th two parcited in debate hosted by saginaw valley state university. the cook political report rates the race a tossu the candidate who wins novembe will go on to replace democrat representative dan kildee who chose not to seek reelection. >> good evening. welcome to tonight's candidate form here at saginaw valley state university. i'm an assistant professor of political science here. before begin tonight's form between the democratic and republican nominees for michigan's eighth district, i want to offer some brief thanks to our participants, hosts and sponsors. first and foremost, thank you to all of the folks -- to all of you, my fellow citizens in attendance this evening. i appreciate you taking time out of your schedule to attend tonight's form. so, i thank you all for taking your civic duty seriously by attending tonight's session. second, thank you to both of our candidates, state senator kristen mcdonald rivet and mr. paul junge for participating tonight. thanks for our two moderators, zoe clark and chad gladingood. third, a special thanks to o

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in fact, i'd like them made in saginaw and flint. we are equipped to do that and should be investing in that. i don't support a mandate. there will be a point the market makes e.v. vehicles and will make sense and people will start buying them. we've seen it over and over again. but right now we really need to be in a place that as that technology is being developed, learn the lessons of the past and see our supply chains go to china and we're last and why we see our income drop. we need to invest in technology here in michigan and bring those jobs here. zoe: mr. junge? paul: i oppose e.v. mandates and point out that kamala harris said she supports e.v. mandates. maybe she's changed her position on that but should my opponent go to congress, i hope she'll buck voting 99% with her party if that issue comes up for congress because you can count on me i will oppose e.v. mandates and also oppose any incentives for selling the e.v. cars. the marketplace is the best determinate for what kind of vehicles we need in this state. we know the p

harris supporter morgan carter has been reviving old shoes for 60 years. >> can saginaw come back?ter already voted early. beth pennington is waiting until election day to cast her ballot for trump. >> your neighbor across the street is voting for harris. if she needs help, would you help her? >> and i -- yes, and i have a million times, a million times over. >> would she help you? >> yes, she would, absolutely, and she has. that's what i love about this community. >> reporter: because kindness is another sign around adams boulevard. adrienne broaddus, nbc news, saginaw, michigan. >>> and up next tonight, the explosion of fall colors. how some are now able to enjoy them for the first time. michigan. >>> up next the explosion of fall colors. how some are now able to enjoy them for the first time. and with higher sk from afib not caused by a heart valve problem,... ...we're going for a better treatment than warfarin. eliquis. eliquis reduces stroke risk. and has less major bleeding. over 97% of eliquis patients did not experience a stroke. don't stop taking eliquis without talking to

donald trump was the first republican to win saginaw since 1994.iden flipped it back. >> nobody dislikes somebody for the way they're going to vote. we may shake our head and say oh, god, how could they? >> reporter: what's the sign in your yard? who for president? >> kamala harris. >> i'm choosing not to vote for kamala, because there's no benefit for me. >> reporter: the split runs through this home, married 50 years. the january 6th atatack on the two made a difference. >> the insurrection was just terrible in my mind, and i said i wouldn't vote for him again. >> reporter: why would you voigt f v vote for former president trump? >> i don't like the guy personally, but i think he did a good job with the economy in office. >> reporter: with the decline of the auto industry, the economy shifted gears in the '80s. james helped build cars at gm nearly 40 years. do you want to see more manufacturing jobs here? >> i'd like to see them come back. >> reporter: the county's population has dropped more than 17% since 1980. saginaw's my hometown. these empt

vance spoke to supporters in saginaw, michigan. this is about 45 minutes. >> ♪ why don't we liberty these united states, let's rebuild america first senator vance: thank you, wow! well, it is fantastic to yet again be in the great state of michigan. thank you all and i got to say, we've got seven days -- as we used to say in the marine corps. seven days to wake up. we're going to win michigan, we're going to make president trump the next president of the united states. we're going to do it because of all of you. we're so thrilled to be joined by the incredible florida representative byron. thank you so much, byron, for being here. he's actually headed to detroit as we speak. we're thrilled to be joined by the great state representative bill. where's bill? bill, thank you. we've got congressional kept paul young. where's paul at? thank you, paul. god bless you, man. thank you, paul. paul has a tough, tough race but i think not only are donald trump and i are going to win the state of michigan, paul is going to join us in the united

