. good morning, all over, right. we have a beautiful shot of new york city, the capitol behind us. we'll go all across the country this morning. don lemon here, poppy harlow, kaitlan collins. it is monday, it is november 7th. and you know what that means? it's election eve. >> also the new york city marathon was yesterday. >> it was great. >> did you run? >> i'm not running unless someone is chasing me. but the race -- i just moved to new york, and a friend of mine was like you have to go to be a real new yorker you have to go and see a real marathon. it was inspiring after alabama's loss saturday night. but seeing the people of all walks of life running for all causes -- >> the person you go with, they must have been a new new yorker

or tourist. >> is disagree with you. new yorkers watch from a bar with a beer and chicken wings. that's what i did. >> congrats to the marathoners. >> shall we get to the news? >> we have to talk about lsu versus alabama. >> let's get to the news. tomorrow the talking ends the voters have their say. candidates have reached the final stretch in the long and bumpy midterm campaign. >> the candidates and their surrogates are not letting up in the final push. cnn has the election covered. we have a team on the campaign trail. also this. will you tell your members to accept the election results even if they lose? >> members will accept the election results and make sure it's all put out in an honest election going forward, yeah. >> we have a cnn exclusive with house minority leader, kevin mccarthy. he talks about his plan if republicans do take back control

of the house and he becomes house speaker. but first john fetterman, mehmet oz neck and neck in battleground pennsylvania. president joe biden, former president barack obama and former president trump on the ground in the home stretch. jessica dean is live in pittsburgh. this is for all the marbles, good morning to you. >> reporter: this is it. in the final 24 hours. good morning to all of you as the final sprint toward election day happens. this is the most expensive race in the country, some $146 million in tv ads from labor day to tomorrow. that's just a tremendous amount of money. and look, you nailed the hammer on the head -- the nail on the head. this is about senate control. and this could very well determine who controls the senate. that's why democrats want to flip the seat and republicans want to hang on.

♪ >> reporter: after months of campaigning. >> i believe that we are the land of opportunity. tell them that we are the land of plenty. and tell them that i will bring change to washington. >> you know, i'm running to serve pennsylvania. oz is running to use pennsylvania. >> reporter: and tens of millions of dollars in ads. >> i got knocked down but i got back up. >> dr. oz knows we can work together. >> reporter: the hotly contested, closely watched pennsylvania senate race is closing out the final hours. democratic nominee john fetterman who suffered a stroke in may, framing his closing argument as a stark choice between himself and republican challenger mehmet oz. >> i spent my career fighting for people. oz has spent his life taking advantage of people making himself rich. i've taken on the powerful, been different. oz will only work for himself in

washington. >> reporter: while oz who's endorsed by former president donald trump has pitched himself as an independent voice. >> politicians point fingers, doctors solve problems. together we'll stand up to extremism on both sides. >> reporter: in a sign of how critical this race is to both parties, three presidents hit the trail in the commonwealth over the weekend. president joe biden and former president barack obama rallying voters in democratic strong holds. >> listen, it's easy to joke about dr. oz and the quack remedies he's pushed on tv. but it matters. it says something about his character. if somebody is willing to pedal snake oil to make a buck he's probably willing to sell snake oil to get elected. >> i know pennsylvania well and john fetterman is pennsylvania. he is pennsylvania. ♪ ♪ and i'm proud to be an

american ♪ >> and former president donald trump appearing in latrobe pennsylvania to boost republican candidates. oz appeared on stage with trump even as the celebrity doctor continued to position himself as a moderate. >> pennsylvania desperately needs dr. oz in the u.s. senate. he could very well be the tie breaking vote. >> reporter: inflation, crime, abortion rights, threats to democracy. these are some of the issues driving this race. it'll be the decision of pennsylvania voters, whether it will be for oz. >> he cares about people. i felt that watching the show. i feel it now. >> reporter: or fetterman. >> wow. >> i decided a long time ago i was voting for john fetterman. but again, this election is so much bigger than just fetterman. >> reporter: the commonwealth of pennsylvania is truly a purple state, you guys. and it sounds pretty basic.

