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but make no mistake. voters are already voting mail or early voting is now underway in about half of the states, more than 1 million ballots have already been submitted across 30 states new, this morning cnn learning that next week barack obama will launch a battleground blitz in support of kamala harris and down-ballot democrats aid say the former president is concerned by just how close the polls have been. any views this election as a quote, all hands on deck moment in cnn's latest poll of polls, this is borne out harrison trump effectively tied at 49 and 48% nationally. but this election, of course, it only matters in the swing states really today, donald trump headed to georgia and north carolina. harris is going to michigan after campaigning in wisconsin yesterday, alongside a prominent republican supporter i ask you to stand in truth to reject the depraved cruelty of donald trump. >> i tell you i have never voted for a democrat but this year i am proudly casting my

vote for vice president kamala harris republican conference chair liz cheney, daughter of former republican vice president dick cheney, who has also announced he will vote for harris donald trump, claiming those high-profile endorsements could actually hurt harris well, liz cheney lost for congress. she was terrible. liz cheney is a stupid warhawk. all she wants to do is shoot missiles at paypal. i really think it hurts. i think frankly, if kamala i think they hurt each other, i think yes. so bad both for all right. >> our panel's here. alex thompson, cnn political analyst, national political reporter for axios elliot williams, cnn legal analysts, former felsic cuter, meghan hays, former biden white house director of message planning, and matt gorman, former senior adviser to tim scott's presidential campaign. welcome to all of you. thank you for being here. >> alex thompson i start with you on the cheney endorsement. this of course, we expected

this to be coming after some remarks she had made off the cuff remarks if it's to be if their campaign is to be believed or her staff is to be believed. at duke university, but really coming out and doing this formally now in the birthplace of the republican party how does it help or hurt harris is efforts here well, there are a few things, obviously, camaj harris is trying to both pivot to the center, but also you can see this in the paid advertising to the harris campaign has really shifted from a bio focus, especially those first few weeks. >> this is who i am. this is what my prayers are to really a contrast anti-trump campaign. they want this race to be a referendum on trump. the ads have gone from biographical and positive too much more negative against trump down in terms of liz cheney, there obviously hoping to tap into the nikki haley in their minds the article nikki haley suburban women vote and it's unclear and it's still unclear if that

will be if that will be successful. this is an election of strange bedfellows, rfk jr. rfk junior's supporting trump totally. governor gabbard supporting trump, dick and liz cheney supporting kamala harris, and both sides are hoping to bring in people that are not usually part of the coalition yeah. >> i mean, stupid war hawks. i think there was my college mascot. >> go ahead but no look, i was kidding about further launch. she wants i guess i'm not going to pretend that liz cheney's endorsement going to have a effect in this race, except make extremely online liberals feel good about republican for wants. but then i look, i also think that the kamala harris team is smart in this regard. they know that republicans attacking other republicans going to be katelyn for the mainstream media. so setting it in ripon where the republican party was founded and doing something, it's less about, i think actually the liz cheney thing, but correct. trying to create a media moment that contrast with trump, i think to alex's point, but i also think it gives republicans a permission structure to vote for a democrat and it gives independent women ability to say like, oh, well maybe she's not as liberal as they're

painting her out to be. and this is, this is an okay vote and it makes it okay to vote for kamala harris in a world where maybe they wouldn't have otherwise. so i do think that it's helpful to have her there. >> there's nobody that votes against her. kamala harris, because liz cheney is supporting are correct. but there might be people well who could support her on account of liz cheney's support. now, look, it's probably one lady in wisconsin. it's not one lady might probably cite this entire election. however, you know, to your point, it does not going to be a major swing one way or another well they're all equal, right. >> if nikki haley came out and supported kamala harris, which when she didn't. but like if she did, that will be a little different thing. if john mccain were still around, he was out there could paying for it for kamala harris in arizona. i would take folks as point here, but i think not all republicans are bill like, right? so try to get random former trump staffers or liz cheney i think also to the really i think the power of endorsement also is

