TO HOLD FROM %
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THEIR ALREADY %
EXISTING RANKS, %
WHICH MEANS %
TURNING OUT
YOUNG VOTERS.
OR MOBILIZING
VOTERS THAT ARE
ALREADY DEMOCRATS
MAY NOT GO TO %
THE POLLS ALL %
THE TIME. %
THAT IS THE FIRST%
THEORY OF THE %
CASE. %
THE SECOND %
THEORY IS THAT %
WE HAVE TO PULL %
IN PEOPLE WHO %
MIGHT NOT BE %
SUPPORTING %
PRESIDENT TRUMP. %
REPUBLICANS WHO %
MAY BE %
DISENCHANTED
WITH THERE TRUMP %
HAS TAKEN THE %
PARTY. %
WE HAVE SEEN %
THOSE THEORIES %
OF THE CASE %
COMPETING, %
FRANKLY, OVER %
THE COURSE OF %
THE LAST FEW %
YEARS GO. %
TONIGHT TRIES TO %
MERGE THEM AND %
SHOW THAT THE %
BIDEN/HARRIS %
TICKET IS GOING %
TO BE FIRED ON
BOTH CYLINDERS
HEADING INTO %
NOVEMBER.
>> SO ALI, WE %
KNOW THERE WILL
BE NO DROPS.
THERE WILL NOW %
BE CROWD %
CHEERING. %
HOW DO THEY WENT
TO ENERGIZE A
VIRTUAL EVENT?
I’M GOING TO BE %
HONEST, ALISON. %
I’M STILL -- I
REMAIN OPTIMISTIC%
AS WE HEAD INTO
WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY. %
BUT AT THE SAME
TIME, BECAUSE IT %
IS ALL ONLINE, I %
THINK THERE’S %
GOING TO BE A %
MIX OF TRYING TO %
HAVE VIRAL %
MOMENTS FROM %
BOTH THE CONTENT %
AND THE LIVES %
BEACHES.
, ALSO IS %
LIMITING FACTOR %
TO THIS. %
THEY HAVE %
SEVERAL PEOPLE %
WHO ARE GOING TO %
ACT THROUGHOUT %
THE NIGHT BUT %
PEOPLE LIKE EVA %
LONGORIA WERE %
GOING TO RING A %
LITTLE BIT OF
STAR POWER. %
THERE’S ALSO %
MUSICAL ACTS %
THAT ARE GOING %
TO BE %
INTERSPERSED. %
SOMETHING LIKE %
MAGGIE ROGERS %
FOR EXAMPLE IS %
GOING TO BE %
PERFORMING %
TONIGHT. %
IT IS GOING TO %
THE GIVE IT A %
STAR-STUDDED %
POLITICAL %
TELETHON %
ATMOSPHERE. %
THERE’S GOING TO %
BE A LOT OF LIVE %
STREAMS FROM THE %
PEOPLE WRITING %
ALL OF THIS. %
THAT IS THE PLAN %
TO TRY TO KEEP %
IT ENERGETIC. %
IN ORDER SO THEY %
DON’T LOSE THE
REACTION SHOT.
THERE WON’T BE %
CROWD IN FRONT %
OF THE SPEECHES. %
THEY ARE GOING
TO BE BEAMING %
INTO THE SEVERAL %
WATCH PARTIES %
THAT ARE %
HAPPENING ACROSS %
THE COUNTRY TO %
TRY TO KEEP A %
LITTLE BIT OF %
THAT SPONTANEOUS %
HEALING GOING %
HERE AS WELL. %
>> ALI, OUR NBC %
NEWS/"WALL %
STREET JOURNAL" %
POLL SHOWS THAT %
RIGHT IN IS %
LEADING BY DOUBLE
DIGITS ON KEY %
ISSUES LIKE THE %
CORONAVIRUS, %
IMMIGRATION,
RACE RELATIONS.
