was listening to the segment before, as a father of two daughters, and two granddaughters. >> oh my. >> you fear for the future. and i felt that when -- the results were in 2016. sitting withthem watching and worried for where's this heading? but you know, i'm very optimistic and i think the lesson of all of this for all of us is americans have always pulled together. in the hardest of times. and we need to do that now. and that does it for us this hour. we'll be back here tomorrow to kick off a brand new week of "morning joe." until then enjoy the rest of your weekend. good morning. it is sunday, october 27th. i'm alicia menendez with symone

sanders-townsend and michael steele. bringing out the heavy hitters. vice president harris rallies for the first time with michelle obama and breaking this morning, new details on the campaign's final week sprint to election day. plus, senators tammy baldwin and gary peters join our conversation on the fight for control of the senate. and with trump set to rally at madison square garden, new york governor kathy hoe cull is at the table to respond. grab your coffee and theme music and settle in and welcome to "the weekend." . well, greetings folks and there are just nine days until election day. across the country, more than 40 million americans have already cast a ballot and breaking this morning, the harris campaign just announced that over the next four days, the vice president and governor walz will barn storm all seven

battleground states. focusing on get out the vote efforts and now the vp's busy schedule includes a major address on tuesday at the ellipse near the white house. the campaign is billing that speech as her closing argument and just yesterday, mrs. michelle obama made the case for harris at an -- rally in kalamazoo, michigan. >> kamala, she's putting herself out there, fearlessly facing down even her harshest critics. she's seeking out republicans to find common ground. and unlike her opponent, she's not ducking interviews or cowering in safe spaces only with fawning audiences. no, she is showing us what a sane, stable leader looks like. [ cheering and applause ] >> here's what i say to the folks who are watching. it's either donald trump in there stewing over his enemies'

list, or me, working for you, checking off my to-do list. >> joining us now is deputy principal campaign manager for the harris/walz campaign quentin fulks. >> nine days and you are still looking good man, you are looking fresh, i love it. hey, look, you know, last night was probably a moment in the campaign -- every campaign has that moment where everyone stops and goes, did that just happen? and that could be either like really good or really bad. last night was really, really good for the campaign. you had michelle obama doing i think a very important framing a framing to be quite honest, even her husband couldn't get right --land it right in the socket the way it needed to. what happens your thoughts when she talked about her frustration with the double

standard, for example, trying to woo those voters that really are still on the fence. >> let's take a quick listen to what she had to say about that. >> so i hope you will forgive me if i'm a little frustrated that some of us are choosing to ignore donald trump gross incompetence while asking kamala to dazzle us at every turn it. hope you will forgive me if i'm a little angry that we are indifferent to his erratic behavior and his obvious mental decline and his history as a convicted felon. a known -- a known slum lord. a predator found liable for sexual abuse. all of this while we pick apart kamala's answers from interviews that he doesn't even have the courage to do? >> you cannot argue with the

way she framed that. how do you think this resonates with those -- few undecided voters that are out there? >> well, good morning. hopefully resonates well. there are very few out there that can make the case as well as former first lady michelle obama. we have known this double standard exists the whole time. we have run straight through it. that's why we put the vice president in positions to go and talk toth voters who may be watching fox news in places where democrats don't traditionally go. because we're worried about being president for all america. that's where the vice president's head is and hopefully michelle obama's comments from last night sent a jolt through the undecided voters to wake up. you still have nine days to wake up and make the right decision about somebody who is going to wake up every single day thinking about you, checking off their to-do list. or someone who's only thinking about themselves and we've seen donald trump do that. he only cares about himself and

so we're going to continue to keep our head down and run straight through the tape all the way through november 5th. >> the vice president is making that argument herself both that trump is unstable and the stakes have never been higher. let's take a listen to what she had to say just yesterday in michigan. >> and this is not 2016 or 2020. the stakes are even higher. because over the last eight years, donald trump has become more confused, more unstable, and more angry. and it is clear he has become increasingly unhinged. but the last time, at least there were people who could control him. but notice they're not with him this time. >> quentin, is this a preview of what we can expect to hear from the vice president tuesday in her speech at the ellipse? >> well, look, i think it's a part of it. i think that she's absolutely going to talk about donald

