Online. That s a lot of mone. Today, harris picked up a big endorsement of speaker nancy pelosi. She spent hours calling members of congress, governors, labor leaders and civil rights organizations. At this hour, we are probably going to hear from the democratic leader of the house, hakeem jeffries who should be speaking to reporters. He s also stopped short of endorsing harris. Will he do so today? will he, the speaker or the speaker to be if democrats retake the house, does he follow suit? in the meantime, harris is headed to meet with staff at the campaign headquarters in delaware after paying tribute to the man she one day hopes to replace in the oval office. I am firsthand witness that every day our president joe biden fights for the american people, and we are deeply, deeply grateful for his service to our nation. In one term, he has already surpassed the legacy of most presidentials who have served two terms in office. Nbc s kelly o donnell is live at the white house. Nbc s mari
Of our lifetimes burst into a million pieces, gone. So much of what we will address this afternoon, that is exactly what happens next is still uncertain. There s one thing that s still crystal clear, even now, something we should state as fact out of the gate, and it is this. In an arena so often lacking selflessness and honor, the man who has already pulled our democracy back from the brink once is showing that he is willing to do whatever to do to do it again. Today following president joe biden s noble, albeit difficult decision to bow out of the 2024 presidential race, a party seems completely reinvigorated, confident and firing on all cylinders, transformed. Still restless, perhaps. Many upset about exactly how the last 3 1/2 weeks went down, but that party is ready, nonetheless, to unite and to fight and to win. Like a steam locomotive picking up speed, vice president kamala harris is, as we speak, effectively consolidating support ahead of the democratic national convention, whi
Question what s going right? what s going well? dana: the white house has thoughts they want to spin you on. To that end the president is plowing forward with the deadline of august 31 despite our allies pleading for more time to get their people out. The decision is also drawing scrutiny from lawmakers at home. Thousands of americans that president biden stranded behind enemy lines. Instead of spending every minute working to get them out, he put a shot clock on them saying there is only seven days left to get all americans out. Our office alone has received over 6,000 requests. Many of these requests are from families with multiple people seeking support. President biden has signed a death warrant for thousands of afghans who helped us and he is washing his hands of afghanistan at our peril as a nation. I do not believe this can be accomplished by august 31 and i have requested they encourage the president in the strongest possible terms to reconsider that deadline. Bill: that s a de
We need to stop this evident to change our elections now before it goes further. Ultimately we need the united states senate to act. Having federal intervention to protect the right to vote. The new york times is reporting that the president is expected to step up his public profile on the issue of voting rights. The times is signaling it may at this point simply be window dressing. They report, quote, president biden is expected to put his political muscle behind the issue in a speech in philadelphia tuesday. In congress, democratic senators have been unable to move voting and election bills that would address what many call a fundamental attack on american democracy that could lock in a new era of republican minority rule. In the courts attacks on voting restrictions face an increasingly hostile judiciary. There is extreme peril in the democratic party s frame on this issue. The democratic construct politically is pushing moderates to abandon the filibuster is more dicey than to allo