nevada. zeroing in on voters there with just five days until the election. plus, halloween, harris's running mate, tim walz in erie, pennsylvania. his message after delivering powerful words of hope to north carolinians recovering from hurricane helene. also, inflation, inflation, inflation, with the cost of living at the top of voters' minds, what the economics report says about the state of the economy and what it means to your wallet. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, and we start in new mexico with nbc's steve patterson where donald trump is holding a rally. a reliably blue state, why with five days left would donald trump go there? >> reporter: that is the question of the day, isn't it, chris. you can look at a few reasons. the most salient point, looking

down the ballot, there are competitive races in the state even if president isn't one of those. the second congressional district, razor thin margins, the house may rest on a few seats. if trump wants to get anything done, if he has to win the white house, he's looking to make progress first. second is reporting that comes from reporters within the trump campaign, speaking to campaign officials who say essentially they're extremely confident that trump doesn't have to be in one of these swing states to reach swing state voters, that his campaign is so nationalized, his message reaches so many people he can be in a place like new mexico, that progress could be made outside of those seven battleground states, and thirdly, they actually do feel like they may be able to flip the state, especially if they start seeing traction, heat, in a place like arizona, in fact, we got a message from the trump campaign just a few moments ago to talk about some of his strategy saying, quote, trump

has created a broad and diverse coalition by unifying the gop, attracting independents and appealing to disaffected democrats with his message. the message includes states that recently trended democratic. kamala harris has broken our border, economy and ability to lead the world, end quote, and they're saying those disaffected democrats, independents, are not necessarily showing up in the public polling that's being done in a place like new mexico, even though that polling is saying anywhere from 5 to 9 points for harris well outside the margin of error in an up hill battle in a place like this. >> steve, thank you for that. let's talk about kamala harris who's swinging west today. nbc's mike memoli is in phoenix. let's talk about harris's plans as she homes in on the west coast. >> reporter: we're not just talking about the battle for the west. we're not just talking about the battle for arizona. vice president harris and former

president trump will be speaking literally within miles of each other, hours apart here in the phoenix area. it's the vice president coming here first. as this is likely her final stop in this battleground state before election day, she's coming here not just with the democratic star power. governor katie hobbs who does not do a lot of campaign activity as well as the senate candidate, ruben gallego, she has a musical performance that helped draw the crowd in, a huge following among mexican-americans here. but the vice president is coming into this particular swing here feeling that the issues are what are helping her, the wind at her back. you heard the vice president earlier today seizing on comments from donald trump, saying he wants to be their protector whether they like it or not. you saw the vice president seizing on that. the harris campaign feels the underappreciated and silent vote of women across the country, which they're seeing in big numbers in the early vote across the country is part of what's

going to power her to a victory as the polls show this a very close race. we look at the political geography going into election day, the harris campaign feels that arizona is one of the multiple paths that gets them to 270 electoral votes. nevada, where the vice president campaigns with two stops today is critical to just about any formula. there's no doubt that pennsylvania is number one in the minds of the harris campaign as part of the blue wall. we learned today that the vice president will be ending her campaign on monday night, election eve, in philadelphia, chris. >> mike memoli, thank you for that. her running mate, tim walz is on his way to erie, pennsylvania. monica alba reporting from the white house. what can you tell us about erie and his message there? >> reporter: it's exactly what mike was talking to you about, all important pennsylvania, and tim walz and kamala harris will be spending a considerable amount of time.

