harris in arizona tonight for just her second visit to the u.s.-mexico border since taking office is hoping to cut into former president donald trump's lead on the immigration issue. she is vowing to keep in place a recent biden administration crackdown on asylum requests and has promoted herself as tough on cross-border crime. >> so i'm the only person on this stage who has prosecuted transnational criminal organizations for the trafficking of guns, drugs, and human beings. >> she didn't go there for four years, now, today she shows up. >> reporter: trump, who has attacked harris repeatedly on immigration, knows arizona is key to victory in november. he lost here to president biden four years ago by just 11,000 votes. >> and we will close the border. we will stop the invasion. we will begin the largest deportation operation in american history, and we have no choice. >> reporter: the stretch of border in arizona accounts for just a small percentage of legal crossings and apprehensions. and foot track if traffic across the entire u.s.-mexico borde

he's now arizona's secretary of state. he told "the post" in response to that reporting, quote, the whole thing is an absurd sham to cover up direct efforts to intimidate voters. the effort's purpose, he said, is to intimidate voters, and we absolutely will not be cooperating with them. joining us now is arizona secretary of state adrian fontes. thank you so much for being here. nice to meet you in person. >> nice to see you too. >> everybody in the country has eyes on arizona, worrying about the kinds of not just contentious campaign stuff that is a healthy part of our democracy, but worried about voter suppression, worried about certification of the vote, potential intimidation of voters and people running the system. what should the country know about arizona this year? >> the same thing about the rest of the election officials across the entire united states of america. great civil servants who have been doing great work, and in arizona, they have been doing exceptionally good work for a long time. there's been a littl

>> i think they are obsessed with arizona because it is a battleground state and arizona was the locus, i am sure they would say, well, arizona is a border state, so we have a particular interest in maintaining the integrity of the process. well, fortunately and something that musk fails to note, arizona is one of few states in the country that has a documented proof of citizenship law in order to be able to vote a full ballot. so, while arizona according to musk is way behind every other state and refusing to do the basic securities we are actually ahead of most states and the numbers that were cited in his posts were wildly inaccurate. aside from that, i guess it was a productive post. >> you bring up a good point. i am glad you dismantled it the way you just did. it raises the point that, i mean, fraud lines, when you are one ever the richest men in the world and you have a platform like you said, hundreds of millions of followers, conspiracy theories nots to mention the attacks from people like stephen miller it is not just about the disinformation, what kind of danger does this pu

look, arizona, it's not a blue state. arizona's a red state.in the population and the makeup of the voter rolls in arizona because of the flood of california residents that can came over and moved to arizona and to north dakota, to be clear -- and to the nevada, during the pandemic. you'd think they would have left after a couple of 100-degree summers, but they're still there. [laughter] maria: and all those sandstorms. >> exactly. whatever hay call them now, i forget. i will say this really quick, you know, look what's happening, kari lake is struggling right now, so that's one issue, and the political advertising, the money being spent many if arizona is unbelievable right now. i think arizona's a complete toss-up, we'll see. maria: let's not forget that kari lake's opponent was the one running the whole hinge, the attorney general, now she's the governor -- >> katie hobbs. maria: that seems so una fair to me. you know arizona better than most, you grew up there. >> we left texas, went to arizona, and i just tell you, i don't know what's goin

i expect her to win arizona.election. >> i understand what you are saying about polls. they are all over the place, but there was something, 58% of people in arizona, support proposition 139. and that is the right to abortion initiative. of those people who support it, 87% support kamala harris. but 33% support donald trump. are we to think in arizona there are a healthy number of pro choice trump voters? what do you make of that? >> well i hope not. because he is the guy that took away this fundamental right from women in arizona and across the country. he owns it. he says he broke roe v. wade. there are women in other, across the country dying because of a decision donald trump made in his aggressive desire to go after this. he says he thinks women should be punished if they get an abortion and he wants to throw doctors into jail. i was just in georgia the other day, there was a woman there who had recently died because she couldn't get the health care she needed because of donald trump. she had a six-year-old

