/* be in the position that i am in right now, to have this conversation with you, and to be able to touch the world because i am not an anomaly. there are hundreds of thousands of wrongfully convicted people on this earth and they are suffering just like i suffered, and they're not being heard. >> you can watch my full "meet the moment" conversation with dan slepian and j.j. velasquez at meetthepress.com. jj's case is not over yet. we can report for the first time he will be in court tomorrow morning where a judge is expect /* is expected to vai indicate his conviction 27 years after his wrongful arrest. that's all for today. if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." kamala is mentally impaired. if a republican did what she

-- if a republican did what she did, that republican would be impeached and removed from office, and rightfully so, for high crimes and misdemeanors. >> donald trump once again using extreme and offensive rhetoric to describe vice president kamala harris's mental state. we'll play more of trump's remarks and what top lawmakers from his own party are now saying about his new insults. plus, we'll go over what to expect as governor tim walz and senator jd vance prepare for their high-stakes debate tomorrow night. and also ahead, we'll take a look at the damage caused by tropical storm he lean after catastrophic flooding and massive power outages devastating the southeast, leaving at least 89 people did. ♪♪

good morning and welcome to "way too early" on this monday, september 30th. i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. and we have a lot to get to this morning. we'll begin with politics. and with just about five weeks to go until the november election, former president donald trump spent the weekend campaigning in several key battleground states, and once again used extreme rhetoric to attack his opponent, vice president kamala harris. >> kamala is mentally impaired. if a republican did what she did -- if a republican did what she did, that republican would be impeached and removed from office, and rightfully so for high crimes and misdemeanors.

joe biden became mentally impaired. kamala was born that way. she was born that way. >> and if you think about it, only a mentally disabled person could have allowed this to happen to our country. anybody would know this. >> there's something wrong with kamala, and i just don't know what it is, but there is definitely something missing, and you know what? everybody knows it. >> she's a stupid person, a stupid person. i don't care. i don't care. >> this is a radical left lunatic we're dealing with. by the way, if she wins, it's not going to be so pleasant for me, but i don't care. i don't really care. we have a job to do. i can't let her win. >> deeply offensive. during his events over the

weekend, trump also reiterated his pledge to go after people who cheat in the election. >> if i lose, i'll tell you what. it's possible. it's because they cheat. it's the only way i lose because they cheat. they cheat like hell. >> if they didn't cheat, i wouldn't have to be here. you know why? i don't have to campaign. i'm here because they cheat. they cheat in this state, especially in philadelphia, and i'll mention a couple other areas. for the most part -- but philadelphia is out of control. detroit is out of control. atlanta is out of control. places are out of control. out of control. because if there was no cheating, if god came down from on high and said i am going to be your vote tabulator for this election, i would leave this podium right now because i wouldn't have to speak. we wouldn't have any problem. we have to have a landslide because they cheat so damn much.

>> if we win and when we win, we're going to prosecute people that cheat on this election. and if we can, we'll go back to the last one if we're allowed. we're going to prosecute people. it's going to happen. >> dangerous threats. cheating would only happen in big cities where, of course, voters are people of color. and trump used another attack, this time when it comes to criminal justice. he said one violent day of policing will end crime in america. >> you know, these are smart -- smart people. they're not so stupid. but they have to be taught. now, if you had one really violent day, a guy like mike kelly, put him in charge.

congressman kelly, put him in charge for one day -- mike, would you say -- he's right here. he's a great congressman. would you say, mike, if you were in charge, you would say, oh, please, don't touch them, don't touch them. let them rob the store. all these stores go out of business, right? they don't pay rent. it's a chain of events. it's so bad. one rough hour -- and i mean real rough -- the word will get out, and it will end immediately. end immediately. you know? it will end immediately. >> trump's suggesting setting aside the constitution. later his campaign said he was only talking about enforcing existing laws. last year trump called for police to shoot shoplifters on the spot. joining us now, national politics reporter for "the hill," julia manchester. julia, thank for starting us off

