was her response to the atlanta journal constitution posting this editorial let me just say it was very disappointing with atlanta journal constitution as we've talked about making sure that we are protecting elections and making sure there's no undue influence. >> this was undue influence by the atlanta journal constitution or an attempt to influence wow, yeah. >> so i think that's ridiculous on its face. the idea that like newspapers and editorial boards aren't supposed to comment on politicians. it also gives me profound days. back when i was at national review, where i was an editor for 21 years, give or take i was part of the effort to put out this sort of note now, notorious issue called the against trump issue, right? i remember that when that came out prior to any caucus boats came up before the iowa caucuses round the clock, we were getting attacked and denounce who does national review think it is to tell people how to vote. all i answer was when national we're here, we've been endorsing and not endorsing candidates for a half half-century. that's what newspapers that's what p

this was her fonts to the atlanta journal constitution posting this editorial let me just say i was very disappointed with the atlanta journal constitution as we've talked about making sure that we are protecting elections and making sure there's no undue influence. >> this was undue influence hi, the atlanta journal constitution or an attempt to influence wow, yeah. >> so i think that's ridiculous on its face. the idea that like newspapers and editorial boards aren't supposed to comment on politicians. it also gives me profound days of who back when i was at national review, where i was an editor for 21 years, give or take i was part of the effort to put out this sort of note. now, notorious issue called the against trump, right? i remember that when that came out prior to any caucus boats came up before the iowa caucuses? round the clock, we were getting attacked and denounced. who does national review think it is to tell people how to vote all the kind of answer was when ashlee, we're here, we've been endorsing and not endorsing candidates for a half-century. that's what newspapers th

your hometown paper, the "atlanta journal constitution" is among those saying it's time for presidenten to pass the torch. the editorial board wrote, this wasn't a bad night. it was confirmation of the worst fears of some of biden's most ardent supporters. biden deserves a better exit in public life than the one he endured when he shuffled off the stage on thursday night. i wonder what your conversations have been with president biden since then and how does the president convince americans he can lead the country for another four years because some early polling suggests they don't think he can. >> let me just say i was very disappointed with the atlanta journal constitution. as we take about we're making sure we're protecting elections and making sure there's no undue influence, this was undue influence by the "atlanta journal constitution." i think voters should be able to make the decision the same way they did in primaries -- >> isn't that what editorial boards are supposed to do? >> editorial boards are supposed to honor fair elections. i don't think it's fair when an editorial

. >> disappointed with the atlanta journal-constitution. as we talked about making sure we are protecting elections and that there is no undue influence. this is undue influence by the atlanta journal-constitution, voters should be able to make the decision the same way they did in primaries. >> reporter: there are discussions happening now about restoring confidence in the president by having him do some things he has shunned for a long time, sit down interview or press conference. he could come to the briefing room and take our questions anytime he wants but next week is the nato summit and traditionally that's when presidents hold hour-long solo pressers, no word from the white house whether that is in the works. david: so tightly orchestrated these pressers where he has the name of all the reporters and suggested questions. good stuff, thank you very much. quick to react is hans nichols. before we go into what's happening next, have to go back a couple weeks to a piece the wall street journal ran. my colleagues work for the same umbrell

elections and making sure there is no undue influence, this was undue influence by the atlanta journal constitution or attempt to influence. i think voters should be able to make the decision the same way they did in primaries. >> some biden friends and long time aides according to reports have blamed the senior advisors who prepared the president with data heavy answers and one-liners that fell flat. jen psaki tweeted the notion that the issues of the debate was the prep process who have successfully prepped many candidates is absurd. biden was bad. important conversations about what happens next. you aren't talking about the right things with prep. she didn't reveal what the right things are. plans for the president to engage in some of the things he has shunned for the last several months, if not years, which is big sit-down interviews and press conferences. he could come to the brady briefing room at any time. he has a room full of reporters ready to ask him questions. the nato summit is next week. traditionally presidents will hold press conferences at summits like that. we have y

