♪ it is the top of the hour. good friday morning. we have a lot of news to get to this morning. ear here are five things to start off your friday, september 15. it is official. members of the united auto workers union have targeted strikes against the big lee automakers. three plants are strike this morning as their contract expired at midnight. the ceo of general motors joins us. hunter biden is the first chimed of a sitting president to be charged by the justice department. he is now facing three gun charges after his plea deal collapsed last month.

from new england all the way up to canada, hurricane lee on track to bring heavy rain, wind and coastal flooding today and through weekend. as house speaker kevin mccarthy stries to avoid a government shutdown, he has a message for the republicans threatening to revoke his leadership. kareem abdul-jabbar asked the question, is biden too old to be president? the nba hall of famer joins us live in studio just ahead. this hour of "cnn this morning" starts now. working the uaw, we put four great offers on the table and we get little pieces of paper about one aspect or the other. we have never gotten a serious counteroffer in two weeks. >> these companies got to come to the pump for their workers. he want to call them family when

it's easy. but the proof's in the pudding. they haven't taken care of their workers. we went backwards the last 16 years. backwards. >> and breaking moments ago. its white house says president biden will speak today about that historic strike against all three automakers. this is the first time in history that the union has gone on strike against all three. this was the scene outside the ford plant in wayne, michigan, after the companies failed to reach a deal with the union by midnight. more than 12,000 workers walked off the job in targeted strikes in michigan, ohio and missouri. the united auto workers president says more will join the strike if their demands for better wages and benefits aren't met. he says workers haven't had their record share of profits while ceos have been given themselves wages. ford's ceo says it would bankrupt the company. >> 40% will put us out of business. we would lose $15 billion. we would have to cut people,

close plants. what's the good of that? it's not a sustainable business. there is a fine line here that we won't go past. >> our next guest sent a letter in july to the ceos of the big three automakers surging them to negotiate in good faith. she and her michigan senate colleagues wrote this. without american auto workers, the industry would not be the beating heart of the industrial revolution. the uaw helped create our middle class. joined by senator stab now. do you support the workers? >> i support the workers and what they want, poppy. i have to say, first of all, we are here at the north american auto show right now in detroit. our workers and our companies make the best cars and trucks in the world. the workers just want to make sure they have a fair share of that success. and i was there working on the

auto rescue very much helping to lead that back in 2009 and the workers took major concessions. there is no longer retiree health care. that hasn't happened since 2007. there is tiered approach to wages. they want to be restored and then now moving forward on an exciting new clean energy economy, they want to know that they are going to be a partner in that, in the success in that. >> you support the workers. you think they need fair wages. we just heard from ford's rory erlich who spoke to our colleague vanessa, and he also said that this final offer of a 20% pay raise over the life of the contract is the most lucrative they have ever given. do you believe the union is demanding too much? >> well, this is about sclektive bargaining. it's not really about what i think what you think. it's about what what the workers

need. what they view as just as fair, and that's what this is all about. i know they don't take it lightly. it's a hardship to go out on strike. but i know for a lot of years they have been taking a lot of sacrifice in order to support the companies and now we want to make sure that they are getting their fair share. >> one interesting thing about the letter you sent to the ceos in july is he specifically used the words negotiate in good faith. here is what the uaw union president said. >> good faith, they have had our economic demands for six weeks. we have told them day one we expect a bargain now, not wait to the end. they wait to last week. we had to file unfair labor practices for them to come to the table. they waited to the last week. shame on them and what they are saying is complete bs. >> i will say that the ford ceo

jim farley said he and bill ford, the chair of the company, went to give their final offer in person to shawn fain and that he wasn't there at the table. do you believe the ceos have in good faith? is that your understanding? >> i think that everyone is representing their interests. it's rough and tumble. collective bargaining can be very tough. i think this is a very tough negotiation and in the end they are going to have to come together in what they believe is just and fair for everyone. but it's important that those -- excuse me. i'm losing my earpiece. it's important that the workers who are creating these great new vehicles know that they are benefiting from their hard work. >> yeah. i'm really interested in your take -- can you hear me okay? >> now i can. >> i know, these little buggers, happens to me, too.

