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that has seen more than its share of powerful storms. now, the desperate rush is on for millions to get out of hurricane milton's path before it is too late. with the mayor of one city warning residents, if you stay, you will die. plus, kamala harris' full on media assault plan, voters have been calling for her to do more interviews for months. will they propel a campaign that has been stubbornly stuck within the polling's margin of error? and another arrest in what has become an avalanche of trouble for new york city's mayor. warrants, searches, indictments and now a former aide facing charges of his own on top of more than a dozen who have quit. so how long can eric adams himself hold on? but we begin with that monster category 4 hurricane taking direct aim at florida. hurricane milton expected to be one of the most destructive storms ever to hit the region. headlines and newspapers

throughout the state screaming warnings that it is now a race for survival. >> time is running out. so use today as your day to finalize and execute the plan that is going to protect you and your family. >> if you remain there, you could die. my men and women could die trying to rescue you. >> more than a million people in nine counties are under mandatory evacuation orders, including in tampa. with forecasters predicting a staggering 15 feet of unsurvivable storm surge along florida's western gulf coast. an nbc simulation shows ten feet of water can blow out a full two-story house. and these images from pinellas county, where teams are working around the clock to clear out piles of debris left by hurricane helene. the furniture and trash still lining the streets of barrier islands that could turn into deadly projectiles if they're

picked up by milton's 145-mile-per-hour winds. as lines build at gas stations and bumper to bumper traffic inches along i-75, emergency teams are opening last resort shelters and evacuation zones for anyone who doesn't make it out before landfall. nbc's marissa parra is reporting from tampa for us. nbc meteorologist angie lassman is here in studio. let's start where you are in tampa, what are you seeing? it looks like a ghost town behind you and those obviously businesses boarded up. >> reporter: yeah, chris. i think that in terms of the question of whether or not people are heeding the warnings, we're still trying to fully answer that, but i can tell you right now, this is the most i have ever seen tampa evacuated before. these images, as you mentioned, speaks for itself. this is ybor, a lot of businesses that are now not just completely abandoned at the moment, but boarded up like what you see right next to me. now, we have seen a lot of people talking about their

efforts to evacuate. the difficulties, the concerns across social media, talking to people who are concerned about whether they will be able to get the gas that they need. we have seen that bumper to bumper traffic we talked about what the state is doing, will continue to do to try to make that easier. they have talked about how they have suspended tolls, they have opened up the emergency shoulder use, which opens up an extra lane on the highway to make it easier for people to get out to higher ground, whether that's further south or further north, but the gas is still something that we are hearing a lot about. governor ron desantis assures that they have the gas, they are working through the night to supply those gas stations so that people can fuel up to get to where they need to go. we not long ago saw plenty of fuel tankers ready to fuel up, we spoke to one of those drivers about what he is seeing on the ground. i'll explain more on the other side. >> the lines are extremely long, but you expect that because the demand has increased drastically. when you go from a station that normally sells 8,000 gallons to

selling 40,000 gallons, the demand, you can't keep up. we're doing the best we can to try to keep everybody where they need to be able to evacuate. >> reporter: there is something, i want to stress this to people, here in florida, there is zone a, zone b, zone c, zone a, if you live in zone a, it is for a reason, it means you are at the highest risk, whatever that might be. it could be highest risk for flooding, for storm surge, we know that they're calling for historic levels, even worse than helene. i have reached out to people that i spoke to ahead of helene, whether it is first responders or people who were or were not evacuating. what i'm finding, chris, is the same people who did not evacuate from zone a because of hurricane helene, many of them showed me videos of their flooded homes, and while they were inside of them, they all survived, but what i'm finding is -- sorry about the noise, what i am finding is not one of those people is remaining for milton. and those first responders, they told me they had a lot of difficulty getting people out of

zone a, they said they're not finding pushback and they're finding a lot of empty homes. so we're still in the process of trying to figure out who is still here, who is still in harm's way. if anyone is watching, having difficulty, remember, uber rides are free to shelters. there is a code, you can find it online and remember, if you're evacuating your home, please remember to move your electric vehicle to higher ground out of the floodwater or storm surge risk. that is a fire hazard. turn off your electrical and gas lines, also a fire hazard. >> marissa parra, all very important information, thank you for that. we can show you some of the pictures we're getting. this is along i-4. folks heading north, bumper to bumper traffic barely moving in orlando. of course, that's an area where it is projected the path will cut through. we also know that a lot of folks from those a zones that marissa was talking about are finding that they can get some hotel rooms in orlando where they think they'll be safer, and so some folks are heading directly

