let's bring in selina wang at the white house. we're one week away from the democratic national convention. it kicks off next monday in chicago. what do you know about who will speak? >> reporter: the harris campaign is hoping to ride this momentum to the convention. form presidents barack obama, bill clinton and former secretary of state hillary clinton are expected to speak, as well as president biden. the white house saying that president biden is looking forward to the convention and talking directly to the american people about the stakes of this election. david? >> david: selina wang at the white house for us, thank you. abc news will cover the convention beginning monday in prime time on abc news life. the fbi is investigating an alleged hack of the trump campaign emails. the fbi investigating after the trump campaign said they were hacked by foreign sources. microsoft confirming a group run by iranian intelligence hacked the email account of a former senior adviser of the presidential campaign, but didn't identify the spec

we will not let him. >> linsey: let's get right to selina wang at the white house for us. what more are we learning about former president trump after that diverted landing? >> reporter: sources tell us everyone on the plane is fine, that this was not an emergency. trump is still planning to hold

selina wang from the campaign trail, and rachel scott standing by. >>> debby isn't finished yet. picking up strength in the warm waters of the atlantic before making landfall again. this time, in south carolina. parts of the region prepare for another ten inches of rain, doubling what's already fallen, and the northeast is next. residents are bracing for major flooding after a separate system wreaked havoc in the region and caused massive flight delays. ginger zee and victor oquendo report from the war zone. >>> ukraine launches a major attack inside russia. the first large-scale ground assault since the start of the war, attacking russian forces on their own territory. vladimir putin holds emergency meetings, calling ukraine's actions a large-scale provocation. james longman with late reporting. >>> nasa weighs its options to return the starliner crew to earth. considering using spacex to bring the astronauts home and possibly extending their stay in space into next year. >>> and america strong. the communities coming together and answering the call ahead of tropical storm debby

selina wang joining us now from the white house. vice president harris has said she will officially accept the democratic nomination on monday when this virtual roll call concludes. you're learning more now about how she could make that big decision on a running mate. >> reporter: whit, this is one of the most critical decisions of her political career, a process that normally takes months, but she only has days. sources tell me that this weekend, she has some in-person meetings with some of those top contenders in d.c., including with pennsylvania governor josh shapiro. and from there she is wasting no time. she's hitting seven battleground states in just five days with her new running mate starting on tuesday with pennsylvania. whit? >> whit: all right, selina, thank you. >>> also developing tonight, the dangerous weather threats at this hour. we're tracking new thunderstorms moving into the northeast. florida also bracing for a tropical threat this weekend. a state of emergency in effect. and more than 150 million people under hea

>> linsey: selina wang from the white house. thank you so much, selina. david muir and i will moderate the abc news prime time debate between vice president kamala harris and former president donald trump on september 10th, right here on abc. >>> we move on now to tropical depression debby, making its second landfall in south carolina, spawning a deadly tornado and flood watches from south carolina all the way to new york. the system expected to arrive in the northeast by tomorrow. the storm triggering at least 12 reported tornadoes. authorities say one person was killed when a tornado touched down in wilson county, north carolina. dangerous flooding is expected from washington, d.c. to philadelphia, new york to boston. abc's victor oquendo is in north carolina. >> reporter: tonight, as debby marches up the east coast, the death toll is rising and the roads are treacherous. overnight, on highway 74 west of wilmington, north carolina -- >> take a deep breath. >> i'm okay. >> reporter: storm chasers and other drivers, including a marine veteran, springing i

