Election 2024: Trump campaigns in Georgia; Harris weighs trip to southern border

Top U.S. intelligence officials briefed Trump today about threats from Iran to assassinate him, a Trump campaign spokesperson said.

“President Trump was briefed earlier today by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence regarding real and specific threats from Iran to assassinate him in an effort to destabilize and sow chaos in the United States,” spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement.

“Intelligence officials have identified that these continued and coordinated attacks have heightened in the past few months, and law enforcement officials across all agencies are working to ensure President Trump is protected and the election is free from interference.”

A spokesperson for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Tuesday evening acknowledged there was a briefing but declined to address any specifics.

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Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson will be acting governor of North Carolina tomorrow for the first time since a bombshell report alleged he posted antisemitic and racist comments on a porn website years ago.

Robinson, who is the GOP nominee in the governor's race, will temporarily assume the duties of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper while Cooper is in New York for an event about climate change.

Four of Robinson’s staffers have stepped down from his campaign in the wake of the allegations in the CNN report. He also faces backlash and scrutiny from top Republicans. Vance called the alleged comments "pretty gross" while saying it's up to Robinson to make his case for governor to the people of North Carolina.

The Senate unanimously passed legislation today to boost Secret Service protection for presidential candidates, sending the bill to the White House for Biden‘s signature.

The strong show of bipartisan support came days after the House passed the measure, known as the Enhanced Presidential Security Act, without any opposition in a 405-0 vote.

The bill would give Trump and Harris the same level of protection provided to Biden. At only three pages long, the bill would give broad discretion to the Secret Service about how to reach that level.

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Federal prosecutors have charged the man who was spotted with a gun outside one of Trump's golf courses with attempted assassination of a presidential candidate.

The indictment, unsealed today, alleges that Ryan Wesley Routh “did intentionally attempt to kill Former President of the United States Donald J. Trump, a major Presidential candidate,” when he was camped out near where Trump was golfing in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sept. 15. The charges carry a maximum penalty of life in prison if he is convicted.

It also added two other charges: possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence and assaulting a federal officer.

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An anti-abortion group says it's launching a $500,000 TV and digital ad in Georgia accusing Harris and other Democrats of "spreading misinformation" about the state's abortion law.

The ad focuses on Candi Miller and Amber Thurman — two women who died after they experienced complications from having taken abortion pills. Miller, who had numerous health issues, had been scared to see a doctor because of the law, and Thurman was hospitalized for 20 hours before doctors decided they could legally operate on her. ProPublica reported that a state board found both deaths were preventable.

The ad by Women Speak Out PAC, a partner of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, agreed that the deaths should not have happened but said they were caused by misinformation, not state law. “No Georgia law blocks lifesaving care for women or treating complications after abortion," the ad says. "Candi and Amber should be alive. The left's scare tactics are deadly."

Political organizations supporting Harris and Trump are touting both campaigns’ messages of “freedom” as they woo Latinas, a key voting bloc.

Hispanic women are the female racial or ethnic group that grew the most in the 12 years from 2010 to 2022, according to the Pew Research Center, growing by 5.6 million and numbering about 22.2 million as of May. They make up about 17% of the nation’s adult female population. 

They also turn out to vote in larger numbers than Latino men.

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Propagandists in China, Iran and Russia are using artificial intelligence to create content designed to deceive Americans ahead of the November presidential election, federal intelligence officials said yesterday.

In a conference call about foreign election interference efforts organized by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, or ODNI, officials said the U.S. intelligence community, or IC, has concluded that AI has made it easier to create disinformation but has not fundamentally changed how those actors operate.

“The IC considers AI a malign influence accelerant, not yet a revolutionary influence tool. In other words, information operations are the threat, and AI is an enabler,” an ODNI official said. The official asked not to be named as a condition for participating in the call. “Thus far, the IC has not seen it revolutionize such operations,” the official said.

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NBC News correspondents Vaughn Hillyard and Aaron Gilchrist join "Meet the Press NOW" to report on the latest from the campaign trail as Trump and Harris try to reach voters in battleground Georgia.

