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attacks on harris taking a darker turn tonight as walz and vance are set to debate hours from now, new reporting putting from both camps on how the two candidates are preparing. >> and 600 people missing from hurricane helene right now, more than 100 confirmed dead. that is not in those 601 of the deadliest storms in 50 years, wiping out ten towns, leaving unbelievable destruction, destruction in america and its wake. and we're going to take you live to the ground while reporters were able to get in. plus fareed zakaria up on iran how in revenge against the united states and israel. >> this hezbollah really on its last legs. >> let's go outfront evening. >> i'm erin erin burnett on this monday, outfront tonight cognitively challenged the race for the white house, hitting yet another new low tonight as for tonight, it's a new low trump lobbying these words and harris hours after calling her mentally impaired and mentally

disabled mentally impaired, said but lying, kamala harris honestly i believe she was born that way there's something wrong kamala and i just don't know what it is, but there is definitely something missing and you know what everybody knows it. maybe you think about it only a mentally disabled person could have allowed this to happen to our country well, hopefully all americans can agree that this sort of rhetoric is beneath what politicians should be saying as gop senate candidate larry hogan put it and, i think that's insulting not only to the vice president, but to people that actually do have mental disabilities the truth is, though, of course, that trump has long gone low when it comes to the topic of intelligence.

>> in fact, the topic of intelligence is one he cares a lot about. in fact, he returns to it again and again. >> he's a deranged, that dumb guy is at dumb son of a but he's one of the dumbest human beings ever foolish man is foolish, fool, just stupid person, very stupid, very low iq. it really a low iq. one of the dumbest people i've ever met dm dumbest person at the senate, the dumbest president we've ever had so like i said, i mean, that's it's a recurring thing. >> though, the words you heard there aren't quite the same as mentally impaired, a mentally disabled, those are new for trump and the words come as his campaign is under pressure tonight, j.d vance tonight, arriving with his family in new york you see that video there. the only vice presidential debate will take place in new york tomorrow night. tim walz is actually expected to arrive tomorrow. so coming in on the day of moments ago, we got our first look at the debate stage. and today trump is setting expectations high for vance i think jd is going to do grade

is a very smart guy, has done a great job. people like him a lot against tampon i think i don't think i've ever been joseph. >> he's not qualified i'm obviously not qualified is quite tame compared to cognitive cognitively challenged. i'm sorry, i'm mentally disabled. trump, apparently trying to raise the bar for walz everyone is here with me now i want to begin with our reporter, isaac dovere start with you on some of the new reporting, isaac that i know you're getting on what walz is doing to prepare for tomorrow night because i just mentioned your reporting, he's actually coming in tomorrow, not getting the night of rest in new york maybe wants to be in his own bed tonight, coming in tomorrow, j.d. vance is in new york with his family what are you hearing? >> well, the walz campaign apparatus has been locked in debate prep in michigan for the last couple of days. they've had mock debates, have had pete buttigieg in there playing j.d. vance. he showed up in a red tie to be sort of in character, did not grow out the beard. but

one of the things that they are working on is how walz will look on camera. he's been very concerned about this debate from the moment that he was in the vetting interview with kamala harris back in august. he said, i'm not a good debate, just a, you know, and he has continued to be nervous about this as i reported, over the weekend, but they are trying to say to him, think about how you look on camera when you're not answering the question. the reactions that you had of course, go back to the harris debate when she kept going like this, all of those reactions were big part of what it was and you think about biden's reactions to trump in their june debate. one of the problems that biden had as he often looked like he was surprised are not really paying attention in his answers another thing that they're working on, erin, i can tell you is that there has been a lot of focus on walz's record as governor, which has been attacked for some of the positions, especially socially liberal things that he's done laws that he signed in hand. we'll be talking a lot about things that he's done things that he did in congress, for

