♪♪ 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 de facto nominee?

we're standing by her first official campaign rally. plus, taking the pulse of voters and accounting historically for a split electorate. how do they feel about joe biden's exit from the race and the prospect of a biracial woman. and also from campaign, the two top democrats from the house and senate, chuck schumer and hakeem jeffries. and president biden making a prime time address after his decision to leave the race and his plans to hold a meeting this week with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the families of the hostages. our nbc reporters are following the developments, let's begin with yamiche alcindor reporting from wisconsin where vice president harris will kick off the first leg of her rally in the presidential campaign. set the stage, what are we seeing? >> reporter: well, as you can

hear, the crowd here in the milwaukee area is really, really excited about her. they're holding newly printed signs that say "kamala." of course leaning into first day as president. she previewed the message of her campaign, yesterday when she visited campaign headquarters in wilmington. i was there with her in the room, people were chanting the beyonce song "freedom" talking about the fact this is really a campaign focused on her vision for americans. she said republicans want to go backwards, she wants to go forward. and quote, we are not going back. and for her campaign, she talked about the fact as a prosecutor she handled cases involving predators. and women and people, those are donald trump type of people, she said i understand him and a i can beat him. and focusing on the middle class, of course, the first campaign rally is not going to

be here in wisconsin. i was reminded by the fact that republicans also are noticing this, driving on the highway, we saw a big trump 2024 sign. you can imagine she's going to be attacking trump. with their nominee. she's really going to be very excited here and very much talking also about the idea of freedom being an overarching part of her campaign message. yesterday, she was talking about the idea that the government shouldn't be telling women what to do with their bodies and i was just talking to a source in the reproductive health stage saying they're very excited with the person at the top of this ticket. they've had a long, long career talking about the fact that woman should have access to abortion and health care they need. >> yamiche alcindor, thank you very much. let's go to shaquille brewster not too far away in kenosha where he's been talking to voters.

look, kenosha is classic, battleground, i think trump won it in 2016 and '20. i'm curious how voters are feeling about the seismic shift in the race. >> reporter: well, chris, among the democratic base there is definitely a deep respect for president biden but there's a lot of energy and excitement about the prospect of vice president harris. you see that even looking at the state party saying they've also raised a record amount of money in the 24 hours after that announcement. but, of course, it's not just about the base, especially in the battleground areas, especially in the swing counties, it's a lot about the folks in the middle. those who are considering both candidates or at least looking at both candidates. i want you to listen to my conversation with the range of voters here in kenosha county. >> in line with her policy ideas, what the biden administration has done so far, and i think she's going to carry that and then bring more and

he's able to -- she's a better communicator. >> if the dnc would have taken this path, say, two months ago when the same problems existed i may have leaned towards kamala. >> i'm voting for trump. despite 2020? >> uh-huh. >> is there anything vice president harris can do to earn your support? >> no. >> reporter: i think there's more work that needs to be done from the vice president. she's doing that with her trip to milwaukee, just about an hour up the road. you know, when you talk to these voters, they're saying, yes, this changes things. they know the menu of options have now shifted but they're not ready to make a decision yet. especially those in the middle who are were already conflicted between the two candidates. there's still more work they want to do, more information they want to know, chris. >> shaquille brewster, thank you. let's go to capitol hill where chuck schumer and hakeem

jeffries are throwing their support behind kamala harris. nbc's ryan nobles is on the hill for us. we were talking in the last hour, obviously, the weight has been lifted. there have been weeks and weeks of tension in both house and caucuses of the senate. we know there were trips to talk to president biden. so, now what? is there a sense on the hill that the prospects have gotten significantly better for the fall? >> reporter: yeah, i do believe that a sense of relief has kind of showered over the democratic caucuses in both the house and senate after president biden decided to decided to step down and the party is coalescing around kamala harris. the last few weeks have been difficult for democrats. there's been a lot of infighting, back fighting, a lot of sources chirping behind the scenes but they're very worried what the process would look if president biden were to step down. it's interesting to see chuck

