speaker nancy pelosi dodged when asked when he should stay in the race, this after colorado's michael bennettame the first democratic senator to say publicly that biden won't win. let's begin at the white house was nbc's aaron gilchrist. aaron, has the campaign responded to these bennett or pelosi comments? >> reporter: we have heard some response to the campaign from what speaker please he to say this morning. we should note that the question that was put to you was very direct, do you want him to run, representing president biden, of course, and her response to that question with i want him to do whatever he decides to do, whatever he decides we go with, she went on to say, and the biden campaign has not been quick to respond directly to every comment, the comment that's been made by every member of the house or the senate, but the sports we did get today said this from one biden campaign official. regarding the of the president staying in the race he direct you to the letter to congressional democrats where he reiterated his commitment to winning this campaign. i am firmly committed to sta

in a blow to the president, democratic senator michael bennett said he feared donald trump can win the election by a landslide. meanwhile, trump held a rally in florida where he mentioned the name of a possible running mate ahead of the republican convention next week. cbs' jarred hill joins us from new york. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. president biden is trying to play this on a number of fields here, meeting with union leaders this morning, speaking to democratic mayors last night after welcoming nato yesterday all as he tries to reassure concerned democrats that he can perform amid growing uncertainty. >> distinguished guests, welcome. welcome to the 2024 nato summit. >> reporter: president joe biden in full voice kicked off the nato summit tuesday night in washington. the annual meeting is expected to have a big focus on ukraine. >> make no mistake, ukraine can and will stop putin. >> reporter: biden's forceful tone comes as his white house campaign and allies on capitol hill -- >> riding with biden. >> reporter: -- pushed back against concerns from within the party th

if you listen to even what michael bennett said. not about his fitness for office but the political prospects. he said in the interview two or three times we'll lose the senate and the house and lose. underlying all this concern is we may not have a job next november, right? so that's why i think a lot of american people are concerned about this. it looks cynical. all of these people were willing to keep it hidden to the rug when you were let in on the joke and now that you know about it we have a political problem and let's deal with it. >> bill: we'll talk soon. >> dana: see you in milwaukee. >> bill: president trump issued another challenge last night. he wants to have another debate with joe biden and do it without moderators. let's do it on fox, right? that wasn't the only competition he proposed as well as doral. >> i'm also officially challenging crooked joe to an 18-hole golf match right here and i will even give joe biden ten strokes a side, ten strokes. that's a lot. that means 20 strokes in case you don't play golf. i wil

michael bennett became the first democrat senator to break ranks. he came out with it biden can't win, trump may win in a landslide. obama's former staffer david axelrod says biden can't win. bill clinton's guy says you can't win. the immediate issue is parkinson's disease which affects the nervous system. does the president have it? no, says his inner circle, yes says some doctors who never examined him but observed his difficulties. the president himself could make his doctor available for questions. not going to happen. that the privacy issue. maybe he should take a cognitive test, no, says biden. i take a test every day. another problem for the president, the polls are moving against him. the latest is the cook political report, three swing states, arizona, nevada, and georgia, moved from tossup to leaning republican. politico says deep blue new york has become a battleground state. the democrats are stuck with their own problem. they don't think biden can win but can't get him out. one last point. biden is scheduled to do a stars conference tom

that being said, we did hear senator michael bennett, the most forceful and public of democratic senators, to be out there saying this about the president and airing concerns about electability, not just for the white house, but up and down the ticket for the senate and the house too. >> and every move joe biden makes is being scrutinized. he's at nato right now speaking with other world leaders. >> let me close with this. this new pledge sends an unmistakable message to the world that every nato member is committed to doing their part to keep the alliance strong. we can and will defend every inch of nato territory and we'll do it together. and that we're investing in our future strength to ensure nato will always be ready for whatever threats we have faced should be a clear message we're making to the world. so i want to thank you, every nato member, for your commitment, for our shared security. and i will now ask the press to depart so we can get started. >> thank you so much, president biden, for those remarks. >> the president is asking the press to leave as always happens at this sta

people like moderate colorado senator, michael bennett, who on tuesday night became the first senate democrat to just fully stated prez job i can't win the election. he confirmed that he had told his colleagues as much in private in a private meeting on capitol hill. >> donald trump is on track, i think, to win this election. and maybe win it by a landslide and take with him this senate and the house. so for me, this isn't a question of polling, it is not a question of politics. it is a moral question about the future of our country and i think it is critically important for us to come to grips with what we face if, together, we put this country on the path of electing donald trump. >> now the bennett interview stood out to me. he didn't actually call for biden to step down but you can kind of into it that. it stood out to me because in a senate that is, you know, full of a lot of standards, michael bennett is not that. he is not a guy that goes out of his way to get a ton of attention. he is clearly saying this, again, in a kind of halting anguished way because he believes it. becau

