days, across all of those swing states — the candidates hitting several of them each day as they are grasping for every single last voter in this unbelievably tight contest. you can see here early voting has been going on now- for a few days, and the lines have been consistent. - we're seeing a lot of people| turn up to get their votes in. hello, a week to go into the us presidential election, and donald trump and kamala harris are due to address voters in key battleground states. can they shift the poles that are currently too close to call? we will have all the latest, plus the analysis with our panel. also on the programme, margie does have been revealed ahead of tomorrow puzzle uk budget, including a pair ice for 2 million people by increasing the minimum wage. hamas officials a 93 palestinians have been killed in an israeli

strike in beit lahia. a crew of three astronauts will be setting off on a mission to the t ngannou space station in the next half an hour. the race for the white house is in its final week, with voters just days away from deciding who will succeed joe biden as the next president of the united states. with the polls still too close to call, kamala harris and donald trump are continuing their whirlwind tour of swing states, as they rally for votes. in around three hours' time, kamala harris will deliver a final big pitch to voters, her closing arguments, where she will urge americans to turn the page on donald trump. she'll be speaking from the same spot where mr trump rallied supporters before the january 6, 2021 us capitol attack. the harris campaign said she chose the symbolic site to push her case that the republican former

president is a threat to american democracy. meanwhile, donald trump has also been closer to home today. the former president held a press conference in mar a lago, his home in florida, where he falsely said democrats had staged a "coup" to force presidentjoe biden to drop his re—election bid. he also talked about the two attempted assassinations on him. who would want open borders, where millions of people can flow in from prisons and from gangs, gangs, the worst gang members anywhere in the world? who would want this for our country? who would want all of these transgender operations all over the place, like at will, even if you're in detention, want a transgender? these are things she stood... who wants to defund the police? she's wanted her whole career to defund the police. she only changed recently. she changed on 15 different items — fracking. she was against fracking, at the highest level. wouldn't even think about it.

now, all of the sudden, "oh, i like fracking very much." but they'd change after the election in about two minutes, and i think pennsylvania understands that. donald trump speaking earlier. we can cross to the ellipse in washington, where kamala harris is due to speak later. our correspondent samira hussain is there. just give us a sense of what it is like, or people gathering, what is the mood?— is like, or people gathering, what is the mood? there's a lot of peeple _ what is the mood? there's a lot of people already _ what is the mood? there's a lot of people already filtering - of people already filtering into this area, and they have actually applied the column here is campaign for a permit to allow 40,000 people to be able to come to this area, to watch her make herfinal able to come to this area, to watch her make her final pitch to america —— kamala harris campaign has. as you rightly pointed out this is a chance for kamala harris to say to the american people, if you want to have a change from the somewhat negative rhetoric of donald trump, then you should vote for

her, but also you cannot look at this area or this particular space without noting what is directly behind me. that is the white house. and if kamala harris wants to appear presidential, and sway fears people may have that she is not fit for the white house, having this speech here and commanding this speech here and commanding this kind of an audience is one way that her campaign hopes to dispel some of those myths. do the strategists think that that is one of the key messages that is one of the key messages that is going to shift votes, make people exit turn out and vote was mac obviously there has been a huge amount of early voting already. 0r been a huge amount of early voting already. or are people more focused on their bread daily issues?— daily issues? what they are t in: to daily issues? what they are trying to do _ daily issues? what they are trying to do with _ daily issues? what they are trying to do with a - daily issues? what they are trying to do with a lot - daily issues? what they are trying to do with a lot of. trying to do with a lot of these last campaigns is get at some of the undecided voters, those voters that still remain on defence, that may need that extra push in order to vote for

kamala harris, and that's part of the appeal of today's event, to be able to showcase herself on this very presidential stage that she has what it takes. find that she has what it takes. and can ou that she has what it takes. and can you give — that she has what it takes. and can you give us _ that she has what it takes. and can you give us a _ that she has what it takes. and can you give us a sense of who is actually coming to these rallies? for both parties, for both candidates? does it tend to be the sort of die—hard fans, the enthusiasts, they travel, great distances, to get there? are there's those coming making up their minds in person? i making up their minds in person?— making up their minds in erson? ~ , ., person? ithink it is, on both sides, person? ithink it is, on both sides. you — person? ithink it is, on both sides, you see _ person? ithink it is, on both sides, you see there - person? ithink it is, on both sides, you see there are - person? ithink it is, on both| sides, you see there are very ardent supporters of both candidates that are making it their mission to come to these rallies and to show their support and be as vocal as possible for each candidate. but you are right, i think there are still some undecided voters or voters perhaps that are not ready to say out loud who they are actually going to be voting for, and being able to come to these events gives them an opportunity to see who they may cast their ballot for