The judge presiding over the federal election interference case against Trump is allowing prosecutors from special counsel Jack Smith's office to file a document Trump's lawyers charge is a "false hit piece."

Prosecutors had asked for permission to file a 180-page brief about the presidential immunity issues that still remain in the criminal case after the Supreme Court's July 1 ruling on the issue. They contended that the oversized filing is necessary to fully address the numerous issues and that it would streamline the arguments instead of dealing with them piecemeal.

Trump's attorneys urged U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan to reject the proposal in a filing yesterday, calling it a "monstrosity" that prosecutors would use to “improperly air their biased list of grievances.”

The Republican-led House Foreign Affairs Committee voted 26-25 this afternoon to send a report recommending that the House find Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena to testify about the Afghanistan withdrawal.

The measure now heads to the House floor for a vote by the full chamber, where Republicans hold the majority.

More than two dozen voting rights groups are calling on Luzerne County — a key county in battleground Pennsylvania — to reinstate its ballot drop boxes after officials announced last week that they would not use them this fall.

In a letter to Luzerne County Manager Romilda Crocamo — who cited security concerns and potential “illegal activities” as the reason for the move — the coalition of groups, called PA Voters Decide, noted the decision came just weeks before voters starting casting ballots in the state.

“This decision bypasses the Luzerne County Board of Elections, raises serious concerns about the overreach of unelected county administrators, and fully disregards the critical importance of voter access,” the letter stated. “We are writing today to collectively demand that drop boxes be reinstated in Luzerne County.”

Trump signaled reluctance about providing further U.S. financial assistance to Ukraine, just hours after Biden defended U.S. backing of its ally in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly.

“Every time [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelenskyy comes to the United States, he walks away with $100 billion,” Trump said from a campaign stage in the battleground state of Georgia. “I think he’s the greatest salesman on Earth. But we’re stuck in that war unless I’m president. I’ll get it done. I’ll get it negotiated.”

Trump further questioned whether Russia’s military is worth trying to fend off.

“Biden says, ‘We will not leave until we win.’ What happens if they win?” Trump asked the crowd. “That’s what they do is they fight wars. As somebody told me the other day, [Russia] beat Hitler. They beat Napoleon. That’s what they do. They fight.”

Biden will travel to Germany and Angola for a five-day trip beginning Oct. 10, fulfilling a promise he made in 2022 to visit Africa. Biden will be in Luanda, Angola, Oct. 13-15, the White House said in a statement today.

He will hold a bilateral meeting in Angola with President João Lourenço, according to a White House official who said Biden will be focused on enhancing the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment, which is aimed at addressing a need for financing high-quality infrastructure in low- and middle-income countries and includes U.S. investments in the Lobito Corridor initiative, a rail project that is helping move products and natural resources to and from ports faster.

The White House official called Biden’s trip “a testament to our belief in this partnership that we’re willing to go the distance with them.”

Sen. Joe Manchin, I-W.Va., said he is “not endorsing” Harris for president after she expressed support for ending the Senate filibuster to pass legislation to codify abortion rights.

“I've been very, very, very clear on how strongly I believe that when you go down that slippery path, you don’t just do it for one issue,” Manchin told NBC News.

In an interview with Wisconsin Public Radio that aired earlier today, Harris said, “We should eliminate the filibuster for Roe,” and she referred to potential changes in the filibuster rules that would lower the threshold to begin and end debate on most legislation from 60 votes to 51.

The groups advocating for the passage of constitutional amendments that would enshrine abortion access launched new ads today in four states: Florida, Missouri, Montana and Nevada.

In Florida, Floridians Protecting Freedom/Yes on 4 released a new Spanish-language TV ad featuring a prominent gynecologist who urges Florida voters to pass the proposed amendment.

In Missouri, Missourians for Constitutional Freedom released a digital ad spotlighting a family talking about their own experiences with pregnancy complications.

Asked today about Trump’s calling for a series of tariffs if he’s elected president, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., criticized the approach.

