stand and at the end of the day, the person elected on november 5th will be the president of the united states. and wouldn't it have been nice if former president trump called president biden and vice president harris to congratulate them. you know, as someone who served as hostage negotiator on the police department, that was a pretty stressful time. it took a lot to do what those officers did, but imagine at this level. and so you know, wouldn't it have been nice if the former president had celebrated with the current administration those families and just all of america that these wonderful people are home. >> tim miller and val demings, thank you both so much. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. you can always reach me on social media and watch clips on youtube. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now.

right now on "andrea mitchell reports," it's decision day for vice president harris before her first rally with her new running mate in philadelphia tomorrow. north carolina governor roy cooper who took his name off the list joins me as we break down the contenders and the behind the scenes vetting process. also today, president biden returning to washington from delaware for an emergency national security meeting this afternoon as iran threatens a multipronged retaliation against israel for assassinating the hamas political leader in tehran. something president biden says was a setback for cease fire talks. the second week of olympic competition kicking off after a photo finish victory for noah liles. huge disappointments this morning for simone biles. and hurricane debby hitting

hard in florida. the big question now, which way will the storm turn. he storm tu. good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. the anticipation is building as vice president harris promises to announce her choice for running mate in the next 36 hours. she met personally with at least three of the finalists on sunday. mark kelly, pennsylvania governor, josh shapiro, and minnesota governor, tim walz. she's off the trail again today and could be meeting with other candidates at her residence in the naval observatory, potentially scheduling those interviews around today's situation situation room meeting on the middle east crisis which she is attending. a source familiar with what the vice president is looking for in a running mate tells us that her top criteria are to find someone who is a competent governing partner, who shares her core values and with whom she has personal chemistry. she will appear for the first

time with her choice tomorrow night we expect in philadelphia followed by a swing through battleground states. one of the heaviest weeks of campaign travel for any candidate in this cycle. and we should expect some big surprises. campaign says some republican surrogates will be joining her on the tour to try to appeal to never trumpers. we begin with yamiche who's been following all of this on the harris campaign and "the washington post" white house reporter, tyler pager. so yamiche, nbc news has new reporting now on how the harris campaign announcement is going to be made tomorrow. talk to me about that. >> that's right. sources are telling myself, monica alba, and peter alexander, that the expectation is that the announcement for running mate will be tuesday sometime during the day and the rollout will look similar to what president biden did when he picks vice president harris. that back then was sending out a large text message to a number of democrats really widely sent text message announcing her name. there was also a video rolled

out introducing her and announcing he was picking her. so we expect something similar. we don't know exactly what time this is going to happen. maybe tuesday morning but all of this i should say is subject to change because we are now in that 24-hour period where once the vice president makes her announcement, there are going to be a small group of people who know that information. we are going to be continuing to try to figure out who she picks but all this, we are definitely in the period where we are about to hear and know pretty soon by tomorrow morning or by tomorrow afternoon who she will pick for her running mate. >> and you've also reported that vice president is looking for someone she feels chemistry with. knowing the vice president as you do from covering the white house, so, what else do you think is among her biggest qualifiers? >> i think there's important electability concern here. this person will not serve as

vice president if harris and whoever the other person is don't win in november. so there's a lot of focus on understanding how this candidate could or could help or hurt her chances of being elected in november. obviously, the vice presidential running mate is not often someone that lifts or harms the ticket that much, but on the margins in a close election, they could be helpful particularly in key states. i also think one of the things kamala harris knows the job of being vice president. she's done it for almost four years now and she understands what she is looking for in a governing partner. so one of the things that one of her former aides told me was that she's looking for someone that compliments here ideologically and experience wise. she's been a prosecutor, attorney general, senator. she could be looking for someone with more executive experiences that's why many of the finalists are governors in key states. there's both the governing as aspect of this, but also the

