Democratic governor Gavin Newsom, who is hoping to rally supporters to vote no so he can hold on to his job. Also tonight a source telling Cnn Capitol Hill police and other Law Enforcement agencies are bracing for potential violence at saturdays rightwing justice for January 6th rally and for the possibility that some of the attendees may be armed. And floridas republican governor Ron Desantis threatening to fine county and local governments in his state that mandate employees get vaccinated against covid19. But first, heres the president campaigning for Governor Newsom. So i want to turn now to cnns John King at the Magic Wall and what to expect from tomorrows Recall Election. Don, this time Tomorrow Night well be getting ready to see the first votes, getting ready to fill in the map and answer the question. In california, quirky recall, its a yes or no. Yes, recall your governor and the democrats term in midstream. No, the democrats believe that will be the answer. Keep Gavin Newsom and let him finish his term in governor. Democrats at The End, theres a reason the president is out there tonight. Democrats are confident. Heres one reason. The data tells us ballots are coming back with a 2 to 1 democratic advantage. This firm tracks the ballots, and 52 returned so far are from democrats, 25 from republicans. It does not mean all hes democrats voted no, but we know from polling most democrats want to keep their governor. Thats the here and now. Lets look at the real reason democrats are confident. Lets go back to 2018 when newsom was elected. This is a blue state, a very, very blue state. 62 for Gavin Newsom when he won election. 38 for his republican opponent back then, john cox. One of those on the ballot on question two this time around. So 62 then. Fast forward to 2020 and the president ial election. Joe biden wins california by even more. Yes, 13 years ago a democratic governor was recalled. Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger replaced him. California was even more democratic then as you can see as evidenced by the big biden victory. Remember where the red is here for president. Thats the republican vote. Look even more so where the red was in 2018 when newsom was lopsidedly elected governor. These are the people who vote the against him then. Look at where the recall actually came from. You had to sign signatures to get this on the ballot. The deeper the purple, thats the higher percentage of people who signed petitions, lets have a Recall Election. The voters driving the recall now were the same voters who voted against Governor Newsom back in 2018. Back then, there were not enough of them. Can there be enough in the California Recall now . It would take quite a perfect storm. Number one, in san francisco, in Los Angeles, democratic turnout would have to be down. Democrats say that wont happen. Remember, newsom was the mayor of san francisco. He feels very strong that his Bay Area Core Base Support will turn out. Theres a reason the president is down in southern california, Los Angeles county, the biggest of the counties. Can you get any democrats who havent voted yet, stamp that ballot, send it back in or show up on Election Day. For there to be a recall, republicans would not only need democratic turnout to be way down in all these blue areas. They would need an overwhelming Election Day turnout in all these red areas and they would need even more than that because of the math. So well take a look tomorrow, if its close, at Orange County. In Ronald Reagan days, this was the foundation of the california republican party. Those days are long gone although you do see in 2018, it was competitive. How does Gavin Newsom do in Orange County . What about down here . Still some decent amount of republicans in Orange County county. In Orange County and san diego county, can you get Recall Intensity for republicans to match the fervor that we know exists up here in the north and throughout the Central Valley . The math, though, is overwhelmingly in favor of the democrats. So they believe, yes, well look at the names tomorrow. Well count the votes tomorrow. But the fundamental question is question one, yes or no . And, don, the democrats in this campaign much more confident than they were back when it began. Thank you, John King. I appreciate that. Joining me now, the democratic mayor of Long Beach, california, robert garcia. He is at the Newsom Rally with president Joe Biden tonight. Thank you, mayor. Appreciate you joining us. Man, it is a busy, you can say exciting Time Out in california. President biden is in your City Tonight making the case far Governor Newsom to keep his job. Are you feeling confident . You just heard what our John King said at the Magic Wall. Are you feeling confident about his Chances Tomorrow . Yeah, we are actually. We actually think all the numbers are going in the right direction. The governor has done a great job of consolidating democrats. Weve had a lot more latinos coming out in the last few days. Were confident its going to be a big Win