right now. good to be with you. what does the future hold for the republican party? donald trump has had a lock on the gop since 2015, turning them on immigration, the national debt, trade in china. foreign policy and russia. bucking the long standing tenants of what it means to be a republican. but the question has always been what happens after donald trump. now it seems we might have an answer. trump and the gop seem to be mapping out the future of maga and how are they going to do that with jd vance. the campaign has already announced the first joint appearance saturday in grand rapids, michigan. what that tells us about how the campaign envisions his appeal in a moment. there s also his age. vance is 39 years old. and he is entering a presidential race that is defined by age. and on that subject, there is news among the democrats, my colleague ali vitali confirming that a letter is being circulated by democrats on the hill asking the dnc to delay the nominating process
president trump is about to speak at a campaign rally in western pennsylvania. this ll be his final event before the republican national convention kicks off monday right here in milwaukee, wisconsin. today president biden is spending the day talking to groups of house democrats, and many of them are publicly asking him to drop out of the race. but the president yesterday backed by the energized crowd in detroit says he is not going anywhere. good evening, i m shannon bream in milwaukee. this is a special two-hour edition of democracy 2024. shannon: we have team coverage for you tonight. lucas tomlinson is with the president in rehoboth beach, delaware, bill melugin here in milwaukee with details on who is going to be the speaking at the convention, and david avella with analysis. but first alexis mcadams is live in butler, pennsylvania, standing by for president trump s arrival. hello, alexis. reporter: hi, shannon. a very hot day here in pennsylvania, but that didn t
joe weekend. let s get to some of the conversations you may have missed. a lot going on . new cries for the president to step aside and the debate, you can hear it across the country. you can hear it across the country and you can hear it across the party. in the gospel of matthew, jesus said religious leaders, every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation and every city or house divided against itself will not stand. lincoln, with the specter of a civil war rising over slavery quoted jesus, a house divided against itself cannot stand. lincoln said, i do not expect the union to be dissolved. i do not expect the house to fall, but i do expect it will cease to be divided. it will become all one thing or all the other. lincoln encouraged his party in 1858 to stand together once again. two years ago we did this under the siege of impulse of resistance to a common danger with every external circumstance against us. lincoln s words then are all too relevant to t
thanks for joining us on way too early. morning joe starts right now. i ve been doing this a long time and haven t ever been more optimistic about america s future, if we stick together. i mean it. here s what else i ve learned and many of you have learned, you walk your faith, as well. we re all imperfect beings. we don t know where or what faith will deliver us to or when. what we do know is that we can seek a life of light, hope, love, and truth, no matter what. we can seek that life. take all of our experiences and give everything we have to work together. when we do, they can t stop us. i mean this sincerely. president biden speaking at a church in philadelphia over the weekend as he faces a critical week for the future of his campaign. calls for him to bow out of the race continue from some democratic members of congress, as well as members of the donor class. this comes as the president is set to lead the nato summit this week in washington. and donald trump
all happening at the same time, the fallout from afghanistan which gets rougher by the day it seems and the fallout from all the flooding and damage that now has claimed close to 60 lives. questions about how it happened and how we could have known better. first to the fallout half a world away because it continues and growing continues and so what if anything can the united states do about it? let s go to david spunt with the president in wilmington, delaware, david. david, hi, neil it s been almost a week that people want today get out as safely as they can. it s been almost a week since u.s. forces completely withdraw. there are still many people including americans that are in afghanistan that want to get out. the united states said to be in contact with members of the taliban to exit at some point. secretary of state antony blinken says that not getting into specifics about some of those discussions with taliban leaders. we do know that president biden is getting updates