Doing im Wolf Blitzer in the situation room. Thanks very much for watching Erin Burnett Outfront starts, right outfront. Next, mccain backs harris, the late Senator John Mccains son, whos been serving in the military for 17 years is a very private figure, is blasting trump it was visit to Arlington National Cemetery as democrats are outspending republicans in a massive way in Swing States was giving up new reporting into outfront that the Trump Camp Campaign is all but deserted. A state that trump once thought he could win and well tell you which one and why this matters tonight. And a former top aide to two new York Government nurse charged with acting as an agent of the chinese government, who is she . Lets go outfront and good evening. Im Erin Burnett Outfront tonight, an endorsement for Kamala Harris driving Headlines Tonight and it comes from someone named mccain, Jim Mccain, who has served in the military for 17 years he is the son of the late Senator John Mccain and Jim Mccain is speaking out against trumps altercation the Campaigns Altercation with an Arlington Cemetery Staffer who attempted to stop trumps team from filming in the area of the cemetery where recent us casualties well, ts are buried. And mccain, who has just returned from a sevenmonth deployment to the middle east, minced no words its a violation because these rules are set in place there joining the military because they feel its the right thing. And the least we can do is when theyre gone, if they win, theyre in arlington is to respect the rules and regulations that are in place, like not politicizing the fact that these men and women are there. Go show respect Mccains Endorsement stands out because he is not a public figure, and because an endorsement of harris is not the same thing as saying you Cant Vote for trump in the case of mccain, his sister meghan mccain, who is a public figure when meghan speaks out against trump regularly, but she insists that she wont ever actually endorse harris while trump and John Mccains mutual disdain and just respect resulted in the Mccain Family not inviting trump to John Mccains funeral. Mccain son, who americans never hear from speaking out to endorse harris is an important step i think i feel that Kamala Harris and tim Waltz And Body a group of people that will help make this country better, that will take us forward. And thats really what matters at the end of the day as for trump, he is still pounding the table on his event at arlington cemetery, which was eight days ago. He still wants people to talk about it here he is moments ago. With no conflict. There was no fight. It was no anything and i get home that night and i get a call from one of the people that is press sir, theres a story that your people got into a tremendous fight with people representing the december. Do you notice that the person represents now doesnt want to talk. He doesnt want to speak her still and that was just in podcasts just a moment ago, the foreign president speaking today, the Harris Campaign Bus stop making a stop in trumps backyard. At this was a moment. Harris wasnt actually at this particular step. This is where some of her staunchest supporters were rallying the crowd. Listen to what they said you Cant Trust a damn word out of that liars mouth. No matter what he says florida is Ground Zero for his extreme anti reproductive freedom agenda. And he wants to keep it that way. We are just ten miles from Maralago Home of one donald j. Trump he is the one who got us into this mess all right highprofile surrogates like thats speaking on behalf of harris so far. It has been working not just in polls and money, which can indicate the future for polls, harris has a lot more money than trump so much. In fact that weve learned shes spending 25 Million to fund other democrats across the country that are right now an incredibly tight races for the house and senate. And when you look at it in these Swing States, democrats spending it just, its unbelievable. You cant even compare some of these numbers, hundreds of millions of dollars in ads to the election the majority of them in the seven battleground states on your screen. For example, pennsylvania 75 Million this is the plan democratic spend. Its 71 Million for republicans. So thats the closest, right . Thats the closest know, look at some of these others. Michigan, 56 Million for democrats, 50 Million more than republicans in georgia, 39 Million that ones tied. But then look at wisconsin 34 Million to not even 4 Million well, north carolina, 30 30,000,002, not even 3 Million i mean, that is that is not competitive. You just have to call it like it is hailed tausche is outfront live to begin our coverage outside the white House Tonight and kayla, as all of this is happening, harris is trying to talk more about policy. I know shes got a big announcement coming out tomorrow and economic plan. What are you learning . Erin, were learning that Vice President harris is going to be hitting back at Donald Trump directly on policy in that economic speech that shes going to be making in New Hampshire . Tomorrow. Weve learned from a Campaign Official that harris will be unveiling a new slate of economic proposals. This time is specifically targeted at small business, suggesting that they could increase their Tax Deductions in their first year of operating by ten fold. Shes also proposing fewer regulations for these businesses and also that some small banks could get new funding to cover interest on their loans, interest rates, of course, for businesses have been high just as they have been for consumers. But whats interesting, erin, is that harris is now embracing cutting Red Tape and cutting taxes principles that have traditionally been espoused by republicans. And this of course is coming just weeks after the right it has been subjecting her to broadsides that her first economic rollout where she called for more Government Involvement in the Housing Market and in Grocery Pricing was too populist including critiques from former president trump himself on truth, social called her policies soviet style and urged his supporters to vote for him if they wanted more ash and less tax. Now, advisers to harris that ive spoken with say that she does believe that some Trump Era Tax cuts on the wealthy and corporations should be allowed to lapse and that money should be used instead to fund other more targeted programs for average americans. But erin, of course this all comes against the backdrop of that high Stakes Conversation next week with Harris Hunkering Down in pittsburgh during the later part of this week to prepare for that debate, which is now just one week away. Erin. All