Tomorrow and its also going to be a great playbook for 2022 for democrats all across the country to follow. So its going to be a no for everybody. Mayor garcia, the former president is pushing baseless claims about this Recall Election being rigged. Its obviously really damaging to our democracy. Are you worried that some people in california are going to believe these lies . Well, those are just obviously just lies and mistruths. Its the same exact Trump Republican Playbook happening across the country. The elections here are going very, very well. Im not concerned. They are going to claim what they want to claim. Larry elder is already saying theres been all this fraud. Its just not true, but its something we have to be prepared for. This is going to be the standard line going into 2022 and beyond, and its going to be a decisive big Win And Everyone is going to know that the elections were fine. The governor will continue to be the governor of this state and lead us and focus on the pandemic, which is what we need to focus on right now. But its not just the lies because hes not just following trumps cues. Hes already saying, mayor, that hes going to file a lawsuit over the results. Are you expecting this sort of long, drawnout Battle If Newsom holds on tomorrow, this protracted sort of election that we dealt with in November Of 2020 up until january basically . No, were not. At The End of the day, the win here at the recall is going to be a big win. Not just that, but our California Election System is strong. Its organized. Clerks up and down the state, county clerks, this is a County Clerk Process and its done at the county level. Then it goes up to the state for a final count. So were going to have this thing wrapped up pretty quickly. They can put whatever lawsuits if they like, but the truth is its not going to be a close election. And the people of california know how to vote by mail. This is a vote by Mail Election for the most part. So well know the winner very quickly, and were going to move On And get back to governing and supporting the governor, what he has to do to beat the pandemic. The coronavirus is a huge issue in this race. Governor newsom has been gaining some ground based on his handling of the delta variant. How would you rate the governors handling of the pandemic . I know this is very personal to you since you tragically lost your Mother And Stepfather to the virus. I think the governor has actually done a great job during this pandemic. The truth is he has focused on science. California was one of the first states to put in these Mask Mandates for Health Care workers. We reopened schools safely. Kids are able to wear masks. We have Vaccine Mandates that are working in california and Long Beach in our community. When the Mask Mandates were put in place and the Vaccine Mandates were put in place, We Saw more people coming out to get vaccinated. Our numbers in california are over 80 . The governor has been a good leader and its not just been on the pandemic on the health side, but also on economic recovery. He has focused on helping small businesses, helping the community and getting support to hospitals. We are united behind the Governor And California is a model. You look at whats going on in places like florida, which is a mess. Were happy to be out here in california. Thank you, mayor. Thank you for putting that Ear Worm in my ear now. Im going to be hearing that music for quite some time, the music thats playing behind you in the background. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. I want to bring in cnn political analyst ron brownstein. Ron, you dont have that music. I dont have the music. You wrote the Book Rock me on the water, which is about music. Which has music in it. Thank you for joining us. We appreciate you. Youve been keeping us up to date on what is happening out there. A top operative with the Newsom Campaign telling reporters, quote, there is no scenario where we lose tomorrow. Theyre confident. Where does this stand right now . I think the late polling and the early returns on the mail ballot, both Point To Newsom being in a commanding position. As we talked about before, as you kind of alluded to with your question with the mayor, the arc of impact of covid on this race is striking. As John King noted, the recall got on the ballot in the first place because of the backlash against the stringent covid measures that Governor Newsom took last year in the most conservative parts of the state. But over this summer, as he has imposed a statewide Mask Mandate in schools, the mandate for Health Care workers, for educators, for state employees, and the issue has gone to the broader electorate, not just the narrow slice that was ness to get it on the ballot, hes taken command of the race by emphasizing his support for those mandates and painting the republicans as a risk to them. That was the first point out of the president s Mouth Tonight when he came here. So in many ways, i think youre going to see this Contrast Echo beyond california. Yeah. There