you will have a jim clyburn on your show. that is pretty cool.ling for the debate to stop. but he did say he would be supportive if joe biden stepped aside, he was support kamala harris. do you think the public debate over this needs to stop and, privately, should these conversations with joe biden continue? >> i think that the debate is all right if it is within the boundaries of seeking for what is best for the country and where we are going. when you hear the general, what is going on around the world, who can handle world crisis and domestic issues that all of us are concerned about. we need to make that the goal. who can best serve, who is best demonstrated, since we are dealing with two people in president biden and former president trump, who are both served, and see what the agendas are. a lot of the age questions that have been raised, though they may be legitimate, i think they have been far overblown because we are talking about two men who are roughly the same age, who have roughly shown some flaws in public. i think donald trump has

listen to one of his closest allies, congressman jim clyburn, who has been on the stump for him, said earlier today let joe biden continue to make his own decisions about his truth that he's earned that right and i am going to give him that much respect. if he decides to change his mind later on, then we will respond to that. we haven't to 19 august to open out convention the 19 august, the democratic convention. >> that's just 38 days away. and last night, three more democratic lawmakers called for biden to step aside, including the top democrat on the house intel committee, congressman jim himes. let's bring in cnn senior white house correspondent kayla tausche. kayla calabria, essentially doubling down on kind of what pelosi said, that it is up to joe biden and he would prefer that people just stopped talking about it and move on. what are you hearing this morning? >> well, this morning, sara, the white house and campaign, the people i'm talking to inside of both of those buildings say that they expected more defections after last night because of the pressure that had been buildin

then you had jim clyburn.esident biden and he has said if it isn'tjoe biden he will vote for vice president harris. and i thinkjust the fact he is even saying that rather than just completely saying "no, there's no other option but mr biden", is telling in and of itself. whether or not that pressure builds. we will see, biden is due to do an interview with an american network later this week, the first time he will be sitting down following that performance and there is no doubt he will be asked many questions but if he is going to be replaced, he has to stand down, he has to resign. and his inner circle which is made up of his wife, the first lady, his son, hunter biden, many other members of his family and other close democrats have said that the president has no intention of standing down. i discussed all this with leigh ann caldwell. she's the anchor of washington post live and co—author of the early brief. we are seeing high—profile members of his own party a sitting congressman for the first time calling

i have spoken to all of them in detail, including jim clyburn, every one of them. they all said i should stay in the race. stay in the race. none of the people said i should leave. >> but if they do? >> it's like -- they're not going to do that. >> you're sure? >> yeah, i'm sure. look, i mean, if the lord almighty said joe, get out of the race, i'd get out of the race. >> reporter: but the pressure only grew. actor and mega donor george clooney who had seen biden just days before the debate, penning an op-ed in "the new york times" urging the president to drop out. writing, it's devastating to say it, but the joe biden i was with three weeks ago at the fund-raiser was not the joe biden of 2010, he wasn't even the joe biden of 2020. he was the same man we all witnessed at the debate. 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 g

people are talking about this without having two eyes wide open, close, biden, ally, congressman jim clyburn, and then democratic governor jared polis, coming up i'm jake tapper in washington the state of our union is unsettled. we begin this morning with urgent questions surrounding the 2024 presidential race some for the us secret service, reeling from serious security failures surrounding the attempted attempted assassination of donald trump eight days ago. the agency is finally acknowledging it did indeed, indeed deny requests by trump's team for additional resources and personnel over the past few years after initially claiming those charges were not true, said trump's campaign manager, chris lacivita, quote, they lied. this amid serious questions, serious questions for president joe biden, who is wrapping up his medical isolation period after a covid diagnosis his political isolation continues as more than 30 democratic lawmakers are now openly calling on him to step aside given his political weakness and unanswered questions about his health and cognitive fitness. president biden says

i'm also told that the reason nancy pelosi and jim clyburn that the reason nancy pelosi andjim clyburnand understanding — that the biden circle is so insular that they don't think that biden is getting the message, that they don't think that biden is understanding because people aren't telling him, of the concerns. so they decided to be a little bit more direct in their statements today. it direct in their statements toda . , ., , , today. it is really interesting what you _ today. it is really interesting what you say _ today. it is really interesting what you say there, - today. it is really interesting what you say there, first - today. it is really interesting what you say there, first of i what you say there, first of all because it is such an insular group are many people are saying it is almost only his family members that would be able to convince the president to step down, but they could be some of those really high profile or high ranking democrats that might also have some sway. the second thing you said about kamala harris, we haven't heard her name floated as much as a po