>> linsey: selina wang from the white house for us. thank you so much. >>> now, to breaking developments in the middle east. the u.s. defense department confirms several american personnel were injured during a suspected rocket attack on an air base in iraq. it comes as the u.s. works behind the scenes trying to convince iran not to retaliate against israel. abc's tom soufi burridge is in israel. >> reporter: tonight, several u.s. personnel injured when their base in iraq was targeted by multiple missiles. the strike stoking fears the middle east is on the brink of a wider war. the region on edge, as iran promises it will take revenge on israel at any moment, after the assassination in iran of a top hamas leader. the u.s. now in diplomatic overdrive. >> escalation is not in anyone's interest. it will only lead to more conflict, more violence, more insecurity. >> reporter: today, president biden speaking with jordan's king abdullah, as the pentagon dispatches more destroyers and an extra squadron of fighter jets to defend israeli airspa

abc's selina wang with the trump campaign in wisconsin tonight. >> reporter: tonight, former president trump on a campaign swing through the rust belt, responding to the growing fallout from his visit to arlington national cemetery. >> i go there, they ask me to have a picture, and they say i was campaigning. i don't need -- the one thing i get is plenty of publicity, i don't need that. i don't need the publicity. >> reporter: a rare response to the u.s. army to a reported altercation on monday, saying a cemetery employee was "abruptly pushed aside" so the campaign could take photos and video, defying department of defense policy, which clearly prohibit political activities on cemetery grounds. trump laying wreaths at the tomb of the unknown soldier, for the 13 service people killed at abbey gate during the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. >> we lost 13 great, great people. >> reporter: his campaign later posting this video on social media, showing the former president giving a thumb's up, visiting gravesites with family of the fallen -- >> and then they took over that disaster, the l

we will not let him. >> linsey: let's get right to selina wang at the white house for us.selina, what more are we learning about former president trump after that diverted landing? >> reporter: sources close to trump tell us that everyone on the plane is fine, this was not an emergency. trump is still planning to hold his rally tonight in bozeman, montana. meanwhile, the white house is announcing that next week, president biden and vice president harris will hold their first trip together since vice president harris became the democratic nominee. linsey? >> linsey: selina wang for us, thank you. >>> now to late developments tonight in the deadly police shooting of sonya massie in illinois. the deputy charged with her murder remains behind bars. just a short time ago, the embattled sheriff who hired him announced his retirement. it comes just days after the governor there called on him to resign. here's abc's erielle reshef. >> reporter: tonight, growing fallout from the deadly shooting of sonya massey by an illinois sheriff's deputy. the embattled sheriff who hired that de

selina wang reports. >>> growing concerns about mosquito-borne viruses heading into the holiday, with two new deaths from west nile virus. and another reported case of that rare virus, eee. how major cities in the northeast are taking action. >>> a new watchdog report slams the fbi and its handling of child sexual abuse cases. >>> the severe storms now sweeping east across the country just as millions of americans hit the roads and the skies for labor day weekend with records expected to fall. >>> a critical day in court for bryan kohberger, the man accused of killing four idaho college students. why his lawyers want a change of venue. and we hear from the family of one of the victims. >>> overseas, an american-made f-16 fighter jet goes down in ukraine, as a high-level delegation from kyiv heads to washington asking for permission to hit targets inside russia. ian pannell reporting. >>> and "america strong" tonight. after a thief stole their money, a brother and sister lemonade stand makes a comeback, thanks to a major assist from the neighborhood. >> whit: good evening, it's great t

abc's selina wang leads us off. >> reporter: tonight, it's official. former president donald trump and vice president kamala harris will face off in a primetime debate on abc next month. the debate, one of three trump agreed to during a mar-a-lago press conference, his first public appearance since the debut of the new democratic ticket. >> i just look forward to these debates. i think it's very important that we have them. i think they'll be very revealing. i think they'll be very revealing. >> reporter: trump challenging harris to accept the other two proposed debates, insisting that he has not changed his campaign strategy to go after harris and her vice presidential pick, minnesota governor tim walz. >> we have somebody that hasn't received one vote for president and she's running, and that's fine with me. >> reporter: harris had previously committed to the abc news debate after replacing president joe biden as the nominee. >> i'm glad that he's finally agreed to a debate on september 10th. i'm looking forward to it. and i hope he shows up. >> repo

