Political precincts that usually vote the other way to poach support from the other side or at least limit their numbers and expand the razor thin path to victory as we see it on the board. Second hour begins now. Dana has the day off. Bill hemmer, happy to have our Friend And Colleague with us today. Martha great to be with you. So welcome everybody. Hour two. It has been quite a week. Quite a week. We all know that in these Battleground States it is very, very tight, these margins. The tightest that we have seen in any modern election. Keep that in mind as you look at this and why they would want to pick off some voters in each others categories here. Vice president harris and running mate Tim Walz are heading to trump country today. Launching a Campaign Blitz in rural America Harris in pennsylvania, walz hitting michigan and wisconsin. Meanwhile former President Trump is heading west. He is hitting blue State California Today and the Swing State of nevada. After yesterdays visit tha
grab your pencils, democrats. today is the last day for biden supporters to convince folks to new hampshire to write in the name joe biden, after joe took his name off the ballot toth prioritize the race in south carolinaac.. you follow that? the secretary ofyo state s offie says, astate long as the intentf the name is clear, the vote will likely count for biden. they are not sure if the big guy or corn pop is a bad dude will make the cut, but it s a way toy make sure he wins a primary and avoid embarrassing losses toan p dean phillips. this is going to demonstrate that he is unelectable and weak, and that there s a candidate here who can do it s been promised for generations. i think joe biden is a good man, peas not standing from the press and is not here meaning. voters, he s not answering questions or doing town halls, and here won t do debates. s.i think is a good man, i don t think he has a cognitive issue, butit he s 81 years old. he is in decline. v ot meanwhi
officially opens in 24 hours in iowa, where it s cold outside, but the race for the republican presidential nomination is catching fire. right now, the leading gop contenders are making their final pitches to voters, ahead of tomorrow s caucuses in the state. and despite facing a mounting of legal issues, donald trump appears to be the overwhelming favorites, pulling nearly 30 points ahead of his closest rivals, nikki haley and ron desantis. according to the latest nbc news des moines iowa, des moines register iowa poll, out of iowa, in just a few minutes, i ll talk to the chair of the democratic national committee about that. and, about iowa, and about the caucuses colliding with martin luther king holiday tomorrow. and about what his party needs to do, to not just unify against the eventual republican nominee, but to bring disaffected democrats, black voters specifically, back into the fold, ahead of november. let s check on the latest from iowa, however, with nbc s priscil
sanchez for cnn s live coverage of the eclipse across it america. that s going to start monday at one eastern, or you can stream it on macs as well. and thank you for joining us, cnn news night with abby phillip starts now did the unconditional just become conditional? that s tonight on news nine good evening. i m abby philip in new york and tonight, the foundation of the most important allied relationship, perhaps on the planet suddenly look really relief iron clad, and now it looks like the picture of instability this is the image rattling around the globe tonight, the president of the united states, joe biden, intense conversation with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu he cautioned the leader of the middle east, only democracy, the change is required if you wants to keep america on its side. now the two men have been circling these issues for months now, the private disagreements have always had the potential to throw this decades long marriage off track. now,
backlash the likes of which we ve never seen before. i also want to point out that beyond doctor gay, and we should be talking about her, for sure, i would also like to lift up the voices of black women who are in academia. because i think they are facing some enormous inequity challenges. i don t know if you know, but they are only 2% of black women are tenured faculty. less than 2% are full professors. this is a problem. so i hope that the conversation will also broaden to talk about the ways in which black women, both inside of academia and also outside, are facing challenges. and i noticed the talk about dei. they don t say what it is. diversity, equity, and inclusion. so people who don t know what dei is they re saying where against equity, diversity, and inclusion. that s what they re saying. but looking back on higher