one of the senators, michael bennett, told the newspaper. that believes donald trump is on track to win this election. rumors of serious illness have fueled concerns for both joe biden supporters and voters who have not yet decided who they will vote for. in order to allay all fears, the white house website published a report by joe biden's personal physician, which states that the president has no signs of parkinson's disease, stroke, multiple sclerosis or other neurological disorders. and bad condition biden for the debate? in the white house, it was explained by the air pilots the day before and the change of time zones. americans, people watching, who are usually not familiar with the day-to-day happenings in this world. the white house website has a comprehensive medical report. i encourage them to take a look, read this report. he had a bad night, we talked about it, he understands people's worries. continues to add sauce. joe biden's competitor donald trump added fuel to the fire. at a meeting with his supporters at his golf resort, he even publicly called biden for a golf match.

good morning, colorado senator michael bennett is predicting president biden will lose this fall. and not just that, bennett says republicans may take both the house and the senate in november. here's bennett, a democrat on cnn, predicting a landslide. donald trump is on track, i think, to win this election and maybe win it by a landslide and take with him the senate and the house and so for me, this isn't a question about polling. it's not a question about politics. it's a moral question about the future of our country. and i think it's critically important for us to come to grips with what we face. if together, we put this country on the path of electing donald trump again. now amidst all this doubt, earlier this week, president biden sent a letter to democrats firmly stating he was running. he was the best position to win. he said. and he said that should be the end of it. but this morning on morning joe, former speaker of the house nancy pelosi made it sound very much as if that decision were still up in the air. it's up to the president to decide if he is going to run. we're

we have seen democrat senator michael bennett come out and call for president biden to bow out of theal political capital with president biden are not urging him to get out of the race. there is widespread frustration among my democratic sources around president biden�*s handling of the debate and they wished that he was better prepared, well rested, but there is an acceptance that he is the nominee. what has been made clear to democrats that have a different view that someone else should step up is that anyone who has talked to president biden privately say he is more insistent than ever, that he has been counted out before in the 1970s, no—one thought he could win a senate seat in �*72, everyone thought his career was over in 87—98 when his presidential campaign flamed out. people thought he was a terrible politician in 2007 and 2008 and only to be picked as vice president, so he has this innate sense of confidence despite the debate that carries him ahead, and it is really part of the american political history. you read one of the great books on politics — what it takes — and bide

a sourceful with yesterday's closed door meeting told sneerz senators michael bennett, jon tester and sherrod brown all voiced concerns about the president winning the election. senator tester later did not deny the report but referred nbc news to a statement in which the president's debate performance raised questions and senator brown's spokesman declined comment and senator bennett went on cnn last night and stopped short of staying the president should drop out of race. >> well, it's true that i said that, and i did say that behind closed doors, and you guys and others asked whether i said it, and that is what i said, so i figured i should come here and say it publicly. >> why do you think he can't win in november? >> i just think this -- this race is on a trajectory that's very worrisome if you care about the future of this country. joe biden was nine points up at this time the last time he was running. hillary clinton was five points up. this is the first time in more than 20 years that a republican president has been up in this part of the campaign. donald trump is on track i t

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michael bennett and george clooney are the first two democrats i have seen to say out loud somethingrats -- elected democrats have been saying privately since the days after the debate, and that is that the bottom will fall out of the polls, and that it won't just be the white house that is lost and the political arrests and prosecutions that donald trump has promised will come to pass. we'll covering those, but the notion that democrats could somehow manage trump from congress is ludicrous. they would lose the senate and they would lose i've heard the number 20 other seats in the house. what do you make of this sort of wide gap between the public conversation and the private worry? >> well, you know, it's been a really tough story for all of us. you know, what is really frustrating here is that every day that the president continue to say take in the rae and that the democratic party conditions to is a day that donald trump is gaining steam. >> i think it's highlighted a bigger problem within the party, just a lack of enthusiasm, the lack of confidence, and the lack of just a willin

news alert, seven house democrats are calling on president biden to end his reelection bid and michael bennett first democrat to publicly echo that csentimen. >> donald trump is on track to win this election and maybe win by landslide and take the senate and house. for me, this is not a question of polling, not a question of politics. >> lawrence: this after house democrats met behind closed doors yesterday discussing biden's reelection bid and they are still divided. >> are you on the same page? >> no. >> what do you mean you are not on the same page? >> not even in the same book. >> we are riding with biden. >> comments about vice president harris in there? >> we are riding with biden. >> steve: they are riding with biden. axios reporting a smaller group of swing district democrats held what sources describe as a despondent gathering with actual tears. >> brian: meanwhile, this. "new york times" calling out democrats saying they panic about president biden but not doing so would nudge him aside. they have two editorials telling him to step aside. one reports one third want him gone, one thir

