Thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. Rachel has the night off and I hope you had a great and rest full 4th of July weekend even though it was a little weird this weekend.

It's hard to rejoin normal life after a long weekend. It's hard to return to work after a little time away,

especially if you know that there's some project or issue at work

that you're going to have to deal with

as soon as you get back.

For instance, say you're a Democratic lawmaker returning to Capitol Hill today for the first time since President Biden's debate performance

sent the Democratic Party into a panic.

Here's NBC news audio of the moment that the Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer arrived

at Capitol Hill this afternoon. You'll note that he doesn't even let the waiting

reporter get their first question out. Well, well, well, good morning. Thank you.

How we're saying.

Good.

You know, as I've said before you.

As I've said before, I'm for jail.

Do you have a hundred percent commitment to give support of him running for

that?

Yeah, I'm for Joe.

What was your sense of the debate?

Thank you, gotta go. The Senate Democratic leader there, barely getting his foot back in the door of his office before having to answer questions about his commitment to Joe Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee.

It's no small thing right now

to have the highest ranking Democrat on Capitol Hill

publicly standing behind the president's candidacy

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