jeffries: good afternoon, everyone. this week, has once again made clear that the extreme maga republican agenda is to jam trump's project 2025 down the throats of the american people. what is project 2025? it's dangerous. it's dastardly. and it's diabolical. project 2025, the trump and extreme maga republican agenda, will criminalize abortion care and impose a nationwide ban on reproductive freedom. trump's project 2025 will end social security and medicare as we know it. trump's project 2025 will destroy working families and the middle class in favor of the wealthy, the well off, and well-connected. trump's project 2025 is dangerous. diabolical. and dastardly. and we will not let the extreme maga republicans hide this reckless agenda from the american people, and we need the american people to join us so we can stop it. questions? reporter: leader jeffries, nbc news reported that president biden's closest allies now say he has zero chances of winning, a direct quote is, he needs to drop out, from one biden campaign of

reporter: leader jeffries, quick question. what does president biden need to do the final few months to ease the path to help -- to make it easier for democrats to get the house and the white house? mr. jeffries: president biden is going to continue to do his job. he's put the country first. he's put the american people first. he's put hardworking american taxpayers first. which is what president biden has always done. and as a result of his leadership we have seen transformational change. fixing our crumbling bridges, roads, tunnels, sewer and water systems. rescuing the economy from the once in a century pandemic. gun safety legislation for the first time in 30 years. standing up for our veterans. bringing domestic manufacturing jobs back home to the country. and passing the inflation reduction act which is the largest investment in combating the climate crisis in the history of the world. we still have more work to do. still have to lower costs. still have to end price gouging. we have to continue to grow the middle class,

jeffries: we are looking at a frame of change versus the status quo. moving the country forward versus donald trump and extreme maga republicans who want to turn back the clock, defending freedom, like a woman's freedom to make her own reproductive decisions versus the nationwide abortion ban that donald trump and extreme maga republicans want to jam down the throats of the american people. we are looking at building an economy from the middle out in the bottom up that works for everyday americans. the extreme maga republican plan in donald trump's plans to drive a big tax cut to the american people that benefit the wealthy, the well-off. last question. last question. i'm looking forward and excited for the meeting that we will have in short order with vice president kamala harris. >> c-span's washington journal, our live forum involving you to discuss the latest issues of government, politics and public policy. from washington and the country. coming up tuesday morning, wall street journal discusses monday's house oversight committee hearing with the

jeffries: good morning everyone. joe biden is patriotic american, a heroic american, a great american and one of the most consequential presidents in american history. spoke to the people of the united states of america ahead of his own political aspirations to serve a second term. over the last 3 1/2 years, president biden in partnership with vice president harris have delivered for the american people in an extraordinary way to make life better all across the country. president biden and vice president harris inherited three catastrophes at the same time from the prior administration. president biden in partnership with vice president harris inherited a public health catastrophe that was badly mismanaged in the context of the covid-19 pandemic. a once in a century public health crisis and turned the situation around. president biden and vice president harris inherited an economic catastrophe that resulted from the shutdown of the economy and together avoided a recession and have turned the situation around to move

to that point, hakeem jeffries went last night.ave been told that he might go last night, might go this morning. for them to have him go to the white house and see the president -- he didn't finish that news conference until 8:29 last night. jim himes came out a minute later. >> 8:30, exactly. >> he couldn't have -- maybe he was waiting in the west wing for the motorcade to get back. i'm timing it from the convention center, minutes. they were meeting around 9:00 last night. that is very unusual and that was -- from what i understand, it was supposed to be a reality check. >> i think it's a heads up. >> it was probably a majority of the members really don't want you on this ticket. >> right. i have a feeling it was as much a heads up as a reality check. look, the dam may break this weekend. i'm preparing you. >> what about jim clyburn today? what was your read? >> it's the same thing as what former speaker nancy pelosi did on "morning joe" a couple days ago. it's signaling, look, i'm not going to dump on my friend joe biden, but i