trump's deterioration and she's going to talk about how somebody who is running for president of the united states is talking about openly using the united states' military against its own citizens. he's calling america the garbage can of the world. this is somebody who's running for president of the united states. so of course the vice president is going to lay that out and deliver a very stark contrast that she is hopeful and optimistic about the future of the country. donald trump is still driven by chaos and wants to drive division within this country because that's his brand of leadership. but -- counter to that, the vice president is also going to make sure that he is laying out a new generation of leadership. a new way forward in this country. because that within itself is also a stark contrast with donald trump. is that he wants to take us back and drag us back to places that we've already been when he was president and unfortunately even long before back in times way way before many people who were voting today were even born. but the vice president has a different vision for this country. one that's driven by hope and optimism that everyone in

america can succeed and have a chance not just to get by but to get ahead. that's what you are going hear from the vice president as she makes her closing argument to the jury which we know is the american people. >> you know, quentin, this -- it struck me that last night, y'all were in kalamazoo or kamala-zoo as many people have been referring to it as. and there is new reporting from nbc that the campaign is hoping to offset what may be some losses of support from various base demographics in detroit and in places like dearborn with the suburbs. and so going to kalamazoo yesterday and then after the rally, governor whitmer and the vice president, they went to a brewery. a bar, where a local beer is made in kalamazoo. and they said at bar and they drank the beer and looked to have a really good time like i said retail politics going

there visiting with folks. y'all are looking at offset some of the losses with the suburbs and this -- what we saw last night is an example of that. yes, there's the beer, cheers. okay? talk to us just a little bit about this strategy. as it relates to the suburbs in michigan. and just -- the michigan writ large and how do you think you all are going to do in the state? >> well, look, it is going to be a close election and it's a battleground state. we don't look at it as much as offsetting losses and i have been on the show before with you all and i have talked about going to rural communities and rural places and suburban communities. and losing by less than -- you know, democrats traditionally do because it all adds up in the warble. but this -- at the end here is more about getting in front of everyone. and those voters in the suburbs like kalamazoo, they matter just as much as those base democratic voters you are referring to in flint and detroit. we are just simply trying to do it all here in the stretch.

there is wait looks like when you have a leader who say they want to be a president for everyone. that they're putting in the work. she's going to these places because she is showing through her actions even as she campaigns over these last ten days here, as of yesterday, that she's going to be a presidential for all americans and that means going to the belly of the beast where they are so they can see you. so they can -- hear from you. so they can tell you their concerns and that's what this president, vice president harris is doing. >> so quentin, to the young brothers in detroit and atlanta, and philly, baltimore, across the country. the young men who in this -- discussion around abortion seemingly have been detached from it by the right. you know, they got this bro culture you know. it's about the man. you know, the woman, we just need you to be quiet and pregnant. so the moment that for me was -- really one of the more profound moments and there were a few in michelle obama's speech, was this when she

talked about the value of women and whose side are you on. let's take a quick listen. >> so please, please, do not hand our fates over to the likes of trump who knows nothing about us. who has shown deep contempt for us. because a vote for him is a vote against us. against our health. against our worth. to think that the men that we love could be either unaware or indifferent to our plight is simply heart-breaking. it is a sad statement about our value as women in this world. so fellas, before you cast your votes, ask yourselves what side of history do you want to be on? >> i'm just going to have you comment on it. i just thought that was such a

