michigan congresswoman and senate candidate in one of the tightestda races in this countr alissa slotkinin, joins me comi up next. >>> look, we have 21 days until the election. we will win. we will win. it's going to be hard irk, though, it's a tight race. but here's the thing i know about everyone who's here. we like hard work. >> today vice president kamala harris landed in michigan, the state that could very well tip the scales this november, something that both campaigns are keenly aware of. trump and j.d. vance have reportedly hosted 13 events across michigan since harris entered the race, and trump has another event planned for this friday in detroit. harris and tim walz, meanwhile, have held nine events so far and will also return to the state on friday. remember that joe biden won michigan by just under 155,000 votes in 2020 and the state is also the site of a hotly contested senate race that could determine the balance of power in the next congress. joining me now is michigan congresswoman alissa slotkin who's running in that senate race against former congressman mike rogers. t

i was in michigan with alissa slotkin on saturday and in philadelphia with bob casey and josh shapiro on sunday. everyone in those states knows this is as close if not closer than 2020. we have a lot of work to do. and you're right, there are some of these people not consuming even "call her daddy" or howard stern. it's in that clip. one singular 60-second clip from these interviews gets pumped into the tiktok or instagram or youtube algorithm and gets shown to voters who are not looking for it. no candidates have had to work harder than these candidates are to break through in this race. you nay not get a "call her daddy" listener every person with that interview, but those clips are going viral and people are seeing them. that's why tim miller is like be everywhere all at once, do our podcast, do tim's podcast, do "60 minutes," do it all. >> can i ask a follow-up on that, dan? trump isn't do it all. there was some follow up, but in terms of the blanket strategy that's not what trump is pursuing. i wonder if you have a thought what might be behind that. >> well, there are two reasons

of the campaign and recording ads for others third down-ballot democrats, us senate candidate alissa slotkin in michigan, who is battling it out with republican mike rogers alissa is a true public servant who has dedicated her career to serving the american people no matter who is in the white house. >> obama's push right up to election day could be very consequential, but not just for one side. >> he really drive turnout on democrats, but there's a flip side. he also really drive turnout among republicans. >> the former president, fully aware of that has pushed his party's outreach to non-democrats all along. >> if we want to win over those who aren't yet ready to support our candidates we need to listen to their concerns it's not clear what other states obama may hit before this is all over. >> but in a very tight election, there will be plenty of places the party is hoping he can stop tom foreman, cnn, washington the middle east is bracing for a possible israeli retaliation against iran for its recent missile strike all the while israel continues fresh bombardments of lebanon and gaza. of

ads for other downballot democrats, us senate candidate alyssa slotkin in michigan, who is battling it out with republican mike rogers alissa is a true public servant who has dedicated her career to serving the american people. no matter who is in the white house obama was right up to election day, could be very consequential, but not just for one side. >> he really drive turnout among democrats, but there's a flip side. he also really drives turnout among republicans. >> the former president fully aware of that has pushed his party's outreach to non-democrats all along. >> if we want to win over those who aren't yet ready to support our candidates we need to listen to their concerns lists though, jake, i have to say i think the number one concern the number one thought out there is that rousing of democrats and anyone in the middle saying, you got to show up, remember the message from harris from the beginning has been and we're still the underdogs. >> they want to keep playing that way. even with brock obama on the trail by are the underdogs. yeah, it's a challenge for them but they want to remind people of that. they wan

ads for other down-ballot democrats us senate candidate alyssa slotkin in michigan, who is battling it out with republican mike rogers alissa is a true public servant who has dedicated her career to serving the american people no matter who is in the white house, obama's push right up to a light chin day could be very consequential but not just for one side he really drive turnout among democrats, but there's a flip side. >> he also really drives turnout among republicans. >> the former president fully aware of that has pushed his party's outreach to non-democrats all along if we want to win over those who aren't yet ready to support our candidates we need to listen to their concerns the former president is undeniably one of the most extraordinary political figures of our time. >> and he proved remarkably skilled in drawing voters to his side the question now is can he push them to hers? alex, a very big question, tom foreman. >> thank you so much for that report. let's turn back to our political experts and get them to weigh in. alex thompson. so how does obama actually help harris get people out and why do you think that