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DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Let's bring in ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd. Matthew, good morning. You are a longtime political strategist. I would love, this morning, to have you give some advice to both parties. Let's start with the Republicans. How do you think they should handle this Marjorie Taylor Greene story? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Let's bring in political analyst, Matthew Dowd, who will be part of today's Powerhouse Roundtable on "This Week" later this morning. Matthew, good morning. So - so, we now have a new President who is vowing to put us on a wartime footing to defeat this virus. How's he doing thus far, early into his term? And do you think his progress on the virus is going to be the single most important variable on how he is judged, ultimately, by the American people? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Let's bring in ABC News Political Analyst, Matthew Dowd. Matthew, good morning. I want to pick up right where Rachel left off there. How optimistic are you that Joe Biden can get much done in the early days of his administration while the Senate is also - is also conducting an impeachment trial? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Let's dig back into the politics of this now with ABC News Political Analyst Matthew Dowd. Matt, good morning. As this impeachment talk heats up, we've got this new polling showing that only a slim majority of Americans support removing the President before his term expires. So what are the political stakes for both sides in this? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

JUJU CHANG (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We have less than three weeks to go until Inauguration Day, but before then, the lame duck president casting a shadow over two Senate races that may shift the balance in Congress. Earlier, I spoke to Republican strategist Sara Fagan, Yvette Simpson, CEO of Democracy for America, and Matt Dowd, ABC News chief political analyst. Thank you all for joining us. Yvette, let me begin with you. What was your gut reaction when you heard the recorded call between President Trump and the Georgia Secretary of State? And what, if anything, does it tell you about this President's mind-set? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) So much to talk about here, so let's bring in ABC News Political Analyst Matthew Dowd. Matthew, good morning. As you just heard, we just heard, from a - a former administration official, she's criticizing President Trump. Overnight, Pennsylvania's Republican Senator Pat Toomey seemed to call for the President to stand down. The - the official, we just heard from says more Republicans need to speak out in this way. Do you envision that changing, given that most Republican supporters of Trump are staying mum or supporting the President's efforts to overturn the election? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BYRON PITTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And for more on the transfer of power and how this showdown impacts America, earlier this evening, I spoke to ABC News chief political analyst, Matthew Dowd. Matt Dowd, thank you so much for joining us. Why have most Republicans remained in lock-step with the President? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BYRON PITTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) As Election Day now becomes election week, all eyes are still on three swing states in a grueling campaign to count all the outstanding votes. Right now, I'm joined by Republican strategist Sara Fagen, Yvette Simpson, CEO of Democracy for America, and Matt Dowd, ABC News chief political analyst. Thank you all for staying up so late with us. And, Matt, let's start with you. Joe Biden spoke to the nation earlier tonight. What was your takeaway? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

JANAI NORMAN (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) "The New York Times" investigation into the President's tax returns comes at a pivotal moment, ahead of the first presidential debate tomorrow. So, how might this report reshape the political battleground? Earlier tonight I spoke to Matt Dowd, ABC News chief political analyst, Alex Castellanos, co-founder of Purple Strategies, Yvette Simpson, CEO of Democracy for America, and Sara Fagen, CEO of Deep Root Analytics. Thank you all so much for joining us. We're just over a month away from Election Day. So, Sara, I want to start with you, how important do you think this investigation by "The New York Times" about President Trump's tax returns will be to not only his base, but any moderate voters who he's hoping to sway? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) So many Americans on the road right now, and that includes the team from ABC's "This Week," who have a special edition today from Boulder, Colorado, and that is where we find ace ABC News Political Analyst Matthew Dowd. Matthew, good morning. Labor Day is, as you know... [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Let's bring in ABC News Political Analyst, Matthew Dowd. Matt, good morning. There's this tension in the country right now between two things that everybody wants; one, getting back to work and two, keeping people safe. But looking back to what we discussed at the top of the show with these people out of work, self-quarantining at the White House, at the highest levels of government. If people there are getting sick, how can the rest of us trust that it's okay to go back to work and who should we be listening to on this? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Let's talk politics now. After the President's controversial comments last week about injecting disinfectants, you may have noticed that his next press briefing was much shorter, and then on Saturday, no press briefing whatsoever. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Let's turn now to the politics of this pandemic. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi highly critical of President Trump's handling of the crisis in an interview with our Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos. Take a look. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

