so the mystery drop, that's one answer. the other answer is if anybody tells you you send us a campaign contribution and you're getting money back stop the things where the super pacs, they're actually more complicated that's where you really want to go on to the political action committee. that's listed on the federal elections commission website where they're there. but some of the shady are ones have made it onto the fec website. so you got to do a little research before you're sending money to these places and then when you look at this and when the fbi is seeing like who is getting targeted in who is getting caught in these in these scams? >> who's the, most vulnerable? >> well, one of the popular theory is, is that the elderly are the most vulnerable. we just did some great original reporting on cnn last week about people with dementia being targeted again and again who don't remember, they already gave who are going through their life savings but we find on scams like this that

this is for people of all ages. this all idea that only old people fall for this you have people in their 30s, in their 20s who were really excited about the campaign, who are falling for these things and the fbi wants you to report them that's how they track where the fakes, where the real ones to that www. i see three.com, the internet crime complaint center. but in the event that some elderly people might have trouble filling out that form the department of justice does have for 60 and up the elder care hotline where they can actually walk you through that and help you do it. >> call if you have any questions. and i like what you said, just slow down. don't take what is coming into your phone or your emails at from sure. thank you so much. john miller, it's always a pleasure for sure. and new hour of cnn, new central starts right now

calls donald trump a petty tyrant, donald trump sows new election doubt. both sun on battleground blitzes or is it blitz? >> i donald trump seizes on something he thinks president biden said, as he does so trump says these words out loud. i don't know if it's a big deal or not. it's is referring to puerto rico being called a floating island of trash. and way worse than the public knows who's the new onslaught of chinese hacking just days before the election i'm john berman with sara sidner and kate bolduan. this is cnn new central the anthem of every american bar nearing the end of the night, but the current state of the 2024 race for kamala harris

and donald trump, if you will indulge me, it's one last called voters that is where we now are in these final accumulation days of their historic battle today, harris and trump will hit the trail to make some of those pitches and key battleground state that you heard john say, all this is donald trump's says, the rally at msg filled with racist misogynistic language what's a love fest? and he ripped apart kamala harris is closing argument speech that she made last night at the ellipse trying to keep the american people divided and afraid of each other that is who he is. but america, i am here tonight to say that is not who we are >> the 8:00 a.m. hour, which means it's time to take a look at one big thing in the race. cnn political director david

chalian joining us now, we heard harris, some of those closing arguments that she made at the ellipse last night, what stood out to you and her full speech? >> well, i think the clear goal of the speech, and quite frankly, i think she delivered on it was sara to make sure that there is no voter in this country who could walk away and say, the choice between these two candidates is not clear. and i think that was her mission last night. obviously, the set think of the ellipse draws the immediate contrast to trump's speech there, which she did explicitly from january 6, 6, 2021 but then she took all the attention on this speech and used it to lay also lay out her affirmative vision, lay out her plans to bring down prices exactly what she would do on the economy and other areas of concerns to voters. so it wasn't just a speech about the theory of democracy or how to protect it. she ticked through

abortion rights. she ticked through even immigration at one point. but what she kept coming back to in each part of the speech was trying to invite americans to envision either her sitting in the oval office or donald trump. and what that means for them. and that's what she hopes for the next six days that voters consider in their minds. >> as for donald trump, what's his closing argument looked like well, for donald trump week, we saw the closing argument at madison square garden at it is very similar to what we've heard throughout the campaign. >> his closing argument is one about a broken border that he will make the argument makes americans less, less safe in terms of their security, less safe economically. so there's the immigration pitch and the economy pitch that's no doubt those are the two central planks, but as with all things donald trump, it's never all that discipline. so you had the pre-program at madison square garden that served as two days

