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and notice the interest, 2020 presidential vote, john biden versus donald trump is coming, chuck.down. now, people, they don't like polls this early. they just don't like them. it is a marker. but i will say in 2016, the polls under reported. people didn't say they supported donald trump. if you are a democrat and you look at that, do you say, this is great? >> chuck: donald trump now and like this time in 2015 is a known quantity. they are not a lot of people in america still trying to make up their mind about donald trump. so the fact that his number, aly as the judge was saying ought to be alarming to the trump reelection campaign. because -- >> bret: for approval is 46% on the flip side. >> chuck: the approval is going up but another number shows 46% of the public, i'm sorry 46% of the public were saying they will deftly vote for anybody but donald trump. so there is a hard pro trump, 35-45% and a hard anti-trump which although polls show a little bit larger. >> mollie: the flaws of point they looked nationwide when you have to win state-by-state. you have a lot of states over

. >> john: joe biden officially kicks off his 2020 campaign, the former vice president called for unitye so-called divider in chief. good evening i'm john scott, this is "the fox report." biden hosted a rally this afternoon in philadelphia to jump start his bid for the white house. he touted his record of bipartisanship in the senate and urged supporters to put aside what he calls angry politics telling them the path forward is together. >> people want a president to add to our division, and with a clenched fist, a closed hand, a hard heart, to demonize and spew hatred. they don't need

right now they are trying to figure out if joe biden is that candidate. john? >> fun to watch. time on the trail. a little jealous. if you read all the press in recent days, the common theme seems to be like, oh, it's remarkable joe biden hasn't messed up yet. i don't know if that's fair to him, but that seems to be because he has had a history of gaffes in prior campaigns. i guess, let me just ask, is that fair to him? >> he has a long history in his previous presidential campaigns and his 40-year life as a politician as making gaffes speaking off the cuff and saying things that get him in hot water so he's surrounded himself with a number of handlers and people who have kept him away from doing that and people have been sort of surprised his ability to put together not only a campaign that's been mostly gaffe-free but also he's been able to raise a lot of money. he's been able to really shoot up in the polls in a number of early states and have shown a number of signs of strength early in the campaign that show he's not just one and the 22 people that's running. he's the front

>> john: joe biden officially kicks off his 2020 campaign, the former vice president called for unity and slams president trump as the so-called divider in chief. good evening i'm john scott, this is "the fox report." biden hosted a rally this afternoon in philadelphia to jump start his bid for the white house. he touted his record of bipartisanship in the senate and urged supporters to put aside what he calls angry politics telling them the path forward is together. >> people want a president to add to our division, and with a clenched fist, a closed hand, a hard heart, to demonize and spew hatred. they don't need me, they got president donald trump. >> [applause] >> democrat republican and independent. >> jon: biden is a front runner in a primary race that has grown to nearly two dozen candidates. the former vice president said he would not a attack his democratic opponents. reporter: jon, good evening in the 1976 film rocky, rocky famously ran up the steps of the philadelphia museum of art behind me as he trained for the biggest heavyweight fight of his life. well today former vice

there is certainly an open lane for an alternative to biden. >> john, not to be a cynic here, but ist possible last time around, bernie sanders was seen as a better alternative to hillary clinton than he is seen as a stand alone candidate this time around? >> i think that's certainly possible, brian. there obviously was a piece of the democratic party that was anti-clinton. and bernie sanders was able to pick up on that and use that to gain traction and to get interest in his candidacy in the first place. i also think that our times have changed a bit. i think the republicans have done a very good job over the course of the last couple of months turning socialism into a four letter word. i think that's been harmful to bernie sanders. it's made democrats take a hard look at what they want to put up in 2020. while there is a segment that's not afraid of that word. there is a segment that embraces it. there are other democrats who think that it's a bad idea to put forward somebody who is potentially going to not only embrace the ideas but have a hard time getting outside of them in taki

president trump in tokyo whom is smarter and will make a better president than sleepy joe biden. john sure your shoulders don't get used to this insanity the president of the united states praising a cruel dictator it violates human rights 3 nuclear attacks a class of his people in kills political opponents is not freaking normal does this window trust became our president was it when he kowtow to putin in helsinki. ian bremmer now admits that he made up a completely ludicrous quote attributing it to me this is what's going on in the age of fake news people think they can say anything and get away with it really the libel laws should be changed to hold fake media accounts of. this thread and listen for. mission thinking that has proven something he's proven that he's not a reliable source of information and should not have to trust him again even if the media. serbia's put its military on full alert after kosovo send special police units into the contested republics of serb dominated north arresting several people suspected of criminal activities. serbia condemned the raids as a provo

