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Grounded the u. S. Seizing the president Ial Plane of another foreign leader. That plane now in florida why . And could it lead to an escalation between the two countries . Lets go outfront now im Brianna Keilar in for Erin Burnett Outfront tonight. The Home Stretch, Vice President Kamala Harris, On The Road as the 2024 president ial campaign enters the final push. And just a short time ago, harris and Joe Biden traveled to the president s Home State to rally the democratic base we know the true measure of the strength of a leader is based on who you lift uP Workers and he said this woman knows what shes doing i promise you if you elect Kamala Harris has president will be the best as you will havE Ever made the Harris Campaign knows how important pennsylvania will be in the November Election of all the Swing States. It has the most electoral votes, 19 and biden bested trump there by less than 2 of the vote before arriving in the keystone state, harris was in detroit, michigan speaking to another group of Union Workers and stressing that while she may have a momentum, this race is still too close to call lasT Night paid too much attention to the polls. Lets now like labor always does here running like we are the underdogs in this race because we know as of, tonight there are only 64 days in this race significantly less in some states wherE Early voting begins in just two weeks and the Harris Campaign is not taking anything for granted. President biden is about to hold a string of events across a number of key states where he narrowly beat trump in 2020. As for the former president was it in his next major rally is not until saturday. Kayla tausche, she is traveling with Vice President harris. Shes outfront live in pittsburgh. Kayla, you just learned some new details about what went into this first joint Campaign Event. What are you hearing . Well, brianna, the teams of Vice President harris and President Biden have long worked hand in glove for events like these, but im told that they worked incredibly close in touch while they tried to craft remarks that were both coordinated and complimentary. And while Vice President harris has been embracing a message of moving forward not going back much of that rhetoric was absent froM Todays remarks as the two leaders really revisited, their embrace of organized labor over the last four years. And in particular, Joe Bidens embrace of organized labor over his decades long political career with biden at times getting wistful about having the support of Union Leadership and members over the course of his long career, they acknowledged that this is not a done deal going forward and theres still quite a bit of work to do with governor Josh Shapiro earlier at this event saying that people hear attending thE Event needed to talk to their colleagues. Their cohorts, and theyre union its to try to get them to make sure that they vote for Vice President harris and essentially acknowledging that many rankandfile members are undecided or havE Expressed a desire to vote for former president Donald Trump. But even so, President Biden is expecting this to be first of many of these types of events later this week, hes going to be in michigan and wisconsin in those socalled Blue Wall States, talking up the investments that his administration has made in those states, even though his Approval Rating remains in a low 40s, it is still hes still very popular among those white, older Working Class voters. And thats where he and the Harris Campaigns still feel that he can lie and some support as for Vice President harris, weve now learned from three sources that shes expected to deliver a speech in New Hampshire on wednesday unveiling the next tranche of her economic proposals, which cnn has previously reported with center on innovation, entrepreneurship , and trying to foster the creation of more small businesses. Brianna all right. Kayla tausche, live for us from pittsburgh. Thank you for that report. Outfront. Now, michael hardaways former longtime aide to President Obama and former Communications Director to Congressman Hakeem jeffries, also with us. We have New York Times Podcast Host Lulu Garcia Navarro and republican strategist shermichael singleton. Lulu to you first they marking the first joint Campaign Event with Harris And Biden since he dropped out of the race and endorsed her. And its in pennsylvania how crucial is Joe Biden to harriss success there . I mean i think it helps theirs this conversation that keeps happening, that somehow biden is a drag on her she is his Vice President. She cant run away from that, so she might as well embrace it, where it matters and it matters in a place like pennsylvania and it matters with older white voters who have been traditional supporters of Joe Biden in pennsylvania he loves to call themselves scranton joe. This is exactly where he should be right now, lending a hand and what you saw there was, you know, typical Joe Biden really speaking to what he has provided to unions its talking about his real connection with Union Workers and, you know, she was the second act to that, but i think It Was a useful performance by both of them in michael President Biden today vowing that this is just the start of his campaigning for Vice President harris. Lets listen a lot of Progress And Kamala going to build on that progress and shes going to build on ill be on the sidelines, but ill do everything i can to help now he will head to michigan, who Go To Wisconsin this week as well. Does his assistance in these Blue Wall States outweigh any risks . Or limitations on her ability to sell a Forwardlooking Message and plotter own course. It does because people love Joe Biden on a personal level hes incredibly good at connecting with people, especially Working Class people of all races, and helping them understand that he understands what theyre dealing with. And if you look at his record it very much is one that is pro Union And Pro Working Class. Specifically with the Butch Lewis Act would saved the pensions of over 100 Million americans. Im sorry, over 1 Million americans, 52,000 and liberals in pennsylvania. And so it matters that hes out there and it matters letters that hes fighting on her behalf because he does this incredibly good job of connecting with people and a real way. Shermichael, what do you think we look i dont know if its necessarily a good thing. I mean, the President Wasnt performing very well with the very constituents that hes expected to assist the vice the president with youre talking about unions. I understand once a stalwart of the democratic party. Now were seeing a lot of Working Class people migrate over to the republican party. That is, its an interesting reshuffling, if you will, of voters where they once were to where there appear to be going today. But i think Pennsylvania Briana is going to be an incredibly important