convention. donald trump came in through those corridors, and it was beamed on the big screens in the arena, and he walked into, among supporters up walked into, among supporters up a small flight of stairs to a special seating area with a prominent white bandage on his right ear. donald trump greeted his reporters with the fist bumps he used moments after the failed assassination attempt on saturday. the audience could be heard chanting back the words that he shouted from the podium, fight, fight, fight , which has become the chant of the convention. donald trump also greeted the man he is named as his vice presidential candidate, 39 year old ohio s senator]d vance. this comes two days after the former president survived an attempted assassination at a pennsylvania rally. we will have more in the investigation and response a little later. we also have plenty on the other developments to bring you including the legal victory for the former president as a judge dismisses clas
feels appropriate, right? i m michael smerconish in philadelphia last night in detroit, president biden was greeted by a crowd chanting, don t you quit. he gave a fiery speech about staying in the race and finishing the job probably noticed his boss lot of speculation laid me. what s joe biden going to do is he going to stay in the race? i m going to drop out where my answer. i am running and we re going aware. but hang on the polling is showing that his candidacy is in danger of turning blue states purple per today s new york times quote as president biden insists, he ll stay in the presidential race democrats are growing increasingly political map, turning light blue states into contested battlegrounds down-ballot democrats, local elected officials, and party strategists say minnesota, new hampshire, new mexico, virginia all of which mr. biden won comfortably in 2020 could be in play in november after his miserable debate performance last month and this is just one of s
president biden last night. the president hoped to overcome the poor debate performance a couple weeks ago and concerns about his mental acuity with a news conference last night at the close of the nato summit. he did have some gaffes but also showed strong command of key issues, particularly on foreign policy. behind the scenes, though, advisors and close allies are said to be making the case for why he should step aside. we ll go through our new reporting from nbc news. also, on capitol hill, more democratic lawmakers calling on the president to withdraw from the race over concerns he cannot defeat donald trump in november. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, july 12th. i m willie geist. with us, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. msnbc contributor mike barnicle. pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. and president emeritus of the counci
trump doesn t ever want you to read or crack open or really even know about. authoritarian vision and plans on paper, it s the heritage foundation s project 2025 and it is now bursting into public view in spite of or because of trump s repeated denials. even in spaces where project 2025 is not explicitly mentioned or quoted, the vision it outlines is every maga true believeer. semafor is reporting this, quote, trump comes back in january. i ll be on his heels coming back, and i will run the biggest deportation force this country has ever seen. that was former i.c.e. director at a panel on immigration policy. quote, they ain t seen bleep yet. wait until 2025. trump s allies are not even trying to hide the radical plans for the country should donald trump prevail in november and serve another term. as for donald trump himself, he s claiming he knows nothing about it saying in a post on truth social, quote, i have not seen it, i have no idea who is in charge of it, end quote. th
that does it for me. the rachel maddow show with my friendally velshi in for rachel is next. normally i m handing off to you. it s like you ve moved to the other side of the street. nice of you. have a good evening. have a great show. thanks for joining us. rachel has the night off, and i hope you had a great and restful fourth of july weekend even though it was a little weird this weekend. hard to rejoin normal life after a long weekend. it s hard to return to work after a little time away, especially if you know that there s some project or issue at work that you re going to have to deal with as soon as you get back. for instance, say you re a democratic lawmaker returning to capitol hill today for the first time since president biden s debate performance sent the democratic party into a panic. here s nbc news audio of the moment that the senate democratic leader chuck schumer arrived at capitol hill this afternoon. you ll note that he doesn t let the waiting re