example, voting for the affordable care act, voting to repeal, don't ask, don't tell what she said is one of the most important votes he ever took or the work you did in the veterans affairs committee. so that's where we're going to see some of this as well as the focus on health care. >> of course, comes from rose the stakes are both higher and lower. i mean, the vp is not going to be setting policy for the administration, but nonetheless, both of these vp candidates have gotten an incredible amount of focus given the unprecedented nature of this race. >> sure. i looked at the stakes are high. i mean, this is presidential politics, but i think it's been one thing that's been missing from the conversation here, which is just the degree to which governor walz is actually uniquely suited. for this medium in this current age of presidential politics, i'm sorry, this is not an oxford union debate. this statistics, the facts, this and that they are secondary to the trust building exercise that is any law school debate is not. and so i actually think j.d. vance

that's his going in there with this unique disadvantage because he what he is best at our esoteric 90 minute podcast, where he can engage in some niche academic discourse. what governor walz is very good at is speaking directly to the american people in clear, plain-spoken manner that addresses michael table issues. >> and so i'm excited for you. >> a lot, margaret, and first i just want to say, i mean case in point, this is not a policy election. the major thing we remember from the first debate, they're eating the cats. they're eating the dogs. not a policy point, right now. so i do think i do think you're right. i actually think the contrast will not i mean, i suspect a jd who is incredibly polished at delivering on television and delivering an argument and litigating an argument and we can all expect what he will do. senator vance, in terms of trying to cast walz as the perfect pairing for the san francisco left-wing progressive, liberal that kamala is i think the best

thing walz could do is just be himself because the contrast of him as an ordinary guy. >> yeah reveals itself in the unplanned moments of the debate. >> and i think the contrast between sort of a trolling, impish senator who is a bomb thrower versus sort of a older more statesman-like governor of a state. i could there will probably be a breakthrough moment where that contrast to drake and walton. and of course vance's 20 years younger. i mean, when we talk about the ages and harris is 20 years later younger than trump, shermichael, margaret brought up dogs, so i just will say you know, it's like i laugh, but then i'm like, i don't think anybody's happy that we're here and some sentences then run the cats. but now we're talking dogs because walz and his dog scout sat down for an interview. these are the types of interview walz is done, right? he's talked about gutters, he's done things that have really reached out to people that haven't been this sort of injury in-depth policy interview. so he did an interview with the creator of we wait dogs ever, which is a social media account. and this is real, this happened. and let

me play a clip. join you on your watch love to have you do you think having scout has made you a better leader in some ways well, i think it starts, i think having a having a dog or pets makes you a better human he counts on me, he's he's loyal. he aides unconditional love and i think because of that, that just sense of empathy that you'd like to see an all leaders. you hope you have it already, but it certainly gets magnified. he's counting on you shermichael, is that if that wall shows up, right? that is just that's about a human connection, right? that's not policy. that's nothing that's about a human connection and love for something anyone can create, can connect to. is that going to be a problem for j.d vance if that if that's the walz who shows up tomorrow i mean, look i take max's point. >> people like governor walz, his popularity is pretty great but at the end of the day, we're not voting for the vice president of our senior high

school class or our of our college class were voting for someone who could potentially have to step in and serve as president if something happens to the president, were voting for someone one who's going to be given a portfolio by the president to handle some very serious and important issues to the interests of this country. i don't necessarily need to like you, i want to know if you can do the darn job and can you do it well and can you produce results and when governor walz has asked very serious questions about well, what is the harris-walz a plan are position? to tackle ukraine and the russian issue, is the governor aware of the donbass region and ukraine, what's the strategy there is the governor capable of talking about what an effective strategy should be to tackling issues with china are the issues with israel and hamas and now iran, i'm not exactly sure, but i would hope american people would, despite whatever personal affection they may have for the governor, would be serious about these issues. what we're voting for serious people here and liking someone only gets you so far.

>> i'm going to say, okay, this is totally it no political way at all. but congressman rose, it does seem to me that generally these kinds of contests are, are actually all about popularity now, i mean, not always, but often, it's about who do you want to have a beer with? who do you like, who you connect? >> i mean, it's presidential elections have to a certain degree always been about vibes. and this is odd because it's very rare when you have a republican strategist waxing poetically about how likable the other side is. so this is a difficult situation for j.d. vance, but there's another challenge that j.d. vance has, which is that he has only spent one to two years in government and prior to that, he was a fake venture capitalist and an author and tv. i'm not he wasn't even a tv person. i'm not sure exactly what he did but he has very limited credentials to actually be the president united states. this notion that he will be any barack obama. >> i mean, i mean, you know, we what people's resumes i don't

