final day of the campaign, busy news day. lot of fun having on both sides of the election. brianna keilar picks up coverage right now. hi there, i am brianna keilar. i want to welcome viewers in the united states and around the world. it is election eve for a bitterly divided country with a public health crisis spiraling out of control. right now, candidates and surrogates are darting around battleground states in a last ditch effort to get voters to the polls. president trump will have five rallies in four states. soon he will be in pennsylvania. democratic nominee joe biden is starting in ohio, will be ending in pennsylvania with a lady gaga concert. president obama is campaigning for biden again today, he is in georgia right now, a state that has consistently voted republican but is now in play for the democrats. so here we are. almost at the end. it is the last day of early

voting in 22 states and district of columbia. more than 95 million americans have cast ballots. even before the ballots are counted, president trump is casting doubt about integrity of the vote, suggesting it could end up at the supreme court. either way the votes fall, people are worried. businesses in several cities are boarding up ahead of results. the white house is also preparing. a source telling cnn, a nonscaleable fence is expected to be put up, the same type of fence used earlier this summer during protests. we have reporters all across the trail. we have ryan nobles in scranton, pennsylvania. jessica dean near pittsburgh, jason carroll in atlanta. ryan, i want to start with you. the president is heading to joe biden's hometown. what is the strategy in the final hours? >> reporter: brianna, no doubt pen pennsylvania among the most important states in the path to 270 electoral votes.

that's why he spent as much time here as any battleground state across the country, why his campaign is focusing so much on the 11th hour effort on the commonwealth of pennsylvania. it is also interesting, places that the president is visiting. yes, you point out he is going to be here in scranton, pennsylvania in about an hour, which is of course joe biden's boy hood home. part of the message is aimed at rural blue collar voters, they were voters that drove the vote home for president trump in 2016. he believes it is in large part a path to victory for him in pennsylvania in 2020 as well. while the suburbs outside big cities of pittsburgh and philadelphia will play a big role in who ultimately wins here, president trump hopes to run up the score in the are yru of the state and where we are in the northeastern part of the state. it is hard to find a path to victory for president trump without a win in pennsylvania. polls show him consistently

behind joe biden for much of the campaign, but the president believes his ground game, long term effort and broader concerns about difficulty in mail-in votes with two envelopes required could tilt the race his direction by the final count. it is going to take pennsylvania a lot of time to count the ballots, especially those from the mail. it could be awhile before we know the results here. for president trump and his campaign, it is almost a must win. brianna? >> ryan nobles, thank you so much in scranton for us. meantime, former vice president joe biden also back in pennsylvania in critical final hours of the campaign with a focus on the western half of the state. his first stop is outside of pittsburgh and that's where cnn's jessica dean is. biden is banking on a win in pennsylvania for a clear path to the white house, but of course this is a win far from guaranteed. >> reporter: yeah. there are no sure things right now, brianna, no sure things until all of the votes are

counted and the biden campaign is doubling down efforts here in pennsylvania, sending vice president biden, his running mate, kamala harris, and their spouses across the commonwealth of pennsylvania in the final day before the election day. the biden campaign believes they can draw out a cross section of people in pennsylvania, a coalition that includes white voters, suburban women, union households. they're also looking to turn people who voted for president trump in 2016 into their column this year. we are in beaver county, just outside of pittsburgh. this is a county that won overwhelmingly for president trump in 2016. you see joe biden coming into the area, trying to galvanize support in surrounding areas as well. interesting to note before he gets to pennsylvania in a little bit, his first stop today was cleveland, ohio. that was a stop added at the last minute.