." >> linsey: selina wang joins us now from morrisville, north carolina. north carolina, a key battleground state she's certainly hoping to capture in november? >> reporter: that's right, linsey. this is a state that donald trump won tries. harris is gaining ground in the polls and she's hoping to make a dent. barnstorming battleground pennsylvania with tim walz, trying to keep up the momentum all the way through the democratic national convention. >> linsey: selina, thanks so much. beginning monday in primetime, streaming on the "abc news live" at 7:00 p.m. eastern, and then here on the network at 10:00 p.m. monday night. >>> former president trump's comments about veterans are sparking a new controversy tonight after he said the presidential medal of freedom that's given to civilians is actually, quote, "much better" than the highest military honor given to those who have served. abc's rachel scott has more. >> reporter: donald trump tonight fending off criticism that he insulted veterans when he said the nation's highest civilian honor, the medal of fre

with more on the specifics of the vice president's to-do list, we turn to abc's selina wang, who's traveling with the vice president in north carolina tonight. >> reporter: tonight, vice president kamala harris in her first major policy speech, casting herself as a champion of the middle class. >> building up the middle class will be a defining goal of my presidency. >> reporter: harris acknowledging that even as inflation slows, middle-class families are still feeling the pinch. the vice president says she's been there. >> later in college, i worked at mcdonald's to earn spending money. well, some of the people i worked with were raising families on that paycheck. they worked second or even third jobs to pay rent and buy food. that only gets harder when the cost of living goes up. >> reporter: harris zeroing in on pocketbook issues, proposing a ban on corporate price-gouging on food and groceries. up to $25,000 in down payment support for first time homeowners. a tax credit of up to $6,000 for families with a newborn. and capping the cost of insulin at $35 and out-of-pocket expenses for pre

>> david: selina wang at the white house tonight.ina, thank you. >>> and even with this welcome news on inflation, the economy will obviously be front and center in the race for president. 83 days now until the election. two new polls out tonight. a pew poll showing kamala harris leading donald trump by just one point. a new fox news poll showing donald trump leading harris by one point. obviously, this race is a dead heat. former president trump in north carolina today, a key battleground, with a speech on the economy. and the attacks again turning personal against vice president harris. harris set to deliver her economic speech later this week. rachel scott on the campaign trail again tonight. ♪ proud to be an american ♪ >> reporter: tonight, under pressure to focus on issues, not personal attacks, donald trump's campaign arranging a formal speech in north carolina to address the most important issue for voters -- the economy. >> does anyone here feel richer under kamala harris and crooked joe than you were during the trump adminis

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>> david: selina wang at the white house for us. selina, thank you. >>> meantime, just before we came on the air tonight, former president donald trump holding a news conference, saying in his words, he is entitled to make personal attacks on kamala harris. the new national polls showing this race is a dead heat, with vice president kamala harris now tied or leading now in several key battleground states. and our rachel scott tonight asking trump about what he said this week about american workers in that conversation with elon musk. >> reporter: tonight, as vice president kamala harris prepares to unveil her plan to crack down on price gouging at the supermarket, donald trump trying to undercut her message. >> kamala harris is reportedly proposing communist price controls. she wants price controls. and if they worked, i'd go along with it, too, but they don't work. they actually have the exact opposite impact and effect. but it leads to food shortages, rationing, hunger, dramatically more inflation. >> reporter: his comments coming

abc's senior white house correspondent selina wang leads us off. >> reporter: tonight, kamala harris making history. the vice president securing enough votes to clinch the democratic nomination for president. the first black woman, the first asian american, to be at the top of a major party ticket. >> i am honored to be the presumptive democratic nominee for president of the united states. >> reporter: harris calling into the democrats' virtual roll call, to celebrate the moment. >> you know it's not going to be easy but we're going to get this done. as your future president, i know we are up to this fight. and when we fight, everyone will say in unison, "we win." >> reporter: it's been a remarkable two weeks for harris. just 12 days ago, president biden announcing he would no longer seek re-election, throwing his weight behind harris, his vice president, to succeed him. now she's the nominee without receiving any primary votes. something that hasn't happened in half a century. with just 94 days until the election, our 538 polling average shows a very tight race. harris up a point an