when it's not as expected, right? liz cheney, very clearly been a critic of trump for many years now, wherever you think about it, the issues that really propel her have i think a lot large part been baked in with less of a surprise sorry, don't you think that some of these people are voters are looking like why aren't these people who used to work for trump or use to support trump? why are they now supporting kamala harris? like i think that just it just it's building the case to your point of contrast and building a contrast of why they're not for i think there's a difference between liz cheney and then the people that worked for trump, right? >> and you can see if kamala harris's campaign does believe at least in there internal polling, internal data that the fact that many people that worked for trump are now no longer supporting him and think of him as dangerous just this week they put out an ad and they're spending actually real big money about people like john kelly now longer supporting trump when our jake tapper reported yesterday that cassidy hutchinson, sara matthews, alyssa farah griffin, who is the only one of them that that hasn't explicitly

endorsed harris, although she has been a longtime trump critic, they're gonna go to pennsylvania and hold events with women aimed clearly at suburban women in philadelphia, make the difference. included the media, right? it's a media moment. i again, i gladys don't you no disrespect to you know, olivia troye or sarah matthews? i don't think lattice some choice looking at serve as like, you know, now, now, i a couple of voter, but actually you should think about who the target audiences, right? and the target audience is not matt gorman. it's not i think that they're not trying. i'm not saying you're supporting the former president even talked about that, right? but it's not trump. >> it's the mothers of the kids that if you voted republican for many years, literally, the mothers of those kids, this squishy swing vote in the united states that could be swayed by things like, oh wow former trump, trump's and trump staff rep. on and it has to be geared towards media because a lot of people who are taking their kids to school, who you went to high school with and who are putting food on our tables are not able to go to event. >> so it has to end with the

media and they're seeing that and it's an all the battlegrounds, it's not just pennsylvania and wisconsin there's going forward. >> the media and their attention and actually penetrate with a message to the voters through the media i just i don't think that explosive. yeah. i mean, i think my big picture question here is do these reminders of what happened on january 6 to the combination of the report, these people coming out at this moment here with 32 days to go. does that actually make a difference or not? i think there's some evidence on both sides, but we're not going to figure it out but still here on cnn this morning, israel's next move the world waits to see how the country will respond to iran's missile attacks. in iran, supreme leader makes a rare public appearance into ron plus 50,000 striking port workers are heading back to work but a new deadline could result in another strike soon, and donald trump's legal woes back in the spotlight, taking center stage on the campaign trail a month out approximately from the election donald trump was willing to sacrifice our capitol to allow law

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trial by combat. >> that was how trump attorney rudy giuliani described his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. >> special counsel jack smith puts it in different terms while detailing new evidence unsealed this week in the 100 165 page legal filing, smith says, while the defendant trump claimed fraud without proof private operatives sought to create chaos rather than seek clarity at polling places where states we're continuing to tabulate votes counting center in detroit in 2020 with trump supporters chanting stop count. special counsel smith alleges one trump ally was told there would be unrest and he replied, quote, make them riot. and do it as those efforts played out publicly, the special counsel alleges that behind the scenes, trump allies were trying to get state lawmakers to go along with their plot the new filing includes a text message from

coconspirator, one who cnn has identified as rudy giuliani. rudy giuliani attempting to send this text message to michigan's republican senate majority leader, saying, quote, i need you to pass a joint resolution from the michigan legislature that states that the election is in dispute. there's an ongoing investigation by the legislature giuliani, on his efforts failed in part because he texted the wrong number elliot williams there's been some sad news actually about rudy giuliani that his daughter has come out and talked about how hard it's been for her to watch what's happened to her father in the course of this, but what do you think that we learned here from this filing that we didn't know before. i mean, obviously there's some new granular details, the sort of broad strokes are very similar, but the special counsel didn't have access to a whole bunch of things that the january 6 committee didn't have access and there may be more in the form of grand jury information that's not all right public yet. we didn't i'll be candid. we didn't learn a lot that wasn't

