1 00:00:07,807 --> 00:00:11,111 >>> I'M MORE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT  AMERICA TODAY THAN I'VE BEEN MY 2 00:00:11,211 --> 00:00:17,484 WHOLE LIFE BECAUSE I SEE THE  FUTURE THAT'S WITHIN OUR GRASP. 3 00:00:17,584 --> 00:00:21,421 >> THEY'RE SEEING A BOOMING  ECONOMY. 4 00:00:21,521 --> 00:00:22,822 >> FASTEST PACE IN YEARS. 5 00:00:22,922 --> 00:00:25,392 >> ALMOST 1.7 MILLION JOBS  CREATED THIS YEAR. 6 00:00:25,492 --> 00:00:28,795 >> JOBS CREATED, HE'S THE CHAMP  OF ALL PRESIDENTS. 7 00:00:28,895 --> 00:00:32,732 >> WE WERE ABLE TO GET AMERICANS  VACCINATED, SCHOOLS OPEN, AND 8 00:00:32,832 --> 00:00:34,200 BUSINESSES HUMMING. 9 00:00:34,300 --> 00:00:39,539 >> WE HAVE WIDESPREAD  AVAILABILITY OF VACCINES. 10 00:00:39,639 --> 00:00:42,108 >> THE RETURN TO NORMAL IS  GETTING CLOSER. 11 00:00:42,208 --> 00:00:44,010 >> COVID-19 NO LONGER CONTROLS  OUR LIVES. 12 00:00:44,110 --> 00:00:47,013 >> PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS DONE A  SMALL JOB HOLDING TOGETHER OUR 13 00:00:47,113 --> 00:00:51,151 NATO ALLIES TO DETER PUTIN. 14 00:00:51,251 --> 00:00:53,486 >> THIS WEEK'S PRESIDENT BIDEN  SUPREME COURT NOMINEE. 15 00:00:53,586 --> 00:00:58,158 >> MY NOMINEE FOR THE UNITED  STATES SUPREME COURT IS JUDGE 16 00:00:58,258 --> 00:00:59,359 KETANJI JACKSON. 17 00:00:59,459 --> 00:01:01,895 >> THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN ON THE  NATIONAL'S HIGHEST COURT. 18 00:01:01,995 --> 00:01:07,434 >> THANK YOU FOR THIS HISTORIC  CHANCE TO INSPIRE FUTURE 19 00:01:07,534 --> 00:01:08,468 GENERATIONS. 20 00:01:08,768 --> 00:01:11,371 >> PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS BEEN DONE  A LOT OF THINGS BUT VOTERS 21 00:01:11,471 --> 00:01:13,473 AREN'T GIVING HIM ANY CREDIT FOR  THAT. 22 00:01:13,573 --> 00:01:20,180 >> WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO HAS  NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON. 23 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:27,554 HE HAS NO IDEA WHAT HE'S DOING.  AND HE'S GOT NO IDEA WHAT HE'S 24 00:01:27,654 --> 00:01:29,389 SAYING.  OTHER THAN THAT HE'S DONNA 25 00:01:29,489 --> 00:01:31,257 OTHER THAN THAT HE'S DONING A  FANTASTIC JOB. 26 00:01:31,357 --> 00:01:36,996 >> HIS APPROVAL RATING IS AT ITS  LOWEST POINT OF HIS PRESIDENCY. 27 00:01:37,097 --> 00:01:41,434 >> BIDEN IS DOING WORSE THAN  TRUMP ON "STRONGLY APPROVE." 28 00:01:41,534 --> 00:01:45,405 AMERICANS ARE ACUTELY AWARE OF  HOW MUCH INFLATION IS IMPACTING 29 00:01:45,505 --> 00:01:46,439 THEM.  EVERYTHING INCLUDING GROCERIES 30 00:01:46,539 --> 00:01:48,508 AND GAS IS A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE. 31 00:01:48,608 --> 00:01:53,012 >> JOE BIDEN AND HOUSE DEMOCRATS  OWN THIS ENERGY CRISIS. 32 00:01:53,113 --> 00:01:55,081 >> BIDEN IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH  HIS OWN PARTY. 33 00:01:55,181 --> 00:01:59,652 >> GET IT TOGETHER, MR.  PRESIDENT, IT'S TIME TO CANCEL 34 00:01:59,752 --> 00:02:00,687 STUDENT LOANS. 35 00:02:00,787 --> 00:02:02,856 >> THE WHITE HOUSE IT SEEMS  CAN'T CATCH A BREAK. 36 00:02:02,956 --> 00:02:06,459 >> BIDEN'S APPROVAL NUMBERS ARE  PLUNGING. 37 00:02:06,559 --> 00:02:08,628 >> DEMOCRATS ARE SOUNDING THE  ALARM BELLS. 38 00:02:08,728 --> 00:02:11,831 >> DEMOCRATS WILL LIKELY LOSE  BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE. 39 00:02:11,931 --> 00:02:13,600 >> CAN DEMOCRATS TURN THIS  AROUND? 40 00:02:13,700 --> 00:02:18,204 >> THE STAKES OF THIS YEAR'S  MIDTERM ELECTIONS COULD NOT BE 41 00:02:18,304 --> 00:02:20,773 HIGHER.  WOULD ANYBODY HERE LIKE TO SEE 42 00:02:20,874 --> 00:02:26,379 ME RUN? 43 00:03:09,522 --> 00:03:12,358 >>> HELLO, DARLING. 44 00:03:12,458 --> 00:03:16,329 >> YOU TOO. 45 00:03:16,429 --> 00:03:17,230 >> KIND OF. 46 00:03:17,330 --> 00:03:17,897 >> GOOD. 47 00:03:17,997 --> 00:03:19,265 >> I LOVE KOREAN. 48 00:03:19,365 --> 00:03:20,133 >> GET IN THERE. 49 00:03:20,233 --> 00:03:21,601 >> WHO'S DOING WHAT HERE? 50 00:03:21,701 --> 00:03:23,436 >> HEY NOW, THE GANG ALL THERE? 51 00:03:23,536 --> 00:03:27,941 >> THREE OUT OF FOUR.  THREE OUT OF FOUR AIN'T BAD. 52 00:03:28,041 --> 00:03:30,210 >> YOU WOULD REALLY ENJOY WHAT  WE'RE FEASTING ON HERE. 53 00:03:30,310 --> 00:03:35,081 >> I'M JEALOUS, GUYS, BUT I'M A  PERSON ON THE MOVE. 54 00:03:35,181 --> 00:03:38,718 >> THIS IS WHERE I REVEAL THAT I  CAN'T USE CHOPSTICKS. 55 00:03:38,818 --> 00:03:41,588 >> HEY, GUYS, LISTEN, THIS IS A  PRETTY BIG WEEK. 56 00:03:41,688 --> 00:03:44,123 THEY'RE TRYING TO GET A BUNCH OF  STUFF DONE ON CAPITOL HILL AND 57 00:03:44,224 --> 00:03:46,793 THE BIGGEST THING IS THE SUPREME  COURT CONFIRMATION OF KETANJI 58 00:03:46,893 --> 00:03:50,196 BROWN JACKSON. 59 00:03:50,296 --> 00:03:55,868 >> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 232  YEARS, WHITE MEN ARE NOT GOING 60 00:03:55,969 --> 00:03:58,972 TO BE THE MAJORITY ON THE  SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED 61 00:03:59,072 --> 00:04:03,409 STATES OF AMERICA.  THAT IS A BIG FUCKING DEAL, TO 62 00:04:03,509 --> 00:04:04,944 USE THE WORDS OF JOE BIDEN. 