priscilla alvarez in houston for us. thanks so much. in the meantime, republicans and right-wing media are wasting no time in attacking the vice president, the new york post, proclaiming her as america's first dei president, a racist, broadside that's echoing across the far right 100%. >> she was a dei hire were effectively run in this country via the democrats, be via our corporate oligarch's by a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives. and it's just a basic fact you look at kamala harris pete buttigieg, aoc, the entire future of the democrats is controlled by people without children. >> then there's the dei press secretary telling you that the dei vice president is the future of the party here and the future it looks kinda dim for the democrats here, but this is no shocker either. kamala harris use the original hock to a girl that's the way she got where she is all right. let's discuss with the former democratic mayor of atlanta, keisha lance bottoms, new york times maya king, and the washington post's seni

jeff stay with us when we go back to priscilla alvarez, who is traveling with the president rehoboth beach. >> priscilla, there is news about an endorsement for the vice president we, that's exactly right, alice, we've been walking through some of the questions we still had. well, one of them, a very important one was just answered by the president in this post, he says today, i want to offer my full endorsement for kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. democrats, it is time to come together and beat trump let's do this. so there you have it. the president is putting his support behind his vice president to serve as the nominee of the party and pleading democrats to come together in this moment. of course, there have been so many questions about whether the president would offer this endorsement so democrats would also come behind the vice president in a moment where they could choose someone else. the president is making it clear there has been enough divisions in this party. it's time to come and provide the endorsement of kamala harris. and i want to reiterate because i

to cnn's priscilla alvarez, who's covering all of this from rehoboth beach, delaware, priscilla, what are you learning kaitlan, i'm told by a source that president biden and vice president kamala harris spoke today. >> it's unclear exactly at what time they spoke. remember? and were the president put out his letter publicly that he would not seek reelection earlier this afternoon, but the president made clear after that letter that he was putting all his support behind vice president kamala harris to be the democratic nominee and also calling on the party to come together. now, the vice president was on the trail yesterday she was at a fundraiser in massachusetts where again, she was defending the administration's record and also trying to underscore the stakes of the election. it was a fundraiser it's rare that brought in more than 2 million. today. however, she was back in washington, dc at her residence and with her staff. so this this latest reporting is that the president and the vice president and have spoken that according to a source who i spoke with, were still trying to get

let's get the latest now, live from the white house with cnn's priscilla alvarez and priscilla how does president biden hope to regain the confidence of voters over this next critical stretch? >> whereas the resounding message from the president's allies that they want to see him more often and to see him in unscripted moments. and there is some of that on the horizon. of course, we'll see the president today during the july 4 celebrations here at the white house. he's then going to two battleground states, wisconsin and pennsylvania. and of course he'll participant in that high profile interview with abc news tomorrow. now, advisers had been talking over the last week in ways that they could put the president out there more often and try to make the point that that energetic north carolina rally that we saw him at after the debate, that that wasn't just a fluke, but that is the person that they see behind closed doors. but the reality of course, is that it hasn't calm nerves and the president i think is trying to give us a glimpse of what his message might be on the road with a pair of

we shall see priscilla alvarez for us in washington, dc. thanks so much for that reporting. and despite the president's defiant tone in michigan, there's still a number of congressional democrats who have doubts about his candidacy and have said so a allowed an attempt to calm those fears biden today is holding virtual calls with both the new democrat coalition and the progressive caucus currently, there are 19 congressional democrats calling for biden to step aside, including two members who are speaking with the president today. cnn's annie grayer is joining us now. and andy, i know one of those conversations patients is happening right now. what else can you tell us about these meetings well, just these are critical for the president as he tries to speak directly to house democrats and assuage concerns that he can no longer do the job. >> because as we've seen, since biden's disastrous debate performance, there has been a steady trickle of sitting lawmakers, both in the house and also the senate. you just put up that graphic. it's up to 19 lawmakers saying that biden shou

priscilla alvarez. thanks so much so as president biden fights for his political survival, his challenger, former president donald trump, is set to hold a rally in battleground, pennsylvania today, all eyes are on trump as we await his pick for vice president the most likely candidates right now, senators marco rubio and jd vance and north dakota governor doug burgum. cnn's alayna treene joins me now from butler pennsylvania, where trump's rally will be taking place. all right. lots of anticipation on and who his running mate will be when might this announcement come well, friday could come as soon as tonight however, when i talked to donald trump's most senior advisers, they say they're still unsure about the exact timing. they really view a monday on monday evening when donald trump is expected to be nominated for the third time to become the republican party's official presidential nominee. that is when they view the deadline for when they must announce. i will also know that the senators jd vance an

