You. They dont know what makes you tick. And why do you think that is . Whats the disconnect . Its an election, bill. And i take it seriously that i have to earn everyones vote. This is an election for president of the united states. No one should be able to take for granted that they can just declare themselves a candidate and automatically receive support. You have to earn it, and thats what i intend to do. That was part of Vice President Kamala Harris Interview with 60 minutes Last Night. Well have much more from that wide ranging sit down in just a moment. Also ahead, the very latest on Hurricane Milton, which is intensifying in the gulf. Its now a potentially catastrophic category 5 storm headed towards western florida. And it comes as Donald Trump continues to lie about Hurricane Helene Recovery efforts, drawing more criticism from federal officials as well as Vice President harris. Good morning, and welcome to Way Too Early on this tuesday, october 8th. We are now exactly four weeks until election day. Four weeks. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. We have a lot to get to this morning and well begin with the race to the White House with 28 days until election day. Last night cbs aired its 60 Minutes Interview with Vice President Kamala Harris. Its interviewed president s since way back in 1968. She was pressed on a number of issues including or Immigration Policies and her economic proposals. But there was an historic flood of undocumented immigrants come across the border the first three years of your administration. As a matter of fact, arrivals quadrupled from the last year of President Trump. Was it a mistake to loosen the Immigration Policies as much as you did . Its a longstanding problem, and solutions are at hand. And from Day One literally we have been offering solutions. What i was asking was was it a mistake to kind of allow that flood to happen in the first place . I think the policies that we have been proposing are about fixing a problem, not promoting a problem, okay . But the numbers did quadruple. And the Numbers Today because of what we have done, we have cut the flow of illegal immigration by half. Should identify have done that we have cut the flow of fentanyl by half, but we need congress to be able to act to actually fix the problem. Pardon me, madam Vice President , the question was how are you going to pay for it . Well, one of the things im going to make sure that the richest among us who can afford it pay their fair share in taxes. It is not right that teachers and nurses and firefighters are paying a higher Tax Rate than billionaires and the biggest corporations. And i plan on making that fair. But were dealing with the real world here. But the real world includes how are you going to get this through congress . You know, when you talk quietly with a lot of folks in congress they know exactly what im talking about because their constituents know exactly what im talking about. Their constituents are those firefighters and teachers and nurses. Their constituents are middle class hardworking folk. You are sitting here with us. The Trump Campaign canceled an interview that they had agreed to, to participate in this broadcast. What do you make of that . If he is not going to give your viewers the ability to have meaningful, thoughtful Conversation And Question and answer with you, then to watch his rallies. Youre going to hear conversations that are about himself and all of his personal grievances. And what you will not hear is anything about you, the listener. You will not hear about how hes going to try to bring the country together, find common ground. And bill, that is why i believe in my soul and heart, the american people are ready to turn the page. Before that interview with the Vice President aired Last Night, 60 minutes began with a note about trump backing out of his interview. Heres part of their explanation. Its been a tradition for more than half a century that the major party candidates for president sit down with 60 minutes in october. In 1968 it was Richard Nixon and hubert humphrey. This year, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump accepted our invitation. But, unfortunately, last Week Trump canceled. The campaign offered shifting explanations. First, it complained that we would factcheck the interview. We factcheck every story. Later, trump said he needed an apology for his interview in 2020. Trump claims Correspondent Leslie Stahl said in that interview that hunter bidens controversial laptop came from russia. She never said that. Trump has said his opponent doesnt do interviews because she cant handle them. He had previously declined another debate with harris, so tonight may have been the largest audience for the candidates between now and election day. Donald trump also yesterday said that migrants convicted of murder have, quote, bad genes. The former president made that baseless claim on a conservative Radio Talk Show