>> we are not going back. >> what does james carville say now? >> "firing line" with margaret hoover is made possible in part by robert greniery, the fair weather foundation, and by the following -- corporate funding is provided by stevens inc. >> james carville, welcome to "firing line." >> honestly, i'm glad to be here >> you were among the first prominent democrats to sound the alarm about president biden's poll numbers and his ability to campaign. how do you feel now that he's dropped out? >> well, i feel a great sense of relief, and you know, this sounds self-serving, but i think he's a lot happier now. i just don't think -- i'm going to be 80 shortly, unfortunately, for me, there are ravages of old age and its limitations. and like you and a few other people in the country, you have some idea of what that job entails. and i just never it was a particularly good idea. and, fortunately, the president came to that conclusion. we're in a different place now. >> let me ask you, i mean, within 36 hours of vice president kamala harris launching he

james carville who has been an adviser to past presidents is still with me. urious, first, your reaction in general, and second, what we are seeing here where when you have incumbents run for office you always have the balancing of governance and their campaign in politics role, but i would observe that what she was saying as simply a vice president a month ago doesn't hit about the same force as what she's saying now this week. i think you could argue this is one of her important policy meetings and presumpive statement. her con lick involves both, and i that that was it was a well of this delivers and pie friend doug clinton hammer out the solution and that's exactly where we're going to be, so i was very encouraged. i thought she had great presence. i give it very high remark ps she shr she voo vooe i knew what was coming and i thought she did very well, to be honest with you. >> how do you approach that? you don't want to over think it and overdo it and think oh, my gosh this week is different than other weeks and she's been involved in foreign policy on t

james carville is here tonight.emember that line, sir, but you are big on the weirdness train and we're going to get your reaction when we come back. action when weom ce back just fuel to live, it's fuel to grow. my family relied on public assistance to help provide meals for us. feeding america, a network of food banks, helps millions of people put food on the table. i go by jackie, i'm 44 years old and had three kids at the time and single mother. i was working 60 hours a week, couldn't pay bills and skipped meals that they could eat. it's been hard because one thing falls into place, ten things fall out of place. you just can't do this alone in making work. one in five kids face hunger in america and food costs are rising. call or go online right now to join feeding america with your gift of just $19 a month, only $0.63 a day. together, thanks to a nationwide network of food banks, dedicated volunteers and the monthly support of people like you. we can fill plates with nutritious food for kids facing hunger this

so i think that enthusiasm is key to her victory in the course of this, and i would advise james carville and all white political operative old white political operatives to trust the harris campaign, the savvy and the smartness of the campaign, and if james, if i was advising james carville to spend time, i would tell him to spend time to convince other old white guys to vote for kamala harris. on your poll numbers, i actually think we have not yet fully captured what's happened in this race. i think my belief is we're going to quickly soon see soon vice president harris ahead in the national polls in this. there's been two polls out of new hampshire and maine that show her now up seven or eight points. those races were tied a month ago in those states, and in that "new york times" poll, what we see happens in polling and when there's movement in a race and sudden change, what happens first is enthusiasm versus change, we've seen that in all of the metrics. then what changes is favorability numbers of a candidate, and in that "new york times" poll, kamala harris has moved from a negative

james carville pushing back on that. he is saying the same thing. what do you say to that?en very clearly to that himself, bret. he says he is not going anywhere. that he is going to run. that he is running. and is he the nominee for the democratic party. and. >> bret: not technically yet. >> not technically yet but is he. i got to be careful here because i work -- i can't get into politics. there was a process that put him in that position, bret it. wouldn't be right for the people that voted for him in that process. >> bret: sure, obviously those people didn't see his debate performance. you can talk to this. we have heard for weeks and months how sharp president biden was behind the scenes. now we have these anonymous stories popping up citing white house insiders that are different and congressional democrats both publicly and privately are saying that they see something different. that it doesn't explain what happened on the debate stage with yet lag 12 days after he gets home, or the cold, were hir his performance since in interviews since. how do you see it behind th

what i'm trying to say is the hope can fragment and it's fragile and i think james carville, my friend and others are trying to say something that they don't want to say explicitly that is we are still in the middle of a white backlash, that hasn't ended just because the democratic party nominated a black woman. it didn't end just because the democratic party made a choice to nominate a woman of color. we are still in the middle of the fever dream. and if we don't understand that, we are going to get caught in, caught up in the sugar high and forget that they are just as angry as we are hopeful. and if we don't keep that in mind when we make certain moves, we are going to get popped in the chin, unsuspected we -- unexpectedly. i am all in, i am excited but i want this vp, do no harm, make a choice that will not dampen the enthusiasm, that won't splinter it but hope is fragile. >> you know, eddie brings up a very important point about the white backlash and we are going to discuss it on the other side with kimberly and eddie because we knew this was coming, right? the file, the racist a

