Can a bus tour help deliver one of the most crucial battlegrounds in this election?

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Vice President Kamla Harris and Tim Walz are on the road again traveling through what will surely be one of the most important states in November, the state of Georgia.

And as they're courting voters, Harris and Walz are also preparing for their first joint interview, which you will see tomorrow only here on

CNN. Plus with Harris at the top of the ticket Democrats seem more confident

that they can actually win control the House of Representatives. Republicans

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Welcome to the lead, I'm Phil Matting, the inn for Jake Tapper, it's road trip time for the

Vice President Kamla Harris and a running mate Tim Walls.

They just landed in the hostess the city of Savannah, Georgia where they'll kick off a bus tour from rural and

southern parts of the battleground state. Touring this area is a lesson learned from President

Joe Biden's very narrow 2020 victory in Georgia.

Metro Atlanta's bluest counties may not be enough to pull off a win in the

peach state.

They're going to need some more throughout the state.

And tomorrow during this trip, Harris and Walls will sit with CNN's Danabash for their first major

interviews since President Joe Biden ended his presidential bid.

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