Election 2024 live: Kamala Harris endorsed by Barack and Michelle Obama as she gains momentum in polls

US Vice President Kamala Harris has received the endorsement of Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, the former president and first lady declaring in a new video: “She’ll make a fantastic President of the United States.”

Meanwhile, a new poll from The New York Times and Siena College has found Harris just one percentage point behind Donald Trump, a narrowing of the six-point gap between Joe Biden and his White House predecessor.

Another survey indicates she has put her party back into contention in the key battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin since taking the reins.

Elsewhere, Harris has trolled her Republican rival after he backed out of a proposed television debate with her, asking on social media: “What happened to any time, any place?”

Trump had previously used those words to lay down the gauntlet toBiden but now appears to have cold feet about taking on Harris, who accused him on Thursday of “backpedaling” on his commitment to a debate provisionally scheduled for September 10 to be broadcast on ABC.

Trump’s campaign team subsequently confirmed that he would not face her – at least not yet – blaming Democratic instability for the U-turn.

ABC News reports that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has emerged as a popular choice among labor unions as a potential running mate for Kamala Harris.

Sources told the network that Walz has drawn support for his record of pro-labor legislation in a blue-leaning state and his potential appeal with voters in Midwest battlegrounds Wisconsin and Michigan.

Kamala Harris has trolled Donald Trump by using his words against him after the Republican presidential nominee backed out of a proposed television debate.

“What happened to ‘any time, any place’?” the