policies would hurt working families after trump hammered harris over rising prices, though repeatedly undercut his own message. former president trump tonight in battleground north carolina taking aim at vice president harris' record on the economy. >> kamala has declared that tackling inflation will be a day one priority, think of it, for her, but day one for kamala was 3 1/2 years ago. why hasn't she done it? >> reporter: blasting harris for nearly a 20% rise in prices over the last four years. >> does anyone here feel richer under kamala harris and crooked joe than you were during the trump administration? is anything less expensive under kamala harris and crooked joe? >> reporter: trump accusing harris of stealing his proposal to end taxes on tips, which he announced months ago and she adopted over the weekend. >> and eliminate taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers. >> remember a couple of days ago, and we will have no tax on tips. i said, that was my plan. >> reporter: and making this new pledge. >> to help seniors on fixed incomes who are suffering

of plagiarizing a signature trump economic proposal to no longer tax tips. harris appearing to adopt the trump plan this weekend. >> eliminate taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers. >> reporter: trump has been campaigning on i get to his no tax on tips pledge for months. >> when i get to office, we are going to not charge taxes on tips. people making tips. >> reporter: trump posting harris is, quote, conning the american public and will flip right back. and tonight the fbi says it's now investigating the trump campaign's assertion it was

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. >> 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 administration? is anything less expensive under kamala harris and crooked joe? >> reporter: it comes on the same day that new report shows inflation is cooling, now at its lowest level in three years. but the reality is many americans are still feeling the pinch. trump taking aim. >> inflation is destroying our country. it's destroying our families. we will target everythin

havin: as a trump harris matchup. just having watched _ as a trump harris matchup. just having watchedas been a stellar critical firepower, regardless of how you vote, having all those presidents and their spouses culminate in kamala harris's speech today, that has clearly fired up the democratic base. do you think it will bring out voters in numbers that could sway the crowd's chances? that at least is the hope. the whole point of this convention was to formally anoint kamala harris as the nominee but that was a foregone conclusion. so this was really about energy, excitement, showcasing a big tent so not only did it showcase the full range of people on the left or right of the democratic spectrum. you had alexandria because you're cortez speaking, you had centrists speak such as former president bill clinton. but you also had republicans come on stage and explain why they should vote for trump. this was about presenting a big, diverse tent. making kamala harris more known to the american people, her personal story, the story of herfamily, people, her personal story, the story of her

trump having the edge. in pennsylvania, michigan, and wisconsin, harris leading trump among likely voters, 50 to 46%, within the margin of error. harris and running mate minnesota governor tim walz fresh off their first week together, blitzing the battle grounds. >> we have the momentum and i know exactly what we are up against. >> reporter: her campaign blasting trump for not doing the same. saying, vice president harris is the only candidate out on the campaign trail in swing states fighting to win this election. okay by us. >> good evening, philadelphia. >> reporter: that new poling also showing enthusiasm for the democratic ticket has skyrocketed since harris became the nominee. supporters showing up by the thousands to harris/walz rallies. the campaign says 14,000 people attended the rally in philadelphia, while 15,000 were in the crowds in phoenix and detroit. trump now falsely suggesting this image of the crowd in detroit was produced by artificial intelligence. posting on social media, has anyone noticed that kamala cheated at the airport? there was nobody at the plane, and she a.i.ed it, and showed

harris, the democratic vice president, and trump, the republican former president, showed far differentiews of the role of government in the economy. harris, who will formally accept her party's nomination at the coming week's democratic national convention in chicago, called for new tax policies to achieve financial goals, in many cases going further than president biden. the vice president proposed new federal authorities to ban price gouging in food and groceries, and new laws to deter corporations from buying up single-family homes and raising rents. those were some of the things vice president kamala harris spoke about in north carolina. here are some of her remarks. [video clip] >> when i am elected president, i will make it a top priority to bring down costs and increase economic security for all americans. as president, i will take on the high costs that matter most to most americans, like the cost of food. we all know that prices went up during the pandemic when the supply chains shut down and failed. but our supply chains have now improved. and prices are still too high. a loa