i want to go straight to cnn's priscilla alvarez. she's in delaware where the president is recovering today. priscilla, what can you tell us about the former house speaker, nancy pelosi, apparently telling the president that the polls show mr. biden cannot win. what's the latest? >> jim look, this is another significant development with a high profile democrat in this case, former house speaker nancy pelosi, telling the president in private conversation at the polling, bears out that he cannot defeat former president donald trump and if he does move forward with his campaign, it could destroy it the chances of democratic lawmakers who are running in, house seats. now, the president, according to sources, was defensive in this saying that his polling shows that he can still go up against former president donald trump. but at one point, that former house speaker asking to get one of his senior advisers, mike donilon, on the phone to talk through the data. now when presented with this according the white house maintain that the presiden

let's go to priscilla alvarez now at the white house. so priscilla, you know, what can you tell us about biden's strategy to turn his campaign around? well, the president and his team remain defiant when the president arrived in harrisburg. reporters asked him on the tarmac if the democratic party is behind him, and he forcefully responded? yes. and we are seeing a bit of a shift in strategy here while the president is on the campaign trail, he's taking more of those unscripted good candid moments with voters and supporters. and that is something that his allies had requested in the days following his performance on the debate stage. now, of course this morning the president also spoke with church goers and pennsylvania and then two at a campaign event in philadelphia, where once a porter said, we need dark brandon reference to that meme and he said, quote, dark brandon is coming back. they're really captures where the president is at in all of this as he tries to show sort of an energized self on the campaign trail, but it hasn't yet pu

respondent priscilla alvarez is in rehoboth beach, delaware following the president. priscilla, there have been a lot of calls. i know he knows about the speed he's taken some of the calls himself to get out of the race. sounds like he's not doing it. >> reporter: no, he is certainly defiant, as is his campaign, which has taken to the airwaves and in statements to same the president is standing in the presidential race. but, there is no doubt, sarah, this has been a deeply frustrating and challenging time for the president and for this campaign because this calls for him to step aside from members of his own party have continued over the course of this past week but also over the course of today including from some members who, not long ago, by that i mean after the cnn presidential debate, were standing by his side at his rallies. so, this has been a quickly developing story for the president and his campaign as they have sought to calm nerves, had the conversations, hit the campaign trail, and yet continue to get this incoming from members of the party, from allies,

priscilla alvarez. thank you so much. i want to go to ron brownstein, who's also standing by and ron we are getting some what's known as a port full report. so brazil reporters travel with the president and they report out for all of us. so one, just one person can be doing that job. this is what the pool report said. pool her to a series of loud explosions. explosions are loud bangs that the secret service went and immediately covered president trump, which is what we saw on our screen. pull heard residual bangs afterward. that's when the crowd started to duck for cover. agents grabbed trump, who was seen waving his fists in the air. we saw that on the video as well. they let the stage to the car and appear to have left the premises again, we do know that he is indeed left the premises at this point, we saw him hustled into that car by secret service agents ron, this is this is a very critical moment as jeff zeleny was alluded to this changes a lot just in terms of having this incident happen it almost feels that, you kn

priscilla alvarez. thanks so much. as president biden fights for his political survival, survival rather, his challenger former president donald trump, is set to hold a rally in battleground, pennsylvania today, it comes just ahead of the republican national convention that kicks off monday in milwaukee all eyes are on trump as we await his pick for vice president the most likely candidates right now, senators marco rubio and jd vance and north dakota governor doug burgum cnn's alayna treene, joining me now from butler, pennsylvania, where now a sea of trump supporters are behind knew, oh, what's taking place there? >> well, as you can see, fred, a lot of people behind me, they're all they're still coming in actually, the speech that donald trump is going to deliver here in butler will not begin until 5:00 p.m. but luck all of us are waiting in anticipation to see if tonight will be the night that donald trump officially announces who is going to serve as his running mate. >> but i'll tell you fred from my conversation

priscilla alvarez. thank you so much for your reporting there from the white house. >> okay. >> joining us right now is the chair of the d triple c, the house democratic campaign arm congresswoman suzan delbene of washington guardsman. thank you so much for coming in. so the d trip says it had its best day of the cycle in the first 24 hours after biden's announcement that he was stepping aside one of the best online fundraising days in in the house democratic campaign arms history if vulnerable democratic seats are better off with harris at the top of the ticket. now how much better off would you describe it? >> well, there is a ton of energy and enthusiasm all across the country. people know what's at stake. this election. our rights, our freedoms, our democracy, and our future and so that energy enthusiasm, turning out every vote is so important in battleground districts across the country because we know that when people hear our message, we win. and number one, we've got to make sure people hear tha

