it also shows you how andy beshear, who is under consideration for vp, could a that ticket. he's able to speak to those voters and rally them around te the vice president harris. i have to tell you, you have really seen the harris campaign make a full show of strength. they have had more than 174 events, they have registered more than 6000 new volunteers. they now have 28 offices statewide, including three that are open this weekend alone. voters here are energized. yesterday, i spoke to several. e many of whom pointed to the history making nature of vice president harris's candidacy is what is fueling their enthusiasm. take a listen. >> i feel like it is history for us. i feel like it is good and to know that we can become whatever we want to become if we put our hearts to it. it is great for the women, it is great for us the black community. it is just great and, i think she is going to give trump what he needs. he's not ready mpfor this. >> chris, georgia now a top target for the harris campaign. vice president harris will be here on tuesday. based on the enthusiasm i'm s

it also shows you how andy beshear could aid that ticket. he was able to speak directly to those voters and rally them around vice president harris. i have to tell you, this weekend, you're really seen the harris campaign making full shows. we've had more than 174 events, they are registered more than x thousand volunteers. they now 28 offices statewide, including three that are open this weekend alone, and voters here are energized. yesterday, i spoke to several, many of whom pointed to the history making nature of president as fueling their enthusiasm. take a listen. >> i feel like it is history for us. i feel like it is good. and we know that we can become whatever we want to become with our hearts to it. it is great for the women, it is great for the black community. it is just great. and i think she's going to give trump what he needs. he is and ready for this one. >> chris, george and allie top target for the harris campaign. president harris herself will be here on tuesday, and based on the enthusiasm i'm seeing, i have a feeling that

andy beshear in kentucky. josh shapiro in pennsylvania. mark kelly from arizona. these are people perceived as relative moderates. if she were to choose them some people would look at her and say everyone is in is really liberal but she picks this guy, maybe she is not so liberal. host: we he a text from michael in florida who says, "you think president biden will transfer power to vp harris so she can run as an incumbent and vastly improve her odds to win?" guest: that is a great question. that is something i was wondering about after the june 27 debate when it seemed like president biden would drop out of the race sooner than he ended up doing. maybe give kamala harris the opportunity to run as an incumbent as the question references. traditionally incumbents do better. we see that not just in presidential races budding congressional races which is so at odds with the way we talk about talking about people in power, we want to throw the bums out, drain the swamp. look at reelection rates in congress. 2022 was the first time 100% of senators running for reelectio

kentucky governor andy beshear, a moderate and rare democratic governor in a red state. and former astronaut and arizona senator mark kelly, husband of gabby giffords. in pennsylvania today, shapiro was asked about speculation he could be chosen as her running mate. >> this is a deeply personal decision the vice president will make. she will make it on her own timetable and on her own timeline. >> reporter: he also pointed out that he's known harris for 20 years. >> we have both been prosecutors. >> reporter: governor shapiro was one of the first calls the vice president made after president biden announced he was bowing out. >> our conversation was all about how we beat donald trump to protect our freedoms in this commonwealth. >> reporter: governor cooper has also known harris for some 20 years, going back to when they were both state attorneys general. today, he talked about harris's recent visit to north carolina to mark the anniversary of the supreme court overturning roe v. wade. >> how dare they? how dare they? >> she's going to bring that excitement to the people

kentucky governor andy beshear, a moderate and a rare democratic governor in a red state.nd former astronaut and arizona senator mark kelly, husband of gabby giffords. in pennsylvania today, shapiro was asked about speculation he could be chosen as harris' running mate. >> this is a deeply personal decision the vice president will make. she will make it on her own timetable and on her own timeline. >> reporter: he also pointed out he's known harris for 20 years. >> we have both been prosecutors. >> reporter: governor shapiro was one of the first calls the vice president made after president biden announced he was bowing out. >> our conversation was all about how we beat donald trump and protect our freedoms here in this commonwealth. >> reporter: governor cooper has also known harris for some 20 years, going back to when they were both state attorneys general. today, he talked about harris' recent visit to north carolina to mark the anniversary of the supreme court overturning roe v. wade. >> how dare they? how dare they? >> she's going to bring that excitement to the peop