they see the commonwealth as critical to their path to victory. so far today governor walz has been talking about former president trump's own comments about protecting women, quote, whether the women like it or not. that's something you saw the vice president weigh in on as well. that's something they're certainly both going to be leaning in on from a messaging perspective. you've also seen the governor travel to all the other critical battlegrounds and here's a little bit of what he had to say in north carolina yesterday to that community that's still recovering from the hurricane. >> as the country watched your resiliency and kindness showed through was inspiring. our pledge to you is kamala and i are not going to rest as you get all the support to rebuild the community. you demonstrated it, the spirit of asheville is the spirit of this country. tough, tenacious, and never going down without a fight. >> reporter: and, chris, senior campaign officials for vice president harris just wrapped up a call where they did go through some of their latest

assessments, and in talking specifically about women and those who have voted early, they say that from what they're seeing from their own internal data is that they are performing better with women than donald trump is, that's something, again, they're going to lean in on a lot today. also talking about new voters coming in for democrats, they hadn't seen before, and they're touting the fact that black voters in wisconsin, georgia, and north carolina, they say, are turning out at increasing rates including according to senior harris campaign officials, the youngest and most diverse of the entire early window in some of those key places. that's what the harris team is looking at today. they also spoke a little bit about overall election integrity and voter protection, and they are saying that donald trump is making baseless claims about cheating in pennsylvania because of how nervous he is. that is the argument they are making and they wanted to be clear that they have a team of

lawyers, according to the harris campaign ready to go. they said 24/7 to protect voters at the polls and also in the courtroom. so they are really trying to amass a large legal strategy in anticipation to some of these potential challenges. we're already seeing donald trump trying to lay the ground work for as he did in 2020 when he falsely claimed repeatedly that he had won when he had lost. >> monica, if i can for a second, the new information about voters that we're getting because obviously that's really important information obviously for the campaign, and fascinating to us. what more can you tell us? >> this is something where obviously the harris campaign is trying to say, look, it's going to be very close in these seven battle ground states and they are saying and arguing that at this point, some campaigns with little to go, might need to narrow the window or focus of a potential path to victory, and they claim they still have a couple of those, which means, it doesn't have to be in their view, all three of the blue wall

states, pennsylvania, michigan, and wisconsin. they say they are still feeling good about the sun belt state so that's also why you're seeing the vice president out west today but also in talking about north carolina and georgia and that this is going to be close, but again, they're trying to also now put this in the context, chris, of what might happen post election day. that's what their focus is as well. given the dead heat of the race, they are trying to prepare not just voters but all americans for this possibility that they believe that donald trump will come out and potentially declare victory prematurely, and that is why they want to be sure to talk about all the specific legal preparations that they're making as well. and when it comes, again, to that early vote, the biggest thing they're pointing to is this idea of women, and this idea that it's not just necessarily the women who were probably already in their coalition, but it could be some of these independent or more moderate republican-leaning women, which we know the vice

president has been trying to court and trying to do so with people like former gop congresswoman liz cheney. they say at least the harris senior campaign officials we just heard from, that they are seeing that start to pay off in the margins, which is where we know this could all hinge on. >> no doubt about that. thank you for the new reporting. now to the next inflation report that we're going to get before the election. cnbc's steve liesman is here to break it down for us. what does your report tell us? >> pretty good report. inflation is coming down, more slowly than the markets want. the problem of 9% inflation, every year that we in 2022, that's behind us. we're edging toward the fed's 2% target. we had strong consumer spending today, and decent income growth, so it underscores this jump in economic growth that we learned about yesterday of 2.8%. that's well above. so for the electorate, as you know, chris, we have been

talking about how prices have risen, as far as they haven't come back down. what the fed looks at, what markets look at is the rate of growth, and that has come down quite nicely. for the electorate, i guess they're angry about that. for the fed, it means they can bring down rates. since growth is a little stronger, inflation, stickier, maybe not as fast as markets hoped. >> steve liesman, always good to see you. thank you so much. >> thank you. coming up in 90 seconds, the smallest brick in the blue wall state, the blue wall could end up being the closest race in the midwest. could this democratic door knocker's strategy be key to winning wisconsin. >> all you got to do is talk and share what you think, and we share what we think, and we get you to vote. rstand how to get te most from medicare. if you're eligible for medicare, it's a good idea to have original medicare. it gives you coverage for doctor office visits and hospital stays. but if you want even more benefits,

