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to politicsnation. we begin tonight with breaking news. israel has launched what they call a preemptive strike in southern lebanon today after it detected what they say were plans by hezbollah to launch a large-scale attack. for the latest, we go to foreign correspondent matt bradley, who is in tel aviv. matt, what's the latest. >> reporter: yeah, reverend, we are hearing that this is a situation that the israeli prime minster has said this is not over. we haven't heard the end of the story but at the same time, it looks as though both sides have declared victory. it's kind of counterintuitive, reverend. when you think about what happened this morning, this burst of violence, really the worst we've seen over the border between israel and lebanon since october 7th. it actually seems, at least for now, and this could change at any time, it seems to have been kind of a bit of a pressure

valve that released a little bit of the pressure because, for the past 10 months, we have been seeing increasing strikes over this border and for the past month, ever since the israelis took credit for killing, assassinating a senior hezbollah commander in a -- there's been increasing speculation that hezbollah was going to retaliate with very deadly force against the israelis and then, only a couple of hours after that assassination, there was an iranian strike. or, it's you, is dissected -- a suspected strike. that brought iran into the mix as well. there's all this swirling speculation in the fear that the middle east was about to sit on the precipice of a regionwide war. now that we have seen this violence and both sides seem content with what happened and there have been very few casualties, no civilian casualties, very little damage, it looks as though all sides are willing to step back from

the brink while still saving face and that's really crucial. the united states has been negotiating about this setting diplomats, trying to tamp down tensions between hezbollah and israel. even send not one but two aircraft carrier strike groups which are supposed to remain in the region as well as a missile firing submarine, all of this is meant to deter the iranians and hezbollah from taking even more deadly action is dense the israelis. now, it looks like that horrific crisis has been averted. again, at least for the moment. >> all right. thank you, nbc's matt bradley in tel aviv. joining me now, deputy campaign manager for the harris-walz 2024 presidential campaign. thank you for joining us this evening. we have a lot of ground to cover and i have to start with the situation in the middle east. vice president harris spoke about it in her convention

speech where she appeared to take pains to be sensitive to both israel and to the people of gaza. take a listen. >> let me be clear. i will always stand up for israel's right to defend itself and i will always ensure israel has the ability to defend itself because the people of israel must never again face the horror that a terrorist organization called hamas cause on october 7th. at the same time, what has happened in gaza over the past 10 months is devastating. so many innocent lives lost desperate, hungry people fleeing for safety over and over again, the scale of suffering is heartbreaking. >> is the campaign concerned

that these latest developments could create new divisions among parts of the harris coalition, and if so, what are you doing to deal with that. >> first of all, thank you for having me on, reverend, always good to be with you. the vice president is very concerned about this. she spent the last 10 months listening to people who have been concerned about this and working alongside president biden to try to get a cease- fire and a hostage deal done. she truly believes that this is a situation where the people of israel have a right to defend itself, but also that the people living in palestine and gaza have the right to freedom, dignity and self-determination as she said in her remarks. so she's going to continue to listen to voters on both sides of the aisle on this issue and work alongside president biden to make sure that we bring it to a close and that you both a cease-fire and a hostage deal. many american citizens among those hostages. this is an existing very close attention to and that the

campaign is -- we will continue to listen as she -- >> switching gears, the campaign announced today it has raised $540 million in five weeks since the vice president launcher campaign. 200,000 volunteer shifts were filled up last week. nearly half of them on the heels of the vice president's acceptance speech. the trump camp is calling the enthusiasm a sugar high that will crash as memory of the convention fades. what is your take on this? >> i think the voters have been tired of donald trump's dystopian views and just how negative he is about this country. as president biden said you can't love this country only when you went and that's exactly who donald trump is. he's only in the selection for himself. he only wants to -- 2025 agenda