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people say and more importantly, what people don't see date is very critical in all of this. >> james carville. >> we'll wait and see james. >> thank you very much for joining us. will continue this conversation to be sure. and just ahead, we're waiting once again for president biden to speak at a campaign rally in detroit how we expect it to begin speaking in just moments, standby for that i love cnn is live from milwaukee as republicans unite behind their nominee, his vp, and their plan to take back the white house, follow cnn for complete coverage the republican national convention starts monday at seven on cnn one second. she can't walk she can one second. you're single the man. you don't want to be. one second. it's a pipe dream and the next dream come true. one second. you feel safe and then we saw her way. >> well who still do as a. >> guy to ecologist. i'm embarrassed to say this. we use deodorant on our armpits and we kinda make women feel bad about body odor that they get on other parts of our body. that's why i created lumi whole body deodorant for pits, privates and beyond it's cli

thank you james carville, jamal simmons. >> thank you. next, one of the democratic lawmakers who has been taking part in the debate over president biden's political future and the new yorker's david remnick who calls the president staying the race in his words and act not only of self delusion, but of national endangerment. i've talked to him about how he feels now, later, what a six month long cnn investigation reveals about hidden cameras watching guests at airbnb is across the country and how far the company goes to keep it all quiet anderson cooper, 360. he is brought to you by tebe. visit sounds like td.com dan made progress with his mental health, but his medication caused unintentional movements in his face, hands, and feet called tardive dyskinesia, or td so his doctor prescribed all said oh, xr, a once-daily td treatment for adults barstow xr significantly reduced who stands td movements. >> some people saw response as early as two weeks with us to no xr. dan can stay on his mental health mets cool here. i said, oh, xr because de

four in 10 want biden to exit the race and james carville is among them. >> we have a country 72 percentt something different and if the democratic party can't produce something different than what are we here for? the country is clamouring for change. what will we offer them, the same stuff? give the people what they want. >> trace: tesla. >> james has some damn nerve because two years ago when people are saying joe biden should step aside, knew it all and apparently knew nothing said joe biden the one to have and i find it amazing that in the 12 hours they are pretending as if it is possible to coalesce for the superdelegates to decide completely disregard and they know it will be -- will be a disaster. who the hell is going to run? democrats failed to be prepared and for all their money on joe biden and did not allow other candidates a step forward and they know governor newsom can't win in a general election and they know westmore can't when sofer james carville to come in the 12 hour, i find it disturbing and frustrating because their gas lighting the people. >> trace: nancy pelosi

democrat strategist james carville warned kamala harris to prepare for more attacks from republicans. >> they are coming, this is part of -- no different than it was any other time and they've got to get up and get ready and be able to defend and attack at the same time. there is going to be a timely struggle who vice president harris is an we better be ready for that. stuart: i just editorialized that the honeymoon is over. do you agree? it is winding down. you agree with that? >> i don't. i think the news media will try to make this a 3-month honeymoon. they are going to occasionally do a bit of journalism but for the most part they are going to try with the rest of their party, the democratic party, journalists and fellow activists will try to drag her to november without serious scrutiny or answer the questions that were raised in your take, whether they will succeed i'm not sure. republicans will do what they can to highlight harris's positions. her 2019-20 cycle positions are her real stances. she was free to pick any position she chose one starting from scratch, running for pre

give the people what they want. >> bret: james carville as only carville can.ends agree according to people who talk regularly with them. biden's inner circle argues one night of scratch gentlemany voice and mangled answers doesn't all. they are unleashing the full power of the white house and top democrats to resist the calls for him to give up the race. marc, this is quite something, political calculations and the fallout from it. >> yeah. no, it is very much so one of the reasons if he can't resign. so mentally incan capacitated to be president how can he be president for the next seven months. this is constitutional crisis not since woodrow wilson had a stroke and edith wilson running the country has a president been this mentally incapacitated. the american poem don't like being lied. to say the big lie for the last several years in the white house is oh no those are all cheap fake videos. they are exaggerating. these are taken out of context. behind the scenes joe biden is super sharp. is he on top of his game. is he a master strategist. and then the amer

democratic strategist james carville double down on his warning that the democratic party's messaging." many observers would disagree. and watergate legend carl bernstein says there's been a cover-up of joe biden's mental decline. and like 50 years ago, he relied on an insider codenamed deep throat. you dirty pigs. so we live in an incredible moment. it's not often we get to see a massive hoax exposed before us and the world. that only happens in movies and every scooby-doo episode ever made. >> i'm sure you will recognize. >> well, well. >> just as we thought. [ crowd noise ] >> there is some movement and i don't want -- i don't want -- change my words. there's some movement, there's been a response from the -- the -- there's been a response from the opposition but, yes, i'm sorry. >> greg: it's the perfect metaphor for this biden mass where we are told the villain is one thing but it turns out to be something else. consider yesterday's supreme court decision on presidential immunity. in the descent, a c fretting about how far trump would take it, writing "he will now be insulated fr

