i think and amy is so well qualified to talk about this, but when you have mike levin, mike levin is from a district that joe biden won, i just checked the cook political report with amy walter, that joe biden won i think with 60 something percent of the vote, and mike levin won easily last time with a boost from joe biden. came to his district. when he comes out and says that joe biden should step away, and furthermore, when he says on a call with the congressional hispanic caucus, which is what he just did to joe biden, that joe biden should step down, that tells you a lot. now, there's a disconnect here. the disconnect is the president is saying stick with me, i can win. no one believes that. no one in the house, the democratic caucus really believes that. and furthermore, as i told you yesterday, katy, the issue is they don't believe that they can win with joe biden on the ticket. and it's with that backdrop that hakeem jeffries went to the white house late last night after the nato press conference and jefferies met with biden. now, both sides, this was a one-on-one meeting. bot

sources say in one meeting, california mike levin told the president directly it's time for someone elselead. and some voters here in the key battleground state of michigan, a must-win for president, say the same. >> we need a better democratic candidate. >> i think anything would be than joe biden in the democratic party. >> reporter: big-money donors are also concerned, up to $90 million in pledged donations on hold to allied super pacs if the president stays in the race. democratic governor jared polis of colorado says the biden team needs a big reset. >> look at messaging, look at strategy. of course, it is a legitimate discussion about the candidate but how we are going to win to protect democracy. >> reporter: one way biden a string to turn the page, by raising concerns about trump's ties to project 2025. launched by the conservative heritage foundation, and include a 900-page blueprint overhaul the federal government if trump wins again. on the agenda, shutting down the education department, dropping fda approval of abortion pills, and a mass deportation of undocumented immigrants

on this friday he was on a zoom call with the congressional hispanic caucus and 1 of the members mike levin of southern california district part of orange county told the president to his face and via zoom its time for him to step aside. it's a rare occurrence for somebody to tell the president to his face that he needs to do that but the president has not stepped aside and he's going to battleground michigan right now to try to allay the concerns of union bosses there who think that he's going to lose. visintin president biden is looking ahead to the convention next month in chicago and he's daring delegates to try to make a move on him at the top of the ticket. >> follow the sudden sharp of the convention and they say we want somebody else that's the democratic process. 's not going to happen. officer from scratch speak in the unlikely event joe biden veils harris gets the warchest. not some random convention challenger but joe biden has a big problem the main provided super pack future forward is freezing $99 with the pledge donations until he leaves the ticket that's according to the ne

>> that's right, just remarkable wolf, congressman mike levin of california, he was on a virtual call with pecker as an i'm biting in the rest of the congressional hispanic caucus day, and he is the first member that we are aware of that talk his not only his concerns, but call for president biden to step down. director the to him. now, according to a source briefed on that call, the president responded by defending his record, but then say, this is why it's so important for me to get out get out in front of people well, let them know that he's moving well, and is a healthy now amid all this congressional pushback that continues, lawmakers are now headed back home for a weeklong recess, were no doubt they will be hearing from constituents. and for member after member when they came out against president biden remaining on the ticket, that is something that we heard them voice since that this constituents back home are telling them very vocally that they do not want president biden on the ticket know that's something that they held up in an essence to validate their decision to call fo

mike levin in the last few minutes became now the 19th democrat to call on biden to withdraw from the campaign. we could pop the list up, shannon. the number up until a few minutes ago was 18. we haven't had a chance to update the graphic, but that is now 19, shannon. >> yes and remember we heard a lot of scuttle that possibly there were those ready to go public with these calls but they were waiting until after the nato conference in washington. with all of those world leaders in washington the president they are on the center stage not wanting to undermine him in the middle of a big foreign policy discussion. maybe these folks were ready to do it anyway. i would be interested to see there were those ready to drop this announcement today but were swayed by that press conference last night. as you said, it does put them in purgatory. a lot of those democrats who said listen, he showed a command to foreign policy and decades of experience on that front. he had a couple of flubs that made headlines, but not the performance you saw for him in the debate. he will be out there doing retail

