MAGA panic: Dogs, cats & piggie meltdown haunt Trump as GOP warns of election bloodbath

MAKE OF THAT WHAT YOU WILL ABOUT HOW THEY BOTH THINK THEY DID. LET'S BE CLEAR, THIS WEEK AS WE APPROACH THE END OF IT TOP CAPS ANOTHER MILESTONE FOR HARRIS IN WHAT IS A COMPRESSED CAMPAIGN. SHE RAISED $47 MILLION IN 24 HOURS AFTER THE DEBATE. THAT'S THEIR BEST HAUL SINCE SHE ANNOUNCED HER CANDIDACY, AND THIS HAS BECOME SOMETHING OF A PATTERN. IT IS WORTH RECALLING THAT INITIALLY HARRIS WAS FACING DOUBTERS BEFORE SHE ENTERED THE RACE, INCLUDING A D.C. PRESS CORPS THAT HAD PANNED HER WORK AS VP. SHE INITIALLY QUIETED THEM WITH A STRONG START TO THE CAMPAIGN. MANY HEADLINERS SAID NOT ONLY WAS IT GOING WELL, BUT BETTER THAN EXPECTED. WHAT DOES EXPECTED MEAN? COMPARED TO THE SAME HEADLINE WRITERS AND OTHER D.C. TYPES. THEN SHE FACED AN OFTEN REPUBLICAN-LED CAMPAIGN SAYING SHE SHOULD DO MORE PRESS. SHE HAS DONE A NATIONAL TV INTERVIEW, RADIO INTERVIEW AND ALL POSITIVE REVIEWS. THEN THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW SHE WOULD HANDLE TRUMP AS A DEBATER. IT'S TRUE, DONALD TRUMP HAS RATTLED EVEN EXPERIENCED DEBATERS, INCLUDING THE 2016 FIELD. THAT'S A POINT WE REPORTED ON AND HEARD ABOUT EARLIER ON THIS WEEK ON THIS PROGRAM. DONALD TRUMP MAY BE A CRUDE LIAR, BUT THAT HAS NOT ALWAYS MADE HIM EASY TO HANDLE ON THAT DEBATE STAGE. KAMALA HARRIS HANDLED HIM. NEW POLLS "TODAY" SHOW THAT AMONG AMERICANS WHO SAY THEY ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE DEBATE, REMEMBER, 67 MILLION PEOPLE WATCHED IT LIVE, MILLIONS MORE SAW SOME HIGHLIGHTS OR DISCUSSION OR READ COVERAGE ABOUT IT, WILL SHOW YOU THE RESULTS. EARLY POLLS SAY HARRIS WON THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE AND THE NUMBERS MOST SAY HARRIS WON DOUBLE THE SHARE WHO SAY TRUMP WON, YOU CAN SEE THAT. MOST THOUGHT TRUMP STUMBLED. HE WAS NOT SHARP. ONLY ONE OUT OF FIVE VOTERS THOUGHT OF THAT OF HARRIS. STRONG TAKE AWAY. STRIKING IN OUR POLARIZED ELECTORATE. 40% BACK TRUMP. EVEN THOSE WHO BACK TRUMP DON'T SAY HE WON BECAUSE IT'S ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 24%. SIMPLE MATH. SOME AMERICANS HAVE HEARD FROM THE CONSERVATIVE VOICES PIERCING TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN CLAIM ABOUT A GREAT DEBATE. THERE HAVE BEEN TOUGH CRITIQUES OF HIS MEANDERING PERFORMANCE. LET ME BREAK IT DOWN BRIEFLY. NOT THAT COMPLICATED. IT'S POLITICS, RIGHT? NOT EVERYONE IS BEING HONEST. SOME OF THE REPUBLICANS SAYING TRUMP BLEW IT MAY JUST BE TELLING THE TRUTH. GOING ABOUT THEIR LIVES AND CAREERS AND SAYING WHAT THEY SEE HONESTLY. OTHERS, FOR EXAMPLE, TRUMP CAMPAIGN SURROGATE RFK JR. MAY BE HOPING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SOMEHOW GET THROUGH TO TRUMP THROUGH THE TELEVISION, WE'VE SEEN THAT BEFORE, AND SO THEY ARE ACTUALLY TRYING TO HELP HIM BY GIVING HIM THE TRUTH THAT I JUST SHOWED YOU, THAT HE DID POORLY, THE VOTERS THINK HE DID POORLY, INCLUDING REPUBLICANS, WHICH IS A PROBLEM WHEN YOU ARE RUNNING FOR OFFICE. THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY HE DID BADLY TO GET HIM TO CORRECT HIS MISTAKES BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. >> AGAINST JOE BIDEN, THAT GUY -- >> ABSOLUTELY. >> -- ATTACKED AND WAS READY WITH ANSWERS. THAT DIDN'T HERE. WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENED HERE? >> ABSOLUTELY. SHE WAS LOADED FOR BEAR, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. >> DONALD TRUMP LOST AND THIS IS NOT THE WORST DEBATE