yes, welcome here to very hot and sunny asheville in - very hot and sunny asheville in north carolinall morning for their chance to see donald trump at this rally. there is a high energy as you can imagine amongst the people gathered here, travelling from right across the state with their chance to see the person that they have all told me they intend to vote for, and what is interesting is the choice of location here in asheville. it is a very densely democratic area, a blue stronghold if you like, within us date that has large portions of republican support. north carolina one of the battleground states but donald trump one here at the past two cycles by a burial —— very narrow margin, this .1.3% in 2020, and is less in 2016, and he is pulling around that at the moment as well, looking to have a 2% lead over kamala harris in the most recent post. it is interesting that that has slipped like so many of the polling in battleground states since there was that switch out at the top of the ticket, he had a 6% lead over joe biden, so despite the heat, if you more hours before donald trump

a rallying and asheville? i think maybe the answer to that question is that is a pretty hotly contested battleground state this cycle, and i'm just curious, i mean, some of the recent polling that we've seen has shown kind of a shift from trump to kamala harris. are you hearing some of that from your constituents? what are you picking up on? >> well, first of all, thanks for having me on this morning. i would say what i'm hearing a lot of excitement from democrats this has completely generated a lot of urgency in the campaign. we know there's less than 90 days until the election. and so a lot of excitement and oh, seeing trump come to asheville to me, speaks to the fact that north carolina is in play. this is a state that went to brock obama in 2008 and something like that could happen again and, i love visiting the city of asheville. it's a great place, been there lots of times, especially on those campaign tropes. and i'm just curious, what are you hearing from your constituents in terms of what issues matte

asheville this is bbc news, the headlines.ng further inroads. the world health organisation says the outbreak of mpox in the democratic republic of the congo is a global health emergency, amid record levels of the infection. iam i am caitriona perry in asheville in the battleground state of north carolina were republican candidate donald trump will soon hold a rally where polls show his democratic rival, molly harris is gaining ground. —— kamala. gaza ceasefire talks are set to take place in doha tomorrow, involving officials from israel, qatar, the us and egypt. nasa says its astronauts accept risk is �*part of the job' — as two of its own remain stuck in space. hoping to quash some of vice president kamala harris' latest momentum in the us presidential race — donald trump returns to the campaign trail today in the battleground state of north carolina. earlier today, donald trump voted in florida as part of early voting in state ballots. later, he's exepcted to speak in asheville on the economy — a topic central to his campai

former president trump returned to the stump this afternoon in asheville, and cbs's caitlin huey-burns was there. >> reporter: with paul's tightening, donald trump is trying to capitalize on what he considers one of his strengths: the economy. >> nobody -- you never had it so good. now you are not doing so well. we have the strongest economy in history. >> reporter: in an effort to tie his new opponent, kamala harris, to current economic conditions, his campaign coined a new term: kamalanomics. >> if harris wins this election, the result will be a kamala economic crash. >> reporter: in a speech in battleground north carolina, the former president focused on his proposals to eliminate federal taxes on social security and on tips, a plan he says harris is copying. >> and we will do something else which was copied, i mean viciously, ruthlessly copied! no tax on tips. okay? you know, if they wanted to do that, why didn't they do it three and a half years ago? >> reporter: last week, harris endorsed the idea, along with an increase to the minimum wage. polling shows the race has changed sig

happens remains to be seen, as trump is ramping up his campaign schedule, with a rally wednesday in ashevillerth carolina, slated to focus on the economy, before rallying supporters on saturday in northeastern pennsylvania. two days before the democratic national convention. harris, meanwhile, is scheduled to unveil her economic agenda this friday in north carolina. and today, her running mate, governor tim walz, defended his military record. >> i'm going to say it again as scaly as i can: i am damn proud of my service to this country. >> reporter: and there is a new standoff with local invocations. the united auto workers have filed federal charges against elon musk and former president trump after they spoke of striking workers last night. uaw leader sean fain just only their marks were intimidating. the trump campaign is called the suit a political stunt. major? >> major: robert, we also have some new details on key speakers, at least initially, announce for the democratic national convention. >> reporter: president biden will have his big moment on monday evening. so will former secretary

aishah hasnie is already there live in asheville, north carolina, with more of a preview of what's coming up. aishah, hello. >> hey, bill, good to see you. it's an interesting choice, this is one of those counties that has turned blue, always favors the democrats in the presidential election, at least going back as far as 2008 but this state is extremely important to the former president p or he won narrowly in 2020, he needs to clinch the state as well as pennsylvania and georgia if he hopes to win this election. here he comes to north carolina and the folks i have been talking to that are coming to this rally, they are hurting by inflation, by the economy, even those business owners, small business owners, and they want to hear trump's policies on how he is going to fix it. this is what the trump campaign put out today about the cpi numbers that were unveiled today and about kamala harris and her policies. they write this: "under kamala harris everything costs 20% more than it did under president trump. president trump has a proven track record of making his country prosperous and affor