against the 2020 democrats, below the surface, biden looks as vulnerable as any of them as evidence of international corruption is following up tonight. as johnwhilf joe biden was president, his son took a lucrative job at a major ukrainian energy company. when that became the subject of a corruption probe in that country, biden then used his influence to get the lead prosecutor fired. he even bragged about it, remember? prosecutor was investigating biden's son. he used the threat of pulling 1 billion in u.s. aid if he did not fire the prosecutor in six hours. well, now, the shady dealings extend all the way to china. because as author peter schweitzer uncovered, hunter biden's private equity firm got a whopping $1 billion deal with the chinese government back inbi 2013. after just ten days when he went with his father to meet with chinese officials. on air force two, and here's the kicker. according to schweitzer, hunter biden had no background in china or private equity. but he walks away with an enormous deal from one of the world's most powerful governments. and remember, just days ago, yeah, biden had to walk back comments saying that ch

biden. not only because of his civil rights record but because he got president obama's back for eight years. joining me now, johnod to have both of you here. can i ask about this poll, the fox news poll showed that when it comes to nonwhite voters, joe biden is kind of running away with the field. at the next highest is sanders at 14% and, you just have single digits all the way down to pete buttigieg. what do you make of that? >> it makes sense that biden and bernie are the two that are probably the best well-known. amongst all voters, generally, especially with minority voters. they know biden and they know biden's track record, he's been there for them time and time again. i think -- i don't think there's very many candidates in the field that they dislike but there are probably a lot that they don't know. they like them all. but biden is the guy who gives them a sense of security and comfort and he would be a champion for them probably more than anyone else right now. doesn't mean someone else can't chip away at that. until barack obama won iowa. >> dana: let me show you. in 2012, 66.6% of black turnout was

korea's leader on the recent missile launchers and publicly endorse kim jong-un's attack on joe biden. john has more from tokyo. >> reporter: it was a visit highlighted by pomp and ceremony as trump became the first international leader to meet with your brands new emperor. it was a visit mark by contrast over north korea's recent launch as a short ring ballistic missiles. >> you're not bothered at all? >> now, i am not. >> reporter: he said he wasn't concerned calling them small weapons. at a news conference with japan's prime minister brushing aside any sick if they can's. >> my people think it could've been a violation. i view it differently. perhaps he wants to get attention and perhaps not. who knows. >> reporter: the president's position stood in contrast to his national security adviser and the prime minister both of whom said it was a clear provocation. >> on may 9 they launch a short range missile. >> reporter: in the same tweet in which he played down the lunches president trump quoted kim jong-un stick that joe biden. he called joe biden a low iq individual. he was mirroring lang

fred: but how -- where's -- i ean, do you sense -- with no john mccain, with biden of a certain age, do you see a new generation that feels that as you do? a lot of us don't see very much of it in the congress or on the campaign trail. senator coons: interesting. so one of the things i've done virtually every year is to organize and lead a delegation to africa which is a continent of enormous promise, but where there is exactly this challenge in terms of what's the right model for government and for development unfolding right in front of us. both senator bennet and senator booker made their first trips to africa with me, and we went to countries like south africa and zimbabwe that are relatively mature, emerging countries. we also went to niger and burkina faso which are on the erge of becoming failed states are fragile states under enormous pressure. i think that was an eye-opening and informed of experts for of them in terms of the pressures on dozens and dozens of countries in the developing world. the significance of the chinese role in every one of the countries i've been to on

fred: i think some people worry that you cite john mccain, you are supporting joe biden, both men of the generation who grew up one could say politically at a time when it felt like america's existence was in question and something was more important than party. senator coons: we are in that stage. we are back in that situation globally. i have no doubt of it. fred: but how -- where's -- i mean, do you sense -- with no john mccain, with biden of a certain age, do you see a new generation that feels that as ou do? a lot of us don't see very much of it in the congress or on the campaign trail. senator coons: interesting. so one of the things i've done virtually every year is to organize and lead a delegation to africa which is a continent of enormous promise, but where there is exactly this challenge in terms of what's the right model for government and for development unfolding right in front of us. both senator bennet and senator booker made their first trips to africa with me, and we went to countries like south africa and zimbabwe that are relatively mature, emerging countries. we

