, those delegates, and see whether_ democrats, those delegates, and see whether or— democrats, thoseates, and see whether or not there's a basis support— whether or not there's a basis support for them there was mark. i�*m support for them there was mark. i'm sure support for them there was mark. sure those support for them there was mark. in sure those phone calls are being taken place with a lot of energy around the country. stephanie on monday, stay with us as our panel here on this life breaking news programme. if you'rejustjoining programme. if you're just joining us, programme. if you'rejustjoining us, you're watching bbc news, and katrina perry, and we are continuing here with our major breaking news story in washington, dc. us presidentjoe biden has analyses and in his reelection bid, withdrawing his name from the 2024 presidential election race and endorsing vice president kamala harris for the democratic nomination. the biden campaign is already filed with the us federal election commission to change the name to harris for president. in a statement on next, joe biden said i

since the i convention with head democrat after democrat _ convention with head democrat after democratose the issue is now that he has said that he is living, he won't seek reelection, he staying on his president and intends to finish out his term that is not seeking reelection. so the the inclination is to look to the future right now as to who comes next for the democratic party, given how close it is to pulling day and the advantages suppose those that refers up advantages suppose those that refers up on your own party for the next number of weeks donald trump and jd vance have the campaign field to themselves really don't they? the? themselves really don't they? they certainly do. _ themselves really don't they? they certainly do, and _ themselves really don't they? they certainly do, and frankly they're going _ certainly do, and frankly they're going to — certainly do, and frankly they're going to be excited to run against vice president harris because now that the _ vice president harris because now that the biden harris campaign apparatus has changed to harris for president. — a

on the democratic side it was interesting to note there was some apprehension from democrats whether candidate, if it will become allah and if she will be able to beat former president donald trump if it is hard, and from the republican side still very much a sense that donald trump has had some real momentum in the last few weeks while these calls have swirled about joe biden stepping down. republicans saying that they do feel he's in a strong position no matter who the candidate is for the democrats. very early hours since this announcement and people very much still absorbing the news. figs and people very much still absorbing the news. �* , ., , and people very much still absorbing the news. �* , . ., ~ and people very much still absorbing the news. a. ., ~ and people very much still absorbing thenews. a. ., ~ the news. as always, thank you so much for that. _ hunter biden asked americans to thank his father, adding in a statement... that statement from hunter biden. and joe biden�*s granddaughter naomi said on x... to americans who've always have his back, keep the faith, we will

, where do you think things sit right now with the democratic democratic party? i mean, this is an incredibly dramatic moment. is it not? yes, absolutely is. and i will tell you, for myself, in all my democratic friends and allies, this has been got friendship ever since the debate. and you know, one day it's like, oh my god joe is going to go. and then i know he's gonna hang on and we're gonna have to do with this and it's been back and forth and back and forth. where we seem to be right now. the latest reports are showing that really there are a lot of forces slowly, sometimes to publicly for my taste it's, it's slightly humiliating to see all these people probably call for him to, to stand down. but it does, it is looking like joe biden is less likely to be the different kind of comedy. all right, that means it says at the end of the day, the republicans may be the party settled with the low energy, old guy, where's the democrats would have somebody new excite. okay, james, last spring, you will look the chicago convention as a month away. presidential biden's

i think a lot of democrats wanted new energy— think a lot of democrats wanted new energy and _ thinknted new energy and blood in the process. we are looking — energy and blood in the process. we are looking at an octogenarian in donald _ are looking at an octogenarian in donald trump. obviously, the debate last month _ donald trump. obviously, the debate last month showed a lot of democrats thatjoe _ last month showed a lot of democrats thatjoe biden of last month showed a lot of democrats that joe biden of 2024 last month showed a lot of democrats thatjoe biden of 2024 isn't last month showed a lot of democrats that joe biden of 2024 isn't the joe biden— that joe biden of 2024 isn't the joe biden of— that joe biden of 2024 isn't the joe biden of 2020 even though, as vice president _ biden of 2020 even though, as vice president harris stated, there have been _ president harris stated, there have been incredible accomplishments in joe biden— been incredible accomplishments in joe biden presidency. but you have -ot joe biden presidency. but you have got young — joe biden presidency. bu

