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all eyes are on michigan to lead starts right now both kamala harris and donald trump, crisscrossing the wolverine state today, the candidates focusing on the economy and jobs and their events as questions swirl over harris's campaign strategy and donald trump's latest comments and a new fox interview plus unsealed the huge new trove of evidence in trump's federal election subversion case released today. why now and what is still being kept hidden? and stunning new reporting about the killing of hamas leader yahya sinwar. what cnn is learning about how sinwar was killed, how his body was identified, and how israel might use the body and future for negotiations to strike a hostage deal tapper, our election day

counting town is down to 18 days and both candidates today or in the critical battleground, state of michigan again, nearly 1 million ballots have already been cast so far in the great lake state where the israel gaza warm looms large politically as many muslim american and arab american residents had been dissatisfied with the way the biden-harris administration has handled the war and supported israel. harris just held a campaign event in grand rapids, michigan earlier this afternoon and she will appear at a union hall next hour in lansing, michigan. meanwhile, former president donald trump is set to hold a roundtable in oakland county and around in detroit tonight is his campaign grapples with this federal judge today, releasing a massive trove of documents in the 2020 election subversion case against mr. trump brought by special counsel jack smith will have much more on that just ahead, we're also at the point in this tight race where we are seeing some big name surrogates hitting the campaign trail. two sources tell cnn

that the trump campaign is talking with former south carolina governor nikki haley to join him on the trail. as for harris, former president bill clinton is sitting up small rural towns while former president obama heads to tucson, arizona tonight. tomorrow at a detroit rally, harris will have lizzo by her side. and later that day, usher will take the stage for harris at a rally in atlanta. both stars looking to help harris shore up young and black voters who are key in each state. let's check in on both campaigns with cnn kristen holmes and eva mckend. eva, we just heard from harris and her first event in michigan today. what's the message he is delivering? >> jake, so we heard her today on the campaign trail, needling the former president, clearly trying to get under his skin here by suggesting that he is not up to the task, arguing it is a legitimate question to ask if he has the ability to return to the white house and this lends itself to a larger argument that she has long me that he is unserious and that

he lacks the temperament required. take a listen now sucking debates and canceling interviews come on >> his own campaign team recently said it is because of exhaustion the campaign trail, it raises real questions about whether you are fit for the toughest job in the war so jake, this theme i have to say is perhaps one of the loudest applause line she receives in response to it last night in wisconsin, she said, clearly, when you listen to him, he doesn't know what he's talking about and she was just met with roaring applause. >> but you see the vice president trying to characterize herself really as a consensus candidate. and i think this argument lends

itself to that, right? she's talking about entrepreneurship manufacturing on the campaign trail, protecting workers. it's not exactly ideological or dogmatic, and it is a broader effort to bring voters there's into the fold who may not necessarily agree with her on all of these policy issues by making this bottom line argument that the former president is just not up to the task. >> jake krystian, former president trump, is also in michigan, what is he focusing on today? >> well, he's supposed to be focused on around table where he talks about us manufacturing, talking about building up the economy. obviously something that his team has wanted him to double down on, but it is donald trump. we do believe in michigan that he is starting to chip away, particularly at that union support that is generally gone to democrats. and as we know, working class voters do tend to shift towards donald trump. we should expect to see he, donald trump in michigan, not just this week, but next week. or the week after they do feel like they're gaining ground in that state, however, nothing is a short thing. i do want to mention one thing

because we talked a little bit about nikki haley. this is another demographic that they are trying to reach through. nikki haley that right now they are struggling with and that is women, particularly suburban women. we know that he has done a number of these town halls where he has had these republican prominent women host them or need them, whether it be sarah huckabee sanders or kristi noem, but none of them really have the heft that nikki haley has behind her, nor do they have the support that is just outside of donald trump's base. now, one of the things that donald trump has said, he said it as recently as friday when i was at a rally, they said women seem to like my policies, but they don't like me. and then he went on to say some of the comments that he has made that women don't seem to like and he is absolutely correct. we have seen that gender gap in that polling. it is a very real thing. i've talked to a number of sources close to donald trump, republican operatives who all say they believe nikki haley, if she agrees to do this, if they do end up campaigning together, would help on that

