Gulf coast ports shut down. That was going to be disastrous. President biden helped get that thing fixed fast. They have agreed, tentatively, to a 62% increase in wages over the next six years. The first offer that the union turned down, to show you how far apart this was, was 40%. That is where this began, so the pressure that the union put on related work and of course the port companies, they were hoping that president biden would feel the pressure of this and just order a tafthartley return to work by that union to get through the election and you can imagine how the company s thought the president will have to do this because this will be so difficult for the harris campaign, but the president kept the administration pushing both sides to an agreement. At 5:30 you can imagine how this was at the white house. The white house chief of staff is on zoom. Pete buttigieg and others in the administration, with both sides forcing them to get together and so both sides understood that it l
Ratchet up for outreach to republicans as she campaigns with former gop congresswoman, Liz Cheney for the very first time well be carrying their remarks in the Battleground State Johnson live also breaking a new Court Filing by Donald Trump asking a federal george to throw all the criminal charges in the January 6 Elections Subversion Case against him. This comes just hours after new details on the special counsels Bombshell Evidence against the former president was unsealed for us, plus israel is launching fresh airstrikes in southern beirut tonight. As it is vowing a strong and painful response to the unprecedented Missile Attack by iran earlier this week. And warning the israeli retaliation will happen soon. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and Around The World. Wolf blitzer is off today. Im Alex Marquardt and youre in the Situation Room Breaking News this hour longtime republicans stalwart Liz Cheney is making good on her promise to do whatever she can to help Kamal
Now an extraordinary political moment, the kind that just a few years ago was in the category of hell has frozen over and pigs are flying. Vice president harris will be joined on the Campaign Trail by None Other than Liz Cheney in battleground wisconsin. Their joint Campaign Appearance is fraught with symbolism. Nbc news reports, quote, harris plans to play into that symbolism by recognizing the founding principles of the Republican Party. Thats according to a senior campaign official. Harris will be at the Birth Place of the gop together with Liz Cheney. The democratic president ial nominee and a former Republican Congresswoman, former leader of the republican caucus and the heir to a family whose name is synonymous with what it meant to be a conservative republican speaks to the coalition Vice President harris has assembled. Its unprecedented in modern american politics. Its an incredibly large tent she has assembled that includes former Vice President Dick Cheney and bernie sanders.
Values of fairness, dignity, and opportunity. With just five weeks to Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump make their pitch to voters on the economy and immigration with strikingly different approaches. He prefers to run on a problem instead of fixing a problem. You have to get them the hell out. You have to get them out. Whose message is resonating in this final sprint . Steve kornacki has the results of the latest poll. Plus, faceoff. Are you better off now than you were four years ago . Senator Jd Vance and Tim Walz get ready to meet for the Vice President ial debate this week. This is not about power. This is about public service. Will the Vp Nominees have the last word before Election Day . My guests this morning, republican Senator Marco Rubio of florida and democratic Senator Mark kelly of arizona an wrongfully convicted man and the 20year journey that changed both of their lives. I am not an anomaly. There are hundreds of thousands of wrongfully
He led the process for Harrises Vp Choice and Coming Up first. Later i have been wanting to hit the trail with doug im half all summer and we talked about everything and even some fantasy football. Okay. I have been thinking a lot lately about that moment a few weeks ago and you remember The One. When Kamala Harris walked out on the Debate Stage and shook Donald Trumps hand. She was pretty aggressive and didnt wait for him and she literally leaned in into his face. I have been thinking about that moment because that image is an example of the campaign she has run pretty much since. Instead of ignoring issues where she is perceived to have a disadvantage, which, by the way every candidate does have, she is diving right into them. Take the economy. Time and again voters favor Donald Trump when it comes to the economy by the polls and as much as that bends your mind because he talks about tariffs which would raise costs for everybody and getting taxes for corporations which he loves to ta