and now houston, cnn's priscilla alvarez is there for us. priscilla, what will we harris his message? in the next hour well, she's expected to talk about the importance of unions in her own longstanding relationship with them. >> of course, this was the first union to endorse her when she was put to president biden withdrew from the race. and it is one of the unions that the vice president called on sunday and that blitz of calls shortly again after president biden said that he would not seek reelection. so she does have a relationship with the american federation for teacher of teachers, and she's expected to talk more about that today, but she's also expected to continue to articulate her message on the campaign trail, which is what we are seeing more of over the last week, not only talking about the stakes of the election, but specifically the issues that could be in play, like reproductive rights, gun violence, health care, and one key theme we'll hear a lot about that. no one is above the law. of course, the vice president has said that

jeff stay with us when we go back to priscilla alvarez, who is traveling with the president rehoboth beach. >> priscilla, there is news about an endorsement for the vice president we, that's exactly right, alice, we've been walking through some of the questions we still had. well, one of them, a very important one was just answered by the president in this post, he says today, i want to offer my full endorsement for kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. democrats, it is time to come together and beat trump let's do this. so there you have it. the president is putting his support behind his vice president to serve as the nominee of the party and pleading democrats to come together in this moment. of course, there have been so many questions about whether the president would offer this endorsement so democrats would also come behind the vice president in a moment where they could choose someone else. the president is making it clear there has been enough divisions in this party. it's time to come and provide the endorsement of kamala harris. and i want to reiterate because it

team of coral respondents covering this entire breaking story, wolf, i want to start with cnn's priscilla alvarez, who is in delaware with the president where he's been and priscilla obviously, this is major news manu just describing a shellshocked and democratic party following this news from president biden, what else are we? learning about? just how he came to this decision that he resisted for three weeks from members of his own party, but now has acquiesce to those calls to get out of the race and a shock to kaitlan, to white house and campaign officials, though he notified his senior teams right before putting out this letter. this is certainly coming as shocking news to those. hear it that have joined him, as well as across the campaign. now, the president, as you mentioned let's here is here in rehoboth beach, delaware at his residence where he has been self-isolating from net positive positive covid diagnosis from last week. now, she was over this course of time that the president was around his senior advisers, his inner circle, which we have learned, had grown even tighter by the day,

let's get the latest now, live from the white house with cnn's priscilla alvarez and priscilla how does president biden hope to regain the confidence of voters over this next critical stretch? >> whereas the resounding message from the president's allies that they want to see him more often and to see him in unscripted moments. and there is some of that on the horizon. of course, we'll see the president today during the july 4 celebrations here at the white house. he's then going to two battleground states, wisconsin and pennsylvania. and of course he'll participant in that high profile interview with abc news tomorrow. now, advisers had been talking over the last week in ways that they could put the president out there more often and try to make the point that that energetic north carolina rally that we saw him at after the debate, that that wasn't just a fluke, but that is the person that they see behind closed doors. but the reality of course, is that it hasn't calm nerves and the president i think is trying to give us a glimpse of what his message might be on the road with a pair of

the only democrat or republican has beaten donald trump ever i'm going to beat him again cnn's priscilla alvarez is joining us now and priscilla ease biden now pivoting or at least trying to pivot from that debate performance to attacking the former president well, what you heard there, jessica, from the president is the core of his argument that he is best suited to beat former president donald trump. this election year and so he has been on the attack. of course, he has been refining those attacks over the last several months as well as introducing new criticisms of the former president including, for example, that he is a convicted criminal, given what happened in the foreign president's criminal cases. but the president is also having to do two things at once. go after his republican rival, while also easing the anxiety among those within his own party and on that front, he has been engaged in an outreach campaign over the course of the week with his allies, including donors at democratic lawmakers who all still harbor some concern about whether he is the best candidate to go up against trum

priscilla alvarez. thanks so much so as president biden fights for his political survival, his challenger, former president donald trump, is set to hold a rally in battleground, pennsylvania today, 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 joins me now from butler pennsylvania, where trump's rally will be taking place. all right. lots of anticipation on and who his running mate will be when might this announcement come well, friday could come as soon as tonight however, when i talked to donald trump's most senior advisers, they say they're still unsure about the exact timing. they really view a monday on monday evening when donald trump is expected to be nominated for the third time to become the republican party's official presidential nominee. that is when they view the deadline for when they must announce. i will also know that the senators jd vance an