trump. four in ten support kamala harris. however, of that group, 57% say they don't like either trump or harris. so where does that leave us that he drops out and goes behind the eight? >> that really shows why the candidacy has had some residents. people not liking either of the main party candidates. these aren't huge numbers he has, but we know a lot about who it would benefit if he drops out, by the behavior of each party toward this candidacy. the democrats have worked really hard to keep rfk jr. away from the democrat primary. they have banned any kind of open primary or debates when they were pushing to have joe biden be the nominee. they started a pact with the sole purpose of trying to get rid of rfk jr. and remove him from any ballot. removal of third party candidates is something of a democrat past time. they did this very effectively in 2020 in wisconsin and pennsylvania, keeping jill stein off the ballot, keeping the green party after ballot, and other third parties. so there's a reason why democrats are worried,

they saw donald trump as -- in better physical health than joe biden by a 31-point edge. now it's harris plus 30. totally reverse. 100% in the opposite direction. they saw trump as having better mental sharpness. now it's harris in that area, and they're about the same when it comes to the trust in the honesty and trustworthy. harris and biden about where they were. all of this has translated in voter enthusiasm. the number of harris voters who say they are enthusiastic about her candidacy, 60%. that's the same as donald trump. contrast that to the numbers back in july where trump had an enormous advantage when it comes to voter enthusiasm. now the issues set, this is one area where harris may have some bigger problems to overcome, and this week may be critical for all of that. you see on areas like health care and abortion, you have an edge for kamala harris in terms of the trust to handle those issues, but for donald trump, he's got an edge in the areas that tend to matter even more to voters, up nine on trust in handling the economy. three on crime and safety, and then ten points on i

former president donald trump facing backlash for questioning the racial identity of vice president kamala harris. trump now doubling down on his attacks. abc's rachel scott in chicago. >> reporter: tonight, facing growing backlash, former president donald trump doubling down, challenging vice president kamala harris' racial identity, sharing this photo of her and her family wearing traditional indian clothing and writing, "your warmth, friendship, and love of your indian heritage are very much appreciated." just 24 hours ago, i asked trump about his supporters' attacks on harris as a, quote, dei hire. dei being short for diversity, equity, and inclusion. do you believe that vice president kamala harris is only on the ticket because she is a black woman? >> well, i can say no. i think it's maybe a little bit different. so, i've known her a long time indirectly, not directly very much. and she was always of indian heritage, and she was only promoting indian heritage. i didn't know she was black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn black and now, she wants to be known as black. so,

the harris campaign is now responding to trump? >> reporter: that's right, tom. a harris campaign aide says the former president should honor his commitment and after trump earlier suggested he's fine without those muted mics the harris campaign insists everything's now set. but tonight trump still says he's still

. >> reporter: tonight, at least one debate showdown now set between former president trump and vice president harris for september 10th, with trump announcing in a news conference he's also accepted debate invitations from two more networks and challenged harris to commit as well. >> when you fight to do three debates, we think we should do three debates. >> harris telling nbc's shaquille brewster, she is committed to just one. >> will you be participating in all three? >> i have always been been on record. i am looking forward to debating donald trump. we have a date, september 10th. i hear he finally committed to it, and i'm looking forward to it. >> what about the other two? >> reporter: trump also criticizing the vice president for not holding any news conferences or sit-down interviews in the 18 days since president biden stepped aside. >> she should be doing interviews. she doesn't want to do interviews, and the reason she doesn't is, number one, her policies are so bad. >> reporter: a harris aide told nbc news hais and running mate tim walz would like to do a joint interview, quote, in a few

harris's numbers, rose today. she leads trump in five of the 6 battleground states at according to the cook new political report plus, just this morning breaking news from the new york times, harris has stormed into contention in arizona, georgia, nevada, and north carolina, according to their new poll they put georgia in that mix, although trump leads in that state as david frum observed, the trump campaign has now entered pleas shut up phase bill gorleston writing for the wall street journal, said that harris just had the three best weeks and political memory, trump just had the three worst weeks in political memory. he wrote this, mr. trump meanwhile, has appeared out of sorts into off-balance rather than confront ms harris on substance, he has resorted to a familiar litany of personal incident salts. the result has been a dissonance between his campaign ads, which are mostly issue-oriented and his public comments, which dominate the news and distract from his case against ms harris similarly. aaron blake writing in the washin

