a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome, everyone to alex witt reports. we begin with decision 2024 in the race for the white house. the moment of truth is three days away, after, practically, eight years of a head start on nonstop campaigning by former president donald trump, and just about three months of campaigning for vice president kamala harris. early voting is breaking records in several states. more than 70 million of us have already cast ballots and the split, so far, reflects the close poles right now at 40% for each party. candidates are out the last weekend push to pick up every possible vote. nikki harris is in georgia and north carolina. governor walz and j.d.

vance are in nevada and arizona, and trump is in north carolina and virginia. here is a look at the harris campaign event in atlanta. earlier today she fielded questions from reporters in milwaukee, including this one about her faith. >> what does your faith tell you about who god wants to win this election and lead our divided country? >> my faith and my belief in god tells me that we all must think about our lives through our ability to do good work, and through those works, to lift people up, to help the needy, to help the poor, to help the elderly, and my plan for my presidency is informed with that spirit and approach. >> now, here is feet from campaign event in north carolina. yesterday, his message in milwaukee and arizona suggested

she weighs heavily on his mind. >> if you haven't voted early, we don't care, at this point. we don't care when you vote, just make sure you vote and if you see anybody cheating, you know what to do. report them immediately. what we have done together, we have to win, first of all. we are leaving. keep the cheating down. the only thing that can stop us is the cheating. it's the only thing that can stop us. if we win, it's the biggest event in political history. it's the biggest event in political history. >> today, fresh outreach from independent senator bernie sanders, asking voters disenchanted by israel's war in gaza to resist the urge to sit out this election. >> trump and netanyahu are both right-wing extremists. they are in bed together. i would hope, very much, that people thinking of sitting it out, maybe voting third party, please, don't do that.

even on this issue, we have a better shot to bring about change in u.s. policy with harris in the white house band with trump. >> the numbers show women are outpacing men in early voting, including these two, who talk to nbc news about their top issues. >> for the economy, mainly, we are living paycheck to paycheck these last two years. we shouldn't be. >> i understand that abortion on the spiritual aspect is very sad, but when it comes to a woman having to endure the pain of not being able to have the baby, whatever complications she has, the woman should be able to make that decision for herself. we are not robots. we don't have anybody to push a button and tell us what to do. >> as candidates sweep across the country from east to south and the midwest and west, we have correspondence in all of the battleground states. we go first to allie raffa in

atlanta, georgia, where kamala harris is set to take the stage later this hour. what is the focus of the harris campaign three days out from the election? >> reporter: alex, vice president harris is focusing on georgia and north carolina, states that democrats are either trying to hold onto or flip on election day. the harris campaign is using this narrowing window of opportunity these last three days of the election to make any dent they can in these polls that remain neck and neck. trying to sway those undecided voters and make sure that all democrats get out to the polls. here in georgia, the state secretary of state, brad raffensperger, said, as of this morning, more than half of george's counties have passed 50% turnout, something he says is unprecedented in the states history. the harris campaign is trying to build on that momentum and keep it going the next three days. they are doing that in a couple

of ways. they are putting out new ads. they are also seizing on the star power that has been in her corner. at this rally, before the vice president speaks, we saw spike lee as well as 2 chains speak to the crowd. she will be in north carolina later today were kerry washington and john bon jovi will be campaigning with her, and the harris campaign is continuing to use the words and comments of former president trump and republican allies against them. we saw the vice president earlier today use those comments made, and later walked back by speaker of the house mike johnson, where he suggested that the chips and science act passed in the biden administration could be repealed if the republicans win both chambers of congress this election. listen to how she reacted earlier today. >> i also want to speak to the comments that have been recently made by the speaker of the house. it is just further evidence of

everything i have been talking about for months now, about trump's intention to implement project 2025. we have talked repeatedly and the american people know what's in it. we've talked repeatedly about their intention to get rid of the affordable care act, now, to get rid of the chips act. >> the harris campaign says they are seeing the results of that labor, seeing how keeping those comments in the spotlight are working to their advantage, especially, among undecided voters in battleground states. a senior campaign official says, they are in the corner after those disparaging comments, so expect the harris campaign to continue keeping the spotlight on those disparaging comments and using them to contrast what a trump presidency would look like, versus a harris administration, while also talking about their plans for day one and beyond. >> allie raffa, thank you so much. i appreciate the soundtrack

