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thank you for being here with us on msnbc for our special on president biden. it was an that the president spoke live from the oval office to the american people about his stunning decision three days ago to drop his bid for re- election. >> when you elected me to this offimise to always level with you, to tell you the truth, and the truth, the sacred cause of this country is larger than any one of us and those who cherish that cause, cherish it so much, the cause of american democracy itself, must unite to protect it. in recent weeks it has become clear to me that i need to unite my party in this critical endeavor. i believe my record as president, my leadership in the

world, my vision for america's future all merited the second term, but nothing, nothing could come in the way of saving our democracy. that includes personal ambition. so, i have decided the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation. >> presently expressed enormous gratitude to the american people for the honor and privilege of serving in elected office for so many decades. he also discussed what he still has left to do in his last six months, even making his tonight by saying one of the things he is going to work on his supreme court reform, something he was long resistant to. we have had reporting that something like this it was in the works but tonight was the first time we heard the president conferment and as president biden voluntarily relinquished some power tonight, he urged the american people to use their power to defend democracy. quote,

america is here. kings and dictators do not rule, the people do. history is in your hands, the power is in your hands. the idea of america lies in your hands. joy, rachel mentioned this and that stuck out to me as well, the idea of america is something he talked about repeatedly in his remarks tonight and is also something jd vance talked about and refuted in his convention speech saying america is not an idea, it is a nation. as a nation that is dictated by the certain ideals. there is a fundamental disconnect or debate, raging one about what this country actually is and i wonder when you think about this speech, thinking about it from the perspective of president biden's audience in the democratic party but there is another group of people also listening to this tonight including former president trump and jd vance. >> the thing that is so fascinating is that joe biden's age -- you would think it would match jd vance's vibe and

beliefs. you would think jd vance is the one that is 82 years old because their views are reversed. the generation joe biden came from is the generation when women stayed in the home and couldn't open a bank account without their husband's permission, was the generation when abortion was not legal and yet he to the point of evolution has become someone republicans think of as the smoke during their communist and he is one of the most centrist figures in democratic party politics to the point where at a time he was thought of is too far to the right for a lot of young democrats and yet his views are so much more useful than jd vance. jd vance chicks retrograde beliefs about women, divorce about whether they should be able to leave abusive relationships about whether they should be able to get an abortion or wildly retrograde views on race, joe biden is of the generation you would think would have these backward views on race but it is jd vance who

has the young presentation but these very old-fashioned views and so it is sort of almost as if donald trump was trying to help the democrats retain the white house by picking somebody who represents the odd generational views that even many men of joe biden's generation have let go. they have let it go. why can't the republican party let it go and they are still to this day using such vile, misogynistic, ugly racist attacks against kamala harris, against vice president harris as if there was anyone in the majority of america that would actually embrace that in a political party. it makes no sense. >> it also gets to where this election is going to be decided. nobody who was at the republican convention chairing the selection of jd vance is anyone any campaign should ever think of again. the last six days over the edge and the last battleground

states that will determine the election there is literally nobody they persuaded with that selection. i think they have acknowledged that it was a choice born out of the luxury of believing in their own cockiness and hubris of thinking they had it running away and because donald trump could never contemplate relinquishing power for something bigger than himself, because joe biden could never contemplate serving the country if he were to -- i'm sorry, donald trump would never contemplate that, not tonight speech, not the decision to leave the ticket, not the decision to bestow all that power and prestige of the first very successful, very popular term as president on his vice president, they are totally befuddled. they have no idea what to do and they will regroup and they may land where they are now. they will regroup but in these moments you really do see them and you see adam ken's a and kevin mccarthy, lifelong republicans admonishing the

racist and misogynistic attacks on the vice president. >> you've seen members of the house republican caucus have to send out a memo saying hey, cool it on the racist language. as tim miller said if you have to send out a memo saying don't be racist, chances are you might be racist. >> really goes to show that they did not contemplate this and because they cannot debate the merits of it. right? the one thing they want to talk about is the border which frankly joe biden said in his speech tonight border crossings at the lowest they've been in my presidency, lower than the last president. the border is what they want to go to them because they can't really go to the border than that opens up a conversation about donald trump and how he literally called house and senate republicans and said hey, don't do this deal. it's too good for joe biden instead of again putting the country first and what the country needed, they can talk about that so they've resorted to racism and sexism and i

