The first ballots of the presidential election get mailed out in one week.

The lead starts right now.

The race for the White House looks significantly different today than it did just 24 hours ago.

Trump, Vance, Harris, Walls, all on camera, all staking out their policy positions as the first Americans

get ready to cast their votes.

Plus, as he courts voters on the campaign trail,

Trump's lawyers are preparing for a consequential few weeks in the courtroom.

What you need to know about the latest legal challenges

in Trump's upcoming sentencing.

And a heartbreaking story we've been following all day, an unimaginable tragedy takes the life

from one of the NHL's brightest stars and his younger brother will be joined by the former coach of

Johnny and Matthew Boudreau about the legacies they leave behind.

Welcome to Lead, I'm Phil Mattingly, in for Jake Tapper.

Within the last 24 hours, we've seen revealing interviews from all four presidential

and vice presidential candidates.

Trump bands, Harris Walls's all making the pitch to

voters, while trying to clarify where they actually stand on some major issues.

We learned a lot, but at the same time we didn't always get the clearest answers.

Here's how Vice President

Kamla Harris responded when CNN's Dana Bash asked why she has changed

positions on some policies since 2019 including no longer supporting a ban on fracking.

My values have including no longer supporting a ban on fracking.

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