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but, this white house right now, is is it the stance by this white house, that this report was issued in part with a motive and a goal to inflict political harm on the president? >> i heard the question the first time, and i'm just, i have nothing to object to him with the vice president said. i thought she was powerful and forceful. >> also just to follow-up, i'm sorry. this administration, as you said, you said that republicans often attacked prosecutors -- >> and i said that's created environment, where -- there is an incentive by the special counsel to include some of this language. but, often i've heard from democrats and this white house say that those attacks against independent systems can also sow distrust with the public, and those independent institutions. by saying that this is politically motivated, not just gratuitous, but politically motivated, does this not also sow distrust with the public? >> i reject that, i reject that question. you see this, and it's in the report, the letter that the president's lawyer and the white house counsel's office sent to the special coun
but, this white house right now, is is it the stance by this white house, that this report was issued in part with a motive and a goal to inflict political harm on the president? >> i heard the question the first time, and i'm just, i have nothing to object to him with the vice president said. i thought she was powerful and forceful. >> also just to follow-up, i'm sorry. this administration, as you said, you said that republicans often attacked prosecutors -- >> and i said...
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so what does the white house do to try and counter this? i mean, you know, in my reporting, there's talk of putting him in smaller groups, showing the old joe biden who does very well that way, but, you know, it's very, very difficult when you have republicans pounding on this every day. my question is, what is donald trump going to do? because donald trump, while he does talk about biden in many ways, deranged, et cetera, whatever, whatever he uses, hasn't been pounding on this the way one might expect. and i'm wondering what the calculus -- there's got to be a calculation there, and the question is, is the calculation, because trump knows that he's an older person as well, and he doesn't want it to backfire, and he makes those same kind of mistakes himself. i don't know the answer to that. >> no spring chickens in this race, except for nikki haley, but she is trailing quite now in the polls, and that is another david charlie and segment for another time. david, thank you so much. elliott and gloria, thank you to you as well. i want to bri
so what does the white house do to try and counter this? i mean, you know, in my reporting, there's talk of putting him in smaller groups, showing the old joe biden who does very well that way, but, you know, it's very, very difficult when you have republicans pounding on this every day. my question is, what is donald trump going to do? because donald trump, while he does talk about biden in many ways, deranged, et cetera, whatever, whatever he uses, hasn't been pounding on this the way one...
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i want to go to mj lee at the white house for us. mj, any reaction from the white house? >> reporter: no official reaction from the white house or the white house counsel office, the office that the white house typically refers all questions, including earlier today, relating to this investigation. they of course have known that this was going to be out any day now, because remember, the white house counsel office did have a time to review the investigation in full for any matters of executive privilege, which he decided not to exert. i know that you have been talking about the two major headlines, which is that no criminal charges are being brought. but also, that despite that decision, the investigation uncovered evidence that the president willfully retained and disclosed classified materials. i think there is also a potentially very damaging political headline that we really need to take a beat to talk about, as well. and that is, simply put, that the president is an elderly man with a bad memory. if you look through the report, and i am just still going through every
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cnn's arlette saenz is at the white house. arlette, you have covered p president biden for some time. you understand how solemn it is for any president but particularly for him. >> yeah, danah, it is the most somber duty a president has as command in chief and president biden will experience this now for the second time as he is on hand for a dignified transfer of those three u.s. service members killed in jordan. the president has just arrived at dover air force base on air force one. he is accompanied by his wife, first lady jill biden. first up on their schedule is a meeting, private meetings with the families of the service members. the schedule says he has a little over an hour to meet with them. this will give him a chance to hear personal stories about their loved ones and hear their concerns as well. the president spoke with the three families on tuesday, and the white house said that in those conversations he gauged their feelings about having him attend the dignified transfer. all three families agreed that they did
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or the podium at the white house. let's listen, >> president, just he and i in the oval office. let me say this. when i showed up today my purpose was to express what i believe is the obvious truth. and that is that we must take care of america's needs first. when you talk about america's needs, you have to talk further about our open border i've been i believe in maybe 20 something states over the last several weeks going around the country, appearing at events with my colleagues. and we're hearing from the american people of all parties and all persuasions and all cities and all states who feel this acutely, they understand the catastrophe at the border is affecting the air 31 and it is top of mind for all the american people for that reason. i brought that issue up repeatedly today in that room. and again, one-on-one with the president. i think that's our responsive ability to bring that up. the other big priority for our country, of course, is the funding of our government. and we have been working in good faith a
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priscilla alvarez is at the white house where we begin. let's talk about this call between these two leaders. what do we know? >> reporter: this is a call that comes amid tensions between president biden and israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu. it also comes as a critical juncture for the hostage negotiations. the foukcus, releasing the hostages held in gaza. it lasted 45 minutes according to a senior administration official, two-thirds was specifically focused on the release of hostages. senior u.s. officials have been deployed to the region to hammer out a framework for their release that includes freeing of the hostages, but also a humanitarian pause. the senior administration official said significant gaps still remain. it's unclear what exactly those are. maintaining that there is progress on this front. a readout from the white house says president biden emphasized this to the prime minister, noting that they should work on moving this forward and building on the progress of the last few weeks. of course, this comes after the pr
priscilla alvarez is at the white house where we begin. let's talk about this call between these two leaders. what do we know? >> reporter: this is a call that comes amid tensions between president biden and israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu. it also comes as a critical juncture for the hostage negotiations. the foukcus, releasing the hostages held in gaza. it lasted 45 minutes according to a senior administration official, two-thirds was specifically focused on the release of...
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we know the spokesperson for the white house counsel's office is going to be joining the white house press secretary. so we are going to be bringing this to you live. >>> donald trump may face when lose rulings in a supreme court battles. the justices appear poised to side with trump in the historic ballad eligibility case before them right now. >> according to legal scholars, the high court might then be open to taking up his immunity case and rule against the former president. we have cnn's paula reid with us now. paula, these are two entirely different issues. why are some scholars connecting? >> they are connected by the same person in the middle. former president trump. two things can be true. this is a high court that's under enormous scrutiny. questions about ethics and partisanship and chief justices under enormous pressure to find, for example, in the ballot, find some sort of opinion that can draw bipartisan consensus, likely very narrow. if you listen to the arguments yesterday, it's clearly possible he can do that. at the same, time you have two cases that are not equal i
we know the spokesperson for the white house counsel's office is going to be joining the white house press secretary. so we are going to be bringing this to you live. >>> donald trump may face when lose rulings in a supreme court battles. the justices appear poised to side with trump in the historic ballad eligibility case before them right now. >> according to legal scholars, the high court might then be open to taking up his immunity case and rule against the former president....
