not quite clear what their condition is and the families of those individuals are pushing a doubling their efforts to push the netanyahu government to try and get a deal. now at this stage, to get those people act kasie. >> all right. matthew, chance for us this morning in tel aviv, matthew, thank you so much for that report coming up here on cnn this morning, the election just over two weeks away, vice president harris, trying to attract republican voters. i'm going to talk with former gop congresswoman barbara comstock about who she thinks it's going to help harris win and new evidence in donald trump's 2020 election interference case could be released today after the judge denied his request to delay lay the release of the findings getting a walk in terms well,

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lawmaker, congresswoman barbara comstock, is confident, however that women voters will push harris over the finish line. she told the daily beast this quote, i think there's a silent majority. i think there's a silent group of women who will cry all over broken glass to vote against trump. and who will quietly vote for harris and joining us now is former gop congresswoman barbara comstock of virginia. she's endorsed harris for president and appeared alongside her in pennsylvania earlier this week. congresswoman, it's so great to have you on the show. thank you so much for being here i you you were also previously co-chair for nikki haley in the republican primary. she's now potentially appearing with donald trump, but you think that there are women out there who are going to, as you say, crawl over glass to avoid donald trump, you say that they our silence. can you explain a little bit more about that? who you think these women are, what they are aren't telling pollsters well, i certainly

don't mean all of them because i think quite a few of them are have already acknowledged it probably have already voted. >> but there are some if you're in a maga fan you don't need to have any aggravation. you can just quietly go into the polling booth and make your views known. i've heard from a number of my former republican women club members and even presidents who said i'm so glad i heard you out there. i'm voting for her to i knew i wasn't voting for trump, wasn't sure what i was going to do. but as they've watched the vice president has really run a flawless campaign and she is being inclusive whereas donald trump did tell us those votes who voted for nikki haley, we were permanently barred let's have he called nikki haley a birdbrain. he daily attacks women and calls them names he has never apologized for any of that, whether it's calling elaine chao, coco chao racist

slur and people he attacks the most are women and women of color. and you just go down the list nothing that fo news hour that he did with handpicked women, you know, that were not certainly there weren't democratic one i'm an er independent, even women really that where there certainly was not an open event, clearly, from what you saw from the events. so you know, he's not anyone's protector. you need to be protected from his policies and from the type of people he's attracted who are out there attacking women but i also think it's the husband. my husband teaches at a catholic girls schools, so way to go vice president for the very katherine gallagher video that she said in last night to the catholic dinner because he

is very much for the vice president. and not only is my daughter, but he is talking to our sons saying listen, on behalf of your daughters, you need to be supporting the vice president and opposing this man who's such a massage analyst and a daily attacking women. and he called me at the middle of that dinner last night about what buffoon and he wouldn't on godly profanity laced hot mess that dinner was because he knows what that catholic dinner is supposed to be and, you know, this was somebody who was just being horrendous at that dinner swearing in front of priest. who does that? that is just a hot, horrible mess. we need to turn the page swearing in front of priests there is that not like schools that does not get done that was that was a first and that was i think

the vice president made a good good move, not going there congresswoman i want to. show you. there's a new ad out from the harris team overnight and it does seem to me to be aimed at the kind of voter that you may represent someone who has voted for, been an active participant, perhaps in the republican party. but finds themselves concerned about donald trump. i want to play it for you we'll talk about on the other side, watch if he wins, he'll ignore all checks that rain in a president's power. >> it's all in trump's project 2025. agenda. what does that mean for you? higher cost on groceries, cuts to social security and medicare? more tax breaks for billionaires and a national abortion ban, putting women's health at risk so congresswoman ron brownstein also writes this in the atlantic this morning, kamala harris, his fate in the remaining weeks of the presidential campaign may turn on whether she can shift the attention of enough voters back to w what they might fear.

