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very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to train for and we begin this our decision 2024 with just nine days remaining in the race for the white house. right now, crowds are filing into new york city preface madison square garden for donald trump rally later today and vice president kamala harris is in battleground pennsylvania talking directly to voters in philadelphia. in the tight, tense sprint to the finish line, more than 41.5 million americans have already voted and harris and trump are tied nationally and in battleground states. it could be decided by persuadable voters. here is part of what happened

on "meet the press". >> we've got this question of persuadable voters, defining them this way, 12% of the cnbc poll currently say they support harris or trump stated they could change their minds still in this race. another 6% said they were undecided or would currently vote for a third-party candidate, persuadable category of aging%, close to one in five voters here. >> harris will hit swing states this week. tuesday she will speak at the ellipse in washington, dc, the site of donald trump's january 6 rally. she will be in wisconsin, arizona and north dakota and restate her case for reinstating roe v wade. >> when you argue that donald trump, if elected would put forward a national abortion ban. >> it is in project 2025.

>> reporter: the former president said that is not true. >> he says everything. come on, we really taking his word for it? he says women should be punished. he has been all of the place on this. watch what he is doing to see what he has said. >> meanwhile, j.d. vance was once again asked on the sunday talk shows about how he felt about trump demonizing those he sees as political rivals. >> this is not a guy, john kelly, willing to brag to jeffrey goldberg, who is interested in the american truth or interest in telling an honest account of trump. he disagreed with him on policy. >> those 10 people, including the former vice president, mike pence, all of these people are part of this horribly damaged worldview and all of them going after donald trump because they want to send people to war? >> the race is close, but many voters appear to be locked in on their choices, like these michigan voters who spoke to nbc. >> we already had the other president. he didn't show nothing for the people. >> it was better four years ago.

>> reporter: you think former president trump is the person to make things go forward? >> i do. >> we have analysts and reporters in place across the country. we start with allie raffa in philadelphia where harris is in full campaign mode. welcome. with only nine days left, what and who is the focus of philadelphia today? >> yeah, alex, vice president harris is crisscrossing the city of brotherly love today, trying to generate love around her. this is her 14th trip to battleground pennsylvania today. here in pennsylvania she is predominantly focusing on black and latino communities. i am here outside of the location for her last event of the day. it will star roughly a 5:00 p.m. outside this youth bath as well? basketball facility where she

will deliver remarks. there was a line around the facility for supporters to go in. all of them, most of them, have made their way inside. we could talk about what she has done so far before she gets to this venue. we saw her earlier today courting the votes of a black congregation at a church in west philadelphia as part of her campaign, souls to the polls effort. there were buses sent to that church to take congregants from there to the polls immediately after the service. then we saw her do more and respond to former president trump's comments and an impromptu press conferences. that is where she talked about not just philadelphia but pennsylvania as a whole this election and all elections in general. listen. >> philadelphia is a very important part of our path to victory and it is the reason i am spending time in pennsylvania. i am feeling very optimistic about the enthusiasm that is here and the commitment that

folks of every background half to vote and really invest in the future of our country. people are exhausted. they can prepare to act on their feelings about that. >> reporter: harris, after that, went on to visit a barbershop to speak with blackman, who we know she is courting the support of. she went to a black owned bookstore. we expect her later, as part of her effort to shore up latino voters to visit a puerto rican restaurant and then end of the day, like i say, here, delivering remarks. this is all part of perm message to shore up enough support among the democratic stronghold of philadelphia to get her to a number to have victory here in pennsylvania. she doesn't get to that, we still see her campaign lead this massive doorknocking effort in philly suburbs trying to get those anti-trump republicans who still may not be supporting her yet, alex. meteorologist of course, thank you. let's go to vaughn hillyard inside madison square garden in

