Thanks for joining me. Im Jim Acosta in for fredricka whitfield. We are heading into the Home Stretch in the race to the White House the president ial election is now just about one month away, and both campaigns are pushing hard for those still undecided voters and critical that Battleground States. And with voting states, polls of course, showed this race is still very much Neck And Neck, both Vice President Kamala Harris, former President Donald Trump, are campaigning as some big News Stories are reshaping the race as we speak in the War And Lebanon to the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Helene and a surprising jobs report, but its still unclear how all of this will affect the rest of this Race Today though, the former president is returning to the scene of his first Assassination Attempt in battleground, pennsylvania, trump is set to hold a rally later today. In butler and the western part of that state, he narrowly survived an attempt on his life on July 13 at that location when a gunman opened fire and a bullet grazed his ear, one attendee at that rally died, two others were injured. And Cnns Alayna Treene joins us now from butler, pennsylvania. Alayna, i know youre there as well. And so of course, im sure youre looking around and trying to figure out whether or not the Security Precautions or any different this time around, what can you tell us . Well jim, i today we are back in butler, you know, just a couple of months after that first Assassination Attempt in july, i can tell you there is a massive crowd here today. The crowd in Butler Today compared to when we were here in july, is much bigger than it was back then. Now, they have really amped up security day, even just being on the ground and in comparing it with my own eyes, i can tell the area over my right shoulder also over where Donald Trumps right shoulder will be when he takes the stage. That is the direction from where the bullets had initially actually came from during that first Assassination Attempt by the ajr buildings. Thats over there. They have big trucks now lining up to block your view from that they have fallen far more Law Enforcement on the ground, both Secret Service and local Law Enforcement. You can see that with your own eyes, but were also told that was the plan for today. They have many more barriers, so theyve really amped up now i can tell you, we were told that Secret Service has created one unit for both their operations and local Law Enforcement that did not happened back in july. So thats a new change that they added to make sure that today was more secure. They also have done more with their Drone Enhancement to have the drones flying around, something that should have picked up on Thomas Crooks being on top of the roof back then, but did not. So that is also in place today, something that is also different. But look, i talked to many he people on the ground. Jim, who told me some of whom were here back in july, some of whom are coming here for the first time had never been to a trump rally. They actually told me they were in that concerned about their safety today, despite what had happened just a couple of months ago, they said they believed security would definitely be more enhanced and then also they felt that if Donald Trump is going to come back after getting shot, that they feel like they should be able to do so to i want you to take a listen to what some of them told me ive ever she mr. Trump . Mr. Vance, mr. Musk, happy to be here. Im glad youre here is going to be a lot more Security Today i think this would be the last place they want to try again. So and im from New York and i figured thats going to be only rally i would make it two and was probably going to be one of the biggest ones. So here this is my last chance. Everything is way too expensive. Shes not going to do anything about it. I believe he has another thing we will be expecting today is theyre going to be a lot of high profile people appearing with Donald Trump. We know that elon musk, of course the Tesla And Twitter are now X Ceo will be here. Hell be arriving with trump. I am told weve never seen him at a rally before, so Id Watch for that. Were also going to see his running mate, jd vance, some of his family, including Eric Trump and laura trump. The family of corey comperatore, the man who was killed back on July 13 during that first Assassination Attempt, his family will be here today. I know Donald Trump is going to dedicate much of his remarks to the family and to korea, as well as the other victims who were injured by the shooter. And those bullets. Look, when i talked to trump his campaign, they say that they are really trying to make this a different rally. They, they want they want Donald Trump to make it feel somewhat of a remembrance for the victims, for the people who were here who felt that their community was really up ended by what had happened in july. But i also expect youre going to hear a lot of the typical political lines that he likes to share. Are these events as well. Jim all right. Alayna treene. Thanks very much. In the next couple of hours, Vice President Kamala Harris will head to North Carolina to survey the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in the remnants of that storm in that state, she is scheduled to arrive in charlotte this afternoon where she will get an ontheground briefing on the States Recovery efforts thats the western part of North Carolina, of course, suffered catastrophic damage when helene swept through the region last weekend, cnn, Sunlen Serfaty joins us now sunlen, this is a big visit for the Vice President. What can you tell us . Yeah, certainly is jim, the Vice President , certainly eager to show competency, eager to show leadership in this moment as a South East continues to reel and dig out from those devastating sitting in storms last week. Now the Vice President , as you said, will visit charlotte, North Carolina. Todays she will be on the ground seeing firsthand the damage speaking from with directly with people whose lives have really been up ended by this storm shall take note of the Recovery Efforts and she will be planning to speak on the federal Recovery Efforts. What the administration is doing to help them recover from this storm. Now, the Vice President is notably making this trip in her capacity as the Vice President. But it certainly comes at a critical time on the Campaign Trail. Now, just 30 just over 30 days to the election and notably, she is traveling to to Battleground States earlier, i traveled to georgia to talk about the Recovery Efforts today. Of course, in all important North Carolina. So that tinge of politics certainly part of that the visit today, even though she is in their official capacity and it comes as weve seen, her opponent, former President Donald Trump out there in georgia talking about the recovery and injected dean politics, pointing a finger out the administration saying without evidence that they are withholding aid to some so certainly part of her visit today, jim will be a visual Representation