Coventry direct redefining insurance im dr. Sanjay gupta in atlanta. And this is cnn us this afternoon on Cnn News central. Im boris sanchez, live in the Nations Capital alongside Alison Camerota grateful to have you, brianna keilar, obviously has the day off and we begin here in washington, dc, where just moments ago, President Biden made a Surprise Visit during the White House Press Briefing. His first time ever taking questions there as president and he took quite a few. He seemed to relish his exchanges with a report. Yeah, they got to drag him out of there. The president spoke about everything from the ongoing crisis in the Middle East to the latest positive Jobs Report numbers. He was also asked if he believes the upcoming election will be free and fair and peaceful. And im confident be free and fair i dont know whether it will be peaceful things that trump has said and the things that he said last Time Out would he didnt like the outcome of the election . Were very dangerous have you notice. I noticed that as Vice President ial republican candidate did not say hed accept the outcome of the election and have you accepted outcome of the last election . So i am concerned about what theyre going to do okay, so lets bring in cnn senior White House correspondent, Kayla Tausche and senior contributor for axios, margaret talev. So kayla, tell us about the moment in The Room. This abroad when President Biden walked in and what he said well, allison, there were audible gasps in The Room when President Biden biden walked through the sliding door from lower press into the Briefing Room for the first time in his presidency. It thats customary thing for his predecessors to have done, but its the first time that biden himself has stepped out to take questions from reporters in that format in nearly four years time. And so you can imagine that there was quite a clamoring of hands raised and his press secretary, Karine Jeanpierre moving along quite quickly to get to a handful of questions before ushering him out of The Room. He appeared in good spirits. He really wanted to talk about a couple of economic wins its not only the positive Jobs Report, surprisingly. So earlier today, but also the tentative agreement between Dock Workers and foreign Port Operators to have a 90 Day Pause on any the potential strike and to try to work out their differences. But the bulk of the questions that he got from reporters concerned the Middle East considering the fact that the region is still on tenterhooks and theres a possible its ability of a response by israel and a for Tat Engagement that could further inflame the region. And he was asked about what he believes would be appropriate for israel to do. And he said that the israelis have not concluded how theyre going to respond. And when he was asked specifically about comments that he made earlier this week that set markets into a tizzy and spiked the price of oil that essentially left the door open to them striking Irans Oil reserves. He said, if i were in their shoes, id be thinking about other alternatives. So certainly suggesting that he would prefer that israel did not strike those oil reserves. Just as he said earlier in the week that he would be opposed to israel striking irans nuclear facilities. He said that the u. S. And israeli team teams are in constant contact more than 12 hours a day. But as for potential call between him and the israeli prime minister, he said it, hes not necessarily jonesing for that, but it will happen if and when it happens and when the u. S. Feels that israel has made a conclusion about how to respond he seemed to shave at a reporter the way she phrased the question. He felt that she was suggesting that he wanted to talk to netanyahu than yahoo didnt want to talk to him. The president clearly wanting to be as explicit as possible about where that relationship stands margaret to you as a former president of the White House correspondents association, i imagine you were surprised to see President Biden come out there for the first time in his presidency. With just a few months left in office the Old School way. That things you stop right . Unimaginable that you have to present, wait that long to come address reporters from that Briefing Room and there different rooms that are appropriate for different conversations. Obviously, you know, you might have an address from the Oval Office or from these Room Or Something like that. But what he did today is precisely what a president would do when communicating with the american people in the Press Corps on daily developments. But remember this it is a president whos successful campaign in 2020 came amid covid and sometimes dubbed the basement campaign. And then after the Debate Performance in june, theres just been very little incentive to be out there. His team for most of his presidency has sought to minimize his given Take Exposure with reporters to try to avoid gaffes and that strategy has not always helped, but today is something different. He has only a limited number of days remaining in his presidency and a rare moment where really good news for him and his legacy and the White House is also very good news. For Vice President harris, who is on the Campaign Trail today. So this combination of the Port Strike being suspended or ended while they go back to the table that will last through The End of the year and into january. And this Jobs Report, both good in terms of numbers and good in terms of wages that in theory could ensue spire, not just americans confidence, but Voters Confidence what president would not want to get out there, make some good news for himself and try to make some good news for the person who he hopes will carry on and win. Another term in his in his place. Yes, but the timing was interesting for us, as we noted, because that would be exact moment when Vice President harris was speaking in detroit about the Port Workers strike being resolved. So she wanted to talk about it and then the president made this Surprise Appearance and kayla, im just wondering, i know this is an Insult Way Question before us