let's begin though with cnn's kristen holmes kristen, tell us the latest what you're hearing right now. >> right, jessica. so what we're told us this afternoon when donald trump was on the golf course at west palm beach, that it's trump international golf course. he was in-between holes when shots were fired we are told by sources that secret service fired shots. and as you noted, a person has now been detained. there was a long rifle, an ar and ak style rifle that was recovered with that person in the car after they were detained. it is still unclear what exactly a motive was, but officials have told me as well as our colleague john miller that they believe that donald trump was the intended target. again, this would have been a suspect who was armed, essentially waiting for donald trump at a golf course in west palm beach. he was on lockdown the entire course went into lockdown. it is unclear where trump is at the moment. at that locked has been lifted. if he has moved back to his mar-a-lago resort or if he is still waiting currently at the golf course right now, we are not intending

kristen holmes and we're going to talk about that later on in the hour. kristen holmes, priscilla alvarez, thanks so much. meanwhile, and other news today. sean diddy combs will be back in court as he looks to get out on bail after spending the night behind bars, combs was denied bail yesterday has remained in custody after pleading not guilty to charges that include racketeering, conspiracy, and sex trafficking, music mogul is accused of creating and running a quote, criminal oh enterprise that engaged in a slew of crimes including kidnapping, arson, bribery, and obstruction of justice. but his attorney maintains that combs is innocent is, there any chance sean combs takes a plea deal? i don't see it happening i do not see it happening he he's he's innocent. i believe he's innocent. i believe he's innocent of the charges and he is going to go to trial. and i believe he's going to win joining us now cnn legal analyst and former federal prosecutor, elliot williams i mean, elie, do you think this appeal is going to be successful? what do you think? i mean,

he very important state for both candidates now, to kristen holmes how is donald trump preparing? you know, we hear a lot from those around him that he's not actually preparing in the same ways that everyone else usually does. >> well, that's true and they also don't like to use the word preparing because donald trump doesn't think that he has to prepare, but they are getting ready for this debate. now they say, it's pretty similar to how he prepared for the debate against president joe biden. he has these blocks of time on his calendar that they refer to as policy time or policy review time. that's where he sits down there'll be on his plane or at trump tower where he is today or at bedminster with his various senior advisers and goes over their policy and talks about potential questions that could get asked on it and how to pivot back to the three topics that they really want donald trump talking about, which are crime, the economy, and immigration. those of course be being the same topics that we know he was pulling ahead of president joe biden on. and they believe that if they

if not be able to take it live cnn's kristen holmes is joining us. i'm back on the phone now, helping to first report this out. so the statement coming from the trump-vance campaign site what have you since learned? >> do we have learned exactly where this took place we are told by sources familiar with the event that had happened today while donald trump was playing golf, he was at his trump international golf course, which is in west palm beach, florida. this is a different location than his mar-a-lago resort, which is in palm beach. we are still trying to get the details of what exactly that looked like, what we are told that the club went into immediate lockdown. we've also now gotten a statement from secret service that says it secret service is investigating what they are calling a protective incidents following trump and following those gunshots being fired. so this is clearly an evolving situation we are still trying to understand what exactly the gunshots look like. and i heard you talking to one of your former guest about his security and j

kristen holmes reporting for us. kristen, thank you very much. aaron back to you. >> all right. wolf and everyone's here with me now. kristen, listening to kristen holmes talking about what's at stake here and how what trump they want, what trump's team wants him to do on the harris side, you say that she actually needs to focus on trump voters and a very, very specific small segment of trump voters. if she were to target who she needs to win over, who are they? >> that's right. so when you look at donald trump's voters, most of them, almost all of them liked donald trump. and if you're somebody out there who likes donald trump, you're voting for him, period. but there is about 7% of donald trump's vote that says, i don't like the guy. i know feel favorably toward him, but they like his policies for them kamala harris needs to come out tonight and give them an excuse to say, you know what, maybe i don't have to vote for the guy i don't like. but in order to do that, she has to make a very strong and persuasive case, not just that she is more moderate than 2019. kamala harris on

i want to go to kristen holmes, who's obviously in contact constantly with your sources, kristen, in the trump campaign. what are you hearing so far from them as they are reacting? to the shock of what has happened here, will earn, there is still obviously a lot of questions now when it comes to security they have noticed they have talked about consistently the upgraded security they have seen since the rally in butler, pennsylvania. that means more secret service agents with him at almost all times we know that in that situation when he was on the golf course, he had at least two sets of secret service agents with him. the first one was ahead of him by number of holes. those are the secret service agents who spotted the suspect in the bushes, spotted a rifle and engaged with him. we know that he also had a number of secret service agents with him back on the course, right? as you said, between holes five and six, who whisked him off into security. he was golfing with megadonor and allies, steve witkoff when they were rushed back to the actual golf course dario to the golf lounge whe