. >> meantime we have james carville on msnbc.his. >> jim cliburn, nancy pelosi, chuck schumer, what are they up to? >> i think they want to make a change, i think they see the path we are on. the democratic party has to refurbish itself. >> trace: they have to refurbish themselves but it does not look like they are going that path. >> no, and the big question remains, four years ago in 2020, we all saw this, that joe biden was on a steep decline, and yet people like james carville still supported him. now exposed for all the world to see at the debate, george clooney just hosted a fundraiser a few weeks ago, did not have a problem until suddenly the debate. but we knew the condition of joe biden but democrats put a elect ability above the country and meanwhile russia, china, iran, north korea are watching this unfold and they are licking their chops. they see opportunity. >> trace: new york times writes "biden's news conference answered many questions but not the big one. as for the big question, the answer was incomplete, not th

she has brought energy and enthusiasm to the democratic party and look, i think james carville who isthe show said let's not get giddy and he is the greatest consultant of all time. i agree with the sentiment -- you disagree with him? i think we have that, because he did say that on msnbc. we have that? we don't or we do? let's pull it because i think we have that somewhere, so maybe in a minute or two. we have that for a later thing, but he did say basically, hey, don't get giddy, get back to work. you are saying -- sorry, go ahead, guys. all right, let's take a listen. >> get ready, it's coming. everyone should feel good and everything else, but if we don't win the election we haven't done anything. we have not changed the temperature in america, we have not changed anything and i think the vice president, i hope that her campaign is getting ready. they are coming at us and they are going to keep coming and this kind of giddy elation is not going to be very helpful much longer. >> yeah, james carville is the greatest, but the thing is energy and enthusiasm matter. energy and enthusi

let me play what james carville had to say. >> i'm just telling you it's inevitable. the conclusion. people will get the message to him. he will understand. his family will understand. they'll pray on it and make the right decision. i'm just trying to stimulate what we're doing right now. to have a conversation about the future. >> is this, in your view, the smartest way to have a conversation and stimulate a conversation about the future? >> listen, i think we have a lot that democrats need to be talking about right now, the existential crisis on the other side which you led into the segment with. it's frustrating for voters to feel as though their concerns haven't been heard. a lot of the ways in which we're having this in-fighting publicly is making both sides dig their heels in and double down and we look just as crazy as the other side, quite frankly. and it's disengaging voters who quite frankly one thing we're not talking about, young voters, black voters, a lot of voters who already had concerns, showing up in the polls in 2024, and so, i think democrats, the

james carville, he's got a warning for democrats. not ban easy win for caa harris. >> i understand that people are feeling a lot better and they're excited, but that excitement's got to be tempered with realism, and the realism is she has a tough campaign to run. stuart: joe concha will take that coming up later. brand if new, alarming video shows the confusion in the aftermath of the trump shooting. watch this. >> [bleep] [inaudible conversations] >> go. [inaudible conversations] stuart: there's more where that came from, and you will see it. california congressman darrell issa just yesterday the fbi director about that assassination attempt. he joins me next. ♪ ♪ ameritrade is now part of schwab. bringing you an elevated experience, tailor-made for trader minds. ♪ go deeper with thinkorswim: our award-wining trading platforms ♪ unlock support from the schwab trade desk— our team of passionate traders who live and breathe trading. ♪ and sharpen your skills with an immersive online education crafted just for traders. ♪ all so you can

this is clinton campaign manager james carville, maybe we look back on this thing and say we ever sayhappened to us. if this would have happened on october 5th. bruised. set into motion something different. jim clyburn, brit, one of president biden's staunchest allies suggests that maybe should be a mini primary before the convention. >> well, you know, even around the edges of what dan goldman was saying there you could hear him being increasingly open to a change. you know, is he saying the president is going to go out and he is going to reassure the american public that all is right with him and so on. but, he talked about how healthy this is for the party and so on. is he a hard core partisan dan goldman is hard core biden supporter. so even in the around the edges of his remarks, which were, you know, pretty strongly pro-biden, you could hear the ground maybe shifting. i think all these things that you cite james carville being kind of a truth teller and democratic politics these days tell you that the sentiment is pretty strong and the politicians are resistant to it at least pu

