>>> PRESIDENT BIDEN IS CONFIDENT THAT HE WILL BEAT DONALD TRUMP THIS NOVEMBER. HOW DO WE KNOW? WELL, NEW REPORTING FROM NBC NEWS SAYS THE PRESIDENT'S MOOD HAS BEEN LIFTED BY RECENT POLLING AND HIS VISITS TO BATTLEGROUND STATES. THAT CONFIDENCE MIGHT HAVE SHOWED IN THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH LAST NIGHT AT THE WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENCE DINNER. >> OF COURSE, THE 2024 ELECTION IS IN FULL SWING. AND YES, AGE IS AN ISSUE. I'M A GROWN MAN. RUNNING AGAINST A 6-YEAR-OLD. >> JOINING US NOW IS THE CHAIR OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, JAIME HARRISON, WHO WE HAD THE PLEASURE OF SHARING THE PHOTO LAST NIGHT. FIRST OF ALL, KUDOS FOR BEING HERE. >> I WOULDN'T MISS IT. >> WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. WHAT DID YOU THINK? THE ROOM WAS BUOYANT. WHAT DID YOU THINK? >> WELL, IT WAS BUZZING. AND JOE BIDEN DOES WHAT JOE BIDEN DOES EVERY TIME, HE KNOCKS IT OUT OF THE PARK. HE WAS GREAT AT THE STATE OF THE UNION. HE'S GREAT EVERY TIME HE'S IN THAT SETTING. HE HAS LOW EXPECTATIONS, AND HE CONTINUES TO SHOW THEM, WHEN YOU BET AGAINST JOE BIDEN, YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE. YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE. HE WAS FUNNY. HE WENT AT TRUMP, BUT THE MOMENT THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME WAS THE SERIOUS POINT AT THE END, WHICH IS, THIS IS THE MOMENT THAT WE ARE IN, THAT OUR DEMOCRACY, WHAT WE LOVE, THE FREEDOM THAT WE HAD TO GATHER AND TO DO WHAT WE DID LAST NIGHT, THAT IS ON THE BALLOT. THAT IS WHAT IS AT STAKE. SO I THOUGHT IT WAS A WONDERFUL MOMENT FOR JOE BIDEN, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET THESE WONDERFUL MOMENTS BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER. >> YOU SAW, OF COURSE, AS WE WERE ENTERING THE BUILDING, THERE WERE PROTESTS OUTSIDE, OVER WHAT IS HAPPENING IN GAZA. IF THERE IS NOT A PEACE AGREEMENT IN PLACE BY THE TIME OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, WHAT KIND OF PLANS ARE YOU PUTTING IN PLACE, ASSUMING THERE WILL BE THAT LEVEL OF ENERGY AND PROTEST? >> LISTEN, WE ALL BELIEVE IN THE FIRST AMENDMENT. EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROTEST A GOVERNMENT, TO EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS ABOUT WHERE THINGS ARE, AND WE FUNDAMENTALLY BELIEVE IN THAT. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE GOALS OF MANY OF THESE PROTESTERS AS IT RELATES TO GETTING PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THOSE ARE THE SAME GOALS THAT MOST PEOPLE ACROSS THE WAY HERE ON CAPITOL HILL, AND OVER AT THE WHITE HOUSE ALL SHARE. THAT'S WHAT JOE BIDEN IS TRYING TO FIGHT FOR EVERY SINGLE DAY, IS TO GET PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. TO ESTABLISH A TWO-STATE SOLUTION. SO IN THE END, I HOPE FOLKS STEP BACK, WE CAN PROTEST, YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU HAVE, BUT LET'S MAKE SURE WE DO IT IN A WAY WHERE THERE IS NO RACIST RHETORIC, THERE IS NO ISLAMOPHOBIA, THERE IS NO ANTI- SEMATIC MESSAGES THERE. SO WE EXPRESS OUR FEELINGS, BUT DO IT IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER. >> I WONDER, DO DEMOCRATS AND THE PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, DO THEY NEED TO DO MORE TO COMMUNICATE WHAT THE POSITION IS? IT STRIKES ME THAT THERE IS A PERHAPS FUNDAMENTAL MISUNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THE PRESIDENT AND THE WHITE HOUSE IS NOW. I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS ARE LOOKING AT THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF OCTOBER 7th, THE