63 00:04:05,044 --> 00:04:09,382 >> HE'S MAKING GOOD ON A  FUNDAMENTALLY CAMPAIGN PROMISE 64 00:04:09,482 --> 00:04:12,619 TO A REALLY IMPORTANT  CONSTITUENCY TO AFRICAN 65 00:04:12,719 --> 00:04:15,121 AMERICANS.  HE SAID HE WOULD PUT THE FIRST 66 00:04:15,221 --> 00:04:16,889 AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN ON THE  SUPREME COURT. 67 00:04:16,990 --> 00:04:22,195 >> PROBABLY THE LAST THING HE'LL  GET DONE THIS YEAR. 68 00:04:22,295 --> 00:04:23,196 >> DOWN ON JOE BIDEN. 69 00:04:23,296 --> 00:04:24,797 >> TALK ABOUT BEING SURLY. 70 00:04:24,897 --> 00:04:26,065 >> I MEAN, LET'S JUST PAUSE AND  TAKE STOCK OF LIKE THE GOOD NEWS 71 00:04:26,165 --> 00:04:32,038 FOR JOE BIDEN, RIGHT?  THERE WERE 431,000 JOBS CREATED 72 00:04:32,138 --> 00:04:36,209 IN MARCH.  THOSE NUMBERS ARE STAGGERING. 73 00:04:36,309 --> 00:04:38,444 IF YOU HAD TOLD US THAT IN THE  SECOND YEAR OF HIS PRESIDENCY, 74 00:04:38,544 --> 00:04:42,215 HIGHEST ECONOMIC GROWTH IN 40  YEARS, COVID IS GETTING BETTER, 75 00:04:42,315 --> 00:04:45,418 AND THAT HE WAS LEADING NATO IN  A WAR AGAINST RUSSIA, YOU WOULD 76 00:04:45,518 --> 00:04:49,222 THINK, WOW.  AND THERE'S A MARIS POLL THAT 77 00:04:49,322 --> 00:04:51,324 HAD HIS APPROVAL RATING THE  LOWEST OF HIS PRESIDENCY, 39%. 78 00:04:51,424 --> 00:04:54,193 >> THAT'S DONALD TRUMP  TERRITORY. 79 00:04:54,294 --> 00:04:58,264 >> LIKE THE WRONG TRACK IN THE  COUNTRY, 75% WRONG TRACK NUMBER. 80 00:04:58,364 --> 00:05:00,667 >> PEOPLE ARE FEELING PAIN AND  NO MATTER WHAT YOU TELL THEM, IF 81 00:05:00,767 --> 00:05:02,235 THEY'RE NOT FEELING GOOD, YOU  CAN'T TALK THEM INTO IT. 82 00:05:02,335 --> 00:05:04,871 >> IT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T  BELIEVE IT. 83 00:05:04,971 --> 00:05:06,572 THEY LOOK AT INFLATION, THEY  LOOK AT GAS PRICES AND THEY SAY, 84 00:05:06,673 --> 00:05:10,209 I DON'T FEEL ECONOMICALLY OR  FINANCIALLY STABLE. 85 00:05:10,310 --> 00:05:14,347 >> I THINK OVERALL IT'S A HUGE  FOG THAT PEOPLE FEEL THAT HAS 86 00:05:14,447 --> 00:05:18,217 NOT LIFTED AND WON'T LIFT AND  THEY BLAME IT ON BIDEN. 87 00:05:18,318 --> 00:05:20,119 >> ONE THING'S FOR SURE,  REPUBLICANS ARE MORE FIRED UP 88 00:05:20,219 --> 00:05:24,624 FOR THE MIDTERMS THAN DEMOCRATS. 89 00:05:24,724 --> 00:05:26,159 >> THERE'S A PALPABLE HATRED FOR  JOE BIDEN AMONG REPUBL 90 00:05:26,259 --> 00:05:29,829 VOTERS. 91 00:05:29,929 --> 00:05:32,999 >> REPUBLICANS NEED FIVE SEATS  TO CONTROL THE HOUSE AND PEOPLE 92 00:05:33,099 --> 00:05:37,136 ARE LIKE, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO  BE 15, 20, 25. 93 00:05:37,236 --> 00:05:39,372 >> DEMOCRATS ON THE HILL ARE  BASICALLY SEEING WHAT COULD BE A 94 00:05:39,472 --> 00:05:42,742 REAL BLOODLETTING IN NOVEMBER. 95 00:05:42,842 --> 00:05:47,613 >> THE BIG THING THAT MAY SAVE  DEMOCRATS IS REPUBLICANS. 96 00:05:47,714 --> 00:05:50,183 >> I RAN TWICE.  I WON TWICE. 97 00:05:50,283 --> 00:05:53,353 AND I DID MUCH BETTER THE SECOND  TIME. 98 00:05:53,453 --> 00:05:56,022 >> MAKE PEOPLE SCARED THAT IF  REPUBLICANS RETAKE CONTROL OF 99 00:05:56,122 --> 00:06:03,363 THE HOUSE, IT'S THE ROAD TO  AUTHORITARIAN, OUGHT ACCURATIC, 100 00:06:03,463 --> 00:06:06,165 ELECTION-STEALING BULL SMITH.  ELECTION-STEALING BULL SMISHITB. 101 00:06:06,265 --> 00:06:08,334 >> TRUMP IS BRINGING UP HIS OWN  GRIEVANCES. 102 00:06:08,434 --> 00:06:11,170 >> TRUMP IS LITIGATING THE PAST  INSTEAD OF PROSECUTING THE 103 00:06:11,270 --> 00:06:12,705 FUTURE.  HE'S COMPLICATING THINGS FOR 104 00:06:12,805 --> 00:06:13,439 REPUBLICANS. 105 00:06:13,906 --> 00:06:15,208 >> IS THERE A WAY FOR DEMOCRATS  TO SAVE THE HOUSE? 106 00:06:15,308 --> 00:06:19,412 >> I JUST SAY NEVER SAY NEVER,  RIGHT? 107 00:06:19,512 --> 00:06:20,346 I DON'T KNOW, THOUGH. 108 00:06:20,446 --> 00:06:23,516 >> SHE'S RIGHT. 109 00:06:23,616 --> 00:06:26,853 >> VERY FULL-THROATED  ENDORSEMENT OF DEMOCRATS. 110 00:06:26,953 --> 00:06:29,288 >> CAN YOU CHANGE THE PLOT IN  THE LAST COUPLE OF CHAPTERS OF 111 00:06:29,389 --> 00:06:30,690 THE BOOK?  MAYBE. 112 00:06:30,790 --> 00:06:33,626 >> BUT I'M MORE INTO PAUL THOMAS  ANDERSON. 113 00:06:33,726 --> 00:06:38,164 WHAT I'LL SAY ABOUT THE 2022  MIDTERMS IS IN THE END FOR 114 00:06:38,264 --> 00:06:43,970 DEMOCRATS THERE WILL BE BLOOD. 115 00:06:56,682 --> 00:07:01,387 >> OBAMA/BIDEN REUNION AT THE  WHITE HOUSE. 116 00:07:01,487 --> 00:07:04,624 >> FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA  HAS NOT BEEN BACK TO THE WHITE 117 00:07:04,724 --> 00:07:07,293 HOUSE IN FIVE YEARS.  BUT HE'S HERE TODAY TO CELEBRATE 118 00:07:07,393 --> 00:07:14,167 THE 12th YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF HIS  LEGACY ACHIEVEMENT, THE 119 00:07:14,267 --> 00:07:17,003 AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.  TIME MAY NOT BE ALTOGETHER 120 00:07:17,103 --> 00:07:20,540 COINCIDENTAL BECAUSE WHEN YOUR  APPROVAL RATINGS ARE AT A 121 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:29,148 HISTORIC LOW, WITH A DO YOU DO?  HISTORIC LOW, WITH A DO YOUWHATU 122 00:07:29,248 --> 00:07:32,452 DO?  BRING IN ONE OF THE GUYS WITH 123 00:07:32,552 --> 00:07:33,786 THE BEST APPROVAL RATINGS IN THE  PARTY. 124 00:07:33,886 --> 00:07:37,824 >> THANK YOU.  I INTEND TO GET HEALTH CARE 125 00:07:37,924 --> 00:07:40,993 PASSED EVEN IF IT COSTS ME  REELECTION. 