'The Five': Seeing Biden fall on stage was 'scary'

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THE FIVE.

PRESIDENT BIDEN FALLING HARD IN

THE POLLS AND HIS CAMPAIGN IS

OFF TO A ROCKY START.

IF ONLY THERE WAS SOME KIND OF

VISUAL METAPHOR.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

TOLD HIM NOT TO CHEW GUM -- BUT

DON'T WORRY, THE BIG GUY IS

OKAY, THE WHITE HOUSE SAID HE

GOT SABOTAGED BY SANDBAG AT THE

AIR FORCE ACADEMY GRADUATION

TODAY.

THE PRESIDENT HAS BIGGER

PROBLEMS TO DEAL WITH LIKE HIS

NONEXISTENT CAMPAIGN STRATEGY.

>> HOW'S THE REELECTION CAMPAIGN

GOING?

>> Neil: HE'S ALSO AVOIDING

DEBATE STAGES AND IT'S BREAKING

THE HEART OF THAT GUY FROM

"DAWSON'S CREEK."

ACTOR JAMES VAN DER BEEK, THAT

VANDERBEEK GOING VIRAL WITH HIS

CRITICISM OF BIDEN DUCKING THE

COMPETITION.

HIM >> I CANNOT GET OVER THE

FACT THAT THE DEMOCRATIC

NATIONAL COMMITTEE IS SAYING

THEY WILL NOT BE A DEBATE TO

DECIDE THE NOMINEE FOR

PRESIDENT.

ARE YOU [BLEEP] KIDDING ME.

AN 80-YEAR-OLD MAN IF HE LIVES

WILL BE THE OLDEST SITTING

PRESIDENT OF THE HISTORY OF THE

COUNTRY AND IF HE DOESN'T LIVE,

HAS A VICE PRESIDENT WHOSE

APPROVAL RATING IS WORSE THAN

HIS?

HE OBVIOUSLY HAS DECLINING

MENTAL FACULTIES.

>> Greg: HERE'S WHY HE SHOULD

GET OUT THERE MORE, HIS

WHITE HOUSE STUNNED TO LEARN

THAT THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS

THINK HE'S CORRUPT.

>> WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE

MAJORITY OF AMERICANS WHO

BELIEVE PRESIDENT IS HIMSELF

CORRUPT?

>> WOW.

THE PRESIDENT HASN'T SPOKEN TO

THIS.

>> Greg: ALL RIGHT, WE'RE JUST

GOING TO DEVOTE AN ENTIRE

SEGMENT TO JAMES, I WANT TO TALK

TO YOU ABOUT THE FALL, WHAT DO

YOU THINK JAMES VAN DER BEEK

THINKS OF THE FALL?

>> THE FIRST FALL OF THE STAIRS

OF AIR FORCE ONE WAS FUNNY

BECAUSE THERE WAS THREE FALLS IN

ONE AND IT'S HARD TO FALL

UPSTAIRS.

THAN THE BIKE FALL WAS ALSO

FUNNY.

HE HAD A HELMET AND HE TIPPED

OVER.

THIS FALL WAS NOT FUNNY.

I WANTED IT TO BE FUNNY, WHEN

SOMEONE SENT IT TO ME I EXPECTED

TO LAUGH.

THAN I ACTUALLY FELT BAD.

I FELT BAD, AND MY MATURING?

>> Greg: NO.

>> Jesse: AM I GROWING A

HEART?

WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?

>> Kennedy: YOU'RE TELLING A

LIE A NATIONAL TELEVISION.

>> Jesse: I FELT BAD FOR

JOE BIDEN BECAUSE HE'S A JERK

BUT HE'S NOT PHYSICALLY FIT

ENOUGH TO BE THE PRESIDENT'S.

HE HIT HIS HEAD AND

KAMALA HARRIS COULD'VE BEEN

PRESIDENT'S.

WE ARE NOT THE TERRITORY WHERE

THIS IS THE THIRD MAJOR FALL IN

TWO YEARS AND HE'S GOT TWO MORE

YEARS TO GO AND HE'S ASKING FOR

ANOTHER FOUR.