worth of a distraction you even had him saying to sean hannity on fox news last night, sara, that perhaps that comedian that made the racist joke about puerto ricans shouldn't have been there so while he has these its pillars and planks of the overall argument he's making. it is always infused with still claiming wrongly an incorrectly that the 2020 election was stolen or promises to go after his political enemies should he regain power and those get in the way of course of that economic and immigration grisham pitch. >> all right. david chalian, we are also looking at the campaign events right next to you today in the swing states where they are battling it out. appreciate you kate. the fallout has not ended over the racist joke about puerto rico told by at warmup act at donald trump's sunday rally, trump's first response is that he didn't hear it his take now in a new interview is that the former president is defending the madison square garden rally, calling it an absolute love fest, and asked about the

racist joke. he says he can't imagine it's a big deal. >> i've had great but i've had really great relationship was puerto rico on people from puerto rico, they love every time i go outside, i see somebody from puerto rico. they give me a hug and a kiss. who this comedian was, i have no idea. you wish he wasn't there? >> yeah. i mean, i don't know if it's a big deal or not, but i don't want anybody making nasty jokes is stupid jokes i probably shouldn't have been there. yeah. >> and joining us now is the president of the pennsylvania chapter of the national puerto rican agenda, a nonpartisan and alliance of stateside organizations elect, elected officials, community leaders, and citizen volunteers. roberta luis lugo more marseglia. it's great to see you. thank you for coming in. you hear that from former president trump from last night in his new interview, and you, and you think what today

insulting words that we already condemned because that's not shipped all the way he tried to justify their justifiable. >> there's no reason to install a country and nation. a nation that has served this country for many, many years in all words, in this it's gone through. what are you can have served. and they are shed their blood, but defended liberty and freedom. this country. and it's very unfair that we do see that in seoul for a candidate for the president of this country, it is not acceptable and will rejected, we are, are hot and we messed with a puerto rican we messing with the wrong people we are very, very, very, very low of who we are. we are very strong in who we are as as a puerto rican, as a naina's, as a black people, we are messed. it makes a different culture and we represent those people were present nine island and they've signed. and we said no to that and if you if you there to insult our

great partners, our sons are dora are military people that serve in your country, your, the sheriff, you don't deserve to be in the office because you insulting you and you own american citizens. that is going to set and we agree if you're manaea are telling people get out and boat a sprint, tell when tell this, this are bad joke and he knew joed and residuals from a precedent for a campaign that is going to accept our and november 5. >> i asked my people my puerto rican people in the whole diaspora that get out and both don't stay or home is not an option. >> to get out and vote because they insult in our history. the insulting heritage is loud. more we are and that has not yet throw for any country for any war. >> but let me ask you one of the things that is important to point out is that your chapter, the pennsylvania chapter of the national puerto rican agenda, you send out a letter yesterday in it. you are urging your urging people to vote against

donald trump. the letter ends with we urge puerto rican, latino voters of pennsylvania to reject this blatant disrespectful expression about our people by casting their vote on november 5. your organization, as i mentioned, is non-partisan. you traditionally do not tell people who to vote for. my understanding is, you've never come out in this way before what makes this different this time well, if one governor in puerto rico in 2019, there to insult the people, recover, say you, and bergen people stand up, raised more than 1 billion people the man he was seen nation and he resigned and we did that basically, we no, we're not not shooting at a single bullet. not been doing nothing just basically, we stand up and reject those coming from this governor for governor. and he resigned the same way when, when when anyone in seoul we as a people, we

stand the same way that person back campaign doesn't deserve our support why you are looking for a boat when you sold in a people, this is not acceptable. how you come now at few days from election day to tell to treat us like that, where we have this when we have set this country in many ways, we have been here over 100 years in this nation as going community. >> and women said that that's where we stand firmly and yet to condemn for recons standoff, get out to vote. don't step, don't stay at home. you had to go and vote is not acceptable. that's why from my perspective, operating we can i can i cannot support a person who he sold blindly blindly the way we weren't insulted. >> my fellow latinos also for insulted is an asset and that's why we said we had to stand up and think. when you when you get to the vote, i want to echo the words are