we are speaking and hash bill -- asheville which is a heavily purple part of the blue state. >> folks at how much more expensive life is today than it was four years ago under donald j. trump. because working in public leadership is all about trying to help people's lives to be better. americans lives were better when donald trump was our president four years ago. things are so much more expensive today. people are spending so much more for things they are buying. things -- folks are concerned about the border. those are the issues that will come out on november 5. >> what would president trump do about rising prices? >> we've got to get are spending under control. something harris and biden have ignored and failed to do. and they have been very unwilling to work with congress to reduce our spending. and then there is the issue of regulation. harrison biden have put $2 trillion o regulatory impact on the backs of american businesses and families. and then there is the issue of interest rates. the runaway inflation created by those other issues that have caused interest rates to skyroc

kristen holmes, cnn, asheville, north carolina well, trump continues to attack harris on inflation. >> new data shows price hikes actually slowed more than expected last month, consumer price index fell below 3% for the 12 months ending in july a milestone not seen since march of 2021 wednesdays report builds on another positive report from june which has helped racial the markets and the federal reserve that inflation is moderating. this could pave the way for the fed to cut interest rates next month now, to doha, qatar, or whether latest round of gaza ceasefire and hostage release negotiations get underway today, a diplomatic source tells cnn hamas will not be participating in the talks, but is willing to meet with mediators afterwards. if there are developments or a serious response from israel, negotiators are hoping to close any remaining gaps on a proposal to end the fighting and return all the hostages held in gaza with the director of the cia and a prime minister of qatar are expected to attend along with israel's mossad chief and the head of egyptian intelligence officials in

but on friday, let's take you now live to asheville, north north carolina with cnn's kristen holmes. kristen, what can we expect from these remarks from former president trump boris, this is part of a larger effort from the campaign to keep donald trump on one of the things that the campaign believes is that fundamentally at the end of the day, they can use same talking points they used against president joe biden when they're running against vice president kamala harris, the main talking points gain immigration inflation, the economy and crime. he is expected today to talk okay, about if the economy is expected today to talk about crime. now of course the problem is that donald trump often doesn't stay on message. so what they have done is they've created they series of events starting here in asheville, north carolina. that's going to be smaller. it is not a rally. there's no standing room. everyone is seated in an auditorium and it is being billed completely as a speech that's focuses around the economy when they look at the polling against president joe biden they see the donald

. >> that is right, asheville, north carolina.d me is getting louder, it is very loud. the campaign tells us of the president is right on track, still expecting to begin at the top of the hour. this is a must win stayed for the former president and the path to bigotry really could be through the economy because a lot of these voters you see behind me by telling me all morning long they waited in line outside that inflation is absolutely killing them. here is a former president in florida as you began or got ready to come here, watch. >> mr. trump: speaking on the economy, speech on what is going on with the economy, is gone really bad under these stupid people with inflation, the economy, talk a little bit on crime if you look at the migrant crime in new york, it's been out of control. and it is everywhere. >> north carolina extremely important to the trump campaign, one of seven battleground states where they are spending a hundred million dollars on ads from now until labor day pick this rally comes as trump is trying to refocus

later, he's exepcted to speak in asheville on the economy — a topic central to his campaign.manner of speaking on his democratic rival has frustrated some allies, donors and advisers as trump's lead in opinion polls diminishes. a new york times/sienna poll shows kamala harris leading donald trump by four points in michigan, wisconsin and pennsylvania. harris stopped in those states last week on her battleground tour with governor tim walz. our chief washington presenter catriona perry lovely to see you, how significant is north carolina in the race for the white house? the is north carolina in the race for the white house?— the white house? the donald trump rall has the white house? the donald trump rally has just — the white house? the donald trump rally hasjust begun _ the white house? the donald trump rally hasjust begun here _ the white house? the donald trump rally hasjust begun here come - the white house? the donald trump rally hasjust begun here come the i rally has just begun here come the pledge of allegiance is said here behind me and we are expecting donald trump

people in asheville, north carolina, they don't use that.e is what gas costs, here is what milk costs, here is what an apartment cost on january 20, 2021 and here is what it costs now. those numbers are bad for the harris campaign. it's what trump should be emphasizing every day. he can go in any meandering direction he chooses. >> donna, harris is still, as doug and mark have pointed out -- she's underwater on the economy. he gets more credit from all voters on the economy than she does. >> except that you are beginning to see -- i think in some of the battleground state polls, things that were attributable to biden are not necessarily, at least in voters' minds, attributable to kamala harris. i think there's still a story to be told here by kamala harris and her team about the economy, about where they want to take the economy. those messages do slowly but surly seem to be seeping through. i think this was always going to be a close election. it's going to be a close election. i think nobody should take their foot on the brakes, least of a