she's an arizona. right. could have gone to several border states, including the one where she was attorney general. she is in arizona, the democratic senator mark kelly, who spoke just a moment. go ahead of the vice president, told me recently he's confident that she can and will win arizona. he has a pragmatic in the current democratic party center, right? a member of the democratic party is he right he's right that she can. >> and i mean not so speakers with joe biden to the fore years ago. but because increasingly democrats are putting together correlate that should albeit republicans are letting them do so, nominating folks like kari lake that they think can really win there. i mean, for years ago and eight years ago, donald trump was saying tre was a problem on the border while democrats are really saying not so much, that's different now, there's no agreement that there is an issue that needs to be solved. the question for november will be who do you blame on that issue? and trump's telling will be the

harris traveling to the border in the key battleground of arizona. she's been closing the gap on donald trump's lead on the economy. now aiming to fight him on who would be most effective on border security, too. tonight, the campaign with a new ad. >> she put cartel members and drug traffickers behind bars, and she will secure our border. >> reporter: tonight, harris promising if she's elected, she will add 1,500 more border agents and officers, crack down on fentanyl smuggling and human trafficking, surge resources to the border. much of this was included in the landmark bipartisan border security bill that harris supported but that donald trump urged members of congress to tank, just as the campaign was heating up. >> donald trump called up those folks and said, don't put that bill on the floor for a vote. he blocked the bill, and you know why? because he'd prefer to run on a problem instead of fixing a problem. >> reporter: while apprehensions at the border hit a record high under the biden administration over 8 million. on the ground in nogales,

why are they so obsessed with you and arizona. >> i think they're upset with arizona because arizonalegations that there was a stolen election in 2020. now i'm sure that they would say well arizona is a border state and we have a particular interest in maintaining the integrity of process. and fortunately and something that musk fails to note. arizona is one of few states in the country that have a documented proof of citizenship law in order to be able to vote a full ballot. so while arizona according to musk is way behind every other state and is refusing to do these basic securities, we're actually ahead of most states and the numbers that were sited in musk's posts were unlikely. and aside from that i guess it was a proactive post. >> i'm glad you dismantle it the way you just did. and it raises the point that, i mean it's one thing for republicans to be spreading these voter fraud lies. but when you're one of the richest men in the world and you have a platform with hundreds of millions of followers. elon musk platforming these. >> i don't remember whether spider man or george w

candidates in arizona and nevada, we'll give those out there.epublican opponents about $22 million in both of those states. tonight we take a closer look at these two states. michigan and wisconsin where fundraising numbers are a little closer. >> michigan, y'all know how to win. you know -- >> bret: presidential nominees. >> i promise we will make wisconsin great again. >> bret: and senate campaign committees. >> we will make america respected again. >> our focusing time -- >> -- i believe in the people of wisconsin. >> bret: and money. >> from beer to brats and cheese and more. >> on two midwestern states. >> we see that the midwest is being recognized. >> when it comes to fundraising for senate candidates in michigan, elissa slotkin has 18.7 million more receipts than former michigan congressman mike rogers. >> if you listen to the biden-harris and slotkin agenda, it is more of the same. more ev mandates. more big government. >> bret: while more than half of rogers' funds come from outside of michigan. slotkin has the six most donations out o

now as the 2024 election approaches, arizona has more to contend with.ion officials and three battleground states including arizona received identical letters from the american conservative union and the letters explained the american conservative union plan to monitor ballot drop boxes and scrutinize those using them to vote and it prompted concerns from officials about privacy and the possibility of a voter intimidation. adrian is a former top maricopa official for elections and now is the secretary of state and he told the post in response to that, that the whole thing is an absurd sham to cover up direct efforts to intimidate voters by a bunch of cpac recruited vigilantes and they said it is to intimidate voters and we won't be cooperating with them. joining us now is the secretary of state and thank you for being here and it is nice to meet you in person. >> nice to see you too. >> everybody has i.c.e. -- eyes on arizona and not just worrying about a contentious campaign but worried about voter suppression and certification of the vote and intimidat

