that staffer for mississippi democrats benny thompson, she resigned. and trump implored the country to stand united. president biden capped off a day of what sounded like the beginning of rhetorical reflection. >> our unity is the most elusive of goals right now. nothing is more important for us now. then standing together. we can do this. >> reporter: may be, but political passions have artie spawned violence, republicans wounded in the 2017 congressional baseball shooting, the january 6th riot, the shooting of congresswoman gabby giffords. they hammer attack on house speaker nancy pelosi's husband, and the mockery that followed. >> how was her husband doing by the way, anybody no? >> reporter: part or send ship remains that reflex, feeding the hunger for combative language, mark robinson, leading candidate in north carolina was free to sounds like this. >> some folks need killing. >> reporter: in america cool down for more than a minute? if past is prologue, the answer is no. for now, political figures are offering a glimmer of light in an era of dar

but it shows what a hack bennie thompson is in the lead that january 6, shameful.aura: his staffer puts out the tweet, her rent is tweet about the shooter should had a better aim. bennie thompson, the young lady was fired but he does not say i condemn the comments. i was aware of somebody posting it. >> she's no longer. thanks, that's all we got from thompson. >> a great apology bennie not condemning or condoning just saying she's fired. where the democrat leaders in the congress pointed to him and say we don't behave like this we are better than a party of this. >> bennie thompson is a mainstream democrat. throughout the democrat party. >> that's what happened to the democrat party where the different democrat party. >> it's not bill clinton's party any longer, not even barack obama. it is the party of the squad, the radical ideas that permeated whether socialism or communism that's unbelievable and donald trump is a threat to the power. laura: hold on, stay with us. a fox news alert and 20 minutes president biden will address the nation from the oval office, whit

are still here in spite of the pollsters because most of the people who vote for people like benny thompson, the pollsters never talked to guardsman thompson. i appreciate your time comes from and quickly as well. thank you. thank you. we mentioned wisconsin next cnn's john king heads to a small battleground town there. president biden won it by just 19 votes in 2020. how do people there feel after the president's debate, it's all part of john's all over the map series. next every day, more dod people are deciding its time for a fresh approach to pet food developed with made from real meat and veggies portioned for your dog delivered right to your door it's smarter, healthier, pet food my daughter is mula she is 19 months old she is a little ray of sunshine one of the happiest babies who are probably ever made children with elton from typically have a higher risk for developing acute mountain oren. >> just looking in general and here we are st. >> jude children's research hospital works day after day to find coors and save the lives of children with cancer. in other life-threatening disease

and the bill that benny thompson had cosponsored. emily. >> emily: it was congressman thompson's head staffer who made those horrible, reckless, atrocious comments after the attempted assassination about how the shooter shouldn't have missed. number one, the nexus between these credible threat in the open porous border. last month eight suspects associated with isis were arrested in this country, including some of them right here in new york city, that had flowed through the open southern border and that is just the tip of the iceberg with those on the terror watch list that have been found infiltrating our country so when you take these threats and you look at iran, who was probably looking at the fact that a 28-year-old got on a sloped roof, got a direct line of sight to the former president, and carried out an actionable threat that somehow fell through all the layers of security, then they are looking at this and saying gosh, that's even easier than we thought. so if president biden was serious with his kind and important words w

the question, should president biden bow out, including benny thompson, a critical member of the congressionallack caucus meeting with the president. does evening good evening. thanks for joining us. when congressman thompson joins us will learn how that meeting with the cbc went. today began. what could be a decisive week for president biden's viability as a candidate. he's defiant and determined to run, but it's hard to say his weak began especially well. democratic lawmakers returning to washington from the holiday recess were greeted this morning by this from him the bottom line here is that we're not going anywhere. >> i am not going anywhere. i don't think i should run against me. go ahead. announce to announce her president. challenge managing convention that's part of the message democrats heard this morning. they also heard this as the president struggled to do what he's been trying to do for the last 11 days, put the debate behind him look at my career. i've not had many of those nights was a terrible night. and i really regret it happened. but the fact of the matter is how how can y

