, breaking new or as joe biden would say, literally, right now, any second we expect to get official word that former vice president joe biden is running for president. he is releasing an announcement video momentarily. we'll play it for you as soon as it goes public. biden immediately become it is frontrunner of the 2020 democratic field, the largest in modern u.s. history. a key theme of his campaign will be the soul of the country is at stake >> biden is making a push for a big first day out of the gate. cnn learned biden rallied donors and supporters yesterday on a conference. >> caller:ing how will biden change the 2020 race? cnn's arlette saenz is live with the breaking details. >> reporter: joe biden just released the video announcing his 2020 bid on his social media klt accounts framing the campaign as a battle for the soul of the country, a message he's carried over the last year. listen and look at what he had to say as he announced his candidacy for president. >> charlottesville, virginia, is home to the author of one of the great documents in human history. we know it by

complete wrap with the interview you just heard from president trump, and joe biden's big announcement. newt gingrich is here to break it all down. plus ed henry speaking to biden sketchy history. he branded a trump a white nationalist during the campaign, but how qualified as before to be a racial healer? we will expose his record and tate smith is being stricken from sports venues over a 90-year-old recording peered at the removal of her song and statue. a member of her family is here with reaction. but first, biden's race. joe biden after much hemming and hawing finally jumped into the race with a video announcement. like us before the presidential campaigns, the video was also a redo. his advisors rejected his initial attempt, leading one to wonder if this is the new and improved version, what are the first video look like? he opened with racism and talk of charlottesville. >> it was there on august of 2017 we saw klansmen and white supremacists and neo-nazis come out of the open. that is when we heard of the president of the united states stunned the world and shock the conscience

win his party's nomination joe biden has finally entered the race for 2020. he says he wants to take america back to normal. tonight we will show you what joe biden's normal really looks like. we give you the facts that not only reveal his political vulnerability but which, by the democrats own standards, make him unfit for the presidency and which should disqualify candidacy. joe biden is tonight's swamp watch. ♪ >> in 2016 americans voted against the establishment and since then as they have seen the establishment close ranks to undermine president trump at every turn the rage against the swamp machine has, if anything, increased. now, the astonishment was as far back in the running joe biden for president and it is literally impossible to think of a more establishment politicians than him. he is the very definition of a corrupt insider. biden has been a professional politician for nearly 50 years what a record he has built in that time. we know biden is sexist, creepy habit of inappropriate touching shows that while he may not actively disseminate against women in his soul,

because he is gay and is married and vice president joe biden is in joining the race for president calling trump a threat to american values. >> if you are the best choice for the democrats in 2020, why didn't president obama endorse you? >> i asked president obama not to endorse and he doesn't want to -- we should -- whoever wins this nomination should win it on their own merits. welcome to delaware. >> and we tin the hour right there. joe biden is running for president. the former vice president made it official this morning and made an interesting choice in doing so. his announcement video makes no mention of jobs or healthcare or middle class stress or eight years of barack obama's side. all will be big biden themes, but he decided to binge with a broad values question and a direct assault on president trump. >> if we give donald trump eight years in the white house, he will forever and fundamentally alter the character of this nation, who we are, and i cannot stand by and watch that happen. the core values of this nation, our standing in the world, our very democracy, everythi

president joe biden held his first campaign event at a union hall in pittsburgh. he raised $6.3 million the day after his announced, and his first week on the campaign trail will include a two-day swing through iowa. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the general resident of the international association of firefighters. [cheering and applause] great to see you. good afternoon to all of my sisters and brothers in the great labor movement and -- movement in pittsburgh and beyond. to the members of the iff, the proud gold and black. it's so great to be with you. and it's also so much of a thrill to be with the hundreds of you in this hall. but the overwhelming crowd that's still outside unable to get in, good afternoon to each and every one of you. [cheering and applause] harold: now let's be clear why we are here. and it's really simple. and that's to elect joe biden as the next president of the united states. [cheering and applause] harold: there is no question, joe is the one candidate in 2020 who stands above the rest when it comes to a career standing up to people who work for a liv

his campaign with a shot across the bow. joe biden, evoking president trump's response to the deadly white supremacist violence in charlottesville. a moment that will forever be a flash point in the trump presidency. >> he said there were "some very fine people on both sides" very fine people on both sides? with those words the president of the united states assigned a moral equivalence between those spreading hate and those with the courage to stand against it. and in that moment i knew the threat to this nation was unlike any i had ever seen in my lifetime. >> so that's it. here's a question. which charlottesville event will decide the direction of this country? will it be the president's defense of white supremacists? or will it be biden standing in opposition at the very start of his campaign? framing the choice in 2020 as one that will define the character of this country. >> we are in the battle for the soul of this nation. i believe history will look back on four years of this president and all he embraces as an abhorrent moment in time. but if we give donald trump eight years

