Transcripts For MSNBC Alex Witt Reports 20240908 : vimarsana

Transcripts For MSNBC Alex Witt Reports 20240908

Todays other top story. Boeings troubled Starliner Spacecraft landed in New Mexico last night. This it would be fine if they were board the capsule but it was the right decision to leave them on the Space Station until february. Across the west coast, 30 Million americans under excessive Heat Warnings this weekend into next week. Temperatures could hit 10 to 20 degrees above average. Cities like phoenix, los angeles, and San Diego will feel the record heat. Take a look at the tallest buildings in lake charles, louisiana, was demolished today. It became unusable from Hurricane Damage four years ago. It is not open mic night, what to make of the final rules the president ial debate. Who has the most to lose and why. A very good day to All Of You from Msnbc World headquarters in New York. We begin with of It Decision 2024. 59 Days Intellect Today and three days before the first president ial debate. Vice president Kamala Harris is on the move, visiting local businesses in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. Donald trump is at a rally in full swing in wisconsin. As both sides prepare for the debate, trumps allies feel he could blow the debate begins and the personal attacks against the Vice President. Will Trump Launch attacks on Vp Harris . He did yesterday. She is right now practicing. She is in pennsylvania practicing for the debate. She has locked herself in a room, she has a lot to learn. The Harris Campaign is celebrating new endorsements from a couple of staunch republicans. As we note with Cheney And Liz cheney, we are going to vote for Kamala Harris. They say they voted because of the freedom to vote because i do not want to have an assault on our democracy and that is what youre hearing from a number of republicans who might not agree with everything, every single policy, they believe as patriots of this is the most important thing that we uphold the democracy. Vice President Harris did her first hispanic Media Interview and focused on her economic plan and plans for Small Business owners. My plan is to give a 50,000 Tax Credit to anyone who is starting a new business, to give them the ability to get on the path to actually creating and building a successful business. Our team of reporters are ready to cover the new moments for us. We will begin with Aaron Gilchrist in pittsburgh. What are we hearing from the Vice President today as she prepares to debate trump and has she returned from the debate we saw when she took off from the hotel and had a break going to the Spice Shop . Reporter we believe that she is back in the hotel now, and the lid has been declared at we do not expect to see her anymore. Should go a couple blocks away from here to the Spice Shop where she was able to meet some patrons and folks who are working there, to have a moment. We saw her embrace a number of people, a little girl and others in the shop, the retail politics, if you will, that the Harris Campaign said they wanted to make sure the Vice President had an opportunity to do. She was asked by the Press Pool traveling with her, a few questions about what she is doing here in pittsburgh for the last three days. She arrived in thursday hundred has been deeply gives debate preparations. We want to the Q A between Vice President harris and our producer the Nbc Loser who was there with her. What is one thing you want to get across to him . There is a lot. It is time to turn the page on the divisiveness. It is time to bring our country together. Turn a new way forward. Reporter the new way forward is what we will hear in detail during the debate. The Vice President has been Poring Over briefing books and we understand from two sources here in the extended Debate Sessions that she has been holding since arriving in pittsburgh, we understand from sources that she intends to not only make a case for yourself, explain people who she is and what she wants to do in a Harris Administration but also being able to Stand Up to former President Trump and any insult you may lob at her during the debate. We go to some of the things over the course of the next several weeks that the former president has made comments and has levied insults against Vice President harris. Part of the preparation has been to be ready for that and to talk about any lies of the former president may articulate. The Vice President said he is unburdened by telling the truth. Part of her preparation has been being prepared to be back at him and anything that rises that level of being untrue and also to talk through some of the things that he wanted to do when he was president before that was not able to make happen and some of the proposals that he has suggested this time around and she will talk about how those things will be untenable. That is a tough thing to have to prepare for and pushback lies. There we have it. Thank you for that. Was go to the pictures of Trumps Rally in battleground wisconsin. He is set to speak this hour after several legal developments. I have Dasha Burns who is tracking the campaign for us. We know he has arrived on site. The day after a judge delayed his sentencing. Bring us Up To Speed on what trump is doing in these couple of days before the debate. Reporter he has been hitting the pavement on the Campaign Trail. Is not hunkering down, he is here in york i was in north carolina. He is in wisconsin now. He says thats campaigning is debate prep along with some of the informal Policy Sessions that we discuss it which includes being peppered with questions by his aides. And allies like Representative Tulsi Gabbard and matt gaetz. Working with him on how to outline the Policy Proposals weve heard from him recently and how to tout his successes that he believes Voters will respond to in his first a ministration. This is how he prepares and he seems to take pride in the fact that he is not a candidate that does mock debates or the Qaeda Prep that harris does. I think we have a Sound Bite from him talking about that. Take a listen. She has locked herself in a room. She has a lot to learn. She has locked herself in a room and they have one problem. Do you know what the problem is . They have maga people outside screaming, we love trump, we love trump, we love trump. They cannot focus. Reporter it has been a busy day for the former president. Bring us Up To Speed on what Juan Merchan had to say. Reporter they said, lisa is out of the politics and move it till after the election. The sentencing was post to be later this month and it will not be later this year and now it is set for november 26. Right before thanksgiving, three weeks after the election and said i want to read something from the ruling. This matter is one that stands alone in a unique place in this Nations History and that he wanted the Publics Confidence that it would be free from distraction and distortion. Saying, lets get past this election and then deal with it. And that trumps legal team has been successful and delayed with neutralizing at least until after the election, all of the cases against him. We will see you again soon. Thank you. New and alarming information stemming from the u. S. Government cracking down on brescias efforts to interfere with american elections. Officials say that is the biggest threat yet to the u. S. And the president ial election. Ryan reilly is joining me now to talk about this. What are u. S. Officials accusing russia of doing. Are they using new techniques . Are they more sinister with a. I. . Spreading a lot of information