al gore, you got to know him a bit. what kind of leader was he or is he? dr. i worked less closely with al gore, i was a very jr. member of his campaign. i've gotten to know him more in recent years as we focus like climate change and i just think he's extraordinarily smart, very disciplined and extremely persistent in his beliefs. david: barack obama, how do you find him as a leader? dr. shah: president obama i learned a lot from just from watching the way he worked. he had this unique ability to be extremely determined, passionate, and also naturally calm in any given moment. but you sort of knew that underneath that was an absolute determination to sort of win in the long run, whether winning was on a major foreign policy issue or on some domestic transformation of the economy. david: what about joe biden? dr. shah: at the time, he was just so personable. especially during some tough moments. i gave a speech called the national prayer breakfast speech, i was actually quite nervous about it for a number of reasons, and he was the kind of leader who would com

. >> i would point out john kerry conceded the election al gore conceded the election.hat is the difference here. when people speak it is a fundamental need to yield to the will of the people. there's house the democrats. >> they tell you they went over to him the g election. >> the point is the candidate conceded al gore presided over the vote of the certification of the vote. we need that from our leaders. >> what are you worried could happen iff donald trump loses this election? is it the worst? like snow because of this time around everyone it will be forewarned and forearmed. there is no way there's going to be -- mcdavid designated januarl meet to receive the results of the electric college is a national security event. there will be plenty of preparations. not going to stand for regardless of who wins or loses her going to find themselves to make their way to the nation's capitol to protest. maybe i'm being childish about that and naÏve. i think the american people, got more common sense than that. f pn everybody will have a chance. this time around there would b

i was in the 2000 campaign for al gore it didn't work out very well right?t wasn't that good american public just doesn't really care that much about that when they have real concerns for their own personalized, they want the president to address jamal simmons, alyssa farah griffin. thank you. scott jennings, always up next a cnn exclusive investigation and how a man simple call to the police to help find his missing father ended up with him accused of murder and on a psychiatric hold, a cnn investigation ahead. we'll be right back. >> you love this style of shoe. they're comfortable, casual, stylish but skechers has topped them and made them even better because now they come in hands-free sketch or slippers just slip in and go with no bending down and no touching them. >> try hands-free sketcher slipups i'll one bro i can't wait to see how you make as isn't equipment manager life saw laundry sanitiser. >> it says here kills 99.9% of order for calling bacteria and laundry everything smell so fresh from need the dot didn't need it. >> now so many ways to save

al gore conceded the election. that's the difference here. >> i agree with that. >> when people speak, it's fundamental, you need to yield to the will of the people -- >> then they will tell 37 house democrats and barbara boxer that. they knew there were not going to overturn the election. >> weldon -- >> the point is the candidate concedes. al gore presided over the vote of the certification of the vote. we need that from our leaders. >> what are you worried could happen if donald trump loses this election? do we see january sex or were? >> no. because this time around everybody will be forewarned, forearmed. there's no way that would be a genuine -- they designate january 6th when the congress will meet to receive the result. there will be plenty of preparations. i also think the good common sense of the american people will not stand for it. there will not be hundreds of thousands of people regardless of who wins or loses for going to find themselves making their way to the nation's capital to protest election.

i got to say i'm very angry at symone for putting al gore and the word lock box in my head.soon. when i look at polling, i see that 25% of voters say we need to hear more about kamala harris, not just who she is, but what she wants to do, and that's where the term specifics really comes into play here. i watched one of her answers, and she used the word holistic three or four times. when you're using holistic or holistically over and over again, you're not getting to the substance and the specificity that voters say they want to hear from kamala harris. i think that's true, whether you're talking about the economy or what substantively does kamala harris want to do. not tweets or speeches aside, what does kamala harris want to do with ukraine that's different than donald trump, i don't know the answer to that. >> i'm not going to be able to get out of my head, the question of what the bushism was there. gore was lock box, what was bush again, doug? >> gore was sign in the other debate, but strategery is what we remember. >> strategery. >> we know the biggest difference betwe

