blitzer in this situation room >> room, thanks very much for watching. erin burnett outfront starts right now outfront. >> next breaking news, president biden should leave the race. that's the headline from the new york times editorial board tonight, this is biden appears like a different man today than the 1 million saw on the debate stage last night. plus, what happens if biden is not the nominee? how do democrats? placed him and who would it be a special report tonight? and trump already trying to seize on the supreme court ruling on january 6, rioters. but could it backfire on him. let's go out front good evening, everyone. >> i'm kate bolduan in for erin burnett outfront tonight. the breaking news the new york times editorial board, which endorsed biden over trump in 2020, just moments ago, calling for president biden to drop out. they, here's the headline to serve his country president biden should leave the race. they go on to say, voters cannot be expected to ignore what was instead plain to see mr. biden is not the man he was four years ago. it comes as president biden's campaign is in crisis the president desperately trying to reassure voters today after a disastrous debate performance last night i know i'm not a young man well, i don't diseases i used to i don't speak as smoothly i used to i don't debate debate as long as i used to well, i know what i do know i know how to tell the truth that was binding just today, hours ago, looking and sounding like a different man than the one millions of americans saw on the stage last night. thank ensure that we're able to make every single solitary person eligible for what i've been able to do with the covid excuse me, with dealing with everything we have to do with what if we finally beat medicare and trump sees a gun every moment trying to ensure voters don't forget what happened despite the fact that crooked joe biden spent the entire week at camp david resting, work in studying, he studied very hard. he studied so hard that he didn't know what the hell he was like even some of biden's closest allies closest allies or admitting it did not go well last night for him the president said himself was not as best performance. >> nothing. he had a rough time was like there was a pool. the form but they like the democratic governors outfront spoke to, are standing by the president in a statement to outfront colorado governor jared polis, that last night was not a good night, but also said, i hope that president biden delivers is optimistic message about his vision for our future better throughout the campaign, washington state governor jay his league quote, president biden had a rough debate performance, but as he so eloquently put it, this morning, are other choice is a one man crime wave. >> and kansas governor laura kelly telling outfront he is a decent man of strong character. i will support him in november but the question of whether there should be a new nominee still looms large tonight, and some democrats are not giving their full-throated support do you think there should be a new candidate or you biden? >> kayla tausche out front in raleigh, north carolina. that is where we saw president biden rallying with supporters earlier, take kale, you've been talking to your sources all day. what is happening inside the biden campaign right now kate, president biden hit back harder on president trump today in front of a few hundred voters and north carolina than he did last time on the debate stage in front of 50 million people. >> but that's because he knew he had one job today and that was to reassure the party that he was fit for a second term. day after defiance and energized president biden out to reassure democrats did he's up to the task. >> i would not be running again if i didn't believe with all my heart and soul, i can do this job because quite frankly the stakes, are. too high biden's performance at thursday's debate, stumbling from the outset, making sure that we're able to make every single solitary person eligible for what i've been able to do with the with the covid excuse me, with i'm dealing with everything we have to do with more if we finally beat medicare leading to a panic across the party that was not what we needed from joe biden and his personally painful inside the white house staffers reeled their group chats grabbed as a bismol and ugly with one saying, everyone's deflate another calling it rbg. all over again, sources tell cnn frustration is mounting toward biden's powerful inner circle, who keep an iron grip on details and decisions for the president. but the biden campaign is unbowed. pledging to stay the course and debate in september number and advisor telling cnn, there's no basis to back out, pointing to some high moments for their candidate. >> and if i'm elected, i'm going to restore roe v. wade. you're only person in the stages of convicted felon is the man i'm looking at right now and some low points for the opponent. i didn't have sex with a porn star. number one, on january 6, we were respected all over the world world in north carolina, a purple state that the biden team is trying to turn blue leaders say the alternative is still works. we know that donald trump is an existential threat to our democracy and our nation. >> and we have to stop him the majority of likely voters in this race has already made up their mind that biden campaign's co-chair has acknowledged that this race is going to be fought by a small share of undecided voters and just six key battleground states, kate, and the question tonight is how those undecided voters respond. what did they see last night? what did they see today? and how do they feel going forward, kayla, great reporting throughout. thank you so much. from this. now, the democratic governor of maryland, wes moore, governor, thank you so much for coming in why didn't voters see the president biden that took the stage today in raleigh, north carolina on that debate stage last night well, i think no one can argue. the president even said it himself. he didn't have a great night last night. but the thing that we also know is that no one can argue that donald trump had had a great president a great presidency. you know that during his presidency, know, we saw the kind of chaos and frankly ms truths that we continue to see from donald trump last night. and so i think that i know that a lot of the conversation is about the president's performance last night. frankly, i'm just i'm not as interested in debate performances. i'm more interested in presidential performances. and i think their performance that this president has shown over the past four years his ability bloody to work in partnership with our states has ability to create new jobs, new opportunities 15 million new jobs across the entire country. think about here in the state of maryland driving, helping to drive as to the lowest unemployment rates in recorded history. these kind of results matter. and so i'm happy that the president is can you want to push on his fight and he needs to know that we're all here to push on with them, make sure you can. >> but isn't it more than just a debate performance? because isn't it being able to deliver and critical moments? it's the performance of a presidency is also the performance of a presence. these are in some way governor one and the same if you can't deliver on the stage, how do you get people the confidence you can deliver on the white house i know the president delivers when it matters and i've seen him deliver in times of trial, she you know, i know after the key bridge collapsed and one of the deadliest and most traumatic incidences in our state's history. >> where we had tens of thousands of people who lost jobs overnight where we had six souls that were lost inside of our state and where something that represents 13% of our economy, again, was shut down. i know the first phone call that i got from the white house that morning, was it 330 in the morning? and it