my father was the uaw, we just had last year a big strike that the uaw had that garnered record wagend benefits. actually, you look at public opinion polls, labor is at the highest it's been since 1963. we need to seize that opportunity, and certainly folks in michigan, particularly folks in union households or know someone in a union household, they want a candidate who's going to fight for the ability to collectively bargain, to raise wages and we know when unions do well, the entire country does well. in fact, i would argue that you can't have a strong and vibrant middle class unless you have a strong and vibrant union movement. you look at not just michigan but wisconsin and pennsylvania, that's an incredibly powerful message and issue, people want to know you're going to be a champion. >> you're doing a great preview for the segment later in the hour about union votes. president biden walked the picket line with the uaw last year when they were on strike and leading to the contract you just talked about with the negotiated increases. but the uaw hasn't yet endorsed kamala harris

amy: as president biden noted, the uaw did endorse him.t reuters is also reporting that the uaw president shawn fain met with the union's executive board thursday to discuss his deep concerns with biden's ability to beat trump. after thursday night's key press conference, which a bloomberg reporter had called his "big boy press conference" -- a term later used by biden's white house press secretary and national security spokesperson john kirby -- three more house democrats called on biden to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race. congressmember jim himes, the top democrat on the house intelligence committee, issued a statement that -- "the stakes are high, and we are on a losing course. my conscience requires me to speak up and put loyalty to the country and to democracy ahead of my great affection for, and loyalty to, the president and those around him." this comes after "the new york times" editorial board published a piece this week headlined "the democratic party must speak the plain truth to the president" in which it argued "donal

reuters is reporting that uaw leadership is concerned about

also a new war of words, the uaw hits back after president trump calls for uaw chief shawn fein to beed for failing, he says, u.s. autoworkers for things like going along with president biden's ev mandates that trump says he will get rid of if he's reelected. and a terrifying new update, border police discover a dangerous drug allegedly 50 times more powerful than fentanyl. also we've got new developments in the trump assassination probe as lawmakers get ready for secret service director kimberly cheatle to testify on capitol hill next week. we're taking it on on "the evening edit," all of it. we'll be right back. stay right there. ♪ do you want to close out? should i? normally i'd hold. but... taking the gains is smart here, right? feel more confident with stock ratings from j.p. morgan analysts in the chase app. when you've got a decision to make... the answer is j.p. morgan wealth management. when the sawdust settles and the engine roars the thing you care about is a job well done. but when you get your tools from harbor freight something about the job feels different - your wallet

there was a president trump is slamming the uaw. want him to know, yes to notice -- know that sean fain is a street fighter. i cannot wait to see how this unfolds. the uaw is on social media making it clear that president donald trump is a scab, that he will not stand up for working-class people. amy: benjamin wallace-wells, we have to talk about what is happening outside the republican national convention. that is on the democratic side. this latest news of president biden now has covid, he is in isolation. enormous pressure from this interest democrats -- centrist democrats and many others, although the progressive squad and bernie sanders have still embraced him saying he has to pull out of the race. >> not only that, but he has been struggling to raise any money at all right now. i think we look at what happened in the republican convention, and some of your viewers may be thinking how is this going unchecked? the reason it is going unchecked is that biden has been in such decline. he has been unable to prosecute the case agains

there was a president trump is slamming the uaw. want him to know, yes to notice -- know that sean fain is a street fighter. i cannot wait to see how this unfolds. the uaw is on social media making it clear that president donald trump is a scab, that he will not stand up for working-class people. amy: benjamin wallace-wells, we have to talk about what is happening outside the republican national convention. that is on the democratic side. this latest news of president biden now has covid, he is in isolation. enormous pressure from this interest democrats -- centrist democrats and many others, although the progressive squad and bernie sanders have still embraced him saying he has to pull out of the race. >> not only that, but he has been struggling to raise any money at all right now. i think we look at what happened in the republican convention, and some of your viewers may be thinking how is this going unchecked? the reason it is going unchecked is that biden has been in such decline. he has been unable to prosecute the case agains

