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A lot to get to tonight that we are expecting to hear from Vice President harris. Any moment will bring that to you live the city of asheville, North Carolina, was already flooded from days of Heavy Rain when Hurricane Helene dumped even more of it overnight. Tonight, one person there described the situation as complete pandamonium, a citywide curfew is now in effect until 7 30 tomorrow morning. The same can be said in irwin, tennessee, where dozens of people were pulled from the Hospital Rooftop driven there by rising waters or Cedar Key north of st. Pete . Heres burn, where the storm picked entire houses off their foundations and blew them away, according to Michael Bobbitt who lives there and spoke to us is just as it was getting bad last night. Cedar key, as we know, it is completely gone. He now says Michael Bobbitt joins us shortly as well. Well, it much more on all aspects of the storm, especially in places where the danger is still real and staying safe is still the immediate concern. Joining us right now as we wait for Vice President harris, cnn political Commentators Van jones and Scott Jennings also journalist gretchen carlson, cofounder of lift our voices. So then this is obviously a big deal for Vice President harris there has been obviously a lot of focus on her position on The Border prison. Bidens position on The Border, the the deal that Donald Trump killed the bipartisan deal that he helped kill on The Border. What are you expecting to hear from Harris Tonight . Well, shes got something to say. Shes going to a border that the Biden Administration has secured it took a while and they took a lot of beaten. But they got it done. And so she can say we got it done. Donald trump stood in the way and i think republicans should be very happy now, i bet Scott Jennings is going to give her a lot of Credit Night because hes wanted something done on The Border. She got something done on The Border. She wanted him to separate from biden. She separated from biden. So i expect republicans to give her a lot of Love Today. Scott jennings are you going to give her a lot of Love Today i love brother van, as he knows, i could lead. I mean, that i love like your brother, but no, there will be no therell be no love for me or republicans for Kamala Harris today. In fact, i think the Trump Campaign Line today ought to be arsonist returns to scene of crime. I mean, look at the last 3. 5 years weve got The Border is effectively been opened. People flowing across ice. Ice today released information that there are 13,000 noncitizens convicted of homicide and almost 16,000 noncitizens convicted of some kind of sexual crime who were in the country right now, only because were in the shadow of an election is Kamala Harris trying had to rush and pay some Lip Service to this issue as a tactical matter, anderson, i dont think harris should be trying to elevate this issue because this is the best ground from which Donald Trump has stuff to know. I think the Harris Campaign is making a tactical mistake and i think they have very little to say that The American people are going to buy on this today richard . Its interesting that gretchen, its an interesting point that scott made that this is a gamble for the Harris Campaign obviously, Donald Trump has a lead when it comes to the issue of immigration among likely voters shes certainly hoping to chip away at that lead, but to scotts point, her going to The Border does raise questions about her role as she wasnt The Borders are as republicans are trying to paint her, but as dealing with Central America during the Biden Administration and the and what the Biden Ministration data or did not do over the last four years in The Border yeah. This is going to be her first trip in three years. Look, ive been saying from the beginning that she needed to step aside from some of bidens policies. But on this one, i think she has to stick right with it with his Executive Order when he issued no more asylum for people who are coming across The Border and apparently tonight shes going to be even tougher on that. But as you state, this is a bit of a conundrum for her or a big conundrum because i think she absolutely had to go because Donald Trump is leading in the polls on immigration. But at the same time, it could biter because voters are going to be reminded that she maybe hasnt paid as much attention to this issue as she should have. So she needs to talk about the fact that Border Crossings are down. She also needs to talk about the fact that Trump Trump Couldve had a huge victory with this. He had a bipartisan bill sitting in front of him earlier this summer. And because that would have looked like a victory for the democrats, he convinced the republicans in congress to not vote for this. She needs to talk about that a lot, but look, voters have a choice between a tougher Kamala Harris now on immigration and a trump whos always been tough, but who is actually going to deport legal well, immigrants, possibly i mean, Donald Trump has talked about Mass Deportations at the republican national convention. There are people, a lot of people holding up printed signs saying, you know, Mass Deportations do, you know do you think that is feasible . Do these realistic . I dont know. Balance obs is just terrible. He says terrible stuff. He has terrible ideas that the reality is, he is if theres a Border Crisis now, its Donald Trumps fault because it could have been fixed in a bipartisan way. And Donald Trump through Banana Peels on the Sidewalk Walk marbles on the stairs, and made sure america couldnt respond. And it was a biden harris regime that steps up board until we got to get something done about it. And now you have lower Border Crossings, then you had under Donald Trump. And so she should be