Through some of the more rural and red parts of the state, but places were turning out dormant democratic voters could be game changing. More than ambitious, its a sign of optimism. The Harris Walz Campaign is playing offense right now, while trump and vance find themselves on defense. Forced to answer for and try to clarify one negative story after another, be it an alleged physical confrontation or altercation with an Arlington National cemetery worker, a repost of memes calling for the jailing of trumps political opponents or yet another unearthed tape of j. D. Vance attacking women without children. This time, its teachers. Days after telling nbc news that democrats, quote, willfully misinterpreted his childless cat ladies remark, the audio of vance going after the head of the nations Largest Teachers Union who says she became a mother through marriage. So many leaders of the left, and i hate to be so personal about this, but theyre people without kids trying to brainwash the minds of our children. And that really disorients me and it really disturbs me. Randi weingarten. Joining us now, Nbc News Correspondent, garrett haake, Washington Post senior Political Correspondent and msnbc political analyst, Ashley Parker and dispatch senior writer, david drucker. Theres the Arlington National cemetery melee. Im trying to get to the bottom of this, garrett. Can you work out what happened . The Trump Campaign says they have video. Why havent they released it . I think whether or not there was an altercation from the staff between the cemetery and campaign, there were words exchanged, maybe secondary to what we know happened, donald trump at the invitation of one Family Member of a marine killed at the Abbey Gate Bombing shot what has turned into Campaign Content at section 60 of Arlington National cemetery, something against both federal law and Arlington Cemeterys specific policies here. We have seen it in the form of a tiktok video, the Trump Campaign argues this was meant to be a solemn remembrance. He has focused on it politically, using it to attack the harris and biden campaigns, and did that with the content that he produced there. It appears over the objections perhaps very strenuous objections of Arlington Cemetery staff. We know that a Police Report was filed with Military Police about this incident. But the cemeterys pr folks say they are not saying anything more, and my Foyer Request for that report might be a very long time coming. Those dont usually come quickly. Lets talk about the other thing thats out there. Vaughn hillyard was arguing earlier to me today that this is actually a much bigger deal. These are the images that hes reposting on his truth social. Can you walk us through some of them, garrett. This is wild stuff. I dont have any other way to explain it. This is trump reposting memes he sees from his fans on truth social. This one showing his political opponents in jump suits. Theres another one in which he talks about military tribunals, locking up members of the january 6th committee. There are several that use qanon propaganda about the storm coming and where we go one, we go all acronym that some people have become familiar with. It is so strikingly different from the content that Trumps Campaign is posting on his behalf on x where its seen by many millions more people. What youre getting here is fan service for the most fervent elements of the trump Political Base on truth social, more general, benign political content on x. The campaign doesnt explain it where in the truths speak for themselves territory when it comes to most things that trump puts on social media, but as a stark reminder of the way in which being off kind of general use social media where hes seen by many more voters has been something that has occurred to his political benefit over the last year and a half. Regular folks who arent super dialled in to political content arent seeing this kind of stuff, which he is reposting on somewhat of a regular basis. Last night into today is certainly increasing volume. Garrett haake, im going to let you go. Thank you so much. David, i want to get into a little bit more on that. By putting those sorts of images and amplifying them on truth social in particular, and as garrett said, targeting the more fervent trump believing base, are we running the risk of having another january 6th all over again, if this election doesnt go Donald Trumps way. Hes amplifying the images, talking about putting his political opponents in jail. Hes also once again, elevating the prospect of fraud if he doesnt get elected again. Is this where were headed . There are a lot of people worried this is where we could be headed. When you approach an election by saying the only way we lose is if they cheat, and its a repeat of what we saw four years ago, but on a larger scale, i mean, this is the sort of thing that is potentially a set up for what we saw on january 6th. And it also is preparing Trump Supporters for the same sort of outcome. I think ultimately, its a matter of whether or not the government is more prepared this time. I would suspect the government is going to be a lot more prepared this time. I think the reason so many people are worried is because what trump is telling his