but for either candidate to win, they have got to really turn out their base and then they have to convince the independents, the swing voters they're the person that should go to washington. we'll see both candidates headed back to where they spend election night. mehmet oz will head close to philadelphia just outside in the suburbs montgomery county. john fetterman coming back here, they'll rally to get every last vote. >> jessica dean, appreciate it. >> thanks. 435 seats all up for grabs in the race for control of the house. democrats hold the majority right now but if the gop secures a net gain of five seats they would control the house. let's talk to harry inton about all of this. good morning, harry. >> reporter: look, here's the deal in the house of representatives, right now republicans are a heavy favorite to take back control. so the chance of republicans taking back control, 88% to the

democrats' 12%. could democrats maintain control, perhaps. but to do so they have to win the four following races. starting in virginia, the second congressional district. this is a race i'm going to be watching. one of the earliest poll closings at 7%. this is a district that flipped from trump in 2016 to biden in 2020. elaine laurul won two years ago. susan wild won in 2018, this is among the swingiest of all the swing districts. flipped from trump 2016 to biden 2020. when i knew biden was winning this district in 2020 i knew he was going to win pennsylvania and therefore the presidency. >> talk about iowa, what are you seeing there? >> iowa, the heartland of the country. only one democrat still representing iowa in congress, it's sidney axney, this was a

district as close as could be in 2020, both biden and trump got 49% of the vote. this give us an understanding of which way the midwest could be going. this is where we look in the midwest to understand where the nation is going. down to texas. we'll go down to the rio grand valley. normally we don't talk about the rio grand valley. here's what's going on there. we have seen massive movement from the democrats to republicans. so that even though biden won there in 2020, it was a dramatically improved performance for donald trump. if we want to understand what's going on nationally with hispanic voters, we should look to this particular district. we have two incumbents running against each other. i didn't think this district would be close but it is coming election night. we are bringing you part two of cnn's exclusive interview with the house minority leader, kevin mccarthy. he's poised to become house

speaker if republicans do take control of the house tomorrow. melanie sat down with kevin mccarthy on the campaign trail in texas. i know we talked about what he could potentially do with marjorie taylor greene and committee assignments she may have if republicans are in control. you also asked him about that recent attack on speaker pelosi's husband. what did he tell you? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. there have been some republicans who mocked the attack on nancy pelosi's husband or spread conspiracy theories about it. so i asked kevin mccarthy what is your message to those republicans? >> i think what happened to paul pelosi is wrong. i think people should not get into this rhetoric about it or anywhere else. we have watched paul pelosi, we've watched steve scalise get shot. supreme court justices, individuals wanting to kidnap them. luckily they got picked up at the time. that is no place anywhere in politics and the nation. >> as speaker how do you tone

down the rhetoric? how do you stop that, turn down the temperatures. >> first thing i'll ask the president not to call half the nation idiots or challenge them or say things about them simply because they have differences of opinion. there are a number of people in this country that i have a difference of opinion with, i respect them. respect their ability to debate. i respect their ideas. let the idea win at the end of the day. i think leadership matters. and i think it probably starts with the president and it'll start with the speaker as well. >> what about members of your own party who have spread these conspiracy theories that resulted in this violence? >> i watched people on both sides of the aisle. as speaker i'll be speaker for the whole house. if maxine waters tells people to get in their faces -- we've watched this so many times before. as speaker of the house i will look at all. >> will they get committee

assignments? >> i've been clear that eric swalwell will not serve on intel. the knowledge i have based upon the friendship that he had with the chinese spy. if he cannot get a security clearance in the private sector he should not be given government security clearance either. adam schiff should not be serving on intel either after lying to the american public and missing, as the chair of intel, what was going on in afghanistan and others just to play politics. i think that's wrong as well. >> will you tell your members to accept the election results, even if they lose? >> we will accept the election results and make sure it's all put out in an honest election going forward, yes. >> besides the legislative aspect of this, you obviously are also -- >> i also -- no. my last question, i hope hillary clinton will accept it and stacey abrams too because they still have not. >> on the speakership, how confident are you that you have the votes to become speaker?