i want to go straight to cnn's priscilla alvarez. she's in delaware where the president is recovering today. priscilla, what can you tell us about the former house speaker, nancy pelosi, apparently telling the president that the polls show mr. biden cannot win. what's the latest? >> jim look, this is another significant development with a high profile democrat in this case, former house speaker nancy pelosi, telling the president in private conversation at the polling, bears out that he cannot defeat former president donald trump and if he does move forward with his campaign, it could destroy it the chances of democratic lawmakers who are running in, house seats. now, the president, according to sources, was defensive in this saying that his polling shows that he can still go up against former president donald trump. but at one point, that former house speaker asking to get one of his senior advisers, mike donilon, on the phone to talk through the data. now when presented with this according the white house maintain that the president

let's go to priscilla alvarez now at the white house. so priscilla, you know, what can you tell us about biden's strategy to turn his campaign around? well, the president and his team remain defiant when the president arrived in harrisburg. reporters asked him on the tarmac if the democratic party is behind him, and he forcefully responded? yes. and we are seeing a bit of a shift in strategy here while the president is on the campaign trail, he's taking more of those unscripted good candid moments with voters and supporters. and that is something that his allies had requested in the days following his performance on the debate stage. now, of course this morning the president also spoke with church goers and pennsylvania and then two at a campaign event in philadelphia, where once a porter said, we need dark brandon reference to that meme and he said, quote, dark brandon is coming back. they're really captures where the president is at in all of this as he tries to show sort of an energized self on the campaign trail, but it hasn't yet pu

respondent priscilla alvarez is in rehoboth beach, delaware following the president. priscilla, there have been a lot of calls. i know he knows about the speed he's taken some of the calls himself to get out of the race. sounds like he's not doing it. >> reporter: no, he is certainly defiant, as is his campaign, which has taken to the airwaves and in statements to same the president is standing in the presidential race. but, there is no doubt, sarah, this has been a deeply frustrating and challenging time for the president and for this campaign because this calls for him to step aside from members of his own party have continued over the course of this past week but also over the course of today including from some members who, not long ago, by that i mean after the cnn presidential debate, were standing by his side at his rallies. so, this has been a quickly developing story for the president and his campaign as they have sought to calm nerves, had the conversations, hit the campaign trail, and yet continue to get this incoming from members of the party, from allies,

priscilla alvarez. thank you so much. i want to go to ron brownstein, who's also standing by and ron we are getting some what's known as a port full report. so brazil reporters travel with the president and they report out for all of us. so one, just one person can be doing that job. this is what the pool report said. pool her to a series of loud explosions. explosions are loud bangs that the secret service went and immediately covered president trump, which is what we saw on our screen. pull heard residual bangs afterward. that's when the crowd started to duck for cover. agents grabbed trump, who was seen waving his fists in the air. we saw that on the video as well. they let the stage to the car and appear to have left the premises again, we do know that he is indeed left the premises at this point, we saw him hustled into that car by secret service agents ron, this is this is a very critical moment as jeff zeleny was alluded to this changes a lot just in terms of having this incident happen it almost feels that, you kn

let's bring in priscilla alvarez, priscilla, walk us through the president's strategy to convince his fellow democrats that he should stay and the race. what was his strategy that breaks down in two ways. one, privately, it's the president working the phones to get the democratic party in line and behind him going into november the second part of that though, is publicly making sure that the focus is on his republican rival, donald trump. and the difference between his red record and that of again, his republican rival. now, the way this looks behind the scenes is again, the president reaching out to key groups of lawmakers. this is part of an outreach campaign that has been the case over the course of the week. the president is speaking to multiple allies to try to reassure them and calm their nerves about his candidacy. and that includes two more calls today. now, again, just sort of look back at the week briefly at all of these concerns culminated in a meeting between president biden and house minority leader hakeem jefferies on thursday. that was an opportunity for the house minor

priscilla alvarez. thank you so much for your reporting there from the white house. >> okay. >> joining us right now is the chair of the d triple c, the house democratic campaign arm congresswoman suzan delbene of washington guardsman. thank you so much for coming in. so the d trip says it had its best day of the cycle in the first 24 hours after biden's announcement that he was stepping aside one of the best online fundraising days in in the house democratic campaign arms history if vulnerable democratic seats are better off with harris at the top of the ticket. now how much better off would you describe it? >> well, there is a ton of energy and enthusiasm all across the country. people know what's at stake. this election. our rights, our freedoms, our democracy, and our future and so that energy enthusiasm, turning out every vote is so important in battleground districts across the country because we know that when people hear our message, we win. and number one, we've got to make sure people hear tha

