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martin heinrich is the senior leader in the state. people are ready to hold him accountable.is fundraiser before the debate. this was coming in. the debate helps us. will: one of the increasingly interesting states to watching this coming election. talk about a full house. gordon ramsay's wife says all her grandchildren have moved back in. cheryl casone joins the pop-culture round. military, you kind of lose that until you find a new family. we can talk about our struggles and the things that we did overseas and not everybody can do that. adam! how's it going, brother? we live pretty close to each other. so he's always coming over. when i go to jack's house, we watch a lot of football, hang out. we go outside the friendship has kind of grown into a family i was talking to some vet■s last week amazing how we have these houses where they can come over because they■re in chairs too. carpet and wheelchairs don't mix very well. tunnel to towers, they got rid of all that. they redid my whole bathroom i thought they were just going to do the upgrades. but the surprise to me was they

senator martin heinrich came out. in his statement he says this. we must defeat him in november, talking about trump and we need a candidate that can do that. democrats, stage democrats saying get president biden cannot beat donald trump in november. neil: thank you very much on that. i want to go to hans nichols who is so smart and can help me straighten out some things. i always try to play at how would i feel a bunch of colleagues say getting long in the tooth, they actually say that. how is this going down with the president? every behind-the-scenes report i get a chance to read, he's not liking it, snapping it people, not fond of the way he is being targeted here, you are the problem, not our party or whatever and he is pushing back, where do you see this going? >> let me be clear about what we know and what we don't know. your report is true up to the moment he got a covid diagnosis, he snapped at members of congress who were telling him he needed to drop out in some of those zoom calls. we have a sense of where he is up to and there are some

he actually comes with a little bit more authority there as a senator appeared martin heinrich martinho also joined this call for him to step down. the reality is, you can't just step down and replacing with somebody else and beyond the ballots around the country. they can say, we are thinking how to make this graceful and do that, but i guarantee it attorney spent the scene say, guess what, you can't just replace them on the ballots. the deadline on the ballot in that that it is next. there was a lot of legal wrangling happening. and kamala harris' albatross around the democrats associate it will not necessarily go to her. >> tammy: emily we have seen the polls where trump meets everyone so i think it is a matter of degree. isn't this a very strange thing then to be cannibalizing themselves in a way publicly when perhaps they should be focusing on the house and the senate? >> yes, but don't say that out loud, but what strikes me too, we her widespread holes of condemnation calling julius caesar like here that he was betrayed. and those when you flush it out, people who have been in h

i think that's an amazing story to tell we'll see what happens. >> senator martin heinrich, thanks very much for coming in via to be here. appreciate it. thank you. >> vice president harris made her first official visit to campaign headquarters on monday of course, confirm that she is running for president of the united states. listen to this she was introduced by her husband, the second gentleman, doug emhoff, very, very important moment though the first public statements from her that song you just heard, by the way, as he was being introduced, walking to the podium, that's beyonce, his freedom. and it's safe to say, you'll be hearing a lot of that song over the next hundred and four for days until the november election. a source tells cnn that the singer gave kamala harris campaign approval to use the grammy nominated record as a campaign son. no official endorsement. now from beyonce, at least not yet. but her mother, tina knowles posted this photo to endorse kamalaharris writing and i'm quoting now new youthful, sharp, energy. let's go and we'll be right back what i look forward to

new mexico senator martin heinrich — on the left — released a statement this morning.errod brown became the latest to do so. he said in part: also on friday, at least 10 more democrats in the us house of representatives called for mr biden to step aside. they are among more than 30 house democrats who say publicly that they want biden replaced. meanwhile, republicans wrapped up their national convention in milwaukee with a 92—minute speech by donald trump. it's been less than a week since the former president narrowly escaped an attempt on his life — something trump described in detail in his speech. for more, here's our north america editor sarah smith — and a warning that this report begins with flashing images. with his name in lights, there is only one star in this party. in fact, the entire election is all about him. we were told he had changed, softened since the shooting, to sound like this. the discord and division in our society must be healed. i am running to be president for all of america, not half of america. there was a tribute to corey comperatore, the f

