the weekend in the state making their closing arguments in a state that can make or break their campaigns. fighting hate and extremism is p president biden s focus when he speaks from the same south carolina church that a wall street shot and killed nine parishioners. and the secretary of defense is still in the hospital as washington demands answers. why did he and his staff wait days to tell the white house that a criminal member of the chain of command was in the icu. i m dana bash, let s go behind the headlines and inside politics . first, breaking news, donald trump is asking a judge to throw out the election subversion case against him in georgia. the former president s legal team just filed a motion claiming presidential immunity, just like they have in other cases. paula reed has been going through the court filings. what s his reasoning, paula, for wanting immunity in this particular case? reporter: dana, this is all familiar. the president s lawyers argue a ing
recent washington post story and clyburn on air have expressed concerns about whether this biden reelect campaign is breaking through to voters. i can t think of anyone else that biden himself or biden high command would be more receptive to than those two. so it s a sign that democratic concerns aren t just sort of hyper ventilating. as some democrats have said, about the re-elect. there are serious reasons there might need to be a course correction on the biden campaign at this point in the cycle. it s a test case. he doesn t need south carolina, he s the nominee but it s a test indication for weahether he can get some of the black voters back and i say back with numbers because the percentages, the numbers slid with black voters since the election. on the point though about course correction. i spoke to biden folks earlier this morning they are over the moon after the first democracy