does it continue to be almost breaking records and north carolina? he day of vote, which we will not know until that night. donald trump has, in north county, it was close, close, close, and he had this surge on election day that always takes republicans over the top, except the gubernatorial race. will it happen again, or have many of those people voted early and will it come down to those 10,000 votes? host: our guest, tim boyum, the host of front porch politics on spectrum news 1. you can watch the entire, just a little over 40 minutes, his piece on the 10 day road trip across america, hitting battleground states. you can find it at thank you so much for being with us this morning. guest: thank you. host: that was the last on our series focusing on the battleground states. if you missed any of the interviews, you can findt on our website, c-span.org, or you can listen to them on the campaign trail podcast available wherever you get your podcasts. that does it for today. we will be back tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. with another show. enjoy the rest of your

president, thank you for being in north carolina today. as you saw firsthand, north carolina has been hit hard. this disaster in western north carolina is catastrophic and unprecedented. today, the president and i via helicopter were able to see some of the damage, towns wiped off the map, bridges damaged and completely destroyed. critical infrastructure and water systems, electrical grids, communications, all remain seriously damaged. countless homes and businesses are lost. an entire region of our state is still in a dangerous situation. the good thing is that 92 search-and-rescue teams have saved countless lives and the search for people still goes on. we are grateful to the 18 states that have sent help. thousands of line workers and utility workers, transportation workers, all trying to bring this area back. more than 1000 national guard soldiers are rescuing people. they have rescued more than 1400 people so far and they are deployed in food, water, and other supplies. many thousands of pounds. we are grateful for the quick actions a

north khanna has sort of small or big cities in charlotte, greensboro -- north carolina has sort of smallerbig cities in charlotte, greensboro, raleigh, where i am. there is still a large sense of rural north calendar that is powerful. the state legislature is full of powerful republicans from rural areas. that is the difference. what i can tell you from other times i've been in georgia, kind of in relation, is both states have become completely nationalized. when people would come to north carolina, presidential candidates in the past, they use to get first-rate, because we would ask all kinds of questions that were very specific about education or environmental policy, whereas you go to other states and it is kind of the same discussions you hear all over the national talk shows or in ads everywhere. that has changed dramatically over the last decade or so in both north carolina and georgia, where these elections are nationalized. we're a representative of the national debate about issues and policies to candidates in our two states. host: liz in new jersey on the line for supports harris

the average north carolina family is $1000 per month poor then when donald trump was president. north carolinians are paying 28% more for groceries. they are paying 35% more for gasoline. they are paying 45% more for housing. they're doing and not because of an act of god. not because they did anything wrong but because they have been filled by the leadership of kamala harris. do you all want to pay more for gas? do you want to pay more for groceries? do you want to pay more for housing? are we going to make kamala harris the president of united states? it is going to be so much better. we are going to unleash a golden age of american prosperity under the leadership of donald j trump. [applause] we are going to do it by doing the things kamala harris did not do. every time they ask, harris a question, what is your specific plan for lowering prices for american families? would you going to do to secure the southern border? she will go i grew up in middle-class family. that is nice but you grew up in a middle-class family and then what? what do you do to help those middle-class ame

this is a community of faith, and this is a community of family, and north carolina -- western north rolina is absolutely going to be back. they are going to be stronger than ever. and with your leadership, we will make sure that this part of the state, that this part of the country is never forgotten and will be back again. thank you, mr. president. thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much. and i'm also an north carolinian, but i grew up in new byrne. but for this storm to come up, the trajectory that i did in this area was nothing short of astounding. i'm so sorry. i had the privilege of a live time to serve as add minutes -- administrator in the a.b.a. and we would have been working getting their home lone -- loans process. so hopefully you're going to have that service. if you don't have that service, you will. thank you very much, mr. president. >> you do have any questions? >> mr. president. mr. president -- >> so that more federal funding can be brought to western north carolina? >> well, i wouldn't be in favor of it. yeah, this is a very unusual situation. and i would be i

now i am crying i got north carolina into my mind ♪ got north carolina in my mind in my mind i'm goingyou just see the moonshine feels just like a friend of mine i'm still going to carolina in my mind late last night i think i might ask her to try to call me north carolina in my mind ♪ on the dark side of the moon and it looks like it goes on like this forever i'm going to carolina in my mind going to carolina can you see the sunshine can't you just feel the moonshine like a friend of mine from behind got north carolina in my mind yes, i'm going to carolina in my mind i'm going yes, i can carry on without you i'm going and i'm going to carolina in my mind ♪ and i'm going to carolina in my mind ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause]