when he got there, he said senator sherrod brown encouraged him to get there. sherrod brown winning re-election there in 2018, a democrat, by bigger margin than he did when he ran six years previously. ohio democrats really think it is winnable for joe biden. here's what biden said on the ground there. >> ohio, one more day! one more day! tomorrow! tomorrow we have an opportunity to put an end to a presidency that's divided this nation. tomorrow we can put an end to a president that failed to protect this nation, the power to change the country is in your hands. i don't care how much donald trump tries, there's nothing, nothing he's going to do to stop the people of this nation from voting. >> of course, the biden campaign wanting a win here in pennsylvania. they don't just want to win, they want a convincing one, one

that can't be challenged in the courts and one that will make it known they won in pennsylvania. >> thank you so much. democrats think they have a shot to win in states many thought were unwinable when the campaigns started, for example, georgia. former president barack obama is speaking in atlanta. a clear sign the biden campaign believes they can turn the peach state blue. jason carroll is there as well. jason, it is not just the white house up for grabs, georgia has two competitive senate seats on the ballot tomorrow. >> reporter: right, that is true. that will be part of the message that former president barack obama is making when he takes the stage in a few minutes. democrats feel as though the stars have to align here in the state of georgia for them to flip the state, something they have not been able to do since 1992 under bill clinton. this go around they're seeing a number of -- enthusiasm among voters, hoping that will translate into votes.

heard from a senior obama adviser over the weekend and he says the former president is making an urgent message to voters to get out there and vote, not just the top of the ticket but vote down ballot as well. a democrat in a competitive race for the senate here, osoff. the president making a final sprint in the final days to a number of competitive states. last week we saw him in orlando. over the weekend, two stops with biden in michigan. here in georgia today. and later today heading to south florida and miami making a final pitch there as well. the goal to reach more african americans, more white suburban voters that didn't come out in the numbers they needed in 2016. they do not want to see a repeat of that. a lot of early speakers voting, john lewis, the late congressman

saying make good trouble. meaning go out and vote. that's a message we will hear from the president when he takes the stage a few moments from now. brianna? >> jason carroll in atlanta. thank you. it is no coincidence candidates are spending election eve in pennsylvania. let's talk about the path to 270 electoral college votes with david chalian. david, talk about boat scenarios. president trump wins pennsylvania again. then what? >> why you are seeing activity in the industrial great lakes region that was critical four years ago. look at the polling in wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania. you see the average of the polls across all three states we called theab blue wall. that's why donald trump is working hard at it. you asked about pennsylvania, brianna. this is the 2016 map.

donald trump's map. how he won. if indeed joe biden can win back wisconsin, win back michigan, but donald trump hangs onto pennsylvania, donald trump is reelected to a second term. has 280 electoral votes. what does biden do if donald trump hangs onto pennsylvania. that's when he has to dig into some of that more traditionally republican territory like flip an arizona, then you get to tie scenario and get into congressional districts or a north carolina, if he was able to do that. you see joe biden then would win the presidency. but donald trump hanging onto pennsylvania means joe biden has to go to less friendly territory in the sun belt. >> so if biden were to win pennsylvania, what states will president trump need? >> yeah, it is such a good question. let's give biden pennsylvania

this time around, that's 20 electoral votes. now you see if indeed he is going to win michigan, win wisconsin as well, now donald trump is down to 260 electoral votes. what can donald trump do to flip that around if indeed joe biden wins that, it is going to be tough. where he would have to go is into clinton territory. he would need to perhaps try to flip a nevada, try to flip minnesota, states he did not win four years ago. if joe biden is winning across the industrial great lakes region, all three of those states, donald trump has to dig into clinton territory and he has not been leading in those states in the polls, brianna. >> it would be very difficult if not impossible. and the president of course is finishing his day in michigan. tell us how michigan is coming into play specifically. >> again, look back at the 2016 map.