pete: including congressman mike levin who reportedly went as far as to confront the president duringeting with hispanic caucus members. he later said in a statement, i believe the time has come for the president to pass the torch. will: and 24 other house democrats are asking biden to allow for an open con convention. joining us now to react is florida congresswoman kat cammack. thanks for being with us this morning. >> good morning. will: you know, pete and rachel, to their credit, have been off for the last two weeks -- >> good for them. [laughter] will: and they did say they feel like the news cycle is kind of where they left off, and it's true. it's focused on joe biden. there have been developments, but it's kind of hit this, this standoff between those who want to see joe biden go and those who are willing to fight to the end for joe biden. do you get a sense from inside congress there's been any real movement? we've seen it grow to, what is it, 19 elect elected officials, but any movement to push out joe biden. >> oh, my goodness, we haven't had this much fun as republicans on

mike levin democrat from california the san diego area he was 1 of the most recent ones but apparentlynference call he said this to the president. we've got a written statement from mike levin 1 point today but he actually called on the president to step out on the call. that significant. we haven't had an avalanche of people yet today. we have an 2. rae paterson a democrat from colorado became the 18th earlier this morning. we thought we might have an entire avalanche of people asking him to bow out. that's not been the case which is the fact 11 decided to tell the president that in person on this conference call i think is significant. that's 2 from san diego area. scott peters democrat from california also called for the president to back out and they should also note that there's going to be another conference call tomorrow something that's called the new dems coalition. this is a group of moderate mainstream democrats in the house of representatives." recall tomorrow and 13 of those members are members who have called for the president to step out. >> martha: thank you. breaking n

congressman mike levin of california's now the 19th lawmaker to say the nation needs it's to move forward without biden. this follows new reporting that house democratic leader hakeem jeffries met privately with the president last night to discuss concerns about biden's viability at the top of the ticket. sources tell cnn jeffries did not offer biden his endorsement in that meeting? >> but the president is pushing ahead with his campaign and today he is headed to the critical battleground state of michigan to try and convince voters he is up for a second term in the white house. are correspondents are covering the story from washington to detroit. that's where we find cnn white house correspondent arlette sines, who is traveling with the president today and arlette talk to us more about president biden's plans there in detroit well, jessica, president biden has said he will keep moving in this campaign and that's what he's doing as he visits this battleground state of michigan in just a few hours, president biden really trying to take his pitch directly to the voters here as he's trying t

. >> the very latest congressman mike levin and california's a member of the congressional hispanic caucus. and he told biden this directly on a call that the president had with the hispanic caucus today. according to a source directly telling him he wants the president to step down from running for reelection. that is the first time that's happened by cnn's count also on that call congresswoman gluesenkamp perez, who suggested yesterday that biden shouldn't even be president anymore because of questions about his fitness. she repeatedly kept asking to speak and ask a question on the zoom call and the biden campaign kept swatting her hand down on the zoom according to punchbowl news, many, many more democrats in the house feel that way, and the senate too. but as of now, there's still saying it privately. and while we are well aware that polls are not always spot on predictions of what's going to happen weeks from now it is also clear their recent data from battleground states and nationwide shows president biden losing to president trump. but regardless, on top of this, a pew research sur

look at what is being done, let's say some democrats support kamalo harris, say there congressman mike levinm california has already appeared there, here are the sponsors who did not want to continue supporting biden, here is what in this plan, here is gedeon stein, a leading figure in the community of her donors, others support kamala khalis in particular, but together with this there is a statement. jay jacobs, representative of the democratic leader in new york, when asked who he wanted to see as the democratic candidate, he said that he asked all delegations of party officials not to speculate, not to endorse anyone until the new york delegation will be able to meet this week, you know? what i 'm saying is that it could actually be real chaos, and we don't know who's who. now will support, but now several prominent democrats have called for an open nominating process, and that could become a serious problem for the party, so in addition , republicans can, will now say that harris can't take money from them. the representative of the republicans in the federal election commission emphasiz

california congressman mike levin is the latest house democrat to call on president biden to step aside. >> in total, roughly 18 house democrats and one democratic senator are pushing for a new nominee for now in washington, raquel martin, back to you. >> in san francisco, members of the democratic county central committee have announced support for vice president kamala harris. if biden decides to drop out of the race in open letter, the committee stated harris is the best person or is the person who is, quote, best prepared to step in to lead and protect biden's legacy, end quote, members did not call on biden to exit his re-election, though the committee also noted their admiration for biden and what he has achieved in his first term in office. >> coming up, the most prolific spy plane, the military has ever had will be making a stop at the california capital. airshow. this weekend's will show you the dragon lady. >> and severe weather impacting communities across the country. crews efforts to save residents impacted by deadly flooding. the very latest coming up. >> welcome back. 3 e