126 00:07:41,093 --> 00:07:42,462 WHICH FOR A WHILE IT LOOKED LIKE  IT MIGHT. 127 00:07:42,562 --> 00:07:46,199 BUT FOR ALL OF US, THE ACA WAS  AN EXAMPLE OF WHY YOU RUN FOR 128 00:07:46,299 --> 00:07:51,771 OFFICE IN THE FIRST PLACE. 129 00:07:51,871 --> 00:07:54,640 >> PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS ASKED  ABOUT THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS, 130 00:07:54,740 --> 00:07:55,775 WHAT THE MESSAGE SHOULD BE. 131 00:07:55,875 --> 00:08:04,083 >> WE'VE GOT A STORY TO TELL.  WE JUST HAVE TO TELL IT. 132 00:08:13,159 --> 00:08:16,362 >> WE ARE GOING TO TALK TO  CONGRESSMAN STEPHANIE MURPHY. 133 00:08:16,462 --> 00:08:20,666 SHE IS A DEMOCRAT, THIRD TERM  CONGRESSWOMAN FROM THE STATE OF 134 00:08:20,766 --> 00:08:24,971 FLORIDA.  SHE WON IN AN UPSET IN 2016. 135 00:08:25,071 --> 00:08:28,274 SHE'S BEEN CRITICAL OF GROUPS ON  THE LEFT THAT SHE SAYS HAVE 136 00:08:28,374 --> 00:08:31,477 MALIGNED HER INTENTIONS WHEN SHE  DOES NOT SUPPORT THEIR AGENDA. 137 00:08:31,577 --> 00:08:34,981 >> NO MEMBER OF MY PARTY HAS ANY  LEVERAGE OVER MY VOTE. 138 00:08:35,081 --> 00:08:40,019 >> PRESUMABLY ALL OF THIS  FRUSTRATION LED TO HER DECISION 139 00:08:40,119 --> 00:08:41,354 TO RETIRE FROM CONGRESS. 140 00:08:41,454 --> 00:08:45,358 >> I KNOW THAT SHE WAS SEEN AS  SOMEONE WITHIN THE PARTY THAT A 141 00:08:45,458 --> 00:08:47,260 LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT HAD A  BRIGHT FUTURE. 142 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:48,594 SHE'S NOT STAYING. 143 00:08:48,694 --> 00:08:51,898 >> PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS A PRETTY  GOOD RECORD, RIGHT? 144 00:08:51,998 --> 00:08:54,367 BUT HIS APPROVAL RATINGS KEEP  DROPPING. 145 00:08:54,467 --> 00:08:58,304 WHAT'S YOUR SENSE OF WHAT'S  HOLDING HIM BACK? 146 00:08:58,404 --> 00:09:01,173 >> AS FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA  SAID AT THE WHITE HOUSE THIS 147 00:09:01,274 --> 00:09:05,111 WEEK, YOU'VE DONE GOOD THINGS,  NOW TELL PEOPLE ABOUT IT. 148 00:09:05,211 --> 00:09:08,814 PRESIDENT BIDEN DELIVERED COVID  AID TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 149 00:09:08,915 --> 00:09:12,985 AND WE DELIVERED A HISTORIC  INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, THE KIND 150 00:09:13,085 --> 00:09:15,388 THAT WASHINGTON HAS BEEN TALKING  ABOUT FOR SO LONG THAT IT'S 151 00:09:15,488 --> 00:09:19,225 BECOME A PUNCH LINE, IT'S JUST  INFRASTRUCTURE WEEK AGAIN, BUT 152 00:09:19,325 --> 00:09:21,661 NO REAL INFRASTRUCTURE BILL.  AND NOW WE SHOULD JUST EMPHASIZE 153 00:09:21,761 --> 00:09:28,367 A LOT OF THE GOOD STUFF THAT HAS  HAPPENED. 154 00:09:28,467 --> 00:09:30,136 >> I'M NOT SURE THAT PRESIDENT  BIDEN HAS BEEN AS EFFECTIVE AS 155 00:09:30,236 --> 00:09:33,706 YOU IN LAYING OUT THAT MESSAGE.  IS THIS A MESSAGING PROBLEM? 156 00:09:33,806 --> 00:09:36,742 >> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT  THE ADMINISTRATION BE MORE 157 00:09:36,842 --> 00:09:39,111 FORWARD-LEANING IN ACKNOWLEDGING  THE PAIN THAT THE AMERICAN 158 00:09:39,211 --> 00:09:42,114 PEOPLE FEEL.  WE'VE GOT TO STOP SHOWING UP TO 159 00:09:42,214 --> 00:09:44,216 EMOTIONAL CONVERSATIONS WITH  DATA. 160 00:09:44,317 --> 00:09:48,421 IT'S TRANSITORY INFLATION, OR  THE GAS PRICES ARE TRANSITORY. 161 00:09:48,521 --> 00:09:51,457 THE IMPACT WILL BE TEMPORARY,  TRANSITORY, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO 162 00:09:51,557 --> 00:09:54,126 REFER TO IT.  THE AMERICAN FAMILY IS LIKE, I 163 00:09:54,226 --> 00:09:56,929 DON'T KNOW WHAT TRANSITORY MEANS  BUT I KNOW RIGHT NOW I CAN'T 164 00:09:57,029 --> 00:10:00,366 AFFORD MY KIDS' CLEATS FOR  BASEBALL SEASON OR I CAN'T EVEN 165 00:10:00,466 --> 00:10:03,169 FIND THEM BECAUSE OF SUPPLY  CHAIN ISSUES OR FILLING UP MY 166 00:10:03,269 --> 00:10:07,807 GAS TANK COSTS TWICE AS MUCH AS  IT DID 18 MONTHS AGO. 167 00:10:07,907 --> 00:10:10,576 WE HAVE TO MEET PEOPLE AT THE  PLACE THAT THEY ARE AND THEN 168 00:10:10,676 --> 00:10:13,145 DEMONSTRATE THAT AS A  GOVERNMENT, WE'RE TRYING TO HELP 169 00:10:13,245 --> 00:10:15,381 THEM.  HELPING THEM MEANS SETTING ASIDE 170 00:10:15,481 --> 00:10:19,485 SOME OF THESE BITTER, PARTISAN  AND INTERPARTY BATTLES. 171 00:10:19,585 --> 00:10:24,724 >> SO WHEN YOU LOOK BACK ON THE  LAST, YOU KNOW, YEAR OF 172 00:10:24,824 --> 00:10:27,393 PRESIDENT BIDEN'S TERM, WHAT DO  YOU FEEL LIKE DEMOCRATS GOT 173 00:10:27,493 --> 00:10:28,594 WRONG? 174 00:10:28,694 --> 00:10:32,732 >> WE OFTEN SET EXPECTATIONS  THAT WERE INCONGRUENT WITH THE 175 00:10:32,832 --> 00:10:36,102 MAJORITIES THAT WE HELD.  AND -- 176 00:10:36,202 --> 00:10:39,972 >> BY SAYING WE CAN PASS BOTH  INFRASTRUCTURE AND A 177 00:10:40,072 --> 00:10:42,842 MULTITRILLION DOLLAR BUILD BACK  BETTER BILL. 178 00:10:42,942 --> 00:10:49,849 >> PROGRESSIVES IN THE HOUSE  THREATENED TO TORPEDO THE BUILD 179 00:10:49,949 --> 00:10:51,017 BACK BETTER BILL. 180 00:10:51,283 --> 00:10:53,686 >> THE RESULT OF THAT IS PEOPLE  IN THE PARTY HAVE TURNED AGAINST 181 00:10:53,786 --> 00:10:54,920 MODERATES LIKE YOU. 182 00:10:55,021 --> 00:10:57,923 >> I THINK IF WE HAD DONE A  BETTER JOB SETTING EXPECTATIONS 183 00:10:58,024 --> 00:11:02,895 OF WHAT THE VOTES COULD BEAR,  WOE HAVEN'T HAVE SPENT SO MUCH 184 00:11:02,995 --> 00:11:04,664 TIME STEPPING ON OUR OWN  NARRATIVE. 