kemp: let me add a couple other things. our insurance commissioner john keene told me today he is headed to open facilities up where people can get help with their insurance needs and insurance adjusters and other things. i know the aggie commissioner tyler harper is on the ground reminding farmers to document working with farm service agencies and the federal response. we talked to secretary vilsack earlier. a good resource for community is like that is the congressional offices. they will be getting stood up and being able to help with constituent services on fema. >> is there any other possible way to get? gov. kemp: augustine is probably the hardest hit area we got on the power situation. a lot of it has to do with transmission and substations and other things that were having to be completely rebuilt. i would reference you to them because i don't have every detail on that. one of the things georgia power tweeted out today, they were having to use a helicopter to remove a tree off a transmission line that was in the mid

there will be a republican reunion of sorts, former president donald trump in georgia governor brian kemp, appearing together for the first time in four years. despite some previous disagreements, plus new jobs numbers shattering expectations. and speaking of jobs, tens of thousands of foreign workers back on the job after a and, it a deal is reached to end their strike. what this means for you and the presidential race. now, just 32 days way and that tennessee plastics company now are pushing back on claims for employees who say they were forced to work as hurricane helene was bearing down 11 workers swept away in the flooding five were rescued ahead. >> what we're hearing from the company and the victims families were also following these developments, all these stories and many more all coming in right here. cnn news central month until election day. >> and as the two presidential candidates tried to gain the edge in a razor-thin race both are touting some key he endorsements former president barak obama will join the campaign sprint for vice president kamala harris, kicking off a 27 d

kemp appear to be more popular than him in georgia.ike what julia said, as this election became increasingly tight after kamala harris took over the top of the democratic ticket, trump realized it was not going to be an effective strategy to go on totally bashing the republican governor of that state. >> we are talking about this week's in politics and it began with the vice presidential debate. the one and only of this campaign. i want to show you a new ad put out by the harris-walz campaign highlighting one part of the debate where the running mate of the former president, jd vance, senator from ohio is asked about the former president losing in 2020. >> really richford democratic leaders to say that donald trump is a unique threat to democracy. >> he is still saying he did not lose the election. did he lose the 2020 election? >> tim, i'm focused on the future. >> that is a damming nonanswer. >>>> america, i think you have a really clear choice of who is going to honor that democracy and who is going to honor donald trump. >> we are

i think that spoke volumes of where brian kemp's at. >> yeah, i noticed that as well. he shook his hand, you know, kind of pat him on the shoulder and left. >> but just to see these images, i mean, i've interviewed governor kemp a lot and just two a few months ago when trump was saying that he was this average governor, that he wouldn't get office asked to help people in georgia. >> that was a quote from him. he went after his wife. he was just so angry because kemp didn't vote for him in the republican primary, even though he is voting for him here, i just wonder what you made of the total one at on trump's behalf. at the end of that press conference today. >> well look, you know, governor kemp has earned the right to support in both anybody who wants to has been a tremendous governor and the state i've chosen to take a different path forward and try to heal and rebuild the party i drew a number of lines in the sand. our entire family did coming home from dinner tonight, my wife and i we talked about those lines in the sand, right. the death threats that came in, that

but to your point i do talking about how much he loves governor kemp people see through that. now, let's be very clear. nothing will change with his base, right? he was very clear from the beginning. he could go shoot somebody on fifth avenue and his base will never leave him. but georgia and all of these other swing states have people that he needs to bring into the tent that he is not doing. he is not going to bring in independent suburban voters. he's not going to bring in people who are undecided, okay. with the kind of hypocrisy that he is using now towards governor count governor it's not nonsense. i mean, you look at vice president harris's comments over the arc of time, including implying presidential debate in 20 less time they ran when biden and her were on the stage together and planned president biden might be racially insensitive and then it turns out to be his vice president so that's a bunch of come on, governor. it's not the same thing absolutely not the same thing. >> and you know, it go back and look more than flying. >> it was racially insensitive there. all