already public now what does filing did was put some of the meat on the bones that that jack smith and prosecutors would have gotten or would go to trial with in the form of almost an opening statement. this is exactly what happened, but the broad contours of what happened on january six were laid out both in the public record and through the january 6 committee so i mean, we were talking about this in many ways continuation of conversation. >> we were just having from a campaign perspective, alex, i'm curious kind of in your reporting what both of the campaign's view and i suppose the harris campaign in particular, do they think that january 6 isn't effective message for them and talking about it is something they should be doing, or do they feel like it would be a waste of money to put that behind? can't put money behind campaign's ads around that. >> i mean, democrats have been split on this question for the last two years. now, if you were if joe biden was still the nominee, then you'd be seeing january 6 and almost every ad because joe biden's main top political aide mike donilon, basically felt that january 6 would be the equivalent to what

911 was the 2004 election. and they felt that it was the dominant image in voters minds. now, kamala harris has not leaned in onto the january 6 and democracy stuff near nearly as much as joe biden has now the symptoms she does talk about it, but but it's usually just a fleeting think. she's much more focused in the ads are much more focused on like the affordable care act and pre-existing conditions and sort of just his conduct in general, you know, break-in back to what we were talking about in the last segment. it is there any voter in america who is does not have a fully cooked opinion of january 6 at this point in either direction. there's very few people. again, we'll talk about gladson kenosha at the moment get her on the show. we need to are aware of this supporters of trump certainly aren't going to be persuaded by anything that jack smith puts on paper. now, there may be folks who are just

tuning into american politics after four years, i don't know, but it's just hard to see where things move right now. nothing's all that new in that. >> i think this just goes to their strengthening of the contrast argument and it's showing that trump created all this chaos regardless, if it's the talking about the affordable care act or january 6, they're just trying to build a contract that the leadership of what type of leader kamala harris will be versus donald trump if he gets back in the white house. so i don't necessarily agree with you that everyone's kind of baked in, but i do i think it strengthens or contrast argument, yet much has already knew, i think to elliot's point, and that there's nothing that i study say wow, that's a game changer. and i think look, there is a reasonable argument he made that he's 30 days before an election, like what what's going on here? what are the real motives and like even just like little small details like, well, the fact they played the village people ymca not hailed the chief has presidential immunity kind of tensions and consequences. it makes it a little like it makes it kind of funneling can i just say you know, really it's important with this whole why are they doing this 30 days before that is entirely a

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was done in some communities really stunning on the other side of the country out in the west, experiencing a late season heat wave. >> let's get to our meteorologist, the weatherman, derek van dam. derek, where are these folks looking at? >> all right. happy friday kasie. so we've got another scorcher today to talk about over the western parts of the u.s particularly the southwest, there's quite a contrast between what's taking place across the pacific northwest west and what's happening across southern california, for instance, palm springs all the way to phoenix, las vegas, fresno, all these locations will reach triple digits. not only today, but right through the weekend and it's going to last through next week as well. that's why the national weather service hoist saw these weather alerts. these are heat alerts, including excessive heat warnings for portions of phoenix it's just outside of los angeles and it does include the greater san francisco bay region when we hone in on what's happening in phoenix, it's just incredible to see the type of year they've had. they had their hottest september temperature ever recorded, 117, their hottest october temperature ever recorded 113. and over the past

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out think he's going to avoid it a lot to do yet. >> the president has publicly stated he opposes attacks on iran's nuclear sites. donald trump disagrees i mean, to make this statement, please leave their nuclear alone i would tell you that that's not the right answer. that was the craziest answer because you know what soon they're going to have nuclear weapons. and then you're going to have problems all right. >> joining us now is edward djerejian, former us ambassador to israel and former us ambassador to syria. mr. ambassador, thank you so much for being on the program this morning. we have heard from a number of former israeli officials urging the israeli government to seize what they view as an opportunity to strike these nuclear sites. >> do you think that's what israel should do? >> and how do you see this playing out given your deep expertise and long experience in the region

