our conversation with transportation pete buttigieg coming up next. ♪ >> of the three major crisis facing the country, secretary of transportation pete but played a key role in helping address two of them. he up to and the porch strike but international longshoremen's association after three days which is really fast. nearly avoiding what could have been an economic disaster. he's assisting in the emergency response to hurricane helene which has destroyed critical infrastructure of people stranded and isolated areas picked that job has been made more difficult by a swarm of misinformation that confuses victims of the storms. joining me now is secretary of transportation pete but. it's great to see. we know you've had quite a week. we appreciate you being here to talk to us. i know we will talk about the strike but let's start with the hurricane and aftermath of hurricane helene. your department has helped. the washington post reports that rumors and conspiracy theories have prompted a necessary evacuations and some of these falsehoods have been viewed

>> reporter: walz has been doing mock debates too, with transportation secretary pete buttigieg playing vance. but his campaign also trying to lower expectations. sources telling us walz warned harris during the vetting process that he's quote, a bad debater. >> david: mary bruce with us, also here in new york tonight. the conventional wisdom, mary, is usually that these vice presidential debates don't matter all that much. we think back to the past, we can think to a moment or two vice presidential debates, but when you look at the polling in the seven key battlegrounds that will decide this election, it is so close. a point difference between trump and harris. how they perform tonight, if either one of them gets themselves into trouble or has a great moment, it could actually make a bit of a difference here. >> reporter: david, it is so close. just look at the fivethirtyeight averages of the battleground state polls. it is razor thin. harris up 1.9 in michigan. wisconsin, harris up 1.6. in must-win pennsylvania, harris up by just 0.6. trump leading by less than a point in north caroli

pete buttigieg baker is the chief white house correspondent for the new york times. mark, the staff writer for the atlantic. pete buttigieg, let's start with vice president harris calling out donald trump directly for his remarks. she has been going on the offense about his fitness to lead. tonight she went after him on reproductive rights and ivf. you think this will land with voters at this point? >> what she decided to do was to take him on directly. she is focusing on the warrior part more than the joyful part. she has done that the last few days by showing clips of donald trump at her rallies by making clear that the things he is saying are the kinds of things that democrats and independents would find repugnant. that he would send the national guard or military to round up people he does not like. the idea that january 6th, a day of terror is somehow a "day of love". calling him out day after day the last stretch because she realizes she needs to make a contrast stronger in order to attract few voters who may be undecided. >> mark, vance tried out several lines

pete buttigieg, where union heavy going up against pete whon had a port crisis on his watcht.ehow didn't lose his jobd over that? the american people have not dodged the bullet by kicking the can down the road past the election. >> laura: now, him mary katharine ham i was howling and laughing before the show becaus. i was watching liz cheney and wisconsin, the woman ther democrats called were criminals and her father shoul td be in jails and charge between standing for kamala harris. watch. >> january 6 shows us there is not an ounce who do not an ounct of compassion in donald trump.nc he is petty. he is vindictive. and he is cruel. and donald trump is not fit to lead this good and great nation>>. [cheers and applause] >> laura: okay, so that is tha it. mary katharine, that is it. that is the joy they are delivering. what holds them together, liz cheney and the democrats, is a hatred trump in the america first agenda. that is pretty much it. t >> i mean, thahet is it.ey here is that the thing, it goesr beyond that because liz cheneyes said donald trump is a unique threat. ther

pete buttigieg, do you know how outrageous that is a union heavy going against pete who already had aisis on his watch and somehow didn't lose his job over that. the american people have not dodged this bullet. they are kicking the can down the road past the election. >> laura: mary katharine ham i was howling before the show started i was watching liz cheney in wisconsin. the woman hot democrats called her family war criminals, her father should be in jail. should be tried before the international war crimes tribunal. standing for kamala harris, watch. >> what january 6th showed us if there is not an ounce of compassion cruel. donald trump is not fit to lead this good and great nation. >> okay. so that's it. mary katharine, that's it. that's the joy that they are delivering. what holds them together, liz cheney and the democrats is a hatred of donald trump and the america first agenda. that's pretty much it. >> that is it. here's the other thing. it goes beyond that because liz cheney has said donald trump is a unique threat. it's fine. people not fond of donald trump. she is also ba

. >> laura: pete buttigieg said he clear the way for the helicopters to come in.ttigieg. >> former president trump: that was two days later because what happened is he sent his great gadgets and starlinks but it is incredible for communication. but they were asking me the people of north carolina representatives, could you possibly speak to elon musk get it? and he came through and they wouldn't allow it to come in t the. pete buttigieg called and two days late. >> laura: where they shamed, are you saying? speed huge publicity they would not allow. he had helicopters bringing stuff that wasn't even gettable. honestly, elon musk did a great job and i told him the situation. but it is very hard to get. i called him and he had things been delivered literally by the time i got off the phone. it was so quick. but then they got there and they said they would compensate it and keep it. fema and they were going to keep it to curator than the publicity got crazy and all of a sudden they released it. >> laura: it's joe biden said on friday, he believes the election would be

