joining me is governor gretchen whitmer. it's a pleasure to see you again. breaking heat, so the climate portion could not be more timely. talk to me about the investments. what are you seeing in michigan and nationally? >> let me tell you, i'm here in michigan's upper peninsula, and it's 80. it's unusual. we know climate is real. this president has ushered in so many incredible efforts to bring costs down for american families and to make sure that the united states of america is where innovation and manufacturing is happening. we are seeing it all across the country. this president's work has really made people's lives better. i know that it is challenging, but with our inflation rate low and our unemployment rate low as well, it's working. it is making people's lives better. we are feeling it here in michigan in every part of this great state. >> arguably, this legislation would not have passed without the support from joe manchin. but he told the white house he will not attend the ceremony today. he issued a statement really escalating his criticism. he

from michigan, are you suggesting that one of them, specifically to take a leap year, grinch -- gretchen whitmerher hat in the ring quick >> i think there about five names, everybody watching probably knows who they are, they are on the bench and have organization and is support and access to the extraordinary amount of money and resources very to mount an incredible primary camp an >> everybody doesn't know who they are, i hate to be rude but as you know, present biden is basically only being challenged by the anti-fax or robert kennedy junior and marianne williamson coming by you, but of course 60,000 twitter followers and $250,000 the bank doesn't exactly sound like you want to enter the race, gavin newsom, gretchen whitmer, jared polis, peter budaj judge, you have not alluded to vice president harris, she certainly is a woman in next in line, do you want all of them to enter the race? >> jake, let me say this, like i said right now the only thing preventing three, four, five, eight of the names you mentioned appearing on the page making their case to democratic voters, the only thing prevent

the governors gretchen whitmer, and gavin newsom. >> didn't gavin newsom when joe biden was i overseashouse. >> was he measures the drapes. >> with him, you know. he does nos those things. >> that is not normal. >> if gavin newsom is the bench, what is the bumper sticker, i'll make america to california. you know, what record will he run obut h on, he does have nice hair. >> does me really have great hair. >> better than mine. >> i don't like his hair or his face. >> better than david. >> hey. >> liberals, go all in on protecting president biden from hunter's legal woes, next how their partisan stunts could be putting a bigger crack in biden's image, if that is possible. ♪ ♪ i don't know what it meant, but it felt good on my lips ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ do you ever feel dehydrated and need to feel better quickly? liquid labs from force factor hydrates better and faster than water alone. and, liquid labs is delicious, easy to use and affordable. rush to walmart and find liquid labs in the vitamin aisle. after i lost my mom, i was depressed and resentful. i couldn't find my way, but i am not lost. i sho

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underway in michigan right now for three men accused and charged in the plot to kidnap governor gretchen whitmer three years ago. the suspects are the final three in a group of 14 men to go on trial in this bizarre kidnaping plot, kidnaping plot. prosecutors described the defendants as anti-government extremists who they say were angered by whitmer's covid 19 policies, which shut down businesses and schools. authorities managed to foil the plot in early november. so far, nine other men have already been convicted in state or federal court in this case. two others were acquitted at trial. right now, president biden is on his way to maui. he boarded air force one in reno this morning after spending the weekend in the lake tahoe area. president going to maui to see recovery efforts following the deadly wildfires there. in a statement, the president said he's eager to spend time with families and community members and witness firsthand what's required for the community to recover. the maui wildfires killed at least 114 people, and officials warn that number could change as the search for victims con