that is the atlanta journal-constitution. in pennsylvania, the pittsburgh post-gazette, their headline, vance fills ticket. they also have more on the shooting. the arizona republic, trump picks vance to be his running mate and the las vegas review journal, validation for vance. mickey in middle -- mickey in minneapolis, democrat caller. have you been watching the republicans in milwaukee? caller: i have been, mostly because of you being there. i missed having steve but it is great to see susan as well. you are in my old hometown. a couple things. i wanted to make a point about last night when i was watching the convention, when sean o'brien was speaking from the president of the teamsters union. i was confused with his message, especially bashing tesla and elon musk and talking about workers rights. it was as if he is in the wrong convention and i did not see former president trump clapping at all when he was speaking. i still don't quite understand why they had him there. i know the dynamic, they want to say they are a part

a fron front-page editorial the atlanta journal lord writing of biden should withdraw from the race for good of the nation. it is all happening former president trump awaits the supreme court ruling on presidential immunity tomorrow. his sentencing in new york the following week first hush money felony convictions. in a moment we will get reaction to all the latest headlines providing supporter senator john fetterman trump supporter jd vance first we begin with lucas tomlinson at the white house. >> good evening, shin and that is right president biden is huddling with his family at camp david to answer the question many are asking, should he drop out of the race? >> and mr. president. [inaudible] requests biden ignored the question as he left the hamptons. this banner seen flying overhead former president donald trump appeared to have an answer. >> four more years for. >> after the debate biden vowed to press on. >> is not millions of americans know when you get knocked down you get back up. >> pressure mounting on biden his opponent to be taking it easy. trump played a round of golf at

john: today the atlanta journal-constitution editorial page called for mr. biden to drop out. the new york times took that same position on friday. there is extreme weather from the caribbean to the desert west. in the atlantic, beryl quickly intensified to become the earliest category 4 hurricane on record. the national hurricane center expects the storm to pass just south of barbados early monday, with saint vincent and grenada at the highest risk of the life-threatening combination of winds, storm surge, and waves. and in scottsdale, arizona, northeast of phoenix, officials are warning residents to be ready to evacuate. a wildfire there has charred 4000 acres. the forecast calls for wind gusts and temperatures of up to 110 deees. the immigrant family of a 13-year-old boy is demanding accountability after the teen was killed by utica, new york, police. police say they stopped two teens on friday to ask them about a robbery. that led to a foot-chase with one of them. police released edited body camera video showing a chaotic scene as an officer and the teen wrestled on the gr

but the atlanta journal constitution in georgia, a key state for the president, came out in an editorialaying this wasn't a bad night. it was a confirmation of the worst fears of some of biden's most ardent supporters. age has finally caught up to him. it referred to excuses like what you're making as insulting to the american people. how do you respond to that? >> i think that what we are watching, when you're watching a presidential passeerformance, watching a president to lead us to record low unmoemployment, wn we're able to watch the black wealth inside this country since the pandemic has risen by 60%, able to watch a presidential performances that been able to do things like raise wages for our workers and making sure our rights are protected, that that does matter in this conversation. and, so i understand people who are, you know, and i understand and get it the arguments about age and the complications of 81, but the number 81 is an important number, but so is watching historically low unemployment rates and i do not think people should lose sight of that? we're not just talking

journal constitution came out, the chicago tribune, various columnists, nick kristof, thomas friedmandowd, david ignatius. you know, you saw... and evenjoe scarborough of morning joe fame, who the president, you know, does pay attention to, his very watched programme, you know, came out saying...asking questions about where do we go from here, how does this go on? um, his co—host and wife was not on the same page. so we'll see. i mean, i think that... but i do think that this is going to be hard to have... you know, when the hur report came out, there was conversation from the vice president that this was politically motivated. when the viral clips came out of the president on d—day and otherwise, we were told, "0h, these are..." you know, "these are modified clips." they were cropped. they were cropped differently. certainly there were claims made by the rnc and others that were not true around those clips. but at the end of the day, people know what they saw. and 50 million people saw this debate. and i don't think this question is going away. jill abramson, former executive editor