behind you. new this hour, donald trump holding a rally in north carolina on the last day of early voting there. dasha burns is in greensboro where trump will hold a different rally later today. certainly, the clock is ticking. what is trump's main message to north carolina voters today? >> reporter: at two rallies in north carolina today, you can already see some of the supporters lining up behind me. it is scheduled for 7:30, but probably late. the same complex is also an early voting site. north carolina has been voting early in record numbers. here is what is interesting. republicans have, actually, been slightly outpacing democrats when it comes to the early vote, which is a little bit surprising, especially, given the way that trump treated early and absentee voting in 2020 and over the last several years. now, the messaging has changed and it seems like in north carolina, it's working.

the question is, what does it mean for election day? the trump campaign thinks it's a very good sign. now, north carolina is a state that democrats have not won since 2008, but you can just tell by the amount of time the former president is spending here in these precious final days, this is very much in play this time around. he is here today with two rallies and also coming back here tomorrow, and harris has been fighting for this state as well. the two of them duking it out. this is really critical for trump's to 270 . he has to win the map or it becomes more difficult. >> on the left of the screen, as we were looking at you, we were seeing him live. he is in gastonia, north carolina. one more question to you, later on this afternoon, donald trump heads to virginia. that is a non-battleground state. we've got three days left. why is he spending time

campaigning there? >> reporter: precious moments, alex. it's a risky move. north carolina hasn't been won by a democrat since 2008. virginia hasn't been won by a republican since 2004. a lot of people are scratching their heads at this. he was also in new mexico earlier this week, but when i asked about virginia, they are adamant they are seeing some movement there. they think they could, potentially, either in or come close in virginia, but there are a lot of strategists i talked to that are like, this is a little bit wild that he is spending time there. they are trying to project confidence, and perhaps, this is part of that projection. >> dasha burns, thank you so much. meantime, joining me now , california congressman robert garcia. a member of the homeland security committee and national co-chair for the harris walz campaign. good to see you. let's talk about the fact you have been traveling this

country, you have been stumping for the harris walz campaign, and recent polls show harris leading trump by 19 and 29 points among early voters. that is for -- more early voters support and hillary clinton had in 2016, and despite republican gains in the early voting turnout. what is your read on these numbers? do you know who or what is driving this advantage? >> there is a lot of really good news in this early data, and i think what is really exciting for us as a campaign is that kamala harris is out connecting, not just with traditional democrats, not just with moving independents to her column, but there are republicans that are coming out and casting their votes for kamala harris because she is bringing in everyone in her message. it is also resonating. what is clear in this moment is, who is turning out. we have a huge lead in the early vote. we now just have to deliver on

election day and this weekend for the vote to come through for the vice president. we also know that in this early vote, there are a lot of new votes that are out there voting and getting the job done. it's all really exciting and we can't be more excited for what's happening with this election. >> if there is one message you think the campaign wants to send this final we can, what is that, and what are you hearing from voters that are still undecided? >> the main thing that we are hearing is that kamala harris, and we are hearing from folks out there in the campaign, is kamala harris is going to be a president for everyone. that message that people are talking about is what we want out there in the country. she is going to represent democrats, independents, republicans, while donald trump is trying to divide the country. he is out there putting together an enemies list while kamala harris has a to do list for the american people. i think that is clear. look, i have been back and

forth to nevada, back-and-forth to arizona, constantly. what we are seeing on the ground are these late breaking votes. these folks that are deciding just in the last week. they are breaking for kamala harris. we have seen polling that has that break in double digits. these are all really good signs that we are closing this campaign in the way that we need to and the vice president's message of unity, an america for all people, is actually resonating. i am very optimistic that if we get the job done and execute the plan this weekend, kamala harris will be elected on tuesday. >> at an event with former fox news hose tucker carlson on thursday, donald trump had this to say about trump critic and former republican congresswoman, liz cheney. let's take a listen to that. >> she is a radical war hawk. let's put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her, okay? let's see how she feels about it. you know, when the guns are trained on her face.