. >> james felton from cbs affiliate in saginaw.very year since 2008 saginaw county and michigan voted for the eventual winner of the presidential election. for the past -- how is it important for your campaign to carry saginaw county and michigan? sen. vance: it is extremely important. michigan is one of if not the most important battleground state. saginaw county is in important part of the state of michigan. folks here in saginaw county, our argument is simple and direct redo you want to go back to the priests -- to the peace and prosperity of donald j. trump or double down on the failed policies of the last four years? you don't have to agree with everything trump says, but when you look at the inflation when he was president and the fact that take-home pay was rising as fast as it has in 40 years, the border was closed down and the world was more peaceful. i think a lot of americans would like to go back to the prosperity and peace of donald trump's leadership and that is what we are fighting for. i feel good about saginaw coun

i'm going to have all in saginaw. i counted, that could play across the road over when the sixty's swing space of michigan, the in depth analysis of the day sidelines. how do you see the educational system in gaza informed opinion it seems really have a very high kid is inc, getting serious critical debate. what happens as either now has to be seen in the context of a whole raft, especially those that have been taking against on the inside story. what is, is real trying to achieve in 11 on is there a strategy on how to 0, let's say full year of war in gaza. and now with this really troops invading lebanon are the us in israel working to reshape the entire region. who do americans trust to handle their economy? immigration, and the wars and ukraine and gaza? a quizzical look at us politics. the bottom line. behind me, you can see just really a slice of the damage as a result of these intensive is really strikes asking questions, don't you see yours, your scene? sure. and when you see the states of the country today, we

saginaw county where president trump is going today.th of a county right here in michigan where biden was an easy winner. kamala harris goes here, donald trump goes here. we come back to saginaw county. in the western part of the change it is changing a lot. a lot of folks coming out of chicago to the western part of michigan. ottawa county is where vance was yesterday. this is what matters, 16 electoral votes. we saw that. check out the quote from slotkin from earlier in the week on a zoom chat, right? in a really tough race. i'm not feeling my best right now about where we are in kamala harris in a place like michigan. she mentioned the word underwater. harris was underwater in michigan running against mike rodgers. a pretty good senate race now. she is leading apparently right now. >> dana: is she bluffing? >> bill: maybe she is looking for more money or maybe she sees weakness there. karl rove told us last hour you don't know what arab americans do in the state of michigan. you have 100,000 votes perhaps, could be 50/50 and could ha

it's good to be in saginaw bringing you the vice president's best wishes. she's out working it right now. by the way, we give her a big hearty -- it's her birthday today. yeah. [applause] birthday now, 16 days, madam president. that's how it works. look, incredibly grateful. i know this is a group what's at stake in this election. it's been clear. i don't really quite know how to respond anymore. i don't know if you saw the off-the-rails rally by the former president last night. the closing argument is veering into territory that even me, who, you know, 24 years in the military, i learned some colorful words. i am not quite certain where to go with some of this right now. but look, the options are very clear. we have the vice president laying out an agenda that is resonating with the middle class. the ability to make sure that tax cuts are targeted. make sure things like homeownership are available and then i watched her lay out -- this was really great. we were doing a rural -- the rural rollout and we were traveling across the country in rural areas and l

>> governor walz: saginaw. >> jon: he is not from saginaw.n new york city, you got any plans? people come in from the midwest sometimes and they always ask me, where should i go for a slice of pizza? >> governor walz: you are all going to be shocked by this. i am an avid runner and i got to go in central park and do a run. >> jon: did you really? is that the first time you went running in central park? >> governor walz: second time. after the debate, i went and ran in there. >> jon: did you really? >> governor walz: the next morning. >> jon: after the debate, he went running? >> governor walz: i needed that confirmation. "yeah, you kicked his butt but." [cheers and applause] >> jon: i lived in new york 35 years. no one has ever given me that kind of confirmation. when i run around the park, it is a very different vibe. >> governor walz: [laughs] >> jon: where is off to next? you are going to go with obama to wisconsin? >> governor walz: madison, wisconsin. >> jon: then the last two week run, what does that look like? >> governor walz: whereve

. >> reporter: in saginaw michigan, today, trump repeated his false claims about 2020 and warned of an apocalypse if harris wins next month. >> instead of a golden age america will instead be plunged into a dark age. your family finances will be permanently destroyed. >> reporter: he did not address the new comments from his wife, melania, who unexpectedly came out in favor of abortion rights in a video promoting her upcoming book. >> there is no room for compromise when it comes to this essential right. >> reporter: in an interview after the speech, trump said he actually had spoken to his wife beforehand and told her she should share what was in her heart, even if they disagree. here in wisconsin, cheney just said harris is standing in the breach at a critical time in this nation's history, and she urged conservatives to vote for her. norah? >> norah: it's so interesting that melania trump is saying that now.

