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Two candidates, theyre dueling economic messages and the former president s claims about the two attempts on his life and iran, plus the very latest on Hurricane Helene now forecast to reach category four heading for the Florida Panhandle good evening. Thanks for joining us. We begin tonight, keeping them honest with politics specifically the brand of it, which runs on falsehoods and fear. And frankly, racism the latest example, louisiana republican Congressman Clay higgins, this guy, now it doesnt have much of a record of accomplishment in the house, but today, hes certainly got noticed this is what he posted on social media, quoting the congressman now, lol, these haitians are wild, eating pets, voodoo, Nastyas Country in the western hemisphere, colts slapstick gangsters, but if they dont feel all sophisticated now filing charges against our president and vp, all these thugs better get their Mind Right and their out of our country before january 20. So a couple of things to unpack here, voodoo, other ways, a Streaming Service thats owned by fandango, he obviously meant the religion voodoo, but just knows nothing about it. More importantly, he is slurring an entire Country And Everyone from that country men, women, and children people who are in this country legally, and americans of haitian dissent. He seems particularly riled up that a haitian american organization would have the temerity to have taken legal action if they dont feel all sophisticated. Now he tweeted late today, he took down that tweet and how Speaker Johnson said that higgins regrets the post he was approached on the floor by colleagues who said that was offensive. He went to the back. I just talked about it. He said he went to the back and he prayed about it and he regretted it and he pulled the post down. Thats what you want a gentleman to do. Im sure he probably regrets some of the language used, but, you know, we move forward. We believe in redemption around here yeah. He went to the back and he prayed real hard about it and he regrets it. Nevertheless, house democrats brought a motion to censure the congressman which drew this objection from Majority Leader steve scalise. For what purposes, gentleman from louisiana seek recognition first of all, the tweet has been deleted already in remove, but i object to what purpose do the motion and if we want to to spend every kind of mumbled out on the other side, well be happy to do it on them and has not been recognized the Censure Motion has been pushed back until after the election. Now, clay higgins, language might surprise difficult to figure out these sorts of his inspiration about haitians eating their pets in springfield. Theyre eating the dogs. The people that came in, theyre eating the cats. Theyre eating, theyre eating the pets of the people that live there of course, no evidence that has been debunked. But again, these are not original ideas. Congressman higgins is coming up with like when he said they better get their assets out of the country. We all know where that came from two do you think springfield will ever be the same . I dont think the fact is and ill say it now you have to get them the hell out gaffe to get them out. Im sorry again them out can have destroyed it before Congressman Higgins was in congress, he was in local Law Enforcement in louisiana. Thats right. He had the power to arrest people. And if you read up on him, youll see he has something of a Track Record on outrageous statements and other things as the cofounder of harvard universitys niemann Media Lab discovered, the congressman has cited in a Newspaper Article in the Bayou Brief back in 19 in 92 when he was voting for former kkk grand wizard, David Duke to be the governor of louisiana. Now back then, there were a lot of people who said they just didnt believe that duke was the racist. He was being made out to be in the liberal media and they were going to vote for him, but apparently not clay higgins. He knew full well and voted for him anyway, he told a reporter, quote regardless of the fact that davids a homeboy and all that the boys or nazi and thats a real problem. Then the reporter noted that mr. Higgins voted for mr. Duke anyway, in the governors race, joining us now is congressman steven horsford, a democrat of Nevada And Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus congressman. Thanks for being with us when you read this post from the congressman, what was your initial reaction thank you for having me on when i read it, i thought of the haitian immigrants Haitian Americans all throughout this country, those in springfield. And in my district in nevada and all across the country who are living today in fear who feel harassed, who feel singled out and targeted by the former president Donald Trump by 16 j. D vance, by representative higgins. And its this type of racist intolerance. This divisive rhetoric that must stop its why i have filed a resolution to Censure Representative higgins. Its time to turn the page as the Vice President , Kamala Harris is set against this divisiveness that pits one group of americans against another Congressman Higgins has told cnn that he stood by his comments adding quote, its all true. I can put up another controversial Post Tomorrow if you want me to. I mean, we do have freedom of speech. Ill say what i want. He also said, quote, its not a big deal to me, its like something stuck to the bottom my boot, just scrape it off and move on with my life Speaker Johnson claims he prayed about it and regretted it and took it down. Maybe he had