in concrete ways. the president even acknowledging they are benefitting republicans who voted against these key pieces of legislation, things like the chips and science act, the inflation reduction act, the bipartisan infrastructure law. the president specifically acknowledging those republicans today thanking the ones that did support these pieces of legislation. all of this in an effort to really re-up a campaign message we heard from him in 2020, when he said that he will be a president for all americans from blue states, red states, he ll be able to work across the aisle. he stressed that again in this speech today making the argument as we ve talked about, he s using the power of his platform to speak not only as president but also as a candidate for re-election to make the case for how much more he could do if reelected to a second term, yasmin. allie raffa for us, thank you. appreciate it. still ahead, everybody, a disturbing video of the moment an l.a. deputy throwing a wom
from the former president when it comes to january 6th. yeah. if it wasn t for your vote, we would not have joe biden in the white house. do you ever second guess yourself? no vice president in american history ever asserted the authority that you have been convinced that i have. president trump is wrong about my authority that day, and he s still wrong. it reminds me somewhat of that moment when john mccain many years ago as he was asked about a different scenario, of course, when it came to president obama. but what do you make of that kind of statement from the former vice president and how he s handling it? i applaud it, thank you. kind of late, but okay. you know. thank you for the truth? thank you for the truth. but look, the truth matters in the moment when you first are challenged, and you know, the
effort by trump will figure into the broader the broader investigation that smith is leading. we should just keep in mind the special counsel jack smith and his office have been pursuing two investigations into trump, the classified documents case that we ve been talking about at mar-a-lago, but also the january 6th probe, which includes the fake elector scheme and the broader efforts by trump to overturn the election. paul butler, phil rucker, thank you. ryan, stay with me for a moment, we do have some breaking news we re following. new reporting on the small baggie of cocaine found in the white house. what more can you tell us about this, ryan? yeah, kelly o donnell reports that it s possible we might not even get to learn who actually brought this small baggie is. i m sure that s a sigh of relief to whoever made the bone headed move of bringing a bag of cocaine in the white house. because this was in a not an area that, you know, is highly trafficked but wasn t necessarily c
trump and his super pac are have now announced $35 million, some of which is going towards legal defense for both him and walt nauta we understand, but that s still a big haul. just the other day, $3 million for robert f. kennedy junior in just three days. there s a lot of money floating around. we see the president campaigning and raising money vigorously. what do you hear from the biden camp as to how they re doing? i mean, the real trick here is these small dollar donors who will continue to give to the former president repeatedly and make sure that he can stay in this race. it s interesting because during the fourth of july, every other candidate was out making their case. not donald trump. donald trump doesn t need to do that, but he does need to raise money, and how much of that is going to go for legal defense as opposed to any kind of political advertising remains to be seen. but you know, he s still very, very formidable.
carolina. talk us through what we heard from the president there. reporter: yeah, yasmin, this san incredible special state for president biden. as you ll remember in 2020, it was support from voters in south carolina, the endorsement of congressman jim clyburn that allowed the biden campaign to essentially get off of life support and really re-strengthen. so we saw congressman jim clyburn here today at this flex foot manufacturing facility in columbia talking about really the improvements and the advances that have been made to south carolinians thanks to the president. the president even acknowledging that he wouldn t be on that stage today without the help of congressman jim clyburn. all of this is in an effort as we ve seen white house officials talk about this phase two of their investing in america plan to get out to all of the areas of the country and talk about how legislation that president biden has signed into law, things that could sound abstract to many voters are helpin