good morning. 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart. we are six days away from decision day 2024. this afternoon, both vice president harris and former president trump are set to stump in battleground north carolina as part of their final campaign pushes. it comes after the vice president delivered her closing arguments last night in washington, d.c., with the white house as her backdrop and presented her vision for the future of the united states. now just before the vice president spoke, president biden said this. >> immigrants are poisoning the blood of our country, give me a break, he wants to do away with the birth right citizenship, who the hell said that in the last 100 years? and just the other day, a speaker called puerto rico a floating island of garbage, let me tell you something, i don't

know the puerto rican that i know or puerto rico where i'm -- in my home state of delaware, they're good, decent, honorable people. the only garbage i see floating out there is his supporters, his demonization is unconscionable and un-american. >> now, the white house quickly said he was referring to the comedian's remarks. in a social media post, the president clarified what he was referring to, quote, saying, the hateful rhetoric about puerto rico spewed by trump's supporter at this madison square garden rally. just in the last hour, vice president harris answered questions from reporters about the president's remarks. >> president biden said this comment last night about garbage. >> listen, i think that, first of all, he clarified his comments. but let me be clear, i strongly disagree with any criticism of

people based on who they vote for. >> joining us now, nbc news senior white house correspondent gabe gutierrez and nbc news correspondent dasha burns, live from north carolina. gabe, the vice president was giving what the campaign characterized as her closing argument last night. president may have complicated things a bit. how is the campaign handling this? >> hi there, jose, good morning. the campaign is trying to move past this. she's on a battleground blitz today to north carolina, pennsylvania, and wisconsin. and you just heard the vice president say right there that the president clarified his remarks. and that she strongly disagrees with anyone criticizing people based on who they vote for. now, a harris aide tells nbc news that overall the president's comments were not helpful, whatever he meant. and the white house has been doing damage control, according to a source familiar with the matter, the white house updated its transcript based on a conversation with president biden about his remarks. now, initially they released a transcript using an s apostrophe

after the word supporters, plural. then it was updated to read apostrophe s, singular. the next sentence referring to his demonization of latinos is unconscionable and un-american, the president saying as you pointed out that in a social media post he said that he was referring to the hateful rhetoric about puerto rico spewed by trump's supporter. the vice president and her running mate tim walz out this morning saying that he did clarify those comments. jose? >> dasha, what been the reaction from the trump campaign today? >> reporter: look, jose, no question that the trump campaign sees those comments from president biden as a big gift to them. they were in the middle of doing some major cleanup duty in the aftermath of that comedian's racist joke at the madison square garden rally. in fact, former president trump was at an event in allentown, pennsylvania, majority hispanic community with a lot of puerto rican folks, they had brought in

puerto rican speakers to tout their support for former president trump, trying to rally that support. they have been really targeting latino voters, so there is a lot of concern that this could have some serious impact. and then you had those comments from president biden, and marco rubio, the florida senator was at that event in allentown, he had come up to speak, he came back up on stage to inform former president trump about those comments from president biden and the former president responded and in real time. listen. >> so, you have -- remember hillary, she said deplorable? and then she said irredeemable, right? but she said deplorable. that didn't work out. garbage i think is worse, right? he doesn't know. you have to please forgive him. please forgive him, for he not knoweth what he said. >> reporter: and all of the

former president's campaign staff, allies, running mate, they have been out on social media today and in interviews tieing the comments from president biden to vice president kamala harris. they are really looking to now focus on this and turn the news cycle towards those comments instead of the mess that they were dealing with beforehand, jose. >> and, gabe, meanwhile, the vice president's speech there on the ellipse, quite an extraordinary site. >> yeah, that's right, jose. the campaign viewing this as her closing argument, which is several days left of this campaign, as you said, quite a site, tens of thousands of people on the ellipse. that's the same location, of course, where former president trump spoke to his supporters, just before some of them attacked the u.s. capital on january 6th. her message was one of unity. she tries to reach those key swing voters and those battleground states. listen. >> we have to stop pointing fingers and start locking arms.

