it was very profound. >> alice stewart, we showed what voters say their decisive issues are, economic issues at the top of it. do you agree that's an impactful message from the president? >> look at those numbers. the economy is 51%. voting and election concerns are down in single digits. we're hearing from even democrats with concern over the president's speech last night, not just in terms of the message, but the messenger. his message that democracy is on the brink is not what's top of mind with voters. voters are concerned with money in the bank, not democracy on the brink. he would have been better served to focus on economic issues as well as inflation, but also the messenger. we've heard "new york times" peter baker this morning, he said many democrats are trying to distance themselves from president biden due to his low polling numbers. our colleague david axelrod said the same, that democrats prefer to run their own race. i think that's where the trouble lies. five days out from the election, not speaking about the issues that are top of mind for voters, that's a big concern.

joining us ashley allison and alice stewart, republican strategist.. ashley, let's start with you. when we look at all this, the president is still making a decision on 2024. understandably he wants to wait and see how certain things shake out. there are definitely some takeaways here for democrats as a whole. how do they need to play the next two years? >> keep trying to get things done. i think that the reason why voters showed up was that democrats made promises in 2020 and they did everything possible to keep them. now, they couldn't get voting rights done and they couldn't get policing reform done, but it wasn't for lack of trying. it was because they didn't have enough votes in the senate, but they did get infrastructure, a lot of covid relief, a historical bipartisan gun bill passed. they took action on the executive level around student loan debt and around marijuana and around climate. so, as long as dems keep delivering what the voters want, i think we will be successful again in 204. i also think that if republicans show up, if they take th

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. >>> let's discuss now with our cnn political commentators, republican strategist alice stewart and the coalitions director for the biden/harris campaign ashley stoke. ashley, let's start with you. this was a candid rebuke when you consider what was treated by the former president. it seems a little light for -- it angered me. >> the former vice president is understated, always, but that was the strongest i've heard him about donald trump. >> certainly, but based on what we've heard, alice, what does this mean for trump? does this hurt him at all, and if pence doesn't run, where does this go? >> well, victor and alisyn, i think what this means for trump is that we can basically set our watch to the time when donald trump lashes out against mike pence with some sort of ni nickname, which is generally what he does to anybody who stands up to him. look. we're expecting to see the former president make an announcement tomorrow night that he plans to step into the 2024 race and talking to people across the spectrum in the republican party, there are mixed feelings. there's somewhat of a

joining me is white house correspondent april ryan and commentator, republican strategist alice stewarti believe that was the fourth attempt by trump to say don't blame me but not once said he was sickened to be in the presence of a holocaust denier which is what a normal human being would say. >> i talked just before this segment to jonathan greenblatt of the anti-defamation league and said it's appalling and totally in character for donald trump and brought up the example that he didn't know who david duke was and going back to this moment. but then he also talked about kanye west and the fact that he's also exhibiting racist behavior with white lives matter and his talk about slavery and then also his misguided mindset if you will on what happened to george floyd. donald trump was in company that does not bode well for his attempts to endear the jewish or black community and the community at large because this is viewed as racist, anti-semitic and more. >> yeah. talking to jonathan greenblatt in the 5:00 hour so stay tuned for that. alice, part of the problem with trump's explanation

. >> alice stewart, mo kelly, thank you both for your analysis, appreciate it. >>> fresh off some unexpectedlection wins here in the united states, president joe biden is in bali, indonesia, for the g20 summit, as we mentioned. he met with the indonesian president earlier, but his highly anticipated meeting with chinese leader xi jinping is, of course, grabbing the headlines. the u.s./china relationship is in its worst shape in decades with tensions on a number of fronts, including taiwan. as the u.s. says it will defend the self-governing island from any chinese invasion. washington has also spoken out against china's human rights violations against ethnic uighurs. china on its end is concerned that biden may change u.s. tariffs on chinese goods. the two sides could also potentially discuss russia's war in ukraine, north korea's missile tests, and climate change. cnn is covering this story from all the angles with kevin liptak and ivan watson live from bali, indonesia. good to see you both. kevin, let's go to you first. president biden set to meet with his chinese counterpart, xi jinping, t

