>>> I'M MORE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT AMERICA TODAY THAN I'VE BEEN MY
WHOLE LIFE BECAUSE I SEE THE FUTURE THAT'S WITHIN OUR GRASP.
>> THEY'RE SEEING A BOOMING ECONOMY.
>> FASTEST PACE IN YEARS.
>> ALMOST 1.7 MILLION JOBS CREATED THIS YEAR.
>> JOBS CREATED, HE'S THE CHAMP OF ALL PRESIDENTS.
>> WE WERE ABLE TO GET AMERICANS VACCINATED, SCHOOLS OPEN, AND
BUSINESSES HUMMING.
>> WE HAVE WIDESPREAD AVAILABILITY OF VACCINES.
>> THE RETURN TO NORMAL IS GETTING CLOSER.
>> COVID-19 NO LONGER CONTROLS OUR LIVES.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS DONE A SMALL JOB HOLDING TOGETHER OUR
NATO ALLIES TO DETER PUTIN.
>> THIS WEEK'S PRESIDENT BIDEN SUPREME COURT NOMINEE.
>> MY NOMINEE FOR THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT IS JUDGE
KETANJI JACKSON.
>> THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN ON THE NATIONAL'S HIGHEST COURT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THIS HISTORIC CHANCE TO INSPIRE FUTURE
GENERATIONS.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS BEEN DONE A LOT OF THINGS BUT VOTERS
AREN'T GIVING HIM ANY CREDIT FOR THAT.
>> WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO HAS NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON.
HE HAS NO IDEA WHAT HE'S DOING. AND HE'S GOT NO IDEA WHAT HE'S
SAYING. OTHER THAN THAT HE'S DONNA
OTHER THAN THAT HE'S DONING A FANTASTIC JOB.
>> HIS APPROVAL RATING IS AT ITS LOWEST POINT OF HIS PRESIDENCY.
>> BIDEN IS DOING WORSE THAN TRUMP ON "STRONGLY APPROVE."
AMERICANS ARE ACUTELY AWARE OF HOW MUCH INFLATION IS IMPACTING
THEM. EVERYTHING INCLUDING GROCERIES
AND GAS IS A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE.
>> JOE BIDEN AND HOUSE DEMOCRATS OWN THIS ENERGY CRISIS.
>> BIDEN IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HIS OWN PARTY.
>> GET IT TOGETHER, MR. PRESIDENT, IT'S TIME TO CANCEL
STUDENT LOANS.
>> THE WHITE HOUSE IT SEEMS CAN'T CATCH A BREAK.
>> BIDEN'S APPROVAL NUMBERS ARE PLUNGING.
>> DEMOCRATS ARE SOUNDING THE ALARM BELLS.
>> DEMOCRATS WILL LIKELY LOSE BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE.
>> CAN DEMOCRATS TURN THIS AROUND?
>> THE STAKES OF THIS YEAR'S MIDTERM ELECTIONS COULD NOT BE
HIGHER. WOULD ANYBODY HERE LIKE TO SEE
ME RUN?
>>> HELLO, DARLING.
>> YOU TOO.
>> KIND OF.
>> GOOD.
>> I LOVE KOREAN.
>> GET IN THERE.
>> WHO'S DOING WHAT HERE?
>> HEY NOW, THE GANG ALL THERE?
>> THREE OUT OF FOUR. THREE OUT OF FOUR AIN'T BAD.
>> YOU WOULD REALLY ENJOY WHAT WE'RE FEASTING ON HERE.
>> I'M JEALOUS, GUYS, BUT I'M A PERSON ON THE MOVE.
>> THIS IS WHERE I REVEAL THAT I CAN'T USE CHOPSTICKS.
>> HEY, GUYS, LISTEN, THIS IS A PRETTY BIG WEEK.
THEY'RE TRYING TO GET A BUNCH OF STUFF DONE ON CAPITOL HILL AND
THE BIGGEST THING IS THE SUPREME COURT CONFIRMATION OF KETANJI
BROWN JACKSON.
>> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 232 YEARS, WHITE MEN ARE NOT GOING
TO BE THE MAJORITY ON THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA. THAT IS A BIG FUCKING DEAL, TO
USE THE WORDS OF JOE BIDEN.
>> HE'S MAKING GOOD ON A FUNDAMENTALLY CAMPAIGN PROMISE
TO A REALLY IMPORTANT CONSTITUENCY TO AFRICAN
AMERICANS. HE SAID HE WOULD PUT THE FIRST
AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN ON THE SUPREME COURT.