>> from a potential second white house term for donald trump. and unfortunately, congresswoman, if i could ask you to standby for a second, i'd love to have you continue to be part of our conversation. but unfortunately, we have to go to berlin because president biden is speaking live now, we're going to listen, especially if he makes any remarks on what's been going on the middle east, let's listen launched his brutal invasion of ukraine you reminded us all why this alliance is so essential under your leadership, chancellor germany rose to meet the moment you showed the wisdom to recognize that this war marked a turning point in history. >> and i saw the very principles that have protected peace and security in europe for more than 75 years and then you, some of the resolved act you're making germany's foreign policy to reckon new realities with new realities stands strong and steadfast

with ukraine america, and germany are the two largest supporters of ukraine in its fight for survival. as a free and independent nation as ukraine faces a tough winter, we must, we must sustain our resolve, our effort and our support i know the cost is heavy make no mistake. it pales in comparison to the cost of living in the world were aggression prevail we're large states attack and bully smaller ones simply because they can. today the chance and i'm going to discuss ongoing efforts to surge support to ukraine's military to shore up ukraine's civilian energy infrastructure which is under constant assault and bombardment from russia and to help ukraine recover by unlocking the value of frozen russian assets also want to recognize germany's decision to spend 2% of gross domestic

product on defense please keep it up because it matters our allies with germany extends far beyond ukraine and europe it's global today, the chance tonight, we'll discuss from regional security in the middle east including the ongoing domestic efforts regarding lebanon and gaza deciliter hamas represents a moment of justice he had the blood of americans and israelis, palestinians in germany and so many others on his hands i told the prime minister of israel yesterday let's also make this moment an opportunity to seek a path to peace a better future in gaza without hamas i look forward to discussing a ran all of an iceberg. the morning after iran launched 200 ballistic missiles at israel. earlier this month with our g7

counterparts we agreed to coordinate our response through sanctions and other measures and that is what we have done i'm grateful for germany's cooperation holding iran accountable for destabilizing policies, including providing missiles and drones to russia to use against ukraine and justice week european union followed germany, the uk, and france in sanctions. arange, leading airlines. this followed our own oil sanctions this coordination is going to have to continue i also want to thank journey for standing firm against a vicious surge of antisemitism hatred, and extremism. we're witnessing today some of that fueled by foreign misinformation as domestic, as democratic allies. we have to remain ever vigilant against what i call the old ghost and new garments ancient hatreds refer servicing our

charge is to make sure that the forces holding our societies together and binding us in the common cause of human dignity and freedom remained stronger stronger than the force is seeking to pull us apart and finally, chancellor a deeply appreciate your partnership and the many times you've forsaken easy choice to make the right choice you're all right. >> we've been listening to president biden speak in the wake of the death of sinwar he called that killing represented. >> he says it represents quote, an opportunity to seek a path to peace. we're going to continue to monitor what he has to say if he has any news, we will turn it for you coming up coming up here sure. senate republican leader mitch mcconnell describing donald trump as despicable and stupid. that's according to a new biography of the longtime senate leader is set to be released later this month. plus battle of the billionaires, mark cuban and elon musk stumping for their candidates of choice president trump

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>> our panel returns. joel rubin also joins us, his former deputy assistant secretary of state under president obama. >> joel i want to talk to you about what benjamin netanyahu is going to do now and what the dynamics are, because you've heard from both harris and president biden, they see this as an opportunity to change what's going on here on the ground in gaza, netanyahu hasn't put his cards on the table yet. >> he still dealing with iran. what are the dynamics? >> yeah, kasie, it's definitely a game changer right now. what we're watching in israel is a new day. the israeli people are thrilled. this is reminiscent of what happened after we got some have been loud and then people came down to the white house to celebrate that moment will pass soon as you point out and the real core question, the front is the hostages and what to do about the hostages. and now that the leader sinwar has gone, how will the israelis find these hostages? how would they deal with the remnants of hamas? it's now going deeper underground. and i think for

