professional basketball player turned teacher, turning anticorruption advocate who fought both parties in trentonnt one of the most beautiful districts in the entire country, my home, where i am from, new jersey's seventh district. the next three weeks will determine the course of the country for the next three decades. i'm running because this moment requires political courage. it is something that sadly my opponent does not have. my opponent has been in politics for 23 years. he knows exactly what he is doing when he dodges the press or hold town halls, when he avoids his constituents. he has an unsolvable problem. the values of his voters in the values of his donors are not the same. his donors, the national republican party, and extreme -- and extremist billionaires represent an insane point of view. they want to ban abortions nationwide. they want to monitor women's pregnancies. they want to end gay marriage and they want to make sure that we are all suffering from a society that is less educated than it should be. but those values don't match the values of this district. this district belie

he followed with two battles trenton and princeton. four and five. and then he made. a sketch for the surrender of at saratoga in the 1780. he also begins work on his seventh painting, perhaps. i'll learn this row. okay. see, i'm still in the 18th century. i don't know how these things work. this, of course, is a surrender at yorktown. and this painting shows us that the revolution. was an allied effort. we didn't do it all by ourselves. we needed the help of france. and we it. the american officers are on the right. the american flag, the french officers are on the left with the white of the house of bourbon bourbon. we're about to sell at the 80th anniversary of d-day, which, as you all know, was a a miracle of logistics and coordination. but the yorktown camp for the 18th century was also pretty miraculous. it involved taking a french army from rhode island meeting up with an american army under washington from upstate new york. they both moved south to, join a small american force under lafayette who was harassing ward cornwallis and two french fleets had to come

when i was in trenton, i worked hard to do things that no one ever thought were possible, like abolish the line. but i will move with your premise for the sake of conversation on the issue of immigration, we need to increase the amount of border security. we need to invest in security at the border. and i do think the border has been a little bit of a mess. but we had a bill that passed through the senate that took a big steps forward that would have made it they would have done a step towards comprehensive immigration reform, which has been something that politic from the time i was in middle school have been talking about. and yet what happened was that bill would have possibly passed the house. mike johnson put the kibosh on it, and he did that because donald trump told him to. what's so frightening about a next mike johnson speakership is that nothing got done in washington. we had the most ineffective congress in history, and dare i say the least, least effective congressman, when i'm in congress, i will believe it or not, work across the border, work across the aisle to fix the b

there were republicans as well that voted here to trenton alicia's point, i think it is put in for that reason that the vice president is literally going all of these places, trying to talk to all of these different voters. she can't reach every altar or get in front of everyone, according to google, the search for kamala harris, insert name of policies, went up after the interview. one could argue that it worked. even in that interview exchange with bret baier, he's trying to tell you, you have a lot of things to say about trump. let's just play it. you say he is unstable, he is! let's take a listen. >> you called donald trump, he is misguided. >> he is unstable. he is unstable. >> he's not well, you said, he is mentally unstable. let me ask you this, you told the interviewers that joe biden was on his game, ran around circles on his staff, when did you first notice that president biden's mental faculties appeared diminished? >> joe biden, i have watched from the oval office to the situation room, and he has the judgment, and the experiment, the experience to do exactly what he has don

really important place from there you had the battle of batf trenton across the delaware.r era. they hatedbe washington as i recall because after all he was a slave owner. he is of a constitutional convention. the key was there was over 100t republicans. big ten republicans. i will tell you, it's really class establishment democrat or republican against we the people. that's what we have their washington cross the exactrge opposite of what george washington stood for or wouldan wantdi. she was end of the washington friends with people been running this country for decades and decades. and will do anything and say anything to hold onto their power. that is what donald trump is uph against but that's what they wanted to put them in prison. that's why they hate you and me. that's when they try to dehumanize him and us. it's very important vote early, vote early, i will see you tomorrow night. ♪. jon: swing state blitzes number for president donald trump vice president kamala harris.