unknown roe in the future will recently that you said in november 5, you one to vote for your heritage, go on bolt for you. tradition. go and bolt for you. identity. go and both for your dignity and an respect not the campaign like asa evade important that came out every one i don't want to you want to vote for trump or kamala does in conscience. i don't for what i tell you, that boat we conscience to defend who you are oregon as but equal that served this country for so many years. and we can, we're here and we're not going to work once they hear the rest of my life that we said what he said in that way we can not endorse anyone. what we can langley said is unacceptable. and he doesn't deserve the boat or the breaking community and it not an endorsement, but

definitely and i guess it would be an anti endorsement of what is what i see coming from coming from your chapter today. reversal always look and we're seeing more siegel you thank you very much john right this morning, donald trump's spreading election fraud claims despite not having any confirmation from actual election officials over the first time north korean troops are fighting in ukraine on behalf of russia officials expect more could be on the way it all comes down to we can now make a major projection the way only cnn can bring it to you election night in america, special coverage begins tuesday, november who fit that for on cnn? bill us shipping the world's greatest food. so if you want in a gordon's famous coconut cape stone cribs from miami's most iconic restaurant, or should call goes deep dish pizza. go with gold belly. >> we should be nationwide. >> what a dinner great call making tacos on a monday.

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want to meet people where they're at. i want to take we deserve to have competence that our election, so i want to take those concerns seriously. i want to listen, but i really believe firmly that the antidote to conserve, i believe that instilling public confidence in our elections is reliant upon understanding the process. so i just have made it my mission to educate our voters about the process and all the checks and balances to encourage them to participate, to become a poll challenger or an election worker. and just remind them how transparent the processes, because it's their election, they should be able to have faith in it. >> give any evidence that the trust is coming back really gone above and beyond to make sure that we're getting out we'll go anywhere, we'll talk to anyone about the process and truly, once people learn about all the checks and

balances, it has come a long way. we actually they've had recent polling done in michigan. and one of the questions asked, if voters knew about these certain 12 steps through the process, if they knew that, we would do this in michigan elections, would you have confidence and astronomically, the answer was yes and interests stingley, those are all things that we already do. >> so again, it's just a matter of educating the public and really making sure that they understand the process and that they know that they can participate in the process our elections are run by your friends, your family, or neighbors, their bipartisan, their, the people that you know and see every day i alger county, which i think is up in the up a cork and the deputy removed after they told state officials that they intended to hand-count ballots before sending in their tally, they were removed because they said the right kind of by hand. >> that's not part of the process in michigan. what do

you think about that happening? >> right? i think above all else, we have to follow the law when it comes to elections. the public deserves that and michigan law requires that are, that ballots be electronically stand. they're put into a tabulator however, we have oh process by which you can reassured that the outcome was accurate because agreed candidates can always request a recount and recounts are done by hand additionally, when we conduct our post-election audits we will take the ballots from those precincts and we'll conduct a hand recount of those balance it's as well, we have multiple ways to ensure that our elections are secure transparent, fair, and accurate. >> six days left. what's your message to michigan voters? >> my mentioned, my message to michigan voters is that we're going to respect an honor your

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are expected to engage in combat against the ukrainians. but taking this a step further, we are told by two western intelligence officials that some small number of north korean troops are already inside you crane this is deeply concerning for the south koreans and so they have been making the rounds really briefing at nato as well as of course today there will be at the pentagon to discuss the deployment of these north korean troops and what their intention actually is. we are told that these he's north korean troops are special operations troops that the north koreans are sending specifically to get combat experience because of course, north korea has not actually fought in a war in over 70 years. and so it remains to be seen, of course, just how effective these north korean troops are going to be on the battlefield. there is, of course, a language barrier and we are told that officials expect there to be some defections and some north korean troops to actually desert their post once they are in russia and ukraine, but still, you know, the north

