with less than eight weeks to go before election day. >> Thank you both for being here. The Harris campaign feels good about how last night went. Both in terms of the performance and the degree to which Donald Trump lost his composure. How does that help them? >> They feel like it helps immensely. The momentum she has had, they feel like it will only be furthered. It is totally different than how they felt after the June debate. They pointed out directed feels that she was wise to make. Specifically a feeling to women on abortion. A direct appeal to people in Pennsylvania. They said Harris is making it hard for levelheaded Republicans to vote for trump again and is giving them permission to vote for her. >> Lindsey graham, one of his top allies, said it was a missed opportunity. How are other Republicans talking about it? >> The former president said he won the debate. He said he would consider another debate. Silence is the majority reaction. Some are saying that this is a missed opportunity. Let's look at the polling that we have. It is split down the middle. The race for congress can still swing. This could affect who runs congress. >> What are you hearing from voters? >> We sat in on a couple of focus groups. One was swing state voters who backed trump in 2016 but then voted for Biden in 2020. They praised how Harris conducted herself. One Georgia voter said the debate impacted his views on Harris. >> I wanted some answers. She did not seem like she was going to give them but she got there. She was very presidential. I feel like I got all the answers from her. Trump just sat there taking the bait. And not answering questions. I felt like she was the clear winner. Every time I watch trump on TV go nuts about a topic, it pushes me further and further toward the democratic party. I was born and raised a Republican. >> In this group of swing voters, the rest of the election was held today, who they vote for. All nine of them said Harris. But the election was not today so if you themselves that they wanted a bit more time to think about it. Another group of people who voted for trump in 2020 were not as enthusiastic about either candidate. Some expressed frustration with Harris, saying they wanted more policy details. >> What have you picked up from voters? >> I spoke to a couple of Republicans who are undecided and now leaning more toward Harris. >> The Harris campaign spent the day in Wilmington trying to figure out how best to strategize on this momentum. What were they telling you? >> Most Democrats say they don't want to make the mistakes of 2016 so they still think she needs to run like an underdog. She is trying to appeal to these centrists. A couple of lifelong Republicans said today that the recent endorsement from Dick Cheney is pushing them toward Harris. She will be hitting the ground in Pennsylvania and north Carolina. Tim Walz will be in Michigan and Wisconsin. So they are not taking any breaks right now. >> House Republicans have a new problem. What is the latest? >> House speaker Mike Johnson pool the funding bill that Republicans wanted to pass through the house. He could not get enough Republican votes to make it through. Attached to that was an act that would require national id voter law. There were many different problems. We have seen this before. They just cannot get the votes even though they have a majority. >> We are in the consensusbuilding business here in congress. That is what you do. We need to make sure our elections are free and fair. >> Consensusbuilding is not going so well right now. They only have a few days after this week to make the September 30 funding deadline. Democrats expect to have another measure. Bubu>> We will see. >>We have seen this movie