every day. i don't know if they are pacing themselves. sometimes if you don't make it, you regret not leaving it all on the field. >> you said it perfectly, leaving it on the field. this is it. this is game time. we're talking about a presidential election. i would tell the biden campaign less crowds is not a good thing. you want the energy. if you are running as the front-runner, it is good to have a crowd to give you that energy. i just really disagree -- i know what they are doing. we talked about it. they are trying to control him. he's known for having gaf

go go ahead joe jump in go ahead. no i don't i don't they would never strike without that under consent would never strike this is very critical. it's very clear and this is a subtle iranian message which we understand spoke of what's going on between the 2 but you cannot tell me that it's the hosts on their own that decided one day to strike inside saudi arabia of the oil for what evidence do you have of that joe what evidence do you have i think that they couldn't have those weapons with both with vote with those iranian support 2nd at this level and this moment of tensions between the 2 doesn't come across just the regular regular. regular message of the regular routine operation i mean i cannot confess i will i don't have well i have to for sure well i am an enemy to him and holding you know when you me when you make an argument evidence is a kind of helpful don't you think dave you want to jump in there in philadelphia go ahead yeah i'm going to say i think that if the iranians have miscalculated to me the miscal

joe: i am joe weisenthal. romaine: you can see the indices rebounding off of lowe's to cloe modestly higher. joe: the question, "what'd you miss?" reports its first result is a public company, and we are scouring the numbers. and eric brown explains why playing poker might lead to better investment decision-making. and 24 contenders and counting. montana governor steve bullock makes his case for 2020 a very crowded presidential field. at uber inake a look its first financial report as a public company, with first quarter sales near the high-end of previously disclosed play luminary -- preliminary results. joining us is mandeep singh, who covers the company for bloomberg intelligence. we kind of knew where the numbers were headed based on when they went public. anything in this report today that gives you any idea of anything different? the bookings number was at the high-end of the range, and that tells me the ridesharing market, at least topline momentum is still strong, and uber is executing well. they are u

bill de blasio will join meek and joe here on "morning joe." now tell us about the new book titled "on democracy" which you wrote the introduction in your spare time, i assume. >> it's edited by his granddaughter martha white and i must admit writing an introduction for e. berks whib.s is a daunting task. known mostly for "charlotte's webb" and stuart little but in time he was known as one of the same voices of american lit dhur, one of my faces pieces ever in the collection is a piece from 1943, from the talk of the new york in the new yorker where he decides to define democracy and what we're fighting for. mike will appreciate this, democracy is a score the he at the top of the ninth, it will not go bad, mustard on the hot dog. he said the line that forms on the right, the don't and don't shove, the hole in the shirt through which the sawdust slowly trickles. remarkably sane and wise insight into this disputatious and complicated country we live in. >> speaking of sane and wise, joining us now the author of "the british are coming, the war fo

biden as creepy uncle joe i think that's why we saw the attack on joe biden the week that he was going to announce a few weeks ago because bernie sanders knew one thing if joe biden gets into this race bernie sanders gets pushed aside quite a bit so i think that says that was very certain egypt there if joe biden has this commanding lead over bernie sanders that suggests to me that in fact the democratic party isn't that interested in identity politics dianne feinstein she just threw her support behind joe biden instead of her colleague from california koala harris because she said that her loyalty is to buy in and go obama. doesn't that mean that president excuse me vice president joe biden is a pretty formidable candidate possibly in front of a very unified democratic party in two thousand and twenty. yeah there's no doubt about it he is formidable and i think he will win the nomination quite easily he's certainly got the campaign staff and others who will help him get through the state conventions and the caucuses that he needs to but again going up against president you have presid

and also, not to have the response come from joe biden. it came, not from the campaign manager, but from the deputy campaign manager, as if they were like, this isn't even worthy of a response from the top person running the campaign, but the second-to-top person, which is not joe biden. and they're demoting it. and saying, you know, we're tired of this, we're not going to pay that much attention to it, but privately, of course, they're all thrilled. because every time biden takes on trump, he makes -- i mean, every time trump takes on biden, he makes it a two-person race, which is exactly what biden wants. >> dana, president trump has gone flu three national security advisers. should we have any expectation that john bolton is going to be his last? i mean, dexter raised the point that, you know, who else is there in terms of somebody who is prominent, who has a name -- in the president's parlance -- looks the part and has credibility? >> no. i mean, we should have no examinations either way. we've learned that just not only on the nationa

i understand joe's argument. the difference between iran and the united states and iran and saudi arabia is that the americans have oxys in the region the saudis have oxys but they think that therefore iran's role in the region is the same and therefore they see your runs allies as proxies and that's simply not the case the reason why iran's allies in the in the region are what they like to call the resistance are so successful is because they have a relationship that is not top to bottom the houthi is don't or have sort of not doesn't get orders from teheran they are fighting their war but they see that you run eons on their side as the united states and the europeans are hoping the saudis . bring about starvation they see that the only one of the few countries that is signing with them sincerely is the iranians or in the case of syria or iraq or lebanon i have to say the case there is no the issue is not money because the other side doesn't generally want points the other side the saudis the americans have infi

to attack joe. joe voted for the war in iraq. i led the effort against it. joe voted for nafta and trade agreements with china. i led the effort against that. joe voted for the deregulation of wall street, i voted against that. you know, i think, if you look at joe's record and you look at my record, i don't think there's much question about who's more progressive. >> you famously said about hillary clinton during the last campaign, i disagree with hillary clinton on virtually everything, would you say the same thing about joe biden -- >> see, this is early in the campaign. >> you've known joe for a long time? >> i disagree with the votes he casted. i have stood up for the right of people to have health care because they're an american citizen. i don't think that's joe's position. what i do want to say, jonathan, i hope on the democratic side that what the campaign is about is a discussion of issues, not personal attacks. i think i can feel safe to say that no matter who the candidate is we'll come