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now they have seen a revitalization and people who want the immigrants there say that is part of the reason they wanted that and the city i should note has advertised new manufacturing jobs and advertised springfield as an affordable place to live, which is why they were welcoming immigrants. they were enticed to come there. they are also confused because this whole thing about pets and abuse, it all seems to have started because of an unrelated case in a different part of ohio involving a u.s. citizen who was arrested over a gruesome incident, but that had nothing to do with springfield, ohio, and nothing to do with haitians as well. >> and they gleefully continued to spread the lies. yamiche alcindor, thanks for that reporting. it is really important to have the perspective and the real truth of what spreading rot does to real people trying to make it in america. that is art -- our show for the

evening. now it is time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." good evening. >> we will be joined by one of the miller coworkers, -- the miracle workers. senator brown running for reelection in ohio. >> i'm sure he will have a lot to say about everything in ohio. i can't wait. thank you. there is important new polling showing kamala harris expanded her possibilities of winning the electoral college and this polling was done before the presidential debate in which kamala harris crushed donald trump like no one has ever been crushed in a presidential debate before. so the polling could become even better for kamala harris once the effects of the debate register in the next wave of polls. karl rove saw this coming. 14 years ago. karl rove saw this coming long

before any other republican. karl rove was the first washington republican to fear kamala harris and in an op-ed piece for the wall street journal under the headline, a catastrophic debate for trump, karl rove writes tuesday's debate between kamala harris and donald trump was a train wreck for him far worse than anything team trump could have imagined. president george w. bush privately used nicknames for people around him. he called vice president dick cheney, big time. george w. bush called his treasury secretary paul o'neill, pablo. the most well-known nickname in the bush white house was one that george w. bush did not come up with and did not like. bush's brain. that is what everyone else in washington called karl rove. the senior advisor in the bush white house who masterminded george w. bush's winning

presidential campaigns. early, glowing profiles of karl rove during the bush administration eagerly platformed karl rove's theory that he was building a permanent republican majority in the congress and a permanent republican electoral college hold on the white house. karl rove was repeatedly presented in major media profiles as a visionary republican strategist who was far ahead. all political strategic thinkers in washington in both parties. those profiles were the product of standard groupthink and they all wildly exaggerated karl rove's genius, but what was true was that karl rove was thinking about electoral politics in a more careful and data-driven

way than any other republicans. it was also true that karl rove had a pretty good eye for potential political talent. karl rove signed up with george w. bush in texas because rove believed correctly that george w. bush could go all the way to the white house. and as soon as karl rove saw kamala harris, 14 years ago, in 2010, he was very worried about her. >> we are the state that creates leadership for the rest of this country, based on our belief that we can be tough and we can be smart and all the time be dedicated to our history while being empowered to know our destiny. >> in 2010 when san francisco district attorney kamala harris won the nomination for attorney general for the state of

california and that video is not seen anywhere outside of california. karl rove saw it and that is when karl rove got scared, because karl rove saw the same track to the white house that i saw beginning with her winning her first statewide race as attorney general in california. that would leave kamala harris perfectly positioned and it did leave her perfectly positioned to run statewide again for the united states senate, which became possible when senator barbara boxer decided not to run for reelection in 2016. in the senate kamala harris would be a star who everyone would expect to run for president. the key for karl rove was preventing kamala harris from winning statewide in the first place. stopping her in that attorney general campaign. karl rove needed to turn kamala harris into a loser than so that she couldn't follow an

obama -like trajectory through the senate to the presidency. it was that obvious to karl rove then. and so karl rove helped fund a negative advertising campaign against kamala harris in 2010. joining me now from los angeles, california's attorney general candidate, kamala harris. kamala, can you tell the country the story behind that ad that karl rove is running against you? >> well, lawrence, about a week ago we learned that karl rove and gillespie put together about $1.1 million in money to fund an independent expenditure attack at against my campaign focused on los angeles. we also learned the expenditure was funded by tobacco, oil, and insurance companies. as you have mentioned there is a lot of speculation about why, but what that tells me is they

