What would we give hamas in return . There are five hamas members from an organization called the holy Land Foundation in texas who are in jail. Some substantial Jail Terms for support to terrorism. The idea of us making a direct trade, really since some of these, its something the administration has to be really careful about. Understanding the hostages, family, frustrations. I would be surprised of this happened in perhaps this is something designed to pressure the israelis to take another crack at negotiations. Hears the fact, nothing about this is easy. Mark, thank you, my friend. Good to see you. A onetime Biden Insider with her take on what to expect from tuesdays debate. Can we expect Donald Trump highlighted by this headline 49 unfocused minutes to show up at the debate . Is this the only version of the former president . The next hour starts right now. A day to all of you from Msnbc Headquarters here New York. We are beginning this hour with decision 2024 as we marked 59 days to Election Day. Just three days to the highly anticipated first president ial debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump. Right now both candidates are making some scheduled and unscheduled campaign stops. Vice president harris is in pittsburgh, pennsylvania and a short time ago she was out visiting local businesses and took questions from reporters about tuesdays debate. Whats the one thing you want to get across to them . Well, theres a lot. Look, its time to turn the page on the divisiveness. Its time to bring our country together. Chart a new way forward. Former President Trump is in wisconsins beaking to a large Crowd at a rally. You can see it. Hes been speaking for quite a while now. We are monitoring from our control booth. We have a live report from wisconsin in just a moment for you. Yesterday, and her first latino interview, harris highlighted her economic plan and what she has been doing to help small businesses. The work that ive done, for example, that has resulted in Latino Small Business is growing faster in this moment in history, and these last three and half years, it has a lot to do with the work that i have done. Those dollars can then get into the community and small businesses. We have a number of reporters in place covering these new development. We will start with nbcs aaron gilchrist, where Vice President harris is preparing for the debate. How is Vice President harris reacting today to the double endorsement from both Liz And Cheney . Reporter alex, we saw the Vice President for the first time since she arrived here on thursday. We saw her a little over an hour ago make an unannounced campaign stop, talking to some of the folks there at that Spice Shop you referenced. This obviously comes on the heels of that endorsement that is significant. We werent totally surprised by the endorsement from the former congresswoman, Liz Cheney. But the endorsement from her father is not something that was expected. Heres campaign said they were proud to receive that endorsement. Cheney saying he felt as though Donald Trump was a threat to the republic, and for that reason, he would be voting for Kamala Harris and the election in november. I want you to hear a little bit about what the Vice President had to say about the endorsement from both of them. Im honored to have their endorsement and i think what they bulls, as leaders who are well respected, are making an important statement. Its okay and its important to put country above party. A lot of what i think is happening, and i was just talking with some folks here in pittsburgh about it, is people are exhausted about the division and the attempts to divide us as americans. Reporter the campaign has said it is trying to make sure that people understand they are trying to have a big tent. They are trying to embrace anybody that could be part of the harris coalition. When this was still the biden Harris Campaign they made an effort to reach out to republicans in particular about hiring a director of republican outreach essentially pick someone that would be able to speak to some of the supporters of nikki haley. People who werent keen on voting for Donald Trump. They continued with that message, trying to make sure they reach out to any and everybody who potentially could help move the margins. This is going to be an incredibly tight race by all accounts in november. The campaign has been insisted that if theres any way to make inroads with anyone they are going to do it, case in point, in Allegheny County, and pittsburgh, and Allegheny County which is a blue area. Right nextdoor, beaver county. Vice president harris visited that area a couple of weeks ago. Thats a county that went for Donald Trump in the last two president ial cycles and they are trying to, again, tweak the margins and get any votes they can from those areas. And if reaching out to republicans, both voters and people who are elected officials are have been already, the campaign wants to do that alecs. Lets bring in julio jester. She is joining us from i hope im pronouncing that right, and wisconsin. Former President Trump is holding a rally there that very important Battleground State. Welcome to you, julia. Todays rally comes, what, about a day or so after the major legal victory for the former president . Talk about what we are hearing from the former president and what his supporters are saying about the debate too. Reporter yes, alex. The former president did have quite a legal win this week as a judge postponed the sentencing and trumps New York hush money case. It was supposed to be September 18th and its not going to be november 26th, which is after the election. So voters will not be going to the polls with that as a question mark. The former president addressed this today in his rally. He still speaking behind me. Earlier, he said the sentencing was postponed. Everyone realized i did nothing wrong and it was just a political attack. Of course, that is not why his sentencing was postponed. To give a little insight into why the judge in his ruling said this matter is one that stands alone in our nations history. He expressed that the Publics Confidence and the integrity of our judicial system demanded a process that was free of distraction, i. E. the election. What this means is trumps campaign courtroom trail, where he has been spending much of this race, in a courtroom surrounding his legal troubles, that goes away now for the next couple of months. We are not expecting any major decisions or hearings in the trump Special Counsel cases. So we are hunkering down here on the Campaign Trail and Looking ahead. I spoke with supporters here about next weeks debate. What they are Looking for. These voters here in wisconsin had some advice for the former president. Take a listen. I want him to continue explaining his positions. I dont want him to have The Other Side Fluster him. I want him to stay true on point. I want him to stay focused and i want exactly what is going to say today and get his point across of The American public can understand what his platform is. I really want him to stay focused on policy and try not, so much has just been to pick apart each other. To try to get focused on what hes going to do and how hes going to do it and stay away from trying to pick harris and her vp apart. Reporter alex, these are voters who are supporting the former president no matter what. But if i were his advisors i would listen to what these voters had to say. They were speaking a lot in the Crowd about what they want to see from the debate. They want him to stick to