this new cnn poll it shows joe biden's big bounce since he jumped into the race. "new day" continues right now. >>> good morning and welcome to your "new day," it is tuesday, april 30th, it's 8:00 in the east and this new cnn poll out just a couple hours ago shows a bounce for former vice president joe biden, a big bounce. biden has broken away from the pack 39% of potential democratic voters say he is their top choice for the nomination. senator bernie sanders is way, way back in second with 15%. >> today biden begins campaigning in iowa where he is doing much better this time around than during his previous runs. this morning biden takes on president trump's signature slogan. >> the president has a motto, make america great again. do you have one? >> make america moral again. make america return to the essence of who we are, the dignity of the country, the dignity and people -- treating our people with dignity and this god awful deliberative vision that's being taken in order to -- separating people for his own power. >> cnn political director david chine joins us with t

playoff beard. >>> joe biden, the big political story of the morning. let's get right to the breaking news. >>> good morning and welcome to your new day. it was thursday, april 25, 8:00 in the east. we do begin with breaking news. former vice president joe biden is running for president, or as he would say, literally running for president. he made the announcement just a short time ago and immediately becomes the frontrunner in the 2020 democratic field, which is now the largest in modern u.s. history. >> the video he released this morning goes directly after president trump. it zeros in on the president's response to the deadly rally in charlottesville two years ago. >> charlottesville is also home to a defining moment to this nation in the last few years. it was there of august 2017 we saw klans and white supremacists and neo-nazis come out in the open. they're crazed faces illuminated by torches, veins bulging, and bearing the fangs of racism, chanting the same anti-semitic vile heard across the nation. they were met by a crazy group of americans and a violent clash ensued. and a brave

the beltway on fire. does biden stand a chance of making it back to the white house? >> no sleep. >> we certainly hope you went to bed early last night. losing just 16 minutes of sleep can ruin your entire day. "fox and friends first" starts right now. ♪ >> losing a little sleep may ruin your day but the best way to start it right here on "fox and friends first" this friday morning. it is april 26th. thanks for starting your day with us or beginning your weekend. we begin with a fox news alert happening overnight, 1300 migrants escape an immigration detention center in mexico and right now hundreds are on the run is police in right gear try to take back control. griff jenkins is live with the next steps to protect the southern border. >> reporter: talk about losing sleep, this is a troubling time mexico is having trouble controlling the mother of all caravans, 1300 migrants mostly cubans escaped on foot from the largest shelter in national migration center, they were able to get 700 back with 600 remaining on the loose. it is the largest ever for a federal police, and brand-new

2020 as a mission to purge the nation of president trump, joe biden has now opened up a commanding lead in the democratic presidential race. this according to three new polls all making waves. we are going to get into all those numbers and what they mean for the 2020 race that is coming up. we begin -- a moment that raises a lot of questions politically for both sides. the president is stonewalling democratic subpoenas. he is suing his own banks in an effort to quash some of those subpoenas. and in reaction, some big-name democrats including add amd schiff and now even joe biden are broaching the topic of impeachment, impeachment not over the mueller report per se, but over the president's efforts to resist congressional democrats' investigations following up on the mueller report. not to mention the fact that democrats are livid with the president's attorney general, they are threatening to subpoena him, too, as he prepares to testify on the mueller report tomorrow. it was against that backdrop the democratic leadership met with the president at the white house. senior democratic

good night from washington. >>> could joe biden have defeated donald trump. >> oh, i don't know. >> this is the great what-if. >> i say to democrats and republicans and independents alike, don't sell this country short, folks. >> joe biden has spent a lifetime as a political power player. >> he just had encyclopedic knowledge of foreign policy. >> one thing i know about joe biden, this is a guy i would take on a long patrol. >> he celebrated triumphs. >> i accept your nomination to run and serve with barack obama! >> weathered setbacks. >> you were on the verge of dying, weren't you? >> the hearings caused an incredible backlash. >> and endured devastating personal tragedies. >> we can always get another senator but they can't get another father. >> you cannot lose a child and three months later get on the campaign trail. >> this was a tough one. he said beau was his soul. >> he has stepped off the political stage but doesn't hold back when it comes to an unconventional president. >> we are in the battle for this nation. >> i don't think the tombing was ever right for joe biden,

president joe biden is about to kick off his campaign for the democratic presidential nomination. this rally expected to start here in just a couple of minutes. it will last a few hours, after it begins. a short time ago the national firefighters union endorsed joe biden for president. president trump tweeted this in esponse. former vice president biden responded with -- i'm sick of this president bad mouthing unions. labor built the middle class in this country. minimum wage, overtime pay, the 40-hour workweek. they exist for all of us because unions fought for those rights. we need a president who honors them and their work. >> everybody stand for the pledge of allegiance, please. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it ands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. thank you. cheers and applause] announcer: ladies and gentlemen, to sing the national anthem, please welcome joey breslow. [cheers and applause] ♪ o say can you see y the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's l