think we we've seen someone with this limited government experience other than of course donald trump, and we see how that worked out. >> so the idea that somehow j.d vance will be able to go on the offensive about expertise in the public sector is completely false. he will be on the defensive when it comes to who has the harder bar, higher bar. >> i think i think i think governor walz faults both of them have to do no harm because trump has such a low ceiling and high floor. i think j.d. vance, if you were to have an abysmal performance, would would not hurt donald trump as much as waltz's miserable performance would hurt kamala. i mean, he really does because hamas is not defined yet to most people. and by the way, i mean, we do this every day. most people aren't tuned in yet, folks and so i think a really terrible performance on behalf of governor walz would would help kamala issue to finds herself and presents herself to the american people. i think the stakes are higher. so isaac, i want to go back to what i played a few moments ago was trump calling harris cognitively challenged on social media, which is just the

latest in what he said in the past few days about her intelligence. >> here are a few examples joe biden became mentally impaired kamala was born that way never you think? think about it only a mentally disabled person could have allowed this to happen to our country. >> there's something wrong with kamala and i just don't know what his but there is definitely something missing. she is a stupid person, stupid person isaac from your reporting and the harris campaign do they plan to respond to these attacks? >> do they think that they are landing on fertile ground in any way? or are they going to ignore it? >> they are largely going to ignore it. if not completely the way that they have responded officially is by

saying trump going into these attacks shows that he's got nothing else to offer to voters. they also one of her spokesman said earlier today, it's part of trump's insult comedy tour. but beyond that, when they really talk about how while this might affect voters to the extent that does he say, look, this is the kind of rhetoric and that kind of behavior out of trump that even republican voters tend to say they hate. and especially when you're looking at those voters who are people who voted for donald trump in 2016 and for joe biden in 2020. and who are undecided now we especially among women to hear him saying she's stupid, she's mentally impaired. this is a turnoff and it's the sort of thing that they hope will, if anything, just get be another thing in the bloodstream to turn voters against mr. michael what do you say when you mean nikki haley said the same thing is to stop stop with this, right? >> that we just heard. >> got former governor hogan and senate candidate from maryland what what do you how do you respond to this?

>> and is there any world in which you say, okay, as a republican, i'm okay with trump saying this sort of thing. >> i really strategically the question becomes, if you are not performing as well as you need what a certain percent of the population, especially a critical group of the women as in women, what should a candidate do to change those dynamics down? the former president has a very, very slight advantage with white women, but the vice president has improved the point of margins of president biden. if you're seeing some real competition there, and i'm looking at a place like pennsylvania where some of those suburban women are going to be fundamental to whomever for ultimately wins as state, there. my advice for the former president is, is this the best critique of the vice president and the policies thus far are the policies if she were to win, that will move some of those voters to your side. i think the answer is probably no on the flip side though, erin, if i could say quickly, we've also seen the gender gap with the vice president and men. and so the question if hamas strategy is on the democratic side what is my my articulation

of issues that are of importance to a man, particularly working class men of color, that may move that needle a little bit forward as well. i'm seeing a fascinating gender dynamics here for both candidates. >> absolutely. but margaret is there anyone around him was telling him not to to to stop doing this? i mean, i know he doesn't listen, but is anyone even bothering to tell him i yeah. yeah, of course they have they're very smart strategists around him. he's just not listening to them all. in fact, to sort of sideline the original sat and the new, the new, the old, new guys or back like coral lewandowsky. and but i would just say no, democrats has won women, white women since bill clinton but this, this is a year where i'm looking at white women to see how, where, they go because you have a woman at the top of the ticket and you have abortion as one of the top three issues across the country. and it's on the ballot in every state and so this, this could be a year where it were that breaks the other way. >> alright. thank you all very much. appreciate it. and we do have breaking news. israeli forces, we are learning are moving into lebanon. we're going to go live to israel