. >> reporter: senator michael bennett of colorado echoing what he and other senators told colleagues in a closed door meeting. they don't think joe biden could win. another house democrat there. >> i think we could lose the whole thing, and it's staggering to me. >> reporter: coming on the same day as another democrat joined the group calling for biden to step ahead. >> i spent the week hearing from my constituents about their strong concerns about prosecuting the case against donald trump. >> reporter: but most democratic party heavy weights still backing the president. >> i'm with joe. >> we're riding with biden. >> reporter: the president remaining defiant, and his allies urging support. >> every minute we spend on concerns focusing on questions and concerns about his debate is a day that we are missing. >> reporter: some democrats have concerns behind closed doors, describing biden as shaky and expressing real doubts he has what it takes to beat donald trump. one telling nbc news, quote, people are very frustrated that the president appears defensive and in denial. but many are n

but that sort of seems to have flipped in the last 12 hours with michael bennett and john tester, and peter welch publicly calling for biden to step down and their pockets of support for biden in the black caucus and the congressional house caucus. how are those dynamics playing out between the upper and lower chamber? >> if there is commonality it's both chambers have been feeling the absence of robust communication and response that is satisfying to lawmakers in the house and in the senate, that they've lost even more confidence in biden and the operation around him. they were expecting sort of a full court pres, individual calls, outreach from biden and his team. they haven't seen that. so one house aide told me today -- and i know this is felt similarly in the senate, that if one of the top leaders in the party called the white house switchboard and tried to get through to president biden, they're not really sure anyone could at this point in time. all these concernvise been compounded in both chambers by the awful polling lawmakers have seen in a few days. i don't think it's a su

democratic senators whether it's john tester or sherrod brown or michael bennett saying president biden's going to lose. >> i just have been speaking, you know, most of the last, i don't know, three or four days to members of congress and governors who interest trying to figure this out. and the common thread is deep anger, alex, at the president, his family, and folks in the white house. the democratic party is in an untenable position right now. obviously the president does not want to withdraw from the race. he wants to stay in, but democrats worry he's going to lose and lose by a considerable margin, and it's going to damage the rest of the party on the ticket. so here's part of the conundrum is that if you're a democrat in office right now and you put out a statement saying biden should not leave the ticket and he ought to step down, and biden refuses to do that, well guess what? this fall the republican party is going to throw that statement back at you and say you don't even want the guy in the race. you called for him out three months ago, how can you defend him now? it's a really

. >> reporter: now peter welch said the meeting did not change his point of view and michael bennettcolorado say he still has concerns. kneel? >> neil: do they take about what the definition of doing well for the president is? >> reporter: no. we don't really have that. i asked richard blommenhall is there a yard mark when they have to have a formal decision? the biden team will say he's in but nobody seems to be putting a timetable on it. >> neil: ok, thank you. congressman, thank you. what are you looking for tonight? >> on june 27th we saw sdras trous debate performance by donald trump. this is a man who lied 30 times but what do you expect from a man who says he paid $130,000 to a porn star that he didn't have sex with? what about at other porn stars that drum didn't have sex with? is he willing to give each of them $130,000? we have got to save this country from this project 2025. >> neil: none of that gt a chance to come up because the president performed so poorly. there was an opportunity there and it was lost because the president seemed lost. >> trump lied after the debate.