the biden administration, and this is interesting, right, because he called himself the most pro union president in american history. when our jake tapper asked shawn fain about that this week, shawn fain said i think there is a lot of work to be done in that category. i look at fdr and presidents in that timeframe and they did a lot of work for labor. are you concerned about what this means? the union withheld their support for biden so far. michigan's a critical state. >> right. well, president biden, in my mind, no question he is the most pro-union labor president we have had. and we are right now in a fight. and he is leading that to restore the middle class of our country. so it's a process. it's not there yet. i understand the workers' frustrations. but we are turning things around to bring jobs home with the chip plants and rebuild america and be laser focused on the middle class. this is something in process. we need to keep our workers,

strengthening the middle class as the focus and i know that that's what the president is doing. >> let me -- senator, let me ask it in this way. could not having the support of the united auto workers for biden's re-election campaign tip the balance against him in michigan? >> well, that's very important. i have been very grateful for their support over all of these years. i think, in the end, when they are looking at the choices, you know, i would be surprised if they were not supporting the president. >> i want to turn to what your republican colleague, mitt romney, wrote this week announcing he is not running again. he said it's time for a new generation of leaders. you are also not seeking re-election in 2024. you said you were inspired by a new generation of leader and you said that's why you decided to pass the torch. what do you think of that as it

relates to president biden and growing calls and concerns among democrats also about his age? >> well, first, i have to say that this president has done more than any president half his age. when we look at the real results in the economy. i mean, 13.5 million new jobs in the last two and a half years, getting us through the pandemic. what he has done internationally to build coalitions to bring the world back together. when we look at turning things around, no more trickle down. focus on the middle class. i am a strong supporter of the president, and to me this is not about age. this is about getting things done. and he is getting things done. >> you would argue mitt romney has been effective in terms of standing up for what he believes. you would argue you have been effective, but you are both saying it's time to pass the torch. you don't think the same is true

for the president? >> i think it's an individual decision that everyone has to make on their own circumstances. mitt romney has, as you know, great ties to michigan with his -- >> of course, his father. >> former governor. yeah. and really, really a terrific responsible united states senator. but i have to say, we each look around at the time and moment for our own personal lives. for me, we have a lot of great leaders, younger leaders in michigan, that i feel very confident i can pass the torch to and so, for me, it felt like the time. >> fair enough. senator debbie stabnow, thank you. we will be watching over the weekend. >> thank you. >> thanks. sources tell cnn that president biden will meet one-on-one with ukraine's president volodymr zelenskyy in the u.s. next week. we will ask christiane amanpour

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>> president biden is expected to meet with ukrainian president volodymr zelenskyy hear next week. biden and zelenskyy are scheduled to address the united nations general assembly in new york tuesday. unclear whether they will meet there or in washington where zelenskyy is also supposed to visit and go to capitol hill. christiane christiane amanpour joins us now. i am fascinated because of the political dynamics in the united states with the funding. >> wthat's why zelenskyy is her. he wasn't to make the case to the world and countries not

supporting him at the u.n. and lawmakers this is still a just cause, a worthy fight and with the right amount aid they can win. that's what he is going to try to say. >> so the question is, does it make a difference to the republicans who have been hold-outs on this and the fact that the majority of american people now do not support new increase -- >> is that right? i was under the impression -- >> 55 to 45%. >> which is the 55? you know, that's a change, if it's going down. up until now, the american people like the people around world have supported the defense of democracy and the international rules-based order and the civilians being slaughtered by this illegal war from russia. so it is going to be interesting to see what effect it has. but i think the president and other world leaders have made the case consistently that you have a choice. either we want to be under the boot of putin-style russian authoritarianism, or people get a chance to try to defend their

life free and independent. >> we talk the geopolitical repercussions or negotiations or efforts and sometimes don't talk about the people. >> yes. >> in ukraine. and you are on had week's episode of "the whole story with anderson cooper." i want to play a piece of your piece. ♪ ♪ >> i'm very -- getting very emotional. >> just watching? >> yes. because they all have a story to tell. each have a story to tell. but there is a group they can tell the whole story for their country. ♪ ♪ >> one dancer whose father just escaped from the front lines, serve people were there and five were killed. ♪ ♪ >> but every week, there is