. >> let's also get started right now though, with cnn's priscilla alvarez in washington dc, priscilla out what the mood within the biden campaign following a pretty pivotal moment, the biden campaign, things that the interview last night did exactly what they wanted it to do and they're in their thinking, they think that it showed a president who could respond to these questions. do so in an articulate fashion and really push back against the concerns about his cognitive house. so there looking at this as a wind, seeing it as a strong interview. and really what the president was doing in that interview was showing defiance dismissing the concerns and the critics about his candidacy. now, i will note as we take a step back here that it is a remarkable interview. this was an interview that was focused on the viability of the president as a candidate oftentimes, when there are interviews with the president, they are focused on domestic policy and foreign policy. so in that space, a few takeaways from this 22 minute interview first on the debate, the president said that he was exhausted,

priscilla alvarez for us in rehoboth beach, delaware. thanks for that reporting happening now, former house speaker nancy pelosi is in north carolina, headlining what's being called a unity dinner for democrats. and it comes as biden is said to be seething at her as some of pelosi's closest allies in congress are urging him to drop out of the race for the white house cnn's dianne gallagher is in raleigh where that event is about to get underway. dianne, tell us more about this event. and who's going and what it's going to be about jessica, this is the biggest fundraiser of the year for democrats in this crucial battlegrounds. >> date, the biden campaign, of course, has already invested heavily in north carolina and both staffing and financially. >> this though, is about those downballot races. >> it has long been dubbed the unity dinner. and of course, tonight's event comes as the top of the ticket is anything but the former speaker headlining the event is expected to talk about trying to bring the party together to beat republicans up a

cnn's priscilla alvarez. priscilla, i understand you have new reporting just about how the white house, how the biden team is viewing this interview today? >> looked him, this is going to be a high-stakes moment for president biden as he tries to reassure allies and voters through this prime time interview, biden campaign officials tell me they recognize that, but they also note and are managing expectations with the president's verbal missteps. he has prone to those he has talked about that before, noting that he has taken efforts to overcome his childhood stutter. so at times, that is what is coming through. and there has been pushed back as well over the last several days from the biden campaign when there is a magnification of those verbal missteps with one spokesperson saying that it is, quote, not news and quote past the point of absurdity. but what is the point here? jim, is that, while the president's what the president says in this interview is going to be important. it's also the delivery of how he

alvarez. thank you very much. join me now to discuss democratic congressman dean phillips of minnesota. he mounted an early primary challenge to president biden before suspending his campaign, you took a lot of heat when you did that earlier this year and now we see the president exiting the race and the vice president is stepping forward. and it appears that she's all but the present trump's nominee at this point what's your reaction to what we've been seeing in recent days? this has been moving pretty fast it has, jim, good to be with you and yeah, it took some heat, but that's the whole point. >> got to show some courage and sometimes be a little bit contrarian. and i knew that if we could just make that change as long as we could do it before the convention that we could inject energy and mobilize and get excited again. and the optimism with which members of my caucus are now leaving washington for the summer recess. the energy around the country, the energy behind the vice president is ex

priscilla alvarez for us in washington. thanks so much. let's go now to cnn's annie grayer, who is following and reporting on these calls that biden has been holding with democratic lawmakers this afternoon. one of them, andy happening right now, what are you learning? >> that's right. just the call with more moderate democrats who are running in a lot of competitive races this fall are currently speaking with the president and a lot, notably, a lot of the 19 democrats who have in the house who have called on president joe biden to step aside are on that call. so we're waiting for details come out of that. but the call earlier this afternoon that president biden had with the more progressive wing of the house, democratic caucus has wrapped up and the chair of that caucus, pramila jayapal, released a statement after that meeting. she said, quote we spoke frankly to the president about our concerns and ask tough questions about the path forward. we appreciate his willingness to thoughtfully answer an address our members as a caucus, we will

alvarez reports, signs of democratic disarray continue to grow president biden is facing a fresh wave of democratic lawmakers who say that he should step aside and allow someone else to be the democratic candidate and nominee. >> they remain unconvinced that the president is up to the task of taking on former president donald trump. this election year and continue to pour out letters asking for him to drop out of the race. but over the course of all of this happening, the president is behind in closed doors as he is trying to recover from covid and has been self-isolating at his residence in delaware. sources telling cnn that the president remains in touch with his close advisers as they grapple with what has become an increasingly challenging moment for this campaign. not only hearing from democratic lawmakers donors, allies, and in a letter obtained by cnn, former national security officials, and high ranking foreign policy experts, who say that it's too whiskey for the president to stay in the race particularly because it could allow former president donald trump to take a second t