>> PROBABLY THE LAST THING HE'LL GET DONE THIS YEAR.
>> DOWN ON JOE BIDEN.
>> TALK ABOUT BEING SURLY.
>> I MEAN, LET'S JUST PAUSE AND TAKE STOCK OF LIKE THE GOOD NEWS
FOR JOE BIDEN, RIGHT? THERE WERE 431,000 JOBS CREATED
IN MARCH. THOSE NUMBERS ARE STAGGERING.
IF YOU HAD TOLD US THAT IN THE SECOND YEAR OF HIS PRESIDENCY,
HIGHEST ECONOMIC GROWTH IN 40 YEARS, COVID IS GETTING BETTER,
AND THAT HE WAS LEADING NATO IN A WAR AGAINST RUSSIA, YOU WOULD
THINK, WOW. AND THERE'S A MARIS POLL THAT
HAD HIS APPROVAL RATING THE LOWEST OF HIS PRESIDENCY, 39%.
>> THAT'S DONALD TRUMP TERRITORY.
>> LIKE THE WRONG TRACK IN THE COUNTRY, 75% WRONG TRACK NUMBER.
>> PEOPLE ARE FEELING PAIN AND NO MATTER WHAT YOU TELL THEM, IF
THEY'RE NOT FEELING GOOD, YOU CAN'T TALK THEM INTO IT.
>> IT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE IT.
THEY LOOK AT INFLATION, THEY LOOK AT GAS PRICES AND THEY SAY,
I DON'T FEEL ECONOMICALLY OR FINANCIALLY STABLE.
>> I THINK OVERALL IT'S A HUGE FOG THAT PEOPLE FEEL THAT HAS
NOT LIFTED AND WON'T LIFT AND THEY BLAME IT ON BIDEN.
>> ONE THING'S FOR SURE, REPUBLICANS ARE MORE FIRED UP
FOR THE MIDTERMS THAN DEMOCRATS.
>> THERE'S A PALPABLE HATRED FOR JOE BIDEN AMONG REPUBL
VOTERS.
>> REPUBLICANS NEED FIVE SEATS TO CONTROL THE HOUSE AND PEOPLE
ARE LIKE, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE 15, 20, 25.
>> DEMOCRATS ON THE HILL ARE BASICALLY SEEING WHAT COULD BE A
REAL BLOODLETTING IN NOVEMBER.
>> THE BIG THING THAT MAY SAVE DEMOCRATS IS REPUBLICANS.
>> I RAN TWICE. I WON TWICE.
AND I DID MUCH BETTER THE SECOND TIME.
>> MAKE PEOPLE SCARED THAT IF REPUBLICANS RETAKE CONTROL OF
THE HOUSE, IT'S THE ROAD TO AUTHORITARIAN, OUGHT ACCURATIC,
ELECTION-STEALING BULL SMITH. ELECTION-STEALING BULL SMISHITB.
>> TRUMP IS BRINGING UP HIS OWN GRIEVANCES.
>> TRUMP IS LITIGATING THE PAST INSTEAD OF PROSECUTING THE
FUTURE. HE'S COMPLICATING THINGS FOR
REPUBLICANS.
>> IS THERE A WAY FOR DEMOCRATS TO SAVE THE HOUSE?
>> I JUST SAY NEVER SAY NEVER, RIGHT?
I DON'T KNOW, THOUGH.
>> SHE'S RIGHT.
>> VERY FULL-THROATED ENDORSEMENT OF DEMOCRATS.
>> CAN YOU CHANGE THE PLOT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF CHAPTERS OF
THE BOOK? MAYBE.
>> BUT I'M MORE INTO PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON.
WHAT I'LL SAY ABOUT THE 2022 MIDTERMS IS IN THE END FOR
DEMOCRATS THERE WILL BE BLOOD.
>> OBAMA/BIDEN REUNION AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
>> FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA HAS NOT BEEN BACK TO THE WHITE
HOUSE IN FIVE YEARS. BUT HE'S HERE TODAY TO CELEBRATE
THE 12th YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF HIS LEGACY ACHIEVEMENT, THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. TIME MAY NOT BE ALTOGETHER
COINCIDENTAL BECAUSE WHEN YOUR APPROVAL RATINGS ARE AT A
HISTORIC LOW, WITH A DO YOU DO? HISTORIC LOW, WITH A DO YOUWHATU
DO? BRING IN ONE OF THE GUYS WITH
THE BEST APPROVAL RATINGS IN THE PARTY.