LITERAL EMBRACE OF PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU WHEN THE PRESIDENT TRAVELED TO ISRAEL TO TEL AVIV ON THAT TRIP. AND, YOU KNOW, GET THE PRESS CONFERENCES THAT HE HAD AT THE WHITE HOUSE, NOTABLY ONCE WHERE HE COULDN'T BELIEVE THE NUMBERS COMING OUT OF GAZA, BECAUSE HAMAS CONTROLS THE NUMBERS. HE LATER APOLOGIZED FOR THOSE REMARKS TO ARAB-AMERICAN COMMUNITY LEADERS AFTER MEETING WITH THEM AT THE WHITE HOUSE. HE HAS HAD TOUGHER RHETORIC, ABSOLUTELY PRIVATELY, AND EVEN MORE PUBLICLY FOR PRESIDENT NETANYAHU. WHAT MORE SHOULD YOU BE DOING TO COMMUNICATE THAT OUT? BECAUSE PEOPLE IN THE STREETS DON'T THINK JOE BIDEN IS HEARING THEM. >> I THINK THE PRESIDENT AND THE VICE PRESIDENT HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR ON WHERE THEY ARE. THEY WANT PEACE. THAT IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL. BUT WE UNDERSTAND IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD, CONFLICT HAS BEEN THERE AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN ALIVE, AND EVEN LONGER. FOR GENERATIONS. IT IS NOT GOING TO BE AS SIMPLE AS BLACK AND WHITE IN TERMS OF HOW YOU GET TO THAT RESOLUTION. BUT THIS PRESIDENT AND HIS TEAM ARE ON THE PHONES ALL THE TIME. SECRETARY BLINKEN IS ALWAYS OUT THERE. JAKE SULLIVAN IS ALWAYS OUT THERE, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE GET THE HOSTAGES RETURNED? HOW DO WE GET PEACE IN THE REGION. HOW DO WE TAKE CARE OF THE INNOCENT FOLKS THAT ARE IN GAZA. THE WOMEN, AND THE CHILDREN. AND SO IT IS NOT -- IT'S COMPLICATED. IT IS NOT SIMPLE. BUT WE'VE GOT A PRESIDENT WHO ACTUALLY GIVES A ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE PEACE IN THAT. UNLIKE THE PRESIDENT, THE FORMER PRESIDENT, WHO WE KNOW BELIEVES, HE WANTS TO REINSTITUTE A MUSLIM BAN. HE WANTSTO DO ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS THAT WILL CREATE EVEN MORE TENSION IN THE REGION, RATHER THAN RESOLVE. >> THERE'S THE SUBSTANTIVE CONTRAST. THERE'S ALSO THE PAST WHERE YOU HAVE PRESIDENT BIDEN BOTH ACTIVE AT THE WHITE HOUSE AND ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, AND THEN YOU HAVE DONALD TRUMP ON A CRIMINAL TRIAL IN NEW YORK CITY. PART OF THAT WAS BROUGHT OUT BY THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF, BUT COLIN JOST HAD A LINE THAT I THOUGHT REALLY SUMMED THINGS UP. LET'S TAKE A LISTEN AND TALK ON THE OTHER SIDE. >> I LOVE, BY THE WAY, THAT TRUMP'S TWO ATTACKS ON PRESIDENT BIDEN ARE THAT HE'S A SENILE OLD MAN AND A CRIMINAL MASTERMIND. I'M LIKE, I THINK YOU'VE GOT TO PICK ONE. PERSONALLY, I DON'T KNOW ANY CRIMINAL MASTERMINTSERMINDS WHO BIKE TO GET ICE CREAM. >> THERE'S ALSO THE POSSIBILITY, IT'S NONE OF THE ABOVE. >> AMEN. LISTEN, JOE BIDEN SHOWED LAST NIGHT WHAT I'VE KNOWN ABOUT HIM FROM THE START, HE'S A GOOD AND A DECENT MAN. THIS IS A MAN, WHEN HE WAS A VICE PRESIDENT AND WE HAD THE MOTHER EMMANUEL MASSACRE IN SOUTH CAROLINA, MOST PEOPLE REMEMBER BARACK OBAMA AND SINGING AMAZING GRACE. BUT THAT SAME PERIOD BEFORE PRESIDENT OBAMA CAME DOWN THERE, THEN VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, AND DR. JILL BIDEN CAME, AND THEY PRAYED WITH THE WORSHIPERS. THEY WORSHIPED WITH THE WORSHIPERS. NO CAMERAS, NO PRESS RELEASES, NO POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE. WHEN HE CAME BACK TO CHARLESTON, JUST RECENTLY, AGAIN, MET WITH THOSE FAMILIES, THAT IS WHO JOE BIDEN IS. THIS IS A MAN WHO HAS EXPERIENCED SO MUCH PAIN, SO MUCH HARDSHIP, BUT EVERY DAY, STILL WAKES UP HOPEFUL. IT IS THAT HOPE WHICH IS WHAT HE USES TO FIGHT FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. DONALD TRUMP HAS A CAMPAIGN BUILT