YOU WILL HEAR MORE OF TONIGHT
AND THE NEXT FEW NIGHTS, MELISSA
MELISSA.
>> Melissa: ALL RIGHT.
YOU MENTIONED MICHELLE OBAMA.
PRESIDENT TRUMP FIRING RIGHT
BACK AT MICHELLE OBAMA AFTER SHE
BLESSED HIM AND HER DNC SPEECH
LAST NIGHT.
THE FORMER FIRST LADY TELLING
DEMOCRATS TO VOTE LIKE THEIR
LIVES DEPEND ON IT, AND
REMINDING THEM HOW NARROW THE
PRESIDENT’S MARGIN OF VICTORY
WAS IN SOME PRECINCTS IN 2016.
>> WHENEVER WE LOOK TO THIS
WHITE HOUSE FORCE IN LEADERSHIP
OR CONSOLATION, OR ANY SEMBLANCE
OF STEADINESS, WHAT WE GET
INSTEAD IS CHAOS, DIVISION, AND
A TOTAL AND UTTER LACK OF
EMPATHY.
DONALD TRUMP IS THE WRONG
PRESIDENT FOR OUR COUNTRY.
HE HAS HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME
TO PROVE THAT HE CAN DO THE JOB,
BUT HE IS CLEARLY IN OVER HIS
HEAD.
HE CANNOT MEET THIS MOMENT.
HE SIMPLY CANNOT BE WHO WE NEED
HIM TO BE FOR US.
IT IS WHAT IT IS.
>> Melissa: PRESIDENT TRUMP
TODAY TWEETING, "SOMEBODY PLEASE
EXPLAIN TO MICHELLE OBAMA THAT
DONALD J. TRUMP WOULD NOT BE
HERE IN THE BEAUTIFUL
WHITE HOUSE IF IT WEREN’T FOR
THE JOB DONE BY YOUR HUSBAND,
BARACK OBAMA.
BIDEN WAS MERELY AN
AFTERTHOUGHT.
A GOOD REASON FOR THAT VERY LATE
AND ON THE ENTHUSIASTIC
ENDORSEMENT."
HARRIS, I THOUGHT IT WAS
INTERESTING AT THE BEGINNING OF
HER SPEECH, AND I THINK
"THE NEW YORK POST" COVER MADE A
BIT ABOUT THIS TODAY, THAT SHE
SORT OF SET UP WHAT IT TAKES TO
BE THE PRESIDENT.
SHE TALKED ABOUT HOW YOU HAVE TO
HAVE A CLEAR HEADEDNESS, YOU
HAVE TO KNOW ALL THE FACTS.
LIKE HOW MANY GRANDCHILDREN YOU
HAVE.
I DON’T THINK SHE SAID THAT.
BUT SHE SORT OF WENT THROUGH
DESCRIBING EXACTLY WHO THE
PRESIDENT NEEDED TO BE, AND IT
ALMOST SOUNDED LIKE, WELL, I
DON’T KNOW THAT JOE BIDEN IS
THAT PERSON.
THAT’S ONE OF THE THINGS THE
POST SAID THIS MORNING.
THAT SHE DID, "HERE’S THE BAD
NEWS, HERE’S YOUR CANDIDATE."
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT?
>> Harris: THIS REALLY
RESONATED, PROBABLY MORE THAN
THAT, TO ME.
VOTERS WILL DECIDE WHETHER OR
NOT HE’S A GOOD FIT FOR THE
COUNTRY, A BETTER FIT FOR THE
PERSON IN THE WHITE HOUSE, THAT
SORT OF THING.
IT IS, I GUESS, A GOOD IDEA FOR
MICHELLE OBAMA TO START THERE,
BECAUSE YOU’VE GOT TO START TO
DIFFERENTIATE THE CURRENT GUY
FROM THE GUY WHO IS THERE.
BUT HERE’S THE BIGGEST PROBLEM
TO ME FOR DEMOCRATS.
ON VOTERS WHO STAYED HOME THE
LAST ELECTION, MICHELLE OBAMA
SAYS, "WE’VE ALL BEEN LIVING
WITH THE CONSEQUENCES."
