hakeem jeffries has had i support biden, very topline, not answered many follow-ups.has multiple sources reporting to them that hakeem jeffries plans to take his concerns to president biden in the oval office. michele, no scheduled meeting as of now. we don't know when this will take place. everyone will be watching every word hakeem jeffries has because he is just going out having heard from his members again expressing trepidation. >> michele: all of this gavin newsom, harris conversation aside. emily and i are the californians here. all of that aside joe biden means the candidate. you heard joe manchin in the very first part of the segment saying "i think he'll make the right decision. i'm concerned about his health and well-being. i think he'll make the right decision." that's the word i keep hearing, the right decision. so not just a decision but the right decision. what is the right decision they are all expecting them to make? not just for joe biden but for the country. you would hope the right decision is the one that serves the united states of america and it

to that point, hakeem jeffries went last night.ave been told that he might go last night, might go this morning. for them to have him go to the white house and see the president -- he didn't finish that news conference until 8:29 last night. jim himes came out a minute later. >> 8:30, exactly. >> he couldn't have -- maybe he was waiting in the west wing for the motorcade to get back. i'm timing it from the convention center, minutes. they were meeting around 9:00 last night. that is very unusual and that was -- from what i understand, it was supposed to be a reality check. >> i think it's a heads up. >> it was probably a majority of the members really don't want you on this ticket. >> right. i have a feeling it was as much a heads up as a reality check. look, the dam may break this weekend. i'm preparing you. >> what about jim clyburn today? what was your read? >> it's the same thing as what former speaker nancy pelosi did on "morning joe" a couple days ago. it's signaling, look, i'm not going to dump on my friend joe biden, but i

that's the focus, in addition to ensuring that hakeem jeffries is speaker. reporter: there's a number of democrats in the party who want president biden to come speak to the caucus directly about their concerns. should president biden come and address the caucus? mr. aguilar: that's up to the president and his team. i can't speak to that. our job today was to convene the house democratic caucus to hear different viewpoints, different ideas, and to be unified behind the message of ensuring we do everything we can to win this november. reporter: the report, the republicans have asked for audio of the report to be released because they want to make sure that the president presented himself in a coherent manner. democrats have said that it's a conspiracy theory because he obviously did project nims a coherent way. what are your thoughts on that now considering what you've seen with the debate and the subsequent fallout? mr. aguilar: i'll defer to the vice chair heretoo but this is very clear. republicans campaigned and have promised to impeach joe biden. they we

we expect to hear from house party leader hakeem jeffries later this hour.begin with gabe gutierrez, ali vitali, susan page, and phil rucker. gabe, how is the president preparing, how is the white house gearing up for this news conference, as well as monday's exchange with nbc news anchor lester holt? >> reporter: white house aides say the president is preparing for the solo news conference this afternoon like he does for other solo news conferences. we should point out, this is his first of the year. it was eight months ago since he held a solo news conference. typically, over the last several months, he held a few news conferences with world leaders. but they tend to be those types of conferences where he takes two questions from domestic reporters and two questions from international reporters. this news conference is expected to go much longer. this also comes, andrea, as there's so much attention on this unscripted event. that is something that the white house and the campaign says it plans to do more of. you mentioned the interview on monday with leste

senate democratic leader chuck schumer and houston a critical leader hakeem jeffries have given their endorsement of vice president harris is the next president of the united states. they spoke to reporters about their support for her and also commented on president biden's decision to not seek reelection. >> okay, good afternoon, everybody. today is a great, great day for the democratic party and the country. vice president harris will soon be our nominee and will be elected president in november. we are brimming with excitement, enthusiasm, unity. on sunday, president biden showed the world what a great man he is. his true patriotism, his profound sense of decency came shining through. we all know it was not an easy decision for him, but just as he has done in his entire life, president biden selfless decision not to seek the nomination and put our country, our party, our future first. he is an honorable man, a family man, a man of deep faith. we love him. we truly do. i will have more to say on president biden this afternoon in my floor speech. but president biden's selfless decisi

