Im Jim Acosta in for fredricka whitfield. We begin this hour on the president ial Campaign Trail. Now, just about a month away from Election Day in both campaigns revving up their supporters, appealing to undecided voters in key Battleground States during this final critical stretch of the race, voting already underway across several states and polls showing there it is again, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump locked in basically a dead heat at this point, their campaigns now navigating several big News Stories that could obviously shape the outcome of this election from the war in the Middle East to the devastating aftermath of helene another storm on the way to the florida Gulf Coast, apparently in a surprisingly strong jobs report that just came out at The End of this week. But lets start in battleground, pennsylvania, where in the next couple of hours, former President Donald Trump will take the stage In The City of butler at the site of his first Assas
Liz cheney, a staunch conservative, joins Kamala Harris in the Swing State, Wisconsin Town where the Republican Party was born, fellow Conservative Harris joins us. So does Cassidy Hutchinson and one of the three former trump White House staffers will make their own case against their old boss next week in pennsylvania. And tonight, Melania Trump selling her book and staking out a far different position on abortion from her husband especially his party good evening. Thanks for joining us if politics makes Strange Bedfellows tonight, that same notion also makes news just a short time ago in ripon, wisconsin, home of the Republican Party, one of the grandest names, the grand old Party Campaign for the democratic candidate for president. Former wyoming republican congresswoman Liz Cheney, who like her father Dick Cheney is both a staunch conservative and now a Harris Supporter 1984 for Ronald Reagan i served in the State Department in both bush administrations, and i served in the united
Anderson, 20 minutes ago, the power came back on here in saluda above the grant, the gorge and people on this Downtown Street in the small town all let out a big cheer got. So many people who need gary tuchman. Thanks. Im glad youre there at the news continues right here On Cnn straight from the Source Tonight what the quotes that Jack Smiths says came from Donald Trumps mouth. As the Special Counsel and the judge are revealing blockbuster new evidence in the Election Case against Donald Trump. Also, what Melania Trump just said about abortion that stands in stark contrast to the reality in america, because of her husbands three Supreme Court picks, the eyeopening new quotes from her new memoir and, James Carville has some advice for democrats tonight, including that one moment in last Nights Debate that he says, they arent seizing on nearly enough. Dont you want to know what that is im Kaitlan Collins and this is the source sowing doubt about the 2024 election, were getting just about
About 100,000 jobs impacted as a Ripple Effect because of this strike and that may show up in the October Jobs report, dont forget on the west coast, we have a strike at boeing going on right now. And so you have those jobs taken offline in addition to this Port Strike and all but impacts of the Ripple Effects, you could see not such a healthy Job Number in october that is the last Jobs Report that well see before the election. People are going to be watching that very, very closely as these strikes drag on i think itll be part of the political fodder as well. Thank you so much, vanessa. Appreciate it. A new hour of cnn, new central starts right now longfeared wider war in the Middle East has arrived, is real promises to make iran pay efforts precedented Missile Attack what does that look like now . And what role will the united states play you could call it a Throwback Debate of sorts. A throwback because civilians he actually returned to the Debate Stage for the first time in a long
Escalation of tensions in the region that presents new challenges for leaders in the white house and around the world welcome to this special edition of erin burnett outfront. Erin is on his side i m in i m anderson cooper and i m jake tapper. We re covering the breaking news in the middle east are counting down to tonight s vice presidential debate that candidates will take the stage age and less than two hours and iran s attack is certainly to be a key line of questioning that s only adding to the pressure on ohio senator j. D. Vance and minnesota gov tim walz as they take part in what could be the most important vice presidential debate in modern american political history. Vance and walz are tasked with delivering closing arguments for their running mates, donald trump and kamala harris, since there are currently no plans for another presidential debate. What the vp nominee say tonight could potentially make a real difference in this razor close race for the white house with electi