Another week of shows. We are grateful. The beat starts now. Happy friday. Have a great weekend. This busy week in politics draws to a close. We are heading into a weekend marking three weeks since that news broke that Kamala Harris was entering the president ial race when Joe Biden exited, driving headlines that shifted from all that democratic Panic And Infighting to a sheer Party Exuberance. Her campaign has been achieving lot, reshaping the race into Ray Contrast between the familiar and unpopular Donald Trump who looks like he is doing the political equivalent of airing reruns from seasons past, a contrast between that and this newer face for many voters, especially the nonnews junkies, Kamala Harris. Donald Trumps reruns seem lower energy. Fewer rallies, less than half that he did in the summer of 16. Democrats are in on this new race, embracing harris with the donations and memes and big crowds, trump seems struck in the matchup thats now over. Fixating on the history of his due
Hi, ari. Hi, nicole. Im Ari Melber. We are following a lot of developing news in the 2024 race. A lot has been happening. Tv Network Abc has announced a Harristrump Debate. Trump reversing course at least in his words. Worried the race is trending away from him. Theres more to the story. We have that news coming up in this hour. While we begin with Kamala Harris taking her Running Mate Tour through michigan to address auto Workers Today. Theres a suggestion that somehow strength is about making people feel small, making people feel alone, but isnt that the very opposite of what we know, unions know to be strength. This is a bit of preaching to the choir, but the choir needs to sing right now. The choir needs to sing. We know we know that unions meld the middle class. The rest of america has to. You know who doesnt believe that . Donald trump. Both the candidates there on the democratic side. This event built on the rallies theyve been showing this week built on enthusiasm. Trump was as
We believe in our country. We believe in each other. We believe in the collective. Were not falling for these folks who are trying to divide us, trying to separate us, trying to pull us apart. Thats not where the strength lies. And theres that. And so i say to all of the members of Uaw And Sean fein as the first who i talkeded to about this, i am so deeply honored as a lifelong supporter of Union Labor for tim and i to have the endorsement of the uaw. [ cheers and applause ] so deeply honored because you walk your walk. You walk your walk and what we know like we have talked about. We have 89 days to get this done, and you know, the one thing about all of us is we lay hard work. Hard work is good work. Hard work is good work. The thing we like about hard work is we have fun doing hard work because we know what we stand for and thats a big part of this campaign. You know when you know what you stand for you know what to fight for. We know what we stand for, and we stand for the people.
Thank you so much for letting us into your homes during this extraordinary times. We are grateful. The beat with Ari Melber starts right now. Hi, ari. Hi, nicolle. Welcome to the beat. Join us on this first full day of 2024 with both tickets set. Kamala harriss Running Mate tim walz. A very different picture than a couple weeks ago. Today democrats campaigned together in wisconsin and continue to draw larger crowds than democrats drew erlter this Year Pap time lapse were showing you of the line to get into Todays Event. Sometimes the crowds are larger than trump in the same arenas and trump knows the power of the visuals. Power of this many people excitedly waiting in line, going in for this kind of energy. Tell me what Democracy Look likes. All this is what Democracy Looks like tell me what Democracy Looks like. This is what Democracy Looks bike. Harris and walz hitting michigan another midwestern blue state. Traditionally most years been blue. Democrats, of course, lost it in the Tru
Hi there, everyone. Its 4 00 in the east, less than 24 hours after the hard launch of the Kamala Harris Tim walz ticket the stark choice facing american voters in november is coming into even sharper focus. On the one hand the joyful, electric, happy warrior, massive Crowd Size vibes of vice president kamala harris and her newly minted Running Mate tim walz, who are at this hour blazing a path through Battleground States. Fresh off last nights mega rally in philadelphia, they are boots on the ground in Eau Claire, wisconsin. That rally will be swiftly followed by another one in detroit later tonight. Three rallies in 24 hours. More than 14,000 people in attendance last night in philadelphia alone, 12,000 in wisconsin this afternoon. Donations poured in at an average of 3 million an hour right after tim walz was named to the ticket. As of today the Harris Walz Campaign has raised 36 million and counting since he joined the ticket. But its more than just numbers. There is something organ