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 am living in reality. this is clyburn -- he is a political pragmatist. that's how biden got the nomination in the first place and got his endorsement the first time. that was a pragmatic move. nancy pelosi, she's a political pragmatist. she played hard ball but she's a pragmatist. that's what's happening here. they look at this top of the ticket and they realize the house is unwinnable under these circumstances. period. that's why this is coming to a head, perhaps, this weekend. >> chuck todd, your experience is invaluable at a moment like this. as always, on all things. thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> the backup plans. james carville joining me to talk about what's being discussed in democratic circles all over town. the party might move forward if the president were to step aside. you are watching "andrea mitc

they are echoing what we just heard from jim clyburn, they want to focus on substance. in terms of foreign policy as you mentioned, they are really eager to turn the page at this point, chris. they see every day that they don't spend talking about a potential trump second term and what they fear about that, talking about project 2025, any day that they don't spend talking about that is a day wasted according to the campaign. one campaign official told me though that our view is that a nato press conference isn't going to be a thing that moves the ball with undecided voters. that is why he's going to michigan. and chris, this rally tonight, is going to be his fourth trip to michigan this year. it is a crucial state in his re-election bid and a state that he's had some trouble with over the last couple of months in terms of polling because of his handling of the israel-hamas war and the large arab-american population here. but they want to get him out in more unscripted events in addition to the rally tonight, he is scheduled for a interview on monday with lester holt and

with hakeem jeffries, chuck schumer, jim clyburn and others.in the interview friday night that they told him to stay in. many told him to stay in. i don't know if that is completely accurate. i don't think that any of them have specifically told him to get out, but there seems to be this chasm between what they actually want to have happen and what they're willing to actually say to him to get to that point. we're not to that point yet where these congressional leaders are prepared to look him in the eye and tell him that they don't think he can win and that, in order to save democracy and beat donald trump, he needs to step aside. those are the conversations we're going to see play out here over the next couple of days. i do think it is complicated to a certain extent because the nato summit is in town. that's going to mean that not only is there less time to have these conversations, but there's also going to be a sense that they don't want to challenge the president or undermine him when the rest of the world is here and the eyes of the worl

nancy pelosi is a key ally of president biden, as is jim clyburn. al in the victory he had ultimately. for them to come out and say that we acknowledge there is a problem is quite interesting, especially mr. clyburn who went on to say that if it is not joe biden, he would back the vice president kamala harris. i think the fact they are acknowledging that mr. biden's poor debate performance but suggesting some the like that shows that the pressure that is on mr. biden is increasing. whether it makes a difference or not, ultimately comes down to mr. biden. we know he has this inner circle which consists of his wife, his son, and other members of his family. they have quite clearly said they are standing behind him, he's not going anywhere. mr. biden is due to give an interview to an american news network later this week. i think we can fully expect him to double down and say i am the only one that beat donald trump and the only one that can beat him again. ultimately, if he's going to be replaced, he has to stand down and so far, he has said he's not d

jim clyburn says no, it shouldn't. and it's up to saying he's heard he's earned the right. and i'm going to give him that respect if he decides to change his mind later on, we will respond to that. we have until the 19th of august to open our convention. jim clyburn basically says the conversation should be over, whereas other people people continue to say you know, the dam could still be breaking. what do you think? what do you think the impact of jim clyburn's wars, we'll have now it's interesting. >> i was watching that interview as well actually this morning, kate and i was struck by how he said we have until august 19. that of course is the democratic convention in chicago. but most democrats think they do not not have that much time at all. should there be a need to replace the president? so yes, i was not surprised that he is standing with president biden, but if you parse some of his interview, a language as well, he said it is still his decision to make. yes, he is standing with him. he thinks he should be given respect really, the bottom line to all of this sort o