WE ARE IN THE DANGER ZONE,

PHYSICALLY AND WE ALREADY KNOW

PEOPLE DON'T THINK HE'S MENTALLY

SHARP ENOUGH, PEOPLE THINK HE'S

TOO CORRUPT TO BE PRESIDENT.

YOU ARE GOING TO CONTRAST THIS

WITH TRUMP WHOSE GOLFING AND

BIDEN IS FALLING, WITH

RON DeSANTIS CAMPAIGNING

VIGOROUSLY ALL OVER THE COUNTRY

AND JOE BIDEN NOT CAMPAIGNING.

YOU HAVE TO SHOW EFFORT TO GET

VOTES, YOU HAVE TO GO OUT THERE

AND ASK FOR VOTES, TO CAMPAIGN

FOR VOTES, THAT'S WHAT ALL

PRESIDENTS HAVE DONE EVER.

HE'S NOT DOING THAT, HE'S NOT

GOING TO CAMPAIGN.

I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE

SAYING THIS BUT

JAMES VAN DER BEEK HAS A POINT.

IF YOU ARE A DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY

VOTER AND YOU HAVE THE OLDEST

PRESIDENT OF ALL TIME AND HE'S

FALLEN AND HE CAN'T GET UP,

YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO SEE IF

HE HAS WHAT IT TAKES ON A STAGE

WITH RFK OR MARIANNE, I KNOW

SHE'S HER GOOD FRIEND, I COULD

BE WRONG, JOE BIDEN COULD PROVE

ME WRONG, HE COULD HAVE THE

CHOPS.

BUT TO DENY THE OPPORTUNITY OF

THE COUNTRY, THE

DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO MAKE THAT

DECISION FEELS UNDEMOCRATIC.

WE WERE TOLD HOW IMPORTANT

DEMOCRACY WAS, ALL THE LAST TWO

YEARS HOW IMPORTANT DEMOCRACY

WAS.

THE PRESIDENT IS NOT DEBATING,

NOT CAMPAIGNING AND HE'S GOING

TO ARREST HIS OPPONENTS.

THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY

CAN'T ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT

IT, IS THAT DEMOCRATIC?

THAT'S NOT VERY DEMOCRATIC TO

ME.

>> Greg: JAMES VAN DER BEEK

MIGHT AS BEEN AS BIG AS YOU IN

THE 1990s.

>> Kennedy: 155.

>> Greg: HE DOES HAVE A GIANT

HEAD, ONE OF THE BIGGEST HEADS

IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY,

COULD THAT HAD SAVED DEMOCRACY?

>> Kennedy: WHEN YOU'VE LOST

JAMES VAN DER BEEK YOU'VE LOST A

BIG SLICE OF AMERICA AND WE ALL

KNOW THAT AND WE NEED TO

RECOGNIZE THAT.

ALSO HE HAD A MASSIVE FOREHEAD

WHEN HE WAS ON "DAWSON'S CREEK"

AND VARSITY BLUES AND THE

WRINKLES HAVE REALLY HELPED HIM.

>> Greg: YES.

>> Kennedy: HE'S SASSY AND AT

THE SAME TIME AND I THINK THE

PRESIDENT SHOULD BE CHALLENGED.

THAT'S HOW BIDEN TURN THINGS

AROUND DURING THE 2020 DEBATES

HE HAD A BUNCH OF WET MOPS ON

STAGE AND THEY TRY TO COME AT

HIM AND IT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL.

THAT DEBATE STAGE SHOULD HAVE

BEEN WHERE KAMALA HARRIS'

POLITICAL CAREER ENDED.