right. Thank you very much, kayla and here with our panel now is that i want to get to kayla a new reporting in a moment. I want to start though with Jim Mccain, John Mccains Son endorsing harris. And as i pointed out, i think it is important because obviously there is real anger between those two families and understandably so. But having that Anger And Frustration is different than an endorsement. Meghan mccain has said she will not endorse harris, but her brother, who is not a public figure has come out and actually done that. Does this, does this Help Harris . Well, i think what Jim Mccain is doing here is representative of a larger argument that though Harris Campaign is trying to make to republicans, this is, this was its true even back when Joe Biden was the nominee. Remember back in the midterms, he making a clear case that this version of the republican party is different than your parents republican party. Thats targeted that kind of Mccain Lane of voter who theyre trying to say, we represent american values, we represent stability in a different way than the kind of Donald Trumps republican party does. And theyve seen some success with that there was success in the 2022 midterms with that, we also saw this as a specific message of the dnc in chicago, an appeal to Military And Appeal to patriotism. Thats clearly what theyre trying to do here. I mean, i think the Open Question is whether thats going to be representative war largely, but i think this is a good step. They dont need the whole even if you just take the Mccain Family, they will need all the members they need folks to be able to peel off and the kind of targeted micro sense. And thats why theyre investing this big money. And i should say when, when John Mccain talk to Jake Tapper Today and did this, he also was clear he had been lifelong independent, right. So he was i want to be clear on all this had registered as a democrat a few weeks ago okay. So that predates the arlington incident, but he didnt decide to speak out until that incident, right . It was that incident that made him say, im going to go from being a private person to a public person. Hes active duty military. This issue to your point about being active duty military, this issue around veterans issues around how trump views Military Service generally really transcends partisanship. And thats what i think were seeing. Just remember a couple of weeks ago, 1,000 veterans create wrote a letter in support of Tim Walz and saying, wait a minute, Donald Trump has spent his entire Life Bashing people who have served our country. He himself dodge the draft as some people say, but essentially he didnt have to serve because he had some medical issue. He has said nasty things about goldstar families. He has called John Mccain himself, who was a prisoner of war. He said nasty things about him. He suggested that, that our Military Personnel are week if they get shot or if they get captured. I mean, he has an end. The other thing is if you look at and what project 2025 is going to do, it is literally an attack on veterans. Its slashing veterans benefits. Its treating people who served our country horribly and taking Health Care away from them and limiting their Housing Subsidies and so what this is doing is its taking, i think some of the partisanship out of the conversation and just looking at who is the candidate thats going to be the best for our Military Personnel on our veteran. And i will say on that, obviously there are people from the Trump Campaign involved in project 2025. Trump has said that he does not agree with much of what is in that. So i just just putting that out there, although your point on veterans is important, kristen when you look at how people feel about this issue obviously trumps probably not surprised by the Mccain Endorsement or an endorsement coming from the Mccain Family, but its interesting that i believe you think trump is actually probably happy about this and he wants to keep this Arlington News Story alive. Why would that be . Will people already know if they liked Donald Trump or if they dont like Donald Trump the military and with veterans are also not, you know, you may remember it. The hillary clintons convention back in 2016, she had a Gold Star Family there speaking. And yet Donald Trumps still retains the support of a lot of folks in the middle military, a lot of veterans, families. He was very pleased this weekend to see Kamala Harris kind of engage on this because he immediately followed it up by posting statements from a variety of the goldstar families involved who had lost Loved Ones in afghanistan. He believes, and i think this is not an incorrect strategy to say, look, people have already decided if they liked me or they dont like like me, who i need to win are the people that dont like me personally, but think im better on policy. They think i would have been better if i had been president when it came to something like afghanistan. And so if he believes he can remind people of these policy issues, he thinks that he can hang on to those folks like those moderate republicans who go i just cant with Donald Trump at a personal or character level, but they think that hell be better on the policies that they care about. Alright, so on the policies is astead in npr this morning had a really interesting story that caught my attention is young voters who are going to either be 17 now, just turning 18, or this is their first time voting, right . Thats the bottom line. There was one young woman who stood out to me, her names, sri at the core, she 17. Shes going to be 18 is going to vote on election day. Heres what she said what matters to me for at least for my first time voting getting proper information rather than memes Kamala Harris was recently put in juba in this place and despite focusing more on her accomplishments, or down florida well, weaknesses, many of the younger generation have been rooting for her for one simple reason. And thats because she is trending i stopped in my tracks when i heard that and i should note the person who said that is 17yearsold thats because shes trending. What does that say to you . I mean, it says a couple of things. One is a recognition of the momentum that Kamala Harris has. I mean, well, whether the the reasons are ones the voter agrees with or not, theres a recognition that shes made more inroads among folks, among her community the end to even the point of all, were talking about with republicans. Theres a larger Permission Structure thats been put in place for young people to vote for Kamala Harris rather than Joe Biden, the memes were working in the opposite direction against Joe