i want to just bring in briefly longtime democratic strategist, james carville as we await the president, obviously, james, you've been vocal you've said that biden can't beat trump in your view? you also believe he will ultimately be replaced with another democratic nominee. so when you look at this stage tonight and you look at the president, the united states about to come out and just said originally been planned for around 630. now we expect him any moment, so he is running a bit late what are you looking for i don't think they trump, i think very difficult calm a done deal we're just working on gaston i completely understand, but raising and high been reading democratic already shut down eventually shifted not even express it tepid support and we were circling importantly, just trying to figure out how do i understand plane to land the binding we will all right you know what. >> james we're going to work on your audio. i thought it was me, but we are having a little bit of a challenge with it. so we're going to fix it. i'll come right back to you. in the meantime, van let me just g

i don't know how many people are listening to james carville.much recently. >> we talk about the liabilities for kamala harris and it's not a liability. just a lie from donald trump. the fact that she is left of bernie sanders. >> harris: well, that's based on her record. that's based on her record. nobody mirror will tell us anything except the record. >> why donald trump has to lie about these things and overexaggerate all the time just -- >> harris: can i ask you a question, david. i hear the talking point in you. wasn't she senator and wasn't bernie sanders is senator. the answer is yes, yes. >> to say she is the most liberal democrat. >> harris: when gov track before they took down the page said she was the most liberal senator based on her voting record. they didn't have a game in this they say. what do you say to them? and their.us. a reputable place where people weren't to look for that information. >> it is totally incredible. we know that kamala harris, why she didn't do well in that primary for president is she is a moderate democrat.

but james carville gives the party a reality check. >> this is too -- this is everybody's giddy.at the conch and it's great. if we don't win the election, we vice president done everything. >> lawrence: for him to be so old the only voice of reason there the news might be a whirlwind but can you always count on us for a little music on your summer fridays. country artist kameron marlowe will be here live. >> steve: he is going to start singing on the sage. second hour of "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ >> ainsley: we start with a fox news alert. the cheryl prime minister will meet with former president donald trump down at mar-a-lago today. the private visit comes one day an benjamin netanyahu met with president biden and vice president harris. >> steve: following that meeting harris pledged support to israel but called out the israelis as pro-palestinian protests raged in washington for a second day. >> lawrence: lucas tomlinson live in washington. >> former president donald trump appearing on the show yesterday had this advice for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu o

however james carville said the attack is coming. the tough stuff is coming. get ready., that's probably right. >> well, i think that it's pretty much impossible, even with the favorable media and kamala harris has is the certainly gotten favorable media and will continue to get it. even with that it is difficult, if not impossible to conceal someone's record and past statements through the whole of planly of a fall campaign for the presidency. people will find out soon enough what kamala harris has been in the past, where she came from. you know, the kind of policy she put in place as a prosecutor and attorney general in california subsequently as vice president of the united states. i think when that all comes out, people may have a very different opinion of her than this glorified notion that is standing at least for the moment in the polling and in the opinion of the democrats. >> bret: quickly, we are under 100 days vice presidential nominee with a puppel days of bad press in the big picture, what does that mean? >> well, v vice presidential nominees tend not to mat

everything james carville said, they're not going to do any of that.s exactly what they should have done six months ago. they should have had a real primary with real candidates to debate ideas. they didn't want to do that, because they didn't want the far left coming out of the woodwork again and making this harder, but they took a bigger risk that, obviously, is backfiring. stuart: what did you make of donald trump's tone with sean hannity last night? it seemed to me it was measured and calm, and he's letting the other guys destroy themselves. >> i think you're exactly right. it was measured and calm which is exactly what he needs to do. i've been critical of him when he's not measured and calm. that's the tone i prefer. i'm a very old-fashioned guy, apparently. [laughter] i think that he will win the election if he maintains that, stuart. i don't know that he can all the way through, but the whole tone not trying to pile on president biden right now, let them just do what they're doing. stuart: there you go, yeah. talk to me about the fed because ja

donna brazil and james carville both told us, my colleagues that the democrats shouldn't take their feet they are campaigning against the biden -- against the now trump-vance campaign, right? the most fascinating thing from this interview that aired tonight that lester holt did was the president really did not do that at all. he did not change a thing that he has been saying. in fact, when he was confronted with the idea that his rhetoric was responsible for this, again, there's no evidence to suggest that it was. he said what about all the other rhetoric that i have had to put up with and deal with on the campaign trail from the former president, from his allies, from folks like jd vance, right? >> hearing tonight at the rnc. >> it was remarkable, i thought, remarkable answer to that question that we have been reporting on all weekend is that democrats, what can they do now? right? the republicans try to put them in a box for what can you do? i collect the president really said, but there is no box. i'm going to go forward. i'm going to call out the things that trump has said. caught th