. >> gretchen whitmer keeping coming up and i don't understand because i don't look at her as being a joe biden ran on the moderate ticket, the people's president. now is he so far left is he unrecognizable. what do you think about this? >> i think democrats stick together, ashley. and i think no one is going rogue unless the party leaders behind the scenes give the go ahead and no one is giving the go ahead on that at this point. some are seeing this as a sign that joe biden is ripe to be prime married. another way highly improperly president was prime married by teddy kennedy that wasn't until they got to the floor of the convention. fools errand for anyone to jump into the race against joe biden. he is polling as low as any president in presidential history. voters have very little confidence in his handling of the crime, the border and not even the majority of democratic voters want to see him seek a second term because they don't think he is up to the job mentally and followingly. power brokers will protect him at all cost that we know because the dnc said he is not going to deba

in recent days the washington post has floated democratic governors gretchen whitmer, gavin newsom, andy beshear in kentucky as challengers. after the august recess house republicans are expected to ramp up attention on how involved the president was with his son hunter's business dealings including visits to the obama white house but former hunter biden associate eric sherwin. that's not the only headache for the president. >> president biden never ittes the word afghanistan. he refuses to talk about it. he sends out people to say he's sorry for what happened. when we see these gold star families it's tragic. >> yesterday at field hearing we heard emotional testimony from gold star families who spoke about the pain of loving loved ones in that deadly attack by a suicide bomber in the exit from afghanistan. republicans want more accountability for what happened. the state department and pentagon held regular briefings the testimony from the gold star families was not mentioned in either un. trace. >> but it was compelling. pete peterson welcome to you both. "new york times" poll shows th

president trump sated yesterday that michigan governor gretchen whitmer needed to lift coronavirus restrictions the crowd started chanting lock her up. >> he doesn't doing anything to provoke people to threaten this woman. he was having fun. >> and eric trump's father, well? >> lock her up, lock her up. >> lock them all up. >> it is just awfully good that someone with the temperment of donald trump is not in charge of the law in our country. >> because you would be in jail. yeah. yeah. i agree with you. i used to just be quiet. i agree with you 100%. and what about omar when she gets caught harvesting? what the hell is going on? i hope the u.s. attorney is going on. what is going on with omar? i have been reading these reports for two years about how corrupt and crooked she is. let's get with it. >> all right, joining us now, cnn political commentator and former trump campaign adviser david urban and former democratic governor of massachusetts, devol patrick. so hillary clinton it is okay, but not if it is donald trump? >> well, wolf, maybe eric trump should go back and listen to that 90s song.

if joe steps down, promises not to run for reelection, gavin newsom and gretchen whitmer order to getthere's no way biden is going to survive a full-blown impeachment. there's no way. it lasts months. all of this evidence is on the table. democrats and the media forced to engage on it. but if joe wants to roll the dice, the republicans move with impeachment. without the impeachment, you have back to back to go back to back to back dropped -- trump trials. trump is going to be criminal is on tv. but if republicans time this right and follow the evidence where it leads, impeachment is going to run counter to the trump trials next year. dana perino is my, host and coanchor. she joins me now. i think it is smart the way the house is moving toward impeachment because you have to put something against the trump trials in the spring. you see it playing out this way? >> dana: it depends on the documents. the fact that joe ziegler cat one of the irs whistleblowers is going to reveal more documents, i think one of the things that is happening is if the house republicans are thinking, let's sequ

. >> reporter: democratic governor gretchen whitmer says she understands the lingering unease as the yet fully felt, or understood. >> there's a lot more communication i think has to be done between now and next year's election, without question. >> reporter: is that the burden of the president himself? >> it's on all of us. it's on all of us. we all would benefit if we spent a little more time telling some of the great victories we've seen over the last few years. >> reporter: michigan is the pillar of biden's blue wall along with wisconsin and pennsylvania, they are three states donald trump carried in 2016, but turned to biden in 2020, and will be critical battlegrounds in 2024. >> i don't think anyone should take this upcoming election for granted, regardless of what the matchup is. >> reporter: as the president touts his economic policies it's clear he still has some explaining to do. what does bidenomics mean to you? >> no, i have no idea what it means. but i think it's biden trying to put together some positive things for the economy. he has stepped across party lines to get a