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and he is set to take to the stage in asheville, north carolina in the next half an hour.eated by the harris—biden administration" — note the order of those two names. harris first, then biden, as the trump campaign shifts its focus to the vice president. catriona perry is there and waiting for the former president to take to the stage. economy — usually the top issue for voters along with immigration. what are we expecting to hear, and tell us why north carolina is a pretty crucial place for him to be speaking. pretty crucial place for him to be s-ueakin. ~ ., ., ., ., , speaking. well, north carolina is one of the _ speaking. well, north carolina is one of the seven _ speaking. well, north carolina is one of the seven battleground i speaking. well, north carolina is i one of the seven battleground states that both campaigns agree are the ones they have to win. they have to win the majority of, at least, to take control of the presidency in this november's collection. north carolina, donald trump has wanted in the past few cycles but in 2020 of the past few cycles but in

this was the scene if the venue in asheville, north carolina earlier this morning his supporters are already gathering outside the trump campaign is promising that today's event will focus on the u.s. economy ahead of that speech, the harris campaign is blasting the former president's economic agenda, saying this, and i'm quoting we already know who trump project 2025 economic agenda is assigned to benefit donald trump and his wealthy friends, close quote, the vice president meanwhile, will head to north carolina on friday to pitch her economic plan and this morning, major news about the u.s. economy. we just learned that inflation hit its lowest level since the spring of 2021. much more on that coming up just ahead as well. i want to bring in cnn reporter alayna treene and national politics correspondent eva mckend. they're both joining us live from washington. alayna to you first asheville, north carolina. it seems to be a pretty blue part of north carolina. so why is trump campaigning there today? >> well, actually had the same question, wolf and so i asked the trump campaign abou

caitriona perry is in asheville nc — she was at the rally.arks, a liberal have been saito, a democratic stronghold in a state that otherwise leans republican. as you say donald trump won here in the past, two general elections in 2020 by a margin of 1.3% and it was here he chose to make these remarks today, laying out his economic policies. he has been criticised for airing personal grievances of late rather than focusing on policies following that switch on the democratic ticket. this was designed to be a reset, taking on kamala harris as his new rival, a more focused donald trump who were tackled her in terms of the biden administration poz make handling of economic policies and what he intends to do about the cost—of—living crisis, rising prices in this country and in the state in particular and in the state in particular and he began by doing that but quite quickly turned on his rival. ~ �* ., ., ., rival. we're not going to let incompetent _ rival. we're not going to let incompetent social - rival. we're not going to let incompetent soci

caitriona perry is in asheville nc at the rally., in an urban centre within north carolina, very liberal, very artistic, a democratic stronghold as many urban centres are. what makes it a battleground state is it is known as a purple state. those urban states are blue democratic areas but the rest of the state leans republican as more rural have issues that matter to voters in a different ways so both campaigns are trying to win this state. it is only voted democratic twice since the 1970s, most recently for barack 0bama in 2008 and in the last two election cycles donald trump has one here by a really narrow margins and as you say in recent polling a poll out today from the cook political report showing that kamala harris has actually stepped ahead of donald trump in that most recent poll. is still way after election day in november, but it is interesting this is where donald trump tech today to outline his economic policies. it was billed as a reset of the campaign, an effort from him to move away for what he has been criticised fo

also in this critical battleground state garrett haake, nbc news, ashe asheville, north carolina. >>e have tina fordham with me around the desk. tina, i know you have been watching this closely. can the harris-walz momentum continue >> it is extraordinary to watch. it was only a few weeks ago that we had the remarkable assassination attempt on president trump and the fight, fight, fight that just eroded into the distant past meanwhile, the harris-walz campaign is picking up momentum including in the swing states and still within the margin of error. it is 3% to 5% is the margin of error. we have to look at the democratic national convention which kicks off on friday in chicago. it will be a big love fest with a lot of energy. these are not normal times, but normally, they get a couple of percentage points in post-convention bounce republicans had it, too, but it went away quickly. i'm not sure there will be much of this. i'm saying the compressed timeframe plays to harris' advantage. >> i thought it was fascinating as well. harris has overtaken trump on the topic of who would be bett