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it is good to be back in north carolina.hank you all, and all the incredible leaders who are here. thank you all, everyone, for taking time out of your busy lives to be here this afternoon. i thank you. thank you. and i want to thank my dear friend governor cooper, roy cooper. attorney general josh stein, who will be your next governor. representatives the cole ross, and mayor baldwin. i thank you all and all the leaders who are here. so, raleigh, early voting has started. here in wake county you can vote early now through saturday, november 2. and we need you to vote early, north carolina. because we have just six days left 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. and make no mistake, we will win. we will win. yes, we will. and we will win, we will win, because when you know what you stand for, you know what to fight for. and we know, we have an opportunity in this election to turn the page on a decade of dona

i've only been in north carolina for four years. mazes me how people here on the eastern seaboard, down south and up north in places, they latch on to a candidate. they know very little about whose background. no one fact-checks who brags on prosecutor julio -- prosecutorial excellent but that's not the case. trump is off the mark when he accuses harris of being soft on crime. he is soft on crime from a class perspective. it amazes me how many blacks in north carolina and other places that don't know her record in the black community in california, how they seem to be playing the race game far more than they accuse donald trump of. it irks me as a christian to find one of the most important campaign issues in our nation at this point is something we should take for granted anyway, a woman's right to choose. i just don't see the issue. whether the state does it, the federal government does it, it just doesn't matter. for me the constitution is bedrock. states rights trump almost everything. the federal government is an overseer. host:

i mean, just for perspective, western north carolina is what makes the north carolina -- north carolina'stiful. the mountains are where many folks, not just here in north carolina vacation, but all over the country as well, and so it -- there's a sense of pride. it meant a lot to us, but then we're also thankful for those same folks, those tourist who is come in, also pouring into this area to help provide relief and pitching in to help. it is really heartwarming to see, and we are southeast strong, gio. >> gio: yeah. really southeast strong, and we've witnessed that pride, and that joy even, even in the midst of losing it all, so many people are coming together to help each other, even when they don't have things here, and that's what's so striking about it, and really just so amazing about the people of western north carolina. >> janai: and that is why it is so important to have you guys out there covering these stories, allowing us to see the damage firsthand to meet those people. both of you, the stories that you told, they were so wonderfully done, taking us there to see all of the h

my daughter went to camp in north carolina in august. asheville, biltmore estate. stores on main street, amazeings people and volunteers are helping one another. lawrence saw that yesterday on the ground. tell me about the carolinas, what they meant to you and why you decided to do this. >> i grew up in asheville. went to college in boone, this is the place i grew up and people i grew up around. they are tough people and i know that they'll get through this and i want to be able to help. me ander e ic want to help in ways that we're useful at doing so, which for us, i think, i called him straight away day after, i'm going to do whatever it takes to put this show together, he was immediately onboard and did a great job reaching out to folks and to make this happen. it takes months and months to make this happen and we were able to get it done in a matter of a week. a lot of people stepped up and i'm forever grateful. >> you hit on something there, that is heart of what middle america is, communities in western north carolina, they are tough people, small, very like-m

give it to north carolina and georgia.dred of millions of americans suffering, you're telling us about lebanon? about the suffering americans in our country, both states impacted by hurricane helene? what about the people there? our very own peter doocy had an opportunity to ask helene -- karine jean-pierre about this earlier today, she didn't like the question, peter is 1000% right. take a look. >> on this issue of funding, demonstration has money to send to lebanon without congress coming back but congress does have to come back to approve money to send to people north carolina, will have the right? >> here's what i'm going to be very clear about, the president and the president has had a robust whole of government response to this. >> president biden responded by saying sure your budget and i will tell you what you value. is he got if you get money for people in lebanon right now without commerce have to come back with her to say about his values, there's not enough money right now. >> his values -- >> is not this infor