there we find georgia governor brian kemp alongside former president donald trump. these two have had a contentious relationship ever since the 2020 election. the governor is outlining efforts locally to recover from hurricane helene let's listen. >> but i told him how much we were glad to happen and we appreciated the work that they were doing the next morning, we tried to go see a bunch of lime there were having breakfast at one of the tent cities they had set up at a stage inside the head over 500 trucks and over 1,000 people we got out of the car at 6:30 a.m. before the sun was even up and most of these hard work and people had already in breakfasts. and we're walking out to go to tranq. can't crank their truck to start working to get people's power backup, whom they'd never met those same linemen were going to keep working well into the night. that is the kind of response that we have seen after this crisis from georgians and from people far beyond in this state resilience and hope had been on full display everywhere. we've gone, including right here in columbi

these numbers are well known to republican governor kemp. he urged the audience, including doro, to vote in this election. we can't take anything for granted... the margin in this year's race between donald trump and kamela harris is also very small. sometimes people are left out, thinking their voice doesn't matter, but we need to make sure everyone knows their voice counts. listen, every voice counts. aleja grace represents the defense organization voting rights in georgia, whose workers walk from door to door. to the door to encourage voters to register. we specialize in working with black people across the state to make sure they have all the tools they need to vote. a 2020 pure research center study found that black voters make up a third of the general electorate in georgia. according to exit polls in the last election, 88% of black voters voted for biden, but the latest polls show that the democrats are losing ground in this struggle both sides understand that their way lies through georgia. when the choice was between biden and trump

he is saying these great things about governor kemp today. i wouldn't be surprised if tomorrow he is back at calling him a coward and a trader if he doesn't think that governor kemp is doing what donald trump wants him to do. there is no one at that stratospheric level of not just flip-flop but of utter insulting and using people for their own self-interests. so i had to underscore that. but to your point, i do think that when donald trump is talking about how much he loves governor kemp people see through that. now, let's be very clear. nothing will change with his base, right? he was very clear from the beginning. he could go shoot somebody on fifth avenue and his base will never leave him. but georgia and all of these other swing states have people that he needs to bring into the tent but he is not doing he is not going to bring in independent suburban voters. he's not going to bring in people who are undecided, okay. with the kind of hypocrisy that he is using now towards governor counter mean, you look at vice president harris's comments

look, you saw governor brian kemp win his re-election, about 53%.hen you saw rafael warnock win in a runoff against herschel walker. the challenge was some voters didn't come back and some were uncomfortable with herschel walker. when we look at the state of georgia, we don't have party registration. again, the way i look at it is this is a republican state, but that you can win if you find the right path. host: when you talk about those demographics, when you take a look at the state itself, what portions of the state would you look at saying ok, what is the determining factor of who wins this year? guest: we talk about who will be the swing voters. every voter in the state of georgia is going to matter, whether in rural georgia where you have a lot of republican voters, but the smaller population and you have a large democratic center areas like augusta, atlanta, macon and savannah. those are areas that are strong. then you've got the northern suburbs of atlanta that you are always watching for, while they lean republican, they can also vote democ

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governor kemp: good afternoon, everyone. let me just thank you for joining us as we continue to work day and night to recover from this historic but also the horrific storm. i want to thank you for keeping the nation's attention on those who are hurting in georgia and i certainly appreciate president trump helping us do that as well. you know, marty and i both have literally been all over the state on the storm path over the last several days. and i've told every stop i went to that this storm spared no one. it took one of our finest, a fire firefighter, leon davis, who was an assistant chief and blackshear, georgia on a tree, while he was responding to a call just a few miles from here. it took a young mother, just 27 years old who had one-month old twin boys when the tree fell in their home up in thompson just south of here in washington county. a 7-year-old boy and a four year old girl died when a tree fell on their home, trapped them inside and their fire, their house caught on fire already. and i had the opportunity to

a lot of voters in the state are fans of brian kemp end georgia, of course, is a state that both trump and the harris campaign's see as crucial to finding victory and their path forward to 270 electoral votes. in november. so trump has sort of embraced brian kemp in recent months, we've seen camp doing some fundraising events for the trump campaign. i will argue that over the last, you know, in the beginning in the primary, brian kemp did not come out and endorsed donald trump early, but he had always said that he would support the republican nominee. and so today you're going to see these two unlikely, i guess, allies now appearing for the first time again since 2020, drawn politics, it brings people together alayna treene. thank you so much. >> okay. joe all right. coming up new threats this morning from iran, supreme leader, as israel claims it has killed a top hezbollah leader in an airstrike and the dock worker strike that. threatened to create shortages of goods on jobs and the economy as a whole has come to an end what happened? >> happened and what that means for all of us. a p