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straight to jeremy diamond, who's in northern israel along that border with lebanon and jeremy obviously, you know, you're there, you're in your vast this is a major escalation that we're seeing. what do you understand is happening right now? >> no question about it, erin, for months now, we have wondered whether this conflict between israel and hezbollah might escalate into an all-out war. whether we might one day see is israeli troops crossing into the sovereign country of lebanon. and indeed tonight that is what we are seeing israeli ground troops supported by artillery, which you've just heard, right as i was saying that in the background being fired from here in northern israel, a couple of miles away from the border order and heading straight for lebanon, which is behind me behind those hills, there and indeed tonight, the israeli military is confirming that they are carrying out this ground operation. they are characterizing it as quote, limited localized, and targeted ground raids based on precise intelligence against hezbollah targets along the border. i've

been told that these operations are concentrated on lebanese villages close to the border where these really military has gathered intelligence and belief he is that there are indeed hezbollah targets there. now, i've reported earlier today that the israeli military had already begun carrying out special operations in recent days to gather intelligence in preparation for this ground defensive. and tonight what the israeli military it is confirming is that of force of its troops is indeed crossing into lebanon supported by artillery fire, supported by the air force, and is indeed carrying out this ground operation. they want to characterize this, of course, as a limited ground operation that was the understanding that israeli officials reached with the white house making clear that it would remain limited. but of course, once you have troops going from one country into another country, there is no telling where this can go from here, erin, and certainly with israeli troops now, going into lebanon, going after for hezbollah on the ground, following the major escalations

that we have watched over the course of the last two weeks with the enormous increase in israeli airstrikes in southern lebanon and eastern lebanon in the lebanese he's capital of beirut, the killing of hassan nasrallah. i think it's very clear right now that this conflict between israel and hezbollah has indeed escalated into war. >> erin. >> all right, so jeremy, let me just ask you though. i know we just heard that artillery as you were speaking have you have you seen any explosions are heard anything else or i mean how are you able to sort of feel the difference where you are and just a note to everybody mean they're doing this obviously in the early hours of the morning, it's almost to 30 in the morning along that israeli lebanon border >> when we arrived here in northern israel, just a couple of miles from the border, several hours ago, people here told us that this was the first night that they had heard a consistent and frequent artillery fire coming from this area going into lebanon at the time, it wasn't clear to us whether that was preparations for a ground operation or the

beginnings of that operation itself. but now that we've learned that this operation actually began a few hours ago in addition to the sounds we have actually been able to see some of the explosions happening over the hill right behind me, which is lebanon. indeed there as you were hearing yet another artillery round and going over, we have seen some of those explosions happening inside of lebanon. we also saw flares earlier today, and we are hearing the word of a helicopter in the distance all of these of course, signs of the multiple ways in which the israeli military is carrying out this operation from the air, from the ground. and with support, of course, from armored and artillery forces of being held further back, we have also seen, of course, an array of tanks and armored personnel vehicles along the side of a highway heading north towards the lebanese border as that artillery fire continues in the distance we don't we aren't able to see those explosions right now, but there is a bit of light behind that hill which tells us let's that there are either flares or explosions

happening behind there, which is of course, inside of lebanon. >> so let me jeremy, just to understand here, because obviously this is a crucial moment and they're trying to describe this as limited that they're going to do something specific, right? that the opposite of some mass, all the tanks are parading over of that mass buildup. that of course we all saw. so visibly along the gaza border. but as you point out, this opens the door to who knows factor once you start having soldiers in, is there any sense of to the point you were making who is going in? how many are going in are they staying in or is all of this really not known at this hour? >> well, we can glean a couple of things from this statement and from the information that i've gathered from speaking to sources. and one of those things is that first of all, the, special operations had already been happening in the days before this. and when the israeli military has coming out and saying and ground operation has begun in the last few hours. they are no longer just

talking about special operator ration. they're talking about something more significant. now, i was cautioned by some some sources that this is not a very large force going into lebanon, but they wouldn't say exactly how many forces there are. and as i've said before, they are incentivized continue to characterize this as limited as targeted, as small and i would also note that when israel began its ground operation in gaza, which of course we've now seen israeli troops pour throughout the gaza strip invading the entire strip effectively oh, at the time, they also characterize that as a limited ground operation that was slowly, slowly expanding. and of course it ultimately expanded into an all-out invasion. i'm not suggesting that's going to be the case here with lebanon we don't know how deep this is going to go. some former generals who i've spoken to suggested that israel should perhaps capture eight miles of territory into lebanon to remove the threat of anti-tank guided missiles from the area of northern israel where some 60,000 residents have been evacuated. it's not

