tom: peggy collins, thank you for you and your team's effort in washington. there is a view from 1600 pennsylvania avenue. it is a different view on this sunday afternoon. joe: great to have you with us here for your perspective as well. maybe i can put to you a variation of the question that i asked peggy. what has it been like in recent days to this moment charting the president's state of mind in rehobeth beach? what finally convinced him from your reporting that this was the decision he had to make? >> he has been under relentless pressure from allies, even after he was diagnosed with covid last week, you saw at least a dozen other democratic lawmakers come out. it appears the pressure became unbearable. it is still surprising. biden has been a stubborn guy throughout his career. weeks prior, it seemed like the pressure was only causing him to dig in further. perhaps with covid at home with family and close advisors, they were able to reflect and see a path to victory against donald trump tenable. david: go ahead, joe. joe: sorry. what happens with the me

kailey: joining us from the table washington euro chief peggy collins and corey gregory in milwaukee.en and democrats nine ways deal back oxygen. it feels like the dam is starting to crack if not great. peggy: it feels like a variety of sides seeing it from the senate, house, cabinet based on reporting. people are concerned about not only losing the white house, but the house and senate in a sweep that could change the course of this country. joe: this could be very important. give us some big picture. it's been a long time since i contested invention -- a contested invention. gregory: they have set up a virtual convention avoiding a fight. if joe biden steps aside it is kind of hard to see how they could do it because they are democrats. they want broad participation. they don't want backroom deals but making sausage is messy. coming up with a nominee is going to get messy, you would have to give kamala harris the leg up because she has been joe biden's understudy, she is prepared. but cannot presume that other ambitious democrats would want to go there have in the ring. kailey: we a