Ramps up her outreach to republicans as Liz Cheney endorses the vp and joins her on the Campaign Trail in battleground wisconsin. Also what it takes to get out the vote and win elections. Stacey abrams joins us with her strategy for victory at the polls. Then, Donald Trump lays the groundwork to challenge the election again. What hes saying about the 2024 vote as the the 11th Hour gets underway on this thursday night. Good evening, i am Stephanie Ruhle and were 33 days away from the election. Republican congresswomen Liz Cheney joined Vice President Kamala Harris at an event in wisconsin today, considered to be the birthplace of the republican party. Here is a bit of what we heard. Under our constitution our president has a particular, solemn obligation to ensure and guarantee the peaceful transfer of power. Every president in our history has fulfilled that duty. Every president until Donald Trump. Vice president harris has dedicated her life to public service. I know, i know that she loves our country and i know that she will be a president for all americans. I am honored to join her in this urgent cause. That is not the last time we will see cheney on the trail. Next week she and three former Trump Aids will be in pennsylvania to make the case that trump is a threat to democracy. Meanwhile the former president was in neighboring michigan, attacking the biden Administrations Response to Hurricane Helene. People are dying in north carolina. Dying all over. There were five or six states and they are dying. They are getting no help from our federal government, because they have no money. Because their money has been spent on people that should not be in our country. No, that is a lie. Donald trumps claim that the government is not helping Hurricane Survivors is absolutely, categorically false. 30 plus days until the election and he is spending his time in michigan lying about the current President And Hurricane victims and even his running mate j. D. Vance knows it. Here is what he said today at an event with Glenn Youngkin. One thing ive heard consistently from the governor is that fema provided a lot of resources and of course we are grateful for that. Today president Joe Biden toward Hurricane Damage in georgia and florida. Yesterday he was in north carolina. He has also sent 1000 active duty soldiers to support the Recovery Effort and several thousand federal officials to help and he is calling on americans to come together in the wake of this tragedy. In moments like this it is time to put politics aside, again. It is not one state versus another, it is the united states. I know democrats and republicans out here and i want you to know, i see you, i hear you, i grieve with you and i promise you, we have your back. We are going to stay until you are restored. Tonight, more than 200 people are confirmed dead as a result of Hurricane Helene and hundreds more remain missing. With that, lets get smarter with the help of our leadoff panel. Peter baker, chief white House Correspondent for the new york times. And dave weigle, political reporter for semaphore. Liz cheney coheadlined this event. I want to know, who does she draw . Who is on Liz Cheneys Guest List to come to a democratic rally . Sort of remarkable, right . You would never expect eight years ago that you would see Dick Cheney, was Vice President Under Bush and Liz Cheney, number three In The House republican leadership, both as conservative as they come, endorsing Kamala Harris. The reason why of course, she made clear tonight, because there is something greater in her view than ideological differences. She still disagreed on Policy Differences that democrats and republicans have, but she understands that Kamala Harris is going to abide by the constitution and she does not think Donald Trump will do that and there are a number of republicans who agree. Nikki haley republicans who continue even after she lost and dropped out of the primaries. Still 10 to 15 of republicans were often voting for her, even when she was not a candidate, because they could not stomach the idea of Donald Trump for another term. Is that enough to make a difference . We dont know, obviously, but it is part of the strategy to reach out not just to democrats and independents, but even disaffected republicans saying there is a home for you. Cheneys words today, she has been republican longer than Donald Trump has been spray tanning. I want to share a little bit of what Vp Harris said today after cheney spoke. We must hold sacred americas fundamental principles. From the Rule Of Law to free and fair elections to the peaceful transfer of power. If you share that view, no matter your political party, there is a place for you with us and in this campaign. This was all about getting those never trump republicans, independents and Swing Voters, but from what you have seen and heard is Kamala Harriss pitch to these voters to vote against trump or is she offering those people something, giving them a reason to vote for her . It is more about but against trump. She went on to say that she believes we need a strong, two Party System and we can get back to that. That is