senator jeff flake of arizona, we appreciate your time. governor tim walz is in saginaw, michigan making campaign stops this morning. he will attend a church -- a church service in saginaw before this afternoon, flying to the east coast for events in massachusetts and connecticut. of course, vice president harris is in georgia this morning. will be dropping in to see what she's doing there. this edition of velshi across america and the initial state of arizona continues next. i will be joined by senator mark kelly, he's been stumping for kamala harris i will also speak to the democratic candidate for the other sanity, congressman ruben gallego is facing off against trump ally kari lake in a race that could control the senate. plus phoenix endured its hottest summer on record. on top of that, arizona is dealing with a major water shortage problem. for most voters right here it is important the next president knows what they are doing and what they are talking about when it comes to climate change. but don't worry, donald trump once said the

but in the vein of john mccain, jeff flake, we understand we each have a compromised to get this done. and that's what we saw in that bill, that it wasn't perfect, but we need to get something done and not let politics get in the way. that's what it was like politicians like kari lake said absolutely not. it's not because anything wasn't a good enough solution or they thought there's more coming later, it's because they needed border prop. but they needed for political reasons. yet our border communities are still hurting every day. >> we had jeff flake on earlier in the show, we have john giles yesterday from asap. you got a permission structure in the state for republicans to vote for democrats, and they are actually quite enthusiastic. if you got an issue for democrats were unenthusiastic? there are people who prefer kamala harris and tim walz, but they are thinking they might just not vote this time around. >> i would say there has been a marked difference since vice president harris got into this race. we do see a lot more excitement. i see it at the doors, people in our offices

jeff flake, mcconnell, what do we see this week? ben jeff flake, yes.nell. >> mitch mcconnell and speaker, mike johnson released a statement saying, please stop calling trump a fascist. this is dangerous language. when i was at the rnc, i called that convention, nothing tastes as good as it feels. russians were so on board with trump. that is what will make the next four years different if he becomes president. that guardrail, which was flimsy but existent is now gone. >> vladimer putin has trampled on the sovereignty of the way ukrainian people live. it started way back in the obama presidency when he took a little bit of crimea and everybody said, please stop. he didn't. this is like if mexico said, give us texas and rolled up into texas. i would hope americans wouldn't be just like, please, take texas. and, if europe said yes, give mexico texas back. if donald trump is elected president, not because of his affinity for vladimer putin, but if he doesn't stop at ukraine, he will go further, poland, the baltic states and these are members of nato. now,

senator and current ambassador jeff flake, and mesa sitting mayor john dials, that have come out and endorsed harris. she has also formed a committee around that in order to attract that group of voters. as well as to try to reach out more to some of the more moderate republicans, or mccain republicans, to see if she can pick off folks there. both candidates are focusing on these top issues of the economy, reproductive rights, particularly the harris campaign. immigration, particularly the trump campaign. turning point is a group that the republican has actually outsourced some of their ground game two. they are located here in phoenix. they have been making a particularly -- a particular effort to reach out to low-propensity voters, particularly young male voters. what impact that might have will be interesting. but camino, suffice to say that we have been getting a lot of love in arizona, right? we have candidates and all of their extended family coming in here multiple times and appealing to various segments of the population. so, we can definitely say at least individuals who are

that doesn't that doesn't comport well for conservatism in my view ambassador jeff flake. thank you for joining tonight thank you much. up next we're getting a first look at what the debate stage is going to look like tomorrow might be the last debate stage of this entire election cycle. it is a showdown of the running mates that is now just hours away. a preview ahead been saying publicly what people say and turns out i have enough money. i could just shut off at seven on cnn your record label is taking off, but so is your sound engineer. >> you need to hire a new indeed. >> indeed, you do our advanced matching helps find talented candidates. so you can connect with them fast. visit indeed indeed.com slash higher. no matter what kind of teeth you've got a brush or will be electric cleans better with one and we'll touch floral bees dennis inspired round brush. it calms him, cleanses and gets in-between them for 100% cleaner, tie. >> your perfect clean, start to the world oral-b. >> at simply safe, your safety is the only thing that matters, designed smarter ways to detect