. >> let's also get started right now though, with cnn's priscilla alvarez in washington dc, priscilla out what the mood within the biden campaign following a pretty pivotal moment, the biden campaign, things that the interview last night did exactly what they wanted it to do and they're in their thinking, they think that it showed a president who could respond to these questions. do so in an articulate fashion and really push back against the concerns about his cognitive house. so there looking at this as a wind, seeing it as a strong interview. and really what the president was doing in that interview was showing defiance dismissing the concerns and the critics about his candidacy. now, i will note as we take a step back here that it is a remarkable interview. this was an interview that was focused on the viability of the president as a candidate oftentimes, when there are interviews with the president, they are focused on domestic policy and foreign policy. so in that space, a few takeaways from this 22 minute interview first on the debate, the president said that he was exhausted,

asian-american and pacific islander in philadelphia, while first lady jill biden is in pittsburgh, cnn's priscilla alvarez is joining us now, and priscilla, what more can you tell us about this campaign blitz across a very, very important state, pennsylvania? >> an important state at an important moment, of course, the president is trying to make sure that he and his campaign have the democratic party behind him because there have been multiple questions over the last several days of whether or not he is a viable candidate for this election year. >> now, while that campaign blitz was ongoing, president was working the phones. we know he had one meeting already with progressive lawmakers and another call is currently ongoing where he is listening to what they have to say and what concerns they may harbor about him going forward and going up against former president donald trump. of course, this comes after he was in michigan yesterday hey, also very important state for him and trying to convince voters and target former president donald trump, drawing the stark contrast between him and his record. but perh

let's go straight to cnn's priscilla alvarez, who's with the president in delaware and priscilla, you have new details tonight about democratic efforts to keep the donations flowing to the biden campaign. what can you tell us? >> yeah. and high profile democrats at that from a president bill clinton and former secretary of state hillary clinton have privately urged donors to come ten you to provide funds to the biden campaign as long as president biden is the presumptive democratic nominee with one source describing it as quote, deferential to the process. in other words, as long as the president is the candidate and presumptive nominee, donors should continue to back the president this is an area where the campaign has recently faced some headwinds as big-dollar donors have held back their checks. he has of the questions that have been swirling around the president's candidacy and his viability as the democratic candidate. now i should note that vice president kamala harris did have a fundraiser today in massachusetts where they raked in over 2 million. that was bit of a bright spot

cnn's priscilla alvarez. priscilla, i understand you have new reporting just about how the white house, how the biden team is viewing this interview today? >> looked him, this is going to be a high-stakes moment for president biden as he tries to reassure allies and voters through this prime time interview, biden campaign officials tell me they recognize that, but they also note and are managing expectations with the president's verbal missteps. he has prone to those he has talked about that before, noting that he has taken efforts to overcome his childhood stutter. so at times, that is what is coming through. and there has been pushed back as well over the last several days from the biden campaign when there is a magnification of those verbal missteps with one spokesperson saying that it is, quote, not news and quote past the point of absurdity. but what is the point here? jim, is that, while the president's what the president says in this interview is going to be important. it's also the delivery of how he s

a formal endorsement from the former president for the vice president is expected soon cnn's priscilla alvarez is in houston where harris is about to speak at any moment. priscilla, what can you tell us well this would be a significant endorsement, jamie, for president barack obama were to endorse her and he was taking an approach similar to 2020, watching this unfold and then hoping to unify the party when a democratic nominee was chosen. >> and that does appear to be vice president kamala harris, or at least she's very well on that track. so of course this has been a divisive several weeks for the democratic party. and the vice president has made a point over the course of this week to make calls to make sure that democrats are i'm standing behind her. because again, foreign president barack obama statement on sunday was very focused on president joe biden and his decision to withdraw from the race. now, one of the challenges for the vice president over the week is striking a balance between acknowledging a president who abruptly withdrew so from the presidential race, while also defining he

to continue supporting joe biden's campaign as long as he is the presumptive nominee but as priscilla alvarez reports, signs of democratic disarray continue to grow president biden is facing a fresh wave of democratic lawmakers who say that he should step aside and allow someone else to be the democratic candidate and nominee. >> they remain unconvinced that the president is up to the task of taking on former president donald trump. this election year and continue to pour out letters asking for him to drop out of the race. but over the course of all of this happening, the president is behind in closed doors as he is trying to recover from covid and has been self-isolating at his residence in delaware. sources telling cnn that the president remains in touch with his close advisers as they grapple with what has become an increasingly challenging moment for this campaign. not only hearing from democratic lawmakers donors, allies, and in a letter obtained by cnn, former national security officials, and high ranking foreign policy experts, who say that it's too whiskey for the president to stay in