most fervent supporters, the kind of people that showed up on the capitol on january 6th, 2021, except if we win. Even asking the question feels kind of silly because we have seen this before. Weve seen this playbook before. Is it even fair to ask what Donald Trumps intending with this after all that we know about him . The thing that i have been thinking a lot about is that whatever he is intending to sort of lay the groundwork for another stolen election, if it doesnt go his way, is that right now in this moment, at least, it seems pretty clear that all of this behavior and going off message is hurting him politically. The Harris Campaign just came out with a new ad talking about project 2025. And one thing i have been fascinating about is how project 2025 has really caught up in the public imagination with voters that both biden, sorry, harris, im still adjusting to the new reality as well, that both harris and trump need to win, and i was thinking, its not every day that a somewhat wonky, 922page policy book, full of recommendations on how to overall the federal bureaucracy emerges as a compelling campaign message. Part of that is because for instance, what garrett outlined of memes and messages that trump is putting up on social media, so when people hear whats in this document that seems secretive and nefarious, and voters, including republicans, really dont like, the reason it has resonated and the reason they believe is it because trump has tried to disavow t. They go to his truth social page and they say wait a minute, hes tweeting about wanting retribution, right. Hes tweeting about maybe trying to claim it was another stolen election, and we all know what happened last time. This feels real. It feels scary. It feels threatening. To answer your first question about what we saw happen january 6th previously, and it also, and this is the confusing part, it hurts him politically. It also feels intentional. Let me talk about the other thing in the news today, and seems to be the news every day, j. D. Vance and another unearthed audio. This one is about, again, women who dont have children. Randi weingarten married into having kids, and he was talking as if that somehow made her not qualified to be a teacher or to lead a teachers union. He keeps answering for this stuff and saying that it, you know, was just a joke with the childless cat ladies. The comments keep coming out. How much is this a worry for the campaign. Are they talking about it at all . Theres a lot of concern about this stuff with the campaign in part because, katy, you and i we both know we became stepparents, first by marriage. I was going to say and had our own kids, but everyone in this country knows that families are complicated and having children is complicated and fertility, and so anytime somebody weighs in on this in a way that appears pretty callous, and even when he tries to spin it as sarcastic and cruel at worst, its simply not a winning issue with just about everyone. Theres an irony that republicans have largely been the party of. Keep government out of my family, and out of my business. And so it seems to be violating some basic traditional republican tenets in a way that offends huge swaths of the country. I want to read a little bit from what Randi Weingarten said in response. She said, its a long response. Ill read a part of it. Teachers want what children need. Im blessed to be a mom by marriage. Its irrelevant whether any of us care about children. Teachers are digging into their pockets to pay for school supplies. We should be celebrating the hope and promise of a new school year, not trashing it with gross, ridiculous comments like vance. Do you think, david, this is going to be harmful . Look, i think to the extent it keeps the Trump Campaign off balance, thats helpful to the Harris Campaign. I dont think any of this ultimately undoes a campaign. All voters want to know about the Vice President ial nominee, do you pass the commander in chief test. If youre called to serve, if somebody happened to the president , could you do the job. I dont think j. D. Vance has disqualified himself in that regard, and thats whats most important. I do think j. D. Vance just the other day saying that trump would veto a National Abortion ban if it reached his desk is probably more impactful than anything he has had to say that has been unearthed previously about childless cat ladies or anything else. It speaks to Donald Trumps leadership, and there are so many committed prolife voters that may have an issue with that, and it will be interesting to see if that affects the campaign. I think it is important to remember, too, that donald trump has a uniquely controversial and provocative candidate, he has been saying things far more politically charged than anything j. D. Vance has said or has been unearthed to have said over the past couple of years. A lot of American Voters have grown numb to it. So clearly a Vice President ial nominee could say things that could ultimately be a bigger problem. Usually its about passing that president ial test. If you cant pass that, then thats a real problem. I think its interesting you brought up the abortion comment. Hes trying to say that donald trump would veto an abortion