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rimhánow, on the move. vice presidefti)psp&a harris arriving in battleground wisconsin this hour ahead of her first campaign event in milwaukee, overnight having received a majority of pledge delegates as she quickly consolidates her support to replace joe biden on the ticket. president biden is leaving delaware this hour for washington and preparing for a prime time address tomorrow night after being sidelined by

covid for several days, giving his vice president a virtual embrace ( their campaign headquarters in wilmington. >> i'm watching you, kid. i'm watching you, kid. i love you. >> i love you, joe. >>ni coming up, the trump campaign readjusting its strategy to attack açó new like opponent, as well as kamala harris's ready-made response. and the breaking newsñiñrñk, secret service director kim cheatle resigning after a rare bipartisan demand that she quit or be fired and the launch today of a congressional committee investigating the failures around the attempted assassination of former president trump. and i'll speak to the parents of one american hostage after theirçó meetingñi with th israeli prime minister here in washington. ♪♪ñr good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington as the nationñr prepares to hear from president

biden tomorrow night in an oval office address following his decision end his reelection campaign. kamala harris has now secured pledges from a majority of dnc delegates. it's not binding, but it's a pledge. it's the strongest signal yetñi that harrisçó will likely secur the party's çónomination. that process starts tomorrow as dnc chair jaime harrison explained to craig melvin earlier today. >> we will open up for the official signatures from theñr delegates. then you've got a few days to get those signatures. then we start the official voting for our nominee, likely by august 1st. this process is going to be fair, transparent, open, but it's going to be fast. >> the harris campaign is quickly breaking records, raising more than $100 million

since president biden announced he's stepping aside. 62% were first-time donors. at campaign headquarters in wilmington yesterday, harris leaned into her experience as a prosecutor in california. >> perpetrators of all kinds, predators who abused çówomen, fraudsters. hear me when i say i know donald trump's type. >> this hour, the vice president arriving in battleground wisconsin, where theñr republics had their convention last week, for herñi first rally as the likely democratic candidate, the frontrunner. we'll head to wisconsinñi in a moment. with yamiche alcindor and shaquille brewster. we begin with peter alexander.

the presidentñru)s& be headingñ back this hour, we expect. and tomorrow night in prime time we will hear him for the firstñ time as he calledñr into the evt at headquarters yesterday. what should we expect from the president on wednesday?çó >> reporter: we're going toñdher from him formally for the first time. we did get some review when he was speaking to her kamala yesterday. the presidentçó posting this wi take place in the ovalñi office saying he is going to discuss what li&k ahead and, in his words,ñzhow i will finish the jb for the american people. a source familiar with his remarks for tomorrow says beyond a detailed explanation with why he left the raceñi with that stunning announcement on sunday afternoon. he also wants to talk about the work ahead before the end of his term. it was a little bit of a preview, i think, as i'm describing it. in that call with kamala harris yesterday where heñi saidph going to be fully engaged going

forward, that the name at the top of the ticket will change,ç but the mission will remain the same. he said he's going to be focused on trying to pass legislation in these remaining six months that he's in office. that is aç"very difficult challenge in the middle of a campaign where in effect he is now a lame duck president of diminished relevance in some ways politically here. he's going to be focused onñihe infrastructure actñi theñi prest was getting passed to make sure that money goes out the door amidñi concerns donald trump ma there are the federal vacancies on the judiciary. president biden has spoken often about the role an ex-president

will have as it relates the supreme court. across america right now, there are about 48, nearly 50 openings.ñi republicans will be disinclined to support his nominees, but that's a priority forñr him as well. >> we've just ñiçóy peter, that majority leader schumer and democratic leader hakeem jeffries are going to jointly have a news conference scheduled forjf 1:00 p.m. toñr endorse ka harris. they likely were waiting for her toñi goçó over the top in pledg delegates. so that is a significant factor. that sort of wraps it up in terms of the official "ujuáqsq'ts she certainly would have wanted as she begins to build momentum. yamiche, you were with her in wilmington. you were in the room when the president called in. that wasñr dramatic.

