Politicos daniel litman. Good morning to you. Good morning. Lets start here with, you know, leading into there week the matchup that everyone was looking forward to is the bidenharris matchup. With what were hearing from senator booker, that may be the center stage that people are focused on. Yeah. I think joe biden after first pledging not to attack his opponents early on the campaign, he realized that strategy was not working, and he was not going to rely on a strategy of nostalgia for the obama administration. People want a positive vision for the country, as well. What will he do as president . And so thats what his campaign is telling reporters, he plans to lay out more so people who want to vote for biden know what he plans to do for the country. Theres also his new criticisms of cory booker, of course former mayor of newark. His Campaign Aides saying it was a civil rights nightmare, as well this is a different biden than weve seen in previous criticisms. This is like the attack dog joe biden appearing. Hes pretty fierce. He can be aggressive, and he is not going to take any challenge from anyone including cory booker lying down. I dont think cory booker is as strong as some people on his campaign might hope. He is not a toptier contender because his campaign of love and positive feeling has not really worked out. I think people like Kamala Harris, elizabeth warren, those are more serious threats to biden right now. Yeah. Senator booker still trying to qualify for those september debates, as we know, that five of the top candidates already have. Lets turn to senator harris and the bump that she saw in the polls. You mentioned her performance in the first debate as it relates to Vice President biden. That, you know, boosts her to second place in some polls. Now if we look at the latest fox news poll, shes at about 10 . Things have flattened for her. Why . To what do you attribute that . I think its just a natural progression when you have a nice debate bump. That sometimes wears off after a while. So the key for her is to keep herself in the conversation and, you know, show to the democratic primary electorate that shes someone to be reckoned with, and most people dont know what she stands for exactly. They know that she had that dustup with biden over bussing and segregation. They know she has a good resume, but shes not been like senator warren in laying out all these plans. We dont know what Kamala Harris would do on Climate Change, and if she has released plans, she hasnt talked about them much or havent gotten as much attention. I think thats one thing democrats will be looking at from her. Lets talk about the first night now and the matchup there center stage. Warren v. Sanders. They have overlapped obviously with their progressive platforms and policy prescriptions, but theyre not exactly the same attend as we know. And his numbers, senator sanders numbers, have softened a bit while weve seen the steady climb for senator elizabeth warren. Do you expect that they will have to go head to head or that they will be outliers on this stage, the progressives against the more moderates flanking them . I think it could be a mix of the two. Just wherever it becomes convenient for both candidates to attack or embrace each others ideas. Senator warren doesnt want to anger senator sanders supporters in case that she wants to get some of them. And they do share common cause on many different ideas. But senator warren is the candidate if you talk to democratic consultants who actually has risen in their opinion. They have thought that shes become a much better candidate, and shes not really tagged with that socialist label that could be deadly for sanders. She is more of a reform the system instead of knock it all down. And people appreciate her strength on policy that shes a serious candidate, and that she could get Many Americans to vote for her because shes a dynamic speaker, and people know that she believes what she says and that her status and image as a fighter for the middle class, thats something thats genuine. If youre thinking of a Kamala Harris type, good speaker, but shes not when you think of her, you dont think, oh, this person is going to fight for the middleclass, you know, 24 7. Thats what warrens reputation helps her get support. Im sure that the the harris supporters, and well have one on later this morning who will say shes more than just a good speaker and that she would stand up for the the middle class. Let me ask you about the numbers as it relates to sanders v. Warren. Are the the groepth were seeing for growth were seeing for elizabeth warren, is that coming primarily at the expense of senator sarpdnders . Its a mix of the two. On those polls you dont often get to track exactly when 20 supporters go to one candidate, but i think she doesnt just have the progressive lane. Shes gotten a lot of women, and theres people who are on the liberal spectrum who are they dont want to vote for sanders, they dont think that hes electable, but they like senator warren. Theres a lot of obama supporters who have kind of switched, who have not switched but basically they were big obama fans, and they think that warren has gotten to be a much better candidate with serious ideas, and they are giving her some support. I think the issue is whether they think that shes as electable as Kamala Harris or senator senator biden, Vice President biden. Daniel lippman, thanks. Lets look at the lineups. Theyre set for the president ial debates. Two nights, ten candidates each night. The first is tuesday at 8 00. Tune in around 2 00 on wednesday, as well. Live action gets underway at 8 00 p. M. Eastern live from detroit only on cnn. They were pentagon funds laid out for recruiting, aircraft upgrades, and Training Afghan security forces. Now the Supreme Court says the president can use that money to build the wall. The high court overturning the lower courts decision, but it may be temporary because the battle isnt over yet. This ruling allows the money to be spent as the legal fight continues. But that isnt stopping the president from declaring victory. He tweeted, quote, big win for Border Security and the rule of law. Were also following breaking news this morning. Right now more violent protests happening in hong kong. Police in riot gear unleashing teargas on protesters who are marching against last weekends violence that left 45 people injured. You see here the demonstrators, some of them throwing plastic objects, traffic cones at police as they try to disperse the crowd. We have more from hong kong. What more are you seeing there, what more can you tell us about the protests . Reporter we are very close to the chinese border, where there were those horrific attacks last sunday. Some hospitalized, one in critical condition. I want to bring you to street level where there are thousands. They are moving water barriers into position where on the other side are riot police. An hour ago, teargas, pepper spray was dispersed. When the protesters charged at police, police say that they had iron bars and manmade shields. Now this is the eighth consecutive weekend of protests. This is just becoming an almost daily event here in hong kong where people