good day. i'm chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. a 1-2 powerhouse endorsement. any minute now, kamala harris is

set to pick up official support from the two most powerful democrats on capitol hill. according to three sources revving up a campaign that is already running full throttle, just a few days after it began. and next hour, harris will host her first big rally as de facto democratic nominee. i'll ask a former obama campaign strategist what she needs to do to set the tone from now until november. and the head of the secret service is out after bipartisan calls to step down, and, of course, following the attempt on donald trump's life. but has anything changed at the agency as lawmakers ask the question, can they protect their protectees? i'll talk to a member of the homeland security committee. plus, the president in primetime, joe biden will address the nation tomorrow after dropping out of a race against donald trump. his plans for the rest of his presidency and in the newly minted harris for president campaign. awful lot to get to.

we begin in the halls of congress, where any minute now we are expecting senator chuck schumer and house minority leader hakeem jeffries to step forward and endorse kamala harris. when they do, it will mark the latest chapter in one of the fastest turn arounds in political history with kamala harris racking up enough delegates to formally win the nomination and become de facto at least the nominee. fund-raising is on fire, and endorsements are piling up, unions and volunteers getting on board. and in the next hour, we'll see her first formal campaign stop in wisconsin, though we got a preview when she talked to the staff at harris for president headquarters yesterday. >> in the days and weeks ahead, i, together with you, will do everything in my power to unite our democratic party, to unite our nation, and to win this

election. donald trump wants to take our country backward, to a time before many of our fellow americans had full freedoms and rights. but we believe in a brighter future that makes room for all americans. >> this is a race transformed, but as the trump campaign has learned, momentum can change. so harris is moving quickly to build on hers, keeping the biden campaign team in place, starting the formal vetting process for her running mate led by former attorney general eric holder and calling on a number of donors she has been cultivating for years. sahil kapur, aaron johnson, a democratic strategist and tim miller, host of bulwark podcast, former communications director for jeb bush 2016 and msnbc political analyst. welcome, one and all. so, sahil, what are we expecting from schumer and jeffries?

>> reporter: well, we do expect this news conference to begin imminently and, yes, we are expecting the top two democrats in the house and the senate, hakeem jeffries and chuck schumer, to formally endorse kamala harris for president. to make clear she has their support. this comes after 48 hours of the democratic party rapidly coalescing behind harris to be president after joe biden dropped out. it is wild to think it was just 48 hours ago and since then you got all these desperate factions within the democratic party quickly coming out for harris to carry that torch forward, including the progressive caucus, the hispanic caucus, the black caucus, the chairs of the house and senate democratic campaign arms, there are a number of reasons for this, chris. of course, she's vice president, she's the next in the line of succession, but the more important reason is that they don't have time for a contested campaign at this time. democrats have three and a half months until election day. her name is already on this campaign. she can assume that massive campaign apparatus of joe biden, that war chest of tens of millions of dollars in a way that nobody else can, she would

not have been every democrats' first choice if this was a contested fight for the nomination, but after the last month, after all the leaks and back fighting and infighting among democrats, they have no appetite to continue any of that, and the democratic party has decided to rally around kamala harris to be their nominee, to take on donald trump in this election. now, of course, hakeem jeffries and chuck schumer are no bystanders in this. they'll be heavily affected by who is at the top of the ticket. hakeem jeffries is trying to flip back the house of representatives so he can become speaker. chuck schumer has a very difficult task in trying to maintain a democratic senate majority in a challenging map where republicans have a lot of structural advantages and we're getting an indication of how their democrats are going to move forward. they're going to say this is our candidate, our democratic candidate, versus that republican candidate. republicans have taken a very different approach which is to nationalize everything, to tie every democrat to joe biden. that playbook is out the window now. they have to tie all the

democrats to kamala harris and i'll toss this back to you. >> all right i want to let people know what we're watching for, what sahil is talking about, the two endorsements. kamala harris' plane, her first big formal campaign event since she became the one with all the delegates, and presumably is on her way to the nomination. it is interesting to watch this. it is wisconsin, major battleground state, but, tim, let me ask you about the people who were -- are going to be with her. all the major elected democrats it seems in wisconsin want to show up by her name, the governor, the lieutenant governor, the attorney general, the secretary of state, the democratic party chair, as well as state labor leaders and there you see her coming off the plane, she's going to make her way from milwaukee where that plane landed to west ellis.