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. >> reporter: throughout the more than one-hour long press conference, trump repeating false and misleading st

cash on hand for harris, $377 million while team trump has $327 million. s positioning herself, stu, as underdog and not the case you see financially especially because she was able to take over the fundraising numbers from the biden harris campaign for reelection. since she was on that ticket as well. they can't coordinate directly with a campaign. stuart: we're hearing about a major super pack donation for president trump. >> yes, a gop megadonor another $50 million to the former president. timothy mellen, a long time gop donor and air to the mellen banking fortune gave the $50 million to the pro trump super pack make america great again ink and given a total of 115 million to the group since the start of 2023. that makes him the largest donor to the pack during this psychoand will his single donation of $50 million is going to account for 90% of money raised by the pac in july and it'll be crucial in advertising leading up to labor day, stu. stuart: that's serious money. >> 50 million in one fell swoop. stuart: thanks, madison. dagen, what do you think a

president, harris or trump? caller: definitely harris with the release of the hostages. trump is too damage. if he wants to reset the relations everyone will say he is a russian puppet and he is in putin's pocket. so right now he releases the hostages and he wants to start with a clean slate. most likely the war in ukraine will come to an end and this is a signal for a reset of relations between russia and the u.s. and russia and the west. for sure that he wants harris. the releasing was the hostages -- the releasing of the hostages was that trump was out. all of the bots were designed to attack biden and all of this is done. host: rush in pennsylvania. independent. hello. caller: hello. good morning. actually i agree with the last guy. but, i am 72 years old and rather conservative. but one time i was a democrat and then a republican and now i am independent. rfk jr. is the first campaign that i ever donated to. but, i have come to see that i do not think that he has a chance. i donated because he did not even have secret service coverage at that point, at -- host: did y

and donald trump i'm sure is devastated by that as well, as well as the numbers against kamala harrisi want to add it is impossible to ever mention j.d. vance without also mentioning the only reason he is in that position is because donald trump basically sat back as people tried to kill his last vice presidential candidate. very important context to always remember. juanita, there's been this sort of call within the republican party that they need to shift, and, look, i'm one of those people, i don't care how many times you shake -- you can tell what's there. donald trump has never been able to reset, never been able to flip. i want to play this sound of some of the republicans calling for that and get your thoughts on the other side. >> i want this campaign to win, but the campaign is not going to win talking about crowd sizes. >> he and the republican party would be well-served to focus on the policy contrasts. >> it's not going to win talking about what race kamala harris is. >> it's going to be a race and you've got to make this race not on personalities. stop questioning the siz

trump's campaign blames vice president harris for the country's worst border crisis. rge. biden put her in charge of that. a recent fox news poll shows trump with a 19-point edge over kamala harris on border security. there's a reason for that. and a 14-point edge on immigration. retired border patrol chief chris clem with this. >> she's not done anything tough on the border. she's tough on the border patrol and tough on ice an law enforcement trying to do their jobs. look at the policies, her track record and it will prove the opposite of what she's said on the trail and what these ads have been saying. >> harris: aishah hasnie recording right now. >> when i'm on the campaign trail, the border is something a lot of voters are telling me is their number 1 or number 2 priority. the polling matches that. take a look at this recent fox news poll. 44% of americans describe the situation at the border as an emergency. another 43% say it's a major problem. so president trump is promising to seal the border day one. he wants to activate a historic deportation effort if he's e

i may look, they're going to debate trump needs to debate. harris needs to debate. they both have something to prove. trump needs to prosecute do the case against harris. that's not me. he's not going to get any help. let's be honest. i mean, he's going to have to do it himself, pointing out all the discrepancies between the supposed moderate today, kamala harris and the extreme liberal that she's been for her whole career. he's gonna have to do it himself. he needs to show up and she's got to show up to honestly, it's pretty rich for her campaign to be using chicken noises against donald trump when you consider that all this time, she has been in the race, her campaign has been too scared to put her in front of even one journalist so far. but my belief is they'll both show up on the tenth and it's going to be a pivotal moment for the fall campaign, we did hear eva mckend, they're saying that she is getting ready for an interview with then as yet unnamed interviewer. >> let's see if that happens. and an navarro in terms of these rules that the harris campaign had ins

