now, i'm going to pass it over to congressman clyburn. rep. clyburn: thank you very much, madam chair. and thanks to all of you for being here today. this is really, really an incredible demonstration of what south carolina is all about t i tell people all the time that south carolina has four distinct cultures. if you can acclimate and really penetrate in the p.d., the midlands and the low country, you have done what is necessary to win the presidency in november. and we've done that time and time again. now, before i present our vice president, let me thank, first of all, the men and women who have served our nation so well, kept our freedoms in tact, lead foundations for me to be where i am, for the vice president to be where she is and for president joe biden to be where he is. celebrating today, veterans day. i know that it's tonight but we're celebrating today. i just want to thank them for the work they've done. and i just want to point out, i have no idea what the vice president is going to say. but i rather say this. when we were putt

by clyburn's own definition, joe biden is races for running. is not dean phillips. the biggest problem is that an increasing number of non-college-educated nonwhite voters are migrating to the republican party. and they are doing that because of the economy. they are doing that because of the border. they are doing that because of law enforcement but also because of education, school choice and also they are doing it because of the open hostility toward religion by the democratic party. it is a big mistake for the democrats to do that. the biggest problem is not dean phillips. it is that joe biden will have a hard time inspiring 81 million voters again. >> harold: i agree with everything you said. i think clyburn's only park that was when phillips should campaign with black voters. >> greg: what do you get to declare, harold? >> kellyanne: his big points is someone else should not be running and exposing the fact that your party which used to elevate and elect young outsiders like jimmy carter and barack obama and bill clinton are now expected

that gets us to south carolina's jim clyburn.e's calling out fellow democrat dean phillips for not respecting black voters and silliness as he challenges president biden in the 2024 primary. congressman clyburn is here to explain next. >>> i'm sure by now you've heard all this, that president biden's plans for a second term are in trouble because of his age, his progressives, independents, the migrant kprie sis, inflation, you get the point. all of it is leading minnesota congressman dean phillips to launch a primary challenge against biden, and at least in the early stages, phillips is betting awele of his white house hopes on new hampshire. there's a problem though. the dnc and team biden want south carolina to go first in next year's primary, and that boots new hampshire from the spot its held for a century and that's why phillips' plans are a problem for a man who helped turn biden around. clooi jim clyburn said they're not respecting the loyalties of some of our party's most reliable constituents. congressman clyburn joins m

that has got to sting.phillips trying to smooth thingsover with clyburn but the damagehas been done.>admire andrespect knows better and that isexactly the politicalconversation that is dividingthe country.those participating and dividingby casting blame and shadow onpeople like me, that is part ofthe problem.i have respect for mr. clyburnpart i think that is exactlywhat is wrong.>> jesse: do you thinkeverything is cool now?just between all of us.>> harold: look, i have knownjim clyburn a really long time.he is one of the guys that doesnot always inject grace intothings.i do think that i hope he anddean phillips get together tofigure things out.you got to have a vision.you got to be able to connectwith voters.and black voters are the mostreliable voters in thedemocratic party, frankly theones that have straightened usout when it look like someonewould take us too far left.without biden and clintonbecause they said, you can't gotoo far on the left.sucking on his first.i think people in new hampshireare upset about that.i would go to the place wherethe president won't show up,where peopl

so in front of all the friends, leader clyburn, i thank you for all that you are.plause] madam chair thanks. we see each other. i see her traveling the country from time to time. she is always representing south carolina. and remaining people and democrats everywhere of south carolina, and it's role. and so to be here today, and to just for a moment appreciate this moment in the context of history, first in the nation. and then putting it in the context of what happened in 2020 when it was south carolina that created the path to the white house for joe biden and me. south carolina who understood and believed in the promise of america and the importance of with optimism, fueled by a sense of hope and understanding of what is possible, then fought for our fought for our democracy and the rights of all people to participate so i am here to thank everybody because of what you did in 2020 we all come into office and with your support done a number of things for our country because of the work here in south carolina. across our country suffering from diabetes making deci