clearly know we can win and they don't like our position on many of the issues that i believe are important not only to california but the rest of the country. >> karl rove was right. they needed to stop kamala harris then or someday republicans were going to be very worried in a campaign for president against kamala harris, as they are worried tonight. kamala harris won the first statewide campaign by less than 1% of the vote in california and that is why she is where she is tonight. she is holding four points ahead of donald trump in the latest wisconsin poll. a marquette university law school poll, the most trusted poll in wisconsin, shows that among likely voters, kamala harris is pulling at 52 and donald trump at 48. that is in a state for the last two presidential elections have

been decided by less than 1% of the vote. in 2016 donald trump one wisconsin with 47.2% against hillary clinton's 46.5% and in 2020 joe biden one wisconsin with 49.4% against donald trump's 48.8%. that is how close it is supposed to be in wisconsin. a four-point gap in the marquette poll in wisconsin among likely voters is more than what democrats could have reasonably hoped for at this point in the campaign and that was completed before wisconsin watched what karl rove saw in that debate, which karl rove describes this way. ms. harris was often on offense, leaving mr. trump visibly rattled as she launched rocket after rocket him. a new york times analysis found she spent 46% of her time on the attack, well mr. trump

devoted 29% of his time going after her. debates aren't one on defense. ms. harris pressed mr. trump on the economy, the ukraine war, foreign policy, healthcare, the january 6 attack and especially abortion, leaving him flustered and often incoherent. mr. trump had to know the vice president would try to get him to lose his cool. she did. she went after him on his multiple indictments. she called him weak and belittled him as a six time bankrupt and spoiled inheritor of wealth. she said his former national security advisor thought him, in her words, dangerous and unfit for the oval office. he took the bait almost every time she put it on the look. rather than dismissing her attacks and launching his strongest counter arguments against her, mr. trump got furious. his voice rose. he gripped the podium more often and more firmly. he grimaced and shook his head at times responding with wild and fanciful rhetoric. mr. trump offered angry responses, pursed his lips, his eyes darting down, seldom

looking at her and what was it with his makeup that left white circles around his eyes? professional republicans take karl rove very, very seriously. big money republican donors have always taken guidance from karl rove very, very seriously. they begin -- believe karl rove was bush's brain, so republicans reading his assessment of the debate in the wall street journal is as depressing as watching the debate was for those republicans. karl rove continued. it matters how debating candidates carry themselves. there it was no contest. ms. harris came across as calm, confident, strong and focused on the future. mr. trump came across as hot, angry and fixated on the past, especially his own. she mastered the split screen, project thing confidence and undercutting him by smiling

while shaking her head while he spoke. many undecided and swing voters will make up their minds less on any single issue than on the visceral reactions to the candidates and harris did much good with the crowd that tuesday. mr. trump didn't. even voters wanted to learn something new and reassuring about the candidates in the debate. she provided them plenty, while he didn't. there's no putting lipstick on this pig. mr. trump was crushed by a woman he previously dismissed as dumb as a rock, which raises the question, what does that make him? the answer to that question was provided by kamala harris in the debate. >> i have talked with military leaders, some of whom worked with you and they say you are a disgrace. >> you know who won a debate when one candidate uses the debate in a campaign commercial and the other doesn't.

