Continue to stay on top of all of these stories. Thanks very much for joining me here in the cnn newsroom. Im wolf blitzer in washington, and ill of course be back later. Tonights 6 00 p. M. Eastern. In this room Inside Politics with dana bash starts right now welcome to Inside Politics. Im dana bash as woke just said, we have been listening to President Biden speak at the National Museum of africanamerican history in washington i want to start this hour by going straight to cnns white house correspondents, kayla tausche. Kayla tell us about the speech we obviously herded here live with the president delivered, but take us behind the scenes on the intent and the hope that this speech what did achieves pollute politically and also policywise well, dana, it is one of a series of events that President Biden has hosted this week catering to the black community, that speech, of course, held at the National Museum of africanamerican history street and culture, part of an event commemorating the 70th Anniversary of brown v. Board of education, the Landmark Civil Rights case that led to school desegregation. And just yesterday, the president met at the white house with the planet tips in that case. Now, the president was trying to deliver a message to the black community that he understands the progress that the community has made and also the work that is left to do. Heres the president in his own words blanche Line Pell Grants to go to college. And something im really proud of. Were making extort investments and historic black colleges and universities live from delaware so i go along with dolores state be the best hbcu commonly keeps saying is howard and im going now, im going sunday to make a speech at that other place. That mans car more than more more hours i got more and more house minimi administration and morehouse regardless of loyalties, its clear hbcus are vital to our nations progress i made it the president injecting some levity there in the announcement and that continued reinforcement, that is, his administration has invested 16 billion in dollars in historically black colleges and universities. Part of this barrage of events. This week meant to establish more outreach to black voters and black interests scripts specifically at dana, there have been more than eight events this week that either biden or Vice President harris have participated in later this afternoon they will be meeting with the divine in the historically black fraternities and sororities. And as the president mentioned, hell be going to Morehouse College in atlanta on sunday to deliver a Commencement Address that has been a fairly politically fraught with the white house dispatching officials to try to calm some tensions there and establish a rapport with students and faculty to inform the president s speech and make sure that it hits all of the right notes. Theres another person that the white house has been consulting with on that species. That is dr. Tony allen. Hes the president and ceo of delaware state university. That President Biden just mentioned. I spoke to him just a few minutes ago about how we can expect that more house speech to go. What but he believes the president will be talking about and dr. Allen told me that he thinks that the president is going to be highlighting the rise and Student Voices, black Student Voices in particular, since the pandemic after the murder of george floyd, the black lives matter movement, the political unrest that followed. He told me this about that. He said all of that gave significant rise to the Student Voice in a very good way, as opposed to striking a delicate balance. I think biden will hit that head on and go back to the history of our country when young people had big things to say. Of course, dana, black voters by enlarge are telling biden that his message is not resonating more than 20 of vote black voters telling the New York Times in a recent poll across swing states that they would be voting for donald trump. So biden still has its work cut out for him. Dana thank you so much for that excellent reporting. Kayla, appreciate lets talk more with another group of excellent reporters. Cnns david chaldean, frank bruni of the New York Times. Hes also the author of a new fantastic book, the age of grievance, which well talk about a little bit later. Zola and canada youngs of the New York Times and politicos. Heidi pres bella, thanks so much. One and all the chaldean. You just heard kayla use the term barrage of events between the president and the Vice President when it comes to outreach to the black community . Yeah. I mean, i think you cant look at any one of these things individually at is the totality of this week, but i would thats not terribly different from what weve seen in past election cycles that a democratic president ial candidate may put together what is different is that donald trump, according to all the public polling out, there maybe on the precipice of doing better and performing better with more support from africanamericans than any republican in the modern era. Thats the different piece of this. So thats why this cant just be for the Biden Campaign nor do when you talked to them . I dont think they intended to be just one week kind of thing and dunn maybe the way that the president likes to joke about the former president and infrastructure week, this will not just be a one and done effort. This is going to be a concerted effort. You see it in their field to organizing attempts. Youll see it in their paid advertising. They understand this is a critical constituency. They cannot take for granted. Yeah, and i want you to look at some of what kayla wishes talking about first, lets just go back to 2020 and the actual vote black voters biden got one than 75 of them. And when just look at the subset of 18 to 29 yearold voters, 24 . Now, this is an actual vote now were just looking at polls and he is down in the polls two, 49 . Now, we know that for lots of reasons, polling in the black community, political polling has been fraught and maybe the sample sizes havent been big enough to get a true sense. But as we talk about that, i also wanted to talk about what you have reported as recently as last week, you and your colleagues have a story, the Justice Department recommend easing restrictions on marijuana. And part of what you talk about in there is that that was a Policy Decision intended as an outrage. Okay. Just to African American voters, but to young voters in particular, yeah, thats right, thats right. I mean, look yes, its early and were looking at polling here, but one i can tell you that these numbers have the attention of some of mr. Bidens closest political advisor, somewhat President Bidens closest political vouchers they are, they are worried about about this frustration thus far because this very much as the base of the party and in a way sort of scrambling for different Policy Stevens