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candidate wins. what is behind their victory today? we're going to look at donald trump. if he wins why will that have been then if you are a harris supporter, don't throw stuff at harry enten. we're going to cover the flip side of it up tomorrow. senior data reporter, harry enten is here and we're looking at the case for donald. a donald trump victory, starting with what i do think has been long one of the most overlooked numbers of this election, but could be one of the most important. >> yeah, all right. >> so look, just 28 of americans voters think the country is going in the right direction, is on the right track. and i want you to put that into historical perspective for you, okay. what's the average percentage of the public that thinks that the country is on the right track when the incumbent party loses it's 25% that 25% looks an awful bit like, like that 28% up there. it doesn't look anything, anything like this.

42% doesn't look anything like this, 28%. so the bottom line is very few americans think the country is on the right track at this particular point, it tracks much more with when the incumbent party loses them with wins in fact, i went back through history. there isn't a single time in which 28 28% of the american public thinks the country is going on the right track in which the incumbent party actually won. they always lose when just 28% of the country believes that the country is on the right track. >> it is a heart your swimming upstream uh-huh. if you're trying to win in this environment also, president biden and a micro level, lot of the coverage today is over something president biden said on the macro level, what kind of a wait is he on the harris camp? yes. so you know, joe biden isn't on the ballot, but he's certainly in the minds of americans, right? so i went back and i looked, okay, was this successor of the same party? when the president's net approval rating was negative at this point, which joe biden's most definitely is. he's 15 points underwater. now, we don't know if kamala harris is

going to succeed joe biden. what we know back in 2008, george w bush's approval rating was down in the 20s. did a republican succeed george w bush, know how about in 1968? and then baines johnson, his net approval rating was negative. did a democrat succeed lyndon baines johnson know how about him? 52 harry s. truman, his approval rating was in the 20s, if not the upper teens, did a democrat succeed harry s. truman and 50 to my memory, no no escape baldwin says, diana diana's death for sara well, close the wrong time of the year. well played. >> dwight eisenhower, a republican, succeeded harry s. truman. so the bottom line is for kamala harris to win. she'd have to break history, be a democrat to succeed joe biden. when biden's approval rating is way underwater at this begin, it could happen. it just doesn't in, you know, in recent history for sure. okay. registration numbers here yeah. >> republicans have been registered voters in big, huge numbers. they have been gaining and party registration versus the democrats in the swing

states with party registration, we're talking arizona. i think it's a five-point. they've expanded their lead from five points from where it was back in 2020. how about nevada? big republican registrations there? they like the early vote. how about north carolina? big republican registration games? how about pennsylvania? we spoke about it before a few months ago, big republican party registration gains versus where from where they were four years ago. so republicans are putting more republicans in the electorate the democratic number versus the republican number has shrunk. and so the bottom line is if republicans win, come next week, donald trump wins comes next week, the signs all along will have been obvious. we would look at the right direction being very low, joe biden's approval rating being very low, and republicans really registering numbers. you can't say you weren't warned again these this is the data which supports the idea of a trump victory. tomorrow, viewers, you will get the other side. >> stay tuned it's, not even the content, but sometimes harry's delivery is just very, it's very scary very scary,

man. >> you're very scary man thank you. >> hear again tomorrow. the other side of it they're talking about the swing states as there were just laying out very aggressively and try this theory on for size, the swing states of today may not be the swing states in play for years from now, let us go to cnn's zach wolf for much more on this. zach explain well, you know, all the people, the vast majority of americans who live in a state that is not a swing state, it might feel like you're a little left out of this presidential election because you're electoral votes there just counted for one side or the other these states changed. >> so rest assured. and you don't have to go very far back in history to find a completely different group of steam swing states. so if you go back to the last three years, so elections, you frequently see florida, you see ohio, you see arizona, but there's some