>>> good evening. and do you suppose when senator joe biden lost his bid for the democratic national nomination back in 1988, he took comfort in the notion that he'd get another chance more than three decades later? today he is a former senator, a two-term vice president and a favorite right now who is holding a fundraiser in his bid for the united states. we are breaking news on how his entry into the race is being received at the white house. also, his attempt to reconcile with anita hill over her treatment at the clarence thomas hearing he chaired. we talked to "the new york times" reporter who spoke with her over his expression of regret and how professor hill is taking it. not well. first, though, a portion of his video today declaring that he is in. he made what happened in charlottesville the moral keystone of it and made president trump and his conduct in that instant and others the central theme. >> in that moment, i knew the threat to this nation was unlike any i'd ever seen in my lifetime. i wrote at the time that we're in the battle for the soul of this nation. w

interview you just heard with president trump, as well as amtrak joe biden. newt gingrich is here and moments to break it all down, plus ed henry digging into biden's sketchy history when it >> that's when we heard the words of the president of the united states that stunned the world and shocked the conscious of this nation. he said there were quote some very fine people on both sides. very fine people on both sides? >> biden can talk about the verbal express. it is probably not best to go the president was not referring to the white supremacist in charlotteville as fine people. the pointat he made at the same press conference when he first studdered the praise. >> you had people that were very fine people. you had protests taking down a very important statue and the renaming from robert e. lee to the other name. i'm not talking about the neo-nazis and the white nationalist. you had many people in the group other than neo-nazis and white nationalist. okay?>> >> facts aside, he has used that canard that he used the white supremacist. he said this about segregation. >> i think the conc

, trump campaign editor brad parr scale joins me for the 2020 teams first response to biden's pennsylvania rollout. another tragedy and a house of worship. the fools in the media are already blaming trump. we put together an amazing panel. you have to see this. christians, jews, muslims, the conversation you will not want to miss. straight ahead. why is barack obama running from the idea of biden running? richard davis hanson thinks he knows and is here to explain. finally robert francis o'rourke has staked out dangerous positions on immigration but his latest language is just ridiculous. it's despicable or irresponsible. take your pick. someone who has followed his political career from the start will be here to explain what's going on behind this radical turn. but first, the truck, nancy, joe show. that's the focus of tonight's angle. tomorrow, speaker nancy pelosi and senate minority leader chuck schumer returned to the white house for a meeting with president trump. now, this time, it's about an instructor deal. but in a moment, i'm going to tell you what the showdown is really all abo

. >> thank you. >>> right now on andrea mitchell report, northeast. j he's in. joe biden makes it official and describing the race as a fight for the soul of america. >> the core values of this nation are standing in the world, are very democracy, everything that's made america america is at stake. that's why today i'm announcing my candidacy for president of the united states. >> fresh off his announcement the former vice president just momentums ago. >> why are you the best choice nor democr for democrats? >> that will be for the democrats to decide. >>> president trump challenges the power of balance as he tells past and present aides not to testify. >> we're witnessing contempt of congress, con tell ll mtempt of contempt for the american people. >>> vladimir putin and kim jong-un meet for the first time presenting a united front against sanctions and denuclearization demands. >> for kim jong-un, the message to president trump, you know you're not my only friend in the world. >>> good day. joe biden is officially in the race to replace donald trump. drawing battle lines with th

viewers. talk is next. for the u.s. viewers the 2020 race changed in a day with joe biden. we'll bring you the developments when "new day" continues. >> this was his first fundraiser. he talked about the concerns that tit was a mistake >> joe isn't the brightest bulb in the group. >> joe biden has to give answers like any other candidate. >> they're saying he has the right to do that. >> they do what i say. >> you must respect the constitutional checks and balances. trump is putting his own people in jeopardy. >> announcer: this is "new day" with alisyn camerota and john berman. >> good morning. welcome to your "new day." what a difference a day makes. the 2020 race. it's a whole different ball game fundamentally changed since joe biden jumps into the contest. he wasted no time taking aim ott president trump, framing the entire candidacy around that. now some of biden's democratic rivals, the one he was trying to jump past, they are starting to talk about the record and learned president trump is irked that the democratic field is making the big headlines now. the president is asking a