representative benny thompson tried to pass an act or bill or whatever to get rid of security of secret service for donald trump on the fact that he was a convicted felon. they said now he should have his secret service removed even though he is the most likely to be assassinated human being in the world. >> well, dan bongino's shot froze. we'll work to get that up in a moment. i think we'll have him back in a moment. alalexis mcadams was in the crod last night and she's with us this morning. >> reporter: you were talking about the layout of where this went down and where the former president was standing on the stage. i'm going to stand out of the way a little bit here. we have cars coming through. you can see the agr building is back there. so that's the area that we've been talking about. that's where this gu gunman, wi, was up on the roof. it's two football fields or less away from where the former president was speaking. when the motorcade came in, it came down the back road where we're positioned right now so he had some time, this gunman, you according to sources out here, to pos

that staffer for mississippi democrat bennie thompson, she resigned. trump implored the country to stand united. >> it's time to cool it down. >> reporter: president biden capped off a day of what sounded like the beginning of rhetorical reflection. >> while unity is the most elusive of goals right now, nothing is more important for us now than standing together. we can do this. >> reporter: maybe, but political passions have already spawned violence. republicans wounded in the 2017 congressional baseball shooting. the january 6th riot. the shooting of congresswoman gabby giffords. >> drop the hammer. >> reporter: the hammer attack on house speaker nancy pelosi's husband. and the mockery that followed. >> how is her husband doing by the way? anybody know? >> reporter: partisanship remains our national reflex. politicians feed the hunger for combative language. mark robinson, a leading candidate for governor in north carolina, was free to sound like this. >> some folks need killing. >> reporter: can america cool down for more than a minute? if past is p

shot at the president, we have not had since 1981, your thoughts about benny thompson and his staffer? >> he was wrong to push to get rid of secret service and sets culture inside his staff. for anyone who follows him, when you see a staffer criticizing the assassination attempt was not successful, that starts at the top. benny thompson bares his own responsibility and what is first and foremost in this country, we settle scores at the ballot box. i am tired of seeing republicans atta attacked steve scalise, brett kavanaugh, me in 2022, rand paul. this assassination attempt on president trump. the push is republicans and democrats need to talk about unmute versal truth, we settle at the ballot box. if that was joe biden who was on the receiving end of that and i would never wish that in a million years, the left would be w wanting president trump to be indicted and saying this is all president trump's fault. here we are because president trump is aare tacked, there are people who want to blame trump as he had it coming. i want us to unite and bring the temperature down. this keeps hap

chairman, says they are standing behind president biden with another prominent member, congressman bennie thompson, telling anderson cooper, just last hour the day, believe the president's record speaks for itself. that comes as a sixth house democrat publicly defected earlier today, congressman adam smith of washington state joining five others and calling for biden to drop out of the race but so far, and this is important, your leadership has not been the house democratic leader, hakeem jeffries, telling cnn this mr. leader, do you support joe biden staying as are democratic nominee? yes. i made clear the day after debate publicly that i support president joe biden and the democratic ticket good my position has not changed a smile on his face there as there are a lot of questions inside that caucus about what's going to happen going forward. >> he's going to be meeting with the entire group tomorrow. that's going to be a key moment to watch here in washington and it comes as a top democrat and the hills other chamber, senator mark warner, who chairs the powerful senate intelligence committee sai

it was aimed at him. >> bennie thompson was also the chair of the january 6th committee. i wonder if they feel the same way about hunter biden and pulling his secret service detail away. he is a convicted felon. we didn't see any push there. look, this was partisan politics. >> harris: he still has that protection. >> of course he does. this was partisan politics at its worst. at a minimum they should pub politicly apologize and call president trump and apologize. i think we should put censure on the table. the details should be commensurate with the threat. as members of congress if we have our lives threatened we can get additional security but this is part of the vitriol and demonization of president trump personally and his maga supporters that came directly from president biden's mouth all the way through the democrat party and clearly 120-year-old was so convinced that he tried to kill him. >> harris: i want to ask my team if they can pop up quickly. i'm sure you've seen the video that shows there was a gunman on the roof. you are seeing it all over social media. we

