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Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Dua Lisa Kautau. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump returned to Butler, Pennsylvania, the site where 12 weeks ago a shooter attempted to assassinate him, but instead killed a former volunteer fire chief, Corey Comperatore. Later, Trump told the crowd he had one simple message to deliver.
Our movement to make America great again stands stronger, prouder, more united, more determined and nearer to victory than ever before. We're going to make America great again. We're going to win the election. We're going to win the election. Meanwhile, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris made another trip to North Carolina, her second in four days. She met with victims of Hurricane Helene and thanked them for their ongoing work.
She announced that more than $100 million federal dollars will help with the rebuilding of damaged roads and bridges. In rural western North Carolina, NPR's Liz Baker reports on one small effort to help victims of Hurricane Helene from the side of a country road.
Lee Raymer's farm stand used to sell fresh eggs, homemade preserves, and baked goods. It still has those things, but now they're free, along with all the canned goods, diapers, cases of water, and other supplies that overrun the stand and pile into her driveway. We're going through $2,000 a day worth of groceries and supplies here at this little bitty stand. This area has been without power for over a week, she explains. People lost all the food in their fridges, and replacing it is expensive. People have been out of work.
And every inch of money that they have had, they have been putting towards staying alive during this storm. Raymer says she'll keep this pantry going as long as it's needed, probably through winter.
Liz Baker, NPR News, Mill Spring, North Carolina. For the first time since the war in Gaza began a year ago, Israel launched airstrikes into northern Lebanon today. Israel has so far focused its attack on Hezbollah in the south of Lebanon, as NPR's Jane Araf reports. The strike targeting the Hamas commander was just on the outskirts of Tripoli.
A lot of the displaced people have tried to find places to stay in Beirut. That's becoming untenable, though. It's become overcrowded and tensions are rising. And what we're seeing now are displaced people streaming here to the north, to Tripoli. In this public square that we're in, there are families who came just a few days ago fleeing the airstrikes. They came with nothing, no possessions.
And they're worried that with the recent bombing, that the attacks will come here too. Jane Araf, NPR News, Tripoli, Lebanon. This is NPR.
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