: let me get your thoughts on joe biden. weirdest apology the campaign kickoff ever. at i amou are starting sorry. that is not the best place to start. you want to say i am running, here is why. i'm sorry means i am running. donald trump took off on a golden escalator. it was from a position of authority and not a position of something that has been denoted. in many ways it is going to be indicative of how his campaign is going to have to be run because his record is so long. currently not really in sync with democratic primary voters. host: joe biden's defenders are wrong, this is your piece. explain. guest: i disagree with what you said because i don't think joe biden issued an apology. theink he sidestepped apology and went to excuse making. he basically blamed his behaviors on the past and up to the present on social norms and changing societal values. to that, i think that is a ridiculous defense because there has never been a social norm where it is ok to reach out and stroke little girls in intimate manners in front of their parents. i think that is where joe biden gets his

starts now. breaking today, the worst-kept secret in america politics is out, and joe biden is in. and he's making a bee line to the fight with president trump. >>> build that stone wall. one top democrat saying president trump is pushing the house towards impeachment as the president continues to turn down house democrats' requests at every turn. >>> plus, north korea has the gall to send a $2 million medical bill to the united states for the american kid that they tortured to death. how the trump administration is responding today. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. the 2020 lead. from the first words, literally, literally the first words of his campaign, joe biden taking aim at president trump. the former vice president finally announcing his third bid for the oval office. this time biden enters the race stronger than ever before but also facing the most diverse and crowded democratic field in modern history with 19 other democrats and a democratic base that has moved to mr. biden's l left. mr. biden making his first campaign stop in his home state of delaware and weig

jeffries is joining us, everyone! ( cheers and applause ) also on tonight's show, joe biden may have lost the election, why george clooney is even more perfect and trump is now at war with four mexicos. first, let's catch up on today's headlines. ♪ el chapo guzman, the world's most notorious drug kingpin and mexican baked potato. prison may have put an end to his cartel days but now he has a new career that's more fabulous. >> el chapo is breaking out. the drug kingpin's name will appear on a new line of clothing created by his wife. joaquÍn (el chapo) guzmÁn who once ran a huge drug cartel in mexico signed a contract granting the clothing company the right to use its name on its pieces to launch this summer. >> trevor: el chapo is starting a clothing line which makes no sense. i want to wear el chapo jeans like i want to smoke tommy hilfiger crack. stay in your lane. why would a clothing brand want to work with him? i never looked at him like, style icon! ( laughter ) he's going to use the drug mules as clothing importers as well. juan, i need you to take these pair of large khakis a

breaking news. former vice president joe biden formally jumping into the 2020 race for president. biden immediately becomes the frontrunner of the 2020 democratic field according to the polls. his campaign video takes on president trump and his response to the charlottesville attack >> in a surprising dramatic way. he's set to do his first interview tomorrow. we have all the details of where the former vice president will go in his first campaign stop. cnn's arlette saenz has the breaking details from wilmington, delaware. he tries to reframe the entire campaign in a new way in this video. it's fascinating. >> reporter: yeah, joe biden is drilling in on the moment in charlottesville, the clashes there. and president trump's response directly saying this is a battle for the soul of the country and the nation's character is at stake if donald trump is re-elected. take a listen to the message he laid out in the video this morning. >> charlottesville, virginia, is home to the author of one of the great documents in human history. we know it by heart. we hold these truths to be self-e

rosenstein had to say about the special counsel. we'll dig into that. >>> later, biden is in, but could his 40 years of public service actually hurt his campaign to be president? one thing people have always enjoyed about joe biden is that he commuted via train from delaware every day during his time in senate and "the daily show" drew the comparison to our current commander in chief. >> it's nice to see a politician riding public transportation. it is a weird thing to think about. amtrak makes sense but imagine running into trump in your uber pool. do you have an iphone charger? if i don't tweet for 15 minutes, i die. check out my uber rating. 2.1 stars, the highest of any passenger in this tree. some say it only goes to two stars but i got 0.1 extra. woman: this is your wake-up call. if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, month after month, the clock is ticking on irreversible joint damage. ongoing pain and stiffness are signs of joint erosion. humira can help stop the clock. prescribed for 15 years, humira targets and blocks a source of inflammation that contribut

