what do you think of james carville's advice? look forward. you think about what lindsey graham is saying? >> i think it's good advice from both of them. i did my first campaign with carville 40 years ago and i've learned more from carville than anybody else i've worked with in politics. at 80, he is still really good and he's not running for president but can still be a good consultant. the thing i think that is smart that he said is that it has been a mistake for democrats to constantly talk about how dangerous trump is because that just feeds his superpower. that makes him bigger. what james is saying is laugh at him and that diminishes him. just make fun of him. make him weird. that whole thing is really working, i think, and i think there is a lot of value in that. he also makes it very clear that the challenge for harris is that she is incumbent but she has to be the change candidate. >> that's tricky. >> very tricky. she is in the position of saying it's time for a change, stay the course, you know, because she is the incumbent vice pres

what do you think of james carville's advice? and what he think about what instagram is saying?aign with james carville four years ago and i've learned more from him than anyone else i've worked with in politics. at 80 years old he's really good. you can still be a good consultant. what is really smart is and has been a mistake for democrats to constantly talk about how dangerous trump is. it makes him bigger. would james is saying is laugh at him and it diminishes him. make him weird. that thing is really working. and i think there's a lot of value in that idea. and he makes it clear that the challenge for harris is she's in the position of saying, it's time for a change, stay the course. but i think she's done an artful job separating herself from joe biden respectfully and coming out with new policies and torching her own way and it's the freedom agenda and it separates her and that's really smart. >> what you think? >> i think he's absolute right. trump has been getting embarrassed over and over again since kamala harris became the nominee because there is such a distinction

and james carville has some unsolicited i think advice for kamala harris, the famous democrat outlined three impairment hurdles for her to beat donald trump. the first carville says, is that harris has to let trump sink himself at this next debate the next one harris needs to highlight her policy differences with president biden, something that she has yet to do and finally, harris must show that she has grown out of some of her political stances when she ran for president in 2020 with us now is pollster frank luntz. he's joining us in our fifth seat at the table a frank, first of all, do you agree with those three points from james carville and is that really the formula for this next debate for her? >> i'm not convinced. i'm going to follow a james carville says because he's had years here's her success. but that said trump's strongest position right now is the policy differences between between him and harris inflation, which i call affordability immigration which i. talk about national security and sense of safety and security. these are areas where trump has the advantage if it's

legendary democratic strategist james carville is standing by.s, another weekend, another threat from donald trump to jail his political opponents if he wins in november. and also today, andrew wiseman is here to talk about judge measure mechan's decision. >>> okay, everyone. here we go. we are 58 days officially out from the election. we are two days out from the first debate between kamala harris and donald trump. and as if we needed any more evidence of just how important that first face-to-face meeting could be, we've got plenty more in just the past few hours this morning. a brand new poll from the "new york times" out just this morning, shows the race virtually tied. not a huge surprise. as we've said many times on the show, national polls don't matter. we've also got brand new head- to-head polls in some battleground states as well. here they are from cbs news. michigan, harris up 51-49. pennsylvania, tied. wisconsin, harris up 51-49. all within the margin of error. look, kamala harris had an incredible summer. incredible. no one should de

she says, yes, to a second debate, the former president says, no political power couple paul james carville and mary matalin join us for their take on the campaign plus the latest from israel and lebanon after the deadliest israeli airstrikes on hezbollah targets in a generation good evening. thanks for joining us, the former president is holding the second of two events today in western pennsylvania, his trip through the commonwealth shadowed by a mobile billboard for the democratic national committee many reading, there's no debate. donald trump's a chicken. the message alluding to his decision to opt out of a second debate with vice president harris, the faceoff would err on october 23 on cnn again, she's already said yes and invited him to do the same joining me on the debate stage let's have another debate is more to talk about him. voters of america deserve thing here the conversations that i think we should be having on substance on his shoes, on policies well, his answer now is no. and here's how he justified it she's done one debate i've done two it's too late to do another. >> i'd

