republicans, are up to this moment. and this is especially dangerous moment for this nation. >> reporter: the most political parts of the speech and what was otherwise a very serious address on these issues was when he talked about two things, when he called the president a cow ard. he said the president is reso resorting to these tactics because he's afraid that i will beat him in november. and he also addressed the other democrats saying a lot saying this has to be more than electability, and they are right, we have to beat him like a drum. so finally a moment after a bit of silence. >> mike memoli, thank you very much. and i want to bring in simone sanders, adviser to the joe biden campaign. thank you for being with me. i want to get your explanation of this. one would have expected anybody who came under attack by the president in this way, this isn't the normal personal