ARE NOT OPTIONAL AS PRESIDENT.
>> TO YOUR POINT, REBUILDING THE
OBAMA COALITION IS CENTRAL FOR
DEMOCRATS.
I’M GLAD THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN HAS
GONE IN THIS DIRECT.
THEY’RE SIGNALING WE WON’T RUN
THE CAMPAIGN OF THE PEOPLE IN
90s AND THE 1980s GUNMENAGAIN.
BARACK OBAMA GOT 43% OF THE
WHITE VOTE IN 2008.
JOHN KERRY GARNERED 43% OF THE
WHITE VOTE IN THE PREVIOUS
ELECTION AND HE LOST BY 3
MILLION VOTES.
BARACK OBAMA WON BY A MAJORITY.
IN FACT, ENERGIZING AND BRINGING
IN THOETS NEWER, YOUNGER VOTERS
THAT WERE A MORE DIVERSE
ELECTORATE THAT YOU TALKED
ABOUT.
THEY ARE KEY.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT 2016.
YOU LOOK AT WHERE WAS HILL OFF
OF OBAMA’S MARGIN WITH BLACK
PEOPLE?
IN MANY STATES, THAT’S THE
ELECTION ITSELF.
IT WASN’T THAT THEY BROKE FOR
DONALD TRUMP.
THEY BROKE THE THIRD PARTY.
THEY WERE PROTESTING THE VOTE.
THEY WERE REJECTING THE SAME OLD
SAME OLD CANDLE CANDIDACY.
WITH THIS THEY REALLY DO
ENERGIZE AND HAVE A SHOT AT
REBUILDING THE OBAMA COALITION.
I REMIND FOLKS.
THE LAST TIME WE HAD A DIVERSE
TICKET, IT WAS BACK TO BACK
MAJORITIES.
YOU HAVE TO FIND SEVERAL DECADES
TO WIN BACK TO BACK MAJORITIES
AND THAT HAPPENS WHEN IT IS MORE
REFLECTIVE OF WHERE WE ARE
TODAY.
>> HE KNOW YOU WON’T ADMIT IT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU’RE LOW
SHADING THE CAMPAIGN TICKET.
>> NO.
>> I’M A VIRGINIAN.
THAT’S MY GUY.
>> YOU BE CAREFUL.
I KNOW YOU’RE A LOYAL DEMOCRAT
SO I KNOW YOU WON’T REALLY SAY
THAT BUT YOU ARE SPEAKING TO
SOMETHING THAT ECHOS WHAT SELF
EXPERTS TOLD US HIGHER IN THE
SHOW.
THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AS
TIMES HAS BEEN ABOUT, THEY TOLD
US, THE OUTPUT OF
AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS, BUT NOT
ALWAYS THE INPUT.
>> NOW YOU’RE POKING ME WITH A
PARTICULAR.
THEY IN FACT ARE.
AND THIS IS WAS A SHOW OF
RESPECT TO QUITE FRANKLY, THE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE SAVED FIRST
BARACK OBAMA, WHEN
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN RALLIED
AROUND BARACK OBAMA.
HE WOULD BE THE NOMINEE.
WHEN THEY RALLIED AROUND HILLARY
CLINTON, SANDERS WAS NOT GOING
TO CATCH HIM.
THIS IS POLITICS 101.
YOU SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THE
PEOPLE WHO TAKE CARE OF YOU.
>> I JUST WROTE A WHOLE BOOK. THE END OF WHITE POLITICS.
THE END OF WHITE POLITICS.
TALKING ABOUT THIS POINT.
WE HAVE TWO GENERATIONS.
MILLENNIALS AND GEN-Z.
BOTH ARE VERY ENGAGED AS A
RESULT OF COVID AND THE RACIAL
UPRISING WE’VE SEEN ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
I THINK SHE REPRESENTS THE
FUTURE IN SO MANY WAYS.
AND CAN SPEAK TO MOST
IMPORTANTLY, THOSE ISSUES THAT
PEOPLE HAVE BROUGHT TO THE FORE.
WE’VE BEEN TRACKING.
