harrison: me, i'm pro-choice. at the end of the day, i believe the issue of abortion is a hard issue. a painful one to talk about. at the end of the day i think it between a woman, her doctor, god. politicians don't have a role in that. we can have a role in making sure we address some of these issues that are impacting women and the health of their babies. the infant mortality rate in south carolina is in the top 10. i stated earlier that 14 of our counties had no ob/gyn. we have a senator who is proposing a health care -- >> thank you very much. >> we want to give you the promised one minute for a closing statement. mr. harrison: well, thank you all for doing this again. i wish you and your families health. to all the viewers here today. listen, in the end of the campaign, as i've been saying, i've lived the american dream. i grew up in a mobile home and i'm now running for united states senate. that only happens in america. our state motto is my life. it's the motto of my life. what i want in this campaign, wha

harrison. up next, their final televised debate. hosted thisna etv debate. ♪ >> good evening and welcome to the 2020 united states senate debate live from south carolina etv studios in columbia. with just four days until election day, south carolina has already seen a record number of early voters, but there are still more ballots to be cast. the candidates looking for your vote republican incumbent lindsey graham and democrat jamie harrison. our people from the columbia career and npr. have 90didate will seconds to answer questions and, if necessary, i will allow a 62nd rebuttal. mr. harrison, we begin with your opening statement. our motto is while i breathe, i hope. that might as well be the theme of my life. i grew up in a mobile home. son of 18 mom. en mom. i was able to go to georgetown law school. clyburn,rked with jim and the private sector, and now i'm running for senate. that only happens in america. that is why this country is so great. in that time, we had senator lindsey graham,

harrison? mr. harrison: i believe she does. men have rights to control their bodies and women should have equal rights to control their bodies as well. at the end of the day this is a hard issue. i believe it is between a woman, her doctor and her god. politician should not be anywhere in it. we need to make sure that abortions should be rare. we should look at how we expand adoptions. how we have contraception and educate our kids. but at the same time we should be safe. if it is the law of the land which is at this time. what we need to do is look at health care. and particularly health care for women. here in south carolina we have some of the highest infant mortality rates in the country. two years ago here in south carolina 14 of our 46 counties had no, zero obgyn. many of our hospitals and some of our world committees are closing now. -- many hospitals in some of our rural communities are closing. what are we going to do do tackle disparities in health care that women and minority women in particular are experiencing now?

harrison. ,apitalism versus socialism conservative judges versus liberal judges, law and order versus chaos. >> thank you very much, gentlemen, thank you both for being here this evening. it is our hope and expectation to give our nation and our children and example of what civil discourse looks like and how to engage in passionate, but respectful debate. senator graham, the first question to you and we will have mr. harrison answer as well. in the last 24 hours, the list of public officials infected by covid-19 has grown. people of faith and goodwill across our country are praying for everyone infected to make a full recovery, but it cannot be ignored or that many of the people who are infected attended large gatherings and completely disregarded the protocols put out by the cdc. the question is, how has politicization of the virus damaged our response federally and here in our state? got thedent wilson spanish flu right after world war i. we live in such unusual times, i doubt if anybody atta

harrison. begin, the ground rules -- each candidate will have the opportunity to make a one minute opening statement. from there, each have 90 seconds to answer questions, and if necessary, i will allow a 62nd rebuttal. mr. harrison, we begin with your opening statement. mr. harrison: thank you for having me. it's good to see you and thank you, south korea. our motto for this rate state is while i breathe, i hope. that might as well be the theme of my life. i grew up in a mobile home. my parents a fourth grade and eighth grade education. hard able to because of work go on to yale and georgetown. i went to capitol hill and worked for congressman jim clyburn. i worked in the private sector, and now i am running for the united states senate. that only happens in america. that is why this country is so great. in that time, we had senator lindsey graham, who i respected and admired because he could rise above the political fray. the problem is, my friends, senator graham has changed. that is not the