donna brazil and james carville both told us, my colleagues at notice, that democrats shouldn't takeght it was the most fascinating thing from this interview that we had that aired that lester holt did was the president really did not do that at all and did not change a thing that he's been saying. in fact, when he was confronted with the idea that his rhetoric is what was responsible for this, again no evidence that suggests that it was but when he was confronted with it he said what about all the other rhetoric that i've had to put up with and deal with on the campaign trail from the former president, from his allies, from folks like jd vance? >> tonight at the rnc. >> it was remarkable, i thought a remarkable answer to that question that we've been reporting on all weekend, which is democrats, what can they do now. the republicans are going to put them in a box, what can they do? i thought the president really said there is no box, i'm going to go forward, i'm going to point out things trump has said, call out these things jd vance has said, callout the extreme things that his all

that's what james carville said.2% of the country wants something different. now that the 72% have gotten something a little different, now you're telling them don't be excited, you need to calm down? this doesn't matter? the this, what he is saying, is the nomination of the first black woman, woman of south asian descent to be the democratic party nominee, the second woman to do that after secretary clinton. don't get too excited about that. i'm not here to trample on the excitement of the voters. you know why? excited electorate, they want to organize. those are people that want to get on the calls happening. they have the zoom tech employees feeling like, my goodness, please slow down, get to election day. those are the folks that knock doors, that give money, that organize their people, that go to the polls, that vote early, and encourage their friends to do so, as well. that is how you win elections. the campaign, they absolutely need to make sure that they are tethered into the reality of this race. my piece on

let's bring a democratic strategist, james carville, the former lead strategies for bill clinton's 1992 campaign james can president biden win reelection this november it does not the real question here, real question here is a supreme court that's bought and paid for by rvs and efficient life. >> we have a country that 72% want something different if the democratic party can't produce something different at 72% people want why do we exist? what are we here for to country is clamoring for change in what are we going to offer them the same stuff. it doesn't make any sense, jake gift people what they want, box populi. they want something different. let's give it to them i mean, i just don't get the whole thing. i'll be honest with you. i'm from boxing hours, everybody saw what they saw thursday night i don't take any pleasure in this was a year ago. i'm going to be at an october. you can't fight this stuff. it's just there so what happens? >> what do you think the democrats should do? >> something different all right in i don't know. >> it'd be messy it it'll be it'll be a massive you kno

james carville speaking more from i assume his knowledge of the world than his own faith. >> yeah, i r to rabbi carville on that. i don't -- i mean, i'm not an expert on matters. no, i think that it is my hope as someone who has been watching that this will be resolved well before chicago. and presumably it will be. i think the run out the clock strategy is interesting and the events of the last two weeks have, you know, have indicated that there's merit to it. clearly scheduling the first interview basically one week after the debate and then the press conference a week after that, i mean, it does seem like they are controlling the clock. they're being very, very scripted about the environments they let him out into. and next thing you know, next week, the republicans are going to control the stage. at least they hope so, although it's unclear whether that would be good or bad for them given what biden is doing himself. not only are they controlling the clock, but this is all joe biden's decision. there can be pressure, there can be public calls for him to get out, lukewarm endorseme

. >> again, thanks so much perspective now from democratic strategist james carville, also former trump white house communications director alyssa farah griffin, and robby mook, who served as campaign manager for hillary clinton. james yoo warned against democrats anointing vice president harris as the nominee. you talked about wanting to see town halls all over the country with multiple candidates as clearly they not going to happen. are you okay with what's happening hundred percent. >> and people have coalesced around a vice president and i'm sure with her at up to 100% two weeks ago might have been a different environment. is power wilson said in politics, week is a year it was two years ago. but i am totally comfortable with delegates already coalesce around her to donors that there i think she's doing very well and i'm glad to be 100% behind alyssa how do you think j.d. vance is doing? do you think prison trump is rethinking that? >> i didn't particularly when because the sheer volume of his old statements against donald trump are quite low fiercest never trumpers have used agains