think it would behoove democrats not to take the debate on that. they want to get mired down in the conversation on racism and sexism and they would like people to spend all five minutes in an interview explaining what di really is and that needs to be called out. it is a distraction. it is the culture wars in the culture wars are a distraction but it is also their playbook. it's always been the playbook donald trump is run out of, and in this moment, i think that is just been highlighted more than ever like all that talk about donald trump changing last week, the very real assassination attempt on his life somehow made him spiritual and the tone is going to be different in the lord is now speaking to him? okay well, that's not the jesus i know. the jesus i know don't talk like that. >> such an astute point that what has been so over.

-- overpowering in the last three days is the optimism, the positivity, the good vibes. i mean, it has been so missing from american politics for what feels like 100 years and democrats would do well to stay -- i mean channeling the great michelle obama, when they go low, we go high. obviously people like to get in the mud pit a little bit more. but, there is something to this moment, you know, if you can keep it elevated, people like feeling good and they felt really bad for a long time. >> that is so true when we spoke with every day's continuum so i don't know what day this was but we spoke with senator cory booker about this the other night and he is probably one of the most optimistic people in the senate. it is such a wonderful quality about him but when i asked him about this he basically said, she's going to define her own race. i mean, she is who she is, i mean campaign, right? she's got to be fierce and strong but to simone's point,

you can't take the bait and litigate every one of these things. when there is a bully, vladimir putin is a good example, you've got to punch them back verbally, and you can go down the rabbit hole with them. that is what we have learned from trump and a lot of people. i will say just maybe, some of these attacks, they can't quite figure out what their whole messages here so they are a little hilarious. one of them is that she is not birthed a child. this is one of the things out there. sometimes twitter is crazy, sometimes it's good and one of the hits back on this is that you know who is never birthed a child? anyone who is set in the oval office. that is the kind of hit back because you've got to move back to the issues at hand. abortion rights, freedom. >> by the way, she has helped raise children. she is a stepmother and in the 21st century if you can get with the idea of a blended family, you are living under a rock.

>> the other thing is, it is not additive. as we all know who have worked on campaigns, it's an equation of how many people can they add. they added nothing on their convention. the attacks on stepmom's are attacking suburban women. you've already added jd vance. there is an ap story about him and a couch which is inappropriate about him for prime time. if that is what you are doing, who are you adding with these? the problem they have is that joe biden definitely over performed with white men and so that is what vice president harris has to look at. she has to perform as well as hillary clinton did with white women, get very close there and has to perform as well with groups of color then she will probably add a running mate that will help her with men but at least they're thinking about the math. i don't see any evidence the trunk campaign is thinking about adding anyone. >> they thought they didn't have to.

donald trump looks at the poles of soda frozen in time. i think he saw that he was ahead and picked jd vance and never contemplated a man like joe biden. i mean, it's the reason for the time he was impeached twice. he continues to underestimate both joe biden's commitment to the country, how fiercely he will fight to save democracy, and the moves strategically that he would make and they did not see this coming at all. >> can we talk about this negativity, the clout of grievance that is hovering over the trunk campaign, we should reflect back at the gratitude

that has been expressed by this president, but also by the people in the white house that serve with him. tonight we have reports saying after the president's remarks, he left the oval for a few minutes and had a private moment with his family in the dining room then took a photo with tv pullers and a separate photo with white house communications agency personnel. very nice of you as a former white house spooler. i will say thank you, then he walked out to the rose garden were hundreds of staff away to the president to surprise him with rousing and lengthy cheering. that is a picture from tonight. that is a surprise thank you president biden moment. white house staff, the president grabbed the mic and addressed the staff for several minutes. jen, you know. >> i love that. after he did his first state of the union we all waited right in the hallway when you walk out of the beast, as you call it, and we all waited for over an hour because he spent so much time shaking hands it was like he was never coming, we were doing chance. we were doing tears. it was a long time to cheer for him and simone said a lot of

