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We'll also break down the newest polling where our results and the lines of attack with high-profile governors from both parties. Also tonight, how younger voters view the Harris Trump matchup and whether they're feeling energized or apathetic about the race. CNN is on the ground in a crucial swing state. Plus, breaking news officials say hundreds have been killed as Israel targets has ball up with intense airstrikes. It's deadliest day of attacks on Lebanon in decades. CNN is in the region as fears of an all-out war are rising. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. I'm Wolf Plitzer, you're in the Situation Room. [MUSIC] This is CNN Breaking News. Let's get right to the breaking news on the intensifying fight in presidential battleground states. Kamala Harris and her aides studying the newest polls and gaming out their strategy in the days ahead. CNN's Priscilla Alvarez is covering the Harris campaign for us. And CNN's Danny Freeman is covering the Trump campaign. Priscilla, first to you, you have new reporting on what Harris may do during her visit to Arizona this week. That's right. Well, sources are telling me that the Harris campaign officials are weighing a potential visit to the U.S.-Mexico border when the vice president is set to visit Arizona later this week. Of course, this has been a political vulnerability for Democrats, and they have been trailing former president Donald Trump in the polls, but they see an opportunity, an opportunity wolf to narrow the gap. Try to close that gap with the former president on the issue of border security. Now, some campaign officials remain concerned about that gap. But again, perhaps with this visit to Arizona could tack on that border visit. Now, of course, no final decision has been made yet that according to a source. And the vice president has previously visited the border as vice president as well as senator of California and also attorney general. So while she has been on the trail, she has talked about her work as the attorney general and campaign officials think she has a case to make, not only painting the former president as I'm serious on the border for tanking that bipartisan border bill, but also calling back to the work that she has done, tackling transnational gangs. And some of this we've had a preview on last week, for example. She also hammered the former president over his controversial immigration policies. So considerations underway on whether or not she goes to the border later this week, wolf. All right, Priscilla, thank you. Priscilla Alvarez reporting. Now to the Trump campaign, the former president is focusing in on Pennsylvania. Tonight, he's set to hold a rally in a rural area just northeast of Pittsburgh. Siena as Danny Freeman is on the scene for us in Indiana, Pennsylvania, Danny. What's Trump's message to voters in that important battleground state? Well, the message this afternoon evening is the economy, the economy, the economy. You noted it, President Trump, former President Trump back here in western Pennsylvania. Notably, he's in Westmoreland County. He's then making his way up here to Indiana County where we are right now. These are two areas, well, two counties that, from President Trump, won handily in both 2016 and 2020. So these are the kind of, like you said, rural areas that he really needs to run up the margins in if he has a hope of winning the great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. And now we just finished up an event in Smithton, Pennsylvania. It's about an hour south of here, focused on the economy. Like I said, specifically tariffs and that key part of his own economic plan. One of the things he said at this roundtable event with farmers is that if elected president, he said I don't need Congress to enact some of his most extreme tariff proposals. Now, experts have told CNN that that may be true, but if he were to do that, if he were elected, that members of Congress might try to wrestle away some of that tariff policy. But he also said, appealing to some of these workers in Pennsylvania, that there are fears of Europe not wanting products from this Commonwealth. And we can expect more rhetoric like that coming likely later at his event tonight, starting at seven here in Indiana, Wolf. And Danny, I know one voter group, both Trump and Harris, need to reach in Pennsylvania, is younger voters. Tell us about that. Wolf, over the past few weeks, I've had a chance to speak with young voters, a crucial demographic in the electorate all over the country, but of course, especially here in Pennsylvania. I want you to take a listen to what some young voters in this all-important state told me about the state of the race. I was thinking, how could I convince some 18-year-old fresher to high school? Hey, come spend the whole day talking to people you don't know over the phone for Joe Biden. Hard sell. The head of the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown's college Democrats got new life once President Joe Biden dropped out, and Vice President Kamala Harris became the nominee. There wasn't a lot of passion going around, and you feel that's changed. It's definitely changed. How you feeling today? I'm feeling a lot more comfortable. UPJ senior Mariam Bangura says Harris' background in particular has energized younger voters. I'm 22 years old, and I've lived my entire life not seeing many people who look like me or have a similar background as me who have done the job that I want to do. We are doing well, but we really need to keep that energy, and that's what I'm worried about. In 2020, younger voters overwhelmingly supported Biden over former President Donald Trump. But before Biden