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Going to try to be in we intentionally funny on cnn to our, and night, our Brand New Comedy Show hosted by Roy Wood, junior, amber ruffin, and Michael Ian Black Have I Got News For You Premiers Tomorrow Night at nine. Thanks everybody for watching Anderson Cooper 360 starts. Now, go to bet. Good night. Tonight on 360 in a press killed with falsehoods, the former president defends about his hit with Bomb Threats at local schools also tonight, Vice President Harris Campaigning and parts of battleground, pennsylvania that went deep red last time. And the reception that she got there today, Senator John Fetterman joins us live and later dr. Sanjay gupta and what a Star Nfl Quarterback, just 26yearsold, is now facing after his Third Diagnose concussion of his career good evening. Thanks for Joining Us For A Second Straight Day Elementary School students in springfield, ohio were forced to evacuate their classrooms after another day of threats made against schools. And yesterday, city buildings. After a week of falsehoods, some of them inflammatory about, some of them are just flat out racist about the city made by Donald Trump is Running Mate then there are supporters, including by the former president today, who was offered multiple opportunities to try to tap, tamp down the tension, correct . The falsehoods, and disavow a particularly toxic follower and traveling companion of his chance came at a press conference. He gave this afternoon at his Golf Course near Los Angeles in it, he claimed he won the debate. Our polling and some of his fellow republicans certainly disagree. So does his Sport Order Robert f. Kennedy, who said he lost on national tv. He also made fun of moderator david muir, again, is that he would win solidly blue california if votes there would be counted, honestly, they have been counted honestly, we should point out he repeated a false claim. The california was diverting water into the ocean he accused Kamala Harris of lying about having worked in mcdonalds in 1983 repeatedly mispronounced her name. In other words, he said things which while theyd be outlandish, ive spoken by virtually any other candidate for any office ever were no pun intended par for the course and what sometimes obscure his other words that inflame and incite and can lead to dark places such as his turning a legitimate line of criticism over the pullout from afghanistan and the bombing that killed 13 american service members into this their sons and daughter. Just as though kamala shot them with a pistol in our hand or his hand they were killed by Biden And Kamala werent explicit enough, enough, hes also implicating the president and Vice President in the attempt on his life, saying in tuesdays debate, i probably took a bullet to the head because of the things that they say about me which at least suggests he understands the impact that words can have yet, even after Juror Springfield schools were evacuated for a second time today, he said this springfield, ohio, 20,000 Illegal Haitian Migrants have descended upon a town of people destroying their way of life, theyve destroyed the place and people dont like to talk about it because even the town doesnt like to talk about it. Because it sounds so bad for the town. They live there, there, proud. They loved the town for years. It was a great place, safe, nice now they have 20,000 and actually heard today is 32,000. The new number in springfield, the haitians in springfield or not, as he says, illegal by enlarge, they live their lawfully complete with Social Security Numbers and work permits under a federal program. Now, instead of admitting that the foreign president and his Running Mate have latched onto a rightwing Internet Meme about the haitian community. There in springfield. Theyre eating the dogs, the people that came in, theyre eating the cats. Youll have seen people until it let me just say this is the people unchallenged. My dog was taken and used for food. I dont know which one of the full spate of animals that are being consumed there in springfield, weve heard words from a number of constituents on the ground that they have had pets abducted by some of the immigrants. Their springfield, ohio that youve been reading about 20,000 destroying their entire way of life. This was a beautiful community and now its horrible and illegal. Haitians and he came in Illegal Haitian Migrants taking over a beautiful place. Can you imagine you have this small little community all of a sudden you have 20,000 illegals in your community. Nobody knows where they come from. But as you heard a moment ago today, without any evidence, he jack that number up to 32,000. So he heard he said and also today he vowed to deport them all. But he got the Country Wrong we will do large deportations from springfield, ohio large deportations. Were going to get these people out. What bringing them back to venezuela . So it seems to let the comic Opera Aspect of him confusing the countrys he scorns it again, obscures the central fact that what hes