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Holiday weekend. And the president is going to speak in front of the Lincoln Memorial tomorrow at his event which he is calling the show of a lifetime. Well, another president called it almost the same thing. And he certainly knew what he was talking about. He was a former act or o. Here is Ronald Reagan speaking in new york. No tanks here him, but he was on a u. S. Aircraft carrier. In a few moments, the celebration will begin here in new york harbor. Its going to be quite a show. I was just looking over the preparations and thinking about a saying that we had back in hollywood about never doing a scene with kids or animals because they would steal the seem every time. You can rest assured i wouldnt even think about trying to compete with a fireworks display. And new today, a source tells cnn that military chiefs have some concern about President Trumps july 4th event. Cnn has learned some pentagon leaders are worried the president s salute to america celebration is the military front and center is too political. Im going to get straight to jim shuuto who joins me with more on his reporting. Tell us exactly what youre hearing about the pushback this is what im told. Senior military commanders, including the service chiefs, had deep concerns, Major Concerns about this event being politicized. They had deep reservations in particular including tanks, ar mored personnel carriers. It is the president s prerogative as commander in chief. And ultimately the pentagon has delivered those tanks you now see on the mall. In addition to that, im told some of the service khaoeps were reluctant to participate in a very public way. Some of them now from the list of attendance for tomorrows events are sending in alternates. Some of them had previous commitments on that day. But the Bigger Picture here is the concern within the pentagon that a lot of the trappings after this event make it more political than the military is comfortable with. Jim shuuto, that you can for that reporting. Appreciate it. The president is spending his time on twitter defending the event that he so meticulously has planned for tomorrows celebration. He said, quote, the cost of a tkpwraout salute to america tomorrow will be very little compared to what it is worth. We own the planes, we have the pilots, the airport is right next door, andrews, all we need is the fuel. We own the tanks and all. Fireworks are donated by two of the greats. Nice here to share their information on that reporting kaitlan collins, john kirby, Michael Scherer and michael contain wka the Washington Post. Admiral, i will start with you. What do you think of this given the fact that you understand what it is like to not just work on the political side . I am worried about this on a couple of levels. First of all, its sort of beneath oss as a strong, confident super power to have to demonstrate our military hardware at an Independence Day event. I think that is illplaced. The a little bitization of this and the a little bitization of the military could be nothing more than a big political rally. Every time he gets up in front of military members or around the military things he tends to politicize things. I hope he doesnt do that. Thats a real concern. So we went back inside politics way back machine to see if there is precedent for this. And theres not an exact precedent. But there are sometimes in recent history where president s have used the military for parades. Eisenhower in 1957, inaugural parade he had a tank there. Jfk, 1961. He had a tank and missile. And george h. W. Bush, that was june of 1991. This is a battle war celebrating desert storm. Because you have to keep it in context. I have seen all the stuff on twitter today. People with all of these historical analogies. We have never had a president like this who wrapped himself so much around the military, calling military leaders his generals. He absconds with, i think, or is trying to, with the national story. And the idea with patriotism. He has been more vitt olic, vocal in embracing militaristic virtue in terms of patriotism and that is not appropriate. I know you have heard, as have i, that this whole idea was born in france. Yeah. The president went for bastille day, which is about as analogous as it gets for july 4th. They had a big parade, tanks. He was essentially blown away by that. He wasnt supposed to go to that event. When he told there was going to be this military parade, the president , said, okay, im going to go instead of sending the Vice President. He was enthralled by it. His veterans day got scrapped last year because of the logistics, the cost, it was a scramble at the last minute. He made lastminute demands that has contributed to the unknown factor trying to get all of this equipment. His tweet is just wrong. A lot of equipment coming in is from california, missouri, kentucky, not just from right next door. Of course there will be costs. It will cost 2. 