Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper and you've been listening to Vice President

Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, giving remarks on her economic

plan in Pittsburgh, saying that pragmatism will be her guiding

economic principle while focusing on growing the middle class.

It's obviously a timely subject, the top concern that poll after poll says for the

American people is the economy.

It's the focus today for both Harris and her Republican rival,

former President Donald Trump,

as they both take their economic messages to voters

in two crucial battleground states.

You saw Harris there in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Trump is in the state of North Carolina.

Earlier today, former President Trump held a campaign event in Mint Hill in North Carolina.

It's a swing county outside Charlotte.

There he went after his opponent.

Kamala Harris is a one woman economic wrecking ball.

And this November, the people of North Carolina are going to tell her we've had enough

Trump also took credit for saving North Carolina's furniture industry while he was president. And I stood up to China like never before, including by imposing a 22% tariff on all Chinese

furniture imports saving the North Carolina furniture industry what was left of it

Harris of course taking on Donald Trump's economic record and his policies as well with just 41 days left until the election

Vice President Harris is going to do her first solo network interview of the campaign tonight.

Let's bring in our political panel of experts and talk about what we've just heard from the candidates.

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