president biden, as you know, last week broke the news that allies wereçó working behind th scenes toñi prepare for his now we see record donations energizing the base. yamiche. reporting, women across this country,ñi both democratic leaders, but also women ñidonor women voters, they are energized by theçóçó harrisñi campaign. vice president kamala harris would make history if she were to clench thatñi nomination for the democraticñi party as the first black woman, first asian woman to be at the top of a major party ticket. the idea of that has so many women çóenergized. yesterday i was in a packed room at campaign headquarters in wilmington, delaware, when vice president harris walked outytz beyonce, and the room went wild. people were cheering. energized people were holding

handmade signs because it happened so quickly and also freshly printed signs. women were talking about the idea that they're really energized by the idea that sze" was açó prosecutor. she made a career talking toñi women and prosecuting cases against men who sexually abused women andñi also fraudsters and that she knows donald trump's type. i have to take you backçó to sundayñi when the news broke th ng down. within hours, women were joining añrñiçó massiveñi zoom call whe were talking about the fact they were energized. wi some $1.. a woman on a call said, the spirit of black women to be resilient and actually win, when you combine those two things, we have always made remarkable change in this nation.

that tells you the message that black women are saying to each other and also this nation and women ofñi color and also women that aren't of color.ñi we're also talking to white voters who sayñi they're very energized here. thinking about herçó specifical9 think, bolsteringñi this ñicamp. >> shaquille brewsterçóçó has b talkñring to voters in wisconsi. the importance of wisconsin cannot be overstated. what are voters saying about this switchñr in the ticket? >> reporter: andrea, i'm definitely picking up on añi pattern as i'm having conversations here with dozens and dozens of voters. there's a boost of enthusiasm and excitement. they talk about someone who can layout a case against donald trump in a more effective way. those in the middle, more

moderate voters, there's clearly more work to be done for the vice president. listen to a sample of my conversations. >> i have much more confidence for sure. thingsñi were looking a little ñ w$%5ì(lc% >> exciting.ñiñi i can't get behind some of the things he says or does. doñi i support kamala harris, though? absolutely ñrnot. >> that last gentleman i found really interesting because a week ago i said if we wereñi to have this conversation a week ago, he said he would have been supporting president biden in his reelection effort. he said at least he was leaning that way. those last two folks said they were also considering rfk jr. as

they make their evaluation. who is chosen as vice presideét could weigh in in making their decision. >> here with us nowçó isçóñr democraticñiñi senator debbhw r stavenaugh from michigan. >> i'm so excs.q" about kamala harris. even before we knew she was going to be our presidential candidate, she was with me in michigan last week. with 24 hours' notice in the middle of the afternoon, 400 people showed up. it was amazing.

and that was with her as vice ñi president. á t it wasñi announced tht she was going to be our presidential çócandidate,ñi the excitement went even higher. i have to also say, though, joe biden hasçóñr gotten more done michigan as president than any )sq i'm so grateful to him for his love of ñrçócountry. but írñwe're excited. >> it's safe to say no democrat can win the presidency without michigan. it's so critical. >> right. >>ñi we've seen already an undercurrent of racism against a likely candidate, vice president kamala harris. we've seenñr gender bias in the past against women candidates. certainly hillary clinton experienced that. there wereñr other problems in r campaign, but it was certainly a lot of gender attacks. >> absolutely. >> this is going to be very

ugly. it already is getting ugly. [ indiscernible ] >> yeah. >> yeah. >> what do yo where she really needs the white male voters? she needs those reagan democrats to win the state. >> it will be ñrugly. everything donald trump does is ugly. jd vanceçó is saying some horrible, sexist things. itñi just is what it is with th other side of the aisle. i've not seen this kind of excitement in michigan since 2008 when we elected our first black president, barack obama.çó so i am confident that people in our state are excited about turning the page, passing the torch. as a woman, i think it is time. i have to say i was thinking about the fact that in 1994 i ran the governor. i narrowly lost. but we opened the door and eight