second was andy beshear. he did not have the second most first-place votes, but his total was second. third i believe was josh shapiro. i forget the others. the others were tim walz from minnesota and a couple of others. the first three were well ahead of the others. i certainly see the arguments for kelly. i'm not entirely sure that he puts arizona back in play the way it was last time. biden winning last time. it did not look like biden was going to win at this time. does it put arizona back in play for harris? maybe it does. but he's a good politician. he was an astronaut. he's married to gabby giffords. he's got a great story. and he's got skills as a politician. i think that was the majority first choice. my first pick was andy beshear, governor of kentucky. the democrats are not going to win kentucky. kentucky is not going to be in play. i think a democrat who gets not only elected governor, but reelected governor in kentucky, has some mad political skills. [laughter] and among them, one thing that andy

governor andy beshear, pete buttigieg, roy cooper, arizona senator mark cooper, pennsylvania governorsota governor tim walz. there are lots of governors on that list, for good reason. campaign sources tell nbc news, harris is looking for someone who can be quote, a real governing partner who can be effective on day one. this morning, pennsylvania governor josh shapiro is participating in a volunteer kickoff event in carlisle, pennsylvania. tonight, governor andy beshear of pennsylvania will be hosting an event in iowa before heading to georgia on sunday. each of these contenders bring something different to the harris campaign in terms of wrangling both in the swing states. i am joined by nbc news washington correspondent christopher devine, associate professor of political science at dayton university and author of several important books on politics, including, do running mates matter? welcome to both of you. chris, let's start with the title of your book, do running mates matter? there is a lot of conventional wisdom these days that they don't. when you look at trump's, j.d. vance,

second was andy beshear.e did not have the second most first-place votes, but his total was second. third i believe was josh shapiro. i forget the others. the others were tim walz from minnesota and a couple of others. the first three were well ahead of the others. i certainly see the arguments for kelly. i'm not entirely sure that he puts arizona back in play the way it was last time. biden winning last time. it did not look like biden was going to win at this time. does it put arizona back in play for harris? maybe it does. but he's a good politician. he was an astronaut. he's married to gabby giffords. he's got a great story. and he's got skills as a politician. i think that was the majority first choice. my first pick was andy beshear, governor of kentucky. the democrats are not going to win kentucky. kentucky is not going to be in play. i think a democrat who gets not only elected governor, but reelected governor in kentucky, has some mad political skills. [laughter] and among them, one thing that andy b

and andy beshear of kentucky, a rare democratic governor of a red state.ose campaign now says today that he was talking about uniting the country when he made these unnerving comments overnight in florida. >> christians, get out and vote! justice time. you won't have to do it anymore. four more years. you know what? it'll be fixed. it'll be fine. >> reporter: trump still facing a criminal indictment for allegedly plotting to overturn the 2020 election results in order to stay in office after he lost. he denies the allegations. and trump's running mate, j.d. vance, also on defense. after past comments he made about, quote, childless cat ladies running the democratic party. he talked about it again this week. >> this is not about criticizing people who, for various reasons, didn't have kids. this is about criticizing the democratic party for becoming anti-family and anti-child. >> reporter: and today, "the new york times" unearthing old emails vance sent to a friend sympathizing with calls for police body cameras, his opinions appearing to diverge with the r

harris, his shortlist and joining me now is the kentucky governor andy beshear, governor. it's great to have you back here on the source. you just heard vice president harris addressing the campaign staff that is now her campaign staff in the last 24 hours obviously, it's been quite the 24 hours for her for really everybody witnessing this. and i know you spoke to her yesterday how that conversation go? >> well thank you for having me and i can't start without thanking president biden for his incredible service from leading us out of a pandemic at record speed to being there for kentucky inns after tornadoes and floods, to helping us build the best economy of our lifetime, including the two biggest battery plant that's on planet earth that he is an incredible american. i'm grateful for all the money to bring internet to every household in kentucky for clean drinking water and for so much with that said, i am excited to fully endorse the vice president to be the next president of the united states. >> she called me personally just hours after president biden's announcement

wait, you didn't say andy beshear and andy beshear is also on that that list, he is very impressive inon in the deep red state of kentucky, actually, the state where i was born twice, but i think there's a lot of concern that, kentucky is a state that just can't be flipped. and a lot of attention on that blue wall instead. >> interesting. okay, well, we will see what happens over the next coming days. you can't say this isn't wild because it is, this what a difference 24 hours makes having a totally different conversation yesterday morning. >> yeah, >> fasten your seat belts. thanks so much, sarah. still to come in the hot seat, the secret service director will have to answer tough questions about the security lapses on the day of former president trump was almost assassinated. >> then tesla bringing robots into the fold. when elon musk wants to start implementing them. here's drew. hey there. >> kumasi 643 this morning. we'll get you going on our monday morning looking at temperatures that are going to warm pretty fast. today we have a little bit of cloud cover along the coast, but mo