ban. I wonder if donald trump at some point needs to say how he plans ton voting in the florida election on the issue of abortion. He calls it a states issue. He has been asked how hes going to vote on the amendment to protect abortion in that state. Is he going to vote yes, the state should do it or no . I think thats a fair question and one he should be able to answer given that hes going to be in charge of implement organize vetoing a federal election ban if hes in office and if Congress Sends it to him. David drucker, Ashley Parker, thank you very much. Still ahead, will jack smiths reworked indictment save the Election Interference Case against donald trump. Theres one major allegation that legal scholars say will be tricky to keep. And the idf strikes the west bank. What they say they were targeting. First, though, harris and walz hit the road on a bus tour of georgia, what the tour itself says about their prospects in that state. Were back in 90 seconds. My mom is asian, and hes black. He sees his kids being that kind of person. He said hell drop dead if he sees her. Its like a Michael Jackson thing for him. Ckson thing for him. Boring. Think about it. Boring is the unsung catalyst for bold. What straps bold to a rocket and hurtles it into space . Boring does. Boring makes vacations happen, early retirements possible, and startups start up. Because its smart, dependable, and steady. All words you want from your bank. For nearly 160 years, pnc bank has been brilliantly boring so you can be happily fulfilled. Which is pretty unboring if you think about it. Hi, my name is damian clark. If you have both medicare and medicaid, i have some really encouraging news that youll definitely want to hear. 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The road to the white house goes through georgia, and the lane to that road goes through savannah, goes through Coastal Georgia. Back to georgia where Vp Kamala Harris is about to land in savannah. Shes meeting up with her running mate tim walz for a twoday bus tour through the southeastern part of georgia. Joining us now from savannah is Nbc News Correspondent priya sridhar, and mike memoli, and Political Columnist with the Atlanta Journalconstitution patricia murphy. The southeast part of the state, you heard the mayor of savannah saying the road to the white house and the lane to the white house goes right up through Coastal Georgia including savannah. Is that how the harris walz team sees it as well . Reporter they certainly see it as an important part of their strategy, and this entire trip, katy, the kids might say is a bit of a flex by the Harris Campaign. They want to take that energy and enthusiasm from what they felt was a very successful convention in chicago last week and show theyre playing on an expanded battleground map. President biden won georgia, the first democrat to do so since 1992. It seemed his focus was narrowing to defense. Playing in the blue walz states. By choosing georgia, the Harris Campaign is signaling they are playing with house money, and not just choosing georgia, choosing a part of the state that hasnt seen a general election, president ial Campaign Event since the mid1990s. Thats how rare it is to see this ticket come here. Theyre going to be doing a mix of events, a bus tour with the new ticket, harris and walz, doing retail, visiting rural parts of blue counties. Then well see the Vice President do a large solo rally like we have seen her do over the course of the last few weeks. Its important to note, katy, this is not just the candidate. The Harris Campaign has been on the ground. They say they have 50 offices throughout southern georgia. They have had 500 events since may 31st. They are doing the work. Showing its not an either or proposition. When you have the resources, you can do all the above. Tell me about what voters are saying regarding this visit sfl. Yeah, absolutely. Some of the voters were very excited about the fact that Kamala Harris was coming here. It was a point of pride that she was coming specifically to savannah. Others had no idea that she was coming here at all. They werent surprised this part of the state is in the national spotlight. Now georgia is in play once again, now that harris is at the top of the ticket, and not biden. I did get a chance to speak with democratic voters who say they are much more enthusiastic about this Election Cycle because of Kamala Harris. Lets take a listen to what they had to say. How do you feel about Kamala Harris coming to town . Exuberant. Just elated that this community is going to have a firsthand contact with this incredible person. Im going to cry. Im so happy that a woman may be in charge. And a very capable, capable woman with integrity. I like her, first of all, because shes a very intelligent woman. I do believe that a woman can be a president. We run the households and everything else. So im just excited. Im excited to see what a woman can bring to a man built world, basically. Reporter as you can see, theres some voters getting emotional about the idea that this could be a history breaking Election Cycle. But on the other side of the coin, i spoke to Republican Voters who say, listen, the 2020 Election Cycle in georgia was just a fluke, and