fagan, so we just heard from the big headliner, michelle obama, curious to get your take on it, rahm emanuelicy for the first time but she was a character witness, was she effective? >> she came with something to say and she probably has a stature given what she said up front, when was a powerful point, you know i don't like politics. she came and did a most effective take down of this president and the consequences to all of us and then a build up to what joe biden can be as a president and the country we all know we all remember, and restore that country. so, she did it on the character side. but i think she, you know, we were joking earlier, she has been holding this in for three and a half years and came with something to say and did it in a way that i don't think that, i think was quite effective. because it was very personal. there was an authenticity that came with her voice that was not just a political speech from another person. she is not, some people introduced her as a politician. she is not a politician, she is clear about that. and i think there was an authenticity of the frus

rahm emanuel, did he rise to the occasion?s, he rose to the case, and he rose, more importantly, not just for him but for the country, giving a sense of purpose, a plan, very specific plan, but also i think one of these type of speeches you get a chance to lift the hood and look inside. and he gave people a chance to see what motivates him, what is his purpose in life, and give them a purpose on this mission. >> they brought great imagery to the speech, i thought. but he didn't bring a lot of specifics. and i think that's the biden game plan. don't bring a lot of specifics, sit on the lead that he obviously has right now, and try to hope that he can just ride it out without giving a lot of specifics. the president's job next week is to draw him out. if he doesn't do that, he's going to be in big trouble. >> you know, i think today was a confidence builder for us, right? we were worried that he would not appear as strong or as consistent as we needed him to be. i think the fact that he brought everybody into the room, the fact

good evening everybody, we are joined now by chris christie, the former governor of new jersey, rahm emanuellican strategist, sarah fagan, we have the st. louis capitol that pointed guns outside of their home at black lives matterer prote eer that donald trump is the defender of western civilization, there was a lot of playing to the base. do you think this was an effective strategy for opening night, governor? >> no, i think the most effective speech of the night by far was tim scott. and i think it was effective not only because the content that tim spoke about was reaching out to people beyond just the base of our party. but it remained consistent with the principals that the party has stood for, for a long time. but most importantly it was authentic. tim scott came across as just who he is. which is a person who got raised in a family that cared about certain values, said he didn't, was not always on a straight line up. talked about failing out of school. focusing on the wrong things. but that he came back and built himself up to be a united states senator from south carolina. that's the

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here with rahm emanuel. a very different kind of speech from four years ago, speaking on behalf of somebody else. >> having worked with both clintons, have a master's degree in clintonology. she's the best advocate for somebody else. she knows joe from the situation room, teammates on foreign policy, i think she did an incredible job, and pounded hard with an authenticity, your vote counts. this is not frivolous. without being too much, this is not a game anymore. and you know the consequences of it. and i think she was very effe effective on what an election can mean, and the consequences of it. >> as you're watching theyou'ree democrats over these three nights, they're stunned after winning the popular vote by 3 million, and losing the electoral college by 77,000 votes. >> that's still raw for her. she won the popular vote. what struck me about the last couple of nights, the female stars of the democratic party have been subtle in their attacks on donald trump. michelle obama was a little more direct than

i like rahm emanuel a very smart guy. i'm staying a republican.ng a democrat, but i am a growth republican. i am a republican that believes that sometimes government may be -- it's not a "never." sometime it's a last resort, not a first resort. you know, wolf, when i was governor with balanced budget it's, ran surpluses but expanded medicaid because i wanted people to have health care. i'm concerned ang the environment. what's happening, a whole generation, a new generation, millennials and gen x-ers and baby boomers are trying to hang on and they're not able to hang on. we're going to see change. the job of the baby boomers, educate or make points to the earlier generation about the things we think america, what makes america work well, but for those that want to hang on to today or hang out, hang on to 40 years ago with ronald reagan, forget it. it's like putting your finger in a dike. it doesn't work. so i think the republican party is going to have to change, because if it doesn't change, i don't think it's going to exist, because we can't be

we have a little time with our team now and i want to bring in rahm emanuel, picking up on what chris christie said a moment ago. the white house is going to have to consider adjustiininininini g plans, powe're hearing they may postpone the speech. >> in history, 1992, hurricane an true drew in florida. a time that george bush 41 wasn't focused at home. 2005, katrina in new orleans, changed -- >> midterms. >> midterm election and for 2006, nancy pelosi became the first speaker. so, hurricanes and more than hurricanes, whether you show compassion, effectiveness and governing. one of the big challenges given covid was the fact that people realize this president wasn't up to the job in the sense of managing. one of the cases that biden's making right now, i handled the recovery act, i managed that process, so, if they don't handle this and i would also say not only this, but the outside events are impacting the internal rhetoric at this convention. you have what's going on in wisconsin, around the country, what's going down in texas and louisiana, outside events are buffering the inner p

as, you know, rahm emanuel used to say, points on the board. they've got to get some points up very quickly. >> hey, kim, i note that the "boston globe" editorial board -- oh, wait, that includes you -- is out with an editorial saying that congress should step in to protect the mail-in vote. and it occurs to me that that too would be a test of mitch mcconnell and his love for democracy and ensuring the process of a presidential election goes through successfully. >> it would. it's a reminder that congress does have the authority to oversee the mail, and democrats on the house are saying that that authority includes ensuring that the mail is delivered speedily and efficiently, particularly right now in an election year and when it comes to mail-in ballots. we've already seen the postmaster general implement new austerity measures that has already slowed mail dramatically and that has raised alarms on capitol hill. that's an entirely separate issue from whether or not the postal service will get emergency funding as part of this next round of cor

rahm emanuel rubs people the wrong way.art, kamala harris served in local, state, federal office and has been tested on the national stage. for people to say anything about her except for her record to me is a little bit odd. i want to point it out. karen bass, 100%, you don't have to pit the women against each other. karen bass is one of the most able legislatures that we have period. her ability to reach across lines and get stuff done. you want that in a vice president. you don't have to use the praise of one to put down the other. the division that you complain about in the republican party shouldn't show up in this party. all of these women should be judged on their own. >> yeah. one of the things that we know, again, this is a common thing that a woman is too ambitious. again, it becomes personality based. did anyone say paul ryan was too ambitious. harriet tubman was ambitious. thank god. i think there are women around the country trying to come out and stop the nonsense. we can't continue to view women through these

rahm emanuel, we worked with him in 1992, in many ways, a vintage clinton speech, but on a very small screen and small stage. >> tunderstatement of hathe year.s e thi entryve back today and look at what he said in 1992, talking about the people that work hard, pay taxes, trying to raise their kids right and know the difference between right and wrong. he actually spoke at that point after democrats having lost five of the last six presidential elections, he was the first democrat to win since roosevelt, not only the election, but the re-election. he's the first president actually that also then reshifted the party to a new direction and talked about a bridge to the 21st century. i think he did one other thing here about the stark choice. both david and linsey talked about empathy about joe biden. i would add two es. experience and endurance. we've gotten the empathy point. but i would start to fill out contrast perfectly like the espr that's here. the experience to govern and the endurance to do this. the american people know we have a long haul here and his own personal story of what

former chicago mayor and obama chief of staff rahm emanuel, sarah isgur, democratic strategist kareno a cnn political analyst, and former new jersey governor chris christie. governor christie, i want to start with you. we have a brand-new poll out this morning. our first post-convention poll, ipsos/abc news and it shows that the president's approval rating rating has not changed at all post-convention.vl take a look. he has a 31% favorable rating, 31%, 59% unfavorable, basically where it was before the convention. did he -- why didn't he get a bounce out of this convention? rahm, we're having some technical difficulties. let me ask you that question. >> let me do this for chris, okay? >> speaking for chris christie. >> i have been waiting for this for a long time. here's what i think is interesting is not only did joe biden improve his likability, his approval ratings and also drop in his negative, donald trump didn't do anything. so all this effort is somehow painting a picture of an empathetic, high quality person who cares about people and has this image actually that was not only

. >>> let's bring in our roundtable, chris christie, yvette simpson, sara fagen and rahm emanuel.e favorite heading into the convention. what does he need to do this week, can the democrats do what they need to do this in virtual format? >> first of all -- we've all said -- hopefully this will be the last convention. hard to have a convention if you don't convene. the core question, is to continue to do what he's done with the excitement with kamala harris. ba, e, sheeahes moderawing v riles up trump, five, she's drawing trump's fire away from biden toward her. donald trump isn't going to win by attacking kamala harris. he has to hurt in some way joe biden. he hasn't accomplished that. she's drawing all his fire. in elections when you run for re-election he's trying to repeat in 2016 2020. successful re-elections run a new campaign. >> sara, you talked about kamala harris. wide approval for kamala harris, 54%. it seemed like she did what she needed to do on the announcement. >> it's a historic moment for the country. all americans should take pride in that. having said that she wa

i want to bring in rahm emanuel for this. you wrote a piece today saying the goal of the biden campaign is to create biden republicans, much in the way that ronald reagan created reagan democrats in 1980. >> in 1980, there were reagan democrats, a cultural landscape allowed that break with the democratic party, working class families. i think donald trump's created a unique opportunity, which are called biden republicans, and i think what you're seeing because of the cultural landscape, an twiat this time to science, there's a unique political opportunity that this election could be either be just purely transactional with those voters or transformative with those voters and reagan democrats redefined 20 years of the country's political landscape. i think that opportunity exists today because the republican party, even in the organizing principle today, is donald trump. the question for the biden campaign and i think biden administration will be, can they actually build something around that that's more long-lasting and reall

joined by rahm emanuel. former chief of staff to barack obama. and barbara comstock.igueur and chris christie. chri me begiwith you. crs do l >> i think the democrats did one thing right and one thing wrong. the democrats did one thing right -- the right thing they put a portrait of joe biden forward that shows him to be a kind, compassionate, caring person. which i found him to be over the years. i think they did that very well. where they swung and miss on the issues, they just didn't talk about them. in martha's piece in north carolina, that republican male who said it's really coming down for me a choice between a policy and persona. he likes joe biden better. but he's concerned about their policies. i think that's why they didn't talk about them. but the republicans are now going to force them to start talking about those issues and when they do, i think that's when this becomes a much, much closer race and a real binary choice. >> leah, what do you make of that? i put this to kate bedingfield as well. the democrats a good job of showcasing joe biden, the diversi

rahm emanuel did nothing.es less than nothing. meanwhile on a totally different note. we got you off the streets and into the water. you are doing a fox nation shark special because everywhere you go sharks are attacking. let's watch a clip. >> okay. >> sharks are interesting, scary. summer of the shark. everyone is looking for a headline that will attract attention but it's irresponsible. >> irresponsible because just for starters it grossly exaggerated the threat of shark attacks. >> there were fewer attacks than normal but, yet, everyone thought there were more sharks were going to swim up onto the beach and get you. brian: so you are a debunker even though suffolk county, long island told everyone don't swim this weekend in the ocean. >> kind of crazy that i'm doing this because i can't even swim. but the whole narrative that sharks out here targeting people or attacking people is just false. what happens every summer is that the media slows down in ratings and have nothing else to cover that is sensationa

when i served in the white house in 2009 and 2010, i was one of two emanuel brothers. my brother, rahm, was the political -- >> well, i think we've just lost zeke, but i think you were getting the point that we should not be politicizing this process. zeke is a wealth of information on this topic, and he and i have had several deep discussions about vaccines and the fact that they should be fully, fully tested, and the other problem we've got is that what we've seen lately is press releases from companies working on these vaccines announcing their success and the stock running up and then people selling that stock, you know, gaming the market. that's another thing we shouldn't be worrying about. vaccines should be determined by efficacy through clinical trials in which they are proven to be safe and effective, and that's the end of the story. that's zeke emanuel. we talk a lot. i'll have him back. he's a former white house health policy advisor for the obama administration. he's the author of the book "which country has the world's best healthcare?" >>> collusion between a president an