jeff lakes, mcconnell. >> jeff flake, yes.ll -- [ inaudible ] >> okay, mitch mcconnell and speaker mike johnson releasing a statement saying please stop calling trump a fascist. this is dangerous language. when i was at the rnc what i ended up calling that convention was the nothing tastes as good as then feels convention because the republicans were so onboard with trump, and that is what we have now and that is what is going to make the next four years different if he becomes president, which is that guardrail that was limited, -- flimsy, but existent, is now gone. >> vladimir putin has literally trampled on the sovereignty of the ukrainian people. it didn't start when joe biden was president. it started way back in the obama presidency when he just took a little bit of crimea and everybody was okay, please stop, and he didn't. this was like of mexico turned around and was like, give us texas. i would hope americans would just be like please take taxes. and, if europe was like yes, give mexico texas back, that is what is hap

. >>> coming up on "velshi" across america in arizona, i will talk with jeff flake about his decision to endorse the democrat in the presidential race. mark kelly fresh off the campaign trail with former president barack obama with kamala harris last night in tucson. >>> plus, more from my important conversation with a diverse group of arizona voters. here is rachel's message to americans ahead of the election. >> my messages to and use your principles, be a principal voter . go out there and don't vote out of fear. vote out of hope." and vote for the better of other people, not just you. this is bigger than just each one of us individually. this is for america. america. the new intensity dial gives you total control. i can turn it up... that smells good! or turn it down... hmm. nice and light. enjoy 40 days of freshness, your way. ♪ lalalalala ♪ we always had dogs, they're like my best buddies. yep, had them my whole life. c'mon bo! so we got him and he is a, an absolute joy. daddy's puppy. once we got on the farmer's dog he just attacks it, it's incredible. they're so tuned into you

my panel joins us now, kristen soltis anderson, let me let me talk to you how many voters like jeff flake, like liz cheney, are there out there? does the harris campaign focusing on taking liz cheney to these counties in pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan make more sense? then rallying young people are african-americans or latinos in those states. >> so there may not be that many of them, but they're turnout percentage is very high. if you are the kind of person who's really overthinking this almost you are, you are really torn up inside about what you're going to do at this stage of the game. if you are one of those you know, nikki haley republicans, even though she said she supports trump, you're definitely turning out to vote. and so switching you from trump to harris is a pretty big deal. meanwhile, for those other voter groups, maybe they're not available to the other candidate, but they may not be turning out. and so that's part of why i suspect the harris campaign is making such a big play for them. >> i asked your former vause, bernie sanders yesterday why is kamala harris campaign

and ambassador jeff flake.or giles and to all the tribal leaders and elected leaders and community leaders here today, i thank you. [cheers and applause] [speaking spanish] [cheers and applause] ok, work to do. arizona, tomorrow, friday -- by the way, happy halloween. [laughter] so tomorrow, friday november 1 is the last day to vote early in person. and if you are voting by mail and still have your ballots please take it to any drop box in your county or any voting location by 7:00 p.m. tuesday, november 5. and go to iwillvote. com. and leaders here, please spread the word on that. and we need you to vote, arizona, because we have five days left. [cheers and applause] five days left. five days left. [cheers and applause] in one of the most consequential elections of our lifetime and we have work to do, but we like hard work. hard work is good work. hard work is joyful work! [cheers and applause] and make no mistake, we will win. we will win. [cheers and applause] we will win. and we will win because we know tha

