Good evening. I'm on the Navas and I'm Jeff Bennett on the news hour tonight.

North Carolina enters the political spotlight as former President Trump and Vice President Harris both

choose the swing state for speeches outlining their economic visions.

Judy Woodruff Talks Economics with J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Diamond, how it's contributed to political

polarization and what can be done to bring Americans back together.

The equal opportunity wasn't there, income isn't there. Hope isn't there.

Health wasn't there. You know, all of us look at that and say, what should we do to lift up society?

And Ukrainian forces push farther into Russia despite Vladimir Putin's efforts to counter the now week-long incursion. Welcome to the news hour. The top issue for many voters, the economy, took center

stage today as former President Donald Trump returned to campaign in a

battleground state. His North Carolina rally followed a scattershot news conference at his Marilago estate and a meandering conversation with Elon Musk on X in just the last week.

Laura Barone Lopez has our look tonight at the latest.

Donald Trump back on the campaign trail, trying to get back on message.

The former president rallied in a battleground state for the first time in a week and a half.

Comler Harris won't end the economic crisis. She will only make it worse.

In Asheville, North Carolina this afternoon he talked about the

economy, one of the top issues for voters and he slammed his opponent Vice

President Kamala Harris for her economic record. If Harris wins this election,

the result will be a Kamala economic crash,

a 1929 style depression.

1929, when I win the election, we will immediately begin a brand new Trump

economic boom. It'll be a boom. We're going to turn this country around so fast.

Notable after the economy today got We're going to turn this country around so fast.

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