in the richest country in the world that two babies born at the saginaw hospital?f one's a white baby and one's a black baby, the white baby is going to live longer because of the way the system is set up, they're going to be healthier during their lives. you see these folks here, it doesn't have to be that way. and kamala harris is saying it's time for that to end and provide the opportunities to make sure it ends. [applause] and again, if you take those two babies, the chance that the white baby is going to own a home is greater than the black baby, not because they work anymore or because they're any smarter or they've done the right things. it's because the system is set up to make it more difficult to do that. that is true. so when kamala harris is talking about down payment assistance on housing, making sure that we understand all these years of putting a disadvantage. if your family owns a home that's generational wealth. and that's something that breaks the cycle of things that we've seen and giving opportunities and lifting up and making the case, especial

we are going to turn now to you saginaw, michigan, where former president trump is speaking. now let's listen in. >> wouldn't that be nice strong and confident and free? >> i mean, how would you like to live like they're living where thousands and thousands of criminals are put into your town or your city. and all of a sudden all of a sudden your whole life changes, your whole life changes. you see what's happened with springfield and aurora. you see what happens springfield, ohio you see what's happening. would you like to have that happen to you good. >> i was just curious who'd i helped can do that? who can do it? they inject 32,000 people from foreign land far land that has lots of problems. but they eject 30 and your 50,000 people. now you have enough like month you have almost doubled the size and it's a disaster. what's going on in aurora we have venezuelan street gangs. they went into the same businesses, me, but they take their real estate with guns. i had to go borrow money from banks they're in the real estate business they go into the governor there and colorado a

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governor tim walz is in saginaw, michigan making campaign stops this morning. he will attend a church -- a church service in saginaw before this afternoon, flying to the east coast for events in massachusetts and connecticut. of course, vice president harris is in georgia this morning. will be dropping in to see what she's doing there. this edition of velshi across america and the initial state of arizona continues next. i will be joined by senator mark kelly, he's been stumping for kamala harris i will also speak to the democratic candidate for the other sanity, congressman ruben gallego is facing off against trump ally kari lake in a race that could control the senate. plus phoenix endured its hottest summer on record. on top of that, arizona is dealing with a major water shortage problem. for most voters right here it is important the next president knows what they are doing and what they are talking about when it comes to climate change. but don't worry, donald trump once said the change is a hoax and now says he's got it covered. we will have more of my co

we spoke with former president trump back stage before his rally here in saginaw today.here is a whole lot going on in the world right now, we covered a variety of topics with him including the federal response to hurricane helene, take a listen. >> we're up to more than 200 people dead from hurricane helene, i'm sure you saw yesterday, dhs says fema doesn't have enough money to last hurricane season. what else your reaction? >> they are doing a very bad job. they have given over a billion dollars to illegal migrants that came in and now they have no money for north carolina, for georgia, for south carolina, alabama, tennessee and florida. i think that's a disgrace. this is a country that's being run by fools. >> biden says israel should not target iranian nuke facilities. what are your thoughts on that? what should israel respond? >> that's the craziest thing i have ever heard. that's the biggest risk we have. the biggest risk we have is nuclear. to make the statement please leave their nuclear alone. i would tell you that that's not the right answer. that was the crazi

so we'll just see to saginaw, michigan in no way of trans crashed through the front of a stall and one along those main streets. at least 4 people were injured, including the driver when the tram to wales in the capitol, the close of the accents, not yet known, but the drive is being treated as a suspect. i saw this and it was the person across the street. but the 2 seconds later and turning to the right and straight to the shelf. a mass of hailstones hits southern spain. it's too good to flash floods and produced hailstones. so large they destroyed cause a space of mutual logical agencies put, talk to a bundle of c, a n valencia on high and low to extreme rain for to to the u. k. now with a fee of tax rises, as the government prepares to deliver its budgets. now it's the 1st time and nearly 15 years, the labor parties been in charge of the country's finances tax hikes. a previously been ruled out, but now prime minister care, a stomach is wanting, the budget will be painful. jonah oliver pulls from carlyle in the north of england . carlyle in the north of england with much made rawhid