business leaders and he reaches out to that, didn't really pan out. >> i mean, i'll just tell you al gore smith, five years from 1993 to 1998, a 2000 page report they collapse can remind 800 agencies aid to $100 i was in the 2000 campaign for hours it didn't work out very well, right? it wasn't that good american public just doesn't really care that much about that when they have real concerns for their own personalized, they want the president to address jamal simmons, alyssa farah griffin. thank you. scott jennings, always up next to cnn exclusive investigation and how a man simple call to the police to help find his missing father ended up with him accused of murder and on a psychiatric hold, a cnn investigation ahead. we'll be right back. >> calm download the free app. now, the tempur-pedic breeze make sleep, fuel cool. >> so no more sweating all night or blasting the air conditioning he's the temper breeze feels up to ten degrees cooler all night long. don't miss our biggest sale of the year with savings up to $700 on select adjustable mattress sets. >> how do i love the let me count

a world in which these inpo decide something. a year ago at the un climate conference in dubai , al goree out, known and loved by everyone, and being a representative of a private company that fights global warming, he said, showed pictures, says, 300 satellites in the world are already flying and taking pictures and saying: here... for example, the oil pipeline of the united arab emirates company, there is a piquant situation there, that the head of the conference this year, he is also the minister of industry of the united arab emirates, and he is also the head of the oil company of this same country, well , that's how it happens, and he says: you see, this oil pipeline emits much more heat than the company actually says, a fine, a fine, and this is a private company, everyone signs up for it, well, what is wada today, this is it is also a private structure, authorized. some actions, it also says: dirty russian athletes, dirty, all of them, well, yes, of course, a fine, that is, get out of the olympics, what is fifa, it is also an international organization, but it makes global politic

i covered al gore and george w. bush.e from a halloween party when al gore donned the underdog costume, and he lost. she's a strong candidate, but neither candidate can take for granted where they are. kamala harris is not an underdog. she's a strong fighter that has donald trump on the ropes. that man is 78 years old, and so scared this week he's home. let's talk about that for a -- for a moment. >> i take your point, and howard dean knows it well. to the labor crowd, she might be saying let's keep working. to the general public she also need to project the confidence that she's ready to work on day one. howard dean, we'll take your responses to all of the above, and then this effort to go after harris. first, go ahead on everything. i think this stuff about the underdog, it's device to get people working, not to allow any over-confidence just because the polls -- at this point polls are ridiculous. they do show it's a very even race. that's about all you can tell. you know, as we know, the polls in the internet age have

the fact that al gore ran away from that record because the former vice president the election.oe biden's approval last time i looked was about 40%. noel is exactly right. the best thing joe biden can do for kamala harris and her new way forward is stay in the white house -- stay home, well said to. >> charles: thank you all very much, great conversation. later in the hour the harris campaign out w with the new ad taking a swipe at corporate america over high prices. can the vice president avoid taking the blame? gerry baker "wall street journal" here. first new protests breaking out today as columbia students in new york return to campus. will anything stop this? >> you're probably wondering if you're having deja vu but it's another year and more protests here at columbia university, this time two arrests and counting, all of that coming up after the break. >> we have been very clear this will not stop until columbia has a divested from its complicity in israel's of the palestinian people. you didn't start a business just to keep the lights on. lucky for you, shopify built the

and also, when we talk about underdog, i can't help but think about al gore, he used to say he was andog, and it was a close race then and look what happened. she's got to be careful about this underdog image. i remember what happened with al gore, his electoral college issue versus the popular vote, so she has got to keep clarity in front of her and fight against donald trump and get voters registered, make sure people go to the polls to have a win. >> with the harris momentum we have seen in the last several weeks since she became the new nominee for the democrats are republicans heartened that the polls haven't swung decisively or are they maybe panicking at the clear trends that are emerging with the women voters, young voters, voters of color on some of the issues that are going to be the most important of the election? >> probably both. as you point out, everything has dramatically shifted away from republicans. the enthusiasm has shifted away from republicans. and the contrast is not great. and yet after what has been probably the best five or six weeks in modern political hist