journal constitution came out, the chicago tribune, various columnists — nick kristof, thomas friedmannow, you saw — and evenjoe scarborough of morning joe fame, who the president, you know, does pay attention to, his very—watched programme, you know, came out saying — asking questions about where do we go from here? how does this go on? his co—host and wife was not on the same page. so, we'll see. i mean, i think that — but i do think that this is going to be hard to have — you know, when the hur report came out, there was conversation from the vice president that this was politically motivated. when the viral clips came out of the president on d—day and otherwise, we were told, "0h, these are," you know, "these are modified clips." they were cropped, they were cropped differently. certainly, there were claims made by the rnc and others that were not true around those clips. but at the end of the day, people know what they saw and 50 million people saw this debate and i don't think this question is going away. jill abramson, former executive editor of the new york times, let's bring y

and in these op eds from the new york times, from the atlanta journal constitution, suggesting that presidentld step down and should be replaced on the ticket. but you're starting to hear concern about how, for example, some democrats say they weren't really prepared for what they were going to see on thursday night. in the debate, you're hearing more vocal discussions about the conversations that are happening inside the democratic party now, the biden campaign, as our colleague kelly o'donnell well knows, is pushing back vigorously on this. and you have first lady jill biden even today. now out in vogue magazine, saying that the family does not believe that those 90 minutes on debate night should define the four years of the presidency so far, suggesting that he and the family will continue to fight and you are seeing that, of course, from the campaign tonight. all right. hallie jackson for us, hallie, appreciate that. for more on the legal aspect of this case, i want to bring in danny cevallos tonight. danny. hallie was just explaining to us there about what the official and unofficial dut

[tense music] we get a call from somebody over at the atlanta journal constitution, and the guy says, we're about to run a special edition, extra edition, naming richard jewell as a suspect, and we want to send you over a copy. the information gets leaked that he's a suspect. there are these guys running around with newspapers. and out of the corner of my eye, i see the headline. fbi suspects "hero guard may have planted bomb." well, i know damn well who the hero guard is. i just can't freaking believe it. in atlanta's centennial olympic park and for helping evacuate some people before its contents exploded. but now, richard jewell, the olympic security guard who spoke openly to cnn and others about the events of last saturday, reportedly is himself a suspect in the bombing. how did that all come together as quickly as it did? made those of us who don't know police work and don't know detective work say, wow, that was quick. male reporter 3: do you have any way of knowing why they would consider you a suspect. mm, no, i have no idea. male reporter 4: did you do it? [scoffs] no, sir. i

the "new york times," the new yorker, the economists, atlanta journal constitution, chicago tribune." and "boston globe." and then there's the shocking story out of "new york times" today, biden told ally that he is weighing whether to continue in the race. he is also continuing to reach out to people. long trusted and told at least one person that he is open to the possibility that his plans to move on from his debate performance and flip the focus back to his challenger, mr. trump may not work. a lot of pushback from the white house and the campaign on that today. but, let's bring in our panel julia manchester national politics reporter for the hill. "the washington post" columnist, american ernesto prize institute. senior fellow marc thiessen and axios reporter stef kight. mark, your reaction where we are in this moment and what comes next? >> if this is as karine jean-pierre says he had a cold jet lag and bad night. i assume that means is he going to go ahead and debate again in september, right? that's already scheduled. he would have to pull out of that debate. i'm sure he will

chicago tribune and atlanta journal constitution. at camp david this weekend reportedly blaming hi

the atlanta journal- constitution writes trump and j.d. vance will be campaigning together on saturday in metro atlanta.ay i am guessing they are probably not going to have a similar crowd. what is going to be necessary for harris to be a policy wiser messaging lies to keep georgia purple and/or blue? we know trump will be supported by popular governor, brian kemp will support him. brian kemp will have all his voter suppression tactics at his fingertips to try to keep donald trump in control of that state. what's ahead here's campy got to do to combat that? >> if i my colleague jon ossoff, african american man and a jewish man can win in georgia, kamala harris can win in georgia. contrast between these two campaigns could not be more stark you literally have a criminal running against a prosecutor. more importantly, i think when you look at the contrast t between project 2025 which wants to cut the civil service, that wants to get utrid of programs like head start. ima alum of headstart. it's a program that invests in early childhood and d

