And 51 days to go until the election, a new poll shows a still tight race with the Vice President at 52 of likely voters while the former president stands at 46 . Now the issues, the Vice Th president leads on abortion, healthcare, and protecting democracy. While trump leads on immigration, the economy and inflation. Supporters from both sides talking about the economy on g the Sunday Talk shows. Look, i think hes always better off talking about the issues that really impacted american, and i think the economy is always the most important thing these things are the things i think are the Bread And Butter that he should be talking about. She should talk about strengthening Social Security, lowering prices by having more competition. I think shes got a very compelling economic agenda. Meanwhile, gop Vice President ial nominee Jd Vance on a number of sunday shows doubling down on the baseless claims of migrants eating Pets S in his Home State of ohio amid threats to the community. First of all, kristen, we condemn all acts of violent violence and threats of violence and ive heard first hand from constituents, who are making these complaints. I trust my constituents more than i do the american media that has shown no interest in what has happened in springfield until we started sharing cat means on the internet. Was not going to help the community is the kind of chaos inflicted on them by a national campaign deciding to make them a lightning rod, over wild rumors and urban legends about people eating cats or dogs or geese or whatever its going to be tomorrow. And lets be very clear. That community and the very real people who are dealing with some really ugly stuff right now like the Bomb Threats, are having that inflicted on them as part of the strategy from a campaign that wants to talk about anything but their actual record and their actual agenda. Another Bomb Threat in springfield, ohio forced the shutdown of a university in that city and we will have more on all of that in a live report. Meanwhile on the Campaign Trail, tuesday, Vice President harris will be in philadelphia for a Fireside Chat and thursday she will be in michigan for a unite for America Lifestream Event with Oprah Winfrey on friday, she will campaign in wisconsin. As for the former president , he told the Town Hall tuesday in flint, michigan followed by a in rally in uniondale, New York on wednesday. We have reporters and analysts in place. I will talk with Jen Psaki about the state of the race with 51 days to go but starting us off is Von Hilliard on the state of the race. It was that debate on Tuesday Night that would set the tender for the rest of the week on the Campaign Trail and with Vice President harris maintaining the lead in polls nationally, it set up Questionsn About Whether former President Trump needs to change the Drug Trajectory of his race. Last night Vice President harris speaking in front of the Congressional Black Caucus. Donald trump and his extremist allies intend to take our nation backward. Former President Trump visiting police in nevada, trying to bounce back from his debate. Nobody can believe how bad theyve done at the border, running our country. Trump called himself an extraordinary genius in a social Media Post and claiming he won the debate with harris citing unscientific internet polling. We had one, 92 to 6. Three rapinoe reputable a slight boost from the before the debate. The Vice President Writing A Wave of Momentum Set to kickoff the Campaign Blitz this week in the key Battleground States of pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin. The push comes as harris sits down for her first Solo Interview since becoming the democratic nominee. And distancing herself from President Biden. Im obviously not Ncjoe Bide and i offer a new generation of leadership. The Vice President , also suggesting trumps appeal is slipping. I think people are exhausted with that approach. This as some of trumps own supporters express skepticism of his lack of focus on the issue. It wasnt my favorite of his performances. He cant help himself. Trump was insistent that he would not do another debate but now, hes cracking the door open saying he might, if he was in the right mood notably, we are still more than 50 days from actual Election Day, early voting, through the mail, is beginning in several states this week, including and battleground wisconsin. As Vice President harris said yesterday, it makes these immediate days ahead all the more crucial. Thank you so much for that. Jamie is Jen Psaki, you just saw her, she is the host of inside with Jen Psaki. Welcome, my friend. What is your assessment, im always glad to see you, 51 days out. How close do you think this race is . Razor thin close. And i mean, i think anyone objectively watching that debate, harris did far better, she wiped the rrfloor with trum thats my take of the debate but debates dont win elections in the Harris Campaign knows that. I mean Hillary Clinton won every debate John Kerry won every debate and they did not become president. For them, the key is reminding people that theres a lot of work to be done and i think thats why shes been so busy on the Campaign Trail over the g last couple of days and will need to be in the weeks ahead. You are saying and numbers might suggest, that debates dont win a campaign so why is she publicly calling now for a i second one, what is the campaign thinking, what are the potential risks and rewards . Well, theres no