let's take you right now to tucson, arizona. people again lining up for hours, the former president soon will take to the microphone, and focus on voters number one issue, the economy, inflation, look whose here. fox news alicia acuna standing by live in tucson. wonderful to see you. what's happening now? reporter: hi, liz. folks here are actually getting pretty excited because as you mentioned, the former president set to take the stage here at the bottom of the hour. >> [applause] reporter: see? everybody is really excited. >> [applause] reporter: before donald trump even arrived in arizona he did announce on truth social that "there will be no third debate" so tuesday was it, but clearly, there will be plenty of events and rallies and the headline for this one is the economy and the high price of housing and we do expect former president donald trump to focus on illegal immigration and how that all ties into it. you know, if you drive about an hour south of where we're standing you be in the tucson sector. that is the border

in arizona, like arizona, many chose, many voters choose to vote by mail. can you tell the committee what protections arizona has in place to ensure mail-in ballots are going to voters at their correct mailing address and that the signatures on the ballots match the signature arizona has on file for each voter. >> mr. chair, first and foremost , i have to take coverage with the statement you made is there is fraud in every election that is just not true. it is never been proven. >> it is my time. you can verify to this committee if there is no fraud in any arizona election. 100%. >> an entirely different question that stating that there is fraud in every election. that is exactly what you said, sir. >> the time belongs to me. we can have an interaction but you have to allow me to continue on something that you brought up i do not see how there is a difference by saying there is fraud in every election and you cannot guarantee without fraud. i think that we have to be intellectually honest going forward the we deal with a constituency where not everyone abid

gabe gutierrez is in arizona. >> reporter: tonight, vice president harris landing in arizona for her first trip to the southern border in three years. also facing new criticism from former president trump as the immigration and customs enforcement director sent a letter to lawmakers revealing more than 13,000 migrants previously convicted of homicide are currently free inside the u.s. >> and i've been saying this from the beginning of the harris/biden disaster. what they've done to our country with this is inexcusable. >> reporter: a source familiar with the data tells nbc news, many entered the country prior to the biden administration and that i.c.e. lacks resources to find them. all of it after trump earlier today met with ukrainian president zelenskyy. >> a great honor to have you. thank you very much. >> thanks so much. >> reporter: trump calling it a great meeting. >> i also have a very good relationship, as you know, with president putin. i think that we can work out something that is good for both sides. >> reporter: meanwhile, here in rural cochese county, arizona, a senior

in arizona on the issues, arizona voters give trump a 15 percentage point advantage on immigration, 8n the economy. and harris a 15 percentage point lead on abortion. tomorrow harris is scheduled to visit the southern border at douglas arizona. trump travels back to the american swing states for rallies in michigan and wisconsin. bret? >> bret: and, rich, another court date today for donald trump's attorneys? >> yeah. another former presidential court date here he is asking new york state appeal courts to throw out or reduce the nearly half billion dollars judgment against him for inflating the dollar of his assets to get more favorable loan and insurance rates. the five judges on this appeals panel appeared skeptical and overreach from state attorney general letitia james from the penalty to the verdict itself. >> bret: okay, rich, thank you. israeli forces have killed another top hezbollah terrorist. the ongoing bombardment in to southern lebanon comes as u.s. and western allies push a 21-day cease-fire. israeli leadership meantime is resisting and just moments ago, air raid sirens

so we see this in arizona. i think what really matters here, though, is there's 45 days until the election, and kamala harris on every issue whether it's the economy, whether it's the border, whether it's women health care rights, arizonans are going to see shez absolutely without a doubt the right person to be the next president of the united states. so i expect her to win arizona. i expect her to win the election. >> when you talk about those issues, and just want to dig a little bit deeper. and again, i understand what you're saying about polls. they go all over the place, but there was a weird dynamic uncovered in this latest poll which is 58% of arizonians support proposition 139, and that is the right to abortion initiative. it's a ballot measure. of those people who support it, 87% support kamala harris, but 33% support donald trump. are we to think that in arizona there are a healthy number of pro-choice trump voters? and if so, what do you make of that? >> well, i hope not because he is the guy that to

