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Hurtful to people in springfield, hurtful to the haitians who are working every day. I talked to some of their employees. I had them over for breakfast, their employers, excuse me. And look, they said they work very hard, very focused, very family oriented. Its hurtful for them very, very much. And some of them were afraid. Thats Ohio Governor Mike Dewine addressing the lies about haitian migrants that have been spread by Donald Trump and senator j. D. Vance. But the Vice President ial nominee says Fact Checking is not his responsibility. Well play for you those comments. Meanwhile, the former president held his first Campaign Event since the Secret Service foiled an apparent Assassination Plot against him. Well show you what he said about it and bring you the latest on that investigation. Plus, well go through the coordinated attack against Hezbollah And Lebanon carried out with explosive pagers. Good Morning And Welcome to Way Too Early on this wednesday, september 18th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. We have a lot to get to this morning, and well begin here with Ohio Governor Mike Dewine calling on Donald Trump and senator j. D. Vance, the senator of ohio, mind you, to stop spreading lies about haitian migrants in the town of springfield, ohio. So those comments are, you know, about Eating Dogs and things that are very hurtful. Theyre very hurtful for these Men And Women who work very, very hard. Theyre obviously very hurtful for their children. Theyre hurtful, but are they also fueling these threats . Well, look, as the mayor said today, mayor rue, he said before this we had haitians here for three years, four years, and we did not have any of these. But if these comments that are baseless being made by president Trump And Senator vance, would they be made if those threats stop . I dont know if they would happen, but the statements are wrong. The mayor has said they were wrong, and frankly they need to stop. Again, thats the republican governor. There have been more than 30 Bomb Threats in the city since last week including those to Elementary Schools there. The Governor Yesterday sent dozens of State Troopers to be stationed across City Schools for the foreseeable future. Meanwhile, Senator Vance, Senator Vance of ohio is not taking any responsibility for spreading lies. He instead blamed the Media Yesterday during a rally he held in wisconsin. You say that you have a responsibility to share what your constituents tell you, but dont you also have a responsibility to Fact Check them first . I think the media has a responsibility to Fact Check the residents of springfield. Ive got residents of springfield who are coming to me with a dozen different problems. Theyve been talking about it for months or in some cases years. The American Media totally ignored it until they showed up to Fact Check what some people were saying about pets. So theres one story out there from multiple people, by the way. Multiple people have said on video they talk about the pet story. And of course the American Media goes into springfield, dives in, harasses everybody who dares to complain about the condition of it town. That is not journalism, and thats not seeking the truth. That is bulling Ien Oan industrial scale, and i think the media ought to be ashamed of itself. Plenty to Fact Check there. Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris weighed in on trumps comments regarding migrants allegedly eating pets in springfield, doing so during a Fireside Chat she held yesterday with the National Association Of Black Journalists. The democratic nominee criticized her Opponents Rhetoric on the Campaign Trail calling it hateful. Its a crying shame. I mean, my heart breaks for this community. You know, there were children, Elementary School children who it was it was school photo day. You remember what thats like going to school on Picture Day . Who are dressed up in their best, got all ready, knew what they were going to wear the night before, and had to be evacuated. Children. Children. A whole Community Put in fear. Meanwhile, Donald Trump returned to the Campaign Trail Last Night for the first time since the weekends apparent Assassination Attempt on his life. Trump took part in a Town Hall Yesterday in flint, michigan, moderated by his former white House Press Secretary, now arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee sanders. There he spoke about Sundays Incident at his florida golf course. He also discussed receiving nice Phone Call from president Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris after the incident, but then he said he wished they hadnt called at all, suggesting it showed weakness on their part. A few days ago we had an incident. This guy was all set. He was all set to do his number, and there was no talk. He didnt say, hello, what are you doing here, please. You wonder why i get shot at, right . You know, only consequential president s get shot at. President biden called me yesterday, was very nice. We had a very nice conversation. I sort of wish the Call Wasnt made because i do feel hes so nice, im so sorry about what happened and all that. But i have to lay it down, we have very important and the same with kamala today. She could not have been nicer, but the fact is the fact is we have to have people that are