through the secondary methods and teaming up with the established influencers in the united states. This is a severe weather not naming it in the united states. There being vague about what party the talking about. You will see these mentioned in the affidavit like political party 1 even though its easy to figure out who they are. But they want to take the different stuff that they have left a trail of breadcrumbs for journalists to find a figure out exactly who they are talking about. This is what Merrick Garland had to say. They continued to use rt to direct propaganda. In the wake of the campaign come the say they boat, quote, and entire empire of covert projects designed to shape public opinion in western audiences. So what we had our rt employees setting up a separate organization. The work with rightwing influencers as we follow the breadcrumbs. Talk with people like Benny Johnson and tim poole, some of the other Big Influencers were really big on youtube. What they said was in at least two of these individuals did not know that they were being paid massive sums of money that they were getting by the russians. One of them asked simply preliminary questions about where the money was coming from but not a ton there. What you see here is Russia Sort of feeding a lot of money, whether it is unknowingly or knowingly to these individuals about trying to post their message and keep defending the message. The money that the protrump pundits are getting, is it a disproportionate amount they would get, were it not potentially the russians funneling to them . How can they legitimately say we had no idea who is paying us . That is a really great question. Thats a lot of money and the economics, the mass does not math. The economics dont work out when you talk about the massive sums of money and then basing it upon these views. Even though they had large followings, the videos there posting did not track well. Often they do not do well even though they had big guests on. The big russian paid for programs, we had a guest including don jr. Lara trump, who is the head of the rnc, because she had preexisting relationships with Benny Johnson who is a rightwing viral star. He would almost always be on the facebook pages of a lot of people who stormed the capital. They are feeding these people who promote this narrative that they already want which is getting Donald Trump elected. That is what they are feeding. Its a lot of money coming in and the math do not make a lot of sense but there were not a lot of critical questions being asked. I should say that all of these people say they are, quote, victims, despite the massive paychecks that they do not know where the money was coming from. The Justice Department did say that two of them did appear to know where the money came from. I dont think ive ever heard anyone say i wonder one getting paid so much money. We will leave it at that. Thank you so much. With friends like these, what to make of the latest twist surrounding Rfk Jr. s support of Donald Trump. We will be back right after this. University of maryland global Campus Isnt just an innovative state school, its a school for real life, one that values the successes youve already achieved. Thats why at umgc, you can earn up to 90 credits toward a bachelors for prior Learning And Life and job experience, why we offer scholarships and affordable tuition, and why we have online classes and the support you need from your first day to Graduation Day and beyond. For over 75 years, umgc has helped people succeed again. What will your next success be . What Tractor Supply Customers Experience is personalized service. Made possible by tmobile for business. With tmobiles reliable 5g business internet. Employees get the information they need instantly. This is how business goes further with tmobile for business. People know Donald Trump. He is a skilled debater. He is a guy who is willing to say anything at any time just to get through the question and he is a showman. He has been on tv before. Do not underestimate Donald Trump. That is Josh Shapiro with a sharp warning days before the first president ial debate between Vice President harris and Donald Trump. After weeks of back and forth, both sides have agreed to a set of rules that include muted microphones and no live audience. I am curious, lets get to the interpretation of that message we just played from governor schapiro. Is he trying to lower expectations and then reason for Donald Trump . I think a lot of democrats are concerned enough to happened in the June Debate and what we saw, there was a debate among democrats about having the microphones Turned Off. That was something democrats after the debate with biden had regretted because they had felt like audiences would not hear trump coming in and saying things, the points that he was talking. It will be an interesting dynamic to see how these rules impact Harris Performance but i think democrats are lowering expectations and about what they were also mean for them. It made him look more restrained than he normally would from past debates. Tell me which candidate you think has the most to lose if the debate does not go their way. Trump benefited from the debate last time. He knocked his opponent out but this time, i have seen him speak at campaign rallies. He misses running against biden, it seems. Talks with biden a lot and im interested to see how much he brings up someone who is not running against in this debate. Something im interested in is how much harris talks about project 2025. It is something that trump has said he has no affiliations with but i was just on the two this week when his Vp Candidate Jd Vance stopped at a Campaign Office in phoenix and was talking with supporters and one of the volunteers told him, it is something were hearing a lot from Voters. S Or Something we can do to combat the message. So i wonder how much aris brings it up. You and me both. Take about what was about Donald Trump having knocked out joe biden. Is it as much of that as joe biden, unfortunately, with the performance he did, basically take himself out of the game . It was interesting because when he muted it and the mics were muted, it seemed like trump was more restrained but we do not see as many personal attacks from trump. That we have seen in past debates from him and i dont know what this debate will bring in terms of how much he brings that out. He has said he will continue to personally attack harris even when it was a gem you should not focus only on policy. She said i think i should still be attacking harris i do not wish to relent. It advantage him that biden did as poorly as he did in that debate, but also either seeming restrained or he restrained himself worked. It did. If he restrained himself, if that was a cognizant thought, it was because he let it all play. He did not need to jump in in that manner. And theres a strong school of thought about that. As we know it begins just over one weekend some states. Independent and Third Party candidates will be on the ballot. How many of these ballots will be in Swing State ballots and how my that shape the election . We basically reported that Rfk Jr. Is trying to take himselfs off the ballot in red states. Hes telling supporters, do not vote for me, vote for trump. That is something that trump sees as a good point for him. He has had some luck in that regard because he now sees that some of the Rfk Supporters will go towards him. Im not certain that will have as major of an impact yet. Early on in Rfks Campaign going

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