it is time to turn the page on the drama and the conflict, the fear and division. it is time for a new generation of leadership in america. >> reporter: the vice president drilled down on that message that we have been hearing for a couple of days now, that she says donald trump has an enemy's list, while she has a to do list. we expect that to hear more of that quite a bit over the next several days, jose? >> and, dasha, trump injecting doubt into the integrity of this election. what is he saying and what do we know about the voracity of any of those claims? >> reporter: yeah, jose, so, of course, we all know the backdrop and the context here, which is that the former president has consistently claimed that he won the 2020 election, which is false, there was no evidence of widespread fraud, those same comments, that same sentiment is being applied to 2024. he is claiming that there is fraud. he posted on truth social saying

pennsylvania is cheating, and getting caught at large scale levels rarely seen before. report cheating to authorities. law enforcement must act now. now, jose, they really zeroed in on pennsylvania. this is a state that will likely take the longest to get election result because the rules say they can't start opening mail-in ballots until the day of the election. and this is the state that handed joe biden the presidency. this is the state that could tip the scales. and the rnc chair michael whatley has also been putting out statements, he wrote a letter to the commonwealth, claiming that there is voter suppression going on. trump campaign staff have been posting videos of people in long lines getting turned away. now, let's be clear, our team is looking into any and all claims that voters are having a hard time casting their ballots and there have been challenges. julia ainsley was report on it last hour, there have been fires

set to ballot drop boxes, there have been some issues with potentially fraudulent voter registration forms, but those have been caught. the system has been working according to the local election officials that we have been speaking with. and the concern is that these are seeds being planted by the trump campaign to once again challenge the results if he loses, jose. >> gabe gutierrez and dasha burns, thank you, both, so very much. joining us now amna nawaz, co-anchor of pbs news hour and msnbc contributor, anna tolliver, the author of "a more perfect party" set to be released in january. and susan del percio, republican strategist and msnbc political analyst. juanita, in the final days of the campaigns, how damaging are the president's comments to the harris campaign? >> well, here's the thing, jose, i think the vice president put this to bed when she spoke to reporters on the tarmac, saying,

one, biden clarified, and, two, repeating her refrain that she did last night, and in recent weeks, when she said no matter who votes for me, i will represent every american in this country. like, that's what it comes back to. i do appreciate her clarity and her focus, because this did not 75,000 plus people gathered on the mall and it is not going to deter her on the stump in three states today and through next six days because she knows exactly what she is running for. and just like she did last night, i fully expect her to stay on the campaign trail, drawing the contrast to donald trump, and engaging voters, no matter their partisan affiliation, it was very smart of her last night to emphasize she was also speaking to voters who are considering staying home because she knows the work that she has to put in because this is an election that could come down to the margins. >> susan, you write while most candidates run for office, the harris campaign has been a sprint, she delivered those closing arguments, remarks,

about 100 days after she entered the race. how do you think she did? >> well, as a practitioner, i can tell you this campaign has been incredible to watch. they have gotten not only up to speed with a new candidate, but a candidate who went from being a surrogate to the presidential nominee of the party overnight. she has debated well, she raised all the money and there she is out there last night and delivering a speech that was exactly what the right tone we want to hit, which is she will be there for all of us, she is looking forward and, of course, that great line, jose, i have -- i don't have an enemy list, i have a to-do list. >> amna, this political season has brought out such low rhetoric within our politics. how have we gotten to this

point? >> jose, we don't have time to unpack that question in this conversation. i will say, what has really brought a sharp focus to this issue you're underscoring, which is exactly right, is the past 24 hours and the garbage comments here and how they are being interpreted. and, yes, certainly in a political context, what those have given each campaign and each candidate is the chance to kind of attack each other, both, you know, and also distance each other from the supporter, from president trump having to say he doesn't know the comedian, who delivered those remarks at his rally, harris having to clarify her own remarks and biden having to clarify his. we have to be careful here, though, not to equate these two things, just in a journalistic interest here to put context to all of this. the comedian's remarks were part of a scripted planned speech at a rally for former president trump and part of a slate of speakers who delivered additional offensive racist miss

misogynistic remarks. you can't say that's been the same case for president biden and certainly not for vice president harris who as the other guests have noted has gone out of her way to try to appeal to other voters, conservative voters, republican voters, former trump voters, and very deliberately not trying to demonize them because she is working to cut into those republican margins and broaden the base and the coalition that she knows she needs to win. it is also interesting to note we have seen a lot of outrage from senator jd vance in response to president biden's remarks, that's outrage we didn't see from him after the comedian's remarks at the rally. i know that we're in these final heated very tense days before the election, these last 24 hours, though, need to be put into that context. >> yeah, amna, i'm just -- maybe just that it is a fait accompli that this is the politics and the discourse around politics that we're going to be living in, you know, for the foreseeable future.