respected by the opponent, by the other side, by other countries. After the first Assassination Attempt this Year Trump spent a day or two talking about unity, then it went away. This time no pretense of that at all. About the investigation, attorney general Merrick Garland says the Department Of Justice will spare no expense to probe sundays Assassination Attempt. The Wall Street Journal Points Out Garland suggests the doj could seek more charges against the suspect. The 58yearold is currently being held at the federal Detention Center in miami. Meanwhile, House Speaker Mike Johnson said the House Task Force already investigating the july Assassination Attempt will be expanded to also include Sundays Incident. To that end, the house will now need to vote to change the scope of their Task Force. We have a Task Force that was already investigating the butler, pennsylvania, lapses in security. Were going to change the emphasis of that to have both events investigated, but we all know the problem. Its a lack of leadership, right . And it goes all the way to the top. So youll see us demanding that this week. Weve got to protect our 45th president. In a letter Tuesday Members of that Task Force requested a briefing on this weeks attempted attack, and they want it by friday. Meanwhile, campaign stops in michigan and Wisconsin Yesterday j. D. Vance continued to criticize democrats in the wake of that second assassination taemt. He even took it a step further and he blamed President Biden and the Vice President for the death of a man at trumps July Rally in butler, pennsylvania. Dont lecture Donald Trump about softening his rhetoric after two people tried to kill him. Its ridiculous. Tell tell Kamala Harris, tell Joe Biden. Tell all of her surrogates who are saying things like Donald Trump needs to be eliminated. They need to cut that crap out or theyre going to get somebody hurt. In fact they already did get somebody hurt. Cory lost his life. Two other people have lost their lives in putler, pa, because these guys let their rhetoric totally out of control. Joining us now senior Nbc News national Politics Reporter, our friend Jonathan Allen. So good to see you this morning. Lets start there. As i mention a few moments ago, theres been Pretense Whatsoever of any kind of national unity in the wake of an Assassination Attempt and instead Trump And Vance squarely placing the blame on democrats. These are nonsensical arguments especially what trump uses day in and day out. The first one didnt impact the campaign quite the way i think most of us thought it would, which is it seemed like at that moment Donald Trump was basically the apex of his political strength in this campaign season. Of course Joe Biden had fumbled in the June Debate. Thered been a couple weeks of democratic chaos as they were trying to figure out what to do at that point, whether biden was going to stick around. And then there was an attempt on trumps life, and he had that iconic moment where he raised his fist in the air, bloods on his face, he had this convention coming up. And it has not been a steep Downhill Progression for him since then, but weve certainly seen his support erode. I think itll be difficult to predict what this means particularly in light of that Assassination Attempt, which was of course so much more serious in terms of, you know, as j. D. Vance the Ohio Senator said sort of died in the crowd there, trump himself took a bullet to the ear. Obviously the Secret Service was able to divert disaster here. Last time the momentum was quickly eclipsed by dropping out of the race and Kamala Harris ascending it. Last Night Trump had this event, this Town Hall in michigan. Tonight he has his first fullfledged rally since the Assassination Attempt in new York State actually. Whats your sense talking to campaign aides . Is he going to continue to double down on the rhetoric about springfield, ohio, and the migrants even though hes been Fact Checked day in and day out thats not happening. Do they see this as a nauseating tool, a defensive tool just to talk about immigration . Yeah, absolutely. Theres no other real explanation for it other than they believe this is working, and they believe its working to focus attention on immigration. And if youre a Trump Campaign Aide used to him going way offtrack from the issues you want to talk about, this is positive compared to that. And by positive i simply mean theyre trying to talk about the three is, inflation, immigration, to some extent israel, and every time he goes off that track, its bad for them. Him talking about this is a big deal. I do want to mention something about Ohio Senator, j. D. Vance, the Vice President ial candidate who keeps talking about hes talking to his constituents and its important to represent his constituents. Mike dewine, The Governor of ohio is one of his constituents. All of the people with Education And Information who are telling him this is simply not going on, its hateful, offensive and dangerous are his constituents, and hes fought listening to those constituents because he doesnt want to. John, lastly and briefly give us a sense of the race here. Were starting to see a few polls that show a slight bump for the president coming out of last weeks debate, but well look for more polls in the days ahead. Where do you think things stand . I think theyre close and even. They have