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walls is having pete buttigieg in his debate preparation sessions. think fans generally likes to have the verbal sparring. he likes to make a lot of television appearances. he likes to go back and forth with reporters in those experiences and in his campaign appearances as well. so i think that what he will do is challenge walz on their respected records of service. he will challenge walz on immigration and economy themes. vince tends to direct himself into areas that he feels most secure argumentative leon. he likes to go to immigration, the economy. it will be really interesting to see the contrast between walz and vance when it comes to revitalization of the industrial heartland and manufacturing. because we are in the middle of a manufacturing boom right now that happened during the biden harris administration. but if vance's typical rhetoric is any indication, he's going to say that there needs to be much more happening. i don't know if he will acknowledge the manufacturing that's happening right now. he will probably make a populist case pleadi

pete buttigieg, thank you for being here. i want to ask you as a military veteran to just give me your take on the muted response to not one but two generals saying that the president they worked for, the former president, is indeed a fascist. and a hitler fan. >> well, it's an -- yeah. it's an extraordinarily big deal. first of all, it's a big deal for somebody with that kind of military background to weigh in on politics at all. that's not something that someone like general kelly or general milley would do lightly. but the other thing that's amazing is these aren't just faceless people from the national security establishment. john kelly was also a political appointee of donald trump. the top political appointee of donald trump. the leader of his white house, his chief of staff. and i can't think of another time in history when an american president had his own chief of staff turn around and say this person is dangerous and has no business near the oval office. just as i can't think of another time when this many republica

those who need help the most let's bring in secretary of transportation, pete buttigieg, secretary buttigieg, it's good to see you as we just heard, president biden spoke about information it has many any specific concrete fallout from this misinformation? obviously, it's horrible for misinformation to be shared. what have been some actual results that have caused damage? >> well, what i know is if you're out there and you hear somebody saying that the 750 bucks for example, that that is what fema does to help you get immediate food. diapers, water if somebody out there says that's all you're going to get, and you believe them then you might not apply for more funding, which you can and should get and which you deserve, such as one example of how there can be real harm for real people as a result of lies or misinformation spreading. look some of it sounds incredibly at so outlandish the eu and really worry about people believing it like a united states member of congress talking about whether control, but a lot of folks, if they hear a member of congress say something because it's a member o

speaking to the bbc�*s sumi somaskanda, us transport secretary pete buttigieg says these issues can beontract for dockworkers and we spoke to those issues, this is an example of the sort of things that the two parties have to come to terms on but we believe that can absolutely be done, certainly we have seen in other countries that have a very strong labour tradition and labour protections, ways that has been addressed in a collective bargaining was not the bottom line is that we believe in the collective bargaining process and its capacity to create notjust bargaining process and its capacity to create not just the terms around issues like that. issues like benefits and the basic question of pay. these workers went without razors in some recent years, including 2020, a year when they went to work, covid was going on, many of them lost their lives doing a job that can't be done over sumer. it is understandable they want to participate in the astronomical profits that have been accruing to shipping speaking to the bbc�*s sumi somaskanda, us transport secretary pete buttigieg says these

. >> pete buttigieg is here with his take and jd vance finally answer what he would not answer for weeks. >> know he says, donald trump did not lose who's the 2020 election at least not in his words an inside source will join me this hour. what he knows about the battle for the police, they couldn't do decide this entire i are election pennsylvania senator john fetterman is here. i'm kaitlan collins, and this is the source election. vice president kamala harris went where she has never gone before and frankly, where no democratic nominee has gone in quite some time on fox the vice president campaigning for those few persuadable conservative voters. in an interview that was contentious right from the jump, fox's bret baier question, the vice president on everything from immigration to trans rights to how she'd be different than president biden. she was interrupted several times as she was answering those questions. and there were tense exchanges just throughout this entire interview. but it was this moment maybe when she was asked about trump's supporters, that things got incredibly heate

pete buttigieg just here with his take. and jd vance, finally answer what he would not answer for weeks know. he says, donald trump did not lose the 2020 election, at least not in his words an inside service will join me this hour. what he knows about the battle for the police, they couldn't do decide this entire election pennsylvania senator john fetterman is here i'm kaitlan collins, and this is the source election. vice president kamala harris went where she has never gone before. and frankly where no democratic nominee has gone in quite some time on fox. the vice president campaigning for those few persuadable conservative voters in an interview that was contentious right from the jump fox's bret baier question, the vice president on everything from immigration to trans rights to how she'd be different than president biden she was interrupted several times as she was answering those questions. and then we're tense exchanges throughout this entire interview. but it was this moment maybe when she was asked about trump's s