another talk with jesus and decided hes standing by it do the Censure Motion, is that thats now off the table until after the election. I mean, does that kind of finished . No, its not. And its not about The Next election its about the fact that this type of divisive racially charged hateful rhetoric needs to stop right now. There are children who, are haitian immigrants who are Haitian Americans who do not feel safe going to school because they are targeted right now, my colleagues representative Sheila Cherfilusmccormick and Fredricka Wilson and Ayanna Pressley and maxwell frost, who are members of the haitian caucus, joined with the Congressional Black Caucus and other remembers, just earlier this week to push back on j. D. Vance. And these madeup stories that its not even true, what theyre saying and its time for this to end. But guess what its this type of divisiveness that is actually tearing our country apart. I understand that according to sources who witnessed the interaction you and Congressman Higgins had a heated exchange on the House Floor can you say what what did he tell you when you talk to him . Well i was supporting my colleagues who were trying to compel him to understand how his words are affecting the lives of actual people today. People who contribute to our communities, who are entrepreneurs, who are nurses and doctors people who dont deserve to be targeted. Lets just start with that. They didnt do anything wrong. And i asked him specifically to remove his post and hes like im going to pray about it. What do you need to pray about . Just do what is right and stop this hateful rhetoric. That is causing people to feel targeted. He told me no and that is when i said, if you refuse, i will take this to the floor. We will move for a resolution to censure you, and that is exactly what we did. And sadly, the republican leadership were more focused about silencing me. Then holding him accountable. And he used his official platform the property of the house of representatives. He probably thought he was posting on truth, social but in fact, he told everyone exactly what it is. He believes we are going to follow through on this. It is not about The Next election. It is about every day people in America Feeling targeted. Today. Its the haitians who will it be tomorrow . Will it be you will, you know, whats interesting about this is, i mean he in the statement to cnn, hes certainly seems sort of proud of this, or is it bluster, which is hes made a career of it when he was in Law Enforcement and sort of, you know, being the tough talking sheriff guy, despite moving around a lot from different departments. But this is just i mean, theres a long history of this in this country and in many countries of demonizing immigrants of, i mean, it was irish, it was italians in the early days of mass immigration to the united states. I mean, there have been there have been people like this throughout our history who have said exactly these same things. Its remarkable that this continues that in this Day And Age this still i guess it continues because it works. It works to demonize a group like haitians clearly, Donald Trump thinks that works, j. D. Vance thinks it works because thats why theyre continuing to do it. And this guy thinks that works too. Well. The majority of americans are ready to turn the page against this the Vice President Kamala Harris is set at time again were tired of people dividing us targeting one community and pitting them against another. We want to build up our communities, not tear them apart. And i know haitian immigrants, i know haitianamericans and my Home State of nevada and people all across this country who are here, theyve been vetted. Theyve gone through a legal process to be here its comprehensive. They have children who are trying to attend school. They are nurses and teachers and first responders in our community it is this type of of racist hateful intolerant rhetoric that must end. Whether it is against haitian immigrants or anyone else, we should be against all forms of hate. And what is so astounding to me is that republicans in congress just dont get it were over them and were ready to turn the page and move our country forward towards one that represents a multiracial multigenerational society that reflects all of us and the contributions that we make congressman steven horsford. I appreciate your time tonight. Thank you. Joining us now, cnn political commentators, ashley Allison And David urban, also washington those national columnist, Philip Bump ashley, what does it tell you about the climate right now that a sitting congressman and felt comfortable enough to post something like this. And apparently stand by what he said well, its a reminder that Racism And Hatred is still very much alive and well in our country its also a reminder that there is a Leadership Vacuum in the republican party right now. And i say that because the reason why he had the gall to post that and then have to sign id whether or not he was going to take it down is because his leader was the one who came up with it, or his leaders Running Mate rather came up with it and so when you dont have leaders who tell you what is right and wrong, you end up with situations like this. Now the thing that is so unsettling about this is you mentioned in your piece, anderson, is that this . Animals Law Enforcement, this man had the power. He carried a gun. He had the power to walk in the street and enforce the law. And most likely have the Justice System behind him he now can make laws that are rooted in racism and discrimination and so