harrison has demanded tonight. you can't not show up at work because you and everyone tested whether they need to or not. i have a letter from my doctor saying that i am cdc compliance rate there is no reason to test me. so this is not about testing. this is about political accountability and the great boston night of the debate part i've been looking forward to debating mr. harrison about would you vote for amy barrett? she's highly qualified. nominees presented to the senate by barack obama, qualified women that i would not have chosen. i understand prison obama had that right. mr. harrison, when it came time for president trump to nominate neil gorsuch, highly qualified joined into the effort to filibuster that t.nomination. mr. harrison said bring out the copper he joined him with the first partisan filibuster and the history of united states senate. the rules trained under shermer and read, not me. i voted against changing the rules. had to change and for gestic or sick. here's the last thing about judges. i v

and you know jamie harrison caught fire down there. he's a really inspiring story, came from poverty and one of the, you know, poorest cities in south carolina, orangeburg ended going to yale and georgetown was, you know, raised by a single teen mother and his grandparents and he's, you know, he's been airing ads since spring really and hasn't gone down, and at this pongt you know he's spending just, you know, what i think last week he was over 7 million dollars on tv ads he's been one of the biggest fundraisers for democrats you know and lindsey graham has clearly seen this because last week he was sort of going on fox news really begging for money. and harrison you saw in that clep he's hitting for sort of switching his positions. i think lindsay gram is one of the most fascinating politicians out thereef this sort of very short-lived run for the presidency in 2016 he called president trump, you know, a race bating zen phobic religious bigot now closest allies underingo a major evolution in fast few years. he was hit, you know, alway

harrison is demanding special treatment. if he's not able to interact with south carolinians on the same terms they live their lives, he should not be there senator. because of this impasse, we have changed the format of the form tonight. at the bottom of the hour, lindsey graham will face the same panel with equal time directly following mr. harrison's interview. steps to provide a safe environment here tonight. this environment has been sanitized and the candidates and our panel are separated at a safe distance. let's meet our panel. murray and gordon dale. gordon will ask her first question. >> thank you. good evening and things for being here. i want to talk about your covid precautions. is the reason we are not having a debate tonight. you did a debate last week where you brought your own plexiglas shield with you. you had one delivered to the studios here. if you are insisting that the person you are debating have a covid test, what is the purpose of the plexiglas? >> it is being safe. right now, senator graham was in

harrison incurs a filibuster the first partisan in the history of the united states he chewed on the destruction of brett kavanaugh amy coney barrett is highly qualified the president has every right to do this if you are counting on mr. harrison ever vote for a conservative judge are making a mistake you can count on me for conservativea judges. >> you have that race in the republican category did this debate make a difference? >> i think it did it is the first chance the voters got to see the two men up against each other and another interesting note you may have seen on the video that jamie harrison brought his own plexiglas screen because lindsey graham had met with senators that had tested positive recently. he tested negative but even if you have been exposed to someone with the virus you are recommended to quarantine. and then to take extra these are the same we now see in the vice presidential debate on wednesda wednesday. jamie harrison has an inspiring story coming from poverty from south carolina and orangeburg going to yale and raised by a single teen mother and his grand

lindsey graham and jamie harrison. jamie harrison clearly has a deep warchest. i don't know where his funding is coming from, but i will say this. down in south carolina on the coast, the political demographics has changed over the years. more and more people are voting blue. joe cunningham and even in the presidential races. we go blue in charleston county. however, when you move away from the coast and start going upstate, people are deeply concerned about abortion, pro-life, military, immigration, economy, veterans affairs. once you start moving upstate, those things become much more important than the things jamie is pointing out. lindsay is scared. he acts like he is really deeply concerned. he has been begging for money. every time i turn the tv on, jamie's face pops up. when i look at youtube, his ads pop up. he is getting a lot of money from somewhere, i don't know where, but he is giving lindsay a good run for his money. host: let's see if jessica taylor can help with following the money. guest: democrats have really built a behemoth fundraising effort