he is standing down as democratic party candidates in the which will happen at the democratic national convention next month. so he will remain on his president until the end of his to and the question now is, who is going to be selected by the democratic party as it's not many to contest the election? this is an issue that is going to be very messy indeed. and very difficult for the party to pull together and come up with the candidates who can be competitive against trump in the short pay period. uh that the, the candidates would have to prepare for that election. yeah, mike, as you mentioned, obviously under huge amounts of pressure of a recent weeks. do we have any idea what changed his mind? why he made the decision now too much? it's very difficult to say. perhaps he will reveal more of that when he addresses the nation. as he said with is the smoke senior democrats have been in touch with him for my president, brock, obama, a former president, bill clinton. we know that he's been in discussions with the minority lead the, the house and the majority lead to in the senate, but whi

so where does this leave the democratic party? well, the shake ups way any independent voters, will explore these issues with our guests in a moment. but 1st this report from katya lopez on the on a historic moment in american politics with us president joe biden. out of his re election campaign. his party is rushing to build a new plan, including who will lead the democratic ticket in november. god bless the united states of america. by the end is supporting vice president carmella harris, but she's not the official nominee yet. the former california prosecutor is looking to walk in enough to look at both to secure her nomination at the democratic convention. next month. we believe in the change has re energize the democratic base, but doubts linger. harris had low voter approval ratings in her 1st 3 years as v p . her party is now looking at whether she can turn things around and be donald trump, particularly in swing states. i think her likely nomination will put democrats in a strong position. she will be very competitive in t

the democrats have hemorrhaged trust in every category. >> todd: to that point, robert, will democratss the party that is needed to save democracy in light of the fact they are basically forcing out the candidate that won 14 million primary votes? >> this is probably the most undemocratic party and most undemocdemocratic party and most undemocratic presidential primaries i think you have ever seen. what are you looking at? you are looking at a party that says all of our voters pushed for this man, even our 24 delegates were headed that way or commended that way. and now they will abandon him and walk away. it is anti-democrats as you can get and in fact, it is possible to get some kind of blocked convention or stymied convention and the dnc picks their own ticket. that goes to the heart of it, which is americans don't have a lot of time to study, to understand, to vet whoever the democrats pick up. and trump and vance need to understand this can be a rocky road ahead appear at the shift is to a different candidate. it will be a tough run and interesting, but it will be tough. >> carley

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i'm the nominee of the democratic party.the only democrat or republican that has been donald trump, ever. and i'm going to beat him again. i know him. donald trump is a loser. [cheering] host: more from the associated press. the show of force from biden at the rally was part of his team's relentless sprint to convince lawmakers, donors, and a skeptical electric at the age of 81 he is still capable of being president.

the question for the democrats is, is she actually a good option.ve south dakota governor christie no thank you for joining us fun to call you governor because we both served in congress and i appreciate you joining us on hannity. first what you think should happen with joe biden do you think he should resign? >> in south dakota we've had catastrophic flooding recently so i just want to thank you and all of america and the strong people of south dakota with 30 of our 66 counties it by catastrophic flooding so thank everybody for thinking of south dakota the last 10 days and weeks getting through it but he asked me what i thought joe biden should do he should have resigned 25 years ago should have looked at his first 20 years of service and how devastating his policies were way back then. at this point in history i know democrats have made poor decisions propping them up they've known he doesn't have the ability to lead this country who i blame as the media and now they put the country in a very grave serious dangerous situation they put national sec

very important issue for democrats. . , ., ., ., democrats.great to have you on with _ democrats. katty kay, great to have you on with your— democrats. katty kay, great to have you on with your analysis _ democrats. katty kay, great to have you on with your analysis and - democrats. katty kay, great to have you on with your analysis and thank| you on with your analysis and thank you, us special correspondent katty kay with the view from the us. that's the view from the us. so what's been the reaction here in the uk? henry zeffman is in downing street. when it comes to the people behind me, keir starmerand his team, they would say not a lot has changed. they will work, uk prime minister will work with whoever the us president is. it is striking, keir starmer hasn't been prime minister very long, he went out to the oval office just a couple of weeks ago 0ffice just a couple of weeks ago when the nato summit was in washington to meetjoe biden for the first time in very quickly afterjoe biden made his announcement last night keir starmer released