in a dramatic move, two senators, republican jeff flake and democrat chris managed to get the kavanaughlayed for one week so that the fbi could investigate both accusations. today ""the washington post"" reports that after a six-year inquiry, democratic senator sheldon whitehouse out that the trump white house hampered the fbi investigation, including preventing them from interviewing relevant witnesses and following up on tips. our next guest, senator whitehouse, said his report today shows that the investigation was "acm controlled by the trump white house for political cover to senate republicans to put judge kavanaugh on track to confirmation." joining us now is senator sheldon whitehouse of rhode island, member of the senate judiciary committee, chair of the subcommittee on federal courts. he's also the author of "the scheme," how the right when you start money to capture the supreme court." senator whitehouse, thank you for joining us and for doing this work. i have to say, i wasn't the only one who suspected, at the time, that in this extended week or so, there was a very little

two senators, jeff flake and chris managed to get the vote delayed for one week so the fbi could investigate both accusations. today the washington post with words that after a six-year inquiry, sheldon whitehouse found that the trump white house hampered the fbi investigation, including preventing them from interviewing relevant witnesses and following up on tips. our next guest, senator whitehouse said, his rep port shows the investigation was a sham controlled by the trump white house for political cover to senate republicans to put judge cavanaugh on track to confirmation. joining us now is senator sheldon whitehouse of rhode island member of the senate judiciary committee and chair of the subcommittee on federal courts and the author of the scheme, how the right-wing used dark money to capture the supreme court. thank you very much for joining us tonight and for doing this work. have to say i wasn't the only one that suspected out the time that in this extended week or so, there was very little the fbi would really be able to accomplish in that amount of time. what i couldn't know is ho

her long friendships and relationships with republicans, specifically former republican senator jeff flake as well as the late arizona senator john mccain. she is making the argument she and republicans may not agree on everything but they share a common vision and goal for the country. >> give me a quick update on what we are learning about the health of the vice president today? >> reporter: we saw a new letter from the vice president's white house position this morning revealing in this letter that, according to a recent blood work and physical this dr. says she is quote a healthy 59-year-old female saying she suffers from mild nearsightedness as well as seasonal allergies. he concludes in the letter that she possesses the physical and mental resiliency to successfully execute the duties of the presidency. the timing of this is no coincidence. all in an effort to draw the contrast as we continue to see a harris team to between her and trump who, after repeated requests and repeatedly talking about these medical records he still has not revealed those medical records. >> okay, thank you.

mayers gallego, romero, and child, ambassador jeff flake., the elected leaders, community leaders here today. i thank you. [cheers and applause] and let's hear it again for los tigres del norte! [cheers and applause] okay. work to do. so arizona, tomorrow, friday, november, by the way, happy halloween. [cheers and applause] so tomorrow, friday, november 1st, is the last day to vote early in person. and if you are voting by mail and still have your ballot, please take it to any drop box in your county or any voting location by 7:00 p.m. on tuesday, november 5th. and you can go to iwillvote.com to get all the information you need and to all the leaders, please help spread the word on that. [cheers and applause] okay. and we need you to vote, arizona, because we have five days left. five days left. [applause] in one of the most consequential elections of our lifetime. and we have work to do. but we like hard work. [cheers and applause] hard work is good work! [cheers and applause] hard work is joyful work. [cheers and applause] and make no mist

the fact that you were highlighting along the way the republicans who stood up to trump jeff flake, mcconnellnd speaker mike johnson releasing a statement please stop calling trump a fascist it is dangerous language. when i was at the rnc what i ended up calling that convention was the nothing tastes as good as thin feels convention, the republicans were so on board with trump and that is what we have now. that is what is going to make the next four years different if he becomes president which is that guardrail that was flimsy but there is gone. >> did not start when joe biden was president it started way back when in the barack obama when he took a little bit of crimea and everyone was like okay, please stop and didn't. >> that would be like mexico saying give us texas and then rolled up in texas. i would hope americans would be like please take texas. if europe was like, yeah, give mexico texas back. that is what is happening folks at home. if donald trump is elected president not because of his a finnity for affinity he will not stop at ukraine, poland, the baltic states and these are mem

