Howard with Donald Trump dominating the news sounding off on everything from the Assassination Attempts to Stephen Colbert and jimmy kimmel, Kamala Harris has ended her isolation and finally started doing a couple more interviews, and the first Major Shockdown was with msnbc with a host whos hostile to trump. The Vice President s biggest vulnerability is probably The Border which has drawn Mushrooming Coverage over the last year. So harris went to the Arizona Border to try to neutralize the issue. And the american people deserve a president who cares more about Border Security than playing political games. I will do more to secure our border. To reduce illegal Border Crossings. Howard the former president started attacking harris on immigration before she even got there. She abolished our borders and flooded our country with 21 Million plus illegal aliens. They came in from all over. Think of it. They came from prisons and jails, they came from mental institutions and insane asylums. Theyre terrorists. Theyre criminal street gangs. Howard but still, no explanation as to why four years ago harris favored legalizing migrant border crossing. Kamala harris took no questions. Im Howard Kurtz and this is mediabuzz. Howard Media Reaction to the Kamala Border speech was decidedly mixed. It was probably one of the more ridiculous speeches weve ever heard from any politician, and that includes Kamala Harris. She said she takes Border Security very seriously. Thats a lie. Shes been in power almost four years. She doesnt take the it seriously at all. Bravo. Bravo. I thought that was an extraordinary speech for a couple reasons. First of all, thats the Cam Rah a harris that i know. Who do you actually believe will be tougher, Trump Or Harris in most people would tell you definitely trump, and i dont think this speech despite trying to separate herself from biden is going to change that. If. Howard joining us now to analyze the coverage, Mary Cath Lin ham, a Fox News Contributor and cohost of getting hammered, and tim hogan, democratic strategist whos worked for hillary clinton. Is the argument for Kamala Harris visiting The Border at this late date that, as is often true in the media world, images are more important than words . Yeah, i think its worth a try, right . Because a lot of people have lived through the 10 Million crossings during the Biden Administration, the 2 Million known gotaways. They know about this stuff. Theyve lived through policies of Sanctuary Cities where their budgets are eaten up in huge numbers in denver, chicago, New York to shelter migrants who have come over during this administration. But she has to make the argument that she can be different. Now, the question is whether anyone believes that art because she doesnt actually address the fact that all those Border Crossings happened, that she was for giving taxpayerfunded Health Care to migrants. By the way, i used the word was and i shouldnt, because she hasnt said shes changed her mind. She compared i. C. E. To the k, k, was in the streets chanting down with deportation. Then shes asking you to believe shes the person who will be serious about it. Shes down there in the brown coat doing the thing on The Border. Howard tim, even democrats, media liberals, cant believe that over the years this would wipe clean the administrations fouryear debacle at the southern border. Yeah. There is something, a point that needs to be made here which is on Day One of the Biden Administration, they asked congress to consider Immigration Reform legislation. In October Of 2023 the Biden Administration requested a huge border supplemental, republicans said, no. Theres a bipartisan Border Bill that republicans also tanked because of Donald Trump. There is a little bit of game with lucy with the football here with Immigration Reform with republicans, and it happened back in the Obama Administration when we got a tough bill out of the senate, it got to the house and John Boehner tanked it because the Tea Party didnt want howard so youre shifting the blame to republicans . [inaudible] this is a Question Chip Roy asked on the floor of the house a few months ago, why didnt we pass Border Security or Immigration Reform during the Trump Administration . It didnt happen. And he got some pushback from trump on that. The issue is that republicans would rather run on the problem than actually have a solution. I would say they dont need to not have that passed to run on the problem. The problem exists because there are millions of people in the country, many of them according to Bill Melugins reporting coming from i. C. E. Who are convicted criminals of homicide and sexual Assault And Assault in the Tens Of Thousands. So these are problems that people are experiencing in their communities. Now, part of passing something in the senate and the house is earning trust on security so you can get the hawks onboard. They have not earned trust in almost any administration in this way. Howard let me follow up by asking didnt the press go awfully easy on the bidenharris ill call it a fiasco at The Border . There was this whole debate over whether you could use the word crisis. The administration pushed back, no, no, its not a crisis. Seems ludicrous now, but then there came a point where Media Outlets could no longer play it down. Yeah, theyre sort of aligned with the vision of everything would be fined fine if you dont deal with this problem. That thats not