i want to bring in first kristen holmes, who has been in contact with the trump campaign tonight so kristen trump's campaign managers releasing bladder after this apparent assassination attempts targeting donald trump, what are they saying yeah, that's right. >> they're reaching out to stuff similar to what we saw after the first assassination attempt in butler, pennsylvania. this comes from the campaign managers, chris lacivita and susie wiles. i'm going to read you part of what they sent to their staff today. it says today for the second time in two months in evil monster attempted to take the life of president trump. thankfully, no one was injured at the golf course. this is not a matter that we take lightly. your safety is always top priority. we ask that you remain vigilant and your daily comings and goings be observant, maintain a constant level of situational awareness now, when it comes to what the campaign is doing, we know shortly after this now i'll second appearance of an assassination attempt. they did locked down the west palm beach campaign headquarters for quite some time. t

jean carroll $83 million in various damages, cnn national correspondent kristen holmes is with me here in the cnn newsroom. so where do things stand now, kristen? >> well, where they are right? this second is the fact that the judge has this case at our appeals court, has this case, and they're waiting to make a ruling. we don't expect when today. we don't even think one is likely before the election, but just to give some details as to what exactly we saw today, what is going on as you he said, this is the appeal he is seeking a new trial here. this was a two-week case, a nine-person jury determined that he was law found liable of, as you said, sexual abuse as well as defamation. they awarded carroll $5 trump's lawyers are now arguing that the verdict should be tossed because of it issues with evidence, particularly saying that the judge allowed certain things in that they don't think should have been allowed in, including the access hollywood tape. and again, as we said, the court is unlikely to issue a ruling before the election. now the really interesting thing is that this is the

wolf kristen holmes reporting for us. thank you very much. tonight, the abortion issue also is making an impact on kamala harris's campaign, the vice president failing to get the endorsement of independent senator joe manchin after she said this in an interview that aired today i think we should eliminate the filibuster for roe and we need get us to the point where we 51 votes would be what we need to actually put back in law the protections for reproductive freedom and for the ability of every person and every woman to make decisions about their own body and not have their government tell them what to do let's bring in cnn's priscilla alvarez for us. priscilla, this is not necessarily a new position for kamala harris. >> no, it's not wolf, but it certainly tells us that she is going to double down on this message that democrats think is the galvanizing one for voters, which is does that she is the candidate that would protect reproductive rights. now, in 2022, the vice president also said that she would support ending the filibuster to prote

let's bring in kristen holmes. now, she is in philadelphia. kristen, what do you know about how trump is propping well, they say that donald trump is doing everything in that counts as preparation. >> they are not talking about any specific mock sit downs or someone plays the moderator or someone, please. kamala harris, but the campaign's as it all the events that donald trump has done for the last several weeks, which include town halls are going and talking to the economic club in new york all of that counts as debate prep, getting those questions that he's not prepared for, not briefed on beforehand, and answering them in front of a live audience. but of course, there are still questions about what exactly is going to look like when donald trump takes the stage on tuesday, a big concern among trump's allies is how he handles being up on a stage with a woman controlling his temperament, controlling his tone, and that of course is going to be left up to donald trump alone. now, in addition to these wide range of events that we just mentioned,

let's go to cnn's kristen holmes with us now and kristin, it's interesting because former president trump is talking in about how politics don't matter. but clearly they do when you have a swing state that is so important being affected by such a big storm, we know that fema has already deployed some satellites for starlink connectivity to the region. and you hear trump trying to create the sense of the biden administration hasn't really done much to help out. he's made some baseless claims about that. we know the president has approved an emergency declaration days ago in georgia. tell us what you're seeing here and what the trump campaign is saying. >> yeah, we'll look, this is a red state and donald trump is being treated as a principle here. he is being treated not just as a former president, but it almost as though he is a sitting president as boris you just noted getting a briefing from fema, getting a briefing from the national guard that is not something that is typically just offered to a candidate. they are treating him as though he is a former president who is there to help. an

and we also have with us cnn national correspondent kristen holmes, who is covering trump mj. let's start with you. where does the harris team now go from here? >> well, what they would love is to try to ride the momentum that they were feeling last night and get back onto the campaign trail. they were obviously very pleased with everything that unfolded last night. they were happy with the vice president's performance. they felt like she delivered the messages that she had practiced and they felt like she appeared in command of the important issues. there also really pleased with how many times they felt like donald trump really took her bait on issues including his crowd sizes. but it's still something that they are making very clear that they do not believe that one debate is going to alter the course of the race. in fact, we've got a fund raising note from the campaign earlier today. the subject line was debates don't win elections. they know that there are only less than two months left now until election day. it has been an extraordinarily condensed campaign and they don

