Few states will be more closely watched than Georgia for signs of how voters are responding to campaign outreach and the newly minted ticket, making it a fitting kickoff for Harris and Walz on the heels of the Democratic National Convention. Four years ago, President Joe Biden became the first Democrat to carry the state since Bill Clinton in 1992, winning it by fewer than 12,000 votes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 29, 2024•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Special counsel Jack Smith defiantly re-injected the question of Donald Trump’s bid to steal the 2020 election into the intensifying end game of this year’s White House race. By trying to rescue his case after his initial indictment was gutted by the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling, Smith signaled that he is determined to bring the former president to justice — even though there will be no trial before Election Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 28, 2024•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Harris wants to let Trump have the chance to say exactly what he wants, when he wants in their scheduled debate clash on ABC News on September 10. The vice president’s camp is trying to reverse a rule that Biden’s team secured for their fateful debate with Trump in June that ensured that a candidate’s microphones were muted when it was not their turn to speak. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 27, 2024•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced at a news conference in Phoenix Friday that he is suspending his campaign and endorsing Trump. Kennedy insisted that he was not ending his campaign, but he noted that he will withdraw his name from appearing on ballots in swing states. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 24, 2024•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Laura concludes our live coverage of the Democratic National Convention as Kamala Harris officially accepts her historic nomination. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 23, 2024•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Following a raucous night in Chicago, Laura and her guests break down day three of the Democratic National Convention, which was highlighted by a fiery speech by VP nominee Tim Walz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 22, 2024•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Laura summarizes day two of the Democratic National Convention, which was headlined by passionate speeches by Barack and Michelle Obama, who pulled no punches. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 21, 2024•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Laura recaps day one of the Democratic National Convention live from Chicago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 20, 2024•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday unveiled a populist economic agenda, proposing a new plan to provide tax relief for more than 100 million middle-class and lower-income Americans as she builds out the details of her governing agenda weeks after locking down the Democratic presidential nomination. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 17, 2024•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Locked in a tight race for the White House, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are eager to show voters how they’ll handle the economy if elected. Trump held two speeches this week centered on the economy and his policies, but he has yet to release a detailed economic plan. Harris is expected to unveil a broad economic plan on Friday afternoon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 16, 2024•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Donald Trump showed up in battleground North Carolina for a big speech on the economy – and one of his unhinged rallies broke out. But amid the insults, trash talk, rage and lies, the former president blundered into the thing he’d been seeking for days: a strategy to take on Vice President Kamala Harris. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 15, 2024•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast When Donald Trump’s much-anticipated interview with Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X, finally commenced after more than 40 minutes of technical difficulties, Musk asserted without evidence that the former president’s adversaries had organized an attack on the social media site to silence him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 14, 2024•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast X owner Elon Musk claimed that a distributed denial-of-service attack had overwhelmed the company’s servers, preventing him from beginning his interview with former President Trump as thousands of people trying to join the conversation complained they were unable to listen. Plus, suspected Iranian hackers breached Roger Stone’s personal email as part of effort to target Trump campaign, sources say. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 13, 2024•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Donald Trump is holding a rally in Montana as he looks to give the GOP a boost in one of the year’s most competitive Senate races. Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz campaigned in Glendale, Arizona, earlier tonight as part of their tour through key battleground states. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 10, 2024•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Donald Trump may be laying a similar bet after reversing himself by agreeing to debate on ABC next month as his new Democratic opponent enjoys surging momentum. Trump clearly doesn’t believe he’ll suffer the kind of debacle that ended Biden’s campaign, but his decision — and call for another two debates on NBC and Fox, which Vice President Kamala Harris has not agreed to — tells an emerging truth about the election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 09, 2024•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Organizers have canceled three Taylor Swift concerts in Austria after authorities arrested two suspects for allegedly planning a terror attack during the Vienna leg of her blockbuster Eras tour. The decision has left fans devastated and renewed focus on the vulnerability of huge concerts as soft targets for terror networks and spree killers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 08, 2024•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Donald Trump’s campaign is already setting out to define Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as someone who will move the Democratic presidential ticket to the left – with a key focus on his record, senior Trump campaign advisers and people close to the former president told CNN. Trumps advisers say that while they will pull on details from his 12 years in Congress, their goal is to paint Walz — a former teacher and Army National Guard veteran — as someone who has been in lockstep with progressives over the...
Aug 07, 2024•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast The stunning transformation of the 2024 presidential race will reach new heights Tuesday when Vice President Kamala Harris unveils her running mate after a sequence of events that left Republican nominee Donald Trump flailing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 06, 2024•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Vice President Kamala Harris has won enough votes from Democratic delegates to win the party’s nomination for president according to the DNC chair. Stocks tumbled Friday as a disappointing jobs report added to fears that the US economy is weakening. Plus, Defense Secretary Austin abruptly revoked a plea deal for the alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001, terror attack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 03, 2024•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Vice President Kamala Harris is in Houston on Wednesday to address a gathering of a Black sorority and to headline a fundraiser in the city. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump sat down for a combative Q&A at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Chicago – an invitation that drew backlash for the organization – before heading to a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 01, 2024•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Vice President Kamala Harris went on the offensive on immigration at her rally in Atlanta Tuesday. Plus, Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in Tehran, Iranian state media reported. Also, Mehdi Hasan joins to make the case for Tim Walz as Harris’ vice presidential pick. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 31, 2024•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast The 2024 presidential election is now under 100 days away, amid one of the fastest-moving and least predictable campaign seasons in memory. A historic past month has upended the race, starting with President Joe Biden’s poor performance at the CNN debate, then an assassination attempt on Donald Trump, and finally Biden’s decision to exit the contest and “pass the torch” to Vice President Kamala Harris. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 30, 2024•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Tonight, examining the lessons and questions from a wild week in United States politics. With Harris now poised to replace Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket, the race for president is back at the starting blocks and it looks like it could be anyone’s race to win. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 27, 2024•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Harris on Thursday said she’s “ready” to debate Trump, and earlier this week, the former president has said he “absolutely” wants to debate Harris. Fox News has proposed a debate between Trump and Harris on September 17 in Pennsylvania. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 26, 2024•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast In a poignant speech that marked the beginning of the closing chapter of his presidency and half-century in public service, Biden acknowledged that uniting the party required sacrificing personal ambition for what he sees as a greater good. While Biden did not mention Donald Trump by name, he tried to draw a clear contrast with the former president, whose ambition led him to claim victory in an election he did not win four years ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adc...
Jul 25, 2024•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Vice President Kamala Harris, in the first rally of her 2024 presidential campaign, told supporters in Wisconsin Tuesday that she will spend the coming weeks “continuing to unite our party” ahead of the Democratic National Convention next month and this fall’s showdown with Donald Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 24, 2024•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast After potential rivals, lawmakers, governors and influential labor and advocacy groups all lined up behind Vice President Kamala Harris, a wave of endorsements from state delegations Monday evening pushed her over the threshold needed to secure the Democratic nomination. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 23, 2024•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast More Democrats continue to call on Biden to step down from his presidential campaign. This as Donald Trump accepted his third GOP nomination for president at the Republican National Convention on Thursday night. The former president’s acceptance speech was his first public address since an attempt to assassinate him at a rally in Pennsylvania last week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 20, 2024•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast On the last night of the Republican National Convention, Donald Trump delivers an address. We bring you excerpts from his speech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 19, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance speaks on day three of the Republican National Convention. Our panel of experts review his speech and what it might mean for the 2024 presidential race. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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