. >> let's just let brian kemp speak for himself yesterday afternoon. >> i missed him and called him right back. and he just said, hey, what do you need? and i told him, we we got what we need he offered that if there's another things that we need just to call him directly sounds like he did exactly that. and the problem was resolved, but speaking of brian kemp, the other person that donald trump was spending some time with him, and they have not always had the best relationship the final vote for him donald trump mad about 11,001, asked for the interaction today. >> i just thought it was really fascinating to watch these two men who trump has spent so much time criticizing brian kemp publicly and now they're shaking hands what does that tell you i think we have the video right handshake world it's one of those app that tells me that governor camp is really pushing for donald j. trump to become the next president united states and obviously he's afraid of having kamala's economy come into play. so he's going to do whatever he can to help donald j. trump. they're what they're working

donald trump has gone after brian kemp, really, since his 2020 election loss, since brian kemp didn't help him in his efforts to overturn the election here in the state of georgia. you heard as recently as august at a rally, donald trump mentioned or said that brian kemp was disloyal, that he wasn't a good guy, that he was, quote, an average governor. since then, their relationship has definitely thawed out in some sense. you can tell when the two appear behind me, the focus will be on the hurricane recovery as they spend time here in georgia. >> shaquille brewster, thank you so much. >>> let's go to michigan now, where at this very moment, vice president kamala harris is speaking, and then that's in detroit. she'll be on her way. there she is. first of two in the key battleground state after that big endorsement by bruce springsteen. then she'll be heading to flint, where we'll find yamiche alcindor. i didn't mention liz cheney, another endorsement that kamala harris got yesterday. tell us about her day today, and where the campaign stands right now? >> reporter: well, vice president

week, but the political storm surrounding his fraught relationship with republican governor brian kempnered much of the attention, although both men appear to have put aside their differences for now. in a rare joint appearance, former president donald trump and georgia governor brian kemp were side-by-side for a briefing on hurricane helene. >> done a really good job. >> reporter: it was the first time trump and kemp have appeared together since 2020 when the former president tried to pressure state officials to overturn the results of the election and was later indicted by a georgia grand jury. >> i just want to find 11,780 votes. >> reporter: this summer, the former president lashed out at kemp at an atlanta rally. >> he is the most disloyal guy i think i've ever seen. >> reporter: but today, he had nothing but praise. >> we've always worked together very well. >> reporter: the fence-mending comes amid renewed concern about the november election, with president biden issuing this warning. >> i'm confident it will be free and fair. i don't know whether it will be peaceful. >> reporte

brian kemp said he spoke to the president. the president said he spoke to brian kemp.rump is in this position where he is saying things that are so clearly provable not to be true in a way that doesn't necessarily help his campaign. if this is just about again and again and again angering his base enough that he makes sure they turn out and vote. is he worried there may be dropoff in voting and this is the way he gets people to the polls? it's hard to see what the strategy is. as you say, this is dangerous people's lives are at stake in georgia, north carolina at the moment and they need all the help they can get and they need to know that the help is going. that's important. >> absolutely toxic. by the way, he knows he can get away with it because he exists in a media ecosystem where it will be echoed uncritically. president biden, of course, talked to republican governor brian kemp of georgia and the governors across the region about the destruction from the storm to get people the help they need, whether they are democrat or republican. >>> still ahead on "morning j

i don't know if you ever met jack kemp -- >> i did. larry: yeah.n, it was always a great experience. the guy was total energy, loved america. he was mr. growth and mr. supply side. okay. anyway, he used to always say stop blaming labor, to republicans. he would say, you know, why don't you bring labor into the republican party. by the way, it's not dissimilar to what mr. trump is trying to do, to bring working folks into the republican party at the polls in another month or so. but kemp would say is labor didn't destroy the value of the value and the money -- the thereafter and the money supply. labor didn't raise taxes. labor didn't cause all this inflation. that was done by the government, you know? so blame the government or blame the democrats who were running the government. of course, in the '70s it was both republicans and democrats who are inflationary. blame inflation, not the work worse. -- work force. they're just trying to survive. i think you see labor unrest break out in a bunch of places, i don't think it's because they're mean or th