been for a long time. I would say i think the way i would look at it is before the June Debate they were even close and toss up. With trump in a slight lead and i would say right now you see the reverse of that with and she hasnt been president before. I think shes still got to make the sale to voters open to her but havent completely locked down. All right, senior Nbc News national Politics Reporter Jonathan Allen starting us off this morning. We appreciate it as always. Next up here hezbollah is vowing retaliation against israel after hundreds of Hand Held Pagers exploded killing multiple people and injuring thousands. What were learning this morning about that remarkable and deadly coordinated attack. Plus, former republican Congressman Liz Cheney Crosses Party lines to endorse democratic Senate Candidate Collin allred of texas. What she had to say about that highly watched race in the lone star state. Those stories and a check on sports and weather when we come right back. K on sports and weather when we come right back ah, these bills are crazy. She has no idea shes sitting on a goldmine. Well she doesnt know that if she owns a Life Insurance Policy of 100,000 or more she can sell all or part of it to coventry for cash. Even a Term Policy. Even a Term Policy . Even a Term Policy find out if youre sitting on a goldmine. Call coventry direct today at the number on your screen, or visit coventrydirect. Com. Heres to getting better with age. Heres to beating these two every thursday. Help Fuel Today with boost high protein, complete nutrition you need, and the flavor you love. So, heres to now. Now available Boost Max Welcome back. At his michigan event Last Night, former President Trump repeatedly confused alaskas arctic national wildlife refuge, which is known as anwar, with the bagram military base, which is in afghanistan. We would have been now having so much coming out of the energy, we have the best. We have bagram in alaska. They say it might be as big, might be bigger than all of saudi arabia. I got it approved. Ronald Reagan Couldnt do it. I got it done. In their first week they terminated it. Check that one out. Bagram. None of that is correct. Meanwhile, former congresswoman Liz Cheney appeared alongside collin allred, the democrat running for u. S. Senate in texas. Cheney, of course, a republican spoke about why shes supporting allred in his bid to replace incumbent republican Ted Cruz in a state where the Cheney Name means a lot. Why are you campaigning against Ted Cruz . I feel this race is such an important one. I have not endorsed in any other Senate Race this time around, but i served with collin. I know him. I know what kind of a congressman hes been. I watched him as you said we were on opposite sides of issues and opposite sides of the aisle. Not every issue on opposite sides, but i also know Ted Cruz. Ive known him for over 20 years, and i know he will say anything if it serves his own political purpose. Elsewhere, arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee sanders took a swipe at Vice President Kamala Harris for not having her own biological children. Not only do my kids serve as a permanent reminder of whats important, they also keep my humble. You can walk into a room like this where people cheer like this when you step onto the stage and you might think for a second youre special. Then you go home and your kids remind you very quickly youre actually not that big of a deal. And ours are pretty good at it. So my kids keep me humble. Unfortunately, Kamala Harris doesnt have anything keeping her humble. Both gratuitously politically mean and mispronounced her name. She hez two stepchildren with doug emhoff. In response to their comments their biological mother wrote on social media. Cole and ella keep us inspired to make the world a better place. I do it through story telling. Next up here well turn to sports and bring you highlights across major League Baseball as the final push for teams to make the playoffs and bring you an update on the Miami Dolphins quarterback who suffered a scary concussion last week. All of that and a check on the Weather Forecast when we come right back. Weather Forecast Whe right back did you know, sweat from stress is actually smellier than other kinds of sweat . Thats why i use secret clinical antiperspirant. It works on sweat from stress, heat and activity. It provides 3x Stress Sweat protection. Secret works. 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So, heres to now. Now available Boost Max and he hits this one way out of here. Hes extraordinary. Los angeles dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani yet another swing closer to becoming the first player with 50 Home Runs and 50 steals in the season. That was Home Run number 48 hit into the upper deecduring the third inning of last Nights Loss to miami harlins. Ohtani has 11 games left to reach the historic mark. He needs two more Home Runs and two more steals. I sure hope he gets it. To milwaukee now. The Brewers Championship Game on hold for at least one more day until the phillies move closer to their own division title. Phillies Ace Zack Wheeler allowed only seven hits and one run across seven innings. Bryce harper backed him up with a tie breaking Home Run right there in the sixth inning and the phillies beat the brewers 51 in milwaukee. The fighting phils Magic Number