than any democrat has done at least in the final exit polls and all the post-election surveys since al gore in 2000, it's an excellent trade off. this as part of the reason why kamala harris is leading at least by a small margin, the average of the national polls, despite the fact that she's losing support among younger voters, she's gaining support among the most reliable part of the electorate. >> interesting. thanks, harry. thank you. >> jessica. >> and john joining me now is cnn political commentator and republican strategist, shermichael singleton and democratic strategist, matt bennett. thanks to both of you for being here this morning. shermichael, let's just start first with what he was just wondering. kate through. first of all he he touched on this, but those older voters our high-quality voters in the sense that they, they vote. so walk us through that. also, why do you think kamala harris is doing better with them? >> we look, did they do vote. they're older, they're more experienced. they've seen presidents come and go. they've seen good leadership, they've seen bad leadership.

then, as the 21st century opened, historian catherine al gore's, trailblazing book parlor politics madeus all reconsider and redefine power as utilized by america's founding. al gore's work positively shaped the amazing new books that poured out in the 2000s by wonderful scholars like patricia brady, joseph ellis, amy greenberg watson, catherine clinton. catherine sibley. christy miller. lewis. nancy burke young. barbara perry. myra gutting. maureen beasley wertheimer among others. that was some decade of scholarship. now, not long after that first university class interest spread well beyond the academy with children's books. novels, including one by james patterson, called the first lady, and books, journalists such as cokie rebecca boggs roberts, lisa mccubbin hill and kate anderson brower, journalists who write books about living first ladies based upon interviews with those who knew them, are an interpretive first wave and very for scholars. i'm thinking here of bernstein on hillary clinton, ronald kessler and laura bush. peter slevin and michelle obama, for example, susan page int

america will be proud to have a leader of such to succeed al gore as vice president of united states. i am grateful for senator john mccain. i appreciate very much his speech two nights ago. i appreciate his friendship. i love his spirit for, america. and i want to thank the other candidates who sought this office as well. their convictions have strengthened our party. i'm especially grateful tonight to my family. no matter what else i do in my life asking laura to marry me was the best decision i ever made. and to our daughters, barbara and jenna, we love you a lot. we're of you. and as you head off to college this fall, don't stay out too late. and email your old dad once in a while. where you and everybody loves, you. and so do i. growing up. growing up, she gave me love and lots of advice. i gave her white hair. and i want to thank my dad the most decent man have ever known. all my life i have been amazed that a gentle soul could be so strong. dad, i am proud to be your son. my father was the last president of a great generation in a generation of americans who stormed beaches, li

al gore conceded the election. that's the difference here. >> i agree with that. >> when people speak, it's fundamental, you need to yield to the will of the people -- >> then they will tell 37 house democrats and barbara boxer that. they knew there were not going to overturn the election. >> weldon -- >> the point is the candidate concedes. al gore presided over the vote of the certification of the vote. we need that from our leaders. >> what are you worried could happen if donald trump loses this election? do we see january sex or were? >> no. because this time around everybody will be forewarned, forearmed. there's no way that would be a genuine -- they designate january 6th when the congress will meet to receive the result. there will be plenty of preparations. i also think the good common sense of the american people will not stand for it. there will not be hundreds of thousands of people regardless of who wins or loses for going to find themselves making their way to the nation's capital to protest election.