where's hakeem jeffries tonight. well as of last night there was an item the biden team was leaking to the new york times that the president biden was fuming about obama and pelosi at the beach house because they were not. he thought that they were pulling the strings behind the scenes, which there are indications that they, at a minimum, did not stop this democratic mutiny. but president biden was just getting more and more isolated. he was mad at pretty much everybody except a very, very small group of longtime advisers and family members. and it it really sounded like he was digging in because they couldn't take it away from him. he has the delegates. it they didn't he didn't have to do this. and he was saying, if somebody wants to challenge him at the convention, then they should do it. but he's not even going to make it to the convention. it'll be a totally different ticket. harris and somebody and we should know soon. well, well, unless they don't, unless they don't want harris, which i suspect by their lack of

we'll hear from hakeem jeffries now? >> everybody is looking for -- i've said this to the president a week ago. i don't care about the donors. leadership matters -- >> the donors are reacting. >> i know that, but it's the american people. right now the vice president has to go out and sell herself to the delegates. as elected officials we have a right to endorse. i endorse in most presidential elections unless i'm trying to move the presidential primary. right now it's nice to have these elected officials. there were rumors about was there some kind of -- something going on between kamala and nancy. i think it's good she came out and shut that down, unity matters. hakim has to lead a hawk cuss where other people are front liners, they're from the midwest, figuring it out. she's got to sell herself to the american people. elected officials don't elect the president of the united states. the working men and women of this country, the voters are the ones that are going to elect the next president of the united states. >> co

now, of course, hakeem jeffries and chuck schumer are no bystanders in this. they'll be heavily affected by who is at the top of the ticket. hakeem jeffries is trying to flip back the house of representatives so he can become speaker. chuck schumer has a very difficult task in trying to maintain a democratic senate majority in a challenging map where republicans have a lot of structural advantages and we're getting an indication of how their democrats are going to move forward. they're going to say this is our candidate, our democratic candidate, versus that republican candidate. republicans have taken a very different approach which is to nationalize everything, to tie every democrat to joe biden. that playbook is out the window now. they have to tie all the democrats to kamala harris and i'll toss this back to you. >> all right i want to let people know what we're watching for, what sahil is talking about, the two endorsements. kamala harris' plane, her first big formal campaign event since she became the one with all the delegates, and presumably is on her

chuck schumer and house minority leader hakeem jeffries told biden to his face they were concerned he would lose the election and take democrats down with him in november. former house speaker nancy pelosi did that and more. though biden made it clear he was firmly in the race, pelosi going on tv calling it still an open question. >> it's up to the president to decide if he's going to run. we're all encouraging him to make that decision because time is running short. >> reporter: the floodgates had opened, ultimately, 40 democrats in congress called on biden to drop out of the race, urging him to do it for the party, for his legacy, for the country he loves so much. biden fighting on, refusing to give in. but in recent days sources telling us he was willing to listen to arguments from the other side. and then that new blow, biden testing positive for covid. heading home to delaware to recuperate. and it was there isolating the first lady at his side that sources tell us last night the president finally began to come to his decision. today, he started making calls to his vice president

together, we will keep and hopefully grow the senate majority and under future speaker hakeem jeffries we will win back the house. democrats are moving forward and more united than ever before into/36 hours i seen a surge in enthusiasm for everyone of our party united behind vice president harris. in enthusiasm felt in every corner of the country. and it is contagious among democrats. the volunteers their contributions are pouring in. in ways beyond our expectations. now we all know vice president harris has a tremendous record. and now begins the next chapter in our quest to make sure donald trump does not become president. today with one voice we speak about the dangers he presents. to working families, to our country, and to our democracy. we see very clearly how nervous the republicans are about our new nominee, well they ain't seen nothing yet. last night vice president harris security majority of delegates. today in wisconsin and across america we begin our next chapter and it will be our best yet. vice president harris will be donald trump and become the next president of the un

hakeem jeffries is going to be happy doing some adjusting.ee for the one a luxury is the political earthquake took place with congress home for the independence day holiday. they are coming back on monday it will not likely be comforted by this answer the president gave to george stephanopoulos. let's apply it. >> mr. president never seen a presence 36% approval get reelected. >> i do not believe that's my approval rating that's not what our polls show. >> if you say and in trump is elected and everything you are warning about comes to pass, how you feel in january? >> i will feel it as long as i gave it my all and i did the greatest job. >> giving it the old college try is not very reassuring for democrats on the ballot, is it? >> right it is not just democrats on the ballot it is people who are going to be voting. you have a lot of people tuned into that debate that were on the fence for they were undecided trying to get a better sense of both candidates. these subsequent polls reflect their decision. they are quite concerned about the pres

