
News Wrap: Harris, Trump campaign in election’s home stretch
Clip: 10/27/2024 | 5m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
News Wrap: Harris and Trump campaign across the U.S. in the election’s home stretch
In our news wrap Sunday, Harris and Trump and their running mates campaigned with just nine days to go until Election Day, Egypt proposed a two-day cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, satellite images showed damage to a secret Iranian military base after Israel’s retaliatory strike, and Georgia’s president said the country was the victim of a Russian “special operation” after Saturday’s election.
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News Wrap: Harris, Trump campaign in election’s home stretch
Clip: 10/27/2024 | 5m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
In our news wrap Sunday, Harris and Trump and their running mates campaigned with just nine days to go until Election Day, Egypt proposed a two-day cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, satellite images showed damage to a secret Iranian military base after Israel’s retaliatory strike, and Georgia’s president said the country was the victim of a Russian “special operation” after Saturday’s election.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipJOHN: GOOD EVENING, I'M JOHN YANG.
WITH JUST NINE DAYS TO GO UNTIL ELECTION DAY, THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AND THEIR RUNNING MATES ARE HEADING INTO THE HOME STRETCH, THEIR TRAVELS DICTATED BY POLL NUMBERS AND THE CALCULUS OF GETTING TO 270 ELECTORAL VOTES.
>> PEOPLE FEEL REAL PAIN.
BUT LIKE PAUL, WE MUST REMEMBER THAT DIVINE POWER WORKS THROUGH OUR ACTIONS.
>> AT THE CHURCH OF CHRISTIAN COMPASSION IN PHILADELPHIA THIS MORNING, VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS TAPPED INTO HER FAITH TO DELIVER HER MESSAGE.
>> I SEE NATION DETERMINED TO TURN THE PAGE ON HATRED AND DIVISION.
[APPLAUSE] TO CHART A NEW WAY FORWARD.
I SEE AMERICANS FROM RED STATES AND BLUE STATES READY TO BEND THE ARC OF HISTORY TOWARD JUSTICE.
>> PHILADELPHIA IS THE LARGEST CITY IN A STATE CRITICAL TO WINNING THE WHITE HOUSE.
SHE PLANS TO BLITZ ALL SEVEN BATTLEGROUND STATES OVER THE NEXT FOUR DAYS.
>> WE HAVE A GUY OPENLY SAYING HE WANTS TO BE A DICTATOR, WANTS TO TAKE AWAY REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS.
>> RUNNING MATE TIM WALZ WAS IN NEVADA PRESSING THE FOCUS ON REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM.
THAT WAS ALSO PART OF FORMER FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA'S MESSAGE TO VOTERS LAST NIGHT IN MICHIGAN.
>> PLEASE DO NOT HAND OUR FATES OVER TO THE LIKES OF TRUMP WHO KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT US, WHO HAS SHOWN DEEP CONTEMPT FOR US.
BECAUSE A VOTE FOR HIM IS A VOTE AGAINST US, AGAINST OUR HEALTH, AGAINST OUR WORTH.
>> REPUBLICAN VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE JD VANCE MADE THE ROUNDS OF THE SUNDAY SHOWS.
HE DENIED THE DEMOCRATS' ASSERTION THAT A VOTE FOR THE REPUBLICAN TICKET IS A VOTE AGAINST WOMEN AND PIVOTED TO TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMY.
>> AT THIS LATE STAGE, SHE IS NOT TALKING ABOUT HOW SHE CAN LOWER THE PRICE OF GROCERIES BECAUSE SHE RAISED THE PRICE OF GROCERIES.
>> SO, YOU MADE IT UP?
>> NO.
>> HE WAS PRESSED ABOUT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S REFERENCES TO THE ENEMY WITHIN.
>> THE BIGGER PROBLEM ARE THE PEOPLE WITHIN.
WE HAVE SOME VERY BAD PEOPLE, SICK PEOPLE, RADICAL LEFT LUNATICS.
IT SHOULD BE EASILY HANDLED BY, IF NECESSARY, THE NIONAL GUARD OR THE MILITARY.
I THINK NANCY PELOSI IS AN ENEMY FROM WITHIN.
>> HE IS TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE RIOTING AFTER THE ELECTION.
YOU ARE USING TWO SEPARATE PHRASES.
HE SAID ABOUT USING THE MILITARY THAT FAR LEFT LUNATICS, PEOPLE WHO RIOT IN THE WAKE OF AN ELECTION, BURNED DOWN AMERICAN CITIES, YES.
>> THIS AFTERNOON, TRUMP IS TO SPEAK AT A RALLY AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.
JOHN: IN THE MIDDLE EAST, EGYPT HAS PROPOSED A TWO-DAY CEASEFIRE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS, DURING WHICH FOUR ISRAELI HOSTAGES WOULD BE FREED.
THERE'S BEEN NO IMMEDIATE RESPONSE FROM EITHER SIDE.
IN NORTHERN GAZA, AN ISRAELI OFFENSIVE IS ENTERING ITS THIRD WEEK.
AIRSTRIKES KILLED AT LEAST 22 PEOPLE IN BEIT LAHIYA -- MOST OF THEM WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
HAMAS IS PRAISING AN ATTACK AT A BUS STOP NORTH OF TEL AVIV.
DOZENS OF PEOPLE WERE INJURED WHEN A TRUCK RAMMED INTO A BUS.
POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING IT AS A TERRORISM INSTANT INCIDENT.
AND IN JERUSALEM, HECKLERS DISRUPTED A SPEECH BY PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU AT A CEREMONY HONORING THE VICTIMS OF THE OCTOBER 7 ATTACKS.
PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU: [ SPEAKING ANOTHER LANGUAGE] JOHN: THOSE PEOPLE WERE SHOUTING "SHAME ON YOU" IN HEBREW.
MANY ISRAELIS BLAME NETANYAHU FOR THE FAILURES THAT LED TO THE ATTACKS AND FOR FAILING TO BRING HOME ALL HOSTAGES.
SEPARATELY, IN HIS FIRST PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE RETALIATORY STRIKE ON IRAN, NETANYAHU SAID ISRAEL HAD DISRUPTED IRAN'S DEFENSE AND MISSILE CAPABILITIES.
NEW SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW DAMAGE TO A SECRET MILITARY BASE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN LINKED TO TEHRAN'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM.
IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER SAID THE ATTACK SHOULDN'T BE EITHER EXAGGERATED OR MINIMIZED.
HE DID NOT CALL FOR A MILITARY RESPONSE.
THE PRESIDENT OF GEORGIA IS REFUSING TO RECOGNIZE THE RESULTS OF SATURDAY'S ELECTION.
SHE SAID THE COUNTRY WAS THE VICTIM OF A RUSSIAN "SPECIAL OPERATION."
EARLY RESULTS GIVE THE RULING PARTY 53% OF THE VOTE.
BUT EUROPEAN ELECTION OBSERVERS EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT VOTE BUYING, DOUBLE VOTING, PHYSICAL VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION.
GEORGIA'S RULING PARTY HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY AUTHORITARIAN, CRACKING DOWN ON FREE SPEECH, JUST AS NEIGHBORING RUSSIA HAS.
STILL TO COME, THE IMPORTANCE OF DOWN BALLOT RACES LIKE THE ONE FOR THE OHIO STATE SUPREME COURT.
AND SCIENTISTS SEARCH FOR WAYS TO BATTLE A BAT-KILLING FUNGUS.
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