Military families in america. Should we be shocked? yes, political boomerang. Why republicans should do research before going ahead with their attack on kamala harris. And katie harris said the zoo has come to town. It turns out the real circus just showed up on trump s transition team. I am ayman mohyeldin. Let s do it. Five time draft dodger donald trump loves to paint himself as a champion for veterans. Nobody has ever defended the veterans like i have defended the veterans. I took good care of our vets. We will take care of our veterans better than anybody. Trump s performative support for the military hit a new low this week when he went arlington national cemetery 213 fallen soldiers who died during the 2021 afghanistan withdrawal. As we now know, trump used his visit to get political, filming an ad in which he jabbed president biden with the headstones of fallen troops in the backdrop. We can never assume why trump does what he does, but we do know that it leads to disgraceful m
Hour of our supersize show on this labor day eve as we head into the holiday weekend on this last week of summer. The polls have continued to look promising across the board for vice president kamala harris. A fox news poll of key sun belt swing states that harris leading donald trump by one point in arizona, two points in georgia and nevada. She is behind i one in north carolina, within margin of error. A much better standing than joe biden s position two months ago. The jawdropping thing is the enormous gap we are seeing between the top of the ticket and the down ballot statewide races. This was true when president joe biden was the democratic nominee and a lot of people pointed to it as a reason not right enjoyed, right? but, it has remained the case even as kamala harris has improved the democrats position in the presidential race. The same fox news poll shows the democratic candidate for senate congressman ruben gallego, is running 15 points ahead of republican kari lake. A one po
Cheers, michael. Welcome back to the weekend, everyone. Election day is 66 weeks i gave early voting kicks off in pennsylvania in just 16 days. To win, vice president kamala harris knows democrats need to grow their coalition and part of that means reaching out to conservative leaning voters. In her first major interview as a democratic nominee, she promised to welcome republican voices to her administration if she wins in november. I have spent my career inviting diversity of opinion. I think it is important to have people at the table when some of the most important decisions are being made that have different views, different experiences. I think it would be to the benefit of the american public to have a member of my cabinet who was a republican. Joining us now is olivia troye, former homeland security and terrorism adviser to mike pence. When i heard that i was like, that michael steele for commerce secretary. I could put on a tie. I would be happy to do that. It would be an honor
Race. Recent from a clear trump the advantage to no clear leader plus donald trump caught between a rock and a hard place. His track record on abortion, he would veto but abortion ban that was sent to your desk well, what s happening is you re never going to have to do it. And voters support for fertility treatments. I kept hearing that i m against it and i m actually very much forward. And triggers conservative theory in the process. And what she left unsaid same old, tired playbook. Next question harris declines to enter the chat why she s ignoring the debate over trump, race, and gender live at the table. Nayyera huck mike dubke chuck rocha and shermichael singleton. Welcome to a special edition of newsnight, state of the race good evening. I m audie cornish in new york. Abby phillip has the night off, so let s get right to what america is talking about. Where exactly does donald trump stand on abortion? the answer would depend on whether you asked him yesterday or today for example
Joining us. The news continues here on cnn state the us and ukrainian defense ministers meet in washington. What kyiv wants out of the biden administration? and a brutal crackdown on women s rights, how the situation is getting worse in afghanistan cnn easily with well, the battle over abortion rights is taking center stage in the u. S. Presidential race. Donald trump is weighing in on the abortion initiative that will be on his home state s ballot in november and kamala harris has issued a strong response to trump s comments. It comes just one day after her sitdown interview with cnn s dana bash. While we start with trump saying he ll vote no on a florida constitutional amendment that would allow abortions in that state after the first six weeks of pregnancy florida law currently bans abortions after six weeks. The amendments will be on the ballot there in november. It s another reversal for trump, who has previously said he s against a sixweek ban. Cnn s steve contorno has more forme