AMY ROBACH (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) All right, George, and in the race for the White House, a major development. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Voiceover) And what about this vote that we saw late yesterday to bar witnesses? Does that set a precedent going forward? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Voiceover) So let's bring in ABC News chief political analyst Matthew Dowd joining us from Texas this morning, and right here in the studio, NYU law professor Melissa Murray. Melissa, let me start with you. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Voiceover) So much to talk about now, so let's bring in ABC News Supreme Court contributor Kate Shaw, and from Texas, ABC News chief political analyst Matthew Dowd. Kate, let me start with you. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) All right, David Wright in Florida. Thank you. So much to talk about this morning, so let's bring in ABC News chief political analyst, Matthew Dowd is on set with us this morning. Great to see you, sir. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Okay, Linsey, thanks very much. Let's bring in our political analyst Matthew Dowd. And Linsey just said it right there, Matthew, Bloomberg in the past had said he'd only get in if he thought he had a reasonable shot at winning, he's looking now at this Democratic field and saying, maybe I have a chance. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Well, let's move on now to the President's tweets about Congressman Elijah Cummings, the Democrat from Baltimore. I've, I've heard conservative analysts say that this kind of dustup actually hurts the President's chances of getting re-elected because it takes the attention away from our strong economy. Do, do you agree with that analysis? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) A lot to talk about, politically, this morning, so let's bring in ABC News Chief Political Analyst, Matthew Dowd who is joining us from Texas. Matthew, good morning. I want to start with this story about Congressman John Ratcliffe, who's just taken himself out of the running for the job of Director of National Intelligence. It was interesting to hear the President say that he relies on the media to vet his nominees. To your mind, how does that square with his constrain refrain of fake news? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Finally, let me just ask you about another big headline, another big issue as we head into the next Presidential election. We now, as of Friday, have a majority of Democrats in the House of Representatives coming out in favor of beginning the impeachment process against President Donald J Trump, however, most Americans are against that. So, is this a dangerous road for Democrats? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Whit and Tara, thank you. A lot to talk about here on the political front, so let's bring in ABC News Chief Political Analyst, Matthew Dowd, who is joining us from Texas. Matthew, let's start with this border wall. Overnight, the President called this decision from the Supreme Court, which will allow him to use Pentagon dollars to - to start building that wall, he called it, quote, "A big win." I know you disagree with the President quite frequently, but is he right on this one? Is it, in fact, a big win? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Let me move on to this question. So, border security, which we've been talking about, as well as the ongoing debate over whether to impeach, which we were talking about a few moments ago. Both of those issues are likely to be squarely on the agenda when the Democratic Presidential candidates meet in the coming week for a pair of debates. What is at stake for these candidates as we head into these debates? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) A lot to talk about here this morning, so let's bring in ABC News Chief Political Analyst, Matthew Dowd who joins us from Texas. Matthew, what's your - what's your take on - on this flurry of comments from President Trump about the "Send her back" chant? Do you, is he walking back his walk-back from Thursday or do his new comments, in any way, nullify his apparent disavowal from Thursday? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) (inaudible) Let's look back to President Trump and this question of whether he can put the citizenship question on the Census. A two - two-part question here. One, is he likely to succeed, if he goes the route of an executive order? And, two, given that this story can be a little hard for some people to follow, remind us of what the stakes are here. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) A lot to talk about this morning, so let's dive in with ABC News Chief Political Analyst, Matthew Dowd, joining us from Texas. Matthew, good morning. So, we've now had more than a week to mull Kamala Harris' big moment at the debate taking on Joe Biden. In that time, we've seen her surge in the polls and in fund-raising, and, as Stephanie was mentioning. We've also seen Biden pushing back on the stump and in interviews. So, just stepping back here, what's your view, at this point, about the state of this race? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) A moment that could haunt her going forward. A lot to talk about here this morning, so let's bring in our ringer, ABC news chief political analyst Matthew Dowd who joins us from Texas. Matthew, good morning, sir. Let's start with Joe Biden playing cleanup after the debate. Do you think he's put this whole busing story behind him or does he still have work to do here? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Yes, distinctly analog. Let's - let's stay on this issue of - of the Democrats running for President. Race, as we've seen, has - has been an issue for Biden. It's also now an issue for one of the buzzy young Democratic candidates, one of the candidates who may not know what eight tracks are. There's this video that's now surfacing of Mayor Pete Buttigieg who skipped the campaign events in South Carolina. He returned to his home city where he is mayor in South Bend, Indiana, where he was surrounded by angry community members, some of them holding black lives - black lives matter signs. There's outrage now in South Bend after the fatal police shooting of a black man. Take a listen. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Let's bring in our ringer, ABC News Chief Political Analyst Matthew Dowd, who joins us from Texas. Matthew, good morning. Let's start here with Joe Biden. This whole dustup over his comments about working with segregationist Senators. Is - is this likely to be a long-term problem for him, or do you think it's just a blip? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Let me - let me stay on this immigration issue. I want to show you some numbers that appear to be on the President's mind as he threatens tariffs against Mexico. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) A lot to talk about here, so let's bring in a ringer, ABC News Chief Political Analyst, Matthew Dowd, who joins us from Texas. Matthew, good morning. The President faced a lot of criticism from both parties for threatening tariffs. But this new deal, even though he didn't get everything he wants, really looks like it could be spun as a victory, so what say you? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Let me - let me move on, though. The President, as we just reported, is over in Japan this morning. Before he took off, he spoke to reporters about his ongoing and really deeply personal war of words with the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, in which they're each essentially accusing the other of age-related cognitive decline. Take - take a listen. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) A lot to talk about this morning when it comes to politics, so let's bring in our Chief Political Analyst, Matthew Dowd. Matthew, good morning. I want to start with this overnight court decision. We are a year and a half, less than a year and a half away from the next Presidential election. If Trump goes into 2020 without filling, fulfilling his signature campaign promise of building that wall, is that a big liability for him? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Let me ask you a - a question more pointedly about the President. On - on - on the front page of "The New York Times" this morning, we've been talking about this story all morning, it says the President asked his former White House Counsel, Don McGahn, to come out after the Mueller report and say the President didn't obstruct justice. McGahn was, of course, a key star witness in the Mueller report. McGahn, himself, has said that he did not feel this request from the President was sinister, so how big a story is this really? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Obviously a lot to talk about this morning, so let's bring in ABC News Chief Political Analyst, Matthew Dowd, piping in from Texas. Matthew, good morning. Clearly, there are a lot of questions to be asked about whether it's appropriate for the President's attorney to be working in this way with a foreign government, but I - I want to drill down, instead, on these charges against Joe Biden, that he allegedly intervened to protect his son. Biden, as we all know, is the Democratic front-runner right now, so he's a key figure. Can - can you tell us more about these allegations against him and whether they are, as Rudy Giuliani predicts, likely to be problematic for him going forward? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Let me ask a - a - about something closer to home here. We saw, and also potentially much more positive for the President, we saw blockbuster economic numbers on Friday. 263,000 jobs created in the month of April. The unemployment rate at 3.6 percent, historically low. How much of a tailwind does this give President Trump heading into 2020 with all these Democratic contenders? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) A lot to talk about this morning, so let's bring in ABC News Chief Political Analyst, Matthew Dowd. Matt, good morning. The criticism here is that when the President refuses to push Putin to stop his meddling in our elections, that actually encourages Putin to continue meddling. Do you agree with that criticism? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) But let me talk about the Democrats now and the - the Democrats running for President, including Joe Biden. Tara talked, Tara Palmeri talked a lot about Joe Biden in her piece. He seems to continue to be struggling with this Anita Hill story. You have personally advised many politicians over the course of your career. If they're going to issue an apology for something, instead of saying, "I'm sorry this happened to you," or "I'm sorry you feel this way," why not simply say, "I'm sorry for what I did?" [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) A lot to talk about this morning, so let's bring in our ringer, ABC News Chief Political Analyst, Matthew Dowd. Matt, you just heard Tara talking about Russia, so let - let me ask you a question about the Russia investigation. We've got new numbers these, this morning from the new ABC News/"Washington Post" poll. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Let me get you to switch sides for a second here. What - what - what would you advise President Trump? Overnight, he said on Twitter that he wants to, I think he used the words, turn the tables and investigate the officials who initiated the Russia probe. There are a lot of questions about the start of this probe. Would that kind of investigation be a smart move for him? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Let me ask you about another big political story this morning. The President sent out this tweet with the words "We will never forget," and below those words a video that features graphic images from 9/11 interwoven with the words of Freshman Democratic Representative, Ilhan Omar. She - in the video, she refers to the events of 9/11 as, quote, "Some people did something." Democratic Presidential candidates are now actually rushing to Omar's defense, but doesn't defending her put them in an awkward position, given what she said about 9/11? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) So much to talk about here, so let's bring in ABC News Chief Political Analyst, Matthew Dowd. Matthew, good morning. Let's start with immigration. What do you - what do you make of these ideas coming out of the White House, like shutting down the border or bussing migrants to sanctuary cities? If - if you talk to his defenders, they'll say, "Look, this is a President who's looking at a serious crisis on our Southern border and he's just trying to come up with solutions." Do - do you buy that? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Let's, meanwhile, loop back to the Mueller report. The Attorney General, as we reported, is now saying that he's going to send the report to congress in April. How much of this report do you think we're actually going to see? Or are -are we going to see pages and pages of blacked out redactions? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WHIT JOHNSON (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And let's talk more of that because, as we mentioned, the democrats are calling for transparency and the release of the entire Mueller report. That decision in the hands of the new AG, Attorney General, William Barr. The White House is already preparing to claim executive privilege to essentially keep some of this information secret. How much of a political fight still lies ahead? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]