ON RETRIBUTION, AND REVENGE. JOE BIDEN HAS A CAMPAIGN BUILT ON THE HOPE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. KEEPING THAT FLAME OF FREEDOM ALIVE IN THIS COUNTRY, AND THAT IS WHAT HE'S FIGHTING FOR. THAT'S WHAT HE'S PROTECTING. THAT'S WHY HE'S GOING ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY, MAKING SURE HE CAMPAIGNS WILE THE OTHER GUY IS SITTING IN A COLD, MUNICIPAL BUILDING. JOE BIDEN IS CLEAR ON WHAT WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR DEMOCRACY, AND HOPEFULLY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SEE THAT. >> REPORTING SAYS THAT BECAUSE OF THE PRESIDENT'S TRAVELS WHAT HE HAS SEEN HIMSELF AND EXPERIENCED WITH THE PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE BELTWAY, AS WE LIKE TO CALL IT, HE IS MORE HOPEFUL AND MORE OPTIMISTIC, AND CONFIDENT IN HIS CAMPAIGN. YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE WITH THE PRESIDENT. >> AND THE VICE PRESIDENT. >> WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN? >> LISTEN, THEY ARE A DYNAMIC DUO. THEY REALLY ARE. THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS HIT 16 STATES. SHE'S -- JUST THIS YEAR, I MEAN, SHE'S HITTING THE ROAD MAKING SURE, TALKING ABOUT REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM. SHE'S ABOUT TO ANNOUNCE A NEW TOUR ON ECONOMIC FREEDOM. >> WITH A FOCUS ON BLACK MEN. SHE'S BEEN QUIETLY DOING THAT WORK WITHOUT THE CAMERAS. AND I'M LIKE, Y'ALL GOT TO LET THE CAMERAS COME SEE, SO WE CAN COVER WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY. >> EXACTLY RIGHT. AND I'M SO PROUD OF THE WORK THAT SHE'S BEEN DOING, BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN DOING THE WORK. JOE BIDEN HAS BEEN OUT THERE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. YOU KEEP TALKING ABOUT SLEEPY JOE. THIS MAN, HE'S SLEEPING, I DON'T KNOW WHEN HE IS, BECAUSE HE'S HITTING THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. HE'S GOING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. DONALD TRUMP IS GOLFING, OR SITTING AT A TABLE, AND COMPLAINING AND WINING AND EVERYTHING ELSE. JOE BIDEN IS WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE. THAT'S THE CONTRAST. LAURA TRUMP IS AT THE RNC AND THE DNC. L >> SHE GOT AN ALBUM? >> SOMETHING. IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT. WHILE WE ARE DOING THE WORK. WE'RE OPENING 100 SOME OFFICES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE OPENED ANY. I KNOW THEY'VE CLOSED A FEW OF THEIR MINORITY OFFICES, BUT THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANY. WE HAVE BEEN DOING THE FUNDRAISING. WE'VE BEEN DOING THE VOTER REGISTRATION, DOING THE VOTER PROTECTION. SO THE CONTRAST IS CLEAR IN THIS ELECTION. IT'S ABOUT HOPE VERSUS FEAR, PROGRESS VERSUS CHAOS. AND FOLKS, JOE BIDEN HAS TO WIN. NOT BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATS NEED TO BE IN CONTROL, BUT IF YOU ENJOY THE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, IF YOU ENJOY THE AMERICA THAT WE LIVE IN NOW, WE UNDERSTAND THAT. BECAUSE WE HEARD IN THE SUPREME COURT, YOU'VE GOT ONE FORMER GUY WHO BELIEVES THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SHOULD BE IMMUNE FROM ASSASSINATING HIS OPPOSITION. FOLKS, HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THAT? DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN, HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING AS INSANE AS THAT? THAT IS WHAT IS AT STAKE IN THIS ELECTION. SO FOLKS, DON'T SLEEP. AS THE QUEEN SAYS, I'M QUOTING BEYONCE, IT'S TIME TO GET INFORMATION. RIGHT? IT'S TIME TO DO IT. >> INFORMATION, PEOPLE. IT'S TIME TO VOTE.
