LIVE- VP Kamala Harris holds campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina

>> SO I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT THEY HEY, EVERYONE, I'M ELIZABETH SCHULZE. WE TAKE YOU NOW TO CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS IS HOLDING HER FIRST CAMPAIGN RALLY SINCE OUR ABC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE. SHE IS GREETING THERE ON STAGE A BIG CROWD OF SUPPORTERS IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA STATE. SHE VERY MUCH HOPES TO SWING THIS ELECTION NOW JUST LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AWAY. SUSIE TASTIC CROWD AS SHE TRIES TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT MOMENTUM FROM DEBATE. A NEW POLL OUT JUST TODAY SHOWS THAT SHE DID HAVE A LEAD AMONG VOTERS WHO WATCHED THAT DEBATE. LET'S LISTEN IN NOW TO VICE KAMALA HARRIS. I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, IT HAS BEEN A LET OUT AND OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. I'LL GET WE GOT SOME WORK TO DO . I ARE WE GONNA DO THIS? >> NORTH CAROLINA? YEAH. IT IS SO WONDERFUL TO BE BACK IN SOUTH. >> AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL. CAN WE GIVE IT UP FOR STACEY FOR TELLING? INCREDIBLE. >> AND CAN WE PLEASE THANK THAT INCREDIBLE ANTHONY HAMILTON FOR HIS INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE? I LOVE AP OUTLETS. IT OH, AND IT IS SO GOOD. >> I LOVE YOU VERY. >> OH AND WE HAVE SO MANY OUTSTANDING LEADERS TODAY, INCLUDING MY FRIEND GOVERNOR ROY COOPER. YOUR NEXT AND YOUR NEXT GOVERNOR ATTORNEY GENERAL JOSH STEIN. >> AND HERE WITH US, YOUR NEXT ATTORNEY GENERAL, CONGRESSMAN JESSE JACKSON JACKSON MAY ALLOWS MY DEAR FRIEND, THE COUNCIL OF CANDIDATES AND ALL THE LEADERS WHO ARE WITH US TODAY, I THANK YOU ALL, EVERYONE, EVERYONE HERE FOR TAKING TIME AND DOING THE WORK YOU ARE DOING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK. ALL RIGHT. SO HERE'S THE THING. OKAY. WE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO. WE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO. OKAY, SO NORTH, YOU PROBABLY KNOW. >> PLEASE HAVE A SEAT. IF YOU HAVE A CHAIR. TWO NIGHTS AGO, DONALD TRUMP AND I HAD OUR FIRST DEBATE, AND I BELIEVE WE OWE IT TO THE VOTERS TO HAVE ANOTHER DEBATE BECAUSE THIS ELECTION AND WHAT IS AT STAKE COULD NOT BE. MORE IMPORTANT ON TUESDAY NIGHT ,I TALKED ABOUT ISSUES THAT I KNOW MATTER TO FAMILIES ACROSS AMERICA LIKE, BRINGING DOWN THE COST OF LIVING, INVESTING IN AMERICA'S BUSINESSES, PROTECTING REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM AND KEEPING AND KEEPING OUR NATION SAFE AND, SECURE. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE HEARD FROM DONALD TRUMP. >> INSTEAD, IT WAS THE SAME OLD SHOW THAT SAME TIRED PLAYBOOK THAT WE'VE HEARD FOR YEARS WITH NO PLAN FOR HOW HE WOULD ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL ABOUT HIM. IT'S NOT ABOUT. WELL, FOLKS, I SAID THEN I SAY IT NOW IT'S TIME TO TURN THE PAGE TURN THAT PAGE IF YOU BECOME TO YOUR POINT, TO YOUR POINT, AMERICA IS READY A NEW WAY FORWARD. >> WE ARE READY FOR A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERSHIP THAT IS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER. THAT IS WHY DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS AND INDEPENDENTS ARE SUPPORTING OUR CAMPAIGN CAMPAIGN. OVER 200 PEOPLE WHO WORKED FOR PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH, PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH, JOHN MCCAIN AND MITT ROMNEY HAVE ENDORSED ME FOR PRESIDENT PRESIDENT. FORMER VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY AND CONGRESSWOMAN LIZ CHENEY ARE SUPPORTING ME AS WELL, BECAUSE, AS THEY SAID, WE A DUTY AS CITIZENS TO PUT COUNTRY ABOVE PARTISANSHIP AND DEFEND OUR CONSTITUTION. >> AND THAT IS MY PLEDGE TO YOU . I WILL ALWAYS PUT COUNTRY ABOVE PARTY AND. >> I WILL BE A PRESIDENT. I WORD WE IT'S FINE TO PULL OUR NATION BACKWARD. WE ARE FIGHTING FOR THE FUTURE A FUTURE WITH AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE PAID LEAVE AN AFFORDABLE HEALTH, A FUTURE WHERE WE BUILD WHAT