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 Kamala Harris alex, it is a Mustwin State for either Party Party in november and Kamala Harris will have as her top surrogate, the leader of the free world, just a few moments ago, she and president Joe Biden were mingling with many Union Members here in pittsburgh. A variety of unions leaders from different unions as well as state lawmakers, includinG Governor Josh Shapiro and senator bob im kasie, as they tried to shore up support in this critical state where Joe Biden has seen his popularity remains strong among this critical constituency, even as his Approval Rating Overall has remained fairly low throughout his presidency since exiting the race in pennsylvania and across those blue while states, his Approval Rating has ticked up by a few points, but its still hovering in the low 40s, which is one of the challenges for Vice President harris as she tries to, figure out how to leverage biden. But because he is sO Popular with Working Class and older voters, that is the reason why this is the first time that you will see the two of them together and the first time that you will see President Biden officially campaigning in front of a Harriswalz Banner now for her part, Vice President harris is also expected to leverage some of the biden Administrations Legacy Policy positions. One in particular is going to be relevant today and that is the position that she is expected to take on it takeover of u. S steel of pittsburghbased company. That is currently the subject of a 15 Billion takeover by a japanese Rival Campaign Official said as that she is expected to announce her opposition to the Deal And Support that company remaining under american ownership, the fate of that deal currently rests with the federal the government, though its a singular issue, but its emblematic of the overall feeling that american manufacturing should be immune from the control of the other foreign countries, even allies and even deeppocketed companies. And its something that we expect Vice President harris to embrace as she tries to shore up the Rank And File supporting from these Union Members who are here today. Alex . Yep. Not just about soaring campaign rhetoric, but very important Policy Issues as well. Kayla Tausche Sheet in pittsburgh for us. Thanks very much. Lets get more were on this with our panel of political experts, vivian salama. I want to start with you, President Biden and Kamala Harris, just about to take the stage. Any moment now, there in pittsburgh, but i want to take a look at a recent Cnn Poll of polls when it comes to Joe Bidens popularity among a majority of americans 41 to 53 disapprove of Bidens Performance as president. So moving, do you think Theres Danger Danger here for the Harris Campaign to have the president out there on the Campaign Trail with her alex theyre very cognizant of the fact that President Biden was waning in the polls through the end of his campaign. And even now, as he has exited the race and whAt Theyve been trying to do is on the one hand, demonstrate thAt This is a new future that Vice President harris is essentially paving a path forward for a new era for the democratic party, while also toeing the line and trying to remain staunchly loyal to President Biden and right now, shes in pittsburgh and this is one place where it actually may come to her advantage to be by President Biden side didnt biden. According to many experts, is one of the most pro Union President s ever probably since fdr and so he was notorious for going out with auto workers last year in michigan on the Picket Line. He was the first president ever to do that. And so theyre really going to try to dance to build on that and show that, you know, because of the fact that he was a friend to Union Workers most most Union Leaders tend to support democrats in the Rank And File the support for democrats has been waning in recent decades and so theyre really trying to build on Joe Bidens popular already with this particular group, having Vice President Harris Stand By his side and say, i stand for you, i stand for jobs and for and for Union Workers in general. And charlie dent, former congressman from pennsylvania, you know, Pennsylvania Politics as well as anyone here. President biden, of course he likes to tout his scranton roots. Hes often called Scranton Joe how helpful do you think he is to harris on the Campaign Trail in pennsylvania i think he could provide some limited benefit, but ive heard people say that Joe Biden was pennsylvanias third senator, the only person i ever heard say that was Joe Biden, to be honest with you . I served 28 years in elected office in pennsylvania. Hey, but if youre out in pittsburgh and youre going to talk about helping american manufacturing and american workers. You really shouldnt oppose this deal between Nippon Steel and u. S. Steel the japanese are going to invest huge amounts of money and technology, make still better in america. And what were witnessing is just people talking to stylistically about still im from a still family 30 years bethlehem steel, my dad and i got to tell you, you want to you want to do harm. Americans still killed this deal. And if i really would discourage Vice President Harris And Other Allies elected officials from trying to undermine this thing at a time when we need to make still better in america. So really not helping your message too much as far as im concerned, i get it there playing to the u. S usw their reflexively against deals like this. But we pennsylvania has been the beneficiary of direct foreign investment for years in basic industry manufacturing, biotech. And its provided a lot of work for american workers and very good settings. So i think there really stomping on their own message today. And Maria Cardona, western pennsylvania, very different from eastern pennsylvania. So there out west Today Pittsburgh is where biden launched his 2020 campaign, where he held his final rally in 2020 as well. What do you think the Harris Campaign is hoping that biden will help them with their i think its actually very strategic lax because weve heard it from the panel and the report that we heard earlier just now, which is that joe Scranton Joe, as you mentioned, is still very popular in these pockets of Union Worker cities and towns and he is somebody that can absolutely speak to the struggles, speak to the worries, to the anxieties that workers have across the board. He can also speak to to not just what he has done in the biden administration to help all of these workers. But whAt The Kamala Harris and tim Walz Administration would continue to continue to do for them. And i think he speaks from a place of credibility that donald Trump Or J. D. Vance would never have and i think he can be somebody who will compare and contrast whAt They have done for workers versus what Donald Trump and his administration both has done when he was in the White House for four years. And what he will continue to do if he gets another four years in office, which is he was the most antiworker president that weve ever had. He sides with