isnt a case i dont know. Is there a scenario where democrats are overconfident and dont show up tomorrow . Yes. And then, you know, could lose it . Well, i think theres a case where it could get closer than it appears in the final polling because of that. The republican hope of winning this thing always depended op a low turnout. Once you start getting up to 11 Million or 12 Million voters, you literally run out of republicans. Donald trump only got 6 Million votes in an election where 18 Million people voted in 2020. So democrats feel like they have an advantage of about 2 Million banked on the returned ballots so far. It would require a massive Election Day turnout to overcome that, but it is possible that it could get narrower than the final polling suggested although right now, one last point on that, don. The inperson turnout, which the republicans are counting on, was not super high over the weekend. So while democrats may be projecting overconfidence, its also possible that all of these claims of fraud are discouraging some republicans from voting. Interesting. Lets put up some of the polling because there is a recent poll found that 58 of california likely voters say they would vote no on the recall. 39 say they would vote yes. Compare that to the poll from the first half of august when the no on the recall was only ahead by four points. So, you know, you said you talked about the arc of this, right, what started this recall. Did the idea of a conservative Talk Radio Host like Larry Elder potentially running california get democrats to wake up . Is that what were seeing . Right. And, yes. But also that newsom you know, on many issues, Larry Elder is to the right of california. And Governor Newsom has talked about several of them. But he has really centered his campaign over the final weeks. He has really turned around this race by stressing the opposition of elder and the other leading republicans to Mask And Vaccine mandates. And i think what he has shown is clearly that that is a motivating message for the democratic base, which was tuned out earlier this summer, by and large did not believe this could happen, but had become much more engaged in the weeks sense. Obviously they spent an incredible amount of money. They had a lot of bigname democrats on television, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders and former president obama. But above all, what they found was that a message of kind of defending the steps they had taken to control covid and linking the republicans not only to Donald Trump but to the republican governors in places like texas and florida as you just heard from the mayor was a very powerful message, not only with the base but also with a lot of independent voters. And in both that poll that you cited and the most recent poll from the university of california at berkeley, newsom is winning twothirds of all vaccinated voters in the state. And it does suggest that there is a Silent Majority of the vaccinated who are exasperated with the unvaccinated and ready for tougher steps to increase those Vaccination Rates if thats what it takes to regain any kind of semblance of normal life. So im doing the late coverage for this recall. Are you telling me i wont have much to do . Ill be sitting here its funny. Look, historically the very late returners in the mail tend to be democratic in california. So the margin may get bigger in the days after and it might look a little tighter tomorrow. But it would be a surprise if we are biting our nails at 2 00 a. M. Eastern Tomorrow Night. Thank you very much. Thats when i go on. I know. Ron brownstein. Yes. I was going to say John Kings point is important too, is that, you know, watching how this unfolds is going to be important because the biggest problem that the president s party faces in midterm elections historically is that their voters are less motivated to vote than the other side. And what newsom has done is awoken democrats here with a twopronged strategy. One is to focus not only on not so much on what hes done as what republicans would do if given power, and he has centered that contrast on the pandemic itself and the Vaccine Requirements and so forth. And that really is a template that has broad application for democrats in 2022 potentially. So watching what kind of turnout he gets in the core democratic counties, i think, is going to be really important in terms of some of the signals that this might send for the broader election thats coming both in november in virginia and New Jersey Governors Race and the Midterm Battle for congress. Let me just say this. Watching whats happening in florida and watching whats happening in texas and in other republicanled states, and then you you know, to get the argument or the rationale for why theyre trying to recall Gavin Newsom is because he went to one reason is because he went to a restaurant and he wasnt wearing a mask and it was expensive. Their arguments and their strategy just seems to fall flat when you consider the going along with someone who