Plus, putin calling in backup, the russian president may soon meet with north Koreas Kim Jongun to make a plea for more weapons. What does it mean for the war in ukraine . And on the run, the convicted murderer who escaped from a Pennsylvania Prison is believed to have been spotted four times now. The District Attorney involved in the search is my guest. Lets go out front. Good evening, welcome to a Special Edition of out front. Im Brianna Keilar in for erin burnett. Tonight bidens battleground pitch, in what is quickly becoming the center piece of bidens camcampaign, the presid celebrating an upbeat job market in the must win state of pennsylvania. Job satisfaction is higher than its been in 36 years. While unemployment is down, inflation is down as well, bidenomics is a Blue Collar Blueprint for america. Its for you, my plan for the country is to make the economy work for people like you because when it works for people like you, it works for everybody. Yeah, not everybody is sold on bidens plan. In fact, he is struggling to convince voters that his administration has been good for the economy. A new poll from the Wall Street Journal finds 58 of voters say the economy has gotten worse over the past two years, just 28 say its gotten better, which is why today President Biden tried to hammer home the point that he is better for jobs than his predecessor and potential 2024 competitor. The great real estate builder, the last guy here, he didnt build a damn thing. When the last guy was here, you were Shipping Jobs to china. Now were bringing swjobs home from china. And that last guy, also known as former President Trump is, according to a new poll, now neck in neck with biden. Should the two face off again in 2024. 44 say theyd vote for trump, 46 say they would vote for biden. It is a dead heat, and despite trump expanding his lead in republican primary polls, his competitors are not letting that slow them down. Today it was all about New Hampshire with mike pence, Vivek Ramaswamy and Asa Hutchinson all trying to shore up support at a republican labor day event. Kayla kayla taushe is out front at the white house. Is there concern about how voters feel about the economy . The feeling among aides and advisers about the economy and v voters concerns, theyre mixed. On the one hand, many officials believe that continuing the slow progress of implementing the Signature Laws that President Biden signed last year will chip away at some of that pessimism. There is also a sense that some deeply partisan views about the economy and the country overall simply are not movable, and then theres also a belief that even if some of those views are movable, theres still enough time between now and election day for the momentum in the economy to shift. Thats why President Biden is doing speeches like todays right now, to try to set the agenda for the 2024 campaign and sharpening the attacks on his once and most likely future opponent, of course, former president donald trump. I mean, there are more than a few echoes of 2020, whether its the Scranton Verse Park Avenue overtones or just the audience of President Bidens speech today, the focus on trying to shore up support among labor which is a critical constituency for democrats and many of those rank and file workers stuck with trump in 2020. Just today the head of the united autoworkers was on cnn, and he told the network that any ento endorsement for biden would need to be earned and actions speak louder than words. And the irony there is the issue for the uaw in not endorsing biden is electric vehicle tax credits, a corner stone of of those Signature Laws hathat is going to be a corner stone of the campaign. Thank you. And out front now, we have alyssa farah griffin, the former White House Communications director for former President Trump, and baa sil basil smiek. These poll numbers, are they probl problematic . There is time for the president to lean in on that economic message, and you know, there are so many people that want him to talk a little bit about the sort of trump effect and whats happening with trump in these legal battles, but the reality is for a lot of democrats thats baked in, for republicans its baked in. Who are we really talking to . A number of disaffected republicans and indmependents wo were there for democrats in the midterm elections. I think theyre going to be incredibly receptive to leaning into this economic message. And also, factor in that the, you know, years ago we used to talk about all of these states that were these bellwether states, ohio and florida included. Not so much anymore. As the number of states and voters shrink in terms of who can swing a general election, i do think that that economic message becomes more and more tailored to those voters, and there is time to make that hit home. Alyssa, you heard biden taking some jabs there at former President Trump who appears as well on his way to being bidens opponent again in 2024. Trump has actually gone up 11 percent points since april in the Wall Street Journal poll among gop voters. No one else even comes close here, and major gop donor Dan Everheart who has been on this show regularly just told the washington post, quote, if someone doesnt stop trump in iowa or New Hampshire, its over. How much time do you think is left for a republican to stop trump . Listen, its an increasingly narrow amount of time. To put it into context, theres no example in modern history of a second tier candidate j overcoming such a large margin from the front runner. Youre talking 40 points. Ive talked to a number of these campaigns, whether its nikki haleys, tim scotts and others, what theyre advising their candidates is you cant put off those trump voters by coming after him too hard. The problem is now were in this period where hes, you know, indicted four times, impeached twice in his former presidency, and theyve not tried to define why that makes him unfit. Theyve in some cases gone on to almost defend him when indictments come down. Im not shocked by the fact that hes doing better. Betting odds are going to be that donald trump is the nominee. Were going to get the rematch that seven in ten americans dont want of trump versus biden again. Were also seeing that age is an issue in this election. Youve got the Wall Street Journal poll showing 73 of all americans say biden, who is 80, is too old to run for reelection next year. Trump at 