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Biden in Serbia: Offers condolences; met by Trump supporters

Tpinion surveys show Trump trailing his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton nationally and in key battleground states.

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Hillary Clinton’s campaign is questioning Donald Trump’s top political aide’s ties to a pro-Kremlin political party in the Ukraine and claiming it is further evidence of the Republican nominee’s cozy relationship with Russian Federation.

US Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a rally with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton at Riverfront Sports athletic facility on August 15, 2016 in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Clinton also said that Pennsynvanians must not let their friends vote for Trump.

CORDES: Vice President Biden, campaigning with Clinton, had a score to settle after Trump called President Obama the Founder of ISIS. “They understood that their workers were responsible for much of the business’s success”, she said. Butch Comegys / Staff Photographer Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton takes a photo with a cell phone next to a group of happy supporters during Monday’s campaign event at the Riverfront Sports Complex in Scranton.

She said Trump’s proposal to cut the estate tax would offer no benefit to 99.8 percent of Americans.

“What Hillary is all about is making sure that every one of you, every one of you can look your child and your grandchild in the eye and say, ‘Honey, I mean this sincerely, everything is going to be OK, ‘” Biden told an audience of 3,000 that included his relatives and former neighbors.

Biden, a Democrat, said Serbia, being the most populous nation in the western Balkans, was crucial for peace in the Balkans – what was once Yugoslavia and now comprises Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia Herzegovina and Macedonia – alongside Albania.

Even as polls show her leading Trump, Clinton has faced lingering questions about her trustworthiness in the fallout of her use of a private email server as secretary of state and over her family’s sprawling foundation. His visit follows several days of violence that has left businesses in flames and the Milwaukee police chief expressing surprise at the level of unrest.

Speaking at a voter registration event in West Philadelphia, Clinton said that she doesn’t want anyone “on the sidelines come November”. Senior aides to the vice president are in regular contact with their counterparts at Clinton’s Brooklyn, N.Y., campaign headquarters, and the vice president himself has personally committed to Clinton to do anything she asks of him.

Salazar will chair a team that also includes former National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, and longtime Clinton allies Neera Tanden and Maggie Williams.

Donald Trump is calling for “extreme vetting” of immigrants seeking admission to the United States.

“I think I would have been the best president, but it was the right thing, not just for my family but for me”, Biden said in May while describing his decision to forgo the race.

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“It’s also not a man you can trust to run our economy, help heal our cities, or be a role model for our children”, Clinton said.

Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the 2016 Democratic National Convention