now that you can show that can energize not just not just voters in black community, which is obviously not a monolith, but specifically young black voters as well so that falls as the Marijuana Announcement definitely is an example of that. Look, thats thats essentially a proposed rule. Its not going to take effect for a while. File, its like a long arduous process. The fact that the president put out a video with it yesterday, a week after the Justice Department sort of recommendation to the white house even shows just the urgency to really find something to energize these voters. But the concern that they didnt really get it and they didnt hear it 100 . Absolutely. But i do want to say to look when we talk about young black voters, when we talk about version black community, many of the concerns are the same that Many American voters. Its the economy, right . Its, its frustrations around affordability so just looking for of different announcements such as like Marijuana Announcement is not going to suffice. And if this current moment that were in reminds me of the last time around biden made a Commencement Speech at howard university. I spent the week going and talking to howard students as well as their parents to see that generational divide in a way, what you add is parents obviously worried about the state of democracy. But saying, look, if its a choice between biden and trump, im gonna go with biden, but those Younger Voters were saying we have High Expectations here. This person came in proposing sprawling proposals in, didnt get and didnt get policy achievements, legislative achievements, but it wasnt everything that they heard initially. So whether he can meet those High Expectations, thats what we have to watch. What these events moving forward. Thank you are and i say this with its back, not a young voter, but you off right here. But you do spend most of your days with these kinds of young voters because you teach at duke university, whats your sense given the fact that you are very much in touch with a part of that community of how the political effort is going. Well, i think they are a generation thats very skeptical of sort of what sound like blanket and bland promises i have to say on my campus, im at duke university. I dont see a lot of support for trump, but i see a lot of students who might not vote because they feel so disaffected. And i think the challenge with a lot of these Younger Voters, black, white, whatever is to just get them to go out to vote because so many of them dont believe that the difference is going to be as consequential as i believe its going to be but i have to. I also want to say im really glad to see biden going to Morehouse College in what people who are say youre going to be challenging circumstances in what might be a challenging reception because we keep on hearing from trumps supporters and from bidens critics that hes in hiding, that hes afraid to do risky things that hes not running a Bold Campaign or a Vigorous Campaign i think going out there and doing this and saying no, im going to give a speech. Im going to address the concerns, however, its received, its received. I think thats a great look for biden on that. I want you to listen, heidi, to what david thomas, who is the Morehouse College president told to our colleague Victor Blackwell we will allow silent nondisruptive protests, i believe right now that more houses and institution that can hold these tensions that threatened to divide us as a nation, as a society, as a world and if morehouse can hold those tensions theres probably no place in this country that can hold those tensions so interesting, heidi yeah, i think the question here is going to be whether biden can continue to give the speeches like the one that we just saw, which is really a conventional speech talking about all of his accomplishments, the things that hes delivered in his presidency on diversity and whatnot without going very negative on trump, because this is a discussion right now within the biden sphere of folks who want him to go more on the offensive and remind these young people of whats at stake, of what happened during the first Trump Presidency with the court with affirmative action, with roe v. Wade. And theres others, dana, who want to go even further. I think the debates are going to be opportunity for biden to show his hand on this and whether hes going to go Brass Knuckles on some of this and extending to some of the advice, for instance, that river sharp had done, Reverend Sharpton has given which has look, we should also talk about the way back history of central park, 5 of housing discrimination. He even said he wanted some of these individuals to come to the debates. So you have a lot of tension here within the advisory sphere for biden to get a lot more rough and tumble. And one thing that we havent talked about is the middle east and i have talked to people africanamerican leaders who are concerned about what the reception that the president is going to get this weekend at morehouse and its not so much maybe its a little bit about did he do what he promised to do on the economy . But its not unlike, to your point, the concern that the Biden Administration that Biden Campaign has when he goes on any college campus, it falls him everywhere he goes. Now, i mean, my colleague mike king did a great piece where she basically went to in met with Black Clergy Members and georgia as well. And around the country who did express concern about how bidens policy towards israel and gaza would impact the black vote. Weve already seen that some protests around more house and the surrounding colleges around there. We know that the faculty as well circulated a petition around the time that this was announced so i think its fair to say that we can expect some protests, but to your point, i mean, thats been everywhere the president goes at this point. So whether or not it stops at speech, i dont i dont think that that would be situation, but it will definitely be something to watch there im still looking at the central challenge, i think, but the Biden Administration has had when it comes to their Racial Equity agenda, which is you came in talking about voting rights, sprawling criminal Justice Reform the fact that democracy is being threatened, and you have had Policy Accomplishments , but theyre not sort but how can you sell . How do you sell enrollment in obamacare . Lower Prescription Drug pricing, lower unemployment when many of the students that are in that Commencement Speech are worried about the state of democracy in the current State Of The Nation right now, fascinating reporting, fascinating conversation. Dont go anywhere coming up. We are going to talk about some terrible Breaking News out of israel where they Israeli Military says its recovered the bodies of three hostages from a tunnel in gaza. 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