james carville. thank you. very bad i don't like to join them do you get sick of people asking you, what, how do you live together because there's a lot of folks who, who are have you know, these dynamics and their families and they find it hard you have a pretty good we talk politics lead to advise on this every week i was 40, he was 49 when we got married. that's not a conventional marriage. i got accidentally pregnant if 42 that's not conventional. so who are we to say? and also, why don't want to think like him and he doesn't want to think like me if two people think the same, then they have a redundancy in their marriage. there's nothing redundant in this liaison that we have, you know, since the dawn of time how will you been married for 30, calling it a little like it's still like okay. >> anderson, that's what keeps the merits healthy. if i can think of it as a liaison, which i can honestly at world, since the dawn of time have tried to explain romance and they're still trying to explain it. said i did

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that's james carville's here. all right. so if all the things that we need to on, i think, by the way, to crime rates dropping almost to historic levels and i keep hearing trump talking about rising crime. i don't know what he's talking about. i hear people talk about these urban. and i'm sitting here in chicago and tell your truth. that's a pretty nice setting. it's james. james. 30, 30, 30 people were shot this weekend. five are dead. not exactly safe. i have scrolled the names of people shot, shot and killed in the city. let me ask a couple of i think what are very extreme positions of kamala harris. >> do you do you think it's a good idea when she says to ban and drilling? do you think that's good for our economy to do that? no, i don't. all right. i got one concession on fracking as a transition thing and i don't think she has that position today. and i think human beings evolve and i think they have experience. i know that many things that are thought for us in 2008, i point out president obama and secretary clinton we

. >> and i want to ask you about something that james carville road today. he was he's essentially giving harris advice and a new york times opinion piece. we'll see if she takes it or leaves at the democratic strategist saying that she should let him talk over her, that she shouldn't go to him and to spouting insane conspiracy theories about the election, use her sense of humor at key moments to get under his skin, show that he's not getting to her. and also welcome the personal attacks as a badge of honor. is that the strategy you think she should take? >> i do agree with james carville that the more that she stays calm and deflect his almost certain to come unpleasant negative personal attacks. the more she just brushes it off and makes it clear that he's not getting under her skin the more likely it is that he will spout some of his more unhinged conspiracy theories, some of his views on the world. and society. if you watch his campaign rallies they are long, rambling unfocused diatribes. he has in recent weeks taken long time to talk about whether he'd

take away theerment of the people who are there. >>> meanwhile, long time democratic strategist james carville new opinion piece in "the new york times" with the headline kamala harris's best strategy to defeat trump. carville writes in part, there are three imperatives ms. harris must pursue successfully to become the certified fresh candidate at the ballot box in november. number one, help mr. trump hurt himself in the debates. in the september 10th debate, ms. harris must enable exactly what his campaign is scared to death of -- letting trump be trump. she should let him talk over her, not just let him but goad him into spouting insane conspiracy theories about the previous election. number two, break from president biden on policy. for ms. harris to break from mr. biden more explicitly than she has done so far would not be an insult to his legacy. rather, it shows even more sharply that she is passionate about her own ideas and represents change rather than more of the same. number three, display a clear growth mind-set from the 2020 democratic primaries. the rhetoric can be simple, i lear

today in "the new york times," james carville and republican senator lindsey graham lay out what theyfor their candidate at next week's debate and in the race overall. carville tells kamala harris to help trump hurt himself. writing if there's one thing americans love, it's a train wreck. that's why we're addicted to dance moms and the real housewives franchise. this time, mr. trump must be the train wreck and it's on miss harris to lay the tracks. graham meantime advises trump to focus on policy, not petty fights. writing the road to the white house runs through a vigorous policy debate not through an exchange of barbs. joining me now, michael hardaway. and john kasich is back. is it that simple for harris? let donald by donald? >> yes, let him talk, please. we don't want the mikes cut off at the debates. give him a microphone and let him ramble on and aliens and spacecraft. >> very few people can go off on six or eight tangents and bring them back together. >> he's gaslighting us as he should. he can't articulate any policies so that is his biggest issue even with supporters, which