electability concern that they're weighing. >> tyler, former president trump attacking the popular governor of a key state, brian kemp in georgia saturday night. what's the strategy there? is there a strategy for him to go against a fellow republican? >> that's a great question and i think something that republicans continually ask themselves as the party tries to unite and move forward in this election. obviously, there are many republicans that want to see donald trump you know unveil and consistently contrast and attack harris. she is now the presumptive democratic nominee. we expect that process to wrap up by the end of the day today, but it's something that republicans continue to see as unhelpful to their cause. brian kemp is the popular re-elected governor of georgia. a state that trump needs to win and there are fears that him continuing to attack kemp like he does in the state of georgia is unhelpful to his electoral

prospects in november. it's a state that democrats are growing increasingly concerned about, slipping away after democrats have had electoral success in that state over the last few cycles but these continued attacks by trump on the republican leaders in georgia gives democrats another opportunity to make inroads and pick up the ground they've lost the last few years. >> yamiche, you were at the conference last week and on sunday, people like lindsey graham, republican allies, supporters of donald trump, were criticizing him focusing on race and gender. as much as he has. i mean, it's not just a dog whistle. he's been all over the place. graham was saying focus on what graham thinks is her failed record, but not to make this whole campaign about race and gender. >> well, he sounds like a lot of the republicans i talked to in 2016 who wanted former president trump at the time then candidate trump to be focusing on sort of

policy and not talking about race. not attacking mexicans as rapists and criminals, not saying baltimore was a rat infested place and telling black people they had nothing to lose. there's this decision that former president trump made to sort of lean in on race and that helped him in 2016. we'll have to see whether or not that helps him now in 2024. there is this feeling though that persuadable voters are really what he and vice president harris should be focused on and the big question here is what voter is going to be persuaded to vote for donald trump because he's trying the now convince them that harris isn't black. the harris campaign has been calling this sort of just problematic. she herself spoke about the fact this is just really more of the same of donald trump focusing on the wrong thing and being just using language that's racially prejudice. being in the room, what i can tell you is that people were confused about why he was going after her blackness. one, that's not really a winning issue for him.

two, when you look at her background, she went to historically black colleges. joined the first black sorority and over time throughout her entire life, she's talked about being black and south asian, being indian, and talking about her mother who was a cancer researcher. so it's confusing why he would be leaning in on this. i also want to tell you as i talk to people about the decision for her running mate, part of the decision is going to be who's going to be the best attack dog. who's going to be the person who's going to be a bulldog against republicans when they go after her in these ways they find to be just below the built. who's going to get on tv and say that's problematic and who's going to do that while not undermining her? because she's going to be the first woman if elected president. wondering who someone that's going to appeal to suburban voters, the older white voters that wanted president biden to stay in, but someone who's not going to seek to overshadow her. >> thank you both for all your

reporting. appreciate it. joining us now, we're pleased to see the north carolina democratic governor, roy cooper, is with us, who took himself out of contention for the vice presidentsy last night. also a member of the national advisory board for the harris campaign. you've been through it. >> good afternoon. >> you went through the beginning of the vet. the vetting for this. you took yourself out. and i want to ask you as the governor of north carolina, you could be in the path of a direct hit from tropical storm debby, which is causing catastrophic flooding in the southeast. one path has its remnants aimed at your state. how are you and your neighboring governors preparing for that possibility? >> well, first, we're offering assistance to our southern neighbors if they need it. and as long as we don't need it in north carolina, we expect some flooding to occur in our

southeastern counties. i'm in constant touch with our emergency management officials. we've got one of the best teams in the country. we're going to be on high alert here. the problem is rain and flooding from it. i don't think this will be a big wind event for north carolina. but we're going to be on the ready. >> as you always are. governor, thank you for that. let's talk about the race. because you were initially ready. you submitted to the vetting. then you clearly wanted to take yourself out of it. take us inside your calculus. you do have a very controversial lieutenant governor because you have this unique situation where you were elected separately and he would take over if you were outside of the state campaigning on top of it there's talk you might be interested in the senate in two years. >> i told the harris campaign early on i did not want to go through the vetting process because it wasn't the right time for me or my state. so i never did get into the