. >> harris is shortlist and joining me now is the kentucky governor, andy beshear, governor. it's great to have you back here on the source. you just heard vice president harris addressing the campaign staff that is now her campaign staff in the last 24 hours. obviously, it's been quite the 24 hours for her for really everybody witnessing this. and i know you spoke to her yesterday how that conversation go well, thank you for having me and i can't star without thanking president biden for his incredible service from leading us out of a pandemic at record speed to being there for kentuckian's after tornadoes and floods to helping us build the best economy of our life lifetime, including the two biggest battery plants on planet earth that he is an incredible american. >> i'm grateful for all the money to bring internet to every household in kentucky for clean drinking water and for so much with that said, i am excited to fully endorse the vice president to be the next president of the united states. >> as she called me personally, just hours after president biden's announcement

>> i do, and i think it's josh shapiro, i think andy beshear is great. i think, collins is great, but you have to look at the number of electoral votes, and pennsylvania has 19, kentucky has 11. if she's looking at the electoral map, she's got to be very strategic in terms of who she picks. of course, she's got to have chemistry with that person as well. but they're all very strong candidates. >> all right. well josh shapiro we'll mark it down that that's you know, that's what you said. we'll see who, ends up being the one. thank you so much, jackie speier. really appreciate your insight. we'll continue to bring you updates out of washington as they happen. you can get the latest anytime on our website, abc seven news.com, including a full list of those who have and have not endorsed harris. that list is growing, so stay with us all right. a delay today in the effort to create a new city in solano county. you'll learn why those behind the effort are push avenue. police say officers were investigating an armed robbery that happened nearby. officers say th

pritzker and andy beshear. >> i will support her. want the ticket to continue to be biden/harris and we'll see what happens after the next election. no, this should not in any way do anything to work around ms. harris, we should do everything we can to bolster her whether it's in second place or at the top of the ticket. >> julie: a new poll shows harris is running closer to former president trump than biden is. 45% say they would support harris in a hypothetical match-up. two percentage points behind trump at 47%. biden trails the former president by six points. cnn senior data reporter says anyone but biden may do better against trump. listen. >> harris is not as well-known as joe biden. she is not as well-known as donald trump, either. but if you look at this point right at this time, what you see is that 22% of voters have no opinion of kamala harris. compare it to 8% for joe biden. 7% for donald trump. so at this point in my mind she is a generic democrat looking at this data i am not really quite sure that democrats can do any

andy beshear and josh pa shir row.y beshear won twice in kentucky in a red state. >> laura: progressives hate him. that party doesn't exist. they hate beshear. >> he knows how to win s shapiro can win in a swing state. michigan and pennsylvania, if you don't win those two, it's over. over. >> but, john, if you are one of those characters, and you think you have a political figure in 2028, my god i would run from the invitation to be on kamala's ticket. i would run as fast as they could. >> except those folks are thinking about name i.d. >> laura: nah. >> what's the name i.d. >> laura: if you can't beat trump with everything they have thrown at trump and you go down in flames against trump, you're going to be the next road kill for the democrat party. they should run. john, we have got to roll. it's great to talk to you. thank you so much for joining us tonight. well, kamala, as john said, she is going to take the money and run, including biden's money. she wants to use biden $95 million war chest? can she is she breaki

here's a guy that insults people, andy beshear pointed out.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

you're moving andy beshear down. you're moving roy cooper down, and you're probably even moving gretchen whitmer down. then there's the possibility or the side, do you want to make a message and do you want that message to be that the world is on fire and you need someone serious to deal with that? and that's where somebody like mark kelly comes back into the fold. but also someone like admiral mcraven. admiral mcraven is the leader who directed the special operations team that raided bin laden's compound. he's a he's a huge military leader. he's someone who could play an important role in terms of message. so are you going the message? are you counting? and if that message is to talk about the world on fire and to reassure allies and to do something more global and across the country, and you want a team that's about heroes and not zeros. that's one theme as opposed to are you vote counting? and what do you do in the rust belt and the sun belt, where kamala harris would be vulnerable across the map? >> david, what a