front. something clearly they are trying to get at chip away at in this last homestretch before november alright. >> eva mckend, kristen holmes, thanks to both you. let's bring in my panel maria harris is all over michigan. today. she's going to meet with union workers and deliver remarks at a union hall in lansing where she's expected to underscore command to protect american jobs and manufacturing in the auto industry she needs to do a lot better with union members than she's doing right now. don't you think i think that's exactly the reason why she's doing this, jake and you're right. >> she needs to go there and remind people, not just what she will do as president, but what donald trump has done as he tries to gather more our support among union workers then she needs to have them hold him accountable for the loss of 285,000 jobs while he was in office for shutting down factories when he promised that he would keep them open and grow them for giving tax breaks to companies that ship jobs

overseas for saying, when president obama under the obama biden administration, when he saved the auto industry after the great recession, donald trump saying he would have let that industry fail. so this is a great opportunity for her to remind union workers of the facts of what donald well, trump actually both has done, has said and will do under his economic plan. and what she is ready to do in terms of protecting them and their families and giving them the tools to continue to thrive in michigan, especially. >> so one of the reasons that i've heard why democrats think that donald trump is doing better with union members than they were? which he were, is that he's run. they say effective ads against kamala harris on issues on substance here's an excerpt from one of them about electric vehicles kamala harris supports ev mandates killing michigan jobs she wants to end all gas powered cars crazy, but true

she does not want to end all gas powered cars. but these ads are effective. it is the support she had when a when she ran in 2019, 2024, the compact that would phase out a lot of the gas powered across the country, including california. >> she's having to answer for a lot of those now and you're seeing that those things come back to haunt her. and at the end of the day, it's really an economic message, right? it's talking about cars, but an economic message. and i think what you're seeing in terms also the eu, the union support. it's a cultural shift that's been happening on democrats for a while now, i mean, if you had told me in 2012 and i worked on mitt romney that we'd have the head of the teamsters speaking prime time at a republican convention. i thought we were nuts but not endorsing exact, not endorsing it. but neither party to it was very interesting to me that you would have that and i think this is one of the challenges in a state like michigan that come last overcome. >> i could hear you wrote in semaphore this week something very interesting about quote, see harris fighting the democrats, quote, see harris fighting a losing battle? for

public attention against an opponent who's often inflammatory rhetoric cuts through the new cycle more easily than her messaging. interviews with more than a dozen democratic lawmakers, aides, and strategist about harris's campaign reeled some worries, as well as plenty of encouragement for the nominee to stray from her so far careful approach has she strayed since you wrote that and what do they want? wanted to see her do? >> i think so for a bit, i think there's a big sentiment was that she had this momentum at the very beginning. she took the news cycle away from donald trump. i mean, he got shot a lot of people weren't talking about it and then all of a sudden kind of went quiet. largely because she wasn't doing these face-to-face interviews that then change within this and of this week when she did the charlemagne interview, obviously very targeted, but also they just want to be they want her to be more out there just a little more feisty and people are like, oh, she's done all these interviews but that within the past few days, there was a low and i think she paid for that by losing the cycle. >> and maria and his fox interview today, mr. trump was

asked whether he would recruit nikki haley or his wife to go with him on the campaign trail and this is what he had to say. women and i think it's all nonsense. i see the polls and we do well, what about the limit of one issue? you have the issue of abortion without abortion, the women lovely now they like me anyway, because what i've done is so good. i've taken this

i loved barbie. >> i've never one for for 70, but but again, remember that's a republican conquer former congress, i know, but his he has had some odd moments on the campaign trail this week, there was that moment where he's dancing for half an hour on stage and there's that his staff is pulling him from