hakeem jeffries has had i support biden, very topline, not answered many follow-ups.has multiple sources reporting to them that hakeem jeffries plans to take his concerns to president biden in the oval office. michele, no scheduled meeting as of now. we don't know when this will take place. everyone will be watching every word hakeem jeffries has because he is just going out having heard from his members again expressing trepidation. >> michele: all of this gavin newsom, harris conversation aside. emily and i are the californians here. all of that aside joe biden means the candidate. you heard joe manchin in the very first part of the segment saying "i think he'll make the right decision. i'm concerned about his health and well-being. i think he'll make the right decision." that's the word i keep hearing, the right decision. so not just a decision but the right decision. what is the right decision they are all expecting them to make? not just for joe biden but for the country. you would hope the right decision is the one that serves the united states of america and it

that's the focus, in addition to ensuring that hakeem jeffries is speaker. reporter: there's a number of democrats in the party who want president biden to come speak to the caucus directly about their concerns. should president biden come and address the caucus? mr. aguilar: that's up to the president and his team. i can't speak to that. our job today was to convene the house democratic caucus to hear different viewpoints, different ideas, and to be unified behind the message of ensuring we do everything we can to win this november. reporter: the report, the republicans have asked for audio of the report to be released because they want to make sure that the president presented himself in a coherent manner. democrats have said that it's a conspiracy theory because he obviously did project nims a coherent way. what are your thoughts on that now considering what you've seen with the debate and the subsequent fallout? mr. aguilar: i'll defer to the vice chair heretoo but this is very clear. republicans campaigned and have promised to impeach joe biden. they we

i do i came jeffries understands that his role here is not as cheerleader.is to be a bridge i communication bridge between our caucus the white house, and the campaign. and i have every confidence that came. jeffries knows how to do that so perfectly well. >> and last question before i let you go next week, where joe biden's still be your candidate. next week. >> i don't know events are unfolding very fast and i want to create space for the president and the white house to make a careful, reflective, and patriotic decision. all right. mr. connolly, gerry connolly of virginia. thank you so much for coming in. like chatting with you here on set and coming up for us. donald trump says he knows nothing about the far-right project 2025, but we have brand new cnn reporting on the dozens trump associates who helped write it to my 21st. >> i special, how would happened and search for a suspect? how would really be atlanta olympic bombing vermeer's july 21 at nine cnn. >> to test the toughness of the key is sorrento x pro, and the key is authentic turbo-hybrid. we re

but cnn is learning that jeffries did not offer biden his endorsement in that meeting? >> right now, 18 congressional lawmakers are publicly saying president biden should step aside. and as biden tries to salvage his campaign, sources telling cnn he'll meet virtually today with the congressional hispanic caucus our correspondents are covering all the latest developments we begin with cnn's white house correspondent, arlette sines, who is live in detroit where the president is headed for campaign event later tonight arlette, he had as big news conference last night, house his team feeling today well, president biden said that he's just going to keep moving in this campaign and that is what he is doing today, as he set to arrive here in the battleground state of michigan, the president really hoping to try to convince voters that he is up for a second term, but also trying to prevent any other further democratic dissent as many lawmakers i have called for the president to step aside in this race. >> now, the biden team really viewed that press conference as a success and

so, sahil, what are we expecting from schumer and jeffries? >> reporter: well, we do expect this news conference to begin imminently and, yes, we are expecting the top two democrats in the house and the senate, hakeem jeffries and chuck schumer, to formally endorse kamala harris for president. to make clear she has their support. this comes after 48 hours of the democratic party rapidly coalescing behind harris to be president after joe biden dropped out. it is wild to think it was just 48 hours ago and since then you got all these desperate factions within the democratic party quickly coming out for harris to carry that torch forward, including the progressive caucus, the hispanic caucus, the black caucus, the chairs of the house and senate democratic campaign arms, there are a number of reasons for this, chris. of course, she's vice president, she's the next in the line of succession, but the more important reason is that they don't have time for a contested campaign at this time. democrats have three and a half months until election day. he