you know, they are all war hawks when they are sitting in washington in a nice building saying, oh, gee, let's send 10,000 troops right into the mouth of the enemy. but, she is a stupid person. >> okay, cheney responded saying, this is how dictators destroy free nations. they threaten those, who speak against them with death. is it fair to interpret this as a direct threat to liz cheney? >> it is completely a direct threat to liz cheney, and donald trump, his rhetoric is shameful, un-american, certainly, is unpresidential, and those are comments that a leader of the world, a leader of our country should never say. congresswoman cheney, immense respect within all facets of american life and politics, and this idea that he is going to threaten her life in this way, was really disgusting. let's remember that congresswoman cheney is leaving hundreds of other republicans,

officials from the bush of menstruation, both bush administrations, officials from other republican ministries, military leaders, that have all come on and said, enough is enough. donald trump is unfit to lead. he is unfit to be the commander- in-chief and it's time to turn the page and elect kamala harris. we are hearing from hundreds of leaders like liz cheney that are republicans, that are military leaders, that all support this ticket. i think it is a signal to the country that the only candidate is kamala harris and donald trump and his supporters should be ashamed of the threats they are making, not just to liz cheney, but threatening immigrants, women and other officials in this country. >> i'm going to pick up on that right now, because it's been almost a week since the trump rally at msg that included the speakers that were spewing racist, anti-immigrant sentiments. most notably, the attack on puerto ricans by one speaker. a lot of prominent puerto ricans and latinos have spoken out. have you sensed a tangible,

electoral consequence to all of that? >> there is no question that the impact that happened at that rally was real and it's being felt in the latino community and continues to be felt. i have talked to numerous folks, particularly, young men that were taken aback by those comments. i thinks folks realized at that moment who donald trump really is, and basically, hearing him and his supporters say those disparaging remarks against, not just puerto rico but immigrants, in general, has absolutely moved people. one thing that has been clear to me in my conversations with young men in these closing days is that people are understanding that this is an election, not just about them, and about what's in their best interest, but what is in our best interest for our mothers and sisters and daughters and aunts and the women in our family. the consequences for this election could not be higher. my message to young men is,

listen to the rally, here in your own words the way he demeans our community, and also listen to how he demeans women. to all the women in our lives, this is the opportunity for all the men out there, especially, the young men, to stand up for the women in your lives and do the right thing. >> congressman robert garcia, keep your running shoes on, my friend. you are going to need them. it's like an s.a.t. question. north carolina is to democrats as lucy is to charlie brown's football, but is a strategy by the harris campaign going to change all of that? some answers in 90 seconds. with savings, right? (♪♪) somebody just got their first debit card! ice cream on you? your money is a part of your community, so your bank should be too. like, chase! sounds like you need to vaporize that cold. nyquil vapocool? it's nyquil plus a rush of vicks vapors. ♪ vapocooooool ♪ nyquil vapocool. the vaporizing night time, sniffling, sneezing, coughing,

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donald trump and kamala harris, both spending part of the final saturday of the campaign in north carolina, where it is the last day of early in person voting. donald trump, in fact, speaking right now, as you can see on the right of your screen. antonia hylton is at the wake county board of elections office in raleigh. i know you have been talking with voters in north carolina. what are you hearing? >> reporter: hey, we have been talking with voters for the last several days here, and it is the last day of early voting. as you can see behind me, the line is getting really long here in wake county. this is reflective of the energy that organizers, poll workers have been seen for the last two weeks here. they are setting records. more than half of all eligible voters have already cast their ballots here. election officials are excited about this.

it means the load they will see on tuesday might be lighter, and both parties are really going to focus today to get people to get their same-day registration vote if they can, or tomorrow to make sure they have a plan to get to the polls on tuesday. the harris campaign is watching the trump campaign make plans to come back so many times over the next three days, and that is making them feel very confident that they must be seeing something in their internal data that has them worried and playing defense in a state that really should have been in the category, in their camp. they should have been more comfortable. however, the harris camp does need to worry about getting black voters in many of the communities in places like raleigh engaged. i spent time with one of those voters in the area, that was previously undecided and recently made a late break for her. take a listen. >> honestly, as an everyday citizen, the economy, gas prices, groceries. the pay rates. we are, literally, living