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that is because jamie harrison is within the margin of error. with me now is jamie harrison, a democratic candidate for senate. jamie, it is good to have you. thank you for coming on. >> thank you for having me. there is a lot of excitement around your campaign. you raised tons and tons of money. one thing that i noticed that is interesting is trump is pretty popular there. you don't mention him by name when you're out there campaigning. the question that i have for you, i ask congressman clyburn this the other day, who is the voter that votes for donald trump and then votes for you? >> you know, i don't really ask people about whether or not they are voting for trump or joe biden. i'm running against lindsey graham. i hope that the voter voting for jamie harrison is a voter that wants to bring hope back to south carolina. who is tired of lindsey graham going to washington dc to represent dc instead of south carolina. we live in a state where 30% of rural communities don't have access to broadband. they can't do what they are doing thousand. 14

harrison, do you have a quick second to talk about the debate? how it went? >> reporter: at the debate, harrison attacked graham over his repeated promises in 2016 and 2018 not to advance a supreme court pick in a presidential election year. >> could use my words against me. >> you took an oath to serve and that's what you have done. now, just be a man of it and stand up and say, you know what, i changed my mind. >> reporter: graham was unapologetic about his reversal. >> amy barrett will be a buffer to liberalism. if you want conservative judges, i'm your only bet in this race. >> reporter: yet, it's that kind of shift that may cost graham this voter in myrtle beach. >> kind of liked him, until he flip flopped on the supreme court thing. and that kind of turned me off. >> reporter: but graham thinks most voters will ultimately reward him in his quest to keep the court and the senate conservative. >> not at all. i think people can trust me to be fair. >> and don, in my interview, i asked whether he had any concerns over the president's handling of the coronav

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i think jaime harrison will benefit from that. there will be some people who will vote for donald trump and some who will vote for jaime harrison. jaime has run a campaign, people have fallen in love with jaime. i know of a trump voter that is supporting jaime harrison. that is going to happen. now, what the percentage difference will be, i don't know. but i think both of them have a chance of winning here in south carolina this year. the last numbers i saw -- >> what does -- congressman, sorry to interrupt. i'm just curious. what does that voter say to you when they explain why they vote for donald trump but also vote for jaime harrison? what's the thinking? >> well, he didn't tell me what he was thinking. in fact, i saw him at the golf course. he didn't tell me what he's thinking but he said, i'm voting for your guy harrison but i'm for trump. okay, vote for whatever pleases you. >> you were saying, i'm not going to rock the boat. i'm not going to ask you any further questions. congressman clyburn, thank you so much. if you see

but it's going to be a tough race for harrison to actually pull this out. again, republicans are just betting that the state is too conservative. and at the end of the day, will come home to the republican party, kasie. >> all right. nbc's leigh ann caldwell, thanks for getting up with us early to share this story. i'm fascinated by it, so i really appreciate it. >>> still ahead here, we're going to gather around the water cooler for a look at the star-studded return of "saturday night live." "way too early" coming back in just a moment. "way too early" coming back in just a moment. (burke) deep-sea driving, i see... (customer) something like that... (burke) well, here's something else: with your farmer's policy perk, new car replacement, you can get a new one. (customer) that is something else. (burke) get a whole lot of something with farmers policy perks. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ - with spray moppingrk vacmop to lock away debrisuction and absorb wet messes, all in one disposable pad. just vacuum, spray mop, and toss. the shark

if he is trying to link harrison to hillary clinton and house speaker nancy pelosi hoping that won't play well in south carolina. >> this is a big election between me and mr. harrison, capitalism versus socialism, conservative judges versus liberal judges. >> experts say graham leading the confirmation process plays well with republican base so harrison isn't directly attacking that, he's saying graham isn't a man of his word on the issue of confirming a supreme court nominee in an election year. as for graham's close relationship with president trump, one south carolina analyst says there could be coattails but it's not going to be easy. >> a very capable and well-funded democratic opponent. the harrison campaign has been very professionally run. >> typically the fight is during the republican primary but not this cycle and a graham loss would go a long way toward democrats pushed to be in the majority and be a huge prize for the progressive left. >> bret: thanks. about 50,000 voters in franklin county ohio have reportedly received inaccurate absentee ballots. election officials the