and kristen holmes is covering the trump campaign. priscilla, let's start with you talk to us about the vice president's mindset going into tonight and how she's preparing well, boris sources telling me that she has been doing robust debate preparations. of course, she spent the last several days in pittsburgh where she was with her group of advisers preparing for this consequential moment tonight. now, part of that preparation also included identifying the issues that they can needle former president donald trump on. and one of those, according to sources, is going to be reproductive rights. she is expected to lean in on that going after his muddled messaging on this very issue, of course, the vice president has been a key voice on this issue and democrats see it as a galvanizing one for voters. and of course, she is trying to capitalize here too, on her edge in the polls that show that she does have an advantage over former president donald trump on this issue of reproductive rights. but in addition to that, she has sought out advic

again, our kristen holmes is back with us. she's already reported that law enforcement has been notified, right by the trump campaign and we too is news organization are awaiting details coming from any law enforcement that has responded alright we don't have kristen holmes right there, but i'm just giving you what we know thus far. we're going to take a short break for now and we'll be right back after this tonight on. >> the whole story, how does a bernie bro become a pro-trump social media superstar? >> maga communist, you know, people watching cnn are going to say, you're crazy. >> the whole story with anderson cooper tonight at 8:00 on cnn. >> this tiny homes trend not for me. this is more like it. the same goes for my foot worth. so i went hands-free with wide fit sketcher slipping? just step in and go without bending down or touching my shoes wipe it hands-free sketches, slip in the only thing i don't like about painting is waiting for a job. they should get up to $500 of your pay whenever you need theirs. well interest

. >> priscilla alvarez with the harris campaign's cnn's kristen holmes is also here in philadelphia covering the trial i'm campaign. and kristen, former president trump, arrived in philly short while ago. what are you hearing about his strategy and expectations this evening that's. >> our. jake we, actually just saw donald trump exit his plane in philadelphia on the ground. we do expect him to come straight over to the debate hall to do his walk through all the debates stage almost any moment after he arrives where his team has been preparing diligently for over a week today, they spent the day measuring the podium is measuring this steps out there because remember to donald trump, the optics are just as important as the policy and as they head over to that debate hall, his advisers and allies are expressing confidence. they told me they believe that kamala harris needs a slam dunk night. were all donald trump needs to do is stick to the issues, but of course, it's always a question with donald trump whether or not he can stick to the issues they have spent the last several weeks trying to p

kristen holmes. thank you so much, really appreciate it still ahead, president biden, urging israel to stop special forces it's raids in lebanon as the u.s. believes that israel could imminently launch a more limited ground incursion than had been planned. we're going to have new details on what that would look like. >> plus sources telling cnn that tim walz is fighting off nerves ahead of his debate with j.d. vance tomorrow, we're going to explain why in just moments >> tim walz and j.d vance in their first and only face-to-face debate. and cnn has covered with the best political we'll team in the business a cnn special event, the vice presidential debate tomorrow with now on cnn this one might think my when it's time for an update or complete remodel read about this with you. >> every step of the way. >> is this going to be ready to fight for the baby from design and products to removal, an installation again we handled the entire process to create a beautiful and functional bathroom for whatever y

kristen holmes from california. thank you so much for that update. let's. get you the latest from the harris campaign with cnn's priscilla alvarez. because kristen or rather priscilla, there is a new strategy from the campaign in battleground states and she's going to a place in pennsylvania today. that has gone for donald trump in the past two elections only that bore is, but these are two counties that are deeply red counties. >> and this is a strategy that we're seeing in the campaign deploying not only here in pennsylvania, but in other parts of the country or call that not long ago, the vice president was also in south georgia georgia, other counties that are red and also voted for former president donald trump's. so clearly what they are trying to do here, sort of shave off some of the support for the former president and trying to appeal to those voters. now, moments ago, the vice president arrived to pennsylvania and while she was in a local bookstores was asked by reporters how she was feeling about the state she said she was feeling very good tryin

. >> cnn's kristen holmes is following this story for us. kristen what more did the former president say well, brianna, these comments came after we saw that superseding indictment from special counsel, jack smith, which was a reaction to what he had to do filing another indictment because of that immunity ruling in the supreme court's so trump sat down for an interview and essentially talked about this indictment and said something that is similar to what he has said before but lacking a little bit of context. >> take a listen it's so crazy that my poll numbers go up. >> whoever heard you get indicted for interfering with a presidential election where you have every right to do it you get indicted and tupled numbers go up now, of course, it sounds like here he is saying that he was indicted for interfering with the election and that he had every right to interfere with the election. >> now in the past, he has not said this exactly, but essentially said that he had every right to question the election. he said that he is being accused used of

cnn's kristen holmes is with snell live from west palm beach kristen trump is expected to meet with secret service director, the acting director this afternoon. what more are you? hearing from the trump team a readout of that meeting, briana, but of course we believe it will be discussed one, what could have been done differently? >> what exactly? we have and what potential details the secret service knows and how to prevent this from happening in the future. one of the big questions i have heard from the trump campaign is not necessarily about good serve as protocol or they're actions, but how the suspect was able to track donald trump's whereabouts here in west palm beach one of the things to note is that that golf game was a last it's minute addition to his calendars. so some of his own closest advisers didn't know it was all on this schedule. some of his own allies didn't know he was in west palm beach because he has been traveling. so obviously questions as to how exactly this person was chew got the knowledge to understand where donald trump was going to be and at what time. and if t

