Tuesday, August 20, 2019: New Data Complicates Trump 2020 Economy Argument

Joe Biden is back on the trail in Iowa today as a new CNN poll shows him widening his national lead in the Democratic race. Electability is Biden's theme in his first campaign TV ad -- and Jill Biden offers a rather unusual endorsement. Plus, the scramble to make the next Democratic debate. Julian Castro is in -- and a few Democrats who are close are racing against the clock to qualify. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo making news today on China and ISIS. Plus offering his take on a New Yorker profile that calls him the "Secretary of Trump." Today's panel: Karoun Demirjian and Toluse Olorunnipa with The Washington Post, Laura Barron Lopez with POLITICO and Tamara Keith with NPR Also on the program: CNN's Arlette Saenz, Sara Murray and Kylie Atwood.

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