latest on all of it. hey, alex. reporter: hey, griff, good to be with you. yeah, this debut re-election rally, this is an appeal to american workers, to union workers in particular. in about an hour, the president will crease this room. this event is hosted by the afl-cio, a powerful collective of about 16 unions, they represent about 12.5 pearl million americans. no surprise that the endorsement went the a democrat as it always has. and while the stage was being set earlier, president biden was actually in the sky surveying the damage of last sunday s deadly tanker crash that led to the closure of i-9 a 5 in northeast philadelphia. the president did provide an update on how his administration will be aiding in that reconstruction effort that has paralyzed one of the most critical roadways. listen. there s no more important project right now in the country as far as i m concerned. i m directing my team, not figuratively but literally, to move heaven and earth to get it do
on cnn. obama can t help himself. if you notice he doesn t spend a lot of time praising pal joe biden who has his old job. we can only wonder why that is? joe and ba rock used to be good friends, i they they gave each other friendship bracelets. remember when joe tweeted that. doesn t he think joe thinks he s a good president, shouldn t he get another bracelet for the new job? doesn t seem to be happening. instead obama used the cnn interview to attack republicans, specifically not donald trump but senator tim scott of south carolina. the fact that tim scott has an optimistic view of race relations in america seems to have the former president very upset. i m not being cynical about tim scott individually. i am maybe suggesting that the rhetoric of, can t we all get along, and the quotes you made about, you know, from my speech in 2004 about there is a your united states of america, that has to be under girded wind an honest accounting with our past and our present. and so
over things like migrant flights and the threat to throw him in jail. desantis thinks it s time for gavin to man up and get into the race for the white house. you know what? stop pussyfooting around. are you going to throw your hat in the ring and challenge joe? are you going to get in and do it or sit on the sidelines and chirp into throw your hat in the ring and then we ll talk about what is happening. i guess gavin likes being on the sidelines. here he is repeatedly ruling out a white house run. are you considering running for president in 2024 or 2028? no. not at all. it s not my ambition. it s not the direction that i m leaning into. how many times does your phone ping a day of people saying you need to get in this race. i see where you re going. i m asking. i m not answering. that doesn t mean that newsome would not relish the chance to debate his faux. you would do a two hour debate with desantis? i would do three, on a day notice, with no notes.
anyway, great to see you my friend. take care. good evening to you, and welcome to ayman tonight. debunking donald trump, his lies, and false equivalency s about the documents case. they have reached some insane levels. we re gonna help set the record straight. then, ethics outrage, new reporting on clarence thomas s problematic patterns of behavior. and a possible breakthrough in a senate committee s attempts to get answers. plus, democratic pushback. representatives judy chu, and ted lieu, shut down republican defenses of trump s actions. they re gonna join me live to talk about that and more. i m ayman mohyeldin, in new york, let s get started. tonight, we begin with a new move from the justice department and it s classified documents case against donald trump. in a motion filed late yesterday, special counsel jack smith requested a protective order that would bore trump and his legal team from publicly discussing sensitive material obtained during the trial s discovery pr
time for choosing. the trump indictment forces republican candidates to make a choice, tiptoe around the former president or take their best shot at the front-runner. he s saying i m more important than the country. this is vanity run amok. republican presidential candidate chris christie joins me live next and out in the open. trump s team starts to prepare his defense. what do experts charge with our national defense say about the classified documents stored at mar-a-lago? house intelligence committee chairman mike turner and former trump defense secretary mark esper will be here exclusively. plus a way forward? america s cities confront challenges on crime and justice and a new mayor is delivering on a promise to end homelessness, but now her city faces a new test. this does not catch us off guard nor will it intimidate us. l.a. mayor karen bass joins me exclusively. hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is thanking dad. happy