yesterday while complaining about the Bidenharris Administration Border policies, Incited A misleading statistic about the rate of crime connected to migrants. Lets take a listen. How about allowing people to come to an open border 13,000 of which were murderers, many of them murdered far more than one person and theyre now happily living in the united states. Murderers, i believe this, its in their genes, and weve got a lot of bad genes in our country right now. Trump sighing that during an interview with hugh hewitt, a conservative radio host. One called it, quote, misleading, explaining the 13,000 number includes people that entered the country over the past 40 years or more including during trumps pregnancy and also includes many who are currently incarcerated. The White House slammed trump calling his rhetoric, hateful, disgusting, and inappropriate. Comparing it to trumps past statements that migrants are poisoning the blood of the country. A Trump Campaign spokesperson fired back claiming that trump was, quote, clearly referring to murderers, not migrants. Joining us now Associate Professor of Political Science at fordham university, christina greer. Good to see you this morning. Lets start right there. It seems to be the latest in a long line of hateful, racist comments from Donald Trump about migrants. This one, though, particularly galling. How do you think itll resonate . Well, we know, jonathan good morning, first of all. His supporters are unmoved by the racism. He came down that gold plated escalator when he first ran for the presidency and said that mexicans were rapists and criminals. And so if youve been ignoring all of his racist statements for these past few years, you havent been paying attention to Donald Trump. Now hes getting a lot more nervous about november 5th, were going to see him ramp up the divisive and racist and xenophobic language just to Gin Up Support with his base. Its a sad day for American Politics. Its been a sad day for American Politics ever since Donald Trump was elected because this type of division of america is taking us back, literally as the slogan promises, decades if not centuries. Professor, you certainly understand the need for public forums in the height of a campaign, debates looks like were only going to get one between Trump And Harris as well as high Profile Interviews and the Vice President has several slaeted for later today. I want to get your thoughts what you heard during the 60 Minutes Interview. First, the idea what she said how she answered his questions about migrants and other policies including economic ones, but also the idea that Donald Trump at the last minute pulled out with the primary reason being he didnt want to be factchecked. Right. We have to remember this runway for Kamala Harris has been incredibly short. Dont forget it wasnt until july that she, you know, was was nominated by Joe Biden or suggested to be the nominee by Joe Biden, and it wasnt until a month later in august. August was just, you know, a few weeks ago. So its been a truncated campaign. She had to introduce herself to many americans. And sadly Donald Trump has repeated she hasnt given interviews, and thats become some sort of factual statement, which absolutely is not. We know Donald Trump has been decreasing his rallies and definitely decreasing mainstream meetings, only going to the sycophanttype media because of his cognitive decline. And jonathan, we cannot deny that this 78yearold lately has just been spiraling downward. Every accusation is a confession in many ways. And he has no plan and no policy other than lets keep these people out of our country. But there is no vision for the country. So i could see why he would decline 60 minutes with hardhitting thoughtful questions about the future of america, which has not been the focus of his campaign or a priority whatsoever. Professor, lastly and briefly, The New York Times did an important story the last couple of days looking at trumps ret rrk, examining the questions around his age, the same Questions President biden faced so long during this campaign. Do you think theres more on appropriate balance, if you will, in the Media Coverage of this candidate who would be an elected president . No, we have to do better. Were just now saying trumps comments are racist. Were just now tiptoeing to the edge of saying this is unacceptable. Sadly, we have less than a month to go, but its a crucial point for american democracy, and i hope the media really understands what has been saying and what he definitely does mean, especially when he made comments about good genes. He said that before, now hes making it a lot more explicit. And you certainly called him out correctly. Professor, good to see you. Thank you. Up next well turn to Hurricane Milton as it barrels towards florida. And speaks with about Recovery Efforts. Plus Donald Trump continues to push misinformation about the federal Governments Response to Hurricane Helene. Those