you might have gavin newsom and gretchen whitmer and the ticket. >> i mean, that's what they are goinge and really figure out that they are going to jackie and figure out. these events coming up fast and furious on the republicans side. his presidency like he's essentially unchallenged. i the problem is, as jesse points ous,t, they are having you troug raising grassrootsur money righ nonow w so what does it reach dt critical mass. ess >> i would love -- we would all love to be a fly on the wall on that mean because jesse is exactly right, that's a very fraught relationship tween the two of them remember that obamar you know, gaveig hillary the tai to run. and his vice president joe bi biden, that's around the same time that he decided 2 in deep to these foreign business ventures, because you like, i guess i'm not going to run for president, i'm going to be on m own, i might as well make some money and figure out what hunte had been doing on all these trips and see if i can sort of o camp at the center of that, it appears compass and all the information we got from devon archer and 20 b

. >> trump suggested that michigan governor gretchen whitmer needed to lift coronavirus restrictionsrted chanting lock her up. >> he wasn't doing anything to provoke people to threaten this woman at all, he was having fun. at a trump rally. >> and eric trump's father, well, folks -- [crowd chanting] >> lock them all up. >> it's awfully good that someone with the temperament of don't trump is not in charge of the law in our country. >> because you'd be in jail. i agree with you. >> what about omar, when she gets caught harvesting? what is going on? i hope the u.s. attorney is involved. what is going on with omar? i've been reading these reports for two years about how corrupt and crooked she is. [crowd chanting] let's get with it. >> joining us now a cnn political commentator and former trump campaign advisor, david urban and former democratic governor of massachusetts, deval patrick. david, let me start with you. so, hillary clinton it is okay but not if it's donald trump? >> wolf maybe eric trump should go back and listen to the 90s atlanta sports song, isn't it ironic? maybe he'd g

governor gretchen whitmer and i. michigan is a really big.t people where they are and we talk with them about what it takes to create generational economic opportunity. with that starts with education. that's why we have now put our state on a path to universal pre-k education. we are ending hunger in our schools by providing free breakfast and free lunch for every child in a spacesuit. michigan and into making sure that kids can focus on learning an author, ballets is going to save families $150 a year in the process. will increase funding more than 20% since we've been in office for the last five years. highs in suburban and michigan's history. or providing pathways to opportunity. everyone can along with that and based on these budgets on a bipartisan basis, even some of the elected republicans understand it's better for the district better for their constituents. >> what lessons should national democrats learn from your success in michigan? >> to be unafraid to go and meet people and deliver them. when they say to have their full retireme

. >> democratic governor gretchen whitmer says she understands the lingering unease as the nation emergesnomics, with job creation and drug costs is not fully felt. >> there is a lot more communication that needs to be done between now and next year's election without question. >> is that the burden of the president himself? >> it is on all of us. we would all benefit if we spent a little bit more time touting some of the great victories over the last few years. >> michigan is the pillar of biden's blue wall, along with wisconsin and pennsylvania, they are three states donald trump carried in 2016, but turned to biden in 2020, and will be critical battlegrounds in 2024. >> i don't think anyone should take an election for granted regardless of what the matchup is. >> as the president touts his economic policies, it is clear he still has some explaining to do. >> what does biden omics mean to you? do you know what that means? >> i have absolutely no idea what it means. but i think it is biden trying to put together some positive things for the economy. he has stepped across party lines. to

. >> you mentioned the governor, gretchen whitmer, i want to talk about her she recently signed an executive education department known as my leap. the departments going to have an office in it the rate in michigan is 2.7 times higher for those with only a high school diploma you actually oppose this executive order saying it threatens the very essence of our education system. why is that? >> the framers of our constitution separated here in michigan and that's why i had to run statewide to get on the state board of education. the frames were separated the public education set shin from the office if we look back in the past when the power has been taken from the michigan department of education, which i am responsible for placing the person in charge of that. department. when the governor has taken our, what we've seen is that the harmful impact has taken place in detroit, whether it was millions of dollars in debt, my concern is that what happens when those not a governor whitmer who's at the helm, who is in that office as governor, that is one issue just the fact that the framers of our c

