good evening. we begin tonight with breaking news and perhaps a preview of things yet to come. after trading verbal jabs all day, president trump and joe biden are at dueling live campaign events in iowa. the president is in west des moines at a gop fund-raising dinner. he's just getting started, thanking his host, talking about his 2016 primary victory. vice president biden just about 160 miles down interstate 80 in davenport. this is a day after each man slamming the other. neither waiting to get to iowa. biden earlier this morning releasing an advance copy of his davenport remarks, describing the president as an existential threat to democracy. the president weighing in a short time later on the south lawn. >> well, i heard biden, who is a loser, look, joe never got more than 1% except obama took him off the trash heap.

now it looks like he's failing. now i have to tell you, he's a different guy. he looks different than he used to. he acts different than he used to. he's even slower than he used to be. so, i don't know. i think he's the weakest mentally. i like running are against people that are weak mentally. i think joe is the weakest up here. >> that was the president this afternoon, followed by mr. biden, down in iowa. >> the idea that -- i believe, and i didn't believe, if you asked me this five years ago, i would have told you, you're crazy. i think there is a genuine threat to american democracy. you know, think about this. no president of the united states has ever, ever, since the end of world war ii, we built that atlantic alliance in nato, never threatened to leave nato. never gone after our allies, embracing dictators and thugs from putin to kim jong-un, calling them my friends, sending

love while he's sticking, poking his finger in the eye of our allies. what's going on here? this is really dangerous stuff. he's a threat, in my view, a threat to our core values. and folks, the fact of the matter is that four years of donald trump will be viewed as an aberration in american history. eight years -- eight years will fundamentally change who we are as a nation and how we're viewed around the world. >> again, we are monitoring both live events, as a backdrop, a new poll from quinnipiac university showing a 13-point lead for biden over the president, with senator sanders and kamala harris ahead represe respectively. joining us, howard dean and

david axelrod. david, this virtual head-to-head battle in iowa, what do you make of it? they are in the same time taking each other on in such a direct way. >> well, i think for joe biden, this is an ideal situation. he should send the president a gift for this because the whole thesis of his campaign is that he is the -- he's the old warrior coming back to rid the country of the scourge that he is -- that this is all about him and trump. and trump is affirming that with everything that he does, by going after him in such a personal way in his tweets, in his comments. this is biden's strategy for getting nominated. the democratic party, most democrats are desperate to get rid of donald trump by a 2-1 margin, they say that is more important than ideological kinship and the theory of the biden campaign is to run against trump from the beginning. that's what he's done from his announcement forward. for the president, i think he's looking at these polls, like the

one you just showed, he's concerned, and he should be concerned. he was trailing not just biden, but several other democrats, but he sees biden as the front-runner right now. he is not waiting to cut him down to size. >> governor, can you imagine president bush ever taking on one of the other front-runners so directly in the runup to the primaries in 2003? i mean, at the stage that we're at in this race? >> no, but you know, trump does things his own way. you know, trump is an unattractive person. i read the whole speech that joe gave, and i thought it was very good, but that speech is not going to get us to the victory line. he has to say what he's going to do, not just that trump is an idiot. everybody that hears donald trump and donald trump likes to talk about himself, is reminded why they don't like donald trump. joe doesn't have to to do that. he is going to say what he is going to do about health care, for the economy for all those people who trump didn't give a

tax cut to, which was the vast majority of the american people. so this is sort of phase i. trump is not going to rise above this. he can't rise above anything. joe biden was the vice president of the united states, he can. when we really get into this, if he turns out to be the nominee, we want to see him acting presidential, as he's capable of doing and trump is not. >> david, a reporter from "the washington post" pointed out on twitter today that trump and biden, they seem to be obsessed with how much the other is obsessed with them. might being obsessed with voters needs, to the governor's point, you know, talking about what you're for, what your policies are and doing it in a way, frankly, i mean, you juxtapose the way president trump speaks, the way, you know, vice president biden speaks, it certainly seems to be -- i don't know if it's a different energy level, obviously the content and the approach is different. but it is a very stark juxtaposition. >> yeah, you know, i just want to echo what howard said. i don't think this is going to

be adequate for biden. the fact is, he had kind of a bad week last week. he mishandled the question of the hyde amendment and did kind of a flip-flop-flip. and the iowa poll came out on saturday night, howard is familiar with the iowa poll, and what it showed is biden had lost a third of his support since december, still the front-runner, eight points ahead of bernie sanders, but right behind him, elizabeth warren, pete buttigieg. the enthusiasm level was not as high as that of the others. so he's got his work cut out for him. i quite agree with howard, i don't think it's nearly enough to say that he wants to defeat donald trump. and i'm not even sure that it's enough that polls show right now that he may have the best chance to do it. he's going to have to show more. this was only his second visit to iowa since may. and, you know, the -- this is a process, it's not a national primary. it begins in iowa.