. >> sandra: colorado senator michael bennett is now the upper chamber's first democrat to say this. >> this is the first time in more than 20 years that a republican president has been up in this part of the campaign. donald trump is on track, i think, to win this election and maybe win it by a landslide and take with him the senate and the house. for me it's not a question of polling or politics, it is a moral question about the future of our country. >> sandra: he joins the list of congressional democrats calling for biden to step aside or say he just simply can't win. new jersey's cheryl the listest for biden to step aside. jerry nadler was on the list but now an apparent walk-back. >> do you have concerns about him being on the top of the ticket? >> we have concerns is beside the point. he is going to be our nominee and we will have to support him. >> you do not want the president to drop out? >> i do not. >> sandra: former house speaker nancy pelosi softening her stance this morning saying of biden i want him to do whatever he decides to do. senator bernie sanders is backing th

democratic senators mark kelly who is harris is eyeing as a vp pick and michael bennett will join the will be here in studio to talk about what's at stake in november's election. >>> and donald trump's neve knew fred c. trump iii will be here in the studio. what he'll reveal about his uncle and why he's backing kamala harris. "morning joe" just moments away. kamala harris. "morning joe" just moments away. that tear so much better, with more cushiony softness. enjoy the go, with charmin. i trust secret with these pits and everywhere else. with aluminum free secret whole body deodorant for 72 hour freshness. because it was reviewed by not just one but hundreds of gynecologists. and dermatologists. plus, it's gentle. so, i can use it everywhere. secret whole body deodorant. er. >> there's wisconsin, michigan, north carolina, georgia, arizona and nevada. as to who harris' running mate may be, two sources confirmed to nbc news that kentucky have a andy beshear is undergoing vetting. also on the list is mark kelly of arizona and transportation secretary pete buttigieg. pete under considerat

you've had people like senator michael bennett willing to say so far that he's been concerned that biden'sicket might not just cost them the white house, but could also cost them the senate and the house. i believe we have senator bennett talking about this meeting and the general stakes up here on capitol hill. watch. >> i don't want to pre-judge what they're going to say. we'll see. i think what's on everybody's mind is -- is -- is there a clear path to victory here, and can we honestly say that we're on a path to defeating donald trump and holding on to the senate and holding on to the house of representatives? >> obviously, that was bennett as he was going into the meeting and he has issued, chris, dire warnings about the loss, the trifecta loss as he's surmising it could be if biden remained at the top of the ticket. bennett never called for biden to step down. only senator peter welch of vermont has done that, he even said he'd be in the meeting with biden campaign officials and there are senators who are facing tough re-election battles who were not present at that meeting including

democratic senators in it is, you know, john tester or brown or michael bennett saying, president bidene. >> i just, i have just been speaking for most of the last three to four days to members of congress and governors to figure it out. it is deep anger at the president, his family and folks in the white house. democratic party is in a position right now. obviously he does not want to withdrawal, he wants to stay in. democrats are worried he will lose and by a big marg and i know damage the party on the ticket. if you are a democrat in office right now and saying that biden should leave the ticket and biden refuses to do that, this fall, the republican party is going to throw that statement back at you and say you don't even want the guy in the race. you called for his oyster three months ago. it is a really, really tough spot. the biden strategy, i wrote about it in my column yesterday to replay the 2020 primary that the liberal white elite don't like me but i got the voters, the rank and file working people, black and hispanic folks on my side. you know, i think that is working in so

take a listen to how democratic senator michael bennett described it to me. >> what would a republican at the top look like? >> what it would look like is a clear and present danger to the united states of america. what would it look like would be a complete compromise of our standing in the world. these are not political questions. these are moral questions. >> and of course the difference is if democrats have the house under a hypothetical trump presidency, it gives them a real check to control donald trump's legislative agenda, it gives them oversight and subpoena powers to investigate his administration. and there are a couple of reasons why this is growing. democrats in the senate and house races are running well ahead of joe biden. today there was a poll in wisconsin where the democratic senator tammy baldwin is up five points against her republican opponent. while president biden in a head to head with donald trump is down five points. finally, there's the fact that democrats were caught flat-footed in 2016 when donald trump came into that election being the underdog. democrats

. >> laura: late today tester from montana sherrod brown from ohio, and michael bennett from coloradoly coming out that they don't see biden winning. this is going to be trump's election. what of that? >> yeah, suddenly, you know, these people are playing with other people's money. you know, when jon tester looks around and sees this polling and see what's what it's going to do to him. it's one thing for the president to lose the white house. but, you know, you are talking about the senate? democrats losing the senate. you are talking about losing enough seats in the house to give a huge majority to republicans. so that when donald trump takes office, he has major, major, major. >> laura: finally. >> strong majorities in both chambers. this could be absolutely devastating for democrats. and nobody deserves more blame than barack obama. if barack obama had never picked -- had never dragged joe biden out of the dust bin of forgetting him forever and made him his vice president, we wouldn't be going through this nightmare now. so i love it that -- >> laura: a lot of people to blame. >> b

