the aisle hundreds of republicans have been doris me because into clerk, we owe we all pham you've been pretty divisive, you've called donald trump unfit yes. on stable? yeah. not able to lead period unchecked. >> did i stutter? >> okay. and john mulaney is set to host the next episode of snl on november 2 just ahead of the election. >> alright, it's sure to be an eventful last few weeks on the campaign trail, don't miss the next big event when vice president kamala harris joins cnn for a town hall live from philadelphia and moderated by our own anderson cooper. that's wednesday night, 9:00 p.m. only on cnn and streaming on max van for greek. >> i'll see you later this week.

>> you're in the cnn newsroom and i'm jessica dean in new york. we have 16 days and counting until election day. and as millions of americans cast their ballots in early voting, donald trump and kamala harris are crisscrossing the country, looking for new support in a race that remains way too close to call entire election likely to come down to a handful of key battleground states and that's where both campaigns will focus their attention the coming days. and we've got you covered. our danny freeman is on the campaign trail with the trump campaign in lancaster, pennsylvania. and eva mckend is covering the harris campaign in metro atlanta let's start first with danny trump's spend some time working at a mcdonald's today. he has a town hall tonight where you are after last night's rally in latrobe, pennsylvania he meandered off script >> to say, listen, just gains been a very busy weekend for the trump campaign, specifically in the

commonwealth of pennsylvania. both campaigns clearly knows that all roads lead to pennsylvania if they want to get to the white house. but the trump campaign really putting the hours in today, this rally is about to kick off in just a few moments. but you're right. what happened earlier today is the former president was in bucks county on all important philadelphia suburbs, working at a mcdonald's, we have video of it. he was looking the friar making french fries. and really this has come up as a campaign issue because vice president kamala harris has said that in her past, she once worked at mcdonald's the person who trump without any they said that she never went to mcdonald's. for vice president harris campaign emphasizes that she worked at a mcdonald's specifically in alameda, california in 1983 back when she was still in college and she worked there over the summer. so that's why from president trump was at that particular stop earlier today. but the event that's been getting a lot of headlines from pennsylvania is the one from last night there was vulgarity during that event, little bit of a call and response as well. and then there was this long rambling an anecdote. let's say about golf, great

say that it all due respect to women that i love women when he took showers with the other pros they came out of there. they said, oh my god of course speak about inflation, immigration, and bringing jobs back to america as well. >> but it was really a lot of those remarks that captured a lot of the headlines since last night's event. i'll say that the challenge here is that while ben events focus was scattered, the campaign is really saying that this weekend in pennsylvania kicks off the closing argument give me a portion for former president trump's, so we'll see if he's able to stay a little bit more on topic tonight here in lancaster at the town hall. but again, set to start off in just a few moments. >> jessica and danny freeman. thank you so much for that. let's go now to eva mckend, who is in georgia, harris. >> eva is now responding to the

latest insult that trump hurled against her last night. >> jess, before she left georgia, she sat for an interview with reverend al sharpton. and in that interview, she accused the former president of demeaning the office of the presidency and essentially arguing that he lacked the basic temperament involved for the job. and we have seen her employ this argument increasingly over the last several days. and it seems to be tailored to a specific type of voter, maybe a voter that doesn't agree with her on every policy matter, but also agrees with this broader argument. that the former president is just unhinged and fundamentally unfit. take a listen to what she told sharpton the american people deserve so much better that's how i come at it and to your point, the president of the united states must set a standard not only for our nation, but understanding the

standard that we as a nation must set for the world you know, we representing the united states of america walk into rooms around the world with the earned and self-appointed authority to talk about the importance of democracy rule of law and have been thought of as a role model and perfect that we may be but a role model of what it means to be committed to certain standards including international rules and norms, but also standards of decorum and what you see in my opponent, a former president of the united states really, is it demeans the office and i have said, and i'm very clear about this, donald trump should never again stand behind the seal of the president united states. >> he has not earned the right. he has not earned the right and that's why he's going to lose