abundantly in the national security interests of the united states many countries in the region and internationally that a major war in the middle east be averted at all costs because that would be a march of folly that the consequences of which nobody can predict. >> so the main objective of diplomacy and statecraft now is to contain this conflict and get back to a agreement. both on the hamas front and on the lebanon, hezbollah front. >> and there were two initiatives that the administration biden administration has been working on one obviously in gaza to get a ceasefire and release of these israeli hostages and palestinian prisoner exchanges. >> and then stabilize the situation there and take steps to address the palestinian

israeli issue. and the second one is on lebanon front, as a un security council resolution that was put in effect in 2006 which is a framework, for getting his bullet to move north of the border with israel to the litani river to demilitarize the militia is like hezbollah in lebanon. and to start stabilizing lebanese israeli relations the challenge now it has to be getting back to the negotiating table and not weaponizing diplomacy as we've seen, the israeli government has had very decapitating that hezbollah leadership hassan nasrallah, they're charismatic leader it's continuing to target his well as leaders as we speak in beirut. >> today. >> and it still hasn't

finished the job in gaza sir. >> what do you believe are prime minister benjamin netanyahu's imperatives here? and i think my central question is is the israeli prime minister taking advantage of the fact that there is this heated, we are in the heated final days of a us presidential election. is he pushing forward more aggressively in part because of that? >> absolutely. kasie, i think that he feels he has a relatively open field because of our upcoming presidential elections it's very difficult for the biden administration on the cusp of a very tight presidential race to alienate certain important constituencies on our country. >> both the arctic and jewish vote. the arab, american arab

vote no graham states. so he knows the american political scene very well, like the back of his hand and i think he is taking advantage of the inhibitions of the biden administration to be more assertive in reining in what he has been doing in really asking a total military victory in gaza. and now attacking of beirut southern lebanon. >> so that obviously is a consideration. >> it is his personal interests that continue the warfare into certain measures really fascinating perspective, mr. ambassador, thank you very much for being on with us this morning. >> i really appreciate your time. >> my pleasure all right. >> let's turn now to hurricane helene and the rising death toll with more than 200 people now confirmed dead hundreds more still missing helene now the deadliest hurricane to hit the mainland us since hurricane katrina in 2005, president biden, vice president harris,

touring hard-hit communities across the southeast an earlier this week, deploying active duty troops. donald trump preparing to make his second visit to georgia today and claiming without evidence that the biden administration is withholding aid from states including georgia and north carolina they saw the fema from a bank so they could give it to their illegal immigrants that they want to have vote for them this season, they're trying to get them on the voters. we cannot let that happen. >> the white house pushing back against those allegations, releasing a statement that says this quote, this is false. the disaster relief fund is specifically appropriated by congress to prepare for respond to recover from and mitigate impacts of natural disasters is completely separate from other grant programs administered by fema for dhs, our panel is back here now this is clearly become a big flashpoint on the right. alex, they're talking about, they're tying basically immigration all the places where they feel stronger in

with this disaster relief question over arching all of it is the fact that the response has one week out now, there's still people missing, cut off from the world and is coming were just playing video of a man holding up a mirror to try to get attention from a helicopter pilot. i mean, this is happening in america that is a challenge for biden-harris trump seized on it right away last weekend, he was the first one of these three people to be on the ground when he went to georgia last weekend. >> meanwhile, after the hurricane made landfall, joe biden did good over traveled to rehoboth beach over the weekend when he was asked about it, he said, well, i had a telephone and it seems like a little bit flip then kamala harris also realized there was a problem because she was out on the west coast on a fundraising swing and quickly sorted it, came back and now you see that they are scrambling to sort of show that they are on the ground. joe biden making several visits to storm damaged areas, just the last two days. and so they're trying to play a little catch-up here. >> i mean, meghan, how would you grade the performance so far?