but, amna, i'm just -- you know, even in the most disagreeable of moments between candidates in the past, and i know that there have been moments in our history, where, you know, the lincoln douglas debates, all kinds of things were said to each other, but it is just -- it is just -- it is almost as though we are accepting that discourse can be this low. >> i think you're absolutely right that we are at a low point when it comes to our political rhetoric. and i think we should point out that's been driven largely by the last eight plus years of former president trump entering the scene and running in his very, very first message on a demonizing message that dehumanized a whole group of individuals here in the united states, and, of course, discourse that is really unfolded and unfurled in the years since then. i think whether or not it is a fiat, we do not know. i think it will be up to the

american public to say very clearly what they believe is acceptable for this country at this point in time. and i think we are six days away, maybe a few more days depending on when we actually have results that can cull the collection from knowing how the american public see this issue, what they view as acceptable, and what they want to see as the future of this country. >> i bring you back, dear amna, to -- he who is quiet permits. but, susan, on the republican side, nikki haley is being asked about the damage from that racist joke made by that comedian. take a listen to this. >> they need to go and tell puerto ricans how much they do value them. they need to tell latinos that. they also need to look at how they're talking about women. that is not the way to win women. that is not the way to win people who are concerned about trump's style. >> is it trump's style that is a

big impediment for those who have still not decided, six days away from the election? >> well, first, let me say, i think -- did we see a haley for 2028 button on her? did we see that label on her that she is running for office? because that's what it sound like to me, that she is -- she's managing that fine line currently of being in trump world and stepping away from it. but she's absolutely right, the rhetoric that trump uses is turning away voters. especially women voters. with the trump campaign is aiming for, these unknowns who may have voted 40 years ago, but maybe he could get them to come out again. he's not trying to build a coalition, which is why i think harris has been so successful because she is looking to build a coalition, which is how you win elections. by addition. >> yeah, i mean, taking off on

her point, new early voting data shows that women are actually outpacing men by a eight-point margin at the ballot box. what should both campaigns take away from this? >> i think that the harris campaign should be buoyed by this reality, understanding the gender divide and the advantage that she has among women voters. i think that that campaign is also going to continue to emphasize key themes around freedom, particularly reproductive rights and abortion access, understanding that that has been a mobilizing force among women and youth voters in 2022, 2023 and this election cycle. whenever it is on the ballot, it turns people out at higher numbers and across partisan lines to support reproductive rights and we know that abortion rights are on the ballot in ten states this election, that's something that the harris campaign is absolutely going to be buoyed by. i think trump might be looking at this and this could be behind some of the frantic language

we're hearing from him in terms of planting seeds of doubt around this election because he's, like, oh, i don't have the advantage here, oh, women do comprise 53% of the country and vote at higher rates than men. i think we should be on the lookout again for how he responds to this and that language, that harmful language that is questioning the integrity of this election. >> amna nawaz, juanita tolliver and susan del percio, thank you so much for being with us this morning. very much appreciate it. coming up, an exclusive on trump's massive deportation plan and what he will do to any agency that will not go along with it if he is re-elected. and vice president harris promises to bring back and sign into law that failed bipartisan border bill. and remove those who arrive here unlawfully. we'll get reaction to that and a whole lot more from california senator alex padilla next. and later, how the fight to restore abortion rights in

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nbc news has learned trump is considering withholding federal police grants from local law enforcement agencies that declined to take part in those massive deportations. that's according to three sources close to the trump campaign. with us now is nbc news homeland security correspondent julia ainsley, who helped break this story. julia, thank you. is this story about trump's decision to override local control and, you know, essentially control of its departments? >> yeah, that's right. this is something they actually tried to do in the first trump administration to get sanctuary cities to cooperate with i.c.e., to tell i.c.e. when they had immigrants they encountered in law enforcement operations. many cities, even california, as a state, they are sanctuary, they will not cooperate with i.c.e. they tried this in the past. the state sued and the trump administration was blocked.