after trump was shot what a benny thompson staffers posted this, don't miss it next time. not even 24 hours after the assassination attempt he left managed to blame trump for almost been killed, watch this. looks are just looking back this morning at some of the things former president trump has said he warned it last march a potential death and destruction if you are charged by the manhattan district attorney. our country is being destroyed as they tell us to be peaceful. trump and generate warned of the bedlam in the country if the criminal charges against him succeeded. and of course in march she said now if i do not get elected is going to be a bloodbath for the whole that's going to be the least of it is going to be a bloodbath for the country. that will be that lisa beatty said he was partly joking and that was taken out of context. but those are indeed his words and you have heard it from supporters as well. supporters are certainly in some parts angry and let's remember january 6. >> viagra trump uses is not nearly as dangerous as the language and the stories that

mississippi congressman bennie thompson terminated a staffer after she posted on facebook that the gunman at the trump rally needed some shooting lessons. earlier this year, thompson introduced a bill that would have terminated secret service protections for felons. it did not pass. >> we are an angry, divided nation, and that anger and division has become intertwined in our political discourse. there are a growing number of people in this country who believe that violence is an appropriate way to express their ideological or political views. >> there are indications saturday's tragedy could be a turning point. former first lady melania trump thanking those who have reached out beyond the political divide to send their family support. others are looking to the past, as they hope for a better future. >> it's going to take strong leadership to turn this this ship of vitriol around. i remember back when i was in high school, america was in a very bad state, and then along came ronald reagan, and everyone thought he was going to start world war three. and he turned out to be a great leader fo

so many members defending freedom like bennie thompson of mississippi. and the best friend anyone can have, jim clyburn of south carolina. [applause] in case you didn't notice, jim turned it around for me in 2020. in june of 1947 harry truman became the first president to speak at this convention and he was remembered for a lot of things. with the help of naacp he de-segregated the military, he laid the groundwork for the civil rights movement. president johnson signed the civil rights act of 64 60 years ago. harry truman was president and was also counted out but he was also known for something else. the story goes truman said if you want a friend in washington, get a dog. guess what? after the last couple of weeks, i know what he means. that is why it is so good to have real friends. i have real friends. so many of you had my back and i think i have had yours as well. i will never forget it. one of my best friends from when i was a lifeguard in the projects. his nickname is mouse. loyal as hell. i am truly honored to be here during this tense moment in

i'm like thanks so much joining us now, democratic congressman from mississippi, bennie thompson congressman. thanks so much for joining us. so you're your colleague from main congressman jared golden, a democrat who represents a district that donald trump wins. he just wrote an op-ed titled, donald trump is going to win the election. and democracy will be just fine. hi, unquote, he writes in the op-ed, pearl-clutching about a trump victory ignores the strength of our democracy january 6, 2021 was a dark day, but americans stood strong this election is about the economy, not democracy. and when it comes to our economy, our congress matters far more than who occupies the white house, unquote in terms of january 6 or something of an expert, you're the former chairman of the january 6 select house committee. what's your response to your fellow democrat well, every member of congress rafah, he has heard district i'm sure that congressperson for main is representing the wishes of his district most of us either democrats or republicans. >> but it end of the day, we have to represent our district.

. ♪ i'm a bennie thompson.ching "the context" on bbc news. >> we are being pelted with rain. palm trees are being bent over. we are hunkering down because it is just too unsafe to be on the ground in this ferocious storm. >> this is the size of the tree. it's ller than me. it was yanked out of the earth from the sheer ferocity of the winds brought by beryl. >> thursday night into friday morning we have a hurricane warning, hurricane watch down to cabo. ben: tonight, israel's prime minister says he will send a negotiating team to resume talks, saying securing the release of hostages held by hamas in gaza. thousands of homes in jamaica are without wer after hurricane beryl thunders along the southern coast. after six weeks of campaigning, the u.k. general election draws to a close. voting ends in under two hours. u.s. president joe biden admits he screwed up in last week's debate against donald trump but vows to fight on in the election race banking on barbie -- the 65th birthday of the world's most famous doll.