cnn's priscilla alvarez is in houston for us where harris is starting her day with a speech at a teacher's union event. priscilla, we understand from her campaign that she said, look, you will hear what some of my policies are with israel when she sits down with netanyahu, what are you learning and she has certainly been a voice in the administration that has tried to underscore the plight of palestinians. >> having those martin were notable remarks earlier this year about the deteriorating and the dire their conditions and gaza, you can anticipate that some of that is going to come up in that sit down with the prime minister. but a lot of the focus this week for the vice president has been striking the balance between acknowledging a president who abruptly left the presidential race and also defining her own campaign and that is what we are getting a glimpse of this morning. in this new campaign video, take a listen freedom, not just to give fine, but get ahead the freedom to be safe from gun violence. >> the freedom to make decisions about your own body. >> we choose a future where no ch

simply can't because he is self-isolating because of covid drawn he's feel like eventful days priscilla alvarez and delaware. thanks so much. priscilla, sir. >> all right. more and more, democrats are publicly telling president biden what he's also hearing privately from pelosi and schumer that it is time for him to step away from the race. congressman adam schiff, powerful congressman, the 20th lawmaker and most senior democrat in washington to call for the president to step aside. lauren fox live in washington. lauren, what can you tell us this morning? >> yeah. for the last several weeks, sara, we've started to see this steady drumbeat of democratic lawmakers coming out publicly asking for the president to step aside because they fear that he cannot beat donald trump. we have also seen senior leaders trying to have these very candid conversations with the president at the white house and elsewhere to try to show him. and this is the case with pelosi, that he cannot be donald trump based on polling, that they are seeing behind the scenes, democrats are frantic because they know that over the

coming as the harris team launches a new $50 $50,000,000 ad campaign in battleground states cnn's priscilla alvarez is joining us now. priscilla, what should we expect from her rally in atlanta today well, this is a rally that is intended to build on the surge of enthusiasm over the last week and to do it in the critical state of georgia, remember, this was a state that president biden narrowly won in 2020. >> and it was the first time a democratic presidential candidate won the state in nearly 30 years. so for all of those reasons it is going to be closely watched and it is also why the harris campaign will be there to rally voters. now, we're getting a little bit of a glimpse as to what her argument is going to be during this rally. and that is prosecuting the case against former president donald trump, something that her ad is also doing take a listen as a prosecutor, she put murderers and abusers behind bars as california's attorney general, she went after the big banks and 120 billion for homeowners. >> and as vice president xi took on the big drug companies it is to cap the cost of insulin fo

cnn's priscilla alvarez at the white house. priscilla, what's the plan? >> well, look, john, these are two voting blocs that have shown waning support for president biden. so he is trying to shore that back up with this stop in nevada, both appealing to black voters and latino voters, but he's also tasked with navigating a quite delicate political moment. the president really starting the camp pain again in earnest just yesterday after letting it sort of sit on pause after the attempted assassination of former president donald trump on saturday. so yesterday remarks really focused on policy versus attacking the former president personally and also extending prayers to the former president on the policy front though, he made the point that his record has been better for black communities going after four example, the former president's remarks on black jobs. take a listen to that i love his phrase, blacked job a lot about the man at, about his character full trying to win a black job is it's a vice president united states. >> i don't want to apply chavez t

let's go now to cnn's priscilla alvarez, who's in delaware and priscilla, you have some new reporting tonight on how some democrats are backing president biden. what can you tell us? >> too high high-profile democrats that are urging donors to stay behind biden and continue to donate toward his campaign. that would be former president bill clinton and former secretary of state, hillary clinton, essentially, again, urging these donors to continue to send those big checks over to the biden campaign. one source describing the couple is being deferential to the process. in other words, that as long as president biden is the the presumptive nominee, he should be backed financially. but of course, there are still so many questions about just that and the biden campaign has been facing multiple headwinds when it comes to donors. now, we should note that the vice president did have a fundraiser today, massachusetts that raked in more than $2 million. and she also spoke with donors yesterday at the behest of biden advisers, too. they are certainly trying to make some inroads here and get these

i'm going to go straight to cnn's priscilla alvarez. she's at the white house, so priscilla is the president's stumbling when it comes to damage control while pamela, it has now been a week since that debate and the president and his team are still on cleanup duty now, the president has tried to reassure his allies and even his campaign staff joining calls yesterday alongside vice president kamala harris and also convening those democratic governors at a meeting here at the white house. >> and we are now learning more details about that candid conversation that happened behind closed doors. for the president's telling governors that he would stop doing events after 8:00 p.m. saying that he needs more sleep, that according to sources for frustrating some of those in the room and also making some self-deprecating jokes. let me read you some of this new york times report that says that mr. biden replied to a question from the hi governor about his health, that his health was fine, quote, it's just my brain, some in the room took that as a j