chicago tribune and atlanta journal constitution. meanwhile, members of president biden's family meeting at camp david this weekend reportedly blaming his top campaign advisors and cnn moderators for the poor debate performance, saying advisors overprepared him and should be fired. the report states jill biden and hunter were the loudest voices urging the president to stay in the 2024 contest. republican national committee co-chair lara trump joining maria on sunday morning futures. watch. maria: does president obama run that? i mean, what -- how do you get the super delegates to agree to make a change? >> it's a huge question. i mean, we've never seen ourselves in a place like this in america, these really are unchartered waters and i'm sure they're scrambling on the democrat side right now. forget the fact that joe biden clearly doesn't have the cognition and the ability to run the country. i mean, his policies have driven this country into the ground and been very detrimental so i don't know what they're doing over there. cheryl:

in the critical battleground state of georgiaing the "atlanta journal-constitution's" editorial board pass the torch. "the new york times'" editorial board said biden should drop out, calling his candidacy a reckless gamble, and "new york times" argues, quote, it's because biden is beloved and because he has real accomplishments as a president that he needs to top the nerve-racking tight-roping walk at the oval. it's put this way. if biden has the strength and wisdom to step aside, the democrats will have two months to choose another democrat. even longtime democratic strategist james carville said biden will be off the election ticket. axios blasted carville just over the weekend. >>> joining us now, democratic congressman wiley nickel. congressman, thank you so much for joining us this morning. we really appreciate it. let me just ask you. do you believe that president biden should continue his re-election campaign? >> the reason i really wanted to be on this interview, "way too early" does a great job of setting the tone for the day. the folks need to hear this. there's only one pr

the atlanta journal- constitution said that duncan has become, quote, a de facto spokesman for the never trump gop block backing harris. what is the harris campaign doing to reach out to republicans who have turned on trump? >> listen, this campaign the vice president will make it abundantly clear that if you care about the fundamental stakes of this democracy, if you want to make sure we continue to live in a democracy, donald trump was talking about the fact that if he wins we don't have to have more elections. the same guy talking about a blood path if he loses. if you want america to remain a democracy, there is a home for you in the vice president's campaign. if you want to move this country forward instead of pulling it backward as donald trump and j.d. vance are making it clear they want to do if they gain power, there is a home for you in the vice president's campaign. so we will win this election by making sure we reach out to all voters. black voters, latino voters. increasingly as well those voters that since january 6, since the dobbs decision, understand the threat of donald

the atlanta journal- constitution writes that trump and j.d. vance will be campaigning together on saturday in metro atlanta and i am guessing they are probably not going to have a similar crowd. what is going to be necessary for harris to explain, be it policy wise or messaging wise, to keep georgia purple or blue? we know trump will be supported by a popular governor. brian kemp is going to support him. he's going to have all of his voter suppression tactics at his fingertips to try to keep donald trump in control of that state. what does the harris campaign have to do to combat that? >> listen, if i and my colleague jon ossoff, and african american man and a jewish man can win in georgia, kamala harris can win in georgia. the contrast between these two campaigns could not be more stark. you literally have a criminal running against a prosecutor. but more importantly, i think when you look at the contrast between project 2025, which wants to cut the civil service. that wants to get rid of programs like head start. i have to tell you i am an a