what does that tell us, the fact that everybody is coming out today for kamala harris? >> that people are excited. i just -- i think we're in the situation where -- we're in this desert and everybody was parched for a political candidate that was not in their 80s, that was not under criminal investigation, that could speak to america's aspirations, and speak to people's hopes and get people excited again. and then over the last 48 hours, she kind of emerged, this oasis in the desert. i think that explains why everybody has just rallied around her so quickly. people were thirsty for this, and i think her speech last night at the campaign headquarters demonstrated that at least rhetorically speaking, she's up for this task, she offers a huge contrast to donald trump and a huge turning of the page from president biden. and so i think that's why everybody is there. my only hope, my only advice and

recommendation is that she is allowed to be fresh, and not feel like she has to carry the baggage of the biden administration, and the team that is sticking around can also turn the page with her, allow her to kind of change the tone a little bit, you know, maybe even change the issues that change what is being talked about, because i think that's what people are looking for. >> and, can you look at the picture right now, and this is the woman who could be the first black president, first black woman president of the united states, taking some time on her way to a campaign event, talking to a couple of little girls who will have this moment, but let's go over to the other part -- the political part of this, here's chuck schumer on the hill. >> -- enthusiasm, unity. on sunday, president biden showed the world what a great man he is.

his true patriotism, his profound sense of decency came shining through. we all know it was not an easy decision for him. but just as he has done in his entire life, president biden's selfless decision not to seek the nomination put our country, our party, and our future first. at his core he's just an honorable man, a family man, a man of deep faith. we love him. we truly do. i'll have more to say on president biden later this afternoon, in my floor speech. but, president biden's selfless decision has given the democratic party the opportunity to unite behind a new nominee, and boy, oh, boy, are we enthusiastic. since president biden's announcement, we have seen the democratic party swiftly coalesce behind vice president

kamala harris. when i spoke with her sunday, she said she wanted the opportunity to win the nomination on her own, and to do so from the grassroots up, not top down. we deeply respected that, hakeem and i did. she said she would work to earn the support of our party and, boy, has she done so in quick order. vice president harris has done a truly impressive job, securing the majority of delegates needed to win the democratic party's nomination, to be our next president to the united states. the vast majority of my senators quickly and enthusiastically endorsed her. so now that the process has played out, from the grassroots, bottom up, we are here today to throw our support behind vice president kamala harris! i'm clapping. you don't have to.

it is a happy day. what can i say? together, we will keep and hopefully grow the senate majority, and under future speaker hakeem jeffries we will win back the house. democrats are moving forward stronger and more united than ever before. in just the last 36 hours, i have seen a surge of enthusiasm from every corner of our party, uniting behind vice president harris, an enthusiasm felt in every corner of the country, and it is contagious among democrats. the volunteers, the small contributions, they're just pouring in. in ways even beyond our expectations. now, we all know that vice president harris has a tremendous record to run on. and now begins the next chapter in our quest to make sure donald

trump does not become president. today with one voice, we speak about the dangers he presents to working families, to our country, and to our democracy. we see very clearly how nervous the republicans are about our new nominee. well, they ain't seen nothing yet. last night, vice president harris secured a majority of delegates. today, in wisconsin, and across america, we begin our next chapter and it will be our best yet. vice president harris will beat donald trump, and become the next president of the united states of america. applause? hakeem? >> thank you, leader schumer. joe biden is a patriotic american, joe biden is a heroic

american, joe biden is a great american, joe biden will go down in american history as one of the most consequential presidents of all time. president joe biden has made the selfless decision to pass the torch to vice president kamala harris, who is ready, willing and able to lead us into the future. kamala harris and her candidacy has excited and energized the house democratic caucus, the democratic party, and the nation. vice president harris has earned the nomination, from the grassroots up, and not the top down. she is ready, she is willing,