the arizona mirror, tell us about it. guest: arizona mirror is a local nonprofit newspaper covering government and policy, part of the state room network, newsrooms in state capitals and i want to say 39 states across the country. we launched almost six years ago this month actually, right in the middle of the 2018 election cycle. we have our eyes focused on november 5, covering our election in arizona, a state that has long been deep red, now is a battleground state. host: since you have been doing this since 2018, what has changed from then to now? guest: politics in general across the nation has become more intense for people on all sides of all issues really. particularly in arizona, and activation of younger voters. our electorate has shifted pretty dramatically in the last 15 years, going from a lot more heavily white, retired voters into a lot of younger, particularly latino voters. the youth vote here has really turned out in ways that were unexpected the last six years, starting in 2018, repeating in 2020, 2022.

president trump in georgia, vice president harris headed to pennsylvania, and then to the border in arizona. and the new polling tonight, several new national polls showing kamala harris with a slight edge over donald trump, but within the margin of other record. and in the key battleground states, several states with donald trump with a slight edge, others with kamala harris with the edge. this is a very close race. here's rachel scott. >> reporter: tonight, in battleground georgia, former president donald trump zeroing in on the top issue for voters, the economy, promising that if he wins, the u.s. will scoop up manufacturing jobs from other countries. >> we're going to take their factories. american workers will no longer be worried about losing your jobs to foreign nations. instead, foreign nations will be worried about losing their jobs to america. >> reporter: trump says he'll bring business back home by slashing taxes and regulations, and by imposing sweeping tariffs on foreign imports, something vice president kamala harris says will drive up prices on everything from groceries to g

david: was it unusual to move from new jersey to arizona? why did they move to arizona?ed: it's a great story. my grandfather, who was a greek immigrant, grew up reading cowboy novels. when he came to america, he came to be a trail cook. he thought that was a real job in america. he ended up being a cook-cook, but he loved the american west and he always talked about it. he took one vacation in his life and it was to arizona. and he saw a rodeo and he wore a bolo tie every day until the day he died and talked about rodeo in arizona. so when he passed away, all eight of his kids moved to arizona. david: really? [laughter] so, how old were you when you moved to arizona? ted: six years old. david: did you say we are going to be watching the cowboys? what'd you think about that? ted: we did not see any cowboys. it was a pretty small town back then. david: what did your parents do? ted: my father passed away recently, but he was a union electrician, and my mom was a stay-at-home mom. she took care of myself and my three older sisters and a younger brother, who i just recently

arizona es el estado que tiene mÁs latinos elegibles para votar.ctivistas como alejandra estÁn convencidos de que el temor motivarÁ a que los latinos salgan a votar para el sheriff mark lamb. el temor llevarÁ a los indocumentados a salir del paÍs. >> i think that a lot of people will self support 11 they realize. hey, i don't want to end up in you know being held accountable because under title height. it's against the law to come into this country illegally. so it is going to be a big process a heavy lift. it's going to be very uncomfortable. >> maÑana les presentaremos 1/2 de esta serie desde arizona con testimonios de familias hispanas que nos cuentan cÓmo viven la posibilidad de que donald trump haga realidad su plan de deportaciÓn masiva. si regresa a la casa blanca. y con esto nos despedimos. muchas gracias por acompaÑa. que pasen muy buenas noches. los dejamos con la isla de desafÍo dejamos con la isla de desafÍo extremo. buenas noches. - nos vamos con waka y le decimos: "waka, es tu turno". - adrián sigue con sus movimientos maquiavélicos.

reportera: en douglas arizona, claudia ramos, univisiÓn. jorge: kamala harris estÁ en arizona.amala harvest? que ver con el voto latino y hace un mes lideraba el voto latino por 18 puntos. jorge: la mayor parte de los latinos esta con ella. reportero: o una las grandes temas que ha sido un ancla para ella es el tema migratorio. expresÓ que harris estÁ enfrentando inestabilidad en la frontera ahora mismo. tal vez ... Él estÁ gastando tres veces mÁs dineroen publicidad en televisiÓn en nglÉs y en espaÑol. si es donald trump o harris llega neri zona podrÍa ser determinante para ganar la casa blanca. y el voto latino lo podrÍa definir arizona.. reportera: el alcalde de nueva york se presenta en corte y se declara no culpable de los declara no culpable de los cargos que enfrenta. cuando hueles el aroma sorprendente de los flings de gain... el tiempo se detiene. (♪♪) y te das cuenta de que estás enamorado... ¿pete? de un detergente de ropa. flings de gain. no es broma, es un gran aroma. el cambio está en el aire. el virus que causa covid-19 ha cambiado, por lo que las vacunas contra