jim clyburn was, as you know, elected to the house in 1994. the first black congressman from south carolina post reconstruction. they developed a legitimate friendship. not a washington friendship, a legitimate friendship in the 90s. and you know, jim clyburn is someone i've covered for a few decades now myself, eddie's old school. he's a man that resets loyalty and tradition and institutions. and so i don't think that it was an accident that you saw him very publicly over the past seven to 10 days endorsing this president, supporting this president publicly, when a lot of democrats were doing the opposite. and he was -- he is not someone that decrees the spotlight, but we had him on the today show just a few days ago for the first time in a number of years. live in the studio, because he wanted to vocally, publicly back this president. and if you parse the language during the course of that conversation, especially now, the benefit of hindsight, that if you parse the language that he used, he said at this morning as well on msnbc. i support t

i am not mad at jim clyburn but we are going to discuss this on the back and. nk you so much. i am going to call you at the break, okay? >> talk to the skype. >>> a senior trump advisor calls project 2025, i can even. this is a family show. why you didn't hear about their plans for it this week. >>> we have more on "the weekend" starting today you can listen to every episode of the "the weekend" as a podcast for free. go ahead and scan the qr code on your spring -- screen. scan the qr code and search for "the weekend" whenever you get your podcast. we will be right back . ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ here's to getting better with age. here's to beating these two every thursday. help fuel today with boost high protein, complete nutrition you need... ...without the stuff you don't. so, here's to now. boost. [♪♪] did you know, how you feel can be affected by the bacteria in your gut? try new align yogurt coated probiotic fruit bites. with a delicious apple and blueberry-flavored fruit center and yogurt coating, each bite is infused with added probiotics, to help promote a healthy diges

>> i will go into detail, including jim clyburn, every one of them, they all said i should stay in theone 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't be the nominee. four years ago he was installed. he lost the first two primaries. he was pushed over the line in south carolina. everybody quit before super tuesday

but for a moment, think about what jim clyburn said there.night, for better or worse, he will be watching his friend joe biden deliver these remarks from the oval office in the spirit of appreciating what we're all going to be watching tonight. think about it at a human level. the prime time address airs at 8:00 p.m. eastern. it represents something seen as altogether completely rare in washington. an instance in which someone holding great power, the most power in american politics acts against his or her own self-interest. that's a side their own political ambitions for the good of the country. that reason, whatever the president says, between the words my fellow americans and may god protect our troops will likely provide the american people with some degree of catharsis and allow him to go out completely, his swan song will be on his terms. he's also expected to show the country the immediate path forward. from the resolute desk in the oval office, president biden now unburdened by the obligations and rigors of a reelection campaign will

you heard jim clyburn hopes vice president harris would be leading that pack.vice president as well. >> if our president decides that this is not the pathway forward for him, then it means that we are going to have to move very quickly. the vice president is sitting os choice sitting right there. has name recognition. everybody has feelings about these folks. the reality is the optics of pushing aside a black woman -- they are not good. >> bret: you know, the biden campaign just sent out this text to supporters let me be clear i'm running on. i'm the democratic party nominee. no one is pushing me out. nighttime leaving. i'm in this race to the end and we are going to win this election. at what point does this all shift because there are so many things that have happened over the last day and a half. >> yeah. absolutely. i think it happens or the shift starts to happen when more of these anonymous sources, these lawmakers speaking background or behind closed doors, once they start coming out in public. and we're starting to see that very slowly. obviously raÚl w

majority leader chuck schumer, former house speaker nancy pelosi, and longtime ally congressman jim clyburn. the president will sit down with george stephanopoulos on friday for his first interview since that debate performance ignited the firestorm now consuming his campaign. abc's selina wang leads us off at the white house. >> reporter: tonight, the first sign president biden may be reconsidering the future of his campaign. sources tell abc news the president has privately acknowledged that the next few days will be critical. that he has told at least two people close to him he knows he's in a tough spot sources familiar with his conversations say the president told one ally that, though he still views himself as the best candidate to defeat donald trump, he's keeping, quote, an open mind about the path forward. still, today, the white house press secretary insisting the president is absolutely not dropping out. is the president clear-eyed about what it takes to stay in the race? and what it would take for him to drop out? >> the president is clear-eyed, and he is staying in the race. i

