sarah seidner is standing by with stephanie grisham, who just spoke earlier. sara all right. >> we are here with stephanie grisham, euo, remember she has donald trump's former press secretary. she has now here speaking at the dnc because she has been very clear, she has completely changed mr. mind on who should be the president of the united states and who should not. i just want to ask you, what was his moment like when you decided i cannot do this anymore. i cannot be part of this administration anymore. and you ended up here speaking at the dnc know, you know, i hit tried to resign actually, a few times prior to january 6, but melania i couldn't be there anymore. i knew that you knew what he was doing. i was so disappointed that melania wouldn't do it at least it's something to try to quell the violence. and i haven't looked back since now. yeah, to be here is not something i ever thought my career i would ever be. but i'm proud of it. i stand by it and it's been great. everybody has been wonderful and award what was it like up there surreal? but i had to t

>> robert: five total republic is will be at the democratic national convention encoding stephanie grisham who resigned in the wake of the january 6th capitol attack. she was former president from's press secretary in the white house. there is a belief inside the harris campaign that they can make inroads with traditional republicans by having some of these republicans on stage and raising the issue of former president trump's conduct. on the other hand, i just poke with former president trump by phone. he's in michigan today. lease as whatever they are doing here doesn't really matter to him. he is reaching out on the issue of crime in michigan, talking about immigration, at of course, trying to make real connections with labor union members in the states like michigan and pennsylvaia and wisconsin. >> norah: donald trump hitting the campaign hard, as well be at

stephanie grisham was one of the longest serving advisers in the trump administration. she was donald trump's white house press secretary. she also served as the chief of staff to melania trump. she ultimately resigned on january 6th, calling it a breaking point. she says tonight she never thought she would be speaking at a democratic national convention but says she loves her country more than her party and that harris has her vote.

they might listen, they great irony of stephanie grisham is she was a press secretary who never spoke. >> yeah. it was never at the lectern in the white house. it was the silent press secretary at that period, trump said, sounds like she found her voice, she found her voice at the democratic convention. yeah. that's a nice thing you've ever said to me, i was your big sister on the campus cry coming up. it wasn't the speech he wanted to give, but he did it with humility and pride. president biden reflects on his legacy at the dnc last night, and he did look ahead toward an america the future that he is fighting for, he said i'm going to use coming to cnn. what could go wrong i got news for you. for me. or saturday, september 14, all right. i'm on cnn. >> the best part of any of those renovations shows is always a transformation. they show you what the end i'm brian gary here with brian price from renewal by anderson and he's going to show us some of their transformations. >> hey, brian, let me ask you if you remodeled your kitchen, which he choose the same styles, your head? >> no. >>

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grisham, had to say last night? >> i wasn't just a trump supporter i was a true believer. >> he used to tell me it doesn't matter what you say, stephanie say it enough, and people will believe you behind closed doors, trump mocks his supporters. he calls them basement dwellers on january 6, i asked melania if we could at least tweet that while peaceful protests is the right of every american, there's no place for lawlessness or violence she replied with one word no yeah. olivia, i mean, you and i talked about january 6, the way former president trump handled that that day, mishandled at that day and talk about it in that fashion. but the thing that stood out to me and maybe stephanie has told us story before, but i had not heard it where she said that trump used to refer to his supporters as basement dwellers. >> yeah. and i was in the room when he said, i don't want to shake hands with those dirty people, those disgusting people. so i think you have his former press secretary is saying, this is what he thinks of hi

grisham. grisham tells me that her speech tonight to democrats quote, touches on who trump really is behind the scenes as someone who was with the family for six years, unquote. i want to bring in another republican who's going to speak at the dnc, the former lieutenant governor of georgia, geoff duncan. i also want to bring in former challenger to president biden, democratic congressman dean phillips of minnesota to apostates of sort i'm glad i could hook you guys up so you could immediate two other you both are our brave in different ways lieutenant governor duncan, let me start with you why do you think it's important for you to speak in this setting? and did you have any concerns about speaking to a room full of lefties? >> well, no concerns look at the end of the day we're all americans and that's really the journey i'm on, right? i, i'm here as not as a republican, not as a democrat, but as an american that wants to give the air cover to the tens of millions of republicans that are absol

my idol, >>as well as former trump white house press secretary stephanie grisham, joining other republicans speaking this week. >>we're reaching across the aisle already. we are seeing donald trump lose support from his own party, including those who know him the best. >>while the party gathers in chicago, vice president harris and governor tim walz are scheduled to campaign in milwaukee. we caught up with a couple of young delegates from wisconsin. >>i'm surprised you guys aren't hanging out with the folks in milwaukee today. you all are. i know, don't get me started on that. i was so sad because i really wanted to go >>there. will also be a ceremonial roll call of states to make harris the party's nominee. democrats formally nominated her in a virtual roll call earlier this month anchor ryan yamamoto is at the dnc in chicago. all week. you can catch his live reports starting at 5:00. former president donald trump continues the campaign on the campaign trail today from a sheriff's office in rural howell michigan. he promised to back police if reelected and to get tougher on crime. >>crime

