>> this is what the end result is. >> he's the first president to be impeached twice. the only president to be convicted of 34 felonies and charged with 54 more. and just one of two former presidents who were shot and survived, shocking assassination attempts. >> i had god on my side. >> donald trump has survived it all. to now run again for an office he refuses to admit he once lost. welcome to all of you watching us here in the united

states, canada and around the world. this is "cnn newsroom." donald trump and kamala harris make their final push to voters as harris sees a surprising lead in a deeply-red state. from hurricanes to wildfires, the ramifications of a warming planet are everywhere except the campaign trail. and in spain, rescuers trouble through mud and high water searching for survivors as the country grapples with the worst flood-related disaster in almost 60 years. live from atlanta, this is "cnn newsroom." with kim brunhuber. >> we are only two days away from the u.s. presidential election. and later, donald trump and kamala harris will be wrapping their last day on the cain trail. trump is set to make his final pitch on east coast stopping in pennsylvania, georgia and north

carolina. meanwhile, harris will be in michigan as she looks to maintain the blue wall. on saturday, they rallied in different states, including north carolina. recent polling shows neither nominee has established a clear advantage. more than 71 million people have voted early. there are surprising new data from what was thought to be a safe republican state. a new poll from the des moines register says harris has taken the lead among likely voters in iowa with a three-point advantage over trump. trump has won the state before, the trump campaign has dismissed the poll as an outlier, but it has raised spirits among democrats in their homestretch. ron brownstein offered his take. >> i don't know if kamala harris is going to win iowa or whether her advantage is among women, plus 20 in this poll among college graduates, plus 30 in

this poll are really as pronounced in that state as the poll has it. i mean, it's so head spinning it's hard to imagine, but it almost doesn't matter in the sense that iowa is not going to be within her first 270 electoral college votes, and even if she doesn't get all the way to these numbers in iowa, it does suggest that among these preponderantly white states in the upper midwest, she remains extremely competitive, you know. and michigan, pennsylvania and wisconsin are states that vote to the left of iowa. and, if harris is even approaching the numbers that ann stelter found for her, it would mean she n's in a strong positi. all the vibe shift may depend on what happens tomorrow in the "new york times" and zsienna college releases their poll.

but we are seeing strong performances in the omaha congressional district, which, again, similar to those voters found in wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania, the states that will most likely pick our winner. >> she made a final push to voters in north carolina on saturday. cnn's bring saell priscilla alve details. >> reporter: she is trying to reach the swing voters who have not decide hod to vote for. the vice president trying to stress the theme of unity that her campaign has consistently leaned on and casting former president trump as consumed by revenge. >> theiis is not someone who is thinking about how to make your life better. this is someone who is increasingly unstable. obsessed with revenge. consumed with grievance.

and a man who's out for unchecked power. >> now the campaign's closing theme is going to build on unity, an ad that is going to run during nfl games on sunday and also going to book end a $370 million paid ad campaign that launched earlier this fall. now the campaign again trying to project optimism and confidence in reaching those undecided voters. especially in a state like north carolina. one that in the last three presidential elections has voted for republicans. and now the campaign maintaining their posture of being bullish on north carolina, hoping they can flip it. priscilla alvarez, cnn, north carolina. president joe biden returned to his hometown of scranton, pennsylvania on saturday to campaign for harris. he spoke to a few dozen workers after mainly staying away from the campaign trail. he slammed donald trump's plan

for the economy, saying it involves another tax cut for the wealthy. here he is. >> this is the most important election any of us have ever voted in. more is at stake in the direction of this country than ever before, and i promise you, you may have difficulty, you may have disagreements with some of the things in the harris-walz administration, but i wouldn't have picked her if i didn't think she had the exact view i do about hardworking people. i'm serious. and so, look, folks, we need to elect kamala as president. >> donald trump rallied in battleground north carolina saturday, but he also made a stop in the blue state of virginia, telling the crowd if he beats harris there, he'll win the entire election. >> reporter: donald trump ventured outside of the traditional battleground map on saturday, with a visit to salem, virginia. virginia is a state that