Patient of what the administration is doing, what she is doing as Vice President , trying to get aid to these people who still need it. And also certainly showing that she has leadership in this now moment of natural disaster. Jim all right. Sunlen serfaty at the White House. Thanks so much. Lets talk more about whats happening out on the Campaign Trail is very busy weekend one month out from the election, joining me now cnn political analyst, julian zelizer. Julian great to see you as always. What do you make of that back to butler, Pennsylvania Today . Well, this was an iconic moment for him. It was obviously a terrifying moment, but it turned into a defining moment going into the republican convention. I think he wants to return to the scene and show that he is still the figure of strength that, photograph conveyed to many of his supporters, but now hes doing it in a very different race, different opponent and a tight race thats 50, 50, but its all about pennsylvania. This is in pennsylvania and hes bringing all of this together if he can and you have the Vice President down in North Carolina getting an update on Hurricane Relief efforts, Storm Relief efforts in that part of the country. I mean, obviously, North Carolina is a critical battleground state. And so i think every move that she makes there is going to be pretty closely scrutinized. Just to see how she handles things. I mean, thats important for the state itself, but also, yes. I mean natural disasters historically can be important in elections in 1992, President George Hw bush suffered some think because of his response to Hurricane Andrew theres a long history of this, so i think its about the state, but its also about showing leadership, showing what the administration is doing. And obviously combating the false information that the former president is putting out there about what the administration is not willing to do yes. I mean, since you brought that up, i mean, join you have studied so many president ial campaigns. I mean, what do you make of it just seems like a Tidal Wave of disinformation that were seeing out on the Campaign Trail. Much of it obviously the coming from the former president , the way he has been describing Storm Relief efforts. I mean it is it is becoming very difficult for the voters out there to sort fact from fiction because it is just like a fire hose, right now. I think thats right. And the former president has a huge platform, Social Media. Some stations where he can promote this and i dont think its obviously not going away in the next few weeks. So essentially the democrats have to figure a way to campaign around that. And to understand that a lot have those arguments. A lot of those assertions are going to sink in with parts of the electorate, even if you have 1 Million fact checkers responding to what the actual truth is yeah youve got. To go out there and find those trusted sources of information, not just go off of stuff that youre seeing on Social Media when its this close to an election and julian, i wanted to ask you about this moment that we saw yesterday of Vietnam War Veteran presenting a Purple Heart to the former president. Lets Show Moment of that exchange i couldnt think anybody more deserving of a Purple Heart. Thank you very much. Youre took it. You laid down there. You got back in first words out of your mouth was fight, fight, Fight Joe Only of course, trumps critics pounced on this immediately, noting he did not serve in vietnam, claiming he had what did you make of that moment . Look ordinarily and many campaigns that could be a defining moment. It can be very powerful to see a person do that to a candidate and given award to the candidate, essentially that they earned. But you can bet that the former president will say many things about veterans as weve seen in the past that will undercut the power of a moment like that. And thats, thats the story of his campaign. Just wait a few hours and he will say things that move his own good moments away from the new cycle yeah. And i did want to ask you, i mean, we saw something very interesting yesterday and the White House Briefing Room, president biden made a Surprise Visit into the White House Briefing Room. Lets listen to a bit of what he had to say about the upcoming elections because asked if the election was going to be free and fair. I thought this was very interesting. Lets listen to this im confident itll be free and fair i dont know whether it will be peaceful the things that trump has said and the things that he said last time out. What he didnt like the outcome of the election, were very dangerous have you noticed i noticed and Vice President s or republican candidate did not say hed accept the outcome of the election i have even accepted outcome last election. So i am concerned about what theyre going to do and julian coronary about this. I mean, a couple of things. One is i mean, i was at the White House covering the White House four years ago when Donald Trump was asked whether or not he would go along with a peaceful transfer of power and he essentially said, and this was before the election that he said, it depends on how things go during election. And then we saw how all of that played out and to see his successor Joe Biden in the Briefing Room almost getting the same kind of question and saying, hey, we just dont know whats going to happen because of Donald Trump its unsettling to have the president feeling the need to say that and saying it based on something very real that happened in the 2020 election, january 6, and everything that surrounded it the kinds of it have information in the recent unsealed report from jack smith. This is very real and i democrats have focused on a campaign of vibes and hope which might be most effective. But this underlying fear will the Election Results be challenged . And what we have another repeat of 2020 . I think is very, very real were seen it in many ways the president is sending a Warning Sign and a Warning Signal to the country lets keep our eye on that democracy. And make sure this doesnt unravel. But look in the the Vice President ial debate the republican Nominee Wouldnt be clear about who won the 2020 election. Election. Denialism is still there and thats connected to unsettling our democratic processes. All right, joining. I know youll be studying all of this as all of it all unfolds over the next several weeks, julian zelizer, thanks so much great to see as always much appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Still ahead. Israel launching new strikes across lebanon are cameras capturing rising smoke in beiruts Southern Suburbs earlier today as israel killed a commander of hamas, one of hezbollahs allies, in a rare airstrike in northern well lebanon. We are live in the region max, stay with us you, look at the news of the week and ask questions like, what does a Comedy Show doing on cnn thats too much one donald, now can you slice that nine on cnn i was stuck unresolved depression symptoms were in my way. 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