185 00:11:04,764 --> 00:11:07,199 >> YOUR LEAVING MAKES IT MORE  LIKELY THE REPUBLICANS WILL TAKE 186 00:11:07,299 --> 00:11:08,200 OVER.  THAT MUST BE HARD. 187 00:11:08,300 --> 00:11:10,169 >> IT IS HARD.  I DON'T WANT TO HAND THIS 188 00:11:10,269 --> 00:11:14,907 COUNTRY OVER TO A PARTY THAT HAS  BECOME MORE OF A CULT OF 189 00:11:15,007 --> 00:11:17,610 PERSONALITY AND IS FOCUSED ON  DISMANTLING DEMOCRACY. 190 00:11:17,710 --> 00:11:21,080 BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT TO HAND MY  PARTY OVER TO THE FACTION THAT 191 00:11:21,180 --> 00:11:23,349 IS TRYING TO DISMANTLE  CAPITALISM. 192 00:11:23,449 --> 00:11:27,253 >> PRESIDENT BIDEN IN BOTH HIS  STATE OF THE UNION AND IN HIS 193 00:11:27,353 --> 00:11:31,090 BUDGET REALLY MOVED TO THE  CENTER, DEFICIT REDUCTION, FUND 194 00:11:31,190 --> 00:11:42,168 THE POLICE, SECURE THE BORDER.  IS THAT THE RIGHT WAY TO WIN? 195 00:11:42,268 --> 00:11:46,605 >> AMERICANS ARE WORRIED ABOUT  THE ECONOMY, SUPPLY CHAIN 196 00:11:46,706 --> 00:11:49,008 ISSUES, INFLATION.  LET'S TAKE VOTES THAT WILL LAND 197 00:11:49,108 --> 00:11:51,410 ON THE PRESIDENT'S DESK THAT HE  CAN SIGN INTO LAW AND MAKE A 198 00:11:51,510 --> 00:12:01,954 DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF  AMERICAN PEOPLE. 199 00:12:02,054 --> 00:12:06,058 >> ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 10, RANK  YOUR DEGREE OF OPTIMISM THAT 200 00:12:06,158 --> 00:12:10,996 DEMOCRATS CAN KEEP CONTROL OF  THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN 201 00:12:11,097 --> 00:12:12,031 NOVEMBER.  EIGHT. 202 00:12:12,131 --> 00:12:15,468 I'LL TELL YOU WHY.  WE HAVE A GREAT STORY TO TELL 203 00:12:15,568 --> 00:12:17,570 ABOUT JOB CREATION AND WAGE  INCREASES. 204 00:12:17,670 --> 00:12:21,340 WE ALSO HAVE A GREAT STORY TO  TELL ABOUT REPUBLICANS WHO ARE 205 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:26,579 FRICKIN' CRAZY. 206 00:12:29,148 --> 00:12:34,186 >> IN POLITICO A COUPLE OF DAYS  AGO YOU SAID ONE OF THE THINGS 207 00:12:34,286 --> 00:12:36,055 THAT MOTIVATES REPUBLICANS IS  FEAR. 208 00:12:36,155 --> 00:12:39,825 A LOT OF THIS IS CAUSING FEAR  AMONG REPUBLICANS AND RATIONAL 209 00:12:39,925 --> 00:12:42,795 INDIVIDUALS EVERYWHERE.  IS THAT WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN NOW, 210 00:12:42,895 --> 00:12:44,630 DOES IT HAVE TO BECOME THE FEAR  CAMPAIGN? 211 00:12:44,730 --> 00:12:48,234 >> THE REASON WE'RE FEARFUL IS  BECAUSE, FOR EXAMPLE, JANUARY 212 00:12:48,334 --> 00:12:51,103 6th HAPPENED.  WHEN WE SAY WE'RE FEARFUL OF 213 00:12:51,203 --> 00:12:54,940 FOLKS WHO SPREAD THE BIG LIE AND  THAT CAUSED THE INSURRECTION, WE 214 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:59,278 HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO FEAR THAT,  ESPECIALLY IF THEY TAKE POWER. 215 00:12:59,378 --> 00:13:02,114 >> REPUBLICANS ALL SCREAM  FEARMONGERING WHEN THEY HEAR 216 00:13:02,214 --> 00:13:04,750 THIS KIND OF TALK.  SOME OF YOUR COLLEAGUES, 217 00:13:04,850 --> 00:13:07,787 MODERATE COLLEAGUES OF YOURS,  SAY WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON BREAD 218 00:13:07,887 --> 00:13:10,222 AND BUTTER, KITCHEN TABLE  ISSUES. 219 00:13:10,322 --> 00:13:13,392 >> WE HAVE TO DO BOTH.  YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CAMPAIGN THAT 220 00:13:13,492 --> 00:13:19,632 TALKS ABOUT DEMOCRATS AND ALSO  BRAND REPUBLICANS FOR WHAT THEY 221 00:13:19,732 --> 00:13:22,101 ARE.  TWO REPUBLICAN MEMBERS WENT TO A 222 00:13:22,201 --> 00:13:27,339 WHITE NATIONALIST CONFERENCE AND  SPOKE. 223 00:13:27,439 --> 00:13:29,942 THE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP DID  NOTHING. 224 00:13:30,042 --> 00:13:33,145 THEY'RE TOLERATING EXTREMISM,  BIGOTRY, RACISM. 225 00:13:33,245 --> 00:13:34,580 WE'RE WATCHING THE  RADICALIZATION OF THE REPUBLICAN 226 00:13:34,680 --> 00:13:39,785 PARTY IN REAL TIME.  MADISON CAWTHORN, OBVIOUSLY A 227 00:13:39,885 --> 00:13:41,620 COLOR FIGURE. 228 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:44,723 >> NORTH CAROLINA CONGRESSMAN  MADISON CAWTHORN CLAIMED HE WAS 229 00:13:44,824 --> 00:13:49,862 INVITED TO A, QUOTE, ORIGINALLY  WITH COLLEAGUES AND WITNESSED A 230 00:13:49,962 --> 00:13:51,230 LAWMAKER SNORTING COCAINE. 231 00:13:51,330 --> 00:13:54,733 >> IN A TWEET YOU SAID I WANT  HIM TO BE THE FACE AND VOICE OF 232 00:13:54,834 --> 00:13:57,336 HOUSE REPUBLICANS.  WHAT MADISON CAWTHORN SAID IS 233 00:13:57,436 --> 00:14:04,910 THAT SENIOR REPUBLICAN MEMBERS  INVITED HIM TO COCAINE-FUELED 234 00:14:05,010 --> 00:14:05,644 ORIGINALLY  ORIGINAL Y 235 00:14:05,744 --> 00:14:06,445 ORIGIN  ORGIES. 236 00:14:06,846 --> 00:14:07,713 WHAT HAS THE REPUBLICAN  LEADERSHIP DONE TO MADISON 237 00:14:07,813 --> 00:14:08,948 CAWTHORN?  NOTHING. 238 00:14:09,048 --> 00:14:10,716 SOMETHING HAS CHANGED IN THE  LAST FIVE YEARS. 239 00:14:10,816 --> 00:14:14,954 A GROWING SEGMENT OF THE  REPUBLICAN PARTY ARE IN A FALSE 240 00:14:15,054 --> 00:14:21,327 AND ALTERNATE REALITY.  