used it for a massive fundraising push after it aired with us now to break it all down, cnn's priscilla alvarez, you washington, dc, priscilla, how are they using this? they say this proves that the president is ready to go well, sources i've talked to you certainly feel pretty good about the way that the president i participated in that interview. >> and at the wisconsin rally yesterday hey basically making the argument that the debate was a fluke and that really was the idea behind doing a high-profile interview was to try to demonstrate that. but look, the biden that we got in that interview was a defiant joe biden, someone who continued to make the case that he is best suited to go up again? donald trump, even as some of his allies, including democratic lawmakers, are not so sure. and to take a step back here, this was a remarkable interview because it was so focused on the president's viability as a candidate. oftentimes when a president sits down for an interview, it's about domestic policy issues, foreign policy issues, but not this this was really, in some ways personal talking about th

we want to go now to cnn's priscilla alvarez, who's in wilmington, delaware, and priscilla, the vice president, is traveling there later today. what are you learning about about her travels and her campaign? in plans well, just got this as a campaign that has undergone a seismic shift over the last 24 hours alone. >> and now, the vice president is on her way to the buildings behind me. the campaign in headquarters where she is going to say hello to staff. that is the way that this has been described. an opportunity for her to meet face to face after what has been just a pivotal moment in this campaign. now, i will tell you in speaking with sources, the mood in headquarters is mixed. there is some relief there is also sadness, and there's also a lot of excitement. of course, some of the initial anxieties and questions among staffers was whether there was going to be a change in location patient, weather headquarters was going to move elsewhere up until this point. there's no indication that that will be the case. they were also wondering if they were still going to have jobs and leade

you're going to drop out here's my i am running and we're going to cnn's priscilla alvarez is joining us right now priscilla, i mean, what can you tell us about biden's strategy to convince democratic lawmakers that he should remain in the race while publicly the president is staying defiant and he's doing so too in those private phone calls, but he is having to work the phones all the same. >> and this outreach campaign to key groups of lawmakers. now, this is something that we saw over the course of the week as we heard directly from democratic lawmakers who were still concerned about the viability of president biden as their democratic candidate. and nominee this election year, that amounted to house minority leader hakeem jeffries meeting with president biden on thursday, where he was able to share some of those caucus concerns. and according to sources do so bluntly. now, of course that meeting came after the president held his solo news conference that was just under an hour. he fielded about 19 questions from reporters and that was a moment that a lot of people were watching to

since some of her close allies in congress are joining in the calls for him to drop out cnn's priscilla alvarez is with the president in rehoboth beach, delaware. so priscilla, we've also just gotten an update from the president's doctor on his condition after coming down with covid, what did that update say? >> well, bottom line, the president's symptoms are improving that according to dr. kevin o'connor, who put out an updated letter on the president's condition. he is improving. he continues to take paxlovid, but he is still testing positive for covid. now of course it was covid that took the president off the campaign trail this week, he had been in nevada where he was trying to shore up support among black voters and latino voters. but it was in the middle of that that they learned that he had tested positive for covid and had to return here to delaware where he is in or he's isolating at his residence. now, as the president has been behind closed doors with his inner circle and democratic lawmakers and allies continue to pour in with letters saying that the president should step aside and

priscilla alvarez. thanks so much. so as president biden fights for his political survivor survival rather, his challenger, former president donald trump, is set to hold a rally in battleground pencil sylvania today, 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 coda governor doug burgum, cnn's alayna treene is joining me now from butler pennsylvania, where trump's rally will be taking place. all right. lots of anticipation on and who trump's pick will be. might it happen while you're there or during the convention your guess is as good as mine, right now. >> fredricka know, i mean the anticipation, the suspense of when this announcement will come continues to build. it could happen tonight when i talk to donald trump's campaign advisors as recently as this morning, they said they are still weighing when this is going going to come. now i will tell you that they view as of now, monday evening, that is when donald trump,

let's bring in cnn's white house correspondent, priscilla alvarez, who is with the president in delaware priscilla biden's team. they are adamant that he is staying in this race. what more? are you learning today they are adamant and yet the list continues to grow with more letters pouring in today from democratic lawmakers saying that the president needs to step aside. >> now of course, this was an important week for the president to be on the campaign trail shore up support among black and latino voters and also convince those who are skeptical that he has the vigor to be the democratic candidate. and nominee, despite all of the circling questions and concerns. but of course, just as he was getting underway and doing that in nevada is right when he was diagnosed with covid had to blitz back here to delaware where he has since been self-isolating. now over the course of that time, we have seen more of those letters and calls for the president to step aside. well, the president himself is deliberating and with his closest inner circle, as they also feel these incoming messages. now now,