schumer and hakeem jeffries come together, the leaders of the senate and house, because they were key players behind the scenes in operating this eventual outcome. both schumer and jeffries went to president biden personally and had one-on-one meetings with him, where he laid out the stakes, talked about the impact it would have on the downballot races but were careful not to pressure him out of the race, but, instead, try to get him to understand the reality of the situation as they saw it with the goal he would come to the conclusion on his own. that's exactly what ended up happening and now we find ourselves in this race. now, there's some question how this would play out in terms of replacement for president biden at the top of the ticket. i can tell you, a lot of democrats were concerned this would be a coronation, and just hand the keys over to the entire party. while kamala harris hasn't had much competition, chuck schumer argued that this is a bottom-up

process. the grassroots of the party are empowering the delegates to go to the convention and ultimately give her the nomination. the fact that no one else has stood up and say they're willing to take kamala harris on is a sign that the grassroots, the donor base, everyone involved in this is comfortable with her as the nominee. the question is, will that be enough? there's definitely a united democratic party, something we seen a few weeks ago. >> let's go to the white house, with president biden's upcoming meeting with benjamin netanyahu. and the family of hostages held in gaza. nbc's peter alexander is at the white house. >> reporter: andrea mitchell and i are now reporting from a source familiar on the matter on thursday after president biden meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu here at the white house, the two leaders together will meet with family members of the american israeli

hostages, right now still being held by hamas in gaza. that information first to nbc news. we're told that meeting is scheduled to take place after netanyahu and president biden meet together. you'll remember that netanyahu is scheduled to deliver an address to congress here in washington tomorrow. former president trump just posting moments ago that he is going to be meeting with prime minister netanyahu at his mar-a-lago estate on friday as well. this is a notable meeting right now, because the president now with six months left in his term, having announced he will not run as a second term, as president, has indicated one of his top priorities is to get a cease-fire. end to the war right now, between israel and hamas. one of his top priorities. clearly the focus of the visit here. and just yesterday, those family members met here in washington with both jake sullivan, the national security adviser to president biden and separately with president netanyahu. chris. >> peter alexander, thank you

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search for kamala harris' running mate is shifting by the hour but her what we know right now, president obama's attorney general, eric holder, spearheading the effort from the helm of the same firm that advised biden's in 2021. and nbc news can now report that the harris camp has requested vetting materials from five of the people. governors roy cooper of north carolina, josh shapiro of pennsylvania, gretchen whitmer of michigan, and tim walz and arizona's senator mark kelly. and governor pritzker and cedric richmond are possibly under discussion. all of them bombarded with questions about whether they would take the job, few answering that question directly. >> what kamala harris knows is bringing people around the shared values. >> would you be interested in the job? >> look, i love being the governor of the state of illinois. i'm very interested in making sure that kamala harris becomes

the next president of the united states. >> yeah. i spoke to the vice president yesterday, shortly after i spoke to the president, you know what we focused on? defeating donald trump. i'm not going to get into hypotheticals. >> would you serve as her vice president if she asked you to? >> she's going to make that decision. >> but, if she asked, are you saying you wouldn't say no? >> sure. >> nbc's kelly o'donnell covers the white house. also with me, nbc political chuck todd and julie brzezinski. what can you tell us about the vp vetting process. i feel like we just went through this. oh, that's right, it was one of the republicans. >> it is the season. because it certainly introduces us to a lot of up-and-coming people in the party and

governing and not well-known to the rest of the country. the short list experience is one that is impossible set of questions for those whose names are on it. and there's as a little bit of love being shown in a broader way. the short list can be serious candidates. it can be a nice message to someone who has been good to you over the years, and ultimately, it is the decision of the candidate, infused with a lot of data, things like where can one of these individuals be helpful, where can they compliment the ticket and, of course, change with kamala harris at the top of that. she is the one, others on that list, for example, josh shapiro, governor of the great commonwealth of pennsylvania had been an attorney general. that matching a like experience? or that something that you're looking for a different compliment? is it regional, looking for a state that must win and can that state bring coattails of support? so you're looking at