she is able to energetically and emphatically lead america into the future. kamala harris is a common sense leader, who knows how to deliver real results for hard working american taxpayers. kamala harris is a courageous leader, who has worked hard throughout her entire career to keep our communities safe. kamala harris is a compassionate leader, who will build an affordable economy that makes life better for everyday americans. kamala harris will fight for our freedom. kamala harris will fight for our families. kamala harris will fight for our future. i'm proud to strongly endorse kamala harris to be the 47th president of the united states of america. we're going to hold the senate,

we're going to win the house, we're going to elect kamala harris as our next president in november. >> thank you. yes. questions on this subject. yes. >> i know you said this was a bottom up process, but kamala harris is the vice president of the united states, there was no other competition, this is going to be selected by party delegates, insiders, essentially. what is your case to the american people and to the democratic voters who voted for joe biden that this isn't a coronation? >> the bottom line was a bottom up process, people just rallied right to her side, the enthusiasm in this big diverse representative party was amazing. you could -- it was palpable. you could cut it with a knife. yes. >> are you worried that republican efforts to keep harris off the ballot and leave joe biden on the ballot? >> no. >> when are you going to meet with the vice president?

>> soon. we're getting more questions in with short answers. >> you had a number of conversations with the president over the last several weeks, you went out to delaware, a bit of an emotional meeting of sorts, i'm wondering did you ever personally ask him not to run for re-election? >> look, the -- what i would say is that the president has done an amazing, amazing job as president, one of the best we have ever had, and he put his country first and made the right decision. thank you, everybody. thanks, everybody. >> so the two democratic leaders of congress seem virtually euphoric at the announcement that they were going to endorse kamala harris for the democratic nomination.

i want to bring back tharon johnson. tharon, i've been covering them both a long time, but honestly chuck schumer back to when he was in the state assembly in albany, new york, when i was a local reporter there, i don't know when i've seen him like that. i mean, he was shouting, he was clapping for himself, he was laughing. hakeem jeffries, who seemed elated, these are two guys, fair to say, who were very worried that the republicans were going to take not just control of both of their houses, but strong control of both of their houses and look like the weight of the world has been lifted off their shoulders. >> i've never seen a campaign hit the ground running so fast and what we just witnessed with the harris campaign for president. but to focus on leader schumer and leader jeffries for a few moments, you're absolutely right. these are two leaders of our party in the house and the senate who are elated with this choice.

you can just see leader schumer just so -- just, you know, excited, and leader jeffries, usually coming out with the tremendous cadence and making the case, and what i'm happy about, chris, when i saw you in atlanta, during the debate, i told you, i said, we're a long way from this campaign being over. there are going to be so many surprises that are going to happen. so to have those two men, these two new yorkers stand there today in unison and to unify behind vice president harris, you mentioned the money raised, 62% of new donors who have never given to a campaign before. to quote another famous new yorker, jay-z, the democrats, we got our swagger back. we were a party that was trying to find the best path forward, showing tremendous deference to president joe biden, who is

still our president, but now we got to all unify behind the kamala harris campaign for president. we don't have time to look backwards. would there be a process? will there be conversations? absolutely. we're the democratic party. we're 9 big tent party. we welcome those conversations. you heard both leaders say she earned it. that's what you heard the vice president say when she sent out her statement, she wanted to earn this nomination, so she's been on the phones, she's been calling people, she's been asking for their support, and it was a bottom up process. so we got to go into this convention, unified, we got to come out even more unified to beat donald trump. >> let me bring in nbc's ryan nobles who was at that presser and follows both of these men very closely. to bring you in on the conversation we were having, i don't know when i have seen chuck schumer like this. certainly seemed like joyful, for both men, to quote chuck schumer, boy, oh, boy, are we enthusiastic. what a change a couple of days makes, ryan. >> reporter: it is pretty crazy, chris, because for the last

three and a half weeks, almost a month, it has been difficult to get either of these two men to talk about the presidential race in any way, shape or form. and, today, they were eager and as you rightly point out enthusiastic to talk about kamala harris and her campaign for president. there is no doubt that democrats are ready to turn the page. this has been a month of infighting, a month of private and anonymous sources talking about the future of the party, the future of the ticket and the future of president joe biden. they are now ready to put that all behind them. and the fact that they have so quickly uniied behind kamala harris is indicative of that. part of the reporting i did about this process, one of the reasons that many of these democrats were reluctant to come out and say joe biden should step down is because they were nervous about this stage of that process. what would happen, how do you nominate someone, would there be multiple potential candidates, could it be even uglier than the situation that they were dealing with joe biden at the top of the

