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Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Saturday October 26th, 2024. This is the

excerpt. Today we check in on how the candidates are spending some of their final days on the campaign trail before November 5th.

Plus black women candidates are trying to make history in the US Senate and how the aftermath of inflation may continue to

affect low and middle income Americans for years to come. Republican nominee

Donald Trump heads to New York's Madison Square Garden tomorrow as one of his major

appearances in the final stretch before the November 5th election. The move is

perplexing to seasoned political types who question why the former president would focus his limited time and resources

on a seemingly safe democratic state like New York. But he and his aides say there are good reasons to do

this rally on the presidential campaign's penultimate weekend.

His command of the media and ability to attract attention has always been pivotal to a success

and a hallmark of his fame starting out in New York in the 1980s. That's an essential ingredient he's looking

to keep on capturing in his race against Kamla Harris who brought new energy and her own wave of

positive press since joining the race. And Madison Square Garden is known for

historic events ranging from the 1971 fight of the century between

Mohammed Ali and Joe Frazier to political conventions that nominated Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and

George W Bush in route to White House victories.

Meanwhile Democratic nominee Kamala Harris is staging big media events of her own, including yesterday's rally in Houston, with

cultural icons Beyoncé and Willie Nelson. At that event, Beyonce declared her support

for Harris. The rally focused on abortion rights in Beyonce's hometown and Texas has

some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country. Harris also is

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