profound moment. when she connected a lot of dots and wires and important -- conversations with men. and women. about what women go through. it's not just about being pregnant. it is about being a woman. and i just thought it was very important. how do you think that resonates? >> i mean, incredibly powerful. look, it's almost unfair of me that you all put -- put me after a clip like that to try to articulate it. there's honestly nothing that i can say. look, what i will plug is that you know, our campaign has been doing a lot to get the stories out there. as these rallies that i know are being broadcast on television now and on our -- you know, instagram and facebook pages when we are doing them. and we have victims of, you know,, you know, people who have been impacted by donald trump overturning roe. and these women who live in these states one in three women of reproductive age live in a state under abortion ban

directly because of dr. and he wants to make that three out of three women of reproductive age by bringing in total abortion ban. a nationwide abortion ban. as you listen to the testimonials, just take a step back and internalize what michelle obama was saying to youthere. this could be your mother or aunt or daughter and for a lot of them. that -- that make it. there are a number of stories out there that are not being told of women who are not making it. and i think that that is the point that michelle obama was frying to get across and so these stories can be hard to watch. we've made some stuff and i oversee some of the paid media on the campaign. we have made some stuff that i have -- i have second guessed if we should put it out. it could be hard to watch. but at the end of the day by not putting it out. we're hiding the reality that millions of women across this country are facing. and we have an opportunity as men and i'm relaying it to men. but men specifically to your question have an opportunity to do something about it. to make that not the reality

for our girlfriends. for our wives. for our sisters. for our mothers. for our daughters. for our cousins. and that is what michelle obama was saying there. and it resonated deeply with me and i hope that it resonated deeply with every man who saw it last night as well. >> i hope so as well. quentin fulks, thank you so much for joining us this morning. appreciate you brother. coming up -- trump's closing argument unleashing a cascade of insults against the vice president and the country. later this hour, senator tammy baldwin of the -- you know, on her tight race to keep the seat she holds in wisconsin. you are watching "the weekend." with vaseline, hydrated skin is just the beginning. level up to even toned, radiant skin. new vaseline radiant x body lotion with 1% niacinamide. level up to even toned skin. ♪♪ missing out on the things you love because of asthma? get back to better breathing

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case last night and then the vice president and just -- nine days out from election. >> a very powerful speech last night and look i think one of the most impactful parts because when she brought men into the conversation. because it's a real conversation and dialogue that needs to happen and she used the similar framing that i have talked about over the last four months. that came from that pastor in houston, texas. where reverend anderson when he said look he as a black man cannot stand by and watch an unqualified white man insult a black woman. which is to say last night that look, if you are -- if you are a man black man, white, doesn't matter but as a man, you got to protect the women around you. and that's a very powerful statement because as was said earlier it empowers them. it actually gives them an opportunity to take sort of

their family and their relationships into their own hands and say this is what i'm going to do and provide for the people around me. i think it's powerful and winning statement. >> joe, you have been out there campaigning. is this message landing and resonating in the sun belt? >> yes. every battleground state i'm in, guys, it's so good to be with you. look, make this election about donald trump and he loses. and that's what michelle obama did last night. and that's what kamala harris has been doing increasingly. he's an utterly horrible human being. he's unfit. he has put this country through hell because he didn't have the decency or the courage to accept the results of an american election. make this election about trump and he loses every battleground state i go into when i talk to independents and republicans who are on the fence, that's what i lead with. and that's what i end with. and that resonates. >> basil and joe, stick with us, next we need to discuss

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donald trump is making his final case to americans by insulting them. here he is rallying in michigan yesterday. >> you know, they want me to say oh, detroit is great. it needs help. so i said it needs help and people said oh, he was not positive. i can't be positive. i'll be positive within two years. i'll be positive. you will see what positive is. >> trump also attacked journalists at that rally by calling them evil and the enemy of the people. basil smikle and joe walsh are back with us, basil, not only did he go after journalists and not only did he dump on detroit because it's whatever he thinks