5 million just at the beginning to come from the National Parks service. And that is just a slice for it that gives an opening for the House Democrats to start asking questions about the cost of this. They have all the perks, congress does. And we will see a lot of letters and information gathering. I think if there were if they werent giving out tickets to republican donors in the vip area and if it were, you know, rank and file military types, this might get a little bit more of a pass. I think this is going to congress is going to dig into this. Do they have time to dig into this . What hours of the day . I think the admiral is right. Its the context of this particular president. You think back to the first days of the administration when he went to the pentagon to announce James Mattiss confirmation as secretary of defense, and he he signed his travel ban at the pentagon in front of this hall of heroes in this hallowed place. From that point forward, he has used these opportunities that he could sort of fashion into a bipartisan support of the armed forces and the military. But instead tends to veer into, you know, talking about his supporters, talking about other issues. I mean, i frankly wouldnt be surprised if we hear something about the Mueller Report tomorrow. You know what i mean . Who knows . Maybe he will avoid that. But thats the problem. Its always wrapped in a much more partisan, political patina than with other president s. And i agree. Even if the speech is pitch perfect, he doesnt go political at all, mike says that still makes me uncomfortable and many military leaders uncomfortable. He is like no other commander in chief. The way he wraps himself into the flag and wants to own military virtue for himself. That makes him unique. Even though the speech is good, im still not crazy about the optics. A pentagon spokesperson said about jims reporting. Its not unusual for Senior Leaders to send a representative to functions that they cannot attend due to competing commitments. It is not in a medical tear leaders dna to task a subordinate to do something that the leader does not want to do. Right. Thats exactly right. Well spoken. Youre a former pentagon spokesperson. Well written, whoever did it. I get the position that theyre in. It is putting them in a difficult spot. He is the commander in chief. Hes not asking for something unlawful or unethical or illegal. So you want to try to support that. But you also want to, you know, if you can, maintain the proper sort of distance. Im not suggesting they are sending substitutes because they dont want to go. Im told they do have scheduling conflicts. But he is putting them in a difficult spots. He wants each to approach and stand with him as they fly over, again, wrapping it around them like it is his military. Its not. Its the american peoples. There is this lack of leadership. It habs topsy toughery since james mattis resigned in protest. And Patrick Shanahan took over. Since january, we have seen how that changed in recent days. We have mark esper taking over. It does come at an interesting time in leadership. It is interesting to think of what mattis would do if he had been at d. O. D. He slow rolled it. I do think this will play differently in large swaths of the country where a lot of his supporters and a lot of other americans maybe will look at us and say, what are they talking about . He just wants this he wants to celebrates america and the might of america. And i think we in this town focus on the 2. 5 million which is a tiny amount of money and focus on other things. I think it will play differently. That is such an important point. You are talking rightly and what is precedent and maybe the intent of the founders with regard to how we celebrate these things. But there are a lot of people who are saying, right on, mr. President. Absolutely. You are doing exactly what we should be doing, which is celebrating and showing the world americas military might. You have a great piece on cnn. Com about this. Maybe we should give him the day off. Stick around. Up next, several 2020 democrats are in iowa today to kick off their july 4th holiday. Stay with us. Travis in it made it. Its amazing. Oh is that traviss app . Its pretty cool, isnt it . Theres two of them. Theyre multiplying. No, guys, its me. See, im real. Im real he thinks hes real. Geico. Over 75 years of savings and service. Our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy whoohoo greattasting ensure. With nine grams of protein and twentysix vitamins and minerals. Ensure, for strength and energy. 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Reporter dana, the campaign sent out an email to their supporters, revealing the former Vice President raised 21. 5 million in the second fundraising quarter, a number that has him behind south bend mayor Pete Buttigieg, who earlier this week announced he raised 24. 8 million. Biden entered the primary race three weeks into the fundraising quarter. He wasnt working with an entire three months that the other candidates did. A few other numbers the campaign is citing is 98 was from grassroots supporters, those donating under 200 and received 436,000 donations from 256,000 individual donors. These numbers will be watched closely going forward. There have been a lot of questions about whether the former Vice President would be able to mount a Strong Fundraising operation and so far, he has shown that he has. He has dedicated a lot of time in these first few months into fundraising, holding over two dozen inperson fundraisers across the country. So far, he was not able to match that figure that was posted by mayor Pete Buttigieg, an unknown relative mayor a few monthing ago. The numbers that the former Vice President will post in the coming weeks will be crucial, especially after you see him dropping in the polls after that first debate. Dana . Thank you for that reporting. So this is important. These are always important milestones, especially since weve seen a report from joe biden. His campaign, rightly so, points out, yes, hes not in the top fundraiser even though he has been the frontrunner but because he got into the race not well into the quarter but as the quarter was already ongoing. What do you make of these numbers, paul . Its a pretty impressionable quarter. He raised 3 million more than Bernie Sanders took in, who had previously been the fundraising leader. For a guy who always had pretty easy senate reelections, who never really had to raise money himself. He didnt like it. He didnt like doing it, its probably better