mississippi congressman bennie thompson terminated a staffer after she posted on facebook that the gunmanneeded some shooting lessons. earlier this year, thompson introduced a bill that would have terminated secret service protections for felons. it did not pass. >> we are an angry, divided nation, and that anger and division has become intertwined in our political discourse. >> there are indications saturday's tragedy could be a turning point. former first lady melania trump thanking those who have reached out beyond the political divide to send their family support. others are looking to the past as they hope for a better future. it's going to take strong leadership to turn this this ship of vitriol around. >> i remember back when i was in high school, america was in a very bad state, and then along came ronald reagan, and everyone thought he was going to start world war three, and he turned out to be a great leader for all americans. and we need that again, right now. >> experts say one problem today is not enough. people get out into their communities and engage with people face to fa

democrat congressman bennie thompson facing backlash over recent attempts to deny former president trump'srvice protection. here's what it says the bill that he wanted to pass a month prior to donald trump getting convicted in new york, quote: the disgraced former protectee's act would terminate service protection for individuals who otherwise qualify for it. upon sentencing following conviction for a federal or state felony. this measure would apply to former president trump. so that's what his office did. this is what someone in his office did following the shooting. a former staffer, now former for thompson, posting on facebook afafter the assassination attemt saying don't miss next time. let's go to the don't miss and then go to the broader picture of what the heck the congressman was trying to do there with his bill. he fired this person but then didn't really make a statement condemning this person in his office. should a sitting senator somebody who works in our government not condemn something from somebody in his office like this. sounds like a missed moment from the congressman.

stuart: only a few months ago that democrat congressman benny thompson introduced a bill to strip trumpf the bill with secret service protection. how about that? assassination attempt nikki haley invited to speak at republican national convention and move towards unity maybe. we'll speak to trump's deputy communications director about all that, next. ♪ what does a good investment opportunity look like? at t. rowe price we let curiosity light the way. asking smart questions about opportunities like clean water. and what promising new treatment advances can make a new tomorrow possible. better questions. better outcomes. choose advil liqui-gels for faster, stronger and longer-lasting relief than tylenol rapid release gels. because advil targets pain at the source of inflammation. so for faster pain relief, advil the pain away. it's odd how in an instant things can transform. slipping out of balance into freefall. (the stock market is now down 23%). this is happening people. where there are so few certainties... (laughing) look around you. you deserve to know. as we navigate a future unkno

one democrat congressman bennie thompson says does biden step aside, kamala harris is in trouble. explain it to me. >> it all comes down to money. the funds that were raised under the biden/harris campaign can be easily transferred to her, parties leaders like the obamas and clintons would likely throw their support behind her, be very hard to go against the big block and representative thompson said it would be the kiss of death to push her aside since, quote, you can't say biden has done a good job without saying she has done a good job. nominating harris would avoid the chaos of an open convention which would be televised. ashley: must-see tv for sure. thank you. stay there. you're with us for the hour. we appreciate it. thank you for that. let's look at the markets. the dow up a quarter of one%, the s&p and nasdaq moving slightly higher. dr barton joined me now, great to see want to talk about the jobs report, 206,000 added engine, unemployment rate picking up to 4.1%. what does that tell you about the state of the economy? >> tells us that the economy is in the right place to

and things we have heard, bennie thompson, saying the consensus in the room in his words was right inith biden. people that have been privately critical and we have reported on what their calls were with colleagues, saying they did not voice their concerns in the room and biden is the nominee of the party. notably, one person who was public about the fact that biden should step down, and that's congressman seth moulton, and he is one of the few that said biden should no longer be the nominee, and he said he told his colleagues why he felt that way in the room, and clearly many of them are trying to stick to the sense that they want to keep it private. i think some of them sort of want to stick it to republicans who when they have had these family disagreements in the past, the leaks have been plentiful and democrats had a lot to talk about, and democrats are now showing they can disagree and have tough conversations without it coming out in the press, and that has been true in the last hour and a half or so. congressman clyburn, can you tell us the tone of the meeting, and we're live

