, . . a candidates age and camp competency are always fair game in politics. even biden conceded earlier this month that he took a hard look at his age as he contemplated whether to seek reelection. one of the things people are going to find out, they re going to see a race and going to judge whether or not i have it or don t have it. i expect them to take a hard look at it, i take a hard look at it as well. i took a hard look at it before i started to run. i feel good, i feel excited about the prospects. but there are other truths that must be considered. as i wrote in the times, headlines and polls don t just measure and reflect public sentiments. they also influenced public sentiment. the persistence of a theme elevates and validates that theme. it s true that if he is reelected biden would be the oldest president we ve ever had. but he is already the oldest president we ve already had the first time he was elected. so what has changed? i would argue that the biggest
expel george santos from congress. republicans cheat to a room of accountability. and three democratic state attorneys general from colorado, california, and michigan join me to discuss reproductive rights, gun reform and combatting hate crimes. i m charles blow infirmity has some. let s get started. as we start the second hour, we want to flip the script on how president biden s reelection campaign is perceived. the common within much of the news media says that biden is struggling in parts of the electorate in 2024 because of how voters view his age. in a recent piece of the new york times, i argue that there is a chicken and egg expect to this coverage. let me say up front, candidates age and competency are always fair game in politics. even biden conceded earlier this month that he took a hard look at his age as he contemplated whether to seek reelection. one of the things people are going to find out, they re going to see a race and going to judge whether or not i ha
i have not not done my job since i got here. i can to and walk at the same time. senator sharon brown and potential democratic workaround for democratic hostage taking. leaders have all agreed we will not default. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. we have new polling just out. this one shows joe biden maintaining a lead, a significant, one over his potential republican challenger for the presidency next year. registered voters give biden a six-point advantage over donald trump, 44 to 38%, and the reason i m beginning tonight s show with this polling, and we re a long way from the election, is because it comes after, two weeks after chakras alton another poll that showed those numbers flipped 44% for trump, 38% for biden, and there s a lot written about those polls. now what i would like to tell you is you can watch those polls bounce up and down and worry about what they mean. the reality is the election is 18 months away. t
also tonight the pentagon approveathize deployment of some 1,500 u.s. troops to the southern border with mexico as the u.s. braces for a new surge of thousands of migrants. the pentagon press secretary joins us live to discuss the timing and the scope of this new military mission. and senators clash over a proposed code of ethics for the u.s. supreme court justices at a hearing prompted by scrutiny of justice clarence thomas. i ll speak with chairman dick durbin who s accusing the high court of being in his word oblivious to these ethics issues. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with two very consequential deadlines for the biden administration and the country, for that matter. the u.s. facing the dire possibility of defaulting on its debt next month, and a major migrant surge across the southern border is expected next week when a key trump era immigration policy expires. our
time announcing he is running for a second term and mark his first formal news conference in more than a month. this one to be two questions per side. sandra: all comes amid reports biden s advisers tend to shield him for his re-election campaign, to avoid unscripted comments that they have had to walk back. nikki haley is joining us exclusively on america reports. john: marc thiessen is standing by and peter, no surprise, the president once again running behind schedule. only about an hour, as far as these things go with the visiting head of state and dignitaries and press that travel with them, it s not so bad, but targeting 1:30 or so start for the rose garden press conference and the white house defense of the lack of press conferences from president biden has been well, he often entertains shouted questions. the reason this event this afternoon is significant is because people are not going to have to shout, somebody from the white house will bring a microphone u