thank you so much, john of zeleny, kristen holmes. thank you. and let's talk more about these developments now with larry sabato, he's the director of the center for politics at the university of virginia. larry, i wonder what you're seeing, looking at north carolina, what this mark robinson business portends for trump in a state that has a history of ticket-splitting well, it may have a history of ticket-splitting, but i think this is kind of unprecedented you know, there are scandals, there are many scandals and middle rank scandals. >> and this one is very hot to the touch, the stove is on. >> full blast so i don't know how comparable the previous situations are. >> and you can tell that republicans are greatly distressed by this already. >> the republican governors association is hinting that the money that they may have planned to spin it did plan to spend to help robinson maybe you who's better elsewhere. >> it's always what the political professionals are thinking and saying that has an impact on what actually happens and whether a candid

kristen holmes, cnn, west palm beach, florida while donald trump's running mate, j.d. >> vance, wasted no time in adopting the former us president's rhetoric, speaking in georgia on monday, he questioned i no one has attempted to assassinate and vice president kamala harris vance claims it's because democrats is solely responsible for the current political violence you know, the big difference between conservatives and liberals is that we, no one has tried to kill kamala harris in the last couple of months and two people now have tried to kill donald trump in the last couple of months, i'd say that's pretty strong evidence that the left needs to tone down the rhetoric it needs to cut this crap out to johnson is electra and us politics at queen mary university of london. he joins us now from oxford. i have to start with jd vance's comments. what do you make of what he just said? >> i think the very responsible i mean, it almost sounds like it's an invitation for someone to have a shot. it kamala harris. and this is really i mean, the comments that both vance and trump have made about de

kristen holmes, cnn, west palm beach, florida the governor of ohio, stepping up, security around schools in the city of springfield's following a string of threats over the baseless conspiracy theory that haitian immigrants are stealing and eating people's pets mike dewine is deploying state troopers to monitor all of springfield schools after officials reported 33 bomb threats in the past several days these these threats have all been hoaxes. none of them had panned out we have people unfortunately, overseas who are taking these actions. some of them are coming from one particular country we think that this is, one more opportunity to mess with the united states springfield police say they received several calls this weekend reporting members of the proud boys, the paramilitary group that stormed the u.s. capitol on january 6, were marching through town. a mayor, a springfield spoke with cnn about the havoc these threats are causing we've been having continuous thread to five days now and it's just, it's disconcerting that these they keep doubling and tripling down with what we're askin

others will go out in the coming weeks more now from cnn's kristen holmes kamala harris, former president donald trump, playing defense, trying to insist he won the debate when you don't win, it's like a fighter when a fighter has a bad fight gets knocked out or loses the fight, the first thing he says is we want a rematch. i would do nbc, i do fox too. i do fox too. but right now, we have to determine whether or not we anna, do earlier. >> a moment of civility among the rivals, trump and vice president kamala harris, shaking hands as they commemorated the september 11 terror attacks at ground zero in new york, it came less than 12 hours after the handshake harris initiated ahead of a fiery, intense debate in philadelphia, kamala harris suff good debate. >> that is, why so many military leaders who you have worked with have told me you are a disgrace. she goes down as the worst vice president in the history of our country, paris successfully goading her republican rival on a range of issues the values i bring to the importance of homeownership, knowing that everybody got handed 400 millio

again kristen holmes, cnn, washington u.s. >> president joe biden says he used relief that donald trump unharmed in sunday's apparent assassination attempt. in a statement he says, i have been briefed by my team regarding what federal law enforcement is investigating as a possible assassination an attempt to former president trump. today a suspect is in custody, and i commend the work of the secret service and the law enforcement partners for their vigilance and their efforts to keep the former president and those around him safe. i am relieved that the former president is unharmed. there is an active investigation into this incident as law enforcement gathers more details about what happened, as i've said many times, there is no place for political violence or for any violence ever in our country. and i have directed my team to continue to ensure that secret service has every resource, capability and protective measure necessary. great to ensure the former president's continued safety while democratic presidential nominee kamala harris also released a statement saying, i am deeply dist

cnn's kristen holmes is on the campaign trail with the trump campaign in warren, michigan for us, this and what do we know? first of all, about this meeting? >> just a reminder that this meeting almost didn't happen. in fact, earlier this week, i was told by senior advisers that it wasn't happening. donald trump lashed out at the link golinski is accusing him of making nasty little aspersions. those were his words towards donald trump that campaign was attacking zelenskyy for comments that he made in pennsylvania, say that j.d. vance was too radical. but after zelenskyy reached out through intermediaries, they turn the page. they had this meeting and i was told by sources that this it was really a meeting for zelenskyy to lay out his case and that he also reminded donald trump that they've got a law when both of them were in office when donald trump was in office, i will say it is still very unclear what donald trump would do to end the war in ukraine, or even with aid to ukraine if he were to be reelected. here's what he said. and after that meeting was the landscape we have a very go

