THIS IS "THE FIVE."
>> IS THE PRESIDENT RUNNING FOR
RE-ELECTION?
>> THE PRESIDENT, AS YOU KNOW,
HAS BEEN ASKED THAT QUESTION
MANY TIMES, AND HE’S ANSWERED
IT.
HIS ANSWER HAS BEEN PRETTY
SIMPLE, WHICH IS, YES, HE’S
RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION.
I CAN’T SAY MORE THAN THAT.
>> THE WHITE HOUSE RESPONDING TO
THE FIERCE RUMOR MILL
SURROUNDING PRESIDENT BIDEN’S
2024 PROSPECTS, AFTER BRUTAL
REPORTS, THAT MEMBERS OF HIS OWN
PARTY SEE HIM AS AN ANCHOR THAT
SHOULD BE CUT LOOSE.
"THE TIMES" INTERVIEWING MORE
THAN 50 DEMOCRATIC OFFICIALS.
A CURRENT DNC MEMBER SAYING,
QUOTE, BIDEN SHOULD ANNOUNCE HIS
INTENT NOT TO SEEK RE-ELECTION
IN ’24, RIGHT AFTER THE
MIDTERMS."
OH, THAT’S MY PREDICTION DATE,
ISN’T IT?
>> IT IS.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN GETTING NO
MERCY FROM YOUNGER MEMBERS OF
HIS PARTY.
LISTEN TO THIS ABOUT A SECOND
TERM.
>> HE’S SAYING HE’S GOING TO RUN
AGAIN IN 2024.
WILL YOU SUPPORT HIM?
>> IF THE PRESIDENT HAS A
VISION, THAT’S SOMETHING WE’RE
WILLING TO ENTERTAIN AND EXAMINE
WHEN THE TIME COMES.
>> THAT’S NOT A YES.
>> YEAH.
YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SHOULD
ENDORSE WHEN WE GET TO IT.
>> DEMOCRATS SET ON DUMPING
PRESIDENT BIDEN CAN POINT TO A
LAUNDRY LIST OF REASONS.
NATIONAL GAS PRICES HAVE SKY
ROCKED TO OVER $5 A GALLON,
INFLATION ON EVERYTHING FROM
SHELTER TO MEDICAL CARE.
SOME FEELS IT’S TOO LATE TO
CHANGE THINGS AROUND.
>> YOU’VE SEEN HIM CHANGE HIS
TONE WHEN TALKING ABOUT
INFLATION.
DEMOCRATS WERE SAYING, THE
ECONOMY IS DOING GREAT, THE BEST
IN A RECORD NUMBER OF YEARS.
PEOPLE WEREN’T FEELING THAT.
WHY ARE YOU TELLING ME IT’S GOOD
WHEN PRICES ARE STARTING TO GO
UP?
DEMOCRATS ARE SHIFTING THE
MESSAGE A LITTLE BIT, TO TALK
MORE ABOUT, HAVE THAT EMPATHY,
BUT IT COULD BE A LITTLE TOO
LATE FOR PEOPLE SAYING WE NEED
HELP NOW.
>> ALL RIGHT.
YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS IS GOING TO
GO, JESSE.
>> "THE NEW YORK TIMES" WRITES A
PIECE LIKE THIS.
THERE WILL 10 MORE PIECES LIKE
THAT BEFORE NEXT SUNDAY.
THIS STORY WILL LAST FOR A
WHILE.
THE DIFFERENCE IS, IT’S NOT
REPUBLICANS SAYING BIDEN
SHOULDN’T RUN AGAIN.
NOW IT’S COMING WITHIN THE
HOUSE.
>> YOU HAVE AFGHANISTAN, GAS
PRICES, INFLATION.
MISSED TWO SURGES.
HE COULDN’T CUT IT WHEN HE
TRIPPED UP THE STEPS THREE
TIMES.
NOW THE DEMOCRATS ARE SAYING,
ACCORDING TO "THE TIMES," WE’RE
CONCERNED ABOUT BIDEN NOT BEING
ABLE TO ASK THE DEMOCRATS.
HOW ABOUT THE COUNTRY?
THEY’RE CONCERNED ABOUT HOLDING
ON TO POWER, NOT HOW THE COUNTRY
IS DOING.
IT’S PRETTY LAME.
THIS IS EVERYTHING THE DEMOCRATS
CAMPAIGNED ON.
THEY CAMPAIGNED ON GETTING RID
OF FOSSIL FUELS.
THEY CAMPAIGNED ON OPENING UP
THE BORDER.
THIS IS ALL THE DEMOCRATS’
DOING.
TO TURN AROUND AND POINT THE
FINGER AT JOE, THAT’S LIKE JOE
POINTING THE FINGER AT PUTIN.
IT’S WHAT THEY CAMPAIGNED ON.
LOOK IF THEY HAD $6 TRILLION
MORE, IF THEY HAD THEIR WAY,
THEY’D HAVE TAKEN AWAY OUR
RIFLES.
