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The Briefing with Jen Psaki

Stage Set: Kamala Harris Poised for Debate, DOJ Cracks Down on Russia

The Briefing with Jen Psaki

NBC News

News, Politics

4.5664 Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Two days out from the first presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, Jen Psaki previews what we can expect from the candidates' performances. James Carville joins the show to discuss the state of the race, including what Harris must accomplish in the debate, how Liz Cheney's endorsement of Harris may appeal to voters, and more. Next, Michael Tyler, communications director for the Harris-Walz campaign, joins Jen to discuss the stark differences between Harris's agenda, namely their vision for affordable childcare. Later, legal expert Andrew Weissmann joins Jen to discuss the postponement of Trump's sentencing in connection with his conviction in New York. Finally, in the wake of the DOJ's crackdown, Jen analyzes the Kremlin's latest election interference campaign, including the news that several prominent right-wing pundits ended up as paid messengers for Russian propaganda. Representative Dan Goldman joins to discuss the scope of Russia's influence efforts and the impact it may already be having on voters.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Okay, Kamal Harris is hunkered down in Pittsburgh for debate prep while her opponent has been ranting about the sexual assault allegations against him.

0:09.4

And going on extended riffs that no one can understand. We'll play some of them.

0:14.1

Legendary Democratic strategist James Carville is standing by and he's coming up first.

0:19.0

Plus, another weekend, another threat from Donald Trump

0:22.6

to jail his political opponents if he wins in November. Harris' campaign communications

0:27.9

director Michael Tyler is going to join me with his reaction as well. And also today,

0:32.8

Andrew Weissman is here to talk about Judge Juan Mershan's decision to delay Trump's sentencing until after the election.

0:39.5

What does it all mean? And later, Congressman Dan Goldman on that sprawling Justice Department

0:44.4

indictment focused on Russian election interference and the useful idiots at the center of it all. Okay, everyone, here we go.

1:01.6

We are 58 days officially out from the election.

1:05.0

We are two days out from the first debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, and as if we needed any more evidence of just how

1:12.1

important that first face-to-face meeting could be, we got plenty more on the just the past few

1:17.0

hours this morning. A brand new poll from the New York Times out just this morning shows the race

1:21.4

virtually tied, not a huge surprise. Now, as we've said many times on this show, and I'll continue

1:26.4

to remind you of, national polls don't really matter.

1:29.2

Battleground state numbers tell us a lot more about the state of the race than those national head-to-head polls.

1:35.0

And we've also got brand new numbers in some key battleground states as well to that point.

1:39.6

So here they are from CBS News.

1:42.0

Michigan, Harris up 51 to 49. Pennsylvania, tied 50-50. Wisconsin,

1:47.7

Harris up 51-49, all within the margin of air. Look, Kamal Harris had an incredible summer.

1:53.6

Incredible. No one should deny that. And that momentum has brought so many Democrats and

1:58.1

Democratic-leaning independent voters back on board. That's all incredibly

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