the atlanta journal constitution's editorial board similarly called on biden to bow out. meanwhile, maryland democratic congressmember jamie raskin told msnbc there are conversations among top democrats about nominating someone other than joe biden at the democratic national convention in august. >> we are having a serious conversation about what to do. one thing i can tell you is regardless of what president biden decides, our party is going to be unified and our party also needs him as the very center of our deliberations and our campaign. and so whether he is the candidate or someone else is the candidate, he will be the keynote speaker at our convention. amy: in iran, reformist candidate masoud pezeshkian will face off against conservative saeed jalili in a run-off election set for july 5 after neither candidate received enough votes in a weekend poll to win the presidency outright. fewer than 25 million iranians voted in the contest to replace former president ebrahim raisi, who died in a helicopter crash in may. that's just 40% of eligible voters, the lowest turnout

journal-constitution."r media outlets, calling for him to step aside. but because of hubris and ego and the desire for power, he absolutely cannot let himself. >> kayleigh: andy, if you believe the reporting, they have been a large part of this cover-up, and it goes back three years. listen to this very closely. this is an anecdote not from july 4th last year, the three years ago. it says this, "biden's behavior stunned many in the white house in part because biden's closest aides, also often led by anthony burnell and deputy chief of staff annie to masini, took steps early in his term to essentially rope off the president. on july 4th, 2021, biden hosted a party on the south lawn. it was a hot day and after hours outside he went into the white house to the diplomatic room come into the nearby map room, sat down, and the door was abruptly shut as biden's aides blocked the light has butlers and resident staff from aiding the president. they siphoned off the residence staff. >> andy: i think it's time to have

if you will, start us off because georgia's former governor telling the agc, the atlanta journal constitutionconfident that harris has more than a fighting chance. they're saying this. his advice to her strategist focus on younger georgians. quit worrying about angry old white men and contrast her background as a prosecutor with trump's legal troubles. is that what the campaign is focusing on? especially in a state like georgia where she'll be tonight? >> reporter: all around, it's a different battleground strategy. the biden campaign was concerned about georgia. not looking good there. they are much more focused on the blue law, on michigan, and pennsylvania. with harris, georgia is absolutely in play. they are focusing on it. they are building out their operation in that state. they've already opened four new field offices. hired 7500 new volunteers in that state. and yeah, they can have the luxury of speaking to a younger audience in a different way. just because of that difference in age. the difference in demographic, the difference in background between harris and biden and they're goin

in an opinion piece in the atlanta journal constitution yesterday duncan argued harris is the only viableump in november. in arizona meanwhile voters will head to the polls today for their primary elections in the house and senate. in the race to represent the state's 8th district former president trump has endorsed two candidates competing for the same seat. that would be blake masters and abe homadeh. masters ultimately losing that race to senator mark kelly. guess trump can't lose in this one. in the senate, meanwhile, the seat of kyrsten sinema who's not running for re-election is up for grabs. on the republican side election denier kari lake is in the lead. she'll likely face ruben galllego in the fall. joining us now the author of the tally, a punch bowl special edition newsletter series, one of a canon of news letters that punch bowl produces. max, thank you very much. break down how crucial this arizona race is to the balance of power, both the house -- balance of power in the house and senate. >> yeah, i think in arizona that 8th district with trump endorsing both candidates is n

and the atlanta journal- constitution from the key battleground state of georgia suggested that quoteime for biden to pass the torch. but, what about the twice impeached four times indicted on 88 counts and convicted on 34 felonies for president and his disastrous debate performance that was filled witç an avalanche of more than 30 false claims not to mention projection and veiled threats, so far the inquirer and battleground pennsylvania is the only major editorial board to call on trump to drop out saying quote the debate served as a reminder of what another four years of trump would look like. more lies, grievance, narcissism and hate. nevertheless, the glare of the media spotlight remains focused on what president biden and the democratic party planned to do next. nbc news reports that some top democratic leaders have privately expressed concerns about the presidents viability according to two sources a price of those discussions but publicly, two of the parties biggest leaders are pushing back on that characterization and standing by him. here's what speaker meredith, nancy pelos