“I’m not a fan of tariffs. They raise prices for American consumers. I’m more of a free-trade kind of Republican that remembers how many jobs are created by the exports that we engage in. So I’m not a tariff fan,” McConnell told reporters.

Speaking at an event in Savannah that was billed as an economic address, Trump touted his sprawling economic plans before launching into attacks on his Democratic opponent, immigrants and ABC News.

The event started with Trump promoting his plan to lower the corporate tax rate to 15%, while pledging to "take other countries' jobs" thanks to low taxation, low energy costs and low regulation. Companies that don't make their goods in the U.S., however, would face higher taxes and tariffs, Trump said.

Speaking of the Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, whom he has falsely accused of eating cats and dogs, Trump said, "You have to move the people back to the country from which they came." 

TEMPE, Ariz. — Police here are investigating what appears to be gunfire damage overnight at a Democratic Party-coordinated campaign office for Vice President Kamala Harris.

The incident occurred just a few days before Harris was scheduled to visit Arizona as she campaigns for president.

“We can confirm that on 9/23/24, what appears to be damage from gunfire at … a DNC Campaign Office, was discovered,” the Tempe Police Department said in a statement to NBC News on Tuesday.

The office is shared by staff for the Arizona Democratic Party, the Harris campaign, and Senate and House campaigns, to boost turnout for the party in November. 

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Our latest NBC News poll found Trump is ahead among men (52%-40%), while Harris is ahead among women (58%-37%). 

NBC News asked Arizona voters about the gender gap in politics.

“It’s scary when you start losing grip on things that you predominantly had a grip on before,” said Ian Galvez-Daley, 28, on why men and women are voting differently. 

Trump has made headlines over the past week with yet another surprise economic policy announcement. After promising free in vitro fertilization treatments for women, no federal income tax on tips, tax-free overtime pay and no income tax on Social Security benefits, Trump now says that if he is elected president in November, he will cap credit card interest rates at around 10%.

“While working Americans catch up, we’re going to put a temporary cap on credit-card interest rates,” the Republican presidential nominee said at a rally in New York on Sept. 18. “We can’t let them make 25% and 30%.”

Trump’s promise falls in the home stretch of an extremely close presidential race between him and the surprise Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris. It’s also a moment in which credit card debt is heavily burdening many U.S. households.

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Nebraska GOP Gov. Jim Pillen announced today that he will not call a special legislative session to change how the state allocates its electoral votes, dashing Republican hopes that the switch could happen before November. 

Trump and his allies have been pushing state lawmakers to switch to a winner-take-all system, in which the presidential candidate who carries the state receives all five of its electoral votes. Currently, three of the state’s votes are awarded to the candidate who wins each of its three congressional districts. 

Pillen said in a statement that Republicans still do not have the 33 votes needed to overcome a filibuster in the unicameral Legislature, noting that he and his team “have worked relentlessly” to find the votes. 

“Unfortunately, we could not persuade 33 state senators,” Pillen said, noting that GOP state Sen. Mike McDonnell, a former Democrat, confirmed Monday that he would not support the move so close to Election Day. 

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House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., dodged when asked to endorse a routine election certification process this fall as he seeks to stay close to Trump, who frequently and baselessly complains of election fraud.

"Do you commit to observing regular order in the certification process of the 2024 election, even if Kamala Harris beats Donald Trump?" a reporter asked Johnson this morning.

"Well, of course, if we have a free, fair and safe election, we’re going to follow the Constitution," Johnson replied.

Ryan Routh, the suspect in the apparent assassination attempt on Trump outside his West Palm Beach, Florida, golf course, has been ordered held without bail pending his trial, according to a judge’s order. 

Federal Magistrate Judge Ryon McCabe said in the order that federal prosecutors have “proffered evidence concerning the offense of attempted assassination and assault on a major Presidential candidate,” and that he was holding him for multiple reasons.

“The Court bases this conclusion on numerous factors, including the nature of the current charges, the nature of additional charges that might be added, the weight of the evidence, the Defendant’s prior criminal history involving a conviction for possession of a weapon of mass destruction, and the Defendant’s recent travel to foreign countries,” McCabe wrote.