yorker magazine and another republican endorsement, this time from former arizona republican senator jeff flake. >> i'm a conservative republican who had the honor to serve my home state of arizona in the united states house of representatives and in the senate for nearly two decades. i believe america is a great country. i believe that our best days lie ahead. i want to support a candidate for president who believes the same. i believe we don't have to agree on every issue or policy, but that we should use the political process created by our founders to debate and to persuade, not disparage or devalue. i want to support a candidate who understands that political opponents are fellow citizens, a loyal opposition, as our parties once knew each other, not the enemy. having spent the past three years overseas as a united states ambassador, i have seen up close that we have very real enemies abroad. we also have vital and indispensable allies. i want to support a presidential candidate who understands and appreciates the difference. i believe that our constitutional system and in the role of law,

you take a look at somebody like jeff flake who was mike pence's best friend, they were freshmen members of congress back in 2000. they both before coming to congress had led respective conservative think tanks in indiana and in arizona and ultimately donald trump threw jeff flake off the cliff and mike pence stood by his side. so when you see these interactions inside of the white house and over the phone in which mike pence is trying to keep donald trump to be forward thinking, hey, with he could even potentially run in 2024 again, right? take some time here. the results didn't turn out the way they did. it was somebody who was privately trying to help his, as he said, friend and boss try to move forward. and not in a public manner, it's not like he ran on to fox and was like, we as a ticket, we as a white house need to move forward, right? he did it in the most private way possible up to literally the day that he entered the capitol that day. for mike pence, for mark short, his chief of staff, they were loyal to donald trump and what these interactions show here was just how long mike

you got former senators like jeff flake. i was just on the road and former republican congressman charlie dent from pennsylvania was there, he had voted for kamala harris. and you've got liz cheney willing to actively be out on the stump talking to undecided voters, spending all day flying around the country making the case for why she believes that kamala harris is the right person to vote for. what i appreciated about the conversation, because this is where i struggle all the time and i sometimes want to shake people, is they talked about the stakes. i just think so often we are talking about the state of the race and we are caught up in the day to day new cycle of donald trump worked at mcdonald's and then kamala harris went here. but the stakes are the reason that they are on the stage together. the stakes are the reason that i wake up every day and try to figure out how we persuade more right-leaning independent and soft gop voters to vote for kamala harris because there is not a republican candidate in this race that r

jeff flake is endorsing kamala harris. is that going to make a difference?k it will for a couple reasons. the -- the effort to get lds voters who are pretty solidly republican to vote democratic is far more expansive than it was four years ago, more significant figures and they're getting out in the community and making the case. how much of a difference? can't say, hard to measure. again as i said earlier, democrats need every republican and independent they can get. one note about independent registration, it is way up. and there is a suspicion among latino organizers that many of those voters are latinos, and that's a very important group for kamala harris, donald trump, kerry lake to capture. it appears right now that giego and trump are capturing latino men. >> really interesting. beth, finally to the state of michigan, tell us what's happening there? >> yeah. so there's been a huge push in the state of michigan for -- to -- from both parties to get in and early vote, to get as many people as possible to be voting early. this is the first year in michig

including former senator jeff flake, who i served with it is a sign that these republicans might not agree with everything that vice president harris is proposing but they understand what is at stake in terms of our democracy. their patriotism is really admirable. >> we know they do not agree with them on everything. i certainly cover them all the time in the halls of congress. i do think this is a striking moment as you watch just a temporary political realignment. the reality is that when you talk about hundreds of former conservatives or disgruntled conservatives coming into the democratic fold, it speaks to the reality that this is a race that can be decided by a few thousand or tens of thousands of votes in key states. when you talk about the trench warfare that is going on county by county and all of the battleground states, you have been out on the campaign trail. is the harris operation doing enough? what are you the motion voters? >> what i see on the ground and i have been campaigning in wisconsin. i am here in nevada this weekend. what i am seeing is a surge of volunteers