. >> where is andy beshear? >> brian: he can't win kentucky.why take him out of there. >> steve: apparently she, kamala harris, called him right after joe biden dropped out and they chewed the fat over we don't know what. he said he has not been asked to submit any vetting material yet. but, lawrence, to your point, former ag eric holder is going to be vetting them. so you know what? they have got to do this quickly. they have got to do this fast and furious. >> lawrence: i don't understand why andy beshear is not on the list. he is the one that scares me the most. >> steve: they need a swing stater. are. >> lawrence: this is the guy can get republicans to vote for him. very moderate. has republican parents. the guy can speak well. not too far to the left. when you have got kamala harris way far to the left. >> brian: you can have republican parents and raise a democrat? that's impossible. >> ainsley: jesse watters, opposite. >> brian: that's true, too. the thing is he is not liked by the left. andy beshear is not liked by the left. >> ainsley:

they were in the league as andy beshear in kentucky or kelly in kansas.e politicians i thk often getting it more right than wrong. peter: what i am about to que a couple times butoo many americans, racism, classism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, and the rest of it are indeed the go to explanations, the failsafe call. are we throwing those words around? frank:he words around too much because aga, they are such important things. i don't kn about reverse racism, but racism exists. sexism exists. islamophobia exists. we need to call them out in those where they are corrosive. buwh you take those important turnsnd tureminto buzn themyo giving your opponent ammunitio ainvite a who do not want to think about this stuff to tune out. we have to be careful about using terms where they make sense, and not where they don't. in of my classes that duke university where i was students if they had any sort of gas or theory why if looking at the republican party, and this w thr ago political reality of the time, i said why not seen much change in the republicanar a

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they've all kind of gotten quickly on board with her, including andy beshear.not sure that andy beshear has received vetting materials that but josh shapiro, who has roy cooper from north carolina. let's take a look. >> i am excited to fully endorse the vice president to be the next president of the united states president biden yesterday endorsed vice president harris, as did i, as did many across this country not only because of how honorably she has served in the past, but how absolutely ready she is to be president and to be the standard bearer for our party. if you want to nominee who can but donald trump's destruction of roe v. wade at center stage if you want a nominee who actually prosecuted criminals like donald trump. >> and if you want a nominee who can put trump's age and fitness and the forefront, kamala harris is the person so marianna, what is your sense of kind of how how this plays out? i've also heard mark kelly being mentioned as a significant possibility. yes. i mean, it has it can all note that these are people from swing states, pennsylvan

keep people who potentially could be could have been running andy beshear, the governor of kentucky, secretary buttigieg, roy cooper, mark kelly, wes moore, jb pritzker josh shapiro, gretchen whitmer, what do all those people have in common they also could be, could be potential running mates. and that's another big, big challenge that she's going to have like immediately she's got no no time to do that. let's just take a listen to what one of the people on that list, governor andy beshear of kentucky, said this morning on another network j.d. >> vance ain't from here in the nerve that he has to call the people of kentucky of eastern kentucky lazy listen, these are the hardworking coal miners that powered the industrial revolution. we should be thanking them not calling them lazy. >> now, that is an audition and it is. and governor roy cooper was also making an audition this morning. and the two of them are on that list for their the names that come up a lot from other democrats when it comes to who they'd like to see on the ticket with vice president harris i think that we could ver

beshear pete buttigieg, josh shapiro gretchen whitmer, phil murphy apparent trying to make play fortold jesse watters going to air on news channel but heros not worried about any candidate democrats may try to throw at him. >> might throw gretchen whitmer at you might grow gavin newsom at you, they might throw michelle obama at you -- >> i wouldn't be worried about any of them forget about people they have open border part time they have a high tax policy they have a bad mill policy the whole world going woke their world is going woke green scam spending more than on things that don't work if we don't win this election we may never have another election this may be our last election. >> a fund-raising arm for the democrats raised 55 million, from yesterday till this morning. >> going to have plenty of money democrats are going to circle wagons throw in cash they have plenty the party of elites of the billionaires they can say whatever they want but republicans have become working class party the democrats? they are party of elites on east and west coast with briggs bank accounts try