it is. he also had his vice presidential pick j.d. vance on a "meet the press" conversation talking about pelosi and schiff playing a bigger threat. let's listen. >> do you feel that people like adam schiff and nancy pelosi are more dangerous than russia and china. >> he said the biggest threat we have in our country. it's not a foreign adversary because we can handle these guys, we can handle foreign conflicts. our own leadership is failing to lead this country into peace and prosperity. >> he's full of it because what he said is the enemy is from within and he referred specifically to adam schiff and nancy pelosi as well as others. how are you seeing that resonate out there? and i'm very curious if folks are -- are sort of put off by this -- this idea that the enemy is actually the guy next door to me. or are they -- are they buying it. >> you know, it's interesting,

yesterday, i had a conversation with some voters, there were democrats that actually moved to be independent voters which is another conversation i'm happy to get into. but and happy to have with them. but what they were saying is that look, typically have been very cynical about politics and they hate politicians but what they hate more is watching people run for president of the united states who bad mouth the country. who bad mouth their neighbors. they don't like the language and they don't like the fact that they are about to vote for president and one of the folks on the ballot is someone whose rhetoric is just to angry. whose rhetoric is just so in the tank so to speak. they just can't believe that we are here as a country. i think you know, what's resonating is that to this very quick point, they didn't think they'd be here. they didn't think that they would be at this point. and are -- you know, happy to vote for kamala harris, just to right the ship. and to quick point, you know,

one of the things that michelle obama pointed out which i think a lot of these voters are starting to see and resonating with, is that the -- if you are concerned about the system being rigged against you. it's not your neighbor. it's not these migrants. they don't have the power to do that. the people that have the power to do that are supporting donald trump. and if you are concerned about someone who is unqualified to be in office, the ultimate grift is that he is the nominee of a major party. and he's saying that everybody else is wrong and everybody else is not call by byes few he should be -- qualified but he should be in office regardless. a lot of voters saying that's not who we are as a country and that's not the message i need to send to my family. >> let's play mrs. obama on harris and trump being held to a different standard where she really lays out a lot of what

donald trump says. take a listen. >> for trump -- [ booing ] we expect nothing at all. no understanding of policy. no ability to put together a coherent argument. no honesty. no decency. no morals. instead, too many people are willing to write off his childish mean-spirited antics by saying well, trump is just being trump. >> she ends that rift by saying rather than question his horrible behavior some folks think he's funny. if you remember that's exactly how he got elected the first time. joe, i -- i believe -- what basil is saying is that people hearing what donald trump has said, it does make a difference to them. it does make them think differently. and there's a whole host of people out there, many of them who host shows and even appear

regularly on cable news, that say oh, people know who donald trump is. yes, but have they heard what he said? i think what he says matters. >> oh. simony wish i was there with you on set. i'd give you a big hit. what he says matters. exactly. this will all work with the base. can we just cut to the chase this morning nine days out? garbage can. come on now. donald trump said america is a garbage can. i want -- i want a president who likes this country. i want a president who believes in this country. that's kamala harris. and again, i'm speaking to independents and republicans in battleground states. they don't believe this country is a garbage can. they don't want us divided. they don't want us hating on each other. they don't want a candidate who's going to bad mouth this country. michael steele, a shining city

on a hill, look at how far removes we are from that. most independents and republicans believe that kamala harris love this is country. they know donald trump doesn't. >> 30 seconds left. i mean, the closing arguments could not be more different when talk about a way boar ward. hope for the future. a brighter tomorrow and what it is that donald trump is selling. >> she brought joy back to the party and to the campaign trail. i was at a town hall earlier this week. delta sigma theta sorority hosted talking about project 2025. the details of that plan are on the lips of more voters than i could ever have imagined. because -- kamala harris energizes everybody at the rallies to go out there and talk about what's at stake and we're seeing that play out day in and day out nine days left. >> basil smikle and joe walsh. thank you so much for making time with us in the final

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>> democratic senator tammy baldwin of wisconsin is with us now. >> senator baldwin, thank you so much for joining us. i would like to start with how this race has just taken a very in my opinion, ugly and unnecessary turn and not from your perspective. i'm talking about your republican opponent who at one point believe -- said he didn't believe that old people should be voting. in this race, the republicans in -- and some of these dark money super pac groups have spent millions of dollars at this point attacking you and your wife. i would just like to give you an opportunity to respond to some of these attacks and just the tone that this race has taken. they're not talking about the issues. right? this is not a -- this is not a debate about, you know, farm bill even though again, your opponent says he didn't really know much about the farm bill. this is becoming a personal attack on you and your family.

