in 2016 donald trump won saginaw county by just 1%, about 1,000 votes. four years later joe biden won the county by an even narrower 303 votes out of 100,000 votes cast. saginaw county makes up a large portion of michigan's 8th congressional district, which is the most purple congressional district in the country, quite literally. accordingun to the cook politic report there are exactly 217 districts that are redder than michigan's 8th and 217 districts that are bluer than michigan's 8th. so there are only a handful of places in this country where every individual vote c matterss much as they do in saginaw county, which is why i went down to saginaw this week to talk to a key constituency in a key county in a key battleground state that both campaigns are trying to court -- union members. just to put it in perspective for you. inpe 2020, 21% of those votes tt decided the election in the state of michigan were from union households, 1 in 5. president biden made union workers a focus of both his campaign and the biden-harris administration. he was the first

one of those places is in the rust belt community of saginaw county. saginaw is famous for how much of a bellwether it is. they declared saginaw the swing county that could decide this election. to put that into perspective. in 2016, donald trump won saginaw by 1%. about a thousand votes. years later biden won by 303 votes out of 100,000 votes cast. saginaw county makes up the most purple district in the country, quite literally. there are exactly 217 districts that are redder than michigan's eighth. and 217 districts that are bluer than michigan's eighth. so there are only a handful of places in this country where every individual vote matters as much as they do in saginaw county. which is why i went down to saginaw this week to talk to a key constituent, in a key state that the presidential candidates are trying to court, union members. 21% of those votes were from union households. one in five. president biden made the union workers a part of his campaign. he was the first president to walk the picket line right here in the state of michigan. he elec

let's take a listen. >> thank you for spotlighting saginaw county. it's been a great deal. want to address so this room knows the science and chips act, they are not kidding. we have hemlock semiconductor in this county. anybody working on project phoenix is making money directly out of the biden administration bill sign. that is something we should have done a better job educating on. if you are working in any of the fab shopping sending stuff out. phoenix, hsc. it is science and chips act money. that is kamala harris an joe biden. >> that's the ball game. that's it. >> it is how do you connect. when we hear the chips and science act. those of us who think about policy all the time, we know what that is. almost the academic sense. for the average person, what does it mean for me? you have to draw that connection. the other reality is a lot of the net gains from this legislation will be delayed. it takes time for the money to come into the state. it takes time for us to appropriate those dollars before the jobs actually start. before the projects actually start. so that is o

saginaw city here is one of the swingiest cities in the swingiest county in the swing battleground state of course, the news coming from dearborn today is that the uncommitted movement there who refused to vote forjoe biden in the democratic primary, have now said they cannot endorse kamala harris because of her position in support of israel. here in saginaw city, as i say, it's very mixed. so let's take a quick temperature check on how voters here are feeling about the election. we can talk to tommy here. tommy, how are you feeling about the election? who are you going to vote for and why? i will vote for donald trump this year. i am typically a democrat. i voted democrat every year until donald trump ran for office. this year and in the past, i voted for donald trump. the reasons has been economical, primarily. three and a half years ago, i made more money. i paid less taxes. gas prices were cheaper. now everything has tripled, including grocery prices. i can go to subway to get a $7 sandwich for six inches now. they used to be half that price — $3. so everything is double. my grocery

on the streets of saginaw county, the canvassers are battling for every vote, sometimes quite literally is and when i ran into earlier. vote for trump! harris is a joke! she is a clown! underneath the new paint, this is still rust belt country. once solid democrat, donald trump snatched a narrow victory here in 2016, with michigan's closed down car plants the backdrop to his message of american decline. she has no policy. there are still car workers here, and that this union organised event... what are you going to do?! there was no doubting the allegiance. cheering as they rooted for kamala harris. the true measure of the leader... but in these uncertain times, dig a bit deeper and the political tensions are easy to find. there is a lot less people than they were expecting, and one of the organisers has told me that his father and his uncles, all of them lifelong union men, have all gone over to trump, and he is not sure about his sun. is not sure about his son. in a deeply divided state, it is the undecided voters who will call the outcome of this election stop so what did they make o