john mccain. here is what joe biden and john mccain's daughter meghan had to say. >> john mccain was a war hero, shouldated as a war hero. anything less than that is beneath anyone. >> it is impossible to go tr through the grief process when my father is in the news cycle because the president is so obsessed because he will never be a great man like he was. >> earlier the president denied any knowledge of the reported efforts to hide the "u.s.s. mccain" from him but he still doubled down on his criticism of the late senator. >> i don't know what happened. i wasn't involved. i would not have done that. i was very angry with john mccain because he killed health care. i was not a big fan of john mccain in any way, shape or form. now, somebody did it because they thought i didn't like him. okay? and they were well meaning. i will say. i didn't know anything about it. i would never have done that. >> joining me now, nbc's hans nichols at the white house and "usa today" washington bureau chief susan page. hans, let me start with you, "the wall street journal" reported and of course broke this story that u.s.

so, john, back to you. so is biden really the one that president trump wants to take on? >> i think trump, honestly, can probably beat any of the cast of characters that are running at this point. and i just look at one stat. it's ironic that biden relaunched his campaign in pennsylvania, a place where unemployment under joe biden's watch was 5.2% but is currently 3.8%. these are numbers that affect anybody who runs against president trump. and i'll draw one more thing, i think, where joe biden's numbers are inflated. in south carolina, for instance, joe biden is capturing 58% of the african-american vote. kamala harris is at 12%. cory booker's at sub-10%. those numbers are going to move. i think joe's just, this is his note the sunshine. i don't think it's going to -- his moment in the sunshine. i don't think it's going to last because i don't think he has what it takes for the heart and soul of the democratic primary. arthel: who does? [laughter] >> good question. if i had to put a bet on it today, i would say bernie sanders simply because one thing we learned from trum

. >> john: joe biden officially kicks off his 2020 campaign, the former vice president called for unityso-called divider in chief. good evening i'm john scott, this is "the fox report." biden hosted a rally this afternoon in philadelphia to jump start his bid for the white house. he touted his record of bipartisanship in the senate and urged supporters to put aside what he calls angry politics telling them the path forward is together. >> people want a president to add to our division, and with a clenched fist, a closed hand, a hard heart, to demonize and spew hatred. they don't need m

biden's past on race. so andrew kaczynski is our senior editor to explain. and what you guys dug up, this involves former mississippi senator johnis right. so joe biden has this really long record in the senate and that is something that he's sort of campaigning on, that he could take us back to this by-gone era of bipartisanship. but as we uncovered in our reporting, that also includes working with some people like former segregationist, people who oppose civil rights and in this case john stennis, was a mississippi senator, biden praised him a whole number of times in his career. he called him a personal hero, a legend, he went to his birthday party in mississippi and compared him to stonewall jackson. and it is not quite clear to people yet how biden's past praise with people like this is going to fare in a democratic party that is evolving on issues of race. >> how many years ago was this. >> he spoke at his birthday party in 1985. stennis served from the '40s until the '80s and up until the 2000s have sort of talking about how the people who were segregationists like stennis and strom thurman to be eulogize and eastland bec

biden looks as vulnerable as any of them. as evidence of international corruption is mounting. tonight, the hills johnomon explained while biden was vice president, his son hunter took a job at a major ukrainian energy company. biden then used his influence to get the lead prosecutor fired. he even bragged about it. remember? the prosecutor was investigating biden's son. biden use the threat of pulling $1 billion in u.s. aid if they didn't fire the prosecutor in six hours. now the shady dealings extends all the way to china because as author peter schweitzer uncovered, hunter biden's private equity firm got a whopping $1 million 1 million billion-dol back in 2013 after ten days when he went with his father to meet with chinese officials on air force two. here's the kicker. according to schweitzer, hunter biden had no background in china but walks away from one of the world's most powerful of the governments beyond the shady dealings, biden is doing everything he can try to do to catch up and cozy up to the far left. promising free health care for illegal immigrants. spreading baseless fears about repu

