i want to bring in democratic congressman from virginia, gerry connolly, a member of the house oversightommittee. congressman, thank you for joining the program. what are you hearing from your colleagues right now in this debate? >> i hear a lot of anxiety and consternation about the political reality on the ground. the fallout from the debate and even subsequent occurrences both in the media and with the public have not reassured anxious colleagues that we that can pre successfully in november. and so i hear a lot of anxiety, not panic, anxiety. and it's anxiety looking at data. you had some, you know, persons on the street, interviews in pennsylvania, but i can tell you that the rank and file democrats, many of us are supposed to in our respective districts and states are telling something quite different. they are coming to the conclusion that it would be very difficult to win in november, and they are terrified about trump. >> so when the biden campaign chief comes on "morning joe" today, as she did, and she says we have paths to victory, not just one, but multiple paths to victory,

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now, democratic congressman gerry connolly of virginia, sir, good to have you with us tonight. just heard i'm sure mj is new reporting great to have you in addition, one democratic lawmakers, just telling cnn quote, it's over. we're just waiting for the announcement do you agree that it is in fact, over and it's time for the president to step aside. >> no but i do believe the white house has a shrinking window in which to turn this around if it can be turned around. and they've got to do two things and do it very quickly. one is they've got a massively in improve their outreach to stakeholders donors governors, elected officials, members of congress delegates to the convention they've got to really reach out at senior levels of the white house, not campaign, talking points. and a two-way dialogue, a dialogue is two-way communication, not one way communication. they need to do that quickly and broadly. and secondly, they got get joe biden out to basically prove he's got it that was a really bad night, but it doesn't characterize him or his behavior or his ability to carry on. an

and now we have to make sure that we don't return to that congressman gerry connolly. we appreciate the time and candor. thanks so much, sir thank you. of course. we have live pictures now of air force one arriving in madison, wisconsin, president biden, so to speak, at a rally in this battleground state as he tries to reassure voters that he can handle another four years in office. >> this as we get new reporting on the trump campaign, and whether it wants to see biden stay in the race. we'll be right back. >> so probably seen as hosting shark, sure. >> he's back. who is the alpha matte a still brought to get my shams short. >> i'm still i can see now starts sunday and eat and discovery and stream on max. this summer snacking just got serious introducing new $3 footlong divers world might not be ready for but at $3 a pop, your wallet definitely is i thought we had a plant and for dad, he was set to go to the senior living community, right by my house. >> then a friend suggested i talked to a place for mom they really opened my eyes my advisor listened and understood h

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thank you so much for joining us now, is democratic congressman gerry connolly of virginia congress. first of all, i just want to get your reaction to to the latest development. i was just talking about with arlette that these questions were provided to these radio hosts beforehand for the president to interview what do you think about that well, it's not my practice, but it's not unheard of. >> and i would say, yeah, we're kinda pilot on right now i mean, what look at the sec of nc a fox news with trump and his acolytes, you think they don't practice the questions and go over the questions before an interview in depth. so i wouldn't have done this if i were the biden campaign but i sure wouldn't allow this to be overblown, especially when we're looking at that alternate network, fox, which has become nothing but an intimate part of the trump campaign. >> but for the context the context does matter. and in this case, these are the first pairs of interviews after the concerning debate to try to prove to the conservative voters that there's nothing to see here. there is no issue, and t

joining me now is virginia congressman gerry connolly on the foreign affairs committee.od to see you, my friend. what congressman is your takeaway from this interview? did a blunt reaction from the debate at all help or hurt? and keep things status quo and are you sharing the reaction? >> well, i don't think we can really erase the image of the debate with one interview albeit with george stephanopoulos. so i think there were aspects of it that will allow the president to show his capability and reassure it. but there were aspects of it that were flatly denial and invoking the lord almighty as the only, you know, intervention that could dissway him from running is not really helpful, right? no one could compete with the divine. this is an all too human process that doesn't really involve the divine. we hope ultimately that the divine blesses us, but meanwhile god's work here on earth is ours. and this is going to be a human process with human politicians, stakeholders, family members. the president be himself, members of congress, delegates to the convention, and the ame