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for taking the time you have taken to be here. >> you know, we've had tremendous, i've been up here four or five times already. you got me working, wisconsin. what the hell do i need this for, right? if it wasn't for brett, i would not have done this. nbc's shaquille brewster reporting from milwaukee. also joining us, former republican congressman of florida, carlos curbelo, and msnbc political analyst, and basil smikle, former executive director of the new york state democratic party and msnbc political analyst. kind of pull back the curtain congressman, we have been trying to take similar messages or similar topics from both candidates and putting them out there. as you consider talking to a crowd, let's say i'll look for your word. i would say the comment was unconventional for people who waited in line for hours. i wonder what you make of that comparison? >> chris, i think the people

watching on tv, people who watch the local news later at night, and listen to that, they might wonder what exactly is he saying, and some of these voters are actually still trying to make up their minds. they are looking for candidates to give them something that they can hold on to. and donald trump just keeps playing to his base. his 100% base strategy is a risky one, worked in 2016, but failed in the maga movement in 2018 and 2022 and 2020, of course, when he lost to president biden. so it's a high risk strategy, but this is who donald trump is, and he is not shifting at all to tailor his message to those swing voters who are still trying to make up their minds. >> basil, wisconsin is one of the extremely close states, the closest of the blue wall states, joe biden won by about 20,000

votes. trump won in 2016 by 22,000. that tells you. this year, both campaigns have spent the least amount of time in wisconsin versus michigan and pennsylvania. they have been there quite a lot comparatively to past year. i want to ask you about something monica alba reported. she has been talking to the harris/walz campaign, and they said, look, it doesn't have to be all three blue wall states. they're still looking obviously at the sun belt states. they're looking at north carolina. they're looking at georgia. does that sound to you like what they have been saying, like, we're going to have a lot of different paths and we're going to work on all paths or five days before election day saying it doesn't have to be all three blue wall states, maybe indicate to you they're not feeling confident they'll get all three blue wall states. >> i don't know if it's a concession. both things can be true. they may not get one of those states, but the fact that they've got the resources they have, the fundraising, as you know, has been extraordinary, the fact that they've got

volunteers on the ground, they have an extraordinary operation means they have more paths to victory. it also means they've got more paths to the down ballot races to be able to elevate some of those folks. bringing that turnout together. trying to energize the grass roots party does help them in the long run be able to contest in more parts of the country. i don't think they have given up on wisconsin. i would not give up on wisconsin. turnout in areas where she has been particularly madison, the turnout is as high as 89%. there it is a voter rich area. one of the things i love about what the campaign is doing is really going after gen z and first time voters. they've got so many folks on the ground organizing on college campuses. that's something to the congress member's point, if donald trump is 100% base strategy, she's doing the kind of persuasion you would want to see a campaign do at this point in time, even though she has to do it

simultaneous to gotv. >> a lot of that, obviously, carlos, is fairly traditional campaigning, especially when you have that much money, exactly what will basil talked about, the idea that they can cast a wire net. donald trump, and this was just reported by steve patterson, said something interesting. he's being asked why aren't you in wyoming or michigan or pennsylvania. why are you in new mexico, and the campaign said they are extremely confident, and they believe his message is nationalized, so it almost doesn't matter where he is, but the power of donald trump is that voters everywhere are going to watch, listen, hear what he has to say. are they right? >> look, i would say they're right in part. i mean, campaigning has changed a lot. sometimes candidates go to a specific place to make a point, if there's a controversy or a particular issue in a part of the country. here's something we know for sure.

donald trump is not going to win new mexico. i mean, i can tell you that with 99% certainty, and whether he's confident or not, these campaigns should be spending their time and their resources in the states that are going to decide the election because of of our electoral college system, we know that new mexico, like florida, which is new for us is not going to be a player in deciding this election. states like michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania, arizona, georgia, those are the states that are going to make the difference. that's where i would be spending all of my time and my resources, and look, if one of these states gets decided by a couple of thousands votes, that means that a candidate's presence, at one particular night in one of those towns where there's a lot of swing voters could have made the difference, so that's where donald trump should be. not in new mexico, he should be in the swing states. every indication we have, chris, is that these states are very rr