the most important election of my life was probably the al gore and george bush vote. back then, seemed like we took off on a different pathway in this country that kind of changed our lives. this election, i don't think it matters. they are both pretty much the same. they may say things differently but it is pretty much all left up to the states. nothing about the corporations and the greed. i do say though it matters on who is our representatives in the house. you know, the majority. it does not really matter as long as there is a majority and they can get the votes passed. that is the problem right there. they stagnate when they get in the house and the senate and the votes do not go anywhere because no one is voting. the party differences. people go to the party lines and do not vote for their constituents. host: what do you think about this phrase? it does not only come up every four years or presidential elections. we hear it during the midterm elections as well. this is the most important election of our lifetime. do you think people hear that phrase so often en

for example, with al gore. that experiment did not work because instead of interacting with each other, to candidates would simply try to filibuster and just talk and talk over. this is what led to the muted mics. i think one can regard whatever notion of the debate, yet what we have is the ability for rest to hear from the candidates, to also see the candidates interacting with each other, responding to each other, and therefore we consistently find debate viewers come away much more informed, they know more about issue positions, they form an assessment of a candidate character from the debate performance, so these debate moments are quite useful for voters. host: diane in ohio, republican line, good morning. caller: good morning, thank you for taking the skull. there was a reference to i think two callers back now that made this statement that trump just bladders and bladders and this stuff. he does have that kind of personality but he doesn't mean half of it. they talk about what he's doing out in the open,

on age was preplanned, but the bush moment in the town hall debate where he gave the look—off to al gored. so moments happen organically, but they also are planned. you go into it thinking where you have distinct advantage or you have a weakness that you have to turn back and answer, so those are the things you think about in planning what you want the moments to be. so, keenan, what would you be advising kamala harris tonight? what should she be focusing on? thanks for having me. i would tell the vice president ofjust focus on her record. she has spent the last four years with policies that really improved the lives of the middle class, whether it's the bipartisan infrastructure bill, the inflation reduction act, she's got some really big wins with low unemployment, so lean on your record and return to your roots as prosecutor. she has been fantastic dealing with scammers and creditors and villains and folks who are slippery, and so she is experienced in that arena and she should draw on that experience for this debate. we have heard her actually compare the former president to some of

al gore was accused of inventing the internet, he didn't. john kerry was accused of being a war coward, not a war hero. with obama, sewing disinformation and distressed by saying obama wasn't born in america. and this is exclusively conservative problem. so my question is why are conservatives so willing to lap up complete and utter bs? is there something wrong with their brains? guest: [laughter] host: there is some research showing folks that identify as republican tend to be a bit more targeted for misinformation, and even sometimes susceptible to it. do you see anything about either these current campaigns or even just the way the media landscape is that could tilt misinformation targeting or perceptiveness one way or the other? guest: i'm not aware of anything that indicates that conservatives are more credulous when it comes to these things than other people. i wish this were exclusively a right-wing problem. unfortunately i don't think that is true. i think there is susceptibility to confirmation bias that is universal. there are fals

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you help prep al gore. harris is a prosecutor and a background as a prosecutor and she's very prepared. she's thorough in her preparation. he had to be agile in these moments. how do you think, looking at her background, what are you watching for? what do you think her background as a prosecutor will help her do and what might be a hindrance? >> trump's record against prosecutors is 0-34 and tomorrow i think it will be 0- 35. the first thing to note is the debate starts in many ways a comparative advantage for trump. it takes place in an empty auditorium. that's a familiar place to him these days, unlike harris. i think it's going to be a little hard for harris. the reason for that is, as a prosecutor, you focus on facts. i remember in high school and college debate, the heart is thing to debate is someone who doesn't believe in facts and has no respect for the truth. every time trump speaks, it's like the facts go on vacation. harris has to fact check him like it's a contact sport. this, for her the goal i

for example al gore and dan quayle that experiment did not work.h instead of interacting with each other candidates would try to filibuster and talk and talk over again and this is what brought us to the buyers. i think one can regard whatever it notion of true debate. yet, what we have is the ability for us to hear from the candidate, to also see candidates interacting with each other and responding to each other. therefore we consistently find debate doers come away with much more informed. they know more about the candidate issue position. they form assessment of the character from their debate thee performance. and so debate and counters are quite useful for voters. >> diane and ohio republican line good morning. >> caller: good morning. thank you for taking this call. it was in reference to think two fellowsha back now that made the statement trumps just barbers and blackbirds and yells. he does have that kind of personality. he don't mean half of it. they talk about what he's doing out in the open. they don't know what biden is doing behind closed doors? my god he's got this countr