dropped out, some polls showed Trump making gains with this key demographic. Now, with Harris at the top of the Democratic ticket, there are signs younger voters are swinging back in her direction. I think she is helping young voters get out, and for that I'm grateful, you know, regardless of who you are voting for. Electra Janice is the vice chair of the Washington County Board of Commissioners. A 28-year-old Republican voting for Trump, she thinks that Trump can keep the gains he made with younger voters when Biden was still in the race. I will say, when I'm voting for President Trump, I'm not voting for a person. I'm voting for his policies. Their volunteer base has grown in Pennsylvania significantly, and I think what they need to do is get the young, passionate, motivated individuals out there seeking other young individuals to do the same. For that, the Trump campaign is turning to people like Stephen Kale. Did you ever expect to be working on a political campaign? I did not. The 33-year-old service technician from outside Pittsburgh was motivated to knock doors after he witnessed the former president get shot at his Butler rally in July. When I saw that day, I just wanted to help out. For Kale, that means outworking Harris volunteers and staying on message with younger voters as much as possible. I started off by talking about the economy, their cost of living, especially if they're in college, paying higher prices for gas, utilities. Do you want to come like Harris sticker? But on the University of Pittsburgh's main campus, young supporters of both candidates are now ready and closing arguments to their peers. I don't know if that's necessarily doable to get people extremely excited about Trump's requirements, but I do think it's possible to get people to understand that you don't have to like someone to vote for them. So we are out basically doing things every single day. We're just working on building city power and on transforming a lot of that enthusiasm into actual actionable things. Well, one of the signs perhaps that the Trump campaign is trying to re-energize younger voters. Tonight is only the second time that the Trump campaign will have a rally on a college campus in Pennsylvania over the past several months. The first time he did that was just days before that crucial debate against President Biden. All right, Danny Freeman, good report. Thank you very much. I want to get some more on all of this. Our political experts are joining us. Karen Finney in a New York Times poll of three key Sunbelt states, Trump is leading Harris in Arizona. Take a look at this 50% to 45% and he's showing strength in both Georgia and North Carolina as well, but no clear leader in those in those states, the results being inside what's called the margin of error. These are states that Harris has been hoping to do well in. Is this a disappointment what we're seeing, at least in these latest polls? Actually, Wolf, I would say that it is an affirmation of what she has been saying all along. We, Democrats are the underdogs. She's right about that. And I think, you know, so much of the work that has to be done when we have been talking about this since, frankly, the convention, all of that joy and energy and enthusiasm has to be turned into people showing up at the polls to vote. And so that is something I know that the campaign is very focused on. Obviously, in those key states, actually, it's young, black and brown and Asian American voters who will make up the difference in many of those states. And so having direct communications with those voters. And it was interesting that young women who said, or the gentleman who said, you know, you don't have to like somebody to vote for them. Well, I think if you, though, if you don't like them, can you trust them? And I think Vice President Harris is able to make a very credible case, both on the substance of her policies and the fact that she can be trusted to deliver. Sarah Longwell, I know you speak to undecided voters in your various focus groups that you conduct out there. This is what the New York Times says about voters who have yet to completely make up their minds. And I'm quoting now, this group of voters had leaned toward Ms. Harris in these states in August, but now leans slightly more toward Mr. Trump. Why do you think that is? Well, I'm not exactly sure why it is. I do think that North Carolina was always a reach for Democrats. And I think the fact that Kamala Harris has been able to put that into the battleground column and make it really competitive was a testament to how much she changed this race. The state that's the most interesting in these sunbelt polls to me is Arizona. And I think that it's really a good idea for her to go out there and visit the border, go on offense more on the border. If there's a reason she's down five points in Arizona, it's because people are angry about the border. And I think she's going to have to distance herself from some of Joe Biden's policies and not just say that Donald Trump scuttled that deal, the bipartisan deal, but also present her plan for what she's going to do about the border. She's talked about getting more funding and doing more about it. To Arizona should be a state that she can do well in, Joe Biden won it in 2020. The Democrats were able to win the gubernatorial race in 2022 because Kerry Lake was such a catastrophic candidate. Kerry Lake is on the ballot again as a Senate candidate. There's also an abortion ballot initiative that's going to be on the ballot in November. And so Kamala Harris should be working hard to compete there. Now it should be noted she continues to do better and improve in those more blue wall states, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and