journal-constitution."at to see all of you this morning. quite a show of unity around donald trump last night. what did you make of it? >> reporter: i got to tell you, ana, walking around this convention hall, there is nothing but unity among the republicans who have assembled here, and obviously these are some of the most ideological of the republicans, they're the ones who are most fervently in support of trump, but everybody here is on the same page. and notably last night we saw some former rivals of donald trump who have said not nice things about him this the past take the stage. marco rubio obviously from 2016, but also governor desantis who ran against him in this primary and nikki haley who for a time wasn't even invited to this convention, that is until saturday. there's some discussion over what time exactly she was invited, but she took the opportunity to get on stage and to change her mind, i'll put it that way, about donald trump. here's what she used to say about the republican nominee, and h

for that, let's bring in senior political reporter for "the atlanta journal-constitution," and msnbc i get a chance to chat every two years, whether we like it or not. he wrote about how harris has shaken up the race in your state, citing a landmark communications poll taken today after biden's withdrawal. how much of a shakeup has this been? >> you know, republicans and democrats agree here in georgia that it is an entirely different political landscape. steve was spot on, gwinnett county has gone from a republican stronghold to a pillar of democratic support here in georgia. and, neighboring forsyth county, we are just interviewed andy beshear, i was with him earlier this morning, that is a county that not so long ago was solidly republican, 80% republican vote and has dwindled to two thirds of the vote. republicans and democrats agree it will stay a republican stronghold but democrats feel like if i keep donald trump to 60% of the vote in this election, that kamala harris has a real chance of winning. >> were you surprised , as he suggested he was, by the turnout this morning? >>

spring and senior political reporter for the atlanta journal-constitution and msnbc political contributor every two years, you and i get a chance to chat. and in fact, you wrote friday about how harris has shaken up the race in yours date, citing a landmark communications poll taken the day after biden's withdrawal. how much of a shakeup has this been? >> republicans and democrats agree here in georgia that it is entire political landscape here. and steve was spot on. gwinnett county has gone from republican stronghold to a pillar of democratic support here in georgia. and neighboring forsyth county, were you just interviewed governor bashir, i was with him earlier this morning. that's a county the not so long ago was solidly republican. it has dwindled down to two thirds of the vote. republicans and democrats agree to stay in the republican stronghold. if they can keep donald trump to around 60% of the vote in this election, that kamala harris has a real chance of winning. >> were you surprised as he suggested he was by the turnout this weekend? >> yeah. i have covered georgia politics f

the new york times and the atlanta journal constitution, a calling for president biden to leave the race. and wealthy biden donors, a panicking many thing if he's not replaced with a younger candidate at the august democratic convention, this race is over. what do you say to all this negative reaction to the president's stumbling debate performance on thursday it's, not surprising given what we saw everyone saw with their own eyes, what the problem was, and it's hard to explain your way out of it. people can say it's a cold or he was over prepared or whatever the excuses the truth is most of the negativity has stayed undergrad ground, which has been surprising because democrats normally express themselves fully in public. and that hasn't happened yet. and it's why we have to keep our eyes on two groups. one, the elected officials who will share the ballot with joe biden in november if he stays on the ticket and of course, the donors you mentioned the big donors at some point, some of them are going to abandon the ticket. if in fact biden falls behind trump, a good deal more than he alrea

journal constitution. what did you think hearing the president say that who's going to represent you except folks like me. >> i think it's number one. i think it's smart that the biden administration is speaking to black voters specifically, they have been throughout the campaign, but they know black voters are the backbone of their coalition. and so it's a good starting point as they tried to rebuild from what happened on thursday. i think their messaging as far as policy, right? now is not the issue though. it's about biden and not necessarily that his his thinking and his understanding of what his voters want from him. i think they're all in alignment now is convincing voters that he can do the job and do the job for four years. and that's very different than just convincing them that he's has the right ideology for the job. >> ron, i want to get your thoughts on some new reporting that we just got from edward-isaac dovere apparently during his meeting with democratic governors, president biden, accordi