but they think they can try it again and there is a team of people now who are developing legal strategies about how they're going to get law enforcement to cooperate with mass deportation. right now, i.c.e. doesn't have the budget when you look at the millions of people that trump wants to deport. he would -- his priority list starts with almost 2 million people. so, i.c.e. would have to have a tenfold budget increase to get there. their solution is local law enforcement. what are they going to do about sanctuary citys? they want to hold back federal grants, these are grants that go out from the justice department to local and state law enforcement every year, they're very competitive, it is about $250 million, and it is really the largest federal grant program for law enforcement from the justice department. a lot of jurisdictions depend on this for things like treatment center, drug rehab, they use it for law enforcement, for prosecution. they use it in a lot of the smart policing strategies we're seeing. these are really competitive grants and they're used really

in some really critical areas, especially areas that might be underserved. and so it could be something where we see another lawsuit, but right now they're looking at how they can get around legal challenges to be able to withhold those funds to pressure sanctuary cities, not just to cooperate with i.c.e., but to be going out themselves to arrest migrants to be part of this mass deportation effort, jose. if trump is elected and this goes through, you can be sure they will be back in court fighting over this policy again. >> julia ainsley, thank you very much, appreciate it. immigration, border security were front and center in vice president harris' speech last night in washington, d.c. vice president taking a very clear line on illegal immigration. take a listen to this. >> when i am president, we will quickly remove those who arrive here unlawfully, prosecute the cartels, and give border patrol the support they so desperately

need. >> with us now, california democratic senator alex padilla, harris campaign national advisory board member. senator, always a pleasure to see you. i thank you for your time. we just heard what the vice president said about immigration, border last night including what she said removing those who arrive here unlawfully. is this a change or a fine tuning for the vice president? >> it is not a change, jose, first of all, good to be back with you in this all important homestretch before the election. look, i think kamala harris and democrats have made clear about our desire to modernize our immigration system overall and yes, to address the number people who have come to the southern border in recent years. it is a comprehensive approach that includes engaging with our partners throughout the hemisphere. it is one that includes justice for dreamers and farm workers and other long-term residents of the united states. but if anybody out there is wondering where democrats stand

on wanting a secure orderly and humane border, she's trying to address exactly that, including as she mentioned, giving the border patrol the resources they need to do their job. we saw two things, when donald trump was president, he starved the department and the agencies of resources. and when we had a bipartisan deal on the table, in the senate, just a few months ago, he killed it. he called for republican members to kill that bill because he's more interested in immigration as a political issue than actually solving problems and helping people. >> yeah, that border bill, which by the way you did not support, and you voted against, and you would, i presume, continue voting against it, has among other things the mandate that the wall has to be built at the border. it changes in many ways. how asylum is considered in the united states. i'm just wondering, senator, and i'm so, you know, there are so few people like you that will --

are clearly talk about the difference between immigration and the border. and asylum. and it is just -- i'm wondering, senator, is there not more to be said about how one looks at those different overlapping in some ways issues of national importance? >> absolutely. look, a lot of the issues that we deal with at the federal level are much more complex than you can convey in a tweet or in a sound bite. immigration being among the most complex. so, it is important to distinguish between the people wanting to come to the united states, seeking asylum and those who have been here for decades. it is one of the reasons we're amplifying the report that came out last week to talk about exactly who and how many people would be impacted by trump's

promise to be in this mass deportation if he's elected president. and imagine one in three latinos in the united states either personally or someone in their household living under that threat. what that would do for families, what that would do to communities, what that would do to the economy. it is important to understand those details. and as far as the asylum system goes, people come here for a number of reasons, fleeing persecution and fleeing for their lives and it is important to allow them to apply for asylum and let them know in weeks, not years and years and years as is currently the case. and people coming for economic opportunity, let's revisit the work visa categories and pair people wanting to work with employers who need workers. let's keep our economy growing. there is wins that are possible. this is the kind of thoughtfulness presented by kamala harris where we hear from donald trump, the republicans, is anything but.