we hit them with the uaw they have not seen in this lifetime. that is right. on the gas and never looked back. we showed our members that it is worth fighting for. [cheering] the third thing we did is let the working class people leave paired up with the membership back inn charge of this union. gave members information tool encouraged to stand up for themselves. it is that simple. that w is the winning formula unites the working class and how they will fight and let everyday working-class people, when they do that they lead the movement we don't lead if they do. iut think of what is at stake in 2024 we defeat the billionaire class, the bosses, that fascist and that right winged people i think about our standk up stri. we know the playbook. we know the issues. we have got the people and we have got the power. in this election, as many have said we are fighting to save democracy itself. and it is worth saving but i am not just talking about a vote. i'm talking about real democracy. real democracy is when you say how you feel. when you tell the truth your friend

which is one reason why the uaw endorsed biden for president back in january of this year.ot yet endorsed vice president kamala harris for the same job. so, what inroads does she need to make with organized labor ahead of november's election? joining me now is someone well- suited answer that question. shawn fain is the president of the united auto workers union. shawn, it is good to see you. we can do this the easy way or the long way. if you want to do an easy way you can tell me if you're going to endorse kamala harris, then we can talk about olympics for five minutes. >> sound like a plan. thanks for having us. look, as i said earlier, we have a process we follow when we do this, and our membership drives this union out. it is not a top-down organization. we have been having a discussions with our executive committee. i was able talk to vice president harris on wednesday, we tried hooking up the last few days throughout the week, and just couldn't make it work. so we were able to talk, had a really good conversation, as we always have. i told her the expectations we hav

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i saw what the president of the uaw said on camera last night.ill have a ve united coalition. >> senator, thank you so much. >>th my pleasure. >> thanks for being with us. >>> and transportation secretary pete buttigieg is going to be joining chris jansing at 2:00 p.m. eastern with a look at what thete biden administration hope to accomplish in its final months and the newly formed campaign. vice president kamala harris is focusingde sharply on project 25 and her bid for the white househ posting on x sunday night, i will do everything in my power to uniteyt the democratic party and unite our nation to defeat donald trump and his extreme project e2025 agenda.25 that's a quote. the expansive conservative plan for donald trump's potential second administration is backed by moreio than 100 groups. it is an agenda that would drastically alter the function and structureti of the federal government, roll back civil rights protections, dismantle environmental, regulations, reshape american society as we know it. mr. trump disavowing project 2025 now,vo b

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and specifically at uaw president shawn fain. donald trump even made a weird non sequitur ad lib in his discursive unending convention speech that shawn fain should be fired, and all the rnc delegates are we clapping for that? what is this? in a statement after joe biden's announcement that he would no longer stand for reelection, the uaw made a point of saying this, quote, vice president kamala harris walked the picket line with us in 2019, and along with president biden has brought work and jobs back to communities like lordstown, ohio and belvedere, illinois. quote, the past forward is clear. we will defeat donald trump and his billionaire agenda and elect a champion for the working class to the highest office in this country. and that statement from uaw. jen psaki, over to you. >> all right. thank you so much, rachel. joining us now is united autoworkers president shawn fain. thank you so much for joining us this evening. so rachel just gave a very long list of all of the unions that have endorsed kamala harris, the vice pres

what about the uaw? >> i've already talked to the uaw. i've talked to many members of leadership that are enthusiastic. i suspect down the road you're going to see unions get very strongly behind her. even the uaw endorse. doesn't mean you don't have to get into the halls. i'm not going to lie. we have a union problem in michigan. but i think when we get in the halls -- i'm tired of the circular firing squad. it's got to stop. now we've got to unite. it's not just the vice president's responsibility. it's all of our responsibilities, to pull ourselves together, to talk about the issues, to make the contrast of who -- what the difference is between donald trump's, project 2025 wants to take away overtime from workers. remind people. we're going to roll up our sleeves. michigan is not gone yet, andrea. >> usually a vice presidential choice does not make a big difference. in this case does it, and who would help? >> as i said yesterday, our heads are still spinning. the vice presidential candidate will matter. i think they've made it very cl