other states that have kind of fallen off the map and you know what florida and ohio are two of those that are very much not swing state it's at least not right now if you look at a graphic of which states were most competitive in the most, in the most recent elections if you go back a little further, let's look at it right there. so arizona has come on the map colorado, not so much a swing state anymore, but it had its time in the sun florida and ohio were clearly those were the main swing states. you look at missouri in 2008, there were 100 years of us history where missouri was considered the swing state. it was the one that people look to as the bellwether for what was what the country was going to do minnesota, not so much a swing state this year 2000 and ford, most people's memory that was that was one of the big states. if you go back even further californians, it seems like they're so locked in for democrats right now. and it seems like they're going to be locked in for some time in the future. but you go back 1988 to 92 they swung from republican

to democrat and they haven't looked back and people have been talking, for instance, about texas. if at some point that's the great white whale for democrats, if at some point it does start to turn blue, that would completely rearranged the electoral map. some of these states change there demography changes so much from year to year, especially with covid. a lot of people died. the baby boomers are going to start aging out. younger people are going to start becoming able to vote. so these states are going to change. they're going to change before our eyes. and the entire point is today's swing states might be very safe next year it would look kind of look at there is a fascinating thing that you've put together does it seem like battleground states are dropping faster or guest transitioning quicker to blue and red given just redistricting, gerrymandering where the country is in the demographics of just what you've all explained yeah.

>> there are a lot fewer swing states or battleground states today than there used to be. if you look at some of those maps in particular, like 2001 of the closest elections ever, there were so many states on that line that we're very close. we all think about florida with the hanging chads that decided it. new mexico was extremely close that year. and so as new hampshire, new hampshire had been a little bit different than the election would have been changed fascinating and great insight, zach, as always, thank you so much, zachary wolf, you can find more of his insights in cnn's what, what matters newsletter, get it today, sir. all right joining me now, you know her from her standout roles in black panther and the hit show, the walking dead actress, activists and now surrogate for the harris-walz campaign, deny grayer. thank you so much for being here. thank you. >> let me ask you. you're very involved and you use your social media as a way also to reach people. what role has your life experience played in making you so passionate about

trying to get people to get out and vote yeah, i was born in the great state of iowa to african immigrants who are academics. my father was a professor in a small town there and then we move to zimbabwe when i was 6-years-old, when my parents were from, they wanted to contribute to the new country. it had just come out of colonization. i think that's a part of it. i grew up in a country that was recently trying to recover cover from the colonizing system where people, black people could not vote. i grew up right next door to south africa, where nelson mandela was still imprisoned. so my, my house by growing up years were very defined by that. and by wanting to see south africa free and see apartheid ended. and so i grew up with a parent who admit martin luther king he'd signed a picture that was sitting in my living room my entire life. so that understanding of it comes at a cost of democracy are thriving democracy, and be able to participate in it i returned to the united states as a young adult very much with that inside of me and

understanding that looking at america, my whole life from zimbabwe, i really we all admired aspects of how this country handled its democracy, how smoothly power was transitioned, time over time, and how everyone had a voice. and so i knew i had to come back and make sure i participant it's updated because i knew it would come at a cost. >> judging what you saw, you talked about the peaceful transfer of power, judging what you saw in january 6, judging what you're hearing from donald trump? still not conceding the 2020 election. are you concerned about what may happen here during this election absolutely. >> i'm concerned, but i also am very i'm invigorated did i've really been out an around a lot of people in the electorate and it's really been an amazing experience. there are so many astounding americans who want to participate in this democracy. sometimes you're dealing with misinformation than you you engage people and they hear facts and appreciate them. sometimes they're not getting their news from, there, getting their news from sources like social media or tiktok, you

know, when. so it's very engaging with people has been really, really powerful experience for me and really connecting with the american people. so i do have hope and i have a belief that people do want to keep to preserve this democracy. and they understand that it to me, it was it seemed quite disqualifying to conduct january 6 and then come back and say, i want to be a leader of the free world again, it seems very incongruent, and i think that that's something that resonates with a lot of voters i do want to know. >> i know you're traveling with the hometown project to wisconsin and i think north carolina as well. and we were just looking at polling and the polling pulling saying that people, the vast majority of people are not happy with the way the country is going. what will you say as part of this project two folks in the swing state of war content for example, or north carolina to say, look, we know that harris is part of this current administration. you may not be happy with the way things are going. what do you say to them as a pitch to vote for harris? >> i think there's there's so

