Reelected. Ill get reaction from quintin folk, president for the Biden Harris Campaign. And Steve Phillips standard of democracy. And inside the fight to enshrine abortion laws. And breaking with the boss. Former Vice President mike pence on january 6th and his decision not to endorse donald trump. The fact that the president continues to insist that i had the right to overturn the election that day is a fundamental difference. But i want to be clear that, you know, ive forgiven the president in my heart for what happened that day. Im jonathan capehart, this is The Sunday Show. Its official, biden versus trump. And what is shaping up to be the first president ial general election rematch in nearly 70 years. Sure it feels like deja vu all over again. But this 2024 version is all together different. Biden seeks reelection with a strong record to stand on and defend. A record that includes a booming economy despite all those hair on fire prediction that the u. S. Would slip into recession
The places and the person who will likely decide the most consequential until election of our time. Thats tonight on these lines good evening im abby phillip in new york and welcome to the official start of the general election is shaping up to be a rematch for the history books. In the red corner is donald trump twice impeached, indicted insurrectionist, depending on who you ask. And the blue corner, joe biden, older, unpopular and beset by questions about his ability to do the job for four more years but there is a third man in the ring to robert f. Kennedy jr. More on him in a moment. But first, a reminder, this election will be close and it will be decided by a few thousand votes in roughly a handful of states. Six to be exact. So here is where it could all come to a head. This november six states where lets face it, each ballot might make a bigger impact than in the rest of the country. Nevada, arizona, georgia, michigan, pennsylvania, and wisconsin. These are the swinging list of
too big, too small or just the right size? i ll talk to two of the world s foremost economists, larry summers and paul krugman. then, what is the quad? president biden met with the leader of japan, india and australia, a new block focused on deterring china. will it work? i ll talk to an expert. and the biotech revolution brought us to the covid 19 vaccines more swiftly than anyone imagined possible. it is given us the ability to edit genes to cure diseases and the innovations on the horizon are even more extraordinary. i will ask walter isaacson to describe what is next. but first, here is my take. within hours of being inaugurated, president biden began to roll back donald trump s most egregious immigration policies including the so-called muslim ban which biden called a stain on our national conscience. he signed six actions geared toward a more humane and generous policy and outlined a proposal for comprehensive immigration reform including a path to citizenship for mor
European union. What does President Trump ask sondland the day after this call . What does the president want to know . Did he ask about ukraines efforts to battle corruption . Of course not. Did he ask how the war with russia was going . Not a chance. On the phone his voice loud enough for others to hear, President Trump asked sondland, so hes going to do the investigation . And the answer was clear, sondland assured trump that the ukrainian president was going to do it. And that he would do anything you asked him to. If that wasnt telling enough, my colleagues, in a conversation that followed, an american Diplomat Dining with sondland asked if it was true that President Trump didnt give a blank about ukraine . Sondland agreed saying president cared only about big stuff. The diplomat noted that there was big stuff in ukraine like a war with russia. And sondland replied that the president cared only about big stuff that benefits him personally like the Biden Investigation that mr. Giul
determined ukrainian soldiers. it s a death cave, truthfully. retired general mark hertling, thank you, in one liberated town in ukraine tonight, families left to wonder what s happened to their fathers, husbands and sons as the russians left. reporter: every single day, valentina waits for the moment her husband and son return home. on march 11th, i called them and just said hold on, wait a minute, and that s all. what do you think happened to your husband and son? translator: i don t know, i have no idea, my husband and son wouldn t hurt a fly. they re very kind. reporter: days before, russian soldiers a had occupied the town, when she returned home that day, neighbors told her her husband and son were taken by russian soldiers. i want them to return my husband