and joe biden as the front-runner is obligated to win that primary. if he comes in second or third, the whole thing could unravel. so, he's got a lot of work to do. >> and governor dean, to be honest, as he has run before, he has never done well in presidential races, so, i mean, a lot of people, a lot of democrats are sort of looking at him because of his name recognition and poll numbers show him to be in the lead. but the history of him running is not a good one. >> well, you're going to hear me say this many times between now and november of 2020, the poll numbers that you showed really are not helpful, because my guess is that -- national poll numbers, and this is 50 separate races, starting with four races, which are iowa, new hampshire, nevada and south carolina. those are the poll numbers we have to have. it doesn't do any good to show biden 13 points ahead, that could be all california and new york. that doesn't do us any good. we're going to win those states no matter what.

so, there's a lot more information we need to know before we could start making judgments, and i think, also, i think, one of the candidates that nobody's ever heard of is going to catch fire. i don't know who it's going to be. but i think they will. >> for a moment, i thought you were going to say who that was, but -- you're like everybody else, you don't know who that is. >> yeah. >> governor, i want to play something of what the president said about biden today on the white house lawn. >> he's a different guy. he looks different than he used to. he acts different than he used to. he's even slower than he used to be. so i don't know. but when he mentions my name that many times, i guess i should be complimented. i like running against people that are weak mentally. i think joe is the weakest up here. the other ones have much more energy, but look, look, but i don't bring him up. >> it's so interesting, governor, i also want to talk to david about this. the way the president, you know,

identifies what he perceives to be weaknesses in his opponents and then sort of throws it out time after time after time and is already laying the groundwork for sleepy joe biden, low energy, you know, with hints of age. does that -- i mean, it's clearly a strategy the president has employed before for all his republican challengers, you know, two years ago. >> well, yeah, he did employ that before. the problem is people know donald trump right now, and the country is unbelievably polarized. so, trump is annoying when he talks like that, but i don't doubt that he moves much votes, much in the way of votes. he's got a hard core minority, about 35%, as he once famously said, i could shoot somebody on fifth avenue and they'd be still with me. that may be true. but trump is not presidential, and people actually do care about that. one of the great points i thought biden made in his speech is, do you want your children to look up to a president that behaves like donald trump? and i think most americans would

say absolutely note. >> david, i mean, do you think what the president is doing, does that work? implanting the idea of joe biden as low energy? >> well, it is a familiar tactic, he has kind of a feral genius for painting his opponents in a caricature, but the thing that i think is important for biden is to run an energetic campaign that dispels any of these caricatures. he hasn't had a heavy campaign schedule. he's sort of played into the caricature, and i think he's going to have to come forward, as howard said, with ideas, and he's going to have to campaign energetically. one of the thing s in the iowa caucuses, people expect to see you. they want to interact with you. you have to be there you can't do drop-bys and use them as a backdrop to attack the president. you've got to do much more than that, so, i think that's very important. >> yeah. it's fascinating. howard dean, thank you. david, as well.

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today. it wasn't planned that way, but i hope trump's presence here is maybe a clarifying moment for us all. american farmers have been crushed by his tariff war with china, and no one knows that better than the folks of iowa. you know, he thinks that being tough, he's being tough, well, it's easy to be tough when someone else is feeling the pain and taking the hit. >> that's joe biden just a few moments ago. senator chris coons, democrat of delaware, joins us now. senator coons, what about that? is vice president biden making a mistake, by focusing so much on the president? david axelrod and howard dean were making the point about, you know, needing to be for something and talking about what you actually want to do. he certainly did talk a lot about the president today.

