With Victor Blackwell, smerconish, the chris wallace show, the Amanpour Hour the weeks biggest stories the weekends hottest topics. Starting today at 8 00 on cnn this morning, im Victor Blackwell and im still feeling that bbe here. We got it. That big vacation ends two weeks away. The, new Victor Blackwell, let me introduce you to him. Big smile, lots of energy two weeks so relaxed and so happy. Well, its good to have you back to leave. Hope weve its great mood last another Hour Everyone here is whats happening today. Former President Donald Trump will be back in butler, Pennsylvania Yeah at the same spot where he survived an Assassination Attempt this summer as Vice President Kamala Harris takes her campaign to North Carolina. The work both campaigns are doing to shore up their support in those critical swing states a month before the election flexion, The Middle East is on edge this morning. The region is waiting for possible retaliatory attack on iran. What President Biden had to sa
To be back after a couple of weeks off, but i mean, what a time to be back election day, as i said, its just one month away israel could strike iran at any moment that could be a seismic event. And at a sensitive time in us president ial and in this moment, Vice President harris, shes stepping up outreach to Arab American and muslim voters last night she met with Community Leaders in michigan as shes trying to shore up support with Palestinian Americans reeling from the war in gaza. And now Lebanese Americans are distressed by the bombardment of beirut both groups are concerned about us support of israels government. And both groups make up a critical demographic, specifically in the Battleground State of michigan while i was iii is one of the Community Leaders who met with Vice President harris hes the ceo of Emgage Action. Its an organization aimed at boosting the muslim american vote. And they have endorsed the harriswalz campaign. Thank you so much for meeting with me this morning.
Fantastic on that note, i wish you a great night. Remember, you can catch the Night Cap not just tonight but every night at 11 00 and you can see the Documentary Series my generation. Saturday, 9 00 p. M. Eastern. Tomorrow night, order in and watch tv all night. But for now, im signing off. For all of our colleagues on the networks of Nbc News, thanks for staying up late. See you at The End of monday. In august of 2020, Donald Trump was campaigning for reelection amid a series of ongoing crises. We were in the throws of the covid19 pandemic. The Summer Saw A Wave of protests and uprisings over the murder of george floyd. And, to top it all off, the state of california was experiencing its largest wild Fire Season in recorded history. And it was that last crisis that prompted Donald Trump to say this during a Campaign Rally in pennsylvania. And i see again the Forest Fires are starting. They are starting again in california. You got to clean your forests. They have many, many years of l
It is a great place to start. Especially given the Vice President ial debate that we all watched. It is entitled, this is why maga loves j. D. Vance. And you wrote in part quote, weve seen all this before. In 2016 and 2020, Mike Pence was the gentleman debater. He was less polished and less effective than vance, but he had a similar, softening effect on the ticket. In 2016, his Earnest Faith and apparent kindness might have reassured voters that Trump Couldnt be that bad, not if he had chosen pence. We know exactly how that turned out. In choosing advanced and discarding pence, trump traded actual decency for a man who could simulate decency, and thats exactly what advanced did on tuesday night. But he couldnt keep it together for the entire evening. At the very end, the mask slipped. On tuesday night, walters learned exactly why maga loves vance so much. Hes a talented communicator. He has a compelling life story. He can make the ideological and Policy Case for republican populism bet
Seven. And meantime, thanks so much for joining us. Ac360 begins right now president lying about disaster relief while the death toll climbs from hurricane helene and even some fellow republicans are speaking out, keeping them honest. Also tonight, the obama factor in the boost and could give him the harris campaign when he hits the trail next week the trump elon musk bromance, just how much money is must pumping into the campaign good evening. Thanks for joining us 32 days until election day. The candidates now making to swing state campaign stops a day. The former president just wrapped up a town hall in fayetteville, north carolina after visiting georgia at this afternoon, vice president harris speaking detroit and flint, michigan, heard campaign we re getting a boost from unexpectedly good job creation numbers and a dip in the jobs created last month unemployment fell in just a few weeks ago, the federal reserve cut down interest rates, which is going to be great for a lot of folks