that includes later tonight when former trump press secretary stephanie grisham will be speaking to the audience her. let's talk about what kind of impact you believe those speakers can make, especially with some moderate republicans out there who may be sort of turned off by by donald trump's approach and his rhetoric. >> yeah. two components to this. look, adam kinzinger will speak tonight. you'll have stephanie grisham, as you mentioned, what you have is, you know, four weeks ago, completely different race. and there were these double haters, right? these folks that didn't like the president biden and didn't like former president donald trump and didn't want to vote for any of them. and we saw some of these people in terms of the nikki haley vote. but we always invent this voter every election. reagan democrats, security moms, nascar dads, the double haters, all of these components. but if you're kamala harris and your team, you're trying to carve off just little bits of elements of those double haters, those nikki haley voters away from the trump orbit. they're not trump voters, per

>> and stephanie grisham was a true believer. i mean, she was the press secretary when i was covering the white house. she wasn't someone who is you saying one thing publicly and another thing behind the scenes but bakari we're looking at tonight and just through the lens of a convention, i mean, barak obama going on stage, who obviously shot to stardom, giving a speech of the 2000 for convention as an illinois state senator and then has had so many interesting roles at the convention since then. i mean, i'm thinking eight years ago at the last real convention that the democrats have add, would he warned about a trump presidency and before had come to life. now we've seen a trump presidency and he'll be speaking to and that lens. >> he will be and i think that people sometimes forget about the masterful oratory that is barack obama because we don't get a chance to hear him often. and i think tonight you're going to be taken back and have a little nostalgic but his critique of donald trump is going to be very forceful. but the uni

but let's see long-term if they will remain republican or be like stephanie grisham and say i am nowonce you speak at a democratic not convention, i don't care who it is for, probably going to be a democrat. caitrÍona: we will wait to see what happens tonight and indeed at the election in november. thank you both very much. earlier we heard from a childhood friend of vice president harris and she shared some personal anecdotes about her friend. ♪ >> good evening. i am stacy johnson baptiste and this is my mom, doris johnson. [applause] we are so excited and honored to be here with you. kamala and i have known each other for a long time. we met at burke would head to school and hit it off immediately and became each other's very first best friend. our moms also became fast friends. >> and on weekends, we would pile into my 1966 mustang and her mom would sit in the front with me and maia and stacy and kamala would sit in the back and off we would go to a movie or some adventure. >> my mom still has that mistake. -- my mom still has that mustang. caitrÍona: my apologies, that is obvious

laura: -- lisa: in response they wrote, stephanie grisham is a stone co ld loser.a fraud. trump will not just be watching tonight, he will be posting on social media. he said he will do a live play-by-play tonight. tonight is kamala harris's night, but donald trump does not like being out of the spotlight and that is how he will attempt to get back in it. amna: lisa, thank you. geoff: georgia is one of a handful of states that could determine the winner of this year's presidential election. for more on thatlet's bring in senator raphael warnock. welcome back to the “news hour”" it is good to have you here. kamala harris continues to cut into donald trump's previous polling lead in key battleground states to include georgia. is georgia in play? sen. warnock: absolutely. georgia is very much in play. i know little something about how to win that state. i have done it twice. as i move around the state i was there at their first rally following the announcement that she would be the likely nominee. you could not contain the energy and the excitement not only in that ro

republicans paired stephanie grisham, former white house press secretary trump administration will speakhn giles, the mayor of a town in arizona. they will address the gathered democrats tonight. the man that vice president harris is against, the republican presidential nominee, former president donald trump, has been holding his own speaking engagement today in the battleground state of michigan. the former u.s. president is just outside detroit, making his sixth visit to that state of michigan this year. he was speaking at a local sheriff's office. donald trump touched on the issue of crime in america and issued a response to some of what has been said at this week's convention. mr. trump: holding their convention in congo -- in chicago. as you know, on the fourth of july weekend, 117 people were shot. of the 117, 17 were killed. this is fourth of july weekend. 40 were shot last weekend. i don't know how many were killed. a lot. they lied last night about things that nobody has ever seen. they lied about soldiers. they lied about charlottesville. they lied about inflation. the inflatio