selina wang, abc news, the white house. >> some hope tonight for potential home buyers in the bay areamortgage rates are at their lowest level in more than a year, according to freddie ma. the standard 30 year fixed rate mortgage dropped to 6.47% today. that's down substantially from last week's average of 6.73%. this year's peak was 7.22%. in early may. economists say lenders are starting to lower interest rates with a fed rate cut expected next month. >> a california teacher was preparing for the new school year when an unexpected visitor appeared in her classroom. elaine salmon was prepping her classroom for the school year this week in kern county. she left her classroom to print some paper copies, and this is what she found when she returned a black bear. salmon says she closed the door, locked the bear inside, and called her husband. when he got there, they held the door open and banged on the window to get it to run away. took off back into the mountains. the only damage was to an earthquake kit that, as you can guess, had snacks inside. bears happened to be the school mascot, s

selina wang, abc news, the white house. >> some hope tonight for potential home buyers in the bay area are at their lowest level in more than a year, according to freddie ma. the standard 30 year fixed rate mortgage dropped to 6.47% today. that's down substantially from last week's average of 6.73%. this year's peak was 7.22%. in early may. economists say lenders are starting to lower interest rates with a fed rate cut expected next month. >> a california teacher was preparing for the new school year when an unexpected visitor appeared in her classroom. elaine salmon was prepping her classroom for the school year this week in kern county. she left her classroom to print some paper copies, and this is what she found when she returned a black bear. salmon says she closed the door, locked the bear inside, and called her husband. when he got there, they held the door open and banged on the window to get it to run away. took off back into the mountains. the only damage was to an earthquake kit that, as you can guess, had snacks inside. bears happened to be the school mascot, so it was one w

abc's senior white house correspondent, selina wang, is here with the latest in this unprecedented campaignning to you. >> hey, good morning, will. it has been a remarkable two weeks for vice president harris. in that time span she's united the party behind her and earned enough votes to become the democratic nominee. now, all eyes turn to who she'll pick for her running mate. her announcement could come any day. this morning, vice president kamala harris on the cusp of choosing her running mate, sources tell me she's meeting with some top contenders in d.c. this weekend. her big decision coming after she made history on friday, securing enough votes to clinch the democratic nomination for president becoming the first black woman, the first asian american to be at the top of a majority party ticket. >> i am honored to be the presumptive democratic nominee for president of the united states. >> reporter: harris calling into the virtual roll call to celebrate the moment. >> you know, it's not going to be easy, but we're going to get this done, and as your future president, i know we are up to

here's our senior white house correspondent selina wang. >> reporter: tonight, president joe biden and vice president kamala harris appearing side-by-side for the first time since she replaced him at the top of the ticket. touting an administration victory, lowering drug prices for millions of seniors with medicare. >> in the united states of america, no senior should have to choose between either filling their prescription or paying their rent. >> reporter: standing together on stage in maryland, the president saying harris understands what seniors are facing. >> kamala and i both get it. we know it isn't just about health care. it is about your dignity. >> reporter: for the first time, the government negotiating directly with manufacturers, lowering out of pocket costs for seniors prescribed these ten common drugs -- xarelto and eliquis to prevent strokes and blood clots. jardiance and januvia, which treat type 2 diabetes. farxiga, for people with chronic kidney disease. entresto, to stave off heart failure. enbrel, for arthritis. imbruvica, for blood cancers. stelara, for crohn's di