brian kemp saying i got a hold of the president yesterday. the story doesn't become, biden is doing a poor job. it's why his donald trump making up stories in the midst of a national tragedy? why is he drawing attention away from the people who are suffering. yes, in the short term, there might be game but it doesn't come without risk. >> jeff, north carolina zoo crucial swing state. election officials there are saying that the storm could affect voting when you think of mail disruptions, destroy polling places, people of lost all the belongings. no ids voting might be the last thing on their mind and a few biggs -- weeks. how big of a problem? >> i think we're just learning how big of a problem he could be. it is a problem and you are right to mention that. we are just a few weeks away from the election. it's a beginning of october and the election is november 5, and the disaster and the tragedy the people in these states have faced, and infrastructure loss means that not only are they dealing with returning and repairing their lives, but ba

kemp: i certainly haven't heard that. >> governor back to the storm damage can we get an updated cost of the damage and recovery? gov. kemp: i'll let the director give you the latest number but it's going to grow substantially. >> as of this morning we received information for limitary results from about 50 counties through around 417 million and that number is expected to grow exponentially. gov. kemp: just to put that in perspective i talked to two different landowners that have lost in the double digits millions, 10 million, one of them over $20 million for the timber that's laying on the ground. that's two people and to landowners so it would be significant on the act side with literally everybody in the path of the storm, i think the cotton crop will be almost a complete loss a lot of the con crop will be a complete loss. so it's good to be significant not to mention the structures that have been damaged, the amount of money it's taken to rebuild the transmission lines and it's good to be a lot. >> remember last time after michael there were snafus that prevented farmers and grow

donald trump, meanwhile, is in georgia, alongside governor brian kemp where the campaign says he will be talking about hurricane relief efforts. again, it is the final stretch and there is still so much at, the storm devastation, and daunting recovery along with trump's false claim that the federal government doesn't have the money to help because it stole funds from fema to house migrants. the economy and the changing poll numbers on it, along with more good news, more jobs data today that was good. helping to fuel a democratic comeback on economic vibes. there's also another difficult abortion story. this one out of california where the state's ag says a woman was illegally denied emergency care along with melania trump's surprise endorsement of a woman's right to choose, and then there is the election itself, along with donald trump's stubborn refusal to accept the results of the last one, and his continued claims that the system is already rigged against him this time around. again, a lot at issue. joining us now, nbc news correspondent garrett haake who is in flint, michigan, for

the ban was originally signed into law by republican governor brian kemp back in 2019.ned in his ruling that liberty in georgia includes the power for a woman to control her own body. but he added that the power is not unlimited. stating this -- when a fetus growing inside a woman reaches viability, when society can assume care and responsibility for that separate life, then and only then, may society intervene. joining us now associate professor of political science at fordham university, christina greer. certainly reproductive rights, abortion health care will be an issue tonight in the vice presidential debate between ohio senator j.d. vance and the minnesota governor tim walz. and we know that abortion looms as one of the decisive issues this november, as it has in every election since dobbs. you do you see it playing out this evening? >> oh, it'll definitely be front and center, john, because it's not just about abortion or a woman's reproductive freedom, we're actually having a larger conversation about a woman's right to choose. and so when the conversation came

interestingly enough, trump had this running battle with georgia governor brian kemp, but brian kemp has one of the best turnout machines of any state in the country and kemp dedicated that to helping trump. it may prove that for the first early reports, trump is getting a head start, has always been ambivalent including paper ballots but made a difference in many of these states so it will behoove the republicans to keep pushing people across the country to get their voting whenever they want to. paul: what about the relative quality of the democratic and republican turnout machines. who has the advantage? >> the democrats have an advantage, they depend on labor quite a bit on election day, to take people to the polls, knock on doors, they have this turnout operation that served them well over the decades. during the longshoremen's strike. don't want to upset big labor, would need those services in this election, trump is relying on charlie kirk's group, turning point and elon musk, it is a novel effort. i will say this, there aren't a lot of persuadable voters, trump's strategy is

