With the election in four days, Wisconsin is the place to be.
Tonight, both presidential candidates are holding rallies
in and around Milwaukee. Donald Trump is scheduled to speak
within the hour at the Fiserv Forum downtown. That's where
“Here& Now” reporter Nathan Denzin is. And hi, Nathan. Hi,
Fred. So what time is Donald Trump scheduled to take the
stage? And who have you been hearing from in that crowd until
he does? >> Yeah. So Trump is expected to
speak here at about 8:00. But we know with a lot of Trump rallies
he can show up late. So probably about 830 is realistic in the
meantime, people here have heard from a lot of former and current
Wisconsin representatives, former Governors Tommy Thompson
and Scott Walker were both here, as were Representatives Brian
Steil Scott Fitzgerald, Senator Ron Johnson and Senate candidate
Eric Hovde. So very Wisconsin specific. Not a lot of outside
people, but what's the energy like there inside, it's very
high. It is very high energy in here.
about 7 a.m. This morning, there was a line that was already
forming and it's pretty full in here.
>> The second section in here was curtained off initially, but
they've been opening up that more and more as we've gotten
close to the Trump speaking. There is not an empty seat in
here. If that seat is available, why would Donald Trump visit a
Democratic stronghold like Milwaukee once again?
>> Just chuck it to him. >> Yeah. So it harkens back to
the advice that former Governor Tommy Thompson had given to
Republicans in the state, and that is to really hit these
areas of Madison and Milwaukee hard. If you look at it, the
percentages, it might say that they're very, very democratic.
And that's true. But there's still a lot of Republican votes
in these cities, and they don't get to see their their
presidential candidate very often. So Republicans are trying
to hit these areas to drive out those voters because, as we
know, in a state like Wisconsin, every vote counts.
to Wisconsin this week, as we have mentioned. Where else has
Trump rallied? >> Yeah. So Trump was also in
green Bay on Wednesday, where he rallied with former legendary
Green Bay quarterback Brett Favre. And he really urged his
supporters to get out the vote. Here's what he had to say with
your vote this November, we are going to fire Kamala and we are
going to save America. >> We will cut your taxes, end
inflation, slash your prices, raise your wages and bring
thousands of factories back to America. And in fact, we're
going to bring a lot of them right back to Wisconsin.
>> So we saw him there in his reflective vest as a prop to
highlight a comment that Joe Biden had made earlier this
week. But it does sure seem, Nathan, like these campaigns are
leaving it all on the field in the final days. Can you sense
that from the crowd as well? Yeah, absolutely.
stops here tonight. The music is loud, as you can probably hear
behind me. They've had the t shirt cannon out. They really
care about this state. >> In his many visits to
Wisconsin, who is Trump hoping to turn out?
>> Well, really? He's hoping to turn out his base here. He's
probably not changing many minds, but it is. Rally in green
Bay. He was in the bow counties of Brown, Outagamie and
Winnebago, which is a really strong Republican stronghold.
>> And here the wow counties of Washington, Ozaki and Waukesha
are very close. >> And those have been trending
a little bit blue in recent years. But it still can be
counted on, as you know, a lot of Republican votes that that
could be coming to Trump. So he's trying to drive out his
base in these last, last hours of the election here in
Wisconsin. really appreciate your reporting
from the Fiserv Forum there in Milwaukee with that loud music,
the t shirt cannons and all the the t shirt cannons and all the