to hurt people, below, the energy and enthusiasm that we are seeing, a lot of these donors are first-time donors. these are people who are just now getting engaged in politics. it's because they are resonating with the message from the vice president and that is a message of creating an opportunity in this country for everyone, not to just get by, but to be ale to get ahead. there are two distinct visions of this country for the vision. 100 vice president harris and governor walz where we are expanding people's freedoms, not ripping them away and giving everybody an opportunity to succeed and then another on donald trump side where he will have more power as commander-in- chief and use that power to hurt people by him lamenting his extreme and unstable project 2025 agenda. >> having said that, do you feel that the campaign will be able to maintain this high volume of donors and small donors that it will continue to be able to do that at this level going into the last 70+ days? >> absolutely and i think it's because we are going to continue to put in the work as we have been for the past 16

months to build an infrastructure where we have a 1600 staff -- 1600 staff across the crown. 300+ coordinator office is making sure that we are able to capture this energy, give people in the state that matter most in the selection a place to go to volunteer to be involved. i encourage anybody to go to kemalharris.com so we can continue to scale and make sure we are meeting -- running a modern day campaign that is spreading the message about what is at stake in this election. >> let's turnout to immigration. the trump campaign has been promising mass deportation if elected. today, ohio senator j.d. vance struggled to answer whether a second trump white house would mean a return to trump's policies of separating migrant families at the southern border. take a listen. >> will families be separated on your your mass deportation

policy? >> you are certainly going to have to deport some people in this country. >> that's a yes? >> what kamala harris says is that donald trump wants to separate families. kamala harris's policies have led to thousands upon thousands of migrant children living with traffickers and drug cartels. that's the consequence -- >> but there's not a policy to separate families. the question is -- >> but if you know your policies will lead to family separation you don't get to claim -- kristen, this is important. she did not claim that she doesn't know that her policies -- the family separation. they are and everybody knows it and she has to take responsibility. >> your candidate has called for the passage of the bipartisan immigration bill that trump had his allies in congress kill. we had a former houston texas mayor sylvester turner with us yesterday on the show and he lauded vice president harris for taking responsibility for the border issue. have democrats become the party of action on immigration? >> absolutely and i think we see j.d. vance ducking and dodging because he knows that donald

trump about u.s. policy on immigration will go as far as using the military to separate children from their mothers. round up migrants and put them in detention camps. there is a way to solve the crisis at the border without being inhumane about it and republicans failed to see that, which is why donald trump instructed republicans and -- in congress to block the strongest, most bipartisan mortar bill that the country has ever seen. vice president harris would have supported that bill. democrats know that some republicans in congress even know that and that's why they sided with vice president harris and president biden to try to get a deal done before blowing it up but it should be that hard. family separation should be the question. -- present harris is going to make sure she works to solve this and do it where folks can earn a pathway to citizenship. we can solve this without being inhumane about it and he knows

just how inhumane donald trump's approach has been and will be to solve the immigration problem at the border. >> in fact, as a point of information that one of the leaders of that bipartisan immigration bill was a very concerned -- of the senate. until trump called and said don't go with the commitment they made to pass this bill. let me go to this. the vice president and the governor back on the trail later this week for campaign bus tour through southern georgia. the polls now show a narrower race, whereas president biden was trailing just over a month ago. still, the latest new york times polling shows harris leading in nearly every battleground state. georgia is one of two where she is currently behind trump at 46% to his 50%. how does the campaign turn the corner in the peach state? is it about mobilizing base

voters or reaching out to undecided voters in the suburbs and rural areas? >> it's all the above, reverend. we are running like we are behind and the underdogs because we are going to continue to put in work but when it comes to georgia, as you know, this is one of my favorite states to do politics in. and we have to get us out of atlanta. we have to speak to voters in rural georgia. in places like savannah and augusta. in columbus, in macon county. if not outright win some of these counties, and that is how you flip this state and win statewide. so we are going to continue to do that. these voters. we also see republican voters that are resonating with our message. you saw throughout the convention we had a number of prominent republicans feature. it's because -- exactly extreme and dangerous a second term would be, which is why they are endorsing vice president harris,