cnn's priscilla alvarez is in houston for us where harris is starting her day with a speech at a teacher's union event. priscilla, we understand from her campaign that she said, look, you will hear what some of my policies are with israel when she sits down with netanyahu, what are you learning and she has certainly been a voice in the administration that has tried to underscore the plight of palestinians. >> having those martin were notable remarks earlier this year about the deteriorating and the dire their conditions and gaza, you can anticipate that some of that is going to come up in that sit down with the prime minister. but a lot of the focus this week for the vice president has been striking the balance between acknowledging a president who abruptly left the presidential race and also defining her own campaign and that is what we are getting a glimpse of this morning. in this new campaign video, take a listen freedom, not just to give fine, but get ahead the freedom to be safe from gun violence. >> the freedom to make decisions about your own body. >> we choose a future where no ch

alvarez is joining us now. priscilla, what should we expect from her rally in atlanta today well, this is a rally that is intended to build on the surge of enthusiasm over the last week and to do it in the critical state of georgia, remember, this was a state that president biden narrowly won in 2020. >> and it was the first time a democratic presidential candidate won the state in nearly 30 years. so for all of those reasons it is going to be closely watched and it is also why the harris campaign will be there to rally voters. now, we're getting a little bit of a glimpse as to what her argument is going to be during this rally. and that is prosecuting the case against former president donald trump, something that her ad is also doing take a listen as a prosecutor, she put murderers and abusers behind bars as california's attorney general, she went after the big banks and 120 billion for homeowners. >> and as vice president xi took on the big drug companies it is to cap the cost of insulin for seniors because k

let's go now to cnn's priscilla alvarez, who's in delaware and priscilla, you have some new reporting tonight on how some democrats are backing president biden. what can you tell us? >> too high high-profile democrats that are urging donors to stay behind biden and continue to donate toward his campaign. that would be former president bill clinton and former secretary of state, hillary clinton, essentially, again, urging these donors to continue to send those big checks over to the biden campaign. one source describing the couple is being deferential to the process. in other words, that as long as president biden is the the presumptive nominee, he should be backed financially. but of course, there are still so many questions about just that and the biden campaign has been facing multiple headwinds when it comes to donors. now, we should note that the vice president did have a fundraiser today, massachusetts that raked in more than $2 million. and she also spoke with donors yesterday at the behest of biden advisers, too. they are certainly trying to make some inroads here and get these

we want to go now to cnn's priscilla alvarez, who's in wilmington, delaware, and priscilla, the vice president, is traveling there later today. what are you learning about about her travels and her campaign? in plans well, just got this as a campaign that has undergone a seismic shift over the last 24 hours alone. >> and now, the vice president is on her way to the buildings behind me. the campaign in headquarters where she is going to say hello to staff. that is the way that this has been described. an opportunity for her to meet face to face after what has been just a pivotal moment in this campaign. now, i will tell you in speaking with sources, the mood in headquarters is mixed. there is some relief there is also sadness, and there's also a lot of excitement. of course, some of the initial anxieties and questions among staffers was whether there was going to be a change in location patient, weather headquarters was going to move elsewhere up until this point. there's no indication that that will be the case. they were also wondering if they were still going to have jobs and leade

alvarez is with us from rehoboth beach where the president is now isolating with covid priscilla. what are you learning this morning? >> john? this is a high profile democrat who is now showing polling to the president, saying that he can't win. this is a significant development, especially for president biden, who was often pointed to polls to say that he is the one that is best suited to go against former president donald trump. including during his solo news conference at the nato summit last week. now what we have learned from this private conversation between the two is that the former house speaker showed him this bowling that the president got the offensive. and then at one point, pelosi had asked to get his senior advisers, mike donilon, on the phone to talk through the data. and when we asked the white house about this reporting they said, quote, president biden is the nominee of the party, the former house speaker's office, saying that she is now in california has been since friday and that they have not spoken you can sense, but certainly a notable conversation. and two

priscilla alvarez. thank you so much, john. >> look, i don't think it's the best time of day to take care of your law. and by the way, it's too be that as it may this morning, vice president kamala harris has 200 million new dollars in her pocket in a new plan to exploit the republican vice presidential nominee, senator j.d. vance. now the harris campaign claims that vance is the most unpopular vp pick in decades with the backlash still reverberating over his comment from years ago, labeling harris and others, quote, childless cat, ladies, seen as eva mckend joins us this morning with this latest new. so what's the plan here? eva? >> you know, john republicans argue the enthusiasm around harris is manufactured, but the pain providing us this morning, some specific proof points, some evidence of real energy. not only did she raise $200 million since president biden announced he would not seek reelection a week ago 66% of those people are donating for the first time. the campaign also telling us this morn

priscilla alvarez. thanks so much. so as president biden fights for his political survivor survival rather, his challenger, former president donald trump, is set to hold a rally in battleground pencil sylvania today, all eyes are on trump, as we await his pick for vice president. the most likely candidates right now, senators marco rubio and jd vance and north coda governor doug burgum, cnn's alayna treene is joining me now from butler pennsylvania, where trump's rally will be taking place. all right. lots of anticipation on and who trump's pick will be. might it happen while you're there or during the convention your guess is as good as mine, right now. >> fredricka know, i mean the anticipation, the suspense of when this announcement will come continues to build. it could happen tonight when i talk to donald trump's campaign advisors as recently as this morning, they said they are still weighing when this is going going to come. now i will tell you that they view as of now, monday evening, that is when donald trump,

