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geoff: lara is here in studio alongside lisa desjardins.president -- when the vice president says they have to earn every vote, what does that look like? >> they are in a more aggressive phase of the campaign since the debate launching three new ads since the debate highlighting exchanges in the debate including ones on abortion and harris saying she wants to represent all americans. and they are doing more targeted interviews. harris day one today in -- with a local pennsylvania anchor and she will join a livestream next week what oprah winfrey with a lot of grassroots groups including some targeting latino voters and others and her campaign is trying to make available in the battleground states. she is expected to potentially sit down with the national association of black journalists as early as next week. she is still trying to reach undecided voters, but she is trying to close the enthusiasm gap that president biden had with key elements of her base. geoff: i want to ask you about a far right activist that has been traveling with donal

i'm lisa desjardins in annapolis, maryland.for more on the 2024 race, we turn the analysis of brooks and capehart. that's new york times columnist david brooks and jonathan capehart associate editor for , the washington post. the 2024 election is officially underway with early in person voting starting in three states as the gop races a scandal in north carolina. the trump-endorsed tenant governor mark is denying reports he had anything to do with racist and sexually explicit online posts. cnn published the story and attribute these messages to robinson, including one where he characterizes himself as a black nazi and defends slavery and it devolves from there. what does it say about the modern gop where a candidate like mark robinson, who had a number of known liabilities until now, this is not new, what does it say that he got this far? >> we should reassure voters that is the -- viewers that was the g-rated version. it is mind-boggling nastiness. the republican party used to be a normal vetting procedures. you were a college

that is where our lisa desjardins has been reporting. >> i intend to chart a pathway forward and growiddle class. donald trump attempts to take america backwards. reporter: her speech came at the club of pittsburgh. her proposals largely include tax shifts and incentives such as a 50,000 tax deduction for new small businesses. other ideas she says will pick up where president biden's economic agenda leaves off. >> a survey of top economists by the financial times and the university of chicago found by an overwhelming 70 percent to 3% margin, my plan would be better for keeping inflation low. reporter: hours earlier -- >> they have done nothing. why didn't she do everything for .5 years ago? reporter: former president trump outlined his economic plan, including tariffs and a push for american businesses to keep jobs here at a factory in north carolina. >> i will give you the lowest taxes, the lowest energy costs, i will cut your energy and have. -- in half. free access to the best and biggest market on the planet earth. but only if you make your product here in america and hire america

lisa desjardins takes us inside one pennsylvania county with a track record of picking the winner, a e both parties think could signal how the state and possibly the country could vote. lisa: drive down a gravel road just past a cornfield and you will find how vice president harris plans to win the election. >> if someone says they are concerned about reproductive health care, you want to talk about, you know, kamala harris's opinions on that. lisa: in swing northampton county, pennsylvania, democratic volunteers meet weekly to strategize, before hitting the streets and pushing every way they can for harris. >> hello, my name is vanessa and i'm a volunteer for the harris campaign. there's a lot of enthusiasm for since kamala harris got into the race, for, you know, getting out and voting for her. but i think people are very, you know, concerned. it's such a close race. >> help people get involved, lord, and help people work to save america. lisa: several miles away in the -- in northampton county, republicans too are gathering for voter outreach. in one room, we see the span of the ma

i'm lisa desjardins in annapolis, maryland.and for more on the 2024 race we turn tonight to the analysis of brooks and capehart. that's new york times columnist david brooks and jonathan capehart, associate editor for the washington post. hello. good to see you. jonathan: hey, geoff. david: good to see you. geoff: so, the 2024 election is officially under way, with early in-person voting starting in three states, and this is as the gop faces a major scandal in a critical battleground state, north carolina. the state's trump-endorsed lieutenant governor, mark robinson, is adamantly denying reports that he had anything to do with racist and sexually explicit online posts. cnn has published a story, and they attribute robinson -- they attribute these messages to robinson, including one where he characterizes himself as a black nazi, another where he defends slavery, and it just devolves from there. david brooks, what does it say about the modern gop that a candidate like mark robinson, who had a number of known liabilities up unti

geoff: lisa desjardins, thanks so much. i appreciate it.e welcome. ♪ geoff: vice president kamala harris heads to the u.s.-mexico border to present her border security plan. on that and other issues shaping the presidential race, we turn to the analysis of capehart and pletka. that's jonathan capehart, associate editor for "the washington post," and danielle pletka of the american enterprise institute. david brooks is away. welcome to you both. kamala harris is visiting the border, trying to flip the script on what has been a political vulnerability for her. jonathan, the harris campaign has tried to gain ground on this issue by pointing to the bipartisan border deal that congressional republicans blocked it earlier this year after trump came out against it. she's at the border today. what also she need to do to confront this issue and cut into donald trump's perceived advantage? jonathan: she is doing it. she is going to the border, she is there. she will be speaking about it later this evening. by going to the border and talking about imm