congressman clyburn as always thank you so much for coming to the show. given the dysfunction on the republican side, is the best bet to avoid a government shutdown next year for the senate to send over appropriation bills approved on a bipartisan basis? >> first of all, thank you very much for having me. the fact of the matter is, these are money deals. money deal must originate in the house. we have got to send something over to them. they can take that something. they can buy vehicles and send something back. something more meaningful and something that makes more sense. we have to do something in the house to get the thing started. i hope what we will do that. we can pass some bills. just not all of them. and what we would do is when we get back in january, and for the next month, february, we will get some things done. maybe not to my satisfaction, but just get it done. move it over to the senate. that way we can start a process of doing things in a more meaningful way. >> i guess, hope springs eternal on that point, congressman. speaker johnson, lik

the statements made -- with what senator clyburn or presentative clyburn was seeking. at is not what the cord actually reflects but more imrttly, the court found that representative clyburn's parcel map did not treat -- which was a critical -- partial map that representative did not harm west aptly in the same way. >> let me ask u why your expert did not produce an alternative ma? dr. my produced 10,000 maps, right? assimilation with 10,000 maps buhenever considered politics. >> -- e criteria the state was in they were using other guidelines, the objective criteria. his methods --further support as the district court recognized to show that race was significant factor. it into coats race and litics, report that did not take potics into account at all. >> the top -- they relied upon the testimonth -- we do have dr. lu unrebutted testimony that diin disentangle race and serve the purpose of an alternative map we look at gu 1 in the rebuttal report that dr. includes a look atthe -- that were available to people in a heavily white precinct that wereavailable to be moved in

clyburn is one of the most powerful democrats in congress. what the senator explained is joe biden wouldn't be president if it weren't for congressman clyburn. of course he wants congressman clur representing the interests ofis home county of charleston bute tnessed to keep a republican there too in case there's ahae in leadership in wash. theenor's own draft map kept the split in charleston county. he wanted to keep a portion of charlestonouy in his district as well. >> what was the black voting population in district one in that map? it was only 15.48%, lower than where it en under the enacted plan. by more than a point. >> i have a eson about dr. ragusa's expert report. thumstantial evidence is what the plaintiffs relied on and thwhe issue of disentglg race and partisanship. i undersod your brief to say, but you haven't said this yet, so i want to make sure i understand it correctl he did not take intoccnt factors likeontiguousness and compactness soe was assuming that you could have essentially an island cut off in the middle of the distr

clyburn, representative clyburn, and all that he has done for our country, all he's done for our community. i admire this man to no end, but no, there's no way on earth that is the issue. the issue is the president of the united states is 80 years old. we see it every day. there's a lot of 80-year-olds walking around that seem a bit more lucid and together and vibrant than he does. it is just a fact. and we have to stop acting like we don't see what's transpiring in front of our very eyes. for all the things that we want to say about trump, all the negative things that people can come up with, he doesn't look less energized, he doesn't look less lucid, he doesn't look less there, per se. that's not the complaint you hear about him. you're hearing that a lot about president biden. and even though you have a lot of folks within the black community that have been supportive of him trying to close the racial gap, some of the things that he did to address minor crimes, like nonviolent crimes involving marijuana use along with various other things that he has done, particularly with the student

clyburn waseeking. does show that is not with the record actually reflects. more importantly, withth court found that representative clyburn's partial map did not treat the area of west ashley, which was so radical to the people through, the partial map put forwd did not harm we ashley in the same wa >> t commend the question i asked about why your experts did not produce an alternative map. the doctor produced 1000 maps, right? >> correct. >> they were in simulations. he ran simulations with 10,000 maps. he never considered politics. >> the testimony reflects, it is a the criter that the state was saying they were using in their guidelines. the doctors methods are useful in this case as further support as the district court recognized to show that race was a significant factor the design. >> in a case that is l about disentangling race anpolitics , how can we possibly ve any weight to an expert report that did not take politics into account at all? e district court was confronted with the question and