>> we have an election tuesday, two days away. i know the pollsters said last time we'd lose 15 seats and we beat 13 democrats. so we're going to work hard and if we win the majority i'll run for speaker. >> do you believe you'll have the votes? >> yes. >> do you think trump will support you being speaker? >> i think trump will be supportive yes. >> do you think you need his support? >> reporter: i think the people that vote for it are in the conference, that's the most important nobody on the outside can vote for you. >> he does have influence. >> the people with the most influence are the constituents back home. >> do you see any opportunity for bipartisanship? >> very much so. >> where are those areas. >> on the first day, i hope democrats join with us to repeal 87,000 new irs agents. government should be here to help us, not go after us, the citizens. i think they should help us to

become energy independent. i will make sure i send to every single democrat a commitment to america and an open door and invite them, anyone who wants to work with us will have the ideas to put america on a new path, yes. >> what is your working relationship with president biden like? do you have any communication with him? >> i had a really good working relationship with him when he was vice president. i don't know that it's just me. i don't think they've tried to work with anybody in the process and that's probably why they haven't been so successful. >> on ukraine aid you said no more blank checks to ukraine. does that mean no more aid whatsoever? >> i'm very supportive on ukraine. it means no blank checks for anything. i think there has to be accountability brought forth. we have a $31 trillion debt. i think the american people deserve that. in 2015 i had gone to ukraine after russia invaded it. i then went to the white house

with a bipartisan group and i met with then vice president joe biden trying to get them to sell the javelins, a defensive weapon to protect the ukrainian people and unfortunately president joe biden at the time said germany wouldn't want that. i asked them, let's keep them in poland so they can defend themselves. i think the actions have been too slow too late. i would have rather taken actions that russia would never have invaded. i think we need to look forward to other challenges throughout the world, too. we should supply weapons to taiwan early so china would not invade. make the world a more secure place. so you need not a blank check but resources are going where it's needed and congress and the senate have the ability to debate it openly. >> you support it if there's oversight of what the dollars are? >> i support oversight on any dollars taken from hardworking tax payers. >> can you give a prediction for how many seats republicans are

going to pick up on tuesday? >> at least enough to win the majority. we're going to fight for every one possible. >> what will be a red wave on tuesday night? >> well, i think anywhere over 20 is a red wave. and what's interesting is think about where we're sitting right now, think about the quality of the candidates that have been recruited from rhode island to maine, new hampshire, connecticut. these are places i'm traveling recently. from ohio, oregon, washington, nevada, california. i see more competitive races than i've seen at any given time. i see democrats spending money in places biden won by 20 points. new york, why siis it competiti? crime, inflation, lost learning from covid. that's why i want to see democrats join with us. let's empower the parents to

have a say in their child's education. >> after democrats got a boost from abortion this summer, did you change your plan or was it the same from the beginning? >> the plan was the same, create a new path for a new direction for america. we spent a year and a half working on solutions, listening to the american people and presenting them. we presented the commitment to america in a campaign across this country and we want america to decide which direction they want to go. do they want to go down the path of inflation, more crime, defunding of the police, of a doj that goes after parents, no accountability in washington? would they like a new plan. and the thing i would like to point out is, it is the commitment to america, not the republican party, it's the commitment to america to all americans to make this nation stronger and that commitment is we'll work with everyone that wants to make america better.

>> reporter: it's a commitment to america that kevin mccarthy could very well be responsible for, along with other issues like funding the government, raising the debt ceiling as voters head to the polls tomorrow. >> big questions he was very confident he'll have trump's support to be house speaker. see how that plays out if they win the majority tomorrow. thank you for bringing us that interview. let's bring in now david axelrod and chief political analyst gloria borger. good morning to both of you. i think it's important to have someone like kevin mccarthy on the air. but there are a couple things that i want to talk to you guys about. he said tone down the rhetoric -- good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> when he said tone down the rhetoric, i was like are you talking to trump? because he said you should not call half of the country -- pair pr phrasing here -- idiots because