PERFORMANCE I'VE SEEN IN MY CAREER BUT CLOSE TO IT. >> VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS CLEARLY WON THE DEBATE IN TERMS OF HER DELIVERY, HER POLISH, HER ORGANIZATION. >> I THINK THAT HE LOSES BECAUSE OF THIS DEBATE PERFORMANCE. >> WOW. >> LAST VOICE THERE IS A RIGHT LEANING POLLSTER FRANK LUNTZ. HE IS PROJECTING OUT TO THE FUTURE, I'VE TOLD YOU, WE'LL KEEP TRACK OF THIS TOGETHER AS WE GO TOWARDS ELECTION DAY. WE CAN'T SAY ANYTHING RESPONSIBLE ABOUT VOTES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN CAST YET. WE'LL START MONITORING EARLY VOTES AND POLLING BUT NO ONE'S HAPPENED. THE DEBATE MAY OR MAY NOT RESULT. AS FAR AS RFK JR., HE RECENTLY ENDORSED TRUMP, LOOKING FOR A JOB, HE HAS EVERY REASON IF YOU ANALYZE THEM BY THEIR INCENTIVES, HE HAS EVERY REASON TO WANT TRUMP TO WIN. HE MIGHT BE SAYING SOMETHING POSITIVE FOR HARRIS, BAD FOR TRUMP, BUT IT WOULD BE A REASONABLE CONCLUSION THAT SOMEONE INVOLVED IN THE SPIN ROOM, HE WAS THERE, ALL OF THAT, TRUMP ENDORSER WANTS A JOB THINKS IF THEY CAN GET TRUMP TO REALIZE HOW POORLY HE DID, MAYBE THEY CAN IMPROVE HIM AND HELP HIM GET BACK ON TRACK AND STILL MAYBE WIN. AS FOR WHAT DEBATES DO, THEY BLAST BEYOND THE NIGHT OF THE THING EVEN IF SO MANY PEOPLE WATCH IT LIVE. AND THE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE DEBATE OFTEN ARE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SOMETHING TO INVOKE OR THEY THINK THEY WON. SO I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU NEW FROM KAMALA HARRIS HOW SHE IS USING TRUMP'S DEBATE ANSWERS TO MAKE POINTS, AND SHE WOULD ARGUE, TO EDUCATE AND EDDIE PHI THE VOTERS ABOUT WHERE HE STANDS AND WHY HE'S RUNNING AND HIDING FROM WHERE HE REALLY STANDS. >> DONALD TRUMP INTENDS TO END THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. YOU HEARD WHAT HE SAID IN THE DEBATE. HE HAS NO PLAN TO REPLACE IT. HE SAID -- HE SAID, CONCEPTS OF A PLAN. OH, YOU ALL WATCHED THE DEBATE? CONCEPTS. CONCEPTS. NO ACTUAL PLAN. CONCEPTS. DONALD TRUMP REFUSED TO SAY THAT HE WOULD VETO A NATIONAL ABORTION BAN. DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? HE REFUSED TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. REFUSED TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. WELL, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, WHEN CONGRESS PASSES A BILL TO RESTORE REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM, AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I WILL PROUDLY, PROUDLY SIGN IT INTO LAW. 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. DO WE BELIEVE IN FREEDOM? >> YES! >> DO WE BELIEVE IN OPPORTUNITY? >> YES! >> DO WE BELIEVE IN THE PROMISE OF AMERICA? >> YES! >> AND ARE WE READY TO FIGHT FOR IT? >> YES! >> AND WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN! >> HARRIS, BRIDGING SOME OF THOSE KEY MOMENTS SHE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT FROM THE DEBATE, FROM A SOME SPEECH. A REMIX POWERED BY WHAT SHE AND HER CAMPAIGN THINKS WAS A GREAT NIGHT. AFTER THE CHARLOTTE RALLY, HARRIS IS IN GREENSBORO. HARRIS IS IN A COLOSSEUM WITH A 10,000 CAPACITY. IF SHE FILLS IT UP AT ALL, SHE WILL BE FAR MORE THAN TRIPLING HIS CROWD. A CONTRAST DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN PUSHING, INCLUDING A MOBILE BILLBOARD THAT WILL CIRCLE TRUMP'S RALLY. THEY HAVE THAT AD WITH THE SAME THING CITING OBAMA'S SPEECH. >> SHE HAD A BIG CROWD. >> THIS WEIRD OBSESSION WITH CROWD SIZES. IT JUST GOES ON AND ON AND ON. >> ON