I'LL LOOK AT AN APPLE AND 241 00:14:21,427 --> 00:14:23,596 REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES WILL SAY  NO, THAT'S A BANANA. 242 00:14:23,696 --> 00:14:27,132 IF YOU CANNOT AGREE ON BASIC  FACTS, IT'S REALLY HARD TO MOVE 243 00:14:27,233 --> 00:14:27,733 FORWARD. 244 00:14:28,167 --> 00:14:29,869 >> ALSO VERY HARD TO MAKE A  FRUIT SALAD. 245 00:14:29,969 --> 00:14:34,573 >> THAT'S TRUE.  SO PART OF THE ARGUMENT YOU 246 00:14:34,673 --> 00:14:37,676 THINK DEMOCRATS NEED TO MAKE  LOUDLY IN THE FALL IS, 247 00:14:37,776 --> 00:14:39,245 REPUBLICANS TAKE CONTROL OF THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WE 248 00:14:39,345 --> 00:14:43,549 COULD LOSE IT ALL BECAUSE THEY  ARE BASICALLY INSURRECTIONISTS. 249 00:14:43,649 --> 00:14:45,150 THEY DON'T BELIEVE IN FACTS AS  WE UNDERSTAND THEM. 250 00:14:45,251 --> 00:14:48,254 >> YES, ABSOLUTELY.  YOU HAVE TO LET VOTERS 251 00:14:48,354 --> 00:14:53,025 UNDERSTAND THE STAKES IN  NOVEMBER, THAT WE'RE AT A 252 00:14:53,125 --> 00:14:55,194 PIVOTAL POINT IN OUR COUNTRY'S  HISTORY AND THAT DEMOCRACY IS AT 253 00:14:55,294 --> 00:15:01,333 STAKE. 254 00:15:01,433 --> 00:15:04,603 >> IN JUST A MATTER OF HOURS  HISTORY WILL BE MADE WITH THE 255 00:15:04,703 --> 00:15:06,438 SENATE CONFIRMATION OF JUDGE  KETANJI BROWN JACKSON TO BE THE 256 00:15:06,538 --> 00:15:09,642 FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO SIT ON THE  U.S. SUPREME COURT. 257 00:15:09,742 --> 00:15:12,211 >> JOE BIDEN WAS ELECTED WITH  THE ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT OF 258 00:15:12,311 --> 00:15:15,247 BLACK VOTERS.  BUT THAT SUPPORT HAS FALLEN 30 259 00:15:15,347 --> 00:15:17,349 POINTS OVER THE COURSE OF HIS  PRESIDENCY. 260 00:15:17,449 --> 00:15:22,087 WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO TERRENCE  WOODBURY, CO-FOUNDER OF A FIRM 261 00:15:22,187 --> 00:15:24,990 THAT SPECIALIZES IN  UNDERSTANDING MILLENIAL AND 262 00:15:25,090 --> 00:15:28,227 MINORITY COMMUNITIES TO GET A  SENSE OF HOW DEEP IS THE PROBLEM 263 00:15:28,327 --> 00:15:33,065 FOR JOE BIDEN AND IS THERE  ANYTHING HE CAN DO TO FIX IT. 264 00:15:33,165 --> 00:15:35,935 >> WE WENT INTO FOCUS GROUPS AND  THERE WAS A FRUSTRATION THERE. 265 00:15:36,035 --> 00:15:42,041 ONE OF THE QUOTES WAS, DEMOCRATS  DON'T COME OUT GUNS BLAZING IN 266 00:15:42,141 --> 00:15:43,842 DEFENSE OF THE ISSUES THAT  MATTER TO US. 267 00:15:43,943 --> 00:15:49,181 DEMOCRATS WILL HAVE TO PUT FORTH  A VISION OF WHAT A DIVERSE 268 00:15:49,281 --> 00:15:50,282 AMERICA LOOKS LIKE. 269 00:15:50,382 --> 00:15:54,720 >> THINGS AREN'T GETTING DONE,  INFLATION, GAS PRICES. 270 00:15:54,820 --> 00:15:59,258 JUST SEEMS LIKE WE'RE BEING  TOSSED TO THE WAYSIDE. 271 00:15:59,358 --> 00:16:02,328 >> I WAS PUSHED OUT BECAUSE THE  PRICE OF LIVING IN MY 272 00:16:02,428 --> 00:16:03,495 NEIGHBORHOOD HAD BECOME SO HIGH. 273 00:16:03,595 --> 00:16:07,232 >> IT'S FRUSTRATING BECAUSE IT'S  LIKE, WHERE DO I FIT IN? 274 00:16:07,333 --> 00:16:09,335 I DON'T THINK THERE'S AN OUTLET  FOR US TO BE HEARD AT THIS 275 00:16:09,435 --> 00:16:09,935 POINT. 276 00:16:10,636 --> 00:16:14,106 >> YOU REALLY DO HEAR THE  FRUSTRATION, THE CYNICISM, AND 277 00:16:14,206 --> 00:16:18,510 THE DISEMPOWERMENT THAT MANY OF  THEM FELT. 278 00:16:18,610 --> 00:16:22,047 THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE FOR BLACK  VOTERS, SECOND ONLY TO COVID-19 279 00:16:22,147 --> 00:16:25,284 AND MORE RECENTLY SECOND TO  INFLATION, IS RACISM AND 280 00:16:25,384 --> 00:16:27,353 DISCRIMINATION.  REPUBLICANS HAVE ENGAGED IN THIS 281 00:16:27,453 --> 00:16:32,191 CULTURE WAR BATTLE AGGRESSIVELY.  DEMOCRATS HAVE NOT FIGURED OUT 282 00:16:32,291 --> 00:16:35,527 HOW TO RESPOND TO RACISM AS A  STRATEGY. 283 00:16:35,627 --> 00:16:38,931 THAT'S A PART OF WHERE DEMOCRATS  ARE MISSING THE MARK HERE. 284 00:16:39,031 --> 00:16:42,101 IT'S NOT JUST A MATTER OF WHAT  LEGISLATION YOU PASS. 285 00:16:42,201 --> 00:16:44,136 BUT IT'S WHAT YOU FIGHT FOR. 286 00:16:44,236 --> 00:16:47,639 >> SO JOE BIDEN IS MAKING GOOD  ON A CAMPAIGN PLEDGE, WHICH WAS 287 00:16:47,740 --> 00:16:51,810 TO NOMINATE A BLACK WOMAN AS A  SUPREME COURT JUSTICE AND IT 288 00:16:51,910 --> 00:16:53,145 LOOKS LIKE SHE'S GOING TO BE  CONFIRMED. 289 00:16:53,245 --> 00:16:54,913 IS THAT GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT? 290 00:16:55,014 --> 00:16:57,483 >> IT SHOWS HIS COMMITMENT TO  DELIVER ON HIS PROMISES. 291 00:16:57,583 --> 00:17:00,819 AND THAT IS WHERE VOTERS HAVE  BECOME CYNICAL. 292 00:17:00,919 --> 00:17:05,758 THERE IS AN EXPLICIT PROMISE  THAT HAS MADE GOOD ON. 293 00:17:05,858 --> 00:17:08,861 BUT I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE  SOME MESSAGING THAT NEEDS TO BE 294 00:17:08,961 --> 00:17:14,099 DONE THERE THAT JUST CONFIRMING  HER IS NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH. 295 00:17:14,199 --> 00:17:21,974 >> CORY BOOKER'S PLEA SHOULD BE  CUT INTO AN AD IN EVERY PLACE IN 296 00:17:22,074 --> 00:17:22,708 AMERICA. 297 00:17:23,075 --> 00:17:24,510 >> YOU ARE WORTHY.  YOU ARE A GREAT AMERICAN. 298 00:17:24,610 --> 00:17:27,679 >> WHAT'S YOUR OUTLOOK FOR THE  MIDTERMS AND WHAT DO DEMOCRATS 299 00:17:27,780 --> 00:17:30,215 HAVE TO DO TO OVERCOME THE  CHALLENGES? 