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• On the campaign trail: Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are holding dueling events in the pivotal battleground state of Pennsylvania today as they sprint to make their final pitches to voters in an exceedingly tight race just weeks until Election Day. Harris will deliver remarks in Erie, while Trump hosts a town hall in the suburbs of Philadelphia.

• VP candidates also hit the trail: Meanwhile, the vice presidential nominees are criss-crossing another round of states. Gov. Tim Walz campaigned in Wisconsin today as Democrats launched a bus tour in the “blue wall” states. Sen. JD Vance is traveling to Minnesota, Illinois and Iowa.

• A very close race: The latest CNN Poll of Polls average of national polling finds no clear leader in the presidential race, with an average of 50% of likely voters supporting Harris and 47% backing Trump.

• What to know to cast your vote: With early voting and by mail already underway in much of the country, read CNN’s voter handbook to see how to vote in your area and read up on the 2024 candidates and their proposals on key issues.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz visited Lambeau Field on Monday, home of the NFL’s Green Bay Packers, the latest effort by the Harris campaign to lean into the Democratic vice-presidential candidate’s background as a former football coach.

Walz took a tour of the team’s stadium, spending several minutes on the field.

Inside the visitors’ locker room, Walz asked about how football teams would organize themselves in the room and reflected briefly on Hall of Fame former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre returning to the stadium when he played for the Minnesota Vikings. He then spoke fondly of the history of the stadium and thanked team staff for showing him the stadium.

Walz has visited football stadiums three times in the past three weeks. He attended the University of Michigan-University of Minnesota football game in Ann Arbor, Michigan, at the end of September. On Friday, he attended the rivalry game between his former school Mankato West High School and Mankato East High School.

prominent Arab American groups in Michigan will not endorse a presidential candidate

Two prominent Arab American groups based in the Detroit metro area — Arab American PAC and Arab American News — will not to endorse a candidate for president, the longtime publisher of Arab American News said.

Osama Siblani told CNN that the decision was made late Sunday night after two days of intense joint meetings on the topic. It comes less than a month before the presidential election in a battleground state where Arab American voters are an important voting bloc.

The groups will send a letter explaining their decision to about 75,000 homes in southeast Michigan later this week, he said

The Arab American community was energized about the possibility of Vice President Kamala Harris in the beginning of her campaign over the summer, but Siblani said they now feel she is no different than President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump.

“Harris took off very well at the beginning, she was flying high, but now she is declining,” he said. “We do not see progress it is just talk.”

Earlier this month, Harris met with Arab American advocates in Michigan in an effort to boost her support within the community.

But Siblani said that the community wants a candidate who commits to peace and justice and no longer sending US weaponry to Israel and they have not heard any commitments from Harris.

Harris expected to seize on Trump’s “enemy from within” comments during event in Pennsylvania

Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to slam former President Donald Trump over his suggestion that he’d use the military to handle what he called “the enemy from within” on Election Day, according to a senior campaign official.

It marks the latest effort by the vice president to paint her Republican rival as dangerous, particularly in the critical battleground state of Pennsylvania where Trump is also campaigning Monday.

“I think the bigger problem are the people from within. We have some very bad people. We have some sick people. Radical left lunatics,” Trump told Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo in an interview on “Sunday Morning Futures.”

Harris plans to seize on those remarks during a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, and warn that Trump’s action could people’s freedom at risk. The campaign will also release a new ad, dubbed “Enemy Within,” featuring former Trump aides, including Olivia Troye and Kevin Carroll.

“The second term would be worse,” Carroll says in the ad. “There will be no one to stop his worst instincts. Unchecked power. No guardrails.”

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