Transcripts For CNN Inside Politics With Dana Bash 20240921

CNN Inside Politics With Dana Bash September 21, 2024

Senior White House reporter, cnn senior White House reporter, Kevin Liptack with some details and kevin, we are waiting to get the feed of what President Biden has had to say. So forgive me if i have to interrupt up to you, but tell us what youve heard so far. Yeah. And we did hear that he took some questions about the situation in the Middle East, so we will see exactly what he had to say, but he is convening this Cabinet Meeting for the first time in almost a year, and it is striking just how different his circumstances are from a year ago, of course, hes no longer a candidate for president and his message in this meeting to his top officials is that he wants them to sprint to the finish line. Essentially that the Race Isnt over on his presidency. And certainly the Middle East is part of that. He has been trying to negotiate a Ceasefire Deal that would add, heres President Biden congress to pass a continuing resolution its critical we have ten days for congress to pass a shortterm Funding Bill that gives them more time to deliver on our national defense records, hard Work And Family for weve already appropriated most important. We get it done and its only path forward is by working across the Aisle Weve got to have faith in our leaders opposed together. Its really important to fund the government comes at a time when foremost lesson administration. Were going to keep running but through the tape because the Vice President are determined to keep making sure that the democracy delivers for the american people are asking for, were provided. Means continuing to implement the historic laws we passed. I have allowed us to invest in america, rebuild our infrastructure and implement our historic laws. Grateful, Jill Us here today heard that clapping, it wasnt for me came here across previously ministration for first ladies have attended these meetings at for specific reasons. This the first time joe is joined us, and there goes to show how important the this year as which hes about to speak to the both of us today, the top are meeting jewel is going to give an update on that house initiative, white this shift fundamentally change the Approach And Fund how we Approach And Fund Womens Health services so id like to turn it over to jill for any comment she has lawyers, kid the White House surprised you when you became president i knew i wanted to keep shining a light on the issues that ive worked on for so many years supporting military and veteran families ending cancer sir, as we know it with the biden cancer moonshot, lifting up, educators, and promoting free Community College as a pathway to good paying careers. But then last year we have been listening to the spray at the top of a Cabinet Meeting the first Cabinet Meeting of the year that President Biden is holding. You saw his wife, the first lady, dr. Jill biden, also attended here to talk about Womens Health, but i want to bring back in our Kevin Liptack, who is at the White House because the president also took a question about the situation thats been ongoing in the Middle East. Kevin, what did what did the president say . What did we learn . Yeah, essentially, he said that he would not give up on trying to broker a Ceasefire Agreement between israel and hamas, despite the escalating tensions and the region, despite the ongoing situation in lebanon, which of course the president and his national Security Team have been watching very, very closely and saying essentially that at this point, it is not unrealistic stick to think that a Ceasefire Deal could be reached before he leaves office. Of course, when you talk to american officials behind the scene, they do say that that is becoming an increasingly dim prospect. They say that they are growing weary of the fact that hamas doesnt seem to be agreeing to any kind of deal, doesnt seem to be interested in trying to reach us shes ceasefire. They also have questions about how serious the israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is towards reaching this agreement that would end the war in gaza. But when you heard the president speak here, he essentially said that he is not giving up and i dont think thats necessarily an unexpected sentiment from the president. This is something now that he is no longer running for reelection, that he has been focused on almost exclusively. He has been on the phone with leaders from egypt and qatar. Those are the Media Rarity Meteor aiders with hamas. He has been trying to negotiate this deal and certainly he doesnt appear as if hes going to give up despite what seemed to be growing, growing dim prospects all right. Kevin liptak for us at the White House, kevin. Thank you so much for that reporting. Were going to turn now to another big political story, Kamala Harris is on her way to atlanta for a speech focused on Abortion Rights for trip comes on the heels of a frightening report about two pregnant women in georgia whose deaths are linked to the States Abortion bans. Cnns Priscilla Alvarez is reporting that as soon as harris saw that story, she told her team to set up the Trip And Priscilla joins us now from atlanta, priscilla, what more do You Know at this hour . Well, this is a trip that is a call back to what the Vice President had been doing over the course of the last year, which is quickly deploying two cities and states where there was issues of Consequence Or News of day. Remember, she went to tennessee, she went to florida earlier this year. She went to arizona where she also had remarks on abortion and coined the Term Trump Abortion bans. And so the Vice President , doing much of the same today telling her team this week that she wanted to be here, a detour to her trip to wisconsin later today to keep this Issue Front of mind for voters, the issue of course, being reproductive rights, and it comes on the heels of that report that you just mentioned which details the devastating stories of two women, one of whom died from a treatable Infection Due to delays in medical care stemming from that georgia abortion restriction. Now, the family of that woman was at the event that the Vice President was at yesterday with oprah in It Led to one of the more powerful exchanges of that event. Take a Listen Amber was not a statistic she was loved by a family, a strong family, and we would have done what ever to get my baby our baby. The help that she needed, we had no idea. We trusted them to take care of her, You Know and they just let her die because because of from stupid Abortion Ban im just so sorry this story is a story that is sadly not the only story of what has been happening since these bans have taken place so really difficult story indeed, Priscilla Alvarez, up for us this morning this afternoon, excuse me, priscilla. Thank you very much. And im joined here at the table. By some fantastic reporters, bloomberg and cnns niamalika henderson, cnns phil mattingly, and cnns alayna treene. Welcome to All Of You. Alayna, you cover the Trump Campaign Day in and day out and you did see this emotional moment, this is going to be the first president ial