and joe manchin dropped out and the democrats are going to take it, the democrats are giving up west virginia, okay, but now, if kamala harris wins the presidency, they could still hold on, right? they could still hold onto the senate because if they just get it to 50, her vice-president can cast the deciding vote. it was good enough for democrats in the biden administration to hold onto a senate majority, and it would be good enough again. but that means they have to play perfect, they have to pitch a perfect baseball game in all of these other races. how likely is that? okay. the hardest ones for democrats to hold, you start with montana. montana has a lot -- is a demographically changing place and there's reason to believe that democrats have a better future in montana and they have a pretty good past and jon tester is well suited to the state and lines up really well. i think it's going to be real tough because as the fashions, as the people put on jerseys i'm this team and you're that team, that what happens in the elections, people get more-- the states become more like what th

leaning democrat. so, arizona, pennsylvania, wisconsin, it looks like democrats have leads in those races but they will be high dollar affairs. there is virtually no republican vulnerable in senate seats. the closest thing would be ted cruz in texas, but that's a real stretch. the question in the senate is not so much do republicans control it, it's what is the republican margin at the end of the day? if republicans take back the white house, i would argue that 51-49 is not a governing majority for donald trump. keep in mind, there will still be thorns in his side like susan collins and maine, lisa murkowski in alaska and bill cassidy in louisiana or john curtis from utah, they could be moderate counterweights to the white house in that scenario. if republicans get to 53 or 54 seats, that's a different calculus. and then trump has much more leeway to enact an agenda make people uncomfortable. host: this is kevin, line for democrats. guest: thank you for taking my call -- caller: thank you for taking my

our numbers for democrats are -- on the democratic ticket? numbers for democrats are (202) 748-8000. for republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents can reach is that (202) 748-8002 -- reach us at (202) 748-8002. if you would like to text us, that number is (202) 748-8003. if you would like to reach us on social media, that is facebook.com/cspan and on x at @cspanwj. we want to turn to the rally in grand rapids, michigan yesterday, where former president trump returns to the campaign trail for the first time since the attempted assassination on his life last week. here is a bit of that rally with him discussing what happened. [video clip] >> let me begin with a special thanks to americans nationwide, including all of you here today for your extraordinary outpouring of love and support in the wake of the horrific last saturday event. when you think of it, it was exactly one week ago today, almost to the hour, even to the minute. >> incredible. what a day it was. as i said earlier this week, i stand before you only by the grace of almighty god. i

partly because the delegates who will go to the convention in august, democratic delegates of the democraticbe heavily labour unions, compared to the rest of the country there are higher numbers of african—americans and higher numbers of hispanic delegates. it's a delegate component that will skew more liberal perhaps than the american population, and that, i have been told by democratic strategists, that actually amongst those people kamala harris polls very well, they like her. even if there were some open process between now and the democratic national convention in august, the chances are that at the first round of voting kamala harris would still win. so just explain to our viewers around the world what the process is now going forward up until august. i kind of wish i could explain that! i have been trying to read up on this and the truth is the process is messy because we haven't been here before. we know there will be the august convention and that is when the nominee is kind of formally announced, if you like. all the delegates cast their votes for that nominee and there is a voting

if democrats win, what happens next? in the past, we eagerly cut deals with republicans and gave a teeny tiny tax cut to middle-class americans and then another big fat tax cut to those at the top. when ronald reagan got elected, for example, the democratic house fell all over itself to make a $10 trillion tax cut deal with him. that is a doom loop in its full glory. look at the bush tax cuts. why did those cuts cost $8 trillion? because his democratic successor, president obama, cut a deal with republicans to make nearly all of bush's temporary cuts permanent. the impact on the national debt was staggering. right up until that moment, the congressional budget office projected that federal revenues would keep up with federal spending, and debt to gdp would actually decline. but once obama made that tax cut deal with republicans, the federal deficit ballooned. the next chapter in that story was an exercise in five-star hypocrisy. right after the deal was cut, republicans claimed to care deeply about the deficits. they the

he'll be the democrat in this race. the true democrat. he's going to get people to turn for him in october. it'll be stunning. he is not quitting. he is not built to quit. that's what i think, and i think it's the most important thing we're going to resolve here by tonight. i hope he is prepared to face the press. the press will not be easy on him. they've been kept from him. "the new york times" editorial board never got to interview him before they came out against him. "the philadelphia enquirer" the same way. he hasn't been available to the press. the people who come up at lunchtime to meet with the senators have to explain that. they have to explain why they've kept him in a witness protection program for all these months. why haven't they let the press meet with him? why do they keep turning down interviews? why do we have to prepare for days to meet with lester holt on monday? why don't they come up to the hill and meet with the senators? you're up there, i'll be there in a half hour, ten minutes, get it over with. meet with them.

