On the stage and defending your record. We have got to choose right, we have got to win and somebody that will be able to serve two terms. Picket in front of the white house in washington, d. C. Thats really why the protest needs to be. A nation without borders is not a nation. We have to secure the Southern Border. Thats not true. Chinas the real enemy. As the u. N. Ambassador you literally bring it. You got bad information. Rather than creating clarity, it creates more of a muddle for voters. There will be a lot of pressure to kick somebody off the island. Seven candidates were on stage. The one who was not, donald trump, may have benefitted the most of all. Good morning. It is the top of the hour. We are glad you are with us, especially if you stayed up late watching the debate last night. At the end, no one wanted to vote anyone else off the island. One person did. We will talk to him shortly. Five minutes. Most did not want to. Yet again, the gops frontrunner donald trump was not there. He wasnt on the stage. Today trump will be the focus of a major speech by President Biden as they head towards a likely rematch for 2024. Biden will be sending a stark warning about trumps looming threat to democracy. Meanwhile, House Republicans are set to hold the first hearing of their Impeachment Investigation and this is all happening with the Government Shutdown just days away, two days away to be precise, and government running out of money. A big day ahead in politics. Lets begin with harry enten. Good morning. Good morning. Biden focused on trump as his likely opponent. What do the polls show . Look, if we look at last nights debate, who was the most searched candidate on google . Donald trump who was 2,000 miles away. And, you know, he was 2,000 miles away, yet he was not most searched candidate. Here is the big reason why. Look at this. Who are the top choices for the gop nominee . Donald trump 58 going into that debate. Well ahead of the rest of the political pack on the republican side. Of course, i think there was a real question going in as well about the Vivek Ramaswamy, the top choice excuse me, the top most searched candidate in the first debate. Where did he land the second debate . He landed here. He was the second most candidate during the debate and often attacked and i believe we have some sound of that attack. Lets listen to it. This is infuriating. Tiktok is one of the most dangerous Social Media Apps we could have, and what you have got, i honestly every time i hear you, i feel a little bit dumber for what you say. I think we would be better served as a Republican Party if we are not sitting here hurling personal insults and actually have a legitimate debate im about policy i listen to that. Im really appreciating the nikki haley thing because of references to past lives. But the idea of ramaswamy going back and forth, there is there is a shift in the tone. Where does this leave him at this point . I think there are a few things going on. First off, if you noticed, and as i said, a lot of folks were attacking Vivek Ramaswamy and it seems to have made an impact. It wasnt just last night. It was in the leadup to last night. Before the first debate we saw ramaswamy seem to have some momentum in the polls. He was up to 9 . He started at 0 . Look where he now. 5 . It seems to me that a lot of republicans are recognizing how to attack Vivek Ramaswamy. You heard in that clip about tiktok. Do republicans think that tiktok is a threat to Americas National security . Look at this. 70 of republicans say, yes, it is. So i think there is going to be more attacks on ramaswamy Going Forward if they believe he is a threat between trump and those other candidates. Its problematic for your dance career on tiktok, as well. I mean, you know, thats why ill stick to instagram. Thank you. In trumps absence, Chris Christie took the time to address the noshow frontrunner directly. Donald you know you are watching. I know you are watching, okay . And youre not here tonight, not because of polls and not because of your indictments. You are not here tonight because youre afraid of being on this stage and defend kg your record. Youre ducking these things. And let mitole you whats gonna happen. You keep doing that, no one up heres Gonna Call You donald trump anymore. We are going to call you donald duck. Former governor of new jersey Chris Christie, good morning, governor. Good morning. How are you . Good. Thank you. We watched you do that last night. But trump doesnt seem to be affected at all in the polling. I will grant you where he is in New Hampshire. More broadly, by not showing up at these debates. Why should he attend if he feels like he has the voters support anyways . First off, as we have gone back and forth any number of times, i could tell you that National Polls dont matter because we dont have a national primary. In New Hampshire, trump is well below 40 and i am gaining on him, as are a number of other candidates. The reason he belongs there is much bigger than polls or his 91 counts of indictment. He his owes it to the Republican Party voters to show up. He owes it to them to show up because there are a lot of questions on the stage last night about his record and a lot of accusations about his record and his failures as the president of the United States. But he wants the job back. He needs to make those arguments. He is unwilling to show up because he is afraid. He is afraid to defend that record. All of the other bluster and his fake rally yesterday in detroit where they were bringing in, you know, trump volunteers to act as if they were auto workers is just another part of the scam, the grift, the fraud that is donald trump and his campaign. Governor, i am sure you will be shocked to know that the former president has responded to you on truth social saying in parks Chris Christie is talking about the job he did as governor. 