pennsylvania and arizona and michigan with governor whitmer. a lot of these executives in terms of governors bring that kind of ability, and have worked with legislature, be it their own party or noir. all of those things. and ultimately, it is also about the governing partnership if in fact kamala harris could defeat donald trump and jd vance, who does she need to do the job. as someone who is currently vice president, she is knows what it's like and it's it's not an easy place to be in the public eye. being a sitting governor is one of the best places in politics. being a running mate elevate's someone's experience but it's not an easy job. so finding the right mix will have to be done in a short amount of time. short list in names, short list in how much they have to get this done, chris. >> kelly o'donnell, thank you. james pindell wrote about this in "the boston globe" and saying

harris' only goal is to pick someone who can help her win. give me your assessment of what goes into this process? >> i will remind you, we always talk about picking a candidate win a state. i'm racking my brain, to find a running mate picked to carry a state, believe it or not, arguably, it was ronald reagan picking george bush in 1980. obama didn't pick biden to carry delaware. clinton really didn't pick gore to win tennessee. he was trying to send a different message. we always get caught up in that aspect of it, and yet, actually, it's very rare that you actually see candidates pick simply do go win a state. i happen to think that the vice president should slow down. and use this opportunity. she is not, you know, she is in this terrible position that vice presidents running for

presidents have been in before, which is you're famous, but you're not known, all right. you're a bold face name, and people may know one thing about you, they've got a hot take and that's it. well, she can use this. kelly laid out all of the ways to use a short list but she left one out. you can use a short list to send a signal. the media signal is about being vp. but simply talking and getting to expand her own kitchen cabinet. that meeting with liz cheney that leaks out. is she going to pick liz cheney? probably not. are the never-trumpers going to say, oh, that's interesting that she's at least considering working with someone like her. you bring in a couple members of the military. the point is, i think it's going to end up being one of the people, mark kelly, andy beshear. and josh shapiro. i think those two stand above everybody else in my opinion.

kelly probably in the top slot right now, i think he brings a few more intangibles, particularly on the border. a few issues that's going to be used to beat her up, i think he brings key issues. but even there, use the country to get to know you, have a methodical process here. don't be on a hurry on this. >> i know, but, chuck, you have a short time line. doesn't all of this have to be wrapped up by august 7th? >> well, look, that's because the dnc is choosing that. i just think it's an arbitrary deadline that they're absolutely being bizarrely stubborn about. you know, harris can make the call herself. they can make her the nominee on the 7th and wait to monday of the convention to dot running mate. and i know what they're worried about, i think it's one of those, they're overworrying about something. and the last thing you want to do is rush this process, chris.

because if you don't fully vet somebody and you get surprised by something, you're rushing everything else. i really think that, take a breath here, use the two or three weeks to your advantage. i personally think this august 7th business is just -- it's now manufactured a bit. i get what they're, quote-unquote, worried about with ohio. but that law got fixed. i think they're trapping themselves in a rush here that i think is unnecessary. >> let's talk, julie, about the other side. if you're one of these guys and you're interested in being vice president. and there's lots of reasons, maybe you think twice about it, and we've seen a few people who have done that. you just have to keep quiet. do no harm. and answer the questions when they're asked. and i'm talking about from the vetters not from people like me in the media. >> i watched that interview with "people" yesterday the only time i have seen him not have a