secretary pete buttigieg judges here. he's going to talk about the stakes for vice president harris this evening. we're also gonna get his reaction to what we heard from john kelly, trump's longest serving chief of staff in the atlantic and the new york times is harris prepares to face voters in this critical battleground, pennsylvania, stay with us with more reporters on the ground. and the best political team in the business follow the candidates follow the voters, follow the facts, follow. cnn liberty mutual customizes my car insurance, so i saved hundreds. >> but to money i saved i thought i get a wax figures myself. >> cool, right look at the craftsmanship. >> i mean, i even got my nostrils right just nice to know years after i'm gone this guy will be standing the test. >> it he's, nothing oh jeez. >> know only pay for what you need to mean starting from scratch at university of maryland global campus. it means building your neck success on the foundation of life experience thank you mgc values to successes you've al

when you have to go on x and ask pete buttigieg the secretary of transportation to stop hindering aidhat is going in and it worked. buttigieg intervened and suddenly you could get the trucks and planes in. >> harris: i want to give david a chance to respond and we'll move. >> this is about they're articulating the problems. what's wrong is always available and so is what's good. we need to do more and say we've heard from the governors saying they get the fema response that they need. and yes, are there always problems in a disaster? >> harris: are you a ware what the president said, people were happy? >> it's taken out of context. >> harris: it is not. >> he is talking about the nasty responses receive. >> harris: he was asked about the response to hurricane helene. he couldn't -- he was like i thought you were talking about a different storm. milton wasn't on the map yet. >> he is talking to actual people working on the ground saying they are getting the responses and that he responded to them. >> kamala harris has not been part of the conversation as much as biden. she wasn't in th

and on the other side, there's pete buttigieg, paris hilton, richard simmons, and what i presume is the other olsen. >> i think the olson sister has something in common with ashley olsen and that's their parents right first up, we've got basic mitch's, which two of these people play the bass guitar. i know one, mike huckabee play his base are you saying? >> i hug be has written i just say he played bass the correct answer is mike huckabee and pete buttigieg. his peak keeping the groove at a bar in indiana can't remember. >> though claim played the saxophone is neo that wouldn't it with a member of corn course all i saw was to base players who in good none after the show next up, we've got dolls to the wall, which two of these people collect a freaky amount of dolls. i'm 90% sure it's richardson months. >> okay feels it's like barbra streisand. she has like an entire doll wing of her home. >> the correct answer is richard simmons, left over $400 behind in his hollywood hills home when he passed away and demi moore believe over $2,000 behind when she dies amber google, barbra streisand an

thursday morning, jeff zients and transportation secretary pete buttigieg and lael brainard met over zoom to discuss the ports. we're told those officials together pressured to make a deal before the end of thursday and promised to get the ila back to the table the officials met five times to get to the strategy to lead to the tentative deal that was reached in the late afternoon on thursday we will hear from acting secretary julie su live on "squawk on the street " here on cnbc in the 9:00 a.m will this create those supply chain issues we have been so worried about and will it have any impact on inflation? a lot of things could happen here the estimates vary the estimates on the negative impact to the economy is estimated to be just over $4 billion a day for every day of the strike this is a three-day strike estimates also vary, but generally, the consensus here is for every day the port was closed, there's about a week of port congestion and backlog that has to be worked through i spoken to a number of analysts and economists saying this will raise prices during the holiday season

talk to pete buttigieg she says. pete buttigieg and who he is blaming. >> if you start the clock in the middle of the last decade over an eight year period, shipping profits went up by about 350%, the wages overall of workers went up by about 42% but the wages of these workers only went up by about 15%. their last contract reflected a tougher economic situation and they went certain years without any wage increases at all. >> sandra: if i had the emoji where the brain is exploding. because for him it is all about the evil corporations making those big profits. >> i know. i will say this though. the company is running these places, dockyards, have made about $400 billion in the last three years. i don't begrudge it. i'm a capitalist in a free-market guy. i'm just saying they have done very well. i think this is a case where you really need to have people sit down around the table and that's the role that the white house should be playing. at some point, the last time we had this, george w. bush did invoke taft-hartley

pete buttigieg, the labor secretary. they were all sort of involved in this coordinated effort to end the strike. and not hit a tipping point thursday morning when there was a zoom call with some of the port operators where they pressed the to get a deal and in fact the washington post reported that the port operators were told the president was going to be informed that there would be a deal by the end of day even though there wasn't at that time. at that point labor secretary julie soup went up to new jersey to speak with union leadership and it was something that -- a lot of folks were wondering whether the administration being a lame-duck administration would be able to really do anything. and the answer in this case was yes. they came together pretty quickly and were able to get it done. i think it's interesting to note that president biden himself was not quite as involved in this one as he has in the past during the real dispute in 2022. he zoomed into the meeting and talked to the rail operators and the union lea