new york city. now you are inside, my friend. talk about the scene there this hour and also the expectations for tonight . >> reporter: right, donald trump choosing to come back to his home state in new york. in 2016 he lost here in by 20 percentage points and chooses to come here. spoke to someone from the campaign a few moments ago and they said so much of the campaign is now nationalized, whether it is on social media on youtube, folks are seeing images like here at madison square garden, 20,000 people strong. this is the type of event donald trump has never had a rally here at madison square garden but the campaign

believes this will send a message and he is willing to go into blue states. two weeks ago he had a rally in coachella, california. alex, you and i talked them. trump tower is a mile and a half from here. this is the kind of venue, you can see a sense, we are still about two and half hours away from donald trump actually speaking himself but some of these pre-speakers are coming in here in the next little bit, rfk jr., as well as the likes of tulsi gabbard and elon musk. i want you to listen to a few of the folks i talked to outside to give you a bite and sense of who is in the crowd. >> it's a story. i have been to three rallies already. this is my fourth. the best thing is hanging out with all the americans, true americans, you know what i mean? he will make america great again. >> i think he is really trying, is it a possibility? i don't know. >> we support him. >> reporter: for donald trump, the next nine days, course, he

will visit a lot of battleground states and he just announced he will go to new mexico. this is a campaign that has seven battleground states but is leaving he can win a place like new york and he think they can expand the map. of course, it is up to the voters. >> thank you so much for that. you are at msg nyc, we will see you next hour. thanks, my friend. more now on the vice president and her speech on tuesday and the ellipse in washington, d.c., 10,000 are expected to attend, surging from the originally thousand. looks like she is holding a little one end of freddie and teddies restaurant, puerto rican restaurant in north philly. i am told by my producer in the booth that the baby was crying but the baby looks okay now. anyway, we will keep an eye on this and see what is happening

there in philadelphia. the ellipse, of course, getting back to that, the site where former president trump held his stop the still rally january 6, 2021. harris explaining the choice of the ellipse in a new interview today on cbs. take a listen. >> and i am doing it there because i think it is very important for the american people to see and think about who will be occupying that space on january 20th and, um, this is a real scenario. it's either can be donald trump or it's going to be me sitting behind the resolute desk in the oval office. >> let's bring in our contributor to go over the final sprint. all of this retail politics, what you make of that, all of this one on one time? there are a lot of people that wonder how far this will go. >> it goes everywhere pick you

talk to the harris campaign and it is a constant dead sprint every hour of every day. they are trying to hit all kinds of different demographics in different states, you know, just a little peek into their schedule this week, coming up this week, they are hitting all of the battleground states. again, they have been doing that for the last several weeks, the last month. they have all of the surrogates doing the same thing, trying to make sure they leave no stone unturned, as they say. they are trying to really now, between now and maybe in the next nine days, is maybe just engage what they think is, you know, their main weapon, which is their ground organization and it is superior to trump's and that is, you know, when they say you are really going to see it turn in the selection. >> i mean from church to barbershop to bookstore to this puerto rican restaurant, there are a lot of politics today. let's get back to you, natasha. harris, it says, according to reporting, will be emphasizing trump is a danger to the country. is the campaign confident about this as a final message? are there any internal concerns that maybe policy should take

the lead? there you know, there are some internal concerns. of course, these are democrats and they are famously over fretting, but, yes, there are some concerns that she leans to much into trump is a danger not in her future vision. the site of the ellipse certainly is symbolic, mainly to say, you know, remember who donald trump was, which was someone who would rather admit americans killed each other than admit he was lost? he lost what was wrong. january 6 is a real state of this election but her speech will go beyond that. it is not just going to be about trump is a danger. it will be a sweeping speech, it will talk about some of the

major issues and her policy vision, which, you know, she has laid out lots of different things. this is tying it all together in a real symbolic space and making sure she sends that message. they would also point to her massive rally, 3000 people in houston on friday, where she also, you know, there it was abortion. that is part of the closing argument. i should say closing arguments going on here. >> you you also report the harris team is prepared for premature victory claim from trump on election night. how so and what are they doing to combat that? >> well, they have engaged their attorneys. for one thing, they are ready for an onslaught of legal fights. they think this is going to be close. they are hoping that it won't be. that is certainly what if it isn't, they think trump will announce he has won prematurely, before anything is even counted and, you know,