what she really needs to do and james carville has alluded to this as well. you have got to turn the page. how do you turn the page? she is going to say well, i was vice president. at the same time look at my number plan got this new $50,000 credit, if you start a small business. and some other stuff. it's just to sweeten the pot to get people to take a look at her. and to try to differentiate herself from joe biden. >> ainsley: donald trump has to just continue to remind the voter of what she stands for. i don't think it's about separating herself from biden. >> what does she stand for? she has changed everything. >> decriminalization of illegal immigrants. stands for taking away your insurance. she stands for medicare for all. we all know she hates fracking. she has always been anti-fracking until she just flip flopped. she wants everyone to drive an ev. she wants to raise taxes. when it comes to your groceries. all of these high prices are under joe biden and kamala harris. that's what she stands for. there is no separating herself from joe biden. because

cheryl: also too, i want to point this out, chris, that james carville, former advisor to bill clintonpresident bill clinton, wrote a very extensive op-ed, making his suggestions of what she needed to do. he said she's got the praying from biden publicly on major policy. she is doing that which we're going to get into during the show. she made several flip-flops. she is trying to distance herself. this poll says the voters don't yet believe her. >> i think you're right on. when she's in the spice shot, that published 800 words on republicans don't shop here, and then let's not be divisive, it's a hard mix. i think what bernie sanders ultimately said, she's only saying certain things because she wants to appear different just to get elected. i think this makes people say this is the same old story. cheryl: we're going to the talk about of bernie sanders. the candidates are preparing for the debate. this is if the first time they'll be face-to-face. she said she's never met donald trump in person. they're going to be on the national stage tomorrow night. this is the abc debate. voters co

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. >> democratic strategist james carville is joining us. james, thanks so much for joining us. what do you make first of all, of these rather disparaging comments from the former president well, maybe i'll go to washington, north carolina, brings some paper towels and throw them at people. if you remember his response to the puerto rico her carrying else is so classless and so expected it doesn't even are used to get mad at this kind of stuff. i've no longer getting mad what else can he say? he gets contradicted by a republican governor of georgia this is just expected. i mean, i think the guy is really diminished and by the way, after vice president was born that way, why didn't she beat him 100 to nothing in a debate, he became be very smart if she was born in paired and wipe the floor the abc debate i think at some point we're just gonna have to start taking these pictures and let them go by because i don't think it particularly effective in our cnn poll of polls, the latest one, kamala harris has a slight lead over50 to 47%, but she lags behind biden's performance with many

and democratic strategist james carville wrote this in the new york times. he's got an op ed there today saying, if there's one thing americans love, it's a train wreck. just over two months ago, we witnessed one in real time, and it led to the humane revolt against a sitting president's reelection campaign by his own party. i guarantee a lot of voters are salivating for a second round. only this time, mr. trump must be the train wreck. and it's on. miss harris to lay the tracks. do you think that's the right approach? the last time around, you know, we saw the president have some mental lapses in that last debate that obviously led to him leaving the democratic ticket, but it really overshadowed the fact that donald trump had falsehood after falsehood in that debate. and president biden sort of got in the way of that. does kamala harris need to do the opposite of that next time around? and a week from >> so first of all, and i love james carville, but americans want a little more than a train wreck, right now. they want someone in the presidency who's going

that's the famous expression from james carville, who was the advisor to bill clinton back in the 1992 election. robert, does that still apply? it's the economy, stupid. and in terms of the selection, are we talking about all the comic issues or is it very specifically inflation prices and the cost of living? i think it's a oh, a economic variable. so certainly inflation is high in the minds of many voters. but uh, i think the overall status of the economy is critical. and whether or not the federal reserve succeeds in achieving a saw planning for the economy. today we had a good jobs report that's uh, that's helpful. but we've had rising unemployment now for 6 or 8 months, and that's a, that's a bad indicator. so we don't know how the economy service providers, particularly 2 months out from now when they actually go to the polls. to eric, there are so many issues in the us election campaign i you would probably agree economy stands that actual near the top, but rank it for, for me, what are the other key issues? why would you say that they are in, in both his minds, health care, abor