it is detention, it is deportation, it's hate. and you saw the energy, the vitriol coming out of his rally that he has refused to denounce, it is a continuation from his very first campaign he launched by attacking mexicans, most recently it is puerto ricans, and a whole lot of people in between in the years in between. >> i mean, you don't need me to tell you that among the things that he former president has been speaking on the trail about is how immigrants poison the blood of the united states. let that's just a fact of the kind of discourse that we're hearing. senator, just two quick questions, what is it that your message is to the people that you represent and that you work so hard for and i'm talking about daca recipients and the millions of people who lived in mixed immigration status

households that don't hear themselves reflected in any conversation when, for example, the main focus is that border bill. >> yeah. look, i had the honor as you know, jose, to represent the 40 million people of california. and i say everybody because california, more than any other state, knows the value of our diversity, including our immigrant population, its contribution to the strength of our state, and our economy. and we want to unleash nationally what we have been able to unleash here in the state of california. californian a lot of california activists know kamala harris for her talk about the borders, address that question for the people who still may be wondering, but she's the first to remind us we need to be thoughtful, we need to be humane, we need to be smart, and we cannot leave the dreamers and farm workers and so many

essential workers that we depend on out of the conversation. we have been deploying throughout the country to talk to our counterparts why it is important to let kamala harris, president of the united states, and restore democratic majority in both houses to congress so we can move on with a thoughtful, smart, modernization of our immigration system. >> and what do you think the vice president accomplished last night in her closing statement? what do you think is the most important things that people should take away from that speech? >> right, i thought her address was beautiful. and truly the kamala that i have known over the last 20 years, the contrast couldn't be clearer. you look at trump and his allies, it is division, it is grievance, it is attacks. you look at kamala harris, and our team, it is hope, it is optimism, it is the call for unity, even when we don't agree on every single thing, we have an obligation to work together

to improve lives and help people. that's what public service is all about. this is not jerry springer wwe entertainment. public service is serious business. and kamala harris is absolutely much better qualified to donald trump, donald trump isn't even qualified to hold any office in this country. >> senator alex padilla, i always appreciate your time. thank you for being with us today. >> thank you, jose. we have breaking news from the trump campaign involving a lawsuit against bucks county, pennsylvania. let's go back to dasha burns. what do we know about this? >> reporter: so we just received an email from the trump/vance campaign saying that they have filed a lawsuit over voter suppression in pennsylvania. the press release states this is a direct violation of pennsylvania's right to cast their ballot, all voters have a right to stay in line, claiming that bucks county, pennsylvania, has been turning away voters. now, we're looking into all of

these claims, jose, but as i said to you earlier, pennsylvania has been a specific focus for the trump campaign when it comes to these claims of voter suppression. the former president posting earlier claiming that there is fraud going on, widespread fraud in pennsylvania, which we have not seen evidence of. and bucks county in particular, jose, is a pretty critical county. it is one of the counties around philadelphia, the suburban counties where both the trump campaign and the harris campaign really need to run up their numbers. it could be those counties surrounding philadelphia that could be the tipping point in this election. so the fact they're focused in on bucks in particular is significant, jose. >> dasha burns, thank you so very much. up next, why some republican women in florida are mobilizing to vote in favor of abortion rights. plus new reporting about the threat of violence surrounding the election. we'll talk to arizona senator mark kelly about that and a

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34 past the hour. abortion rights are on the ballot in several states including here in florida, where over 6 million ballots have already been cast. laura jarrett sat down with florida republican women who are advocating in favor of abortion rights from their own living rooms. >> thank you, all, so much for coming tonight. >> in this suburban living room, a frank conversation among women. >> i am pro choice republican. >> me too. >> there are a lot of women i know who are just like me. you got to get them out there to vote. >> reporter: carol whitmore is a live long republican and laser focused on one issue this election, trying to persuade other conservative women to vote in favor of abortion rights in florida. >> a lot of them are afraid if you are -- support this issue,

you support the democratic platform. >> reporter: carol's group, republican women for freedom and others like it, quietly using informal house parties to galvanize support for amendment 4, a proposal that would change the state's constitution, undoing florida's existing six-week abortion ban and restoring access up to roughly 24 weeks of pregnancy. the point of fetal viability. >> we want you to get the message up that nobody messes with our bodies. >> reporter: florida, one of nearly a dozen states with borg rights on the ballot this election, but the only one that requires a 60% super majority to pass. meaning it needs bipartisan support. alliances like jane, a liberal, and her daughter beth, a republican. how important is this issue for you come november? >> oh, very important. >> there are a lot of women like me that might be fiscally conservative, but believe a