was the white house telling me, gov, we're going to be with you every single step of the way and this presidents and vice presidents and this white house has been with us every single step of the way. and when people told us that it could take up to 11 months to get a federal channel cleared by working together. we got it cleared and 11 weeks this president delivers. and i think people know when they see it in their own lives, in the way that they have a government that is not only responsive, but in a government that knows how to get big things done. and i think that's what's going to matter to voters come november when it's actually time for them to vote governor, do you see any point at which you would support replacing biden on the ticket i'm supporting president biden today. >> on supporting president biden tomorrow. i'm going to support president biden through november because i know that right now, we have a situation where this is a binary choice for this country to make. and i really want every voter to take time with this to really think about what we saw last night, because the president, even said it himself. he did not have a great performance last night. do you know who said he did have a great performance donald trump? and people should take a look at donald trump's performance last night when you hear someone say things like how the democrats were talking about taking babies after they're born. and murdering him to the present, to donald trump, i would say that's murder and it's actually legal in all 50 states for donald trump to say that, that immigrants are coming over the country. millions of immigrants are being led out of jails and coming up just country, it just factually incorrect. and that immigrants are coming to this country to quote unquote, take black jobs i want everybody to pause and hear what they just heard from donald trump and know that this choice in november, this is going to be donald trump versus someone who genuinely cares and is devoted his life to public service, as in joe biden for me, the choice is very clear. i'm going to campaign for the president's. i'm going to advocate for the president's and i'm urging every single american and do the exact same thing the problem is president biden did not do what you just did. >> so eloquently in less than a minute on the debate stage last night. and that's why you see people like former hud secretary under obama, boolean castro, julian castro, he treated this, treated biden had a very low bar are going into the debate and failed to clear even that. are he seemed unprepared lost, not strong enough to parry effectively with trump, who lies constantly do you think biden should debate again i think i think about what happened the day after the debate, where just this morning where the president announced that was working with congress to ensure that we can get 100% cost-share. >> so we can get the rebuilding of the key bridge done the president woke up this morning and got to work because that's what he's been doing his entire time. that's what he's been doing for his entire life, got to work for the american people. and so i respect what secretary castro says. i also know this is that my selection for president is not going to be based on something performative my selection for president is gonna be based on performance. and the president has shown remarkable performance throughout his time as president and his vision for the next four years is one that i believe in and is one that i will advocate for. i think about what's happened in the past 18 months in maryland, a magic can give us another four years. that's why i'm supporting the president candidate i believe did he make the case harder though, for all of you to continue saying that after last night i think the president has been making the case for his reelection over the past four years and that's why i continue to support them. >> i think his cases made governor. thank you so much for coming in. governor wes moore of maryland thank you so much. for us next international reaction to the debate coming in fast and furious, quote, are to watch and trump eight biden live another diplomat saying i could not believe my eyes plus republicans speaking out to tell democrats, republican two del democrats. that are panicking over biden to calm down. these are guest and the supreme court sides with some of the january 6 rioters. so what does this mean now for jack smith's case against donald trump? 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it came out yeah. how much how much does does this hurt him outside and personally do think, you know, i don't know that it hurts him with voters i think we're hurts him is with elites and it hurts him with donors and it hurts him with the chattering class, you know it's it's it's unhelpful for sure. and i'm sure you know, i think probably for him, tom friedman's column this morning was an even bigger blow because they've had a relationship for a long time around foreign policy and so on and that was a deeply personal appeal to him i don't think it's going to change his thinking, but i think it's wounding i was really waiting with bated breath after the debate last night to hear your thoughts and during the debate from the beginning to the post, there is palpable concern among democrats that ranged from worry too like five alarm fire panic status do you sense that that has calmed today no. are you know certainly from the moment moments last night, i think the first ten minutes of that debate were shocking to a lot of people the tenor of his voice, the sort of discombobulated answers. and so it was like a sort of the worst nightmare scenario because people were looking to this debate much like the state of the union as a preset where he could reassure people that he was not that he that he had it together and that he was up to the task and they asked for this debate it wasn't as if they got trapped into it. they wanted the debate for that very purpose and it clearly wasn't that, new reality. check me on the conversation now about he says he's not getting adviser ssc, he's not talking about when you when you when you're assessing risk and the time that is left what is less risky is one less risky than the other if democrats want to not allow donald trump to get into the white house, you're talking about uncharted waters. of course, everything about this race is uncharted waters, but you're talking about uncharted waters here. if it sounds in theory pretty like a great idea to replace him. and it may be less risky but there's considerable risk associated with it. first, you have no primary. so how do you choose a candidate in a, in a party that has a lot of diverse voices and a lot of ambitious people. how do you choose a candidate? second italy primaries are how we vet people you learn a lot about people during these primary campaigns. i mean, look at governor desantis, who was heralded as an example, as a huge figure in the republican party. the next nominee. and he faltered under the pressures of a campaign campaigns are important. and so you're throwing someone into the maelstrom of a national campaign without any experience or preparation for what is unlike any other pressure, there is in politics so i think that is a there is great risk associated with that. the fact that it's being talked about though reflects the amount of concern there is that sorry to ask you. >> it's this conflict contrast juxtaposition. we had the governor of maryland on west morgue. he is he is he is with joe biden. he is supporting joe biden. the team and outfront. they also got statements from the governors of washington kansas, colorado, we'll saying last night is not good but she is our guy how inland are out of line, do you think that the conversation is publicly and privately when you're talking about the big names like this right now, well, i don't i can't speak for those people who haven't spoken to those people. look, i think t