in this moment there is an opportunity in november for us to decide which direction we want this country to go. When you do not have to like every policy of commonly harris, but at least Kamala Harris wants to be in conversation about the direction the positive direction, and work together, right and left, black and white. So theres an opportunity here to begin to turn the page. Its not going to end the book of racism in our country, but there is a chance to turn the Page Page and say enough with this nonsense, enough with this racism. Lets move forward to a better day in this country. I mean, it filled again theres a reason why this is being repeated by by trump and vance. I mean theres a long history of this. It does tap into something thats very primal and very i guess effective. Yeah. I mean, the Trump Campaign has long been, i mean, his motto literally make america great again, is a call back to america used to be better used to be different and its very much there was an unsubtle appeal to white american families getting together and not having to worry about immigrants in their communities so on, so forth. That has always been an undercurrent too. His politics and its something that he reinforces and weve seen polling as well. I think this incident is fascinating in part because weve reached this point where unless youve say The N word, people like, well, im not sure if thats race, its not like you cant you dont get much more explicitly racist. And what just happened there. And yet republican Leadership Isnt willing to hold them to account. I mean, even just a few years ago, we saw Stephen King from iowa who is this . Just sort of dabbling and white nationalist mean you sort of ahead of the trend if you will, in the gop. And hes held to account by republican leaders in and eventually lost his gop primary, which, which was seemed like a sort of rejection by the party. But now of course you have donald Trump And J. D. Vance. And theres a poll came out yesterday from kff three and ten immigrants they feel as though their lives have been made worse because of Donald Trumps rhetoric david, i mean, is i mean, youre republican. Does this is this what who is this guy . I mean, is this something that the league less standing by no. No, i understand. Look, the guy its a clown assure markets. Its hateful, despicable, full stop, right . Theres no theres no defending that remark. Its it is the worst of america. Its not the best of america. Its the worst. And hes a member of congress. He should be ashamed same for put it out. Listen, there are legitimate concerns about immigration, about illegal immigration, legal immigration, but immigration, their concerns about the town of springfield being overwhelmed, their School District not being able to do get there legitimate concerns. We should have discussions about it here on nantucket, a tiny island about 15,000 be around residents. This passed last week the ice came over and took for sexual predators, gotaways who are here on the island, raped two kids, two children were raped by these gotaways sexually assaulted two others, two other gentlemen who had sexually assaulted women here on the island were taken away for for gotaways on this tiny island, picked up and pluck that, taken away by ayesh, it is a real problem in communities across america. We should be having a fullthroated discussion about it in an intellectual way, in a constructive way, there is a problem we need to figure out how to get illegal immigrants out of the country. They should not be here, right . Legal immigration is a great thing. Were not going to deport everybody whos here i know thats a plan, but we need to think about there are lots of violent people here in america who are committing crimes right now. And if the congress wanted to focus on that, laken riley, theres a long list every day and go through and talk about real incidents would not making things up in demonizing an entire as you know. Actually, violent crime is its down Anderson Car Robbery shoplifting has been up saying, as you know so it migrates generally commit do not commit crimes at the same level, commit crimes at a lower level. They understand the u. S. Population i im not im saying it is an Issue Hsu and the immigrant community here on the target of two young children raped two other women, were sexually assaulted im telling you its a problem here. Ive talked to folks in the community. They are concerned, theyre nervous. There may be other folks like that here. So while it may not be a big deal for lots of people, its a big deal in lots of different communities of color across america as well. Yeah ashley, what do you make of that . Look what david just described is awful. I dont know those cases and we do have an immigration policy, but they republicans dont want to have that conversation because if they did, then j. D. Vance and Donald Trump would not be talking about the lie about immigrants eating pets, but thats what theyre doing. They are not setting a hey, theyre saying deport them all so lets have this conversation, but we have to have it in good faith. We have to have it and actually let the winwin bills come up that a conservative senator wants to pass, that your candidate doesnt kill the bill if you actually want to have immigration. So i respect david, but i dont take the remarks that are actually we being applied that maybe how you feel, but that is not how the leader of your party is moving right now. And so what we need in this moment is to hold him accountable. There was an opportunity for it not to be the person that would spread these lies, but thats why you all went with so its kind of hard to say. We want to have a policy discussion, but then were here talking about lies and hate we need to do it. We all need to do better. We got to take a break and just ahead a live update on the hurricane. Theres heading for florida and could be a category four storm soon later, a special report, Kids On Politics with the voters of tomorrow, make it the campaign today. Whats the first word that pops into your head when you hear The Name Kamala Harris liar. Whats the first word that pops into your head when you hear Donald Trump . Pure evil feel like a spectator in your own life with Chronic Migraine 15 or more headache days a month, each lasting four hours or more. 