republicans haven't won in a presidential contest since 2004. and many republicans i spoke to here acknowledge it is a long shot that trump could potentially win the state. but his campaign remains bullish that he has an opportunity here, and, as they try to look for alternative paths to 270, virginia has emerged as a place where they feel like they could pull off an upset. trump appeared on stage with glenn youngkin. >> i come with a message of hope for all americans. tuesday is a big date, we have to get out. we win virginia, we win the whole thing without question. the whole thing. now, it's very possible that without winning virginia we're going to win the whole thing,

too. but it would be, wouldn't it be cool? wouldn't it be nice? we got to do it. we're going to win virginia. i really believe it. you felt it, your governor felt it, i felt it for a long time. >> reporter: donald trump's campaign once planned to compete aggressively for the common wealth of virginia, but that was back when president joe biden was the democratic nominee. when vice president harris replaced him on ticket, the focus shifted to the seven battleground states that both sides have put so much time, effort and money into winning. however, in the closing days of this race, trump has branched out a little bit, appearing in new mexico and also coming here to virginia. he delivered a message that was focussed on the major tenets of his campaign, the economy, crime and immigration. cnn, salem, virginia. and joining us now from colchester, england, a professor at the university of essex. thanks so much for being on with us again. so i just want to start with

that iowa poll that put trump behind, obviously can't make too much of one poll, which is why cnn doesn't, a poll of polls. and they argue it's an outlier, but it may be a harbinger of trouble for trump in other states. for you, what if anything are you reading into those numbers? >> well, it's definitely good news for the democrats. it's a sign that in some of these states where there hasn't been that much attention, hasn't been as much polling done that she might be doing better than previously thought, and it might be driven by college educated voters. there's a 43-point gap in terms of college-educated voters and non-college-educated voters. and she may be resonating with, and's predominantly a state that's mostly made up of white voters, but she may be resonating with some of those college-educated voters. may also be driven by women, as

is already mentioned, because there's a 30-point gap with women nationally, according to polls, that's seven points more than it was in 2020. and a lot of women are up in arms about what's taking place regarding the infringement on women's reproduction rights. there's been a huge story on this and how it affects women's health, that it's more of a health care issue than anything else. so there may be some of these issues that are driving people to support harris more so, even, than this perception that donald trump is better at running the economy. >> so, to capitalize on those issues, what do you make of the messages that the campaigns are kind of leaning into in these last few days before voters go to the polls? >> it's really hard for me to figure out what trump's closing message is, because it has been so all over the place, whether it's just making fun of people from different ethnic backgrounds or claiming that, you know, there should be violence or threatening violence

on liz cheney. i mean, he's not closing strong, but it doesn't seem to matter. his team probably prefers that he stays really focussed on two things. inflation and immigration, and just stick to that, rather than weaving, as he likes to call it, a meandering and threatening his political opponents and really doubling down on this kind of stuff. harris' message has been trying to reach out to the middle, trying to reach out to republicans, less so than really enlivening the base, but she's made it clear that while trump will prosecute or go after his enemies, those that disagree with her, she'll give them a seat at the table. that's exactly what she said at the ellipse. so she's really tried to move towards the middle. i don't see the ways in which trump has moved toward the middle, but maybe it doesn't matter. his base has characteristically always come out in droves to vote for him. so i think he's extra confident that's what's going to happen, because he thinks that he has so much care matsic appeal that

voters are willing to do whatever he says. >> for harris, she has focussed on the threat that trump poses, but also she has used a bit of a lighter touch in her campaign, leaning into moments of fun, like her appearance, surprise appearance, on "saturday night live's" cold open sketch, giving so sort of her meaya rudolph countr part a pep talk. let's listen to this. >> it is nice to see you, kamala. >> it is nice to see you, kamala. and i'm just here to remind you, you got this. you can do something your opponent cannot do. can you open doors. >> i see what you did there, like to a garbage truck, right? >> i don't really laugh like that, do i. >> a little bit.