there. obviously a lot of hotel rooms, airbnbs in the area around disney and other theme parks. so that is going to continue to be a very congested area. let me take you over to angie, one of the things we talked about is in that key zone we just heard the reports that, look, if you don't get out by the time night fall comes, if you don't get out by the time we're getting close to land fall, you need to go to one of those emergency evacuation centers. tell me when landfall is looking like what you're seeing right now. >> yeah, so the time is simply put dwindling, chris, for folks to secure their properties and leave. landfall hasn't changed a whole lot. we changed it a little bit by a couple of hours. now we're talking wednesday night around midnight, maybe 2:00 a.m. the impacts, specifically the two things we see here over the next 12, 24, and 36 hours are how massive this system grows, and where that center point comes on shore. those are going to make big differences with the exact impacts that we see. right now, category 4, 150 miles

per hour. 157 is a cat 5, so either way this is a very strong and powerful system. now, one thing that happens while a lot of folks were maybe waking up early this morning and getting out the door, we saw an eyewall replacement cycle. that means we saw some weakening with the system, it kind of just takes a breath and starts to get its act back together and we'll see some intensification from now through maybe the next 12 to 24 hours. so maintaining category 4 strength. it is going to enter some really warmer waters in parts of the gulf of mexico, but likely to be a category 3 here as we make -- as we see landfall getting closer. midnight, 2:00 a.m., 3:00 a.m., somewhere along the west coast of florida. notice how expansive this cone still is. we have an area of 40 to 50 miles with that center point of where the system comes on shore. that makes a big difference with the exact impacts of how strong the hurricane force winds are. and it makes a big difference when it comes to storm surge. one thing that happens when we

see the eyewall replacement cycles, we see the wind field grow. that's what we note over next 12 to 24 hours. 200 miles now, it almost doubles in size by the time we get to landfall, covering essentially the entirety of the state of florida. this does one more thing. this means a bigger push of water from a more massive storm, shoving all of that water up against the coast. so, storm surge warnings, they are expansive. not just for the west coast, but also for the east coast, as that system crosses the state. chris just mentioned, it is going to impact orlando, category 2 strength, and then on the other side of the atlantic and the winds wrap around and shove the water up to parts of jacksonville and points south of there. here is what we're most concerned about, 10 to 15 feet of storm surge around tampa, sarasota, bradenton. we have big concerns with exactly where that center comes on shore. if it is a little farther to maybe the north of bradenton, this is where the worst of the storm surge is going to be. places like longboat key, siesta

key, anna maria island, those spots, those are in the evacuation zones for a reason. evacuation a. but notice here as we get into the later parts of thursday, this system is already out over parts of the atlantic, but we will see plenty of rainfall and big impacts for folks across that region here as we get into at least the later parts of wednesday night into the overnight hours and into thursday morning. here's where we're talking about the center line coming on shore. the winds, closest to the eyewall, we know this, strong. 190 miles per hour, somewhere along that range. and, again, where the center of it is going to make the biggest difference of where we see the most destructive winds. we'll start to get a better understanding here over the next 12 to 24 hours. >> angie lassman, thank you for that. when hurricane milton storm surge hits, this is what it could look like in sarasota. everything in red means more than nine feet of water. all along those barrier islands.

and this is sarasota today, the street of a barrier island, still water logged and littered with debris after hurricane helene. joining me now, the mayor of sarasota, liz alpert. thank you for taking the time to talk to us. i know that you're talking to experts of all kinds. what is your biggest concern over the next 12 to 24 hours? >> well, i think just what the meteorologist talked about is the storm surge that we're predicting, or is being predicted to be 10 to 15 feet. and 145-mile-an-hour winds in combination with that. and then all of that debris that you're looking at flying around, floating through the water, acting like a battering ram against buildings. and we have worked frantically to get as much of that picked up as we could. but operationally even with

bringing in extra help we haven't been able to get to it all. >> this is not your first rodeo, so to speak. i know obviously beyond helene you've been through storms before. i don't think any of us has ever seen anything like this, so let me ask you, first, about life. what is the status as you know of evacuations and what about people who decided to stay behind? >> i don't think a lot of people are deciding to stay behind, actually. after having been through helene, and people did stay behind, they realized that that was not a wise decision and they're not doing it again. so, you know, my, you know, our sense is that people are taking this seriously, and they are getting out. so, at least they're listening to the evacuation warnings. >> there is preparation and then there is things that you cannot prepare for. so i'm wondering what you have