. >> gretchen whitmer, tony e behrs. >> job shapiro.pritzker. >> some people ask me not use their names because of the fear. >> i'm doing something that's unpopular as a democrat. that's my job, my duty is to the people i represent and also to represent the mass majority, and i want to say this about democrats. it's very important. joe biden is down seven points and he has historically low approval numbers, chuck. 55% of democrats would like to see an alternative. i can keep doing down the list. >> everything you've heard in private. why do you think it's in private. why do you think this hand wringing is only gone public for you. >> it's very simple. it's self-preservation and no political reward for simply speaking the trieth. look at what happened to my republican colleagues who dared do the right thing and support the constitution. support the constitution the only thing to which you're dutybound. look adwhat happened to them. it's not good to get out of line, stand up and shout a little bit at a time that we need it more than ever

. >> gretchen whitmer, your home state governor, tony evers. >> later he said many of the people don'tt me to mention their name on the record. i know what you've said about this effort that he's embarking upon and you said you support the president. do you really believe joe biden is the best candidate -- >> absolutely. >> -- the democrats can nominate or is this a political expediency? >> well, absolutely. first of all, he's been one of the most highly effective presidents we've ever seen. i've been waiting for infrastructure week. i spent last weekend on mackinac island with whitmer. this is not a debate about joe biden's age or experience. it's about a debate about protecting the democracy and you just heard the most promising of the republicans, and being back in minnesota and it's about being able to feed our children. i believe he has delivered and his record shows that and anything other than that is simply distraction. >> what do you make of so many -- what is it? fewer people want biden to run again and trump to run again, what do you make of that that joe biden seems to not

theories like at recent rallies for wisconsin senate candidate mandela barnes and michigan governor gretchen whitmeropponent has done more than just about anybody in congress to spread conspiracy theories about the 2020 election i mean, he has a gold medal in that event if that doesn't elicit uniform outrage, what will what does it take? the other day, a video came out of governor whitmer's opponent claiming that democrats have been working for decades to topple the united states because they're still upset about losing the civil war. [ laughter ] and that covid restrictions were part of some master plan to do this now, first of all, what? [ laughter ] wha -- what? what [ laughter ] >> seth: whatever else you may think of him, you can't help but love stand-up comedy obama [ laughter and applause i mean, clearly working on material for his new netflix special "barack the house. [ laughter ] it's just nice to see a politician have a normal human reaction to how utterly deranged this all is. i wish we could use that as a reaction clip for everything going forward. >> on november 9th, they'll be telling

[crosstalk] laura: those moderate governors you have mentioned, whether gretchen whitmer of michigan, of minnesota, said they are not interested in running against the former president and they support him. the president in 2020 outperformed you in your own district by roughly three points. you said you are considering challenging him yourself if no one else steps up. so what would your strategy be to beat him? rep. phillips: it is not about me and i do not anticipate doing that. because i believe there are people like you just referenced -- i am not well-position for this. i am well-positioned as the only one calling attention to what we should be talking about. governor whitmer and senator warnock from michigan and georgia, a pastor from the south, a man of color, a woman at the top of the ticket in a year in which reproductive rights will probably be front and center more than any other policy issue. and they aren't next generation, exciting candidates that can activate and energize the democratic base and get us excited. i am looking at this as hopeful, optimistic, exciting. and i

. >> there are some pacs that have been set up by gretchen whitmer, for instance. >> by people who mightnking correctly, i believe. right now joe biden is going to be our nominee, is our nominee, is running for re-election. and he is in an extremely powerful, strong position to beat again, like i said, whoever is the republican nominee because my dear friend alice might want to say that the whole republican pack is focused on beating joe biden. but what you're going to see in the debate is they're going to all try to outmaga each other. they're going to say who is going to be the extremist, that is going to talk about getting rid of the 14th amendment, talk about who can ban more books, talk about who is going after the woke in the country, going after more places where they can take away women's rights to choose. and they're all going to be supporting donald trump, who is a huge threat to our democracy. so by all means, this is going to be a wonder list of things that democrats are going to be running on in the general election because again, the vast majority of the american people do