to people here, there's lots of concerns that this selection could end up in violence and unrest. saginaw was once a booming industrial base, but not anymore at this pumpkin farm outside the city. people are concerned about the economy and the loss of jobs in the past. decades. support for donald trump runs hi here. many say the 2020 elections were written and do not trust and electro system america and tell me to print works as a mac and is cindy area is one of them is going to be k. s. and i, i hope that it doesn't happen. i don't trust the government whatsoever, because they tell you one thing, and then they do what they want. they're all, they're all about the money. but there's also those who fear what the consequences will be if trump is not elected. there's been a lot of damage done to the system in the last 4 to 8 years for to 10 years, even where people don't trust it. i work in elections and i can tell you in the, in michigan at least it's, it's absolutely impossible for anybody to systematically a rig and election the race to win the election is a tight one. and it's in small t

she'll make three stops in saginaw at a semiconductor plant that was the beneficiary of some of the chips science act legislation that came through congress that the biden administration pushed through, the vice president going to be talking about manufacturing, manufacturing jobs. talking about the american worker, about her plans for the economy when she speaks her. as we understand it at the semiconductor plant where you're seeing a live picture now, the vice president will tour with employees there before she speaks, again, touting her ideas for what to do to improve the economy, to make things more affordable for americans and to create jobs as has been done in michigan through some of the actions of the biden-harris administration. the vice president will then travel south here to macomb county to warren, michigan, where she's expected to go to a training facility, a labor union training facility where she'll meet with instructors and apprentices there, before wrapping up the day with her running mate, tim walz at a rally and concert there. that is an opportunity to try to get out t

the so we'll just see to saginaw, michigan, may u k. the 1st by just into the neighbor party, return to power will be presented to parliament in the coming hours. but it's prompting fees of tax wise for many, 5 minutes the kids from a previous through whose out any increases. but now he is wanting, the budget will be painful that speak to during the whole was outside the u. k. parliament in london as so doing a budget is always important, of course, but this one especially so right. a pivotal moment indeed for primary stickiest offer is new labor government labels 1st budget in 15 years. and the 1st time ever that a woman would deliver the budget in the job. of course, the transfer of the exchequer rates and reeves that it comes up to months of warnings about the state of public finance is needed to repair the ailing state of public services. and all of that relentlessly blamed on 14 years of the conservative party, mis routed, and the grad school that they split shots for this government to set up its plans for turning things around. r

maybe right through saginaw.nd the super bowl is going to run through the nfc north, one of those teams. [applause] we are ok. we will take responsibility for all of this, we will need the doorknocking. >> [indiscernible] gov. walz: we are going to do whatever it takes, and this is one vote per precinct. this is going to be close. we are not blowing smoke on this, and i think it is important to be very clear. we will win this thing, but we will win it with hard work. they will show up. we need to get our voters to the polls. your elected officials are knocking it up and doing the hard work. we are going to pick up the senate seat here in michigan. we will hold that seat in pennsylvania, and my daughter went back last week to bozeman to make sure she should cast a vote for jon tester to make sure we win that one. we have a lot of stuff going on. i know you are super busy. let's push this thing to the end. get those extra votes, talk to somebody. i was down in all my yesterday, which by the way we are picking up th

andrea canning (voiceover): bo said he was home in saginaw.the crime scene near grand rapids. detectives thought that was plenty of time to make a round trip during the night. what is your gut telling you, as you're talking to bo? i mean, i thought he was a little odd, but again, he was cooperative and willing to talk to us, and we did ask him when the last time he was in grand rapids, because when i was walking around his car i saw a grand rapids press newspaper in there. so i saw the date on there, and i'm like, hey, when is the last time you were there? andrea canning (voiceover): he told them he had been in grand rapids recently, but not on the night of the murder. they pulled up his phone records to track his movements, but-- there was no activity. so again, you know, that phone didn't really answer what we were looking for, other than there was no activity. so he could have still been over in grand rapids and just not using his phone. or he could have left his phone at home. yep. this is another alibi that's also not rock-solid. absolute

eva push for the vice president today she's going to visit a semiconductor facility in saginaw michigan, an assembly line visiting with workers she'll then head to macomb county to go to a labor union training facility. >> and it gives her an opportunity to tout the wins of the biden-harris administration in her view, on this issue, she'll argue that the chips act fortified these jobs. she will also be able to talk about her policy in this space as it relates to promoting apprenticeship programs and giving a tax credit to american manufacturers. and this comes at a time when democrats in some corners want this to be the message. her affirmative case for why she wants to be president. not so much. talking about the former president, who they will argue is impervious to these criticisms about his character, about fascism. instead, she needs to be out here making an affirmative case for why she wants to be president and talking about the opportunity economy so that's what today is all about she'll end it here in the college town of ann arbor for a when we vote, we win concert series. maggi