here's abc's senior white house correspondent selina wang. >> reporter: tonight, vice president kamala harris on the verge of choosing her running mate. sources tell abc news she's meeting today with top contenders at her residence in d.c., including josh shapiro, a former prosecutor, arizona senator and retired astronaut mark kelly, the husband of gabby giffords, and minnesota governor tim walz, a retired schoolteacher and former congressman. >> if harris wins this election, you will quickly have a kamala economic crash. >> reporter: trump last night rallying in battleground georgia hurling personal insults. >> she has a very low i.q. >> reporter: but many republicans want trump to tone down the attacks including questioning harris' race. >> every day we're talking about her heritage and not her terrible, dwaynous liberal record throughout her entire political life. it is a good day for her and a bad day for us. >> do you think trump is taking the right strategy in attacking harris? >> i think donald trump needs to stick to the facts and stay along that line and stick to the issues. >

our senior white house correspondent selina wang is in washington with more. morning, selina. >> reporter: good morning, rebecca. it is finally official. harris and trump have agreed to debate on abc news next month. trump making that announcement from his home. while harris and her new running mate have been blitzing through battleground states. this morning donald trump agreeing to face off with kamala harris in a primetime debate on abc next month. the debate trump agreed to when president biden was still in the race, despite waffling on his commitment the last few weeks when harris ascended to the top of the ticket. >> i just look forward to these debates. i think it's very important that we have them. >> reporter: during a more than one hour long press conference, trump repeating false and misleading statements, including the vice president's intelligence, criticizing her press availability. >> she's not doing any news conference. >> reporter: and challenging her to accept two other two posed debates. >> i think they will be very revealing. >> i'm looking

want to go straight to selina wang. >> reporter: we are learning that vice president harris has finally chosen her vp pick. it's minnesota governor tim walz. he sky rocketed in popularity on her short list. he's known for having a folksy vibe. he has a back story. he's a former high school teacher, high school football coach, national guard member and six term member of congress. he has a back story the harris team believes will appeal to battleground swing state voters. his actual policies have been very progressive, as the popular minnesota governor, he's enacted and championed a bevy of progressive policies, including free school lunches. this is going to excite vice president harris' very liberal base. there are questions about how this will broaden her appeal. he's not from a swing state like mark kelly was from arizona or josh shapiro of battleground pennsylvania. but he does have that midwestern vibe the harris team believes is going to make him a very effective messenger. part of the reason we've seen him grow in popularity tphrb recent days he has been hitting the networks and

selina wang in la crosse, wisconsin, where held a town hall last night.p trying to rebrand his image on reproductive rights and issuing those could hurt him at the polls in november. trump would make ivf treatment free by having insurance companies or the government pay for it. trump provided no details of this costly plan would actually work for joe ivf treatment could cost tens of thousands of dollars and nearly 90,000 babies for fertility treatments every year. in a statement to ab news, donald trump sold platform could ban ivf abortion nationwide and trump eyes as much if not more than a breeze but voters are not stupid. trump made a striking proposal despite bragging about appointing supreme court judges who overturn roe v. wade opening the door for new restrictions on fertility treatment. in his own home state of florida, trump is saying he opposes the state fixed week ban on abortion. but trump's campaign later tried to base of support of antiabortion supporters saying trump has not yet said how he would vote on florida's valid initiative. >> one o

abc's senior white house correspondent selina wang is in atlanta with more. : good morning, will. former president donald trump rallied here in georgia last night trying to court voters in this critical battleground state. he was clearly testing new attack lines on vice president harris, trying to see what would stick. all of this as the vice president is on the verge of choosing her running mate. overnight, former president donald trump and his running mate jd vance rallying in battleground georgia. >> we're going to win the great state of georgia in an epic landslide. >> reporter: trump testing attack lines and insults on vice president kamala harris just days after she rallied at the same venue. >> and when we fight, we win. >> she's acknowledged to be the worst vice president in the history of our country. >> reporter: harris and trump both courting georgia voters as the race tightens in battle ground states, and harris this morning on the verge of choosing her running mate. former attorney general eric holder whose law firm is conducting the high-stakes v