michigan was in donald trump's corner. you know he is fighting in this region. this is how he won the white house. that's how he is going to get reelected. if michigan stays red, if pennsylvania stays red, say only wisconsin goes blue, they talked about joe biden really needing a north carolina and maybe a florida. he really needs to dig into some of trump's more reliable territory if indeed donald trump pulls out pennsylvania and michigan and that's exactly where he's spending closing hours of this race. >> david, thank you so much. 270 electoral votes are key. thank you for walking us through that. just in, a judge just rejected a republican effort to halt early vote counting in las vegas. plus, many military and absentee ballots won't be counted until after election day, despite the president saying they shouldn't be counted at all. and the president suggests he may fire dr. anthony fauci

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we have some breaking news. a judge just rejected republican efforts to halt early vote counting in nevada's clark county, which includes las vegas. i want to get straight to details now. we have cnn's erica hill in las vegas for us. erica, this has to do with verifying voters' signatures. explain this to us. >> reporter: yeah, that was part of what was brought up in the suit filed by the trump campaign and republican party here in nevada which as you mentioned, brianna, the judge shot down. this is a heavily democratic county as you know, of the actor

voters, 1.2 million active voters are in clark county. the judge denied on all fronts, saying the party didn't have standing to bring this issue. matching machine used here in the county. they have issues with that. verifies 30% of ballots, they had concerned what observers were allowed to see, whether they could see signature matching, whether that process is robust enough. in addition to that, there were questions as you point out about ballot processing that started october 20th. the judge again denying the entire request. everything will move forward as it has been doing since october 20th here in the county. they showed no evidence there were any issues with signatures, either not being validated properly or that that in any way impacted a ballot. we should point out there has been response from nevada gop saying they're evaluating an

expedited appeal to nevada supreme court, but as of right now, nothing is going to change what's happening behind me. i should point out, early voting, mail-in votes, first time a mail in ballot was sent to every active voters. that surpasses all ballots cast in 2016. >> a federal judge stepped in, erica, ordering u.s. postal service to take what they call extraordinary measures to deliver mail and ballots on time to be counted. what does that mean for the postal system and postal workers? >> reporter: that's right. we know this differs depending on the state, how and when ballots are processed, post marks, how long they can arrive afterwards. third day in a row, seeing drop off in on time delivery for first class mail. the judge said it is mandatory, express mail guaranteed deliver one or two days, any ballot

mailed locally needs to be processed that same day, at the latest delivered the following morning and they're staying on top of this with plant managers. they want to have regular updates. we're looking at this in states like pennsylvania, as you have been talking about all day, michigan, north carolina, some of the states with a real focus today. >> erica hill, thank you for that from las vegas. hundreds of thousands of active duty troops and families are overseas, voting by mail. laws in 29 states and district of columbia allow military ballots to be counted even if they arrive after november 3rd. as the president is insisting that all counting should stop on election night. >> i think it is a terrible thing when ballots can be collected after an election. >> tara, you have done great reporting what this would mean

for folks in the military and their families. i am wondering if you can explain to us as the president is calling for votes to not be counted after the election, what that would mean for service members who are away from their home of residence, from state of residence, what it would mean for them getting their vote counted. >> it could disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of military personnel casting a vote from overseas. there's 172,000 service members deployed overseas now, and 19,000 national guard or reservists. when you are in the earlier segment talking how critical pennsylvania might be, in 2016 there were 8400 service members who cast their vote by absentee ballot, votes could be counted up to november 10th this election. and what struck me, i have been reporting this story out, each

time i talked to a secretary of state office, they told me that the number of ballots being requested has absolutely surpassed 2016, just like we see in the civilian vote. it could be a lot more than 8400 votes in the critical state of pennsylvania that are at stake here. >> i mean, just to give people a sense, you have states like florida and they're allowed to be received ten days after the election. but i also think there are political observers and lay people that may look at this and say why would the president not want to include military ballots. historically you look at large, the military has trended republican. but you've done great reporting explaining how that's not quite as reliable for the president. some of it maif to y have to do things the president said and some policies. tell us a little about that. >> that was incredibly interesting for me to dig into