we also heard earlier from a democratic us senator, us senator martin heinrich who called on mr bidenns with the fact that there is mounting pressure on president biden. we heard earlierfrom his campaign chief who insisted he was the best person to take on donald trump. there is no sign from the president that he is willing to step aside in anyway, despite the calls from these top democratic leaders for him to stand aside as the party nominee. we heard earlierfrom his re—election campaign chair. absolutely the president hello. today is bringing some of the hottest weather of the year so far in many parts of the uk. the sun was certainly shining earlier on for this weather watcher in surbiton to the southwest of london, but it hasn't been like that everywhere. this was the scene on the western side of scotland, with a lot of mist and murk and low clouds. these northern and western parts of the uk are generally seeing more in the way of cloud. we also have this frontal system approaching that will bring some outbreaks of rain, the best of the sunshine across parts of england and wales,

. >> reporter: including senators in tight races, new mexico's martin heinrich and montana's jon tester and unease from pennsylvania's bob casey, who has a long relationship with president biden and has not called for him to drop out. >> i don't think there's a specific time line, but i do think it's going to be very soon where we have to begin to move forward. >> reporter: today house democratic leader jeffries standing firm. >> president biden, as i've said repeatedly, is our nominee. he has a tremendous track record of success. >> reporter: the biden campaign chair calls this a tough several weeks. >> there's no doubt that it has been, and we've definitely seen some slippage in support, but it has been a small movement. >> reporter: isolating in delaware, still covid positive and taking paxlovid, the president released a statement today writing, i look forward to getting back on the campaign trail next week, but in a new and parallel development, members of the president's family have discussed what an exit could look like according to two people familiar with the conversation. anoth

new mexico senator martin heinrich says it's in the best interest of the country.'s jon tester says if the president steps aside, the party should have an open contest for the nomination, not just handed to vice president harris. new york congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez is warning against that move, calling it crazy. >> a lot of them are not just interested in removing the president. they are interested in removing the whole ticket. >> reporter: for months, peter welch, the first senator calls for the president's departure, says it's nothing personal, just the president's a drag. congressional democrats and the three weeks since his debate. >> the current situation's unsustainable, and i think the president has to make the decision sooner rather than later. >> reporter: no word yet on where the president plans to campaign next week. democratic party leaders say they plan to formally nominate biden at a virtual meeting in early august in order to avoid ballot access issues in ohio. some calling for biden to go saying it's a move designed to rush the decision

new mexico senator martin heinrich, on the left, released a statement this morning, and in the past coupleerrod brown became the latest to do so. he said, "i agree with the many ohioans who have reached out to me. i think the president should end his campaign." also on friday, at least ten more democrats in the us house of representatives called for mr biden to step aside. they are among more than 30 house democrats who say publicly that they want biden replaced. meanwhile, republicans wrapped up their national convention in milwaukee with a 92—minute speech by donald trump. it has been less than a week since the former president was nearly killed in an assassination attempt — something trump described with detail in his speech. for more, here is our north america editor sarah smith, and a warning that this report begins with flashing images. with his name in lights, there is only one star in this party. in fact, the entire election is all about him. we were told he had changed — softened since the shooting, to sound like this. the discord and division in our society must be healed. i am r

new mexico senator martin heinrich, on the left, released a statement this morning.y 0hioans who have reached out to me." "i think the president should end his campaign." also on friday, at least ten more democrats in the us house of representatives called for mr biden to step aside. they are among more than 30 house democrats who say publicly that they want biden replaced. reuters�* white house correspondentjeff mason gave us his latest insight. my my reporting and reporting from other colleagues yesterday and in the last few days has been that she is and was soul—searching about whether or not to stay in the race and was taking the calls to exit seriously. taking seriously does not mean biden will step away or step aside. he clearly has not made that decision to stop i�*ve had sources tell me that she needs to show that he is not wavering because if you did start to waiver publicly about whether or not he is staying in the race than the dam would break in terms of cause for him to step aside. so it is possible the camping chair comments were made in part to buy him

senator martin heinrich from new mexico released a statement saying it's in the best interest of ourbiden to step aside. this comes after four more democrats in the house came out to calling for biden to step aside. that makes 28 democrats calling for bide ton withdraw from the campaign. lauren: four senators now. democrats had 23 seats to defend in the senate. stuart: yep. lauren: this is big. stuart: look at dow industrials, down 430 points and as you can see from that chart on the left hand side, it's not really a chart but a block of stocks, most of the dow 30 are down. don't go anywhere. friday feedback is next. ♪ introducing new advil targeted relief. the only topical pain reliever with 4 powerful pain-fighting ingredients that start working on contact to target tough pain at the source. for up to 8 hours of powerful relief. new advil targeted relief. ♪(voya)♪ there are some things that work better together. like your workplace benefits and retirement savings. voya helps you choose the right amounts without over or under investing. across all your benefits and savings options.

