Donald Trump is moments away from another major campaign event. The lead starts right now.

An economy speech today, then a news conference tomorrow.

Can he stay on message?

As Close Allies urged the former president

to quit hurtling personal insults

and complaining about crowd sizes.

And the political slant in Google searches the shocking report

revealing news headlines rewritten by the Harris campaign. Trump asking if

it's legal what the major search engines are saying about the practice.

Plus what President Biden told a room full of influencers who tried to poke fun at his upcoming

exit from the White House. Welcome to the lead. I'm Phil Mattingly in for Jake Tapper. We start with our

2024 lead and that breaking news with Donald Trump

expected to take the stage in just minutes for a rally in Asheville, North

Carolina where he is expected to address the economy. We will bring this to you

live once it begins. Now it comes as both

campaigns now are making big plays in the Tarheel state with the Trump and Harris

team spending a combined 25 million dollars in ads there.

While Republicans have won North Carolina in 10 out of the past 11 elections,

Democratic strategists see the state as a place Harris could win this November.

The Vice President planning to hold an event in North Carolina on Friday,

in which her campaign says she will detail economic policy.

This all comes as CNN is reporting that Trump allies are begging the former president to just stay on message

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