The "Hack, Sputter, Cough" Edition

David Plotz and John Dickerson are joined by Ruth Marcus of the Washington

Post to discuss Hillary Clinton's hidden pneumonia, Donald Trump's

charitable self-portraits and the political potential of the latest

economic report. 

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