their remarks were delivered at the hotel dupont, a historic property in wilmington, delaware.ice pres. biden: good afternoon, folks. i'm going to be brief. i have been getting a briefing on average four times a week since march from a group of public health experts on the state of coronavirus and all aspects relating to it. again, whichtoday is the normal briefing i get with experts on the call, about a range of issues. we talked about school openings. we talked about a distribution of a vaccine if and when one arrives. we talked about the racial howarities that exist and covid-19 is affecting different races differently. and we talked about the continued lack of ppe protective equipment and testing capacity and the like. plan out a comprehensive over the last three months on each of these things. today i want to talk about one thing. doesn't have anything to do with democrats, republicans, or independents. it has to do with a single proposition. every single american should be wearing a mask when they are outside for the next three months at a minimum. every governor should m

by the way, the hotel dupont has been a sight for joe biden many times in his history as a politicianing accepting becoming a senator the first time at many events in that hotel. let's talk about this rollout today, and bring in our panel, jonathan swan, national reporter for axios, katie pavlich, news editor at townhall.com. we heard the speeches, we saw the chemistry between the two even though it was a little weird because of the social distancing and everything else about covid that is weird, katie, your thoughts on the rollout? >> it certainly was relatable in how we are all trying to live our lives in a state fashion, the manner of the ongoing pandemic. but we saw a different side of kamala harris today. we learned about her family life, what she thinks of her term personally, she is no longer herself campaigning as a candidate, it is very clear that her goal is to attack the trump administration, to go after th them. and very clearly laid out how they are going to use a road map to go after the trump administration's record. she talked about wanting a mandate, not just wanting

there are rumors that the hotel dupont, a very famous hotel in delaware there in wilmington, a grand ballroom is being set up. but time will just tell. wow expect it tomorrow. >> all right, sounds good, thank you, andrea. >>> kamala harris was born to indian and jamaican immigrants flats where she road the buses that integrated the city schools every morning. she was driven into the hills to thousand oaks elementary. she went on to attend howard university before returning to the bay area to pursue her law degree in san francisco. she began her career at the alameda county district attorney's office before the san francisco da recruited her across the bay. 2003, she was elected to lead that office, harris went on to serve two terms as california's attorney general before being elected to succeed out going senator, barbara boxer. she briefly catapulted toward the top of the democratic presidential race last year before dropping out in december. kpix 5's julia goodrich continues our coverage with more local reaction from the east bay, juliet? >> reporter: we are in fremont where there'

should get used to covering these confines to our viewers it's possible to wake up in the morning at the dupont hotel and drive to the dupont high school and still pass at least three places named after the family that founded the chemical company that built a lot of the state of delaware. mike, thank you very much. >>> let's bring in our panel on this wednesday afternoon. "the new york times" chief white house correspondent peter baker. donna edwards and cornell belcher. >> let's talk about the numbers, if you're advising this ticket in that living room, in delaware, socially distanced yes, what are the pitfalls, what would you warn them about as you look at the numbers across the country, do you believe any of the numbers this far out? >> those are all really good questions. let's start with the numbers. couple things, one is the numbers that you're seeing joe biden garner now across the battlegrounds and national are unprecedented for a democrat, as you know brian, for democrats historically don't garner and hold a ten-point, 12-point, 13-point lead not over a couple weeks but a month here, four,

their remarks were delivered at the hotel dupont, a historic property in wilmington, delaware.e pres. biden: good afternoon, folks. i'm going to be brief. i have been getting a briefing on average four times a week since march from a group of public health experts on the state of coronavirus and all aspects relating to it. again, whichtoday is the normal briefing i

the country. we also have seen a significant amount of activity here in downtown wilmington just today. specifically around a hotel, the dupont that some personal and historical significance to joe biden n 1972 the place where he celebrated his upset victory to earn his first senate seat. brian, we're waiting for if this is the pick indeed at this point, the name of that person we should expect that in that text message. we're working our sources to see if we can find it out ourselves. >> so, mike, let's show a little bit of our homework here, you not unlike the military, two types of intelligence in this line of work, human intelligence and signals intelligence, the latter means that every reporter worth his or her salt has been looking at flight tracking apps trying to figure out any private jets coming into wilmington and the philadelphia and the human intel obviously is simply working sources, asking people who might know someone who knows in addition the campaign of course it's to their advantage to leak details as they can and i'm guessing we're full tilt on both of these fronts? >> reporter: yeah, brian, for sure. 12 y