something we hear from never trump republicans. They would love to be voting not for paul ryan, but that version of the party against democrats. They dont think they can get there if trump wins. The other part of What Harris is doing is trying to cut down the number of voters who think she is too liberal. They have clips from 2019 of harris endorsing ideas that she no longer supports. I noticed some Republicans Today read tweeting Liz Cheney from 2019, highlighting those ideas. Highlighting leftwing democratic ideas that harris no longer runs on. That is part of the strategy. Harris, who was seen as very liberal in 2019 and was not that popular as Vice President three months ago, has been seen incrementally as less liberal than she was months ago. And also narrowed the advantage that trump has on the economy and immigration. That is part of the strategy. Look who i am with. With this person be with me if i were the liberal that Donald Trump is saying in these campaign ads. What is she saying . There are two Core Messages that the Harris Campaign wants to be able to deliver and reach these Target Voters that i will tell you about. One is this message of Preserving Democracy. A republican who served on the January 6 committee, who led those hearings that laid out some of the evidence of the actions of than President Trump and the lead up to January 6 and on the day itself, a lot of those were confirmed in the unsealed filing by special Counsel Jack Smith in Trump Selection Interference case. That is a Core Message and in our latest poll out today, Preserving Democracy and the economy are two top issues for american voters going into this election. That is one group. The other group is this 20 of registered voters who tell us they are still swayable in some way. People think how at this point is anyone still swayable . If you break that down some 15 of that 20 say we think we know who we are voting for, but we could change our minds. There is 5 that say we have no idea and for an election that will be one on the margins, there is opportunity that the Campaign Season those waters. Peter i want to talk about something that your paper asked legal experts and found some are worried about Donald Trump following through on his threats to prosecute opponents if he wins a second term. Can he really do that . Well of course he can, absolutely. Under executive power. By the way, something that Dick Cheney once advocated, though i dont think he imagined using the power of prosecution on enemies, but the point was that the executive controls the executive branch. Therefore the president can order the Justice Department to do things that traditionally we have not seen them do. Postwatergate we have norms and standards that have separated the President Of The United States and the White House from the Department Of Justice when it comes to criminal cases. The Idea Being that politics should not govern who we charge. Donald trump has been very clear that is not the way he sees things. He tried to do that in his first term, time and time again. He publicly berated his own Attorney General, trying to get them to prosecute his enemies. They mostly refused to do so, though there were instances where you could make the argument that they complied and the second term he made clear that he is planning to go after a whole broader scope. People he says cheated on the election last time. Well we know of nobody who has been accused of cheating. That means he is accusing people who did their jobs, Election Workers for instance. State officials. They might face possible prosecution. He specifically said that the Secretary State of georgia could face criminal charges if you dont change the vote. So there are lots of people out there who now have reason to fear prosecution. He said Liz Cheney getting back to was on stage tonight. She faced a military tribunal. Why . He did not explain other than the fact that she broke with him. So he has been very clear that the idea of a second term for him is to use the power of government to go after adversaries not for criminal actions, but for disloyalty to him. J. D. Vance broke with trump today, talking about storm Recovery Efforts. Their answers were very different. Is that because j. D. Vance was with Glenn Youngkin, the governor of virginia who in current republican terms has distanced himself from trump . So j. D. Is more inclined to tell the truth next to him . You know, im not sure if we know. I apologize, dave, go ahead. It is fine. I was going to say that i watched this story develop because the first Trump Argument about the storm was that the region was being abandoned by the administration and that did not meet up with what Glenn Youngkin was saying, what Brian Kemp was saying. The ongoing story is that money has been diverted to deal with immigrants, so they will still challenge the reality on the ground. Lets talk about Melania Trump because she now appears to be weighing in on reproductive rights. Here is what she posted. Without a doubt there is no room for compromise when it comes to this essential right that all women possess from birth. Individual freedom. What does