lisa: i'm lisa desjardins, john yang is away.ay former president donald trump was the subject of an "apparent assassination attempt" at his golf club in palm beach, florida. secret service agents opened fire on a person with a gun near the spot where trump was playing golf. his campaign says the former president is safe and back and maralago. after speaking with the former president, fox host sean hannity reported that an ak-47 rifle was found nearby and that secret service quickly acted to protect trump. the agency is investigating. it is not yet known if the shots were related or unrelated to the former president. >> i am hearing from dozens of constituents who are concerned about these issues and i think it is shameful how the american media and forces them. lisa: vance has disavowed white supremacy and says the view -- the media has the wrong focus. >> i'm more concerned with the vice president failing to do her job than i am about people carrying the wrong slab. let's focus on the real problem, the vice president not doing h

lisa desjardins has more. onal survey was commissioned by the nonpartisan elizabeth dole foundation and by the rand corporation. they found those caring for military members or veterans are increasingly large group and stretched increasingly thin. the study finds that 14 million are caring for a current or current service member, those families spend $9,000 a year out of pocket for care. that as 39% of them are raise ago child. those children are helping with at least one caregiving task. joining me to discuss this is former secretary of veteran affairs and the chairman bob mcdonald. that figure 14 million caregives that's nearly tripled what informs 2014. >> it was a shock to us, lisa. in 2011, the research began. that original study found 5.5 million caregivers. the way we asked the question was a very simple, single question, are you a caregiver? this study, the methodology was different. we asked the questions of the behaviors of the caregiver. are you bathing the person you care for? are you supplying thei

lisa desjardins has more. urvey was commissioned by the nonpartisan elizabeth dole foundation and conducted by the rand corporation. they found those caring for military members or veterans are an increasingly large group and stretched increasingly thin. the study estimates more than 14 million americans are caring for a current or former service member. even with the veterans administration in place, those families spend an average of nearly $9,000 a year out of pocket for care. that as 39% of these caregivers are also raising a child. and those children are helping with at least one caregiving task. joining me to discuss this is former secretary of veterans affairs and the chairman of the elizabeth dole foundation, bob mcdonald. now, that figure of 14 million caregivers who have served, that's nearly triple what it was in 2014. >> it was a shock to this, lisa, in 2011, actually, the research began. that original study found 5.5 million caregivers. but the way we asked the question was it was a very simple, si

kamala harris was in pennsylvania, and donald trump campaigned in north carolina, from where lisa desjardinsport. lisa: today, two battleground states, two battling visions for america's economy. >> i intend to chart a new way forward, and grow america's middle class. donald trump intends to take america backward. lisa: vice president kamala harris's came in a speech to the economic club of pittsburgh. she played up what she calls a pragmatic approach, and pledged policies to boost domestic manufacturing. her proposals largely involve tax shifts and incentives, such as a $50,000 tax deduction for new small businesses. other ideas, she says, will pick up where president biden's economic agenda leaves off. >> a survey of top economists by the financial times and the university of chicago found that by an overwhelming 70% to 3% margin, my plan would be better for keeping inflation low. lisa: just hours earlier -- >> they've done nothing. why didn't she do everything 3.5 years ago? lisa: donald trump outlined his economic plan at a rally in mint hill, north carolina. >> i will give you the lowes

. >> lisa desjardins has more. ring comes one day after the senate homeland security committee released its interim report on the assassination attempt in butler, pennsylvania. that report found a host of failures but was especially critical of the secret service. the report says the secret service's failures and planning, communications, security and allocation of resources for the butler rally were foreseeable, and preventable and directly related to the events resulting in the assassination attempt that day. today was the first hearing for the house bipartisan task force on this. and its ranking member, jason crow of colorado, joins me know. congressman, we saw a repeated theme in today's hearing about the logistical problems and the proximity of the shooter. i want to remind viewers of the layout in butler, pennsylvania. you can see mr. trump's location where the stage was and the agr companies complex where the shooter got onto the roof unimpeded. it was outside the security perimeter. what have you surmised ab