in terms of what we'll see today, behind me, the hotel dupont, the last time joe biden held a public event of any sort before he really did shut down the campaign, it was also here. he released his own plan for dealing with the pandemic. and what we've seen from that moment on, really, obviously without the ability to hold public campaigns and rallies, is joe biden doing everything he can do model what he believes is presidential behavior, showing what he believes the president in the white house should be doing right now, obviously embracing that contrast with what president trump has been doing. it's really an interesting insight into the campaign that their first day, as you say, the first full day of campaigning, we'll see them surrounded by a team of public health experts. they're probably be doing some questions and answers, taking that insight from that team, and then delivering some brief remarks. the biden team has always believed that the pandemic is issue number one in this campaign. as it relates to the trump campaign and the response we're seeing from the president himse

our colleague seeing a significant activity downtown at the hotel dupont. why is that important? the site where joe biden celebrated his first election victory in 1972. we've been expecting virtual announcement of this choice, the campaign encouraging people to sign up for their email and text list, but perhaps an in-person component as well that the campaign is readying here. you'll be speaking with the dnc chairman, we notice in the order of speakse speakers, kamala har elizabeth warren, but not susan rice and some other contenders. >> thanks so much. >>> joining me now, tom perez, chair of the democratic national committee. mr. chairman, thank you very much. we want to talk about your convention, the big speakers. but let's talk about the choice of running mate. senator coons just told me it will be an historic choice, this will not just be the first woman on a major party ticket, we know that, but the historical choice would be a black woman. >> it will be historic when we win in november and we have the first female vice president in american history. and i've had the privil

there is been activity this morning at the hotel dupont in wilmington. members of the advance team going in and out with the vendors that they have been using, milling around the building and some supporters lingering nearby and that is th place where he announced his 1970 to senate it senate candidacy. so eyes are on that location fo a possible spot to hear this announcement. >> jackie, thank you very much. for those of you trying to follow the process you may remember the enormous pressure the former vice president was under about 100 african-america leaders had sent him out of elite warning him he would lose the election if he did not pick an african-american woman to join him on the ticket. that is the kind of signal that they were trying to say a woman won't just cut it, it has to be an african-american woman. brett, at the timing of this an the pressure around this, for the former vice president, it doesn't get any in more intense than that. >> it's a big choice it's reall the biggest choice in the short term that he faces and it's a big parts of ho

griff, it sounds like they will get together at the hotel dupont in wilmington. hat's right. the reaction from democrats across the board is one of just rejoicing. congratulating her. come from all the vp contenders who didn't get picked from former president obama, to hillary clinton and bernie sanders. so the daughter of indian and jamaican parents will make history of the first woman of color on a presidential ticket appearing at that hotel in wilmington. we are not sure the exact time. worth noting, guys, this is not the first time she made history. california's first attorney general. then she was elect to the senate in just 2016 where she has become best known for her prosecutorial style and being tough during hearings like this. >> i think the american public has seen quite well that you are biased in this situation and you have not been objective. and that would arguably be the conflict of interest. >> and she has established some recent positions on issues like calling herself a progressive prosecutor. she has helped attend legislation will no knock warra

. >>> we want to share this with you, kamala harris arriving at the dupont hotel in wilmington. is under mask. she's expected to hold her first joint campaign event in person with joe biden, next hour. there she is. >>> stick around. stay with us at msnbc. we're not going to let you miss a single moment of that event. i'll see you back here at 5:00 p.m. for "meet the press daily." brian williams will pick up our coverage right after this short break. ight after this short break. ouch, okay. huh, boring, boring, you don't need to see that. oh, here we go. can you believe my client steig had never heard of a home and auto bundle or that renters could bundle? wait, you're a lawyer? only licensed in stockholm. what is happening? jamie: anyway, game show, kumite, cinderella story. you know karate? no, alan, i practice muay thai, completely different skillset. no uh uh, no way come on, no no n-n-n-no-no only discover has no annual fee on any card. >>> sand good day, brian williams. a busy wednesday afternoon. 3:00 p.m. hour here in the east. 12 noon out west. our friend nicolle wallac

pictures of a group of gentlemen walking into -- it was joe biden and his security detail going to the dupont hotel. and we expect to hear from biden and harris. they are getting a public health briefing. >>> let's turn back to the 2020 race. they'll receive this from their public health experts. we can expect to hear from them after their briefing soon. we've learned next week at the democratic national convention, biden and harris will deliver their convention speeches at the chase center in wilmington. so let's bring in nbc news presidential historian michael beschloss and white house communications director under president obama and for the hillary clinton campaign, jennifer palmieri. jen, let me start with you. as somebody who has had to worry about how to put together a big speech, had to put together a big event. arguably, two of the most important speeches a candidate gives are those convention acceptance speeches and you can't do it in front of a big audience. how do you think they're doing so far, jen? >> i talked to stephanie cutter yesterday who is managing convention programming for th