Biden, right . They were telling young people over and over and over, this is a choice you cannot make one thing that has happening with harris is that incentive has flipped and youre seeing people of really respond to that, but to the voters point, i think shes putting her thumb on something that is true across the electorate. There is a sense of energy, there is a sense of momentum, but theres not necessarily to this point, at least in my reporting, i think the Data Shows us a sense of connection with Kamala Harris about what she would do in terms of policy, what priorities would be what her legislative agenda would be, how she would defer than either generic democrat or Joe Biden before her. And shes not really made that clear in the interview and the opportunity shes had to kind of lay that out. Shes tried to be both and shes tried to be the Change Candidate who represent something thats different than Joe Biden ban also not making specific what those policies shifts are. And so what i think i hear from that person is a desire to know what am i getting into . What is the specifics that im going to try to understand what is really stand and thats the burden that remains on harris, whether its in the debate are going forward is to say how would a Kamala Harris lead democratic Party And Country be different . And what weve seen previous, and i should may not matter. I mean, if you win because youre trending a win is a win, then you get what you get, but does it trouble you . That there is some truth in what she said . It actually doesnt because the thing that is encouraging, you put up the numbers of the ad spend and showing how the Harris Campaign is outspending the Trump Campaign this is an unprecedented season right now because the Harris Campaign is also spending comparable numbers on Social Media, on tiktok through influencers to actually get the message out specifically to Myth Bust around what her agenda is, what she stands for, what shes done before, and its the messengers that this young Person Sen. Is following on those Social Media channels that are actually telling facts and information and dispelling myths about what Kamala Harris is. So when it comes to policy, we are going to hear more about it tomorrow. And kristen, i want to ask you about something actually that its dead, talk to voters on in Swing States on your podcast astead. And it was very interesting. It was about the economy, which is the top issue. And what porters had to say into the zeitgeist of trending, it actually didnt fit it all. Let me just play what a couple of people told a Static Kristen im a slave labor. What do you mean by that . I just work. It doesnt matter what the government does, isnt changed. My world. He doesnt really matter Whos President because My World is plat, no matter what i dont make any more money i dont spend any more money. I just live daytoday. Well, look at the Way Everything is right now. Its a big show. You know groceries are double what they were Gas Prices are doubled what they were. Theres no Job Security all right, im going to lose my house. Im afraid im going to lose my Car And Everything just because things are so expensive, you go to the Grocery Store you spend our box, you get like one bag of groceries so chris, in the most recent polling right now and this is with harris in the race. So this has had time to percolate trumpy terrorists on the economy, 46 to 38 on inflation 44 to 36 are those numbers fully baked or canned . All the announcements that were going to get from Harris Tomorrow on small businesses and taxes. Do you think that she can significantly move the needle i think harris has a big challenge to demonstrate that she is going to be different than the current administration. Back before you had the switch up at the top of the ticket, Donald Trump was way out ahead of Joe Biden on who voters trusted more to handle the economy and so even though right now Kamala Harris is still trailing trump, its actually not by as much as biden was trailing. So shes made a little bit of progress. There are some voters going okay, shes more of an unknown. I want to see what shes all about, its really interesting to me by the way, that even though she took a lot of positions that were pretty far to the left back when she ran for president in 2020 shes really tried, i think, on economic policy. Have a couple of things that are these signals to the center. I want to cut Red Tape. I want to cut taxes. Its really interesting and i think that speaks to that Permission Structure that instead was talking about earlier trying to give sort of fiscally conservative republicans faith. Look if you dont like Donald Trump, i promise if you vote for me ill have some policies you like, whether those voters in the center find that credible is a separate question, but she certainly is undefined to a lot of people and is trying to make herself really palatable to those moderates in the middle alright. All thank you very much. And next, weve got new reporting about how harris is preparing for next weeks debate. Will voters see a lot more of this and i. 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In her first debate of the election, harris, hoping to score memorable moments she did the last time she faced off against a republican Rival And Debate when that was exposed, the Vice President said, when asked, well, why didnt you all tell anybody . He said, because the president wanted people to remain calm well, lets go but isnt, this isnt right. And i want to add mr. Vice president , im speaking i have im speaking Joe Biden has been very clear. He will not raise taxes on anybody who makes less than 400,000 a Year Appeal to Trump Tax cuts. Mr. Vice president , im speaking well, im speaking is only going to repeal part of the Trump Tax cuts if you dont mind letting me finish, we can then have a conversation. Okay outfront, now two people who know all about big president ial debates, david axelrod, stuart stevens, who have been in every Debate Prep room. Pretty much everyone that theres been you were on opposite sides during the 2012 campaign with Barak Obama and Mitt Romney but theres a lot of mutual respect between the two of you, as we know so david, when you watched those clips and they are clip epps, right. So when you put the totality of a conversation around it, it may come off different but obviously the strategy there with pence was you know, anytime you overtopped her to call it out will that will that play well, if thats what happens on tuesday look, i wouldnt necessarily advise that strategy. You know, its interesting there has been this big debate within the debate about whether the microphones