clyburn a man i admire and respect knows better and that's exactly the political conversation that isy right now. >> that statement got pushback from doug jones, theormer senator who called it deeply insulting and wildly off base. what's going on here? >> well, i'll add another layer to this. if you remember in 2020 in the midst of the primary was jim clyburn's endorsement of joe biden that really put him over the top and sort of changed the direction of the race. so jim clyburn sees himself not just as a member of congress who endorsed the sitting president, but as someone who has brought the first primary to south carolina. as you said, in an acknowledgment of the importance of black voters. so yes, you could say that congressmen phillips is sort of thumbing his nose at the importance of black voters and being more strategic in going into new hampshire saying he might not win in south carolina, maybe he'll be able to get some votes in the new hampshire primary and reset the narrative. but again, just the fact that he's in the race, that he has to make these types of decisions, reall

thank you, as always, congressman jim clyburn. still ahead, we're gonna have more on the extraordinary life of former first lady roslyn carter. stay tuned. stay tuned c'mon, we're right there. c'mon baby. it's the only we need. go, go, go, go! ah! touchdown baby! -touchdown! are your neighbors watching the same game? yeah, my 5g home internet delays the game a bit. but you get used to it. try these. they're noise cancelling earmuffs. i stole them from an airport. it's always something with you, man. great! solid! -greek salad? exactly! don't delay the game with verizon or t-mobile 5g home internet. catch it on the xfinity 10g network. >> welcome back to politicsnation. we're following the death of former first lady rosalynn carter, who passed away peacefully earlier this afternoon at the age of 96. i want to bring on the phone now chris matthews, who was a speech writer for president carter. chris, thank you for joining me. you worked as a speech writer for president carter, and had numerous interactions with the carter family. wh

i had congressman clyburn on, a national cochair for the campaign. the president doesn't need to do anything different. they just need the campaign needs to craft a message. it's about telling people what's done. are you satisfied with the accomplishments that nothing new needs to happen, you just need to sell him better? >> what congressman clyburn is saying is that we have an incredible story to tell. when this president came in to office, we faced historic crises. we had the worst public health crisis in our lifetimes. we had the greatest economic crisis since the great recession and we took action. he was able to get things done and talk about black america. he was able to help us achieve record low unemployment. he was able the to deliver historic investment. he's been able to deliver the fastest rate of black-owned small business growth in a generation. so we have to talk about that. we also have to talk about the stakes as well. we have to talk about the maga extremists who want to roll back the progress we have bye-bye able to achieve. so our

he's gone back and forth with jim clyburn. clyburn supported this move to have the primary go to south carolina. he said it was disrespectful the way phillips is going about his campaign. i think we should just note that trying to win a democratic nomination without the help of some of these critical groups is, i think, next to impossible. although let's take a look at how phillips answered this question. >> first of all, if it he feels i have disrespected anybody, i apologize. but if it's because i was in new hampshire speaking with voters here that that was disrespectful to black voters, i take exception to that. when had i'm in south carolina shortly visiting with black voters, that's not diswantful to muslim voters in michigan. i'm so sickened by what both parties are doing to this country only to win elections. that breaks my heart. i'm disappointed. >> so we didn't actually include the part where i asked him specifically d you reach out to the congressional black caugcus to the naacp, to the urban league ahead of your bi

she was joined by south carolina representative jim clyburn who was the co-chair for biden and harris. speak spoke about tuesday's election results. >> what we saw was from kansas to california. on tuesday, from ohio to virginia, the people, whether they be in so-called red or blue states, they voted for freedom, for liberty. and by extension, they voted to uphold our democracy. >> the biden campaign also fired payment work to appear on the nevada ballot. >>> barren is a major investor in tesla and spacex. barren's book about the future of starlink during an interview with cnbc today, it is the arm of spacex that provides internet and phone service with satellites. barren said he expects it to go public sometime in 2027. right now spacex is at $150 billion. by the time it rolls around, it could be closer to $300 billion. also rising, the stock market. all three major composite indexes finished today in the green. the dow jones popped nearly 400 points. the surge today was also enough to lift each index to a winning week. the second in a row for each. >>> even more data illustrating ho