years later jennifer granholm was governor. hillary clinton did the same thing. she won the popular vote. she opened the door. eight years later, i believe we're going to see president kamala harris. >> more than a dozen unions have endorsed kamala harris already. the uaw is still holding back. shawn fain was on with rachel maddow last night. jen psaki questioned him. >> we have a process we follow. the member put the international executive board in charge of this. we're going to be discussing things over the next few days. we're not going to rush in and throw it out there. we want to have fruitful discussions when we meet. >> kamala harris walked the picketñi line with the ñiuaw in 2019. >> right.

>> what's the reluctance? why the reluctance to join the rest of the labor movement? >> i this is this is just more of process. shawn fainñrçó -- [ indiscernible ]çóñi >> i know thatl [ indiscernible ] >> he was not the first supporting president biden either. they have a process. it's really important for them to bring their members and to be able to have that process. we know this. i heard it. i saw when donald trump said let the auto industry go bankrupt. he is a guy that was opposed to prevailing wage when i raised that. in a specific meeting with him about construction projects and how we had to make sure we had

good unionñi wages, he said tha just races theñi cost of projec. there are so manyñi times in whh donald trump and jd vance have done than!s that are contrary bothñi to the auto and to collective bargaining and the union. i'mçó confident they'll goñr thh their process. they'll do the right thing. they'll listen to all of their ó members. but it is so clear, the differences between kamala harris and donald trump. >> senate candidates around the country were running ahead of joe biden in battleground states. >> right, right. >> do you think that kamala harris, if she is and likely will be at the topçó of the ñi ticket, can change that equation because you think she puts to rest the age issue and kind of flips it to donald trump? >> we know there's only one

person thq.if elected, would go into the white house and be 80 years old. that's donald trump. we'll be very clear about that. the reality is we have strongñi senate candidates across the country. they were running ahead before. i think that'sñi going to continue.çó we've seen extraordinary numbers on fundraising. we're seeing in michigan people flocking to volunteer. people are excited. they're going to embrace the passing of the torch to a new generation. i have to just sayúne other thing, because we all know she was the former prosecutor. i worked with her in the senate when she was doing those wonderful grillings on the judiciary committee. it's very clear what we have is the prosecutor versus the felon, and we need to remind people of that. >> does it likely depend on whom she chooses as vice president?

>> i think we have a lot of choices that areçó terrific. and i think that will onlyçó ad to the ñiexcitement. >> do you have añr favorite? >> i don't think we should assume in 2024 that we couldn't put two women on a ticket. we've had two men forever. there's a lot of possibilities, a lot of good people. >> -- she wants to stay in michigan? >> she's a great governor, and i think she is committed to staying in michigan, yeah. >> thanks for being here. >> thank you. trump's take in 90 seconds.i they recalibrate their attacks against a new democratic frontrunner. t a new democratic frontrunner. here's to beating these two every thursday. help fuel today with boost high protein, complete nutrition you need... ...without the stuff you don't. so, here's to now. boost.

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recent events, it is with a heavy heart that i have made the decision to stepñr down as your director. she wrote that to the president. he immediately accepted it.ñi joining us is ryan nobles. %-phallway. she kept refusing to answer whether she would resign. resigned. the pressuzez is just unbearabl. i think the breaking point, aside from the hearing, which was just awful for her, could have been what you announced this morning, the bipartisan commission, like a january 6th commission, but with almost equal membership to take a serious look at the agency. >> reporter: i think there's no doubt that her leadership continued to be somewhat of a cloud that hung over this>x process in that the members of congress, in particular, felt that in order toçó get past the event that happened on that day and start to focus on the investigation and also come up with remedies to prevent it from happening again, that they