what kentucky governor andy beshear, who is a democrat, he is a southern democrat. here's what he had to say about all this with joe biden i was very bad night for the president but he is still the candidate only he can make decisions about his future so as long as he continues to be in the race, i support them he also suggested that if biden did not stay in the race, he wouldn't mind putting his hand up not very many democrats say that. >> i think every democrat would say that if biden was dropping out. i mean, i think look at the last in 2016, how many democrats were in the race? i think andy beshear is a great governor i think he would probably be a very good president. he's led a red state. i just so folks at home now, you're a republican i mean, i can still admire somebody just making sure people were right. >> i think the dynamics or the optics of and jamal and i were talking about this earlier. the optics of it of picking a southern white male instead of who the vice president is right now in the place of, i think is a really bad optic. and if i'm republicans

maybe andy beshear can take his place. they then came around to exactly what you're saying cared, there are rules around this. it's unlikely that anyone is going to pass over the city think vice president, let alone the first vice president who happens to be a woman of color, the democratic party, to possibly go to another candidate. so that's what you're seeing. let's talk about kamala harris now at some point that final stage of grief, they are going to look at the popularity numbers. yes, there's a new poll today that showed she's doing slightly better against donald trump, although still losing than joe biden beryl but her favorable ratings are still worse than joe biden's right now. that is not a risk. the democratic establishment would want to take if they did, it was start taking a year-and-a-half ago in the beginning of this process, not here in the final hours, man, i think that polls also showed that the independence, those who haven't decided would be more likely to go for kamala harris and biden, i believe on t

governor roy cooper of north carolina, a state democrats have long hoped to flip, and andy bet beshearf kentucky, a rare democratic governor of a red state. while democrats go on offense, trump's campaign playing cleanup saying he was talking about, quote, uniting the country when he made these unnerving comments overnight. >> christians get out and vote, just this time! [ applause ] you won't have to do it anymore, four more years. you know what? it will be fixed. it will be fine. >> reporter: trump is still facing a criminal indictment for allegedly plotting to overturn the 2020 election results in order to stay in office after he lost. he denies the allegations. and it's also been a rough 72 hours for trump's running mate after past comments that ohio senator j.d. vance made about, quote, childless catti ladies running the democratic party resurfaced, vance saying this week. >> this is not about criticizing people who for various reasons didn't have kids. this is about criticizing the democratic party for becoming anti-family and anti-child. >> reporter: and today "the new york time

so if you're picking andy beshear in kentucky, you're not doing it for electoral math.doing it for other reasons and thanks so much jake, back to you all right. let's discuss with my panel and dana, we're getting some brand new reporting about the hours before president biden made his decision and the data that his top aides showed him tell us more about that au interesting, this is from our colleague, phil mattingly, who is reporting that the two closest allies and aides almost like family to joe biden, you probably a great mike donilon and steve richetti were with the president in on saturday and gave him information that basically showed that there was no path to winning, like not that's a scenario like non-existent is the word, the word basically non-existent the quote from phil's reporting here. and he says that it wasn't just a single poll number, but that it was the overall sort of collapsing of support, not just among the democratic members, governors, house members, senators, that were coming in one after another. thereafter, another. but the underlying support

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beshear. transportation secretary pete btieg. >> today o campaign 20 24 coveragencdes former president donald tru, eaking to reporters at thisea national association of black journalists' convention in chicago. watch at 1:00 p.m. on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. >> we will welcome them into a great national crusade to make america great again. >> taxes will go up, and anyone who says they won't is not telling the truth. >> our beloved nation, we are in the midst of a springtime of hope for america. >> because we are the party that believes in the american dream. >> read my lips. no new taxes. >> i still believe in a place called hope. >> here is the question for the american people. who do you trust in this election? >> the real choice is whether we will build a bridge to the future or the past. >> i have unlimited confidence in the wisdom of our people and the future of our company -- country. >> i stand here tonight is my own man. i want you to know for who i truly am. >> they

so if you're picking andy beshear in kentucky, you're not doing it for electoral math. you're doing it for other reasons i remember when. >> thanks so much, jake, back to you all right. >> let's discuss with my panel and dana, we're getting some brand-new reporting about the hours before president biden made his decision and the data that his top aides showed him tell us more about that au interesting, this this is from our colleague phil mattingly, who is reporting that the two closest allies and aides, almost like family to joe biden, you probably agree mike donilon and steve rachetti were with the president in on saturday and gave him information that basically showed that there was no path to winning, like no not just not a scenario like non-existent is the word, the word basically non-existent. >> that's the quote from phil's reporting here and he says that it wasn't just a single poll number, but that it was the overall sort of collapsing of support, not just among the democratic members, governors, house members, senators that were coming in one after another aft