ticket. now that biden has gracefully stepped down, immediately endorsed kamala harris, and then you see the flood of support she's getting from every end of the party, from the different racial and ethnic caucuses that have supported her, from the labor groups that have supported her, from the different generational aspects of the party that have supported her, progressive lawmakers supporting her, more moderate lawmakers supporting her, it is clear they're unified in their mission to defeat donald trump. that's what you saw play out here with hakeem jeffries and chuck schumer. they're now reflecting the thoughts of their caucus. i have to say, this is, you know, there are some questions. one of the things that joe biden supporters were pushing back against was that he received tens of millions of votes in the democratic primary process, from actual voters in all these different states. that's not going to be the same situation now with kamala harris at the top of the ticket. she got them as a vice presidential nominee and not a presidential nominee. they're framing this as a bottom up process but it is the

definition of a top down process. she's the vice president, number two in line to the presidency already. the folks that are voting and nominating her are party insiders by any definition. and there was this concern there would be a perception of a coronation, she was going to walk into this position. now to harris' credit, she said she wanted to earn it, she was willing to compete against someone else if they were willing to step up, that person has not emerged and does not look like they're going to emerge. so, therefore it looks as though she's on a glide path to the nomination. yeah, chris, much different situation with the democratic party here today than we saw even just a couple of days ago. >> ryan nobles, thank you for that. let me bring in nbc's yamiche alcindor at that event with harris in wisconsin. again, talk about what a change, i mean, obviously vice president harris had big plans on the campaign trail. she has been a big advocate -- had been a big advocate for the biden harris campaign. but talk about the message we

expect to hear at today's rally. it looks like the crowd behind you is already fired up. >> reporter: that's right. i'm here in the milwaukee area and the crowd is very, very excited for vice president kamala harris. she is expected to speak in the next hour. and the message really is, i think, the message that she delivered to the campaign headquarters. i was there yesterday with her, when she went to wilmington, delaware, to visit campaign staffers, and she was there, she was talking about the mission of her campaign, she said the top of the ticket has changed, but the mission remains the same. she talked about the two different visions for america that this is about. she said we're not going back. listen to what she said about the middle class here. >> building up the middle class will be a defining goal of my presidency. because we here know when our

middle class is strong, america is strong. and we know that's not the future donald trump is fighting for. >> reporter: she also talked about the fact that she is a prosecutor, dealt with what she said were predators who sexually abused women and fraudsters who conned people and donald trump type of people and she knew how to deal with him and that's why she was confident she could win this election. she talked about the idea that really she had a great respect for president biden and loved the fact that he was able to pass the torch to her. but she did say she wanted to earn the nomination, and it looks like now that she's earned the number that she needs, we're here in wisconsin because she is thinking about the state as critical. when i landed here, was driving on the highway, there was a huge billboard that said trump 2024 and underscored that republicans are also trying to make the big play for this state and they were just here a few days ago for the rnc nominating -- former president trump to be their

nominee. i'm told she will talk specifically about reaching out to voters who maybe were not excited about either candidate and who can now maybe get excited about her. also talking to an aide here about her bio and she is known to be from california, but one of her aides said she lived in wisconsin as a little girl, her mother was a cancer researcher. it tells you she's trying to make a personal connection to voters and explain to them her back ground in ways they might not have known. >> thank you so much, yamiche alcindor. a couple of moments when kamala harris came off the plane that i want to talk about, and, tim, let me start with who was greeting her there. look when all the democratic governors came out, yes, it was an endorsement, but as somebody who was on the ground in a presidential campaign, you know better than anybody the infrastructure that somebody who has run a state wide campaign, the information, the voter

knowledge that they have from being successful in their state, why does this picture matter? >> yeah. well, a couple of things. one, to the infrastructure question first. the democrats have this benefit of having three governors in those three states. whitmer and shapiro are on the vp short list, regardless of whether they end up being chosen, they -- all three of them will be absolutely crucial allies to kamala harris in this campaign. and i think helps her in this transition in the shorter timeline, knowing you have three governors in those states. also in arizona, and georgia. i think that's really important. the other thing about that image, though, if you look at it on the screen there is just visually the contrast. politics is a lot about just images, right? a lot about what -- what people think about their country, it is