>> i want to turn to the issue of abortion. >> for 52 years they've been trying to get roe v. wade into the states. i did a great service and doing it. it took courage to do it and the supreme court had great courage in doing it. >> i have talked with women around our country. you want to talk about this is what people wanted? pregnant women who want to carry a pregnancy to term, suffering from a miscarriage, being denied care in an emergency room because healthcare providers are afraid they might go to jail and she is bleeding out in a car in the parking lot? she didn't want that. her husband didn't want that. a 12 or 13-year-old survivor of incest being forced to carry a pregnancy to term, they don't want that. i think the american people believe that certain freedoms, in particular the freedom to make decisions about one's own body, should not be made by the government. i am kamala harris and i

approve this message. >> here is what debate winners say. >> north carolina two nights ago, donald trump and i had our debates. did you watch it? did you watch it? and look, i believe we ought to have another debate. right? we owe it to the voters. >> another debate and here is what debate losers say. there will be no third debate. so says donald trump. vice president harris went to north carolina today where she opened up the new possibility for democrats to win the electoral college with north carolina's 16 electoral votes. the democratic candidate has not one north carolina since 2008

when barack obama did it in his first campaign. donald trump has one north carolina twice. if donald trump loses north carolina this time, that would virtually eliminate any trumped chance of winning the electoral college. with recent polls in north carolina showing a three-point gap between the candidates, the most recent poll shows kamala harris at 50 and donald trump at 47. if that is what happens on election day in north carolina, kamala harris will be president. here is north carolina governor roy cooper speaking tonight after -- at vice president harris's campaign event. >> there is a reason why donald trump spent more money in north carolina than any other state, because they are panicking. they know that kamala harris is at least tied or maybe even taking the lead in north carolina.

donald trump has no other path to the presidency. he must win north carolina. we know that if kamala harris wins north carolina, she is the next president of the united states. we did this in 2008. north carolina voted for barack obama and made history. we are ready to make history again. >> here is vice president harris earlier this evening. >> donald trump intends to end the affordable care act. think about that. think about that. we remember what it went -- it meant when insurance companies could deny you for a pre- existing condition. he wants to get rid of it and as he said in the debate, he made clear he has no plan to replace it. in fact, you remember? concept. you remember he has, quote, concepts of a plan. concepts of a plan.

i mean, we are 54 days from that selection. concepts of a plan. which means no actual plan. which means no actual plan. and 45 million americans are insured through the affordable care act, so understand what that means. he's going to end it based on a concept and take us back? so generations of americans before us led the fight for freedom and now the baton is in our hands. the baton is now in our hands. and we who believe in the sacred freedom to vote will finally pass the john lewis voting rights act and the freedom to vote act. and we who believe in the

freedom to live free from gun violence will finally pass an assault weapons ban, universal background checks and red flag laws. so much is on the line in the selection and we got this. we got this. but look, but look, here's the thing. this is not 2016 or 2020. the stakes are even higher and let us be very clear. someone who suggests that we should terminate the constitution of the united states should never again stand behind the seal of the president of the united states. never again. never again.

never. and put that all in the context of people who have been talking about how he was when they served with him in the white house. people who saw him every day. his national security advisor. his defense secretary. his chief of staff. and his vice president. all, all of whom have warned america donald trump is not fit to be president of the united states. and to never occupy our nation's highest office again.

we know ours will be a very tight race until the very end. we are the underdog. let's be clear about that, we are the underdog and so we have a lot of work ahead of us, but we like hard work. hard work is good work. hard work is good work. and with your help we will win. we will win. and so i ask you today, north carolina, are you ready to make your voices heard? do we believe in freedom? do we believe in opportunity? do we believe in the promise of america? and are we ready to fight for it?

and when we fight, we win. there you go. god bless you and god bless america. >> leading off our discussion tonight, anderson clayton, chair of the north democratic -- north carolina democratic party. thank you for joining us tonight. a big day for the campaign today. a giant crowd, 17,000 i think is the estimate. so is that the debate affect that we saw in that crowd or did you get a little extra turnout today because of the taylor swift effect? >> that is the kamala harris effect, is what we are calling it, because folks across the state are so excited. over 100 students from the unc chapel hill's campus today who came to meet her and also our

other rally in charlotte today. we had students from unc charlotte at that. it is exciting to see the momentum she has garnered from young people across the state of north carolina. >> we will be watching polls closing in north carolina on election night. east coast time. if that is an early enough call, you could eliminate a lot of suspense with a kamala harris victory in north carolina. >> we could and to her point she said onstage, we need every single person across our state getting out to support us and making sure you are knocking on doors in our communities this weekend. you've got folks out there every weekend, making sure we are garnering that margin that we lost by in 2020. north carolina was one state that came within a 1% margin for president biden and 74,000 votes. 42 votes for every precinct and every county in north carolina and we are chasing after them.