question theres a big reward to be standing up on a stage next to your opponent. And if you look at how she performed on Tuesday Night. I think she controlled the debate from the moment she went out and aggressively sought a handshake in his space which he clearly didnt know what to do. She owned that debate and she also used it as an opportunity to lay out the contrast on abortion rights, to lay out the contrast on the economy and she had a number of good moments. So the contrast is hugely important. Voters are ultimately making a choice, dont compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative. Thats what Joe Biden often says but i think the point is just because she wanted the debate hands down, it doesnt mean that she is right now, on track to sail to a victory and they know theres a lot more work to be done. As you say, its razor thin, what if he thas a good debate. That might be enough to turn things around for him . Well, if you are the harris team, you are making a bet that she just deliver the performance she delivered which in my opinion is the best N Performance Anyone has ever had against Donald Trump and again, its another opportunity to draw the contrast. You are making a calculation. You still have to spend time to prep, that may take off the trail. There are some cons to consider but theres no question the persontoperson contrast, as generational changes in terms of the contrast as to what they bring, is to her advantage and that is the calculation they are making by continuing to push for it. Lets get to Battleground Et North Carolina and what both campaigns are saying about the tar heel state, Take A Look at this, jen. If you look at the electoral College Map its hard for us to win unless we are able to get North Carolina. I feel very good about it. I talked to the congressman and the state chair. When youve got Tens Of Thousands of volunteers in North Carolina and i want to be on the Record Right here, we are going to win North Carolina. In the last six months, four trips to eastern North Carolina, not to charlotte, not to raleigh, not to durham, but poor lack folks in rural counties, and talking to those folks, we are going to win North Carolina this election cycle. Okay first of all, what you heard from Jd Vance, that felt like a stunning admission there and secondly, the Dnc Chair sounds really confident, bold, even. What do you take away from this . Thats what the Dnc Chair should say and thats a bold admission from Jd Vance. North carolina is not a state that a democratic president ial candidate has won since 2008. Theres an amazing State Party chair, shes the youngest of the country, they have a crazy person running for governor on the republican side. Those are things that are in the favor of the Harris Walz Team, but it is a hard state and i dont think people should underestimate that, in some ways, georgia has better demographics the North Carolina but if the democrats are really competing in North Carolina, that also expands the map Of S The Road to 270. So that is good news for the Harris Walz Team, but the Trump Team really needs wNorth Carolina, if the Harris Walz Team win North Carolina, thats a good sign for them on election night. Back to what you said at the top of the interview. Everything is razor thin. You have the Harris Campaign officials think democrats are the underdogs in this election. Are they, actually, underdogs or is that span . Well, look, i think the key here, yes, i think they are, i mean, if the election were held today, i dont know what would happen but if you look at each of these Swing States, every election is won or lost within 6 to 7 Swing States and thats a reflection of may be a broken system but thats what it is at this point and each of those states, most of them are within the margin of Error And Harris is not quite where biden was in 2020 among some key demographic groups including lack and latino voters, can she get v there . Absolutely but they know there is more work to be done and there are more voters to pull in they need more to win the election. I think saying they are the underdog is still an accurate depiction. Expanding on that because the new polling shows no real in change after the debate. Does it raise any concerns with you that the needle did not really move after her rather nearperfect Debate Performance . Well, first i would say, i think those are national poll numbers, theres also a national poll out today from abc that shows her up six. Who cares about national poll number, what matters is Estate Poll numbers because thats where the race is one or lost. I dont think iowa is a swing state. But the Des Moines Register had a poll out today, this morning, that had harris down by just four. Biden was down by 18 points in the spring, so what i would look like i would look at the state polls. Many are very razor thin but a lot of those are much closer or harris is ahead of where the race looked just a few months ago. This logic, do you approve of the campaign, i mean they are not seeking your approval but maybe they should, you ma know, you are Jen Psaki, that said, do you think it is wise that they are focusing on local markets for interviews and that in the Swing States and particularly, is that the way to get to those voters more so than big national interviews . 