. >> cnn's kristen holmes is following developments and has more now from washington was talking to a number of campaign advisers who say there are still a lot of questions as to what exact well you have in the details there and how exactly this happened, particular how the suspect knew where donald trump was going to be and win today just a reminder, he is a former president. he is not a current sitting president, which means he doesn't have to put out a schedule. there was no pool of press pool following him around and so instead, this was a private event with a close it's frowned. he was with ally and donor, steve witkoff golfing his property there. so there are a lot of questions as to how exactly this unfolded. now one thing that i've spoken to a number of campaign advisers about is that they are pleased with the secret service response. one thing that i will note is that after that assassination attempt in butler, pennsylvania, there were a lot of questions as to why i exactly the u.s. secret service did not respond or engage in the shooter quickly. that is not. or at least does

i want to bring in cnn's kristen holmes right now. she's covering the trump campaign and cnn's eva mckend. she's covering the harris campaign for us. eva, let me start with you what is the harris campaign saying about this really important fed decision? >> well, wolf, they view as a positive development for working families. the vice president pointing to an array of policies that she champions and says, i would support it if elected president, to lower costs for families like bringing down taxes for more than 100 million americans, down payment assistance and affordable housing overall, she's releasing a statement tonight that reads, in part, while this announcement is welcome news for americans who have borne the brunt of high prices. my focus is on the work ahead to keep bringing prices down i know prices are still too high for many middle-class and working families and my top priority is president will be to lower the cost of everyday needs, like health care, housing, and groceries. now, wolf, this of course, comes on the same day

yet, cnn's kristen holmes is following all the developments has more now from washington i was talking to a number of campaign advisers who say there are still a lot of questions as to what exactly happened. the details there, and how exactly this happened, particular how the suspect knew where donald trump was going to be and win today. just a reminder, he is a former president. he is not a current sitting president, which means he doesn't have to put out a schedule. there is no pool of press pool following him around and said this was a private event with a close friend. he was with allies and donors, steve witkoff, golfing his property there. so there are a lot of questions as to how exactly this unfolded. now one thing that i've spoken to a number of campaign advisers about is that they are pleased with the secret service response one thing that i will note is that after that assassination attempt in butler, pennsylvania, there were a lot of questions as to why exactly the u.s secret service did not respond or engage in the shooter quickly. that is not. or at least does not seem to

cnn national correspondent kristen holmes joins us now. so kristen trump is raising some eyebrows here with his bold new claim about that case against them. it's similar rhetoric from what we've heard in the past, but something key is missing from donald trump often talks about the fact that he believes he shouldn't have been charged in the january 6 case in the election interference case because of the fact that he had ever every right to question the election. obviously that's not what he's being accused of. he is being accused of trying to interfere with the election. he went a step further during this interview and lack that keyword of what he was being accused of. take a listen it's so crazy that my poll numbers go up whoever heard you get indicted for interfering with a presidential election where you are have every right to do it you get indicted and you poll numbers go up so he says he was indicted for interfering with the election and then goes on to say what she had every right to do lacking that word of i'm being accused of inter

you now live to flint, michigan, the side of that trump campaign event later today with cnn's kristen holmes, who's there for us kristen, what should we anticipate from tonight's event well, of course tonight as a town halls, there are huckabee sanders, the governor of arkansas, former press secretary, is going to be moderating a donald trump's campaign has done one of these before with tulsi gabbard. >> essentially, he speaks anywhere from 15 to 30 minutes and that he takes questions from voters. that's the actual event. now, in terms of what we're going to see with ramped up security that is one of our big questions as we have reported, donald trump's team says, the show must go on, that they're going to continue to campaign as though nothing happened on sunday. keep up with the same pace they had this event scheduled. they have another veteran washington, dc another event, wilmington, north carolina. and they do say that there have been some changes in security protocol, but boris, one of the biggest questions we have is how exactly they could ramp up security even more than they already

so let's start with kristen holmes homes obviously covering the trump campaign and kristen, you have some new reporting from your sources. i know you were just on the phone talking to people inside the trump campaign. campaign managers, just releasing a letter to the staff moments ago, what are you learning? >> yeah, there are a lot of questions right now, particularly around what exactly happened and how exactly this happened as you had mentioned, he was on the golf course, he was with his donor, an ally, a good friend of his steve witkoff. he was between holds five and six. there was an advanced secret service team ahead of him. we're not sure entirely how far ahead of him they were. they are the ones who were scouting out as they were rounding the corner, as they were waiting for donald trump to come to that hole. that is when they saw this rifle that and that is when they engaged with this suspect, who as you said, ran away. now, there are questions, of course are not necessarily just around the security of the perimeter. we know that there has been enhanced security since that u

