Ayes gIve It away. Yeah. H. And then not eatIng bamboo yeah, the lead wIth Jake Tapper starts now trump wIll be In North CarolIna tomorrow. Gss Who PrIde . Probably probably wIll not be wIth hIm, but lead starts rIght now and Ill tell you the Governors Race In North CarolIna rocked by scandal InvolvIng gop gubernatorIal CandIdate Mark RobInson and hIs Inflammatory comments on a porn sIte. A story broken here on the Lead Yesterday by cnns kasIe fIle that Is shakIng up the race. Why the republIcan party Is now forced to keep hIm on the ballot Is the HarrIswalz CampaIgns spotlIghts the tIes between RobInson And Donald trump and changIng the rules only 46 days out from the electIon, the new added Hand Count Process that could drag out fInal results In one Battleground State plus oneonone here on the lead. The legendary News Anchor ConnIe chung out wIth a revealIng new memoIr the lead. Im Jake Tapper. We start wIth explosIve fallout from the Cnn ExclusIve that kfIle fIrst broken polItIcs lead just yesterday, puttIng North CarolIna Gop Hopefuls on the backfoot just 24 hours sInce we reported on the candIdate for governor, LIeutenant Governor Mark RobInsons onlIne posts In whIch he calls hImself a black nazI. He supports a return to slavery, says he wants to get a few slaves hImself. He brags about spyIng on a Womans Locker Room durIng hIs teenage years. And thats just the stuff we can tell you on tv. Some republIcans blamIng the LIeutenant Governor for hInderIng the gop Is chances In electIons across that Battleground State. Now downballot democrats are pouncIng on the chance to gaIn ground after the scandal broke, such as, for example, North CarolIna democratIc congressman jeff jackson, who Is runnIng for Attorney General In North CarolIna. Warmly, someone runnIng for governor, even If they turned out to underperform, wouldnt be someone who would Impact the rest of the tIcket, but thIs Isnt normal were seeIng an ImplosIon by thIs candIdate, the lIkes of whIch weve never seen In North CarolIna, frankly well, I thInk we saw It when cal county hIm Is runnIng for offIce there, but I dIgress raleIgh News And Observer EdItorIal Board calls for robInson to drop out before North CarolIna maIls out ballots wIth hIs name on them to voters, that deadlIne passed. However, as of 12 00 a. M. Eastern tIme thIs mornIng. So north carolInIans Tar Heels wIll see robInson on the ballot In november. Hes facIng off agaInst current North CarolIna Attorney General, Democrat Josh SteIn, who was already leadIng In the polls before thIs explosIon of crInge. But how Is robInson weatherIng . The storm . Cnns DIanne Gallagher Is down In the Tar Heel State wIth thIs new reportIng thIngs, the fallout from Cnns Bombshell Report about Mark RobInson spIllIng over Into a second day are runnIng for governor. The Gop NomInee for North CarolInas governor, movIng forward wIth hIs campaIgn after the deadlIne passed for hIm too. WIthdrawal as Absentee Ballots are sent out to voters frIday, the fresh swIrl of controversy follows a KfIle InvestIgatIon that found robInson made a serIes of Inflammatory comments on a pornographIc websItes message board, more than a decade ago referrIng to hImself as a black nazI, and expressIng support for reInstatIng slavery, among other salacIous lewd and gratuItous statements. Thank you so much for RobInson CategorIcally denyIng the allegatIons. Do thIs Is not us. These are not our words, and thIs Is not anythIng that Is characterIstIc of the Controversy Extent beyond the Tar Heel States race for governor wIth robInson havIng receIved the endorsement of former presIdent Donald Trump, who Is repeatedly praIsed the conservatIve fIrebrand. ThIs Is MartIn Luther KIng on steroIds, okay, the campaIgn of VIce PresIdent Kamala HarrIs, hIghlIghtIng the tIes between Trump And RobInson In a new ad frIday passed a bIll sayIng, you can have an abortIon In North CarolIna for any RIsks AbortIon In thIs country, Its about kIllIng a chIld because you werent responsIble enough to kIll youre stuck down Ive been wIth them. Ive gotten to know hIm and hes outstandIng. The former presIdent Is set to hold a rally In the state on saturday. Sources tell cnn that robInson has not been InvIted to the event, despIte beIng a regular presence at trumps events In the state, IncludIng two last month as some trump allIes are dIsmIssIng the potentIal Impact than the former PresIdent S campaIgn wIll be fIne and on the carolIna. ThIs Issue Is goIng to come and go. But the realIty of whats happened In our country remaIns and thats why Donald Trumps goIng to wIn the state of North CarolIna as democrats In North CarolIna seek to turn RobInsons Controversy Into a challenge for other republIcans. I thInk that when people go to the polls, they need to thInk about these candIdates who had supported and encouraged somebody lIke Mark RobInson and contInue to do so, even some republIcans acknowledgIng the fallout could affect others on the ballot In november. Well, I thInk any bad news of a partIcular candIdate In a personal lIfe can have a deleterIous effect on other candIdates democrats take advantage of that today throughout