2024 election updates: Trump, Harris hit more battlegrounds

Describing her decision not to take the stage at the Republican National Convention, Melania Trump pointed to the letter she penned following Trump's assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania.

"It was my decision. I think was just the time. I think was the right time in, days before I wrote a beautiful letter to America, yes. And I think in one way, that letter was my speech," she said in an interview that aired on Fox & Friends on Thursday morning.

Like her husband, Melania Trump blamed rhetoric from Democrats and people in the media as reasonings for why she feels there has been targeted violence against the former president.

"This is not normal, and is it really shocking that all this outrageous violence goes against my husband? Especially that we hear the leaders from the opposition party and mainstream media branding him as threat to democracy, calling him vile names," she said. "They're only fueling a toxic atmosphere and giving power to all of these people that they want to do harm to him. This needs to stop. This needs to stop. The country needs to unite."

Recounting the moments she heard about Trump's first assassination attempt, Melania Trump said that she couldn't get ahold of Trump or the Secret Service initially.

"First, the Secret Service was not available too, because they were with him, right? And then after that, I got the Secret Service on the phone, and they said that he's OK. We are in on the way to the hospital," she said.

She also talked about having to tell their son, Barron, about the attack.

"He was outside playing sport, and he rushed in, and was very, very difficult," she said.

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Former first lady Melania Trump, sitting down for an interview with Fox & Friends, attempted to pitch her husband to voters.

"I think American people need to decide what they really want. Maybe some, you know, strong tweets, but everything else great for this country. So it's all in Americans people's hands on Nov. 5," she said, arguing her husband was a strong leader in terms of the economy and immigration.

Despite her lack of a role on the campaign, Melania Trump said that she supports her husband's third bid to the White House.

"I know how passionate he is to make America great again," she said.

Melania Trump was also asked some personal questions about her relationship with Trump.

"Did you fall in love then?" co-host Ainsley Earhardt asked after Melania Trump described meeting Donald Trump for the first time.

"It was a connection. It was a connection," Melania Trump responded.

"His being," she later said when asked what she loves most about Trump. "His humor, his personality, his kindness, he's, he's very special, his positivity, his energy. It's unbelievable. Yeah, so we have a beautiful relationship."

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An aide to Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign provided more details about the vice president's planned visit to the border in Arizona on Friday.

Harris will visit the border city of Douglas, and deliver remarks on border security, according to the aide. She will also talk about her intention to introduce a tough bipartisan border security plan and criticize former President Donald Trump for killing the one introduced over the summer.

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Vice President Kamala Harris released her roughly 80-page economic policy book on Wednesday and outlined it in a speech in Pittsburgh.

Harris spoke at the Economic Club of Pittsburgh and framed her proposals into three pillars: "lowering costs, investing in American innovation and leading the world in industries of tomorrow."

She also highlighted her plans for American manufacturing.

"The simple truth is, in America, it takes too long and it costs too much to build. Whether it's a new housing development, a new factory or a new bridge, projects take too long to go from concept to reality," Harris said. "It happens in blue states, it happens in red states, and it's a national problem. And I will tell you this, China is not moving slowly. They're not, and we can't afford to either. If we are to compete, we can't afford to either."

She attacked former President Donald Trump's record, calling him "one of the biggest losers ever on manufacturing."

"Just yesterday, he went out and promised to bring back manufacturing jobs. And if that sounds familiar, it should, in 2016 he went out and made that very same promise about the Carrier plant in Indianapolis," she said.

"You'll remember, Carrier then offshored hundreds of jobs to Mexico under his watch. And it wasn't just there. On Trump's watch, offshoring went up and manufacturing jobs went down across our country and across our economy."

-ABC News' Fritz Farrow, Will McDuffie and Gabriella Abdul-Hakim