been able to do that you feel good about and whether you think sarasota's infrastructure, frankly, can survive another monster storm. >> well, i mean, i think, you know, of course we'll survive. but i am truly worried about what we will find on the other side of this storm. there will be a lot of, you know, there will be a lot of homes gone, there will be a lot of infrastructure gone. the sand, we had just renourished the beach two or three years ago. all of that sand was taken away in helene. that's going to probably be worse. and i just am really worried about what's going to happen. >> well, again, the good news is, as you say, people are taking this seriously, the

number one thing we hope is that people have gotten to safety or are on their way. mayor of sarasota, florida, liz alpert we wish you well, as well as can be expected under the circumstances. thank you for taking the time to talk to us. >> thank you so much, chris, i appreciate it. vice president kamala harris' media blitz is continuing right now, just blocks from where i'm sitting. why the push now? where? and some of the more unexpected things she has to say in 90 seconds. to say in 90 seconds. it's time we listen to science. one a day is formulated with key nutrients to support whole body health. one a day. science that matters. hi, my name is damian clark. if you have both medicare and medicaid, i have some really encouraging news that you'll definitely want to hear. depending on the plans available in your area, you may be eligible to get extra benefits with a humana medicare advantage dual-eligible special needs plan. most plans include the humana

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today, kamala harris is in new york city for the next stage of this week's unconventional media blitz. appearing on a podcast that typically focuses on romance and friendship, revealing on "60 minutes" she has a glock and knows how to use it, and suggesting to a daytime audience on "the view," if they're still undecided, they should take a closer look at her opponent. >> watch his rallies. he spends full time engaged in grievance about what has happened to him. >> right. >> he spends full time perpetuating lies and misinformation. he spends full time talking about fictional characters, you know. >> name calling. a lot of name calling. >> name calling and demeaning people, belittling people, but what he does not talk about is you. >> voters will see plenty more of harris this week. just today, that appearance on

"the view," then "howard stern" and then "stephen colbert." it is arguably a high risk, high reward strategy, because despite heavily outspending donald trump, two new national polls out today show the race remains deadlocked. a series of unscripted interviews will get her in front of a broad diverse audience. but one misstep and maybe not a lot of time to recover. i want to bring in nbc's aaron gilchrist who is in washington, former present congressman from florida and msnbc political analyst carlos curbelo, and former campaign manager for hillary clinton, robby mook. all right, guys. let me start with you, aaron, what did we learn from the harris interview on "60 minutes" or "the view" where she was just a short time ago? >> she was there a little while ago. right now as we understand it she's in the middle of the interview with howard stern. our team is monitoring that for news. a few things from "the view" interview, first, the vice president rolled out a new plan that she is calling medicare at home. this is a proposal to have

medicare cover the cost of in home healthcare, particularly she addressed this plan to people who are caring for children and for elderly parents. and said that some of the ways she would pay for this plan is by expanding medicare drug price negotiations and by going after fraud in medicare systems as well among other things. she also addressed a question to her about donald trump spreading misinformation about the biden administration's response to hurricane helene and preparations for hurricane milton as well. i can tell you i was in wisconsin over the weekend at a trump rally there, and the former president did take the opportunity to say several things about the hurricane response that is simply are not true, things debunked by fema and others, republicans as well. i want you to hear the vice president's response when she was asked about former president trump spreading disinformation. >> it's profound and it is the height of irresponsibility. and frankly callousness.

the idea that somebody would be playing political games for the sake of himself, but this is so consistent about donald trump. he puts himself before the needs of others. i fear that he really lacks empathy. on a very basic level, to care about the suffering of other people and then understand the role of a leader is not to beat people down, it is to lift people up. >> absolutely. >> especially in a time of crisis. [ applause ] >> now, i think what we're seeing in these last couple of weeks of the election cycle is what sources have told our team would be the vice president being a little more aggressive about going after former president trump in her attacks on him, and so you saw a little bit of that in the response on "the view" a little while ago. at the same time we know the campaign is of the mind that right now is the time to do these big interviews, things they believe will tap into large audiences, you talked about "60