jamie harrison, it's so nice to talk to you. i think for people in the north like me, we have this sort of vision of the south and sometimes maybe it's not an accurate vision but has the south changed when it comes to race relations? jaime: you know, one of the things i had in this race -- and i talked about this for a long time is -- it's the emergence of what i call the new south. a new south that is bold, that is inclusive, that is diverse. you take a look at the seat that i am actually vying for right now, this was the seat of john c.calooun. it was the seat of strom thurmond. it was the seat of a man called ben pitchfork tillman. and ben tillman was governor of south carolina. but he was a united states senator who would go to the floor of the u.s. senate and talk about the joys of lynching of black folks. this was the first state to secede from the union because of the issue of slavery. but we have the opportunity here in this election to also become the very first state to have two african-american senators serving at the

harrison is the former chairman of the south carolina democratic party. jamie, good to see you again. i think it must be five or six weeks ago you and i were talking. it's still a pretty uphill battle for you, it still is, but you've raised a lot of money and your opponent is calling for an investigation into where all of this money is coming from. so save him the trouble, jamie, tell us, where's all the money coming from? >> it's coming from the people, ali. it's good seeing you. listen, it's the grandmas, the grandpas, the aunts, the uncles, who are just tired of lindsey graham playing washington political games. and they're ready for somebody to bring hope back to communities in south carolina and across the country. listen, lindsey graham is a rubber stamp. you see the urgency that he had this week to get a supreme court justice in. but he hasn't had that same type of urgency to pass another covid relief bill. in south carolina, 750,000 people have lost their jobs, 400,000 have lost their health care. 3,500 have lost their lives. and i wish that our s

jaime harrison, everybody. in south carolina. [ cheers and applause ] we'll be right back with music from natanael cano. >> dicky: the "jimmy kimmel live" concert series is presented by mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. uber and lyft are like every big guy i've ever brought down. prop 22 doesn't "help" their drivers-- it denies them benefits. 22 doesn't help women. it actually weakens sexual harassment laws, which are meant to protect them. uber and lyft aren't even required to investigate sexual harassment claims. i agree with the la times: no on 22. uber and lyft want all the power. so, show them the real power is you. vote no on prop 22. >> dicky: the "jimmy kimmel live" concert series is presented by mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. >> jimmy: well, that is -- we have a little bit more, but that's our show. i want to thank billy crystal. i want to thank jaime harrison. i would like to apologize to matt damon. we did run out of time for him. "nightline" is next. but first this is his album. it's called "

we have jamie harrison joining us, john ossoff joining us for the fight in the united states senate, and early voting is the key to their races. >> absolutely. well done. thanks, lawrence. >> thank you, rachel. >>> well, until i'm voted out or until they're successful in assassinating me, i'm hoping to do what's right for the people of wichita. that's what the mayor of wichita, kansas said after a man was arrested on friday in a plot to kidnap and kill the mayor of wichita because the mayor of wichita supported a mask rule for wichita. the mayor of wichita will join us later in this hour. also joining us later in the hour are two people who can change the course of american history if they win their campaigns for the united states senate in south carolina and georgia. if the polls are correct and joe biden crushes donald trump in the election, exactly nothing on the biden legislative agenda will pass the congress and get signed into law if mitch mcconnell is still the majority leader of the united states senate. nothing. the only way to undo the legislative damage that donald trump h

harrison, jamie harrison as you mentioned, he brought his own plexiglass as extra protection especially since lindsey graham is close with the president, spends a lot of time with him and so many people in washington being diagnosed with covid in recent days. lindsey graham as chair of the judiciary committee wanted to focus on the upcoming confirmation fight of amy coney barrett when he was asked at the debate last night about coronavirus, this is how he answered. take a look. >> we're not going to stop doing our job in washington as chairman of the judiciary committee, i promise you, we're going to get judge barrett on the court safely. >> thank you. >> the question about the coronavirus. not judge barrett or the supreme court. >> no. we're not going to blame the president. we shouldn't blame the president, we shouldn't blame anybody for the inception of this disease. but where blame should come is how we handled this disease. whether we take it seriously. tonight i am taking it seriously. that's why i put this plexiglass up. >> excuse me if it's loud behind you, we're on a street cor

