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MSNBC The Sunday Show With Jonathan Capehart September 2, 2024

Campaign trail. The Harris Walz Campaign prepares to hit key battleground states on Labor Day. An Invitation Fit for and insurrectionist. The outrageous plan to host a gala for January 6th rioters at Donald Trumps new Jersey Golf Club. Harry dunn is here with his reaction this is the Sunday Show. We begin with Breaking News on the middle east, thousands of protesters gathered in the streets of Israel Tonight Voice their Outrage And Demand a ceasefire after six hostages were found dead in gaza among the hostages killed his, earlier Today President Biden and Vice President harris spoke with his parents to offer their condolences. Biden released a statement saying, make no mistake, hamas leaders will pay for these crimes and we will keep working around the clock for a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages. Matt bradley has more from Tel Aviv. It has been like this for hours, it looks like Hundreds Of Thousands of people converging right in the center of Tel Aviv in what is israels answer to the pentagon. They are hoping that they are incredibly loud voices, i havent seen one like this in Tel Aviv, theyre hoping that its heard in the halls of power. Their main demand is that the Government Sign onto some kind of deal with hamas that would free the hostages and bring some measure of peace to the Gaza Strip. This would bring home the remaining 100 hostages, only a few dozen or so are considered to be alive. What has energized this crowd, the murder of six young people in Hamas Custody or the custody of their partner groups in the Gaza Strip. This has outraged so many israelis and its really vindicated the notion so many people have been saying this for months, that there is no military solution to freeing these hostages. They have said this time and time again even though Benjamin Netanyahu and his rightwing ministers have been saying they need to punish hamas, and and their role in the Gaza Strip and thats only way to free the hostages. So far, only a handful of hostages have been released that way, by military force, the majority have been through some kind of deal, and this killing of the sausages, in the last day or two has really vindicated this argument that there needs to be a deal and thats why youre seeing so many people out in the street. This is not going to end tonight, the organizers want to see a full on nationwide Strike Tomorrow including various governments have already signed on to a strike and even the airport, the gateway to israel, its going to be closed starting at 8 00 a. M. Tomorrow. This is a demonstration that the organizers are hoping will not end anytime soon. Remarkable scenes there. Thank you for that report. Switching gears to the president ial election which is 65 days away, can you believe it. Tim walz was back in his Home State courting voters at the Minnesota State fair today. On Labor Day which is tomorrow, the focus will shift to critical Rust Belt states. Vice President Harris will kick off the holiday in detroit and then go to pittsburgh where she will join up with President Biden. The Steel City Stop will mark the first time harris and biden have joined forces for a Campaign Appearance since harris took over the democratic tickets top spot. Also tonight, the new national Abc News Poll shows harris with a slight lead over former president Donald Trump. The lead is within the margin of error and it takes up a little bit larger when you are surveying likely voters. The poll was taken after the democratic national convention. You know, despite the numbers, the chair of the Harris Walz Campaign said an mmo that harris is still running as an underdog in the race. In recent days well trump has waffled on everything from Abortion Rights to Ivf Treatment, the Vice President has remained focus offering these comments during her first Television Interview as a president ial candidate. I think the most important and most significant aspect of my Policy Perspective and decisions is my values do not change. I believe its important to build consensus, and its important to find a commonplace of understanding of where we can actually solve problems. All right, joining me to discuss all of this is michigan Attorney General dana nussle, thank you for joining us, before we get into the election business, i do want your reaction on what is happening overnight in the middle east, what happened overnight in the middle east, detroit, your state, has a large population that has been vocal about the war in gaza. Is this something you believe that Vice President harris will address in her Campaign Stop and what would you like her to say about the situation on the ground in Israel Tonight . Well, i think its about reaffirming her commitment to doing everything she possibly can to ensure that the remaining hostages are brought home safely but also to ending the war, you know, this war has been devastating on both sides and if i can say anything about at least my constituents in the state of michigan, a large jewish population as well as arabamerican population, i think we all just want peace, you know, we all Want Safety for the palestinian people and the israeli people as well. And my heart absolutely goes out to those who have lost Loved Ones in such a brutal fashion last night. I think it really goes to show how difficult it is to negotiate you know, with bad faith actors and you know, a terrorist organization. Its a devastating scene. Switching gears to the election , recent polling in your state shows that harris has a small lead. Its within the margin of error, everyone knows that its going to be supertight in michigan, that seems to always be the way. What does she need to do to maintain the momentum that she has built up through the convention that she wants to bottle for the next 65 days. I think that you know, Kamala Harris needs to continue doing exactly what she is doing right now. You know, she is doing the work, showing up, talking about all of her policies that are going to improve the lives of Everyday Americans and really building that contrast that we know exist between her and Donald Trump, i mean look at Donald Trumps policies, right, he wants to cut social security, he wants to abolish the affordable Care Act. He wants to end collective bargaining for workers and even and the right to organize. He joked with Elon Musk about firing striking workers. Even in the private sector, right . So, i think it is the contrast about somebody who is very good for the middle class, and Everyday Americans versus Donald Trump, who only wants to help billionaires and frankly, enrich himself and his family as well. But i will say this, you talk about it being all tied up. My race, the day before in 2022, all the polls had me tied in my race, ultimately i won by nine points. Governor whitmer one by 10. 