jim clyburn will submit the official paperwork for the biden-harris ticket in south carolina's primaryp? >> no primary debates, though. thank you. >>> the fbi is investigating alarming threats this morning against election workers. federal authorities say suspicious letters were mailed to election officer in at least four states. georgia, oregon, california and washington. at least one tested positive for fentanyl. they're working to trace where the letters came from. >>> in san francisco, the trial is under way for the man accused of beating nancy pelosi's husband with a hammer in a home invasion a little over a year ago. david depape was caught on miss body cam during the brutal assault. his attorneys are mostly trying to limit the damage. the trial is expected to last about a week, and we expect paul pelosi to testify as early as monday. >>> the uk is investigating what could have been a major disaster. a bulletin was issued last week regarding an airbus a-321 that departed on october 4th. several windows were damaged or missing due to high-powered lights used during a filming event

moments ago, vice president kamala harris visited vietnam veteran's memorial accompanied by senator clyburn. today, there are new initiatives to protect veterans from fraud and expanding policies for veterans. we go to the white house with arlette who is at the white house for us. tell us more about the initiatives. >> yes, president biden talking about how one of the most sacred obligations is trying to provide for the military members and veterans and the families and by announcing the steps, he is hoping to do just that. there is a series of steps that the biden administration is rolling out ahead of veterans day, which is offering free health care and nursing home services to world war ii veterans, and speeding up the date that veterans who were exposed to toxic burn pits would be eligible for a new program with new benefits. that is speeding up to be coming in early 2024. additionally, they are taking steps on the economic front trying to establish these programs to protect military members, veterans and their families from potential fraud and scams. officials said that there were abou

she was in columbia joined by jim clyburn. his endorsement in 2020 set mr. on the path to victory. >> i am here to first and foremost thank everybody. because of what you did in 2020. we have into office and with yourupport than a number of things that have been transformational for our country. because of the work of the folks here in south carolina. >> divided team -- the biden team wanted south carolina to kick off the schedule. the mayor of new york has confirmed that the fbi seized phones and an ipad from him earlier this week. it is part of an investigation into campaign finances. in a statement today, he said he has nothing to hide and is cooperating with the probe. in northern france, severe flooding danger today after days of downpours. overflowing rivers have spilled into streets and inundated homes. some 200 schools have closed. miles of farmland are also underwater. >> i risk having oxidized strawberries. i risk having zero production. >> forecasters say the region will stay on red alert for flooding through saturday. the un's as catastrophic flo

and jim clyburn will be on to talk about black voters in the u.s. some of them are not impressed with the president's performance and what that means for him as he seeks re-election. and on the other end of the spectrum, the shoes that i wore to beyonce's concert are relevant today. >> the shoes you wore. i didn't know that would be brought up. i wanted to but didn't want to be blasted by you. they're sparkly and fun. "first of all" premieres at the top of the hour. we will see you then. >> all right. >>> a big night for basketball as the nba tips off its first ever in-season tournament. guess who's here? >> in victor's seat. >> what's going on? >> they hyped it up a lot. these games really did have a playoff-type feel to them. they all have colorful courts for these tournament games. the games are going to be every tuesday and friday in november except this coming tuesday because it's election day. the warriors and thunder, they played a nail-biter. steph curry is going to step in, get a layup. they called draymond green for offensive goaltending.