we have jamie harrison joining us, john osuf joining us for the fight in the united states senate and early voting is the key to their races. >> absolutely. well done. thanks, lawrence. >> thank you, rachel. >>> well, until i'm voted out or until they're successful in assassinating me, i'm hoping to do what's right for the people of wichita. that's what the mayor of wich a wichita, kansas said after a man was arrested on friday in a plot to kidnap and kill the mayor of wichita because the mayor of wichita supported a mask rule for wichita. the mayor of wichita will join us later in this hour. also joining us later in the hour are two people who can change the course of american history if they win their campaigns for the united states senate in south carolina and georgia. if the polls are correct and joe biden crushes donald trump in the election, exactly nothing on the biden legislative agenda will pass the congress and get signed into law if mitch mcconnell is still the majority leader of the united states senate. nothing. the only way to undo the legislative damage that donald trum

with harrison threatening not to show without a test. the three-term senator refused, although he had been in contact on october 1st with senator mike lee, who has covid-19. graham produced a letter from a congressional doctor saying he didn't meet the official criteria for close contact, and graham took to twitter to accuse harrison of backing out of the debate for fear of revealing, quote, radical policies and liberal views. harrison raised a record-breaking -- this is astonishing in a senate race -- $57 million in campaign contributions just in the last quarter, and the polls are showing that he is tied with graham. and coming up on "morning joe," jaime harrison's going to join the conversation, talk to joe and mika about the state of the race in south carolina. it is truly stunning that this is one of the ones that we're talk being here in the late weeks, and it shows you just how that strategy of republicans tying themselves so tightly to trump is backfiring, as his numbers are collapsing ahead of election day. >>> still ahead here,

. >>> in the battle for the senate, democratic jaime harrison is taking on lindsey graham. i sat down with harrison as well as someone who has known him for years, congressman jim clyburn. >> i'm very proud of jaime. he came into my life as an 11th grader and i have not been able to get rid of him since, nor have i wanted to get rid of him. jaime has done an incredible job. although i was a bit surprised how well he's done, i should not have been. >>> the u.s. reporting a new massive single day record of more than 98,000 covid-19 cases. what lies ahead in the battle against the virus? a front line doctor tells us. >> good morning. it is saturday, october 31st. halloween. >> i'm kendis gibson. look at it. the music, the set -- >> if you didn't know, now you know. >> we're almost there, almost there. the beginning of the end we hope. we have a team of correspondents spread out across key swing states that could determine the outcome of the election. >> let's go first to detroit, michigan, where joe biden and barack obama will be joining forces today making two stops together

headquarters and where the racists have already installed their snipers on the rooftops in downtown harrison. and just around the corner from the sign that tells you where to tune in to white pride radio for the family, the sign says. >> i do this in good faith. >> reporter: aaron clark is worried it might get violent. >> if i can get all guns to be put up -- >> we got death threat after death threat after death threat. they said, i got a rifle for you down here, monkey. all sorts of things. >> reporter: clark says he's here to meet white people who he says don't understand the protests they see and the far-away culture that's beamed into their living rooms and on the devices in their pocket. >> i'm coming to you in a positive form and a positive fashion, you know what i'm saying? >> reporter: this was mostly his idea, and he brought burgers to go with the bullhorns, inviting people to come eat lunch. >> i feel like food automatically creates a common ground, then we can figure out more common grounds from there. but from the jump we have a common ground, because i'm pretty sure everybody li

harrison. this is about liberals hating my guts because i stood up for kavanaugh when they tried to destroy his life. this is about me helping donald trump. >> graham and harrison were due to square off in another debate tonight but they have been bickering over graham getting a covid december. now sounds like they're going to do separate interviews instead. mike? >> dana: bruce, you follow this closely. which party runs the senate in the next four years or two years is really important. where do you see the state of the senate races right now? >> well, it's good to be back with you, dana. we knew it would be a hard year for republicans. this is the class of 2014 after all who succeeded and came to office in many respects in barack obama's sixth year when republicans rode a wave. they're feeling the weight of the top of the ticket right now. ticket splitting didn't happen at all in 2016. it's happening less and less frequently. you take a look at states like iowa and north carolina and arizona