>> yeah, dead ringer there for her laugh. what do you make of her, you know, doing this type of appearance, whether it might help at all, maybe with younger voters as a final push here? >> well, these snl sketches are watched by millions of viewers, and particularly younger viewers. and so i think she's trying to connect with younger voters, younger voters of course notoriously less likely to vote. and so she's trying to reach out to these types of voters and just have a little fun towards the end of the campaign. and some of the sketches that have been done on kraeramala ha have been on youtube. it's that last-ditch effort to connect with younger voters. >> it's a huge, i guess they have a huge incentive to do that. it is all about turnout at this

point. i guess that are so few left to be convinced. so few undecideds, and then with the early voting numbers so massive, many have already made up their minds. i wonder what dynamic that might have ons race. >> that's really important to emphasize. most people have made up their minds. if you haven't made up your mind yet, you might not vote. this is a low-chance voter. so they're working on their ground game. and this is where harris and her team have a huge advantage, because they didn't outsource this to elon musk, which really was a huge risk. i mean, i almost see what they've done in the republican side is almost like hiring mercenaries to go door to door that don't really have a connection to the campaign. and there was, just anecdotal evidence of what's going on in the philadelphia suburbs where the harris team have men and women knocking door to door. there's a quota system on the other side. so there was some person on the

republican side that just sort of threw a flyer on the driveway of someone in a philadelphia suburban then left, because they're trying to meet their quotas. it's not really about connecting with voters and trying to change voters' minds or at least trying to get them to vote. because donald trump outsourced this, he is taking on a huge risk that he's not actually connecting with voters and just hitting the exact numbers that elon musk had stipulated. that could be too big a risk for the campaign. >> we'll see whether that risk pays off in a couple days. thank you so much. we really appreciate it. and be sure to tune in to cnn's live coverage of election night in america. it starts right near tuesday, 4:00 p.m. eastern, 9:00 p.m. in london. the united nations says the past two days have been especially deadly for children in gaza. it's happening while health officials are trying to vaccinate children against polio. we'll have that story ahead.

plus, it's europe's worst flood-related disaster in nearly 60 years. just ahead we'll go live to valencia spain and get the latest on the search and rescue efforts there. stay with us.

unicef says more than 50 children were killed in jabalia in northern gaza over the course of 48 hours. the agency also says a staff member working to vaccinate children for polio came under fire as she was driving her car. the u.n. resumed its polio vaccination campaign after suspending it because of security concerns. in israel, they say they captured an operator. this video appears to show israeli troops with one man in custody. reuters says it confirmed the location of the video but can't confirm the date it was shot. and iran's supreme leader is vowing a teeth-breaking response to israel and the united states after israel's strike on iran last month. he says iran has a right to respond to the israeli strikes. cnn's melissa bell joins us live from paris with the latest on the situation in the middle east. so, melissa, what can you tell us about the latest attacks in gaza and lebanon?

>> well, the attacks, the strikes that you mentioned in northern gaza being described by unicef came as a dark chapter in a dark time in this already-terrible war. this is the result of this ground offensive launched by israel on october 6th on these three parts of northern gaza that has seen 70,000 people flee to gaza city with 100,000 still there. and the subject of these repeated strikes we saw a residential building collapse on tuesday as a result of israeli strikes. and over the course of the weekend say unicef, 50 children, they say, were killed in jabalia. that operation continues, even as we're learning more details about what's been happening over in lebanon, kim. the overnight, we understand from the idf, very rare ground operation in northern lebanon, what we hear from eyewitnesses

is that an army commander, naval commander was seen arriving on the beach, catching a hezbollah operative before whisking back to israeli territory. the idea confirmed that he is now in their custody and under investigation, kim. >> and melissa, we're settling into this all-too-familiar pattern in the middle east, waiting for a response to an attack in these sort of tit-for-tat attacks. what more do we know? >> reporter: well, what we've heard over the course of the last few days from senior iranian sources was that the retaliation to those october 25th strikes would come, that it was likely to come before the american presidential election. israel, for its part of course is at a high level of readiness, officials tell us, keeping a close eye on if and when this retaliation comes. but those remarks by the