something like this. every week. >> every week that news filters into this? >> yeah, something there is happening. >> it's beautiful. >> explain to people what they were watching. >> a ballet dancer in the blue and yell of the ukraine colors. more importantly, it's a lot of them came out of ukraine when the war started. this wonderful dutch ballerina and a russian ukrainian choreographer, very famous, who left russia after the illegal invasion of russia, you know, against ukraine. he is a bolshoi choreographer. he came over and helped create a new troupe, united ukraine ballet. the story is interesting. they have been to the kennedy center and what you see is people who want to continue the fight whichever way they can. this is their way of standing up for ukrainian culture and history and art at a time when the russian, you know, aggression is focused on wiping

out ukraine's identity. this is why it's so important. you will hear from some who stayed behind, why they stayed behind, why they are still dancing men. and dancers, men, who went to the front and was killed. it's the society through art and culture. >> it is beautiful. >> it is beautiful. and haunting. >> the momusic is phenomenal. their heart and motivation. >> wills, i would be remiss not to ask, it is one year since the tragic death of mahsa amini, the young iranian woman under very suspicious circumstances, refused to wear her hijab. tell us what about one year means, trying to hold those in power account on. >> she was wearing a hijab. they decided it wasn't hijab enough. she was arrested by the so-called morality police. she was so roughed up, she died in hospital. journalists who broke the story are still in jail. iranian regime is trying to

preemptively tamp down any protests and the like. so they are apparently weighing in heavily on the families, don't talk about it, don't do anything. stay home. apparently they are taking people out of universities, those professors who may have been sort of anti-regime, and importantly though, you know, the president of iran will be one of those leaders who comes over here to the united nations, tries to put his case to the world. he is also supporting russia. and this time last year, he refused to sit down with me because he wouldn't sit down with a woman who, by law, was not required to wear the hijab here in new york. so this year i don't believe he will be giving interviews to women. interesting thing is that the iranian women, while they have not overthrown the regime and they say that wasn't their aim, they are walking around going to restaurants and being in public without their hijabs. so, in a way, they have won part of the battle. in a way, there is so much further to go.

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for the first time in u.s. history, a sitting president's child has been indicted. hunter biden is charged on three gun-related counts after his plea deal collapsed in it's muddy of his father's re-election campaign. joining us is cnn's senior reporter harry enten. i want to start with where do americans stand on the hunter biden cases and investigations? >> yeah. so, you know, take a look.

the doj's treatment of hunter biden has been the clear polarality, not tough enough. 29% of americans say fair, clearly not tough enough beats the fair and too tough combined. as had hunter biden's guilt, you think hunter biden is guilty in the tax nonpayment case. that case originally included the gun charges. look at this. 59% say yes, he is, compared to just 2% -- i never seen a number that low -- say he didn't. very interestingly high number, 38% say don't know. the majority of americans say he is guilty. >> something our friend said earlier on the show that i think stuck with me. president biden is a father. it's a son who has addiction problems and has been fighting through it. how do americans view that? that's a complicated thing a lot of people identify with. >> it is complicated. is joe biden's actions regarding his son's investigation appropriate or inappropriate, we

have a class matchup. inappropriate takes the cake with 55% compared to appropriate at 44%. of course, just because they view them inappropriately doesn't necessarily mean it changes their vote choice some 2020. change in the chance of voting for joe biden after the claims against his son, clearly 57% say no impact. you do see 34% say less likely. but the vast majority of those republicans. they see joe biden's actions as inappropriate but the idea that will change their feet for 2020 doesn't bear out in the numbers. >> harry enten, you are always interesting, my friend. >> thank you. >> took my line, mattingly. i was going to say he is always interesting. in the federal case against former president trump and his alleged mishandling of classified documents at mar-a-lago, he did what seems to be a interesting interview with nbc news and said he did not direct anyone to decleat security footage after that footage was subpoenaed and as he is accused of doing by the