speaking at the national convention about the dangers of donald trump, including republicans who have worked for him. we are going to continue to do all of the above net the same time, making sure we are building an apparatus specifically in georgia to make sure that people are going to be able to express their fundamental right to vote and i'm very proud of the voter protection efforts that our campaign has that will be used in that state to make sure that the election goes off smoothly when it is time. >> while there is time, mr. fulks, i have to go to this. as the trump campaign is celebrating its endorsement from robert f kennedy jr., who suspended his own presidential campaign. senator vance would not renounce kennedy's past comments, suggesting vaccines cause autism and questioning the official narrative of what happened on 9/11. what is your take on kennedy's endorsement of trump? >> it changes nothing. rfk has been negligible since the moment the vice president

got into this race and, in fact, if voters want to continue to see dangerous conspiracy theories, that are designed to hurt people, look no further than donald trump. they are cut from the same cloth. our campaign is very clear about who we need to continue to speak to, where we need to go to speak to them, and what are messages for voters is. that is, at the end of the day, it's between two different visions in this country. one of an opportunity looking forward, where everybody has a chance to get ahead. not just get by but to get ahead. we are going to expand freedom and rights and the other, dangerous conspiracy theory, a dangerous and divisive plan where donald trump is the supreme leader and has power that he will used to hurt people and continue to rip away fundamental freedoms like the right to choose and coming after things like idf -- ivf and reproductive tools that women need in this country. we are confident that we are going to be successful in november. >> quentin fulks, deputy campaign manager for the harris 2024 campaign.

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welcome back to politicsnation. joining me now, u.s. senator laphonza butler, democrat of california. senator butler, thank you for being with us. i want to get right into the fight over reproductive rights. starting with what senator j.d. vance said about the threat of a federal abortion ban under another -- under a second trump presidency. he is the vice presidential candidate. take a listen. >> i'm going to be very clear he would not support it. >> he would shell that? >> yeah, you --

>> you would veto a federal abortion ban? >> i think he would be at he said that explicitly that he would. >> the senator's comments following his running mate, donald trump writing right on social media that his administration will be called great for women and their reproductive rights. the dissidents is striking, of course, when you consider how often trump takes credit for ending roe v. wade by appointing the supreme court justices that made it possible. can these two be trusted? no matter what they say now? >> thank you so much for having me, reverend al, it's so good to be with you. i think you are asking exactly the question that millions of americans themselves are asking and the fundamental answer is no. they can't be trusted. they will say one thing on monday and another thing on tuesday. all in an effort to seek political favor when they know

that this is an issue that republicans have been losing on since the rights of roe v. wade was stripped away. donald trump has said that he takes credit for packing the court with anti-roe v. wade justices. he has bragged about ripping away the right of women to make decisions about their own bodies. in his vice presidential nominee is all over the place. as it relates to women and their fundamental rights in this country and in their family. i'm not sure if childless cat ladies have access to abortion care or not. but these folks cannot be trusted. and we have to make sure that we are communicating with voters about the consistent position that is the vice president kamala harris and governor tim walz.

not once have they tried to hide behind a policy position relative to abortion. not once have they run away from supporting women who want to make decisions about their own bodies and so it is consistency versus continued political gamesmanship. and that is the choice before the american people this coming november and, to me, it's a clear choice. >> now reproductive freedom has been a central theme to the vice president's campaign pitch and that was certainly the case thursday night. roll this down, please. >> get this. he plans to create a national antiabortion coordinator. and force states to report on women's miscarriages and abortions. simply put, they are out of their minds. >> senator, what are your thoughts on the abortion-rights message that you heard in the vice president's convention speech ? >> she could not have been more

clear, reverend al and i and i think millions of americans, men and women, young leaders from every race and nationality and age demographic agree with her. they must be out of their minds to believe that states are now going to have to report to a national abortion coordinator. when did we become the surveillance state in the united states of america? this is a country of freedom and liberty and individuals making their own decisions and they have completely lost their mind if they think that millions of american people are going to be voting for a leader that is trying to do exactly what project 2025 is proposing and the vice president nailed it. what she is doing is telling the truth and not hiding behind one thing or the other, just to