many aspects of what she what her plans are for this country that are so powerful and so about turning the page moving forward, having a vision, thinking, having a ton do list for americans every day for their very, very key needs from things like buying a home to having an opportunity economy to actually be able to really invest in your small business in a way that has the government behind you and is investing with you. so there's so many aspects that she's looking at that are so specific to people's lives and people want to, they want to live in a place that is, that is, that there were there thriving aware that there is a conscientious leader in charge who is looking at the specifics of their lives the, way she health care issues that she has a plan and a specificity for everything and her coming into the white house, into the oval office, which has not happened yet. it is and we hope and pray that it does. but that, that transition is where she can enact her vision. >> you played those roles beautifully and now you are a

surrogate and you're coming from such a rich history. it is fascinating to hear sort of how you saw america from zimbabwe, but also having been born in iowa it was almost made for you to be a part of the political world. thank you so much deny a really, really appreciate you coming on. >> thank you. thanks for having me, kate foodborne illnesses are on the rise in the united states and back-and-forth because of course, after the recent deadly outbreaks of e coli linked, linked to mcdonald's quarter pounder in today's segment with dr. sanjay gupta on call. >> we asked you due to submit your questions this week about how to protect yourself. questions you have about foodborne illnesses and dr. gupta dr. gupta is back as promised to answer your questions. okay. so let's jump to the question. sanjay, melissa sent in a question, i think this is helpful for everybody, which is how do you so no matter what's out there, how do you decrease your chance of getting a foodborne illness

keep in mind. >> we talked a little bit about this yesterday is these are huge numbers. we're talking about tens of millions of people every year who did developed these foodborne illnesses hundreds of thousands who may be hospitalized. >> the basics really do apply. >> and as you look at this list of things that you should always think about every time you're cooking at home. keep in mind that just a small amount of these bacteria can actually lead to illness. and the longer that food is left out, that bacteria hey, i can multiply rapidly. so just sort of keep that in mind. i mean, we're seeing more foodborne illnesses, investing in a thermometer for your meet, making sure you're washing your hands and surfaces it's completely. and again, even a few hours of this food outside can cause that bacteria to really multiply. there's something else i think is important, is that what we're learning? you look at this data, kate, is that most of the foodborne illnesses are actually occurring outside the home while restaurants and banquets and delis and things like that there is a thing that food experts were referred to as the danger zone. that is,

the temperature a food that is going to be the most dangerous. and you could take a look there so you want your cold foods, cool, 40 degrees or less? and you want your hot in your hot food, it should be actually steaming hot that's a pretty good rule of thumb to try and prevent the foodborne illness when you're actually outside at the house. >> all right. sanjay, this one is coming from a viewer named debbie. she asks, she's asking about an old wives tale that you should stay away from her, avoids seafood in months that don't is it months that don't end in our is that the old wives tale is or she's basically what she says is on the four occasions does that she did eat outside of this role, she got sick every time. is there something too >> i think this is the taylor but basically says if the month has the letter arnett in the months that don't have the letter are may, june, july, august, or the months that you

should be avoiding and it was specifically about oysters that was the old wives tale, if you will, not necessarily all seafood in general though it could apply. and as you might guess, it, just has to do do with the seasons. so may, june, july, august, summer, warmer months. that is a more dangerous time in the days before we had widespread refrigeration so. it is one of those things, just a reminder, i think more than anything else to make sure you're refrigerating those foods, especially seafoods and if you want to avoid get. with the waystar is make sure to cook them, don't eat them raw i like the dramatic pause there. >> yes, this was a problem in the days before refrigeration, i had to think about that >> thank you, kate. an elite hacking group targeted the phones used by eric trump and jared kushner. what we know now about this cyber espionage operation plus, every day