than people thought he would have been able to do six months ago. One of the differences is that he is doing the traditional fundraising that others said we will not do, from big donors. Im not sure if its correct to use the term bundler but traditional fundraising and yet 97 of his donations, his campaign is saying, is from grass roots supporters, meaning under 200. The avenlg donation was 49. What does that tell you . Thats an interesting competition, who has the smallest donation. Its a proxy for im more grass roots than you are, not big m money donors. Elizabeth warren has gone most extreme on this saying im going to swear off highdollar fundraisers entirely, spend my time taking selfies with voters to show people im going to confront wall treat and these big corporations. Money is obviously not going to win candidates the race but allows them to stay in it, allows them to run the campaigns they want. Pete buttigieg is raising a good amount of money but not doing well in the poll, slipped 3 , 4 . Its one metric but not the only one. Im not sure if we have, to put up the context of where we are in the fundraising. You mentioned Pete Buttigiegs fundraising and Bernie Sanders. There you see it. Pete buttigieg, stars we know right now, raised the most, whats been reported in the Second Quarter. 24. Million, biden 21. 5 million and Bernie Sanders 18 million. Money doesnt always equal support but it certainly gives you a lifeline. You mentioned Pete Buttigieg. The fact is, he has a lot of money in the bank. He is only at 4 in the polls. Across the board, in the slue of polls weve seen, 4 of the polls, whats up with the difference between the grassroots support, maybe some of the even elite support, people who are giving him money and people who are telling pollsters that theyll support him . He doesnt have the name recognition of Bernie Sanders and former Vice President and senator have. I think thats a lot of it. People may not no who he is. Now he is becoming more of a nationwide figure but is still an unknown for a lot of people. Now, of course, hes facing this big test back home over the use of police force and how he handles that, i think, will make a big difference and debate performance is a massive part of this. We remember being on these campaign trails where, you know, the kind of investment that you need to make as a candidate in june, july, august, september, october so that by the time you get to january and february of next year, you have an operation that can compete in iowa and New Hampshire and South Carolina and the other states. I mean, all of that is money that you invest now, but you dont necessarily see the impact of all of that money. So, by Pete Buttigieg having 25 million, that may not immediately be reflected in national polls, certainly, because that money is going to staff and infrastructure. It will keep him in the race longer. It will keep him in the race, right . People that have to worry on those two stages, debates, are the people in 1 , 2 , 3 and didnt raise much money. Theyll face a situation quickly where they dont have the money. As john mccain proved you can win the race when you sort of end up in a pickup truck with one or two staffers but thats a hard thing to do. When you have the money to compete speaking, to divert here, about having money in the bank and the race for small donor dollars, i think its fascinating that on the republican side, the trump campaign, in working with the rnc, they raised record numbers. 100 million. The most comparable is 54 when youre talking about the trump campaign, his committees. Regardless, the focus that they are putting on small donors. Small donors, at this point, equals a Grass Roots Network that theyre building across the board, republicans and democrats. But its interesting for the republicans as well. Hes doing this really for the first time. His campaign four years ago was really bare bones. They hardly raised any money. They didnt do a National Advertising campaign until the final four weeks of the campaign. So, theyre doing Something Different this time around. And theyre having some success. I think you want to measure by taking all the Democratic Candidates versus trump and maybe the rnc, dnc. Well have to wait another week or so to get all that data. And then the question is, who is he going to go up against . We obviously still dont know that. One of the other things i want to get to is the latest polls. Weve seen a slue of polls post debate, cnn included, that shows joe bidens lead is shrinking, Kamala Harris is coming up and now we have a Washington Post poll out this morning, which shows a similar trend. This poll has biden at 30, sanders at 19, harris at 13, warren at 12. I should say that according to our pollster part of the discrepancy between theirs and the others, they first asked an open ended, who would you support . Because biden and sanders have more name recognition, those names were called that first. The trend is the same in all the polls. The debate really scrambled the race. Weve seen joe biden. Weve seen Lincoln Memorial<\/a> tomorrow at his event which he is calling the show of a lifetime. Well, another president called it almost the same thing. And he certainly knew what he was talking about. He was a former act or o. Here is Ronald Reagan<\/a> speaking in new york. No tanks here him, but he was on a u. S. Aircraft carrier. In a few moments, the celebration will begin here in new york harbor. Its going to be quite a show. I was just looking over the preparations and thinking about a saying that we had back in hollywood about never doing a scene with kids or animals because they would steal the seem every time. You can rest assured i wouldnt even think about trying to compete with a fireworks display. And