it was exactly 4 years ago in michigan that he stood before supporters in detroit high school and called himself a bridge to the next generation of leaders in the last few days. as you know, we've seen a, a growing course of voices calling on the president to step aside. can you tell us what is what voters in michigan i'm most concerned about today when it comes to biding? is it his ability to lead the country for another 4 years or, or is it more about his record? of course that depends partly um, which bodies you're talking to. but if you are talking about democrats, if we're talking about the democrats and the ability of joe biden, to get the majority of voters michigan. and i think that there is a great deal of concern about is age and his ability to serve about a 4 year term. but there's also a great deal of concern about donald trump. so that recent following data showed that democrats do have concern about his age, but they're not trying to abandon joe biden, if it turns out to be the candidate of the democratic party. but we did see a lot of uncommitted voters during the primarie

really is erin president biden is expected to take the stage any minute now, here at this high school in detroit, michigan but before he came to this high school, he made about 15 minute stop at a local restaurant with congresswoman debbie dingell. she is among those who has urged president biden really to hold these more impromptu, unscripted type of events to show voters he is up for a second term. the president's spent 15 minutes in that room walking around, holding a microphone without any teleprompter in sight? as he tried to make his case to these voters. and he very explicitly a tried to assure these voters about his candidacy, saying, i promise you i'm okay. it comes as there is major anxiety within the democratic party is something that biden's advisers have acknowledged, but they are trying to set up this, these types of moments it's these trips across the country to show voters that he is up for a second term in office. now, one thing that president biden is expected to do tonight in his remarks here in detroit, is really trying to lean into drawing a contrast with former president do

. ♪ ♪ >> john: live chat now at the auditorium at the renaissance high school in detroit, michigan, wheres supposed to speak in a moment, they put the presidential seal on the lectern and he will come on very shortly, this as we mentioned is those very same high school he spoke at four years ago when he won michigan, but the polls show donald trump in a very slight lead. let's bring back our panel now. back to the press conference last night, and where we go from here. former congressman, democratic congressman tim ryan thought that the press conference did enough to allow joe biden to stay in office, but he said when the trump campaign really gets going and starts firing on all cylinders, with all of the gaffes that he has made over the last three and half years, it's going to be a different story. listen to what he said. >> think about george stephanopoulos coming at think about the vladimir putin mistake last night. he did well enough last night and got into some nuance with foreign policy to say, okay, uncomfortable with him finishing out the gear, but there is no way that those voter

and john henry lived for a say in detroit, where president biding is due to speak very shortly at a high school there in detroit. talk to us about what we've heard from him so far in michigan, where the president stopped at a restaurant where they were providing signs in the window. and he assured everyone that he was indeed going to continue running for president again in 2024. and he said, i promise you, i'm ok that of course as a reference to his physical condition after that rather bad debate performance and the number of gaps that you were just showing fully. he is trying to reassure people here in michigan that he's okay to run buddy's. he's running behind the where, where he was 4 years ago in 2020. he won the state by about 3 percentage points. now polls show him a debt even to a little bit behind donald trump in the state of michigan is important because this is part of the blue wall. democrats like to say they have across the midwest, which they did in 2020. we're buying one, michigan. any one, wisconsin, he want to kill a noise you want minnesota and for the day that he's pennsylvani

addressing supporters at a high school in detroit. >> a lot of speculation lately. what is joe biden going to do? >> stay in the race? drop out? >> i am running and we are going to win. >> it comes as an increasing number of democratic lawmakers are calling for him to exit the race. >> the majority of americans are concerned about if joe biden for all of his remarkable achievements can prosecute the race against donald trump. >> michigan voters spoke out about concerns over biden's fitness to serve after his poor debate showing against former president trump last month. >> yes. he is old, but, we all get old and we all have our little brain quirks. >> based on his interviews and stuff does not seem like he is mentally there age wise. >> i promise you, i am okay. snow biden vows to remain in the race, trump is preparing for the republican convention next week in milwaukee and getting ready to name his runningmate. north dakota governor, ohio senator and florida senator are said to be on trump's short list. gop senator susan collins of maine does not plan to vote for

he took the stage at a high school in detroit this afternoon, speaking for about 45 minutes, mostly readingff of a teleprompter, president biden told the crowd that he is the only person who has ever beaten donald trump and said he will do it again. >> i'm the nominee of this party because 14 million democrats like you voted for me in the primaries. you made me the nominee. no one else. not the press, not the pundits, not the insiders, not donors. you, the voters. you decided no one else. and i'm not going anywhere. >> michigan is one of the three midwestern blue wall states, along with wisconsin and pennsylvania, that the biden campaign says it will be the clearest path to victory in november. so essentially must wins there. meantime, seven members of the san francisco democratic county central committee sent a letter to the democratic national committee calling for the party to rally around vice president kamala harris as the presidential nominee. if president biden steps aside, the letter says in part, quote, this election is a fight for our democracy, and harris is the candidate with th