. >> kaitlan ahead of the press conference today, his former press secretary, stephanie grisham, posted on twitter, why she thought he was doing it. she said, quote, he is panicking i've seen this play many times. he thinks his team has failing him and no one can speak better and save his campaign and defend him, but him. he hates the coverage harris is getting and thinks only he can fix it is she right? >> there's definitely some frustration inside the campaign, specifically from trump directed at his team as he's been watching all of this play out, he is highly attuned to cable news coverage and the front pages, which has been littered with pictures of kamala harris and tim walz. and obviously not donald trump until he came out to do this press conference today. i also think crowd sizes has always been an animating factor for him. you heard him saying that she only got 1,500 people. we actually heard from the harris campaign yesterday that between wisconsin and detroit, it was closer to 25,000 people, 27,000 people that she had out at those rallies. and so that is something that trump

donald trump's former aides, stephanie grisham, she will address best the democratic national convention. so that's a thing also a thing tonight will be former president barak obama, someone who will be familiar to many people in the room here, they will have seen him before, also former first lady michelle obama and the current second gentleman, doug emhoff, who is looking to move up or wrong on that land i'm second so it was just a few hours ago that president biden delivered his speech, just after he walked up to that microphone. actually, just before he was actually wiping appear hears this was an emotional moment morocco i spent my lifetime to serve as your president i love the job but i love my country more there was so much support for him, but also they are happy that he has handed the mantle over to kamala harris and you saw that there was also a heated attacks, of course, over and over again on donald trump with the sprinkle of self-deprecating humor donald trump calls america failing nation no i'm sorry think about this think about this. >> he publicly says the whole world i'm

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i'll say this, jake i've done more rallies and spent more time with donald trump stephanie grisham has at rallies around real people, around the basement dwellers. i've never heard him once referred to anybody in those terms. he takes pictures and kitchens were walking through the secret service, take it through, stop so that's not your experience? not my experience at all. over the past since since 2016, never seen it once. so i just flat out dismiss that and then listen to what president obama was talking about and bakari is talking about listen completely paid donald trump, the way you want to paint him, the fact of the matter is after 32 flawless days of campaigning, he still ahead or tied with this campaign in this building, right? so you know, i heard president obama say, look, this guy takes a punch, it gets back up, so we're gonna be prepared to fight and he's like hope is just around the corner. apparently he hadn't seen the jobs numbers for today. 818,000 jobs last revised downward, right? for the first time since two biggest rivers and downward since 2009 u.s. inflation up t

also tonight, support from the other side, stephanie grisham, a former trump press secretary, will address the crowd in an exclusive statement to nbc news, grisham said she never thought she'd be speaking at the dnc. she said in part, quote, after seeing firsthand who donald trump really is and the threat he poses to our country, i feel very strongly about speaking out. when i was press secretary, i got skewered for never holding a white house briefing. it's because, unlike my boss, i never wanted to stand at that podium and lie. now here i am behind a podium advocating for a democra, and christian was first a press aide during the 2016 campaign for former president trump. she then became chief of staff and press secretary for first lady melania trump. she then served as the white house press secretary briefly in 2019, and moved to a communications director role. she resigned just hours after donald trump's supporters stormed the u.s. capitol three years ago on january 6th. let's once again take a live look now at the floor of the democratic national convention. right now, they are waiting

this is a former trump aide, stephanie grisham.hat the cameras were not watching him. he has no empathy, no morals. and no fidelity to the truth. he used to tell me, it doesn't matter what you say, stephanie. say it enough and people will believe you. but it does matter. what you say matters. and what you don't say matters. on january 6th, i asked melania if we could at least tweet that while peaceful protest is the right of every american, there's no place for lawlessness or violence. she replied with one word, no. i became the first senior staffer to resign that day. i couldn't be part of the insanity any longer. when i was press secretary, i got skewered for never holding a white house briefing. it's because unlike my boss, i never wanted to stand at that podium and lie. now here i am, behind a podium, advocating for a democrat. and that's because i love my country more than my party. kamala harris tells the truth. she respects the american people. and she has my vote. thank you. >> we have been listening to a rather remarkable

. >> ruth, take a listen to what stephanie grisham who worked closely with trump had to say at the dncs one of his closest advisers. on a hospital visit one time when people were dying in the icu, he was mad that the cameras were not watching him. he has no empathy, no morals, and no fidelity to the truth. he used to tell me it doesn't matter what you say, stephanie, say it enough and people will believe you. but it does matter. what you say matters, and what you don't say matters. >> ruth, i want to ask two questions. one, why it's important to hear from people like stephanie grisham who were in the room and, two, what it tells you that the people in the room this time, as we learned in the last hour, are going to be rfk jr. and tulsi gabbard part of the trump transition team. >> i think as was said before, what the strategy of having people who really know the rotten character of donald trump and know how dangerous he is, having those people speak at the democratic convention and break with him sends a message to people who have been conditioned to see democrats as political enemies.