the train smashed into a large tree that had fallen on the tracks just outside of trenton. the train's operator was killed. transit officials described other injuries as mostly minor. >>> authorities say an armed north carolina man was arrested over the weekend for allegedly making comments about possibly harming fema employees responding to hurricane helene. 44-year-old william jacob parsons was arrested saturday after a soldier who allegedly witnessed the threats called police. the officials say parsons was carrying a handgun and rifle at the time of his arrest. he was charged with making the threat and has since been released on $10,000 bond. meanwhile, florida continues to clean up after being hit by hurricane milton last week. the death toll now up to 24. 200,000 residents are still without power. nbc's stephanie gosk is in florida with the latest. >> reporter: i'm standing on manasota key, arguably, the slice of land on the west coast of florida that was the hardest hit by wind and storm surge of any other place on the west coast of florida. and behind me is a mountai

the train smashed into a large tree that had fallen on the tracks just outside of trenton. the train's operator was killed. transit operators describe the other injuries as mostly minor. >>> hip-hop mogul sean "diddy" combs has been hit with six more lawsuits. lawyers for combs deny the allegations and any misconduct. chloe melas has the details. >> reporter: sean "diddy" combs facing a new round of civil suits accusing him of rape and sexual assault. the six suits were filed in new york on behalf of four men and two women, all of whom are remaining anonymous out of fear according to the suit. the accusations date as far back as 1995 and as recently as 2021. one of the lawsuits include an allegation of assault and rape of a woman in a manhattan hotel room when she was just 19 years old. one of the male accusers claims he was 16 years old when he was sexually assaulted by combs. one says he was assaulted in a van. another claims that at a party he was raped by three men, including combs, according to the lawsuit. >> there's an overarching theme here as you probably can see,

turn anticorruption advocate who fought both parties in trenton.m honored to be considered to represent one of the most beautiful districts of the entire country might home where i am from new jersey seventh district. i am running because the next three weeks will determine the course of this country for the next three decades. i am running because this moment requires political courage. something sadly my opponent does not have. my opponent has been in politics for 23 years but he has exactly what he is doing when he dodges the press. when he does not hold town halls when he avoids his constituency. because you see tom kean junior has an unsolvable probably values of his voters and that values of his donors are not the same. his donors, national republican party and extremist billionaires represent an insane point of view. they want to ban abortion nationwide. they want to monitor at women's pregnancies so i guess you cannot run off and get a secret abortion. they want to and gay marriage they want to make sure we are all suffering from a society

legislation in congress to help get bad guns off of our streets and congressman, when you were in trenton, you were no fan and no friend of common-sense gun legislation. i have received the endorsements of multiple common-sense gun organizations such as moms demand and gifford and i will be a champion of protecting our children and students when i'm in congress by getting dangerous guns off the street. laura: we're running a little bit over on time. tom kean, 15 seconds. rep. kean: i voted to support joe biden on the pistol braces in the country because we need to to make sure we keep those out of the hands of gangs. my opponent has an extreme position in that she wants to defund the policy, wants full narcotics legalization. think of how dangerous those policies would impact families as crime is increasingly dramatically day after day in this district. laura: to micah rasmussen, time for two more questions. micah: mr. kean, 10 years ago you voted with most of the rest of the new jersey legislature to move to cashless bail. has that worked as you hoped it would? rep. kean: i think that th

and congressman, when you were in trenton, you were no fan or no friend of common sense gun legislation. i've received the -- moms demand and i'll be a champion at protecting our children and time in congress by getting dangerous guns off the streets. >> we're starting to run a little over on time. tom kean, 15 seconds. >> joe biden on -- in the country we've got to make sure to keep those out of the hands of gangs. my opponent has extreme position she wants to defund the police. she wants to let cop killers out of jail and narcotics legalization and think how dangerous to families across the district as crime is increasing dramatically day after day in the district. >> and we have time for one, two more questions. micah, to you. >> mr. kean, 10 years ago you voted with most of the new jersey legislation to cashless bail. has that worked as you hoped it would? >> i think that the intent was good in that regard, but there are new reforms that have to happen. there has to be consequences associated when individuals -- right now too many people are being let out of jail who are repeat offe