good to see you let's just start with james carville and what he's suggesting is that that is that something that's possible at this point to try and find a new nominee. is it too late? what what's your sense of it well, one of the problems is that james is sort of emblematic of the problems that democratic party has. he's a guy who did it, ran a brilliant campaign in 1992 and has been in washington ever since. that was more than 30 years ago and those guys live in a world of their own, their middle school on steroids, the republican party is no longer a serious part. it's either a group of autocrats are people who are afraid of the autocrats so that now the democrats are left and we've got to deal with that. and i think spouting off the editor as far as the ages is probably not the best way to deal with it. so let me just say that first second of all, if the president decides not to run it's almost certainly going to be camila harris and i think it's much too complicated to try this kind of whatever this stuff is that these you know, some kind of rank-choice voting or whatever it is, the co

carvcratic strategist james carville doubled down on his warning that the democratic party's messagingoubi is too feminine, though many observers would disagree would >> he and watergate legend carl bernstein says there's beenr-upo a cover up of joe biden's mental declines . 0 year and like 50 years ago,e he relied on an insider named deep throat. all right, you dirty pigs. so we live in an incredible moment. it's not often we get to see a massive hoax expost toe before us and the world. that sort of thing. when those power are shown as evil liars. th that only happens in movies and, well, just every scooby doo episode ever mad moviee. >> i'm sure you'll recognize our costume here. well, hey, just as we thought. >> really? ebenezer sharp. >> so could you feel the results are there is some movement, and i don't want. i don't wantan to choose my witv some movement. there's beenen a response fromee a there's been a response from b the opposition. 'm >> but it. yes, i'm sorry. it's a perfect metaphor formass this biden mess where we're told are the villain is one thit but it always turns out t

brian: it is incredible that so many democratic political veterans and strategists like james carvilleors like george clooney are all calling for this to happen. of course if it does happen, biden is going to deny it right up until the moment it happens. what we will continue to watch for are vice president harris and how visible she is, how she is being portrayed. we will watch for further defections from the democratic party caucus, from lawmakers, because the truth is there are a lot more lawmars in private who are redivided that are willing to act -- who are worried about biden that are willing to admit it in public that will continue for weeks to come. lewis: fascinating. brian, stay right there. i want to get your thoughts on something we will talk about right now, going into the world of the hypothetical, what happens if president biden does end his campaign, vice president kamala harris is seen as the top candidate. we will look at one of the more unusual sides of her popularity for some people. "the washington post" is reporting she's being embraced online bike progressive con

and joining us now is one of our very favorite guests to chat with, always fun and entertaining james carvilleatic strategist. i just want to ask you about this report that came out in the last hour from "the washington post," president biden is set to support major supreme court changes. one of the things in his interview with lester holt, he went after clarence thomas, he has held back from doing that. but this is e ethics code, term limits for justices. it is something politically the democrats care about, the base cares about. what do you think? >> the court is a great issue for us, we have not lost an election since dobbs in 2022. so i think it's good to put the court front and center. the president has come out with packing the court, rent controls, a lot of things at the same time. and i don't know if people are going to view it seriously. he's behind in the polls so he's coming up with stuff. i don't know. but i know the court is an awesome issue for democrats in the last couple of years. >> james i haven't heard you talk about everything the last couple of days i know you've been away

james carville, being one of the former democratic operatives who said, you know, look, that the democrats are being tone deaf, and they are, they're not listening to the people. they're not listening to their base. and therefore, vitals approval ratings are in the teens, which is low as ever. now, according to cnn, some on day into different might say biden's for performance might on the of allies they had a but need to summit next week. what concerns are being raised outside of the united states about biden's, mental states and his ability to run the country? what are you hearing? what are you hearing is the people are wondering who is really running the country . i choose democratic shoes, diplomatic policies are going to be long lasting. so why are you going to, you know, talk about diplomatic futures and packages and working with other countries is directly where the leader is not functioning properly and the plan. so the keeps which right now, the pregnant ministration is a sweet just to read. it's disorganized and this is very hawkers people right at the top are being distracted eve

stuart: listen to this from james carville, he says harris is a more vulnerable candidate than democrats. >> real change in mood and the party and around the country but we got to be careful. it will still be a very difficult race. will be very close, understand people are feeling a lot better and are excited but that excitement has got to be tempered with realism. the realism, she has a tough campaign to run. stuart: will trump versus harris to be a closer race than trump versus biden? >> no. i think it will be worse, this will be a landslide. you can say that's overconfidence. i look at basic facts here. i mention kamala harris how she didn't receive one vote as a 2020 president a candidate because she couldn't get -- he was roundly rejected by democratic voters to the point she had to drop out early and had the audacity to call the same voters sexist and racist, helpful way to talk about your own party voters and you tell me when kamala harris visits pennsylvania and meets with blue collar workers how will she explain she went on national television is a presidential candidate and sai

