Going into the november election. It s a thrill to have you on here. Congratulations on this book. The book is titled america s deadliest election the cautionary tale of the most violent election in american history and its out today. Thank you dana bash. That s our show for tonight. Now it s time for last word with ray lawrence o donnell. Good evening. Why did they make some are shorter this year , alex? they did. Would you call about the timing of labormac like doesn t have to be the first or 6 september? i had six or form week of summer plant but here we are. It s daylight savings. The calendar should be open to constructive, you know, a constructive process to find the dates that work for us all. Someone around here , i have to turn off my phone. Pardon me. Someone around here has to keep reminding me what day it is. That might help. It s september 15, labor day was late this year, does that make you feel better? it feels much better. Thank you. With only 64 days of the campaign, c
His catch laharries evolution, as well as neil. Were one week from the big debate, two people who actually have never met. We also will see early voting begin as early as two weeks from now with. Early mailin ballots going out this friday. This is it. When they talk about the general election, this is why they talk about it, starting now after Labor Day because of all these things. Now, Kamala Harris is in multiple states this Week Newspaper Newspaper tomorrow, pittsburgh, pennsylvania on thursday. And she was in p. A. Just yesterday, which has so many key delegates, keep to the blue wall. That was her Labor Day speech. This was her first appearance with president biden. Wall street did not build america. When Union Wages go up, everybodys wages go up. The middle class built america, and unions built the midsle class. Are you ready to fight . We are the underdog in this race. If you elect Kamala Harris in this election, that will be the best decision you ever made. We like work. Hard w
I sort of think of you as like oasis era. It is my era. Let s not talk about my age too much. But, yes, i did like them back in the 90s. And, of course, i mean as a political correspondent, i mean, it was probably before your time, though, tony blair in that downing street reception. Sadly, it wasn t before my time. It was just as i entered into politics on that wave of cool britannia. You can see me, can t you, cool britannia? well, you ve got very cool glasses today. Right, so let s get back to the gimmick. So, keir starmer did a big speech on tuesday in the downing street garden, and we re using the oasis song lyric don t look back in anger to describe this section. And here is a little bit of keir starmer looking back, kind of in anger. There is a budget coming in october, and it s going to be painful. We have no other choice given the situation that we re in. And, paddy, i mean, that really is the theme coming from keir starmer this week and the week before and the week before
But, yes, i did like them back in the 90s. And, of course, i mean as a political correspondent, i mean, it was probably before your time, though, tony blair in that downing street reception. Sadly, it wasn t before my time. It was just as i entered into politics on that wave of cool britannia. You can see me, can t you, cool britannia? well, you ve got very cool glasses today. Right, so let s get back to the gimmick. So, keir starmer did so, keir starmer did a big speech on tuesday a big speech on tuesday in the downing street garden, in the downing street garden, and we re using the oasis song and we re using the oasis song lyric don t look back in anger lyric don t look back in anger to describe this section. To describe this section. And here is a little bit and here is a little bit of keir starmer looking of keir starmer looking back, kind of in anger. Back, kind of in anger. There is a budget coming there is a budget coming in october, and it s in october, and it s going to be pa
Polling that come out, both the national polls and the swing state polls. Are generally telling the same story right now, they re telling a story that vice president kamala harris is doing significantly better against donald trump than president biden had been doing in his campaign. That is comparatively good news for the democrats. They are, apparently, better off now with harris as their candidate than they were before the switch from biden to harris. That said, in absolute terms, the polls, national polls, and the swing state polls, broadly speaking, don t really give either party a reason to celebrate right now. Vice president harris may be doing better than biden was against trump, but it doesn t mean that she is clearly winning against trump. It s basically a tie between the two candidates right now. And that produces all sorts of interesting dynamics to watch for, when it is this close, little differences between the candidates and their campaigns can make a very interesting not