aides to gerry connolly assault with a ball bat in his district office.cy pelosi fertilized in their san francisco home. >> how are you feeling mr. pelosi? are you feeling better? >> yes getting there. local prosecutors refused to take up the cases. >> at the hands of these prosecutors and city council that run the cities and when the areas. >> indiana u.s. attorney did not prosecute amanda threatened to kill gop congressman jim banks. capitol police briefly hired special legal liaisons in a san jose, california and tampa to assist local officials with the prosecution. >> we did not see the level of the prosecution we once had for not understands how to work a hate crime progress all presidents lawmakers investigate otherwise some who could do harm might slip through the crooks. on capitol hill, chad pergram fox news. >> coming up baseball fan tries to get a cell fleet with the famous slugger on the field and it is not turned out well. stick around for that. to see and things to do. that's why you choose glucerna to help manage blood sugar response. uniqu

that is gerry connolly of virginia.so hear from mike quigley, who has been in the house for the same amount of time seeing the complete opposite. >> mr. president, your legacy is set. we owe you the greatest debt of gratitude. the only thing that you can do now to cement that for all time and prevent utter catastrophe is to step down and let someone else do this. >> i support this president. i believe he has been consequential and deserves grace, dignity and respect. he won every primary. he has 39 plus pledged delegates but you cannot trust that aside because you decided looking at polling data or talking to people that he is not viable. >> reporter: because a biden already won all of the pledged delegates, 99% of the democratic delegates and past the primaries. it is biden's choice alone whether to stay in this race or bow out. come monday, you will not see tourists behind me enjoying the july 4th recess. you will see democratic lawmakers and republicans back in these halls having to face our questions and trying to a

. >> aides to virginia democrat gerry connolly assaulted with a ball bat in his district office, droppedformer house speaker nancy pelosi, brutalized in their san francisco home. how are you feeling, mr. pelosi? well, thank you. you're doing better. yep. getting there. some local prosecutors refused to take up the cases. >> that falls at the hands of these prosecutors and the city councils that run these cities and run these areas. >> an indiana u.s. attorney didn't prosecute a man who threatened to kill gop congressman jim banks. the capitol police recently hired special legal liaisons in san jose, california, and tampa to assist local officials with prosecutions. >> we didn't see the level of prosecution that we wanted. not everyone understands how to work a hate crime manger wants all threats against lawmakers investigated. >> otherwise, some who could do harm might slip through the cracks on capitol hill. chad pergram fox news. >> vice president kamala harris was in new orleans tonight taking part in the essence festival of culture. and freedom. where are you? >> cause i need freedom

here's one democrat, gerry connolly invoking god on almighty as the only intervention that is going to dissuade him from going forward i i hope joe biden didn't really mean that look, this is a very human process, not a divine process. >> while we all hope for the blessings of god politics is a very human business. and we have to make some very hard decisions going forward. and so does he let's just lay out the political framework here for a lot of democrats. >> they are going to be launching, polling very closely in the next couple of days because what they want to understand is whether or not biden's debate performance and questions about his mental acuity going forward are going to potentially hold them in their own races. democrats are hoping to take back the house. they're hoping to keep the senate if they start to see polling suggesting that biden on the top of the ticket could be a problem for them going forward. that certainly will shift things. we're going to be keeping a close eye also on senator mark warner. there had been some reporting that he was going to try and convene

seriously mortal threat to democracy and freedom in our country and i'm here now with congressman gerry connolly is a senior virginia democratic counsel. >> commonly, do you think that joe biden should stay as a party's nominee? >> i, support your biden, but i also believe that he has to use this time, especially this week to reassure people in a convincing way. what does that mean? what do you have to do? >> well, he's got lots of public appearances. i'm very involved in the nato summit this week he's gonna be hosting that somebody is going to be on an internet national stage. he's going to have i hope freewheeling press conference. those will all be tests of whether what happened at the debate was an anomaly. or whether it's something deeper than that. do you have confidence that he could be donald trump? >> i believe the democratic coalition is quite capable of beating donald trump. >> what about biden, who can are you concerned about biden's chances in november but at the moment president biden is leading that cohen questions. >> so yes, i do. i is it a little steeper climb today than it was