sources tell us that in a call with house democrats, congressman mike levin of california confronted the president and said that the party needed new leadership. the president responded by promising to get out on the road and answer more tough questions as the campaign continues. lester. >> all right, ryan nobles, thank you. and join us monday when i interview president biden exclusively. the complete conversation airs starting at 9:00 p.m. eastern monday as savannah guthrie and i lead our coverage for the start of the republican convention. >>> a deadly power struggle goes on tonight in houston with more than 800,000 still without electricity after hurricane beryl. priscilla thompson is there for us. >> reporter: tonight, frustration. >> how has the past couple days been? >> horrible. >> reporter: and desperation. >> you got to hop on long lines like this just to get ice and food. >> reporter: as more than 800,000 people swelter through a fifth day without power. guy and ruth say they've tossed $600 in spoiled food. >> i don't know what i'm going to do, and i don't have much money l

>> reporter: now, cbs news has confirmed that when the president was confronted by koppers men mike levinut the need to drop out of the race come he told him that he is going to go out and let people "poke me and asked me questions." he is doing that here in michigan tonight and next week in texas and nevada. norah? >> norah: ed o'keefe, thank you for that reporting. cbs news chief election and campaign correspondent robert costa is here with me to dig into further to that project 2025 thing that ed mentioned. so the blueprint, we have read through it, it describes repealing what it called lgbtq+ equity policies and shutting down climate change initiatives. this is a culture war. is it a winning strategy? >> robert: inside the trump campaign, my sources say they don't want to be talking about projeproject 2025. impact, trump has disavowed it publicly. they believe it could scared boaters in the suburbs of philadelphia and other major cities, so you are going to see at the republican convention not talk about a sweeping conservative policy agenda, but some speeches by conservative celebrit

prominent democrats, that includes governor gavin newsom, california representatives adam schiff, mike levin well as senator alex padilla. >> others did not mention harris in their public statements reaction to biden's news notably former house speaker, nancy pelosi. >> meantime, republicans have greeted the news with fierce criticism, with some calling on president biden to step down now before his term is over. >>> we are going to get a check of the weather right now and head over to the first alert meteorologist darren peck. doerun. >> okay this day, this day we just had. daytime highs were down to average for this time of year . we've got a huge break and it is going to be a big head fake if you are thinking you can kind of just lunge into this week with the day you just had because rings aren't going to change pretty dramatically starting tomorrow. here is one of the reasons why today was so nice. look at the wind streams so this is the way we visualize the air is moving through the bay. there is a definite increase right here . the brighter the colors, as you start to shade into yellow

that includes former governor, gavin newsom, california representatives adam schiff, mike levin, as wellalex padilla. >>> others did not mention harris in their public statements reacting to the biden news. notably, former house speaker, nancy pelosi, and former president barack obama. >>> in the meanwhile, republicans have greeted the news with witticism, no surprise, either. some calling on biden to step down now before his term is over. >> that is it for us at 5:00. local news continue streaming on cbs news (vo) meet fargo, the new virtual assistant from wells fargo. fargo makes banking faster, and easier. (woman) fargo, turn off my debit card! (vo) lets you pick up the tab, even if you forget your wallet... (kaz) i got this. (ben) fargo, send kaz $145 dollars with zelle®. (kaz) smooth. (vo) fargo puts important information at your fingertips. (dad) fargo, what did i spend on groceries this month? (son) hey dad, can the guys stay for dinner? (dad) no... (vo) want to see everything fargo can do? you can, with wells fargo. >>> tonight, the breaking and historic news. president biden say

a source telling us that in a call with the congressional hispanic caucus, congressman mike levin ofnia told biden directly to get out of the race. but the president insists he's still the person best positioned to beat trump. >> i'm the best qualified to govern. and i think i am the best qualified to win. but there are other people who could beat trump, too. but it's awful hard to start from scratch. >> reporter: he says there's only one thing that could get him to drop out. >> unless they came back and said, there is no way you could win. me. no one's saying that. no poll says that. >> reporter: recent polls show this race is a dead heat with president biden recovering a bit nationally since the debate. but donald trump is leading in key battlegrounds, and for many democrats, that is deeply concerning. david? >> david: mary bruce in detroit for us, mary, thank you. >>> we turn next to weather concerns from philadelphia to new york city to boston. the flood watches up right now. and then dangerous heat moving into the northeast. let's get to wabc meteorologist lee goldberg back with