ready-made answer because he knew the questions were coming. but i would say go out there and show what you can do, go out there and beat up on donald trump. and convey that message. show that you're an attack dog and show that you can take the fight to trump and jd vance. because, otherwise, you're just out there waving a flag where she needs somebody who is going to help her deliver the message. look, i love joe biden but he hasn't been delivering that message for a long time. she has the opportunity to do that herself and more importantly have a partner. to chuck's point the person who will be selected is the person best able to have the chemistry with her to appear the message forward. i think the harris campaign understands the assignment. the assignment is to go out there and take the fight to trump that unfortunately hasn't been taken to him from the incumbent president for quite a file. >> and it was tweeted there's been a second-guessing of jd

vance, he was meant to hit the margins. he was never meant to get any votes that donald trump didn't already have. do you think there are second thoughts and do you think any of that plays into harris' calculations? >> well, remember, there are parts about the campaign they never had first thoughts about vance. i don't know if you call them second thoughts. kellyanne conway reporting about her skepticism. there's all these reasons -- if anything, he provided fodder. he gave a report on the position. he said hey, i'm the running mate and i'm here to defend his position and that's what i'm going to do. but it was sort of like saying, okay, but if i were in charge, i'd have a different position. well, the fact that he put that on the record, i promise you, they're going to flip the script. democrats are going to take that quote and say, hey donald trump

is, you know, near 80 years old. if something happens to him and vance is president, look what he's going to do on the abortion issue? so, i don't know where he was an asset anywhere on the campaign trail. and i think now, they're going to have to be more strategic about where they deploy him. because he also is still -- he's still -- look, and this is a reminder, in fact, to harris. vance has only really been on the national political stage for a couple of years. only been in an office 18 months. his inexperience at even giving a big speech to me showed at the convention. he did know how to ride applause. he started talking back and forth with various chants. well, if you were watching on tv, he didn't know what he was talking and it really stopped momentum in his speech. be careful picking somewhere with a bit of experience. i think, josh shapiro only being

in office 18 months, as successful as he is in the excel excela corridor and a lot of types like him. mark kelly has been through two grueling back-to-back campaigns. andy beshear has been through two grueling back-to-back campaigns because they're in an odd year. in some ways, i think there's a lesson for harris to learn about vance. on day eight, it's an uneven performance already. >> and you don't pick a vice president based on this, but there likely will be a debate. and jd vance, a lot of democrats think is ripe for taking on. and also, there's a school of thought, and i wonder if you agree with it, because of what we just saw happen, because of the age of donald trump donors are looking more carefully at the vp. maybe that takes on a larger

importance, potentially in debate. >> look what he's saying, the clips that recently popped up running for senate in ohio, talking about women choosing not to have children. they're crazy cat ladies who hate life and men. i'm paraphrasing, but by not too much. way to offend, i'm a mother and allergic to the kaes and i'm offended, right? the craziness about banning ideas. never mind the fact that roe v. wade is a threat to women's health is real. it's not just the imagination of somebody trying to scare anybody. that's who you're supporting, as number two, to chuck's point who very easy could be president because the guy he's serving underneath, almost 80 years old, and despite what his doctors are saying. you can change it, if you're so

arrogant, if you're so committed to the belief that you're going to win that you want to feed the base red meat, but i think that's an arrogance of him being shot. joe biden not doing too well in the polls. the script has been totally flipped now. and to that point, that really who we think is going to appeal to people even in the rust belt. here's a guy that insults people, andy beshear pointed out. he used that to get really rich off the most and book. and does not look kindly on people exploiting them calling them lazy and addicts and say they go had nothing to contribute to society which is essentially what he said about eastern kentucky. >> julie, i have breaking news to talk to you. >> chuck todd, great to see you. >> new jersey's senior senator bob menendez will resign his

seat on august 20th. giving his news one week after being convicted of 16 felony counts. it comes after the bipartisan ethics committee voted unanimously yesterday to initiate the review of menendez's rules about the expulsion. julie, you worked in new jersey politics for a long time. i know you know the senator. does this decision surprise you? >> it doesn't surprise me. i don't think bob menendez would ever want to be expelled by the senate. it certainly doesn't him him or his son who is in the new jersey senate but it's sad, bob menendez is someone who delivered for the states that is hard to replicate. it's sad for him, he took an entire legacy and threw it away. it's sad for his family. so it doesn't surprise me that he's stepping down, he's an incredibly pragmatic politician but the whole situation for bob menendez, for somebody who knows him 30 years and his family,