"kemp contradicted comments during -- -- kemp and white out officials confirmed monday that biden spoke to the governor on sunday to offer support azasite -- as the state sorts through the damage from hurricane helene." and this is the latest from cbs news. it says this. we will get that later. this is christopher. oops, in maryland. republican. caller: good morning. you know, i watch the show every day and ics though many people with -- i see so many people with trump derangement system -- syndrome. i would like to know why fox news cannot host a debate. the vice presidential debate is important because see both candidates at the same time. and i believe there should not

we have seen donald trump demean brian kemp over the last four years, but that has changed in recent months. i mean, even as recently, i will say as august donald trump was saying that brian kemp, of course, georgia's republican governor, was not a true republican, that he was a bad governor criticized his wife. i mean, again, very sharp language toward him. however, donald trump recognizes as does his campaign that brian kemp is an incredibly popular republican governor. a lot of voters in this state are big fans of his and also georgia is, of course, so crucial to them finding that 270 electoral votes come november. so that's part of this, but the two are going to be, as you said, appearing for the first time since 2020 in evans, georgia, they're going to be getting a briefing from local officials on the ground about the recovery efforts following the hurricane devastation. and one thing i also just want to make clear as you just give you another sense of this relationship between the two men shortly after the 2020 election after donald trump had been infuriated with camp for not d

first trump accused the biden administration of not being in touch with georgia brian kemp, which kempaise the response. trump spoke friday in a fayetteville, north carolina, where he continued to criticize the response efforts. he has also pushed false claims that federal emergency disaster money was given to migrants in the u.s. illegally. north carolina attorney general and democratic candidate for governor had this to say earlier today. >> my buddy up in avery county said these rumors about fema are growing like wildfire. that is incredibly devastating. it is devastating psychologically to those people because they now believe, some of them, that fema is going to be contrary to their interest rather than trying to help them get back on their feet and get their lives put together again. >> how dangerous is trying to run a credit as communities are this vulnerable right now and need help? not to be divided. >> it is deeply dangerous when you keep in mind there are thousands of people still without power, which means they do not have internet access. and they are struggling to ask is

they have a really interesting relationship, trump plane kemp for losing the state in 2020 and kemp saide trump campaign is embracing kemp in the final stretch. >> what candidate can unite bobby kennedy junior, tulsi gabbard, nikki haley and brian kemp and the answer is the guy who stands for common sense. i think that's fundamentally what this election is about. >> that was jd vance over the weekend and democrats still investing heavily in the states to 125 million from the harris campaign just here in georgia alone. stuart: thank you very much, vice president harris has gone 99 days without holding an official news conference, donald trump has held six news conferences cents august, joe concha with me do you expect harris to do any news conference before the election? >> it must be rhetorical monday, that answer is absolutely not not only had she not done one press conference as the democratic nominee were looking at 98 days, 98 days, she's never held a solo press conference in five years going back to the first run for the presidency in 2019 not one as a candidate not one as vice pres

brian kemp exited the stage. i thought that sent sen. a pretty good message where brian kemp's head's at and jeff, i mean, just to can you weigh in on how trump has just been lying about the disaster response across the southeast. he was insisting that camp was not in touch with president biden when kemp was on camera saying that he was talking to president biden and there's all this talk of fema money go into migrants instead of to hurricane relief that is not the case there's a separate funding streams, and so on. it's been a lot. what's been your response to all of it the lies are one of the biggest reasons why i'm a republican, a lifelong republican supporting vice president harris as a democrat. the lies are dangerous. they're reckless, they, they cause harm in this particular instance, i mean, does any of these lies actually helped people get closer and quicker benefits? no, they don't i mean, famous having to spend resources reprogramming their websites and social media to debunk some of these, these messages but this is donald tr

today. >> and he was praising brian kemp's actions on the recovery in georgia okay. and kemp thanked him for bringing right. >> been a lot about brian earlier it's okay. >> i mean, look, if you guys want to call it, say that donald trump is messing up the hurricane while we have a current administration biden-harris that are in office, you go ahead. >> it's donald trump. he has things to say about the things that happened in this world. and it's october of a presidential election. so i, you know, i don't know what you want. what do you want them to do? not comment on it, but just not be sleazy. >> i asked basically, mean, is it different argument actually because it's something different from saying that democrats or republicans would handle this different and the relief effort i mean, have we ever had fema come out and have to say that the money is actually going to hurricane relief and not to where donald trump says it's going and they had to do that today. and i think that that is the classic difference here between how democrats might handle this or how republica

