AND THE NEXT FEW NIGHTS, MELISSA

MELISSA.

>> Melissa: ALL RIGHT.

YOU MENTIONED MICHELLE OBAMA.

PRESIDENT TRUMP FIRING RIGHT

BACK AT MICHELLE OBAMA AFTER SHE

BLESSED HIM AND HER DNC SPEECH

LAST NIGHT.

THE FORMER FIRST LADY TELLING

DEMOCRATS TO VOTE LIKE THEIR

LIVES DEPEND ON IT, AND

REMINDING THEM HOW NARROW THE

PRESIDENT'S MARGIN OF VICTORY

WAS IN SOME PRECINCTS IN 2016.

>> WHENEVER WE LOOK TO THIS

WHITE HOUSE FORCE IN LEADERSHIP

OR CONSOLATION, OR ANY SEMBLANCE

OF STEADINESS, WHAT WE GET

INSTEAD IS CHAOS, DIVISION, AND

A TOTAL AND UTTER LACK OF

EMPATHY.

DONALD TRUMP IS THE WRONG

PRESIDENT FOR OUR COUNTRY.

HE HAS HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME

TO PROVE THAT HE CAN DO THE JOB,

BUT HE IS CLEARLY IN OVER HIS

HEAD.

HE CANNOT MEET THIS MOMENT.

HE SIMPLY CANNOT BE WHO WE NEED

HIM TO BE FOR US.

IT IS WHAT IT IS.

>> Melissa: PRESIDENT TRUMP

TODAY TWEETING, "SOMEBODY PLEASE

EXPLAIN TO MICHELLE OBAMA THAT

DONALD J. TRUMP WOULD NOT BE

HERE IN THE BEAUTIFUL

WHITE HOUSE IF IT WEREN'T FOR

THE JOB DONE BY YOUR HUSBAND,

BARACK OBAMA.

BIDEN WAS MERELY AN

AFTERTHOUGHT.

A GOOD REASON FOR THAT VERY LATE

AND ON THE ENTHUSIASTIC

ENDORSEMENT."

HARRIS, I THOUGHT IT WAS

INTERESTING AT THE BEGINNING OF

HER SPEECH, AND I THINK

"THE NEW YORK POST" COVER MADE A

BIT ABOUT THIS TODAY, THAT SHE

SORT OF SET UP WHAT IT TAKES TO

BE THE PRESIDENT.

SHE TALKED ABOUT HOW YOU HAVE TO

HAVE A CLEAR HEADEDNESS, YOU

HAVE TO KNOW ALL THE FACTS.

LIKE HOW MANY GRANDCHILDREN YOU

HAVE.

I DON'T THINK SHE SAID THAT.

BUT SHE SORT OF WENT THROUGH

DESCRIBING EXACTLY WHO THE

PRESIDENT NEEDED TO BE, AND IT

ALMOST SOUNDED LIKE, WELL, I

DON'T KNOW THAT JOE BIDEN IS

THAT PERSON.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THE

POST SAID THIS MORNING.

THAT SHE DID, "HERE'S THE BAD

NEWS, HERE'S YOUR CANDIDATE."

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT?

>> Harris: THIS REALLY

RESONATED, PROBABLY MORE THAN

THAT, TO ME.

VOTERS WILL DECIDE WHETHER OR

NOT HE'S A GOOD FIT FOR THE

COUNTRY, A BETTER FIT FOR THE

PERSON IN THE WHITE HOUSE, THAT

SORT OF THING.

IT IS, I GUESS, A GOOD IDEA FOR

MICHELLE OBAMA TO START THERE,

BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT TO START TO

DIFFERENTIATE THE CURRENT GUY

FROM THE GUY WHO IS THERE.

BUT HERE'S THE BIGGEST PROBLEM

TO ME FOR DEMOCRATS.

ON VOTERS WHO STAYED HOME THE

LAST ELECTION, MICHELLE OBAMA

SAYS, "WE'VE ALL BEEN LIVING

WITH THE CONSEQUENCES."