for clenching the nationAl East is down did you know to four and guarantee a spot in the postseason with one more win. To the Nations Capitol now and the new York Mets boosted their Playoff Chances with a 101 win here in washington Last Night over the nationals. The mets now are tied with the Arizona Diamond backs for the second of three nl wild cards, moving now two games ahead of Rival Atlanta for the final spot after the braves blew a 4run lead Last Night in a very costly loss to the cincinnati reds. Meanwhile, in the American League the Baltimore Orioles continue their stumble in a loss to the san francisco giants Last Night. He carried the giants to a 100 victory. The os have now lost seven of their last nine and fell four games behind the Al East leading yankees who beat the mariners 112 Last Night and can secure at least a wild Card Spot in another win yesterday. To San Diego now and a truly bizarre scene in the ninth inning of Last Nights tied game when hughesens Jose Altuve grounded out to third for the final out of the frame, but he insisted he fouled the ball off his foot. To make his point, Altuve Standing right there in the Batters Box took his left Cleat And Sock to show umpires where he said he was hit. But all that did was get him ejected from the game. Altuve barefoot as he walks off. Altuves replacement, gray kissinger, would score The Go ahead run on kyle tuckers single in the top of the tenth and then made a sensational play in the bottom of the inning to escape a bases loaded jam by starting that forced play. Astros win 43. To football now. The Miami Dolphins placed Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa on the injured Reserve List Year after tua suffered the third diagnosed concussion of his nfl career. According to league rules the former Firstround Pick must spend at least four games on the ir. His latest Head Injury happened when tagovailoa was scrambling for a first down during thursday Nights Loss to the buffalo bills. He immediately fell to the ground, was in that fencing position. He was ultimately able to walk off the field under his own power, but he suffered a number of concussions and some around the league believe more than the three diagnosed. Time now for the weather and lets bring in Angie Lassman for the forecast. Hows it looking . Hi there, jonathan. Looking pretty good in some spots but weve got a couple of bumpy spots as well. The Great Lakes stretching to the Gulf Coast quiet conditions and rain across the center of the country and also rain were going to track for the coastal areas specifically the midatlantic and the North East over the next couple of days. Weve got an area of low pressure sitting offshore. This is going to bring us Shower Activity through the day today. Well see those highest Rain Chances closer to the coast, and Heavy Rain will be possible for the commute today. Weve also got more rain in the picture here as that low spins offshore for tomorrow. Weve got really strong onshore winds. Thats making a difference, and it really will make a big difference especially around high tide time for some of that coastal flooding. 8 Million people under these advisories right now. Those will last through the day today. Otherwise temperatures, well, theyre feeling like summer across a good chunk of the country. 90s across parts of texas and oklahoma, jonathan. Angie lassman, thank you as always. Next up here well get to the Funding Fight on Capitol Hill and republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnells new comments breaking with Donald Trump when it comes to a possible Government Shutdown. Were back in just a moment. Down were back in just a moment. Pete g. Writes, my tween wants a new phone. How do i not break the bank . We gotcha, pete. Xfinity mobile was designed to save you money and gives you access to wifi speeds up to a gig. So you get high speeds for low prices. Better than getting low speeds for high prices. Right, bruce . Jealous . Yeah, look at that. Honestly. Someone get a helmet on this guy. Xfinity internet customers, ask how to get a free 5g Phone and a second unlimited line free for a year. Switch today welcome back to Way Too Early. It is 5 31 a. M. Here on the east coast, 2 31 out west on this wednesday morning. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for being with us. Back to politics now. And House Speaker Mike Johnson will hold a Vote Today on a bill that requires proof of citizenship to register to vote. We say this all the time you already must be a u. S. Citizen to register to vote in the united states. Johnson was forced to kill a vote on the same bill last week after several republican members announced their opposition. The legislation, is also causing Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell to express some concerns. I think we first have to wait and see what the House Senate does. My only observation about this whole discussion is the one thing you cannot have is a Government Shutdown. It would be politically beyond stupid for us to do that, right, before the election because certainly we get the blame. That warning comes as former President Trump encouraged republican members last week to force the Government Shutdown unless their Voting Bill was part of the package. Joining us now to help us make sense of it, congressional reporter for politico, daniela diaz. Good to see you. Beyond