democratic meeting has ended. lasted two hours. hakeem jeffries left out the back door. >> bill: and went in the back door. >> dana: we don't know what he is thinking but hope we'll find out later today. sandra smith will take you through the next hour. hi, sandra. >> sandra: fox news alert as we begin a new hour, seismic fracture in the president's party and he is the cause of ch chasm, an intense meeting brought no consensus whether the 81-year-old president should stay in the race. senate democrats are set to have a similar discussion about that an hour from now. and this is "the faulkner focus." i'm sandra smith in for harris. house democrats started to trickle out of that closed-door meeting an hour ago. most of them basically just ignored reporter questions that were shouted at them as they departed. senate democrats will be discussing biden's viability during their weekly lunch meeting. the questions dividing the party, can biden win? if he can, is he up to serving another term? yesterday the president was all about tamping

small, the democratic process. over such a long period of time, 14000000 democrats voted to make joe biden to nominate. so it would be wrong and i think on lawful it in accordance to some of the states rules for a handful of people to go into the back room and switch it out because they're, they don't like the candidate any longer. that's not how this is supposed to work. so i think they would run into some legal impediments in at least a few of these jurisdictions. and i think uh they'll be a compelling case to be made that that shouldn't happen. and so i think they've got legal trouble if that's there. and yeah, you know, that's our intention and that's their plan. let's go about solving fisher and washington dc, the republic and certainly uh, making that point. very clear right now about the way that you think this might total and did the calls but kind of give you that direction. a mock a lot is who is a well known democratic lawyer. he fought a lot of the cases that were raised after the 2020 election says the

he's on democrats that he _ democratic party. he's on democrats that he has— democratic party.as served over 50 years in the senate, his vice president and president. — the senate, his vice president and president, they were the ones that decided _ president, they were the ones that decided to— president, they were the ones that decided to push them aside to try to win. decided to push them aside to try to win that— decided to push them aside to try to win that is— decided to push them aside to try to win. that is disgusting. now, the question— win. that is disgusting. now, the question also has to be asked month to questions, doesjoe biden, with his cognitive decline, actually know he's not _ his cognitive decline, actually know he's not running, and numbertwo, if he's not running, and numbertwo, if he is— he's not running, and numbertwo, if he is hot— he's not running, and numbertwo, if he is not capable of being a candidate for president of the united — candidate for president of the united states, isn't easy a constitutional crisis and national security— constitutional cris

and the democrats are really need to move fast. as james was explaining there, there has to be some sort of process to really unify the party. because if we just go back a few days, there were voices on social media and progressives, and others on the democratic party who really were against this movement to pressure joe biden, to pass the charge. but they were calling it a bloodless crew in the making. and they may come around for uh, a comma la harris, but the time is running out so well. no. after the election, whether this worked or not, or joe biden will say, i told you so. and other democrats will say, you know, this was the right thing to do. it's all going to depend on what are the results in november. steve, we know that after is debate performance, you know, bite and tried very hard to try to sort of reset the narrative, insisting, but he was going to stay in the race. so he thought the certainly giving some interviews and maybe give me some stump speeches, that nato press conference. so the, perhaps that would change the

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house and a democratic senate. maybe they can gain support that way, but doesn't work like that. split tickets anymore. it really doesn't. let's go back since 2000, same party won presidency and congress yes five times. no was just one time and 2012 that the house that year, but the house popular vote that you're actually went democratic, even though republicans maintain control the house. so the fact is five out of six times, that's not good math. and let's just take a look at the senate here. senate and presidential races and 2016 and 2020, states that voted the same way on both 68 states that voted for a different party. just one that was main back in 2020. fact is straight ticket voting is the way of the land. these days, the idea that democrats down ballot could somehow outrun joe biden is such a great extent to win control in the house or maintain control in the senate, that it seems to be, to be an unlikely proposition is a pretty stark yeah, that's those are those are pretty clear numbers. terrion. thank yo