netanyahu, he has some real hard decisions to make. a does he want to lean in on diplomacy to cut a deal? or does he want to? zero points is right flank and say, look, follow me, follow me strongly. this is where i'm heading that last night. he did he did offer the idea of an amnesty for hamas militants to leave. and then that'll be fine. of course, where to no what's going to take them easily at all. is i think he's still feeling this out, but the president's pressure the vice president's pressure, laying out the angle, the secretary tony blinken spoke of the saudis the emirati is trying to push this in a diplomatic path. >> how does the timeline of the u.s. election 18 days play into this? >> it's everything is in you know, what president biden and vice president have given a lot of support? so the prime minister to do what we now saw yesterday, board fruit, which is frankly to find sinwar and find hamas militants. but there are limits to this. and i think we're now hitting those limits. we're now seeing where

the president and his team are going to lean in and say, we need to move on a deal that the election is it's clearly in their mind, it's worth noting as well. donald trump did not say anything about this at all. he's been stone cold, silent, but i do think that this is where the president, his team, the vice president, they're going to say, you got your when we've had your back, this is now the moment to really lean in and try to work with all of our allies in the region, the saudis, the emirati is that qatar is egyptian since to force a final deal that will get the hostages out and really move to what we call a phase for reconstruction period. >> all right. joel rubin for us this morning, joel, thanks for joining us. i appreciate it. >> all right. >> 50 minutes past the hour. here's your morning round pain. former member of the popular boyband one direction i feel heartbroken because i was a big fan since i was a child he was struggling with a hard

times, but he always make us happy. >> and i think that's a very important thing the exact circumstances of his death remain unclear and are under investigation, but his injuries suggest he might not have been fully conscious at the time of the fall new evidence set to be unsealed today and donald trump's 2020 election subversion case, trump tried to block the release claiming it was election interference. >> judge tanya chutkan arguing the opposite. that is true. saying, quote if the court withheld information that the public otherwise had a right to access solely because of the potential political consequences of releasing it withholding it could itself constitute or appear to be election interference a new book set to publish this month about senate republican leader mitch mcconnell reporting that he had some police words about former president trump following the 2020 election. he associated press obtaining excerpts from the book, which claim that mcconnell called, then president trump, quote,

stupid as well as being ill ill-tempered the quote despicable human being and quote, and a narcissist the economy saying in a statement, quote, whatever i may have said about president trump, pales in comparison to what jd vance, lindsey graham, and others have said about him but we are all on the same team. >> now brad, todd, what do you make of all this? >> i mean this was like an open secret on capitol hill there's no love lost between mitch mcconnell and donald trump and they will never, they are never going to make up however, if donald trump becomes president, mitch mcconnell will be right there trying to help keep taxes from going up. >> they'll find a way to agree on if he takes in the republican agenda it's an extraordinary book that is coming out next week, i believe were the week after a longtime washington reporter, mike attack it? >> yeah. a friend of a lot of ours has this book fascinating. look at mcconnell i don't it's, i'm really looking forward to reading. i have to say as someone who was in the

halls for the entirety of the trump administration goodness. okay. >> now we have that extend an election cycle of firsts, including on wednesday when vice president harris sat down for her first ever interview on fox news have that soundbite, but one of paris's goals for going on fox was to appeal to that 50%, looking to draw in republicans and undecided voters is the strategy working, joining us now cnn political commentator michael smerconish, he's also the host of cnn's smerconish. michael, always wonderful to have you on the program loves smerconish fridays. what talk to me a little bit about what you thought of this interview, how she performed, and whether it matters i thought it was arguably her best performance. i thought it was arguably her best interview. and what it reinforced to me was that that day when she was still sort of under bubble wrap going on the view going on, howard then doing coal bear at night. i don't think was to her advantage. and it's sort of

persisted with this impression that maybe she can handle the give-and-take while there was a lot of give-and-take and she did just fine. bret baier got what he wanted out of the interview and i thought she came out of it looking relatively strong to talk about what happened at the al smith dinner last night we can show you a couple of a little bit of what we heard from donald trump, although i don't think that it includes what barbara comstock alluded to earlier, which was what the times that he swore in front of all the priests. but let's watch a little bit of a dinner that i want to get the reaction. watch tradition halls that i'm supposed to tell a few self-deprecating jokes this evening. >> so here it goes. >> no i've got nothing i've got these days, it's really a pleasure anywhere in new york without a subpoena for my appearance unfortunately, governor waltzes in here. i'm