we expect to hear from house party leader hakeem jeffries later this hour.begin with gabe gutierrez, ali vitali, susan page, and phil rucker. gabe, how is the president preparing, how is the white house gearing up for this news conference, as well as monday's exchange with nbc news anchor lester holt? >> reporter: white house aides say the president is preparing for the solo news conference this afternoon like he does for other solo news conferences. we should point out, this is his first of the year. it was eight months ago since he held a solo news conference. typically, over the last several months, he held a few news conferences with world leaders. but they tend to be those types of conferences where he takes two questions from domestic reporters and two questions from international reporters. this news conference is expected to go much longer. this also comes, andrea, as there's so much attention on this unscripted event. that is something that the white house and the campaign says it plans to do more of. you mentioned the interview on monday with leste

he is not follower it jeffries he's a leader jeffries what he is trying to do is get a sense of where his people are before he gets too far over his skis and for that matter the same thing with the democratic leader of the majority leader in the senate, chuck schumer. griff: probably trying to gauge how outward houses democrats are about down ballot implications but senior congressional correspondent chad pergram, thank you for calling and please keep us updated if you get more. >> thank you. alicia: thank you griff, thank you chad. hurricane warning's now in effect for much of the texas coast tropical storm beryl surges toward the lone star state picking up strength ahead of us expected landfall to mark fox with a correspondent katie byrne is live in galveston, texas under hurricane watch know what is happening? >> the beach is gone behind me pretty see the waves are crashing right up against the seawall here in fact i can feel the sea spray against the back of my leg sometimes. what is concerning as we are still far away from high tide it's not expected until tomorrow morning when w

i came jeffries is staying silent.ds to pelosi a few days ago, she brought up is this an episode or condition but she has a really said where she stands fully how long do you give it until that happens? if that happens, where they would go to him and say it's time it's got to be this week. >> right? and the excuses that they were out last week for the fourth and now they're back and there conferencing with their respective caucuses and they're going to be speaking to the respective conferences and they're going to be hearing from their members, both their frontline members, but also their ranking members who are not really in any danger. most of them not in any danger of losing their seats the house is on the precipice of flipping. the senate needs to remain a democratic hands. that's going to be a tall order regardless of what happens with the presidential and both these both senator schumer and leader jeffries need to think about the fact that there are there's a separate branch of government, the legislative branch

that meeting, jeffries says, occurred yesterday evening. he says in his conversation with biden, jose, that i directly expressed the full breadth of insight, heart felt perspectives and conclusions about the path forward that the caucus has shared in our recent time together. in moments after jeffries let out this letter, we had learned that the 18 democrats to publicly call on biden to exit the race has come out. that's a freshman lawmaker britney peterson, a democrat from colorado. this is significant because leadership, democratic leadership in the house and the senate are caught between a rock and a hard place here. they don't want to overstep what the will of their caucus, what their members want. they're also in daily conversations with donors, that is part of the role of leadership here. so, they are getting incoming from all sides and want to make that clear to the president and the white house in terms of those concerns as we still have not definitively heard from jeffries or schumer saying anything other than, we are behind biden

we have not heard an explicit endorsement from schumer or jeffries, but that is expected to come soonmes as both sides are now scrambling to figure out what it would mean for the fall campaign with harris at the top of the ticket, i put the question to republican congressman tim burchett of tennessee, about the fact that they will be going up against someone who would be the first black south asian woman who could be president united states. and what that means for the republican campaign biden said first off, he said he's going to hire a black female for vice president in that not just skipped over. >> what about what about white females? what about any other group i it, just, when you go down that route you take mediocrity and that's what they have right now as vice president suggesting she's d she was a dei hire 100%. she was idea he said he was going to hire and then she didn't record is abysmal we know that as a former prosecutor, she can prosecute the case against a convicted felon and make the case to the american people that she is really primed and ready to take over as the l

hakeem jeffries has just walked up to the camera. let's go there. >> who will go down in american history as one of the greatest public servants of all time. when president biden and vice president harris first took office on january 20th of 2021, the biden-harris team assumed a public health crisis, an economic crisis, and a democracy crisis in the immediate aftermath of january 6th at the same time. and thanks to the leadership of president joe biden and his partnership with vice president kamala harris they were able to rescue the country from a once-in-a-century pandemic, and turn the situation around so we could return to normalcy. thanks to the leadership of president biden and his partnership with vice president harris, they were able to save the economy from a once in a decade or so recession like situation. and set us on a positive path so that every day americans would thrive in every single zip code across america. thanks to the leadership of president biden and his partnership with vice president harris, dignity and decen

