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Joe Biden is officially running again! The 80-year-old president has posted a video promising \\u201cfreedom\\u201d for Americans and to \\u201cfinish the job\\u201d.

Jim Messina, who masterminded Barack Obama\\u2019s re-election campaign, tells the Americast team that Democrats should be praying every night for Donald Trump to be their opponent, why he thinks it makes sense for Kamala Harris to stay on as vice president, and how Biden\\u2019s team can make sure his age isn\\u2019t the elephant in the room.

Sarah visits a college baseball park in North Carolina to see which way voters are swinging. And Marianna checks in with our Undercover Voters, but some of them are actually distracted by the shock exit of influential anchor Tucker Carlson from Fox News.

HOSTS:\\n\\u2022 Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter\\n\\u2022 Sarah Smith, North America editor\\n\\u2022 Anthony Zurcher, North America correspondent\\n\\u2022 Marianna Spring, disinformation and social media correspondent

GUEST:\\n\\u2022 Jim Messina, Barack Obama\\u2019s re-election campaign manager

GET IN TOUCH:\\n\\u2022 Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480\\n\\u2022 Email Americast@bbc.co.uk\\n\\u2022 Or use #Americast

Find out more about our award-winning \\u201cundercover voters\\u201d here: bbc.in/3lFddSF.

This episode was made by Daniel Wittenberg with Alix Pickles, Natasha Fernandes and Rufus Gray. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.