because if you think about it, in 2000, the republicans actually fought hard to get military ballots counted in that presidential election. they had an intuition and were right, that ballots were reliably republican in most instances. but you have a whole new generation of service members seeing 20 years of war in afghanistan and iraq and their political beliefs are all over the spectrum. if you are going to bet on the ballot, it is not so much of a fif 50/50 bet, you have more social issues. it will be interesting how this particular election falls out. military times has done good reporting and polling on the spectrum of how these votes are falling out and they found since 2017, support for trump within the military has fallen from 46% to 38% and they also found in

that poll that 41% of the troops polled voted for biden. >> it is hard to imagine a situation where you would have military serving away from home to defend the country and not being able to vote in that country which is why there's so much outrage in response to the suggestion that the president has of not counting votes after election day. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. can the president fire dr. anthony fauci? we have a reality check on his threat. plus, more disturbing numbers on the coronavirus crisis in the u.s. as the country breaks new records on the second day of november. retailers across america are boarding up their doors and windows. they're nervous about potential unrest after tomorrow's election. we're going to show you what's happening. (upbeat music) - [narrator] this is kate.

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>> fire fauci, fire fauci, fire fauci. >> don't tell anybody, but let me wait until a little bit after the election. i appreciate the advice. >> i want to bring in senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. the crowd chanting fire fauci. the president responding let me wait until a lit bit after the election. can the president fire dr. fauci? >> you know, first i want to say what a coward, right, if president trump really wanted to fire fauci, he should have the guts and guts is my second choice of words, he should have the guts to do it now, the fact he is saying i won't do it now speaks volumes about him and about how popular and effective dr. fauci is. cnn reporting tells us that the president cannot fire fauci. could he pressure dr. fauci's boss, dr. francis collins, could he pressure dr. collins to fire

dr. fauci? that's possible, but dr. collins said i won't do it. he has been asked and he won't do it. the two men are very close, have worked together for many, many years. now, could the president pressure sel pressure secretary of health and human services, dr. azar to fire him. he could. but alex azar is an attorney, professional with a long career behind him. would he really and hopefully ahead of him, would he want his epitaph to read alex azar, the idiot and coward that fired dr. fauci, smartest guy in the room. i imagine not. in the middle of a pandemic. and to take it a step further, could president trump get rid of azar, collins, put in stooges to fire fauci? that's possible. if it were any other president, i would say no way that will happen. with president trump, when he gets into one of his childish

baby like temper tantrums, he does weird things. i wouldn't put anything past him. brianna? >> let's hope the urge wears off. we'll see. elizabeth cohen, thank you so much. the president defending his supporters that surrounded a biden campaign bus on the interstate, slowing it to 20 miles per hour. staffers on the bus called 911 as they were fearful. now the fbi is investigating. stores across the country are boarding up, bracing for possible unrest after the election. we're going to show you where this is happening. and we'll hit three battleground states that may decide this election. stand by.

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the countdown to election day is on, all eyes are on key battleground states. cnn has a team of reporters on the ground tracking the candidates' final day of campaigning. we begin in michigan where absentee ballots are already being processed. >> reporter: brianna, this is where absentee ballots are being processed in the state of michigan, part of a new law that went into effect, applying to cities with more than 25,000 people.

remember, process doesn't quite mean counted, it means getting ballots ready to the point that when the counting starts at 7:00 a.m. election day tomorrow, the process goes a little more smoothly. at the tcf center in detroit, they have 1800 workers assigned working shifts. you can see the battle stations of sorts set up. they work as a self contained assembly line. one person may open the first part of that envelope, the ballot is in a second envelope, safety sleeve so to speak. they work to match up the bar code, make sure the person hasn't already voted, things like that. that's what they're working on. by the time you get to election day, they can get through them quickly as possible. people in detroit, officials say they hope to have 100,000 absentee ballots counted by 8:00 p.m. election day. when you contextualize it, state secretary of state says they