89 approval rating. New jersey wanted it throw the bum to out. Talks about his border wall and safest and best border in u. S. History. Your response to that . Well, look, the guy said i was on the stage when he did it, that he was going to build a big beautiful wall across the entire border of the United States and mexico and mexico was going to pay for it. And all you need to do is go to the website and take a look. The government website. It shows 52 miles of new wall. He rebuilt some other parts of wall, but new wall. 52 new miles. At that pace, hed only need 110 more years as president to finish the wall and mexico did pay for it. I had fun last night by saying if mexico knew we were only doing to build 52 miles of wall under donald trump, maybe they would have paid for it t he is a Snake Oil Sales man. All he does all the time is lie about what he has done or hasnt done. I think that the American People are going to get tired of it as we get towards voting. Remember, no voting will happen until january 15 in iowa and soon thereafter in New Hampshire. We will be ready to take him out when that moment comes. Governor, you brought up trumps speech in detroit last night. He and the president went to talk to auto workers and show that there is a lot of focus on the uaw strike. I am interested in whether you agree with President Biden who said yes yesterday when he was asked if he supports a 40 Wage Increase for the union auto workers. Do you support that Wage Increase . No, i dont support a 40 Wage Increase. Why . Let me tell you what i smore. I support well, i will tell you what i to support. Since i dont support that, i think its too much. What i will tell you is that i think people should be paid based upon how hard they work, their expertise and the excellence they bring to their job every day. I think the union is hurting itself by asking to be paid for 40 hour workweek and only work 32 hours. They are hurting themselves in that direction. The American People want them to be paid and to be paid fairly and competitively, but they dont want them to be paid for not working. Those kinds of demands color that 40 request for an increase and color it in a bad way. I want them to be paid a competitive wage and paid a wage that helps them to support their families in the style which they want to become accustomed to and deserve to become accustomed to. But 40 is too high. Nobody in the country is getting that. One last thing. You know, we wouldnt be the ceo is the fact that joe bidens inflation we will get on other topics. The ceos of those Auto Companies are getting that kind of raise. Thats what its based on over the last four years, but we will move on. What i wanted to ask you, i followed you around New Hampshire in 2016. New hampshire was a focus back then. Its a focus now as well. The analogues are feel a little bit nor palpable about a big race, a big field, and people refusing to drop out and, therefore, nobody coalesces. Have you had discussion with the other candidates or republicans outside of the Campaign Space about having people drop out should people be dropping out right now . I love the fact that guys in the media like you, and you know, phil, i like you, but, you know, you guys have never run for anything. You want to tell everybody when they are supposed to drop out. I mean, fact is, this campaign is competitive and thats why i thought last night, you know, everybody up there was trying to make the best argument they could to try to distinguish their candidacy. People drop out when money runs out. People drop out when they dont see any pathway to winning. I am in second plates in New Hampshire. So you bet your rear end im not dropping out. Governor, i am not talking about you specifically. I am saying given where you are and where you think you are and where you think you can be, if there are six other people in this race, you have a Problem Coalescing the support that you would need to overtake over time. Thats just a reality, i think, and youre politically savvy individual and i wonder if you talked to other people about getting out of the race. I am. No. I have not approached any of the other candidates and asked them to get out race. For anybody who has run for office, they know thats not the way works. If one of your competitors says, hey, drop out so it makes it easier for me to win, thats not the right way to approach it. Folks need to come to their own conclusions and reality about their own situation. I would say this. It is a lot better situation than it was eight years ago when you tried to make that analogy. At point eight years ago at the Reagan Library debate there were still 17 people in the race. There are now seven. This time. Give it some time. You all want to rush all this. You want to run polls that rush us to get out race. You want trump biden . We should all drop out now. Then we see that 7 to of the American People dont want trump biden. So why dont we take the time to run a Real Campaign . I have been in this race for three months. Look, i think when people look at that debate stage last