The NBA and China have been in a weird spot since Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey tweeted support for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters. Now, NBA star LeBron James has waded into the controversy and it might have made things worse after saying Morey was “misinformed.” Mike Sykes, sports reporter for Axios, joins of for the latest in the NBA’s troubles with China.

Next, we watched all three hours of the Democratic debate so you didn’t have to. Kicking the whole thing off were questions about impeachment and it led to former Vice President Joe Biden defending his and his son’s actions with regards to Ukraine. Sen. Elizabeth Warren feeling the front-runner status, defended herself from all sides and struggled to answer how she would pay for her Medicare-for-all plan. And of course, Sen. Bernie Sanders has to answer questions about his health and whether he can keep going in the race, to which he teased a special guest at an upcoming rally. Sources say A.O.C. will be endorsing him. Amie Parnes, senior political correspondent at The Hill, joins us to break down the democratic debate.

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