>> yeah, the former president speaking in saginaw i'm critical swing county are closest swing county in that swing-state look, let's take a step back for a second. this was the 2020 map. >> you could see president biden's path to the white house. >> yes. he was able to flip a state like arizona or flip a state like georgia, but it was right here in wisconsin and michigan, two key pillars of the blue wall where that path was made. it's also the same path vice president kamala harris can take to the presidency. now, if you take a look at these two states, michigan president biden won by 154,000 votes back in 2016, donald trump shocked everyone in politics when he won this state by just about 10,000 votes wisconsin, equally close 22,000 votes for donald trump and joe biden won it back in 2020 only by 20,000 votes. where do things stand right now? and what is very clearly a bare-knuckle brawl for these two states. look at the polling and the reason i'm showing you this polling, new york times sienna poll, most recent polling, these battleground states is, it is super close. one point tow

talking with voters in genesee county and saginaw county and midland county. many issues we discussed tonight, we didn't get too much about the economy and the affordability of gas and groceries and all the rest, but we did talk about the southern border. these are issues that are top of mine people throughout the district. what i hear from voters time and again is that things are not as good today as they were four years ago. you see it when you talk with voters, you see it in the polling. people feel the country is headed in the wrong direction and they want to see change. we have to be clear. the democrats have been in charge of lansing, depending on how you want to counter for either two or six years. they've been in charge in washington for the last six years. if you like the way things are right now, i suspect you will be voting for my opponent. but if you want change, if you want an economy that is working for working families, if you want to southern border that is secure, if you want leadership that will help make america proud and strong throughout t

so we'll just see to saginaw, michigan. yeah, we were talking about one election issues do matter most to voters and we were talk you were talking about the immigration. i think it's important to point out that they trump campaign likes to say that there are tons of thousands of immigrants of coming in murder, people totally not true, but when you are in the country. yeah. lawrence, what, what are they telling you this is the most important? well, fortunately, i was in springfield and it's totally not true that all the cats and dogs, actually i just, in this election, we have to say to people, by the way, people aren't actually eating cats and dogs in ohio. go ahead. ne. well, you know, peter said right, immigration is accusing the way i judge it. i'm going to be so many of these riley's now and you talk to people, the chairs, you know, trump the biggest use any the trunk gate. so the, any republican kind of kind of, he gets when he brings up the issue of immigration. the other one, which i think is a bit of a sleeper is a,

donald trump is speaking out in saginaw, michigan. he is speaking right now. we have some interesting tape. here it comes. >> we can soon have soaring income, skyrocketing wealth, millions of new jobs at a booming middle class. we can live in cities and towns that are safe if clean. and borders that are sealed and secure, that would be nice. and america could again be strong and confident and free. >> he -- we're done, he talking about a new golden age, make america great gain we're launching a new golden age for america. i know those you know people say, they of campaign promises. it is doable, one thing, we have talked about this down through the years, why should we accept 2% growth, that is what federal reserve, actually 1.8, why not back to 3% or 4% growth. we had for the whatever 75 years after world war ii, i think about 75 years, why can't we grow the economy faster and better real wages, what is wrong with those goals. >> biggest single impediment is the federal government, excessive taxation and regulation. is what is throttling economic growth, stud

we will have live coverage when it gets underway here in saginaw on c-span. host: a focus now on 2024's senate and gubernatorial contests. always glad to have jessica taylor of the cook political report. just a bit has happened since the last time we had you want in august. every race is a potential majority-maker in the senate this year. this week you wrote about senator ted cruz's race against colin allred, a race that is becoming more competitive with less than five weeks to go. guest: this is good news for democrats, because overall the map is very hard for democrats. they have a 51-40 nine majority, but it functionally starts at 50-50, because they are going to lose that west virginia she -- c. they cannot afford to lose any incumbent and they have to have vice president kamala harris win the presidency. montana is one we moved a couple of weeks ago. jon tester is the most vulnerable incumbent. he shifted that race to lean republican. that means if democrats won a viable path to the majority they have to find another target. increasingly texas is becomin

after that, jd vance will address voters and reporters in saginaw, michigan followed by tim walz hosting out the vote rally in savannah, georgia and in the evening, vice president harris is expected to lay out her campaigns closing arguments in an address at the ellipse in washington with one week to go before election day. you can also watch all campaign 2024 coverage on c-span now and c-span.org. >> attention middle and high school students across america. it is time to make your voice heard appeared studentcam documentary contest 2025 is here. it's your chance to create a documentary to raise awareness and make an impact. it should answer this year's question, your message to the president, what issue is most important to you or your community? whether you are passionate about politics, the environment, immunity stories, studentcam is your platform to share your message with the world with 100,000 dollars in prizes including a grand prize of $5,000. it's your opportunity not only to make an impact but also be rewarded for your creativity and hard work. enter your submissio today. scan

