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>> this week, 2024 campaign trail takes you to new york with former president trump spoke to the press outside hearings for two of the court cases he's hearing and to north carolina where president biden and vice president harris were about the road touting their administration's support for the affordable care act. we'll also look at the latest ads from the two presidential campaign and preview the u.s. senate rails in montana this year. first, we're in oakland, california. the hometown of nicole shanahan, the lawyer, tech executive and philanthropist r.f.k. f. kennedy jr. picked as his vice president usually pick on tuesday. next, some of her first-ever political address. >> the democrats and republicans are trying to divide america. they tell us to hate each other, mistrust each other, to accuse

each other of treason. to warn us in apocalyptical terms that democracy itself is doomed if the other side wins. they turn families, nation and friends against each other. they're trying to divide america but nicole and i, we're united and that's our path to victory. [cheers] that's how we're going to win and forge on unstoppable coalition after democrats and republicans who are ready to look at the universal values that unite us all and that every conscience, american wants the same way any coal wants i and i want it. all those things i described.

our love, our children, good food, the soil. moral authority around the world. the end of the warfare state and incorruptible government. on those things we are aligned. if we can only persuade enough americans to vote out of home rather than fear, we're going to be a lighthouse in november. [applause] nicole and i are running to help yield the symptoms -- heal the symptoms of an ailing america. to heal our economy. to heal our mental health and our spiritual and physical health but we can't do it alone. we need you and now i have a governing partner who will fight for you and for your family until the last corporate kickback from our government, the last toxin is cleared from our water and our soil.

[cheers] until the last american child gets to live a healthy american life and gets to pursue their own happiness in the land of the free. until the last -- is coined from our government. i'm confident that there is no american more competent than nicole shanahan to play this role so i'm proud to introduce to all of you the next vice president of the united states of america, nicole shanahan. [cheers] nicole: hi, everybody, and thank you so much for being hereed to. it is so good to be here in oakland. [cheers] this city will always have a special place in my heart. i grew up just a few miles from

this very spot. my mother who's standing right there with her phone up -- [laughter] she immigrated here from china, and my late father was an irish and german american. so these are two of my political convictions i hold today. conserve peace and help those in poverty. [cheers] so you can understand why i gravitated to the democratic party, because that was supposed to be the party of pass, the party of compassion. many democrats, we still believe in those ideals but unfortunately as an institution it has lost its way. i'm so hopeful for this. i hope you all understand now what that is brought me into

politics. [cheers] and what in this moment i -- i am leaving the democratic party. [cheers] and i want to say two things about that. first, even though i am leaving the party, i believe i am taking the best ideals and impulses with me. the democratic party is supposed to be the party of compassion, it is supposed to be the party of diplomacy and science. it is supposed to be the participant of civil liberties and free speech and most importantly, the party of the middle class and the american dream. [cheers] while i know many democrats

still abide by those values, i want to point out -- and i've been in touch with many people in the democratic party -- i do believe they've lost their way and their little. [applause] i worry for the party's overwhelming interests inlittest celebrity and winning at all costs and i'm worried that winning means even turning an eye on the issues they all know to be true. i've seen this over the last eight years and i've grown increasingly tired of it. it wasn't until i met bobby and the people supporting him that i felt any home in the outcome of this election.

as i re-examine my democratic convictions. i've seen conservative voters with new eyes too. i have met farmers and hunters who are some of the most staunch conservationists i've ever met, who understand eco systems better than most. i have met mothers protecting their children who are searching every possible avenue for their health and yet, the republican party, like the democratic, is letting them down because the alaska, of the party are diverting from the values that actually support individual freedom. [applause] in fact, the very failure of both parties to do their job to protect their founding values has contributed to the decline of this country in my lifetime. maybe that's why i see so many

republicans disillusioned with their party as i've become disillusioned with mine. if you are one of those disillusioned republicans, i welcome you to join me, a disillusioned candidate. >> president biden and vice president harris took their campaign to raleigh, north carolina, this week, where they talked extensively about their administration's support for the american care act. a poll in february showed americans trusted democrats more than republicans to address public concerns. next, some of the president's and vice president's joint appearance in the tar heel straight. vice president harris: but while president biden and myself are fighting to expand access to afford usually health care, there are extremists in our country trying to take away health care coverage or make it more expensive.

extremists who wants to take coverage away from our seniors by trying to cut social security and medicare. they want to take away coverage from working families by trying to gut medicaid and they want to cut coverage for people with preexisting conditions by continually trying to appeal the affordable care act. and, across our nation, extremists attack a woman's access to health care and reproductive health care. they've proposed and passed laws that criminalize doctors and punish women. laws that threaten doctors and nurses prison time, even for life, simply for providing reproductive care. laws that even make no exception for rape or incest. the result is a health care crisis with real harm. president biden: the affordable care act is is the most

comfortable health care act since medicare and medicaid. it was always about million of americans lying in bed at night wondering what would happen. i'll never forget my dad came home one night. and my bedroom wall backed up to where they were. i could hear my dad was restless as hell. i couldn't understand why. i asked my mom, the next day, i was 14 years old what was yo. she said he just found out he lost his health care insurance. there are millions of people wondering at night what would happen if i get cancer or my child gets seriously ill. they've tried to repeal the affordable care act 50 times, not a joke. they've tried to repeal it. we've stopped them every time.