expect to see 3 million votes having been through by the time we get to election day starting 7:00 a.m. here in michigan. brianna? >> reporter: ryan young in milwaukee, wisconsin. i can tell you, president trump circled the state. he will be back here again today. he was just here friday. first lady was here saturday. ivanka trump was here sunday. you can see the final push. president trump won this state by less than 1% in 2016 and already 2 million people in the state voted in person. the other part of the story is coronavirus. just over my shoulder as you look this direction, this is a line of people showing up. there is a surge of coronavirus cases. as we talk to people waiting in line, told us there were two things they were worried about, the economy and coronavirus. with cases surging here, that's what people want to see more leadership on. once again, this is the battleground state that everyone seems to be focusing on. tomorrow, they'll start to count

in person votes at 7:00 a.m. brianna? >> thank you so much for those reports, omar and ryan. early voting across the country exceed 95 million ballots cast, a record. turnout tomorrow will be closely watched. many americans plan to still vote election day. and president trump is counting on that. kristin holmes, cnn national correspondent explains why trump needs a huge in person turnout. >> reporter: every election cycle we end up saying some version of the same thing, this is going to come down to turnout. this year is a little different because we've already seen so much turnout. we have seen record numbers of people casting ballots early, sending in absentee to allow for safety and all of that. what we learned is that not all turnout is the same. what i mean by that is that since beginning of the pandemic, it has been clear that biden

supporters are more likely to support voting by mail or voting early whereas trump supporters are likely to vote in person on election day. so what does that mean? if you look at the numbers coming in, record numbers, and you're the trump campaign, some of the states you're going to really, really think that you need to turnout in. for example, think about pennsylvania. they have had a record number of absentee ballots sent in this year, 2.4 million at this point. if 70% of that has been from registered democrats and only 20% from registered republicans, donald trump in a state like pennsylvania, a critical swing state would likely need a huge in person day of turnout to match that huge number of absentee ballots. trump campaign in a state like pennsylvania, officials tell me they believe they can do it. but it is a lot riskier when you come to a point where this is all you can do, only turnout.

this does not mean all early ballots are the same, states like florida or arizona, they have a robust system. 75% of people in arizona voted by mail in the last election cycle. that's not going to look the same. but if looking at other critical states like michigan, pennsylvania, even georgia and texas, traditionally red states, we have seen enormous early turnout, mail in and absentee ballots. those are states that will become critical on election day. and states that trump is really going to need to use that ground game to turnout voters. brianna? >> thank you. what happens if the president prematurely declares victory tomorrow night? he is already hinting at lawsuits. i speak with an election law expert about what he fears most. a nation on edge on the eve of election day. we're going live to businesses making preparations for possible

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businesses across the country are on alert, preparing for possible violence after the election. in major cities like new york, los angeles, and here in washington, d.c., stores are boarding up their windows. there's even a fence going up around the white house according to a source. one security company tells cnn they're grappling with a, quote, three headed monster, coronavirus, the election, and civil unrest surrounding social justice issues. i want to bring in stephanie eel a.m., covering this from los angeles for us.

what are you hearing from retailers there, steph? >> reporter: it is just the fear, brianna, and it is widespread. you can see staples across the street is boarded up. big box stores, and also small mom and pops, like this liquor store. he is boarded up, taken it down during social justice protests, but put them up through the election, he doesn't know what's going to happen. as if a hurricane is coming, businesses across the country are boarding up. the perceived threat is far from normal for a modern american election. after a season of charged political rhetoric. >> biden remains silent in his basement. >> the worst president america has ever had. >> reporter: and months of protests, including looting in some places. it is the uncertainty of how people will react to results of the presidential election that has business owners on edge yet again in 2020.