it's a tragedy. he should not have put himself in a position to allow that to happen. >> let me go to tom winter. tom, i know you brought this story to us from the very beginning, what are do you want to remind folks of what is facing bob menendez now. >> following that, christian, our colleagues on capitol hill reported that bob menendez was going to be resigning, and he said, no that's not true, i'm still considering. to our colleague jonathan dienst to ryan nobles, he is resigning and told members of his staff that he is resigning and anticipates sending a letter to new jersey's governor phil murphy effectively saying as much. so that's where it stands right now. just to take a step back and this an opportunity to roll all of that golden cash video that we've been showing here from the trial taken in federal evidence.

we know he was convicted on 16 counts, tied to federal bribery conspiracy. acting on behalf of a foreign nation, as well as obstruction of justice. this cash, almost $500,000 seized from his home in new jersey. and the home that he shares with his wife, federal prosecutors making the successful argument the senator is effectively corrupt. that's what they said. they said he's somebody who took bribes in exchange for official acts. so it has been, as previously alluded to, quite stunning fall from grace for the senior senator from new jersey whose career in federal politics, elected to congress in the early 1990s. then appointed to the senate in 2006 when jon corzine gave up that seat -- appointed, rather, by jon corzine in 2006. and somebody on the fbi's radar and reported in a number of federal investigations for over the past ten years or so. so that's something that we've weren't tracking for a long

time, chris, as you've been well aware. >> nbc's ryan nobles is on capitol hill for us. you and i were just talking about the fact after weeks of chaos and discord among democrats about what to do about joe biden, finally a kind of calm, even some level of euphoria has settled over the capitol. i think it's fair to say the last thing they wanted was to have to expel one of theirwn democratic members. >> reporter: yeah, it's an an accurate assessment. i know going forward, they were prepared to do that. part of with bob menendez, willing throughout his career to engage in a fight. remember, he's gone through two criminal corruption trials here. the first ended in a hung jury. throughout that entire saga, he was called on to resign by even some in his own party, refused to do so. the trial ended in a hung jury and he was re-elected. i think that's how he felt this process may play out a second time, of course there was a

bevee of evidence as jon and others on the team have outlined. and it seemed insurmountable. the conviction was overwhelming, 16 different counts. and that made it impossible for any of his democratic colleagues here in washington to continue to stand by him. and it was almost immediate, after the conviction came down that the members of the democratic caucus lined up calling for his resignation. but it was even more significant that a good number of them, including his seat-mate in new jersey, senator cory booker who stayed by his side throughout the entire process said he would lead the charge to expel him if he didn't resign. i think that was a signal and sign to bob menendez if you try to stick this one out there will be consequences. and you don't want on your record you were the first senator to be expelled since the civil war which was the history he was up against if he chose to go down that path. and, chris, agency you rightly point out is an opportunity for democrats to move past this chapter, because, now, they have

a democratic governor in new jersey who will replace senator menendez on a temporary basis. they already have a democratic nominee in andy kim, who is the congressman from new jersey who in many way defied the political machine in new jersey to place himself in position for the democratic nomination. the question is does murphy choose a placeholder to hold on to the seat through the election? or d he give andy kim the opportunity to take the seat immediately, run as an incumbent, and if he were to win, build up not nearly the seniority that menendez had. that's". >> ryan nobles, tom winter, thank you both. julie, you're staying with him. >> and we're waiting for kamala harris to speak any minute now.

