[ ♪♪♪ ] >> HELLO, EVERYONE. IT IS LABOUR DAY AS THE BATTLE FOR THE NATION'S TOP JOB IS PLAYING OUT IN BATTLEGROUND STATES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. AND IT'S ALL COMING DOWN TO YOUR GREEN. WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY. I'M K NEIL CAVEUTO THIS IS YOUR WORLD. THE ECONOMY IS STILL THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE ON VOTERS' MINDS. WITH 93 CRUCIAL ELECTORAL VOTES FOR GRABS IN 7 BATTLEGROUND STATES. WHICH MONEY MESSAGE IS GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR VOTERS. WE HAVE KELLY HIGHMAN AND SARAH BEDFORD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. SARAH, I WANT TO START FROM YOU. WE HEARD A LITTLE BIT, NOT TOO MUCH, A LITTLE BIT FROM KAMALA HARRIS FROM WHAT SHE REPRESENTS AND ABOUT HER FLIP-FLOPPING ON VARIOUS ISSUES. SHE SAYS MY VALUES ARE THE SAME. ISSUES CHANGED A BIT. MY VALUES ARE THE SAME. I WANT TO PLAY A CLIP OF WHAT SHE TOLD CNN AND GET THE VALUE ROLLING. >> MY VALUES HAVE NOT CHANGED. I MENTIONED A GREAT NEW DEAL. I BELIEVED AND WORKED ON IT THAT THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS REAL. IT IS AN URGENT MATTER. WE SHOULD APPLY METRICS THAT INCLUDE HOLDING OURSELVES TO VALUES AROUND TIME. THAT VALUE HAS NOT CHANGED. THAT VALUE HAS NOT CHANGED. I SPENT TWO TERMS AS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA PROSECUTING TRANS NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, VIOLATIONS OF AMERICAN LAWS REGARDING THE ILLEGAL PASSAGE OF GUNS, DRUGS AND HUMAN BEINGS ACROSS OUR BORDER. MY VALUES HAVE NOT CHANGED. >> SHE KEEPS REPEATING THAT SARAH. IF YOUR VALUES CHANGED ON THE ISSUES, HAVEN'T CHANGED ON THE ISSUE, HOW COULD YOUR POLICIES CHANGE? HERE'S FRACKING. SHE MENTIONED THE GREEN NEW DEAL IN THAT INTERVIEW. FRACKING IS FORBIDDEN. NOW SHE SAYS THAT SHE'S -- WE'VE HEARD HER SAY IN THE PAST THAT, IN FACT, SHE WAS AGAINST FRACKING AND ASSUMING THAT SHE HAS NOT CHANGED HER VALUES, HOW DO YOU SQUARE THOSE TWO THINGS. >> YOU CAN'T. YOU CAN'T SAY THAT SHIFTING THE CONSTRUCTION FROM A BORDER WALL IS RACIST AND OFFENSIVE TO SAYING YOU WOULD COMPLETE THE BORDER WALL AS PRESIDENT AND CAST THOSE AS A REFLECTION OF A CONSISTENT SET OF VALUES. I THINK THAT ANSWER DOESN'T SATISFY ANYONE. FOR DEMOCRATS WHO WANT KAMALA HARRIS TO GOVERN AS A PROGRESSIVE, THEY HEAR THAT. THEY SAY YOU'RE TAKING POSITIONS, WHATEVER APPEARS TO BE POLITICALLY EXPEDIENT. FOR REPUBLICANS THEY HEAR THAT AND SAY, OKAY, YOU'RE STILL A PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL AT HEART AND YOU ARE NOT GOING TO RULE AS A CENTERIST YOU'RE PITCHING YOURSELF TO VOTERS HAVE. I DON'T THINK THAT ANSWER SATISFIES ANYONE. ALSO LET'S KEEP IN MIND THAT SHE HERSELF HAS NOT REALLY OUTLINED ANY OF HER NEW PLATFORM. THIS HAS ALL COME FROM STATEMENTS, NAMELESS STATEMENTS THAT HER CAMPAIGN RELEASED ON BACKGROUND TO REPORTERS. HARRIS HAS NOT FACED CAMERAS AND REPORTERS AND IN HER OWN WORDS ARTICULATED WHERE WE STAND. VOTERS DON'T THINK ABOUT THIS ECONOMY. 