Trump vs Harris live: Trump to sit down with Dr Phil after he accepts rules in ABC debate

Arlington National Cemetery officials say that Donald Trump’s campaign staff verbally abused and pushed aside a cemetery official who objected to filming and photography at gravesites during a recent visit, NPR reports.

The incident occurred on Monday as the former president participated in a wreath-laying ceremony, according to the outlet.

A source with knowledge of the incident told NPR the cemetery official tried to prevent Trump staffers from filming and photographing in a section where recent US casualties are buried. The source said Arlington officials had made clear that only cemetery staff members are authorized to take photographs or film in the area, known as Section 60.

When the cemetery official tried to prevent Trump campaign staff from entering Section 60, campaign staff verbally abused and pushed the official aside, according to the source.

The Trump campaign has denied that the incident took place.

Donald Trump said that being president was “probably the most dangerous profession” – including a race car driver.

Asked by Dr Phil whether the attempt on his life had changed him, he replied: “A lot of people ask me, and a lot of people say, like, ‘have you developed any fear of, you know, doing this.’

“Look, being president is a dangerous job. It’s much more dangerous than a race car driver than anything, is probably the most dangerous profession. If you think about it, just go up and down the list.”

Donald Trump began his sit down interview with TV host Dr Phil by discussing the attempt on his life in Pennsylvania, saying that he believed that God was the reason for his survival.

“The only thing I can think is that God loves our country and he thinks we’re going to bring our country back. He wants to bring it back. It’s so bad right now, what’s happening,” he said.

“It has to be God. I mean, how can you say it’s luck? When it’s, you know, 20 million-toone [odds of survival]. Okay, I mean, it’s just not possible that I was in that position. It’s the only position, where that bullet could have missed.”

Recalling the incident at the campaign rally in Butler, Trump said he had “gone down quickly”.

“I thought something’s going on there. It was a real whack to the ear… and I was lucky, I went down quickly… Bullets were coming right over my head when I was down, I heard them. They moved pretty fast. I said, how fast does a bullet go? They said, about 3000 miles an hour.”

The issue has been hotly debated by the Pentagon, congressional legislators, and state governors, turning it into what has been dubbed a “political lightning rod.”

At a campaign stop in Detroit Monday, Trump told members of the National Guard Association that one of his “proudest achievements” in office was the creation of the Space Force.

Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff has taken part in a number of campaign receptions, while Governor Tim Walz will speak to the International Association of Fire Fighters on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Trump and his running mate, Ohio Senator JD Vance, will trek through Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan.

But, of course, the presidency is only one race being decided in November. And some of the races down-ballot are just as bloody. They also might have a massive impact on the top of the ticket.

Here is a roundup of the most important non-presidential races that could make a huge difference.

Katie Hawkinson has the story.

Vice President Kamala Harris has a new advertising push to draw attention to her plan to build 3 million new homes over four years, a move designed to contain inflationary pressures that also draws a sharp contrast to Republican Donald Trump‘s approach.

Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, highlights her plan in a new minute-long ad that uses her personal experience, growing up in rental housing while her mother had saved for a decade before she could buy a home. The ad targets voters in the swing states including Arizona and Nevada. Campaign surrogates are also holding 20 events this week focused on housing issues.

A newly assembled grand jury has indicted Donald Trump, again, for his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, after the Supreme Court ruled that the former president has some “immunity” from prosecution.

Alex Woodward has the story: