josh shapiro yes. >> so josh shapiro has grown up in pennsylvania. he's been in politics and pennsylvania for 20 years. he's got huge name recognition. he was a state legislator. he was a state's attorney general. and now just leave the governor for the last year and a half he does very, very well. and the vote rich pennsylvania, philadelphia suburbs he's from there. they, they truly like him and he has appealed not just with democrats, but he also has appeal in that boat. richard area with moderate republicans. and that is a big constituency if you can get it in pennsylvania and if you can win that area, you win the state so i happen to. think that vice president kamala harris needs a sister soldier moment and it occurs to me that with regard to both of these candidates and bram, i'll start with you. she gets that insofar as mark kelly has a border posture different from hers. do you agree with me that his stance relative to the border is an asset, not alone? viability that might be his greatest asset in this case, you know, his biography, which is

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about shapiro's name being just in play? popular in this state. there's a recent poll where 63% of respondents viewed him favorably. that's clear in the elections he's won here as well. he won the governor's race in 2022 by 14 points. granted he didn't have the strongest opponent, but doing that in pennsylvania is a real tell. voters on the ground like him. i think they see him as a moderate democrat who can work in a bipartisan fashion. he has republican friends in the state. he even touts that he's the only governor of the state that has a divided legislature. so bipartisanship comes with the job, if you want to get anything done there. i think there are a lot of voters in the state who are really excited at the prospect who are perhaps not that surprised because they know he's had national political ambitions. there are questions about how much a running mate makes a difference. in a state like pennsylvania won by 40,000 votes in 2016, 80,000 votes in 2020, i think some people think it could make a difference. >> connor,

here was shapiro over the weekend. >> make no mistake. white house again, he and his running mate will try to pass a national abortion ban. we can't let them and kamala harris won't. >> this is his third harris event since friday. pennsylvania is seen as a must-win state for democrats appeared some republicans it view shapiro as the most formidable vp pick. he has won three statewide elections campaigning as a moderate democrat, a tough on crime former attorney general. he has pro-school voucher and he is a jewish governor who stands with israel. fox news poll's show shapiro could make all the difference for harris. we are receiving a 61% favorable rating in pennsylvania which is higher than harris or trump. the poll finds that in a hypothetical matchup in pennsylvania, harris and trump are tied but shapiro, he beats trump by ten points. but there are some concerns when it comes to his pro-israel stance appeared for instance the group no cease-fire, no vote here in pennsylvania said they will not support a harris shapiro ticket unless sha

josh shapiro endorsed her. you mentioned that. the gavin newsom, another name that had been mentioned. the governor of california endorsed kamala harris. pete buttigieg, the transportation secretary thought of as a potential rival to replace biden. perhaps a vice presidential contender as well. he endorsed kamala harris as well. i think you're going to see much more of this in the coming days. people reaching out to kamala harris, endorsing her and perhaps positioning to remind her that they could be running mates. >> rest assured they are trying to figure out

it's going to be kamala harris and josh shapiro as the particular t. looks like if joe biden steps down by this sunday, which is what the speculation is now? >> i think what you'll see the enthusiasm gap will change and the democrats will have some more enthusiasm. if she puts shapiro or even if she did something like going to gretchen whitmer and was running an all female ticket, take could be very motivational. i think what you may see, depending on the process by which she is selected, will have a big impact on how much the democrat party comes together and whether it's kind of a coordination at the convention or a fist fight. maria: of course, the convention is in august. i mean, we're probably going to have a resolution to this way before that august convention, don't you think? >> yeah, i would think so. there's so much that those be done. there's so much vetting. and they've got financial constraints that will probably dictate that kamala has to be there. i've said fors years, it a those be here. you can't be a party based on identity politics a

pick shapiro. >> now, it is not only the voters saying that. a lot of heavy hitters here in pennsylvania, legislators, are something they also hope it is governor shapiro. for example, i wrote this article with my colleague, brendan leach, and we reported a lot of democrats in the state are making an aggressive push ar for governor shapiro. everyone from the mayor of philadelphia to the speaker of the house of pennsylvania is really hoping it is governor shapiro. i will end with this. wi the pennsylvania democratic chair, senator charisse street says he's not going to endorse in this particular race because of his position. however, he did say he would be lying and being disingenuous if he didn't say that having governor shapiro as running mate would make his life extremely easy over the next couple of months. >> emma barnett in philadelphia for us. >>> let's go to arizona, where alex tabet is live in phoenix. how has the change in the democratic ticket altered things in that state, especially with senator mark kelly as a potential vp choice? >

and shapiro could be very helpful there.und in places like georgia and certainly in arizona and nevada, and even some parts of the upper midwest with a candidate like mark kelly who brings that heft of being an astronaut and certainly the story of his wonderful wife, and my friend gabby giffords. so you've got a number of snare quos here where i can see where in boils down to a couple of choices that become very difficult, and that's when the strategery will kick in and you'll try to figure out which part of the chess board you'll get the biggest bang for your bucket, which was the thinking the donald trump team had with j.d. vance playing solely to the maga base, which was the advice of his two sons, see how that turned out, and so that strategy does matter in the end. >> i love the call back to george w. david, you're sure it should be governor josh shapiro. >> you know, look, i'm not going to be upset at a senator kelly pick, but i think josh shapiro is the better choice for a clear reason, and that is he is a very popula

josh shapiro whose state is going to be the headliner there.j library, the guy who understand are the lbj library. one of the great presidential libraries in america, by the way, if you get a chance to visit it when you go to austin you will be richly rewarded. but we begin this hour with the stuff we were talking about before, how j.d. vance, weirdo, just keeps getting weirder. we'll talk about this. mike, who knows a few things about weirdness. that's mike murphy out there, who's the man from -- once upon a time the republican party. i see my friend maya wiley over there who is a civil rights leader par excellence and also former mayoral candidate in the city of new york. and here at the table democratic strategist and professor at columbia university, msnbc political analyst basil smikle who's got a basil-colored tie on today. he's wearing a tie that kind of is -- that is the embodiment of his name. and as long as we're here i'll start with you, basil. one of the things that people in politics do often is they get in the weeds, they get comp

all signals are pointing to josh shapiro. maria: well, yeah.first to bring you that name, josh shapiro, as a potential running mate. but if she chooses him, it's because she wants that pennsylvania vote, exactly the same reason trump chose j.d. vance, to get the rust belt -- >> is that at the expense of deerborn, michigan, though? we'll see. maria: the central reserve is what we're focused on at 2:30 p.m. eastern. 30 minutes before the openinging bell, and the nasdaq is up better than 400 points right now. stay right here, "varney & company" picks it up. stu, take it away. stuart: good morning, maria, and good morning, everyone. the political leader of hamas assassinated while visiting iran. a missile

if it is not witmer, should it be shapiro? >> it could be shapiro. it could be north carolina, arizona. there are plenty of states she needs to win. if you're looking strategically at this campaign today and let say it is a reset back to where donald trump was shortly after his convictions on 34 felony counts, she has got to win pennsylvania, michigan, and wisconsin. we know that. if she has a shot at putting talented a -- putting a talented, young, ideological democrat on her ticket, she ought to take one of those and it makes sense witmer would take yourself out of the running. it is hard to imagine democrats would want to have a ticket with two women. certainly plausible. i would not be opposed to it. you have josh shapiro, successful governor, widely popular in a state of pennsylvania that you have to win. if she can put together a coalition of the blue wall and pick off that district in nebraska and not losing the other states -- not lose any other states that biden won in 2020, she is president. it is not a hard formula to figure out. it is int

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, i will read excerpt from stefan shapiro, according to exit polls, shapiro won 15% of voters that wente ran ahead of biden by 10 points or more in half of the state's 67 counties including many traditionally republican areas. people say vice president can't make or break a ticket, in this moment, it seems like that kind of information is very, very relevant. >> those numbers certainly get your attention. typically in recent cycles, as a whole, that running mate state running mate model has been deemphasized because i think it is more about broader holistic message, sometimes you don't know what the demographics are you will appeal to. pennsylvania is so utterly important to the selection, shapiro is so dominant in those numbers. it obviously gives him a leg up. i would not completely sleep on kelly, also a guy like tim walz, the governor of minnesota, if you watched him in recent days has given a very compelling message about first of all, going after the other side, he has a very folksy adult midwestern bearing about him that i think could couple very well. it seems like kamala harris

popular first-term governor josh shapiro of pennsylvania, a state harris needs to win.entucky governor andy beshear, a moderate and a rare democratic governor in a red state. and former astronaut and arizona senator mark kelly, husband of gabby giffords. in pennsylvania today, shapiro was asked about speculation he could be chosen as harris' running mate. >> this is a deeply personal decision the vice president will make. she will make it on her own timetable and on her own timeline. >> reporter: he also pointed out he's known harris for 20 years. >> we have both been prosecutors. >> reporter: governor shapiro was one of the first calls the vice president made after president biden announced he was bowing out. >> our conversation was all about how we beat donald trump and protect our freedoms here in this commonwealth. >> reporter: governor cooper has also known harris for some 20 years, going back to when they were both state attorneys general. today, he talked about harris' recent visit to north carolina to mark the anniversary of the supreme court overturning roe v.

josh shapiro endorsed her. you mentioned that. the gavin newsom, another name that had been mentioned. the governor of california endorsed kamala harris. pete buttigieg, the transportation secretary thought of as a potential rival to replace biden. perhaps a vice presidential contender as well. he endorsed kamala harris as well. i think you're going to see much more of this in the coming days. people reaching out to kamala harris, endorsing her and perhaps positioning to remind her that they could be running mates. >> rest assured they are trying to figure out the formula to give them the best shot. >> yes. it's not just the geographical balance, david. that's important. we haven't seen a running mate critical in winning an election in winning a state arguably maybe not since john f. kennedy chose l.b.j. and won texas. barack obama didn't win because joe biden was on the ticket and donald trump didn't win indiana because mike pence was his running mate. a lot of it was a balance ideologically. she is a little bit more of the progr

josh shapiro. how good is josh shapiro?ell, he's gotten a heck of a lot done in just over, well over the last year and a half. and is another example of democratic governors who believe in our three part strategy. get shit done. [cheers and applause] >> [crowded chanting "get shit done"] >> all right. ok, my foul mouth friends. let's jump in. i got to take a minute to shout out my good friend, bob casey. we got to get him re elected. and of course, i want to thank a man who dedicated 50 years of his life. scranton's own joe biden. [cheers and applause] now, for those of you who don't know me, my name is gretchen back home my friends call me big , gretch. so you can too. i'm proud to be the governor of michigan and i am proud to be here with all of you. we are fighting our working our tails off to elect kamala harris, our next president. [cheers and applause] >> and while i am here, i will just say, go birds! with one caveat -- when they play my lions. i am just saying. [laughter] all right football crowd. , let's talk about

they told me they really love governor shapiro as their governor. they want him to stay, but if he could help harris win, then they would want him to do whatever it takes. basically they're looking for a running mate that can help put her over the edge. governor shapiro from pennsylvania could potentially be that, alex. >> what do you think it is, dasha, that we're getting from the harris campaign? are they looking for the electoral college vote? is that what they're really looking for. is it all about, as it should be, perhaps, someone who might step right into the oval office should something happen to the president? >> well, they put an emphasis on that latter part, someone who's ready for the job. but in terms of the strategy, it's important to have a compliment and a contrast as well, right, and someone like shapiro who is seen as more of a moderate, or potentially somebody like senator mark kelly from arizona, who's also rumored to be on the list, who's from a border state who could potentially help on the issue of immigration. someone that br

vice president then two, they served together as attorney general also pennsylvania governor josh shapiro, and now both of these two men have been elected statewide in their respective states, cooper six times, shapiro, three times in pennsylvania. of course, both of these are battleground states. we also believe that senator mark kelly from arizona is also said to be on the shortlist. the democratic lawyers are also looking at his background. of course, proceeds a nasa astronaut has a military career of his own. the list also includes kentucky gov governor andy bashir minnesota governor tim walz, and i'm told transportation secretary pete buttigieg. of course buttigieg has has already been vetted and confer burned by the senate. he is also close to the vice president. and of course, he ran a presidential campaign of his own. and he is a frequent spar out there on a cable television and other places. he has traveled around the country three extensively. the vice president is looking at him as well, but well, if all of this is coming, as xi is going to reach one of the biggest decisions. s

governor josh shapiro, as well as arizona senator mark kelley, as well as potentially other people on that list. but those two are among the contenders who are getting the closest look tonight, of course, minnesota governor tim walz there's also been in the mix and the harris campaign has been very watching with interest at how he has been performing and what really has been sort of a rolling set of auditions. we saw that in pennsylvania tonight as well the governor there, josh shapiro, he said vice president harris is not only ready he's dam ready. he has been outperforming, really showing what a running mate could be. but erin, this all comes as republicans clearly have been knocked off balance a bit by j.d vance and some things in his history what he has said before that is one of the reasons that even though this surge is accelerated, i'm told th know anything that you said previously can certainly be used against you in the coming race? >> absolutely. all right. as you stand in michigan now on the latest ap poll, i know tide and obviously biden, but down significantly their prior

>> no, it's nothing about shapiro. it's not me saying no to josh shapiro. said no to josh shapiro? it's really just me trying to be mindful of insisting that the campaign be mindful of the tensions around gaza, that's really animating young voters. i want her to be mindful of this progressive wing and how they've galvanized their energies around her. the excitement in college campuses and young black folk around her. so i just wanted to make a decision that's mindful of these things, so just be careful. there is cooper, governor cooper is in north carolina, governor walz is in minnesota. and i giving away some things here? i think i might be. that's okay. >> i know i'm out of time but pete, at the same time, is this an opportunity -- not an opportunity but does, harris need to play defense to those who want to paint her as more progressive than she may be and choose someone that's more centrist? >> yeah, i think so. yeah. i think that's right. my way of thinking about this is that vice president harris has the progressive vote in the base of the democratic

she might go for a josh shapiro or does she want to animate people and inspire them? than it is indeed a pete buttigieg. so who she chooses will say a lot about where she thinks this campaign is headed. >> scott trump has had a gift for coming up for us nicknames with people from little marco to crooked hillary that's stick and somehow get at just, the one, the one movie that you have that you didn't know till the assault was thrown on it, right. and democrats have never been successful going the other way until now. they've been trying something completely different and completely unlike the democratic party party which is to just throw word out there and they're the word that they're throwing out there about trump and j.d. vance is weird. that's it. weird. listen to this some of what he and his running mate are saying. let's just plain weird thanks, guys. just weird. that's i mean, it's like weird what he does right i mean, on the other side, they're just weird no matter what kind of weird stuff they keep saying what was weird was him joking about racism today and t

josh shapiro, andy beshear, roy cooper. we look at who kamala harris might pick as her running mate if she wins democratic nomination. but the rules and procedures around the democratic procedure in chicago. in the last few minutes we have had the rules defining the conservative party leadership here in the uk. let me bring you some of that you said we are told the conservative party will have a new leader confirmed to on the 2nd of november. rishi sunak will remain acting leader until then. the leadership contest will formally open on wednesday with nominations closing at the end of the month on monday the 29th of july. they will choose four candidates. those four candidates will make their case at the conservative party conference in the autumn. party members will vote on the final two candidates as decided by the parliamentary party. so the conservative leadership campaign will run for about the duration of the campaign in the united states. onto the 2nd of november. two final candidates will be voted on as chosen by the

because pennsylvania is a must win state for both sides. >> shapiro i think would be an asset certainlyor the harris campaign in the crucial state the problem the harris campaign might have with that is harris because she's at the top of the ticket whether that can be reraced or mitigating by putting josh shapiro on the ticket and seeing hamas people are against shapiro because he's jewish pro-israel i think there's bigotry there as well. there's -- charlie: ultimately they're saying that. democrat media is saying she can't peck a jewish person because it will cost them the election. >> like that emerged selecting a vice president nominee with anti-palestinian and prowar views will depress turnout among muslim arab american and young 1r0e9ers and greatly reduce excitement that comes with a new nominee charlie. charlie: they're openly talking about it. i don't understand this. this is like it is 2024. but it is like but it is leak the democratic party gets away with this stuff, and it is all it is is extension of identity politics but you can't be surprised this is what you wind up with

i also thought shapiro is pretty talented guy. know, you know, him i wonder if she's able to choose him because of the politics and the democratic party around israel and given shapiro's views on that right now, so nobody, i don't know anybody more critical of netanyahu as a governor than shapiro. but for some reason, people keep attacking him well, he i mean, he is who he is and the democrats are who they are. >> and so she's got some interesting choice before all this. i thought these things were marginal i still think there basically margin i think vance's a marginal impact on the ticket, whoever she chooses, probably marginal but wall shapiro, kelly, i'd read that report if i were them pretty close, we'll see anybody like i so i've actually been a while. it's champion for a couple of weeks there because i was at the detroit we'll see in 2006 when tim walz was a candidate for congress and was one of our freshmen who won in 2000. >> stolen property district? >> yes. and i stole sorry. >> he what i won fair and square. he won kno

and it is called who's afraid of josh shapiro.ten by yair rosenberg and in it, he talks about the fact that josh shapiro is being held to a different standard on the issue of the war in gaza and i want to read a part of his very important article. tell camila and the democrats now reads the site, know genocide josh.com? yes, that is actually a site. say no to genocide. josh shapiro for vice president anti0israel partisans have every right to advocate against candidates who oppose their cause. and there's nothing inherently anti-semitic about doing so. but as its name implies, the genocide josh campaign is not about applying a single standard on palestine to all vp contenders. it's about applying them to one person who just so happens to be the only jew on the shortlist. and to make matters more absurd, shapiro's positions on israel don't come close to fitting the epithet. so that is really the key here. he is very, very strongly against bibi netanyahu and the policies that he has. he says that benjamin netanyahu is one of the wors

among the profiles is josh shapiro of california, one of the swing states.he campaign to mark the 100 day countdown and we will check in with emma in philadelphia, pa. let's talk about the vibe and how it has changed in the state over this past week . >> reporter: the vibe in pennsylvania for democrats is absolutely electric. it feels like someone flip the switch and there is energy and momentum around the campaign. there was the weekend of action volunteer kickoff and cumberland county. it went for trump by 10 points in 2020 and there were about 300 people there ready to go and kickoff the campaign. the pennsylvania harris campaign manager said more than 1000 pennsylvanians have signed up to volunteer for the campaign. listen to what a couple of voters told me. >> i felt very much like there was no use going forward with the biden candidacy and it seemed it was sinking. i have been reenergized since sunday when she emerged as a candidate and i would say it is an amazing turnaround. i hope that is what everybody is feeling. >> it has been electrifying and i

do you think it'd be important than to be somebody from a battleground states such as josh shapiro from pennsylvania needed be somebody who maybe is a little bit perceived, at least a little bit as little bit more moderate. like governor cooper from north carolina, governor beshear from kentucky what are your thoughts on that i have absolutely no dice think right now she is drinking from a firehose. >> she's standing up a campaign. she's potentially fighting for the nomination she's thinking about who might be your vice presidential running mate, all the names you mentioned would be fantastic. i guess my only advice to her is the advice you'd probably give to any person picking a running mate, just choose somebody you're confident can be president of the united states. i think really you're going to have these two incredibly strong you're the top of the ticket donald trump and kamala harris. i think that 99 point 99.7% of voters decisions are going to be based upon those two candidates, not the vice presidential candidates one of the big lines of attack we've heard from the trump campai

how good is josh shapiro?s gotten a heck of a lot done in just over -- well, over the last year and a half and is another example of democratic governors who believe in our three-part strategy, get shit done! [laughter] all right. ok, my foulmouthed friends, let's jump in. i got to take a minute to shout out my good friend, bob casey. we have got to get him reelected. and of course, i want to thank a man who dedicated 50 years of his life, scranton's own joe biden. [applause] now, for those of you who don't know me, my name is gretchen whitmer. back home, yes, back home, my friends call me big gretch, so you can, too. i am proud to be the governor of michigan and i am proud to be with all of you. we are working our tails off to elect kamala harris, our next president. and while i am here, i will just say, go birds. with one caveat, when they play my liens. i'm just -- lions, i'm just saying. let's talk about what we agree on. that is that this is a place that based on how the phillies are playing this summer,

governor shapiro is one of those.was speaking out in a way that was challenging the trump campaign. this happened in the last hour. >> i'm sick and tired of this guy going on tv every day [ bleep ] talking to america. i got a message to donald trump. stop [ bleep ] talking america! >> not every day that we have that with a bleep on your program. the governor of -- governor shapiro is calling out donald trump for the way, in the governor's view, denigrates the united states, talks down the strength of the country. that's a trumpian style, his brand of being forceful. it's one of the things that kamala harris and her team will evaluate as she looks at candidates who could be a running mate. >> kelly, that was striking. that is not the m.o. that you come to expect from the former attorney general, the current governor in pennsylvania. we have had bleeps before but usually associated with donald trump. one of the things that we can go around the table on is that in years past, you and i were staked out watching cars going

josh shapiro, the governor of one of the three must win states. the blue wall of the battleground states, pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin must win for kamala harris, should she be the nominee? >> and now there i'm told to informally polling delegates to make sure that people who were committed to biden-harris are now committed to harris whatever white man exactly which it does, the names being floated this is, this is, this, right right. but i do think that this does two things. it helps get more endorsements. >> know, it makes it feel it's good for pr. >> but also, we are four weeks from a convention. they have to get organized. i spoke to the person who's in charge of sort of getting videos together. those profiles. and i said how's it going? the source said the mission is this, the message is the same. but we're waiting for your profile audie, something i suspect we're going to hear a lot from the republicans is borders are kamala harris borders are kamala harris. she was never actually designated borders are she had a select part of the bord

obviously you mentioned shapiro. buttigieg is a popular name. cooper in north carolina. michigan's whitmer said no, she is not in it. but i think really good question is and i know dooce is going to be on the loose coming up. is he going to be asking the question. do people know who is in the running and who she is considering it. it is an interesting question a lot of people came up and asked me that question. it's not. >> steve: what did you say? >> shannon: i tried to help them as much as possible. obviously mark kelly has been floated the top of that list for quite some time. we knew buttigieg was going to be on talking to shannon over the weekend. some of those governors pretty popular not really well-known all over the united states. >> brian: unknown factor about 40% about all of them for senator mark kelly they say he would be stronger on the border. not for building the wall. only seems to take interest in the immigration issue when he is up for re-election. i thought he would be more of a manchin type of democrat where he would be up there saying this is not ok

josh shapiro, very popular governor of pennsylvania. that's a state that president biden won by just one point. could shapiro put pennsylvania more firmly? in the democratic camp? same type of issue for arizona. this is a state that president biden won by less than a point. he's been trailing. they're badly in the polls. could popular senator mark kelly make a difference there? roy cooper's really interesting governor retiring governor in north carolina. this was the closest state that biden lost to trump. could democrats go on? vance maybe with roy cooper on the ticket? and then finally, one of these names does not like the other here, and that's andy beshear, the governor of kentucky. that's the state that donald trump won by more than 25 points. if you're picking andy beshear here, you're not picking him to pick up kentucky, you're going after something else, wolf good point. >> john berman. thank you very, very much. erin, back to you. all right. well, if and joining us now is antonio vieira gaza, the former democratic mayor of los

do you think it'd be it's important than to be somebody from a battleground states such as josh shapironnsylvania needed he is somebody who maybe is a little bit perceived, at least a little bit as a little bit more moderate like governor cooper from north carolina, governor beshear from kentucky what are what's your thoughts on that? >> i have absolutely no, it i think right now she is drinking from a firehose. she's standing up a campaign. she's potentially fighting for the nomination. she's thinking about who might be your vice presidential running mate, all the names you've mentioned would be fantastic. i guess my only thanks to her is the advice you'd probably give to any person picking a running mate, just choose somebody you're confident can be president of the united states, i think really you're going to have these two incredibly strong figures of top of the ticket. donald trump and kamala harris. i think that 99 point 7% of voters decisions are going to be based upon those two candidates, not the vice presidential candidates. >> one of the big lines of attack we've heard from

harris will receive the endorsement of major labor unions this time in pennsylvania governor josh shapiro considered a strong candidate as her running mate will also be on hand. as harris enjoys the momentum of endorsements and fundraising, she is accusing former president donald trump of back pedaling on their upcoming scheduled debate last night, his campaign with through the commitment to debate until the democrats nominee is formerly decided. meanwhile, a new poll shows a trump harris race is too close to call at this point according to new york times sienna college survey of likely voters, there's a difference of only one percentage point that's well within the margin margin of error. let's begin this hour with this new endorsement from the obama cnn's kayla tausche is over at the white house. kayla, this endorsement is not a shock, obviously we knew it was going to be coming soon, but it is another another huge boost to the harris campaigns momentum right now, which is surging and jim, it speaks directly to the ground work that has been laid for this campaign, just five days in and