beyond our means. i know there are a lot of other important things going on in the world, but that's our biggest thing. as a community, as just a mom, we have to be able to afford for our kids, we have to be able to afford rent. it's just not balanced out. we met the other issue that she mentioned were women's rights. women's reproductive access, healthcare for women, but also for elderly people in the state. all of that factored in. project 2025, she mentioned. this is a combination of factors that are coming to people, who are making their last decisions. this is a state with a large, unaffiliated group of voters that can break one way or another, depending on what cycle we are in. the harris campaign is feeling bullish about winning those people over. certainly, it's not going to be an easy fight. >> absolutely, it's an important day in north carolina and we will be back with you in the next hour to hear more about what voters are telling you. joining me now is anderson

clayton, chair of north carolina's democratic party that will agree with me that it is a very important day there. donald trump and kamala harris are neck and neck in the polls. they are both making stops in north carolina today. give me a sense of the mood there, with the early voting closing in less than two hours now. >> democrats are excited and motivated to get people to the polls in the last two hours. we have campus launch is going on all day today. we have folks out knocking doors and calling people to get to the polls, to remind them that we don't want them to wait until election day, because we fully expect her to be lines on election day in north carolina, as well. we know that donald trump being in the state as much as he is, does mean that he's nervous about north carolina and republicans do not win the white house without winning our state. democrats are motivated on the ground and we are excited to keep knocking doors and to the point that was made earlier, we are having those tough conversations at the doors with voters that might be undecided still. >> look at the early vote.

more than half of north carolina's registered voters have already done it. more women have turned out then men. meanwhile, slightly more republicans than democrats have voted early, and you have the other voters that have cast a ballot that are unaffiliated. what are these early voting numbers telling you? >> i mean, i joke with folks right, early vote is like doing an autopsy on a live person at this moment in time, because it's still taking place. we will have more information after sunday and being able to look into the data more. you also have to understand that in north carolina, partisanship does not tell you everything, and how people are registered right now, it can be misleading, in some cases. a lot of folks in rural north carolina are registered unaffiliated or republican, because the majority of the elections at the local level are decided, a republican ballot, because of the way the county is registered. i think it's really important for people to understand that also being registered as an unaffiliated in north carolina allows you to pick which ballot

you go in in a primary and vote on. there are a lot of reasons why we see people and the numbers that we do, and we also know the republicans have been telling their voters over the last two election cycles to get out and vote early. we also see, it's not taking away or creating new voters for republicans, but it's taking away voters from the election day percentages. we still feel optimistic about unaffiliated voters, under 45 are turning out for us right now. we are looking at the fact that a lot of our unaffiliated voters that are younger are coming up for democrats because of issues like abortion rights, housing rights this year, and wanting to make sure that their fundamental freedoms are protected at the ballot box. we still feel optimistic. >> as you well know, the harris campaign has poured energy into deep red, herb -- x urban areas around charlotte and raleigh. a piece focused on gastonia county, where donald trump is right now, democrats are hoping the changing demographics could help harris.

does it seem to be paying off? >> definitely, we have a lot of good county party members out there for the democrats that have come up out of the blue recently, honestly, and we are trying to make sure there is a democratic presence in those counties. we know that rural communities matter this year, north carolina is a state that has historically won or lost on the margins and a lot of those margins come from the fact that we used to lose rural counties by 6040 margins over the last two election cycles, we have been losing them by 8020 margins. a lot of that is real democrats feeling like they don't have somebody at the ballot box to vote for, and that they have felt underrepresented. our party made a huge effort, thanks to our house and senate caucuses, leadership from our party this year, but stepped up and said, we want to contest every single state house and senate race across north carolina, as we want to give people somebody to vote for. we have champions that are running, even in gerrymandered districts, that are making and putting in that effort for us to be able to get people to the

polls, regardless of what your county might vote with. >> historically, north carolina has voted republican the last three elections, but four years ago, it was the state were trump won his slimmest victory, roughly 43,000 votes or so. what will you be watching that will suggest a good night for vice president harris? >> we are definitely going to be looking at places like mecklenburg and wake county, the two largest democratic strongholds, but also counties like wilson and nash and edgecomb in the northeastern part of the state and counties in the west like transylvania and jackson county and pulling back some democratic strongholds in the west. transylvania county is outperforming statewide averages for early vote totals, so we are really paying attention to how the west is operating in places where democrats still have political power. >> given this interview and all you have given us, clearly, the chair of north carolina's democratic party. best of luck.