alvarez is in rehoboth beach, delaware following the president priscilla, you know, there's been a lot of calls. i know he knows about this. he's taken some of those calls himself for him to get out of the race sounds like he's not doing it now. >> he is certainly defiant as his his campaign, which has taken to the airwaves and in statements to say the president is staying in the presidential race, but there is no doubt sara but this has been a deeply frustrating and challenging time for the president and for this campaign, because those calls for him to step aside from members of his own party have continued over the course of this past week, but also over the course of today, including from some members who not long ago. and by that, i mean, after the cnn presidential debate, we're standing by his side at his rallies. and so this has been a quickly developing story for the president and his campaign as they have sought to calm nerves, had the conversations hit the campaign trail and yet continued to get this incoming from members of the party, from allies, from donors who are just no

but let's start with cnn white house correspondent priscilla alvarez, who is with the president in delaware. so priscilla, i understand that the president is doctor has just given an update on his covid recovery. what did that doctor say? >> that's exactly right moments ago we received that doctor's note at firm kevin o'connor, that says that the president is still testing positive for covid, but that his symptoms are improving and he continues to take paxlovid. now, of course, the president we learned had covid on tuesday. he has been self-isolating here at his residence since in delaware. and even as he self-isolate, he has been deliberating along with his inner circle as they continue to receive multiple letters and messages from democratic lawmakers who remain concerned about the president's viability as the democratic candidate. and so the campaign for their part publicly, and on the airwaves yesterday that the president is staying in the race while acknowledging that it has been a difficult few weeks for them, the campaign also saying that the president is going to hit the trail again

priscilla alvarez. thank you so much. meanwhile, donald trump is savoring this growing chaos inside the biden campaign and the white house scene ends. alayna treene has details on a secretly recorded video where the former president bashes both president biden and vice president harris. so alaina, what does trump say on this video? >> well it gets interesting and as you mentioned, pamela trump, but also republicans in general are really relishing this period where so much attention is focused on joe biden's mental fitness, his physical fitness, and of course, the criticism from the fallout of his poor performance at the debate last week. >> and due to that, donald trump has been uncharacteristic ally quiet this week. he's been laying low. his advisers say he's at his club in bedminster, new jersey. however, we did hear some criticism leak out on a video was first obtained by the daily beast and donald trump himself posted this video to his own truth social page. and essentially in this video, he is sharply criticizing joe

cnn's priscilla alvarez at the white house. priscilla, what's the plan? >> well, look, john, these are two voting blocs that have shown waning support for president biden. so he is trying to shore that back up with this stop in nevada, both appealing to black voters and latino voters, but he's also tasked with navigating a quite delicate political moment. the president really starting the camp pain again in earnest just yesterday after letting it sort of sit on pause after the attempted assassination of former president donald trump on saturday. so yesterday remarks really focused on policy versus attacking the former president personally and also extending prayers to the former president on the policy front though, he made the point that his record has been better for black communities going after four example, the former president's remarks on black jobs. take a listen to that i love his phrase, blacked job a lot about the man at, about his character full trying to win a black job is it's a vice president united states. >> i don't want to apply chavez t

alvarez, you washington, dc, priscilla, how are they using this? they say this proves that the president is ready to go well, sources i've talked to you certainly feel pretty good about the way that the president i participated in that interview. >> and at the wisconsin rally yesterday hey basically making the argument that the debate was a fluke and that really was the idea behind doing a high-profile interview was to try to demonstrate that. but look, the biden that we got in that interview was a defiant joe biden, someone who continued to make the case that he is best suited to go up again? donald trump, even as some of his allies, including democratic lawmakers, are not so sure. and to take a step back here, this was a remarkable interview because it was so focused on the president's viability as a candidate. oftentimes when a president sits down for an interview, it's about domestic policy issues, foreign policy issues, but not this this was really, in some ways personal talking about the president's health and whether he really is up to the j

kayla tausche and priscilla alvarez. thanks to both you. i've seen as mine mirage is live on capitol hill, redfern air manu, former speaker pelosi waited until today to endorse vice president harris while house democratic leader jeffries and senate majority leader schumer put out a statement this afternoon saying that harris to a quote, great start to earn the nomination, but notably neither of those men endorsed her. what is going on? in top democratic leadership circles right now, well, initially right off the bat yesterday, jake, the democratic leaders did not want to put their fingers on the scale as they were grappling with this news, literally blindsided by this news that happened yesterday afternoon and trying to assess whether or not there any rivals with jump into the race against kamala harris. >> but in the last day or so has been very clear that those rivals, potential rivals, have endorsed kristen harris and it's very clear that harris as well on our way to securing the democratic nomination, those two leaders jeffries and schu