we know hakeem jeffries, or materially is scheduled to have the chat with lawmakers. we notified jik have called publicly for him to step aside. will there be more tomorrow? and what will it take for biden to heed those calls? a man who has spent 30 years on capitol hill in his prior decisions. we know he has tremendous respect for the senate in which he served for so many years. the opinion of his former colleagues, how much will that matter to him if they do unite, potentially around mark warner? >> i think it would be an especially difficult blow for him if a large handful of senators end up calling on him to step aside. because of what you just said. he still refers to his 36 years in the senate and talks about his time there. he will use things from his time as a lawmaker like i want to take a moment of personal privilege. those phrases, that institution, those people and that institution are a part of his dna. i think if a bunch of his friends and colleagues calling him to step aside it will be a major blow. that said i do not think it means he would automatical

normally it's the president, the liter, and smopsz retired and hakeem jeffries. it's very clear that barack obama is the leader of the democratic party. and then you got nancy pelosi who is essentially the enforcer. meanwhile, you had all these people that were in leadership at one point saying they supported joe biden. you had chuck schumer, but it looks like barack obama and nancy pelosi got exactly what they wanted. they just let it all unfold. >> ainsley: america heard all of the news after lunchtime yesterday it. didn't take long for the media to start fawning over kamala harris. watch this. >> i was national co-chair for kamala harris for president. we're so damn excited my phone is blowing un. >> it's going crazy. >> this is a woman who has great public values. she know what she is in the game fighting for. she is fighting for people being left behind. >> she is broken and smashed glass ceiling after glass ceiling. now we have a prosecutor who they say is going to prosecute the case against donald trump. >> and she delivers. i think somebody like is really

we know she's going have a democratic majority led by hakeem jeffries in the u.s. house of representatives but the senate matters too. she will have a new governing partner in the united states senate. some went home she knows well. someone whom she trusts. someone who is a trailblazer in her own right the first black woman to be that next u.s. center for the great state of delaware. [applause] wow, thank you joe for that introduction. i am congresswoman lisa lunch at rochester. i am a little emotional. cbc is family. looking at everyone's faces, i was not scheduled to speak i kept standing there asking god, what you want me too say in this moment? first, i want to say i am joe biden's congresswoman. and i am so proud of the man that he is. the human being that he is. the partnership and the accomplishment that we have made together. historic, our vice president said yesterday a speech to elvis in delaware, that joe biden has done more in three years than some presidents do into terms. and so first i stand here also with the word gratitude. gratitude for this great

hakeem jeffries has a meeting to rally the troops tomorrow.'t know what his strategy is but you are in the halls of congress. what do you think will come from this? >> he is trying to circle the wagons to prevent any more defections. any democrat running a competitive district is trying to avoid the proximity they might have to president biden. they are petrified for him leading them at the top of the ticket. look at madison, wisconsin. tammy baldwin refusing to show up with the president, she has done that time and again. we have democrats petrified president biden is leading the top of the ticket and hakeem jeffries calling a meeting on sunday before congress comes back to work to make sure they don't have more defections. in the coming weeks you will see democrats running away from their own record, it is driving inflation higher. they don't want to talk about the open border policies that is causing chaos not just in border states but communities across the home state of wisconsin. what we will see is democrats trying to jump ship and the

jeffries the house democratic leader coleaderconvened today it has by interesting to watch hakeem jeffries who is said i support president biden but also said, this is a week ago friday he was going to take a step back to see where this all goes. not once a thing about this until we have a conversation for those conversations are happening right now. the reason these conversations have to happen is that on monday the house of representatives returns to session. every reporter in the capitals going be chasing every democrat in both the health and house and senate to say word you stand with the pres president we coule as many as nine house democrats right now on the record who were basically saying for president biden to step aside. that number is probably going to grow. i've been told one of the things that happened the facts a congressional recess did not do president biden any favors because of that conversation probably should have happened in the immediate two or three days right after the debate. congress was just an session that morning the house was in session the set has not been in