to chairman and gregory meeks over foreign affairs to bobby scott with education and labor to bennie thompson the department of homeland security all the subcommittee chairs who will also be elevated. not only gavel spoke for the american people for the issues to censor the people in the policies that we are seeking to advance that i want to commend vice president kamala harris we have been working in partnership with her. on reproductive justice tours to protect a woman's right to make her own health care decisions about her body that disproportionately affect black women. the fact she is joined at the congressional black caucus on the economic opportunity tours to help lift up black america through artwork, wages, wealth a jet at the congressional black caucus is leading. it is because of this work we will win to a message to the american people is democracy is a team sport. it is going to take all of us to defeat donald trump. now come the vice president is the most prepared the most qualified person to win this nomination she has now secured the nomination as our presumptive nominee. she

would be a disservice to our democracy and some democrats are coming under fire and congressman benny thompson for introduce ago bill that spring that would have stripped trump of entire detail calling for convicted felons sentenced to prison to be ineligible for secret service protection and thompson saying i'm grateful for law enforcement fast response to the incident and glad the former president is safe. we're also learning this morning that the senate homeland security committee chairman is going to also be holding a investigation or launching a bipartisan investigation into all the security steps that led up to this fatal event from happening. stuart. stuart: hillary, thank you. roger marshall joining us now. your committee is calling for an investigation to the shooting. got it. do you want hope hearings so we all can see what's going on? >> stuart, good morning from milwaukee from the convention. yes, they need to be open hearings, but i want to pause and say first of all it was almost prove den issue that president trump was spared during that assassination ateam. the counter sniper i

bennie thompson, a member of the house, call for a cbs reporter to be suspended for how he questionedhe press was very willfully ignorant of this whole thing for a very long time. it isn't a surprise to anybody. they will drop it, i assume as soon as they realize biden is not going anywhere. they don't know how to handle it because they are under siege right now. >> sandra: fred, your reaction to it. "washington post" readers sending these pleas for the first lady saying things like urge your husband to end his campaign. biden is no longer physically and mentally equipped. urgent and compelling for you to persuade president biden to immediately forego his campaign. fred, will she listen? >> let's put this in perspective. you have 250 democrats in congress between the house and senate. fewer than 20 have called for president biden to step down. you are talking about less than 10%. fewer democrats have called on president biden to step down than counts on which donald trump was convicted, 34. the reason why people are asking this and we're having this robust discussion within our party

you remember bennie thompson co-chair january 6th made for television committee?ident trump secret service protection. really? not only is that not wearing well-being what we experienced the last 48 hours. listen to one of his idiot staffers put up now fired jacqueline march saw wrote this on facebook. i don't condbennie thompson camd said i was made aware of a staff member, no longer in my employment. is that good enough she is fired? >> she is fired. that's probably all they will do. that's not good enough. bennie thompson is the problem here. >> brian: sets the tone. >> he sets the tone. his staff follows. the problem is the democrats have brought these people into their staff. they have hired them. they know who they're. we have to believe they're either not vetting their staffers or that they are hiring them deliberately because they are in agreement with their agenda. >> brian: george stephanopoulos and. >> that's disgusting to do that to america. this is about americans. >> steve: you know heart break because you know radio. don't move. more "fox & friends"

there would be targets on the backs of people like congresswoman liz cheney, congressman benny thompson other member of the january th committee. just this morning, trump accused speaker nancy pelosi of failing to do her job and protecting the capitol from his supporters on january 6th. he said it was criminal. yesterday, in a live -- trump called for the prosecution of, quote, election fraudsteres, including mark zuckerberg. stating that they will be sent to prison for long periods of time. and what does that mean for you? well, you won't have access to abortion. police will have free reign to beat up and kill people without consequences. you, could be prosecuted for minor drug possession. and they will be enforcing the death penalty, aggressively. god speed if you're a migrant because they have detailed plans for you which include national raids and prison camps. joining me now is melissa murray, co-host of the strict scrutiny podcast and ruth, new york university professor of history and author of "strongmen" mussolini to the present. thank you both for being here. anything i missed

