Countdown to the 2024 election: Day 75 | MSNBC Highlights

REPUBLICANS THIS WEEK IN AN EFFORT TO SWAY SWING VOTERS. FORMER GEORGIA LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR GEOFF DUNCAN, FORMER CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER AND FORMER TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL OLIVIA TROYE WILL BE SPEAKING EITHER TODAY OR TOMORROW. MEANWHILE, FORMER TRUMP WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY STEPHANIE GRISHAM AND MESA, ARIZONA MAYOR JOHN GILES SPOKE YESTERDAY SLAMMING FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, TRUMP MOCKS HIS SUPPORTERS. HE CALLS THEM BASEMENT DWELLERS ON A HOSPITAL VISIT. ONE TIME WHEN PEOPLE WERE DYING IN THE ICU, HE WAS MAD THAT THE CAMERAS WERE NOT WATCHING HIM. HE HAS NO EMPATHY, NO MORALS AND NO FIDELITY TO THE TRUTH. HE USED TO TELL ME IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU SAY, STEPHANIE, SAY IT ENOUGH AND PEOPLE WILL BELIEVE YOU. BUT IT DOES MATTER WHAT HE SAYS MATTER AND WHAT YOU DON'T SAY MATTERS. PRESS SECRETARY, I GOT SKEWERED FOR NEVER HOLDING A WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING. IT'S BECAUSE I'M LIKE MY BOSS. I NEVER WANT TO STAND AT THAT PODIUM IN LIE. NOW HERE I AM BEHIND A PODIUM ADVOCATING FOR DEMOCRATS. SHE RESPECTS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND SHE HAS MY VOTE. >> I HAVE A CONFESSION TO MAKE. I'M A LIFELONG REPUBLICAN. I FEEL A LITTLE OUT OF PLACE TONIGHT, BUT I FEEL MORE AT HOME HERE THAN IN TODAY'S REPUBLICAN PARTY EXTREMISTS AND EVOLVED INTO A CULT. THE CALL OF DONALD TRUMP, GOVERNOR JIM MASK MESSAGE FOR THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS WHO LIKE ME ARE IN THE POLITICAL MIDDLE. JOHN MCCAIN'S REPUBLICAN PARTY IS GONE AND WE DON'T KNOW A D*** THING TO WHAT'S BEEN LEFT BEHIND. >> SO YOU'RE HEARING FROM REPUBLICANS THERE, INCLUDING THAT WAS STEPHANIE GRISHAM WAS CHIEF OF STAFF TO MELANIA TRUMP, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY AS WELL. BUT SAYING THAT ON 1/6/2021, SHE TEXTED AND PRODUCE THE TAX, PUT IT UP ON THIS BEING SAID, WE NEED TO SAY PEACEFUL PROTESTS ARE FINE BUT NO VIOLENCE WHICH WOULD PUT US TO. SHE WAS ASKING A LOT ALANNA IT TO DO THAT. AND MELANIA REPLIED SIMPLY NO. WOW. SO THERE YOU HAVE IT. SO MEANWHILE, WHILE DEMOCRATS WERE SPREADING THAT OPTIMISTIC MESSAGE ABOUT AMERICA YESTERDAY AND LAST NIGHT, FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP DELIVERING AID OUR SPEECH TO PUT IT MILDLY ABOUT THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY AS HE SEES IT AT A SHERIFF'S OFFICE. IN HOWELL, MICHIGAN, TRUST SPENT NEARLY AN HOUR VILIFYING MIGRANTS AND MAKING FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT CRIME UNDER THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION. >> AND JUST ABOUT EVERY LAW ENFORCEMENT TO GROUP IN THE COUNTRY'S INTEREST, THIS IS YOU PROBABLY HAVE HEARD AND THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE OTHER GROUP DOESN'T. BUT YOU CAN'T WALK ACROSS THE STREET TO GET A LOAF OF BREAD. YOU GET SHOT MCGEE, GET RAPED THROUGH A STOP TO PLUNDER A SLAUGHTER AND DESTRUCTION OF OUR AMERICAN SUBURBS. I KEEP THE SUBURB SAFE. I STOPPED LOW-INCOME TOWERS FROM RISING RIGHT ALONG SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND KEEPING THE ILLEGAL MILLIONS OF AWAY FROM THE SUBURB IN 2019 DASH 0. NOW YOU HAVE THOUSANDS OF TERROR IS COMING INTO OUR COUNTRY. THOUSANDS OF TENNESSEE'S OF THE PEOPLE THE BLOW UP THE WORLD TRADE CENTER. BAD THINGS WILL HAPPEN, THEN ARRESTS PEOPLE ANYMORE. AND AND THE SHOOTING ARREST PEOPLE FOR SAYING THE ELECTION WAS RIGGED BUT THEY LIKE THAT. THEY GO. THEY GO AFTER GUYS LIKE ME. BUT THEY DON'T GO AFTER PEOPLE THAT KILL PEOPLE. >> IT DONALD TRUMP'S OF COURSE DESCRIBING THE PLOT OF FORT APACHE, THE BRONX, A GREAT MOVIE. IT WAS GREAT. THIS GREAT MOVIE THAT REFLECT THE GREAT REFERENCE TO. BUT IT BEARS ABSOLUTELY NO RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE HE SAYS YOU GET SHOT. IF YOU WALK ACROSS THE STREET ARE RAPED OR RAPED. IF YOU WANT TO SHARE THAT PIECE OF BREAD A CRIME, I KNOW THAT THESE FACTS AS RONALD REAGAN WOULD SAY, DECIDE STUBBORN THINGS. AND I KNOW IT HERE TATE'S PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP. BUT IF CRIME KEEPS GOING ON THE TRAJECTORY THAT IT'S GOING RIGHT NOW, IT'S GOING TO BE LOWER THAN IT WAS VIOLENT CRIME IN 1950, CRIME IS GOING AND EXTRAORDINARILY POSITIVE DIRECTION. RIGHT NOW WE'VE SEEN INFLATION CONTINUING TO GO DOWN. AND AGAIN, I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I CAN SAY THIS, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE REPEATED BECAUSE REPUBLICANS ALLY SO MUCH ABOUT IMMIGRATION, ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSINGS. WE'RE AT A 50 YEAR LOW WHEN BARACK OBAMA LEFT OFFICE AND DONALD TRUMP BECAME PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. IT SKYROCKETED AFTER BARACK OBAMA LEFT OFFICE. REMEMBER, HE WAS CALLED DO PORTER IN CHIEF? REMEMBER THAT? THERE'S A REASON BECAUSE ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSINGS UNDER OBAMA, BIDEN WERE AT A 50 YEAR LOW THAN DONALD TRUMP BECAME PRESIDENT STARTED TO SKYROCKET AND NOW ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSINGS ARE LOWER THAN THEY WERE WHEN DONALD TRUMP LEFT OFFICE. SO I UNDERSTAND THE FACTS DO MATTER FOR SO MANY PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP BECAUSE HOW COULD THEY IF YOU'RE STILL SUPPORTING DONALD TRUMP AND WE CAN GO DOWN THE LONG, LONG LIST OF THINGS HE SAID AND THINGS HE JUST ON. I'VE GOT TO SAY THAT'S STEPHANIE GRISHAM EMAIL TO MELANIA TRUMP'S. YEAH. THE TAX SAYING SHOULD WE SAY THAT THE PROTESTS SHOULD BE PEACEFUL AND HER RESPONSE PAYING KNOW REALLY SHOWS JUST AS HOW CORROSIVE, HOW CORROSIVE THAT ADMINISTRATION WISE AND THE PEOPLE AROUND DONALD TRUMP, ITS INEXPLICABLY. YEAH, IT'S INEXPLICABLY THAT ANYBODY, ANY PRESIDENT, ANY FIRST LADY, ANYBODY ASSOCIATED WITH THE WHITE HOUSE, I WOULD NOT CALL FOR PEACEFUL PROTESTS. AND YET THERE YOU HAVE IT. AT LEAST THE PRESIDENT, THE FIRST LADY, NO WALL. I WILL SAY EVERYBODY ELSE AROUND DONALD TRUMP INCLUDING HIS CHILDREN WERE DESPERATELY TRYING TO GET THROUGH TO HIM SAYING TELL TELL THEM TO STOP FOX NEWS HOST WHO WOULD GO ON THAT NIGHT AND DEFEND DONALD TRUMP