Countdown to the 2024 election: Day 78 | MSNBC Highlights

Intro >> WE ARE JUST 79 DAYS FALLS UNTIL ELECTION DAY. AND THIS WEEK'S DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN CHICAGO IS A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FOR DEMOCRATS TO ELEVATE VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS AS THE PARTY'S STANDARD BEAR. AND NEW THIS MORNING, WE ARE LEARNING HOW EACH NIGHT OF THE CONVENTION WILL HIGHLIGHT HER VISION FOR THE COUNTRY. TOMORROW'S OPENING NIGHT. STAY FOR THE PEOPLE. TUESDAY WILL OUTLINE DEMOCRATS BOLD VISION FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE WEDNESDAY. THEY'RE CALLING A FIGHT FOR OUR FREEDOMS AND THURSDAY WHEN HARRIS TAKES THE STAGE AND MESSAGE FOR OUR FUTURE. MEANWHILE, THE HARRIS WAS CAMPAIGN IS GETTING READY TO UNLEASH THEIR WAR CHEST. THE CAMPAIGN SAYS IT WILL SPEND AT LEAST 370 MILLION DOLLARS ON TELEVISION AND DIGITAL ADS BETWEEN LABOR DAY AND THE ELECTION. JOINING US NOW FROM CHICAGO IS HERE AS WELL AS PRINCIPAL DEPUTY CAMPAIGN MANAGER QUINTON FALSE FRONT TO THANK YOU FOR GETTING UP A CHICAGO IS HOW ABOUT THE THINGS WE APPRECIATE YOU. >> WE DEFINITELY DO QUITE THE TIME AND I KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE WITH THE CONVENTION LOOMING RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU IN 24 HOURS. AND THE ANNOUNCEMENT THIS MORNING OF THE SCENES TALK TO US ABOUT THESE THEMES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY SEEM TO GO TO A SPACE THAT TO BE HONEST, THE COUNTRY HASN'T BEEN IN A LONG WHILE TALKING ABOUT HIS FUTURE HAS BEEN A LOT OF BACK WHAT THINKING AND LOOKING PARTICULARLY FROM THE REPUBLICAN SIDE OF THINGS, HOW DID THESE TEAMS COME TOGETHER? WHAT DO THEY SAY ABOUT WHAT VICE PRESIDENT WANTS AMERICA TO KNOW ABOUT HER AND HER VISION FOR AMERICA? >> WELL, GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME. LOOK, I THINK THAT THESE THINGS PERFECTLY ENCAPSULATE THE VICE PRESIDENT'S VISION FOR THE COUNTRY AND THE FOR THE PEOPLE HE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHO WE'RE FIGHTING FOR. THE VICE PRESIDENT SAYS THIS ALL THE TIME IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE AT THE CENTER OF ALL OF THIS. THE REASON THAT SHE PUSHES THESE POLICIES TO LOWER COSTS BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE, WE HAVE TO ALSO TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE AND A DIFFERENT WAY OF DOING THINGS WITH COMMON SENSE APPROACHES WITH STABILITY. AND THAT'S WHAT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IS GOING TO BRING TO THE TICKET AND CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROTECT AND FIGHT FOR OUR FREEDOMS, WHICH IS A STARK CONTRAST BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AND JD VANCE AND THEIR EXTREME PROJECT, 2025 AGENDA. AND I THINK THROUGHOUT THE CONVENTION, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR STORIES THAT TALK ABOUT THE VICE PRESIDENT'S RECORD OF FIGHTING AND DELIVERING FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AS A PROSECUTOR, ATTORNEY GENERAL SENATOR AND THE VICE PRESIDENT. AND I THINK THAT THOSE THINGS PERFECTLY ENCAPSULATE THAT. VP Kamala Harris biographical radio ad >> AND SOME OF THAT WORK WILL HAPPEN AT THE CONVENTION. SOME OF THAT, OF COURSE, HAPPENING WITH PAID MEDIA. WANT TO TAKE A LISTEN TO ONE OF THE RADIO SPOTS THAT THE CAMPAIGN HAS ARE OUT LARGELY BIOGRAPHICAL ABOUT THE VICE PRESIDENT. >> STANDING UP FOR EVERYDAY AMERICANS AT THE VERY FOUNDATION OF KAMALA HARRIS IS RAISED IN A MIDDLE-CLASS HOME BY WORKING MOTHER WHO INSTILLED IN HER A PASSION FOR JUSTICE AND EQUALITY. THAT'S WHY WE KAMALA HARRIS BECAME DISTRICT ATTORNEY. SHE STOOD UP FOR TONIGHT'S KEEPING THEM SAFE FOR PROSECUTING SEX OFFENSE. SHE ALSO PIONEERED A PROGRAM TO GIVE NONVIOLENT DRUG OFFENDERS. A SECOND CHANCE IS PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS WILL CONTINUE THE FIGHT EVERYDAY AMERICANS. >> IF YOU TALK TO ANY OF THE POSTERS, YOU TALK TO PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING FOCUS GROUPS, A BIG THING YOU HEAR, YOU KNOW, THIS IS I LIKE HER AND WANT TO HEAR MORE RIGHTS. THEY STILL HAVE GAPS IN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF WHO VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS'S. HOW MUCH OF THAT IS BIOGRAPHICAL? HOW MUCH OF THAT IS FILLING IN THE POLICY GAPS ABOUT WHAT A HARRIS ADMINISTRATION WOULD ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE? >> IT IS BOTH. BUT AS I MENTIONED IN MY FIRST ANSWER, I THINK THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHY THE VICE PRESIDENT IS PUSHING FOR THESE POLICIES. SHE GREW UP WITH A WORKING MOTHER WHO GRANTED MOST OF THEIR LIVES. AND SO WHEN SHE TALKS ABOUT THINGS LIKE MAKING HOUSING AND RENTING MORE AFFORDABLE IS BECAUSE SHE LIVES THAT. AND SO, YES, THE POLICY PROPOSALS IN THE SPECIFICS ON THAT ARE AS IMPORTANT BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS ABOUT HOW SHE'S GOING TO CHANGE THE LIVES FOR EVERYDAY AMERICANS. BUT AS WE ARE INTRODUCING HER, IT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHERE THOSE VALUES COME FROM AND WHY THOSE VALUES ON JUSTIN. AND SO OUR CAMPAIGN HAS AGGRESSIVELY STARTED SPENDING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DEFINING THE VICE PRESIDENT EARLY BECAUSE WE HAVE A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. WE HAVE TO INTRODUCE HER TO A LOT OF AMERICA AND ADS LIKE THE ONES YOU JUST PLAYED OUR EXACTLY HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT. >> QUINTON ONE ASPECT OF THIS THAT I'VE BEEN FASCINATED BY IS THE REACTION OF THE PRESS, THE MEDIA, THE HARD PRESSED BY MANY TO GET THE VICE PRESIDENT TO SIT DOWN WITH THEM AS IS AS IF TO SAY THIS ISN'T LEGITIMATE UNTIL YOU TALK TO US. >> ALSO THE DOTS AS IF YOU KNOW, JOE BIDEN WASN'T THAT. I MEAN, YEAH, EXACTLY. >> SO, YOU KNOW, THE EXPECTATIONS OF TURNING THAT CORNER TO ME, ITS BEEN REALLY AMUSING TO WATCH AND HEAR MANY IN THE MEDIA. SO GO AFTER THE VICE PRESIDENT BECAUSE SHE HASN'T DONE THAT FACE-TO-FACE. BUT WHAT MY RESPONSE HAS BEEN IS SHE SEEMS TO BE TALKING DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE. SO HER, IN OTHER WORDS, I DON'T NEED TO SIT DOWN WITH THE MEDIA AND THE PRESS TO DO A ONE-ON-ONE. IF I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS LARGER CONVERSATION, WHICH I CAN MORE DIRECTLY DEFINE MYSELF, WAS THAT A LEGITIMATE NOT LEGITIMATE? THE WRONG WORD? WAS THAT AN INTENTIONAL EFFORT TO SORT OF PUSH PAST THE NOISE, WASHINGTON PRESS CORPS AND ALL OF THAT, ALL OF THAT DRAMA TO HAVE THIS MORE DIRECT CONVERSATION BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO BE THEMATIC LEE, WHERE YOU'RE GOING A MORE DIRECT APPROACH IN CONVERSATION WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. >> OH, LOOK, WE ENTER THIS CONVENTION WITH A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM, THE MOMENTUM AND THAT ENTHUSIASM THAT MOMENTUM IS BECAUSE VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND GOVERNOR WALZ HAVE BEEN OUT ON THE GROUND TALKING TO HIM COMMUNICATING DIRECTLY WITH VOTERS. AND MICHAEL, YOU SAID OF BAISLEY, BUT I'LL SAY IT A DIFFERENT WAY OF THE VICE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN INTERVIEWING. SHE'S BEEN INTERVIEWING WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND SHEEN RESPECTS THE FREE MEDIA RESPECTS THE PRESS. AND SO THAT WILL COME A HARD TIME. RIGHT NOW. OUR FOCUS IS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH THE VOTERS THAT THEY SEE HER, THAT THEY UNDERSTAND HER WORLD VIEW HER PERSPECTIVE, HER UPBRINGING, HER RECORD OF DELIVERING AND FIGHTING FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES TO PROTECT THEIR FREEDOMS AND HER VISION FOR MOVING FORWARD ON SO BY PRESIDENT HARRIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. THEY'RE KICKING OFF A BUS TOUR TODAY GOING THROUGHOUT PENNSYLVANIA. THEY'RE GOING TO BE A RALLY IN WISCONSIN TOMORROW BEFORE THEY HEAD INTO THE CONVENTION. AND SO WE'RE INCREDIBLY EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO STAY OUT ON THE ROAD AND THE BATTLEGROUND STATES TALKING TO THE VOTERS WHO ARE ULTIMATELY GOING TO DECIDE THIS ELECTION AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS RACE IS FUNDAMENTALLY A CHOICE BETWEEN TO START VISIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS COUNTRY. ONE WHERE LAUREN CALLS PROTECTING FREEDOMS AND CONTINUING TO DELIVER FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND ONE THAT IS A STREAM UNSTABLE PROJECT. 