Will it happen is the question. President biden and donald trump, will they face off on a debate stage as soon as this summer . Never happened this way before. Biden issued the challenge an hour ago. Trump just responded. Hello, everybody. It is wednesday. We have stuff cooking. Im bill hemmer, hello to you. Do you like butter or salt on your popcorn . Dana salt. Bill agreed. Dana everything. Im dana perino and this is americas newsroom. I am popping some popcorn for this. The president responded to calls for a Debate Showdown in a new video this morning. Donald trump lost two debates to me in 2020. Now he wants to debate me again. Make my day, pal, ill even do it twice. Lets pick the dates, donald. I hear you are free on Wednesdays Dana a dig at President Trump tied up in court accept on wednesdays. Bill they followed one more specific. Proposing dates in june. One in june, one in september. A lot of holes to be filled in. Here is bidens Campaign Communication director on msnbc next hour. In june after Donald TrumpsCriminal Trial and after g7. The American People can hear from both candidates before they go cast their ballots. Thats what we should be doing in the 21st century. The president is ready to do so. The question becomes will donald trump step up to the plate here . We havent heard but well be waiting all day. Dana Jacque Heinrich is live at the white house. What do you hear . I guess the president did telegraph that a little while ago, dana. The timeline the laid out in a letter sent by the biden campaign. June debate to be after the G7 Summit In Italy and after trumps trial in new york and the september debate to be before early voting begins. The president in his announcement video did not waste a chance to take a swipe at trumps Court Schedule in making that announcement. The campaign is rejecting the traditional format from the commission on president ial debates and pushing to have a Television Studio debate with only the candidates and moderator. The cpd schedule after early voting starts and the Live Audience detracts from voters and rules broken in 2020. Could be a nod to reports that trump tested positive for covid before the first debate but didnt reveal it until afterward. A lot of frustration with speaking time limits and interruptions. Team biden laying a condition that whoever hosts the debate this year should host a republican primary debate in 2016 and democratic primary debate in 2020. Cnn, abc, telemundo and cbs. Neither campaign could assert the sponsoring organization is unacceptable. We believe the Vice President debate should be in late july with the same parameters as the president ial debate. Biden did telegraph this about a week ago. Listen. The question was mr. President , will you debate trump . He said set it up there. Now biden is fundraising on this message telling people it will be a showdown between democracy and authoritarianism and calling on his supporters to chip in 25. Dana what about the word that perhaps biden was way more into it than his advisors . Yeah, i think that goes without saying. Trump lid the ground work for biden to decline debates and you hear it from people from sources at the white house that biden has wanted to debate trump more than the people around him wanted that to come to pass. Biden really disdanes the former president. You can see the disgust in his voice and in his face when he talks about him. And its worse behind closed doors. This is something the president wanted more than his advisors. I think they have reached the conclusion it has to happen and were watching it play out. Bill you said something about the vp debate. Is that end of july . I didnt see a lot of that. Theyre asking for it to be after the convention, the rnc convention, after trumps running mate is selected basically. And saying that Vice President harris would welcome that. So from the team biden side, theyre waiting for the ticket to be finalized on the republican side and saying were good to go. Dana why would they want it to early . Im trying to think it through. Were learning this live. My brain is turning. A lot of debates happen after labor day in october when people are paying attention to the election. I think a Vice President debate in july, who will remember that . Really no one. You know how quickly the news cycle moves. So the potential, i suppose, if you are team biden, is that you can get things out of the way while early voting starts because i think the early voting schedule is probably what is motivating a lot of this. What the campaign keeps pointing to. But you also have the mailin voting issue. You saw with nikki haley when she was getting sizeable chunks of the republican primary vote after she dropped out, a lot of that was driven by mailin voting. Thats part of the timing here. Dana a little Breaking News. You never know. Bill trump 2024 National Press secretary in studio. Good morning to you. Initial reaction on this is what . Were pleasantly surprised that joe biden has finally accepted and acknowledged President Trumps challenge to debate him. Weve been