Transcripts For CNN CNN Newsroom With Wolf Blitzer 20240913

Transcripts For CNN CNN Newsroom With Wolf Blitzer 20240913

Burnett Outfront Tonight at seven on cnn were following major developing stories right now. The two candidates today, back in critical Battleground States as one top democrat is now warning his party is not should not get complacent. I also happening this hour, the Attorney General of the United States, Merrick Garland, is set to push back on trumps escalate leading rhetoric. Hell give a fiery speech. This hour. Well bring it to you live and a daring and historic feat. Hundreds of miles above earth. A four Person Crew of civilians completing the first ever commercial spacewalk hello, im Wolf Blitzer in washington and youre in the Cnn Newsroom today, the candidates are back out there on the Campaign Trail stumping in key Battleground States. Vice president Kamala Harris is delivering remarks in north carolina, a state that has voted for a democrat at the top of the ticket since 2008 . Donald Donald Trump is in arizona, fresh off what he says was his best debate yet. But many of his top allies say otherwise today, there in Damage Control telling cnn that his performance was at was at best a wash at the worst a loss theyre also trying to downplay what could be a key Voter Turnout Issue Taylor Swift endorsing Kamala Harris, trumps Running Mate is claiming the Pop Superstar is quote, fundamentally disconnected from the problems of most americans but rather than respond to those attacks, Taylor Swift is encouraging your friend hands to get out and vote. Listen fan voted award and you voted for this. I appreciate it so much. And if you are over 18, please register to vote for something else expect from trumps first rally since the debate to cnns Alayna Treene is with me here in the Cnn Newsroom. Alayna, walk you through what are you learning, right . So today were going to see Donald Trump in 20 arizona, as you mentioned, his first rally since that debate. The event is being billed by his campaign is focusing on latino voters but as we know tomorrow, hes also going to have an event in las vegas, which is supposed to be geared toward his messaging on the economy. Well see if he sticks to it, but look, these are two issues from my conversations with people behind the scenes, trumps advisors, his allies, that they say they wish he talked about more and message better on Tuesday Night on that debate stage, when even no, youre hearing and you mentioned is Donald Trump. Publicly saying that he had the best Date Debate Performance of his life that he thought he won the debate. People within his orbit do not agree. They have been arguing to me that he she clearly won on delivery and style, but also that theyre frustrated that he did not do liver on many of the Talking Points that they had spent weeks preparing our own kaitlan. Collins had even reported he did more preparation for this debate than he did for the debate in june against joe biden. Now when i talk to these advisers, they say, look, it was clear he was distracted, he got derailed, but that was exactly what they did not want him to do. And so i think these events are trying to get him back on the message and talking about the things that they wanted him to talk about. Again, the economy, immigration, crime, im all things they think he got thrown off on on tuesday. Now, we did hear directly from one of these people Rfk Junior, ever since his endorsement of Donald Trump, hes become a top trump campaign surrogate. I want you to take a listen to what he said Vice President harris clearly won the debate in terms of her delivery her polish, her organization, and her preparation i think President Trump wins in terms of his governance but he didnt tell that story now, wolf, he also went on to say Rfk Junior that he thinks trump got successfully distracted by harris, something he called unfortunate. Again, what Rfk Junior said publicly is exactly what im hearing from people behind the scenes. And one of the clear things that just is underlying all of this ive been told is that they think there were missed opportunities, and so i think Thats Something theyre currently reconciling with. Sure. Youre all pretty disappointed with what happened during the course of that debate. Alayna, thank you. Very, very much. Alayna treene reporting for us meanwhile, the Vice President ial walz, is headed to the city of Grand Rapids in michigan. Later today, its his first Camera Pain Stop since Tuesdays President ial debate and his visit to that key Battleground State comes less than three weeks before he is set to debate his republican counterpart, senator Jd Vance Michigan democratic party chair, Lavora Barnes is joining us right now. Thanks so much for joining us. Lavora. What should be a Tim Walz . Does priority as he appeals to michigan voters who are of course a pivotal constituency in this entire election. Michigan, a key, key Battleground State you know were so excited to have Governor Weld here in michigan and on the West Side of the state from Grand Rapids, east lansing. Hes going to be talking to our folks about the issues that are important to them about good midwestern values. And hes going to remind people about the hard work we have to get done. Hes going to fire up our volunteers to make sure that were out there knocking on the doors and making the Phone Calls and doing the Work And Sort of running through the tape of this election. No complacency here in michigan, were working hard right up through The End. And Governor Walz is going to help us do that Today And Tomorrow here in michigan, were excited michigan democratic congresswoman debbie dingell. I women im sure you know well, gave a Reality Check to democrats crowds after Kamala Harris has very strong debate, performance, listen to what she told cnn earlier today, earlier this morning i think michigan is a dead heat. Theres just a lot of people in the middle to just closer than people realize what do you think . Do you agree . What is commonly harris need to do to get ahead in michigan we always knew it was going to be close wolf. This is a state where you work hard for every vote and thats what we do. Weve been doing it for years and were going to keep doing it in the field, talking to to voters. And i think Vice President harris and Governor Walz are doing exactly what they need to do. Theyre coming back to michigan. Theyre sending surrogates to michigan. Theyre supporting the work were doing here on the ground and theyre talking about the issues that matter to michiganders. Theyre reminding people who Donald Trump is, who he was as president and who he will