this was that for jd meghan hays. >> how did you read this? because obviously they had previously really dug in on this haitian migrants eating pets, insisting the evidence was there, et cetera? cetera, a different tone last night? >> well, let's not forget that he admitted that he made it up, that he made the entire thing to get attention to the media, to pay attention to something that's not even true. i mean, i don't want people to forget that point here, but i do think, look, this is a tough issue for democrats. i think that kamala harris and governor walls are closing the gap here and people who can see that she could handle this issue. i think she was down last week at the border. she gave a really great speech. she's showing some leadership. i think that the governor is also putting for some more meat on this and drawing attention that the congress is the one who did not pass the border bill at the direction of donald trump's. so, you know, i think it is not the top issue for democrats. i think that the governor did but what he could do

we want fertilization and it's all the way the father of ivf, meghan hays, i mean okay. i don't understand how he can say that with a straight face, but i do think he's trying to appeal to women, so he's trying to, but i think that it's already it's already baked with women. i think that people know that he overturned roe v wade, and he will own that. and this is part of that and this is only going to be on the ballot there's only being on the balinese different states because of that. so i just don't think that this is going to i think it's going to fall flat with women. i think you're already seeing that fall flat. it's the number one issue. i don't know why he continues to talk about it because every time he does, it just draws more attention to the fact that he's the one who overturned roe v wade overturned marc lotter. i mean do you think talking about it like that is going to achieve the goal, that he set out to accomplish. >> i think i think we overgeneralize this. i mean, there are a certain percentage of women who they are single issue voters, and that could be

that figure has frequently been in the high single digits let's discuss with meghan hays, a former biden white house director of message planning and erin perrine many republican strategists for axiom strategies. thank you both for being with us, meghan, first to you, i'm wondering what you make of that 6% associating harris with the word lie or liar? >> yeah. i mean, i think that this is just what happens in the course of the campaign. the negativity on both sides starts to ramp up, especially towards the end when they're out there more so i don't put too much stock in it. i think that the vice president is doing what she needs to be doing, meeting voters where they are with its local media, with its recent media blitz, i do think she could be probably doing a set, oren doing some more local interviews but i'll leave that to the campaign, but i don't put much stock in the words that people are associating with each. i think this is normally their base. it's being being pulled here and really coming through okay. >> i wonder what you think aaron more writ large, but also about the fact t

administration, and democratic strategist and former white house director of message planning, meghan haysank you both for coming on this morning. pete. i'm going to start with you, donald trump, using rancid language against fellow americans, calling them sick, calling them lunatics, saying they're bad people. he's not talking about politicians necessarily. he's just saying this sort of in general, how does the campaign defend the rhetoric that has been long used by autocrats? >> both campaigns are running on effectively the same message. sara, and that is fear. donald trump is stoking fear of illegal immigration and what he calls the far left to motivate those low propensity voters to come out and vote for him and commonly hello harris is trying to stoke fear of donald trump. just look at the rhetoric that democrats use when they talk about donald trump. it's the same thing, trying to get those low propensity voters out. so we've got to recognize both sides are doing this. both sides are playing the game of fear because that's how they think they're going to win this election. >> it clea

they find this entertaining. >> i'm gonna, in many ways, it explains maga right in, i mean, meghan hays, what do you think yeah. >> i mean, i think he's an entertainment person. he knows how to entertain people. i think that he's talking to his base, which is men. this is locker room talk. this is how you discussing democracies, i would assume i haven't been in the men's locker mean, i think that these undecided voters or this is not presidential, you don't want someone out there talking like this. you're going to go talk to world leaders like this. we don't want you on the world stage and i just think he's becoming more and more like an entertainment figure and not an actual serious presidential candidate. >> i mean, the question to me, alex seems to be whether what he is doing here is exciting the people that already liked him enough you know, more to get out to vote versus, i mean, these are kamala harris is basically out there making the argument that when he does that, this is awful and suburban women who clearly are not likely predisposed to light this should go out and vote becau

national political reporter for axios elliot williams, cnn legal analysts, former felsic cuter, meghan hays, former biden white house director of message planning, and matt gorman, former senior adviser to tim scott's presidential campaign. welcome to all of you. thank you for being here. >> alex thompson i start with you on the cheney endorsement. this of course, we expected this to be coming after some remarks she had made off the cuff remarks if it's to be if their campaign is to be believed or her staff is to be believed. at duke university, but really coming out and doing this formally now in the birthplace of the republican party how does it help or hurt harris is efforts here well, there are a few things, obviously, camaj harris is trying to both pivot to the center, but also you can see this in the paid advertising to the harris campaign has really shifted from a bio focus, especially those first few weeks. >> this is who i am. this is what my prayers are to really a contrast anti-trump campaign. they want this race to be a referendum on trump. the ads have gone from biographical an

lee carter, meghan hays. thank you both very much there. >> all right. >> gas prices are on the verge of dropping to their lowest levels in three years, but will that be enough for americans to feel better about the economy as a whole? cnn's vanessa yurkevich is in jersey city for us. you were talking to people about these low gas prices and about inflation. what have they been saying to you falling and we could see a national average below $3 for the first time in three years, just behind me, you can see gas is already below $3 to 95 a gallon here for regular gas, the national average as of yesterday because 3-13, that's fallen significantly from a year ago when gas was about through 50 but it's not quite where we were in october of 2020 before that election when gas prices were $2.14. >> but of course that was during a pandemic when people were not driving that much. but if you look at key battleground states in almost half of them, gas prices at the state average are already below $3. so we wanted to under