woman has a right to choose. >> reporter: jane, at times, growing emotional. >> i'm fought all my life to get this going. and then it was settled, roe v. wade, wow, yea! and now we're fighting all over again. >> reporter: governor ron desantis who signed the six-week ban into law actively campaigning against the ballot amendment. >> you should vote no. i don't care where you stand on these issues. >> reporter: still, carol is staying the course. because for you this is about healthcare, not politics? >> totally about healthcare. trump will probably win my county. but on this issue, the women are going to speak up. >> our thanks to laura jarrett for that report. still ahead, all about the battleground states. both vp harris and trump hit north carolina today. tomorrow, arizona, where new numbers show they're separated by just one point. we'll talk to arizona senator mark kelly about the harris campaign's strategy over the next couple of days.

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if trump loses, do you think he'll accept the election? >> i don't see why he would if he's still trying to dispute the election from four years ago. >> i don't really think it is about trump himself. i think it is, like, people not accepting it with him, and i think that's a huge part of living here as well.

and it is the most scariest part coming from california to arizona. >> 40 past the hour. two harris supporters in battleground arizona, where a recent cnn poll shows the vice president leading trump by just one point among likely voters. that lead is well within the margin of error. at the same time, democrats are looking to hold on to an important senate race as congressman gallego is leading kari lake. joining us now is senator mark kelly of arizona, harris campaign national advisory board member. great seeing you. thank you for your time. how are you feeling about arizona right now? >> well, jose, i feel pretty good. i've been traveling across the state, i fly myself around in a little airplane, i've been up to the navajo nation twice, to flagstaff, like havasu, all over, including rural areas, but also spending some time in

maricopa county which is key to winning the state. >> so, key, maricopa, to winning the state. arizona has a unique advantage point when we're focusing on immigration, with its history, senator mccain, part of the gang of eight, sb-1070, joe arpaio, sheriff of maricopa for many years. how does that history inform voters in arizona today? >> well, i think, you know, voters in arizona get it. we understand we're a border state. we understand the benefits that the southern border provide to the state of arizona, economic benefits are significant. the ports of entry, that's one of the reasons why a focused in my first term in office here in getting money to upgrade these ports of entry. at the same time, we have border security issues that the administration is working on

addressing. donald trump doesn't, you know, have a plan for that. he doesn't really have a plan for anything except in this case, in the case of border security, trying to kill, actually killing a bipartisan border security deal that was going to go a long way to helping solve this problem. kamala harris thinks she made the point last night in her speech that given the opportunity if we can get this through congress she'll sign that legislation. but, jose, i think folks in arizona, you know, they understand the consequences of this election. do we want a president that is focused on his own problems, a president who is a felon, a president with no plans to improve people's lives, or the other option is kamala harris who is going to be a president for all of the country, who is going to offer common sense solutions who is fighting for people and fighting for their families and cares about people. i think arizonans are starting to get that.

but, still, you know, this is the state of arizona. you're going to see a really tight race here on election day. >> and, you know, law enforcement officials are warning about election threats across the country. specifically maricopa county where police are using drones, snipers, even officers on horseback to help keep the ballots and those who count them safe. how serious are the threats, senator? >> well, i mean, the threats originate when you have individuals like the former president, donald trump, and kari lake now running for the u.s. senate when they won't accept the outcome of a free and fair election. and that gets, you know, folks that support them, you know, they get very confused about this because they're being lied to. and that's where the threats come from. it is incredibly unfortunate. but like our former governor, republican doug ducey has said multiple times, we do elections well here in arizona.

we administer them well. they're free, they're fair. the problem comes back to people like kari lake and donald trump. you know, i would suggest that they get over themselves and understand that we know how to administer an election here in arizona. and the one next tuesday is going to be -- it is going to be counted, it is going to be a fair election and they should accept the results. >> senator, last night, vice president harris gave a closing argument, but did president biden's remarks about garbage last night, you think, affect that message in any way? >> i think he was talking about, you know, one guy and i think the important point here is that kamala harris in a speech last night, you know, really had a plan and in that plan was to include republicans at the table. she -- just because -- she made it clear that just because somebody didn't vote for her, if somebody voted for donald trump,

she still cares about their opinion and cares about what they have to offer. and they will be at the table, some of them, she made it clear in her cabinet, you know, there will be republican representation there. and, you know, we got -- in the united states senate, i got great republican colleagues that over the last three and a half years we worked across the aisle to get things done that kamala harris has also worked with them and this administration signed legislation into law that is helping the american people. donald trump cares about one person and that's himself. he made that very clear through his presidency, but also that he doesn't really care about the future of this country. he's taken away women's reproductive rights and put women across this country in a horrible situation. he's given tax cuts to a very small percentage of the population, billionaires. tax cuts to billionaires and shredded our alliances and this is not the path forward.