wonderful things. one of the things she said it's like that is exactly how i felt when i started working for him. i did not work on the campaign and i was worried i would not be able to connect with him because i had not had that time and when you are the press secretary and the spokesperson, you need to have that relationship and i felt a couple of weeks into that job like i have known him forever because he has this way of engaging with people that is very down to earth. it is very, pull up a chair at the resolute desk. let's chat about what is going on and how are your kids? that is who he is, and i think that is one of the things you are seeing with the emotions of staff were watching the kids who are waiting outside to cheer him on in the rose garden is that deep connection not just with people of his generation, with many people who are much younger than that. >> it is human. it is so human and you actually have somebody that created a

connection rather than fear in the people around them. you get the sense that was donald trump everyone around us terrified and worried he's going to attack them, treated them or whatever they're going to do but there is not the sense of affection. it is a cult mania, but it is not that. it is a difference. we were talking a little bit a moment ago about the lack of joy. the joy is back in the democratic campaign. today, vice president, harris delivered the key speech at the zeta phi beta convention in indianapolis. she thanked the sorority for their years of political inadequacy. >> and, for generations the fine women of zeta phi beta sorority incorporated have fought to build that brighter future, and i will tell you when i was a united states senator, i would see this group of powerful leaders walk through the halls of congress in white and blue, and i always knew i was looking at some of the most powerful advocates for justice in america.

truly. >> okay, she's vice president at the moment the president of zeta phi beta sorority dr. stacy grant introduced to the vice president at that event today and joins us now. dr. grant, thank you so much for being here. first of all, let us know how was it to be in that room with the vice president and presidential candidate? >> good evening. it was magical. it is amazing to think that we are the first stop on the road to history, having a sitting vice president and presumptive democratic presidential nominee address our 2024. the members are on high. even the vice president set the energy in this room is just amazing. it was an exciting opportunity to hear about the wins from the biden-harris administration.

we, as our organization is nonpartisan. we don't tell our members who to vote for but we create space for them to get the information to make the choices that will affect not only their households, but the communities we serve and it is critical right now that we stick to the facts, to the truth, to what information is actually happening on the ground, and not to get caught up with distractions that take us away from the opportunity for this country to create equity and access for everyone as women amplify the extraordinary power through legacy, leadership and impact. >> of course vice president harris is a member of alpha kappa alpha sorority incorporated, one of the members of the divine nine and of course along with your sorority, zeta phi beta and the reality is if she becomes president of the united states, she would be the first howard university graduate to be president. obviously the first woman, the first asian-american woman, the first african- american woman but she would also be the first member of the divine nine and so what does that mean in terms of the if

enthusiasm level we are seeing potentially on college campuses? i know and delta sigma theta sorority incorporated at something like 300,000 members around this country, a lot of them on college campuses. what kind of activism should we look to see? what kind of enthusiasm because you know, this is a largely collegiate -- these are collegiate groups. >> collegiate groups. and we stay throughout our lifetime and we collectively are unified in our approach to educate and mobilize our members to get out to vote. all of us are committed. my colleagues of the divine nine, the other presidents of the other eight organizations, we are working together to make sure we are educating the electorate, they understand what is at stake in their homes and on the block for their children, for their seniors, that we stick to informing and educating opportunities where

our members can support the community in getting access to the right information so they can make informed decisions at the poll in november, but the history that we get to make together is something that you can't really put into words. to think that someone who made history already is the first female vice president of these united states is now at the point where she is offering her continued excellence in leadership, her heart for this country, and truly america's top ladies when you think about what she has already done, her track record of success, no matter where you land across the aisle, you have to admit that this is an exciting time for the united states of america. >> i can see that you are just a little bit excited about this, as are so many. i'm not going to speak for the whole d9, but actually i will

because all the members of the divine nine are thrilled about this. dr. stacy nc grant, thank you. >> top lady. there is another top lady that has released a statement tonight, nancy pelosi, who played a fairly consequential role. tonight was a president joe biden, one of america's most consequential presidents so that he is not only on the right side of history but on the right side of the future. america has been blessed by the wisdom and magnificent leadership of president biden as he has protected our democracy and lead our nation with progress, hope, and unity. he has truly made a tangible difference in the lives of the american people. with love and gratitude isolate president biden for always believing in the possibilities of america and giving people the opportunity to reach their fulfillment. we are going to have to talk about that when we come back. there is a lot there. we are going to take a quick break. we have much more ahead when special coverage continues. the chairman of the democratic party joins us. stay tuned.