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let's take you right now to scranton, pennsylvania. there you see the president outstanding for the harris walz campaign at a carpenters union get out the vote event. >> yesterday in philly, butch lewis's widow, the presidential citizens medal. it's the highest honor you can get as a civilian, posthumously. they talked about butch's story, a reminder of how the most ordinary people do the most extraordinary things in this country. butch was a decorated war hero but could have been a professional baseball player. he was, in fact, recruited, but he devoted himself to labor.

when his pension got cut he devoted his life to writing the wrong, and so far, 1 million workers about their pensions restored, including back pay. [ cheers and applause ] >> because of the people in this room, strong labor force all over the country exist, but guess what? these other guys want to take it away. it's not a joke. look, folks. let's be clear about what the stakes are. i come here today, not just because of all the work we have done together as unions, but to talk about what is at stake for all of us, your brothers, your fathers, your sisters, your friends, the kids you grew up with, in scranton or wherever it was. the folks you went to school with. who, aren't members of the trade and find themselves in the circumstance of struggling to get by. this other guy doesn't care about us. just look at what his maga

friends are saying about healthcare. they want to get rid of the affordable care act, and you guys have pensions and you have protection because you are union members. we fought like hell to make sure it got stronger, that there are 40 million people in this country on the affordable care act. another 100 million people have healthcare because they have pre-existing conditions. trump wants to take it away. this is not personal. these are the facts. the facts. he wants to take away the affordable healthcare act. that would have a devastating impact on the kids you grew up with, the people you grew up with. don't forget where you came from! don't forget who you are with. >> you see the president campaigning for vice president harris and governor tim walz in scranton, pennsylvania, speaking to a group of union workers, a carpenters union, specifically. they are addressing the aca and the risk if donald trump is a -- elected president.

meantime, just over 70 million americans have cast their vote early, making their voices heard in one of the most consequential election in american history, as we all kicked down to tuesday. here with us now to understand how the early vote is registering is tom bonior. tom, we will have you throughout the show and i'm very glad for that. my first quick question to you, any conclusions we can draw, nationally? >> yeah. when we look at the 70 million votes, there are some surprises in there. the biggest surprise to me is, actually, how closely the early vote, when we break it down by age, gender, demographics, and partisanship, how closely it resembles the 2020 early vote. we had this expectation going in, republicans were really going to focus and invest in getting their votes early, like they didn't in 2020. what we are seeing, they have invested in that, but when you look around the battleground states, there is only a 2/10 of

a point difference in the model partisanship of the early vote in the battleground states, relative to where it was at this point in 2020. a lot of that is because of the types of voters that republicans are turning out in the early vote. you mentioned pennsylvania and the president is speaking there now. pennsylvania is a great example of that. >> give me a sense of what we are seeing, specifically. drill down on pennsylvania, because that is a critical battleground state. >> absolutely. in pennsylvania, it's one of the states republicans would .2, because we look at the battleground states, and in half of the states, democrats are doing better than they did in 2020. republicans point to pennsylvania where they have invested heavily, and they say, we are increasing vote share among the early vote, that is absolutely true. they are getting more voters out than they did four years ago, but when we look at who those voters are, they are not creating new votes. almost half of the republicans, who voted already in

pennsylvania, just voted on election day last time around. something we call cannibalization of election day vote. they are switching how people vote. another 43% of those republican vote by mail voters in pennsylvania, so far, did the same thing last time around. when we, actually, drill down on people that weren't registered to vote, because we know that republicans are trying to bring out new voters, to flip a state they did not win last time. democrats have a 20 point advantage, in terms of partisan registration among those newly registered voters. that is a problem for the republicans, at this point. >> that is a news nugget we had not heard before. we will sprinkle you throughout the show today. standby. we will check in next hour for an interesting look at what the early vote told us in past elections, plus we will check out north carolina. that's a big day today. we are going to talk about wisconsin next. a big piece of the electoral puzzle, plus a report on robocalls pushing for third- party vote. who is behind that effort? ritat