now they want to cut the budget again. 160, 180 republicans put out their budget for next year, want to get rid of the affordable health care act again. but i got news for them. we're going to stop them again. [applause] look, camilo and i have -- kamala and i have come back to north carolina to celebrate the a.c.a. and reiterate we can't take anything for granted. not a single solitary republican in the congress voted for. i enacted tax credits to save an average of $800 per person per year. those tax credits expire next year. i'm calling on congress to make that $800 expanded affordable health care tax credit permanent.

[applause] otherwise, millions of americans without coverage could lose their coverage. folks, it's because we're making the a.c.a. stronger and more affordable. a.c.a. enrollment is breaking records. today everyone can get affordable coverage through the a.c.a. and 80% of the folks on the a.c.a. plan can get a plan for $10 a month. $10 a month. 21 million people covered under a.c.a., a 75% increase just since kamala and i came to office. and that includes over 1 million folks right here in north carolina. my predecessor and maga republican congress have a different plan. four years ago this month we saw how my preed saysor didn't care much about science and reason. during the pandemic that went on to claim one million american lives. for every live claimed. it's smithed that between eight

and 10 people were left behind. trump didn't level with the american people. he told americans all they had to do was inject belief in their veins. not a joke. 84 of my republican colleagues in congress were hell-bent on getting rid of the a.c.a. they came within one vote but failed because of my deceased friend john mccain going like this. [applause] even during the deadly pandemic, the maga friends in congress wanted to get rid of the a.c.a. it's sick. now they want to quote, his word, terminate the a.c.a., as my predecessor says. if that ever happened we'd also

terminate a lot of lives as well but we're note going to let that happen. >> speaking of on the theme of health care, the biden-harris campaign also released the following ad, high former president trump's opposition to the affordable care act. >> obama care is a disaster. it's a catastrophe. [bell dinging] >> the trump campaign, medium, kept its message in its latest ad focused squarely on border security. >> from all over world they came. millions of illegal border crossers have entered the country unlawfully.

they're coming by the thousands. nobody could afford this. and even morally it's so wrong. ♪ >> we will secure our borders and we will restore or knock sit ♪ our democracy. ♪ >> i recognize the fact that joe biden is working for immigrants laws -- [chanting]

♪ >> former president trump, the presumptive republican presidential nominee, didn't hold any campaign events over the past week but he did appear twice this past monday in new york city as he attended two court hearings. one civil and one criminal. next, his reaction to some of the day's proceedings in manhattan. >> this is a case that could have been brought three and a half years ago. -- they delayed it because of the election. this is election interference, that's all it is. obviously we are appealing but this is a pure case of voter intimidation and election interference and it shouldn't be allowed to happen. this case has been brought by

the d.a. but they said they have no case and that they bring it anyway. as you know, the -- did not want to bring this case. he was forced into it and it's a disgrace that it can happen. this is a case that could have been brought three and a half years ago and they decide to wait now just during the election so that i won't be able to campaign. i won't be appealing this but the other decision, it will be my honor to post and we'll post whenever is necessary. it's a decision we appreciate and expect the division very much and we will, i think, do very well. we have a judge, a crooked judge and a crooked attorney general. absolutely crooked. we did nothing wrong at all. 100% and that was proven.

and everybody there knows it was proven. all you have to do is read the legal skole arce and you'd see that it was proven. we appreciate very much the decision of the appellate division, thank you very much. [[inaudible] >> next, a look at some of our conversation with pete naismith on the league of conservation voters. he talked about the group's high marks for president biden's commitment -- climate agendas. >> what grade would you give president biden? >> we would give him ran a. he's done more to handle the climate crisis than any president in the history of this country. the inflation reduction act, the most significant piece of legislation ever passed in the united states or anywhere in the

world to tackle climate change. it will jump-start and start us forward only the clean energy revolution, get us off of fossil fuels. it will make our communities healthier and safer and exactly what we need. there's the bipartisan infrastructure bill that addresses lead in water. a huge boost for electric vehicle charging stations and just last week, executive action, will give americans all around the country more choices for cleaner cars, and putting a thing on export charges of liquid natural gas. all of these things from this president and that's why he gets such a high grade. >> young voters that care about the climate are not as enthusedded with president biden's record.