harrison has run a remarkable race, he's a very compelling candidate. i have to say it is a dead heat here. if you are an incumbent republican u.s. senator in a dead heat a couple of weeks out, you're in serious trouble. >> rob, what do you make of this toss-up assessment? are republicans legitimately concerned, worried about losing senator lindsey graham's seat? >> i think without question the race is tight. i think there's a lot of excitement on the ground for both sides. it's a margin of error race which i don't think anybody would have told you a year ago that they thought it would be. but at the end of the day, senator graham is doing the work he needs to do to win. he's got the power of incumbency behind him. and he's gotten a break with this nomination of amy coney barrett to the supreme court. court battles motivate both sides. but in a state where republicans still for now outnumber democrats, where conservatives outnumber liberals, this is an advantage for senator graham because he's going to be the most important politician in the state -- or

harrison, you have said that you would debate the senator again. he asked joe scarborough earlier on this show said, he has refused to take a covid-19 test in order to debate. why would he not want to take a covid-19 test? there are buildings that i go in new york that you have to take a covid-19 test. i don't understand what that means. >> and reverend, i'm sure every time lindsey graham golfed with the president, he also had to take a covid test. so i don't understand why the difficulty. what's the barrier. he took one the last time we had a debate. but for some odd reason, rev, i don't know why he was so hesitant to take one this time around. maybe he was just scared getting on the debate stage with me. >> yeah. >> after we were with him the last time. and i can understand that. but he needs to be straight up. >> i think maybe he is afraid -- he is afraid of jaime harrison test. let me say this, give you a chance to answer it. he has tried to paint you as an extremist. and i've known you down through the years when you headed the party, and you'

william henry harrison. and while to be safe, we're also going to put on harrison's ticket a democrat. a democrat who was very critical of jackson. john tyler, who's a virginia planter, and he was a jeffersonian, but he thought that jackson was too king like. so we'll throw a democrat on there. that's going to make this a safe, moderate ticket. no problem here. and they were right. look at that landslide for the whigs. the whigs overwhelmingly win the election. not only that, but the whigs for the first time control the house, control the senate, control the presidency. henry clay, rubbing his hands. hays ready to go. william henry harrison delivers his inauguration speech. a storm comes through washington, d.c., pouring down rain. during the speech, in that rain, william henry harrison, 68 years old, comes down with pneumonia and dies one month later. unbelievable, clay says. now john tyler is president, totally not what we planned, clay says. well, that's okay. we're going to -- i mean, tyler's not jackson

has raised a ton of money but given this, i was wondering, do you think that jamie harrison might be the beto o'rourke of 2020? >> could be. and in politics, it is and who's got the biggest pile of money. go ask president hillary clinton who outspent donald trump in 2016. we have seen the political landscape littered over the decades with people who spent more money than their opponent and lost. the question is efficiency. yes, jamie harrison had $15 million plus in the third quarter, but the question is does lindsey graham with 30 some odd million dollars or a high 20s i guess it was, does he have sufficient money to counter because at some point, you can get to too many ads and you are buying more sort of bouncing and not really digging through. so the question is i think both men have sufficient funds. the question is going to be who's going to get a better get out the vote operation and a better message. >> dana: do you think trump should travel to south carolina to give a boost to lindsay? >> i frankly think "the new york times" poll is probably right. lindsay has been on the at