xfinity. >>> you could argue that joe biden would not have won the democratic nomination if not for jim clyburnement after biden had lost iowa and new hampshire decisively. what is the veteran congressman now saying and hearing from his colleagues after watching thursday night's debate? joining me now is congressman james clyburn of south carolina, co-chair of the biden-harris 2024 campaign. congressman, it's great to see you. >> thank you very much for having me. >> you have said that the president was overprepared for the debate. are you confident that that was the only issue? was it over preparedness, badly preparedness, trying to memorize statistics rather than speak about his policies and his values, or is it something else? could there be another problem? >> as you may not, i did a lot of debating. i was in our debating society. it's best in a debate -- i don't think you should get bogged down in statistics, in specifics, but to lay out themes and lay them out in such a way that you can deflect what may be coming from the other side. i noticed early on in the debate -- in the first questi

when i hear something like jim clyburn saying that, this is a man we look to as a barometer in biden world, does he know something about what's coming that he's suggesting a process for how it could go forward? >> he knows something i don't know, i want to be clear on that. i think sometimes we over read into everything. you talked a minute ago about how you were hearing about letters. i think that's a legend. i actually think it's a legend at this point. i have been hearing about the letters for four days. nobody has seen them. i talk to a lot of members of congress. no one has seen it. people i've talked to haven't been asked to sign it, yet everybody's talking about it like this is the lead thing. jim's been asked a ton of questions, just as you said, he's one of the barometers, very close to the bidens, and everybody's over reading. i mean, everybody's talking about a whole lot of things or a whole lot of things. i think we have to take it day by day. we've got to see the president get out there, show that he's got the stamina, and talk directly to the american people, not to mem

and he and jim clyburn came in and clyburn said he was going to endorse him later that day.did which turned his campaig to change the course of this nation's history. by stopping a dictatorship that was on its way. and a catastrophe. so he's a great man. people should get their kids to watch him tonight because they're looking at a great man who really meant what he said he wanted to save the republic. i couple that with kamala harris, who said, that the baton now is in our hand. and i hope when people watch this great man tonight, when it's other, they'll know the baton is now in all of our hands to save this country. this is not an election. this is a selection on which way this country is going to go. are we going to select going back to the 1940s and '30s? about women's rights and civil rights and voting rights. or are we going to put that baton, put the mantle on our shoulder and soldier on. and i think that tonight will set the tone for that as a man who gave more than half a century of public service to put us on the right course. are we going to now detour and go ano

that means that jim clyburn has changed his mind. i just it seems to me that he and others are now being a little bit more circumspect as they continue to listen to their members. so that is those are some of the key, key questions that we're going to see answered this week. and i'm not saying that. let's just say hypothetically, nancy pelosi, jim clyburn, hakeem, jeffries, go to president biden's and say it's time to go. i don't know that that necessarily means he would go, but it would be the answer to your question about whether or not he could get outside of his very, very tight very long serving inner circle. that people bring up the nixon scenario, right when senior republicans way the howard baker got it, you got to go very, very different. who might biden, listen to. i think kill us into his family. i think how listen to the advisors in the white house that he has around them. but those are been his long serving people. they serve him right. and 202020 campaign, you know, people call this dead in the water and they were like,

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and then there was a flood of endorsements from other leaders in the democratic party including jim clyburn. and of course, donors who may come back as well. it is fascinating. she will need to make a vice president topic as well. it doesn't have to come until at least four weeks from now for the convention. it could come at any time. >> you are not into this, to what extent kamala harris is locked-in. it is not official, that won't happen until the dnc but in terms of potential of -- other contenders, to what sent is a clear path for harris at this point? >> i would not have said the 12 hours ago tom but at this point it looks like it's pretty clear for harris. it really looks like the democratic party wants to make a huge show of unity after a really great few weeks for the rnc. which came out of the republican convention bear unified if you like. it seems that the democratic party with a couple of exceptions for example nancy pelosi and barack obama who didn't actually endorse the current person who's in the lead who is kamala harris but did suggest there should be an open convention. wi