then Nebraska too, which is what she needs to get to 270. But certainly her campaign would be more comfortable if she was able to also have Nevada and Arizona in better places. Good point. Brian Lanza, what's your takeaway from these latest results? Listen, Wolf, it's a jump ball in the issues on our our side. We need that we need to deliver our message from the next 42 days to the voters of Pennsylvania and Michigan. We need to demonstrate and continue to demonstrate that they were the clear age, the change agent. But more importantly, we need to talk about the economy. That's why we're benefiting in these states is people are still apprehensive about Kamala Harris and they're confident in the Trump economy. So those are the messages we're going to hit. Immigration is a big thing. I think showing up to the border this late is very insincere. And it just lacked credibility with Harris when you consider the fact that she was a sanctuary DA in San Francisco. When you consider the fact that just recently a video is released today where she talked about down and down with deportations in Los Angeles. And when you talk about the fact that she at one point, I guess in some question here, talked about defunding ICE. So when it comes to the border, Kamala has no credibility, even if she shows up a dozen times between now and November. Ryan Lanza is a senior advisor to the Trump 2024 campaign. Sarah, let me get back to you. Kamala Harris accepted as you know CNN's invitation to debate Trump on October 23rd. This is what Trump says about another debate. Listen to this. Everybody's voting now. And it's very late to be doing a third debate. But once the election starts and it started, it's a very bad thing to be doing a debate in the middle of the vote counting. And this would really be late into the election. So I think it would be a very bad thing. I think it would actually be bad things for the country. But Sarah, look at this. Back in 2020, the final debate took place on October 22nd, just 12 days before the election, whereas the proposed CNN debate would take place 13 days before the big day. So what do you make of Trump saying it's, quote, too late to debate? I mean, I think that the debate for Donald Trump was catastrophic. And Kamala Harris just really demonstrated both her prowess as a debater, as a prosecutor, she was able to go on offense. He came out looking terrible. We ran a number of focus groups. We've had lots of focus groups subsequently since the debate. Nobody thinks he won the debate. It really moved the needle in her direction with a lot of these swing voters. And so I think that the only way that Donald Trump debates again is if he sort of the bottom falls out of his campaign, and they're just desperate for him to do something to try to change the dynamic. But I think right now, where it looks a little closer, he's too afraid to get back in the ring with her and afraid that it could do more damage to his campaign. Brian, is Trump really going to let his running mates, Senator JD Vance, get the final word from a debate stage in this race? Yes. I mean, if you look at the first debate on your network, we did a good debate. We won. The second debate is questionable. People have their own opinions. But at the end of the day, what we've noticed from the debates, at least with President Trump, is that it doesn't get a fair shake. You have moderators who inject themselves. You have them sort of fact checked. And even people in this network have talked about how the last debate was not sort of fairing for President Trump. So at this point, why would we subject ourselves to another imbalanced debate? Let's let the voters decide. And we'll make our case to the voters every day. And so will JD Vance. As you know, Trump said the CNN debate was very fair. And he was very pleased with the results. He sure did. That's what he said. Yes. All right, guys, everybody stay stand by. Thank you very, very much. Just a dueling takes on the state of the presidential race, as we're joined by the Democratic governor of Maryland and the Republican governor of New Hampshire. They say opposites attract. That's why the sleep number smartbed is the best bed for couples. You can each choose what's right for you whenever you like. You like a bed that feels firm, but they want soft sleep number does that you want to sleep cooler while they like to feel warm. Sleep number does that too. 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For JD Power 2023 award information visit jdpower.com/awards only at a sleep number store or sleep number.com. I'm Dr. Sanjay Gupta, host of the Chasing Life Podcast. Long ago and far away it was legal in the United States. Someone who has dedicated her career to understanding the effects of cannabis on the brain, Dr. Stacy Gruber. In 1850 doctors prescribed cannabis. We're going to have a really frank conversation about where things stand with cannabis right now and what this rescheduling could mean for its future. Listen to Chasing Life streaming now wherever you get your podcasts. Tomorrow marks six weeks until election day and the Harrison Trump campaigns are zeroing in on seven key battleground states during a very busy week ahead. And joining me now a high-profile Democrat, Maryland Governor, Wes Moore, Governor. Thanks so much for joining us. Notice today Trump is leading Kamala Harris in three key sunbelt battleground states. Voters say the economy is their top issue and across those three states 55% of the voters say Trump would do a better job managing the economy compared to just 42% for Kamala Harris. Why do you think Harris is messaging on the economy? Such a critically important issue is not breaking through right now. Well I think