IF DEMOCRATS REALLY FEEL THAT
WAY, THEN THEY HAVE TO ASK
THEMSELVES, WAS THIS PARTICULAR
CANDIDATE, AND UNDER PRESSURE
FROM PROGRESSIVES AND THE PARTY,
WHO IS BRINGING THOSE PEOPLE WHO
STAYED HOME OUT TO VOTE THIS
TIME?
WHAT HAS CHANGED FOR THEM?"
IF THE PARTY WASN’T PROGRESSIVE
ENOUGH THEN FOR THEM, AND WE
KNEW IT WAS TAKING A LEFT TURN
WITH HILLARY CLINTON, WE ALREADY
KNEW THAT, AND SHE WASN’T
TURNING LEFT FAST ENOUGH, WHAT
IS HAPPENING NOW IS THAT THE
PANTS, IF YOU WILL COME OF THE
PROVERBIAL PANTS, ARE BEING
WARNED BY THE PEOPLE IN THE
PARTY WHO ACTUALLY ARE MAKING
THAT LEFT-HAND TURN PRETTY QUICK
I DON’T KNOW IF JOE BIDEN’S WITH
THEM.
HE SAYS, "I’LL BE THE MOST
PROGRESSIVE PRESIDENT IN HISTORY
OF THE COUNTRY IF I’M ELECTED,"
BUT RASHIDA TLAIB SAYS SHE’S NOT
BEEN FOR THE PARTY PLATFORM
BECAUSE THERE’S NO MEDICARE FOR
ALL.
YOU’VE GOT THE MOST PROGRESSIVE.
THE QUESTION IS, IF THEY DIDN’T
SHOW UP LAST TIME, BECAUSE YOU
KNOW THEY WERE TICKED, SOME OF
THEM COME OVER BERNIE, WHERE ARE
THEY NOW?
WHAT ARE THEY DOING DIFFERENTLY?
WHAT DID THEY DO LAST NIGHT TO
GET THEM TO VOTE?
MICHELLE OBAMA SPELLED IT UP.
"WE’VE ALL BEEN LIVING WITH THE
CONSEQUENCES."
HOW DO YOU CHANGE THAT?
I DON’T KNOW THAT WE HEARD
ANYTHING LAST NIGHT THAT SAYS TO
THOSE PEOPLE, "OH, THAT’S THE
MAGIC BULLET.
THAT’S THE THING, THAT’S THE
REASON I DIDN’T SHOW UP LAST
TIME.
I’M GOING NOW."
AND I GO TO YOU,
GOVERNOR HUCKABEE, ON THIS.
IS IT ENOUGH TO GO AGAINST
SOMEBODY?
IS IT ENOUGH TO SAY, "I DON’T
WANT THE GUY THERE?"
AND THE TIME WE ARE RIGHT NOW,
WITH THE SERIOUS TONE -- WHICH I
DO THINK WAS APPROPRIATE LAST
NIGHT -- IS IT ENOUGH TO JUST
SAY, "I DON’T WANT THAT?"
WHERE IS THE, "THAT’S GOING TO
HELP ME, THAT’S GOING TO MAKE ME
HOLE, THAT’S GOING TO MAKE ME
FEEL GOOD.
I’M VOTING FOR THAT."
>> Mr. Huckabee: LET ME
COMMEND MICHELLE OBAMA FOR A
GREAT DELIVERY.
TRUE TO FORM FOR THE ENTIRE
EVENING, THERE WAS NOT A
UNIFYING THEME OTHER THAN ONE
THING.
"WE DON’T LIKE DONALD TRUMP."
EVEN THE REPUBLICANS, EXPLOITED
IT FOR THE PURPOSE OF SAYING HOW
BAD DONALD TRUMP WAS.
THAT’S THE MESSAGE.
WHAT THEY DIDN’T SAY WAS, "HEY,
WE’RE GOING TO RAISE YOUR TAXES,
OPEN THE BORDERS, DEFEND YOUR
POLICE.
LET CHINA KEEP ROLLING OVER US
INSTEAD OF STANDING UP TO THEM
IN THE MULTINATIONAL
CORPORATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN THE
REASON, BECAUSE OF ALL THE
POLITICAL MONEY BEING GIVEN TO
POLITICIANS, THAT, HISTORICALLY,
NEITHER REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT
POLITICIANS WOULD STAND UP TO
CHINA."