today is north carolina. remember, we are tracking five swing states but north carolina today.he polling. right now when you look at this poll right now kamala harris has 49%. donald trump is at 47%. when you look at the rcp average though, you got donald trump up by 1 percentage point. why does this matter? if you go back to 2016, he defeated hillary clinton in this state by 3 points. but if you go back to 2020 against joe biden he won by 1 point. within the margin of error let's see how it plays outs. we continue to say this, it is the economy, the economy, that is the top issue and donald trump has 51% of the support when it comes to that. kamala harris, her issue as we continue to say abortion, abortion, abortion, immigration is 50% when it comes to donald trump. and when the democrats keep running on protecting democracy, of course, kamala harris has 51% there. this last one, i think this really puts an issue into play from 2020, the population has grown in north carolina. almost 400,000 new people there. so how are they going to vote? this used to be a solid republican pi

let's go, north carolina! thank you! [applause] ♪ ♪ >> we are waiting for the start of remarks from vice president kamala harris, speaking at a get-out-the-vote rally in raleigh. , north carolina she will follow this with an appearance in harrisburg, pennsylvania. that is sent to begin around 4:00 eastern. we will bring you donald trump in green bay, wisconsin. he will be joined by former green bay packers quarterback brett favre. you can see these online on the c-span app or on c-span.org. ♪ ♪ guest: great to be on c-span. we were stood up six years ago, played two key roles. cyber defense agency and national coordinators of infrastructure. what does that mean? we protect and defend the cyber and physical infrastructure americans rely on every day. water, power, transportation, communication, health-care, finance and the infrastructure americans used to cast their bal lots. that cannot of 2016, russian attempts to interfere with the election. after that, infrastructure was critical infrastructure. designated as a federa

she is in north carolina. she is being debriefed by local and state officials as to the disaster recovery efforts that have been taking place in that really hard-hit state of north carolina. the debrief starting with governor roy cooper thanking her for being there. she just announced new news which includes mecklenburg county being added to the major disaster declaration, explaining that means that federal assistance will not be made available for those who have been hardest hit and mecklenburg county and other locations in north carolina. they can apply for federal assistance. not only is kamala harris getting the information she needs to relay it to other federal officials but she also talked about the fact that there is collaborative efforts between the federal, state and local officials to be able to tackle what has happened there. we do actually have antonia hylton. she is in one of the hardest hit areas of north carolina but antonia is located in asheville. i know most of you have been following you bee

much of north carolina left in ruins.nned neighbors walking through muddy streets sur vague what happened there. many damaged by russian waters part of interstate 40 in north carolina washed away. and the images today, the lines a mile long wait for example gas there. with so many in need, the efforts to get to them with so many roads impassable. abc's faith a guby in north carolina tonight. >> reporter: tonight an urgent search for the missing after hurricane helene turned hillsides into rivers of mud and tore bridges to pieces. >> there are 92 rescue teams out working doing search and rescue right now. we are dealing with a situation that is unlike anybody's ever seen in western north carolina. >> reporter: floodwaters cutting off entire communities. more than 130 people dead across six states and hundreds more still unaccounted for. parts of asheville, north carolina, now unrecognizable, and along this road, household items and tractor trailers piled up high. this one wrapped in the trees and power lines and the floodw

i was at north carolina a&t's homecoming parade. they've billed themselves as the greatest homecoming on earth. >> okay now. >> i don't doubt it. but -- as i walked the parade, i was -- shocked by the number of people saying i have already voted for you. i have already voted for you. i have already -- that means that either voted on thursday or friday and we still have 14 days of early voting to go. so there's no question that north carolinians are rallying and they believe in this democracy. they believe in their voice, their power. to be heard in this democracy. and as it relates to western north carolina, of course the devastation is immense. it's really hard to get your mind around it. and i mean, just think of a tornado that wreaked havoc from georgia to the virginia line. it was the whole -- length, the length of the state. and just devastation. houses gone and businesses gone. but one thing that is happening is voting is happening in western north carolina. every early voting site is open. every precinct will be open on novem