>> THANK YOU. I INTEND TO GET HEALTH CARE
PASSED EVEN IF IT COSTS ME REELECTION.
WHICH FOR A WHILE IT LOOKED LIKE IT MIGHT.
BUT FOR ALL OF US, THE ACA WAS AN EXAMPLE OF WHY YOU RUN FOR
OFFICE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
>> PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS ASKED ABOUT THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS,
WHAT THE MESSAGE SHOULD BE.
>> WE'VE GOT A STORY TO TELL. WE JUST HAVE TO TELL IT.
>> WE ARE GOING TO TALK TO CONGRESSMAN STEPHANIE MURPHY.
SHE IS A DEMOCRAT, THIRD TERM CONGRESSWOMAN FROM THE STATE OF
FLORIDA. SHE WON IN AN UPSET IN 2016.
SHE'S BEEN CRITICAL OF GROUPS ON THE LEFT THAT SHE SAYS HAVE
MALIGNED HER INTENTIONS WHEN SHE DOES NOT SUPPORT THEIR AGENDA.
>> NO MEMBER OF MY PARTY HAS ANY LEVERAGE OVER MY VOTE.
>> PRESUMABLY ALL OF THIS FRUSTRATION LED TO HER DECISION
TO RETIRE FROM CONGRESS.
>> I KNOW THAT SHE WAS SEEN AS SOMEONE WITHIN THE PARTY THAT A
LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT HAD A BRIGHT FUTURE.
SHE'S NOT STAYING.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS A PRETTY GOOD RECORD, RIGHT?
BUT HIS APPROVAL RATINGS KEEP DROPPING.
WHAT'S YOUR SENSE OF WHAT'S HOLDING HIM BACK?
>> AS FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID AT THE WHITE HOUSE THIS
WEEK, YOU'VE DONE GOOD THINGS, NOW TELL PEOPLE ABOUT IT.
PRESIDENT BIDEN DELIVERED COVID AID TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
AND WE DELIVERED A HISTORIC INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, THE KIND
THAT WASHINGTON HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR SO LONG THAT IT'S
BECOME A PUNCH LINE, IT'S JUST INFRASTRUCTURE WEEK AGAIN, BUT
NO REAL INFRASTRUCTURE BILL. AND NOW WE SHOULD JUST EMPHASIZE
A LOT OF THE GOOD STUFF THAT HAS HAPPENED.
>> I'M NOT SURE THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS BEEN AS EFFECTIVE AS
YOU IN LAYING OUT THAT MESSAGE. IS THIS A MESSAGING PROBLEM?
>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE ADMINISTRATION BE MORE
FORWARD-LEANING IN ACKNOWLEDGING THE PAIN THAT THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE FEEL. WE'VE GOT TO STOP SHOWING UP TO
EMOTIONAL CONVERSATIONS WITH DATA.
IT'S TRANSITORY INFLATION, OR THE GAS PRICES ARE TRANSITORY.
THE IMPACT WILL BE TEMPORARY, TRANSITORY, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO
REFER TO IT. THE AMERICAN FAMILY IS LIKE, I
DON'T KNOW WHAT TRANSITORY MEANS BUT I KNOW RIGHT NOW I CAN'T
AFFORD MY KIDS' CLEATS FOR BASEBALL SEASON OR I CAN'T EVEN
FIND THEM BECAUSE OF SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES OR FILLING UP MY
GAS TANK COSTS TWICE AS MUCH AS IT DID 18 MONTHS AGO.
WE HAVE TO MEET PEOPLE AT THE PLACE THAT THEY ARE AND THEN
DEMONSTRATE THAT AS A GOVERNMENT, WE'RE TRYING TO HELP
THEM. HELPING THEM MEANS SETTING ASIDE
SOME OF THESE BITTER, PARTISAN AND INTERPARTY BATTLES.
>> SO WHEN YOU LOOK BACK ON THE LAST, YOU KNOW, YEAR OF
PRESIDENT BIDEN'S TERM, WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE DEMOCRATS GOT
WRONG?
>> WE OFTEN SET EXPECTATIONS THAT WERE INCONGRUENT WITH THE
MAJORITIES THAT WE HELD. AND --
>> BY SAYING WE CAN PASS BOTH INFRASTRUCTURE AND A
MULTITRILLION DOLLAR BUILD BACK BETTER BILL.
>> PROGRESSIVES IN THE HOUSE THREATENED TO TORPEDO THE BUILD
BACK BETTER BILL.
>> THE RESULT OF THAT IS PEOPLE IN THE PARTY HAVE TURNED AGAINST
MODERATES LIKE YOU.