congressman jim clyburn of south carolina joins us now.r for president biden's re-election campaign. congressman, it's always great to have you on the show. so tell us a little bit about what we can expect today, and what you are looking at in the state that of course, was so pivotal and you so pivotal for joe biden's nomination and eventual election to become president of the united states. how does it look right now a year out for the president there? >> well, first of all, thank you very much for having me. well, south carolina is a bit different. we are very critical to the nominated process. it'll be different coming the general election, but i will remind people that it was the winner of the south carolina primary that is gone on the democratic side and most especially that has gone on to be successful in this general election in the last several campaigns. so we are going to run on the record of joe biden. i think that if the people were to look at the success this campaign has had, such as in kentucky this morning, also people were

mean, i think in recent times, the endorsement that mattered the most maybe more than any, was jim clyburn endorse ing joe biden back in t south carolina primary in 2020. jeff, thank you so much. i'll see you in miami tomorrow night. >>> our panel is back here. let's sort of move on and talk about the democrat in the white house, who is running for reelection. and how they have been trying to in the biden campaign and at the dnc trying to frame their paid immemedia, the ads. this is really interesting. this is according to ad impact. by far, the majority of the ads up are positive ads. this is what president biden has done. thsz what he has -- this is why he's benefitted from him in the white house. more than $7 medical, contrast ads, just 64,000. we all know where we are. it's one year out to election day. it's extremely early. we can expect that to change dramatically, but what does that tell us about the position that the white house thinks that the president is in right now internally, not just what we're seeing in public polls. >> that's a really interesting question. it's been long p

jim clyburn of south carolina has been critical of phillips, says his moves disrespect black voters.n i was up in new hampshire i asked phillips if he had donnie work with what is obviously a bedrock constituency of the modern democratic party. take a look at how he answered that question. >> congressional black caucus, the urban league, the naacp, there's an infrastructure of people who spend their lives working on black empowerment. >> yes. >> did you reach out to them before or as you started your campaign? >> if i reached out to anybody before i actually -- by the way, my campaign started two weeks before i announced. i've only been at this two weeks. >> but you haven't. >> not yet but i've spent my entire life in minnesota making these very investments of both time and treasure, energy to try to make life better for people, not by imposing what i think needs to be done, just the opposite. >> so he acknowledged that he didn't reach out to any of these black constituency groups before or in the weeks since he announced. are you surprised by that? >> a little bit. the reason why jo

and sort of to that point, it's sort of what jim clyburn is saying. people are not in sync with the campaign yet. he used that word, and he said you look at bill clinton. you look at barack obama, they weren't with those incumbents either. so i guess he's saying they'll come around. but is the president correct, we just have time here? >> he's certainly correct. we're a year away. a poll a year out from the election is not election results. he's certainly correct on that, but as we sat here earlier this week, and the vice president came out in the aftermath of the polls and tuesday's election results to go before the cameras at the white house earlier this week, she said the president and i have our work cut out for us, and we have work to do. and they do have work to do. so yes, are these poll headlines welcome developments for the biden campaign? no, of course not. are they just a snapshot right now and kind of identify what the work is ahead? key parts of the president's coalition that delivered him to the white house in 2020, young voters, african

can you say james clyburn, south carolina state. can you say subject richmond? morehouse. are leading this country have flipped the dynamic from the ivy leagues to our black ivy league, hbcus. many of these hbcus were born out of the massacre in slavery times, they wanted to make sure that the slave understood how to read christian books, the bible, okay? and they started out as many of these schools did as bible colleges, like my alma mater, morgan state university. and it grew into a college and then to a university. this is a big deal. hbcus are in their prime right now and it makes a big difference to show all america and it needs to be at a time, for this setting and this venue, when people are talking about all of these anti-woke movements, all of these anti-, the book bans, et cetera, et cetera. >> and affirmative action, and other issues that will be issues in the 24 campaign. >> exactly. >> the only thing i'm going to be watching for is, will donald trump show up? he's not shown up to the primary debates so far in the republican party. i want to see if he shows up