reason they are not shown, they are secret, they are secret, no less secret people who talk with jim clyburnty head of the campaign headquarters, comrade biden, such a dude, clyburn, congressman, clyburn, since you are now in wisconsin and host a lot of events, tell me the truth, what are you hearing from people on the ground? almost everyone, and i say almost because i haven’t heard a single person say anything negative, everyone is telling us: go ahead, joe biden, this, by the way, is the guy who said that the older generation of blacks needs to teach the youth some sense, because, that is , that’s why it seems to you that your grandfather could not say anything, you forget about it, now i’ll explain to you why? but because, as i said yesterday, the family got together and the hunter said: dad, you’re going to move your hooves, and what am i supposed to do, die in prison, so dad, you’re the one, let’s move your hooves to the post, you still have to catch a criminal case after me close, there is another big problem, firstly, they understand that europe does not know what to do; we, of cours

jim clyburn, by new self received. and more than a dozen senators, many of them who had cut off support for biden. again, kamala harris doesn't have a single pledged delegate. jamie harrison on cash drawer. it's unclear any be shocker. bill murphy, governor of maryland, wes more. villain know, j.b. she said she had been >> michigan is a state you can't take your eye off of. people should work harder. it's always going to be a close race. >> john carl back with me here. we were side by side last week at the republican national convention. breaking news all week long. back on the major turn for the race for president. we were talking when you go down the list of potential running mates, kamala harris has to get the race officially, she says she's going to earn that. if and when that happens, she has to choose her running mate. there are going to be a lot of calculations who might benefit her. one of the most telling things, josh shapiro, mark kelly, gretchen whitmer at the end and what she said to george in recent days o

and the best friend anyone can have, jim clyburn of south carolina. [applause] in case you didn't notice, jim turned it around for me in 2020. in june of 1947 harry truman became the first president to speak at this convention and he was remembered for a lot of things. with the help of naacp he de-segregated the military, he laid the groundwork for the civil rights movement. president johnson signed the civil rights act of 64 60 years ago. harry truman was president and was also counted out but he was also known for something else. the story goes truman said if you want a friend in washington, get a dog. guess what? after the last couple of weeks, i know what he means. that is why it is so good to have real friends. i have real friends. so many of you had my back and i think i have had yours as well. i will never forget it. one of my best friends from when i was a lifeguard in the projects. his nickname is mouse. loyal as hell. i am truly honored to be here during this tense moment in the country. just a few days after the assassination attempt on dona

the best friend anyone can have jim clyburn of south carolina.in case you didn't notice he turned around. look the 247th, 1947 harry truman chairman of -- the first chairman to speak at this convention and he was remembered for a lot of things but the naacp he laid the groundwork for the civil rights agenda. president johnson signed the civil rights act of 64, six years ago. harry truman was president was counted out and none known for something else. the story goes truman said if you want a friend in washington get a dog. well guess what? the last couple of weeks, after the last couple of weeks i know what he means. [laughter] [applause] but that's why it's so good to have real friends. i have real friends, so many of you had my back and i think i've had yours as well. and i will never forget it. [applause] and a couple of delaware folks here as well and one of my best friends. his nickname his mouth. a longshoreman loyal as. i'm truly honored to be here. there's a tense moment in this country it is a tense moment for the few days after the assa

governor wes moore, senator elizabeth warren, and representatives jim clyburn and maxine waters. also, we have a big announcement about our reidout project 2025 coverage that has gone viral in a big way and it's about to get even bigger. >> but we begin tonight with wincing history. game of thrones style. if you live long enough and observe politics long enough, you're liable to see some amazing things. and over the weekend, political observers and journalists and historians got to witness one of them. the finale of the clash between two of the most powerful individual figures in modern political history. nancy pelosi, arguably the most effective house speaker of the modern era, and the current speaker emerita, and joe biden, the president of the united states. ms. pelosi, who ceded the leadership to hakeem jeffries more than a year ago in a passing of the torch that was an elegant and seamless as anything we have seen in modern politics, led what can only be called a political coup d'etat against biden. the 81-year-old president who in a debate three weeks ago displayed a physic

