Developments here, One By one, these states came forward throughout the week to say that they got envelopes that were mailed to them that contained some substance that they thought was concerning some places had to be evacuated the fbi so far has said that it seems to be relatively innocuous, but its got people rattled and worried. This is what were talking about when we say over and over that election, workers are facing threats like never before thankfully, no one got hurt and the fbi is looking into it to try to figure out who was responsible but officials from both parties have said that this is just making it harder for them to do their jobs, right . Marshall cohen. Thank you so much. The next hour of Cnn Newsroom starts right now. All right. Hello again, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me on Fredricka Whitfield and were following major new developments in the race for the White House moments ago, former President Donald Trump rejected another debate with Vice President Kamala Harris. This after harris accepted an invitation from cnn to Debate Trump on October 23 in atlanta, this would be their second meeting on a public Debate Stage. Wouldve taken in the final few weeks, the campaign all of this unfolding as trump is campaigning right now in the Battleground State of North Carolina, were trump handpicked republican candidate for governor. And who is also caught up in a major scandal involving a string of lewd and racist comments that he made years ago on a pornographic forum. Cnns Steve Contorno is at that Trump Rally in wilmington, North Carolina, where he announced to everybody that he sees no need and participating in yet another debate with harris were actually lead thats right, fred Donald Trump took the stage in really wasted no time addressing our invitation for him to debate once more. Said that harris wants to debate because shes quote, losing badly. And he said its too late to do another debate saying, Id Love to in many ways, but its too late. The votes are already out there. Now i will point out that Donald Trump, in past campaigns did participate in debates much later than this. He had an October 22 debates in 2020 against Joe Biden, and he had to October Debates against Hillary Clinton back in 2016. Not sure why it was too late. Now, but not too late. Them, but that is the position that he is taking. He doesnt want to go up against harris, once more. He said hes already been made twice east debate a Joe Biden debated Vice President harris. He doesnt see the need to debate her once more, fred all right. Steve contorno, keep us posted there from willing again, North Carolina alright. Also new this hour, ohio. The Ohio N Double Acp leaders are rallying people in springfield to register to vote in response to former President Trumps false claims about haitian immigrants in that city cnns Rafael Romo is trying to be right now rafael and Community Leaders are encouraging and people in springfield just stay positive and to register to vote yeah, thats the push said end Double Acp made today and its been really difficult for folks in springfield and just to give you an idea, fred, of how hard has been there. According to mayor rue, as of friday, the city of springfield has received more than 30 five threats of violence, including Bomb Threats stemming from false statements made by former President Donald Trump during the September 10 debate. Thats why earlier today, state and local and the lacp representatives, who rallied the springfield community, urging continue Resiliency And Offering support and telling them they need to respond by going to the polls. This november in another development, two colleges that closed their campuses will reopen for Inperson Learning on monday. Clark State College closest campuses on and move to virtual learning last week, Wittenberg University canceled inperson classes since monday after receiving to emails last weekend, including one containing a bomb threat. As you can imagine agence fred, there are many people who are deeply concerned, especially in the haitian Immigrant Community as one of its leaders told us this Morning Dns Zaidi in the fear, are still around, especially with a Bomb Threats event. They say that they are not legitimate anyway, be a bump for it people are still concerned for the life meanwhile, is springfield Mayor Rob Rue is trying everything he can to keep the city moving forward on friday, you visit Springfield High School to offer Support And Encouragement to students, teachers, and staff. As he prepares for what could be a visit from former President Donald Trump . In the near future if a president ial candidate was going to come and bring a message of coming together, trying to work through problems. Talk about the real concerns that why were in the middle of this Debate Immigration concerns that immigration reform, that would be great and fred, youve got to check this out. The cat at the center of this crisis is alive and well on friday i cnn producer took these pictures of miss sassy thats her name that was in springfield, The Cats owner, Anna Kilgore, gained national attention earlier this week following a Wall Street Journal story saying kilgore had filed a Police Report in august stating that her path might have been taken by her haitian neighbors. The cat was discovered safe and sound a few days later, doing pretty well as far as we can see, looks like a pretty happy cat. So what about Anna Kilgore . Shes saying anything is she expressing regret, sadness . We were only given the opportunity to take the pictures of The Cat. So far. She hasnt said anything publicly, at least. But as you can imagine, if there was any sort of relationship with the neighbors after everything thats happened and after the firestorm that this created, i dont think theres any going back there all right. Fail romo. Thank you so much. All right. With me now, is a Board Member of the haitian Community Help and Support Center, aaron early wine i aaron, good to see you. Glad you could be with this you know, apologies. It has to be under these circumstances because nobody right. Nobody welcomes what . Is happened. So you just saw from Rafael Romo, my correspondent here to my right, showed us the picture of The Cat at issue, and that it actually belongs to a person with a name. What are your feelings about what should be said . Would it be helpful to hear from the Cat Owner . No. Whos reported this