prosecutors in this case. here is trump. >> i want to ask you about the case related to mar-a-lago. a new charge suggests you asked a staffer to delete security camera footage. >> that's false. that's false. let me tell you -- >> would you testify to that under oath? >> it's a fake charge by this deranged lunatic prosecutor who lost in the supreme court nine owe and stride to destroy lots of lives. he a lunatic. it's a fake charge. more importantly, the tapes weren't deleted. in other words, there was nothing done to them. >> let's bring in cnn political on a list natasha, airline louis, elie honig. well, actually let's start there and we will get to hunter in a moment. that was really interesting what trump said. i don't know if it's bluster if he would actually testify in that trial. you contrast that with four

indictments. now biden's son for the first time in american history has also been indicted. very different charges. it just is sort of this -- can you put this in context? once again never before happened in american history. >> never before, right. look, the indictment of hunter biden is exactly what donald trump wanted. and it is all that donald trump wanted. if you go back to the first impeachment, things that we have heard him say on the record, he was saying he just wanted some rough equivalents, fa neutrali the criminal allegations against him. so now he can go out on the campaign trail and say you are accusing me of wrongdoing? let's talk about the biden crime family and try to impute to the sitting president something that his son might have done five years ago. so that's really all donald trump wanted. it's the politicization of an active government, the indictment of hunter biden, and

that's all it's ever been. that's why he instructed his followers and supporters the republican conference to say something, to start some kind of impeachment. they said they would do it even before they took power. the point again was not to come up with any real information or pursue truth or justice or anything like that. but simply to give donald trump an important -- what he considered an important talking point so that when he goes on the campaign trail he can say, everybody's got corruption charges. i've got corruption charges, and so does my opponent joe biden. >> it will never not be fascinating that this was literally what got then-president trump impeached the first time, doing this on exactly this issue. i think it's striking when it comes to the impeachment inquiry. you look at this week for president biden and between the -- we were talking about this last night and this morning. the strike that's now happening. the indictment of his son, very personal, has political repercussions. the impeachment inquiry. republicans are nowhere near figuring out how to deal with a

potential government shutdown. you had the ig nation column calling on him to step aside. it spins washington. more importantly, democrats who aren't tied to the campaign into an absolute freakout to be candid with you. i was talking with somebody last night, a democratic donor, very, very upset about everything and where things stand. i said if the impeachment inquiry didn't going to find everything, what are you worried about? they said benghazi with hilary. we didn't think there was any wrong to go but they atatacked her, utilized it and that's where the email stuff came up. >> what is promising is the numbers. public opinion, there is still a split about whether americans think joe biden did something wrong. of course it divides along partisan lines. ap poll, 66% of republicans think that joe biden did something related to hunter biden's business dealings.

7% of democrats. and there is no actual evidence that joe biden had anything to do with hunter's business dealings just yet. so with everything that is happening, there is a risk that a perception builds that this is just an attack, right, that there is nothing legitimate here. and so i think that can actually work in president biden's favor. but the other side of this is the concern around his age, right. although people are making this out to be something about joe biden, the american public is concerned about this across the board. and so joe biden can always point to his record of achievement and so the people who support him in that, i think they will be able to sort of lean on that versus the age as they try to make decisions next year. >> democratic congressman dean phillips of minnesota disagrees that this is not an issue for the american people. i just want to play what he said yesterday.

>> do we have that, guys? dean phillips? okay. here. >> numbers don't lie. i think we have some pundits that are. i know how people feel. the numbers reflect that. i know a lot of colleagues feel, and this is existential. i believe for democracy. >> so he was not taking a shot at -- >> i view you as a pundit. >> no. this isn't new for dean phillips. he has been saying this for a while now. he says it's existential and we need to say he is saying democrats need to say the quiet part outloud. >> i think we are all going to have to, as a sort of political discussion class, acknowledge that most people are not paying attention to a lot of this, and that in that kind of an