we, start off our coverage with cnn's kristen holmes, who is where trump is expected to speak in asheville, north carolina. >> kristen, do we have any sense right now of what we're going to hear and what's being billed as a policy speech from the president well, phil, i can tell you i've received excerpts of the speech and as it is written, it is very much on message. obviously, i cannot say how it will be delivered, but talking to allies, talking you're going to senior advisers, this speech is written exactly like how they want donald trump to talk about kamala harris. >> we have seen him flounder when it comes to how exactly to go after harris. >> but this messaging is clear and it is focused on the economy. i'm going to read you some of the lines here. they're going to be paraphrase. i'm going to leave out all the name calling, but some of the stuff that he's saying is what we've heard from these republicans the surrogates braam, these advisers from these allies, they want him to link kamala harris to joe biden. they want to talk about the policies of biden linking them to harris saying

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for clock, donald tru campaigning in asheville, north carolina, whic remains a key battleground state this election with 16 electoral votes at stake. it wasony president trump in the last two presidential econs. reminder, you can watch our campaign coverage on the c-span now video app or online at c-span.org. >> next up for our coverage of the political party conventions this summer, we had to chicago for the democratic national convention. watch it live beginning monday, august 19 as the party support the presidential nominee. hear about democratic leaders discussing the track record in their vision for the next four years as they fight to retain the white house. the democratic national committee and come alive monday august 19th on c-span. c-span now or online at c-span.org. don't miss a moment. visit our website for the latest schedule updates and to watch the full coverage of the 2024 convention. catch up on past conventions anytime at cpacampaign or by scanning the code. >> minnesota governor and 2000 24 democratic vice presidential nominee tim walz spoke at the american federati

. >> yeah, listen, laura, i was at president trump's rally in asheville, and his rally could not haven a bigger contrast with vice president harris. and it's clear that she is an economic illiterate, and, you know, the attack on tariffs, i defy anyone to ask her exactly the vice president explain what a tariff is. you know, she doesn't know. that's just something that someone put on a teleprompter. and, you know, donald trump spoke almost spontaneously in asheville on the economy for over an hour. you know, i spent a lot of time with him. he has a deep understanding and tariffs are a talking point that she doesn't know what tariffs are. and, you know, who kamala harris. >> laura: scott, isn't it a fact that biden embraced trump's tariffs. entire tranche of trump's tariffs in place because of the dumping and unfair trade practices that are routinely used as a matter of course by china and other nations around the world. if we didn't have those tariffs in place now, lord knows where the economy would be. so, i mean, i don't even think she knows that biden has those in place. but, scott,

bret. >> aishah hasnie live in asheville with the trump campaign. aishah, thanks.e are learning vice president harris may be trying to move away from bidenomics as public dissatisfaction with the economy, specifically inflation. and the job she and her boss have done remains high. this as her record on another top issue, immigration, is also under the microscope. senior white house correspondent peter doocy has that part of the story tonight live from the north lawn. good evening,. >> peter: peter good evening, bret. president biden hosted 100 social media influencers here at the white house today and basically told them he hopes they give him better conch than he has been getting. vice president harris stayed out of view. to go through the archives. >> i'm looking for a job. [laughter] vice president trying to get promoted different platforms. details to coming. >> axios is reporting she is hoping to distance herself from biden's unpopularity on the economy. can you blame her? >> do you know this is the biden harris administration. are you aware this is the biden-

maybe in asheville where trump just was. they have an opportunity here. i have spent a lot of time in raleigh. i'll be there next weekend as well. the thing i hear the most is what everything costs. you go to sam jones barbecue, the price of the chopped plate and the hush puppies, and they're fantastic by the way, they're never going down from where they are now. voters are feeling that, and they're putting the blame on the biden harris administration. that's what she has to address. >> how much is it? >> i think it's about $11 now. that's eastern style. i'm lexington style. >> $11 for lunch sounds great, frankly. i can't get an $11 lunch in new york city anywhere. >> costs more with the hush puppies, you leave with sides, a family of four, that gets really expensive quick. >> they put sugar in the iced tea. garrett, you want to add to the conversation? >> kansas city barbecue is superior, but look, it's not an accident that donald trump was in asheville in western north carolina two days ago for his economic rollout. his campaign understands that there's