meantime tonight former generate six committee chairman bennie thompson is confirming to fox a stafferccused of wishing the shooter would not have missed is no longer working for him. the former field director jaclyn appears to have written in a facebook post captured by the clarion ledger i do not condone violence but please get you some shooting lessons so you don't miss next time. whoops that was not me talking that stirred up a lot of people in social media. thompson did offer his condolences, his prayers and his thoughts to former president trump. some are now calling him out back in april i introduced a bill that would cancel secret service protection for anyone convicted of a federal or state felony with that minimum one year prison sentence. critics say that was clearly targeted toward the former president. >> light on the convention floor, thanks. >> president trump is a former president the nominee of the republican party already receives a heightened level of security. i've been consistent in my direction to the secret service to provide it with every resource capability pro

moment same thing at cbs and margaret brennan and others over there and we all know democrats like bennie thompson wanted to deny donald trump secret service protection which is pretty unconscionable to be in ms dnc, joy read, democrats needed to reunite to keep because out of the white house, you quoted keith alderman saying reach weeding somebody's ex post about assassination and i keep going. your ex tweets out there today have been on fire. >> because i am pissed off. this is not something that happened in a bubble for the last week or so or two weeks this is been going on for nine years it's building to this crescendo and horrific result will be so president come within a millimeter of losing his life in the country falling into chaos as a result, the attempt on donald trump's life that played out in front of the world should've resulted in the objective unbiased coverage that president deserved in the moment and they fail that test miserably, take some of the headlines after the attempt in today, cnn, secret service rushes trump off the stage after he falls out of raleigh, whoever wrote the

mississippi congressman bennie thompson terminated a staffer after she posted on facebook that the gunman at the trump rally needed some shooting lessons. earlier this year, thompson introduced a bill that would have terminated secret service protections for felons. it did not pass. >> we are an angry, divided nation, and that anger and division has become intertwined in our political discourse. >> there are indications saturday's tragedy could be a turning point. former first lady melania trump thanking those who have reached out beyond the political divide to send their family support. others are looking to the past as they hope for a better future. it's going to take strong leadership to turn this this ship of vitriol around. >> i remember back when i was in high school, america was in a very bad state, and then along came ronald reagan, and everyone thought he was going to start world war three, and he turned out to be a great leader for all americans. and we need that again, right now. >> rhiannon ally, abc news, new york. >> live coverage of the republican national convention kicks

post that she made on social media following the assassination attempt, mississippi congressman bennie thompson announced he fired one of his staff members after screenshots of her apparent facebook post circulated online following the shooting, the post appeared to say she does not condone violence, but says the gunman should have received shooting lessons. the posts were made on the user's private facebook profile. >> the assassination attempt on former president trump is drawing widespread condemnation from leaders around the world today. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said he watched the, quote, horror of the shooting at yesterday's rally. he said, quote, this isn't just a crime. it's also an assassination attempt on american democracy. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky released a statement in which he called the shooting a heinous crime, saying, quote, violence in any form and anywhere must never prevail. i am confident that america will rise to the challenge, and british prime minister keir starmer released a statement reading in part i am appalled by the shocking scenes a

mississippi congressman bennie thompson fired a staffer after she posted on facebook that the shootertrump rally needed, quote, some shooting lessons. earlier this year, thompson introduced a bill that would have terminated secret service protections for felons. it did not pass. >> we are an angry, divided nation, and that anger and division has become intertwined in our political discourse. >> we really need to get back to reasserting norms that embrace peaceful dialog, respectful dialog, and also not be afraid to disagree. >> former president trump says his convention speech will now focus on unity. >> friends and family are honoring the acts of the man killed at the rally. corey, comforter was the former fire chief at a volunteer fire department. a little more than ten miles away from where the shooting happened. he spent his final moments shielding his family from bullets. his fellow firefighters remember his commitment to protecting his community and his love for his family. >> it's just one of them guys in the morning greeting at church would be the guy he went from one side of

