Continues On Cnn with Wolf Blitzer in the Situation Room. Ill see you Tomorrow Trump talks of blowing around to smithereens after a briefing, are threats to assassinate him. While Kamala Harris drives home, the differences turn to her economic vision and trumps on the stump and in a brand new interview, were breaking down their dueling messages in key Battleground States. Also tonight, breaking news, Hurricane Helene is now forecast to be a Monster Category four storm. Before it makes a direct hit on Floridas Gulf of Coast Tomorrow Cnn is on the scene as officials are warning residents to get out now, plus, israel strikes more hezbollah targets from the, air after intercepting a missile aimed of Tel Aviv now the idf says preparations for a possible Ground Incursion into lebanon are underway President Biden says, allout war in the region is possible welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im Wolf Blitzer. Youre in the situation tonight, the battleground, S
voters in all of the states i ve been visiting, which is at the end of the day democrats really do want someone who can beat donald trump and the polling continues to show that biden has the broadest path to doing that. all right. garrett, thanks very much. garrett haake in des moines, iowa. with signs of an economic slowdown on the horizon, a new word the trump administration is considering yet another way to boost the economy. on monday the washington post reported that the white house was considering cutting payroll tax to temporarily increase americans take home pay and in turn goose consumer spending. according to the new york post the talks are still in the early stages and included a range of other tax breaks. shortly after the story broke a white house official responded, quote, as larry kudlow said yesterday more tax cuts for the american people are certainly on the table but cutting payroll taxes is not something under consideration at this time. joining us now c
large john harwood and l.a. times white house reporter eli stoke els. john to you first. larry kudlow in the past specifically 2011 was highly critical of the payroll tax, saying it didn t work. whether it is the payroll tax or any other tax cut why should we believe it? the president was out there just before the midterm saying get ready for a middle class tax cut. we never saw it. why do we think we ll actually see one now? we don t. we have a trillion dollar deficit. the administration has very little credibility in terms of its economic prescriptions given where we are now. the administration wanted to do something to stimulate the economy, if you talk to economists they d say the first thing he can do is absolutely nothing. like do nothing to inflame the trade war further. if he wants to do something really aggressive he can roll back his tariffs, which are functionally a tax on americans. that s a way to cut taxes without having to expand the deficit because that s not on