. >> and kate, what do you make of jim clyburn who is an ally of the president saying there are some voters out there who are not in sync with the president? >> well, he's being honest. we've certainly seen a new of polls that show there is a level of support that got joe biden and kamala harris elected in 2020, isn't as strong right at this moment. so i think what he's saying is he's just calling it like it is. and he's essentially saying to people who would look at a donald trump presidency and say i don't want that again, well then you have to turn out and vote and you have to come out and the biden campaign has a year to make the case for the things that they've doone. they've made strides in making lives better and they have a year to make that case and also by drawing the strong contrast which you heard president biden do today with donald trump. the more this race is about the contrast between biden and harris and donald trump and the better that is for biden and harris. >> and trump has tried to moderate his position on abortion more so than his 2024 gop rivals but we're seei

also the debates sold democratic congressman james clyburn and highlighted importance in the primarycess.

in the until clyburn came in until biden turned around in the primary.ns he was preferred by the democratic party, he was not on board with a lot of the new progressive left wing ideas and the border on israel, thought he would be a better candidate against donald trump and those divisions have not been pushed fo the forefront until now. when he's looking around, someone who first went to israel and met golda mayer, would have fit in well with his party, he's got over 20 staffers in his white house leaking to the "washington post" saying they are upset with the strategy. i think he's a little surprised and taken aback at how much the party has changed but they knew that when they picked him. >> john: people bring up the age issue as well, david axelrod is out there banging the drum biden has to make a decision over whether or not he's going to do this for him or for the country. that question came up over the weekend from the lips of our own lucas tomlinson. >> mr. president, are you too old to be running for re-election? >> that's stupid. >> mr. preside

convention next summer when biden could be convinced by party leaders, people he respects like obama, clyburn to step down if his numbers are still dismal. i don't think that's going to happen. but i say if these folks are too pessimistic, joe biden i think is he getting warmed up. i'm looking in the positive side here. there's a lot of good news out there like he is almost able to dress himself. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> laura: that's the guy who is going to be sitting across the table from china's president xi jinping in less than a week. and all indications are that biden is preparing to begin a new era of capitulation. excuse me. cooperation. with china. now, we know the complicated negotiations have basically been done by biden's crack negotiators over the past six months or so, he is just there for the photo op. but we know this. what's going to come out of this will be good for china and terrible for us. because with biden poised to give up key u.s. leverage, probably the major tariffs on chinese imports, xi knows that he can promise and never deliver we're going to help you joe on climate change.

. >> james clyburn i don't want to misquote him all given what i think he said pushing bidenomics a lot of american sibley don't feel it. he's one of the supports president. meghan people aren't feeling. >> totally. the democrats do have an advantage on abortion and that help them in the red term in the red w wave did help them. there could be looking at their pocketbooks and thinking i'm not better off than i was four years ago. this is a real problem the white house has to focus on it. but to get these numbers up, they're going to have to make a lot of speeches and turn some minds around because these numbers are not good and that's what we see the battleground states that biden one is losing them. neil: let's switch to the republican side, a lot of attention formally endorsing ron desantis later today. could that be a game changer in iowa where the former presidents lead no matter what happens in it out of civil cases and other criminal cases the summer it is his state to lose even with her back in for desantis. >> that is a bold move by the governor and trump and the governor have n

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congressman james clyburn will file paperwork on behalf of joe biden for the south carolina primary.n at 4:00 p.m., secretary of defense lloyd austin set to hold a joint press conference in india concerning ne-yo pacific talks. >> brian: get them to stop financing russia. >> pete: lastly happening today sag-aftra and hollywood studios revealed the studios behind their deal. >> brian: going back to the movies, see ya. >> pete: bring you all the coverage on these events all day long. >> ainsley: three more hours and go back to the movie. >> brian: be in the movies. i'm sure i will be cast in something big. >> lawrence: man intentionally hit two deputies. hospitalized. >> ainsley: watch this. >> lawrence: latest on the investigation. >> ainsley: oh my gosh. >> brian: president biden in denial dismissing trump's lead in five key battleground states to reporters. i will pause. peter period why do you think it is you are trailing trump in all swing state polls. >> don't read the poll. >> you don't believe you are trailing in battleground states. >> no, i don't. >> ainsley: a.g. brenberg en