minutes," "the view," "howard stern" tonight and "stephen colbert." they believe the more she's out there, the more people see the vice president personally, the more they're drawn to her and that will result in more votes as people head to the polls in some of these battleground states where the early voting is already happening. for example, the vice president will travel to arizona and nevada this week. she'll do a town hall with univision while out west, again, trying to tap into those other audiences. >> thank you for that, aaron. "the wall street journal" calls this media strategy unorthodox. we're in a different world. right? the immediate landscape has totally changed. "the view" gets over 2 million viewers. that's a lot. but this is also kind of a microtargeting strategy, right? at least the way it has been described that i've seen it, so, pull back the curtain, help us understand is it, yes, 2 million people watch it, mostly women,

but if we can get 100 of them in a key battleground state to pay attention to kamala harris in a way they haven't before, that's a win? what is the strategy here? >> yeah, well, it is two things. i think number one that the point you just made is really important, how fractured our media environment has become, over the last few years. the fact of the matter is what we would call traditional news outlets even like right here certain demographics watch them, certain demographics don't and the kind of voters that are hardest to reach, that are actually most persuadable, are consuming the least amount of, again, what we would call traditional news. so the campaign is trying to get into these different forums to be heard by these different audiences. this is a huge challenge. the other thing i would say is when you're running against donald trump, he's totally untethered to the truth. and he certainly isn't -- he didn't go on "60 minutes," he's not going on the nightly news.

so for her to, you know, just sign up for all those interviews, while he doesn't, she's going to miss a lot of people. and so she needs to, you know, be reaching the same kind of people he is, and not cede that ground. >> while harris is doing multiple media appearances, just today, and continuing through the week, donald trump is doing a virtual town hall tonight after deciding not to do another debate. and bailing on "60 minutes" and here's what the show said about that. >> this year, vice president kamala harris and former president donald trump accepted our invitation. but unfortunately last week trump canceled. the campaign offered shifting explanations. first, it complained that we would fact check the interview. we fact check every story. later, trump said he needed an apology for his interview in

2020. trump claims correspondent lesley stahl said in that interview that hunter biden's controversial laptop came from russia. she never said that. >> so, carlos, two huge audiences that trump has said no to. as a strategy, does that make sense to you? >> chris, it doesn't make sense, and it does. first thing i'll say is this is strange for donald trump. donald trump is someone who has usually welcomed as many media opportunities as possible. he has always been one to say i will show up anywhere, i will talk to anyone, i'll answer any questions and we have seen him do long press conferences and take just about every question. he may not answer them truthfully, but he does stand up to the press. what is happening now is that donald trump -- has become risk averse. he does not want to debate

again. he does not want to sit for interviews. he only wants to appear in very controlled environments, friendly media outlets or his campaign rallies. so, this is something interesting that we're observing from donald trump. it is unlike him. and it is perhaps evidence that his campaign sees risk in putting him out there in the contrast with vice president harris. >> robby, there was a moment getting a lot of headlines for kamala harris. and that's when bill whitaker asked her what kind of gun she has. >> i have a glock. and i've had it for quite some time. and, i mean, look, my background is in law enforcement. and so there you go. >> have you ever fired it? >> yes. of course i have. at a shooting range. yes, of course i have. >> robby, she's talked multiple times about being a gun owner.

it all started when she joked to oprah that anyone breaking in her house would be getting shot. but as i was listening to that last night, i was thinking, maybe this is about blunting republican criticism that she is soft on crime. maybe it's -- we talk about the new media landscape, it is that old thing, like, people want to elect a president who they want to have a beer with, i don't know, but clearly she's made a decision to talk about it in a specific way and i wonder what you make of it. >> yeah, good for her. i mean, look the issue for democrats, or any common sense person right now, is not whether somebody owns a gun or not. it is whether we have good laws in place to protect children so you can't bring in a loaded gun to a school, and massacre students. and so i think by talking openly about her gun ownership, it gives a permission structure for some people who see the democratic party as resistant to the idea of gun ownership as not

that. that our tent is big enough for all kinds of different folks. so i think it is smart and, look, i think since the beginning of this campaign, it has been important for her to remind people who she is and what she's done and her background in law enforcement and as a prosecutor is a really important part of her story. so this is, you know, something interesting. maybe probably people didn't know about her, didn't think about her, it helps to reinforce a really important part of her biography in this race. >> i'm being told we're out of time. i have to ask you really quickly, are you glad if somebody who knows how this all works, that she's getting out there more? >> absolutely. i think it is great. and i think it is important that she pick a variety of forums, "60 minutes" is the most traditional one. but "the view "and "howard stern," it is a nice healthy mix. that's exactly what she needs to be doing. >> robby, aaron, congressman

