Welcome to the news hour. It was her first major policy speech since becoming the

Democratic presidential candidate last month. This afternoon Vice President

Kamala Harris laid out her vision for combating one of the biggest issues for

voters in this year's election and one that has dogged the Biden Harris

administration. Rising prices.

Today Vice President Harris on the trail in North Carolina as her campaign

unveils its economic agenda. Costs are still too high and on a deeper level

for too many people no matter how much they work, it feels so hard to just be able to get ahead.

The focus, they say, lowering costs for everyday Americans.

New data this week shows inflation cooling year over year,

but a recent swing state voter survey

shows on economic issues.

They say it's the most important subject. Harris's

Republican opponent, former President Donald Trump, still has an edge.

48% of respondents said they trust Trump more to get inflation and the cost of living under control

compared to 42% for Harris.

Trump's lead is however shrinking compared to how he fared against President

Biden on the same issue.

Meanwhile at a Trump campaign event in New Jersey last night,

We wouldn't have inflation, we wouldn't have had the Israeli attack.

The former president veered off script once again from planned remarks on combating anti-Semitism

to a controversial comment about Republican mega donor Miriam Adelson.

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