this is jim clyburn will couple people said to me yesterday may be 1 of the only people who can actuallyk joe biden president of running again since he played such a pivotal role in his nomination last time around. here's what he said. >> if you were to change his mind i will just answer the question that i would be all in for the vice president. >> martha: he's all in unless biden is not in that he's allowed and okay with that spirit he's all in and he probably has had the latest touch out of many of the democrats in the past 2 weeks have shown the american people that democrats are in fact a threat to democracy. when we consider the fact they knew all alone how bad joe biden was and continued to run him another trying to force amount when it's his choice to make forces saying we have a constitutional crisis on her hands, he doesn't have the mental acuity to be her resident, they continue to go ahead. his on the set of circumstances i think you'll have to stick with joe biden and they don't have a choice. you cannot go over commonly harris' had somebody who they picked because of identi

house minority leader hakeem jeffries, speaker emerita, nancy pelosi, south carolina congressman, jim clyburn, and delaware senator chris coons. the president and vice president participated in a call, urging them to have each other's back, this amid reporting from the "new york times" saying biden is weighing whether or not to stay in the race. according to the times, the president told a key ally, quote, he knows he may not be able to salvage his candidacy if he can't convince the public he's up for the job. that reporting is from a single anonymous source and nbc has not confirmed the reporting. the white house is calling that report absolutely false. tonight, biden will meet with key democratic governors and on friday, after the holiday, he's set to tape his first sit-down interview post debate all as part of a trip to wisconsin. all things the biden campaign is hoping will showcase he's fit for the job and can turn the page. will the drip, drip, drip of reports like that, be enough to shake the campaign's reassurance mission over the next few days. it's coming amid a growing chorus of de

now has spoken to senate majority leader chuck schumer to speaker emerita pelosi, to congressman jim clyburnlse are you hearing from your democratic sources? >> andrea, at this point i think publicly the posture is such that only a few democrats have come out and said that biden should be leaving the white house or dropping his bid, but i think what's so notable is the fact that more of them privately are talking to many of us on our hill team saying that they have big concerns about the president's performance at the debate, the polling numbers that they've seen, and frankly, the lack of reassurances that they've gotten directly from the white house. the fact that these outreach calls are only happening today to senior democrats, although, yes, yesterday biden did connect with the top house democrat, hakeem jeffries. still, it feels to the sources like i'm talking to like it's all happening too late and it presumes that they are just going to stay in line when the reality is there is a lot of chatter behind the scenes about if it's the time to break rapgs, if they want to give him the weeke

the president then called one of the last men standing in his corner, congressman jim clyburn and revealed his intention to back his vp, clyburn said in an interview last night that the president made that call and said that to him before he went public with his announcement, now harris will have to earn the nomination formally at the convention. as about 10:00 last night 531 had already endorsed her. the machinery is up and running behind harris. she posted this last night. but it first hit the internet a full day earlier from a different account. >> he is a world leader and temper tantrums. she never loses her cool. this is trump. this the anti-trump. >> just seven hours after his campaign had made announcement act blue $7.4 million small donations showing the base is reenergized now amid all the speculation about who might be her vice president. we are going to see harris on the south lawn today standing for biden naacp event on the south lawn of the white house. that was preplanned because biden is still recovering from covid here at his beach house, guys. >> steve: jacqui, quick quest

two, these are legitimate questions questions then jim clyburn now saying this about vice president kamalaris i want to support her. if he were just step aside, this bottom should not in any way. do anything to work around ms harris that was very much a message receive absolutely. >> kind of moment what do you make of it? >> i think that it reflects the kind of growing sense from people that this has gone from kind of fan fiction, the idea that joe biden was step aside to a little something that has some political backing. these aren't just a small all problems for the president. it reinforced the core belief. a lot of americans have about them. and there is not a clear plan b, but i think cleburne is speaking to something a lot of people feel right now, which is that if this is not what the vice presidency is, four, then what else it's for the president. the president can act that he is supposed to do. and you selected someone under the premise that they will be ready to govern for over the other options, then i think the democrats have a lot of explaining to do as to if she is not the pe

