Hey, pull up a chair. It's hacks on tap with David Axelrod and Mike Murphy.

Mike, before we hack it up about the upcoming debate in the election in North Carolina, we have to

note that today is 9-11. A date that Americans will always remember a date of horror, but also one

that defined really in many ways the next decade and have now 18 years of politics, public policy.

But more important, let's remember those who lost their lives that day, their loved ones,

and all those heroic first responders who are emblazoned in our memory for responding to that

horrific event. It was a time of incredible selfless sacrifice and many, many heroes were created.

It was a true crisis for our country and we rose to it, which is why it can never be forgotten and

remembered as like today's and going forward or so important. It's a part of history that I'd

live every day in every American's consciousness because we're also grateful. Amen.

Politics, I guess we now with 9-11 in our minds, we'll talk about what's happening in the

wacky world of politics. A Twitter universe is a wash in some democratic tiers after the

North Carolina 9 special election, which got so much attention, so much spending. A lot of

disappointed Democrats had Dan Bishop, the Republican one, but it was an overwhelmingly Republican

district. So he kind of have to look beyond the numbers. Well, look, I mean, Trump came away with a

win and he can claim some credit for it. He cut down the margin in Fayetteville in that area where he

visited to campaign. But man, this suburban thing is an issue for him. And you know, he won that

district by 12. His guy won it by two. If he starts losing these areas like that, it's going to

make states competitive that weren't competitive and it's going to take some of these battlegrounds

right out of play for him. So I think that losing would have been a disaster, but winning this closely

is a huge warning sign. Yeah. Now I'm with you on this. It's one of these deals where it looks,

it's like watching Keith Richards run up three flights of stairs. It's pretty impressive, but you

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