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just in the last hour a 19th democratic lawmaker, mike levine has adds his name to the list.nue outreach tomorrow. he is hitting the campaign trail today and next week and a fund-raiser in texas on monday. it's a busy schedule. clearly, he's heeding the calls for the public to hear from him more and see him more. his campaign now is just hoping it's enough. >> let's talk a little bit about the people in the campaign and his inner circle who are doing, i'm sure, what you just said they need to do, and that is to plot the path to victory for joe biden. not just path to victory for the nomination but the path to victory for the presidency. what are you hearing about that and what would the elements of that path potentially look like? >> you know, some in the campaign say it's a matter of keeping their heads down and doing the work. we saw the campaign sent a long internal memo and held an all-hands call after the press conference, trying to refocus, saying their internal polling still looks good. it's not all that changed from the debate and even the press conference, they want

it comes as to more democratic members of congress, mike levin and britney peterson of colorado have now joined the calls for biden to step out as the party's nominee. that brings the total number of members calling on biden to step down to 19. the president is also facing a revolt from some of his biggest donors. the new york times reports that some major donors are withholding $90 million in contributions to his super pack as long as he remains at the top of the ticket. biden's team is now worried about his own delegates to the democratic national convention, about them coming out against him at the convention. all of which just further illustrates the unbelievably stark difference between these two parties. as destabilizing as all of this may be, the democratic convention still remains the place where the party and its delegates can decide their own fate. while the republican party has become so enthralled with its criminally convicted leader that the delegates themselves are under indictment for helping donald trump cling to power. at a rally tonight in detroit for a crowd, a cro

caucus is united, yet during that call with the hispanic caucus that the president had congressman mike levincalifornia urged the president to drop his election bid. what was your reaction? where do you stand? >>> something has happened but we see donald trump there at a rally in pennsylvania, you can see his face, there is blood coming from his ear. not exactly sure what has happened, but those are secret service agents trying to pull donald trump off the stage. he is pumping his fist in the air, the crowd is chanting usa usa, again, this is live video. this is live from a trump rally in pennsylvania in butler, pennsylvania, former president donald trump, something happened. clearly some kind of an attack. you see there clearly, blood on his right here. secret service is trying to push him into the suv. earlier as we came on you saw the former president pumping his fist in the air as secret so chris secret service agents have succeeded in getting him into the armored suv. clearly they will be taking him away from that scene. as we here at nbc news and msnbc news we will do mexicans we will d

of the race on friday in a virtual meeting with the congressional hispanic caucus, congressman mike levincalifornia, told him directly but he should quit. cnn white house correspondent arlette saenz has more on biden's reaction to the growing calls for him to leave the race has it joe biden on the move to michigan, looking to get his candidacy back on track? >> there's more to do i know i'm only 41 we got to finish the job and i promise you i am i'm okay the president working behind the scenes to shore up support, scheduling, at least for meetings with key groups on capitol hill including asian american and hispanic lawmakers. >> the outreach coming after a private meeting between biden and house minority leader hakeem jeffries, who said he directly express the full breadth of insight, heartfelt perspectives, and conclusions about the path forward. a source familiar with the meeting telling cnn, jeffries spoke bluntly about house democrats views and did not offer an explicit endorsement of his own biden, hoping his thursday press conference would put the democratic doubt to rest. but some

mike levin of california is one of them.told the president to bow out during a conference call with the congressional hispanic caucus, britney patterson of colorado also asks mr. biden to stand down. leven, henderson, and brad schneider of illinois to use the same language when calling on the president to step aside. they said it was time to "pass the torch." >> it's not about a single press conference or debate or a campaign event, it's about where we are going and who is best positioned to lead us. it's time for the next generation to step up. >> house minority leader hakeem jeffries met with president biden last night, and told mr. biden what members of his caucus hope the president would do. republicans say it's too late for democrats to worry. >> all these people that are complaining about that he is not ready, he can't do it. he is unable, he is unfit, they have known for years what many of us have known, so they have been complicit in the cover-up. >> the president has conference calls tomorrow with progressive caucus