competitive in minnesota, wisconsin and michigan, the election's over, and i worry that what michael bennettll happen if we see more sign or examples of biden's cognitive decline. david: what about independents,? have independents broken in a big way towards trump? and, of course, even taking out the debate itself which was obviously a big loss for biden, but the lawfare if campaign didn't seem to win in convincing people that the policies were good or had a good effect, didn't seem to win. do you think that the independents now have made up hair mind more against biden than in favor of him? >> i think that's absolutely right, david. i've looked at the polls among independents very closely, and what they show is that by about a 1010-point margin -- 10-point margin independents, particularly in swing states, think trump was a better president than joe biden has been. as we've discussed before, elections are referenda on incouple departments, and when an incumbent has a rating of about 36, 37% and is seen by about 10 points as less effective as a president than his challenger, donald trump, ve

a source familiar with yesterday's closed door meetings tells nbc news that senators michael bennett, john tester, sherrod brown all voiced concerns about biden winning the election. tester later did not deny the report but referred nbc news to this statement in which he says the president's debate performance raises serious questions. a spokesperson for senator brown, meanwhile, declined to comment. however, senator bennett confirmed his remarks in an interview on cnn last night, but he stopped short of saying the president should drop out of the race. >> well, it's true that i said that, and i did say that behind closed doors, and you guys and others asked whether i'd said it, and that is what i said so i figure i should come here and say it publicly. >> why do you think he can't win in november? >> i just think this race is on a trajectory that is very worrisome if you care about the future of this country. joe biden was 9 points up at this time the last time he was running. hillary clinton was 5 points up. this is the first time in more than 20 years that a republican president ha

michael bennett becomes the first senate democrat to break with the president. he says trump may beat biden in a landslide. the argument about the president's medical condition will not go away. the white house says biden does not have parkinson's disease, but some doctors obvious serving his -- observing his behavior say, yes, he does have it. the cook political report says three swing states -- arizona, nevada and georgia -- have moved from toss-up to leading republican. let's get if to the markets and look at those tech stockses go. new highs for the s&p and the nasdaq at the close yesterday. this morning the dow's going to be up maybe 30 odd point, the s&p up 14 and look at that nasdaq, home of the tech stocks, up another 80 points at the opening bell. bitcoin, you're looking at about $58,000 at the moment. the yield on the 10-year treasury, i pegged it just above 4.25%. you're at 4.28. and the 2-year, last time i checked, the 444.6 622 concern 4.62, now it's 4 minute 6 -- 4.61. gas has started to move pup a little. $3.53 is up 2 cents, diesel at $3.88, up 2

senior advisors are said to brief senators after michael bennett of colorado became the first sitting senator to athis publicly. >> donald trump is on track i think to win this election. and maybe win it by a landslide and take with him the senate and the house. >> reporter: the question now, will the floodgates open on capitol hill. >> i'm deeply concerned about joe biden winning this november. we have to reach a conclusion as soon as possible. >> reporter: abcs george stephanopoulos apparently reaching his own conclusion. now acknowledging he should not have said this in a video posted on tmz just days after interviewing the president. >> what do you think? do you think biden should step down? >> you talked to him more than anybody else lately. you need to be honest. >> tonight the biden campaign is promising more unscripted events to convince lawmakers, donors and voters that the president is all in. >> reporter: and within the last few hours, axios reported senate majority leader schumer has opened to dumping a ticket without biden. he said, as i have made clear, i support preside

geoff: senator michael bennett who is among those members of congress who called for president biden says he is not just concerned president biden will lose the race. he is concerned republicans will pick up the house and the senate, and together they will have a monopoly on power. add into that the conservative super majority in the supreme court and they will in concert enact an extremist vision for this country. what can president biden himself say to democrats who have that level of concern to help them to get over it. >> he can say nothing scares me more than what you described. that is why i ran in 2019. because on four years was bad enough. i was not going to let him have eight. i stepped in. i did pretty badly to start. it took a while to get our footing, then i won the nomination, i got more votes than any american in their history of our country and i have done pretty well. i understand why you are having some doubts. i wish you didn't. i accept that you do. i will do everything i can and we will get past this and get back to what we were doing, which is keeping this guy ou

colorado senator michael bennett says the party needs to take an honest look at the data things stay as they are. it's likely that donald trump win election and we will lose. the senate will lose one. senator vermont, peter welch in nearly a dozen house, democrats are publicly calling on president biden to drop out new york congressman pat ryan is part of that growing group. i really felt there was my patriotic duty at this point. donald trump's next central house democratic leader hakeem jeffries is brushing off brewing divisions. stations have been. >> candid, comprehensive in clear eyed and they are ongoing. >> and it's not just americans that will be watching. tonight, nato press conference closely. key allies have openly been weighing the outcome of this year's election. for now washington, raquel martin, back to you. >> and joining us now with his thoughts on what we may hear from president biden in about an hour from now is our political analyst david mcewan. david, thank you for joining us. well, good afternoon. nice join i know you're excited for what's happening about an ho