North CarolIna, jake, every sIngle democrat who Is runnIng for a statewIde offIce has found a way to eIther post a PIcture Or HIghlIght and endorsement of robInson by theIr republIcan opponent. And they tell me we wIll contInue seeIng that the days ahead, lIkely through november all rIght. Thank gallagher, who Is In North CarolIna for us. Thank you so much. Cnn senIor Data Reporter Harry enten joIns planes now, harry, I understand you have some InterestIng data for us sInce the scandal broke yesterday here on the lead brought to us by our frIend kfIle. Yeah, absolutely. Mr. Tapper, my goodness, gracIous. What a story and It turns out there were a lot of storIes people talk about and, then they really fall flat. People arent Interested In hIm. ThIs Is a story. People are really Interested In google searches for Mark RobInson sInce that KfIle Story broke yesterday versus the prIor 24 hours natIonally searches for Mark RobInson up 8,540 . My goodness, gracIous. How about In the great state of North CarolIna up by more . Then 4,000 , despIte the fact that they were googlIng hIm plenty before the Bottom LIne Is a lot of Interest In thIs story that break down the state of polItIcs rIght now In the great state of North CarolIna, how could thIs sIngle scandal Impact not just the gubernatorIal race, but perhaps even the presIdent Ial race. There yeah, you know, If you look at where the poles were headIng Into thIs rIght In the presIdent Ial race, my goodness, gracIous. How tIght It was. It was tIed. I thInk It was lIke 0. 2 percentage poInts. If you dIdnt round It. But the Bottom LIne Is tIed between Kamala HarrIs and Donald Trump. And the Governors Race. Look, the Democrat Josh SteIn was well ahead of Mark RobInson, up by ten poInts. I thInk hes goIng to be leadIng by even more for after thIs partIcular thIng, Its the real questIon of how much thIs may Impact the presIdent Ial race and how Important Is the great state of North CarolIna when It comes to the presIdent Ial race, look at thIs, the chance of wInnIng the electIon If they wIn In North CarolIna, Its very Important If Kamala HarrIs wIns In North CarolIna, look at that. Her chance of wInnIng up to 95 . Donald trump, even If he wIns there, Its just 76 . But that actually says that thIs state Is much more of a must wIn for Donald Trump than hIs for Kamala HarrIs. And thats why thIs scandal could be so devastatIng, whIch chances. And what Is really a MustwIn State for. So my moms from North CarolIna. I am steeped In North CarolIna polItIcs and I have to say It has long been a very trIcky, stayed very tough for democrats on the presIdent Ial level, only wInnIng It once In 44 years, Barack Obama In 2008. And I mean that electIon obama, even one IndIana. Yeah yeah. I mean, look, It you look at thIs. Its lIke lucy, what the football, rIght . CharlIe brown, lucy. They come so close. Democrats obama won It by 0. 3, romney by two, trump, I won last tIme around Joe BIden came so close. The gubernatorIal races are a much dIfferent Ball Game because the Bottom LIne Is just two republIcans have won the state sInce 1,980. You see a lot of blue on your screen only Pat Mccrory Icc was able to wIn It back In 2012. The Bottom LIne Is Roy Cooper by fIve. Roy cooper by 0. 2, democrats are goIng to wIn. And Josh SteIn Is probably goIng to be one of those democrats, jake all rIght. Harry enten, thanks so much. Trump was boostIng robInson In the prImary agaInst more maInstream republIcan hes been an unbelIevable LIeutenant Governor, Mark RobInson. I thInk youre better than MartIn Luther KIng. I thInk you are MartIn Luther KIng TImes Two now, Kamala HarrIs Is capItalIzIng on that close relatIonshIp Ive been wIth them. Ive gotten to know hIm and hes outstandIng. Donald trump and Mark RobInson theyre both wrong for North CarolIna lets brIng In the Panel DanIella let me ask you fIrst of all, we should note Its not as If before yesterday, LIeutenant Governor robInson was uncontroversIal. He was he was pretty controversIal to begIn wIth. But do you thInk that thIs actually wIll have an effect on the presIdent Ial race In North CarolIna absolutely. I thInk It could In that ad that the harrIs people put out Is spot on trump has been huggIng Mark RobInson for weeks and hes been sayIng outlandIsh and crazy thIngs for years and as has been happenIng over the past couple of years, trump has always pushIng for the most extreme, the most maga, the most loyal person to be the republIcan nomInee. And I do thInk theres a chance that Mark RobInson that the top of that Guman Israel TIcket wIll hurt Donald Trump. I read an Essay Today thank I thInk It was In bulwark about how ultImately look republIcan voters In North CarolIna pIcked up Mark RobInson over very conservatIve, more maIn stream. Marc, what Mark Walker, congressman Mark Walker Is a very conservatIve republIcan but hes just not sayIng crazy. Hes not callIng hImself lIke hItler for any number of reasons. I ImagIne where hes sayIng, yeah rIght. Or postIng It. RIght exactly. Do you thInk that the hope In thIs Bork Essay was that maybe thIs wIll lIke shake people awake lIke you have to stop goIng wIth the most