stephanie grisham was one of the longest serving advisers in the trump administration. she was donald trump's white house press secretary. she also served as the chief of staff to melania trump. she ultimately resigned on january 6th, calling it a breaking point. she says tonight she never thought she would be speaking at a democratic national convention but says she loves her country more than her party and that harris has her vote. david? >> david: rachel scott live down on the floor for us. rachel, thank you. we'll see you in prime time. >>> in the meantime we turn to the other news here tonight. and from italy this evening the chilling images. several americans among the missing, and now the video of that 180-foot boat sinking in a severe storm off the coast of sicily. the boat vanishing in just a matter of seconds. at least 15 survivors, and a mother who says she held her baby above the waves to survive this. here's james longman. >> reporter: tonight, the moment a luxury yacht sinks off the coast of sicily, with 22 people onboard. this new footage captures the 184

stephanie grisham was one of donald trump's longest serving advisers. she was his white house press secretary. she also served as the chief of staff to melania trump. she resigned on january 6th, calling it a breaking point. tonight, in a statement to abc news, she said she never thought she'd be speaking at a democratic national convention, but goes on to say, after witnessing who donald trump is first-hand and the, quote, threat that he poses to the country, she thought it was important to be here tonight. david? >> david: rachel scott, thank you. we'll see you in prime time. >>> in the meantime, we turn to the other news here tonight, and from italy this evening, the chilling images. several americans among the missing, and now, the video of that 180-foot boat sinking in a severe storm off the coast of sicily. the boat vanishing in just a matter of seconds. at least 15 survivors, and a mother who says she held her baby above the waves to survive this. here's james longman. >> reporter: tonight, the moment a luxury yacht sinks off the coast of sicily,

>> robert: five total republic is will be at the democratic national convention encoding stephanie grisham resigned in the wake of the january 6th capitol attack. she was former president from's press secretary in the white house. there is a belief inside the harris campaign that they can make inroads with traditional republicans by having some of these republicans on stage and raising the issue of former president trump's conduct. on the other hand, i just poke with former president trump by phone. he's in michigan today. lease as whatever they are doing here doesn't really matter to him. he is reaching out on the issue of crime in michigan, talking about immigration, at of course, trying to make real connections with labor union members in the states like michigan and pennsylvaia and wisconsin. >> norah: donald trump hitting the campaign hard, as well be at all right, robert costa, thank you very much. we should note that security is tight on the second night of the convention, that is because last night a small group of pro-palestinian protesters broke through a security fence outside o

grisham, who resigned in the wake of the january 6th capitol attack. was former president trump's press secretary in the white house. there is a belief inside the harris campaign that they can make inroads with traditional republicans by having some of these republicans on stage and raising the issue of former president trump's conduct.@on te with former president trump by phone. he's in michigan today. he says whatever they are doing here doesn't really matter to him. he is reaching out on the issue of crime in michigan, talking about immigration, and, of course, trying to make real connections with labor union members in the states like michigan and pennsylvania and wisconsin. >> norah: donald trump hitting the campaign hard, as well. all right, robert costa, thank you very much. we should note that security is tight on the second night of the convention, and that is because last night a small group of pro-palestinian protesters broke through a security fence outside of the united center, pepper sprayed officers, and threw objects at them. 13 people

stephanie grisham speaking earlier. up against, republican presidential nominee donald trump, has been holding his own speaking engagement in the state of michigan. the former us president isjust outside detroit, making his sixth visit to the battleground state of michigan this year. speaking at a local sheriffs office, mr trump touched on the issue of crime in america — and issued a response to some what was being said at this week's convention. as you know, on the 4th ofjuly weekend, ii7 as you know, on the 4th ofjuly weekend, 117 people were shot. the 117, 17 were killed. this is 11th ofjuly weekend. a0 push is ath ofjuly weekend. a0 push shot last weekend. —— a0 were shot. they lied last night about things nobody has ever seen, they lied about soldiers at the graveside, they lied about charlottesville, they lied about inflation. inflation has been absolutely horrible, absolutely horrible, and everyone knows it. we had virtually no inflation, they had 9%, but that wasn't including some of the things that went up more

grisham who was the former white house press secretary under donald trump and olivia troy who was the national security advisor to vice president mike pence. what is really key for the harris campaign is targeting those voters who are undecided in order to help her win this race. a lot of the undecided voters also might be republicans which is why they are putting their eggs in this basket. reverend? >> all right, thank you nbc's campaign, emma barnett. joining me now is lisa from rochester. a democrat of delaware currently running for the u.s. senate. congresswoman, take you for joining us. the ticket will be introduced tuesday. nbc is reporting that today, she is meeting separately with governors tim walz, josh shapiro, and senator mark kelly. what does she need from a running mate right now? and if she is successful in november, what will she need from them as a governing partner, in your view? >> first of all, it's good to be with you again, reverend al sharpton. i have to say that this is an exciting moment. the vice president -- i remember being on joe biden's committee. i was o