i'm looking at the race between jaime harrison and senator lindsey graham. this was a race solidly looked at as the republican seat. it's been moved over by the cook political report as a toss-up. it's fascinating because jaime harrison is able to raise boatloads of money and put lindsey graham on the defense. this is a state president trump won in 2016 by 14 points. they have not sent a democrat to the senate in two decades. if jaime harrison is able to pull this off, it will be a major blow to republicans and lindsey graham has emerged as one of the closest allies to president trump. that's what makes this race an interesting one to watch. >>/yamiche, i want to play a piece of this tv ad jaime harrison is running because he decided to add a third candidate to the race. take a look at this ad. >> bledsoe was pro trump from day one, opposes all abortions and bledsoe's against all gun control. lindsey's changed and bledsoe is too conservative for south carolina. >> yamiche, bill bledsoe technically dropped out and ens doersed lindsey graham but his name is on

i'm looking at the race between jaime harrison and senator lindsey graham. this is a race that was solidly looked at as a republican seat. it was then moved over by the cook political report as a toss-up. it's really fascinating because jaime harrison has essentially been able to raise boatloads of money and put lindsey graham on the defense. this is a state that president trump won in 2016 by 14 points. they've not sent a democrat to the senate in two decades. so, if this -- if jaime harrison is able to pull this off, it's going to be a major blow to republicans. it is also interesting, of course, because lindsey graham has really emerged as one of the closest allies to president trump, and that's going to make this race a really interesting one to watch. >> and yamiche, i want to play a piece of this tv ad that jaime harrison is running, because he's decided to add a third candidate to this race. take a look at this ad. >> bledsoe was pro-trump from day one, opposes all abortions, and bledsoe's against all gun control. lindsey's changed and bledsoe's too c

harrison, manu raju at cnn. do you have a quick minute to talk before the debate? we've been trying to talk to you for this -- your campaign hasn't been responding to our questions. do you have a quick second to talk about the debate, how it went? any questions from cnn. will you take them? at the debate harrison attacked graham over his repeated promises in 2016 and 2018 not to advance a supreme court pick in a presidential election year. >> you can use my words against me. >> just be a man of it and stand up and say i changed my mind. >> reporter: graham was unapologetic about his reversal. >> amy coney barrett will be a buffer. >> reporter: yet it's that kind of shift that may cost graham this voter in myrtle beach. >> i kind of liked him until he flip-flopped on the supreme court thing, and that kind of turned me off. >> reporter: but graham thinks most voters will ultimately reward him in his quest to keep the court and senate conservative. are you worried voters may have lost trust in you? >> not at all. i think voters can trust me to be fair. >> thanks to ma

. >> a battle for the senate in south carolina, i spoke to democrat jaime harrison about his fierce challenge against lindsey graham. >> we started tv earlier. we started communicating with folks via digital. and social media and radio. we did all of the things we could to reach the folks, a message of hope and how to bring together folks in the community. >> a sad new record, a single day record of more than 97,000 coronavirus case, much of the surge coming in swing states. you can see the numbers. there we will dig into it as we say good morning, everybody. it's saturday, october 31st, i'm kendis gibson. >> i wonder instead of the patriotic music, we could use "the final countdown" and get it into everybody's head. >> and we know even the three days until election, we are far from the final countdown. >> we have a team of reporters in place across the country, following the latest developments in this race. >> and we have a lot of guests as well, the congressman debbie dingell of michigan, and democratic congressional candidate, and former texas state senator, wendy davis, and bishop michae

the harrison campaign has been very professional and well-run. you're getting that kind of confirmation on the other side. >> this would be a huge prize for the progressive left if they could pull off the upset that explains the massive amount of campaign cash sent in to help harrison, but republicans say don't count lindsey graham out just yet. martha. >> martha: mike, thank you much, mike emanuel and washington was on the races that were watching and more to come on those. right now we've got newt gingrich, former speaker of the house, fox news contributor and the author of "trump and the american future, solving the great problem of our time." great to have you with us, speaker, but one of the problems that that president trump's facing right now is getting reelected. we've seen the polls wide and a little but what would be your advice with 25 days to go? >> he has a clear path to a very large victory. he starts by continuing to pressure biden over whether or not he would pack the cord. two-thirds of the american people are deeply opposed to p