environment, simply repeating over and over again biden crime family, hunter's laptop, saying it over and over and over again starts to acquire a sort of political meaning, right? then we have to make a decision. are we going to now, based on the strategic planting of those kinds of propaganda seeds, now base policy on that? are we going to build a national election around those issues? i think overall people have enough sense, or should have enough sense, to understand that. the issues confronting the country are so much more important than that. those kinds of political cheap tricks cannot be how we frame this discussion for the nation as we go into a really important election year. >> an interesting point. he talked about the idea of a rough equivalence between what's happening with donald trump and his pending criminal indictments and joe biden. i think that's a perfect way to say it. donald trump has much bigger problems than joe biden. but you can see these things

being built, perhaps boot strapped maybe out of something, maybe out of nothing, but joe biden's got a pending impeachment inquiry. he has his son is indicted. let's not forget there is a special council out. robert herr looking at joe biden's handling of classified documents. now, we have heard nothing from his shop. he has been at this for eight months, which is almost twice the amount of time it took doj to investigate and close out the mike pence inquiry. but biden has, i think, a much less serious set of problems, but enough perhaps that someone could say rough equivalency. >> when people hear about the gun charge, i am thinking everyday americans, we have been talking about the health impact of addiction and drug addiction, someone having an addiction, getting a gun, they lie on a form, throw away the gun, barely have the gun for a long time -- >> 11 days. >> does that equate to someone

overthrowing democracy, taking classified documents? it does create some doubt. but when people actually get the details, i wonder how they -- >> i don't think it's about comparing them. it's an important point about what the gun charge is and how, as jennifer rogers said earlier, most people wouldn't be charge for something like this. could you explain why the same guy, david wise, didn't prosecute, didn't expedite hunter biden for the same thing before and now he is indicting him now? >> doj has done a very rapid turnabout on hunter biden. they walked into a federal courtroom six, seven weeks ago and were ready to get rid of this case or a misdemeanor. take a misdemeanor tax car. deal falls apart. the political pressure builds. david weiss requests special counsel status. he wants more power. merrick garland grants it. now full bore at hunter biden.

they have indicted him for the gun charge, which carries a ten-year max. i think important to note, that gun charge, i am quite confident, a place holder. they had to get that charge in essentially within the next couple of weeks. i think there is a tax charge coming. hunter biden has admitted that he failed to pay over $1 million in taxes. so i think there is more to come. the question is, does it get beyond the scope of guns and taxes and something -- there has been no public evidence yet but we don't know what doj has. >> appreciate it, as always. thousands of auto workers on strike this morning. ceo of general motors joins us next. and a new piece this morning, nba legend kareem abdul-jabbar asks, is biden too old to be president? the six-time nba champ in studio with us ahead. nor puddles of water, nor unexpected detours with a 20 footot drainage pipe,

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snoor the white house says president biden will speak today about the uaw strike against all big three automakers. this is the first time the union has gone on strike against three at you once. vanessa yurkevich is live with the ceo of general motors, mary barra. >> reporter: here at gm headquarters with mary barra, who is speaking to us about the latest developments on the strike today. thank you so much for being here. gm and the union could not come to an agreement before the midnight deadline. why is that? >> well, i think that's a question you probably need to

ask the uaw because we have a very compelling offer on the table. i am very frustrated because i think we had an offer that resonates with the people. it's an historic offer. gross wage increases of 20% that compound to 21%, maintaining world class health care. there are several aspects as well. i think one thing that's most important is job security. and we are an incredibly exciting time in this industry right now as we transform from internal combustion engine vehicles to electric vehicles. general motors has a pipeline coming. when we look at that and how this could delay that, it's at a critical juncture. so we have a deal i think is very, very important. that proposal sits at the table. the team is ready to be at the table. they are waiting. we need the uaw leadership to get these issues resolved to get people back to work. >> reporter: the auto workers st uaw struck against gm in 2014.

