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that s what the american people want. they want to know what he s doing, whatever legislation he s trying to get through, whatever his administration is trying to accomplish, the american people want to know. and i don t think anyone can convey that and after all he was elected president of the united states the highest office of the land. no one can do that better than him. so i think he should continue to do these town halls, continue to do press conferences. i think he should go out and meet the media and talk to the media and hold press conferences and go to the briefing room because people want to know. when i m out and about and i m discussing things people say i don t know what are the democrats doing, what s the administration doing? they don t know. so inform the american people about what you re doing. they re either going to like it or not. but for the most part i think they re going to like it because joe biden, quite honestly, is a very likable person. if ....
altering the filibuster on issues like voting rights and the debt limit increases. also tonight the house voting to hold steve bannon in criminal contempt of congress for defying a subpoena. late tonight the cdc director approving booster shots for the moderna and j&j vaccines, endorsing the recommendations from the agency s vaccine advisory committee. so, we ve got a lot to talk about. let s bring in mr. david axle robi rod, and mr. bakar ri sellers. thanks for the tie. yeah. david, hello to you. so much at stake thanks for my tie? what s going on here? bakar ri is not wearing a necktie. i said tie, t-i-e. should i take my tie off. i m going fror the youthful sexy look at 11:00. it s 11:00 and it hasn t happened. i m not going to attempt the youthful sexy look, so let s just keep going. back on the tracks. so, there is a lot at stake for the president tonight. he had to sell his domestic agenda, which still isn t over the finish line yet. so, how do you ....
how was he tonight, don lemon? did he meet your muster? not that he meet my muster, but he should do more of this. i have always said on the record in this exchange and on the program, these are good venues for him because he is a human being. he can explain things. sometime he gets, you know, a little too in the weeds, right? very big on details tonight. and he usually does that, right? because i think he should continue to do these because that s what the american people want. they want to know what he s doing, whatever legislation he s trying to get through, whatever his administration is trying to accomplish, the american people want to know. and i don t think anyone can convey that and after all he was elected president of the united states the highest office of the land. no one can do that better than him. so i think he should continue to do these town halls, continue to do press conferences. i think he should go out and meet the media and talk to the media an ....
together and pass both the bipartisan infrastructure bill and his social safety net plan, saying and i quote here i do think that we ll get a deal. and saying he s open to altering the filibuster on issues like voting rights and the debt limit increases. also tonight, the house voting to hold steve bannon in criminal contempt of congress for defying a subpoena from the committee investigating the january 6th insurrection at the capitol. and late tonight, the cdc director approving booster shots for the moderna and j&j vaccines, endorsing the recommendations from the agency s vaccine advisory committee. we ve got a lot to talk about. let s bring in now cnn senior political commentator mr. david axelrod, a former obama senior adviser, and political commentator mr. bakari sellers. thanks for the tie. david, hello to you. no thanks for my time? no. bakari is not wearing a neck tie. i said t-i-e. you want me to take my tie off? no. we re good. we re good. ....
being weighed down by many weaknesses. at the heart of his vulnerability is of course his age. nearly half of democrats say it is their biggest concern and 74% of voters don t think he is sharp enough. if you are a liberal perhaps most worrisome of all an eye opening 67% of democrats prefer another candidate. let me reiterate. two-thirds of his own party want someone else to run. the issue is not just his age. nearly 60% of americans believe that biden has made the economy worse. in a moment james carville joins me to react to that but first here is a taste of how some democrats are spinning today. let s not forget donald trump has three fewer candles on his birthday cake than joe biden. sure. he also has 91 more criminal counts on his record than joe biden. if a year from now these numbers are the same, and this were a referendum, he would be in deep, deep trouble. he would not win that. joe biden has an incredible record to run on. i ll note this poll has a ....