of a difference of opinion. i thought he could be talking about trump. then he talked about hillary clinton and stacey abrams not conceding. hillary clinton did concede, stacey abrams did not. she didn't concede but she didn't contest the election. also, i think he's right -- one thing, he said would you encourage your supporters or leadership to accept the results of the election. he said i think they will. so he didn't answer the question. and the last thing is, ukraine. he thinks the people should have more oversight. i think most americans agree. that's a lot of stuff. >> on the whole what did you think of the interview, don? listen, kevin mccarthy is a very, very proficient politician. >> yeah. >> and what that was was an interview with a very proficient politician on the eve of an election. the truth of the matter is, he needs more than 20 seats. he needs a red wave because if

he doesn't get it, he's not going to be running that caucus, marjorie taylor greene and that crowd is. and trump will have a lot of say over who the next speaker of the house is. one of the things that mccarthy did, he spent a boat load of money, his pac spent over a quarter of a billion dollars because he knows he needs a bigger majority in order to have any kind of control over that caucus. so we'll see what happens tomorrow. >> there's something that really stuck out to me, which is what he didn't mention. when he talked about immigration. he didn't say build the wall. we have heard build the wall for how many years now. did not say build the wall. and when he talked about accountability, which means investigations, he didn't talk about hunter biden. which a lot of his caucus is pushing for an investigation of hunter biden. >> why do you think he didn't do it? >> because i think he's sending a signal to his own caucus this

is how i'm going to run it for now at the beginning if i'm the leader. i think he's spending so much money as david points out, that a lot of them have to listen to him. i think he was trying to take it down a notch. >> also what he was said when asked about impeachment and how they're going to purr sue that. he said he wants accountability but didn't say no to impeachment president biden, and also secretary mayorkas. >> but it wasn't at the top of the list. >> david, to the point that kaitlan makes which is a great one. that may be what he wants, but the question is what he gets if republicans take the house, if he becomes speaker, he's also going to have to deal with -- if she wins, increasingly powerful and vocal marjorie taylor greene as an example. when when she won and he said

i'm going to have to sit down with her, tell her not to call the speaker an expletive. and in 2021 he said her theories and comments on school shootings, political violence, don't represent the caucus. but she is now saying, he's going to have to give me a lot of power or else. what does he do? >> listen, i think it's everything that when he released his card for the election he had a very formal press conference. and who was featured sitting front and center in the picture next to him, marjorie taylor greene. which tells you the power that she has with the base of the party. and that's what he's concerned about. the thing about being speaker when you don't have the white house is i think he sees the job as setting up the next election and he's going to want to set up confrontations. it was interesting when he was

asked do you see opportunities for parbipartisanship, he said absolutely. i welcome people joining us to eliminate the new 87,000 irs agents and making america energy independent. he's saying i want to work with democrats who will embrace our agenda. so it was kind of -- he was kind of giving democrats a red wave except he wasn't using all his fingers. >> the people in the freedom caucus are going to be a big headache for him. and marjorie taylor greene is not his best friend. she does wield a lot of power. and so she's going to have say on what committees she's going to sit on. she isn't on any now. he said he's going to put her on committees. not only is he walking a fine line with donald trump, but he has to walk the line in his own caucus to get elected. >> let's talk about democrats. >> let's talk about biden. >> you worked in the white house for a long time --

>> it was only two years but seemed like a lot. >> felt long, i'm sure. >> yes. >> you know the president who was vice president then really well. and i just wonder if you think that democrats and the biden administration sort of bungled it, to say the least, on the economy, especially in the last few weeks. did they make this harder for democrats -- >> you're talking about messaging -- >> did you hear hillary rosen on the air? >> i agree. >> she said we meaning democrats, not me. >> tell us what you think. >> democrats are sort of engaging in premore tums and probably post more tums are more appropriate because we don't know what's going to happen. no doubt the thing that people are exposed to, concerned about on an everyday basis is the economy and cost of living. that's true among some elements of what's true in the democratic

base. there's a piece in "the washington journal" about the erosion and support among some black voters, some latino voters, these are working class voters experiencing the economy. you may not want to talk about the economy. but, first of all, democrats had arguments to make on the economy. but you can't choose what it is you want to talk about if the voters are very focused on something else. so yes, i think more of an emphasis on the economy. and i would have made the point that this group that, you know, kevin mccarthy represents are not offering any solutions on the economy. they are talking about things like impeachment and investigations and so on. and how does that actually address the day-to-day problems that people are facing. >> gloria, the republican message is resonating. >> of course. it's inflation. >> and the question is the democrat messaging resonating?

remember the dobbs decision, everyone said this is going to carry democrats through. i said i think this may have happened a bit early to resonate in november. >> women voters care about the dobbs decision but they're losing suburban women, democrats, according to "the washington journal" by something like 15 points. it's not that suburban women don't care about the abortion issue, it's that they care about inflation. inflation and economy, who do you trust to handle the economy better, it's republicans. they're running on an issue set that is a republican issue set, not a democratic one. they could have turned it around, i think, talking about health care. >> being the incumbent party in a midterm election when you have 40-year high inflation, which is global, in fairness, but your response you're saying you're going to take a beating. one point on suburban women. i think the emphasis on crime, even though it doesn't index

high on the overall has had an impact on those voters as well in the metropolitan areas. it is a big concern. >> both issues republicans do well on. when you look at everyone's polling, who do you trust more to handle crime, republicans, the economy -- >> it's the two things that affect your family, i was saying this last week. can i afford to pay for him kids, can i keep them safe. >> lots more to discuss. we have a long runway. >> sort of. cnn's election day coverage begins tomorrow at 4:00 a.m. we're on the air for five hours. we have more to discuss. followed by special coverage at 4:00 p.m. eastern. next the congressional race in new york that's now called a toss up. mike lawler joins cnn this morning. and we'll take you to a county in texas where an entire elections office has quit on the

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new york democratic congressman sean patrick maloney is the chair of the democratic congressional campaign committee, the man in charge of keeping the house majority but he's at risk of losing his seat potentially tomorrow. he's locked in a tight race against republican state assembly men mike lawler. joining us now. this is a race where democrats are having to spend money here to save their campaign chief. thank you for being on set with us this morning. don always reminds me to say good morning. i like to get to the chase. >> good morning. >> democrats i've spoken to are uncomfortable with the fact they've had to spend money in the race. are you surprised it's this

close and what are the imply indi -- implications if you win. >> when i announced five and a half years ago, i knew it was going to a tight race. but back in january of this year he sent a memo from the dccc demanding they gerrymander the districts, they did that. and then what he did is he pushed out the first openly gay black man out of congress to choose this congressional seat. problem for him is, 75% of the district is new to him. he only represents 25% of the district. i represent 20% of the district in the state assembly. he doesn't have the built in advantages of encouple ban si. and 50% of the district has a cop, firefighter or first

responder living in it. so people are focused on inflation and crime, and on both he owns it. democrats for the first time in our nation's history control everything in washington, albany, and new york city at once and created a mess. >> you think crime is resonating? it feels like, in your race and other races around new york, it's surprising that republicans are doing so well in what is typically blue. i live in liz cee zeldin's dist. i know suffolk can be red. do you believe that issue, crime, is what has been resonating and lifts republicans -- >> absolutely. i live in the immediate suburbs of new york city. i'm from rockland county. we pay among the highest property taxes in america. the cost of living, coupled with crime are one and two, and everywhere i go, no matter what community i go into, that's what voters are focused on. 50% of households have a cop,

first responder or veteran living in it. everybody is impacted, whether it's crime in the community or because they work in the city, because they are in law enforcement, people are very frustrated with new york's policies especially around cashless bail. >> there's no evidence that cashless bail has had any impact on -- that's what the facts run -- let me get my question out. katy hochul is on the air, she said the narrative around crime, we had her on on friday, she said the narrative around crime is not necessarily what the stats show. i know it's very real. i know it's a very real issue. do you think there's a disconnect there? >> i think she's wrong. here's the truth. index crimes in new york city since cashless bail took effect are up 36%. year over year, to date, they're up 29%. so the reality is that since cashless bail took effect, crime has gone up significantly. and 40% of those released on