-- very close and either candidate could win any of those states. >> shaq, you are following a group that's door knocking. they're targeting vanishing voters. what exactly does that mean, and how are they trying to talk to them? >> reporter: let's talk about those efforts now. we're actually seeing them go door to door in this milwaukee neighborhood, and you talk about this idea of vanishing voters. it goes back to what we saw in 2016 where across the state you had the margin that was about 23,000 votes separating donald trump and hillary clinton, but in milwaukee alone, there were about 40,000 people who just didn't show up, who showed up in 2012, and did not show up in 2016. so these groups are going door to door, doing what they can to make sure that doesn't happen again. especially considering the fact that you look at early voting data at this point, and milwaukee is trailing the turnout that you see in the rest of the state. i want you to listen to what the

lead organizer told me when i asked, what's the main message for folks, what are you doing to folks and saying to folks who aren't turning out and haven't voted yet. listen here. >> have you had conversations with people and convinced them to come out and vote. >> plenty of people on our team, be sharing an office all the time, we flip somebody to vote and get them to vote when they said they wasn't going to vote at first. we got to have that conversation. you got to hear what they feel. >> look, this is a problem that the democratic party here in wisconsin and the harris campaign, they're very up front, they're aware of it. they know that turnout will matter. this is wisconsin's biggest city. they know they need the numbers here in order to offset donald trump's popularity in the rural parts of the city. that gives you a hint into why we're seeing bill clinton here today. why vice president harris will be here tomorrow, big celebrity names, they're having a concert series that we have been seeing in this state.

cardi b is scheduled to speak at this event. they know this is about turning out the vote and with a couple of days until election day, this is when it matters, and making sure people come out to the polls in milwaukee. >> a nice fall day in milwaukee. thank you for that. basil, i have done what he's done on both sides. i've done it with campaigns, with special interest groups. it can be brutal. you can knock on a lot of doors. have doors slammed into your face. nobody answers the door. on the other hand, i have also seen exactly what that young woman found, which is that people who weren't going to vote decide to vote. wisconsin is one of those states where you can go and register on election day and vote. you have to know, like, how effective this can be. it does seem like a lot of work percentage-wise, but can it make a big difference? >> absolutely. we've talked a lot about the role of social media in

campaigns, particularly this year. this is also about social networks. people you know, pulling other people you know to the process, getting them out to vote. getting them to door knock. the number of calls and organizing meetings i have been a part of or heard about that happened organically because people realized the important importance of really really engaging the networks has been extraordinary. the one concern i have is based on the report of the teen in florida who was wielding a machete in front of a polling site. given the stakes in this particular election, and given the fact that there are so many people who might be on the fence, what i don't want is for them to come to a point where they say, you know what, i'm concerned about my safety, i'm concerned about what's going to happen, maybe i sit this one out. that's the concern because that is also a part of the trump strategy. so the one thing that i would say, just to be quick. i have to put the glasses on. faith united to save democracy. i got a text from two nones who

are -- nuns who are part of group that are going to safeguard the poll. i look to the two nuns, patty and lynn marie, trying to make sure everybody is safe. >> bravo to all the people trying to make sure this is a free and fair election, and people feel comfortable. basil smikle, thank you, congressman carlos curbelo, stay close. working with sword and shield for election workers, will it be enough to hold back a potential flood of threats and legal action around the vote count? you're watching "chris jansing reports" only on msnbc. ansing reports" only on mbcsn if you're living with dry amd, you may be at risk for developing geographic atrophy, or ga. ga can be unpredictable—and progress rapidly—leading to irreversible vision loss. now there's something you can do to... ♪ ( slow. it. down.) ♪ ♪ ( get it goin' slower.)♪ ask your doctor about izervay. ♪ (i. zer. vay.) ♪ ♪ ( gets ga goin' slower.) ♪ izervay is an eye injection.