arizona. i'm glad you're with us for that. i thought it was a really interesting speech. and that does it for all in on the week. alex wagner is here. >> i feel the up note on your voice. for the week. and i'm out. >> for the week, i'm out. >> and there's going to be a lot from that kamala harris speech that we're going to be unpacking in the next hour as well. >> i thought it was a really interesting speech. it's a rich text as we might say in a college seminar. >> yes, you're not going to be tuning in you're going to be listening on your ifv as you're walking out. all of you out there, don't go any where. elon musk is hiring everywhere. arizona, nevada, mainly those swing states because the job is to canvas door to door for donald trump. let me clarify. technically it isn't elon musk who is hiring here. it's the super pack mr. musk created and the one he funds and it's called the america pack. and technically this pack is not canvassing for donald trump. they're just canvassing door to door

he took one vacation in his life and it was to arizona.e saw a rodeo and wore a bolo tie every day until the day he died and talked about rodeo in arizona. when he passed away, all eight of his kids moved to arizona. david: how old were you when you moved to arizona? ted: six years old. david: did you say we will be watching the cowboys? what'd you think about that? ted: we did not see any cowboys. it was a pretty small town back then. david: what did your parents do? ted: my father passed away recently but he was a union electrician and my mom was a stay-at-home mom. she took care of myself and my three older sisters and a younger brother, who i just recently lost. david: when you were a boy, what were you interested in? did you want to be an athlete, an artist, what did you want to be? ted: from the earliest i wanted to be a journalist. from probably 10 years old or so. i love movies and television. my parents were young, the house was pretty chaotic. i kind of like the order and i kind of liked the order that i saw on television. i like

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get to show her the arizona border.out an issue she cares about that she has worked hard on, while in the white house as vice president. she worked with us to try to pass a bipartisan border security bill. democrats and republicans coming together, but donald trump would not allow my senate colleagues, republicans in the senate, to do anything on this issue. told them they could not vote for it, so they ran away from it. when she is president we can sign that legislation into law. >> have to ask because you know what it is like to run a senate race in arizona and you are familiar with the top of the ticket. the polling also shows that the democratic for senate is leading kari lake 49 to 43%, a 6% margin. while harris is trailing, the democratic senate candidate is ahead. can you talk about that dynamic? do you see ticket splitting being a phenomenon in arizona? >> there is always going to be that. there was a little bit of that in my race. when you compare ruben gallego to kari lake, he is a veteran, u.s. marine who ser

so women in arizona know that she is on their side. and i think because of that reason, they're going to turn out and kamala harris and and governor walz are going to they're going to win arizona. they're going to win this election center of kelly. >> i appreciate your time. thank you very much still ahead. >> thank you. >> yesterday, it was exploding pagers today. walkie talkies, new details on a second round of remotely detonated explosive devices targeting hezbollah in lebanon a live report from beirut saturday at nine on cnn memory and thinking issues, keep piling up it may seem like normal aging, but could be due to a buildup of amyloid plaques in the brain. the sooner you talk to your doctor, the more options you may have learned more at amyloid.com made to chase your passions we were made to put them in a package time has come for a fresh approach to dog food every day. >> more dog people are deciding its time to quit the kibble and feed their dogs fresh food from the farmers dog made by that and delivered right to your door. pr