they are trying to get that message out there to make sure people know keep voting. this race is not over. you know, just be prepared that trump will be trump and he will announce he wins, even if he has not. so that is part of it, just making sure she gets that message out. the other part of it is to make sure they are engaged legally and, you know, how to combat that in the courts and otherwise. >> there is a new marist poll and it shows early voting in swing states like north carolina, georgia in arizona, they are all trending toward the vice president, despite efforts to drive early voting this year. can we read anything into early voting? >> certainly.

we can read that republicans are voting in a way they have not, which is coming out early. that was part of their strategy. democrats say they expect that. it certainly is, it certainly shows that republicans are energized, to a certain extent, but there are a lot of unknowns still. mainly, you look at nevada, you look at pennsylvania, for instance, there are a lot of unaffiliated, unaffiliated voters who have not declared a party and are making up, you know, one quarter of these early voters. who are these people? no one knows that yet. that is one thing. another is, there is a lot of fretting on the ground in these states by republicans. they say they feared they do not have the resources or the organization to get out the low propensity voters or whoever has not voted on election day. that is really where we will really see where the rubber meets the road and republicans, you know, well they keep this up? or are democrats able to, you know, they have it nailed down. that is where democrats believe they have the advantage.

>> natasha korecki, thanks so much for that. for all of you, we will keep an eye on what kamala harris is doing in philadelphia. in the meantime, it has been said a lot this past week and next michael cohen on the word nobody in the trump campaign wants to hear. we will be back with them in 90 seconds. seconds. in a personalized report to share with your doctor to get the clarity you need. 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 with fasenra, an add-on treatment for eosinophilic asthma that is taken once every 8 weeks. fasenra is not for sudden breathing problems or other eosinophilic conditions. allergic reactions may occur. don't stop your asthma treatments without talking with your doctor. tell your doctor if your asthma worsens.

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a dictator, disregards individual rights and uses force against his opponents. in the last few days retired generals mark milley and john kelly has been in trump's crosshairs and here is what he said about special counsel jack smith. >> you are going to have to parting yourself and fire jack smith, which one will you do? >> that is easy, it's so easy. he's a crooked person. it so easy. i would fire him within two seconds. >> jack smith should be considered mentally deranged and be thrown out of the country. meteorologist joining me now is michael cohen, am donald trump's former confidence and attorney, author and host of the michael cohen show. you knew donald trump really well. when he says this about jack smith and how he believes

he is a fascist, does it surprise you he is this close, neck and neck, with kamala harris? >> it surprises me, it disturbs me. i am perturbed over the whole scenario. when i speak to these folks, folks who i used to call friends , upper east siders and that type, they say i just can't vote for, love. why not? i don't like her look, i don't like her malformation. >> come on. >> i am serious. i don't like her giggle, i don't like the way she speaks. i turned to them and say, let's be honest with one another. it has nothing to do with it. it has nothing to do with her teeth, mannerisms, the way she speaks or her giggle, it is simply because, call it for what it is, you are racist and you are sexist. and even the wind, i don't understand how women can't do that and play the same game.

it doesn't make any sense. you have one of two choices. it is for someone who wants to unify the country and do the right thing for america and they are on the opposite side of someone who was devices and -- who is devices and wants to only do for himself and avoid prison and avoid accountability to win the election. he is not running for us, he is running for himself. >> thousands already in madison square garden, michael, awaiting his arrival . what you make of this event? >> there are a lot of these people bust in. it is interesting. in the "new york times" i saw something where they succumb to the rally, they are busing people in. i heard there is an entire group of chinese. they don't even speak english. do they not understand they are part of the nasty group he wants to throw out of the country but yet, i don't know what they are offering. you know, it's like, in 2015, 2016, during the rallies, they

would put things on craigslist. come to the rally and get 50 bucks. i guess people are hungry. [ laughter ] >> the "new york times" surveyed 50 former officials, 42 of them, michael, say trump will seek to influence criminal investigations. do you think he would really try that? >> well, as you know, he already did. he was already successful in doing that. the supreme court, through their recent decision on presidential immunity, they just bolstered, they bolstered his ability to effectuate what he did to me but unto others, like yourself, like the president of nbc, msnbc, john kelly, mike pence and who knows how far he will take this revenge tore.