uaw's big strike against the three major u.s. automakers, there's reporting that fain is worried biden does not have any shot to win the election and is terrified about, you know, the prospects of another trump presidency. when it comes to whitmer, of course, she's been on this kind of speculate of short list of democrats that could be waiting in the wing if biden does not continue to seek the nomination of reelection. she wasn't there. of course, it's interesting she wasn't there, because she's publicly been outspoken that she does support president biden. she was among a group of 10 governors and person who met with biden about a week or two ago right after the fallout from the debate. . began. and peters, the senator come of course, is the senator charged with trying to retain the democratic majority in the senate. and so, if he wasn't there as reported, i'm not sure, that obviously is very notable itself. i mean, democrats throughout the country right now, especially in these swing districts, congressional districts in some s

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you brought up the issue of uaw. here's what i think.e head of that organization i have a chance to talk to those workers who say they are very dissatisfied with this administration, dissatisfied with the tv mandate because they translate into loss of jobs, 30% to 40% of worker jobs are gone. more gas lighting of this administration has been a failure the last four years. we when the president is coming detroit, what crowd might he draw? if it was trump, lines out the door and they would be waiting outside all night and get thousands. what about biden? >> i don't think he will have that turn out. people were lined up in detroit. african-american, many democrats came out to support donald trump. biden i don't think he's going to get it. he knows he is in trouble. he's trying to kowtow to black democrat voters in detroit. he said an election cycle ago during his campaign talking to a radio personality answer you don't vote for me you are not black. he means that. black voters are more sophisticated than that, they know better than that. re

a 29-year member with the uaw. started as an electrician at kokomo casting plant and led the uaw in a history contract that substantially raised the benefits for the workers and that union. mr. fain, thank you for being with us. >> good morning, thank you, chairman sanders, dr. cassidy and members of the committee. i'm here to talk about one of the most important issues to any union leader and any working class person, any u.s. senator and any human being. and that's our time. you know, as president of the united auto workers, i represent 400,000 working class people and 600,000 retirees. and i know when my members look back on their lives, they never say i wish i would have worked more. when people reach the end of their lives, they never say i wish i would have made more money. what they wished for, they wished they had more time and that's what work does, you know. work, we're paid for our time and when we work, we're sacrificing time with other people, family, friends and other things we wish to do, you know, b

the head of the uaw, it is a secret cover he is a part of that hack. but i was in office to correct more opportunities to expand players which means more uaw workers at the gate i used this when i read boppers in 2012, i had uaw workers telling me they could never work —— vote for the because i am a republican. they say workers who pay their dues to biz president now in the last alexa bliss to tell me what i was not republican enough. this is notjust teamsters, it is everyone and that was a clear call from donald trump to those workers. insomuch as trouble is trying to create _ insomuch as trouble is trying to create a wedge issue here among — to create a wedge issue here among the labour unions, i think— among the labour unions, i think he _ among the labour unions, i think he has an issue with the business _ think he has an issue with the business community. they have always — business community. they have always been able to rely on chamber— always been able to rely on chamber republicans and a lot of the — chamber republicans and a lot of the messa

reuters is reporting tonight that uaw leadership is concerned about your ability to win uaw just endorsed me, but go ahead. thank you, my question for you is how are you incorporating these developments into your decision to stay and separately, what concerns do you have about vice president harris's ability to beat donald trump? if she were at the top of the ticket? look i wouldn't have picked vice president trump to be vice president. dodd. i think she was not qualified to be president. so let's start there. number one, the fact is that the consideration is that i think i'm the most qualified person to run for president. i beat him once and i will beat him again. secondly, the idea i served in the senate a long time, the idea that senators and congressmen are running for office worry about the ticket is not unusual. and i might add, there are at least five presidents running or incumbent presidents who had lower numbers than i have now. later in the campaign. so there's a long way to go in this campaign. and so i i'm just going to keep moving, keep moving and because look i got more wor