clear if israel is going to go that deep yet, but again, we will see, i expect that we will see in the coming days, has this operation will likely expand it will go deeper into southern lebanon. the question of course, is how deep and for how long will troops be there and whether or not they could get bogged down in a fight against hezbollah. >> of course, lebanon on a sovereign country. alright, thank you very much. jeremy diamond. we're gonna be going back to you, of course, as you get more information. and depending on what you hear and see there, as we heard that outgoing artillery fire from israel into lebanon behind jeremy over these past few moments fareed zakaria joins me now host of fareed zakaria gps who freed you hear jeremy's reporting that this is obviously goes beyond the special operations forces which have been operating over that border, that this is bigger, but but the israelis are describing it as limited and not as think is actually happening here? >> i think what the israelis are doing is implementing a

strategy that they have long planned and held in a bands. they have for a long time thought very seriously about what to do, about the threat they face from hezbollah, the constant rocket fire. the way in which hezbollah has been able to drive out maybe 100, 150,000 israelis from their homes in northern israel. and the plan was to do something like this, which was to begin with that lightning communication strike the cell phones and pagers exploding then artillery and aerial bombardment that would essentially tried to destroy a whole bunch of the weapons caches and target mid-level leadership and then go on and target the high-level leadership. but to complete the job, they do have to go in to get out those weapons caches hezbollah has its own network of tunnels, much like hamas. they have to do all of that so far, israel was always deterred from doing this because of the

fear of hezbollah retaliation, iranian retaliation, the retaliation of the axis of resistance that iran had always talked about. but what they've done is they've pressed forward, taking the risk and they have proved that that axis of resistance and iran is more of a paper tiger. >> so let me just ask you obviously, and what they did even on the pagers, we understand hacking into odometer of hezbollah leaders, cars, and possibly even into their smart tvs to hear their voices. i mean, the level of intelligence involved is truly incredible to contemplate but yet, as jeremy said, once you actually have soldiers and human beings going over the border you get into a, you don't know what's going to happen from there how confident are they that they know what's going to happen from here, that there's limited ground operation remains that way as opposed to something which appears very clear that they don't want and maybe couldn't

even take on, which would be a full-scale invasion or some kind of an occupation yeah, it's very risky, but look, they faced a problem which was that hezbollah raining rockets on them. they were trying to figure out what to do and they took this calculated gamble that the iranians were going to be at the end of the day more cautious that the houthis were going to be more cautious that hezbollah would not be able to quickly retaliate. >> and so far, that has proven right. >> i think what you are seeing is that israel is the superpower militarily of the middle east today. and it is able to strike at will in a way that it's very hard to retaliate. you raise aaron, the crucial issue. it's one thing to be able to get rid of bad guys it's another to figure out what to do with the space, the land that's what we discovered after saddam hussein after a moammar gadhafi, after the taliban. it's what israel is discovery in gaza after they

got rid of the initial archaea, the initial ground invasion so there you're right, and i would, i would hope they understand that the best thing would be a quick mop-up operation and then withdraw back but it's always very hard because once once you break it, you buy it as colin powell famously said, about iraq, and what about iran? do they strike? >> so i had the iranian president on before the nasrallah attack and spent about an hour with him. we showed most of what the most of it on the show. he didn't strike me as a man who wanted to retaliate he was striking about how hezbollah has very limited options. it has very limited weaponry. israel is so much more powerful he talked about when i asked him, pressing message, what would you do? he said, well, we have to convene a meeting of islamic countries to condemn this. that doesn't sound like the man who

is ready, readying for for military strike. i think iran is also on the ropes there. they don't have as many options as you might think this president is trying to in some way find a way out, get some of these sanctions reduced now the crucial question in iran has always, does the president actually have power or are the revolutionary guard the hard line as the mullahs do, they have more power. they going to be war assertive. is there some red line that hasn't been crossed yet? that could trigger trigger something. >> i doubt it because israel can counterpunch harder than any >> iran can, he, can send it their way all right. >> well, free. thank you very much. i appreciate it as we cover this breaking development of israeli troops crossing the border into lebanon around to 30 local time. on this tuesday morning, as it is there monday night here, eastern time. and our jeremy diamond's going