happy. Shes ever shoulders back she got it done Donald Trump tried to Trip America down the stairs to make sure we could couldnt fix a problem. They got it done anyway and should be proud of it now, thats thats just the benefit of our saying that it is its actually the truth. Its the truth, and its not this crazy stuff. And Donald Trump but then at The End of the debate between them down on trumps sort of finally got around to align which was probably workshopped ahead of time and he just neglected to actually get to it until The End of the debate, which was, you know, what, why didnt you do it . You know, what even over the last three years on The Border are essentially thats the pushback from their publics. It took it took them too long. It took them too long. They didnt take it seriously enough. That is true. But then when they tried to get everybody together to fix it down, Trump Wouldnt let them and they got it done anyway, all Thats Trope and shes just one i understand its worse than that. Its not that it took them too long. Its that they actively work to undo everything Donald Trump had done during his time in office on the first day they rescinded all of Donald Trumps border Executive Orders. The floodgates opened. All these people come rushing across. Then it becomes a political problem now he ended the election. They want to blame it on Donald Trump for her entire career. She is wanted a more Permissive Immigration Structure when she ran for president before she wanted to decriminalize Border Crossings in her heart and her heart of hearts. She wants a more liberal, Permissive Immigration Structure. And in his heart of hearts, Donald Trump wants to crack down on The Border thats why when you look at the Cnn Polling this Week Trump is far more trusted on immigration and harris, that is not going to change because of this Visit Today or anything. She says today, The Die Is Cast on this issue. If i were her, id want to bury this issue, not make it more prominent, but hey, if she wants to have border events, i think republicans will rejoice because itll increase the prominence of this issue for the light last month of the campaign gretchen it is that can drive know. I do not voters are Vice President harris is coming out lets lets, lets listen good courage, please believe please have a seat, everyone. Thank you. Its good to be back in arizona thank you so very much you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I appreciate it. Thank you so very much. I just wanted for a moment speak about teresa we have some time together backstage and you know, i think that in moments of crisis such as the Fentanyl Crisis there are people who through their suffering and their Pain Rise with courage in such a selfless way. To be a voice for others with the anticipation and the hope and the hard work of hoping that their story will be the reason other people dont have that story and you sharing your story about jacob and your advocacy on why we have to stop this scourge is so incredibly important. And again, i applaud to resign. I know we all do our need to stop this issues. One of the reason that were all here together today. I also want to thank the extraordinary elected officials who are here. Senator Mark Kelly came with had his extraordinary life. Gabby giffords traveled with me from Washington Dc to be here and Senator Kelly has been talking with me for quite some time about the importance of this visit. And so i thank you in front of all of our friends for your work that feed will try to get that back to you the panel, i think is still with us obviously, gretchen, you know, one of the things that this administration is trying to the Harris Campaign is true brian, to do is chip into the lead that former President Trump has on this issue. Scott was saying he doesnt think thats possible. Do you think it is i mean, if you look at the polls about where trump was against biden on this, he was up 22 points on immigration. Hes now up six to eight to ten depending on what poll you look at. So shes already had a massive victory in direction that started certain. I see shes back. Let me go back to if Vice President harris we want to say a few words about Hurricane Helene i spoke this morning with our Fema Administrator Criswell and President Biden and i of course, will continue to monitor the situation closely. We have mobilized more than 1,500 federal personnel just support those communities that have been impacted. We have food, water in generators that are ready for deployment and we are working to restore power for millions of people who currently are experiencing outages and i just want to stress and for the press that is here to those who are watching the storm continues to be dangerous and deadly and lives have been lost and the risk of flooding still remains high. So i continue to urge everyone to please continue to follow guidance from your local officials until we get past this moment. So thank you all. And now ill speak about in particular the people who are here today and why we are gathered here together today. So arizona, i think you all know and this is why you are here. There are consequential issues at stake in this election. And what is the security of our border . The united states is a sovereign nation and i believe we have a duty to set rules at our border and to enforce them and i take that responsibility very seriously we are also a nation of immigrants the united states has been enriched by generations of people who have come from every corner of the world to contribute to our country and to become part of The American story so we must reform our Immigration System to ensure that it works in an orderly way. That it is humane and that it makes our country stronger from visiting The Border in the Port Of Entry in douglas. I spoke with dedicated agents