A very good day to all of you from new york. Welcome to Alex Witt reports. We begin with a new Nbc News Poll with 44 days to go until the election. Kamala harris leaving Donald Trump 49 to 44 . The candidate best representing change, Kamala Harris with 47 to Donald Trump with 38. Steve karnak keep pointing out this Morning Harris is seeing additional growth. Some of the groups that have gravitated the most toward harris is independence, 20. Joe biden was putting up very poor numbers here. For harris you can see a 26 point jumped. As far as issues go, inflation is the top concern for voters. 65 of the people in your poles say the country is on the wrong track. Who is best able to solve the Crime Problem . Trump by six. Who is best on the economy . Trump by nine. Inflation, trump by eight. The election will be close. Weve always known that. Thats what happens in these president ial elections. We know this will be a close race. Vice president harris will be in new York City for an event.
families haven t had that peace of mind. they see hate, anger, violence walking the streets of america. and they just want to feel safe again. they want to feel a sense of security. when it comes to public safety in this nation, the answer is not defund the police. it is fund the police. [cheering and applause] republicans say actions speak louder than words. this is just a blatant kind of pathetic political stunt in the run-up in the mid-terms. if he is serious about law and order and wants the take on supporting the police. instead of trying the cheap spin on republicans that he knows backs our law enforcement, how about he have some courage and take on the left that wants to defund police unapologetically? the nationwide crime crisis hitting democrat led cities the hardest. crime in new york city, philadelphia and chicago all up now more than 25% compared to just last year. peter doocy is live at the white house. what are you hearing there? when we look at all this
due to the coronavirus pandemic. republicans, remember things very differently. white house correspondent peter doocy joins us tonight from philadelphia with a preview of speech. good evening, bret. president biden is at joint base andrews air force 1 is about to take off for philadelphia where president biden launched his presidential campaign last cycle and where he plans to launch new attacks on republican lawmakers who he is going to claim want to tear up america s foundational documents that were debated here. no it s not a political speech. it sure sounds political if the president sticks to this script about republicans. they want nationwide ban on abortions. they want to give tax cuts to billionaires and corporations while raising taxes on middle class americans. they are threatening political violence. and they are attacking our democracy. as the white house focuses on existential threats, education problems are emerging in the covid eras of closed schools
desperately needs, and it is what democrats will deliver on in the coming days. so up next, the bill still needs to survive a rare weekend session, a parliamentary review and a senate vote-arama. more on that coming up. assuming it passes, it would send democratic members home on top of another win on top of the kansas abortion vote that fired up the base and great jobs numbers today as well. it also adds fuel to the already frenzied pace of midterm campaigns escalating to levels we rarely see today. nbc news now predicts election denier and trump acolyte kari lake is the winner of the republican primary for governor of arizona. she repeatedly claimed election irregularities but now says her supporters, quote, outvoted the fraud. among those endorsing lake, the conservative group cpac, which is now meeting in texas and where the keynote speaker was hungarian prime minister victor orban who was welcomed with a standing ovation. the washington post described it as, quote, a
as alex was saying, this issue on what happens with the anger and the grievance, the very first words of the debate we re, our country is in decline. the very first thing that ron desantis said. and then from mr. ramaswamy we had it is not mourning in america. oh. it s not mourning in america, we live in a dark moment, we have to confront the fact that it is an internal cold, cultural civil war. if we have sound bite 38 that led to this back and forth. again and angry back and forth between mr. ramaswamy and mr. pence on that point about whether america is mostly good or bad. go. we re not looking for a new national identity, the american people are the most faithful, freedom loving, idealistic hardworking people the world has ever known, we need government as good as our people. mike the differences as some others you might have a warning in america speech, it is not morning, we live in a dark moment.