Hello, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me this saturday. I m fredricka whitfield all right. The race for the white house heads to the battleground, state of pennsylvania. As both candidates are planning major events in the critical mustwin state this weekend today, former president donald trump returns to the campaign trail with a rally this afternoon in wilkesbarre. And vice president kamala harris has a bus tour in the state he planned for tomorrow today is rally marked trump s second visit to pennsylvania since surviving an assassination attempt in butler one month ago cnn s danny freeman is at the campaign event. So danny, what can we expect to hear from the former president when he speaks in the next couple of hours well fred, what can we expect here is really the magic question, and i ll get to that in just a second, but i want to show you the environment out here. Like you said, when we re in wilkesbarre, pennsylvania in the all important battleground state of course, th
Imprint for certain. Cnn this morning with kasie hunt. Next it is. Thursday, august 1st, right now. I m seeing in this morning i didn t know she was black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn black donald trump questioning common harris is a racial identity claiming, she quote happened to turn black the american people we ll deserve better harris, brushing aside in trump s crude attacks about a race, putting the spotlight on his character and the coffin of hamas is political a liter killed in iran is being carried through the streets of tehran as his funeral services get underway it is 5:00 a. M. Here in washington. This is live look at capitol hill. Good morning, everyone. I m jessica dean, info casing han today it is great to be with you this morning. Donald trump is getting called out for making false and misleading claims about the ethnicity of his 2024 opponent, kamala harris, in front of a group of black journalists. Trump was asked about how summon his party hav
Until the 2024 election the race to raise money and gain support is a sprint today, vice president kamala harris and former president donald trump are both out on the campaign trail. Harris will soon head to massachusetts for a fundraiser as her campaign looks to add to an already impressive cash haul, the harris campaign says, it raised $126 million in just the first three days after president biden dropped out of the race and endorsed her the campaign also says it has seen an explosion in grassroots support with more than 100,000 people signing up to volunteer in the harris presidential bid and more than 2000 applying for campaign jobs according to a new fox news poll, the presidential race is now a statistical dead heat in the three swing states of pennsylvania, michigan, and wisconsin. Cnn s eva mckend is joining us right now. Eva tell us more about harris is socalled weekend of action now, fred, just 100 days until the election, even less than that before early voting begins in so
The ground and the best political team in the business follow the voters follow the results, follow the facts follow cnn good morning. You are live in the cnn newsroom. I m jim acosta in washington. We begin this morning with kamala harris running her biggest endorsement yet overnight for president barack obama and former first lady, michelle obama. Officially pledging their support to harris as presidential bid i can t have this phone call without saying to my girl camila i am proud of you. This is going to be historic we call to say michelle and i couldn t be prouder to endorse your through everything we can to get you through this election and until the oval office my goodness michelle brock, this means so much to me. I m looking forward to doing this with the two of you, doug and i both all right at any moment, harris will receive the endorsement of major labor unions this time in pennsylvania governor josh shapiro considered a strong candidate as her running mate will also be on h
Defiance for more money cannot sit you get out of the race. I got the racing board on monday is not coming down. The president resist growing calls to drop out. He does not want his legacy to be that he s the one who turned over our country to a tyrant as focus shifts to vice president harris this is probably the most significant election of our lifetime with worried democrats said to meet in the coming hours hand biden, hold on. Plus riding high after wins in court dropped stays out of view and gears up to pick a vp as he braces for biden s next move. Inside politics, the best reporting from inside the corridors of power starts now good morning and welcome to inside politics sunday, i m pamela brown and for manu raju. Well, this morning, president biden is set to hit the trail again, taking a defiant stance amid growing calls from members of his own party to drop out of the race. The president s friday interview with abc news doing little to calm those nerves. And while most members o