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the house committee, accused him of lying to congress about his role in a covid report on nursing home deaths in new york. nbc's ryan nobles joins us with more. cuomo's team made their own recommendation to the doj. tell us what this is all about? >> reporter: this goes back to a private hearing that was held with the former governor and the coronavirus select committee. the committee is accusing the former governor about lying about a report that was released about the situation with nursing home deaths around the covid pandemic. cuomo, according to the committee, testified that he had nothing to do with that report, yet they have documents that

demonstrate that he did and was involved in it. in fact, they have instances of his handwriting on some of the drafts of the reports. cuomo's team is saying he should be given the opportunity to recall with the specific documents in hand whether or not he was involved in this process and see the full transcript. meanwhile, as you rightly point out, his team has also sent their own criminal referral to the department of justice accusing this panel of treating him unfairly and using taxpayer dollars as part of the political witch hunt. it's important to point out that doj is not compelled to take action on either of these recommendations. certainly the weight of a congressional referral is something that usually gets the attention of doj lawyers, but they can often take a look at this material. they look at it as evidence, unlike any other piece of evidence that they would collect on their own investigation and then make the decision, not only if it's worth prosecuting, but whether or not they could get a conviction.

at this point, the department of justice has not weighed in on this referral. it's safe to say there's probably going to be a lot more back is forth before there's a clear resolution. >> ryan nobles, thank you. georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger is promising in an op-ed that the election system in georgia is secure. it's a pointed move in the final days of the race by a man who faced threats to himself and his family over false claims of fraud in 2020. his wife getting texts like, you and your family will be killed very slowly. and his widowed daughter-in-law had her home broken into in the weeks after the 2020 race was called. it's because of these threats that a new group, the election defense fund was formed. joining me now is the spokesman for that group, brian robinson. i appreciate you taking the time, and tell us more about why this group came together. >> thank you, chris. it's good to be with you after being with you in atlanta for the debate.

this came about because brad raffensperger was sued in his personal capacity over election fraud claims. that means that the case is coming out of his own pocket. at this juncture he has spent over $500,000 of his own money. so with that as an inspiration, some allies of secretary raffensperger have put together this fund, and they're raising money for it now to defend election workers if they are sued in this way where they have to pay for it out of their own pocket. most election workers don't have the resources that secretary raffensperger does personal ly. these election officials are crucial to our democracy. this group, the election defense fund, is here to say we have your back, if you are sued in your personal capacity, there's somebody coming to the rescue to help you out. >> you make a good point, you don't become an election official to get rich.

these are not people making a lot of money. when folks who don't understand how this works, when you hear a number like 500,000, half a million dollars just for this case, the vast majority, almost all americans could not pay that. so is that -- i guess the question is $5 million, if that's what the "new york times" is reporting you're bringing together, is that enough? what's your anticipation of what might be needed in 2024? >> well, the best case scenario, chris is that we don't need any of it at all. that would be the best case. but we know that there's going to be some really tight states, and there's going to be a lot of litigation, and there's going to be a look for targets. what we don't know yet is which party is going to be the one out there head hunting. this is not a partisan organization. it's not here to help republicans or democrats. it doesn't matter who the workers, whether it's

republicans or democrats or somebody else. we're here to help those election officials. we don't know just yet, probably won't know until the end of next week, the scale of the need. this organization is focused first on georgia because we here were the smallest percentage margin in 2020, and obviously we were the focus coming out of that election, but it could very well be pennsylvania. it could very well be michigan. so we're going to be on the ready to help out wherever we need to help out. $5 million is an initial goal. we would love to get far beyond that because the need could be great. people, concerned americans can go to the electiondefense.com, and they can do their part for our democracy, stand up for election workers, and election officials by donating. >> so brad raffensperger testified before the january 6th committee. it's been a bit since people watched that. i want to remind folks to put

this in context about the threats he and his family faced. >> after the election, my e-mail, my cell phone was doxxed. i was getting texts from all over the country, and my wife started getting texts, and hers came in as sexualized texts, which were disgusting. trish and i met in high school, and we have been married over 40 years now. they started going after her, i think, just to probably put pressure on me, why don't you just quit, walk away. >> as we know, he did not quit. he did not walk away. beyond helping folks like him who may need help, other folks may need help with legal bills, what else is the goal of this organization? >> the number one focus for us is helping people who follow the law. we're not just willy nilly going to be out there, you know, defending an election worker if that election worker is breaking