stupid is the words of Mitch Mcconnell there to have a shutdown in the Stretch Run of an election year. I think a lot of his colleagues agree with him. But tell us whats happening here . Whats the speaker doing . In just a few hours, jonathan, there is going to be a measure on a Stop Gap Measure in march. Johnson tried to do this in a few weeks, pulled the vote instead. Its expected to fail. Now hes going to have to work with democrats to try to pass some kind of clean cr, clean bill that could fund The Government through the end of the year at the current levels its funded right now. He doesnt want to do that. A lot of kshs that dont want him to do that are also going to vote against the bill in just a few hours that would fund The Government in march. And attach the save act. Its very complicated that factions of the republican party are feuding right now what the right direction to fund The Government is. It feels like Groundhog Day and were in this scenario every couple of months. What are the odds right now there would be a shutdown . The inceptive is massive for them to go home to their districts in october and campaign considering it is an election year. House members are up every two years. Theres important Senate Races on the map right now. Republicans want to win back the majority in the senate. So everyone understands they need to go home as soon as possible. Its just a matter of when, and when they end up doing that theyre in session or it ends up running clock on a potential shutdown happening, they tend to fund The Government when theres no time. Thats when they tend to agree with Each Other and pass a bill on Government Funding. Switching gears theres a lot of scrutiny on The Hill right now towards the Secret Service in the wake of the now two attempted assassinations of Donald Trump, and youve got some new reporting on republicans who are looking to boost funding. Thats right. And republicans and democrats agree the way the Secret Service is running as it stands right now is not working. They agree on the Senate Side Katey burrit and chris murphy, top Ranking Member On Appropriations on Homeland Security in charge of funding Homeland Security agree things need to change whether it be allowing overtime, hiring more member, details for the Secret Service. But theyre all divided how exactly they help the Secret Service before the election. So theres a lot of differences whether they pass a bill that would allow the same amount of detail members for President Trump that Biden Has, that the current president has or a former president or they just pump money into the Secret Service and allow more hiring before the election, but theyre figuring that out right now and whether they attach it to a Government Funding bill. Lots of disagreements how to handle this. Congressional reporter for politico, daniela diaz, thank you as always. Next up here well turn to cnbc for an early look whats driving the day on Wall Street as investors await a decision on Rate Cuts from the federal reserve. Thats expected later today. Plus, instagram announces a new Safety Feature for kids and teens. Well dig into how that works when we come right back. That w when we come right back. I hear that music and my feet just start tapping. My grandchildren, theyre sixth generation of dancers. Its what my family is all about. 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Even a Term Policy find out if youre sitting on a goldmine. Call coventry direct today at the number on your screen, or visit coventrydirect. Com. Heres to getting better with age. Heres to beating these two every thursday. Help Fuel Today with boost high protein, complete nutrition you need, and the flavor you love. So, heres to now. Now available Boost Max Amazon Ceo Andy jassy said employees must return full time and Amazon Employees didnt get the letter because it was stolen from their porch. Time now for business and for that lets bring in Cnbcs Silvia Amaro who joins us live from london. Silvia, todays the day. Investors on high alert ahead of that first expected Rate Cut from the federal reserve. Well likely learn this afternoon. Tell us the timing of this and what a Rate Cut would mean for average americans battling inflation and higher costs in their daily lives. So now doubt today is the day. Were finally going to find out by how much the fed is culting interest rates, but i would say, john, actually the key from this Meeting Today is actually not so much the decision on the Rate Cut but more so the communication. Whether the fed is moving by 50 or 25 basis Cuts Today and also what is the outlook . How many more Rate Cuts should we expect between now and the end of the year . Ultimately the message for households at this stage it seems that relief is finally coming, but lets not forget that it does take a while between the announcements from the fed and then ultimately feeling that in the economy. So lets see what the fed is going to tell us later today. At this stage when you look at futures, they are pointing to a positive start to the Trading Session on Wall Street. Lets see how the Rate Decision is going to influence how equities are moving. We of course will have coverage of that later today. Another headline here. Instagram has taken a major step in an effort to make its platform safer for children. Please tell us about that, silvia. So a very