or a democratic elite. and with that, they mean people like nancy pelosi or chuck schumer or and mr. hakim or jeffries, the minority leader in the house of for having pressured, mr. biden, or president biden, into the yeah, stepping out from the race. that's what we have so far is just of course a, a snapshot of things. the overall picture here is that the real work for democrats now to retrieve and to revive this campaign starts actually right now. the dw reporters define z minds in washington dc. i'm sure you will have more later, but for now, thank you very much. and as biden says, he will be focusing on the feeling his duties as president for the remainder of his term. let's take a look now at the weeks that have led up to this decision. inflation has, it was a moment that changed the trajectory of the 2024 presidential campaigns has increase. making sure that we're able to make every single solitary person right, eligible for what i have been able to do with the uh, with the cobra. excuse me, with um,

and i think core democratic voters are going to support the democratic nominee, whoever that is. the whole by switching candidates out is that people will be less concerned about the democratic candidates, a physical and mental fitness for office. and they're hoping that this actually den side the shot as find is that shines a spotlight on the issues that democrats want to tell is the reasons why they should control the white house, as opposed to donald trump in the republicans. now that being said, joe biden was struggling to craft a resident message for voters. that's how did the highlights of his record. and so calmly, harris now is going to have to do a better job the job i did, of crafting that message and making the case for why democrats should hold onto the white house for another 4 years. and she's got to do so holding the same record that job i had. so she isn't quite presenting herself as change in the way that say brock obama was able to do in 2008. she is changing that she is a different younger, more energetic candidate, but she is still sort of, you know, she is st

these are regular democrats.hey are not a bunch of people who are ready to sort of throw a lot of darts at the process and challenge the process. i think that that is, i guess, good news for kamala harris. the question is, how unified will they be. can they carry some sort of unified message reintroducing kamala harris to the american people are presenting her as a realistic alternative to trump dance. >> that is already happening on other channels in other places there is this resurrection of the vice president and how crucial she was to big things. obviously, the criticism is the borders are and other elements that she was given to handle. i spoke with a number of pollsters who said the former president has a high floor and a low ceiling when it comes to polls. do you think that since the assassination attempt, pretty unified and slick convention, that there will be something that adjusts that low ceiling? even as democrats start to get their head around the more vigorous younger perhaps new ticket? >> you have

pretty ironic also that the process may be not that democratic in the end and that 14 million democrats voted for joe biden and they may set up some logistics process for chicago delegates to make the decision behind-the-scenes and in the convention. >> i know you've got a couple busy few hours ahead of you. we thank you. we will we will see you a bit later. let's get right to peter doocy as we approached the top of the new hour the news is breaking, peter, you are right there at the white house what you know so far? and what of you heard? >> well, we know president biden remains at his beach house at rehoboth beach, delaware. this is a big surprise if you listen to the things presented biden and his top aides have been telling us for several weeks. it was friday morning the campaign put jen o'malley dillon the campaign manager out on them msnbc for 20 minute injuries had to reassure democrats president biden wasn't it to win it. should all

.— the process itself or the democrats. ~ ., democrats.ill leave it there. but _ democrats. we will leave it there, but thank _ democrats. we will leave it there, but thank you - democrats. we will leave it there, but thank you very l democrats. we will leave it - there, but thank you very much for your thoughts and perspective on what we are looking at donna ahead to as we continue to track the5e looking at donna ahead to as we continue to track these very significant developments leading up to the us election. let's also understand a little more on the political fallout from president biden'5 decision not to run again. joining us now —i5t not to run again. joining us now —istjulia manchester who is joining us now —istjulia manchester who i5joining us now. thank you for your time today. we're getting some newlines coming in a short back that the democratic national committee chairman 5aid democratic national committee chairman said the democrats will deliver a nominee by the seventh of august, as early as next week's topic in the last 24

let's talk about the democrats, because okay, look, let's talk about the democrat democrats. i mean, because this republican convention, many people say, really put the republicans unity on display. and if you contrast that with what's happening to the divisions that are really rolling, the democrats, where do you think things sit right now with the democratic democratic party? i mean, this is an incredibly dramatic moment. is it not? yes, absolutely is. and i will shoot for myself in all my democratic friends and allies . this has been got friendship ever since the debates and you know, one day it's like, oh my god, joe is going to go and then i know he's gonna hang on it. we're gonna have to deal with this and it's been back and forth and back and forth. where we seem to be right now. the latest reports are showing that really there are a lot of forces slowly, sometimes to publicly for my taste. it's slightly humiliating because he always people probably call for him to, to stand down. but it does, it is looking like joe biden is less likely to be the different kind of come