>> I THINK IF WE HAD DONE A BETTER JOB SETTING EXPECTATIONS
OF WHAT THE VOTES COULD BEAR, WOE HAVEN'T HAVE SPENT SO MUCH
TIME STEPPING ON OUR OWN NARRATIVE.
>> YOUR LEAVING MAKES IT MORE LIKELY THE REPUBLICANS WILL TAKE
OVER. THAT MUST BE HARD.
>> IT IS HARD. I DON'T WANT TO HAND THIS
COUNTRY OVER TO A PARTY THAT HAS BECOME MORE OF A CULT OF
PERSONALITY AND IS FOCUSED ON DISMANTLING DEMOCRACY.
BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT TO HAND MY PARTY OVER TO THE FACTION THAT
IS TRYING TO DISMANTLE CAPITALISM.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN IN BOTH HIS STATE OF THE UNION AND IN HIS
BUDGET REALLY MOVED TO THE CENTER, DEFICIT REDUCTION, FUND
THE POLICE, SECURE THE BORDER. IS THAT THE RIGHT WAY TO WIN?
>> AMERICANS ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE ECONOMY, SUPPLY CHAIN
ISSUES, INFLATION. LET'S TAKE VOTES THAT WILL LAND
ON THE PRESIDENT'S DESK THAT HE CAN SIGN INTO LAW AND MAKE A
DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF AMERICAN PEOPLE.
>> ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 10, RANK YOUR DEGREE OF OPTIMISM THAT
DEMOCRATS CAN KEEP CONTROL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN
NOVEMBER. EIGHT.
I'LL TELL YOU WHY. WE HAVE A GREAT STORY TO TELL
ABOUT JOB CREATION AND WAGE INCREASES.
WE ALSO HAVE A GREAT STORY TO TELL ABOUT REPUBLICANS WHO ARE
FRICKIN' CRAZY.
>> IN POLITICO A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO YOU SAID ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT MOTIVATES REPUBLICANS IS FEAR.
A LOT OF THIS IS CAUSING FEAR AMONG REPUBLICANS AND RATIONAL
INDIVIDUALS EVERYWHERE. IS THAT WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN NOW,
DOES IT HAVE TO BECOME THE FEAR CAMPAIGN?
>> THE REASON WE'RE FEARFUL IS BECAUSE, FOR EXAMPLE, JANUARY
6th HAPPENED. WHEN WE SAY WE'RE FEARFUL OF
FOLKS WHO SPREAD THE BIG LIE AND THAT CAUSED THE INSURRECTION, WE
HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO FEAR THAT, ESPECIALLY IF THEY TAKE POWER.
>> REPUBLICANS ALL SCREAM FEARMONGERING WHEN THEY HEAR
THIS KIND OF TALK. SOME OF YOUR COLLEAGUES,
MODERATE COLLEAGUES OF YOURS, SAY WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON BREAD
AND BUTTER, KITCHEN TABLE ISSUES.
>> WE HAVE TO DO BOTH. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CAMPAIGN THAT
TALKS ABOUT DEMOCRATS AND ALSO BRAND REPUBLICANS FOR WHAT THEY
ARE. TWO REPUBLICAN MEMBERS WENT TO A
WHITE NATIONALIST CONFERENCE AND SPOKE.
THE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP DID NOTHING.
THEY'RE TOLERATING EXTREMISM, BIGOTRY, RACISM.
WE'RE WATCHING THE RADICALIZATION OF THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY IN REAL TIME. MADISON CAWTHORN, OBVIOUSLY A
COLOR FIGURE.
>> NORTH CAROLINA CONGRESSMAN MADISON CAWTHORN CLAIMED HE WAS
INVITED TO A, QUOTE, ORIGINALLY WITH COLLEAGUES AND WITNESSED A
LAWMAKER SNORTING COCAINE.
>> IN A TWEET YOU SAID I WANT HIM TO BE THE FACE AND VOICE OF
HOUSE REPUBLICANS. WHAT MADISON CAWTHORN SAID IS
THAT SENIOR REPUBLICAN MEMBERS INVITED HIM TO COCAINE-FUELED
ORIGINALLY ORIGINAL Y
ORIGIN ORGIES.
WHAT HAS THE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP DONE TO MADISON
CAWTHORN? NOTHING.
SOMETHING HAS CHANGED IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
A GROWING SEGMENT OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ARE IN A FALSE
AND ALTERNATE REALITY. I'LL LOOK AT AN APPLE AND
REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES WILL SAY NO, THAT'S A BANANA.