important announcement from instagram. They are launching a new account that is specifically designed for teenagers, and ultimately this will just have more parental controls. So what this means, for instance, in practical terms is that teens younger than 16 will now have to require their Parents Permission to change some of these parental controls. On top of that, instagram also said its going to start using Artificial Intelligence to detect which users are lying about their age and then using that information to move those users to these specific accounts, teenage accounts. Ultimately, though, this announcement, john, is coming at a time when we are seeing conversations basically stepping up about the role of phones and how kids are using them. And ultimately with some countries actually looking at preventing kids from using their own phones in schools. Yeah, really, really important conversation for so many parents across the globe. Cnbcs Silvia Amaro live from london, thank you so much. Well talk to again tomorrow. Next up here hezbollah is now blaming israel for Planting Explosives in hundreds of pagers those pager devices across lebanon. Well have the latest on that deadly attack and the impact this could have on the region as officials look to prevent a wider war. Thats when we come right back. Wider war. Thats when we come right back this charmin ultra soft Smooth Tear has wavy edges. Its no ordinary square. Charmin ultra soft Smooth Tear has wavy perforations that tear so much better, with more cushiony softness. Enjoy The Go, with charmin. Craig here pays too much for verizon wireless. So he sublet half his real Estate Office to a pet shop. Theres a smarter way to save. Comcast business mobile. You could save up to an incredible 70 on your wireless bill. So you dont have to compromise. Powering smarter savings. 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Reporter explosions like this across lebanon as the hezbollah Militant Group says hundreds of pagers belonging to its members detonated simultaneously, calling it a massive coordinated attack and blaming israel. Look again. The explosion injures the man with the pager, causes almost no damage around him. Lebanon says almost 3,000 people were wounded including the iranian ambassador and at least nine killed, among them several iranian backed hezbollah uses pagers to avoid israeli surveillance. Israel refusing to say if it was behind what appears to be an unprecedented intelligence operation. Have you ever seen anything on this scale before . No. No, i havent. It really is a remarkable sort of milestone in the pantheon of Intelligence Security activities. Hours earlier israel says it foiled a Hezbollah Attack using a land mine. Nbcs Raf Sanchez with that report. We should note this morning The New York Times is reporting that, indeed, israel was behind the operation. America and other officials briefed on the matter telling the Paper Israel hit it with a new batch of taiwanese pagers. Israel has not yet said gg on the incident. We asked the white House Press Secretary yesterday and she said the u. S. Did not get a heads up. So good to see you this morning. So first of all just your reaction. I mean as we just heard in that package just a stunning amount of Trade Craft here. The amount of detail that went into executing this plan, which now israeli officials did tell u. S. Officials yesterday after the attack not prior to but they did inform the united states as part of the intelligence sharing agreement. But to be able to find taiwaneseimprinted but manufactured in hungary pagers and then understand who they were going to and how many, and then the coordinated timing of this is pretty spectacular if not shocking because the timing is still a question. Clearly effective, but why now as israels already facing one year of the war in gaza and has also already been challenged with Rocket Attacks from lebanon . So lets talk about that. There certainly has been and we know from October 8th u. S. Officials have been trying to say we dont want this to turn into a wider war. We understand what youre doing in gaza with hamas, but it seems theres been moments in the months prior it seems weve come against that possibility. Do you now think something like this could trigger a wider conflict between Israel And Hezbollah . Its not just hose hezbollah. They also feel they have to retaliate and respond to the fact that one of their somebody a diplomat actually the leading Hamas Diplomat was killed on iranian soil. So now these dots are connecting between iran, hezbollah, and hamas in a way that puts Israel Right at the center of the conflict with lebanon in the north, gaza in the south and then you have challenges in the West Bank as well. The united states does not want to see israel in a threefront war. In fact, this actually might topple the current Minister Of Defense because he has been pushing netanyahu against opening up a new front with lebanon. And lets just talk about the impact possibly on ceasefire talks. U. S. Officials still trying to get this done. President Biden Has made clear he wants to try to finish it before he leaves office. Whats your current sense of talks and is this a setback . Well, the talks have been li. The State Department and u. S. Government has always expressed some sort of optimism but you hear the optimism from u. S. Officials. Word on the street is Hamas And Israeli does not want this deal as much as the united states does. Thank you. We are talk to you soon. Up next, Vice President Kamala Harris supports a key group of voters whose support is being pulled away by Donald Trump. Will her message be enough . 