what was it brian kemp said? quote, look, you may not like donald trump personally but you'll like his policies. it's a business decision. you're making a business g decision. but maybe that's not the kind of business decision you're making. maybe you're not moved one way or another by trump's personal business acumen and savvy. maybe you as a business person yourself just want to be left alone to run your business. you just want a government, a leader of the u.s. government who is going to leave business alone, just not mess with you, not mess with the private no sector. is that the basis on which you're making your business decision in this election? because if so, have you met trump's running mate?nn >> unless you're willing to make these people feel economic pain, there's no serious way to fight back against it.er google, apple, delta, they're not going to stop beating up on georgia for passing common senss voter integrity measures just pa because we complain about it. or just because a congressional committe

this is what jack kemp taught us over 40 years ago.rnment and the goofballs running the government who cause inflation by printing too much money, and spending too much money. you are ready to make an amends will you ask forgiveness, longshoremen they just want to come out ahead in next 6 years. faulkender, i may come after you too. >> well, larry, i think you have 80% right. we don't disagree fundamentally, you are right. labor unrest, strikes. you know more and more workers falling, you know beneath the curve of terms of inflation that happens with the boughts of inflation, you remember, i remember, what happened in 1970s, you had all sorts of strikes because unions were so upset about 9 or 11% unemployment. even if they got 8% up cites increase in salaries, i agree, root cause of this is joe biden took an inflation rate to 9%. now, here is where i may disagree a little bit. i was talking with a good friend art laffer today reminding me ronald reagan of president he fired air traffic controllers, and against his -- what was in his ow

kemp said explicitly that he did connect and was grateful to biden. remarks today, kemp focused on his recovering state. >> what we're all going through is a living nightmare. and we're going to continue to pull together as we go through this together. >> by the end - at this first meeting of the two in years he and trump appeared congenial. trump's running mate ohio senator jd vance was also in the peachtree state today looking , ahead in lindale. >> we are focused on the future. in this election and in this campaign, if you look at what president trump says, what i say, we are focused on the future every single day. >> but the ripple effects of 2020 - and trump's lies about it - continue. yesterday, a colorado judge sentenced tina peters the former mesa county clerk to 9 years in prison. once a hero to election deniers, she was found guilty of a security breach involving the county's voting machines in 2020. >> if he wins again it will be more of the same. >> focused on 2024, vice president kamala harris took her campaign to a firehouse in detroit,

kemp said it wasn't true, that biden offered anything the state needed.mp is saying fema, they don't have enough money for relief for victims of the hurricane because they were using that money on undocumented immigrants. and the crazy thing is that washington post did a fact check and it was actually donald trump during his administration who is taking money from fema in the relief fund to use on undocumented immigrants, not the biden administration. >> i'm glad you brought that up, because alencia, trump initially refused to provide disaster aid for california after deadly wildfires in 2016 because of the state's democratic leanings. adding that trump changed his mind after voting ruts showed him that the heavily damaged orange county had more trump supporters than the entire state of iowa. at that point, trump was, we can put aid in there. >> if there's anyone with a pattern of making this about politics it's donald trump. it's extremely frustrating. over 200 americans have been found dead and counting. these are families. people have lost their entire

take a listen to what trump said, and then what kemp said about his conversations with joe biden the governor's doing a very good job. >> he's having a hard time getting the president on the phone. i guess they're not they're not being responsive. the federal government is not being responsive i just spoke, the president just called me yesterday afternoon. >> i missed him and called him right back he just said, hey, what do you need? and i told him, we we got what we need. we'll work through the federal process. he he offered that if there's another things that we need just to call them directly, which i appreciate that donald trump has also been hitting kamala harris and joe biden for not being on the ground. one thing to note here, this often happens in the aftermath of this kind you have a storm, the sitting president, sitting vice president doesn't want to travel to the area because they don't want to divert resources from what is happening with search and rescue or what is happening on the ground to help with those recovery efforts. and they don't want to take that away because