interviews. >> what is something going on? >> i don't think it's that what this reminds me more of. anything else is early july when the biden was really kind of in that post-debate, scrambled to try and gain momentum i think democrats are trying to draw trump out. i think what you're seeing with the trump campaign is playing extremely conservative right now, knowing they have some momentum on their side trying to have to screw it up. i think that is what you're seeing right now. it's a little bit of prevent defense to use a football analogy more than anything else. do you think it was a mistake for kamala harris to not go? >> i mean, just and just to give people context this didn't happen in 2020 because of covid at 20:16, hillary and trump went and trump did not adhere to the basic protocols of it's all light-hearted and bipartisan. he was pretty rough on hillary clinton. and so i can understand why kamala harris's people thought maybe this is not, this is a disaster, but there are some catholics at wish that she had gone. >> yeah, there were cheers in the audience when he went, donald trump took digs on her and also the cardinal actually mentioned it and, you know,

suggested that it wasn't a great look for her lot to attend. she had an awesome video, but it how that's going to make me alice. >> i don't think there's really any real political cost of not having gone. and i think her time was better spent where she was because of the constricted timeframe that she's had with her campaign, just make a better video all right. thanks to all. appreciate it and reminder of the kamala harris will take part in to cnn presidential town hall next wednesday 9:00 p.m. eastern for anderson cooper will be moderating still had and as we just mentioned, there was not much comedy or comedy last night, what donald trump said to up end the longstanding political tradition i'm going to talk to a republican congressman from new york who was there, stay with us >> he is brought to you by vip guard high, true law

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kamala harris that was former president donald trump last night at the al smith dinner that was supposed to be funny he was giving his monologue that traditionally has featured light-hearted roasting jousting, and a bipartisan spirit of the two major party presidential nominees. >> while making that remark about the president and the vice president. you notice mr. trump also seemingly purposely mispronounced your name repeatedly? joining us now, republican congressman mike lawler, who represents new york's 17th congressional district. congressman. you were there. it's a big events in politics. it's a big event in new york you have any thoughts on mr. trump's performance i will say as in irish irish-italian catholic from new york i don't get offended too easily obviously, it was meant

in jest some of it probably a little rough as i think the former president, i cannot acknowledged in the middle of his remarks. >> but look, i've known cardinal dolan a long time. the archdiocese of new york covers almost the entirety of my district. and i just had masked with him a few weeks ago in my district the cardinal can dish out jokes better than just about anybody. and i'm sure he took it in stride. along with everybody that was there. i will tell you, jake, i think it was a missed opportunity for kamala harris. look, catholics account for about 22% of the country i think you can see in polling across the country, former president trump is actually doing very well among catholic voters. and i think this was an opportunity for her to show her personality. she does have a good personality and i think from the response in the room, i do think people were disappointed that she didn't come. i think jim gaffigan did a very good job as

the mc, but made the point that this was a room frankly made for her and she skipped out on it and obviously this dinner is one that raises millions of dollars to support the archdiocese of new york. and the work that they do to serve migrant populations throughout my district and in the city of new york. and i think obviously it was a missed opportunity so i take your point. >> and certainly she could have been there. i mean, i think that donald trump single-handedly has has changed the tone and tenor of the event. i say this as somebody who has watched it for years and enjoyed it and thought it was a wonderful, remarkable well moment in american politics. but in 2016, he went and didn't do what every politician has done, which is in the spirit of al smith, in the spirit of comedy, c-o-m-i-t-y, for people listening on their cars or people in the spirit of