carry political flavor. we need a leader who is going to be committed to truth telling and kamala harris is that leader. >> now you touched upon it just now, a major theme of the convention was freedom and as minnesota governor tim walz has pointed out, republicans have a fixation not only on using the government to restrict reproductive rights, but also our choices in who to love or whether to start a family. do you think some of this weirdness from republicans could be leading even more americans to a pro-choice position? >> look, the american people and the essence of our country has always been, since its founding days, this notion of freedom. we have never been perfect and we continue to perfect our union every single day that public servants at every level of government to go to work. what is required in that, in a demonstration of our democracy in the retention and expansion of freedoms is the trust in the

public service that we are electing, that they are going to make commitments and keep those commitments, that they are going to expand freedoms and not restrict them, that we are going to work to ensure that future generations that come after us are just as free, if not more than generations before. so what we have seen since the supreme court made its decision to rip away the rights of roe v. wade, is we have seen coalitions of voters come together, democrats, independents, moderate, republican, men, women, young and old come together to send a resounding message and states not just like in california or vermont, but states like kansas and ohio, to make the point clear that again, the american

people expect the expansion of freedom and the right to make decisions about their own bodies. they are rejecting these candidates at every turn and i believe they are going to do exactly the same thing this november with an even more expanding coalition, but the campaign has to it's work. we have to make sure that we are talking to every voter not leaving a single community behind and being clear about our position, contrasting that with those proposing project 2025. >> before let you go, you represent california and the u.s. senate. a long time outlier of the vice president, having followed much of her career to this moment, when all of that in mind, can you describe what you felt watching vice president harris accept the nomination thursday night? >> reverend, it's a little indescribable, not only have i tried to pay a small world in helping to support the vice president because i believe in her and i believe in her leadership, i'm also a daughter of the south. i went to jackson state university. my pre-law society was the -- prelaw society. dr. leslie breaux, was an organizer on the democratic convention floor when he sees

she famously declared she was sick and tired of being sick and tired. working with congresswoman barbara lee in the united states senate right now to recognize the leadership of shirley chisholm in this moment. i got to spend time with the first black woman from the united states senate, ambassador carol moseley braun when we were in chicago. but most important, reverend, i spent every single day writing a letter to my daughter, who is nine years old. about the significance and history making opportunity that we have in front of us. to create opportunities for so many young leaders who, today, don't have yet the opportunity to participate but are expecting on many of us millions of americans in this moment to protect her freedom. and to make sure that she can thrive when it is her turn to carry the baton of democracy and freedom forward. so i am so proud of the vice

president but i am proud of the people of this country, how we have responded and unified as a party. how many republicans and independents showed up at the national convention, declaring that this is a moment and that everything that is at stake is that bigger than just one individual, but it is about fighting for the future of our nation and i believe that this is the candidate, this is the tickets that is going to bring forward a brighter future and paint a new pathway. >> well, i can tell your daughter you are all over chicago working and had on your sneakers. as far as you say, you were a southern girl, so you had your tennis shoes on. california senator laphonza butler, thank you for joining us. coming up. we are following the situation in the middle east

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welcome back. we are following breaking news out of the middle east. president biden has been briefed on the situation in northern israel and lebanon. after the pentagon ordered two carrier strike groups to remain in the region, is really warplanes bombarded dozens of targets in lebanon and what it said were preemptive strikes to avert a has below attack. has below responded -- claiming to have hidden military intelligence -- near tel aviv. joining me now is my political -- michael hardaway, founder of hardaway -- and former staffer at the house minority leader hakeem jeffries and democratic senator durbin. and we have also jennifer

rubin. columnist for the washington post. jennifer, let's start with the situation. we could be seeing perhaps the first real foreign-policy crisis vice president harris has had to -- -- he wrote a lot of national security -- how can she meet this moment? >> i actually think that this may be containable as you pointed out, reverend, the is really forces struck lebanon because they had anticipated some 6000 missiles that were going to be launched towards israel. the united states provided surveillance and reconnaissance information to the israelis. i think the first step is to make sure that both parties understand that they should not get out of hand. that has been the message that the vice president and the president both communicated that when we have these