IF YOU CANNOT AGREE ON BASIC FACTS, IT'S REALLY HARD TO MOVE
FORWARD.
>> ALSO VERY HARD TO MAKE A FRUIT SALAD.
>> THAT'S TRUE. SO PART OF THE ARGUMENT YOU
THINK DEMOCRATS NEED TO MAKE LOUDLY IN THE FALL IS,
REPUBLICANS TAKE CONTROL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WE
COULD LOSE IT ALL BECAUSE THEY ARE BASICALLY INSURRECTIONISTS.
THEY DON'T BELIEVE IN FACTS AS WE UNDERSTAND THEM.
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY. YOU HAVE TO LET VOTERS
UNDERSTAND THE STAKES IN NOVEMBER, THAT WE'RE AT A
PIVOTAL POINT IN OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY AND THAT DEMOCRACY IS AT
STAKE.
>> IN JUST A MATTER OF HOURS HISTORY WILL BE MADE WITH THE
SENATE CONFIRMATION OF JUDGE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON TO BE THE
FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO SIT ON THE U.S. SUPREME COURT.
>> JOE BIDEN WAS ELECTED WITH THE ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT OF
BLACK VOTERS. BUT THAT SUPPORT HAS FALLEN 30
POINTS OVER THE COURSE OF HIS PRESIDENCY.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO TERRENCE WOODBURY, CO-FOUNDER OF A FIRM
THAT SPECIALIZES IN UNDERSTANDING MILLENIAL AND
MINORITY COMMUNITIES TO GET A SENSE OF HOW DEEP IS THE PROBLEM
FOR JOE BIDEN AND IS THERE ANYTHING HE CAN DO TO FIX IT.
>> WE WENT INTO FOCUS GROUPS AND THERE WAS A FRUSTRATION THERE.
ONE OF THE QUOTES WAS, DEMOCRATS DON'T COME OUT GUNS BLAZING IN
DEFENSE OF THE ISSUES THAT MATTER TO US.
DEMOCRATS WILL HAVE TO PUT FORTH A VISION OF WHAT A DIVERSE
AMERICA LOOKS LIKE.
>> THINGS AREN'T GETTING DONE, INFLATION, GAS PRICES.
JUST SEEMS LIKE WE'RE BEING TOSSED TO THE WAYSIDE.
>> I WAS PUSHED OUT BECAUSE THE PRICE OF LIVING IN MY
NEIGHBORHOOD HAD BECOME SO HIGH.
>> IT'S FRUSTRATING BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, WHERE DO I FIT IN?
I DON'T THINK THERE'S AN OUTLET FOR US TO BE HEARD AT THIS
POINT.
>> YOU REALLY DO HEAR THE FRUSTRATION, THE CYNICISM, AND
THE DISEMPOWERMENT THAT MANY OF THEM FELT.
THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE FOR BLACK VOTERS, SECOND ONLY TO COVID-19
AND MORE RECENTLY SECOND TO INFLATION, IS RACISM AND
DISCRIMINATION. REPUBLICANS HAVE ENGAGED IN THIS
CULTURE WAR BATTLE AGGRESSIVELY. DEMOCRATS HAVE NOT FIGURED OUT
HOW TO RESPOND TO RACISM AS A STRATEGY.
THAT'S A PART OF WHERE DEMOCRATS ARE MISSING THE MARK HERE.
IT'S NOT JUST A MATTER OF WHAT LEGISLATION YOU PASS.
BUT IT'S WHAT YOU FIGHT FOR.
>> SO JOE BIDEN IS MAKING GOOD ON A CAMPAIGN PLEDGE, WHICH WAS
TO NOMINATE A BLACK WOMAN AS A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE AND IT
LOOKS LIKE SHE'S GOING TO BE CONFIRMED.
IS THAT GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT?
>> IT SHOWS HIS COMMITMENT TO DELIVER ON HIS PROMISES.
AND THAT IS WHERE VOTERS HAVE BECOME CYNICAL.
THERE IS AN EXPLICIT PROMISE THAT HAS MADE GOOD ON.
BUT I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME MESSAGING THAT NEEDS TO BE
DONE THERE THAT JUST CONFIRMING HER IS NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH.
>> CORY BOOKER'S PLEA SHOULD BE CUT INTO AN AD IN EVERY PLACE IN
AMERICA.
>> YOU ARE WORTHY. YOU ARE A GREAT AMERICAN.