and i were wondering do with their Communications Staffs coordinate. I mean, did he know he was stepping on you know, Vice President harris is big moment of being able to talk about that on national television. Well i think that he would feel that because, you know, hes the sitting president and his administration is currently in office that he also deserves the right to talk about it too. Considering that it was his officials who were at the table with both parties are urging them toward a deal. Im told there was a fivethirty. Am Zoom Call Yesterday for essentially, they floated the idea of an extension. So certainly, i think he believes he has the right to take credit for something like that, but he also fielded a question about Vice President harris and he he used the opportunity to give her a lot of credit, equal credit for all of the work that his administration has done, saying that the teams work very closely together and that shes had a seat at the table for nearly every the thing that theyve done. So at some point that there will be a lot of oxygen being taken up out of The Room by Vice President harris, her campaign, and then as we now now, no President Obama Campaigning for her next week. But, he also wants to be able to tout his record and his accomplishments, which is why i think we saw him im out there today. You have to imagine that there were some folks on the Harris Campaign that were not so pumped to hear from President Biden at the moment, especially because shes in michigan, margaret and shes trying to tout this major Port Worker Deal as significant unions, the firefighters union, the Teamsters Union have declined to endorse a candidate for president , seen as a blow to democrats im wondering what you make of that. And also the fact that she herself hasnt actually done a Press Conference. Like what President Biden just did since she became the democratic nominee. As a journalist and as a member of The Public, i think president ial nominees should be available for questions from the people who represent The Public and can voice the questions of The Public. So on a personal, professional note, id like to see more of it. I think manage jane the political relationships with unions especially unions where a large portion of the membership are white men has become increasingly difficult for the democratic party as republicans have sought to sort of subsume that, that place and have had success culturally, even among union members who say okay, maybe the republican party doesnt always represent my union interests, but culturally im in more agreement with them. Thats a challenge for her, but i think The End of that strike is good economic news. There could have been major Spillover Effects of that. It continued through The End of this year. And the Jobs Report numbers are good news. And that is good news for harris. It is also good news for the sitting president and im would kill on this one, i think theres protocol. A lot of political protocols Behind The Scenes for who goes first and who waits, but the president gets a talk when the, when the president wants to talk and anyone including his running mate, his campaign also has the ability to delay. Their own or rearrange their own start to the speech. I dont know what the Behind The Scenes communications were yet at this point, ill say one more thing. You flagged it in showing the Video Clips at the beginning of this segment it is noteworthy that President Biden addressed his concerns about about former President Trump, i think part of his thinking on this Messaging And Youll hear it from Vice President harris as well. Is that former President Trumps Messaging Jd Vances Messaging and the Gop Messaging has all been the economys terrible and its not getting better. And it was better during trump. And its really on democrats at this point of the closing last weeks of this campaign to try to reframe the narrative, not just by talking about good indicators and stats, but by reaching people emotionally and saying, you dont have to feel that way. It isnt really that way. And i think that is what youre seeing him try to do. Well see how successful it is, but trump still holds the lead perceptionwise over harris in terms of handling of the economy. And if she can and not shrink that much smaller, it could be a problem in crucial swing states, including michigan. Okay. Margaret talev, kayla, thank you both very much. Meantime, on the other side on the Campaign Trail right now, were about to see a remarkable joint appearance involving former President Donald Trump and a popular republican governor that hes had a tense relationship with since he lost the last race for the White House. Just moments. Were going to see trumps standing sidebyside with Georgia Governor Brian Kemp in, an area thats handling the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. You might recall, kemp refused to go along with trumps push to overturn the Election Results in georgia in 2020. And that resulted in a simmering feud between the two that led to insults from trump to camp as recently as september. So were standing by for that. And then later tonight, Donald Trump will travel to North Carolina, another state that is of course, dealing with the aftermath of helenes devastation. Cnn, Steve Contorno is live in fayetteville where trump is set to hold a Town Hall later tonight so steve, first lets talk about as weve said, this Georgia Moment between the former President And Governor kemp, what will that look like yeah, thats right. These two have not been in a room together there since Donald Trump tried to pressure republicans in the state of georgia to overturn the election in 2020. And he has had a fractured relationship with republicans in that state. Ever since the membrane, many republicans in this state actually blamed Donald Trump for the way he acted after that election costing them, they believe two senate seats in georgia, and he has continued to feud with the republicans. There in the state, especially brian campaign has recently as earlier this year, he said that camped wasnt to, blame