vetting process. one of the concerns is our lieutenant governor who is the most extreme right wing statewide candidate in the country. i'll match him up against anybody. we have one of these provisions saying the lieutenant governor who is separately elected by the way, becomes governor when the governor leaves the state. we don't believe that that is true now. it hasn't been litigated in our courts. litigation in other states has found that with modern technology that shouldn't have to be the case. he has done in the past is that he would call a big press conference, claim he's acting governor, try to do something. we don't know what the legal ramifications of that would be at the end of the day, but he likes attention. and if i had been on a national

ticket, we could see him calling a press conference every week when i'm out on the campaign trail attracting attention to himself. it being a distraction to the presidential campaign. and that was certainly part of my analysis to tell them early on that i did not want to go through the vetting process. the other thing is that she has a wealth of talent from which to choose. i know all of the governors personally that are involved in this and each one of them would be a tremendous vice presidential nominee. i don't know senator kelly personally, but it's pretty clear from his resume that he would be stellar. i also know secretary buttigieg very well. he would be an extraordinary vice president. her choice is hard because everybody's going to be so good, but i think she'll make the right choice and as he starts her tour next week, north carolina will be one of the stops because we are ready to flip north carolina blue for

harris for president. >> who would be most helpful to her at the stage? someone with national security experience? someone who could counteract the criticism of her record on immigration? fair or unfair as it may be. what do you think she needs to add to the mix? >> i've taken the position that i want her and her team to make this choice. i've not been for outside pressure from anyone because this is a very personal choice for her. this has to be a governing and campaigning partner for her. she needs to make that decision. she knows what being a vice president is all about. so i think she's got the best perspective of all. she obviously gets to see all of the vetting material. the they thinks that many of us may not know why she's making the decision. kamala harris will make a great decision here and i know that democrats are going to be so excited to have them begin

campaigning together coming to north carolina on thursday. i don't think i've seen this much excitement in north carolina since 2008 when barack obama ran and won in north carolina. you know the way this electoral map is. if we win north carolina for harris, she is the next president of the united states. that's why we're so excited here. >> and i know you're term limited. what about a senate race in '26? >> all my options are on the table. as we say on the farm in north carolina, i want to plow to the end of the row. a lot of work to do these next five months as governor. particularly implementing these generational investments they've gotten us for high speed internet, roads and bridges and healthcare. i want to make sure we elect democrats in north carolina in our governor's race. we have the most important governor's race in the country with josh stein. win for harris.

after that, i'll see. there's a lot of things that i can do. i like public service. i hope to continue doing that in some way. >> hope you come back and visit us. thank you very much, governor roy cooper. appreciate it. >> thanks. the breaking news on wall street. terrible day for the markets globally. the global selloff with massive losses from asia started in europe then the tsunami of economic uncertainty fueled by growing concerns among investors over a potential u.s. recession and fears of how and when the federal reserve will respond. brian, what is, you think, is the big reason for the selloff? >> really, we have to rewind to last friday when we got the jobs data showing 114,000 jobs added in the united states in july. that was well below what wall street expected. they were expecting closer to 285,000 jobs.

still catching attention since it's above prior months, while you have this perfect storm for markets worrying that the beginnings of a sign of recession could be coming even if we aren't in one yet. what happened was that over the weekend and into this morning, there was concern among japanese investors and we saw a pretty nasty stock market there that we haven't seen in many decades then in europe, you saw markets in france and the u.k. down around 3%. so that is an explanation for why this morning when the markets opened at 9:30 a.m., we saw the dow jones sell off. even though it's off its lows, this all stemming from the jobs report. we'll have to see whether this forces the fed into a more aggressive interest rate cut which won't happen until september 18th. >> thank you so much. israel bracing for potential military action from iran and a live report from the region coming next. you're watching "andrea mitchell