we know he talked directly with hakeem jeffries. jeffries has said on the record that he conveyed the feelings of his caucus. we know that his caucus is upset. the still lingering question that hangs above all of this is that there's only one person who can decide that joe biden is no longer going to be in this race, and that is joe biden himself. there are now reports that he's at least open to that idea, something that was not even leaked out early on after the debate. that was something that he wasn't even considering. so if that door is open even a crack, my guess is that at least congressional democrats are eager to bust it wide open and try to convince him to find a path to exit this race gracefully. then the conversation can be who comes next, which i think is still a very open conversation within the democratic party. >> obviously, nancy pelosi coming out yesterday -- not coming out, but the leaked information that she suggested he get out of the race because of what's going to happen down ballot now gives permission, becaus

we understand now hakeem jeffries in the house is convening a virtual call with leading democrats to biden's future. how do you see things? >> well, maria, this has been a disgrace, been a disgrace for three and a half years. we've been talking to our democratic colleagues in the senate. they know what's going on. mane stream media's hid all this, now they're panicking wonder what they're going to do. they put the early debate just in case this happened. well, it did happen. it's unfortunate for joe biden. he's sick. nobody can help that. people do get old, they do get sick, but this is all about the democrats' power. kamala harris will probably be the candidate running against donald trump. that will be very interesting. maria: who do you think will be her running mate if it is kamala harris at the top of the ticket? >> you know, i don't know. they -- that'd be interesting. i don't know who they'd pick. we're just going to stay out of their way and let 'em cut their own throat, to be honest with you. it's a disaster. maria: senate, what can you tell us about what's going on in the s

we understand now hakeem jeffries in the house is convening a virtual call with leading democrats to joe biden's future. how do you see things? >> well, maria, this has been a disgrace, been a disgrace for three and a half years. we've been talking to our democratic colleagues in the senate. they know what's going on. mane stream media's hid all this, now they're panicking wonder what they're going to do. they put the early debate just in case this happened. well, it did happen. it's unfortunate for joe biden. he's sick. nobody can help that. people do get old, they do get sick, but this is all about the democrats' power. kamala harris will probably be the candidate running against donald trump. that will be very interesting. maria: who do you think will be her running mate if it is kamala harris at the top of the ticket? >> you know, i don't know. they -- that'd be interesting. i don't know who they'd pick. we're just going to stay out of their way and let 'em cut their own throat, to be honest with you. it's a disaster. maria: senate, what can you tell us about what's going on in t

okay and you expect the democratic leader, hakeem jeffries, isn't it expressing, relay those concernsectly to the white house? do you expect them to do that? i do i came jeffries understands that his role here is not as cheerleader. it is to be a bridge i communication bridge between our caucus the white house, and the campaign. and i have every confidence that came. jeffries knows how to do that so perfectly well. >> and last question before i let you go next week, where joe biden's still be your candidate. next week. >> i don't know events are unfolding very fast and i want to create space for the president and the white house to make a careful, reflective, and patriotic decision. all right. mr. connolly, gerry connolly of virginia. thank you so much for coming in. like chatting with you here on set and coming up for us. donald trump says he knows nothing about the far-right project 2025, but we have brand new cnn reporting on the dozens trump associates who helped write it to my 21st. >> i special, how would happened and search for a suspect? how would really be atlanta olympic bom

hakeem jeffries met with president biden following the press conference to deliver concerns from his caucus in person to the president jeffries saying they discussed the path forward with no mention in his statement if that meant with or without biden on the ticket but his press conference was not a disaster some democrats were bracing for but didn't stop the drumbeat of democrats calling for him to drop out of the race. four lawmakers called for biden to step aside following the press or bringing the tally to 18 lawmakers asking him to pass the torch to someone else not just because biden's odds against trump are not great but because some of them don't think he's fit for the job. >> we can have a situation where every day we are holding our breath whether it is a press conference, debate or rally. >> it is not about whether he can give a good press conference. is he able to be a three days straight and make all the decisions. this is a job. >> reporter: members of the congressional black caucus insist they are standing by their met man. james clyburn let the door cracked for a poss