former republican senator jeff flake of arizona joined me on the show last weekend and told me he wouldting for harris and hoped his party would quote move on from trump. 17 former staff members of the late republican president ronald reagan are endorsing harris and said in a joint statement that if reagan were alive, he would have supported harris. more than 200 republicans who work for president george w. bush, utah senator romney, or late senator john mccain have endorsed vice president kamala harris. last month more than 700 national security leaders and former military officials publicly endorse kamala harris for president. trumps former chief of staff, retired marine general john kelly spoke out this week about his time in the trump white house warning americans that trump fits the destination of a fascist. then 13 former trump white house officials signed an open letter, backing kelly's claims. the signatories include among others, former white house director of communication, anthony scaramucci, former department of homeland security chief of staff, miles taylor and former natio

jeff flake, adam corker, mitt romney, all out of office or headed out of office, and have no political future in the republican party. as long as donald trump is saying any election he's losing is rigged, you're going to hear republicans saying that. donald trump has never lost anything that wasn't rigged. every single time he has lost anything in his life, he has said it was rigged, a an election, the emmy awards on the apprentice. all of those were rigged. he refuses to believe it's possible for him to lose. he has shown he has dominant command of the republican pace. and they will believe him. 2/3 of republicans think the election was unfair. >> my question out of that is if there's violence on this version of january 6th and the republicans are standing by trump, what do they do on that day? do they open the doors so these people can go after their colleagues who do vote to certify the election for kamala harris if she wins? what do they do in the moment if it comes to that is this that's a question i shutter to think about it, and i shutter to bring to its logical extension. >> re

former congressman adam kinzinger, former georgia lieutenant governor jeff duncan, former senator jeff flake, and just within the last day, former trump aide cassidy hutchinson, who spent time inside trump's white house now the republicans for harris movement will get even bigger next week. hitch hutchinson will join liz cheney with two other former trump officials, alyssa farah griffin. sarah matthews to make their case against trump in pennsylvania. and look, many of these republicans will tell you that they have very little in common i'm going with most of harris as policies. but they say it's not about that we might not see eye-to-eye on many policy issues, but i trust her to hold people accountable. >> i trust her to uphold our rule of law. >> we may disagree on some things but we are bound together by the one thing that matters to us as americans. more than any other and that's our duty to our constitution. >> now as for trump there's no love lost. >> he's reshaped the gop in his own image, right? >> any claims, those who are stand in his way are rhinos, not real republicans? >> well l

coalitions that we need, whether they're latino voters or lds mormon voters, republicans you senator jeff flake has endorsed kamala harris, jim mccain, john mccain's son, has endorsed the vice president for president of the united states. so we're putting together the coalition we need. we're getting the message out where knocking on hundreds of thousands of doors, making hundreds in thousands, if not an excess of 1 million phone calls. and i believe that not only because kamala harris is a better candidate and is equipped to be president of the united states and donald trump should be nowhere near the oval office. again, yeah, i also think that where doing the work necessary to get her across the finish line here. >> but if she's a better candidate and why do you think she he is at his strongest and arizona well, i think statewide races in arizona are always going to be close. >> we have a republican registration advantage here. by four 4%. we've got a lot of independent voters to win an election, a statewide race in the state of arizona, you got to get a bunch of republicans to vote for her f

much about how trump's standing is eroding with old white man like dick cheney, geraldo rivera, jeff flake york times-siena poll had them from five to 9% of republicans say, that if we're going to have an honest argument they both have seen erosion and people they've been supportive of there. >> but why has the story about what her roads and look like the nazis? >> well, i'll be more concerned about what a young black kid says and a barbershop in detroit, but not what a vice president or a the president of the republic has of texas or kinzhal begun. why is there why? when i haven't got legitimate conversation about there rogen and him, why nobody in an intelligence doesn't one? why does nobody from the military want to vote for him so we can have a conversation about her rosy with black men losing the conversation equally. why aren't we talking about what he's lost and the people who was most of what they don't the truth is, you make a fine point and the idea as you began this whole conversation about the double standards at play and why they're different focus in so many ways phase and yo