cnn poll in arizona. it was 14 points. donald trump led men by kamala harris, led women by three but if she watched the rest of that town hall, the questions we're all about prices, immigration, and taxes. that's the way for donald trump to grow his vote with women's to talk about how prices under this administration are out of control. >> brad todd, thank you. occurrence from kinzinger. thank you. eva mckend and gretchen carlson. great to have you here. thank you so much. as both republicans and democrats argue over whose rhetoric is more inflammatory torri following the apparent second assassination attempt against trump, i'll speak to arizona senator mark kelly, who knows all too well. how dangerous or politics can be false. >> cnn is taking a break from breaking news to air. have i got news for you? breaking news. i'm getting a sandwich. we need to talk about what constitutes breaking news. her via got news for you saturday at nine on cnn and streaming next day on max. >> there's an ipo ball on prime it's on all thursd

across arizona -- county, across arizona and beyond. i am thankful for her commitment to both protecting families and the integrity of our legal system. and with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from iowa, dr. miller-meeks, for five minutes. mrs. miller-meeks: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to recognize the life of mr. david lee ireland. david died on september 17 following a lock battle with cans -- a long battle with cancer. he spent his professional life protecting and serving the people of iowa as a police officer in lee county -- in the lee county sheriff's office. when he was not working, he was collecting antique model t memorabilia or enjoying the outdoors with his wife, canoeing on the mississippi river. david was also a life-long member of the boy scouts, achieving the rank of eagle scout, the highest rank in the boy scouts. and eventually seeing both of his sons achieve the same rank. he later served as scout master for troop 30 in mon

joining us now, cochair of arizona republicans for harris, the mayor of the city of mesa, arizona, johnto be with you. >> i love this part of the speech that what has been left behind is something that republicans don't owe anything to. it is less than. it is the dregs of what was once the republican party. and i wonder if you find that persuasive? >> well, it's accurate, and for people who approach the issue in good faith, i think that they recognize that that's clearly the case. you know, i have been a republican my whole life, and there was always a far right component to that party, and i would go to republican meetings and sometimes feel out of place because the far right always had a loud voice in the republican party, but things have changed. that element has taken over the party, and two years ago, people like kari lake literally were telling mccain supporters to get the hell out of the party. so the tent has really shrunk in the republican party, and it's now at the point where we don't have two healthy parties in our country any longer. i think it's important for people like m

back seven or eight years, you argued the arizona state legislature against the arizona independent redistricting commission, kind of an early with of the independent state legislature doctrine that had to do with, for people i don't remember that case, was obviously a very important case, but it did not break through into everybody talking about it. but, the people of arizona had taken away the redistricting power from the legislature and given it to an independent commission. the legislature was not happy. they challenged it in court as a violation of the elections clause. which, as you recall from the run up last term provides, and i wrote it down so i could recite it, the times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof. congress may, at any time by law, make or alter such regulations. the question was whether the devolution of this power from the legislatures commissioner violated the constitution. the court, by a vote of 5-4 said no over a very robust dissent from chief justice roberts. a question ab

paul argued that case on behalf of the state of arizona. came out 5-4. texas for governor abb texas for preemption. this morning, the department of justice filed a complaint against the state of texas for governor abbott's recent invocation of the suppose it right of the state to control this border. so, we can talk about that, they are willing in a little bit. let me just throw out, to begin a couple of more general, not case specific questions. i'm going to screw democracy at the podium, arguing the rules of politics as a topic that deals with what you might call democracy cases, voting rights, and other cases that go to the heart of our democracy. we have an elephant in the room, and i'd be happy to talk about it, not sure if they will, but we will leave that up to them. the section 3 case, obviously. what is a democracy case, in your view, and how is it different? how is framing and arguing such a case difference from a case involving high-stakes for corporation, or other private party, because you certainly have those too? paul, do you want to tackl

it still in arizona.ow in california particularly in the san diego sector where bill melugin spent some time and you been out there as well and that's where we see particularly people that are on the terror watch list crossing, the majority of the people on the terror watch list, to the sector. there is a national security threat in a public safety threat and now you have numbers coming out with the administration pushing back, why, they don't want us to know. jackie: of course not, they're saying let's go back a decade. let's go back six years, let's go back to 2018 and here kamala harris chanting ch. [shouting] jackie: jason. jason: if she wants to solve this problem she should be out there advocating get ready for sanctuary cities and century states, chris coons has a lot of nerve saying a lot of these people are incarcerated right now, the problem with the sanctuary cities and states, they will have somebody that is here illegally convicted of a crime and they won't cooperate with ice, they cannot do