that people should be cautious about getting too excited about good polls or getting too down about tougher polls. I think that polls are are snapshots and I think that this race is going to be won or lost on the ground and we'll see that over the process of these next 40 days. And I think the thing that you're continuing to see from the vice president is she's actually putting together detailed plans about things that can actually get our economy moving and making sure that our economy works for everybody. She's putting together detailed plans about what does it mean to support small businesses and making sure the small businesses are getting the liquidity that they need in the capital that they need to grow. She's putting together detailed plans about increasing the child tax credit and by adding on a $6,000 child tax credit that can not only have a significant impact on the child poverty rate that we have in this country but also being able to create economic momentum and get people back into the workforce and actually incentivize work. And so what we're seeing from the vice president is real plans to be able to get the economy going making sure that more people can participate in the economy and I think that's a stark difference from what we're seeing from her opponent. Stephen Collinson our CNN colleague writes this about the state of the presidential race right now and let me quote from his article. Wild weeks of outlandish rhetoric by the ex-president have revived memories of the cacophony of his four White House years and shattered perceptions that he's running a more disciplined campaign than back in 2020 or 2016 but the nature of the race of toss-up contest in swing states has not budged. So governor why do you think that is so? Well I think as we're getting closer to election day I think people are going to go into the booth and they are going to take a breath and they are going to think about what is the hope for the future. Do they want to go back to the days of chaos and the days of not being sure whether or not the truth was being spoken from the Oval Office and from the White House or do they want to move on to a new future? Do they want to move on to a new generation of leadership? Do they wanted to move on to a place where we can have an economy that actually works for everybody and have a country that is respected on the global stage? And so I think that the chaos that came along with the had it come along with the Trump campaign. It's bringing people back to the days of the chaos of the Trump administration and I think that the American people are going to choose that that is not the direction that they want to go and when they think about the future for our country. Yeah we will find out fairly soon. Maryland's Democratic Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks is in a very close race against your predecessor former Republican governor Larry Hogan who remains pretty popular in Maryland despite being as I said a Republican. This is what retiring senator Ben Cardin of Maryland said about Alsobrooks and let me quote him. She has a challenge. There's no question about that and we recognize she has to work on that. As you know this is a must-win seat for Democrats. How does she overcome that challenge? I think she overcomes a challenge by doing exactly what she's been doing which is which is working hard. You know she is running against somebody who has a 100 percent name recognition in the state. He was the former governor for eight years but she's also running against somebody who now is finding himself reintroducing himself to the people of the state for a person while he was the governor actually vetoed legislation that supported privacy and protections and withheld funds going towards abortion providers and reproductive health providers. So three and a half million dollars I released on my first day in office because he would not release those funds but now he now he's saying he's had a change of heart on those issues. When he's talking about public safety she has a track record as being the former state's attorney for Prince George's County where she was able to help bring the violent crime rate and cut it in half in Prince George's County while she was state's attorney but while he was the governor we saw how the homicide rate in the state of Maryland nearly doubled. In Baltimore City we saw three eight straight years of 300 plus homicides in Baltimore City during his entire time as the governor but now he's saying that he's tough on crime. So I think while he has a 100 percent name recognition he's finding himself reintroducing himself to the state versus where Angela also broke the candidate who I endorsed early and I'm proud to support. I believe she will be Maryland's next senator because she's not only putting in the work but also she's showing that her history and her track record is consistent with the vision that she's hoping that she's offering for the people of my state. Very important race and we'll be watching it closely. Maryland Governor Westmore as usual thanks for joining us. It's great to be with you as always. And just ahead the deadliest day of Israeli strikes inside Lebanon in nearly 20 years our live report from the Middle East is coming up right after a quick break. Here's breaking news we're following in the Middle East Lebanon now saying at least 492 people have been killed in the latest wave of Israeli attacks. CNN's Jeremy Diamond has our report. Israeli airstrikes battering southern and eastern Lebanon. It is the most intense Israeli bombardment of Lebanon since the 2006 war and the deadliest. Hundreds were killed and many more injured as the Israeli military said it targeted Hezbollah weapons depots and rocket