hispanic caucus friday to which the president was reportedly an hour late, california congressman mike levintold the president to drop his re-election bid. levin later going public with statement saying: i have deep respect for president biden's five plus decades of public service and incredible appreciation for the work we've done together these last three and a half years, but i believe the time has come for president biden to pass the torch. california congresswoman norma torres was also on that call. here's how she says the president responded. >> he was very modest. he was very honest, and he was up front about his commitment to be in this race and to run, you know, the best race that he could. >> reporter: levin is in a competitive house race this fall showing how nervous democrats are about their own re-election prospects. that's why the president's call with the new dems' coalition today is so important. this is a group of about 100 more moderate-leaning house democrats, many of whom represent vulnerable districts. more than half of the 919 dems in congress who have called for the pr

team learned there's a 19th democrat from congress, 18th house democrat, 19th overall, that is mike levin of california that has come out in the last couple moments to call on the president to exit the race. he says, like many of you, i was naturally concerned about biden's performance in the recent debate. he said he made his opinions known in the appropriate manner with leadership, with his colleagues. jeffrey, the democratic leader relayed some of those concerns to the president in their meeting last night. levin continues to say he has deep respect for the president's decades of public service, but he believes the time has come from president biden to pass the torch. he says it's time to move forward with a new leader together. this is somebody who is a frontline democrat. he's part of the mission of democrats in trying to retake the house to try to flip those seats in california, flipping those seats in new york to try to flip control of the house. this is really crucial the. and obviously, it comes as we have seen an avalanche of democrats expressing their concerns. 19 toment colt o

number of democrats continue to call on biden to drop out of the race friday evening, representative mike levinor president biden's five plus decades of public service, an incredible appreciation for the work we've done together these last three and a half years. but i believe the time has come for president biden to pass the torch in an effort to reassure lawmakers, biden met with both the congressional hispanic and asian pacific american caucuses friday. >> this weekend, he's expected to meet with the progressive caucus. alison kosik, abc news, new york. >> bay area congressman john garamendi is among the democrats sticking with biden. he joined us on our 3 p.m. show getting answers. he called the reaction to biden's debate stumbles a feeding frenzy. >> now that we're in this situation is, oh my, my, my, maybe i got a chance to be president after all, without having gone through the primaries and proving themselves. the fact of the matter is that biden went through the primaries and he was not challenged. and there was opportunity after opportunity for anybody to do so. now, going forward, go

california congressman mike levin is the latest house democrat to call on president biden to step aside. >> in total, roughly 18 house democrats and one democratic senator are pushing for a new nominee for now in washington, raquel martin, back to you. >> in san francisco, members of the democratic county central committee have announced support for vice president kamala harris. if biden decides to drop out of the race. open letter. the committee stated harris is the person who, quote, is best prepared to step in and lead at protect biden's legacy. members did not call on biden to exit his re-election. the committee also noted there at gration for biden and what he's achieved in his first term in office. governor gavin newsom met with new zealand's prime minister this morning to discuss climate and economic initiatives. they met at oracle park in san francisco. and during that meeting, newsom showed support for biden being the democratic nominee despite some concerns that are surrounding him. >b still ahead, the insurance company planning to raise premiums for california customers. >> a

california congressman mike levin said on a call the president was on that the congressional hispanicshould step aside and step down as the nominee of the party. this is after the top democrat in the house, hakeem jefferies, was at the white house last night, after biden's press conference, where he delivered concerns from his caucus in-person to the president, but it has not stopped the drum beat of democrats calling for him to dropout. now, five more democratic lawmakers have called for biden to step aside following that presser, bringing the total tally to 19 lawmakers asking him to pass the torch on to someone else, but democrats calls for biden to drop are not just because biden's odds against trump are not great but because they don't think biden is fit for the job. >> we can't have a situation where every day we're holding our breath whether it's a press conference debate or a rally. >> this is not about whether he could give a good press conference. is he able to be up three days straight and to make all of the correct decisions? this is a job. reporter: but will members of th