journal constitution and catherine lucy white house reporter for the wall street journal. welcome to you both. so i have to say catherine, that quote there from andy beshear was a short version. he i have to say it was one of the people that was seemed most entertaining of this idea that biden might step down, right? i mean, he gave credence to that idea in that quote that we did hear from him. he is of course, one of the people that is named as a possible person who might top the ticket instead. however, we mostly have seen it mean gretchen whitmer has been very aggressive in trying to tamp down at least publicly talk about her being that person. how would you characterize i know you talked to sources all the time and this is one of those things that has an ebb and flow the panic was very high rate after biden took the stage how would you say democrats are feeling right now? and where do you see this going next? the panic was very, very high. >> i don't think the overstated how high it was after the debate the campaign has worked very hard and last couple of days to come

there was a whole list put in today's atlanta journal constitution newspaper of all of the visit that said she's made to georgia and she's not only focused just on atlanta, but also some of the metro areas in some of the other cities in the state of specifically, she's gone to gwinnett county where there's a lot of diversity in gwinnett county, and i believe right now in georgia, 34% of the electorate is it's african american so that's going to make a significant difference having her at the top of the ticket and the enthusiasm is very real here. >> astead the harris campaign trump's interview, they responded to it, they said 78-year-old criminal right. emphasizing two important points there, age and conviction and then adequate is donald trump. okay. now, here's the thing. the people who are running this campaign are the same people same were doing the biden campaign and that is just not something that would have been said or if it did even noted, this is just there's just a completely different aura. >> yeah. yeah. there's a couple of things in that, just one statement, i think it s

the head of the exact i named the chapter her middle of unusual prominence the atlanta journal even that her hands proved her competence see quote if you want to lean back at a comfortable porch chair and sip cooling drinks of nonalcoholic and have that calm, contented feeling that your country is being run satisfactorily. then take a long look at the hand of the assistant attorney general of the united states. never have we seen a hand which expressed more energy common and intelligence. now don't know how your hand can have energy or common sense, but will and brand would rail against this stuff and say why did they have to print this girly girly stuff when i just want to focus my work. so to add to the pressure of her job well in print was almost deaf. she spent an entire hour each morning doing her hair so that it covered her earring because she didn't want any of her opponents to know that she was working with that kind handicap. and she was a very, very tough woman. she grew up in a sod dugout out in the middle of kansas, didn't start her own formal schooling until she was about 13

journal constitution quote biden might have created the necessary pivot point for his party to stavertain electoral disaster it was headed for in november. more important, he might have created the necessary pivot point for the country to save us from another four years of donald trump and geoff duncan joins us now, jeff good morning to you. always wonderful to have you. so you endorsed president biden before all of this unfolded as a necessary step to defeat donald trump, which of course you view as an unacceptable scenario. are you ready to endorse vice president kamala harris for president? >> well, i first endorsed joe biden because he's a decent man and i endorsed him over donald trump, who's not a decent man. in my opinion, morally bankrupt. and joe biden by stepping out of this race, really proved that narrative that he is a decent man. and did the right thing. this is probably the most epic pivot point in all of politics, at least in my lifetime and probably for the foreseeable future. this has given the republican party really a strong test. again, they were probably flat fo

without going right now with my friday night panel, tia mitchell, washington correspondent for the atlanta journal constitution and twine, see right, a democratic strategist and bryan lanza, former deputy communications director for trump's 2016 campaign. glad to have you all here. i won't ask you about your drinks of choice, although as friday night, instead, let's launch into brian, this it's new polling. i mean, you've got fox news looking at swing states, michigan, my home state of minnesota, pennsylvania, wisconsin. there's no clear leader at the minnesota where harris leads by six points now is a trump campaign. a little nervous about this dead heat? >> yes, i would say no, primarily because it's really not a dead heat if that's one poll, but if you look at other polls that came out, that the redfield will temple actually showed that donald trump pulling away in some of these states already. so polls are going to be over the, all over the place think the better understanding of where the polls are going to be in probably another week or two, we will see where they ultimately land. bu