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some coffee in your complete surrounded by destruction without electricity. this freshly brewed cup of coffee is a small luxury for sarah tim co i asked my daughter, are you okay. >> you're just texted her and she sent me back these horrifying pictures. >> i mean, it looked like armageddon that's when they've tim called the site the to travel hundreds of miles to come to the rescue of his daughter and her family, bringing food, water, gas, and supplies, buildings down, houses washed away i'm like, oh, my god, my daughter's in the middle of this and she's seven-and-a-half months pregnant. the baby is going to be here at about eight weeks and it's my first so it's exciting. i also don't want him to come early because we are not prepared the asheville, north carolina resident and her family were among the hundreds of thousands of people left without power here in devastated western north carolina with major disaster declaration it's in 25

county's emergency crews say they are overwhelmed not only by the amount of people in need of help, but also because they're unable to reach many of them caught communities destroyed roads and broken bridges like this one here is one and ola are making the job of first responders and search and rescue teams very difficult. >> here sure. and western north carolina. >> i didn't really know my neighbors that well. actually, until two days ago in this asheville neighborhood, people decided they couldn't wait for help to arrive i've they've given us water, fuel, food. >> they organized themselves to clear their street that was covered in mud and debris and we've all chipped in. >> we've all worked together it's been really is special most people in the areas devastated by the storm have no power, water, or cell service at least 126 have been killed in six states more north carolina alone, and hundreds remain unaccounted for as residents line up for

necessities fema is using helicopters to deliver supplies sara tim coe says she was not prepared for this kind of unexpected disaster. what was your reaction when he said honey, i'm going your way and i'm bringing supplies i was like that's lonely there for me. >> this is my first grandchild, her first child you know, that's a very delicate time, right? >> in the worst of times, the best in people is making a big difference. >> rafael, i know we've talked about the 600 currently missing. we've been told the death toll will go up. so many people they have not even been able to get in contact with how do people there feel about the state and federal response? i mean, what we're seeing in north carolina it's something that nobody expected or really had much warning about yeah, that's a very good point there and we have certainly heard

criticism the people wondering whether the state and then federal governments have done enough, soon enough. >> but yes, it's very important to put this disaster context. we're talking about helene, which is a hurricane that's already among the 50 deadliest hurricanes in the last 50 years over the weekend the governor roy cooper said that in this part of north carolina, the western part of north carolina, people got anywhere between ten and 29 inches of rain and just look at what's behind me at the many roads and bridges are impassable. earlier, state officials said that the number is more than 300. so when you look at everything that's happened here, erin, you begin to understand that something like this had never happened here before, and that's why it's getting very different. the goal to take to take help to those who needed erin. >> yeah. and as you can see, the darkness behind you, so many there waiting and still having not established contact

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2019 that we're first surfaced and reported on by our kfile. that was where she supported access to gender transition surgery for detained migrants paid for by taxpayers supports taxpayer funded sex changes for prisoners, surgery for prisoners for prisoners every transgender inmate in the prison system would have access is hard to believe, but it's true even the liberal media was shocked. kamala supports taxpayer funded sex changes for prisoners there's an illegal aliens. >> every transgender inmate would have access. >> kamala's for them. president trump is for you and marc caputo is outfront now, marc, obviously you've been talking to your many sources in the inner circle of the trump campaign and the trump world harris, his team says this is not a policy as she is proposing are running on in this election. >> they obviously can't dispute that that is what she said. her

stance was. obviously it's very clear you report, though that trump world sees a big opening here and that that ad is airing in seven battleground states it's right now do they have dated that makes them think this will work i think when you look at the polling, it generally shows that while americans have, on the whole, the majority of the plurality no problems with adults being transgender they start to disfavor transgender surgeries for minors transgender athletes in women's sports, and taxpayer or insurance subsidies for transgender surgeries. and this hits that latter point. and unlike all the other issues, this is one where the trump campaign and the polling at least she's a clear advantage and that's what campaigns do. now, this is a very fraught topic, is very emotional the advocates point out, look most people aren't talking about this. this is not a top issue of the economy. it is immigration is abortion is the trump campaign counters that yes that might be the