new today, a source tells cnn that military chiefs have some concern about President Trump<\/a>s july 4th event. Cnn has learned some pentagon leaders are worried the president s salute to america celebration is the military front and center is too political. Im going to get straight to jim shuuto who joins me with more on his reporting. Tell us exactly what youre hearing about the pushback this is what im told. Senior military commanders, including the service chiefs, had deep concerns, Major Concerns<\/a> about this event being politicized. They had deep reservations in particular including tanks, ar mored personnel carriers. It is the president s prerogative as commander in chief. And ultimately the pentagon has delivered those tanks you now see on the mall. In addition to that, im told some of the service khaoeps were reluctant to participate in a very public way. Some of them now from the list of attendance for tomorrows events are sending in alternates. Some of them had previous commitments on that day. But the Bigger Picture<\/a> here is the concern within the pentagon that a lot of the trappings after this event make it more political than the military is comfortable with. Jim shuuto, that you can for that reporting. Appreciate it. The president is spending his time on twitter defending the event that he so meticulously has planned for tomorrows celebration. He said, quote, the cost of a tkpwraout salute to america tomorrow will be very little compared to what it is worth. We own the planes, we have the pilots, the airport is right next door, andrews, all we need is the fuel. We own the tanks and all. Fireworks are donated by two of the greats. Nice here to share their information on that reporting kaitlan collins, john kirby, Michael Scherer<\/a> and michael contain wka the Washington Post<\/a>. Admiral, i will start with you. What do you think of this given the fact that you understand what it is like to not just work on the political side . I am worried about this on a couple of levels. First of all, its sort of beneath oss as a strong, confident super power to have to demonstrate our military hardware at an Independence Day<\/a> event. I think that is illplaced. The a little bitization of this and the a little bitization of the military could be nothing more than a big political rally. Every time he gets up in front of military members or around the military things he tends to politicize things. I hope he doesnt do that. Thats a real concern. So we went back inside politics way back machine to see if there is precedent for this. And theres not an exact precedent. But there are sometimes in recent history where president s have used the military for parades. Eisenhower in 1957, inaugural parade he had a tank there. Jfk, 1961. He had a tank and missile. And george h. W. Bush, that was june of 1991. This is a battle war celebrating desert storm. Because you have to keep it in context. I have seen all the stuff on twitter today. People with all of these historical analogies. We have never had a president like this who wrapped himself so much around the military, calling military leaders his generals. He absconds with, i think, or is trying to, with the national story. And the idea with patriotism. He has been more vitt olic, vocal in embracing militaristic virtue in terms of patriotism and that is not appropriate. I know you have heard, as have i, that this whole idea was born in france. Yeah. The president went for bastille day, which is about as analogous as it gets for july 4th. They had a big parade, tanks. He was essentially blown away by that. He wasnt supposed to go to that event. When he told there was going to be this military parade, the president , said, okay, im going to go instead of sending the Vice President<\/a>. He was enthralled by it. His veterans day got scrapped last year because of the logistics, the cost, it was a scramble at the last minute. He made lastminute demands that has contributed to the unknown factor trying to get all of this equipment. His tweet is just wrong. A lot of equipment coming in is from california, missouri, kentucky, not just from right next door. Of course there will be costs. It will cost 2. 5 million just at the beginning to come from the National Parks<\/a> service. And that is just a slice for it that gives an opening for the House Democrats<\/a> to start asking questions about the cost of this. They have all the perks, congress does. And we will see a lot of letters and information gathering. I think if there were if they werent giving out tickets to republican donors in the vip area and if it were, you know, rank and file military types, this might get a little bit more of a pass. I think this is going to congress is going to dig into this. Do they have time to dig into this . What hours of the day . I think the admiral is right. Its the context of this particular president. You think back to the first days of the administration when he went to the pentagon to announce James Mattiss<\/a> confirmation as secretary of defense, and he he signed his travel ban at the pentagon in front of this hall of heroes in this hallowed place. From that point forward, he has used these opportunities that he could sort of fashion into a bipartisan support of the armed forces and the military. But instead tends to veer into, you know, talking about his supporters, talking about other issues. I mean, i frankly wouldnt be surprised if we hear something about the Mueller Report<\/a> tomorrow. You know what i mean . Who knows . Maybe he will avoid that. But thats the problem. Its always wrapped in a much more partisan, political patina than with other president s. And i agree. Even if the speech is pitch perfect, he doesnt go political at all, mike says that still makes me