who do arizona voters blame for the crisis at the border?kamala harris and joe biden because they are the right people that have ruined the border and have an open border policy. i find it interesting that she's going to douglas, arizona, because there's a great photo of where the wall actually stops right ind in douglas, arizona sl these illegal migrants can cross right over and i suppose she's not going to pose in front of that place because it was her and president biden that stopped construction of the border wall. david: well you never know. history is being rewritten as we speak, congresswoman, but getting to today's polls coming out of arizona. trump does have a slight lead. the average is 50% for trump, and 49% for harris, but on issues, it's very interesting. the number one issue that voters care about according to a poll preserving democracy. 27% go for that and 26% for inflation. 21% formation. of course preserving the democracy, democrats feel they own that issue. are they right in that suspicion and are you surprised that that's

/mexicong border today in arizona.r first time since becoming the nominee to visit the border. what are you expecting? >> yes today kamala harris is going to be calling for tougher border restrictions inn his speech in douglas, arizona. that's about 120 miles southeast of tucson paid the second largest port of entry there. and then she's going to be continuing thee message we head her during the debates and elsewhere on the campaign trail and she says hey, we have a legislation that would have been the toughest border measures restrictions on asylum-seekers in decades. former president donald trump block the legislation that's why it wasn't past pritchett that's what she's going to try to hammer trumpmp on this issue. immigration, if you looking at polling is still an issue she is struggling with. she has improved somewhat compared to her bidenov was with the nominee but still alive. in polling today from usa today suffolk university we have a new poll out that shows her down six points donald trump in arizona. obvious

now, either way, this is a visit to arizona, a battleground arizona, which as you mentioned in the polls, the former president holds a slight lead on, but it would be significant if during that visit which we anticipate on friday, the vice president also added that border stop absolutely, priscilla. thank you very much with your breaking reporting all right. a panel here with me, but christo, let me just start with you look, the numbers are low right now, and that's something that biden administration has been trumpeting. however, during the overall biden ministration, the number of illegal border crossings is north of 7 million. that's a lot. just to state the obvious. so the question is bill, whether a trip to the border will help her or not? what do you think think it could help us get hurt. >> biden so badly on the border was partly that a lot where people were coming across it. it's very difficult issue. but also he seemed not to care. he didn't want to address it. people didn't visit it that often. there's a sense that while he just doesn't take this issue seriously, i think if vic

how do you look at arizona? when you look at arizona, what do you think? >> you look at that border trip today and it wouldn't be my first choice as a progressive but the campaign would respond, we are not rightly thinking about yogis. you are going to vote for kamala harris anyway. we will think about the people who are undecided and on the fence. i'm sure they have indications that the immigration issue is one that they need to continue to resolve with some of those people. we are getting into the phase where data will play a huge role. you will have early votes coming in and good campaigns will track those and know if their people are voting and who is not voting and of those people letting them know. what are the messages that are going to move you? it will play a giant role. >> roger, the argument over and kamala harris is telling the truth. donald trump killed the senate immigration bill. that happened. he is trying to rewrite history. and i'm not suggesting that there is any validity to the argument he is making but truth matters a month before the

today, arizona republicans for harris announced 90 new endorsements.licans who are now voting for the democrat. >> bob and i voted for donald trump. >> i voted for him twice. i won't vote for him again. january 6 was a wake-up call for me. >> we have already seen what he has to bring. >> he didn't do anything to help us. kamala harris, i think she's got the wherewithal to make a difference. i've never voted for a democrat. the >> the choice is very simple. i'm voting for kamala harris. >> joining us now, the republican mayor of mesa, arizona, john giles. he is the co-chair of the arizona republicans for the harris-walz advisory committee. thank you very much for joining us tonight. i was quite struck seeing you speak at the democratic convention. i can't imagine what that was like for you as a republican to do that, but more importantly, as we come in for the final days of the campaign, what are you saying to arizona voters who you know are not yet in the spot you are and ready to vote for kamala harris? >> thanks for the opportunity to be here, lawren

