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house with bernie sanders and late last night, senator elizabeth warren announcing her support for clinton on the rachel maddow show. nbc's peter alexander reports. >> reporter: overnight, hillary clinton securing the endorsement of another powerful ally. >> i'm going to do everything i can to help hillary clinton get elected and make sure that donald trump never comes within shouting distance of the white house. >> reporter: progressive hero elizabeth warren, long-viewed as bernie sanders supporter, was asked by rachel maddow asked whether she's qualified to be commander in chief warren left no doubt. >> yes, she is. >> unleashing a blistering attack on donald trump. >> donald trump is a loud, nasty, thin-skinned fraud who has never risked anything for anyone and who serves no one but himself. >> reporter: vice president joe biden hammering trump for the criticism of a federal judge. >> i find donald trump's conduct reprehensible. it is racist. >> and barack obama on jimmy fallon mocking trump. >> i have been watching my favorite show, orange is not the new black. >> reporter: the president for the first time throwing his support behind

commerce and labor unions, mitt romney and elizabeth warren, economists on the right and the left and the center all agree trump would throw us back into recession. alexander hamilton would be rolling in his grave. maybe donald feels differently because he made a fortune filing bankruptcies and stiffing his creditors. there is a difference between getting tough on trade and recklessly starting trade wars. trump ties are made in china. trump suits in mexico, trump funture in turkey. trump picture frames in india. trump bar ware in slovenia. i'd love for him to explain how all that fits with his talk about america first. >> senator, thanks for joining us. the topic today is the economy. we have a new poll out today. this jumped out at me. the question was asked who do you trust more on the economy. trump, 51, clinton, 43. does that say more to you about donald trump or hillary clinton? >> i think, first of all, as you know, being the math guy that you are, there are other polls that we've seen when you look at the pure number, hillary has been gaining. she's five, six numbers ahead nationally. i think this is the beginning of this campaign from her perspecti

then late last night, senator elizabeth warren announced support for clinton on "the rachel maddow show." let's start with peter alexander. he's at the white house for us. peter, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. if there were any questions about democratic unity those have been silenced with the president, vice president and now elizabeth warren rushing to back hillary clinton. a top democratic official telling us that senator warren's emerged as a weapon of war against donald trump. warren was the only female democratic senator who had not yet backed clinton. as we speak any moment now down the road from here, the two women are set to meet at clinton's home. overnight hillary clinton's securing the endorsement of another powerful ally. >> i'm going to do everything i can to help hillary clinton get elected and do everything i can to make sure that donald trump never comes within shouting distance of the white house. >> reporter: liz warren long viewed as bernie sanders teammate fueling speculation about a clinton/warren presidential ticket. zed if she believes she is qualified to be commanderen chief if necessar

elizabeth warren announcing her support for clinton on the rachel maddow show. we got all this covered. let's start with nbc national correspondent peter alexander at the white house for us. good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. if there were any questions about democratic unity, those were quickly sigh lend by the president and vice president and now elizabeth warren backing clinton. warren has emerged as a weapon of war against donald trump. she was the only female democratic senator who hadn't yet backed clinton and this morning, just a short distance here at the white house, the two women will meet privately at clinton's home. overnight, hillary clinton's securing the endorsement of another powerful allie. >> i'm going to do everything i can to help hillary clinton get elected and i'm going to do everything that ki to make sure donald trump never comes within shouting distance of the white house. >> reporter: progressive hero, elizabeth warren, fueling spec laying of a clinton-warren presidential ticket. asked rachel maddow if she believes she is commander-in-chief if necessary. warren left no doubt. >> yes, i did. >> issuing an