Politicsnation. Tonight s lead, sweet home, chicago. i am here tonight in chicago just hours before the start of the democratic national convention, where democrats will around kamala harris as their presidential nominee in what has been a roller coaster election season. Vice president harris has only been in the race for months a month since president biden step aside, and the polls showed she has gained enough ground already to push the contest to a dead heat. The latest nbc washington abc washington poll shows and tim walz are on a bus tour of pennsylvania right now before heading to chicago later tonight. Here is vice president harris earlier this afternoon in rochester, pennsylvania. Through these next 79 days, we will continue to build community, build coalitions and remind each other that we are all in this together. Joining me now from the dnc convention center in chicago, mitch landrieu, national co chair of the harriswalz 2024 campaign. Thank you for your time tonight. Ob
Symone sanderstownsend and michael steele. The democratic national convention kicks off in about 48 hours. The breaking details on what we will see from president biden and vice president harris. We will talk to the director of the consumer financial bureau. As trump sinks in the polls, already, not surprising, laying the groundwork to question the results of the election. Congressman eric swalwell joins the table. Grab your coffee. Settle in. Welcome to the weekend. we just 80 days until the election, vice president harris is turning enthusiasm into action. Tomorrow harris and governor tim walz will launch a bus tour in pennsylvania. The campaign is already put $90 million worth of ads. On friday, harris availed her economic plan. As president, i will be laser focused on creating opportunities for the middle class and advance their economic security, stability and dignity. Together, we will build what i call an opportunity economy. [ applause ] harris reminded voters that donald t
Alert, we are just hours away from hearing vice president kamala harris economic pitch. It s her first major policy speech since landing at the top of the democrat ticket 26 days ago. Critics are not impressed to say the least. This is the faulkner focus, i am dagen mcdowell and for harris, we are hearing it over and over and over again, americans are hurting. Groceries are terrible. I mean, i can t watch out of there with $200. I get nothing. Trying to keep going, it s been rough. Child care is one. Mortgages another, and then honestly groceries. Sometimes it s paycheck to paycheck. The cost of everything is up. Dagen: harris team released her plan to tackle painful process ahead of her speech later. The main push is to advance the firstever federal band on price gouging on food and groceries, analysts, lawmakers, economists all say this would spell disaster. Can you say price controls?. One opinion headline calls the plan dangerous. A farce, some other takes, a soviet union approac
Ago wrapping her comments in raleigh north carolina. This was her first major policy speech since becoming lead on the ticket for democrats is the presidential candidate of the democrat party. She began saying she ll have more incoming speeches. This was largely focused on inflation and on housing. In terms of her economic vision. It included as you just are discussed $25,000 in a down payment support for firsttime homebuyers. A big expansion to the child tax credit and this is getting a lot of attention, federal ban on price gouging for food and groceries. Watch. Will help the food industry become more competitive because i believe competition is the lifeblood of our economy. More competition means lower prices for you and your families. Charles payne and david asman watching all of this very closely. The will join us in just a moment. Some have said there some of the program sound a lot like socialist or communist governments in terms of how they approach business. The vice president
About the top of the ballot was dragging down the rest of the ballot. But now that president biden stepped out and vp kamala harris has stepped in, the vibes have flipped. Now, the democrats are riding high with big crowds, big enthusiasm, and big new numbers. And all of the polls that matter, including a brand new one, we ll bring you in a moment. Most significantly, vp harris has taken from donald trump his biggest political asset, hi ability to ride on a wave of personality over policy, relying on a magnetism that so bewitched his voters, it didn t matter to them what his positions were, which was good because he kept flipping and flopping and flipping again on a whole host of meaningful policy. This vibe shift is such a problem for donald trump that megyn kelly says he rambles at his rallies and interviews, quote, you lose interest, she says, which is not something you re used to with trump. Trump in 2016 was tough to lose interest in, and i think megyn kelly, that is probably an a