bob kerrey, former senator from the basket. guest: and jacobo republican from missouri, is my partner in crime. host biparsan coalition at e concord coalion. if you would like to call it, you can doo. democrats, (202) 748-8000. publicans, (202) 748-8001. indendents, (202) 748-8002. senator kerrey with us until the top of the hour. david is in new york, up first on the line for democrats. go ahead. caller: hello, good morning. host: doing well. at is your queion or comment? caer: i wt to make a comment with regard to the immunity ruling they just made with the six corrupt supreme urt justices who did this toeep donald trump from being in jail. what they failed to understand is joe biden is the sitting president and he now has that same authority to call -- they called official presidential auority. i beseech joe biden to use this authority to stop donald trump right now by having him removed from the ballot because he is a convicted felon. felons cannot holdederal positions. therefore how can donald trump be on the ballot for th

bob kerrey, former senator from the basket. guest: and jacobo republican from missouri, is my partner in crime. host: a bipartisan coalition at the concord coalition. if you would like to call it, you can do so. democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. senator kerrey with us until the top of the hour. david is in new york, up first on the line for democrats. go ahead. caller: hello, good morning. host: doing well. what is your question or comment? caller: i want to make a comment with regard to the immunity ruling they just made with the six corrupt supreme court justices who did this to keep donald trump from being in jail. what they failed to understand is joe biden is the sitting president and he now has that same authority to call -- they called official presidential authority. i beseech joe biden to use this authority to stop donald trump right now by having him removed from the ballot because he is a convicted felon. felons cannot hold federal positions. therefore how can donal

liz: governor kerrey, i know you said president biden will be the nominee but there has been a lot of about what could be, this is sort of the call word people are using, a blitz primary where if biden were to exit the white house, the dnc, democratic national convention, is just about a month away, they would have a bunch of people, a bunch of candidates get out there and view for the american public's attention here. do you see that scenario at all unfolding? >> no. it could if the president made a decision not to run, not to accept the nomination that certainly would have happened but with the decision that he announced in the letter and when asked about it today, i mean, i think that game is over, so no. i don't think there's no contested primary that's going to occur and no contested convention that's going to occur now that could change if let's say one of the governors said the governor of pennsylvania makes a decision to go and challenge the president of the convention, he's got 120 or so delegates that could have an impact but i don't think it's going to happen. liz: speaking

bob kerrey, former senator from the basket. guest: and jacobo republican from missouri, is my partner in crime. host: a bipartisan coalition at the concord coalition. if you would like to call it, you can do so. democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. indepeents, (202) 748-8002. senator krey with us until the top of the hour. david is in new york, up first on the line for democrats. go ahead. caller: hello, good mning. host: doing well. what is your question or comment? caller: i want to make a comment with regard to the immunity ruling they just made with the six corrupt supreme court justices who did this to keep donald trump from being in jail. what they failed to understand is joe biden is the sitting president and he now has that same authority to call -- they called official presidential authority. i beseech joe biden to use this authority to stop donald trump right now by having him removed from the ballot because he is a convicted felon. felons cannot hold federal positions. therefore how can donald trum

host: former senator bob kerrey from nebraska serves as co-chair of

bob kerrey, former senator from the basket.d jacobo republican from missouri, is my partner in crime. host: a bipartisan coalition at the concord coalition. if you would like to call it, you can do so. democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. senator kerrey with us until the top of the hour. david is in new york, up first on the line for democrats. go ahead. caller: hello, good morning. host: doing well. what is your question or comment? caller: i want to make a comment with regard to the immunity ruling they just made with the six corrupt supreme court justices who did this to keep donald trump from being in jail. what they failed to understand is joe biden is the sitting president and he now has that same authority to call -- they called official presidential authority. i beseech joe biden to use this authority to stop donald trump right now by having him removed from the ballot because he is a convicted felon. felons cannot hold federal positions. therefore how can donald trump be

senator, bob kerrey. >> it has been too long. guess, what do you think is the right path forward for the democratic party and for president biden right now? >> i don't know. i mean, first of all, it's a very unusual situation where the condition of the candidate's health appears almost suddenly. the white house is saying there's no problem with him being old, and in north carolina after the debate he goes down and says, yeah, i have trouble walking and i shuffle and sometimes get confused, and so there are cognitive issues. the question is how comfortable are democrats nominating somebody with those conditions given the apparent vibrancy of the trump body. in this case, it's causing democrats to say is there a better candidate? i think the president's letter -- i was imagining if i was in the senate and got that letter, i would be angry. basically saying if i question yourself, i am a threat to democracy, and that's not. i am part of the elite, and i am a proud graduate of the university of nebraska, and so don't say anybody chal

host: senator kerrey what would you say? guest: there is an interesting idea. if you asked me to vote on it, i would vote no. i understand why that is being proposed, but i don't think it is ever a good idea to say i know how to solve the problem, i will behave like my opponent's behavior i do not like. , i do not support the decision the supreme court made, but they made the decision. i think it is going to encourage people to violate the law when they are president of the united stat. i don't think it is a good idea, although trump has promised to do it, trump hasrder. proceedings will resume o >> we' going to leave this and take you live to the house for votes. and pass h.r. 897. the first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote. pursuant to clause 9, rule 20, conducted as five-minute votes. the unfinished businesss vote on the motion of the the gentleman from arkansas mr. westerman to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 897 as amended on which the yeas and nays are ordered. >> union calendar, h.r. 897 a bill to provide for the establishment of ala

bob kerrey. doug wilder. jerry brown. and paul tsongas. one sentence and the platform we built says it all. the most important family policy, urban policy, labor policy, minority policy and foreign policy. america can have is an expanding, entrepreneurial economy of highway aid, high skilled jobs. and so in the name of all those who do the work, pay the taxes, raise the kids and play by the rules in the name of the hard working americans who make up our forgotten middle class. i proudly accept your nomination for president of the united states. i am a product of that middle class, and when i am president, you will be forgotten. no more. we meet at a special moment in history. you and i. the cold war is over. soviet communism has collapsed, and our values freedom, democracy, individual rights, free enterprise. they have triumphed all around the world. and yet, just as we have won the cold war abroad, we are losing the battles for economic opportunity and social justice. here at home. now that we have changed the world, it's time to change a

bob kerrey. doug wilder. jerry brown. and paul tsongas. one sentence and the platform we built says it all. the most important family policy, urban policy, labor policy, minority policy and foreign policy. america can have is an expanding, entrepreneurial economy of highway aid, high skilled jobs. and so in the name of all those who do the work, pay the taxes, raise the kids and play by the rules in the name of the hard working americans who make up our forgotten middle class. i proudly accept your nomination for president of the united states. i am a product of that middle class, and when i am president, you will be forgotten. no more. we meet at a special moment in history. you and i. the cold war is over. soviet communism has collapsed, and our values freedom, democracy, individual rights, free enterprise. they have triumphed all around the world. and yet, just as we have won the cold war abroad, we are losing the battles for economic opportunity and social justice. here at home. now that we have changed the world, it's time to change a