as some lawmakers way whether to go public with their private concerns cnn's priscilla alvarez is joining us now from the white house. priscilla, what is the biden campaign message should de and what is the mood behind the scenes well, over the last 72 hours, we're seeing a bit of a shift in strategy by the biden campaign to go for more of those unscripted and candid moments by the president ditching the teleprompter at the behest of his allies, who have said they wanted and want to see more of that moving forward to remind voters of the president, joe biden that they say that they know. >> now, of course this morning we saw that at the church in philadelphia where the president spoke to church goers and then not long ago, we also saw him at his campaign office where he also talked to his supporters, including one interesting exchange where a woman said, we need dark brandon that's sort of, that's in reference to that meme and the president's said dark brandon is coming back. of course, all of this is to try to put questions about the president's candice candidacy to rest, but that hasn't

priscilla alvarez. thank you so much, john. >> look, i don't think it's the best time of day to take care of your law. and by the way, it's too be that as it may this morning, vice president kamala harris has 200 million new dollars in her pocket in a new plan to exploit the republican vice presidential nominee, senator j.d. vance. now the harris campaign claims that vance is the most unpopular vp pick in decades with the backlash still reverberating over his comment from years ago, labeling harris and others, quote, childless cat, ladies, seen as eva mckend joins us this morning with this latest new. so what's the plan here? eva? >> you know, john republicans argue the enthusiasm around harris is manufactured, but the pain providing us this morning, some specific proof points, some evidence of real energy. not only did she raise $200 million since president biden announced he would not seek reelection a week ago 66% of those people are donating for the first time. the campaign also telling us this morn

but let's start with cnn white house correspondent priscilla alvarez, who is with the president in delaware. so priscilla, i understand that the president is doctor has just given an update on his covid recovery. what did that doctor say? >> that's exactly right moments ago we received that doctor's note at firm kevin o'connor, that says that the president is still testing positive for covid, but that his symptoms are improving and he continues to take paxlovid. now, of course, the president we learned had covid on tuesday. he has been self-isolating here at his residence since in delaware. and even as he self-isolate, he has been deliberating along with his inner circle as they continue to receive multiple letters and messages from democratic lawmakers who remain concerned about the president's viability as the democratic candidate. and so the campaign for their part publicly, and on the airwaves yesterday that the president is staying in the race while acknowledging that it has been a difficult few weeks for them, the campaign also saying that the president is going to hit the trail again

it's trump is also calling for a second debate against biden to be quote, no holds barred cnn's priscilla alvarez is live for us at the white house with the very latest good to see you, priscilla. all right. so what's the latest what's the strategy? how are they going to put things forward? >> well this is absolutely a make or break moment for president biden. >> of course, after that debate a campaign officials and white house officials have tried to reassure allies by saying they will see the president moore and they will see that vigor and aggressiveness that they talk about or describe the president as being behind closed those doors. and of course, over the last week we have heard from allies who said they do want to see the president get out on the campaign trail and have these unscripted moments. so in a new campaign memo, they're laying out exactly that in the month of july, a couple of things. the president, the vice president, the first lady, and the second gentleman are all going to visit our altogether is it every battleground state? the president is also going to deliver remarks at t

let's get right to cnn's kayla tausche at the white house and priscilla alvarez in wilmington, delaware, just outside campaign hq what they're calling camila hq priscilla, vice president harris just arrived in wilmington to meet with the staff there you have new reporting about the mood. what can you tell us? >> yeah, jake, there's certainly mixed emotions over the course of the day here at the campaign headquarters. of course, there's was a seismic shift for the campaign the last 24 hours and sources tell me there was a feeling of grief, of relief and also excitement and that is what you heard as soon as the vice president walked into headquarters, was that cheering and applause? but take if you also notice in those images which while there is new signage of kamala for president, there is also still biden-harris signage. that's how quickly all of this happen that they still haven't been able to replace everything though they did also hang up the california state flag and only hey, moments before she walked into campaign headquarters, they also debited a new website up until this point.

came after pelosi warned biden, he could lose in november and take the house with him cnn's priscilla alvarez joining us live from rehoboth beach, delaware, where the president is recovering from covid-19. and priscilla, you're learning about how some influential democrats are backing biden as he faces down this pressure from within his own party. what more can you tell us yeah, backing on a very important issue and that is money and donors. >> what we're learning from sources is that former president bill clinton and former secretary state hillary clinton had been privately urging donors to continue to donate. now, one source describing the couple as deferential to the president's decision another source saying they're deferential to the process. in other words, they want or believed that donors should continue to support president biden as long as he is the presumptive democratic nominee. now, of course this it comes against headwinds for this biden campaign, they have struggled with donors, some of whom have been holding back their big dollar checks over concerns about the president's camp

