RUPOLLS WE ARE AHEAD IN THE NATIONAL VOTE BY TWO TO THREE POINTS. WE ARE DOING BATTLE -- BETTER IN THE BATTLEGROUNDS. WHO YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR THE HOUSE AND SENATE IS ALSO TRENDING IN OUR DIRECTION. WE HAVE A HUGE FINANCIAL ADVANTAGE WITH VOLUNTEERS AND ENTHUSIASM. THIS FEELS GOOD. WE ARE IN BETTER SHAPE THAN THEY ARE AND THEN THE DEBATE HAPPENED AND WE HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN A SERIES OF POLLS WERE SHE IS AHEAD BY AN AVERAGE OF FOUR POINTS IN POLLS TAKEN AFTER THE DEBATE SHOW HER GAINING A POINT TO TWO POINTS SO THIS IS DRAGON IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BUT WE STILL HAVE AN ELECTION AHEAD OF US AND A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US BUT I THINK WE SHOULD FEEL THAT WE HAVE A MUCH GREATER CAPACITY TO CLOSE STRONG AND WHEN THIS THING THAN THEY DO, SO I THINK WE ARE FAVORED AND I AM OPTIMISTIC ABOUT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO TOGETHER IN THE COMING MONTHS. >> HERE IS THE THING. YOU HAVE CHENEY AND AOC ENDORSING KAMALA HARRIS, THE VERY DEFINITION OF A BROAD COALITION IN DONALD TRUMP, HIS OWN PARTY SAYING IT WAS AN ABSOLUTELY CATASTROPHIC DEBATE PERFORMANCE. KARL ROVE SAID YOU CANNOT EVEN PUT LIPSTICK ON THAT PIG SO AT THIS POINT WHY IS THIS THING EVEN REMOTELY CLOSE, BESIDES TRUMP'S BASE, WHICH IS NOT THAT BIG, HOW IS IT THIS CLOSE? >> WELL, LET'S GIVE IT TIME. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ONLY GOT TO SEE THIS CONTRAST BETWEEN HER INTELLIGENCE AND CONFIDENCE AND GRACE AND POWER AND HIS UGLINESS JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, AND WE NEEDED TO SEE THIS. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NEEDED TO SEE IT. THAT IS WHY THE CAMPAIGN WANTED THIS DEBATE AND WHY THEY WANTED OTHER DEBATE BECAUSE THEY THINK THIS CONTRAST BETWEEN HER AND HIM AS THE MOST POWERFUL THING THEY CAN SHARE WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT WHERE WE ARE HEADED THAT WAS VERY EFFECTIVE. TWO DAYS LATER I STILL WAS IN AWE OF HER PERFORMANCE IN THE PREPAREDNESS AND HER ABILITY BECAUSE SHE HAS GOT A SUPERPOWER, WHICH IS THAT SHE HAS DONE A BETTER JOB OF EXPLAINING WHO HE IS THAN ANY DEMOCRAT OVER THE LAST NINE YEARS. SHE HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE ADDED AND SHE WAS INCREDIBLE ADDED ON TUESDAY AND SO I THINK THAT WE SHOULD FEEL LIKE THIS ELECTION IN MANY WAYS IS JUST BEGINNING NOW AND THE POLLING FAVORS US. WE ARE IN A GOOD POSITION AND WE HAVE A FAR STRONGER CAMPAIGN IN THE COMING MONTHS BUT IT REALLY WILL COME DOWN TO HOW HARD OUR COALITION WORKS AND THE WORK THAT ALL THESE GRASSROOTS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DOING THE LAST 2.5 YEARS TO PUSH OUR PERFORMANCE AND I WILL TELL YOU THE VICE PRESIDENT AND GOVERNOR WALZ REALLY UNDERSTAND THE CENTRALITY AND IMPORTANCE OF THE GRASSROOTS SUPPORTERS THEY HAVE. THEY'RE SPENDING TIME WITH THEM, THEY ARE HONORING THEM. GOVERNOR WALZ WENT TO ONE OF THE FIELD OFFICES TODAY TO TALK TO ONE OF THE VOLUNTEERS. KAMALA HARRIS TODAY MET WITH ONE OF THE YOUTH ORGANIZERS IN NORTH CAROLINA. THEY ARE BUILDING A COALITION THAT CAN WIN THIS ELECTION. >> DO YOU THINK SHE NEEDS TO EXPAND HER AGENDA? BERNIE SANDERS DOES. >> I THINK SOMETHING YOU RAISED A MINUTE AGO IS REALLY IMPORTANT, THAT THEY ARE STRATEGICALLY REALLY TRYING TO EXPAND OUR COALITION IN EVERY WAY. SHE PICKED A VICE PRESIDENT WHO WAS FROM RURAL AND SMALL-TOWN AMERICA, PLACES THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE HAD A HARD TIME REACHING TO TRY TO GO IN THE PLACES THAT WERE HARD FOR US TO GET TO. WE ARE BRINGING IN REPUBLICANS TO OUR COALITION. THERE IS ENORMOUS STRATEGIC INTENT HERE FROM THE CAMPAIGN ABOUT TRYING TO WIN THIS ELECTION I AS BIG A MARGIN AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE TRUMP HAS ABANDONED SO MUCH TERRAIN. HE HAS GIVEN US SO MUCH ROOM TO SEASON DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN SEIZING THIS TERRAIN IN ELECTIONS OVER THE LAST 2.5 YEARS AND WHAT I AM REALLY IMPRESSED BY WITH THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN IS HOW INTENSE THEY ARE AT EXPANDING THE COALITION IN BRINGING EVERYBODY AND WHILE HE CONTINUES TO SHRINK HIS COALITION, WHICH WAS OBVIOUSLY IDIOTIC GIVEN THAT HE LOST THE LAST ELECTION AND MAGA IS NOW FAILED IN 2018, 2020, 2022 YOU WOULD'VE ASSUMED THAT THEY WOULD'VE TRIED TO EXPAND THE COALITION AND SAID HE IS MAKING IT CLEAR THAT HE DOESN'T WANT THE KIND OF ROMNEY REPUBLICANS PART OF HIS COALITION. IT'S IDIOTIC