john tester, in a tight re-election fight, and moments ago, new mexico's senator martin heinrich joined ranks. and illinois' garcia splitting with the political arm that endorsed joe biden this morning. despite this, the campaign is aggressively pushing back saying the party has, quote, no plan for an alternative nominee. >> we know we have slipped from the debate. we know that the president has to prove to the american people exactly what he believes, that he is in this to win this, he can do this and he is our nominee and he is going to be our president for a second term. >> we begin with carol lee, yamiche alcindor, eugene daniels, and former senator, doug jones. carol, you are behind some of the groundbreaking reporting from nbc news. talk to us about what is being discussed within the biden inner circle. >> there's a couple of things. when we talk about family discussions that have been happening about what an exit, if the president were to decide that that's what he wanted to do, to suspend his campaign, what that would look like. what we are told is that the discussions are focus

jon tester, martin heinrich and peter welch. >> sherrod brown saying i think the president should end over the weekend saying i believe president biden should not seek re-election to another term. this as have you the "boston globe" with representative seth mall ton one of the first to call for president biden to step down. he wrote this. i saw him in the small group at normandy for the 80th anniversary of d-day. for the first time he didn't seem to recognize me. of course that can happen as anyone ages but, as i watched the disastrous debate a few weeks ago i have to admit that what i saw in normandy is part of a deeper problem. the harsh reality is that all the characteristics that have made biden irrepress cybil force, the energy, the vitality, the sharp, scrappy whit are flickering. democratic representative seth moulton there. let's bring in our panel matthew con continue net fellow at the american enterprise institute. leslie marshall and syndicated radio host hugh houthi. leslie, what are you hearing in democratic circles about what is happening, the decisions and whether it is

. >> reporter: including senators in tight races, new mexico's martin heinrich and montana's john hessler. >> i don't think there is a specific timeline but i do think it is going to be very soon where we have to begin to move forward. >> reporter: today, house democratic leader jeffrey standing firm. >> president biden, as i have said repeatedly, is our nominee. he has a tremendous track record of success. >> reporter: the biden campaign chair calls this a tough several weeks. >> there is no doubt that it has been and we have definitely seen some slippage and support, but it has been a small movement. >> reporter: isolating in delaware, still covid positive, the president released a statement today writing, i look forward to getting back on the campaign trail next week. but, in a new and parallel development, members of the president's family have discussed what an exit could look like according to two people familiar with the conversation. another source close to the president said he is hurt and he is angry by the democratic pressure campaign. among those standing by the president, key

for mangling centers in tight races, martin heinrich and jon tester. and pub desmet bob casey who has arisen with president biden and has not called for him to drop out. >> i do not think there is a specific timeline. i do think it will be very soon that we have to begin to move forward. >> reporter: has democratic leader jeffrey standing firm. >> president biden as i have said is our nominee. >> reporter: the biden campaign called this a tough several weeks. >> there is no doubt that it has been. we have definitely seen some slippage in support but it has been a small movement. >> reporter: isolating in denver where, still covid positive, the president released a statement today writing, i look forward to getting back on the campaign trail next week. but in a new and parallel development members of the president's family have discussed what an exit could look like according to two people familiar with the conversation. another source close to the president said he is hurt and he is angry by the democratic pressure campaign. among those standing by the

we're talking about sherrod brown, martin heinrich, jon tester, they're distancing themselves from thend pennsylvania senator bob casey who was with him over the weekend isn't willing to pressure his colleagues to support him. [inaudible] frustrated, want people to stop talking about this and focus on november, but it doesn't seam like your senate colleagues want to -- [inaudible] >> oh, i'm not going to give -- [inaudible] i've got a race to run -- [inaudible] i'm going to focus on my race. >> reporter: president biden did get a big boost of support last night from the hispanic and black caucus chairs. the congressional a caucuses have not formally endorsed him yet but, stuart, again, the president was very frustrated yesterday and said that he wanted democrats to stop talking about his age. that's exactly what democrats are doing all day, talking about his age. stuart: all day. aishah, thank you very much, indeed. see you later. house oversight committee chair, congressman james comer, joins me now. you're demanding the white house physician, testify before congress. what involvement