i want to bring in cnn, white house correspondent priscilla alvarez. she's in rehoboth beach, delaware with the president. i'd states priscilla what have you learned about how this seismic and i do mean seismic announcement even came to pass after weeks of defiance well, ultimately the last 48 hours were pivotal. the president is self-isolating in his delaware residence here because of his positive covid diagnosis. and it was during that time that he was also deliberating and reflecting we're now learning that the president on saturday evening huddled with his senior advisers who were here in rehoboth beach and they assess the polling. they talked about what democratic lawmakers had been pleading the president to do, which was to step aside. and it was during that time that the president was starting to come to the decision that he was going to drop out of the race. he also, of course, consulted with his family. they have always been pivotal in almost all of his decisions over the course of his political career. but then today was ultimately the day tha

cnn's priscilla alvarez joins me now from rehoboth beach, delaware, where the president does remain an isolation because he tested positive for covid priscilla, one democrat i think spoke to us and talked about how they feel that they're caught in this doom loop what are you hearing this morning well, that doom loop is essentially what we have been seeing unfold over the last several days as even more democratic lawmakers come out asking the president publicly to step aside, including yesterday, that of jon tester, a vulnerable democrat, who is up for reelection. >> so all of this is coming together, playing out, unfolding as the president is isolated here at his residence in rehoboth beach, delaware, and he is increasingly isolated his inner circle has grown even tighter as he deliberates what his next steps are going to be. one source saying, quote, the walls are closing in, but those loyal aides also remain dug in the president, for example, has often cast doubt over any polling that suggests that he can't go up against former president donald trump. and many of his aides still main

let's go straight to cnn's priscilla alvarez, who is traveling with the president in delaware this saturday, and priscilla the biden campaign says the president will be back on the campaign trail next week there is no other nominee. he is moving ahead. what are you hearing it continues to be a tone of defiance. >> the campaign, making it clear on the airwaves and in statements of the president is staying in the race and that there is no plan b or other scenarios that are being cooked up for the president to step aside. now, of course, the president is still grappling with multiple democratic lawmakers who have put out letters saying that he should withdraw from the race. i also obtained a letter today from former national security officials and foreign policy experts who also ask the president and to step aside saying that they, while they respect his foreign policy chops, they just cannot risk for president donald trump taking on a second term. so the campaign is grappling with this reality weeks after the cnn presidential debate. and the president's performance at that debate that's stoke

will have much more in just a moment we're going to go to our cnn white house correspondent, priscilla alvarez, who is at the with the president in rehoboth beach, delaware president biden is pressing ahead with his plans to return to the campaign trail next week, despite priscilla, these growing calls for him to end this reelection bid as you and others have reported, this growing chorus of democratic lawmakers, 35, you can see them right there on the screen publicly urging him to step aside. there are a dozen new names. it doesn't do democrats on friday alone. the latest announcement coming in just the last hour, but priscilla biden now insisting that he's staying in the race source says that he is seething at former house speaker nancy pelosi since some of her closest allies are joining in these calls, what more are you learning there's no doubt that it has been a challenging week for the president and his campaign as they continue to receive these incoming letters and messages from allies and democratic lawmakers who say that he should step aside. >> now, the president, of course, had been

we want to get details on that conversation now with cnn correspondent priscilla alvarez, she's actually in rehoboth traveling with president biden as he's isolating after he tested positive for covid priscilla, walk us through what we're learning about how the president responded in these conversations yeah the president is facing growing pressure from those within his party, including top democrats, like house speaker or former house speaker, nancy pelosi, over his candidacy. >> what we're learning from this private conversation that happened recently was that the former house speaker presented the president with polling that shows that he can defeat former president donald trump and that he could destroy the chances of democrats running in house races. the president, according to sources, responded defensively pointing to his own polling. and at one point in that conversation the former house speaker asking to get his senior advisers, mike donilon on the phone to walk through the data. it is this type of private conversation that really captures the tension within the democratic party

right priscilla alvarez. thank you so much for that. we're also getting new reaction from donald trump to this democratic chaos. cnn's alina train has more on that for us. so elena trump has been relatively quiet on trump like right lately and it it's clear from the reporting you have that's because he wants biden stumbles should be sitter states still, right? >> that's exactly right, pamela, they want all of the chaos surrounding joe biden after the fallout from his poor debate performance last week, as well as the questions over whether he should ultimately step sayyed to be the story right now. and so you're exactly right, donald trump has been uncharacteristically quiet this week, and that is intentional. his team has told us that they want him to lay low. he's been at his club in new jersey at bedminster all week. however we did actually hear him on a new video that was first leaked to the daily beast and then donald trump himself actually posted it to his own true social page where he was sharply criticizing both president biden a