louis and a uaw picket line in westville, missouri. more than that, i want to recognize senator hawley for his direct, relentless and appointed questioning of corporate talking heads, lawyers, ceos and apologists. [applause] he has shown he is not willing to accept their pillaging of working people's pocketbooks. i know from a career negotiating, that you get nowhere by slamming your fist on the table. the first step is to listen. the teamsters and the gop may not agree on many issues, but a growing group has shown the courage to sit down and consider points of view that aren't funded by big money think tanks. [applause] senators like j.d. vance, roger marshall, and representatives maleate tacos, michael lawler and brian fitzpatrick are among elected officials who truly care about working people. and this group is expanding and putting fear into those who have monopolized our broken system in america today. there are far too many people on both sides of the aisle still caught up in knee-jerk reactions to unions. who subscribe to the sa

[applause] last year uaw ratified a historic gain for autoworkers. president fain is a third-generation uaw worker and he is proud to use this momentum to take our muscle and fighting spirit to the industries we represent and to millions of nonunion workers. please welcome to the stage, the uaw president, shawn fain. [cheers and sean: thank you. thank you. hope i don't knock this over. look, good afternoon net roots nation. and i'm honored to be here as president of the international u.a.w., representing over a million workers, active and retired. and standing up for the working class. you know, i was asked to speak about what's at stake in november. and it's hard to overstate how consequential this november election is. it's clear that donald trump and the white house would be a complete disaster for the working class. no clap for that? [applause] shawn: we know what he stands for. he stands for everything that as a union and everything the working class stands for, he's against all those things. he would ruthlessly fight for a vision for america in

now the head of the uaw, they are still supportive and endorsing at least the leadership, but calling out this moment, saying we saw in 2016, people wanted to buckle down and hope for the best, but fearing the worst so those are very stark comments framing this entire conversation about michigan. but there is no doubt the roadmap, if president biden proceeds, as he said, he will, michigan is more difficult and even more than that, the battleground indeed has expanded minnesota now is in play. the democratic governor tim walz has said so himself, new hampshire, a blue state, also in play so this is where the campaign finds itself so president biden trying to claw back here, no doubt, but it's a tougher race than it was just two weeks ago. erin all right. jeff zeleny, of course, stay with as an arlette sines, i said is in that room, has been traveling with the presence press corps today. so we're going to see exactly what's happening. we anticipating walking out on that stage any moment i did mention though the democratic lawmakers today, who have, you've got a few more coming out again

the head of the uaw may say we support him, but that's not the story you get from the membership thereshing this green agenda, pushing electric vehicles and a transition that a made us less competitive and gave more edge to china, that's a huge issue in this state. and they are headed there today. >> yes, it's a huge issue. and i think most people heard the specific reference to michigan, to autoworkers, car companies in the former president's speech on thursday night. he made a play not for the uaw as a union, but for autoworkers and auto companies needing internal combustion engines with traditional fossil fuels rather than electric vehicles. i thought it was a compelling pitch he gave. the democrats really at this point don't have a response in a state where there's about a 3-point trump lead that i think will be a critical state as we go forward as will the rest of the upper midwest. jackie: and let's get to this, former president obama reportedly told allies that biden needs to seriously consider his chances in this race, something that neil asked former obama fundraiser don peebl