over the next four years, god forbid he wins, the entire four years will be dedicated to donald trump exacting revenge on his political enemies or his critics. >> he has been pushing back big time on the atlantic article that quotes him saying he needs the kinds of generals hitler had. this is what he said in texas on friday. >> there are phony stories by a general backup fired. he was a whack job, total whack job, a general. this was the same magazine that said i said about dead soldiers that there was something, what was it, suckers and losers. think of it, i am supposed to be standing there over the graves of soldiers with people around me, military people in whatever, making a statement like that. can you imagine? can you imagine anybody doing that? >> actually, we can because it is not dissimilar to other

things he has said. for example, he wanted to have a military parade when he was president in 2017 to rival kim jong un's. he wanted it down pennsylvania avenue in d.c. but he told people he didn't want soldiers who were injured because that would make him look bad. can you imagine somebody saying that? you know, when i see, like for example, veterans for trump, really, again, it just increases the anger i have and my complete just confusion as to what is going on here, why would anybody go ahead and vote for somebody who completely disparages them and all of there, you know, fellow veterans, alive, dead, you know, this is the guy who go

ahead and refuse to lay a wreath because he didn't want to get his hair or his suit wet. these are reported facts. what donald is doing, he realized he made a mistake with the publication "the atlantic" so he is trying to find other examples that would dissuade people from believing the truth. >> here it is, trump's depravity will not cost his election adding the gop faithful said trump has reached new frontiers of hideousness are not offensive but reassuring. they want trump to be awful because the people they view as political foes will be so appalled if he wins. is this saying cruelty is the point, michael? >> it appears so. the worst part, the people that support trump are trying to and beginning to emulate him. last night i was at the rangers game with friends of mine and my wife. these three young boys, three tiny pitchers turned around and started to snitch, rack, how was prison, yeah, yeah, yeah. ignored them. they are meaningless to me in my life.

but this is the type of behavior that you will, you will live with under a trump presidency. they think this is funny. they think this is normal behavior. they are watching their furor, their monarch, their king, their leader, act like a total ass , a learned behavior and emulated. >> my colleague holly jackson asked if trump declared victory early falsely -- >> he will. >> take a listen. >> we will deal with election night and the days after as they come and we have the resources and the expertise. this is a person, donald trump, tried to undo a free and fair election.

he still denies the will of the people. >> the last time we talked you said if trump loses he will not accept that. >> what he is going to do, he will try to claim victory immediately. that is, of course, before all of the mail-in ballots come through. and then, when he loses and loses by a large number, he will go right back to the big line, they did it again, they did it again, the democrats stole it from us. he is going to try -- he is going to try to create some sort of frenzy amongst his maga base of supporters. here's the difference. i don't want viewers to get nervous here. it's not like it was in 2020. the reason is because trump is not in power. joe biden is in power. we are not tennessee another 96 minutes of nothing happening. within 10 seconds, in fact,

it's even before. the military, the national guard, seal team six, they are already, the local police, they are already on high alert for any nonsense. they are not going to allow what happened on january 6 to ever happen again. >> i don't understand this one. he said he is open to potentially pardoning hunter biden. what's up with that? >> he is trying to put it out there that if he loses joe biden should pardon him. i was doing you the favor, i was making sure your son would not feel any accountability or be held accountable for any of the crimes he committed. you know, i have been falsely charged with crimes and i am being held accountable for things i claim i didn't do, despite 12 jurors saying otherwise, but you should pardon me because i would parting your son. >> okay. after the election come on back. we will go through it all. thank you very much, my friend. what is motivating tens of thousands of voters to enter