california congressman mike levin is the latest house democrat to call on president biden to step aside. >> in total, roughly 18 house democrats and one democratic senator are pushing for a new nominee for now in washington, raquel martin, back to you. >> coming up here at 2, we're going go to the rally that was just held against another pg and rate hike. also another day of hot weather. check out the temperatures right now. still triple digits in antioch and livermore, but a lot cooler. if you're in half moon bay, kyla has our weekend bay, kyla has our weekend forecast. when we come back. i told myself i was ok with my moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis symptoms. with my psoriatic arthritis symptoms. but just ok isn't ok. and i was done settling. if you still have symptoms after a tnf blocker like humira or enbrel, rinvoq is different and may help. rinvoq is a once-daily pill that can rapidly relieve joint pain, stiffness, and swelling in ra and psa. relieve fatigue, and stop further joint damage. and in psa, can leave skin clear or almost clear. rinvoq can lower your ability to f

and in that call, representative mike levin directly asked the president to step aside. so again, just another example of what is playing out here, even as the campaign tries to reassure its allies, the president, of course, hitting the campaign trail next week to texas and nevada to make sure he can shore up voters and supporters along the way all right. priscilla alvarez. thanks so much. as president biden fights for his political survival, survival rather, his challenger former president donald trump, is set to hold a rally in battleground, pennsylvania today, it comes just ahead of the republican national convention that kicks off monday in milwaukee all eyes are on trump as we await his pick for vice president the most likely candidates right now, senators marco rubio and jd vance and north dakota governor doug burgum cnn's alayna treene, joining me now from butler, pennsylvania, where now a sea of trump supporters are behind knew, oh, what's taking place there? >> well, as you can see, fred, a lot of people behind me, they're all they're still coming in actually, t

in his one of his calls yesterday with the congressional hispanic caucus, democratic congressman mike levin said to the president directly on this call, i'm told that it was his belief it was time for the president to step aside by i didn't addressed those concerns directly. so we are really getting to see the president trying to stop the bleeding firsthand and making his pitch directly to lawmakers. but we'll have to see if it's enough all right. annie grayer for us. thanks so much for that updated reporting. we appreciate it also today, donald trump, back on the campaign trail as he prepares to become the official nominee at the republican national convention in milwaukee. now less than 48 hours away, cnn's alayna treene is live at the rally and butler, pennsylvania where the former president will address that crowd tonight this is a big moment as trump prepares to announce his vice presidential pick and gets ready for the republican national convention house. the trump campaign feeling about the week ahead pull up. they are very excited from my conversations with them. they're ready to t

of those calls was with members of the hispanic caucus and sources telling me that congressman mike levindirectly to biden that he should drop out and that others were frustrated they couldn't get their questions straight to the president. >> whit: yeah, and these questions keep on coming. maryalice, thank you. we appreciate it. >>> president biden was also in the spotlight this week hosting world leaders at the nato summit in washington. joining us now is white house national security communications adviser john kirby. john, thanks so much for joining us. we appreciate it. so, let's go ahead and start with that moment at the nato summit when president biden introduced ukraine's president zelenskyy as president putin, mixing up their names. of course, he did correct himself, but you know this comes at this critical time as some are raising questions about president biden's health, his fitness for office. what does a moment like that do to president biden's credibility on the world stage? >> well, it doesn't affect his credibility on the world stage one bit. you know, he corrected it, as y

representative mike levin, joining the group. >> i have deep respect for president biden's five pluservice and incredible appreciation for the work we've done together. these last three and a half years, but i believe the time has come for president biden to pass the torch in an effort to reassure lawmakers, biden met with both the congressional hispanic and asian pacific american caucuses friday. >> this weekend, he's expected to meet with the progressive caucus. alison kosik, abc news, new york bay area congressman john garamendi is among the democrats sticking with biden. >> he joined us on our 3 p.m. show getting answers. he called the reaction to biden's debate stumbles a feeding frenzy. >> now that we're in this situation is, oh my, my, my, maybe i got a chance to be president after all without having gone through the primaries and proving themselves. the fact of the matter is that biden went through the primaries and he was not challenged. and there was opportunity after opportunity for anybody to do so. now, going forward, going forward, we have a president who has proven tha