ayatollah khamenei came over the weekend. he was speaking to students. and, until now, what we heard him say was that these strikes, the israeli strikes of october 25th should neither be exaggerated nor down-played. so what you saw on saturday was a departure from that, with a threat that the response would be teeth breaking. we've, israeli officials continue to keep a close eye on their intelligence to tell them when this is likely to happen, kim. >> appreciate those updates, melissa bell in paris, thanks so much. in southeastern spain, at least 211 people are now confirmed dead from the catastrophic flash floods that hit the region earlier in the week. rescue crews could be seen in water up to their necks, searching for some of the hundreds still missing. some of the teams specialize in underwater rescues. despite the odds, hope does remain. here, a woman and her dog can be seen getting help in one of

valencia's many devastated neighborhoods. all right, want to go now to atika schubert in valencia spain. give us a sense of where you are right now and what's happening behind you. >> reporter: i'm actually at the volunteer coordination point. there have been so many volunteers that have come out, thousands, really. almost hampering efforts sometimes. so what the government's trying to do right now is coordinate efforts, get everybody who wants to help with the cleanup effort into buses and into the affected areas. hundreds have been turning out this morning, so this is a good sign. however, there is a lot of anger and frustration at the response of the government. many feel, residents i spoke to, that the floodwaters arrived before they received alerts on their phones. and the response has been quite late in places. there are many reasons, one is political.

the autonomous government here has to request help from the government in order to get, for example, military units deployed. that didn't happen until yesterday. so a lot of the anger and frustration is being seen in the voluntary effort that's coming out. there have been some remarkable rescues, as you point out, kim. one woman was actually rescued yesterday after spending three days in a car. the way, the flood really just picked the vehicles up and tossed them around. so the fact that they were able to find this woman alive was remarkable. however, there are still a lot of missing people out there. and hope for those, for any, finding anyone else is really diminishing at this point, kim. >> as we're looking at the pictures of the rescuers wading through the water there, you get a real sense of the scope of the trouble that they're facing to try and rescue those people. atika shubert in valencia spain, thank you so much. we really appreciate that. with the u.s. election just days away, the environmental stakes of the outcome couldn't be greater.

just ahead, the very different ways kamala harris and donald trump would tackle the world's climate crisis. stay with us.

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have already been cast in early voting as national polling shows harris and trump still in a dead heat. now, whoever wins the u.s. presidential election could have a significant impact on climate policy for at least the next four years. most voters will likely choose between two candidates who couldn't be further apart on the issue. one plans to build on the clean energy growth of the biden administration. the other calls the issue a hoax. cnn chief climate correspondent bill weir shows what's at stake for the planet. >> reporter: on the devastated west coast of florida where back-to-back hurricanes have upended life for so many, susan glickman takes stock. >> before hurricane helene, we had huge sand dunes here, and those all washed out to sea. >> reporter: and she swirls with both worry for the future and anger over the decisions of the past. >> in 1965, president lyndon ba

bains johnson said this is altering the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels. so in anybody's book, we have known about this for a very long time. >> reporter: after an early career fighting the tobacco industry, susan now works in climate education and sees how decades of deliberate misinformation by polluting industries has filled her neighbors with confusion and doubt. >> it is just a hundred-year cycle of some kind of cycle that we go through. >> reporter: even though all the scientists are telling you this is what climate change looks like? >> that's the point, i'm not sure all the scientists are in agreement. >> reporter: that skepticism mirrors donald trump. >> it will start getting cooler. you just watch. >> i wish science agreed with you. >> well, i don't think science knows, actually. >> reporter: two years after vice president kamala harris cast the tie-breaking vote on the inflation reduction act, there are tighter regulations on polluters and hundreds of billions in private investment