case. the reality is, while this is not a top issue for people, this is an issue that lots of people talk about and people have strong emotions over. >> all right, so you pointed out that trump's ad actually came up on the very popular radio show, the breakfast club, which is hosted by charlemagne tha god. obviously a charlemagne's been on this show many times. and he does support harris, but which is important context because i want to play what he just said about the trump back narrator say kamala's supported taxpayer funded sex changes for prisoners that one line out of i know i don't want my taxpayer dollars going to definitely see that she did that ad was affective. >> i don't think i would've paid commercial no attention if it was any other time. but you're watching foot and you just might use what the hell in between the commercials they give you this so okay. >> charlemagne's you know, just responding there emotionally. what what do what voters do they think this hurts harris most width a. variety,

obviously, african american men that you just quoted played that tape of suburban, suburban women and also just a pasele of other swing voters. soft democrats republicans who want to stay home obviously this really stirs up social conservatives and trump's had a little bit of a problem with his base in some quarters because of his mixed messaging on abortion. this is a way to reel them back all right. >> marc, i appreciate you and your reporting as always. thank you. and i want to go now to sophia nelson, jd vance's former yale law school classmate and close friend for a decade, many of our viewers, sophia, remember you from the last time when you were on talking about your long friendship with j.d. vance and his wife now, you have also been a vocal defender of trans rights. and when we last spoke, you share that vance had supported you when you had your own gender affirming surgery, he brought the baked goods as you recovered. this was in 2012 so what's your reaction when you hear marks reporting that trump and vance are going all in on this issue and obviously you could see for yourself and

add like that, was airing during football yesterday thanks for having me back, erin, i have two reactions to this strategy. foremost kamala's is a lifelong prosecutor. she was attorney general of california. she understands the law deeply and she understood that the united states supreme court made clear that to deny medically necessary care to incarcerated people is unconstitutional and violates the eighth amendment. and she, when she was answering that question, she was aware of ninth circuit precedent, which covers the state of california. i'm sure that that extends to providing the medically necessary gender affirming care. i suppose she could have said, no, we should violate the law and not do this, but that doesn't strike me as the kind of person that she is the lawyer that she is. but more importantly, erin. this is just not an issue that affects everyday people. i don't go around asking people what medication there on what surgeries they have had because like tim walz, i know how to

mind my own damn business and i don't think thank that whether i've had surgery or whether someone else has surgery is important to everyday americans. this election is about freedom. it's about privacy and it's about everyday economic issues, kitchen table issues, and that's this is just a distraction. it's another way of dividing us. it's another way of spewing in hate and fear and to distract from the important economic issues like which side is pro-union? which side is going to help americans afford their first home with down payment assistance. >> so as we're getting ready tomorrow night to see the debate, right? we're going to see tim walz and j.d. vance. and i guess, look, they're not they're not running for president, they're running for vice president but it is a test for how americans connect with them and what they hear policy, but also connection. and that's why i want to ask you in the context of how well you knew j.d. vance you had shared a message that he sent with a sent with us and he sent to you in 2016? he apologized for

describing you in his book, hillbilly elegy as an extremely progressive lesbian that was a quote in the book. so in this message that you shared, he writes, you, he calls you so says nickname and he says, i recognize now, but this may not accurately reflect how you think of yourself. and for that, i'm really sorry. i hope you recognize that the description came from a place of ignorance. when i first started writing years ago, i hope you're not offended, but if you are, i'm sorry. love you. jd that obviously is a very different person in terms of these issues and perspective than we all hear now i wonder sophia, when you look at it now and you're getting ready to watch him tomorrow night. who do you think the real j.d. vance is? >> yeah. could the real j.d. vance please stand up. i don't think anybody knows. right. we've had many different iterations of j.d. vance. he's a chameleon. he's a fraud, and he's out for power and wealth and i think that shows that's why he is wildly unpopular, because the american people value authenticity and this is, i think actually ties it's into