cheering joe, there's been a rush to the centre ground, let me read you this from james carville. " ms the debate next week? ~' ,., prepare for the debate next week? ~ ,., . prepare for the debate next week? ~' . j week? i think so far, they've done well- — week? i think so far, they've done well. look, _ week? i think so far, they've done well. look, i— week? i think so far, they've done well. look, i agree - week? i think so far, they've| done well. look, i agree with week? i think so far, they've i done well. look, i agree with a lot of— done well. look, i agree with a lot of what— done well. look, i agree with a lot of what carville says. but for her — lot of what carville says. but for her to _ lot of what carville says. but for her to win — and by the way, — for her to win — and by the way, i— for her to win — and by the way, i don't want donald trump anywhere — way, i don't want donald trump anywhere near the white house again because i believe he's an existential threat to our democracy. but i think donald trump — democracy. but i think donald trump wins if the election is held

remember james carville, his winning line "it's the economy, stupid". that nbc poll showing harris has a five point lead nationally 49-44. nate silver model has harris 49 and trump 46. abortion helps harris, trump is losing ground with women. now, trump's been embroiled in controversy and had enough recently for his entire career. had a 9/11 conspiracy theorist by his side at a 9/11 event. declared i hate taylor swift and urged a government shut down. truth is, this is as near to a dead heat as it can get. ask me who's going to win, i will indeed say i don't know, and neither do you. third hour of varney starts now. stuart: we have brian brenberg with us this morning. >> you can't do the economist on the one hand and kepttist on the other. trump has unbeatable gear when he's humorous and talking about solving problems and out there saying we can make the world getter. harris doesn't. let's see what he sifts into for the next 42 days. if he does the humorous and we're fixing things trump, he'll win. if he's complaining and saying harris does this and tha

to campaign with kamala harris is something we're enough to wait and see because i just heard james carville a little bit earlier today saying his it's advices. >> saw joe biden off, cut them away, float free, be a part of this. you cannot, if you're tied to joe biden, she's going to sink like an anchor. he's going to be like an anchor around her because the biden/harris administration is incredibly unpopular. and so her only shot is to change into run as an independent candidate. so i'm going to hope donald trump will we tweet my tweets and zone? lance, not kate. all right. well, we'll see how it works. >> i can tomorrow we have to take a short break coming up next. could a single electoral vote in nebraska determine who wins the white house that's the stuff of political fiction, but it has actually the potential to become reality. jeff zeleny explains how plus it's protesters in israel continued demand a ceasefire deal. we remember the six hostages whose bodies were recovered underground tunnel in gaza this weekend, including american israeli hersh goldberg, polin your feeling out of step

james carville says turn from the biden administration. >> ainsley: her record is the biden administration's record, her record is more left than bernie sanders. it is hard to change and walk away with voters that are informed. >> steve: hard to be change the page candidate when you were part of that book. >> ainsley: exactly. >> steve: one other thing lucas mentioned r.f.k. jr., you know, he did endorse donald trump 10 days ago and since then been trying to get off the ballot in battleground states. yesterday he sued in michigan to get his name off the ballot, judge dismissed the case, his name will be on the ballot in that state. >> ainsley: and multiple individuals with links to tren de aragua in custody after being arrested near a colorado apartment complex that has been taken over by the street gang. >> brian: and migrant crime running rampant in cities across the country. in new york, sentenced for attacking a police officer. >> steve: lucas tomlinson is here with details. lucas. >> lucas: in indiana, a 14-year-old girl was stabbed by previously deported migrant. third base coach witne