AND ON. BOTH CAMPAIGNS LOOKING AT THE SWING STATES. HARRIS WILL GO TO PA TOMORROW, TRUMP TO NEVADA. THERE'S THE MOOD MUSIC. THE U.S. IS FACING ALL KINDS OF PROBLEM FROM THE ECONOMY, TO UNCERTAINTY ABROAD, WARS RAGING. THAT'S ONE REASON, REMEMBER, BIDEN AND HARRIS HAVE BOTH FACED HEADWINDS. THERE ARE PLENTY OF REAL REASONS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH POLITICIANS BUT ACTUAL REAL WORLD AND ECONOMIC REALITIES THAT HAVE PEOPLE CONCERNED IN AMERICA BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME SIGNS OF A TURNING. TAKE A LOOK AT RUPERT MOURDOCK'S WALL STREET JOURNAL TODAY. THE MOST IMPORTANT FINANCIAL PUBLICATION. I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU TODAY'S FRONT PAGE. THE BLARING HEADLINES THAT ARE RATTLING THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN. INFLATION SLOWING TO A THREE-YEAR LOW. RIGHT NEXT TO IT, BOTH TRUMP'S DEBATE MISSTEPS HAVE GOP FRETTING. THIS IS WHAT WALL STREET AND MANY LEADING CONSERVATIVES ARE WAKING UP TO THIS MORNING. THIS IS THE MUSIC INSIDE THE PAPER AN OP ED FROM KARL ROVE, A CATASTROPHIC PERFORMANCE. HE LIKENS TRUMP'S POOR PERFORMANCE, HIS COMPARISON, TO A PIG WHICH CANNOT BE PRETTIED UP. INTEREST'S NO PUTTING LIPSTICK ON THIS PIG. ROVE WRITES MR. TRUMP WAS CRUSHED BY A WOMAN HE PREVIOUSLY SAID WAS, QUOTE, DUMB AS A ROCK. WHAT DOES THAT MAKE HIM? TOUGH QUESTION FROM A REPUBLICAN. NOW KARL ROVE HAS CLASHED WITH TRUMP. HE CAN DISMISS THIS AS MORE TRUMP ANTI-BIAS. THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN WOULD LOVE THAT IF TRUMP CONTINUES TO DISMISS REPUBLICANS TRYING TO WARN HIM HE'S DOING POORLY OR HIS OWN SUPPORTERS LIKE RFK JR. IGNORING FACTS AND SOUND ADVICE AND TRADITIONAL, SOLID DEBATE PREP IS WHAT HELPED TRUMP GET INTO THIS MESS THIS WEEK. IN FACT, POLITICAL REPORTER JOHN HEILMAN SAID TRUMP'S TWO CAMPAIGN PEOPLE C DON'T LIKE THEM TELLING ME THE REALITY, I'M GOING TO FIRE THE PEOPLE SAYING IT. THAT'S WHAT HEILMAN WAS SAYING. TRUMP RUNNING AWAY FROM THE REALITY. AFTER THE MOST EVENTFUL WEEK OF THE WHOLE HARRIS/TRUMP MATCH-UP, WHERE DOES THIS ALL LEAVE US? AGAIN, SOME THINGS MATTER MORE THAN OTHERS. THE FACT HERE IN THE DATA THAT MOST PEOPLE THINK HARRIS WON THE DEBATE IS A BIG TAKE AWAY THIS WEEK. NUMBER TWO, TOP REPUBLICANS SAY THAT AND ARE SEARCHING FOR WAYS TO MOVE TRUMP TOWARDS REALITY, TO FACE THAT SO HE MIGHT IMPROVE HIS POSITION AND HE'S RESISTING IT. THE TRUMP DOES NOT WANT TO HEAR THAT HE LOST THE DEBATE ANYMORE THAN HE CAN ACCEPT HE LOST THE ELECTION. ULTIMATELY OTHERS COMMITTED CRIMES OVER THAT LIE. WE KNOW THAT STORY. LYING TACTICS THAT ONCE HURT HIS OPPONENTS THOUGH OR EVEN CONFUSED HIS FOLLOWERS SEEM TO BE LOSING THEIR PUNCH AND THAT'S THE THIRD AND IMPORTANT THING HERE. TRUMP IS LYING HIMSELF INTO SHEER ABSURDITY. THINK ABOUT THE PETS. OUR NATION BEHOLDING THIS AGING POLITICIAN DOUBLING DOWN ON HIS PET-EATING DELUSIONS WHICH, AND THIS MATTERS IN POLITICS, ARE BOOMERANGING ON HIM AMIDST THE DENUNCIATIONS OF THE RACE BAITING, IMMIGRATION THING, THERE'S ALSO LAUGHTER, BEMUSEMENT, POLITICAL PITY, WHICH HARRIS EVINCED FOR AMERICANS IN REAL TILE. IT WAS LIKE A REACTION VIDEO OF A VERY, VERY BAD UNCLE YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR FROM ANYMORE? THEY SAY AFTER THE LAUGHTER COMES THE TEARS. WELL, SOMETIMES AFTER THE LAUGHTER PEOPLE JUST LOOK AWAY. IS THAT HAPPENING HERE? STILL A TIGHT RACE IN THE KEY STATES. THE DEBATE CLEARLY DIDN'T HELP TRUMP. MOST PEOPLE THINK HE LOST AND IT