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now here, the white house is trying to take matters into their own hands. now, the republican pushback here might be, look, you've had this the 30 all along, but what the white house is trying to make clear is that nothing quite equates to what would be in legislation because this action, if the white house moves forward with it will likely also be challenged in court. and the president making clear that he is open to shutting down the border. take a listen to what he said last month it also, give me as president emergency authority to shut down the border until it could get back under control. if that bill or the law today, i'd shut down the border right now and fix it quickly. >> all of this, of course, as president biden faces a tough reelection campaign and former president donald trump makes immigration a key part of his campaign going into november, are persil, i want you to stay with us. i also want to bring in our political and legal experts to assess what's going on. kate bedingfield, i'll start with you. this move would likely provoke fears backla
now here, the white house is trying to take matters into their own hands. now, the republican pushback here might be, look, you've had this the 30 all along, but what the white house is trying to make clear is that nothing quite equates to what would be in legislation because this action, if the white house moves forward with it will likely also be challenged in court. and the president making clear that he is open to shutting down the border. take a listen to what he said last month it also,...
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let's get over to the white house. kevin liptak is standing by with details as they're still coming in. what are you learning? >> reporter: this is an xk tf order expected to be announced later today and would apply sanctions on individuals who are accused of being involved in some of the settler violence in the west bank, and this has been an issue that has been deeply concerning to president biden, to administration officials over the last several months. you have seen an uptick in these incidents involving israeli settlers in the west bank. as many as 500 incidents. eight palestinians have died as part of them. and it has been sort of a constant back and forth between the white house and the israeli government to try and get a handle on this violence. and the real concern had been that this could undermine stability in the region at a moment, of course, deep in instability as the war rages. it's something president biden has raised directly with the israeli prime ministers, and as early as yesterday, a top aide to n
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donald trump use this kind of rhetoric to take him to the white house in 2016. it's part of what helped him get elected, and it's something that he's continued to say in 2024, he has asked called for mass deportations. he said he was going to round up migrants this is part of his campaign strategy so he wants a general election against president joe biden to be about immigration. there's a reason that he's in eagle pass today. this is not the area where the most migrants are crossing, but this is the most politically charged area. this is really the epicenter of the standoff between texas governor greg abbott and the biden administration over who is in charge of border security? but who is likely going to be here with trump today, who has endorsed donald trump, has used state resources to put razor wire on buoys in the middle of the rio grande river, put them on train cars all lined along the border here. and donald trump is going to toward those areas, he's going to talk to the national guard, is going to be briefed on the situation and he's going to deliver re
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the white house says the way to change the crisis at the u.s. southern border is through policy, not through impeaching mayorkas. but it's this political reality that the v so many republicans have expressed opposition to the bill. >> a low-key fascinating game of legislative gamesmanship, i guess, playing out right now in terms of republicans saying straight up this bill will not get a vote, let alone fail. it won't get a vote. and the white house issuing a veto threat against the stand-alone israel aid bill. they're try to close off avenues and force one another's hands. the move on the veto threat on israel was interesting to me. what are they saying? >> reporter: the white house is calling this move by house speaker mike johnson a, quote, cynical political maneuver, and they are vowing president biden would veto that measure if it were to come to his desk. the white house has insisted that the path forward for aid for israel, aid for ukraine, is in that bipartisan border deal, which many republicans have insisted that any changes or aid for
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we're keeping a very close eye over at the white house. is president biden summons congressional leaders, democrats and republicans for talks at how to avoid a government coming shutdown later this week. the president did raise some eyebrows. what he talked about a possible ceasefire in gaza by this coming monday, we'll go live to tel aviv for reaction plus the health and human services secretary in berlin birmingham, alabama meeting with families who are scrambling to find fertility treatment after the controversial alabama supreme court ruling on embryos, stay with with us. you're in the cnn newsroom >> backroom deals, cia secrets, affairs neighboring corruption, prostitution >> there's so much more to the store. >> united states of scandal with jake tapper sunday at nine on cnn as your advisor, create a portfolio based only on your age and risk tolerance. that's simply not good enough that create a planning. our private wealth managers learn about you first, don't settle for a standard portfolio book, your free meeting today at creative
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they, of course, helped launch biden to the white house back in 2020. so what do you say to democrats who are arguing that the president now has an enthusiasm problem among voters of color? >> well, i thank you so much for having me. i look to tonight, right? you have joe biden once again coming out on top as a winner because of his commitments, keeping his promises to black voters who have been the backbone of the democratic party. look at the results tonight in south carolina. you have joe biden cruising to victory in an election where black voters, we're looking at the early vote data, are making up 76% of the electorate. that's compared to about 56% in 2020. so black voters turned out in south carolina because they understand that joe biden has kept his prompts. he kept his promise by making sure that south carolina went first in the nominating calendar and he has kept his promises throughout his first term in office, right? he promised to run and serve as a president who will put racial equity first. so what the result has been has been things like
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it wasn't just the biden white house who said that. you know, yen stoltenberg said that, said it puts people on the ground, soldiers in danger. >> yes. it's against our entire national security framework as kind of the western alliance. right? we have this article 5 commitment with nato that if one country is attacked, all the other countries will come to that country's aid and benefit. the only time it's ever been invoked was for us after 9/11 in afghanistan. >> yes. >> so i think it's irresponsible. it's very serious time in the world. and we see people in ukraine, watching videos of people being displaced from their homes, people dying and the president saying he would invite that upon our allies. i can't imagine this is the kind of person we would entrust with the white house and our most sensitive national security secrets. >> you keyed on the same thing, poppy, which is that jen stoltenberg saying something and being specific and explicit was a big deal. we interviewed him often. he is wonderful, does not die verge from a straigh
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>> reporter: the message from the white house is blunt. this is only the beginning. they have said that they plan for this to be a multi-tiered approach in response to the deaths of those three service members in jordan last month. now, national security advisor jake sullivan said there will be further action, but sullivan along with u.s. officials have not telegraphed when those would be or how or when they will happen. now, he did say that therey are still assessing what happened, what unfolded on friday, and ag that central command is reviewing that while also preparing for another round of strikes. take a listen. >> we are still assessing the battle damage. our centcom is looking at the capabilities we reduced and the casualties that were incurred. the president was clear when he ordered them and when he conducted it it tem that that was the beginning of your response and it will be more steps to come. >> reporter: now, this is separate from the strikes that we saw yesterday. those strikes were targeted houthi targets. they have been targeting vessels in the red
>> reporter: the message from the white house is blunt. this is only the beginning. they have said that they plan for this to be a multi-tiered approach in response to the deaths of those three service members in jordan last month. now, national security advisor jake sullivan said there will be further action, but sullivan along with u.s. officials have not telegraphed when those would be or how or when they will happen. now, he did say that therey are still assessing what happened, what...