>> well, i think it's a little bit more nuance the resources that they draw from going on the ground that takes actually away from people doing rescue and active things that the people actually need the police resources. so i don't think it's fair for them to be on the ground. i actually think it's a mistake for them to be on the ground. >> but what about going back to the white house as this is unfolding the president can be president from anywhere. so i liked that falls flat. he shouldn't be so flip, but that's his nature to say flip things you just saw him say that about israel, about confidence not going to rain. so that's just his nature, is it appropriate? probably not. should he choose a different tone shore, but that is his nature. but i do think he was very quick to put out disaster relief declarations. they are very quick to do that. that it's always something they do. he's always in touch with the governors and the mayors on the ground. i don't think anyone on the ground is saying that their actions are slow but being here, governor kemp don't complain that some of the counts that not enough counties were covered by a disaster declaration said he had to call deaf signs, choose staff, and then get it expanded totally. but i also think though that optics do matter and being on the ground matters and those, and that's what people

remember. and so i do think it is hard the resource argument is their argument, but it is hard to show people and tell people that when they don't have, they don't have cell coverage. there. their family members are missing. >> i think they want they want us to leadership and even last night, he was, he was saying what storms out and people are very happy and you're right, certainly this book i think boy happy on the ground. >> but governor kemp was unhappy with the limited scope of the fema declaration and there's also mixed messages from mayorkas and dhs and fema but this three months ago, they were saying we have plenty of money will be fine recently saying we don't have enough to get us through hurricane season. >> and so that mixed messages. i think it's been a lackluster response across the board for a storm that is sneakily historic? >> yeah. all right. straight ahead here on cnn this morning the ever so famous october surprise. it can chip the race in the final weeks. could any of that at this month, fbi is pivotal as october surprises the past michael smerconish is here to discuss plus the boss backing them for springsteen's speaks out on why he's voting for kamala harris

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chances of becoming president. >> it was a so-called october surprise that term was coined by ronald reagan's campaign manager in 1980 the reagan campaign was allegedly fearful president carter would stage an october surprise, gain the hostages released and win reelection the term october surprise, of course, describes a late breaking story that could shift the race just before voters head to polls in between jack smith's new january 6 filing in the conflict in the middle east, could any news event this month be as influential as october surprises past we've got some breaking news. i want to bring to our viewers right now a new possible investigation by the fbi into hillary clinton's emails, 47% there are 47% with them who are leave their victims 24 years ago. i was apprehended and kenny bunk board, maine for dui. that's an accurate story.

i'm not proud of that. i oftentimes said that years ago i made some mistakes and i did on that night joining us now, cnn, political commentator michael smerconish, he's also the host of cnn's smerconish. and because it's friday, he is here. michael. wonderful to see you. thank you so much fascinating. look at october surprises past i'm curious if you think any of the things. i mean, i i've covered most, if not the 2000 election, but the other the others that we saw stacked with hillary clinton, i'd romney, i remember where i was oftentimes be trying to write an ap lead about that romney lists getting running to a camera, then the bureau at nbc where i was working at the time when the comey letter dropped what do you think we're looking at this time? i mean frankly, the intensity of potential crises is very high compared to those

previous cycles. >> so the access hollywood, by the way, great to see you, always great to see you on a friday. the access hollywood tape that you played, i think represented the ninth time in that cycle where i said, we'll trump's done. he's never going to come back to this. and of course, i was wrong in every one of those instances where my kasie what i think is significant is that was the 2016 cycle and he won that election. and as i evaluate stephen collinson has a great piece at cnn.com right now about the october surprises that are on our plate and it's the port strike which has now been suspended as you've been reporting, it's the aftermath of hurricane helene. it's the city actuation in the middle east. it's that filing by jack smith. my opinion is there's a lot in play, but none of it is going to matter. this is the most insane cycle that i've ever seen in my life. do you remember kristi noem and the goat? do you remember kristi noem and the dog? do you remember rfk and the bear? rfk

