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Much for being being with us. Heres whats happening today. Former President Donald Trump takes his message to the critical Battleground State of North Carolina. The visit comes as a republican backed candidate for governor resist calls to drop out of the race after cnn exclusively on earth lewd comments made on a Porn Site while some members of the advanced team were very diligent there was complacency on the part of others that led to a breach of Security Protocols also, the Acting Head of the Secret Service is vowing to hold agents accountable left but he called a breach of protocol before trump was shot at a rally in pennsylvania back in july. The quote, failures, he says made it difficult for officers to respond and the aftermath that shooting i wasnt particularly impressed by what i saw and i told them in their were very nice people he wellintentioned. I just said it looked to me like a lot of this stuff was not quite ready for Prime Time damaging testimony in the search for answers as to what cost the deadly implosion of the Titan Submersible last year, the concerns from those charged with inspecting the vehicles coming up and students in parts of Georgia Walk out of classes to demand Action Curb Gun violence in the wake of that School Shooting in winder their message to administrators and how theyre honoring those killed we begin this morning with the candidates who are laserfocused on Battleground States as we are now just six weeks out from the president ial election, former President Donald Trump is headed to North Carolina today, but Vice President Kamala Harris is taking a breather after going to Battleground States of wisconsin and georgia on friday. Now sources tell us that she planned her Georgia Visit on friday immediately after hearing of the pro Publica Report revealing those two deaths linked to the States Abortion restrictions one in three, Women In America lives in a state where a Trump Abortion Ban this includes georgia and every state in the south, except virginia, think about that when you compound that with what has been longstanding neglect of women in communities with a lack of adequate resources, they need for Health Care, prenatal, during their pregnancy postpartum think about that these hypocrites want to start talking about this is in the best interest of women and children who have been comes to taking care of the women and children of america these battleground visits are key as new polling shows, Trump And Harris are still locked in a dead heat on New York Times and Siena College poll released this week shows the two are tied at 47 nationally among likely voters. But the divide deepens on Ad Spending to date, democrats have outspent republicans nationally and in Swing States since president Joe Biden left the race, democrats have raised more than 564 million, while republicans have just raised about 380 Million and Donald Trumps visit to North Carolina will be his first since cnns kfile uncovered that his pick for governor there had a history of lewd posts on a porn forum. Fans, Dianne Gallagher reports Mark Robinson is still moving forward with his campaign the things the fallout from Cnns Bombshell Report about Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson spilling over into its second day are running for governor. The Gop Nominee for North Carolinas governor, moving forward with his campaign after the deadline passed for him to withdraw as Absentee Ballots are sent out to voters friday, the fresh swirl of controversy follows a Cnn Kfile Investigation that found robinson made a series of inflammatory comments on a pornographic websites message board, more than a decade ago, referring to himself as a black nazi and expressing support for Reinstating Slavery among other salacious, lewd the gratuitous statements. Thank you so much for Robinson Categorically denying the allegations. Do this is not us. These are not our words, and this is not anything that is characteristic of me, but the controversy extending beyond the Tar Heel States Race for governor with robinson having received the endorsement of former President Donald Trump, who has hes repeatedly praised the conservative firebrand. This is Martin Luther King on steroids, okay, the campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris, highlighting the ties between Trump And Robinson in a new ad friday to pass a bill. So you can have an abortion in North Carolina for any risks abortion. This country, its about killing, it because you werent responsible enough. Did keep your skirt down. Ive been with them. Ive gotten to know him and his outstanding the former president is set to hold a rally in the Battleground State on Saturday Sources tell Cnn Robinson has not been invited to the event despite being a regular presence at trumps events in the state, including two last night month, some trump allies are dismissing the potential impact on the former president s campaign will be fine in North Carolina. This issue is going to come and go. But the reality of whats happening our country remains and thats why Donald Trumps going to win the state in North Carolina as democrats in North Carolina seek to turn Robinsons Controversy into a challenge for other republicans. I think that when people go to the polls, they need to think about these candidates who have supported and encouraged somebody like Mark Robinson and continue to do so democrats across the state of North Carolina taking advantage of this posting, photos that their republican opponents at taken with Mark Robinson and making sure to tout any sort sort of endorsement or even kind comments about the Lieutenant Governor. Danny amara, one other thing here, there was a fundraiser that was scheduled for next week that featured the chair of the republican Governors Association Tennessee governor bill lee, according to sources familiar, that is no longer take in place as Governor Lee will not be traveling to North Carolina thank you very much. All right. Lets bring in axios political Reporter Stef Kight for analysis on everything thats going on in the political world right now. And theres a lot thank you for joining a steph lets start in North Carolina though. Listen, robinson was already down to the polls. His name still going to be on the ballot, but do you think this will make North Carolina more competitive for this president ial race . I mean, look, were in a situation where the president ial race on a hole is Neck And Neck as weve been discussing. And you look at the North Carolina polls in particular, and Trump And Harris are very close in that state as well. And what were seeing again and again in this particular Election Cycle is that any little thing that impacts even