>> we heard what the governor had to say about winning north carolina. she will absolutely win the electoral college. this is going to be very intense and it becomes an interesting challenge for the campaign about resources, if they have to devote resources to north carolina because they are competitive. that spreads out where the campaign has to be. how do you expect the campaign to be able to cover this expanded possibility of electoral college possibilities in these states? >> we've had a historic wave of donations and people supporting the vice president at the top of the ticket this year. i think it is exciting to see the investment they've made in the state in terms of the 100 organizers we have across north carolina right now. we also have 30 organizers working full-time on campus organizing, turning out the youth vote that helps when north carolina in 2008 in our coordinated campaign year.

really not leaving any voter on the table or taking for granted this state. if anyone is willing to join us this weekend, go online to find more information about registering voters and getting out on campuses and also communities across our state. >> anderson clayton, thank you for joining us tonight and please keep us up-to-date on north carolina. >> thank you. >> thank you. and coming up, the man who pulls off the miracle in ohio no one else can. senator sherrod brown will join us next. next. and long-lasting gain scent beads. part of the irresistible scent collection from gain. ♪ i have type 2 diabetes, but i manage it well ♪ ♪ it's a little pill with a big story to tell ♪ ♪ i take once-daily jardiance ♪ ♪ at each day's staaart ♪ ♪ as time went on, it was easy to seeee ♪

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republicans can't claim to be profamily, only to block protections for ivf. the american people deserve another chance to see if republicans offer access to ivf or against it. it's that simple. so next week, mister president, the senate will vote once again to take up the same bill we voted on earlier this summer, establishing a nationwide right to ivf and making it easier for people to access this critical treatment. our bill should have passed in june and it is more than good enough to pass now. >> in june, 47 senate republicans successfully voted to block the right to ivf act from even being debated in the united states senate. senator schumer is bringing that bill back for a vote after donald trump tried to falsely

portray himself as a protector of ivf procedures in this week's debate. in ohio, the trump endorsed republican candidate for senate is trying to overturn the will of ohio voters who voted to amend their state's constitution to include protections of roe v. wade. in a recording obtained by usa today, at a july campaign event he said we lost issue one last year because only 52% of evangelical christians bothered to show up at the ballot box. what did we get in exchange? we have abortion right until birth. we have no parental consent for minors getting an abortion because we didn't show up to vote. can't do that. they can only cheat so much. the lies in that statement include voting is not cheating. it is not legal for a minor in ohio to obtain an abortion without parental consent and abortion is not legal until

birth. ohio's democratic senator sherrod brown released this add to. >> in ohio we were clear. >> an overwhelming victory for reproductive rights. >> but bernie moreno thinks he knows better. >> because even though we voted to protect abortion rights -- >> bernie moreno says he would vote for a national abortion ban. >> absolute pro-life, no exceptions. >> my position is crystal-clear and has not changed. >> it is clear bernie moreno doesn't care what we think. what is clear to me is bernie moreno doesn't respect us. >> i am sherrod brown and i approve this message. >> joining us now is senator sherrod brown, a member of the senate finance committee. great to have you in the studio. we never get you because you are always in ohio. i just am kind of amazed that a politician running statewide in any state would see his

electorate overwhelmingly vote for something on a ballot initiative and then run against that while trying to win statewide. >> bernie moreno thinks he knows better. 57% in ohio emphatically said these decisions should be made by women and their doctors, not politicians. bernie moreno, there is an arrogance to that. they really tried to rig the election. bernie moreno put $100,000 of his own money. he spending millions against me, but $100,000 of his own money. they are spending a lot of money to get that message. i ask people that care about abortion rights to kick in 15, $20. a lot of money being spent against us. we will win because we will make the contrast. i am for abortion rights. bernie moreno thinks he knows better. >> you could reasonably think when you're going to vote in ohio and voting to preserve this right, that when you wan,