uncomfortable and many military leaders uncomfortable. He is like no other commander in chief. The way he wraps himself into the flag and wants to own military virtue for himself. That makes him unique. Even though the speech is good, im still not crazy about the optics. A pentagon spokesperson said about jims reporting. Its not unusual for Senior Leaders<\/a> to send a representative to functions that they cannot attend due to competing commitments. It is not in a medical tear leaders dna to task a subordinate to do something that the leader does not want to do. Right. Thats exactly right. Well spoken. Youre a former pentagon spokesperson. Well written, whoever did it. I get the position that theyre in. It is putting them in a difficult spot. He is the commander in chief. Hes not asking for something unlawful or unethical or illegal. So you want to try to support that. But you also want to, you know, if you can, maintain the proper sort of distance. Im not suggesting they are sending substitutes because they dont want to go. Im told they do have scheduling conflicts. But he is putting them in a difficult spots. He wants each to approach and stand with him as they fly over, again, wrapping it around them like it is his military. Its not. Its the american peoples. There is this lack of leadership. It habs topsy toughery since james mattis resigned in protest. And Patrick Shanahan<\/a> took over. Since january, we have seen how that changed in recent days. We have mark esper taking over. It does come at an interesting time in leadership. It is interesting to think of what mattis would do if he had been at d. O. D. He slow rolled it. I do think this will play differently in large swaths of the country where a lot of his supporters and a lot of other americans maybe will look at us and say, what are they talking about . He just wants this he wants to celebrates america and the might of america. And i think we in this town focus on the 2. 5 million which is a tiny amount of money and focus on other things. I think it will play differently. That is such an important point. You are talking rightly and what is precedent and maybe the intent of the founders with regard to how we celebrate these things. But there are a lot of people who are saying, right on, mr. President. Absolutely. You are doing exactly what we should be doing, which is celebrating and showing the world americas military might. You have a great piece on cnn. Com about this. Maybe we should give him the day off. Stick around. Up next, several 2020 democrats are in iowa today to kick off their july 4th holiday. Stay with us. Travis in it made it. Its amazing. Oh is that traviss app . Its pretty cool, isnt it . Theres two of them. Theyre multiplying. No, guys, its me. See, im real. Im real he thinks hes real. Geico. 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Thats actually not the top number among the 2020 democrats, but the Biden Campaign<\/a> has a reason. Lets get straight to arlette sands. What are you hearing from the campaign . Reporter dana, the campaign sent out an email to their supporters, revealing the former Vice President<\/a> raised 21. 5 million in the second fundraising quarter, a number that has him behind south bend mayor Pete Buttigieg<\/a>, who earlier this week announced he raised 24. 8 million. Biden entered the primary race three weeks into the fundraising quarter. He wasnt working with an entire three months that the other candidates did. A few other numbers the campaign is citing is 98 was from grassroots supporters, those donating under 200 and received 436,000 donations from 256,000 individual donors. These numbers will be watched closely going forward. There have been a lot of questions about whether the former Vice President<\/a> would be able to mount a Strong Fundraising<\/a> operation and so far, he has shown that he has. He has dedicated a lot of time in these first few months into fundraising, holding over two dozen inperson fundraisers across the country. So far, he was not able to match that figure that was posted by mayor Pete Buttigieg<\/a>, an unknown relative mayor a few monthing ago. The numbers that the former Vice President<\/a> will post in the coming weeks will be crucial, especially after you see him dropping in the polls after that first debate. Dana . Thank you for that reporting. So this is important. These are always important milestones, especially since weve seen a report from joe biden. His campaign, rightly so, points out, yes, hes not in the top fundraiser even though he has been the frontrunner but because he got into the race not well into the quarter but as the quarter was already ongoing. What do you make of these numbers, paul . Its a pretty impressionable quarter. He raised 3 million more than Bernie Sanders<\/a> took in, who had previously been the fundraising leader. For a guy who always had pretty easy senate reelections, who never really had to raise money himself. He didnt like it. He didnt like doing it, its probably better than people thought he would have been able to do six months ago. One of the differences is that he is doing the traditional fundraising that others said we will not do, from big donors. Im not sure if its correct to use the term bundler but traditional fundraising and yet 97 of his donations, his campaign is saying, is from grass roots supporters, meaning under 200. The avenlg donation was 49. What does that tell you . Thats an interesting competition, who has the smallest donation. Its a proxy for im more grass roots than you are, not big m money donors. Elizabeth warren has gone most extreme on this saying im going to swear off highdollar fundraisers entirely, spend my time taking selfies with voters to show people im going to confront wall treat and these big corporations. Money is obviously not going to win candidates the race but allows them to stay in it, allows them to run the campaigns they want. Pete buttigieg is raising a good amount of money but not doing well in the poll, slipped 3 , 4 . Its one metric but not the only one. Im not sure if we have, to put up the context of where we are in the fundraising. You mentioned Pete Buttigiegs<\/a> fundraising and Bernie Sanders<\/a>. There you see it. Pete buttigieg, stars we know right now, raised the most, whats been reported in the Second Quarter<\/a>. 