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: the white house is going on the offensive here, but the posture from the white house has been that they're not going to interfere with any justice department vesinvestigations. but they leaned in on this report. particularly going after the president's age and apparent memory lapses. in a newly released memo, andrew bates said it speaks to why there's no surprise they continue their desperate age attacks after many years of failure. they're afraid of joe biden. this memo also goes on to name general mark milley and kevin mccarthy as saying that they've engage wd the president. he's alert, sharp. that's the message the white house wants to send out here. especially as this report calls into question the president's age, which has been a defining theme of this election year. we've seen in poll after poll that voters continue to express concern about the president's age and whether he's fit for office and we saw it from the president himself at a news conference where he also took direct aim. especially the mention in the report that he couldn't remember when his son died. so all of t
: the white house is going on the offensive here, but the posture from the white house has been that they're not going to interfere with any justice department vesinvestigations. but they leaned in on this report. particularly going after the president's age and apparent memory lapses. in a newly released memo, andrew bates said it speaks to why there's no surprise they continue their desperate age attacks after many years of failure. they're afraid of joe biden. this memo also goes on to name...
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you cover the white house. this has been a decision by the white house to aggressively go after this report. it was interesting jill biden, the first lady of the united states, came out yesterday and said that joe is 81, that's true. but he's 81 doing more in an hour than most people do in a day. he's delivered on so many of the promises as the president because he's earned a lot in those 81 years. take us inside the white house and the thinking about how to deal with the very significant revelations here in this report and the decision to combat questions about his age. >> it's not helpful. 76% of americans had concerns about biden's mental acuity and age before this report came out this, is a troubling situation for the white house, no doubt about it. what they are countering with it is what you said. what the first lady is saying. age is an asset in terms of wisdom. the report was indecent. it was improper for her to say any of those things about the president, as well. political pot shots. and frustration o
you cover the white house. this has been a decision by the white house to aggressively go after this report. it was interesting jill biden, the first lady of the united states, came out yesterday and said that joe is 81, that's true. but he's 81 doing more in an hour than most people do in a day. he's delivered on so many of the promises as the president because he's earned a lot in those 81 years. take us inside the white house and the thinking about how to deal with the very significant...
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>> reporter: well, the white house is progressively pushing back on how the white house is trying to portray the president. white house advisers have called the report gratuitous and out of line. and what has been interesting to note is that the white house has not ruled out the possibility that they will publicly release the transcript of interviews biden had with her. take a quick listen to what the white house council spokesperson had to say about this. >> i think it's important to know we're doing classified materials in this. there are classified information there. i don't have the announcement on releasing anything today. it's a reasonable question and there is classified stuff and we'll have to work through all of that. >> reporter: now s, sam has sai and covered in the press conference yesterday that biden has been cooperating with the investigation. and he's being very transparent about how the controller said they had classified documents and was ready to turn it over. amara, victor. >> that is the classified documents part of this and then there's the age and acuity issues
>> reporter: well, the white house is progressively pushing back on how the white house is trying to portray the president. white house advisers have called the report gratuitous and out of line. and what has been interesting to note is that the white house has not ruled out the possibility that they will publicly release the transcript of interviews biden had with her. take a quick listen to what the white house council spokesperson had to say about this. >> i think it's important...
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priscilla alvarez is at the white house, so priscilla, what kind of responses coming from the white house? >> well, the white house is continuing to ramp up its pressure on republicans and particularly putting a focus on house republicans. because as you heard there from katelyn, the senate passed a foreign aid package with those $60 billion in additional aid to ukraine, but it remains stalled in the house which has been on recess. but today, the national security adviser, jake sullivan, went a step further and called out house speaker mike johnson by name the reality is that putin gains every day that ukraine does not get the resources it needs. and ukraine suffers. and there is a strong bipartisan majority in the house, standing ready to pass this bill if it comes to the floor? and that decision rests on the shoulders of one person. and history is watching whether speaker johnson will put that bill on the floor. if he does, it will pass, will get ukraine what it needs for ukraine to succeed if he doesn't, then we will not be able to give ukraine the tools required for it to stand up to
priscilla alvarez is at the white house, so priscilla, what kind of responses coming from the white house? >> well, the white house is continuing to ramp up its pressure on republicans and particularly putting a focus on house republicans. because as you heard there from katelyn, the senate passed a foreign aid package with those $60 billion in additional aid to ukraine, but it remains stalled in the house which has been on recess. but today, the national security adviser, jake sullivan,...