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extra fighting squadrons to the region in one of the biggest u.s. deployments since october 7th. secretary of state blinken has been calling allies this weekend warning iran could be attacking within the next few days. joining me now from jerusalem is richard engel, and michael crowley. so, richard, while i catch my breath, tell us about the additional deployments from the u.s. and what you're hearing on the political divisions within israel about what happened. >> reporter: sure, andrea. hope you get a glass of water. it's tough to be talking 24/7 and this is about to be potentially a very busy time because people here are bracing and they are bracing for an attack that could come at any time from any place, really. and there's a lot of speculation. i've been speaking to military officials for the last several

days. there was thinking that there could be a strike on israel or u.s. bases in the region on friday. then people thought maybe it was going to come on saturday. now there's talk it could come tonight or the next few days. so really what they don't know when but they're trying to prepare for an attack that could come at any moment. that's why i think we're seeing all of these additional deployments. that's why israel has just confirmed that the commander of centcom is in israel. that's the situation we found ourselves in on april 13th. a key day to remember. it was the first time that iran attacked israel directly in response to an israeli strike on an iranian diplomatic facility in damascus that killed a

revolutionary guard leader. at the time, iran fired over 110 ballistic missiles, more than 200 drones in israel and nearly all of them were shot down. but a war almost broke out and i think the u.s. and israel are both scrambling now to prevent a similar situation to stop any incoming attacks and prevent it from escalating into a much more regional war. there's also diplomatic activity going on in the background. a lot of it. >> and michael crowley on that front, it was very clear from what the president said at joint base andrews the other night when asked a question. he's not happy about the assassination in tehran of the political director for hamas who was the chief negotiator on the hostage talks. and a lot of the allies are not happy as well. the european allies from what we're hearing. that you know, it was not krit criticism of the hamas attack,

rather the hezbollah leader in lebanon. there was a very tough conversation we're told by a lot of sources, i don't know what you're hearing as well, between president biden and netanyahu. the fact he was in town all last week and that there was no signal at all. not that the u.s. wants to be told in advance of an attack an iran. that would make us complicit, but they were really upset that it was not discussed. >> that's right, andrea. add to that prime minister netanyahu came and gave a speech to congress that was pretty combative. he thanked the biden administration for supporting israel, but overall, i don't think the white house was super happy with his visit. so there was tension already and of course, tensions going back months now. but definitely the united states was not happy with the strike against the hamas leader in iran because andrea, there are basically two overriding priorities for the biden administration right now. number one is to try to get a

cease fire in gaza to try to bring the conflict to an end and open the door to this larger grand diplomatic bargain that might normalize relations between israel and saudi arabia. they really want that cease fire. number two, they want to prevent an escalation of the gaza conflict into the regional conflict that would involve, that would pit israel and iran in ongoing warfare. they would be very likely to drag in the united states. so netanyahu goes ahead and launches this very provocative strike in tehran against a senior hamas leader, which number one, i think u.s. officials assess at a minimum, postpones the possibility of a cease fire for days, weeks, maybe longer. and number two, hugely embarrasses and provokes iran and puts iran in a position where it has to strike israel. so on those two priorities, that strike against the hamas leader, however satisfying it may be, however deserved it might be in

a moral sense, really sets back those two priorities and makes the whole situation more dangerous and difficult to manage. >> richard, michael, thanks to both of you. and the battleground blitz. next, vice president harris preparing to tour the most critical states with her new running mate. a view from the keystone state coming next. you're watching "andrea mitchell reports." this is msnbc. atching "andrea ml reports. this is msnbc. ♪ i'm gonna hold you forever... ♪ ♪ i'll be there... ♪ ♪ you don't... ♪

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tropical storm debby is drenching parts of florida after making landfall this morning in the state's big bend region as a category 1 hurricane. but the worst might yet be to come as the slow-moving storm could bring catastrophic flooding to georgia and the carolinas. priscilla thompson is in savannah where you could get 20 inches of rain. how are people repairing there? >> reporter: yeah, andrea. well, they're doing what you see behind me. they are sandbagging. folks have been out here for hours throughout the morning filling these bags with sand. some folks are getting just a few, but others are getting dozens of bags, trying to protect their homes as this area braces for potentially 10 to 20 inch of rain. we could see localized amounts of up to 30 inches of rain.