i'm in saginaw.hat are you hearing about [indiscernible] and what are you hearing about plans for senior social security? host: rosie, your line is breaking up pretty badly. i believe you asked about health care and social security. rick, do you want to respond to that? guest: sure. i will point out she is in one of the areas, we talk about detroit and metro detroit and grand rapids. she is in saginaw, which is further north but it is an industrial area, saginaw and flint and that is a place and a region that is being targeted by both campaigns with sort of a similar economic message with the changing economy, ev's, jobs and economic security. and -- i'm sorry -- remind me, rosie asked me about -- host: health care and social security. guest: ok. so, it seems like donald trump rolled back a bit on the rhetoric about scrapping obamacare and then coming back and making something -- making it into something better. although the availability of health care and hospitals is an issue across the state. and

i'm in saginaw.hat are you hearing about [indiscernible] and what are you hearing about plans for senior social security? host: rosie, your line is breaking up pretty badly. i believe you asked about health care and social security. rick, do you want to respond to that? guest: sure. i will point out she is in one of the areas, we talk about detroit and metro detroit and grand rapids. she is in saginaw, which is further north but it is an industrial area, saginaw and flint and that is a place and a region that is being targeted by both campaigns with sort of a similar economic message with the changing economy, ev's, jobs and economic security. and -- i'm sorry -- remind me, rosie asked me about -- host: health care and social security. guest: ok. so, it seems like donald trump rolled back a bit on the rhetoric about scrapping obamacare and then coming back and making something -- making it into something better. although the availability of health care and hospitals is an issue across the state. and

vance in saginaw. 1:45 p.m.timony walz is in georgia speaking with supporters at a rally in savannah. at 2:30 p.m. eastern donald trump again in pennsylvania this afternoon spooking with voters at a roundtable in drexel hill, pennsylvania. then this evening 7:00 p.m. eastern vice president is speaking on the ellipse in washington laying out the closing architects to voters with one week to go. all of those campaign events you can watch on the c-span networks at c-span.org or the free c-span now video app but we want to hear from you this morning in this first hour of the washington journal. turn the phones over to you to get your thoughts. it is for we will get here in d.c. betty democrat. how are you feeling a week out? host: i'm doing good. i voted for kamala harris and tim walz because donald trump on his nag -- inauguration his vision made me come out and protest right after his inauguration and the way he did obama he became in with the birther message. the third point i would like to make, i believe he gav

foot to supporters that tariffs, the fentanyl epidemic and housing costs during a campaign stop in saginaw, michigan. he also criticized kamala harris. this is about 45 minutes. t 45 minutes. >> ♪ why don't we liberty these united states, let's rebuild america first senator vance: thank you, wow! well, it is fantastic to yet again be in the great state of michigan. thank you all and i got to say, we've got seven days -- as we used to say in the marine corps. seven days to wake up. we're going to win michigan, we're going to make president trump the next president of the united states. we're going to do it because of all of you. we're so thrilled to be joined by the incredible florida representative byron. thank you so much, byron, for being here. he's actually headed to detroit as we speak. we're thrilled to be joined by the great state representative bill. where's bill? bill,

what do you | think, if you look at some of the towns, saginaw with the vp has been today, places like mines, is this where republicans get away?— one on people's mines, is this where republicans get away? absolutely. on all the policy — republicans get away? absolutely. on all the policy issues _ republicans get away? absolutely. on all the policy issues that _ republicans get away? absolutely. on all the policy issues that matter - all the policy issues that matter most to americans especially inflation and economy really it is the democratic strategist james carville that told us it was all about the economy, donald trump is beating harris in double digits. when he's able to state this talking points, he continues to win and when he veers off he tends to lose. unfortunately harris does not have much to stand on in terms of her record in regards to the economy and inflation, so she has an uphill battle. let's be clear, she is pulling even worse with union workers that hillary clinton did when she lost in 2016, she does not have the same connection or history with union workers that s