kind of got this all started right. For sure. I think any type of apology would be appropriate. Right. So from that from the Cat Owner or from anybody whos continued to spread the rumors right . Because you know, these these unfounded rumors are a really difficult because really these rumors oftentimes will dehumanize in any kind of immigrant, but especially specifically in this case our haitian immigrants. And its that dehumanization that allows hatred to rise up. It allows that hatred to grow. And so i think any type of an apology would do a great bit of benefit to the community at large. And youre directly involved with the community there in springfield and that feeling of dehumanization. I mean, talk to me about what your neighbors have told you about how this has made them feel life of its own and how its led to the closure of schools. There have been Bomb Threats. All of that, but then talk to me about those members of the haitian community there. How they have felt dehumanized yeah. I think that theres theres growing anxiety when something like this happens. And so i think, you know, when we talk about the dehumanization right. Were really talking about the ability for oftentimes Hate Groups to rise up and for Hate Groups to kind of you know, Step Into, Step Into the narrative. Oftentimes. And so i think thats been one of the most difficult things because our haitian neighbors havent experienced that before. Thats not something that has occurred. So there is some anxiety anytime anytime we go through an upset like this, right . Service system really just explodes. And so that kind of fear brings about anxiety for our ancient neighbors oftentimes, theyre feeling frustrated about the Bomb Threats sometimes feeling is though its because of them that the Bomb Threats are occurring and happening. And so yes, it brings up a lot of anxiety, a lot of stress on our haitian friends, which has really founded, yeah, its really serious. I mean, there really is nothing funny about all of this. But just yesterday republican representative from ohio, warren davidson, was On Cnn and actually made light of these rumors in this way. Some of The Cat memes were hilarious. People got a laugh out of them is not laughing there is it . No, definitely not you know, its it is ive seen that ive had ive had friends, colleagues that have had a cat jokes, you know, we see it on late Night Television and i think for a lot of people its become a rather, its become a joke, but its an insensitive joke ultimately because those people that are at the heart of those jokes just really dont find find those memes, find those jokes or anything like that. Plenty at all. And adding more actually is adding salt to the wound for the haitian community or for all of their advocates, there and beyond springfield to hear that the former President Trump still is expressing a desire to visit springfield. What would that do for sure its i think its its disappointing. I agree. I think were, you know, were adding salt to the wound or were just continuing to allow this story to fester one of the things that i really want to bring this up because i think this is important to note too, is that at the Support Center and i think throughout most of springfield, were seeing people that are just coming out of the woodwork who are in support of our haitian friends, people who are donating their time, donating resources people could drive. I recently talked there was a pastor who stopped by yesterday who had driven from maryland just to express his his love and his gratitude for the haitian people so i really feel like were on a good track were in the process of healing, were growing in this. And it gives a lot of people who are learning on the fly when it comes to these things. And so its really i think it would take us back a little bit if we did get more in terms of that i dont think its going to stop. Right. I think were going to continue to grow. Were going to continue to support, were going to continue to help one another. And i think thats the most important piece all right healing and lessons learned. Thats the optimism from which you speak aaron, early wine, glad you could be with us. Thank you so much yeah. Thank you all right. Ahead this hour on the Cnn Newsroom, israel says it is civilly striking Southern Lebanon after uncovering plans for Hezbollah Rocket attacks. And were live on the ground from Beirut Plus officials in georgia have just approved a controversial new Voting Rule that some say could delay election results. 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I hear in claymont, delaware, as he has had to kick off this Quad Summit, the Quad Alliance between these four countries has really been at the cornerstone of President Bidens efforts in the indopacific the civic and the White House will try to argue that this Quad Alliance is not about any one country, but theres no denying that one of their chief concerns is china beijing, and its aggressive moves and Theyve South China sea are expected to be key features of the discussions between these leaders. Today, it comes at a time when the president is really trying to cement his Foreign Policy legacy. But also trying to ensure that this alliance has staying power beyond his administration as they are hoping that the u. S. Can continue to find ways to counter chinas growing influence in the region. Now, the leaders are set to announce a few deliverables this summit that will include announcing the first ever joint emission between each countrys coast guard, the u. 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Now, the president s throughout this weekend trying to put these personal touches as his aides have long argued, and that he stresses that just like politics is personal Foreign Policy is personnel. He is having this done it here in his Home State of delaware. He welcomed each of the leaders for a personal meeting at his home in wilmington. And in fact, the site that we are at right now where the summit is taking place its where biden went to high school. So this has a lot of personal significance for him, but really he is approaching this summit as another attempt to try to put an imprint on the alliances that he has fostered while he is in office. And really trying to prepare things to hand off to the next this is ministration. Okay. Arlette. And what about for next week . Because it will be a busy one for this administration and for