Will Trump dare debate VP Kamala Harris? Top Dem doubles down on challenge

>>> JOE BIDEN'S LEGACY OF ACCOMPLISHMENT OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS IS UNMATCHED IN MODERN HISTORY. IN ONE TERM, HE HAS ALREADY, YES, YOU MAY CLAP. [ APPLAUSE ] IN ONE TERM, HE HAS ALREADY SURPASSED THE LEGACY OF MOST PRESIDENTS WHO HAVE SERVED TWO TERMS IN OFFICE. >> VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS TODAY CALLING PRESIDENT BIDEN'S RECORD UNMATCHED AS SHE LAUNCHES HER BID FOR THE PRESIDENCY. HER SPEECH ON BIDES'S LEGACY WAS PART OF THE WHITE HOUSE SELL BRAISE FOR NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS COMING AS DEMOCRATS AND LABOR UNIONS COALESCE AROUND KAMALA IN A REMARKABLE SHOW OF UNITY. JOINING ME NOW IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE MOST RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING PRESIDENT BIDEN ELECTED TO THE WHITE HOUSE, CONGRESSMAN JIM CLYBURN WHO TODAY JOINED THE CHORUS OF DEMOCRATS ENDORSING THE VICE PRESIDENT. CONGRESSMAN, IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU. I WANT TO FIRST GET WHAT YOUR INITIAL REACTION WAS WHEN YOU HEARD PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL NO LONGER BE RUNNING. >> WELL, VERY POSITIVE REACTION. I WAS WITH THE PRESIDENT FOR A COUPLE DAYS IN NEVADA LAST WEEK. AND SO I CAME BACK LAST WEEKEND AND I STARTED READING THE TEA LEAVES, LISTENING TO THINGS, AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT I SAW AND FELT LAST WEEK. SO WHEN HE CALLED ME ON SUNDAY TO TELL ME HE THOUGHT THAT HE HAD MADE UP HIS MIND AND WOULD NOT BE RUNNING AGAIN, I FELT GOOD AND I FELT RELIEVED. BECAUSE SO MUCH WAS WEIGHING ON HIM, I COULD SEE IT AND I COULD FEEL IT. AND I WANTED HIM TO BE IN A BETTER PLACE. AND I THINK THIS ANNOUNCEMENT PUTS HIM IN A MUCH BETTER PLACE. BECAUSE HE'S DEDICATED TO DOING WHAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS TO CONTINUE ITS TREK TOWARD A MORE PERFECT UNION. THAT'S WHAT JOE BIDEN IS ALL ABOUT. WE GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER OVER THOSE DISCUSSIONS, BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE ROLES THAT SOUTH CAROLINA AND DELAWARE PLAYED IN ALL OF THAT. AND THAT'S BEEN THE FOUNDATION OF OUR RELATIONSHIP. HE IS A REAL PATRIOT, NOT A SUNSHINE PATRIOT, BUT A REAL PATRIOT. AND HE IS STANDING BY THIS COUNTRY AT THIS PARTICULAR JUNCTURE IN ITS HISTORY, AND I BELIEVE THAT HE IS DOING THE RIGHT THING. >> YOU KNOW, A GROUP OF HISTORIANS HAD RANKED PRESIDENT BIDEN THE SECOND BEST U.S. VICE PRESIDENT AFTER AL GORE, AND THAT SAME SET OF HISTORIANS ON THE PRESIDENTIAL GREATNESS PROJECT RANKINGS IN 2024 RANKED HIM THE 14th BEST PRESIDENT. FOR WHAT DO YOU THINK HIS PRESIDENCY WILL MOST BE REMEMBERED? >> I THINK IT WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR RESTORING THIS COUNTRY'S LEGACY. THE COUNTRY HAD GOTTEN OFF TRACK, NO QUESTION IN ANYBODY'S MIND. AND WE SORT OF DID -- GOT OUR HIGH WATER MARK WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE COUNTRY TOOK A DRASTIC RIGHT TURN FOR SOME REASON. A LOT OF IT WAS IN REACTION TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ELECTIONS AND A LOT OF US LET OUR GUARDS DOWN, REALLY. ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS LOOK AT THE 2014 ELECTION. LOOK AT WHAT WE FAILED TO DO. WHEN OBAMA WAS UP FOR RE-ELECTION, I BELIEVE IN 2012. WE DID NOT TURN OUT AT THE POLLS THE WAY WE SHOULD HAVE. WE SOMEHOW THOUGHT THAT WE HAD DONE ALL WE NEEDED TO DO BY ELECTING BARACK OBAMA, AND EVERYTHING ELSE WOULD BE ON AUTOMATIC PILOT. THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT WORKS. WE HAVE TO ALWAYS RENEW OUR EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN THIS TREK TOWARD A MORE PERFECT UNION. AND I'M NOT SAYING THIS JUST TO BE POETIC ABOUT IT. LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND YOU CAN SEE THE BIG FALLOFF IN THE VOTE FOUR YEARS AFTER HIS ELECTION, AND THAT'S WHAT PUT US TO WHERE WE ARE. NOW, WE ARE BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL, SO TO SPEAK, AND WE HAVE GOT TO GO TO WORK AND MAKE SURE WE GET THE COUNTRY BACK ON TRACK. >> I WILL NOTE THAT IN THAT SAME SET OF RANKINGS, DONALD TRUMP WAS RANKED DEAD LAST AS THE WORST PRESIDENT IN OUR HISTORY. WHAT IS YOUR FORMULA? HOW DO YOU THINK HE IS GOING TO BE DEFEATED? ARE YOU CONFIDENT THAT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS CAN GET IT DONE? >> OH, I'M VERY CONFIDENT IN HER ABILITY TO DO IT. WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE DO OUR PART. SHE IS GOING TO BE A GREAT CANDIDATE. SHE IS AN OUTSTANDING PERSONALITY. SHE IS VERY, VERY SMART. SHE IS A HARD WORKER, A GREAT DEBATER. WE GOT A DOSE OF THAT IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARY BACK IN 2020. JOE BIDEN CAN TELL YOU HOW GOOD OF A DEBATER SHE IS. AND I THINK THAT DONALD TRUMP IS GOING TO FIND OUT HOW GOOD A DEBATER SHE IS, AND IT'S UP TO US, THE VOTERS, THE HARD WORKING AMERICANS WHO BELIEVE IN THIS COUNTRY'S FUTURE TO GET OUT AND VOTE TO MAKE >> Congressman, I think that you and I both, and everyone watching right now, we look forward to nothing more than watching