this is where the state's going to be won or lost, but look at saginaw county and the city of saginawa core swing county, but we'll talk a lot about that on election night. you've got just outside detroit and mccomb county and the big suburbs of detroit. obama won them, trump won them by double digits in 2016 and then gained background and the city of detroit itself in wayne county, the biggest of the state within wayne county. we will be looking at the city of detroit and the city of dearborn. in detroit, democrats worried about black voter support, black male voter support for biden and detroit will be a measure of that in dearborn, a large muslim population. israel-palestine situation is affecting the vote there. >> could potentially loom large over everything. steve kornacki, fascinating as always, thank you. >> thanks. >> joining me now is republican senator lindsey graham of south carolina. welcome back to "meet the press". >> thank you very much. >> thanks for being here in person. i want to start about talking about former president trump's rhetoric in the closing days of the

now, that echoes what i heard when i spoke to union members in saginaw, michigan, just last month. >> i'm undecided because i just haven't -- i haven't seen enough of it yet. i need to pay closer attention and do kind of independent research before i make my judgment. >> the lukewarm feelings from rank and file union members are part of the problem that democrats are facing right now, in a race that could not be tighter. as vox reports today it remains the case under biden democrats have seen their poll numbers with union voters decline at the presidential level even as their support for organized labor's interests has increased. joining me now to unpack all of this is vermont senator bernie sanders. senator sanders, thank you very much for being here and helping me understand this phenomenon. i think a lot of people would be surprised to know kamala harris right now is on track to do worse among union households than hillary clinton did in 2016. and even joe biden, i believe. nbc news found biden winning only 50% of voters from union households. do you have a theory on why that suppo

. >>> tim walz is here and victoria's believers ministries in saginaw as part of a slip campaign stops. this afternoon, his line to the east coast for stops in connecticut. connecticut. to make a choice- one versus the other. new sensodyne clinical white, it provides 2 shades whiter teeth as well as providing 24/7 sensitivity protection. patients are going to love to see sensodyne on the shelf. switch to shopify so you can build it better, scale it faster and sell more. much more. take your business to the next stage when you switch to shopify. >> so we have to talk, as i always felt women like me. but the fake news keeps saying women don't like me. i don't believe that. because i'm your protector. i want to be your protector's president. i hope you don't make too much of it. i hope the fake news doesn't go, oh, he wants to be there protector. as president, i want to be your protector. >> i am your protector. probably not known for his consistency, but if there's one thing he's repeatedly demonstrated is that women need protection from him. he has a long history of trampling on the rig

former president trump was campaigning in saginaw county, michigan. that is a county that voted for president biden in 2020. but by just a little over 300 votes and it is a state certainly expected to be decided by maybe just a few 1000 votes that county could be pivotal. vice president harris will be in flint, michigan tomorrow to rally voters. coming up, the latest on bank of america's effort in fixing its account outages. >> a nationwide dockworker strike is over at least for now. >> the union representing 45,000 striking dockworkers on the eastern gulf coast. they've reached a deal to suspend their strike until january 15th. the provide more time to negotiate a new contract. the union will resume working immediately. the union went on strike tuesday after its contract expired in a dispute over pay. and the automation of certain tasks, the strike had raised the risk of shortages of goods on store shelves lasted more than a few weeks. there were also concerns that prices would go up if a deal is not reached soon. and we've seen this before. shoppers

she was in saginaw at a semiconductor facility visiting with workers on the assembly line thinking aboutt she characterized as his wins of the biden-harris administration as it relates to the chips act, which they argued four to five, those types of manufacturing jobs and this is also included in her policy vision the opportunity economy me includes strengthening american apprenticeship programs, as well as tax credit for american manufacturers. now, she's in mccomb county and in mccombs, she will visit a labor union for still training facility and listen, this is what democrats in some corners say they want to see. they want her to close in on this type of argument it's an affirmative case for why she wants to be president. take a listen i believe that as we think of industries of the future and the future of america's word workforce. >> we need to get in front of this idea that the only high-skilled jobs are required college degree. >> it does not true and in fact when i become president united states, one of the things that i plan on doing immediately, people asked me what are you doi

let's talk center saginaw, michigan. this was interesting. you can see that joe biden won here by less than 1,000 votes. donald trump in 2016 won here by about 1,000 votes. so it's really close, right in the middle manufacturing a big deal here that's what harris will be talking about when she stops there auto workers, the so-called chips act microchips here, she wants to appeal to those manufacturing voters, right in the middle. if this swings one way or the other, it could tell us which way michigan is going on election night next week. finally, when i talk about left washington county, this is where ann arbor, michigan is the university of michigan wolverines. okay. also the capital here you have government workers, a lot of students, it's left very, very left. you can see joe biden won by more than 100,000 votes. they're in 2020. so harris wants to run up the score but one interesting thing i do want to point out kinda for the only time i'm going to talk about the democratic primary, this last year. remember joe biden actually did run in