in just the past 24 hours. former vice president joe biden making a splash by taking aim at president trump. and now some of biden's democratic rivals are taking aim at him. president trump is irked by the coverage the democratic field is generating and that the president is asking a lot of questions about biden's strength as a candidate >> biden is in. the question this morning is, now what? what will he say when he has his first campaign interview on "the view" in a few hours? how will he handle criticism from democratic opponents and how will he address questions about his treatment of anita hill when he chaired the hearings for clarence thomas whom hill accused of sexual harassment. we learned biden had a phone conversation with hill where he expressed regrets for what she endured. he's had 28 years to prepare for the conversation. apparently that wasn't enough. hill tells the "new york times" she's not satisfied and isn't sure she sees real change and accountability. we begin here in new york with the top story. biden is here, coming on "the view." you're chasing him. it's brough

. >>> if it's thursday, biden is in, and that is no ma larky. ma larkie. >>> good evening. i'm steve kornacki in tonight for chuck tot. west begin with what might' well be the campaign slogan -- i will beat trump. he ace described as an exist inchally -- in a video announcing his white house campaign, biden shows the neo nazis marches in the summer of 2017. he 'tacks the president's responsibility about being very fine people on both sides. he conjures imaging of europe in the 1930s, and paints trumpism as a threat until like anything he's ever seen and then he says he's running. >> i believe history will look back on four year of this president and all that he embraces as an aberrant moment in time. but if we give trump eight years in the white house, he will fundamentally change this nation and who we are. i cannot stand by and watch that. our core values, or very democracy, everything that's made america america is at stake. that's why today i'm announcing my candidacy for president of the united states. >>> and even on day 1, it's become increasingly clear he's running as are res

done. [applause] fmr. vice pres. biden: thank you. thank you. ♪ >> after his speech, the former vice president spoke to about the controversy of several women who expressed discomfort in the way he had physically interacted with them. he also talked about his timing in his entry in the 2020 presidential race. this is 10 minutes. fmr. vice pres. biden: it wasn't my intent to make light of anyone's discomfort. i realize my responsibility is to not invade the space of anyone who was uncomfortable in that regard. and i hope it was not taken that way. i literally think it is incumbent among me, not anybody else, to make sure that if you touch someone, it is with their consent, regardless of your intention. you are trying to bring solace, welcome them, it is my responsibility to do that. >> what is your reaction to president trump taunting you on twitter? fmr. vice pres. biden: it doesn't surprise me. he doesn't have time to do his job. look, everybody knows who donald trump is. i don't have to say anything more. reporter: do you expect a lot more people to come forward and say they f

more on podcast. maria: joe biden has in fact, announced that he is running for president. he released that on twitter, former vice president tweeted this, the core values of this country are standing in the world, are very democracy, everything that has made america, america is at stake, today i'm announcing candidacy for president of the united states. #joe2020. joining me right now political analyst john hopkins university professor wendy, great to see you, wendy, thank you so much for joining us, your reaction, we were expecting joe biden to jump in and he has. >> he's in. i think a lot of people have been waiting for this moment especially on the democratic side and now we have the official word from him that he's in. he goes in the race leading not only trump but fellow democrats in the race. recent poll has him leading trump at 8 percentage, 42 to 34. leading when it comes to millennials at 14% when it comes to women at 22%, so this is big numbers here. i think we have to look at for iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, places where bernie sanders has stronghold in new hampshire

" starts right now. president trump takes joe biden's bait, says he gave the perfect answer to the deadly violence in charlottesville. perfect to whom? and that's just one of the outlandish thing the president said that could have led the show today. >>> late breaking today, joe biden coming out of the gate with the biggest money haul of the democratic race, but it's not all great news for this fledgling campaign. and gold star families, calling it an absolute betrayal. how president trump's tax overhaul is inadvertently, we hope, forcing some young kids who lost parents in war to fork over thousands more to uncle sam. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. the politics lead. president trump all over the place today, promoting his alternate reality, where the special counsel investigation started by his hand-picked deputy attorney general was an attempted coup against him. this as he attacked his own former white house counsel as a liar, slammed democrats as maniacs, promised to fill sanctuary cities with undocumented immigrants, despite legal guidance from his own department

charlottesville all because of joe biden. >>> plus friendly fire. biden splashy entry into the presidential race now has democrats attacking each other. >>> and the man who oversaw the mueller probe reportedly alegislatured president trump he was on his side, right in the middle of the investigation. let's go "outfront." >> good evening. i'm jim chuto in for erin burnett and trump takes biden's bait. the president relitigating his disastrous response to the deadly white supremacist rally in charlottesville. why now? who words, joe biden, resurrecting the president's very fine people remark in a campaign video and the message clearly getting under trump's skin. >> there were very fine people on both sides in charlottesville. >> i answered that question. and if you look at what i said, you will see that question was answered perfectly and i was talking about people that went because they felt very strongly about the monument to robert e. lee, a great general. >> he answered the question perfectly. let's play for you the original answer. >> excuse me. excuse me. you had some very