AFTER THE RIOTS AFTER THE 4 DEAD COPS THEY WOULD DEFEND. BUT WHILE IT WAS HAPPENING, THEY WERE DESPERATELY ASKING HIM PART TO STOP HIS LAWYERS BEGGING HIM TO TELL HIM STOP. THEY WOULDN'T DO IT. SO, YEAH, IT'S I GUESS FACTS. WE REALLY JUST DON'T MATTER. UNFORTUNATELY, IT DOES SO MANY BAD. >> THAT REGARDLESS OF WHERE YOU COME FROM, WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE, WHO YOU LOVE, HOW YOU WORSHIP OR WHAT'S IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, WE ALL DESERVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A DECENT LIFE. ALL OF OUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO SERVE UP TO A VALUE. NO ONE HAS A MONOPOLY ON WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN AMERICAN. NO ONE. BECAUSE WHAT IT FOR A NEW CHAPTER IS READY FOR A BETTER STORY. READY FOR A PRESIDENT, KAMALA HARRIS. >> HI AGAIN, EVERYBODY. IT'S 5 O'CLOCK IN YOUR GUT IS 4 O'CLOCK IN CHICAGO WHERE ALL THE ACTION IS TODAY. A CITY STILL BASKING IN THE AFTERGLOW OF THAT LAST NIGHT SOARING AND INSPIRING SPEECHES FROM FORMER PRESIDENT AND FORMER FIRST LADY BARACK AND MICHELLE OBAMA. POPE DELIVERING POWERFUL AND DIRECT MESSAGES TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND ALL OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. THERE'S ONLY ONE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WHO HAS COMMITTED TO PUTTING ALL OF THE PEOPLE. FIRST, FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA DRAWING A CLEAR CONTRAST BETWEEN VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE. >> KAMALA HARRIS WILL BE FOCUSED ON HER PROBLEMS. SHE'LL BE FOCUSED ON YOURS AS PRESIDENT. SHE WON'T JUST CATER THEIR OWN SUPPORTERS AND PUNISH THOSE WHO REFUSE TO KISS THE RING OR BEND THE KNEE SHOW WORK ON BEHALF OF EVERY AMERICAN THAT TO KAMALA IS. >> AND SO HE KNOWS THAT BETTER THAN ANYONE IN HER OWN HUSBAND ALSO DELIVERED A TOUCHING TESTIMONIAL AND TRIBUTE LAST NIGHT SHARING HIS PERSONAL STORY AND HIS LOVE STORY WITH HARRIS. >> WE TALKED FOR AN HOUR AND WE LAUGH. YOU KNOW THAT A LOF. I LOVE THAT LAUGH COUNTED AS OUR FIRST DATE OR MAYBE IT WAS THAT SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN I PICKED HER UP AND TOLD HER BUCKLE UP ON A REALLY BAD DRIVER BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HIDE ANYTHING FROM KAMALA HARRIS. SO YOU MIGHT AS WELL OWN IT AS I GOT TO KNOW HER BETTER AND JUST FELL IN LOVE FAST. I LEARNED WHAT DRIVES KAMALA AND IT'S WHAT YOU SEEN OVER THESE PAST 4 YEARS. AND ESPECIALLY THESE PAST 4 WEEKS. SHE FINDS JOY AND PURSUING JUSTICE. SHE STANDS UP TO BO IS JUST LIKE MY PARENTS TAUGHT ME TO AND SHE LIKES TO SEE PEOPLE DO WELL BUT HATES WHEN THEY'RE TREATED UNFAIRLY. SHE BELIEVES THIS WORK REQUIRES A BASIC CURIOSITY AND JUST HOW PEOPLE ARE DOING HER EMPATHY IS HER STRENGTH. >> WELL, THE VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS IS IN MILWAUKEE LAST NIGHT HOSTING A MEGA RALLY OF HER OWN. SHE MADE SURE TO CATCH HER HUSBAND'S SPEECH, POSTING THE SWEET MOMENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WRITING LOVE YOU, DADDY. WATCHING HIM. GIVE THAT STAGE 4. I JUST AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT DIVE TONIGHT, WE'LL LEARN MORE ABOUT THE OTHER IMPORTANT MAN AND KAMALA HARRIS'S LIFE. THE PERSON SHE SELECTED TO BE HER VICE PRESIDENT, MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ, A FORMER HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER FOR FOOTBALL COACH, FORMER NATIONAL GUARDSMAN, BUT REPORTEDLY HAS NEVER USED A TELEPROMPTER BEFORE. HE WILL BE TONIGHT'S KEYNOTE SPEAKER. SO GET READY FOR NIGHT. 3 OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION AS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CONTINUES TO RALLY SUPPORT AND ENTHUSIASM. AND AS MICHELLE OBAMA SAID LAST NIGHT, HOPE AHEAD OF THE ELECTION, WHICH IS NOW JUST 76 DAYS AWAY. THAT'S WHERE WE START THE HOUR, MY FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE, NBC NEWS POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT JACOB SOBOROFF BACK ON THE CONVENTION FLOOR FOR US. >> SO JACOB, I I WONDER IF IT FELL. >> IN THE ROOM LIKE IT FELT WATCHING, LIKE, LIKE THE THE OBAMA SORT OF CRACKED OPEN WHAT WAS EXCITEMENT AND ENTHUSIASM AND AND AND ADDED ALL THIS DEPTH OF FEELING 2 TO WHAT THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN THROUGH AND ESPECIALLY THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OVER THESE LAST 8 YEARS. >> IT FELT ELECTRIC, NICOLE, AND IT WAS A FEELING ON LIKE OF THE I GUESS THAT WAS THE SECOND DAY OF THIS. WHAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH 4 DAYS OF THE OTHER CONVENTION THROUGH ALL OF THE DAYS OF ALL OF THE CONVENTION. SO FAR, IT FELT UNIQUE AND IT FELT IT FELT SPECIAL TO THE PEOPLE HERE. AND THAT'S WHAT THEY TOLD ME. EVERYONE WAS ON THEIR FEET. EVERYONE WAS LOCKED IN AND JUST THAT BACK TO BACK 1, 2, PUNCH MICHELLE OBAMA AND FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA AND SOME OF THE SPEAR. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE, MYSELF INCLUDED WERE THERE TO EXPERIENCE THE SPIRIT OF THE 2008 CAMPAIGN. WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE IN DENVER WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA ACCEPTED THE NOMINATION IN THAT FOOTBALL STADIUM ALL THOSE YEARS AGO. AND I GUESS IT FELT LIKE I THINK FOR A LOT OF US, A LITTLE BIT OF A TASTE OF THAT. BUT BUT 20 YEARS LATER, BUT ARE A BIT IN 2024. AND WHEN YOU TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT HOW THEY WERE FEELING LAST NIGHT, THERE WERE SMILES ON EVERYONE'S FACES HERE BECAUSE IT FELT LIKE THAT AGAIN, TUESDAY ANNOUNCED THE PASSING OF THE TORCH FOR THE TURNING OF THE PAGE, A NEW CHAPTER. AND IF YOU KNOW THAT EXTEND TO ELECTED OFFICIALS, I'M IN A CALIFORNIA DELEGATION RIGHT NOW. THE ACTUALLY HERE'S IF I COULD HAVE GONE TO BRING IN CONGRESSMAN ROBERT GARCIA BECAUSE HE ACTUALLY SPOKE FROM THE STATE AND ASKING THAT EXACT QUESTION CARS BECAUSE THE WHAT'S GOING ON VERY ROBERT GARCIA WAS ON THE STAGE FROM LONG BEACH FOR MAYOR OF LONG BEACH. AND THAT'S HOW I FIRST GOT TO KNOW YOU. WE FEEL LIKE TO YOU TO BE IN YOUR LAST NIGHT BECAUSE YOU LIKE ME. I DON'T THINK YOU WERE AT THE CONVENTION WHEN BARACK OBAMA ACCEPTED THE NOMINATION ALL THOSE YEARS AGO. DID IT FEEL TO YOU MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF A TASTE OF WHAT THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN LIKE? I MEAN, IT WAS ELECTRIC, OBVIOUSLY SEEING BARACK OBAMA SEEING MICHELLE OBAMA JUST MAKE THE CASE NOT JUST FOR KAMALA HARRIS, BUT THEN MAKE THE CASE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP. I JUST GAVE ME ALL THOSE FEELINGS OF PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT WHEN THEY WERE IN THAT AUDIENCE AND BARACK OBAMA SPOKE. I WAS HAPPY TO BE THERE SO LESS. THAT WAS IT WAS AMAZING TO USE A LITTLE BIT OF A TASTE. WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A TASTE OF ALSO WHAT IT MIGHT BE LIKE TO KNOW AND TO LOVE FROM A FROM FROM DOUG, A KAMALA HARRIS. YOU SPOKE PERSONALLY ABOUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS. YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW WHEN YOUR PARENTS DIED DURING COVID, YOU KNOW, SHE CALLED YOU. SHE'S ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO CALL. YOU JUST SPOKE TO HIM DIRECTLY. WHAT WAS THAT LIKE? WHAT DOES SHE SAY TO YOU THAN WHAT IS YOUR RELIGION AND HOW DO YOU KNOW HER ON A PERSONAL LEVEL? >> YEAH, I MEAN, LOOK, I I'VE KNOWN HER FOR FOR YEARS. SHE I SUPPORTED HER WHEN SHE RAN FOR FOR A G. I GOT TO KNOW HER WORK THAN SHE SUPPORTED ME FROM AARON RUN FOR MAYOR OF LONG BEACH. WE JUST SUPPORT EACH OTHER. IN 2019, IT WAS ONE OF THE CO-CHAIRS NATIONAL PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN. SO STRONG POLITICAL ALLIES AND I JUST LOVE HER AND WHICH IS A GOOD PERSON, A GREAT PERSON. AND MY PARENTS HAD COVID. SHE NOT ONLY CALLED ME DURING THAT TIME THERE IN THE HOSPITAL. SHE CALLED ME AFTER MY MOM. I SAID FATHER PASSED AWAY. SHE TALKED ABOUT HER MOM. I WHEN SHE LOST HER MOM TALKED ABOUT HER FAITH ABOUT LOSS. AND IT WAS REALLY COMFORTING AT THAT MOMENT. BUT SHE'S ALWAYS DONE THAT TO THE PERSON THAT CALLS YOU ON YOUR BIRTHDAY. SHE CAUSING SEE HOW YOU'RE DOING. SHE'S GOT GREAT PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS THAT GO A LONG WAY BACK IN OUR STATE. AND I'M JUST SO GLAD THAT TOMORROW NIGHT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET TO KNOW THE KAMALA HARRIS THAT SO MANY OF US KNOW AND LOVE. SO I'M WE'RE FIRED UP. >> ARSENIC, RCA. SO GOOD TO SEE A THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GREAT TO SEE. SO DOESN'T THAT MEAN THAT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE KNUCKLE? THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF SORT OF A TASTE OF WHAT WE GOT LAST NIGHT. YOU KNOW, IT FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, SEEING I THINK FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS AUDIENCE SEEING OLD FRIENDS AND AND MICHELLE OBAMA AND BARACK OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA. AND THEN I GET IT WAS THIS WAS THIS EXPERIENCE OF HEARING FROM DOUG EMHOFF ABOUT WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LIVE IN A HOME TO TO LOVE KAMALA HARRIS AND WITCH IS LIKE ON A PERSONAL LEVEL AND CARS. AND ROBERT GARCIA IS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE ALSO NOTES ARE JUST LIKE THAT. THAT'S WHY I'M HANGING ON THE CALIFORNIA DELEGATION BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE KNOWN HER FOR A VERY LONG TIME HERE AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY SAW THIS COMING AND IT IS A SPECIAL TIME FOR PEOPLE DOWN HERE. >> YOU KNOW, WE TALKED YESTERDAY ABOUT FAMILY SEPARATION POLICY AND I'M PRESIDENT OBAMA. MICHELLE OBAMA DIDN'T SHY AWAY FROM TALKING ABOUT BEING ON THE RECEIVING END OF TRUMP'S CRUELTY. MICHELLE OBAMA SAID WE KNOW HE'S GOING TO HE'S GOING TO MAKE YOU FEAR PEOPLE LIKE ME BECAUSE WE'RE SUCCESSFUL, HARDWORKING PEOPLE WHO HAPPENED TO BE BLACK. IT FELT LIKE A WARNING TO HER PARTY ABOUT WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPENED. AND I I PEEKED OVER IN THE BREAK AND LOOKED AT WHAT THEY WERE SAYING ON FOX NEWS AND JESSE WATERS. IS IT? YOU KNOW WHAT'S OLD IS NEW? HE'S STILL TALKING ABOUT BIRTHERISM. HE'S STILL TROTTING OUT THIS RACIST TROPE WITH ALL HIS CO-HOST NODDING ALONG AND SMILING LIKE IT'S A JOKE. BUT THE RACISM OF BIRTHERISM IS A JOKE AND A LEGITIMATE NEWS STORY TO BE TALKING ABOUT. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS LEARNED FROM WATCHING THE HARD RIGHT, THE TRUMP THE RIGHTS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. IT'S IT'S IT'S TRUMP'S REPUBLICAN PARTY WATCH RACIST ATTACKS AGAINST A NOMINEE AHEAD OF THIS REALLY INTENSE GENERAL ELECTION SEASON. >> I THINK A FORMER FIRST LADY, MICHELLE OBAMA, SOMETHING UP IN A NUTSHELL SAYS JUST AND WE GOT DO SOMETHING AND THAT THAT WAS SORT OF THE VIBE AND THE ENERGY HERE ON THE FLOOR IS THAT THERE'S NO PATIENCE FOR THAT ANY LONGER. TOLERANCE. TOLERANCE WAS PREACHED NONSTOP AND TALKED EVEN FROM FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA TALKING ABOUT, LOOK, IT'S OK, WE SHOULD BE TOLERANT OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR FRIENDS, EVEN WHEN THEY MAY SAY SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T AGREE WITH, THAT THAT MAKES US UNCOMFORTABLE. IT'S OK TO GIVE PEOPLE A SECOND CHANCE AND IT WHETHER THEY'RE IN OUR FAMILIES, OUR OR OUTSIDE. BUT BUT BY THE SAME TOKEN, THE MESSAGE HERE LAST NIGHT WEST, THERE IS NO TIME TO WASTE AND IT IS TIME TO ACT TO GO OUT AND LOOK AT YOUR AREA. YOU CAN COME OVER HERE FOR A SECOND, NICOLE. I WAS LIVID. SHE'S HERE LIKE THIS, THIS CLOSE TO ANGELES AND EVERYONE ELSE. AND WHAT DID YOU TAKE AWAY FROM THAT? JEWS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SAYING THAT FROM THE DO SOMETHING MESSAGE FROM FORMER FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA LAST AND WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU. >> MAKE PHONE CALLS AND KNOCK ON DOORS, GO AND TALK TO VOTERS. >> HOW ABOUT FOR YOU? I DO. I RUN SOME BANKS. YOU RUNS ON BANKS ON SOMETHING. SO HOW IS THIS ELECTION GOING TO BE ANY DIFFERENT HOW YOU KNOW HOW SOME OF THE MESSAGING FROM THIS CAMPAIGN MAKING SURE THAT CHANGE YOUR APPROACH TO HOW YOU MIGHT HAVE DONE THINGS IN THE PAST? THERE'S A LOT MORE HOPE. AND JOY, THIS IS REMINISCENT OF 2008 OBAMA, BUT I SAY NICOLE REMINISCENT OF 2008 OBAMA AND I THINK >> WE'RE IN THE SAME GROUP. WE RUN A BIG GROUP IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA. VOLUNTEERS