i think a combination of joe manchin, andy beshear, josh shapiro, mark kelly.ave a thousand different scenarios that i think make more sense to win. >> laura: jon graham of that party is gone., yo john, that party is gone, i hate to tell you. you are sue's gnomic super successful with political advice but that party has failed, gone. imagine running for five seconds, joe manchin andt. joe manchin is threatening i will be the guy that comes in dand challenge and now he wille challenge harris but he's allon talk and no action..to >> they are never going to pick joe manchin for a lot of reasons. theyther will never pick joe manchin, but there is josh shapiro an wd gretchen whitmer. but it's like this, which person or persons do you think can wint hiif you could pick any? my thought iand s this: and i represent some people high up in the trump organization for some cases, if they had to pick one person to run against out of thu whole lot, they just pick one, i think they picked her!10 >> laura: i think you are 100% right. john, we have mindmeld become a democrat re

beshear, governor of kentucky, governor of maryland wes moore, governor of illinois, jb pritzker, and arizona senator mark kelly. also potentially on the list, gretchen whitmer from the battleground state of michigan who told george just days ago -- >> i think mytichigan is always going to be a state you can't take your eye off. we expect our leaders to be as good if not better and work just as hard if not harder. it's always going to be a close race. >> david: the running mate watch now officially begins even if she doesn't have the nomination secures as of yet. jon karl live with us tonight. we should note former president obama and former house speaker nancy pelosi have yet to endorse if at all here, but they perhaps want this to play out a little more, and kamala harris signaled she wants to win, she wants to earn this nomination. >> reporter: i think that's what you're seeing with both pelosi and obama. the two most prominent elder statesmen in the party saying they want the process to play out. i think everybody expects unless something really unexpected happens, this is kamala

and then finally, one of these names does not like the other here, and that's andy beshear, the governor of kentucky. that's the state that donald trump won by more than 25 points. if you're picking andy beshear here, you're not picking him to pick up kentucky, you're going after something else, wolf good point. >> john berman. thank you very, very much. erin, back to you. all right. well, if and joining us now is antonio vieira gaza, the former democratic mayor of los angeles, who has known vice president harris for 30 years and will be a delegate at the democratic national convention next month in chicago. so i appreciate your time, mayor we understand that harris found out just today that as biden was dropping out of the race, and obviously you've known her for three decades. i don't know if you've had a chance to speak with her today after after this was announced or or in the hours before. but what do you think this moment means to her well first of all, let me say thank you to president biden. >> many of us knew that he would do right by this country and it's clear that he has, he'

annmarie: let's talk about the vice presidents, josh shapiro, roy cooper, andy beshear, what to those to the ticket? henrietta: knowledge of the states that the democratic party needs the most. there's a lot of merit to consider we may be harping back to a time with name recognition they have on the ground and the key states. it is critical to someone launching their campaign. many. a myself included have been saying the vice president doesn't matter from a geographical standpoint. trump has those states locked up, it shouldn't be much of a concern. for the democrats who have much lower name recognition than even donald trump and all of those candidates. name recognition will be paramount. that is already higher in those states. for north carolina, those make sense to start with somebody who already has operation on the ground. lisa: people are wondering whether kamala harris is a true continuation candidate. picking up the torch from joe biden or whether her platform will differ somewhat substantially in key areas. how much do you think we will get a sense of this? henrietta: next ye

andy beshear has also been brought up. but it will probably be ray cooper.ost: why do you say that? caller: because he is termed out, has been governor for two years. we need that carolina state. i believe we are 13 points behind, and he is very well-liked. josh shapiro just took over in pennsylvania as the governor, so he is pretty new to it. he is a great guy though. andy beshear is a great guy in oklahoma or something -- host: kentucky. caller: kentucky, ok. i do not think that is a state we need because it is going to be red no matter what. i think the logical choice, also there is the telly -- batelli -- the kelly guy, gabby giffords husband. but i think it will be cooper. he is older, 67, 68, and is really well-respected in the democratic party. i was told this by my good friend who happens to be a head guy in one of the states, a huge organization. host: this is willie in texas, republican. caller: good morning. first of all, you had a young lady on yesterday -- i listen to, i don't know, three democrats, independents, maybe for republicans, maybe thr