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you are saying everything publicly and in charge of all the behind the scenes machinations, what is happening at the state parties, with operations, there was already a great apparatus in place but what's going on behind the scenes to take advantage of that to sustain that energy for as long as possible? >> before i answer that, can i just give our president his flowers? >> and i was going to ask you about that. don't you worry, but yes, please, go ahead. >> i want to start us off. everybody knows how much i adore joe biden and tonight's speech was masterful. joe biden is a good man. he is a decent man. he is a selfless man, and i can tell you this, folks. donald trump could have never, never give in the speech that joe biden gave tonight and i don't know if there is anybody in american politics, there are very few who could, so i just want to say thank you, mr. president. thank you for what you've done

for this nation. thank you for making this party the strongest party it has ever been. thank you for allowing me to do that. there is so much excitement in the democratic party right now. i have not seen this much mobilization and energy in such a short tunnel of time probably not since the obama convention time, when people saw him in that stadium and there was so much energy across the party, but we see that right now in the democratic party, and it is amazing and we are just trying to -- this is a great thing for the last 3.5 years, thanks to joe biden and kamala harris, we've been able to rebuild all of the parties in our 50 states so that they can now accommodate this energy and focus this energy into doing the grassroots activities that are necessary to win these closed elections -- close

elections and that is what we are going to do and that is a stark contrast to the republican party that doesn't have any field offices, doesn't have any ground game, they just want money i guess to pay donald trump's legal bills. >> i do know you love joe biden and thank you for saying that at the top. i know that means so much to so many people who are watching and love that speech and feel the same way. there have been a lot of big moments in the last couple of months and weeks, certainly in the last 72 hours. one what you are all at -- anticipating is the vice president selecting her running mate. we would love to take your thoughts, but the democratic national committee has basically given a deadline of two weeks from now in order to make sure that these two names could be on the state palace because their deadline is coming up shortly after that. again you're not going to give me names. i'm sure you've thought about the quality of the person you would like to see your pick is a partner, as a running mate. talk to us a little about that. >> first and foremost i think loyalty. one of the things i grew up at the knee of [ inaudible ] and

one of the things i've learned in politics is you have to be loyal. joe biden's vice president was loyal to barack obama and she has been loyal to joe biden so if she is the nominee, the thing i would suggest to her is get somebody that is loyal, who shares a similar vision for where they want to take the nation, and what they want to do for the party because i think that is also an important thing to understand that yes, you will be the number one and number two in the nation but you're also the number one and two in the party and there is an obligation there to grow that , to push forth the agenda for the party on the local level up to the federal level, and just find somebody who will enjoy doing this work and getting out on that campaign and have fun.

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my fellow americans, it is been the privilege of my life to serve this nation for over 50 years. nowhere else on earth could a kid with a stutter from modest beginnings in scranton, pennsylvania one day sit behind the resolute desk in the oval office as president of the united states. here i am. that is what is so special about america. we are a nation of promise and possibilities, of dreamers and doers, of ordinary americans doing extraordinary things. >> that was president biden telling the american public in a remarkable television address why he is leaving the democratic ticket. joining us now is new jersey senator cory booker. thank you for being here. i know you are invested in this ticket, the former ticket of

biden and harris another presumed ticket of kamala harris in a way few others are. i wonder what you thought of the president's remarks tonight from the oval office. >> i think we saw something amazing in american history. you know, joe biden began his career in washington 50 years ago at a time of unimaginable personal tragedy, the death of his wife and his daughter in a car crash as a very young man and if you follow the arc of his career, it is coming to a conclusion now at a time of astounding patriotic triumph. he is a man that not only has had perhaps the most successful four-your presidency of my lifetime but he's also shown a masters class and honor, dignity, and putting country first. i will tell you i have had 10 years in washington, and my career started with joe biden. he asked me to raise my hand and swore my oath of office and part of that oath is to defend the constitution. i said those words but tonight,

we saw joe biden live them to defend the constitution, to defend democracy. he said he was stepping down because of the threat and the need to unify a party, but really, a desire to unify the country so this is to me like witnessing one of the great fighters, in a way, like a great prizefighter who is been knocked down many times in his career but always got up, who face impossible odds, and over performed, and tonight is the night that i think all of us in america, democratic, independent, republican, should give honor to a great man. >> yeah, it was a real moment of true statesmanship. i think we are all with you on the seriousness, the gravity of the moment, hearing with the