are flowing into the climate fight, solar, wind are so cheap that texas leads the way in clean energy installations. but trump is vowing to undo as much of it as he can on day one, which concerns one of the world's most active climate investors. you lobbied for the inflation reduction act. how would you assess it's working now? >> i give it a high grade so far. we need some understanding on what policy looks like. because stop and go for things that involve 20, 30-year plant investments, you'll just scare the whole industry away from a country that's inconsistent. >> it's very simple. this is about parts per million of carbon? the atmosphere. and that's warming the gulf. it's super charging storms. it's melting glaciers and ice sheets and raising the sea rise. and here we are. >> reporter: bill weir, cnn, new york. and for more on this, i'm

joined by henna hun dahl. she'll be at this year's conference, cop-29 in azerbaijan. thanks for being with us. climate change has been basically the forgotten topic in this election cycle. it's, in general, an important issue for democrats, why hasn't harris been talking about it much during this campaign? >> yeah, thank you for having me. and thank you for covering this very important topic, and it is an important topic. but i think unfortunately, the lack of sufficient visibility of climate change on the campaign trail is really part and parcel with how climate change is treated in general, as a back burner issue. that's despite the fact that more than half of 18 to 35-year-old americans view it as a very important issue. that's despite the fact that nearly 70% of the coalition that brought president biden to victory in 2020 views it as a very important issue, and for

good reason. it intersects so many of the problems that affect our daily life, including economy, public health, public safety. food prices, where people can live, the type of air they can breathe. so, unfortunately, it's often treated as a nice-to-address issue, when in reality, it should be need-to-address priority. >> i thought maybe there was a disconnect between people's election priorities and the candidates, but, when you look at the actual polls listing voters' priorities, addressing climate change really doesn't appear, at least it is relatively far down, even among millennials and gen z. so i don't think people are necessarily making that connection with some of the pocket book issues that you're talking about. >> that's so true, they aren't making that connection. in fact, it's been found that only 10% of the american voters who say they view climate change as a very important issue actually know a lot about what the biden administration has done on it. and that record is enormous. and it's truly a treasure trove

of a record for vice president harris to run on. i mean, we're talking about the administration putting us back in the paris agreement. we're talking about the passage of the landmark inflation reduction act of which the lion's share of clean investments are going to republican districts. we're talking about the fact that president biden created the american climate corps, which is now more than 15,000 young people to work in the clean energy economy of the future. there's so much to run on here. >> and you talk about that paradox of it actually benefitting republicans, donald trump is a climate skeptic. the other day in a speech he referred to the green new deal as the green new scam. many republicans share thhis skepticism. interestingly, the polls show young republicans are way more invested in addressing climate change. is trump missing an opportunity here? >> absolutely. i think former president trump and the republican party would do well to recognize that there's actually a growing coalition of young republicans

who want to hesee climate actio as well. that bears out in the data as well as my personal interaction with folks. young republicans generally view climate change as an important issue and also acknowledge the role of human activity. in addition, there's actual lay good chunk of 18-29-year-old young republicans who would more likely vote for a candidate in favor of immediate climate action. and then also, just based on my interactions with young republican voters, there seems to be kind of a movement to return the party to the conservationist roots of former president theodore roosevelt or former president reagan. theodore roosevelt famously was a key figure in gifting us the national park system that millions of americans enjoy today, and former president reagan once said what is a conservative without wanting to conserve things, including the environment. so former president trump and the rest of the republican party would do well to really acknowledge that there's a good chunk of young republicans who want movement on this issue as

well. >> we've touched on what's at stake here for the u.s. but there must be concern in the larger international climate change community as well. i know you're going to the u.n. climate conference in just a few days. after the election. so the mood there, i imagine, will be largely dependent on who wins, because, you know, we could see another seesaw in the u.s. climate policy if trump wins. >> certainly could. former president trump took us out of the paris agreement in his first term in office. he's promised to do the same, project 2025, although he's attempted to distance himself, we know it's authored by many former members of his administration, and it would be disastrous for climate. although you have a convening of 198 parties from around the world, truly the united states sets the tone for the climate negotiations. and i think amongst us in the climate community, this election is truly a nail-biter for that reason. >> absolutely. all right, well, listen. it's been great to connect with you again.