stuart: democrat strategist james carville, a plan for harris to defeat donald trump, he wants harristo put out a broad list of new way forward policies the detail why she's breaking from the sitting president and also wants harris to do a news conference. what do you say to that? liz: he is right on the news conference. anybody wants to know what this blank slate candidate stands for. they won't do it because on a blank slate voters can write in what they want. i want a socialist. i want a progressive, i want someone who loves business, the blank slate is a perfect vehicle and it is, kamala harris is right now. stuart: do you think she will do one? liz: i don't know. the less she says the better. we didn't like kamala harris when she campaigned in 2019, nobody wanted her as the candidate because her values and policies which is hard to have policies and values not online for very long, basically offended moderate american commonsense voters and nothing has changed. that is who she is, she just doesn't want to tell anybody. everyone the debate is the opportunity to find out more. liz:

pressure and found her risk avers to the point of paralysis and saying that democrat strategist james carville should be more biased towards kamala and slant coverage towards her in favor of her. get your reaction to this. watch. >> the fact this week and let me tell you something, if i defie anywhere of this, about 5-1 they'd rather check on misleading democrat change. the industry what is our role here? is our role to be objective, impartial obse observers that rt as accurately and fairly as we can. or is our role here to try and help save the constitution of the united states? i don't have anything objective slanted coverage. i really don't. i would have something against it for most of the times in american history but not right now. [bleep] your objectivity. really? real liz: really? what's your reaction to that? >> that's coming from a democrat and the party of the immediate jaire and want them to be for one party in the country and that's what's happening according to media research senter and highly respected and since kamala harris here to nominate 84% of coverage for her and 89% of t

shut down, but i'm nice to think it because they are young, though i might be tougher with the james carville type. i let them stamp their feet and call me ugly and a everything else, but i do take their questions seriously and try to answer them. and they might add especially at the better colleges i didn't really interesting actions. one of the funnest speeches i ever did was to the yale political union, they call themselves the parting of the left, the party of the right, some in the middle. it went on and on and it was really fun, they were really smart liberals. and that is a blast. host: you're are not working on a book, that's the first time i've ever talked to you where you are not working on a book. this is kind of where this is the first time i've not see you wearing a cross. guest: oh. well, i started wearing the crossed sort of intentionally when i was riding high crimes and misdemeanors and part of the reason for that was madonna had kind of driven crosses out with these videos of her masturbating with a cross and they kind of forget what necklace i'm wearing because you don't se

shut down, but i'm nice to think it because they are young, though i might be tougher with the james carville type. i let them stamp their feet and call me ugly and a everything else, but i do take their questions seriously and try to answer them. and they might add especially at the better colleges i didn't really interesting actions. one of the funnest speeches i ever did was to the yale political union, they call themselves the parting of the left, the party of the right, some in the middle. it went on and on and it was really fun, they were really smart liberals. and that is a blast. host: you're are not working on a book, that's the first time i've ever talked to you where you are not working on a book. this is kind of where this is the first time i've not see you wearing a cross. guest: oh. well, i started wearing the crossed sort of intentionally when i was riding high crimes and misdemeanors and part of the reason for that was madonna had kind of driven crosses out with these videos of her masturbating with a cross and they kind of forget what necklace i'm wearing because you don't se

i did debates, he would moderate between me and james carville and he would come on my radio shows. he would do his homework. here's your homework chuck, she supports the $93 trillion green new deal. she cosponsored it with bernie sanders at the u.s. senate. she said she would illuminate the filibuster to pass it. she's now proposed the largest tax increase in the history of the country including taxing unrealized capital gains. listen to what she says and unless she changes that you can assume that's her position. this pushback or alleged pushback or minor pushback from the liberal media mob who are already 100% in the tank is fairly meaningless unless they get answers. look at this, 95% of coverage of donald trump on abc, and cbs, nbc has been negative since the second assassination attempt over the weekend. wait until you see the interview that aired on cnn yesterday between one of the networks reporters and a trump supporter. look at this. >> what your most important issue? >> the economy, getting interest rates down and where we can afford to live in america. right now it's too

trump's strongest issues by far, he should just over and over and over again focus on those two, james carville the economy, stupid back in 1992. here we are three decades later, it's still all about the economy and you're seeing, you know, both campaigns try to make their economic pitches because i think that is a factor. griff: neil, do you have some criticism in this. karl rove wrote a pretty tough piece at the wall street journal, talking about president trump, stop eating pets in springfield and focus on-- is the trump campaign a little misguided here? >> i actually think the trump campaign has been very effective. if you look at the ads they're running particularly in swing states hammering home their message on the economy on the border, highlighting the vice-president's flip-flopping on issues, like fracking in pennsylvania, for instance, so i think they've been very effective. i do think former president trump missed an opportunity in that debate to really highlight those policy issues and he took the bait and got off track a little bit. but the campaign itself is definitely honing tho