new mexico senator martin heinrich said the president must demonstrate it was really just one bad night. jon tester biden has to prove that he really is up for another four years. >> the senators are up for election. they are going to have a lot of input. anxious to hear from them and anxious to hear from their conversations with the president. they have had that see what happens. >> today the president sent a letter to congressional democrats in an effort to stem any more defectors. that came after four senior house democrats joined five ranking members, excuse me rank and file members in abandoning him. congressman mike quigley among those members predicts that more people will follow as the week goes on. as biden supporters push back. >> i know individuals that i have talked to who have been processing this, thinking about it, talking to their constituents most importantly looking at polls. it's going to be an amazing, unfortunately horrible week. but i do think the numbers will grow. >> and, bret, as the senate democrats are walking in for votes behind me right now a lot of us are s

new mexico senator martin heinrich writing, i believe it is in the best interests of our country for him to step aside in milwaukee. republicans united behind their nominee, former president donald trump. he spoke thursday night for the first time since his attempted assassination last saturday. if i had not moved my head at that very last instant. >> the assassin's bullet would have perfectly hit its mark. and i would not be here tonight. the trump campaign promise to message of unity to bring the country together while promising a renewal for america, biden, i'm not going use the name anymore. just one time. the damage that he's done to this country is unthinkable. the chairwoman of the biden campaign says the president is absolutely staying in the race. >> the democratic national convention begins one month from friday. back to you. >> all some senate republicans why they got right up in the face of secret service director kim cheatle demanding she resign after the attempted assassination on trump. >> this exactly what doing you, how >> the confrontation happened on the floor of t

mounting pressure from democratic lawmakers is showing no signs of subsiding as new mexico senator martin heinrich and nine more house democrats joined the public call for biden to step aside today. nbc news has just learned at this hour, as we speak, vice president harris is going to be holding a call with major democratic donors to address urgent, emerging needs. joining us now, nbc news senior white house correspondent mike memoli, nbc news capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles, and political analyst, phil rucker. what more do we know about this donor call, which is kind of about to get underway? >> yeah, jose. this is interesting. as nbc news was reporting yesterday. we're not just seeing a defection in terms of lawmakers. that new list includes ten who have said they want the president to step aside. we have also seen a major slippage in terms of the amount of money the campaign has been raising, in terms of the awful debate performance, as much as 25% of what they were expecting to raise over the course of this time period, and so what this invitation that was sent to key donors, donors sup

new mexico senator martin heinrich writing, i believe it is in the best interests of our country for him to step aside in milwaukee. republicans united behind their nominee, former president donald trump. he spoke thursday night for the first time since his attempted assassination last saturday. if i had not moved my head at that very last instant. >> the assassin's bullet would have perfectly hit its mark. and i would not be here tonight. the trump campaign promise to message of unity to bring the country together while promising a renewal for america, biden, i'm not going use the name anymore. just one time. the damage that he's done to this country is unthinkable. now late this afternoon, vice president harris told a group of democratic donors. >> we are going to win this election according to a person on the call, she added there's only one candidate in this race who puts people first and that's president joe biden live in washington. i'm vincent lot. justine, back to you. then thank you. >> and bay area, democratic leaders are joining in now on the conversation over whether bide

one of them is senator martin heinrich from new mexico.e to see bibi netanyahu be a more constructive, constructive, forward leaning solution-seeking partner in all of this. >> and one of those not attending is also the center pro tem, patty terry, third in line for the presidency. she normally would be behind him on the podium. that will be the foreign relations chairman, ben cardin, because she is protesting it. these senators think it is too partisan, and that he should not be doing this right now. he should be focused on the hostage release, that's part of the criticism of him coming here today. >> i want to bring in gary grumbach. he has been tracking multiple protests around the capitol today. what looked to be the largest one is getting on the move. what are you seeing where you are, gary? >> reporter: we are seeing thousands of people here outside on the west front of the u.s. capitol. what we're seeing here are protests that are pro-israel, pro-palestinian, all anti netanyahu, and all looking to bring the hostages home. i want to