in the whale? hey, in the journalists, i mean, i can't keep up with all these things, but none of them seem to move the needle because when it's all said and done, we're at 50 and it comes down to seven states and they're all within the margin of error yeah, it honestly makes me wonder if there is any such thing as an october surprise anymore i think that i've been saying on radio for a year that there are people whose names we do not know and events that we could never anticipate that are about to play out. >> and even this close four weeks from tuesday until the conclusion, i still think they're going to be i'm shockers. i don't know what they'll be, but my hunch is that if you and i are having a conversation the friday before the election, and i hope that we are, we're probably going to say who the hell knows. it's 50-50, and it comes down to seven states and they're all within the margin of error i hope i definitely would love to see you on that friday and let's revisit this and see from here, from here on out, because this, i mean, there have been so many surprises through this campaign with of

course harris standing at the top of the ticket briefly, michael, before i let you go, can we talk about pete rose for a second because he just passed away as, you know, and he is a baseball great. >> and there is this question about whether he deserves a spot in cooperstown. it does seem like why are modern standards? he should, but i'm curious your take i say put them in with the asterisk. >> i he died without the privilege of being accepted, admitted into the baseball hall of fame. and i think that's significant he has to be there by the merits. i mean, what 22, 23,000 have played that game and only one got four 1,256 hits. so i think this is the appropriate ending. put them in, there's an asterisk on the plaque, but put them in at long last. >> all right. michael smerconish always great to see you. thank you so much for being here. you're talking to you. thank you. >> to all of yours. don't forget to tune into your college tomorrow morning, 9:00 a.m. eastern, right here on cnn all right. 51 minutes past the hour. here is your morning roundup. port workers returning

to work today after a three-day strike, the union representing the striking workers came to a tentative deal with the management group that represents shipping lines, terminal operators, and port authorities it's going to last just until mid-january country music star garth brooks has been accused of sexual assaults by a former hair and makeup artist she alleges brooks raped her in a hotel room work trip in 2019 brooks claims he's being extorted and says the accusations were made after he denied the alleged victims request for salaried employment and medical benefits new york congressman mike lawler now apologizing for a photo taken in 2006. the photo seen here was obtained by the new york times. it shows lawler in a michael jackson costume. complete with a faced, darkened by makeup. lawler is fighting for reelection in a competitive district and said this last night about the controversy i can't change what happened 18 years ago but i certainly with wisdom and age understand that

that is not something i would do and certainly understand why people would be upset or offended by it. >> and for that, i'm sorry that he was paying homage to michael jackson and that that made it different from minshew referenced minstrel shows that were mocking and derogatory i had to evaluate how he's it's not a menstrual, it's not song of the south that he was engaged in here, but let's be clear, it just shows poor judgment when he was actually an adult and i think we forget when assessing the conduct of people in the past that he ought to have known better at the time, certainly, maybe he was attempting to respect michael jackson, but i think at a certain point you got to know you just don't do blackface in 2000 17,006 look, is this the voters can assess what they want in that district between him and mondaire jones. >> what makes the most sense for them and it's really just a question of judgment more than

oh my god, that the racist story of 2024. it's it's really not. >> alright, let's turn now to the growing list of kamala harris is celebrity endorsements hi, i'm bruce springsteen, friends, fans and the press have asked me who i'm supporting in this most important of elections. and with full knowledge is in my opinions know more or less important than those of any my fellow citizens. here's my answer i'm supporting kamala harris for president and tim walz for vice president and opposing donald trump and jd vance kamala harris and tim walz are committed to a vision of this country that respects and includes everyone that's the vision of america. i've been consistently writing about for 55 years the boss has spoken, rockstar bruce springsteen, revealing in that instagram video, he'll be voting for harris next month. >> i legend has been a longtime democratic donor. he has joined candidates like john kerry, barak obama, and hillary clinton on the campaign trail

over the last two decades. and he's also publicly criticize donald trump making this prediction about a trump presidency back in 2016 this is a man whose vision is limited to little beyond himself who has the profound lack of decency that would allow him to prioritize his own interests an ego before american democracy itself all right, our panel is back meghan hays, i was at that rally actually, where he you know, on independence hall, a mall and he was one of a number of celebrities that was actually one of the events when i look back on covering the 2016 campaign that sort of previewed what was going to happen even when many in the pundit class artillery was going to win but there was no question that she was going to win the energy i mean, you could see it there in that clip, right? >> his energy was kinda low. it wasn't like a bruce springsteen rockstar concert. it was almost a valid the crowd was yes. >> fired up in the way that you