I STILL DON'T KNOW TO YOUR

POINT, NO ONE WANTS TO SEE AN

OLDER PERSON FALL, NO ONE WANTS

TO SEE SOMEONE GET HURT

ESPECIALLY THE PRESIDENT OF THE

UNITED STATES WITH HIS BONY

FINGER ON THE NUCLEAR BUTTON BUT

YOU'RE RIGHT IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE

ALL TERRIFIED TERRIFIED OF A

HARRIS PRESIDENCY -- IF

JAMES VAN DER BEEK IS GOING TO

PASS THE COMPLEMENT OF BEING

BLUNT, WHY CAN'T WE DO THE SAME

THING AND ASK WHY CAN'T WE SWAP

IN ANOTHER VICE PRESIDENT?

>> Greg: THAT IS TRUE.

THEY KNOW WHERE YOU STRUCK BY

THE WORDS OF JAMES VAN DER BEEK?

>> Dana: WELL, NOT REALLY.

>> Greg: WHAT IF IT WAS TORI

SPELLING OR MAYBE MARCIA CROSS?

REMEMBER MELROSE PLACE?

>> Dana: IN 2015

HILLARY CLINTON WOULD DODGE

DEBATES FROM BERNIE SANDERS BUT

THEY HAD A PRIMARY THAT WAS AN

OPEN SEAT, BOTH THE REPUBLICAN

PARTY IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

HAVE BASICALLY SHUTS DOWN ANY

PRIMARY OR DEBATE WHEN THEY HAVE

AN INCUMBENT PRESIDENT WANTS TO

RUN FOR REELECTION.

JOE BIDEN WANTED TO STAY LOOKING

PRESIDENTIAL AS LONG AS POSSIBLE

BUT THINGS WERE HAPPENING.

PEOPLE WERE GETTING RESTLESS AND

THEY WEREN'T SURE IF HE WAS

GOING TO RUN.

REMEMBER THOSE RUMORS, HE'S

DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO RUN?

THEY KEPT SAYING HE HINTED ALL

ALONG I GOT SOMETHING TO TELL

YOU SOON.

THEY GOT PUSHED INTO DOING IT

SOONER BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE

CONCERNED ABOUT HIS AGE.

WHEN I SAY PEOPLE I MEAN

DEMOCRATS.

70% OF DEMOCRATS ARE CONCERNED

ABOUT HIS AGE WHICH MEANS IT'S

PROBABLY 90% ARE CONCERNED ABOUT

IT.

THAT MEANS EVERY DAY,

REPUBLICANS SHOULD BE IN THE

CAMPAIGN TRAIL SAYING "IF

JOE BIDEN WINS THIS ELECTION

FROM EVERY SINGLE DAY WILL BE

POSSIBLY KAMALA'S INAUGURATION

DAY.

AND TRY TO RUN WITH THAT VEHICLE

IF HE DOESN'T WANT TO DEBATE

RFK JR. I UNDERSTAND HE PROBABLY

WON'T, I UNDERSTAND FOLLOWING

THE HISTORIC PRECEDENT ON THAT

THAT DOESN'T BOTHER ME THAT  

MUCH.

>> Greg: IMAGINE IF THE

NUCLEAR BUTTON WAS IN FRONT OF

JOE BIDEN WHEN HE FELL HE

WOULD'VE FALLEN AND PRESSED ON

IT, IT WOULD BE OVER.

ARE YOU HAPPY NOW THAT YOU VOTED

FOR HIM?

YOU VOTED FOR THE EXTENSION OF

AMERICA AND THE WORLD.

>> YOU DEFINITELY STAND WHEN YOU

HIT THE BUTTON, YOU COULD DO IT

SITTING IN AND THERE WOULD BE

LOW RISK OF THERE BEING ANY

PROBLEMS.

THANK YOU FOR EXPLAIN THE

PRECEDENT THERE SO I DON'T HAVE

TO DO THAT PART.