what is the biden campaign strategy at this point? >> reporter: well, john, it's very clear that joe biden is running a front runner's campaign. he doesn't have as many public appearances. he's holding more fundraisers. today, we will hear him make that pitch to teachers here in houston, his first public appearance since his official kick-off rally in philadelphia ten days ago. as his democratic rivals ran in parades and held ice cream socials. >> how was the ice cream? >> good. >> reporter: joe biden spent this memorial day weekend off the campaign trail. the former vice president's official campaign guidance reading, joe biden has no public events scheduled. after a three-week burst through the early nominating states, biden currently running a front runner's campaign, one lighter on public appearances and heavy on raising cash. >> i promise you this, no one, no one is going to work longer, no one is going to campaign harder to win your harearts, yo trust, and your support. >> reporter: in all, biden mingled as much with voters as he has with donors. holdi

among those reacting is the former vice president, potential trump opponent, joe biden. >> john mccainhould be treated as a war hero. anything else than that is beneath anyone who doesn't treat him like that. he is a hero. he is a friend of mine. we argued like the democrat as i said in the eulogy. we loved each other and argued like the devil but we're still guided by the same values. that's why i loved john mccain and that's why we need a lot more john mcsglan what about the president's decision to try to block that ship. >> the public. >> i assume he means the voters by that. >> one of the consequences, something if you support the president's increase in military spending. if you're a member of the armed services, we have an election, but certainly gives the president's critics another opportunity to question how he conducts himself, whether he has the class and dignity. >> to go back to his own military deferral. i mean, you've seen war stories, more discussion by democratic candidates about the president's own lack of service. i mean, it shows his mindset in the white house that

. >> part of the message of john kerry and joe biden oversees is, hey, give us some time.going to be another democratic president soon. >> if that's not a violation of the logan act, i don't know what is. >> is not our behavior that's provocative, it's iran's behavior that is provocative. >> as he stands accused, he and his officials -- both of them provoking the iranians, i think they should have an answer about what the goal is. is it regime change? i think we should know soon. >> bret: we still don't know. this is going to be a lightning round for the next panel. but next up, 2020. joe biden veers left. gear. with a terrain management system for... this. a bash plate for... that. an electronic locking rear differential for... yeah... this. heading to the supermarket? get any truck. heading out here? get the ford ranger. the only adventure gear built ford tough. it's kind of unfair that safe drivers have to pay as much for insurance... as not safe drivers! ah! that was a stunt driver. that's why esurance has this drivesense® app. the safer you drive, the more you save. d

. >> president donald trump going after democratic front runner joe biden in his home state of pennsylvania as johnhoice in the matter. his family moved. >> he should have run away and stayed in pennsylvania. >> his father moved for a job. >> will these kinds of attacks have any impact or could they be elevating biden in the crowded democratic field. let's bring in david chalian for today's bottom line. we are told that the president's advisers say he should stop going after joe biden but he doesn't seem inclined to do that. >> yes, he certainly isn't heeding that advice at all. and i understand the temptation for the president, right, alisyn, joe biden is this dominant front runner in the democratic primary polls right now and donald trump is not somebody that in politics is ever going to want to sort of sit back and wait and see. he is so eager to engage. so he is sort of shunning that advice. i don't think it's a fear of elevating joe biden. i think what his advisers are concerned about is that there are 22 other people that are beating up joe biden and donald trump doesn't need to do this right

john brennan? was it joe biden? was it president obama himself? the public deserves answers. >> sean: senator, let me pick your legal mind for just a second. you're the national dante debate champion, and we've watched you debate. >> you can tell i was one of the cool kids in college. >> sean: obviously. i was not part of the club. on a serious note, where you convinced the espionage act was violated by hillary, the intent of destroying the emails was to cover up an underlying crime and eliminate the evidence? are you convinced the fisa courts, that a fraud was committed by omission and using the fake, phony dossier, the russian dossier? and are you convinced they tried to unseat a presidential election? >> there's serious underlying evidence those issues you laid out. when it comes to hillary clinton, her use of emails, her violation of the laws concerning keeping classified documents classified, there appears to be -- even james comey has politicapoliticized was he was,d it gross negligence, but there was an effort to destroy evidence, smash pho

launches and agreed with north korea leader kim jong-un that former vice-president joe biden is a low iq individual. john

