you every day, hurry. >> there'll be gone in a flash designer sales that up to 70% or so of gilt.com today today on inside politics, a convicted criminal who's only out for himself. that's how the biden campaign is labeling donald trump in a new ad as the current president, leans into attacking the former president for his 34 felony convictions. >> plus who wants to be a running mate. >> countless republicans they're buying to be on the ticket with donald trump, but only one contender was chosen as the favorite at a conservative conference this weekend. and the surgeon general is morning that the threat of social media to children is so dire. it needs a warning label just like cigarettes and alcohol. i'm dan a bash. let's go behind the head leinz and inside politics first step, the biden campaign is erin think it's first ads targeting donald trump's new status as a convicted felon. it's part of a 50 $50,000,000 ad campaign this month that team biden hopes will remind voters why they rejected trump four years ago cnn, arlette saenz is live at the white house. >> are arlette talk about the reporting that you have about the decision-making that went into this because we definitely heard both sides of the argument from lots of democrats about how heavily till into trump's convictions. yeah, this really does mark a significant escalation of president biden's attacks on trump's after months of really refraining from using his legal issues in any of their campaign argument since the campaign today is now really sharpening their attack on trump releasing this ad directly calling him a convicted criminal at a time when they have their eyes on that first debate in just ten days. now, with the biden campaign is doing with this ad is laying out all of the criminal cases that have faced four former president donald trump really leaning into the fact that they're using these legal issues as part of their argument to that that trump is unfit to serve in the office of the presidency take a listen to how this ad is trying to frame the election for voters in the courtroom, we see donald trump for who he is. >> he's been convicted of 34 felonies found liable for sexual assault and he committed financial fraud meanwhile, joe biden's been working and what the narrator goes on to say is that this is a choice between a convicted criminal who is looking out for himself and president biden, who was working for american families. >> now, this will be part of a $50,000,000 ad campaign in the month of june hitting television additions and internet streaming platforms. to make this argument directly to battleground state voters. and it's also coming on the heels of a high dollar fundraiser. president i didn't attended over the weekend with former president barak obama brought in 30 million. and that one night alone, that is the largest democratic fundraiser in us history. and the president and obama also use that really to try to make a stark warning about what a second trump presidency could hold with our eye on the debate as the two men prepare to face off for the first time since 2020. >> wow, the largest haul and history for democrats, i actually didn't know that that's really interesting. thank you so much. or lead. appreciate that. let's kick off this week with a panel of terrific reporters. cnn's glory border, seung min kim of the associated press, cnn, geoff zelenskyy, and cnns, alaimo, train happy monday, one and all. i'm geoff zelenskyy. i know you've been doing some according about just like i asked arlette about the decision-making process and the pros and cons that were debated internally about this ad campaign. >> look so much hand-wringing among democrats should president biden in the campaign go after the convictions? should he not focus on his own issues one democrats said, that's largely academic. the reality is, he needs to improve his standing and the summer they think is the time to try and keep reminding voters of that contrast. it clearly hasn't said in with them yet. so they're wondering and hoping that this ad by will do so, uh, one thing that biden campaign has is money because of that arlette just saying that the fundraising campaigns have had so they have the luxury of now please to have spending 50 million on this add it's pretty extraordinary when voters americans in the summer or doing other things, but they want to make this, the conversation going into the debate next week, and they want to frame this, but now we have a really extraordinary moment. >> both sides the trump sayyed and the biden campaign are both using his convictions to raise money and define this race on the trump side, they're saying it's part of an unfair prosecution, a revenge. they're out to get him. and by extension, voters and the biden campaign, this saying is unfit for office. so, so unusual that one on very thing is being used by both sides in different ways. >> i love when we get a geoff zheli boiling, boiling it all down moment you have been doing reporting with your sources inside the trump campaign. what are they saying about this new kidney? >> well, look, i think the strategy here is going to be that they're going to continue to argue that this is a sign that his conviction, but also all of the legal battles that donald trump is facing is assigned that democrats and the biden campaign are trying to prosecute their political opponent. we saw after this app is released, several of donald trump's top advisors, a spokesperson and criticizing this ad for just that on social media. now i'm also told when i talked to the trump campaign that when it comes to debate prep next week, they know that this is going to be a core potential question that will come up. and so they are preparing for that, even though donald trump's campaign says he doesn't need to do debate prep. he's not going to be doing any mock debate. we'll see if that happens or not. but i know that they are walking through some of the key issues and questions that they know. the former president might struggle with. and this is definitely one of those themes. i think is just, is a part of the biden campaign trying to remind voters who donald trump is and who he has been. and there's a lot of talk about trump amnesia voters have forgotten about donald trump and all the rest. and i think this is one way, and this is all pretty current stuff. of saying wait a minute, you can't just gloss over this stuff. here's the difference between these, these two fellows. and by the way character, the issue of character is making a big comeback in this campaign, not, not. we talked about competence a lot and all the rest. you know, we've heard jill biden talk about character. i think we're going to see a lot of surrogates talk about the character of these two men. and i think this is one way to do it at that's such an important point maybe to help put meat on the bone of that point or wow, maybe it's better to go into going a different direction as i play this sound byte what you were saying about this issue of donald trump's legal battles and how now the biden campaign is using it as a weapon. and the trump campaign has been and trump himself has been very much saying, imu today. there, they're going after me tomorrow. it's going to be you and they're taking it even a step further. seat. bannon was speaking at a right-wing conference in detroit over the weekend, one that trump attended. as well. listen to the way he framed the same topic november 5th is judgment day. >> january 20, 2025 is accountability de gonna get every single receipt? >> and to the fullest extension of the law, you are going to be investigated prosecuted in incarcerated. ladies and gentlemen, it's very simple. >> victory or death