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she's about to make remarks. this was a vitt that was scheduled before joe biden decided to step down. obviously now, taking on new residence. let's listen to the vice president. and de facto nominee. for the democratic nomination for president. >> thank you. thank you. thanks. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you, everyone. thank you. thank you. good afternoon, wisconsin!

good afternoon, everyone. thank you. it is good to be back. thank you all very much. can we please hear it for leah and her extraordinary story? [ applause ] >> thank you. and i do believe our teachers do god's work. they teach other people's children and god knows we don't pay them enough. let's thank them. and it is so good to be here and be back with so many extraordinary leaders. including my friend, the great governor of wisconsin tony evers. he's here somewhere. my dear friend senator tammy baldwin. and, you know, i had the privilege of serving with tammy when i was in the united states

senate, and she's always fighting for the people of this state. and i know that the folks that are here are going to make sure you return her to washington, d.c. in november. yes. we are going to elect her back to washington, d.c. it is so good to be here also, with lieutenant governor sarah rodriguez. attorney general josh kaul. wisconsin secretary of state sarah godlewski. county executive david crowley. mayor cavalier johnson. and the great state party chair ben wickler. who i have worked with, ben, you and i have been working together for years. and i can attest, he knows how to build the infrastructure that delivers wins up and down the

ballot. thank you, bern. so, it is good to be back in wisconsin. and it is great to be in milwaukee. as many of you know, our state campaign headquarters are in this city. yes. and that there's a reason for that. the path to the white house goes through wisconsin. yes, it does. and to win in wisconsin, we are counting on you right here in milwaukee. and you all helped us win in 2020. and in 2024, we will win again. yes, we will. so, milwaukee, i want to start

by saying a few words, and i could really speak at length, but a few words about our incredible president joe biden. it has truly been one of the greatest honors of my life to serve as vice president to our president joe biden. joe's legacy of accomplishment over his entire career and over the past 3 1/2 years is unmatched in modern history. in one term, think about it, in one term, as president, he has already surpassed the legacy of most presidents who served two terms in office. and i know we are all deeply, deeply grateful for his

continuing service to our nation. and it is my great honor to have joe biden's endorsement in this race. so, wisconsin, i am told, as of this morning, that we have earned the support of enough delegates to secure the democratic nomination. and i am so very honored. and i pledge to you i will spend the coming weeks continuing to unite our party so that we are ready to win until november. so, friends, we have 105 days

until election day, and in that time, we've got some work to do. but we're not afraid of hard work. we like hard work, don't we? and we will win this election. yes, we will. so as leah told you before i was elected vice president, before i was elected united states senator, i was elected attorney general of the state of california and i was a courtroom prosecutor before then. and in those roles, i took on perpetrators of all kind, predators who abused women, fraudsters who ripped off consumers. cheaters who broke the rules for their own gain. so, hear me when i say, i know

donald trump's type. [ chanting ] >> and in this campaign, i promise you i will proudly put my record against his any day of the week. as attorney general of california, i took on one of our country's largest for profit colleges that was scamming students. donald trump ran a for profit college that scammed students.

as a prosecutor, i specialized in cases involving sexual abuse. well, trump was found liable for committing sexual abuse. as attorney general of california, i took on the big wall street banks and held them accountable for fraud. donald trump was just found guilty of fraud on 34 counts. but let's also make no mistake, this campaign is not just about us versus donald trump. this campaign is about who we fight for. this is about who we fight for. just look at how we are running

our campaigns. so donald trump is relying on support from billionaires and big corporations. and he is trading access in exchange for campaign contributions. a couple months ago, you all saw that a couple months ago at mar-a-lago, he literally promised big oil companies, big oil lobbyists, he would do their bidding for $1 million in campaign donations. on the other hand, we are running a people-powered campaign. and we just had some breaking news, we just had the best 24

hours of grassroot fundraising in presidential campaign history. all right. and because we are a people-powered campaign, that is how you know we will be a people-first presidency. and, wisconsin, this campaign is also about two different visions for our nation. one, we are focused on the future. the other, focused on the past. we believe in a future where every person has the opportunity, not just to get by, but to get ahead.