democrat versus democrat battles. when we do a poll at the beginning of the race it's like 80 points and almost zero name recognition. n but young people if we elect fiber support with every demographic voters are always like half interested in unseating the incumbent purely anti-incumbent citizen ideological sentiment and antiestablishment vibes when generational change. they're also more familiar with the members of the squad and were supportive of them. three or four of them have major primaries coming up and could be unseated. in this upcoming primary i am curious whether some of the stuff around gaza is having an effect not just on a biden but democratic party brand. those candidates are unseated democratic party is not a place for candidates like omar, and bush the second thing i was going to say was on some they're down ballot races so schumer gave a landmark speech in the senate a couple weeksk ago how e had personally turn the page on netanyahu was calling for new elections in israel. maybe for electoral reas

to a democratic process. we have to have a transparent process for how we pick our new nominee now, and to be clear, president biden was never the nominee, so he has stepped aside before he became the nominee, but we have to have a transparent process by which we reach the nominee and to have a transparent nomination process. what does this all mean for former president donald trump and jd vance, given they won't have formal names to run against for another month? you saw the unified republican party coming _ you saw the unified republican party coming out _ you saw the unified republican party coming out of milwaukee a few days a-o. coming out of milwaukee a few days ago they— coming out of milwaukee a few days ago. they will be ready to take on any democrat. the only thing transparent about what has taken place _ transparent about what has taken place today was, democratic power brokers _ place today was, democratic power brokers. former president 0bama to speak— brokers. former president 0bama to speak for

now as far as democrats democratic lawmakers had some of, some of them had started to gain some consensus about the vice president becoming the nominee. if president joe biden were to step aside because of internal polling that suggested that she would fare well against former president donald trump. also, because in terms of the process, it might be easiest because she is already part of this campaign apparatus. so the democratic lawmakers, as much as they were calling out publicly for the president to drop out, were quietly also trying to sort out what this process would look like and again, starting to mobilize behind the vice president isn't it but again, it was unclear if the president was going to withdraw. and so a lot of these conversations have been happening behind the scenes. but how they actually come to fruition, what happens next is still unclear. and even those who were having the conversations don't have those answers yet. and so certainly the vice president, again, we should note, is in dc, we'll see to we'll wait to see if we hear from her today. but this letter from the

the democrats -- it was a clichÉ. democrats were the working-class party.look at the way parties are evolving in terms of their coalition, it is clearly neither one of those. democrats are no longer the working-class party, and certainly republicans, it is silly to think of them as the country club party. chris: voter propensity is a problem for republicans, because republicans used to have this advantage -- the rule is basically more educated, more affluent people voted at a higher propensity. and when the republican coalition rested in the suburbs and more affluent people in their old coalition, they punched above their weight, and it was harder for democrat was t folks out. turnout was a problem. how do republicans address the numeral?? sara: there is some of that. here are still going to the shift so you end up with suburban voters being a huge swing bloc, suburban voters because they are college educated, it means they are shifting to the left, but they are still pretty conservative on a lot of economic issues and they are moving to the right. turnout

democrat you might like that. but other than that there's not a lot of accomplishments are topoint to pick up the thing wih the border just became a complete disaster to the point where it looked like she completely washed your hands of it did not want to have anything to do with it. the congressional black caucus came in support of eight kamala harris nominations and congressional black caucus papackjoints present by fully supporting kamala harris and as her party semi- sorry that's the pact not the actual black caucus i'm sure those are the same thing. didn't you said you had thoughts about lbj and all this? >> a couple things to mention. i had this great fortune of doing a voice over for a documentary is a short one on vaccination about the 1968 campaign it was fascinating there were things i had forgotten on things i had met memory refreshed on. one of them was yes, lbj was having trouble looking like he was going to win but as i understand it he also suffered a heart attack and was very fearful and freaked ou