what really matters is donald trump and kamala harris. will: exactly. el: and the media will play a role in that and some of the polls and look at this, this is a fox news poll showing trump-appointed 4 and harris 49 -- trump 49 and harris 49 and i find that poll surprising. will: that would be the argument for picking josh shapiro as running mate and all of the polling coming to kamala harris in the window of a honeymoon period sports grill the spotlight has to turn to kamala harris and listen to the reality of how people feel. rachel: agree. joey: on any poll, president trump has always out performed any poll. that's the truth of it. rachel: pollses weren't right in many elections and they didn't reflect reality. rachel: fax news alert and acting -- fox news alert and ronald rowe holding press conference of attempted assassination of president trump last month and made this admission. watch. >> i take full responsibility for the tragic events of july 13th and the sole responsibility of our agency is to make sure our protecties are never put in danger.

a new "usa today" poll finds that voters aged 18-34 have swung from backing trump by 11 points to favoring harris by 13. hispanics had backed trump by two, now harris has a 16-point age. and the data firm target smart says that since harris became the nominee, new voter registration is up more than 175% among young black women ages 18-29. >> people who are newly registered to vote are much more likely to vote on election day. >> reporter: trump social media activity is coming under new scrutiny after he reposted a crass comment about harris and hillary clinton. if trump a jason miller offered no apology. >> i don't not the president even saw the comment that was on there or simply the picture. >> reporter: the post was later taken down come on the with a post calling for former president obama to be tried by a military tribunal. tonight, the harris campaign is slamming trump's new proposal to pay for ivf. they say his own platform that was just adopted at the republican convention a few weeks ago would lead to restrictions in the use of ivf across the country. norah? >> norah: endo details on how

trump is unhinged. he is afraid to even debate kamala harris. he already said that he would not debate, she is a strong, black woman, donald trump may not want to say that but it is true and everyone knows it is true, he is afraid to debate her. >> reporter: schumer saying that trump is afraid to debate harris in that september 10th originally scheduled debate you have talked all day about because she is, quote, a strong, black woman, notable comments from schumer. it goes to what we are hearing from democrats all week, a kind of different attack line they are taking against republicans calling them weird, ludicrous, calling them extreme. i asked schumer if this is what we have to look forward to when it comes to what we are prepared to hear from democrats as they prepare to attack and keep the attacks from republicans damaging them in the elections in november. he says that we have to continue to take the high road and point out when they are wrong, when their line, hit them on the extreme rhetoric as well. i thought that was interesting. a litt

the poll also finds trump and harris tied in arizona. tightening race may be why donald trump is trying to walk away from some of his party's most controversial positions. in just the past 24 hours he has waffled back and forth on whether he will support a ballot measure in his home state of florida that would overturn the state's six week abortion ban. more on that personal struggle later in the show. we are also watching for new detail on how the two candidates are preparing for their first debate in 11 days. nbc news reports that kamala harris has been focused on how to needle donald trump, how to rattle him and remind people of what it was like during donald trump's years. by contrast, trump is reportedly not doing anything to level expectations. in fact, a spokesperson for the trump campaign told nbc news president trump has proven to be one of the best debaters in political history as evidenced by his knock out blow to joe biden. he doesn't need traditional debate prep because unlike kamala harris, he has a command of the issues, f

trump will engage directly, harris will not. hour of "varney" just getting started. ♪ ♪ stuart: ben domenech with me now. ben, do you think trump was fairly treated at that convention yesterday? >> no, i don't think he was fairly treated. [laughter] i think that he was asked an aggressive, race-focused question right off the bat, you know? and i think that one of the things that people simply don't seem to want to understand when it comes to the democratic-supporting media is that they want to play these racial games and act as if voters, you know, regardless of their race actually vote based on issues like the economy. they care about housing prices, they care about inflation, they care about the cost of food and goods. they care about the sate of the is city and the state of the world. they care about crime and the border. these are all issues that anybody can care about as americans regardless of your race or backgrounds but it's democrats and their supporters in the media who want to make this race about race. they want to m

trump's campaign. it comes as kamala harris rises in the polls. mr. trump ramping up his attacks, making false claims about harris's crowd size. >>> in the middle east the u.s. deploying a guided missile submarine to the region as the israeli military goes on to its highest alert for a possible retaliatory strike from iran. >>> the surprise ukrainian incursion into russia. ukraine now saying it controls nearly 600 square miles of russian territory. >>> the stabbing caught on surveillance near a new york synagogue. the suspect now charged with a hate crime. >>> the new tropical storm ernesto forming in the atlantic. >>> plus the olympics may have ended but the drama has not. the battle over stripping team usa's jordan chiles of her bronze medal. >>> and after tom cruise's spectacular stunt to pass the torch from paris to los angeles the flag officially arriving in l.a. today to begin the countdown to 2028. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening and welcome. residents and visitors across a wide section of the los ange

let's go to pennsylvania where both donald trump and kamala harris are willing supporters. ania is up for grabs. how are things looking for the trump campaign in the keystone state? oh right, i think pennsylvania is clearly important when you take into the fact that this afternoon he has a rally in 48 hours from now he will be at another pennsylvania rally in harrisburg. tomorrow you will be looking atu kamala harris and tim walz giving a bus tour through the western part of the state. donald trump is slated to take the stage here this afternoon. it essentially kicks off what ss will be a week of battleground state visits, counterprogramming to the democratic national convention. we are 2 1/2 tmonths out here, alex, for the trump campaign, this is the first time they have really had their backs up against the wall, at least polling that indicates donald trump is not in a consistent healthy lee, like he was when he was facing joe biden. as you pulled up the sunbelt pu states there, not just michigan, wisconsin and pennsylvania the campaign needs to focus on. clearly, the poll

are neck and neck, trump 50 and kamala harris 49. independent voters favor trump by eight points. economy is the top issue, followed by the border and more people trust trump when it comes to handling of both things. those results indicate despite positive momentum kamala harris is getting, she has a lot of work to do. where do you see the race right now? >> polls are great reminder that kamala harris' honeymoon period is result of media hype. anyone would know this if they talked to swing state voters on the ground. issues have not changed for them. trump was leading joe biden before the debate because voters favored him on issues like economy, like immigration. that is true today with kamala harris, they favor trump. that is why you have independents favoring trump by eight points even with joe biden out of the race. this election is going to come down to policy and whether trump or kamala is able to convince voters they are best on the issues, it will determine who wins the white house in november. >> carley: a rally for kamala har

resorts say they think they could be better financial shape under former president trump than harris s" poll finds 42% think better off a financially if trump wins november 33% think better under hairs this "new york times" siena college poll finds harris has trump in michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin. a blue survey finds trump harris tied in nourishingr ninth circuitr north carolina joining me mike huckabee sir good morning to you reaction to first batch of polls that we have this morning. >> not a big surprise cheryl. i think the fact that kamala harris is rigged the wave, of becoming candidate importantly getting a free pass from the press three weeks no real press conferences no series interviews, so not having to go out there and defend bidenomics the border, or anything messes this administration has created. so all she gets to do is enjoy thank you tongue bath of media every day they forgive her for not talking to them would never forgive anyone on republican side i don't think a big surprising i think we are going to see may be even bigger boost once democratic national conven

the border czar, she love the title but didn't want to do the work because she is lazy. >> trump has called harris the border czar repeatedly but she was actually a test by the president of dealing with the root causes of immigration from central america, not the crisis at the border. this is trump's fourth visit to a battleground state in as many days and cbs news polling shows 87% of republicans say immigration is a major factor in their vote this election. it's been a constant a tagline for trump, using increasingly harsh rhetoric. >> she is a radical left marxist. she wants open borders. she wants our country -- i don't understand why anybody would want it, but she wants our country to be open to the world criminals. so they can come in and rape and pillage. >> reporter: what trump leaves out is illegal border crossing numbers are at their lowest point in four years, due in part to the executive actions taken by president biden in june. democrats, including harris, have criticized trump for helping to kill a bipartisan senate deal that would have strengthened border enforcement and increased f