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ticket can help them november in aligning themselves in some ways and mostly in private about with michael bennett who went public last night. that's the colorado democratic senator who said on cnn that he believes that joe biden is on track to lose and then it could be a landslide. but the house and senate could go republican and that there's probably, you didn't go as far as calling for but that is what a lot of people privately want to see happen. they want joe biden to make up the mind, make up his mind and make as they say, the rise decision. now one comment that got a lot of tension today was nancy pelosi the former house speaker. she went on msnbc earlier today and she said ingested that joe biden will have to make a decision about whether to run or not, even though joe biden has said repeatedly that he is going to run that common practice pushed from biden is that from biden allies like john fetterman wasn't helpful for nancy pelosi today to suggest that the president has not made a final decision on running yet it's been very clear. >> he made he said it. i'm in its close it's a strange t

colorado is michael bennett called on the party to have an open debate in his words about the electionmportantly, however, the president still has the support of senate majority leader chuck schumer and house minority leader kim jeffries, who said this tonight to cnn's manu raja mr. leader, do you support joe biden staying as are democratic nominee? yes. i made clear the day after the debate publicly that i support president joe biden and the democratic ticket my position has not changed. >> the president also has the support of the congressional black caucus. what he does not have and did not have even before the debate was the kind of bedrock support that could see him through this, something seen as david axelrod underscored today he's not winning this race. he's more likely if you just look at the data and talk to people around the country political people around the country. it's more likely that he'll lose by a landslide. then when narrowly this race and if the stakes are as large as he says, and i believe they are, then he really needs to consider what the right thing to do here

time to go, like he actually put it in human terms and i don't know what joe biden would say if michael bennett had that conversation with him in his living room but no one's doing that. there's a lot of you gotta, you gotta, i gotta. and by the way they all choked in the last 24 hours. so there's a lot of, you know, a lot of backpedaling, lot of this unusual you've never see that on capitol hill? being here. of course, we have only days left to announce more. donald trump says he's going to say who is picked as his running mate. tonight, a former challenger turn top contender was at his rally what are the deciding factors and trump's decision? we're going to speak to his former national security adviser, john bolton about that next doug lima, someone needs to customize and save hundreds and car insurance with liberty mutual. >> let's fly chief i thought you were right behind me. >> only pay for what you need to keep safe frames app makes it ridiculously easy to frame your favorite photos. >> just choose a photo that you love select a perfect frame and we'll have your framed print delivered and

but look at the folks on capitol hill who have said that either biden cannot win, as senator michael bennett that he should set -- step aside. we have a tough election battle. at the same time, the biden administration says it will send three of the top campaign aide -- to talk to senators tomorrow in a private meeting. campaign manager for the biden campaign will meet as long as two senior advisors who are well-known on the hill but i have to tell you, one of the senators who wants biden to step aside told me they actually think that is dismissive because it is not biden himself. amna: you have been talking to democratic donors. what are they saying about this george clooney op-ed? laura: multiple donors say they don't think the president's position right now is sustainable and when they looked at george clooney's op-ed, they said one line in particular stuck out to them and captured kind of their unease and that is that george clooney wrote "it is devastating to say it but the joe biden i was with three weeks ago at a fundraiser was not the joe biden of 2010. he was not even the joe biden

and according to sources, senators jon tester and sherrod brown and michael bennett told their colleagues that they doubt the biden can win. as senator bennet. well, he expanded on that tonight on cnn donald trump is on track. i think to win the selection. and maybe win it by a landslide and take with him the senate and the house, the white house in the time since that disastrous debate, i think has done nothing to really demonstrate they have a plan to win the selection now, let's be clear, bennett did not call for president biden to step down at the top of his ticket. and in fact no senator has done that. and those public calls so far i've only come from the house. you've got congresswoman making cheryl today became the seventh house democrats say that biden needs to exit the race now, just to put all this into perspective, there are 200 and 213 democrats in the house, 213 the number seven doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of a majority or really even make you think it's statistically significant? at that congresswoman, she cited hearing from voters who said that they want a lea