against his newest challenger. is it it a sign that the president fears biden the most. >>> barr fight. house democrats and the attorney general william barr battle over how he's going to testify before the house judiciary committee later this week. will staff lawyers get to question barr or will he boycott the hearing? >>> isis leader returns. the terrorists release a new video apparently showing abu bakr al baghdadi for the first time in five years, praising the suicide bombings in sri lanka that killed hundreds of people and calling for more attacks. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in t"the situation room." >>> we're following breaking news. a major terror plot thwarted in california where police have arrested a suspect they say was, quote, consumed with hate and bent on mass murder. also breaking, democratic presidential candidate joe biden, proclaiming himself a union man as he courts working class voters in his first campaign rally, this one in pittsburgh. president trump, meanwhile, as tweeted about biden at least four times today, ignoring advisers who warn giving a rival too much att

melvin here. he's in. after much speculation former vice president joe biden announcing his third presidential bid for the white house. he wasted no time going after president trump. using images from charlottesville saying we're in a battle for the soul of this nation. will the president be his biggest challenge in 2020? >>> also, this is quite the image. it's a summit between vladmir putin and kim jong-un. and they were talking denuclearization. >>> breaking news on this thursday. 32 people hospitalized because of an ammonia spill just north of chicago. this is the scene. we're going to go to chicago live as crews are going door to door to warn people who live nearby. we are keeping a very close eye on the situation in chicago. let's start with the biden campaign. >>> a few hours old now, the former vice president focusing his early attention on penn. both for fundraising and the swing states' union votes. his entry assured it would drop eventually. biden's entry marking the unofficial end of the early phase of the 2020 campaign. a few lesser known candidates may still wait in t

to pave the way to seventy. today former us vice president joe biden made it official he wants to be the next u.s. president now his strength at the start his ability to stand out in the crowd in his ability to connect with america's heartland middle class joe is what they call them their sleepy joe is the name don't want to up for first just moments after biden launched his campaign sent a tweet insulting biden's intelligence and promising a race that will be in the words of trump nasty i'm bring golf in berlin this is the day. my belief is true we're back on four years of this person who really embraces as in the current moment in time welcome to the world joe. yeah pretty good time joe. but if we view donald trump eight years in the white house he will forever and fundamentally alter the character this nation. who knows what's going to happen from now on but i hope it's. very strong we are in the battle to assume this nation. and i'm breaking down i am breaking down this law that's why today i'm announcing my candidacy for president of the united states. also coming up tonight

president trump and joe biden that is escalating by the minute. the president going after biden this morning after he was leaving the white house and the former vice president appearing in public for the first time since the controversy over his behavior erupted a week ago. >> i want you to know i had permission to hug lonny. i don't know. [ applause ] any way. >> joining me now nbc white house correspondent kristen welker. you were out on the south lawn when you were asking the president today about this twitter war that erupted yesterday between him and joe biden. the president launching this by taking a parody that had been done by a prolific alt-right youtuber mocking biden by taking his own video he put out and twisting it. we'll show is that in a moment. the president tweeting it out. biden tweeting back i'm glad you're on the job and acting presidential as usual what did the president have to say? >> reporter: he was defiant. he was asked if he's the right messenger to mock the vice president given that access hollywood tape came out. given he faced dozens of accusations. he i

former vice president joe biden after biden officially jumped into the race just 24 hours ago. and it comes as cnn learns that biden is already making the president sweat, but he's not about to concede that. here's what president trump said just minutes ago. >> i think we beat him easily. i just feel like a young man. i'm so young. i can't believe it. i'm the youngest person. i am a young vibrant man. i look at joe, i don't know about him. i don't know. >> if you have to declare you're a young vibrant man, are you? we'll deal with that later. it's not just the president taking on biden this morning. possibly solidifying biden's status as the democratic front-runner, fellow democrats running are also taking shots. senator bernie sanders, he sent out a fund-raising email jabbing at biden's announcement, writing this. it's a big day in the democratic primary, and we're hoping to end it strong. not with a fund-raiser in the home of a corporate lobbyist but with an overwhelming number of individual donations in response to today's news. contribute before midnight. it would mean a lot to ou