300 00:17:30,315 --> 00:17:34,086 >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT A PLACE LIKE  GEORGIA, A PLACE LIKE FLORIDA, 301 00:17:34,186 --> 00:17:36,755 WHERE THERE WILL LIKELY BE A  PERSON OF COLOR AT THE TOP OF 302 00:17:36,855 --> 00:17:39,858 THE TICKET, THEY HAVE TO REACH  OBAMA-LEVEL SUPPORT AMONGST 303 00:17:39,958 --> 00:17:41,493 BLACK VOTERS.  WHEN WE START TO SEE THAT 304 00:17:41,593 --> 00:17:46,098 APPROVAL RATING START TO 73, 72%  AMONGST BLACK VOTERS, I CAN TELL 305 00:17:46,198 --> 00:17:51,336 YOU RIGHT NOW, ANY DEMOCRAT  RUNNING STATEWIDE IN 2022 THAT 306 00:17:51,437 --> 00:17:54,106 HAS 73 OF THE BLACK VOTE HAS  LOST, FULL STOP. 307 00:17:54,206 --> 00:17:56,909 THERE IS NO PATH TO VICTORY. 308 00:17:57,009 --> 00:17:57,509 >> WOW. 309 00:17:58,310 --> 00:18:00,979 >> I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO PUT  DONALD TRUMP BACK ON THE BALLOT. 310 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:06,618 YOU TALK TO VOTERS, THIS IDEA  THAT IF WE DON'T VOTE IT COULD 311 00:18:06,718 --> 00:18:09,721 LEAD TO A SHIFT IN PARTISAN  POWER IN CONGRESS, NOT 312 00:18:09,822 --> 00:18:13,659 MOTIVATING THEM TO ALL.  BUT WE ASKED, WHAT IF I TOLD YOU 313 00:18:13,759 --> 00:18:16,595 IF REPUBLICANS WIN THE HOUSE  THEN DONALD TRUMP WILL BE 314 00:18:16,695 --> 00:18:20,099 PRESIDENT IN 2024?  EVERY SINGLE HAND WENT UP. 315 00:18:20,199 --> 00:18:21,200 >> INTERESTING. 316 00:18:21,300 --> 00:18:24,770 >> EVERY SINGLE HAND.  THAT RIGHT THERE, WE CAN'T LET 317 00:18:24,870 --> 00:18:27,606 THAT HAPPEN.  BUT MORE THAN THAT, FOR SOME OF 318 00:18:27,706 --> 00:18:31,210 THESE VOTERS, IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO  GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO VOTE 319 00:18:31,310 --> 00:18:33,045 AGAINST.  WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING 320 00:18:33,145 --> 00:18:35,714 TO VOTE FOR.  DEMOCRATS HAVE TO NOT GO OUT ON 321 00:18:35,814 --> 00:18:39,751 THE STUMP AND MAKE PROMISES BUT  WHAT THEY WILL DO IN THE NEXT 322 00:18:39,852 --> 00:18:40,986 TWO YEARS.  THEY HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE 323 00:18:41,086 --> 00:18:48,160 PROGRESS ON WHAT THEY'VE DONE  WITH THE LAST TWO YEARS. 324 00:18:48,260 --> 00:18:51,663 >> HISTORIC MOMENT HERE ON  CAPITOL HILL. 325 00:18:51,763 --> 00:18:57,336 WE'RE WAITING FOR THE FINAL VOTE  FOR THE SENATE TO CONFIRM JUDGE 326 00:18:57,436 --> 00:18:58,437 KETANJI BROWN JACKSON. 327 00:18:58,537 --> 00:19:02,107 >> TODAY IS A JOYOUS DAY.  WE'RE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. 328 00:19:02,207 --> 00:19:05,177 WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO THE TEAM  THAT'S BEEN ASSEMBLED TO MANAGE 329 00:19:05,277 --> 00:19:06,311 THE CONFIRMATION OF JUDGE  JACKSON THROUGH THE UNITED 330 00:19:06,411 --> 00:19:11,150 STATES SENATE.  IS AND 331 00:19:11,250 --> 00:19:14,086 IS  AND IT IS AN ALL STAR TEAM. 332 00:19:14,186 --> 00:19:24,730 SENATOR DOUG JONES, DANA REMUS,  WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL, AND THEN 333 00:19:24,830 --> 00:19:26,098 FINALLY, MINYAN MOORE. 334 00:19:26,198 --> 00:19:30,302 >> I GOT A TEXT THIS MORNING SHE  SAYS, PLEASE TELL THE JUDGE ALL 335 00:19:30,402 --> 00:19:32,471 THE TEACHERS IN THE SCHOOL ARE  REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS DAY. 336 00:19:32,571 --> 00:19:36,241 AND I THINK WHAT IT SHOWED ME  WAS THAT AMERICA IS TUNED IN. 337 00:19:36,341 --> 00:19:39,344 >> SOMETIMES IN WASHINGTON, THE  PEOPLE WITH THE MOST POWER ARE 338 00:19:39,444 --> 00:19:42,881 THE NAMES YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF.  SHE STARTED HER CAREER WORKING 339 00:19:42,981 --> 00:19:46,084 FOR JESSE JACKSON.  SHE WORKED FOR PRESIDENT 340 00:19:46,185 --> 00:19:48,120 CLINTON.  SHE WAS A SENIOR ADVISER TO 341 00:19:48,220 --> 00:19:52,958 HILLARY CLINTON.  AND SHE RAN THE TRANSITION FOR 342 00:19:53,058 --> 00:19:54,826 VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS.  THERE IS NO ONE MORE TRUSTED IN 343 00:19:54,927 --> 00:19:55,928 DEMOCRATIC POLITICS. 344 00:19:56,228 --> 00:19:58,697 >> LET'S NOT FORGET THIS PROCESS  IS GOING TO BE ALL ABOUT JOY. 345 00:19:58,797 --> 00:20:01,133 >> THAT HAS BEEN THE THEME  THROUGHOUT. 346 00:20:01,233 --> 00:20:06,104 THIS THING HAS GONE BETTER THAN  I HAD IMAGINED. 347 00:20:06,205 --> 00:20:09,341 >> PRESIDENT BIDEN, HOW INVOLVED  WAS HE IN THE PROCESS? 348 00:20:09,441 --> 00:20:10,842 >> HE WAS REALLY ENGAGED. 349 00:20:10,943 --> 00:20:17,382 >> IT'S A BIG DEAL WHEN A  POLITICIAN KEEPS HIS COMMITMENT. 350 00:20:17,482 --> 00:20:21,453 >> MINUTES FROM NOW, THE SENATE  IS EXPECTED TO VOTE AND CONFIRM 351 00:20:21,553 --> 00:20:25,090 JUDGE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON. 352 00:20:25,190 --> 00:20:32,631 >> ON THE NOMINATION OF KETANJI  BROWN JACKSON TO BE AN ASSOCIATE 353 00:20:32,731 --> 00:20:37,402 JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF  THE UNITED STATES. 354 00:20:37,502 --> 00:20:44,176 ON THIS VOTE, THE YEAS ARE 53,  THE NAYS ARE 47, AND THIS 355 00:20:44,276 --> 00:20:55,821 NOMINATION IS CONFIRMED. 