georgia governor brian kemp, he's a pretty mild mannered guy. baffled, stunned by the whiteho house that refused to issue an emergency declaration offer isat he asked for for 90 counties in georgia that were devastated by this isb hurricane. >> he needed that declaration for 90 counties. they only gave for 90ountie him 11. he had to get back on the phone with the white house andg bi biden's chief of staff, joe,deas was probably taking a na partlp to take more action and he only gote 0 more 30 more of the 90 counties that he needed covered. again, the middle finger to georgia, north carolina and everyone in between ben. ety wow. pretty unbelievable. take a look. when the first emergency declarations came down, there was only 11 counties in that. a lot of people were outraged, u including me, because there was such devastation. and, you know,diuse --utrage upe counties. so we called the white house. we spoked the the to the presids chief of staff that the fema administer to and said, look, you're sending the signal that you're not paying attention

even after he saw that brian kemp appeared to be more popular than him in georgia.tion became increasingly tidy after paris took over the democratic ticket, trump realized it probably wasn't going to be effective to go on bashing the republican governor of that state. host: this week began with the vice presidential debate, the one and only of this campaign. i want to show you a new ad highlighting one part of the debate with the running mate of the former president, jd vance, senator from ohio asked about the former president losing in 2020. [video clip] >> it is rich for them to say donald trump is a threat to democracy. >> did he lose the 2020 election? >> i am focused on the future. >> america, you have a clear choice of who will honor the democracy and who will honor donald trump. host: we were talking about how this issue doesn't highlight spending money on an ad like that. guest: we all the reviews after the debate show that events up until that moment had a good night seemed more comfortable and polished on stage then tim walz and then came the question and

brian kemp for not helping him overturn the presidential election in georgia. here is what georgia's governor, brian kemp, said publicly to everyone, including donald trump's campaign staff. everybody heard this before donald trump started lying about him today. >> the president just called me yesterday afternoon. i missed him and called him right back and he just said hey, what do you need and i told him, you know, we got what we need. we will work through the federal process. he offered that if there are other things we need just to call him directly, which i appreciate that. >> here is what president biden had to say about donald trump lying about how helpful president biden has been to the governor's dealing with this crisis. >> reporter: mr. president, donald trump has accused you of ignoring [ inaudible ] >> he's lying. let me get this straight. he is lying in the governor told you he was lying. i've spoken to the governor, spent time with him and he told me he is lying. i don't know why he does this and the reason i get so angry about it -- i don't care

though governor kemp told reporters last night that he had in fact spoken to the president. my colleague garrett hake has a closer look on how the campaigns are responding to this disaster. >> tonight former president trump using the storm zone in valdosta, georgia, coming with franklin grams a group >> we are standing in complete solidarity with the people of georgia. >> and hammering vice president harris for not being there himself. >> she's out someplace campaigning looking for money. >> the quality of the federal storm spots could have a major political impact on the vice president who's hoping to repeat biden's narrow 2020 georgia win. harris was briefed aboard air force two, cutting campaigning short in las vegas to return to washington, meeting with fema official tonight. >> we will do everything in our power to help communities respond and recover. i plan to be on the ground as soon as possible but as soon as possible without disrupting any emergency response operations. >> trump accused the white house and democratic governor in hard-hit north carolina", going out

i want to thank governor kemp, who i spoke with again this morning. and senator warnock is behind me. senator austin scott, representative of sanford bishop, old friends in moments like this. it's time to put politics aside again. it's not one state versus other. it's the united states, you know, no democrats or republicans out here. it's what we do to make sure we restore the economy. only americans are here. it's been, i've been committed to being president for all americans. in fact, all the major bills we've gotten passed from over a trillion dollar bill related to infrastructure to $368 billion bill on, on dealing with climate, a whole range of bills we got passed. well, guess what the fact of the matter is, more money from those bills have been spent in red states, red states than in blue states, more in red states and blue states because i said i didn't matter where it was it, who needed help. not based on party who needed help. and i mean, sincerely she can check it out. our job is of as many people as we can, as many as we can. and also by th