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today the biden administration argued that ghost guns count as a firearm under the 1968 gun control act before

the supreme court. >> they advertised the products in their words as ridiculously easy to assemble and dummy proof. and touted that you can go from opening the mail to have a fully functional gun in as little as 15 minutes. no serial number, background check or records required. >> now, ghost gun kits which can be bought online allow people to assemble deadly weapons at home in less than 30 minutes. the government compared that process today to building ikea furniture. in recent years, ghost guns have exploded in popularity, up more than a thousand percent between 2016 and 2021. the atf says they recovered 38,000 ghost guns between 17 and 21 and in '22 alone, more than 25,000. and nbc's ken dilanian is following this for us. walk us through the argument. >> unlike guns bought from a licensed dealer, ghost guns have no serial numbers, so the guns can't be tracked if they're

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we got breaking news out of the middle east, where israeli prime minister benjamin

netanyahu says that less than two weeks after the killing of the leader of hezbollah, israel had successfully taken out his expected successor as well. i want to bring in nbc's erin mclaughlin in tel aviv. what more can you tell us, erin? >> reporter: hey, chris. that's right. just a short while ago, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu issued a statement to the people of lebanon. let me read you what he had to say, saying we have damaged hezbollah's capabilities, we have eliminated thousands of terrorists including nasrallah himself, a reference to the late hassan nasrallah, who was assassinated by an israeli air strike. netanyahu goes on to say, nasrallah's successor and the successor of nasrallah's successor today hezbollah is weaker than it has been in many years. a reference there to this continued campaign. israeli military targeting senior hezbollah leaders with air strikes. we know that last week the israeli military was targeting a

man by the name of hashem safieddine. he was nasrallah's cousin and they were targeting him in a district to the south of beirut. earlier today we heard from the israeli defense minister say that he was likely killed in that attack and it appears to be who the israeli prime minister is referencing in that message to the lebanese people. this comes on the same day that the israeli military announced that it was expanding its ground campaign in southern lebanon. previously concentrated on the west, now expanding that ground campaign further to the east along the border with israel, having called up israeli reservists for the first time in this war. this on the same day that we have heard from the deputy hezbollah chief in a recorded message on lebanese television,

no mention of this apparent assassination, but he did say that hezbollah is open to negotiating a cease-fire through lebanese officials. notably in his remarks omitting any mention of a cease-fire in gaza, which is potentially significant. this as hezbollah continues to fire rockets on northern israel. 100 rockets fired within the last 24 hours. three of those rockets having managed to get through israeli defenses, causing some damage there to haifa, the port city in northern israel. but no casualies so far. >> erin mclaughlin with that breaking news, thank you. while the election is 28 days away, voting is under way in 17 states, including ohio where republican senate candidate bernie moreno cast his early ballot at a cleveland polling station early this morning. early voting began today in

indiana, new mexico, and wyoming. and will kick off in battleground arizona tomorrow. let's bring in one of the harris/walz campaign co-chairs, democratic congresswoman jasmine crockett. it is good to see you. i guess we know who you're voting for. we see your shirt. let me ask you about arizona, because when they start voting, it is going to be only the second swing state along with pennsylvania, where votes are being cast. the second gentleman is in arizona tonight, the vice president on friday. i know you have been there recently. so i have to ask what the ground game looks like. are you ready for voting to get under way? >> i am beyond ready for voting to get under way. but, listen, i want the people of arizona as well as every other single swing state to know that we are fighting and working to earn your votes. that's why, yes, the governor is coming, that is why the second gentleman will be there, that is why the vice president is going to be there, and that is why i have been there countless number of times, because we want people

to know that we are not afraid of hard work. the one thing i want people to remember is that a lot of people say, hey, vote for me. but the question is, what is it that they did or did not do to actually get you to vote. and think about how they will govern, will they be somebody that will show up for you when it comes time to govern if they didn't even show up for you when it came time to actually earn your vote. so we are the team that shows up. and i'm hoping that people see that. and i'm hoping that they show up to the polls for us. >> so, tell me how you're showing up. tell me what the ground game looks like, tell me how many offices, tell me the doors knocked, the phone calls made, the text messages sent, how intense is it in arizona right now? >> so we got countless numbers of volunteers that are consistently signing up. as you just mentioned, i just left arizona, only a couple of days ago, where there were hundreds of people that came together and we were getting people newly registered to kind