thank you so much for shall be with us. really appreciate it. >> appreciate it. a judge in the swing state of georgia has rejected a republican-led case involving hand delivering of ballots. it's a democratic stronghold home to the city of atlanta and home to 11% of the state's voters. they wanted to stop offices opening on weekends. the ban would have affected at least five our populace counties that tend to vote democratic. all right, coming up, the stakes of the u.s. election are high for ukraine. we'll tell you what they could expect for the harris presidency or another trump administration. that is coming up. please stay with us.

well, kiev and moscow will closely be watching the u.s. presidential election on tuesday. outcome will like ly influence what comes next in the two and half year war in ukraine. donald trump has promised to end the war in one day. democratic nominee kamala harris says she is committed to ukraine's defense, saying anything else would be capitulation, and a gift to vladimir putin. u.s. official has told cnn that the biden administration is working to get military aid to ukraine by january, before a potential trump presidency. i want to bring in the president of the kiev school of economics and the former ukrainian minister of economics, trade and agriculture. now that we're days away from americans going to the polls, how interested and invested are ukrainians in these elections? >> extremely.

ukrainians understand that the future of ukraine will be determined in many ways, not completely, of course, but many many, many ways by what happens in the united states. american leadership is critical. and there is a difference between two candidates. so ukrainians are in fact somewhat polarized about, i would say as polarized as the u.s. appears to be in terms of who is the most preferred candidate. >> really, why would any ukrainians be supportive of a trump presidency that has almost exp explicitly said they would cut off aid to ukraine and seems so aligned with president putin? >> yes, that's the intriguing fact. i think ukrainians have no, no illusion that trump has no love for zelenskyy or for ukraine in general.

but there are some people, rightly or wrongly, who believe that a deal, whatever the deal might be, might be better for ukraine than continuation of the war of attrition. however, people, i think, aronically and incorrectly assume that this deal might be favorable for ukraine. so i think that's where people are wrong, but that's what some people are thinking. >> yeah, that's interesting, because so far trump's policies seemed pretty much aligned, as i said, with basically president putin's wish list. do you have any idea whether, regardless of who wins the white house, whether russia would actually come to the table? >> well, so, russia is signaling that it is not interested. it has advances, successful advances on the front lines. the rhetoric is that guys, you know, we don't need any negotiations. lavrov and putin have been

making those statements almost explicitly in recent weeks. but entertain at the same time, there are reports about slowing down air attacks, mutual countries are happening. it looks like both are trying to increase bargaining power, but they are preparing for negotiations. >> ukraine of course hasn't been just watching and waiting for the election to take place. ukraine and its european allies have been trying to trump-proof aid. so how far down the road are they with that? given things could drastically change in two months with trump in the white house? >> absolutely. so in terms of commitments and policy decisions, people have done both in the united states and in europe as much i think as is feasible, both financial and militarily. but in terms of actual deliveries, there are logistical

challenges, bureaucracy, delays, and i think that's what the real concern is. how to, on the technical level, get this aid to ukraine, which has been authorized. >> finally, with so much of the world's attention on the conflict in the middle east, there's been much less attention on the war in ukraine. so just looking at the big picture, what is the state of the battlefield for ukraine right now? >> it is actually much more intense than in the previous two years. so the number of attacks, daily attacks, fighting between different units, russian and ukrainians, are up to 200. throughout most of the war it was about 60 or 50. and the number of drones that parties exchanged, both ukraine and russia is extremely high. so this night, i couldn't sleep because there were explosions of air defense all around kiev. and every day we get about 60,

70 iranian produced or designed drones hitting kiev. and that has been non-stop. so the number of attacks, air attacks has increased 40% to october. there is dlefinitely an escalation. it is not on the news. and russia is making steady advances all across the frontline in east and south. not in north. so escalation is there. but i think, again, this is a sign that both sides are preparing for the outcome of the election in the united states. >> away from the battlefield, you're talking about these increasing attacks, and you can understand how ukrainians would be so war-weary right now. just give me a sense of what the morale is among ordinary ukrainians. >> so partly, ukrainians feel betrayed by the west. that it's not in the spotlight.