356 00:20:57,456 --> 00:21:02,094 >> JUDGE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON  WATCHED THE VOTE WITH PRESIDENT 357 00:21:02,194 --> 00:21:06,098 JOE BIDEN, BOTH OVERCOME WITH  EMOTION. 358 00:21:06,198 --> 00:21:09,835 >> SO YOU WATCH WITH THE  PRESIDENT AND WITH JUDGE 359 00:21:09,935 --> 00:21:10,168 JACKSON. 360 00:21:10,269 --> 00:21:11,169 >> YES. 361 00:21:11,536 --> 00:21:12,904 >> WHAT WAS THE PRESIDENT'S  REACTION, WHAT WAS HER REACTION? 362 00:21:13,005 --> 00:21:16,408 >> I MEAN, SHE WAS LIKE, OH, MY  GOD, I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS 363 00:21:16,508 --> 00:21:19,444 REALLY HAPPENING, I'M STANDING  IN THE ROOSEVELT ROOM, GETTING 364 00:21:19,544 --> 00:21:22,347 READY TO GREET THE PRESIDENT. 365 00:21:22,447 --> 00:21:25,651 >> WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT MEANS  FOR AMERICA, THAT YOU HAVE A 366 00:21:25,751 --> 00:21:30,622 BLACK WOMAN ON THE COURT AND  THAT YOU HAVE A COURT THAT IS NO 367 00:21:30,722 --> 00:21:32,457 LONGER MAJORITY WHITE MALE? 368 00:21:32,557 --> 00:21:37,729 >> THE NEXT GENERATION CAN NOW  DREAM OF BEING JUDGE JACKSON. 369 00:21:37,829 --> 00:21:48,106 THEY CAN DREAM OFING ELENA  KAGAN. 370 00:21:48,206 --> 00:21:50,876 THEY CAN DREAM OF BEING JUSTICE  SOTOMAYOR. 371 00:21:50,976 --> 00:21:57,783 >> I WATCHED HER FACE, I WAS  RIGHT BEHIND HER. 372 00:21:57,883 --> 00:22:03,355 WHAT YOU CAN NEVER GET PREPARED  FOR IS SOMEBODY TAKING AWAY YOUR 373 00:22:03,455 --> 00:22:08,060 HUMANITY.  BLACK WOMEN KNOW, IN FACT, THAT 374 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:10,295 YOU DON'T GET A FAIR CHANCE, YOU  JUST GO IN PREPARED. 375 00:22:10,395 --> 00:22:14,833 >> I THOUGHT ABOUT ANITA HILL,  30 YEARS PRIOR, SITTING IN THAT 376 00:22:14,933 --> 00:22:15,734 SAME SEAT. 377 00:22:16,201 --> 00:22:20,505 >> YEP, THE ONLY IMAGE WE'VE.  A BLACK WOMAN SITTING IN THAT 378 00:22:20,605 --> 00:22:26,111 SEAT WAS ANITA HILL.  NOW WE HAVE A SUPREME COURT 379 00:22:26,211 --> 00:22:27,379 JUSTICE. 380 00:22:27,479 --> 00:22:30,782 >> DO YOU THINK THIS COULD BE  THE THING THAT GETS DEMOCRATS ON 381 00:22:30,882 --> 00:22:33,785 A BETTER TRAJECTORY FOR THE  MIDTERMS AND IF SO, HOW? 382 00:22:33,885 --> 00:22:37,489 >> YOU KNOW, THEY'VE DONE SO  MANY GOOD THINGS. 383 00:22:37,589 --> 00:22:40,192 AND IT'S NOT BEING -- IT'S NOT  GETTING OUT THERE. 384 00:22:40,292 --> 00:22:43,228 AND PART OF IT IS BECAUSE OF THE  ENVIRONMENT WE LIVE IN. 385 00:22:43,328 --> 00:22:49,234 AND SO I DO HOPE THAT BECAUSE OF  THE ENERGY AROUND JUSTICE 386 00:22:49,334 --> 00:22:53,739 JACKSON, I DO HOPE THAT THIS  ENERGY THAT WE SEE IN NEW 387 00:22:53,839 --> 00:22:59,878 PEOPLE, BECAUSE WE HAVE NEW  COALITIONS THAT FORMED AROUND 388 00:22:59,978 --> 00:23:01,146 HER.  THEY CAME TO THE TABLE FOR JOE 389 00:23:01,246 --> 00:23:02,981 BIDEN, THEY CAME TO THE TABLE  BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED IN THIS 390 00:23:03,081 --> 00:23:10,021 NOMINEE. 391 00:23:10,122 --> 00:23:13,959 >> IT'S MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE  YOU TO THE NEXT ASSOCIATE 392 00:23:14,059 --> 00:23:15,961 JUSTICE TO THE UNITED STATES  SUPREME COURT, THE HONORABLE 393 00:23:16,061 --> 00:23:23,769 KETANJI BROWN JACKSON. 394 00:23:23,869 --> 00:23:31,943 >> IT HAS TAKEN 232 YEARS AND  115 PRIOR APPOINTMENTS FOR A 395 00:23:32,043 --> 00:23:38,150 BLACK WOMAN TO BE SELECTED TO  SERVE ON THE SUPREME COURT OF 396 00:23:38,250 --> 00:23:48,627 THE UNITED STATES.  BUT WE'VE MADE IT. 397 00:23:57,636 --> 00:24:00,839 >> KETANJI BROWN JACKSON IS  SOMEBODY WHO JUST KIND OF 398 00:24:00,939 --> 00:24:05,110 RALLIES US TO OUR BETTER ANGELS.  THERE'S A BRIGHTNESS TO HER. 399 00:24:05,210 --> 00:24:07,379 THIS IS A UNIQUE HISTORIC  ACHIEVEMENT. 400 00:24:07,479 --> 00:24:19,257 BUT IT HAS NO BEARING WHATSOEVER  ON MIDTERM ELECTIONS. 401 00:24:22,194 --> 00:24:26,097 >> THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS  GOING TO ACCRUE TO THE BENEFIT 402 00:24:26,198 --> 00:24:32,337 OF DOWNBALLOT DEMOCRATS WHEN  VOTERS SHOW UP TO THE POLLS IN 403 00:24:32,437 --> 00:24:33,538 NOVEMBER.  AT THE END OF THE DAY THIS 404 00:24:33,638 --> 00:24:35,207 ELECTION WILL BE DRIVEN BY HOW  PEOPLE ARE FEELING ABOUT THE 405 00:24:35,307 --> 00:24:37,876 PANDEMIC, ABOUT JOBS, ABOUT  INFLATION. 406 00:24:37,976 --> 00:24:40,812 >> WHEN BREYER ANNOUNCED HE  WOULD RETIRE, IT WAS LIKE, THIS 407 00:24:40,912 --> 00:24:43,482 WILL BE THE CHANCE FOR THE WHITE  HOUSE TO TURN THE PAGE. 408 00:24:43,582 --> 00:24:46,418 IF YOU WERE IN THE WHITE HOUSE  TODAY, YOU WOULD ASK THE 409 00:24:46,518 --> 00:24:49,955 QUESTION, WHAT CAN WE  AFFIRMATIVELY DO TO BUILD ON 410 00:24:50,055 --> 00:24:51,223 THIS SUCCESS? 411 00:24:51,323 --> 00:24:55,160 >> THE FIRST THING I WOULD DO IS  GO BACK TO JOE BIDEN'S REFRAIN 412 00:24:55,260 --> 00:25:00,432 DURING THE CAMPAIGN, DON'T  COMPARE ME TO THE ALMIGHTY, 413 00:25:00,532 --> 00:25:04,169 COMPARE ME TO THE ALTERNATIVE.  