saying is inflammatory and false with regard to Haitians Legal Status In Springfield and the racist slur on their dietary habits springfield Area Law Enforcement this week went through 11 months of calls, received, a non non according to them concerned pets being in thats The Real News along with school Evacuations Today and yesterday, not the rumors and the fall says that he and his supporters are spreading. Heres what conspiracy peddled. Laura Loomer Post On X today, quoting now elon musks post videos so haitian woman confirming haitians do in fact eat cats and do Animal Sacrifice and voodoo. This comes as the media, as lying and saying Donald Trump lied about Kamala Harris is haitian invaders eating peoples pets in ohio. Its real and its happening now, loomer, Youll Recall recently posted a racist tweet about Vice President. The Vice President s indian heritage shes been traveling with the former president recently on his plane to the dismay of other republicans accompanying him to 911 ceremonies, despite having posted a video claiming the attacks were an inside job in her words he was asked about her today your republican colleagues . Are your allies who are concerned about your close relationship with Laura Loomer well, i dont know what they would say. Laura has been a supporter of mine just like a lot of people are supporters and shes been a supporter of mine she speaks very positively of the campaign. Im not sure why you asked that question, but laura is a supporter i dont control laura. Laura has to say what you want. Shes your allies. Concern. Well, i dont know. I mean, look, i cant tell You Laura what to do. Laura is a supporter. I have a lot of supporters but so i dont know what exactly youre referring to. Are loomer was traveling with you on your plane . A lot of people do its very big blind. She made racist remarks about your opponent. She also espoused Conspiracy Theories about 9 11. Do you disavow those remarks . Well have to see what the remarks are you telling me for the first time he has to. See what her remarks are. As you saw from that tweet of hers today, her remarks on that subject or his remarks and despite being a big plane, as he said, space on it is at a premium even more so after his Security Detail was beefed up, shes on the plane and by his side because he wants her there. But in a Social Media it posted late today, he signaled a possible change and you can make of it what you will quoting now, Laura Loomer doesnt work for the campaign. Shes a private citizen, longtime supporter. Disagree with the statements she made, but like the many millions of people who support me, shes tired of watching the radical left marxists and fascists violently Attack And Smear me even to the point of doing anything to stop their political opponent, me so a lot to get to joining us, cnn political commentators Scott Jennings and ashley allison, politicos Meridith Mcgraw and michael eric dyson, distinguished professor at Vanderbilt University and coauthor of the new book represent the unfinished fight for the vote. Michael, why do you think . This Conspiracy Theory about Haitian Migrant Population in springfield continues to be so pushed by rightwing Media Circles and by the president , the former president well in a word, its part of the big attack resy, the Rule Rain and tyranny of collection of bigoted figures. And by big, i mean, as Howard Thurman said, a big it as a person who makes an idol of his or her commitments, a fetish of their own particular beliefs. And this man has considered instantly denounced others who if you remember, he called hadiya a shithole country. This is an extension of the same attempt to both smear Vice President Kamala Harris by refusing to call her by her rightful name. That is a racist trope that has been deployed by many on the right is not a innocent mistake because if you mispronounce your name and you are correct it and you continue to mispronounce her name. Its the extension of calling black people what you will call them regardless of what their names are. But when you look even beyond that, this notion that black people are consuming dogs and cats there in because theyre haitian and then miss miss naming the country that he will deport them too. This is all a discombobulated bubble of bigotry that continues to operate within Donald Trumps imagination and unfortunately, many on the right wing, other conservatives have not called them on it, which means therefore, its theyre complicit as in his bigotry and an extension of his poison, his worldview scott, i mean, the former president did had the opportunity to walk back his comments about this, this what hes saying about haitians in springfield, it was asked about the Bomb Threats that have closed schools in the area. It chose not to address somebody that is actually happening there and affecting the lives of school kids. There do you wish he would walk this back i wish he would stick to the facts of whats happening about immigration in this country. It is a legitimate debate to have about whats happening in communities