>> well, anderson, joe biden has laid out already some strong and concrete and positive policy plans for how he would tackle climate change, how he would address education. today in davenport, tonight in davenport, what he's doing is drawing a very strong contrast between how he would lead as president and how donald trump has been misleading our country on his tariff taxes, on his attacks on health care, on his failure to lead on climate. so, i do think it's important for former vice president biden to draw a strong contrast with donald trump. because that's what most democratic primary voters say they want, is to understand clearly what joe biden would be for, which he has been laying out in detail the last two weeks, and how he would beat donald trump in the general election campaign. which is exactly what he is speaking to tonight. >> you know, one of the things david axelrod also said was that, you know, vice president biden has run so far, you know,

he hasn't been out on the campaign as aggressively as, no doubt, he probably will be. does that play into what president trump is trying to do right now, which is road test nicknames or attacks that might work on biden? and he seems to be focusing on the idea that he's not as fast as he once was, that he's slowed down, that he's low energy, which is, of course, what he said about jeb bush. >> well, you know, look, i think it's ridiculous if we play into donald trump's hands by repeating the sort of eighth grade bully nicknames that he loves to throw around against his most-feared opponents. the reason joe biden wasn't in iowa at the state party function on friday, it was his daughter's birthday and his granddaughter's high school graduation. and i think the american people know joe biden. they know his heart and his values. and they respect the fact that rather than being at an important campaign event in iowa, he was at a more important

family event at home in delaware. i frankly would expect the average voter to question joe's priorities if he missed his granddaughter's high school graduation in order to be at an event where he was going to speak just for five minutes. i think it's important he has been campaigning vigorously. he's been to each of the critical early primary states already. he's been doing events all over the country. his campaign launched in philadelphia, i thought, laid out a positive, optimistic and clear path forward for his candidacy. i couldn't disagree more with both the substance and the strategy of donald trump of rolling out all these middle school nicknames against his most-feared opponent, joe biden. >> finally, i just want to play something that the vice president said today in iowa to a crowd. let's listen. >> i promise you, if i'm elected president, you're going to see the single-most important thing in america, we're going to cure cancer.

>> obviously, cancer is very personal for the vice president. his son, beau, died in 2015. the vice president spearheaded the cancer -- so-called cancer moonshot program for the obama administration. promising to cure cancer, though, i mean, that's -- it's something that if president trump said that, i think a lot of people, a lot of democrats, would, you know, maybe go after him for it. is it appropriate for vice president biden to make that promise? >> look, one of the things presidents have done throughout our history is to set ambitious and optimistic goals for the american people. jack kennedy said we will go to the moon, and not because it's easy, but because it's hard. by lifting our sights to the ambitious goal of landing on the moon and mobilizing our nation in that direction. i think he played a central role in getting it accomplished. not while president kennedy was still alive, but within just five years. so, i think, you know, it's important to remember that president obama entrusted his

vice president, joe biden, with the so-called cancer moonshot. and i can think of no more ambitious and uplifting goal for him to lay out for us than to make a real dent in this tragic disease that has taken so many loved ones from so many american families, including joe's own beloved son, beau. >> senator coons, thank you. >> thank you, anderson. >> it's worth noting the president is about 20 minutes into his speech, so far hasn't mentioned joe biden once. talked about him earlier today. for perspective on all of it, three top campaign watchers, david gergen, fojen saki and mi shields. >> david, again on the cancer, if president trump said, he promised if you elect him next term his administration is going

to cure cancer, he would get attacked. was it -- nobody can promise that. >> well, i agree with that, and i think going to the moon is quite different than trying to cure cancer. you know, we have been working for years, decades and finally cures cancer, we've made a lot of good progress. but the final answers have been really, really elusive it's hard to believe we will do it in four years. he's entitled to say that. i don't think that's his problem, though, anderson, the biden people must be encouraged by the quinnipiac poll that he has this 13-point lead over donald trump. but there is rising concern about his candidacy in democratic circles, about, as david axelrod said, he had a bad week last week and he came out to give this major address today, and it is a very, very long address. i think senator coons, who is a good sure galt, would admit that. but what was lacking was something fresh. it's hard to tell what the lead was coming out of a long speech like that. and when that's the case, you

know, what you say to people, the rhetoric sort of becomes mushy. and he needs to be clear-cut and to have a sense of freshness, not have a sense of, he's still thinking in terms of the 1990s. >> jen, you can knock the president for, you know, the insults, eighth grade insults and coming up with nicknames and stuff, it's certainly, rightly or wrongly, it sticks in people's minds, and, you know, to david's point, what joe biden said today, you know, if you read it, it's one thing, but it was. it was very long and hard to sort of, you know, take some things away. >> i think that's right. anderson, i agree. you know, i think in some ways today was set up in a way that joe biden couldn't have asked for something better that he was aligned kind of head-to-head with president trump. that's part of his message that he's inevitable. that's never really worked for democrats in the past and we have a long way to go. his speech had some good movements. i thought his language on