interactions, if you will and i ran had one earlier this year, that they can't spin out of control, neither side wants to have a full-blown middle east war. and so far, at least as of this afternoon, both sides are talking like we have done our business and i think the vice president would be wise to confirm that and to once more reiterate what i thought was a pitch perfect statement at the convention in which she gave her full support to israel and also expressed extreme empathy to the plight of the palestinians who have been victimized by hamas and by the war that the hamas attack on israel unleashed. >> michael, the vice president has -- as jennifer just said, struck a careful balance in policy in her convention speech. trying to please supporters of israel and of the palestinian people. now that there is a new

escalation in the conflict, are you worried that balance could be upset, especially when you back republicans will be attacking whatever this administration does in response? >> that's a good point. the reality is that we have 40,000 palestinians who have lost their lives. we have many is really hostages that deserve to be home. you have many people across the war that want this conflict to end. so i think at a foundational level, as long as she focuses on those two avenues in terms of ending this conflict and getting people home and protecting the lives of people in palestine, she will be fine but i do think, this is representative of what the next president will inherit, in terms of you have a number of conflicts around the world -- in sudan and in the congo, you have a conflict and in ukraine, venezuela seems to be in some form of chaos. we also have a famine in the door for -- area, as well. can the -- and who has the

temperament to represent the united states of america in all those conversations. i think that choice is clear. >> and i'm glad you raised some -- and the congo and i might add that haiti, a lot of conflicts that are not getting the attention that i think it deserves. but let's stick with you a minute, michael. the latest harris campaign fundraising -- in history and she has brought hundreds of thousands of new volunteers for the start of the dnc and this weekend. what is your reaction to this outstanding fundraising total. how can the harris campaign keep it going? >> the top line, over half $1 billion is important, but just as important for my perspective is the fact that last week, a third of those were brand-new donors. almost 20% of those people were young people and so that to me says that across the board,

where people are putting their money where their mouth is, and so i say that as a positive thing for her as we look to sustain this momentum over the next nine or 10 weeks headed into the election. i think she's at an incredibly good pace. she just has to continue everything she's done thus far. >> jennifer, donald trump has been trying to reposition himself. he is trying to soften his stance on reproductive rights. he got the endorsement from robert f. kennedy jr. and he is attempting to mend fences with georgia governor brian kemp. is this a sign that his campaign is still struggling? >> he's absolutely struggling. listen, donald trump is as much a defender of reproductive rights as i am the queen of england. it is bizarre, it's ridiculous. he put and continues to brag about reversing roe v. wade. he put those justices on the court. if anyone thinks that he wouldn't sign an abortion ban if it landed on his desk, i've got something to sell them like the brooklyn bridge and j.d.

vance who voted against contraception, against ivf, against any protections for women to insist that suddenly, donald trump has seen some light, but i will say this. that is evidence of how popular that position is. 60 to 70% of american people think roe v. wade should've remained the law of the land. in favor every productive right and she was absolutely right. they are out of their minds if she thinks the american people are going to put up with any more of this. so i definitely think that this is -- as far as rfk jr., i guess you have all of the weirdos in one spot now. rfk is conspiratorial. he's an anti-vax or, he has a host of personal and mental issues. i think birds of a feather in that case to flock together >> i guess i will have to take

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it is the beginning of hope in so many ways. it also shows the importance of the next generation of leadership. i talked frequently about it. folks are frustrated about, you know, all things with the forefront. what the next leadership looks like. what we should be thinking about in terms of the candidates, whether they are running for congress, whether they -- or the presidency. >> welcome back to politicsnation. that was former wisconsin lieutenant governor mandela barnes talking to my friend april ryan about the sense of hope and optimism at last week's democratic convention in chicago. he joins me now to elaborate. mandela, you and i were both at the dnc last week. it was unlike any other convention i had ever experienced. why do you think there's so much hope in the democratic