when trump came over and stood behind, instead of george bush turning to al gore in 2000 going, like, what's wrong with you, man, and everybody laughing at al gore, hillary just sat there and didn't know quite how to react to it. she's talked about that a good bit. but he's always intimidated, blustered, broke rules through debates, town hall meetings, et cetera. but the headline says it all, "kamala harris has the measure of donald trump." which means he wants no part of her in a second debate. if he is stupid enough to debate her a second time, we know how it is going to end. >> of course, as we know, joe, he doesn't want to debate her because he's already won and she's desperate because she lost so badly to debate again. it's an extraordinary line that trump has stuck to since then. but she has the measure of him. you'll remember back to tuesday night, i think the moment where it really started to unravel for trump was when she talked about his crowd sizes and invited people to watch them. a unique thing in the history of presidential debates. watch their opponent's rallies. watch

cheney al gore lyndon johnson joe biden. no offence to those guys.roval rating was in the 20s, in then the donors handed her the nomination we are supposed to believe she's sensational all of a sudden. even oprah was bored. kamala staff quits to work with someone else, then there is people who work for someone else who quit to go work for trump. >> the trump campaign is talking to people like stephen kale. >> did you ever expect to be working on a political campaign? >> i did not know. >> reporter: the 33-year-old service technician from outside pittsburgh was motivated to knock doors after he witnessed the former president get shot at his rally in july. >> what i saw that day just wanted to help out. >> reporter: for him that means outworking harris volunteers and staying on message with younger voters as much as possible. >> i start off by talking about the economy, the cost of living especially if they are in college, paying higher prices for gas, utilities. >> jesse: this country took years to develop. generations fought, belt and created the gre

george bush when, you know, al gore crowded him he had a smerk on the face is because they crowded himhe says gore has done that. i don't care who has done that, get out of my face with that. when the moment comes you are like, oh, i have heard this. >> thank you very much for your time tonight, appreciate it. >> reporter: thank you, chris. >>> still ahead. did the debate move the needle? swing voters weigh in with their thoughts, first, the performance of kamala harris on the stage last night, how she was underestimated, cory booker joins me next on that was underestimated, cory booker joins me next on that dangerous ladders. gutter muck. yuck. no wonder you hate cleaning your gutters. good thing there's leaffilter. our patented filter technology keeps leaves and debris out of your gutters forever. guaranteed. call 833- leaffilter to get started. and get the permanent gutter solution that ends clogs for good. they took the time to answer all of our questions. they really put us at ease. end clogged gutters for good. call 833.leaf.filter, or visit leaffilter.com today. here's why you s

oh, you know, i want to send a message, well, you know what, i worked on -- i saw al gore and john kerry and hillary clinton when people thought they were just sending harmless messages. right? we need to treat seriously what it means to be a citizen and to vote in this country. so i worry about that between now and then. in the long run, what i worry about is that we are watching the republican party destroy norms in this country. there was a time not that long ago when someone like donald trump would have been just an an athema to either party. when running a candidate who had incited a riot in the nation's capitol would have been disqualifying. and instead we have watched the once grand old party of lip condoleezza rice turn into -- lincoln turn into a movement that is christian nationalist at its core and borders on north neofascism. i say that not lightly. i recognize what these words mean. and it is -- you have to be careful with your rhetoric. but when you look at someone who says he wants to weaponize the department of justice, he wants to control its prosecutor, he wants to pros