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. >> the white house goes on the defense, slamming the special counsel's report that contest president biden's memory. >>> and fear is growing in gaza as israel warns the war may soon escalate again with a new ground incursion into the city where more than a million palestinians are sheltering. we'll going to cairo for the latest. >>> plus -- >> my first time seeing taylor swift and flying into an international country. >> taylor swift performing before she jets off to the super bowl in las vegas. we've got you covered. >>> we begin this hour in washington where the white house is in damage control mode, pushing back on language on a new report on the president's handling of classified information. the good news for the white house is the special counsel's report concluded charges against joe biden are not warranted. the bad news is it's suggested that age and lack of fitness caused him to forget some details during the interviews. cnn white house correspondent arl arl arlette saenz has more. >> reporter: biden ignoring questions about robert hurst's explosive report. >> i've seen the
. >> the white house goes on the defense, slamming the special counsel's report that contest president biden's memory. >>> and fear is growing in gaza as israel warns the war may soon escalate again with a new ground incursion into the city where more than a million palestinians are sheltering. we'll going to cairo for the latest. >>> plus -- >> my first time seeing taylor swift and flying into an international country. >> taylor swift performing before she...
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the white house is going to be looking at very closely. they're looking at places like dearborn, like detroit. they're looking at black voters are looking suburban women. they're looking at union workers, all key pieces of biden's coalition and they're going to look at tonight's results and see how much work he has to do come november, but it's also the same for donald trump, but i know we'll get into that, but both of them are going to have a very better look after tonight at what it's going to be like. and just remember just like we did in south carolina. okay. before we go we're going to tell our viewers something that you flagged to me, david chalian. and that is now an inside politics fun fact. today is chelsea clinton's 44th birthday. what makes that such a fun fact? >> that's how old her mother >> was when her father, bill clinton, began running for president david and i feel i don't want to feel it. i know you don't. and melanie just say right whatever there from our pay junior to cornell west could third-party presidential candida
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and also at the white house. let's begin with cnn white house reporter, priscilla alvarez. what did they talk about? >> reporter: we're learning new details about that call over the last hour. senior administration official saying that call lasted about 45 minutes. two-thirds was focused on the release of hostages. they have been working around the clock to hammer out a framework that works for all those involved to release hostages, but also includes a humanitarian pause. now, the senior administration official said that while there has been progress, there are still quote significant gaps. they would not go into what those gaps are, but clearly, while they're trying to signal progress, there is still a long way to go and as the senior administration official said, they're trying to capitalize on where officials are and they have been deploying to the region to work on this deal, but nothing is done until the last minute. these are very sensitive and delicate. but the other big part of this phone call between the two leaders was also what you were just describing there. th
and also at the white house. let's begin with cnn white house reporter, priscilla alvarez. what did they talk about? >> reporter: we're learning new details about that call over the last hour. senior administration official saying that call lasted about 45 minutes. two-thirds was focused on the release of hostages. they have been working around the clock to hammer out a framework that works for all those involved to release hostages, but also includes a humanitarian pause. now, the senior...
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so the white house, again, has been preparing for this. they have noted this was predetermined from the start, that this is a farce and there is no there there. they have moved forward as administration officials have expected they would in what is, wolf, an exceedingly rare move. as you just mentioned, it hasn't happened in over 100 years. the last time this happened was in 1876. that is something administration officials have also reminded reporters of. >> that's interesting. gloria, the democratic controlled senate is almost certainly not going to remove mayorkas from office even if he's impeached in the house of representatives. he's not going to be convicted in the u.s. senate when there's a democratic majority. what's behind the move from the house republicans? >> this is a move for republicans to say they got a trophy and the trophy is mayorkas. and he's a symbol of border policy. and they can take it to their constituents and they can raise money off of it and they can say, look, we got this scalp. he's the guy running the departme
so the white house, again, has been preparing for this. they have noted this was predetermined from the start, that this is a farce and there is no there there. they have moved forward as administration officials have expected they would in what is, wolf, an exceedingly rare move. as you just mentioned, it hasn't happened in over 100 years. the last time this happened was in 1876. that is something administration officials have also reminded reporters of. >> that's interesting. gloria,...
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how can the white house, what can the white house do about it? >> the nation's top health official joins us a $25 billion supermarket mega merger was just brought to a screeching halt. the brand new lawsuit claiming it could mean higher grocery prices for you. i'm sara sidner with kate bolduan and john berman, cnn news central starts now so how important is michigan this morning? it's not just the birthplace of m&m, madonna and burt reynolds. it's not just word dumb and dumber star jeff daniels as the theater. it's not just for tom brady played college football >> know, tonight, michigan >> is the subject of a cnn special report starting at 07:00 p.m. it is that important? the michigan presidential primary, it used today in while you might think, you know what will happen do not fall victim to hubris, president biden faces a challenge from at least one sitting democratic member of congress urging people to vote uncommitted, to protest us support for israel in the war against hamas donald trump has been winning by large margins than states so far,
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cnn's arlette saenz joins us now from the white house. arlette, what's the message from the president today >> well, jim, this is shaping up to be a consequential meeting on several fronts in the most immediate pressing issue is that partial government shutdown deadline that is looming on monday. the president will convene the four top congressional leaders here for a sitdown in the oval office as negotiators are still working to try to hammer out some type of agreements. the white house really believes these types of meetings can be beneficial and trying to move the ball forward in negotiations up on capitol hill. but it's not just the government shutdown that is on the top of the president's mind. it is also that issue of ukraine crane funding for months. now biden has warned that ukraine soldiers would be severely limited on the battlefield in their war against russia if they do not get this additional assistance for ukraine, about $60 billion is what the president has been pushing for. we saw that the senate passed a funding bill that
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white house advisers have called the report gratuitous and out of line. what's interesting the white house is not ruling publicly releasing transcripts that biden had with hur. take a listen to what the superb spokesperson had to say about this. >> i think it's important to know that we're doing classified materials in this. there are classification issues there. i don't have information on releasing anything there. it's a reasonable question and it's classified stuff and we'll have to work through all of that. >> reporter: now, sams and other white house advisers have just reiterated that biden has been willing to cooperate in this investigation. and that he's been very transparent about the fact that he found classified documents and handed over to the necessary agencies. victor, amara. >> obviously, it's an election year and concerns about how that may impact biden's campaign. what's the strategy to run with this concern? >> reporter: well, amara, at this point in time, the campaign hasn't signaled that they're going to piv fret the strategy that they'