hakeem jeffries has just walked up to the camera. let's go there. >> who will go down in american history as one of the greatest public servants of all time. when president biden and vice president harris first took office on january 20th of 2021, the biden-harris team assumed a public health crisis, an economic crisis, and a democracy crisis in the immediate aftermath of january 6th at the same time. and thanks to the leadership of president joe biden and his partnership with vice president kamala harris they were able to rescue the country from a once-in-a-century pandemic, and turn the situation around so we could return to normalcy. thanks to the leadership of president biden and his partnership with vice president harris, they were able to save the economy from a once in a decade or so recession like situation. and set us on a positive path so that every day americans would thrive in every single zip code across america. thanks to the leadership of president biden and his partnership with vice president harris, dignity and decen

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we will keep and hopefully grow the senate majority and under future speaker hakeem jeffries, we will back the house democrats are moving forward stronger and more united than ever before in just the last 36 hours i have seen a surge of enthusiasm from every corner of our party uniting behind vice president harris an enthusiasm felt in every corner of the country and it's contagious among democrats, the volunteers, that small contributions they're just pouring in in ways even beyond our expectations. now we all know that vice president harris has a tremendous record to run on and now begins the next chapter in our quest to make sure donald trump does not become president today with one voice, we speak about the dangers he presents to working families, to our country and to our democracy we'll see very clearly how nervous the republicans are about our new nominee will ain't seen nothing yet last night, vice president harris secured a majority of delegates. today in wisconsin and across america. begin our next chapter and it will be our best yet vice president harris will beat donald tr

this came during a call today with house leader hakeem jeffries. as president biden hit the campaign trail on pennsylvania, telling supporters today he's quote never been more optimistic about the future of america. and when someone asked him, do you still have the support of the democratic party, the president and radically said, yes. but are reporting it suggesting otherwise at this hour, let's go straight to cnn, white house correspondent are arlette saenz, who was traveling with the president today, are let well, pamela, the pressure is growing on president biden from within his own democratic party to step aside in this race. now, this afternoon, house minority leader hakeem jeffries held a zoom meeting with the ranking members of the committees to kind of get a feel their temperature take the temperature about their feelings about the 2024 election before congress is set to return tomorrow. and sources tell cnn that in that private phone conversation, that the number of lawmakers who want to see the president's step aside outweighed those who

this is we know about this private meeting between house minority leader hakeem jeffries and president biden from last night that's right. jessica, another drip from capitol hill. we now have another congressional democrat, mike levin of california, who has called for president biden to step aside. he said he was naturally concerned about biden's approach to that debate, and he's performed chorman's in that debate and he's heard in the two weeks since from his constituents, which is only an essence grown the alarm for him which led him to his statements today. no, those sentiments are certainly likely many of the top concerns that the house the top health leader hakeem jeffries it's a toke in this private meeting to president biden last night. now, we know that he has been hearing an earful from his caucus over the last two weeks, both privately and publicly, democrats concerned about what this effect this has on them would potentially trying to retake the house concerns about the next four years, concerns about potentially not winning the white house in likely those are the things tha

this came during a call between ranking members and house leader hakeem jeffries earlier today. and as president biden hit the campaign trail on pennsylvania today, telling supporters he's never been more optimistic check about the future of america, insisting he's got the backing up his party we're going to bring in cnn's dana bash in just a moment with what she's hearing from her sources. but first cnn's are led signs is live outside the white house tracking >> in all these breaking developments, it's really quite incredible. the split-screen arlette of a president digging in his heels and members of his own party telling him to step aside. yeah. pamela, you know, president biden when he was traveling today, it said that he does believe that the democratic party is behind him, but you are consistently seen the public and private pressure grow on president biden to step aside in this race. the latest coming from cnn reporting that during a call with house minority leader hakeem jeffries, this out afternoon, several top house democrats said that they do believe it is time for pr