be if we let him back in the White House and we know that things like refusing to say he wont veto a national board abortion ban, and other things that he said at that debate or not, the things that people of michigan wants to hear and what were doing is making sure that were telling the True Story about who Donald Trump is and remind people that Kamala Harris is ready on Day One to be commander in chief and not an incoherent bachelor like the president , former president was at that debate despite some promising encouraging inflation numbers, that were officially released by the government this week, Kamala Harris continues to lag behind trump with voters on who would better handle the us economy with just over 50 days until Election Day is kinda harris are running out of time to change voters perceptions on this truly critical, crucial issue now, while time is short, we are very close. We are not out of time. Theres plenty of time to continue these conversations. The Vice President does a terrific job of talking about the realities of where we are in terms of the economy. And she will continue to do that. She is from a middleclass background. She understand since the struggles of middleclass in this, in this nation and has a very clear plan for making sure that shes supporting middleclass, making sure folks have availability of Health Care Availability of childcare, which she absolutely understands what it is and why its important and making sure that we are taking control of pricing. Shes working on these things and shes going to keep talking about them all the way through to the finish line. Well be watching every step of the way Lavora Barnes, the chair of the democratic party in michigan. Thanks, deliver for joining us this just in another important story, were just getting right now, were learning a magnitude 4. 7 earthquake has just been detected in southern california. That according to the us geological survey, the Quake Craig was centered about four miles north of malibu. Our colleagues in the Cnn Los Angeles Bureau report, shaking could be felt in the citys downtown area. Were talking about los angeles. We will continue to monitor this developing story and bring you updates as we get them. Still ahead this hour, another Giant Leap for mankind to civilians, just completed the worlds first commercial spacewalk. Were going to show you the incredible video plus, the us is under more pressure right now to allow ukraine to use even more american weaponry ill ask Senator Jeff Merkley, What Happens Next . Stay with us. Well be right back you have moderate to severe eczema its okay to show off with depiction. 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And at the pentagon faces as they wrestle with that issue of escalation. But heres whats not a difficult decision. As we look at the upcoming election, we have one candidate who fully supported ukraine, a bastion of democracy that believes in freedom of Expression And Freedom of voting, and freedom of speech versus putin. And we have trump, who is proceeding to pander to putin . Now, as he did when he was president before ukraine would be in grave difficulty with Trumps Approach both because Trump Hasnt supported Military Aid to ukraine, and because he hadnt supported the partnership with nato that has enabled the countrys to come together to absolutely provide the Materials Ukraine has needed to conduct this battle or as you know, a Secretary State Anthony Blinken has met again recently with President Zelenskyy in ukraine and says the us Will Adapt adapt his word as the word changes. Do you believe President Biden is inching closer and closer to granting ukraine that permission to hit russian targets deeper inside russia. Yes, everything im hearing is that the Executive Branch is leaning in that direction, but until they make that final decision, its not a guaranteed thing because it is a weighty question with a risk of further Escalation Russia has warned, as you know, that allowing ukraine to strike deeper into its own, into russian territory could escalate the conflict in a major way. Sources tell cnn that iran is supplying short range ballistic missiles to russia. Senator has the war already escalated . And where do you stand specifically . Should the us allow ukraine to use us missiles to hit various targets inside russia, targets from which the russians are launching attacks against civilian targets in ukraine but clearly the war has already escalated. Of course, ukraine has now taken without us weapons and long range missiles and moved inside russia, which is a very significant develop that few anticipated the missiles coming from iran are a big additional factor being, being weighed here weve seen an evolution in warfare in terms of the critical use of drones. So the battlefield is constantly changing in this regard. I am neutral on this question about the long range missiles being used further into Russia Russia has talked about using more dangerous weapons and an allusion to the possibility of nuclear weapons. I do not think they would go there, but we have to weigh this very the carefully. Yes, i know the pentagon is doing well when i want to play a clip for you, senator, you alluded to this from Tuesdays President ial debate, which All Of Us of course watch the former president Donald Trump refused to say he wants ukraine to win this war. Listen to this i think its a us best interest to get this war finished and just get it done right negotiate a deal repeatedly asked, do you want ukraine to win any any repeatedly answered. I just want this war to end. Whats your reaction to that . Yes. An affirmation of the position hes taken that lets just get out of there and let what happened. Its going to happen, which means letting Russia Roll over the top of ukraine. I mean, this is a difference between ukraine which had the Orange Revolution through throughout a president who is trying to put them under the thumb of putin who has stood for the liberties that we hold near and dear to our hearts versus a dictator in russia and a former kgb agent, putin, who wants to see a restoration of something equivalent to the the former soviet union. This really is democracy versus autocracy. And we have Kamala Harris and the side of democracy and we have Trump Pandering to putin on the side of a dictatorship. This is, this is a clear distinction between a candidate who values american values and one who doesnt Senator Jeff Merkley of oregon. Thanks so much for joining us. Thank you. Good to be. Thank you. And still ahead. A look at this video right now, the flood

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