>> WHAT'S YOUR OUTLOOK FOR THE MIDTERMS AND WHAT DO DEMOCRATS
HAVE TO DO TO OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES?
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT A PLACE LIKE GEORGIA, A PLACE LIKE FLORIDA,
WHERE THERE WILL LIKELY BE A PERSON OF COLOR AT THE TOP OF
THE TICKET, THEY HAVE TO REACH OBAMA-LEVEL SUPPORT AMONGST
BLACK VOTERS. WHEN WE START TO SEE THAT
APPROVAL RATING START TO 73, 72% AMONGST BLACK VOTERS, I CAN TELL
YOU RIGHT NOW, ANY DEMOCRAT RUNNING STATEWIDE IN 2022 THAT
HAS 73 OF THE BLACK VOTE HAS LOST, FULL STOP.
THERE IS NO PATH TO VICTORY.
>> WOW.
>> I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO PUT DONALD TRUMP BACK ON THE BALLOT.
YOU TALK TO VOTERS, THIS IDEA THAT IF WE DON'T VOTE IT COULD
LEAD TO A SHIFT IN PARTISAN POWER IN CONGRESS, NOT
MOTIVATING THEM TO ALL. BUT WE ASKED, WHAT IF I TOLD YOU
IF REPUBLICANS WIN THE HOUSE THEN DONALD TRUMP WILL BE
PRESIDENT IN 2024? EVERY SINGLE HAND WENT UP.
>> INTERESTING.
>> EVERY SINGLE HAND. THAT RIGHT THERE, WE CAN'T LET
THAT HAPPEN. BUT MORE THAN THAT, FOR SOME OF
THESE VOTERS, IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO VOTE
AGAINST. WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING
TO VOTE FOR. DEMOCRATS HAVE TO NOT GO OUT ON
THE STUMP AND MAKE PROMISES BUT WHAT THEY WILL DO IN THE NEXT
TWO YEARS. THEY HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE
PROGRESS ON WHAT THEY'VE DONE WITH THE LAST TWO YEARS.
>> HISTORIC MOMENT HERE ON CAPITOL HILL.
WE'RE WAITING FOR THE FINAL VOTE FOR THE SENATE TO CONFIRM JUDGE
KETANJI BROWN JACKSON.
>> TODAY IS A JOYOUS DAY. WE'RE AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO THE TEAM THAT'S BEEN ASSEMBLED TO MANAGE
THE CONFIRMATION OF JUDGE JACKSON THROUGH THE UNITED
STATES SENATE. IS AND
IS AND IT IS AN ALL STAR TEAM.
SENATOR DOUG JONES, DANA REMUS, WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL, AND THEN
FINALLY, MINYAN MOORE.
>> I GOT A TEXT THIS MORNING SHE SAYS, PLEASE TELL THE JUDGE ALL
THE TEACHERS IN THE SCHOOL ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS DAY.
AND I THINK WHAT IT SHOWED ME WAS THAT AMERICA IS TUNED IN.
>> SOMETIMES IN WASHINGTON, THE PEOPLE WITH THE MOST POWER ARE
THE NAMES YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF. SHE STARTED HER CAREER WORKING
FOR JESSE JACKSON. SHE WORKED FOR PRESIDENT
CLINTON. SHE WAS A SENIOR ADVISER TO
HILLARY CLINTON. AND SHE RAN THE TRANSITION FOR
VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS. THERE IS NO ONE MORE TRUSTED IN
DEMOCRATIC POLITICS.
>> LET'S NOT FORGET THIS PROCESS IS GOING TO BE ALL ABOUT JOY.
>> THAT HAS BEEN THE THEME THROUGHOUT.
THIS THING HAS GONE BETTER THAN I HAD IMAGINED.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN, HOW INVOLVED WAS HE IN THE PROCESS?
>> HE WAS REALLY ENGAGED.
>> IT'S A BIG DEAL WHEN A POLITICIAN KEEPS HIS COMMITMENT.
>> MINUTES FROM NOW, THE SENATE IS EXPECTED TO VOTE AND CONFIRM
JUDGE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON.
>> ON THE NOMINATION OF KETANJI BROWN JACKSON TO BE AN ASSOCIATE
JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.
ON THIS VOTE, THE YEAS ARE 53, THE NAYS ARE 47, AND THIS
NOMINATION IS CONFIRMED.
>> JUDGE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON WATCHED THE VOTE WITH PRESIDENT
JOE BIDEN, BOTH OVERCOME WITH EMOTION.