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Now though former President Today said hes going back to butler, pennsylvania, seen in the first two attempts on his life yesterday, his campaign said he was briefed by the office of the director of national intelligence about real and specific threats from iran to assassinate him in an effort to destabilize and sow chaos in the united states today, he talked about it as you know, there have been two Assassination Attempts, so my life that, we know of and they may or may not involve but possibly do around but i dont really know cant be sure because in the first case, in butler, pennsylvania, a great place and were going back to butler by the way. Were gonna go back and finish our speech the fbi has been unable to open the three potentially foreign based apps. And the second case, the assassin, had six Cell Phones in his car, yet the fbi has likewise been unable to penetrate their guard they break into apps all the time. They had no problem breaking into the apps of the j six hostages hes referring there to people now jailed in connection with the attack on the u. S. Capitol, they are not hostages. Theyd been tried in a court of law and found guilty. He also said that if he were president , hed threatened to blow around city is quote, to smithereens if iran were to harm when he called a leading president ial candidate himself. Perspective now from Andrew Mccabe, former Deputy Director of the fbi, is there a first of all, any specific evidence to suggest that theres a direct connection between trumps Assassination Attempts and iran at this point. Absolutely none that weve heard of and we do know that the fbi and the director of national intelligence just in the last few days, briefed the Trump Campaign on an ongoing, what we call Threat Stream a concern that the iranians are still interested in harming the former president. So that is really a very separate thing from these two very local solitary, not particularly adept guys who have tried it so far, stayed at Butler Shooter was you know, weve got pretty close to what he was trying to achieve. And of course, the gentleman, the Golf Course did not. Its amazing. I mean, trump has obviously as long history of being very critical of the fbi and the Justice Department claiming today that they are quote, mishandling and downplaying the investigation into his recent Assassination Attempt in florida and suggesting that i guess that theyre not trying hard enough to break into these Cell Phones. Just seems ridiculous. I want to play what Attorney General garland said yesterday. The attempted assassination on the former president was a heinous act. Im grateful that he is safe. And as i said, immediately after the event, the Justice Department would spare no resource to ensure accountability its someone whos been obviously the focus of trumps attacks before. I mean, do you think they have a negative impact on the fbi and Justice Departments credibility. There functioning will they do now to be very clear, they dont have a negative impact on how the fbi does its work. And i am 100 confident that the fbi is pursuing every lead and pushing in the investigations of both of those attempted assassinations as far as they can for his credit, the Attorney General hows it been incredibly consistent about his concerns about addressing political violence. So theres no effect there. But the other, but there is an effect in terms of how the public perceives what the fbi is dealing. For instance, when the when the former president consistently lies about fbi capabilities and fbi i intense and says things about the fbi being political. Those are falsehoods, but they have a deleterious effect on Peoples Perception of the way that the bureau and the department do their work and that undermines the effectiveness of these two critical institutions that we rely on to keep us safe. So he is harming erica, not just the fbi when he does that trump, as i mentioned, i mean, he claimed that the fbi, while the fbi quote, had no problem, break came to the absent that j6 hostages as he falsely calls them, he says the fbi has been able to open certain apps to the man who attempted to assassinate him in florida i, assume. I mean, what do you know that would the fbi have told him that as part of a briefing, is that something that they would disclose to him its possible that they would have shared that sort of an investigative update with him as he is the victim of both of these crimes however, his thomas has suggestions that theyre not working hard enough or theyre not applying the full scope of their capability because they dont like him, is absolutely absurd. It shouldnt Surprise Anyone that the former president who, as i understand it, doesnt even use email. Isnt really aware of the complexity of trying to enter foreign Communications Apps that utilize things