new mexico senator martin heinrich writing, i believe it is in the best interests of our country forto step aside in milwaukee. republicans united behind their nominee, former president donald trump. he spoke thursday night for the first time since his attempted assassination last saturday. if i had not moved my head at that very last instant. >> the assassin's bullet would have perfectly hit its mark. and i would not be here tonight. the trump campaign promise to message of unity to bring the country together while promising a renewal for america, biden, i'm not going use the name anymore. just one time. the damage that he's done to this country is unthinkable. >> now the chairwoman of the biden campaign says the president is absolutely staying in the race. the democratic national convention begins a month from today. live in washington. i'm today simlot justine, back to you. thank you so much. >> south bay, congresswoman zoe lofgren is urging biden to step down from the presidential race. in a letter written to president biden, she wrote this. your candidacy is on a trajectory to l

the growing list today includes a few high-profile figures on capitol hill, including senator martin heinrich and former january 6 committee members. zoe lofgren, and who wrote a letter to biden saying, quote, pretty directly, as i'm aware, that you have been provided data indicating that you and all likelihood will lose the race for president. i will not go through it. again, simply put, your candidate the sea is on a trajectory to lose the white house and potentially impact crucial house and senate races down ballot. well today a source tells cnn that house democratic leader hakeem jeffries is not discouraging members from speaking out against biden's candidacy the president biden for his part, is publicly remaining defiant, saying in the statement that was released today, he looks forward to getting back on the campaign trail next week, once he's done recovering from covid but behind closed doors, many senior white house and campaign officials say they believe biden must drop out of the race the and soon with one democratic governor telling cnn, quote, this can't go on much longer. i want

so some of them are excited that this will lift them up martin heinrich he was worried. he's a second the second tier democrats, certainly new mexico was going to be in play potentially, right? >> new mexico, are they worried that these second tier states? >> going to be in play that should never be in play. their back, they're excited about harris but then we see some of the vulnerable democrats who have really tough races kind of trying to stay out of it in the house. we've seen like jared golden of maine, marie gluesenkamp, perez in washington, say, these are the most vulnerable democrats in the house, not wanting to say anything or trying to distance itself from her. i think they they are mean, they don't want to be tied to a progressive candidate. they have to take a more moderate stance, but i think overall and tester is a vulnerable senator they don't want to be tied necessarily to progressive policies and that is the question that i went to the leaders of the realm, the campaign committees in the house this past week about whether or not they were actually trying

priscilla said in the house, who signed a joint letter, we had another member of the senate, martin heinrich, come out and yet we heard a little bit at the top of the show of jen o'malley dillon, who we should know she didn't just go out on tv. >> she went out on msnbc on morning joe, which is a show that the president watches. and that donors democratic donors, tend to watch the i think it's fair to say that the elite that joe biden is now talking about, not enough very positive way trying to get him the message to them. let's hear a little bit more of what she said and then we go out and we're door-knocking just this week. >> so this isn't in the past, this is this week. did about 100,000 door knocks 76% of those people we knocked on doors and we talked to are with joe biden about 16% or so. that's undecided. they have questions then of course we're looking at the full picture, but when you get to the bottom and the heart of what we are doing every day from the campaign and we are dealing with the voters that are in battleground states they have questions, but they are staying with joe bid

new mexico senator martin heinrich writing, i believe it is in the best interests of our country foraukee. republicans united behind their nominee, former president donald trump. he spoke thursday night for the first time since his attempted assassination last saturday. if i had not moved my head at that very last instant. >>the assassin's bullet would have perfectly hit its mark. and i would not be here tonight. the trump campaign promise to message of unity to bring the country together while promising a renewal for america, biden, i'm not going use the name anymore. just one time. the damage that he's done to this country is unthinkable. the chairwoman of the biden campaign says the president is absolutely staying in the race. >>the democratic national convention begins one month from friday. back to you. >>as november draws near, are you feeling a bit of election anxiety it so you're not alone to help? we reached out one of our favorite mental health specialists offer some tips on how to keep from feeling anxious about the future. here's kron four's vicki liviakis with psychother