♪ >> Judge Jeanine: THE HITS KEEP COMING FOR JOE BIDEN. BARACK OBAMA IS MORE THAN HAPPY TO LET THE BUS RUN OVER HIS OLD PAL JOE. THE HOLLYWOOD ACTOR REPORTEDLY REACHED OUT TO BARACK TO GIVE HIM A HEADS-UP ON THAT SCATHING OP-ED HE WROTE, CALLING ON JOE BIDEN TO DROP OUT. "POLITICO" IS REPORTING "WHILE OBAMA DID NOT ENCOURAGE OR ADVISE CLOONEY TO SAY WHAT HE SAID, HE ALSO DIDN'T OBJECT TO IT." CLOONEY-OBAMA HIT IS CLEARLY GETTING UNDER JOE'S SKIN. CHECK OUT THE EXPRESSION ON BIDEN'S FACE WHEN HE GOT ASKED ABOUT IT. [OVERLAPPING QUESTIONS] JOE'S CAMPAIGN IS SUGGESTING THAT OUR 81-YEAR-OLD PRESIDENT HAS MORE STAMINA THAN THE 63-YEAR-OLD HOLLYWOOD HEAVYWEIGHT. >> A CAMPAIGN OFFICIAL WHO ATTENDED THAT LOS ANGELES FUNDRAISER TELLS ME THAT GEORGE CLOONEY LEFT THREE HOURS BEFORE THE PRESIDENT, SO CLEARLY, THE GLOVES ARE OFF. JAKE? >> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, THAT GEORGE CLOONEY LEFT THREE HOURS -- WHAT'S THE POINT? >> THE POINT OF THAT IS TO SUGGEST THAT BIDEN'S STAMINA IS BETTER THAN CLOONEY'S AND CLOONEY DIDN'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, EYES ON THE ENTIRE EVENT. THAT'S THE RESPONSE TO THE CLOONEY OP-ED. >> OKAY. >> Judge Jeanine: AND JOANN MIKA ARE FUMING OVER THE POSSIBLE OBAMA-CLOONEY COUP. >> THIS WASN'T GEORGE CLOONEY. >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN? >> COME ON. >> WHO DO YOU THINK IT WAS? >> IT WAS NOT MATT DAMON OR JULIA ROBERTS, EITHER. >> WHO DO YOU THINK IT WAS? YOU CAN SAY THE NAME, IT IS NOT VOLDEMORT. ARE YOU SAYING YOU THINK BARACK OBAMA PUT HIM UP TO THIS? >> I THINK BARACK OBAMA HAS A LOT OF INFLUENCE, AND I THINK THAT THERE IS -- THERE IS A LOT THERE. >> Judge Jeanine: ALL RIGHT, DANA, I'LL START WITH YOU. >> Dana: OKAY. >> Judge Jeanine: WHO DO YOU THINK CAME FIRST, OBAMA OR CLOONEY? >> Dana: I THINK MAYBE SOMEBODY IN OBAMA'S ORBIT ENCOURAGED GEORGE CLOONEY, OR THEY ARE PROBABLY ON A GROUP TEXT, AND THEY SAID, HEY, WOULD YOU MIND DOING THIS? HEY, WE BETTER RUN IT UP THE FOOD CHAIN, ROUNDED UP BY THE BOSS, THAT OBAMA -- I THINK THA. LET'S SAY OBAMA HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT, SOME BUT HE CAME TO YOU AND SAID I'M GOING TO PUT THIS OUT THERE, DOES HE WANT TO BE THE ONE TO SAY NO? THEY ARE NOT EVEN DENYING THIS REPORT, SO I ASSUME THAT IT'S TRUE. YESTERDAY, WHAT HAPPENED? PELOSI POURED OUT THE GASOLINE, CLOONEY LIT THE MATCH, AND OBAMA AND HIS TEAM COMING TO PUTTING SCHUMER AND JEFFRIES, REFUSING TO CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THEY ARE LIKE, LET IT ALL BURN AND GOING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS BE A GUY COULD NOT BELIEVE THEY WANTED TO PICK A FIGHT WITH GEORGE CLOONEY ON HIS STAMINA? THAT, TO ME, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE EVER SEEN WORSE CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS THAN THIS. THIS WILL BE STUDIED FOR YEARS TO COME. BUT MORE THAN JUST THE COMMUNICATIONS PART OF IT. THIS IS A SCANDAL. I KNOW CHRIS HAYES WILL SAY THIS IS NOT A SCANDAL. IT'S A BIG DEAL, AND WE ARE LIVING THROUGH A GIGANTIC, HUGE POLITICAL STORY. I DON'T EXACTLY KNOW HOW IT ENDS, BUT I'M GRATEFUL TO BE HERE TO LIVE THROUGH IT. >> Judge Jeanine: YOU KNOW, JESSE, I THINK IT WAS ON JOANN MIKA, THEY SAID IF BIDEN BELIEVES THAT OBAMA IS ORCHESTRATING THE CAMPAIGN TO OUST HIM, HE WILL ONLY DIG HIS HEELS IN DEEPER. WHAT DO YOU THINK BIDEN'S REACTION TO THIS IS? >> Jesse: HE KNOWS BARACK HAS HIS FINGERPRINTS ON IT, AND HE'S PROBABLY PISSED. I WOULD BECOME TOO. THE SECOND TIME HE STABBED HIM IN THE BACK. FIRST PASSING THEM OVER FOR HILLARY AND HOW THIS. BARACK IS A SMOOTH OPERATOR. REMEMBER, HE HAD SPYGATE ON DONALD TRUMP. THEY TOOK FLINT OUT DURING THE TRANSITION. THESE PEOPLE REALLY KNOW HOW TO PLAY. AND IT'S CLEAR BARACK EITHER BLESSED THIS OR ORCHESTRATED IT, BUT IT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER BECAUSE ALL OF HOLLYWOOD IS OUT THE DOOR. ARI EMANUEL, NETFLIX, ABIGAIL DISNEY, BARRY DILLER, THEY ARE ALL GONE. HE WAS JUST A FRONT MAN, HE WAS THE HANDSOME FACE THAT LANDED THEM IN THE TIMES. IT'S EMBARRASSING NOW THEY ARE SAYING HE DOESN'T HAVE STAMINA. IT IS SO PATHETIC. THIS IS LIKE KGPE WHEN SHE SAID HE RUNS CIRCLES AROUND US. THEY ARE CONTINUING THE COVER-UP. >> Judge Jeanine: YOU KNOW, GREG, THE DEBATE WAS SOMETHING THAT JOE OFFERED TO DO AND THIS PRESSURE IS SOMETHING AGAIN THAT JOE OFFERED TO DO. IT TELLS ME THAT THEY WERE PUSHING HIM BEFORE ALL OF THIS. >> Greg: MAYBE THAT'S WHY THEY SCDULED IT EARLIER, TO GET THE EMBARRASSMENT OUT OF THE WAY. THIS REALLY IS LIKE A FAMILY ORDEAL MASQUERADING AS POLITICAL THEATER. JOE IS THE SENILE, SUSPICIOUS, PARANOID DAD AND BARACK IS THE SMOOTH TALKING SON WHO COMFORTS THE OLD MAN PEOPLE DON'T WORRY, POP, NO ONE IS STEALING OR BASEBALL CARDS. MEANWHILE, BEHIND THE SCENES, HE IS SECURING A HOSPICE, GETTING THE DOCTORS AND ASSORTED FRIENDLY FACES TOGETHER TO GET HIM OUTSIDE AND INTO SUNNY PINES. MAYBE THEY WILL TRICK HIM AND TELL HIM THEY ARE GOING TO FRIENDLY'S FOR BRUNCH. >> Jesse: I LOVE FRIENDLY'S. >> Greg: IS INTERESTING TO ME BECAUSE THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PARTIES. THE BIDEN CHAOS HAS TWO REALITIES. WHAT'S PROBABLY UNFOLDING AND WHAT IS BEHIND THE SCENES. THAT'S A DEMOCRAT GIVEN, IT'S ALWAYS TWO-FACED. GIVE TRUMP HIS DUE, THERE WAS NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND BEHIND ANY DOOR. YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT TRUMP THAN YOU KNOW ABOUT YOURSELF. BUT THE MEDIA DISCOVERS SOMETHING IS