launchers. Meanwhile Israeli air defenses springing into action as Hezbollah fired more than 200 rockets and drones at Israel targeting the city of Haifa and aiming further south and usual at least two rockets hitting the West Bank more than 60 miles south of the Lebanese border and just east of Tel Aviv. As Israeli fighter jets carried out some 1,300 airstrikes today the country's leaders say they are deliberately escalating hoping to change the equation. I promised to change the security balance the balance of power and this is exactly what we're doing. We're dismantling thousands of rockets and missiles aimed at Israeli cities and citizens. Lebanese officials say this is simply Israeli aggression. The continuing Israeli aggression on Lebanon is a war of extermination in every sense of the word and a destructive plan aimed at destroying Lebanese villages and towns and eliminating green areas. In Lebanon Israel's new escalatory strategy is pushing thousands to flee their homes. As the Israeli military sent mass text messages including to some residents of the Lebanese capital an interrupted radio broadcast perching residents in southern and eastern Lebanon to evacuate. In Lebanon's Becca Valley residents were given just two hours notice before Israeli jets began hitting targets including homes where the Israeli military says Hezbollah is storing rockets and weapons. As smoke engulfed swaths of Lebanon many now fear this is just the beginning as the prospect of all-out war now looms larger than ever. And wolf to this evening the Israeli cabinet approving a quote special situation across Israel this empowering the government to put in place emergency measures to limit civilian activity should it deem that necessary clear evidence that this country is on a war footing. The Israeli government clearly aiming to try and escalate the situation in Lebanon in order to try and get Hezbollah to back down but for now Hezbollah is simply showing that it is willing and capable of striking deeper into Israel than before. Well our Jeremy Diamond reporting from Haifa Israel up in the north stay safe over there Jeremy thank you very much. Joining us now see in that political and global affairs analyst Barak Ravid and Kim Ghatas a distinguished fellow at the Columbia University Institute of Global Politics and Kim I know you're in Beirut how devastating have these Israeli attacks been these attacks against Hezbollah and for Lebanese civilians how how devastating has it been. Wolf great to be with you on the show the escalation in Israeli strikes today against Lebanon has had a devastating toll already the single deadliest day for Lebanon in many decades almost 500 killed and 1600 injured many of them women and children and of course some of them or many of them will also have been members of Hezbollah but the sheer terror that the Lebanese are living through pondering the possibility of even further strikes and a prolonged war comes on top of a day of terror last week when we had these Patriot attacks pagers blowing up across the country which really sent people scurrying sirens wailing people going to hospitals flooding the hospitals and so that leads to a week on a national level of deep trauma for Lebanese civilians in a war that they have not chosen and which Hezbollah started on the 8th of October when it launched its first missiles against Israel after the horrific attacks by Hamas on the 7th of October this is a country without a president with a caretaker government and barely functioning institutions so the Lebanese feel very much trapped at the moment the Israelis are saying that they hope that Hezbollah will back down and that this is escalation to lead to de-escalation I don't see that happening I don't see Hezbollah backing down and admitting defeat even though they've been severely degraded let me get barocked away and then this is well barak Israel seems to think this latest barrage could force Hezbollah to de-escalate could that though backfire well I think there are a lot of people who are concerned that you know once you escalate and this has started several days ago with all the you know we are now at the like fourth or fifth stage of escalation in one week and Hezbollah hasn't backed down and the the fear is that this thing will continue for another week two weeks three weeks what if Hezbollah doesn't back down there does this mean that Israel will invade Lebanon with ground forces something that both Prime Minister Netanyahu and Minister Defense Galant and the IDF really don't want to do so in a way even though it has taken tremendous hits in the last few days Hezbollah will still determine whether this thing will stop or it will continue indefinitely you know Kim as you know Israel has killed many of Hezbollah's top commanders during this latest assault including some of those commanders who were responsible for the terror attack against the US embassy in Beirut back in 1983 and the marine barracks in Lebanon in 1983 how does that influence Hezbollah's possible response well they seem to have been thrown into chaos you know the leadership decapitated their ability to communicate severely degraded but as you saw they're still able to launch missiles and rockets at at Israel they seem to have either because they're not able to or because they've consciously decided to not to further escalate themselves I know that for residents of Israel and northern Israel it does look like Hezbollah's escalating but compared to Israel's strikes against Lebanon you could argue that Hezbollah's reaction is still somewhat contained we'll have to see whether that continues whether they're simply trying to regroup so that they can land a devastating blow on on Israel they're not going