Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden were seeking to demonstrate commitment and competence in helping devastated communities after Donald Trump’s false claims about their administration’s response.
By Chris Megerian, Colleen Long and Will Weissert, Associated PressDemocratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris talks with people who were impacted by Hurricane Helene in Augusta, Ga., Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024.
Marine One, with President Joe Biden on board, flies over areas impacted by Hurricane Helene over downtown Asheville, N.C., Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. About 200 miles north in the Carolinas, Biden was also surveying the storm’s aftermath. With many of the area’s roads inaccessible, he flew by helicopter over toppled trees, twisted metal and towering piles of debris in the normally tourist-friendly downtown of Asheville.
Biden wore a vest and boots and, before his air tour, he hugged and grabbed the hand of Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer, who was at the airport in Greenville, South Carolina, to meet him. The mayor, with visible emotion. said they could not close down the area’s one operable road for Biden’s motorcade.
Harris is being especially watched as her bid for the White House enters its closing stretch, and Helene’s path included the battleground states of Georgia and North Carolina.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
President Biden, VP Harris, former President Trump all visiting Flight 93 National Memorial todayUnited Flight 93 crashed in a Pennsylvania field when forty passengers and crew members fought back against hijackers on September 11, 2001.
Read more »
McDonald’s didn’t dispute Harris’ job at the fast food chainVice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 campaign opponent, former President Donald Trump, has asserted that Harris fabricated
Read more »
Biden and Harris to visit Hurricane Helene-ravaged SoutheastPresident Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will both head to the Southeast on Wednesday to survey damage wrought by Hurricane Helene.
Read more »
Biden, Harris head to hurricane-ravaged Southeast in wake of Trump visitPresident Biden and Vice President Harris each travel to the storm-ravaged Southeast on Wednesday, two days after Donald Trump visited – as the death toll and devastation from Hurricane Helene soars.
Read more »
Biden and Harris visit Hurricane Helene-ravaged SoutheastPresident Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris headed to the Southeast on Wednesday to survey damage wrought by Hurricane Helene.
Read more »
Harris County shooting: Suspect accused of killing Harris County Precinct 4 Constable moved to Harris Co.The suspect accused of killing Precinct 4 Constable Deputy Maher Husseini is now behind bars in Harris County, according to jail records.
Read more »