Election Weve had since the dobbs decision, since roe fell. Obviously you are seeing how democrats are leaning into it. What is the view from the Trump Campaign about how to deal with these just incredibly devastating stories i mean, look, theres no question that any rhetoric around abortion has been a huge struggle for the Trump Campaign. They have really been trying to figure out how to best message on this. We know that so far theyve really tried to just lean in to Donald Trumps decision or even nondecision to say that this is that he wants to leave abortion up to the states, but they have repeatedly now been presented with these personal stories of people who are really struggling and being affected by this and look when i talked to Trumps Campaign advisers, they recognize how difficult of an issue this is. You hear Donald Trump often when he goes to these different events and he actually talks about abortion, which is not frequently. But when he does, he says this is an issue that is tough. He says he believes in exceptions for some of these cases like complications, the life of the mother, rape, incest, et cetera. But a lot of people still blame him for what is happening and for these things are going to hear Harris Day as priscilla laid out, blamed Donald Trump for the death of these two georgia mothers. And so it continues to be an issue that i really dont think they know how to handle and how to talk about without just going back to what trump always says, which is this needs to go to the states and also that you need to when elections, which is something he also says, almost every time, right . Which are actually shows how he is not necessarily of the movement that led to the fall of roe and phil. This was how the governor of georgia, brian kemp, who is a very popular governor who outperformed Donald Trump in the state of georgia is more of a classic republican, conservative. He tweeted this democrats and their allies in the leftwing media continued to spread falsehoods and misinformation about Georgias Life Act read the facts here. He linked to an Atlanta Journal Constution opinion piece. We should note abortion or are banned after six weeks in georgia, which has often before many women know that theyre pregnant. But this is as alayna was talking about, a very difficult thing for republicans to deal with, right . And the frame of this story being that there was so much Confusion And Concern about what the law meant or what doctors couldnt to do. And thats what led to these two deaths. The specifics of that law itself has been disputed by some conservatives here. And i think thats what the governor was talking about. But the overarching message slots very well into what youve seen from democrats over the course of the last several months, just take the last month i think democrats, the Harris Campaign aligned groups spent 289 Million on air over the course of the last one. Month at 4 of that mentioned abortion. They know this is a winning issue. And if you need an example of it, you look at the debate where it was by far the strongest moment for the Vice President. And thats not just an opinion. I was watching a Focus Group of voters who had not decided how they were going to vote. It was not a democratic group, or a democratically Cleaning Group by any means that in their minds, almost universally was the strongest moment for her. It resonates, it connects in the campaign really trying to elevate. Yeah, it was i mean, it was a really interesting, did it wonderful job without it was fascinating to watch those voters and nileeka to phils point 35 of democratic Ad Spending since July 22 has been on abortion. Now for the republicans at 63 on immigration, but that tells you where they were. They feel like they stand. Thats right. I mean, if youre Donald Trump, you essentially want to say to american women and they shouldnt care about the onethird of american women who live in these states with fairly extreme Abortion Bans in the Harris Campaign, she is bringing the stories of these women to light. It was not only powerful in the debate, it was also powerful at the democratic national convention. It was powerful last night with the story of ambra thurmans a family they let her die. I mean, that was her sisters words about of his 28yearold woman who died her last words to her mother were, please take care of my son. And so You Know, if youre if youre Donald Trump, you so dont want to make it seem like it was just this legislative sort of clerical move and its all good. I think in the debate he said something like, this is what people wanted and they refrain, of course, from Kamala Harris was no, this was not what people wanted. This is not what amber thurmans parents wanted. So this is a different way of looking at the culture war. But another thing thats new out today is this ad from the Trump Campaign alayna and im hoping you can help shed some light. We dont yet know how much money is behind this ad or the extent of where its airing. But lets watch. Its about Kamala Harriss record all around transgender Prisoners Kamala supports taxpayer funded Sex Changes for Prisoners Surgery for prisoners for prisoners every Transgender Inmate in the Prison System would have access every Transgender Inmate would have access kamalas for vague them. President trump is for you so alayna, again, we dont know where this is, how much money theyre putting behind this message, but they did cut this ad. What are they doing . They did i mean, Donald Trump has been he said it on the Debate Stage. Hes been talking about this and events really trying to zero in on this issue. Look, this is all falling into what Donald Trump is trying to instill in the minds of his voters, which is she is. The democratic party as a whole are trying ends in support of these transgender surgeries. You know, they referenced as well and a lot of their Opposition Research on this, how Kamala Harris and we had reported this filled out a questionnaire for years ago saying that she would approve some of these surgeries in jails. But at the same time, its way out of context. And the goal from the Trump Campaign on this is to try and really put fears in the minds of voters. A lot of people who are worried about whether minors are getting transgender surgeries, whether this is something that would continue if a democrat were to take over office. Its all about really trying to go back to scaring them. I think its a lot of the tactics we saw in 2016 and 2020. You hear Donald Trump on the trail often say well take men out of womens sports. He tries to refer to the tim all saying hes tampon tim about putting tampons in mens bathrooms this is all the rhetoric that they want americans to be focusing on. And it really is part of the cultural wars that we continue to see, not just Donald Trump, but many other republicans really tried to heighten and emphasize in this election all right, Coming Up next here, a Swingstate Scandal with details to explicit for tv could trumps choice for North Carolina Governor ultimately cost him in a he battleground. Thats next reaction to the birth, oneonone was overwhelming. 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