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both kamala harris and donald trump are in wisconsin at the start of the weekend, making their final pitches to voters in dueling rallies in milwaukee. mark barron is in green bay for us. welcome. how has turnout been today? remit a steady stream here today, alex. in wisconsin, they have had the last several weeks to be able to go out and early vote, so wisconsin has seen record- breaking with the early vote turnout, compared to last two presidential elections. a third of all active registered voters in the state already casting their ballots. as we were talking about, with the cannibalization of certain voters, whether they would've been election day voters versus early day voters, the key thing that both campaigns in wisconsin are looking to capitalize on are the low propensity voters or first-time voters. i just got to talk to two of

them that came out today. they recently turned 18, both voting in different directions. i want you to hear some of their thoughts. >> i think the perspective on immigration and deportation stuff makes me angry, and abortion, obviously. i mean, i'm not a woman and i can't speak for a woman, but i feel like it should be their own choice. >> when you live paycheck to paycheck in this economy, it's not fun. you're not able to afford things. you can't go on vacations. you can barely live. so, i just wanted somebody that would look out for us. everybody in this country. and, close the border. remit the first young man you heard from his voting for kamala harris. the second voted for donald trump. he came out with his entire family, that also voted for trump, and that is the layout that we see in brown county, a suburban county in green bay. the surrounding counties are ones that the campaigns are looking at, because even though donald trump won those three

counties in 2020, the democrats were able to chip away at some of their margins. when the election was decided here by 20,000 votes in opposite directions in 2020 and 2016, that margin is what democrats are looking to chip away at when they boost new voter turnout and other democratically help counties. the key for a lot of them are the young voters. it's interesting to get their perspective, the first time voting. tomorrow will be the last opportunity, and depending on where you live in wisconsin, the last opportunity to get those early votes in. >> thank you for bringing us the youth vote perspective. joining me right now is the lieutenant governor of wisconsin, sarah rodriguez. welcome, lieutenant governor. give me a sense of how you feel wisconsin voters are going about this election. is there a lot of excitement and enthusiasm? >> i really think that there is. thank you so much for having me. i am currently in eau claire, wisconsin in western wisconsin. i just came back from la

crosse. we are launching campuses all across the state. we have multiple offices, whether it's in rural, northern wisconsin or in the city center. over 250 staff members that are working on this election, and every canvas i go to, you're looking at 50 to 100 people that are signing up to knock on doors. we know this election is going to be close in wisconsin. the last four out of six presidential elections here have been decided with less than a percentage point. and so, we are no stranger to having to make sure that we are knocking on every door that we can, bringing that message to all of wisconsin, and i am just really excited to be able to talk to people here in western wisconsin, make sure that we get this canvas off to a great start. make sure the people's voices can be heard. >> i just want to let you know, speaking of excited, it looks like a lot of people to the left of our screen. they are in atlanta for a get out the vote rally with kamala

harris. there is a lot of buzz there. we can take a quick listen into what she is saying. i believe she is just getting into the beginning and thinking people. we are going to have our control room monitor this as i ask you another question about wisconsin. the closest of the blue wall states back in 2020, politico reports that trump and harris have been focusing money and time elsewhere. they are now pouring it into wisconsin in the final stretch. where do you see the race in wisconsin right now? do you think results are going to be as close as the polls suggest, or what you were just saying, less than 1%? it is just minuscule numbers. >> that is, typically, what we have seen in wisconsin. we have good news coming out. people are voting in wisconsin. we have a 50% uptick in early voting, and that was just from friday morning. we know that friday is one of our busiest days, and some of

our most populous counties are able to vote today, early voting, and sunday. we are going to see an even bigger increase in that and, like many other states are seeing, more women voting. that is something that i think is really interesting. because, women know what the risk is in this election. we had an 1849 abortion banin the state for almost 18 months. they know what it's going to look like if trump wins and institutes the abortion ban that he would like to implement. these are good early signs, but again, we are not going to leave any door on at knox, any stone unturned. we want to bring the message to everybody across wisconsin. >> before we listened more to the vice president, let me ask you about something that may be giving you concern with that super pac with ties to the republican party. it has been several hundred thousand dollars supporting jill stein, and the mailers claim that stein would protect the environment. how much does this concern you?

