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Let's turn to the 2020 primary. I think that's almost taken a backseat to all of the other news that's going on, but there's no question in our poll, just like the other polls other there, Elizabeth Warren has become the one to watch. Joe Biden continues to hang onto his lead at 28%, down from the low 30s over time here. He has very strong vote among senior Democrats, and among African American Democrats, but Elizabeth Warren has been broadening her constituency. She really does very well with well-educated progressives. She is almost the elite candidate, but she's growing and she's trying to broaden her base. And she's trying to eat into the more youthful base that Bernie Sanders has had since Bernie Sanders was the first to really introduce the idea of free college out there on the stump the last time he ran.Kamala Harris at 6%, Mayor Pete at 3%, no one else really getting above 3%. So this race really has telescoped to three, four, maybe five candidates. I don't see Yang or O'Rourke really breaking out of their base. There's a lot of organized youth support, I think, for Mayor Pete. Kamala Harris will have some good opportunities in California, and the strength of her organization will be tested. I think she still has to come back from her debate performances that have set her back from the initial attack on Joe Biden. Bernie Sanders, again a little weaker this time out than people thought. Warren, the one who's on the move. And Biden, despite everyone throwing everything at him, has so far been able to hold onto his lead.61%, however, are underwhelmed with the slate of candidates, and it's still technically possible for a Bloomberg or Hilary Clinton to jump back in here over the next couple of weeks. Hilary Clinton's more active on stump, and Bloomberg certainly had considered running before, and he might well consider it again. That's the thing about Democratic primaries, just when you think you know how they're going to come out, events can overtake what your predictions are and shake the whole race up. In this case though, no one is getting close to 50%. You have to watch closely Biden, and whether or not he continues to erode, and whether Warren can break out from the 17% she's now garnered.Biden is definitely seen in the mid 30s, 34% as the candidate who has the best chance of winning against Donald Trump. That sinks to 12% for Sanders. 11% for Warren. No one else gets a significant vote on that. I don't know. It's always an interesting question. Whoever gets the nomination, by definition, has the best chance of beating President Trump. And we've seen in the past some really ... This question has been off. A lot of people thought McCain and Romney were both put in very strong races against President Obama, and it really didn't turn out to be the case. Other candidates might have been stronger. No one thought, really, Donald Trump was a strong enough candidate to defeat Hilary Clinton.Right now, Donald Trump continues to underperform in terms of having a solid base for reelection. He is at 38% definitely or probably vote for Trump. For someone, at this point, coming in an incumbent with such a strong economy, that is a troublesome performance for Trump. It shows that he's got some significant vulnerabilities. The percentage that will probably or definitely vote for a Democrat, though, is at 44. So, still not close a majority, but it means that Trump would have to take most of the Independent voters, most of the undecided to catch up there, which means that this is mostly about Donald Trump versus Donald Trump at this point.For several months, we've been comparing potential Democratic issue slates, particularly a more progressive issue slate, against the Trump issue slate. And then breaking out these sandwiches of issues that we've put together to see the individual elements. So, just as a sandwich, somehow is not just the sum of its parts. We take a look both at the entire san

Let's turn to the 2020 primary. I think that's almost taken a backseat to all of the other news that's going on, but there's no question in our poll, just like the other polls other there, Elizabeth Warren has become the one to watch. Joe Biden continues to hang onto his lead at 28%, down from the low 30s over time here. He has very strong vote among senior Democrats, and among African American Democrats, but Elizabeth Warren has been broadening her constituency. She really does very well with well-educated progressives. She is almost the elite candidate, but she's growing and she's trying to broaden her base. And she's trying to eat into the more youthful base that Bernie Sanders has had since Bernie Sanders was the first to really introduce the idea of free college out there on the stump the last time he ran.Kamala Harris at 6%, Mayor Pete at 3%, no one else really getting above 3%. So this race really has telescoped to three, four, maybe five candidates. I don't see Yang or O'Rourke really breaking out of their base. There's a lot of organized youth support, I think, for Mayor Pete. Kamala Harris will have some good opportunities in California, and the strength of her organization will be tested. I think she still has to come back from her debate performances that have set her back from the initial attack on Joe Biden. Bernie Sanders, again a little weaker this time out than people thought. Warren, the one who's on the move. And Biden, despite everyone throwing everything at him, has so far been able to hold onto his lead.61%, however, are underwhelmed with the slate of candidates, and it's still technically possible for a Bloomberg or Hilary Clinton to jump back in here over the next couple of weeks. Hilary Clinton's more active on stump, and Bloomberg certainly had considered running before, and he might well consider it again. That's the thing about Democratic primaries, just when you think you know how they're going to come out, events can overtake what your predictions are and shake the whole race up. In this case though, no one is getting close to 50%. You have to watch closely Biden, and whether or not he continues to erode, and whether Warren can break out from the 17% she's now garnered.Biden is definitely seen in the mid 30s, 34% as the candidate who has the best chance of winning against Donald Trump. That sinks to 12% for Sanders. 11% for Warren. No one else gets a significant vote on that. I don't know. It's always an interesting question. Whoever gets the nomination, by definition, has the best chance of beating President Trump. And we've seen in the past some really ... This question has been off. A lot of people thought McCain and Romney were both put in very strong races against President Obama, and it really didn't turn out to be the case. Other candidates might have been stronger. No one thought, really, Donald Trump was a strong enough candidate to defeat Hilary Clinton.Right now, Donald Trump continues to underperform in terms of having a solid base for reelection. He is at 38% definitely or probably vote for Trump. For someone, at this point, coming in an incumbent with such a strong economy, that is a troublesome performance for Trump. It shows that he's got some significant vulnerabilities. The percentage that will probably or definitely vote for a Democrat, though, is at 44. So, still not close a majority, but it means that Trump would have to take most of the Independent voters, most of the undecided to catch up there, which means that this is mostly about Donald Trump versus Donald Trump at this point.