. >> reporter: both are hunkered down doing mock debate prep and former kamala told pete buttigieg hasn playing the role of ohio senator j.d. vance and vance has been doing mock debates, as well. tom emmer playing the role of walz. >> david: the fact that you're standing in a storm zone speaks volumes about the moment we're in. rachel scott, thank you. be sure to join us for live coverage of the debate. our special will start at 8:00 p.m. with the wheel team and the vice presidential debate at 9:00 pchl m. governor tim walz and senator j.d. vance. you can watch the debate at 9:00 p.m. here on abc. >> in the meantime we continue to follow this developing situation in the middle east. israeli forces moments ago announcing the start of what they're calling, quote, limited, localized and targeted raids on the ground in lebanon in hezbollah. ian pannell in beirut tonight. >> reporter: tonight israel launches raids into southern lebanon with limited and localized land operations against hezbollah. with their support israeli troops will go after hezbollah fighters, weapons and infrastructure.

. >> laura: didn't elon praise pete buttigieg saying he cleared the way for horpts to come in.praised he buttigieg. >> that was two days late. what happened he sent his great, you know, gadgets he has -- the star links, it's incredible for communication. but, they were asking me, the people of north carolina and representatives, they said could you possibly speak to elon musk and get it? and elon came through, and then they sent it in and they wouldn't allow it to go in. it took two days and then boot edge edge as you say. buttigieg called and two days late though. >> were they shamed into saying -- >> of course huge publicity they wouldn't allow. he had helicopters bring stuff in not even gettable you can't even get it. honestly elon did an amazing job. >> i called him and told him the situation. they were trying to get -- you know, it's very hard to get. i called him. he had things being delivered literally by the time i got off the phone i'm even wondering it was so quick they got there and fema said they were going to keep it. the publicity went crazy and then all of a sudd

secretary of transportation pete buttigieg was in asheville yesterday surveying some of that damage.> there's nothing like being here, seeing it for yourself and speaking with people who have been impacted. it redoubles our motivation to make sure that the federal government is doing everything that we can. that includes the work of fema. it includes, of course, the work of our department. we have got the first 100 million out to help with the immediate needs that the governor's team are meeting. but we know with 7,000 damage sites around the impact area and hundreds of road closures that this is going to be a long haul. >> and a lot of hard work has been done. 600 roads still remain closed with 100 of those on parts of interstates as well as federal and state highways. as far as crews, there are 2,000 crews out here working across western north carolina to reopen those access points and quite literally rebuild these roads to communities. as far as early voting goes, i know that there are 76 polling centers open in these hard-hit counties in western north carolina. down from the plan

and now, transportation secretary pete buttigieg says this new fine shows that era is essentially over's really this new tiktok that thrust this issue back into the limelight. this is from last november and it shows american airlines baggage handlers essentially throwing a wheelchair down the chute of a jetway. the department of transportation says, this is just one of thousands of cases where american airlines mishandled wheelchairs between 2019 and 2023, its investigation found that the airline also failed to provide adequate assistance since to disabled passengers. in fact, one passenger in a wheelchair told investigators that she felt like the airline treated her like cargo. so now she just doesn't fly anymore. the punishment here is the largest ever of its type, and the federal government is finding airlines, american airlines, $50 that fine old includes the mandate that americans spent 20 $25 million to reduce cases of damage wheelchairs and make significant infrastructure upgrades. now american airlines and says it's already doing that, having spent $175 million this year on dis

minnesota governor tim walz, has been having mock debates with transportation secretary pete buttigieg. meanwhile minnesota congressman tom emmer stepped in to help j.d. vance. >> it's going well. >> going great. you're going to see jd literally expose tim walz for the radical liberal that he is. i wish the american media. >> emmer says he's been trying to copy walz's mannerisms and phrases, so vance knows what to expect. walz has been working with a team of advisers he plans to highlight harris's vision for the nation. we are counting down to this vice presidential debate tomorrow night, republican vp candidate jd vance and democrat tim walz will debate in new york city. you can watch the debate right here on abc seven. live coverage begins at five. >> a potentially crippling port strike is now in motion. tens of thousands of dock workers walk off the job. what this could mean for prices from coast to coast, plus, we were having fatalities from people who were crossing the street in the crosswalk. >> they were being hit by cars and killed. >> thinking outside the box to solve the seri