[crowd cheering] [crowd chanting "usa"] >> thank you, north carolina. ople. in fact, my beautiful little grandchild, the most beautiful little girl you've ever seen is named carolina. if i can ask you one very simple easy-to-answer question, are you better off now than you were four years ago? i'm here today with a message of hope for all americans. with your vote in this election, oh, it's coming up so nice, we're down to six days, maybe sort of five. maybe five the way you count it. six days. can you imagine? i will end inflation. i will stop the massive invasion of criminals into our country. i will bring back a thing called the american dream. isn't that nice? we haven't had that in a long time. our country will be bigger, better, bolder, richer, safer and stronger than ever before. [crowd cheering] >> this election is a choice between whether we'll have a -- think of this -- four more years of gross incompetence. the most corrupt, horrible people. these are horrible people. oops. we should get along with everybody. they're horrible people. some peop

of north carolina.i am here to do is to persuade them that they need to make donald trump their next president and i think that's what they are going to do and we are going to keep on fighting for that every single day. >> welcome to wilmington. law enforcement recently arrested an armed man for threats made against fema workers in rutherford county. i am just wondering if you have a comment on the threats made against the men and women who are working to help victims in counties recover from hurricane helene. sen. vance: look, we have course condemn threats of violence. it is disgraceful to threaten violence against anybody, especially relief workers. and we ought to remind people that are criticism here is not for the fema workers on the ground, it is the broken political leadership in washington. think about it. fema is the federal emergency management agency. that is what fema stands for. why is the agency that is set up to help american citizens in the face of disaster spending billions of taxpayer

harris spent the day in georgia while biden toured both north carolina and south carolina meeting with local officials and thanking aid workers. super charged by climate change, hurricane helene traveled 500 miles from florida to the southern appalachia mountains, destroying hundreds ofs, leaving millions of households still without power and killing 183 people across six states. today biden and harris announced a series of immediate measures to help people impacted by the storm. biden ordered the pentagon to deploy up to 1,000 active duty troops to help distribute aid, and he announced one-time payments of $750 from fema to assist impacted residents in florida, georgia, north carolina, south carolina, and virginia. the message of these visits was clear, the federal government is here to help, and it is here to stay. >> my final point to the residents of this community and the region is that we are here for the long haul. there is the work we have done together that was the immediate response -- well, preparation for and the immediate response after. but there's a lot of work that need

that katrina 20 -- kamala throws crumbs to the people of north carolina, at south carolina, georgia, tennessee, florida, especially in north georgia, northern carolina. is that because it's republican areas equate what a repulsive disgrace. georgia governor he's a pretty mild-mannered guy, baffled, stunned by the white house who refuse to call an emergency that he asked for it for 90 counter is it that were devastated by the hurricane he needed that declaration for 90 counties they only gave him 11 he had to get back on the phone with the white house and begging biden's chief of staff joe was partly taking a nap to take more action and the only got 30 more of the 90 counties that he needed covered. again the middle finger to georgia, north carolina, everyone in between. pretty unbelievable take a look. >> when the first emergency declarations came down there is only 11 counties in that a lot of people were out including me because -- outraged including meat there is devastation and 90 counties way called the white house we spoke to the chief of staff, the fema demonstrator and said yo

and north carolina, western north carolina is absolutely going to be back.y are going to be stronger than ever and with your leadership we will make sure that this part of the state that is part of the country is never forgotten and will be back again. thank you, mr. president. [applause] >> thank you. >> thank you very much, and i also on north carolinians but i'm from eastern part of the state. i grew up in new bern. we were reduced to the strong stand there but for the storm to come up the trajectory that it did into this area was nothing, short of just astounding that happen and if so sorry. i had the privilege of a lifetime serving as sba administrator under president trump and i can show that sba's would've been on the ground with fema in this area working to get people back in their businesses getting their home loans processed because we want the economy to get back on track. so hopefully you are going to have that service if you don't have it now he will. thank you very much, mr. president. thank you. [applause] >> do you have any questions for us?