john mccain in any way, shape or form. >> reporter: former vice president joe biden said his legacy should be honored. >> john mccain was a war hero anything less than that is beneath someone that doesn't treat him that way. he is a hero. >> a lot to talk about. let's bring in cnn's senior political analyst, ron bro brownstein. good to have you with us. >> thanks, george. >> let's talk about the tariffs, starting june 10th and increasing each month, if that nation doesn't, as he said in a tweet, stop, immigrants crossing the border from mexico illegally. as far as the nation is concerned, what would it mean for the united states? what would it mean for mexico? >> we've seen the mexican government, to a striking extent, really, try to avoid conflict with trump, even though it is a left-leaning government. it will be interesting to see how they react to this. mexico and -- mexico and the u.s. are important trading partners of each other. i believe mexico is the second-largest source of cars manufactured in the u.s., after the u.s. itself. the largest foreign source. it's become an important destination for u.s. exports. t

pathetic. >> well, you point out, he had no comment that we can recall when john kerr deit, anit -- jon kerry did it and bidena has criticized president trump abroad, and hillary clinton has. lou: obama has criticized america abroad. >> but nothing was said double standards. >> what kind of conservative is bill crystal? what would you -- would be the other adjective. >> former. >> give him another pulitzer. turn to the radical dimms omar with her now foreign perspective. is she supposed to have been naturalized? now an american, proud of this country? now she wants to retain her foreign status. >> putting foreign back into foreign policy. >> yeah. >> she never disappoints, does she? always out of touch, off key with when we expect from an american representative. lou: she is antiamerican i think. >> i struggle to find another way, she does not seem to like anything about this country, despite the fact, it saved her country. lou: she is not overwhelmed with gratitude. >> she has kept it in perspective. lou: a foreign perspective. radical dimms, is there really a plan beside green deal? which omar wants to brin

john delaney will be hosting a meeting greet here with voters in the first primary states. he is a former u.s. congressman from maryland and has criticized fellow candidate and former vice president joe biden. as the pbs newshour reports, he hadn't met the threshold of support needed to join a national democratic debate. while we are waiting for the congressman here in hollis, we will look at the week ahead in washington. >> a senior house reporter for roll call. she joins us for a look ahead at congress and when the house returns next week, hoyer plans on taking up one of the legislativeop 10 priorities, equal rights. tell us about this bill and why it is a priority. five, quality act is hr yes in the top 10, a bill that would amend the civil rights act to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and things like housing, education, employment, federal financing, even jury duty. this is a big deal. lgbt writes have been a big deal for a long time and they want to -- like other forms of discrimination that are already banned. >> on another topic we have been hearing from the speaker of the house nancy pelosi talking about the timing of a vote that got a lot of atte

but john, does this not just evaluate biden when he attacks him overseas? >> oh, sure.ean, you know, trump is an unconventional president, so he's an unconventional candidate in 2016, and he's an unconvention re-election candidate in 2020. when i wrote speeches from ronald reagan in 1988, when the race was going on between bush and dukakis, and reagan was giving campaign speeches on bush's behalf, dukakis' name was not mentioned. reagan would not attack dukakis by name. he would just say, "the other fella," those other guys, the other candidate. for two reasons, one of which was to remain above the fray to some degree, and the other was to not evaluate dukakis by mentioning him while he was mentioning bush. they had this kind of double-edged sword. trump is trying to needle biden into attacking him and starting the race really early. biden, so far, is refusing to take the bait. if you were any one of the 22, 23, 77 other democratic candidates, i assume you are now standing there, hoping that trump will attack you. >> interesting. >> that it will help you to get the name

john brennan? was that joe biden? was at president obama himself?t kind of accountability, the public deserves answers. >> sean: senator, let me take oryour legal mind for just a second. the national debate champion, i don't think anyone can really -- we watched your debate before. >> uchitel is one of the key to my cool kids in college. >> sean: obviously. i was not a part of the club. on a serious note, are you convinced the espionage act was violated by hillary? are you convinced the intent of destroying those emails was to cover an upward underlying crime, eliminate the evidence? are you convinced the fisa courts, a fraud was committed by omission, using the fake phony dossier, the russian dossier, and are you convinced there was an effort by deep state operatives to undo a presidential election after they try to rig it? >> there are serious and concerning evidence underlyingsi every one of those issues you laid out. when it comes to hillary clinton and her use of email, the violation of the laws concerning keeping classified documents classifie