with the bridge and helping elon musk helping and with the communication update and elon and pete buttigieg a back and forth on x and said let me help you resolve and musk tweeted this has been cleared up. this is getting in, which is good. that's good. rachel: the one thing that every single american could agree on with proper use of our tax dollars that we worked so hard to provide our government, is fema. we've been hearing a lot of reports ben taking commodity supplies or state impacted by helene is false. fema is working with federal families and local impacted areas and affectively bringing in life-saving resources to people in the communities that need it most. that's a statement from fema. you hope that's true. however, you can't discount the people who are just getting on their social media there on the ground. will: what i experienced in maui and know to some extent to be true in north carolina. it's chaos. most of what you hear is fema is not there. i contested mo they can be everywhere. we hope they could be. now private st.s step in -- private citizens step in. goods plow in an

sources tell nbc news that walz has been doing mock rehearsals with transportation secretary pete buttigieg in the role of vance, while vance has been preparing with minnesota congressman tom emmer playing walz. cbs has said it's going to leave live fact checking up to the candidates on stage to hold each other accountable. and this debate is taking on outsized importance, not only because the race for the white house is just so tight, but because it could also be the last time we see a debate before the election. vice president harris has said she's quote, all in for a late-october debate. former president trump has said he is not, arguing it's too close to the election with early voting already under way. it is now october 1st. that means we're just a little over a month away from that all-important day, frances. >> alice, thank you. >>> tonight you can watch the vice presidential debate right here on nbc. we have full coverage starting at 8:00 eastern. >>> it is october, but the heat isn't letting up out west. nbc meteorologist michelle grossman is tracking the temperatures for us. good

. >> transportation secretary pete buttigieg, weighing in on day three of a massive port strike. >> no contract, no work. >> operations at major shipping terminals along the east and gulf coasts are at a standstill. >> we have been engaging the parties on all sides, urging them to come to the table. if the strike starts pushing into a second week or third week, we're going to start to see some disruptions. >> there are already signs of supply chain uncertainty in some cities. store shelves around the hampton roads area of virginia bear of many essential items like water and paper goods. as union members picket outside of the port there. experts caution against panic buying, noting that many of those daily basics are produced in north america, not reliant on shipping imports. >> we have thousands of cases that are on order from holidays, and a lot of those are on the water now trying to get here. >> for retailers who do rely on ships like this wine and liquor store in houston, a prolonged strike could dent holiday sales and frustrate customers. >> the next thing is consumers will see hi

administration has had a personnel working this from day one transportation secretary pete buttigieg says the federal government has thousands of people in place to help with recovery, but he says more funding will be needed for the days ahead. will not be able to do all of the work that has to be done without help from congress. neither florida nor georgia's republican governors joined the president's visit. >> though georgia governor brian kemp did speak with the president on the phone fight them for visteon and also thank the president for adding additional counties to the disaster declaration. but kemp says some counties are frustrated. they're not part of the disaster declaration. so he's aware of that situation on the ground. florida governor ron desantis said hurricane victims could be hurt by the dockworkers strike at u.s. ports >> he worries it could delay delivery of needed supplies. and that will include perishable foods, medical equipment, desantis called on the white house to do more to put an end to the strike. we have no time for delays. >> biden harris has a responsib

joining us now, transportation secretary pete buttigieg, his department oversees u.s. ports. haven't been tuned in, first, what the dock workers are seeking in the negotiation, and what you see as the impacts, both immediate and long term if this stretches on for weeks. >> yeah, so these dock workers, they're the people who unload the ships, make sure the goods get to where they're going, and on their way to our homes, to stores. they've been through a lot. if you think about covid, you know, this is obviously not a job that you can do over zoom. they came in every day. some of them lost their lives during that period. what the union is demanding is wages that would help them participate in the enormous profits that the shipping companies have made, especially in recent years. if you start the clock in the middle of the last decade, over about an eight-year period, shipping profits went up 350%. the wages overall of workers in the country went up by about 42%. the wages of these workers only went up by about 15%. their last contract reflected a tougher economic situation. the

get out now all right, kate, thanks so much for that with me now is transportation secretary pete buttigieg are standing in what would be underwater in kate's demonstration right there, secretary what do people need to know about the roads in the airports, the transportation system. now, and what will they need to know tomorrow and going forward. >> so by far the most important thing to note is if you're under evacuation orders, get out listen to those who are warn you in areas where it's not safe. and so many responders are doing their part to facilitate that process. we're working through our federal highway administration with florida's dot and local officials scholes, things like making sure that the shoulder can be used to effectively add a lay-in on i4 or i75 anything to facilitate that process? when it comes to airports, the airlines have added capacity and capped fares going out of the affected airports. but most of those are either close or they're about to close. so mainly we're talking about surface transportation now when it comes to evacuation sometimes by the way, the evacuati