north carolina governor roy cooper transportation secretary people to judge kentucky governor andy beshear tim walt also in the mix. lucas tomlinson is life at the white house with more for us. correct good evening but president biden arrived back here at the white house from camp david accompanied by his sister valerie and son hunter. it's not clear how much campaigning president biden will be doing for the presumptive democratic nominee for president. vice president kamala harris spoke yesterday in massachusetts. hooks donald trump has been resorting to some wild lies about my record. some of what he and his running mates are saying it's just plain weird. that's the box you put that in, right? >> here is one vice president harris potential running mates on "fox news sunday." >> i'm pretty sure voters are worried about the age and acuity of president trump compared to kamala harris here represents generation younger. >> how could anyone not watch the stuff he is saying, the rambling on the trail and not be just a little concerned? >> will see the slide one more time. pennsylvania governor

governor andy beshear of the commonwealth of kentucky talked about it. let's play him. >> want to make sure he is doing okay. we all know him. he has formed a personal relationship with us and he says he is and we take him at his word but it is always good to see somebody in person. >> mike: how critical is this meeting when the democratic governors don't want to put their names and reputations on the line without verification? >> incredibly important. the base of support, newsom and others who are spinning in the debate room in atlanta. these governors have been some of the best supporters on television, media for the president. so i think it's critical for them to see the president up close and personal and to continue their support of the president in the media. the gospel of the day in the catholic tradition is that of the doubting thomas. blessed are those who believe without seeing, these guys want to see first and then continue on in their support of the president. >> shannon: the "new york post" has this editorial piece this morning. there is no

when you think about gavin newsom in california, josh shapiro and pennsylvania, andy beshear kentucky, jb pritzker and illinois, get a fresh whitmer michigan. all those folks who are sort of floated as maybe alternatives. they've all said they support paris is the nominee. it's kind of hard to see a serious challenger kind of taking her on at this point. just given all the advantages she has. so this point, think what we'll see instead is harris, a consensus that we talk about how she wants to earn the nomination. she wants to work for the nomination and she's going to go out there and make sure she's, you know, talking with lawmakers talking with advocacy talking with state delegates to to basically say, you know, that she earned this the right way and she won over their support. >> so, brett, you did run down a list of names that word would have been potential challenges. challengers kamala harris. they're also now being looked at as possible running mates who you see in the top 2 or 3. >> yeah, absolutely. so i think of folks i mentioned, you know, andy beshear, the kentucky govern

beshear and dan and ama. those two names, of course, among a handful frequently mentioned at this point. >> that's true. >> we'll talk a little bit more about some of those names in a moment as well. stephanie, thanks very much. >> but first, now joining us now is abc seven news insider phil matier phil, things have gotten interesting to say the least. yeah, definitely. let's start in chronological order. let's kind of go about this in an organized way. is this a done deal? >> it's about as close to a done deal as you can get instantly. kamala harris with the endorsement of joe biden, got the motion momentum going, as we've seen with the various endorsements. but these were all insider endorsements. okay. it's all coming out of washington. the second she's got the money, she's got 80 plus million dollars from the biden campaign, which automatically becomes her account. so she's far ahead of anybody else. and also she has the machine, she has control. a lot of the democratic convention, as far as delegates go.

beshear and in the next hour, former president donald trump will speak in tennessee and his running mate will join him tonight in minnesota. trump, still working on lines of attack against his new likely opponent so here's what he said friday at a gathering of religious conservatives in florida. >> she was a bum three weeks ago, she was a bum , a failed vice president and a failed administration. >> new reaction to trump's other comments at that event when he told voters they will not have to vote again in four years. >> this guy has flirted with things such as tierney when he said things like i will only be a dictator on day one. we know that they tried to pull a coup on us, even though they are trying to make sure that they rewrite history and say no, this was just some sort of good patriots that were on a tour through the capital. >> i don't want to get into donald trump's head, i think there's a lot going on in a very small space there. but i will say, to have him say, you're not going to vote again, this election really is about democracy. >> we have reporters ready, we will go