like Endtoend Encryption and very strong passwords. It is not an easy science, its one that the fbi spends an enormous amount of time on and not not to beat a dead horse here, but the bureau has been arguing for over a decade, has been warning the country and conquer whereas about the seriousness of this very problem which theyve historically referred to as going dark. That is encryption gets better and communications applications routinely apply end Endtoend Encryption. You get more and more spaces that are beyond the reach of lawful court orders. And so it is harder for every Law Enforcement entity to try to access, even with court authorization, you cannot access communications if theyre adequately protected in some of these apps thats a big problem, but its obviously when the president doesnt understand Andrew Mccabe. Thank you. Both candidates talk about their plans for the economy. Todays speaking North Carolina foreign present problems to lower corporate tax rates on companies making products domestically and continued to push for higher tariffs, which he believes other countries not importers and consumers, would pay. He also claimed Vice President harris, quote, destroyed san francisco, called her a communist and called her the tax queen. Speaking in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, she laid out her own economic plan, which was having a middleclass Tax Cuts and Tax X credits under my plan, more than 100 Million americans will get a middleclass Tax Break that includes 6,000 for new parents during the first year of their Childs Life Everything from Car Seats to cringe. We will also help firsttime homebuyers just get their foot in the door with the 25,000 Downpayment Assistance on average it cost about 40,000 to start a new business but currently, the Tax Deduction for startup is only 5,000, which is why as president , i will make the Startup Deduction ten times richer and we will raise it from 5,000 to 50,000 the Vice President also sat down with msnbc, stephanie ruhle, the interview just aired. Heres her answer. The former president has promised to women Monday Night to be in her in his words, their protector so Donald Trump who said women should be punished for exercising a decision that they rightly should be able to make about their own body and their future. He also then chose three members of the United States Supreme Court who did as he intended. And did the protections of roe v. Wade. And now in state after state, you see laws being passed that do punish women so look, i think the thing about Donald Trump, trump is that, you know, i dont think the women of america need him to say hes going to protect them. The women of america need him to trust them back with the panel joining us is republican Strategist Erinperrine im wondering what your reaction to the Vice President s comments are there. And i mean, do you think that message resonates more with women than trumps . I think that her message there is really inconclusive for women because shes still has yet to really get into the Policy Specifics about what she plans with this economic agenda. Yes, shes talked about Family Tax credits shes talked about home ownership. But how is she going to get there and how is she going to build a coalition to be able to get it done . Because while she has talked about wanting to eliminate the filibuster, its still exists in the united States Senate and the american people, a quarter of them are still looking for her Policy Positions on whether or not theyre going to be able to support her. So right now, she needs to be able to also talk about the coalition. She thinks she can build to make this actually happened for the american people. Unlike Donald Trump who has stood there and being negotiated trade deals internationally, we saw nafta get renegotiated to usmca under him. We saw the Tax Cuts and jobs act under him. We saw that he did pursue tariffs as well as a means to try and protect american jobs and the american economy. He was very focused on bringing jobs home to the united states so welcome let me talk. Kamala may talk in platitudes towards women, women want and a woman like me would want is to know the specifics of her policies. She is going to pursue. Ashley well i think what the Vice President said is right, we dont need Donald Trump to be our protector. We need him to stay out of our business and to trust us to make decisions with our body. And i think the Vice President has been very clear on that. The person who has been unclear on where he would actually be on abortion is Donald Trump when he someday hes going to support the flores the Abortion Ban and then some days hes not some days hes going to make people pay for ivf and some days hes not. So i think hes been quite inconsistent and that is why you see the ongoing Gender Gap in terms of women having more support and more trust and Kamala Harris, but to the economy part, i think that the Vice President has laid out her plan. Donald trump has concepts of plans. He even said he has concepts of plans on the Debate Stage and so i think that when you are someone like myself, like entrepreneur and you hear about the Tax Break, or you hear about the firsttime Home Credit Tax credit you would get for buying a home, but you will also hear about how shes going to fight for the middle class and how she comes up from the middleclass herself and her own lived experience makes her the type of fighter that we want. I think that the american people are beginning and should start to resonate. I also think though she has to continue to acknowledge that they did inherit