Kamala Harris moves major rally over Secret Service safety concerns

Event will no longer take place at Point State Park in Pittsburgh and instead be held at the Heinz History Center on Monday

Kamala Harris has been forced to move her penultimate election campaign rally after the Secret Service declared the site “unsafe”.
The vice-president was due to hold a major rally on the eve of the election at Point State Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, alongside the singer Katy Perry.
The Harris campaign has moved the rally, which will begin around 5pm EST on Monday to the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh following concerns raised by the Secret Service.
It is unclear why agents designated the site “unsafe”, but it comes amid a series of assassination attempts against Donald Trump, Ms Harris’ Republican rival.
After the Pittsburgh event, Ms Harris is expected to travel across the state to attend another rally in Philadelphia.
In July, Trump was grazed by a bullet when a 20-year-old gunman shot at him while he addressed a crowd in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Two months later, the former president’s security detail intercepted a man who had allegedly spent 12 hours lying in wait for him at a golf course in Florida with an assault rifle.
On Sunday, Trump spoke at a rally in Lititz, Pennsylvania from behind bulletproof glass – a feature of his outdoor rallies since the first attempt on his life.
He joked that any assassin would have to shoot through the rows of “fake news” reporters to hit him, adding: “I wouldn’t mind that much.”
Steven Cheung, the Trump campaign’s communications director, attempted to clarify the comments soon afterwards.
“President Trump was stating that the media was in danger, in that they were protecting him and, therefore, were in great danger themselves, and should have had a glass protective shield, also,” he said in a statement.
“There can be no other interpretation of what was said. He was actually looking out for their welfare, far more than his own.”
Both candidates are setting a furious pace through the swing states with just days to go before polling day.
Ms Harris delivered a speech at a church in Detroit, Michigan around noon, followed by campaign stops in the city, and was scheduled to hold a rally in East Lansing on Sunday evening.
After his rally in Lititz, Trump was expected to speak at rallies in Kinston, North Carolina and Macon, Georgia.