I CALL OPPORTUNITY ECONOMY. SO EVERY AMERICAN HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A HOME, TO BUILD WEALTH, TO START A BUSINESS. >> AND, YOU KNOW, I TALKED ABOUT IT THE OTHER NIGHT. >> I LOVE OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. I REALLY DO. I LOVE OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. >> BUT I AND THERE ARE MANY WHO ARE HERE. AND THE THING ABOUT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES IS THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, MY SO FIRST OF ALL, MY MOTHER WORKED VERY HARD AND THERE WAS A LADY WHO HELPED RAISE WHO WAS A SECOND MOTHER TO US. WE FELT IF SHE WAS A SMALL BUSINESS AND I GREW UP AND UNDERSTANDING OUR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ARE THEIR THEIR THEIR LEADERS, THE COMMUNITY, THE CIVIC LEADERS THEY HIRE LOCALLY. THEY MENTOR. THEY'RE PART OF THE FABRIC OF THE COMMUNITY. AND I KNOW THEY ARE THE BACKBONE OF AMERICA'S ECONOMY. SO MY PLAN IS TO GIVE A $50,000 TAX DEDUCTION TO START SMALL BUSINESSES, CAUSE, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY STARTED OUT WITH $400 MILLION ON A SILVER PLATTER AND THEN FILED FOR SIX TIMES. BUT A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE THE INGENUITY THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP, THE WORK ETHIC AND THE AMBITION TO DO THAT KIND OF WORK AND JUST NEED TO BE SEEN AND SUPPORTED FOR WHAT THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY DO FOR ALL OF US AND OPPORTUNITY ECONOMY. WE NEED TO BUILD MORE HOUSING IN AMERICA. >> AND SO WE ARE DEALING WITH SOME AUDIO ISSUES OF VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS' REMARKS. WE THINK THAT WE HAVE A BETTER FEED OF THE AUDIO THAT WILL NOT BREAK UP. SO LET'S LISTEN BACK IN NOW. I HAVE A PLAN TO LOWER THE COST OF LIVING FOR AMERICA'S FAMILIES ON EVERYTHING FROM HEALTH TO GROCERIES. UNDER MY PLAN, MORE THAN 100 MILLION AMERICANS WILL GET A TAX BREAK AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY WILL GO BACK INTO YOUR POCKETS, INCLUDING $6,000 DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF A CHILD'S. AND I WILL ALWAYS PUT MIDDLE CLASS AND WORKING FAMILIES FIRST. >> I UP A MIDDLE CLASS KID. I WOULD MY MOTHER WHO SAVED UP AND BY THE TIME I WAS A TEENAGER, SHE WAS ABLE TO AFFORD TO BUY OUR FIRST HOME. >> I UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE WORK AND HAVE DREAMS AND ASPIRATIONS FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND NEED TO BE PUT FIRST. UNDERSTANDING AGAIN. >> WHEN THE MIDDLE CLASS IS STRONG, AMERICA IS STRONG AMERICANS. >> BUT DONALD TRUMP, WELL, HE HAS A DIFFERENT PLAN JUST TO GO JUST GOOGLE PROJECT 2025 . IT A DETAILED AND DANGEROUS BLUEPRINT FOR WHAT HE WILL DO IF HE IS ELECTED PRESIDENT. DONALD TRUMP WILL GIVE BILLIONAIRES AND BIG CORPORATIONS MASSIVE TAX AND CUT CORPORATE TAXES BY OVER $1,000,000,000,000 EVEN AS THEY PULL IN PROFITS, HE WILL ADD MORE THAN $5 TRILLION TO THE NATIONAL DEBT. WE HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HOLDING HER FIRST CAMPAIGN RALLY SINCE THAT ABC NEWS PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE TUESDAY NIGHT. >> SHE IS IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, SAYING THERE ARE WE OWE IT TO THE VOTERS TO HAVE ANOTHER DEBATE. THIS IS AFTER FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY SAID HE WOULD NOT BE DOING ANOTHER DEBATE. HARRIS SAID THE STAKES COULD NOT BE HIGHER AND SHE REPEATED MANY OF THOSE, SHE SAID AS SHE FACED OFF WITH DONALD TRUMP TUESDAY NIGHT, SAYING HE REPEATED THAT SAME TIRED PLAYBOOK. AND IT IS TIME. TURN THE PAGE. LET'S BRING IN OUR SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, SELINA WANG, WHO IS TRAVELING WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT. SHE'S IN GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA. HARRIS IS SET TO SPEAK THERE AT A RALLY LATER TONIGHT. SELINA, WHAT STANDS OUT TO YOU IN THIS CAMPAIGN EVENT? THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HEARD HER, THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL SINCE TUESDAY'S