>> meghan hays, matt gorman, great to see both you.nk you very much. >> kate so source tells cnn that president biden will speak with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu today by phone and a phone call. >> they are expected to discuss israel's response to iran's missile attack last week, the call comes though after cnn reported that netanyahu told his defense minister to not go to washington on a planned trip yesterday to meet with u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin netanyahu, saying that he wanted to speak to biden first before approving that trip. this call today will be the first time the two leaders have spoken in 49 days. hotel and casino, demolished after 67 years. on the vegas strip, its removal removal sound small for what just happened. there is to make way for the new home of the oakland athletics, the oakland it's when the tropicana opened. it was the most expensive hotel ever built on the las vegas strip at that time. >> the florida aquarium in tampa is making sure that its residents are safe ahead of hurricane milto

. >> planning, planning for president biden meghan hays and strategic communications expert for former republican strategist and pollster lee carter. guys, thanks for coming in. meghan, you called this a pre-trump era debate walz looked nervous especially off the top everyone saw that the way jen psaki described it, her take was she the way she put it as missing the magic and the organic spontaneity of tim walz. what did you see last night? >> yeah. >> i think he was absolutely nervous. i mean, i would also be very nervous on that stage as well. and then he got into his groove and i think he did very well. i think that the highlights for him or obviously the issues on reproductive rights, i think he was very strong mare, i think he pushed back really appropriately on immigration and some other top areas. i do think that that hits shining moment where the dials really high according to a lot of the polls, were the last question about if he can stay that donald trump lost the election. and i think that the independent voters and these swing states, that's what people are noticing. do the

let's bring in meghan hays, democratic strategist and former assistant to president biden.ing, should democrats or republicans be concerned about early voting or is that essentially taking away from the election day vantage point? >> yeah, i think it takes away from their election day vantage point o'donnell trump wanted people to get out there early vote when the campaign said they shouldn't do that, voter fraud happens during early voting so i think it is just people and republican seeking advantage of early voting, if i am a democrat, i would not worry much. i don't think there is much there. it will just, you know, come out on the wash on election day. >> let's talk about last night. superstar beyonci joined harris on stage for the houston rally capping a big week of hollywood endorsements for the vice president but it is taxes. it is not likely to turn blue for harris. what kind of impact is expected for publicity around the event like this with beyonci in houston? will that carry influence in the swing states with the race is tight and last question, will support for

. >> meghan hays and sarah matthews. sorry we lost your signal during the last answer. look forward to the next time we can speak. >>> more from the trail ahead, including more of the "f" word being thrown around, fascism. will warnings from extrump officials cut through the noise? historians break down what we learn from the past. >>> and are elon musk's vote giveaways legal? >>> and michigan's attorney general on how she is looking to keep the vote safe there. >>> later, putin's power play. he is expected to speak this morning amid revelations about north korean troops in his country. we're back in 90 seconds. in jus. wow! and for hair, try swiffer dry cloths. the fluffy cloths pick up hair like a magnet. swiffer. you'll love it or your money back. at humana, we believe your healthcare should evolve with you, and part of that evolution means choosing the right medicare plan for you. humana can help. with original medicare you're covered for hospital stays and doctor office visits, but you'll have to pay a deductible for each. a medicare supplement plan pays for some o

we have meghan hays was the director of message planning for the biden white house and kristen davidson is a republican strategist and partner with axiom strategies. all alright, kristin, the father of ivf is this one you think trump's should lean into you know, i don't really know what that means, but i do know that trump has been for our party. >> the on the forefront of promoting ivf women's health. i mean, when you look when you look back to the primary of last year trump was getting hit by his opponents in the primary for being too moderate on issues like abortion and women's health and ivf. so go back to that decision in alabama, trump was one of the first republicans to come out and say, whoa, whoa, whoa, we are not going to do anything to harm that, to get in the way of it. then promoting it now, i don't necessarily know the terminology. i think that townhall could have been missed opportunity to have someone maybe like megyn kelly or katie britt or money or someone there to, you soften the message a little bit, but i mean, no one can deny that in the party he has been on the fo

meghan hays, former director of message planning and the biden white house, and matt gorman, former senior adviser to tim scott's presidential campaign. welcome to all of you so we got joy this is darkness. >> it seems, and darkness seems to be getting edge. yeah. >> why? what's going on well, i mean, so divided country. >> it's polarized country. the fact is that i think you asked anyone the harris campaign in july and august, they would say they expected this race to come back, that there was a little bit of a sugar high and the trump campaign felt the same way too. they felt that this was a 50-50 race in the very beginning. and really it just comes and that's actually why he's last three weeks or so critical because the fact is that kamala harris has only been on this national stage in this way as a nominee for 90 days, how she performs these next 90 days, most people have made up their minds about donald trump it's really about how she performs these next 22 days that could determine this race. >> do you agree with that assessment, meghan, why is this race playing out the way it is? >>

. >> joining us now to talk about all of this, david frum staff writer at the atlantic, meghan hays, former director of message planning at the biden white house, and matt gorman, former senior adviser to tim scott's presidential campaign. welcome to all of you. thank you for being here so obviously the comment at this comedian made about puerto rico go is something that matt, we don't see the trump campaign back backpedal very often. know what they are backpedaling from this, i should note that i absolutely and i think that would glad they didn't you saw a lot of republicans do negates pacito, who's a congressman from around that area, right outside of long island, westchester, do the same thing. who's puerto rican to it? i think broadly this is why comedians and politics do not mix. it's not the same incentive structure. like i've seen this show many times years and this is why you'd be so careful with this sort of thing. comedians want last, politicians want votes. that's not usually in alignment and a lot of respects. >> and you saw why in this sort but if thing, and, you know, i