THE REASON WE HAVE RECOVERY NOW 414 00:25:04,269 --> 00:25:09,341 IS BECAUSE WE PASSED AN  HISTORIC, UNPRECEDENTED STIMULUS 415 00:25:09,441 --> 00:25:12,177 THAT NOT A SINGLE REPUBLICAN  VOTED FOR. 416 00:25:12,277 --> 00:25:15,981 REPUBLICANS NOT ONLY STOOD IN  THE WAY OF THAT BUT OPENLY 417 00:25:16,081 --> 00:25:18,650 MOCKED VACCINATION AND THE MASKS  WE NEEDED TO GET THROUGH A 418 00:25:18,750 --> 00:25:20,886 CRISIS THAT WAS KILLING 3,000  AMERICANS EVERY SINGLE DAY. 419 00:25:20,986 --> 00:25:24,322 WE NEED TO MAKE THE COMPARISON  ABOUT WHAT WE'VE DONE AND WHAT 420 00:25:24,422 --> 00:25:25,757 THEY'VE OBSTRUCTED. 421 00:25:25,857 --> 00:25:28,693 >> I WANT TO GO BACK TO 2010.  IF YOU WERE THE POLITICAL 422 00:25:28,793 --> 00:25:33,598 DIRECTOR IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND  THERE'S A GIANT FIGHT TO GET THE 423 00:25:33,698 --> 00:25:38,703 AFFORDABLE CARE ACT DONE IN  MARCH, YOU HAVE A PARTY IN THE 424 00:25:38,803 --> 00:25:40,372 WHITE HOUSE WITH BARACK OBAMA. 425 00:25:40,472 --> 00:25:45,443 >> WHAT HE DID, HE CELEBRATED,  HE GOT ME AND I THINK IT WAS 426 00:25:45,544 --> 00:25:48,179 AXELROD AS WELL IN A CORNER OF  THE ROOM AND WE HAD A PRIVATE 427 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:52,784 TOAST AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW THAT  WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS. 428 00:25:52,884 --> 00:25:56,655 >> TODAY EVERY DEMOCRAT I KNOW  SAYS, THERE'S SEVEN MORE MONTHS, 429 00:25:56,755 --> 00:25:59,257 THERE'S LOTS OF TIME ON THE  CLOCK, IT WILL ALL BE FINE. 430 00:25:59,357 --> 00:26:04,529 BUT YOU KNEW IN MARCH 2010 THAT  YOU GUYS WERE GOING TO LOSE THE 431 00:26:04,629 --> 00:26:06,331 HOUSE.  YOU MIGHT HAVE SAID, PUBLICLY, 432 00:26:06,431 --> 00:26:08,500 WE HAVE SIX OR SEVEN MONTHS, BUT  YOU KNEW. 433 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:09,534 >> 100%. 434 00:26:09,634 --> 00:26:11,002 >> WHY IS IT DIFFERENT NOW? 435 00:26:11,102 --> 00:26:13,471 >> THERE'S ONLY ONE DIFFERENCE.  DONALD TRUMP. 436 00:26:13,572 --> 00:26:16,408 DONALD TRUMP IS ACTUALLY THE BIG  DIFFERENCE RIGHT NOW. 437 00:26:16,508 --> 00:26:20,245 JUST LOOK AT JANUARY 6th ALONE.  WE KNOW THAT THAT INVESTIGATION 438 00:26:20,345 --> 00:26:24,215 IS PICKING UP MOMENTUM.  WE'RE SEEING INCREASED CONCERN 439 00:26:24,316 --> 00:26:27,352 FROM INDEPENDENTS WHO CERTAINLY  DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT 440 00:26:27,452 --> 00:26:29,554 KIND OF AN AMERICA.  IT'S GOING TO GIVE A LOT OF 441 00:26:29,654 --> 00:26:35,226 FOLKS WHO ARE NOT RABID MAGA  REPUBLICANS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT 442 00:26:35,327 --> 00:26:36,394 OF PAUSE. 443 00:26:36,494 --> 00:26:39,364 >> FIRST TIME PRESIDENT,  MIDTERMS ARE ALWAYS TOUGH. 444 00:26:39,464 --> 00:26:43,902 YOU'VE GOT INFLATION, YOU'VE GOT  BIDEN'S LOW APPROVAL RATING. 445 00:26:44,002 --> 00:26:46,104 DEMOCRATS FACE STIFF HEADWINDS.  THAT IS A FACT. 446 00:26:46,204 --> 00:26:49,407 >> THAT IS AN ABSOLUTE FACT,  JOHN. 447 00:26:49,507 --> 00:26:55,380 >> HOW DO YOU PICK THAT LOCK?  THE TED LIEU SCHOOL, GOT TO RUN 448 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:57,949 A CONTRAST CAMPAIGN.  THE OTHER SCHOOL OF THOUGHT, THE 449 00:26:58,049 --> 00:27:01,753 STEPHANIE MURPHY SCHOOL, WE  DON'T TOLERATE MODERATES THE WAY 450 00:27:01,853 --> 00:27:06,358 WE SHOULD, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT  WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS 451 00:27:06,458 --> 00:27:07,559 DONE. 452 00:27:07,759 --> 00:27:10,328 >> YOU GAVE ME STEPHANIE MURPHY  VERSUS TED LIEU AND I SAY, ALL 453 00:27:10,428 --> 00:27:14,099 OF THE ABOVE.  I'M ONLY SUGGESTING THAT IN 454 00:27:14,199 --> 00:27:18,103 ADDITION TO THE AFFIRMATIVE  MESSAGE WE HAVE ABOUT SUCCESSES, 455 00:27:18,203 --> 00:27:22,107 YOU'VE GOT TO BE CLEAR THEY ONLY  WIN BY PUNCHING HARD. 456 00:27:22,207 --> 00:27:25,510 YOU HAVE TO REMIND FOLKS WHAT  AMERICA LOOKED LIKE, THE 457 00:27:25,610 --> 00:27:29,347 DUMPSTER FIRE THAT JOE BIDEN GOT  FROM DONALD TRUMP AND MAKE IT 458 00:27:29,447 --> 00:27:32,450 CLEAR THAT DONALD TRUMP STILL  OWNS THAT PARTY AND INTENDS TO 459 00:27:32,550 --> 00:27:34,653 WALTZ BACK INTO THE WHITE HOUSE  IF WE LET HIM. 460 00:27:34,753 --> 00:27:37,989 >> IF RAISING THE STAKES IS  REALLY IMPORTANT, WHAT'S AT 461 00:27:38,089 --> 00:27:38,523 STAKE? 462 00:27:39,257 --> 00:27:43,695 >> WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THE  CONSEQUENCES OF WHAT HAPPENS 463 00:27:43,795 --> 00:27:47,298 WHEN WE ALLOW THE DONALD TRUMP  EXTREMISTS TO RUN OUR COUNTRY. 464 00:27:47,399 --> 00:27:51,269 WE HAD PEOPLE OVERRUNNING THE  CAPITOL, PARADING THE 465 00:27:51,369 --> 00:27:54,639 CONFEDERATE FLAGS, CHASING DOWN  THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 466 00:27:54,739 --> 00:27:55,340 STATES. 467 00:27:55,607 --> 00:27:57,509 >> IT'S BASICALLY LIKE HIGH  STAKES. 468 00:27:57,609 --> 00:28:01,112 >> THE HIGHEST STAKES EVER,  BEYOND INFLATION, BEYOND JOBS, 469 00:28:01,212 --> 00:28:02,380 BEYOND GAS PRICES. 470 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:05,150 >> DEMOCRATS BETTER NOT FUCK  THIS UP. 471 00:28:05,250 --> 00:28:10,689 >> DEMOCRATS CAN'T FUCK THIS UP.  DEMOCRATS CANNOT FUCK THIS UP. 472 00:28:19,597 --> 00:28:25,003 STAND AND WE DELIVER   AND THERE'S A FIRE IN OUR 473 00:28:25,136 --> 00:28:27,371 EYES