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launches and agreed with north korea leader kim jong-un that former vice-president joe biden is a low iq individual. johnerts leads off our coverage. >> good morning from tokyo. president trump and the japanese prime minister have a close friendship. sometimes they disagree. that was front and center as the president went to japan for an official visit. it was highlighted by pomp and ceremony. president trump the first international leader to meet with japan's new emperor. it was a visit marked by contrast. >> no, i am not. >> president trump was not concerned by north korea's actions, calling them small weapons. at a new conference with japan's prime-time brushing aside any significance. >> my people think it was a violation. i view it as a man that wants to get attention and perhaps not. who knows? it didn't matter. >> the president's position stood in sharp contrast to his national security advisor john bolton and the prime minister who said it was a clear provocation. >> this violated the security council resolution. >> in the same tweet, president trump also quoted kim jong-un's dig at 2012 joe bide

i think it's more re-calibration than a direct shot at joe biden. >> i worked with john cornyn, anotherand we used to co-sponsor bills. that's a shift. >> that's a shift. there's still plenty of time. if you want to see how the reset is going watch tonight here on cnn. a live cnn houn at all led by dana bash tonight at 10:00 p.m. coming up next, a private jet, security detail and how much does one want for their demands to come to washington. panera. food as it should be. i felt i couldn't be at my best wifor my family. c, in only 8 weeks with mavyret, i was cured and left those doubts behind. i faced reminders of my hep c every day. but in only 8 weeks with mavyret, i was cured. even hanging with friends i worried about my hep c. but in only 8 weeks with mavyret, i was cured. mavyret is the only 8-week cure for all common types of hep c. before starting mavyret your doctor will test if you've had hepatitis b which may flare up and cause serious liver problems during and after treatment. tell your doctor if you've had hepatitis b, a liver or kidney transplant, other liver problems, hiv-

you have john hickenlooper, delaney and joe biden.you have more and more in the center, that argument fades away. >> there's one thing donald trump is great doing and that is dumbing things down. so i wouldn't put anything past him. donald trump knows how to simplify things, whether it's no collusion, whether socialism, whatever he is ranting about on a given day. in terms of the democratic primary, yes, you have people like we heard the senator touting her credentials in her state, even though people think new york is so blue, her district was in fact red and statewide, a lot of new york is red. like you said, you have john hickenlooper. the problem is these folks have an uphill battle whether it's hickenlooper or hill to have an uphill battle to get to the point to make their street cred that they have won in red or purple districts. donald trump is antsy. he can't just sit on his hands anymore and not attack a democrat. and that's why -- >> when was he sitting on his hands and not attacking a democrat? can you let me know what date

john mccain in any way, shape or form. >> reporter: former vice president joe biden said mccain's legacy should be honored. >> john mccain was a war hero. he should be treated as a war hero. anything less than that is beneath anyone who doesn't treat him that way. it's just -- he is a hero. >> reporter: now, the president teased he'll be making a big announcement about border enforcement later on today. cnn has learned the administration is working on a proposal to make it more difficult for central american migrants to ask for asylum at the border. but that announcement the president was talking about earlier in the day appears to be a new warning that mr. trump may impose new tariffs on mexico if enforcements are not stepped up at the border. wolf, that could potentially threaten the trade deal that the president likes to talk about so much. >> very important development. jim acosta at the white house, thank you. >>> now to the breaking news on the attorney general william barr disputing robert mueller's insistence that it would have been wrong for him to make a determination on whether president trump committed a crim

biden has based his candidacy on the promise of restoration. when democratic voters unless then enthuses they were of michael dukakis, john kerry, hillary clinton> joe biden has monster name recognition, he is so far ahead in the polls, the primaries are so far away this is an intelligent strategy by joe biden. we know who he is and what he has done for this country. we have given up so much of his life to public service through his personal tragedies he should preserve his warchest as much as possible, preserve energy, wait for the field to winnow down. bernie sanders is kind of flat right now. we will see what happens with senator harris and mayor pete as well and then he can focus his energy. >> it won't be enough in this contest when you consider what happened with the economy. what are you going to restore? what are you offering? that the problem with the democratic field, no cohesiveness when it comes to messaging. shannon: i thought this was so interesting, politico has research by princeton fellow in a political science professor and they did research on what democratic voters want. they favored female candidates over caucasian white ca