she's currently in saginaw where she will visit a semiconductor facility on that assembly line. speaking to workers central, go to mccomb county to a labor union training facility. this allows the vice president it's an then to tout the wins of the biden-harris administration as she views it, when it comes to these types of manufacturing jobs, the chips act they argued fortified those jobs and then also point to policy areas in her campaign pitch that supports this like funding for apprenticeship programs, as well as tax cut for american manufacturers and this comes at a time when democrats in some corners very much want this to be the closing argument. an affirmative case for why she wants to be president. they just see some limitations in focusing so heavily on the former president who has proved impervious. these criticisms of him as it relates to fascism and racism. but yet and still the vice president is going to be asked about this. let's listen the way, what he did last night is not a discovery. it is just more of the same and maybe more vivid than usual. donald trump's f

we've got 80 degrees in saginaw today. indianapolis, 81 in huntington and washington, d.c. will be near record for the locations for at least today. the next couple days we'll start to see a cool down. but notice what happens for your halloween forecast. rain from the mid section of the country, out west plenty of sunshine for parts of the southwest. the east coast 40s. 80 for detroit, columbus and indianapolis. mid-70s for new york. and that's a look at your forecast, frances, back to you. >>> actress teri garr has passed away at the age of 79. she wrackedracked up more than credits in film and television. anne thompson has a look back at her life and career. >> reporter: teri garr was no dumb blond, but few played the role better. >> would you like to have a holiday? >> reporter: the ditzy lab assistant in "young frankenstein." dustin hoffman's actress friend in "tootsie". earning an academy award nomination. she could play other roles, too, featured in "close encounters of the third countdown", and "mr. mom", with a young michael keaton. she got her start as a dancer in

state of michigan where she's focused on laying out her economic vision for the country she was in saginawt hour touring a semiconductor factory. tomorrow. she's going to deliver her closing argument at the ellipse in the nation's capital, the site of donald trump's january 6 speech. that later turned into a riot. >> her political rival, former president trump, is in the swing state of georgia and in the next hour, he'll speak any faith summit before holding a rally tonight in atlanta, that campaign stop is coming as trump's team is trying to contain the fallout from his rally at madison square garden last night. that's an event that feature a parade of maga stalwarts as speakers and their closing message was menacing, vulgar massage anniston, and also racist. we have a team of correspondents covering today's developments. kristen holmes is in atlanta following the trump campaign, but let's begin with eva mckend, who is following the vice president in michigan again either harris just spoke at a campaign event. what did she say well, brianna, she applauded what she described as the extraor

in saginaw. and i was listening to him doing his thing. and i wasn't thinking oh good god what a sloppy speaker. i wasn't thinking oh good god he has dementia he doesn't sound like he used to. i was think, this is exactly the way people talk, including that he is not afraid of showing his less savory side in terms of the mocking. he's a towel-snapping mean camp counselor. and thro po logically it'll be interesting in a tern number of years but i listen to him and think, he can't be bothered to make any effort. joshua: i'm going to allow myself to ask you, a few weeks ago you suggested that perhaps you were one of those english professors that he referred to. english professors think the way i talk and craft sentences is just great. did you get any followup on that? nobody has confirmed? john: i'm thinking what? i did not hear from them. nobody bothered me about it. i swear it must be. joshua: good to know. right. >> hi. so the topic is can words create justice, so i'm interested in a possible distinction and wondering if you would make thi

. >> reporter: the vice president seeing a semiconductor plant in saginaw. >> nice to meet you. >> reporter: meeting union labor trainees in macomb county. >> on the issue specifically of what is good for unions and union labor, he's been awful. >> reporter: tonight in ann arbor a rare rally reunion with running mate tim walz, who met with union machinists in wisconsin this morning and pounded former president trump's record. >> he talks a big game. but he was an absolute disaster for working people. >> reporter: while overall polls show a razor-thin race across the battleground states a closer look at the economy brings out a sharp divide. 42% of voters said if trump wins they would be better off financially. but just 24% say they would be better off under harris. joseph knowles, a recently laid off auto worker, has been a lifelong democrat. now he's supporting trump. >> right now i think trump is the best to help bring back these jobs, to help bring back affordability. >> reporter: union electrical worker barry plant voted early for harris. >> she's got plans. trump doesn't have any plans