Harris campaigns in Pennsylvania county she hopes to flip, Trump unveils tax plan

Published: Sep 12, 2024 Duration: 00:07:32 Category: News & Politics

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CASE SCENARIO. BOEING SAYS THEY ARE READY TO GET BACK TO THE TABLE TO GET A DEAL DONE. >> THANK YOU. >>> DONALD TRUMP AND KAMALA HARRIS ARE BACK ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. TRUMP WILL HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY BEFORE HEADING TO LAS VEGAS FOR A RALLY THIS EVENING. HARRIS IS BACK IN PENNSYLVANIA, STOPPING FIRST IN JOHNSTOWN BEFORE HOLDING A RALLY IN WILKES-BARRE. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE THIS MORNING WITH CAMPAIGN REPORTER ZAK HUDAK AND OLIVIA RINALDI. I WANT TO START IN WASHINGTON. THE EVENT IN PENNSYLVANIA TONIGHT, I SHOULD KNOW BETTER BECAUSE I LIVE IN PHILADELPHIA, I ALWAYS A SORT OF MESS UP WILKES-BARRE OR WILKES-BARRE. WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE IN THIS LOCATION, WHO IS SHE TRYING TO REACH? >> IT'S FUNNY YOU SAY THAT YOU ARE UNSURE ABOUT THE PRONUNCIATION BUT PEOPLE THEY ARE OUR DIVIDED ON HOW TO SAY. IT IS NAMED AFTER A GUY WITH THE FRENCH PRONUNCIATION BUT THERE IS INDECISIVENESS ON THE LEVEL OF HOW TO PRONOUNCE THAT. THAT IS IN LUZERN COUNTY. THAT IS IN A PLACE WHERE ABOUT FIVE YEARS BEFORE DONALD TRUMP EVEN STEPPED ON THE STAGE, A MAN SAT -- SET THE PLAYBOOK FOR A CANDIDATE LIKE TRUMP BEFORE HE DID IT. SO THIS IS WHERE HARRIS SEES POTENTIAL TO WIN AN AREA THAT TRADITIONALLY HAS BID OF -- BEEN A BIT RED BUT PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS ABLE TO WIN ABOUT A DECADE AGO. >> SO WE GOT SOME NEW POLLING NUMBERS OUT THAT SHOW HARRIS UP FIVE POINTS OVER TRUMP NATIONWIDE. WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SUCH A CLOSE RACE, FIVE POINTS IS KIND OF SIGNIFICANT, I THINK. OVER HALF THE RESPONDENTS SAID THEY VIEW HARRIS IS WINNING THE DEBATE AGAINST TRUMP. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS POLL, I AM PRESUMING THIS WAS TAKEN AFTER THE DEBATE. HOW DOES THE CAMPAIGN LOOK TO CAPITALIZE ON THIS MOMENTUM? >> WHERE WE CAN REALLY QUANTIFY THAT MOMENTUM IS IN THE FUNDRAISING. THEY RAISED NEARLY $50 MILLION IN JUST 24 HOURS AFTER THAT DEBATE. SO WE WILL PROBABLY SEE MORE ADS GOING UP AND CONTINUING THAT MOMENTUM BY REMINDING PEOPLE WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT DEBATE STAGE. THE OTHER THING WE ARE ALREADY SEEING IS THAT WE ARE ENTERING INTO THAT FINAL SPRINT WHERE WE WILL SEE THEM IN BATTLEGROUND STATES NONSTOP. SHE WAS IN NORTH CAROLINA YESTERDAY AND PENNSYLVANIA TODAY. THERE IS NOT A LOT OF TIME LEFT AND IT IS GREAT TO HAVE A FIVEPOINTNATIONAL POLLING AVERAGE. BUT THIS IS AN ELECTION THAT WILL BE WON IN A HANDFUL OF STATES. THEY KNOW THAT AND THEY WILL FOCUS IN ON THOSE STATES GOING FORWARD. >> THANK YOU. NOW WE ARE GOING OVER TO OLIVIA RINALDI WHO IS FOLLOWING THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN. TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO FOCUS AT HIS EVENT ON THE ECONOMY, WHAT TYPES OF THINGS IS HE PROPOSING AND WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? >> Reporter: HERE IN TUCSON TRUMP UNVEILED THE NEW POLICY AS PART OF HIS OVERREACHING TAX POLICY HAS BEEN DRIBBLING