wants to put Bleach Or Light inside the Body Or Hydroxychloroquine or ivermectin or people who are saying no masks and dont want to do Vaccine Mandates. It just it just their arguments just fall apart. They seem hollow. Am i wrong . Well, look, i think whats really important is as we said, that newsom has made has gained ground by linking the republicans not only to trump, which is kind of obvious in a state of california. He lost by, what, 5 Million votes. But also to abbott in texas and desantis in florida, and by making the case that you dont want you know, you, the voters of california, do not want to go in that direction. We saw in the Cnn Polling out today, i mean california may be a uniquely favorable terrain for democrats to have that argument. But We Saw in the Cnn Polling out today that there was a national majority for a mandate on the vaccine for students, for office workers, for going to stadiums or outdoor concerts. Again, i think one of the messages from california is going to be that there is a Silent Majority of the vaccinated that are kind of tired with all of these arguments about, you know, Liberty And Kind of personal you know, personal autonomy when that, in fact, endangers the health of others. Republicans are all in on defending the rights and choices of the onequarter Of Americans who arent vaccinated. Kevin mccarthy tweeted in all caps no Vaccine Mandates yesterday. And they are kind of doubling down on defending that onequarter at a time when the threequarters Of Americans who are vaccinated, including a substantial portion, about 40 plus of the vaccinated republicans are ready for tougher measures against those who are holding out. If you dont want to get vaccinated, then stay at home. 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Oh, andrew, here we i know. I know, i know, i know. You said earlier that good evening to you by the way. You said earlier that you hope the Capitol Hill Police take this threat more seriously than they did January 6th. Given these warnings and what officials are doing to prepare, are you confident thats happening . I am confident theyre taking it very differently than they did on january 5th. You know, you see things happening like highlevel briefings where the Capitol Police chief, tom meanger, sitting down with congressional leadership and letting them know what intelligence theyre seeing before the event and how that intelligence is driving their security preparations. This is what competent professional security officials do, you know, on the eve of an event like this. Theyre also calling in those things they think they just might need like the emergency fencing. You dont wait until you do need those things. You call them in when you have intelligence that indicates that it might be the thing that prevents you from getting sacked twice. Mmhmm. So, you know, i think they from all you know, from all public information, it seems that they are taking this very seriously. They are preparing themselves as much as they possibly can, which i think is the best course. Cnns Donie Osullivan has been speaking with trump supporters about the rally this weekend. This is what some of them have said. Listen. This event thats supposed to be happening on the 18th, whats supposed to happen . Really i dont know too much about it to be honest with you. Ive seen this to, that you think a lot of folks like yourselves might not show up because its being said that its maybe a setup or a trap. Im really not sure because i know on January 6th, it was huge, and there was so much chatter on Social Media about it with all the groups that me and her are in. I havent heard too much about this, very little. Everybody is saying this is set up, dont go. A lot of trump supporters showing skepticism about the rally, claiming its some kind of false flag to entrap them. We should note many others could have already decided to show up. But is drawing attention to the dangers of this rally an effective way to deter bad actors from showing up . Thats a good question. I think that kind of cuts in both directions, don. I think some folks are actually drawn to the prospect that there might be Action Or Violence or that sort of thing. Others are repulsed by it and, you know, dont want to get caught up in the sort of investigations we see coming out of January 6th. Weve seen, you know, statements by highranking members of the proud boys actively discouraging some of their followers from going because they think its some sort of a trap or setup. Then there are other proud Boy Leaders that are doing the exact opposite. Its really hard to say. 