On nbcs today show he said biden would not be the democrats best candidate. Well, look, i have a lot of respect for joe biden. Hes been a terrific Vice President. The problem is joe biden is a very good guy and probably has no appeal to people whatsoever under 35. People under 35 elected president obama president of the United States. That is a key part of the Democratic Coalition along particularly with latinos africanamericans and asianamericans. So i think it makes sense to have a candidate, and i think hillary is one, i think bernie is another, who can turn on the under 35 set. I think that would be a problem for joe. Lets talk about all of this with cnns White House Correspondent Michelle Kosinski and our political director david chalian. Youre on Marthas Vineyard where president obama is taking a vacation. Joe biden is also on vacation in south carolina. What are you hearing from your sources who exactly biden is consulting as he weigh this is decision . Reporter hes not taking u
Were hearing that the twotime president ial hopeful has been holding some meetings while vacationing in South Carolina. Lets go to michelle kosinski, our senior white house correspondent. I guess if youre the Vice President and looking at these poll numbers, maybe youre thinking, possibly, possibly. What are we hearing from the Vice President . Reporter absolutely. You have to know hes been thinking about this for a long time and his son beau who just died in may urged him to take this chance and run with it. But then the timing was so terrible personally for him. So you know hes been thinking about it but now we are getting word that hes been reaching out while on vacation this week to a few close friends, advisers, politicos, trying to get a better lay of the land as to what it would look like if he did make that decision to run now. No one really knows and over the last several weeks people that weve talked to have said they dont know. These are people close to him that say he reall
Votes. It is such a slim margin that cnn will not call this race at the moment, but if the margin stands this improbable upset in a deep red district could spell trouble for republicans in the 2018 midterms. Were bracing for more shakeups at the white house. President trump signaling he could be ready to dismiss more senior officials after abruptly firing secretary of state Rex Tillerson. Who else might the president fire this week . Lets begin our coverage with Alex Marquardt live in cannonsburg, pennsylvania. Alex . Reporter good morning, chris. Riveting night of Political Drama in the pennsylvania 18th. We have conor lamb up by. 2 . Thats 641 votes. At this point there are still votes to be counted but it would be a long shot for saccone. He has said there would be no decision made, no concession made until all the votes are in. The Lamb Campaign is very confident they have won. Listen to the candidates remarks from last night. It took a little longer than we thought, but we did it.