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
President Kamala Harris to speak together at a Labor Day Rally in the key Battleground State of Pennsylvania President stepping up his new role as a top Paris Campaign surrogate also this hour, israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowing hamas will pay a heavy we price after the bodies of six hostages were recovered In Gaza. And hes asking for forgiveness amid huge protests over his failure to secure a hostage release deal. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Wolf blitzer is off today. Im Alex Marquardt and youre in the Situation Room we begin with the race for the White House we begin with the race for the White House as Labor Day, marks, the unofficial kickoff to the final sprint to Election Day. Were standing by for Kamala Harris to make her pitch to Working Class Voters in pittsburgh with a high profile assist from president Joe Biden, cnns kayla tausche. She is on the ground for us and joins us now, kayla, pennsylvania is a mustwin for K
Trail in support of his Vice President , Kamala Harris. Joining her right now in the keystone state, pennsylvania is going to be a key to a potential Harriswalz Victory come november. On this Labor Day former President Trump meanwhile unleashing another tirade on his political rival Calling Harris A Quote Radical Left Marxist who will destroy the country. Both sides now hardening into position as this race for the White House enters its final stretch. Plus, down Ballot Races moving to the top of voters minds right a around now as Elections Day gets closer to the big issues as well as battle for control of congress all on the ballot. Gillian first, we begin tonight with major developments in the war in gaza. Six hostages including a 23yearold american were shot and killed at close range by hamas terrorists. A ceasefire negotiations are at the same time ongoing between israel, hamas, qatar and the u. S. President biden has condemned those brutal murders but also dinging the israeli Side
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
Welcome to welcome to primetime weekend. I m rachel maddow. Let s get right to the week s top stories. The past 24 hours have been a microcosm of the race. Kamala harris and tim walz doing the standard campaign work for a major party candidate. They kept an even keel at the sitdown interview last night that went through a lot of the republican charges against them. While they are doing that, trump is out there, honestly stumbling to put together english sentences. His campaign keeps stepping in masses of its own making including an enormous one tonight which we will get to. Both the candidate and his aides are, as usual, posting through it. The fallout continues from trumps a political photo op and campaign commercial on tiktok at arlington national cemetery at the beginning of the week where he gave the thumbs up over the graves of veterans, including many who did not consent to any of this. He cut a video blaming their deaths on democrats. Now, his campaign is openly doing battle wi