Joining us backtoback special episodes of the whole story begin now welcomE To the whole story. Im Anderson Cooper. We have just two months to go before election day. The polls show a tight race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump with many voters still undecided. Were going to takE The next two hours to examine five key issues for both campaigns. ThE Economy, Reproductive Rights, immigration, Foreign Affairs and the state of democracy. First, cnns Audie Cornish takes a look at Harriss Record On These policies during her time as a prosecutor, a senator, and as Vice President she begins with the Number One issue for most american voters, thE Economy one day after president Joe Biden announced his decisiOn To drop out of the race and endorsed his Vice President Kamala Harris, addressed a campaign. Staff at the wilmington, Delaware Headquarters Building up the Middle Class will be a defining goal of my presidency in her first interview as candidate, she
Labor Day Afternoon with us on this Special Edition of deadline White House, with just 64 days to go before the election, the sprint to the finish is in full swing today. Vice president Kamala Harris and governor Tim Walz are wasting no time flooding the zone with a flurry of Campaign Events across the battleground states. Using this Labor Day to make their case to Union Voters and organized labor. Vice president harris kicked things off in detroit, flanked by michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer and two of the most powerful voices in organized labor. Shawn fain of the united autoworkers, and Randi Weingarten of the american federation of teachers. We celebrate unions because unions helped build america, and unions helped build americas Middle Class. It is true across our nation and it is true here in detroit. For generations, in detroit and across our nation, the Brothers And Sisters Of Labor Have stood together to Righteously Demand fair pay, better benefits, and safe working condition
Time flooding the zone with a flurry of Campaign Events across the Battleground States using this Labor Day to make their case to Union Voters and organized labor. Vice president harris kicked things off in detroit, Shawn Fain of the united auto workers, and randi weingarten. Unions help build america, and help build americas Middle Class. It is true across our nation, and it is true here in detroit. For generations in detroit and across our nation, the Brothers And Sisters Of Labor Have stood together to Righteously Demand fair pay, better benefits, and safe working conditions. And let me say, every person in our nation has benefitted from that work. Everywhere i go, i tell people, look, you may not be a Union Member, you better thank a Union Member for the fiveday workweek. You better thank a Union Worker for sick leave. You better thank a Union Member for paid leave. You better thank a Union Member for vacation time. Because what we know is when Union Wages go up, everybodys wages g
All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. It was a big day for the future of american democracy. We will get to that significant action in a moment, but before we do, just give me a second to go back to the context of what happened in the last election. I think it has been obscured by the sabotage and disinformation and violent insurrection unlike anything weve seen in the history of the country stoked by the former president. Remember this, last november, right, once in a cent ray pandemic, we got a glimpse of what a full or fuller participation version of our democracy would look like because due to the pandemic, state after state, jurisdiction after jurisdiction, and i should note this is both democratic and republican there were fights over this. But across the board, more or less on the whole in the aggregate, all these places did something praise worthy and novel. They took steps to make it easier to vote. They did this by expanding eligibility for mail
Aggregate, all these places did something praiseworthy and novel. They took steps to make it easier to vote. They did this by expanding eligibility for mailin voting and early voting and adding drop boxes for ballots right . Theres Public Health concern. You dont want everyone crowding in on election day so people found ways to just make it easier to vote so you wouldnt have that. And the results are clear. It worked. Turnout was the highest it had been in 120 years. Nearly 67 of eligible voters cast a ballot. And also there was no uniform drubbing of one party by the other. It was not a blowout. It was a competitive election. Yes, joe biden won by a healthy margin. 7 million votes. 70 plus Electoral College votes. But remember republicans gained seats in the house. They want some key senate rates right . Now rather than looking at that outcome and thinking wow, we can be a Competitive Party even in high turnout elections which would have been a totally rational conclusion. Republican