you've got folks out with the wagons doing what they can to make sure they're ready as this rain begins to move in in the next couple of hours. as we talk about this and look at what folks are doing to prepare, and some of the people we have talked to don't have flood insurance so they're hoping these sandbags can be the difference of getting a foot of rain in their homes. i did not mention the climate connection. we're talking about a storm that could stall over this area for 24 hours or days and that is a direct result of the warming atmosphere that is creating a blocking pattern. so what our climate unit calls an atmospheric traffic jam that is causing these storms to just sit and dump enormous amounts of rain. amounts of rain that is historic. officials here saying this is a once in a thousand years storm. again, those rainfall amounts also tied to the warming atmosphere, the warming waters

in the gulf that are making these storms more intense. so all people can do is do what they can to safeguard their homes and prepare as they brace for whatever is coming and noting it could be something that they have never seen here before. and with that, andrea, i will send it back to you. >> priscilla, thank you so much. and back to politics now. madeleine dean someone of the many in pennsylvania saying shapiro would be a great choice if he joins the ticket for governor. joining us now is the congresswoman. thank you very much. talk to me about josh shapiro. because to some people's surprise, one of your senators, john fetterman, has been feuding with shapiro. so how do you have a vice presidential choice who is being attacked by one of his own home state senators? >> well, it's very good to be with you. thank you for inviting me, andrea.

and god bless the people in the south who are struggling with this storm. i'm very excited. i'm sitting here in a local democratic campaign office. i'm not in a legislative space so i can talk politics with you and i'm very excited about the possibility of our own governor, josh shapiro, being the choice for vice president. i don't want my enthusiasm to get ahead of me because i believe it's entirely kamala harris' choice and the good news is we have such a talented bench. but man, oh, man. wouldn't josh shapiro be a terrific choice. i've known him for more than 20 years. i actually ran, andrea, i don't know if you know this, but i ran and filled his former state representative seat. the 153rd when he went own to government, attorney general, then to become our governor. he is a man of faith and family and service to community.

so it's mighty exciting to me to think that he might be the choice. he's been a good friend and a mentor to me. >> talk to me about fetterman? wouldn't it be more than a little awkward to have your own democratic senator attacking you if you're the new vice presidential choice on the ticket? >> i'm a little puzzled by senator fetterman's comments. i've been on the stump with senator fetterman. i considered him a friend as well. the idea of ambition, i guess anybody who runs for any political office must have some sense of ambitious. but i also think it's a falsely placed thing. because we all have ambitions in life. to succeed as a parent or grandparent. so i'm not really sure about the statement by the senator, but i know josh supported him over and

over again and maybe, i'm hoping maybe that was taken a little out of context. because what i have seen in the growth of josh shapiro over the course of these years is his ambitious to serve others. grounded in his family, in his faith, he is ambitious to serve his community. no matter how big that community becomes. >> what states would he help kamala harris in outside of pennsylvania where he is hugely popular? and which is a must win state? >> he's terrifically popular here as you know and we have the critical keystone state. i know you have some roots here in our commonwealth. we're going to be the keystone state again and with those electoral votes, that will be fuel for this win. but what josh offers is not only is he a very good public servant of extraordinary experience, executive experience at that, but he also is an extraordinary communicator. i think that's something the

trump campaign and vance are a little worried about. so i know that josh, whether he's in pennsylvania, and this is of course only if he's the pick. i don't want to get ahead of the announcements. because i have no inside scoop. but if he is the pick, he will be successful on the stump in every state, but particularly these battleground states. states that are like pennsylvania. that have deep roots in unions. that are are split states. that are moderate. he is going to appeal to a tremendous, broad swath of voters. not just democrats. republicans, independents. women especially on the issue of freedom and choice. josh will do well, would serve well on the stump in any state. >> congresswoman dean from the great keystone state, thank you very much. the commonwealth of pennsylvania. going for gold. coming next, the competition heating up on the track in paris with team usa trying to extend their lead in the medal count.