stories and the latest on the path and timing of what could be a very dangerous hurricane when we come right back. Dangerous rrhuicane when we come right back well would you look at that . Jerry, youve got to see this. Ive seen it. Trust me, after 15 walks, it gets a little old. Ugh. I really should be retired by now. Wish id invested when i had the chance. To the moon unbelievable. Stop waiting. Start investing. E trade ® from morgan stanley. Why choose a mobile network E Trade ® built for places youll probably never be. Instead of for where you are most of the time . Xfinity mobile was designed for where you need it most. Xfinity internet customers, ask how to get a free 5g Phone and a second unlimited line free for a year. Welcome back. Nearly two weeks after Hurricane Helene slammed parts of florida, republican governor Ron Desantis is reportedly refusing to take a Phone Call from Vice President harris regarding relief and recovery. In addition to preparedness ahead of the approaching Hurricane Milton. A Desantis Aide told Nbc News the governor was avoiding Harris Call because it, quote, seemed political. Adding, kamala was trying to reach out, and we didnt answer. But desantis flat out denied he refused to take Harris Call when asked during a News Conference yesterday. I didnt know that she had called, so im not sure who they called. They didnt call me. And their characterization of it was something that they did, Wasnt Anything that anybody in my office did in terms of saying that it was political. Later in the day the Vice President addressed that Report Head on. You know, moments of crisis if nothing else, should really be a moment that anyone who calls themselves a leader says theyre going to put politics aside and put the people first. People are in desperate need of support right now, and playing political games at this moment in these crisis situations, these are the height of emergency situations, its just utterly irresponsible. And it is selfish, and it is about political gamesmanship. Instead of doing the job that you took an oath to do, which is to put the people first. Desantis then responded to that later on Fox News accusing harris of trying to politicize the storm. Meanwhile, the White House issued a statement Last Night that President Biden had finally spoken to governor desantis about Hurricanes Helene and milton. Meanwhile, former President Trump continues to lie about the federal Governments Response to helene. Talk about politicizing a storm. In a Fox News interview that was taped on saturday but aired Last Night, trump again claimed that there are no Emergency Workers on the ground in Hard Hit Areas including western North Carolina. Then at an event Last Night he again ripped the Governments Response calling an amazing period of time for those impacted by the storm. How would you do it differently . Id have a tremendous team of people here. They dont have any people here. I was in North Carolina yesterday, i was in georgia. And georgia is different. You have a good governor. Hes doing have a very good job, but North Carolina is a disaster, and it was also hit very hard. But they dont have the people. And theyre complaining theres no people around to help. That was a horrific storm much worse, and, you know, late in the season you wouldnt think a thing like that could happen. You look at georgia and alabama and tennessee and South Carolina and florida, its amazing. This has been an amazing period of time, but the response has been very weak, unbelievably weak. Nobodys ever seen such a weak response. Most of that, of course, not true. And in response to trumps repeated lies, Vice President Kamala Harris slammed the former President Yesterday while speaking to reporters at joint base andrews. Theres a lot of Misand Disinformation being pushed out there by the former president about what is available, in particular to the survivors of helene. And, first of all, its extraordinarily irresponsible. Its about him. Its not about you. And the reality is that fema has so many resources that are available to folks who desperately need them. Next up here well turn to sports and bring you a recap of another day of thrilling playoff baseball. Meanwhile, in the nfl the defending champs keep on rolling. Well have those highlights and bring you the very latest on Hurricane Milton as It Churns in the warm waters of the gulf on a path for floridas western coast. Well be right back with that important information. Back wit important information. Trying to get one on the road before they return to detroit. Goes, pitches, a high Fly Ball to right field. This one is going to fly Kerry Carpenter breaks a scoreless tie in the top of the ninth with that stunning homer out to right field. In part stunning because it came after the guardians closer whos basically been unhittable all yearlong. But the tigers beat cleveland 30, and even the best of five Al Division series at one game apiece. The teams now travel