president had to say but at the same time, you know, looking toward the future as the president did several times in his speech and just in the news of the hour there is certainly a lot of hope and momentum on the democratic side of the aisle and i wonder if you could give us the view from the senate where there are some tough races ahead but it really feels like the sort of fundamental dynamic in this race has changed. what is it like amongst her democratic colleagues in the upper chamber? >> i think all of us feel like we've been through heartache and pain and you know again, we all have this love for joe biden, but he knew, as many of us knew, that it was time to pass the torch, and also with his courageous doing of that, it suddenly ignited the sense of joy. i mean, i hear from a long period of heavy hearts and worry and consternation to a period of joy, enthusiasm, excitement and energy, and so what we are experiencing in the united states senate i know it's on the house side but more

importantly back in jersey. i just came out of states like philly. states like pennsylvania, it is there in philly. it is there in detroit. it is there in wisconsin. i see the energy, and you know the numbers, the biggest 24 hour fundraising hold in the history of presidential politics for either party, people signing up to volunteer in the tens of thousands. this is a moment in america where we are turning a page, where we are seeing a generational shift. we are going from the politics of the past to the politics of the future, and this race sets up just that. just people want us to go back to the time of donald trump into the cynical, demeaning, degrading politics he represents that are about division or do we want to go to the uplifting politics, the politics of hope and

possibility it really lift people up and doesn't tear them apart, so i'm excited. this is going to be a great 105 days ahead. i'm energized and i know a lot of other folks in america are feeling it, too. >> as we talk about the dynamics in the house and senate there was a rare address to a joint session of congress by israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. i know you were in attendance of that speech. can you tell us about your decision to attend and what you made of his remarks? >> i have to say netanyahu has been one of the great disappointments in terms of his leadership, from the undermining of his own democracy and doing horrific things that set tens of thousands of people, which in america's terms would be hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people to the streets in protesting him. he has allowed settler violence and illegal settlements. he is done things that undermined palestinian leadership and ultimately on october 7th when other generals and those responsible were taking responsibility and willing to step down, he pointed fingers, so it was a very tough decision to go. i did not go for israeli prime

minister benjamin netanyahu. i have a lot of problems with his leadership. i went because of the indispensable nature of the relationship between israel and the united states because of our shared values and at this time i'm hoping with president biden at the helm, we can bring a resolution to this crisis that brings hostages home, that ends the suffering of palestinians in gaza, and that ultimately brings about a permanent cease-fire and a just and lasting peace for israelis and palestinians. >> certainly president biden has said he is working towards that in his remarks tonight. thank you for your time and thoughts. we really appreciate it. >> thank you. thank you very much for that. >> know that they are running against kamala harris, three little letters have taken over conservative politics. de i, and so are republicans even though their leadership has asked them to cut it out. that story is next. stay with us. next. stay with us.

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. >> intellectually really kind of the bottom of the barrel. i think she was adithya higher. >> should be the queen of the ei if she were elected. >> are you suggesting she was at the ei higher? >> this focus is one of the many conservative attacks on vice president harris but these racially charged comments of gotten so bad that house republican leadership has stepped forward to tell its own members to basically knock it off and instead focus on her record, and not on her race and gender. i'm going to say it again. when you have to send a memo saying stop being racist, it's a good indicator that you're a racist. >> it is very problematic. i will also say again i do not think democrats should spend their entire time discussing this. however, it is very important to call it out and address what they're doing and saying because this is something that

not just black people, people of color, women, they deal with often. someone suggesting in a meeting or at your workplace or standing in line at the starbucks that you are where you are because someone gave it to you. i regret to inform folks but women in this country, black women in this country especially, women of color do not get anything handed to them. you have to literally be three times, four times as good as the white man you're standing next to. enough. they still question your qualifications. rosemary and i, right after the debate, went to butler county, pennsylvania we sought down and we talked to black women in thek suburbs and one thing they toldn us, they all had the same exterior. they said when we first moved in the neighborhood, they all live in the same neighborhood, people come up to them and say what does your husband do? the woman whose house we were at, her husband was very tall and they asked him if he played