FLOODING IN PEOPLE ARE SO WILLING TO WORK. AND FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, WE HAD A HARD TIME RECRUITING PEOPLE. SO THIS IS THE JOY AND AN ENERGY 2000 BEEN TALKING ABOUT OUR EMAILS ARE CLOGGED RIGHT NOW WITH FORMER VOLUNTEERS COMING FORWARD SAYING I WANT A PHONE BANK. I PHONE BANK BEFORE I'M BACK. I WANT TO DO IT. >> THE ENERGY IS UNBELIEVABLE. ENERGY IS BIG RIGHT NOW. PEOPLE WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS. I THINK YOU HAVE SO MUCH AS THE MAJOR NICHOLAS GOT MORE PEOPLE HERE. I JUST WANT TO TIME AND ENERGY. THERE'S SO MUCH OF IT OVER HERE. LOOK, EVERYBODY'S TAKING A SELFIE. CAN WE GET IT ON YOURSELF? YOU'RE ONE MORE. LET'S GO. YEAH. NICOLE. OKAY. SO EVERYBODY IN THE COLD WHEN THEY SAY DO SOMETHING, YEAH. TAKE A WINTER COAT OR TURNAROUND. CYNICAL CAN SAY TO YOU WE GOT GUYS WHEN WHEN MICHELLE OBAMA TO DO SOME LAST NIGHT, WOULD THAT MEAN TO YOU? >> IN MEN'S GO OUT DAY VOTES, NOT KUNDUZ. RIDGE'S HAPPEN WITH THE VOTES, RIGHT? LET'S AS THE SWING STATE BUT SAYS SO VOTE BECAUSE THE MAGIC IS VERY SMALL OUT. WE NEED TO REIN IN NOVEMBER. SO HE MEANS GO OUT THERE AND FIGHT. AND WAYNE RIGHT ON. >> LARRY, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR TONIGHT? >> IT IS EXCITING. IT'S IT'S ALL IT'S DOWNRIGHT INFECTIOUS. EVEN AS WE TRY TO, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW ALL THE EVIDENCE IN THE STORY LINES AND NO ONE KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN PEOPLE ACTUALLY COME OUT TO VOTE. BUT THERE'S DIVIDE. IS THAT IN THE WORD OF THE WEEK ENJOY. SOMETIMES I REACH FOR LYRICS AND I QUOTE THEM TONIGHT. I'M GOING TO QUOTE, JOY REID BECAUSE IT WAS JUST 24 HOURS AGO. GIVE OR TAKE. AND YOU WERE SAYING SOMETHING BEFORE THE MUSICAL ROLL CALL ABOUT CULTURE AND CULTURE IS A WORD THAT CAN MEAN DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT PLACES. BUT YOU ARE OBSERVING AT THE CURRENT CULTURAL ENERGY SEEMED TO BE WITH THE DEMOCRATS AS COMPARED TO THE HULK HOGAN R AND C AND NO DISRESPECT TO WRESTLING, WHICH HAS A STORIED HISTORY, BUT SAID THAT BEFORE THE CALL, JOY AND THEN WE SAW WOULD CONTINUE TO UNFOLD. AND I THINK MANY PEOPLE ARE EXCITED BY STEVIE WONDER TONIGHT. AND SO CULTURE CAN MEAN THAT WHICH HALF THAT WHICH DEFINES THE STORIES WE TELL IN REALITY AN ASPIRATION, IT CAN BE THE FUND, THE MUSIC, THE PARTY, THE BLOCK PARTY, THE DANCING. BUT ALSO IT CAN BE THE SOCIETY THAT WE WANT TO BE IN WHICH FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE COMES IN A CULTURAL DISCOURSE BEFORE A POLITICAL DISCOURSE. AND SO THAT'S ON MY MIND THINKING ABOUT STEVIE WONDER AND THE CULTURE, IF I MAY OF TIM WALZ, WHO HAS EVERYONE AGREES, THERE ARE PROGRESSIVE VALUES IN HIS RECORD AS GOVERNOR. I DON'T THINK THAT'S A DEBATABLE PROPOSITION. AND YET WHAT IS IT ABOUT THAT THAT SEEMS TO SCARE THE RIGHT. AND KAMALA HARRIS, HIS OPPONENT APPEARS TO BE THAT YOU CAN BE AS PROGRESSIVE AS HE, WHETHER THE GOVERNOR AND ALSO HAVE A COMMON SENSE APPROACH TO OWNING GUNS WHILE WANTING THEM TO BE SAFE AND ALSO PUT ON SOME CAMO SOMETIMES AND ALSO RESPECT MILITARY SERVICE AND ALSO COACHED FOOTBALL. ALL THESE THINGS TOGETHER IS AS CULTURAL AS IT IS POLICY ORIENTED, JOY. SO I'M VERY INTERESTED TONIGHT TO SEE WHAT HE DOES ON THE MAIN STAGE WITH ALL THOSE THEMES, WHICH, AGAIN, ARE NOT AS FAMILIAR TO THIS HUGE AUDIENCE NIGHT WHO WAS AS BIGGEST NIGHT, ONE SLIGHTLY OUT RATING, THE RNC FOR THOSE KEEPING TRACK. AND SO THAT HAS BY DEFINITION, JOY, WHILE MORE VIEWERS ARE GOING TO TURN IN TONIGHT, I SHOULD SAY FOR WALLS TONIGHT, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING ON THE FLOOR AND WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT? AND IT ALL THE ABOVE? >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. JUST A BILL THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I MEAN, THE REASON THAT WE TALK CULTURE SO MUCH WHEN WE TALK ABOUT POLITICS, RIGHT IS NUMBER ONE, THESE POLITICAL PARTIES HAVE BECOME IDENTITIES FOR SO MANY PEOPLE. AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE IDENTITY OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS REALLY ABOUT LOOKING BACK TO THE TIME WHEN THEY THOUGHT AMERICA BETTER AMERICA WAS BETTER IN AN EARLIER ERA, THE 1950'S AND IN SOME CASES IT LOOKS LIKE THE 1980'S BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN DONALD TRUMP WAS THE HAPPIEST. AND SO HE TRIED TO RESET THE CULTURE OF THE COUNTRY TO HIS BEST ERA, THE 80'S. AND LET'S FACE IT WITH A LOT OF 80'S CELEBRITIES, RIGHT? THAT'S WHY HE'S WITH THE RAPPER. IT 70 WAS LIKE MORE POPULAR IN THE 90'S. YOU KNOW, A TINY WEST LIKE SOMEBODY WAS NOT ENOUGH CURRENT IN TERMS OF HIS EQUALS. WHEREAS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY REALLY WRAPS AROUND THE CULTURE OF THE JOURNEY AND THE ARTS ARE KNOWN FOR BEING VERY PROGRESSIVE AND VERY MODERN. AND SO IT ISN'T SURPRISING THAT IT'S DEMOCRATS WHO ATTRACT BEYONCE TO LET THEIR MUSIC THE USE, THAT IT'S DEMOCRATS WHO WOULD HAVE LITTLEJOHN BECAUSE HIP-HOP IS SO MUCH A PART OF MODERN CULTURE THAT THE RIGHT REALLY KIND OF PROJECT AND TIM WALZ FITS INTO THAT EVENT. HE IS A MODERN VERSION OF MANHOOD BECAUSE HE'S GOT THE MOST MOMS DEMAND JOB OF ALL. HE'S A FOOTBALL COACH. HE'S A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER, BUT HE'S ALSO SO MATER THAT HE UNDERSTANDS THE GIRLS NEED TO HAVE SANITARY NAPKINS OF STUFF IN THE BATHROOM THAT IS SO THREATENING TO THE RIGHT BECAUSE IT MEANS A KIND OF MASCULINITY. IT'S NOT TOXIC AND THEY'RE LIKE, NO, WE DON'T HAVE TOXIC MASCULINITY MANNER. NOT BEEN IF MEN ARE NOT PRODUCING MULTIPLE BABIES. MAN ARE NOT MEANT THAT THE LEFT AND THE DEMOCRATS ARE SAYING WE ACTUALLY CAN HAVE LIKE THE COOL WHITE GUY. THAT'S LIKE FRIENDLY TO ALL THE KIDS AND EVEN THE LGBTQ KIDS FEEL COMFORTABLE. HE'S A FOOTBALL COACH. HE'S NOT MEAN TO THEM. AND THAT'S ALL DEMOCRATS ARE OFFERING. IT'S A REALLY WHAT THIS IS YOU'RE BEING OFFERED AS AMERICA INVITATIONS TO 2 HOUSE PARTY. AND THE QUESTION IS WHICH HOUSE PARTY YOU WANT TO GO TO? THAT'S WHAT AN ELECTION IS. WHAT COUNTRY DO YOU WANT TO BEAT? YOU WANT TO BE AT HOUSE PARTY, WHICH IS THE HOUSE PARTY. THAT'S LIKE THE 80'S THAT IT'S GOT LIKE KID ROCK AND IT'S GOT, YOU KNOW, THE LADY FROM ONLY BAND THAT IT DO. YOU WANT TO BE AT THE HOUSE PARTY THAT