Oh, it is good to be back in pennsylvania. So let me say, on behalf of myself and the first second gentleman of the united states, my husband, doug emhoff, thank you for the warm welcome. And let me just say, it s good to be here with all of the friends, all of the leaders who are here. I want to thank former governor ed rendell, senator bob casey who we will reelect this november, senator john federman, mayor cherelle parker, and chairman jaime harrison, and it is so good to be here with your incredible governor, josh shapiro. [ cheers and applause ] and i will say, josh is a dear, dear friend and an extraordinary leader. He and i have been spending a lot of time together over the years. And i told josh, look, i am so so invested in our friendship, doing this together because together with josh shapiro, we will win pennsylvania. [ cheers and applause ] we will win pennsylvania. And i thank you, josh. I thank you. So philadelphia, i launched my campaign for the president of the united
Former president from slamming the policies of vice president kamala harris at in atlanta rally last night. Trump targeting the record as well as the economy. The vice president said to choose her running mate very soon. Welcome to fox news lives. Like. Praised by some republicans for his sudden decision to withdraw a controversial plea deal for the mastermind but time behind the september 11, 2001 attacks. Lucas is live. Jackie asked john if president biden had anything to do with his defense team making that aboutface at the plea deal keeping the death penalty alive. Secretary of defense has the authority to change the delegation of that. Of that authority to the convenient authority. I know it sounds kind of complicated. He has the authority to do that. Did the president weigh in. This was a decision made by the secretary of defense. The vice president was involved to send more forces to the middle east. I want to speak to future policies. Adding additional resources. Senator tom co
And we understand. With the american people saw. What you also we spoke to that. I also would say i think you know this, peter, you ve covered a couple of an ministrations at this point. At the president, every president, has a white house medical unit that is with him 24/7 available to him 24/7. Unlike any other american. Right? that is not the norm that is not uncommon. That s where the medical unit is. I did share while he was exercising with his doctor a couple times a week and he has something that most majority of americans would probably argue don t have which is a full medical unit with him at all times. And he gets a full physical annual physical we share with all of you and that is very different than everyday american who sometimes they are lucky if they can go get a physical. They have to get into a car. To have to take public transportation. The president has a unit that he travels with. I guess the question is you are not saying it s a situation where you would rather jus
Plus the election that pushback against the far right, could which is happened in france happen here in the u. S. The 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. Good evening once again. I m stephanie ruhle and we are 120 days away from the election and as president biden begins a week that something may decide his political future, he has come out swinging. Today, the president forcefully pushed back on democrats who want him to drop out of the race saying the voters have spoken and daring a potential candidate to challenge him at next month s convention. A message from president biden today, the debate over his debate, is over. I am not going anywhere. The president said he has now assessed the country s mood after visiting voters across battleground states. Today, he phoned into msnbc s morning joe. I wanted to make sure i was right. The average voter out there still wanted joe biden and i am confident they do. The first lady amplifying his message in three states. For all the tal
discusses congress s counting of 2020 electoral college votes , and we will hear from representative hank johnson and representative markwayne mullin. journal is next. host: good morning. it is the washington journal for january 6. we will take your calls on two major events, first the state of the georgia runoff races with the associated press declaring raphael warnock the winner over kelly loeffler. and at this time jon ossoff with the lead over david purdue. counting electoral college votes with many republicans planning to challenge some votes. tune in starting at 1:00 p.m. this afternoon. you can also go to the website or listen on the radio app. here is how you can call us. 202-748-8000 for democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans. and independents, 202-748-8002. .ou can text us at 202-748-8003 and post on our social media sites, too. for the joint session of counting the electoral college votes, here are the names to look out for during the session, as far as those wh