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in paris, team usa continues to lead the total medal count now with 75 after a weekend of big wins. as kristen faulkner, who only started cycling in 2017, sprinted to the finish line for the gold. the first american rider in 40

years to medal in the event. that was 98 miles, guys. six hours. meanwhile, the fastest man in the world bringing home the gold in the 100 meter final. a photo finish. and katie ledecky winning her ninth gold medal breaking a record as the most decorated female olympian and becoming only the second swimmer in history to win an event at the summer games. joining me with the latest from paris, keir simmons. you've got to have the best assignment in the world right now. so, tell us about team usa's -- i mean, just look at the background. the gymnastics over the weekend were fabulous, but today, biles, they medaled over the weekend. today wasn't the same. what happened?

>> reporter: yeah, a bit of a struggle on the bar, falling, simone biles. you can imagine just how tired they must be at the stage and also there is kind of a domino effect of some kind where one athlete falls, another one does. there's a psychology to this. still, biles getting silver on the floor, which means she has three golds and one silver. charles getting bronze, which wasn't certain until the scores were reassessed. she burst into the tears. i suspect that medal is as important to her as any she has won at this olympics or any other olympics, honestly. >> what can you say about ledecky? just so remarkable. and watching her cheering on her male training partner in the 1500 was just astounding. with her fail and everything else that was going on there.

>> reporter: her gold in the 800 meters makes her the most decorated u.s. swimmer in history. so that is an amazing achievement for her. and she raced for that 800 meter on the same day as she won her first gold in london and she knew that. she was thinking about that, she says today, and that kind of, you know, encouraged her i suppose. if she needed any encouragement. she is extraordinary. >> let's talk about tennis because novak djokovic won the gold yesterday. and he became the fifth tennis player ever to win all four grand slams and olympic title. the gold was the one thing he had never won and he was so emotional and alcaraz, it was an incredible match. you were there, i think, so tell us about it. the tennis was extraordinary. alcaraz -- and djokovic, you had to feel. he said doing it for serbia was so important. watching him on the medal stand. very emotional.

>> reporter: yeah. it really was. yeah, i was there. i couldn't believe i had a seat, honestly. couldn't believe it. i couldn't believe i was there for that moment. both of them were extraordinary, like gladiators. neither man broke the other's serve in any game through the entire match. both sets, of course olympics is a two or three sets match. both sets went to the tie break. so djokovic as he so often does just kind of got that extra at the last moment to win and maybe he had that impetus that he knew that had never won a medal at the olympics and really this would be the last chance for him to do that. alcaraz has a long career ahead of him, but to see the two of them kind of taking each other on as they did at the wimbledon final, but a different result was extraordinary. then to see djokovic embrace his daughter.

his love for his children and his love for having his children see him in these last years of his career, really, isn't it. really, really special thing here in paris. >> alcaraz was in tears afterwards. it was really a hard fought as you mentioned. the two tiebreakers. keir simmons, thank you. you have to tell me more about it. call me. >> reporter: yes. okay. >> and the debate drama here at home. next, how the fight is playing out in realtime. you're watching "andrea mitchell reports." this is msnbc. watching "andreal reports. this is msnbc.

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after saying he would not participate in a september debate with kamala harris on abc, donald trump now says he would only debate on fox news, and with a live audience, in an arena. bowing out of his earlier commitment with president biden. harris' campaign spokesman saying trump is running scared to a safe place. joining me now, charlie dent, former republican congressman from pennsylvania. it is all about pennsylvania these days. we're so glad to have you here to talk about the debate. where do you think this is going to land? if he's behind, he's going to debate. >> you would think he would debate. i think also he knows that debating kamala harris is going to be much more difficult than debating joe biden who obviously was a very diminished figure during the previous debate. i think right now they're going