. >> you know, it got quite tense and you had democratic representative mike levin calling telling president biden to step aside. but we also know he had that meeting with house minority leader hakeem jeffries he did not explicitly endorse biden. we know he is a supporter of biden, but i mean are these conversations having any kind of impact on biden? >> they don't seem to be amara, and that's because he's the most powerful person in the world. and he does have a lot more delegates than anybody else. and he doesn't have to make any changes. in other words, all of those different groups that have come to him and said to him, look, we're hearing some really crazy stuff out in the field at is look, it looks like like we could be heading for a landslide defeat. mr. president and if he says, i don't believe you are, i choose not to believe you or i had a great rally last night or i can turn this around. there's really not a lot of leverage than anybody else has to persuade him to act otherwise errol louis louis, we'll leave it there. thank you very much. >> well, both president biden and former p

and we do know from that first meeting, congressman mike levin actually told us the president directly that he believes that he needs to step out and leave the race. this is the first known instance of an elected democratic official directly telling the president after the debate that they think that he needs to go. now we do know that the president started out by defending his record in response to congressman levin, and then he said that's why i think it's important. i got to get out and show people everything from how well i move to how much i know that i'm still in good charge, so we are just continuing to get a sense of that deep anxiety and concerns coming from democratic lawmakers. and so far, a lot of them feel like they haven't actually had the chance, the proper chance to fully air their concerns all right. mj lee arlette saens. thanks so much again, president biden, just minutes away from his campaign events in battleground michigan, and detroit. keep it here on cnn for coverage of that. but first, we're going to talk to a house democrat who is on the list of those publicly

we now have another congressional democrat, mike levin of california, who has called for president biden to step aside. he said he was naturally concerned about biden's approach to that debate, and he's performed chorman's in that debate and he's heard in the two weeks since from his constituents, which is only an essence grown the alarm for him which led him to his statements today. no, those sentiments are certainly likely many of the top concerns that the house the top health leader hakeem jeffries it's a toke in this private meeting to president biden last night. now, we know that he has been hearing an earful from his caucus over the last two weeks, both privately and publicly, democrats concerned about what this effect this has on them would potentially trying to retake the house concerns about the next four years, concerns about potentially not winning the white house in likely those are the things that hakeem jeffries sat down face-to-face with president biden last night and discuss. now cnn's jeff zeleny one source telling him that important to note that in this meeting, hakeem

when most recent being california democrat in a vulnerable spot, mike levin but i believe the time has come for president biden the past the torch. >> it's time to move forward with a new leader. together now a source tells us that levin confronted biden directly with that message on a call today with the congressional hispanic caucus. >> it's the first time that we know of that a member of congress is actually done. so telling biden directly what their concerns are about his chances in november we're told by a source that the president responded and i'm quoting biden now that's why i'm going out and letting people touched me, poke me, ask me questions and joining me now is the junior senator from pennsylvania, the democrat john fetterman, senator. it's great to have you obviously you are in the senate, but the democratic leader over in the house today, he keeps freeze put out a statement about a meeting that he had with president biden last night where he was relaying the concerns that that he's hearing from other democrats. and it notably left out any any endorsement of president bid

right now, that number stands at 19 most recent being california democrat in a vulnerable spot, mike levin but i believe the time has come for president biden to pass the torch. it's time to move forward with a new leader together now a source tells us that levin confronted biden directly with that message on a call today with the congressional hispanic caucus. it's the first time that we know of that a member of congress is actually done so telling biden directly what their concerns are about his chances in november we're told by a source that the president responded and i'm quoting biden now that's why i'm going out and letting people touched me, poke me, ask me questions and joining me now is the junior senator from pennsylvania, the democrat john fetterman, senator. it's great to have you obviously you are in the senate, but the democratic leader over in the house today, he keep jeopardy freeze put out a statement about a meeting that he had with president biden last night where he was relaying the concerns that that he's hearing from other democrats. and it notably left out any any en

example of that is just yesterday in a phone call with the congressional hispanic caucus lawmaker, mike levin, directly appeal to the president to step aside now, in response to that, the president said quote, it's important i got to get out and show people well, he went on to say, i'm still in good charge. and so that is what the president was doing in michigan and what he's expected to do over the next few days is to hit the campaign trail to try to have candid unscripted moments and to show people that he is up to the task of not only being the nominee, but also serving a second term. now, on friday, the biden communications director michael tyler, also acknowledged to reporters that it was quote, or acknowledged, quote, anxiety from capitol hill. so clearly the campaign and the president are well aware of the concerns that are held within their party, but their point is that they have to move on and get behind the president to beat foreign president donald trump so still a lot of questions and these calls today will clearly also be important to try to get everyone behind the president all