24. Million, biden 21. 5 million and Bernie Sanders<\/a> 18 million. Money doesnt always equal support but it certainly gives you a lifeline. You mentioned Pete Buttigieg<\/a>. The fact is, he has a lot of money in the bank. He is only at 4 in the polls. Across the board, in the slue of polls weve seen, 4 of the polls, whats up with the difference between the grassroots support, maybe some of the even elite support, people who are giving him money and people who are telling pollsters that theyll support him . He doesnt have the name recognition of Bernie Sanders<\/a> and former Vice President<\/a> and senator have. I think thats a lot of it. People may not no who he is. Now he is becoming more of a nationwide figure but is still an unknown for a lot of people. Now, of course, hes facing this big test back home over the use of police force and how he handles that, i think, will make a big difference and debate performance is a massive part of this. We remember being on these campaign trails where, you know, the kind of investment that you need to make as a candidate in june, july, august, september, october so that by the time you get to january and february of next year, you have an operation that can compete in iowa and New Hampshire<\/a> and South Carolina<\/a> and the other states. I mean, all of that is money that you invest now, but you dont necessarily see the impact of all of that money. So, by Pete Buttigieg<\/a> having 25 million, that may not immediately be reflected in national polls, certainly, because that money is going to staff and infrastructure. It will keep him in the race longer. It will keep him in the race, right . People that have to worry on those two stages, debates, are the people in 1 , 2 , 3 and didnt raise much money. Theyll face a situation quickly where they dont have the money. As john mccain proved you can win the race when you sort of end up in a pickup truck with one or two staffers but thats a hard thing to do. When you have the money to compete speaking, to divert here, about having money in the bank and the race for small donor dollars, i think its fascinating that on the republican side, the trump campaign, in working with the rnc, they raised record numbers. 100 million. The most comparable is 54 when youre talking about the trump campaign, his committees. Regardless, the focus that they are putting on small donors. Small donors, at this point, equals a Grass Roots Network<\/a> that theyre building across the board, republicans and democrats. But its interesting for the republicans as well. Hes doing this really for the first time. His campaign four years ago was really bare bones. They hardly raised any money. They didnt do a National Advertising<\/a> campaign until the final four weeks of the campaign. So, theyre doing Something Different<\/a> this time around. And theyre having some success. I think you want to measure by taking all the Democratic Candidates<\/a> versus trump and maybe the rnc, dnc. Well have to wait another week or so to get all that data. And then the question is, who is he going to go up against . We obviously still dont know that. One of the other things i want to get to is the latest polls. Weve seen a slue of polls post debate, cnn included, that shows joe bidens lead is shrinking, Kamala Harris<\/a> is coming up and now we have a Washington Post<\/a> poll out this morning, which shows a similar trend. This poll has biden at 30, sanders at 19, harris at 13, warren at 12. I should say that according to our pollster part of the discrepancy between theirs and the others, they first asked an open ended, who would you support . Because biden and sanders have more name recognition, those names were called that first. The trend is the same in all the polls. The debate really scrambled the race. Weve seen joe biden. Weve seen Kamala Harris<\/a> after that standout performance vault into second place. Elizabeth warren had been rising. She continues to rise and Bernie Sanders<\/a> has slipped. I think theres troubling signs for him, given how well known he is. Among democrats and voters. Can he win that support back that he had in 2016 . Ill tell you one thing hes going to do. Hes going to do an interview on cnn. We have a programming note on that, an exclusive. Joe biden and his wife, jill, will sit down with my colleague, chris cuomo. That interview airs friday morning right here on cnn. Well be right back. Heres another reason to join tmobile. Do you like Stranger Things<\/a> . Sure you do. Thats why netflix is on us. And heres another reason to join. Bring in your discount, and well match it. Thats right. Tmobile will match your discount. His life is pretty comfortable. Then, he laid on a serta and realized his life was only just sorta comfortable. Ive been living a lie. laughs the Serta Icomfort<\/a> hybrid mattress. Not just sorta comfortable, serta comfortable. A new watchdog report is warning of dangerous conditions at border Holding Facilities<\/a> calling them a ticking timebomb. Photos and data are released with a set of announced inspections earlier last month. Extreme overcrowding, standing room only in some places. Internal watchdog report found multiple violations of u. S. Detention policy, lack