huge win, that ohio voters had it settled. it's done. then we see in a presidential debate that donald trump refuses to say what he would do if a republican senator, say senator bernie moreno, sent a national bill banning abortion. would donald trump sign it? if he did that would override what ohio fighters -- ohio voters have done. >> i mean, abortion ban, no exceptions and he would vote for that, clearly. so with a number of others running for office around the state. that is going to be big. i've said on the show before, i don't see whose side you are on and clearly i am on the side that women should make these decisions, not a bunch of politicians like moreno. >> vice president harris was very clear on this issue in the debate. if a democratic controlled

senator -- senate can send her along with the house, a federal law reinstating roe v. wade, she would absolutely sign it. >> i believe her, i know her, i have worked with her. i know my colleagues feel the same and any chance we get, we will pass a you know in ohio it was a wonderful election night. i won 16 counties and we saw those and nine more voting for abortion rights. it is a majority in every state. kansas, montana, probably florida. certainly ohio and the voters have spoken loudly and clearly. >> when you went into this campaign, did you expect abortion to be as big an issue in the campaign? some observers might think the ohio voters settled it. >> some people said we should wait to next year. i'm glad we didn't, because

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permanently undo the abortion been in florida signed into law by republican governor ron desantis. after watching vice president harris crush donald trump on the debate stage on tuesday, florida republican senator rick scott seems afraid to debate his democratic opponent, our next guest, debbie mucarsel- powell. >> are you going to debate your opponent in florida? >> i'm watching to see if she will travel the state. she spends all her time in miami. i continue to travel the state. >> do you think it is a close race? >> i will work -- >> but it sounds like you want debater? >> we will see what happens. >> rick scott, running to be the republican majority leader in the senate next year if he wins, if the republicans win the senate, is in trouble for an incumbent in the latest florida atlantic university poll which shows a tie in the margin of error with rick scott

at 47% with likely voters and debbie mucarsel-powell running at 43%. the margin of error in the poll is 3%, which means either of those numbers could be three points higher or lower. rick scott could be as low as 44. debbie mucarsel-powell could actually be running as high as 46, so that is a tie within the margin of error and when an incumbent is polling below 50, that incumbent is in trouble because historically more of the undecided tends to break for the new candidate. debbie mucarsel-powell's campaign released this new ad. >> i grew up under a dictatorship. before coming to the u.s. i am debbie mucarsel-powell and for me, freedom is and some political slogan. that's why i came to america. but rick scott is trying to take away your freedoms right now. for women, banning abortion. for families, raising taxes and for seniors, ending social security and the freedom to

retire with dignity. if you care about freedom, elect a senator who actually believes in it. that is why i approve this message. >> joining us now is former democratic congresswoman debbie mucarsel-powell. she is running for senate in florida against incumbent rick scott. i have to say his answer to why he is not debating you is something i could not quite follow. he says he is not debating you because of where you are. >> good evening, lawrence. look. an old and tired and corrupt politician being scared to debate a strong woman, a qualified woman with a clear vision to build a better state. does that sound familiar? we have now accepted three debates. he has been dodging the question. he is obviously petrified because if i were him, i would be, too. he can't defend his record on writing a plan that was a preamble for project 2025 to

end social security and medicare. he has pushed against the national abortion ban. in florida our values are not those. we know that the poll to support amendment 4 is over 60%. we have seen mobilizing like we have not seen in years in the state. millions of dollars coming in to get those voters to come out and vote in support of amendment 4. i just need 51, but i cannot do this alone. i need everyone to pay attention. we have a unique opportunity in florida to win and keep the majority. help me put this ad on air all over the markets in florida. we can do it. >> i know washington democrats in the senate are very much looking at the possibility of you picking up florida as something that could really help them and senator scott has said, quote, i'm voting against the referendum, meaning he is voting against what 60% of florida is likely to vote for.

