larry, thank you so much. >>> joining us now, former chief spokesperson for vice president harris and co-host of "the weekend" on msnbc, simone sanders-townsend. >> i love larry. he's lovely. as you were talking to him, i was very enthralled in the conversation. >> you were taking notes. >> because donald trump, when he posts on the social media site, it now double posts to twitter, and i'm young, but i'm also too old to change my ways. about an hour ago, he said, when i win, those people that cheated will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. long-term prison sentences, he wrote that. then he said, unscrupulous behavior will be prosecuted at levels never before seen. that is what we're talking about here. so i'm of the belief that, frankly, i think the race is close for two reasons. one, because chief among them, there are people like donald trump, they want what he is offing, despite -- >> they want authoritarianism? >> i don't think they're going to give that. they think when the economy was good. so i think they like what he's talking about, and you hear that from voters on the trail. i also think this race is close bec