this second, and it shows a huge opening weekend for former vice president joe biden. think "avengers: endgame" here. >> that huge? >> that big. in a crowded field of 20 candidates, joe biden has broken away from the pack. he's at 39%. of potential democratic voters, they say he's the top choice for the nomination. bernie sanders in second with 15%. >> biden getting a bigger bounce than expected after entering the race last week. today, biden begins campaigning in iowa, where he is already doing much better this time around than during his previous runs. the iowa caucuses are 279 days away. joining us now is cnn political director david chalion to break down the numbers. this is a bigger bounce than expected. >> it is a big bounce indeed. we should note, this is the first poll that we've seen conducted entirely after joe biden rolled out that video last thursday, alisyn. there is the horse race, as you said. joe biden way out in front, 39% of democrats are backing him. 15% for sanders. warren, buttigieg, o'rourke, harris, all grouped together in the next tier. let's look at where they

want to miss. why is barack obama running from the idea of joe biden running. victor davis thinks he knows and is here to explain. finally they have staked out dangerous positions on immigration. but his latest language is just ridiculous. it is despicable or irresponsible. s someone who has followed him from the start will explain what's going on. but first the chuck nanci and joe show.ck n that's the focus of tonight's angle. >>> tomorrow seeker nancy pelosi and chuck schumer return to the. white house for a meeting with president trump. this time it is about an infrastructure tale. in a moment, i'm going to show you what the showdown is about. here's a guy that spent eight years working there, joe biden. he tried to convince you this time he has all of the answers. but what is in his pitch in this phenomenal trump economy? >> i think we have to, i think we have to rethink how we define what constitutes a successful economy. >> laura: he can barely get the words out. that's convenient, right? if you can't beat him, as in trump's economic numbers, just change the way everything is s

wait some more, and it's finally official. former vice president joe biden jumping into the crowded presidential race today, joining 19 other democrats vying for the nomination. despite their head start, biden begins his candidacy with a big lead as the party's front-runner, and he didn't waste a second taking it right to president trump. >> if we give donald trump eight years in the white house, he will forever and fundamentally alter the character of this nation. who we are. and i cannot stand by and watch that happen. the core values of this nation, our standing in the world, our very democracy, everything that has made america america is at stake. that's why today i'm announcing my candidacy for president of the united states. >> and with that, joe biden is off to the races with a full court press rollout of his campaign straight ahead with stops in iowa, new hampshire, and a big focus on pennsylvania early on. but how is a biden presidential run in 2019 different than it was the two times before? let us find out. jeff zulaina is in washington. he's joining me now. this announce

aviators is joining the race. joe biden making it clear he is focusing on one thing, beating donald trump. >> if we give donald trump eight years in the white house, he will forever and fundamentally alter the character of this nation. who we are and i cannot stand by and watch that happen. the core values of this nation are standing in the world, our very democracy, everything that is made america, america is at stake. that is why today i'm announcing my candidacy for president of the united states. >> and with that, the former vice president officially entering the fray. and immediately catapulted to the top of the pack. and now that announcement is out of the way, joe biden is posed to hit the campaign trail hard. we got a preview in delaware where he stopped by a pizzeria. he attended a philadelphia fundraiser ahead of the first campaign event on monday in pittsburgh. that will be followed up by swings through iowa, new hampshire, nevada, south carolina and california. and that is just the next couple of weeks. as for the man, biden would like to replace trump, he had this message for

the last few months. we'll begin with the democratic front runner, joe biden, speaking tofo the first time thr year. he had a lot to say about everything from the allegations of inappropriate physical contact to his view of the democratic party, donald trump, and a lot more. bid biden's speech to the electrical workers union and the back and forth with reporters was in some ways his first campaign event. he made it clear he's running. there is no thinking about it anymore. we saw biden's biggest challenge on full display, how he addresses concerns that he's out of touch with this democratic party. on that front, biden was defiant. he took a clear shot at the progressive wing of the party putting folks like aoc on notice. he joked twice about the allegations facing him. he responded to president trump's taunts. perhaps the most revealing thing we saw from biden this that this is still the obama-biden democratic party. >> the vast majority of the members of the democratic party are still basically liberal moderate democrats in the traditional sense. the definition of progressive n

race. this is 20 minutes. fmr. vice pres. biden: it wasn't my intent to make light of anyone's discomfort, invade the space of anyone who was uncomfortable in that regard. and i hope it was not taken that way. literally think it is incumbent among me, not anybody you, to make sure that if touch someone, it is with their consent, regardless of your intention. you are trying to bring solace, welcome them, it is my responsibility to do that. what is your reaction -- >> what is your reaction to president trump? fmr. vice pres. biden: it doesn't surprise me. look, everybody knows who donald trump is. i will not say anything more. do you expect a lot more people that felt uncomfortable -- fmr. vice pres. biden: i have had hundreds and hundreds of people contact me. i don't know. i'd say the exact opposite. that i andtant everyone else is aware that any woman or man who feels uncomfortable should have the right to just say hey, i was uncomfortable with that. happens sayanything i am uncomfortable with the. -- with that. no matter what. i really do understand that. that, for things jok