i was defined by the democrats way before we could even get out there and talk about what gretchen whitmern would be in 2022 because no one had run on a post roe world. so we suddenly got attacked, viciously attacked by the democrats. it is winning message for them. when i saw nikki haley and her answer, it was so wonderful. she talked about embracing this as being a personal issue for every man and woman. she talked about the reality of it. you have to have 60 senate votes. you have to have the majority of the house. she said, folks, this is not something we can come out and say we are going to do. can't we all agree that we need to ban late term abortions. we need to encourage adoptions. we shouldn't force doctors and nurses to perform abortions. contraception should be available. we are not going to put any woman in jail or give her the death penalty for having the abortion. it was the perfect response. it was the perfect response i said to her afterwards, i wish you could sit down with republicans across the country and explain you are unapologetically pro-life and yet you still unders

> bret: a prosecutor says three men accused in a plot to kidnap michigan democratic governor gretchen whitmerl null went on trial today. they are charged with providing material support for terrorist acts. they have pleaded not guilty. ♪ >> bret: we continue our look at what is keeping voters up at night with the issue of crime. correspondent griff jenkins has specifics. >> violent crime is keeping some voters up at night. >> i don't sleep good. >> a d.c. voter and an anti crime advocate with a heart breaking story. >> i have three sons, all of them have been victims of gun violence in d.c. my son was shot eight times. he is paralyzed. we buried my husband who was murdered down the street trying to defend an elderly man. >> griff: she said this should be the top issue this election cycle as the latest fox news poll shows guns tied with immigration at 11% as the second most important issue among registered voters. crime in general also making the list at 6%. >> the lawlessness, the shootings, the murders, children being shot, it's out of control. >> in salem, pennsylvania police director willi

here is governor gretchen whitmer of michigan in an interview with jeff zeleny. >> people are feeling you could tell from mir own voice. i'm -- i use the word precarious. i think we've been through a lot these last few years. i think we've been through a lot and people are somewhat optimistic, but worried that perhaps there is a curveball coming. >> yeah. and, you know, there is a possibility of an economic curve ball for sure in this economy. i think it is a mistake for any president to be overly confident but i think the undercurrent of what is happening among democrats is political nervousness. jut a few minutes ago congressman dean phillips of minnesota was on the morning shows and he's been rumored to be considering a primary of president biden. listen to what he said. >> i think i'm well positioned to be president of the united states. >> you do? >> i do not believe i'm well positioned to run for it. people who are, should jump in. because we need the meet the moment. the moment is now. that is what the country is asking. >> he's not ruling it out, but what is happening here? ar

imhmen that does.o >> if joe steps down, promises not to run for reelection gavin newsom and gretchen whitmerare the ticket. kamala, i'm sorry, but there's no way biden is going to survive a full blown house impeachment. there's just no way it last . nthse a full-blown >> all of this evidence is on the table. table. forcedthe media to engage on it. but if joe wants to rollt. the dice, republicans movet. with impeachment. but without the impeachment, withachmen back to back to back to back trump trials. the media is not going to cover anything else. biden's going to hidel is and trump's going to be criminalized in tv. but if republicans time this right and follow the evidence where it leads impeachmenteads,m is going to run counter to tr year.istrial's next >> dana perino, as my co-host of the five and co-anchor of america's newsroom, she joins me now. ink it i >> i think it's smart the way the house is moving towardve to impeachment, because you have to put something against pug ag in the spring. >> do you see it playing out out this way? it could. it of depends on these documents. the fact t

you might have gavin newsom and gretchen whitmer as the ticket. >> i mean, that's what they're going to have to jockey and really figure out in short order. martha, as you know better than anyone, these debates are coming up fast and furious on the republican side at this president. seems like he is essentially unchallenged. but the problem is as witme jesse points out, they're having money and they're having trouble ratherr he ticke that's to rae right now. so when does it reac coh criticalng tro mass. yeah i would love we'd all love to have been a fly on the wallu in that meeting because jesse is exactly right. that is a very fraughtss? relationship between the two of them. >> remember that obamalove to ba hillary the tap to run and hisma vice president joe biden. that's a bet around the same time that he decided to dig in deep to these foreign business ventures because he was like, i guess i'm not running for president. i'm going to be on my own. i might as well make some money and figure out what hunter has been doing on all of these to ds and see if i cany the ofp into some of t