like to correct history, please the reason why it got there, the democratic nomination in 2020, jim clyburn saved him was because of black people like moderate black voters in the south. >> and he said warren, they, for they also believe me covid, they also believed this is an important point. black voters believed that joe biden was the only person who could beat donald trump. >> it turned out that they were right or correct. so you can call it accidental, but it's also it's also math. i believe the real accident rocco bomber shows joe biden reluctantly over evan by evan biden been chosen, we would be in a very different political time. when good when joe biden and first won his seat in delaware, it was not a shore seat. he was not he didn't coast into the seat. we also saw this is a man i think that so many people feel so much for because of the incredible personal tragedy that he has survived and continued serving the country through it's not easy. a look you seem to want him to talk about infirmity. we don't know what he has. we do know that we've seen very young men go into that office

. >> that strategy, when south carolina and critical to that the support of representative jim clyburn the two had met decades earlier. >> did he talk to you about his dreams, ambitions? >> desires to be president one day well, it's very clear in that first meeting they developed a close relationship and bonded so in june of 2019 biden came calling for club or and support as 21 other candidates representatives, famous annual fish fry after clyburn rushed home to talk to his wife, emily, who was very sick when she said to me that night, it's just as amlo care, how many people are running amok here? >> i mean, they're close friends of ours if he wanted them in this election and be a better nominee, joe biden. and this was in may 2019 she passed away in september just over five months later voted for joe biden. >> you got to give clyburn credit because it has been easy to say, well, we're just going to go for cory booker. he's black. >> we're gonna go for kamala harris. >> she's black black voters said, who can stop bernie and who can stop trump. and in that calculation, it was joe biden

joe: the man who would run him, jim clyburn making it official endorsing kamala harris with a lengthy statement that begins with a lengthy paragraph talking about the honor and privilege of calling joe biden a friend but it ends with the endorsement, i echo the good judgment he demonstrated selecting vice president harris and support her to succeed him as the nominee for president. peggy collins, this is a big moment with the democrats supporting kamala harris. they are probably breathing a sigh of relief. is the idea of a contested convention off the table? >> i do not think it is off the table but signs are a number of key democrats including the clintons are endorsing harris. the current seems to be going in her direction without any big names that have been talked about coming out yet to challenge. they do not have a lot of time left before the democratic national convention starts on august 19. the question of whether the party can hold together the kind of canada between now and then is critical. joe: i think of the old hemingway quote slowly and then all at once. at the beginni

i had more time than that with jim clyburn. i spent time with -- many hours off and on with chuck schumer. it's not like -- i had all the governors, all the governors. >> george: i agree that the lord almighty is not going to come down, but if you are told reliably from your al liliallie your friends and supporters in the democratic party in the house and senate, that they're concerned you're going to lose the house and the senate if you stay in, what will you do? >> i'm not going to answer that question. it's not going to happen. >> george: what's your plan to turn the campaign around? >> you saw it today. how many -- how many people can draw crowds like you drew? can you find more ep tnthusiast today? >> george: i don't think you want to play the crowd game. donald trump can draw big crowds. >> he can draw a big crowd, but what's he say? who's he have? i'm the guy that's supposed to be in trouble. we raised $38 million within four days after this -- we have over a million individual contributors. individual contributors. that

i had more time than ever with jim clyburn.ime with -- many hours off and on the last little bit with chuck schumer. it's not like -- i had all the governors, all the governors. >> i agree that the lord almighty is not going to come down, but if you are told reliably from your allies, from your friends and supporters in the democratic party in the house and the senate that they're concerned you're going to lose the house and the senate if you stay in, what will you do? >> i'm not going to answer that question. it's not going to happen. >> whit: and we should point out that abc news also offered a one-on-one interview to donald trump after the debate, but he declined. let's get some reaction and analysis with abc's rachel scott and our political director rick klein. good morning to you both. rachel, let's start with you because the big question here, did this interview do enough to ease fears of democrats and major donors? >> ease concerns, barely. erase them, absolutely not. i was talking to several democratic lawmakers, who we