wrapped up in identity in a lot of ways. to have her there, greeting those young girls, potentially the first woman president, as somebody that is youthful and vigorous and ready to run a campaign, i think she doesn't have to say anything and she is delivering a more compelling contrast against donald trump than the democrats have delivered for years now. since his third campaign started. and so i think that's very powerful and cannot be underappreciated. and i think that a lot of the commentary around moving off of biden, on to harris or someone else, kind of missed just how powerful this transition would be and i think that's going to reverberate throughout the electorate. >> among all this kumbaya and joy and relief we're feeling from the democratic party, there is a campaign ahead. it is going to be a tough campaign, nobody i'm talking to thinks this is going to be a cakewalk for kamala harris or

any of the democrats on the ballot. but, again, to the image point that tim was making, when you look at her, with those two little girls, there are so many things that go through your head. one is, a caricature of kamala harris has been painted by the other side, some might argue somewhat successfully. she, in spite of being vice president, isn't widely known to a wide swath of the electorate. but she would be groundbreaking. she already is groundbreaking. what do you see when you see this picture? >> you mentioned it before we had to go to the two leaders, schumer and jeffries, to hear their press conference. what i'm watching right now is a black woman talking to two young black girls, with a wife and a mother and a husband who is now even more motivated to get behind this vice president.

those little girls, those little black girls as you see in this image will never forget this moment. as a father of two young boys, i look for the day when kamala harris comes back to atlanta and as you know, chris, she spent a lot of time in georgia, while we don't have a democratic governor, we still are a battleground state that delivered for joe biden and kamala harris in 2020. so now what she's got to do is take this sort of compassion you're looking at right now and that's who she's been. i met the vice president now for maybe three or four times in atlanta and in d.c., and every house i've gone to, every fund-raiser, every rally, whether it was with my good friend ryan wilson, she's taken time to talk to the kids, the young people. she always asks you, how are you doing, how is your family doing. this is the kamala harris that we all knew back when she was an attorney general, when she became a senator and a candidate. now moving forward in the campaign, we're a little over 100 days left.

the first thing she did, she went to the campaign headquarters, as someone in the obama re-election headquarters in chicago in 2012, when the candidate comes to the office and takes time to talk to the staffers, not just the senior staffers, but those young people, many of our future stars and democratic politics to say thank you and to keep them motivated and let them know, hey, me and joe biden, we're still united. everyone finished the drill, yes, it has been a little bit of a crazy 48 hours, but you all have a job to do and that is beat donald trump. now you see her in the battleground state of wisconsin, she is there today and i think the message that you're going to hear is going to be a little different than what we heard from her before, she's the candidate. the next thing she's got to do, she's raising an enormous amount of money. and what can she do with that money? she has to reintroduce herself to the american people as a presidential candidate. we have known who she has been as a vice president. she's been there, shoulder to

shoulder with joe biden, and leading this white house. and this amazing record he's been able to deliver. so now she's got to make sure that she gets out on the offense, use this money wisely, spend it with consultants and battleground states and know that they're doing, keep your current team in place, but she also can expand the team and she got to expand. that's when you start to hear other states that were not in play before that are not -- now in play. that means they're looking at the best way to get to 270 electoral votes. in the last thing, while the money is important, she is battle tested. she is a former prosecutor. she is a former attorney general. a current vice president of the united states. she is battle tested and she is strong, and she is defiant. i can't tell you how many women have -- we heard all the noise about and the chatter with these women getting on this conference call, up to 40,000 people. >> i think 44 -- yeah. >> yeah. 44,000 last night.

i was on a call with predominantly black men over 20,000 and we raised $2 million for vice president kamala harris' campaign. the base is fired up. she also knows that she's got to make sure she doesn't forget about the independents and the moderates. and so it is a base plus strategy. keep the base fired up, keep the base unified, going to the convention, but the polling and the focus groups will show there is a pathway to grow the middle class, to make sure that independent voters who are terrified of donald trump, they don't want donald trump, they want somebody that they know they can beat him and she's got to make that case to the american people and you will see a campaign that is going to be full of energy, that is going to be full of her being on the offense, and when the attacks come, because they will come, and they're going to come from super pacs and from the trump campaign directly, this woman, along with whoever she selects as vice president, will be ready for the moment. >> a transformational race without a doubt. tim miller, tharon johnson, i look forward to talking to you as the next 100 plus days go on.