i think you could see president biden really uplifted by this packed gymnasium in a high school in detroit. you also started to see a new message coming from biden, a new speech where he went after the press. he said hate, i might slip up with some names, i might call charlie bob. what he actually did was call zelenskyy, the president of ukraine, putin, but he downplayed it there. he said while i am making these, the press is given trump a pass -- giving trump a pass. he's trying to turn the attention from the inner fight within his party over his nomination to trump and his policy agenda. and he has to do that in order to have any chance of winning this fall. he cannot let this be a referendum on his age and his mental fitness. he has to shift this campaign to a referendum on trump and his policies. and of course, what the campaign is doing right now is leaning in heavily on this project 2025, the blueprint, legislative blueprint created by the heritage foundation, which of course lies with trump. that's the message coming from the biden campaign. they are trying to move on past this deba

there were protesters outside but they were small in numbers — outside of the high school gymnasium in detroit wanted to hear him and they gave him a resounding reception. the biden cam ai . n resounding reception. the biden campaign says — resounding reception. the biden campaign says that _ resounding reception. the biden campaign says that the - resounding reception. the biden campaign says that the state - resounding reception. the biden campaign says that the state is l campaign says that the state is part of their blue—wall strategy. just remind us how important is winning michigan to that strategy. also the campaign overall?- to that strategy. also the campaign overall? well, if you look at the _ campaign overall? well, if you look at the polling right - campaign overall? well, if you look at the polling right now, i look at the polling right now, joe biden needs to win and hold down pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin. if other, you know, normal swing states go in trump's favour, the southern state of georgia, obviously the long—time swing states of ohio and florida seem to be in trum

. >> he just took the stage at a high school in detroit about ten minutes ago. michigan is one of the three midwestern blue ball states that his campaign says will be the clearest path to victory in november and from donors, political organizations and a growing number of members of congress. >> the calls for president biden to step aside as his party's nominee. they continue to grow. >> ktvu sally rasmus explains that it all comes as more house democrats call for a change to their presidential ticket. >> we asked members of the bay area's congressional delegation whether they think president biden should stay in the race. ktvu caught up with north bay congressman jared huffman at an event this morning. his answer to that question i support the democratic ticket, winning the most important election in our lifetime. in a statement to ktvu, south bay congressman o'connor's response was also noncommittal, saying, quote, on foreign policy, the president was more substantive last night than 90% of people in congress. is he an underdog? yes. but the polling shows he c

may god protect our troops right we're looking right now at president biden on stage at a high school gym in detroit that was a raucous rally. >> chance four more years, don't you quit throughout the rally? let's just be honest. energetic passionate. that is a joe biden that many donors and democrats wish that they saw on that debate stage obviously a crucial moment to watch. he just spoke there for about 35 to 40 minutes. at that rally, you can see the response now and thanks so much to all of you for joining us. let's hand it off now for our continuing coverage with anderson cooper 360 i didn in detroit wrapping up a fiery defense of his canvas, see his stamina and his chances defeating donald trump in november, speaking to chants, have we got your back? >> and don't you quit and four more years he talked for about 35 minutes joining us now is former ohio democratic congressman tim ryan ran for president 2020 also to cnn political commentators, ashley allison, who served as national coalitions director for the 2020 biden-harris campaign, and kate bedingfield, former biden white house communication

now, he told a group of supporters at renaissance high school there in detroit that it's going to be all about trump from here on out. can he make that pivot now that's certainly what the biden campaign feels like. >> they have to do to have any sort of a chance at women winning in november 1 of the things that we've been hearing, democrats are most frustrated with is just how long the fallout and president biden's debate has gone on, how much attention has been paid to the concerns around biden's health and his age when they really believe that they need to make this entire conversation about the former president donald trump in order to help them up democrats at the top of the ticket and down-ballot going into november but the reality is this is going to be a difficult pivot to make of course it will be helped by the fact that the republican convention begins next week. and so that may help try to push the attention back on the former president but the biden campaign really has been the topic of conversation for the past two weeks. and the fact that biden continues to say that he's

i think you could see president biden really uplifted by this packed gymnasium in a high school in detroitalso started to see a new message coming from biden, a new speech where he went after the press. he said hate, i might slip up with some names, i might call charlie bob. what he actually did was call zelenskyy, the president of ukraine, putin, but he downplayed it there. he said while i am making these, the press is given trump a pass -- giving trump a pass. he's trying to turn the attention from the inner fight within his party over his nomination to trump and his policy agenda. and he has to do that in order to have any chance of winning this fall. he cannot let this be a referendum on his age and his mental fitness. he has to shift this campaign to a referendum on trump and his policies. and of course, what the campaign is doing right now is leaning in heavily on this project 2025, the blueprint, legislative blueprint created by the heritage foundation, which of course lies with trump. that's the message coming from the biden campaign. they are trying to move on past this debate ove