>> reporter: i'm in asheville, north carolina, waiting for the former president to speak in a few hours, but j.d. vance, his running mate, is keeping up these attacks, jose, because they feel that there is some stickiness here. you've seen former president trump and we'll see what he does today when it comes to attacking kamala harris, he's been trying out all sorts of lines of attack. hasn't quite figured out which will be most successful yet. but vance is perpetuating these attacks on walz, and walz is having to respond. and that's sort of what the campaign wants is having them a bit on the back foot, making them talk about this, so they're spending less time talking about the issues. walz having to issue statements saying that he misspoke when he characterized his service. things like that they see as successful. and let's not forget, jose, that a very high level trump adviser, a co-campaign manager of the trump campaign has a history of these attacks. he was behind the swift boat controversy in the 2004 campaign, attacking then candidate john kerry on his military record. that plagu

joining us now is dasha burns is in asheville and monica alba is in washington. dasha the former president has frequently attacked the biden administration over inflation, what is trump campaign saying about today's new numbers we just talked about with caleb. >> reporter: they're not responding directly to those numbers, but they're arguing a similar line of attack against harris. a statement, a new term they're trying to coin kamalanomics. america can't afford another four years of kamala's failed economic policies. president trump has a proven track record of making this country prosperous and affordable. expect today he'll once again tout one of his policies, no taxes on tips which harris has come out with as well. just like in that statement there, expect he'll continue to try to tie to xhal what harris' record to that of president biden's, the polls there, voters still tend to trust former president trump on the economy than vice president harris. the question is, can he stay on that message of policy as hissed a viedzers have been pushing for or not? >> mo

that will be in stark contrast from what we see out of donald trump cnn's kristen holmes was in asheville, north carolina for trump's rally on wednesday and has more on that carver president donald trump set out to give a policy speech on the economy and for all intents and purposes, he did. >> it was certainly more off message than what we had seen in the excerpts from the remarks, but he did talk a lot about the economy. and just before we get into what exactly he said, the note here is the reason that his team is been pushing this idea to donald trump, that he needs to focus on the economy. he needs to focus on immigration. he needs to focus on crime. is that if you look at the polling between donald trump and president joe biden, he out hold joe biden on those three topics. voters believed he did a better job on those three things. and the plan is for donald trump to link kamala harris to those same policies of president joe biden's to say that they are the same administration. she's obviously the vice president. so any unpopular policies that joe biden had i should also be that of ka

well, at least that was what was supposed to happen in asheville yesterday. former president trump's rally ended up touching on other issues as well, namely the people challenging him for the white house in 2024. the gop presidential nominee was in asheville talking to voters in what could be a critical swing state in the presidential election. he attacked vice president harris, saying if she is elected, it will result in another great depression. but trump often veered off topic, turning to personal attacks rather than policy. you know why she hasn't done an interview? because she's not smart. i mean, the clown that she picked as a vice president. this guy is a clown. does anyone here feel richer under kamala harris than crooked joe? than you were during the trump administration? is anything less expensive under kamala harris and crooked joe? the former president attacking the biden-harris administration's economic record, specifically highlighting inflation and claiming the economy was better during his presidency. but new numbers show good economic news. i

similar to what he was doing last night in asheville, north carolina. you can see behind me show and tell items. milk and eggs and butter. i don't see bacon but we have butter and some bread and a lot of different items. he is going to blame the high prices squarely again on vice president harris and her inability to bring these food prices down and nearly her for years and office. and how she is being unable to fix it. but again it will be fairly similar messages i'm told by campaign officials today to what we heard last night in asheville. >> kamala harris won't beat the economic crisis she'll only make it worse. why hasn't she done it? she talks about a car she has a plan she'll announce that this week may be. she is waiting for me and to announce so she can copy at. >> but today again is all about the visual as well. having a press conference in taking questions while harris does not. one of the questions i imagine he'll get today is about the recent polling that shows he and harris are neck and neck. in fact new poll from yesterday fox news has som

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hang on, i will may some tape from last night's, yesterday's speech in asheville, north carolina.l immediately plim nate every single costly job killing regulation that the biden-harris administration has created. in our first term our regulation cuts saved the typical american family $11,000. by repealing the biden-harris regulatory onslaught we can save an estimated $20,000. we will make additional tax cuts. that is what gave us the great economy. we'll make tax cuts additionally. we'll make them permanent. larry: so, steve moore, i am sure you read more, listened more, scott says he has his groove back i tend to agree. this is the growthiest he has been since the republican national convention in milwaukee. what do you make of it? >> americans want a real recovery. wall street is doing well, i'm happy to see the stock market up high. a poll came out a month or so ago 60% of americans still think america is in a recession. now you know, a lot of people in the media laughed and said how stupid are these americans, they don't understand -- technically we're not in recession i unde