in fact, i just spoke to democratic congressman gerry connolly earlier in the show when he was saying the more you call on him to step down, the more he's going to dig in that's what he does, ms back is up against a wall. he's not calling on and biden to step down, but he certainly expressed concern. here's a flit from that interview i do believe that what happened at the debate was more than a bad night. >> i am not about to throw him overboard because of a bad experience. i want to give him every opportunity to try to recover. having said that at the end of the day, we cannot afford ford to make a mistake about donald trump and time is of the essence here, alex, at what point did these lawmakers who are loyal to biden call on him to make a decision i mean, it hit time is running out. >> the democratic convention is about five weeks away and have to get the exact day count for you and i think it's still very possible and if not probable, that a joe biden is that the nominee? it would be very almost impossible to remove him and it's really a singer can go person decision. and also ano

but it's unclear if it's going to be enough and in light of what you just said, maria, we had gerry connolly on and the last act our so here on cnn, the democratic congressman who said he felt like the white house hasn't been reaching out enough to members on the hill especially given the fact this dynamic of you have dozens of close races, right? >> for democrats, should the white house be doing more, not just putting president biden out sooner or putting out more now. but in terms of the outreach yes. of course, in my understanding is that is exactly what they're doing. pam and maybe they had start late, but they're doing now what they need to be doing in terms of that outreach two members of congress, to senators, two governors, to donors to allies, to supporters. but i think the most important thing is, you know, and it's not up to alex and it's not up to us and it's not up to the new york times. the most important thing i believe that will determine the rest of this race and how it looks is the voters and president biden today did exactly what he needed to do. i spoke to some of the vot

that decisions have to be made sooner than which we just heard from the democratic congressman gerry connolly, right? the next few days are critical at all because, because you're talking about down-ballot races, and joe biden cares a lot about that. he doesn't want to be the person responsible for not being able to take the house back, for example, for the democrats or losing the senate again all right, so those are arguments that could be made to him. all right. everyone stay with us. we're still waiting for president biden to address voters and a crucial swing state of wisconsin. part of his bid to reassure voters and his party that he is still up for the job sunday, dr. sanjay gupta reports i'm going to spend time here with this world war noun doctor believes he's figured out a way, not just to prevent alzheimer but to reverse it, is their new hope for the devastating effects of alzheimer's reversing, something that seems so preordained. >> it sounds extraordinary. >> plus a very personal medical assessment. i've come to figure out whether i'm at risk or later dementia dr. sanjay gupta re

we're going to see yesterday congressmen gerry connolly, there was a former staffer for biden when he was in the senate, told me, even he's grappling with how to move forward this is a man i revere and i am not about to throw him overboard because of a bad experience. >> i want to give him every opportunity i to try to recover. having said that at the end of the day, we cannot afford to make a mistake about donald trump. we've got to put our best foot forward. and i'm hopeful that's joe biden i'm open to the fact that sadly that might not be i do believe that what happened at the debate was more than a bad night my panel is back with me now and it is interesting. >> you get all different opinions, different opinions. i also interviewed congressman garamendi of california yesterday and he said it was just a bad night. let's move on. this is no big deal. but so far five members, just five members of congress have publicly called for biden to step aside dave, what's the temperature with the rest a lot after the bait were telling me how glad they were they were out of the country becoming

. >> that was democratic congressman gerry connolly of virginia expressing some frustration over thethe white house. joining us now senior spokesperson for the biden/hair campaign, adrienne elrod. we've been talking about it this morning. a lot of people are concerned about president biden and whether he should stay in the debate. we heard from tim ryan. tim ryan worries joe biden cannot deliver. he says americans needed to see a candidate punching back at trump's lies, repeated lies, over the course of 90 minutes and over the course of 90 minutes he repeatedly struck out, even on basic issues like abortion and some of the basic arguments of our time. to that you say what? to the calls from people like tim ryan to shake-up the race, what do you say? >> well, a couple things, mika. first of all, good morning. secondly, look, president biden has made it clear -- how many times did he have to say it he didn't have his best night. he said last night in virginia he was tired. you noted on the show, mika, he travelled twice around the world. you know, he was exhausted. he did not have his