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john mccain in any way, shape or form. >> reporter: former vice president joe biden said mccain's legacy should be honored. >> john mccain was a war hero. should be treated as a war hero. anything less than that is beneath anyone who doesn't treat him that way. it's just -- he is a hero. >> reporter: the president will be taking a big announcement about the border and border enforcement later on today. the administration is working on a proposal to make it more difficult for central american migrants to ask for asylum at the border so we'll be looking for that to come down in the next couple of hours. wolf? >> we'll stay in touch with you. jim acosta at the white house, thank you. attorney general william barr today openly contradicted robert mueller on the question of criminal activity. let's bring in our senior justice correspondent evan perez. barr told cbs news he disagrees with mueller's decision to not reach the conclusion on whether the president obstructed justice. what exactly did he say? >> well, wolf, you'll remember that robert mueller said one reason why he would not make a decision on whether or not the pre

why john bolton and joe biden probably won't like it one bit. >>> an unforgettable moment in the lande optics and implications of trump's sumo trophy handoff. was that a good look? >>> we will not overreach. we will not overinvestigate. >> you only get one shot at this. i want to make sure we get it right. >> plus, the growing democratic debate over impeachment. why it could slow and steady be that way versus now or never. good day, everyone. welcome to "weekends with alex witt." we're beginning in tokyo. it is the second day of the president's state visit to japan, a day of golfing, cheeseburger dining, sumo matches as well, where the president presented the winner with a special u.s.-made trophy, all part of an apparent diplomatic effort by prime minister shinzo abe amid some high-stakes trade talks. nbc's kristen welker is there following the president for us. with another welcome to you, my friend. how much of this trip is diplomacy optics versus actual policy discussion? >> reporter: hi, alex. good to talk to you. this trip is really focused on the personal diplomacy. all of thos

what got to him, specifically, today, the national firefighters union support for biden's presidential bid. still with us, johnann, jonathan lemire. so, mr. h heilemann, you saw the trump republican party operating as one today from chairman of the committee, to attorney general, what they couldn't do was effect the head guy who's got to say what he's got to say. >> yeah. the president has his -- there's -- it's -- this republican party -- rarely operates in quite so much concert in terms of its message strategy. it often acts in concert in terms of what its aims are in terms of protecting the president, falling if line behind him, but rarely is the message quite so well orchestrated as this today, of course, the president is not part of that. the president has his own wants and own impulses and right now it's clear not just from today but really since joe biden got in the race that the former vice president is a burr under the presidential saddle right now. everyone -- what everyone makes of joe biden's prospects in the democratic nomination fight, there are varying views about that, he's clearly right now th

search "john deere gator" for more. >>> don't forget, biden deserted you. i guess he was born here but he left you, folks. he left you for another state. this guy talks about i know scranton, i know this. well, i know the places better. he left you for another state and he didn't take care of you because he didn't take care of your jobs. paul: that was president trump at a rally in pennsylvania this week, attacking 2020 democratic hopeful and scranton native, joe biden. the state was crucial to the president's 2016 victory. but a recent poll has biden leading by 11 points there in a general election matchup. internal trump campaign polls reportedly have the president trailing biden in michigan and wisconsin as well. we're back with dan henninger, jason riley and allysia finley. so i think one of the reasons democrats, a lot of them are supporting biden is because they think that he can beat trump in the northern states. how solid is that case? >> i think that's a strong hypothesis because he appeals to these kind of blue collar workers, the union members th

first in the nation new hampshire is getting visits from john hickenlooper and. >> joe biden is in southd bill and hillary clinton making a stop on their tour. and buttigieg, and beto o'rourke in the lonestar state. michael bennett jumped in on thursday making an announcement on cbs this morning and that brings the total number of democrats in the race to 21. and the latest polls from cnn showed several top candidates edging out the president in a hypothetical general election match-up with beto o'rourke in a double digit lead against the president, claiming 52% of registered voters compared with trump's 42%. bide and point behind, but that's significant because it's a bump from the first place spot he's held in most polls since announcing. notably it has the president beating out senator elizabeth warren. democrats don't just have to compete with the president, but a good economy. the unemployment rate 3.6% the lowest it's been in 49 years, with 263,000 jobs added in the month of april. senator warren's response from the campaign trail yesterday. >> i'm always glad to see when people ha