i've been having secretary pete buttigieg step in as senator j.d vance. they've been having these preparations sessions for that meeting on this debate stage tonight, both of them are lowering there expectations for one another. jake, though i should note that each of them has plenty of debate experience on their own. donald trump for his part, has been voicing confidence he's actually spent less time really talking about how vance is going to do more time attacking governor walz and what he believes is going want to be his inability to perform well on that debate stage tonight, jake, i will say we are in the spin room right now. one thing we do know from the vance campaign is that we can't expect it you see the senator from ohio here in the spin room after that debate tonight regardless of how it goes, it's a pre-planned decision for them to have the senator himself coming on here. jake all right. >> interesting stuff. kaitlan collins, thanks so much. anderson team here in new york. >> alyssa, i mean, all the polls show that this is a tight race. the lat

said this would be overly complicated for them to implement, but transportation can secretary pete buttigiegouncing this in a post on x, said passengers deserve to get their money back when an airline owes them without headaches or haggling, he really put airlines on notice back in july telling them to make it super clear to passengers one, they are entitled to a refund. >> this has really blowing up on social media and on tiktok. so many people are happy to hear this, who have been caught up in the cancellations and delays that were really big in 2021 and 2020 but the good news here is that airlines are doing much better. the cancellation rate about 1% of all flights pete muntean, it is good news for a lot of travelers. they hate having to negotiate when they are frustrated their fight isn't taking off. alright, appreciate you. john. >> new video obtained exclusively by cnn shows the final moments before an incarcerated man's death. after being restrained by police this morning to college quarterbacks it's quitting football the same week, how concussions could be pushing more young athletes

of transportation, pete buttigieg. thanks so much for being with us this morning. appreciate your time sir. >> thank you. all right. >> thank you, john. >> this morning, we're learning bombshell new details in special counsel jack smith's federal election case against donald trump. smith's new filing says trump can conduct did not fall all under the official acts the supreme court ruled were immune from prosecution, but we're the quote desperate actions of a candidate who lost the 2020 election. note there he said, candidate prosecutors alleged trump was directly involved in the plot to nominate fake electors, and they plan to call election officials from 2020 battleground states to testify against him joining me now from one of those battleground states, michigan secretary of state, jocelyn benson, she is the state's highest ranking election official. you have spoken to jack smith for this january 6 probe has now changed because of the supreme court ruling, but it is still very much there and we're learning new details in the filing released on wednesday, prosecut

mate, minnesota governor tim walz, has been having mock debates with transportation secretary pete buttigiegminnesota governor tom emmer has stepped in to help senator jd vance. >> it's going well. going great. >> you're going to see jd literally expose tim walz for the radical liberal that he is. >> i wish the american media emmer says he's been trying to copy wallace's mannerisms so vance knows what to expect. meantime, walz has been working with a team of advisers and plans to highlight harris's vision for the nation. you can watch the debate right here on abc seven. live coverage begins at 5 p.m. so what do the vp candidates need to do to win tonight's debate? what is a win? we'll dive into the dynamics and expectations with politico's white house reporter senator jd vance. in fact, this will likely be the last head to head between the two tickets since president trump has turned down another debate with vice president kamala harris. it's an interesting matchup between two very contrasting personality figures and both not very well known, really, to the american public. joining us live n

transportation secretary pete buttigieg says they're working on ways to blunt the effects of severe weather. better evacuation routes for future hurricanes or materials that are better able to withstand a storm or moving things to higher ground because he predicts more disasters are just around the corner. hopefully never something as devastating as helene. but we know that there's more where this came from coming toward the united states, which is why we need to build and design in a more resilient way. and secretary buttigieg says they already have a head start on that because of funding earmarked for climate resiliency in the infrastructure package passed back in 2021. in washington, i'm hannah brandt. >> kron 4 in our parent company nexstar partnering with the red cross to help the millions of people affected by hurricane helene. if you would like to help out, you can scan the qr code on your screen. it will take you to a website where you can donate. >> tesla is recalling tens of thousands of cybertrucks for the 5th time this year. this time it has to do with that rearview camera issue

