Harris widens her lead over Trump in new 2024 polling

>>> WELL, WE ARE NOW FIVE SECONDS BEFORE THE TOP OF THE HOUR. NEW POLLING SHOWS VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS WIDENING HER LEAD AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. THE LATEST MORNING CONSULT POLL TAKEN DIRECTLY AFTER THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE SHOWS HARRIS WITH A FIVE-POINT LEAD OVER TRUMP, 50% TO 45% AMONG LIKELY VOTERS. COMPARED TO THE LAST MORNING CONSULT POLL TAKEN BEFORE THE DEBATE, HARRIS IS UP ONE POINT VERSUS TRUMP, WHO WENT DOWN ONE POINT. >>> MEANWHILE, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS RAISED $47 MILLION IN THE FIRST 24 HOURS FOLLOWING HER TUESDAY NIGHT DEBATE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP. THAT'S THE BIGGEST HAUL SINCE THE VICE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED HER CANDIDACY IN LATE JULY, ACCORDING TO A SENIOR CAMPAIGN OFFICIAL. THE TOTAL INCLUDES FUNDS FROM 600,000 INDIVIDUAL DONORS. THAT'S IMPORTANT. THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN HAS NOT YET RELEASED POST-DEBATE FUNDRAISING FIGURES. THE VICE PRESIDENT HELD TWO RALLIES IN BATTLEGROUND NORTH CAROLINA YESTERDAY. SHE RECEIVED A RUCKUS RECEPTION INSIDE THE GREENSBORO COLISEUM COMPLEX LAST NIGHT. TAKE A LOOK. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> THAT WAS THE ROAR FROM THE 17,000-PERSON CROWD WHEN SHE TOOK THE STAGE. THE VICE PRESIDENT HIGHLIGHTED HER STRONG DEBATE PERFORMANCE AND TOLD THE CROWD IT'S TIME FOR THE COUNTRY TO MOVE ON FROM DONALD TRUMP. >> ON TUESDAY NIGHT, I TALKED ABOUT ISSUES THAT I KNOW MATTER TO THE FAMILIES ACROSS AMERICA. LIKE BRINGING DOWN THE COST OF LIVING, INVESTING IN AMERICA'S SMALL BUSINESSES, PROTECTING REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOMS. [ APPLAUSE ] AND KEEPING OUR NATION SAFE AND SECURE! BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE HEARD FROM DONALD TRUMP. INSTEAD, YOU KNOW, AND I CALLED IT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DEBATE, IT WAS THE SAME OLD SHOW. SAME OLD TIRED PLAYBOOK WE'VE HEARD FOR YEARS. WITH NO PLANS FOR HOW HE WOULD ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. WELL, FOLKS, LOOK, IT'S TIME TO TURN THE PAGE. [ APPLAUSE ] TURN THE PAGE. >> PRIOR TO GREENSBORO, THE VICE PRESIDENT SPOKE TO 7,500 VOTERS AT AN EVENT IN CHARLOTTE, WHERE PEOPLE BEGAN GATHERING IN LINE SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE THE START TIME. JOINING US NOW, SENIOR SPOKESPERSON AND ADVISER FOR THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN, ADRIENNE ELROD. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK ON THE SHOW. >> GREAT TO BE BACK. >> I JUST WANT TO GET YOUR RESPONSE TO DONALD TRUMP WHEN HE WAS ANNOUNCING THAT HE -- I GUESS THERE'S GOING TO BE NO MORE DEBATES. THAT WAS REALLY QUICK, LIKE, TWO DAYS LATER, NO DEBATES, NOT DOING IT. THEY COULDN'T EVEN WAIT A WEEK TO, LIKE, MAYBE TRY TO PUT SOME SPACE BETWEEN IT. BUT HE JUST DOES NOT WANT TO DO IT AGAIN. BUT I'M CURIOUS, HE SAYS HE WON. >> YEAH. HE SAYS HE WON. HE SAYS A LOT OF THINGS THAT SIMPLY AREN'T TRUE. LOOK, ANY PERSON, MIKA, WHO TUNED INTO THE DEBATE TUESDAY NIGHT, WHETHER YOU ARE A TRUMP SUPPORTER, A HARRIS-WALZ SUPPORTER, AN UNDECIDED VOTER WHO TUNED IN TO TRY TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT BOTH CANDIDATES STAND FOR, WHO THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR, THE CHOICE WAS VERY CLEAR. ALSO, WHO WON THAT DEBATE WAS ALSO VERY CLEAR. YOU SAW THE VICE PRESIDENT TAKING A STRONG COMMAND ON EVERY SINGLE ISSUE THAT MATTERS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. FROM EXPANDING REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOMS TO MAKING SURE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY THE RIGHT TO GET AHEAD BUT TO STAY AHEAD ECONOMICALLY. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, SHE TALKED ABOUT STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY AND PROTECTING DEMOCRACY. SO THE THINGS THAT MATTER THE MOST TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, THE THINGS THAT MATTER THE MOST TO UNDECIDED VOTERS WHO ARE DECIDING, YOU KNOW, STILL AT THIS POINT WHO THEY'RE GOING TO SUPPORT, SHE MADE IT VERY CLEAR WHERE SHE STANDS. SHE'S FIGHTING FOR THEM. YOU KNOW, I THINK DONALD TRUMP CAN CONTINUE TO GO OUT THERE AND TELL LIES AND SAY HE WON THIS DEBATE, BUT I THINK IF YOU ARE THE AVERAGE PERSON TUNING IN AND WATCHING WHAT HAPPENED TUESDAY NIGHT, IT IS VERY OBVIOUS WHO THE VICE PRESIDENT STANDS FOR, WHO SHE IS FIGHTING FOR. THAT, IN TURN, MEANS THAT SHE WON THAT DEBATE. >> IF NO MORE DEBATES, WHAT'S -- BECAUSE THAT WAS A REAL PLATFORM. I BELIEVE 70 MILLION PEOPLE TUNE IN TO WATCH THAT, AND YOU GET AN UNVARNISHED LOOK AT EACH CANDIDATE WITHOUT A LOT OF SPIN AROUND IT, JUST THEM ON THE STAGE ALONE. WE LEARNED A LOT IN THAT DEBATE, BUT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY MORE. WHAT'S THE STRATEGY TO GET THAT SAME STRONG MESSAGE AND MORE, ESPECIALLY ABOUT REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOMS, TO THE SWING STATES AND TO ALL THE VOTERS WHO MATTER SO MUCH IN THIS ELECTION? >> WELL, YOU JUST PLAYED A CLIP OF HER IN GREENSBORO, WHICH SHE HAD, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WELL OVER 10,000 PEOPLE AT THE RALLY. I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT SHE'S DOING. SHE'S TAKING HER MESSAGE DIRECTLY TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. SHE'S TRAVELING THE BATTLEGROUND STATES. SHE'S DRAWING BIG CROWDS AND MAKING SURE EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE ROOM, OBVIOUSLY LOCAL PRESS IS A BIG FOCUS OF OURS WHEN TRAVELING TO STATES, THAT SHE'S GETTING A LOT OF LOCAL PRESS, AND THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHO SHE IS FIGHTING FOR, WHAT SHE STANDS FOR. YOU KNOW, THE THING I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT, TOO, MIKA, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ON THE SHOW BEFORE, IS WHEN YOU SEE THESE BIG CROWDS AT THE EVENTS SHE'S DOING, THOSE CROWDS ARE THEN TURNING AROUND, MAKING SMALL DOLLAR DONATIONS TO OUR CAMPAIGN. JUST ANNOUNCED WE RAISED $47 MILLION FROM 600,000 DONORS IN THE 24 HOURS AFTER THE DEBATE, WHICH IS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY. PEOPLE ARE GIVING TO THE CAMPAIGN AND ALSO SIGNING UP FOR VOLUNTEER SHIFTS. WHEN YOU'RE SEEING THE BIG CROWDS, THOSE PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO WORK FOR THE CAMPAIGN. THEY'RE DONATING. THEY'RE SIGNING UP FOR SHIFTS. THEY'RE PHONE BANKING. THEY'RE KNOCKING ON DOORS. I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE HAVE IN THESE STATES, AND WE'VE BEEN INVESTING IN, YOU KNOW, FOR A LONG TIME, WELL BEFORE WE HAD THE VP AS OUR CANDIDATE, BACK WHEN IT WAS PRESIDENT BIDEN WHO WAS THE CANDIDATE, WE'VE BEEN INVESTING IN THESE STATES. WE HAVE OVER 250 OFFICES IN EVERY SINGLE BATTLEGROUND STATE COMBINED. WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, 2,000 OR SO WORKERS IN THE STATES. WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS THERE TO SUPPORT THE VOLUNTEERISM, THE EXCITEMENT. THAT'S WHAT IS GOING TO MATTER, MIKA, WHEN IT COMES TO A REALLY CLOSE ELECTION. THIS ELECTION WILL STILL BE VERY CLOSE. YOU KNOW, YOU SHOWED A POLL THAT DEMONSTRATED THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE OVERWHELMINGLY BELIEVE SHE WON THAT DEBATE. BUT WE STILL KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY CLOSE RACE THAT IS WON ON THE MARGINS IN SEVEN BATTLEGROUND STATES. WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE SUPPORT THERE TO CHANNEL THIS EXCITEMENT AND ENTHUSIASM M, BUT WE STILL WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR, IT IS GOING TO BE CLOSE. >> ADRIENNE, GOOD MORNING. GOOD TO SEE YOU. ONE OF THE THINGS I'M SURE YOU HEAR FROM SWING VOTERS, MAYBE EVEN REPUBLICAN VOTERS, TALKING ABOUT NIKKI HALEY SUPPORTERS WHO WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH DONALD TRUMP AND ARE CURIOUS ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS, WHETHER THEY SHOULD SUPPORT HER, IS THEY DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT WHERE SHE STANDS NOW VERSUS WHERE SHE STOOD PREVIOUSLY IN HER CAREER, PARTICULARLY IN 2019, DURING THE 2020 RACE. WHAT'S A WAY TO EXPLAIN HOW THE POSITIONS HAVE CHANGED PRETTY DRAMATICALLY FOR VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS? SHE SAYS HER VALUES HASN'T CHANGED, BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HER SUPPORT PREVIOUSLY FOR DECRIMINALIZING ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSINGS, SUPPORT FOR SINGLE PAYER HEALTH CARE, GETTING RID OF THAT, AND THEN HER BAN OF FRACKING, NONE OF WHICH SHE SUPPORTS ANYMORE. HOW CAN A VOTER UNDERSTAND THOSE CHANGES? >> I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THIS QUESTION, WILL LEIGH. WILLIE, SHE'S MADE IT CLEAR. WHEN YOU BECOME AN AMERICAN SERVANT AND SERVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, YOU LEARN ABOUT THE ISSUES AND YOUR POSITIONS CAN EVOLVE. THE POSITION ON FRACKING IS THE POSITION SHE HAD DURING THE 2020 CAMPAIGN. PEOPLE EVOLVE ON POSITIONS. WE CAN LOOK BACK TO WHERE A LOT OF ELECTED OFFICIALS STOOD ON MARRIAGE EQUALITY, FOR EXAMPLE. IN THE EARLY 2000s AND MID 2000s, A LOT OF ELECTED OFFICIALS WERE AGAINST THAT. OF COURSE, IT IS UNIMAGINABLE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, IN PARTICULAR THESE DAYS, TO NOT STAND FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY. OF COURSE, THE VICE PRESIDENT ALWAYS STOOD FOR IT. THE BOTTOM LINE IS, PEOPLE EVOLVE. PUBLIC SERVANTS EVOLVE. I THINK YOU WANT SOMEBODY IN OFFICE WHO IS WILLING TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THE ISSUES AND BE OPEN-MINDED WHEN IT COMES TO WHERE THEY STAND. THE MORE THEY LEARN ABOUT AN ISSUE AND, BY THE WAY, THE MORE THE ISSUE ALSO ESOL OFS. >> I GUESS THE CONCERN IS SHE'S SAYING THESE THINGS TO GET ELECTED AND WILL GO BACK TO HER PREVIOUS POSITIONS IF PRESIDENT. SAFE TO SAY SHE'LL STAY WHERE SHE IS RIGHT NOW? >> ABSOLUTELY SAFE TO SAY THAT, WILLIE. NO DOUBT. SHE MADE THAT VERY CLEAR ON THE DEBATE STAGE TUESDAY NIGHT. SHE'S EVOLVED ON SOME POSITIONS, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO WHERE SHE STANDS ON THE ISSUES THAT MATTER TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, HER VALUES REMAIN THE SAME. THOSE HAVE BEEN UNCHANGED HER ENTIRE CAREER. WHEN SHE WAS A PROSECUTOR, WHEN SHE WAS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA, WHEN SHE WAS UNITED STATES SENATOR, AND OBVIOUSLY AS VICE PRESIDENT. SHE'S THE MOST PREPARED, MOST QUALIFIED TO BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AND SHE'S MADE IT VERY CLEAR WHERE HER VALUES STAND. I THINK IF YOU ARE ANYONE WHO TUNED INTO THAT DEBATE, EVEN IF YOU ARE A TRUMP SUPPORTER, IT IS REALLY HARD TO LOOK AT THE DEBATE AND SAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT? I DON'T KNOW WHO SHE'S FIGHTING FOR, ME OR HERSELF. IT'S VERY CLEAR WHO SHE'S FIGHTING FOR, AND THAT'S THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. SHE'S PUTTING THEIR PRIORITIES FIRST, AND THAT CAME ACROSS CLEARLY ON THE DEBATE STAGE TUESDAY NIGHT. >> ADRIENNE, AS WE'VE BEEN COVERING FOR YEARS NOW, DONALD TRUMP HAS A VERY FERVENT FOLLOWING OF SUPPORTERS WHO WILL STAY WITH HIM THROUGH THICK AND THIN, I'LL PUT IT LIGHTLY. BUT WHAT'S YOUR MESSAGE TO THOSE VOTERS, SOME OF WHO MAY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE ROCKED FOR THE FIRST TIME WHEN HE MADE THAT COMMENT ABOUT DOGS AND CATS? THAT WAS EASILY GOOGLED TO BE, YOU KNOW -- I'M JUST WONDERING, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO TRUMP SUPPORTERS AND TO SAY, LOOK, WE'RE OFFERING YOU SOMETHING DIFFERENT? WHAT WOULD THAT BE? >> FIRST OF ALL, I THINK JON MEACHAM SAID THIS ON YOUR SHOW OR ON MSNBC RECENTLY, WHERE HE BASICALLY SAID, YOU KNOW, WOULD YOU TRUST SOMEBODY WHO, YOU KNOW, MADE THESE DOG-EATING COMMENTS WITH THE NUCLEAR CODES OF THIS COUNTRY? THAT ENCAPSULATES, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE STAND AND WHERE A LOT OF VOTERS STAND. IN THE WAY WE'VE APPROACHED THIS, THE WAY SHE'S APPROACHED THIS, SORT OF LOOKING AT TRUMP WITH THIS WEIRD LOOK, LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS. AGAIN, PIVOT HER MESSAGE BACK TO FIGHTING FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, MAKING IT VERY CLEAR WHAT HER PLAN IS, TO LOWER COSTS FOR FAMILIES, MAKING IT VERY CLEAR WHAT HER PLAN IS TO EXPAND REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM, AND DRAWING THE CONTRAST WITH TRUMP. THE FACT THAT NO MATTER WHAT HE TRIES TO DO, HE STANDS WITH PROJECT 2025. A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO USED TO WORK FOR HIM HELPED CRAFT THAT POLICY. WHAT WOULD PROJECT 2025, THE BLUEPRINT, LOOK LIKE IF IMPLEMENTED INTO LAW? THAT WAS A CONTRAST YOU HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR ON THE DEBATE STAGE TUESDAY NIGHT FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT, WHILE ALSO LAYING OUT HER OWN VISION. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, LOOK, SHE MADE IT VERY CLEAR, IF YOU SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP, IF YOU SUPPORT VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, SHE IS GOING TO FIGHT FOR YOU NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE SUPPORTING IN THIS RACE. THAT IS WHAT HER FOCUS IS. SHE WANTS TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES AND FOR ALL AMERICANS. IT WAS VERY OBVIOUS, YOU KNOW, A POINT SHE MADE TIME AND TIME AGAIN ON THE DEBATE STAGE ON TUESDAY NIGHT. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HEAR US SAY TIME AND TIME AGAIN ON THIS CAMPAIGN TRAIL. THE NEW WAY FORWARD IS KIND OF THE THING THAT WE LOOK AT EVERY ISSUE, EVERYTHING WE TALK ABOUT IN THIS CAMPAIGN, WE LOOK AT IT UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF A NEW WAY FORWARD. WE HAVE A TOUR THIS WEEKEND WITH SURROGATES ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. OBVIOUSLY THE VICE PRESIDENT, GOVERNOR WALZ ARE TRAVELING FROM STATE TO STATE TALKING ABOUT HER ECONOMIC VISION, TALKING ABOUT HER PLAN TO LOWER COSTS FOR FAMILIES, UNDER THE U