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i do think the campaign and the white house are paying attention. they have sent campaign officials as well as policy officials to meet with the arab and muslim community. but it's beyond just the arab and muslim community. a lot of young voters the progressive voters, a lot of black voters. this is their issue. so while the president and democrats are doing really well on abortion, which will be a deciding issue the cycle this is also going to be a deciding issue for a key part of the democratic base that biden can no longer ignore gloria, how do you see? >> well, i see at the same way except you don't know what's kinda happen with the war in gaza, right? i mean, this is all happening is the president announced the other day that there might be a ceasefire temporary ceasefire as early as this weekend. so you have to pay attention to it is clear they're working on it. i think they have to pay attention to african-american i can voters. i think they have to pay attention to young progressive voters. and of course labor, which is huge in that, in that
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the white house knows it. a lot of experts keep saying biden's advisers need to put their foot down and force him not to run. but biden's the only person who make that decision. he's in a tough spot, especially with a very unpopular vice president. there's no obvious successor and kicking the choice down to the democratic national convention could really throw the party into disarray. but the reality is that there are legitimate questions about biden's mental sharpness. voters are taking that into account. and republicans are doing a very effective job so far of exploiting it. >> but why is age hurting biden and not trump? there's only 3 1/2 years between them. donald trump is making as many mistakes and faux pas as joe biden is. >> i think you're absolutely right. some of it is just how the narrative has evolved. this has been the main issue surrounding joe biden. despite the fact, i totally agree with you that donald trump goes over and over and over and makes the same types of mistakes. one of the issues qu
the white house knows it. a lot of experts keep saying biden's advisers need to put their foot down and force him not to run. but biden's the only person who make that decision. he's in a tough spot, especially with a very unpopular vice president. there's no obvious successor and kicking the choice down to the democratic national convention could really throw the party into disarray. but the reality is that there are legitimate questions about biden's mental sharpness. voters are taking that...
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cnn's mj lee joins me now from the white house. mj, we saw how furious the president was. my understanding, from people at the white house, is that that was an emotion that they were perfectly happy for the public to see. >> yeah, this was, i think, as furious as we have seen him recently. clearly pushing back on the way that this investigation was handled and the fact that the report had many, many references to the president having memory issues. it said that he didn't remember when exactly he was vice president. also said that he didn't remember when his late son, beau, had died. i think that line of questioning, in particular, was what made the president the angriest. we saw him last night in that press conference. the president reacting with emotion when he talked about that issue, saying, how dare robert kerr even ask that question. we are also learning that in private yesterday, when he was meeting with democrats in virginia, that anger really erupted, that he allegedly said, "how would i f'ing forget that?" the president, of course, last night, was very much on def
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they were required to submit these protocols to the white house, and white house eventually said you need to notify us when an agency head, for example, goes under general anesthesia. certainly a lot of contrition you hear from austin, but a lot of questions i think also remaining. >> absolutely. one of the big questions, a carefully worded part of his statement where he said that no one was ever directed not to tell the white house about his condition. this will clearly be part of the internal review that he kept on leaning on over the course of the news conference. colonel lleyton, where want to go to you. explain why it is so important in the chain of command to get this right. >> yeah, john, this is a critical issue because as one of the reporters asked, if somebody who issane military unit has to tell their bosses going in for hospitalization or for any medical procedure that will make them absent from a duty station. so that's something you learn when you're a very junior person in the military, all the way up to presumably a four-star general. however, in this particular case,
they were required to submit these protocols to the white house, and white house eventually said you need to notify us when an agency head, for example, goes under general anesthesia. certainly a lot of contrition you hear from austin, but a lot of questions i think also remaining. >> absolutely. one of the big questions, a carefully worded part of his statement where he said that no one was ever directed not to tell the white house about his condition. this will clearly be part of the...
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and the white house responded with areas of where they've seen biden being sharp and alert. and the trump campaign is seizing on this. there is a pro-trump superpac that is out. and when it comes to the super bowl, it a missed opportunity for biden not to give, he didn't do it at the previous super bowl, but with all of that swirling around, not to give a super bowl interview. is that an opportunity that tens and thousands of viewers could reach. >> even in one interview, which is what perhaps biden should have consider the other night rather than the raucous press conference that he had, you are probably playing it safer by having no interview, especially during a sporting event. and i know it is traditional. so that loss is minor compared to the real kind of catch up or damage control for the press conference. i know -- i just think that the super bowl presidential interview is somehow overrated because it is not all a win-win. remember, it is a super bowl. someone is going to win and someone is goes to lose. it is very hard to calibrate a interview that will do something
and the white house responded with areas of where they've seen biden being sharp and alert. and the trump campaign is seizing on this. there is a pro-trump superpac that is out. and when it comes to the super bowl, it a missed opportunity for biden not to give, he didn't do it at the previous super bowl, but with all of that swirling around, not to give a super bowl interview. is that an opportunity that tens and thousands of viewers could reach. >> even in one interview, which is what...
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house officials and other democrats close to the white house about the lack of a clear and forceful pushback. the white house has pushed back on all of this has been that they did have plenty forceful pushback, including the president going out and fans from the white house, counsel's office taking questions from reporters. but there's no question and wolf that all of this has brought a lot of concern and questions about how this will feed into the political narrative that the president has issues in terms of his memory and his age as well. >> wolf, mj lee reporting from the white house. thank you very much into our viewers. thanks for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in the situaon
house officials and other democrats close to the white house about the lack of a clear and forceful pushback. the white house has pushed back on all of this has been that they did have plenty forceful pushback, including the president going out and fans from the white house, counsel's office taking questions from reporters. but there's no question and wolf that all of this has brought a lot of concern and questions about how this will feed into the political narrative that the president has...