needed to remove cheatleñi from the equation. she'd become too much of kind of the symbol of the failure of the agency on that day. you're right. she didn't do herself any favors in this lengthy hearing where she failed to even entertain some of the basic questions that ez these members of congress upset. that's way too long. they feel as though they're in an urgent situation right now with this presidential campaign starting to ramp up. they need to figureñi out what went wrong on that day so it can immediately be fixed as the

campaign continues. >> ryan nobles, thank you so much for covering this. much for covering this. so important. party is forcing den >> you'll remember joe bidenñr not just a quitter, which he is, but one of the worst presidents of the united states of america. kamala harris is a million times worse. i don't know kamala. i served in the united states marine corps and i built a business. what the hell have you done other than collect a government check for the past 20ñi years? >> senatorñiçó vance was upstagy senator george langeñi who had ó retract his words after saying there could be a civil war if

republicans don't win in november. >> i'mçó afraid if we lose this one, it's going to take a civil warñ;to save the ñrçócountry. >> garrett haake is with us nowó michael steele. what are some of the attack lines beingçóñi deployed byñr d trump and jd vance against kamala harris? and canñiçó republicans match t excitement now on the democratic side? >> i think the concept ofñi a pivot is not a thought. wx trump campaign is like an old school terminator.çó they're going to find what's in front of them and try to destroy it. t■of border czar, which

expect to hear her progressive talkingñr points from 2020 when she was trying toñi compete wit elizabeth warren and bernie sanders for a time.xd and you're seeing donald trump he's workshoping newçóñi ñrnick. in a truth social post today he calls her lyin'ñr kamala harris. the idea that somehow she's complicit in the coverup of joe biden's mental decline andñi raising questions about who's really running the country right now. you're hearing a lot of that from congressional republicans. i heard it yesterday in jd vance. we'll see if it resonates with voters going forward, but i'm not sure there's any evidence of that. >> it took only a day for the president to attack vice president harris in clearly racist terms. a congressmanñi fromñrñi tennes said the vice president is a

diversity hire. this is an attorney general ofì% california, our largest state. take a listen. >> what about white females? when you go down that route, you take mediocrity.ñi that's what theyñxi haveñi righ as a vice president. >> are you suggesting she is a dei hire? >> 100% she is a dei hire. >> compare that to jd vance's two years in the senate, she's been vice president for almost four years and before that a senator on the judiciary committee and, as i say, attorney general and a prosecutor. >> yeah. you know, it's a familiar theme. it's a sign of -- and this has been a problem that, you know, many of us in the party have had to confront and h@ through for many, manyçó ñryear how to engage a conversation when they're confronting an african-american or person of color in the political space.

so they revert to themes thatñi appeal to whiteñpsq' essentialló conservative white men who have these views about a successful black femaleñiñr in this partic case. it is a step say. you know, look, the reality of 9 to do? what are you going to put up against kamala? now you've gotñi jd vance out there floundering. a lot of republicans are starting to second guess that a lot of republicans didn't want jd vance and they're dreading the conversation. now that's shifted to donald trump. there's a little bit of panic going on. the name calling is just getting started. what i think you see, you put your fingerñi on an important pt in the question to garrett is the energy level now on the

democratic sideçó has shifted. it is transformative. you know where it's goingñr to land theñr strongest, i think, with those younger voters who have started to check out of the process. this kind of conversation does they check in. so the democrats have got to now work their system to get through the process to the convention,ñ but republicans now have to figureñi out how they're going run against a kamala harris, who is a little bit more than a dei hire, republicans. i just want to let you know that. >> to say the least. let me just posit this. it has workedñi for them in the past.ñi i covered leeçó atwater with willie horton ñiñrads. the way they went after john mccain in the primary about his adopted child, his child, his daughter fromñr bangladesh. we talked about what they were