77 years old is not very far behind him, but only 47 of all americans say that trumps too old, and then if you were talking about just democrats, the journal says 66 , so twothirds believed biden was too old to serve another fouryear term. Why does this seem to be a bigger problem for biden than for trump . You know, im not sure why, and i imagine its probably a lot of the same reasons that people dont feel that hes done well for the economy, but my message to those voters is that the Biden Harris Team did exactly what we asked them to do. They brought the country back to normalcy, and they have improved the economy. On the flip side of this is donald trump who is four times indicted and was, in my view, the de facto head of an insurrection on january 6th. So the question is what is it that youre actually looking for . Do you want someone whos going to run the bureaucracy, manage government in a good way but also be able to protect voters against the disillusion of many of their rights . Theres only really one choice that you have. So while i may understand to some extent peoples views of who they think should be president , you know, again, when i was my first choice for president in 1992, my first vote was bill clinton who was, i think, 46 when he was elected. So i get that. If youre younger than a gen xor, youve seen a lot of president s in your lifetime. If you are concerned about where this country is going, the changes in your rights and the ability to manage government i dont really see an alternative to biden harris. Alyssa, this age issue, though, its a big one, and biden is dealing with it. Hes sort of confronting it head on. Heres what he said earlier today trying to use it to his advantage. Someone said, you know, that biden, hes getting old, man. I tell you what. Well, guess what, you know, the only thing that comes with age is a little bit of wisdom. Ive beenin doing this longer tn anybody, and guess what, im going to continue to do it with your help. You think that works for him with independent voters who want someone besides trump . Well, listen, hes taking a page out of Ronald Reagans playbook. I think its the only thing he can do is embrace his age. I think theres a broader conversation the American Public needs to have about the jer tok psy thats essentially governing us whether its dianne feinstein, mitch mcconnell, we have to be able to have a conversation about age without jumping to ageism. We have an age requirement to run for office. It may be worth thinking about if this is a person whos up for it. And i say this every time to note that donald trump is very is just several years younger than joe biden as well. This is an issue on both sides. I to think it is a very real one, 73 of Americans Care about it, and heres why, and i dont want to be morbid in saying this. The median age for a male in the u. S. Is about 78 years old, so peoples perception is joe biden has likely outlived their grandfather statistically speaking so its hard for them to see why this is someone they think they can trust in office for four more years. Listen, hes making the case, hes leaning into it. I think thats the only thing and the right thing he can do, but it is a legitimate issue. Yeah, not my girlfriend, mid90s, still going. Good for him. Good for him. Alyssa, thank you so much. Basil, really appreciate your time tonight. Thank you. Out front next, north Koreas Kim Jongun may soon travel to russia to meet with putin to discuss weapons, could this affect the war in ukraine. Plus, the mass exodus, live pictures as some 70,000 people who have been trapped in the desert, well, they are now allowed to leave after quite the muddy mess. 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Alexi reznikov out, a crimea a proven track record on diplomacy, now in charge of the sharp end of the war, most p pressing for him, consolidate gains in the south, Hold Off Russians in the east, and energize allies to give more weapons and faster. All as Pressure Mounts on president Vladimir Putin to rejoin the Black Sea Grain Deal, umarev helped negotiate, by inviting the turkish president To Grain Deal Talks in russia, Vladimir Putin got a big platform to vent his grievances with ukraines western backers. Translator the west, to put it mildly deceived us about humanitarian goals to assist developing countries. Reporter but just hours ahead of the meeting, putins drones were destroying vie Tat Gr Vital Grain Stores in ukraine, as they have done since russia pulled out of the Black Sea Grain Deal in july. Ta ev erdogan went to putin to accept a new u. N. Grain deal. If he had success, it might be slow coming. I believe we will be able to reach a solution that fulfills expectations soon. Reporter the deal was, in fact, two deals in parallel, one with ukraine, one with russia. Inspectors checked cargo as grain ships exited the black sea and entered turkish waters. It lasted for a year before putin unilaterally pulled out. His reasons for exiting the deal apparently rooted in western sanctions, imposed as a result of his illegal and unprovoked war of choice. Potentially now leveraging the grain deal to roll some sanctions back. Translator what we saw is that there was a refusal to renew deliveries of the agricultural spare parts, and also, there were problems with them, financial settlements and transaction fees. Erdogan wants to be peacemaker, but in sochi seemed to scold ukraine and legitimize pu putin. Translator in order to be able to take common steps with russia, ukraine needs to soften its approach. Putin rightfully does not approve if 44 of the grain goes to european countries. Reporter putin says he is willing to consider reviving the u. N. Grain deal, but only if he gets what he wants, and according to him, that is a lifting of Export Restrictions that he claims are being placed on some of russias agricultural exports. But also, hoes doubling down, f you will, upping the ante, adding the pressure. Hes not just standing back and waiting until that u. N. Grain deal is done. Hes finding another way to get his grain to market, and hes working on this with president erdogan, so adding pressure, doubling down, working on a separate work around grain deal with the turkish president. Briana. Nic robertson, thank you so much for that. And out front now, steve hall, former cia chief of russia operations and Cnn National Security analyst, steve, its not just e