>> yeah. so -- look, this is absolutely disgusting. and what my opponent is trying desperately to do is to deflect attention from the fact that he owns a $3 billion california bank. a $7 million california home. and he's been named among the most influential members of the community in orange county three years in a row. wisconsin has a greene county. wisconsin has a brown county. wisconsin doesn't have an orange county. he is trying to deflect from the fact that he largely is -- california business person. who has come, you know. had remembered into wisconsin to run for and try to buy a senate seat. well, let me emphasize that. he is a multimillionaire who has self-financed we think when all is said and done. he'll spend about $30 million of his own wealth and then in the last closing weeks and

wisconsin is a battleground state. most of our statewide races aredecided by razor thin margins. in the last weeks of this campaign. mitch mcconnell's super pac has sort of doubled down spending $23 million and eric has the multimillion dollar brother who formed a super pac on his behalf. it is just -- coming in the onslaught right now. 100% attack ads against me and not even trying to say anything positive about their cab date. but look if you want to help me find out please go to tammybaldwin.com and donate whatever you can. we have to close the gap in the final weeks in order to sprint through the finish line and end up victorious. >> i think in many respects, you have a situation, senator, where a lot of people i think are paying attention to this -- the ugliness of this campaign. i'm looking at the -- the

numbers from quinnipiac where you are at 49%. hovde at 48%. this was from october 21st. with a 2.9% margin of error. the reality of it is this race is dynamic as is the presidential race in your state. how -- how is the combination of your effort and the harris effort helping to pull those undecided voters as they're looking now and deciding okay, do i really want to believe the lie about tammy? do i really want to believe the crazy of donald trump? you know, cozying up to putin and calling the united states a trash can? how are those narratives resonating in these last nine days and pulling the energy for your campaign? >> well, let me tell you this. my focus and the way i campaign

and also the way i serve as a united states senator is to try to show up everywhere. to go to red counties and purple counties and blue counties. rural, urban and suburban areas in the state. that's what i'm doing right now on -- bus tour around wisconsin. for -- and when i'm meeting with folks, right now, they're at a point where they're energized about getting folks out to vote. to getting -- upping the participation and you know, the polls tell you one thing but turnout is what this is all going to come to. and right now, we're -- seeing canvass in every part of our state and enthusiastic volunteers signing up and talking to people at the doors about the issues. cutting through the lies that people are seeing on. and instead engaging them on for example -- i would -- yeah. i helped write the affordable care act. my opponent would repeal it. i am leading the effort on

restoring women's re productive rights through championing the women's health act. my opponent celebrated the dodd decision. the whole list of issues that people care deeply about and cut through also the television advertising. because of those conversations that are having at the doors. happening at the doors. >> senator, i'm sure you saw former first lady michelle obama on the stump last night in michigan and she had some really moving sound. a message to men about the stakes of this election for them. and for the women in their lives. take a listen. >> your daughter could be the one to too terrified to call the doctor if she's bleeding during an unexpected pregnancy. your niece could be the one miscarrying in her bathtub after the hospital turned her away. and this will not just affect women. it will affect you and your sons and you will be the one pleading for somebody, anybody,