vice president kamala harris spoke at this campaign event alongside democratic congressman james clyburnmetto state to file the official paperwork for the biden/harris ticket to get on that state's primary ballot, and speaking to supporters, the vice president stressed the importance of of the upcoming election, and reminded people on the recent successes for democratic candidates. >> these are some of the basic things that are at stake in 2024, a fundamental fight for our freedoms, and so we are here with the wind in our back because did anyone notice what happened on tuesday? [ applause ] >> the south carolina primary is on february 3rd. >>> next on "ana cabrera reports," how donald trump jr.'s testimony in his family's fraud trial could look different once he testifies for the defense on monday. >>> plus, the trump ally in congress who just filed an ethics complaint against the judge in this case. he judge in this case businesses need 5g solutions today. that's why they choose t-mobile for business. las vegas grand prix chose t-mobile to help power operations for one of the world's la

the new york times reports that clyburn or you can, quote, poured millions of dollars and his political capital and to expanding power for his party in the legislator, but voters in virginia galvanized by glen oak and proposed abortion ban helped democrats maintain control of the state senate and flip the state house. in ohio, more than 56% of ohio voters approved a ballot referendum and shining reproductive rights into the states constitution. the emit one in 18 suburban and rural counties that voted for donald trump in 2020. in pennsylvania, where i spent a lifetime, which became ground zero for don trump anti-democratic movement in 2020, the democrat, dan mccaffrey, one and open see on pennsylvania supreme court. now, democrat three ran against caroline carluccio, a conservative judge who was backed by anti-abortion groups. with democrats win, democrats now hold a 52 majority on pennsylvania supreme court, providing a protected buffer for next year's presidential election. this week's election proved once again that the best way to fight trumpism is to show up and vote and when. join

kamala harris traveled to columbia today to formally file the paperwork alongside congressman jim clyburnle means south carolina is going to be the democrats' first in the nation primary on february 3rd. i can't believe it's already here. that campaign kickoff wraps up an eventful few days in the world of politics to say the least. it has been a week for democrats and republicans as well. starting with those rough poll numbers for president biden in a hypothetical matchup with donald trump. eased slightly by a string of democratic wins across the country on tuesday, especially on abortion rights. that was followed by the republican candidates for president taking the debate stage in miami who went against counter programming from donald trump a few miles down the street, to yesterday's surprise announcement from senator joe manchin whose decision not to run for reelection leaves an open seat in ruby red west virginia. what do all the ups and downs mean for the 2024 landscape. back with us, msnbc political analyst, and former rnc chair, michael steele who has been hanging around for the la

then, south carolina congressman jim clyburn gave biden a heartfelt, full-throated or cement. won in that state. eventually, he won the democratic nomination. so, sending his vice president to south carolina yesterday to file the papers, to be on the primary ballot, was a sign of how important the stick was and is to the biden campaign. vice president harris said as much. listen. >> it was south carolina that created the path to the white house for joe biden and me. because of what you did in 2020, we have then come into office and with your support, done a number of things that have been transformational for our country. so, i'm here to say thank you. i am here to say, let's do it again. [applause] -- it was congressman buyer side, this was a key step, alex, it shows south carolina will continue to be an important place for the biden campaign. >> indeed, i was waiting for the let's do it again. she delivered. aaron gilchrist, thank you. now, some alarming developments that are putting election officials on high alert. right now, the fbi is investigating letters with suspiciou