asheville, greensboro, charlotte, raleigh, on and on.y think they can erase 75,000 votes right there. but, now let's take it from the republican perspective. why do they think they can hold on? is what i just described is not the only thing that is happening in north carolina. you also see all of the red on this map, from west to east, a lot of the counties are small counties. i just showed you the biggest in the state. let me show you something on the much, much smaller side. but it is going to indicate the other force that is playing out in north carolina politics. this is surry county. tiny, look at that. but look at the margin. donald trump carried it by 52 points in 2020 over joe biden. now, take a look. just as i said the metro areas were getting bluer, here is a rural county. look at the journey it is been on. we will go back to 2008. still a red county in 2008, below, the margin was 28 points for john mccain and the republicans in 2008. last time around, 2020, as i just showed you, 52. and that is not just happening in this one s

. >> reporter: trump is ramping up his campaign schedule with a rally wednesday in asheville, nuclear, slated -- north carolina, slated to focus on the economy before rallying supporters on saturday in northeastern pennsylvania. two days before the democratic national convention kicks off in chicago. skyler henry, cbs news, washington. >>> and of course we will have full coverage of the democratic convention starting monday on cbs and on 24/7 streaming. >>> as president biden's days in office wind down, he announced a shot in the arm for his moon shot initiative to fight cancer. biden and the first lady toured medical facilities doing cancer research at tulane university in new orleans yesterday. the president announced $150 million in grants to eight research teams across the country working on ways to help surgeons remove cancerous tumors. >> it's fair to say one of the most devastating words anyone can hear, and this is not hyperbole, is cancer. we're moving quickly because we know all families touched by cancers are in a race against time. >> president biden's son beau died from a

donald trump delivered proposals and personal attacks in asheville. meanwhile, kamala harris will present her economic agenda in raleigh tomorrow jared hill has the very latest today from new york. >>>>straight out of >>>this week, the economy is taking center stage in the presidential race. today president joe biden and vice president kamala harris will focus on prescription drug costs in their first appearance together since biden ended his reelection bid. >>>>former >>president trump back from a rally in battleground north carolina, is set to hold a news conference today at his golf club in bedminster new jersey. during a speech wednesday, trump's focus split between attacks on harris and his economic agenda. >>>>there will be no tax on social security. we're going to stop it. i'm going to keep the affordable care act unless we can do something much better, >>>harris heads to north carolina tomorrow to lay out her own economic agenda, including a plan to combat price gouging. >>>>kamala harris is yeah, a fresh face and more of a blank slate, and sh

. >> cnn's jeff zeleny joins us now from asheville, north carolina another potential battleground wherewill be speaking tomorrow. so what more do we know about the ballot measures in arizona and missouri well, anderson, these ballot measures in both arizona and missouri are similar to ones we've seen in other states, i think back to ohio, think back to michigan. >> these are states that enshrined abortion rights into their state constitution. and voters in these states of missouri and arizona will be asked the same question in november, but what it means politically likely is to drive an increase in voter turnout in november, there were almost 600,000 signatures in arizona, some 577,000 or so, almost twice as many as needed to get on the ballot. the harris campaign believes that is a sign that there is big interest in this, and that could help her in arizona, of course, a very key swing state in the presidential race, also a critical senate race there as well. missouri, of course, has long ago stop being a battleground state in presidential contests, but it could still influence others

presidential race and trump is speaking in north carolina tomorrow he is he'll be coming here to asheville, of course, they blue part of north carolina. but the state of north carolina is increasingly back in play. of course, it was one of the seven battleground and states at the beginning of his campaign, as president biden struggled in the polls in recent months, it sort of fell out of the list of top battlegrounds. it is back now, how do you know the trump campaign is beginning to spend money here, like they have not done all year. they're spending money on ads, a super pac supporting the former president also our, he's coming here tomorrow to talk about the economy specifically highlighting what he says as the economic hardship of the biden-harris administration. but the vice president, xi is coming to north carolina also on friday to it to a campaign on the economy as well. so anderson, there are so many signs tonight that north carolina is back in the hebrew the top battleground states. so, yes, the blue wall of michigan and wisconsin, pennsylvania, very important. but since she has

cnn's kristen holmes is in asheville, north carolina and kristen, you've got some great new reporting on what to expect, at least according to the campaign from donald trump today yeah, that's right, dana, so we're here on asheville and it is very important to note they're not billing this as a rally. they are billing this as a speech. we have seen pictures of inside the venue. it is not standing room. these are seated speech and yes, there is room for hundreds of people, but it is not your tip but gold kind of ramped up rally atmosphere. the reason why i am told they are doing this is a beginning of a series of these events that's going to be a little smaller. not again, not a rally, but billed as a speech that is particularly focused on policy, as you noted, this one is supposed to be focused on the economy. we also expect these kind of speeches to be focused on immigration or crime i'm all of the issues that donald trump's team believes will help him win back the white house in november. but of course, as you mentioned, the big question is whether or not trump himself can stay on m