to simply back down and admit defeat we need creative diplomacy to provide an off-ramp to a group that has said they will not stop firing international than Israel unless there is a ceasefire in Gaza if there is no ceasefire in Gaza we need creative diplomacy with the help of the United States France and Arab countries to help find a way out in an off-ramp so that someone within Hezbollah can say for the sake of Lebanon we are now going to step down but they're not going to admit defeat short of that surprise if that happens it looks like it's escalating very very quickly at Kim Gattas Barack-Ravi to both of you thank you very very much just ahead my interview with New Hampshire's Republican governor Chris Sununu I'll get his take on the state of the presidential race I have a lot of projects I'm juggling right now Alison is taking on a whole new set of renovations and deadlines the only way you enter the laundry room is to the powder room death no the project is three months past the original deadline it looks so good we're right on time no and that's when she's at her best that is the most incredible thing I've ever seen it's stunning to be able to take it to a different level this is why I'm here windy city rehab all new Tuesday night at 8 on HGTV Mark Robinson North Carolina's Republican candidate for governor is back on the campaign trail today as he scrambles to manage the fallout from a bombshell CNN report about offensive comments he made on a porn site J.D. Vance refusing to say if the Trump ticket still backs Robinson and that it's Robinson's job to make his case to voters right now I'm joined by New Hampshire's Republican governor Chris Sununu governor thanks so much for joining us senator Vance's you know is calling this a sex scandal that of course ignores the hatred exposed in these various posts Robinson referring to himself as a quote black Nazi and saying some people need to be slaves and he would buy slaves of slavery were legal does the Trump campaign need to be more clear about where they stand well I think they've been pretty clear I think again they're they're not going to became campaigning with them I think they've already canceled an event with them they're focused on North Carolina for their campaign you know the lieutenant governor has a lot of problems that he's got to deal with and and basically everybody's kind of walking away from this one saying this isn't a this isn't a policy problem this isn't an image problem this is hatred this is really weird stuff at a whole different level and no one wants to be associated with it the Republican governor's association has signaled it won't spend more to elect Robinson but should he step aside from this race and his post for that matter as the lieutenant governor of North Carolina absolutely yeah he has no confidence of anybody right now not as a campaigner not in the job he's currently in and it doesn't look like in in the job he's gunning for so again he's he's got some personal issues he's got to take care of my recommendation is go do that let someone else get in the race and run uh and and again North Carolina it's it's the the unfortunate part of it it hurts folks down the ballot right other republicans down the ballot in North Carolina good folks it just won good policies he's really put a negative brand on the on the whole situation why do you think trump has not said what you've just said well i i don't know i don't know whether he's if he's been asked about it this has all kind of come up in the last couple of days i i know they've already canceled the event and he's moving on my sense is the trump campaign is going to really be focused on veterans some of the older voters there um they're still making a hard press they're leading in most of the polls but they're not taking north carolina for granted so my sense is they'll make the right decision i can't explain you know what the lack of answers or who's been questioning them other than they're focusing on their race and my sense is they're not going to be associating themselves with that gentleman at all i also uh governor want to get your reaction to something trump posted on his truth social account earlier today let me read it to you quote any catholic that votes for comrade kamala harris should have their head examined do you agree that catholic uh harris supporters should have their heads examined i don't know what that means uh i'm a catholic and i don't know what that means uh frankly so i i can't comment on that other than to say um a bizarre tweet from donald trump what a shock right i mean it's almost daily that you get something kind of interesting coming out of whether it's tweet or or one of his speeches um at the end of the day this as you and i both know this comes down to swing states swing voters in swing states like north carolina pennsylvania arizona georgia where trump is doing you know pretty darn well even where the vice president is leading in the polls in most of those states i don't think it's by enough for the for by and large i mean she's had her moments of you know kind of swooping in uh taking the the nomination from uh the current president having a strong convention a strong debate performance we got to give her some credit there but i don't think those big inflection points are going to exist going forward so as folks get their bills as the credit card bills come in people start focusing more on policy and less on just the personality difference i just don't think in some of those swing states she's built up enough of a buffer to overcome uh the the change that that folks want to see so whether it's a weird tweet my point being whether it's a weird tweet or not right now people are really policy focused