want to go straight to selina wang, who is there in philadelphia. and selina walz appears to fit the all american definition of a man from middle middle america. high school teacher, teacher, football coach, member of the army national guard before becoming a member of congress and now governor. >> exactly. he really has that perfect back story. he also has those rural roots, and he's really emerged as the dark horse in this veepstakes race. he has emerged as the favorite very recently as he has been on the cables on the network, showing that he can effectively push back on those republican attack. he's the one, george, remember, who labeled j.d. vance and his republican allies as, quote, weird, which gained a lot of steam with the harris campaign. he has this folksy, personal, informal vibe that is really appealed to a lot of democrats. and they believe that his rural backstory, the fact that he was a former member of the nra, as you say, he is this high school former high school teacher. he was a football coach, that this can help a appeal to those

selina wang was on the scene. she starts us off this morning. good morning, selina. >> reporter: good morning, george. former president donald trump rallied here in georgia last night, trying to court voters in this critical battleground state. he was clearly testing new attack lines on vice president harris, trying to see what would stick. all of this as the vice president is on the verge of choosing her running mate. >> i'm thrilled to be back in the great state of georgia. i love georgia. >> reporter: last night at a rally in battleground georgia, former president donald trump reopening old wounds, attacking the state's republican governor, brian kemp, and his certification of the 2020 presidential election results in this state. >> he's a bad guy. he's a disloyal guy, and he's a very average governor, and all he had to do is sign spg where the senate would like to look at election integrity. >> reporter: trump also testing attack lines and summits on vice president kamala harris just days after she rallied at the same atlanta venue. >> so we

selina wang is at the white house with more. good morning, selina. >> reporter: good morning, gio.just over a month, vice president harris has completely up end this election. she's gaining ground over donald trump in the polls and in her fund-raising. to counter her rise, donald trump is stepping up his campaign and blitzing through battleground states this week. this morning donald trump preparing to storm the battleground states that will decide this election. the former president struggling to define his opponent, rallying supporters later today in michigan, before hitting wisconsin and pennsylvania later this week hoping his new endorsement from independent candidate robert f. kennedy jr. will give him a boost. with vice president harris erasing his lead in the polls. >> he has a lot of votes he could have gotten. i think he's going to have a huge influence. >> reporter: the former democrat suspending his campaign that was in part fueled by conspiracy theories around vaccines and covid. >> we talked about, not about the things that separate us, because we don't agree on everyt

want to go to our white house correspondent selina wang. morning, selina. >> reporter: good morning. vice president harris today set to formally secure the democratic nomination. from there she'll shake up this race once again. any moment she's expected to announce her new running mate. this morning vice president kamala harris on the verge of choosing her running mate. sources tell abc news she met sunday with top contenders at her residence in washington including arizona senator and retired astronaut mark kelly, the husband to gabby giffords minnesota's governor tim walsh, a retired school teacher and sick term congressman, and first term pennsylvania governor josh shapiro, a former prosecutor. >> do you expect kamala harris to ask you to run? >> i think that's a question for the vice president. >> reporter: harris looking for a vp she can trust and can help her win. shapiro emerging as a favorite, with pennsylvania a must win for both candidates. but his views prompting concern among some on the left including native americans and union

senior white house correspondent selina wang joins us with those details. ning, selina. >> reporter: good morning, robin. today the president and vice president are making a historic announcement about lowering the cost of ten drugs for americans on medicare. the white house said this will save billions of dollars when prices go into effect in january 2026. people on medicare are expected to save $1.5 billion in out of pocket costs, while the federal government is expected to save $6 billion. the president said this is relief for the millions of seniors that take these drugs to treat everything from heart failure, arthritis, diabetes and more. adding it is also relief for american taxpayers. in her own statement, the vice president saying, today's announcement will be life changing for so many of our loved ones across the nation. now, this is a major victory for the biden/harris administration. this is the first time ever the government has been allowed to directly negotiate with drug manufacturers about the prices of some of the most expensive drug. biden h