saying President Trump is ready to do this any time, anywhere, any place. Sounds great on the june date and the september date. However, it is interesting that joe bidens handlers said they dont want a large audience. They understand that joe biden cannot speak to a large crowd. Thats why all of his Campaign Events are very controlled and also very fearful of the angry american protestors that follow joe biden everywhere he goes. President trump will be up on that stage. He is ready. The American People deserve this. They deserve the hear directly from both candidates. This election is the greatest contrast weve had in american history. A former president and current president. President trump with a record of success, joe biden with a record of weakness and failures. Dana after they put out the videos that had five cuts. Joe biden said on x when i get up on stage it will be me and this Grassroots Team versus donald trump and his maga mignon s, democracy versus thor tearism. I think we see where mr. Unity is planning to go. He planned on unifying the country has done more to divide the country and ridicule millions of people who believe in President Trump and his message to make this country great again. Thats exactly why this debate is necessary. President trump has said the greatest unifyer in this country will be success, the security of our southern border, which only President Trump can deliver. Going to be a rebuilding of our american economy. The inflation numbers, Breaking News out this morning. Inflation is over 3 for 37 months in a row because of joe bidens failed economic policies. All americans were better off under President Trumps administration and why he is leading in the polls and he will talk about that. Bill make the argument that inflation is slowing and this is proof. There are five edits in the short video clip we played. The Polling Numbers from the New York Times were dread full this week for biden. You have to think the white house wants to go on offense. Thats what his campaign is trying to do to start a conversation here. Have you talked to trump this morning . We have, yes. Bill will he make any demands or allow the white house to drive everything that is going with debates. Well this network they dont want to host one of the debates. They said theyve used previous networks which include abc, cbs and President Trump will do it any time and any place. Dana im okay with a smaller audience and i will tell you why. Sometimes just having moderated that debate in september, it gets a little chaotic. There are nine people on stage. They agreed on 98 of what we were talking about. But i do think in some ways It AdvantagesPresident Trump because in a crowd situation, the biden people would be like we have to bring extra so we can give him some energy. If you just see them together. We look at the videos and see them separately. In terms of energy, command of the issues, ability to think on their feet, decisiveness, i think it could work in trumps favor. President trump is comfortable in both environments. He has smaller events all the time and massive rallies like we saw this past weekend in deep blue new jersey with more than 100,000 people there. So he is comfortable with doing it. It is joe biden who is weak. Joe biden who stumbles through a 15 minute teleprompter speech. Bill put the qualifications on the screen. The last one. Microphones only active during each candidates turn. That was an issue in 2020. Dana thats okay, too. Bill for President Trump. Maybe. You may or may not be able to voice objections if something is said. That is an effort to protect joe biden who has an issue with speaking and cognitive abilities. Bill President Trump was the interrapter. Well let our team debate the tactics. The president is ready to do it. Dana way to hustle over here. Thank you in the rain with the Breaking News this morning. Thank you so much. Thanks. Equally concerned how the legal system is being weaponized and abused. Remember this All Around The World theyre watching this trial and seeing what a disgrace this is. Dana donald trump following a full day of testimony from the star witness Michael Cohen. The defense spent much of their early Cross Examination attacking the credibility. Court is on a break today. A House Judiciary Subcommittee is investigating lawfare tactics. Jordan joins us now. Comment on the Breaking News that biden does want to debate. President trump says lets debate. One in june and one in september. Details to be worked out. What do you think of that . Well do what we do every four years, have president ial debates. That shouldnt be newsworthy but it is because so Many Americans understand joe biden has a real problem communicating. Has a real problem putting two sentences together. I wish it werent the case. You want your president to be able to talk to the American People. Thats the situation. What will he talk about . He has trouble saying anything. What will he talk about . We went from a secure border to no border, safe streets to record crime, 2 gas to 4 gas. Stable prices to