energize voters. biden also dished about his fellow 2020 democratic opponents scoffing at the notion that senator elizabeth warren is building enthusiasm and accusing mayor pete buttigieg of stealing his health care plan. okay. let s bring in the cofounder of axios, jim vandehei. jim, somebody apparently has spiked joe biden s milk of magnesia. he s coming out fighting. stop it. you re on a roll this morning, joe. no, no, not and you know what i call it? no malarky, lad. no malarky. we ll have a no malarky exchange here. i think biden sees a couple things happen. one, with elizabeth warren he feels like she made an epic mistake in endorsing medicare for all without an option to keep your private insurance. so he s going to keep the foot on gas on going after her. when pete buttigieg, who he sees as the biggest threat in terms
important for them to try and articulate the ways in which they understand challenges that black voters might face. again, part of the challenge for mayor buttigieg is that when he has gotten a national profile for the spotlight has been on him, it s largely been for controversies and they play into a narrative that is starting to get a little bit baked in in terms of a set of controversies that he really needs to spend this time, this swing that he s doing through southern states, but also his time on the trail, really trying to counter this narrative about his inability to connect with black voters and telling his story, helping folks understand the challenges that he s faced and how they may relate, without oversimplifying the challenges that black voters face will be important for him. so as buttigieg is in south carolina and i think he heads to alabama this week as well, and you ve got joe biden who is really put ago lot of eggs in the basket in iowa this week. he started his no
in just a few hours from now, former vice president joe biden will kick off an eight-day, 18 county bus tour. the goal, connect with voters and boost support in this first voting state. the latest iowa poll taken this month showing he s slipping five% tafive percentage points among likely caucusgoers since december and buttigieg surging over the same time frame. biden officials say the iowa swing which they are calling the no malarky tour, will give vote ers a more up close view of the candidate. david is joining me now. so, david, what is this eight-day tour signal to you about the vice president feeling like he s got to be up close and personal and maybe more
that they will give up 24eur affiliation with al qaeda. they won t challenge the afghan government. those are the long-term solutions you are talking about, ni nicole. there is a lot of reality where the taliban is seeking to take over afghanistan. but, for him to go to support the troops as someone who has been skeptical of our involvement in afghanistan keeps them off balance. are the americans really here to stay here longer. headlines are attempting to find something to ding the president on. take a thanksgiving hiatus for once. good on the commander-in-chief tomorrow we can fight tout. they can t do that. nicole: no, they can t. ed: 2020 in full swing, joe biden maintaining his status as a frontrunner nationally. people seem to forget every four years we don t vote nationally we vote state by state. ed: you will know the name better than the bus the no malarky bus tour. put that bus back up there again. that sin dickive how