in title 46, we went and saw pete buttigieg and secretary buttigieg and del toro have authorities in law to build ships, what they cost overseas except that account hasn't been funded since 1983. if money can be built into that account we could build ships in america for the same price built overseas and that's how we had 7,000 flag ships and the world's biggest ship builders in 1960's and 1970's, still in law and then also a lot of collaboration that we need to do on work force development. in fact, you know, i'll give a shout out to hyundai and we signed an agreement between mit, versus of michigan-- university ever of michigan and hyundai and to tap into the expertise that the koreans have in their shipyards and also at the national university is assigning to this to get after a major weakness we have in the u.s., there's only one university left in america, one ro1 university in america, to post doc in ship building. we don't have any of the engineers, office managers, and if you were to open a ship yard in the u.s., there would also need to be a lot of things done to bring your

transportation secretary pete buttigieg has been playing the role of vance in walz's debate prep.tic senator amy klobuchar is walz's longtime minnesota colleague. >> whenever he can get in a little bit of his personality, i think that's a good thing. >> reporter: it's been reported that governor walz is nervous about this debate. is that really true? >> i think that anyone that goes out on the national stage and says, oh, i don't need to think about it at all, i think that they are not being honest. >> norah: and nancy cordes is here with me. so how are these candidates feeling about the debate that is going to be right here? >> reporter: they are setting expectations sky high for the other guy, so for example, the trump campaign said j.d. vance has only been a politician for a couple of years while tim walz has been in politics for 20 years, so he has the edge. then you have tim walz saying, i am simply a humble former schoolteacher, j.d. vance is a yale school debater, he has the edge. the reality is, norah, both of these men are very comfortable speaking extemporaneously about

transportation secretary pete buttigieg to help secure the funding. >> we're using smart technology. we're connecting to all the street lights all through the corridor, so the system management can be smarter about moving people through the corridor and reducing our pollution and our carbon impacts. >> hill says the design phase will take two years. construction will begin thereafter, creating upwards of 10,000 jobs. the entire project is expected to be completed in 2028. in contra costa county, anser hassan, abc seven news. >> oakland unified parents could soon find out more about possible school closings in that district. the san francisco chronicle reports superintendent kyla johnson trammell is expected to present a comprehensive plan to the board on november 13th. a couple of weeks from now, a plan that includes recommendations to address the $79 million budget deficit. one way to do that could be to shutter or maybe merge schools. a vote on school closings could come as soon as december or as late as the spring. >> a hotel worker protests could disrupt traffic in downtown san f

. >> joining us now is united states secretary of transportation, pete buttigieg. mr.retary, it's great to see you. >> good to be with you. thank you for having me. >> i want to get to your personal fight with disinformation one of its biggest purveyors in a second. can you share with our viewers what the department of transportation is doing to prepare for and protect folks in the path of this hurricane and florida hurricane milton? >> well, we've got folks positioned now and that's everywhere from faa to federal highway administration ready as soon as it's possible to get into the affected area afterwards to help. we've been engaging up until now to support things like evacuation, making sure that the shoulder lanes are in use on i-4 and i-57 to take one example. doing anticipatory approvals for drone flights that wouldn't normally yet be licensed but are going to help florida utilities, for example, survey the damage that may be happening. so whether we're talking about sea, air or land, we're doing everything we can to help make sure that florida is well positioned

talking about gavin newsom, even pete buttigieg.ughter] 's than they did the old switcheroo so now they have no choice because they were put in the corner. i think biden in this weird way maybe they knew what he was doing back very indiana jones and the last crusade. take this one and it comes out you. >> biden killed them. >> compact and everything. >> he hates her. [laughter] >> joe keeps going out there without his meds. >> he didn't do an interview for three and a half years and now morning after reporters handing them on mike, ask me anything. [applause] >> you wrote a phenomenal book of democrats failed black america called cancel culture -- [laughter] a-to-z guide winning the war. [laughter] 's for the book cover. [laughter] [laughter] >> i've got to tell you, this has become so intriguing, donald trump has remade the republican party dating kim kardashian so i've got to tell you, there is an entryway, pretty large one here. [laughter] >> it's epic because what are you doing? they target like quarters of the race, trump is ta

for more we spoke to secretary of transportation pete buttigieg. seems like negotiations at the moment are stuck. is there anything that is moving this forward 7 administration has engaged both the union leadership in the ocean carriers and other parties on the other side of the negotiation. we have urged the parties to come to an agreement. we actually believe economically they may not be that far apart, and of course it's important for them to reach any agreement that takes care of workers, that allows them to participate in the record profits of the shipping industry, one that i think is compatible with that industry remaining very profitable, and to get those ports back up and running and goods moving in this country as quickly as possible. i will ask you about those goods in a moment, but if we look at where the sticking points are, there are disagreement about the use of automation going forward. the longshoremen, they want protection from automation, and us maritime alliance said they want to keep that language about automation, saying their