are turning out to the streets to protest against that controversial extradition bill which has been indefinitely suspended. Its now so much more than this. It is now about the future of hong kong and the freedoms that it enjoyed because they feel encroachment from china. Now the mobs of whiteshirted men who attacked people last sunday, 12 were arrested, and many are believed to be triad members, members of a gang here in hong kong. What we are anticipating is more violent clashes with police. And you can see these protesters, they are moving these barricades into position to create this faceoff with police. The ambulance and the fire, they drive past, people applaud, people clap. The riot police are keeping very much on the periphery. They have said this is an illegal protest, and they are going to be orchestrating a disbursal operation in the coming hours. We are expecting more violent clashes in the hours ahead. All right. Anna for us in hong kong. Thank you so much. Eight people are dead this morning after backtoback earthquakes hit the northern philippines. The u. S. Geological survey says a 5. 9magnitude earthquake struck the province. Then about 20 minutes later, a second quake hit the same area. Some homes were just turned to rubble. 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Theyre the first since he met with kim jongun last month and agreed to restart the denuclearization talks. According to north koreas staterun media, kim jongun is calling the tests a warning to south korea. President trump says its not a setback to denuclearization. Theyre shortrange missiles and we relationship is good with chairman kim. Well see what happens. They are shortrange missiles, and many people have those missiles. Cnn producer steven jiang is live from beijing. What do we know more about the missile tests themselves . Reporter well, you know, these shortrange missile tests on thursday morning, as you were saying, were not the first time the North Koreans have done so. It is the first time they have done so since trump and kim met last month. The North Koreans said clearly these tests were meant to be a stern warning to the south Korean Military and, indeed, kim jongun personally organized these tests, and the south koreans should not ignore this very clear warning. On the other hand, youve heard President Trump not only downplay this, also seem unfazed by these tests. That sentiment was actually reflected in the public statements by the u. S. South korean joint military command, as well. They site these launches were not they cite these launches were not directed toward either countries. These tests are not entirely surprising given the North Koreans increasing frustration with washington and seoul in the recent weeks over the lack of progress on the nuclear talks. You said the two leaders met last month and agreed to resume working level talks. Nothings happening. The North Koreans seem to be getting impatient. They have done this kind of test in the past to voice their impatience and frustration. If thats indeed the case, we are probably not seeing the end of it given the increasing uncertainty on the future of these talks between the u. S. And north korea. Steven, the president downplays it. These are shortrange missiles, and a lot of theme have them. Shortrange missiles mean a lot more when youre within short range, right . South korea, japan, you mentioned that joint statement, are we hearing anything else from the other leaders in the region . Reporter you know, one interesting player here, of course, is china, where i am. Beijing so far has been relatively quiet, as well. They have not condemned these tests, and they have not even expressed concern. What beijing officials have been saying is washington and pyongyang should resume these working level talks as soon as possible, and the two leaders agreed. There is interesting to note because this is happening when relations between north korea and china are increasingly warm. President xi jinping of china paid a very rare state visit to north korea just last month. And amid the pomp and ceremony, he and kim agreed not only to cement their longtime communist alliance but also to open a new chapter in this relationship. And one indication we have seen as these rebounded or growing trade figures between the two countries in the first half of this year. You know, some experts say this shift in the power balance on the korean peninsula, what strengthened chinas hands in its dealing with washington on many issues including these crucial trade talks. So a lot of players involved in this very complicated pictures here in northeast asia. No doubt about. That steven jiang, thank you so much. House democrats are ramping up their impeachment fight against the president. How a new lawsuit may be their way of launching this impeachment proceeding or the inquiry at least. Plus, the search for two teenage murder suspects in canada is ramping up. Coming up, why investigators say Good Samaritans may have inadvertently help the them get away. With tough food, your dentures may slip and fall. Fixodent ultramax hold gives you the strongest hold ever to lock your dentures. So now you can eat tough food without worry. 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I mean, theyre starting this process of a lawsuit and not opening an official inquiry just yet. Watch. We are continuing an investigation of the president s malfeasances, and we will do what we feel we will consider what we have to consider, including whether we should recommend articles of impeachment to the p. O. W. S. Thats the job of our to the house. Thats the job of our committee. We may decide on articles of impeachment, we may not it remains to be seen. The House Judiciary Committee filed a lawsuit yesterday to get grand jury information from the mueller report. Meanwhile, the list of democrats calling for a formal impeachment inquiry is growing. Take a look at this. More than 101 House Democrats and one independent are now on board with that. Yet, house leader nancy pelosi not budging. We want to discuss all of this and bring back in Daniel Lippman of politico. Good to see you again. Lets start with the latest lawsuit from the democrats. They want to access the secret information in the mueller report. Why is this considered an escalation in this process, and how is this going to help them in their investigation . Well, theyre finally kind of crossing the rube con of filing that lawsuit. And as part of that, they are saying that this is part of whether they are going to move forward with impeachment. Theyre not going to launch proceedings yet, and Speaker Pelosi has backed this move. She wants those underlying mueller documents, as well. But i think the risk is that you just keep this in the news for democrats. And pelosi does not want democrats to actually impeach trump unless theres overwhelming public support for it, we dont see that now. In the senate, if there is a successful house vote, the senate would say were not going to were going to keep trump in office. Uhhuh. And the council for the House Judiciary Committee said it doesnt need to formally open that impeachment inquiry yet because the committees investigating with th