awaiting decision from vice president joe biden. multiple sources tell nbc news his decision could come sometime this week. a new mondmout poll, shows hillary clinton with 48%, bernie sanders with 21%. without biden the poll, hillary clinton gets 57% and bernie sanders gets 24%. joining us now, tim pawlenty who also ran for president in 2012. he is now the ceo of the financial services round-table. and back with us, charlie cook and curt anderson. tim pawlenty, this new republican poll shows a little bit of movement for donald trump within the margin of error. seems to have stabilized within the mid 20s here. what do you make of that poll and what do you see coming in the next -- in the next couple of polls? is it just going to hold in this plateau for trump at the top? >> lawrence, i think those who