>> i think it is just precautionary. >> reporter: this jewelry store has been here since 1948. they're closing up shop until sometime after the election. >> do you ever remember a time when you were concerned about an election result? >> never in my life. this is such a surprise. this is incredible chaos everywhere. >> reporter: chaos that beverly hills wants to avoid. ritzy rodeo drive is blocked off until at least thursday. >> we're not mandating businesses that board up, we highly recommend you harden the target. >> reporter: in portland and chicago, the police departments have cancelled officers' time off for election day. >> the city has been in close communication with our business community. >> reporter: plywood covers store front doors and windows in raleigh, north carolina as it does in denver, where the city is activating emergency

operations center, the first time for an election day. >> 100% heightened awareness. >> reporter: the nation's capital is doing the same. >> we know that first amendment palpable the concerns. >> if anything turns violent, we're going to move to stop that immediately. >> reporter: the big apple should be gearing up for the reimagined thanksgiving day parade due to covid-19. the windows of macy's flagship show, usually a draw unto itself. instead, the store is all boarded up. in the time of coronavirus -- >> we're really hoping that everybody doesn't protest violently. >> reporter: a different kind of protection during an unprecedented election.

it's hard to believe that we are talking about an american presidential election and this is how people are preparing. some places, because of what we have seen, they have just stay boarded up and just painted them and have kept them up. but overall, think about we're in the fourth quarter, this is when retailers make a lot of money. the last thing they said to do is to have their doors closed again right now. but many are just going to do it, keep them closed until they can feel things are safe. >> tell us about tiffany's, they're taking some precautions. >> reporter: in some case cities, they're not saying which ones, but they're boarding up their windows in some of these cities where they think there could be unrest. they're going to protect those businesses. a lot of this -- a lot of retailers have been doing that. that's why ear seeing bev hills

shutting down. i saw more businesses boarded up than when i was out yet. >> we're seeing that here in washington, d.c. as well. stephanie elam, thank you for the report from los angeles. on election eve, both candidates are focusing on pennsylvania. we're going to bring you the dueling rallies, next.

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all right, as you can see, pennsylvania is where it is at today. in this election, dueling rallies happening between vice president mike pence and kamala harris, who would like to take his job. mike pence in erie, pennsylvania. let's listen in to him first. >> spent this time in indiana playing football at a place called notre dame, but he came home, ran an incredibly successful business, but ten years ago, when i was still serving in the congress, he stepped forward with those broad shoulders, those clear, conservative principles, and i'm going to tell you what, he has become one of the most consistent strong and earlier allies of president donald trump and our agenda in the congress of the tun. would you joy me in thanks congressman mike kelly, for all he does for the cause and the country.

[ cheers and applause ] come on, let's hear it for mike kelly, everybody. [ chanting ] >> so do i. so does he. thank you all for being here. congressman, thank you for being here. thank for you always being there for president donald trump and the agenda that's made america great again. i know the enthusiasm here today is because you all know all that we have accomplished over the last four years. i mean, four years ago he inherited a military that was hollowed out by devastating budget cuts, an economy struggling to break out of the slowest recovery since the great depression. terrorism was on the rise around

the world, and we're still our more cherished values were consistently until assault out of washington, d.c., but in three short years, we rebuilt or military. we revived our economy. we secured or boaur borders, an stood for life, liberty and the constitution of the united states of america. joe says you want to talk to me about the economy and ask me how the economy is doing? then i ask you, how are working people doing? how are working families doing? joe understands that when they pass that tax bill benefiting the top 1% and the biggest corporations of america, causing us to deal with a $2 trillion deficit, that wasn't about working people. if we get down what we need to

get done, pennsylvania, in the next 24 hours, joe and i about to get rid of that tax bill. and invest that money in working families. invest that money in infrastructure, building back up our roads and bridges, partnering with the building trades, the carpenters, plumbers, electricians, knowing their apprenticeship programs are the best in the world. building up america's workforce, investing in our auto industry, making our auto industry the largest manufacturer of electric vehicles. invests in working families, not raising taxes on anyone making less than $400,000 a year, but also investing in working families, knowing you should never pay more than 7% of your income in child care.