and i know detroit free press, he reported that the 20 pennsylvania shooter looked up the 2021 oxford spurred high school shooting in michigan. can you comment on what information is shooter was looking up regarding the tragedy of oxford high school where it took four of our high school youth there i'm sorry. >> i'm not able to the fbi has those details so you can't even tell us what was he looking at the type of weapon? >> how many unfortunately, i don't have those deeds. you have i mean, did they share that with you though? >> i don't have the full content of what his searches where i think that they are still in the process of examining all of his day devices okay again you know, again, the impact i want to be really serious about this. the impact on our families is more than just this political rally. mr. chair, we have to talk about this even if we're in disagreement let's talk about it because i've seen statistics that show that we could be saving lives. now if we ban these weapons of war from our, from being able to buy it at the local store down the street and we we just can't continue to allow t

detroit's summer of 1987. it was party night, he said. john and his classmates had just graduated from grosse pointe north high school.of industry live, several months and tax brackets across the city lines. after a few beers, the partiers decided to buy some marijuana from old man bob. >> you call up and say you're coming by. go to the back door. that's what we were going to do that night. >> john and friends popped in the car which was a white plymouth horizon, drove to make the buy. when they got there, they walked up the driveway to bob's back door just as the eyewitness later told the police. except for one detail. it was a big one. the eyewitness identified the brothers as the young man he saw in the driveway. but said john, it was not then. it was him. he and one of his grosse pointe buddies went up that driveway. >> we made it to the back door and when we knocked on the door and he opened it, i heard commotion behind me. we saw people jump over the fence, coming towards us. one with the gun leveled at us. we saw the other people running toward bob, especially a guy with a shotgun. i remembered, i am dead. that

detroit, michigan at any moment. you're looking at, well actually this is earlier at joint base andrews. the president holding a rally later today at renaissance high schoolon the campaign trail, determined to stay in the race as he fights to sure up support for his candidacy. this comes after the president held a press conference last night where he stumbled over his answers and mixed up names of his own vice president with president trump. now, the calls for president biden to withdraw from the race are picking up more steam in the last couple of hours on capitol hill. hillary vaughn is right there. what's the reaction from lawmakers, the latest? reporter: hi, liz. the latest is that one lawmaker actually told the president in person over the phone this afternoon that he wants him to dropout of the race. california congressman mike levin said on a call the president was on that the congressional hispanic caucus he thinks he should step aside and step down as the nominee of the party. this is after the top democrat in the house, hakeem jefferies, was at the white house last night, after biden's press conference, where he delivered concerns from his caucu

detroit. and phoenix. there are parents like that across the board. not just parents of students in ivy league schools but parents in k-12 schools. kids that did not goat go to their graduations, even hight somebody waving a keffiyeh or pro-palestinian flag or new york. obviously jewish person being beaten up at a middle school graduation. none of those people, if they care about their faith, their culture, and their security will vote for a kamala harris presidency. >> carley: here is prime minister benjamin before he left for washington, here is what he said. >> i'm leaving this morning on a very important trip to the united states at a time when israel is fighting on seven fronts. and great political uncertainty in washington. i will tell my friends on both sides of the aisle that regardless who the american people choose as their next president, israel remains america's indispensable and strong ally in the middle east. >> carley: those comments came, rabbi, shortly after israel struck yemen for the first time following that deadly houthi drone attack. israel is fighting a mullett multi frontwar. give us the latest when it comes to the battle its sufficiently. >> the battle itself is

in detroit over the weekend with my african american family in a lot of friends and i kept asking where he gave a very rousing rally on friday, didn't have a great rally was at my rival high school, so i didn't particularly want to go there, but i never never good gas tax but what we did see though, is i talked to a lot of people. >> i'll tell you, people were very sober about it. they got the idea that joe biden might be struggling, but they said, anybody but donald trump, i think they're willing to go along with them. so this crowd that i think he's going to talk to in las vegas, which will be older, which will be probably a little bit more educated, a little bit more we're activists. they are going to rally behind joe biden. i think you expect to see them do very well it won't be a crowd like the one shermichael talking about this younger, that maybe has a little bit few more questions, but that's the problem, right? he needs more than just those older, more affluent educated, african american. >> but those people vote they do need a coalition of latino voters. >> you need a coalition of suburban bourbon white voters where there's continued deficit for the president, which ag

these incidents are never isolated at a note "detroit free press" has decoded the 20-year-old pennsylvania should've looked up the 2021 oxford high schoolshooting in michigan. can you comment on what information they should was looking up regarding. the tragey of oxford high school where it took four of her high school youth of there? >> i'm sorry, i'm not able to. the fbi has the details. >> you can give a telescope was a look at the type of weapon? how many -- >> unfortunately i don't have those details. >> did they share that with you? >> i don't have the full content of what his searches worker i think they are still in the process of examining all of his devices. okay.ta again, again the impact, i want to be really serious about this. the impact on our families is more than just this political belly, mr. chair but we have to talk about this. even if we are disagreements let's talk aboutut it because i consisted to show we could be saving lives now if we banned these weapons of war from being able to buy it at the local store down the street. we just can't continue to allow this to happen and, unfortunately, my residents are not for