100,000 . They should do big national interviews, too. She did a Cnn Interview and she did well and they should do those, too. Local media is still the most trusted source of information and most markets in the mo country, these are people who know the local issues and they know what to ask the candidates about. Its a completely missed opportunity for anyone Running T for president to not do local en tv interviews. When i was working for Barack Obama or John Kerry, we did dozens of them every week. Every stop we did Local Media interview. On the day of the election in 2012 and 2008, Barack Obama probably did 40 to 50 local television interviews. They are hugely important and i think its really a smart strategy to do that. You are almost 13 minutes into overtime. Republicans are worried about the Trump Campaigns new get out the Vote Strategy adding that increasingly concerned republicans fear the Trump Team is firing blanks. Trump appears to be putting resources into Fighting Voter Fraud instead of voter turnout. What does that tell you . This is oethe problem they h in 2020 and trump has not solved it for them as much as he has made it far worse, i should say. Early voting, and voting by mail is a huge factor in a lot of key states. Voters will start voting in pennsylvania tomorrow. They can start voting. And this is something that democrats and a lot of State Parties have invested in. It makes it easier for people who have fulltime jobs or dont have the flexibility to vote on Election Day and Donald Trump from his mouth has questioned the integrity of that and that hurts their efforts to rely on them. The other benefit of early voting is eubank those votes if you are a State Party, if you are a companion, theyve already voted. So him questioning the integrity of those processes, it really hurts any effort. By the way, im looking forward to your married trump interview tomorrow. Her book is so good. It is so gutwrenching. Its going to be stellar. Im so excited and also Senator Allsop is one of the most interesting people in the senate and he is doing some hearings about Abortion Tomorrow and im really looking forward to talking to him, too. Thank you very much, good to see you. You can all watch inside with Jen Psaki a threat before this Program Sundays at noon and mondays at 8 00 eastern, tune in Tomorrow Night right here on msnbc. Lets go to aaron gilchrest. Reporter we did hear from the Vice President and President Biden Last Night, they both spoke at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundations Dinner here in washington. The combination of a week of events that the Cbc And Affiliate organizations hold and the Vice President was d talking to a friendly audience in the Congressional Black Caucus, a caucus that she was a part of when she was in the senate. You see her there, she talked about voting rights, talked about fighting for reproductive rights as well. This is a friendly group. A lot of the people that were in the room Last Night are surrogates for the Harris Walz Campaign. People who have gone out and talked about the need to elect Kamala Harris in november so this was really an opportunity for her to rally the troops as well. The cbc has always had a vision for the future of our nation. A future where we can see what is possible, unburdened by what has been. And today that vision, our vision, is under profound threat. Donald trump and his extremist allies intend to take our nation backward. But we are not going back. Were not going back. So the Vice President is not on the Campaign Trail, that wasnt a Campaign Event technically but we are at a point where every moment, the campaign is trying to take advantage of getting their message out. You see on the screen, where the Vice President will be this week on tuesday, she will be in philadelphia with the national association of black journalists, speaking to that organization on thursday, sitting down with oprah, to talk to some of the groups that have held Zoom Calls for the last several weeks showing their support and then on friday, we expect that she will rally in wisconsin as well. That is going into the week ahead. We know today, while theres not a proper Campaign Event, they are rolling out on this first day of national hispanic heritage month, this is their largest effort to court latino voters. Theres a 3 Million ad spend and is also an effort to organize around the Boxing Matches and baseball games, speaking directly to latino communities. We know early voting will startg in several places, pennsylvania, arizona, nevada among them and those are places with significant and large latino communities. So the Harris Walz Campaign is making the effort to make sure they reach out to those groups in particular and that i think we can expect to see that only explode over the next several weeks as they try to win more groups, more people in order to win in november. Keep adding them up. Its what they need to do. Thank you so much. Later, what is behind a drop in Gas Prices but first, the threats in springfield, ohio just got more serious. T what we are learning when we are back in re90 seconds. 90 secs everywhere but the seat. The seat is leather. Alan, we get it. You love your bike. We do, too. Thats why were Americas Numberone Motorcycle insurer. But do you have to wedge it into everything . What . I dont do that. This reminds me of my bike. The wolf was about the size of my new motorcycle. Have you seen it, by the way . Happy birthday, grandma really . Look how the brushstrokes follow the line of the gas tank. Hey hey brought my plusone. Jamie . 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