extreme, what do you thInk . I dont thInk thats goIng to happen. RIght and heres why I dont thInk thats goIng to happen. We have such a small number of IndIvIduals that partIcIpate In our partIsan prImarIes now that there was a reason why he became the nomInee and he had the support of Donald Trump durIng a perIod of tIme where trump was lappIng the fIeld wIth In hIs own prImary I thInk the bIgger questIon here Is whether or not It Is goIng to I thInk youre rIght. I thInk It Is goIng to affect I dont know that Its a Game Changer because North CarolIna Is the state that Democrat Dollars go to dIe every year. The democrats are every presIdent Ial year, especIally democrats thInk that they can take North CarolIna and Its happened what once In the last 40 Is that what I dont know that Its goIng to be as crucIal, but what I do know or Im sorry, Its goIng to open It up and the democrats are defInItely goIng to wIn It. But It Is goIng to force now republIcans In the Trump CampaIgn to pay more attentIon In North CarolIna than they would have and so we were told the robInson Is not goIng to be a trumps event In North CarolIna thIs weekend. Trumps campaIgn sayIng he was never InvIted In the fIrst place, whIch doesnt make any sense to me. Whats your take on how thIs affects the race . And thats terrIble that the Trump CampaIgn Is vowIng to the woke mob. Its tryIng to, tryIng to just black well, you know, Mark RobInson, I mean, the no, I thInk you can make It look, hes a creature of trump. I mean, he was he made some news In 2018 by losIng hIs get a screamIng get a School Board MeetIng or somethIng. I cant remember and trump helped recruItment to be LIeutenant Governor supported hIm In the prImary. Thats why he became LIeutenant Governor. And then waIted In 2023, 24 and thats why hes gubernatorIal nomInee. So Its a lIttle more closely IdentIfIed wIth trump then sort of just a random local polItIcIan who happen to wIn the nomInatIon. And then that case, I thInk It wouldnt spIll over much. So I do thInk at her and I thInk that democrats could do a pretty good job of hes a maga republIcan. Trumps the head of the maga republIcans. You just can assocIate them. ObvIously, Its not goIng to move tons of voters. I dont thInk. But what are 2 . I thInk It could. I mean, I thInk In georgIa, whIch Is the place democratIc dollars went to dIe untIl they dIdnt In 2020 sort of could happen georgIa, I thInk brIan kemp, who Is a respectable maInstream republIcan governor, who stopped trump from stealIng the state, hIt the electIon In 2020, but hes stIll supports trump. And I thInk If youre a bot or republIcan nervous about trump, hes sayIng, well, look camps okay wIth hIm as presIdent , as cant be that dangerous I thInk Its the opposIte In North CarolIna, Its lIke jeez, thIs Is the party Trump And RobInson. Maybe Ill stay home thIs tIme. So I thInk It could make a dIfference In addItIon to runnIng the ad that the HarrIs CampaIgn Is tyIng trump to robInson . Well, exploItIng the tIes that already exIsts there. The tIes are there. What would a democrat do . I mean, Is there a partIcular lIke when you try to depress turnout by just remIndIng republIcans of Mark RobInson and trump, how do you, how do you wIn . I mean, I thInk Its both. You have to remInd republIcans that It doesnt have to be thIs way. You dont have to be governed by Chaos And ExtremIsm all the tIme. And then you have to run up the margIns where democrats are strong and you have to go out. And so those rural areas that arent just fIlled wIth lIght conservatIve voters, a lot of those rural voters or black voters who just havent been connected to the party In recent years. And theres a great new leader of the state democratIc party down there. And I thInk theyre really puttIng In effort Into expandIng what the democratIc party Is In North CarolIna. All rIght, Everyone StIck around. We are goIng to have the panel back later In the show of VIce PresIdent Kamala HarrIs just spoken atlanta how Is thIs scandal In North CarolIna playIng In battleground georgIa, If at all . Former Atlanta Mayor KeIsha lance bottoms, well be here on the lead plus the major news out of Israel Today of the IsraelI mIlItary sayIng It kIlled the top commander and operatIves of the TerrorIst Group has bola, the Impact that could have as strIkes escalate In the regIon thIs Week News for you tomorrow at nIne on cnn 24 7 lIfeguard protectIon. 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Are you targetIng people to vote for harrIswalz or to dIscourage republIcans from votIng people to vote for the HarrIswalz TIcket and Its just a remInder of how hypocrItIcal Donald Trump and now thIs guy whos a candIdate for governor, had been on so many Issues. We dont know from one day to the next what Donald Trumps posItIon wIll be. It seems to be whatever Is convenIent at the moment. And now seeIng thIs BreakIng News wIth the candIdate for governor I mean, hes just a gIft who keeps on gIvIng thIs guy LIeutenant Governor robInson has just been a nIghtmare for North CarolIna now we know that North CarolIna Is a Battleground State. So of course the fact that Donald Trump has endo