going to do after the 2012 campaign, theñifá so-called anas that was going toñi go on in th republican party. they have not figured it out, or they know that it works. i don't know why the uawñr -- since her positions are identity and her marching the picket line in michigan with the uaw, it'sñ identity to joe biden's, and why that wasn't an instantaneous endorsement like the rest of the unions thatndorsed z don't know why. maybe he does have toñr pull th membership because maybeñi thers resistance. white menñr were theñr differen for hillary clinton. there's gender wrapped in this too. >> there's absolutely evidence of this, bothñiñi empirical and

otherwise, that wouldñr indicat this election now has changed on a lot of metrics. the thread that's going to run throughout all of thoseñiñi met is the race and the gender of theñrñr emocraukc nominee. and that is the reality. hillary clinton had to face that. hillary clinton had a lot of political baggage for 30-plus years coming into that race, no doubt about it. but at the end of the line, it i fell into a woman in an executive role in this country, commanding its military, its armed forces. and now they're faced whvh that again. but i'm here to say this feels different. i said yesterday when my wife and i were talking. i said this could be bigger thai obama in '08. this has a very different feel to it. i've had a number of conversations with republican women about what they see happening right now. i think this is a little bit

different. point that youçóñiñiñi raised. i know that garrettñjrñr is pro hearing in some of his coverage as well that part of the back story certainly on the republican side is how they thread out someñr of these narratives, because they know it does resonate with a certain portion of the country. let's be clear here, andrea. thst a republican conservative thing. this is an american thing. >> absolutely. >> that's part and parcel of our narrative for now going on 250 years, which we get to celebrate in two years. think about the fact that an african-american womanç?$pj president of the united states could be at the pinnacle ofñr celebrating our birthday is an amazingñr story line, an amazing story to tell abou a counwb2 that still has to grapple with issues of

race andñi gender. and to have kamala harris standing there as president of the united states, damn. the united states, damn. like i said, this couln bigger than ñiorewì(lc% >> you make a veryñi good point. during the early part of the 20th century, whatçó we saw was southern democrats who were the problem, and a lot of black people reregistered as republicans, because they were interested in emancipation. >> right. next, as the israeli prime minister visits, i'll speak with the parents of anñiñr americanñ hostage held by hamas for more than nine months. s for more than nine months imagine a future where plastic is not wasted... but instead remade over and over...

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poland and john poland. their son hirsch was kidnapped from the supernova music fest. his arm was injured. thanks for being with us. i know how hard the schedule is for you, so thanks for fitting us in. >> thank you. >> 291 days. what it must feel like to every day get up, pull out the masking tape, the magic marker, put another day down. rachel, every day is a cut through your heart. >> absolutely. you know, there are eight u.s. citizens who are currently still i hostae byñr hamas in gaza, 120 hostage total. remember, ñiandrea, these are people"'uáz 24 different nb nations. they're christians, jews,

muslims,ñi hindus andñi buddhis. this is notñr a monolithic grou of people. for +ñbñ it's our only son.ñr it is an indescribable torment. >> we are determined to return them all. the conditions of returning them are getting ripe for the simple reason we put pressure on hamas. that's leaning forward. it's not as ambivalent as his past statements have been about the cease-fire hostage release deal. how do you read it? >> it's certainly leaning more forward than we've heard in the past. from our perspective, it's notñ leaning in enough, which is to say we understand there's añi party on the other side of the table, but by all accounts within israel, from the defense

minister, the head of theñiñi military, the heads of the defense agencies and on and onç and on,ñi there'sñ right now and we must seize this opportunity."%"tut suspected th minister netanyahu was here in washington and what we wereçó hoping and are stillñr hoping t hear tomorrow is thank you to the united states for helping us get this deal over the finish line and announce the deal. he indicated last night that he indicated last night that maybe it's not#aá%q we're not going to stop pushing. we need to get this done. >> rachel, i've been hold that one of the hangups is how many palestinian prisoners will be released in exchange for theñr hostages and which palestinian prisoners, how many are convicted murders, how many are for ñrnonviolent offenses? and where would they go, to the west bank, to another country? those are, the israeli