THE PRESIDENT %
STILL HAS AN %
EDGE ON THE %
ECONOMY. %
DOES THE BIDEN %
CAMPAIGN HAVE A %
STRATEGY TO TRY %
TO GAIN SOME %
GROUND THERE? %
IT IS
INTERESTING, %
THOUGH, ALISON, %
BECAUSE THAT IS %
BEEN THE CASE %
ALL ALONG, EVEN %
BACK IN THE %
DEMOCRATIC . %
DEMOCRATS WERE %
BEING QUESTIONED % ABOUT HOW THEY %
ABOUT HOW THEY %
COULD TAKE IT TO %
TRUMP ON THE %
ECONOMY. %
AT THAT POINT, %
THE ECONOMY WAS %
DOING PRETTY %
WELL. %
NOW, OF COURSE, %
WE KNOW WE ARE %
IN COMPLETELY %
DIFFERENT %
TERRITORY %
BECAUSE OF THE %
RECESSION THAT %
WE FIND %
OURSELVES IN. %
I THINK, LOOK, %
POLLS I WILL %
ALWAYS SAY THIS. %
THERE’S %
SNAPSHOTS OF THE %
MOMENT THEY ARE %
TAKEN IN. %
IN THIS CASE, %
THEY WERE TAKEN %
IN AUGUST. %
I THINK IT IS A %
GOOD ROAD MAP %
AND IT IS A %
BLUEPRINT FOR %
DEMOCRATS IN %
TERMS OF GETTING %
A MESSAGE OUT %
THERE THAT %
SHIFTS VOTERS ON %
THE ECONOMY. %
WE HAVE SEEN %
HARRIS AND BIDEN %
THROUGHOUT THIS %
BEST BET %
CRITICIZING THE %
TRUMP %
DEMONSTRATION ON %
THE PANDEMIC AND %
THEIR HANDLING. %
AND THIS POLL %
DOES SHOW THAT %
THAT IS %
RESONATING WITH %
THE ELECTRIC. %
AS WE GO AND SEE %
THE LAST 70 ON %
SOME DAYS, IT IS %
GOING TO BE %
IMPORTANT TO %
REMEMBER THAT %
THE ECONOMY IS
CRUCIAL BECAUSE %
VOTERS VOTE
BASED ON WHAT IS
HITTING THEM IN
THEIR WALLET. %
>> THE DEMOCRATIC%
NATIONAL %
CONVENTION
KICKING OFF %
TONIGHT NO
BALLOON DROP, WE %
WILL KEEP OUR %
EYES OUT FOR %
SOMETHING. %
JUST AS EXCITING.%
>> THANKS.
>>> OUR SPECIAL %
COVERAGE OF THE %
DEMOCRATIC %
NATIONAL %
CONVENTION %
STARTS TONIGHT
AT EIGHT IT:00 %
P.M. %
YOU CAN. %
YOU CAN CATCH IT %
RIGHT HERE ON %
NBC NEWS NOW. %
! THE DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL %
CONVENTION
SHOULD BE %
KICKING OFF IN %
MILWAUKEE TODAY. %
THE PANDEMIC, OF %
COURSE, FORCING %
THE EVENT TO GO %
VIRTUAL. %
WISCONSIN WAS %
ONE OF THE %
DECIDING STATE %
>> IN 2016 WHEN %
THE DROP IN %
BLACK VOTER
TURNOUT HELPED
TIP THE SCALE %
FOR PRESIDENT %
TRUMP EMMA’S NBC %
NEWS
CORRESPONDENT %
DJORDJE JOINS %
ME. %
IN WISCONSIN,
PRESIDENT TRUMP. %
WHAT DO YOU SEE %
DOING THERE?
I THINK HE PUT
TODAY THAT RUN %
INTERFERENCE.
TAKE ADVANTAGE %
OF THE FACT THAT %
DESPITE THE FACT %
THAT THE
CONVENTION HAS
GONE ALL %
VIRTUAL, THERE %
IS STILL AN %
ENORMOUS FOCUS %
ON POLITICS AND %
ACROSS IS %
CONSTANT.
BECAUSE HE HAD
PLANNED TO BE %
HERE.
THE PRESIDENT IS %
CAMPAIGNING IN %
SOME OF THE MORE %
RURAL PARTS OF %
THE STATE, WHERE %
HE WENT UP THE %
SCORE IN 2016. %
HE IS STAYING %
AWAY FROM %
MILWAUKEE.
THE OTHER THING %
THAT BROKE HIS
WAY.
THAT DRAMATIC
DROP-OFF IN %
BLACK TURNOUT, %
ESPECIALLY IN
THE COUNTY.
19% DROP IN 2012 %
AND 2016.
THOSE TWO
COMBINED ALLOWED
WISCONSIN TO GO %
IN EARLY FOR
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
THE STATE
SLIPPING TO THE %
REPUBLICAN
COLUMN FOR THE %
FIRST TIME SINCE %
1984. %
THAT IS A LONG %
WAY TO SAY
PRESIDENT TRUMP %
NEEDS TO GET %
EVERYTHING RIGHT %
HERE IN %
WISCONSIN IF HE %
IS GOING TO WIN %
AGAIN. %
AS MUCH TROUBLE %
FOR THE %
DEMOCRATS AS YOU
CAN ON THEIR
CONVICTION. %
>> GARRETT, YOU %
MENTIONED THAT %
DISAPPOINTING %
BLACK VOTER %
TURNOUT IN 2016. %
DO VOTERS THINK %
THAT THIS %
ELECTION WILL BE %
DIFFERENT?
>> Reporter: %
THEY DO THINK IT %
WILL BE %
DIFFERENT.
FRANKLY, WE HAVE %
STARTED TO SEEN %