self but don't worry, he'll say that he was he's going to say he's the only piece of advice i would have for her and the event that she wins would be not to let her husband, doug anywhere near the nannies, just keep them away that's nasty one michael, what do you make the dinner last night? >> so i've given the props to the vice president already because of that, bret baier interview. now let me tell you that. i think that she blew it by not being there. she should've been there. humor can be such an effective political tool. i thought that donald trump misread the room. i thought that he was undiscipline and mostly unfunny, that heading of what you just showed was very sympathetic to trump because those were his absolute best lines. and in most other instances, he just missed the market. it was cringeworthy and it was unnecessarily nasty he blew an opportunity as well to come in, pay respect to the cardinal, be funny, keep it

above board. he should have taking a page from jim gaffigan, gavagan was hysterical and set the right tone for a night like that. >> he was much gaffigan, i will say that the level of crudeness to gaffigan's, i thought also took some well, i probably shouldn't say accrued word, but it took some of that to get up there in front of all the catholics and do that. >> but fair enough. i mean, this sort of meanness to what trump had to say stood out to me, as well as a little bit off for the forum that he appeared in finally, michael, i want to ask you something that i started to talk to barbara comstock about, but there is this closing message ad from the harris team that basically raises the question in voters maurice designed to raise a question in voter's minds about whether or not they are ready for another trump term to kind of stoke the fear of make them remember what it was like when he was president for four years and ron brownstein writes, this, that kamala harris has fate in the remaining weeks of the campaign may turn on whether she can shift the attention of enough

voters back to what they might fear from a potential second white house term for donald trump. he writes that they had been focused on reassuring voters that she had the experience and values to serve in the oval office. but the consensus is harris is failing to deliver a sufficient warning about the risks trump could pose to american society. and democracy. in another presidential term, are the democrats that ron talked to write so so much for joy. >> and is it an interesting that both candidates, now it has been so significant to me how dark trump has gone in the last couple of weeks, and i'm not really understood it. jonah goldberg had a really great piece in the la times and ron as well saying 80 million people who were eligible didn't vote in the 2020 election for everybody else who's absolutely going to vote, it's baked in each of these candidates is now trying to get individuals off the couch based on fear, not joy, but based on fear, hoping that

their margins no victory lies in individuals who are not to inclined to come out and vote, even in this election. >> all right. michael smerconish for us this morning, michael. thank you very much for all of you. don't forget to turn into smerconish tomorrow morning, 9:00 a.m. eastern right here on cnn i guess we've got about 90 seconds or so left in the show and i just want to pick up where we were talking about what smerconish about this closing argument strategy. >> we played the ad from the harris team. and what what they're doing here in the final days so i disagree with part of what he was saying the harris campaign is also reaching out to low-information voters infrequent voters african american and latino voters, who basically are getting their news and information from online. >> and for them, it is about getting off the couch. but these are not necessarily people who are picked up in all the polling of likely voters. so she still has room to grow with that part of the electorate where trump does not the people who are left on the table are people right of center. that's why i see kamala harris featuring

republicans like barbara comstock. but celebrities won't get her there. she has to tell people that she totally disagrees with her positions of 2020. she were announced as i'm in the left is wrong, that she's got to appeal to right-of-center voters with a right-of-center message. she's not done that yet. what do you mean the persuasion versus mobilization is fascinating and this usually by this point of a campaign, persuasion is over, but the harris campaign has extended the period using in real time with the former president is saying on the campaign control every day, they believe his current comments, even though everyone knows everything about what he has said. >> the father of ivf and other things they are trying to persuade in the final weeks, or are getting some of those republicans that brads talking about. they don't need a lot but a few could certainly help. yeah, i read with some interest the new peggy noonan column as well, making she's making me you're making which is hey, make more space for these republicans to give them a little bit more permission. >> she's got to say she was wronged before. that's the only way to get i just think you all are like this applicant does discounting infrequent voters low information voted