we are live with us secretary of transportation pete buttigieg. rebuild. iam sumi i am sumi somaskanda. thank you so much forjoining us. israel and iran have each warned the other against further attacks, after iran launched a massive ballistic missile attack on israel tuesday. israel is vowing consequences for iran, which fired some 180 missiles at israel in its second, and largest, direct attack ever. the majority of projectiles were intercepted, and one casualty was reported, a palestinian man injericho, in the occupied west bank. the strikes impacted several israeli airbases and some civilian areas, including a school in central israel. our middle east corresondent lucy williamson reports. israel's air force was defending other targets when iran's missiles came... ..slipping through defences to hit several air bases, like this one at nevatim. another narrowly missing an intelligence base in tel aviv. the crater it left filled with visions of what if. the us said this attack had twice the scope of iran's

and the transportation secretary pete buttigieg says he spoke with musk over the phone to smooth thingsver. liz. liz: always great reporting from grady trimble. appreciate you so much, grady. >> i'm putting everything on the line to fight for you and we're going to fight for you, and we're all going to win together. liz: well, get reaction from project 21 share host cooper. pleasure to see you again. a record busting crowd showed up at the rally in butler, pennsylvania. it had more viewership than ososcars in 02022 and thursday night football on twitter, 17 million watched and hugged the family of fire fighter corey comperatore who was killed by the assassin's bullet. how does this translate to votes for the president? >> well, let me say first that i want to cassioppi mog this anniversary -- acknowledge this anniversary of brutal and very tragic attack. our organization project 21, our heart goes out to the family members of both americans and israelis who were brutally attacked and slaughtered and now over 100 being held hostage. when i was a kid, we had media beside met works like yo

white house chief of staff on resume, pete buttigieg and others in the administration with both sides forcing them to get together and so both sides understood that it looked like the president was not ready to intervene on this so they might figure something out and they did. >> i mean, no one should underestimate, as you have said many times, president biden's love for union workers in standing up for workers. it's a big victory for them but also the administration. this was resolving it very quickly. i think you know well how government works very well. this was a quick resolution could've had an impact on the supply chain that would've been a big challenging october surprise. >> i'm sure the shippers were just sitting there thinking now, you know, the president's going to have to do a taft- hartley, order these guys back to work at the docks so that we will not have to give them this raise. we can just continue negotiating and drag this out. but here we are. they've got a real success there for you the union. >> a big one and i think they underestimated -- i've read back you proba

automations at ports usmx did not meet yesterday and they have no plans to meet for negotiations pete buttigieg telling cnbc yesterday, the carrier increased 350% >> another thing i do have concerns about is many have filed the paper work to introduce surcharges we lated to the strike if they were to do that, while the surcharges would be slapped on the shipping cargo, that would trickle down to the consumer >> meantime, freight continues to the move to the west coast ports. shipping rates are more than 300% higher year over year, but double digits from august when retailers moved shipments in early. air freight is jumping 50%, but off the september highs. if the strike continues, it expects to accelerate as companies turn to air. we will follow the strike and p impact here throughout the day on cnbc. >>> turning back to the markets. investors will get the look at the employment picture with the monthly jobs report tomorrow jobless claims expecting to increase this comes after the adp report that hiring picked up last month snapping a five-month stretch of payroll growth for more, let's bring i

helicopters was starlings from getting in, fema said that is not the case in transportation secretary pete buttigieg faa was not closing down any airspace but there was an issue with pilots helping starling equipment where it needed to be having the right information we worked that with local authorities and we will take care of it, to me as an example of how often the best thing is to pick up the phone. >> of the republicans including former president trump are say the biden harris a administration and fema in particular that there file the people of north carolina and other areas hit hard by hurricane helene and harris was asked of the beacon by whatever producers outfox how she sees the response and fema is doing extraordinary work. stuart: brian brenberg still with me what role does elon musk have in the campaign of donald trump. >> he is there to prepare the thing that harris is missing that is creativity the possibility the imagination and with the prompter goes out for her she does not know what to say elon musk does not need a prompter, donald trump does not need a prompter they needed oppor

i want to bring in pete buttigieg. secretary, thank you for being here. this is obviously a busy and worrisome night for everyone. we just got the latest update. clean up efforts from helene were barely getting underway. now florida's gulf coast is being brutalized yet again. what is the administration doing to help? >> there is a real increased focus now on having those early assessments start to come in. when the sun comes up tomorrow, more of that recovery phase. the administration has been preparing this for days. having a field incident response team prepositioned in jacksonville, ready to help with steps that will bring airports back online and address anything else that needs attention on the aviation side. there's examples like that from across the administration, as we have thousands of personnel, hundreds, just from our department alone. both involved in the preparations from milton that will evolve into recovery efforts. from a transportation perspective, we're looking at surface, air, and sea. each one of those has its own dynamics, of course,