josh shapiro, the governor of one of the three must win states. the blue wall of the battleground states. pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin must win for kamala harris, should she be the nominee? >> now there i'm told informally polling delegates to make sure that people who were committed to biden-harris are now committed to harris? >> why whatever a white man exactly which it does, the names being floated this is, this is, this, right right. but i do think that this does two things. it helps get more endorsements it makes it feel it's good for pr. but also, we are four weeks from a convention they have to get organized. i spoke to the person who's in charge of sort of getting videos together, those profile and i said how's it going? and the source said the mission is the message is the same. but we're waiting for her to profile audie. something i suspect we're going to hear a lot from the republicans is borders are kamala harris. borders are kamala harris. she was never actually designated borders are she had a select part of the border portfolio

i'll just put forward my enthusiasm i have known josh shapiro for more than 20 years. he has been a friend. he has been a mentor to me as i was running to fill his empty seat in the pennsylvania general assembly he looked after me. he helped guide me even as i went on now to congress so we remember we remain colleagues and friends. he's a man of family. he's a man of deep faith and i'm a person of faith, so we share that even though our fates are different faces he's a man of extraordinary complement political and public service accomplishment so we go way back. and so he has my full throated enthusiasm and i have to tell you pennsylvania will be very excited with whomever the vice president picks because we have such a deep bench. but josh shapiro would be a very great pick congresswoman that you were just named to the task force that set to investigate the attempted assassination on donald trump i'm curious to get your thoughts on some of the new reporting that we've received from local swat teams on the ground saying they identified the shooter as a suspect, 90 minu

it's just really funny to see josh shapiro say it's up to the harris campaign.ng to the campaign this morning, it's the first time they were publicly acknowledging that they are campaigning and that they are vetting people in earnest that the process has began in earnest. it's interesting because we have been hearing for a long time from sources. you have the graphic where we were listing the contenders. that was all from sourcing, calling people close to it. the campaign is saying yes, we are starting that. i got information from a campaign aid talking about what harris herself is thinking in this moment. this is new because people around her had been telling me what they thought but to hear sort of what the candidate is thinking is really important. i want to read part of it. it said she's looking for someone with shared values of fighting for the middle class, protecting democracy, and freedoms, treating people with respect and dignity, and creating an america where somebody gets a fair shot, and everybody gets a fair shot. they also say she's looking for a g

again, compare that to josh shapiro, who outran biden by 14 points. and i'll also note in 2020 when he ran for attorney general, he was the top vote getter for the democrats. and that year as well. so josh shapiro, the clear runaway favorite, at least on this metric and harry, what signs do you have that a vice presidential candidate can help a president carry their state yeah pennsylvania, pretty key state, arizona, and other key state. >> so the question is, can these guys actually help you in these states? if you put them on the ticket. so i want to just sort of look at what the political science tells, tells us i'm a little bit of a nerd, but we kind of look at this and we try to gain an understanding of whether a vp nominee can actually help the top of the ticket in their state. and what do we find? we find that in fact, there does seem to be a proven benefit. now it is small, it is small, 0.5 to two points added to their running mates margin on average. but again, boris, you know, elections in this country, how tight are they, right? you know, y

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josh shapiro, the clear runaway winner, and mark kelly, not too far. all the goals on the other night, he said he doesn't buy the whole idea of selecting a vice presidential nominee. he based on thinking that that person can help you win, the state, is there evidence that a vp candidate can actually help president carry their state? okay. so we can go into the political science right here. we can run some models. we can look at past elections and yes, there is, it is small, mr. begala's right? it is small, but if you look over time, there does in fact seem to be some impact we're talking about half a point to two points on average, sometimes there's a fact, of course, when you're talking about average won't necessarily be there. but when we're talking about on average yes, there is that impact and more than that, it's really the only impact that we know that's measurable. the only thing that a vice president can do you think about these elections that we've had in this country, anderson, they are fought by the closest of margins, right? pennsylvania la