peter, i turn to you first, former trump white house press secretary stephanie grisham called what went down at mar-a- lago today a sign that trump is panicking. this woman knows him very well, you do too. what do you think? >> reporter: he is clearly at this point flailing for messages, a lot of things you heard today are the golden oldies, he does not have anything new to say, it is his old shtick, repeating lines from his old rallies and he seems not to understand exactly how to counter the enthusiasm that kamala harris developed. clearly, her big crowd sizes, we heard him talk about that, she only has 1000, 1200, 1500, that is clearly not true. the rallies yesterday were 15,000, 12,000. their size is similar to the rallies trump had all these years, that was to his advantage. he does not like the idea of sharing the stage with anybody and i think he is a little uncertain about how to proceed at this point. >> carol, our motto here is the truth matters but only few hear it. i want to look at a few of the lies donald trump told today. he claimed that vp harris supports arms embargo to

grisham who says he mocks his own supporters behind closed doors. >> in a moment, we will hear frommes in democratic politics, including second gentlemen doug emhoff, michelle obama and tonight's closing speaker, barack obama. we want to bring in "meet the press" moderator kristin welker and hallie jackson. kristin, definitely a party at atmosphere here at the dnc. kamala harris beams in to the very convention hall that donald trump filled. >> absolutely. the optics tell the tale here, savannah and lester. that arena in milwaukee was filled to capacity. kamala harris creating her own split screen of sorts, campaigning in a critical battleground state, the very same venue where donald trump held his convention just a few weeks ago and really trying to make the case that we've got the energy, we've got the unity. remember when we were covering the republican national convention, we talked about the unity that was on display. we wondered if democrats would be able to match it. they were trying to tell a signal that, yes, we were unified around kamala harris. last night was about offici

stephanie grisham is joining me now.aking out but it certainly was on a platform you probably never anticipated. why was it important for you to not just because the convention but to highlight january 6th? >> well you are right, that was something i never thought i would do in my life and i also hate public speaking so it was a big step for me but i knew that it would be impactful. i knew that going along with some of the other republicans for harris, and talking about you know, who we know, in trump and what we saw, it was really important. i knew it would get attention and i think that it hopefully gave some people you know, if commission structure maybe not to step out, i don't know that more people will step out more publicly but behind the privacy of the voting booth, to vote for her, for hope and change and a more positive country. i think that people recognize that we don't have to all agree on policy issues. we can disagree on that but the trump way of everything is dark, only he can fix it and constantly being

people like stephanie grisham. people like former georgia lieutenant governor. they have all endorsed harris, condemned trump, not a single minute of their speeches or addresses televised to the republican base through fox at all. >> and that is really consistent. there is also the one that had the scoop that mike pence wasn't going to be endorsing donald trump either. this was a while ago. though they were the ones that broke that news, they only gave it a few secondsover coverage on the network. less than four minutes total. though that was an explosive story at the time. part of their strategy is not only to amplify and pull up from the dregs of the internet these conspiracies and really push this election being stolen narrative. but also to do exactly what you just did. it is what they are covering and what they are not covering. they are not going to cover anything that will give a permission structure to a whole bunch of their audience that is likely to be willing to vote not for donald trump. >> another shameful counterprogramming that came from i would s

she knew if we put the coalition together from 2020, moderate republicans and you saw stephanie grishamre, speaking to those people, making the case that this is an america issue. that donald trump is undemocratic and he is not representative of the old republican party. and if you believe in democracy, kamala harris is the only option. i feel good, even without beyoncÉ, which we will talk about later in the show. >> the democrats have never loved the republican party. >> democrats love republicans after they betray their own party. but going to the dnc this week, it was fun. hollywood came to play. and there was a lot of fake fantasy, that's what you saw last week. starting with the send off of the sitting president from the campaign trail. everyone says good-bye, joe. we love you. all the democrats on tv are saying that he was a patriot and courageously gave up power. that's not true. he was forced out of the race and kamala harris was inserted in an undemocratic way into the top of the ticket and they wanted everyone to believe that somehow she was part of the democratic process wher

that's exactly what stephanie grisham has done. some of the other republican voices have done. also, they are trying to appeal to maintain the base, excite the base, but they are trying to appeal to people beyond the base because they have to run up the numbers. this needs, as michelle obama said last night, this needs to be a definitive win. a resounding win. you do that by persuading more independents, by getting those moderate republicans who voted for joe biden to expand that universe as well. so this gives that permission to republicans, who may be disenchanted with trump and nikki haley voters. it gives them permission to come out and join this movement, or to vote. >> i want to play some of what we heard at kamala harris' rally last night in wisconsin, as the dnc was underway. watch this. >> a future for freedom, opportunity of optimism, and faith. as the generations of americans before us who led the fight for freedom, the baton is now in our hands. we carry the baton. do we believe in freedom? do we believe in opportunity?