Routh has been charged with illegal possession of a firearm as a felon and possessing a semiautomatic rifle with an obliterated serial number.

A Harris advisory committee composed of Arizona Republicans announced that 90 more members have joined the panel since it formed last month, bringing the total members to 120, the campaign said in a release.

The committee has hosted organizing meetings, watch parties and gatherings with national surrogates, including Kerry Kennedy and former Rep. Joe Walsh, I-Ill., the campaign said. Former Trump administration official Olivia Troye, who has endorsed Harris and spoke at the Democratic National Convention last month, also joined the committee in a get-out-the-vote reception this month.

“The number of Arizona Republicans backing Vice President Harris is rapidly growing. It shows that we are not alone, and Republicans across our state want to stand up for our freedom and the values our country was founded upon,” said Mesa Mayor John Giles, who chairs the committee and also spoke at the Democratic convention. “Vice President Harris represents a stark contrast to the chaos and division we’ve seen from Trump and his allies in recent years, and more Arizonans are recognizing that every day.”

Harris expressed support for ending the Senate filibuster to pass legislation to codify abortion rights in an interview with Wisconsin Public Radio.

“I think we should eliminate the filibuster for Roe and get us to the point where 51 votes would be what we need to actually put back in law the protections for reproductive freedom, and for the ability of every person and every woman to make decisions about their own body, and not have their government tell them what to do,” she said.

If Harris is elected president and Democrats maintain control of the Senate, the party could try to reform the filibuster in the next Congress. Filibuster rules require a 60-vote supermajority to begin and end debate on most legislation.

House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters today that "he's not defying" Trump with his plan to hold a vote this week to continue to fund the government with legislation that does not include a controversial measure demanded by the former president.

"He and I have been on exactly the same page. I saw a headline, 'I’m defying Trump.' I’m not, I’m not defying President Trump," Johnson said. "He understands fully, President Trump understands the current dilemma in the situation that we’re in, and so there’s no daylight between us. And I keep him apprised all the time of everything that’s happening, because he is our nominee for president, and he’s going to be the next president."

Johnson said Sunday that the House would vote this week on a three-month stopgap funding bill to keep the federal government open through Dec. 20 that does not include any part of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, legislation to require proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections. Johnson had tried to link the act to a six-month continuing resolution, but the House rejected that plan in a vote last week. 

Trump had previously urged Republicans in Congress to let the government shut down if the legislation wasn't included with the funding bill, but some Republicans are wary of the impact of shutting down the government so close to the election. Democrats have opposed the SAVE Act and noted that it is already illegal for noncitizens to vote.

In his last speech as president before the United Nations General Assembly, Biden called on nations today to band together amid the spiraling conflict in the Middle East, Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine and growing global concerns about China’s influence.

“I truly believe we’re at another inflection point in world history. The choices we make today will determine our future,” Biden said.

The U.S. president said that Russian President Vladimir Putin, for example, has “failed” at his goal to destroy Ukraine and destroy NATO. “But Ukraine is free,” Biden said. “NATO is bigger, stronger more united than ever before, with two new members: Finland and Sweden.”

He said the world cannot let up in its protection of Ukraine against Russian aggression.

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announced a lawsuit seeking unspecified damages from the owners and managers of the cargo ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore earlier this year.

The ship, the Dali, was not fit to sail the morning of the bridge collapse, and its electrical systems had failed twice the day before the collision, Brown said at a news conference alongside Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Maryland Secretary of Transportation Paul Wiedefeld.

Brown said that the owners, Grace Ocean Private Limited, and managers, Synergy Marine Pte Ltd., failed to inform the U.S. Coast Guard or the pilots who boarded the vessel of the ship’s problems.

“Because of the stunning mismanagement, disinterest or incompetence of the owner and operator of the Dali, those backup systems failed,” Brown said. “Simply put, Grace Ocean Limited and Synergy Marine failed, and their failure resulted in one of the most catastrophic and preventable maritime disasters in Maryland history.”