night, phil, you know, what they see, if i wasnt up there, no one would be taking on donald trump directly. And honestly. Not just his failure to be there and his failures in defending our constitution, but his failures substantively as president of the United States. Now the rnc has under the requirements 40 . You need 40 more donors between now and november 8 to stay on the stage. You want somebody who is going to fight trump in go to Chris Christie. Com and donate a dollar. Make sure i stay on that stage. Last night when you were speaking about education and Teachers Unions, you took a swipe at the first lady, dr. Jill biden. Here is that moment. When you have the president of the United States sleeping with a member of the Teachers Union, there is no chance that you could take the stranglehold away from the Teachers Union every day. They have an advocate inside the white house every day for the worst of the teachers, not for the students to be the best they cank. Why did you say that, that way . Because i, like other people, have looked at the most recent book that was put out about President Biden and it talked very, very specifically about how jill biden told randi weingarten, i told you would have an advocate in the white house for you starting day one when they moved into the white house. Thats the history. Jill biden has been a radical it advocate for the worst in the Teachers Union. And thats why i brought it up because no one else willing to say it. But the truth is that jill biden is advocating for the worst, for Keeping Schools closed in covid despite the fact her husband said he would have them opened within 100 days of his presidency and he didnt do that because of the pressure from his wife and from randi weingarten. All topics that are worth addressing. My question was the wording that you chose to use, a number of people thats the truth, is isnt it . Not just women waking up this morning or watching last night found it concerning. Congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez said it was disgusting, misogynistic and if republicans want to a nation of wording, you are standing by the wording. I am. Being called disgusting by a hypocrite like ocasiocortez is the highlight of my day so far. Since its 4 44 in the morning, thats great. When you look at the kind of hypocrite she is, the kind of things she does and lives her life as, as opposed to what comes out of her mouth, please, id be happy to be accused of anything by aoc. Governor Chris Christie, it is early there. Thank you for getting up early to talk to us. See you soon. I didnt even know what time it was. 5 14. You were close. Thank you. Not bad. Not bad. See you later. Nikki haley taking aim at the republican frontrunner who skipped the debate last night. How the Trump Campaign respondnded overnight. Senators unanimously passing a resolution officially requiring requiring Business Attire on the floor after senator John Fettermans casual dress. His offices one mean statement ahead. Ron desantis is against fracking, against drilling. You did it. 12 years, where have you been . Where have you been, tim . We have waited and nothing has happened. A win for russia is a win for a win for russia is win for china. Excuse me, excuse me, excuse me, youll have youll have nikki haley going after opponents on stage last night. She has been rising in the polls since the first debate t it appears the Trump Campaign is paying attention. They september out an email Last Night Attacking Haley and her record. Talk about what happened and more with cnn Political Commentator david axlerod, adam kinzinger, oddi, they wanted to be sort of in the mold of reagan. The Ronald Reagan national library, et cetera. You say they were in the shadow of trump. Mine, its hard to have these conversations about reagan at this point. Adam can probably talk to this more. But the person who granted amnesty or the person who, like, fired air traffic controllers. But not much of what they had to say is actually within the realm of that era of conservatism. So what you have a lot of people bickering about nonsense because the stakes are really low. Its not clear that there is a cohesive coherent posttrump policy. If it is in existence, it wasnt on stage. The starkest thing was on ukraine. Can you imagine what Ronald Reagan would have said about some of the things that were said about ukraine on there . I think the big the Big Loser Last Night was whoever had to operate the closedcaption machine because how do you distinguish between all those people yelling at each other . I dont think it was a lack of urgency or stakes that created that. I think it was the opposite. I think time is wasting here, and they are all vying to be the breakout person. Stakes for themselves. Not the country. Right . Like, the urgency was there for them. Granted. The echoes of a party that lets say half the candidates up there, the tim scotts, nikki haleys, the Chris Christies. Echoes of a party that i kind of feel an affection for still. That is not the zeitgeist of the party anymore. The Republican Party in 58 of republicans support donald trump, of the candidates up there, a good half will probably default to donald trump if their candidate of choice, if ron desantis was out. So its a concern. I am glad there were people like nikki haley up there, like Chris Christie who are going to tell the truth. This is a message that for those of us that still kind of believe someday the gop can be what it was again. I hate look