5 point, the Secretary Of State won by 14 points why . Because we had Record Voter Turnout and engagement. And we have the highest rate of young voters come out to the polls, then weve ever had in the history of the state and across america as well in 2022. So that is what we need, voter engagement, excitement, enthusiasm, we have all of that now, we just need to see it through till the end. Have you seen a tangible shift since Vice President harris replaced President Biden on top of the ticket . With all due respect to President Biden, it has been like night and day, you know . There were a lot of people who just really didnt feel like they wanted to get involved at that level and i have two kids who are in college, and ive seen how they and how their friends have reacted to Kamala Harris becoming our nominee. And they cant wait to get her elected to president of the united states. They are very excited because they know that she shares their values about making america better for them in the future, its not about going back, its about moving forward and whether its Gun Safety issues, climate change, reproductive rights, even eliminating student debt, these things are incredibly important to young voters, and i think that they know that and thats why they are going to show up for Kamala Harris on Election Day and in michigan before that because we have Absentee Voting as well as nineday early voting. Lets talk about the issue of voting since it is in your purview. You are the Attorney General of the state. You have dealt with some of the complexities around it. The former president continues to push the Big Lie in an effort to sow doubt about our elections and the election process. Like i said, you experienced this as Michigan Ag back in 2020. What is different now in the lead up to the selection that we didnt have in the lead up to 2020 that could prevent a repeat of what happened, and i guess, more fundamentally, do you believe that we will have a peaceful transfer of power if Donald Trump loses in november . Well i will say this. I think we will be more prepared for literally any set of circumstances now, in a way in which we were caught a little offguard in 2020, right, so, we have changed certain laws to strengthen protections. We know our elections are safe and they are secure and they are accurate, how do we make sure that all the processes work . Its things like understanding that for instance, the false slate of electors. It used to be, literally anybody could take their slate and go through the postal service and send it to the senate for the Vice President potentially to select, thats not the case anymore, it has to be transmitted officially through the office of the governor. Thats a change, right, we have made changes as it pertains to how the board of canvassers works, as to how any election challenges have to go right to the michigan to bring court as opposed to random courts around the state when it comes to certification. So weve done a lot of things in michigan to make sure that some of those things that happened before cant happen now or if they do, we are ready, we are prepared and we have a plan. Very quickly, very quickly, are you worried that there will be, put it this way, do you think there would be a peaceful transfer of power if Donald Trump were to lose the election . I feel confident that President Biden will peacefully transfer power to Vice President harris. 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I guess we will see. Joining me now our panel, april ryan, the april ryan, senior white House Correspondent and washington bureau chief, you always have to put that in front of her, shes also an Msn Btree Contributor and author of lack women will save the world and the daniel, host of the serious show. Dean, lets start with you. I want you to listen to Tulsi Gabbard on cnn, talking about her experience with Vice President harris and the upcoming debate that will happen between her and Donald Trump, take a listen. I think Kamala Harris has a lot of experience, she is not to be underestimated. If i can be helpful to President Trump in any way, its just in sharing the experience i had with her on the Debate Stage in 2020 and frankly, helping to point out some ways that Kamala Harris has already shown that she is trying to move away from her record, move away from her positions, and how that contradicts the positions and statements that she is making now that she is the democratic nominee. Dean, i thought this was kind of interesting because what she is emphasizing there is that harris is a flipflop are as opposed to just saying shes a liberal, what did you make of Tulsi Gabbards answer to the question . First of all, the sam stein, its nice to be on here. Thank you very much. Second of all, let me take a step back, the fact that she thinks that trump is going to do homework for this debate, i watched the debate in 2020 where harris destroyed Tulsi Gabbard. Talk about a flipflop or, he said i got rid of Roe V wade, six Week Abortion Ban in florida is too much will now is fine, next he will perform an abortion at a rally. He knows he has a problem, he will flipflop that he has flip flopped on other issues. Harris is doing an amazing job, Google Brett Kavanagh and Vice President harris, thats what we will see on september 10. April, lets avoid the imagery that dean provided us there and talk about the fallout over the Photo Op at arlington national cemetery. On Meet The Press this morning, Senator Tom Cotten tried to lay the blame on President Biden and Vice President harris for not being there, take a listen. They wanted President Trump there and they wanted to take the photos, you know they also invited, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, Joe Biden was sitting on the beach, Kamala Harris was sitting at her mansion in washington dc. She could have gone to the cemetery and honor the sacrifice of those young men and women but she hasnt. The White House said near neither Harris Nor Biden were invited to Arlington Last week. This has become an interesting Back And Forth between the campaigns. How do you see it playing out for the Trump Campaign which rarely took on a bit of water for a reported incident of a confrontation at arlington involving members of his c

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