record inflation. Joe biden will have to defend that record. President trump can defend his record. Things were going well under his leadership. This is good news. American people deserve to have their president ial candidates debate. I think President Trump will run away with both of these debates if they are in june or september or whenever they may happen. Bill theyll hit early. The kind of cycle we havent seen before. The reason you came on is because at 10 00 a. M. Today you are holding a hearing looking into lawfare against donald trump. One important point. Trying to get Merrick Garland to concede to an investigation of Michael Cohen because during his testimony before congress he lied and he admitted it and went to jail. This is one thing i dont think a lot of people realize. Lanny davis, who no longer represents Michael Cohen as of last year, told politico that alvin braggs prosecution here in new york all stemmed from cohens testimony to congress in 2019. Go ahead and talk about that. Well, that testimony thats the intel committee. In front of our committee he lied six times and we referred him to the justice department. We know he is a convicted perjureer. Alvin bragg said i cannot envision indicting President Trump and calling Michael Cohen as a prosecution witness. But thats exactly what alvin bragg did. He made that decision to change 180 degrees after President Trump announced he is running for office. Merrick garland appoints jack smith special counsel three days after President Trump announces he is running for office. Fani willis started her investigation in 2021 but doesnt bring the case until after President Trump announces he is running for president of the united states. This is lawfare at its worst and all about going after your political opponents. Today well have robert costello, former attorney for Michael Cohen to talk about how Michael Cohen cant be trusted. Jim trusty who worked on the classified documents case in front of our committee. We think it will be a great hearing. Dana call for four. Status of trump trials. You see them here. New york Criminal Trial underway. The classified documents case is postponed. We dont think it will happen before the election. January 6th election interference and Georgia Election interference cases boat on hold as well. The weaponization of federal government hearing today. What do you hope people learn from it . Dana, all those cases are falling apart because they are all ridiculous. Fani willis paid her boyfriend and comes to d. C. Talks to the January 6th Committee and the white house on the Taxpayer Dime to coordinate how to go after President Trump. Last week jack smith altered, changed the sequence of the documents he seized from maralago. The scanned documents dont match ouch with the physical documents. Some people call that tampering with evidence. Jack smith mishandled the documents he is charging President Trump with mishandling. That case is falling apart. Of course, up in new york we see whats going on there. This case is ridiculous where the star witness is Michael Cohen, a guy no one can trust. Bill the a. G. Wont make a move on that. You understand that, right . We have a number of things were dealing with the a. G. A Contempt Resolution Vote in the committee tomorrow. He wont give us the audio tape where hur interviewed biden. In that case, bill, he met the elements of the crime and knowingly disclosed and kept classified information. The motive was he says he had strong motivations for ignoring classified procedures because he was writing a book. A book for which he got paid 8 million. Motive, elements of the crime, but were not going to charge him because he is a forgetful, elderly gentleman. Let us see the evidence including the audio tape. Bill you have been on the trump train for a long time before we knew President Trump would run again in 2024 and you said you were on his team. What do you think a guilty conviction in this trial in new york would do to his campaign . I dont think it hurts it one bit. American people have common sense and see what weve been talking about. The concerted effort by the left and democrats. They tried the 14th Amendment trying to keep him we wont let him play in the game. Disqualify your opponent. The Supreme Court said no, 90 they said no to that. This is what American People see it and know the kind of leadership they had under President Trump and they want that back. Dana congressman, thank you. Bill jim jordan, thank you, the republican from ohio. Thanks. In a moment here President Biden will leave the white house and move to the u. S. Capitol as he takes questions from reporters well cover it for you. There may not be a chopper for this one. You actually might like that. Dana you mean when he leaves . We already heard from him today in a 14 second video. Dumping dei. A former New York Times reporter joins us next with an Eye Opening Look at the progressive movement. Bill the big apples mayor has a new job offer for migrants and not what you would expect. 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