government would say,ñi are important çódetails. what do you say? >> they certainly are important details. that's not even debatable. but as we discussedñr yesterday with jake sullivan, we understand that the entire israeli intelligence community and defense communityñi and the army community are all sayingñre can handle these details. these are details. they are critical. but this is the nature ofñi negotiations, that you figure out the difficult details and you move forward. >> i've been told that in the first group of hostages to be released in phase one, it is the women, the elderly, which includesçóñi steve ñispeegle an hirsch, who was injured. his arm was amputated. he would come out in that first

group, phase one. >> well,çóñi we don't know. we have no idea. we don't make the lists. there'sçó no way to guess what' going to be. we have said all along, the same way you don't count your chickens before they're hatched, you don't count your hostages until you're hugging them at home. it seems like the deal is not imminently happening. we have a long time to still be hopeful and optimistic and praying, but we have no way to know.ñrñi >> the deal, as we understand it, continues to be for all of theñiñiñi hostages, maybe in dit faces, b+añ it's so important w do a deal that brings home everybody. it might takóçó some time, but everybodyçó has to come ñihome.

and that is the plan. >> the plan is for a six-week cease-fire and then to ñrextendt as long as it's still relevant. that's when the other hostages would get released. do you see a possible change in posture in the likely democratic nominee, who has been more forward leaning, kamala harris, toward a cease-fire than has joe biden, ñifrankly? >> i would answer, addressing both of the names you just mentioned, which is on the vice president harris part, we have met with vice president harris. she has been in sync, in lockstep with president biden and the entire administration, the national securityçó advisor theñi secretary of çóstateñ in g it has to be both,çó a cease-fi and a hostage release. so we have every confidence that's going to continue to beñ her stance. regarding president biden,xd he made a brave, bold announcement

in what we say is now that he's not going to be caught up in a electoral issues, he's got the time and the focus to get his legacy in place. and we think a hugeçó part of tt legacy is for him to continue to do what he's already been doing. the president has been phenomenally engaged. his whole team has been engaged. we know they're committed to getting this done under his watch and really solidify him as somebody who brought home q2+ hostages and lays the groundwork for a better future in the middle east. >> thank you so much for being with us. i know this is a busy week and a consequential weekñi for you. >> thank you for continuing to raise awareness and tell the story. this is a huge week. >> nothingñi is more important. >> thank you. >> thank you. we'll be right back. thank u we'll be right back.

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vice president harris hasñi sparked enthusiasm among donors and delegates so far in the first 48 hours of her presidential campaign. theñi polls taken before presidt pifen stepped down showed that she would not fare much better than he against donald trump, slightly behind trump but within the margin of error. this as democrats have a steep hill to climb to win back the the house. joining me is new mexico democratic senator martin heimrick, who is up for reelection. i want to ask you first, are you

we've seen that. and she also brings with her thr plus of being a black woman and a woman of southeast asian descent. >> yeah. >> but at the same time, that's a negative in some states. >> i think she brings incredible

strength. you saw from moment one that kamala was in command of this campaign apparatus, and she was treating the campaign the way she prosecutes a case. i think that is something that will absolutely appeal to white men, because she represents stability. >> how does she counteract the rachel and misogyny that's already infected the attacks? >> that is part of the fabric of where we are right now. but so far she is rising above it. i think the attacks that we're already seeing are an indication of how scared the trump campaign is of kamala harris. and i think sheñr should keep doing exactly what she's been doing in the initial hours of the campaign. >> and she has a small window to pick a vice president. do you think one of the governors would be a better choice? do you have anyone in particular who might help you in your race? >> i don't want to micromanage