brian good to have you on this morning, you wrote a piece for the atlanta journal constitution with different focus for this debate. and that is george stephanopoulos, and that he will be watched as the headline says there as much as joe biden, quoting you, the longtime journalist and former politico has been on both sides of a crisis tell us what the stakes are here. i imagine he will be judged in large part based on how much he pushes to some degree yes, because today, doorstep annapolis is all of us is every journalist in the country's also many voters who want answers from this president. astoundingly, jim, the white house is almost portraying this interview as a cognitive test, like it's some sort of televised doctor's appointment. the white house and the biden campaign have raised the stakes for this interview as if it was not already important enough. so it is both the most important interview of the interviewers career, stephanopoulos, but most importantly, for biden, as you said, his presidency is on the line here. and yet at the same time, it's only one interview. it's not nearly en

editors at georgia's largest newspaper, "the atlanta journal constitution," echoed that take, demanding president pass the torch. quote, biden deserves a better exit from public life than the one he endured when he shuffled off the stage on thursday night. then there were the headlines, sneering, mocking, jeering all at once. this was the performance that has gotten us to this point. >> we had a thousand trillionaires in america. i mean billionaires. what's happening? they're in a situation where they pay 2.8% in taxes. if they paid 24%, 25%, either one of the numbers, they raised $100 million, billion, i should say, in a ten-year period. we'd be able to wipe out the debt. we can help make sure all those things we need to do, child care, elder care, making sure we continue to strengthen our health care system, making sure we're able to make every single solitary person eligible for what i've been able to do with the -- with the covid -- excuse me, with dealing with everything we have to do with -- look, if we finally beat medicare. >> it was bad. he said we, quote, "we beat medicare." h

in the meantime, the atlanta journal constitution's ed board is joining the new york times now in calling for biden to get out of the race, but the biden family, who huddled over the weekend at camp, david is really digging in encouraging him to press on and speaking to vogue magazine, first lady jill biden says, quote, they will not let those 90 minutes define the four years he's been president. we will continue to fight. so let's get more now from cnn senior white house correspondent mj lee. mj biden, campaign aides are vehemently dismissing the possibility that he will drop out. of course, we don't really have that temperature check of polls to see he, where the american electorate is on a biden candidacy. what are you learning today yeah, briana, that's absolutely right. >> the campaign for now is digging in white house officials at senior campaign aides. they're all saying that there is no world where they are currently contemplating the idea of president biden dropping out of the 2024 race. really emphasizing that he is staying in and also the family making clear that they are fully

journal constitution and catherine lucey, white house reporter for the wall street journal. good morning to both of you. thank you so much for being here. catherine, we start with you the president. did note that he would need to do this basically to unite his party that was the phrase that he used. i thought it was a telling one what were your top takeaway from the speech last night as we watched what really was a swan song from the president? >> yeah, it certainly did feel like the date of the beginning of a farewell speech, if not a farewell speech? >> he didn't really get into detail about why he had to do this, right? >> he didn't we didn't hear a lot of we didn't hear all about the debate, the pressure, the concerns about his age. he said he, you know, he thought he'd earned another term, but then he but he did pivot to this idea of democracy, which has been a huge theme for him through his 2020 campaign through the 24 campaign until now, the idea that democracy is at stake and that ultimately is he said last night he felt that nothing was more important than that. >>

journal constitution. >> steve newcomb, congressional reporter for acts axios you're width your at thisnt over the weekend where the vice president appeared, can you tell us about what the crowd there was saying and feeling about this race. >> so it was a really enthusiastic, biden harris crowd and they were pumped up even before she got on the stage, there was a panel of congressional black caucus members immediately before the vice president they encouraged the crowd to stick with the biden harris ticket and said in no uncertain terms, biden is the nominee in the crowd was with them, you know, we talked to some voters in the crowd. i think there are democratic voters who are open to vice president harris stepping up, they're open to biden stepping back. i think there is a you know, a certain sector of democratic voters who want biden to step back. but there's another sector of democratic voters. i would argue a large sector of democratic voters who agree with those black caucus members that biden is the nominee and they don't feel like there's evidence requiring him to have to step as