2025 AGENDA THAT IS LED BY DONALD TRUMP AND JD VANCE. >> YOU KNOW, CLINTON THE IT STRIKES MEAN I DON'T KNOW MUCH. OKAY. BUT IT STRIKES ME THAT AT THIS POINT IN THE CYCLE, GIVEN THE THE THE SWITCH, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS OUT THE TOP OF THE TICKET WHEN SHE SITS DOWN FOR AN INTERVIEW, SHE WOULD HAVE NEEDED TO HAVE SOME POLICIES BECAUSE I WOULD ASSUME THAT OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE PRESS AND SAYS, WELL, WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK HER ABOUT THOSE POLICIES. AND WE HAVE NOW SEEN SOME OF THOSE POLICIES BEGIN TO ROLL OUT. THE VICE PRESIDENT ROLLED OUT A PART OF FOR ECONOMIC POLICY EARLIER THIS WEEK OF HER CAMPAIGN AND WHAT YOU WOULD DO IF ELECTED PRESIDENT. THERE HAS BEEN SOME CRITICISM OF THE POLICY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ASSUMING IT AND SOME REPUBLICANS, SOME ECONOMISTS, EVEN SOME MODERATE DEMOCRATS, I ASSUME ING THAT WHAT THE POLICY IS, BUT AS IT COME WHEN IT COMES TO PRICE GOUGING IS REALLY ABOUT PRICE CAPS. BUT I READ IT AS IT IS. IT IS THAT IF YOU ARE PRICE GOUGING, BEEN US, WE WILL HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE. CAN YOU JUST SPEAK TO THESE 2 PIECES OF THAT? BECAUSE I DO THINK THE PRICES IN THE END, WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE GROCERY STORE AND THE INFLATION, THESE RECORD PROFITS THAT THESE COMPANIES ARE MAKING YET THE PANDEMIC AND PEOPLE ARE RECOVERING FROM THE PANDEMIC. THE COMPANIES ARE DEFINITELY RECOVERING AT THE PRICES ARE NOT GOING DOWN IS IN FACT, THE ISSUE THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ABSOLUTELY CAN TO. >> ALLEGES THE QUESTIONS. ALL OF THESE ARE CAPITALISTS, MARKET-BASED SOLUTIONS THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT IS PUTTING FORWARD. THE VICE PRESIDENT BELIEVES THAT BUSINESSES SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE MONEY. BUT WHAT THE VICE PRESIDENT DOES NOT BELIEVE IS THAT THESE BUSINESSES SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE MONEY SIMPLY BECAUSE WHEN PRICES GO UP, SIMPLY BECAUSE A LOT OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND THAT IS COMPLETELY FINE. THOSE ARE THE LAWS OF ECONOMICS. BUT WHEN PRICES ARE JUST JACKED UP JUST SO THAT CORPORATIONS THAT BIG BUSINESSES CAN INCREASE QUARTERLY PROFITS OR YEARLY PROFITS ON THE BACKS OF MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES AND SMALL BUSINESSES, THAT IS WHERE THE VICE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO STEP IN. AND THAT IS WHAT SHE HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT SHE'S BEEN WILLING TO DO. THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT OF PARTISAN. YOU SEE STATE ATTORNEY GENERALS IN PLACES LIKE TEXAS AND LOUISIANA FILING CASES AGAINST COMPANIES THAT DO THIS JACKING UP GAS PRICES DURING HURRICANE HARVEY GOING AFTER BEEF COMPETITORS, ONE OF THE BIGGEST. IT'S THE FACT THAT THEY ARE RAISING PRICES SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE'S NO COMPETITION. THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE TO GET BEAT PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS ARE DOING IT IN. SO WHAT YOU SEE VICE PRESIDENT SAYING VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS SAYING IS THAT SHE'S NOT GOING TO LET CORPORATIONS JUST RAISE PRICES SIMPLY BECAUSE IF PRICES GO UP BECAUSE THE LAW OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND, THEN WE WILL DEAL WITH THAT. BUT COMPANIES JUST RAISING PRICES SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY CAN DO IT IS NOT SOMETHING THE VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IS GOING TO STAND FOR. AND I THINK SHE'S LAID OUT A VERY CLEAR AGENDA PROPOSING TO DO IT INSIDE THE DEMAGOGUE. AND THAT'S COMING FROM REPUBLICANS. I KNOW THAT THIS ISN'T ABOUT FIX PRICES. IN FACT, I THINK THAT THERE IS REASON TO BELIEVE THE VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IS GOING TO WORK ACROSS THE AISLE IN A BIPARTISAN FASHION TO MAKE SURE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW POLLS EXTREMELY WELL, SOMETHING THAT THE VOTERS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR. AND THIS IS A COMMON SENSE SOLUTION TO DELIVER THAT. AND SO DONALD TRUMP, A REPUBLICAN, SAYS STOP PLAYING GAMES AND COME TO THE TABLE AND WORK WITH VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR THE PEOPLE, NOT JUST TRYING TO WIN A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN. BUT IN REAL QUICK, Harris in Beaver County PA YOU TALKED ABOUT THE BUS TOUR THROUGH PENNSYLVANIA. >> AND AS YOU GUYS KNOW, 2020 PRESIDENT BIDEN, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, THEY WON THE STATE BY JUST OVER ONE PERCENT. AND THAT WAS IN PART BY DRIVING UP MARGINS IN SOLIDLY BLUE COUNTIES. YOU'RE DOING SOME OF THAT. BUT YOU'RE ALSO GOING INTO BEAVER COUNTY AND IN TRYING TO CHIP AWAY THERE AT DONALD TRUMPS WOULD BE LEAD. WHAT IS THE MESSAGE TO FOLKS IN A COUNTY LIKE BEFORE? >> THAT THIS CAMPAIGN IS INCLUSIVE, THAT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND GOVERNOR WALZ ADMINISTRATION WILL BE INCLUSIVE AND NOW THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR ALL AMERICANS. REGARDLESS OF IF YOUR COUNTY VOTES, RATHER, IF YOUR COUNTY VOTES BLUE, YOU ALL KNOW THAT THIS IS MY WHOLE ETHOS. I BRING THIS FROM ME ARE COMING FROM A RURAL COUNTY MYSELF. SMALL TOWN IN GEORGIA IS THE STRATEGY THAT IMPLEMENTED THAT FOR SENATOR WARNOCK? AND I THINK THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO IN ORDER FOR DEMOCRATS TO WIN PLACES. THEY HAVE TO GO THERE. WE HAVE TO SHOW UP. WE HAVE TO TALK TO PEOPLE AND WE HAVE A VISION FOR THIS COUNTRY THAT INCLUDES PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THESE RURAL COMMUNITIES AND THE SMALL TOWNS. AND WE HAVE TO GO COMMUNICATE THAT WHEN WE DON'T WE JUST SEE THE ARGUMENT TO THE REPUBLICANS AND THEIR EXTREME AGENDA. AND THAT IS WHAT THESE VOTERS BELIEVE. AND SO WE'RE GOING DIRECTLY AT THAT. AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TALK TO THE VOTERS AND VOTERS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE, RED STATES, BLUE STATES, RURAL COUNTIES, URBAN COUNTIES ARE NOT SUBURBS AS WELL, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW YOU WANT TO CAMPAIGN. AND THAT'S THE WORK THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT AND GOVERNOR WALZ WE GOTTA CONTINUE TO DO. Trump losing support with women >> AND TO ADD TO THE URGENCY MIGHT BE 79 DAYS UNTIL ELECTION DAY, BUT IT IS ONLY 29 DAYS UNTIL EARLY VOTING BEGINS IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. CLINTON FOLKS, AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR GETTING UP EARLY AND BEING WITH US. >> A NEW WASHINGTON POST POLL ABC POLL OUT THIS MORNING SHOWS DONALD TRUMP IS LOSING SUPPORT WITH WOMEN VOTERS TO VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS TRUMP RAILS AS WITH WOMEN AGES 18 TO 29 BY 