SO BREAKING NEWS THIS HOUR.
AND THEY MAY NOTICE, THIS NEWS
CHANNEL I KNOW WHAT OTHERS IS
NOT DOING WHAT SOMETIMES HAPPENS
AROUND THIS DINNER HOUR ON THE
EAST COAST FOR SOME.
KEEP AN EYE ON PRESIDENT’S
BRIEFING AND SEE WHETHER COVID
NEWS COMES OUT OF IT.
WE HAVEN’T TAKEN THE BRIEFING
LIVE. CORNELL, WHY ARE YOU SMILING SO
CORNELL, WHY ARE YOU SMILING SO
BIG?
>> I’M SMILING BECAUSE YOU
SHOULD BE COVERING THAT
FOOLISHNESS.
>> YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO SHARE
YOUR VIEW. EVEN ON THE NEWS CHANNEL THAT
EVEN ON THE NEWS CHANNEL THAT
SOMETIMES DOES COVER IT.
IT IS AN HISTORIC DAY.
>> FOR SURE.
>> PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND
RIGHT NOW.
>> WAIT, WHICH ONE?
>> QUEEN LATIFAH.
LADIES FIRST.
AND COURTNEY LOVE REALLY MADE
THAT SONG.
>> LADIES FIRST.
I DG YOU WOULD BRING HER UP.
YOU CAN GO WITH THAT.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT.
>> I LIKE MINE A LITTLE BIT
BETTER.
I THINK IT WORKS BETTER.
>> MAYBE YOU NEED HER TO COME IN
AND DO THE HOUSEHOLD.
WHILE WE’VE ADMITTEDLY TAKEN A
LITTLE BIT OF AN EXTRA CONTEXT,
THERE IS BREAKING NEWS OUT OF
THE WHITE HOUSE.
WE HAVE OUR FOLKS MONITORING
THAT AND IT IS ALWAYS
INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THE
PRESIDENT WILL RESPOND TO THIS
NEW PICK.
SOME OF OUR EXPERTS MENTIONED,
AND I WILL MENTION FOR
JOURNALISTIC CONTEXT IN THE
PAST, DONALD TRUMP HAS NOT
ALWAYS GONE HARD AT KAMALA
HARRIS FOR WHATEVER REASON AS
COMPARED TO WHAT SOME SAW AS A
WITHERING FIXATION WITH
ELIZABETH WARREN.
WE HAVE NEWS NOW, I’LL PLAY IT
FOR RESPONSE.
THE PRESIDENT JUST NEW ASKED
ABOUT BIDEN PICKING HARRIS.
HERE’S WHAT HE SAID.
>> SHE WAS MY NUMBER ONE PICK.
AS THEY WOULD SAY, HOPEFULLY,
SHE WAS MY NUMBER ONE DRAFT
PICK.
SHE DID VERY, VERY POORLY IN THE
PRIMARIES.
SHE WAS EXPECTED TO DO WELL.
SHE ENDED UP AROUND 2%.
AND SPENT A LOT OF MONEY.
SHE HAD A LOT OF THINGS
HAPPENING SO I WAS A LITTLE
SURPRISED THAT HE PICKED HER.
>> CORNELL?
>> I THINK IT IS THE QUIET
BEFORE THE STORM.
I ASSURE YOU, THEY’RE ABOUT TO
LAUNCH A SUSTAINED ATTACK ON
SENATOR HARRIS.
A LOT OF ATTACKS THEY’VE BEEN
TRYING TO LAY AT JOE BIDEN HAVE
NOT BEEN STICKING AND WORKING
AND MOVING.
I THINK THIS IS ANOTHER, THIS IS
ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A
HIT AT THE TICKET.
RIGHT NOW, IT IS ALMOST A
COMPLETE REFERENDUM ON DONALD
TRUMP AND THEY HAVE TO CHANCE OF
WINNING THAT SO THEY HAVE TO TRY
TO CHANGE THE DYNAMIC. >> WE’VE GOT A LOT OF CONTEXT
>> WE’VE GOT A LOT OF CONTEXT
AND PERSONAL REACTION AS WELL.