, where jeffries did not explicitly offer his endorsement of the president.in, we are still trying to get additional details about this meeting, but very watched here on capitol hill has a lot of democrats have been waiting to see what their leadership would do and say to president in biden manu raju, lauren fox over that key piece of reporting from our colleague, jeff zeleny. jeffries did not offer the president is endorsement in that meeting today. thanks for that report. and later today, president biden will head to that battleground state of michigan, where he'll keep making the point that he's up for the job of beating donald trump in november the question remains, is it too late? arlette saenz's in detroit in our lane outlet. tell us a little bit more about what we expect later today and anything else we know about this this meeting that happened between jeffries and the president and the fact that the democratic leader did not endorse the president well, manu president biden has said that he will just keep moving in this campaign despite the pressure w

. >> cnn is learning jeffries did not offer biden his explicit endorsement in that meeting. we also know 18 congressional democrats have now come out saying biden should end his bid for reelection. >> meantime, the president is preparing for a series freeze of crucial calls to convince his party that he's fit for another term in the white house. sources tell cnn that he'll meet virtually with the congressional hispanic caucus today as well as members of the asian pacific american caucus tomorrow he's holding calls with groups of congressional democrats our coverage begins live in detroit with cnn's arlette sines, because our let biden is pushing forward with his campaign. and he said it today to detroit to deliver a message yeah, boris, president biden has said he is going to keep moving in this campaign. and today, that will be moving here to the battleground state of michigan. now for the president's part, he is looking to convince a democratic voters and voters across the country that he is fit to serve a second term in office while also trying to eat some of those concer

thank you leader jeffries, for being with us tonight. leader jeffries, we know you spoke with the president today. what is your reaction to the news that he is dropping out of the race and endorsing vice president harris? >> joe biden has been one of the most consequential presidents in american history. he rescue the country from a once in a century pandemic, save the economy from the possibility of recession and also of course, was able to preserve our democracy, the insurrectionist in chief and someone who want to turn back the clock on the united states of america. he has put patriotism over personal position, and this is another heroic act in a long- running series of heroic acts, by joe biden, on behalf of the american people, from the moment he was first elected back in 1972 to the united states senate. >> what turned -- let's turn to come, he called joe biden our nations worst president. this follows the trump campaign rally in michigan last night where he lobbed insults at vice president harris, presuming that vice president har

schumer hasn't, jeffries hasn't? >> they think kamala harris is a loser.he propensity to screw everything up. there is a report in axios this morning says that's the way that joe biden views kamala harris. that he does not think that she can win there are many peer speculating only reason why biden ultimately endorsed harris is kind of as a -- well, a year number one salute to all the people calling for him to step aside. but there is one thing i want to go back just one moment what you are saying about kamala harris and what did she know and when? the only reason why we are even talking about joe biden's cognitive decline because president trump knocked out joe biden on the debate stage if president trump had not had that debate performance in atlanta many in the media and kamala harris would still be turning a blind eye to the clear, cognitive failures. >> ainsley: the debate would have been after the dnc. i wonder what that would have looked like then. thank you so much, jason. great to see you. >> thank you. >> ainsley: r.f.k. jr. blaming democrats for

we know he talked directly with hakeem jeffries and jeffries has said on the record he conveyed the feelingsus, and we know his caucus is upset. the lingering question that hangs above all of this is that this there's only one person who can decide that joe biden is no longer going to be in this race, and that is joe biden himself. there are now reports that he's at least open to that idea, something that was not even leaked out early on after the debate. that was something that he wasn't even considering. so if that door is open even a crack, my guess is that at least congressional democrats are eager to bust it wide open and try to convince him to exit this race gracefully, and then the conversation can be who comes next, which i think is still a very open conversation within the democratic party. >>> coming up, john heilemann says it's no coincidence that a bunch of democrats came out in tandem to voice concerns about president biden. what he calls the carefully orchestrated effort to end the incumbent's candidacy. that's next on "morning joe." ah, these bills are crazy. she has no idea s