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. >> house democratic leader hakeem jeffries met privately with the president last night to discuss concerns about biden's viability at the top of the ticket. but cnn is learning that jeffries did not offer biden his endorsement in that meeting? >> right now, 18 congressional lawmakers are publicly saying president biden should step aside. and as biden tries to salvage his campaign, sources telling cnn he'll meet virtually today with the congressional hispanic caucus our correspondents are covering all the latest developments we begin with cnn's white house correspondent, arlette sines, who is live in detroit where the president is headed for campaign event later tonight arlette, he had as big news conference last night, house his team feeling today well, president biden said that he's just going to keep moving in this campaign and that is what he is doing today, as he set to arrive here in the battleground state of michigan, the president really hoping to try to convince voters that he is up for a second term, but also trying to prevent any other further democratic dissent as many lawmakers

what do you expect hakeem jeffries will say?te side, democratic senator mark warner is already trying to assemble a group of his colleagues to get a handle on this. it seems democrats from all angles are being proactive. is this a problem for president biden? >> i don't think so, i think if you are trying to figure out what the meeting means tomorrow for house democrats, you should view this as a listening session , hosted by peter jeffries where members can weigh in with their concerns and we can sort it out internally as a family as opposed to sort of one by one, people going out and making statements about the president. and so i think the leader wanted to provide a forum for all members to provide their perspective there, on the other side of the capital, mark warner obviously, in critical member of the united states senate and someone who has deep buy-in across the country, my perception there is, i think it is a mistake but it is probably one that has been calculated and has been done in partnership with a number of ceos,

this was a call that was hosted by house democratic leader hakeem jeffries to give an opportunity for the ranking members to express their grievances. take the temperature of where they were at before everybody returns back to congress. this week. and over the course of that call is where some of these explicit statements were made about whether the president should remain as the democratic candidate. this year. now some of the names that have come up in our reporting, for example, as opposed to president biden being the nominee or for example, representatives adam smith's gym hines susan wild. we're also told democratic representatives, maxine waters and bobby scott. scott spoke in support of biden's. you can see that there were fractures over the course of this call, but one senior democratic guede telling our colleague jeff zeleny that it was pretty brutal now, there haven't been any decisions yet as to whether there will be a letter or a meeting with the president about this matter. but what it does tell us is that some of the leaders that are within the house of representatives a

hakeem jeffries wants to be the majority leader.up in 2024. 23 are held by democrats or independents. they are looking at a difficult map and post debate, 59% of democrats in the poll think that joe biden is too old to be president. that is up by 8. they have really boxed themselves in here. i don't know where they go. >> kayleigh: we are all reading the headlines as they come in. not a single senate democrat has come out publicly with their name on it calling joe biden to step aside. we have no major congressional leaders. this pipe dream doesn't happen unless you have someone leading joe to the exit. >> emily: that has to be the lord almighty. i will say i find it amusing that there is such resistance whatsoever to it being -- kamala harris being the selection. until now, she has to defend him and joe biden is not stepping aside at this moment. the fact that here is a female of color, that the party is so obsessed with having those boxes be checked and there is not a groundswell of yes, absolutely, we support biden to the end and

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hakeem jeffries? chuck schumer? a lot of chuck schumer's members are on the line and all of jeffrey's members are on the line. >> i would look at mainstream democrats. democrats who don't have a race right now and see if they fly swing cover hey, mr. president, it's time to go. also, there's a lot of pressure here on schumer and hakeem jeffries. if you look very closely at the language by hakeem jeffries, is he keeping most of his powder dry e has to be a leader here. not a follower. he has to gauge where the democratic caucus is they come back into session monday. that's going to be fascinating. >> jacqui, if the president doesn't do well with stephanopoulos tomorrow in that interview. and potentially he leaves at some point is there any way they can go around vice president harris? you have had summer lee, pennsylvania progressive outwardly saying that the optics of that would not be good. also, the timeline for any kind of a change is not easy. not only does the president have that interview tomorrow. he has got

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president biden also spoke with house minority leader hakeem jeffries last night, after congressman lloyd doggett of texas became the first sitting democrat to call on biden to drop from the 2024 race. and a new poll by reuters and ipsos out this morning conducted after the debate found that one in three democrats now say president biden should end his campaign and 60% of the independents say the same. joining us now, nbc news senior national politics reporter jonathan alan, leigh ann caldwell, anchor at "the washington post." and basil smikle, former executive director of the new york state democratic party, professor at columbia university and msnbc political analyst, and stewart stevens, former chief strategist for mitt romney's 2012 campaign and a senior adviser to the lincoln project. a lot to talk about, i'm glad to have you all here. jonathan, let's start with you, you have new reporting about how the dnc could respond to these questions surrounding biden's candidacy. what are you learning? >> we got our hands on a talking points document that the dnc is circulating which basically