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director ronald rowe jr. was just tapped to serve as acting director of the agency. moments ago, dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas announced the appointment of the 24-year veteran of the secret service. it comes just a very short time after director kimberly cheatle stepped down after facing widespread bipartisan pressure following the attempted assassination of former president donald trump. in a statement we obtained from a former senior official who received her resignation letter, cheatle writes, the secret service's solemn mission to is to protect our nation's leader and financial infrastructure. on july 13th, we fell short on that mission. the scrutiny over the last week has been intense and will continue to remain as our operational tempo increases. as your director, i take full responsibility for the security lapse. the secret service's most high profile responsibility is to take care of presidents and presidential candidates. so with an election now 105 days

away, are they up to it. ali vitali is reporting on capitol hill. also with us, charles moreno, former secret service agent and former dhs senior adviser. good to have both of you here. this all happened so quickly. but let me start, i guess, at the beginning, a couple of hours ago, ali, it comes after leaders had announced a bipartisan task force. the latest in what was already a list of investigations. talk about the resignation and for what is happening on the hill. >> reporter: it means there is someone new in the hot seat and also the pressure campaign that was already mounting in bipartisan fashion is probably going to end in this result anyway. you got the head of the oversight committee, james comer, saying his hearing yesterday with the secret service director is the reason that this happened. i think that might give one specific person too much credit for the larger pressure campaign that was building. that included not just comer, but the democratic ranking member of that committee, jamie raskin and, of course,

leadership including speaker mike johnson. and i will tell you, house republican leadership this morning spent considerable amount of time talking about the need for cheatle to resign and the aftermath of that hearing yesterday where most questions went unanswered, then when i told johnson in real time we have reporting that cheatle was stepping down, this is what he told me. watch. >> i'm glad she did the right thing. look, our reaction, the immediate reaction to her resignation is that it is overdue, she should have done this at least a week ago. i'm happy to see that. i'm happy to see that she has heeded the call of both republicans and democrats. now we have to pick up the pieces. we have to rebuild the american people's faith and trust in the secret service as an agency. >> reporter: that's something that johnson was saying, but the new director is going to have that charge, in addition to the fact that there are a lot of questions about the ongoing investigation about how an assassination attempt like the one in butler, pennsylvania, could have happened.

to that end, we are seeing the announcement of that new commission that you mentioned, chris, it is bipartisan in fashion, it will have subpoena power, we'll know the members who are on that committee by the end of the week, the speaker tells us. but there is going to be a lot of focus on that in the last few months of congress, which would be reserved for hometown politicking, but instead this is a consistent thread we watch them follow. >> ali, thank you for that. charles, do you know ronald rowe and if you do, is he up to the task? >> i do, and he is. he provides the service of continuity here in the interim. look, come january, there is going to be a change of administration. one way or another. and they're going to come and give the secret service a hard look and choose who they want to lead the agency going forward. the former director was right to step aside, let the focus now become the agency. the agency has got to focus on the protective mission and

coming out of all of these investigations in a much better place as an agency. they have got a zero fail mission, they got to get to work every day. get it right 100% of the time. you know, they're not going to be under this type of scrutiny for counterfeit investigation. so, protection as you stated earlier is the name of the game for the secret service. and they need to be the best in the world at what they do. and dhs has got to make sure that they are resourced appropriately, to conduct their mission effectively. >> obviously, there isn't time to wait for the outcome of these investigations. we don't know exactly what happened. certainly if you listened to former director cheatle yesterday, she didn't have clear ideas about what exactly happened here. and she writes, i want to read this again from her letter, the scrutiny over the last week has been intense and will continue