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escalation is older than $1700.00, a day off to, to around 5, as many to 100 massage is reading or on trenton each other with retaliation. president biden says the us will not pass as many strikes on the runs nuclear. so i'm a new quote. finding on joseph former us president donald trump resulted to cry instead of attend the results of the 2020 election on his nose to noon to prostitution. on hate to use increasing gung, finance triggers the worst tongue surprises in the western hemisphere. the beginning, the lebanese capital way. and his really strike has struck the heart of a route. at least 6 people have been killed and several others wounded. on the southern suburb of the he continues to be targeted to big fires in rising smoke could be seen in the area throughout the night. but this is the thing in bed route where it's just off the 8 am in the morning. 6 mote can be seen still building across the city from those overnight as strikes. let's take a look at way as well that strike hits in central bad route. the attack happens in the area of brochure is just one kilometer from lebanon's parl

congressman, when you were in trenton, you are no fan and no friend of commonsense gun legislation. i have received the endorsements of multiple commonsense gun organizations such as moms demand and giffords and i will be a champion of protecting our children andil our students when i'm in congress by getting dangerous guns off the streets. >> we are running a little bit over on time. fifteen seconds. >> voting to support joe biden because we needed to make sure that we keep those out of the hands of gangs as well. my opponent has an extreme position and that she wants to defund the police, one select cop killers out of jail, full narcotic legalization. think about how dangerous those policies looking back as crime is increasing dramatically. day after day in this district. >> we have time for two more questions. mike, do you. >> 10 years ago you voted with most of the rest of the new jersey legislature that moved to cashless bail. has that worked as you hoped it would? >> listen, i think that the intent was good in that regard, but there are new reforms that have to happen. there h

and, congressman, when you were in trenton, you were no fan and no friend of common sense gun legislation. i have received the endorsements of multiple common sense gun organizations such as moms demand and giffords and i will be a champion of protecting our children and our students when i'm in congress by getting dangerous guns off the streets. we're starting to run a little bit over time. if i was 15 seconds, republicans who voted to support joe biden on the pistol braces in the country because we need to make sure that we give those on the end of gangs as well. my opponent has an extreme position in that she wants to defund the police that cop killer terror jail. she wants free narcotics legalization. think about how dangerous those policies would impact families all across this district as. crime is increasing dramatically day after day. in this district. okay. we're going to go to michael rasmussen. we have time for one or two more questions. michael, to you. mr. kane, ten years ago, you voted with most of the rest of the new jersey legislature to move to cashless bail. has that wor

but we think about them at trenton, right? we think about them in probably the worst moments, certainly for the troops in hassan castle. in their experience in the war. well, either that or read, which is also kind of a disaster like likewise, if you think about the brunswickers, well, they're beaten very heavily at bennington and then they end up getting captured with general burgoyne at saratoga and so it's easy to tell the story of these troops is almost sort of a tale woe or declension narrative where they don't they don't fight very well and they're the reason why the british lose. certainly some british officers would like to like to make this case, but in actuality, for each one of these disasters that i that i've mentioned there are moments where the passions before quite well, there are skirmishing tactics, the use of flankers out in front of the main body of their troops. it works very well at the battle of white plains, in the battle of freeman's farm on september 19th, 1777. it's actually the brush fires, the the b

dprk's trip dispatch will further prolong russia's illegal war of aggression against ukraine and trenton -- and put korean security under grave threat. going forward, based on close information sharing and information as circumstances evolve, we agreed to take security measures accordingly. we reaffirm to the goal of completing denuclearization of the dprk. especially the dprk's launch of a long-range missile yesterday was a grave violation of the u.n. security council resolutions and affect to the korean peninsula and the world. to address the dprk's habitual violations of the u.n. security council resolutions and strong and effective enforcement of north korean sanctions, we have resolved to continue our partnership with the international community to ensure that nuclear and missile develop its become not a strategic asset, but a liability to the dprk, and also our two countries welcomed the launch of a new mechanism to monitor the implementation against the dprk, the multilateral sanctions monitoring team. we also had discussions on the president's august 15 unification doctrine and h