THE MESSAGE THAT IS GOING TO BE
DELIVERED IS GOING TO BE ONE OF
GREAT CONTRAST.
DEMOCRATS BELIEVE THAT YOU
SHOULD HAVE ABORTION, THAT THERE
EVEN OUGHT TO BE TAXPAYER-FUNDED
-- JOE BIDEN HAS NOW MOVED TO
THAT.
THAT’S A CLEAR CONTRAST.
WHAT WE HEARD LAST NIGHT BECAUSE
"WE DON’T LIKE DONALD TRUMP, WE
DON’T LIKE HIS PERSONALITY."
THAT’S NOT ENOUGH TO WIN THE
PRESIDENCY.
THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO COME
UP WITH A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT
IF THEY REALLY GOING TO SELL IT
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
I DON’T THINK THEY WANT TO GO
BACK TO SAYING, "HEY, LET’S GO
BACK TO THAT ECONOMY WE HAD WHEN
PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS THERE, WHEN
THEY WERE SO MANY
AFRICAN-AMERICANS, WOMEN, AND
LATINOS WHO WERE UNEMPLOYED."
>> Melissa: I WAS WAITING FOR
THE SEGMENT, BECAUSE THERE’S A
QUESTION I’M DYING TO ASK MARIE,
WHICH IS THAT MICHELLE OBAMA IS
SO POPULAR.
YOU COULD SEE IT LAST NIGHT, AND
THE REACTION TODAY.
WHY DIDN’T JOE BIDEN PICK HER AS
THE RUNNING MATE?
>> Martha: [LAUGHS]
AS YOU MENTIONED IN HER SPEECH,
SHE DOESN’T REALLY LIKE
POLITICS.
KAMALA HARRIS IS A PERFECT ONE
FOR JOE BIDEN.
I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THAT ABOUT
MICHELLE OBAMA.
>> Melissa: YOU DON’T THINK
SHE’LL RUN FOR PRESIDENT?
YOU WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD
SAYING YOU DON’T THINK SHE’S
GOING TO RUN FOR OFFICE?
>> Marie: NO WAY.
NOPE, I THINK MICHELLE OBAMA IS
HAPPY TO BE OUT OF POLITICS.
TO HARRIS’ QUESTION, I DON’T
THINK MICHELLE OBAMA WAS
ACTUALLY SPEAKING NECESSARILY
ABOUT PROGRESSIVES WHO WERE
BURNING SUPPORTERS WHO DIDN’T
VOTE FOR HILLARY CLINTON.
I THINK SHE PUBLICLY REFERRED
QUITE A BIT TO BLACK VOTERS,
VOTERS OF COLOR, A LOT OF THE
OBAMA-BIDEN COALITION THAT
DIDN’T COME OUT IN 2016.
SOME ARE PROGRESSIVE, SOME ARE
MORE MODERATE.
I THINK SHE ACTUALLY WAS SAYING
TO THOSE VOTERS, AS WELL, "YOU
WILL NEED TO COME OUT."
THEY DID COME OUT FOR JOE BIDEN
IN THE PRIMARY, WHICH I THINK IS
IMPORTANT, AND KAMALA HARRIS
CERTAINLY HELPS WITH THAT PART
OF THE DEMOCRATIC BASE, AS WELL.
I THINK YOU WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT
POLICIES, BUT IT WAS A GOOD
START FOR MICHELLE OBAMA TO SAY
VERY CLEARLY, "TO ALL OF YOU OUT
HERE WHO DON’T THINK IT CAN GET
WORSE AND WHO MAY NOT VOTE OR
WHO MIGHT VOTE THIRD PARTY, IT
CAN."
SHE PUT A CLARION CALL OUT FOR
PEOPLE TO TAKE THIS ELECTION
SERIOUSLY.
I THINK THAT’S FOR PROGRESSIVES,
MODERATES, ANYONE WHO DIDN’T
VOTE.
I THINK THAT WAS A CALL NOT JUST