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the latest count shows 42 million ballots have been cast nationwide. listen to this. as of friday afternoon voters in battleground georgia surpass 50% of all the ballots cast in the 2020 election. let's go to atlanta. i am still trying to get over that. what are you hearing from voters about the turnout and why they are there? too good afternoon. remarkable, indeed.

we see record turnout in the state of georgia and the numbers reflect that. according to the secretary of state's office, as of last night, 2.7 votes have been cast in absentee ballots and early in-person voting. when you put this in perspective, when you compare that number to 2020, actually 5 million people voted in the state, according to the secretary of state. he says the momentum will likely continue. the enthusiasm is there on both sides of the aisle and earlier today we had the chance to talk to early voters about why they voted today. take a listen. >> it is more heated rhetoric on both sides. that is spawning people to come out early voting is available in the state.? a lot of younger people in different people who may never have voted are coming out. >> i was just excited. i just wanted to get my vote in. it is very exciting. i hope that we continue to see the changes happen over the past few years.

>> reporter: alex, we should point out this is the last weekend for early voting. it wraps up on friday. there is really a big push across the state to mobilize voters. you might be hearing music. it is actually attached to the souls to the polls event sponsored by church leaders, community groups, fraternities and sororities. they are using this location for reason. historically this neighborhood has lower voter turnout and they are hoping that their presence here will give voters to come out today and on election day. alex? >> it sounds like a little bit of joy they are bringing to the neighborhood. thank you, kathy. 10 kamala harris be all things to all people in pennsylvania and if nikki haley voters will get behind her? nd

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nearly 1.3 ballots in that state of already been cast with twice the number of registered democrats voting compared to republicans. joining me now is the pennsylvania lieutenant governor austin davis, also a kamala harris campaign surrogate. the newest polls show the race in that state in a dead heat. there are about 300,000 more registered democrats than republicans in pennsylvania pick over 1 million voters have no affiliation and 360,000 voters are listed on what city and what county will give you the biggest clue of how the race will go? >> hello, alex, thank you so much for having me. it is great to be back with you. pennsylvania doesn't have early voting in the same way other places too. we have a vote by mail system. folks can go to their county

elections board, fill out a ballot and get their ballot all in one trip and cast their vote. what we are seeing is that folks are highly engaged in this election and democrats feel good about the numbers we are seeing with mail-in ballots and returning them. look, we know this election is going to be closed. vice president harris is in philadelphia today, fighting for every last vote, having authentic conversations to earn every last vote. we will keep doing that until 8:00 on november 5. >> well, we look at governor josh shapiro, he is doing everything he can to make sure vice president harris wins pennsylvania. "politico" reported recently that democrats are worried the operation is being poorly run and her aides lacked key relationships practically in and around philadelphia. the campaign is not doing enough to turn out voters of color.

what is your assessment of that and of the harris ground game there? >> i think that is any politics, to be honest with you. i think kamala harris is running the most robust presidential campaign we have seen in pennsylvania history. she is competing where often democratic presidential candidates have competed, places like cumberland county, places like lancaster. she >> the full day in philadelphia, engaging with black men and latino voters having authentic conversations and she has been doing that the entire campaign. i am proud to serve as the chairperson for black voters for harris. on election day, all the work the campaign has been doing on the ground, the historic investments they put into media and the ground game, it will be evident and they will make

sure kamala harris wins pennsylvania and wins this election. >> he was the campaign's path to victory, it involves conservative leaning voters, including the 160,000 or so republicans who cast a vote for nikki haley in the primary. can kamala harris make that payoff? >> yeah. you know, i think they will. i think vice president harris is reaching out to republican voters to say let's come together and put our country over party. i think what john schapiro and i have demonstrated is people want us to take off the red jerseys and the blue jerseys and put on american jerseys and get stuff done for every day people. i think kamala harris is demonstrating that is the type of leader she will be when she is elected president. she is someone who can bring people together. >> election night, it is predicted pennsylvania will be critical to the electoral college. when do you expect those

