Biden and Beryl

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National correspondent Rory O'Neil bag I begthanks Rory for filling in for Rosie on
mey Thursday and Friday. That wasvery big of you. Was awesome.
Oh, very good. I'm gladyou could enjoy the time off. Thanks
for the opportunity you got it.Let's talk about congressional Democrats and how they're
splitting up over what to do withPresident Biden. What's the latest. Yeah,

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you know, those Democrats, actuallyall of Congress is returning to Washington.
It's their first time back at theCapitol since the debate, so they're
really going to get nailed down onexactly where they stand. You know,
there was that call among Democratic RepublicanDemocrats in the House last night, and
there were four senior House Democrats whocame out and said that Joe Biden should

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step aside. That was an offthe record call. But add those four
to the five House Democrats who saidyes, Joe Biden needs to step aside,
that's a growing chorus. And aswe've heard from Senator Chris Murphy,
the Democrat from Connecticut who supports JoeBiden, he even acknowledged this is a
big way. Well, so whatdoes it matter? In other words,

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I guess the theory is that ifsome of the big names come out and
pressure him to step down, asthat might have an effect. But the
fact of the matter is he canrun if he wants to, right,
I mean absolutely, they can't force. Yeah, the die cast, the
bell rung, whatever you want tosay. We are on a path for
Joe Biden to win the Democratic nominationat the convention. Really, the only

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way to stop it really is forJoe Biden to say thanks very much,
but no thanks. So can theseDemocrats pressure him enough to reach that conclusion
and then you unleash the whole speculationabout dos Biden then endorse Kamala Harris or
somebody else to replace him. Butwe'll see to your point, it really
needs to be a big Democrat.Is it Nancy Pelosi? Is it Barack

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Obama or Bill Clinton? Who's goingto come out and make the call,
because if it's some congressman from NewMexico, no one's really gonna care.
Well, Biden says, it's goingto take the Lord. You're going to
need, You're going to need thesecond coming for him to get out of
this race. Well, that happensI think we all have other priorities rather
than November. Yeah, just aquick second left here with Rory. What

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how bad is it going to getin Texas with this hurricane? They've seen
a lot worse. This barrel whippedback up to a hurricane just before making
landfall this morning. Galveston and Houstonget in the bulk of it today.
They're going to get wind gusts wellover fifty miles per hour, reign of
five to twelve inches. Just stayhome, you'll be fine. It's kind

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of like the spring we had,so all right, Rory. Thanks Roy O'Neil,