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Beyonce brought the house down Friday night in Houston, with a HUGE assist from her former bandmate Kelly Rowland, as they introduced Kamala Harris in front of a crowd that went wild.

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00:00We told you. We told you Beyonce was coming out for Kamala Harris.

00:03We're just a little early.

00:04We're just a little early on the trigger, that's all.

00:07But yes, at long last, Beyonce did show up at a Kamala Harris rally in Houston.

00:15Makes sense, in her hometown.

00:16But she was there, as you saw Kelly Rowland also there.

00:19And this was Beyonce, who really, even though she has been clearly supporting Kamala Harris all along,

00:26her music has been the intro.

00:29Freedom has been the theme for the whole campaign.

00:32Right, but she finally stepped to the mic and had this to say about the candidate she's backing.

00:38H-Town, we are so happy to be standing here on this stage as proud country, Texas women,

00:52supporting and celebrating the one and only Vice President Kamala Harris.

01:01A woman who's been pushing for what this country really needs right now, unity.

01:07It's impossible not to feel the energy in this room, the positivity, the community, the humanity.

01:17So Beyonce was strong, but she had an opening act.

01:21And I was watching this live, and I was flabbergasted when I saw Kelly Rowland.

01:30You never thought of her as this sort of an orator.

01:33I mean, again, forget politics for a minute.

01:37Just somebody who is a stirring orator?

01:41I have not seen many people like Kelly.

01:44I'm telling you, you should watch.

01:47We're going to play a little bit, but you should watch the whole thing.

01:49The whole thing, yeah.

01:50It is unbelievable.

01:52This is a little bit of how she brought that house down.

01:56We are grabbing back the pen from those who are trying to write an American story

02:00that would deny the right for women to make our own decisions about our bodies.

02:10Houston, we are grabbing back the pen.

02:16When I was a little girl and I pledged allegiance to the United States of America,

02:24that meant something to me.

02:26That flag meant something to me.

02:29And today, that means grabbing that pen and casting my vote, as I already did two days ago,

02:35for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.

02:38I mean, you just got to see the whole thing.

02:41That's what they call taking them to church.

02:43Yes.

02:44That's what she did.

02:46And I'm telling you, when you watch the whole thing, again, if we can, just forget politics.

02:53It was just so stirring when you just watch her style.

02:59I mean, it was just, I was unprepared for this.

03:03It was pretty amazing.

03:05And again, remember, she went before Beyonce, and I thought there was a little bit more,

03:10and this is not a knock on Beyonce, there was a little more substance,

03:13or at least how it was delivered, more power with what Kelly said.

03:18Interestingly, when Beyonce went up there, you couldn't hear most of what she was saying

03:22because everybody was screaming so loudly for her.

03:25It seemed like people were, were people not bummed that there was no performance, though?

03:29I don't think they were even expecting it.

03:31No, they did say there were some reports.

03:33We didn't say that.

03:34That wasn't us.

03:35That wasn't us.

03:36That wasn't us.

03:37But there were reports she was going to…

03:38See, we told you guys.

03:40Told you.

03:42Anyway, but it was, I'll tell you.

03:45The problem is, and you know, she did fine, but you've got to follow that.

03:50Right.

03:51You know, when the candidate comes out.

03:52The candidate comes out, and again, this is obviously a very friendly audience for her,

04:00and I don't think anyone thinks that Kamala Harris is going to win the state of Texas,

04:06but Democrats have been chipping away in Texas, and I think that's why you do this rally there, right?

04:11Well, they did it for two reasons.

04:13One was because the Senate race with Ted Cruz is hotly contested and very close,

04:17and they wanted to turn that because the Senate could write on that election.

04:22And the second thing is they want to land reproductive rights in a big way,

04:28and Texas has very restrictive laws.

04:32And by the way, Michelle Obama did that the next day in a really rousing speech as well.

04:39So I've got to say Kamala Harris is bringing out the big guns.

04:42Hey, this is Ty from New Jersey.

04:44So I think it's amazing that she was able to get them to support her, to show up at the rallies.

04:50She's going to generate a lot of votes.

04:52It's going to be big.

04:53I don't think they're going to win Texas.

04:54However, I think it's great that she got the support of them,

04:57and it's going to be great for her quest in becoming the president.

05:02We shall see how much it does.

05:04I mean, the other side of this is everyone says, well, you're not moving the needle

05:08because that's your base you're preaching to, and the same thing can be said at Donald Trump's rallies.

05:15You know, I haven't talked about this yet, but you and I have talked about this privately.

05:19There was a plan to do a huge performance in Washington, D.C. shortly before the election.

05:28It certainly looks now like that's not going to happen based on what we're hearing,

05:32but it was a plan where the dream was Taylor Swift and a bunch of other huge stars,

05:39and it never materialized, but that was something right around the time of the convention that was being worked on.

05:48It's just they couldn't land it.

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