today. that's only some of what trump said. he also used deeply negative rhetoric when it comes to migrants and bringing pes lands in. and he talked about vice president harris, calling her mentally impaired and saying she and her allies should be prosecuted. how is this playing among both democratic and republican operatives and, frankly, voters? >> for republican voters, i spoke, jonathan, they said, as far as donald trump, stay away from politics and focus on policy. that's what they wanted him to do during the second presidential debate, the first one against vice president harris a few weeks ago. and the rhetoric this weekend instead suggests that he isn't doing that. he's only inflaing that language, and i think there is a concern somewhat how this is going to play with moderate

swing voters in key voting demographics like suburban women, for example, who would like to see candidates focus more on policy. for democrats, though, look, it sort of plays into their playbook of painting trump as a candidate who isn't addressing these policy concerns many voters have. we know the harris campaign has sought to paint trump as the chaos candidate, and we can expect to see the harris campaign as well as democratic groups clipping a lot of these sound bites from this weekend alone to make that point. >> yeah. we'll certainly have more on the immigration part of this a little later in the show. julia, let's get your take, your 30,000-foot take on the state of the race right now. polls seem to be -- depending on which poll you're looking at, harris seems to be up a couple. harris came out of that vp

debate with some of that momentum. do they believe she still has that or has that cool and we've settled more or less into a tie? >> i think we've settled into a tie. democrats are obviously happy with the momentum f since she game the presumptive democratic nominee and then formally the democratic nominee earlier this summer. now they're trying to heighten those expectations and saying essentially, look, this is going to be razor thin. not only razor thin nationally, but in a lot of o these key swing states like pennsylvania. my colleagues spoke with senators on the hill, like senator raphael warnock and senator john fetterman, obviously critical swing states of georgia and pennsylvania. they said, look, there's a reason we have this margin of error. so democrats not wanting to take anything for granted. i've heard that from republicans as well.

in iran, it's four years later, we're seeing so many republican earths under former president trump to push voters to take part in mail-in voting and early voting because we know trump was deeply skeptical and spoke out against those practices four years ago, but they know how close the margin will be, so they're trying to tap into this. both sides are seeing it as razor thin. >> before you go, tell us about your report about abortion in "the hill." it's going to be key for so many voters. >> it's the first presidential election we've seen since the overturning of roe versus wade, and the conversation since that year, 2022 when it happened, obviously the blue wave we saw in those midterm elections, it's changed around reproduction rights.

we now have in these states a number of measures voters will be voting on at the state level. major states like florida and nevada, for example. you've had idf come into the conversation. you've seen republicans being put on the defensive on this issue. the conversation has changed. we're still seeing republicans trying to, you know, formulate their message around it, but, you know, in terms of it not being the headlines, look, we saoirsing this election seems to be coming down to the economy. but as a number of democrats and abortion rights activists point out to me, it's economic issues, so expect that link to be made on the campaign. >> yeah. certainly part of the vice president's closing arguments. national politics reporter for "the hill," julia manchester, thanks again. next up, israel on high alert this morning after the killing of hezbollah's leader.

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welcome back. minnesota governor tim walz and senator from ohio jd vance are expected to debate tomorrow night. there will be 90 munltds of debate time with two commercial breaks. there will be no audience, and both candidates will stand behind podiums for the entire debate. campaign staff may not interact with the candidates during the breaks. candidates will have two minutes for closing statements with walz going first and vance going

second. vance chose that second spot after winning a coin toss. lastly the candidates will be given a pen, paper, and a bottle of water. that debate is set to take place in new york. it's the only one between the two of them now. and there's no other debate set. meanwhile, former republican senator jeff flake of arizona endorsed vice president harris in a statement yesterday. he posted on social media in part this. i want to support a presidential candidate who seeks to unite our country rather than one who divides us, one who represents the ideals of a new generation of leadership based not on grievances of the past, but hope for the future. i've served with kamala in the u.s. senate. i also served with tim in the house of representatives. i know them. i know firsthand of their fine character and love of country.

