Trump to attend Al Smith dinner in New York; Harris rallies in Wisconsin after combative Fox interview: Live updates

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Donald Trump has reacted in gloating fashion to rival Kamala Harris’s tense interview with Fox News’s Bret Baier, in which the Democrat clashed with the host on illegal immigration, Joe Biden and the threat posed by Trump himself.

The Republican declared on Truth Social that Harris “is barely able to talk about any subject other than me”, called her “totally incompetent” and praised Baier for doing a “great job”.

Trump himself struggled badly on Wednesday in a town hall with Univision as he sought to appeal to Latino voters, faltering when challenged on such issues as the Capitol riot, the coronavirus, gun control, climate change and his lie about Haitian migrants eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow has meanwhile reported that Trump is again attempting to silence adult film star Stormy Daniels over the affair she alleges she had with him in 2006, the subject of his recent hush money trial at which he was found guilty on all 34 counts relating to the falsification of business records.

Harris is campaigning in the crucial swing state of Wisconsin today and skipping the traditional Al Smith Catholic charity dinner in New York — Trump is attending.

Key Points

• Trump to attend Al Smith dinner as Harris campaigns in Wisconsin
• Kamala Harris clashes with Fox News host over immigration, Biden and Trump in contentious interview
• Donald Trump crows over Fox interview: ‘She is barely able to talk about any subject other than me’
• Trump downplays deadly Capitol riot as ‘day of love’ as he fails to impress Latino voters
• Republican nominee tried to strike new hush money deal with Stormy Daniels ahead of election, report claims
• Campaign schedule: Who’s doing what where on Thursday

Watch: Doug Emhoff tells Andy Cohen about Trump’s attacks on his wife

Doug Emhoff talked to Andy Cohen on his SiriusXM show about Donald Trump’s attacks on his wife, Vice President Kamala Harris.

The Second Gentleman referred to them as “a distraction”.

Watch: LIVE - Harris speaks in Milwaukee after ‘tough’ Fox News interview

Democratic PAC mocks Virginia GOP candidate with ‘fake family’

You might remember Derrick Anderson, the Republican nominee for Congress for Virginia’s 7th District, who was called out a few weeks ago for campaign material that implied he had a wife and children, when in fact he does not.

Child-free Republican candidate borrows friend’s wife and children for campaign photo

Anti-abortion congressional candidate Derrick Anderson poses with friend’s wife and kids

Well. House Majority PAC has produced a TV ad mocking him about that while framing him as an “extreme MAGA politician”.

Watch it here:

Al Smith Dinner to play recorded message from Harris in lieu of attendance

NBC News reports that the organizers of the Al Smith charity dinner will play a recorded message from Vice President Kamala Harris tonight in lieu of her attendance at the event for Catholic charities, according to Joseph Zwilling, director of communications for the archdiocese of New York.

The Harris campaign said she declined the invitation to the dinner due to conflicting events in the final weeks of the campaign. It is the first time a candidate has not attended in 40 years.

Donald Trump, who is attending and will give remarks, criticized the decision, saying it was “sad but not surprising”.

Trump making unannounced stop in Bronx

There’s a big security presence as Donald Trump visits a barber shop in the Bronx.

It is unclear if he is there for a trim of his famous hair.

Trump renews attack on ‘60 Minutes’ demanding CBS lose its license

In case you were wondering about how the free press might fare under a second Trump administration, Donald Trump has renewed his attacks on CBS and its flagship news show 60 Minutes following the program’s interview with Kamala Harris.

The former president is still apparently incensed by the practice of editing interviews for brevity, despite his own interviews sometimes being edited for clarity or sense. The Harris campaign has distanced itself from the editing decisions made by 60 Minutes. Trump began baselessly accusing the network of a crime following the broadcast.

Here’s what Trump wrote on Truth Social today:

Why won’t 60 Minutes release the fraudulent tapes of Lyin’ Kamala’s Interview with them? Could it be because it was a COMPLETE AND TOTAL DISASTER, or that they “CREATED” many additional new answers for her, not just the one where she was so embarrassingly CAUGHT. In normal times, what happened on 60 Minutes, (deceptively “doctoring” her answers), would be THE END OF ANYONE’S CAMPAIGN! Kamala is slow, incoherent, and is in no way qualified to be President of the United States. RELEASE THE TAPES FOR THE GOOD OF AMERICA. We can do it the nice way, or the hard way!

He followed that up with:

60 MINUTES SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY TAKEN OFF THE AIR - ELECTION INTERFERENCE. CBS SHOULD LOSE ITS LICENSE. THIS IS THE BIGGEST SCANDAL IN BROADCAST HISTORY. Kamala should be investigated and forced off the Campaign, and Joe Biden allowed to take back his rightful place (He got 14 Million Primary Votes, she got none!). THIS WHOLE SORDID AND FRAUDULENT EVENT IS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY!

The former president pulled out of his own interview with 60 Minutes as well as other interviews with major networks and has continued to refuse to debate Harris again after she was widely perceived to have won their first debate.

Donald Trump’s ‘shifting’ excuses for refusing to sit down with 60 Minutes revealed

60 Minutes anchor Scott Pelley said the former president had broken a decades-long tradition by pulling out of a scheduled interview last week

Trump announces town hall in Lancaster, PA, and rally in Greenville, NC

The Trump campaign has announced a pair of new battleground state events, with Donald Trump set to hold a town hall in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on Sunday at 5pm, and a rally in Greenville, North Carolina, at 3pm on Monday.

The Greenville event will be held on the campus of East Carolina University, close to where Kamala Harris held a rally at a church on Sunday.

Consumers step up spending as US economy makes healthy gains

Americans stepped up their purchases at retailers last month as low unemployment, steady pay gains and rising stock and home values helped sustain their willingness to spend despite higher prices.

Retail sales rose 0.4% from August to September, the Commerce Department said Thursday, up from 0.1% the previous month and the third straight increase. Online retailers, restaurants, and grocery stores all reported higher sales.

Sales at gas stations fell, because of lower pump prices. The retail sales figures aren’t adjusted for inflation, and the prices of goods fell slightly last month.

With the presidential election in its final weeks, Thursday’s figures provided the latest sign that household spending is fueling a steady economic expansion even while inflation has cooled.

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US shoppers spent more at retailers last month in latest sign consumers are driving growth

Americans stepped up their purchases at retailers last month as low unemployment, steady pay gains and rising stock and home values helped sustain their willingness to spend despite higher prices

Parents, teachers, faith leaders sue Oklahoma over Bibles in class mandate

A group of 30 parents, teachers, and faith leaders are suing Oklahoma over the mandate to put Bibles in every classroom.

The only Bible that fit the original parameters of the mandate, was — surprise, surprise — the Donald Trump-endorsed “God Bless the USA Bible”.

Those parameters have since been amended. It also emerged that the Trump Bibles were made in China.

Read the lawsuit here.

Trump claims Haitian migrants are eating other things ‘that they’re not supposed to’

Donald Trump has refused to admit he falsely accused Haitian immigrants of eating peoples’ pets as he doubled down on his statements during a Univision town hall Wednesday with undecided Latino voters.

The former president was asked by a Spanish-speaking audience member whether he actually believed what he said about migrants in Springfield, Ohio. Trump responded by saying that he was “just saying what was reported.”

Alex Woodward reports.

Trump claims Haitian migrants are eating other things ‘that they’re not supposed to’

Former president doubles down on false claims during town hall with undecided Latino voters

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