and you mentioned _ harris over trump. and you mentioned iran _ harris over trump. harris over trump. and you i mentioned iran and hezbollah. how much pressure is this also putting on all parties involved?— putting on all parties involved? , , involved? indeed it puts pressure _ involved? indeed it puts pressure on _ involved? indeed it puts pressure on all - involved? indeed it puts pressure on all parties l pressure on all parties involved because it offers peace rather than war so the united states wants to say no response from everyone let's go back to the negotiating table, let's end this war, let's reach a deal, let's end the suffering and gaza where 170 a deal, let's end the suffering and gaza where170 sheltered positions were targeted and let's end this war that destroyed more than 60% of the buildings in gaza. let's end the suffering and return back, the suffering and return back, the hostages back to israel, let's work positively to reach a deal rather than continue war and doing actions and counter actions and killing leaders and killing more civilians.-

new polling shows a tight race between vice president kamala harris and donald trump. harrisby 6 points, 53 to 47 among likely voters nationwide. that's within the margin of error, but it marks a shift from the last poll conducted in may which showed donald trump leading president biden by two points. other polling shows similar movement toward harris. joining us now, contributor to the conservative website the bulwark, tim miller. he previously served as communications director for jeb bush and a spokesman for the rnc. good to see you this morning. let's talk big picture here. we've also had the cook political report move three states from leaning republican to toss-up, georgia, nevada, arizona. seems like harris has momentum, and from what we saw yesterday, donald trump doesn't know how to respond. seems he may be panicking. >> he definitely looks like he is panicking. he definitely thinks he is losing. before the break, you were talking about the debates and how now donald trump wants three. i think it is a pretty good rule of thumb that a candidate that wants more debates

vice president kamala harris traveling to battleground north carolina today, a state former president trump won twice, but democrats hope they can flip to blue come november. harris taking the stage to roll out her economic agenda and the first major policy speech of her nearly four-week-old campaign. the plan calling for relief for the middle class, expanding affordable housing, and a proposal to curb rising food prices. so, how much will it all cost? her republican rival, donald trump, saying harris' proposals show the administration has failed on the economy as trump faces backlash tonight for his new comments about veterans. gabe gutierrez starts us off from raleigh. >> reporter: tonight, vice president harris is rolling out her economic agenda acknowledging most americans are dissatisfied with the cost of living. >> because, look, the bills add up. for many families, there is not much left at the end of the month. >> reporter: but saying her proposals will provide relief. >> donald trump fights for billionaires and large corporations. we, i will fight to give money back to working and

reporting the fbi is now looking in a suspected hacking attempt by iran from both a trump associate and the biden/harris campaign, reporting that the bureau began investigating earlier this summer believing that iran was sending phishing emails to biden campaign officials and drops as donald trump returns to ask the site formally known as twitter tonight. cbs's robert costa has more. >> reporter: former president donald trump teased his dramatic return to x, the social media site that was crucial to its winning bid for the white house in 2016. >> we will take back our country and we will make america great again. >> trump allies tell cbs news he is seeking to counter the momentum of vice president kemal harris campaign. which has been dry and packed crowds the country. trump has been falsely accusing harris of cheating by claiming large crowds that he says did not exist. according to the harris campaign an audience of more than 15,000 turned out to for a rally last week in michigan. all this comes as harris works to hold together president biden's coalition, and in an interview with cbs sunday morning,

the graves of fallen american soldiers in france, calling them "losers," something trump has denied. tonight, the harris campaign insists trump's latest comments prove he "knows nothing about service to anyone or anything but himself." the first presidential debate now less than a month away. tonight we're learning that donald trump's campaign is bringing in former congresswoman tulsi gabbard to help with his preparations. gabbard, once a democrat herself, ran for president in 2019 and faced off against

harris is going to have tour, a rally in savannah on thursday, trump and vance are heading to the rust belt states, going to michigan, wisconsin, and pennsylvania. you've covered that harris campaign. what are you hearing about but they had obviously have had a strong month yeah. things get a lot harder though. so what is their strategy in this next phase of the campaign? >> well, the strategy is to just keep it going, right? but i think there's two things that are happening won the debate, which was mentioned earlier, but also, you really can't overstate the importance of this interview that she's going to do the first interview unscripted and teleprompter. she's not going to see the questions that are coming ahead of her. remember her the first year of her tenure was largely he defined by a bad interview and so i think both her opponents and her allies are going to be watching to see how she handles this. >> yeah. i mean, that's got to be the i mean, this is this campaign is going to get a lot harder for her. >> yeah. i think the feeling is that the convention opened the door, but no

trump is giving signs that he may not attend the first harris trump debate is set for september 10th in philadelphia, but the campaigns are still haggling over the details. harris campaign, walz says that it wants to remove the mute button that was used during the trump-biden debate in june, which would allow the candidates to interrupt each other. while mr. trump wants the upcoming debate moved off of abc in response to a question about whether he'll still participate or he plans to participate. trump said, quote, we're thinking about it. it's the drama before the drama here. joining us now is our political analyst, larry gerston. let's just start from the beginning. do televised debates presidential debates matter anymore? i'm very interested in it. we are very interested. yes, of course, but. but do a lot of people now trending in the you know, let's just wait for the 32nd clip of the highlights on instagram or tiktok or anything like that. instagram, tiktok, facebook, you name it. social media is taking over a lot of this. one out of seven people uses social media for their quote,

vice president harris is the first black woman and asian american to serve as vice president. trump trying to cast doubt about kamala harris' racial identity, but was fact-checked on that stage by our own rachel scott, who was one of the journalists asking the questions today. tonight, the white house is responding and what the harris campaign is now saying. rachel scott leading us off from chicago. >> reporter: tonight, in an often contentious forum before the national association of black journalists, former president donald trump challenging vice president kamala harris' racial identity. it came after i asked trump about his supporters' attacks on harris as a, quote, dei hire, dei being short for diversity, equity, and inclusion. do you believe that vice president kamala harris is only on the ticket because she is a black woman? >> well, i can say no, i think it's maybe a little bit different. so, i've known her a long time indirectly, not directly very much. and she was always of indian heritage, and she was only promoting indian heritage. i didn't know she was black until a num

post" reporting the fbi is looking in a suspected hacking attempts by iran on both a trump associate and the biden/harris campaign. the paper reporting that the bureau began investigating earlier this summer believing that iran was sending phishing emails to biden campaign officials. and this news drops as donald trump returns to x, the site formerly known as twitter tonight. cbs's robert costa has more. >> reporter: former president donald trump returned to x, cannot before technical issues limited a planned interview with elon musk. >> we have a defective government. these are defective people. they are not people who should be running it. >> reporter: trump allies tell cbs news he's seeking to counter the momentum of vice president kamala harris' campaign which has been drawing packed crowds across the country. trump has been falsely accusing harris of cheating, by claiming large crowds that he says didn't exist. according to the harris campaign, an audience of more than 15,000 turned out for a rally last week in michigan. all this comes as harris works to hold together president biden's coalition, an

harris slamming former president donald trump on immigration and abortion. trump's running mate sitting down for an interview with our jonathan karl, insisting he would be ready to be president. on day one. >>> and tonight, the trump campaign claiming it was hacked by foreign sources in what they say is the intent to interfere in the upcoming election. we have team coverage, zohreen shaw leads us off from the campaign trail in las vegas. >> reporter: former president donald trump's running mate defending his place on the gop ticket. last week trump would not say if he would be ready to serve day one. vance responding in an interview with jonathan karl. >> 99% of the country don't vote on who the vice presidential nominee -- voting for donald trump or kamala harris, not jd or tim walz. but what i think he does believe, because he made it the main focus of his vetting process, could this person be president if god forbid something happened, yes. yes, i think donald trump is confident in my abilities and he's right, the politics of this don't matter that much.

make a difference with the first ballots going out in just 12 days and 16 days to go until abc's trump/harris debate. vermont senator bernie sanders joins us live. >>> plus trump ally tom cotton of arkansas. full analysis from the round table. >> jonathan: good morning. welcome to "this week." it was another critical week in the race for the white house. we'll get to all of the developments coming out of the democratic national convention and the nomination of kamala harris in a moment, but we begin this morning with breaking news overnight. rockets flew over israel after the israelis launched what they called a pre-emptive strike on hezbollah. israel says the militant group was planning an extensive attack from lebanon's southern border and hezbollah did strike, launching hundreds of rockets and drones towards israel in retaliation for the assassination of a top commander in beirut weeks ago. it all comes amid concerns of a wider conflict in the region. we have team coverage this morning, and we begin with abc's brill clennett with the latest from tel aviv. britt, what can you tell us of wha

in arizona, harris leading former president trump among likely voters 50-45, a stunning 15-point rise from when biden topped the ticket. in nevada, harris one point behind trump, compared to