there's a meeting today with hakeem jeffries.aid specifically, it could absolutely happen. lisa: i think what's more difficult for him potentially is what senator warner's doing in trying to potentially -- we'll see what sort of coalition he can build within the senate of trying to call on joe biden to step down. you know, there is this question at what point is it unavoidable for joe biden? at what point is it inescapable when you continue to have more and if more people call for you to step in? i will out in the caveat, and even though the point does look good for donald trump and he was a much better president, a lot of campaigning now is machinery. you look at the state of pennsylvania in 2020, biden won 75% of the mail-in ballot. so we're looking at a different elections than we had previously where covid really upended the way we vote. it is a different election now, and we can't base previous history on what this election and future elections will look like. will: you heard biden say it would take an act of god or a messag

with hakeem jeffries, chuck schumer, jim clyburn and others.in the interview friday night that they told him to stay in. many told him to stay in. i don't know if that is completely accurate. i don't think that any of them have specifically told him to get out, but there seems to be this chasm between what they actually want to have happen and what they're willing to actually say to him to get to that point. we're not to that point yet where these congressional leaders are prepared to look him in the eye and tell him that they don't think he can win and that, in order to save democracy and beat donald trump, he needs to step aside. those are the conversations we're going to see play out here over the next couple of days. i do think it is complicated to a certain extent because the nato summit is in town. that's going to mean that not only is there less time to have these conversations, but there's also going to be a sense that they don't want to challenge the president or undermine him when the rest of the world is here and the eyes of the worl

hakeem jeffries met with the president last night where he says he relaid the feelings of the house democrats, saying quote, i directly expressed the full breadth of insight and heartfelt conclusions about the path forward. what were those conclusions? jake sherman is here to share his reporting on the money front, significant news from "the new york times." that donors have begun freezing some $90 million pledged to the largest superpac supporting president biden if he remains on the ticket. for his part, president biden is still adamant he's not going anywhere, telling reporters last night he can still win. what do voters think? my colleague gabe gutierrez spoke with some of them, some of the michigan supporters of joe biden just a moment ago. >> i was a biden supporter. now i would really like to see an open convention. >> i hope he doesn't take this personally, but i think it's time for him to step down. >> the problem is that he's not going to be able to win the election. >> like i said, i vote for two dead flies with the wings pulled off before i would vote for trump. but it's nothing p

hakeem jeffries, the minority leader in the house had told joe biden last weekend he was having a really and more members were coming out and there was a lot, a lot of talk about more members coming out, elected officials, if joe biden didn't get out after this weekend. there had been rumours for days that it was going to happen on sunday, no—one knew for sure, but in fact it did. and you can see how the party is really coalescing around this decision, praising joe biden for a storied career but also thanking him for putting the country for himself, they say.— thanking him for putting the country for himself, they say. leanne, much ofthe for himself, they say. leanne, much of the discussion _ for himself, they say. leanne, much of the discussion toward _ for himself, they say. leanne, much of the discussion toward the - for himself, they say. leanne, much of the discussion toward the last - of the discussion toward the last week in particular, is how democrats had a fearfor week in particular, is how democrats had a fear for the success of the down ballot races, house races and senate ra

together, we will keep and hopefully grow the senate majority, and under future speaker hakeem jeffries, we will win back the house. democrats are moving forward to stronger and more united than ever before. in just the last 36 hours, i have seen a surge of enthusiasm from every corner of our party uniting behind vice president harris, and enthusiasm felt in every corner of the country, and it's contagious among democrats. the volunteers, the small contributions, they are just pouring in in ways even beyond our expectations. we all know vice president harris has a tremendous record to run on, and now begins the next chapter in our quest to make sure donald trump does not become president. today, with one voice, we speak about the dangers he presents to working families, to our country, and to our democracy. we see very clearly how nervous the republicans are about our new nominee. well, they haven't seen nothing yet. last night, vice president harris secured a majority of delegates. today in wisconsin and across america, we began our next chapter, and it will be our best yet. vice presi