Today’s Top Stories vice president Harris sat for an extended interview on CNN yesterday and former president Trump told crowds in Wisconsin and Michigan that he'd make IVF free if he wins a second term good morning I'm Janine Herpst from NPR news and here are today's top stories vice Harris, Walz Sit For CNN Interview president Harris touched on a number of campaign issues yesterday when she and running mate Tim Walls spoke to CNN it was Harris's first extended interview since she replaced President Biden at the top of the Democratic presidential ticket as in DEA Shivam reports Harris and walls were campaigning in Georgia at the time Harris told CNN that she would appoint a republic into her cabinet if she were to win the election something former presidents like Barack Obama and Bill Clinton have done she says it would be to the benefit of the American public I think it's important to have people at the table when some of the most important decisions are being made that have different views different experiences when asked about changing her stance on Banning fra in and decriminalizing illegal border crossings Harris said that her values on the issues haven't changed on fracking an issue that's critical in the swing state of Pennsylvania Harris said she would keep her word on not Banning the practice Deepa shiver NPR news meanwhile Trump Promises Free IVF In His 2nd Term both candidates are focusing on Reproductive Rights former president Trump told crowds in Battleground states of Wisconsin and Michigan yesterday that if he wins he wants to make the cost of invitro fertilization free those treatments can cost tens of thousands of dollars under the Trump Administration your government will pay for or your insurance company will be mandated to pay for all costs associated with IVF treatment fertilization for women the Harris campaign says Trump can't be trusted on the issue and that IVF is already Under Fire in the post Rie Wade environment 17 Guardsmen Dead From Operation Lone Star at least 17 National Guardsmen on operation lonar that's Governor Greg Abbott's border operation to deter crime have died due to various causes State lawmakers discussed the deaths during a hearing this month as Texas public radio's Gabriella alcorta Solario reports in 3 years of operation Lone Star suicides Friendly Fire and drownings have been reported Texas Congressman Wen Castro said these soldiers did not join the National Guard to patrol the border and that the operation is a shorse for Abbott people want border security uh but they want it done in a way that makes sense not just you know sending a bunch of troops down there who never signed up for that kind of Duty in some cases the families of soldiers who died during the border mission are eligible for compensation a lump sum of $500,000 out of 10 claims six were denied those deaths were deemed not Mission related according to the Texas Military Department I'm Gabriela aloras Solorio in San Antonio this is NPR