where you have influx of immigration, whether its legal or illegal and whether thats the kind of Immigration System that we need. I think thats a thats a conversation that country is interested in having. And i think it gets diluted and frankly lost the macro issues get lost when we get wrapped up in these, when these other sidebar issues or these other issues that maybe arent arent grounded in reality. So yeah, i look, i i think immigration and the economy are they . The two issues on which he can and might win the election . And the immigration issues we have in places all over the country, whether its ohio or in new York City or anywhere else, are bad enough that you dont have to, you dont have to dabble and things that are not true ashley i mean its clear he believes theres a Benefit In as scott says, dabbling in these things, which are not true. I mean, these are racist tropes that hes dabbling with. Yeah and theyre, quite dangerous i was speaking to a Reporter Today that was just back from springfield, ohio and it was an African American reporter and she said she had been called the N Word while theyre his words have power and we have seen before when he inflames his base to either attack at people in buffalo or at a grocery store, or whether it is a walmart in el paso. He is a leader, whether you like it or not, he is the leader of the republican party and we can have a conversation about immigration. We can talk about it is the issue its an issue that has been plaguing our country for 30 years because leaders have not on both sides of the party quite honestly, have yet to find a common ground. And when there was a chance for once after decades of not doing anything, this leader, Donald Trump, instead of letting the party solve the problem or take a step forward, he stopped it. And then months later, he wants to inflame his base again and yet say that black immigrants, not just any black immigrants, are eating their pets which is akin to how people have looked at black people as less than Human Haitian people. Laura loomer is tweet about lukoo. These are tropes that he is doing to get people excited to come out and vote for him but i make a call to all of us. We can be better than this. We can have Policy Conversations and we can do them on Debate Stages. But i dont think we can do them in the right way when Donald Trump is there because he had an opportunity to do it. And instead of sticking to the facts and talking about what he would do for america, he took that opportunity to push more lies and disinformation about black people and black immigrants in this dangerous. And its reckless and he needs to be stopped by all people, republicans and democrats will meredith, how are elected republicans reacting to the foreign president continuing to push this attack . Well, for the Trump Campaign, they see immigration as a winning issue for republicans across the board. They see that trump is up in the polls with immigration. And this falsehood came about because it was pushed initially by senator j. D. Vance of ohio and then was repeated again on the Debate Stage republicans are going to keep talking about immigration up until november. But what were seeing in this is that there are realworld consequences for the falsehoods that are being spread about the city in ohio. We heard the mayor of springfield say that they need help there. They dont need hate and when you see Elementary Schools get evacuated, the city hall, get evacuated for Bomb Threats, and citizens have concerns about their safety, safety because of their threats, it goes beyond a debate about immigration as everybody else in this panel said, and goes to being realworld consequences for the people that are the living in this town michael, its because the Harris Campaign has kind of brushed off most of the foreign president s attacks as part of his normal playbook. Im wondering how you see that i mean, is there anything in Todays Statement that they would want to respond to or for them . Is it better to not get involved in i mean, is that what they want . Is that what what the Trump Campaign wants . Yeah, exactly. Theyre trying to bait the Harris Campaign besides other nefarious intentions. And i think shes absolutely right. Do not step down to the level of your opponent at this point. And i think that she is wise to do so the campaign will not allow Donald Trump to set the terms of it. But i wish one other republicans are describing what is going on. His brother scott, just its so eloquently that is untrue, but its also racist and its important to say its racist, not just untrue, because untrue as a kind of neutral description of an objective calculation about whats right and whats wrong. Its also morally heinous that a president and former president of the united states of america would continue to race bait. His opponent because she bested him in a debate, The Black Girl beat the white boy coy, and now he is upset beyond the telling and hes incapable of controlling himself. And as a result of that, hes trying to make the nation pit, but Kamala