i had more time 11 jim clyburn i spent time with many hours off and on the last room with chuck schumer it's not like i had all the governors all the governors? >> biden also dismissed any suggestion that he is not the most qualified candidate to beat former president donald trump. he slammed his critics. he slammed the polling. he also took the blame himself for his disastrous debate performance did you ever watched the debate afterwards i don't think i did know. well, i went i'm sure it what i want to get at is what were you experiencing as you're going through debate? did you know how bad adelie it was going? >> yeah. look the whole way. i prepare. nobody's fault. mind nobody's welcome mind i i prepared, but i usually would do sit down as i did come back, foreign visitors are massive security council for explicit detail and i realized about partway through the all i need to quote is the new york times had me down ten points before the debate nine now, or whatever the hell it is in fact, matter is that when i looked at is that he also lied 28 times. i couldn't i mean, the way the deba

i'm with joe, i'm riding with joe type thing from hakeem jeffries from chuck schumer from jim clyburn, has been stunning, right? and i think that everyone in the house, democratic caucus, everyone in the senate democratic caucus, is waiting for their leaders to indicate where they should follow along and i think until they say something we won't see this swell all right. well, it's it's friday, but we are headed straight into a busy news weekend and a republican national convention. so buckle up, everyone. thank you guys for being here furnished. you marry stephen neukam, julia manchester for us this morning. all right. coming up next here. president biden, unveiling a new aid package for ukraine, but will it get to the frontlines in time plus, beryl may be gone, but the cleanup in new york is just getting started. and more democrats joining the chorus of calls for president biden to step aside what is plan b? >> that's a totally fair question. i actually plan b looks pretty good. i don't know what it looks like, but i think we haven't a remarkable bench or democrats we're going to mi

i just don't understand how the democratic party could leap frog her, but jim clyburn did something very interesting there. he's the one basically that planted the flag because there had been so much pushback about kamala harris from the get-go saying, could she really defeat donald trump? when people started to come out, there's some concern over the weekend this past weekend, we saw jim clyburn come out, plant the flag. basically, it basically say hey, we should have a primary, but i'm backing kamala harris and that means the party should all right. >> well, mark, as you know, things are changing by the hour, so thank you very much for giving us a status report here at this hour. all right. flooding and power outages in jamaica this morning as hurricane beryl lashes the caribbean a look at the latest track plus a ninth lawsuit is filed against sean diddy combs. what the latest accuser alleges took place during his famous all white party in the hamptons cnn sits down with the boeing whistleblower, who raised concerns about bad parts being used on passenger glands 50,000 parts. that's wh

rev, you just mentioned jim clyburn.to say, quote, "i hope we will focus on the substance of this man instead of sometimes misspoken words and phrases, and let's focus on how he has run the country." jim clyburn's voice is an incredibly influential one in democratic politics. what'd you make of what he said there? >> i think it'll have a lot of impact, not only with black voters but a lot of voters. jim clyburn helped bring joe biden to the dance. as i said, he'll be on my show saturday night. i think that if he took a different position, it would be devastating to the president. but i also think that people understand clyburn knows the difference between hype and reality. the reality is that president biden has done a stellar -- has a stellar recor on the concerns of most americans, and he has earned the right to get the benefit of the doubt that is being raised by some people who are calling on him to step aside. i think that, clearly, the strongest points i saw him make last night, and i thought it was a strong press

. >> reporter: congressman jim clyburn publicly backing harris, other democrats following suit. the exception, the parties a top leaders in the house and senate, stopping short of an endorsement, but blazing the president for his service. whether it's harris at the top of the ticket or not, other democrats have been speculated to be in the mix, perhaps as a running mate, including california governor gavin newsom. >> president biden doesn't return, why shouldn't we consider you? >> i think the vice president naturally has one lined up. >> reporter: josh shapiro, gretchen whitmer, andy beshear. harris, a former prosecutor who rose to become california's attorney general was elected to the senate in 2016 and ran for the white house three years later. >> i love my country. and i feel a sense of responsibility to stand up and fight for the best of who we are. >> reporter: after being selected as president biden's running mate, she was tapped by the white house to lead the administration's response on critical issues like the root causes of the immigration crisis, coming under fire f