alvarez, with the president rehoboth beach. thank you very much. cnn's republic, biden's excuse me, republican challenger will soon be hocampaign event in the battleground state of michigan. this will be former president trump's first rally since surviving that assassination attempt. last saturday in pennsylvania, trump and his newly minted running mate senator j.d. vance of ohio. there are set to take the stage in grand rapids, michigan in just a couple of hours. cnn's kristen holmes is covering this trump rally for us. kristen, what are we expecting to hear from this new trump-vance ticket? >> well, alex never actually seen them campaign together. as we have for one of the reasons that donald trump chose if he wanted to maga thrown j.d. vance is on donald trump's version of the republican party. and the other thing donald trump chose j.d. vance because of the chemistry. but the two of them have been mined. >> we've seen any of that chemistry we have only very small the two of them together from the republican convention i did

i want to bring in cnn, white house correspondent priscilla alvarez. she's in rehoboth beach, delaware with the president. i'd states priscilla what have you learned about how this seismic and i do mean seismic announcement even came to pass after weeks of defiance well, ultimately the last 48 hours were pivotal. the president is self-isolating in his delaware residence here because of his positive covid diagnosis. and it was during that time that he was also deliberating and reflecting we're now learning that the president on saturday evening huddled with his senior advisers who were here in rehoboth beach and they assess the polling. they talked about what democratic lawmakers had been pleading the president to do, which was to step aside. and it was during that time that the president was starting to come to the decision that he was going to drop out of the race. he also, of course, consulted with his family. they have always been pivotal in almost all of his decisions over the course of his political career. but then today was ultimately the day th

priscilla alvarez. thanks so much. we'll leave it there for now. as president biden fights for his political survival, his challenger, former president donald trump, is set hold a rally in a battleground, state of pennsylvania today, and it comes just ahead of the republican national convention that kicks off on monday in milwaukee. all eyes are on trump. as we await his pick for vice president. the most likely candidates right now, senators marco rubio and jd vance and north dakota governor doug burgum cnn's alayna treene joins me now in butler, pennsylvania, where trump's rally will be taking place. alayna, when is the former president expected to? ounce his vp pick well, there's a few options, fred and we still don't exactly know when he's going to do this. there are questions whether could come tonight when he addresses the crowd here in butler, pennsylvania, but also when i talked to donald trump's senior advisers, they say that they really see the deadline for announcing as monday evening. that is when donald trump will formally be nominated

alex plowing had that is certainly what we're hearing from the biden campaign. >> priscilla alvarez in rehoboth beach, delaware with the president. thanks very much. >> let's talk more about the state of the 20 2024 presidential race. >> i'm joined now by bryan bennett, who is a senior white house correspondent for time so, brian, thank you so much for being with us. what do you make of the president's apparent determination as priscilla was just saying to really press forward with this reelection bid, get back on the campaign trail despite these growing calls for him to step aside. >> so the president is dug in and has really been decided to stay in the race. and i've been talking to some of his close aides of the last 24 hours while he's spending the weekend in rehoboth at his beach house he is reflecting on some of the criticism that's coming in and the calls for him to step aside. but really watching president and watching former president trump's speech on thursday night has convinced him. and some of his closest campaign aides that even though the race is tight and the numbers ar

priscilla alvarez. appreciate that. are joining me right now to talk more about biden's uncertain future is a steven newcomb. he has a congressional correspondent for axios, steven great to see you i say uncertain future even though you hear from the president and he's pretty defined, he says he is all-in. he's not going anywhere. but we also know that the top democrat in the house held a conference call today with his colleagues in the last hour to discuss biden's future, or have you learned anything more about what that conversation was about wasn't about biden's future, was it about their continued support or was it a moment to gauge support among a top leadership it was certainly about biden's future. >> we haven't gotten a readout of that meeting just yet, but that's not the only meeting that's going to happen on capitol hill this week, as you said earlier, senator mark warner from virginia is reaching out actively reaching out to democratic senators about a meeting about president's path forward that is tentativel

alvarez is live for us at the white house with the very latest good to see you, priscilla. all right. so what's the latest what's the strategy? how are they going to put things forward? >> well this is absolutely a make or break moment for president biden. >> of course, after that debate a campaign officials and white house officials have tried to reassure allies by saying they will see the president moore and they will see that vigor and aggressiveness that they talk about or describe the president as being behind closed those doors. and of course, over the last week we have heard from allies who said they do want to see the president get out on the campaign trail and have these unscripted moments. so in a new campaign memo, they're laying out exactly that in the month of july, a couple of things. the president, the vice president, the first lady, and the second gentleman are all going to visit our altogether is it every battleground state? the president is also going to deliver remarks at two conferences in las vegas in nevada. focus specifically on latino and black voter

