sure that he and his campaign have the democratic party behind him because there have been multiple questions over the last several days of whether or not he is a viable candidate for this election year. now, while that campaign blitz was ongoing, president was working the phones. we know he had one meeting already with progressive lawmakers and another call is currently ongoing where he is listening to what they have to say and what concerns they may harbor about him going forward and going up against former president donald trump. of course, this comes after he was in michigan yesterday hey, also very important state for him and trying to convince voters and target former president donald trump, drawing the stark contrast between him and his record. but perhaps the clearest indicator of just how difficult the last few days have been came from vice president kamala harris during her rally earlier this afternoon we always knew this election would be tough the past few days
lead. i m jake tapper breaking this hour, president biden fighting for his political life is in battleground michigan right now, he just arrived at a garage and fuel bar and northville, michigan, about to hold a campaign event, tried to show the world that he s up for the job in just minutes. he s going to speak in detroit while in the background sources tell cnn his campaign chair acknowledged quote bad effing weeks and i call to staff, let s listen in she and i are together. she looks like my wife, jill, and i go are you married we bought i say yeah, i don t tell him who anyway. thank you. thank you. all just like you know, the whole and you had a beautiful day like this to come in to say hi, and i can t thank enough and your kids, you got had to get dressed up. i owe you big we owe you big. everybody knows. i like kids better people look folks there s a lot going on. we re here to have a rally a little later on. but, you know john and the congresswoman and i got involved
this week. thank you for getting up way too early with us this morning. don t go anywhere, morning joe starts now. you had such love at the rally, they were there for one reason. the rigged election. they felt the election was rigged. that s why they were there. they were peaceful people, they were great people. the crowd was unbelievable. and i mention the word love, the love in the air i ve never seen anything like it. former president trump speaking yesterday with fox news, continuing to frame what happened on january 6th in a far different light than reality. as we know, he directed many of those so-called great people the great people that were beating police officers with american flags, that our troops had fought to defend for 240 years. they used that american flag to bludgeon, nearly to death, police officers. right. and he told them to go to the capitol and get tougher on congress, to stop the certification. he told them and, of course, don junior
there were parts in russia that people lived to be 120 years old, eat yogurt and you ll live longer. i ate it until i was 11 and heard that wasn t the case. then i heard in japan, japanese live a long time so i started to eat sushi and then the french drink wine. what do they do in tulsa, oklahoma? like the president met with somebody who is like, 102? 106? 107? there were three over 100. three over 100 and the male survivor grabbed my hand, he said, i watch you all the time. and started lecturing me about what was going on. i think what drove them in talking to them in all sincerity was they wanted the story out. sometimes purpose can extend your life. keep you going. i think that the purpose of them talking about what they saw, this viciousness, this murder, their loved ones being assaulted and killed because of the color of their skin, i think it drove them to keep living until they finally watched the president of the united states telling their story. valid
because there will be significant population movements, fights over land. millions of people leaving places because they re sinking below the sea in indonesia, because of the fights of arable land anymore. with the g7, we plan to launch an ambitious effort to support resilience and development around the world by investing in high quality, high standard physical, digital and health infrastructures. we have to make sure that the new technologies and nornls of conduct are established including addressing the growing threat of ransomware attacks. they re governed by the democratic values, not by the autocrats who are letting it happen. these are all critical national security issues in 2021 and will be driving this agenda together with our g7 partners. in brussels i ll make it clear to the united states commitment to the nato alliance and article 5 is rock solid. it s a sacred obligation we have under article 5. the u.s. and the uk are both founding members of nato, the stronges