I am katie feng and for alex. The 2020 presidential election was one of the closest races we ve ever experienced in this country although george w. Bush won the election, it was al gore who won the popular vote that your. When you start to slice and dice the electorate into different voting groups, that race starts to look weightless tight. Check this out. In 2000, george w bush dramatically outperformed his opponent among white evangelical voters, winning 68% among that group. In 2024 he increased that support by 10 points. Evangelical support for the republican presidential candidate remained relatively steady for the next two elections and then look what happened in 2016. Donald trump won the support of 81% of white evangelical voters. Trumps ability to supercharge the evangelical vote has largely been attributed to the reason he was able to win the presidency the first time he ran. Without a strong evangelical turnout, it becomes much more difficult for donald trump to chart a repe
Week when i had a little bit of a bug. I really appreciate it. You are welcome and the best news, you ve gotten better, so you have a great labor day weekend. Thanks, chris. You know, labor day weekend, it s finally here. The next three days are the time when americans everywhere try to get the most out of their summer. Maybe squeeze in one last cookout for beach trip before the weather gets colder and everything starts to taste like pumpkin spice. But in an election year like this one, labor day weekend also marks the moment when most americans really start to pay attention to the presidential race and for the campaigns this is a moment when every detail starts to matter. Vice president kamala harris and her running mate tim walz are coming off a two day bus tour through southern georgia. The first democratic campaign in that part of the state since 1992. Last night the vice president sat down for her first major interview since becoming her party s nominee. She defended the record of
79 at cardia cardia. Com or amazon im Arlette Saenz in rehoboth beach, delaware and this is cnn good morning. You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington again, this morning with special Counsel Jack Smith not backing down and bringing a retooled January 6 case against former President Donald Trump in a new indictment, federal prosecutor theres made some tweaks after the Supreme Courts controversial ruling giving for president s Donald Trump immunity from prosecution for official actions he took while in office. But all four of the Felony Charges remain accusing trump of attempting to defraud the government by obstructing the certification of the 20 in 20 election and trying to strip voters of their rights. Trump calling smiths action quote, An Act Of Desperation and ridiculous. And hes demanding that the case be immediately dismissed. The new indictment underscores the immense personal significance of a Trump Victory come this november, if he returns to the white hou
Trolling trump, the Harris Campaign tonight, taking on the former president as he threatens to drop out of the upcoming debate we have some new reporting this hour on whats happening inside the trump campaign. Plus carville and begala together again, out, why they both insist trump is still going to dump fans. But tonight, they actually have an idea for who the replacement for vance to be and Breaking News this hour, two major developments on the trump legal front tonight is doj is trying to revive the Trump Classified docs case lets go by friends and good evening. Im erin burnett and outfront tonight, trump threatening to drop out of the upcoming debate. The former president casting doubt about whether he will in fact debate Vice President harris. That is scheduled to take place on september 10, the participate in the abc debate. When you watch this weekend and its the worst of all networks. When i looked at the hostility give that i said, why am i doing it . Lets do it with another n
Next, a look at the 2020 Election Results with atlantic Senior Editor Ron Brownstein and editor andcal report etiquett publisher charlie cook. They talked about how the election outcome impact future policymaking. This is just under an hour. Leah good afternoon, everyone. Thank you all so much for joining us today. I am with charlie cook and Ron Brownstein. Leah askarinam, the editor of the hotline. Excuse for me to ask some questions, and hopefully we will all leave this discussion with a better of what may be a chaotic four years. Before we get started, if you would like to submit a question during the session, please do so in the q and a section on the righthand side of your screen. We will try to get to as many of your questions as possible during the hour. Lets start off with what everybody has been thinking of for the past two weeks. There has been a lot of handwringing among democrats about the direction of their party and a lot of republicans taking a victory lap. Republicans m