alvarez for us there in rehoboth beach, delaware. thank you for that reporting and joining me now, cnn senior political commentator and former special assistant to president george w bush, scott jennings, and cnn senior political commentator and democratic strategist and former aide to president bill clinton, paul begala paul i want to start first with you just because we do have that new reporting that priscilla was just outlining about those sources telling cnn that the clintons, both of them are privately telling donors to continue donating and supporting president biden. this is we're getting reporting about house speaker nancy pelosi and other prominent democrats who are, who are trying to convince him to step aside. i'm just curious what you make of all of those dynamics together what i think president clinton is i don't talk about private conversations that may or may not have had with president clinton. i can tell you though there's not an ancient daylight between president clinton and president biden he did. >> president cli

let's bring in cnn's white house correspondent, priscilla alvarez, who is with the president in delaware priscilla biden's team. they are adamant that he is staying in this race. what more? are you learning today they are adamant and yet the list continues to grow with more letters pouring in today from democratic lawmakers saying that the president needs to step aside. >> now of course, this was an important week for the president to be on the campaign trail shore up support among black and latino voters and also convince those who are skeptical that he has the vigor to be the democratic candidate. and nominee, despite all of the circling questions and concerns. but of course, just as he was getting underway and doing that in nevada is right when he was diagnosed with covid had to blitz back here to delaware where he has since been self-isolating. now over the course of that time, we have seen more of those letters and calls for the president to step aside. well, the president himself is deliberating and with his closest inner circle, as they also feel these incoming messages. now now,

priscilla alvarez live from rehoboth beach. thank you so much. >> i had much more on this deepening crisis for democrats. >> we have new, fresh reaction from capitol hill plus a strange twist. investigators combing through evidence in saturday's attack assassination attempt of former president trump now believe an account in the shooter's name is fake. we're going to take you live to pennsylvania as officials dig for answers. stay with cnn new central. we're back in moments tonight, live from milwaukee, former president trump sepsis party's nomination for the nation's highest office, jake tapper and anderson cooper lead cnn special live coverage the republican national convention. then cnn, at morgan stanley, old school hard work meets bold new thinking to help you see untapped possibilities and relentlessly work with you to make them real doug someone needs to customize and save hundreds and car insurance with liberty nutrient. let's fly chief i thought you were right behind me. only pay for what you need labor day can the ree

let's get straight to cnn's priscilla alvarez, who is live in rehoboth beach for more on this. is there any indication at this point of how the president is reacting to not only nancy pelosi's blunt assessment of his candidacy, but he's also hearing from chuck schumer as well with the same blunt message sara, what sources are telling cnn is that the president is defensive. remember that last week during the president's nato solo news conference, he said he had not seen polling to suggest that he should step aside because he can't win the race. well, we're now learning that former house speaker nancy pelosi recently showed the president polling saying that not only could he not win, but that he could also have a detrimental effect to house races that for democrats. now, the president pushed back on that and sources tell cnn that at one point the former house speaker asked to get his senior advisers, mike donilon, on the phone to talk through the data. now, the white house's response to this as quote, the president, president biden, is the nominee of the party and the former hous

alvarez. thank you very much joining us right now to talk about a lot of that's going on, is the democratic governor of new york, kathy hochul. >> governor hochul, it's good to see you. thank you for coming on so we know that kamala harris, is soon going to be announcing her running mate. do you have a favorite? on that shortlist said another way is there is there a running mate that you think would most help harris win and most help democrats down ballot. >> here's the beautiful part of all this. there is such a wealth of opportunity here. we have great talent on the democratic bench i know a lot of the guy know all they democratic governors were close friends. we communicate all the time. and so i love all of them senator mark kelly, i understand is in the mix to and what an american patriot he is as well. so whoever she picks i'm telling you the republican ticket is going to be shaking in their boots because we have the talent, but also smart, articulate people who are not weird there's a b

priscilla alvarez. thank you so much. appreciate your reporting this morning. kate. >> let's talk about that this morning. donald trump and jd vance, they're getting ready to head out on the campaign trail as a team for the first time. headed to battleground michigan tomorrow, one of the states that vance named checked multiple times in his nomination speech, martin making very clear what a priority of the state is to their path to victory what will their message be when they started hit, when they hit the trail together, donald trump last night, as we've talked about at first he did. it first appeared the changed man that his campaign had hinted at following the assassination attempt starting off with a message of unity watch just scored and division in our society must be healed. we must heal it quickly as americans we are bound together by a single fate and he shared destiny we rise together where we fall apart i am running to be president for all of america, not half of america, because there is no victory in winning for half of america but then donald trum