grisham, geoff duncan, adam kinzinger, et cetera speaking directly to those people, making the caseamerican issue. that donald trump is undemocratic, he is not representative of at least the old republican party, and if you believe in democracy then kamala harris is the only option. and i feel very good about the entire week, even with beyonce, which will talk about later. >> katie: they accused mitt romney, who they praise -- >> jessica: didn't call john mccain a trader or a loser. >> katie: democrats love republicans only after they betray their own party. but going back to the dnc this week it was really fun. it was a show. hollywood came to play. it was a great time. but hollywood is also a lot of fake fantasy, and that is what you saw this week. starting with monday night with the send-off of the sitting president from the campaign trail when everybody says goodbye, joe, we love you, all the pundits and democrats on tv are saying that he was a patriot, courageously gave up power. that's not true. he was forced out of the race and kamala harris was inserted in an undemocratic wa

but i was so proud of stephanie grisham last night. she was so strong and just so compelling.doing -- we're telling the truth. we're just telling the truth, and we just want a better future for all of us. and our concerns about donald trump, we lived it. we know firsthand what he is. we also know that he doesn't stand for republican values, the values that we grew up with, right? i think this is hopeful, though, alex. i mean, the energy here, it's been so supportive too. and i think it gives me hope that, like, the future of bipartisanship will come back some day just by the way that we've been received. it's been very heartwarming. i mean, you know, just, kind of, working together again. and i'm hoping that tonight when i speak, i'll be talking to republicans and end up in the end saying, this is the way. this is the way forward. >> let me just ask you one question. do you think the change at the top of the ticket makes the difference to republicans who are on the fence? do you think it markedly affects the fortunes of the democratic ticket? >> yeah. you know, i'm not sure. i

stephanie grisham and the arizona governor spoke yesterday, and they slammed trump. >> behind closed doors trump mocks his supporters. he calls them basement dwellers. on a hospital visit one time when people were dying in the icu, he was mad that the cameras were not watching him. he has no empathy, no morals, and no fidelity to the truth. he used to tell me it doesn't matter what you say, stephanie. say it enough and people will believe you. but it does matter. what you say matters, and what you don't say matters. when i was press secretary i got skewered for never holding a white house briefing. it's because unlike my boss i never wanted to stand at that podium and lie. now, here i am behind a podium advocating for a democrat. and that's because i love my country more than my party. kamala harris tells the truth. she respects the american people and she has my vote. thank you. >> i have a confession to make. i'm a lifelong republican, so i feel a little out of place tonight. but i feel more at home here than in today's republican party. the grand ole party has been kidnapped by ex

. >> jesse: people who used to work for donald trump, stephanie grisham just said something. >> i wasn'tors and behind closed doors, a trump amoxil support or and calls them basement dwellers and has no empathy or morals and no fidelity to the truth because unlike my boss, i never wanted to stand at the podium and by and now here i yam behind a podium advocating for democrat. >> jesse: she was press secretary for a time but never did a single press conference and now at the dnc convention. >> it is crazy. i never heard donald trump and marcus supporters and had the total opposite as president trump i spoke on the rnc station 2020 about when i have high -- one had a primitive mess act to me, gave me a call and that's the man i know and i don't know how you go from being a conservative to speaking on the stage at the dnc and you want to protect life as a conservative with economic freedom you do it nikki haley did an ron desantis and you speak your principles may be had a radical shift but i don't know how you speak if there are abortions outside and a gender-neutral prayer room. >> michel

former republican governor bill well, former congressman denver ritalin, and former press secretary stephaniesham, and that list -- had a virtual rally attended by over 70,000 people. >> do you want this republican party to change? do you want it to be ronald reagan's party again? do you wanted to be a party that stands for limited opportunity again? >> and i can say, that is why am voting for kamala harris because i want a future for my children and my grandchildren that embraces freedom and liberty and equality and democracy. >> there are those keywords again, freedom and liberty. those turns -- terms were referenced throughout the call. and now, they are trying to expand their reach to even more dissolution never trumpers. the -- from adam kinzinger, a vocal term critic who served on the january 6 committee. according to a cnn report, he is expected to speak at the convention on thursday night. the same night as vice president kamala harris with me now is director of haley voters for harris and the upcoming -- dial. it's great to have you on the show, craig. you ran the haley voters for bi