AFOOT, AND ONCE AGAIN THEY ARE READY TO RECEIVE, NOT WAITING TO INVESTIGATE, NO ONE IS DOING ANY INVESTIGATING, THEY ARE JUST WAITING FOR THE DRIPS AND THE DRAB'S AND THE LEAKS TO COME TO THEM BECAUSE THEY RESPECT THE DOUBLE LIFE. THAT IS WHY THEY DIDN'T INVESTIGATE. THEY KNEW THIS WAS GOING ON, BUT THAT'S HOW THE DEMOCRATS ROLL. THEY'LL STAY AWAY. THIS IS AN ADVANTAGE THAT TRUMP OR REPUBLICAN NEVER HAD. IF THEY THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING GOING ON BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, YOU COULD BET THE INVESTIGATORS AND REPORTERS WOULD HAVE POUNDED THEIR WAY IN. >> Judge Jeanine: AND YOU KNOW, RICHARD, 47% IS THE NUMBER THAT JOE BIDEN HAS, THE OVERALL JOB APPROVAL NUMBER, WHICH THEY SAY IS THE LOWEST OF ANYONE RUNNING FOR REELECTION. SO KNOWING THAT, I MEAN, ARE THE DEMOCRATS, THEY SAID THEY ARE WAITING FOR POLLING AND EVERYTHING ELSE. DO YOU THINK THEY HAVE ALREADY MADE THEIR MIND UP? >> Richard: I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING INSIDE THE CAMPAIGN, BUT I DO THINK WHAT MAKES THIS PARTICULAR STORY SO INTERESTING -- ON THE OTHER PERSON WHO HAS BEEN IN WASHINGTON WANT OF ME IS DANA -- MOST OF THESE TIMES, THESE STORIES, YOU HAVE A BAD NEWS CYCLE, TEN DAYS, MAYBE 11 -- >> Dana: THAT'S A LONG TIME. >> Richard: WE ARE AT TWO WEEKS, MAYBE THREE WEEKS. I THIN THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS LET'S BE VERY CLEAR, AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS RACE WHEN TRUMP ANNOUNCED HE WAS RUNNING FOR REELECTION, HE WAS A WEAK CANDIDATE. NIKKI HALEY, 20% OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, SHE JUST RELEASED HER DELEGATES LAST WEEK SO THEY COULD VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP. SO DONALD TRUMP SHOULD NOT BE DOING THIS WELL IN THE POLLS. HE HAS A WEAK CANDIDATE. HALF OF HIS FORMER CABINET HAS NOT ENDORSED HIM, HIS VICE PRESIDENT -- >> Greg: YOU WISH YOU HAD A WEAK CANDIDATE BEARD >> Richard: HE IS A WEAK CANDIDATE FROM HIS FORMER VICE PRESIDENT HASN'T ENDORSED HIM. THE FACT IS RACE -- HE HAS ATTACKED THIS NETWORK FOR VERY GOOD POLLS WE RUN. THE FACT WE ARE HERE IN THIS MOMENT TELLS YOU THIS RACE SHOULD NOT BE THIS CLOSE, WHICH IS WHY THE BIDEN TEAM AND FOLKS IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ARE HAVING A REAL CONVERSATION ON WHETHER OR NOT JOE BIDEN SHOULD STAY OR GO AND I THINK -- I DON'T THINK IT IS A HOLLYWOOD PROBLEM, THIS IS A DZ PROBLEM THAT HAS NOW BECOME A HOLLYWOOD PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY TOO ARE SAYING D.C. SHOULD HAVE FIGURED THIS OUT ALREADY, DAY 15 AND WE ARE STILL HERE. >> Judge Jeanine: D.C. IS THE ONE THAT IS LEAKING EVERY 30 MINUTES AND SCHUMER IS CHANGING -- >> Richard: THE DRIP DRIP DRIP IS B