here's a "new york times" headline. many young voters bitter of the willow oil drilling. reminding viewers of the willow oil drilling debate. is there a concern on your part that young voters who care about this issue won't be voting for president biden? >> i think there's a concern that we need to engage young voters only this, that is undoubtedly true. we don't agree with everything his administration has done. we disagreed with the willow oil decision that allowed for more gals and drilling in alaska. but if you look, for example, protecting bristol bay in alaska from drilling, that's an important step guard. if you look at this most recent action a couple of years months -- months ago to pause export term false, that's telling -- terminals, that's telling big oil, no, you can't

get what you want. it's hugely important. connecting with young votes about -- voters about that is something we're doing. >> how much do you plan to spend in this election cycle to get president biden re-elected? >> for president biden and pro-environment champs up and down the ballot -- 120 million. that's more than we've ever done. in 2016 it was only $45 million. i think that increase in numbers speaks to a couple of things. one, the usuallicy of the climate crisis, the fact that we just have to tackle it. two, that climate change has become more enmedded in -- enmushed in our politics in a deeper way. it's more important for many voters, including young voters and also because of the results that we've seen with this administration. the inflation reduction act.

the bipartisan bill putting us back in the paris climate accords. pausing the terminals, the clean car standards, etc. much more than that what that says is people know that this pro environment, pro-climate administration, there's so much more that they want to do, need to do in the second term. and that the majority of the u.s. senate, keep that in place but change the leadership in the u.s. house. >> where does climate change rank as an issue in 20 4 and has that helped you in raising more funding that you can then turn around and spend in re-electing or getting pro-climate candidates elected? >> for many voters it ranks very high. not just young voters but voters of color in many instances rank

commitment change up on their list. if you -- climate change up on their list. the issue of climate change has become more and more important. if you look back to the 2020 democratic primary. joe biden and all the other candidates put out aggressive climate change million because they knew it was a vote getter in the primary and then brought that message forward in the general election against a climate change denier. donald trump has called climate change a hoax. it was part of the debate in 2020 and that's emphases climate change matters to voter. >> a lot of eyes on montana's senate rails this year. jon tester considered one of the most endangered incumbents. who is lining up to run against him on the g.o.p. side?

>> the most program net is a man theying tim sheehy. he's a businessman. he hasn't been in the state very long, a little over a decade, which can sometimes be a liability but he was recruited by the national senator oral senate committee. he is independently wealthy, able to self-fund and somebody onto whom voters can project their aspirations effectively. he has no voting record. he's never held elected office. he's never even been in office before. this is his first foray into the limelight. brad johnson, a former montana secretary of state and public service commissioner is also running in the republican primary but i think most of the institutional money and support

and most people's expectations are leaning towards tim sheehy. >> between sheehy and brad johnson, who's winning the endorsement game right now? >> it's tim sheehy. he has trump's endorsement. i think that is probably the most important endorsement you could have in the republican primary. he also has the support of republicans statewide. congressman dinke who awarded tim sheehy. he has all of those folks lined up behind him as well as the national republican infrastructure. no diss to brad johnson. i think he's kind of a long shot candidate in this space but he -- one of the questions was whether he would face a primary

challenge from rose dale, a hardline republican from montana. he ran for senate for six days and when it became clear basically that the national party and donald trump would do anything they could to stop him, he dropped out of that rails. i think that was the real primary drama without rosendale. johnson is there as someone who hasn't hand picked by the d.c. base hit but i'm not -- establishment but i'm not sure how much that argument will resonate with voters. >> what, is the issue that is really motivating montanans this year? >> basically the same things. we have candidates who live thousands of miles away from the southern boarder who already made their -- at eagle pass and whatnot. so candidates are telling us

that people are wored about border security, about fentanyl. of course, there are -- concerns there. people are talking about that. property taxes is probably one of the big local issues. it has really risen to the top as montana wrestles with a pretty dramatic cost of living rise. so i think we'll hear a lot about affordability and montana way of life, montana vaults. that's something that decent wants to run on preserving. people like jon tester, they want to run away from joe biden.

one of our democratic gubernatorial candidates is taking a similar tack. they -- tack. they understand that biden is unpopular. but also i think that it's hard for me to say. but as i mentioned earlier, a lot of candidates make a big deal about how long they've been in montana, how not long the opponent has been in montana. jon tester has multigenerational roots in montana. has farmed the same plot of dirt in montana for a long time. tim sheehy is like a rich tech guy who moved here not that long ago. that could be a compelling argument for some but the race, which is so national because of the margin in the u.s. senate,

it's safe to say that most of the thing you hear on the trail are similar to what you would hear from other candidates in other senate races across the country. >> thank you so much for your time and expertise. >> thank you. >> a reminder, this program and all of c-span's campaign 2024 coverage can be found online at cspan.org very campaign. >> coming up, book tv's author interview program afterwards features a conversation with n.y.u. professor jonathan haidt. and then jerome powell discusses the actions taken by the fed to address inflation, and then an update on the baltimore key bridge collapse. john.

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