. >> joining us now is alice stewart along with a political commentator and former dnc communicationsr. socci, let me begin with you. as we heard from matt, a better than expected inflation report. president biden came into the midterms with the best of any sitting president in 20 years. given all the headwinds that the party and administration were facing, what do you make of it and the outcome? >> it's pretty incredible, especially where president biden was a year ago. i should say he should take a big victory lap. one thing that president biden did is he talked about the economy. there's a lot of criticism of the democratic party leading up to the midterm elections. they passed the inflation reduction act to lower costs. you had about 19 speeches in events from the president since october 1st until election day talking about the economy. he understands that people are struggling and he is trying to address it as much as possible. you saw former president obama on the campaign trail, who do you trust on crime? he made that clear contrast to republicans who had a terrible field becau

stay with us, but i want to add to this chief political analyst gloria borger, john avlon, alice stewart and cnn legal analyst and federal prosecutor, elliot williams. gl gloria, i'll start with you and we're getting the first reaction from donald trump's legal team to this announcement, in which the statement says this is a totally expected political stunt by a feckless, politicized department of justice. i hand that to you. >> well, i think that's totally expected. i mean, there's nothing that the department of justice has ever done or will do, that donald trump will respect or say that it was warranted, and i think in this particular case, the trump people had to expect this. as evan said and as the attorney general pointed out, he had no other choice because there was a clear conflict here. you had somebody who announced for the presidency, donald trump, and somebody in eyed joe biden who said it's his intention to run. i think he felt he had no other choice. we know how donald trump feels about special counsels. he hated bob mueller as we all know. the difference here is that as pre

alice stewart and charlie dent. >> thanks, ana. >>> much more election coverage ahead plus president biden is touting u.s. action on climate change today but we just learned global fossil fuel emissions are about to hit record highs this year. >>> plus, a big blow to millions of americans banking on biden's student debt relief program. a federal judge just blocked it. how the department of justice is trying to save it. >>> even a new twist in the elon musk catastrophe at twitter right now. the company is again pumping the brakes on their plan to give blue check marks with anyone with 8 bucks. better luck next time. but i haven't even thrown yet. you threw good money away when you bought those glasses. next time, go to america's best - where two pairs and a free exam start at just $79.95. can't beat that. can't beat this, either. book an exam today at americasbest.com ah, these bills are crazy. she has no idea she's sitting on a goldmine. well she doesn't know that if she owns a life insurance policy of $100,000 or more she can sell all or part of it to coventry for cash. even a term

abdul al said, alice stewart, charlie dent and karen finney.iggest takeaways let's talk about this i guess presidential proxy war between desantis and donald trump. your thoughts, charlie. >> well, if donald trump could take one whack right now he would take back his endorsement of ron desantis over adam putnam in the 2018 florida gubernatorial primary where putnam was going to win, very popular ag commissioner, former congressman and trump went in and endorsed desantis. you republican what you show. now desantis has ascended with his overpowering victory and trump is in bad shape. >> i will put money in one thing that donald trump will not take back and that is desanctimonious, the new nickname he has for desantis. desantis is doing well in terms of his prospects for 2024 for several reasons, one, he has been a proven leader in florida, financially as well as -- >> and does that translate nationally or is florida its own bio sphere? >> it does translate, this gives him something to tout as he is traveling around the country. he is a proven lea

. >> it was designed by oakland-based artist alice newman who will be a guest on kristen stewart p.m.ut this campaign, will donate to the women's sports campaign association which strives to improve the lives of girls and women to the power of sports. i love the design. >> defining all the great things that women have done could i love it. it's just gorgeous. >> and we have daughters, you talk about female empowerment, it's great to see the warriors behind this kind of effort. >> anything we can do to empower the young women and young girls. nothing negative to say about it at all. >> i think of the curries and their kids. how prevalent their daughter was during -- at one time. they are grooming her to go up to be a strong independent woman. and this i'm sure is one of those byproducts of that. >> both of their girls. all right, bart is coming up with a new look sort of print this week they tweeted about a special addition 50th anniversary sweater. kind of an ugly sweater, but cute. >> i like it. >> i'm not saying it's ugly. >> i like the color. >> it says the ball on the train can be