and north carolina, western north carolina is absolutely going to be back, they are going to be stronger than ever and with your leadership we will make sure that this part of the state and country is never forgotten and we will be back again, thank you, mr. president. >> thank you very much, and i am also in north carolina in the end, but i grew up in the north side of the storm. for this one did, up and the trajectory it did to this area was nothing short of just astounding that that happen. and i am so sorry. i had the privilege of a lifetime serving at the sba administrator under president trump. and i can tell you sba would've been on the ground with fema in this area working to get people back in businesses and getting their home loans process because we want the economy to get back on track. so hopefully you will have that service if you don't have it now, you will. thank you very much, mr. president. thank you. >> do you have any questions for us? >> thom tillis asking for congress to reconvene. do you expect to ask your colleagues? >> i will be in favor of it, yes. i would be in

according to north carolina sender ted budd, every north carolinian i have talked to his frustrated by horrific response. thanks to donald trump's good friend elon musk, thankfully star link is finally available in impacted areas that have not had communications for over a week. where was joe biden when the crisis began? on the beach. where was kamala harris? and hollywood raising money from her friends there. north carolina senator ted budd is with us. first-ever condolences to the people of the great state of north carolina. you know it's amazing to me, senator, is i look at all of this and you say you are frustrated and everybody you talk to his frustrated by the slow response and then i look at, you know, you went on to say it's clear and has been clear from the beginning that federal resources were needed to access communities. franklin graham, samaritan's purse, donald trump calling elon musk and star link, you know, i don't know if there would have been any help at all and joe biden today is talking about climate change. how about we talk about saving lives, getting communicatio

these people connected any help, north carolina. east north carolina. west north carolina socially.el totally stranded and abandoned. you talked to some before and i think the amazing. the president came up to take a bow about the jobs numbers and by all accounts he should. only 31,000 are government jobs so you can see that. the economy is going better and then implement at 4.1% but you have a crisis right now and it doesn't seem to be an urgency to get to them. the optics of the president going to the beach of the weekend, 2 hours on the phone when these people were absolutely in crisis mode is crazy. he's getting a total pass. of looking at the headlines "washington post" and "new york times" and they talk about how hard they are working but didn't see any results. i don't see the aid getting in and i was able to go to fort liberty this year and spend a day so i have contacts and asked fort liberty, fort bragg. i said have even asked. i hear it's only an our away from you, we've not been asked. we can do anything unless we are asked. yesterday afternoon got a text finally asked.

♪ >> hello, north carolina.ou? i love this city and county. do you know why? there are a lot of reasons. this is where i ran for senate three years ago and donald trump gave me his endorsement. who is ready for donald trump? in just a few minutes. who is ready for donald trump in the white house again? do you know why north carolina wants donald trump back in the white house? because we were all better off when he was president. what do we have after four years of kamala harris? let me tell you, life is simply unaffordable and unsafe. do you agree with me? after four years we have drugs coming in, dangerous criminals. what does harris say about her record? she denies she has been the borders are. when you asked her about it she said she was great on the border. it does not make sense. then she says the illegals who are here will use your taxpayer dollars for transgender surgery. how about that? the truth about harris's she is a failed borders are. and she has failed your economy. the great people in this room an

you're talking about my home state, will, of north carolina.e have seen early vote totals there that are outpacing democrats, meaning the first two days of early voting which was thursday and friday, republicans had a thousand more votes than democrats coming out of the two days. we never see that it's like an 80/20 split in the democrats favor. go west in north carolina to a county yancy county, one of the counties very badly damaged by the hurricane. we saw historic turnout, and it's a very red county on the first day of early voting. let's head west for a second to nevada. early person, early in-person voting in nevada we're seeing same thing. republicans are outpacing democrats by a huge margin so we're seeing that people have heard a rallying cry to get out and vote early and why this is important is because we want you to bank your vote. we don't want you to have to worry about waiting in super long lines on election day and it allows us as a party and campaign to then apply our resources to turn out low propensity voters who may not vote

for survivors in florida, north carolina and south carolina, those governors have requested major disaster declarations. the president approved them immediately over the weekend. and we urge those citizens seeking fema assistance to sign up for that assistance as quickly as possible. you can do that either by calling 1800-621-3362, registering on disaster assistance.gov, or by filling out an application on your mobile device through the fema app. that brings me to our response. under president biden and vice president harris's leadership, we are providing urgent and extensive federal support for the ongoing response and recovery efforts to hurricane helene. over the weekend at the president's direction, fema administrator deanne criswell traveled to florida on saturday , to georgia on sunday, and today she is in north carolina accompanying governor cooper in surveying impacts to the affected communities in western north carolina. the president has asked deanne criswell to remain in asheville, north carolina, given how acute the situation is on the ground there and he will receive an update