70% SAY IT'S FROM POOR TO BAD. THE ECONOMY RIGHT NOW, THAT'S AFFILIATED, ASSOCIATED IN THEIR MINDS WITH BIDEN-OMICS. LET'S PLAY A SOUND BITE OF THAT. ROLL IT. >> WE ARE FIGHTING TO BUILD A NATION WHERE EVERY PERSON, NOT JUST THE WEALTHY OR WELL-CONNECTED HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE. THAT ALL MY FRIENDS HERE IS CALLED BIDENOMICS. BIDENOMICS IS WORKING. >> IF BIDENOMICS BROUGHT US THIS ECONOMY. THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR KAMALA. 73% SAY THE ECONOMY IS NOT DOING SO WELL. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT THE ECONOMY WAS DOING WHEN TRUMP WAS IN THE OFFICE? WE HAVE TO REMEMBER WHAT THE ECONOMY WAS LIKE WHEN TRUMP WAS, IN FACT, THE PRESIDENT AND WHAT HE HAS PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE. TRUMP'S PROJECT 20-25 PLAYBOOK SAYS HE WOULD RAISE TAXES -- >> Neil: I HAVE TO INTERRUPT YOU HERE. THAT IS NOT TRUMP'S PROJECT. TRUMP DISAVOWED 2025. >> TRUMP LOST MORE JOBS AS PRESIDENT THAN SINCE HERBERT HOOVER. PEOPLE WATCHING THIS LOOK THIS UP AND LEFT US ON THE BRINK OF A RECESSION AND GAVE MASSIVE TAX CUTS TO THE BILLIONAIRES. HE LOWERED THE TAX CUTS OF THE BIG CORPORATIONS. THERE'S STATS ON THAT. PEOPLE CAN GO AND LOOK THAT UP. THEY DIDN'T WORK FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. DONALD TRUMP WORKED FOR HIMSELF. >> PATRICE, FIRST OF ALL, 65% OF TAXPAYERS, LET'S MOVE TO PATRICE, A TRUMP TAX CUT. THE RICH DID WELL. SO DID THE MIDDLE CLASS. AMERICANS FEEL BAD ABOUT THE ECONOMY THAT JOE BIDEN HAS LEFT HIM. HOW IS THAT GOING TO WORK OUT FOR KAMALA? >> LISTEN, THERE'S A REASON WHY KAMALA HARRIS IS SAYING SHE WOULD NOT ALLOW THE 2017 TAX CUTS TO EXPIRE. SHE RECOGNIZES THAT MOST PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE A PAYCHEQUE DID GET A PAY CUT FROM THE 2017 TAX CUTS. LET'S NOT FORGET THE IMPACT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES ASIDE FROM CORPORATIONS. IT'S DISINGENUOUS TO MY OTHER COLLEAGUE ON THE PANEL TO MAKE THAT CLAIM. PEOPLE REMEMBER WHAT THE TRUMP ERA WAS LIKE ECONOMICALLY WHEN IT CAME TO LOW UNEMPLOYMENT. THEY DID NOT HAVE INFLATION THAT HIT A 9.1% HIGH IN 2022. THERE IS A MASSIVE EXCESSIVE FEDERAL SPENDING INTO THE ECONOMY WHEN THE ECONOMY WAS RECOVERING. LET'S ALSO NOT BE DISINGENUOUS AND PRETEND JOBS WEREN'T RETURNING AND THE ECONOMY WASN'T REOPEN. IT ACTUALLY WAS. 14 MILLION JOBS THAT THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION CLAIM WERE REALLY JUST RECOVERED JOBS. VERY DISINGENUOUS. THE ECONOMY WAS ON ITS UPSWING. ALL THE EXCESS PANDEMIC MONEY, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT STOKED THE FIRE OF INFLATION. PEOPLE RECOGNIZED THEY WERE IN A DIFFERENT FINANCIAL POSITION NOW. THEY CREDIT BIDENOMICS WITH THE HIGHER RENT COSTS AND THE HIGHER HOUSING COSTS. >> I WISH WE HAD AN INFLATION OF THIS SEGMENT.