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President bush has made a point to stay out of politics since he left office. What did you think when you heard his speech . Well, i was really proud of him, and i thought it was a really important not only what he said but when he said it. Coming out now, as you said, hes been staying pretty much off the radar. So he picked his timing at a really important time in our history and in our current era of incivility and insurrection, right . I mean the fact is that, you know, we can debate the last 20 years and the loss of lives and money. But the fact is we havent had a foreign domestic attack since 9 11 in 20 years. But we have had a domestic terrorist attack, and we need to call it what it is. But the problem is that Donald Trump and his supporters have made martyrs out of these people. At the rally this weekend, theyre calling the people who are being prosecuted political prisoners and patriots. And its one thing for a gadfly like me to call it out or for you. By the way, great job of reporting on this in the last hour. I do think this is the most important event in our history has it concerns the vulnerability of our democracy since the civil war. I think we have to be vigilant. So we needed a respected voice like a former republican president to come out and call it what it is and say these people are not patriots. Theyre terrorists. Mark, am i wrong . I wanted him to name names and, you know, and just call people out. I dont think he had to. I think it was so absolutely clear who and what it was he was talking about. I think in many ways, it was more effective to do it that way, don. I think by calling his name, thats what trump wants is, you know he wants the attention. I get it. All right. Doug, the most recent former president , douglas, has issued a Statement Attacking Bush over those extremism remarks, saying bush and i quote shouldnt be lecturing us about anything. So let me get this straight. Hes attacking President Bush, not domestic extremists . Yeah. I mean talk about hitting the low road. Donald trumps done it yet again. George w. Bush, what he did was heroic. To add to what mark said, its also where he said it. You know, shanksville, pennsylvania, on the 20th anniversary. That is, as Kamala Harris called it, hallowed ground. If you go to pennsylvania, you have george Washington And Valley forge, or you go to gettysburg, george w. Bush giving this, calling the Malign Force in our country is trumpism and reminding us it was not Al Qaeda who hit the u. S. Capitol. It was the January 6th insurrectionists of Donald Trump. So when george w. Bush said those remarks, it was bound to get the ire of Donald Trump and get angry tweets. But in the annals of history, this speech of bush will be viewed very favorably while trumps response to it is just another inane and, you know, selfaggrandizing bit of nothing. Yeah. Douglas, you know, meanwhile we have this talking about the Big Lie, the De Facto leader of the republican party is continuing to push the Big Lie that inspired the January 6th attack. Now he is pushing lies over the california Recall Election. Its a broken record, right . But i mean is it yeah. You know what . People dont even use records anymore, so maybe he should stop using that broken one and the lie. He never has understood Donald Trump what American Democracy is. He doesnt understand our foundational text, the constitution or the bill of rights or the Emancipation Or Gettysburg address, On And on. Hes just operating as a con man, making money on september 11th, you know, doing the fight as a commentator, raking in millions, and now attacking elections in california, a Recall Effort before votes are even cast. It constantly shocks me, don, that we have this sort of Poison Veil of Donald Trump still with us in the land, and it is toxic, and it is poisonous. But i think we will at some point get it out of our system. Its a populist, you know, moment, but its gone on far too long. Let me just correct myself as a lover of vinyl, i still use records. But you guys knew what i was talking about, right, mark . Absolutely. By the way, i think its helpful, don, that theyre calling fraud on the election before it even happens in california because its just so obvious what the playbook is. They think theyre going to lose, they say its rigged. Its embarrassing. Its so obvious what the play is. Thank you, gents. See you soon. See you sunday night. Tonight here in new york, the Metropolitan Museum Of Art held its annual met gala. Now democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasiocortez attended the event in a gown featuring the Message Tax the rich. Im sure she didnt know that was going to get any attention, didnt she . The met gala raises money for the museums costume institute, so there you go. Look, mission accomplished, right . Were talking about it. 