>> SO YOU WATCH WITH THE PRESIDENT AND WITH JUDGE
JACKSON.
>> YES.
>> WHAT WAS THE PRESIDENT'S REACTION, WHAT WAS HER REACTION?
>> I MEAN, SHE WAS LIKE, OH, MY GOD, I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS
REALLY HAPPENING, I'M STANDING IN THE ROOSEVELT ROOM, GETTING
READY TO GREET THE PRESIDENT.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT MEANS FOR AMERICA, THAT YOU HAVE A
BLACK WOMAN ON THE COURT AND THAT YOU HAVE A COURT THAT IS NO
LONGER MAJORITY WHITE MALE?
>> THE NEXT GENERATION CAN NOW DREAM OF BEING JUDGE JACKSON.
THEY CAN DREAM OFING ELENA KAGAN.
THEY CAN DREAM OF BEING JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR.
>> I WATCHED HER FACE, I WAS RIGHT BEHIND HER.
WHAT YOU CAN NEVER GET PREPARED FOR IS SOMEBODY TAKING AWAY YOUR
HUMANITY. BLACK WOMEN KNOW, IN FACT, THAT
YOU DON'T GET A FAIR CHANCE, YOU JUST GO IN PREPARED.
>> I THOUGHT ABOUT ANITA HILL, 30 YEARS PRIOR, SITTING IN THAT
SAME SEAT.
>> YEP, THE ONLY IMAGE WE'VE. A BLACK WOMAN SITTING IN THAT
SEAT WAS ANITA HILL. NOW WE HAVE A SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE.
>> DO YOU THINK THIS COULD BE THE THING THAT GETS DEMOCRATS ON
A BETTER TRAJECTORY FOR THE MIDTERMS AND IF SO, HOW?
>> YOU KNOW, THEY'VE DONE SO MANY GOOD THINGS.
AND IT'S NOT BEING -- IT'S NOT GETTING OUT THERE.
AND PART OF IT IS BECAUSE OF THE ENVIRONMENT WE LIVE IN.
AND SO I DO HOPE THAT BECAUSE OF THE ENERGY AROUND JUSTICE
JACKSON, I DO HOPE THAT THIS ENERGY THAT WE SEE IN NEW
PEOPLE, BECAUSE WE HAVE NEW COALITIONS THAT FORMED AROUND
HER. THEY CAME TO THE TABLE FOR JOE
BIDEN, THEY CAME TO THE TABLE BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED IN THIS
NOMINEE.
>> IT'S MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE NEXT ASSOCIATE
JUSTICE TO THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, THE HONORABLE
KETANJI BROWN JACKSON.
>> IT HAS TAKEN 232 YEARS AND 115 PRIOR APPOINTMENTS FOR A
BLACK WOMAN TO BE SELECTED TO SERVE ON THE SUPREME COURT OF
THE UNITED STATES. BUT WE'VE MADE IT.
>> KETANJI BROWN JACKSON IS SOMEBODY WHO JUST KIND OF
RALLIES US TO OUR BETTER ANGELS. THERE'S A BRIGHTNESS TO HER.
THIS IS A UNIQUE HISTORIC ACHIEVEMENT.
BUT IT HAS NO BEARING WHATSOEVER ON MIDTERM ELECTIONS.
>> THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO ACCRUE TO THE BENEFIT
OF DOWNBALLOT DEMOCRATS WHEN VOTERS SHOW UP TO THE POLLS IN
NOVEMBER. AT THE END OF THE DAY THIS
ELECTION WILL BE DRIVEN BY HOW PEOPLE ARE FEELING ABOUT THE
PANDEMIC, ABOUT JOBS, ABOUT INFLATION.
>> WHEN BREYER ANNOUNCED HE WOULD RETIRE, IT WAS LIKE, THIS
WILL BE THE CHANCE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE TO TURN THE PAGE.
IF YOU WERE IN THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY, YOU WOULD ASK THE
QUESTION, WHAT CAN WE AFFIRMATIVELY DO TO BUILD ON
THIS SUCCESS?
>> THE FIRST THING I WOULD DO IS GO BACK TO JOE BIDEN'S REFRAIN
DURING THE CAMPAIGN, DON'T COMPARE ME TO THE ALMIGHTY,
COMPARE ME TO THE ALTERNATIVE. THE REASON WE HAVE RECOVERY NOW
IS BECAUSE WE PASSED AN HISTORIC, UNPRECEDENTED STIMULUS
THAT NOT A SINGLE REPUBLICAN VOTED FOR.