to debate about the debates. if i were trump, i would want to take the debate. this race has tightened and reset. i think he's making a mistake if he doesn't debate. he'll look scared. he'll look afraid of her. that's a bad look for a guy who likes to boast about how tough he is. >> conversely should she give in and go on fox? it is one thing to go on fox, but the live ence, i think, would be a deal kill, given what we saw happen in a previous debate, cnn, up in new hampshire with a live audience. >> yeah. those are the details that the campaigns need to work out. i thought the debate that -- for first debate with no audience worked fine. but, again, you know, trump and harris campaigns are going to have to sort through that. i'm not clear that fox news was in on this idea of a debate that trump threw out there. the debate was supposed to be at abc and now he's throwing it out there with fox and changing the

dates. i think we're in a bit of flux right now. the bottom line is trump is going to need this debate, he could be behind by the time we reach september. >> charlie, i want to play you a clip from atlanta from saturday night when donald trump said at a rally over the weekend about the prisoner exchange that brought home evan gershkovich, paul whelan and many others. >> i'd like to congratulate vladimir putin for having made yet another great deal. did you see the deal we made? look, we want to get people in, we got 59 hostages, i never paid anything. >> so, first of all, some of these people are still there and they didn't get them and paul whelan has been there for years, but that said, praising vladimir putin at the same rally where he criticized brian kemp, the very popular governor -- republican governor of georgia. what is going on there? that can't be his strategy.

>> well, again, you know, trump is a completely undisciplined candidate. he's been praising vladimir putin for years. and now to praise him for releasing hostages that should have never been taken in the first place, and taken, you know, for obviously political reasons, it is appalling he would say such a thing. he should be thanking everyone for getting these people back home. and that's what he should be doing, but he doesn't exercise good judgment and in georgia, he cost republicans the senate in georgia, by his antics and the runoff of 2020, and he goes down there and bashes the popular republican governor, all out of spite because governor kemp simply wouldn't carry his water in the aftermath of the election. it wouldn't fix the election for donald trump. that's why he's got all this hostility towards him. i think he's coming a bit unhinged. this is calling into question his fitness, especially now that biden is out of the race, this

whole question of fitness has been flipped back on to trump. >> final minute, i want to talk about strange things happening, let's talk about rfk jr. he's confirming that ten years ago found a dead bear cub and picked it up on the side of the road in upstate in and dumped it when he got back to manhattan in central park. and when it was found at the time, it sparked a media frenzy. it was talk, it was staged to make it look -- we have video of what happened at the time. had pictures of this bear cup with a bicycle, and he posted a picture also of his hand in the dead bear cub's mouth. sort of posing with it. how strange can this all be? this is after the brain worm of the third party candidate. >> it speaks to the bizarreness of his entire campaign.

he's a pretty odd guy, let's be honest, with the antivaxx and the brain worm and now the bear cub. here is my advice to anybody. if you come across a dead bear cub, call the state game commission and ask them how to handle it. they'll take care of it. you don't have to put it in your car and drive it to new york and dump it in central park and pretend some bicycle hit it. it is a weird, bizarre thing and his campaign, i think is also imploding, whether it was a biden/trump race, you know, obviously there are 77% of the people didn't like the choices and this elevated kennedy and other small party candidates, but now that the race is reset with harris and trump, i think his campaign is in a free fall and this is not helping with the bear cub story. >> he may not be strategic, but it is going to be a tight race either way. and now we wait to see whether she's going to choose one of your fellow pennsylvanians, the governor, or, you know, someone else. possibly the governor of

minnesota. >> she's got some really solid people to select from. kamala harris cannot win the election without winning pennsylvania. and that puts josh shapiro at the top of the list. he's obviously very articulate, he's very popular within the state. and he will help her. he will help her, particularly in the counties of philadelphia where she needs to overperform and that's where he's particularly strong. so, not the people who vote for the vice president, but on the margins, he helps her a lot, if i were her, i would pick josh shapiro in a mark minute. >> we have to leave it there, sorry. for the next show. thank you very much. that does it for us this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." "chris jansing reports" starts after a short break. "chris jansing reports" starts after a short break. ♪♪ as time went on it was easy to seeee, ♪♪ ♪♪ i'm lowering my a1c! ♪♪ jardiance works twenty-four seven in your body to flush out some sugar. and for adults with type 2 diabetes

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