of course, she is talking about his shaky debate performance thursday night, cnn's priscilla alvarez at the white house this morning with the latest brazil. what are you hearing here? >> while there is still an attempt here to try to calm nerves especially amid anxiety and concerns within all corners of the democratic party still days after thursday night's debate. >> now, we know that the president huddled with his family over the weekend at camp david, where his family continued to encourage him to stay in the race grace and showed their support. advisers also telling cnn of the conversations are really focused on how the family can continue to help him in the race, not whether he should reconsider his candidacy of course, his family is crucial. they have been really important in an influential when it comes to the president's decision-making about running for office and reelection. now the president himself has also been collecting data and public polling and anecdotally, again, as they still grapple with that immediate fallout from the debate, there has been anxiety among donors,

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priscilla alvarez at the white has this morning priscilla. thank you, fred. >> all while biden looks to course correct. his campaign after the debate, donald trump is ready for round to the former president, unleashing some fourth of july fireworks on social media last night posting a flurry of attacks against biden and the democrats, calling out the president to debate against him a second time, this time, quote, no holds barred. cnn's elana treene with me now so ln of what more is the former president's saying he's kinda seizing on this moment, isn't a he is. there's no question, fred, that donald trump as well as republicans at large, are relishing this moment and look, we have seen donald trump really ramp up some of his rhetoric online in the past 24 hours or so, but i will also argue that he's been uncharacteristically quiet this week. he has had no public events. he stayed at his bedminster golf cupp and new jersey. his team essentially told me that he's purposefully laying low. he wants joe biden and all of the handwringing we're seei

let's get ready to cnn's priscilla, priscilla alvarez at the white house with the latest facility. what are you hearing? >> while the president was huddled with his family at camp david yesterday was a previously scheduled visit, but of course it was also at a crucial time as there has been so much fallout from the president's thursday night debate performance. now, the family, according to biden advisers, has told the president they support him, that they are encouraging him to stay in the race. now the conversations, according to sources, have been very much focused on how the family can help biden and not whether he should reconsider his candidacy. we're also seeing some of that too, and the pages of vogue and an editor's note for a profile of the first lady, the first lady telling the magazine that the president going to be judged of over those 90 minutes. again, referring to the debate, but rather his record that has been something that we have heard time and again from allies over the last several days. the president two is collecting his own data, anecdotally and through pub

cnn's priscilla alvarez is joining me now from the white house. i mean, talking about a constitutional amendment, most people will see that and say that is likely never going to happen. but these are big potential changes that president biden in hopes to push through to stand up for yes, there are there's no doubt that there would certainly be a long road ahead for these changes should the president announced them. >> but these are actions that liberal lawmakers and groups have in common. calling for four years. and if congress were to approve them, it would represent the biggest hit to the court in decades, just to tick through some of these, again, according to sources, this would include term limits for those nine justices, the enforceable ethics codes. remember, there there has been great scrutiny on the supreme court for ethical lapses, and that amendment that would effectively reverse the ruling that gave presidential immunity. now, the president alluded to something some of these changes in a call with the congressional progressive caucus o

rally in pennsylvania exactly what we're doing today all right cnn, white house correspondent priscilla alvarez is in delaware where the president is recovering brasilia. there's also besides the covid diagnosis, there are concerns about another diagnosis for his campaign, which has as not been very good lately from some top democrats, including the former house speaker, nancy pelosi ten, there's no doubt, but it has been a critical 24 hours for president biden, who was sidelined off of the campaign interior wall because he had tested positive for covid. >> all of this, as cnn is learning that recently the former house speaker, nancy pelosi and the president had a private car conversation in which the house speaker showed him polling that he couldn't defeat former president donald trump, and that he could destroy the chances of democrats running in house races. now, in that conversation shouldn't, according to sources, the president was defensive, pointing to his own polling that he could still take on former president donald trump and at one point in the conversation, the house speaker aos, to

, a new cold code of ethics, a constitutional amendment banning presidential immunity, cnn's priscilla alvarez at the white house interesting that proposals ended up themselves, maybe not going anywhere kind of more interesting this morning, they're coming from president biden when he's no longer the candidate, priscilla while a reminder john, that he was set to announce these proposals before he pulled out of the race. he was going to go to austin to announce it following the attempted assassination of former president donald trump. but that trip was postponed all the same. he is proposing them plans to announce them later today in austin for for that rescheduled trip as he commemorates the civil rights act. now, of course, the vice president is also backing these reforms in a statement we received only moments ago from the harris campaign she says, quote, today, there is a clear crisis of confidence facing the supreme court as it's fairness has been called into question. us jim, after numerous ethics scandals and decision after decision overturning a long standing precedent. so even if presi