REPUBLICANS NOT ONLY STOOD IN THE WAY OF THAT BUT OPENLY
MOCKED VACCINATION AND THE MASKS WE NEEDED TO GET THROUGH A
CRISIS THAT WAS KILLING 3,000 AMERICANS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
WE NEED TO MAKE THE COMPARISON ABOUT WHAT WE'VE DONE AND WHAT
THEY'VE OBSTRUCTED.
>> I WANT TO GO BACK TO 2010. IF YOU WERE THE POLITICAL
DIRECTOR IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND THERE'S A GIANT FIGHT TO GET THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT DONE IN MARCH, YOU HAVE A PARTY IN THE
WHITE HOUSE WITH BARACK OBAMA.
>> WHAT HE DID, HE CELEBRATED, HE GOT ME AND I THINK IT WAS
AXELROD AS WELL IN A CORNER OF THE ROOM AND WE HAD A PRIVATE
TOAST AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS.
>> TODAY EVERY DEMOCRAT I KNOW SAYS, THERE'S SEVEN MORE MONTHS,
THERE'S LOTS OF TIME ON THE CLOCK, IT WILL ALL BE FINE.
BUT YOU KNEW IN MARCH 2010 THAT YOU GUYS WERE GOING TO LOSE THE
HOUSE. YOU MIGHT HAVE SAID, PUBLICLY,
WE HAVE SIX OR SEVEN MONTHS, BUT YOU KNEW.
>> 100%.
>> WHY IS IT DIFFERENT NOW?
>> THERE'S ONLY ONE DIFFERENCE. DONALD TRUMP.
DONALD TRUMP IS ACTUALLY THE BIG DIFFERENCE RIGHT NOW.
JUST LOOK AT JANUARY 6th ALONE. WE KNOW THAT THAT INVESTIGATION
IS PICKING UP MOMENTUM. WE'RE SEEING INCREASED CONCERN
FROM INDEPENDENTS WHO CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT
KIND OF AN AMERICA. IT'S GOING TO GIVE A LOT OF
FOLKS WHO ARE NOT RABID MAGA REPUBLICANS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT
OF PAUSE.
>> FIRST TIME PRESIDENT, MIDTERMS ARE ALWAYS TOUGH.
YOU'VE GOT INFLATION, YOU'VE GOT BIDEN'S LOW APPROVAL RATING.
DEMOCRATS FACE STIFF HEADWINDS. THAT IS A FACT.
>> THAT IS AN ABSOLUTE FACT, JOHN.
>> HOW DO YOU PICK THAT LOCK? THE TED LIEU SCHOOL, GOT TO RUN
A CONTRAST CAMPAIGN. THE OTHER SCHOOL OF THOUGHT, THE
STEPHANIE MURPHY SCHOOL, WE DON'T TOLERATE MODERATES THE WAY
WE SHOULD, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS
DONE.
>> YOU GAVE ME STEPHANIE MURPHY VERSUS TED LIEU AND I SAY, ALL
OF THE ABOVE. I'M ONLY SUGGESTING THAT IN
ADDITION TO THE AFFIRMATIVE MESSAGE WE HAVE ABOUT SUCCESSES,
YOU'VE GOT TO BE CLEAR THEY ONLY WIN BY PUNCHING HARD.
YOU HAVE TO REMIND FOLKS WHAT AMERICA LOOKED LIKE, THE
DUMPSTER FIRE THAT JOE BIDEN GOT FROM DONALD TRUMP AND MAKE IT
CLEAR THAT DONALD TRUMP STILL OWNS THAT PARTY AND INTENDS TO
WALTZ BACK INTO THE WHITE HOUSE IF WE LET HIM.
>> IF RAISING THE STAKES IS REALLY IMPORTANT, WHAT'S AT
STAKE?
>> WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THE CONSEQUENCES OF WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN WE ALLOW THE DONALD TRUMP EXTREMISTS TO RUN OUR COUNTRY.
WE HAD PEOPLE OVERRUNNING THE CAPITOL, PARADING THE
CONFEDERATE FLAGS, CHASING DOWN THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
>> IT'S BASICALLY LIKE HIGH STAKES.
>> THE HIGHEST STAKES EVER, BEYOND INFLATION, BEYOND JOBS,
BEYOND GAS PRICES.
>> DEMOCRATS BETTER NOT FUCK THIS UP.
>> DEMOCRATS CAN'T FUCK THIS UP. DEMOCRATS CANNOT FUCK THIS UP.
STAND AND WE DELIVER AND THERE'S A FIRE IN OUR
EYES