geoff: gun violence and crime in america are both keyas part of s about election year issues, lisa desjardinsked into where the candidateslet's start with . he talks often about crime despite his own felony conventions. what his plan -- what is his plan? lisa: it is blunt and focuses on enforcement. here's what he said to the nra in maine. >> we have become a drug infested, crime-ridden nation unable to solve even the simplest of problems. we will institute the powerful death penalty for drug dealers, where each dealer is responsible for the deaths of at least 500 people or more. lisa: he has given more details without the music. to do this, he would require that police forces to get federal funding employee stop and frisk. that's the method that looks at people that police believe are suspicious and would pat them down to find weapons or drugs. it's a controversial program. he would require it to get federal funding. he would also have a crackdown on illegal drugs. he would invoke a death penalty, he says, on drug dealers. he has not given specifics. and human traffickers. we don't know exac

our lisa desjardins has been covering both candidates' plans, and she joins us now.s start with the border and border security specifically. what did we hear from each campaign in terms of how they would handle this issue? lisa: both trump and harris have talked about border security, and an office both of them have actually increased border security. but that is where things diverge. let's look at vice president kamala harris and what she wants to do. she has pointed to a particular senate bill proposal for what she thinks needs to happen on the border. here's what she said in the debate. >> the united states congress, including some of the most conservative members of the united states senate, came up with a border security bill which i supported. and that bill would have put 1500 more border agents on the border to help those folks who are working there right now overtime trying to do their job. lisa: that also means hundreds of asylum and other new officers. she would also like to invest in more detection technology to cut fentanyl smuggled in. now, that bill of

lisa desjardins has more, beginning with a reminder of murdaugh's tangled history. >> did you kill yourd son? lisa: in a small courthouse with millions of people watching, last month, a jury convicted alec murdoch of the unthinkable, shooting and killing his wife and younger son, paul. prosecutors say it was a desperate attempt by him to distract as years of stealing millions from his clients was coming to light. the prosecutor. >> it doesn't matter who your family is. it doesn't matter how much money you have or you think you have. it doesn't matter what you think, how prominent you are. if you do wrong, if you break the law, if you murder, then justice will be done in south carolina. lisa: the trial raised the specter of other debts around him and his immediate family. the fatal head injury is committed to a fall of their housekeeper five years earlier, the death of 19-year-old mallory beach after witnesses say paul murdoch drunkenly crashed his boat, and the death of a teenage classmate of murdoch's older son , ruled a hit and run but which police later investigated as a homicide. th

. >> laura joins us now alongside lisa desjardins covering the trump campaign.nk you both for being here. the harris campaign feels good about how last night went, both in terms of harris's performances and the degree to which trump lost his composure. how does the debate in their view help her position in this campaign? >> well, the campaign feels as though it helps her immensely. the momentum she had since she jumped into the race, they feel as though it is going to be furthered by the debate. and that is what a lot of democrats i. they feel as though it is totally different than how they felt after that june debate between president biden and donald trump. they particularly pointed out direct appeals that they feel harris was wise to make to women on abortion and appealing to centrist and undecided on january 6 as we reported and -- also a direct appeal to 800,000 polish americans in pennsylvani in defense of ukraine. i spoke to one of the republicans back in and he said that harris is making it hard for levelheaded republicans to vote for trump again and is

lisa desjardins is tracking the movements on capitol hill and joins me now. here we go again. is in this deal exactly? lisa: this came together over the weekend from the republican and democratic leaders of congress. this would extend government funding -- before a new president would be sworn in. this includes $231 million for secret service and it especially says it can be spent now. concern for both parties protection including former president trump. there will not be any increased funding for veterans affairs. that is something democrats say they tried to get in this bill. the v.a.'s constraint right now for resources but republicans say they would not agree to it. this is standard procedure, but coming now in such a tense election year, both parties leadership realized the need to get this through. republican leaders don't want a shutdown and democrats want to focus on the election. geoff:? what are you watching for next? lisa: we do expect this to pass both chambers. it is a question of how dramatic is it? the house is likely to move on this tomorrow or wednesday. we ar

laura baran lopez has been reporting on the harris campaign and lisa desjardins on the trump campaignbegin with you two before we turn to everyone else the candidates' work is over. the surrogates take over. what are you hearing from them in terms of how they saw the debate and their takeaways? laura: harris's campaign feels good about this. she did a number of things they want her to do going in, which is goad him. she did that on a few fronts, on abortion, on election to nihilism, and they said also that in the first hour of the debate, 71% of the grassroots donations they were getting were from women, so they feel as though some of her strongest moments were when she was going after him on abortion and talking about personal stories of women who were having miscarriages and were unable to get the care they needed, and they also felt that based on the undecided voters they were tracking live during the debate, that another strong moment for her was her response when donald trump was questioned about her black identity and saying racism is a pattern for him and that america does not