issues. Hearing him at his rally today, behind me, he has been ticking through his usual list of grievances of a stolen election, calling the Vice President so if its any indication of how he is speaking today we might not get that discipline former President Trump on the debate stage. Voters here are hopeful that he will be able to stick to the issues and take on the current Vice President next week in that debate, alex. When voters are Looking for Policy Positions and information to help them make their vote we have seen before in some of his rallies people will leave. Let us know if people start clearing out if it goes on for another half hour, 45 minutes or an hour like this. We would love to know. Thank you, julia, for that. We are getting an inside Look at how Vice President harris is gearing up for debate against former President Trump in just three days. Its the first time these two will meet facetoface. Sources familiar with harriss preparations tell us she is holding mock debates. Shes Reading Pages of briefing books. She reportedly aims to expose not only trumps lies but also his tendency to ramble, to get confused, while not being careful to underestimate him. Its a big task. Joining me now is megan hayes. Former Special Assistant to President Biden. Good to see you, my friend. We have one source that is familiar with harriss preparations, telling nbc that they are worried she might be over preparing for this debate. Is that a legit concern or could her experience as a very successful prosecutor make her more likely to handle all of this information and pick trump apart . I think she will be as prepared as she needs to be. The Vice President is very keen in doing this. She said it many times in the courtroom, as mentioned. She does have to walk the balance of being able to call him out on his lies, being able to fluster him and get under his skin, which is so easy to do, especially from a woman. And also put forth her policy and show the country what she wants to do to move forward. She doesnt have an easy task at hand by any stretch of the imagination but the team preparing her and knowing the Vice President , seen her prepare for these big moments before she will be adequately prepared on tuesday. Theres an oped you caught in the New York times. Harriss toughest opponent will not be trump, but rather, quote, harris will have to face off against President Biden, his record, his shifting public Approval Rating and their intertwined legacies. How does she balance defending her record while portraying herself as a symbol of change . Look, her and the president have an incredibly strong legislative agenda that theyve spent the last three and half years working on and are very successful. I also think theres more room to grow. The Vice President has said that many times. She said that in an interview on cnn a week or so ago. She understands that its not enough. She understands their needs to be things to move the country forward and thats where she can distinguish herself. She can accept and on the policy and the place they are now while still recognizing that theres more work to be done in laying out her policies. I dont think she needs to completely separate herself from the president. I dont think thats impossible to do, its not a realistic task. She does have an opportunity to show herself as being able to move the country forward. So trump notched a win by keeping his same debate rules with President Biden. Microphones and the Harris Campaign has been concerned about this. Do you think she can use it to her advantage . Will she be able to highlight trumps diminished Mental State . Or can she only hope that he does that on his own . Reporter judging from last time, and its not as highlighted because of President Bidens performance in the Debate Emma he lied twice a minute. Thats an incredible amount of lying thats being done on the debate stage. I dont think that the needed microphones, if they are on are not on, if He Rambles or doesnt ramble, i think thats all Expectation Setting and i understand why both sides are doing that. But i honestly do not believe it matters whether the microphones are muted when they are not speaking. Donald trump will show everybody who he is and who he continues to be. No one understands more than she does that hes going to go out there and be insulting. So whether they are muted or not, it doesnt matter to her. She needs to go out there and show who she is and show that she can handle a tough situation. Look, mentioning last debate, President Biden hoped his debate with trump would turn things around for his campaign. We know what happened. Harris helps to solidify and grow her momentum. What are the expectations from her campaign come Wednesday Morning . They are hoping to have a good debate. It will show the contrast between the two people, who former President Trump is versus her and the policy difference. But i also think it will show The American people more of who she is. A lot of people dont know who she is and dont understand all of her policies. So she has to go out there and show people who she is and how shes going to lead and interact with foreign leaders. On top of showing her economic policies. Most of the country already know who Donald Trump is. They know that hes going to lie all the time and be insulting. So she will have a higher expectation to meet. A win for the campaign will be that she goes out there, shows who she is with her economic policy and how she wants to leave the country forward. I think thats a good way for the campaign. Do you think theres one issue she needs to really focus on that would be the one that gives her the most positive Wednesday Morning headlines . Reporter weve seen her touch on it with small businesses, Prescription Drugs and healthcare. Shes to drive those messages home. The middle class is what build our country. Youve heard that said before. She needs to continue to show how she understands where they are and the struggles they are facing right now with the cost of homebuying, the cost of groceries. And then she needs to show how shes going to move it forward. I do think if she can focus on the economy specifically for the middle class i think that would be a big win for her. Megan hayes, we will see you again soon. Thank you so much. Donald Trump Dismissing concerns of Election Interference and playing a new blame game. When the former congressman says, the threats are real and maybe worse than ever. Back in 90 seconds. No sulfates, no silicones, no dyes. 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He is also the author of the breach. The investigation into January 6th. He joined the republicans for Harris Campaign this election. It was good to see you. Thanks for joining me. Donald trump mentioned that Iran And China have been accused of Information Efforts ahead of the election. Why does it seem Donald Trump rejects the dojs findings about russia . Which intelligence officials say prayer for him. Are Iran And China about creating chaos . And russia is about helping trump or no . Days for having me. The reason he rejects it is because hes a liar. The people that are around him, the people that are connected to tenant media, the people that are the influencers that were caught up in the state where money was flowing to them, whether they are stupid, i dont think it really matters. What you saw is a Textbook Example of a maligned Influence Operations being funded by clandestine financial organizations. Thats how it works in russia is very good at it. 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