i want to point out with winds up to 40, 45 miles per hour at that point, you won't have all of that water being pushed on shore. > good morning, yes, this is the last thing the northern bahamas needs but we are keeping an eye on this potential tropical cyclone winds at just 30 miles per hour, but it is expected to strengthen as it takes this move to the north and west you can see there's a possibility as it moves through the northern bahamas, it could be a tropical storm. another major story this morning, a tropical system it's expected to pose a threat to the bahamas, to florida, and other parts of the southeast still reeling from hurricane dorian dylan is in for al tracking it all. > senator mccaskill, always good to catch up with you after these nights thank you so much. that, you know, while we all want gun safety, except mitch mcconnell and the nra and the president, i think talking about confiscating guns is taking it to a place that no candidate for obviously beto o'rourke talked about confiscating guns. > do you think some of these candidates were moving more to the center than they had seemed previously willing to do > it depends. do we really want not to be able to have insurance at work. do you think that's the way for her to rise up in the polls? > i think it definitely distinguished her last night i think she was the one that kept reminding everyone, hey, this is the real problem over here i also thought the debate was pretty good last night for the first time of crystallizing the health care debate i thought joe biden did a pretty good job of saying, hey, and he was joined by mayor pete, and amy, you know, do we really want to give up our choice. > that seems clearly to be harris' strategy over and overĪgain, when given the opportunity to bait this or that, she'd say let's focus on what matters, beating trump. > kamala harris particularly decided to make trump the focus of her debate last night, and i thought it was pretty effective. > well, of course, and biden has always hugged barack obama but i remember you and i talking after the last debate and you were kind of perplexed that the democratic candidates had taken turn savaging the obama legacy saying it wasn't progressive enough seems like they got the memo and put their arms around president obama. everyone was hugging barack obama particularly joe biden. > did any of them do it, the lower tiered candidates, did they have a moment that would catapult them higher > i don't think so, frankly, the best debate of the night, in terms of who was helped the most, probably barack obama, barack obama had a very good night. the tension i felt in the room, honestly, savannah, was the five lowest candidates trying to swing for the fences to get into that five circle that will probably be competitive going forward. i thought elizabeth warren and that tension there really didn'tÄevelop. > the beneficiary, you mean > it's good for biden because, you know, factually castro was wrong, and besides that biden stood up to it, and you know, i thought biden did fine last night. > this is the first time we have had a narrower field, you saw the frontrunners on stage together do you think it moved the needle > i don't think it moved the needle i think castro had a bad night, and joe biden was the recipient of that. > thank you so much let's bring in former democratic senator, nbc news political analyst, claire mccaskill, good morning to you. > by the way, that moment from congressman o'rourke about assault weapons is getting a lot of attention this morning including from one republican state lawmaker in texas tweeting this, my ar is ready forou, robert francis to that, o'rourke is responding overnight calling it a death threat and adding clearly you shouldn't own an ar 15 and neither should anyone else savannah. > that's called a democratic primary election > anyone who can't afford it gets automatically enrolled in the medicare type option we have > this is why presidential debates are becoming unwatchable. > but it was castro who incorrectly characterized this comment biden had made. you said they would have to buy in are you forgetting what you said two minutes ago. you just said two minutes ago, they would have to buy in. > with this exchange about automatic enrollment for health insurance, making headlines for what many viewed as a swipe at biden's age. > every time something good about barack obama comes up, he say, oh, i was there, i was there, i was there, and every time somebody questions part of the administration that we were both part of, he says, well, that was the president. > castro pulling in single digits, repeatedly railing against the frontrunner. i'm fulfilling the legacy of barack obama and you're not.