spokknow, donald trump there spoke almost spontaneously in asheville on the for overe over an hour. witht a lot of timeing with him. he has a deep understanding. and, you know, tariffs , d, you a talking point that she. she doesn't know what tariffs are. and you know, who have.>> l comeau on.race >> well, scott, isn't it the fact that biden embraced taump's tariffs biden has an entire tranche of trump's tariffs still in place because h of the dumping and the unfair trade practices that are routinely used as a matter of course, by china and other nations around the around the world. if we didn't have those tariffs in place knows now, lord knows e the economy would be. so, i mean , i don't even think she knows that biden has those in place. o move obut -- but, scott, i wat to move on because she's making whpopulists pitch and it's part of this anti tariff thing. but she's she's making a populae isg thesr pitch whileu she's making these other crazy points. >> watch hav. she was >> you have the viceee president here talking about how excited she was to see her mom save up formcdond ten

kate we're gonna hear more from him today is going to be in asheville, north carolina. what are you expecting from him today well, this is supposed to be a speech that is focused on the economy, but as i just said, who knows what he's ultimately going to talk about, but he did preview a little bit of what he intends to unroll rollout today in an interview yesterday with univision, take a look. we're going to get rid of inflation and inflation has hurt the hispanic population so badly, but it's hurt everybody, she's never going to do anything about inflation. she has no idea. she is even know what it means. the word means and she is she's forced to go with my policies. you know, i came out a long time ago with no taxes on tips and two days ago she said no taxes on tips. she doesn't even know what it means. >> trump's rally today will be in north carolina. kate, one of those states that a few weeks ago look like trump had solidly in his favor, but has re-emerged as a battleground in this new, new race. >> as they're saying this is a different race. allies near him and you

take trump's comments today in asheville, north carolina, it was supposed to be a speech focused on his economic vision for the country. for example, he committed to cut thing energy and electricity prices by 50%. although we should use the word committed lightly, but the republican nominee is rhetorical detours, took him exactly where his allies did not want him to go. the land of personal attacks what happened to her laugh, i haven't heard that laugh at about a week. that's why they keep her off their sake. that's why she's disappeared. that's a laugh of a crazy person. you know why she hasn't done an interview, because she's not smart. she's not intelligent all over the world. crime is down because they're taking, they're criminals and people well from mental institutions and they're putting them into our country because we have stupid people like kamala and joe running our country so we've seen how personal attacks are basically a staple of his political arsenal. and it doesn't really seem like that's going to change no matter how many anonymous allies leaked to the press, that it s

cnn's kristen holmes is live at the trump rally in asheville, north carolina. and kristen delivering an effective speech on the economy is seen, is critical for trump to stay on message and explain it to voters. the question is, will he and can he do that? >> well, that's right. jessica, and you talk to anyone around him. they believe donald trump can win this election in november if he focuses on three things. one of them being the economy, the other one being immigration in the third being crime. these were all things that we saw the polling against president joe biden. >> he was leading in his handling of those things. >> and now they believe that he would lead kamala harris on the same issues with donald trump as we have seen, time and time again, has had a very hard time staying on message particularly since kamala harris entered the race, we have seen him latch on to these conspiracy fringe theories from the internet, particularly talking about her proud sizing that photos of the crowd were a.i. generated something that today would kate sullivan, cnn's ow

once again lines of trump admirers stretched on the block in downtown asheville, a deeply enclave in a deep red swath of the state. >> i miss. >> you, miss him. >> i miss them, yes. the past four years? yes. >> democrats worried north carolina was slipping out of reach. but all that's changed with kamala harris at the top of it. ticket is now a campaign. >> yeah, people are excited. >> david bailey has been making calls at democratic headquarters, democrats haven't done the ballot or old signs are now accompanied by new enthusiasm, not move volunteer with the democratic party here in asheville. >> you have to tap into people's not only what they know is good for the country, but also what they feel is good for the country. and i think harris and walz have done that. >> i think are volunteer inquiries could group polled almost overnight as soon? yes, we got news that kamala harris was going to be on a ticket, they quadruple. oh, yes. >> harris has injected a wave of new energy and uncertainty to the presidential race, putting north carolina and other states back in play folks were fee