nonmonetary bail for felony offenses have been rearrested while those charges are pending. this is serious. i think when people are saying they don't feel said, it's because they're not safe. people are concerned about being shoved in front of oncoming subway cars, shot in the street. this is a problem. and democrats own it. they have done nothing to fix it. in fact, they made it worse with policies they enacted. >> people would say if lee zeldin had the thing that happened in front of his house, if he is a republican congressman and he can't get control of crime where he lives -- >> but policies are statewide policies enacted by one party rule. the democrats control everything in albany and new york city. they eliminated the anti-crime unit. they have nonenforcement of petty crimes. these are serious challenges and it requires a balanced approach. we need judicial discretion. new york state is the only state in the country that does not

have a dangerousness standard. we need a balanced approach, common sense approach to crime pre prevention and ensuring safety. >> i think what don is saying here, correlation is not necessarily causation. let's talk about the other big issues. i want to give you a chance, sean patrick maloney was on another network yesterday he made an accusation about your position and how you would vote on abortion. let's play it and how you respond. >> my own opponent pretends there's no threat to it in new york but he voted to ban abortion in the assembly. if he had his way, any state in the country could ban it for any reason without exceptions. >> i read an op-ed you wrote and you said i am opposed to a federal ban on abortion and will vote against one. can you make clear for everyone who may vote for you or against you, what an accurate

description is? >> i never voted to ban abortion in new york. in fact, it's legal in new york up until the moment of birth. >> it's legal until 24 weeks and after 24 weeks there's two exceptions -- >> as part of the law in 2019 they decriminalize law -- >> decriminalizing it is different. >> that allows for legalization for abortion up to the day of birth. but i am against a national ban on abortion. i am for exceptions for rape, incest, and the health and life of the mother. i said that repeatedly. sean maloney has lied throughout this campaign about my position. and sean maloney is the only one who voted for a bill to expand abortion nationwide in congress up until the moment of birth and ban parental notification. that's the extreme position. >> can i ask you a question if you do win this seat we've been

talking about marjorie taylor greene, what a republican majority would look like. i'm curious because there is this split in the republican party of what tact people pursue when they get to washington. what kind of republican do you think you're going to be in you get elected? >> people compared you to peter king. >> i like peter king. >> you like to compare yourself to peter king. >> peter king is a great friend and congressman for new york. >> what kind of congressman will you be? >> like pete king. he stood up for new york. i was the only republican pick up in the state assembly two years ago, i flipped a district. i did that going into every community and talking to every voter regardless of their party affiliation, race, ethnicity, religion. i want to represent the people that elect me. i will be a republican that represents everyone that goes down to washington to fight for my district and my community. and that's what my focus will be. this district has 70,000 more

democrats than republicans. i'm going to win tomorrow because i have talked about the issues that people are focused on. and as their members of congress i'm going to be their voice. i'm not looking to go be one of 435, i'm not looking to be a rubber stamp, i'm going to fight for what matters to my constituents. >> i voted early on friday, i went after work, and we got there, the voting place, the poll opened at noon, so we were like number five in line. that was maybe 15, 20 minutes before it opened. by the time it opened, it was probably 40, 50 deep. >> yeah. very good turn out this year. >> i was in my lsu baseball cap and someone said i recognize your voice. >> thank you for joining us on set. >> we appreciate you joining us. >> we do. straight ahead, why more than 3,400 ballots in philadelphia are at risk of being rejected.

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40 million of you have already voted. either by mail or in person in this midterm election. and philadelphia election officials are alerting more than 3,400 voters whose ballots are at risk of being rejected because of incorrect information, missing dates or envelopes. this comes after the pennsylvania supreme court barred officials from counting ballots with missing dates on the envelopes. let's talk about this with lisa deally in part of a bipartisan board. 3,400 votes that's a lot. what does this mean? >> you know, 3,400 votes is a

lot but even one is too many. pennsylvania voters should have confidence when they cast their vote they won't be denied their right for that vote to be counted based on clerical errors or issues that have no real relevant to their ballot. above that, they should have clarity. so these decisions that come down this late in the game, they really upset voters and do more to reinforce people's mistrust in the process and it's a tragedy for pennsylvania voters that this has occurred this late in the game and we clarity for voters. >> what is the fix? done deal? >> we have the list available to voters on our website and we are urging them to come in to city hall to replace their ballots if they find their name on this list. you know, it's a couple days before election. for a lot of these voters they