to remain as our operational tempo increases. translation, we're going into the heart of a very busy presidential campaign. so, between now and frankly whenever any of these investigations is finished and there is some clarity on what might have happened, what can one individual do? >> well, the mission continues. look, kamala harris, once she is the democrat nominee, has yet to name a vice president. that's going to be another protection assignment for the secret service. you also have the dnc coming up, which is the national special security event, which is led by the secret service. an 18-month planning undertaking for the agency. so there is a lot going on. the mission continues. it doesn't take a pause. and so they got to make sure that the resources are matching the threat levels for each of

these protectees and that it is the highest level that it needs to be. look, we know what the security failure was. there was an overall failure on the plan, the security plan, out in pennsylvania. we know that somebody was able to gain access to an area that they shouldn't have, it should have been secured, it had a direct line of sight to the former president and that never should have happened. now, we also saw the best of the agency, which proves the devotion of the men and women of the agency. the way those immediate agents covered the former president with their own bodies, so we know the belief in the mission, the devotion to the mission of the agency is there. the men and women now need to be provided with the structure, the direction and the resources to continue to do their job. and provide the high oft level of protection for those they protect. >> charles moreno, thank you so much.

we appreciate it. joining me now, eric swalwell. first of all, let me ask you, as we report, that ronald rowe jr. has been tapped as acting secret service director. were you given a heads up? and is it clear what changes need to be made and can they be made? >> chris, i serve on the homeland security committee, i was not given a heads up, it is the right call. i want to say violence has never been the answer. not on a certain day in january, not on the most recent day in july. so, we need to make sure that presidential candidates and frankly political candidates at the highest level are protected. and we unite to condemn any political violence and that unity is the antidote. i also just want to step back today, because as i question law enforcement in our homeland security hearing, they told me that there were likely hundreds of armed police officers, secret service, local police, in

pennsylvania, inside the perimeter and that that shooter was able to get off eight rounds and, chris, we have to be honest with ourselves as americans about what kind of country we are, where we are armed to the teeth, where we have over 100 million assault rifles in america and the most dangerous people have access to the most dangerous weapons. i say that as a father of three little kids who go to school and do these drills, i say that as a brother to police officers who walk violent beats and i say that as somebody who believes that the attendees at that rally deserve to hear their candidates speak without violence coming down on them. we need to think about just how do we arm so many dangerous people in this country and what can we do to protect ourselfs? >> that may be a long-term goal, and it has been for joe biden, for democrats, for a long time. but there is 104, 105 days until election day. between now and then, are you confident the president and the candidates are safe as well as all protectees, which includes

some of your colleagues? >> i'm confident the president is going to resource the secret service to the best of his ability. and that has to be a priority so we can talk about the issues of this race and no candidate, regardless of party, has to worry about security. >> so we just talked about the fact that kamala harris, a protectee, if and when she becomes the nominee of the democratic party, that will ramp up significantly, she obviously has been consolidating support. we saw the two leaders, the democratic leaders saying officially that they back her. she's is raising a lot of money. but i want to ask you to have a reality check, how tough is this race, what is going to be key to beating donald trump? >> you know, this race is tough. but, you know who is tougher? it is kamala harris. it is prosecutor harris. i've known her for almost 20 years, we come from the same

prosecutor's office. she's tough. she's real. she's smart. most importantly, she's ready. and i've heard donald trump talk about how easily he's going to beat her. and, you know who also talked that way to miss harris? other sexual predators and rapists. if donald trump wants to know how that movie ends, he's going to have to go to a prison to talk to those individuals that she put away. so she's ready and she's going to make this case, she's going to make the case about reproductive rights, she's going to make this case about the past, and donald trump, or the future and she's also most importantly, she's going to bring decency where donald trump has been chaotic and cruel and corrupt. >> congressman eric swalwell, always a busy day on capitol hill, so we appreciate you taking the time. up next, as president biden makes his way back to the white house after battling covid, what will his role be going forward in the harris campaign? forward in the harris campaign