former president trump is due back on the stump with an economy focused rally in asheville, north carolina. today. the return to the trail after his talk with elon musk on his platform x, >>>>i think you should support donald trump for president. well, i want to thank you >>>now, the united auto workers has filed federal labor charges against the duo accusing them of trying to intimidate and threaten workers, highlighting this part of the conversation >>>>you go and i won't mention the name of the company but they go on strike and you say, that's okay. you're all gone. it is a federal right of workers to go on strike, and they cannot be fired for that. but, you know, people like donald trump and elon musk, they laugh about firing people. >>>the trump campaign dismissed the suit as a political stunt >ott-1>and all next week, our ryan yamamoto will be live in chicago to lead our coverage of the 2024 democratic national convention. for you, it is wired wednesday, and today we're talking all about made by google event. the tech giant unveiled its new line of pixel phones and made by google, of

garrett haake, nbc news, asheville, north carolina. >>> there is disturbing footage out of texas of a possible attempted kidnapping. one video shows a man trying to lure a child into his car. valerie castro spoke to two of the boys and their mother about the close call. >> there he is right there. >> reporter: jonathan and zachary were playing outside with friends when two cars pulled up to them in their north dallas neighborhood. >> there's these two random cars, they were just there. and when i saw, like, my, zachary and his friends running, i was trying to figure out what was going on. >> get your mom, get your mom! >> i overhear the driver telling my friend to get in the back of the car. so i hear this, and i start running. and i make it to the door. >> someone's trying to kidnap jay! >> all of a sudden, i hear, mom, jonathan's being kidnapped! jonathan's being kidnapped! and i didn't know if they were joking or if he was being put in a car. >> reporter: the terrifying ordeal confirmed by police and captured on cameras surrounding the home. >> get in the car. i said no, i don't ta

precisamente, trump hablÓ de la economÍa en asheville, carolina del norte.o estÁ mejor bajo? biden y harris, dijo donald trump en un mensaje dirigido a la clase media. >> down and make america affordable again. >> bajarÉ los precios de inmediato y harÉ al paÍs costeable otra vez, afirmÓ. aÑadiÓ que eliminarÍa los impuestos sobre el seguro social y las propinas, idea que acusÓ a harris de copiarle porque ella la ha mencionado en sus eventos polÍticos. la fÓrmula demÓcrata hoy no tuvo eventos pÚblicos. harris presentarÁ su plan econÓmico este viernes, tambiÉn en carolina del norte. >> grew up in a middle class family. la vicepresidenta es de una familia de clase media. >> trabajÓ en mcdonalds. yo soy miembro de un sindicato, dijo ayer smalls, insistiendo que conocen mejor que nadie las necesidades de la clase trabajadora. >> kamala harris. por quÉ? >> porque tiene ideas progresistas que ayudan a la comunidad, me dijo. >> la economÍa es mejor con trump y. pero lo que tiene Él de malo es que que los amenaza a los. nosotros a hispanos, que los va a mandar para el

garrett haake, nbc news, asheville, north carolina. >> and we'll turn now to ernesto strengthening into a hurricane after lashing puerto rico with heavy rain and strong winds. nearly half the island is without power tonight. our guad venegas reports. >> reporter: tonight, massive power outages and dangerous conditions caused by hurricane ernesto. heavy rains have caused rivers to overflow their banks. officials say rescuers are searching for the driver of this vehicle that swept away. flooding conditions forcing a shutdown of roads and bridges. >> stay away from the coastal areas. stay safe at home or wherever you are staying in the case of tourists. >> reporter: the storm also causing havoc on puerto rico's vulnerable power grid still recovering from previous storms. more than 700,000 customers, nearly half the island, left without power. luma energy assuring they are on the ground working to re-establish service as fast as possible with more than 1,500 technicians assessing the damage, yet, no indication of how long the outages will last. those who can now relying on backup generators

trump held a number of campaign events this week including two press conferences and a speech in ashevillerth carolina. though former president at one point used two tictac containers to illustrate the theory of --. >> we are calling -- we are talking about the economy. i wanted to do a speech about the economy. a lot of people are devastated with what has happened with inflation. we are doing this as an intellectual speech. today we are doing it right now and it is very important. they say it is a most important subject. i think crime and the border are right there. you look at car insurance, i could not believe it when i looked at those numbers this morning. and that is just one of many. groceries, to put it in simple terms, people go to the grocery store and have less a deal. i did have something here -- i would show you. wait a minute. i don't know if you have seen this. i do have it. look at this. look at this. so, this is tictac's. i don't know if i like the company. they are so lucky. look at the television. the greatest commercial they have ever had. but that is what happens. this