climate change in the prepared remarks was good. he talked about it in an accessible way in farmers and droughts. there were a lot of missed opportunity there. issues like abortion rights, issues like guns, those are issues democratic voters in iowa really care about. that he has a story to tell there, but he can also be forward-looking. and there are events that have happened that he could have touched on. the defunding of planned parenthood education by the legislature. he needs to do a little more that's forward-looking and there needs to be a central theme that people can kind of grasp into. >> mike, i mean, watching, you know, the split screen, seeing both men speak today, are you pleased with the juxtaposition? >> well, look, i think joe biden is sort of losing the rationale for his candidacy. when he gets sucked into a fight with president trump, he thinks he can go fight him. but really then is all he's talking about is president trump. and i think what's been proven

with joe biden through three failed presidential campaigns and the horrible week he had last week is that when you put pressure on him, he makes mista mistakes. so, the president is going to ke keep messing with him, and in the meantime, there's an electorate that wants to hear about issues. joe biden, he makes a lot of mistakes. he said vice president pence was a decent man. he got criticized for that, he said, no, that's not what i meant to say. he was on the wrong side of the issue like abortion. you put pressure on him, he immediately changes his position on it. so, i think we're seeing the real holes in his campaign and he's getting sucked into a fight with the president and that's what the president wants to do. and once he's done with biden, he'll pick the next guy and do the same thing to him. >> mike makes a great point, david. we're all seen the danger of somebody being allegedly a front-runner because they have name recognition early on and there's this inevidefvitability

people resent and nobody can live up to that. >> yeah, i think that's right. that's one of the reasons to keep an eye on these polls. ordinarily at this stage, you'd say, there's so many months out, they're useless. but if you see a changing dynamic, and there are signs of a changing dynamic. when biden announced, after his announcement, nationwide, he had a 38%. 38% of democrats said i'm for biden. that number nationwide is down to 30. and the other candidates are moving up, each one is moving up two, three, four points. iowa could be a very competitive state. >> yeah. >> we don't know. i think what could be working for him, anderson, in the long run, is if he can maintain 30, if he can maintain 32. with four, five other people running against him and getting 8%, 6%, you know, he'll emerge as the winner, because nobody else can put it toug. >> although, jen, governor dean in the last segment pointed out that, you know, that's, quinnipiac, it's a national

poll. those numbers could be california and new york. what matters is iowa, what matters is new hampshire, you know, the early states. >> that's exactly right. i've spent a lot of time in iowa over my career, and people expect, and i know that other guests have brought this up already, that you're going to spend time with them in the state. they want to meet candidates, not just once, twice, but five times. i expect when biden, if he goes and spends more time there, the relatability of biden, the decency of biden, that's something that comes across for anybody who spends time with him, but he really needs to go and spend days and days in the state, really work for every vote, as he said he would. i expect he will, but he needs to do that soon. >> david, jen, mike, thank you. still to come, president trump says he has proof of a secret immigration deal with mexico. it's not that simple, however. more ahead. if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, every day can begin with flakes. it's a reminder of your struggles with psoriasis.

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president trump has sworn he has a secret immigration with mexico, and today, despite mexico saying there is no such deal, the president offered what he called proof, a folded letter. one that he repeatedly waved at reporters. >> that's the agreement that everybody says i don't have. here's the agreement. it's a very simple agreement. so here's your thing. they say he doesn't -- i just give you my word. inside here, and i would love to do it. but you will freeze action it, you will stop it. so, right here is the agreement. very simple. it's right here. and in here is everything you want to talk about. done. it's done. it's done. it's all done. >> it's like the wonka golden ticket. there is actually writing on the letter. according to multiple reports, there is nothing that would constitute proof of a secret deal.

max boot joins us now. whatever was or wasn't on the paper, it's certainly so classic president trump to, like, drum up a dramatic reveal. >> right. >> whether or not the reveal ever takes place. >> well, here's a rule of thumb, anderson. if you actually have a secret deal, don't take it out and wave it on international television. that's not what you do with secret deals. but as you say, the writing was actually legible when he held it up and a "washington post" photographer took a picture and it suggests there is no secret deal. there was a non-agreement which the government said if there is not a major reduction in 45 days, we'll agree to look at other stops to reduce immigration. it's basically an agreement to talk some more in 45 days. >> which, it fetes into how this whole thing plays out. all the things the president said resulted because of his threat, a lot of it was worked out long ago. it's part of a pattern with trump where he is both arsonist