in a small number of voters could end up deciding who was president in 2025. So look, i dont know at this point whether theres going to be significant impact up and down the ballot because of this reporting is these allegations, this coming out . Its clear that trump and his campaign are trying to distance themselves from robinson right now, just as a precaution. But again, any little change, any little impact could still ultimately end up deciding who wins North Carolina. And from there the White House. Well and stuff i want to continue on that note there because if you are the former president , right, do you actually want to be in North Carolina . Right after this story and im curious because he will be write and do you think he is going to the former president going to try to avoid this Topic Or Dive right into it . Im sure that people close to the former president or encouraging him to not get into all of this. But as weve seen in the past, he may not be able to help himself were definitely watching to see whether he does kind of try to distance himself. Hes used in the past lines like, i dont really know that guy. I have nothing to do with him so thats one thing im listening for. Does trump decide to onstage kind of distance himself from a republican that he has previously endorsed and pointed to as someone that he is a fan of i find it almost hard to believe that hes going to be in North Carolina and not say something about it just again, like you said, from how weve seen the former president behave at rallies with scandal in the past. I want to talk though about some of the most recent Post Polling that just came out this week. According to a New York Times sienna College Poll published thursday stay the race. Still a dead heat nationally, but i want to actually specifically highlight pennsylvania thats where i live harris seems to have a slight lead. You can see right there on your screen of about four points, just barely outside the margin of error, stiff. Are you surprised by that . Because i feel as though the language specifically around pennsylvania yeah, it has been maybe the closest state out there i mean, this is all going to come down to pennsylvania both for the presidency, but also potentially the senate who controls the senate . Thats the state that both campaigns are pouring all of their Ad Money into any advantage there, even if its more right now for harris to, be critical it is a little bit of a shift, a little bit surprised from when she officially became the top of the ticket and when she did not choose pennsylvania governor shapiro, there was some concern that maybe that would hurt her in pennsylvania, that she needed that boost, but it seems like she is still making progress in that state. Again the polls are 15, theyre going up and down. We still have weeks left until november. But again, any any advantage there, especially outside that margin of error, is an important sign for the harris campaign. I want to play some sound from harriss the senior adviser, former atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance bottoms about the candidate i suppose in the Kamala Harris doing more interviews, lets take a listen shes done interviews and i know that we would love or you would love to see her sit down every single day with cnn and do interviews, but its that shes a very busy person. Shes the Vice President as well. Alyssa candidate, and we heard her Today Talk about her views on these policies. It may not be in the format that the media would like alright, so if that was in an interview with Cnns Jake Tapper whats your reaction to . Lets put it this way is that type of answer the Vice President is too busy enough to stop this conversation about harris doing more interviews no, i dont think its enough, especially when you compare the number of Press Interviews that the Harriswalz Ticket has done compared to the Trumpvance Ticket over the same time period. You know, both campaigns are busy, both are on the road. J. D. Vance and says also a Sitting Senators still, and theyve managed to interact with media and not just friendly media, not just conservative media. Theyve done real interviews, theyve engaged with the press in ways that that Harris And Walz have not. And so the pressure is going to continue to grow for Harris And Walz to really do more to engage with the press, answer questions shins about their policy positions, answer questions about their policy shifts, because this is a late campaign. We already are not going to have as much time to get to know Harris And Walz as the president ial and vicepresident ial candidates. And so this short period of time is even more critical for the american public to have their questions answered alright, last Thing Stuff before we go, after everything that has happened in this crazy election so far, do you think were going to see a Government Shutdown thrown in there the 11th Hour thats always a possibility these days. It does look like congress is on track to get things nailed down next week ahead of the October 1 deadline, its obviously going to come down to the wire a little bit, but one things for sure, the House And Senate will want to get home and get campaigning in these last few weeks before the election so there is motivation to get this done, get this done on time, and get home which probably be the tagline for congress. Its going to come down to the wire a little bit. Stef kight. Thank you so much for your perspective this morning. Appreciate it. All right and coming up in the 8 00 Oclock Hour of cnn this Morning Weekend, were going to talk with the director of elections in a Georgia County who is sounding the alarm about some last Minute Rule changes and a requirement to hand count ballots in each a precinct Sister Ground that the president and is in his hometown of wilmington, Delaware Hosting leaders of australia, india, japan, and what is known as the quad summit. Cnns Camila Dechalus is in dc with what we can expect for bidens final Quad Meeting as president kamala well amara, there are a number of things that president biden wants to achieve during the summit, we are told by White House advisers that the two biggest things that he wants to focus on is china and how aggressive theyve become when it comes to the south china sea. And also how these countries can collaborate when it comes to natural disasters. And there were bandz to humanitarian aid. Now were also told that biden wants to add a personal Element And Focus on something thats really close to home to him and that is his fight against cancer. Theyre saying that at the summit, theyre going to announce new joint efforts to combat cancer. And this is going to include more investments when it comes to screenings cervical cancer,