alvarez. thanks so much. appreciate it joining me now is larry sabato the founder and director of the center for politics at the university of virginia larry, a senior biden official told me that things are looking bleak inside the campaign i mean, i was talking about this with maria cardona and the previous hour when the former house speaker, nancy pelosi is going to the president. i mean, this is not some backbencher in congress is going to the president is saying the polls don't look good. mr. president, you could not only lose the white house, but costs us the house in the senate. i have to think that the president is seriously considering that. what do you think larry o, i think he's considering it as, you report or suggest that he's receptive. that's the word everybody is using receptive when being receptive, and actually doing it, are two very different things and looked from biden's perspective and his family, but particularly biden's perspective, he has spent his entire adult life try

let's go straight to cnn's priscilla alvarez, who is traveling with the president in delaware this saturday, and priscilla the biden campaign says the president will be back on the campaign trail next week there is no other nominee. he is moving ahead. what are you hearing it continues to be a tone of defiance. >> the campaign, making it clear on the airwaves and in statements of the president is staying in the race and that there is no plan b or other scenarios that are being cooked up for the president to step aside. now, of course, the president is still grappling with multiple democratic lawmakers who have put out letters saying that he should withdraw from the race. i also obtained a letter today from former national security officials and foreign policy experts who also ask the president and to step aside saying that they, while they respect his foreign policy chops, they just cannot risk for president donald trump taking on a second term. so the campaign is grappling with this reality weeks after the cnn presidential debate. and the president's performance at that debate that's stoke

of course, she is talking about his shaky debate performance thursday night, cnn's priscilla alvarez at the white house this morning with the latest brazil. what are you hearing here? >> while there is still an attempt here to try to calm nerves especially amid anxiety and concerns within all corners of the democratic party still days after thursday night's debate. >> now, we know that the president huddled with his family over the weekend at camp david, where his family continued to encourage him to stay in the race grace and showed their support. advisers also telling cnn of the conversations are really focused on how the family can continue to help him in the race, not whether he should reconsider his candidacy of course, his family is crucial. they have been really important in an influential when it comes to the president's decision-making about running for office and reelection. now the president himself has also been collecting data and public polling and anecdotally, again, as they still grapple with that immediate fallout from the debate, there has been anxiety among donors,

right priscilla alvarez. thank you so much for that. we're also getting new reaction from donald trump to this democratic chaos. cnn's alina train has more on that for us. so elena trump has been relatively quiet on trump like right lately and it it's clear from the reporting you have that's because he wants biden stumbles should be sitter states still, right? >> that's exactly right, pamela, they want all of the chaos surrounding joe biden after the fallout from his poor debate performance last week, as well as the questions over whether he should ultimately step sayyed to be the story right now. and so you're exactly right, donald trump has been uncharacteristically quiet this week, and that is intentional. his team has told us that they want him to lay low. he's been at his club in new jersey at bedminster all week. however we did actually hear him on a new video that was first leaked to the daily beast and then donald trump himself actually posted it to his own true social page where he was sharply criticizing both president biden a

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let's get ready to cnn's priscilla, priscilla alvarez at the white house with the latest facility. what are you hearing? >> while the president was huddled with his family at camp david yesterday was a previously scheduled visit, but of course it was also at a crucial time as there has been so much fallout from the president's thursday night debate performance. now, the family, according to biden advisers, has told the president they support him, that they are encouraging him to stay in the race. now the conversations, according to sources, have been very much focused on how the family can help biden and not whether he should reconsider his candidacy. we're also seeing some of that too, and the pages of vogue and an editor's note for a profile of the first lady, the first lady telling the magazine that the president going to be judged of over those 90 minutes. again, referring to the debate, but rather his record that has been something that we have heard time and again from allies over the last several days. the president two is collecting his own data, anecdotally and through pub

priscilla alvarez at the white has this morning priscilla. thank you, fred. >> all while biden looks to course correct. his campaign after the debate, donald trump is ready for round to the former president, unleashing some fourth of july fireworks on social media last night posting a flurry of attacks against biden and the democrats, calling out the president to debate against him a second time, this time, quote, no holds barred. cnn's elana treene with me now so ln of what more is the former president's saying he's kinda seizing on this moment, isn't a he is. there's no question, fred, that donald trump as well as republicans at large, are relishing this moment and look, we have seen donald trump really ramp up some of his rhetoric online in the past 24 hours or so, but i will also argue that he's been uncharacteristically quiet this week. he has had no public events. he stayed at his bedminster golf cupp and new jersey. his team essentially told me that he's purposefully laying low. he wants joe biden and all of the handwringing we're seei