As presidential campaigns enter the summer doldrums of late August, CNN's Political Director David Chalian provides an update on the 2020 Democratic primary. He discusses Mayor Pete Buttigieg addressing the potential reluctance of some religiously conservative African American Democrats towards his sexual orientation and looks at a new Fox News national poll showing a rising Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

US President Donald Trump and North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un, have completed their second denuclearization summit. At a news conference immediately following that first summit, Trump told reporters that denuclearization “will go pretty quickly.” His National Security Advisor John Bolton said on July 1 last year that the North could dismantle its weapons of mass destruction and ballistic-missile programs “in a year.” The headline in today's Washington Post is: "Trump and Kim Abruptly Cut Short Summit After Failing to Reach Nuclear Deal." The headline in the Asia Times is: "North Korea-US Summit Collapses Without Agreement." Despite good vibes between Kim and Trump, the two sides may have attempted to do too much. Was it a collapse, as described in the AT, or more of a natural end without the anticipated signing? Did they try to do too much? Israeli Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit announced today his intent to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for bribery in a blockbuster decision that could decisively impact the April 9 election. Mandelblit said that Netanyahu will be indicted for bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three cases. In Case 4,000, Netanyahu is alleged to have fired a Communications Ministry director-general and hired his loyalist and ex-campaign manager to ensure a government policy that improperly favored one of Netanyahu's friends. In Case 1,000, Netanyahu is accused of, and admits to, receiving a range of expensive cigars, champagne and other items. In Case 2,000, Netanyahu is accused of trying to make a deal with the publisher of Yedioth Ahronoth - a national daily newspaper in Tel Aviv - which would see the paper offer him favorable coverage in exchange for the prime minister using his influence to damage Israel Hayom, an Israeli national Hebrew-language free daily newspaper and competitor of Yedioth Ahronoth. Netanyahu's Likud party claims that this is a “witch hunt.” What does this mean for the upcoming elections in Israel and the politics of the region going forward?Journalist Jon Jeter's recent Truthout piece, "Flat Broke, Black Voters Want More Than Just Another Black President," he writes, "Cory Booker's announcement on February 1 that he is entering the 2020 presidential race brings the number of African-American Democrats seeking their party's nomination to two, making the crowded primary field the 'most diverse in history,' according to The New York Times. But while The New York Times, cable news and other liberal pundits exult in the White House bids of Booker and California's junior US Sen. Kamala Harris, African Americans, ironically enough, have not uniformly mustered nearly as much enthusiasm for either candidate." He adds, "Not since a severe financial downturn shuttered the Freedman's Bank in 1874 have African Americans lost as much of our wealth as we did during Barack Obama's eight years in office ... As African Americans reflect on their losses over the last decade, many have begun to question the loyalty of Black political leadership that is increasingly seen as complicit in covering up the crime of the century. Booker has been criticized as being a champion of charter schools, a foe of lowering prescription drug prices and a sock puppet for the same moneyed interests responsible for the subprime debacle." What's really at stake in the 2020 election, and who will and won't be the best candidate for African-Americans?GUESTS:Brian Becker — Co-host of Loud & Clear on Sputnik News. Phyllis Bennis — Fellow at the Transnational Institute in AmsterdamJon Jeter — Author and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist with more than 20 years of journalistic experience. He is a former Washington Post bureau chief and award-winning foreign correspondent.

So often in life there comes a moment when you are faced with the realization that so many people are just plain ole Hypocrites! Georgia Republicans ranted, raved, and cried "Racism" as Democrats in an effort to overcome Georgia's restrictive Voter ID Law, evoked the Ferguson, Missouri mantra "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" to rally their base. These are the same Republicans who instituted the current Voter ID law based on race. And the same Republicans that used race to scare white voters with the infamous "Willie Horton" ad. And they called African American Democrats racist. Really!? My guests: State Senator Vincent Fort (GA).

Last night's Republican runoff election between Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran and Tea Party challenger Chris McDaniel has kept the political pundits busy -- and surprised, as Cochran squeezed out a victory, thanks to appeals to African-American Democrats and a well-run Get Out the Vote effort from Republican leaders like Haley Barbour. Too bad Cochran is such a sore loser. Other topics include this week's White House Summit on Working Families and what's been handed down by the Supreme Court.MOMocrats Cynematic, Karoli and Donna Schwartz Mills discuss politics from the progressive POV. Produced by Engender Media Group.