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president joe biden right now headed back to the white house after officially testing negative for covid. his doctor says his symptoms have resolved. and he has announced plans to speak in primetime. quote, tomorrow evening at 8:00 p.m. i will address the nation from the oval office on what lies ahead and how i will finish the job for the american people. he signals his plans yesterday when he phoned in to staffers at what was his wilmington campaign office, ahead of vice president kamala harris appearing and he there with kamala, i'm going to be working like hell, with any legislation passed as well as the campaign. so, i'm hoping that you will give every bit of your heart and soul that you gave to me to

kamala. >> let's bring in kimberly gilchrist and kimberly stores, columnist. >> aaron, president biden expected to be at the white house in the next hour. what do we expect about the prime time address and what do we know about the role he intends to play going forward? >> well, chris, we just saw president biden walk up air force one about two or three minutes ago, after he left rehoboth beach, took a 45-minute drive to dover. as he drove through rehoboth beach here, this small town on the coast of delaware, there were people who lined the streets for this movement that seemed a bit slow to me. we typically see the motorcades move with a great bit of speed. this time, we saw it moving slowly. ascrowds cheered.

and a sign that said thank you. the president tested negative today. the doctor said his symptoms have resolved and he's headed back to washington as you noted he will give this address tomorrow night from the oval office in prime time at 8:00 p.m. our understanding is the president really wants to give a detailed explanation of why he decided to step down from the race for president this fall. he also intends to, as you noted, walk through what he believes he needs to get down in the next six months while he's still president of the united states. in his tweet, he said how he will finish the job. we knoll biden and his aides have been working since sunday on the speech, it will continue through the day and likely through tomorrow as well. this is just the beginning of what the president has ahead of him. we also know that he intends to meet with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu this week. there's been reporting that he may pals meet with some of the

families whose family members are being held in gaza, before he goes next week for a speech in texas rescheduled. so the president is trying to pick right back up with doing the work, chris. as far as the campaign efforts, he did say he intends to be back out there with vice president harris who is the candidate that is replacing him at this point. he didn't really detail exactly what that will look like. we do expect he's got a good number of followers who he now needs to say, i fully support the vice president in her run. and i want you to support her as well. so, i think that's the messaging you can expect to hear from the president once he decides to get out there, when he decides to get out there, and actually stand next to his vice president and say make her president of the united states. chris. >> yeah, kimberly, biden just heading back to the white house. looks like he's ready to get back to work. i'm sure he's anxious to get back to the white house. there you see him. there were shouted questions asking him how he was feeling, and he said, well, yesterday it

was such a huge political moment. the first time we've actually heard from him. there were staffers in tears when the president spoke. and he acknowledged they had set their lives aside to get him elected president. just as a kind of first step, how important it was for him to be clear about his support, clear about his expectations of them, but also of himself? >> i think it was absolutely crucial, chris. i mean, you know, i was among those folks who before, during the weeks leading up to his announcement on sunday was unsure if democrats, just because of what a big party it is, and how many different people within it were having these views. in order to make it through the general election in a strong way. and president biden led the way

to ensure with his announcement and the way that he sort of passed not just the baton, but the campaign apparatus on to someone who garnered such broad support so quickly, in part, because of his support. just remember, there have been a lot of people who have been working tirelessly throughout the entire primary process on his behalf. there were delegates that were lined up for him. there was something much bigger than just the people we've seen on television. and for him to make that case directly to them and say, look, this continues, the name changes, but the mission doesn't. really have a big impact. i talked to people within the campaign who clearly were with him, 100%, right up until the moment he dropped out and doing hard work on the ground running, campaigning on harris' behalf and that transition could not have happened the way it did without the president.

>> aaron gilchrist and kimberly atkins stohr, thank you both. >> in just minutes we expect to hear from the campaign we'll go there live. in the meantime, an investigation into delta air lines with all of the ongoing flight troubles we'll speak to secretary pete buttigieg about what that all means for individual travelers it's been a nightmare for a lot of folks. but first you can watch the show anytime on youtube, go to msnbc.com/jansing. stay close, "chris jansing reports" continues after this. . your wallet definitely is. power e*trade's easy to-use tools make complex trading less complicated. custom scans help you find new trading opportunities, while an earnings tool helps you plan your trades and stay on top of the market. e*trade from morgan stanley

♪♪ it is good to be back with you on this second hour of "chris jansing reports." at this hour, kamala harris rolls into battleground wisconsin on a wave of money endorsements and delegates. how will she use her new status as the