caller: i'm 85 years old and a retired uaw worker.ember nafta, clinton had to run that through. that just about crippled the big city close to where i live. it became almost a ghost town from the good democratic party. i ain't got a whole lot good to say about them. i lost my insurance out of it, and that was through the union and bill clinton. host: any response? guest: i think it is really unfortunate what has happened to auto making in the u.s.. it's not necessarily all because of nafta or trade agreements but i think it is the inability for companies and in particular, the auto making industry to be able to adapt. part of that was in flexibility in the compensation and in the way that things were produced that didn't allow them to be able to keep as many jobs up there. just compared to three decades ago, the u.s. share of cars sold here is one quarter of what it was. i think we need to get at manufacturing things. i mentioned $29,000 per worker, is money that the employer could first be giving back to workers and could also be use

caller: i'm 85 years old and a retired uaw worker.ember nafta, clinton had to run that through. that just about crippled the big city close to where i live. it became almost a ghost town from the good democratic party. i ain't got a whole lot good to say about them. i lost my insurance out of it, and that was through the union and bill clinton. host: any response? guest: i think it is really unfortunate what has happened to auto making in the u.s.. it's not necessarily all because of nafta or trade agreements but i think it is the inability for companies and in particular, the auto making industry to be able to adapt. part of that was in flexibility in the compensation and in the way that things were produced that didn't allow them to be able to keep as many jobs up there. just compared to three decades ago, the u.s. share of cars sold here is one quarter of what it was. i think we need to get at manufacturing things. i mentioned $29,000 per worker, is money that the employer could first be giving back to workers and could also be use

he implemented rules making it easier to fire unionized government workers during the uaw uaw strike,visited a non-union plant and urge them not to pay union dues. why is he somebody you even considering endorsing? >> i don't think we're considering endorsing anybody at this point in time, but i will say this if we're not having the discussions, how can we change people's opinions? look, there is no doubt he has made some decisions that is not favorable labor. it's not favorable with me however, for not having discussions and pointing out how important it is to make certain we have the right people, but they allow be make sure we have the ability to organize what all threats of retribution in retaliation, then we're not doing our jobs. if you can have conversations. i mean, look, we've had conversations with josh hawley. josh hawley change his opinion on national right to work. josh hawley went out and walked picket lines with the uaw and the teamsters. and that's someone who no, if we didn't have that conversation, we may not have been able to change his mind. >> you'd said that you

had in their last contract negotiation, not only increase the wages of the uaw members, but increase the wages of folks throughout michigan because when the, when unions are successful, everybody is successful and pro-union is a crime critically important topic. and i know kamala harris is pro union. i know she's been on picket lines and sad fact, she walked a picket line for the seiu in michigan. she cares about that, but we need to also make sure we're focusing on the union movement and how that strengthens the american middle-class center. peter, thanks for being here today. appreciate it. we're following breaking news out of the middle east where israel says it has carried out its strike targeting the man blamed for killing 12 kids in the golan heights. new details are just coming in that snow x plus a tech billionaire announces he's all in for pamela harris. but is there a catch? he joins us live coming up yeah introducing nets plaque psoriasis. >> he thinks is flaky red patches are all people see. >> oh, tesla is the nhl my one prescribed pill to treat black psoriasis. oh, tesl

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senator hollie hughes walked a teamsters picket line in st louis and a uaw picket line in wentzville,he is - and apologists. applause he has shown he is not i and apologists. applause i he has shown he is not willing to accept their pillaging of working people's pocketbooks. i know from a career in negotiating that you get nowhere by slamming your fist on the table. the first step is to listen. the teamsters and the gop may not agree on many issues, but a growing group has shown the courage to sit down and consider points of view that aren't funded by big money think tanks. —— senator hawley. senators like jd think tanks. —— senator hawley. senators likejd vance, roger marshall and representatives nicole melichar tekkers, mike lawler and brian fitzpatrick are among elected officials who truly care about working people, and this group is expanding and is putting fear into those who have monopolised are very broken system in america today. there are far too many people on both sides of the aisle still bringing knee jerk reactions to unions, who subscribe to the same tired claptrap that