and then james clyburne na said it's going to be biden in the south carolina primary. and it wasmary.as biden. i think similarly, they will say it's gavin newsom polls better. >> carmel is going to get crushed. do you think they ta. >>p newsom the this election or do you think joe makes it through thismakes election? i don't. i think i've been saying it's the weekend at bernie'sit sayin campaign, 2020. and i know a lot of you out bur there will remember weekennida at bernie's, too. >> they actually made a sequel. work don'tn't that i i think weekend at bernie's too, a.k.a biden. it's an attempt to get reelected in 2024 can work. >> s, o i thought he would drop out and they would have a real primary. now i feel like at theiction convention the fix is going to be in and t they're going to remove him and end up with a new nominee come this summer. >> sneheo clay travis right nowr is predicting this summer at the dncav p convention, which will be swarmed by left wing protesters. it'll be like chicago 19 six. tt it sure will be that the t powerbrokers and the superdelegates

next summer wheny led biden could be convinced by party leaders,ep dow people respects like obama, clyburnancy pelosi to ste hi. down if his numbers are still dismal. i don't think that's these going to happen, but i say if these folks are too pessimistic, joe bidetic, joen, look, i think he's getting warmed up. i'm looking on the positive side here. and there's a lot of good news out there, lik te he's able to dress himself. >> that's the guy who's going to be sitting across the table from china'sjinping president i in less than a week. and all indications are thatden biden is preparing to begin a new era of capitulatio capn ca excuse me, cooperation. with china. n' now, we know the complicated negotiations have basically been donktiators e by, biden's k negotiators over the past six months or so. >> he's just there foro come o the photo op. but we know this. what's of this going to come out of this will be good for china and terrible us because with biden poised to give up key u.s. leverage, probablye im the major tariffs on chinese imports, xie knows that he can promise and never delive

appearing with campaign chair jim clyburne to deliver the papers. south carolina has been important to the biden campaign. back in 2020, after losses in early primary states, the endorsement catapulted then candidate biden to a win there and eventually to the nomination. vice president harris acknowledging that to be the first democratic primary state. >> it started here in south carolina. the work that we have accomplished that will benefit people. i'm here to say thank you. i'm here to say let's do it again. >> reporter: now the primaries are only months away at this point. some voters are already looking to next november. abortion rights will again be on the ballot in many states. that issue has proven to be successful for democrats. they notched wins on it this week in ohio and virginia. the wins are a roller coaster week for the president with polling showing him trailing the republican candidate trump in battleground states. laura, president biden dismissing the early polling for the election a year away. laura. >> aaron gilchrist, thank you.

i think clyburn and others in the party -- >> the news of the day you should report on is the fact thatropriation bills at $1.59 trillion. the level at which mccarthy and biden struck that debt deal. that means you're much, much more -- much less likely to have a government shutdown. so these are the guys who tubed the budget process, cost us six months and four speakerships effectively by saying we want $1.47 trillion, now we're back to where we were before. it is never mind we're okay with the levels. it is us frofrustrating. you blew threw four speakers there in six months of appropriation bills and now we're back to where we should have been all along, back in memorial day, when mccarthy struck that good deal with biden. but the point i'm trying to make is that makes it much more likely that we're going to have a smoother appropriations process, meaning not a government shutdown. >> let me ask you -- >> mike johnson deserves a lot of credit for getting us to this point. >> but let me ask you, we have said for years, i remember when, you know, evan bayh left, judd gregg left the sena

we talked to congressman clyburn, a close ally of the president, who said, i don't like this. don't think about things in terms of economics. it's not a message that's getting to people. they think about, how much is my grocery bill costing? how much is gas? can i afford a home, to send my kids to college? that's what the president should be talking about in the view of allies, not labeling it as embracing the economy, including things out of his control, like interest rates and inflation and things like that. >> housing. >> really did. i mean, the bidenomics argument didn't work. by the way, mika was talking about steve. >> no. >> not larry, but talking about steve. we were calling for steve scalise -- >> thank you. it was in my head. >> just to explain. >> my point, larry, is that we're dealing with, i think, a dangerous atmosphere. a good example of that, and looking at these poll results might be reflective of the dangerous atmosphere. a good example of that may be that leading members of congress still argue whether or not joe biden won the election. that's the world we'r