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your worry and shows you people that are breaking through and making a difference. yes. i mean, these are people who don't get a lot of attention in normal times. they're not doing awful things that make news. they're actually doing really good things that often sadly, people don't pay attention two, we've been spotlighting these cnn heroes all year long. we've been showing things on cnn threat throughout the days just spotlighting remarkable of people all around the world, not people who had power or money, people who just saw need in their community rolled up their sleeves and started doing stuff so now we've selected the top five cnn heroes and we are announcing them today. and then it's up to viewers to decide who's going to be the cnn and hero of the year. and you're going to cnnheroes.com starting now, you can vote up to ten times a day. they're for your favorite hero let's take a look at the top five cnnheroes at this year.

conductor ron davis alvarez in his dream orchestra, give hundreds of refugees immigrants, and native swedes chance to learn an instrument, connect with others, and build better lives from dallas, stephen knight was in addiction recovery when he fostered a fringe dogs so she could go to rehab. today. his program provides free pet care in peace of mind, helped dog owners succeed with their sobriety idaho native paden mcgriff is helping girls and the african country of togo stay in school for non-profit provides tuition, tutoring, and an innovative uniform made by local women. that's designed to grow with his students from phoenixville, pennsylvania, immigration attorney rachel rudder is helping unaccompanied migrant children well, during heal from trauma, start and wives and the u.s are nonprofit provides free legal support and helps fill in gaps in housing, food, and education and in new york city, mit graduate yamilee

toussaint's unique program is using dance to empower an educate girls of color. side planes technology, engineering, and math >> no, that's the one that's the way it's like you cannot decide. but if you have, where do people go and what to the winners get seen on cnnheroes.com right now, they can go it's open up until i think december 3rd. the voting is available. you can vote up to ten times a day. you can vote in your tablet on your ipad, on your mobile device, whatever you want, you can vote for different people if you want to kind of share the love around, but it's at cnnheroes.com right now starting till december third of vote, early vote, often. but they're all, they're all doing such amazing work and they are helping people in so many, in many different ways. >> it's beautiful. i remember last year one of the winner, the winner spread his winnings. >> yeah. he right. so each of them of these five now have

been awarded will be awarded $10,000 to continue their work. they work with the elevate prize foundation, which also helps them sort of expand their operational capacity and they're knowledge of how to run organizations. but the winner, who's the person who selected the hero of the year? we'll receive an additional $100,000 to continue their work. and last year, the hundred thousand dollar winner divided among all the heroes, i was all tiers are tears of joy. >> anderson cooper. thank you. thank you for doing that, continuing you to this project. it really is something think that we all need so much, sir, especially now, appreciate it. >> all right. five amazing individuals, as you know, all of whom prove that one person can make a difference and you can help decide which one of them again cnn hero of the year, just go to cnnheroes.com. vote every day for the hear that inspires you john berman. >> all right. this morning, sources tell cnn that hackers linked to the chinese government targeted senior figures in both the republican and democratic parties in a large scale cyber espionage

campaign. and obviously this just days before the presidential election, cnn cybersecurity reporter sean lyngaas has the details shot john, last week we reported that donald trump and jd vance were among the targets of this hacking campaign. now, we can report that the targets include jared kushner, the president's son-in-law, and eric trump, the president's son but like you said, this is a bipartisan spying operation that also targeting staffers with senate majority leader chuck schumer's office. and this has officials here in washington who focused on national security, on edge just days before the election, this doesn't appear to be focused on influencing the election, but it is a very sensitive investigation for the fbi to be carrying out as we enter close to election sunday, john. and one person familiar with the investigation told me that they were very concerned. they liken this to we might as well let huawei, the chinese telecom giant, install communication is our networks, so they can sp