senior white house correspondent selina wang has those details for us. morning, selina. >> reporter: good morning, robin. president biden is headed to new orleans today for a cancer moon shot event. biden will announce up to $150 million in awards to eight research teams working on innovative cancer treating ideas. every year nearly 2 million americans are diagnosed with solid tumor cancers and surgical removals often their first step in treatment. so these funds are for developing technologies that will allow surgeons to more successfully remove tumors in cancer patients, reduce the need for repeat surgeries and decrease the damage for healthy issues. for president biden this issue is very personal. he lost his son beau to cancer in 2015. he first launched in initiative as vice president and then relaunched it in 2022 with the goal of reducing the cancer death rate in the u.s. by at least half. and president biden, for his legacy, this is very important to him. he has vowed to keep on fighting for this cancer moon shot for the rest of his term. michael?

selina wang tracking it all from washington. good morning, selina. >> reporter: good morning, george. jd vance and other republicans are attacking governor walz for retiring from military service before his unit was deployed to iraq. governor walz is also under fire for saying in 2018 that he carried weapons in war even though he never saw active combat. the harris campaign later saying that he misspoke. governor walz, he is now hitting the campaign trail and defending his military record. overnight, minnesota governor tim walz defending his military record after relentless attacks from donald trump and jd vance, who've accused walz of lying about his military record. >> i'm gonna say it again as clearly as i can. i am damn proud of my service to this country. and i firmly believe you should never denegrate another person's service record. >> reporter: walz retired from the national guard after two decades of service to run for congress, hitting back attacks from vance, who also never saw active combat. >> anyone brave enough to

senior white house correspondent selina wang has more on this former high school teacher, football coachpeting to be the next vice president. good morning, selina. >> reporter: good morning, george. governor walz rise to the democratic ticket has been meteoric. in a matter of days he went from being a relatively unknown politician to leading the attacks on trump and vance. now he's racing to introduce himself to the american people. born and raised in rural nebraska, governor tim walz journey to the democratic ticket anything but conventional. >> i couldn't be prouder to be on this ticket. >> reporter: walz, a former high school social studies teacher, now a vice presidential candidate at 60 years old. he joined the army national guard at 17 to help pay for college serving 24 years as an enlisted soldier while teaching in minnesota. >> tim walz was the kind of teacher and mentor that every child in america dreams of having. >> reporter: he also coached football taking the team to its first state championship and leading the school's first gay straight alliance. >> as a student that was b

selina wang is on the scene for us in detroit, where harris and walz held a rally last night. good morning. >> reporter: the harris and trump campaigns are battling to win the midwest. while harris and walz are crisscrossing through the battleground states, donald trump has been staying home, instead sending j.d. vance to chase after them. overnight the harris and trump campaigns holding duelling events in must win battleground states. >> good evening, detroit! >> it's a beautiful day here in shelby township. >> reporter: vice president harris and tim walz crisscrossing the midwest together. 15,000 supporters in detroit, her largest crowd yet. and tearing into the trump campaign even as she called off chants of lock him up. >> hold on. hold on. hold on. do you know what? here. hold on. here's the thing. the courts are gonna handle that. we're gonna beat him in november. we gonna beat him in november. >> reporter: but harris, seeing her first handful of protests, repeatedly interrupting her for calls for a cease fire in gaza. >> do you know what? if you want donald trump to win

selina wang is at the white house with the latest.g. >> reporter: hey, good morning, whit. donald trump and vice president harris are fighting for every vote. trump is hitting the mid west as harris gears up for a bus tour through battleground georgia. it's still a ten week sprint until the election, but early voting in some states starts in less than a month. this morning donald trump trying to regain ground against vice president kamala harris, hitting the swing states he needs to win. >> if we can win this state, we win the whole thing. >> reporter: the former president laying a wreath at arlington national cemetery before making stops across michigan, scorching his opponent with bitter personal attacks. >> they're stupid people. >> reporter: trump blasting harris and biden for the chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan on the third anniversary of the suicide bombing that killed 13 u.s. service members. >> caused by kamala harris, joe biden, the humiliation in afghanistan set off the collapse of american credibility and respect all ar