the law. the rule of law is at the heart of all of this. we want to defend the defenders of the rule of law, and so that is something that we're never going to lose sight of it. certainly that story you just showed from secretary raffensperger, that is heartbreaking and we, as americans, have got to make sure that election workers do not see a repeat of the sort of threats that secretary raffensperger and his entire family received in 2020. we're better than that. >> well, it's unfortunate that the election defense fund is needed but thank you, brian robinson, for coming on and letting people know that there is help out there. it's good to see you again. >> good to see you, chris. thank you. we want to let you know that donald trump has taken the stage in albuquerque, new mexico, he's going across the state. the campaign told nbc that the former president can go anywhere and go viral. and they do hope that his presence can influence some down

ballot races. there's a really tight race for the state's second congressional district, we'll keep an ear to donald trump's rally there in new mexico and let you know if he makes any news. still to come, the sleeper senate race. is nebraska independent about to up end the republican's map. you're watching "chris jansing reports" only on msnbc. msnbc ♪ that just will never come out ♪ ♪ pour downy in the rinse, jade ♪ ♪ every now and then i rinse it out! ♪ fights odor in just one wash. they get it. they know how it works. and most importantly, it works for them. ♪ every now and then i rinse it out! ♪

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a senate race that's not getting a lot of attention could end up being one of the biggest sleepers of the year. there isn't a democrat on the ticket, but that's not stopping the party from hoping the incumbent republican will be defeated. how realistic are the chances? as our next guest headline puts it, pay attention to the nebraska senate race. i want to bring in "punchbowl news" senior congressional correspondent. back with us, congressman carlos curbelo. the incumbent senator deb fischer up by two points against dan osborn, 48-46, within the margin of error, and 5% undecided or didn't respond. how concerned are republicans about this seat? >> they're very concerned. cautiously optimistic that republicans will come home to the republican nominee. after all, nebraska is a very conservative state. senator pete ricketts is also on

the ballot with senator fischer, he's leading his democratic opponent right now by 18 points. republicans are cautiously optimistic at this point, but there is a lot of con sternation going on here. deb fischer was not taking the candidacy seriously. osborn was portraying himself as an antiestablishment, populist figure if you will, and that was resonating with folks. by the time deb fischer got her ads on the air and started defining him as a democrat in disguise, the race had tightened, causing the national republicans to poor millions of dollars into nebraska. nebraska is not a state that they should be spending that kind of money in, not even close to that kind of money, so that's why a lot of republicans are frustrated at this point that their resources went to a state like this rather than some of

their battleground contests where they actually have a pickup opportunity, for example, in states like michigan and wisconsin and pennsylvania and here where i am in nevada. >> and tell us about this local controversy. wasn't there like a fundraising text from a democratic pac talking about osborn caucusing with them? >> yeah, look, osborn has taken pains to say that he's an independent, and national democrats say they have no involvement in this race. they don't want to be involved in this race because the moment they get involved in the race, they know the democratic party brand, if you will, in a state like nebraska is toxic. it would basically kill dan osborn's campaign, and so a democratic super pac affiliated with harry dunn, the former capital police officer who was at the capitol on january 6th testified before the january 6th select committee as well, that group sent out a fundraising text on behalf of dan osborn, linking to @blue, the official democratic fundraising platform,

and it basically undermined dan osborn's message, that was i'm not a democrat, i'm not a republican, i'm a true independent. deb fischer's campaign saw that and ran with it, and said it proves their theory of the case which is that this guy, dan osborn is really just a democrat. he's trying to fool you into thinking he's a real independent, but he's not. >> carlos, few expected this race, if anybody, to be this close. what do you make of what's going on in nebraska? >> well, chris, nebraska does have a little bit of an independent streak. it's certainly a conservative state. you look at omaha, the congressional district that awards its electoral vote independent of the state. nebraska was for a time represented by ben sasse, a republican not aligned with former president trump, so, yes, this is a surprise and i could confirm everything andrew is