A September NBC News poll shows half of all voters plan to cast their ballots early in the 2024 election, with many early voters leaning towards Harris. NBC News’ Mark Murray explains why Republicans tend to be Election Day voters.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a letter to Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, that he was “profoundly disappointed” that House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman sought to subpoena him and threaten him with contempt over his failure to appear before the committee at a hearing on Afghanistan that was scheduled on the same date as the opening to the long-planned United Nations General Assembly meeting. 

“As I have made clear, I am willing to testify and have offered several reasonable alternatives to the dates unilaterally demanded by the Committee during which I am carrying out the President’s important foreign policy objectives,” Blinken wrote in the letter, obtained by NBC News. “I urge you to withdraw your subpoena, reconsider your planned contempt proceedings, and begin good faith engagement with the Department to find an appropriate accommodation.”

In addition to detailing conversations between the chairman and Blinken on finding another time for him to testify, the letter also said Blinken has testified publicly before Congress 14 times on the withdrawal from Afghanistan, including four times before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, including as recently as May 22.

 

Our new NBC News national poll showed Trump with a 21-point lead over Harris on the issue of securing the border and controlling immigration.

NBC News asked four Arizona voters which candidate they considered stronger on the issue. Two said Trump, one said Harris, and one said neither. 

Sage Allen, 30, was a Clinton voter in 2016 and a Biden voter in 2020 but is leaning Trump in 2024. She said she thinks Trump is “way stronger on border issues.” 

“There was this knowledge that, you know, just don’t even bother going to the border. You’re not going to get in,” said Allen of the message Trump’s presidency sent to migrants. “When Biden and Harris were in office, it seemed like it was the exact opposite kind of knowledge, which was, everyone go to the border, you’re going to get in,” Allen added. 

New York Democratic Rep. Pat Ryan is focusing his pitch to voters on abortion access in a new ad as he fights to keep his seat— a must-win for Democrats as they hope to retake control of the House.

The 30-second ad, provided first by NBC News, features a constituent who discusses her decision to have an abortion in college.

“I was single, in college, I had big plans,” a woman named Debra from Rhinebeck, N.Y., says while facing herself in a mirror that shows photos of her children. “But I didn’t plan on pregnancy. I had an abortion then, so I could have the family I have today.”

The six-figure ad buy in New York’s 18th District seeks to put GOP challenger and former New York City police officer Alison Esposito on defense on the issue. It marks the first time Ryan is up on the airwaves with a “negative” ad this cycle.

The ad directly addresses Esposito, saying: “Miss Esposito, if you want to see the lives you’d risk, just look in the mirror.”

Biden will take center-stage at the United Nations, addressing world leaders in one of the final and most consequential speeches of his presidency. He is expected to address a series of global challenges from the climate crisis to conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine. NBC’s Peter Alexander reports for TODAY.

The House Foreign Affairs Committee will vote this morning on a resolution recommending that the House of Representatives find Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress for not complying with a subpoena to testify on the Afghanistan withdrawal.

The resolution will advance to the House floor for a vote if approved by the committee.

The latest NBC News poll found Harris’ favorability increased by 16 points since July. NBC News asked a few Arizonans if their perception of Harris has changed since she entered the race. 

Two voters, one supporting Harris and the other leaning toward Trump, said Harris’ debate performance impressed them. 

“She did definitely improve, in my eyes, after the last debate,” Sage Allen said, adding that she's likely to vote for Trump. On her impressions of Harris at the debate, Allen said, “She’s very educated. She’s smart. I do like there’s policy positions ... so it was nice to also finally get a firm answer from her on some things."

Ian Galvez-Daley said he was undecided before the debate, but Harris’ performance made his decision for him.

While Trump singled out Charleroi, Pa., for its influx of legal Haitian immigrants, many in the town expressed support for the new arrivals, while others said the town’s resources are being strained. NBC News’ Yamiche Alcindor reports.

NBC News asked four Arizonans why they were voting for Trump or Harris.

Ian Galvez-Daley, 28, said this election is the first time he has experienced hope since being able to participate in the democratic process.

“There seems to be a actual push for the people, as opposed to just, you know, the regular rich people stuff,” the Phoenix native said, adding he was supporting Harris.

