Up the pace on the Campaign Trail putting a Laser Focus on the Battleground States and the fight for Working Families. Vice President Nominee Governor Tim Walz is about to speak to a Firefighters Union in boston before heading south to the Swing State of georgia and j. D. Vance will be targeting voters in the Rust Belt today. Welcome to a new hour of americas newsroom im dana perino. Hemmer is off today. Bret, i have you for another hour. Bret Bret Baier in washington. President trump is hitting three of the seven Battleground States across the country likely to determine the outcome of this election. Last week he appeared in five of those states. Today his Running Mate j. D. Vance is meeting and talking to voters in pennsylvania and wisconsin while Vice President harris kicks off a Twoday Bus Tour of georgia. Senator vance telling Fox Yesterday the election could come down to one issue, the economy. I think our pitch to suburban women is straight forward. Are you mad you are paying to
running. former president trump vows to continue his campaign even if indictments are handed down. a reality check from a former doj prosecutor. a live report from ohio as federal investigators head to a town only 200 miles from east palestine where another norfolk southern train derailed over the weekend. and good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington. the republican presidential race heating up 11 months ahead of the first primary contest. former maryland moderate republican governor larry hogan deciding not to run for fear of dividing the anti-trump vote he said, as other potential candidates avoid challenging mr. trump and his maga loyalists, who turned out for the cpac forum to hear the former president this weekend. i am your warrior. i am your justice, and for those who i ve been wronged and betrayed, i am your retribution. i am your retribution. i m not going to let this happen. and joining me now, vaughn hillyard who was at the cpac forum, national polit
[ applause ] thank you. but that s i should be clapping for you. when i served in the senate, i fought to create the safer grant program. as vice president, i worked to double the funding. my first months as president i invested $350 billion in the american rescue plans to keep firefighters on the job during the pandemic, cities like tampa, dallas, tulsa, knoxville, used the funding for premium pay. new fire and rescue vehicles, extra staff during peak times. the law would increase federal fire fighting grants by $300 million, paying for emergency response vehicles, thousands, thousands sets of turnout gear, so much more we have to do. critical cancer research. putting more local firefighters