saying. mitch mcconnell, his political ace did not expect to have to spend big money in nebraska of all places, and it has diverted resources in states where republicans were hoping to go on offense and are still trying to win seats, but although this would be a big surprise, when you look at the dynamics in nebraska, particularly in the omaha area and how unpopular donald trump is there, the congressman from that area, don bacon, is facing a very tough reelection campaign. it's not big surprise. >> interesting one to watch on election night, no doubt. congressman carlos curbelo. thanks, guys, appreciate it. coming up, the unprecedented democratic strategy to excite one of north carolina's bluest counties with some of the lowest voter turnout. you're watching "chris jansing reports" only on msnbc. hris jang reports" only on msnbc

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bit about. >> yes. >> i know you have talked to the democratic party chair tell me what you >> yeah, it is so fascinating. this is my home state, so this was obviously a really fun story to report. but you mentioned the highest number of registered democrats. it has strikingly low voter turnout. the whole strategy here is unprecedented, chris. the idea is that they're juicing the numbers. they think if they can flip this one county, then they can take it straight to the white house. but they are trying to target democrats that are right there and already under your nose. take a look. 58-year-old timmy williams lived here in charlotte, north carolina his whole life. this is the first time you have had volunteers come to your door? >> yeah. >> have they come before? >> no. >> his door, one of more than 280,000 the county democratic party says it's knocked on in the last 18 months. >> calling from the kamala harris rocampaign. >> all part of an unprecedented push to win the state, by going all in on mecklenburg.

>> definitely a lot of texts and e-mails. >> a the reason? the county has the highest number of registered democrats in the state. it lags similarly blue counties in turnout year after year in a state thatte hasn't gone blue f the presidency since barack obama in 2008. >> this is place we have all the votes needed to flip this state. >> that's why the democratic party chair says all eyes on election day will be right here. >> imagine election night. and it's steve kornacki. he has his big magic board and he's looking at north carolina, and he says what the hell just happened in mecklenburg county? >> what's new about a county that typically votes democrat. >> we vote democrat. we're a blue county. for democrats to win here statewide, they need mecklenburg to not just be blue but deep

now. >> from dozens of volunteers to nearly 5,000. and, of course, the money. >> instead of raising $40,000, $50,000 a year, we have raised since i became party chair two months ago $2.7 million. >>ened you are also getting money from out of state? >> yes. >> what is the appeal to people nationally? >> if youpl heard of fulton county, georgia? gave the majority to the senate. we are more voters here. >> are you guys the fulton county of this election? >> that's what we will try to become. >> a change steve kornacki says will take more than one county. >> if they flip north carolina, the two big cities, raleigh and charlotte, it is about driving up as much support as they can. every election the democrats have been squeezing more and more out. you go back 12 years, yeah, democrats were winning it. obama wont. this by 100,000 vot.

now 2020, it is almost 200,000 votes. democrats need that even higher if they will win carolina this time. >>ar an uphill climb north carolina c republicans are counting on. >> yes, we need to have the turnout. but they also need toav look at the red rural areas. right now we're surrounded by union counties all red. smaller counties than we are, but that democratic vote would have to come up. and we're t not seeing that. >> what do you say to skeptics who say, look, north carolina has not voted for a democratic president since obama? and we hear you say every electionr cycle that you can a we have never seen it. >> theav reason obama won in 20 is because we knocked on every single door inkn this county. we're doing that again this year. >> remember, the county is blue, but they're trying to go from light blue to dark blue to flip the lustate. just to drive home how significant this county is, it is the second largest in the state. it has more registered democrats

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good to be with you. i'm katy tur. five days to go and so much has happened in the last few days, few weeks, few months. it's hard to tell what, if anything, is going to cut through on tuesday. with the race tied at 50/50, the question is who is motivating more voters right now? you can make an educated guess if you are looking at the way the early vote is breaking, which shows far more women have so far voted than men. match it up with the

historically wide