to do something. and then there is the tragic but very real possibility that in the worst case scenario, you just might be the one holding flowers at the funeral. you might be the one left to raise your children alone. >> those are not hypotheticals, those are not theoretical, we are watching families all across this country be absolutely rocked by the overturning of roe. those are not just the stakes for the presidential. they are the stakes for every senate race in this country. it's not just the stakes in michigan. it's the stakes in wisconsin. what is your message to the men of wisconsin about why their vote matters in this election? >> that's absolutely. so look, as i -- earlier said, i'm proud to be the lead author of the women's health protection act which would restore roe as the law of the land but also tell the states that they can't pass laws that interfere with those rights and freedoms such as is the case in the state of wisconsin where we

have a law passed in the year 1849 widely viewed as a criminal abortion ban. in our state, there are 72 counties. there are services only available in three. and that means that in 69 counties, access to abortion care is illegal. and we have seen the harrowing results. i remember talking to a woman whose water broke at 17 weeks and she was refused service until she had a high fever. and was facing the risk of sepsis. that should not be the case anywhere in america. yet my opponent celebrated the overturning of roe versus wade and seems totally comfortable with the woman's rights and freedoms to be dependent upon her zip code or state of residence and yes, this affects men. this affects men in so many different ways. as -- as the first -- former first lady said so eloquently. this could be your daughter,

this could be your niece, it could be your wife. and we need to come together to address this problem. >> senator tammy baldwin of wisconsin, you have got a very busy nine days ahead. thank you so much for making time with us. >> thank you. up next, we are joust hours away -- just hours away from trump's rally at madison square garden. new york governor kathy hochul is here with me in new york city. be sure to follow our show on social media and our handle everywhere is @the weekend msnbc.

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penalties in a civil fraud case and found liable for sale abuse and defamation. his ego is among the reasons he is here and are you going to be at madison square garden? with him? >> i will not be at madison square garden although we'll make sure it's fully protected by his state police and nypd. so that's our responsibility. but i have another reason why i think he's coming here. i think he's waving the white flag of vender and he's coming back to a city he knows well. he's comfortable here. maybe he'd like to sleep in his own bed and as you get older you want that comfort of what you know. and i think given that all the interviews he's canceled and the rallies he's canceled. i mean, kamala harris is in pennsylvania today. she's in philadelphia. donald trump is coming back to his known familiar environment. and if he wants to stay here for nine days, i'll make sure he's got tickets to broadway and he can go see soft -- maybe that will help inspire him to do the right thing. but here's the thing. it means he's giving up. because why else would you come to new york city?

you are not going to find undecided voters walking the streets of manhattan today. but also has this affect which i think is fantastic. it's going to have a suppressant negative impact on those five republicans who are struggling for life right now. because they know they have done nothing for two years in congress. they've been an embarrassment and they rejected an immigration bill that president biden putforward along with other republicans. they said no. they could have solved this crisis. last the thing i think they want is the top of the ticket reminding everyone they're supporting antiwoman and anti- abortion and antiamerica -- candidate for top of the ticket. so i'm looking forward to it. bring it on. >> governor, i really appreciate the -- that and you know, make sure he has a little hot tea too because you know how the i woulderly sometimes -- elderly sometimes love the

little hot tea. >> warm blanket. >> right by the night stand. so i want to focus where you just left off because i think it's important. because it is -- it is one of the reasons why the congress looks the way it looks. what happened in the five congressional districts in new york. so to change the political landscape there, what's your sense on those races specifically? the efforts to flip them back so that the rest of the challenge for the gop is exposed? because their focus is we'll easily, you know, maintain our strength in those parts of new york. i -- i think it's delusional. but you are there. you are on the ground. how do those races stack up right now? relative to this control of congress conversation. >> we are doing very well here in the state of new york. and this is an intentional effort to have the new york state democratic party which was really an ineffective organization, most of my life. it was never given the resource