of support the team and to show up and get on doors. i launched, i don't know how many campus launches while i was there. and there were hundreds of people that were showing up to do the canvass launches. this is everywhere. this isn't just arizona. so we have more offices in every single battleground than donald trump. we just opened another office so i don't want to tell you the number that we have in arizona, but i will tell you that it is well over 18 offices that we have spread throughout the state of arizona. so we actually have more boots on the ground than the republicans in every single battleground state. that's from volunteers, that's actually paid canvassers, we have more paid staff overall, and what we are trying to do right now, besides making sure that our base is consolidated, we're trying to make sure we're absolutely getting to those people who have really just been too busy living, right? like the people that are making sure that they can keep a roof

over their head and food on the table, we got to make sure we're getting to them, so that's why we're actually taking the fight to them. i appeared at some concerts, i just saw we had somebody registering people to vote outside of a concert. we want to make sure we're not leaving any stone unturned. we're going to the people as well as we got so many people coming to us and, yes, the amazing text messages that everybody loves to get, those text messages are going out along with the emails, and there has been a lot of talk about kind of what does media look like. while there is traditional media taking place, the vice president just sat down with 60 minutes, we know that there is the untraditional things being done. a ton of podcasts that are absolutely reaching people, that typically don't pay attention to politics. that's what we're trying to do. we are trying to make sure that we reach everyone, not just the politicos. overall, it does matter who is in government as we're looking at yet another hurricane that is

coming through and obviously still dealing with hurricane helene, even if you don't pay attention to politics, let me tell you something, something that my sorority sister always says, you may not do politics, but politics will do you. that's why we want to make sure that everyone has equal access to the ballot box and knows who it is that is fighting to earn their support. >> as you well know, the campaign isn't just competing against donald trump. but also misinformation. i want to play what the maricopa county republican party vice chair shelby bush told "60 minutes," this aired last night, when asked to provide evidence of her false claims of election fraud. >> i don't need a government official with a vested interest in disproving information to tell me whether what i have is valid. >> it is valid because you say it is. >> i say it is valid because i say it is, and if somebody looks at it, they can determine whether it is valid. >> so, i wonder how you fight that, or do you simply accept

the fact you're never going to win the votes of deniers, of potentially conspiracy theorists and you move on? >> no, i don't accept that. i don't believe that that is what american exceptionalism looks like. i think that one of the things that i've done is i've traveled the country, is i've talked about the power that we have as the people and, in fact, most people honestly don't want to listen to politicians. they believe they're either liars or that we are criminals. while we know the top of the ticket for republicans is absolutely both, that has been proven over and over and over, and so what i've told people is that when you see disinformation, when you hear disinformation, when you hear straight up lies, that is incumbent upon you to correct that, especially in your own circle. i've also encouraged people to look to find out what are sources that you can rely upon, because we got all of these kind of russian websites, as well as these chinese websites that are

randomly popping up and putting out this information that is designed just to confuse and interfere with our elections, which is why i absolutely have to say kudos to ag merrick garland for going after this and not waiting until after the election to go after these bad actors. now, obviously, we can't stop every bad actor, because if we could, well, donald trump, his mouth would be shut along with jd vance, who admittedly said he will lie if it gets him attention from the media. so the question is, what type of america do we want? do we want a america where we're okay with people being in the most powerful seats that exist and they sit there and they lie to us and we say to them, it is perfectly fine? or do we want the america that we have always seen as a beacon of hope around the world, that absolutely says that we not only will tell the truth, but we will push to make sure that we are pushing this country forward, instead of taking us back, and

right now we have a lot of people that really just don't want to deal with facts because the reality is that the republican ticket doesn't have anything to offer the american people beyond project 2025. and we know that project 2025 doesn't resonate with anybody who has the time to listen to any portion of it. >> congresswoman jasmine crockett, thank you for taking the time. appreciate it. joe biden won arizona by 10,457 votes. just that many in 2020. and activists are working hard to make it easier for the state's indigenous voters to cart ballots. alisa london went door to door with volunteers from the nonprofit arizona's native vote

in many cases, volunteers must physically draw a map on the voter registration form. >> and then i would draw to say this is where the fire station is. >> describing to election officials where a would-be voter lives. and then the voters have to actually get to the polling stations, which for many can be 50 miles or more. she started ride to the polls to get people to the polling stations, by carpool or by horse. >> we heard many talk about saddling up because they knew the importance of voting and that right. >> we should mention that

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