23%. AND WITH WOMEN AGES 30 TO 49 BY 17%. BACK IN JULY, THE SAME POLL SHOWED TRUMP ACTUALLY HADN'T ADVANTAGE OVER PRESIDENT BIDEN WITH THE SAME GROUPS. NEW YORK GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL JOINS US NOW. >> GOVERNOR HOCHUL, GOOD MORNING. I CAN'T. WE JUST START WITH A LOOK AT THIS WEEK. JD VANCE OUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL WAS DOING A BUNCH OF INTERVIEWS AND SAID THAT WOMEN HE DOESN'T THINK REALLY CARE ABOUT ABORTION. THEY CARE ABOUT THAT. YOU THINK ABOUT THE ISSUES AND HE DOESN'T THINK ABORTION IS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT IS IMPORTANT TO THEM IS THAT THEY CARE ABOUT NORMAL THINGS. I WANT YOUR TAKE ON THAT. >> MY GUYS, IF YOU WANT MORE EVIDENCE OF HOW OUT OF TOUCH HE IS WITH WHAT WOMEN ARE THINKING ABOUT TALKED ABOUT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE NETS EXIST. I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT BECAUSE OF DONALD TRUMP, ONE OUT OF 3 WOMEN IN AMERICA NOW LIVE UNDER AN ABORTION BAN. SO WOMEN HAVE SEEN WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE DONALD TRUMP. THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE THE TRUMP TRAVESTY PARK TO THEY KNOW IT'S COMING AND THAT'S A NATIONAL ABORTION BAN. THEY'LL STOP AT NOTHING. SO I WOULD SAY HE IS GOING TO CONTINUE ON THAT PATH TO THEIR DETRIMENT. THAT'S ONE MORE REASON WHY KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALZ WILL DEFEAT THEM HANDILY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO PICKING UP THE WOMEN'S VOTE. IF TO YOUR POINT, GOVERNOR, IT'S BORNE OUT. >> IN THE NUMBERS, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS POLL ON THIS WAS Poll on abortion CONDUCTED MAY 15 TO JUNE 18TH. THIS IS A WHILE AGO, BUT IT WAS PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 14TH OF WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE. THIS WAS THEIR BROUGHT A POSITION TO ABORTION RESTRICTIONS. 74 1% THINK ABORTION SHOULD BE LEGAL. 74 1% OPPOSE LEAVING IT UP TO THE STATES WHICH AS YOU KNOW IS THE BIG ARGUMENT THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE AND 70% SUPPORT NATIONWIDE RIGHT TO ABORTION. 64 1% OPPOSE 15 WEEK. NATIONAL ENFORCEMENT GOVERNOR, THEY'RE SEEING THE SAME NUMBERS, RIGHT? THEY ARE SIMPLY CHOOSING NOT TO CARE. I SIMPLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE STRATEGY. >> I DON'T THINK THERE IS A STRATEGY. THIS IS WHO THEY ARE. THEY CAN'T GO RECREATE THEMSELVES. THEY HAVE TO REALIZE THAT THEIR VIEWS OF WOMEN ARE BACK TO 18. 48 IN THE WEEK BEFORE THE FIRST WOMEN'S CONVENTION DEMANDING RIGHTS THAT WAS HELD HERE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK SO THEY COULD CONTINUE ON THAT PATH. THEY ARE SO DETACHED FROM REALITY WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT AMERICAN WOMEN WANT AMERICAN WOMEN, I MEANING REPUBLICANS, INDEPENDENTS, DEMOCRATS. SO THAT'S FINE. CONTINUE THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND THEM THAT THEY CONTINUE ON THE PATH OF SAYING WOMEN DON'T CARE ABOUT ABORTION AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO RUN UP THE SCORE. >> GOVERNOR AND THE CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING. IT'S A THEME FOR THIS UPCOMING CONVENTION WEEK AND THEY LAY OUT A THEMATIC LEE FOR THE PEOPLE AND A BOLD VISION FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE. A FIGHT FOR OUR FREEDOMS AND ENDING WITH KAMALA HARRIS ACCEPTING THE NOMINATION ON TO THE THEME FOR OUR FUTURE. THIS ISSUE OF ABORTION LIKE SO MANY OTHER ISSUES. OUR OUR THREAD THROUGHOUT THESE TEAMS. WHAT WHAT IS THAT? YOU THINK THE CAMPAIGN'S IMPACT GOING TO BE SORT OF TAKING THEMATIC LEE, THIS IDEA, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PEOPLE, OUR FUTURE, THE FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS. HOW DO YOU THINK THAT WILL RESONATE IN THIS THEMATIC APPROACH WITH AN ISSUE LIKE ABORTION OF AMONG OTHERS? >> I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST ABORTION. THEY'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT ABORTION ACTUALLY IS OR AN ISSUE THAT REALLY COMES DOWN TO WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE ALLOWING PEOPLE TO HAVE THEIR OWN RIGHTS. SO THAT TRANSCENDS JUST THE NARROW ISSUE OF ABORTION. WE'RE TALK ABOUT VOTING RIGHTS AND RIGHT TO MAKE YOUR DECISIONS AND THE RIGHT TO LIVE IN GOOD HOUSING, THE RIGHT TO HAVE A GOOD EDUCATION, THE RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO BUY THE GROCERIES AND HAVE THE CHILD CARE FOR YOUR FAMILY. SO THERE'S ALSO AFFORDABILITY IS GOING TO BE A MAJOR THEME OF THIS END. I WENT YESTERDAY SHOPPING AT TARGET WITH THE MOM THAT WE IN NEW YORK ARE ABLE TO HELP WITH MONEY TO HELP BY THOSE AT RISK FOR JEFF BACK-TO-SCHOOL SUPPLIES. I SAW HER STRUGGLING AND HAVING TO COMPARE PRICES AND HER LITTLE 12 YEAR OLDS SAYING YOU CAN'T GET THAT WIN, MOMMY. THAT WAS TOO MUCH. SO SHE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT FAMILIES IN A BROADER SENSE ABORTIONS. VERY IMPORTANT. BUT I WOULD NOT SAY THIS CONVENTION IS ALL ABOUT THAT AT ALL. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WE TALK ABOUT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT MEANS STRUGGLING WORKING CLASS AMERICANS WERE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS THEIR BACK. WHO'S LIVE THERE, EXPERIENCE MORE THAN A DONALD TRUMP EVER CAN LAY CLAIM TO. New York sends 300 direct payments >> YOU KNOW, GOVERNOR, WHAT AS YOU SAID, THAT IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT THE ECONOMIC POLICY PROPOSAL THAT VICE PRESIDENT HERE IS PUT FORWARD A PIECE OF HER PROPOSAL AS SHE PUT FORWARD THIS WEEK AND DA TELLING WITH SOMETHING, FRANKLY THAT YOU'RE DOING IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK IS SENDING OUT $300 DIRECT PAYMENTS AND MUSIC HAS THE STORY ON HIS SHOES AND LAKE ROAD AND THEN WHO QUALIFY THE MONEY IS NOW AVAILABLE TO LOW AND MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES. NO APPLICATION IS NECESSARY. WHAT IS THIS UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME? THIS IS A PILOT PROGRAM THAT'S HAPPENING IN NEW YORK. WHAT IS THE THE BACK STORY ON THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL? >> THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF MY POLICIES TO MEGAN THIS SUMMER TO REALIZE THAT FAMILIES ARE STILL STRUGGLING WITH INFLATION. WE HAVE A LOT WE CAN DO SO COUPLE OF THINGS. 350 MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED FOR FAMILIES TO HELP WITH BACK-TO-SCHOOL SPENDING. SO THIS IS A ONE SHOT INFUSION RIGHT NOW. AND I CAN TELL YOU HOW GRATEFUL THIS MOM YESTERDAY WAS YESTERDAY WHEN WE SHOP WE SHE SAID I COULD NOT BUY WHAT I NEED FOR MY 2 SONS. ONE IS AUTISTIC. THEY NEED EXTRA HELP THERE. JUST A WONDERFUL FAMILY. AND SHE SAID COUNTLESS TIMES HE WALKS THROUGH THE AISLES OF TARGET. I THANK YOU FOR LETTING THIS HAPPEN. THIS WOULD BE SUCH A STRUGGLE FOR. SO IT'S A RECOGNITION THAT WE ARE HEARING THESE VOICES. WE ALSO HELP FAMILIES AND CHILDCARE. I ANNOUNCED A PLAN WHERE A FAMILY OF 4 WITH $10180,000 OF INCOME OR LESS, THEIR CHILD CARE COSTS ARE NO LONGER $350 ON AVERAGE. IT'LL BE CAPPED AT 15. SEE, THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO GET OUT. THERE IS DEMOCRATS ARE EMBRACING THE FAMILIES. WE OWN FAMILY VALUES. WE OWN THAT NARRATIVE BECAUSE WE'RE THE ONES ACTUALLY PUTTING MONEY IN THE POCKETS OF STRUGGLING FAMILIES HERE IN NEW YORK AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY UNDER KAMALA HARRIS'S PLAN AND IT MAKES A REAL DIFFERENCE. THAT MONEY GOES BACK IN THE ECONOMY. IT HELPS CREATE JOBS. IT'S A SMART INVESTMENT INVESTING IN OUR FAMILIES. >> TO THAT POINT, LET'S TAKE A LISTEN TO VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS Harris on child tax credit ON THE SOME TALKING ABOUT HOW SHE'LL RETURN, RESTORE THE CHILD TAX CREDIT. >> SO AS PRESIDENT ON NOT ONLY RESTORE THAT TAX CUT BUT EXPANDED, WE WILL PROVIDE $6,000 IN TAX RELIEF TO FAMILIES DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF A CHILD'S LIFE. >> GOVERNOR, WE KNOW THIS WORKS. WE KNOW IT LIFTED CHILDREN OUT OF POVERTY REALLY SHOULDN'T EVEN HAVE TO MAKE THE ARGUMENT TO REPUBLICANS THAT THIS IS, IN FACT A GOOD THING. AND YET HERE WE ARE. WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT WOMEN. SO I WANT TO FINISH BY TALKING. >> ABOUT MEN KNOWING THAT THAT IS SOME OF THE WORK THAT THE HARRIS-WALZ CAMPAIGN WILL NEED TO DO TO CLOSE THE GAP IN THIS ELECTION. HOW DO YOU MAKE SOMETHING LIKE THE CHILD TAX CREDIT, A MESSAGE THAT APPEALS TO AND RESONATES WITH AMERICA, AMERICAN MEN? I THINK THIS IS EASY TO DO OR TALK ABOUT AMERICAN FAMILIES. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MANY MEN IN HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN MANY AND THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ALSO HAVE TO PAY THE BILLS. THEY'RE SITTING AT THE KITCHEN TABLE TONIGHT, JUST LIKE A WOMAN WOULD BE WITH WITH HER CHILDREN. SO I WON'T EVEN SEPARATE MEN AND WOMEN. THIS IS A FAMILY ISSUE AND THAT MONEY BACK IN THEIR POCKETS LIKE WE DID HERE IN NEW YORK. WHEN I FIRST BECAME GOVERNOR, THE CHILD TAX CREDIT STARTED EACH FOR. SO WAIT A MINUTE. I HAVE A 2 YEAR-OLD GRANDCHILD, THE DIAPERS, THE FORMULA, EVERYTHING WHEN THEIR INFANTS COSTS SO MUCH MORE MONEY. SO WHY ARE WE HELPING FAMILIES FROM BIRTH ON UP? AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT KAMALA HARRIS IS TALKING ABOUT. I THINK THE METAL APPRECIATE GETTING THAT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IS GOING TO HELP ALL FAMILIES JUST BUILT TO SURVIVE AND GET BY. BUT ALSO WE WANT TO GIVE THEM A BETTER FUTURE. THIS IS WHAT THE HARRIS WALZ ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO DO. I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT IT. >> GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL, I JUST THINK OF THIS WEEK ACTUALLY BEFORE WE LET YOU KNOW, Harriss economic plan MONDAY NIGHT. I HAVE REHEARSALS AS I'M DONE WITH YOU. ALL RIGHT, GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL, WE WILL BE WATCHING YOU MONDAY NIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. >> JOINING ME NOW, OUR GOOD FRIEND, ADRIENNE ELROD, SENIOR ADVISER AND SENIOR SPOKESPERSON FOR THE HARRIS WAS CAMPAIGN. SO, OH, WOW, YOU'RE RIGHT. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE WHERE ALL THE ACTION IS FOR SURE. BUT HERE'S THE THING YOU'RE ON THE CAMPAIGN NOW. BUT YOU WERE IN THE BIDEN WHITE HOUSE. WHAT'S YOUR REACTION TO DONALD TRUMP AND THINGS HE'S SAYING ABOUT? SO IT CANNOT POLICY BEING ROLLED OUT BY KAMALA HARRIS. >> WELL, A COUPLE THINGS, ALEX. YES, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S GREAT TO BE WITH YOU FROM CHICAGO TODAY. THERE'S SO MUCH EXCITEMENT HERE. WE ARE ONE DAY AHEAD OF THE CONVENTION STARTING AND YOU CAN REALLY FEEL THE EXCITEMENT, ENTHUSIASM AMONG DEMOCRATS ALL THROUGHOUT CHICAGO AND HE REQUESTED THE UNITED CENTER. BUT LOOK, YOU KNOW, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AS SHE IS, SHE LAID OUT HER ECONOMIC PLAN YESTERDAY. I'M SORRY, FRIDAY AND RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE SHE TALKED ABOUT HER VISION FOR AMERICA. SHE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT SHE GREW UP MIDDLE CLASS. NOW WE'D HAVE A DAD ON TV RIGHT NOW TALKING ABOUT HER MIDDLE CLASS UPBRINGING. THE FACT THAT SHE WORKED AT MCDONALD'S THAT SHE TRULY UNDERSTANDS WHAT NO CLASS FAMILIES ARE FACING. AND SO SHE LOOKED AT THAT AD THROUGH THE LENS OF HOW SHE'S GOING TO MAKE OUR ECONOMIC DECISIONS AND WHAT HER ECONOMIC POLICIES WILL BE SAYS. SHE LAID OUT HER OWN VISION IN RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA. SHE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT SHE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE'S TAKING ON CORPORATIONS, THAT SHE'S AD, YOU KNOW, DIFFUSING PRICE GOUGING, THAT SHE'S FOCUSING ON LOWERING COSTS FOR FAMILIES. AND BY THE WAY, ALEX, AS YOU KNOW, SHE WAS VERY MUCH PART OF 4 MAJOR ECONOMIC BILLS GETTING PASSED UNDER PRESIDENT BIDEN'S LEADERSHIP. OBVIOUSLY, THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT, THE INFRASTRUCTURE BELL. THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS. THE CHIPS AND SCIENCE ACT THAT I WORKED ON THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTING SHE GOT A LOT DONE WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN, BUT SHE ALSO WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE'S LAYING OUT HER OWN ECONOMIC VISION. YOU KNOW, DONALD TRUMP CAN SAY EVERYTHING HE WANTS TO SAY. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF NON PART OF AN ECONOMIST OF SAD THAT PROJECT 2025, WHICH DONALD TRUMP HAS HIS FINGERPRINTS ALL OVER WOULD ACTUALLY CREATE A RECESSION. IT WOULD RAISE IN INFLATION. IT WOULD RAISE COSTS FOR FAMILIES. SO SHE REALLY IS MAKING A CONTRAST HERE ON OUR OWN ECONOMIC VISION, BUT ALSO WANTS TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THAT SHE WILL BE PUTTING MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN FRONT OF ANY DECISION WHEN IT COMES TO HOW SHE'S GOING TO FOCUS ON THE ECONOMY. >> SO AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE, THE VICE PRESIDENT AND GOVERNOR WALZ THERE ON THAT BUS TOUR IN PENNSYLVANIA RIGHT NOW, DONALD How will the campaign handle these challenges TRUMP SPOKE THERE YESTERDAY AND ASSOCIATED PRESS SAYS THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT'S REVERSAL ON POLICY ISSUES LIKE FRACKING THAT ARE IMPORTANT. PEOPLE IN PENNSYLVANIA OPENS THE DOOR TO ATTACKS BY REPUBLICANS. HOW WILL A CAMPAIGN HANDLE THESE KINDS OF CHALLENGES? >> LOOK, I'M E ALEX. WE KNOW THAT DONALD TRUMP IS NOT RIGHT ON THE ISSUES. HE'S NOT FIGHTING FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES. THE FIGHTING FROM SOUTH IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN PART BECAUSE HE WAS TO KEEP HIM SOUTH OUT OF OUT OF JAIL AS A CONVICTED FELON. THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN WE FOR. HE FIRST RAN FOR PRESIDENT. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS CHANGED SINCE HE RAN FOR PRESIDENT. I YOU KNOW, LAST TIME I DID TAKE IT IN 2020, BUT HE IS HE'S TRYING TO DISTRACT BECAUSE HE'S NOT RIGHT ON THE ISSUES AND BY THE VICE PRESIDENT IS MAKING CLEAR TO VOTERS WHERE SHE STANDS, THAT SHE IS FIGHTING FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES, THAT SHE IS PUTTING THE DESIRES AND THE NEEDS OF AMERICAN FAMILIES FOR SAID IS WHAT SHE THINKS ABOUT EVERY SINGLE DAY WHEN SHE WAKES AT. HOW AM I GONNA IMPROVE ELI LIVES OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. DONALD TRUMP WAKES UP AND THINKS ABOUT HIMSELF. SO SHE'S CONTINUING TO MAKE THAT CONTRAST EVERY SINGLE DAY ON THE CAMPAIGN AND CAMPAIGN TRAIL. WE THINK DONALD TRUMP LOOK MORE AND MORE UNHINGED. HE'S MADE MADE SOME CRAZY ERRATIC STATEMENTS, MORE ERRATIC THAN USUAL, WHICH IS SAYING A LOT ABOUT DONALD TRUMP ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL BECAUSE HE'S WORRIED ABOUT THE VICE PRESIDENT. HE SEES A RISE IN THE POLLS. YOU KNOW, HE SEES THAT THE FACT THAT SHE'S BRINGING INDEPENDENTS, YOUNG VOTERS AND VOTERS OF ALL TYPES INTO HER FOLD. AND HE UNDERSTANDS THAT SHE I DID THAT, THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE ALIGNING WITH HER VISION, THAT THEY'RE ALIGNING WITH HER MESSAGE. AND IT'S OBVIOUSLY SCARING HIM AND HE'S MAKING HIM NERVOUS. AND SO HE HAS TO RESORT TO SAYING ERRATIC THINGS AND MAKING STATEMENTS