state for trump and harris. I would argue, is a mustwin state. I think of harris can win it she ultimately gets to 270. I think if trumP Wins it, he ultimately gets to 270. Its its the reason why youre seeing both candidates spend a lot of time there. They havent surrogates there. Look at the massive amount of Money And Media buys their spending also brianna, look at at where theyre putting their boots on the ground and pennsylvania, what counties who are they trying to target . Who are they trying to penetrate . One, do you want to overly excite your base but for that small percent of people who may still be on offense there, you want to make that compelling argument now until november of why you are better than your opponent. And so i expect to see whole lot more. Come the next couple of weeks in pennsylvania by both camps. Shermichael, i wonder though we see on the schedule President Trump, hes holding a rally saturday in wisconsin. Hes not out there on Labor Day, even as hes trying to court Union Workers. Is that a mistake . So from my understanding, the former president is getting ready for the upcoming debate after the debate, his Campaign Trail is supposed to kick back up in terms of the number of places hes expected to visit along with j. D. Vance are also going to see more of j. D. Vance crisscrossing the country as well, hitting some of those crucial about Over Brown states. And i think this is important. Bianna oftentimes we hear from the Trump Campaign. He doesnt prepare, he doesnt prepare. Well, i think the former president is taking this debate very serious with Vice President harris. This is not going to be joe bide. Shes going to be able to articulate her message on issues we may differ, but this is going to be a much more competitive race of the competitive debate. He needs to spend that time been able to surgically argue why hes going to be the better alternative on the most consequential issues for the american people. Best take this very seriously, this upcoming debate, lulu. Yeah, one of the things that i thought was really interesting, just watching her is that she was much more in this particular a speech that she just gave a forceful than ive seen her before. The joy seems to be kind of being ratcheted down and the fight seems to be ratcheting up because this really is now the crucial moment where you are actually battling vote by vote. As for michael says, for these very tight margins in these various Wengui Swing districts. And so just the tone there struck me as different than The One that ive seen from her before. Lets listen to a little bit of that. Heres more of harris at her rally like to move forward down. Trump is trying to pull us backward. America has tried those failed policies before, and we are not going back michael, i wonder about what you saw today, but also we should note the latest Abc Poll found no real bounce for harris after the dnc. Do you think thats a sign that enthusiasm and most mentum may have maxed out on energizing democrats on energizing the base. And now shes really got that Hard Sell for swing voters. Know i think the good news for her as shes still doing incredibly well and all the Swing States that matter in the midwest, Shes Neck and neck with trump in pennsylvania. Shes playing well in arizona and in georgia even north carolina. And so overall, she is doing incredibly well, but she has to be out there in these Battleground States every single week along with the president and making her case. Specifically in pennsylvania because that for her is a mustwin state. And i think she wins because she has a Row Record in terms of what this administration has done for working and people in pennsylvania and across the country. But she has a cell that record. Lulu, i want to listen to a tim Walz Moment on the trail. Labor day, of course, its the Home Stretch for the baseball season. Were on the Custody Cost the Nfl Season two, and he gave a nod to both Sports Today when he was in wisconsin, lets listen we respect differences. Thats your opinion. Look, were setting here together, brewers in twins, fans, vikings impact look we respect it but on things like Health Care and what books i read and democracy we all live by that very simple golden rule. Mind your own Damn Business im curious, lulu, how you think walz compares as a kind of jovial midwestern messenger or straightforward when stacked up against j. D vance, who do you think is more relatable . I mean, i think the polling shows that waltz is much more likable and relatable he has the dad vibes, right . And he gets the Sports Metaphors he trots about whenever he can and this is the currency, the political currency that he brings to the ticket. I mean, j. D. Vance has been out there. He has been i think a very loyal attack dog, for trump . I dont know how effective hes been because what weve seen is the more that hE Engages, the less people seem to like him. And so again it is troubling for the Trump Campaign that they do not have a waltz on their side. People or not connecting with j. D. Vance in the same Way That they do with waltz, shermichael. What do you think we look i think j. D. Vance has showcased a real discipline as it pertains to sticking with thE Economy and immigration and making that case from the interviews, ive seen, i certainly understand why democrats will say some of the comments that hes madE Eight in the past that have resurfaced are colorful. The say least, i dont think there are many republicans who are too happy about it. But i want to just quickly tap on the question you asked michael about the momentum with Vice President harris. If you remember a couple of weeks ago, the top pollster for the Trump Campaign released an internal memo that stated expect to see the Vice President continue to have this incredible rise for maybe the next 28, 30 days, at least until Labor Day and surE Enough, here we are right at Labor Day. Were sort of seeing the numbers flattened out, which is what i think a lot of democrats and even republicans strategies have argued this thing is going to get incredibly close as we get closer to early voting and as we get closer to november. So again, brown, i know a lot of people ask, well, who in the heck is left out there to decide this election . You do have those low Propensity Voters who may be registered, but they dont always engage. Youre going to see both camps trying to target those voters with a message of something to try to get them the turnout. And i think thats appointed with this grace and new voters, new voters or new voters registering who have been, who have come in. And i think that is also going to be one of the crucial elements here. Lulu, michael shermichael. Thank you so much to all of you really appreciate it and outfront next, im going to speak to pittsburghs mare. He was with Vice President harris and President Biden tonight. 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