for someone that can say, okay, fine, we understand all of that. now here s how we move forward in the is my vision that involves you. and i think where a lot of the democrats have made a mistake is they fed into a narrative that trump is dictating rather than saying okay, let them to do that, i m back involved in trying to make your life work. that s the person that can beat donald trump. using all of this as a backdrop for our conversation, where does that put the state of this race? we put up a backdrop of december of last year to this december, the polling between joe biden and bernie sanders is exactly where it was. obviously some people have risen and fallen. elizabeth warren, pete buttigieg, and others. but the state of play as we turn the corner into the new year is what? well, i think, willie, there s a state of play is also important to look at trump s state of play.
i m not making this up. we will get to the faux outreach surrounding that just ahead. good morning, welcome to morning joe. it s friday, december 27th. with us we have msnbc contribute by thetor michael barnicle. republican strategist susan de l percio, host of msnbc politics nation and president of the nation action network reverend al sharpton and nction nebc new correspondent with us in washington, heidi. good morning. i always say the friday between new year s and christmas you know who your friends of. and here you are. rev, you had a big christmas, as you always do. 28 years at national action network. in year our special guest was