of hot meals, adequate access to showers and limited access to a change of clothes. All this could be resonating more with the american people. A new cnn poll shows threequarters of americans now say the situation at the border is a crisis. Compare that to six months ago when only 45 would use that word. Break it down by party lines and the same finding stands. More republicans, independents and democrats are now willing to call it a crisis compared to swran. Biggest jump among democrats, 23 in january, up 70 in june. Its hard to imagine anybody would look at whats going on down there and not call it a crisis. Obviously, it has been so steeped in politics its been hard to so through the politics. You have a book about the ongoing policy thats been going on for decades. When you see the report, members of congress coming back, talk about it. Look, what donald trump tried to convince the public of for the first year and a half of his administration was that there was a crisis on the border of a different kind. Right . He warned of a National Security<\/a> crisis and economic crisis. That was the crisis that he focused on and people were rightly skeptical. There was a lack of evidence. In fact, if you went and looked, the people who are experts in those areas would say that would dispute what the president was saying. What happened was a crisis did form. Its just not the one that the president was talking about. Its a humanitarian crisis. One of the things thats made it worse is the policies that the administration pursued actually exacerbated the kind of difficulties that they are in now. They wanted to detain people but didnt create more safe spaces to detain them. They wanted to not catch and release as the president talks about and didnt put a lot of effort, money and time into the humanitarian aspects because they wanted money for the wall. Thats combined to create this horrible, horrible situation at the border where people are really suffering. Its very well said. Explained very well. You must be working on a book on this. No, but it is important. So much politics has bin fused that you think one side or the other is doing it for political reasons. Sometimes theyre right but like the debate last week when Congress Went<\/a> back home for july 4th recess its because theres an actual problem. Part of the issue, also, is that youre seeing things like this inspector jn report where they surprised these facilities and found horrible conditions and part of the reason is because youre hearing more and more from people who are involved in the Border Patrol<\/a> talking about what goes on behind the scenes. Nick valencia talked to a border agent who wanted to speak to him noanonymous anonymously. Listen to what he said. The cells are what i would say filthy. We have a maintenance and cleaning crew that cleans the general area, hallways, but ive never seen them cleaning counters, toilets in the cells or sinks in the cell. Sometimes you go in a cell and theres trash everywhere. To be clear, there are lots of Border Patrol<\/a> agents who are working very hard to do very, very difficult jobs. This one was explaining a systemic problem. Right. I think more people are calling it a crisis for different reasons. Immigration skeptics call it a crisis because they believe too many people are coming across. The system cant handle them. Proimmigration voteers look at reports like that, testimonials like that and say tas a crisis because of the conditions that these people face. I think the system is kind of overwhelmed right now. Theres a mismatch between what the federal government is required to do under law. People come here. They have to have their right to be heard in court to make their case that they deserve asylum. They cant be turned away. Tens of thousands of people are backlogged. Theres not enough money to handle it. This hasnt been overhauled in a long time. Now were seeing the consequences. We cannot forget that there are human beings involved, there are children involved and this picture just broke high hearmy. The humanitarian Respite Center<\/a> in texas, you see the photo there. Kids were asked to draw pictures and these are the photos of the world that they know, which anybody who has kids or has ever met a kid or ever was a kid look as this the and sees its absolutely heartbreaking. Because they are absolutely not in control of the situation. Paul can talk about this better than i can. Its putting images like that are putting democrats in a tough spot. They are kneejerk opposed to just about every single thing that this administration wants to do on immigration for reasons that are both good for their politics but also substantive. At the same time its hard not to respond by saying you need to give the administration more money, more resources, which is what the fight was. Which is why the speaker defied her caucus. Thats right. Stand by. Before we go to break we want to look at the funeral today for 9 11 First Responder<\/a> luis alvarez. He died saturday from cancer linked to his service of those painful days in 2001. 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Its been a theme for the president ial candidate who served in afghanistan. Supreme Court Justice<\/a> ruth bader ginsburg, the second woman in history added to the Premium Court<\/a> is praising her new colleague, brett kavanaugh. She spoke in washington on tuesday. There is a very important first on the Supreme Court<\/a> this term, and its thanks to our new justice, justice kavanaugh, whose entire staff of all women, its the first time in the history of the United States<\/a> that there have been more women working at the court than men. And up next, getting hammered by conservatives for caving on his administrations quest to put a Citizenship Question<\/a> in the 2020 census, the president is saying on twiter that the fight isnt over, but democrats are celebrating and the lawyer who argued against the administration at the Supreme Court<\/a> tweeted a barbed at secretary wilbur ross with a short no soup for you. The nations largest and most reliable network. 