IF DEMOCRATS REALLY FEEL THAT

WAY, THEN THEY HAVE TO ASK

THEMSELVES, WAS THIS PARTICULAR

CANDIDATE, AND UNDER PRESSURE

FROM PROGRESSIVES AND THE PARTY,

WHO IS BRINGING THOSE PEOPLE WHO

STAYED HOME OUT TO VOTE THIS

TIME?

WHAT HAS CHANGED FOR THEM?"

IF THE PARTY WASN'T PROGRESSIVE

ENOUGH THEN FOR THEM, AND WE

KNEW IT WAS TAKING A LEFT TURN

WITH HILLARY CLINTON, WE ALREADY

KNEW THAT, AND SHE WASN'T

TURNING LEFT FAST ENOUGH, WHAT

IS HAPPENING NOW IS THAT THE

PANTS, IF YOU WILL COME OF THE

PROVERBIAL PANTS, ARE BEING

WARNED BY THE PEOPLE IN THE

PARTY WHO ACTUALLY ARE MAKING

THAT LEFT-HAND TURN PRETTY QUICK

I DON'T KNOW IF JOE BIDEN'S WITH

THEM.

HE SAYS, "I'LL BE THE MOST

PROGRESSIVE PRESIDENT IN HISTORY

OF THE COUNTRY IF I'M ELECTED,"

BUT RASHIDA TLAIB SAYS SHE'S NOT

BEEN FOR THE PARTY PLATFORM

BECAUSE THERE'S NO MEDICARE FOR

ALL.

YOU'VE GOT THE MOST PROGRESSIVE.

THE QUESTION IS, IF THEY DIDN'T

SHOW UP LAST TIME, BECAUSE YOU

KNOW THEY WERE TICKED, SOME OF

THEM COME OVER BERNIE, WHERE ARE

THEY NOW?

WHAT ARE THEY DOING DIFFERENTLY?

WHAT DID THEY DO LAST NIGHT TO

GET THEM TO VOTE?

MICHELLE OBAMA SPELLED IT UP.

"WE'VE ALL BEEN LIVING WITH THE

CONSEQUENCES."

HOW DO YOU CHANGE THAT?

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HEARD

ANYTHING LAST NIGHT THAT SAYS TO

THOSE PEOPLE, "OH, THAT'S THE

MAGIC BULLET.

THAT'S THE THING, THAT'S THE

REASON I DIDN'T SHOW UP LAST

TIME.

I'M GOING NOW."

AND I GO TO YOU,

GOVERNOR HUCKABEE, ON THIS.

IS IT ENOUGH TO GO AGAINST

SOMEBODY?

IS IT ENOUGH TO SAY, "I DON'T

WANT THE GUY THERE?"

AND THE TIME WE ARE RIGHT NOW,

WITH THE SERIOUS TONE -- WHICH I

DO THINK WAS APPROPRIATE LAST

NIGHT -- IS IT ENOUGH TO JUST

SAY, "I DON'T WANT THAT?"

WHERE IS THE, "THAT'S GOING TO

HELP ME, THAT'S GOING TO MAKE ME

HOLE, THAT'S GOING TO MAKE ME

FEEL GOOD.

I'M VOTING FOR THAT."

>> Mr. Huckabee: LET ME

COMMEND MICHELLE OBAMA FOR A

GREAT DELIVERY.

TRUE TO FORM FOR THE ENTIRE

EVENING, THERE WAS NOT A

UNIFYING THEME OTHER THAN ONE

THING.

"WE DON'T LIKE DONALD TRUMP."

EVEN THE REPUBLICANS, EXPLOITED

IT FOR THE PURPOSE OF SAYING HOW

BAD DONALD TRUMP WAS.

THAT'S THE MESSAGE.

WHAT THEY DIDN'T SAY WAS, "HEY,

WE'RE GOING TO RAISE YOUR TAXES,

OPEN THE BORDERS, DEFEND YOUR

POLICE.

LET CHINA KEEP ROLLING OVER US

INSTEAD OF STANDING UP TO THEM

IN THE MULTINATIONAL

CORPORATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN THE

REASON, BECAUSE OF ALL THE

POLITICAL MONEY BEING GIVEN TO

POLITICIANS, THAT, HISTORICALLY,

NEITHER REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT

POLITICIANS WOULD STAND UP TO

CHINA."