can't help being when you're with other people. >> but it was not the sort of raucous obama 08, the way that it can be and i just i guess part of what i took away from it is that this stuff doesn't really matter that much at all it doesn't say a lot necessarily, but i'm curious your thoughts? >> no, i don't think that these endorsements matter. i mean, i don't think this is a surprise to anyone. i mean, joe biden's been used singh a bruce been seeing friends and walk out for many, many years now. so this is not a surprise anyone. i think the endorsement that did matter with taylor swift and registering 300,000 voters are getting people to be engaged there. so i think that she moves the needle here, but it's a great endorsement. he will do rallies for her and go out and do some concerts and it will be great for everyone to drum up support, but i don't think it's going to move the needle how does it cut matt to in terms of one of the things we've been seeing on the republican side is this embrace of anti elite-ism. >> yeah, right. and the sense that, you know hollywood and the coasts, et cetera, are all in it together and they're not looking out for you look, i

think republican voters and certainly republican operative class very used to this sort of thing. i mean, bruce has been doing this for 20 years. i'll still see you show it seemed 21 times i was going to take just in europe exactly, two weeks ago. but yeah. no this is this is baked in so many respects where in 04 i think it was the first election where it was first lecture really suppressing endorsed names coming in. >> john kerry was carried. song no surrender that war is beginning i mean, saw that really tilted in a large way. if you remember, in 2000 like you had brittney spears perform at the inauguration was much more bipartisan than it is right now. >> yeah, it is. and i mean, alex, is this the trump people have found their sort of celebrities, but they are rock, kid rock and hulk hogan, like ripping his shirt off. it is a different vibe incredibly different vibe. and, you know to both their points, i mean, bruce has sort of a mixed mixed record of success, right? he didn't he's sort of automobile supported carry. and hillary clinton democrats have had a mixed record of success

that that's true. >> i get bruised, that sort of power he hasn't know. they call him the boss for the reasons. >> you know, it is interesting though to the anti-leader some point the trump campaign actually cut a new ad ad which features heavily come a harris dancing that they've been putting on the air and they basically say, we don't need a tiktok star in the white house and sort of this like, you know, it reminds me of that djt dancing video on a loop. but the republican national convention, which i don't understand, maybe it's because people find it relatable to be a bad dancer but before to the earlier point, is this moving gladys or duty or they moved by, no one turns on their team so it's setting up a kick-ass concert for the night before election day, but that's probably it i'm interested to see if it's going to be i'm saying bruce it'll be funny to watch, but no one's totally boat in the philly one in philly. >> yeah. i mean, it was it was a huge, crowded field. get me wrong me to see the optics there, but man energy was

energy was really interesting. >> all right i'll leave you with this after an impressive rookie season, understatement, iowa hawkeyes women's basketball star caitlin clark, receiving this well-deserved honor you are the 2024 wnba rookie wnba rookie of the year, receiving 66 out of 67 votes for the title. >> after indiana chose clark is the first overall pick in the wnba draft she had a momentous start breaking a number of wnba records, including assists in a single game with 19, the most in wnba history. her bragging rights, taking center stage on saturday night live right before the wnba draft to address some of the haters university of iowa announced that basketball star caitlin clark will have her jersey retired and replaced with an apron since her such a big fan,

i brought you a souvenir. >> it's an apron signed by me women's watching, women's basketball just explode into the cultural consciousness has been really fun to watch. absolutely. and it just, super engaging for people that them selling out actual arena is where the men play. i mean, i hope that we get to a point where they're being paid as much as the men, but here we're right now. i mean, it's it's two in women's soccer. i mean, we've got women's soccer here now to in dc and i'm a lot of friends who are spending a lot, you know, taking their daughters. it's just the sort of evolution of this has been really fun. all right, thanks guys for joining us today. thanks to all of you also for being with us. i'm kasie hunt. don't go anywhere cnn new central starts right now