.>> not my favorite to be honest, i have others that i much prefer, including joe biden and al gore,nk about historically, it shows how attractive harris's candidacy was, i remember where i was and what i was doing for the obama campaign in colorado, watching powell indoors barack obama, i believe it was on meet the press on sunday morning when that occurred. i remember in 1992 when admiral william crow, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff endorsed bill clinton in 1992. that was really important. when you run an attractive candidacy, you get all kinds of people who come on and support the candidate because they realize how important the stakes are and they let -- say i support you. >> yes, i open it up, and cheney remains popular in parts of the mountain west, the deep south, arizona, where they are in a tight race, that is all very interesting. i want to thank you, coming up we have the harris money edge, we have the debate trap with new details, here on the beat. . ♪ ♪ [ engine revving ] oh now we're torquin'! the dodge hornet r/t. the totally torqued-out crossover. higher sh

determine what happened there, and many people ended up voting for -- thinking they were voting for al gore and didn't and to do it based on the data. but i think this is a triple win for trump today, and i think it's incredibly interesting what we are talking about. first of all sentencing now be moved to after the election in new york city, i think is an acknowledgement to maybe thirdly from democrats that they haven't been invading that they have what -- what they have been engaged in. but now you look at michigan and north carolina and i believe i'm correct right now, wisconsin would be the only ballot that rfk junior was going to be on. it's fascinating to me because democrats spent months, as you know martha doing everything they could to keep rfk junior from getting on the ballot. many endorsed trump and now they are fighting as hard as they possibly can to keep it on the ballot because they believe michigan, north carolina will be closed. it may be messy but i think it's the right result, if the guys not running for president then he should not be on the ballot and nobody should vot

we have seen this out of john kerry, we sought out of al gore.a harris thing shocked me because i always thought she travel on the short bus. i didn't know there were planes involved, i thought she was on that short yellow school bus with dislocated. but if you think of that, she has an alibi here. she can't fly commercial because she is worried about joining the mile high club with somebody's in any, not good. >> sean: that is cold! i'm sure everyone remembers when hillary clinton called trump supporters -- you may recall, deplorable spec in 2016, now she apologized for her comment and now she is doubling down. op-ed, "washington post" wednesday, clinton discussed her 2016 comment saying it got to an important truth. quote, if anything deplorable is to kind of word for the hate and violent extremism we have seen from some trump supporters. wow. i guess we are not very well-liked by hillary, are we? >> no, she should stick to what she does best which is xanax. this woman really is a stray cat we fed once. she is a stray cat that we fed once who w

george bush when al gore crowded him, he had this smirk on his face and he said that the smirk on his face is because his team had crowded him in the hotel room and said what are you doing? they said gore has sometimes done that. he said i don't care who has done that, get out of my face. then when the moment comes you are like, holy cow, i've heard this. >> philippe reines, thank you for your time tonight. >> thank you, chris. >> still ahead, did the debate move the needle? swing voters weigh in with their thoughts. first, the extraordinary performance of kamala harris last night and how she was underestimated. senator cory booker joins me on that, next. can your pad do that? see what foam can do for you. >> woman: why did we choose safelite? we were loading our suv when... crack! safelite came right to us, and we could see exactly when they'd arrive with a replacement we could trust. >> vo: schedule free mobile service at safelite.com. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ >> university of maryland global campus is a school for real life, one that values the successes y

senior citizens over the last presidential candidate than last democrat, to actually win seniors was al gore back in 2000. so it's been pretty much a generation before democrats guy since democrats got a majority of 65 plus year old voters, joe biden breaks that mold. there's something about him that seniors like either its familiarity or is the way he comports himself, or the fact that he fought for prescription drug price caps for them. but whatever it is, he's very valuable. and of course, of the ten states that have highest concentration of senior citizens, while one is florida, we all know, but one of the others is pennsylvania. so he's going to be a very valuable asset and we should expect to see him continue to campaign there with or without kamala harris at his side. >> so he is still very popular there, but is there some risks and some of these other states with biden campaigning with harris wisconsin later this week, jackie i think joe biden can help. >> he obviously won wisconsin, but i think what joe biden's greatest gift to harris has already passed, and that is clearing the fie