basketball. the man was in finance. one of the women was single and people kept coming after, neighbors saying, is your husband coming anytime soon? essentially asking how can you afford to live here without a man? so this is a e very real phenomenon the people are dealing with, just like what weu also happened to justice ketanji brown jackson doing her hearing to so you have to address it, call it out, do not get mired down in it. >> here's the thing, so adam e kinzinger wanted out. republican, congressman adam kinzinger that what makes this so ugly is it a reveals a truth that is clearly broadly held within republican circles. that white men, by definition, when they have a job, earned it and deserve it and anybody but a white man is a dei hire meaning it was handed to them without them do serving it or earning it. george w. bush became president because his father was president. john f. kennedy, in many ways, a his political rise was because i his father paid for it. paid for a film to be made ma about his service in world war ii to make and more popular.

donald trump became president because he was on the ca apprentice. >> joy, the tea is hot. >> the reality is that in order for a vice president kamala harris becomes president, she will become president because she was a d.a. who then got elected to be the attorney general in a, the largest state in the country, rg which could be its own country and where that was not done because the country, the state of california is overwhelmingly black. is only about 6% black. o she was elected by the entire broad spec, one of the most diverse states in the country as attorney general and they a got elected to the senate. meaning that she couldn't possibly be handed the jobs ss that she had because she had to earn not a few votes but millions of them. she didn't get elected senator s in wyoming where there are more cows than human beings. and so by definition, she has earned every position. but to have even women come forward and try to make fo salacious accusations about her and essentially undermine her

and all of the voters who supported her. she was elected vice president as one of the most qualified people to ever take that office. much more so than dan quayle. i don't even remember what he did. so the reality is, they are revealing not just to us on this panel but to every suburban voter in philadelphia, to every woman who has ever worked at a job where they felt passed over for a position that a man received or got the job and had a question. i am not just talking about black women, i'm talking about women in general. anyone who has ever felt slighted. you can talk about working- class people who are based on class, told that they don't as deserve to be there. every person has a story about that moment when you were told you don't belong here. all they are doing is turning those voters into voters for kamala harris. and so just as a matter of strategy it is absolutely stupid. it is also deeply offensive. y >> i am right with you on how

revealing these attacks are of a certain worldview and i will say that extends even to donald trump's favored moniker, laughing kamala harris. sophie gilbert is a very astute observer of that phenomenon. rights in the atlantic, the sort of history of tagging rt women as laffer's. women who laugh in public have ve historically been lack of social modesty, hysteria, and even with the madness. insisting that harris's laugh is somehow a sign of psychological depravity or narcotic induced lack of inhibitions, conservatives are doing their best to couple kamala harris and people subconscious with a specific reaction, discussed. ac >> it is really, first of all, i love her laugh. i hope she continues it. it is also this effort much i s think happens to women more than it happens to men, to put people in a box. right? you can't be joyful and have a great laugh and also be serious and smart and just a bad ass

prosecutor. you can be both because human beings are both. we contain multitudes. we are all many things. i will also say, though. i hope that what joyce said is what happens. i also think that d part of the objective is to make people you see this in some of their reporting, to make people feel e out there women, yes, women of color, yes, that this is not possible. that the country is not ready ih to elect a black woman, an asian american woman, to the as presidency. they are projecting that on people so that people feel suppressed by that view. and that is an important thing i think to call out, too. >> to keep alive the sense of possibility that is, you know, t coloring this moment. much more of our special mu coverage ahead of president biden's historic televised speechn' tonight, cementing his legacy and passing the torch. a huge night for the election. 2024, here we go.

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before we hand things over to lawrence, i do want to remind you out there about an upcoming in real life event msnbc live democracy 2024. it is set for saturday, september 7th in the borough of brooklyn for tickets you can scan the qr code or go to msnbc.com/democracy 2024. i will be there, joy will be there, jen, simone, and rachel will be there. lawrence will be there, chris hayes is going to serve his famous pig in a blanket. i'm laying, but i think he is going to be there. democracy 2024 will be lit, it will be brat and all the other amenable things. you're going to get coconut pilled coming up. that does it for all of us at the table tonight and our coverage of president biden's historical office speech continues now with the last word with my great friend, lawrence o'donnell. good evening, lawrence. >> hey, alex. president biden's first white

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