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priscilla, what are you hearing from the white house on this new bipartisan deal? and what sticks out to you in this deal? >> reporter: omar, we're expecting to hear from the white house later today, as they also go through this bill. but already we had heard from president biden, essentially supporting the emerging details over the last few days. critically that emergency authority that you heard from manu there. that is, perhaps, one of the most striking components of this deal because it introduces this authority that essentially allows the department of homeland security to not take asylum seekers who cross in between ports of entry. that's notable because over the last few years we've seen that migration floes have evolved to include a large number of asylum seekers overwhelming the process. as i go through it here, it raises also the legal standard for asylum seekers. so, really taken in totality, what this bill does is a massive overhaul to immigration law. if it were to pass, it would be the biggest change to immigration law in decades. of course this has b
priscilla, what are you hearing from the white house on this new bipartisan deal? and what sticks out to you in this deal? >> reporter: omar, we're expecting to hear from the white house later today, as they also go through this bill. but already we had heard from president biden, essentially supporting the emerging details over the last few days. critically that emergency authority that you heard from manu there. that is, perhaps, one of the most striking components of this deal because...
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the white house, the u.s. officials, will be closely watching to see how israel conducts this campaign. but it does come at a time when we've started to see these public rifts really spill out a little bit more pronounced. just last week president biden saying he believed israel's response in gaza has been, quote, over the top. >> all right. arlette arlette saenz for us at the white house. that meeting much later today. we do anticipate hearing from president biden well before that. we are waiting to see how he responds to donald trump's comments about nato. arlette, thank you for that. >>> let's bring in chief international correspondent christian amanpour. our reporting from yesterday was about two-thirds of biden's phone call with benjamin netanyahu was about the hostage releases. and we have seen those releases happen. they were very emotional. do you think the operation will help, sort of, reinforce israel's current strategy, which is all-out war. or is there a chance -- this is another chance for the uni
the white house, the u.s. officials, will be closely watching to see how israel conducts this campaign. but it does come at a time when we've started to see these public rifts really spill out a little bit more pronounced. just last week president biden saying he believed israel's response in gaza has been, quote, over the top. >> all right. arlette arlette saenz for us at the white house. that meeting much later today. we do anticipate hearing from president biden well before that. we...
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what is the white house saying about zelenskyy's comments? because you look at his demeanor, he seems defeated, but you hear his words. he remains hopeful well, the white house has maintained up until this point that it is about putting pressure on house republicans to pass that $60 billion in aid to ukraine. but the national security adviser, jake sullivan, going to step further earlier today by calling house speaker mike johnson out by name the reality is that putin gains every day that ukraine does not get the resources it needs. and ukraine suffers. and there is a strong bipartisan majority in the house, standing ready to pass this bill if it comes to the floor? and that decision rests on the shoulders of one person and history is watching whether speaker johnson will put that bill on the floor. if he does, it will pass, will get ukraine what it needs for ukraine to succeed if he doesn't, then we will not be able to give ukraine the tools required for it to stand up to russia. and putin will be the major beneficiary of that now, of course
what is the white house saying about zelenskyy's comments? because you look at his demeanor, he seems defeated, but you hear his words. he remains hopeful well, the white house has maintained up until this point that it is about putting pressure on house republicans to pass that $60 billion in aid to ukraine. but the national security adviser, jake sullivan, going to step further earlier today by calling house speaker mike johnson out by name the reality is that putin gains every day that...
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i'm not sure why the white house isn't pointing this out. this republican counsel was a trump appointee to the u.s. attorney for maryland. he before that had clerked for a right-wing judge in california, the ninth circuit, who resigned being accused of sexual harassment. then he clerked for chief justice william rehnquist, who joe biden voted against confirmation. this guy has donated to republicans. he's a partisan, and the only job he had was to indict or not indict. and to add all this, the only thing he didn't add is the legal disclaimer this is a political ad in support of donald trump. it was a total cheap shot. i think biden made it worse, no question about it, and axelrod is right, it plays into the master narrative, the negative narrative of joe biden, but i think people have to stop for a minute and say what kind of hell appointment was this by merrick garland to put a partisan trumper in charge of this and what was this guy doing editorializing way out of his league, way out of his depth, way out of his purview or job, and picking
i'm not sure why the white house isn't pointing this out. this republican counsel was a trump appointee to the u.s. attorney for maryland. he before that had clerked for a right-wing judge in california, the ninth circuit, who resigned being accused of sexual harassment. then he clerked for chief justice william rehnquist, who joe biden voted against confirmation. this guy has donated to republicans. he's a partisan, and the only job he had was to indict or not indict. and to add all this, the...
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lee is with us from the white house. president biden was livid, reportedly, that his son was brought into this the way he was, and then put out for the public to see. what are you learning at this hour? because one of the headlines here that we should mention is he was not charged in this case. >> reporter: yeah. sara, this was as livid, i think, as we have seen the president recently, making clear that he has serious issues with the way that this investigation was handled. and if you look at this lengthy report, it makes many, many references to alleged memory problems that the president has. it said at one point that the president has diminished faculties and faulty memory. at another point in the report, it said he did not remember, even within several years, when his son beau died. as you saw last night, that probably more than anything else was what made the president angry. we saw an emotional response to that from the president last night as he basically said to robert herr, how dare he ask that question. we are a
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of representatives take back the united states senate, take back the white house. now, that's a political win, but in reality, nobody wins right? now. we see the conditions that are, that we're going under. i mean, these are human when beings, these are folks coming across, but at the same time, we have to acknowledge it. and i think from your interview last hour, that was well-stated, the fact that the matter is we do have communities along the border that are getting swamped with this and you know, us living hundreds, thousands of miles away from where that's happening it's a lot easier for us to tell them what to do but they're the ones that have to do it. two degree mark quickly. would you say that that shift that we've seen from eric adams, for example, among some democrats partly it's due to republican governors like greg abbott and ron desantis that have moved migrants from the border to sanctuary cities, would you say that that's been an effective step? >> i would say one of the silliest things that i've ever seen is when ron desantis gotta jet, put migrant
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alex some reaction from the white house. what can do that? we >> are getting first reaction from the biden ministration. i imagine there will be much more to come, but they say that they are looking into the reports. they call this a serious incident and then quote, we mourn the loss of innocent life and recognize the dire humanitarian situation in gaza where innocent palestinians are just trying to feed their families this underscores the importance of expanding and sustaining the flow of humanitarian assistance into gaza including through a potential temporary ceasefire. we continue to work day and night to achieve that outcome. jim, the administration has said repeatedly that not only are civilian deaths far too high but there is not enough humanitarian aid going into gaza. and it is not getting to where it needs to go. this incident will emphasize all of that, and it will place an added priority on getting to this ceasefire that the us has bork had been working feverishly to try to accomplish alongside their other mediators egypt and qata
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this is a formal step the white house makes notifying congress of strikes when they happen, so the white house doing that here. we're just now getting that notification. again, in regards to saturday's strikes against those houthi targets. >> thank you all so much. we'll check back with you as the news warrants. >>> let's get more on this developing story. with me now is u.s. retired general steve anderson. he worked with coalition and u.s. forces in the iraq war in 2006 and 2007. good to see you. so i wonder if i can get your reaction, now that this formal notification has taken place between the white house and congress about these strikes. is this an indicator that there has been a change in military strategy going forward? >> well, thank you, fredricka. no, i don't think this is any indication or change on what it says essentially it accentuates what we learned from jake sullivan from last week, that we're this the middle of a campaign. we are fighting an extensive campaign to reduce the capabilities of these iranian proxies and houthis to conduct war against us. it's going to be a v
this is a formal step the white house makes notifying congress of strikes when they happen, so the white house doing that here. we're just now getting that notification. again, in regards to saturday's strikes against those houthi targets. >> thank you all so much. we'll check back with you as the news warrants. >>> let's get more on this developing story. with me now is u.s. retired general steve anderson. he worked with coalition and u.s. forces in the iraq war in 2006 and...