flake has been a longtime opponent of trump, refusing to support him in 2016 and then endorsing president biden in 2020. he served as ambassador to turkey in the biden administration, stepping down last month. and he said his experience on the international stage influenced his decision to endorse harris. yesterday during an appearance of abc's "this week," flake encouraged other republicans to also cross the aisle. >> i think republicans believe in the rule of law in particular, and it's difficult to support a candidate who having lost an election tries to use the powers of the presidency to overturn that election. that is anything but respect for the rule of law, so i know that a lot of conservative republicans feel the way i do, that you just can't support a candidate like that. next up, we'll bring you highlights from a busy day in the sports world including the nfl, and a look at the major

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doubleheader, it will be the arizona diamondbacks moving on. and whatever team loses both teams today, going home for the winter. whichever two teams survive will have a quick turnaround with a full-fledged play starting tomorrow. the detroit tigers and kansas city royals also confirmed their spots over the weekend as the american league wild-card teams. let's remember that. on august 11th, the tigers had just a 2% chance of making playoffs, which they hadn't done in a decade. all right, we're now getting a clear look at the damage inflicted by tropical storm helene after the storm barreled through at least six states, leaving behind major devastation and turning neighborhoods into rivers. this morning at least 89 people are dead across florida, north carolina, south carolina, and western tennessee. in north carolina alone, at least 30 people were killed in one county due to catastrophic

flooding. in some affected areas, power's being restored, but more than 2 million customers remain without electricity across several states. later this week, president biden plans to travel to areas impacted by the storm to survey the damage as response efforts continue. former president trump is heading to georgia today to hold a campaign event and to help out, and vice harris said she would go later in the week when her visit would not tax first responders. >> time now for a check on the weather with michelle grossman. >> it's so sad. we're still talking about the remains of helene today. we look at the remains, finally moving offshore tomorrow, but this is days after. . and we'll see a chance for more flooding. this is what radar looks like right now. you can see herb rain falling in

spots. this is on a six-hour loop. we're going to continue to see that area of low pressure bringing a chance for rain. and we will see a chance for some flooding. we have a flood alert in place. that includes charlottesville down to blackstone and we could see flooding. sit's dissipated in spots, but we're going to watch out for it today. we have a chance for flooding where you see blue. that includes charlottesville and areas around there. as we go through the afternoon we're looking at a quarter inch, 2 inches in some spot. they don't need any rain, and we're going to see that throughout the day. >> we'll bring you the latest as the day goes on. thank you so much. next up here, we'll turn back to politics, and vice president harris takes her campaign to the southern border in the battleground state of arizona. we'll take a look at what she has to say about immigration as polls show her trailing on the

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♪♪ welcome back to "way too early." it is coming up on 5:30 a.m. on the east coast, 2:30 out west on this monday morning. i'm jonathan lemire, thanks for being with us. vice president harris visited the southern border in arizona on friday after getting a tour and briefings from border officials. harris gave a speech calling for tougher border security measures. the vp also called out former president trump's ina on border

security. let's take a listen. >> in the four years that donald trump was president, he did nothing to fix our broken immigration system. he did not solve the shortage of immigration judges. he did not solve the shortage of border agents. he did not create lawful pathways into our nation. he separated families. he ripped toddlers out of their mothers' arms, put children in cages, and tried to end protections for dreamers. he made challenges at the border worse, and he is still -- he is still fanning the flames of fear and division. and let me be clear. that is not the work of a leader. that is not the work of a

leader. and that is -- i think we all believe abdication of leadership. >> and now trump is claiming that he did not use his influence to have senate republicans vote down that bipartisan border security bill earlier this year. take a listen to the remarking followed by what trump had previously said. >> she said, i was the one that talked them out of it. i wish i was the one that had the ability to say don't vote for it. i do wirk i had a certain say, but i would have never voted for that bill. >> i notice a lot of the senators -- a lot of the senators are trying to say respectfully they're blaming it on me. i say, that's okay, please blame it on me, please, because they were getting ready to pass a bad bill. i tell you what. a bad bill is -- i'd rather have no bill than a bad bill. >> i think they would make a