to preserve women's reproductive freedom in florida. >> he has been attacking women's rights in the state of florida since he was governor. when he was governor he passed a law that forces women to undergo a 24 hour waiting period and an ultrasound. he could care less about what happens to a woman's life when he has sent him to have a miscarriage and lose have her blood. this is a story we just heard in our state. he has been speaking to young women and spreading misinformation that democrats support crushing a baby. it is extremely disturbing. as a mom i can tell you that protecting our rights in the state, our rights across the country because vice president kamala harris will not codify

roe v. wade if she doesn't have the votes. >> you have an awful lot of social security beneficiaries and medicare beneficiaries in florida who are concerned about the future of those programs. republicans have repeatedly gone after those programs as their first target in spending cuts. democrats always trying to protect them. what are you telling voters about what is at stake in social security and medicare? >> lawrence i was at a senior center today and i was speaking to this woman, this latina woman in her late 60s and she is right now having this fight with social security cutting her benefits. she is extremely concerned and she is actually a republican in miami and she is supporting me because she is very well aware that rick scott, she knows that he wants to eliminate and cut social security. donald trump has been very clear about that and so i think

this is an issue that will connect seniors across the state regardless of affiliation and that is something we have been doing. bringing in democrats, independents, republicans because we are talking about the issues that matter most and that is why i know we are ready to flip the state. >> debbie mucarsel-powell, thank you very much for joining our discussion tonight. >> thank you, lawrence. up next, when the fbi seizes your phone you've got big problems. the fbi has now seized the phone of new york city's mayor and other officials including the new york city police commissioner who was forced to resign today. what is going on in new york city now will be the stuff of movie drama in the future. that's next. ♪ ♪

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mayor adams spoke at a briefing today that was covered live on all local television stations. the mayor took no questions. >> i accepted the resignation of the nypd commissioner. he concluded it was the best decision at this time. i respect the decision and wish him well. he dedicated his life to making cities safer. we saw a drop in crime for 13 of 14 months that he served as commissioner. to ensure the crime keeps going down, i am taking immediate action and appointing -- as interim commissioner. tom is an experienced professional that has worked at the local, state, federal and international levels. he served as the director of office of homeland security. he

ran the fbi national threat center and the fbi and nypd joint terrorist task force. he worked as the cool case agent investigating the twin towers bombing as well as the attacks on u.s. embassies in africa and the uss -- in yemen. he is also a bronx native. tom joins the team that is relentlessly dedicated to public safety and protecting new yorkers. >> the new police commissioner will need a spreadsheet to keep track of the officials wanted by the marike that are under investigation. at the same time, the commissioners phone was seized by the fbi. they searched homes and sees the phones of the first deputy mayor, sheena wright.

the school chancellor who is -- fianci and david banks brother, deputy mayor philip banks who retired as a senior officer in 2014 under a cloud of suspicion about free trips that he accepted. also surrendered his phone was a third brother, terrence banks who previously worked in the public transportation agency. all of that was last week. last november the fbi approached the mayor himself and took two of his phones, in connection with the fbi investigation into whether the campaign coordinated with groups to funnel illegal contributions. the fbi at the time, also searched the home of the chief fundraiser and his former

liaison to the community. in february, the fbi searched multiple homes related to the director of asian affairs. that investigation relates to a separate investigation into travel and ties to china. prosecutors have not yet charged any of those people. in state court, the manhattan attorney charged several allies. he obtained guilty pleas against three people for funneling contributions through straw donors and indicted the former building's commissioner for allegedly taking bribes. mayor adams is up for election next year. incumbent mayors are usually not vulnerable to a primary challenge. mayor adams who emerged from a large field of democratic candidates which included --

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