A major endorsement is at the Center for the Race for the White House this week.

On that and the latest in the Trump election interference case, we turn to the analysis of Brooks and K-Part.

That is New York Times columnist David Brooks and Jonathan Kephart, Associate Editor for the Washington Post.

It's great to see you both here.

We've missed having you here together.

It's a nice reunion.

Let's start with the state of the race, shall we? Let's take a look at our latest PBS News, NPR Maris poll that shows in the national head-to-head there. Harris is up by two points within the margin of error,

though, of course. And this week there was another rollout of Republicans backing her, most notably Liz Cheney,

but also a number of other women who had previously worked in the Trump White House, including

Cassidy Hutchinson and Sarah Matthews.

Jonathan, in these crucial final weeks for her focus now seems to be on pulling in conservatives,

independence, former Nikki Haley voters.

There's some consternation among progressive

democratic circles that she's not doing enough to shore up her base. What do you make of

that? You're just trying to trigger me, aren't you? I'm the look, and I say this to my progressive

friends, you know, with love, calm down. The vice president has been talking to them, presenting, you know, some things that they like for months now, well, for weeks now.

In a race that's going to be decided on the margins where it's going to come down to a few thousand votes in a few states. She is doing what she needs to do.

There are people who don't want to vote for Donald Trump,

who feel like they don't have anywhere else to go.

And when you have a Liz Cheney, Dick Cheney,

Alberto Gonzalez, the former attorney general,

Alyssa Fara, all these, Cassidy Hutchinson, hundreds of Republicans

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