welcome back. most of the 2020 candidates are spending the day off the campaign trail. most are prepping for tomorrow s big democratic debate. ten candidates will be on the stage in houston. and the first one-night-only debate of the cycle, the first that we see joe biden and elizabeth warren on stage together. we have more on the 2020 trail and we re live from houston ahead of the debate. reed, daniella, and mark are back. let s start, we know everybody s in debate prep which i find to be interesting. there is more down debate prep time for these candidates that i ve seen for this debate than the previous two. you get the sense they re taking it more seriously. well, chuck, we ve passed that sort of magical pretend starting line for when regular folks start to pay attention in election debates. we re past labor day weekend now, kids are back at school, summer vacation is over, the campaigns feel like they re shifting into a different gear
agency s condemn nation of the person that is seen as most likely to me one of the forecasters who contradicted him. interesting conundrums that getting perplexed looks. democrats face. one person would bring more you don t know the noaa pun? people to show up to door knock, come on, man. welcome to wednesday. the other person plays well in it s meet the press daily. mecklenburg county. dave wasserman, man, we need good evening. sometimes some puns are better more special elections for you, read and some are better said. don t we? of course. we don t have enough this president trump is spiking the football today. cycle. but last night s special this calendar year. election in north carolina we need a few more before the arguably reinforces the dire talks careful what you wish for. political situation still facing always a pleasure. this president and the kind of reed, daniella, bill, stick brutalist campaign, if you will, around. coming up, my favorite question of the day
years. trends which, as these new polls show, have the president s approval rating now dipping below 40%, trends which flipped i am royalty of racing, i am the twisting thundercloud. 40 seats for democrats in 2008, and trend which have democrats gaining ground in the suburbs raise your steins to the king of speed. but losing in rural america. here s the best news for republicans, it s that the public has faced tough trends and long odds before, and he s narrowly beat them. the bad news for him is it s now still his only path to a second chance at victory. joining me is david wasserman, he s the house editor at the cook political report and contributor. dad: oh, hey guys! reid wilson, correspondent at mom (on speakerphone): hi! the hill, old pal of mine, son (on speakerphone): dad, i scored two goals today! dad: oh, that s great! vo: getting to a comfortable retirement daniella gibbs lashay, center doesn t have to be an uncomfortable thought. for american progress, co-host see how l