THAT RIGHT HERE WHERE YOU'VE GOT THIS INCREDIBLE MIX OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING REPUBLICANS FOR ALL WELCOME TO THE BARBECUE WHO EVERYBODY GETS TO PLAY. NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, WHO YOU LOVE, WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE, WHAT YOUR COLOR, YOUR RACE, YOUR RELIGION. THAT IS WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS BECOME IN THE MODERN ERA. THE DEMOCRATS ARE THE HOUSE PARTY THAT EVERYBODY IS INVITED. >> I I HOPE PEOPLE ARE LISTENING CLOSELY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND WE MAY HAVE TO CLIP THAT FOR THE INTERNET. I MEAN, YOU JUST YOU JUST PUT THAT SO WELL. AND THEN WE HAVE THE DOUBLE ENTENDRE OF PARTY. THESE ARE POLITICAL PARTIES. BUT THEN IT'S WHICH PARTY DO YOU WANT? THERE'S A VERY OLD SAYING NO PARTY LIKE A DJ CASSIDY PARTY BECAUSE THE FOR EVERY STATE I THAT'S A REFUND TO SAY. BUT I LOVE IT, SAID THEIR JOY. AND IT ALSO REMINDS US OF SOMETHING THAT IS DIFFERENT THIS YEAR. USUALLY CAMPAIGNS ARE FIGHTING OVER WHAT THE WHAT THE FRAME OF THE ISSUE IS AND THEY DISAGREE. SO ONE SIDE SAYS IMMIGRATION WALL ON THE OTHER SIDE SAYS IT CON E PROGRESSO THAT THEY'RE LITERALLY HAVING DIFFERENT DEBATES AND SOMETIMES THE LOUDER SCREAMING MESSAGE CAN WIN BY CONVINCING PEOPLE WILL. THIS IS THE ISSUE OF THE PROBLEM. WHAT YOU JUST REMIND EVERYONE IS THAT IN A MANNER THAT MIGHT BE BAD NEWS FOR THE REPUBLICANS OVERLAPPING ON THE MESSAGE OF TIME. IN OTHER WORDS, KAMALA HARRIS TO SAY WE'RE NOT GOING BACK AND YOU GET KASEY SAYING LET'S REMIX THINGS INTO THE FUTURE. AND THAT'S THE KIND OF CONSISTENT CULTURAL MESSAGE AND REPUBLICANS ARE RESISTING THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING OUT THEIR OLD CALENDAR, AGREE WITH THE TIME REFERENCE. BUT IN A WAY THAT MAY NOT BE AS APPEALING SO WELL. WE'VE GOT SOME TIME TO GET ALL THAT. I KNOW. ALEX WAGNER STANDING BY WITH BOTH OF US WILL SEE JOY, THEIR SECOND. BUT WE'RE BRINGING IN IT'S OFFICIAL. WE CAN SAY I HAVE THIS. YEAH. I HAVE AN OFFICIAL NOW. ALEX. 5 CORRESPONDENT ALEX WAGNER ALSO HOST. >> SECONDARY TITLE. I ASSUME THERE'S A HIGHER ON SOMEWHERE. I CAN'T SEE IT BECAUSE I'M A LIMITED COMMUNICATIONS CAPACITY, BUT SHE FINDS CORRESPONDENT ALL DEMANDED IN MY NEXT RYDER. CAN I TELL YOU THAT I WAS JUST SPEAKING WITH A COUPLE MEMBERS OF THE GEORGIA DELEGATION ASKING THEM, OF COURSE, WHAT'S GOING TO UNFOLD IN THEIR STATE IN NOVEMBER. AND WE TALKED ABOUT, WELL, JOHN, NOBODY'S OVER YET. PEOPLE ARE STILL FEELING THE GLOW OF THAT ROLL CALL. THE ONLY PEOPLE MAYBE A LITTLE BIT BUMMED OUT ARE A COUPLE MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK DELEGATION WHO THOUGHT THE CASSIDY SHOULD PLAY MAYBE NASA AND SET A JAY Z AS THE OFFICIAL NEW YORK MUSICAL ARTIST THAT, SIR, THAT'S FOR YOU, ARI. CAN I SAY, WELL, IT'S ONLY A BRIEF JUST. >> ALEX, ONLY BRIEFLY SAY THAT EMPIRE STATE OF MIND IS ALWAYS INSPIRED, BUT NOT AS NEW YORK STATE OF MIND AND THAT WHO ONCE BATTLED AND NOW TOGETHER, THEY PERFORM TOGETHER AS NEW YORKERS. SO I COULD SEE IT. I CAN SEE EITHER SIDE OF THAT. >> THERE'S STILL MORE MUSIC TO BE PLAYED. OUR WHO CAN KNOW WHAT, WHAT AWAITS US IN THE COMING. 48 HOURS THERE. I WILL SAY THIS, THOUGH, BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE HITTING THE NAIL ON THE HEAD ABOUT THE SORT OF CHOICE AT HAND AND TO PUT A FINER POINT ON IT, THE IDEA OF MANHOOD AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE FOR THE TEAM WHILE AMERICAN SOCIETY WRIT LARGE, RIGHT MAG IS IS THIS REDUCTIVE MISOGYNISTIC THROWBACK, FORMER VERY REGRESSIVE FORM OF MASCULINITY THAT DONALD TRUMP AND JD VANCE HAVE OFFERED THE COUNTRY. IT'S ROOTED IN GRIEVANCE AND AND IT'S COACH KNIGHT HERE, RIGHT? DEMOCRATS ARE OFFERING THE COUNTRY. TIM WALZ HAS JOY SAID THE FOOTBALL COACH WHO CAN ALSO BE HEAD OF THE LGBTQ, A GAY STRAIGHT ALLIANCE AT HIS LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL. I MEAN, THIS IS A PERSON AND I WOULD SAY DOUG, EMHOFF TO 2 MEN WHO ARE COMFORTABLE SUPPORTING POWERFUL, CAPABLE, INTELLIGENT WOMEN AS THEY AS THEY AS THEY AS THEY BREAK OUT A WOMAN IN PARTICULAR, KAMALA HARRIS, BUT WOMEN IN GENERAL AS THEY BREAK GLASS CEILINGS AS AS KAMALA HARRIS SEEKS TO LEAD THE NATION, IT'S IT'S REALLY I THINK A HINGE POINT IN TERMS OF I'M NOT GONNA CALL THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES, BUT BUT GENDER AND HOW WE THINK OF TRADITIONAL ROLES OF MEN AND WOMEN. AND I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A BETTER CONTRAST IN AMERICAN POLITICS TODAY. THEN WHAT TIM WAS PRESENT ON STAGE TONIGHT AND WHAT WE SAW THE AREN'T SAFE. >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I HAVE TO ASK A FOLLOW-UP AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A REVEAL, ALEC, BECAUSE WE DID GET A CHANCE TO TALK WITH GOVERNOR GAVIN IS JUST CREEPY. BUT HE SIDLED ON OVER TO OUR SIDE OF THE OF THE ARENA. AND WE DID GET A TIP OFF THE OFF CAMERA TO ASK HIM WHY NO KENDRICK LAMAR. I MEAN, IF GEORGE IS GOING TO GO BIG, IF THEY'RE GOING TO GO ATLANTA, BIG AND BRIGHT LITTLEJOHN, WHY THAT GO BIGGER AND BRING KENDRICK LAMAR. AND THEN I WOULD ALSO ASKED, YOU KNOW, MINNESOTA, NO PRINTS LIKE A PRINCE AND A HOLOGRAM OF PRINCE SLICK OUTFIT WHERE EVERYONE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO BIG CARE. >> I THOUGHT WE HAD SOME PRINCE MUSIC AND MY MISTAKE. AND I WOULD JUST ALSO SAY BUT KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO TALK IT AND WENT, OH, NO HOLOGRAM, RIGHT? I HEAR YOU ON THAT. I ALSO THINK LIKE IF WE'RE TALKING ATLANTA, LIKE REALLY CAN WE ENJOY IT CAN BE IGNORED, ANDREA AND BIG BOI LIKE OUTCASTS. I'M SORRY. LIKE THERE ARE SO MANY AMAZING ARTISTS FROM THE STATE OF GEORGIA. IT'S ALMOST LIKE THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT 2 OR 3 TIMES. THE ROLL CALL JUST LIKE A FEW A NOTE TO FUTURE CONVENTION PROGRAMMERS. THERE'S A LOT OF LOVE TO BE SPREAD FROM THE STATE OF GEORGIA. >> SO THE OBAMAS WERE THE HEADLINERS FOR NIGHT 2 OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY DID NOT HOLD BACK WHEN IT CAME TO DONALD TRUMP DELIVERING FIERY SPEECHES IN SUPPORT OF KAMALA HARRIS. >> SHE UNDERSTANDS THAT MOST OF US WILL NEVER BE AFFORDED THE GRACE OF FAILING FORWARD. >> WE WILL NEVER BENEFIT FROM THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION OF GENERATIONAL WEALTH, A BUSINESS OR JOB IN A CRISIS. WE DON'T GET A SECOND 3RD OR 4TH CHANCE. WE DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF WHINING OR CHEATING OTHERS TO GET FURTHER AHEAD. KNOW MOUNTAIN IN FRONT OF US. WE DON'T EXPECT THERE TO BE AN ESCALATOR WAITING TODAY CUTS TO THE TOP. FORTUNATELY, WE KNOW WHAT COMES NEXT. WE KNOW FOLKS ARE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO DISTORT HER TRUTH. MY HUSBAND AND I SADLY KNOW A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. FOR YEARS. DONALD TRUMP DID EVERYTHING IN HIS POWER TO TRY TO MAKE PEOPLE FEAR US IS LIMITED. NARROW VIEW OF THE WORLD. MADE HIM FEEL THREATENED BY THE EXISTENCE OF 2 HARDWORKING, HIGHLY EDUCATED, SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE WHO'S GOING TO TELL THEM THAT THE JOB HE'S CURRENTLY SEEKING MIGHT JUST BE ONE OF THOSE BLACK JOBS. >> HE KILLED A BIPARTISAN IMMIGRATION DEAL IN PART BY ONE OF THE MOST CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS THAT WOULD HELP SECURE OUR SOUTHERN BORDER BECAUSE TRYING TO ACTUALLY SOLVE THE PROBLEM WOULD HURT HIS CAMPAIGN. HE DOESN'T WHETHER YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT OR A REPUBLICAN OR US SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN. WE HAVE ALL HAD PEOPLE LIKE THAT IN OUR LIVES. PEOPLE LIKE WAS PARENTS WHO CROSSED OCEANS BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED IN THE PROMISE OF AMERICA. PEOPLE LIKE TIM'S PARENTS WHO TAUGHT HIM ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SERVICE, GOOD, HARDWORKING PEOPLE, THE WORLD, FAMOUS OR POWERFUL, BUT WHO MANAGED IN COUNTLESS WAYS TO LEAD THIS COUNTRY. IT'S A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN THEY FOUND IT AS MUCH AS ANY POLICY OR PROGRAM. I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE IN FOR A RETURN TO AN AMERICA WHERE WE WORK TOGETHER AND LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER RESTORATION. >> LINCOLN CALLED ON THE EVE OF SUPER BOWL. >> ARE BONDS OF AFFECTION, AMERICA THAT EPPS WHAT HE CALLED THE BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE. THAT IS WHAT THIS ELECTION IS ABOUT. >> JOINING US NOW FROM CHICAGO, WE HAVE US SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT FOR BBC NEWS, KATTY KAY, SENIOR WRITER FOR THE DISPATCH, DAVID DRUCKER AND SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT AT VANITY FAIR. >> AND THE HOST OF THE FAST POLITICS PODCAST, MALI. JEAN, FAST, GOOD TO HAVE YOU ALL WITH US THIS HOUR, ALONG WITH ANY CLOUD AS WELL. SO COUNTY K YOUR SOCKS ON FIRST OF ALL, THE OBAMA'S PRIME TIME SPEECH LAST NIGHT. >> SO I THINK MICHELLE OBAMA HAS GOT TO THAT WONDERFUL AGE, MICAH, THAT YOU WILL ON THE STAND OF WOMEN WHO GET TO SET AN AGE AND THEY REALLY DON'T CARE ANYMORE. >> AND THERE HAS SO MUCH THROWN AT THEM. AND SHE HAS HAD A LIFETIME IN THE POLITICAL ARENA OF POLITICAL ATTACKS. AND SHE WAS GOING TO SAY WHAT SHE SORT. YEAH, AND SHE DELIVERED IT BRILLIANTLY. SHE HAD SOME HUMID, BUT SHE WAS FIGHTING AND SHE WAS ENCOURAGING EVERYBODY ELSE TO FIGHT AS WELL. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A READING REASON THAT YOU HAVE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF AMERICANS. AND I SAYS, WELL, PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WISHING THAT MICHELLE OBAMA WOULD RUN FOR PRESIDENT. SHE'S NOT GOING TO. BUT IT IS THAT 7 HEAD BECAUSE SHE IS SO GOOD AND SHE'S GOT BETTER AND BETTER. AND I REALLY I GOT THAT SENSE. AND WHEN SHE DELIVER THOSE LINES ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT SHE SAID ABOUT, HE DIDN'T LIE SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE WHO HAPPEN TO BE BLACK. IT'S PROBABLY WHAT SHE WANTED TO SAY IN PUBLIC FOR VERY MANY YEARS AND BEING HELD BACK EITHER BY BEING SUS LADY RUNNING TO BE FIRST LADY FOR HOSPICE KOREA. I'M ASHLEY CAN SAY IT UNLIKE BUSH SAY WHAT SHE WANTS. >> I WOULD SAY CADDIE AND AND AND JONATHAN AND EVERYBODY ELSE AROUND HIM. I THINK SHOW OBAMA MAY HAVE REACHED THAT AGE AND LIKE 15. >> AND KIDS SHOULD I SPEAK OUT? NO EASY WAY. DONALD TRUMP IN 2008, SHE WAS SOMETIMES NERVOUS ABOUT THE WAY SHE WAS GOING TO BE PERCEIVED AS SHE SPOKE AT 2 FULL STORY. I REMEMBER HER SAYING THAT SHE COULD. YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT SHE FELT SHE DOES. AND YOU KNOW, HE SHE IS. TO YOUR POINT, I INTERVIEWED HER WHEN BROCK ABOUT THOSE RAIN, THE FIRST TIME AND 2000 HAS BEEN COMING OUT ON TO THE U.S.. >> ONTO THE NATIONAL STAGE AND SHE SAID WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE FOR PEOPLE RIGHT NOW AND THAT WERE COMING IN AND WE'RE STAYING WHO WE ARE AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO WORK. AND IF IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T. AND I REMEMBER SHE ALSO SAID TO YOU YET ONE SHOT AT US. YEAH. >> A LOT OF US WERE HERE. YOU DON'T WANT TO AS WE GO. SO I DO THINK JOHN AND JOHN MERRICK THIS LIKE WE SAID LAST HOUR, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKE THEIR SPEECHES SO POWERFUL, MICHELLE OBAMA SPEED SO POWERFUL. BARACK OBAMA'S SPEECH, A POWERFUL NOT ONLY ARE THEY EXTRAORDINARY AND DELIVERING THAT DELIVERING ADDRESSES, BUT ALSO AGAIN, THEY DON'T GET OUT MUCH AS FAR AS IN THE POLITICAL FRAY. PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS FRUSTRATED. THEY WANT HIM TO GET OUT AND DO MORE EARLIER MORE OFTEN. AND HERE YOU SEE LAST NIGHT WISELY, THEY THEY CHOOSE THEIR MOMENTS. THEY PICK THEIR SPOTS AND IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE. >> YEAH, PRECISELY. RICE TALKS ABOUT AIDS YESTERDAY BEFORE THE SPEECHES WHO MADE THAT POINT. I MEAN, MICHELLE OBAMA ACTUALLY HEAR FROM ONE CITY FOR YOU. SHE DELIVERS A CONVENTION SPEECH AND IT'S A BLOCKBUSTER EVENT. SHE STEPS OFF STAGE AGAIN. THE BARACK OBAMA, OF COURSE, JUST MORE THAN THAT. AND HE WILL. WE ANTICIPATE THE ON THE ROAD AGAIN FOR VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS THIS OCTOBER. HE SORT OF HE STRUCK THE CLOSER, IF YOU WILL, FOR DEMOCRATS, BUT THEIR WORDS CARRY SUCH WEIGHT BECAUSE WE DON'T HEAR THEM THAT OFTEN. AND THEY WERE I WAS IN THE HALL LAST NIGHT ON THE FLOOR, WHAT A ROCK CHURCH'S RESPONSE AND WHERE ARE FRANKLY WERE BARACK OBAMA WAS PERHAPS UPSTAGED BY SOMEONE ELSE AS MICHELLE OBAMA. I'M ALI WAS