a very unstable economy because of covid, but unstable because of the management of it. And that things are still hard and that she can make things continue to get better. But i mean, obviously the economy is an issue that, i mean, you look at the polls time after time Donald Trump raise much more, much higher on the economy, on economic matters, then Kamala Harris doesnt mean the gop is really why shes got to narrow that gap has she done enough . Well, she she actually has narrowed the gap in some recent polls, theres new people that came out last week and theres another one that was released this week, which suggested it was it was closer than what we might have. A very low double digits. I think theyve been singledigits actually people which, which i think is remarkable and i, you know, i look i give voters the benefit of the doubt in general. I think though this idea that voters are looking for detailed economic plans as fallacy, im back in 2015, Donald Trump said one of the smartest things that have said about politics, which is that its the press that wants policy proposals. Now voters, they dont really care about them. I think thats generally true. And i think this this charge that harris hasnt released to Policy Agenda is sort of a fig leaf. And i think too, its meant to distract from the fact that Donald Trumps Policy Agenda is basically tariffs and he only really started talking about that when everyone was focused on project 2025, he didnt do these broad sweeping tariffs in the same way that hes promised when he was actually president so i think that american voters, one of the questions i have is, are they . Saying that theyre more interested in harriss economic agenda and think shell do a better job because theyre more prone to vote for harris is are we getting the heart of the horse before the cart instead of the cart before the horse on this. And i think its really unclear and i think that a lot of this is just sort of sort of Jockey Person Biden was on the view earlier today and i want to play something that he said about about his Vice President and as Vice President , there wasnt a single thing that i did that she couldnt do and so i was able to delegate her responsibility on everything from Foreign Policy To Domestic policy. Think i mean, first of all, its interesting how little we see president biden these days. I mean, its kind of remarkable when you think, i mean, how much has it has changed do you think it hurts kamalaharris to have president biden out there . If she does, she does. She gain much by having him out there . The president resonates with a certain constituency, particularly white males in philadelphia, excuse me, in pennsylvania and michigan and wisconsin in those blue wall states, he was pulling better than the Vice President was. So having him go out and speak to her in certain areas, i think is strategic i also think the reason why we dont see as much as Joe Biden because hes not running for president. And typically an election cycles, the president , hes still governing and still doing the job of the president , but hes giving space for the Vice President to pray her own narrative to create her own Policy Agenda. So i think that in some places having the president out there is good and then other places, she is the one running and she needs to be out there communicating what her vision is ashley allison, Philip Bump, erin perrine. Thanks so much coming up thank you. Next, the latest on Hurricane Helene and the final preparations underway before it makes landfall is potentially one of the largest storms in a long time. Also tonight, a 360 special report, a conversation with ten, an 11yearold students across the country to see the future generation of voters is already polarized about our elections over. 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So of valdosta, georgia. And youre thinking, wait georgia how can that be across the State Line . This is going to hold together. This is going to stay a category two hurricane at least for about 100 miles inland. So what we have right now, this is 8 00 advisory at five miles per hour and thats what we were at 5 00 let me be honest. This is probably not an 85 mile per Hour Storm right now, probably 75 or 80 is its flattened out over the past three hours. That is absolutely great because it could be a 95 mile per Hour Storm but its not there. We have two airplanes and theyve storm right now, Hurricane Hunters looking at it, not seeing it yet, but i think its going to recover as The Nightfalls, the sunsets, that everything calms down, the sheer calms down, and then the forecast comes through as it comes All The Way up to the west of tampa. At onethirty. Now, this does not mean tampa is going to get a category four Wind Category four is only going to be confined to that eyewall itself, that coming up here into the big bend of to florida. And then really maybe valdosta, you get a category two and even up towards atlanta, you might get a category one gust thats kind of how it works. These big numbers you hear 13135 say very small confined area, but this is a wide storm with big impact. Were going to have Hurricane Force winds were going to have a Storm Surge of 20 feet, right . Where our Derek Van Dam is standing right now. And so this is going to be a big, impactful storm, winds, tropicalstormforce winds over the entire state of florida Hurricane Force winds right there into the big bend. But look at the wind All The Way into georgia, All The Way into asheville, shot charlotte youre going to see wind gusts over 80 miles per hour at time. So its a lot of