together, we will keep and hopefully grow the senate majority and under future speaker hakeem jeffries we will win back the house. democrats are moving forward and more united than ever before into/36 hours i seen a surge in enthusiasm for everyone of our party united behind vice president harris. in enthusiasm felt in every corner of the country. and it is contagious among democrats. the volunteers their contributions are pouring in. in ways beyond our expectations. now we all know vice president harris has a tremendous record. and now begins the next chapter in our quest to make sure donald trump does not become president. today with one voice we speak about the dangers he presents. to working families, to our country, and to our democracy. we see very clearly how nervous the republicans are about our new nominee, well they ain't seen nothing yet. last night vice president harris security majority of delegates. today in wisconsin and across america we begin our next chapter and it will be our best yet. vice president harris will be donald trump and become the next president of the un

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senate democratic leader chuck schumer and houston a critical leader hakeem jeffries have given their endorsement of vice president harris is the next president of the united states. they spoke to reporters about their support for her and also commented on president biden's decision to not seek reelection. >> okay, good afternoon, everybody. today is a great, great day for the democratic party and the country. vice president harris will soon be our nominee and will be elected president in november. we are brimming with excitement, enthusiasm, unity. on sunday, president biden showed the world what a great man he is. his true patriotism, his profound sense of decency came shining through. we all know it was not an easy decision for him, but just as he has done in his entire life, president biden selfless decision not to seek the nomination and put our country, our party, our future first. he is an honorable man, a family man, a man of deep faith. we love him. we truly do. i will have more to say on president biden this afternoon in my floor speech. but president biden's selfless decisi

this was a call that was hosted by house democratic leader hakeem jeffries to give an opportunity for the ranking members to express their grievances. take the temperature of where they were at before everybody returns back to congress. this week. and over the course of that call is where some of these explicit statements were made about whether the president should remain as the democratic candidate. this year. now some of the names that have come up in our reporting, for example, as opposed to president biden being the nominee or for example, representatives adam smith's gym hines susan wild. we're also told democratic representatives, maxine waters and bobby scott. scott spoke in support of biden's. you can see that there were fractures over the course of this call, but one senior democratic guede telling our colleague jeff zeleny that it was pretty brutal now, there haven't been any decisions yet as to whether there will be a letter or a meeting with the president about this matter. but what it does tell us is that some of the leaders that are within the house of representatives a

no longer nancy pelosi but how team jeffries.rs of the democratic party are actively calling for president biden to step down. hakeem jeffries has a meeting to rally the troops tomorrow. i don't know what his strategy is but you are in the halls of congress. what do you think will come from this? >> he is trying to circle the wagons to prevent any more defections. any democrat running a competitive district is trying to avoid the proximity they might have to president biden. they are petrified for him leading them at the top of the ticket. look at madison, wisconsin. tammy baldwin refusing to show up with the president, she has done that time and again. we have democrats petrified president biden is leading the top of the ticket and hakeem jeffries calling a meeting on sunday before congress comes back to work to make sure they don't have more defections. in the coming weeks you will see democrats running away from their own record, it is driving inflation higher. they don't want to talk about the open border policies that is cau

we know hakeem jeffries, or materially is scheduled to have the chat with lawmakers. we notified jik have called publicly for him to step aside. will there be more tomorrow? and what will it take for biden to heed those calls? a man who has spent 30 years on capitol hill in his prior decisions. we know he has tremendous respect for the senate in which he served for so many years. the opinion of his former colleagues, how much will that matter to him if they do unite, potentially around mark warner? >> i think it would be an especially difficult blow for him if a large handful of senators end up calling on him to step aside. because of what you just said. he still refers to his 36 years in the senate and talks about his time there. he will use things from his time as a lawmaker like i want to take a moment of personal privilege. those phrases, that institution, those people and that institution are a part of his dna. i think if a bunch of his friends and colleagues calling him to step aside it will be a major blow. that said i do not think it means he would automatical

