‘We are the underdog’: VP Kamala Harris holds massive rally in battleground North Carolina

FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, INCLUDING WHY THE STAKES ARE HIGHER BECAUSE TWO MONTHS AGO THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT TOLD THE FORMER PRESIDENT HE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE IMMUNE NO MATTER WHAT HE DOES IN THE WHITE HOUSE. THINK ABOUT THAT. THINK ABOUT THAT. JUST IMAGINE DONALD TRUMP WITH NO GUARDRAILS. HE WHO HAS VOWED THAT IF REELECTED HE WILL BE A DICTATOR ON DAY ONE. THAT HE WILL WEAPONIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AGAINST HIS POLITICAL ENEMIES AND HAS CALLED FOR THE, QUOTE, TERMINATION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THINK ABOUT THAT. LET US BE VERY CLEAR. SOMEBODY WHO SUGGESTS WE SHOULD TERMINATE THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES SHOULD NEVER AGAIN STAND BEHIND THE SEAL OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. NEVER AGAIN. NEVER AGAIN. NEVER AGAIN. AND YOU KNOW ONE OF THE POINTS THAT I MENTIONED ON TUESDAY, SO THE PEOPLE WHO SERVED UNDER HIM AT THE WHITE HOUSE WHO SAW HIM EVERY DAY, HIS NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER, HIS DEFENSE SECRETARY, HIS CHIEF OF STAFF AND HIS VICE PRESIDENT, ALL HAVE WARNED -- ALL WHO WORKED WITH HIM EVERY DAY IN THE WHITE HOUSE, SAT WITH HIM IN THE OVAL OFFICE, HAVE WARNED AMERICA DONALD TRUMP IS NOT FIT TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. AND SHOULD NEVER AGAIN OCCUPY OUR NATION'S HIGHEST OFFICE. SO IT COMES OUT TO THIS. IT COMES DOWN TO THIS. WE ARE HERE TOGETHER BECAUSE WE LOVE OUR COUNTRY. WE LOVE OUR COUNTRY. AND WE UNDERSTAND THE AWESOME RESPONSIBILITY THAT COMES WITH THE GREATEST PRIVILEGE ON EARTH. THE PRIVILEGE AND PRIDE OF BEING AN AMERICAN. AND SO, I BELIEVE IT IS THE HIGHEST FORM THEN OF PATRIOTISM TO FIGHT FOR THE IDEALS OF OUR COUNTRY AND TO FIGHT TO REALIZE THE PROMISE OF AMERICA. SO NORTH CAROLINA, WE HAVE 54 DAYS UNTIL ELECTION DAY. 54 DAYS. JUST 35 DAYS UNTIL EARLY VOTING BEGINS. AND IT'S NOT ONLY THE PRESIDENCY THAT'S ON THE BALLOT. THERE ARE MANY IMPORTANT RACES, INCLUDING JOSH STEIN RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR, WHOSE OPPONENT WAS HAND PICKED BY DONALD TRUMP AND WANTS A BAN, A TOTAL BAN ON ABORTION IN THIS STATE. SO THESE ARE THE STAKES IN THIS ELECTION. UP AND DOWN THE BALLOT, BUT WE KNOW THE POWER IS WITH THE PEOPLE. THE POWER IS WITH THE PEOPLE. AND YOUR VOICE IS YOUR VOTE, NORTH CAROLINA. YOUR VOTE IS YOUR VOICE. AND WE KNOW, HERE'S THE THING ALSO, WE'RE ALL WE'VE GOT. WE ARE LOVING OUR CAMPAIGN, AREN'T WE? WE ARE LOVING THIS CAMPAIGN. WE ARE HAVING A GOOD TIME. WE'RE HAVING A GOOD TIME. I KNOW THAT. BUT HERE'S ALSO THE THING. OURS WILL BE A VERY TIGHT RACE UNTIL THE END, OKAY? IT'S GOING TO BE A TIGHT RACE UNTIL THE END, AND WE ARE THE UNDERDOG. UNDERSTAND THAT. WE ARE THE UNDERDOG. THERE ARE POWERFUL FORCES TRYING TO CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT THEIR VOTE DOESN'T MATTER. THERE ARE POWERFUL FORCES, BUT I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY WE HAVE SOME HARD WORK AHEAD OF US. HERE'S THE THING I LOVE ABOUT EVERYBODY HERE. WE LOVE HARD WORK. HARD WORK IS GOOD WORK. HARD WORK IS GOOD WORK. HARD WORK IS GOOD WORK. AND WITH YOUR HELP, WE WILL WIN IN NOVEMBER. WE WILL WIN. WE WILL WIN. SO TODAY I'M GOING TO ASK YOU, ARE YOU READY TO MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD? DO WE BELIEVE IN FREEDOM? DO WE BELIEVE IN OPPORTUNITY? DO WE BELIEVE IN THE PROMISE OF AMERICA? AND ARE WE READY TO FIGHT FOR IT? AND WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN. GOD BLESS YOU. GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. >> HI, EVERYONE. IT'S ABOUT 12 MINUTES PAST 4:00 IN NEW YORK. YOU HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS INDISPUTABLY FIRED UP IN NORTH CAROLINA. THAT BIG RALLY THERE KICKING OFF A BLITZ ACROSS THE BATTLE. GROUND STATES WITH HER RUNNING MATE GOVERNOR TIM WALZ IN MICHIGAN TODAY. WATCHING WITH US IS APRIL RYAN, AUTHOR OF BLACK WOMEN WILL SAVE THE WORLD AND WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF AND WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, ALSO JOINING US IS MSNBC COLUMNIST AND CONTRIBUTOR CHARLIE SYKESS. WITH ME AT THE TABLE FOR THE HOUR, FORMER STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL DURING THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION RICK SUBSTANTIATION THE IS HERE. WE'LL GET INTO NORTH CAROLINA AND OTHER POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS, BUT THIS SPEECH IS THE FIRST SPEECH SIPS THE DEBATE. YOU HEARD HER CONTINUING TO NEEDLE DONALD TRUMP AND REPEATING SOME OF THE BIGGEST -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CALL THEM GAFFES, BUT THE MOST DETRIMENTAL THINGS TRUMP SAID, AND REALIZING ALMOST IN REALTIME, OH, YOU ALL WATCHED THE DEBATE. >> YEAH, EVERYONE WHO I'VE TALKED TO WHO WATCHED THE DEBATE, AND I WAS IN THE SPIN ROOM ON TUESDAY NIGHT. THEY CANNOT BELIEVE HOW POORLY DONALD TRUMP SHOWED AND THE THINGS THAT HE SAID TO INCLUDE THE ISSUE OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, AND THIS DOG AND CAT ISSUE. BUT ALSO HOW HE PERFORMED THE THINGS HE SAID ON IMMIGRATION, ON ABORTION, ET CETERA. PARTICULARLY IN THIS MOMENT ON THIS DAY, WHEN DONALD TRUMP IS TALKING ABOUT HE IS NOW A CHAMPION ON IVF, WHEN HE WAS ALONG WITH OTHER REPUBLICANS TALKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO THE EGG. THEY WERE THINKING ABOUT CRIMINALIZING THE ISSUE PEOPLE KILLED THE EGG OR THEY DIDN'T WANT THE EGG ANYMORE. SO DONALD TRUMP IS FLIP-FLOPPING BECAUSE HE LOST THAT DEBATE. AND KAMALA HARRIS IS IN HER ELEMENT. SHE IS MORE HERSELF IN THESE MOMENTS, PARTICULARLY AFTER WHAT IS CONSIDERED A WIN FOR HER TUESDAY NIGHT. SHE GAVE IT TO HIM. SHE RATTLED HIS CAGE FROM THE BEGINNING UNTIL THE END. AND TONIGHT IN NORTH CAROLINA, THIS AFTERNOON, SHE FEELS IT IN HER