then marched to trenton where they surprised an outpost of enemy soldiers and achieved a major victory in the american revolution. after we won the war and achieved our independence, delegates from across the nation gathered not far from here in philadelphia to write and sign the constitution of the united states. the founders often disagreed, often quite passionately but in the end, the constitution of the united states laid out the foundations of our democracy. including the rule of law that there would be checks and balances. that we would have free and fair elections and a peaceful transfer of power. i'm joined today by over 100 republican leaders from across pennsylvania and across our country. they are supporting my candidacy for president of the united states. i am deeply honored to have their support. some served in statehouses some in the united states congress some worked for other republican presidents and presidential nominees including mitt romney, john mccain, george w. bush, george hw bush and ronald reagan. some today served in donald trump's own administration. we also

this presidential election between bush and quayle and clinton gore, vice president quayle goes to trenton, new jersey, and visits a school, and a child is spelling on the chalkboard potato and the vice president steps in to correct the spelling with the incorrect spelling. you write phonetically, but what else? there you go. all right so dan quayle kind of became the mr. potato head of politics, the vice president of the united states spelled potato wrong yesterday. >> what do you think of that what an idiot. the potato incident that was just a self-inflicted wound. >> and everyone focuses on it and said this defines who? vice president quayle is and how his mind works and that's that's nonsense. well, let me just say to all of my critics and to you and to all the american people i stand before you unbowed unbroken, and more determined than ever to stand up for our values. >> the big debate over murphy brown's baby and dan quayle was really about defining family values. >> once the family starts breaking down you know, you get problems like that where the kids, you know, they don't grow u

in pennsylvania against bucks county, one of the counties outside philadelphia, also bordering on trentonw jersey, accusing them of turning voters away and alleging they are not allowing voters to cast ballots. how concerned are you about the lawsuits, supreme court the final arbiter? we should point out that four years ago, there were 43 lawsuits in pennsylvania alone. the democrats led by governor shapiro, who was the attorney general, won every single one of them. >> so far, we are seeing what is expected, which is a flood of litigation around the election around procedures and what is allegedly happening. so far, the guardrails have held in that most of the attacks that we have seen, what my colleague called press releases dressed up as lawsuits -- >> you are an attorney as well. >> i am an attorney as well. we have seen them largely fail. we have seen the guardrails hold. we saw in georgia a lot of rules that trying to be implemented to make voting harder and make objecting to the vote coun easier. it was thrown out. they want to address them as they come. they started showing up. in

less than an inch for newark and trenton, atlantic city.rst it has been the dryest season so far. and the warmth incredible. we set records in philly and boston and detroit and albany. it's dry really across the country except for florida, of course bsz and parts of the southeast and mid-atlantic where they had back-to-back hurricanes. and here is your forecast today. we have a storm system moving into the northwest. a weak one. so not a big deal here. and then a cold front across the great lakes that's going to bring those temperatures down a little bit. but still really, really nice conditions for much of the country of course we have to watch forever the wildfire danger. fox weather.com for all the details. l.j. my friend, over to you. >> lawrence: i have that so our audience should get it as well. >> janice: what is that? >> lawrence: i have the app. everyone should get it. >> janice: i agree. it's an excellent app. they don't pay pee to say that -- they might. >> lawrence: more michigan auto workers breaking with their union in the cru

this is the spot w thahet commemorates were the cross athe the battle of trenton.e's a loornk at other headlil first. north carolina governor 's is $100 million of reliefaffe aid . been does disturb it had to people affected by hurricane helene. 200,000 of applied for federalia assistance. israel sayioorts in n they have decided on targets r potential retaliation over recent missile attacks by the islamic republic. described says israel its attack plans to the united states but had yet to give an update on specificose. targets. the dow jones was up 370 pointsq yesterday with the dow jones ahead 70. the latestdent fox news poll has former president donald trump up two nationally overhe vice president harris among likely voters flipping their two-point edge in september. now to my exclusive interview with vice president harris. madame vice president think for the time. >> it's good to be a few brett. >> voters tell pollsters over the country in here and pennsylvania immigration is one of the key issues they are looking at this electionimmi specifically the effects of

george washington and over 2000 troops crossed the icy delaware river in darkness then marched to trentonre they surprised an outpost of enemy soldiers and achieved a major victory in the american revolution and after we won the war, and achieved our independence delegates from across the nation gathered not far from here in philadelphia to write and to sign the constitution of the united what that moment was knowing that leading up to that, that work to write to compose the constitution of the united states that work was not easy the founders often disagreed, often quite passionately but in the end, the constitution of the united states laid out the foundations of our democracy including the rule of law that there would be checks and balances that we would have free and fair elections and a peaceful transfer of power traditions have sustained our nation for over two centuries sustained because generations of americans from all backgrounds, from all beliefs have cherished them upheld them, and defended them hands so i'm joined today by over 100 republican leaders from across pennsylvania