results to come in? >> you know, i expect the election workers and the county board of elections will do everything to ensure every eligible vote is counted. i would encourage folks to be patient. we will make sure we get the right result. we will make sure democracy works. we will make sure the right person is elected president. folks need to be patient with the process. making sure we get it right is more important than getting a pass. >> point well taken, thank you so much. so many questions and what to make of donald trump's big rally today in new york. plus, new book about the trump trial, american reckoning. fascinating perspectives. we will talk about them. ut the. n breathing problems or other eosinophilic conditions. allergic reactions may occur. don't stop your asthma treatments without talking with your doctor. tell your doctor if your asthma worsens. headache and sore throat may occur. tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection. step back out there with fasenra. ask your doctor if it's right for you.

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♪♪ moments ago, jd vance arrived for trump's new york city rally. earlier today the republican nominee for vice president double down on donald trump referring to the democratic congress members as enemies with them. vance is closing out the weekend by making rounds on the sunday morning shows but his

appearance on nbc's "meet the press'" making headlines today after he defended trump's controversial remarks. >> do you believe people like adam schiff and nancy pelosi are more dangerous than russia and china? >> i think what donald trump said that those folks pose a major threat to the peace and security. what he said and i do agree with this one, the biggest threat we have in our country is not a foreign adversary. >> let's bring in jonathan alter, msnbc contributor, columnist, creator of a newsletter and author of the just released book, "american reckoning" . before we get to your book, my friend, let's talk about donald trump's rally in the city here at msg. james carville, hillary clinton, they both said it was the site of the nazi rally in

1939. do you think this was an intentional choice? >> i don't think he was attending to have in the way of the nazi rally but it does. he is talking like a nazi. he calls people vermin and the enemy. that is the language that hitler used. so he is a fascist. you have a former chairman of the joint chiefs, his former chief of staff in the white house calling him a fascist. these are not democrats calling him this. in that sense, there really are echoes of 1939. you had american flags next to nazi flags. you will see the nazi flags in there but a bunch of the

language, encouraging america first, is exactly what they were talking about in 1939. >> nine days, jonathan, to go. why is trump wasting his time in new york, a state he has no chance of winning? >> i think it is an ego thing for him. it is his home town. you wanted to come back in trying out. it is important to remember the many crimes he committed here, not just the ones i witnessed. he was convicted in may. you know, he built trump tower with undocumented workers and with serious connections to the mob. he was sued by the nixon justice department or discriminating against black renters. trump would put a c next to their name for colored. the central park five. he called for them to be executed in full page ads. they were all exonerated by dna. he still wants them executed. we have a city council in new york, one of the central park five, donald trump wanted him killed. african american voters need to know these things. i think many of them do. before they go to the polls. everybody needs to know these

and his other crimes. he has been a one-man crime way for a very long time. >> let's get your book, "american reckoning", which is your account of 23 days covering the trump hush money trial inside the courtroom. trump was convicted less than five months ago, in may, pretty quick turnaround for a book, jonathan. did you have urgency to get it out before the election? >> i did, absolutely. i felt like i had to do this. the trial was not televised. people like me would write things from the courtroom but they didn't really land. this was an exceptionally important trial, arguably the trial of the century so far. there is a lot people did not get a sense of. i also want to, alex, to pack in one tight volume, a short, short book, everything that is dangerous about this man. my real hope is that people will buy it for their cousin bob, their aunt mary, they might not be maga people but they are thinking about staying home. they can't bring themselves to

vote for harris . if you don't vote for harris, it is a vote for trump. you can't read "american reckoning" and do anything for this very dangerous man to put him back in the presidency. that was the motive for me to bear witness and issue this as a warning. this is the most pivotal election in recent american history. we cannot let a fascist criminal back in the white house. if you don't believe he is a criminal, you are wrong. >> let me ask you quickly. you share vignettes from chicago, the early inspiration there, it really helped you pursue a career in writing about history and politics. your mom gets a lot of credit there. she was an activist, someone who inspired not only you but