the january 6th committee chairman, benny thompson, democrat from mississippi, he had a field directorho posted yesterday saying i don't condone violence, but please, get you some shooting lessons so you don't miss next time. just in the past few minutes, thompson put out a statement and said i was made aware of a post made by a staff member. she is no longer in my employment. so i think there's a call for toning things down. we'll see how president biden deals with this moment. but looking for answers is really what people are looking for here in milwaukee. john john and i don't know how many folks i've seen on social media that believe this whole thing was staged to give donald trump a photo op. that's just reprehensible to think that had been the case particularly when one person is dead and two others are fighting for their lives. you used to cover the white house, you've covered innumerable campaigns. to think that 400 feet away there was a high ground, line of sight vulnerability for a shooter to take advantage of, that just strikes me as unbelievable. how could that have been le

you have a ranking member of the house homeland security committee bennie thompson introduced legislation with the democratic cosigners tried to strip donald trump are pretty low bar to come out and say this is a horrible thing everybody got out of that alive is doing well. we mourn for the people who were injured and also killed. calling for unity after that is the easy right thing to do. in terms of moving forward with this convention is going to look like you're milwaukee, i got off the plane today a lot of shaken rnc delegates. people who were also very excited to get to work here on behalf of the president's agenda. not just a number of speeches here as the official convention there's lots of workshops, conferences all week long where people are going to lead discussions about what they want for the future of the country for think most importantly you have heard from donald trump, from melania trump from his campaign calling for unity since saying his success for everyone including economic plans of the way will move the country for it is what we are focused on at this time. for the

of the giants of the congressional black caucus from maxine waters, bobby scott, david scott bennie thompson, greg meeks all argue that the party needs to stick with biden focus back on trump, talk about policy contrasts what role do you think these lawmakers play and what happens next? >> that's a very good question, kate, i was just at essence festival past weekend with a lot of black lawmakers and troy carter and team jeffries and others. and the sentiment is, we're rocking with biden and we're going because that's who the voters wrought. there are a lot of people who would vote for a an old joe biden versus donald trump, not i appreciate it. my good friend running off a bunch of talking points about how he felt joe biden looked or how he felt he wasn't his emotional state or his physical state. he's a good comms director. i'll give them that. but the fact is my candidate is old like his candidate wants to ban abortion nationwide. he wants to limit or ban access to birth control pills. they want to get rid of the department of education, speaking about someone who can't put together a sen

homeland security committee and you're looking at live images there, there is the ranking member bennie thompsonsome opening statements. also new today, house speaker johnson and minority leader jeffries have announced they're creating a bipartisan task force to investigate the assassination attempt. that, one day after secret service director kimberly cheatle appeared before the oversight committee and both top republican and the top democrat on that committee say she should resign. joining us now, nbc news capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles. ryan, walk us through what is happening so far in today's hearing. >> reporter: well, this is an interesting development, ana, because the house homeland security committee just got back from a site visit to butler, pennsylvania, where they were actually on the scene of that rally venue where the former president was almost assassinated. and many of these members actually got up on the roof of that building, where the shooter was perched and learned a lot about the dynamics of the situation there, and just how close the shooter was to the former presid

jim clyburn has already said as much bennie thompson, other longtime congressman has told us as much that'd be very formidable, not unbeatable, but very, very formidable. there are a lot of democrats out there. particularly those involved in putting together the dnc, would like to see a more open process if they have that process, what's been under discussion is maybe having five regional debates between the moment that biden says, i'm out of here and the actual convention then let people at the delegates at the convention picket even if it goes many rounds and it's super messy, the belief as it could be messy, but everybody will be paying attention to free media. i mean, you could argue it's already very messy, right to a large degree type tile. >> i want to quote from you latest piece in the washington post saying the following. in recent days, biden's top advisers have accepted that they have a short window to reassure a broad swath of the democratic party that he is fit for office or face a significant push for him to step aside i mean, the fact is he's already facing a significa