to detroit for game three tomorrow afternoon. Meanwhile, in the Bronx Salva Perez hit off the fourth inning with that solo Home Run that sparked a four Run Rally against carlos rendone. Royals held the yankees down from there leading 42. They get the split in the bronx, that series 11. Game three Tomorrow Night in Kansas City. All four Division Series have now opened at 11 for the first time since that round started play back in 1995. That is great stuff. National League Teams take the field again later today in a pair of game three matchups. Phillies at mets at 5 00 and then dodgers at padres at 9 00 eastern. We turn now to the nfl and the Kansas City chiefs hosted the new orleans saints Last Night on Monday Night football. Chiefs Qb Patchwalk Patrick Mahomes and Kareem Hunt rushed for 102 yards and a touchdown. They pulled him off the Scrap Heap two weeks ago, here he goes for 100 yards and the two time defending champs improve to 50. They chiefs won them. The wnba playoffs resume tonight in minneapolis. The Minnesota Lynx Host the Connecticut Sun in the decisive game five of their series. The winner will go onto face the new York Liberty for the title. Time now for the weather and lets go to meteorologist michelle grossman, whos tracking the path of Hurricane Milton, which is now a powerful category 4 storm, i believe, michelle. And i know a lot of warnings, this one might be one of the most intense storms ever as it barrels down on florida. Yeah. Hi there, jonathan. This is going to be one for the record books for sure. Were just 44 hours away from landfall. Were looking at a potentially catastrophic, potentially life threatening storm as it makes landfall later wednesday into thursday. Right now looking around 2 00 a. M. Thursday, but that will change probably a little bit as we go throughout the next 40 plus hours. So lets look at the latest because we are looking at a very, very strong storm. 155 miles per Hour Category 4 storm. We expect this to stay a category 4 storm at least over the next 24 hours as its really warm, that is the fuel this storm needs. Throughout the day were looking at that category 4 storm. And then as it makes landfall, we expect it to be a major hurricane with winds up to 100 miles per hour in some spots. Remember theres still lots of debris from helene. That is going to cause some problems. Rainfall of 15 inches. As a result we have tropical alerts extending from the carolinas all the way to the keys. A Hurricane Warning for tampa, down to portions of near southern florida, and take a look at some of these numbers. This is storm surge. This is the deadliest part of a tropical system. 15 feet in some spots. Thats where were looking at that saltwater moving over dry land. That is unurvivable. So you need to heed any Evacuation Warnings in place and were look at 18 inches in some spots. This is going to be a tough one for many. You need to heed the warnings. We have 44 hours to go, maybe a little bit more, maybe a little less, buts one to to watch over the next day or so. We cannot underscore enough heed the warnings, evacuate if told. And well have complete coverage of the storm over the next couple of days. Michelle grossman, Thank You so much. Next up here Donald Trump is facing criticism for smiling while holding a poster of a man who was kidnapped by hamas on October 7th. Well take a look at that and how the former president commemorated the attack on yesterday, which of course was the Oneyear Anniversary of the October 7th terror in israel. Well be right back. October 7th terror in israel well be right back. At harbor freight, we design and test our own tools. And sell them directly to you. No middleman. Whatever you do, do it for less at harbor freight. Save even more at our Parking Lot Sale this weekend. welcome back to Way Too Early. It is 5 30 a. M. Here on the east coast, 2 30 out west on this tuesday morning. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for being with us. President Joe Biden spoke with the israeli president by phone yesterday, their talk, of course, coming on the Oneyear Anniversary of the Hamas Terror Attack on israel. President biden reaffirmed Americas Support for the jewish state. He expressed his condolences to the families of those killed on October 7th and expressed sadness for the loss of innocent life in gaza as a result of a War Hamas started. In afternoon President Biden participated in a candlelighting at the White House in remembrance of the victims of October 7th. Meanwhile, trump commemorated the anniversary by visiting a Holy Jewish site here in new york city. The former president went to the grave of an influential Orthodox Rabbi who passed away in 1994. While there, he spoke to members of the community and took pictures including this one, in which trump is seen smiling while holding a Kidnap Poster of a man who was taken hostage by hamas last year. Tonedeaf there. The Gop Nominee also offered to sign a prayer book. We can tak