for the terrible Crime Rate in the state of georgia, blaming him for the states quote, average economy calling him quote, a bad guy, a disloyal Guy A very average governor. I Cant Think of a worse insult Donald Trump could throw at someone, then disloyal. And yet here they will be together. In the aftermath of this tragedy, in this natural disaster, trump as well has been leaning on Brian Kemps Political Machine in georgia. So they have been trying to bury the Hatchet And Move on for the sake of the republican party Steve Contorno live for us in fayetteville, North Carolina. Steve, thank you so much so Vice President harris is in battleground found michigan where shes going to speak at a Campaign Event in flint later tonight. An earlier she was in detroit making her pitch to unions during that stop if reelected, he intends to launch a Fullon Attack on unions and the freedom to organize he will ban Public Sector unions rolled back workplace safety protections. And a appoint a Union Buster to run the Department Of Labor on top of that, Donald Trump will give billionaires and the biggest corporations massive Tax Cuts like he did last time enters its final weeks, the Vice President is getting some help from democratic heavyweights. The Popular Former President Barak Obama will hit the trail to rally support for the Vice President. Kicking off a 27 Day Blitz through key Battleground States. Next week, i quickly want to give you some live images from georgia where we are seeing former President Donald Trump shaking hands this is in Columbia County. You see governor Brian Kemp there in the background lets actually listen to the former president. This maybe the worst President Donald Trump. He was describing the damage from Hurricane Helene as hes shaking hands with folks on the ground, there are not the first stop for former President Trump in the southeast since this hurricane swept through Rue Killing at least 120 plus people were going to monitor this sit down between former President Trump and the governor of georgia. And of course, well bring you the headlines as we get them. So stay tuned for that. We want to open up the conversation now and discuss all all the recent developments with democratic congressman of florida, maxwell frost. Hes a member of the Harris Campaign national advisory board. Congressman. Thank you so much for being with us we were all surprised this afternoon to see President Biden in the Press Briefing room engaging with reporters for the first time in his presidency and we havent actually seen that from Vice President harris, a formal Press Conference since she became the democratic nominee, she has done way fewer oneonone, sit Down Sounds with the press compared to former President Trump, do you think its time that the Media Strategy Change for the Vice President , would you like to see more of that . I think shes doing a great job. I mean, look, you see what shes been focusing on as having a very aggressive agenda of going out into communities and speaking directly to the american people through these huge rallies in these big events that shes doing big events, but also small events where she speaking with people, especially students young people, seniors, folks with different demographics and very closed settings as well. And i think this is really part of the reason were seeing her helping our party with enthusiasm all across the board right now. I think she should continue what shes doing. Were seeing a lot more interviews come out. Yes, its not always what traditional press. Weve seen her do a lot of It Interviews with a lot of cultural Media Organizations and places like that because shes trying to reach out to voters who might not pay attention to politics right now. But i think shes doing a good job and i think we will continue to see her do that congressman the Vice President , has been attacked repeatedly for the biden administrations immigration policy. Can i wanted to ask you something regarding her plans if elected, she said that she is going to get that bipartisan Senate Bill that failed earlier this year through congress, and that she will sign it one of your colleagues, the chair of the progressive caucus, congresswoman pramila jayapal, said that she had a hard time believing democrats would focus solely on that, or even start there. Do you have a hard time believing what the Vice President is promising . Shell do on the Campaign Trail many of us had different disagreements with that bill, was put forth in a bipartisan way in the senate, and we got to, we cant just say that it fail. Well leave to say why it failed and failed because Donald Trump picked up the Phone Called Republicans in the the senate and said, dont let it pass because i want to campaign on the issue. I dont want to solve it. I want to campaign on it. Make sure that bill doesnt pass. We cant give Joe Biden or Kamala Harris await and thats why that bill failed because of Donald Trump. And i think its important to know that the other thing is in a democratic house, and democratic White House, the leaderships will, the leadership will work with the White House who identify what are the priorities going forward. Of course, immigration is something Thats Top of mind for people right now. And im sure well have fruitful discussions once Kamala Harris is elected president united states in figuring out, how do we have both a humane but also ordered truly process at the border to make sure that were still in touch with our values of a country the Human Right to claim asylum. But also making sure that that process is orderly as well congressman, i want to play a clip for you of fascinating conversation between cnns Audie Cornish and Mma Store Jorge mosque, middle hes an outspoken Trump Supporter and she asked him why the former president is appealing to young men like him. Heres that clip were going to work two of our 14 hour shifts every day and then at The End of the week, im going to kind of see how much money i got. It doesnt take a Rocket Scientist these same hard work and dogs. Im going to be like, no matter how many hours i put it now,