Sage Allen, who voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Biden in 2020, is leaning toward voting for Trump this cycle.

“I took issue with the way the Democrats handled Joe Biden and his what appeared to be infirmary,” said Allen, referring to what she perceives as Biden’s cognitive decline. 

Harris is considering a visit to the southern border when she travels to Arizona on Friday, two people familiar with her schedule told NBC News.

Harris’ possible trip to the border has not been finalized, and the logistics are still being worked out, they cautioned.

Harris plans to address immigration and the border this week in her campaign messaging, a third person familiar with her schedule said.

The Harris campaign declined to comment on the potential border visit.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Capitol for a bipartisan meeting with senators on Thursday, Schumer’s office told NBC News.

The meeting comes as Zelenskyy is set to attend sessions of the U.N. Security Council and General Assembly this week. Zelenskyy also plans to meet Biden and Harris in separate meetings at the White House on Thursday.

The House Rules Committee did not vote last night on a resolution that would fund the government for three months, meaning the measure will come to the floor under suspension of the rules rather than through regular order. 

Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., told reporters last night that leadership might use the procedure, which will require a two-thirds supermajority to approve the measure. The resolution faced opposition in the Rules Committee from several conservatives, including Reps. Thomas Massie, of Kentucky, Rep. Ralph Norman, of South Carolina, and Rep. Chip Roy, of Texas. It was unclear if the rule for consideration of the measure was going to be linked to other Republican bills, which meant Democrats might not have voted for it. 

The resolution will now need significant Democratic support for approval. The text cannot be amended. The floor vote is expected tomorrow, according to Scalise.

A pair of ads from the Harris campaign features Pennsylvania farmers who voted for Trump in the past two presidential elections but now support Harris. The ads are part of the campaign’s outreach to rural and Republican voters.

In an ad titled “Not Again,” Pennsylvanians Bob and Kristina Lange, whose family farm has been in operation since 1896, said they believe Harris will unify Americans, but Trump divides people.

“I voted for him twice. I won’t vote for him again. January 6 was a wake up call for me,” Bob Lange says, referring to Trump and the Jan. 6, 2021, attack of the Capitol by his supporters.

“He didn’t do anything to help us,” he adds. “Kamala Harris, she cares about the American people. I think she’s got the wherewithal to make a difference. I’ve never voted for a Democrat.” 

Half of registered voters plan to vote early this fall, new figures from the September NBC News poll show, with Democrats continuing to run up the score among early voters and Republicans getting stronger backing from those who plan to vote in person on Election Day.

Fifty-one percent of voters say they’ll vote early, either by mail or in person, with Vice President Kamala Harris leading former President Donald Trump 61%-35% (a 26-point margin) among those voters.

By comparison, Trump leads by 20 points, 57%-37%, with the group of voters who plan to vote on Election Day, which accounts for 45% of the electorate in the poll. It’s a smaller lead among a slightly smaller share of the electorate than Harris has over those early voters.

Federal prosecutors revealed new details of the alleged plot to kill Trump in Florida. According to a new filing, the suspect, Ryan Routh arrived in Florida weeks before his arrest, and gave someone a letter about “an assassination attempt.” A federal judge in ordered Routh to be held in jail until his trial starts. NBC News’ Jesse Kirsch reports.

Trump is holding a campaign event in Savannah, Georgia, at 1 p.m., as both he and Harris battle for the key swing state. Harris visited Georgia last week.

Biden and Harris flipped the state in the 2020 presidential election.

President Joe Biden will address the United Nations General Assembly for the final time as commander in chief Tuesday morning amid the spiraling conflict in the Middle East, Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine and growing global concerns about China’s influence.

His speech comes against the backdrop of the presidential race on its final leg before Election Day, knowing that his successor — Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump — will face the same issues in the White House and may deal with them very differently.

They are also Biden’s first remarks before the General Assembly since Hamas’ attack on Israel in October and the conflict that has ensued in Gaza, killing thousands of civilians. He’ll speak to the leaders of other nations as hope for a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas has dimmed.

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