I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT

RFK JR. A LITTLE BIT AND I

MENTIONED THIS LAST WEEK, I HAVE

NOT MET THE SICKLE DEMOCRAT WHO

IS INTERESTED IN RFK, JR., I'VE

MET A LOT OF CONSERVATIVES THAT

ARE HANGING ON HIS EVERY WORD

AND TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS IS A

GUY WHO GETS IT -- NOT ONE

DEMOCRAT PICK OUT NORMAL

DEMOCRATS HE MEET, POLITICO

TYPES, PEOPLE HAVE SUPPORTED

OTHER CANDIDATES, BERNIE SANDERS

PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIKE BIDEN,

DIDN'T LIKE HILLARY, BERNIE HAS

ALREADY SAID HE'S GOING TO COME

OUT AND SUPPORT BIDEN PERIODS

SUPPORT AND MARIANNE

WILLIAMSON'S ABOUT 10% RIGHT

NOW, PEOPLE WHO ARE CONCERNED

ABOUT ANOTHER FOUR YEARS OF THIS

BUT THERE'S AN INTERESTING FOCUS

GROUP THEY RODE ABOUT IT

YESTERDAY IN

"THE NEW YORK TIMES," REPUBLICAN

POLLSTER TALK TO DEMOCRATS, NOT

A SINGLE ONE SAID THEY WOULD

VOTE FOR TRUMP OR DeSANTIS

OVER JOE BIDEN.

THAT'S A HUGE MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB.

IN TERMS OF THE CORRUPTION POINT

AND I UNDERSTAND IT WAS FUNNY TO

HEAR KARINE JEAN-PIERRE SAY

"JESUS" AUDIBLY BUT THERE'S SO

MUCH FODDER TO BE DISCUSSING

WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE OTHER

SIDE.

WE KNOW FROM YESTERDAY THERE'S

AUDIO OF PRESIDENT TRUMP TALKING

ABOUT HOW HE HAD A CLASSIFIED

DOCUMENT ABOUT A POTENTIAL

ATTACK ON IRAN IN HIS POSSESSION

AT BEDMINSTER WHERE I DON'T

THINK YOU DO ANY OF YOUR

PRESIDENTIAL WORK, THAT'S WHAT

JACK SMITH IS AT.

PEOPLE ARE SAYING IT'S GOING TO

BE OBSTRUCTION NOW AND  

ESPIONAGE.

>> Jesse: ESPIONAGE!

>> Jessica: IT'S NOT A JOKE,

THE NATIONAL RECORDS OFFICE

REACHED OUT TO TRUMP'S LAWYERS

AND SAID YOU HAVE DOCUMENTS THAT

WE OWN, SEND THEM BACK.

THREE DAYS LATER WE HAVE IMAGES

OF TRUMP BOARDING A PLANE FOR

BEDMINSTER AND BOXES.

>> Jesse: YOU CAN SEND THE

IRANIANS BILLIONS IN CASH IN THE

MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT BUT YOU

CAN'T HAVE A DOCUMENT?

STOP IT.

THAT'S ESPIONAGE.

>> Jessica: THAT IS BELOW

YOU'LL.

>> Jesse: NOTHING IS BELOW ME!

YOU KNOW ME BETTER THAN THAT!

>> Dana: YOU CAN ALWAYS GO

LOWER.

>> Jesse: JESSE WATTERS CAN

ALWAYS GO LOWER.

I WANT TO KNOW WHAT WENT THROUGH

YOUR MIND WHEN YOU SAW THE FALL.

>> Jessica: I WAS SCARED FOR

HIM LIKE I WOULD BE SCARED FOR

ANYONE.

I WAS HAPPY TO KNOW THAT THERE

WAS A SANDBAG HE TRIPPED OVER

BUT ANYONE HE FALLS --

>> Jesse: YOU BELIEVE THE

SANDBAG THING?

>> Jessica: WE HAVE A

PRESIDENT WHO CAN'T WALK WE HAVE

ONE IN THE WHEELCHAIR BEFORE, HE

CAN DO THE JOB.

>> Greg: I'M GOING TO WAIT TO

SEE WHAT JAMES VAN DER BEEK HAS

TO SAY ABOUT THE SANDBAG TO.

HIM >> Jessica: HOLLYWOOD IS

COMING FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

WITH THAT ONE.

>> Greg: I THINK WE ARE BEING

SANDBAGGED ON THE SANDBAG COME I