. >> and joining me now is jaime harrison. jaime, it's great to see you again. >> great to see you, andrea. >> it's down the home stretch. it's great to see you, but you're running against a republican behemoth, lindsey graham, who was just now chairing the judiciary hearings for amy coney barrett, a big calling card for conservative republicans, certainly red state republicans to turn out in big numbers with the supreme court in play. and you've raised $57 million in the third quarter alone. at that hearing, he opened the hearing, lindsey graham did, ad libbing his opening statement, some hints that there's dark money involved. can you explain where you're getting all this money from? >> yeah, andrea, thank you very much for having me again. the only dark money is lindsey graham's dark money from the corporate pacs. we've raised record numbers from grandmas and grandpas at $37 a person, andrea, from all over the state of south carolina. and i'm so, so proud of it. i'm humbled. but as i love to remind our folks and our support

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harrison has demanded tonight. you can't not show up at work because you want everybody tested, whether they need to or not. >> not only in south carolina, but you can be sure that that's going to be a big question among democrats in washington who are attending that hearing as well. now, the candidate forum last night dove tailed into a much larger discussion about health care, where harrison is making the argument that senator graham wants to move forward with the supreme court nominee who could very well vote to take down the affordable care act just a week after the election. here's what he said about health care in south carolina. >> we're in the 21st century, and 14 counties in south carolina don't have any obgnys, and we're serious about health care? then we have a senator who comes up with a health care plan that he thought of in a barbershop, where he doesn't protect folks with pre-existing conditions, where he puts a senior tax on seniors, and he block grants the money, reduces the amount of money. let's

harrison, do you have a quick minute to talk before the debate? we've been trying to talk to you for your campaign, not responding to our questions. do you have a quick second to talk about the debate? how it went? any questions with cnn, will you take them? >> reporter: harrison attacked graham over repeated promises in 2016 and 2018, not to advance the supreme court pick in a presidential election year. >> could use my words against me. >> you took an oath to serve and that's what you've done. now just be a man of it and stand up to say, i change my mind. >> reporter: graham was unapologetic about his reversal. >> amy barrett will be a buffer to liberalism. if you want conservative judges, i'm your only bet in this race. >> reporter: yet, it's that kind of shift that may cost graham this vote in myrtle beach. >> kind of liked him until he flip-flopped on the supreme court thing. and that kind of turned me off. >> reporter: graham thinks most voters will ultimately reward him in his quest to keep the court and the senate conservative. >> worried

harrison's third quarter $57 million fundraising haul shattered the senate record, even graham broke a senate g.o.p. record by raising $28 hellion. whilewo continue to saturate airwaves, social media - like themailboxes- have for months-- harrison's overall fundraising is on-track to total $100 million. ye money has boosted part a wave of resources that will help down ballot candidates now and assist in future statewide races as democrats look toward tto next bale in their wa shift the state. for the pbs newshour, i'm gavin jackson in columbia, south carolina. >> woodruff: protecting the voting process from outside interference is a high priority this easlection . in his latest report, miles o'brien looks at some of the latest technology being used in georgia, and whether it provides a stroer defense against tampering than the traditional paper ballot. it's part of our ongoing leading edge series on science and inno.vation >> reporter: in georgia, early presidential race is a tossup, and both senate seats are in play. so, naturally, the political world is nervously watching what vote

harrison's overall fund-raising is on track to total $100 million. t money has boosted party coffers, funded a wave of resources that will heldown-ballot candidates now and assist in future statewe races, as democrats look toward the next bate in their war to shift the state. for the "pbs newshour," i'm gavin jackson in columbia, south carolina. ♪ judy: ptecting the voting process from outside interference is a high priority this election season. in his latest report, miles o'brien looks at some of the latest technology being used in georgia, and whether it provides a stronger defense against paper ballot.n the traditional it's part of our ongoing leading edge series on science and innovation. miles in georgia, early voting presidential race is a toss-up, and both senate seats are in play. so, naturally, the political world iservously wotching what voters here will do, while, in thd of computer science, they are votensely tracking what thng machines will do. >> georgia is kind of a petr dish. miles alex halderman is a : professor of computer scienc