JUST SO GOOD. I MEAN, PERHAPS THE 2 BEST WORK TOWARDS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY SHARE THE SAME LAST NAME THERE IN THE SAME HOUSEHOLD. AND IT WAS STRIKING WHERE HOW MICHELLE OBAMA, YOU KNOW, IN 2016, VERY FAMOUSLY SAID WHEN THEY GO LOW, WE GO HIGH LAST NIGHT, SHE MORE OR LESS AND COULD HAVE SAID WHEN THEY GO LOW AND REALLY TOOK IT TO THEM AND DID SO THOUGH, IN A WAY, VERY PERSONAL WAY ABOUT YOU CAN SEE HURLED VISCERAL DISLIKE OF DONALD TRUMP BUT ALSO TALKING TO DEMOCRATS TEND TO BE ON 2 AMERICANS SAFE. WE'RE BETTER THAN THIS. LET'S START BELIEVING IN HOPE AGAIN. >> YEAH, I MEAN, WHEN I HEARD MICHELLE OBAMA, I THOUGHT FOR A MINUTE TO DEMOCRATS, LET THEM FROM OBAMA. BUT THEN WHEN YOU HEAR ROCK, SHE IS SUCH A GIFTED ORATOR. BUT I AGREE. I MEAN, THERE WERE SO MANY MOMENTS IN THAT AND MICHELLE'S SPEECH WHERE I REALLY DID TANKS, YOU KNOW, SHE HIT SO MANY IMPORTANT POINTS AND SHE'S SUCH A PRIVATE PERSON. WE KNOW THEM TO BE VERY PRIVATE. ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE KNOW SHE'LL NEVER RUN FOR PRESIDENT AND SHE BROUGHT IN A LOT OF HER PERSONAL LIFE LIKE HER. YOU KNOW, SHE SAID SHE HAD HER CHILDREN THROUGH IVF. THAT WAS A THROWAWAY LINE. BUT SHE THAT WAS VERY MEANINGFUL. SHE OBVIOUSLY BROUGHT THAT UP BECAUSE CAUSE OF THE REPUBLICAN ATTACKS ON IVF. AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT. AND THEN SHE TALKED ABOUT MOTHERS AND MOTHERS AND HER MOTHER AND HARRIS'S MOTHER. AND I THOUGHT THAT ALSO WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THROUGH LINE THAT I THINK WAS REALLY MEANINGFUL. >> DAVID DRUCKER, JUST TO WATCH THE EXTRAORDINARY ENTHUSIASM AND EXCITEMENT IN THAT ROOM LAST NIGHT IN THAT ARENA THE NIGHT BEFORE YOU HAVE TO PULL BACK FROM TO REMEMBER TODAY IS NOW THE ONE MONTHS ANNIVERSARY, IF YOU WILL, OF JOE BIDEN GETTING OUT OF THE RACE. ALSO A POLITICAL LIFETIME AGO. IT FEELS AND YOU HAD. >> CAN'T HELP. BUT THINK ABOUT WHAT A DIFFERENT CONVENTION THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN HAD. HE MADE THE DECISION TO STAY IN THE RACE. WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE SEEN THE LOUD SCREAMS AND CHEERS THAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW. >> NO, WE WOULDN'T HAVE LOOKED AT THE CONVENTION UNDER BIDEN AFTER THAT DEBATE IN LATE JUNE WAS GOING TO BE AWAKE AND NOT AN IRISH WAKE. I MEAN IT IT WAS DOOM AND GLOOM. AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE NOTICED IN COVERING DEMOCRATS OVER THE PAST MONTH, IT'S JUST BEEN HE SAID JUST A MONTH IS THAT THEY BELIEVE AGAIN, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE GOING TO WIN. WHEN YOU LOOK AT POLLING, DONALD TRUMP STILL HAS A LOT OF STAYING POWER ON KEY ISSUES, WHETHER IT'S FOR SECURITY OR THE ECONOMY, HE STILL LEADS THE VICE PRESIDENT EVEN THOUGH SHE LEAVES HIM AND SO MANY FORESTS RACE POLLS NOW. BUT IT REMINDS ME AND I LOVE YOU. I LOVE SPORTS ANALOGIES, BUT IT COMES TO POLITICS BECAUSE THEY'RE SO APROPOS WHEN A TEAM HAS BEEN DOWN BY 20 POINTS AND THEY'VE COME ROARING BACK AND NOW THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DOWN TO THEIR UP TO THEIR TIDE AND THEY'VE GOT ALL THAT MOMENTUM AND THE OTHER SIDE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW THIS HAPPENED. IT REMINDS ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OF 2016 FROM THE REVERSE WHEN YOU KNOW, I WOULD INTERVIEW DEMOCRATS AND WATCH THEM UP AT POLITICAL RALLIES AND THEY HAVE THIS LOOK AND SOUND OF I CAN'T BELIEVE WE MIGHT LOSE TO THE SKY. DON'T THEY KNOW WHAT HE SAINT? ARE PEOPLE LISTENING AND YOU'RE GETTING A LOT OF THAT NOW FROM THE REPUBLICANS WHO ARE SAYING DON'T THEY KNOW THE VICE PRESIDENT'S POLICIES? DON'T THEY KNOW WHAT SHE SAID? HOW IS THIS HAPPENING? AND WE'RE ONE MORE KEY POINT HERE. YOU KNOW, I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF OPINIONS ABOUT THE FORMER PRESIDENT, BUT IN 2016, YOU COULD LOOK AT HIS MESSAGE AND HE WAS AGREED ON BEHALF OF SO MANY VOTERS THAT WERE UNHAPPY WITH WASHINGTON. AND I'M HAPPY WITH THE BROADER ESTABLISHMENT IN THE COUNTRY AS THEY SOUGHT. AND SO MUCH OF HIS MESSAGING NOW IS THAT HE'S AGREED ON BEHALF OF HIMSELF AND THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE. STILL CAN WIN. IF YOU LOOK AT THE DATA, THIS IS SO TIGHT, BUT IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT FIELD. >> YEAH, THIS IS A CLOSE. THIS IS A CLOSE RACE, A VERY CLOSE RACE. IT'S IT'S BASICALLY TIED RIGHT NOW. AND DAVID'S EXACTLY RIGHT. THE MOMENTUM SEEMS TO BE ALL ON ONE SIDE ALL ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE. AND THE QUESTION IS WHETHER DONALD TRUMP CAN RESPOND TO THIS SURGE. AND RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT LOOKING. YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT BEEN A GOOD FEW WEEKS FOR HIM. BUT AGAIN, WE'VE GOT A GUIDING CAN HAVE 80 SOMETHING DAYS, SETH, AND IT WEAVER A LONG WAY. YOU KNOW, IT WAS A MONTH AGO, A MONTH AND A HALF AGO THAT REPUBLICANS BASICALLY WERE SAYING THEY HAD IT. YOU LOOK AT THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, EVERYBODY THAT WAS REPORTING FROM THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION SAID THEY'VE NEVER SEEN A PARTY SO CONFIDENT AS THE REPUBLICANS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO WIN. NOW THEY'RE SAYING THE SAME THING AT THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. >> JOINING US NOW, SENATOR ALEX BY THE CALIFORNIA SENATOR, ALWAYS GRATEFUL FOR YOUR TIME. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING REPUBLICANS HAVE ATTACKING VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS OVER HER RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND HANDLING OF THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS AT THE BORDER. >> ARE DEMOCRATS WHO THINK EFFECTIVELY COUNTERING THESE ATTACKS? >> LOOK, I I BELIEVE WE ARE AND WILL CONTINUE TO WHEN VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS BECOMES PRESIDENT HARRIS BECAUSE SHE HAS A LONG TRACK RECORD OF BEING MORE THOUGHTFUL AND STRATEGIC WHEN IT COMES TO THESE ISSUES. BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE COMING TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES TODAY ARE LOWER THAN ANY POINT DURING THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION AND LOWER THAN THEY WERE AT THE END OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO REPUBLICANS WHO KILLED THE DEAL BECAUSE TRUMP TOLD HIM TO ARTETA RIGHT AWAY FROM THAT FACT AND TRYING TO NO PROVIDE THAT MISINFORMATION, DISINFORMATION, CHAOS AND CONFUSION THAT THEY'RE SO GOOD AT DOING. BUT HIS OTHER PLANE SAY THE KNOWING VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS TO WAIT A DAY TO I'M SO THANKFUL THAT SHE HAS REMINDED US THAT AS WE ADDRESS US AT THE BORDER BECAUSE THE SHOULD WE ALSO HAVE TO ENGAGE OUR PARTNERS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, ALLOW PEOPLE TO DO SO. AND WE CANNOT LEAVE DREAMERS, FARM WORKERS, OTHER ESSENTIAL WORKERS, LONG-TERM RESIDENTS OF UNITED STATES WHO HAPPENED TO BE UNDOCUMENTED OUT OF THE CONVERSATION. AND, LOOK, SENATOR, I KNOW YOU KNOW THAT. >> LATINO VOTE IS A HUGE VOTING BLOC LOOKING TO BE THE BIGGEST MINORITY VOTING BLOCK THIS ELECTION. AND ACCORDING TO A NEW POLL FROM BSP RESEARCH WHICH DID POLLING FOR JOE BIDEN IN TWENTY-TWENTY, KAMALA HARRIS HAS A 24 POINT LEAD RIGHT NOW WITH LATINO VOTERS. PRESIDENT BIDEN, HOWEVER, ONE LATINO VOTERS BY 30 POINTS IN 2020 ACCORDING TO THE EXIT POLL. SO WHAT WORK DO YOU NEED TO DO TO GET MORE LATINO VOTERS TO SUPPORT THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET? >> RIGHT. SO THE MARGIN BASED ON POST 2 DAYS. 24 25 POINTS AND GROWING, RIGHT? THAT'S THE THE IMPORTANT FACTOR HERE. THE TREND IS IN ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT DIRECTION. ONE OF THE REASONS I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS CONVENTION IN CHICAGO THIS WEEK AND FOR THE NEXT 76 DAYS, THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, WE'LL GET TO KNOW THE KAMALA HARRIS AND I KNOW THAT CALIFORNIANS HAVE KNOWN AS A FIERCE FIGHTER FOR OUR VALUES, A COALITION BUILDER, WHO KNOWS THE LATINO COMMUNITY, OUR ISSUES OUR NEEDS AND IS GOING TO INCLUDE US IN THE CAMPAIGN AND IN THE ADMINISTRATION WHEN SHE WENT. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IMMIGRATION. AND BY THE WAY, PART OF THAT IS ALSO HER EXPERIENCE AS ATTORNEY GENERAL IN CALIFORNIA WHEN SHE WAS FOCUSING ON IN THE TACTIC, THE TRANSNATIONAL GAMES THAT WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING, RESPONSIBLE FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING. SO IT'S NOT JUST SOUNDING TOUGH ON CRIME OR CRACKING DOWN TO PORT ITS BE STRATEGIC AND THOUGHTFUL, BUT WHERE THE PROBLEMS ARE, AND THAT'S THE KIND OF THINKING SHE'S GOING TO BRING TO THE WHITE HOUSE. BUT IT WAS ALSO CARE ABOUT HEALTHCARE, BE NO MORE HEALTH CARE ACCESS UNDER THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION, WHICH YOU WILL. BILL TIME. WE CARE ABOUT EDUCATION FOR OUR CHILDREN, MORE ACCESS AND QUALITY EDUCATION UNDER THIS ADMINISTRATION THAT SHE GO BUILT ON MORE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. I'M JUST SO HOPEFUL ABOUT CONTINUING THE PRIVACY DEBATE THESE LAST 4 YEARS. >> YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S IT'S IT IS A CAUSE. YOU ACTUALLY BECAME SENATOR 1, 1, A VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS WAS, YOU KNOW, CHOSEN BY BY JOE BIDEN. AND NOW, OF COURSE, YOU'RE YOU'VE BEEN THE FIRST LATINO REPRESENTATIVE IN THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. HOW MUCH DOES INCLUSIVITY MATTER AND CENTER? I'M JUST THINKING, YOU KNOW, EVEN ON THE BUDGET ON THE BORDER OF BUILT, MANY OF YOU WEREN'T EVEN 2 SPOKEN TO WHEN THE NEGOTIATIONS WERE GOING ON. HOW IMPORTANT IS IT THAT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR COMMUNITY? >> YEAH. BUT BY U.S., PRESIDENT HARRIS GETS IT. I'VE BEEN BLESSED TO KNOW KURFMAN 20 YEARS THAT JUST AS COLLEAGUES IN PUBLIC SERVICE BUT CONSIDER HER A FRIEND AND YES, REPRESENTATION MATTERS UNDER THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION. YOU'VE HEARD THE TERMS, YOU KNOW, EQUITY AND INCLUSIVITY MORE THAN ANY OTHER ADMINISTRATION THAT I CAN RECALL. AND SHE'S GOING TO CONTINUE THAT ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, BLESSING BEING FROM CALIFORNIA, THE MOST POPULOUS STATE IN THE NATION, THE MOST DIVERSE STATE IN THE NATION, THE BIGGEST ECONOMY OF ANY STATE IN THE NATION, THAT ECONOMIC STRENGTH IS THAT THE IN SPITE OF OUR DIVERSITY, IT'S BECAUSE OF OUR DIVERSITY. SO WE NEED TO EMBRACE THAT IN OUR POLICY MAKING IN THE THE APPOINTMENTS OF JUDGES, FOR EXAMPLE. AND THEN SENATOR HARRIS SAT ON THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE NOW I DO. AND RICK AND TOGETHER, WE WILL POINT TO THE MOST DIVERSE GROUP OF FEDERAL JUDGES TO THE BENCH THAN ANY ADMINISTRATION IN HISTORY. SO, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTATION MATTERS AT ALL LEVELS. AND YES, ESPECIALLY IN POLICYMAKING. WHEN WE BRING OUR LIFE EXPERIENCE AND PERSPECTIVES TO THE DELIBERATIONS OF THE SENATE, THAT'S WHY, FOR EXAMPLE, THE COVID RELIEF PACKAGES AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE ARE REFLECTIVE OF, YOU KNOW, DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES. AND WE HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE. >> IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. JUST QUICKLY, IF YOU WILL, SENATOR, YOUR RESPONSE TO DONALD TRUMP LABELING VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS A COMMUNIST CALLING HER COMRADE KAMALA. >> THAT'S WHAT HE'S SCARED OF COMMON. THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE. AND HE DOES. YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING BUT THRASH IN HIS ANGER AND THEN CALL. I MEAN, THIS ISN'T, YOU KNOW, A PLAYGROUND BULLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OF HIS NICKNAMES ARE THE LEAST OF A LOOK AT PROJECT 2025 THIS WOULD-BE DICTATOR AND WHAT HE WOULD DO TO OUR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AS AMERICANS. THAT'S WHAT'S AT STAKE THIS NOVEMBER. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA MAKE HISTORY. WHAT WERE THE OTHER GUY THAT, YOU KNOW, WOULD-BE DICTATOR CONVICTED FELONS GOING TO LIKE THE PRESIDENT? I DON'T THINK SO. OR WE CAN ELECT THE FIRST WOMAN WOMAN OF COLOR. JUST AN INSPIRING FIGURE AND KAMALA HARRIS TO GIVE US HOPE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FUTURE. >> GOD BLESS AMERICA. SENATOR ALEX PADILLA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. WE APPRECIATE