“p they may cast their ballot for up close and it offers a different kind of atmosphere, to be able to see the candidate in person, makes a big difference for a lot of voters, especially if they are on the fence, not knowing which way you want to go. ed. fence, not knowing which way you want to go.— you want to go. ed, samira, donald trump _ you want to go. ed, samira, donald trump was - you want to go. ed, samira, donald trump was in - you want to go. ed, samira, - donald trump was in mar-a-lago, donald trump was in mar—a—lago, he is still getting a lot of attention at that madison square garden rally over the weekend. he is out in those ski swing states, both candidates are going to be out every day for the next week. for are going to be out every day for the next week.— are going to be out every day for the next week. for the next week, for the next week. for the next week. for _ for the next week. for the next week, for both _ for the next week. for the next week, for both candidates, - for the next week. for the next week, for both candidates, it . week, for both candidates, it is all about the swing states. you'll see that donald trump is going to be spending a lot of time in pennsylvania, as will, harris, they are going to georgia, arizona, nevada, basically all seven battleground states, because they're both candidates that's where the votes are, that's where the votes are, that's where the votes are, that's where the election will be decided, so that is light in these final days, they are doing a whip around, in some

cases hitting five different cities in different states from now until election day. ed samira. — now until election day. ed samira, there's been a lot of talk about this being a boys versus girls race. i don't know if there's a difference in terms of who is coming to these rallies, who was actually showing up, but there's been a lot of talk that kamala harris is pulling better amongst women, donald trump scoring higher amongst the male voters, and that the honestly begs the question as to who is voting more amongst those two different groups.- more amongst those two different groups. rate, ithink robabl different groups. rate, ithink probably the _ different groups. rate, ithink probably the only _ different groups. rate, ithink probably the only thing - different groups. rate, ithink probably the only thing we - probably the only thing we could say in the poles, one of the few things we can say with certainty is that kamala harris is doing quite well with women voters, she has a lot of support amongst women, but if you look at the overall poles, and does not matter which major news organisation you go to berger pulling, you will see that everyone is saying both candidates are neck and neck, what we call a statistical tie,

that they are when that margin of error. this is very close, and both campaigns have made it clear this is very close which is why you're seeing such an incredible push in these last few days to make sure they can get it tipped over one way or another, and i think you have to also talk about, because it's so close, it means we possibly won't get a result right away on election day. in fact, it's more likely that we will get it in the subsequent days. remember, in the last presidential election, and went in till saturday before we got the result thatjoe biden had won the presidency. people are not expecting to go that long this time around, but we're certainly not expecting to get result in the first few hours right after all election polls have closed.— right after all election polls have closed. . . ~ , ., have closed. samira, thank you so much. _ have closed. samira, thank you so much, back— have closed. samira, thank you so much, back with _ have closed. samira, thank you so much, back with you - have closed. samira, thank you so much, back with you in - have closed. samira, thank you so much, back with you in the l so much, back with you in the coming hours, but for now, thank you. we can be joined we can bejoined now we can be joined now with our panel, lucy fisher, thank you

for being with us, and hilary rosen, democratic strategist owning us from the us. we have just been talking to our correspondent at the kamala harris rally which is going to get under way in the next three hours or so, hilary rosen. what do you think about the messaging? are the democrat skin it right, obviously the focus of that location points to the whole january 6 rally, with democracy and a trust? is that a really key issue that is going to sway voters if they are not sure and motivate people directly go and cast their vote?— people directly go and cast their vote? no, i don't think so, i their vote? no, i don't think so. i have — their vote? no, i don't think so, i have not— their vote? no, i don't think so, i have not thought - their vote? no, i don't think so, i have not thought so i their vote? no, i don't thinkj so, i have not thought so all year. i did not think generous six was practically motivate and forjoe biden, i don't think it is for kamala harris, but here's what does matter. last night, donald trump and his friends made a full out of him with an invective and racist filled evening, trashing

literally everybody, particularly members of the latino community, very important voting bloc in the us in these key battleground states, and kamala harris up until this past week, was really focused on trying to scare people about donald trump, ithink scare people about donald trump, i think in many ways he did that for himself last night. therefore, opening up an avenue for harris to spend the next couple days with positive message, about how the economy is getting better, about how she is for the middle class and he is for rich people, about how she has a health care plan and a childcare plan, and these are really the issues that people want to know, because they still want to know what kamala harris will be like as president. they already know what donald trump is going to be like. . , , ., what donald trump is going to be like. , , ., be like. lucy fisher, do you think there _ be like. lucy fisher, do you think there are _ be like. lucy fisher, do you think there are parallels - be like. lucy fisher, do you. think there are parallels with the uk general election we saw here over the summer? because we saw the victorious labour party, now in government,

again, not going to specific on policy, for the sized sometimes for not being too positive in terms of defining what they were for and actually just being very questioning of the conservatives and we know there has been political contact between the democrats and labour. all parties look to elections around the world to see what they can learn from those victorious parties. that's right, and the labour party— that's right, and the labour party and _ that's right, and the labour party and the democrats consider themselves sister parties _ consider themselves sister parties on the centreleft, long—standing leaks there, though— long—standing leaks there, though interestingly, labour insist— though interestingly, labour insist that when a delegation went—