wisconsin is a tight run state? >> we are a very tight state and we are going to have a very small percentage of people, who are going to vote third party, but i do think that people understand the stakes of this election and that they are going to be voting, as they have in the past, which, the majority have voted. neck and neck, between democrats and republicans, which is why we are trying her best to make sure we can get that message out there. that's why we have the ground game we have had. we have done it for over a decade, being able to have folks, volunteers knocking on doors. that is what our plan is and we will keep doing that from now until tuesday. i am knocking on doors. i did it in milwaukee, knocking on latino doors, making sure people know how to vote, where to vote. this is what our plan is and we are really hopeful that we can bring that positive message that vice president harris has to the entire state. >> very much so, and speaking of that, i want to thank you, lieutenant governor of

wisconsin, sarah rodriguez. we are going to listen to the vice president, the candidate herself, making a pitch in atlanta. >> this is someone, who is increasingly unstable. obsessed with revenge. consumed with grievance. the man is out for unchecked power. and, unless -- in less than 90 days, it's either going to be him or me in the oval office. [ cheers and applause ] and, here's the thing. help spread the word, because part of it is to help people imagine. you can imagine in your mind, the oval office, right? you can picture it. you've seen it on tv. just imagine, if he is elected on day one, donald trump would

walk in that oval office with his enemies list, stewing over an enemies list. when i am elected, i will walk in on your behalf with my to do list. my to do list. and, at the top of my list is bringing down the cost of living for you. and, that will be my focus every single day as president. i will give a middle-class tax cut to over 100 million americans. i will enact the first-ever federal ban on price gouging on groceries. we need a medic over here, please. we need a medic over here. if everyone can part a little bit, so we can let somebody through. okay. all right, see, this is what we do, we look out for each other,

right? that is how we roll. that's how we roll. and, that's what leadership looks like, everybody here. and, among the things also on my to do list is to fight to make sure that hard-working americans can, actually, afford a place to live. affordable housing, one of the highest priorities. my priorities include knowing that if you are caring for an elderly parent, we need to cover the cost of home care with medicare, which we will do , because i have been there. i took care of my mother when she was sick. i know what that work is. it is about trying to cook something someone feels like eating. it's about trying to help them put on their clothes. it's about trying to put a smile on their face or make

them laugh from time to time. it's hard work and its work that is about dignity and it is not right that the current situation, you have to spend on your savings to qualify for medicaid or quit your job to be able to take care of a family member. especially, if you are in the sandwich generation, which means taking care of your children while you are taking care of your parent. a lot of what motivates me in my work is, it's about dignity. the dignity of all people, that all people deserve that dignity , to be able to not just to get by, but get ahead. which, is why my plan will also lower the cost of childcare. we will cut taxes for small businesses. do we have any small businesses in the house?

oh, i love our small businesses. you all are the backbone of america's economy. we will lower healthcare costs, because i believe healthcare should be a right and not just a privilege of those that can afford it. on the other hand, donald trump's answer to be financial pressures you face are the same as they were the last time. another $1 trillion in tax cuts for billionaires and the biggest corporations. and, this time, he would pay for it with a 20% national sales tax on everything you buy that is imported, and it looks like we need a medic over there. it's hot out here in atlanta. >> we are going to keep an eye on this, and to that point, i did check the weather, considering we are hearing about a second emergency,

medical treatment being needed for someone attending. it's about 76 degrees. it's a little bit humid. with all of the excitement and enthusiasm, maybe some people have become overwhelmed. she, of course, talking about tax cuts for the middle class and for small business owners, making sure that healthcare stays affordable, that it is a right, not just a privilege, and also talking about instituting a federal ban on price gouging, in order to help bring down the cost of everyday household items. joining me right now is peter baker, chief white house correspondent for the new york times, and msnbc analyst. peter, given what you are listening to hear, these are the prepared remarks. we have heard it. she began talking about donald trump and gets into the important points she wants to get across in these final days. what is your take of things? >> look, she is closing out, obviously, in all the battleground states, as is trump, in order to get those very few uncommitted people off the couch and to the polls.

