“Kamala Harris is launching a seven-figure ad blitz about health care targeting Donald Trump’s calls to replace the Affordable Care Act with a mystery plan he hasn’t yet released,” NBC News reports.

“The ad campaign is aimed at elevating the issue and capitalizing on what polling says is a weakness for Trump. The new 60-second spot features Trump saying during his face-to-face debate with Harris that he has ‘concepts of a plan’ to remake the U.S. health care system.”

A new AARP poll in Pennsylvania finds Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump among likely voters, 49% to 47%.

NBC News: “Like other Republican challengers around the country, Sheehy, a former Navy SEAL, painted Tester as liberal cog in the national Democratic Party machine, unable to address concerns about high costs and border security in a state that former President Donald Trump has twice won easily.”

“Like other vulnerable Senate Democrats, Tester tried to make it personal — touting his bipartisan bona fides, highlighting his own connections to his red-leaning state and suggesting his opponent cannot be trusted.”

“The two candidates for president ventured carefully into the politics of Hurricane Helene on Monday, with Vice President Kamala Harris canceling West Coast campaign stops to attend a storm briefing in Washington and former president Donald Trump delivering remarks from a Georgia city battered by the storm,” the Washington Post reports.

“Trump blasted the administration’s response as inadequate during a trip to severely damaged Valdosta, Ga., while Harris gave remarks at the headquarters of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in Washington, aiming to reassure the public that the administration was acting decisively, but sensibly, in the storm’s wake.”

Said Harris: “I plan to be on the ground as soon as possible — as soon as possible without disrupting any emergency response operations, because that must be the highest priority and the first order of business.”

Associated Press: Supplies arrive by plane and by mule in North Carolina as Helene’s death toll tops 130.

Playbook: “The most important question after the debate won’t be who won, necessarily, but whether this will be the last big night of the campaign. Will Vance do well enough that Trump feels comfortable letting his No. 2 have the last word?”

“He’s going up against a moron. A total moron, how she picked him is unbelievable.”

— Donald Trump, on Fox Nation, raising expectations for Sen. J.D. Vance in tonight’s vice presidential debate.

“In a move intended to troll former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, ahead of the first and only vice presidential debate of 2024, the Democratic National Committee on Monday night is digitally projecting various phrases — including Vance previously calling Trump an ‘idiot’ — onto Trump Tower in New York City,” CBS News reports.

“Nikki Haley has made clear she’s on Team Trump. Her supporters don’t all feel the same,” Politico reports.

“Former state campaign chairs for Haley’s now-defunct presidential bid are increasingly coming out against the former president, including Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, who declined Monday to endorse Donald Trump. And in several other cases, they are endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris over Trump, including in Iowa and Michigan.”

“Meanwhile, some Haley supporters organizing for Harris hope to raise millions to spend on ads to reach the former U.N. ambassador’s backers. And others are involved in more informal efforts to convince fellow disaffected Republicans to vote blue.”