trump-vance ticket devoted this day to attacking v.p. harris's foreign policy and touting their own. new trump doctrine is emerging fairly clearly this cycle and it is this. no more fighting in foreign wars. take a listen. >> everybody said he's going to start wars with his attitude. my attitude kept us out of wars. >> my life been shaped by presidents who sent america into unwise wars. it was not just democrats, it was sometimes republicans, too. >> gillian: signature trump issues from his first term remain in place, forcing european to pay nato dues and iron-clad support for israel. >> israel, october 7 would have never happened. iran would have never done that, they had little money. now they are rich as hell. >> donald trump prevented nuclear war, if we are not careful kamala harris will walk us into nuclear war. >> gillian: amidnew report ing harris plans to reenter the iran nuclear deal. her campaign says no dice, the vice president will never allow iran to have a nuclear weapon. all options are on the table reentering that deal is not our

it comes down to harris and trump. >> in that same poll, harris is now leading trump, basil, by three points nationally among registered voters, still within the margin of error. that's better how biden was up against trump before he decided to step aside. also you mentioned independents. she's up with independents nine points compared to biden down against trump. harris said she was the underdog. she called her and tim walz underdogs yesterday, are they? >> it's great to run from that perspective, right? it creates a different kind of energy, a kind of forcefulness, and that creates that momentum that susan talked about. this is a period you could not pay for, for her to have the kind of two weeks and potentially the next 91 days that she could have, you got to run a flawless campaign, but for voters to see 14,000 people in that arena yesterday and to be able to have the kind of energy that she's had going to these different rallies and now have walz be able to be that surrogate on the campaign trail, i mean, this is -- this is something that i think democrats after a 25-day period o

car makers and trump would get rid of that, harris is campaigning more like trump. where's her flip-flop and massive tax hikes triggering a recession? trump is increasingly sounding like jfk and reagan and trump press campaign secretary levitt takes on the massive tax and spending to get campaign donations and campaigning like trump to get the vote. plus, lit allie unconstitutional kamala harris agenda and supreme court tossed out and biden harris student loan bailout. update into the trump assassination attempt and new details what happen that had terrible day but first this. flip-flops keep oncoming just in time for harris' pretaped interview with cnn and governor tim walz will accompany vice president kamala harris. apparently she can't do that solo. another flip-flop. joining us now is minnesota congressman from house transportation congressman pete. she no longer backs biden's electric car mandate. good to see you, kongman. she corresponded senate legislation 2019 to get rid of gas cars and now she says that she doesn't want electric vehicle mandates? >> liz, g

jik9:disaster if trump doesn't abate harris. rris destroying trump's 2024 campaign. some republicans in georgia are scratching their heads. trump escalates race attacks on harris, worrying republicans. trump went off script about her race. joining me now is omarosa manigault newman, former director of communications for the office of public liaison in the trump white house and also a long-standing trump associate, going back to appearances on tv preface the apprentice and wrote a book about him called unhinged. omarosa, good to see you, as always, my friend. let's talk about the headlines, the ones you are seeing in the ones i read. you get the sense that trump's campaign is imploding? >> first of all, thank you so much for having me on. it is always good to see you. i talked to a former colleague who still works with the trump camp who told me a really weird theory i want to share with you. that donald trump and his team have come up with this path to 270 that doesn't require him to gain any additional african- american support.

we are expecting to hear more from former ptz trump and kamala harris on respective economic plans. proposal sounds like the trump platform. >> we will continue to fight for working families of america. [cheering] >> including to raise minimum w wage -- [cheering] >> and eliminate taxes on tips for service and hospitality wo workers. >> carley: this is trump over lasts couple months. >> when i get to office, we will not charge taxes on tips, there will be no taxes on tips. no taxes on tips. >> is that an official line item? >> no tax on tips, very simple. >> carley: caroline sunshine joins me now. looks like she ripped this out of the trump campaign play book. how is this for state like nevada? people rely on tips. >> when kamala harris is not flip flopping her strategy, she will copy ours. this was announced by trump on june 9th and kamala harris two days ago, august 10, announced she is copying president trump and media will allow her to get away with it. kamala harris and joe biden have done the opposite of saying no tax on tips. this administration instituted new rules to -- wit