two strikes in four years. what are you getting wrong? >> each are different. i think 19 had a set of issues, very different. take a long time to go through all of that. if you look where we are right now, we understand the world has changed. we put an historic offer on the table with the increases. i think our manufacturing team is the best on the field. the way they manage through the covid situation and continue to build crossover, the way that we managed and they, you know, moved with us as we went through the semiconductor shortage and the supply challenges today. they are very resilient. i want to recognize them. manufacturing and engineering team for the last two years has been number one in j.d. power quality. we have a very talented team. we put an historic offer on the table. and so that's why i'm so disappointed and frustrated. >> reporter: the union is demanding, asking for a 40% wage increase over four years. they are asking for that in part

because they say ceos like yourself leading the big three are making those kinds of pay increasing over the course of the last pure years. you have seen a 34% pay increase in your salary, you make almost $30 million. why should your workers not get the same type of pay increases that you are getting leading the company? >> if you look at compensation, my compensation, 92% of is based on performance of the company. one of the strong aspects is not only are we putting a 20% increase on the table, we have profit sharing. so when the company does well, everyone does well. for the last several years that resulted in record profit sharing for our employees. you have to look at the whole compensation package, not only 20% increase in gross wage but also the profit sharing aspect of it, world-class health care and several other features. so we think we have a very competitive offer on the table and that's why we want to get back there and get this done. >> reporter: if you are getting

a 34% pay increase over four years, and you are offering 20% to employees right now, do you think that's fair? >> well, i think when you look at the overall -- the overall structure and the fact that 92% is based on performance and you look at what we have been doing of sharing in the profitability when the company does well, i think we have a very compelling offer on the table and that's the focus i have right now. >> reporter: let's talk about profits because in 2009 gm filed for bankruptcy, was bailed out by the u.s. government. workers made concessions to keep their jobs, to keep the company alive. why shouldn't workers be entitled to what they gave up 15 years ago, especially since gm is making record profits right now? >> well, first of all, this a cyclical business. we have had a very strong run. i think part of that is because of the demand for the economy and what we have been through with unprecedented, covid and semiconductor challenges. we have to remember we are a

cyclical business. we also have to remember this is a pivotal point in the auto industry for everyone as we make this 100-year transformation from internal combustion vehicles to electric vehicles. many aspects of the agreement, it is getting at the specific issues of some of the different challenges in different ways because no compensation system i think anywhere is the same as it was, you know, 15, 20 years ago. so we have to look where we are. we have to look at the future. at general motors we want to recognize the hard work of our manufacturing employees. we have an historic deal on the table. over best -- the best economics in over 115 years, and that's what we have on the table. we want to, you know, finish the negotiations, problem solve, and get people back to work. >> reporter: i spoke to your counterpart, jim farley, ceo of ford, and he said that if ford meets all of the demands that the union has, that ford would

go bankrupt. is that the same case for general motors? >> when you look at the original demands, they tote ald over $100 billion. that's more by quite a factor than we have made over the life of this agreement. frankly, more than almost double the market cap. company right now. that's why we have to have a realistic offer. we want to make sure we reward the hard-working men and women of general motors and the work they do everything. we think that's what we have on the table. >> reporter: is that bankruptcy-level demands? >> if you are asking for more than the company made, i think that's not a good position. >> reporter: shawn fain has, obviously, made some ambitious demands on the companies. there is no question about that. do you believe that shawn fain is setting his members up for disappointment in the end? >> you know, i think that's a question you should talk to shawn fain. i think our -- there are many employees who understand the reality of this situation. i think they will see this a record agreement when we look at

the gross wage increases, where we are in health care, when we look at the additional benefits that we have added as a part of this very, very strong offer that sits on the table. i think they will understand that because they -- and i visit a lot of plants. i am in one to two plants every month. i have been doing that for years. so when i talk to employees and listen to them, they want to know that their facility is getting a new product and to get a new product we have to have the money to design, engineer and installing the tooling and equipment to do that. you need to do both. they want make sure general motors is here for the next 115 years as much as i do. everybody needs to get to the table. we have a strong agreement. eights record agreement. i think we are in a good position to get this done. >> reporter: last question. you spoke to president biden yesterday. what was that conversation? >> i have been speaking to many members of congress and the administration. i will continue to give them an