caller: let's go to pennsylvania, langford democrats. caller: -- line for democrats.r: i cannot agree with you with the press. i am 84 and what i called to say it was we need a candidate in the democratic party that will appeal to a lot. i suggest george clooney. host: why is that? caller: he is wonderful looking, and a good actor and a democrat. host: he is good looking and a good actor and that is why you want him to be the president? caller: yes. we have had good looking presidents. he could convince the people it is going to be alright and george clooney could do that for me. host: and he has a pretty wife? caller: i don't know if he has a wife. [laughter] host: let's go to felicia from texas, a republican. caller: thank you for taking my call. i was calling because i wanted to make a statement. the democrats talk about the end of democracy. they are the party of the end of democracy if they think that they can get joe biden to be there candidate. they need to put saying term is the threat to democracy for the democrats of the threat to democracy. host: nbc news s

leaning democrat. arizona, pennsylvania, wisconsin, it looks like democrats have leads in those races but they will be high dollar affairs. there is virtually no republican vulnerable in senate seats. the closest thing would be ted cruz in texas, but that's a real stretch. the question in the senate is not so much do republicans control it, it's what is the republican margin at the end of the day? if republicans take back the white house, i would argue that 51-49 is not a governing majority for donald trump. keep in mind, there will still be thorns in his side like susan collins and maine, lisa murkowski in alaska and bill cassidy in louisiana or john curtis from utah, they could be moderate counterweights to the white house in that scenario. if republicans get to 53 or 54 seats, that's a different calculus. and then trump has much more leeway to enact an agenda make people uncomfortable. host: this is kevin, line for democrats. guest: thank you for taking my call -- caller: thank you for taking my cal

that's the democrats.n't give a flying fig about democracy. >> seb gorka good to have you on the show, and we'll catch up soon. a former senior adviser to donald trump, of course, a popular broadcaster and political commentator, doctor sebastian gorka. let's hear from tonight's top pundits right now, political commentator chloe dobbs, former labour parliamentary candidate and special adviser paul richards, and the former political editor of lbc, theo usherwood, chloe dobbs, let me start with you. your reaction to the news that's broken tonight? joe biden, out of the race for the white house. >> i mean, i'm glad to see that he is finally gone. this has been a long time coming. i was genuinely shocked that after that horrific presidential debate that he didn't step down. then he's clung on, but now his time has come. sadly, i don't think, though, that any of the alternative candidates are going to be any good. we're probably going to end up with kamala harris. there is the so—called kamala harris problem, wh

democratic. thank you for guiding us through that. so clearly i physical science is delta aggregate last week from henry you to actually taking so much. i a thank you. the us secret service director kimberly chantelle has admitted that the agency failed to protect donald trump against an assassination attempt in pennsylvania. on the 13th of july, low make us have been expressing anger of how the government could have gone so close to the republican presidential nominee when he was supposed to be being carefully guarded. secret service as acknowledged that he denied some request by the trump campaign for increased security and since the vents in the years before the assassination attempt addressing congress directed, she took describe it as the agencies most significant operational failure for decades. the secret service of solemn mission is to protect our nation's leaders. on july 13th, we failed. as a director of the united states secret service, i take full responsibility for any security lapse

and maybe ignore the other numbers that 67% of democrats and democratic leaners don't want them to. >at about the poll numbers in the battleground states, which is what actually we all care about because that's where the election is going to be decided. and there are polls that have shown that he has lost ground in the battleground states. and that's why you have members from the state of michigan, for example, a battleground state saying, he can't win it, he ought to he ought to get out of this. and so this meeting between the biden people and the senate people could be very very difficult because they're looking out to save the senate and their jobs are on the line and you've heard people like john tester say, well biden can't win the state of montana. so they've got lots of questions that need to be answered and this press conference, he is going to do today. i mean what do we all expecting a different joe biden to show up? i mean, he's not benjamin button. he's not aging backwards. he is who he is. and so i think we can overplay every appearance. we see joe biden that i mean, he h