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The eeoc agrees with us. The doj agrees with us. Federal district courts agree with us. And we also believe that its not inconsistent with florida law. You know this, that he claims this could result in millions of dollars in fines. How much would this cost Leon County if you were fined for every person you got vaccinated . Well, it would be millions. And as much as i care about the responsibilities and believe that the responsibilities that we have to ensure our Communitys Safety during covid, i similarly take our fiduciary responsibility, that seriously as well. So i wouldnt put this community or this county at risk if i didnt believe that we were on firm legal ground. At todays event, a Gainesville City employee stood right next to desantis and spread lies about the vaccine. Listen. The vaccine changes your rna. So for me, thats a problem. So im here with you folks. We dont want to have the vaccine. Its its about our Freedom And Liberty. Its not about the vaccine. Theyre taking away our Freedom And Liberty Little By little. Theyre using the vaccine for cover. Last year they took away our religious rights. They are not defending our freedom of speech, and this is just one way to take us to the next step. Okay. Look, none of that is true. The vaccine does not alter rna. Desantis did nothing to correct it. How do you fight these lies about the virus when your own governor lets these Conspiracy Theories flourish . What id like to say, don, that were all focused on doing the best that we can to protect our citizens from a largely preventable virus. And theres certainly lots of mitigation, and vaccines of course remain our most important weapon. And leaders, i believe, have the responsibility to lead and to promote trust in government and promote trust in public health officials. We need that more than we ever have. Yeah. When the president announced Vaccine Mandates for some employers, we heard pushback like this from republicans like kevin mccarthy, saying forcing people to vaccinate or pay a fine is unamerican. Why is it okay when desantis wants to issue fines but not when biden wants to issue fines . Yeah, its a little hard to wrap your brain around, don. You know, we have to be, again, cities and counties all across this country, were the first to respond in times like this. Weve been activated 544 Days Today in Leon County in this emergency response, and its just critically important that we maintain our readiness to respond not only to covid, not only to the delta variant, but its hurricane season. And my Thoughts Tonight are with the people of louisiana. I know where youre from, don, and i know that the cities and counties there had to be ready to respond to ida. And thats what we do. Again, its our foremost responsibility. And, again, its its something that we owe to our citizens and, you know, to take a conservative argument, its why they pay taxes. Yeah. So its something to think about. Im glad you mentioned that because theyve got another one coming down in louisiana and texas as well. Theyre going to be dealing with it for a little bit. It just seems to me that if florida really wanted to get its economy back, you know, and bustling and going, that they would encourage as many people to get vaccinated as possible. Thank you very much, administrator. We appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you. See you soon. So heres the breaking news, talking about ida. Nicholas is now turning into a hurricane along the texas coast, threatening to bring heavy rain, strong wind, and a big Storm Surge. A live Weather Report in just a moment. Air wick our Essential Mist transforms fragrance infused with natural Essential Oils into a mist. Now with an extra boost of gentle fragrance to awaken your home. 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It has kind of remained pesky, remained just offshore, Ba Battering these coastal communities, now reaching category 1 strength literally at the 11th hour before we think landfall within the next couple of hours. Our 14th named storm of the season. The Weather Prediction Center already ramping this up, sending this to a level 4. This is a rare situation to see a highrisk severe Flooding Event potentially in place. We saw this issued in advance of idas remnants arriving in the northeast a couple weeks ago. Only 4 of storms get a designation of these high risk days. This is something really important to note with the storm system. Notice Storm Surge potential. That area, three to five feet with a system that has been battering these coastal communities. So far in the past 24 hours, as it has sat there just offshore, it has brought down about 10plus inches of rainfall. The concern is that amount or more, maybe up to 20 inches, could be seen over the next few hours as this pushes over land and potentially meanders here through at least the next 24 to 36 hours. About 12 Million people are going to be underneath flood alerts, stretching through the entirety of southern louisiana, Harris County and houston very prone to flooding. This will be something well follow over the next few hours. Not good considering what just happened there with ida. Thank you, pedram. I appreciate it. Well p watching. Tomorrow night, make sure you tune into cnns special coverage of the california governor recall. It starts at 10 00 p. M. Im going to be on covering the recall really late or really early, starting for those of you on the west coast. Starting at 2 00 a. M. Make sure you watch. Thank you for watching, everyone. Our coverage continues. 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