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is just now getting underway in michigan for four men charged in the plot to kidnap governor gretchen whitmer. three years ago. they are the final defendants to go on trial in this bizarre plot. prosecutors describe the defendants as anti-government extremists who they say were angered by whitmer's covid 19 policy, which shut down businesses and schools. authorities managed to foil the plot just weeks before the november 2020 election. nine other men have already been convicted in this case. the san bernardino county sheriff's department says a woman who owns a clothing store was shot and killed by a man who confronted her about a rainbow pride flag outside of her business. it happened friday outside of the store in cedar glen. the sheriff's office says deputies found the man nearby after he ran off following the shooting. authorities say the man refused to drop his gun and deputies opened fire, killing him. the sheriff's office says the man made disparaging remarks about that rainbow flag hanging outside the store before shooting and killing the store owner. there are now 23 people facing ch

in michigan abortion big-time for governor gretchen whitmer.y have been tested by voters and they said thank you, no. >> even kansas. >> north carolina. >> first comes new hampshire. and new hampshire's got democrats are 28%. republicans are 30%, unaffiliated and 41%. >> wow. >> that's what it looks like in new hampshire. that's the strategy here for christie. it might not be for this election. it might be four years from now, eight years from now as he and groups like liz cheney try to take back the republican party or create something new. i think we have to take a longer view and recognize in my view right now the general for republicans is a wash, and they're fighting to see who will be stand when he is gone and what:00 that loose like. in many ways new hampshire is the future, where the biggest percentage is independent. it's not a democratic base. >> go ahead. >> i do think you have these two states, new hampshire and iowa. and if trump wins, those two states, i think it's going to be hard to bring it back. >> charlie, quick last word. 30

ask someone like cory booker or the governor of michigan, gretchen whitmer.e wait. the vice president right now has the highest un-faberable resume suns dan quayle. harris is not a strong candidate. could they pass over her? absolutely. >> frank, we always appreciate your perspective. i hope we have an opportunity to talk very soon after the debate and ahead of the next one. >> this is the beginning, so this is the -- this is the beginning. >> this is it. >> we just did this. >> you're going to be seeing a lot more of frank. thanks, frank. appreciate it. >> the beginning of the end. >> here we go again. >>> when we come back, we do have an update on writers strike. the studios releasing the details of the latest contract offer. that will be next. rm psintndwe'll be talking foerrede a ceo of united airline, oscar munoz. we've got that and much more. "squawk box" will be right back. uncomfortable with your period protection? you need period underwear from knix. featuring built-in absorbency that washes easily in the machine. they're great for periods and light

you know gretchen whitmer in michigan, gina romondo she's in china this week elections in the u.s.nerally come down to how people feel about the economy. >> and a guy running from prison, that's kind of crazy, isn't it i'm not saying one way or the other because i see how someone could think that during an election year to throw all these different -- one of those books has to be a reasonable book, though, that is getting thrown at him isn't there something there that could be disqualifying or is there nothing there that should be disqualifying >> yeah, this is going to be the core, i think, of the democrat argument, which is why -- yes, they're talking about bidenomics today. i think next summer they're going to be focused on donald trump and all of these legal issues but at some point, joe, i do wonder, does it all become noise for people yeah, look, the guy's an unsavory character, he's probably violated a bunch of federal laws but at the end of the day i'm not excusing the behavior, it's deplorable but politically at some point it becomes noise for people >> and michelle oh, no