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and what they will be remembered as one of the least democratic moments, least democratic moments in our country's history, the media, the democratic party overlords. political insiders have all come together to anoint. come on harris, even though she isn't now. and never has been the choice of most americans. that's important, dammit, i mean, look at this chart, this thing was put together by, by the way, by the lead political writers at the new york times, each writer was asked which candidate is most electable. and. 2 well, okay ma'am, as the worst or quote risky, is joyce the democratic party. there she is. lo and behold, kind of layers. according to the political writers at the middle of times, no less about me saying this as i'm saying this. but regardless of that, the democratic party seems hell bent on ramming her through. whether she's the people's choice or not. if you're an american or how if you're just a citizen of the world, you gotta be bothered by stuff like that smell to be fair. she may be, she may end up being the greatest candidate in the world. you know, to be fa

caller: let's go to pennsylvania, langford democrats. caller: -- line for democrats.aller: i cannot agree with you with the press. i am 84 and what i called to say it was we need a candidate in the democratic party that will appeal to a lot. i suggest george clooney. host: why is that? caller: he is wonderful looking, and a good actor and a democrat. host: he is good looking and a good actor and that is why you want him to be the president? caller: yes. we have had good looking presidents. he could convince the people it is going to be alright and george clooney could do that for me. host: and he has a pretty wife? caller: i don't know if he has a wife. [laughter] host: let's go to felicia from texas, a republican. caller: thank you for taking my call. i was calling because i wanted to make a statement. the democrats talk about the end of democracy. they are the party of the end of democracy if they think that they can get joe biden to be there candidate. they need to put saying term is the threat to democracy for the democrats of the threat to democracy. host: nbc ne

that's ri . ht, democratic party nominee. that's riaht, she democratic party nominee.ty nominee. that's right, she does not _ democratic party nominee. that's right, she does not automatically| right, she does not automatically get the nomination, and she is aware of that, she says she was to earn the nomination. i am outside the white house. always busy on the weekend but even more so than usual, there are crowds outside the white house stop lots of media as well capturing this seismic moment in american political history. joe biden himself is not in the white house. he is expected to be here later in the week. he is in delaware where he is isolated and recovering from covid, and said he would address the nation at some point in the next few days, we presume that address will come from the oval office, and he will be endorsing kamala harris, he has done so in the statements he released earlier. what is notable is that president obama, former president obama, who president biden served faithfully for eight years, paid tribute to mr biden but did not endorse kamala harr

hillary clinton fresh in the minds of many democrats, and they see that democrats have had a problemh attracting votes from men in particular. that is front of mind. there is also front of mind for many democrats, urging harris to focus on key states, like a pennsylvania, an arizona, places where they could make a key selection for a vice presidential running mate for her. that is the first really big decision she needs to make by the end of the month, i'm told. and, from some of my democratic sources who point out, you need energy, and you need unity to win a campaign. th they now have energy, and they need to see that unity around the ticket. >> if she becomes the nominee, how does that change the debate about the substance of this contest, about the policy issues? what changes? >> well, you have generational shift, by the way. we no longer have an 81-year-old democrat running against a 78-year-old republican. we have a 58-year-old woman of color. that ignites young voters that they are concerned about, because they saw that lack of enthusiasm for joe biden. on key issues that were

democrats wanted this change. they thought president biden was definitely going to lose. now they think they at least have a chance and one of the pieces they hope with harris is to fill in some of the cracks. president biden ahead, support among african american support among young voters, principally because of the israeli gaza conflict. so those reactions from young voters and from a couple of black voters in milwaukee were relatively positive. we'll see how it goes forward, but i would say on the first day of the democrats saying maybe changeable spice things up and change things up. perhaps some evidence of that. but we got to 107 days to go wolf all right. >> john, just a little while ago here on cnn, i had a chance to speak to democratic congressman lloyd doggett of texas, who told me he wants the convention in chicago to decide the nominee. they're wet just about 15 weeks until the november election. our democrats in over their heads potentially right now? >> but it's going to be an extraordinary difficult

i said really what happened was the leaders of the democratic party in a very and democratic move. the boss is a said, either you get out or we're going to throw you out using the 25th amendment. that's what happened. you know that you either want to get out, but they told him you get now. you said you get now. alright, i wonder what you think about that said ben. ivy gives entirely true. i actually released, we released the video and to the media yesterday and calling this the democrats with the most and democratic process in modern us history. again it's, it's important for your, your viewers to understand that in the democratic primary because binding was running, there was no actual primary health. no debates were held. the dmc said we won't hold debates because we have an incumbent president. so robert f. kennedy junior, who is running now as an independent actually started on the democratic side running in the democratic primary. he dropped out of the democratic side because it was such an unfair process. there were no debates, and so no other candidate was given any kind of