and you never had a governor that believed that had this could be a vehicle to help candidates from congress on down and i have. so i have been raising money. we've opened over 42 field offices in just six congressional districts. we've hired over 100 people from the state party, beyond what the candidates have to do themselves. we've had 4 million voter contacts and i was in the hudson valley yesterday and i'm leaving here to go to churches on long island to help our candidates. and there's an energy out there that has not been there before. and i'm so excited about this. so all of our candidates, they're high caliber experienced individuals against people who are basically coming out of a do nothing congress. and they have to wear that, they have to wear the fact that theyrefused to do anything on immigration and they have at the top of the ticket someone who the hostile to the interest of their voters. these are districts that joe biden has won before. this is not helpful to them to have donald trump come there and remind everybody, oh, yeah, he's -- they support donald

trump. and that's going to be to their detriment. so we're feeling good about those races. every single one of them. there will be pickups. i work with hakeem jeffries every day on this. we're working with kirsten gillibrand and chuck schumer and we know what we have to do in new york and i believe we'll aggressive. >> governor. in the new york elections prop 1 amendment is called the equal right rights act. you are backing the amendment. you have also -- you know, stepped in, you and your operation, to give a little more i think infrastructure to that. in the last couple of weeks. and these last nine days before election day. talk to us about those efforts and just the role that reproductive rights and protecting women's ability to make decisions about their own body is playing in this election. we've heard all week now frankly democratic candidates across the country, making reference to if in fact donald

trump is elected, and if republicans gain at least even one of -- control of one of the chambers, even in places like new york, women will not be safe. >> right. let's remember where new york started. we had the right to an abortion enshined in the state law. three years before roe versus wade. so this is something that was there from my mother's generation. was there for me. the same -- this right to determine what you want to do with your own body. that right is not there for my daughter and it better be there back for my granddaughter, let's look at the scale of this. what we have to do in this t state of new york that we didn't have to do before. when we -- before donald trump stacked the supreme court, intentionally, keeping the only promise he made that he kept which was he's going to make sure that we strip away the right to an abortion across the land. he succeeded in that. now even a state like new york which has a governor with every fiber of my being i'll protect the rights for women to have the right to choose or plan her family. i will protect that right.

but it goes -- if it's up to who's the governor, going forward in the future, this is something want to enshrine in our constitution because donald trump has created that fear. that anxiety. even in a place like new york. that if we don't enshrine this in our constitution, these rights could be stripped away with a national abortion ban. something that seems so far stretched just a couple of years ago and now that could be our reality. so we're building the firewall to make sure that kamala harris, president kamala harris, and she will be president, has a democratic house representative hold on to the senate and make sure that we push back all those efforts. but in the meantime, i'm going to protect new yorkers. and voters need to know that is the only thing that really matters on this proposition 1 is to get out there and flip over your ballot because it's on other side. don't forget about it. and do this not just for this generation, for generations to come. we have this opportunity to protect the rights even in a state like new york where i

think it's important. >> governor, mayor adams was asked if he believes donald trump is a fascist; listen to his response. >> mr. mayor, i wondered if i could ask you about any communications you have beening from with the -- having with the trump campaign and if you believe the former president is a fascist? >> you know, i have been -- i had those terms hurled at me by some political leaders in the city. using terms like hitler and fascist. my answer is no. i know what hitler has done. and i know what a fascist regime looks like. >> 30 seconds left. do you agree. >> john kelly who was his chief of staff a revered general with such respect. he called him a fascist. those are the people we need to listen to as well as his own

hand picked vice presidential candidate who said he is america's hitler. those the chilling words we ought to be paying attention to this election. >> governor hochul. thank you for joining us. all right, you at home refill that mug. there's another big hour ahead for us including nbc's son hillyard and congresswoman lisa blount roach chester. that's all coming up next on "the weekend." guy, will it make him softer? bounce can't do it all but for better laundry, ♪ put a sheet on it with bounce. ♪ what's up, you seem kinda sluggish today. things aren't really movin'. you could use some metamucil. metamucil's psyllium fiber helps keep your digestive system moving so you can feel lighter and more energetic. metamucil keeps you movin'. and try fizzing fiber plus vitamins. still congested? —nope! —uh oh. new mucinex 2-in-1

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