my body, my choice really mean . My body, my choice is melanias new line. Donald trump said on his plane he told her to write what she believed. It is amazing that she can do what she wants with her body, but women in other states, they cant. What is going on . Is the Game Plan to confuse people so they cant clearly say yes, Donald Trump supports a federal abortion ban. Maybe not, melania is saying something different. What is happening . This is for a couple of reasons. One is that we rarely hear melania weighing in on these issues. Think about the number of times weve seen her on the Campaign Trail, which is to say not at all. Also stunning because this clearly breaks with the rest of the party and where the republican party is right now. To your point i think there are a lot of questions around Donald Trumps stance on a lot of these issues. Weve seen him say one thing on one day and a few days later completely backtrack and it is unclear to this day where he stands on specific issues around reproductive rights. His own Vice President ial candidate went out and said one thing about a man that trump came back later and backtracked and contradicted. Whether or not this is a strategy i think remains to be seen, but it is stunning at this point in the election to see Melania Trump weigh in on an issue that is clearly a strong mobilizing issue. We would ask her about it, but according to reporting when cnn asked her for an interview, the publisher said sure, you can have an interview for 250,000. Thank you for starting us off tonight. We have other major news this evening. 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Call today above all else, i know that the most conservative of conservative values is fidelity to our constitution. I tell you i have never voted for a democrat, but this year i am proudly casting my vote for Vice President Kamala Harris. Former republican congresswoman Liz Cheney, that is right, is making an appeal to republicans who are not sold on trumped about harris instead. Our next guest says it may not be that simple. Im joined by stacey abrams, former democratic leader of the georgia house. Host of the podcast, assembly required and author of a new Childrens Book that is out now. It is an honor to speak to you tonight. So much focus has been on convincing Swing Voters, republicans to vote for harris, but is that the most effective strategy because you once told me a story about Swing Voters and it has stuck with me for years. Much harder than people think. I think we are talking about a different category of voters this time. When you are attempting conversion from one Value System to another, that is conversion, not persuasion. My parents are pastors. Their job is conversion and that is hard to do. It takes a long time. What we are seeing happen with Liz Cheney and Kamala Harris is about persuasion and i think Liz Cheney framed it perfectly. You are trying to convince people that the priority of their values in this moment are aligned with the vote you want them to take and for conservatives if you believe in protect Thing Democracy from autocracy, then your values demand you vote for Kamala Harris. You are not trying to convert them to believe in the fundamental policies of the progressive and democratic wing of the party. You are trying to convince them that preserving the nation that we all love is the most important activity. I think when you widen the aperture, what you recognize for Swing Voters, it is often not a question of do they want one candidate or the other . It is who do they think will reflect their values the most and where i push back is when we spend all of our time trying to convince someone who does not share our values at all to change their mind and you can instead focus on someone who shares your values but is not convinced about the efficacy of voting. That is where you focus on the behavior and not values and that is where we can pick up new voters and turnout more people. Cheney as part of a republican political dynasty. Do you think there are a lot of voters in battleground States Day absolutely. We have one in georgia, geoff duncan, the Lieutenant Governor for the state of georgia. A republican that i worked with on occasion and against more often than not who is standing for Kamala Harris, because he values protecting this country from an authoritarian and from eviscerating our Value System as a nation. So yes there is an absolute benefit to talking to people who may not agree on every policy, but what you want them to do is prioritize the values that are most fundamental. In this election because of these two candidates, there could not be a starker choice. It is one a few times we can move republicans into the democratic column not because they suddenly converted on democratic values, but because they value the democracy we share. I also want to put out a plug to make sure we are going after low propensity voters who agree with our Value System, but are not hearing enough about why this election matters to them. The job of the next 30 days is to make sure that we are talking to both, not either or. Lets go from values to issues.