she is trying to galvanize people that are already committed to her to see if the handful of people, who may turn this contest one way or the other can be persuaded to join her side. now, i think that most of those uncommitted people are probably not going to vote. if you have not already decided to your four in this polarizing election, maybe you are not all that engaged in it, but for the few that might turn out and have not decided until now, she has the opportunity to close the sale with them. presumably, those people have already decided. they're not that hot about donald trump, they have known them for nine years and have not committed to him yet. she has to convince them that she is an acceptable alternative worth turning out for on tuesday. >> let me ask you about that reporting today in the atlantic. there was a very hurtful, offensive word that was being used, allegedly, by former president trump. back in june, he wanted to use this word. we will say that folks at nbc news reached out to the trump

campaign. they reported to say it was false, the nickname was never discussed. i'm not going to repeat the nickname. it's not a good one. what is your response to all of this? >> he has used that word before, he has used other words before that are worse or less polite, let's say. it would not surprise me at all. this is something he had talked about. what is remarkable is, how much cruder his campaign has been, even from the past. he has never shied away from raw language, profane language, but our own analysis in the new york times of his speeches from 2016 versus his speeches this year, shows that his use of profanity is up 69%. why is that? that could be he's more comfortable using it. that could be, the culture is changing and it's more acceptable than it used to be at a presidential level, but it's also what experts called this innovation, which happens with age. you are less inhibited as you grow older.

he is appealing, in some ways, to people, who like crude language, raw language, and it fits his testosterone driven message about a tough man, that can take on a tough country. >> i loved her very eloquent way of referring to all of this in your article. a cornucopia of crudeness. let me ask you about the new axios report that says an internal memo from the chief pollster for donald trump's campaign claims the former president is in a radically better position than he was before the 2020 election. it seems the former president is being told what he wants to hear, but it's not necessarily a reflection of reality. but, he is been told that for several reasons. is it because there is no other way to handle him? >> there is that, obviously. nobody in trump's orbit likes to give him bad news. they have, perennially, given him better news than the reality is. even jared kushner, we reported in our book, used to inflate

polls by about five points before giving them to his father-in-law, knowing how his father-in-law would take bad polls. his argument was, the polls are biased, so it's okay. we will see. that is one thought here. the other thought is you have seen trump in the last days and weeks, lean heavily on the idea that he is not only winning, but winning by lot. he said to tucker carlson, we are way ahead. that's not true. there is no poll out there that shows him way ahead. at best, he is one or two points ahead in some of the key states. that might be enough, but he's hardly way ahead? why is he saying that publicly? one reason is to set up an excuse if he loses, right? if he loses, he can say, we all know i was going to win. everybody knows i was way ahead, so it's not possible i lost. that is something he tried in 2020, and he seems to be starting the same argument in 2024 and casey comes out on the short end. >> there are a lot of his followers that absolutely believe it, that he should be president of the united states.

peter baker, i would nominate you, for what it's worth. my friend, i will see you next week. thank you. the number 19 may matter more than anything this election. the early readings from the swing states. rip you of trump is running to get revenge for himself. kamala is running to get results for you. her plans cut middle class taxes and price gouging, protect medicare and social security, and make life more affordable. i will always put the middle class and working families first. trump fights for trump. kamala fights for you. ff pac is responsible for the content of this ad.

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just like mark did as our interim mayor. mark farrell endorsing prop d, to bring the changes we need for the city we love. supporters in north carolina. he told the crowd the only reason the stock market is doing well is because wall street thinks he's going to win. vice president harris took the stage in atlanta a short time ago. she told the crowd donald trump is obsessed with revenge and a out for unchecked power. president joe biden is also e speaking to union workers in scranton, pennsylvania. he spoke about the millions of job created during his term. vice president running mate e j.d. vance was at a rally.

he jokingly asked the crowd to vote 10 times for donald trump. we will hear from steve cornett key. he will tell us what time polls will close tuesday night and what he will be looking for. also, the remarkable new development about gen z voters and the access hollywood video from 2016. a very good day to all of you from msnbc headquarters in new york. we begin this hour with decision 2024 and the race for the white house. we are county down with just three days left until election day. candidates crisscrossing battleground states. vice president kamala harris is in