of her big georgia swing this weekend was to reach black voters. that's why she engaged in these souls to the polls events aimed at getting black voters to vote early in a big way, democrats historically have been accused of taking this part of the base of the party for granted. but if you speak to the campaign, they will say that is not so. they very much recognize that black voters are persuadable voters here in georgia. black americans make up more than 30% of the population. and so they see a real opportunity here in the closing days of this contest. >> yes. >> alright. eva mckend for us there in georgia. thank you so much for that and joining us with more on this, larry sabato, the director of the center for politics at the university of virginia, and editor of the book, return to normalcy, the 2020 election that almost broke america, larry, thanks so much for being here thank you, jessica we're just let's start with former

president trump. his campaign says they are, this is their closing message that they are, they are wrapping their arms around it. this is what they are going to close out the campaign with. and we saw the former president yesterday talking about some of the familiar themes we've heard. but then going on these meandering stories, one of which was about arnold palmer's naked body is this the closing message they want? and can it move the needle? >> well, one would hope it is in the closing message that the staff ones, but of course they've got a candidate who frankly is around the bend and off the tracks. and this is something that even though it's the end of the campaign, the press needs to focus on you need to think about those 39 minutes when he pranced around the stage playing disc jockey and dancing his own rally of just a couple of days ago, the word salads that have gotten worse and more incoherent. hey, how come this was such a critical issue for joe biden?

who did not display these kinds of tendencies. >> and it isn't such a big issue for donald trump he's going to be the oldest president ever sworn in. >> if in fact he's elected, he's going to be the oldest president in american history at the end of this next term, if he gets to serve it, why isn't that important? i think it's very important so i'm glad you raised that point because i want to play a clip from this morning where our colleague jake tapper asked speaker mike johnson for his reactions on some of those trump remarks. >> so let's listen to that clip. >> is this really the closing message you want voters to hear from donald trump's stories about arnold palmer's headline that i read about the rally in pennsylvania yesterday was the big question. >> it's the one that kamala harris has not been able or willing to answer, and that is are you better off now than you were under the trump administration four years ago but larry, to your point, i

think jake mentioned this as well. >> reverse the roles here. if this had been joe biden that did that, the republicans would be screaming up and down that he was cognitive in cognitive decline, or how dare he say this there just does not seem to be the same outrage on their side. >> oh, there's certainly is not. look the republican party has completely capitulating to donald trump. >> not just on issues, not just on policy, not just giving him the nominee nation three times for president, but even on something as important as this, if this had been joe biden as you just suggested, they would be demanding that the 25th amendment be invoked right now today this minute so the republican party is just the trump party. you don't expect them to say anything. but what they're saying, even the ones who were once respectable, like governor sununu in new hampshire, just to mention one, there not many liz cheney's out there for the democrats. i think they're obligated to

make this an issue. they really are. i mean, we're talking about electing someone who has access to the nuclear codes and given his age, will probably deteriorate further, maybe day by day and certainly year-by year. what's it going to be likened two or three years? what's it going to be like? vice president and her team clearly wanted another debate with trump to really show that on full display to the american people, he would not agree to that she has sharpened what she is saying about him. she's taking shots at her own, trying to draw the attention back to that. i want to play a clip of what she's been saying me say, look, i think and i do believe donald trump is then unserious man ever been again, in the white

house are brutally serious brutally serious president is so far doing historically well with women. the gender gap is something we talk about a lot. she, she doesn't do as well with men there. they are more tilted the toward donald trump and there's been a lot of talk about black men in particular, latino men, who might be more interested in donald trump. do you think this sort of line of attack that we're hearing from her is helpful in moving the needle with those demographics and reminding american voters about this side of donald trump yes. >> and remember its young white males too. i'm sorry to say. they are. look where it's 2024 and here we are in a situation where once again, an argument needs to be made by men in order to reach men that's the same add reality. >> so kamala harris saying these things while important,

she's potentially the president she needs male substitutes to make that case, president obama, president clinton, she nay, she needs those male substitutes to get out there and and say it to the young men and older men who will listen to that. what they're black or white or latino it does point it almost doesn't matter they need to see that donald trump has deteriorated. its one of the most important messages of the entire campaign. there are only 16 days left but 16 scene is also a big number when you consider that it's a 24 hour day campaign from here on out yeah, it certainly as alright. >> larry sabato, always great to talk with you. thanks so much for your analysis. there thank you, jessica and it is sure to be an eventful last few weeks of this campaign is larry just outlined the next big event, vice president kamala harris will join cnn for a town hall is live from philadelphia, will be moderated by our own own anderson cooper, and that is happening this wednesday