a future where no child has to grow up in poverty. where every worker has the freedom to join a union. wherever person has affordable health care. affordable child care. and paid family leave. we believe in a future where every senior can retire with dignity. so, this is to say, building up the middle class will be a defining goal of my presidency.

because here's the thing we all hear wisconsin knows, when our middle class is strong, america is strong. but donald trump wants to take our country backward. he and his extreme project 2025 agenda will weaken the middle class. like we know we got to take this serious. can't believe that's in writing. read it. here's the thing, when you read it, you will see donald trump intends to cut social security and medicare. he intends to give tax breaks to billionaires and big corporations, and make working families foot the bill. they intend to end the

affordable care act. and take us back then to a time when insurance companies had the power to deny people with pre-existing conditions. remember, what that was like? children with asthma. women who survived breast cancer. grandparents with diabetes. america has tried these failed economic policies before. but we are not going back. we are not going back. not going back. we're not going back. [ chanting ] >> we're not going back. >> we're not going back. and i'll tell you why we're not going back.

because ours is a fight for the future. and it is a fight for freedom. generations of -- generations, and you have to remember this, the shoulders on which we stand, generations of americans before us led the fight for freedom. and now, wisconsin, the baton is in our hand. we, who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will make sure every american has the ability to cast their ballot and have it counted. we, who believe that every person in our nation who should have the freedom to live safe, from the terror of gun violence.

we'll finally pass red flag laws, universal background checks and assault weapons ban. and we, who believe in reproductive freedom, will stop donald trump's extreme abortion bans, because we trust women to make decisions about their own body and not have their government tell them what to do. and when congress passes a law to restore reproductive freedoms of the united states, as president of the united states, i will sign it into law.

so, wisconsin, we each face a question. what kind ever country do we want to live in. a country -- [ applause ] and to your point, do we want to live in a country of freedom, compassion, and rule of law, or a country of chaos, fear and hate. and here is the beauty of this moment. we each have the power to answer that question. the power is with the people. we each have the power to answer that question. and in the next 105 days, then we have work to do.

we have doors to knock on, we have phone calls to make, we have voters to register. and we have an election to win. [ applause ] so, wisconsin, today i ask you, are you ready to get to work? do we believe in freedom? do we believe in opportunity? do we believe in the promise of america? and are we ready to fight for it? and when we fight, we win. god bless you. god bless the united states of america. [ applause ] ♪♪

>> kamala harris going into the crowd after speaking before a highly enthusiastic group. this is obviously battleground wisconsin. she's already been to this state five times. this is her fifth time this year and eight times a vice president but never as she just pointed out as someone who has the number ever delegates to be the nominee of the democratic party. let' bring back julie. this is pretty much her stump speech. it is what she was giving before. as an advocate for the biden-harris campaign. the mood is very different. the reception is very different. and frankly, for most americans, they've not heard this stump speech before. >> that is right. for the first time, many, many people are hearing what she could do and what she's capable of and this is a sigh of relief

an because this is how democrats wanted candidates to take the fight to donald trump and joe biden has not been able to do that. but not just age. she's comfortable doing there as a former prosecutor. just inherently talened speaker. >> coy make an observation. we keep talking about the women's vote but all of those heads look like men who are in that crowd. >> i love that. because we need to bring men into this party and especially white men which is what i'm seeing here and bring those margins down and as to how much they vote republican. butly also say this. she hit the nail on the head about something this campaign needs to do for democrats but jen joe biden could not do. and what is that we won't go back. we're not going back. we're going forward. she got the crowd to chant that and that is the chant between now and november. that is the paradigm that she's trying to set up. she is about the future. trump is about the past. and as a former president, he can't be the stage agent because