THAT ARE ADDED IT. THANK LATE, FRANKLY, NOT TRUE. >> AND I AM NOT ALIGNED WITH OUR CAMPAIGN. YEAH. I THINK YOU THROW THE WORD LUDICROUS AND TO DESCRIBE SOME OF THE STATEMENTS New York Times profile on Vice President Harris THAT HE MADE. YOU COULD SAY THAT. YEAH. LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT A PRETTY FASCINATING NEW YORK TIMES PROFILE TODAY THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLES BP HARRIS PLAYED IN KEY WHITE HOUSE DECISIONS. BUT I WANT TO READ TOO SHORT PARTS FROM IT. HERE'S THE FIRST QUOTE. SHE SAW A TRAP DOORS AROUND HER AND WANTED TO AVOID THEM. SHE CONSIDERED HERSELF A TEAM PLAYER, BUT COULD NOT ALWAYS BE SURE THE TEAM HAD HER BEST INTERESTS AT HEART. HE'S THE ONE HER ALLIES BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT'S STAFF OFTEN CLIPPED HER WINGS, APPROPRIATING HER INITIATIVES FOR HIM TO ANNOUNCE WITHOUT BUILDING UP HER OWN PUBLIC PROFILE. YOU ARE PART OF THE WHITE HOUSE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM. IS THAT AN ACCURATE ASSESSMENT? >> WELL, LOOK, I MEAN, ALEX, I'M NOT GONNA SIT HERE AND COMMENT ABOUT AT A NEW YORK TIMES STORY THAT HAS A LOT OF SOURCES ON BACKGROUNDER ON DEEP BACKGROUND, NOT GOING ON THE RECORD. WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT I WAS PART THE CHIPS IMPLEMENTATION TEAM AT THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. I WAS PART OF THE BIDEN-HARRIS CAMPAIGN IN 2020 AND I SAW PRESIDENT BIDEN, VICE PRESIDENT DAY HEIRESS TOGETHER ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS WORKING TOGETHER, COLLABORATING TOGETHER. PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS MADE IT CLEAR CONSTANTLY THAT HE LOOKED A VICE PRESIDENT. HARRIS IS ITS TOP PARTNER THAT HE SOUGHT HER COUNSEL AND ADVICE ON A NUMBER OF KEY ISSUES. THAT WAS SOMETHING I CERTAINLY THOUGHT WHEN THEY WERE RUNNING TOGETHER TO SEEK THE PRESIDENCY IN 2020. IT'S SOMETHING THAT I OBSERVED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS AS PART OF THE ADMINISTRATION. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I STILL SEE TODAY WHEN PRESIDENT BIDEN MADE IT CLEAR HE WAS GOING TO STEP DOWN, HE WAS GOING TO PUT ITS FULL WEIGHT BEHIND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AS THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE. HE SAID HE SAID IN PART HE SAID ONE OF THE REASONS WHY HE WAS DOING THAT IS BECAUSE YOU KEEP EATING SAYS SHE IS THE MOST PREPARED DEMOCRAT TO TAKE ON DONALD TRUMP AND MAKE SURE THAT WE SAVE DEMOCRACY AND KEEP THE POLICIES OF HIM. HIS ADMINISTRATION GOING. SHE'S BEEN A TRUE PARTNER TO HIM. THAT'S WHAT I'VE ALWAYS SEEN. AND ED, I DON'T REALLY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT CONJECTURE. AND, YOU KNOW, ITS SOURCE IS THAT THAT THAT FRANKLY, THE I WON'T GO ON THE RECORD, WHICH TELLS ME THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. >> OKAY, I GET IT AND LET ME JUST SAY BECAUSE WE'RE OUT OF TIME, YOU'RE LUCKY. I'M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU TO REVEAL ANY SURPRISES. I TRIED TO GET THAT OUT OF MIKE MEMOLI EARLIER. HE'S LIKE NOW THAT IT WOULDN'T BE SURPRISING THAT ALONG TO TRY TO GET IT OUT OF ADRIAN. BUT YOU'RE OFF THE HOOK, MY FRIEND. >> THIS TIME. WELL, I WILL TELL YOU, I WILL TELL YOU. THAT'S ALEX. I WILL TELL YOU THAT STEPHANIE CUTTER AND RICKY KIRSHNER, 2 OF THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS WHO BROUGHT YOU THE TWENTY-TWENTY CONVENTION VIRTUALLY WHO BROUGHT YOU AT THE INAUGURATION. THEY ARE DOING THIS CONVENTION HERE. AND YET THIS CONVENTION HERE TODAY, I CAN TELL YOU IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY INCREDIBLE FOUR-DAY. SO BUCKLE UP AND MAKE SURE YOU'RE WATCHING YOUR TV EVERY SINGLE NIGHT IS GOING TO BE REALLY, REALLY QUITE SOMETHING. >> OKAY. DULY NOTED WILL BE THEIR APPRECIATION. THANKS SO MUCH, ADRIENNE. >> JOINING ME NOW FROM THE DNC CONVENTION CENTER IN CHICAGO, MITCH LANDRIEU, NATIONAL CO-CHAIR OF THE HARRIS-WALZ 2024 CAMPAIGN, MR. LANDRIEU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT. OBVIOUSLY, THE MOOD AMONG DEMOCRATS GOING INTO THIS CONVENTION IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN JUST BARELY A MONTH AGO WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN STEPPED ASIDE IN THE PARTY COALESCED AROUND KAMALA HARRIS. AND WE'VE GOT NEW DATA FROM ABC AND THE WASHINGTON POST SHOWING JUST HOW MUCH GROUND HARRIS'S GATE SHE'S AHEAD OF TRUMP NATIONALLY AT 49% TO 45% AMONG REGISTERED VOTERS WILL KNOW THAT'S WITHIN THE MARGIN OF ERROR, BUT A VAST IMPROVEMENT FROM WHERE WE WERE JUST A MONTH AGO. HOW DO YOU BUILD ON THE MOMENTUM THIS WEEK? >> REVEREND, THANK. IT'S GREAT TO SEE. AND OF COURSE, IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE IN CHICAGO. YOU KNOW, A LOT HAS CHANGED IN THE LAST 30 DAYS. BUT THE ONE THING THAT HASN'T CHANGED IS DONALD TRUMP IS STILL A CONVICTED FELON. DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE A SEXUAL ABUSER, A BUSINESS FRAUD. DONALD TRUMP WAS A TERRIBLE PRESIDENT WHO LEFT THE ECONOMY. THIS COUNTRY IN A SHAMBLES AND DONALD TRUMP IS ABOUT DARKNESS AND GRIEVANCE. THAT HAS NOT CHANGED THAT. HE HASN'T SAID ONE THING OR DONE ANYTHING TO CHANGE THE WAY PEOPLE IN AMERICA FEEL ABOUT HIM. BUT WHAT'S CHANGED ON OUR SIDE IS THAT THIS SIDE OF THE TICKET IS FIRED UP AND READY TO GO. AS YOU CAN TELL, THERE'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF EXCITEMENT, HOPE AND OPTIMISM. AND BY THE WAY, THANKS TO PRESIDENT BIDEN FOR THE INCREDIBLE DECISION THAT HE MADE ONE OF THE MOST SELFLESS DECISIONS. I KNOW THAT YOU'VE WITNESSED IN YOUR INCREDIBLE LIFE TO BASICALLY PUT US IN A POSITION WHERE KAMALA HARRIS AND TIM WALTZ CAN BRING US INTO THE FUTURE THAT HE'S BEEN DYING TO BE BORN FOR QUITE A LONG TIME. SO A LOT OF EXCITEMENT, A LOT OF JOY. AND OF COURSE, YOU SEE PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY RESPONDING TO THAT. YOU KNOW, LOOK AT LOOK AT THE FOLKS THAT ARE SHOWING UP IN THE PLACES WHERE THEY GO ON IS REALLY JUST AN INCREDIBLE THING. I'VE NEVER SEEN IT IN MY POLITICAL LIFETIME. AND IT'S SOMETHING FOR US TO SAVOR AND ENJOY. HOWEVER, THE VICE PRESIDENT WILL TELL US ALL THE TIME. KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN. KEEP YOUR SHOULDER TO THE WHEEL. THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY, VERY, VERY CLOSE RACE. EVERYBODY'S GOT TO GET OUT AND VOTE. AND IF WE DO THAT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BRIGHTER TOMORROW FOR ALL OF US. >> WHERE IS WALTER GOOD KICKED OFF HIS BUS TO ALL OF SWING STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA THIS MORNING IN ROUTE TO CHICAGO AND THE CONVENTION. I WANT TO PLAY ANOTHER MOMENT FROM THE CAMPAIGN STOP EARLIER TODAY IN ROCHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA. TAKE A LISTEN. >> THIS CAMPAIGN IS ABOUT A RECOGNITION THAT FRANKLY, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, THERE'S BEEN THIS KIND OF PERVERSION THAT IS TAKING PLACE, I THINK, WHICH IS TO SUGGEST, WHICH IS TO SUGGEST THAT THE MEASURE OF THE STRENGTH OF THE LEADERS BASED ON WHO YOU BEAT DOWN. >> WHEN WILL WE KNOW IS THE REAL AND TRUE MEASURE OF THE STRENGTH OF A LEADER IS BASED ON THE LIST. >> STRENGTH LOOKS LIKE. >> MISTER LANDRIEU, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE VICE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE CONVENTION, AS YOU SAID, IF THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION? >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, AMEN TO WHAT YOU JUST SAID. SECONDLY, REMEMBER, THIS IS SHE HAD TO WAS SECOND, TOM AROUND THE BLOCK. THEY'VE BEEN ALL THE SWING STATES ALREADY. AND THAT STARTED THE SECOND TIME DONALD TRUMP'S BEEN KIND OF