night at 9:00 only on cnn. >> you can also stream it on max. still ahead, israel launches new targeted strikes on hezbollah's financial network in lebanon. blasts seen lighting up the night sky over beirut it is at least 87 were killed in an israeli strike the northern gaza. we're going to tell you more about what we know about the target and how a us intelligence leak could further strain relations with israel as it prepares for a potential counter strike again iran, during before election day, vice president harris faces voters and takes so pressing questions, lie anderson cooper moderates a cnn presidential town hall, kamala harris, wednesday at 90 on cnn was dismissed your time is valuable don't spend in courses we've already taken

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highly sensitive information it could also be circulated. house speaker mike johnson was among the lawmakers who said that he would receive a briefing on this matter today and he said that the leak itself is very concerning. now, it comes at a time when there is a lot of concern at this moment about how exactly israel will respond to iran's barrage of missiles well, attacks which were launched earlier this month and these two documents that were leaked started circulating on friday after being posted on telegram. they they were marked top secret and also include markings that suggests they were only meant to be seen between the u.s and its so-called five eyes allies. those are countries like the uk and canada. now, without getting into the specifics of what is in these documents they start to describe some satellite images that are assessing possible moves that iran is making improper, or israel is making in preparation

patient for an attack against iran that includes israeli air force exercises using air, ground to air missiles. there's also the movement of israeli military equipment, including munitions. now, the fact that israel is preparing for an attack is no surprise, but it's the concern about the fact that these documents were leaked. that is raising other issues as well. now, the u.s. has been in close consultation with israel about its planning sounds on how to respond. president biden has said he knows, has an idea of when and how they will be responding. or remains unclear is whether this leak might change which any of those plans from israel, but really the us is trying to get to the bottom and get a handle on how exactly these highly classified documents were leaked to the public. >> it's more to come on that arlette. thank you so much. i want to go to matthew chance now, who again is in tel aviv matthew, what is the israeli government saying about the leaked documents and what kind

of impact is this having? now on its relationship with the u.s level, jessica, the israelis are not saying very much. >> i mean, they're staying pretty tight-lipped about what that attitude towards towards this is but it kind of buying closed doors and sort of off the record sources that i've spoken to in various aspects of the administration is rather than former officials as well have said that this leak was more not particularly significant in terms of the impacts it may have had on israel's battle plans. but it was the fact that it was a leak at all of documents that is most concerning to israel now, because it was such a minor leak in terms of the intelligence disclosure what one former israeli intelligence official told me is that it's unlikely that in assessment of

that former intelligence official it was an iranian spy, for instance, because no one who would that kind of access inside the u.s intelligence operators would risk being found and act for something so minor as this, as these disclosures that were published on a pro iranian, the telegram channel on friday or at the weekend? i'm much more likely that former analyst told me that this was a deliberate leak. now this is something that obviously the united states has not commented on. and is unlikely to ever admit to. anyway but in intelligence circles in israel, the possibility that this was a deliberate leak, either to delay or deter and iranian strike or against the backdrop with a us presidential election to discredit the biden administration is something that is being discussed about here amongst officials and in israeli media and i also want

to ask you about the video you are saying tonight and these huge plumes of smoke over beirut, as israel has launched these new airstrikes, what more can you tell us about that yeah. it seems it's southern suburbs of beirut, the lebanese capital, earlier, israel issued a warning to residents in certain areas of beirut and elsewhere in southern lebanon well to evacuate a warning that they were going to carry out airstrikes that now seems to be happening. israel said it wanted to target hezbollah financial sites sort of bank branches and bank apparatus that it says hezbollah hezbollah uses to fund its operation. it's yet another example hello, hi, this war in gaza, in lebanon. and israel may be poised as well to strike it around at some point as well how this conflict is