people in trump's inner circle, like stephanie grisham at one point. geoff duncan. olivia troy. adam kinzinger. they have all endorsed harris, condemned trump. not a single minute of their speeches or addresses televised to the republican base through fox at all. >> and that is really consistent. let's not forget they are also the one that had the scoop that mike pence wasn't going to be endorsing donald trump. this was a while ago and even though they broke the news they only gave it a you seconds of coverage on the network. even though it was an explosive story at the time. part of their strategy is to not only amplify and pull up from the dregs of the internet these conspiracies and theories and really push the election being stolen narrative, but also what you just said. what they are covering and what they are not covering and they are not going to cover anything that will give a permission structure to a bunch of their audience that is likely to potentially be willing to vote not for donald trump and that is what they are doing. they are suppressing that part of the inform

grisham.hat list grows by the day and last week republicans for harris held a virtual rally attended by over 70,000 people. >> do you want this republican party to change?'s do you want to be ronald reagan's party again? do you want to be a party for freedom with limited governing an opportunity again? >> i can say that is why i am voting for kamala harris because i want a future for my children and grandchildren that embraces freedom and liberty and equality and democracy. >> there are those keywords, freedom and liberty. those terms as well as references to reagan were scattered throughout the call and the harris campaign is expanding its reach to even more disillusioned never trumper's at the dnc which kicks off tomorrow. it could get a boost from the former republican congressman adam kinzinger a vocal critic who served on the january 6 committee. he is expect it to speak at the convention on thursday night, the same night as vice president harris. with me now is craig snyder with voters f

i want to play stephanie grisham during her speech at the convention.ay. >> when i was press secretary, i got skewered for never holding a white house briefing. it is because, unlike my boss, i never wanted to stand at that podium and lie. now, here i am behind a podium, advocating for a democrat. [ cheers and applause ] and that's because i love my country more than my party. >> you know, tara, the republican i know that always tells me the truth is michael steele. and i asked the chairman after that, is this true? and he was like, yes, it is very true. i think it was important that she and others were there to say that, not speaking to the people in the room, they were speaking to the 20 million people that were watching that night, tara, i thought that was very important. >> i think there is something to be said about the people that know donald trump the best. they are the ones that work with him everyday. there something to be said about how many former cabinet embers, high-level officials, his own vice president, who are not endorsing him. people

. >> and brandon buck, stephanie grisham was one of the republicans at the convention last night validatingeaster, thank, christmas and new year's all at mar-a-lago. i saw him when the cameras were off. behind closed doors, trump mocks his supporters. he calls them basement dwellers. he has no empathy, no morals, and no fidelity to the truth. >> that was a devastating insider critique. >> yeah, and look, obviously a few better people to make these arguments and the people who saw him behind closed doors. i think that this is an important audience for the harris campaign. there is not a huge number of republicans these days willing to cross over and vote for a democrat. but there may be enough that could tilt this election. and the harris campaign, i think, needs to be welcoming and inclusive and talk about those things that are much bigger than policy. i think a lot of republicans are not going to agree with harris on a lot of her platform. but what they can agree is that things like character matter and that telling the truth matter and not embarrassing your country matter. that is the --

also stephanie grisham, who served in the trump white house as a press secretary, as communications directoryou think more this election? >> i think he's said his piece about where he stands on this. i don't think there's any way he could do what kinzinger and others have done and embrace this ticket. i think it's one of the most far left tickets that the american people have seen in a presidential race and i think that everything that kamala has tried to advance would be antithetical to what mike pence fought for as a conservative. >> marc short, thank you for being with us. he with appreciate it. >> thank you. >> next will former house speaker kevin mccarthy finally gets revenge on matt gaetz for helping take away his speakership? >> you're watching special coverage right here on msnbc. don't go anywhere. t go anywhere. hi, my name is damian clark. and if you have both medicare and medicaid, i have some really encouraging news that you'll definitely want to hear. depending on the plans available in your area, you may be eligible to get extra benefits with a humana medicare advantage dual-e

nbc reporting exclusively that former trump official stephanie grisham will also speak at the conventiona statement, quote, while i don't agree with vice president harris on everything, i'm proud to be supporting her because i know she will defend our freedoms and represent our nation with honesty and integrity. what message will you be listening for, from these members of the republican party? >> the message has to be this is how we defeat trumpism. there is no perfect candidate out there for republicans that you can get behind and say, policy-wise, i'm feeling pretty good about this ticket. the vast majority of republicans are not going to like some of what the harris/walz campaign is saying this week. and that's just fact. but what they understand, the republicans like me who come out and put our voices and support behind harris and walz, what we understand is that this is our last best chance to defeat trumpism, to extinguish its flame within our party. we have to get rid of him once and for all. we thought last fall was our opportunity, and it was obvious, he is now the republican p