kristen holmes live in california. thank you so much let's go to cnn's priscilla alvarez, who's live in wilkes-barre, pennsylvania. priscilla, what's the latest from team harris? >> well, her team wants to get as many eyeballs as possible on the vice president through rallies like she's having here today in pennsylvania. >> but also any other uncommitted fentanyl ways because again, the campaign knows that they have to continue to introduce her to voters outside of the campaign draws walz on the campaign trail. >> but even as they do that and look for multiple pathways to those 270 electoral votes pennsylvania continues to be critical. just look at her schedule over the last eight days were seven of those days, she's spent in this seat so clearly, while they are looking for multiple pathways if this state continues to be crucial for them now, today, she is returning to two counties that former president donald trump won in 2020. we've seen her do this in other parts of the country as well. the idea is to try right to c

is in california and nevada today cnn's kristen holmes on the campaign trail. you're in california first kristen, what are you expecting for him today? >> yes, they're the event here is being billed as press remarks. we are told by a campaign advisers that he may take questions. obviously, we've heard this story before. he was up on the stage in new york and went on to ramble for over an hour, roughly 60 minutes, and then never took questions as something that they were billing as a press conference so we'll see what he does here. but what i would expect today is largely what we've heard from donald trump in the last 48 plus hours, which is trying to re-litigate the debate. what we saw in arizona yesterday was essentially him trying to go line by line to prove that he won the debate and that kamala harris was lying. he called her a liar multiple times. i went after her with personal attacks it's one after the moderators with personal attacks saying it was completely unfair, he has now called for an investigation into this debate. all while again, saying that des

kristen holmes, thanks so much. cnn's priscilla alvarez is falling one of the latest from the harris campaign joins me now. i understand you have new reporting on her visit to the southern border. i wonder how she manages that. right? because this is clearly a voting issue for many americans and it's one where she consistently rates weaker than trump. >> and for those reasons, it has come up as a potential sop actually aid his job when she goes to arizona on friday, sources tell me that campaign officials remain concerned about the fact that foreign president donald trump is leading on the issue of immigration. but they also think they have an opportunity to try to close the gap with him. the reason why is because they're banking on that border security bill. the one that was tanked thanks by foreign president donald trump and republicans by using that and balancing it out with immigration reform and her own record as attorney general may think they can try to build a case that can sort of close that gap in the poll

president focusing in on the economy right now, and offering some rather provocative proposals cnn's kristen holmes is in new york where trump's smoke earlier today, kristen, what promises did trump make what actually the first time we've heard him give detail about what that act upon. >> no policy might look like if he were to be reelected, he often says that he had a better economy under his tenure in the white house. and kamala harris and joe biden have under there, but doesn't offer a lot some details. this was his way of laying out with the economy would look like now a lot of this article is you said campaign promises, things like saying that he would institute a national emergency declaration to increase domestic energy supply and essentially lower gas prices to below $2. talking about dirt cheap gas obviously something i think that voters care about when they go to the polls because they are paying so much more at the pump, other things he talked about tackling government regulations, creating a government official since the commission that was originally proposed by mosquito. and that musc

it to july 13, was a miracle he like that much and he could, you he could not be with us cnn's kristen holmes is in washington with more from melania trump's interview, kristen, we haven't heard from her publicly like this in a very long time. >> what else did she have to say? >> jessica, we've almost never heard from her very publicly like this, particularly this campaign cycle. she's never on the trail with donald trump's. she doesn't make any public appearances. and here she is sitting down for this interview because she is promoting her new book. now there were a couple of notable moments i want to point out. one of them being she went into detail about learning about both of the assassination attempts on her husband, saying she learned about it from the news, particularly talking about what happened in butler, pennsylvania, saying she really didn't know what had happened if he was dead or alive, that she just hit the ground there and he was waiting for more information essentially, like all of us were at that time. the other interesting part is that she raised these kind of conspiracy yo

i want to bring in cnn's kristen holmes as well. she's covering the trump campaign for us, kristen, the former president, spoke with reporters out in california just ahead of his rally in nevada later tonight, you were there tell our viewers what he said a lot of it was stuff we have heard before. >> well, if he was talking about the state of california, obviously linking to the fact that he was here. he is here for a number of fundraisers saying and it was crime blaming kamala harris for her time as a prosecutor here, he talked about crime, he talked about immigration, and he doubled down on what we know are debunked rumors about haitian immigrants in springfield, ohio and who's particularly asked about these bomb threats that have occurred since this ramped up rhetoric in springfield at schools, this is what he said shafik ocean another bomb threats at schools and kids being evacuated. >> why do you still spreading? >> no, know. the real threat is what's happening at our border. >> because you have thousands of people being killed

let's get the latest from cnn's kristen holmes, who is there in new york as he was doing it. kristen walk us through what trump said yeah, boris, this is really the most extensive kind of plan that he is laid out generally, you just talked about how his administration was better than kamala harris and joe biden's administration. >> but now he actually had some proposals, so some toplines from here, i think we have it up on a screen and i can go into a little bit of detail. one was, as you said, tackling government regulations at one point, he said that he would get rid of ten regulations for every new regulation. he also said that elon musk had already agreed to lead a government efficiency commission, something that there's already been an enormous amount of pushback on. this would be a commission that looked at fraud and waste within government spending he said that they would draw unspent funds from the biden administration and he doubled down on this idea of sweeping tariffs on imports. he said, and this is something we've heard from economists that it wouldn't hurt inflat