this infighting is getting, is getting rougher and rougher congressman bennie thompson.elieve he's the top democrat on the homeland security committee referred to a comment somebody was talking about, keep the faith and congressman thompson, somebody a biden supporter, stick with biden and congressman thompson wrote, i enjoyed listening to you. i hope my backstabbing colleagues are listening my hope my backstabbing colleagues are listening. and by that he's referring to i presumably democrats who are expressing concern about president biden being the person, best person to take it to trump left than i can only speculate what he was trying to say and he probably said it pretty clearly right. but i haven't talked to the right he probably especially rated like a lot of democrats are that this are dirty laundry is being aired out like this, right? we're used to seeing the chaos on the other side of the aisle. there's something to be said about black voters in this moment and that when the debate happen, i'm on the phone with a lot of other black political strategist like mys

trump's secret service protection could be removed under bennie thompson propose legislation. this legislation was introduced while the politically weaponized government was prosecuting former president donald trump. this would leave them at risk. i would also like to state for the record for this committee at over 140 inmates are murdered in prison every single year. this is a dangerous place. prison is. of course an 8% of violence in prison leads to murder of inmates. this legislation is reckless and the minority ranking member needs to withdraw this legislation that would lead to the murder of president trump. >> gentlelady's time has expired. i now recognize -- were not going to debate. >> the statement she made to the ranking member is here so he can address it. >> he made his point earlier about his bill. there's a a difference of opin i suppose. we are just -- y'all are about -- okay. i now recognize mr. lalota for fibers of question. >> thank you, chairman burr ten days ago a 20-year-old with no military or law enforcement training with no more than about $1000 worth o

. >> -- as so many members of the cbc members, defending freedom like bennie thompson in mississippi,anuary 6th committee and the best friend anyone could have, jim clyburn of south carolina. in case you didn't notice, jim turned it around for me in 2020. look, in june of '47, 1947, harry truman became the first president to speak at this convention and he was remembered for a lot of things, but the help of the naacp he delaware segregated the military. he laid the groundwork for the civil rights agenda and he built upon president kennedy by that. president johnson who signed the civil rights act of '64, 60 years ago. harry truman as president was often counted out, he was also known for something else. the story goes truman said if you want a friend in washington, get a dog. well, guess what, last couple weeks after the last couple weeks i know what he means. but that's why it's so good to have real friends. i'm not being solicitous, i have real friends. so many of you had my back and i think i've had yours as well. and i will never forget it. a couple delaware folks here still and o

trump's secret service protection could be removed under bennie thompson propose legislation. this legislation was introduced while the politically weaponized government was prosecuting former president donald trump. this would leave them at risk. i would also like to state for the record for this committee at over 140 inmates are murdered in prison every single year. this is a dangerous place. prison is. of course an 8% of violence in prison leads to murder of inmates. this legislation is reckless and the minority ranking member needs to withdraw this legislation that would lead to the murder of president trump. >> gentlelady's time has expired. i now recognize -- were not going to debate. >> the statement she made to the ranking member is here so he can address it. >> he made his point earlier about his bill. there's a a difference of opin i suppose. we are just -- y'all are about -- okay. i now recognize mr. lalota for fibers of question. >> thank you, chairman burr ten days ago a 20-year-old with no military or law enforcement training with no more than about $1000 worth o

here's congressman bennie thompson on cnn last night you have good days and bad day, but you don't, judge a person like that. >> you look at his policies from what i've seen the policies have worked we have low unemployment our children are getting a better education. they able, if they can't afford it we've created policies to help them. weed alleviated the debt the biden administration has been opened and above board and so for all of this, as you know, the congressional black caucus historically has been very supportive of the democratic nominee, joe biden is no different now, some of those takeaways were also echoed by the congressional hispanic caucus, which released this statement saying we stand with president biden and vice president commonly harris, president biden and his administration have worked closely with house democrats to make historic investments to positively impact communities across the country, including latinos such as investments to combat climate change, lower health care costs, expand access to health care for our veterans and create jobs with the infrastructure