, two of the most vulnerable senate democrats expressed in private lunch to their colleagues, michael bennett went on with kaitlan collins last night and went public with his concerns about democrats across the board donald trump is on track, i think to win the selection in maybe win it by a landslide and take with him the senate and the house. >> so for me, this isn't a question that polling, it's not a question about politics it's a moral question about the future of our country senator bennet, there is saying what some of his endangered colleagues cannot. i'm thinking bob casey in pennsylvania, the open race in michigan, tammy baldwin from wisconsin. he is calling out saying, think about the rest of the ticket here. it would be very, very difficult. for a senator who is up for reelection this time to say what he said. but that doesn't mean that they don't think what he thought in dana as you first reported from that luncheon yesterday, that was a worry that ran through the course of lunch. and senator bennet, they're not a flame thrower at all. his words carry significant weight inside his

i do want to play for you, congresswoman senator michael bennett said on cnn just in the last hour, listen in, maybe win it by a landslide and take with him the senate and the house. >> i think that we could lose the whole thing what's your response to that my responses i'm more optimistic than he is about our ability to win. he doesn't frighten me, doesn't scare me can predict anymore than i can predict. i predict we're going to win that biden is the honorable, respected man, and that trump is a liar. he is not trusted our allies are baffled. by the way that he's treated them you can go on and on about a man who told us to drink disinfected when covid was killing people and so i think in the final analysis people will understand that our democracy is at stake. and that any so-called want to be president, even if it has been president, that does not respect the constitution and have some of his supporters saying some of his supporters saying that we should throw away the constitution when they think about and they understand that the democracy is at stake, at think that the polling is not

remarkable short continues to noted discovery overnight, right here on cnn, colorado senator michael bennettt as far as any democratic senator has in airing his concerns about having president biden stay in the presidential race donald trump is on track, i think to win the selection and maybe win it by a landslide and take with him the senate the house. >> i think that we could lose the whole thing with us now is congresswoman shontel brown from ohio. thank you so much for being with us. you heard the colorado center or what's your reaction to that? >> well, good morning and thank you for having me listen. there are only two ways to run and that is unopposed or scared. right now we are in a very sketch scary situation. but what is more frightening to me is what is happening. on the other side of the aisle as it relates to project 2025? when i think about the election that we had in ohio last year, which i would describe as a test case for project 2025 when the republicans in the state house attempted to suppress and silence the voice of the voters by eliminating a simple majority in our cons

she is saying that hold off, no one should make any proclamations at least publicly to the michael bennett's and others of the world but she's also saying, let's see how this week goes. let's see how the nato summit goes. let's see how the rest of the week goes, and that includes what does polling show. so kate, i am told that democrats really are in a state of disbelief over how this has played out. but particularly they are keeping their eyes on some swing states. what does the data showing this week? so if you listen to what former speaker pelosi, who is as close and as a sharp of a reader as polls and the dynamic has really anyone in the party, she is saying, let's take a breath and hold off what she did not say is try to a really quiet the conversation and that biden and as all in she said it's up to president biden so it was pretty extraordinary there. and of course, i'm thinking back now, just watching those comments may just a few minutes ago on morning joe, what she said last week she really framed the conversation around president biden's performance at the debate asking publicly,

win three of those democrats that, made their case yesterday to their colleagues that includes michael bennett, who then came on cnn's air last night and said that he did indeed say that privately at this lunch and that he believes that publicly that biden cannot beat donald trump's. so that is something to keep in mind as we move forward here. but jessica, it's just a good reminder that there is this middle ground that democrats are trying to walk and fact, here's senator jones manchin. when i asked if he thought there was room for biden to get out at this point do you see a world in which the president would change his mind at this point though, i've always said this if we can't change your mind, you can't change anything everyone. let's see if they see fact and they feel that the right decision is the right decision that they want to make. that right decision even though they may some overtures other than that, i've always believed rational people do the right thing. >> and tomorrow biden campaign officials will come and meet with senate democrats and a special discussion where of course de

ranks have democrats on capitol hill after president biden's debate, disaster, colorado, senator michael bennett, telling cnn, he thinks the race may be slipping away donald trump is on track, i think too, when the selection and maybe win it by a landslide and take with him the senate and the house. so for me, this isn't a question at polling, it's not a question about politics it's a moral question about the future of our country all right, joining me now is cnn senior political analyst ron brownstein. >> ron, good morning. always wonderful to see you. so this was was your analysis you say quoted decisive loss at the top of the ticket? could cost democrats control of the u.s. senate for the remainder of this decade. and cement republican dominance of the supreme court for a generation. now, obviously, senator bennet there agrees with you, but help us understand why the stakes maybe so much higher for democrats in just the white house yeah, i think i think the stakes are higher than most people have been talking about. >> i mean, the core, the core dynamic here, is it as become extremely difficu