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the white house is blasting the report as politically motivated and certainly a political headache. meanwhile, a potential trump raining mate tells me she would not have done what mike pence did on january 6th, you know, abiding by that thing called the constitution. the apparent new republican litmus test to the second in line to the presidency. >>> also tonight israel's prime minister wants its military to have plans to evacuate rafah where over a million palestinians are sheltering as the white house is warning military action there would be a, quote, disaster. i'm kaitlan collins and this is "the source." >>> when the history books are written about the 2024 presidential election there will be a lot to say about just the last 24 hours alone. americans now love to wonder if the current president is competent and if the former president, his now likely opponent, is a criminal. with that as the backdrop here, donald trump is wasting no time jumping all over president biden after he was not charged for his handling of classified documents that were found in his delaware home. the wh
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the white house says iraq was notified in advance. >>> u.s. president, joe biden issued this statement. the united states does not seek conflict in the middle east, or anywhere else in the world. but let all those who might seek to do us harm know this, if you harm an american, we will respond. >>> cnn is joined live with more on the strikes and reaction. joanna, what have we heard from iran, have we heard anything from iran before or since? >> well, we haven't yet heard from the iranians since the strikes to place late night in the region. we expect as the region begins to wake up right now that we will be hearing from iran and other countries there. i think a lot will depend on what the-- what these strikes did actually hit. we know what the u.s. targets were, according to the statement from the u.s. central command and u.s. officials. but we are going to have to wait and see. the battle damage assessment during daylight hours in the coming hours, and see what the result of these strikes have been. of course notably that u.s. statement, poin
the white house says iraq was notified in advance. >>> u.s. president, joe biden issued this statement. the united states does not seek conflict in the middle east, or anywhere else in the world. but let all those who might seek to do us harm know this, if you harm an american, we will respond. >>> cnn is joined live with more on the strikes and reaction. joanna, what have we heard from iran, have we heard anything from iran before or since? >> well, we haven't yet heard...
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let's check in with mj lee at the white house. mj, what is the precedent have to say >> yeah, we've just gotten the official statement from president biden via the campaign. it doesn't make any explicit reference to the uncommitted campaign, but it does acknowledge the fact that voters i spoke out tonight. here's what the statement says in part. i want to thank every michigander who made their voice heard today, exercising the right to vote and participating in our democracy is what makes america great. the president says four years ago was michigan ciphers coalition that came together to reject donald trump's maga, extremism and sent me in camila to the white house. and because of michiganders, we've been able to work hand-in-hand with government governor whitmer. and the incredible democratic leaders in michigan's congressional delegation to deliver enormous progress. he goes on to talk about how despite all of this progress, there's a lot of work to be done and says that donald trump is threatening to drag us even further into
let's check in with mj lee at the white house. mj, what is the precedent have to say >> yeah, we've just gotten the official statement from president biden via the campaign. it doesn't make any explicit reference to the uncommitted campaign, but it does acknowledge the fact that voters i spoke out tonight. here's what the statement says in part. i want to thank every michigander who made their voice heard today, exercising the right to vote and participating in our democracy is what makes...
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but this is still only one part of the larger equation according to the white house. and that is, that congress also needs to pass funding for ukraine, the $60 billion at the white house asked for last year, and that remains stalled in the republican controlled house. and the president taking direct aim at republicans in a gathering during of governors earlier today >> and priscilla biden said that he'd talk to g7 leaders today. what's his message to them? >> well, his message is going to be that he's going to try to do everything that he can and that is in his power to continue to support ukraine. i asked national security spokesperson john kirby, what assurances, if anything, can be provided to these allies when congress is still on recess and that there hasn't been any funding thing past and he maintained that the president is going to continue to apply pressure on republicans as they come back from recess to try to get this funding across the finish line, but there is no doubt brianna, that the world is watching as the white house says, and that there is still imm
but this is still only one part of the larger equation according to the white house. and that is, that congress also needs to pass funding for ukraine, the $60 billion at the white house asked for last year, and that remains stalled in the republican controlled house. and the president taking direct aim at republicans in a gathering during of governors earlier today >> and priscilla biden said that he'd talk to g7 leaders today. what's his message to them? >> well, his message is...