leadership, right . You can take parts of Trumps Enforcement and say this is actually working out pretty well, maybe we dont have to repeal it by executive order, but thats what they did, which put them in this situation. This is not the first time its happened because Kamala Harris herself said the wall was antithetical to everything she believes and unamerican and schoen she put and then she put it in an app because it turns out this might be helpful to voters. Howard i think the Turning Point was when Big City Democratic mayors started to to complain they were being overwhelmed by migrants who were being bussed there sometime by border states. I think that may be a turn in coverage there. I want to say quickly on the Bill Melugin points that he reported yesterday around 425 the ,000, but thats over decades. That number got presented as if it all happened during the harris administration. And if you look at the numbers, its entirely possible those numbers went up more during trump than the harris than the biden howard i like the way you promoted her to the harris administration. [laughter] and also to be nondetained does not mean they are not sitting in federal, state, local prison, just to be clear there do in my actual county, there was reporting this week that a person who had been booked on Felony Gun charges, several duis, booked on maiming was released three times because my county is in agreement that they are a Sanctuary County and they dont report that stuff to east. I am an immigration moderate. E look at that story and i go the feds that had to come here to track this guy down finally . And that makes me mad. Yeah. I will say very quickly, statistics with the cato institute, not also from some liberal Think Tank that the Biden Department of Homeland Security or removed i higher percentage of arrested Border Crossers in its first two years and migrants were more likely to be released after a Border Encounter under a Trump Administration than biden. Is some of these numbers, you have to give them context. Howard well, or at the same time, if Joe Biden Hadnt waited until just before the election to declare an emergency and shut down The Border which doesnt mean its completely shut down, i think it would look different. Does Kamala Harris owe the voters some explanation of why she moved from legalize all migrant crossings to im going to crack down on The Border . Yeah. I think when you have an evolution, you have to explain it. Vance has been asking many, many tough questions on trump and issues he used to profess. You should be can asked tough questions, and you should be able to explain why you moved from one position to another. The fact that she sort of gets a pass on this i dont think the is helpful to voters, and its the not helpful to her. Because voters, many of them want to believe her, but shes not giving them the tools to do that. Howard i dont understand, because all youd have to do is say in my four years of Vice President , ive studied this, my position has evolved. People may or may not buy that, but when you just pretend, you Memory Hole the position you took four years ago, thats a little bit different. As a media strategy, a political strategy, does it make sense to go at this issue that clearly benefits Donald Trump and try to get trump and the republicans to partially defuse it . I think it duds. You had Karl Rove on this Network Yesterday talking about how the numbers on immigration, yes, its an advantage for trump, but that is sliding away from him in some Battleground States but also nationally. So i think it is smart to go at some of his advantage ises, and also, you know, when he talks about the issues sometimes, he slips into lunacy. We saw it during the Debate Howard Lunacy . Cats and dogs. Howard well, yeah, that one I Cant defend. He is the political of Center Of Gravity for gop, and hes talking about eating the pets if mass deportation, and thats a bridge too far. Howard im still seeing funny videos about them eating the pets when they show cats and dogs looking terrified. I want to touch briefly on Hurricane Helene because this really left a trail of destruction across North Carolina, the western part of the state, especially the city of asheville. But with some exceptions, im not seeing much tv coverage. I think this is an undercovered Story And Something to get on everyones radar, not to use a bad pun. Some 311 counties are 31 counties are under an emergency state. Its biblical levels of destruction, almost no entry to asheville except by air, many western North Carolina counties and eastern tennessee ones are isolated completely without Cell Service, internet and inroads to those areas, so its going to be a very tough recovery. Its going to be a pretty traumatic event. We dont even know about the Casualty Numbers at this point, to keep those people in your prayers and think about ways to check up on them. Howard well, thanks for putting that on our radar. The Washington Post and New York times have front page stories with the Washington Post saying its a biblical level of devastation. Why do you think t not getting more Television Coverage . Sort of like that storys over . Theres a lot on our plates. Flooding is something that happens several days after an original event, right . So you think you might be okay as people did in New Orleans after katrina, and then the levees broke. You have got landslides, dams breaking, so it comes a couple days after the first story. Howard right. I think people just need to tune back in and start reporting on the send one, because theres a Big One here. Howard and families who Cant Reach Anybody because of lack of Cell Service appalachia is never the most covered place in the world. Howard when we come back, Stephanie Raoul tosses softballs to Kamala Harris after practically endorsing her. Anyt Inner Monologue my kids dont know what they want. You know who knows what she wants . Me with empower, we get all of our financial questions answered. So you dont have to worry. Empower. Whats next. Woman why did we choose safelite . We were loading our suv when. Crack safelite came right to us, and we could see exactly when theyd arrive with a replacement we could trust. Vo schedule free Mobile Service at safelite. Com. 