he was president already and with the age difference, which democrats have flipped, this is the way to go. i think there is a sigh of relief. >> thank you for sticking with us. now that he's recovered from covid, president biden is returning to the white house. in fact just moments ago he arrived at joint base andrews. he has announced a prime time address to the nation tomorrow night about his decision to drop out of the race and how he plans to use his remaining time in office. joining from the white house, pete buttigieg in the official capacity and because of the hatch act we are limited into what we could talk about in the newly launched came. good to see you again. mr. secretary, what should we expect to hear from president biden tomorrow in his address. >> i think we're going to hear the president speak from the heart. and we're going to see an extraordinary leader. someone whose record has already earned him a place among the most consequential modern

american presidents but someone who has made an extraordinary decision. right now it is difficult to grasp how rare and enormous and how selfless it is for somebody in a position like the american presidency to relinquish anomination because he believes that is the right thing for the country. and at the same time, i think we'll hear by way of marching orders for our administration, in terms of the work we have to do. six weeks remaining in this term and the message we've already gotten from white house chief of staff and jeff zients and our team at the department of transportation, is a lot of really big work is ahead and continues and we have to sprint through the tape on the balance of this year and everything in front of us to be done as an administration. >> whenever it is a campaign. with only six months left, you're always in the heat, of either an election and re-election season. this one is unique. but let's have a reality check

here if we can. and what are the top goals that maybe could be accomplished, are there any big goals that realistically could be accomplished given that we're in a campaign season and given that the makeup of congress has not changed. >> absolutely. i think a lot of is implementing and delivering on what president biden set in motion from day one and a great example of that is what we're doing on the infrastructure front. we spent that whole first year just getting president biden's bill through congress. now the money is flowing. i've been to more and more construction sites. i've gotten dust on my shoes in the last few weeks from sites everywhere from north carolina to pennsylvania, to long beach on everything from port improvements to airport improvements to highways and bridges and everything in between. some of that is actually, i think some of the best parts of this term are yet to come because the months ahead will seem more and more construction starts, more and more people in

these good-paying jobs. that is one example of where we have a lot of work still ahead. another is consumer protection. president biden has been focused on lowering costs for consumers on everything from credit card fees and a big part of that is passenger protections. and some regulations and protections that were years in the works that are now really paying off. some things that we introduced into 2022 or 2023 for example that are expanding passenger rights that are part of how we're going to hold delta accountable for the passengers who were stranded even today. and we're going to keep pushing airlines to keep better care of passengers and hold them accountable when they don't and raise the standard. so those are just a few examples just out of the transportation side alone. and one thing that i know about this administration, this white house, and certainly the president and vice president, is that they're focused on seeing that through. i can't talk about the campaign side. but vice president harris is also our vice president and continues to be an important --

whatever is going on on the political side, she set the tone and drive good work and policy and i that i that is going to continue for the next six months. let's talk about the near term and since you brought up delta. your department has opened an if investigation into the airline because travel disruptions. i don't have to tell you this, this is been a nightmare that has persisted since that global i.t. outage. where are we with this and where are we with saying, you know what, we're not going to let this happen again? >> we launched an investigation today because what we've seen is a very different pattern from delta than the other airlines. the entire global economy was affected on friday and that includes airlines around the country and around the world. but most of those airlines recovered an got back to normal within a couple of days. delta is still not back to normal as of today. we have received about 3,000 complaints from passengers and

last i checked more than 400 nights have been impacted and -- have been canceled and hundreds of thousands ever passengers impacted and that is unacceptable and we're concerned about the delay and cancel and how hard it is to get someone on the phone. we launched a new era of enforcement with the action that we took against southwest. $140 million which was a record penalty designed to send a message to industry and to get accountability and some compensation for passengers. of course, i can't prejudge an investigation that is just started today on the delta side. but that same high standard is going to guide us from now. >> pete buttigieg, thank you. good to see you again. and that is going to do it for us. our coverage with continue with katy tur reports right now. good to be with you. i'm katy