, turning her attention to storm relief meeting with fema and speaking with georgia governor brian kemp. authorities in north carolina had asked the administration to wait before traveling there given the emergency. tonight former president donald trump traveling to the storm zone in georgia. tonight the developing headline, israeli troops expected to launch limited ground raids into lebanon just days after the killing of the leader of hezbollah. tonight, the potentially crippling port strike now just hours away. we're monitoring this. up to 45,000 dockworkers along the east coast and the gulf set to walk off the job at midnight. what this could mean for prices across this country. the massive fire burning at a chemical plant tonight and the real concern over air quality. the toxic, dangerous smoke visible for miles and some sheltering in place at this hour. tonight the u.s. releasing a video with a russian fighter jet nearly colliding with an american f-16, the two planes coming within 50 feet of one another. >>> in new york city, what indicted mayor eric adams has asked the judge to d

i want to play this from governor kemp. a lot of people have been making something of governor kemp and his discourse at the federal but they have this moment. >> in the first declarations came down, there were only 11 counties in that. a lot of people were outraged, including me. there was so much, and we spoke to the president's chief of staff, and we said, you are sending the signal that you're not paying attention to some of these rural communities. >> kayleigh: kennedy, what is the governor of georgia having to call the white house asking why rural communities are not included in disaster declaration relief from team a question mark he had to call and plead for rural communities. >> kennedy: i mean, this is deadly. this is heartbreaking. to john's point, you bring up the word "crisis." that's what the federal government is supposed to do, respond in a crisis. these are the moments where you need to make sure that you have infrastructure, that you've got bureaucracies that are communicating with each other to deliver ai

he is attacking governor kemp for not helping him overturn the presidential election in georgia. and here is what georges governor brian kemp said publicly to everyone including donald trump's campaign staff and everybody rgheard this, before donald trump started lying about him today. >> the president just called me yesterday afternoon and i missed him and called him right back. he said, what do you need. a i said, we got what we need and we will work through the federal process and he did offer if there were other things we needed to call him directly e which i do appreciate that. >> here is what president biden had to say about donald trump lining about how helpful president biden has been to thes governors dealing with this crisis. >> mr. president donald trump has accused both of you of ignoring -- >> let me give it to you straight. he is lying. the governor told him he was lying. the governor told him he was e fine. i have spoken to the governor th and have spent time with orthem and he told him he is lying and i don't know why he does this and the reason i get so angry abo

preventing kemp portanovaation and causing the very same cities in absolute fortunes of 100s of billions and mott just with the crime itself and the welfare related costs that the sanctuary cities are spending on the illegals and therefore crowding out on the social services for those americans who truly need their help. they're going to be african americans. young black men going for the first cut. contested think that young man is afraid that all the illegal immigrants are coming across the border will take his job away or minimum mocked country-specific the wages he might earn because of the cheap labor and thinking here in common sense terms. barack obama ought to think about the same serious issues like the economy, like inpolice station like illegal imuation and like crime that the rest of american voters are thinking about. the race card, mr. obama and get rid of the race card and start thinking about that and real world problems. whites, blacks, browns, asians, everybody has to keel with it. even barack and that's the thing. vivek ramaswamy is author of truth: future of america f

millions and millions of meals and liters of water as well as crews that are available to florida kemp spite the fact that fema is facing major staffing challenges and governor described his call with the president today. >> i appreciate being able to collaborate across the local state and federal governments and working together to put the people first. i want the private sector is getting involved too and like star link sent around 10,000 units to the areas that were impacted by hurricane helene, spacex, which is in charge of star link, is doing the same with this storm. after the storm, more than 3 million people were without cell signal. at this hour, we think there's still several million people possibly more than 3 million people are customers i should say without power to their homes and businesses so it'll be a long road ahead and we're going to need private sector and government involvement. larry. lauren:. it's good people working across the political lines and mr. desantis is a very, very good governor and she's shining in this emergency frankly. brady, thank you ever so muc

brian kemp on monday said we got what we needed. the democratic governor of north carolina, says they're grateful for the support and they got $27 million. there are no doubt that there are challenges in this recovery effort. i'm asking you about the misinformation that the former president is saying. here's what "the charlotte observer" editorial wrote, former president donald trump has politicized it at every turn, spreading falsehoods and conspiracies that fracture the community instead of bringing it together. do you think donald trump should leave campaign politics out of disaster relief? >> kristen, again, you have governor kemp who said that the response has been lacking. i understand the democratic governor of north carolina will praise joe biden and kamala haires in the middle of an election season and the fact of the matter is we're more than a week on and still not conducting recovery operations and they're still in rescue operations because kamala harris and joe biden were slow footed and they were overmatched by events.