and with nancy pelosi, in the interview, now with van jones and people like david axelrod and james carvillechuck schumer, hakeem jeffries said, you got to go. what i don't like about this, all predicated on a big lie and the lie is nobody knew that joe had cognitive dysfunction. >> ainsley: saying it for four years. >> sean: i showed video after video, that is not first time we have seen joe walk like that. >> lawrence: it is fair to voters in the democratic party, the voters wanted a primary, dnc said no prier ma, no debate, he's going to be our nominee and now when this unfolds, they want to take the will from the american people and play ca catchup. >> sean: it hits to the heart of this. if democracy is in peril, they wanted to keep donald trump off the -- disenfranchise millions and millions of democratic voters that got up and voted for the candidate of their choice or didn't vote for joe biden. he has delegates and they are -- i have said for a long time, they are the party of coastal elites. d.c. elites think they know better than people in their own party and you have the nan t tuck

. >> three minutes in montage james carville all that one takeaway they are all over the place nobody in that party has any sense as to what they are doing maybe playing some really intricate chefs game following a us on the same page i doubt it, it means trump needs the keep doing what he is doing very disciplined they are hanging themselves with their ownrope more and more every day shows dysfunction in the democratic party. donald trump doesn't need to do donald trumpian things he needs to let this play out landslide will grow. maria: he did that on the debate right. >> pivotal. >> loud biden to basically hang himself cook political report moved six key states to trump in electoral college eradicates arizona, georgia he nevada from to sayup to lean republican minnesota new himshire shifted from likely democrat to lean democrat moving in trump's favor poll shows president biden trailing trump in six states wisconsin as well. >> every day i go to home page for realclearpolitics show a sip on synopsis of polls if a takeaway that it took so long for nufshs to shift. maria: a massive co

vice president harris also following one of the james carville maxims, don't just tell them what theyeady know, tell them something new and true that matters, and he knows his way around campaigns, and democrats have still argued they want to be truthful, while donald trump has been caught lying more than any politician alive. that's the washington post, that is just a fact. it sounds negative, but if it's true versus lies, there is evidence that the carville maxims that vice president harris is pushing is working. i mentioned donald trump backing off his own teams work. that is a tell. he does not want more exposure on this. he does not want to see these headlines are this reporting on air. second, tell them something new and true. by clear metrics of public interest that we use today, going well beyond random holes, more people are looking into this controversial project than even the woman you see on your screen, who is of documented fascination. not only to swifties, but to so many people around the world. shout out to taylor, i don't mean to bring her too deep into politics. if y

trey: the polling indicates a honeymoon for the vice president and i found a clip from james carville. let's listen to that together and i'll ask you a question on the other side. >> this giddy elation is not going to be very helpful much longer. >> every year they gather to play fantasy basketball or football or whatever and you get to pick the best players on the team and he has the opportunity because they're squandering by a lesser pick. >> they should've picked, kamala harris and the addition process, i still rate him a pretty substantial favor in this race because of the electoral challenges. trey: we only have 30 seconds, i'll ask you a quick question where in your judgment issue most vulnerable in the eyes of voters? >> she is incapable and unqualified to be president and commander-in-chief and her record shows that, the truth shows that, the reality whether it's, like tears or any democrat that the elite would choose it would all be the same, they will pose the same direct danger and threat to our fundamental rights and freedoms in our country because it's coming from people

grandmother, and i wanted your thoughts on this and we are out of time but i am thinking about james carvilleweeks ago who said this most sadistic, dangerous force out there is a seventh grade girl. he might be right. when we come back, everyone is sharing their mvps of the week when we continue. of the week when we continue. sleep better. live purple. visit purple.com or a store near you today >>> you know what time it is. it is time for mvps of the week. joyce, give us yours first. >> hillary clinton. she has done a great job on social media of getting out the word about project 2025 with this short, targeted posts featuring things like project 2025's impact on climate change. it's been brilliant. >> hayes, how about you? >> i'm giving it to congresswoman aosi. i think it's great she's done what democrats have not done by taking on samuel alito and clarence thomas for their failure to disclose large number -- donations and failing to recuse themselves from cases they have an interest in so i give it to her for actually filing those articles. >> do you think it's going to go anywhere? >> kno

