Harris began campaigning again, meeting with black leaders in hurricane-ravaged North Carolina world news

The vice president spent the night in the state, which narrowly favored his 2020 opponent, Republican Donald Trump. Democrats are campaigning hard to get North Carolina in their column in next month's presidential election. On Sunday, Harris was attending a church in Greenville to get out the vote and hold a rally as part of her Souls to the Polls campaign effort.

The weekend trip was his second visit to the swing state after it was hit by Hurricane Helen. The Democratic presidential candidate traveled to North Carolina last Saturday to assess Helen's aftermath and promised federal aid to the victims.

Before his plane departed Washington, Harris told reporters with him that he was eager to talk to residents first to see how they are doing after the hurricane.

Democrats are leading the way in North Carolina this year, with black and college-educated voters as well as women concerned about the loss of abortion protections. But the aftermath of Hurricane Helen has become a political flashpoint, with former President Trump and his allies attacking the Biden administration's response to the natural disaster.

At The Pit, Harris met with black elected, religious and community leaders. His campaign has not released a list of people he has met with.

After church Sunday, Harris, a Baptist, was scheduled to speak about her economic plan at a rally to drum up support for the North Carolina primary vote, which begins Thursday.

Hurricane Helen made landfall on September 26, killing about 230 people and destroying roads, power and cell phone service. Just two weeks later, Hurricane Milton hit Florida this week and caused an estimated $50 billion in damage and killed several people.

Harris also visited Georgia after Helen arrived there, as well as attending briefings on the federal government's response and revitalizing her campaign schedule. He continues to travel for the presidency, spending time in Nevada and Arizona this week.

One of his main messages was that companies looking to take advantage of shortages caused by the hurricane should not raise prices, a point he made central to his campaign as a way to combat inflation.

Any companies or individuals using this crisis to raise prices through illegal fraud or price gouging, whether at the gas pump, airport or hotel counter, will be monitored and there will be a consequence, Harris said at Friday's briefing .

However, Trump and his allies have falsely suggested that the Federal Emergency Management Agency's humanitarian aid went to immigrants rather than hurricane victims, while also suggesting that people are not receiving full financial assistance to that they are legally entitled to.

At a recent rally in Reading, Pennsylvania, Trump said the response was worse than that of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, which killed nearly 1,400 people and caused $200 billion in damage.

North Carolina has been hit hard and this administration has not done the right thing. Horrible, horrible, Trump said at the rally, Harris was on a fundraising comedy tour when people got stuck and drowned in some of our biggest states.

President Joe Biden called Trump's lies about the government's response un-American and called on his predecessor to get a life.