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While wilbur ross disagreed with the Supreme Court<\/a> ruling he said, quote, my focus is to conduct a complete and accurate census. After looking at time constraints, Lower Court Opinions<\/a> and possible new injunctions, quote, officials just thought it wasnt realistic. Cnns Jessica Schneider<\/a> has been reporting on this. Jessica, if you look at the president s tweets its unclear exactly what the administration is doing. What is actually happening at the department of commerce with regard to the census moving forward . Is it or is it not . It is moving forward, dana. We got that indication yesterday. It is going to print without that Citizenship Question<\/a>. It is only the president that really continues to spark this uncertainty. He continued to tweet that this fight isnt over, that he will still push to get the Citizenship Question<\/a> on the census but all other indications are that this battle is over, that the doj has backed down and, in fact, the census, without that Citizenship Question<\/a>, has started the printing process. Thats what a doj lawyer told the judge last night, saying essentially this fight is over. That was yesterday. Theres also another hearing in the maryland case that could be provided later today. Theyre calling them together and saying this is final and the doj has made its final decision, especially in light of the president s constant tweet this is morning and then this afternoon. And then in addition to that, weve also gotten word that the director of the Census Bureau<\/a>, dr. Steven dillingham, will testify three weeks today before a subcommittee of the House Oversight<\/a> committee. Democrats want the Census Bureau<\/a> director to come to capitol hill to find out how ready the agency is to properly roll out this ce census and get people counted. Essentially theyre saying theyre in danger of not meeting security, i. T. Standards and that officials arent properly educating the public about what is expected here. Dana, this census is moving forward. The printing, according to the doj, has already begun. Its been sent to the printer and the Citizenship Question<\/a> will not appear on it, despite the president s insistent tweets otherwise. Dana . An important fact check. The president obviously heard from conservatives who were saying his callers were flooding the phone lines to his radio show today, saying that the president threw in the towel. So, it sounds as though the president was using his twitter feed to try to say that its not going to happen, to try to calm his supporters, even though its not factually correct. Thank you, jessica, for that report. Up next, the latest culture war debate over sneakers. This is nice. Yeah. Yeah, this is nice. Hmm. How did you make the dip so rich and creamy . Oh its a philadelphia family recipe. Can i see it . No. Philadelphia dips. So good, youll take all the credit. Her saturdays are a never ending montage of comfort. [tv sfx] where have you been all my life . But then anne laid on a serta perfect sleeper. And realized her life was only just sorta comfortable. Not just sorta comfortable. Serta comfortable. Not just sorta comfortable. Wenit gave me a leafput in the names almost right away. First. Within a few days, i went from knowing almost nothing to holy crow, im related to george washington. I didnt know that using ancestry would be so easy. Going back to the doctor just for a shot. With neulasta onpro. Patients get their day back. To be with. Family. Or just to sleep in. Strong chemo can put you at risk of serious infection. In a key study. Neulasta reduced the risk of infection from 17 . 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Just the economics of it, doug doucie saying we dont want jobs here is a risky business, one that democratic governors are jumping on. Gavin newsom of california, hey, nike, quick jaunt over the border, saying come here. Governor grisham saying nike, lets talk. The economics is quite risky even though the culture and political decision is obvious for these republicans. The city where the nike facility was supposed to go is not saying what ducey is saying. I think thats important, too. Everything has become political. We started talking about july fourth and parades and thats political, related to 2020. Nike, which for years was symbolized by tiger woods and Michael Jordan<\/a> is now viewed as a Colin Kaepernick<\/a> kneeling for the anthem type of company. Thats where we are right now. Quick to criticize the president on this, i think, is stating the obvious political analysis of this, saying donald trump has reaped enormous political benefits from the illjudged fashion among nfl players to kneel during the national anthem. If the president wins reelection, perhaps he should write a thank you note to Colin Kaepernick<\/a> and nike. Culture wars are the currency of this presidency. That clip with mcconnell, he knows how to read a moment, has a base to galvanize. Hes up for reelection. s very comfortable with this and so is the president. And many of his Party Members<\/a> are following suit. Thank you for watching inside politics. Brianna keilar is starting right no now. Im Brianna Keilar<\/a> live from cnn headquarters. Squaller conditions and severe overcrowding inside migrant facilities with a senior manager calling the situation a ticking time bomb. 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