parkinsons and the doctor said he's not been in the same room as the president and michael ben nit saying trump he's -- bennettgures of neurodegeneration and loss of arm swing, standing up orlikowskied toically and the voice saying it was a cold. hyper-phonia, small monotone voice over time is a small symptom of parkinsons. i would have diagnosed him from across the mall. >> donald trump is on point to take over the white house. he'll then take the house and the senate. >> i think they're right. this is all trending in trump's way and quite frankly republicans should watch this and this is where we need to be watching it. liz: congressman biggs, thank you for joining us. welcome to the show art del cueto. we need your reaction to this story. now the white house, they're finally scrambling to stop illegal aliens from the isis recruiting hot bed of tajikistan from crossing and haven't hundreds poured in already this year? >> thousands have already poured n. thousands of individuals poured in and unfortunately, liz, that's part of the problem. look, if they're not in the data base where they're being apprehended,

we also have michael troll, got sees of research, professor emeritus with the center for bennett school studies at the university of michigan. he joins us from an all but in michigan. thank you both for wasting so patiently. rebecca, i'm going to start with you. i mean, this is the 1st time we all seeing a couple of harris out of the shadow of the president with the most scrutinizing spotlights firmly now on has some potential presidential candidate, do you think she's up to the task? so what we're watching is that so in the united states, the vice presidents are picked for a strategic value um to the ticket in order for the president to secure both of the nomination and man to secure on the presidency. and so one thing that we do know is that the vice president cumberland harris i'm, she has been on the ballot and many times would be my district attorney, california attorney general. and she herself ran for president and the 2020 cycle. one thing that the complet harris campaign has been putting out each time calmly here is, is on the ballot. she wins her election. and so what we're se

decision because time is running short, and colorado senator michael bennet on cnn became the first senate democrat to break with biden publicly. bennett calling them state of the race, very worrisome. >> that'll is on track, i think to win the election. and maybe win it by a landslide. and the white house in the time since that disastrous debate, i think has done nothing to really demonstrate that they have a plan to win this election an adviser to the president said, feeling biden's inner circle are concerned enough to pierce biden's firm position. only family could do that. and only if there's hard data, the adviser telling cnn of his wife and sister jilin valerie won't let him go down in flames since the debate. cnn's poll of polls shows trump leading biden by five points. the first time this year the candidates are separated by a margin of more than three points. and some donors planning events in chicago, in florida say they're now up in the air. but for biden, it's full steam ahead for now. >> it every nato members committed to doing their part to keep the alliance strong larry sabato is the director of the university of virgini

decision because time is running short and colorado senator michael bennet on cnn became the first senate democrat to break with biden publicly bennett calling the state of the race very worrisome donald trump is on track, i think to win the selection and maybe win it by a landslide. >> and the white house in the time since that disastrous debate, i think has done nothing to really demonstrate that they have a plan to win this election an adviser to the president said, feeling biden's inner circle are concerned enough to pierce biden's firm position. only family could do that. and only if there's hard data, the adviser telling cnn of his wife and sister, jilin valerie won't let him go down in flames since the debate. cnn's poll of polls shows trump leading biden by five points. the first time this year the candidates are separated by a margin of more than three points. and some donors planning events in chicago, in florida say they're now up in the air but for biden, it's full steam ahead. for now. >> it every nato member is committed to doing their part to keep the alliance strong the biden aides, point to a grueling travel schedule

tester of montana, sherrod brown of ohio, and michael bennet of colorado told her colleagues, they simply don't think biden can win in november, here was bennettcnn donald trump is on track. i think to win the election. and maybe win it by a landslide and take with him the senate and the house and the white house in the time since that disastrous debate, i think has done nothing to really demonstrate that they have a plan and to win this election, it's a moral question about the future of our country. and i think it's critically important for us to come to grips with what we face if together, we put this country on the path of electing donald trump again all right, our panel's here. jeff mason, white house correspondent for reuters, former federal prosecutor, cnn legal analyst elliot williams, former state department official hillary clinton, adviser fully brightness, and matt gorman, former senior adviser to tim scott's presidential campaign. welcome to all of you at felipe. i just want to put this question to you as someone who's inside one of these presidential campaigns, as you know, you guys went into the 2016 election, not expecting to l