update, to know we are negotiating in good faith and we have since july 18th when the negotiations started. we have been given over 1,000 demands and we have to talk it out, each and every one of those. we are doing the work. we want to get people back to wok. i think we have the best manufacturing team on the field right now and we are at an exciting juncture. we need to get people back to work so we can maintain our gm momentum and win and keep our position of selling more vehicles in this country than anyone else. we think we can grow with the ev portfolio we have on top of our internal combustion engine. we will be keeping everybody up to speed. the most important is to get the uaw leadership back to the table to get this resolved. >> reporter: mary barra, ceo of general motors, thank you for your time. phil, poppy, back to you. >> important conversation at a very critical moment with those strikes having begun. we expect to hear from president biden, who vanessa was asking about, in the hours ahead. >> for sure. thank you very much for bringing

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big topic in the 2024 election. president trump is 77, joe biden is 80. three-quarters of americans say they're concerned biden's age might negatively affect his level of physical and current competence. kareem abdul-jabbar is tackling the question in a new piece this morning asking is biden too old fob president? he said biden may drive the car more slowly with the blinker always on, but at least he's driving in the right direction. joining us now is kareem abdul-jabbar. we should note he endorsed president biden's 2020 run. i found -- we just read such a good window into the piece itself. i've always enjoyed your writing. why did you decide to write this given the fact this seems to be what everybody is talking about

in political circles? >> i think people have a distorted appreciation of what's going on. i mean, they're only three years apart. 77 to 80. it's only three years' difference there. so it's not about age. it's about how can you lead, right, and the best way to lead is to surround yourself with capable people that can advise and execute your ideas. and i think biden's done an excellent job of that, and i think that we should acknowledge that and respect that. >> do you think the biden administration and the team around him have done an excellent job at quelling the very real concerns of democratic voters, though, about these things? >> oh, i think in practical terms he has because look at the things that he's done.

you know, with the economy, jobs, et cetera. he's done a great job. but people are still calling out the numbers, 80 and opposed to 77, and it just doesn't make sense. president biden has surrounded himself with capable people who can execute his policies. people around trump, i don't know, they haven't seemed to have brought home the bacon very often. >> you know in your piece that you prefer younger candidates, right, but this is kind of what's on the table right now, these are the options, and therefore this is kind of where you stand. you echo to some degree what president biden always says, which is don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative, essentially what you're framing here. >> exactly. yeah. biden's experience and the people that he has advising him

have made a difference. trump has not -- if you ask the trump supporters what he has accomplished, they're at a loss. >> so, why from the president's perspective, from the president's team, does not not seem to resonate? if the disconnect, if that's the case, is so dramatic at this moment, then -- >> well, i just think it's just the way that people deal with what they think are, you know, really pertinent facts that aren't really pertinent facts. i keep saying there's only three years' difference, but for a lot of people, let's say there are two items for sale, one is $10, one is $9.95, okay. most people say, well, geez, the one that's $9.95, that's a lot less expensive than the one that's $10 when actually it

isn't. five cents is not much of a big swing. but it's the way that people observe things and how they see them in their minds. sometimes they just overreact to what they think is something that's pertinent, when it isn't. >> we all know your great record in the nba, 20 years. you led your teams to six championships. toward the end of your career, you passed the torch to great players, michael jordan, others. as you think about the democratic party going forward, i want to look beyond biden in 2024. do you feel confident they're set up to pass that torch appropriately to the people who will be the next generation of leaders in the party? >> i think so, because they're constantly trying to get those people involved in what's going on right now so they can have the experience and have an idea of what's going on and how to

cope as they enter, you know, the service of the nation. that's -- that, to me, is a good way to keep it efficient and keep it rolling along in a way that will benefit the majority of americans, because it doesn't always work out that way, as we all know. >> a little bit of time left. we are actually out of time. so we're going to keep talking about this. >> at the table. >> at the table. it's really a great to see you, great to meet you. >> you too. >> your writing has struck me for a long time. this is a really good piece people should read. jkareem abdul-jabbar, thank you so much. >> it was a pleasure. >> have great weekend, everyone. we're back here on monday. (bobby) my store and my design business? we're exploding. but my old internet,

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