kamala harris wants to lead this country into the future in a positive way, donald trump just wants to drag us back into the past. >> hey, senator, just before i let you go. i was there in january of 2011 when gabby gifford almost lost her life. and i'm just wondering, how is she doing and how did that affect you as a family? there were so many people affected by that. >> yeah, jose, i mean six individuals died that day, including one of gabby's staffers, a 9-year-old girl, christina taylor green, it affected this community. but the community rallied around those families, rallied around us, rallied around gabby. she's doing well. she works on this issue of gun violence daily, trying to, you know, keep, you know, especially kids, you know, children from being killed, murdered in their classrooms. an issue that makes our country

stand out in just the worst of ways. and she's really effective at it. and through her help and her organization, giffords, we have gotten legislation passed, federal legislation, but more important than that is across 30 something states, hundreds of pieces of legislation that's making communities safer. at the same time, there is a lot more that needs to be done. kamala harris, she understands this issue. she was a prosecutor, an attorney general. i first met her when she was working on, you know, gun violence and how it affected trying to get firearms away from domestic abusers who were criminals, donald trump doesn't understand this issue. after the parkland shooting, he said weig he was going to do something about it, and then he met with the national rifle association that afternoon and changed his mind and he's never done anything productive on this

issue. so, gabby, and the vice president and others, including some republicans, by the way, want to move this country forward on this issue. donald trump, again, he has no plan. >> senator mark kelly, i thank you very much for being with us. >> thank you, jose. up next, we'll go to the critical state of north carolina where both vp harris and trump will campaign today, talk to north carolina's first latino mayor about what voters in his town want to hear from the candidates. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. easy to apply for the whole family. vicks vapostick. and try new vaposhower max for steamy vicks vapors. swiffer duster traps 4x more dust,

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52 past the hour. harris and trump are crisscrossing the country. they are focusing in north carolina today, making a final push in a battleground state with six days until the election. voter turnout in north carolina up 11% from 2020. nearly 3 million in-person ballots cast in early voting. joining us now, the mayor of oxford, north carolina. it's great to see you. thank you for being with us. your town is 55% black, 6% latino. tell us more. >> it's an up and coming city. we are the bedroom of the research triangle park, which puts us in position to go from a population of roughly 9,000 to

10,000 to around 40,000 to 50,000 in the next four or five years. >> what are the major concerns, issues of the people that you serve? what are they looking at when they go vote? >> the people are looking for -- my sense, whoever is going to help us in oxford by helping us to continue to grow and be prepared for the growth that's coming to us and better education. we have an issue with our education system. we need help with that. we rely on 30%, 40%, teachers from latin america and the caribbean. that's the system we have in play now. >> both trump and harris are both visiting north carolina today. you were once a republican, a democrat, now an independent. what would your message be to them?

>> my message would be, one, run a better campaign next time. we don't need to be aggressive in attacking folks here. myself as an independent member, i decided to become independent because of the way the political scene turned out. we have infrastructure issues. we need a better health system. the main focus, education and jobs. affordable housing. stuff that most cities are asking for. >> parts of north carolina were devastated by hurricane helene and still recovering. your county went in to help people. what still needs to be done? how much help is needed? >> these people, the western side of the state needs a lot of help. i'm proud to say that out of oxford, my fire chief, he

organized a shipment of supplies to the effected area. within a week, we had four loaded containers shipped up to the area. they need a lot of work on the infrastructure. we will continue to support them as much as we can, either by members of the fire department, police department and service department to provide all the help we can do. >> mayor, thank you very much for being with us. solidarity and love for panama as well. appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. you can reach me on social media @jdbalart. watch clips from our show on youtube. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news after a quick break. ♪ rinse it out ♪ ♪ every now and then ♪ ♪ i get a little bit tired of the stinks ♪ ♪ that just will never come out ♪ ♪ pour downy in the rinse, jade ♪

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