submitted their ballots weeks ago. they may be out of town or unavailable to come in. this creates a really unfair disenfranchisement to thousands of voters. not only in philadelphia but across the commonwealth. >> one thing we've been trying to do here is talk about what our audience should be expecting for tomorrow night and one of the aspects of that is the vote counting, and it's going to take awhile, especially in pennsylvania, in philadelphia. what should tomorrow night look like, how long that vote is going to take? >> your audience should know we are going to work around the clock, as we did in 2020, to get the count done as quickly as possible. in pennsylvania again we do not have common sense legislation that enables us to start the count earlier. we can't begin to count those mail-in ballots until lelection morning. and in philadelphia at the same time we are conducting a major

in-person election with 1,703 precincts that we're standing up for in-person voting. so tomorrow is a hectic day. we'll start 7:00 in the morning and continue around the clock until all the votes are counted. >> we know it's going to be a busy day for you. we thank you for taking time out of your day to talk to us and explain it to our audience this morning. >> thank you, commissioner. >> thank you, commissioner. the next 48 hours for you a lot longer. >> get some coffee. >> thank you. up next -- >> we'll talk about why election staff in one texas county quit abruptly three months before the midterm elections. ahead we're joined by the daily show contributor, jordan klepper. if you don't know this guy -- you know him. a look at the new special where he speaks to election deniers in swing states. look at this. >> what does conceding mean? >> it means accepting loss.

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welcome back everyone. election officials in gillespie, texas, leaving their post in the lead-up to tomorrow's election. who is left in charge? election precinct judge who doesn't accept the results of the 2020 presidential contest. cnn's ed lavandera reports now. >> this is the auction barn most of the time. >> reporter: on election day, david transcribes will be here serving the voters of precinct 13 in gillespie county, texas. >> you have an official title in. >> yes, election judge. >> reporter: election precinct judge usually wouldn't raise any

eyebrows. >> you believe the 2020 election was stolen from donald trump? >> yes, i do. >> why should someone like you serve in this kind of official capacity for an election? >> i would think i would probably be a good candidate because i'm going to be really keen looking for anything that looks wrong. my objective is integrity, not that my guys win, but integrity. >> reporter: the story of how gillespie county reached this point is a cautionary tale of how the 2020 election denying conspiracy theories virus keeps spreading. there's nothing glamorous about the gillespie county election administrators office. inside, the small election team did their work. by mid august, all three employees had quit, three months before the midterm election. >> the election trouble here dates back to 2019 when a ballot measure asked voters whether or not fluoride should be used in the city's drinking water.

the anti-fluoride activist who lost, questioned the integrity of that election, and then the 2020 presidential election came along pouring gasoline on the flames of election conspiracy theories. even though donald trump won this county with 79% of the vote, some republicans were convinced something wasn't right. in august of this year, the elections administrator, anissa herrera was done. she wrote that threats against election officials, dangerous misinformation, poor working conditions and absurd legislation have completely changed her job. >> i've had to learn a lot of information really quickly. >> reporter: with no election team in place, it fell to the county clerk, lindsey brown to serve. >> people that have been in elections before, people who have worked it before have tapped into their knowledge and wisdom. >> i understand the texas secretary of state's office has sent in election trainers, sending in inspectors.

how valuable or how needed have those people been? >> very valuable. >> jerry is a gel liss spi county democrat who will work as an alternate precinct judge. he attended the polling training session and said what he heard from the election conspiracy theorists troubles him. >> what are we supposed to do with the fake ids that the biden administration is issuing to illegals when they travel across the border. the secretary of state said -- representative said that's not happening, and we went on. >> reporter: for now officials are hoping for the best. >> do you feel confident this election will go off smoothly? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: don, that election precinct judge you heard from, he believes in 2020 there were 2,000 donald trump votes flipped from trump to biden there in gillespie county. this is a lie pedalled by my

pillow ceo mike lindell. for the first time in memory, they're sending out election poll walkers on election day tomorrow. >> ed lavandera, thank you. ahead, we're on the campaign trail in the final hours on election eve. there's a trend, a noticeable one in president biden's campaign stops. we have more on cnn's special live coverage.

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