Live updates: Trump-Harris election news

Today marks one year since Hamas launched deadly attacks in Israel, and the 2024 candidates are commemorating the day with a series of events.

Former President Donald Trump will be hosting a remembrance event at 6:30 p.m. ET at the Trump National Doral this evening in Florida, where "Jewish community leaders will gather to honor the 1,200 lives lost after being taken hostage and killed on that fateful morning one year ago. "The event will also remember the victims of antisemitic violence that has continued to afflict communities worldwide since that tragic day," according to the former president's campaign website .

Trump's running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, is set to speak at a memorial rally and march in Washington, DC.

Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff will plant a memorial tree and deliver remarks at 4 p.m. ET on the grounds of the vice president's residence in Washington, DC.

At 8 p.m. ET, CBS' "60 Minutes" will air a primetime special featuring a taped interview with Harris.

After rushing to comfort Israel as it grieved the worst attack on Jews since the Holocaust, President Joe Biden last year pledged America would stand with the country in its dark days and the good ones he insisted would come.

At the time, no one knew the international and domestic political consequences of his promise. An ensuing war has proved the existential role the US plays in Israel's survival but also severely strained the alliance. It has also exposed and widened some of America's most profound political divides ahead of an already tumultuous election between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump next month.

The October 7, 2023, Hamas terror attacks, which killed 1,200 people, did not just transform the Middle East's strategic balance as Israel confronted Hamas, then Hezbollah, and traded fire with their sponsor, its archenemy, Iran. Like the September 11 attacks in 2001, the Hamas horror set off a chain of events that affected countless lives, unleashing political disturbances thousands of miles away.

Militarily , the United States and its allies have twice staged unprecedented operations to protect Israel from a barrage of missiles and drones from Iran. The US has also repeatedly bombed Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen who have launched attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea in the wake of October 7. Amid fears in Washington of a full-on Middle East war, the vulnerability of US troops in the region was tragically driven home in January when three US service personnel were killed in an attack on a base in Jordan.

At home, the fallout of the Hamas attacks has coincided with the toxic politics of a presidential election year. Campus protests underscored the splits in the Democratic Party, which soon saw unprecedented political upheaval with Biden abandoning his reelection bid and backing Harris just months before the election. In the new race between Harris and Trump, events in the Middle East continue to set off reverberations that could influence the outcome of the election. A horrifying wave of antisemitism , meanwhile, has left many Jews wondering whether they are safe in America.

Read Collinson's full analysis on how the attacks have shaped US politics.