THE MESSAGE THAT IS GOING TO BE

DELIVERED IS GOING TO BE ONE OF

GREAT CONTRAST.

DEMOCRATS BELIEVE THAT YOU

SHOULD HAVE ABORTION, THAT THERE

EVEN OUGHT TO BE TAXPAYER-FUNDED

-- JOE BIDEN HAS NOW MOVED TO

THAT.

THAT'S A CLEAR CONTRAST.

WHAT WE HEARD LAST NIGHT BECAUSE

"WE DON'T LIKE DONALD TRUMP, WE

DON'T LIKE HIS PERSONALITY."

THAT'S NOT ENOUGH TO WIN THE

PRESIDENCY.

THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO COME

UP WITH A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT

IF THEY REALLY GOING TO SELL IT

TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

I DON'T THINK THEY WANT TO GO

BACK TO SAYING, "HEY, LET'S GO

BACK TO THAT ECONOMY WE HAD WHEN

PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS THERE, WHEN

THEY WERE SO MANY

AFRICAN-AMERICANS, WOMEN, AND

LATINOS WHO WERE UNEMPLOYED."

>> Melissa: I WAS WAITING FOR

THE SEGMENT, BECAUSE THERE'S A

QUESTION I'M DYING TO ASK MARIE,

WHICH IS THAT MICHELLE OBAMA IS

SO POPULAR.

YOU COULD SEE IT LAST NIGHT, AND

THE REACTION TODAY.

WHY DIDN'T JOE BIDEN PICK HER AS

THE RUNNING MATE?

>> Martha: [LAUGHS]

AS YOU MENTIONED IN HER SPEECH,

SHE DOESN'T REALLY LIKE

POLITICS.

KAMALA HARRIS IS A PERFECT ONE

FOR JOE BIDEN.

I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THAT ABOUT

MICHELLE OBAMA.

>> Melissa: YOU DON'T THINK

SHE'LL RUN FOR PRESIDENT?

YOU WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD

SAYING YOU DON'T THINK SHE'S

GOING TO RUN FOR OFFICE?

>> Marie: NO WAY.

NOPE, I THINK MICHELLE OBAMA IS

HAPPY TO BE OUT OF POLITICS.

TO HARRIS' QUESTION, I DON'T

THINK MICHELLE OBAMA WAS

ACTUALLY SPEAKING NECESSARILY

ABOUT PROGRESSIVES WHO WERE

BURNING SUPPORTERS WHO DIDN'T

VOTE FOR HILLARY CLINTON.

I THINK SHE PUBLICLY REFERRED

QUITE A BIT TO BLACK VOTERS,

VOTERS OF COLOR, A LOT OF THE

OBAMA-BIDEN COALITION THAT

DIDN'T COME OUT IN 2016.

SOME ARE PROGRESSIVE, SOME ARE

MORE MODERATE.

I THINK SHE ACTUALLY WAS SAYING

TO THOSE VOTERS, AS WELL, "YOU

WILL NEED TO COME OUT."

THEY DID COME OUT FOR JOE BIDEN

IN THE PRIMARY, WHICH I THINK IS

IMPORTANT, AND KAMALA HARRIS

CERTAINLY HELPS WITH THAT PART

OF THE DEMOCRATIC BASE, AS WELL.

I THINK YOU WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT

POLICIES, BUT IT WAS A GOOD

START FOR MICHELLE OBAMA TO SAY

VERY CLEARLY, "TO ALL OF YOU OUT

HERE WHO DON'T THINK IT CAN GET

WORSE AND WHO MAY NOT VOTE OR

WHO MIGHT VOTE THIRD PARTY, IT

CAN."

SHE PUT A CLARION CALL OUT FOR

PEOPLE TO TAKE THIS ELECTION

SERIOUSLY.

I THINK THAT'S FOR PROGRESSIVES,

MODERATES, ANYONE WHO DIDN'T

VOTE.

I THINK THAT WAS A CALL NOT JUST