here in saginaw county, joe biden won byjust 300 votes, so you can see how tight this race is. detroit, the city of dearborn, which is a democrat majority city, and you have a large swathes of rural areas, flint, michigan, and the auto industry is one of the big employers. we can chat to some people to ask them how they will vote, it is a very contentious issue, talking politics, because it is so close, but we can speak to three gentlemen now, phil, frank, and randy, you come here four days a week for your chat, so tell us how feeling ahead of the election, do you know who you are going to vote for and why? you are going to vote for and wh ? ~ ~ you are going to vote for and why? well, i think, in america, we have a _ why? well, i think, in america, we have a lot _ why? well, i think, in america, we have a lot of _ why? well, i think, in america, we have a lot of issues, - why? well, i think, in america, we have a lot of issues, and - we have a lot of issues, and thoseissues we have a lot of issues, and those issues are the economy, the border, and our economy sucks right now!

saginaw county is a swing county within the swing state of michigan.w margins. joe biden won the state by less than 3%, but here in saginaw, he only won by 0.3 of 1%, just about 300 voters or so separated the distance. michigan, of course, quite a varied state. you have the metro capital of detroit. beside that, you have dearborn, which is a muslim—majority city. and just today, the uncommitted movement, who are democrats who refused to vote forjoe biden in the primary, have said they will not endorse, they cannot endorse kamala harris for president because of her position of support for israel. elsewhere in the state, though, it's quite rural, a lot of agricultural land, and of course, the auto industry, the big auto employers, formerly the metro motor city heyday in this state. and there are pockets of decline as that industry has declined. but let's hear from some of the voters now and see what they're thinking ahead of the election in november. we can speak now to darlene and jan, who are in here enjoying some tasty, delicious food this morning. da

on the streets of saginaw county, the canvassers are battling for every vote, sometimes quite literallyearlier. vote for trump! harris is a joke! she is_ vote for trump! harris is a joke! she is a — vote for trump! harris is a joke! she is a clown! underneath the new paint, this is still rust belt country. once solid democrat, donald trump snatched a narrow victory here in 2016, with michigan's closed down car plants the backdrop to his message of american decline. she has no policy. there are still car workers here, and that this union organised event... there was no doubting the allegiance. cheering as they rooted for kamala harris. the true measure of the leader... but in these uncertain times, dig a bit deeper and the political tensions are easy to find. there is a lot less people than they were expecting, and one of the organisers has told me that his father and his uncles, all of them lifelong union men, have all gone over to trump, lifelong union men, have all gone overto trump, and he is lifelong union men, have all gone over to trump, and he is not sure about his sun. in a deep

reporter: you are very welcome to saginaw, michigan, a swing city in a swing county in a swing state,eground state of michigan, where the polls have shown donald trump and kamala harris really close, currently she is leading in the margin of error. this is a dead heat tossup state. as you drive around, one house will have a harris sign into the next a trump side. you are talking about the arab-american and muslim american population and we've been in dearborn as well outside of detroit and top of agenda for all of the voters we spoke to in addition to economy and immigration, housing, things that are common to most voters, the war in gaza and u.s. support for israel was top of the agenda. i was here in april and it spoke to a number of voters undecided about their level of support who wanted to back it democrats but were hesitant. that position and the people we spoke to has changed in the last few months. there's anger, upset and disappointment that their taxpayer money is going toward u.s. defense policy that involves arming israel, which they said was using those weapons against th

saginaw. joe biden won that county last time by just over 300 votes.lex wagner's show tomorrow at 9:00 eastern from michigan will be really good. check that out. that does it for me. "way too early" is up next. >>> and vladimir wanted it badly. that was the apple of his eye. ukraine was the appleal of