escalating, and, spreading regionally. >> alright, matthew, chance for us in tel aviv. thank you so much for that reporting. i'd like to bring an aaron david miller, former state department middle east go shader and senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace aaron, as always, good to see you when you see you just let's start first with this intelligence leak as we were just hearing from our colleagues, there's kind of a mixed bag of opinion ends on just how serious this is. some us officials say this isn't great, but it's not horrible. other experts say this is a very serious breach with very serious consequences. >> what do you think? documents and can only read which cnn york times were reporting that the images satellite or injury has been described. but it isn't actually pictured in the documents. look, i think by-in-large even if this war is a serious breach, the israelis will adjust and recalibrate whatever plans they had. the purpose of the leak, people leave for any number of reasons based on my experience in a 20

plus year people leak because they want to feel important people leak because they're angry whether this had political motivation in an effort to embarrass the administration it's hard to see any of that but i will say what this will feed into. of course is the hard line view among a significant number of israeli officials particularly those actually to the right of the prime minister yeah coordination with the united states has a price and all of this talk and to tiktok about israel's delay in the strike because it was critically important that the israelis make it unmistakably clear what the administration, what they intended to do all of that would frankly, i think it's important coordination on a strike of this of this character with this sort of consequence, coordination was important, but it's going to feed, i think right-wing, extreme right-wing opinion. >> you see?

>> here's what happens when you coordinate with your close american allies. >> so but again, in the end, i think it's an embarrassment and it's clearly a serious issue with respect to operational security yeah. >> i'm us side course, is unfolding as we're seeing the fallout and how this might, what might happen next following the killing of yahya sinwar, the head of hamas us. >> and i want to ask you a few questions about that, but i want to start first with the impact on the hostages because almost immediately after his death was announced, there was concern, a real concern that but a brewing for the hostages. were they in more danger? because their captors might be incense to trying to avenge his death. that sort of thing what do you think and what do you think his death could have? what kind of impact could it have on getting those hostages back i mean, before sinwar was

killed, you had the willful purposeful execution is six israeli hostages, including an american. >> this is width sinwar and control all right, so you've taken the principal preeminent palestinian decision-maker out of the equation. now anger vendetta, rage against the israelis for killing sinwar. i mean, i think the issue now is acute vulnerability to me for the hostages, you know, it is curious sinwar and his obsession for secrecy. it's conceivable as well that only scenario sinwar and a few others know right now the exact location of where these hostages actually are. and some of them it was reported as being held by a group that it may be affiliated with hamas but it's not totally under hamas control. so again i think in the in the wake of this of

sinwar's killing all of the enthusiasm and it's completely understandable how to use this moment in order to seek the release of the hostages. i think that hamas right now has a stake in doubling down. it remains in many respects, they're only asset control of these hostages that might argue that there they would enhance the need to keep them alive. but again, it's incredibly uncertain environment. hamas is in the process of sanctioning are validating leader maybe it'll be sinwar's younger brother who is reported to be more radical than he was just unclear. the urgency. it isn't the only objective that the israelis have in gaza, but clearly it is the most urgent and governing is about choosing. and he just seems to mean over the course of the last year and that the israeli government specifically the prime minister, has chosen,

said heavily and tragically, other priorities yeah, the question now is exactly, where did they go from here and to just quickly before i let you go, how can the u.s. pushing an effective way to try to bring this cox back together with other, the other nations that we're trying to get these talks restarted well, i mean, this may allow the united states to have more influence with the qataris and the egyptians. >> but i don't believe that us has, has the kind of leverage shooting me that is prepared to use to make this happen to me you know, jessica, i mean, we know we are three weeks out from one of the most consequential elections in modern american history seems to me that in the lead in the next three weeks, the administration's willingness to press leverage bring pressure on the netanyahu government, particularly given the fact we're on the cusp of maybe forward for sure in the next several days, perhaps of an israeli strike against iran

and iranian retaliation. i think the administration region, israel right now, is near zero all right. >> aaron david miller, as always. thank you thanks. >> jessica. >> still ahead. republicans are now appealing a georgia judge's decision strike down a slate of controversial new election. we're going to break down the potential implications for this let's cnn newsroom you want to answer a stoop political analysis. >> you have questions out. >> biden said, the right stayed awake. >> why did trump pulled out of a 60 minutes? i love bullying now network of i got news for you saturday at nine on cnn. >> i still love to surf snowboard. and of course, scape so i take kuno magnesium to support my mother sullivan bone health cumulus, high absorption magnesium glycine, it helps me get the full benefits of magnesium kunal, the brand i trust okay. >> ready to washington one