Election 2024 live updates: Trump and Harris to rally in the Rust Belt

Trump sued CBS yesterday over an interview of Harris aired on its “60 Minutes” news program in early October that the lawsuit alleged was misleading, according to a court filing.

The complaint, filed in federal court in the Northern District of Texas, alleges the network aired two different responses from Harris responding to a question about the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

The version that aired during the “60 Minutes” program on Oct. 6 did not include what the lawsuit calls a “word salad” response from Harris about the Biden administration’s influence on Israel’s conduct of the war.

“Former President Trump’s repeated claims against 60 Minutes are false,” a CBS News spokesperson said. “The lawsuit Trump has brought today against CBS is completely without merit and we will vigorously defend against it.”

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With nearly 60 million ballots already cast, everyone interested in the presidential election is trying to figure out where the race stands.

Despite so many votes having been cast, it is hard to know what it means. Many more people have yet to vote, and exactly how many there will be or how they will split are unknown. But there is one measure in the early voting data that could be more suggestive about the final results: the number of new voters who have already voted.

An NBC News Decision Desk analysis of state voter data shows that as of Oct. 30, there are signs of an influx of new female Democratic voters in Pennsylvania and new male Republican voters in Arizona, two of the most important swing states.

The early votes of new voters — voters who did not show up in 2020 — are of particular interest because they are votes that could change what happens in 2024 relative to the last presidential election. (Who voted in 2020 and doesn’t show up this time is also important, but it’s impossible to know before Election Day.)

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Harris will zero in on the swing state of Wisconsin today. Her first rally will be in Appleton, and her second rally is in Milwaukee.

The Milwaukee rally will feature musical performances as part of a get-out-the-vote effort.

Walz is set to campaign in three cities in Michigan: Detroit, Flint and Traverse City.

Trump will hit the campaign trail in the Midwest today, heading first to Warren, Michigan, for a rally.

Later, Trump will travel to Milwaukee for another rally.

Vance is set to hold campaign events in Michigan and North Carolina today.