>> greg: that's james carville with his one big hit, it's the economy, stupid.t play it because when you say that the people who hear it aren't going to vote for trump, look back, all you have to ask, where you better off 2016 to 2020, of course you were, so instead he is stuck playing covers on msnbc. also and i will finish with t this, trump should deafen they talk about manufacturing because it is tied to the economy. it's the hardest part about capitalism is making something at volume consistently, it's affordable. that's why making factories is the biggest deal. that's why trump talks about it and musk talks about it. what do kamala know about manufacturing? what could she say? maybe, you know, taxpayer-funded sex changes. she puts the man in manufacturing. that's about it. >> jessica: what about all of the new plants that have been created under the biden-harris it administration? the chips and science act. >> dana: all of the ones that are closing -- >> jessica: 100,000 new manufacturing jobs -- >> greg: when did they come? >> judge jeanine: didn't obama

how does she do that and represent change, which james carville will tell you, every campaign he has been in or studies, people want change. how does she do that without disavowing joe biden and upsetting his supporters, the older voters, and seeming disloyal? >> the conversation just a few months ago was about who is more of an incumbent, the sitting president or the former president in trying to make that distinction. now we are talking about donald trump versus the current sitting vice president. who many americans say they have questions about. they have a bit of a confusion about her policy areas. they know she does want to come out and define herself. at the same time, she does praise often the president's leadership and will likely do a version of that tonight saying that it was his own record and some of his own proposals in their administration that got them to where they are on the economy. there's a lot of talk tonight about those issues, because that's also what's really important to voters. they know that what she needs do is walk this really fine line of saying, here is

even james carville in his "new york times" piece isn't letting kamala be kamala, she he's saying don't divided in the whole race is about trump. not even her gender, or race, or record, or rhetoric, her inspiration, aspiration, nothing about her? just to go against trump. the reason she didn't get a bounce as she was the 14th most compelling speaker at her own convention. for all the hoopla and hot air there wasn't a single swing voter they are. last point in "the wall street journal" poll tells the tale she's down ten points from where joe biden was among black voters and she still six points down -- she doesn't have the biden coalition. >> martha: we are good to put that back together, tim ryan. she's doing -- joe biden in 2020 had stronger numbers with black-latino and young voters. now she -- we saw trump pick up a lot of momentum when he was running against biden with those of voters and still holding that momentum but she's cutting into it. how do you see that playing out and how pivotal are those three groups in the selection? >> they are going to be huge, that's part of the coa

at some of these battleground polls that came out earlier today and i want to pay that with james carville's piece from a day ago in "the new york times." here's the title. "kamala harris' best strategy to beat trump." to be the certified fresh candidate, ms. harris must clearly and decisively break from mr. biden on a set of policy priorities she believes will define a presidency. the most thunderous sound in politics is the boom of a single page as it turns from one chapter to the next. he look at that polling, minus north carolina, you have six. nearly 80% of those polled in all six states who disapproved of joe biden went for trump. so you can see now the strategy. so how does she do that effectively on the trail, and how does she do that next tuesday at the debate? >> she doesn't. she doesn't. she can't. she is the vice president for this administration. she has adopted every single one of his positions. she is doubling down on his reckless financial policies. her economic policies she has put on the table were rejected and ridiculed, frankly, by cnn, msnbc, and "the washington post," a