north carolina 11 days after. those we're going to check in with those victims. they do have a message for kamala and joe. that's straight ahead tonight. and also tonightt, 97 hostages, including four americans, remain somewhere in gaza. one year after the october terrorist attack on israel, it's now a four front war againsrefront t israel. 1200 people brutally murderedalm by hamasur. others and kidnapped and tortured and beheade, d. and, by the way, including women and young children, jun. lentfor populatio what happened one year ago today, that is the equivalent of 40,000 americans killed in a single day. welln a single, somebody told jd kamala in a way,ur but during one of her famous words challenge, kamala harris couldn't bring herself her to en back the israeli prime minister. the only democracyk de in the the region, our biggest ally in the region, and his war against islamic terrorists that are still holding americans hostage . >> watch this. do we have, a real close allytah in prime minister netanyahu? >>u

georgia and north carolina.ing from the political report show that trump and harris are statistically tied in georgia and literally tied in north carolina. either state could end up deciding the entire 2024 election so every vote in those states will really count. in north carolina, in-person early voting is supposed to start in 15 days and in georgia, mail-in ballots are supposed to start going out next monday. i say supposed to. because in north carolina, the state is unsure which voting sites will still be usable. and in georgia, the postal service has suspended operations at scores of their facilities across the state. so with 34 days before election day, how are these local officials going to pull this off? especially with this guy on the ballot? >> do you trust the process this time around? >> i'll let you know in 33 days. >> the chair of the democratic party joins me coming up next. i still love to surf, snowboard, and, of course, skate. so, i take qunol magnesium to support my muscle and bone health. qun

north carolina is resilient.ain folks are resilient, but they don't need to face this kind of a power grab and bad information. >> now to the races in north carolina were more than 2.3 million people have already voted and cast their ballots. former president barack obama was there friday night stumping for harris, who is deadlocked with donald trump in the tar heel state, according to the polls. obama was the last democratic president to win 16 years ago. harris can't hope that she can be the next one and help democrats in the state, like it's democratic attorney general josh stein, who is pulling far ahead of governor mark robinson in the state governor's race. what is the state in north carolina as you see it, madame secretary? >> actually, with saturday's early voting, 2.7 million people of our 7.7 million have already voted. and 40,000 people actually registered and voted, and that is wonderful. we are getting new people to come on out that are not yet registered in voting. the republican party nominated an

he depended heavily on western north carolina counties.ox's power rankings has this state as a toss-up. the stakes couldn't be higher. i will give you a little context, dana. that's this. the folks here i talked to one gentleman and his wife on the street up here. he lost his home. asked him how he felt how the storm might impact the election. he told me it's the last thing on his mind right now. >> dana: i can imagine that's the case. griff jenkins. what devastation. amazing the mailbox is there and nothing else. thank you. [shouting] >> bill: that was the zone in new york yesterday. anti-israel protestors taking to the streets on the first anniversary of the hamas terror attacks october 7th. the post calling it despicable. paul mauro, retired nypd inspector is talking to a lot of folks. i was sharing an anecdote a moment ago. i lived in norring city more than 20 years. saw something 9:00 at night last night. 21 or 22 years old walking down fifth avenue with a sign that says israel is a terrorist state. you think about the density of the

r i approved additional requests for the governors of north carolina, florida, south carolina, and disaster declaration to pay for removal and provide financial assistance directly to survivors. fema and small business administration are there to help the residents was homes and businesses were literally destroyed, washed away, or blown away. the federal search and rescue teams have been working with state and local officials in partners in treacherous conditions to find those missing. they will not rest until everyone is accounted for. i want to thank all of our first responders and everyone working around-the-clock. one of the brave teams who volunteered to be there from san diego county fire department set to travel all the way from california to north carolina to help but on their way they were in a terrible car accident in louisiana. we pray for their full recovery but it was a bad accident. we know there is more to do and we will continue to surge resources can you go food, water, communication, and life saving equipment. we will be there before and i mean it as long as it takes it fi