bipartisanship, in the spirit of we today, we put aside all the vitriol, the campaign trail, and we poked find ourselves and each other he he, he ruined that in 2016 and he did it again last night. so i understand it's a missed opportunity, but he's also changed the event think this last night they had a record turnout. they've raised almost 10 $10 million so again, i think people when they enjoyed it, i was sitting at a table for democratic colleagues from new york, and even they were laughing during the the former president's remarks at time. so look, i take your point, but at the end of the day, it is a charity event. there was a lot of comedy last night and i think at the end of the day, we do have a lot of serious challenges facing this country. a lot of serious issues to deal with over the next 18 days and ultimately the american people hello, are going to decide not on comedy, but on the actual substance of

policy. and the issues facing them and their families. >> and i know you would agree that's good to hear that people from both parties enjoying themselves and i know you would agree that one of the one of the ways in which we come together as a country is after the election results come in working together, democrats, republicans, whoever is in the white house, whoever controls the house and senate. in fact, you are one of three new york republican lawmakers from a district that joe biden won in 2020. and you are cast in herself as a moderate, willing to stand up? to your own party though you're democratic opponent would, would disagree. how much of a challenge is this election for you in a battleground district, there aren't many battleground districts left in this country because of gerrymandering. and the like. but how tough is it for you? >> look this, race is one of the races that is going to determine the outcome of control of congress over my tenure, i've been readied the fourth most bipartisan member

of congress. my opponent mondaire jones, was rated 381st. he was the third most progressive member he supported defunding the police cashless bail open borders. he wanted to allow cop killers and rapist the right to vote from prison. he wanted to give amnesty to criminal aliens that we're here so i feel very good about where we are in this race with 18 days to go. i think people in my district recognize that i've been able to have work across the aisle i want to get things done. i've passed ten bills through the house, five of which have been signed into law by president biden in a divided government at compare that to my opponent who passed one bill to rename a post office. obviously with the challenges that we're facing across the country and the globe we need people who are willing to work across the aisle. we need people who are willing to do what is right by the american people and focus on the substance of the issues, whether it's the affordability crisis the crisis at our

southern border the crisis in the middle east and around the globe. and that's been my focus in congress and will continue to be my focus so long as folks choose to elect me and let me just extend an invitation to congressman mondaire jones. as you as you laid that body blow on him, congressman, you are welcome to come before the election and answer that same question about how tough it will be to win the seat. and you can say whatever you want about congressman lawler. i want to turn to the middle east and the fallout from the death of hamas leader yahya sinwar. today's secretary of defense, lloyd austin, discuss what might happen after a ceasefire agree agreement is reached between israel and hamas. if that were to happen austin says the u.s. could quite possibly play a role in the stabilization of gaza. do you agree? how involved do you think the u.s. should be in the stabilization of gaza before we can even get to that, the fastest way for this conflict to end is for hamas to surrender and release the hostages we have seven americans still remaining in

captivity for presumed living, three deceased they must be released at obviously, israel is still under threat from hamas, from hezbollah, from iran and from my vantage point, we need to continue to support israel. we should not be calling on them to prematurely enter into some type of ceasefire agreement and ultimately we need to make sure that they have the resources they need to defend themselves. and we need to crack down on iran and the illicit oil trade between china and iran that has funded this entire situation iran has increased iranian petroleum sales by almost 200 billion in the last three-and-a-half years. that is what is funding hamas, hezbollah, the houthis, and other terror networks in the region. and so what is critical in this moment with the death of sinwar is to get hamas to surrender and lay down their

arms and release the hostages. obviously, long term in order for there to be a two-state solution, in order for there to be peace arab majority nations need to accept israel's right to exist, and they need to normalize relations with israel. that's why i along with ritchie torres, passed a special envoy for the abraham accords. we need to get saudi arabia to normalize relations with israel and other arab states to follow that will make it easier to deal with the situation in gaza and the west bank moving forward obviously, it needs to be an arab led solution. >> mission. >> in gaza. it cannot be american-led or israeli lead. we should certainly support the effort to rebuild, but it has to come with concrete plans, including saudi arabia normalizing relations with israel. >> alright, congressman mike lawler, republican of new york. good to see you, sir. thank you so much. the body of hamas

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