will get you more on that hearing in a moment, but let's begin with cnn national correspondent kristen holmes, covering former president trump's economic speech in new york today. kristen, what more did we hear from the former president this morning yeah, boris, just forgive me. >> i'm going to be talking a little bit softer here we are in a small room. donald trump is still speaking. >> he was outlined his economic proposes course in intrude from fashion. he's spent doherty of the first part of the speech bashing kamala harris, her economic policies under the harris administration, excuse me, the biden administration obviously, she is the vice prime president there, but then he laid down on ac six point in policy of how he envisions the economy. if he was to be re-elected among the things he talked about was tackling government regulation at one point, he said, for every new regulation that was cut too old regulations, then he said he had regulations for every one regulation which he said the money. >> the other thing we're talking about was something we had previously reported was going to

to get the latest now, i'm donald trump's reaction to this apparent attempt on his life cnn's kristen holmes is in west palm beach, florida for us. she's near mar-a-lago go right now. kristen, what are you learning about trump's state of mind well, i've talked to a number of people who either spoken to the former president in the aftermath of that second assassination attempt, orban briefed on conversation ends with them who say that he is in good spirits, that he was making jokes at one point saying that it ruined a wonderful game of golf and noting that he was too under par time that it happened. >> he apparently told one person that he was going to win in november that he had upped his resolve for that. and at one point, he was asking what the media coverage has been of the second assassination attempt. all of this to say that it does seem as though his reaction to this has been very different than what we saw in butler, pennsylvania and the right after that event, we saw him call for unity pretty say that the country needed to come together and he was the one who could do it. now, we see

to do what donald trump wants to do when he takes that stage tomorrow night certainly will. >> kristen holmes and priscilla alvarez. thank you very much. i want to get some more on all of these developments, joining us, our political experts and kristen soltis anderson, let me go to you first, the harris team is hoping to use the debate is an opportunity to introduce her to undecided voters who are still out there. what shooters strategy b to do that her strategy needs to be to speak to that very small but very important slice of voters who already doesn't like donald trump. they already have decided that they don't think that he's a good guy, but they think he's got but on policy and they're looking to her to say, okay, we know what we would get with him. we know that we like the economy we had when he was president. we know that we liked the way he handled things like the southern border. what are you going to do? these are not voters that love donald trump are with him forever, but they're looking for permission to give harris a chance to do that. they need to see that she is credibly the

i want to go to cnn's kristen holmes right now. she's got more on donald trump's stop at a hard hit city in georgia today kristen trump went after president biden while he was there that's right. >> his campaign saying that this wasn't a political trip, but donald trump has been making this storm and the aftermath incredibly political four days he has been blaming kamala harris, blaming joe biden i didn't saying that he's the one going to the ground while they are not. of course, i do want to point out what eva just said there talking about those resources. this is a common occurrence for sitting presidents and even see think vice presidents, they often wait to go into a disaster zone. so none of those resources will be diverted to them. that should be going to help with search and rescue or rebuilding. but again, donald trump made king this very political at one point, he even on true social, tried to say, and we still have no evidence of this that the federal government was not helping republicans or republican the areas he said t

kristen holmes. thank you very much. and of course, we're we're watching the former president when he does address the assassination attempt. if he does, we're going to make sure you hear that everyone's here with me now as we're waiting to see what happens here, phillip, let me start with you. it is very clear and this is interesting kamala harris is not saying she did. she she expressed horror at the political violence. she did all the right things but she is not saying, okay, i'm going to back off on calling out. what how i see it. right. she's talking out his hateful rhetoric and saying that he cannot be entrusted to stand behind the seal of the united states, right? she's not backing off at all with what she believes is at stake, even in light of a second assassination attempt. and that's pretty significant. >> yeah. >> i mean, i think it's very unlikely two that she'll back off from saying that donald trump poses a threat to american democracy, right? right. and i think there are two factors at play here. the first

be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, which will include long term prison sentences kristen holmes is outfront live in flint, michigan. that is where trump is about to take questions we showed you that stage a moment ago. kristen, i know you have been talking to your sources in the trump campaign is he planning to address the attempted shooting tonight we are expecting to talk about this summer at the top remember this town halls answering questions shied away from that now political violence with talking to shy away from any of that rhetoric. but i will tell you here today. hey, this again being the first and second extra security on the ground my press. >> i talked to a number are based in other areas just here essentially volunteering their time. obviously, there's still being paid, but they asked others have been assigned here to ramp up that security. >> so to talk to a number of security agents who are here on the ground trying to help very clear. they are trying to leave up the security is unclear how exactly that is going to do. long term. obviously, we know there needs to