mistake if they vote for the bill. it's a bad bill. it's a terrible bill for our country. >> joining us now white house reporter for politico, myah ward. good to see you. this is demonstratively untrue. he posted on truth social undering republicans to not vote for this bill. the democrats of vice president harris's campaign, they feel like they've got a really good issue here. how do you see it playing out? >> this is just a completely different gear for democrats and how they feel about immigration. d how they feel about immigration. they're concerned about immigration, so they knew this wasn't something they were going to be able to ignore in an election year, especially running up against donald trump, but they do believe his role in killing that bipartisan border deal has given them this argument on the campaign trail, that democrats want solutions,

that donald trump wanted to run on politics, so we've been seeing for your the first time in what feels like forever democrats actually have a consistent message on immigration, and they do believe that it's starting to -- the harris campaign in particular, but it's starting to break through to voters. there's still a lot of work to do. i mean, that's why we saw her in arizona, you know, hitting that message again, but they do think it's actually finally starting to resonate. >> tell us a little more about harris's trooper on friday. it's been a winning issue for republicans, but it seems like harris -- she may not be able to win that issue, but she's cutting in to her margin of defect, if you will. >> yeah. the campaign has pointed to polls that show some of trump's advantages on the issue has eroded, especially since joe biden stepped aside. yeah, she went to the border and not only did she say she's going to keep in place the president's

asylum crackdown that he rolled out in jup, which essentially allowhood h him to close the border. once areas reach a certain threshold, they can't breach that until it falls below 700 in 15 days. we haven't seen that yet. she said, look, i want to keep that in place, go even further, i want that link to be even longer. she also talked about ramping up prosecution for those who cross the border illegally, a felony, repeat offenders, the justice department, increased funding for them to go after national gains. of course, she talked about bringing back that bipartisan border deal. and she also talked about thicks that were missing from the bill, you know, pathways for undocumented people who have long since lived in the united states like dreamers, farm workers, daca recipients.

she threaded the needle, but took the balance as well. >> tomorrow night i believe we'll hear governor walz attacking jd vance over the unfounded claims about migrants in springfield, ohio. really good reporting. myah ward from "politico" for the white house. thank you. coming up, wall street extended their gain for a third week. plus, thousands of port workers are about to go on strike across the united states. we'll talk about how this can impact the shipping industry and potentially the national economy. we'll be right back e national economy. we'll be right bac

. welcome back. time now for business, and for that let's bring in cnbc's carolin roth who joins us arrive from london. good morning, carolin. real gains in recent days.

how's the early morning looking today? >> this morning we're looking for a softer start to the trading session. nothing major really. but, again, i want to put this in perspective because we're still close to these recent record highs. just on friday, the dow jones was at 0.3%. closing at a record high. we saw another nice day for the dow jones, s&p, and nasdaq, a third week in a row. for september, that's usually a trick whery week for investors. the first positive month in five years. this week investors will be focusing on the all-important jobs report. >> we'll be certainly watching for that. there's also essentially the inflation report came out. >> yes. the pce report came in on friday and that came in pretty benign. inflation came in at 2.2% for the month of august on an

annualized basis. that gives the fed plenty of remember to be relaxed. it's engineered the soft landing. inflation is under control. now it can very much focus on the jobs market, and, of course, it can continue to cut rates . /*. all right. dockworkers are set to walk out. how certain is it that this will happen, and if it does, what sort of impact will it have? >> first of all, it's pretty certain. second of all, the economic impact could be huge. it's worth pointing out that the trade waves we talked about, they account for 50% of all container trade that goes in or out of the u.s. so the implications for college supers could be, first of all, shortages of some of the goods import order exported.

