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The Briefing with Jen Psaki

65 Days Out: Kamala Harris Pulls Ahead in Battleground States

The Briefing with Jen Psaki

NBC News

News, Politics

4.5664 Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

As Kamala Harris pulls ahead of Donald Trump in polls, Jen Psaki breaks down the stark choice voters have between a candidate who wants to take the country forward and the former president who aims to turn back the clock. 65 days out from the presidential election, Molly Jong-Fast, Tim Miller, and Maria Teresa Kumar join Jen to discuss the state of the race. Next, Jen is joined by Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, to break down JD Vance's latest bizarre comments on childless women, this time targeting teachers who don't have kids of their own. Later, Jen interviews activist and content creator John Russell, who was a breakout star from this year's Democratic national convention. Finally, Jen shares her conversation with Team USA Paralympians McKenzie Coan and Oksana Masters.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Okay, Labor Day always marks the traditional final sprint to election day.

0:09.0

And right now, it's safe to say both candidates are sprinting a little differently.

0:14.0

Kamala Harris is making headlines for what she said in her first sit-down interview since becoming the nominee.

0:19.0

And Donald Trump is making headlines for his incoherence on the trail

0:23.3

and his deranged posts on social media.

0:26.4

Plus, another clip of J.D. Vance resurfaces.

0:30.3

Once again, highlighting his bizarre obsession with people who don't have children.

0:35.0

In this one, he calls out the president of the American Federation of Teachers

0:38.5

by name, and Randy Weingarten is here to respond. And later, as the Paralympics get underway in

0:44.4

Paris, we'll show you my conversation with two of the most inspiring people I've ever talked with,

0:50.5

Paralympians McKenzie Cohn and Aksana Masters.

1:02.0

Thank you. with Paralympians McKenzie Cohn and Oxana Masters. Okay, so tomorrow is Labor Day, which for many of you likely means parties, picnics, parades, hot dogs, watermelon, whatever it may be. It's also usually

1:12.5

the start of the political season. But this year, it's safe to say it came a bit earlier. I mean,

1:19.1

just take a look at what's happened in the past few months. An assassination attempt against the

1:23.5

former president, a change at the top of the ticket on the Democratic side.

1:28.9

It's been a lot.

1:32.6

Now, we don't know everything that will happen over the next two months.

1:37.2

We do know some things about the state of the presidential race right now.

1:40.2

A new poll does show Harris taking the lead nationally.

1:46.2

But far more important, in my view, is the one that shows Harris closing the gap with Trump in the Sun Belt battleground states.

1:48.3

It's all going to be won in a handful of states.

1:59.0

And a different poll shows Harris winning back young voters, with those aged 18 to 34 moving from supporting Trump by 11 points to supporting Harris by 13 points.

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