the trans rights issue, erin, because what i'm seeking and what all trans people are seeking is the right to live their authentic lives to be their authentic selves. and that makes you happier and it makes you less angry. and i think it might be easier for j.d. vance to order doneness without looking weird, if he could be his authentic self and it might he might have a thing or two to learn from trans people's, i'm saying, so one of the people that we understand is helping him prepare is another very talented lawyer. >> you all were a group of very talented young lawyers going through law school friends. it's his wife, usha, you know her well you were at their wedding so how do you what role do you think she's playing? what advice do you think she's giving him well, i fought a lot about usha in the wake of laura loomer's extremely racist attacks on vice president harris for her racial background, right? korea at the white house, smelia yes. >> that call center. it just horrific degrading dehumanizing

comments and what we have here is j.d. vance and donald trump or bullies, their name calling and there's nothing too low whether it's intellectual disability, someone's race, their sexual orientation, their nothing is off off-limits. they will name call about literally everything and that's because they're trying to divide us to distract us from the issues that matter. >> alright, we'll see i appreciate your time. i'm glad to see you again. thank you. >> alright, thank you for having me on also tonight, donald trump is campaigning in georgia. >> and of course, which is still reeling from the disaster left by hurricane helene. he visited valdosta saying his stop had nothing to do with politics and then said this the vice president she's out some places campaigning looking for money so they got to be they have to be there's nobody here. too big a really bad one. >> now, trump, of course, lost georgia by that, that razor thin margin in 2020. and the state is expected to be very

close. again, the harris campaign tonight is seeing an opening with a specific group and jeff zeleny has voters outfront south asians for harris, sean joey kumar, and volunteers are calling a small, yet potentially powerful set of georgia voters our community is not that big. >> it's 4% of the state's population. but it's in some counties, it's hundred and 22,000. it's 60,000. it's, you know, it's enough to absolutely make a difference asian-americans are one of the fastest growing segments of the electorate here in georgia, the voters are a critical piece of kamala harris, his game plan in a razor thin race against donald trump. there's a baked-in republican red bent to the state, but it's it's been changing it's been changing for the for many years now in georgia, president biden defeated trump by 11,779 votes out of 5 million cast that

margin is smaller than the number of asian american voters surrounding atlanta, ranging from gwinnett county at more than 65,000 to forsyth county at more than 14,004 years have passed since then the demographics of the county has shifted considerably since then. >> canada today, russia and leads the democratic party in forsyth county he was driven to become politically active after republican senator david when purdue said this for years ago at a trump rally or what common-law or come on up, a mama, mama, mama, i don't know whatever nice for some people, but rationalizing that mispronunciation. >> and i felt that there was a need to stand up to speak up because we should not be normalizing this kind of behavior. >> forsyth is deep red a county trump carried by more than 30 points. but for the first time, democrats are fielding candidates up and down the ballot, like a schwin ramaswamy, who's running for a state house seat. >> it's not a question of if georgia will become convoluted

question when harris, who would be the first black and south asian woman elected president, is leaning into her indian american roots. >> my mother was a brilliant five foot tall brown woman with an accent james wu, who helps registered georgia voters across political lines, said asian americans here held for more than 20 national origins each with their own view of politics he said there may be less allegiance to a political party, yet backgrounds help inform votes lot of them are small business owners. they are working like seven days a week at mom and pop shops. so he called really impacts them directly from churches to businesses, to campaign signs diversity of atlanta suburbs come alive with the potential for democrats and republicans. >> i've definitely seen democratic party to api specific take outreach events from trump campaign. i haven't

seen as much a gop asian american community center that opened here in 2021 is now closed, replaced by an adult novelty store with early voting just two weeks away in georgia. both sides are investing millions here. and the sheer math of it all shows that every vote really does count nestle. >> i mean, everyone's familiar with the famous 11,000 whatever votes you could not make a better point for every vote counts than in georgia is certainly true. i mean, erin, that margin hangs over this race, 11,700 votes. that's why, with one week left to go for voter registration, it's really fascinating what's happening in the atlanta suburbs that we spent some time there this week and last week, the languages are so different for voter registration cards. >> every one of those cards you've got korean georgia here. >> so all eyes are on georgia for the next five weeks,