OUT ALONG THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AND THE NEWEST POLICY IS NO TAX ON OVERTIME. TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT HE HAD TO SAY ABOUT THAT YESTERDAY. >> I'M ALSO ANNOUNCING AS PART OF OUR ADDITIONAL TAX CUTS, WE WILL AND ALL TAXES FOR OVERTIME. THAT GIVES PEOPLE MORE OF AN INCENTIVE TO WORK. IT GIVES COMPANIES, IT'S A LOT EASIER TO GET PEOPLE. >> IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ANY CHANGES TO TAX POLICY REQUIRE AN ACT OF CONGRESS. YOU CANNOT UNILATERALLY CHANGE IT WITH A STROKE OF THE PEN. BUT UNVEILING THIS POLICY GOES ALONG WITH HIS NEW TAX TIPS POLICY HE UNVEILED EARLIER THIS SUMMER AND THE POLICY OF NO TAX ON SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS. SO HE HAS BEEN HAMMERING THESE POINTS HOME AND TALKING ABOUT THEM OFTEN BECAUSE HIS TAX CUTS EXPIRE IN 2025. AT THE CENTER OF THIS ENTIRE CAMPAIGN, WITH ALL THE POLICIES GOING ON, IT MIGHT ALL COME DOWN TO TAX POLICY. THAT IS WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON AND UNVEILING. >> IT IS INTERESTING AND SORT OF A REMINDER, IF YOU'RE GOING TO REDUCE IN, YOU HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER PLACE TO FIND THAT REVENUE. FROM BOTH CANDIDATES WE STILL HAVE TO HEAR THE FULL SCOPE OF WHAT THEIR PLAN IS FOR THE ECONOMY. DAYS AGO TRUMP WAS CALLING FOR ADDITIONAL DEBATES AND NOW HE WAS LIKE, WE DON'T WANT ANY MORE DEBATES, WE'VE ALREADY DONE TWO OF THEM, WE DON'T WANT TO DO MORE. WHAT CHANGED? >> HIS ANSWER ON THIS IS REALLY TWOFOLD. HE SAID HE ALREADY WON THE DEBATE SO I DO A SECOND ONE. HE LIKENED HIMSELF TO A BOXER WHO KNOCKED AT HIS OPPONENT. HE SAYS HE KNOCKED OUT BITING AND KAMALA HARRIS. THOSE ARE HIS CLAIMS. THE SECOND CLAIM IS THAT VOTERS ARE ALREADY VOTING SO THEY DON'T NEED A SECOND DEBATE. VOTERS ARE NOT VOTING YET, THEY WILL BE IN A FEW WEEKS. BUT HE IS MAKING THE CLAIM THAT LOOK, THEY ALREADY KNOW THE ISSUES AND THE CANDIDATES BUT YESTERDAY VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS SAID WE ACTUALLY OWE IT TO THE VOTERS TO DO A SECOND DEBATE, LET THEM SEE HOW WE ARE INTERACTING, WHAT POLICIES WE HAVE AND HOW THEY WILL IMPACT VOTERS. SO IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN IF WE WILL SEE THEM ON THE DEBATE STAGE AGAIN. CBS NEWS PROPOSED A DEBATE YESTERDAY SO WE WELCOME THEM ANYTIME TO COME ON AND TALK ABOUT IT. >> I WANT TO ASK YOU QUICKLY ABOUT SOME CHANGES, THREE CHARGES AGAINST TRUMP DROPPED YESTERDAY. THIS IS THE GEORGIA ELECTION INTERFERENCE CASE. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? >> THAT CASE HAS BEEN IN A LOT OF CONTROVERSY WITH DISTRICT ATTORNEY FANI WILLIS AND QUESTIONS ABOUT IF SHE WILL REMAIN ON THE CASE SINCE SHE HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH ANOTHER PERSON ON THAT CASE. TRUMP DOES OFTEN TALK ABOUT HOW HIS COURT CASES ARE QUOTE, RIGGED AGAINST HIM AND HE WILL DEFEAT THEM ALL. ALLIES I SPOKE TO YESTERDAY ON THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN KIND OF SHRUGGED IT OFF AND SAID LOOK, THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH. THEY ARE CONFIDENT TRUMP WILL BEAT ALL OF THEM AND WE WILL BE LOOKING TO SEE IF ANY OF THESE COME TO FRUITION AND, ONTO THE DOCKET

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