and firefighter. he raises crises and claims he resolved them. he claimed to have averted war with north korea. there wasn't going to be a war, but the odds had increased because of his fiery rhetoric. now he claims there would be all these tariffs with mexico, lo and behold, there is a great deal that will end illegal immigration. except it won't end illegal immigration. and most of it was already negotiated months before, so, it's a complete nondeal. >> also, you wonder what sort of, you know, foreign governments think of this, i mean, the president literally showed his hand today, i mean, if you are making a deal -- >> yes. >> just seems an odd way to go abdi phone si. >> the whole thing just shows why no foreign government cannot take donald trump seriously, but they have to because he can do bad things to them. remember. there was an agreement to

replace nafta, which was supposed to be a much better free trade agreement, and then he ignored the terms by threatening the massive tariffs with mexico. the mexicans negotiated with them. and they didn't make any real concessions. he claims that they did. but this is kind of a pattern with him where he will create these crises and then pretend to resolve them, even though he hasn't really. and what foreign governments are saying, this guy is a bluffer. he's a very bad poker player. he is so eager for a victory tweet that he will issue a victory tweet even though there's no victory. >> he also talked about kim jo jong-un today, his appreciation for a murderous dictator is extraordinary. he talks about a beautiful wlet letter, not letting the cia spy on him. it's kind of remarkable. >> trump lives in this bizarreo world where he treats our

friends as if they are enemies and treats our enemies as if they were friends. he is blustering against mexico, which is one of our closest allies and trade partners and then he's saying he has a beautiful relationship with kim jong-un. he doesn't have anything bad to say about the fact that his buddy in pyongyang, with whom he's supposedly in love, assassinated his brother using weapons of mass destruction at an international airport. >> two women putting chemical weapons in the guy's face. >> right. >> instead, he's promising kim jong-un that he's not going to author i authorize, essentially, the cia to recruit assets that could spy on the leader of north korea, which is as crazy as you can imagine. because if they had recruited his brother, that would have been a huge victory for the united states. >> max boot, thank you. >> thank you. just ahead, jon stewart ripping lawmakers over benefits for 9/11 first responders. take a look. >> indifference cost these men

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earlier today, jon stewart appeared before congress with 9/11 first responders and members of congress to argue for something that should get more attention in this country. the fund that provides support for those who gave their lives and who are still giving their lives or their health is running out of money and must be

reauthorized. in his testimony, stewart pleaded for congress to make this a top priority. >> behind me, a filled room of 9/11 first responders and in front of me, a nearly empty congress. sick and dying, they brought themselves down here to speak to no one -- shameful. it's an embarrassment to the country and it is a stain on this institution and you should be ashamed of yourselves, for those that aren't here, but you won't be, because accountability doesn't appear to be something that occurs in this chamber. the official fdny response time to 9/11 was five seconds. five seconds.

that's how long it took for fdny, for nypd, for port authority, for ems, to respond to an urgent need from the public. five seconds. hundreds died in an instant. thousands more poured in to continue to fight for their brothers and sisters. the breathing problems started almost immediately. and they were told they weren't sick, they were crazy. and then, as the illnesses got worse and things became more apparent, well, okay, you're sick, but it's not from the pile. and then, when the science became irrefutable, okay, it's the pile. but this is a new york issue.

i don't know if we have the money. and i'm sorry if i sound angry and undiplomatic, but i'm angry and you should be, too, and they're all angry, as well. your indifference costs these men and women their most valuable commodity. time. it's the one thing they're running out of. and the idea that you can only give them five more years of the vcf, because you're not quite sure what's going to happen five years from now, well, i can tell you, i'm pretty sure i know what's going to happen five years from now. more of these men and women will get sick and they are going to die. >> congresswoman carolyn maloney was at the witness table today

with stewart and 9/11 supporters. clearly you are a supporter of this bill. you are wearing a fireman's jacket right there. can you explain why this funding is even an issue? shouldn't funding for the health care of first responders be a nonissue? >> it should be a nonissue. and jon stewart has ever right to be angry and so am i, but i'm hopeful we will be reporting the bill out of the committee tomorrow. we have over 311 co-sponsors for the bill, which is a large, large number for the house and over 81 republicans. so, it's strongly bipartisan. i hope that we will pass it on the floor of congress before the fourth of july when we celebrate the principles of this country and values of this country, of which the first responders are an example, so, i'm hopeful. >> so, do you hear that argument, that this is a new york problem, why are we focusing on this?