fortunately or unfortunately old enough to remember back to the last time we were in this position, when al gore was running for president, so you had secret service protection on h him, secret service protection on george w. bush and secret service protection on bill clinton. who took it upon himself in that election year to fly around the world. he went to places like africa, he went to vietnam, he went to columbia, egypt, among other places, which requires secret service teams to leapfrog over each other so they can provide security for him at every point along the way. it does involve the military, as well, but what is different between 2000, when they didn't seem to have any problem doing it, and now? >> the threat level. and i think that's what you were hearing the acting director referring to, was this heightened threat environment, not only here in the united states, not only from threats abroad like the former president's threats from iran based on the killing of general soleimani. they have found over and over, retribution for that. so how can he sustain that high level of operations f

through the election here, as would be the first democrat to carry voters aged 65 and older since al gore in into thousand. that new polling coming as vice president harris is campaigning out west today. she's holding a fundraiser in california before heading to a los vegas to a las vegas rally in the battleground, state of nevada. that's set for later tonight cnn's priscilla alvarez is joining us now from las vegas. and priscilla, what more are you learning about the focus for harris when she gets there to nevada? >> just got i've been speaking with harris campaign officials who tell me that what they're seeing on the ground here is that there are three particular issues that are top of mind for voters, the economy, housing, and reproductive rights. so all of those three will be themes throughout the course of the vice president's remarks at her rally here tonight. but this this is also an opportunity one that the campaign sees to try to shore up support with latino voters. as you mentioned there, the vice president has a lead on her republican rival, donald trump among that electorate,

that's how al gore wins the popular vote by 540,000 and does not become president.s how hillary clinton, who didn't just beat donald trump in the debates, she also beat him in the popular vote, by 3 million votes, did not become president. with the results being a 6-3 right wing supreme court, and the end of roe v. wade and affirmative action, more than 1,000 migrants children still separated from their parents, the unleashing of hate and americans dead from covid. the popular vote, meanwhile, is tilted the other way. because democrats tend to win large majorities of every group except white americans. who despite demographic changes are still 60% of the electoral and consistently vote 60/40 in republicans' favor. as long as republicans hold that 60%, they frankly don't need majorities of anyone else. the last time republicans won the popular vote, it was george w. bush in his 2004 re-elect and he got just 50.7% of the popular vote. all of that may give you some insight into donald trump and jd vance's strategy and why they don't really seem to be campaigning very m

lot of other vice presidents that i much prefer including joe biden when he was vice president and al gore. but i do think that if you think about histicly it shows how attractive harris's candidacy was. and i remember where i was and what i was doing for the obama campaign in colorado watching colin powell endorse barack obama on "meet the press" on sunday morning. >> it was. >> i remember in 1992 when admiral william crow, the chairman of the joint chief of staff endorsed bill clinton in 1992. that was important. and when you run like harris is run, you get all kinds of people that come and support the candidate because they realize how important the stakes are and they're willing to say, hey, i support you, and it opens it up. >> and cheney is very controversial tor many reasons. many places he's not popular. he remains popular in parts of the mountain west and deep south and arizona where they are in a tight race. so that is interesting. thank you, chai. >>> coming up, the harris money edge and we have debate prep with new details and a harris campaign aide only here on "the beat" toni

to carry voters age 65 and older since al gore in 2000, former president trump is campaigning in the battleground state of pennsylvania this afternoon. and cnn's jeff zeleny is at the rally in erie jeff, i know when we talked to you, it looks like he's still on stage behind you. he was there in the last hour. what's he focusing on during this rally? >> jessica, former president donald trump is entering the second hour of his speech here in hearing an eerie, of course, is a battleground within the battleground of pennsylvania if you look back at recent elections, barack obama won it twice in 2008 and 2012, donald trump won in 2016, and joe biden won it in 2020 drive having around this town, you see trump signs, you see harris wall signs that really sets the table for why this part of western pennsylvania is so critical. we've heard very little from the former press president in terms of his policies, his proposals for a potential second term, but he has been assailing his rival going after vice president harris intensively on it immigration and other matters and once again, her mental