there's not enough attention. people understand why this is the case. but it definitely feels that the west is distracted. there are concerns, also, because it's close to us about elections in georgia and moldova, neighboring countries, basically, being very, very polarized. and for russian part is gaining an upper hand there or potentially. so people are worried about the geopolitics. people are tired and looking, you know, a little bit weary about the wuinter coming, but there is sort of this mood of not only resilience but normalcy, which is pretty bizarre, that people have found a way to live through the war. and looks like, it doesn't look like ukraine is going to, you know, collapse, or people are exhausted. people are tired but very solid. >> it's been great checking in with you. thank you so much for being here with us. and, as our guest mentioned, polls are now open in moldova. the country is holding the

second round of a presidential election that could bring it closer to europe or towards moscow. the pro-western incumbent is seeking a second term against a pro-russian candidate. he won 42% in the first round of the election, so short of a majority. the first round was held on the same day as a referendum on eu membership which barely passed. the votes were tarnished by a kremlin-backed vote-buying scheme, they say. they call it an unprecedented assault on the country's democracy. now to britain, where in a historic moment, a new leader has been elected for the conservatives, becoming the first black woman to lead a major british political party. >> another glass ceiling shattered. >> she defeated her rival on saturday after a months-long leadership contest. she has railed against identity

politics, transgender rights and is expected to take the party further to the right. speaking after her victory, she vowed to lead the party through a period of renewal. >> our party is critical to the success in our country, but to be heard, we have to be honest. honest about the fact that we made mistakes. honest about the fact that we let standards slip. the time has come to tell the truth. >> she replaces the former prime minister, rishi sunak who led the conservatives to historic losses in july. the race for the white house is neck and neck, but there is one election day outcome we can predict with some certainty. the latest forecast just ahead. please stay with us.

well, as the race for the white house heats up, so does the weather across much of the u.s. record highs can be expected from the ohio valley down toe the southeast and back uh to the mid atlantic. our meteorologist breaks it down for us. >> we're going to keep these temperatures pretty warm on sunday. highs in the 80s from houston, new orleans, even up towards

nashville. all this warm air coming ahead of a strong cold front that continues to erupt with showers and storms in the central plains. it will do that again on sunday with the continued threat for damaging winds, large hail and even some isolated tornados. we're also concerned about the threat of some heavy rain over the same places as we go through the weekend. now we need the rain. a lot of the lower 48 has some drought conditions because of the incredibly dry october that we just rapped up. if you look at a place like oklahoma, 83% of the state there under drought conditions. 74% in missouri under drought conditions. the same for missouri and texas. we need the rain. but the problem is we're going to get a lot of rain in a short amount of time. and that's going to cause flood problems for urban areas or areas that are flood prone or sensitive. look how much rain we're liking in just the next couple days. 6 to 10 inches of rain possible for parts of northeast oklahoma into southeast missouri and stretching through the state there. again, that could cause some

flooding problems if you get too much of that rain in just a short amount of time. that front continues to work its way east on election day. we'll find some showers and storms stretching from the great lakes through the missouri bootheel down to the gulf coast. we'll keep that wet weather. ahead of the front it's going to surge some of those very warm temperatures. not feeling november-like at all. now we have some cooler air coming in behind that front. that could prompt some snowshowers in the pacific northwest. i mean, look at the temperature difference, look at that cool air plunging in for parts of the northern plains. you're looking at highs in the 40s. daytime highs on election day, 47 in billings, 57 in wichita. ahead of that front, the warmth continues to surge. highs in the 70s and 80s. that is not only much above average for this time of year but could break multiple records as you head out to vote on election day. >> warmer than usual autumn and the hottest summer in decades have led to a first in japan. the crest of mt. fuji still

without snow. on average, snowcaps begin to form on october 2nd. this is the second time the sacred mountain has been snowless this time of year since records began 130 years ago and is fueling fears about the impacts of climate change. that wraps this hour of "cnn newsroom." please do stay with us.

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