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Trump gives economic speech in North Carolina as more polls show Harris gaining ground

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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The top issue for many voters, the economy, took center stage as former President Trump returned to campaign in a battleground state for the first time this month. His North Carolina rally followed a scattershot news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate and a meandering conversation with Elon Musk on X. Laura Barrón-López reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Welcome to the news hour. The top issue for many voters the economy took center

0:05.6

stage today as former President Donald Trump returned to campaign in a

0:09.7

battleground state. His North Carolina rally followed a scattershot news conference

0:14.6

at his Marilago estate and a meandering conversation with Elon Musk on X in

0:20.0

just the last week. Laura Barone Lopez has our look tonight at the latest.

0:27.0

Donald Trump back on the campaign trail,

0:29.4

trying to get back on message.

0:32.1

The former president rallied in a battleground state for the first time in a week and a half.

0:36.5

Comler Harris won't end the economic crisis. She will only make it worse.

0:41.5

In Asheville, North Carolina this afternoon he talked

0:44.2

about the economy, one of the top issues for voters and he slammed his opponent

0:48.9

Vice President Kamala Harris for her economic record. If Harris wins this election the result will be a

0:54.9

Kamala economic crash a 1929 style depression. We're going to turn this country around so fast.

1:13.0

Notable after the economy today got a bit of good news.

1:17.0

Inflation falling below 3% for the first time since 2021.

1:22.0

But it wasn't all economy as Trump... for the first time since 2021.

1:22.6

But it wasn't all economy,

1:24.4

as Trump repeated his list of grievances.

1:27.2

Trump was joined at the rally by far right Republican candidate

1:30.0

for Governor Mark Robinson,

1:31.5

who has previously sparked controversy for his comments on

1:34.5

religion, LGBT-Q rights, and civil rights. Today he stuck to the economic theme.

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