Thank you so much for letting us into your homes. Were so grateful. The beat with Ari Melber starts right now. Thank you very much. Welcome to the beat. Im Ari Melber. Theres a lot happening right now. On our program Nobel Prize winning Economist Paul Krugman is here. He has a break down of why he said trump was lying at the debate but inflating the concepts of a plan he doesnt have. Also, Kamala Harris Campaigning in wilkes barre, pennsylvania. Well bring you her remarks. What a week shes had. Shes doing local Television Interviews in pennsylvania. Keep it locked right here. Youll get the news, the updates as well as her remarks when she speaks. 53 days out from the election the Harris Campaign is clearly in high gear, pushing rallies, the local interviews, a new plan to speak with oprah and all these other rallies and campaigning since the debate with trump. Its one day away. The countdown is on to a pivotal president ial debate. We should be prepared for the fact hes not burdened by
We might not know. Im Michael Smerconish in philadelphia, the final day of voting is 59 days away. That used to mean wed be that many days in a couple of hours away from figuring out who would be the next president but maybe not this year for at least two reasons. First, by all accounts, the race is razor thin. New Cnn Polling of six Battleground State shows a dead heat while harris has the edge in michigan and Wisconsin Trump has the advantage in arizona, theres no clear leader in pennsylvania, georgia, and nevada overall too close to call and its not just cnn, a variety of other respected pollsters have similar results. The real clear politics average for pennsylvania as of yesterday, trump 47. 2 who harris, 47 point to the washington post, just by illustration of another measure, nevada is a tie North Carolina and arizona, its trump by less than one. Georgia trump Plus Two michigan, harris Plus Two Pennsylvania Harris plus three Wisconsin Harris plus four curiously, youve got Pollin
Stage right now, trump is holding a rally in the battleground, state of wisconsin, while harris is holed up in pennsylvania with a team of advisers preparing for this matchup against trump. The Vice President did take a break to meet with some Small Business owners and voters at a Spy Shop in pittsburgh. Were going to have more on that in just a moment, but first, were gonna go to alayna treene, who is there at the Trump Rally in wisconsin. Alayna has he said anything about the debates so far well, jessica, hes actually almost two hours into this speech and hes only made one mention of the debate and it was very brief play just to ask people in the crowd if they are excited and watching. But other he moved on to the rest of his speech, but luck, jessica theres a key reason why hes in Wisconsin Today and you can hear him. Sorry, hes very loud behind me wrapping this up brian, now, but he is in wisconsin because this is a crucial battleground. Remember, Donald Trump won this state in 201
But i think that the idea now is that we have to hit back hard, we have to hit back strong if were going to finally put this dual crisis of the pandemic and the economic pain that is engendered behind us. With respect to larrys point, one thing is just wrong, which is that our team is dismissive of inflationary risks. Weve constantly argued that the risks of doing too little are far greater than the risk of going big. Providing families and businesses with the relief they need to finally put this virus behind us. Second, i want to quote fed chair Jerome Powell who strongly reiterated this view the other day, i think it was just a week or so ago, that inflationary risks are also asymmetric right now. Im much more afraid of people losing their careers and life that they built because they dont get back to work in time. Im more concerned about what that will do not just to their lives but to the American Economy. Im more concerned about that than which exists with higher inflation. In our
I think it was an effective measure. The idea now is we have to hit back hard. We have to hit back strong if were going to finally put this dual crisis of the pandemic and economic payment engendered behind us. With respect to larrys point, one thing is just wrong which is our team is dismissive of inflationary risks. We have constantly argued the risks of doing too little are far greater than the risk of going big. Providing families and businesses with the relief they need to put this virus behind us. I want to quote Jerome Powell who strongly reiterated this view the other day. I think it was a week or so ago that inflationary risks are also asymmetric. He said, im much more worry about falling short of a complete recovery and losing peoples careers and lives they built because they dont get back to work in time. Im more concerned about the damage that will do, not just to their lives but to the United States economy, to the productive capacity of the economy. Im more concerned abou