also barack obama. it was one week after he was elected president when your mother passed, he took the time to write to you and tell you how much he would miss your mom. when you think about all that and struggle to make sense of where america is right now, have you figured it out? >> um, know. i try to explore how we got to this place some in this book but demagoguery works. when a politician either here or abroad please on peoples fears, that can work especially if you have as much disinformation as we have now. everybody is just paying attention to what's in their silo. they don't know things. they don't know that donald trump disrespects veterans consistently. it is not just general kelly and general milley you say that's. there are at least 15 others to

testify to the fact this man disrespects those who gave their lives for our country. we can't let that person, a cruel, criminal person back in the white house. i will do anything i can to get people off the couch and understand this. that is why i wrote the book. >> it is right here. i think it is some of your best work. i love it so much, i wrote you an email to express that but i think it is important to tell our viewers that, as well. you need to read it, it is a wonderful book, i am so proud of you. my next guest was knocking on doors in rural north carolina last weekend. what those voters told her next

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people that seem to be invisible but they are not invisible. these are the people doing such harm to our country with their open borders policies and record-setting inflation. >> i see a nation determined to turn the page on hatred and division. [ applause ] >> to chart a new way forward. i see americans from so-called red states and blue states who are ready to bend the arc of history toward justice. [ applause ] >> there are some clips of closing arguments from both candidates. joining me now is the vice president of political strategy and political commentator. good to see you both.

as i understand you were knocking on doors in rural north carolina just yesterday. what did you hear from folks there and what are the reactions to these final messages from trump and harris? >> yeah, um, it is been great. people were generally enthusiastic. i knocked on a few doors where people were happy to let me know they voted already. you know, i actually spoke to a republican who was sitting on his porch when we walked up. i asked him if he had a plan to vote, he said yeah, i will vote early. i typically vote republican but i just can't do it anymore. that is the case for me and my friends. it has been really good to be down here and hear from voters directly . but i think people are ready to vote and make sure their voices are heard. >> that is what it is all about. congrats on doing that important work and i am glad you do it for us. ashley, reuters reported on trump's increasingly dark and graphic rhetoric and said, at a time when most politicians would be honing their closing arguments to voters, trump offered an act more like a going away tour. he will send a message to

appeal to a broader audience. the question is, is there time enough to do that or will he ever do that? >> he will never do that. he will never be a president for all americans. we saw that in his first presidency. if he were to win again, he would be completely unfit for office which is what harris has really pivoted to in the final stretches. she is speaking to all voters. specifically those who may be undecided, those who are independents, those who are never trump or nikki haley voters. pennsylvania, for instance, 16% of the gop vote went to nikki haley after she already dropped out. it is a supersmart strategy for her to focus on, of course, there are remaining nine days,

there is unhinged rhetoric only appealing to his base. who knows, it may be all he needs, but at this point, she is being strategic about her messaging to various audiences who need to turn out on election day. >> shaniqua, what about michelle obama? she really try to talk about abortion. look at that conversation with men in the audience and outside the audience. will that be effective? >> i think it will be. when i was listening to her remarks, i thought about my father. i have two sisters. he only has three children, so there are three girls. he would literally do anything for us. thing men hearing michelle obama said that, it makes you think about women and their lives. they don't want the women in their lives to live in a worse world where they lose their rights on a regular basis. i do think that it will, you know, motivate a lot of them. additionally, the vice president has been talking about economic issues and democracy. those are things men care

about, too, these are not just women's issues. >> we have the harris campaign, new ads, ashley, airing during nfl games today, governor tim walz and congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez will livestream on twitch. trump has worked to make gains with young men but does this show the harris campaign is not ready to give up that group without a fight? >> yeah. a show she is taking this wrists -- race seriously. she is not letting any stone go unturned. it is smart of her to do that. who knows what it will result in but that is a very disengaged group of voters. she is only up by 17% with young males under 30. again, very disengaged group of