the night before the battle of trenton.st a look at today's other headlines, north carolina's governor says nearly $100 million in relief aid has already been dispersed to people affected by hurricane helene. nearly 200,000 in the state have applied for federal assistance. media reports in israel say the israeli government has decided on targets in iran for potential retaliation over recent missile attacks by the islamic republic. one report says israel has described its general attack plans to the u.s. but had yet to give an update on specific targets. the dow climbed 337 points today to another record close. the s&p 500 finished ahead 27. the nasdaq was up 51. the latest fox news poll out tonight has former president donald trump with a 2 point advantage nationally over vice president harris among likely voters. that flips the democrats' 2 point edge in september. now, to my exclusive interview with vice president harris. >> bret: madam vice president, thank you for the time. >> thank you. it's good to be with you, bret.

you don't want to hear the track that's the problem up during this here to trenton that she's sharing scientist even know why he's stage tonight similar to inflict because i'm bringing facts because you're similar to inflation in 2024, the trend lines are coming down slowly, but that ignores the reality of 20 he 21, 2022, 2022, 2023. >> you know what the american people are concerned about which donald trump is speaking to massive inflation brought to us by joe biden and calm waters. it is very true. even larry summers said, you can interrupt all you want, but it's the facts. i wasn't a house. you were not i know exactly what you were doing in the house but the minimum move on the lama finishing here, you have massive inflation created by joe biden and kamala, true, the same chart you just put up 2021 through 2023, crime rates going up, and then slowly tapering off in 2024. and then we're supposed to sit here and act like, oh, happy days are here again, because the trend lines are going down the trend lines over the last four years our massively up, that's what donald trump is speakin

you think about them at trenton. probably the worst moment for their experience in the war. it's also kind of a disaster. likewise if you think about the brunswick hers there beaten heavily emmy fanning 10 and then they end up getting captured in saratoga. so it's easy to tell the story of these troops is almost a tale of woe but they don't fight very well and they are the reason why there's certainly some british officers would like to make this case. but, in actuality for each one of these disasters i m mentioned there are moments the skirmishing tactics the use of clunkers out in front of the main body it works very well at the battle of white plains on september 19, 1777 they saved the day. shows up on the flank of the american army and save british regiments that are in trouble. it is important as we dwell on these soldiers. we dwell on their contribution to remember the place they were defeated. but also for them but they adapted to north america quite well.ed and in some ways the tactics they deploy of warfare. thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you. global war th

but we think about them at trenton, right?we think about them in probably the worst moments, certainly for the troops in hassan castle. in their experience in the war. well, either that or read, which is also kind of a disaster like likewise, if you think about the brunswickers, well, they're beaten very heavily at bennington and then they end up getting captured with general burgoyne at saratoga and so it's easy to tell the story of these troops is almost sort of a tale woe or declension narrative where they don't they don't fight very well and they're the reason why the british lose. certainly some british officers would like to like to make this case, but in actuality, for each one of these disasters that i that i've mentioned there are moments where the passions before quite well, there are skirmishing tactics, the use of flankers out in front of the main body of their troops. it works very well at the battle of white plains, in the battle of freeman's farm on september 19th, 1777. it's actually the brush fires, the the br

now, they hit eight cities along the way, including baltimore, philadelphia, trenton and newark, partnerede, the human rights campaign and others. why? well, they're making the business case for diversity and inclusion, offering support to local businesses and workers. each stop highlighting specific challenges and opportunities in that city. now, i spoke with ceo about what he heard from leaders along the way. >> a lot of companies and a lot of institutions want to do the right thing in terms of diversity, equity and inclusion. it doesn't take rocket science to know that our country is becoming more multicultural. we know that groups, particularly latinos, that continue to grow were almost 20% of the u.s. population, but you're also seeing between latinos, lgbtq, people with disabilities, even though we're growing, our representation in corporate america continues to lag. >> this, of course, comes as companies are under fire for internal d.e.i. practices, tractor supply, ford, toyota to name a few. i asked about what macro concerns he's heard on the ground during the tour. no surprise, ra