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switch today! welcome back. important story now. israel has said it's killed hezbollah's leader. overnight the idf flattened three apartment buildings in southern beirut.

officials claim the militant group was underground in those structures. hezbollah commanders were also killed in that massive attack. hezbollah later indeed confirmed the leader's death and iran vowed bad revenge. that put israel on high alert for any retaliation. still biden called the strike a measure of justice, saying that under nasrallah's leadership, hezbollah was responsible for killing hundreds of american. joining us now, marc polymeropoulos. no tears shed for nasrallah's death, but they are concerned about implications going forward. we'll come to that and u.s.'s efforts in a moment. but talk now about where things

stand in the fight between hezbollah and israel. hezbollah was severely wounded with the pagers attack. what's next? could it be a ground assault? >> jonathan, what a dizzying series of events. for someone like mois who's worked with counterterrorism for decades through the cia, it's incredible to see what israel has done. they've taken out senior leadership and most of his deputies and going down even two, three, four, five rungs of the ladder. they're decimating leaders of the group. at the same time, they're killing hundreds. if you recall, our fight against al qaeda where we did certain things, killing leadership and taking out the foot soldiers, it had taken us years. it took israel a matter of weeks. one thing of concern is what comes next.

you saw reports that came out over the last 24 hours that israel's special forces are looking at reconnaissance missions. i think an israeli move into lebanon does pose some risks. i was serving as u.s. government official in damascus in 2006. i saw how the israelis struggled. i think they might be a little dizzy with success, but make no mistake, this is a game-changing couple of weeks in the region where israel's main adversary, hezbollah, has been absolutely battered. >> there was real anger in the biden administration that netanyahu and his government had given support to a possible cease-fire in a deal with hezbollah and moments later walked away from it and announced his attacks. so, marc, let's talk about what could come next. there's real chatter a ground war is possible. what can the u.s. do to try to prevent a wider conflict, and the second part of that is, of

course, tehran. what may their role be? >> israel has asked for us to pass along a message to the iranians not at to respond. i think iran is looking at this in essentially facets. one is they're humiliated. their proxy is being absolutely decimated. remember, hezbollah is like an aircraft carrier for the lebanons, sitting on the border. that's the iranians' deterrence. in some ways iran has to figure out a way to keep hezbollah intact. does that mean diplomacy or retaliating? one key point is that it raleys struck targets in yemen yesterday and then they put out a video showing a refueling capability. that's a message to the iranians. what's the united states to do? clearly there's an effort for

diplomacy. the goals are to return their 70,000 citizens to the north. that means implementation, which would push hezbollah 20 miles from the border. the key point, of course, is israel. are they going to agree to something like this, or do they see again an ability to move these chess pieces? hezbollah's battered. maybe they need to keep going. >> it's a very pivotal few days ahead in the middle east. we'll continue to provide complete coverage. marc polymeropoulos, thanks as always. up next, back to politics. donald trump continues to spread lies about haitian migrants in springfield, ohio. we'll play for you his a closer look at donald trump's meeting with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. what the former president is say ing about russia's invasion, and the larger efforts under way to bolster support for kyiv. plus, we're now under 40

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welcome back. at a rally in wisconsin saturday, former president trump continued to push misinformation about haitian immigrants in the town of springfield, ohio. >> the majority of the school cannot speak english in ohio, springfield. they can't speak english. they're taking over the schools. there's nobody that can speak english. the mayor is looking for interpreters. isn't that wonderful? how can this happen? if kamala is re-elected, your town, all towns across wisconsin, all across our country, the heartland, the coast, it doesn't matter, will be transformed into a third

world hell hole. the governor is a republican, a nice man. i helped him very much. without me, he wouldn't have been elected. but he's taken an attitude like, oh, isn't it wonderful? look, you have to do what you have to do. you have to get these people back where they came from. you have no choice. you're going to lose your culture, going to lose your country. you're going to have crime, the likes of which nobody has ever seen before. >> joining us now, one of our favorites, managing editor at "the bulwark," sam stein. we talked earlier in the show about how trump's lead per polling on immigration has shrunk, but he's still ahead. it seems like he's just casting facts aside that is dangerous, offensive, untrue rhetoric, but he wants to talk about immigration.