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i mean, we all saw the dogs at the white house. they had vest that say, obviously do not pet the dogs. i mean, he was there with you when you he was a secret service dog, he was there with you when you were also in the secret service. what is the transition been like from from going from the white house to being a pet outside of the white house? >> so he changed completely now he's almost 15, so it is obviously very different, but he did retire early from that incident during president obama's administration when the insured or jump the front lawn and hurricane did jump out and stop him, but he got he got hurt pretty bad and the process so he retired early then retired over seven years. so the process has been very gradual. and as you can see now, is he's pretty much in full pat mode every now and then, he will try and protect me, but he's he's pretty much a full full-time pad at this point, which is good. that's what i wanted. i want the dogs would be able to enjoy their retirement he is so cute next time you guys have to come in
i mean, we all saw the dogs at the white house. they had vest that say, obviously do not pet the dogs. i mean, he was there with you when you he was a secret service dog, he was there with you when you were also in the secret service. what is the transition been like from from going from the white house to being a pet outside of the white house? >> so he changed completely now he's almost 15, so it is obviously very different, but he did retire early from that incident during president...
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what's the white house saying? >> reporter: they're going on the offensive. they're reminding people there are no criminal charges here that were recommended. but they are also going after critics and republicans who have been attacking the president over his age. today the white house releasing a memo saying this, "in this undeniable record," referring to the president's accomplishments in office, "speaks to why they continue their desperate and self-undermining age attacks after many years of failure. they're afraid of joe biden." it goes on to talk about how alert the president has been described by general mark milley as well as by former house speaker kevin mccarthy. now of course the reason for all of this is because this report touched on one of the defining themes for the presidential election, that being the president's age and his fitness for office. and so the president's aides had been fuming when this report was coming out. they called her sharp and tireless. the president himself showing his own anger during a news conference, especially with me
what's the white house saying? >> reporter: they're going on the offensive. they're reminding people there are no criminal charges here that were recommended. but they are also going after critics and republicans who have been attacking the president over his age. today the white house releasing a memo saying this, "in this undeniable record," referring to the president's accomplishments in office, "speaks to why they continue their desperate and self-undermining age...
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white house policies on immigration. these hardline policies that he put in place while he was in office, he plans on going after biden, particularly now, as you heard, priscilla mentioning that gallup poll also on top of that, this decision really universally that there is a crisis now at the border, we heard a preview of what trump is likely to say. take a listen as president, i will carry out the largest domestic deportation operation in american history to remove joe >> biden's illegals and murderers because that's what many of them are and as we know, donald trump has always use rhetoric that is fear soaking when talking about immigration >> back in 2015, that's how we started the launch of his campaign and expect that again today he is going to talk about a number of different alleged crimes that were committed by migrants particularly focus on focusing on the murder of the uga's student, laken riley, at the hands of a while, allegedly the suspect is an undocumented venezuelan migrant, john. >> all right. kristen h
white house policies on immigration. these hardline policies that he put in place while he was in office, he plans on going after biden, particularly now, as you heard, priscilla mentioning that gallup poll also on top of that, this decision really universally that there is a crisis now at the border, we heard a preview of what trump is likely to say. take a listen as president, i will carry out the largest domestic deportation operation in american history to remove joe >> biden's...
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and does the white house want this to continue? is it having any impact on their strategy, the biden's campaign strategy, the fact that haley is still on the race? >> not really. i mean, the white house said after trump won new hampshire that voters have made clear that he was likely going to be the republican nominee and you see biden basically running against only trump. i mean once in a while they might send out a statement about something haley said. but biden from the beginning has been fixed in on trump. his language against trump in fundraisers is becoming more stronger. so as far as they're concerned, they are now running in a head-to-head race. >> but there are so many bad numbers coming foughr biden. and they say it is much different. but people are being asked by the contrast in the polls. there is a new poll out this morning who has better mental physical health to be president. 46% for trump. that is up 5% in -- since september of 2020. biden is down from 38% in september of 2020 to 23% now. again, who is better in mea
and does the white house want this to continue? is it having any impact on their strategy, the biden's campaign strategy, the fact that haley is still on the race? >> not really. i mean, the white house said after trump won new hampshire that voters have made clear that he was likely going to be the republican nominee and you see biden basically running against only trump. i mean once in a while they might send out a statement about something haley said. but biden from the beginning has...
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i don't cover the white house or the democratic party. i'm covering a republican running for president. i'm covering foreign policy, but i hear conversations all the time from people in multiple different states when it comes to biden and if he is the best pick for the democratic the party to be running right now. and so i think it's important not to pretend that those are conversations that are created by those of us who are covering the white house and covering biden. these are real questions that real americans are actually asking and talking about, right? yeah. >> so to that, and i want to play a clip from abc news charlemagne, the god and what he was saying about joe biden. let's listen >> he's just an honest wiring candidate. like there's nothing about no joe biden that makes you want to listen to him. he has no main character energy that all the couches voter apathy. and you know, that's, that's where everybody is up with in 2024. and right now right now, it feels like the couch is going when it is it's such an apt way to kind of l
i don't cover the white house or the democratic party. i'm covering a republican running for president. i'm covering foreign policy, but i hear conversations all the time from people in multiple different states when it comes to biden and if he is the best pick for the democratic the party to be running right now. and so i think it's important not to pretend that those are conversations that are created by those of us who are covering the white house and covering biden. these are real questions...
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i mean, that was one of the issues when trump was in the white house. they were not so revealing about how his health is doing it. and that became an issue back then. i >> would say for most people, even going back to president obama, for example, it's, it's been pretty, pretty there's hasn't been a lot of substance there. it's been usually a very brief sort paragraph, summary of things, the medications they're on, any specific like issues that they're dealing with. something as simple as allergies to as i mentioned with president biden's case the gate, the spinal arthritis that he has that causes them to walk the way that he does. but it's usually not very detailed, jim, i'll tell you just as a side note, you worked here a long time back in 2008 senator mccain was running for president. he was 71 at the time. at that point, he picked a couple of us to go review all of his medical records. it was some several thousand pages of medical records. and he said, look, i just want to be as open and transparent as possible. so he gave us a few hours to review t
i mean, that was one of the issues when trump was in the white house. they were not so revealing about how his health is doing it. and that became an issue back then. i >> would say for most people, even going back to president obama, for example, it's, it's been pretty, pretty there's hasn't been a lot of substance there. it's been usually a very brief sort paragraph, summary of things, the medications they're on, any specific like issues that they're dealing with. something as simple as...