DEBATE? >> YEAH, ELIZABETH. WELL, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, SHE'S TRYING TO BUILD OFF OF THAT MOMENTUM AFTER THAT DEBATE. THE CAMPAIGN IS FEELING THAT SHE D EXTREMELY WELL. SHE BEAT DONALD TRUMP IN THAT DEBATE. BUT THEY INSIST THAT THEY'RE NOT TAKING ANY VICTORY LAPS, THAT THEY'RE HARD TO WIN THIS RACE. THEY STILL BELIEVE THEY'RE THE UNDERDOGS HERE. AND CAMPAIGN SOURCES TELL ME THAT FUNDAMENTALLY THEY STILL BELIEVE THAT THIS RACE HAS NOT CHANGED, THAT IT'S GOING TO BE EXTREMELY CLOSE AND THE POLLS HAVE SO FAR SHOWED THAT THIS RACE IS ESSENTIALLY LOCKED IN A DEAD HEAT. AND ELIZABETH, IT IS NOTABLE THAT SHE IS CHOOSING NORTH CAROLINA AS HER FIRST CAMPAIGN STOP AFTER THAT DEBATE WITH DONALD TRUMP. SHE'S MAKING TWO STOPS, FIRST IN CHARLOTTE, THEN IN JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS, SHE'LL BE HERE IN. >> GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, IS A STATE THAT HAD REALLY FALLEN OUT OF REACH. BIDEN WAS AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET, BUT NOW WITH VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AS THE NOMINEE, THE CAMPAIGN BELIEVES THEY HAVE A REAL CHANCE HERE THAT NORTH CAROLINA COULD BE VIABLE. NOW, THIS IS A CRITICAL STATE, HAS NOT GONE DEMOCRATIC SINCE OBAMA IN 2008, BUT THEY'RE SEEING NEW MOMENTUM HERE, ESPECIALLY WITH YOUNG AND VOTERS OF COLOR. ELIZABETH AND SELINA HEARD AT THE VERY TOP OF THE VICE PRESIDENT'S REMARKS, HER SAYING THAT OWE TO THE VOTERS. HER CAMPAIGN, OF COURSE, CALLED FOR ANOTHER DEBATE RIGHT AFTER. HER PERFORMANCE TUESDAY. HOW LIKELY IS IT THAT WE SEE THAT AT THIS POINT? WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM THE CAMPAIGN ABOUT THE CHANCES THAT THAT DOES HAPPEN, THAT SHE FACES AGAIN ON THE STAGE WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENT? YEAH, WELL, ELIZABETH, LOOK, THE VICE PRESIDENT, SHE CALLED FOR THAT THIRD DEBATE PRETTY MUCH IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT DEBATE WITH, TRUMP WRAPPED UP. THEY KNEW THAT SHE NAILED THAT DEBATE. NOW, DONALD TRUMP IS JUST SAYING ON HIS OWN SHOW THAT THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE. AFTER THAT DEBATE. OF COURSE, HE WENT TO THE SPIN ROOM IMMEDIATELY TO SAY THAT HE BELIEVED SHE HAD PERFORMED WELL. BUT OF COURSE, MANY REPUBLICAN EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HE MISSED A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES THERE. THAT HE TOOK THE BAIT EVERY SINGLE TIME HARRIS TRIED TO UNDER HIS SKIN. SO DONALD TRUMP RIGHT NOW IS ON DEFENSE, IS ON THE BACK FOOTING. AND CLEARLY IT TURNED SOCIAL, SAYING THAT HE DOES NOT WANT TO SEE ANOTHER DEBATE. BUT OF COURSE, THE VICE PRESIDENT, THEIR TEAM IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR ANOTHER DEBATE. THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO DONALD TRUMP. THEY BELIEVE THAT THERE SHOULD BE ANOTHER WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE REALLY DESERVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR THESE TWO CANDIDATES BE SIDE SIDE AND REALLY FLESH OUT WHAT IT IS THEY WANT TO PROVIDE FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE. NOW, THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN AT THIS NEWS, MORE AGGRESSIVE PHASE OF THE CAMPAIGN. THEY ALSO WANT TO CONTINUE TO DRAW THAT CONTRAST WITH DONALD TRUMP AND NOT JUST MAKE THIS ABOUT DEFINING HARRIS, BUT ALSO REMINDING AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT ANOTHER DONALD TRUMP PRESIDENCY COULD MEAN. AND THEY'RE PAINTING IT AS A DARK AND DIVISIVE FUTURE. ELIZABETH RYAN OF COURSE, ONE OF THE CRITICISMS WE HEARD FROM DONALD TRUMP AND HIS CAMPAIGN, THE DEBATE WAS THAT SHE DIDN'T PROVIDE ENOUGH DETAILS OF HER PLANS. WE WILL HAVE TO SEE HOW MUCH SHE DOES GIVE AS SHE LAYS OUT THOSE POLICIES IN THESE RALLIES AND IN THE DAYS AHEAD. SELINA WANG OUR SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT THERE IN NORTH CAROLINA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M ELIZABETH SCHULZE. THANK YOU FOR STREAMING WITH US. 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