rain coming down as well. Could be a foot of rain, a foot of rain in the mountains. Anderson, thats going to cause significant Flash Flooding to Chad Myers. Thanks so much. Lets go to Derek Van Dam, who joins us now, live. Where are you and how bad could it get there . All right, anderson, were getting our first taste of what Hurricane Helene could bring to this area where Un Apalachicola on the florida big bend area. And were getting this first taste and i want to make this pretty quick because the lightning has really picked up and theres actually some signs on the local radar that there could be a waterspout just off st. George island, which is very near to where im standing but The National Weather Service from tallahassee, very close to here, they look over this area using very strong verbage, saying that it is increasingly likely that Storm Surge will become catastrophic or unsurvivable near apalachee bay, which is very near where im at i know if this Storm Surge measurement tools, any Sign Or Indicator of whats to be expected here with a Landfilling Category four storm, then we need to plan for the worst, this shading of blue is the Storm Surge, inundation of a category four hurricane. The shading of yellow as a category three. The shading of red represents the Water Levels for a category two storm here and apalachicola, what were forecasting is ten to 15 feet, where im standing and that is twice as high as how im standing right now. This is just going to be an incredibly powerful storm, one that im talking to local residents here. They fear could be one of the worst storms that theyve experienced and the reason this area so vulnerable is because of the shallow nature of the gulf of mexico, which is directly over my shoulder, anderson. You could go out 50 miles from here and still only have ten feet of Water Underneath you, then that shelf drops off very quickly. So when you get a large expanding storm like this, well, its going to push up that water once it reaches the shelf and its going to inundate these very low lying areas like the Appalachia Bay Region where im located now. Now this storm is not only strengthening, it is also growing in size and by the time this makes landfall, it will have a Problem Storm Force winds extend over 400 miles from its center of this could rival some of the largest storms in us history. Derek van dam, im glad youre there. Thanks very much. 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So we decided to try to find out from them directly equity in teamed up with a renowned political scientists from stanford in a psychologist at arizona state university, to design and conduct a study looking at polarization among fourthgraders are experts asked us to find three schools, one from a town that went heavily for president biden the last election, one that went big for former President Trump in 20, 21 in an area about evenly split. So we ended but up in blue, new jersey, red texas, and purple, arizona. The researchers spoke to at kids over the course of more than 40 hours. Cnn got permission from all the students, parents, and guardians, or guardians before talking with them. Obviously, and kids offered their unvarnished opinions. The candidate was fascinating, the experts first spoke to students in the spring before biden dropped out of the race . Then returned in the last two weeks to see how things that changed for Kamala Harris study found that some kids as young as ten are already extremely polarized. Lets take a look whats the first word that pops into your head . When you hear The Name Kamala Harris liar. Whats the first word that pops into your head when you hear Donald Trump pure evil which one do you think is more selfish selfish, probably. Her Kamala Harris because girls are a little bit dramatic sometimes. And do you think that people in the united states are ready to have another four years of Donald Trump if hes reelected, know why not . Because i feel like all he does is complain and like you the researchers found that opinions of the candidates from these ten, 11yearold spanned a spectrum as wide as america Donald Trump is given his lies in his heart. She even shook hands with mr. Trump, degrade them for the debate. Started the debate, which is pretty kind of when youre going against your opponent the study is designed by psychologists ashley Land Drum and political scientists shunto in guard my Andrew M conducted all the interviews and showed the students pictures of the candidates and ask them questions like, which one of these two do you think is more honest . Which one of these two do you think would keep us safer if they were elected Landrieu Him also showed them an Emoji Chart and our feelings chart, and ask them questions like this. Im going to ask you how much you like each of these two candidates the questions were phrased to promote more openended conversations i love our house, but its hard one thing that the kids talked a lot about former President Trumps legal issues how much do you like Donald Trump using that scale . Oh, probably dont trump, probably hate me for doing this you really dont like Donald Trump. Cowboy it. What do like jail early to be clear, while trump was booked and released from jail, he didnt spend time behind bars. 32 of all students brought up up the former president s legal issues. In general, kids who said theyd support Donald Trump did not see his legal problems as a disqualifier. Hi, how are you doing today . This was in may before trumps conviction . Should he be president again, still yeah. We can say, for Example Jfk he cheated on his wife, but