>> biden comes after this with a stature, a former vice president, so it allows him to mix him up with president trump a little more. >> i'm yasmin vossoughian. "morning joe" start right now. >> why didn't you deny calling the president a moron? >> you know, that's a really old question. >> you understand by not answering the question, some people thought you were confirming the story. >> i think i've answered the question. >> you think you've answered the question. >> i've answered the question. >> did you call the president a moron? >> i'm not going to answer that question. >> quote, "i wonder how he goes into work every day because deep in his heart he believes the president is a moron." we have the new yorker's dexter philkins and we'll hear more about that. good morning. welcome to "morning joe." it's wednesday, april -- tuesday, april 30th. we have the co-host and executive producer of "the circus," john heilemann, national correspondent for msnbc news, steve kornacki is with us and associate editor for "the washington post" and msnbc political analyst eugene robinson. good

rally in charlottesville, trying to re-write what he said after joe biden makes it a centerpiece of his campaign announcement. is the president running scared of his newest democratic challengers? >>> cashing in. the biden campaign says it hauled in $6.3 million in just 24 hours, following the former vice president's announcement. but in his first interview, biden gets emotional and struggles with apologizing. >>> and playing mediator. russian president vladimir putin inserts himself between president trump and kim jong-un, offering to help them get back on track with denuclearization talks. tonight, we're learning what kim told putin about it at their summit. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> we're following breaking news. troubling new numbers for president trump. a just-released national poll shows 58% of those asked say they believe the president lied about matters that special counsel robert mueller investigated. only 31% of people asked think mr. trump told the truth. and tonight, he's still trying to discredit mueller's findings

dollar agreement with democratidemocratis. >>> joe biden makes his campaign debut in iowa. biden is playing to the party's base by leaning into his relationship with president barack obama. >>> bank shot. the president, his children and his business. they've all launched a new lawsuit to block two banks from giving financial records to congress. house democrats say it's proof that the trumps are scared of what the banks might reveal. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're following breaking news on the uprising in venezuela. mike pompeo told me that president nicholas maduro was ready to leave the country and flee to cuba until russia convinced him to stay. this after the opposition leader launched his boldest attempt to oust madura unleashing violent clashes and protests. >>> new insight into why president trump found rare common ground with democrats agreeing to spend $2 trillion to improve road, bridge, utilities and broadband internet across the country. a source telling cnn mr. trump

representatives. "mpt daily" starts now. >> hi, nicolle. if it's monday biden takes on president trump head on. >>> good evening, i'm steve kornacki in new york in for chuck todd. welcome to "mpt daily." we've got a big show tonight. at this hour we're in the midst of a major dispute between the justice department and democrats on the house judiciary committee over the terms of attorney general william barr's public testimony on the mueller report that was supposed to happen later this week. justice department officials saying he will not appear based on how democrats want to conduct that hearing. i'm going to speak to a top democrat on the committee about how they plan to respond. that is coming up in just a moment. >>> we begin tonight however with the rise of white national violence and its inevitable collision with 2020 politics. right now just moments ago joe biden just finished a speech in pittsburgh. he launched his candidacy last week with the words charlottesville, virginia. wrapped up another speech as a 2020 candidate and you heard a reference to that as they are doubling do

beto o'rourke's crowd size. >>> joe biden makes it official on video and a fundraiser tonight but going after trump head on and there is reporting tonight he's the democrat trump fears the most. >>> and the news of the $2 million ransom from north korea in exchange for otto warmbier and what putin will tell trump after his meeting with kim jong-un. all of it as "the 11th hour" gets underway on a thursday night. >>> well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. the president remains knee-deep in his campaign to strike back against the filings of the mueller report, and to shake off the democrats' efforts to investigate his white house. here briefly is some of what he told sean hannity tonight on fox news. >> there was like a one-sided witch hunt as i called it. bob mueller i appointed to run the fbi and next, he's the special counsel. $35 million spent and unlimited manpower, woman power and there is nothing, nothing, and it was a very bad two years for this country but the nice part is as far as trump is concerned and the trump administration, there is n