yeah i mean that very strong words there, but it's also kind of echoing the messaging that were coming out of donald trump himself. he talks about how it was taught when he's talking to voters, how i am your retribution. and that is what that is one of the things that the biden campaign is focusing on. you look at the ad that was released this morning. it talks about how funneled trump is out for himself while president biden has out there working for you. and that is among one of the many contrast that they want to make with president former president trump before the campaign, because i do think they're aware that president biden's own numbers are good right now, if you look historically, presidents, incumbent presidents who have had numbers as low as biden's just don't get reelected. so they know right now their main focus has to be pulling trump down. and in addition to lifting biden up, but really pulling trunk down and another way to look at this is argument is being made by both candidates in both campaigns that i'm the least bad option. i'm the best bad option. i mean, obviously neither of them would think that they are a bad option, but they see the polls and they see what i'm going to show you right now, which is what is now become known in political parlance as double haters. and that means that voters who are just not into either one of these candidates look at where we are right now. that applies to 220, 5% of people who talked to piu in an a recent poll. but just look at the difference. if you look historically between now with biden and trump then trump. and biden 13%. four years ago, hillary clinton, it's maybe at vs trump, it was maybe the closest that it's been as it is now. but i mean, we remember a lot of these very tough races, even mccain obama, 13%. you go back to 1988, a george hw bush and michael dukakis only 5% of people said that they were unhappy with their choices, 5% versus 25% right now, gloria, well they don't like them. i mean, they, they don't like either of these candidates they think they're both. well, particularly biden, i think he's too old they don't see any great ideas. they don't see any rescue. people are looking for a rescue thanks, haven't been going well. and a lot of people are full of grievance about it and they don't like donald trump's personality, but they think he's a fighter and they can accept joe biden's personality, but they think he's weak so it's not great choices out there for them and what do they do people are undecided. voters are like, well, maybe i'll give rfk jr. look, but there but what about them? do you like well, i don't really know. >> he's not the other two. yeah. for sure. i mean, one thing that has changed so much obviously since that 5% number 1988. yeah, it's just the partisan media and social media. if you go on tiktok, if you look at one highly edited a moment of biden or something that's negative, you are suddenly fed 100 of them. so just how we get information. but one thing i think talking to voters out there who are sort of exhausted by at all the question is, will they see this election as an important one to vote in? and that's what both sides are really trying to do. so it is still early in the sense of people are living their lives in the summer. and when i go out and ask butters, their opinions are like, why are you doing this now and like give me an at it. so i do think that double haters are not in unenthusiastic vote counts the same as an enthused because he asked you the question is do they go and vote? that's why ground game matters. that's why some republicans are worried about the trump campaign does not have one. so here we are in, trump is out there telling people i don't really need your vote. yeah. well, i don't i don't know that his campaigns thrilled about that help. yeah standby because it's coming up notice he happens spare the list of potential vice presidents. >> would anybody like to see him who is donald trump talking about? 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right. well, it's funny because these are the same names, i think all of these faces you see on the screen are surprising. we've been talking about them for months and months, however donald trump and his campaign consistently say he's going to make an announcement close to the convention. i'm told behind the scenes that's still the timeline as well but also when i talked his advisers, they say, look, the list is still fluctuating one day, j.d. vance might be the one that he's thinking about and asking questions at when he's at merrill logo or his club and ben minster saying, what do you think of him the thing that i think everyone has to keep in mind is that, and this is what they tell me. this is donald trump are talking about until he actually announces who he is going to pick. it's so hard to play this game. and we know from just covering these race or these campaigns in the past that it's always hard to predict in the horse race politics of vp steaks. however, with donald trump, it's even harder. yeah yeah. yeah. i remember covering the process, 2016, how will he or won't he he was up in the last minute when he picked mike pence. as you all come in, i want you to listen to another contender who is out over the weekend, byron donald's talking about him as a potential right that's obviously the toughest job, the biggest job, not just in our politics, but really frankly in the world. >> look, i think that i would have an ability to step in. them, actually be intelligent. i can sift through issues really willie, well, it's about judgments about logic streams it's about how you make decisions at the end of the day. do i believe in myself 100%? i do this audition process is like nothing. >> we've seen. it's also about loyalty, and that's what every one of these television interviews is also designed to do to see who can appear to be the most loyal or whatnot. 2, the former president. look, there's a reason that he talks about different people every day because part of it is to have them in the spotlight day after day. sometimes he travels with doug burger them the north dakota governor, sometimes these with the j.d. vance is he will be later this week. sometimes he's with tim scott, so it's just 2 a get a evolving interview process. it's sometimes before an event. so the reality is the end of the day, who can be the most loyal? it's donald trump, it's different than 2016 in a sense, because he doesn't need the piece of evangelical voters that mike pence brought him or that sort of the backing of conservatives. you need someone to be loyal. well, it's, it's loyal, but it's also i'm told i'm sure you're all told it's captain obvious here for anybody who's watched donald trump for more than five seconds, he wants somebody who's good on tv. >> and by the way, speaking of that, that ties that we showed of trump saying to the audience, maybe i'll just pick him. he was talking about byron donald's, so at any given moment, he's talking about different things but the difference also now is that whoever he picks is going to be the heir apparent the republican nomination for the right time. right. and he i don't know that trump thinks about that that much. he thinks about who's going to be loyal to me, who's going to look in this sounds ridiculous, but who's going to look like a vice president? i mean, he thought that mike pence with the white hair and all the rest look like a vice president and he thought that rex tiller person with his white hair looked like as secretary of state at central casting. so he is casting his vice president, obviously loyalty matters, et cetera. but when the two hold their arms up together, it's gotta be a picture that donald trump