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You got to earn their vote. So im working to earn the vote. Not assuming im going to have it because i am black, but because the policies and the perspectives i have understands what we must do to recognize the needs of all communities and i intend to be a president for all people. Our young black men are black men like any group of people. Our small businesses are really the backbone of our economy overall and when they do better economically, we all do better. Joining us now is coauthor of the playbook is eugene. Nice job yesterday, eugene. Thank you. Lets start this with this idea of young black men. We know that Donald Trump has spent time trying to make inroads there. What is the latest the polls say being successful and what is the Vice President doing to try to win their support, as she said, particularly on issues like affordability . One of the interest things with Donald Trump is the way he does it, it kind of shows a party, a man who is kind of engaging with people they dont typically do, right . They do it sometimes in a clumsy way sometimes as the shiny shoes. There are wrappers and the view of which they go when they go and talk to black male voters but some of it is working, right . The polls are all over the place so its unclear how it would work out. When we talk to black advocates and polsters its hard to poll the black men and the black population in general so when folks look at these polls should take into account. For Vice President harris, since she was just Vice President and Running Mate and not the top of the ticket, he is eshe has brought black men to president ial residence and boosted this economic tour that she took on that was about black men. She had a huge Round Table about black men for capital for entrepreneurship. In that clip she zooms out even more and talks about about if you help the marginalized in the can you please tell the Bolt Rise and she is talking about affordability and entrepreneurs. She wants folks to get out of their Way And Help give them the tools but not baby them because black men dont want that or need it. We played a moment in the show where she talked about springfield, ohio, the impact of children on there and schools are closed because of Bomb Threats. The Theme Yesterday was the political violence and the rhetoric inspires. Tell us more about what she had to say. I think the thing that was most interesting, one, she said she talked to Donald Trump, right . She said that she told him what she had said in public that political violence has no place in the american politics. Springfield, i thought maybe the passionate answer she gave and maybe has given ever on these kinds of issues because she started with the kids that were getting ready to go for Picture Day, right . And talked about the fact they lost their Picture Day because of that. She talked about if you are someone who wants the mantel of leaership in this country you need to behave in a certain way and gave views in harris she doesnt often given. Ive been covering four years and the kind of ways of thinking and pushing and talking about about it, she doesnt do. We pushed the time we had with her to the brink. Her team was peaking and trying to get us to cut it out. At the end of the day, i think she got a lot of time to give People Insight into her head and who she is and what voters have looking for. One criticism if there was in the debate she didnt use the time to present more of her vision. She was so good at attacking trump. Now she has only done a few of these high Profile Interviews and did one yesterday so seems an opportunity for her team. Tell us about your takeaway from yesterday. I think the team is keep doing interviews and i think they looked at this a Big One to get behind them. They say she will be doing a lot of sitdowns on day time Talk Shows and Radio And Tv hits nationally and locally and especially in the swing states. That is one. I guess my takeaway was this is a Vice President who is grappling with race in a really interesting way. When she talked about whether it was springfield or reparations or black men in the economy or earning their vote, she also always navigated to talking about the rest of the american people and not that, you know, black people should be so enraged all the time about race, but that everyone should be upset about racism and its a way that her allies say to bring people into the conversation instead of making white people frankly feel shamed about the kinds of things that are happening in this country and we are writing i wrote about that this morning and that will come out in a little bit in playbook. She is Tip Towing around it in a interesting way. Very good point. An important interview yesterday. Nice job, again. White House Correspondent for politico, eugene daniels, thank you. Thank you for getting up Way Too Early for us on this wednesday morning. Morning joe starts right now. We would have so much coming out of the energy. We have the best. We have bagram in alaska. They say it might be as bigger as all of saudi arabia