where's hakeem jeffries tonight. well as of last night there was an item the biden team was leaking to the new york times that the president biden was fuming about obama and pelosi at the beach house because they were not. he thought that they were pulling the strings behind the scenes, which there are indications that they, at a minimum, did not stop this democratic mutiny. but president biden was just getting more and more isolated. he was mad at pretty much everybody except a very, very small group of longtime advisers and family members. and it it really sounded like he was digging in because they couldn't take it away from him. he has the delegates. it they didn't he didn't have to do this. and he was saying, if somebody wants to challenge him at the convention, then they should do it. but he's not even going to make it to the convention. it'll be a totally different ticket. harris and somebody and we should know soon. well, well, unless they don't, unless they don't want harris, which i suspect by their lack of

we'll hear from hakeem jeffries now? >> everybody is looking for -- i've said this to the president a week ago. i don't care about the donors. leadership matters -- >> the donors are reacting. >> i know that, but it's the american people. right now the vice president has to go out and sell herself to the delegates. as elected officials we have a right to endorse. i endorse in most presidential elections unless i'm trying to move the presidential primary. right now it's nice to have these elected officials. there were rumors about was there some kind of -- something going on between kamala and nancy. i think it's good she came out and shut that down, unity matters. hakim has to lead a hawk cuss where other people are front liners, they're from the midwest, figuring it out. she's got to sell herself to the american people. elected officials don't elect the president of the united states. the working men and women of this country, the voters are the ones that are going to elect the next president of the united states. >> co

he was hearing from the democratic caucus, there are real fears if jeffries eric sure.ary the state at the top of the ticket the impact that they would have down-ticket. that was one of the concerns they were laying. the president. now that biden has stepped aside and harris is on the top of the ticket. a much different view among democrats who believe their chances at potentially taking back the house, maybe keeping the senate, although the senate is much more difficult, perhaps those chances improve. and right here, were a democratic senate campaign committee headquarters where they plan to announce their endorsement hoping that perhaps that harris could change the dynamics of race that had been going up until this point. donald trump's way. so we'll expect that endorsement here in a matter of moments here, bianna all right. >> we will be looking for that and bringing it live when we see it there, manu, thank you so much for that report. we do have cnn's eva mckend, who is in milwaukee out the harris campaign rally. big impression that she's hoping to make today. what

we know she's going have a democratic majority led by hakeem jeffries in the u.s. house of representatives but the senate matters too. she will have a new governing partner in the united states senate. some went home she knows well. someone whom she trusts. someone who is a trailblazer in her own right the first black woman to be that next u.s. center for the great state of delaware. [applause] wow, thank you joe for that introduction. i am congresswoman lisa lunch at rochester. i am a little emotional. cbc is family. looking at everyone's faces, i was not scheduled to speak i kept standing there asking god, what you want me too say in this moment? first, i want to say i am joe biden's congresswoman. and i am so proud of the man that he is. the human being that he is. the partnership and the accomplishment that we have made together. historic, our vice president said yesterday a speech to elvis in delaware, that joe biden has done more in three years than some presidents do into terms. and so first i stand here also with the word gratitude. gratitude for this great

chuck schumer and house minority leader hakeem jeffries told biden to his face they were concerned he would lose the election and take democrats down with him in november. former house speaker nancy pelosi did that and more. though biden made it clear he was firmly in the race, pelosi going on tv calling it still an open question. >> it's up to the president to decide if he's going to run. we're all encouraging him to make that decision because time is running short. >> reporter: the floodgates had opened, ultimately, 40 democrats in congress called on biden to drop out of the race, urging him to do it for the party, for his legacy, for the country he loves so much. biden fighting on, refusing to give in. but in recent days sources telling us he was willing to listen to arguments from the other side. and then that new blow, biden testing positive for covid. heading home to delaware to recuperate. and it was there isolating the first lady at his side that sources tell us last night the president finally began to come to his decision. today, he started making calls to his vice president