from Border Patrol and Customs Officers who every day see the overflow of commercial traffic through the port these men and women who work there and at other places along our southern Border Help keep our nation secure. And they need more resources to do their jobs which is why we have and are in the process of investing half 1 to modernize and expand the Port Of Entry here in douglas and why last december, i helped raise the rate of Overtime Pay for Border Agents and also why i strongly supported the comprehensive Border Security Bill written last year, written last year, as you know, by a bipartisan group of senators, including one of the most conservative members of the united states congress. That bill would have hired 1,500 more Border Agents and officers. It would have paid for 100 Inspection Machines to detect fentanyl that is killing tens of thousands of americans every year it would have allowed us to more quickly and effectively remove those who come here illegally and it would have increased the number of Immigration Judges and Asylum Officers it was the strongest Border Security Bill we have seen in decades it was endorsed by the Border Patrol union and it should be in Effect Today producing results in real time right now for our country it he picked up the phone and call some friends in congress and said stop the bill because you see he prefers to run on a problem instead of 50 a problem and The American people deserve a president who cares more about Border Security than playing political games. And theyre personal political future Donald Trump tried to sabotage the Border Security Bill, it is my pledge to you that is president of the united states. I will bring it back up and proudly sign it into law let me say, the issue of Border Security is not a new issue to me. I was Attorney General of a Border State for two terms i saw the Violence And Chaos that transnational Criminal Organizations cause, and the Heartbreak And Loss from the spread of their illicit drugs i walked through tunnels that traffickers used to smuggle contraband into the united states. Ive seen tunnels with walz as smooth as the walls of your Living Room . Complete with Lighting And Air conditioning, making very clear that it is a about an enterprise that is making a whole lot of money in the trafficking of guns, drugs, and Human Beings and my knowledge on how they work comes for the fact that i have prosecuted transnational Criminal Organizations who traffic in guns, drugs, and Human Beings my team and i broke up a Heroin Trafficking Ring in the Bay Area with ties to mexican cartels. We took down again working with the Sinaloa Cartel to Traffic Methamphetamine into the united states we seized millions of Dollars Worth of cocaine from the guadalajara cartel, cartel, and broke up a drunk, a drug trafficking operation, including pill mills. And socalled Recovery Centers that were pushing opioids with deadly results as Attorney General of california it was ten years ago that i brought a bipartisan group of American Attorneys General and led that group to travel to Mexico City to meet with mexican Attorneys General to address this issue. And in particular, to increase Intelligence Sharing on Gang Activity all of which allowed us to prosecute more Human Traffickers and i started as Attorney General the first comprehensive report in the state of california analyzing transnational Criminal Organizations and the threats they pose to public safety and to the economy so stopping transnational Criminal Organizations and strengthening our border is not new to me, and it is a longstanding priority of mine. I have done that work and i will continue to treat it as a priority when i am elected. President of the united states you, understanding how solutions get formed that i will reach across the aisle and i will embrace Common Sense approaches and new technologies to get the job done because i know transnational gangs coming across the Border Trafficking in guns, drugs, and Human Beings could care less who somebody voted for in the last election they could care less. Theyve got one goal in mind and it is therefore critically important that anybody who calls themselves a leader would work with other leaders for Common Sense solutions understanding the pain and the suffering that americans are experiencing. If we dont work together to fix these problems and look transnational gangs. One of the things i know about them, they are always innovating so to disrupt them, we must do the same. And that means again, Working Together In Real Time grounded on finding Common Sense approaches. Not just about some rhetoric at a rally, but actually doing the work of fixing a Problem President , i wont only bring back the Border Security Bill that Donald Trump tanked. I will do more secure our border to reduce illegal Border Crossings. I will take further action to keep The Border closed between ports of entry those who cross our borders unlawfully will be apprehended and removed and barred from reentering for five years. We will pursue more severe criminal charges against repeat violators. And if someone does not make an Asylum Request at a legal Point Of Entry and instead crosses our border unlawfully. They will be barred from receiving asylum while we understand that many people are desperate to migrate to the united states our system must be orderly and secure and that is my goal and that is michael securing our border also means addressing the flow of fentanyl into our Communities Fentanyl is a scorch on our country. The nature of it as a drug is such that it is highly addictive. And it is highly lethal so much so that using it one time only can be fatal i have met far too many families, parents, Loved Ones who have lost. A family member, a child to fentanyl and their grief is heartbreaking and the deva