i mean, part of the compensation fund, part of why it's running out of money is because medical claims from first responders are on the rise. more people are needing treatment. these are long-term medical needs that are going to go on. >> yes, particularly cancers. cancers have grown substantially. a third of the claims now are cancer and it's a very, very serious problem. it's difficult to pass anything in the house of representatives. but it also is hard to understand when we can give trillions of dollars in tax breaks and subsidies for our crops and other things, all of which is important, but we should be -- we should have the money for our first responders. they were there for us. we need to be there for them and we have a moral responsibility not only did they show up and be a part of one of the greatest rescue efforts in history, but they were lied to about the

health conditions at 9/11. they were told to go back to work, that it was safe to work there when it wasn't. they have a double moral responsibility to them. >> are claimant's payments already being cut because of a shortfall in funds or is that a concern down the road? >> the payments are being cut now. we made the health care program permanent back in 2015, but we extended the victim's compensation fund for five years. that was the best we could do. we are now coming back to reauthorize it. the fund is running out of money, so, the special master had to cut allocations by 50% to 70%, depending on when you went into the program. our bill would restore and make each family whole and provide funding for the families who desperately need it, who have lost their fathers, who have been sick. cannot work. many of them are dying. many of them are close friends

of jon stewart's. he's been working on this for many years. and for him to see them declining is extremely upsetting to him and many others. they should have their compensation. and we will never give up until they have it. >> congresswoman maloney, appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you. coming up next, new legal pressure by the house on the white house. welcome to our lounge. enjoy your stay. thanks very much. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ find calm in over 1,000 airport lounges worldwide. it's another way we've got your back. the business platinum card from american express. don't do business without it. and relief from symptoms caused feel the clarity of non-drowsy claritin by over 200 indoor and outdoor allergens. like those from buddy.

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hi, chris, how are you doing? >> how are you doing? drip, drip, drip. this is the question for the democrats. what is your duty and how do you do it in the most expeditious and efficacious way? they have to make a decision. the upside is they're at their maximum powers. they'll get things through the court. this is going to take a long time. are they okay with that? they need to decide and tell their constituents and move forward. bill maher will be here, we have that. what is going to happen and what he is afraid is going to happen. we have kim porter on, one of the charging young lions of the democratic party. katie porter obviously. what she thinks she will do going forward.

katie porter will answer for the new left. bill maher is here with the concerns for the old guard. >> okay. thanks very much. are you the old guard or new guard? >> i am definitely old guard. i am the oldest person on my show. >> it's depressing when you're no longer the young person in the room. we used to be the young person at abc. >> you have looked like this since i met you. >> i looked ancient even when i was young. nobody said to me you were prematurely grey. now it's just yeah, you're old. >> i look at video of us during 9/11. your coverage then was brilliant. the stories that you brought at that time. i look like my son. i look nothing like i look today. totally changed. you look the same except for the glasses which we all know you don't need. >> i wish. if only. if only i could figure out how to put contact lenses in my eyes which i can't. i've had many lessons. chris, see you soon. just a story that blew me away. so many kids in need in this country. kids homeless and in foster care

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his kidneys failed when he was 8. he's been in dialysis ever since 12 hours a day and on top of that he was in foster care but it was too much for a foster family to deal with so he's going to have to live in a hospital so he can get dialysis but because he was considered homeless he was taken off of the kidney transplant list initially. well thanks to finn, damien has a home and is back on the list for a kidney transplant and i spoke to them earlier and i asked damien what he wants to eat once he can get off the transplant diet and what he wants to eat when he receives a transplant. >> i understand that once you get the transplant that you can actually eat a bigger variety of food because you have been on a restricted diet. what are you looking forward to eating? >> i'm a big fan of fast food. so i like 7-11 nachos because they're greasy and plasticky and i can't get that anywhere else. >> i love that you're describing

plasticky cheese as a good thing. >> it's amazing. as long as it tastes good. >> i'm a mcdonald's person. i like the number one meal. the big mac, the fries, the coke. >> yeah. >> i have not tried the plasticky cheese though. i have to check that out. are you a big fan, finn? >> not so much. i'll give him mine after the transplant. he can have all of mine. >> finn, did you know you were ready, obviously you're a teacher and worked with middle school kids so you have a love of kids and you deal with kids but i mean, this is an incredible commitment. i'm totally boring damien, i feel bad. >> oh, no, i just didn't sleep that well last night. >> it's okay. i'm not offended. don't worry about it. but yeah, did you -- did you know you were ready for this challenge?

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