Melania says Trump has always known her pro-abortion views as Harris grilled on Netanyahu in media blitz: Live

VP will sit for interviews with 60 Minutes, The View, Colbert and Howard Stern one month before Election Day

'As I was saying': Trump references assassination attempt on return to Butler

Melania Trump told Fox News on Sunday that her views on abortion came as no surprise to her husband.

“Yes, he knew my position and my beliefs since the day we met, and I believe in individual freedom,” she told host Maria Bartiromo.

“I want to decide what I wanted to do with my body. I think I don’t want government in my personal business,” she added.

Hours later her husband will rally in Wisconsin, just one day after he held a lie-filled event with Elon Musk at the venue in Butler, Pennsylvania where he survived an assassination attempt just three months ago. At Saturday’s rally, he suggested that his political opponents “maybe tried to kill me.” He will rally in Juneau, Wisconsin on Sunday afternoon.

Meanwhile, Kamala Harris will go on a media blitz this week as she sits down for interviews with The View, late-night host Stephen Colbert and radio host Howard Stern with just 30 days left until Election Day.

In a preview for her interview with 60 Minutes, Harris was pressed about the US’s relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nearly one year after Hamas attacks on October 7 — questions she largely dodged.

Key Points

• Trump returned to the scene of his assassination attempt. A lot has changed since then
• Melania says Trump has always known her views on abortion
• Elon Musk in a ‘dark MAGA’ hat joins Trump in Butler
• Trump falsely suggests Democrats ‘tried to kill me'
• Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates
• Harris will go on a media blitz this week, interviewing with Stephen Colbert and Howard Stern, just one month ahead of the election

[6 October 2024 20:00 · Rhian Lubin]

Many members of Trump’s party still can’t admit that he lost the last election

Many Republicans are still struggling to admit out loud that Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election.

Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton and Speaker Mike Johnson are the latest Republicans who can’t bring themselves to say that Trump lost the election.

Cotton was put under pressure by Kristen Welker on Sunday’s Meet the Press on NBC, where she gave him multiple opportunities to put the issue “to rest.”

Read the full story.

[6 October 2024 19:30 · Kelly Rissman]

ICYMI: Elon Musk claims during Trump rally that ‘this will be last election’ if Republicans lose

[6 October 2024 19:15 · Kelly Rissman]

Thom Tillis confronts Hurricane Helene recovery misinformation

North Carolina Republican Senator Thom Tillis took aim at his own party.

Members of the GOP, including Donald Trump, have been pushing false claims about the recovery efforts for Hurricane Helene survivors.

“The last thing that the victims of Helene need right now is political posturing, finger-pointing, or conspiracy theories that only hurt the response effort,” he wrote.

Trump’s politicization of the hurricane response has not only earned the wrath of Tillis, but also the second-largest newspaper in North Carolina.

Read more about that saga here.

[6 October 2024 19:00 · Kelly Rissman]

Lara Trump pressed by CNN’s Dana Bash about FEMA misinformation

CNN’s Dana Bash pressed Lara Trump after her father-in-law Donald Trump repeated false claims about FEMA aid going toward Hurricane Helene survivors.

Referring to the Biden-Harris administration, the former president falsely claimed at the Butler rally on Saturday evening: “They’re offering them $750, to people whose homes have been washed away. And yet we send tens of billions of dollars to foreign countries that most people have never heard of. They’re offering them $750. They’ve been destroyed, these people have been destroyed.”

Earlier this week, the GOP nominee baselessly claimed that Kamala Harris had spent “all of her FEMA” money on “housing for illegal migrants, many of whom should not be in our country.”

In reality, the White House has clarified that survivors will get an initial $750 after applying to a Serious Needs Assistance program: “$750 is what is immediately available to eligible survivors. In addition, survivors may qualify for more FEMA financial assistance, including to repair storm-related damage to homes and property, find a temporary place to stay, and receive compensation for lost crops and livestock.” Read more here.

Bash asked Lara Trump, who is from North Carolina, whether she is “concerned” about the misinformation about being spread and how it impacts their ability to get help. “Look, Kamala Harris did say $750 per family right now,” she said before comparing the money spent on the “migrant crisis.”

“You are right that FEMA is getting $750. But that is a first step,” Bash explained.

Watch the full clip:

[6 October 2024 18:30 · Graeme Massie]

Harris to address Israel relationship in new interview

Kamala Harris will address the US relationship with Israel in a CBS 60 Minutes interview set to air on Monday.

In a sneak peek, Haris was asked by Bill Whitaker if the White House lacks influence over Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“The aid that we have given Israel allowed Israel to defend itself against 200 ballistic missiles that were just meant to attack the Israelis and the people of Israel,” Harris said.

“When we think about the threat that Hamas Hezbollah presents Iran, I think that it is, without any question, our imperative to do what we can to allow Israel to defend itself against those kinds of attacks.”

Monday, on a 60 Minutes election special, Bill Whitaker asks Vice President Kamala Harris if the U.S. lacks influence over American ally Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. https://t.co/TG3WOCA23A pic.twitter.com/IH6MXMjuCP

— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) October 6, 2024

[6 October 2024 18:06 · Graeme Massie]

Economists have blasted Trump's jobs and taxes plans as dangerous. Someone better tell the public

Though Trump often touts his economic experience as a successful businessman, economists worry his plans for a second term would be harmful, writes Ariana Baio.

[6 October 2024 17:45 · Graig Graziosi]

ICYMI: Trump falsely suggests at assassination attempt site that his rivals ‘tried to kill me’

Donald Trump returned to the site where he was nearly assassinated this summer, but his brush with death doesn’t appear to have changed him in the slightest.

On Saturday evening, Trump returned to Butler, Pennsylvania — walking out to a live rendition of “God Bless the USA” by Lee Greenwood — and opened with the words “as I was saying,” referencing the fact that his previous rally at the site ended abruptly when a gunman fired an AR-15 toward the stage, grazing his ear and killing one attendee and injuring two others.

Rather than giving the former president a new perspective on the political temperature in the country, Trump’s rhetoric appears to have become more volatile; during the rally, he suggested that his political opponents “maybe tried to kill me.”

Read the full story.

[6 October 2024 17:31 · Graeme Massie]

Howard Stern to interview Harris this week

TUESDAY: Howard Stern sits down LIVE with Vice President Kamala Harris. Tune in at 1 p.m. ET for their exclusive 1-on-1 interview only on @siriusxm #Howard100. pic.twitter.com/lKGTcP0z3u

— Stern Show (@sternshow) October 6, 2024

[6 October 2024 17:09 · Graeme Massie]

Trump falsely suggests his rivals ‘tried to kill me’ as he rallies at site of assassination attempt

[6 October 2024 16:33 · Graeme Massie]

Melania says Trump has always known her views on abortion

The former first lady gave an interview to Fox News on Sunday in which she said that her views on abortion came as no surprise to her husband.

“Yes, he knew my position and my beliefs since the day we met, and I believe in individual freedom,” she told host Maria Bartiromo.

“I want to decide what I wanted to do with my body. I think I don’t want government in my personal business,” she added.

Melania’s views on abortion have been included in her forthcoming memoir, despite the former president bragging that he brought an end to Roe v. Wade.