the Billionaire Ceos and corporations, talked a lovingly to Elon Musk about how great it was that he could fire workers on a whim, talk to his Billionaire Ceos about how if they give him money, if he gives them millions of dollars, because the millions of dollars that he will take away all those pesky regulations so thAt They can do whatever they want and so i think thAt That is something that not just Joe Biden can underscore, but with Kamala Harris at his side, they can make a real point and how union friendly workerfriendly authentically the harrisWalz Administration will be compared to the horrific Rubber Record that Donald Trump has. Aaron prix on the Trump Side of things. The former president has struggled to refocus his campaign against Kamala Harris after biden dropped out of the race, hes even publicly complaint on the Campaign Trail on his true social posts about biden leaving the race. Do you think Bidens Reemergence now on the Campaign Trail next to harris will make it easier for the Trump Campaign to tie harris to biden absolutely. This is actually a pretty perilous strategy by the Harris Walz Campaign to bring in President Biden the more thAt There were visuals and the imagery and the audio of the two of them standing together talking about how camila is with Joe Biden, it shows more of the continuity, everything thAt The Trump Team has been arguing, which is that Kamala Harris is more of the same a reason whY Youre seeing a surge in polling right now for camila, she is picking up steam certainly over where Joe Bidens numbers were was because people right now in polling our believing she is a change candidate, thats an emotional vote politics is so fiercely based in emotion is how you can drive a voter when you look at her as a change candidate, the more events they do with Joe Biden, the harder it is for the american people to believe that she is an actual change. And this is actually alsO Perilous for her especially with that hardcore propalestinian group that sits within the democratic Voting Base that we saw. Joe biden have issues with in the primary if they start to believe that Kamala Harris is in fact the same foreign Policy Person that Joe Biden is that can depress democratic Base Turnout and so while it might be picking up an other pockets, This Strategy of campaigning with biden really could put her at a larger deficit than it could to be helpful in the long run, even if there are small pockets. Because right now its september. Theres still plenty of road ahead. I wouldve picked This Strategy for more of and get out the Vote Game and not right now interesting when it comes to their stances on their union records, Harris Campaign on this Labor Day touting her pro union record, but the Teamsters President sean obrien, he spoke At The Rnc Convention back in july. He says that he is not ready to endorse any candidate just yet listen we want the opportunity to sit down. Vice president harris, i mean, i said to someone the other day, you dont hire someone unless you give them an interview and you know, this is our opportunity to ask her about teamsterspecific issues and also labor issues. So until we have that meeting, you know, obviously we will wait to make that determination vivian, how critical do you think it is for Kamala Harris to maintain the level of Union Support that president Joe Biden has enjoyed. Oh, alex, its extremely critical. Union support in three key states, mainly pennsylvania, michigan, and nevada, all Swing States could really determine the election and the democrats know that Vice President harris knows that. And so they have been courting, trying to court Union Workers and in leadership to the best of their ability, they did get the support from united auto Workers President shawn fain, but sean obrien, Teamsters President has been flirting with a gop endorsement, though he hasnt gone ahead and done that yet. He has met with president trump. And as you said, he spoke At The rnc. So we are already seeing cracks facts in the sort of once impenetrable support for democrats from Union Leadership that is making a lot of democrats are very worried because the Rank And File has already, weve already seen those cracks just to give you a quicK Example, in 2016, Hillary Clinton won Union Support and the Exit Polls by about 8 over Donald Trump. That was an 18 Point Drop in the margin from the 2012 election to show you that democrats have been losing labor Union Workers over the recent years. And so theyre going into this election very worried inflation has been high in recent years, and that has been being felt by the average household. But especially these Union Workers who are Making Union salaries and thats been a major source of frustration. So itll be interesting to see whether Vice President harris and President Biden addresses that issue tonight Maria Cardona how much of president Joe Bidens appearance with harris is about trying to shore crop that Union Support that vivian was talking about in the Blue Wall states. Wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania, where a significant percentage of the voters are indeed Union Members i think a lot of it is about exactly that. Alex and, you know, lets be real here. Joe biden was also very good at getting support among older white voters, which is something that democrats writ large have had challenges with. He was very good At That. He was winning the older white vote and so i think thAt Thats another place where Joe Biden can be strategic and can help the Kamala Harris, Tim Walz ticket. But i also think At The end of the day, alex, you know, its fine for Union Leaders to sit down with Kamala Harris. I think they should to talk about what shes going to do. I think thats smart. I think At The end of the day, however, when they compare and contrast the records of the Donald Trump past administration, what hes already said he would do and whAt The biden administration with Kamala Harris at his side and what Kamala Harris has said, she will continue to do theres going to be no comparison. Donald trump wants to repeal the affordable Care Act millions of workers depend on the affordable Care Act. Alice Donald Trump has talked about how he wants to mess with Social Security, increase the retirement age, mess with medicare how many workers in this country, millions of them working families . Depend on Social Security and medicare, and Donald Trump and his past life has not just denied the workers who even worked for him in paying them, but he has busted unions. And so this is a contrast. I think that over and over again, Kamala Harris will win. And i think going into november, its going to be an a point of underscoring that strategy with workers in this country. A lot of dynamics at play here as a president joins, vice President Kamala Harris on the Campaign Trail in pittsburgh, where are waiting for them to take the stage. Everyone standby, coming up. We are waiting for biden and Vice President harris to get on that stage in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. 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