to stay in the race, run ads and see if he can jump up the numbers a little bit. neither of these candidates have had a particularly impressive quarter when it comes to their electoral positioning, but they re still in the game. a lot out to cover. thank you for helping us cover it. sam stein, tarini parti, appreciate you both being with us tonight. with loose talking of hunting down whistleblowers, treason, civil war thrown in for good measure, our next guest wrote a book full of handy warning signs of approaching tyranny. so we ll ask him what it is we are witnessing. you got a minute? i need your help. you see, one out of six vehicles have been recalled because of dangerous takata airbags. one of them could be yours. defective airbag parts can explode causing serious injury, even death. go to safeairbags.com and see if your vehicle is on the recall list. and if it is, get it fixed for free. it could save your life.
front-runner status. hallie, any way you look at it, it s been a good week for joe biden. the monmouth poll a few days ago showed him essentially a tie. a series of three national polls in a row showing him right back where he s been since he got into the race, out in front some measure, double digits, some places doubling up his closest competitor, elizabeth warren, back in south carolina, probably his strongest state. a place he s very comfortable, talking about the issue front and center on the debate stage, that s health care. biden has made a big deal. run ads in iowa about building on afterwardable care act. this does two things. it s a policy fight he wants to have. it shows him superglued to barack obama, very popular with democratic voters, particularly african-american voters. he s raring up for the fight on the debate stage. bolstered by those poll numbers
melissa: another house democratic candidate this one in north carolina running an ad says she will not support nancy pelosi for speaker if democrats win back the house in november. there are reports of at least 50 democratic candidates and incumbents saying as much. only a handful have run ads so far. maria, that s to run an ad where you say you will not support the person currently the leader of in congress that s hard core. maria: yes, like you just said 50 candidates or incumbents in the party say they won t support her. it s good politics in a lot of places. more importantly i think it s good policy for our party my party. i think it s time for new leadership. republicans are going to get it paul ryan is leaving. nancy pelosi has been historic figure in our party. she has done very good things with fundraising and counting votes and keeping the caucus together. but it s time for new
senate. we know the midterm election haven t incumbent president swing in the opposite direction. democrats will not win them back simply by being against president trump. we need to be for our economic policies, better deal and his raw deal will become clear to the american public. chris: in more than one third of house races, republicans running for those seats have run ads that go after nancy pelosi. here s an example from the recent special election in pennsylvania. conor lamb is a pelosi liberal. his values aren t our values. chris: conor lamb won. one of the ways in which he won was he promised not to support nancy pelosi is nancy pelosi a liability for democrats in this campaign? i think is more reflective
election of an incumbent president on average sees 40 seats swing in the opposite direction. that s not going to happen on its own. democrats are not going to win that back simply by being against president trump. we need to be for, and as i mentioned before, our economic policies, and our better deal will become very clear to the american people. chris: in more than a third of house republican or housew races, republicans running for those seats have run ads that go after nancy pelosi. here s an example from a recent special election in pennsylvania, 18. conor lamb is a pelosi liberal. his values aren t our values. chris: that democrat, conor lamb one, one of the ways he won was he promised not to support nancy pelosi if democrats take the house and she s up for speaker again. is nancy pelosi a liability for democrats in this campaign? i think it s more reflective of the fact republicans are bankrupt on ideas. they don t have anything else to