but i was in north carolina.ala harris does not have the capacity, the smarts, or the strength to be the president of the united states. she just can't do the job. you know it. every but he knows it. her people know it. the people that work for her know it. almost 95% of the people that work for her as vice president quit. they were always quitting because she was a nut job. on top of it all, she says she would not do one thing differently from joe biden, which is totally disqualifying immediately. remember, the most unpopular. everybody says right way, wrong way. wrong weight is 86%, so why would you do everything the same? but she should have done it for years ago. take a look. >> we could have done something differently from president biden in the past four years. >> there is not a thing that comes to mind? >> stood there on the tarmac watching you check your watch. >> the chaotic and deadly evaluation from afghanistan cost the lives of 13 u.s. soldiers. >> would you have done something differently? >> there i

you are talking to someone in north carolina and talking about michigan. so we are working to the places where people are making decisions. >> and you left out another state, pennsylvania. we've got senator bob casey on the show. so, america, we've got it covered between ali and me. >> i love it. you have a great show, i will be watching. >> all right, thank you. >>> there are just 18 days until election day, and more than 10 million votes have already been cast. and with early voting now underway in arizona, former president barack obama held a rally in tucson tonight in support of vice president harris and governor tim walz. he said this about donald trump. >> donald trump wants us to think that this country is hopelessly divided. between us and them. between the quote real americans, which, by which he means his supporters. and the outsiders who don't support him. because having people divided and angry, and aggrieved and resentful, he figures that boosts his chances to get elected. now, those are his intentions. i do have to point out that along with h

griff: early voting in the battle ground state of north carolina is underway. this, as cities in the western part of the state are still picking up the pieces after hurricane helene. danamarie mcnicholl joins us now with more. hey, danamarie. >> hey, griff. well, it's that first saturday of early voting here and it's a popular method in north carolina. and now i'm here in asheville where most people were affected by hurricane helene, but they tell me it's still a very big priority to get to the polls and these long lines reflect it. take a listen. >> i think voting in politics wasn't even on my mind when the storm hit. now, it's important that we recover and build back better and making sure that we get the leaders in office that can help us do that here in western north carolina. >> now, in the 25 counties hit, 80 locations before planned, now dropped to 76. four sites had to close because of the devastation. 480,000 voters have already cast their votes across the state and this has been an all hands on deck effort to make sure that voters can get to the polls

in north carolina at least 93 have died due to hurricane helene. friede, chair of the florida democratic party. also anderson clayton, chair of the north carolina democratic party. thank you both for coming to the saturday show. you were supposed to be on the show last weekend and we were not able to make it happen, i am glad you are here tonight. trump's running mate has been accusing the biden administration of abandoning north carolina, is it true? >> know and it is irresponsible of republicans to politicize a operation still ongoing for search and rescue in north carolina and we have seen both republicans and democrats come together across the state and support relief efforts including governor cooper signing into law the bill that republicans and democrats passed that gave over 275 million toward relief efforts in the western part of the state. >> as we see in the box next to you, we see the vice president arriving at a restaurant in north carolina, she is on her 19th visit to the state since this election cycle got started. she is talking in

we expect north carolina to be counted that evening.ll be affected because, as you heard me say earlier, you can vote in the not the county you live in if you are part of the 25 that are disaffected in north carolina right now so close her down ballot races of the ones we will have to monitor closely. we do expect this election to be called on election night in north carolina we expect kamala harris to be victorious in our state. she has been traveling around the entire part of the state, like you said earlier. we are excited to have her in eastern north carolina in greenville this weekend. spent 19 visits to the state. anderson clayton, best of luck. you know you have quite the task in front of you. >>> a stark message you may have missed this week, the voices inside the trump administration at one time and why it dovetails with the new article, the moment of truth. but we need your support now more than ever. visit this website, call, or scan the code on your screen, with your $19 monthly gift. help us win the fight for the constituti

fox weather's brandy campbell is live in asheville, north carolina.a scene behind you. >> reporter: yeah, there's so much around us when you're here in asheville. just take a look behind me. this is just over the swannanoa river. you can see the devastation, buildings knocked down. and if we continue to the pan around, you guys can see some of the chaos. i mean, there's debris and trees and as we continue to turn, you can see the cleanup happening from restaurants, breweries that are gone. but even train cars, propane train cars that are knocked over, and they're also trying to empty the fuel. so you can see the flames that are now going into the air. i also want to show you video of what asheville look looked like as it was weared water. last friday the river -- underwater. at least 232 the people have been confirmed dead. the number continues to rise each day. and where we are in buckham county, the most deaths have been confirmed with at least 72 people. meanwhile, residents and businesses in this area could feel the impact for a long time. for som