another notable thing tonight is that we are going to hear from some republicans including stephaniesham, former press spokesperson in the trump administration, as well as a republican mayor from arizona who has endorsed harris. amna: the program did run very long. it ended up pushing mr. biden's speech out of prime time. how is the convention addressing that? laura: the convention spokesperson said they ultimately blamed the fact that there was so much applause. they said that was why, for other speakers, that that was why they were delayed and they ultimately ended up having to cut parts of their program including a 10 minute video that was supposed to play before president biden speech about his legacy and his time in office and they said they are going to try to make real-time adjustments to the convention and make sure that they are on schedule tonight as well as for the rest of the night. geoff: the arena is filling up behind you. give us a sense of the move as you have been talking to delegates on the floor. how are folks feeling? laura: they will be in wisconsin. third visit

and we see stephanie grisham speaking right now. >> do we want to dip into this for a few seconds? well, as she steps away, i was going to say perfect live tv timing right there. >> but certainly some of the biggest names in politics obviously making their making their presence this week to set that path forward. and it's going to be interesting to see that messaging and it's a huge platform on. >> abc news will have special live coverage of the democratic national convention. and tonight the live coverage airs from 7 to 8 p.m. wednesday and thursday. it is 6 to 8 p.m. after the enactment of multiple parking restrictions followed by threats of towing and parking tickets. >> many people living in rvs on san francisco's winston drive and zoo road finally have stable housing. abc seven news reporter luz pena has been following this story really for months now, and is here in studio live with the latest. >> luis. >> yeah, that's right. it's been a long process for many families and people living in rvs in san francisco's lake merced area. many of them lost their jobs during the pandemi

>reporter>tuesday night trump's own former white house press secretary stephanie grisham, criticizedmer president obama and first lady michelle obama took on trump with direct language >>>>>there's the childish nicknames the crazy conspiracy theories. this weird obsession with crowd sizes, who's going to tell him that the job he's currently seeking might just be one of those black jobs >reporter>on thursday in north carolina, trump responded, >>>>>did you see barack hussein obama last night? take little shots? he was taking shots at your president and so was michelle you know, they always say, sure please stick to policy. don't get personal. and yet they're getting personal on i long. these people. >reporter>north carolina is a key swing state. trump won it in 2016 and 2020. but a new york times siena college poll now shows trump trailing kamala harris by two points. >anchor>now, tomorrow, the former president will hold an event in arizona. another key swing state. he will focus on the border. still to come on cbs news bay area distrust in the electoral process has gone up in the las

laura: even former trump press secretary stephanie grisham spoke out against her former boss. >> behindlosed doors. trump mocks his supporters. he calls them basement dwellers. on a hospital visit one time, when people were dying in the icu, he was mad that the cameras were not watching him. laura: as for trump, he held his first outdoor event since his assassination attempt. a campaign stop with his running mate jd vance that was pegged as one on national security in asheboro, north carolina. but again heavily featured insults against the vice president. >> she's a radical left believer. she ruined san francisco, she ruined california. and, if she gets in, our country doesn't have a chance. this calamity is on comrade kamala harris' shoulders. laura: back in chicago, the center stage tonight belongs to vice presidential nominee tim walz, who many voters still know very little about. facing what is expected to be the biggest moment of his political career to date, governor walz will be able to introduce himself to more than just the party faithful during his primetime speech. geoff: as

grisham, the former spokesperson in the trump administration. jan and it's her trying to say that. yes, her values at our ultimately still the same, but that she is also moving in a way that is required of legislators. i mean, she and president biden may not have liked everything that was in that bipartisan border deal that they passed. in fact, a lot of democrats didn't necessarily like it, but president biden was prepared to sign it and vice president harris has said that she would sign it as well. >> all right. >> everyone stay with me. we have a lot more discuss. i want to bring in the republican governor of new hampshire, chris sununu, governor thanks so much for being with us. we have just released a new clip from this exclusive interview. the first one that kamala harris and tim walz have done together. the first of the vice president has done since becoming the nominee. and she said notably that she will appoint a republican to her cabinet. would you serve if she asked you and do you think that the president, former president trump, you

the other thing, jonathan, you raised stephanie grisham's comment. i thought they were devastating.the former press secretary for the former president trump, his spokesperson to the public saying that he tells her that he doesn't respect his voters. he he says that you can say anything, including a lie as long you say it long enough that people will begin to believe you. >> that's language from joseph goebbels from the 1930s, germany, for heaven's sakes. >> it's scary to people. and remember, biden was making this a vote for democracy or against democracy. >> rule of law against the rule of law. these things are resonating. stephanie grisham, john bolton has come out his national security adviser, john kelly, his former chief of staff, have said similar criticism about trump. that stuff resonates and sticks, i think, with will. >> laura mark, good to you. >> quickly, what about the push for registration, for voter registration among celebrities? we're thinking, you know, taylor swift, ariana grande day, that kind of thing. that seems to be working to a certain extent for democrats.