when i was in trenton i worked hard to do things like no one ever thought were possible.remise for the sake of conversation. on the issue of immigration we need to increase the amount of border security. we need to invest in security at the border. i do think the border has been a little bit of a mess. but we had a bill that passed through the senate that took big steps forward that would have made it, they would have been a step towards comprehensive immigration reform which is something the politicians from the time i was in middle school have been talking about and yet what happened was that bill possibly passing the house, mike johnson put the kibosh on it and he did that because donald trump told him to. which is so frightening about a next mike johnson speakership is that nothing got done in washington. we had the most ineffective congress in history and dare i say the least effective congressman. when i am in congress i will, believe it or not, work across the border, work across the aisle to fix the border. >> i voted for the most comprehensive border security bil

pete in trenton, new jersey. democrat. caller: good morning. thanks for taking my call.'m not stressed out but i want to say -- excuse me -- i would like it if you put of the tax chart that they had this morning on the news where the low income tax people would pay no more than $2000 a year. trump would charges $4000. could you put the chart up? host: we will look for it, pete. go ahead and say what you wanted to say about it. caller: i'm saying that it doesn't make sense where trump is giving the rich all these tax breaks. that is all i wanted to say. thank you very much. host: i think i might have what pete was talking about here on cbs. we will look for it and put it up for you once we do. christine. perry, michigan. independent line. caller: i'm not too stressed out by the grace of god. i can't believe how they bully this man, president trump. it's been since 2016 they started. the whole four years he got a lot done for us. they just keep criticizing him. i don't like his language sometimes but he's not a normal politician. he's not a politic. he is trying to make th

trenton is in georgia. good morning. caller: i wanted to talk about the 17th amendment. a gentleman on your show a few weeks ago talking about the 17th amendment. callers call in and say people need to be more attuned to their local and state politics. the 17th amendment did away with -- host: it has to do with the election of senators. caller: yes. the article one, section four, specifically excludes choosing senators from being changed by congress. you know, when all the other -- state elections can be changed. so, i think they need to think about recalling the 17th amendment. that keeps the people more informed. it should keep the people more informed as to what is going on locally and within their state because their state legislatures are going to be choosing their senators. host: they would pay more attention to state politics because of the involvement of the state government in the picking of the united states senators, that is what you are saying? caller: right. host: that is deborah. lawton, oklahoma, democrat, good morning. caller: i believe the united states

congressman when you were in trenton you are no fayette and no friend of commonsense gun legislationr see the endorsement of multiple commonsense gun organizations and i will be a champion protecting our children and our students when i am in congress by getting dangerous guns off the street. >> are starting to run a little bit of runtime. fifteen seconds. >> to support joe biden we need to make sure we keep those out of the hands of gangs as well. my opponent has extreme position she was too deep in the police of her joints about cop killers out of jail. full narcotics legalization but think about how dangerous those policies would impact the family's as crime is increasing dramatically day after day in this district. >> are going to go to mike we have a one or two more questions. might come to you. >> 10 years ago your bloated voting with the rest of the jersey to move to cashless bail as has that worked as you hoped it would? >> i think the intent was good in that regard. but there are newer forms that have to happen. right now, too many people are being let out of jail. there's o

then marched to trenton, where they surprised an outpost of enemy soldiers and achieved a major victoryr and achieved our independence, delegates from across the nation gathered not far from here in philadelphia to write and sign the constitution of the united states. [applause] that work to write the constitution was not easy because the founders often disagreed, but in the end the constitution laid out the foundation of our democracy, including the rule of law. that there would be checks and balances. that we would have free and fair elections. and a peaceful transfer of power. [applause] and these principles and traditions have sustained our nation for over two centuries. sustained because generations of americans from all backgrounds, from all beliefs, have cherished them, upheld them, and defended them. and now the baton is in our hands. so i am joined today by over 100 republican leaders from across pennsylvania and across our country. [applause] who are supporting my candidacy for president of the united states. and i am deeply honored to have their support. some served in stateh