what he called comrade kamala harris at the debate earlier this week, i want to bring in cnn's kristen holmes. she's in los angeles right now where trump will be holding a fundraiser later tonight and cnn's chief national affairs correspondent, jeff zeleny, is back with with us as well. kristen, break down what trump just said, an arizona because he's going on and on and on making up a lot of stuff >> i mean, most of this is him trying to relitigate the entire debate. i mean, we've been hearing him now for something like 15 minutes, go through, bind by line, various attacks, but now he is in front of a very friendly audience who is cheering him on, as you said, he said he had anya mental victory at one point, he said that they won with women and independence. of course, as we know, our polling did not show that they have pointed they, the trump campaign to a number of conservative straw polls taken right after the debate. but as we have reported repeatedly, there were a lot of people who went into this debate knowing who they were going to vote for. so it's not surprising that if you look at

and cnn's kristen holmes is here with me now. as dion mentioned, robinson was not invited to trump's rally over the weekend in north carolina again, if there's something wrong with the reporting, you would think donald trump would have them up on stage talk about them, didn't even mention them at this rally this weekend. >> yeah i mean, but you also may i think that if this reporting is true that donald trump would be out there disavow him and saying that he shouldn't be running for office. but again, donald trump has not said anything about it at all remaining completely silent and we have absolute faith in our reporting that lee is r mark robinson's words from this porn forum. now, donald trump, i am told, is it does not likely to invite mark robinson to any former or future events he is expected to be in north carolina again later this week, we shouldn't see mark robinson with him if that holds him not inviting him to any of these events. but in terms of disavowing them or does it only what donald trump himself has said about

. >> that is where we find our kristen holmes. what are you expecting, christine? >> well sara, it's donald trump, so we never really get too far out there on what we are expecting. but if it's any indication what we've heard from him in the last 48 plus hours. it's going to be a lot of re-litigating the debate. what we've seen from him is he trying to convince the american public, or at least his base that he was the winner of tuesday's night tuesday night's debate, despite the fact of what we have seen, which is largely polling indicates that was not the case. here is why he says he won't be doing a third debate because we've done two debates and because they were successful, there will be no third debate too late anyway, the voting's already begun, yet he gotta go out and vote obviously the voting hasn't begun all across the country, so it's not entirely a reason why you wouldn't do another debate. >> and i will just remind our viewers that republican operatives have said both publicly and privately, and many of these are people who are aligned with donald trump

again kristen holmes, cnn, washington speaker mike johnson, who met with trump today, posted on x quotehistory has endured more attacks and remains so strong and resilient we've heard that claim before. >> how how does that statement stand up to the historical record? i'm joined now by cnn presidential historian tim naftali to listen for political violence. you know, better than me has sadly been part of this country's history too often. and going back centuries really at, and you could, you could list the presidents, reagan forward attempt, kennedy, sadly successful truman mckinley blinken. it's, it's a sad litany. but two attempts on the former president current nominee in two months is remarkable, is it not? is there any precedent for that >> sadly, there is precedent there were two assassination attempts on gerald ford 17 days apart in september of 1975 it is, it is, it is unfortunately true that that unstable mines seek to destroy our government through violence at it's not, it doesn't happen all the time. thank god. but it does happen within a very disquieting regularity so this i

cnn's kristen holmes is standing by at the trump event in michigan. but first let's go to cnn's priscilla alvarez. priscilla harris, david extensive answer when asked about trump's and vance's rhetoric that's right, wolf, a week ago, right near this venue, the vice president was faced with those baseless claims by former president donald trump about haitian migrants head on. >> but it wasn't until today that she weighed in in an interview with the national association of black journalists, where she called the rhetoric, both harmful and hateful. take a listen i know that people are deeply troubled by what is happening to that community in springfield ohio and it's got to stop and we got to say that you cannot be entrusted with standing behind the seal of the president of the united states of america engaging in that hateful rhetoric that as usual is designed to divide us as a country. and i think most people in our country, regardless of their race, are starting to see through this nonsense and to say, you know what, let's turn the page on this. this

kristen holmes, you cover the trump campaign and trump is going to speak this afternoon. he's not expected to be here, but this afternoon, what are you hearing about his mindset? >> well, first of all, i was given take whether or not he was actually going to be here. there is a lot of interests from the former president and showing up today and listening to these oral arguments, something that he wanted to do and ultimately decided not to his campaign, decided that he wouldn't, but he is going to speak at 4:30 and you can expect to hear him talk about this. we have seen this time and time again when donald trump has these legal cases, particularly now that they're kind of stretched out in terms of hearings, appeals, he then goes to the cameras kristen, i got to go to the hearing right now. >> we're taking it live. let's listen in the law of the case doctrine last year and trump won at 2:17, 83rd page 611 this court held that no liability could be assigned for transactions that were completed prior to february do you worry of 2016 or 2014 for mr. sauer, your that that's pr