. >> james carville said he's advising people not to give and we understand as early as two, they mightome see him with tumor, mark warner, senator from virginia talking to other democrats, so bring the oval office, you've been there so many times. the coming and say you can't win and you are not well. he says i'm staying. played out. what happens? >> i've been in meetings with them and they never said anything. when i challenged them, they stayed quiet and backed this president up knowing he wasn't all there. they've done the same thing. those are strong enough leaders to remove joe biden. joe biden is the only one to make that decision but will come down to obama, clyburn and pelosi i think are the only people that maybe he would listen to put that decision was long ago, very clear last night. he would stay in the race. >> the one who can do it, more than hakeem jeffries. clyburn. >> hakeem jeffries have spent a leader and quietly told time, he's gotten along with the big lie and so has schumer. the ground along with the big lie. anytime you question the president, they would attack m

long-time clinton advisor james carville goes further than that calling for a, quote, super democratic process. one where former presidents barack obama and bill clinton pick eight candidates including harris, suggesting four town halls, one each in the south, the northeast, midwest and west. also says democratic could test the candidates. if biden steps aside the democratic party has two options core nation of harris. democrats denied themselves over the past few years with information. if biden had run in a competitive primary debates including debates democrats would have seen earlier how he would perform. if biden had sat for extended tough interviews and given news conferences his shortcomings would have been clearer and they would find themselves in a much different position today. your thoughts. >> they would. the democratic party isn't a party of allowing a party compete or let people get out there and possibly beat whoever has been anointed at that particular moment. the problem i think for democrats is they are locked in. they don't have a choice. you can't introduce a new pe

. >> mike: james carville who was the brains behind the bill clinton operation is urging democratic donorso biden. he notes that 72 percent of the public wants something different daniel, your thoughts on the money matters and also what's ahead for the president tomorrow with that interview. >> that's win to be a huge moment. as an ongoing to be an hour long interview like in years past. abc news team is hoping for 15 to 20 minutes but donors are the lifeblood of campaigns and if they think they are going to shift their money to trying to flip the house to save the senate than biden is in real trouble. there's going to be a lot of donors who say if biden talks all the time about saving democracy and the threat that trump poses, then he -- it's ironic for him to say a majority of democrats are... ongoing to ignore that part of it as well. >> how alarm do you think the biden campaign and white house is by some democratic voices who have been silent during this crisis. >> the problem is for the democrats that there -- it's twofold. there isn't an obvious alternative whose any better. that's w

brutal assessments by carl bernstein and long time clinton advisor james carville. listen. >> the country is clamoring for change. and what are we going to offer them, the same stuff? it doesn't make any sense. they want something different. let's give it to them. >> these are people, several of them very close to president biden, who they are adamant that what we saw the other night, the joe biden we saw, is not a one-off. there have been 15, 20 occasions in the last year and a half when the president has appeared somewhat as he did in that horror show that we witnessed. >> dagen: now he says it? what a crack journalist he is >> joe biden was elected in 1972, four years before jimmy carter was president of the united states. elections are all about the future, dagen. where we're going and what we're doing. not only is there the cognitive decline, but the benefit to the democrats they aren't talking about the issues. that's where donald trump really excels. there is no plan for energy in this country. there is no plan to tackle inflation. there is no serious border

james carville had this morning on msnbc. watch. >> a real change in mood in the party and around the country but we have to be a little careful. too much tribalism going on. it'll be a difficult race, it will be very close and i understand that people are feeling better and are excited but that excitement has to be tempered with realism. the realism is, she has a tough campaign to run. >> trace: it's tempered because one, she has a tough campaign, two catches not a very good candidate historically and the honeymoon period will not last that long. >> it's going to be very tough. her record, another mainstream medium is trying to distance from the border czar label but joe biden himself is on the record saying she's in charge of the border. no wonder they want to distance or from that. an absolute disaster. the barbarians are just at the gates, they are inside the gates and she presided over it as the point person in the administration. i think it was symbolic that joe biden gave that speech, at the white house we had american

from him, i honestly think if barack obama and bill clinton maybe decide to weigh in jointly as james carvilleve been begging it seems to me those former presidents to act. and remember, this is the other big part of this, stu, the only reason this is a story is because trump is winning. if biden were winning, everybody would stay quiet. the real story here is biden is losing and they're afraid that's going to continue. stuart: so true. clay travis, good stuff. thanks so much, clay, we'll see you again real soon. >> appreciate you, man. stuart: here it is, the wednesday trivia question. another good one i'd say. don't look it up. it would be too easy to look it up but how much did the u.s. pay russia for alaska? 4, 5, 6 or $7 million? the answer after this. .. .. (man 1) can you hear me now? can you hear me now? can you hear me now? (dj) can you hear me now? (runner) stay with me now! (teens) oooo! (woman 1) mírame ahora! (woman 2) get em now! (roger goodell) we're ready now! (woman 3) have fun! (fan) ooo, pinch me now! (woman 4) save me now! (toddler) let's go now! (woman 5) check me now! (to