RIGHT NOW THE DEMOCRATS ARE
LUCKY.
REMINDS ME OF THE GIRL AT PROM,
YOU ASK A GIRL TO PROM, AND SHE
GOES, WELL, YOU KNOW, HE’S GOT A
GOOD PERSONALITY.
I’M MORE FOCUSED ON FINALS RIGHT
NOW.
>> WAITING FOR A BETTER OFFER.
>> RIGHT.
WHEN IT GETS CLOSER TO PROMISE,
WE’LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
NOTICE HER LANGUAGE, "WE’LL TAKE
A LOOK AT IT."
SHE’S SPEAKING FOR THE ENTIRE
LEFT WING OF THE PARTY.
I THINK WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN,
THE DEMOCRATS WILL GET SHREDDED
IN THE MIDTERMS, AND AOC WILL
STAB HIM WITH A KNIFE.
IF HE TRIES TO RUN FOR
RE-ELECTION, THEY’LL PRIMARY THE
GUY.
LOOK WHAT HAPPENED TO CARTER,
MUCH WEAKENED.
BUSH 41, THE THIRD-PARTY ACTION.
THEY DIDN’T WANT JOE TO BEGIN
WITH.
THEY WANTED A WOMAN.
NOW THEY’RE SAYING, LET’S GET
RID OF THE GUY.
YOU KNOW, I’M RELISHING HOW THIS
IS GOING TO PLAY OUT.
>> SHE MIGHT BE TALKING ABOUT
YOUNG PEOPLE.
HE’S BLEEDING SUPPORT FROM YOUNG
PEOPLE.
WHAT ARE YOU HEARING?
>> YOUNG PEOPLE DON’T LIKE
POLITICS AT ALL.
THEY DON’T LIKE THE TWO-PARTY
SYSTEM.
THEY HAVE ISSUES THEY CARE
ABOUT.
THEY’RE GOING TO LOOK FOR PEOPLE
THAT REPRESENT THEM WELL ON
THOSE ISSUES, WHICH IS WHY WHEN
THEY VOTE THEY VOTE LIBERAL,
BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE CLIMATE
CHANGE IS MACADAM.
AOC DOES THIS CONSTANTLY, AND
FALLS IN LINE.
SHE WAS ONE OF THE STRONGER
BERNIE SANDERS SURROGATES, SHE
FELL IN LINE, AND BECAME A HUGE
CHAMPION FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN ON
THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
AOC IS THE MOST POLITICALSY
SAVVY OF THE SQUAD, AND SHE
KNOWS IF SHE WANTS THE RIGHT
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT, SHE WANTS
TO STAY IN PRIMETIME, THAT
SHE’LL HAVE TO FALL IN LINE.
WHAT’S GOING ON, THERE ARE
PROGRESSIVE QUALMS WITH WHAT
HE’S DOING, BUT IT’S THE PEOPLE
THAT WANTED HIM AS THE CHOICE
DURING THE PRIMARY, AND ONCE HE
GOT INTO POWER, THEY HAVE TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT RHETORIC
THAT DOESN’T SPEAK FOR THEM OR
THEIR DISTRICTS.
THEY’RE DEALING WITH INFLATION.
THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE
EVERYDAY GUY IS FEELING ABOUT
THE GAS PRICES, WHAT’S GOING ON
AT THE GROCERY STORE, AND FEELS
LIKE THE PARTY IS OFF TRACK WITH
THAT, AND THAT BIDEN IS TOO FAR
TO THE LEFT, AND THE LEFT
DOESN’T FEEL HE’S GONE FAR
ENOUGH.
HE’S GETTING IT FROM BOTH SIDES.
>> IF HE LOSES MORE SUPPORT FROM
THE LEFT, JUDGE, HIS NUMBERS
COULD GO EVEN LOWER, BECAUSE
THAT COULD HELP BOLSTER HIM
RIGHT NOW.
THE NUMBERS ARE PRETTY LOW.
THERE’S A PRODUCER ON OUR SHOW
WHO LOVES THIS SOUND, PRESIDENT
BIDEN ON WHETHER HE’S GOING TO
SAUDI ARABIA.
>> OH, LOVE THIS.
>> GOING TO SAUDI ARABIA?
>> NO, NOT YET.
>> WHAT’S HOLDING UP THE
DECISION AT THIS POINT?
>> HAPPENS TO BE A LARGER
MEETING TAKING PLACE IN SAUDI
ARABIA.
THAT’S THE REASON I’M GOING.
IT HAS TO DO WITH NATIONAL
SECURITY FOR THEM, FOR ISRAELIS.
I HAVE A PROGRAM -- ANYWAY, IT
HAS TO DO WITH MUCH LARGER
ISSUES THAN HAVING TO DO WITH
THE ENERGY.
>> IS HE GOING?
IS HE NOT GOING?
>> WELL, I DON’T HAVE ANYTHING
TO ANNOUNCE FOR YOU TODAY.