how do you think it is playing outside his base? >> well, i want to applaud you for calling it what it is. it is dangerous, offensive, racist. he said something about migrants coming into your kitchen and cutting your throat over the weekend. he talked about loss of culture. talked about migrants taking over your schools. what we're seeing here is not immigration policy, really. it's scare tactics, a playbook that has been used before. your question about how does it play beyond his base? it plays fine politically beyond his base. obviously, he is leading on immigration. i think in a meta sense, he wants to talk about immigration and uses the rhetorical devices. you wonder if there's a point where people start wondering it's too much. i don't think we've reached that point, unfortunately, and we'll continue to see it. we're many weeks now into the haitian migrant story, and they keep beating this drum for a

reason. >> one moment over the weekend, trump was talking and a fly came up on stage. he said, oh, that's because of migrants. they're bringing disease. in the debate for the vice presidents, we'll expect this to come up. jd vance is pushing the lies. how do you expect governor walz attacking this issue, and what else are you looking for tomorrow night? >> i fully expect it to come up. jd vance was the one who inserted the idea of pet eating, the false idea of pet eating, i should say, into this debate. he's rationalized it by saying, look, you have to create a story to focus the media's attention on something else, great, do it. i fully expect he will attack governor walz and, through him, kamala harris, for what they would say is opening the borders, bringing haitian migrants into this community, with zero nuance that they're

here legally. if i were governor walz, you have to probably address it square on. accuse him of demagoguery. then, of course, as they've noted, say that trump himself was the one who scuttled the border deal. you can make the point that border crossings have decreased rapidly over the past couple months, but you should expect that jd vance will focus he havely heavily on this issue and continue to put the blame at the feet of the biden-harris administration for it. sam, let's get your 30,000 foot take on the state of the race. donald trump, after largely taking the summer off, is everywhere right now. he is campaigning multiple times a day, doing friendly interviews. he is spreading hateful rhetoric, not fielding tough questions, but he is on the present. some democrats are starting to say to me, you know what? vice president harris isn't doing that. we're anxious that she's not. mark leibovich of "the atlantic" wrote a piece this weekend about how tim walz also disappeared

from the campaign trail. some of it is for debate prep purposes. are dems concerned the harris-walz ticket is playing it too safe? >> for sure. tim walz for debate prep reasons is off, but keep in mind, he was picked precisely because he was doing very well in these settings, these tv settings. we've not seen him in them at all. i fully expect that things change the next couple weeks. one would imagine so. we know for a fact that vice president harris is done with high-end fundraisers. last two were over the weekend. we know she's also doing a fema briefing today. but my anticipation is that after the debate on tuesday night between harris and jd vance, you'll see a more robust travel schedule for both of them. do they do media, as well, to supplement it? i don't know. they've been steadfast they don't need to do traditional media. they can reach voters more efficiently and effectively through alternative means, but we will see. you are absolutely right, trump

has ramped it up. he is going to georgia to do hurricane relief efforts. jd vance is everywhere. trump is starting to really get more aggressive with his travel. i am getting a lot of democrats who are anxious that harris and vance are not doing the same. >> yeah, this is becoming a story line. time to change it? maybe tomorrow night after the vp debate comes and goes. dems side will ramp it up. i know a lot in their party getting anxious about it. manaing editor at "the bulwark," sam stein. thank you. >> appreciate it. >> thank you for getting up "way too early" on this monday morning. "morning joe" starts right now. i am so happy to be campaigning in whatever swing state i'm in, which i will just refer to as wisconsin, pennsylva-georgia. because i am going to provide your vagorgia. [ applause ] this election is about moving