here steve bennett is headed off to federal prison.aid, as he is prone to do, turning it into a media circus, using it i think to try and amplify and enhance his grand. every indication he is getting publicly that this is a great thing that sort of furthers his story, as we heard in that clip, that the justice department is somehow persecuting trump-friendly republicans. >> so, we hear bannon's vow several times, including right there with vaughn hilliard, plain as day, they don't try to hide it. your thoughts now, considering what the supreme court just ruled today in terms of this cloak of official acts being able to be used to provide immunity. if retaliation is the name of the game, sounds like the supreme court just said, steve bannon, donald trump, here you go. >> usually, when bannon says these kinds of things, he is looking to evoke a reaction and get media attention. certainly, trump would have more leeway to retaliate if that is what he decides he wants to do if he gets elected. i think for bannon, the fact that he is going o

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you don't know steve contorno. thank you fred. >> all right. let's bring into democratic strategist now to discuss biden's path forward, joe trippy and matt bennett. good to see flee. i can see you soon both of you. all right. so joe to you first, i mean, this is this is a growing tidal wave that seems very uncomfortable, not just for the president, the white house, but there you are okay. i'm like am i just talking to myself? okay. to a whole lot of people, the white house, the american people. so why do you believe president biden deserves the benefit of the doubt that he will make a decision best for country what well, first of all, i don't think anybody i think take the president as word, no one's going to force him out if he decides that to make some changes, it'll be his own decision. >> and i think it goes down to what we've been talking about a lot this morning, 248 years ago, we threw out had a king we don't pay fealty to our leader. there is no, there's no party. we're not a party that after 34 felony convictions still, no one says, y

. >> all right, steve contorno for us there in ohio. thanks so much for that reporting and joining us now to discuss this new state of the race, matt bennett, democratic strategist and former white house deputy assistant the president for intergovernmental affairs in the clinton administration. also with us jamal simmons, former communications director for vice president harris, and former deputy assistant to president biden matt, we can start first with you. >> we heard j.d. vance today accusing kamala harris of lying to voters about biden's mental capacity how do you think the harris campaign can best combat that narrative and push back on it? >> i just don't think that's a thing that voters are going to be thinking about when they vote in november. i think it's complete nonsense. everything that vance said in the clip, you played and what i've seen from his performance today was absolute malarkey. his joe biden would say. and i think what's clear is the date do not know how to attack vice president harris. they have spent a year or m

house democrat steve cohen with this democrat >> are you on the same page? >> no. >> what do you mean you're not on the same page? >> not even in the same book. >> sandra: colorado senator michael bennett is now the upper chamber's first democrat to say this. >> this is the first time in more than 20 years that a republican president has been up in this part of the campaign. donald trump is on track, i think, to win this election and maybe win it by a landslide and take with him the senate and the house. for me it's not a question of polling or politics, it is a moral question about the future of our country. >> sandra: he joins the list of congressional democrats calling for biden to step aside or say he just simply can't win. new jersey's cheryl the listest for biden to step aside. jerry nadler was on the list but now an apparent walk-back. >> do you have concerns about him being on the top of the ticket? >> we have concerns is beside the point. he is going to be our nominee and we will have to support him. >> you do not want the president to drop out? >>

up the handful of supporters that were standing here outside prison before bennett went in revving themwith these parting words hello dot, garland. that may be a martyr, right but martyrs guy, and i'm far from dead baby. and this bannon said that he had no regrets about define this congressional subpoenas, saying that he's prepared to serve the four months here behind in bars. >> now, once inside bannon's treated just like any other inmate who went through a metal detector, he was stripped surge and he was a scientist housing mean this political firebrand who produces this podcast, was going live from outside the prison before he went in his communications will be severely limited inside will be limited to a certain number of hours of time hello phone calls a month, and it's email communications will be monitor. now, pam, this is not the end of bannon's legal troubles. he is also facing criminal charges in new york for allegedly crowding donors in an effort to build a wall along the u.s. mexico border. he is expected to go to trial in that case later this year. pam. all right. kara scan