arthel: vice president harris is a road to north carolina this hour.shington just moments ago. the vice president lands that she will get on the ground briefing on a rescue and recovery efforts. and give updates on the federal response to the storm. vp harris made a similar visit to georgia on wednesday. of course we are monitoring everything there and will bring you any development. eric: meanwhile, tennessee was also hit by helene's wrath. at least eight people there are dead. more than two dozen residents of that state are still missing. the extent of that devastation, you can see it they're just coming into focus. ten officials say it will take months and millions upon millions of dollars to rebuild the roads, bridges, the flattened homes and bridges like you see there are just washed out from the fury and strength. steve is rachel director assistant chief at the tennessee department of transportation joins us now. thank you for joining us in. what are operations like and what's the focus for you right now on the ground? >> certainly. emergency is

with his west north carolina community. this has been apocalyptic for us in our town but this is spread across the region. everyplace no matter your hometown, your community, you have been affected by this. not just now but going forward. we have to advocate and no matter where you call home, you get the resources and the respect you deserve because when you call these mountains on the understand our much larger family and effort from so many people across the u.s. so many great memories here in west north carolina but we have to be here for our community. we are still doing search and rescue across the mountains slowly putting 1 foot in front of the other. >> martha: we are told a number of people are still without power, roughly a million but that's a lot of people who can be reached. furthermore a lot of people who can't reach help. so how do you handle it? >> that was the biggest issue in the beginning of the storm. we lost cell power. we had absolute network collapse across. that has gotten better. i commend all the wo

western north carolina is underwater. e happened as the president and vice president should ascend the second airborne to north condit that day. and instead the president's speech of vice president at a fundraiser in san francisco. what you need in times like this is you just need leadership. sir, you put it so well. one agency there's a lot of people working on the federal effort that are doing a good job are the best they can breed the print theproblem is all the burc incompetence. i was talking with elon musk about this a few days ago for elon by the way, was a centerleft democrat for your seo notes got dark maga hat. doctor guy his fist off about government incompetence. you've got the faa per you've got fema pretty got these relief agencies. you've got people who have been trained by the government of a bureaucracy at their job is not to cut the bs to help people is to basically act like the dmv. and unfortunately what that means in this case is you got a lot of people who could've been helped. a lot of lives that cou

a republican state senator in north carolina who represents western north carolina, he's posted a public plea, quote, friends, can i ask a small favor, will you all help stop this conspiracy theory junk floating about the floods in northwest, north carolina? for example, "fema is stealing money from donations." body bags, bodies not being bird. government is trying to get i lithium from western north carolina. stacks of bodies left in hospitals. and on and on and on, he says, quote, please help stop this junk, it is just a distraction to people trying to do their job. folks, this is a catastrophic event of which this country has never known.hi it is the largest crisis event in the history of north carolina. the state is working nonstop. d.o.t. has deployed workers from all over the state. duke power has 10,000 workers on this. fema is here. the national guard is here. in large numbers. and he goes on. even some of the most port san florida governor desantis says his state has received all the federal help it's asked for.ha but in the trump campaign, the federal government is denying anyb

they've been missing in action in north carolina and georgia and south carolina and tennessee and floridaeve the american people are aghast at the lack of federal response here. >> i would tell you this about polling, people in north carolina aren't buying the idea they've got all these resources everywhere. that's going to be a problem for the harris campaign in north carolina but at the same time there's a question question of how you find that these people and get them to the polls because a democratic governor there not necessarily the same plan rhonda santos as there is no plan for these people in western north carolina will be able to vote it's a tough thing in north carolina on those sites. >> sean: and robert you said who do you think they're gonna vote for that means a lot to you so what is it showing you? >> what it showed us in 2016 was indication that a lot of people were hesitant to say they were voting for trump that's even greater this time we seen it in bigger numbers especially in rust belt states like pennsylvania and michigan. it tells you p believe don't want to say th