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You and many others have said that would be in the only disastrous, but it would be a direct tax on the american consumer. His plan is not serious when you lay it out like that, so i just want to can ask you yes or no, at any point in your life, have you served two allbeef pattieses working at a mcdonalds, yes or no, thats it. [laughter] i have. Howard two girlfriends having a good teem. Look, i expected a good interview is, but Stephanie Ruhle, who has a backdown in finance, was kind of swooning over kamala and . She all but endorsed her and said on a national Tv Show said journalists ask her tough questions which is a betrayal of journalism. I dont know if we should have a funeral for the followup question, i havent seen them for a long time now. But there were some revealing questions when she asked her, for instance, you want to do this middle class tax cut, its not even clear that she clocks what the question is, and she goes right back to her Talking Points which can be really good in a December Palineded candidate except disciplinedded candidate except if you havent given undecided voters actually information about your position. And if you keep going back to that, i think these nonprobing, friendly interviews give her more opportunities to just look like a robot who is giving those answers over and over again. Howard well, other politicians obviously try to dodge tough questions toos but, tim, theres no question in my mind by picking Tiffany Raoul, she Stephanie Ruhle, she knew she wouldnt be pressed on uncomfortable questions such as why did you abandon your Leftwing Dance on The Border or abolishing Privacy Health Insurance four years ago in somehow those questions dont get asked in these interviews. There were some followup questions when she started talking about the economy and how it performed umped trump. She said, look, par part of that was howard questions about how Bad Trump was. And how shes going to pay for some of her plans. So there are some clips where she does do follow up and, look, were kind of talking to Each Other now from one Media Silo to the other, thank you so the generous folks from folk, but when was the last time Donald Trump did a Broadcast Interview that was not on this network or not with a friendly interviewer . Howard hes done podcasters yeah, but a sitdown with, like, dave ramsey, right in. Howard and hes youre not really going to compare harris has sat down and done, there are podcasts Coming Out of her too with the former Golden State Warriors i think the News Conferences are the huge difference. The point is she does gaggles, and she gets asked questions, and if there are problems, maybe those reporters should ask howard youre seriously not going to hold on, hold on. Youre seriously not going to compare Donald Trumps endless accessibility to all kind of media people thats not just fox to Kamala Harris . What people are clamoring for on the right, i think, is an openly hostile interview with joan hannity, and that is not sean hannity, and that is not going to happen a, concern. Howard how about a fair with reasonable questions concern. And shes going to sit down for more interviews. I think theres also this desire to hear more policy which i think she is giving, and new there is an 80page Platform that people can go read on the economy. There are more details Coming Out. Howard well, Health Care Bos Bill Maher said he didnt expect hard questions, but he didnt expect ruhle to be rubbing her feet. That interview made almost no news rather than generate some headlines. Usually you want you have an idea of what the headline should be, so did she really accomplish anything . Yeah, or im not sure. I would note also that when, for instance, vance has come on Fox News, ive watched hannitys interviews with him, and he starts out with the tough questions about his past statements on trump. He has done that several times over. So i think Thats Something that her friends on the left should be doing for her to give her practice answering these questions, and they refuse to do it. But, yeah, i think she thinks she she wants to float on this cloud of Joy And Momentum all the way to Election Day and without getting too much into howard youre not feeling the joy . I dont feel it but, look, it works for some people. A lot of that was relief for switching from biden to her, but im not sure you can make it over the Finish Line that way a because undecided voters are saying we dont know enough about you, and shes refusing to give them very much. Howard even the New York times, tim, to to its credit cede this was a friendly int