>> I FEEL A LITTLE SORRY FOR
HER, BECAUSE WHEN YOU CAN’T
ANNOUNCE A MEETING YET, YOU’RE
DANCING AROUND.
THE FACT THAT HE’S EVEN GOING TO
SAUDI ARABIA, AND WILLING TO
BASICALLY GO AGAINST WHAT HE
SAID IN THE CAMPAIGN, BUT NOT
WILLING TO OPEN UP MORE HERE IN
AMERICA, IS PRETTY STUNNING TO PEOPLE.
>> NONE OF WHAT JOE BIDEN DOES
MAKES SENSE.
WHAT YOU’VE GOT A PARTY IS A
IDEOLOGICAL SO CONNECTED, ALMOST
LIKE A CULT.
OKAY?
THE DEMOCRATS DON’T VOTE FOR
REPUBLICANS BASICALLY UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT I KNOW OF.
REPUBLICANS WILL VOTE FOR A
DEMOCRAT.
THEY’LL CRITICIZE TRUMP A MONTH
AFTER HE GETS IN.
THE DEMOCRATS DON’T CRITICIZE
JOE BIDEN.
IN SPITE OF THE ECONOMY,
INFLATION, AND EVERYTHING ELSE,
THE BLAME GAME, AND THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC SEES THROUGH IT, THEY
DON’T BUY INTO THE BLAME GAME,
ALL THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WANTS TO
KNOW, JOE, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO
MAKE MY LIFE BETTER, AND ALL
THIS GUY CAN TALK ABOUT IS GREEN
ENERGY, BUYING LITHIUM BATTERIES
FROM CHINA, OPENING UP THE
PIPELINE FOR RUSSIA SO WE CAN
BUY ARE GAS FROM RUSSIA, AND MAK
SURE HE SHUTS DOWN OUR PIPELINE,
WHEN WE CAN’T AFFORD TO GO TO
WORK, SOME PEOPLE.
THEY CAN’T AFFORD TO BUY FOOD.
THEY CAN’T AFFORD TO BUY
GROCERIES.
IT’S JUST A MESS HERE.
JOE BIDEN WOULD HAVE A BETTER
SHOT AT IT IF HE DIDN’T DEPEND
ON OTHER COUNTRIES FOR OIL,
RUSSIA OPENING UP THEIR
PIPELINE, CHINA LITHIUM
BATTERIES.
EVERYTHING HE DOES PUTS AMERICA
LAST.
I DON’T CARE IF THEY WHISPER,
THEY DON’T WHISPER, IT’S OVER
FOR JOE AFTER THE MIDTERMS.
>> A LOT OF THAT SUGGEST COULD
BE THEIR NOMINEE ARE ALL JOE
BIDEN BEAT IN THE PRIMARY.
WHERE IS THEIR NEW BLOOD?
>> THERE IS NO NEW BLOOD.
THAT’S THE PROBLEM.
THEY DON’T HAVE A BENCH TO TURN
TO.
THEY CERTAINLY DON’T HAVE A VICE
PRESIDENT TO TURN TO IN THIS
PARTICULAR CONTEXT.
WHO SAW DONALD TRUMP COMING IN
2014 EITHER?
THE CONTEXT OF WHERE WE ARE
RIGHT NOW DOESN’T MEAN THAT’S
THE ENTIRE CROP, BUT THERE ISN’T
MUCH ON THE BENCH, NO DOUBT.
THIS IS AN ORDER GOING OUT FROM
ON HIGH, FROM HEADQUARTERS.
WHEN "THE NEW YORK TIMES" CITES
50 MOSTLY ANONYMOUS DEMOCRATIC
OPERATIVES, ALMOST ALL OF WHICH
SAY JOE’S GOT TO GO, THAT’S A
WARNING SHOT.
THEY KNOW THEY CAN’T SAY IT
OPENLY BEFORE THE MIDTERMS.
CAN’T MAKE HIM A LAME DUCK RIGHT
NOW.
THIS ISTHEY KNOW THEY NEED A DYN
CANDIDATE BASED ON THE CROP THE
REPUBLICANS HAVE.
THE ONE VARIABLE TO CONSIDER IS
THE TRUMP FACTOR, BECAUSE WHAT
BIDEN HAS SAID IS, I’M THE GUY
TO RUN AGAINST TRUMP SHOULD
THERE BE A REMATCH IN 2024.
HIM AND HIS TEAM MAY ATTEMPT TO
TRY TO MAKE THAT ARGUMENT -- I’M
NOT SAYING IT’S THE RIGHT
ARGUMENT -- THAT WOULD BE THE
ONLY RATIONALE THEY WOULD WANT
TO MAKE.
THEY DON’T WANT TO LOSE THEIR
CATBIRD SEAT OF POWER AS WELL.
I DON’T THINK HE GOES EASILY.
THE CLEAR SIGNS ARE IT’S TIME TO
TURN THE PAGE.
>> I LOVE THE CATBIRD SEAT
IMAGERY.
THAT’S ONE OF MY FAVORITE WORDS