they're really looking for some sort of change and that's what president trump's offering and but he's saying the jus if they vote for uh kamala Harris should have their head heads examined and now the same uh point he's making about catholics governor christin una thank you very much there'll be nobody left he's all right you bet thanks for joining us coming up new details as the suspect in the second trump assassination attempt appears in court stand by we're following developments in the case against the suspect in the second trump assassination attempt seen as randy k was inside court for today's hearing randy randy what are you learning well wolf prosecutors did reveal some new evidence including a handwritten letter they say was written by ryan ruth and in part that letter reads dear world this was an assassination attempt on donald trump but i failed you i tried my best and gave it all the gumption i could muster in addition to that letter that they revealed they also talked about the six cell phones that were found in his car when he was picked up by authorities one of those phones uh prosecutors say showed a google search from how to get from pom beach county to mexico those phones also showed according to prosecutors that he had been in this area for about a month and his cell phone had been pinging the cell towers near marlago and trump international golf club from august 18th until september 15th the day of the incident and then finally wolf they talked about this scope on the rifle that was recovered at the scene they said that there was electrical tape that was holding the scope to that rifle and on that electrical tape not on the rifle but they did find a fingerprint at least at least it is a preliminary finding of a fingerprint that they say matches the fingerprints of ryan ruth wolf all important information randy k thank you very very much i will be right back malina trump's campaign appearances have been very rare in this election year but she's attracting more attention right now for the memoir she's out there promoting and for a big paycheck she received from a political appearance ryan tout is working the story for us brian this payment to the former first lady is considered highly unusual what can you tell us about wolf we know it's a lot of money 237 000 dollars and we know it's raising a lot of ethics questions what we don't know is the source of that money thank you all tonight a new cnn report uncovering mystery over who paid malani at trump for a speech at a political event the former first lady got 237 000 500 dollars for speaking at one log cabin republicans fundraising event in april according to former president donald trump's latest financial disclosure form but the form doesn't say who the donor was the log cabin republicans tell cnn it wasn't them campaign finance and ethics watchdog say not knowing the source of the money raises troubling questions it could be an individual who has a conflict of interest who wants something from a future president there are also questions being raised about the timing of her paid appearance it's not unusual for a former first lady to earn six figures speaking um but it is unusual during a campaign season officials for jill biden michelle obama laura bush and hillary clinton say those first ladies did not get paid for any fundraising appearances during political campaigns typically these appearances are associated with raising money for the campaign associated groups not for your own pockets this comes amid a barrage of videos malani at trump is posting on social media promoting her upcoming memoir titled melania videos ranging from a discussion of her renovation of the white house rose garden to a video defending her past work as a nude model why has the media chosen to scrutinize my celebration of the human forum in a fashion photoshoot are we no longer able to appreciate the beauty of the human body and there's a video speculating about the assassination attempt on her husband in july i can't help but wonder why didn't law enforcement officials arrest the shooter before the speech there is definitely more to this story and we need to uncover the truth but melania trump still has barely appeared anywhere to support her husband this year she didn't attend his hush money trial in new york and aside from this grand entrance at the republican national convention she hasn't been on the campaign really much at all i mean she was only at the rnc that one night and she didn't even speak um and for melania a lot of it is about making money right a spokesperson for melania trump declined to comment in response to cnn's questions about the payment for at least one log cabin republican event sources who are supportive of the former first lady who attended the log cabin events but who did not know that she got paid for at least one of those defended her saying she has a right to decide how to spend her time and a right to get paid for her time wolf ryan tov reporting for us ryan tov thank you very very much enter you our viewers thanks very much for watching i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room erin bernett out front starts right now they say opposites attract that's why the sleep number smartbed is the best bed for couples you can each choose what's right for you whenever you like you like a bed that feels firm but they want soft sleep number does that you want to sleep cooler while they like to feel warm sleep number does that too you have to feel it to believe it find the bed that's for both of you only at a sleep number store sleep better together jd power rank sleep number one in customer satisfaction with mattresses purchased in store 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