people still love tim drove washington, Thomas Jefferson both slaveowners, being a Slave Owners really bad. Its really bad. Then but they still had two terms. So i think even though trump has done bad stuff deserves to run for president. And now, which one of these two candidates do you think is more likely to do bad things convicted felon, again, Stole Liar hes a convicted felon. Do you think its okay for somebody who is a convicted felon to become President Of The United States . Yes many children were also very aware of the first Assassination Attempt on former President Trump and which one do you think is tougher trump . Because he did survive a gunshot and does anything else make them tougher . Do you think or was it mostly his reaction to that . Hes also pretty brave i mean, if i was president , i was talking to were found a lot of people out would be really scared. Or why would something like that happen like a lot of cruel people nowhere else. And its tough like whenever something like that happens to them, not want to take Cow Somebody else that they dont like yeah. And how does that make you feel nervous because like you never know one day be used for Vice President harris students from both schools had a lot to say about her Race And Gender so do you think it matters more to voters that shes a woman or that shes a person of color. I dont really like about like what color she is. I just kept like the personality and like what she wants, what she wants to do, do you think people would be bothered at all by the fact that Kamala Harriss you know, half black and half nelke indian american no, because Barack Obama was elected twice my two terms serve all eight years. Itd be good for us to have im a black woman as president for the first time in history yeah, but my vote is still on trump at 86 of all students are Researcher Talk to Thought America was ready for a Woman President of color and do you think people in the are ready for a Woman President . Yeah. Because it hasnt been a woman posted. It has been one yet the fact that shes a woman and shes black, that could help kids who are like her or are different feel a lot more accepted still, some students had different views about gender. I just feel like a boys would probably be better as president. But shes pretty and stuff. But i just dont think i want and would be all right for a president yeah. So why do you think Woman Wouldnt be right for a president in your view i think because only boys ive been president before that they would be more stronger the biggest finding that children in the study polarized with what researchers called more extreme responses from the Blue State kids than the red State Case he did add things hes like hitler he only wanted to be president so that he can adjust control. Everybody. Trump is supporting January 6 now, i remember that January 6 was a bunch of republicans believing trump i feel like they thought trump was a god People Lot arrested. I think one officer died after afterwards that was a Big Day the study found that these democratic Leaning Kids were about nine times more likely to express negative emotions about Donald Trump than republican Leaning Kids were about Kamala Harris. Why might that be . Psychologists . Ashley landrieu, him has some ideas so Donald Trump is a very polarizing figure. And its very possible that the kids are reacting to their parents reacting to Donald Trump being a very different kind of political figure than what weve seen before. So do the Red State kids hold as strong of attitudes . Well, not when were talking about Kamala Harris, in part that could be because they dont know that much about her landrieu was also curious about how kids saw their peers and the political divide. All right. So do you think that the kids that live in those two houses would be friends with each other. They can is no Law Breaking that it doesnt mind if few are different by Skin Color or doesnt matter if youre different by people, you can still be friends the study found that republican Leaning Kids will more open to visiting a democrat supporting Household Democratleaning kids were about five times more likely to say they would not want to go to a Protrump House would they be okay with you going over to Somebodys House . He was really supportive of President Trump no. No. And why not . Because they know that hes not hes not hes not like black people. So you will not do not be happy to see me with your family. Let you go over to Somebody House who is really supportive of Donald Trump . No. No, they wouldnt know why not. Because like my Mom And Dad dont like Donald Trump at all a single day would you be okay going over to Somebodys House whose family really likes Kamala Harris think could be fines. Its just about the personality of the people would your family be okay if you went over to Somebodys House who really liked Donald Trump . If i wont be real over here hell, if i just went over there. Sure. I imagine be a good argument or a fight may really Foo Fighters schunk forget, this is a study about ten and 11 yearolds and one issue they all had strong feelings on was taylor Swifts Endorsement of conway harris. Are you a fan of Taylor Swift know so Taylor Swift said who she wanted to vote for . Do you think that her vote is going to influence the election . Yes. Yeah. Why do you think that the swifties will follow her lead . Do you think that her endorsement would impact the election . Yes. Yes. Yes. Why do you think that she would have such a big impact on the election . Because shes like very, very popular oscar for the score thought