saginaw. joe biden won that county last time by just over 300 votes. but alex wagner's show tomorrow at 9:00 eastern from michigan will be really good. check that out. that does it for me. "way too early" is up next. >>> and vladimir wanted it badly. that was the apple of his eye. ukraine was the appleal of his eye. all these things would have never happened. but ukraine now i see zelenskyy is here. i think zelenskyy is the greatest salesman in his history. every time he comes to the country he walks away with $60 billion, billion. he wants them to win this election so badly. >> that's donald trump last night in pennsylvania repeating his ridiculous claim about russia's invasion of ukraine and taking a jab at the ukrainian president while he's at it. it comes as he's expected to meet with president zelenskyy later this week. we'll have more on that in just a moment. >>> also ahold, the latest from the middle east, where israel's dramatic escalation of deadly air strikes on lebanon could signal the start of another full-fledged military campaign. >>> an

saginaw. joe biden won that county by just over 300 votes. alex wagner's show tomorrow from michigan at 9:00 eastern will be really good so check that out. that does it for me. now it's time for the last word when jonathan capehart is in for lawrence tonight. >> i have two things rachel. one, thank you for playing that bernie moreno sound out of ohio. what in the entire what? we will talk about that later in the show. but second, most importantly, congratulations on your documentary, from russia with lev. it's fantastic. >> thank you so much for saying that. jonathan, a ton of people watched it. it got fantastic ratings. the reception for it has been so heartening. so, thank you everybody who watched them. >> rachel, you might be surprised but no one else is surprised. you deserve all the kudos. >> thank you jonathan. >>> there are 43 days left until election day. today, once again, the stock market hit another record high. even fox couldn't resist celebrating another stock market win under the biden harris administration. >> all right, the d

saginaw. joe biden won that county last time by just over 300 votes. but alex wagner tomorrow from michigan at 9:00 eastern will be really good. that does it for me for now. bernie moreno sound out of ohio and what in the entire what and we will talk about that later in the show but second and most importantly, congratulations on your documentary from russia with lev . it is fantastic. >> thank you for saying that and a lot of people watched it and it got fantastic ratings, which is great and i am doing at another theatrical screening tomorrow which i am excited about in the reception for it has been heartening. thank you to everybody who watched it. >> you may be surprised but everybody else is not surprised and you deserve all of the kudos and accolades. thank you. >>> there are 43 days left until election day. today, once again the stock market hit another record high and even fox couldn't resist celebrating another win under the harris biden administration. >>> the dow is making it rain and let's drop the dollar bills and the third straight record

saginaw. joe biden won that county by just over 300 votes.ow from michigan at 9:00 eastern will be really good so check that out. that does it for me. now it's time for the last word when jonathan capehart is in for lawrence tonight. >> i have two things rachel. one, thank you for playing that bernie moreno sound out of ohio. what in the entire what? we willta

here in saginaw, it is a swing city and the swing county in the battle ground state of michigan.on it by an even smaller margin in 2016, just 0.3% or thereabouts and talking to voters here, they are motivated by a range of issues coming up time and again, the issues of economy, inflation, the cost of living, housing, immigration, health care education, but in dearborn in particular, which is home to the largest arab—american and muslim american communities in this country, top of the agenda there is the situation in the middle east, in gaza, in lebanon, further afield and specifically the us policy towards israel. i was here in april, and voters than in those areas were very concerned about the approachjoe biden was taking to israel in support of prime minister netanyahu in the intervening months. that position has hardened from those i spoke to and of course the news coming today from the uncommitted organisation that they do not plan to endorse kamala harris, those people of course many of them lifelong democrats. and we spoke to someone who shares that viewpoint. she is in dea

saginaw in michigan. this is up the north part of the state. and in this swing city, in this swing countyrom donald trump in 2020. so that gives you an idea about just how tight some of these communities are. you'll see streets where one house has a kamala harris sign in it, and their next door neighbour has a donald trump sign in their front garden. so it's very close, very tight — people reporting issues here and in the other cities we've been in michigan, just like we're hearing right across america. we're hearing about the economy. about the cost of living and affordability crisis. we're hearing about the rates of inflation, housing, education, immigration, the lack of good quality jobs, as people see it. but of course, in one part of michigan, dearborn, just outside detroit, that's home to the biggest arab—american and muslim—american community in this country. and for them, those voters are concerned about all of those issues ijust mentioned, but top of the agenda is the situation in the middle east. they're very concerned about the us policy towards supporting israel, what they're