was the war room under the clintons, you know, look at, you know, he was there with august lee james carvilleere the political operatives for the clinton family forever. there is no secret where their allegiance lies, that's 100 percent write. abc news has been marked by the worst. iger is no fan of my father's mckee frankly i don't think ever has been. and that's why you get these ridiculous negative stories they after day, you know, and you have to remember, sean, six weeks ago they were laughing at harris, they were laughing at kamala county were saying that she should step aside for the good of this country because she had it -- she wasn't capable of carrying the torch earmark and all of a sudden, you know, the convention happens and she may as well be the modern-day margaret thatcher, right? that is what the media does and i'm not surprised that she's feeling every single american knows the problems of this country, and the prices are through the roof, legal immigrants are taking over low income housing all over the place, fentanyl is killing our children, towards breaking up all over th

and i think, you know, we've seen the polls very close, but mainly she's coming off of this as james carvillegh. mick mike rich -- mike: rich, what are your expectations going into this debate? >> i think it's a critical moment for the campaign. this is the one time voters are going to have an understood to see the two candidates side by side and assess them. debates are not decisive by any means. we've seen candidates lose debates but win the election, but they can provide defining moments for candidates. donald trump is going into this debate, his eighth presidential debate, he should perform well, but there's a lot of reporting that his aides are nervous, what he might do off the curve. if he mentions hand ball lecter, that -- hannibal lecter, that's a mistake. if he attacks kamala harris in ugly, personal terms, that will be a big mistake. and on the other side is, voters still want to hear more from kamala harris about her vision for how she would govern, so there's a lot of upside here. there's a lot of opportunity for her to lay out that vision, explain that to voters, and they'll have

. >> that's a good point because i was going on the basis largely of what james carville says and hethe wise guru going all the way back to 1992 that change is the most important factor for candidates. but in terms of what voters want. but as you point out, depends on how you define that and that question may not have broken it down. so we should, the precautionary flag is that we have to wait for the real polling. kim, i want to ask you about gender. in that interview in her one interview where she said next question, please, when asked about the way he was trying to define her, she has down played the gender question throughout. throughout the dnc. hillary clinton made it possible for her to do it by taking all those hard hits but what does she do about the fact that on friday, brought up the sexual accusations against him and saying that you know, about the woman on the airplane's accusations back in 2016 after access hollywood, she wouldn't be the one. that that wouldn't have happened. what do you do with that? >> so, yeah. so i think what vice president harris will do is what sh

james carville's famoused a moe in addition from the 1992 election that remains true today.ls show the economy continues to be the top issue for many voters, including inflation and affordability. and yet there is only one candidate who is proposing policies that would actually help americans. vice president kamala harris. here she is today in new hampshire. >> my vision of an opportunity economy is one where everyone can compete and have a real chance to succeed. where everyone, regardless of who they are, where they start, can build wealth, including intergenerational wealth, where workers are treated with dignity and everyone has the freedom to join a union, if they choose. where we remove barriers to opportunity, so anyone who wants to start a business, can have access to the tools and the resources they need to do that. >> the vp was there to unveil a big tax break proposal for small businesses. $50,000 to be exact for start-up businesses, which would be a huge boost from the existing $5,000 tax break. and counter to the online trolls and far right commentators claiming

and i think we've seen the polls very close but mainly she is coming off as james carville called itjohn cornyn on "fox news sunday." "the new york times" polling came out over the weekend. the first thing i want to point out. in yellow here. the margin of error is 2.8%. that's pretty low. last week with the cnn polling we were bumping around 4.9%. that means you can move the numbers either way and find a result that's either plus 2.9 or minus and anyway this is more accurate the point i'm trying to make. let me clear it off. choice for president if voting now. "the new york times" concludes. trump has an advantage one point, 48 to 47%. come over here now. which candidate represents change, all right? that top line. which candidate represents major change? this is trump at 53% compared to her 25. hop on down. which candidate is more of the same? a strong number, kamala harris represents more what the biden administration is given us. donald trump 34%. they di verge and could tell us a lot coming up what is it, 58 days? help me with that. 57. thank you very much. we're good at math ev