party right now? >> let me tell you. you did an amazing job over the dnc floor. this is actually my very first dnc so i don't have anything to compare to come although we had 2020 which was virtual. people should have hope because younger folks are getting involved. younger folks have been getting engaged and we've been seeing this surge of enthusiasm over the last four weeks that we could not have anticipated folks are showing up out of the woodwork to get involved in this campaign. people who had texted me asking how to get involved in even text me during my own campaign to help make sure that kamala harris becomes the next president of the united states. there's something special there muscling very unique happening right now and i think it's incumbent upon all of us to show up to keep that energy moving past november. >> your state of wisconsin is a critical battleground state this election. it's also where the republican national convention was held last month. what are you seeing on the

ground and hearing from people about this race. you got a tremendous vote from the u.s. senate. so you have your feet on the coals -- finger on the pulse. >> certainly, i will tell you that given the fact that the republican national convention was in my hometown in milwaukee. it was hard to tell that something was actually going on when you compared to the energy that was there in washington, d.c.. folks have been ostracized in the republican party who dared challenge donald trump and his lies. that didn't happen at the dnc. it's also, it's also pretty unique, if you were to only watch the rnc, which i've only seen it before, you would think that the former president, the former nominees weren't even invited to a convention. on the stage of the democratic national convention, you saw former president's, you saw former nominees. you also saw former challengers, people who were in kamala harris's primary when she ran before. you didn't see that in the republican party so i say all

of that to remind people that we are more unified than even i can imagine. sometimes it gets a little tough. we are a big party. a lot of ideas, a lot of concerns, a lot of different issues but on the whole, the democratic party shows up in full force. >> you are part of a group called democracy defense project, a bipartisan leadership team across several states that is working to restore faith in public elections. can you speak to how we got to the point where some people are skeptical about their vote and what your group is doing to combat that misinformation? >> well i can tell you that there have been lots of folks who are sore losers. people who cannot believe that people would think that they are the best candidate or that folks would show up or not show up to vote for them and the same people have carried their grievances to the next level, have incited folks and we saw the biggest example on january 6 where -- but this has been

happening in races that almost every level but we didn't see it come to ahead or we didn't until january 6 and with that being the case, to keep our coworkers safe, to keep candidates safe, democracy defense project was formed. it is a bipartisan group. i'm probably joined by the republican attorney general and mayor of wisconsin, former republican member of congress who have stepped up and said that enough is enough. they are going to challenge these false assertions that go on as i will do the same. and folks try to say or if folks are to say that you know, this election wasn't conducted properly or this didn't happen, that didn't happen. i have so much respect and i encourage people who may feel that or maybe even concerned about the process to show up and work the polls one day. you can do this. it is available. it's an

available opportunity. in fact, most towns, cities and villages need you to show up and help work the polls. but we have been doing a series of interviews, a panel discussion. just getting out there and talking to people about the crucial hard work that takes place. in polling centers all across wisconsin. how election security is a top priority of these election officials. and people should not have to question what goes on when the ballots are counted. and there are publications that have done the research to prevent such. >> both of the campaigns have assembled legal teams for postelection results. meanwhile, trump's campaign comanager said earlier this month that the election will not be over until trump is inaugurated. how serious do you take all of this and what would be the implications for the country if there is another extended battle over presidential election results?

>> i think it's pretty natural to have a legal team in place, ready for the ballot counting process. just in case there has to be a challenge. there's nothing wrong with a challenge if your race is incredibly close, unless a challenge means going through the official channels and calling for a recount. that is totally fine. you should do that. you know, you should put all the hard work in to win the race as you need to. all the effort but, you know, since 2000, i think that the importance of doing so has become even more apparent and given the fact that we have a former president who got on stage and still gets on stage, still lies as if it were november of 2020. a person who still not let that go, the fact that he was soundly rejected by the american people. and so having the legal team in place, making sure that things aren't going awry and that if there are questions and concerns that people have, that those concerns can be assuaged. >> all right. thank you for being with us, former wisconsin lieutenant governor mandela barnes.

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