one week from tonight cnn will host the first democratic presidential debate in las vegas. i ll be moderating. the wildcard is joe biden, will he run or won t he? several sources close to biden say he s close to anonouncing hs decision. the vice president is grieving over the recent loss of his son, beau, and said he doesn t know if he s up for a president sh run. in august, maureen dowd wrote that beau biden s dying wish was for him to enter the race. denying a report by politico that mr. biden leaked the emotional detail to dowd to lay the groundwork for a race. joining me, gloria borger and cnn political commentator dan pfeiffer who was a senior adviser to president obama. gloria, you ve been calling sources again tonight. how does this politico article and the pushback from the vice president s office factor into joe biden s timetable? everybody i talked to who considers themselves an ally of joe biden says to me, look, there s a lot more pressure now for joe biden to make a deci