when al gore ran into thousand zero, six of the ten counties voted democratic.ions, it's down to one county, one county, allegheny, the pittsburgh county. the only county voting democratic. the votes are absolutely essential in winning those votes requires them to spend time here. we just saw that the vice president spent the weekend here in debate preparation. that made perfect sense because it connected her to this region. but she's going to have to come back and go to the outlying counties, not to the city. hillary clinton made that mistake in 2016. she only went to pittsburgh. and she locked the state of pennsylvania. 6 million votes cast but she lost by 40,000 votes. that's all. she could have gotten those 40,000 votes had she campaigned in the outlying counties of pennsylvania. i will just add that i had a conversation with mike whatley, chairman of the republican national party, yesterday who said that when it comes to pennsylvania, donald trump wins it or loses the right here in western pennsylvania. norah? >> norah: it's an excellent point. john, have y

i was a junior lawyer on al gore's team in 2000, and when the supreme court decided the case the wayw, a lot of us were upset, but it was accepted. there was a lot of criticism to be sure, but nothing like what i think would happen today if the court did start to meddle. and so my hope is the court does the right thing and let people's vote case. that's, after all, what they did in 2020, what they did recently in a case years ago, moore versus harper. even just ten days ago in the nevada case, the nevada supreme court agreed with the democratic party that jill stein shouldn't be on the ballot. and the republicans, including a donald trump lawyer, tried to bring that to the u.s. supreme court. and the u.s. supreme court had none of it. so there are some signs for optimism, but you know, i think there is the real fear out there, and you know, i think my hope is that the court will do the right thing and let people's votes matter. >> hmm. while we have you as a -- as our legal expert, i wanted to turn to a very important story that sometimes gets buried. but the way the united states co

. >> absolutely and look, people like al gore have made hundreds of millions of dollars in carbon creditcredit swaps do a lot of damage to other sectors mainly the housing sector about a decade ago right? so this is just the newest fad and i'm not going to knock any company that gets involved because they want the government off its back and keep environmental activists out of their lobby, but this is just an enormous shell game and i think it's going to end poorly for the economy because eventually it's going to collapse. there's no valid value. there's no financial incentive to be involved in these none nonsensical schemes and we need adults in charge again. no more of these silly games. charles: before i let you go, on that note, it feels like considering what's at stake, because it feels like the nation that controls data centers and right now we've got the biggest lead will be the preeminent nation in the world do we call off the war on fossil fuels? >> absolutely we have to, and you know, kamala harris even knows that enough to win. i don't think she'll actually do it but she's cal

. >> john: now i covered the al gore campaign back into into thousand year and his stubborn insistence to talking point was infuriating but at least we tried to get some thing else out of him, it seems the folks interviewing kamala harris don't care about getting something else out of her. >> we all remember, he liked that mine. those interview questions yesterday and putting the head of the white house correspondents association, from "politico," yeah, i mean, you talk about they weren't even softball, they were t-ball if you put a beach ball up on the tee and no service to the american voters because we still don't know where she stands on the most important issues when it comes to the economy, crime, obviously immigration, and foreign policy. yeah, you are trying to make her look good but she is not winning any votes when you ask questions like that and she gives answers like she is trying to fill the time on a verbal book report until she can get on the minimum time limit. it does nobody any good. she has to sit down and do some actual decent questions. i would love to see her do a

. >> so look al gore convinced.ed many years ago said in a documentary he made that by 2013, all the ice caps will be melted . greta caps will be melted. greta thunberg said. five years ago in 2018 that, oh, in five years time, the world will end if we don't do anything about the climate. so we had prediction of the prediction of the prediction that says, oh, the world is collapsing and none of greta thunberg said that the world would end in five years time. and she actually didn't. it's very funny. >> yeah, exactly. >> yeah, exactly. >> i'm not to here defend greta thunberg, but she's certainly not a scientist. >> but he's got his point. is this alarmist? >> no, but i follow the alarmism. >> and look what you are doing. you are sacrificing. you are sacrificing everyday people. everyday people have to pay a much higher fee for energy. and on a you know, premise that, oh, the world will end soon, so we all have to pay higher costs. >> i never said the world will end soon. they said we're facing critical climate chang