it's in 2020, joining us now is former republican senator from arizona, jeff flake. he backed biden in 2020, just left his post as an ambassador for the biden administration. he is now backing vice president harris, senator ambassador. thank you for being with us. the race is neck and neck in your home state, what do you think voters need to hear from harris there today >> let me tell you. you can feel that on the street wherever you are, it's close. just like last time i think they need to hear what she's been saying. one on the border, the border is very important in arizona and to hear that she will work for a bipartisan solution everyone knows that it's going to take both parties working together to have a lasting solution and she's offering that. so i hope that she continues to talk about that you are one of many republicans that is backing harris and it's significant because on the issues you don't a line right you voted twice to repeal obamacare three times. if you count the skinny repeal, you voted to confirm brett kavanaugh and neil gorsuch to the supreme co

thing liz cheney is going to stay on stage with commonly harris say that as either same thing like jeff flake, a popular senator in arizona, is swing-state said when he said he was endorsing come layers. that's exactly the thing mike pence said when he said he wasn't going to vote for donald trump in this election. so i think that's definitely what is very interesting though. and this comes back to that gap between republican candidates who are maybe trump light, who are maga, like, think about kari lake in arizona versus trump. they don't pulled nearly as well that brand doesn't transfer as much. so would it be very fascinating and good luck, we're not done with 2024. i don't want to talk about 20:20 just yet, but to think about how that kind of rhetoric greg, how that kind of messaging does that's port over two other candidates through other people running for office so far the answer to that is no that's i mean, that's the heart of the question that i hadn't really interesting to think about it. >> nick johnston, thanks for kicking us off today. i really appreciate it. >> all right. coming

he's joining a long list like my friend jeff flake, former conservative republican from arizona liz cheney was just tharon pennsylvania a few days ago campaigning with vice president harris. you don't see the same thing happening with democrats who are endorsing donald trump. but there are dozens of republicans mayors, members of the house, members of the senate, and his own cabinet, who are publicly cautioning. he's too greater risk to take senator chris coons from delaware. thanks for being with us this morning sir. i had how much did kamala harris stray from the truth of town hall? we've got our daniel dale, he is going to do the fact-check and the decision pennsylvania supreme court just made about mail-in and provisional ballots that could have a hugely important impact in that battleground state. those stories and more ahead someone stole my au spice anti-person very now my little a person per day for us 24-7 swept protection. you did this to my pets welcome to the place where people go to learn about their medicare options. >> if before they're on medicare come on you're turning 65

know, she talked about that today on the stage, she had sitting in the row with gabby and i was jeff flakeohn giles and john mccain's son, jim these are republicans that are there because she's going to be a president for everybody. she is donald trump has been an anomaly in our country's history the first president who i feel is intentionally trying to divide our country so you know, the contrast couldn't be more clear to the american people authorities in maricopa county, which is largest in marokopa county are ramping up efforts to protect poll workers, given a rise in threats, how concerned are you in 2020 and in 2022, especially with kari lake on the ballot. but with donald well, trump contesting a free and fair election. it did create some problems. now, i'm gonna quote our former governor, republican governor doug ducey. we do elections well here we've got a governor now in katie hobbs, the attorney general, the secretary of state, who are committed to making sure this is a free and fair election donald trump and his allies are already questioning on election that didn't happen. kar

senator and current ambassador jeff flake, and mesa sitting mayor john dials, that have come out andorsed harris. she has also formed a committee around that in order to attract that group of voters. as well as to try to reach out more to some of the more moderate republicans, or mccain republicans, to see if she can pick off folks there. both candidates are focusing on these top issues of the economy, reproductive rights, particularly the harris campaign. immigration, particularly the trump campaign. turning point is a group that the republican has actually outsourced some of their ground game two. they are located here in phoenix. they have been making a particularly -- a particular effort to reach out to low-propensity voters, particularly young male voters. what impact that might have will be interesting. but camino, suffice to say that we have been getting a lot of love in arizona, right? we have candidates and all of their extended family coming in here multiple times and appealing to various segments of the population. so, we can definitely say at least individuals who are int