that decision. manage that decision. trump, falling asleep during the convention, falling asleep in hisll own trial, like, the potential herehe for contrast i incredible. we need someone who just has that energy to go out and do what's really hard, which is a presidential campaign takes it out of you. but we have a lot of very qualified people and i just hope whoever it is that they're a good complement to peher, theres good chemistry there, her winning t the presidency, this country having an adult in the white house in 2025, that's all thatho matters. >> and the age issue is off the table. >> for our party. >> what -- i mean, the schumer

and -- well, senator schumer and leader jeffries are about to endorse in about ten minutes. so the party has certainly come behind her. what do you seely as the proble waiting on theas uaw in michiga there are other -- >> i, think that's all just process. i saw what the president of the uaw said on camera last night. i think he's showing a certain fidelity to the process and the more of that that you do on the front end, theyo less you have manage defections on the back end. so, i fully respect that. ire think, you know, she has th record to show that she has stood with t union members, tim and time again, and that will carry the d day. and il think we will have a ve united coalition. >> senator, thank you so much. >>th my pleasure. >> thanks for being with us. and transportation secretary pete buttigieg is going to be joining chris jansing at 2:00 p.m. eastern with a look at what thete biden administration hope to accomplish in its final

months and the newly formed campaign. vice president kamala harris is focusingde sharply on project 25 and her bid for the white househ posting on x sunday night, i will do everything in my power to uniteyt the democratic party and unite our nation to defeat donald trump and his extreme project e2025 agenda.25 that's a quote. the expansive conservative plan for donald trump's potential second administration is backed by moreio than 100 groups. it is an agenda that would drastically alter the function and structureti of the federal government, roll back civil rights protections, dismantle environmental, regulations, reshape american society as we know it. mr. trump disavowing project 2025 now,vo but he has long-standing h ties to key architects of the plan and had endorsed it in the past. joining me now, marc morial, president and ceo of the national urban league and former mayor of new orleans. marc, welcome. to elect a self-defined black

woman as president, a woman as president. >> first,k let me thank you an let me offer my remarks as my personal remarks. america is ready for the best qualified, most prepared, most stable, most honest person to lead thees nation, beginning in 2025. and, yes, we are ready for a woman. yes, wedyor are ready for a bla woman because that black woman is the best, better qualified, better prepared, more stable, has morere integrity than her opponent. that's the question at hand. and she has prepared herself. and if one compares her record of public service to prior ri presidents, the depth, the variety from local to state to federal now four years as vice president certainly makes her able and capable and prepared to be commander in chief. >> the national urban league conference is now under way in new orleans, with much of its focusch on the election, on

project 2025, defending democracy, getting out the vote efforts, hbcus, reproductive rights. theod national urban league put out a progress record on the biden/harris administration. what are you finding? what are you hearing from conferenceat attendees? >> the biden/harris administration kept its promise toit america and kept its promi to black america. when you objectively look at what they promised, in 2020, and what they have delivered, there are someer shortcomings, but substantially when you look at racial justice, civilnt rights enforcement, you look at the economy, the lowest black unemployment rate in a very, very, very long time, when you lookou at the long-term bluepri of the focus on racial equity, the biden/harris administration is one of great consequence when it comes to the issues that our communities are talking about. i'll tellmm you what is on everybody's mind, project 2025. i think it has been an incredible wake-up call to

peopleup that they now get an opportunity to see on paper this trumpist right wing retrogressive agenda. they get an opportunity to read it. and it has lit a fire underneath people all across. when people at the grassroots level are saying project 2025, you know it has struck a nerve, and it is going to be a rallying cry all b the way through november. >>y marc morial, thank you so very much.ri and that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." follow the show on socialit med at mitchell reports and rewatch the best parts of our show anytime on youtube, go to msnbc.com/andrea. "chris jansing reports" starts after a short break. ea "chris jansing reports" starts after a short break. e beats ten. prilosec otc. one pill. 24 hours. zero heartburn.

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