what is it that people of arizona would like to hear? >> senator kelly: a lot of issues in arizona.d women in arizona to bounce back and forth between one really bad abortion ban and another. it's been really tough. that issue is going to be on the ballot. people have an opportunity to vote on this. >> stephen: there's a resolution. >> senator kelly: there is a resolution. i would say that issue in this election looms pretty large. the other issue is the border. we are a border state. border security is very important to me, it's important to arizona. donald trump is the guy who killed the bipartisan border deal. we had times when it's been a crisis at the border and we finally came together, democrats and republicans working across the aisle the way the senate and congress is supposed to work and we had an agreement. it's really unfortunate that the former president, donald trump, told republicans in the senate that they weren't allowed to vote for this and the reason is he realizes that he needed this for the election so he doesn't actually want to solve this problem. just wants t

he's from arizona and building up his brand as an independent entity. lake, you're always going to have trouble. she's an election denier, she's tried to sand down the rough edges. but people remember what she was like running as this extremist in 2022. i think there is no doubt, to answer your initial question about the -- you know, the republican and democratic coalitions kind of changing composition here. our polling shows that the typical, undecided, uncommitted voter, kind of, you know, with a soft preference for either candidate who is still persuadable is more latino, more black and younger than the typical, undecided, uncommitted voter. so there is a change happening here. how much that sticks between now and election day, you know, we just don't know. but it would be a fallacy for any democratic candidate to say that that's just not happening. >> yeah. all right. so, mark, this was an additional part we were talking about in "the new york times" poll that came out over the weekend. we also just got a new part in our nbc polling of registered vo

as of this morning we've already registered 11,700 folks just in arizona.nel, thank you to the panelists on that exclusive interview with julie chavez rodriguez, campaign manager for the harris campaign; voto latinos co-founder maria theresa kumar; and california senator alex padilla. we'll be back with more on that exclusive interview here on "comunidad del valle," stay with us. e, powerful interview, a panel discussion with julie chavez rodriguez, the campaign manager for the harris campaign, also the granddaughter of cesar chavez; us senator alex padilla; and the co-founder of voto latino, maria teresa kumar. damian: is that the organizing part of you that--the knocking on doors, face-to-face conversations. julie: oh, yes, and we know--i mean, look, this election is gonna be close. we have seen, you know, just how close 2020 was. we know that we're gonna win this election on the margins in all of our battleground states. and we know that latino voters make up the percentage of what we need to win, especially in states like arizona, nevada, pennsylvania,

the path to maintaining the senate majority runs through arizona. an election denier, carrie lake. we also have very competitive congressional seats we lost in 2022 by very tiny margins and we are set to flip them now. and we also have one of the closest state legislators in the country. and we are set to flip the legislator for the first time in over 60 years. these are huge, would be huge gains to arizonans across the board. people, when you talk about the concept of the plan, and you talk about what vice president harris offers arizonans, small businesses, that is like the foundation of our state, small businesses. i think people are sick and tired of the race's rhetoric being perpetuated by the republicans and republican party in arizona and donald trump. people want to return to decency. they want good, union jobs, which the biden-harris administration has been at the forefront, protecting our union jobs, fighting for workers and union families. i think people, we are seeing this across the board when i travel around the state, people want some

maricopa county has about 59% of the votes in arizona. i learned yesterday i would be registering some folks next week. i was told that there is a four-week six week lag or delay on new voter registration in maricopa county. we had our attorney general, chris mays, won by something like 280 votes. if new voters are going to be one of the reasons why kamala harris wins, it is unacceptable that maricopa county is behind by four weeks to six weeks. they told me anyone who votes who is registered to vote, the deadline is october 7, they will have to do a provisional ballot at the vote center. apparently, they won't find out if their vote counts for four to six weeks until after they registered. has anyone looked into this? this really concerns me. we are very tight in arizona and it's upsetting that harris is dropping in the polls. this could be a real big problem, a big story in arizona, if it is voter registration that causes her to lose. guest: i had not heard about that, but obviously it sounds like you are saying even if people get regis