josh shapiro is my friend. i think he will make an incredible vice president. we have gotten big things done here in the commonwealth with this leadership. we just passed the largest investment bill in education in history, a bill that i worked on with my friend, jessica benham, to deal with lowering the cost of prescription drugs. the list goes on, and on, and on. she wants a partner who can help her get stuff done, i think josh shapiro certainly rises to the top of the list. but, i will say this, vice president harris really doesn't need any of our advice. she is going to choose a governing partner and i am excited to see who she chooses, but i am just so proud of how she is running this race, and how she is encouraging every single voter to know that this democracy requires something of you, too, and you have a chance to get involved. >> michigan state senator mallory mcmorrow at pennsylvania representative, malcolm cannot appear so good to hear from you. please, come back. we have a lot more michigan and pennsylvania on the horizon. i appreciate your time t

people saying it could penopennsylvania governor josh shapiro is her running mate.you think? >> i would imagine that's going to be the move and be the play. obviously he's a popular governor in that state. he's somebody that can also gavellize support in a need to -- galvanize support in a need to win state and it'll be a battleground state and a a strategic pick for kamala and being more moderate and the days and weeks go by and some of the honeymoon wears off of her and people talking about radical record prior to being vice president and she'll need somebody to balance out that ticket and ease some of the fears about her being a san francisco, california, radical liberal and that's probably going to be the move and unfortunately for the trump vance campaign, it's going to get early support and enthusiasm. something that the trump vance campaign can't afford right now. liz: it's a good point you make mr.. it's interesting because pennsylvania voters also have the kitchen -- swing state voters have the kitchen table problems of double digit inflation, grocery infla

and donald trump as josh shapiro pointed out, lights to talk down america. making that context is important, especially since trump and the republicans have embraced ideas that are so outside the mainstream and so extreme. >> no question about it. it was interesting watching the republican groups from a long time ago. it seemed a little robotic. the democratic convention feels like it's far away but it's not that far away. the country has seen the vice president's stump speech, her attack lines. it's been well received and she has a lot of good lines. you've written a lot of convention speeches and their different from a stump speech. she's working on that now, no question. how is it different i would do you think a few of them, you should think about trying to land in that? >> i also think kamala harris's speech will be even more different than the usual convention speech because no major party nominee has ever reintroduced themselves to a national audience with their convention speech. usually you do that with your announcement speech. plenty of time. she

josh shapiro in pennsylvania. mark kelly from arizona. these are people perceived as relative moderates. if she were to choose them some people would look at her and say everyone is in is really liberal but she picks this guy, maybe she is not so liberal. host: we he a text from michael in florida who says, "you think president biden will transfer power to vp harris so she can run as an incumbent and vastly improve her odds to win?" guest: that is a great question. that is something i was wondering about after the june 27 debate when it seemed like president biden would drop out of the race sooner than he ended up doing. maybe give kamala harris the opportunity to run as an incumbent as the question references. traditionally incumbents do better. we see that not just in presidential races budding congressional races which is so at odds with the way we talk about talking about people in power, we want to throw the bums out, drain the swamp. look at reelection rates in congress. 2022 was the first time 100% of senators running for reelectio

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. >> good evening pennsylvania's governor josh shapiro spotted be on the shortlist of possible resumeesident kamala harris because he is proven that he can win in pennsylvania and is an important battleground state of 19 electoral as a must win for democrats and polls have shown former president trump's pleaded pennsylvania and is widening governor shapiro, when the governorship here in 2022, by a landslide, putting points, any of the 12 statewide races here as attorney general and his approval rating as governor is approaching 60 percent of the 51 -year-old has successfully campaign has a pro police and tough crime candidate and he is not afraid to go after republicans on 800 abortion, january 6 and has boasted about the fact that he gets defended democracy in court is a jeep them of a former present the election results in pennsylvania in 2020 at shapiro's jewish which given the war in gaza could be a liability for the democrats in places like michigan, recent abc news poll honey 45 percent of the voters do not know who he gets which could also be an issue not just for him over for

harris' husband is jewish and so is one of the top candidates vying to be her running mate, josh shapiro. today on the attack against j.d. vance come once a fierce tp critically >> jamie vance isn't being honest with himself. he goes out and sucks up to donald trump everyday he is full of it and he knows it. i think that is why it is hard for him to be authentic and real. >> reporter: mansour means under fire for marks in several past interviews criticizing people without children. >> you go on twitter under most always the people who are most deranged and most psychotic are people who don't have kids at home here >> reporter: trump offered this defense of vance. >> he said, for him, he likes