and in that first meeting, we are learning that congressman mike levin directly told the president that he believes he needs to step down a stop running for a second term. and the president responded by defending his record and then saying this. he said that's why i think it's important got to get out and show people everything from how well i move to how much i know that i'm still in good charge while the president did try to do some of that with some retail politics in michigan again, take a look around again to finish this job. there's more to do. i know i'm only 41 for the longest time i was too young because i was a second youngest man ever elected to him and i states senate and anyway and now i'm too old but i know hopefully with a little bit of age comes a little bit of wisdom now, there has been so much anxiety and so many concerns being voiced by democratic lawmakers since the president's disastrous debate performance. >> and one concern has been whether the concerns that they are raising to some of the president's advisors are actually getting through to the white house and di

what are the most recent being california democrat in a vulnerable spot, mike levin but i believe the time has come for president biden to pass the torch. it's time to move forward with a new leader together now a source tells us that levin confronted biden directly when that message on a call today with the congressional hispanic caucus, it's the first time that we know of that a member of congress has actually done so, telling biden directly what their concerns are about his chances in november we're told by a source that the president responded and i'm quoting biden now, that's why i'm going out and letting people touched me, poke me, ask me questions and joining me now is the junior senator from pennsylvania, the democrat john fetterman, senator. >> it's great to have you, obviously you in the senate, but the democratic leader over in the house today had keen jeffries, put out a statement about a meeting that he had with president biden last night where he was relaying the concerns that that he's hearing from other democrats. and it notably left out any any endorsement of presiden

and he heard from the congressional hispanic caucus caucus, he heard from democratic congressman mike levin, who said to him directly, i think it's time for you to step aside. i'm going to read to you a portion of biden's answer from a source that was provided to me. biden that's 11 quote. it's a legitimate concern for people, but that's why i think it's important. i got to get out and show people everything from how well i move to how much i know. that i'm still in good charge. that's according to a source. so these calls are happening later this afternoon. we're going to keep you posted on all of the updates from them and the question fred really is, will these calls be enough to house democrats have been asking the president to speak to them directly for over two weeks. it's taken this long to make this direct outreach happen. so we will see what happens in these calls later today. all right. keep us posted, annie grayer. thank you so much. let's bring in now priscilla alvarez. priscilla, what more? what can you tell us about this strategy and how confident they reelection campaign is ab

and in one of those calls with the congressional hispanic caucus congressman mike levin of california spoke up on this call. i'm told from sources and said to the president directly that it was his belief it was time for biden to step aside. now, i'm told from sources that biden responded directly to 11. i'm going to read you a portion of what biden's response was. he said, quote it's a legitimate concern for people, but that's why i think it's important. i got to get out and show people everything from how well i move to how much i know that i'm still in good charge so that's really significant. we don't know how many times a sitting lawmaker has said to the president directly, it's, it's their belief, it's time for biden to step aside. we know it happened in the congressional hispanic caucus call yesterday. we're going to see what happens in these calls today. jess yeah. >> and it's been so much of his messages. let me get out there. let me make the case. annie grayer. great reporting. thanks so much for that former president donald trump is back on the campaign trail as he prepares

mike live in. in a rare instance, levin told the president and his call with the hispanic caucus to move the race. comment another lawmaker in that meeting says left a stalemate. >> there's growing concern in down ticket races. griff: republican strategist chris johnson a democratic strategist joining us now. let's jump in. let me start with you, you've got the campaign clearly in crisis with president biden having to reassure nervous, concerned democrats that he's up to running in four more years but he is at the beach in delaware with vice president harris and his wife, jill biden. what do you make of this and where are you on whether or not biden should step aside? >> president biden has served this country for 50 some years. it is time to retire. i think it's time for the president to listen to what the democratic base is telling him. 6% of democrats believe he should not continue his campaign. the president at the nato meeting called president zelenskyy president putin, referred to vice president harris as vice president trump. not sure whom is more offended by that. vice yes democrats are fr

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