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josh shapiro, andy beshear, roy cooper. we look at who kamala harris might pick as her running mate if she wins democratic nomination. but the rules and procedures around the democratic procedure in chicago. in the last few minutes we have had the rules defining the conservative party leadership here in the uk. let me bring you some of that you said we are told the conservative party will have a new leader confirmed to on the 2nd of november. rishi sunak will remain acting leader until then. the leadership contest will formally open on wednesday with nominations closing at the end of the month on monday the 29th of july. they will choose four candidates. those four candidates will make their case at the conservative party conference in the autumn. party members will vote on the final two candidates as decided by the parliamentary party. so the conservative leadership campaign will run for about the duration of the campaign in the united states. onto the 2nd of november. two final candidates will be voted on as chosen by the

someone like a josh shapiro, a roy cooper from north carolina andy beshear from kentucky. margaret bread cleaning say all 3 of those governors, first of all, have executive experience. but they've also proven themselves to be able to reach out of the democratic fold in to appeal to moderate voters and even some republican voters. mark kelly, a senator has also been floated, but i will say that would be rest for senate democrats because of mark kelly were to run for vice president and become vice president of parents were going to win. that would leave open senete seat in arizona. we know that is already swing state. so that's a calculation democrats would have to make. >> what are some harris might have to focus on to appeal to the broader base of people. yeah, she's got a whole platform. she's got to roll out now. >> well, yeah, but good thing about biden backing harris says that she can run on the biden-harris for so there isn't too much rewriting that needs to be done there. look, we're seeing her go on the offense against republicans when it comes to project 2025. this

cedric richmond and kentucky governor andy beshear.ernor gretchen whitmer of michigan reiterated to reporters today that she has no interest in leaving michigan and she said that she has not submitted any type of formal documents to be vetted for the vice presidency. amna: i know from time to time, you get a chance to listen in on these focus groups of voters. what have they been saying about vice president harris's candidacy now? laura: i sat in on a focus group that was settled by a never trumper firm and this was a swing voter focus group, people who voted for donald trump in 2016 and then voted for joe biden in 2020. and some were excited about harris's attentional to win the nomination. >> artist you like it would be like a breath of fresh air. i feel like it would be like a new beginning instead of feeling like you are watching a rerun because trump has already been in office. i feel like harris would definitely bring a new kind of dynamic to her ideas, where she wants to take the world, you know, in the next four years. i think

andy beshear, kentucky, not a swing state.y 20 points. so that would be an interesting addition to her team. >> brian: kentucky will not go into the democrats' column with or without andy beshear. very comfortable into the camera until did you go and pick somebody as moderate when you are known as pretty left wing. a quick look at the finalists. she said she is going to be deciding by next week. it's going to be big. >> tammy: do you remember who hillary clinton's choice was? tim kaine. had you to think about it. >> so-called moderate from virginia. it didn't work out for him. do you know what worked out for us. carley shimkus. >> carley: you are so kind. come in. elevator and came down. >> carley: fox news alert. protests breaking out an venezuelan socialist leader maduro claimed winner of. the opposition party also declaring victory. secretary of state antony blinken is now weighing in saying the u.s. is concerned. the country's national electoral counsel think maduro has won with 51% of the vote compared to his opponent's 4

kentucky governor andy beshear gave his backing this morning. sidestepped questions about whether he would serve as her running mate. >> the only way i would consider something other than this current job is if i further believed that could help my people and to help this country. laura: governor roy cooper delivered a similar message. >> kamala harris is the person. she is excited to win this thing and i am, too. laura: gretchen whitmer gave her endorsement but said she would not accept the vice presidency if offered it. >> if they offered it, you will not take it? >> i am not leaving michigan. laura: josh shapiro, gavin newsom, and jb pritzker also said they support harris. although holding back an endorsement, west virginia senator joe manchin confirmed today that he will not challenge the vice president for the nomination. >> you are not interested in running for office, true? >> i am not running for office. laura: on the right, a different story. mike johnson, rebuked by his decision to drop out, he wrote in a statement that it invalidated

other names include arizona senator mark kelly, kentucky governor andy beshear and illinois governorbeshear and pritzker have not publicly endorsed harris. another possible name recently turned independent joe manchin. now the west virginia senator, is considering reregistering as a democrat so he can seek the bid. manchin officially left the party in may. yesterday morning on abc's this week, he advocated for an open process to replace president biden. >> there are many questions about what will come next. amanda has more on how abc seven news insider phil matier is reacting to the president dropping out of the race. >> yeah, kumasi abc seven news insider phil matier says most americans were not happy with the choice between joe biden and donald trump. >> matier says the idea that vice president harris is now involved is going to bring more interest into the presidential race. >> kamala harris walks into this race with about $100 million handed to her from joe biden's campaign, because she is on the second part of that ticket when he leaves. it's now they've refiled it as the harris