reuters is reporting that uaw leadership is concerned about your ability to lead. pres. biden: the uaw just endorsed me, but go ahead. >> how are you incorporating these developments into your decision to stay, and separately, what concerns do you have about vice president harris' ability to beat donald trump if she were at the top of the ticket? pres. biden: look, i wouldn't have picked vice president trump to be vice president if i didn't think she was wildfire to be president, number one. the fact is, -- if i didn't think she was qualified to be president. if i didn't think i was the most qualified person to run for president, i beat him once, and i will beat him again. secondly, i started in the senate -- served in the senate eight long time. the idea that senators and congressmen running for office worry about the ticket is not unusual. and i might add, there are at least five incumbent presidents who had lower numbers than i have now. later in the campaign. so there is a long way to go in this campaign. so i am just going to keep moving. keep moving, because look,

reuters reports uaw leadership is concerned about your ability to win. >> he basically dismissed those concerns from the uaw president, we asked repeatedly if biden has any plans to meet with him when he's in town. to schedule from what we can see would allow it. we've not gotten an answer back yet. neil: to congratulate you as senior white house correspondent, see that hard work is paying off. your passport. way to go. thank you for keeping us abreast of that. to hans nichols who has been examining a lot about this. hans, in my corporate nerd world this is analogous to a bore revolting against the chief executive. generally they can deal with this quite efficiently and this seems to be the democratic bore but not entirely freaking out but the powers that be are looking around at options. what do you make of that? >> i love the analogy. if they have the votes is the question, we have to decide who is on the board, ron klain may say donors don't get a say in this, donors get a say in who and how they are going to fund the nominee of their party, they will need money to go toe to toe wit

is going to michigan to do a campaign event he will be the latest day he got the endorsement of the uawuary i believe it was. so he hasn't union leadership and he likes to call himself "union joe" but the rank and file of the uaw may be thinking something completely different. >> yes, this is still up for grabs aspect. particularly macomb county home of the famous reagan democrats who typically have all passed away by now but their kids are sort of the influence and the politics in that county. so, yes, how he performs trump has done real well in macomb county. the other big battlegrounds are saginaw county, another bellwether in genesee county outside the city of flint is trump country out there. so how he does from these blue-collar voters selling his agenda is really crucial to president biden's reelection as well. >> john: and one of the other big questions for biden's what is going to happen with him in dearborn? given everything going on. it's great to talk to you, chad. you know so much about politics in michigan. we will get you back to talk more about the appreciated. >> it's a

my father-in-law was with the uaw. and joe biden was a true believer.ke in michigan, as you recall, he was the first president, the first president to actually go out on a picket line. he was true to that belief, he was authentic. i was on those picket lines, and i heard from members on this picket lines how much they really appreciated joe biden being that kind of champion. and you compare that to trump and jd vance, who are both phonies. trump held his event at a nonunion shop. it jd vance shows up for a photo op but has never done anything for unions. that is not going to win in michigan. it is not going to win in any of the states of wisconsin and pennsylvania, the key states, and joe biden was that champion. i'm going to be working with kamala harris closely, i'm excited about her candidacy. she is a friend. she also cares deeply about unions, so we will expose both donald trump and jd vance for the phonies that they are. >> are you prepared as you try to hold onto the democratic majority to see a senator, possibly like mark kelly, move on to the v

three auto workers in michigan about a successful strike that resulted in record contracts for the uawthink it matters but i think it stings a bit if you are the democrats and the biden team. there has not been a more prolabor president aside from joe biden. >> shot o'brien has been telegraphing this for a long time. >> there is a difference between being available to republicans and speaking at the convention during prime time. i don't think it changes the support that joe biden has among labor unions across the country. it is certainly democrats never love it when the labor leader speaks at a republican convention. >> it is awkward because the republican party is uniformly anti-union. >> that is the corporate >> the whole right to work state thing. they are in wisconsin but the hallmark of the republican party is stripping union rights and stripping the right of unions and union members in the state. that is how the republican party got a hold of state government in wisconsin but for a major leader to say, republicans have a lot to offer our members and we are open to their endorseme