. >> if chuck schumer and ah ha keep jeffries and nancy pelosi say we're worried if you stay in the raceoing to lose the house and senate, how will you respond? >> i will go into detail, including jim clyburn, every one of them, they all said i should stay in the race. none of them said i should leave. >> but the if they do? >> it's like -- they're not going to that? >> are you sure? >> yeah, i'm sure look, i mean if the lord all mighty said to get out of the race, i wo wouldt out of the race. these are hypotheticals, george. cheryl: this is being discussed now on capitol hill. the house comes back today and the pressure is mounting. >> it's going to be another tough week for j joe biden. i think the cake is baked on this one. 72% of americans believe that joe biden needs to step away and not run again for president, it doesn't seem to matter. ball's in his court, he has the ccampaign coffers and he has the delegates. he's he's insulated with the fay around him. i don't thinks he's stepping down. cheryl: i think it's when at this point. >> i think if joe biden was stepping down he wouldn

to alex's point it was remarkable in jeffries letter when he didn't say.y anything about what the president to him or how he found the president or how he thinks the president should proceed. these conversations are very full of angst on the democratic side and there is a pervasive sense of doom around biden's candidacy. >> dana: jacque, yesterday you said that this democrat had texted you to say this is the worst possible outcome unless you are hunter and need a pardon. you asked is that because it prolongs him stepping down? the source says yes. biden said he won't pardon or commute a sentence that hunter gets. now you are in michigan today. the president is going there. in that call that alex was talking about the biden campaign says michigan and wisconsin, pennsylvania, that is the key to them being able to win. so i imagine that you are probably be in those states a lot in the next couple of months if biden stays in. how do you see it this morning? >> you know, i think that they will stick with the plan for now. but i think ultimately the money and th

hakeem jeffries is going to be happy doing some adjusting.ee for the one a luxury is the political earthquake took place with congress home for the independence day holiday. they are coming back on monday it will not likely be comforted by this answer the president gave to george stephanopoulos. let's apply it. >> mr. president never seen a presence 36% approval get reelected. >> i do not believe that's my approval rating that's not what our polls show. >> if you say and in trump is elected and everything you are warning about comes to pass, how you feel in january? >> i will feel it as long as i gave it my all and i did the greatest job. >> giving it the old college try is not very reassuring for democrats on the ballot, is it? >> right it is not just democrats on the ballot it is people who are going to be voting. you have a lot of people tuned into that debate that were on the fence for they were undecided trying to get a better sense of both candidates. these subsequent polls reflect their decision. they are quite concerned about the pres

this came during a call between ranking members and house leader hakeem jeffries earlier today. and as president biden hit the campaign trail on pennsylvania today, telling supporters he's never been more optimistic check about the future of america, insisting he's got the backing up his party we're going to bring in cnn's dana bash in just a moment with what she's hearing from her sources. but first cnn's are led signs is live outside the white house tracking >> in all these breaking developments, it's really quite incredible. the split-screen arlette of a president digging in his heels and members of his own party telling him to step aside. yeah. pamela, you know, president biden when he was traveling today, it said that he does believe that the democratic party is behind him, but you are consistently seen the public and private pressure grow on president biden to step aside in this race. the latest coming from cnn reporting that during a call with house minority leader hakeem jeffries, this out afternoon, several top house democrats said that they do believe it is time for pr

now when i asked jeffries about the concern among many democrats that joe biden is toxic at the top of the ticket, that he could drag down down. ticket democrats could cost them the house and could potentially cost them the senate. he pushed back worrying, isn't a cost to the house when house of representatives. now, despite this show of support from the house, democratic leader, there are a lot of democrats who are not going nearly as far including the number three democrat pete aguilar, who i just caught up with moments ago. i asked him directly if he supports joe biden at the top of the ticket, he would not say he said we're going to have a robust discussion tomorrow. a lot of democrats are saying that, or they say that biden needs to prove that he can move ahead and can have unscripted moments in the words of pramila jayapal. and they want to make sure that he could actually to win this race. so a lot of concern, the jury is still out among many democrats, but make no mistake about it, erin, there's a reason why joe biden is meeting virtually with the congressional black caucus ton