HANGING OUT IN FRONT OF HIS PLACE IN BEDMINSTER, TALKING ABOUT AREAS AND WHATEVER ELSE HE WAS TALKING ABOUT. BUT IN THAT VERY SMALL CLIP, YOU SAW A VERY CLEAR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AND KAMALA HARRIS'S VISION FOR AMERICA. DONALD TRUMP'S VISION IS TO TEAR PEOPLE APART. HE HAS PITTED FATHER AGAINST SON, MOTHER AGAINST DAUGHTER. HE REALLY DOESN'T HAVE AN ECONOMIC AGENDA. ALL HE WANTS TO DO IS GIVE TAX CUTS TO THE RICH AND TERRY BODY DOWN BECAUSE HE THINKS THAT'S HOW YOU WIN AND HE THINKS THAT'S HOW YOU BRING AMERICA BACK. KAMALA HARRIS, THOUGH, OUR VISION AND TIM WALTERS. LISTEN WHEN WE ARE TOGETHER WHEN WE INCLUDE EVERYBODY, WHEN WE LIFT EVERYBODY UP, NOT PUSH EVERYBODY DOWN. THAT'S WHEN AMERICA IS AT GREATEST. AND THAT IS WHAT SHE'S GOING TO LEAN INTO ON THURSDAY NIGHT SHOW PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE MEAT ON THAT BONE IS. BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU'RE REALLY JUST NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT. SHE BELIEVES IN AMERICA THAT EVERYBODY WHERE EVERYBODY HAS A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND DONALD TRUMP BELIEVES IN AN AMERICA WHERE ONLY HE SITTING AT THE TABLE FROM A PRESIDENT. TRUMP. >> HELD HIS OWN RALLY IN PENNSYLVANIA LAST NIGHT WHERE HE WENT ON A TIRADE OF ATTACKS AGAINST VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS CALLING ON BOTH A COMMUNIST AND A FASCIST AND GOING ON THE KNICKS STAN GRANT ABOUT HER LAUGH. THE TROUBLE IS ALSO APPARENTLY CHANGED HIS MIND ABOUT CAMPAIGNING DURING THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, ANNOUNCING A SERIES OF EVENTS THIS WEEK SUPPOSEDLY ON THE ECONOMY, CRIME AND NATIONAL SECURITY. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE MESSAGE TRUMP HAS BEEN SENDING AMERICANS AT THIS POINT IN THE RACE? >> WELL, A COUPLE THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, WHEN HE'S TALKING, HE'S GENERALLY LIGHT AND HE AND IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, PEOPLE ARE WONDERING WHETHER HIS GREAT GREAT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG TIME. HE DON'T KNOW WHETHER HE'S COMING ARE GONE. HE IS LIKE A LOST BALL IN HIGH WEEDS. SO YOU YOU CAN HARDLY UNDERSTAND ANYTHING THAT HE'S SAYING AGAIN. BUT THAT'S WHO DONALD TRUMP IS. IF YOU WANT CHAOS, IF YOU WANT SOMEBODY THAT IS CONSTANTLY TERRENCE SOMEBODY DOWN AND LET ME LET ME JUST SAY THIS. IF I MIGHT JUST LEAN INTO THIS, HE SEEMS TO HAVE A REAL PROBLEM WITH THE FACT THAT HE'S RUNNING AGAINST A WOMAN WHO WAS BLACK. AND YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT WHETHER SHE'S IN DNR, SHE'S BLACK AND HE'S CONCERNED ABOUT. SO LET ME TRY TO EXPLAIN IT TO HIM, ALTHOUGH I CAN UNDERSTAND FROM YOU CAN ACTUALLY IN AMERICA BE 2 THINGS AT ONCE. YOU CAN BE INDIAN AND YOU CAN BE BLACK. YOU CAN BE IRISH AND YOU CAN BE ITALIAN OR YOU COULD BE IGNORANT AND ARROGANT LIKE HE IS BECAUSE IN AMERICA, WE BELIEVE IN EVERYBODY COMING TOGETHER AND DOING ONE THING AND LIFTING EVERYBODY UP. AND SO HE DOESN'T HAVE AN ECONOMIC PLAN. ALL HE HAS A PLAN FOR HIMSELF AND HIS FRIENDS. SHE'S GOT A PLAN FOR THE FUTURE. AND I THINK THE ENERGY THAT YOU'RE SEEING OUT THERE RIGHT NOW AS A WELLSPRING OF SUPPORT ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM, BY THE WAY, ACROSS GEOGRAPHIES, WHERE PEOPLE ARE FINALLY SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT, I CAN SEE A BRIGHTER FUTURE. I LIKE THE FACT THAT WE COULD BE STRONG AND KIND OF THE SAME TIME BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT AMERICA IS REALLY ABOUT. AND SHE IS THE EPITOME OF IT. >> ALL RIGHT. LET'S SWITCH TO THE VICE PRESIDENT'S EMERGING ECONOMIC PLAN. YOU SERVED IN LOUISIANA FOR SEVERAL YEARS AS IT DEALT WITH NATURAL DISASTERS LIKE HURRICANE KATRINA. YOUR BACKGROUND WAS ONE OF THE REASONS PRESIDENT BIDEN TAPPED YOU, TOO, HELP IMPLEMENT HIS SIGNATURE INFRASTRUCTURE LAW. HAVING SEEN HOW POLICY PLAYS OUT IN THE REAL WORLD FOR DECADES NOW, HOW WILL THE HARRIS ECONOMIC PLAN CENTERING MIDDLE-CLASS TAX RELIEF, HOUSING AND LOWERED CAUSE POSITIVELY IMPACT REAL PEOPLE AND CANDID APPEAL TO REPUBLICANS AND INDEPENDENTS? >> WELL, 100% BECAUSE SHE IS GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON BUILDING UP THE MIDDLE CLASS. THAT'S WHERE OUR FOCUS HAS ALWAYS BEEN. THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO BE DONALD TRUMP SAYS ON TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH AND THEN GRIEVANCE. HERS IS FOR DEALING WITH ALL OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE SUFFER WITH EVERY DAY. AND TIM WALZ AND OUR BEEN OUT THERE TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE GIRL FROM OAKLAND, A LITTLE BOY FROM THE BASKET COMING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LIFT UP EVERYBODY WHO NEEDS HELP AND WHETHER IT'S GONE AFTER BIG CORPORATIONS AT A PRICE GOUGING. ARE THESE NEW HOUSING CO-OPS THAT HAVE THAT ARE CAUSING PEOPLE TO PAY MORE RENT THAN AS OPPOSED TO MAKING SURE THAT GROCERIES A LOWER THAT COST AND JUST GIVING PEOPLE A CHANCE JUST GIVING PEOPLE A CHANCE. PEOPLE WHO HAVE TALENT GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM AND THAT AMERICA IS GOING TO BE FINE AND SHE'S GOING TO HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN. BUT WE'VE GOT TO KEEP A SHOULDER TO THE WHEEL. TOUGH RACE COMING. WE GOT TO WORK HARD EVERY DAY BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A GOALLINE DECISION. WE'VE GOT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MITCH LANDRIEU, NATIONAL CO-CHAIR OF THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN. I'LL PROBABLY SEE SOME TIME THIS WEEK. I'M SURE. Russ Voit and Project 2025 >> WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THE SHOW WARNING YOU ABOUT THE DANGERS OF PROJECT 2025. WE'VE ALSO SPENT SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT ONE OF THE PLAN'S KEY AUTHORS THAT GUY FOR US TO VOTE, SOMEONE WHO COULD BE WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF DURING A SECOND TRUMP TERM. WELL, THIS WEEK WE WATCHED TRUST FOOD EXPLAIN TO UNDERCOVER REPORTERS THAT HE IS PERSONALLY OVERSEEING THE DRAFTING OF HUNDREDS OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS, REGULATIONS AND MEMOS TO HELP MAKE PROJECT 2025 RADICAL GOALS A REALITY. AND WHILE TRUMP AND HIS ALLIES CLAIM THEY THEY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT PRIDE OF 2025. BOTH MANAGED TO UNDERMINE THAT CLAIM AT LITERALLY EVERY TURN. >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE H*** IT IS. IT'S PROJECT 45. HE'S INVOLVED IN PROJECT AND THEN THEY READ SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HE THINKS. I MEAN THIS SERIOUSLY EXTREME TO ME WHAT IT IS TO BLAME. >> HE IS NOT RUNNING AGAINST ANY PEOPLE THAT HE IS NOT RUNNING AGAINST ANY INSTITUTIONS. IT'S INTERESTING. HE'S IN FACT, MANY OPPOSING TEAMS TO PARTICULAR POLICY PROJECT 2025 IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN. BEEN VERY HAPPY WITH THE JTA. THINK IT'S ONE THING FOR SURE. THE CITY TO GIVE HIM AS A MEMBER OF WHAT WE DO. PROJECT 2025 HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PAST PRESENT OR FUTURE. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND PRESIDENT TRUMP ALONE WILL MAKE HIS OWN POLICIES. IF IT'S SOMEONE LIKE STEPHEN MILLER LITE HAZARD AND ALL THAT STUFF GETS THE ONE RIGHT IN. >> JOINING ME NOW IS DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN DAN GOLDMAN OF NEW YORK. >> CONGRESSMAN, IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING ME. I WANT TO START BY ASKING YOU TO DO GIVE US YOUR REACTION TO THAT UNDERCOVER VIDEO. THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS OF RUST VOTE AND THAT SIDE BY SIDE TRUMP ALLIES TRYING TO DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM PROJECT 2025. >> YEAH, IT'S TELLING RIGHT IN PRIVATE IS CLEAR THAT THIS IS ALL PART OF THE TRUMP OPERATION. YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK FAR AS A BOY. THAT WAS THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET DIRECTOR UNDER DONALD TRUMP. JOHN MCENTEE IS ANOTHER HAD LEADER OF PROJECT 2025. HE WAS DONALD TRUMP'S A PERSONNEL MANAGER. DAN LANDS JUST LEFT EVEN THOUGH HE WAS A BIG PART OF TRUMP'S OPERATION. AND LET'S NOT FORGET AND THIS IS CALLED PROJECT 2025. IT IS NOT THOUGHT TO 2029. IT IS NOT CALLED PROJECT OF THE FUTURE. DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN THE CLEAR PRESUMPTIVE NOMINEE SINCE JANUARY 7TH 2021. AND WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE GEARING UP FOR. THEY HAVE A MASSIVE ROLODEX OF PEOPLE THAT THEY WANT TO PLUG THE INTO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. THERE HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS COORDINATION BEHIND THE SCENES. DONALD TRUMP REALIZES THAT IT IS A POLITICAL LIABILITY SO HE WILL LIE AS HE ALWAYS DOES AND TRY TO RUN AWAY FROM IT. BUT HE CAN RUN AS FAR AS HE WAS AND PROJECT 2025. IS GOING TO FOLLOW AND >> NO QUESTION AND REDBACK IRIS WHAT EVERYBODY SAYS RUMORED TO BE ON A SHORT LIST FOR CHIEF OF STAFF. SO, YOU KNOW, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. LET ME ASK YOU IT, KAMALA HARRIS, THERE'S A THERE'S A LOT TO TALK ABOUT PROJECT. 25, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO IT. YOU'LL CONTINUE DO IT. BUT KAMALA HARRIS INTO MALLS ARE ABOUT TO EMBARK ON THIS BUS TOUR THROUGH PENNSYLVANIA. THEY'RE KICKING IT OFF TODAY. THERE'S SO MUCH ENERGY AROUND THIS CAMPAIGN. I MEAN, IT FELT FOR SO LONG LIKE A BIG PART OF THE DEMOCRATIC MESSAGE WAS ANTI PROJECT 2025 ANTI DONALD TRUMP. OBVIOUSLY THAT STILL CORE. BUT DOES IT FEEL TO YOU LIKE THIS ELECTION IS BECOMING MORE ABOUT VOTING FOR SOMETHING RATHER THAN JUST VOTING AGAINST SOMETHING? >> YES, AND THAT'S PARTLY I THINK THE ENERGY AND VISION THAT KAMALA HARRIS HAS BROAD AND JOE BIDEN HAS BEEN A HISTORICALLY IMPRESSIVE PRESIDENT. BUT THE MESSAGE SHE HAD WAS, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO FINISH THIS JOB AND THE DANGER IS DONALD TRUMP, IF NOT NOW, WE REALLY HAVE. I WAS A MESSENGER IN KAMALA HARRIS WHO CAN PROMOTE THIS VISION OF THE FUTURE WHERE WE ARE WORKING IN GOVERNMENT SORT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. WE ARE TRYING TO LOWER COSTS. WE ARE TRYING TO GIVE THE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE THE AMERICAN DREAM AS OPPOSED TO DONALD TRUMP AND PROJECT 2025 WHICH WANTS TO GO BACK TO THE 1950'S AND TAKE AWAY OUR RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS AND LIMIT IMMIGRATION AND LIMITED TO GREAT MELTING POT. THAT IS THIS COUNTRY AND IT'S BASICALLY A FORWARD-LOOKING VISION VERSUS A REGRESSIVE VISION THAT DONALD TRUMP S. >> SOME OF IT'S EVEN GOING BACK TO THE 18 90'S EVEN BEFORE THE 1950'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT SOME. BUT BEFORE I LET YOU GO, I HAVE TO ASK YOU, I MEAN, HOUSE REPUBLICANS LED BY YOUR COLLEAGUE CONGRESSMAN JAMES COMER. I KNOW ONE OF YOUR FAVORITES LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION THIS WEEK INTO GOVERNOR TIM WALZ'S CONNECTIONS TO CHINA. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS LATEST ATTEMPT TO ATTACK THE HARRIS WAS TAKEN? AND THOUGH I MEAN, I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO STICK. BUT WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF ALL OF THAT? >> WELL, IT PROBABLY STICK AS WELL AS THE BIDEN IMPEACHMENT INVESTIGATION DID, WHICH IS TO SAY NOT AT ALL, BUT IT IS GROSSLY INAPPROPRIATE IMPROPER. YOU CANNOT USE THE OFFICIAL AUTHORITY OF CONGRESS HAS THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO DO PARTISAN ELECTORAL WORK. AND WE MADE THAT CLEAR THAT THAT'S ALL THE BIDEN IMPEACHMENT INVESTIGATION WAS FOR A YEAR AND A HALF. AND BUT NOW THERE'S NO WAY AROUND IT. AS SOON AS A VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND TIM WALZ ARE ON THE TICKET NOW, JAMES COMER LAUNCHES INVESTIGATIONS INTO THEM. IT IS CLEAR THAT JAMES COMER IS IMPROPERLY USING THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AS AN ARM OF DONALD TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN. IT WILL STAY BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING THERE AND BECAUSE COMER IS AN A**, BUT IT IS TRULY, TRULY REMARKABLE THAT THEY WOULD GO THIS FAR IN THIS BRAZENLY TO MAKE SUCH A PARTISAN EFFORT OUT OF AN OFFICIAL DUTY OF CONGRESS. >> AND GOVERNOR WALZ WAS TEACHING WHEN HE WAS IN CHINA. I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD BE AWARE OF WHAT HE WAS EVEN DOING THERE. CONGRESSMAN DAN GOLDMAN, I ALWAYS ENJOY TALKING TO YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TODAY. >> THANKS. JEN SAID THIS WEEK. >> OVER THE PAST WEEK, BOTH VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND Elizabeth Warren on Price Gouging DONALD TRUMP HAVE EMBRACED EXPANSIONS OF GOVERNMENT POWER TO DRIVE THEIR ECONOMIC POLICIES. BUT THEY'RE DOING SO IN WHAT I WILL CALL VASTLY DIFFERENT AREAS WITH VASTLY DIFFERENT LEVELS OF DETAIL. >> I WILL BE LASER FOCUSED ON CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS. >> SO THEY SAY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT SUBJECT. I'M NOT SURE IT IS. >> AS PRESIDENT I'LL STACK AND TAKE ON THE ISSUE OF THE COST OF HEALTH CARE. >> IT'S A COMMUNIST SYSTEM. YOU'RE GOING TO BE THROWN INTO A SYSTEM. >> WHERE EVERYBODY GETS HEALTH CARE AND AS PRESIDENT, I WILL TAKE ON THE HIGH COSTS THAT MATTER MOST TO MOST AMERICANS LIKE THE COST OF FOOD. >> WELL, SCHOOL LUNCHES UP 65%. HOW CAN A FAMILY OF 4 THAT? BUT LOOK AT THIS OVER WHAT A NICE. YEAH. I THINK I'M GOING TO TAKE SOME OF THEM BACK TO MY COTTAGE. >> JOINING US NOW IN MASSACHUSETTS, SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN. SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND THE COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS SENATOR, BUT TO SEE. >> GOOD MORNING, SENATOR. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK BACK AT THE TABLE. SOLIS IS STILL WITH A LITTLE BIT OF THE THE CRAZY THAT WE SEE COMING OUT OF THE REPUBLICAN SIDE ON THE ECONOMIC MESSAGING HERE. I MEAN, OKAY. SO WE GET THE WHOLE PHOTO PROPS WITH WITH PACKAGES OF FOOD. THE DONALD TRUMP WOULD HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY COST SIMPLY BECAUSE HE DON'T SHOP FOR FOOD. SO THERE IS THAT PART OF IT. BUT WHAT I WHAT I FOUND INTERESTING RELATIVE TO LEASE IS SET UP WITH THE CONTRAST WAS THE SORT OF DISMISSIVE NATURE OF THE ECONOMIC PIECE, NOT BEING IMPORTANT TALK, IF YOU WILL, ABOUT WHY THIS IS A SPECIFIC AREA FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT TO LEAN INTO THIS ECONOMIC MESSAGE. AND I WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO A TWEET THAT YOU HAVE ADD A POST ON THURSDAY BACK IN 2020, KAMALA HARRIS AND I TEAMED UP ON A SENATE BILL TO CRACK DOWN ON PRICE GOUGES IN THE PANDEMIC. SHE HAS ALWAYS FOUGHT TO PROTECT FAMILIES IN THAT ASPECT OF THE ECONOMIC MESSAGE IS A VERY POTENT ONE RIGHT NOW. WHY IS THAT AND WHY THIS PARTICULAR NARRATIVE AROUND PRICES? >> SO UNDERSTAND THIS. FAMILIES ACROSS THIS COUNTRY STRUGGLE WITH PRICES AND KAMALA HARRIS FIGHTS FOR THOSE FAMILIES. SO START WITH PRICE GOUGING RIGHT NOW. WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH SOME OF THESE GIANT CORPORATIONS THAT HAVE ALL MARKET DOMINANCE HAS USED THE EXCUSE OF INFLATION AS A WAY TO RAISE THEIR PRICES, NOT JUST TO PASS ALONG AN INCREASE IN COST, BUT ACTUALLY TO BOOST THEIR PROFITS ENORMOUSLY. SO ALL BIGGEST EGG PRODUCER IN THE UNITED STATES INCREASE THEIR PROFIT MARGIN BY 718% BY RAISING THE PRICE OF EGGS BEYOND ANYTHING. ANYBODY EXPECTED. SAME KIND OF THING AND NOT THINK OF CRAFT THE COMPANY THAT MAKES MACARONI AND CHEESE. YOU KNOW, THOSE LITTLE BOXES OF MACARONI AND CHEESE AND OSCAR MEYER WIENER, YS ALL INCREASE THEIR PROFITS BY 448%. THAT'S NOT JUST PASSING ALONG INCREASED AND COST. THAT'S PRICE GOUGING. NOW, DONALD TRUMP JUST PURPOSE AND SAYS DOESN'T DOESN'T CARE, LET GIANT CORPORATIONS CHARGING WHATEVER THEY WANT TO CHARGE YOU. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS SAYS NO, WE NEED SOME CURBS. WE NEED SOME RULES BACK WHEN SHE WAS ATTORNEY GENERAL IN CALIFORNIA. SHE WENT AFTER THE PRICE GOUGERS FOLLOWING BIG WILDFIRES IN CALIFORNIA AND THEN TWENTY-TWENTY DURING THE PANDEMIC. SHE SAID WE GOTTA PUTS RULES IN PLACE AROUND PRICE GOUGING. SO NOW SHE'S SAYING IS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT SHE CAN DO TO BRING DOWN COSTS FOR FAMILIES RIGHT THERE IN YOUR GROCERY CART. SHE CAN BRING THOSE COSTS DOWN AND SHE WANTS TO DO WITH PRICE GOUGING BILL. SOMETHING BY THE WAY, I SHOULD POINT OUT BOTH RED STATES AND BLUE STATES HAVE THE POWER TO DO. NEARLY 40 STATES ALREADY HAVE PRICE GOUGING RULES LAWS. THEY'VE BEEN USED IN FLORIDA IN TEXAS AFTER BIG HURRICANES, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AS PRESIDENT. I WANT TO SEE THAT GO NATIONWIDE WHERE WE CAN GO AFTER THESE BIG NATIONAL COMPANIES. AND I WANT TO GIVE EVERY ATTORNEY GENERAL IN EVERY STATE THE POWER TO BRING THESE ACTIONS ALONG WITH THE FTC, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO BE ABLE TO ACT ON BEHALF OF AMERICAN FAMILIES. SHE WILL LOWER COSTS FOR YOUR FAMILY. THAT'S WHAT SHE'S FIGHTING FOR. >> SENATOR, THERE'S ALMOST NO ONE HAS GOOD. IT IS AS EXPLAINING THESE ECONOMIC CONCEPT AS YOU THE ONLY PERSON I THINK WHO COMES CLOSE PERHAPS IS ROHIT CHOPRA, WHO YOU'RE Kamala Harris on Inflation VERY FAMILIAR WITH, RUNS THE CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU. HE IS. I WANT TO TAKE A LISTEN. HE WAS ON WITH US YESTERDAY. IT HOW HE EXPLAINED IT AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT ON THE OTHER SIDE. >> I THINK WE HAVE TO BE CLEAR WITH EACH OTHER. I DON'T CARE IF IT'S A HURRICANE OR A PANDEMIC. THAT SHOULD NOT BE AN EXCUSE TO JACK UP PRICES. BUT THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE HAVE SEEN SINCE 2020 2021, WE EVEN HAVE GROCERY CEOS WHEN CEO OF KROGER SAYING THEY MAKE MORE MONEY, MORE PROFIT. WHEN THERE'S SOME INFLATION, THEY CAN USE IT AS AN EXCUSE TO HIKE UP PRICES AND OFTEN THEY WANT TO CONSOLIDATE MORE AND MORE POWER TO DO THAT. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT INFLATION AS AN EXCUSE BECAUSE THAT IS A BIG WORD THAT WE KEEP HEARING FROM VOTERS THAT INFLATION REMAINS TOO HIGH REMAINS A TOP CONCERN. I THINK PART OF WHAT THE CAMPAIGN IS TRYING TO DO HERE SAY SO IT MAY BE INFLATION. THEY'RE CONCERNED WITH WHAT IF YOUR WISH, WHAT YOU ARE CONCERNED WITH IS HIGH PRICES, THEN YOU NEED TO LOOK AT IT MORE HOLISTICALLY. AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HAS SAID HERSELF IN ORDER FOR PROPOSALS TO WORK. HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH CONGRESS. CAN YOU JUST HELP US UNDERSTAND SPECIFICALLY WHAT YOUR BILL WOULD DO TO HELP CONTROL PRICES? >> SURE. SO LET'S REMEMBER, WE STARTED DOWN THIS PATH BACK DURING THE PANDEMIC AT A TIME WHEN THERE ARE SUPPLY CHAIN KINKS WIN THE WAR IN UKRAINE STARTED SO THAT CERTAIN COMMODITIES COULDN'T BE PURCHASED IN THE UNITED STATES WHEN COVID MEANT THAT DELIVERIES WERE BEING MADE. AND SO PRICES BEGIN TO GO OFF. AND THAT'S WHEN WE FIRST START TALKING ABOUT INFLATION. START TO SEE THE PATTERNS. AND WHAT HAPPENED IS THERE WERE GIANT COMPANIES THAT SAID THIS IS A LOT REAL OPPORTUNITY. WE NOT ONLY WILL PASS ALONG THE INCREASED COSTS. WE WILL J*** OUR PRICES OUT WAY BEYOND THAT AND WE WILL MAKE MORE MONEY AND UNDERSTAND I'M NOT SITTING OUT HERE DOING CONSPIRACY THEORY. THESE CEOS ACTUALLY WENT ON THEIR QUARTERLY EARNINGS CALLS TO THEIR INVESTORS AND BASICALLY SAID THE SAME THING. THEY SAID SOME OF THEM SAID INFLATION HAS BEEN VERY, VERY GOOD TO US BECAUSE IT GAVE US A CHANCE TO RAISE OUR PRICES WELL BEYOND INFLATION. SO WE PUT TOGETHER A BILL THAT SAID, NO, YOU DON'T GET A CHANCE TO DO THAT WHEN YOU HAVE MOVED AND AND RAISE YOUR PRICES EXTRAORDINARILY BECAUSE SHE'S GOT SOME KIND OF MARKET POWER. YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE IN THIS AREA. YOU HAVE DOMINANCE IN THIS AREA OR BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN AN EMERGENCY WILDFIRES, HURRICANES PANDEMICS, THEN THE TOOLS ARE THERE FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR YOUR LOCAL STATE GOVERNMENT TO MOVE IN AND SAY TO THESE COMPANIES UP, YOU CAN DO THAT AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET THIS MONEY BACK. YOU CANNOT DO THIS WITH FAMILIES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT EYE JUST AHEAD IN THE SIZE. THIS ENOUGH IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CHOOSES SIDES. IS IT GOING TO BE ON THE SIDE OF THE GIANT CORPORATIONS THAT ARE BOOSTING THEIR PROFITS BY 718%? OR IS IT GOING TO BE ON THE SIDE OF THE CONSUMER AND SAYS NO, THERE COULD BE SOME RULES IN PLACE SO THAT YOUR PRICES COME DOWN? >> SENATOR, I HAD THE HELP ME UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT BETTER. HOW DO YOU DO THAT? HOW WHAT WHAT SPECIFIC RULE YOU GOING TO TELL A COMPANY TO GIVE THAT MONEY BACK AND HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHAT PORTION OF THAT PROFIT IS? IN FACT, GOUGED OUT OUT OF THE CONSUMER AND HAS AN ADDENDUM? WHY DON'T WE DO THE SAME THING WITH ACADEMIA WITH UNIVERSITY? A PRICE INCREASES IN INFLATION ARE TIMES. I DON'T SEE THE SAME LEVEL OF TARGETING, IF YOU WILL, SOME OF IT BECAUSE YOU SEE THIS THROUGHOUT OUR ECONOMY. SO HOW DO YOU PICK AND CHOOSE WHICH ONE YOU'RE GOING TO GO AFTER? >> WELL, SO LET'S START WITH HOW YOU DECIDED WHO YOU'RE GOING AFTER THE REAL ISSUE HERE IS GAL. JUNE COMES FROM THE ABILITY TO EXPLOIT AND IT'S EITHER EXPLOIT MARKET DOMINANCE. YOU ARE THE GIANT IN THE FIELD. YOU CONTROL 80% OF THE MARKET. IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT IT WAS IN SOME LITTLE TINY EGG PRODUCER THAT INCREASED ITS PROFITS BY 718%. IT WAS COUNT MAIN, THE BIGGEST EGG PRODUCER IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. THE ONE THAT DOESN'T FACE THE KIND OF ORDINARY COMPETITION THAT YOU LIKE TO THINK ABOUT IN MARKETS, PEOPLE HAVE CHOICES. PEOPLE WOULD NOT CHOOSE THE MORE EXPENSIVE EGGS IF LOTS OF OTHER EGGS WERE AVAILABLE. SO THAT'S PART OF IT. PART OF IT CAN BE THAT THE REASON PRICES ARE UPS BECAUSE YOU'RE IN A HURRICANE, THE CULTURE IN A WILDFIRE BECAUSE YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC WHERE WE SEE ENORMOUS CONSTRAINTS. IF YOU HAVE IN MEDIA POWER IN YOUR REGION THAT YOU ARE SERVING AND ALL WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE GIVING THE ORDINARY TOOLS THAT THE STATES LIKE I SAID, NEARLY 40 STATES ALREADY DO THIS. WE WANT TO GIVE THAT SAME TOOL TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SO THE FTC CAN DO IT. AND IN THE SAME WAY THAT THE FTC LOOKS AT THE BASIC DATA, THE NUMBERS AND SAYS, WOW, YOU HAVE MARKET DOMINANCE. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT YOUR TRADE PRACTICES HERE. WE'LL GET A LOOK AT YOUR PURCHASING PRACTICES UNDER THE ROBINSON PATTON. ARE YOU CHARGING MORE TO LITTLE COMPANIES? THEN YOU'RE CHARGED BIG COMPANIES. WE GO AFTER UNFAIR PRACTICES. THEY'RE THE SAME KIND OF THING IS POSSIBLE ON PROUD PRICE GOUGING. IT'S BEEN DONE FOR DECADES NOW. NOW IT IS TIME TO USE THAT TOOL NATIONWIDE AGAINST NATIONWIDE COMPANIES