not so much in philly or pittsburgh, the places that james carville famously described as alabama, youn the middle of the state, he boosted registration there and turnout. and i think that's what he's banking on in 2024. >> i had a chance to talk to some voters here in pennsylvania a few days ago at temple university. these are young voters. it was a group of latina voters specifically. i want to play a clip of what they shared when it comes to an important issue on their minds, and that is reproductive rights. >> how do you see the choice when it comes to this issue of reproductive rights in a kamala harris presidency versus a donald trump presidency? olivia? >> i am fully in with kamala harris. >> i don't think it's a question if he respects women, if he respects or even acknowledges our rights and our autonomy. so it's just not a question for me that there will be any change or any progress with him as president for that. >> i fear a trump presidency will continue to push america towards a regressive era. >>. >> speaker, if you are kamala harris on that debate stage tonight, how do

democrat strategist james carville, he's predicting more drama right before the election.what, lauren in. lauren: a plot if twist. the unexpected, unpredictable, unimaginable. he says it's yet to unfold before our very eyes. >> something tells me something else going to happen. i don't know what it is, but the idea we've got 42 days to go, 6 weeks, this is a sprint to the finish. i think there's going -- there's another plot twist coming here. lauren: and likely so. but if the election is going to be decided by events that have yet to happen and voting has already started in the 221 states -- 2221 states, how much does that -- move the needle? >> i love that guy. he's sheer entertainment. the raging cajun. if. lauren: -- out with a movie, a film that'll air on cnn how he got biden out of the race. stuart: is that that coming? if he may have done that. lauren, thanks. we better check those marks, please. i don't see that much price movement premarket. down 19, nasdaq down 25 the points. eddie ghabour with us today. eddie, you're telling me this is a goldilocks market thanks

james carville, democratic guru, suggested she should get under his skin.at is working for you so far in the last couple weeks is her ridicule, not taking his taunts seriously. sort of dismissing him and all of his disparaging insults that she's not intelligent and the remarks about gender. is that the game plan to kind of dismiss him and not -- and prompt him to go off message, prompt him to be less disciplined? >> i think what's challenging and unfortunate about this debate format is that it limits the vice president's ability to prosecute the political case against president trump. people remember clearly in the senate when she would have trump officials or judicial nominees in front of a judiciary committee, the way she's able to question someone to try to draw out the truth and put facts on the table. unfortunately because of the insistence by trump's campaign to have the microphones muted, up to what we believe was threatening to pull out of the debate, we thought it was more important to have. but it's unfortunate that she won't be able to go after h

>> one final thing, james carville used to say this whole election is about 20,000 people in each of seven states, and that's the audience for this debate. and i hope that vice president harris keeps that in mind. it's not about the maga people. it's not about the committed liberals. it's about those 20% people in seven states. those are the people she has to talk to tonight. >> and that's a fair point. and to the numbers we have, it is why the race is tight and why the trump aides are more nervous, have changed their electoral map strategy. she has improved over the biden position and a lot of those people will see her in extended form for the first time this year. bob and jen, thank you. by the end of the hour a top harris insider with a preview of exactly what's going down in her camp going into the debate and a special look at dealing with trump's attacks. it's a big night in america. msnbc coverage. rachel is about a half an hour away. we will be right back. we will be right back. on medicare? have diabetes? with the freestyle libre 3 system you'll know your glucose and where it

bill clinton and james carville came out and said it is the economy, stupid.fortune started failing but in late 1992 the economy started coming back what people had already made up their minds. when you take a look at what the polls show, trump has a 13-point lead on kamala harris when it comes to voters preference for who could best handle the economy. we've got those numbers if we can put them up. so is it too late for harris? have people already made up their minds? >> it may not be too late but a lot of it is baked in the cake. how you feel at this point, 49 days away from the election, is not going to change that much in the next seven weeks. however if the economy takes an uptick and you start to feel something different, it could affect around the edges. this is a race that is around the edges. you look at those swing states, summer down to .4, .5, that is 10,000 votes either way on election day. >> john: other big news, standby for a second. the latest on the assassination attempt of the former president, fox news alert. secret service officials are so